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842935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Chickens%20In%20Space | Space Chickens In Space | Space Chickens in Space is an Australian-Mexican-British-Irish animated television series created by José C. García de Letona and Rita Street. The series was produced by Ánima Estudios in Mexico, Studio Moshi in Australia, and distributed by Cake Entertainment, and was co-produced by the recent Dublin-based Gingerbread Animation and Disney EMEA.
Described as a "surreal sci-fi comedy series" by the directors in an Annecy announcement video, the series was created by José C. García de Letona and Rita Street. Jordan Goucher is the showrunner for the series, and it is directed and designed by Norwegian twins Tommy and Markus Vad Flaaten. It was developed by Scott Sonneborn, and Tommy and Markus Vad Flaaten, developed for television by Alan Keane and Shane Perez, and Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams developed the bible for Disney EMEA.
Plot
A trio of chickens—Chuck, Starley, and Finley—are taken from their home and mistakenly enrolled in an elite intergalactic former military academy. It would take all their strength, and teamwork, to survive every escapade they have.
Characters
Chuck (voiced by David Menkin) is a male tall chicken who is the leader of the chicken siblings. He is cool, daring, and wacky. He can be selfish and stubborn when it comes to challenges, but he is a true softie when it comes to his siblings. In Rebel to the Beak, it was revealed that he is allergic to Monstonuts and In The Good, The Bad, and The Clucky, it was also revealed that he used to be one of the Scouts from Slurp, a little cowboys camp along with Finley, Ainta and Hugo. He is the youngest of the three.
Finley (voiced by Nick Mohammed and Dash Kruck) is a male short chicken who is the brains of the chicken siblings. He is smart, inquisitive, and mostly calm-mannered. But he can become short-tempered when no one (especially his brother and sister) describes his ideas as good ideas. İn The Good, The Bad, and The Clucky, it was revealed that he used to be one of the Scouts from Slurp, a little cowboys camp along with Chuck, Ainta, and Hugo. He is the oldest of the three.
Starley (voiced by Laura Aikman) is a female chicken who is the loving one of the siblings. Being the middle sister, Starley always looks after her brothers and defends them no matter what. She also has born super-strength. In Sweet little Puff-Cloud, it was revealed that Starley has won the Cuddlebug contest when she was a chick.
Production
Space Chickens in Space is fully animated in-house at Studio Moshi (Australia) using their bespoke hybrid Harmony animation pipeline, incorporating a mixture of hand-drawn and rigged high-quality animation. Studio Moshi provided animation direction, design (original production-ready characters and original world development), storyboard supervision & artwork, hand-crafted digital animation, visual FX.
Release
The series premiered on 9Go! in Australia on September 30, 2018, on 2x2 in Russia on January 1, 2020, and had its Disney XD premiere in Europe, Middle-East and Africa on 19 November 2018.
Episodes
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842937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor%20based%20on%20the%20September%2011%20attacks | Humor based on the September 11 attacks | Humor about the September 11 attacks (9/11) was made later after the attacks happened. Scholars have made studies about how people used humor to deal with the attacks. Researcher Bill Ellis found that jokes about 9/11 were starting to be made the day after the attacks. Giselinde Kuipers found jokes being made on websites a day later. In 2005, Kuipers found 850 jokes on the Internet about 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, and the War in Afghanistan. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried tried to make humor about 9/11 in a comedy roast. His crowd did not like it, with one saying "Too soon!"
The Onion (a humorous newspaper) did not publish their issue for September 11, 2001. They did not publish another issue until September 26, which was about 9/11. People who worked on it thought that it would be The Onions last issue to be printed. However, most of the people who read the issue thought it was good and funny.
In 2002, Comedian Joan Rivers tried to joke about firefighters in 9/11. The International Association of Fire Fighters hated the joke and said "I am sorry that Ms. Rivers has chosen to find humor in our tragic and devastating loss."
In literature
In 2016, Comedian Billy Domineau made a spec script for Seinfeld, which ended in 1998. The script was set days after 9/11 in New York. Domineau said he started the script to show "an exercise in bad taste" to a student in a class. The script shows how the characters of Seinfeld would do after the attacks: Jerry thinks that dust from the destroyed towers is hurting his food. Elaine must keep dating a 9/11 survivor. George makes people believe that he is a first responder and Kramer tries to get a box cutter back from one of the terrorists. The Guardian said that the script perfectly shows how Seinfelds characters would deal with 9/11.
In movies and television
Jean Dujardin took out a joke about 9/11 in his movie The Players. He hoped that this would make the movie more likely to win an Oscar Award. The joke shows a man secuding a women in an apartment in New York. An airplane can be seen hitting the World Trade Center behind them.
In The Simpsons episode "Moonshine River", Bart Simpson says to his father Homer that he would like New York better after two buildings he does not like have been destroyed. He then quickly says the old Penn Station and Shea Stadium.
In Family Guy
The Family Guy episode "Back to the Pilot" was first broadcast on November 2011. In the episode, Brian and Stewie Griffin time travel to the past. Brian tells himself in the past about 9/11. This makes him in the past stop the attacks and becomes known as a hero. However, this causes George W. Bush not to be elected as the President of the United States again. Bush starts a civil war that causes nuclear war. Brian and Stewie must go back to the past to stop the civil war. When they stop it from happening, they high five. Stewie says that it would look bad "out of context" (taking away the context to change its meaning). Time thought that the episode was made "too soon" but said "Family Guy viewers live for 'too soon' moments, no matter how sensitive the material." Entertainment Weekly also thought that Family Guy had "finally gone too far" (go over a limit) and Deadline said that it went "past the Fox standards and practices".
In the episode "Back to the Woods", Peter Griffin commits identity theft on James Woods. He goes to the Late Show with David Letterman pretending to be James Woods and talks about a movie that parodies 9/11.
In advertising
In 2016, Miracle Mattress (a mattress store in San Antonio) made a commercial with a 9/11 theme to sell mattresses. The commercial shows the store owner's daughter and two other men. In the commercial, she says "What better way to remember 9/11 than with a Twin Towers sale?" Two tall mattresses are behind the men to look similar to the twin towers. She says "Right now you can get any size mattress for a twin price!" The two men fall on the mattresses and make both of them fall. She screams and says "We'll never forget".
The commercial made many people write angry messages to the store on their Facebook page. Mike Bonanno (the owner of the store) said that he did not know about the commercial until it was first shown to people. He made an apology on Facebook and closed the store down. Miracle Mattress was given negative reviews on Google and Yelp. The store opened again a week later.
On the internet
Many people have used internet memes to tell jokes about 9/11. Many memes joke about 9/11 conspiracy theories with phrases such as "Bush did 9/11" and "jet fuel can't melt steel beams".
References
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks |
842939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Averell%20Harriman | W. Averell Harriman | William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was the Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956.
Works by Harriman
W. Averell Harriman. America and Russia in a changing world: A half century of personal observation (1971)
W. Averell Harriman. Public papers of Averell Harriman, fifty-second governor of the state of New York, 1955–1959 (1960)
Harriman, W. Averell and Abel, Elie. Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941–1946. (1975). 595 pp.
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1891 births
1986 deaths
Ambassadors of the United States
Governors of New York
Businesspeople from New York City
US Democratic Party politicians |
842940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1040%20Fifth%20Avenue | 1040 Fifth Avenue | 1040 Fifth Avenue (informally known as the 10 40) is a luxury residential housing cooperative in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
1040 is one of the tallest of the limestone-clad apartment houses on Fifth Avenue.
The building was erected in 1930 and was designed by Rosario Candela.
In addition to Jackie Kennedy, Generoso Pope was the second notable resident who lived in the apartment building.
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Skyscrapers in New York City
Buildings and structures in Manhattan |
842941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ormsby-Gore%2C%205th%20Baron%20Harlech | David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech | William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until June 1961 and as Sir David Ormsby-Gore from then until February 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. From 1950 until 1961, he was a member of the Member of Parliament.
He died in a car crash in 1985. Senator Edward Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and other Kennedy family members attended his funeral in Llanfihangel-y-traethau.
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1985 deaths
Politicians from London
Road accident deaths in the United Kingdom
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom |
842944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20John%20F.%20Kennedy%20%28CV-67%29 | USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) | USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67) is the only ship of her class and the last conventionally powered carrier built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and was nicknamed "Big John".
After nearly 40 years of service in the United States Navy, John F. Kennedy was officially decommissioned on 1 August 2007. She is currently at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance facility in Philadelphia.
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842946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skorpios | Skorpios | Skorpios or Scorpios (, ) is a private island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and just to the east of the island of Lefkada.
The island, spanning 83.2 hectares (205 acres), is irregularly shaped, with main axes about 1500 meters and 1000 meters. The island water comes from a mountain from a nearby island which is estimated to cost about 100 million euros.
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842948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%20O | Christina O | Christina O is a private motor yacht that once belonged to billionaire Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. At 99.13 metres long, she was the 45th largest yacht in the world as of 2018.
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842949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Onassis | Alexander Onassis | Alexander Socrates Onassis (; April 30, 1948January 23, 1973) was an American-born Greek businessman. He was the son of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Tina Livanos. He and his sister Christina Onassis were upset by his father's marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.
He was the head of Olympic Aviation, a Greek airline owned by his father. Onassis died in hospital as a result of injuries from an airplane crash at Hellinikon International Airport at the age of 24.
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842956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Southerners | Black Southerners | Black Southerners are African Americans who live in the Southern United States. African Americans were enslaved in most states in the South such as Alabama and Mississippi. African Americans have contributed to the cuisine of the Southern United States and Southern culture.
African-American people |
842957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Leonard%20%28critic%29 | John Leonard (critic) | John Leonard (February 25, 1939 – November 5, 2008) was an American literary, television, film, and cultural critic. He worked for Life and The New York Times. He wrote under the pen name of Cyclops.
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842959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall%20We%20Tell%20the%20President%3F | Shall We Tell the President? | Shall We Tell the President? is a 1977 novel by English author Jeffrey Archer. A revised edition was published in 1986.
In the first edition, a plot to kill the President of the United States, Edward Kennedy, is stopped by Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Mark Andrews working with the head of the FBI.
The U.S. edition of the novel was published by Viking Press, where Kennedy's sister-in-law Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was then a consulting editor. Although Kennedy Onassis was not involved in editing Shall We Tell the President?, she was criticized for not trying to stop her employer from publishing a novel about an assassination plot against a member of the Kennedy family. She resigned from Viking Press shortly after the publication.
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842960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Gonick | Larry Gonick | Larry Gonick (born August 24, 1946) is an American cartoonist. He is best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form, which he published from 1977 to 2009. He has also written The Cartoon History of the United States.
Gonick was born in San Francisco, California. He studied mathematics at Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1967 and his master's degree in 1969.
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1946 births
Living people
American cartoonists
Writers from San Francisco |
842961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20L.%20Patil | B. L. Patil | Balkrishna Limbaji Patil, better known as B. L. Patil was an Indian politician. He was from the state of Maharashtra. He was a member of Maharashtra's Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Khalapur Vidhan Sabha constituency from 1972 to 1979. He was also a Minister of state from 1978 to 1980. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Indian politicians
1924 births
2002 deaths |
842962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cartoon%20History%20of%20the%20Universe | The Cartoon History of the Universe | The Cartoon History of the Universe is a book series about the history of the world. It is written and illustrated by American cartoonist, professor, and mathematician Larry Gonick, who started the project in 1978. Each book explains a period of world history in a loosely chronological order. The final volume covers history from the late 18th century to early 2008. The final two volumes, published in 2007 and 2009, are named The Cartoon History of the Modern World volumes one and two.
Notes
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842963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Africa | COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | The first case of COVID-19 in Africa was reported in Egypt on February 14, 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic
History of Africa |
842965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%20Trilogy | Cairo Trilogy | The Cairo Trilogy ( 'The Trilogy' or 'The Cairo Trilogy') is a trilogy of novels written by the Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. It is one of the best known works of his literary career.
Translations
The Cairo Trilogy was first translated into Hebrew between 1981 and 1987. Mahfouz was very satisfied by this and saw it as another proof that the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979 should be supported. The English translation was published by Doubleday in the early 1990s. The translators were:
Palace Walk - William M. Hutchins and Olive Kenny
Palace of Desire - Hutchins, Olive Kenny and Lorne Kenny
Sugar Street - Hutchins, Olive Kenny and Angele Botros Samaan
The translation was overseen by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, an editor at Doubleday at the time, and Martha Levin.
References
Novels |
842966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Eritrea | COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea | The COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
On 21 March, the first case in Eritrea was confirmed in Asmara.
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Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea has confirmed only 11 reported death, told by locals that the 11 are relatives in one way or another. Except from the 4.
Isaias Afwerki, His excellency Dictator of Eritrea, refuses to make essential rules to help prevent any more deaths as they cases seem to continue growing. From March 2021 to January 2022, only 11 deaths from COVID 19 Pandmeic have been confirmed. |
842967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelsey%20Kirkland | Gelsey Kirkland | Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. She was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15. She was promoted to soloist in 1969, and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. She appeared in Balanchine's revival of The Firebird, Robbins' Goldberg Variations, and Tudor's The Leaves are Fading. She left the New York City Ballet to join the American Ballet Theatre in 1974.
She is best known for dancing the role of Clara Stahlbaum in Baryshnikov's 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker. She left the American Ballet Theatre in 1984.
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Living people
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Entertainers from Pennsylvania |
842969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Vreeland | Diana Vreeland | Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was a French-American columnist and editor. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, being the editor-in-chief of Vogue. She was a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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1989 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
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Natural disasters in the United States
American columnists
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842970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olana%20State%20Historic%20Site | Olana State Historic Site | Olana State Historic Site is a historic house museum and property in Greenport, New York, near the city of Hudson. The estate was home to Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Olana is an eclectic villa which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist. The residence has a wide view of the Hudson River Valley, the Catskill Mountains and the Taconic Range
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842971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29 | COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) | The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in the U.S. state of Georgia on March 2, 2020.
Georgia
2020s in Georgia (U.S. state) |
842972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic%20Edwin%20Church | Frederic Edwin Church | Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter. He was a well known figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. He was best known for painting large landscapes. His best known works were Niagara and The Heart of the Andes.
Other websites
Frederic Edwin Church works at National Gallery of Art
Timeline of Art History Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Olana Partnership
American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Church (see index)
Art and the empire city: New York, 1825–1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (full PDF), which contains material on Church
Lyrics to the song "Olana" by Marc Cohn, about Church and the Olana estate, from Church's perspective.
Art Renewal.org
Frederic Edwin Church Gallery at MuseumSyndicate
1826 births
1900 deaths
American painters
People from Hartford, Connecticut
Artists from New York City |
842975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Galella | Ron Galella | Ronald Edward Galella (born January 10, 1931) is an American photographer. He is thought to have been the first paparazzo. He has been called "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by Time magazine and Vanity Fair. He is seen by Harper's Bazaar as "arguably the most controversial paparazzo of all time".
During his career, Galella has taken more than three million photographs of public figures.
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Living people
American photographers
Artists from New York City |
842978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20hunting | Fox hunting | Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.
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842981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewYork-Presbyterian%20Hospital | NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City involved with medical schools: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine. It is made of two distinct medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center.
As of 2021, the hospital was ranked as the 7th best hospital in the United States and 1st in the New York City metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has around 20,000 employees and 2,678 beds in total, and is one of the largest hospitals in the world.
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Buildings and structures in New York City |
842986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal%20Art%20Society | Municipal Art Society | The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City. It hopes encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and neighborhoods across the city.
The organization was founded in 1893. In January 2010, MAS relocated from its longtime home in the historic Villard Houses on 457 Madison Avenue to the Steinway Hall on West 57th Street.
In July 2014, MAS moved into the Look Building at 488 Madison Avenue, across the street from its former Villard home.
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842987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline%20Kennedy%20Onassis%20High%20School%20for%20International%20Careers | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers, located at 120 West 46th Street in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was created in the 1970s in lower Manhattan. Its original goal was to offer young women a business education, then not available to female students, however it is now co-ed. The school was renamed in honor of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1995, a year after her death.
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Schools in New York
Buildings and structures in Manhattan |
842988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline%20Kennedy%20Onassis%20Reservoir | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, also known as Central Park Reservoir, is a decommissioned reservoir in Central Park in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, stretching from 86th to 96th Streets. It covers and holds over of water.
The Central Park Reservoir was renamed in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994 to honor her contributions to the city, and because she lived nearby.
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842989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup%20%28company%29 | Gallup (company) | Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.
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842992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie%20%282016%20movie%29 | Jackie (2016 movie) | Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama movie directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim. The movie stars Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy. Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and John Hurt also star.
The movie is about Jacqueline Kennedy in the days when she was First Lady of the United States in the White House and her life immediately following the assassination of her husband, United States President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. It is partly based on Theodore H. White's Life magazine interview with the widow at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in November 1963.
The movie was released in the United States on December 2, 2016, by Fox Searchlight Pictures to positive reviews. It three Academy Award nominations: Best Actress (for Portman), Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design.
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2010s biographical movies
2016 drama movies
2010s American biographical movies
2010s American drama movies
English-language movies
Movies set in the 1960s
Movies set in Washington, D.C.
Movies set in Massachusetts |
842993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican%20dollar | Jamaican dollar | The Jamaican Dollar, is the official currency of Jamaica it has been the currency of Jamaica since 1969, like a lot of other countries, Jamaica also uses the cent as the subdivision.
One United States Dollar is worth 150.32 Jamaican Dollars as of May 18, 2021. The symbol of the Jamaican Dollar is $, but they also use J$ to distinguish it from others, so people know which currency they are talking about.
Banknotes
The banknotes of Jamaica are the J$50, J$100, J$500, and the J$1000.
Coins
The coins of Jamaica are the 25c, J$1, J$5, J$10 and the J$20 but since 2018 the cent coins aren't used anymore.
Currency of South America
Jamaica |
842995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Battiato | Franco Battiato | Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker. He sometimes performed under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani. Battiato's songs had esoteric, philosophical and religious themes. He performed under many genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, and new wave.
Battiato died on 18 May 2021 in Milo, Italy at the age of 76.
Related pages
List of Italian painters
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Italian composers
Italian writers
Songwriters
Italian movie directors
People from Sicily
Italian painters
Italian musicians
Eurovision Song Contest entrants |
842997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Sicily | Kingdom of Sicily | The Kingdom of Sicily, was a kingdom that was located in South Italy what is now known as Sicily, it was a successor to the County of Sicily which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of the southern peninsula. The island was divided into three regions: Val di Mazara, Val Demone and Val di Noto. In 1282 there was a revolt against the Angevin rule, known as the Sicilian Vespers threw off Charles of Anjou's rule of the island of Sicily. The Angevins managed to maintain control in the main part of the kingdom which became a separate entity also styled the Kingdom of Sicily. although it is commonly referred to as the Kingdom of Naples after its capital. From 1282 to 1409 the island was ruled by the Spanish Crown of Aragon as an independent kingdom, then it was added permanently to the Crown. After 1302, the island kingdom was sometimes called the Kingdom of Trinacria, In 1816, the island Kingdom of Sicily merged with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. In 1861, the Two Sicilies were invaded and conquered by an Expedition Corp (Expedition of the Thousand) led by Giuseppe Garibaldi who later transferred them to the house of Savoy, to form, after a referendum, with the Kingdom of Sardinia itself (i.e. Savoy, Piedmont and Sardinia) and several northern city-states and duchies, the new Kingdom of Italy.
Sicily |
842998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Blanco%20Encalada | Manuel Blanco Encalada | Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (April 21, 1790 – September 5, 1876) was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy. He later became a political figure, and the first President of the provisional government of Chile in 1826.
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1876 deaths
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843006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette%20%282013%20movie%29 | Colette (2013 movie) | Colette, also released under the name of Prisoner of Auschwitz, is a 2013 Slovakian Czech Dutch World War II biographical drama movie directed by Milan Cieslar and starring Andrej Hryc, Eric Bouwer, Jirí Mádl, Jan Cina, Zuzana Mauréry.
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2010s war movies
2010s biographical movies
Slovakian movies
Czech movies
Dutch biographical movies
Dutch drama movies
World War II movies
Movies directed by Milan Cieslar |
843009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-16b | Kepler-16b | Kepler-16b is a planet outside our solar system. It orbits the Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B stars away from Earth. Bill Borucki discovered it in 2011. It is in diameter. It has a surface temperature of . It has a orbital period of 228.8 days, similar to Venus. It has a orbital radius of .
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843012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendropsophus%20delarivai | Dendropsophus delarivai | Dendropsophus delarivai is a frog that lives in Peru. Scientists have seen this between 500 and 1500 meters above sea level.
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Animals of South America |
843013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%20Tera%20Hero | Main Tera Hero | Main Tera Hero () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action romantic comedy movie, directed by David Dhawan and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under the Balaji Motion Pictures banner. The movie stars Nargis Fakhri, Varun Dhawan and Ileana D'Cruz. The movie released on 4 April 2014 to mixed reviews from critics, though it became a box office success.
Cast
Varun Dhawan as Sreenath Prasad aka 'Seenu'
Ileana D’Cruz as Sunaina Goradia
Nargis Fakhri as Ayesha Singhal Negi
Arunoday Singh as Police Inspector Angad Negi
Anupam Kher as Vikrant Singhal
Rajpal Yadav as Peter
Saurabh Shukla as Balli
Manoj Pahwa as father of Seenu
Supriya Shukla as mother of Seenu
Evelyn Sharma as Veronica Vikrant's girlfriend
Raju Kher as Professor Tripathi
Aaron Brumfield as Burly Bodyguard
Neel Motwani as Goon
Shakti Kapoor as Johnny
Ashwin Mushran as Anger Management Therapist
Shireesh Sharma as Mr. Goradia (Father of Sunaina)
Manan Dania as Hari
Saahibjeet Singh as Vicky
Latesh Sharma as Shankar
Kavish Majumdar as Seenu's college friend
Asim Riaz as Ginny, Angad's goon
Salman Khan in a voiceover appearance as Various Gods
References |
843015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Dhawan | David Dhawan | David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1955) is an Indian film director who works in Hindi films. He is the father of Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan. He is best known for directing several successful films, including Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Judwaa (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Partner (2007), Chashme Baddoor (2013), Main Tera Hero (2014) and Judwaa 2 (2017). The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations. |
843016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20New%20Year%20%282014%20movie%29 | Happy New Year (2014 movie) | Happy New Year (sometimes abbreviated as HNY) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. It was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films. The film marked the third collaboration of Khan with the director; they previously worked on Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007), the latter of which also featured Padukone as the female lead.
Happy New Year was released on October 24, 2014, during Diwali with dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu and it was the biggest film release in India up until then. The film received mixed reviews and became a blockbuster grossing in India on its first day, setting the record for the highest first-day collection made by an Indian film to that point, and over worldwide, and it became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2014 and among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time.
Cast
Shah Rukh Khan as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma / "Charlie": Mohini's lover; Charan Grover's nemesis
Deepika Padukone as Mohini Joshi: Charlie's love interest; Vicky Grover's love interest
Abhishek Bachchan as Nandu Bhide / Vicky Grover charan's son (Dual role)
Sonu Sood as ex capt- Jagmohan Prakash Singh / "Jag": Rohan's Uncle
Boman Irani as Temhton Irani / "Tammy" Manohar's friend
Vivaan Shah as Rohan Singh, Jag's nephew
Jackie Shroff as Charan Grover, Vicky's father, the main antagonist.
Mohan Kapur as Charan's assistant
Varun Pruthi as Charan's assistant Sartaj Gill
Kavi Shastri as Mr. Gupta
Anupam Kher as Manohar Sharma, Charlie's late father (Cameo Appearance)
Daisy Irani as Namita Irani (Cameo Appearance)
Sarah-Jane Dias as Laila: India's ambassador at WDC (Cameo Appearance)
Dino Morea as Host of World Dance Championship (Cameo Appearance)
Kiku Sharda as Saroj Khan (Cameo Appearance)
Prabhu Deva as Dance Instructor (Cameo Appearance)
Malaika Arora Khan as the Heroine of a Film (Cameo Appearance)
Anurag Kashyap as Himself/Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions (Cameo Appearance)
Vishal Dadlani as Himself/Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions (Cameo Appearance)
Sajid Khan as Himself/Director of a Film (Special Appearance)
Geeta Kapoor as Herself/Judge of World Dance Championship (Cameo Appearance)
Jay J Jakkrit as Team Korea Leader
References
2014 action movies
2014 comedy movies
2010s Indian movies |
843023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet%20Mignon | Filet Mignon | Filet Mignon (French:"Fine fillet") is a type of meat. It is cut from the small end of the tenderloin. It can also refer to a part of the pork tenderloin.
It is very expensive due to the small size of the cut.
Usage
Europe
In France, filet mignon is referred to pork. There are different terms of the cut in other countries. E.g. filet de bœuf in French, fillet steak in the UK, filéstek in Swedish, filetsteak in German, filete in Spanish, filé mignon in Portuguese, filee steik in Estonian, and filetbiff in Norwegian.
North America
In the U.S., both the central and large end of the beef tenderloin are often sold as filet mignon in supermarkets and restaurants. The French terms for these cuts are tournedos (the smaller central portion), châteaubriand (the larger central portion), and biftek (cut from the large end known as the tête de filet (lit. "head of filet") in French).
Preparation
Like most steaks, the Filet Mignon can be cooked with different methods.
References
Cuts of beef |
843026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaariyan%20%282014%20movie%29 | Yaariyan (2014 movie) | Yaariyan () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romance film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar, and stars Himansh Kohli, Rakul Preet Singh and Nicole Faria. It marked the debut of the director as well as the leads. The film was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banner of T-Series Super Cassettes Industries.
The film released on 10 January 2014 with 1200 screens release in India. The film received negative reviews from critics but was a box office success grossing ₹550 million against its ₹100 million budget.
Cast
Himansh Kohli as Lakshya
Rakul Preet Singh as Saloni
Serah Singh as Jenny
Nicole Faria as Jiya
Shreyas Porus Pardiwalla as Pardy
Dev Sharma as Neil
Jatin Suri as Debu
Vikas Verma As Mike
Evelyn Sharma as Jannet
Sayali Bhagat as Nikki
Gabriella Giardina as Elizabeth
Deepti Naval as Girl Hostel Warden
Smita Jaykar as Lakshya's mother
Gulshan Grover as College Principal
Hemant Pandey as Saloni's father
Manish Kumar as Jenny's boyfriend
Yo Yo Honey Singh as Batbelly
References |
843030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip%20steak | Strip steak | The strip steak is a type of meat cut from the short loin. It is a bit tender since it doesn't do that much work.
Other names
The steak is sold in the United States under a lot of names names, including Ambassador Steak, Boneless Club Steak, Hotel-Style Steak, Kansas City Steak, New York Steak, Top Loin, and Veiny Steak.
In New Zealand and Australia, it is known as Porterhouse and Sirloin (striploin steak) and can be found in the Handbook of Australian Meat under codes 2140 to 2143.
In the UK and Ireland it is called sirloin.
In Canada, most meat sellers refer to this cut as a strip loin; in French it is known as contre-filet.
Delmonico's Restaurant, an operation opened in New York City in 1827, sold as one of its signature dishes a cut from the short loin called a Delmonico steak. Due to its association with the city, it is often called a New York strip steak.
Preparation
Like most steaks, the Strip steak can be cooked with different methods.
References
Cuts of beef |
843033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flank%20steak | Flank steak | The flank steak is a type of meat cut from the abdomen or lower chest. It is a lean steak cut.
Overview
A long and flat cut, flank steak is used in a lot of dishes including the London broil and as an alternative to the traditional skirt steak in fajitas. The Grain (meat fibre) is seen in flank steaks, as it comes from a very-worked part of the cow, and many chefs cut across the grain to make the meat more tender. It is frequently used in Asian cuisine, often sold in Chinese markets as "stir-fry beef", and is served in French cuisine as an at most medium-rare steak. Flank is also used for steak jerky.
Usage
The cut is common in Colombia, where it's known as sobrebarriga ("over the belly").
Preparation
Like most steaks, the Flank steak can be cooked with different methods.
References
Cuts of beef |
843037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado%20oil | Avocado oil | Avocado oil is a type of oil pressed out of the pulp of avocados. It can be used raw, or in cooking at a high heat. It is a source of monounsaturated fats.
Quality
A study from the University of California, Davis in 2020 found that a majority of avocado oil sold in the US is either spoiled before its expiration date or is spoiled with other oils. In some cases, the researchers found that bottles labeled as “pure” or “extra virgin” avocado oil is soybean oil.
References
Cooking oils
Avocados |
843040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E2%99%AD%28musical%20note%29 | D♭(musical note) | D (also called a re bémol) is the first note of the D♭ major scale.
Designation by octave
Common scales beginning on D
D Major: D E F G A B C D
D Natural Minor: D E F G A B C D
D Harmonic Minor: D E F G A B C D
D Melodic Minor Ascending: D E F G A B C D
D Melodic Minor Descending: D C B A G F E D
Musical notes |
843044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%20425 | U.S. Route 425 | U.S. Route 425 or Former 80 is a new route located in Verdi, Nevada, west of Reno, east of California. It is north of Route 80, which is the second longest route in the U.S. Route 425 is a short route unlike others, it is only a mile or two long. The route is also called Former 80.
Roads in the United States |
843061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman%20Abba | Suleiman Abba | Suleiman Abba (born 22 March 1959) is a retired Nigerian police officer who served as the 17th Inspector General of Nigerian Police.
Education
Abba holds bachelor's degree of art (B.A degree in history) from University of Jos.
Career
He began his career with Nigerian police and rose through ranks to become AIG. Held numerous positions such as Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Rivers States, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Abuja and Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Maryam Abacha.
References
1959 births
Living people
Police officers
Nigerian people |
843063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Makarfi | Ahmed Makarfi | Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (born 8 August 1956) is a Nigerian politician and the former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party. He was the two times governor of Kaduna state and one time senator.
Early life and education
Makarfi was born in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He went to Federal Government College Enugu. Makarfi was admitted to the School of Basic Studies at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He also holds masters degree in accounting and finance in Ahmadu Bello University. He was a part-time Lecturer in the Department of Accounting.
Career
Makarfi began his career at the Nigeria Universal Bank, where he rose to the rank of Assistant General Manager. He was appointed as Commissioner of Finance and Economic. Makarfi was elected as the executive governor of Kaduna State in 1999 and also won a second four-year term in 2003. He was elected as a Senator representing Kaduna North Senatorial District. In 2016, Makarfi was appointed PDP national Chairman at a Convention held in Port Harcourt and later resigned after 2019 primary election.
References
1956 births
Living people
Nigerian politicians |
843066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar%20Farouk%20Ahmed | Umar Farouk Ahmed | Umar Farouk Ahmed was Military Administrator of Cross River State, Nigeria,during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He was then appointed administrator of Kaduna State (governor) in August during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over power to the elected civilian governor Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi.
References
Nigerian military people |
843078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20from%20G.R.A.M.P.A. | The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. | "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." is the 21st episode of The Simpsons 32nd season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on May 16, 2021. It was written by Carolyn Omine and Michael Polcino is the director of the episode.
Story
Terrance (a spy from the MI5) is looking for a Russian spy who is known as "The Grey Fox". He learns that The Grey Fox is in a town in America with a nuclear power plant. He goes to Springfield and starts to think that Grampa Simpson is the Russian spy. Terrance talks to Grampa's son Homer about what he thinks of Grampa. Homer wants to help Terrance with finding the spy. They go to a beach and find Grampa taking a cane. Grampa is given an envelope from two men who look like Russians. Terrance later kidnaps Homer and Grampa. Chief Wiggum follows Terrance's car with Marge and arrests him. Grampa makes Terrance feel better by pretending to be The Grey Fox.
Reception
Tony Sokol from Den of Geek thought the references to British spy movies were not strong enough. Sokol also thought the humor was not strong, but he called the episode clever. Jesse Bereta from Bubbleblabber thought that the episode was not too exciting, saying "it is more about convincing Homer that his father is a spy more than any actual spy work." However, Bereta said "it was a fun episode that tried something different."
References
Other websites
The Simpsons (season 32) episodes
2021 television episodes |
843081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/9Go%21 | 9Go! | 9Go! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009. It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy, reality, general entertainment, movies, animation and drama aimed at people between the ages of 4 to 18.
References
2009 establishments in Australia
Television channels in Australia |
843089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro%20leagues | Negro leagues | The Negro Leagues were baseball leagues for African Americans. These leagues started in the 1880s because African Americans were not allowed into the major leagues. Some of the best players in the Negro Leagues were Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson, and John Henry Lloyd. In 1945 Jackie Robinson was the first African American to join the major leagues in the 20th century. By the 1960s the Negro Leagues had broken up.
References
African-American history
Baseball leagues
History of baseball |
843098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlew | Curlew | The curlew is Numenius, a bird with a long downcurved bill (beak). With its beak the bird probes mudflats for food.
In pre-modern times the world had many more mudflats than it does today. Many have been eliminated by draining so as to give more land for farming. So, in England, the places suitable for the bird were in river estuaries and low-lying land. Originally, southern England had wide areas of mudflats suitable for the bird.
What changed was the draining of the "levels" to make for better farming. In England areas in East Anglia, Kent and Somerset were all drained and made productive farmland. A similar process happened in many countries. The consequence is that the curlews' numbers have dropped and the bird has become rare in places where it was once common.
Broadly speaking, curlews are waders, as are the godwits which look similar but have straight bills.
Most curlews migrate and so one or more species occur at different times of the year in Europe, Ireland, Britain, Iberia, Iceland, Africa, Southeast Asia, Siberia, North America, South America and Australasia. There are nine species of curlew.
References
Charadriiformes |
843103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhatu%20Tafida | Dalhatu Tafida | Dalhatu Sarki Tafida (born 24 November 1940) was a Minister of Health during the administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. He was the Senator of the Kaduna North constituency of Kaduna State.
Education
Tafida holds a bachelor's degree in medicine and a bachelor's of surgery from the University of Lagos. He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
References |
843105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Republican%20Convention | National Republican Convention | National Republican Convention was a Nigerian political party started by the former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida.
Politics
Babangida made to the party for Nigerians who like conservative politics. The party did well in the core northern states and eastern states of Abia and Enugu. Still, some people felt the National Republican Convention was almost the same as the other party. These two parties joined together to become Nigeria's Social Democratic Party and another government-created party.
References
Nigeria
Political parties in Africa |
843106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cities%20in%20Kenya | List of cities in Kenya | This is a list of cities and towns in Kenya.
Cities and towns in Kenya
Baragoi
Bungoma
Busia
Butere
Dadaab
Diani Beach
Eldoret
Emali
Embu
Garissa
Gede
Hola
Homa Bay
Isiolo
Kitui
Kibwezi
Kajiado
Kakamega
Kakuma
Kapenguria
Kericho
Keroka
Kiambu
Kilifi
Kisii
Kisumu
Kitale
Lamu
Langata
Litein
Lodwar
Lokichoggio
Londiani
Loyangalani
Machakos
Makindu
Malindi
Mandera
Maralal
Marsabit
Meru
Mombasa
Moyale
Mumias
Muranga
Mutomo
Nairobi
Naivasha
Nakuru
Namanga
Nanyuki
Naro Moru
Narok
Nyahururu
Nyeri
Ruiru
Shimoni
Takaungu
Thika
Vihiga
Voi
Wajir
Watamu
Webuye
Wote
Wundanyi
Kenya
Kenya |
843118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader%20of%20the%20New%20Zealand%20Labour%20Party | Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party | The leader of the Labour Party is the highest ranked politician within the New Zealand Labour Party. He or she serves as the parliamentary leader and leading spokesperson of the party.
Since 1 August 2017, the office has been held by Jacinda Ardern, who is the Member of Parliament for Mount Albert.
References |
843119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%20Davis%20%28politician%29 | Kelvin Davis (politician) | Kelvin Glen Davis (born 2 March 1967) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the House of Representatives. He has been Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017.
References
Living people
1967 births
New Zealand politicians |
843120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Little%20%28New%20Zealand%20politician%29 | Andrew Little (New Zealand politician) | Andrew James Little (born 7 May 1965) is a New Zealand politician. He is the Minister of Health and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. He is also the Minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.
Little was Leader of the Opposition from 2014 to 2017.
References
1965 births
Living people
Leaders of the Opposition (New Zealand) |
843122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy%20Leader%20of%20the%20New%20Zealand%20Labour%20Party | Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party | The deputy leader of the Labour Party is the second-most senior politician within the Labour Party in New Zealand. The officeholder represents leader of the Labour Party at party-specific events.
In all cases where the leadership is vacant, the deputy leader can be acting leader until a new leadership election.
Kelvin Davis is the current Deputy Leader, elected on 1 August 2017.
References |
843124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette%20King | Annette King | Dame Annette Faye King (née Robinson, born 13 September 1947) is a former New Zealand politician. She is the Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011, and from 2014 until 1 March 2017.
References
1947 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians |
843125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Albert%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate) | Mount Albert (abbreviated as Mt Albert) is a parliamentary electorate that represents the suburb of Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first created at the 1946 election.
The incumbent MP is Jacinda Ardern, currently serving as Prime Minister of New Zealand, who was first elected in a 2017 by-election.
The electorate was represented by David Shearer from 13 June 2009 to 31 December 2016; it was represented by Helen Clark from the 1981 general election until her resignation from Parliament on 17 April 2009.
References
New Zealand electorates |
843126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Shearer | David Shearer | David James Shearer (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013.
Shearer resigned from Parliament in December 2016 and is in charge of the United Nations peace keeping mission in South Sudan.
References
1957 births
Living people
Leaders of the Opposition (New Zealand) |
843127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20MP | List MP | A list MP is a member of parliament (MP) elected from a party list rather than from by a geographical constituency. The place in Parliament is because of the number of votes that the party won, not to votes received by the MP personally. This happens only in countries which have an electoral system based wholly or partly on party-list proportional representation.
References
Politics |
843128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Huo | Raymond Huo | Raymond Huo (; born 1964) is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament from 2008 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2020. He was first elected in 2008 as the New Zealand Labour Party's first MP of Chinese descent.
He was the third Chinese New Zealander to enter Parliament. Huo announced in July 2020 that he would not be running in the 2020 election.
References
1964 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians |
843129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%20Gayford | Clarke Gayford | Clarke Timothy Gayford (born 24 October 1976) is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster. He was a presenter of the fishing documentary show Fish of the Day. He is the fiancé of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
References
1976 births
Living people
Jacinda Ardern
Television presenters
New Zealand radio personalities |
843130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Ardern | Ross Ardern | David Ross Ardern (born 28 February 1954) is a New Zealand diplomat and former police officer. He is currently the Administrator of Tokelau. He was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue from 2014 to 2018, and as Niue's police commissioner from 2005 to 2009.
Ardern is the father of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.
References
1954 births
Living people
Jacinda Ardern
Police officers
New Zealand politicians |
843133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier%20House | Premier House | Premier House () is the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.
A private house bought for the prime minister's official residence when government moved its base to Wellington in 1865.
It was leased to private individuals for six years in the late 1890s then returned to use as an official residence for the prime minister until the Great Depression when a new government in 1935 wished to avoid "show". It was renovated and recommissioned as Premier House in 1990.
Other websites
Prime Minister's Residence at Heritage New Zealand
Information about Premier House at Te Ara
History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Housing the Prime Minister |
843134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Waikato | University of Waikato | The University of Waikato (), informally Waikato University, is a university in Hamilton, New Zealand. The university was created in 1964. It has another campus in Tauranga.
References
1960s establishments in New Zealand
1964 establishments
Colleges and universities |
843137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrinsville | Morrinsville | Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of 7,000 in the 2013 Census The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains. Morrinsville is around 33 kilometres east of Hamilton.
References
Towns in New Zealand |
843138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murupara | Murupara | Murupara is a town located in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located in an isolated part of the region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera protected area, on the banks of the Rangitaiki River, 65 kilometres southeast of Rotorua.
References
Towns in New Zealand |
843139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet%20Office | Cabinet Office | The Cabinet Office (CO) supports the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas.
Ministers
The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom works for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom. It is made of many units that support Cabinet committees. Staff working in the Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office.
References
United Kingdom |
843140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Union%20of%20Socialist%20Youth | International Union of Socialist Youth | The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization which was founded in 1907. Their activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the Second International.
References
1907 establishments
International organizations |
843141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2008 New Zealand general election | The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008. The liberal-conservative National Party, headed by its parliamentary leader John Key, won the largest share of votes and seats, ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party, led by Helen Clark. This marked the beginning of the Fifth National Government which governed for the next nine years, until the 2017 general election, when a government was formed between the Labour and New Zealand First parties.
The Chief Electoral Officer released the official results on 22 November 2008.
References
2008 elections
21st century in Oceania
Elections in New Zealand
November 2008 events |
843142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20electorates | New Zealand electorates | An electorate or electoral district () is a geographical constituency used for electing members (MPs) to the New Zealand Parliament. The size of electorates depends on that all electorates have about the same population.
The 72 electorates are made up from 65 general and seven Māori electorates. The number of electorates increases with national population growth; the number was increased from 71 to 72 starting at the 2020 general election.
References |
843143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Mount%20Albert%20by-election | 2017 Mount Albert by-election | The 2017 Mount Albert by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the Mount Albert electorate on 25 February 2017 during the 51st New Zealand Parliament.
The seat was vacated after the resignation of David Shearer, a former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.
No all right and centre-right parties ran, and turnout was low. The electorate was won by Labour Party list MP Jacinda Ardern by a large margin. Another Labour member, Raymond Huo, filled Ardern's list seat.
References
2017 elections in New Zealand
February 2017 events
Jacinda Ardern |
843144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Anne%20Genter | Julie Anne Genter | Julie Anne Genter (; born 17 December 1979) is an American-born New Zealand politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. She was the Minister for Women, Associate Minister for Health and Associate Minister for Transport during the first term of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
She holds dual citizenship of New Zealand and the United States.
References
1979 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians
Politicians from Minnesota
People from Rochester, Minnesota |
843145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20First | New Zealand First | New Zealand First (), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winston Peters.
It has formed coalition governments with both major political parties in New Zealand: first with the National Party from 1996 to 1998 and then with the Labour Party from 2005 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2020.
References
1990s establishments in New Zealand
1993 establishments
Political parties in New Zealand |
843146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Party%20of%20Aotearoa%20New%20Zealand | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (), commonly known as the Greens, is a green and left-wing political party in New Zealand. They support ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence. The party's ideology are environmentalism with left-wing and social-democratic economic policies.
References
1990s establishments in New Zealand
1990 establishments in Oceania
Political parties in New Zealand |
843147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20property%20bubble | New Zealand property bubble | The property bubble in New Zealand is a major national economic and social issue. Since the early 1990s, house prices in New Zealand have risen faster than incomes. It has put pressure on public housing providers as fewer households have access to housing on the private market. The property bubble has caused large impacts on inequality in New Zealand, which now has one of the highest homelessness rate in the OECD and a record-high waiting list for public housing.
References
New Zealand |
843148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20poverty | Child poverty | Child poverty is when children are living in poverty and are children from poor families or orphans being raised with limited state resources. In developing countries, these standards are low and, when combined with the increased number of orphans, the effects are more extreme.
Statistics
An estimated 385 million children live in extreme poverty. According to the UNICEF:
663 million children, that is one in three children, live in poverty
Children from the poorest households die at twice the rate of their better-off peers
Children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than adults
385 million children live in extreme poverty, forced to survive on less than $1.90 a day
References
Poverty |
843149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20inequality | Social inequality | Social inequality happens when resources in a society are given out unevenly. This can be because of gender, sexuality, race, income, legal status and education level. Social inequality usually talks about the lack of equality of outcome and the lack of equality of access to opportunity. The social rights include labor market, the source of income, health care, and freedom of speech, education, political representation, and participation.
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Politics |
843151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUDN%20%28TV%20network%29 | TUDN (TV network) | TUDN (formerly Univision Deportes) is a sports programming division of Univision, a Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision Communications.
Sports
Television
2012 establishments |
843178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20relations | Public relations | Public relations (PR) is the practice of deliberately managing the release and spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public in order to affect the public views.
References
Business |
843179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Duynhoven | Harry Duynhoven | Harry James Duynhoven (born 1955) is a New Zealand politician and member of the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the mayor of the city of New Plymouth from 2010 until 2013. He was a Member of Parliament for the New Plymouth electorate from 1987–1990, from 1993–2003, and again from 2003–2008.
Duynhoven was elected as Mayor of New Plymouth in October 2010.
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1955 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians |
843181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 1999 New Zealand general election | The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance.
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1999 elections
20th century in Oceania
Elections in New Zealand
November events
General elections |
843182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Young%20Labour | New Zealand Young Labour | Young Labour () is the youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and many national events, includingsessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged 15 to 30 years old are members of Young Labour.
References
New Zealand |
843183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikato%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Waikato (New Zealand electorate) | Waikato is an electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. A Waikato electorate was first created in 1871 and an electorate by this name has existed from 1871 to 1963, 1969 to 1996, and 2008 to the present, though exact borders have often changed.
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New Zealand electorates |
843184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ | TVNZ | Television New Zealand (), more commonly known as TVNZ, is a free-to-air public broadcasting television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.
TVNZ was created in February 1980. About 90% of TVNZ's revenue is from commercial activity (such as advertising and merchandising).
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20th-century establishments in New Zealand
Television networks
1980 establishments in Oceania |
843187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast%20%28New%20Zealand%20TV%20programme%29 | Breakfast (New Zealand TV programme) | Breakfast (also referred to as 1 News Breakfast) is a New Zealand morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on TVNZ 1, produced by 1 News. The first episode came out on 11 August 1997. It was the first of its genre in New Zealand. It has a mixture of breaking news, news, sport, weather and feature items. Originally a two-hour programme, it was expanded to three hours in 2012.
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New Zealand |
843189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland%20Central%20%28New%20Zealand%20electorate%29 | Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate) | Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is currently represented by Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the Green Party; she has represented the seat since 2020.
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New Zealand electorates |
843191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2011 New Zealand general election | The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011.
One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, and 51 from party lists including one overhang seat.
A referendum on the voting system was held at the same time as the election, with voters voting by majority to keep the MMP system.
References
2011 elections
2010s elections in New Zealand
November events
General elections |
843192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20New%20Zealand%20general%20election | 2014 New Zealand general election | The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014.
Voters elected 121 members to the House of Representatives, with 71 from single-member electorates (an increase from 70 in 2011) and 49 from party lists.
A total of 3,140,417 people were registered to vote in the election; around 92.6% of all eligible New Zealanders. A total of 2,446,279 votes were cast.
The centre-right National Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister John Key, gained a plurality with 47.0% of the party vote and 60 of the 121 seats.
Notes
References
2014 elections
2010s elections in New Zealand
September 2014 events
General elections |
843193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki%20Kaye | Nikki Kaye | Nicola Laura Kaye (born 11 February 1980) is a New Zealand politician. She was Deputy Leader of the New Zealand National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 22 May 2020 to 14 July 2020.
Kaye was the member of the New Zealand Parliament from 2008 until 2020.
She is a breast cancer survivor.
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1980 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians
People from Auckland
Breast cancer survivors |
843194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise%20Roche | Denise Roche | Denise Maree Roche (born 9 July 1963) is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of the Waiheke Local Board and the New Zealand House of Representatives, where she represented the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2011 to 2017.
Roche was born in 1963 in Helensville.
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1963 births
Living people
New Zealand politicians |
843210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista%20National%20Liberation%20Front | Sandinista National Liberation Front | The Sandinista National Liberation Front or Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) is a political party in Nicaragua. It was founded by Augusto César Sandino.
History
Silvio Mayorga, Tomás Borge, and Carlos Fonseca started the party in 1961.
In 1979, the Sandinista Party overthrew Anastasiio Somoza Debayle's dynasty. The Sandinistas then ruled from 1979 to 1990, and the FSLN took over as the country's sole power-sharing government in March 1981. Despite implementing a policy of mass education and promoting gender equality, the government came under international scrutiny for human rights abuses and the oppression of indigenous people.
The FSLN is Nicaragua's sole political party. It currently holds the country's only seat in congress. It often polls in opposition against the PLC. In 2006, Daniel Ortega was reelected as the country's president with many more votes than the other person who ran.
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Political parties in South America
Nicaragua |
843217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leima%20Linthoingambi | Leima Linthoingambi | Leima Linthoingambi was the queen of king Ningthoukhomba (1432-1567) of Manipur kingdom. During the Ankla invasion, the king had to proceed at the war field. At the King's absence in the capital city Kangla, the Tangkhul tribes raided the city. But in disguise as the king, the queen resisted their revolution by offering strong wine at the king's absence. With her wits, the kingdom was saved. This account is recorded in the Ningthourol Lambuba.
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History of Manipur
Manipur |
843222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharani%20Kumudini | Maharani Kumudini | Maharani Kumudini Devi is the Queen of King Gambhir Singh and mother of King Chandrakirti of Manipur kingdom. After the death of her husband in an early age, she took full responsibility to protect her minor son, Prince Chandrakirti from the evil plots of palace intrigues. After her son ascended the throne of Manipur kingdom, she is best known for being the greatest royal lady holding utmost powers in the history.
References
History of Manipur
Manipur |
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