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856827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barco | Barco | Barco NV is a Belgian technology company. Barco focusing on three core markets: entertainment, enterprise, and healthcare. Barco is headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium.
The company has 400 granted patents. Shares of Barco are listed on Euronext Brussels.
Barco is an acronym (Belgian American Radio Corporation).
Barco was founded in 1934 in the town of Poperinge. Founder is Lucien Depuydt.
References
1934 establishments in Europe
Technology companies of Europe |
856833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews%2C%20North%20Carolina | Matthews, North Carolina | Matthews is a town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 27,198 people live in Matthews.
Towns in North Carolina |
856837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20on%20My%20Back%20%28movie%29 | Monkey on My Back (movie) | Monkey on My Back is a 1957 American biographical movie directed by Andre DeToth and starring Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson, Kathy Garver, Barry Kelley, Raymond Greenleaf, Richard Benedict. It was distributed by United Artists.
Other websites
1957 movies
American biographical movies
Movies directed by Andre DeToth |
856840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahvaz | Ahvaz | Ahvaz () is a city in southwestern Iran. It is the capital of Khuzestan Province. In the year 2016, about 1,350,000 people lived there. In 2018, 30 people were killed in a mass shooting.
Cities in Iran |
856846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Patriot%20%28wrestler%29 | The Patriot (wrestler) | Delbert Alexander "Del" Wilkes, Jr. (December 21, 1961June 30, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and college football player. He had many ring names such as The Trooper and The Patriot. Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.
Wilkes died of a heart attack on June 30, 2021 in Newberry, South Carolina, at the age of 59.
References
1961 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
American professional wrestlers
American football players
Sportspeople from South Carolina
People from Columbia, South Carolina |
856848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond%20O%27Malley | Desmond O'Malley | Desmond Joseph O'Malley (2 February 1939 – 21 July 2021) was an Irish politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency from 1968 to 2002. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. He was also the founder and Leader of the Progressive Democrats from 1985 to 1993.
O'Malley was Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1977 to 1981 and 1989 to 1992. O'Malley also was Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism from March 1982 to October 1982, Minister for Justice from 1970 to 1973 and Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence from 1969 to 1970.
O'Malley died on 21 July 2021 in Dublin, aged 82.
References
1939 births
2021 deaths
Irish politicians
Irish writers
People from Limerick |
856849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut%20oil | Peanut oil | Peanut oil is a type of vegetable oil that comes from the fat in peanuts. This oil is known to have a neutral flavour unless the peanuts were roasted first. It is commonly used in deep frying.
Composition
Peanut oil is 17% saturated fat, 46% monounsaturated fat, and 32% polyunsaturated fat (table).
References
Peanuts
Cooking oils |
856850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface%20Alexandre | Boniface Alexandre | Boniface Alexandre (born 31 July 1936) is a Haitian politician. Alexandre served as the provisional President of Haiti following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état until May 2006.
During Alexandre's acting presidency, Amnesty International found that many people have been kidnapped, murdered and imprisoned without charge or trial.
References
Presidents of Haiti
1936 births
Living people |
856855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn%20oil | Corn oil | Corn oil (also called maize oil) is a type of cooking oil. It comes from the fat in the germ of corn seeds. It is a cheap oil compared to others. It is commonly used in frying at high heats.
Composition
Corn oil is 12.9% saturated fat, 27.6% monounsaturated fat, and 54.7% polyunsaturated fat.
References
Maize
Cooking oils |
856858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Vital%20Sourrouille | Juan Vital Sourrouille | Juan Vital Sourrouille (13 August 1940 – 21 July 2021) was an Argentine economist and politician. Sourrouille was born in Buenos Aires. He was the Minister of Economy of Argentina during the government of Raúl Alfonsín from 1985 until 1989. He created the Austral plan.
Sourrouille died on 21 July 2021 in Buenos Aires from colorectal cancer, aged 80.
References
1940 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Argentine politicians
Argentine economists
People from Buenos Aires |
856861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Disputed%20Vote%20of%20Mr.%20Cayo | The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo | The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo is a 1986 Spanish movie directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico and starring Francisco Rabal, Juan Luis Galiardo, Iñaki Miramón, Lydia Bosch.
Other websites
1986 movies
Spanish movies
Movies directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico |
856864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Year%20of%20the%20Quiet%20Sun | A Year of the Quiet Sun | A Year of the Quiet Sun () is a 1984 Polish Italian German World War II romantic drama movie directed by Krzysztof Zanussi and starring Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Ewa Dałkowska, Vadim Glowna, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Zofia Rysiówna.
Other websites
1984 drama movies
1984 romance movies
1980s romantic drama movies
1980s war movies
Polish movies
Italian romance movies
Italian drama movies
German romance movies
German drama movies
World War II movies
Movies directed by Krzysztof Zanussi |
856869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash%20Wednesday%20%281973%20movie%29 | Ash Wednesday (1973 movie) | Ash Wednesday is a 1973 American mystery drama movie directed by Larry Peerce and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Other websites
1973 drama movies
1970s mystery movies
American mystery movies
American drama movies
Movies directed by Larry Peerce |
856874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing%20Heaven | Stealing Heaven | Stealing Heaven is a 1988 British Serbian romantic drama movie directed by Clive Donner and was based on the novel of the same name by Marion Meade. It stars Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton, Kenneth Cranham, Rachel Kempson, Angela Pleasence, Patsy Byrne, Timothy Watson.
Other websites
1988 drama movies
1988 romance movies
1980s romantic drama movies
British romantic drama movies
Serbian movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Clive Donner |
856876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJustine | IJustine | Justine Ezarik (born March 20, 1984) is an American YouTuber, host, author and actress and the winner of the 7000th show The Price is Right. She is best known as iJustine, with over a billion views across her YouTube channels since 2006. She gained attention as a lifecaster who communicated directly with her millions of viewers on her Justin.tv channel, ijustine.tv.
Other websites
1984 births
Living people
American YouTubers
Actors from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
856880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail%20%281939%20movie%29 | Blackmail (1939 movie) | Blackmail is a 1939 American crime drama movie directed by H. C. Potter and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson, John Wray, Arthur Hohl, Esther Dale. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Other websites
1939 movies
1930s crime movies
1930s drama movies
American crime drama movies
Movies directed by H. C. Potter |
856885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Brueck | Kevin Brueck | Kevin Brueck (born April 27, 1978) is an American voice actor and YouTuber, most notable for his involvement in the web series the Annoying Orange franchise and the spin-off Liam the Leprechaun franchise. He is also known for voicing many characters on the YouTube web series The Annoying Orange; his most famous voice role is that of Grandpa Lemon, Lemon's grandfather.
Other websites
1978 births
Living people
American YouTubers
American voice actors |
856887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggles%20%28movie%29 | Biggles (movie) | Biggles is a 1986 British World War I science fiction adventure movie directed by John Hough and starring Nick Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing, William Hootkins, Francesca Gonshaw, Daniel Flynn.
Other websites
1986 science fiction movies
1980s adventure movies
1980s family movies
1980s war movies
British science fiction movies
British adventure movies
British war movies
American science fiction movies
American war movies
American adventure movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by John Hough
World War I movies |
856889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20business | Big business | Big business means large-scale and corporate-controlled business activities. The term big business refers to activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". United States companies which are classified as big businesses include although are not limited to Walmart, Microsoft, Apple Inc., General Electric, Verizon Communications, Google, General Motors, Amazon, Tesla and Toyota. Apple Inc. had just over $2.1 trillion as of June 2021. Microsoft had almost $1.8 trillion by that same time. Tesla had about $641 billion by June 2021. The biggest United Kingdom business networks are HSBC, Barclays, Unilever and BP (called British Petroleum before 1998).
The history of big business
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the words big business were first mentioned in Frederic Clemson Howe's book The City: the Hope of Democracy' in 1905.
The automotive industry started off small in the late 19th century. They grew very fast after large-scale gasoline was developed during the early 20th century.
New technology from computers spread across the world in the years following World War II. Businesses built around computer technology include though are not limited to Microsoft, Apple Inc., Intel, IBM and Samsung.
The criticism of big business
There are various efforts being made to investigate the effects of "bigness" toward workers, consumers and investors. The effects toward prices and competition are also being looked at.
Large corporations have been subjected to strong controversy and criticism for abusing their employees, exploiting workers, political corruption, white-collar crime and corporate scandals.
Contrary to popular belief, not all corporations in the United States associate with the Republican Party. Several companies, Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball went against Georgia's new and restrictive voting laws. Amazon, Google and Starbucks signed a statement that was against legislation which would discriminate against people who have certain racial, ethnic or disability backgrounds and those with certain sexual preferences.
Many Americans believe that corporations have too much power.
References
Controversies
Business |
856894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boana%20curupi | Boana curupi | The yellow-spotted tree frog, fasciated frog or spotted tree frog (Boana albopunctata) is a frog that lives in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
The adult male frog is 2.90 to 4.3 cm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is 4.1 to 4.7 cm long.
This frog is dark brown in color with darker patches and a white stripe on its lip. It is lighter at the throat.
The frog's name comes from "Curupi," also called "Curipira" or "Kurupira," a creature from folklore that protects the forest and the living things in it.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
856900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsuke | Netsuke | Netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture. It appeared in the 17th century. Originally It looked like a hanging keychain on Japanese traditional clothing called kimono. Netsuke was a button fastener on the cords of an inro box.
Netsuke is made of various materials: ivory, boxwood, metal, boar tusk, clay and so on.
Japanese culture |
856902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi | Kintsugi | Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer. It is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (philosophy of imperfection value).
Related pages
Maki-e
Wabi-sabi
Japanese culture
Ceramics |
856904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Britney%20movement | Free Britney movement | The Free Britney movement is an Internet social movement. Members with the movement are working for American Britney Spears to be freed from her years-long and court-ordered conservatorship (the appointment of court-ordered guardians or protectors by court judges). The Free Britney movement was begun in 2008. The movement became popular in 2019.
The background
In 2008, Spears was placed into a three-day psychiatric hold two separate times. At the time, she was experiencing serious conflicts which affected her personal life. Those conflicts include divorcing her then-husband Kevin Federline in late 2007, attacking paparazzi, shaving her head and losing the custody of her two sons with Federline. Just after the second hospital visit, Spears' father Jamie filed to put a temporary conservatorship on her. The conservatorship was made permanent later in 2008. Jamie was the conservator for Britney's personal affair and co-conservator for her finances with Andrew Wallet. Wallet was in charge starting in 2009. He resigned his position in March 2019. Due to stress from her father Jamie's afflictions, Britney went into a mental health facility the same month. She was released the following month from the mental health facility.
The inception and outcomes
In April 2019, a podcast that involved Britney, titled Britney's Gram, put out voicemails from an anonymous party saying they were the former members of her legal team. The anonymous party also said her planned second residency was canceled by her father Jamie due to Britney not always wanting to take her medication. They then said Britney was involuntarily held in the facility beginning in January after she violated rules that banned her from driving. Finally, they said the conservatorship was originally scheduled to end in 2009. Shortly after the podcast episode, a movement to end the conservatorship, called #FreeBritney, became widely known. In May, the Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny, the judge over the case, ordered an "expert evaluation" of the arrangement during a hearing. In September 2019, her former husband Federline was then granted a restraining order against Britney's father Jamie just after what might have been a physical dispute between Jamie and one of Federline's and Britney's sons. The order was sought when Federline said Jamie broke down a door to get his grandson. When the grandson was in his room, Federline said, Jamie grabbed him.
The Los Angeles divorce attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan stated there was a disagreement that took place when Britney and her sons were visiting Jamie at his home. According to Kaplan, the disagreement led to a serious act of physical violence that was observed by Britney's and Federline's older son Jayden. Kaplan credited Britney for removing the children from the area.
Britney Spears gave notice to the court on June 23, 2021 and talked about having trauma. She described the conservatorship as "abusive". She then expressed her wishes for choosing her own legal representation and to marry and have another child. She asked Penny to dissolve the conservatorship without further evaluation. The request to end the conservatorship, however, was later denied by Penny. During a court hearing in July 2021, Britney Spears was given the right to choose her own lawyer. Judge Penny then approved the replacement of Spears' previous lawyer Samuel Ingham with Matthew Rosengart. The new lawyer said he would be working to dissolve the conservatorship.
A public response
From 2019 to 2021, the #FreeBritney movement gained support from many celebrities. They included singers Miley Cyrus and Cher and media personality Paris Hilton. The singers Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera, the earlier of whom was Spears' past boyfriend, also voiced their support. The latter also said Spears' conservatorship was "unacceptable".
U.S. Burgess Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz invited Spears to testify on her conservatorship to United States Congress. In relation to Spears' case, U.S. Senators Bob Casey Jr. and Elizabeth Warren called on the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to give them data on conservatorships so they could make policy-related recommending on the system. Casey Jr. and Warren called for more federal oversight on the guardianship system in the United States after Spears' testimony. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonprofit organization, decided they would help Spears in dissolving the conservatorship if she requested to do so. They filed an amicus curiae to support Spears' plea to choose her own legal representation.
References
Internet culture
Controversies
Britney Spears
2008 establishments in the United States |
856906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skytech | Skytech | Skytech Helicopters is a Belgian helicopter company.
Skytech operating heavy-lift helicopters in different countries.
Сompany was founded in Belgium in November 1989 by helicopter pilots Thierry Lakhanisky and Lucienne De Dryver.
References
Aircraft companies
Companies of Europe
1989 establishments in Europe |
856913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssen%20Pharmaceuticals | Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a Belgian pharmaceutical company.
Company is headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and owned by Johnson & Johnson.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals conducts research of a wide range of human medical disorders, including mental illness, neurological disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, HIV/AIDS, allergies and cancer.
History
Company was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen.
In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceuticals was purchased by American corporation Johnson & Johnson.
References
Companies of Belgium
1953 establishments in Europe
Pharmaceutical companies of Europe |
856917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatorship | Conservatorship | In United States law, conservatorship is when a protector or guardian is appointed by a court judge to manage the financial affairs for another person. This is usually because that person is old or has physical or mental health problems. People in a conservatorship are called conservatees. Conservatees are usually adults. A person in guardianship is called a "ward". The term ward is usually used in reference to minors (people under age 18). Conservatorship may also be used for corporations or organizations.
Appointment of conservatorships
Conservatorship refers to the legal responsibility over a person who has a certain mental disorder or a physical health problem. This includes people affected with psychosis, suicidal ideation, certain levels of autism or in some other way are not able to make medical, financial or legal decisions for themselves.
In relation to the government control of businesses and corporations, like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, conservatorship means more temporary control than does nationalization.
Conservatorship controversy
A recent example of conservatorship controversy is that involving the American pop singer-songwriter Britney Spears. She was put into conservatorship by her father in 2008. The year before, Britney had a mental breakdown. Spears also shaved her head and hit paparazzi with an umbrella. In late 2008, the conservatorship was made permanent. It triggered the Free Britney movement.
In California there are two forms of conservatorship. The Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorship starts off being temporary. This one is renewed every year if necessary. A probate conservatorship does not have a temporary period. It does not automatically expire. Spears is in the latter (the probate form of conservatorship).
Spears has wanted the conservatorship to be dissolved because, she says, her father uses it to abuse and exploit her.
References
Legal terms |
856934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink%20%28slur%29 | Chink (slur) | Chink or ching chong ( or 清衝 (qīng chōng), is a racial slur for a Chinese person. It is primarily used in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malaysia. Sometimes, it can be used to refer to anyone of Asian heritage or appearance.
Related pages
Anti-Chinese sentiment
China
Chinese diaspora
Chinese Americans
Chinese Australians
Chinese Brits
Chinese Canadians
Chinese Malaysians
Chinese New Zealanders
Chinese Singaporeans
Nigger
Pejoratives
English profanity
Slurs |
856943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paki | Paki | Paki is a British English racial slur targeted at Pakistanis. It is mostly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India.
Pejoratives
English profanity
Slurs |
856944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody%20hell | Bloody hell | Bloody hell is a common British swearing phrase used as a milder form of fucking hell and a vulgar version of what the hell, bugger, crap or damn it. It is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji and Sri Lanka.
English profanity |
856946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco | Texaco | Texaco (or The Texas Company; originally called The Texas Fuel Company) is an American petroleum and gasoline company. It was founded in 1902 in Beaumont, Texas. The Chevron Corporation bought the Texaco company in late 2000.
In 1931, Texaco bought the Indian Oil Company. The Indian Oil Company was in Illinois. This expanded the company's refining and marketing base across the midwestern United States. It also gave Texaco rights to Indian's Havoline motor oil (which became a Texaco product).
In 1994, the System3 gasolines by Texaco were replaced with new CleanSystem3 gasoline for improved engine performance.
Texaco gasoline contains Techron, an additive developed by Chevron in 2005. It replaces the previous CleanSystem3. This Texaco brand is strong in Latin America, the United States and West Africa. It is also in Europe. In the United Kingdom, there are about 850 Texaco-branded gas stations.
In 2010, Texaco ended business operations across the Mid-Atlantic States. Texaco removed its brand from 450 stations in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky and Washington, D.C..
Texaco once did business in and around the Quad Cities of southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois. In the 2000s decade, however, the stores were closed. They were then replaced with Kwik Shop stores in Iowa and with Gas Land stores in Illinois.
References
Companies based in Texas
Companies based in California
American fuel companies
1902 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Texas |
856948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20slang%20words%20referring%20to%20the%20penis | List of slang words referring to the penis | This is a dynamic list of slang words for the penis.
List
Cock
Dick
Man parts
Peen
Wang
Willy
Slang
Language-related lists |
856962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Haunted%20Mansion%20%28movie%29 | The Haunted Mansion (movie) | The Haunted Mansion is a 1999 American horror comedy film based on the attraction of the same name at Disney theme parks. Directed by Paul Weiland, the film is written by Zak Penn and Kerry Ehrin and stars Alec Baldwin, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason in a dual role, Jennifer Tilly, and Dina Spybey.
Production
Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser, Jim Carrey, Mel Gibson, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks and Mike Myers were also considered for the role of Jim Evers.
Release
The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 10, 1999 and is Disney's second film based on an attraction following the television film Tower of Terror. The film grossed $182.3 million worldwide on a $90 million budget and was panned by critics.
Filming
Principal photography began on December 18, 1998, and wrapped on April 21, 1999.
References
1999 comedy movies
1990s fantasy-comedy movies
1990s ghost movies
American horror movies
Disney movies
English-language movies
Movies about dysfunctional families
Movies set in Louisiana
American black comedy movies
American children's comedy movies
American fantasy-comedy movies
Zombie movies
Movies directed by Paul Weiland |
856963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese%20language | Balinese language | Balinese () is a language spoken on the island of Bali in Indonesia. It is written in both Balinese script and Latin script.
Languages of Asia
Bali |
856968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intonation%20%28speech%29 | Intonation (speech) | Intonation is about the variation in pitch of speech which may change meaning. How something is said may change its meaning. All spoken languages use this tactic.
"He found it on the street?" It is a question when street in emphasised (technically, rising pitch).
"Yes, he found it on the street". (street not emphasised, not rising pitch)
The study of intonations is part of prosody.
A simple example which shows how important prosody is. A parent says to a child "well done". Without some annotation, one can't decide whether the child has indeed done well, or whether it has {say} knocked a glass of milk over.
References
Linguistics
Pronunciation |
856978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet%20theatre | Puppet theatre | Puppet theatre or puppetry is a form of theatre where the puppeteer manipulates the puppets. The puppeteer is usually hidden from the audience. The action of puppet show take place on the small self-made stage. The puppets can be marionette, finger puppets, sock puppets or glove puppets.
Puppets
Theatres |
856987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20War%20of%20the%20Roses%20%28movie%29 | The War of the Roses (movie) | The War of the Roses is a 1989 American black comedy film based upon the 1981 novel of the same name by Warren Adler. The film follows a wealthy couple with a seemingly perfect marriage. When their marriage begins to fall apart, material possessions become the center of an outrageous and bitter divorce battle.
The film co-stars Alec Baldwin, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. DeVito directed the film, which also had producer James L. Brooks working on a project outside of The Simpsons. The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass and Elaine Makatura Bass.
In both the novel and the film, the married couple's family name is Rose, and the title is an allusion to the battles between the warring Houses of York and Lancaster who were contending for the English throne during the late Middle Ages. In Germany, the film was such a huge success that its German title Der Rosenkrieg became synonymous with high-conflict divorce and is now regularly used in the media.
Cast
1980s black comedy movies
American movies
American black comedy movies
English-language movies
Movies directed by Danny DeVito
20th Century Fox movies
Movies about divorce
1989 comedy movies |
856990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%2090 | Frankenstein 90 | Frankenstein 90 is a 1984 French comedy movie directed by Alain Jessua and starring Jean Rochefort and Eddy Mitchell.
Other websites
1984 comedy movies
French comedy movies
Movies directed by Alain Jessua |
856994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage%20Steve%20Holland | Savage Steve Holland | Savage Steve Holland (born April 29, 1958) is an American writer, cartoonist, producer, voice actor, animator, and film director who wrote and directed the films Better Off Dead (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986), starring John Cusack. He also directed the film How I Got into College (1989), and animated the "Whammy" on the game show Press Your Luck. He later went on to create and produce Eek! the Cat and The Terrible Thunderlizards for Fox Kids. He now manages his own studio, Savage Studios Ltd., and directs shows for Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
Education
He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, where one of his student projects Going Nowhere Fast (1980), was exhibited at the Museum of Cat Food show Tomorrowland: CalArts in Moving Pictures.
Selected filmography
Better Off Dead (1985)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
How I Got into College (1989)
The Last Halloween (1991)
The Incredible Crash Dummies (1993) (writer only)
Safety Patrol (1998) (TV film)
Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) (TV film)
The Days in the Lives of Beau: Grow Up, Beau! (2006) (TV film)
Shredderman Rules (2007) (TV film)
Legally Blondes (2009)
Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009)
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011) (TV film)
Big Time Movie (2011)
A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012) (TV film)
A Fairly Odd Summer (2014) (TV film)
Santa Hunters (2014)
Rufus (2016)
Rufus 2 (2017)
Selected television series credits
Press Your Luck (1983–1986) (designer and animator of the "Whammy", all episodes)
Saturday Night Live (1988–1990) (assistant director for two seasons)
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987–1988) (wrote and directed most episodes)
Encyclopedia Brown (1989–1990) (director)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990–1991) (writer)
Eek! the Cat (1992–1998) (co-creator, executive producer, and wrote most of the episodes)
The Puzzle Place (1994–1998) (director)
V.I.P. (1998–2002) (directed many episodes)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997–1998) (directed 3 episodes)
Kenan & Kel (1997–1999) (wrote 6 episodes)
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (1999–2002) (directed 8 episodes)
Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2000) (creator, casting director, voice director and executive producer)
Even Stevens (2000-2002) (directed 3 episodes)
Lizzie McGuire (2001–2003) (directed 9 episodes)
Phil of the Future (2004) (directed 4 episodes)
Unfabulous (2005–2007) (directed 7 episodes)
Zoey 101 (2005–2007) (directed 5 episodes)
Zeke and Luther (2009–2011) (directed 11 episodes)
Big Time Rush (2009–2013) (directed 14 episodes, 5 of them being 2-part specials)
Bizaardvark (2016) (directed 3 episodes)
Malibu Rescue (2019) (creator)
Popular culture
Savage Steve Holland was lampooned in the episode "What Big Rewrite Notes You Have" of the cartoon Ned's Newt, as over-the-top director "Sausage Steve Finland"
References
Other websites
1958 births
American screenwriters
American animators
American television directors
American television producers
American television writers
American voice actors
Living people
American cartoonists |
856997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach%20volleyball | Beach volleyball | Beach volleyball is a team sport, a kind of volleyball. The players have two teams (2 per side) and play on a sand court divided by a net.
Related pages
Volleyball
Volleyball
Team sports |
857000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Williams%20%28cartoonist%29 | Alexander Williams (cartoonist) | Alexander "Alex" Williams (born October 18, 1967 in London, England) is an English television and film animator and cartoonist. He is the son of animator Richard Williams. He has worked on many animated television series, and is the author of the Queens Counsel cartoon strip in The Times, for which he was awarded the Cartoon Art Trust Award for Strip Cartooning in October 2017.
In June 1987 Williams was 19 years old and in his first year of studies at the University of Oxford when he started work as an in-betweener on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, working under animator Simon Wells and later as an assistant animator to Marc Gordon-Bates. Williams initially worked unpaid as an intern, and was later invited by producer Patsy de Lord to work on the film full-time. The university agreed to his taking a suspension of studies for a year. The following year, in 1988, he joined the Disney-MGM Studio in Orlando, Florida, working on the short film RollerCoaster Rabbit.
Animation
His work as an animator includes Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Princess and the Cobbler (1993), The Lion King (1994), Quest for Camelot (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Piglet's Big Movie, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Robots (2005) and Open Season (2006).
Animators
1967 births
Artists from London
Living people
People educated at Westminster School, London
Cartoonists
Comics artists |
857003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey%20Bunny%20In%20Crazy%20Crazy%20Chase | Honey Bunny In Crazy Crazy Chase | Honey Bunny In Crazy Crazy Chase is a 2019 Indian animated action-comedy film, based on Honey Bunny Ka Jholmaal.
The film is inspired by Home Alone. It is also the first and only film of the Honey Bunny Ka Jholmaal film series to be distributed by PVR Cinemas as well as Sony Pictures Networks.
Plot
Honey and Bunny are on their way to Kanyakumari but mistakenly end up in Goa while following Miss Katkar's lookalike. There, their paths cross with two burglars who may end up ruining their vacation.
References
Action comedy movies |
857019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Docs%20Editors | Google Docs Editors | Google Docs Editors is a web-based productivity office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The suite includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites, and Google Keep. It used to also include Google Fusion Tables until it was discontinued in 2019.
The Google Docs Editors suite is available freely for users with personal Google accounts: through a web application, a set of mobile apps for Android and iOS, and a desktop application for Google's Chrome OS.
References
Google |
857032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Silva%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201995%29 | André Silva (footballer, born 1995) | André Miguel Valente da Silva (born 6 November 1995) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a striker for RB Leipzig and the Portugal national team.
References
1995 births
Living people
Portuguese footballers
Association football forwards
A.C. Milan players
2018 FIFA World Cup players |
857034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Trail%2C%20North%20Carolina | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Indian Trail is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 33,518 people live in Indian Trail.
Towns in North Carolina |
857036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk | Post-punk | Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a large genre of rock music. It started in the late 1970s when musicians got tired of the how simple regular punk rock was. Post-punk artists added avant-garde ideas and other ideas from outside rock music. They kept punk rock's energy and DIY ethic but added styles like funk, electronic music, jazz, and dance music; the production techniques of dub and disco; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. These communities produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines.
Notable artists
Au Pairs
Cabaret Voltaire
Devo
Gang of Four
Joy Division
Magazine
Pere Ubu
Public Image Ltd
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Talking Heads
The Cure
The Fall
the Pop Group
the Slits
They Might Be Giants
Wire
Music genres |
857043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maile%20Flanagan | Maile Flanagan | Maile Flanagan (born May 19, 1965) is an American voice actress, comedian, clown, jester, mime, magician, dancer, tap dance, professional wrestler, amateur wrestling and tomboy. She is best known for her role as Naruto Uzumaki in the English dub of Naruto who she has voiced in all properties and media since 2005.
Other websites
IMDB
References
1965 births
LGBT people
American voice actors |
857049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikimayu | Hikimayu | Hikimayu was a Japanese tradtiion of removing the eyebrows and painting two smudges on the forehead from Nara period to 19th century.
In culture
Hikimayu is found in The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book.
Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa showed this tradition in his films Rashomon, Ugetsu.
Japanese culture |
857051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunraku | Bunraku | Bunraku, also known as Ningyō jōruri, is a Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the 17th century. It was mainly related to kabuki from Genroku period. Bunraku developed in Edo period combining puppet art with joruri. Bunraku has the narrator with puppets and the action is accompained by a game on the shamisen.
The most famous Japanese bunraku playwright is Chikamatsu Mozaemon. His most famous work is The Love Suicides at Sonezaki.
History
Originally the term bunraku referred to theatre founded in Osaka in 1805.
In Edo period, male pupeteers were hidden from the audience by the curtain while they held pupepts. The narrator and musician were also hidden. In 1703, pupeteers apperead in full view of the audience. In 1728, the narrator and musician were given their own stage.
Related pages
Kabuki
References
Japanese culture
Puppets
Theatres |
857059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland%2C%20North%20Carolina | Midland, North Carolina | Midland is a town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 3,073 people live in Midland.
Towns in North Carolina |
857065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane%20Demb%C3%A9l%C3%A9 | Ousmane Dembélé | Masour Ousmane Dembélé (born 15 May 1997) is a French football player. He plays as a forward for Barcelona and the France national team.
References
1997 births
French footballers
Association football forwards
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Living people |
857066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%2C%20Eure | Vernon, Eure | Vernon is a commune. It is in Normandy in the Eure department in north France.
Twin towns
Vernon is twinned with:
Bad Kissingen, Germany
Massa, Italy
Communes in Eure |
857072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonsotegi | Alonsotegi | Alonsotegi is a municipality of 2,890 people (2020). It is in the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain.
Municipalities in the Basque Country |
857074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IParty%20with%20Victorious | IParty with Victorious | "iParty with Victorious" was an episode of the television shows iCarly and Victorious. It aired on June 11, 2011.
Special Guest Stars: Victoria Justice as Tori Vega:
Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine:
Danielle Monet as Trina Vega:
Matt Bennet as Robbie Shapiro:
Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver:
Elizabeth Gilles as Jade West:
Leon Thomas III as Andre Harris:
References
2011 television episodes
Nickelodeon |
857075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew%20Massey | Drew Massey | Drew Massey is an American voice actor, actor, puppeteer and director for Nickelodeon and The Jim Henson Company. He has worked with the Muppets and has performed in many movies, television series and commercials. He also lent his voice to many commercials and video games.
1968 births
Living people
Actors from Pennsylvania
American voice actors
American cartoonists |
857077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo%20Silva | Bernardo Silva | Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva (born 10 August 1994), known as Bernardo Silva or simply Bernardo, is a Portuguese football player. He plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Manchester City and the Portugal national team.
References
1994 births
Portuguese footballers
Association football midfielders
Manchester City F.C. players
Premier League players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Sportspeople from Lisbon
Living people |
857078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20J.%20Munn | Matthew J. Munn | Matthew James Munn (born 1980) is an American voice actor and animator for various studios. He was the voice of Boog and Doug in Open Season 3; he replaced Mike Epps as the voice of Boog in Open Season 2 (who replaced Martin Lawrence from the first film), but was replaced by Donny Lucas in Open Season: Scared Silly. |
857079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20corruption | Political corruption | Political corruption is using powers of government officials or their network contacts for inappropriate private gain.
The forms of corruption are very different between one another. Examples of political corruption are lobbying, bribery, extortion (which refers when to someone commits blackmail or bribery against or threatens other people through putting a feeling of fear by telling certain people something will happen if the victim does not comply), nepotism (the unfair use of power for receiving job employments or benefits by family or friends), patronage (improperly using state money/goods to reward families, certain groups or races in exchange for voting for certain political party members) and embezzlement. Corruption is often linked to human trafficking, money laundering and drug trafficking. But political corruptions are not limited to these illegal acts. Misuse of government power for certain other purposes, an example of which is police brutality is also classified as political corruption.
Political corruption hurts democracy by going against the formal process. Corruption in elections and in legislature reduces responsibility and falsely represents the related creations of policies.
Economies having a high level of political corruption tend to not be as financially successful as one that has low level corruption. Political corruption not only threatens justice and ethical values. Recalls of loans by international banks, along with massive selling of emerging market stocks from international mutual funds, is associated with (and can actually cause) crises in economics and currency problems in certain countries. Examples of these problems are in Asia, Africa and Central America.
References
Politics
Economic systems
Controversies |
857085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviraptoridae | Oviraptoridae | Oviraptorians lived between 83.6 and 66 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous.
Dinosaurs |
857108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presnel%20Kimpembe | Presnel Kimpembe | Presnel Kimpembe (born 13 August 1995) is a French football player. He plays as a centre-back for Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
References
1995 births
French footballers
People from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Association football defenders
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Living people |
857109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont-sur-Oise | Beaumont-sur-Oise | Beaumont-sur-Oise is a commune. It is in Île-de-France in the Val-d'Oise department in north France.
References
Communes in Val-d'Oise |
857121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating%20system | Mating system | Mating system is a term form biology, to describe the sexual behaviour of a group of animals. It basically describes which males and females in a group mate.
Monogamy: One male mates with one female. There is the case, that this lasts for one season only, or the case that the pair bond (as it is called) lasts for life:
Polygamy
Polygyny: One male has a sexual relationship with two or more females. In vertebrates, this seems to be the most common type
Polyandry: One female has a relationship with more than one male
Promiscuity: A member of one sex mates with any other member of the same group, of the opposite sex
Biology |
857130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Asian%20red%20deer | Central Asian red deer | The central Asian red deer or Tarim red deer (Cervus hanglu) is an elk that lives in Central Asia.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the central Asian red deer is a "least concern" species, but many subspecies of central Asian red deer have become locally extinct. This means that places that once had many deer now have none.
One subspecies of central Asian red deer, the Kashmir stag (Cervus hanglu hanglu), is the only species of deer that lives in India.
References
Deer
Mammals of Asia |
857150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenysaur | Arenysaur | Arenysaur lived between 68 and 66 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. Arenysaur includes Arenysaurus and Ajnabia.
Dinosaurs |
857151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajnabia | Ajnabia | Ajnabia lived between 68 and 66 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous.
Dinosaurs |
857152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akainacephalus | Akainacephalus | Akainacephalus was a herbivorous Dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. Akainacephalus was first discovered by Scott Richardson, a BLM employee who also discovered Lythronax and Kosmoceratops, all in the same region of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
The dinosaur was medium-sized, standing at 3 feet 6 inches tall and stretching about 15 feet long. It inhabited present-day southern Utah, which during the Late Cretaceous Period was part of the southern portion of Laramidia, an island continent that stretched from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf of Mexico. Though ankylosaurids originated in Asia between 125 - 100 million years ago, they do not appear in the western North American fossil record until about 77 million years ago. The new species Akainacephalus offers the most complete skeleton of an ankylosaurid dinosaur found in the southwestern United States. It includes a skull, much of the vertebral column, including a complete tail club, several fore and hind limbs elements, and bony body armour that includes two neck rings and spiked armour plates.
References
Dinosaurs |
857154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard%20mounting | Guard mounting | Guard mounting, changing the guard, or the changing of the guard, is an official ceremony in which guards that take place in duties at important places are swapped with different guards. The ceremonies are usually planned very well. They started during peaceful times and war fighting drills, with it becoming more popular from the 17th and 18th centuries as it helped make the army less tired and more useful.
Military
Ceremonies |
857158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza%20de%20Oriente | Plaza de Oriente | The Plaza de Oriente is a plaza in the historic center of Madrid, Spain. It has a shape like a rectangle and very big and noticeable. It was designed in 1844 by Narciso Pascual y Colomer. It was opened by King Joseph I after he said that the houses originally in the area should be destroyed.
It is located between some very well known and important places in Madrid. To the west is the Royal Palace, the Teatro Real, to the east, and the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation to the north.
Madrid
Town squares |
857184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea%2C%20Hawaii | Kīlauea, Hawaii | Kīlauea is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,803.
Kīlauea shares the name of the active volcano Kīlauea on the island of Hawaii. The name translates to "spewing" or "much spreading" in the Hawaiian language.
Geography
Kīlauea is on the northeastern shore of Kauai and is bordered to the west by Kalihiwai and to the north by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 56 passes through the south side of the community, leading west to Hanalei and east to the Moloaa area which includes Moloaa Forest Reserve and overlooks Moloaa Bay.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kilauea CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 5.71%, are water.
References
Census-designated places in Hawaii |
857194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwrecking | Shipwrecking | Shipwrecking is an event that causes a shipwreck, such as a ship striking something that causes the ship to sink; the stranding of a ship on rocks, land or shoal; poor maintenance; or the destruction of a ship either intentionally or by violent weather.
Causes
Factors for the loss of a ship may include:
poor design or failure of the ship's equipment or hull - pressure hull
instability, due to poor design, improperly stowed cargo, cargo that shifts its position or the free surface effect
navigation errors and other human errors, leading to collisions (with another ship, rocks, an iceberg (), etc.) or running aground (Costa Concordia)
bad weather and powerful or large waves or gale winds: This often leads to capsizing, also referred to as foundering
warfare, piracy, mutiny, or sabotage including: guns, torpedoes, depth charges, mines, bombs and missiles
fire
biofouling, such as accumulation of polychaete and other tube worms on wood hulls
overloading - either cargo or icing, and displacement exceeding the plimsoll line
intentional sinking (scuttling)
to form an artificial reef
for wreck diving
use as a target ship for training or testing weapons
as a blockship to create an obstacle to close a harbour, river, etc. against enemy ships
to prevent a ship from falling into an enemy's hands (e.g. Admiral Graf Spee)
to destroy a derelict ship that poses a menace to navigation
as part of an insurance scam
Design and equipment failure
The hallmark of a shipwreck due to poor design is the capsize of Swedish warship Wasa in Stockholm harbour 1628. She was too narrow, had too little ballast and her lower cannon deck had too low free-board for good seaworthiness. Poor design allowed the ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise to put to sea with open roll-on/roll-off bow doors, with tragic consequences.
Failure or leaking of the hull is a serious problem that can lead to the loss of buoyancy or the free surface effect and the subsequent sinking of the vessel. Even the hulls of large modern ships have cracked in heavy storms. Leaks between the hull planks of wooden vessels are a particular problem.
Equipment failure caused the shipwreck of cruiseferry Estonia in 1994. The stress of stormy seas on hull and bow especially caused the bow visor to break off, in turn tearing the watertight bow door open and letting seawater flow onto the car deck. She capsized with tragic consequences. Failure of pumps can lead to the loss of a potentially salvageable ship with only a minor leak or fire.
Failure of the means of propulsion, such as engines, sails or rigging, can lead to the loss of a ship. When the ship's movement is determined only by currents or the wind and particularly by storms, a common result is that the ship is unable to avoid natural hazards like rocks, shallow water or tidal races. Loss of propulsion or steering can inhibit a ship's ability to safely position itself in a storm, even far from land. Waves attacking a ship's side can overwhelm and sink it.
Instability and foundering
Instability is caused by the centre of mass of the ship rising above the metacenter resulting in the ship tipping on its side or capsizing. To remain buoyant, the hull of a vessel must prevent water entering the large air spaces of the vessel (known as downflooding). Clearly for the ship to float, the normally-submerged parts of the hull will be watertight, but the upper parts of the hull must have openings to allow ventilation to compartments, including the engine room, for crew access, and to load and unload cargo. In a capsize, water can enter these openings if not watertight. If a ship sinks after capsizing, or as a consequence of a leak in the hull or other water ingress, it is often described as having foundered or foundering. Large ships are designed with compartments to help preserve the necessary buoyancy.
Bad weather
On 25 October 2012, the tall ship Bounty (a replica of the original HMS Bounty) sank in a hurricane. The vessel left New London, Connecticut, heading for St. Petersburg, Florida, initially going on an easterly course to avoid Hurricane Sandy. On 29 October 2012 at 03:54 EDT, the ship's owner called the United States Coast Guard for help during the hurricane after losing contact with the ship's master. He reported she was taking on water off the coast of North Carolina, about from the storm, and the crew were preparing to abandon ship. There were sixteen people aboard, two of whom did not survive the sinking. An inquiry into the sinking was held by the United States Coast Guard in Portsmouth, Virginia from 12 to 21 February 2013; at which it was concluded that Captain Walbridge's decision to sail the ship into the path of Hurricane Sandy was the cause, and the inquiry found this to have been a "reckless decision".
Poor weather can cause several problems:
high winds
low visibility
cold weather
high waves
Wind causes waves which result in other difficulties. Waves make navigation difficult and dangerous near shallow water. Also, waves create buoyancy stresses on the structure of a hull. The weight of breaking waves on the fabric of the ship force the crew to reduce speed or even travel in the same direction as the waves to prevent damage. Also, wind stresses the rigging of sailing ships.
The force of the wind pushes ships in the direction of the wind. Vessels with large windage suffer most. Although powered ships are able to resist the force of the wind, sailing vessels have few defences against strong wind. When strong winds are imminent, sailing vessels typically have several choices:
try to position themselves so that they cannot be blown into danger
shelter in a harbour
anchor, preferably on the leeward side of a landform
Many losses of sailing ships were caused by sailing, with a following wind, so far into a bay that the ship became trapped upwind of a lee shore, being unable to sail into the wind to leave the bay. Low visibility caused by fog, mist and heavy rain increase the navigator's problems. Cold can cause metal to become brittle and fail more easily. A build-up of ice can cause instability by accumulating high on the ship, or in severe cases, crush the hull if the ship becomes trapped in a freezing sea.
Rogue waves
According to one scientist who studies rogue waves, "two large ships sink every week on average, but the cause is never studied to the same detail as an air crash. It simply gets put down to 'bad weather'." Once considered mythical and lacking hard evidence for their existence, rogue waves are now proven to exist and known to be a natural ocean phenomenon. Eyewitness accounts from mariners and damages inflicted on ships have long suggested they occurred; however, their scientific measurement was only positively confirmed following measurements of the "Draupner wave", a rogue wave at the Draupner platform in the North Sea on January 1, 1995, with a maximum wave height of (peak elevation of ). During that event, minor damage was also inflicted on the platform, far above sea level, confirming that the reading was valid. Their existence has also since been confirmed by satellite imagery of the ocean surface.
Fire
Fire can cause the loss of ships in many ways. The most obvious way would be the loss of a wooden ship which is burned until watertight integrity is compromised (e.g. Cospatrick). The detonation of cargo or ammunition can cause the breach of a steel hull. An extreme temperature may compromise the durability properties of steel, causing the hull to break on its own weight. Often a large fire causes a ship to be abandoned and left to drift (e.g. MS Achille Lauro). Should it run aground beyond economic salvage, it becomes a wreck.
In extreme cases, where the ship's cargo is either highly combustible (such as oil, natural gas or gasoline) or explosive (nitrates, fertilizers, ammunition) a fire onboard may result in a catastrophic conflagration or explosion. Such disasters may have catastrophic results, especially if the disaster occurs in a harbour, such as the Halifax Explosion.
Navigation errors
Many shipwrecks have occurred when the crew of the ship allowed the ship to collide with rocks, reefs, icebergs, or other ships. Collision has been one of the major causes of shipwreck. Accurate navigation is made more difficult by poor visibility in bad weather. Also, many losses happened before modern navigation aids such as GPS, radar and sonar were available. Until the 20th century, the most sophisticated navigational tools and techniques available - dead reckoning using the magnetic compass, marine chronometer (to calculate longitude) and ships logbook (which recorded the vessel's heading and the speed measured by log) or celestial navigation using marine chronometer and sextant - were sufficiently accurate for journeys across oceans, but these techniques (and in many cases also the charts) lacked the precision to avoid reefs close to shore.
The Scilly naval disaster of 1707, which claimed nearly 2,000 lives and was one of the greatest maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, is attributed to the mariner's inability to find their longitude. This led to the Longitude Act to improve the aids available for navigation. Marine chronometers were as revolutionary in the 19th century as GPS is today. However the cost of these instruments could be prohibitive, sometimes resulting in tragic consequences for ships that were still unable to determine their longitude, as in the case of the Arniston.
Even today, when highly accurate navigational equipment is readily available and universally used, there is still scope for error. Using the incorrect horizontal datum for the chart of an area may mislead the navigator, especially as many charts have not been updated to use modern data. It is also important for the navigator to appreciate that charts may be significantly in error, especially on less frequented coasts. For example, a recent revision of the map of South Georgia in the South Atlantic showed that previous maps were in some places in error by several kilometres.
Over the centuries, many technological and organizational developments have been used to reduce accidents at sea including:
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Pilotage aids including lighthouses and sea marks
Basic navigation tools such as the magnetic compass, nautical chart, marine chronometer, sextant, log and sounding line
Advanced navigation tools such as radio communication, radar navigation, gyrocompass, sonar, hyperbolic Radio navigation and satellite navigation
Inspection of shipbuilding quality and maintenance of seaworthiness of the ship such as "A1 at Lloyd's"
Intelligence and better defences to protect the ship from acts of violence, war and piracy
Use of fireproof/nonflammable materials to prevent fires from spreading rapidly, and modern fire-fighting agents such as gases and foams that do not compromise the buoyancy and stability of the vessel as quickly as water.
Built-in devices to delay flooding long enough for rescue ships to retrieve survivors and/or tow the ship to the nearest shipyard for repairs, such as watertight compartments and pumps.
Related pages
Shipwreck
List of shipwrecks
List of disasters
References
Further reading
Hans Blumenberg, Shipwreck with Spectator: Paradigm of a Metaphor for Existence (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1997)
Other websites
Maritimequest Shipwreck Database (Downloadable Excel file)
NOAA Wrecks and Obstructions Database
Shipwrecks and Smuggling - a learning resource from the British Library archives
Shipwrecks UK, providing context, thematic information and detail for more than 45,000 shipwrecks in the seas surrounding Britain and Ireland, including revealing maps.
Maritime disasters
Sailing
Ships |
857200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%20Rel%20Howery | Lil Rel Howery | Milton Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979), known professionally as Lil Rel Howery, is an American actor and comedian. Howery is best known for his roles as Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series The Carmichael Show (2015-2017) and as TSA officer Rod Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He also starred in the TV series Rel (2018-2019), which he also created and co-produced lasting only one season.
1979 births
Living people
comedians from Chicago
actors from Chicago |
857205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Yarmush | Michael Yarmush | Michael Lawrence Yarmush (born June 19, 1982) is an American-Canadian actor. He was born in Miami, Florida. His parents are Daniel and Diane Yarmush. He was the original voice of Arthur Read on the PBS Kids animated television series Arthur from 1996 to 2000, when he left the voice cast.
Other websites
1982 births
Living people
Actors from Miami, Florida |
857208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Caloz | Michael Caloz | Michael Caloz (born May 2, 1985), is a Canadian former actor and voice actor, who is best known for voicing D.W. Read on Arthur from 1996 to 1999, holding his role for the first three seasons (he also narrated the funding credits for season 1 when it first aired on PBS). He won a Young Artist Award in 1999 for his role as D.W. Read. Caloz was born in Montreal, Quebec. He voiced Dora Winifred Read (D.W.) in Arthur from 1996 to 1999. After season 3, he was replaced by Oliver Grainger. He also voiced Annie on The Little Lulu Show. He has performed in several movies, including Screamers, which was based on the Philip K. Dick story Second Variety. He has also performed on several live-action television shows including an episode on Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, as a frozen child's ghost. He has two brothers and plays piano, guitar and violin.
Other websites
1985 births
Living people
Actors from Montreal
Canadian actors
Canadian voice actors |
857211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten%20Ralph | Rotten Ralph | Rotten Ralph is a series of children's picture books written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. About twenty Rotten Ralph books have been published from 1976 to 2011.
Rotten Ralph is also the first book in the series, a 32-page picture book published by Houghton Mifflin of Boston in 1976. It was the first published book for both Gantos and Rubel.
Alternatively, Rotten Ralph is the title character of the series, initially "a very very nasty cat" —a bright red domestic cat who enjoys playing mean, practical jokes on his human family.
There was a children's television series by Cosgrove Hall Films, Tooncan Productions and Italtoons Corporation based on the books, first broadcast on BBC from 1998 to 2001. It also went to air on Nickelodeon in the UK too, around 2000. The show hasn't been aired in the UK since reruns ended in 2005. The show aired in the United States on the Nickelodeon in 1999–2001. The voice cast were recorded in Los Angeles and the animation was done in Manchester.
1976 books
Children's books
1998 British television series debuts
1998 American television series debuts
2001 American television series endings
1990s animated television series
2000s animated television series |
857218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Sorghum | Red Sorghum | Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese romantic drama movie directed by Zhang Yimou and was based on the 1986 novel by Mo Yan. It stars Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Ji Chunhua, Teng Rujun.
Other websites
1987 romance movies
1987 drama movies
1980s romantic drama movies
Chinese movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Zhang Yimou |
857219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagging%20%28fashion%29 | Sagging (fashion) | Sagging means when someone wears their trousers or jeans just below the waist.
Sagging is mainly a male fashion. Women and girls' wearing low-rise pants in a manner that shows the females' G-string underwear or panties is not usually described as sagging. People who wear sagging trousers or pants are sometimes called "saggers".
The origin
The style was made popular by skaters and hip-hop musicians in the 1990s, although sagging may have gotten started as early as the late 1980s. It was later declared a symbol of freedom and being aware of fashion culture with many teenagers and young adults. It was also the symbol for rejection of the values in the mainstream society.
It is often said the style got started with the United States' prison system. In that system, belts are sometimes not allowed. There may also be situations wherein there is not enough clothing of the appropriate size.
References
Trousers and shorts
Clothing controversies |
857231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahmacun | Lahmacun | Lahmacun, also spelled Lahmajoon, is a Middle Eastern dish.
The name Lahmacun comes from Arabic (لحم بعجين "lahma bi'ajeen") meaning meat and dough. Lahmacun is often described as Turkish Pizza or Armenian Pizza but it is not a pizza because it doesn’t have cheese on it.
Lahmacun is topped with minced meat with herbs and spices and cooked in a clay oven. It can be wrapped around like a burrito with salad inside or eaten as a flat bread.
References
Turkish food
Middle Eastern foods |
857237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C5%8Dri | Zōri | Zōri are Japanese sandals made of rice straw, leather, rubber and lacquered wood. In English-speaking countries, flip-flops (renamed zōri) are popular.
Related pages
Geta
Tabi
Okobo
Flip-flops
Japanese clothing |
857243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne%20Ducharme | Roxanne Ducharme | Roxanne Ducharme (born July 16, 1964) is an American animator and layout artist. She was born of French-Canadian descent.
Education
BA, Studio Arts, emphasis animation & Graphic design at the Loyola Marymount University (1981-1985).
Filmography
Television
Film
Awards and nominations
References
Other websites
Living people
People from Los Angeles
1964 births |
857244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamezia%20Terme | Lamezia Terme | Lamezia Terme is an Italian city in Calabria. It has about 70,000 inhabitants.
Cities in Calabria |
857246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legnano | Legnano | Legnano is an Italian city in Lombardy. It has about 60,200 inhabitants.
Cities in Lombardy |
857247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerignola | Cerignola | Cerignola is an Italian city in Apulia. It is about southeast of Foggia and has about 58,500 inhabitants.
Cities in Apulia |
857248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molfetta | Molfetta | Molfetta is a city in southern Italy. Molfetta is in the Apulia Region. It has about 59,000 inhabitants.
Cities in Apulia |
857250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velletri | Velletri | Velletri is an Italian city in Lazio. It has about 53,000 inhabitants.
Cities in Lazio |
857251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days%20of%20Youth | Days of Youth | is a 1929 Japanese comedy movie directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Ichirō Yūki, Tatsuo Saitō, Junko Matsui, Chōko Iida, Eiko Takamatsu, Shōichi Kofujita, Ichirō Ōkuni. It was distributed by Shochiku.
Other websites
1929 movies
1920s comedy movies
Silent movies
Japanese movies
Movies directed by Yasujirō Ozu |
857254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Traviata%20%281983%20movie%29 | La Traviata (1983 movie) | La Traviata is a 1983 Italian Dutch musical movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli and was based on the 1853 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave. It stars Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeill, Allan Monk, Pina Cei and was distributed by Universal Pictures.
Other websites
1983 movies
1980s musical movies
Italian movies
Dutch movies
Universal Pictures movies
Movies directed by Franco Zeffirelli |
857256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Andorra | COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra | The COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case in Andorra was confirmed on 2 March 2020, when a 20-year-old man returned from Milan, Italy.
References
Andorra
Andorra |
857263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest%20Non%20Stop | Bucharest Non Stop | Bucharest Non Stop () is a 2015 Romanian comedy-drama movie directed by Dan Chișu and starring Gheorghe Ifrim, Ion Besoiu, Adrian Titieni, Dorina Lazăr, Dorian Boguță, Olimpia Melinte.
Other websites
2015 comedy-drama movies
Romanian comedy movies
Romanian drama movies
Movies directed by Dan Chișu |
857264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak%20Watan | Pak Watan | Pak Watan (Urdu:پاک وطن) is a National personification and a term of endearment for Pakistan, usually the Snow Leopard as Ali Faisal is depicted as the National mascot for Pakistani Personification respectively. The Word Watan refers to this sacred homeland, heimat, country, or nation.
National personifications |
857271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajji | Hajji | Hajji () (sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al hage, Al-hajj or El-Hajj) is an honor title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to call an elder, since it can take years to get enough the wealth to fund the travel and in many Muslim societies to a respected man as an honorific title.
References
Muslims |
857272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20South%20Ossetia | Prime Minister of South Ossetia | The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, officially known as the Chairman of the Government () is the de facto head of government of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia.
List
Other websites
Rulers of South Ossetia
Rulers.org: South Ossetia
Osinform: Thirteen South Ossetian PMs (2 November 2008) |
857273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%20Bekoyev | Gennady Bekoyev | Gennady Borisovich Bekoyev (; born 1981) is a South Ossetian politician. He is the acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia. Bekoyev was appointed to the position following the dismissal of Erik Pukhayev by President Anatoly Bibilov. Bekoyev is an independent.
References
1981 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of South Ossetia |
857274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Shavlokhov | Aleksandr Shavlokhov | Aleksandr Apollonovich Shavlokhov (, born in 1939) is a South Ossetian politician. He was the Prime Minister, from 1996 until August 1998.
References
1939 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of South Ossetia |
857275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Chochiev | Boris Chochiev | Boris Eliozovich Chochiev (Russian: Борис Елиозович Чочиев; ; 1 November 1957 – 22 July 2021) was a South Ossetian politician. He was the acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia in 2008. He became Prime Minister on 18 August 2008, after South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity had fired the former government.
Chochiev died on 22 July 2021 in Vladikavkaz, Russia from COVID-19 at the age of 63.
References
1957 births
2021 deaths
Prime Ministers of South Ossetia
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia |
857277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzanama | Hamzanama | Hamzanama (Urdu: داستان امیر حمزه) A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation; not necessarily a nation-state, but at least an ethnic or linguistic group with aspirations to independence or autonomy. The Pakistani author Maqbool Jahangir wrote Dastan-e-Amir Hamza for children in the Urdu language. His version contains 10 volumes and was published by Ferozsons (also Ferozsons Publishers). The Hamza romance spread gradually, usually in its briefer and less elaborate forms, into a number of the modern languages of Southern Asia. Pashto and Sindhi were particularly hospitable to the Hamza story, and at least in Pashto it continues to flourish today, with printed pamphlet versions being produced. It therefore considered as the “National Epic of Pakistan” respectively.
Poems
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture |
857280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20South%20Ossetia | President of South Ossetia | The president of the Republic of South Ossetia is the de facto head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia.
List
Chairmen of the Supreme Council (1992–1994, Chairman of the State Nyhas)
Presidents
Other websites
Official website
Rulers.org: South Ossetia
PlanetRulers.com: President of South Ossetia |
857282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard%20Kokoity | Eduard Kokoity | Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty (; born 31 October 1964) is the former President of the partially recognized state South Ossetia. His term in office lasted just under ten years, beginning December 2001 and ending December 2011.
Notes
References
1964 births
Living people
Presidents of South Ossetia |
857284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim%20Brovtsev | Vadim Brovtsev | Vadim Vladimirovich Brovtsev (, Brovtsête Vlâdimire fert Vâdim; , , Vadim Brovcevi; born 26 July 1969) is a Russian businessman who was Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 5 August 2009 to 26 April 2012, as well as Acting President from December 11, 2011 to April 19, 2012.
References
1969 births
Living people
Presidents of South Ossetia
Prime Ministers of South Ossetia |
857285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid%20Tibilov | Leonid Tibilov | Leonid Tibilov (; ; ; born 28 March 1951) is a South Ossetian politician. He was the President of South Ossetia from 2012 to 2017.
References
1951 births
Living people
Presidents of South Ossetia |
857286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi%20Yi | Yi Yi | Yi Yi () is a 2000 Taiwanese Japanese drama movie directed by Edward Yang and starring Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Issey Ogata.
Other websites
2000 drama movies
Taiwanese movies
Japanese movies
Movies directed by Edward Yang |
857288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly%20Bibilov | Anatoly Bibilov | Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov (, ; born February 6, 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military officer. He is the 4th and current President of South Ossetia since April 21, 2017.
References
1970 births
Living people
Presidents of South Ossetia
Current national leaders |
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