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968322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Train%20to%20Georgia | Midnight Train to Georgia | "Midnight Train to Georgia" is a 1973 song by Gladys Knight & the Pips. It was taken from their 11th studio album Imagination. It went to number 1 in the United States, number 5 in Canada and number 10 in the United Kingdom. It won a Grammy Award in 1974. |
100352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition | Coalition | A coalition is an alliance, where the members work together.
Politics and government
A coalition government, in a parliamentary system, is a government made from a coalition of parties. This means the union of different political parties or groups for a purpose, usually for a short time.
In international relations, a coalition can be a group of nations united for a specific purpose, such as fighting a war. |
418197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colcannon | Colcannon | Colcannon is an Irish dish made of cabbage or kale and mashed potatoes. Milk, butter, salt and pepper are usually added. It is usually eaten around Halloween. |
45315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus%20papyrus | Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus papyrus (also known as Papyrus sedge, Bulrush or Paper reed) is a plant. It is a sedge. They grow tall. The plant is perennial (grows every year) and originally comes from Africa. It was used to make a fabric much like paper. This was called papyrus, and served much the same purpose that paper does today. Its roots were also used as fuels. Also makes rope and sandals too.
It is almost extinct along the shores of the river Nile where it was originally cultivated. |
868721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape%20culture | Rape culture | In sociology, rape culture is a term that is used to describe a society where rape is common. This is mostly due to the views these societies have about gender and sexuality. Other behaviours that can often be found include victim blaming and sexual objectification. People in these societies may trivialize rape, or they say that it isn't much of a problem. They also often deny the fact that sexual violence is causing harm to the victim. Very often, there is a combination of all these issues.
The term rape culture has also been used for other settings, or to describe the behavior of specific groups of people: Examples of these are people being raped in prison, or using rape in a war, as a form of psychological warfare.
That way, entire societies have been called rape cultures.
Some people also have sexual fantasies about raping someone, or being raped; in that context, their ideas may be seen as part of pornography.
Second-wave feminists first had the idea of 'rape culture', in the 1970s. Most of them came from the United States.
Critics of the concept say that it doesn't exist or is not widespread. They also say that even if there may be societies where rape is common, the concept of 'rape culture' implies that the person who rapes is not at fault; rather it is the society that made the rape possible.
There are many movements who have addressed the idea of rape culture. They include movements such as SlutWalk and Me Too. Tatiana Burke, an American activist started Me Too, after she was sexually assaulted in 2006. Some of these movements have developed into self-help groups, where victims can talk about their experiences, and help each other. |
795363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon%20op%20Zand | Loon op Zand | Loon op Zand is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. In 2019, 23,327 people lived there. |
534507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution | Resolution | Resolution may refer to:
General topics
Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance
New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
Resolution (beam engine), an early steam engine at Coalbrookdale
Dispute resolution, the settlement of a disagreement
Measurement resolution
Display resolution, the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed on a display device
Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
Spectral resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish different frequencies
Sensor resolution, the smallest change a sensor can detect in the quantity that it is measuring
Resolution of a spectrometer, the ability to distinguish two close-lying energies (or wavelengths, or frequencies, or masses)
Resolution (mass spectrometry), the ability to distinguish peaks in a mass spectrum
Image resolution, a measure of the amount of detail in an image
Printing resolution, the number of individual dots a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)
Business or organization
Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation
Places
Resolution Island (Nunavut), in the Arctic region of Canada
Resolution Island, New Zealand, the largest (uninhabited) island in Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand
Resolution, United States Virgin Islands
Vessels
HMS Resolution, any of several Royal Navy ships
HMNZS Resolution (A14), Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
Resolution-class submarine, British Royal Navy
Resolution (1793 ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794
Mathematics
Resolution (algebra), an exact sequence in homological algebra
Standard resolution, the bar construction of resolutions in homological algebra
Resolution (logic), an inference rule for refutation-based theorem proving
Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry
Music
"Resolution", a John Coltrane (1926-1967) song from A Love Supreme
"Resolution", by Romantic Mode, the second opening theme for the anime After War Gundam X
"Resolution", a poem by Bertolt Brecht
"Resolution", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song from the album Birds of Fire |
841036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay%20Bartholomew | Courtenay Bartholomew | Courtenay Felix Bartholomew (1931 - 7 May 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago physician, scientist, and author. He founded and directed the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Bartholomew was active in HIV/AIDS research. He diagnosed the first case of AIDS in the English-speaking Caribbean. He also led HIV vaccine trials and research on retroviruses with US institutions. |
333343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Gwang-jo | Jo Gwang-jo | Jo Gwang-jo (1482 - 1519) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and soldier of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. His pen name was Jeongam (Jing An , jeongam). His style name was Hyojik (Xiao Zhi , hyojig). He was a leader of the Sarim party (Shi Lin , sarim). |
652364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20D%27Alesandro%20III | Thomas D'Alesandro III | Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro III (July 24, 1929 - October 20, 2019) was an American attorney and politician. He was Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1967 to 1971.
He was the brother of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and son of former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who served from 1947 to 1959.
D'Alesandro III died at his home in Baltimore from stroke-related problems on October 20, 2019 at the age of 90. |
269421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20basilisk | Common basilisk | The Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) is a type of lizard. It can be found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams. The basilisk is part of the corytophanid family. It is also known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard" because it can run on the surface of water. |
1039869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Carbon%2C%20Utah | East Carbon, Utah | East Carbon is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. |
707251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2077 | U.S. Route 77 | U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major north-south United States highway. It goes for 1305 miles in the central United States. As of 2005, the highway's northern endpoint is in Sioux City, Iowa, at an interchange with Interstate 29. Its southern endpoint is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The road does not have signs in and around Dallas, Texas. The route has major freeway parts in Oklahoma City. It includes the Broadway Extension part, which connects suburban Edmond to downtown Oklahoma City.
Route description
Kansas
US-77 goes for in Kansas. It is a Blue Star Memorial Highway between the U.S. 40 junction and the Cowley County line. In Cowley County, it is called the Robert B. Docking Memorial Highway. Near Arkansas City, it is called the Walnut Valley Greenway.
From Nebraska to U.S. 24 and from K-15 to Arkansas City, it is part of the National Highway System. |
533074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley%20A.%20Clark | Wesley A. Clark | Wesley Allison Clark (April 27, 1927 - February 22, 2016) was an American computer designer. He created the LINC computer, which was the first mini-computer and shares with a number of other computers (such as the PDP-1) the claim to be the inspiration for the personal computer.
Early life
Clark was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He grew up in Kinderhook, New York and northern California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1947 with an A.B. in Physics. Clark began his career as a physicist at the Hanford Site.
Career
In 1981 Clark received the Eckert-Mauchly Award for his work on computer architecture. He was awarded an honorary degree by Washington University in 1984. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999. Clark was a charter recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award for "First Personal Computer."
Death
Clark died on February 22, 2016 in New York City from heart disease at the age of 88. |
1036916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown%2C%20Tennessee | Germantown, Tennessee | Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. |
119254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuienkerke | Zuienkerke | Zuienkerke is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
In 2007, 2743 people lived there.
It is at 51deg 15 North, 03deg 09 East. |
151757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnos | Agnos | Agnos is a commune of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement in the southwestern part of France. |
749837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20football%20stadiums%20in%20Azerbaijan | List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan | This is a list of sports stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of capacity. |
1020587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobsann | Lobsann | Lobsann is a commune. It is in Grand Est in the Bas-Rhin department in northeast France. |
547026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauperswil | Lauperswil | Lauperswil is a municipality of the administrative district Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Villages
Lauperswil, Emmenmatt, Wittenbach, Langenbach, Moosegg, Obermatt, Mungnau and Zollbruck. |
555189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweisimmen | Zweisimmen | Zweisimmen is a municipality in the administrative district of Obersimmental-Saanen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. |
327978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortier%20de%2012%20Gribeauval | Mortier de 12 Gribeauval | The Mortier de 12 pouces Gribeauval (Gribeauval 12-inch mortar) was a French mortar. It was made using the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery. The measurement of the mortar is given by the diameter of the ball. It is measured using the French ancient system of measurement, in which 1 pouce (1 inch) is equal to 2.707 cm. The Gribeauval system was a new way of making artillery as a single piece of metal and then drilling a bore hole. This meant they could be made much lighter and more accurate.
The Mortier de 12 pouces Gribeauval was first used during the American Revolutionary War from 1780-82. It was used during the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. It was later used in by the French army during the wars that followed the French Revolution and during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Mortier de 12 pouces used a cylindrical chamber. Although this was quite efficient, it used to wear easily. This shape was later replaced by the Gomer system using a conical chamber.
Some of the Mortier de 12 pouces were used for coastal defense, in which case they were fixed on solid metal platforms. |
675208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20regions%20of%20China | Autonomous regions of China | Autonomous regions of China are areas with very large numbers of ethnic minorities living in them. Their local government is similar to a province, but unlike provinces, minority languages are often co-official alongside the Chinese language, and some laws are written to meet the needs of the minority groups. China's five autonomous regions are the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan), and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Their shortened names are Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Ningxia respectively. The largest minority group in each region are the Zhuang, the Mongol, the Tibetan, the Uighur, and the Hui people respectively. |
922731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scinax%20boulengeri | Scinax boulengeri | Boulenger's snouted tree frog (Scinax boulengeri) is a frog that lives in Central America. People have seen it as far north as Nicaragua and as far south as Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high as 600 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is 36 to 49 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog was 42 to 53 mm long. This frog is gray, dull green, or light brown in color. It has dark brown marks. It can have a triangle between its eyes. There are bars on its front and back legs. It has a white throat. Its belly is white. Its middle is green. Its sides are yellow-green.
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. It lives in the trees. Unlike other tree frogs, it lays eggs whether it has rained hard or not. The male frogs hide in plants near the edges of ponds. Then they sing for the female frogs. The female frog lays her eggs in water that is not deep, 600-700 eggs at a time. The eggs hatch after one or one and a half days. The tadpoles are silver-yellow in color. They grow into frogs in 40 to 88 days. |
634912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation | Blaxploitation | Blaxploitation is a type of exploitation movie which focuses on black people. Blaxploitation movies emerged in and were most popular during the early 1970s.
These movies were often criticized for their use of stereotyped characters. They were also praised for showing black people as the heroes and subjects, rather than being sidekicks or as victims of violence.
Following the example set by Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, many blaxploitation films feature funk and soul jazz soundtracks with heavy bass, funky beats, and wah-wah guitars. |
943378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iesi | Iesi | Iesi, also called Jesi, is a town and commune in province of Ancona, Italy. |
500543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie%20McCrorie | Stevie McCrorie | Stevie McCrorie (born 1985) is a Scottish singer, musician and firefighter. He is best known for winning the fourth series of The Voice UK in April 2015.
McCrorie's first song was called "Lost Stars". It was released on 5 April 2015. He used to be a singer from 2010 until 2012 and again has had a new career since January 2015. |
858072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iturup | Iturup | Iturup (, ) is the largest island in the Kuril Islands. |
153174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castres%2C%20Aisne | Castres, Aisne | Castres is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Aisne department in north France. |
752364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockingham%20County | Rockingham County | Rockingham County is the name of three counties in the United States:
Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Rockingham County, North Carolina
Rockingham County, Virginia |
808511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast%2C%20North%20Carolina | Toast, North Carolina | Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. It is west of Mount Airy, North Carolina. 1,922 lived here at the 2000 census. |
303767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%20Pl%C3%ADhal | Karel Plíhal | Karel Plihal (born August 23, 1958 in Prerov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech folk musician, singer, songwriter, poet and record producer. |
798400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait%20%28Beatles%20song%29 | Wait (Beatles song) | "Wait" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney, but listed as Lennon-McCartney. It was first released on the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul.
Personnel
From Ian MacDonald:
John Lennon - double tracked vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - double tracked vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, maracas, tambourine |
772285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Erskine | Scott Erskine | Scott Thomas Erskine (December 22, 1962 - July 3, 2020) was an American serial killer on California's death row. He was convicted in 2003 for the 1993 murder of two California boys. He was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. He was born in San Diego, California.
Erskine died on July 3, 2020 from COVID-19 in California, aged 57. |
748024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluca%2C%20Illinois | Toluca, Illinois | Toluca is a city in Illinois in the United States. |
67491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis%20Bowen | Otis Bowen | Otis R. Bowen, M.D. (February 26, 1918 - May 4, 2013), was the governor of the American state of Indiana from 1973 to 1981. He was the first governor of Indiana to serve two consecutive terms. He was also the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan.
Early life
Bowen was born in a farmhouse in Fulton County, Indiana. He raised his family, practiced medicine, and began his political career while living in Bremen, Indiana, where he still lives today.
Career
On Labor Day weekend in September 1973, Governor Bowen declared amnesty for a group of inmates that took hostages and rioted at the Indiana State Prison. Although his decision to give "blanket amnesty" was a controversial one, it proved to be the correct decision as all the hostages, who were not only guards, but also a few select inmates who were otherwise weak and preyed upon, were released without harm. The guards who were subsequently released after a short meeting took place between the leaders of the riot and Governor Bowen in front of b-block....the inmate negotiation took only a few minutes between the governor and a group of inmates led by one Thomas D Brown (ISP#37151) serving 10 years for armed robbery, and was compelling enough to cause Gov. Bowen to declare a successful "blanket amnesty".
The governor's action preceded a "domino effect" of changes made in all aspects of the Indiana Department of Corrections. The changes involved personnel, regulations and conditions within areas of the system, e.g. medical, food, access to media, and disciplinary aspects of every day life.
Death
Bowen died on May 4, 2013 in his home in Donaldson, Indiana at the age of 95. The cause of death has not been disclosed. |
451683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyselka%20Spa | Kyselka Spa | The Kyselka Spa (; ), older name Kysibl, is a group of former public baths. It is in the village of Kyselka near Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. |
151893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussunarits-Sarrasquette | Bussunarits-Sarrasquette | Bussunarits-Sarrasquette is a commune of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement in the southwestern part of France. |
657377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo%20Alto%20County%2C%20Iowa | Palo Alto County, Iowa | Palo Alto County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. In the 2020 census, 8,996 people lived there. The county seat is Emmetsburg. |
691206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Tour-de-Tr%C3%AAme | La Tour-de-Trême | La Tour-de-Treme is a village of the district Gruyere in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Treme. |
917474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beledweyne | Beledweyne | Beledweyne (, , ) is a city in central Somalia. It is located in the Beledweyne District, it is the capital of the Hiran region.
The city is in the Shebelle Valley riverine near the Ethiopian border, 210 miles (345 km) north of Mogadishu. In 2019, Safiya Jimale became the first female mayor in Somalia. |
205361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20van%20Dommelen | Caroline van Dommelen | Caroline van Dommelen (9 November 1874 - 4 March 1957) was a Dutch movie actress of the silent era. She appeared in eleven movies between 1911 and 1918. |
154806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaulx-Vraucourt | Vaulx-Vraucourt | Vaulx-Vraucourt is a commune. It is found in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France. |
190782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1bio%20Nunes%20%28Brazilian%20footballer%29 | Fábio Nunes (Brazilian footballer) | Fabio Nunes Fernandes (born 15 January 1980) is a Brazilian football player. |
904192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz%20Werner | Götz Werner | Gotz Wolfgang Werner (5 February 1944 - 8 February 2022) was a German businessman. He was a popular support for universal basic income. In 2013, his net worth was said to be around EUR1.1 billion, making him the 109th-richest German.
Werner died in Stuttgart, Germany on 8 February 2022, three days after his 78th birthday. |
892325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah | Fallujah | Fallujah (, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar. It is west of Baghdad.
The city was a small town in 1947. About 275,100 people lived here in 2011. It is known as the "city of mosques" for the more than 200 mosques found in the city and the surrounding villages. |
337092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperado | Desperado | Desperado is a 1995 action thriller movie. It was released on August 25, 1995 in the United States. It stars Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Banderas plays a man who wants revenge on those who killed his former lover. Desperado received positive reviews by the critics. |
508425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip%20line | Zip line | A zip-line (also called a zip line, zip wire, aerial runway, aerial ropeslide, death slide or Tyrolean crossing) is a device that allows a person to slide down an inclined wire or rope. The process uses gravity to propel the user. You can be stopped by dragging your feet or by water. Often a pulley is used suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel. Zip-lines are often used for entertainment. Some are short and low designed for children on a playground. Zip-lines are often used as a means of getting to remote areas, such as a rainforest canopy or crossing a river.
History
The zip-wire has been used as a way to get around in some mountainous countries for over 2,000 years. Since the 1700s they have been used in places like Europe, China and the Himalayas. In the Australian outback, zip-lines were occasionally used for delivering food, cigarettes or tools. They were useful for people working on the other side of an obstacle such as a gully or river. Australian soldiers have used them to bring ammunition to forward positions during wars.
During World War II the United States discovered they were behind the Russians and the Germans in using parachutes to deploy soldiers quickly. In setting up training the army decided to use drop towers with zip lines to simulate a parachute landing. It was a success and has been used since that time to train airborne forces.
Costa Rica claims to be the birthplace of modern zip-line tours. Graduate students, John Williams and Donald Perry were rock-climbers who were in Costa Rica studying botanical (plants) and entomological (insects) subjects. They used their rock climbing equipment to climb trees. When they used lines to get down or move to lower trees, other students did too. Soon tours started in Costa Rica for entertainment.
Zip-line tours
Zip-line tours are becoming popular vacation activities. Some are as short as 100 feet while others may be as long as a mile. The jungles of Costa Rica, Florida, Puerto Vallarta,and Nicaragua are popular places for those interested in experiencing zip-lines. Since 2000, the number of zip-line tours in the United States has grown to over 200. Zip-line tours are not available at places such as Santa Catalina Island, Big Bear and the San Diego Zoo in California. Prices vary for the ride. The San Diego Zoo ride costs $112 (for two lines). At the Santa Paula, California KOA the cost is $10 for an 800 foot long zip-line. At Durango Colorado there are 27 zip lines totaling . The tour lasts for five hours.
In Sun City, South Africa the Zip 2000 is one of the world's longest zip lines at over in length. The world's longest zip-line tour is "Miss Sky Canopy Tour" in Nosara, Costa Rica. It runs for and is made up of 21 runs. Taihape, New Zealand has one of the fastest zip-lines (called flying foxes locally) with speeds at over . |
154453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laires | Laires | Laires is a commune. It is found in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France. |
259001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee%20Bradley%20Baker | Dee Bradley Baker | Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. He is known for his voice-work such as Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, American Dad!, Ben 10, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Halo, Gears of War, Avatar: The Last Airbender and an unnamed dog show in 2024.
Filmography
Live action
Legends of the Hidden Temple - Olmec, Announcer
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick - Grand
The Journey of Allen Strange - Phil Berg
Shop 'til You Drop - Announcer, Co-Host
G vs E - C. Arthur Troust
Big Time Rush - Mr. Smitty
I Know That Voice - Himself
Animated series
Adventure Time (animated short) - Lady Rainicorn
Adventure Time (series) - Giant, Gnomes, and additional voices
American Dad! - Klaus and additional voices
American Dragon: Jake Long - Kelpie, Pooka Pooka, Jersey Devil and Maximinus
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Appa, Momo, Actor Ozai, and additional voices and Creature vocal effects. |
213663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred%20Scott | Dred Scott | Dred Scott (1799 - September 17, 1858) was a slave in the United States of America who took legal action to get his freedom in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case. His case was rejected by the Supreme Court.
Many people were angry at the decision, and slavery became one of the main issues in the American Civil War a few years later. Slavery was ended after the Confederate States of America surrendered. |
38817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Young | Will Young | Will Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer and actor. He was born in Berkshire.
He became famous in 2002 when he won the British singing competition, Pop Idol. Since then, he has had a successful music career.
Young has released three albums so far and has had four number one singles in the United Kingdom. He acted in the film Mrs. Henderson Presents.
He is openly gay. |
240694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junki%20Koike | Junki Koike | is a Japanese professional athlete. He is best known as an Association football or soccer player.
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289012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mie%20scattering | Mie scattering | Mie scattering is the way that light scatters when it hits an object. It is named after the German physicist, Gustav Mie. This theory is good for all wavelengths of light, and all object sizes. If the object is much smaller than the wavelength of light, Rayleigh scattering theory is also quite good. |
45440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimsuit | Swimsuit | A swimsuit, bathing suit (sometimes shortened to bathers), or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is clothing designed to be worn for swimming.
Swimming trunks are a pair of shorts or briefs worn for swimming or bathing.
In New Zealand English and some areas of Australian English, swimsuits are usually called togs. This term is less common in other parts of the English-speaking world where it may refer to clothes in general. Swimsuits can be skin-tight or loosely fitting. They range from garments designed to preserve as much modesty as possible to garments designed to reveal as much of the body as possible without actual nudity. They are often lined with a fabric that prevents them from becoming transparent when wet. |
144809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RLC%20circuit | RLC circuit | A circuit containing resistance (R), inductance (L), and capacitance (C) is called an RLC circuit. A simple circuit only has one RLC series.
With a resistance R present, the total electromagnetic energy U of the circuit (the sum of the electric energy and magnetic energy) is no longer constant. Instead, it decreases with time as energy is transferred to thermal energy in the resistance. Because of this loss of energy, the oscillations of charge, current and potential difference continuously decrease in amplitude, and the oscillations are said to be damped.
They are damped in exactly the same way as those of the damped block-spring oscillator. To analyze the oscillations of this circuit, an equation can be written for the total electromagnetic energy in the circuit at any instant. This is because the resistance does not store electromagnetic energy.
(Eq. 1)
However, this total energy decreases as energy is transferred to thermal energy. |
965441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrond-le-Ch%C3%A2teau | Montrond-le-Château | Montrond-le-Chateau is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France. |
281949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Research%20Council | National Research Council | National Research Council (NRC) of USA is the working arm of United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names. The National Research Council was organized in 1916 in response to the increased need for scientific and technical services caused by World War I.
The president of National Academy of Sciences is the chair of its Governing Board and Executive Committee; the president of the National Academy of Engineering is vice chair. Its members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. |
764432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Garage%20%281980%20movie%29 | The Garage (1980 movie) | The Garage () is a 1980 Russian comedy movie directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Liya Akhedzhakova, Iya Savvina, Svetlana Nemolyayeva, Valentin Gaft, Andrey Myagkov, Georgi Burkov, Leonid Markov, Igor Kostolevsky, Anastasia Voznesenskaya. It was distributed by Mosfilm. |
207611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push%20It%20to%20the%20Limit | Push It to the Limit | "Push It to the Limit" is a song from the movie Scarface. Rapper Rick Ross also made a song called "Push It to the Limit".
1983 songs |
653869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20J.%20Shapiro | Carl J. Shapiro | Carl J. Shapiro (February 15, 1913 - March 7, 2021) was an American businessman.
In 1939, he founded Kay Windsor, Inc. in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It became one of the largest women's clothing companies in the country. He is its former president and chairman of the board and was director of Vanity Fair Corp in 1971. He retired five years later.
Shapiro and his foundation reportedly lost some $550 million from Bernie Madoff, who received $250 million around December 1, 2008 from Shapiro, then one of Madoff's oldest friends and one of his biggest financial backers.
His wife, Ruth, died in 2012. Shapiro turned 100 in February 2013.
Shapiro died on March 7, 2021 in Boston at the age of 108. |
287526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s%20Web | Charlotte's Web | Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by E. B. White. First published in 1952, it was illustrated by Garth Williams and won many awards.
Three movies are based on the book:
Charlotte's Web (1973), an animated movie made by Hanna-Barbrea productions.
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003), the sequel to the 1973 movie.
Charlotte's Web (2006), a live-action movie based on the book, starring Julia Roberts and Dakota Fanning. |
269156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping | Sharecropping | Sharecropping is a term for when one person farms another person's land, and then the two share what is produced. Sharecroppers are almost always poor, and are often in debt to landowners or other people. Sharecropping was very common in the Southern United States after the Civil War and the end of slavery. At that time, many African-Americans sharecropped on the land that they had once farmed as slaves. Sharecropping was part of the system of "Jim Crow", which kept blacks poor and not really citizens.
Sharecropping became more common in the Southern United States when slavery was abolished. During the 20th century it became rare there. |
86088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intragna%2C%20Switzerland | Intragna, Switzerland | Intragna was a municipality of the district Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 October 2009, the former municipalities of Borgnone, Intragna and Palagnedra merged into the new municipality of Centovalli. |
711220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%20of%20Kentucky | Governor of Kentucky | The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Fifty-seven men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once before becoming ineligible for four years.
Kentucky is one of only five U.S. states that hold gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years. The current governor is Andy Beshear, who was first elected in 2019. |
306862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20spectrum | Mass spectrum | A mass spectrum is an intensity versus m/z (mass-to-charge ratio) plot that represents a chemical analysis. The mass spectrum of a sample is a pattern representing the distribution of ions by mass (more correctly: mass-to-charge ratio) in a sample. It is a histogram usually made using an instrument called a mass spectrometer. Not all mass spectra of a given substance are the same. It can depend on the operating conditions of the instrument. For example, some mass spectrometers break the analyte molecules into many pieces; others observe the intact molecular masses with little fragmentation. A mass spectrum can represent many different types of information based on the type of mass spectrometer and the specific experiment; however, all plots of intensity vs. mass-to-charge are called "mass spectra".
Common fragmentation processes for organic molecules are the McLafferty rearrangement and alpha cleavage.
In the past, chemists with PhD degrees were needed to interpret mass spectra. Today, computer programs read the data and identify the compounds in a sample. |
891535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Russ | Kurt Russ | Kurt Russ (born 23 November 1964) is an Austrian football player. Now he is coach of TSV Hartberg in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Club career
Russ started with FC Langenwang and later moved on to Kapfenberger SV. He also played for First Vienna FC, FC Swarovski Tirol and LASK Linz. He finished his career at SC Schwanenstadt.
International career
He played 28 matches in the Austrian national football team as defender. His debut was in the 1-0 victory over Denmark on 27 April 1988. His last international match was a European qualification match also against Denmark.
Coaching career
He started with SC Schwanenstadt. From summer 2007 until March 2008 he was head coach of Vorwarts Steyr. He was then head coach of the second team of Kapfenberger SV and headcoach of the team from 2013 until 2016 and from 2018 until 2020. In 2021 he became headcoach of the Austrian Bundesliga team TSV Hartberg. |
840014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Japan%20Sea%20%28movie%29 | Battle of the Japan Sea (movie) | Nihonkai daikaisen (Ri Ben Hai Da Hai Zhan , Battle of the Japan Sea) is a 1969 Japanese war drama film directed by Seiji Maruyama and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka. Set between 1904 and 1905, Japan and
Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan.
Veteran screenwriter Toshio Yasumi wrote the script and Seiji Maruyama (who had filmed Rengo kantai shirei chokan: Yamamoto Isoroku in 1968) directed the film. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya of "Destroy All Monsters" worked on the set and Hiroshi Murai of "Nikudan" was in charge of filming the scenes.
The concurrent screening work is "Konto 55-Go jinrui no dai jakuten", directed by Jun Fukuda.
Overview
It is said to be the third work in the "Toho 8/15 series", but unlike the two previous war films, this one take place during the Russo-Japanese War. From the beginning of the war, to General Nogi Maresuke's troops attack Port Arthur, and the combined fleet led by Admiral Togo Heihachiro at the Battle of Tsushima to defeats the Baltic Fleet led by Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky.
Special Effects
This work was the last film in which Eiji Tsuburaya participated it as special effects director. The ship miniature mobilized 60 art designers and 107 ships were prepared for the movie.
In addition, the miniature of the battleship Mikasa was made up to 13 meters.
In the naval battle scene, considering that the power of the bullets is weaker at the time of the Russo-Japanese War than during the Pacific War, the water column is expressed by freon gas.
Plot
During the late 19th century, the Qing dynasty continued to desinegreated in turmoil due to corruption, peasant unrest, ruler incompetence, and population growth which led to food shortages and regular famine. In 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight Nation Alliance (Britain, United States, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary) joined forces together to occupied many ports and cities in China. However, only Russia kept its troops in Manchuria and setting up their railway line which caused tensions with Japan over the sphere of influence.
At the Imperial Conferences meeting with Emperor Meiji, they sent an ultimatum to recognize Russian dominance in Manchuria in exchange for recognition of Korea being within the Japanese sphere of influence.Finally, diplomatic relations between two countries began to get even hostility. Togo Heihachiro, Admiral of the Fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy, was eyeing on Lushunkou (aka Port Arthur) and the movement of the Russian Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok, and devised a secret plan. Then, he got reports that Captain Takeo Hirose, commanded the old cargo vessel Fukui Maru and several ships, was spotted by the Russian fleet squadron and was hit, destroying the ship and killing Hirose. Many officers and sailors managed to escape from the Battle of Port Arthur. War was declared after the first naval battle. The Japanese Navy won its first battle against the Russians.
In the meantime, Japanese troops deployed from Korea to Manchuria. The First Army under General Kuroki Tamemoto landed on Incheon to occupied Seoul and began marching north to meet the Russian army at the Yalu River. After defeating them, the Third Army led by General Nogi Maresuke march on to Port Arthur and began the siege. However, the Russian Navy was unable to relived the siege after they were defeated again by the Japanese squadron at Chemulpo Bay. On October 20, the Baltic Fleet left the port of Rabaul.
Togo decided that the enemy ships would appear in the Sea of Japan and dragged the combined fleet inland. On New Year's Day, five months after the attack began, General Nogi planned an attack on 203 Hill, trying to captured the fortress. However, the commander of Port Arthur Anatoly Stessel managed to hold off the attack by setting up machine guns, artillery positions, land mines, and searchlights. The Japanese would continued to attack the fortress until the defense commander Roman Kondratenko was killed by an artillery shells and Stessel had no choice but to surrendered the fortress to General Nogi.
Around this time, Akashi Motojiro, an intelligence officer in Stockholm (Sweden), learned that the route of the Baltic Fleet would be determined by Russian Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky. But on the way, they attack a On May 20, the surveillance ship Shinano Maru discovered the Baltic Fleet headed off to the Goto Islands. Seven days later, Admiral Togo, who hoisted the Z flag on board the flagship Mikasa, took an intrepid tactic that took a big turn in front of the Russians and tightened the enemy's front. A fierce battle at Tsushima brought a great victory to the Japanese fleet. People of Japan who are excited about victory and the Russians are forced to surrendered in the Treaty of Portsmouth on September 5, 1905. This result Russia turn into a bloody revolution by mass demonstrations over the defeat and labor dispute. However, Togo could not forget the true "fear of battle" by winning the war.
Staff
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Director: Seiji Maruyama
Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya (special effects director), Noriyoshi Inoue (special effects art director), Yoichi Manoda (special effects cinematographer), Hiroshi Mukoyama (matte compositions), Fumio Nakadai (wire manipulator), Teruyoshi Nakano (special effects assistant), Yoshiyuki Norimasa (matte process photography), Motoyoshi Tomioka (special effects cinematographer) (credited as Sokei Tomioka)
Screenwriter: Toshio Yasumi
Cinematographer: Hiroshi Murai
Composer: Masaru Sato
Sound Department: Minoru Kaneyama (sound effects editor), Noboru Yoshioka (sound recordist)
Camera and Electrical Department: Toshio Takashima (lighting technician), Iwao Yamazaki (still photographer)
Production Designer: Takeo Kita
Cast
Toshiro Mifune as Togo Heihachiro (Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet)
Yuzo Kayama as Major Takeo Hirose
Tatsuya Nakadai as Colonel Akashi Motojiro
Toshio Kurosawa as First Class Soldier Miyoshi Maeyama
Ban Kojika as Magoshichi Sugino
Keiji Higashiyama as Mr. Fujimoto
Akira Kubo as Kikuisami Matsui (based on Kikuisami Matsumura)
Makoto Sato as Chief of Artillery Kiyokazu Abo
Susumu Fujita as Admiral Kamimura Hikonojo
Akihiko Hirata as Staff Officer Koreshige Tsunoda
Yoshio Tsuchiya as Staff Officer Akiyama Saneyuki
Jun Funato as Staff Officer Kumaji Yamaoka
Kenji Sahara as Deputy Director of Shinano Maru, Hikosaburo Maruhashi
Yoshifumi Tajima as Colonel Hikojiro Ijichi
Hiroshi Koizumi as Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shin'ichiro Kurino
Jun Tazaki as Shimaji Hashiguchi (Miyakojima islander)
Eijiro Yanagi as Ito Hirobumi
Takeshi Kato as Chief of Staff Kato Tomosaburo
Toru Abe as Lieutenant Colonel Genjiro Suji (1st Regiment of Konoe Infantry)
Masao Shimizu as Director the Navy Totsuka Tamaki
Gen Shimizu as Colonel Akira Narukawa
Ryuji Kita as Admiral Kataoka Shichiro
Kanta Mori as Chief of Staff Ijichi Kosuke
Gen Takamori as Major Nagata Yasujiro
Haruo Nakajima as Staff of the First Fleet (uncredited)
Seiji Matsuyama as Matsu (Miyakojima youth)
Shin Tatsuoka as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Inoue Kaoru
Takamaru Sasaki as Advisor Kuki Ryuichi
Kiyoshi Kodama as Captain Yamamoto Shinjiro
Yoshio Inaba as Chief of Staff Shimamura Hayao
Ken Mitsuda as President of the Japanese Privy Council Yamagata Aritomo
Kose Itaru as Lieutenant Colonel Kariba Umi
Jun'ichiro Mukai, Naoya Kusakawa as Staffs of the 1st Fleet
Shigeo Kato as Public speaker, Miyakojima residents (uncredited)
Akio Kusama as Minister, Resident who sees off the Hitachi Maru (uncredited)
Yasuo Araki as Major Yamagata
Toyohiko Sata as Fisherman Hayafune
Koji Iwamoto as Hitachi Maru officer
Kazuo Suzuki as Miyakojima fisherman
Chotaro Togin as Ship gunner
Seishiro Kuno as Lieutenant Tsukamoto
Kenzaburo Osawa as Artillery gunner
Ken Echigo (Mikasa staff officer)
Yutaka Oka as Commander of the Shiroda Sukitai (White Coat) team
Yoko Yano as Matsu's wife
Noriko Honma as Old woman at a candy store
Ted Gunther as Shriax
Jacob Japiro as Informant
Harold Conway as Captain John Campbell
Osman Yusuf as Russian naval officer
Peter Williams as Commander Nikolai Nebogatov
Andrew Hughes as Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)
Hans Horneff as Admiral Nikolai Kolomeitsev
Robert Dunham as Aide to Admiral Alekseyev (uncredited)
Ralph Jesser as Staff Officer of the Baltic Fleet
Ryutaro Tatsumi as Minister of Navy Yamamoto Gonnohyoe
Mitsuko Kusabue as Kaeda Tetsu
Chishu Ryu as Nogi Maresuke
Matsumoto Hakuo I as Emperor Meiji
Masaaki Yajima as Narrator * Non-credit
Video software
The DVD version of the film was released by Toho Video on June 21, 2001. |
296455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9beurden | Trébeurden | Trebeurden is a commune. It is found in the region Bretagne in the Cotes-d'Armor department in the west of France. |
53976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atahualpa | Atahualpa | Atahuallpa or Atawallpa (c. 1502 - 1533) was the 13th and last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyo, or Inca empire. He became emperor after defeating his younger half-brother Huascar in a civil war that followed the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease (maybe malaria or smallpox). During the civil war, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro arrived and captured Atahuallpa, and used him to control the Inca empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed Atahuallpa. So ended the Inca Empire (although several weak puppet successors followed him.)
Civil war
On the death of their father, the Emperor Huayna Capac, and their older brother, Ninan Cuyochi, who had been the heir, the empire was divided between the two surviving brothers, Huascar and Atahualpa. Huascar got the major part of it with the capital Cusco, and Atahualpa the northern parts, including Quito (now the capital of Ecuador). For a couple of years, the two brothers reigned without problems. But Huascar demanded that Atahuallpa swear an oath to him. Atahuallpa refused, and the civil war began.
The final battle took place at Quipaipan, where Huascar was captured. Atahuallpa was resting in the city of Cajamarca in the Andes with his army of 80,000 troops on his way to the south and Cusco to claim his throne.
By this time the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro had established the city of Piura, the first Spanish settlement in Peru on July 1532. After two months on the march, Pizarro had arrived at Cajamarca with just 168 men under his command and sent Hernando de Soto, friar Vicente de Valverde and native interpreter Felipillo to speak with Atahuallpa about the Spanish presence.
The Spanish envoys returned to Pizarro, who prepared a surprise attack against Atahuallpa's army in what became the Battle of Cajamarca on November 16, 1532.
According to Spanish law the Spanish officially declared war on the Inca people. When Atahuallpa coldly asked the priest Valverde by what authority he and his people could say such things, Valverde offered him a Bible, saying that the authority came from the words in it. He examined it and then asked why did it not speak to him. He then threw it to the ground. That gave the Spaniards the excuse they needed to wage war on the Incas. They opened fire, and over the course of 2 hours more than two thousand Inca soldiers were killed. The Spanish then imprisoned Atahuallpa in the Temple of the Sun.
Atahuallpa still could not believe the Spanish intended to take control of his kingdom. He thought that if he gave them the gold and silver they sought they would leave. In exchange for his release, he agreed to fill a large room with gold and promised the Spanish twice that amount in silver. Although he was stunned by the offer, Pizarro had no intention of releasing the Inca because he needed the ruler's influence over the native people to maintain order in the surrounding country.
But then Pizarro decided to have him executed because he feared he could be freed by an Inca General. Pizarro staged a mock trial and found Atahuallpa guilty of revolting against the Spanish and murdering Huascar, his own brother. Atahuallpa was sentenced to execution by burning. He was horrified, since the Inca believed that the soul would not be able to go on to the afterlife if the body were burned. Friar Vicente de Valverde, who had earlier offered the Bible to Atahuallpa, intervened again, telling Atahuallpa that if he agreed to convert to Christianity he would convince the rest to commute the sentence. Atahualpa agreed to be baptized into the Christian faith. He was given the name Juan Santos Atahualpa and then was strangled with a garrote instead of being burned. Atahuallpa died on August 29, 1533.
Atahuallpa was succeeded by his brother, the puppet Inca Tupac Huallpa, and later by another brother Manco Inca Yupanqui. |
736590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcliff%2C%20London | Ratcliff, London | Ratcliff is an area of East London. It is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located on the north side of the River Thames. It was once a hamlet in the historic county of Middlesex.
Ratcliff is the site of one of London biggest fires in 1794. It began at Clovers Barge Yard. The flames quickly spread to a nearby barge loaded with saltpetre. This was a substance used to make gunpowder and matches. This exploded. Causing the fire to spread and destroying Ratcliff.
Etymology
Ratcliff name is from a sandstone cliff. This used to be above the surrounding marshes. This had a red appearance. Hence Red-cliffe.
History
Ratcliffe was known for shipbuilding. It was an important sea departure area. In the sixteenth century. Such as Willoughby and Frobisher. Ratcliffe at this time also had the largest population in Stepney. Having 3500 residents.
Around 1669. Almost 200 Presbyterians were worshipping inside a warehouse in Ratcliffe. There was a purpose-built Quaker meeting house in Schoolhouse Lane that had been built near the same time.
Ratcliffe was divided between the parishes of Limehouse and Stepney until 1866. It was constituted a separate civil parish. It was then administered by Limehouse District Board of Works. In 1900 it joined the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
As the warehouses fell into decline. They were not allowed to stand and were cleared for redevelopment. |
848347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugchasing | Bugchasing | Bugchasing is trying to get HIV through sex. People who try to get HIV are called bugchasers, and they are all men who have sex with men. It is not entirely understood why people try to get HIV, and bugchasing actions are hard to understand. It is rare.
Motivation and action
Bugchasers are men who have sex with men and purposely try to get HIV. It is not understood why this happens.
There are four common explanations.
First, it is thought that some men become bugchasers because they fear HIV infection, which had previously changed how they have sex. This can include things like men abstaining from sex entirely, only having sex with one person, or using sexual protection like condoms. Second, some men think having HIV is sexy. This means it can feel good to think about it, or that it is the ultimate taboo to overcome.
Third, bugchasers might think having HIV makes them part of a group.
And fourth, bugchasing might be an action against heteronormativity, the idea that everyone is heterosexual. The idea is that bugchasers do not achieve some expectations placed on them, including safe sex. There is a fifth possible reason--suicide--but this is not clear or very helpful.
Either way, people only rarely call themselves bugchasers, and they only try to get HIV even more rarely. This behavior does not entirely fit in with their identity. This means that bugchasing actions are rarely based on persons known to have HIV and having sex with them. Instead, a lot of bugchasers have sex in ambiguous situations, where they do not know if their partners have HIV. In 2005, researchers said there was no empirical evidence that bugchasing existed; they said that bugchasing as an idea and an activity existed, but it was rare. |
884042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus%20Wischenbart | Markus Wischenbart | Markus Wischenbart (born in Tirol, Brixlegg, Austria) is a Dominicano-Austrian entrepreneur, the owner of Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, one of the largest resort complexes in the Dominican Republic.
Biography
Markus Wischenbart was born in Tirol, Austria. At the age of 14, Wischenbart started to work as a paperboy.
Wischenbart moved to Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic, in 2002. In the same year, Wischenbart created the Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club concept and became the head of the resort. As of 2021, LHVC is one of the largest resort facilities in the Dominican Republic. |
747359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20Region%20of%20Denmark | Capital Region of Denmark | The Capital Region of Denmark is an administrative region of Denmark. The capital city is Hillerod.
Denmark's largest lake, Arreso, is in the region. It is also home to the deepest lake, Fureso.
Municipalities of Region Hovedstaden
There are 29 municipalities in the Capital Region of Denmark. |
64032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Bynes | Amanda Bynes | Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, program host on Nickelodeon and fashion designer. After being in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes has moved into a movie career. She starred in several movies aimed at teenage audiences. These included Big Fat Liar, She's the Man, Hairspray, and Easy A. She was on the 2007 Forbes list as the 5th highest paid celebrities under 21 earning $2.5 million.
Bynes has been described by The Boston Globe as having an "everygirl" appeal, embodying "both everything her teen fans dream of being and everything they know they really are, and they love her for it." In 2006, she was named one of Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under .
Career
On June 19, 2010, Bynes said on her Twitter that she is retiring from acting saying she does not like it as much as she used to. A month later, Bynes changed her mind and returned to acting.
Again in 2012 she said that she is retiring from acting.
Personal life
In April 2012 Bynes was arrested for side-swiping a police car. In June 2012 she was charged with driving under alcohol or drugs when she was arrested in April.
In May 2013 Bynes was arrested at her house in Manhattan for having marijuana. In July she was arrested after she set fire to a stranger's driveway. The police decided that she should be kept for psychiatric evaluation for her own safety. Since September 2013 Bynes has been in The Canyon rehab in Malibu for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder treatment.
On March 20, 2023 Bynes was found roaming the streets of Downtown Los Angeles unclothed. Bynes waved down a car and told them she was "coming down from a psychotic episode". After calling 911 herself, Bynes was taken to a nearby police station and after an evaluation by mental health officials, she was placed under a psychiatric hold. This comes merely days away from her one-year anniversary of being released from her conservatorship held by her parents Rick and Lynn Bynes. |
121952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules%3A%20The%20Legendary%20Journeys%20%28video%20game%29 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (video game) | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an action adventure video game with Beat 'em up elements that was released on November 17, 1997, on the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, developed by PS1 and published by Titus Software, based on the television series.
Description
Ares, Hercules' brother, forms a plan to dethrone Zeus with the help of Hera. With Zeus ill, a struggle for power corrupts the immortal realm. The Gods, unaware of the true nature of the disturbance, flee to the mortal realm in a search to find the reason for the turmoil. Hercules, a man whose strength is like nothing ever seen, is the only one who can save the world, both mortal and immortal, and his father from certain doom. Take control of the legendary hero as you travel around the land in search of a cure, and to stop Ares from completing his plan. |
163241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%20number | E number | An E number is a number code which is used as a food additive. E numbers are usually found on food labels throughout the European Union. The numbering scheme follows that of the International Numbering System (INS) as determined by the Codex Alimentarius committee. Only a subset of the INS additives are approved for use in the European Union, the 'E' prefix which stands for Europe. In casual language in the UK and Ireland, the term "E-number" is used as a pejorative term for artificial food additives, and products may promote themselves as "free of E-numbers" even though some of the ingredients (e.g. bicarbonate of soda) do have such a code.
E numbers are also encountered on food labeling in other jurisdictions, including the GCC, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. They are increasingly (though still rarely) found on North American packaging, especially in Canada. The "E" prefix is omitted in Australia and New Zealand, and the term "E-Number" unknown.
Usually, the number has 3 digits. E numbers between E100 and E199 are colors. E numbers between E200 and E299 are preservatives. E numbers between E300 and E399 are antioxidants and acidity regulators. E numbers between E400 and E499 are thickeners, stabilizers and emulsifiers. E numbers between E500 and E599 are pH regulators. E numbers between E600 and E699 are flavor enhancers. E numbers between E700 and E799 are antibiotics. E numbers between E900 and E999 are glazing agents, gases, and sweeteners. |
301616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa | Mimosa | Mimosa is a genus of plants. It has around 590 species of herbs and shrubs. It is classified in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The word "mimosa" comes from the Greek word that means "mimic".
The best known species of mimosa are Mimosa pudica and Mimosa tenuiflora. Mimosa pudica is found in Central and South America. When touched or heated, it folds its leaves. Mimosa tenuiflora is used by shamans (traditional magical) healer.
It is used in ayahuasca brews (a "magic" drink) because of the psychedelic drug N,N-Dimethyltryptamine DMT in its roots. In general, the production of such a chemical is a defence against herbivory.
Grouping
The Mimosa genus has been split up into smaller groupings or lumped into larger ones. It has over 3,000 names to describe its species. Most of these names are now considered synonyms. Some of the names have been given to other species and genera.
The name "mimosa" has been used for other species that look like mimosa but are not related. Some of the most common unrelated plants called this name are the silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) and sattle (Acacia dealbata).
Description
This genus includes some plants that are able to move fast. This is very rare. The mimosa's leaves close quickly when touched.
Mimosa is related to the genera Acacia and Albizia. The difference between them is that the mimosa's flowers have ten or fewer stamens. The big round flower of the mimosa is actually an inflorescence, a cluster (close group) of many small flowers. |
568803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lhan%20Cavcav | İlhan Cavcav | Ilhan Cavcav (October 4, 1935 - January 22, 2017) was a Turkish businessman. He served as the chairman of Genclerbirligi, a Football club in Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was born in Ankara.
He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and searching for abilities especially for discovering talent from Africa.
Controversies
In November 2014 Cavcav announced that he would be fining bearded players, claiming that they were a bad influence for the youth. Cavcav said that he would fine players that kept their beards 25,000 Turkish Liras and also attacked UEFA for not banning beards in all of its completions.
Death
Cavcav was taken to hospital after falling and hitting his head, which caused a brain hemorrhage. He was kept in intensive care unit. One day later, on January 22, 2017, he was pronounced dead.
Accomplishments
In 1978 Genclerbirligi S.K. had no training facilities and now the team has one of the largest youth programs in Turkey and of training facilities in Bestepe, Ankara (Bestepe Ilhan Cavcav Tesisleri)
He is the longest serving professional football club chairman in Turkey (1978-2017). |
961287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmichael%2C%20Mississippi | Kilmichael, Mississippi | Kilmichael is a town in Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States. |
326438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xzibit | Xzibit | Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan), known by his stage name, Xzibit, is an American rapper, actor and television host. He is known for hosting the MTV television show Pimp My Ride. He has also appeared in many movies as well. He is currently working on his seventh studio album, Napalm. He has also become an internet meme. |
863653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows%20and%20Fog | Shadows and Fog | Shadows and Fog is a 1991 American mystery comedy movie directed by Woody Allen (who also stars) and also starring Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Donald Pleasence, John C. Reilly, Madonna, John Malkovich, Fred Gwynne, Lily Tomlin. It was distributed by Orion Pictures. |
892997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Forte | Francesco Forte | Francesco Forte (11 February 1929 - 1 January 2022) was an Italian politician, academic and economist. He was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Forte was Minister of Finance between 1982 and 1983. He was a cabinet member during the Bettino Craxi and Amintore Fanfani governments.
He was mayor of Bormio from 1988 to 1991.
Forte was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 until 1987. He was later a member of the Senate from 1987 until 1994. Forte was Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1983 until 1987. He was also Minister of European Affairs between 1983 until 1986.
Forte died on 1 January 2022 in Turin, Italy at the age of 92. |
794138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnik | Bunnik | Bunnik is a municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The population of Bunnuk is 15,192 as of 2019. |
748118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Shimura | Ken Shimura | (born , February 20, 1950 - March 29, 2020) was a Japanese comedian. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama. He was known for starring in Hachiji Da Yo! Zen'in Shugo! with the comedy group The Drifters and Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan with Cha Kato. Shimura was born in Tokyo.
Shimura was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 23, 2020 while hospitalized for pneumonia in Tokyo. He died six days later from the infection at the age of 70. |
208568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav%20First%20League | Yugoslav First League | Yugoslav First League is a former football league which was top division in Yugoslavia. |
895932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia%20Rylant | Cynthia Rylant | Cynthia Rylant (born June 6, 1954) is an American author and librarian. She has written more than 100 children's books, including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of her books have won awards, including her novel Missing May, which won the 1993 Newbery Medal, and A Fine White Dust, which was a 1987 Newbery Honor book. |
117741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeches | Breeches | Breeches (pronounced or ) is a type of clothing that males wear that covers the body from the waist down, with different coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though sometimes reaching to the ankles. The breeching of a young boy, at an age somewhere between six and eight, was a completion in his childhood. |
775146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Congress%20of%20Mathematicians | International Congress of Mathematicians | The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for mathematics. It meets once every four years. The organizer is the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
List of Congresses
Prior to the 1897 Congress, it came the International Mathematical Congress. |
802112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue | Avenue | The word "Avenue" has a similar meaning with the word "street" except that "Avenue" is most times used to describe a longer and bigger street. |
83059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinwil | Beinwil | Beinwil could mean:
Beinwil (Freiamt) in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
Beinwil am See in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
Beinwil, Solothurn, Switzerland. |
589330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Y.%20Brown%20Jr. | John Y. Brown Jr. | John Young Brown Jr. (December 28, 1933 - November 22, 2022) is an American politician, entrepreneur, and businessman from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, although he may be best known for building Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
Brown died at a hospital in Lexington on November 22, 2022, at age 88. He had been dealing with health complications derived from COVID-19 since the summer. His casket lay in state in the Kentucky Capitol's rotunda for two days starting on November 29, 2022. His funeral was held at the Kentucky Capitol on November 30. Brown would be buried in the Lexington Cemetery. |
12830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macei%C3%B3 | Maceió | Maceio is the capital of Alagoas, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. It has a population of 884.320 people (estimate from the year 2000) and a total area of 512 square km.
The city attracts many tourists and it enjoys an important location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mundau Lake. Maceio has several urban beaches which are visited by many tourists, for example, the beaches named Pajucara, Ponta Verde, Jatiuca and Cruz das Almas, famous for their natural beauty.
Maceio originated from a sugar cane engine where initially a village increased around it. Soon the place gained a port, nowadays in Jaragua district, that as long as years were gone influenced the village development transforming it into a city. Its condition of port city made Maceio to be the state capital in 1839, which was earlier on Santa Maria Madalena da Alagoa do Sul (Saint Mary Magdalene of the Southern Lake) or simply Alagoa do Sul (nowadays the historic city of Marechal Deodoro).
Main neighborhoods
Pajussara
The community of Pajussara is on the ocean coast of Maceio, with modern streets and avenues, many shops, clubs and hotels in front of the sea. Its beach is very attractive and visited by many tourists and natives. In Pajussara beach, a nice place to go is a natural swimming pool 1.500 meters east of the coast and that is placed on a sand bank of the Atlantic Ocean. The pool is formed only when tide is low and people can get there by boat.
Ponta Verde
It is considered the most beautiful beach in the city. The community started from an old little farm named Ponta Verde that gave the neighborhood its name. The long extension of land was full of coconut trees and was a wild and quiet place. Currently the urbanization has taken all the area of Ponta Verde and many important events and shows of the city have happened there. The place has good hotels and restaurants and some of them are the best ones in the city.
Farol
Farol means lighthouse in Portuguese. The community is in an elevated area not far from the sea where the old lighthouse was that aided the ships to come in the port of the city. From this place is possible to see as the Atlantic Ocean as the Mundau Lake and because of this the area was strategically important to military force in the Colonial age.
Jatiuca
Jatiuca, besides Ponta Verde, is one of the most valued areas in the city in the ranking of the properties salesmen. It is a place with very nice hotels, resorts and restaurants that enjoy a good location in front of the sea. The seacoast in Jatiuca has a lot of beach bars.
Jaragua
Jaragua has a historic importance because it is the initial point of the city and could be appropriately named Old Town. Maceio was just a village when the port of Jaragua helped the little village to become a city in the 19th century. Currently some old buildings were transformed in bars and restaurants that are very attended at the weekends but the history of Maceio keeps preserved in many of the old and classic buildings, houses, manors and churches of Jaragua.
Pontal da Barra
The earlier dunes between the Mundau Lake and the Atlantic Ocean gave place later to the community of fishermen and crafts men and women that currently inhabit this portion of land on the south of the city. Hospitality and beautiful handcrafts are good characteristics of this place. This is because the community of Pontal enjoy to welcome lots of visitors amazed with the incredible ability of the craft workers and the good taste of the typical seafood dishes. |
916895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20G.%20Boyd | Charles G. Boyd | Charles Graham "Chuck" Boyd (April 15, 1938 - March 23, 2022) was a general of the United States Air Force. Boyd was a pilot who served in Vietnam and is the only Vietnam War prisoner of war (1966-1973) to reach the four-star rank (1992).
Boyd supported former Vice President Joe Biden for president in the 2020 election, the first candidate he had publicly ever endorsed.
Boyd died at the age of 83 on March 23, 2022 from lung cancer in Haymarket, Virginia. |
584273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beppo%20Mauhart | Beppo Mauhart | Josef "Beppo" Mauhart (14 September 1933 - 7 May 2017) was an Austrian football executive and journalist. He was born in Enns, Austria. He was appointed to the supervisory board of Austria Tabak in 1972 and became deputy chairman there in 1976. In 1977, Austria Tabak became a sponsor of the FK Austria Wien football club. The club changed its name to Austria Memphis - a cigarette brand.
From 1988 to 1995, Mauhart was CEO of Austria Tabak.
From 1984 to 2002, Mauhart was president of the Austrian Football Association. He had the longest tenure in the history of the association.
Mauhart died on 7 May 2017 in Munich, Germany from complications of a stroke at the age of 83. |
1031607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa%20Pe%C3%B1a%20Rocamontes | Rosa Peña Rocamontes | Rosa del Carmen Pena Rocamontes is a sports shooter from Mexico. Rocamontes competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was born on 19 September 1994. |
22812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch | Switch | A switch is something that changes the flow of an electrical circuit. The most common kind of switch is something (for example a railroad switch) which can be taken off of one course and put onto another. The term "switch" usually means electrical power. In applications where more than one switch is needed, (i.e. a telephone service) mechanical switches have been replaced by electronic switches which can be controlled automatically.
The switch is called a "gate" when used in a mathematical form. In logic, arguments are represented as logic gates. The use of electronic gates to work as a system of logical gates is the basic idea behind the computer --i.e. a computer is a lot of electronic switches that work as logic gates.
Types of switch
There are many types of switches. Some of these are:
DIP switch
Reed switch
Rocker switch
Micro switch
Relay switch
Rotary switch
Surface mount switch
Toggle switch
Tilt switch
Time switch
Other meanings
The word 'switch' can also mean to change between two things. For example, on a railway line, sometimes the track can split into two different tracks. If the train is travelling on one line and changes over to the other, it has just done a switch. |
973139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone%20Disco%20fire | Ozone Disco fire | A 1996 Ozone Disco fire or simply as Ozone Disco fire occured on 11:35 pm, 18, March 1996 in South Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. It left at least 162 dead and 95 are injured. It is the first worst fire in the Philippine history in the 20th century. It is also one of the top 10 worst fire nightclubs in the world.
History
The Ozone Disco is a famous club located at Tomas Morato in Quezon City. It was established in year 1991. It was developed and operated by Westwood Entertainment Company, Inc.
Incident
The fire broke out at 11:35 pm on March 18, 1996, More than 350 attendees when the incident, Most of them are young fresh men high school graduate at that time. |
226456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Library | British Library | The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is on the north side of Euston Road in St Pancras, London, between Euston railway station and St Pancras railway station. The Library is a public institution and is one of the world's largest research libraries. Since 2000 the Chief Executive of the British Library has been Lynne Brindley.
The British Library contains over 170 million items in every language that is known. It has around 25 million books, more than any other library. It has manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. There are books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more.
The British Library, by the law of the United Kingdom, receives copies of every book that is published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including all foreign books that are sold in the UK. It also buys many books which are only published outside Britain and Ireland. The British Library adds about three million items to its collection every year. The British Library has about 388 miles (625 km) of shelves.
History
The British Library, before it got its present name, started out as a group of collections made by several people in the 18th century and then given as part of a national library. The collectors were King George III, Sir Robert Cotton, Sir Hans Sloane, and Robert Harley. The national library was part of the British Museum and was kept at various places, with some of the most important items always being on public display in the museum.
The British Library was created in 1973 by the British Library Act 1972. Since 1997 the main collection has been housed in a single new building on Euston Road next to St. Pancras railway station. In the middle of the building is a four-storey glass tower containing the ''King's Library'', with 65,000 printed volumes along with other pamphlets, manuscripts and maps collected by King George III between 1763 and 1820.
Not all of the collection is kept in this new building. Part of the collection is at the Document Supply Centre in Yorkshire and all the newspapers from before 1800 are kept at the newspaper library at Colindale, north-west London.
In December 2009 a new storage building at Boston Spa was opened. It cost PS26million and will house seven million items, stored in more than 140,000 bar-coded containers, which are retrieved by robots, from the 262 kilometres of temperature- and humidity-controlled storage space.
Highlights of the collections
The Stein collection from Central Asia.
The Diamond Sutra, the world's earliest dated printed book printed in 868 during the Tang Dynasty
The Lindisfarne Gospels, a famous illuminated manuscript
Two Gutenberg Bibles, two of the earliest Bibles to be made on a printing press with movable type
Two 1215 copies of Magna Carta, one of the most important documents in the history of England
The Egerton Gospel
The only ancient copy of the poem Beowulf 347 leaves of the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest Bible in the world
Codex Alexandrinus
The Codex Arundel, one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks.
William Tyndale's 1534 English translation New Testament, the personal copy of Anne Boleyn.
Working manuscripts by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Arthur Sullivan, Gustav Mahler, Benjamin Britten and the Beatles.
My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Musick by William Byrd, one of the two surviving collections of 16th century music for the virginal. |
460103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Walston | Ray Walston | Ray Walston (Herman Raymond Walston; November 2, 1914 - January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his role as Uncle Martin O'Hara in the television series My Favorite Martian.
On January 1, 2001, Walston died at age 86 at his home in Beverly Hills, California 6 years after being diagnosed with lupus. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren. Walston was cremated and his ashes given to his daughter. |
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