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A buzzer or beeper is an audio signalling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric. Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices, timers and confirmation of user input such as a mouse click or keystroke.
The first electric buzzer was invented in 1831 by Joseph Henry. They were mainly used in early doorbells until they were phased out in the early 1930s in favor of musical chimes, which had a softer tone.
Piezoelectric buzzers, or piezo buzzers, as they are sometimes called, were invented by Japanese manufacturers and fitted into a wide array of products during the 1970s to 1980s. This advancement mainly came about because of cooperative efforts by Japanese manufacturing companies. In 1951, they established the Barium Titanate Application Research Committee, which allowed the companies to be "competitively cooperative" and bring about several piezoelectric innovations and inventions.
Simon Phillip Cowell (/ˈkaʊəl/; born 7 October 1959) is an English television talent judge and mentor, music and television producer, music talent scout (aka A&R executive) and entrepreneur. He is most recognized as a judge on the British TV talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American TV talent competition shows American Idol, The X Factor, and America's Got Talent. Cowell owns the television production and music publishing house Syco.
As a judge, Cowell often makes blunt and controversial comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. He combines activities in both the television and music industries. Cowell has produced and promoted singles and albums for various artists, including television personalities. He was most recently featured on the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent and the eleventh series of UK's The X Factor.
In 2004 and 2010, Time named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world.New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of "50 People who Matter [in] 2010".TV Guide named him at number 10 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. According to The Sunday Times Rich List of the wealthiest people in the UK, Cowell was worth £325 million in 2015.
Actors: Brandon Slagle (actor), Libertad Green (actress), Marcus Natividad (actor), Krystyna Ahlers (actress), Geoff Pilkington (actor), Denesa Chan (actress), Maya Dajón (actress), Sandy Balat (actress), Joe Comino (actor),
Genres: Reality-TV,Actors: Laz Alonso (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Zach Galifianakis (actor), Tony Hale (actor), Vinnie Jones (actor), Chuck Liddell (actor), Robert Remus (actor), Henry Rollins (actor), Alan Tudyk (actor), Julianne Moore (actress), Olivia Wilde (actress), Mike Farah (producer), Sean Boyle (miscellaneous crew), Joey Kern (actor), Joey Kern (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Nick Bicât (composer), Wayne Robson (actor), Sheila McCarthy (actress), Brenda Fricker (actress), Edward Fox (actor), Don McKellar (actor), Michael Cera (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Tom Conti (actor), Scott Wickware (actor), Karl Pruner (actor), Dan Gosse (miscellaneous crew), Ned Vukovic (miscellaneous crew), Ned Vukovic (actor), Kevin Gillis (producer),
Plot: A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and Joan are perplexed by his claims that he was once a rat. Meanwhile, rumours are rife at the newspaper about the prince's new love: a girl who captivated everyone at the palace ball.
Keywords: 1930s, based-on-novel, british, cinderella, elderly-couple, fairy-tale, footman, irish, kitchen-maid, maidActors: Tom Waits (actor), Sam Neill (actor), Tom Waits (actor), Rüdiger Vogler (actor), Max von Sydow (actor), Naoto Takenaka (actor), Peter Przygodda (actor), David Byrne (actor), Allen Garfield (actor), Chishû Ryû (actor), William Hurt (actor), Eddy Mitchell (actor), Diogo Dória (actor), Kuniko Miyake (actress), Lois Chiles (actress),
Plot: Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the bank money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law (Hurt), an American who is being chased by the CIA. The charges are false, he claims. They want to confiscate a device his father invented which allows anyone to record their dreams and vision. On the run from both the bank robbers and the CIA, the couple span the globe, ending up in Australia at his father's (von Sydow) research facility, where they hope to play back the recordings Hurt captured for his blind mother. Set in the futuristic year of 1999, a subplot about a damaged Indian nuclear satellite crashing and causing the end of civilization is a puzzling addition to the film.
Keywords: 1990s, australia, bank-robber, blindness, box-office-flop, cyberpunk, dream, electro-magnetic-pulse, end-of-the-millenium, end-of-the-worldActors: Anthony Daniels (actor), Michael Elphick (actor), Ed Devereaux (actor), Burt Kwouk (actor), Neil Morrissey (actor), Daniel Peacock (actor), David Daker (actor), Peter Lovstrom (actor), Emma Thomas (miscellaneous crew), John Wolskel (actor), John Wolskel (producer), John Wolskel (writer), George Rossi (actor), David Haydn-Jones (actor), Colin Campbell (actor),
Plot: When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengance on the gang, and anyone else who gets in its way.
Keywords: creature-feature, independent-film, lavatory-bowl, motorcycle, spoof, talking-turd, toilet-humorActors: Peter Cullen (actor), Peter Cullen (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Gregg Berger (actor), Earl Boen (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Jack Angel (actor), Corey Burton (actor), William Callaway (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Peter Cullen (actor), Brian Cummings (actor),
Plot: Time and time again, Cobra has been on the threshhold of global domination, only to be thwarted by the Joes. Now the ruthless terrorist organization has a new ally, the Cobra-La race, led by Golobulus. Golobulus wants to steal the Joes' "Broadcast Energy Transmitter" in order to ripen space spores and mutate the people of Earth. When Duke is injured and the rest of the force immobilized, it's up to the new "rawhides" and Slaughter's Marauders to pick up the slack and save the world
Keywords: 2d-animation, action-hero, action-violence, apocalypse, armed-forces, army, based-on-toy, based-on-tv-series, battle, battlefieldActors: Chuck McCann (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Michael McConnohie (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Jack Angel (actor), Corey Burton (actor), William Callaway (actor), Peter Cullen (actor), Brian Cummings (actor), Gregg Berger (actor), Robert Remus (actor), Michael Bell (actor),
Plot: After yet another defeat inflicted by G.I. Joe, the immediate subordinates of Cobra's leader, Cobra Commander, have finally come to the end of their patience with his apparent incompetence and his inability to achieve real victories. The leader of the research and interrogations wing, Dr. Mindbender, receives a dream showing the solution. His plan is to collect the genetic material of great warriors and military leaders to create a composite clone that would be the perfect leader for Cobra. Now they set out to put this scheme into motion, and G.I. Joe has very little time to learn of this plot before Cobra becomes that much more a dire threat to the world.
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and nothing's gonna hurt me, can't you
understand that I can be myself without everything, without anything,
without any help from you, we're not having fun,
we never really laughed, we have to get things before we end ourself.
What about me? Do you care enough to see that I can't live my life
this way and that you don't understand?
What about me? Am I the one who's going down, cause sometimes
I can't find myself and I'm wondering if this is really
I remember those days when we first met, how simple things were then,
with no heartache and no pain
now things change so fast that we must take the time to talk things