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Bíró László József (surname placed first per Hungarian convention) (Spanish: Ladislao José Biro) (29 September 1899 – 24 November 1985) was the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen.
Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbiːroː]) was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1899. He presented the first production of the ball pen at the Budapest International Fair in 1931. While working as a journalist in Hungary, he noticed that the ink used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free. He tried using the same ink in a fountain pen but found that it would not flow into the tip, as it was too viscous. Working with his brother György, a chemist, he developed a new tip consisting of a ball that was free to turn in a socket, and as it turned it would pick up ink from a cartridge and then roll to deposit it on the paper. Bíró patented the invention in Paris in 1938.
In 1943 the brothers moved to Argentina and on 10 June filed another patent, and formed Biro Pens of Argentina (in fact, in Argentina the ball pen is known as birome). This new design was licensed by the British, who produced ballpoint pens for Royal Air Force aircrew, who found they worked much better than fountain pens at high altitude.
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born January 9, 1973), who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist.
Sean Paul was born in Kingston and spent his early years in Upper Andrew Parish, a few miles north of Kingston. His parents, Garth and Frances, were both talented athletes, and his mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew whose family emigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic. Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Sean Paul's mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career. He attended the Wolmers High School for Boys, Belair School, Hillel Academy High School, and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with a view to pursuing an occupation in hotel management.
Actors: Christopher Hampton (writer), Mari Csomós (actress), Géza Balkay (actor), András Stohl (actor), István Márton (miscellaneous crew), Anna Györgyi (actress), Éva Kerekes (actress), János Csányi (actor), János Katona (actor), Gergely Kaszás (actor), Olivér Csendes (actor), Tamás Balikó (director), Éva Olsavszky (actress), Zoltán Ternyák (actor), Annamária Radnai (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Nándor Tomanek (actor), Szabolcs Fényes (composer), András Kovács (director), Zdenkó Tamássy (composer), Sándor Horváth (actor), Éva Ruttkai (actress), Éva Ruttkai (actress), István Avar (actor), János Koltai (actor), Ferenc Bessenyei (actor), Ferenc Kállai (actor), László Szabó (actor), Ferenc Kállai (actor), Luca Karall (miscellaneous crew), Mari Csomós (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Ferenc Zenthe (actor), Gábor Koncz (actor), Zsuzsa Bíró (miscellaneous crew), Márta Fónay (actress), Sándor Zákonyi (editor), László Inke (actor), Flóra Kádár (actress), Zoltán Basilides (actor), István Szilágyi (actor), Bertalan Solti (actor), Éva Zsurzs (director), Ferenc Darvas (composer), László Helyey (actor), Irén Bódis (actress), Imre Pongrácz (actor),
Plot: Mail
Actors: Sándor Boronkay (editor), Péter Bacsó (director), György Györffy (actor), György Vukán (composer), Lili Monori (actress), József Horváth (actor), Péter Bacsó (writer), István Velenczei (actor), Szabolcs Fényes (composer), Lajos Öze (actor), Ferenc Kállai (actor), György Kézdy (actor), Lajos Mezey (actor), Lajos Tándor (actor), Zoltán Fábri (actor),
Plot: Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native land. Known as the best satire about communism, 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, which was also well received by critics and general audiences alike when it was finally released outside of Hungary. Its candid and realistic portrayal of the incompetent communist regime has earned great acclaim for both the director and the film itself when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival in 1981. 'The Witness' takes place during the height of the Rákosi Era, which was closely modeled after the ruthless and brutal Stalin regime. The film follows the life of an ordinary dike keeper, József Pelikán, who has been caught for illegally slaughtering his pig, Dezsõ. Instead of doing hard time for his "heinous" crime, Pelikán is elevated into an important position, generally reserved for the communist elite. Of course, Pelikán is utterly clueless about his newfound luck, not to mention his new job. Even his new benefactor, the mysterious Comrade Virág, is reluctant to reveal the real reason behind Pelikán's preferential treatment. Thus, begins Pelikán's hilarious adventure deep within the "sophisticated" communist society. One failure after another the incompetent Pelikán is elevated higher and higher on the communist echelon, all the while remaining completely clueless about his promotions. Until one day, when he gets called for to return the "favour" by falsely testifying against his long-time friend in a mock-up show trial.
Keywords: 1950s, absurdism, amusement-park, anti-capitalism, budapest-hungary, cemetery, cult-film, danube, dark-humor, dikeActors: Mihály Morell (editor), Ferenc Bessenyei (actor), Árpád Gyenge (actor), György Györffy (actor), László Mensáros (actor), Tibor Molnár (actor), János Rajz (actor), Attila Tyll (actor), János Zách (actor), Flóra Kádár (actress), Piroska Molnár (actress), Viktor Gertler (director), György Bánffy (actor), Gábor Kiss (actor), Itala Békés (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Gábor Mádi Szabó (actor), János Makláry (actor), Károly Kovács (actor), Zoltán Gera (actor), György Kálmán (actor), Kornél Gelley (actor), András Ambrus (actor), György Györffy (actor), László György (actor), László Csurka (actor), Béla Barsi (actor), János Horkay (actor), József Horváth (actor), László Inke (actor), István Prókai (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Sándor Siménfalvy (actor), Péter Bacsó (miscellaneous crew), Ferencné Szécsényi (editor), Ferenc Bessenyei (actor), György Györffy (actor), József Horváth (actor), Zsazsa Lázár (costume designer), Antal Farkas (actor), Árpád Gyenge (actor), György Kálmán (actor), János Makláry (actor), László Misoga (actor), Béla Barsi (actor), Tibor Bitskey (actor), Zoltán Fábri (director),
Genres: ,Actors: Margit Ladomerszky (actress), Zoltán Makláry (actor), Gábor Rajnay (actor), Manyi Kiss (actress), György Gonda (actor), Károly Nóti (writer), Félix Máriássy (editor), Gusztáv Pártos (actor), Lili Muráti (actress), Jenö Danis (actor), Miklós Hajmássy (actor), György Nagyajtay (actor), Hanna Hertelendy (actress), Dezsö Ákos Hamza (director), Béla Dolecskó (composer),
Plot: Mail
Actors: Gyula Szöreghy (actor), Sándor Boronkay (miscellaneous crew), Sándor Tompa (actor), Manyi Kiss (actress), Tivadar Bilicsi (actor), Piroska Vaszary (actress), György Gonda (actor), Zoltán Makláry (actor), Béla Mihályffi (actor), Béla Fáy (actor), Lajos Sugár (actor), László Földényi (actor), Kálmán Latabár (actor), László Katonka (editor), Andor Sárossy (actor),
Plot: Mail
Actors: Gusztáv Vándory (actor), László Misoga (actor), Ákos Ráthonyi (director), Hilda Gobbi (actress), Ferenc Pethes (actor), Márta Fónay (actress), György Gonda (actor), Antal Páger (actor), Béla Mihályffi (actor), Sándor Zákonyi (actor), Andor Ajtay (actor), Valéria Hidvéghy (actress), Mariska Vízváry (actress), Lajos Boray (actor), Viola Orbán (actress),
Plot: Antal Pager defends a strange woman, Maria Lazar, and the next thing he knows he is named a co-respondent in a divorce case. Noboy believes his story that Maria is a stranger he has never seen before and his family press him to marry the divorcée as the right thing to do. He does so with the understanding that they will be divorced as soon as possible. But the best-laid plans sometimes change.
Keywords: attorney, bachelor, co-respondent, divorce, divorcee, doctor, family-relationships, hungarian, hungary, husband-wife-relationshipI suck on biro
The office party is in three weeks time
What shall I wear?
Wet-look in my hair?
I just killed my new boss
I shut that cock up with a rock
Non-stop in his face
Look around you dear, nothing is there
I suck on biro
Stuck in a chair
Where I stare at a square
And answer a phone
I'm thinking of deer
Sculpting and making and being and freezing...
A deer
The phones on my ear
Look around you dear, nothing is there
Do you detect what's coming next
Do you detect what's coming next
Do you detect what's coming next
Do you detect what's coming next...
I suck on a biro
And taste the black ink
And it tints all my spit green and black
My jaw goes all slack
Well what do you know
It's time to go
Go back home
It was so so so so
So good today
Look around you dear, nothing is there
Do you detect what's coming next
Do you detect what's coming next
Do you detect what's coming next