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Sensible may refer to: * Captain Sensible (born 1954), English rock guitarist * French frigate ''Sensible'' (1787), a 32-gun ''Magicienne''-class frigate * Sensible Sentencing Trust, a lobby group * Sensible Software, a defunct video game company * ''Sensible'', an album by Zayda y los Culpables See also * Sense (other) * Sensibility Sensibility refers to an acute perception of or responsiveness toward something, such as the emotions of another. This concept emerged in eighteenth-century Britain, and was closely associated with studies of sense perception as the means thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Sensible
Raymond Ian Burns (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. Captain Sensible co-founded the punk rock band The Damned (band), the Damned, originally playing bass before switching to guitar. He embarked on a solo career during the 1980s, following a UK Singles Chart, UK number one hit with his cover of "Happy Talk (song), Happy Talk". Captain Sensible's distinctive appearance includes a red beret and sunglasses, typically with white frames. He was also a founder of the Captain_Sensible#Politics, Blah! Party. Early life Captain Sensible was born in Balham, London, on 24 April 1954. He went to Harris Academy South Norwood, Stanley Technical School for Boys in South Norwood, Croydon. The first musical instrument he played was a Bontempi organ. Growing up, he listened to Brian Auger, Syd Barrett, Small Faces, Egg (band), Egg, Stray (band), Stray, Soft Machine and the Groundhogs. The Damned Originally a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Sensible (1787)
''Sensible'' was a 32-gun ''Magicienne''-class frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1798 off Malta and took into service as HMS ''Sensible''. She was lost in a grounding off Ceylon in 1802. French Navy service From November 1789, she served at Martinique under ''captaine de vaisseau'' Durand de Braye (or Durand d'Ubraye). In September 1790, she ferried Joséphine de Beauharnais and her daughter Hortense from Martinique to Toulon. In 1792, she took part in operations against Sardinia. In 1793, she was equipped as a bomb ship. On 9 December 1795, ''Sensible'' was part of Gantaume's squadron. ''Sensible'', along with the corvettes '' Sardine'' and ''Rossignol'', captured the 28-gun in the neutral port of Smyrna. The French warships entered the harbour in disregard of its neutrality and forced ''Nemesis'' to surrender. Murray Maxwell (then a midshipman) was taken prisoner on this occasion. Under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' (later ''capitaine de fréga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is a political advocacy group based in Napier, New Zealand. The Trust's stated goal is "to educate both the public and victims of serious violent and/or sexual crime and homicide" It focuses on advocating for the rights of victims and tougher penalties against offenders. Goals and issues The Sensible Sentencing Trust' stated purpose sole purpose is "to educate both the public and victims of serious violent and/or sexual crime and homicide." Key goals include educating victims of their rights and entitlements, educating the public about the light of victims, and supporting victims of crime through education, trauma support, accessing protection, and providing social rehabilitation. The Trust has campaigned for several goals including: *tightening criteria for name suppression *adding burglary to the schedule of "three strikes" offenses *imposing mandatory maximum sentences on unprovoked attacks *introducing a "degrees of murder" sentencing regime incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensible Software
Sensible Software was a British software company founded by Jon Hare and Chris Yates that was active from March 1986 to June 1999. It released seven number-one hit games and won numerous industry awards. The company was well known for the exaggeratedly small sprites as the player characters in many of their games, including ''Mega Lo Mania'', ''Sensible Soccer'', ''Cannon Fodder'', and ''Sensible Golf''. History 8-bit era Sensible Software was formed in Chelmsford, Essex in 1986 by two former school friends, Jon Hare (nicknamed Jovial Jops) and Chris Yates (nicknamed Cuddly Krix). They worked for 9 months at LT Software in Basildon, and started Sensible Software in March 1986. Sensible initially released games for the ZX Spectrum and later the Commodore 64, clinching market praise with '' Parallax'', '' Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit'', and '' Wizball'' (later to be voted Game of the Decade by ''Zzap!64'' magazine). At the time, the pair's output was well known among gamers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sense (other)
A sense in biology and psychology, is a physiological mechanism that supports perception. Sense also may refer to: Music * Sense (band), a synthpop trio featuring Paul K. Joyce * ''Sense'' (In the Nursery album), 1991 * ''Sense'' (Mr. Children album), 2010 * ''Sense'' (The Lightning Seeds album), 1992 * "Sense" (song), 2021 song by Band-Maid * "Sense", 2018 song by Last Dinosaurs from ''Yumeno Garden'' * "Sense", 1992 song by The Lightning Seeds from ''Sense'' * "Sense", 1994 song by Terry Hall from ''Home'' * "Sense", 2013 song by Tom Odell from ''Long Way Down'' * "Senses", 1981 song by New Order from ''Movement'' * "Senses", 1970 song by Willie Nelson from ''Laying My Burdens Down'' * "The Sense", 2002 song by Hot Water Music from '' Caution'' Other * Sense (electronics), a technique used in power supplies to produce the correct voltage for a load * Sense (molecular biology), the roles of nucleic-acid molecules in specifying amino acids * Sense (programming), an educationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
