The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, is a religious sect originally thought to be a development of the Religious Society of Friends. Founded upon the teachings of Ann Lee, Shakers today are mostly known for their cultural contributions (especially style of music and furniture).
However, the Shakers' enduring legacy includes their model of equality of the sexes (or gender equality), which they institutionalized in their society in the 1780s.
The Shakers were one of a few religious groups that formed in eighteenth-century England. New communities of “charismatic” Christians also took shape during this time. One of the most important of these new movements was the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (USBCSA), or the Shakers. While their monastic, communitarian life has been studied extensively, little attention has been given to Shaker preaching, particularly in the early days of the order. The first members of the group were known as “Shaking Quakers” because of the ecstatic nature of their worship services. Begun in 1747, the members looked to women for leadership. Jane Wardley and Ann Lee were the most important. Jane Wardley was an articulate preacher who urged her followers to:
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and international DJ who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004. He then went solo and released a new album in 2010 called Crunk Rock.
Lil' Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he started working for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. It included singles "Who U Wit?" and "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumthin'", the latter of which came out in 1998. Both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 70 and No. 62 respectively. In 2000 Jon took part in starting up his own label BME Recordings and signed a distribution agreement with Norcross, Georgia based Southern Music Distribution. There he released his break through album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single "I Like Dem Girlz", which reached No. 55 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
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Mahfouz Zalata returns back to Egypt after disappearing for 25 years ... his return makes the police and national security forces concerned due to his alleged connections with many infamous terrorists. His return also attracts media as he's always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Zalata's return has a great impact over the lives of his family residing in the working class neighborhood of Bab El Khalk where he changes from a regular citizen to a national hero and the secrets surrounding him unveils one at a time.
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A Sand Grain's Dream reflects on the unparalleled theme of the human condition; mainly touching on the subjects of power of choice, free-will, and dreams. The film pays homage to the classic era of silent film-making with a poetic narrative that takes its viewers on an unprecedented journey of the dream of a sand grain. A young girl, the main character of the story, represents a physically manifested sand grain. She is the vehicle that takes us on the dream of the sand grain; which is to escape its desert environment. The dream comes true when she is overtaken by the heat of the sun, and faints into a mirage that takes her on an ethereal journey of sand grain possibilities outside of the desert.
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WORLD OF WAR GAMES is a short film that portrays two elite units of warriors from two opposing countries ... and their unique high tech means of settling an international conflict. The fate of the free world will be determined by a single battle of wits and skill.
Simulation is the new reality.
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Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane.
Keywords: action-hero, african-american, anti-hero, b-movie, bar-brawl, bar-fight, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, blaxploitation
NAME: Jericho Jackson NICKNAME: "Action" HOME: Detroit PROFESSION: Cop EDUCATION: Harvard Law HOBBY: Fighting Crime WEAPON: You're looking at 'em
It's Time For "Action"
Peter Dellaplane: Murder is a tool!
Officer Kornblau: So what's your name?::Albert: A-Albert. A-Albert Smith.::Officer Lack: Albert, your mother and father weren't by any chance brother and sister, were they?::Albert: Hey man, what's gon' happen to me?::Officer Kornblau: Oh, nothing. Uh, wel-nothing much, uh... you might have to endure a little session with, uh, Action Jackson.::Albert: Wh-who's Axon...?::Officer Lack: *Action*, Albert. *Action Jackson*.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah, some say he didn't even have a mother. That some researchers at NASA created him to be the first man to walk on the moon without a space suit.::Officer Lack: Mm-hmm.::Officer Kornblau: Others say his mother was molested by Bigfoot and, uh, Jackson is their mutant offspring.::Officer Lack: They bring in Jackson when they want to re-educate some young ne'er-do-well such as yourself, Albert.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah, I remember one kid got re-educated so bad, his testicles climbed back up into his belly. Wouldn't come out.::Officer Lack: They called it a medical miracle.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah. Another kid, handcuffed to a chair; gnawed his own hand off like a trapped skunk, or wolverine, or somethin'.
Officer Kornblau: It was a regular fuck-o-rama at my place last night.::Officer Lack: Can the shit, Kornblau. There ain't been any pussy at your pad since your mother helped you move in. They oughta call your place the House of Wax.
[turning a flamethrower on a bad guy]::Action Jackson: How do you like your ribs?
Peter Dellaplane: You have this nickname - what is it, excitement, enthusiasm, esprit de corps-::Action Jackson: [cutting off Dellaplane] -It's ACTION!
Officer Lack: Have you ever had your head forcibly rammed up your ass?::Officer Kornblau: uh, no::Officer Lack: Well mark your calendar...that day's coming!
Officer Kornblau: That's one dead piece of shit car builder!
Capt. Earl Armbruster: Just because Dellaplane had a few family problems...::Action Jackson: The man's son is a sexual psychopath! If I had family problems like that, I'd have myself neutered.::Capt. Earl Armbruster: You almost tore that boy's arm off!::Action Jackson: So? He had a spare.
Action Jackson: Mellow out.
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Hamdy is a journalist who arrives to a mental hospital posing as a mentally ill person to look for a scoop related to the death of a mental patient. Some changes occur in his personality as a result of his integration with the other patients but he soon discovers the killer's identity.
Black and blue night ski.
Spells from hell, neon lights.
A hot Charlston night and he's walking by.
now you're cursed the worst
he just walks on by.
Eyes black as night and sharp as knives.
Look through the empty souls to the ghouls inside.
Why all the tension? Why this release?
When the devil hit the streets he started shaking up things.
Why should a sinner have to pray, have to stay all wrapped up in angel wings?
There is voodoo here- do you hear, stay clear.
But the beach just swarms with the year to years, money coming out their ears.
They paint the town red, that he shakes as blue as tears.
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superstitions, cruel religion, witch doctor vision, sad long divisions.