Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社?) is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its headquarters are located in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.
The company was originally named Kwanon by Goro Yoshida after the Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin, known in Japanese as Kannon. In 1934 it produced a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane shutter. In 1947 the company name was changed to Canon.
Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory is the predecessor of Canon Inc. and was founded in Tokyo in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda.
Today, the company produces digital compact and SLR cameras, photographic lenses, video camcorders, printers and analog and digital copiers for the office, including its line of imageRUNNER and imagePRESS digital multifunctional devices.
Canon was granted more than 2000 patents in the U.S. in 2008. It regularly places in the top five in the total number of patents granted.
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Inspired by true events, The Thin Line is a gripping story that gives a glimpse into the real world of human trafficking in America. Detective Steele leads a team of undercover officers into the investigation of a new illicit drug. As events unfold, it becomes apparent that the case is not about the sale of drugs, but the sale of young girls and their bodies. The investigation becomes personal when Steele's niece is kidnapped. We then follow a turbulent ride as Steele pushes the thin line between right and wrong to find her before its too late. He must then rely on the help of family and some unlikely friends to have any chance of finding her.
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It's 1943 and a hurricane has just destroyed the oil refineries in Galveston. A navy seaplane crew is tasked with finding and tracking future hurricanes before another one can cause further havoc to the war effort. They are about to get in way over their heads.
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A young man misses his chance at professing his love to his girlfriend and ends up dying. An angel who helps guide souls to heaven helps Charlie out and gives him one hour to take care of what he needs to. Now Charlie has to make it to Jennifer before his hour is up and he completely decomposes.
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Six years after KIdULTHOOD, Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he realizes that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's forced to confront the people he hurt the most. Some have moved on, others are stuck with the repercussions of his actions that night, but one thing's for certain - everyone has been forced to grow up. Through his journey Sam struggles to deal with his sorrow and guilt and something else he didn't expect - those seeking revenge. As he's pursued by a new generation of bad boys, Sam sets about trying to get the message across to his pursuers that they should stop the violence, much like Trife tried to tell him all those years ago. Can Sam stop the cycle of violence and make something positive from the destruction he caused or will his journey into Adulthood end here?
Keywords: chav, drug-addict, drugs, gang, girlfriend, gun, hoodie, knife, one-word-title, police
After 'Kidulthood' comes 'Adulthood' ...
Sam: And you. Try to get my own brother to kill me? Are you dizzy, blood?
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Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise, he finds out that the company is closing down and he'll be out of a job. His boss decides to commit suicide so that his family can benefit from his insurance. He asks Sam to help make it look like murder. Sam thinks he has convinced the boss not to commit suicide. But the boss does it anyway, so Sam follows the instructions the boss had given him, to make it look like murder.
Keywords: insurance-money, making-ends-meet
Running as fast as we can,
Through the kingdom of night.
Come face to face with what we hide,
Shed our skin revealing what's inside.
A perilous chase, a distant cry.
The moon is full we've reached the other side.
Never the same again.
Dusk is upon us again,
as soon as the owl takes flight.
Come face to face with what we hide,
Shed our skin revealing what's inside.
A perilous chase, a distant cry.
The moon is full we've reached the other side.
Hearts beating stronger,
Mortal no longer,
Remnants of Art from eons ago
Give us this wisdom inspire the soul.
Stories of love and stories of woe
Remnants of Art from eons ago.
Civilizations stood before time
Passing their torches to give us a sign
Music whose melodies hold you sublime.
Civilizations stood before time.
Statues still stand in the ruins of war
Symbols of life from once long before.
The doors of Atlantis are left unexplored
Statues still stand in the ruins of war.
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Renaissance! Be born again.
Willows weep from winds to swoon
Pulling boughs from whence they loomed.
Laughter seared sounds from afar,
Lacking joy yet squalled with scars.
Land where no one speaks out loud.. is ours.
Banshees cry of grave impend
Stories wander to their end.
Lies a final resting place
Seal our fate within it's gates.
Land where no one speaks out loud.. awaits.
Seal our fate within its gates
Master
What's this feeling
Building up
Deep inside
Human
I'm not human
For these sins
I can't hide
Gossamer winds
Bound to the pyre
These morbid limbs
Of Fire
Kneel before his Master
Merciful
Kneel before
Let the rain pour down upon us
Wash our hands clean.
Let the rain pour down upon us
Wash our hands clean.
Shroud us in heavy dark clouds
Filling the well, casting a spell on the crowds.
Come let the rain pour down,
Rain, rain pour down,
Who will save us all?
Who will save us all?
Who will save our soul?
Remember.
There even if remember can we that extreme
Labyrinth of time and space won't matter if we scream.
Rest that planet knowing without knowing what is real
Children, children single file,
Children, children single file.
Don't make noise, laugh or smile,
Don't misbehave or crack a smile.
We can't have them running wild,
No we can't have them running wild.
So children, children single file,
Children, children single file.
Can't decide it's them or me
Who's the real enemy.
Just another classroom,
Soon to be a suicide home.
Children, children, take your pills,
Children, children, take your pills.
Don't misbehave and just sit still
Well soon enough you'll get your fill.
We can't have them acting ill,
No, we can't have them acting ill.
So children, children take your pills.
Children, children take your pills.
Can't decide it's them or me
Who's the real enemy.
Just another classroom,
Soon to be a suicide home.
Chorus:
Don't trust the teachers,
They all look the same.
And what they read you,
They all look the same.
Don't trust the leaders,
They all look the same.
And what they feed you,
Do you ever feel
None of this you see is real
While standing in a crowd
We are alone.
Do you ever find
Each belief you have is blind.
And no you're not allowed
To make one of your own.
People here are hypnotized
They see with only eyes
Unnoticed walking through our lives.
I'm not the least surprised
Everywhere is advertised.
We live inside it's lies.
Once you've come to realize,
You'll feel again unparalyzed..
It's the golden meaning
Sprouting from the seed
In the golden meaning
Are you listening?
Numbers appear
Now what do they mean
Witnessed in nature
And weaved in between
Dwindling spirals
Oh how they intrigue
Give us the answers
What you don't understand my lingo
Break it down
Ain't never been the places we go
Break it down
The road I been walking it got that polish
Break it down
Bring yo lighters and torches when following
Break it down
I'm starving, I got an appetite for better places
This current residence is done, disintegrating
Following hope is what We bank on start chasing
The glory of God was spotted like it was Dalmatian
Discovered when looking for answers in many places
Realize we don't
Trust God, in our nation
A penalty paid when unbelieving it's damnation, You better follow Or find out your Final destination
Death!
I'm sick and tired of my inner nature
Been waiting to travel the road of redemption and restoration
This current earth of oppression is only D pressing
In deed pressing I am, to find the land sacred
If You need the escape then walk with me
I'm the feet and hands of Eli with God in me
That book it dwells in the heart it's to keep my arms empty
I'm armed been ready to travel knowing that God sent me
I Look around me all I saw was total destruction
Depraved hearted debased minds that can't function
I was the same I entertained immoral corruption I tampered with fire
The blaze of a woman's seduction
I gained a little but died tryna be satisfied
Was chained down to my pride And handed lust to the eye
Became blind to that real beauty
I stood craving, a place of peace in my heart beyond our imagination
I gotta move on, it ain't no hope here
Not even the east or west would want to coast here
People get murdered you'll find bodies that float here
Cause that burner a turn A Thorough bread to toast here
You better come around follow follow
There's peace in the land where the fathers name is hallowed hallowed
Knowing that where you been living is vanity is hard to swallow come to salvation
Grace through faith the motto y'all know!
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Your cunning moves give it away
Your evil intentions display
Your only wish is that I'll crumble
Behind your smile lies betray
Trusted secrets you promised not to say
I swallowed water filled with glass
Wide awake
Wings I have you'll never take
Wide awake
The web you weave makes you deceive
Pilfered hopes and the air that I breathe
Your only wish is that I'll crumble
One day I'm fine next day I'm sick
Taking me farther brick by brick
This wall's been made to hold me back
Burn within your anguish
Paralyzed by sorrow
Locked within these cages
Mass of rain scaling skyscrapers.
Point only to failed ambitions.
Alone in the city of millions he walks on the left.
Against the open floor of human traffic,
Hourly inflicting and literally pulling.
Wanting to connect to the source.
Hes too afraid to ask so he walks alone.
Hes the monolith.
Like limbs of a dismembered poet rippling vains of lengthy full scars.
Yet just above the internal wounds that never seem too mit completely,
A world of great matter house a city he calls his own.
Standing on a ledge he surveys the land between his feet and the horizon.
Seeking projectile eyes burnt in a flame retile dress of the mob.
The lithium change seems to sting his tongue.
He's the monolith.
(HES THE MONOLITH!)
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They will break they will burn far,
It feels so missed.
It feels so missed.
This body isn't me
Take this veneer up off my face
Laws of gravity
Do not exist inside this place
I'm on the outside of myself
Hovering fearlessly about
Once unfathomable to hold
Now will be proven not to doubt
Questions are the answers
So it's known before it's asked
And the reason why it's spoken