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War is an organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities, and therefore is defined as a form of political violence. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war (and other violence) is usually called peace.
In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest problems facing the society of mankind for the next fifty years. In the 1832 treatise On War, Prussian military general and theoretician Carl von Clausewitz defined war as follows: "War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will."
While some scholars see warfare as an inescapable and integral aspect of human culture, others argue that it is only inevitable under certain socio-cultural or ecological circumstances. Some scholars argue that the practice of war is not linked to any single type of political organization or society. Rather, as discussed by John Keegan in his History of Warfare, war is a universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by the society that wages it. Another argument suggests that since there are human societies in which warfare does not exist, humans may not be naturally disposed for warfare, which emerges under particular circumstances. The ever changing technologies and potentials of war extend along a historical continuum. At the one end lies the endemic warfare of the Paleolithic[citation needed] with its stones and clubs, and the naturally limited loss of life associated with the use of such weapons. Found at the other end of this continuum is nuclear warfare, along with the recently developed possible outcome of its use, namely the potential risk of the complete extinction of the human species.
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon.
An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain America was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. After the war ended, the character's popularity waned and he disappeared by the 1950s aside from an ill-fated revival in 1953. Captain America was reintroduced during the Silver Age of comics when he was revived from suspended animation by the superhero team the Avengers in The Avengers #4 (March 1964). Since then, Captain America has often led the team, as well as starring in his own series.
Martin John C. Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office, John in Love Actually, Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. Watson in Sherlock and Paul Maddens in Nativity!. He has been cast in the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit.
Martin Freeman was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, the youngest of five children. His father, Geoffrey, a naval officer, and his mother, Philomena separated when Freeman was a child, and when Freeman was ten, Geoffrey died of a heart attack. Freeman was raised Roman Catholic. As a child, Freeman was asthmatic, and had to undergo a hip operation due to a "dodgy" leg. He was schooled at a Catholic comprehensive before attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
In an edition of Who Do You Think You Are? aired on 19 August 2009, he discovered that his grandfather, Leonard Freeman, was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. Private L W Freeman, a Territorial Army volunteer in the 150(N) Field Ambulance Regiment, was killed in Northern France on 24 May 1940 in a Stuka dawn attack. His unit was evacuated from Dunkirk two days later.
Actors: Steve Harshfield (producer), Melinda Raebyne (miscellaneous crew), Patrick D. Green (actor), Michael Agostini (actor), Thomas Brophy (actor), Desiree Brajevich (actress), Sherie Suter (actress), Pat Lavigne (writer), Pat Lavigne (director), Pat Lavigne (editor), Dan Foster (actor), Cody Tuthill (actress), Dan Foster (writer), Asenati Aumavae (miscellaneous crew), Barrett Stoffer (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Ben Sulzberger (actor), Ben Sulzberger (writer), Ben Sulzberger (editor), Troy Rutter (producer), Mike Sulzberger (director), Mike Sulzberger (editor), Mike Sulzberger (actor), Mike Sulzberger (writer), Troy Rutter (writer), Brad Dell (director), Brad Dell (writer), Brad Dell (actor), Madison Tuggle (actress), Josh Ster (actor), Josh Ster (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Danny Trejo (actor), Tim Abell (producer), Ralph Lliteras (actor), Brian Austin Green (actor), Lew Temple (actor), Tom Sizemore (actor), C. Thomas Howell (actor), Robert Carradine (actor), Jake Busey (actor), Vinnie Jones (actor), Tim Abell (actor), André Gordon (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Jake Busey (producer), Robert Amico (producer),
Genres: Action, Fantasy,Actors: Shawn Credle (actor), Aaron Saia (editor), Aaron Saia (director), Aaron Saia (composer), Aaron Saia (actor), Jeremy Galvin (actor), Jason Cooke (actor), Chris Clow (actor), Joseph Parrott (actor), Phillip Foard (actor), Joel Oresky (actor), Ryan Kurtz (actor), James Leisner (actor), Adam Meeks (actor), Jason Barnett (actor),
Plot: 10 years in the making, 2 years in production... The members of the XBW organization have ran shows and impressed crowds spanning across multiple countries behind the backs of the Maryland State Athletic Commission. Obtaining more than 5,000 views per 'webisode' they proved dominance in Backyard Wrestling supremacy by also becoming the #1 most searched Backyard Wrestling Federation on the Internet and in the world. Their former website hit unique web hits reaching into the millions year after year. This is their grand stage, this is what they've worked hard for. After all the sweat, blood and egos... They come together one more time, with the Reunion of a lifetime. It's XBW! And it's the Reunion!
Keywords: alliance, army, asian, backyard, blood, championship, death, eastern, ecw, egoActors: Christopher Dane (producer), Christopher Dane (writer), Christopher Dane (actor), Christopher Dane (actor), Christopher Dane (actor), Christopher Dane (actor), Kate Madison (actress), Kate Madison (director), Emily Blickem (producer), Carl Homer (composer), Carl Homer (editor),
Plot: The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as you've never seem them before. This short 10 minute comedy looks at the effect these four men can unintentionally have, especially on the poor hapless waitress caught in the middle, when they meet up in a country pub to discuss work.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Dixie Jones (miscellaneous crew), Larry Madrid (miscellaneous crew), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Suzanne Bingham (miscellaneous crew), Yuji Okumoto (actor), Danny Trejo (actor), Tara Reid (actress), Edward Furlong (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Macy Gray (actress), Emmanuelle Chriqui (actress), Tito Ortiz (actor), Edward Furlong (actor), Shari Sontag (miscellaneous crew), David Boreanaz (actor),
Plot: Jimmy Cuervo is a down-on-his-luck ex-con living in a polluted mining town on a reservation that would run him out of town if not for the remainder of his probation. With his time nearly finished, he plans to start a new life with his girlfriend Lily , and leave the town for good. But Luc Crash and Lola Byrne head up a local gang of local Satanists who murder Jimmy and Lily in a brutally ritualistic slaying that they hope will conjure the rebirth of the Antichrist. When the legend of the Crow returns Jimmy from the dead, Jimmy heads out on a one-man path of vengeance that will lead him to El Nino, the leader of the gang that Luc and Lola are in.
Keywords: back-from-the-dead, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-book, based-on-novel, black-magician, character-name-in-title, crow, dark-hero, diabolical, eye-gougingActors: John Fasano (producer), Jon Mikl Thor (producer), Jon Mikl Thor (actor), Dave Collette (actor), Craig Bowlsby (actor), Rob Scattergood (actor), Paul Smith (actor), Chris Allen (actor), Chris Allen (writer), Jacob Windatt (editor), Valerie Cotic (actress), Jacob Windatt (writer), Jacob Windatt (director), James Boulter (actor), Benn McGuire (editor),
Genres: Fantasy, Horror,Actors: John-Paul Nickel (actor), John-Paul Nickel (editor), John-Paul Nickel (writer), John-Paul Nickel (director), John-Paul Nickel (producer), Gregory Caridi (actor), Todd Betker (actor), Nathan Ashton (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Angelo (actor), Bryan Bessor (actor), Anthony J. Bishop (actor), Dalla Andracchio (actress), Joanna Lowe (director), Jennifer Nutter (producer), Bridget Carey (actress),
Plot: From the people that brought you the cult comedy hit Why We Had To Kill Bitch comes the short film Grim, a witty romantic comedy that turns the "Honey-there's-something-I-need-to-tell-you-about-myself" genre on it's ear. Dan wants to marry Sally. But before he'll let her say "yes" he needs to let her in on a secret about his day job, a secret so unbelievable, so shocking, so Biblical that Sally literally needs to see it to believe it.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Short,Actors: Roy Billing (actor), Barry Crocker (actor), Louise Alston (producer), Louise Alston (writer), Julia Zemiro (actress), Tina Havelock Stevens (producer), Gabby Millgate (actress), Stephen Vagg (writer), Sam Meikle (writer), Roberto Panarello (writer), Nigel Sutton (actor), Colin Black (composer), Mark Warren (actor), Darren Connell (producer), Naomi Lumsdaine (producer),
Genres: Comedy,