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Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in tree roots or in other plants such as shrubs.[citation needed] In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up for themselves. It also mediates the transfer of water and nutrients to the leaves and other growing tissues. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or wood chips or fiber.
The earth contains about one trillion tonnes of wood, which grows at a rate of 10 billion tonnes per year. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991, approximately 3.5 billion cubic meters of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Actors: Alvin Anson (actor), Giovanni Paolucci (producer), Giovanni Paolucci (writer), Beau Ballinger (actor), Daniele Campelli (editor), Daniele Campelli (actor), Stefano Pomilia (writer), Riccardo Flammini (actor), Yvette Yzon (actress), Joe Suba (actor), Alessio Cherubini (actor), Enrico Sabena (composer), Michael Bruggink (actor), Paolo Bertola (director), Ronny Boos (actor),
Genres: War,Actors: Faizon Love (actor), Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend (producer), Angela Bassett (actress), Victoria Rowell (actress), Ryan Young (miscellaneous crew), Stephen James Taylor (composer), Mary Tallman (miscellaneous crew), Bobb'e J. Thompson (actor), Katina Zinner (editor), Will Zahrn (actor), Will Clinger (actor), Liz Goldsmith (miscellaneous crew), Carrie Holt de Lama (producer), Carl Seaton (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: E.M. Diaz (composer), Jett Blakk (director), Jett Blakk (writer), Matthew Rush (actor), Tyler Saint (actor), Colby Taylor (editor), Mason Wyler (actor), Erik Rhodes (actor), Adam Q. Robinson (producer), Roman Heart (actor), Lou Cass (actor), Dallas Reeves (actor), Braxton Bond (actor), Jack J. Shamama (actor), Cort Donovan (actor),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Alex Fong (actor), Raymond Chow (miscellaneous crew), Moses Chan (actor), Ken Wong (actor), Felix Chong (writer), Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang (director), David Chan (producer), Chi-Wang Wong (actor), Wai-sheung Lee (actor), Anya (actress), Lap Sam Lam (actor), Tin-chiu Wan (actor), Danny Summer (actor), Ken Chang (actor), Gin Lau (producer),
Plot: Tricky On, a tough as nails man, is brought to Macau by his best friend Ban, to rescue his daughter. However, he cannot do it alone. On hires sharpshooter Wood and martial arts assassin Rain to assist him. The trio learn they have more than just an easy task in their hands. A tale of honor, double crossing, betrayal, and high octane action.
Keywords: crooked-cop, kidnapping, macauActors: Suzanne Bingham (miscellaneous crew), Rorie D. van Klaveren (miscellaneous crew), Corbin Allred (actor), Kurt Bestor (composer), Jason deVilliers (actor), Clayton Taylor (actor), Brooke Schaertl (actress), Michael L. Schaertl (writer), Michael L. Schaertl (producer), Michael L. Schaertl (director), Karl Wilson (actor), Kim Smith Yandow (actress), Greggory Peck (producer), Sterling Brimley (actor), Glenn Fisk (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Patrick Boshart (miscellaneous crew), Diana Elbaum (producer), Edith Vesperini (costume designer), Chantal Akerman (director), Chantal Akerman (writer), Jacqueline Pierreux (producer), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), William Hurt (actor), Richard Jenkins (actor), Juliette Binoche (actress), Chantal Akerman (writer), Adam LeFevre (actor), Michael Charles Hill (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Luc Ormières (producer), Jean-Louis Benoît (writer),
Plot: Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of the other, because the decision to change their flats is made overnight. Could be the perfect amusement, but suddenly Henry finds himself beaten up by Beatrice' lover and Beatrice is considered to be Dr. Harriston's substitute by his clients.
Keywords: apartment, assumed-identity, big-city, bohemian, cultural-exchange, culture-clash, dog, france, frenchman-abroad, messy-apartmentActors: Jo Weeks (miscellaneous crew), Bill Hunter (actor), Matt Dillon (actor), Bryan Brown (actor), Ray Barrett (actor), Todd Boyce (actor), Richard Carter (actor), Peter Best (composer), Chris Neal (composer), Ray Marshall (actor), Michael Jenkins (director), Michael Jenkins (writer), Joy Smithers (actress), Julie Nihill (actress), Chris Hession (actor),
Plot: This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is intent on going AWOL and escaping from Australia. He becomes infatuated with a local singer, Kathy and pursues her. Kathy is married and initially is not interested in him, but later begins to love Rebel. Kathy receives a letter advising her that her husband was killed in battle. The local police and the U.S. Military are searching for Rebel as an AWOL soldier. Rebel arranges to escape Austalia by a cargo ship, but eventually allows himself to be arrested in order to keep the local police from arresting Kathy for harboring him.
Keywords: australia, based-on-play, independent-film, world-war-twoActors: Julio Parra (miscellaneous crew), Sandro Continenza (writer), Fernando Hilbeck (actor), Joaquín Hinojosa (actor), Arthur Kennedy (actor), José Lifante (actor), Ray Lovelock (actor), Edmondo Amati (producer), Juan Cobos (writer), Vincenzo Tomassi (editor), Francisco Sanz (actor), Jorge Grau (director), Roberto Posse (actor), Miguel Rubio (writer), Isabel Mestres (actress),
Plot: A cop chases two young people visiting the English countryside, suspecting them of a local murder; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for human flesh by radiation being used by area farmers as a pesticide alternative.
Keywords: 1970s, anger, anthropophagus, anti-technology, antique-dealer, apocalypse, arrest, art-dealer, axe, axe-in-the-headActors: Ronald Adam (actor), Frank Hawkins (actor), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Michael Winner (writer), Michael Winner (director), Dermot Walsh (actor), Victor Beaumont (actor), Monica Kimick (editor), John M. East (actor), Olive Negus-Fancey (producer), Joy Webster (actress), Theodore Wilhelm (actor), Cy Payne (composer), Zoreen Ismail (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Frank Ferguson (actor), Blake Edwards (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Ralph Byrd (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Lane Bradford (actor), John Dilson (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edward Fielding (actor),
Plot: Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West Point in the beginning of the nineteenth century is a young Washington socialite, Carolyn Bainbridge. Congress resolves to revive the Academy on a one-year trial basis. Major Sam Carter, a martinet who doesn't believe a college can produce real fighting men, is made the Commandant, and determines to make soldiers - or failures - out of the small band of cadets, by enforcing stringent disciplinary action. Among the cadets are Howard Shelton, Carolyn's fiancée, and Dawson, a Kentucky frontiersman. There is bad blood between the two from the start, and matters are worsened when Dawson falls in love with Carolyn. Many of the cadets resign, under the discouraging conditions and grueling punishment that is part of Carter's plan to make the school hard and the exercises difficult, and the number of cadets left is down to ten. Word arrives that the Indian chief Tecumseh has gone on the warpath, and Carter is ordered to take part in quelling the rebellion, and to include the cadets along with the regular Bombadiers. Shelton, on patrol, is shot at by an Indian, and hot-headedly leaves his post in pursuit. Dawson leaves to bring him back followed by Major Carter who is captured by the Indians. Using tactics learned at West Point, the small band of cadets attack and demoralize the much larger Indian force, and succeed in rescuing Carter, and Dawson is wounded. Carter is grateful for the actions taken by the band, but says that Shelton and Dawson cannot remain as cadets since they had violated the rules by leaving their posts, and would be a bad precedent for future cadets. Carolyn has come to the Point to marry the unsuspecting Dawson, who thought she loved Shelton.
Keywords: kicked-in-the-butt, number-in-title, u.s.-military-academy, west-point