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In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.
The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth; also some satellites, notably space stations, have been launched in parts and assembled in orbit. Artificial satellites originate from more than 50 countries and have used the satellite launching capabilities of ten nations. A few hundred satellites are currently operational, whereas thousands of unused satellites and satellite fragments orbit the Earth as space debris. A few space probes have been placed into orbit around other bodies and become artificial satellites to the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Sun.
Satellites are used for a large number of purposes. Common types include military and civilian Earth observation satellites, communications satellites, navigation satellites, weather satellites, and research satellites. Space stations and human spacecraft in orbit are also satellites. Satellite orbits vary greatly, depending on the purpose of the satellite, and are classified in a number of ways. Well-known (overlapping) classes include low Earth orbit, polar orbit, and geostationary orbit.
Andrew Ross McMahon (born September 3, 1982) is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.
McMahon was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He briefly lived in New Jersey until 1991, when his family moved to Bexley, Ohio where he attended Cassingham Elementary School. His family relocated frequently due to his father's occupation in retail. McMahon recalls that while he was in fourth grade, they briefly stayed in California to support his mother's family after the loss of her brother. The death had a large impact on the family, and Andrew has a tattoo on his forearm in his uncle's memory. Following the death of his uncle, who was a musician himself, McMahon became inspired to get involved with music, and began teaching himself piano very soon afterward.
McMahon's family decided to settle in California shortly before he entered eighth grade. He would later describe himself as "a pudgy, outgoing, artistic little kid who never quite fit into the California scene". He graduated from the public Dana Hills High School in 2000.
David John "Dave" Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African-American musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. He performs mainly with acoustic guitar and favors rhythm rather than solos in his playing.
David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the third of four children of parents John and Valerie Matthews. At two years old, Matthews' family moved to Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, started working for IBM.
In 1974, the family moved to Cambridge, England, for a year before returning to New York, where his father died from lung cancer in 1977. Biographer Nevin Martell argues that Dave's father's death may be an impetus for his "carpe diem" lyrics. At some point while residing in New York, Matthews attended his first concert, when his mother took him to a performance by Pete Seeger. The family moved back to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1977.
Upon Matthews' graduation from St Stithians College high school in 1985, he was faced with conscription into the South African military just as civil disobedience to the practice was becoming widespread. A Quaker (and consequently pacifist), Matthews left South Africa to avoid service.
Actors: Geneva Carr (actress), Dustin Rubin (producer), Katie Schorr (producer), Katie Schorr (writer), Katie Schorr (actress), Johnathan Fernandez (actor), Paul Urcioli (actor), Gary Henoch (producer), Lance Rubin (producer), Diana Ruppe (actress), Lance Rubin (director), Matt Dellapina (actor), Marguerite Stimpson (actress), Leah Henoch (producer), Leah Henoch (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bahman Ghobadi (writer), Bahman Ghobadi (director), Bahman Ghobadi (producer), Mostafa Kherghehpoosh (editor), Hayedeh Safiyari (editor), Hossein Alizadeh (composer), Babak Amini (producer), Abbas Ghazali (producer), Soran Ebrahim (actor), Hamid Ghavami (producer), Hamid Karim Batin Ghobadi (producer), Avaz Latif (actress), Ajil Zibari (actor), Hiresh Feysal Rahman (actor), Abdol Rahman Karim (actor),
Plot: Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future.
Keywords: american, amputee, arabic, arbil-iraq, arm, armless-boy, bandage, barbed-wire, battle, bicycleActors: Lucky McKee (actor), Chris Sivertson (actor), Zach Passero (actor), Zach Passero (editor), Zach Passero (writer), Zach Passero (director), Julia Carpenter (actress), Lilli Heinrich (producer), Tess Passero (actress), Zaebo Pasca (composer), Mike Lamb (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Jon Jost (actor), James Duval (actor), Jon Moritsugu (producer), Jon Moritsugu (actor), Jon Moritsugu (director), Jon Moritsugu (writer), Jon Moritsugu (editor), Jim Dwyer (actor), Andrea Sperling (producer), Henry S. Rosenthal (actor), Henry S. Rosenthal (producer), Victor of Aquitaine (actor), Desi del Valle (actress), Justin Bond (actor), Amy Davis (actress),
Plot: West Side Story meets Rumble in the Bronx meets A Clockwork Orange. Bizarre tale of London, a lonely teen yearning for affection and a leather jacket who lives in a dysfunctional family home where the mother keeps popping and sexually playing with her other child, X-Ray, a member of a gang of Mods who are constantly at war with a gang of Asian Bikers. Amidst this turmoil, London and her soul mate M16 search for meaning in a phantasmagoria without it.
Keywords: independent-film, profanity-in-title