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An elevator (or lift in the Commonwealth excluding Canada) is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel or other structures. Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that either drive traction cables or counterweight systems like a hoist, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.
In agriculture and manufacturing, an elevator is any type of conveyor device used to lift materials in a continuous stream into bins or silos. Several types exist, such as the chain and bucket bucket elevator, grain auger screw conveyor using the principle of Archimedes' screw, or the chain and paddles/forks of hay elevators.
Languages other than English may have loanwords based on either elevator (e.g., Korean and Japanese) or lift (e.g., Russian and Cantonese).
Because of wheelchair access laws, elevators are often a legal requirement in new multistory buildings, especially where wheelchair ramps would be impractical.
Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979) better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced /floʊ ˈraɪdə/), is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a No. 1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. Since then, he has released his third studio album titled Only One Flo (Part 1), which will see a sequel titled Wild Ones.
Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.
Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released three RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell, A Year Without Rain, and When the Sun Goes Down, spawned three RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally", "Who Says" and "Love You Like a Love Song" and charted four No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records.
Actors: Ray Sager (producer), Manuel Sinor (actor), Meiyen Chan (editor), Alex Weiner (actor), Nikila Cole (director), Nikila Cole (producer), Nikila Cole (writer), Jamie Mayers (actor), Jean-Loup Yale (actor), Carly Granovsky (actress), Elan Kunin (actor), Sarah Cole Burnett (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Heisler (actress), Phil Lubenskyi (miscellaneous crew), Phil Demers (actor),
Plot: Set in the garment district of 1940's Montreal, MY FATHER, JOE takes a heartfelt look at a family who has escaped the Nazis in Paris and arrived penniless in Canada. As Noah struggles to provide for his family in this bewildering new world, 10 yr. old Jacov has the shock of his life when he discovers his father is not the super hero he thought him to be.
Genres: Drama, Family, History, Short,Actors: Sallyanne Ryan (actress), Sallyanne Ryan (writer), Lisa Raciti (producer), Lisa Raciti (producer), Ben Shackleford (director), Ben Shackleford (writer), Joe Main (miscellaneous crew), Joe Main (actor), Shelley Egan (writer), Shelley Egan (producer), Shelley Egan (actress), Mandy Kane (composer), Mandy Kane (actor), Andrew Reid (editor), Angela Scundi (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Edward Arnold (actor), Clyde Fillmore (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Martin Faust (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Frank Dawson (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), John Dilson (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), William Edmunds (actor), Charles Halton (actor),
Plot: Newspaperman Bruce Corey returns from World War I with new ideas and wants to start his own tabloid. For want of other financing, he takes on as silent partner Merrill Lambert, gangland gambling kingpin. Thus is born the New York Mercury. Though its standards are not of the cleanest, Corey does fight to keep his paper's voice independent of Lambert. The two men's clash reaches a climax just as unsuspecting young reporter Tommy becomes Lambert's rival for lovely Gail Fenton.
Keywords: cafe, debt, editor, escape, father-daughter-relationship, gambler, gangster, insurance-fraud, kidnapping, lawyer