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East is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. East is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of west and is perpendicular to north and south.
By convention, the right hand side of a map is east.
To go east using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 90°.
East is the direction toward which the Earth rotates about its axis, and therefore the general direction from which the Sun appears to rise.
During the Cold War, "The East" was sometimes used to refer to the Warsaw Pact and Communist China, along with other Communist nations.
Throughout history, the East has also been used by Europeans in reference to the Orient and Asian societies.
The word east is derived from the Proto-Germanic *aus-to- or *austra- "east, toward the sunrise" , from PIE *aus- "to shine," or "dawn".Ēostre, a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both dawn and the cardinal points.
Jill Stein (born 1950) is an American physician and candidate for President of the United States in 2012 with the Green Party of the United States. Stein was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in the 2002 and the 2010 gubernatorial elections. Stein is a resident of Lexington, Massachusetts and a 1979 graduate of Harvard Medical School. She serves on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and MassVoters for Fair Elections, and has been active with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities.
In October 2011, Stein announced her candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Green Party in the 2012 general election.
Stein advocates for the creation of a "Green New Deal", the objective of which would be to employ "every American willing and able to work" to address "climate change...[and the] converging water, soil, fisheries, forest, and fossil fuel crises" by working towards "sustainable energy, transportation and production infrastructure: clean renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, intra-city mass transit and inter-city railroads, “complete streets” that safely encourage bike and pedestrian traffic, regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture, and clean manufacturing of the goods needed to support this sustainable economy". The initial cost of the Green New Deal would be funded by various mechanisms, including "taxing Wall Street speculation, off shore tax havens, millionaires and multimillion dollar estates" as well as a 30% reduction in the U.S. military budget. She cites a study of the economic effects of the 1930s New Deal projects by Dr. Phillip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at Rutgers School of Law as academic evidence for the Green New Deal.
Actors: Kristen Kress (writer), Kristen Kress (director), Kristen Kress (producer), Kristen Kress (producer), Barbara Miluski (actress), Barbara Miluski (actress), Evan Zelnick (actor), Evan Zelnick (actor), Eduardo Almendras (composer), Paula J. Riley (actress), Paula J. Riley (actress), Bonnie Loren (actress), Gordon Holmes (editor), Bonnie Loren (actress), Constance Stellas (actress),
Plot: Eleven-year-old Ricky attempts to brighten the spirits of his ailing grandma by telling her a story in which her bridge club turned superheroes fight off an evil villain: Ricky's teacher, in this story about a young boy who shows grandma just how much she means to him! The real question - is it just a story?
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Bobbi Owens (actress), Jeffrey Goldenberg (actor), Alexander Lang (editor), Alexander Lang (writer), Alexander Lang (producer), Alexander Lang (director), Joshua Holland (actor), Jennifer Kent (actress), Thomas Woodson (actor), Earl Biddy (actor), Malisa Langdon (actress), Courtney Lang (producer), Robert Lefkowitz (producer), Sue Wang (producer), D.J. Kambo (composer),
Plot: Cooper, a twenty-two year old drug dealer, finds a laptop left aboard a commuter train. Cooper quickly becomes obsessed with the family pictures on the computer. He soon discovers that the daughter of the family, Muriel, is a crystal meth addict who frequents the same dance club as Cooper's partner, East. Cooper and Muriel form an unlikely relationship that leads to Cooper's ascent out of the drug world. Unfortunately, Cooper finds that the journey to a better life is often hindered by the decisions of our past.
Keywords: drug-dealing, drugs, mental-illness, soren-kierkegaardActors: Steve Christian (producer), Cathy Doubleday (miscellaneous crew), George Faber (producer), John E. Keane (composer), Stephen Fry (actor), Julian Wadham (actor), Gerard Horan (actor), Sian Sutherland (miscellaneous crew), Charles Pattinson (producer), Stephen Boxer (actor), Sharon Milton (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Pharoah (producer), Ashley Pharoah (writer), Jemma Redgrave (actress), Dan Connolly (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Drama about life at Rugby School in Victorian England. The headmaster is fair but not effective and life is brutal for the young boys because of bullying and it's consequences. The acting and character development are good and the roles well cast. It's a good adaptation of the novel and was filmed at The Rugby School.
Keywords: abortion, anarchy, bare-butt, barn, based-on-novel, bath, bathtub, beating, boarding-school, boyActors: Craig Fairbrass (actor), Suggs (actor), Nick Reding (actor), Jan Ravens (actress), James Aubrey (actor), David Ferguson (composer), Gillian Kearney (actress), Nicola Stephenson (actress), Zoot Money (actor), Sheldon Lazarus (actor), Paula Tilbrook (actress), Corinne Skinner-Carter (actress), Lorraine Peters (actress), Paul Oremland (director), John Jardine (actor),
Plot: When the notorious rock star East is murdered on stage at an Animal Rights benefit gig, young filmmaker Hadi captures vital evidence on videotape. He finds he has possession of the most sought-after footage in the TV industry - and the most lethal.
Genres: ,Actors: Tsurutarô Kataoka (actor), Yoshiyuki Okuhara (editor), Chôichirô Kawarasaki (actor), Sanma Akashiya (actor), Takeshi Ôbayashi (actor), Kunio Murai (actor), Noriyuki Higashiyama (actor), Kazukiyo Nishikiori (actor), Katsuhide Uekusa (actor), Hiroshi Yagyû (actor), Kôji Naka (actor), Natsuki Ozawa (actress), Hitoshi Ogura (producer), Chinfa Kang (writer), Chinfa Kang (writer),
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Arthur Howard (actor), Bernard Bresslaw (actor), Harry Robertson (composer), Milton Reid (actor), Harold Orton (writer), Harold Orton (producer), Patrick O'Connell (actor), Richard Mason (editor), Martin Beaumont (actor), David Ash (writer), Edward Kemp (actor), Mildred Mayne (actress), David Spooner (actor), Sally Anne Marlowe (actress), Brian Forster (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: Walter Woolf King (actor), Hank Mann (actor), Dean Jagger (actor), John Close (actor), Robert Burton (actor), Richard Anderson (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Edward Andrews (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), Andrew Duggan (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Roy Glenn (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor),
Plot: Bernie Goldsmith, a long-time civilian employee of the U.S. Navy is suspended as a security risk when investigators discover he had communist affiliations in his youth. Snubbed by former friends and harassed by others in the community, Goldsmith hires a lawyer to fight the charges and clear his good name.
Keywords: abuse-of-power, anti-communism, anti-communist-zealotry, atomic-age, based-on-article, based-on-true-story, biased-authority, biased-inquiry, bitterness, board-of-inquiryActors: Michael Ward (actor), Kathleen Byron (actress), Beatrice Dawson (costume designer), Francis De Wolff (actor), Amy Veness (actress), James Hayter (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Michael Brennan (actor), Hermione Baddeley (actress), Robert Newton (actor), Richard Addinsell (composer), Noel Langley (writer), John Howard Davies (actor), Brian Desmond Hurst (producer), Ben Aris (actor),
Plot: A faithful rendition of the Thomas Hughes book of life at the famed Rugby School for Boys in 1834, when Dr. Thomas Arnold, headmaster, was trying to alleviate the brutality of the 'hazing system' which was supposed to make men of the young boys, but which actually was a mask for passionate, unregenerate cruelty. The primary story has Tom Brown ragged continually by one particularly brutal upper-class-man, Flashman. Tom's bravery and school-spirited silence gains him Arnold's admiration.
Keywords: 1830s, 19th-century, abuse, admiration, based-on-novel, boarding-school, boys'-school, bravery, british-school-system, brutalityActors: C. Graham Baker (producer), Lionel Belmore (actor), Polly Moran (actress), Charles Smith (actor), Walter Tetley (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Alexander Pollard (actor), Harold Entwistle (actor), Peter Madden (actor), Jimmy Lydon (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Cedric Hardwicke (actor), Forrester Harvey (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Gene Towne (producer),
Plot: Thomas Arnold is hired to be the new headmaster at Rugby, whose students have acquired a reputation for being wild, disruptive, and dishonest. He institutes strict disciplinary policies, and expels numerous boys as a result. Many of the teachers, trustees, and parents turn against him. Squire Brown, his most vocal supporter, decides to send his own son Tom to Rugby as a demonstration of confidence. Tom soon learns that the school is plagued by bullies, and he is frequently targeted by them. He and the other boys are hindered, though, by an unwritten understanding that none of them will ever report the misdeeds of another to the authorities.
Keywords: based-on-novel, boarding-school, boy, boys'-school, bully, bully-comeuppance, character-name-in-title, discipline, educator, expulsion