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A vice president (British English - government: vice-president; business: director) is an officer in government or business who is below a president (managing director) in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president. A common colloquial term for the office is vee-pee, deriving from a phonetic interpretation of the abbreviation VP.
In government, a vice president is a person whose primary responsibility is to replace the president on the event of his or her death, resignation or incapacity. Vice presidents are either elected jointly with the president as his or her running mate, elected separately, or appointed independently after the president's election.
Most, but not all, governments with vice presidents have only one person in this role at any time. If the president is not present, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to fulfill his or her duties, the vice president will generally serve as president. In many presidential systems, the vice president does not wield much day-to-day political power, but is still considered an important member of the cabinet. Several vice presidents in the Americas held the position of President of the Senate; this is the case, for example, in Argentina, the United States, and Uruguay. The vice president sometimes assumes some of the ceremonial duties of the president, such as attending functions and events that the actual president may be too busy to attend; the Vice President of the United States, for example, often attends funerals of world leaders on behalf of the President. In this capacity, the vice president may thus assume the role of a de facto symbolic head of state, a position which is lacking in a system of government where the powers of head of state and government are fused.
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from Delaware from January 3, 1973 until his resignation on January 15, 2009, following his election to the Vice Presidency.
Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lived there for ten years before moving to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969, and was elected to a county council in 1970. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He was re-elected to the Senate six times, was the fourth most senior senator at the time of his resignation, and is the 15th-longest serving Senator in history. Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. His strong advocacy helped bring about U.S. military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991. He voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002, but later proposed resolutions to alter U.S. strategy there. He has also served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties, and led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known celebrity who was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list. He is well-known as a real-estate developer who amassed vast hotel, casino, and other real-estate properties, in the New York City area and around the world.
Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.
In 2010, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election. In May 2011, he announced he would not be a candidate, but a few weeks later he said he had not completely ruled out the possibility. In December 2011, Trump was suggested as a possible Vice Presidential selection by Michele Bachmann. Bachmann has since suspended her presidential campaign.
Actors: Tyler Holtman (miscellaneous crew), Rhyan Schwartz (actor), Rhyan Schwartz (composer), Nora L. Ferris (miscellaneous crew), Jon Briddell (actor), Mark Berry (actor), David Ghilardi (actor), Britt George (actor), Masasa Moyo (actress), Nick Conedera (producer), Nick Conedera (director), Nick Conedera (writer), Marissa Skell (actress), Julia Montgomery (actress), Tess Hunt (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Carlos Etzio Roman (producer), Carlos Etzio Roman (director), Carlos Etzio Roman (writer), Carlos Etzio Roman (writer), Carlos Etzio Roman (writer), Carlos Etzio Roman (editor), Carlos Etzio Roman (actor), Shannon Lanier (actor), Kendra North (actress), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (producer), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (producer), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Joseph D. Durbin (actor), Greg Coale (actor),
Plot: Inspired by the actual CIA mind-control experimentation project, MK-Ultra, 'Signals 2' is the second installment of the sci-fi feature tetralogy series, 'Signals.' The storyline continues to follow Nick Marconi, an American soldier victimized by his government's experiments upon him. Tortured by the life and death decisions he must make everyday as he meets people in need of his healing powers, he trudges on, unable to age or die, in search of a son he never knew, and yet the boy also possesses the same powers as Nick. He has also lost the power to telepathically connect with his soul mate as he used to, making his 'life-sentence' on Earth all the more unbearable.
Keywords: digit-in-title, number-in-title, numbered-sequel, second-part, sequelActors: Joseph Velez (actor), Joey Ashley (producer), Matt de Rojas (miscellaneous crew), Aaron M. Abelto (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Joy O'Grady (actress), Alain Conesa (miscellaneous crew), Aaron M. Abelto (director), Jennifer Joy O'Grady (producer), Aaron M. Abelto (actor), Aaron M. Abelto (writer), Victor Centofanti (actor), Alain Conesa (actor), Randell J. Jackman (miscellaneous crew), Randell J. Jackman (actor), Jamil Malik (actor),
Genres: Action, Short, Thriller,Actors: Maria Menounos (producer), Newell Alexander (actor), Maria Menounos (producer), Ed Lauter (actor), Rosemary Alexander (actress), Keven Undergaro (producer), Keven Undergaro (writer), Keven Undergaro (director), Shaun Robinson (actress), Aaron Strongoni (producer), Aaron Strongoni (editor), Sam Nazarian (producer), Sam Nazarian (producer), John Comerford (producer), John Comerford (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Chriss Anglin (actor), Mark Moseley (actor), Dino Dumandan (composer), Karen Roberts (producer), Greg Baglia (actor), Ron McCoy (actor), Max Maksimovic (director), Max Maksimovic (producer), Daniel DeWeldon (actor), Max Maksimovic (writer), Gregory Franklin (actor), Gregory Franklin (actor), Tiffany Adams (actress), Mel Kohl (actor), Toby Martisius (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Kôji Shiraishi (director), Yuki Watanabe (actress), Edward Morgan (actor), Chie Oka (actress), Saki Yamaguchi (actress), Masaki Miyauchi (producer), Daisuke Idutsu (writer), Mai Sakamoto (actress), Naotada Itô (producer), Yuichi Itou (writer), Yuhei Tokyo (writer), Mai Tanimoto (actress), Murphy Poindexter (actor), Ayumi Inui (actress), Anita Levy (actress),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery,Actors: Jim Beaver (actor), Greg Collins (actor), Bruce Chudacoff (miscellaneous crew), Marilyn Penn (miscellaneous crew), Jack McGee (actor), Elya Baskin (actor), Rainn Wilson (actor), Michael Fairman (actor), James Avery (actor), Julio Oscar Mechoso (actor), Richard Burgi (actor), Rebecca Poulos (miscellaneous crew), Dwight Ewell (actor), Ryan O'Quinn (miscellaneous crew), Ping Wu (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Richard Linklater (writer), America Ferrera (actress), Bill Wise (actor), Richard Linklater (producer), Richard Linklater (director), Kathy Lamkin (actress), Brooke Satrazemis (miscellaneous crew), Erwin Stoff (producer), Sandra Adair (editor), Kari Perkins (costume designer), Jim Stedman (miscellaneous crew), Jim Stedman (miscellaneous crew), William Lee Scott (actor), Clark Middleton (actor), Retta (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Rick Shuster (miscellaneous crew), Howard Samuelsohn (miscellaneous crew), Peter Hyams (director), Ash R. Shah (producer), Leah Holmes (miscellaneous crew), Peter McKernan (miscellaneous crew), John Debney (composer), Moshe Diamant (producer), Powers Boothe (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), John W. Iwanonkiw (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor), Daniel Wheatcroft (miscellaneous crew), Dirk Vahle (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Some terrorists kidnap the Vice President of the United States and threaten to blow up the entire stadium during the final game of the NHL Stanley Cup. There is only one way and one man to stop them...
Keywords: 1990s, action-hero, assassin, assassination, bazooka, blood-spatter, body-landing-on-a-car, bodyguard, bone-as-weapon, box-office-flopActors: William Gould (actor), Edward Everett Horton (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Buddy Gorman (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Jonathan Hale (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Harry Cheshire (actor), Dick Gordon (actor), Fred Howard (actor),
Plot: Ad man/genius William Weldon resents his wife Margaret's meddling in his business, even though her suggestions are often on target. The situation gets put to its toughest test when Weldon tries to market an eccentric inventor's embalming fluid, which turns out to be a hair remover.
Keywords: hair, scientist