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Aden (/ˈɑːdɛn/ AH-den; Arabic: عدن ʻAdan) is a seaport city in South Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately a million people. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BCE. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula.
Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centers: Crater, the original port city; Ma'alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as "Steamer Point" in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, located on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University, and Aden International Airport (the former British Royal Air Force station RAF Khormaksar), Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of Sheikh Othman, a former oasis area; Al-Mansura, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b (formerly Madinat al-Itihad), the site designated as the capital of the South Arabian Federation and now home to a large power/desalinization facility and additional faculties of Aden University.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart, reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
The first person on Hart's list is the Prophet of Islam Muhammad. Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms. He also believed that Muhammad's role in the development of Islam was far more influential than Jesus' collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in its dissemination."
The 1992 revisions included the demotion of figures associated with Communism, such as Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong, and the introduction of Mikhail Gorbachev. Hart took sides in the Shakespearean authorship issue and substituted Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford for William Shakespeare. Hart also substituted Niels Bohr and Henri Becquerel with Ernest Rutherford, thus correcting an error in the first edition. Henry Ford was also promoted from the "Honorary Mentions" list, replacing Pablo Picasso. Finally, some of the rankings were re-ordered, although no one listed in the top ten changed position.
Actors: Danielle Bárcena (actress), Beau Takahara (producer), Cory Wees (producer), Korey Clark (writer), Beau Takahara (editor), Korey Clark (director), Blue Aerial Bergen (actor), Candace Bernard (director),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Zeeshan Jawed Shah (actor), Zeeshan Jawed Shah (director), Bu Idrees Mughal (composer), Bu Idrees Mughal (actor), Basma Al Mudaifa (writer), Samar Karkar (editor), Basma Al Mudaifa (editor), Hala Al-Alaiwat (actress), Samar Karkar (actress), Hala Al-Alaiwat (actress), Samar Karkar (director), Hala Al-Alaiwat (editor), Basma Al Mudaifa (director), Nusser Iftikhar Butt (actor), Mohammed Junaid (actor),
Plot: Unable to convince the prophecy of Ravena that their world will abducted itself soon, Zen Guard Ray takes drastic measures to preserve the Ravens race: He sends her 6 years old daughter "Sky" to Earth. There, gaining great powers under Earth's yellow sun, she will become a champion of truth and justice. Raised by her uncle, Sky learns that her abilities must be used for good. Sky is a normal school going girl who hangs out with her friends...and a black dressed wonder whose amazing feats stun the city: Silveraven! Meanwhile, Maverick, the greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest swindle of all time between Ravena and Earth. Can Sky fight the war against Maverick's evil plans and conquer?
Keywords: bahrainActors: John Fleck (actor), Blaise Embry (actor), Augie Robles (editor), Mel Jones (producer), Wu Tsang (writer), Wu Tsang (director), Kwaku Fortune (actor), Nana Oforiatta Ayim (writer), Kalela Mizanekristos (actress), Maame Ya Boafo (actress),
Plot: TIED & TRUE is set in the near future in the fictional city of Mektoub ("Alignment"), and tells a story of star-crossed lovers. RAJA (18) is a Mektoub royal, and her step-nephew JOHNNY (22) is a working-class interloper. Their love, illicit in the eyes of the world, at first triumphs, then falters, to internalized pressures from the outside-leaving us to question whether love and connection can win out against the constructions of difference and self.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Benjamin Michel (editor), Benjamin Michel (producer), Benjamin Michel (writer), Benjamin Michel (director), Reggie Peters (actor), Amber Norell (costume designer), Tony Major (actor), Da'Zhaun Hicks (actor), Kevin DeLeon (actor), Sheena Hall (actress), Christopher Rice (composer),
Plot: A narrative short film exploring a loosely chronological history of people of African descent who have been forgotten or excluded from the education of the masses which in turn manifests itself in the destruction of nature and the unification of a family in modern times.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Julian Sieber (editor), Doug Gardiner (actor), Jacob Brown (actor), Sandy Marwick (producer), Sandy Marwick (actress), Will Marwick (writer), Alan Ince (actor), Julia Stafford (actor), Denise Mignon (actress), Jarrah McCleary (composer), Zoe Hooper (actor), Christine Evans (actor), Russell Lambe (actor), Tina Musumeci (actor), Bethany O'Brien (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Vince Canlas (actor), Stephen Caudill (actor), Crystle Roberson (director), Dianne Ashford (producer), Latisha Fortune (director), Latisha Fortune (writer), Latisha Fortune (producer), Patricia Taylor (actress), Valerie Sue Love (actress), Kyle Tekiela (editor), Andrew Dars (actor), Angelina Cortez (actress), Zachary Haycock (actor), Michelle Kabashinski (actress), Jamila Thompson (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Philip Wang (director), Ted Fu (editor), Wesley Chan (director), Ted Fu (director), Wesley Chan (editor), Philip Wang (producer), George Shaw (composer), Aki Aleong (actor), Philip Wang (actor), Ted Fu (writer), Philip Wang (writer), Wesley Chan (writer), Ted Fu (producer), Wesley Chan (producer), Philip Wang (editor),
Plot: Aden is a teenager who has been training all his life to become an official agent of the A.S.S. (Agents of Secret Stuff). To do that he must impress Tracy to give him his A.S.S. Honorary Operative License Entitlement (H.O.L.E.) on his mission. He is put on a mission to go undercover and protect Taylor, A High School girl who is a target of an assassin group known as the Society of Not So Good Stuff (S.I.N.S.)
Genres: Action, Comedy, Short,Actors: Joe Gariffo (actor), Gregory J.M. Kasunich (writer), Gregory J.M. Kasunich (producer), Gregory J.M. Kasunich (writer), Gregory J.M. Kasunich (director), Gene Micofsky (composer), Craig Thomas Quinlan (writer), Craig Thomas Quinlan (editor), Ryan Jones (actor), Elena Bossler (actress),
Plot: The story of Aden Marlow (Ryan Jones), a twenty-something college drop out employed at a gift basket company. Aside from the stresses of work and the constant pestering of his science fiction loving co-worker Morris (Drew Aloe), he is more than lost in the routine of his everyday life, devoid of any real responsibility. His best friend Evan Knox (Joe Gariffo) and the girl he is secretly in love with, Candice Cass (Elena Bossler), are the only things in his life he can count on. But when the choices that Aden makes begin to have unforeseen consequences, his world falls apart around him. He struggles against time to choose a path that will ultimately save or condemn his closest friends, and even himself.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mike Lane (miscellaneous crew), Fred Roos (producer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), Kathleen Kennedy (producer), Bud S. Smith (editor), Frank Marshall (producer), Simon Wincer (director), Richard Romanus (actor), M. Scott Smith (editor), William Ross (composer), Corky Randall (miscellaneous crew), Terry Blythe (editor), Cody Smith (miscellaneous crew), Gert Uys (miscellaneous crew), Tim Ballou (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A prequel to the 1979 classic The Black Stallion--a family drama that presents the horse's adventures with a young girl named Neera, who has been separated from her father in Arabia by WWII. Left alone in the desert, she befriends the wild colt whom she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by the images of the lost horse in the desert--one of a few stallions of legend, rumored to be born of the sands, sired by the night sky, drinkers of the wind.
Keywords: animal-in-title, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, color-in-title, friendship, horse, horse-raceActors: Mike Lane (miscellaneous crew), Fred Roos (producer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), Kathleen Kennedy (producer), Bud S. Smith (editor), Frank Marshall (producer), Simon Wincer (director), Richard Romanus (actor), M. Scott Smith (editor), William Ross (composer), Corky Randall (miscellaneous crew), Terry Blythe (editor), Cody Smith (miscellaneous crew), Gert Uys (miscellaneous crew), Tim Ballou (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A prequel to the 1979 classic The Black Stallion--a family drama that presents the horse's adventures with a young girl named Neera, who has been separated from her father in Arabia by WWII. Left alone in the desert, she befriends the wild colt whom she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by the images of the lost horse in the desert--one of a few stallions of legend, rumored to be born of the sands, sired by the night sky, drinkers of the wind.
Keywords: animal-in-title, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, color-in-title, friendship, horse, horse-racewatch scooby doo to hold on to your past
But it won't help
Can't you realize your getting old
Your friends take you to a rave
Or to some show
But you just walk around and look down
As your ears begin to sweel
And they tell me that I'm not as fun as before
But I'm happier like this
You don't have to take me out
I don't want to go
I don't want to go to New York
It makes me want to die
Play indie pop to show that your still hip
But you get bored
So you get up and you switch to jazz
Play punk rock to show that your still hard
But your lips are far too tender
And it hurts when you lie down
And I'll probably never dance with you again
But I'm happier like this
You don't have to take me out
I don't want to go
I don't want to go to New York
It makes me want to die