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In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height. Trees are not a taxonomic group but include a variety of plant species that have independently evolved a woody trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. In looser senses, the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands 115.6 m (379 ft) high. Trees have been in existence for 370 million years. It is estimated that there are just over 3 trillion mature trees in the world.
A tree typically has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground by the trunk. This trunk typically contains woody tissue for strength, and vascular tissue to carry materials from one part of the tree to another. For most trees it is surrounded by a layer of bark which serves as a protective barrier. Below the ground, the roots branch and spread out widely; they serve to anchor the tree and extract moisture and nutrients from the soil. Above ground, the branches divide into smaller branches and shoots. The shoots typically bear leaves, which capture light energy and convert it into sugars by photosynthesis, providing the food for the tree's growth and development. Flowers and fruit may also be present, but some trees, such as conifers, instead have pollen cones and seed cones; others, such as tree ferns, produce spores instead.
Actors: Pieter Kuijpers (producer), Menno Boerema (editor), Martin Koolhoven (actor), Bert Luppes (actor), Marc van Uchelen (actor), Frans Kuijper (miscellaneous crew), Sander van Meurs (producer), Mieke de Jong (writer), Stephan Evenblij (actor), Andre Teelen (producer), Danyael Sugawara (director), Joris Oonk (composer), Nanette Edens (actress), Arend Brandligt (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Kant Pan (editor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Jeroen Krabbé (director), Maureen Lipman (actress), Henny Vrienten (composer), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Neville Phillips (actor), Achille Brugnini (actor), Jeroen Krabbé (actor), Leon Lissek (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Stephen Fry (actor), Yan Tax (costume designer), Monique van de Ven (actress), Clive Merrison (actor),
Plot: God is disappointed with the human race and wants his stone tablets back. An angel is given the assignment and, with Gabriëls help, tries to manipulate several humans on earth to get his job done. But humans have a will of their own...
Keywords: angel, based-on-novel, cellist, faith, friendship, heaven, linguistActors: Ellen Ten Damme (actress), Jamie Trevill (editor), Ineke Smits (director), Arthur Japin (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Vic Moeremans (actor), Susana Rossberg (editor), Fred Van Kuyk (actor), Dora van der Groen (actress), Yan Tax (costume designer), Max Schnur (actor), Alice Toen (actress), Chris Cauwenbergs (actor), Daan Hugaert (actor), Dries Wieme (actor), Marc Peeters (actor), Bert Van Tichelen (actor), Jan van Raemdonck (producer), Fons Derre (actor), Jos Kennis (actor),
Plot: In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong then considering any advice. His marriage is based on a grim understanding: the wife Barbele accepts his heartless manner with everyone, even their studious, smart, healthy, studly son and heir Louis, but his two silly sisters are spoiled with a pointless fancy nunnery boarding school education fit for the upper classes. Farm-life is hard enough, laboring without machines or reliable weather, but this year the stubborn master made it even worse by picking the riskier, badly drained field and sowing later then his neighbors, even when luck turns he'll fetch a lower price for it. Poor practically perfect Louis is granted neither praise, respect nor any pleasure, however hard and well he slaves, obedient like the hired farmhands although well-read. Even being seen innocently frolicking with the milkmaid Honorine 'Schellebelle' earns him not just another public scolding -everbody is used to those all the time-, father, who has an absurd paranoia ma secretly plots with Louis to 'push him aside', decides it's time to marry the 'boy' off, telling ma to find him a 'suitable' bride without even telling their son, and scrapes together their life savings to buy a retiring neighbor's estate for the still non-existing couple. While pa is off to the auction, Louis takes it on himself to order finishing the urgent harvesting, but when the old tyrant sees this unauthorized initiative, already celebrating in the customary way, his abominably unforgiving arrogance drives him to commit an utterly unforgivable crime...
Keywords: abuse, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, beating, caning, corporal-punishment, dancing, drinking, father-son-relationship, public-humiliationActors: Ugo Prinsen (actor), Walter Cornelis (actor), François Bernard (actor), Robert Lussac (actor), Sjarel Branckaerts (actor), Jaak Van Hombeek (actor), Max Schnur (actor), Raymond Bossaerts (actor), Maurits Balfoort (director), Leo Dewals (actor), Rik van Uffelen (actor), Tuur De Weert (actor), Jos Simons (actor), Luk van Mello (actor), Mia Van Roy (actress),
Genres: Comedy,All for one
One for all
Untied we stand
Divided we fall
All of us or none of us
Everyone or None
All of us or none of us at all
All for one
One for all
United we stand,
divided we fall
One people, one race, one life
It's time we get it right
What the hell are we fighting for
Red in the face for a race war
Take a good look at our history
Shouldn't really come as a mystery
Take a good look back at our past
It's not about race
It's all about class
Are not all people created equal in the eyes of God
Are not all people in the world today find themselves at desperate odds
Freedom in a land where
Freedom isn't free
What's it going to take to make
the people see
The enemy isn't you or me
All for one
One for all
United we stand
Divided we fall
All of us or none of us
Everyone or none
All of us or none of us