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The chairman or chairwoman, or simply the chair, sometimes known as chairperson, is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chair presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson. In some organizations, this position is also called president (or other title), in others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two different terms are used for distinctly different positions.
Other terms sometimes used for the office and its holder include chair, chairperson, chairwoman, presiding officer, president, moderator, facilitator, and convenor. The chairman of a parliamentary chamber is often called the speaker.
The term chair is sometimes used in lieu of chairman, in response to criticisms that using chairman is sexist. It is commonly used today, and has been used as a substitute for chairman since the middle of the 17th century, with its earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary dated 1658-9, only four years after the first citation for chairman.
Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte (born March 28, 1945), nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan descent. Duterte is among the longest-serving mayors in the Philippines. He has been mayor of Davao City, a highly urbanized city on Mindanao island, for 7 terms, totalling more than 22 years. He has also served as vice-mayor and congressman in the city.
On November 21, 2015, Duterte declared his candidacy for President of the Philippines in the upcoming 2016 election after a period of banter.
Duterte was born on March 28, 1945 in Maasin, Leyte in the Philippine Commonwealth to Vicente G. Duterte, who served as Governor of (the then-undivided) Davao and Soledad Roa, a native of Cabadbaran, Agusan who was a school teacher and a civic leader. Duterte's father Vicente, prior to being provincial governor of Davao, was once a mayor of Danao in Cebu. Rodrigo's cousin Ronald, on the other hand, served as Cebu City mayor from 1983 to 1986. Ronald’s father, Ramon Duterte, also held the position from 1957 to 1959. The Dutertes consider the political families of the Durano and the Almendras clan as relatives.
Actors: Michael Korican (director), Michael Korican (producer), Michael Korican (writer), Michael Korican (editor), Brent Hammond (actor), Lance Gilson (miscellaneous crew), Bill Christie (actor), Ernest Warnielius (actor), Viktoria Believein (actress), Tracey Roath (actress), Marina Miller (actress), Morgan Cranny (actor), Chris Gabel (actor), Airlock Machine (composer), Leo Korican (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Dan Harmon (actor), Sean Lynch (actor), Charles Ingram (actor), Abed Gheith (actor), Scott Gairdner (actor), John Lithgow (actor), Abed Gheith (actor), Eric Acosta (actor), Eric Acosta (actor), Nick Corirossi (actor), Steve Agee (actor), Drew Droege (actor), Bennie Arthur (actor), Aaron Moles (actor), Aaron Moles (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance,Actors: François Vila (miscellaneous crew), John Kani (writer), John Kani (actor), John Kani (director), John Kani (writer), Richard Green (producer), Grethe Fox (actress), Megan Gill (editor), Neill Solomon (composer), Jackie Le Cordeur (editor), Olivier Delahaye (producer), Rosie Motene (actress), Motshabi Tyelele (actress), Hugh Ngcobo (actor), Koobeshan Naidoo (actor),
Plot: Internationally recognized, multiple award-winning actor John Kani is the lead actor in this drama which he also directed. Nothing But The Truth is a gripping, sometimes funny investigation into the complex dynamic between those blacks who remained in South Africa and risked their lives to lead the struggle against apartheid and those who returned victoriously after living in exile.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: William H. Macy (actor), William H. Macy (producer), William H. Macy (writer), Neil Meron (producer), Brendan Sexton III (actor), Martin Mull (actor), Annie Potts (actress), Carlease Burke (actress), Sean O'Bryan (actor), Nancy Lenehan (actress), Lynn Raynor (producer), Steven Schachter (director), Steven Schachter (writer), Steven Schachter (producer), Julia Nickson (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Alison Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Sean Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Elie Samaha (producer), Seann William Scott (actor), Paul Scheer (actor), Gabriella Ludlow (miscellaneous crew), Denis O'Hare (actor), Jeff Garlin (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), Martin Pfefferkorn (actor), Jayce Bartok (actor), Adrian Martinez (actor), Marcelo Zarvos (composer), Adam W. Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Deirdre O'Connell (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Robert Cooper (producer), Robert Cooper (producer), Bronagh Gallagher (actress), Kevin Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Dominic Muldowney (composer), Francis Magee (actor), Colin McKeown (producer), Richard Dormer (actor), Michael Liebmann (actor), Stella McCusker (actress), Lee Clyne (miscellaneous crew), Mary Callery (producer), George Shane (actor), Andrew Cooke (miscellaneous crew), James Doran (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tony Barry (actor), Chris Haywood (actor), Jerome Ehlers (actor), Murray Fahey (producer), Rod Hay (director), Rod Hay (producer), Grant Bowler (actor), Holly Brisley (actress), John Samaha (actor), Matthew Hobbs (miscellaneous crew), Pippa Grandison (actress), Kee Chan (actor), John Alansu (actor), Felicity Price (actress), Roxane Wilson (actress),
Plot: Jason is an advertising executive whose life is out of control - his wife has left, he is broke and his business is about to go under. He sees a chance to make his fortune by promoting a scheme to raise money for a little girl who needs a heart transplant.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Jessica Clothier (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Brent Stait (actor), John C. McGinley (actor), Molly Parker (actress), George S. Clinton (composer), Alex Diakun (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor), Gillian Barber (actress), Babs Chula (actress), Merrilyn Gann (actress), Alf Humphreys (actor), Piper Laurie (actress), Connie Rusgen (miscellaneous crew), Mark Dumas (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley. Chyna feels a great sense of responsibility for this girl, and she travels deeper into her nightmare.
Keywords: automobile, based-on-novel, beaten-to-death, blood, captive, car-accident, chase, child-abuse, corrupt-cop, dogActors: John Altman (composer), Chris Allies (miscellaneous crew), Philip Jackson (actor), Stephen Rea (actor), Sinéad Cusack (actress), Phil Daniels (actor), Martin Walsh (editor), Cherry Fiddaman (miscellaneous crew), Janty Yates (costume designer), Clare Higgins (actress), Sally Hibbin (producer), Les Blair (writer), Amanda Boxer (actress), Les Blair (director), Kenneth Hadley (actor),
Plot: The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how will they react?
Keywords: adultery, artist, asthma, atomizer, babysitter, band, bank-robbery, bar, bartender, bathroomActors: Mary-Kate Olsen (actress), Ashley Olsen (actress), Ashley Olsen (actress), Cloris Leachman (actress), Gary Jones (actor), Babs Chula (actress), Cloris Leachman (actress), Eric McCormack (actor), Karin Konoval (actress), Wayne Robson (actor), Meshach Taylor (actor), Matthew Walker (actor), Lynda Boyd (actress), Alex Diakun (actor), Mary-Kate Olsen (actress),
Plot: The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their family: it's their aunt Agatha! Thanks to the moon stone that she found years ago, aunt Agatha is now a witch. She has supernatural abilities but unfortunately uses them to do bad things. She is malicious and loves injuring others, even her own family. The girls must take the magic stone from Agatha ...
Keywords: actress-playing-multiple-roles, affection, anti-heroine, attic, balloon, basement, basket, betrayal, black-and-white-scene, black-magic