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Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section Populus, of the poplar genus.
These species are called aspens:
The aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high altitudes in the mountains. They are all medium-sized deciduous trees reaching 15–30 m (49–98 ft) tall.
All of the aspens typically grow in large clonal colonies, derived from a single seedling, and spread by means of root suckers; new stems in the colony may appear at up to 30–40 m (98–131 ft) from the parent tree. Each individual tree can live for 40–150 years above ground, but the root system of the colony is long-lived. In some cases, this is for thousands of years, sending up new trunks as the older trunks die off above ground. For this reason, it is considered to be an indicator of ancient woodlands. One such colony in Utah, given the nickname of "Pando", is estimated to be 80,000 years old, making it possibly the oldest living colony of aspens. Some aspen colonies become very large with time, spreading about 1 m (3.3 ft) per year, eventually covering many hectares. They are able to survive forest fires, because the roots are below the heat of the fire, with new sprouts growing after the fire burns out.
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (/ˈdʒoʊsᵻf rɒbᵻˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama, and in office since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009.
Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1942, and lived there for ten years before moving to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969, and was elected to the New Castle 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, and was the fourth most senior senator at the time of his resignation to assume the Vice Presidency in 2009. Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991, but advocated U.S. and NATO intervention in the Bosnian War in 1994 and 1995. Biden voted in favor of the resolution authorizing the Iraq War in 2002, but opposed the surge of U.S. troops in 2007. 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 the legislative efforts for creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
Actors: Dawna Lee Heising (actress), Sunny Vachher (actor), Julia Faye West (actress), Sunny Vachher (producer), Julia Faye West (producer), Jared Masters (writer), Jared Masters (director), Kamuela Kim (producer), Kamuela Kim (actor), Kamuela Kim (miscellaneous crew), Kamuela Kim (actor), Kamuela Kim (miscellaneous crew), Seth Metoyer (producer), Lindsay Lamb (actress), Mantha Balourdou (actress),
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Jake Flaming (actor), Paris Dylan (actor), Nathan Sapsford (actor), David Namminga (actor), Amber Coney (actress), Amber Coney (actress), Toby Guebert (actor), Gregory Niebel (actor), Shireen Hinckley (editor), Audrey Rosenberg (producer), Audrey Rosenberg (writer), Audrey Rosenberg (director), Justin M. Via (actor), John Asadi (actor), Elisabetha Pejcinoska (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Joe L. Roberts (producer), Joe L. Roberts (editor), Joe L. Roberts (director), Joe L. Roberts (writer), Lelani Mitchem (actress), Thom Keller (actor), Joe Davids (costume designer), Jesse Crawford (actor), Cristopher Leonard (actor), Debby Vincent (actor), Amanda Jacobs (actor), Jodie Hill (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure,Actors: Dean Teaster (actor), Brandon T. Jackson (actor), Michael Mili (actor), Sam Logan Khaleghi (producer), Sam Logan Khaleghi (writer), Sam Logan Khaleghi (director), Sam Logan Khaleghi (producer), Sam Logan Khaleghi (actor), William C. Fox (actor), Victor Pytko (actor), Kef Lee (actor), Jason Waugh (actor), Alex Russo (actress), Tim Kaiser (actor), Patricia Lynne Cissell (actress),
Plot: "Approaching Midnight" is a gripping military themed action drama that follows young Army staff sergeant Wesley Kent (Sam Logan Khaleghi) who returns to his small town America home from war abroad. Kent must cope with burying the body of his best friend who passed away under his command Corporal AJ Culpepper (Brandon T. Jackson - "Tropic Thunder") and solving the mystery behind the tragic accident that took the life of his girlfriend, Aspen Malverne (Jana Kramer - TVs "One Tree Hill") who also passed away in a car accident while he was abroad. After seeking more information about her accident from local authorities, Kent believes that her death wasn't just a 'unexpected event,' while Aspen's father Mayor Steven Malverne is running for higher political office as Governor of the state. As the pieces unfold in Kent's chase, he discovers that Aspen's father is involved in illegal arms trading. Kent must now stop at nothing to complete one final mission and topple a tower of deception and corruption... this time it's personal!
Keywords: time-in-titleActors: Gunnar Carlsson (producer), Gero Brugmann (miscellaneous crew), Olli Haikka (producer), Pernilla August (actress), Outi Mäenpää (actress), Malte Forssell (producer), Jessica Ask (producer), Claes Ljungmark (actor), David Dencik (actor), Fred Anderson (actor), Dag Malmberg (actor), Kristoffer Joner (actor), Magnus Krepper (actor), John Gleeson (miscellaneous crew), John Gleeson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Call Girl is set in the late 1970s - a time time of women's liberation, sexual revolution, Swedish neutrality, nuclear power and social security. The film takes us on a trip from the very bottom of society, along dark back streets, through glitz and glamour, to the corridors of power which are a labyrinth of secrets. The story is inspired by a Swedish political scandal known as Bordellhärvan which linked underage prostitution with powerful customers believed to come from the highest levels of society.
Keywords: 1970s, based-on-real-events, based-on-real-person, bottom-rung-of-society, corruption, cover-up, female-pimp, innocence, male-rear-nudity, polished-surfaceActors: Lynn-Wood Fields (producer), Lynn-Wood Fields (writer), Lynn-Wood Fields (director), Nick Barber (actor), Hugh Bickley (editor), Sarsten Noice (actor), Heidi Pikney (actor),
Plot: A Native American woman finds herself stranded on a reservation after her car runs out of gas. She is in search of her mother who was forced to give her up for adoption as a baby. Another woman is lost on the reservation and she is her only hope to tracking down her mother and her lost culture.
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery, Short,Actors: Rob Schneider (actor), Adam Sandler (actor), Rob Schneider (actor), Waymond Lee (actor), Russell Brand (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Guy Pearce (actor), Waymond Lee (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Robert Harvey (actor), Allen Covert (actor), Courteney Cox (actress), Nick Swardson (actor),
Plot: In 1974, Marty Bronson builds the Sunny Vista Motel in Los Angeles, California, with the intention of raising his son Skeeter and his daughter Wendy in the place where he works. However he is not a good businessman and the hotel goes bankruptcy. Marty is forced to sell his motel to Barry Nottingham that promises to hire Skeeter in a general manager position when he grown up. Years later, Barry builds a new hotel; forgets his promise to Marty; and Skeeter Bronson is only the handyman of his hotel. The general manager is the arrogant Kendall, who is engaged with the shallow Barry's daughter Violet Nottingham. When the Webster Elementary School where Wendy is the principal will be closed to be demolished, she needs to travel to Arizona for a job interview. Wendy asks her friend Jill, who is teacher in the same school, to watch her son Patrick and her daughter Bobbi during the day and Skeeter to watch them during the night. Skeeter meets the estranged kids with his best friend Mickey and makes up bedtime stories to help them to sleep but the kids add details to the stories, changing their endings. Soon Skeeter realizes that the plot of the stories are coming true and affecting his life. Meanwhile Barry Nottingham decides to give a change to Skeeter to dispute the manager position in his new hotel with Kendall like in one of his stories. But Skeeter has told to his nephew and his niece that stories do not have happy endings.
Keywords: arrested-development, bedtime-story, boss'-daughter, box-office-hit, brother-sister-relationship, cameo, child, fear-of-germs, guinea-pig, gumballActors: Kath Shelper (producer), Lauren Edwards (miscellaneous crew), Jacqui O'Loughlin-Guillemot (miscellaneous crew), Patricia Morton-Thomas (writer), Patricia Morton-Thomas (director), Carmen Glynn-Braun (actress), Aspen Beattie (actress), Donnovan Mears (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jeff Bosley (editor), Jeff Bosley (producer), Jeff Bosley (writer), Jeff Bosley (director), Jeff Bosley (actor), Ben Kopec (composer), Celeste Friedman (composer), Tilden Carter (actor), Meika Kirkland (actress), Ian Murray (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Michael Haboush (producer), Michael Haboush (editor), Michael Haboush (director), Michael Haboush (composer), Michael Haboush (writer), Michael Haboush (actor), James Townsend (actor), Sarah Lovell (actress), Maurice Maxwell (producer), Maurice Maxwell (actor), Sam Mraovich (actor), Bobby Trendy (actor), Arthur Huber (actor), Justin Ackerman (actor), Jackson Brown (actor),
Plot: Large pizza with pepperoni, sausage, green pepper, onions and DEATH! Terror is served up piping hot as the main entrée from Thick'N'Long's Pizza in this teen horror comedy digital video. Other side dishes of humiliation, nudity, hypnotism, sex, teens with bad boundaries, fast cars, sarcastic students, murder, pizza cutters, more sex, group sex and an cameo appearance by Bobby Trendy are delivered in this tale of retribution. The story revolves around Zaffo, a part-time janitor, part-time pizza delivery man who has a history of being abused at work by his employer, Mr Boutiques and by co-worker Aspen and by several customers. A group of teens force Zaffo to engage in homoerotic degradation at the schoolyard, the last straw in Zaffo's level of tolerance. After consulting a psychic (the Amazing Robaire) and getting advice from an outrageously effeminate and gay pizza customer (in a cameo by Bobby Trendy), Zaffo "delivers" payback to his therapist who he forces to cast on spell on the teens. The therapist makes the boys pay for their words and actions. Zaffo then abuses the sarcastic teens one at a time, utilizing hypnosis, trigger words, pizza cutters, and a pas de deux of death to deliver the final reprisal. Zaffo makes an "extra large pie" to satiate his appetite for the ultimate settling of scores. No one escapes the wrath of the disgruntled employee or the terror he serves one slice at a time. Whether it be from the dumpster, on the playground, with a naked therapist in his office or in an old, dilapidated shack, Zaffo will show everyone what it feels like to be HUMILIATED. Bon apetit!
Keywords: bad-actor, cult, customer, gay, gay-sex, janitor, male-frontal-nudity, nudity, pizza, pizza-delivery[Instrumental]