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The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Hyracotherium, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term is used to describe horses that have never been domesticated, such as the endangered Przewalski's horse, a separate subspecies, and the only remaining true wild horse. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior.
Horses' anatomy enables them to make use of speed to escape predators and they have a well-developed sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down. Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months, and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under saddle or in harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 and 30 years.
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon (born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, film and television producer, comic book author, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002), Dollhouse (2009–10) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–present).
Whedon co-wrote the Pixar film Toy Story (1995), wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet mini-series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), co-wrote and produced the horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
Born in New York City on June 23, 1964 as Joseph Hill Whedon, and being a third-generation TV writer, he is the son of Tom Whedon, a screenwriter for Alice in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980s, and the grandson of John Whedon, who worked on The Donna Reed Show in the 1950s and The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s. His mother, Ann Lee (née Jeffries) Stearns, originally from Kentucky, was a teacher at Riverdale Country School as Lee Whedon, and an aspiring novelist. His parents had both acted, and appeared in a play together at the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club. Whedon is the younger sibling of Samuel and Matthew Whedon and older sibling of writers Jed and Zack Whedon. At a young age, he showed great interest in British television with shows like Masterpiece and Monty Python.
A dark horse is a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
The term began as horse racing parlance for a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on.
The earliest-known mention of the concept is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
The concept has been used in political contexts in such countries as Iran,Philippines,Russia,Egypt, and the United States.
Politically, the concept came to America in the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee politician who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot at his party's national nominating convention, and went on to become the country's eleventh president as a result of the presidential election.
Actors: Renee Knipe (writer), Renee Knipe (producer), Renee Knipe (writer), Renee Knipe (editor), Renee Knipe (writer), Renee Knipe (producer), Renee Knipe (director), Teo Commons (producer), Anna McKibben (miscellaneous crew), Anna McKibben (actor), Matt Gwinn (producer), Matt Gwinn (miscellaneous crew), Brad Knipe (producer), Brenda Ratliff (actress), Sarah Faix (costume designer),
Plot: Princess Ivanna returns home from adventures abroad to find her kingdom trapped in the grip of a supernatural winter. When her horse is killed by a hungry wolf, Ivanna gives chase...and finds herself in the lair of a nightmarish creature. Can she and Wolf overcome their differences and survive the night? Inspired by Russian folktales, Ivanna And The Wolf evokes an old world sense of wonder through its use of marionettes, beautifully detailed sets, and a minimalist approach to digital effects.
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Harri J. Rantala (actor), Harri J. Rantala (editor), Harri J. Rantala (writer), Harri J. Rantala (producer), Harri J. Rantala (director), Kalevi Haapoja (actor), Oskari Katajisto (actor), Eerik Kantokoski (actor), Anna Alkiomaa (actress), Panu Mikkola (actor), Kauko Salo (actor), Oskari Korenius (editor), Hannu Rantala (actor), Atso Pärnänen (producer), Juha Koistinen (actor),
Genres: Drama, History, Romance, Short, Sport, War,Actors: Ari Taub (miscellaneous crew), Dan Eberle (producer), Dan Eberle (writer), Dan Eberle (editor), Dan Eberle (director), Dan Eberle (actor), James Malki (producer), Tim Guetterman (producer), Tim Guetterman (actor), Tim Guetterman (editor), Theresa Galeani (actress), Anthony Auriemma (actor), Karl Herlinger (actor), George Tchortov (actor), Desi Sanchez (actress),
Plot: The Local follows Noname, an enigmatic man running from a tortured past. He is trapped in a violent Brooklyn underworld as the lowly drug runner for a gang of crazed veterans. There, Noname is approached by a wealthy out-of-towner who offers him a large sum of money to "rescue" the man's heroin-addicted daughter from his employer's drug lair. Noname soon realizes that saving the girl is more than a payday. It will grant him a way out of his purgatory after a lifetime of wrongdoing, and open a path toward personal redemption.
Keywords: drugs, existentialism, fight, future, kidnapping, nudity, post-war, violenceActors: Melissa George (actress), Carson Kressley (actor), Delta Goodrem (actress), Kate Ritchie (actress), Sonia Kruger (actress), Jennifer Hawkins (actress), Bruce McAvaney (actor), Shelley Craft (actress), Sandy Roberts (actor), Daniel MacPherson (actor), Johanna Griggs (actress), Monique Wright (actress), Matthew White (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Melissa George (actress), Carson Kressley (actor), Delta Goodrem (actress), Kate Ritchie (actress), Sonia Kruger (actress), Jennifer Hawkins (actress), Bruce McAvaney (actor), Shelley Craft (actress), Sandy Roberts (actor), Daniel MacPherson (actor), Johanna Griggs (actress), Monique Wright (actress), Matthew White (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Melissa George (actress), Carson Kressley (actor), Delta Goodrem (actress), Kate Ritchie (actress), Sonia Kruger (actress), Jennifer Hawkins (actress), Bruce McAvaney (actor), Shelley Craft (actress), Sandy Roberts (actor), Daniel MacPherson (actor), Johanna Griggs (actress), Monique Wright (actress), Matthew White (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor), Tommy Woodcock (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: David Holt (actor), Benoît Poelvoorde (actor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Vincent Tavier (writer), Vincent Patar (writer), Vincent Patar (director), Vincent Patar (actor), Vincent Patar (actor), Stéphane Aubier (director), Stéphane Aubier (actor), Stéphane Aubier (writer), Stéphane Aubier (actor), Alan Marriott (actor), Guillaume Malandrin (writer), Anne-Laure Guégan (editor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Cathy Doubleday (miscellaneous crew), Robert Carlyle (actor), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Lesley Sharp (actress), Enn Reitel (actor), Dave Hill (actor), Julia Wilson Dickson (miscellaneous crew), Anne Dudley (composer), Mark Addy (actor), Paul Barber (actor), Simon Beaufoy (writer), David Freeman (editor), Bruce Jones (actor), Jill Taylor (costume designer), Hugo Speer (actor),
Plot: Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Keywords: 1980s, abandoned-warehouse, arrest, attempted-suicide, audition, band, bar, bare-butt, bare-chested-male, best-friendActors: Vincent Gardenia (actor), Michael Moriarty (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Patrick McVey (actor), Barton Heyman (actor), Marshall Efron (actor), Ann Wedgeworth (actress), Tom Signorelli (actor), Richard Marks (editor), Barbara Babcock (actress), Hector Elias (actor), Phil Foster (actor), Nicolas Surovy (actor), Alan Manson (actor),
Plot: Henry Wiggen (Author to his friends) and Bruce Pearson are members of the New York Mammoths major league baseball team - Author the star pitcher, Bruce the catcher who never quite lived up to his potential - friends, and roommates when they're on the road. During the off season, Bruce is diagnosed with a terminal case of Hodgkin's disease. Author is the only person on the team who knows of Bruce's illness, with neither planning on telling anyone. Author takes extraordinary measures to ensure that he is playing ball with Bruce during what will probably be Bruce's final season before he can no longer play. Author looks after Bruce in part because Bruce is mentally a simple man who can easily be taken advantage of, especially by his opportunistic girlfriend Katie. As the season progresses, the team isn't quite gelling, despite being the best team on paper. But as information comes to light, the dynamic on the team changes to make it a memorable end of the season especially for Bruce, who finishes on his own terms.
Keywords: athlete, baseball, baseball-movie, based-on-novel, contract-negotiation, friendship, hodgkin's-disease, hospital, insurance-salesman, keeping-a-secretActors: Kiyoshi Atsumi (actor), Bokuzen Hidari (actor), Tonpei Hidari (actor), Norihei Miki (actor), Shôichi Ozawa (actor), Chishû Ryû (actor), Hisao Toake (actor), Masaru Satô (composer), Yoshi Sugihara (editor), Tomotaka Tasaka (director), Nobuko Miyamoto (actress), Chôchô Miyako (actress), Naoyuki Suzuki (writer), Matsuko Shiga (actress), Shizuko Kasagi (actress),
Genres: Comedy,TINKER tinker PLING- DING DING- DING
my body breaks - the void screams
weary of hollow metals
that ring of hollow life
by hand and by hammer
i give birth tonight
metal bend and metal scream
welding bright the circuit seam
weary of the hollow spaces
between the twinkling lights
i lost something along the way
and it doesn't feel right
MAY-BE IM-NOT
falling apart but falling a lot
MAY-BE IM-NOT
completely circuitry but i can't stop
IM GONNA FALL APART!!!
IM GONNA FALL APART!!!
coming close im coming closer
yet maybe im not
i can make you a sex machine
that would be hot
break my nails and pull my hair
theres circuit boards everywhere
how long have i been in here
this is not my house
MAY-BE IM-NOT
falling apart but falling a lot
MAY-BE IM-NOT
completely circuitry but i can't stop
IM NOT A ROBOT BUT IVE GOT A MECHANICAL HAND
I CAN STEAL THE STARS AND PUT THEM BACK AGAIN
once upon a time- i had a broken heart
once upon a time- i just had a heart
i limped when i was wounded- so i replaced my parts
once upon a time i had a heart but
IM NOT A ROBOT BUT IVE GOT A MECHANICAL HAND
I CAN STEAL THE STARS AND PUT THEM BACK AGAIN
if i am a machine because my hand made heart
then why do i dream im a dinosaur tearing sheep apart
lightning
fill me up - it tells me where to go
colors me and changes me
it withers me to coal
lightning
tears me up - leaves me smoldering
i close my eyes and hear her voice
framed by vulture wings
in the wires of my hand- i see my fate
cold and mechanical- squeaky with hate
it clicks + whiiirs and im satisfied
its designed to fill that black hole deep inside
im turning away from the path of soft skin
to a path of mechanical sin
turning away from the warmth of gold
to an empty machine thats broken and cold
click click click hollow rooms always consume
click click click dark and empty like most of the moon
click click click the things we do in the name of love
click click click secret machines and a rusty glove
SLEEP WELL MECHANICAL THING
YOU WERE FUN FOR AWHILE
BUT NOW IM GOING GOING GOING
TO GO
GET A BURRITO
go get a burrito