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The Sun (in Greek: Helios, in Latin: Sol) is the star at the center of the Solar System and is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth. It is a nearly perfect spherical ball of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process. Its diameter is about 109 times that of Earth, and it has a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth, accounting for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.About three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen; the rest is mostly helium, with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron.
The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) based on spectral class and it is informally referred to as a yellow dwarf. It formed approximately 4.567 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of matter within a region of a large molecular cloud. Most of this matter gathered in the center, whereas the rest flattened into an orbiting disk that became the Solar System. The central mass became increasingly hot and dense, eventually initiating nuclear fusion in its core. It is thought that almost all stars form by this process.
Marcus Füreder (born November 27, 1974 in Linz, Austria) better known by his stage name Parov Stelar, is an Austrian musician, producer and DJ. His musical style is based on a combination of jazz, house, electro and breakbeat. He is known as one of the pioneers of electro swing.
Marcus Füreder first appeared as a DJ at nightclubs during the mid-late 1990s. He got involved in producing and publishing in 2000. Having released his first maxi singles on Bushido (still using his real name and his stage name Plasma), Füreder founded the record label Etage Noir Recordings in 2003. A year later, now with the stage name Parov Stelar, the EP Kiss Kiss was immediately picked up by the influential Austrian radio station FM4. KissKiss, soon followed by the LP Rough Cuts, provided him with a breakthrough on the international electronic music scene.
Parov Stelar was among the first who produced electronic swing music in Europe. With his album Shine the BBC named Parov Stelar as one of the most promising producers active in Europe today. His specific approach to music production, combined with a proven sense of sound aesthetics, led to a reaction from audiences and colleagues all around the world, giving him a reputation as the founder of a new genre: Electro Swing.
Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon, /ˈpoʊkeɪˌmɒn/ POH-kay-mon) is a media franchise owned by The Pokémon Company, and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995. It is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans known as Pokémon Trainers catch and train to battle each other for sport.
The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The franchise now spans video games, trading card games, animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Pokémon is the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's Mario franchise.
The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006. Cumulative sales of the video games (including home console games, such as Hey You, Pikachu! for the Nintendo 64) have reached more than 200 million copies. In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. Pokémon USA Inc. (now The Pokémon Company International), a subsidiary of Japan's Pokémon Co., now oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia. As of 2013, the Pokémon media franchise has grossed revenues of ¥4 trillion worldwide (equivalent to US$37.76 billion). The brand earned $2 billion in 2014 alone.
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the local summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Around the summer solstice (approximately 21 June in the north and 22 December in the south) the sun is visible for the full 24 hours, given fair weather. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the farther towards either pole one goes. Although approximately defined by the polar circles, in practice the midnight sun can be seen as much as 55 miles (90 km) outside the polar circle, as described below, and the exact latitudes of the farthest reaches of midnight sun depend on topography and vary slightly year-to-year.
There are no permanent economically autonomous human settlements south of the Antarctic Circle, only research stations, so the countries and territories whose populations experience it are limited to those crossed by the Arctic Circle: Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States (Alaska). A quarter of Finland's territory lies north of the Arctic Circle and at the country's northernmost point the sun does not set at all for 60 days during summer. In Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately 19 April to 23 August. The extreme sites are the poles where the sun can be continuously visible for a half year.
"Sun Is Shining" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers first appearing on the Lee Perry-produced album Soul Revolution in 1971, and then on African Herbsman in 1973. Marley later re-recorded the song for his 1978 album Kaya. In 1999 a reggae fusion remix by "Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe" reached number one on the U.S. dance chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart and has been widely credited as one of the songs which led to the popularity of reggae fusion.
Although having become one of the most popular Marley songs, "Sun Is Shining" used to be a fairly unknown and seldomly-performed number during Marley's lifetime. Up to date, only two live performances are documented, however both took place under special circumstances. On June 16, 1978, Marley performed at The Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, a concert having been rescheduled twice since 1976, and played an over 2-hour set. "Sun Is Shining" was the opening song, reportedly included spontaneously as it stopped to rain. On July 23, 1978, Marley performed an outdoor concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl that included "Sun Is Shining" as opening song; just before the song, Marley introduced the performance by referring to Haile Selassie's birthday on the same day.
Actors: Frank Ciota (director), Joseph A. Ciota (writer), Dario Castiglio (actor), Mike Hart (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Logan Myers (miscellaneous crew), Logan Myers (producer), Logan Myers (director), Logan Myers (editor), Logan Myers (miscellaneous crew), James Dale (producer), James Dale (miscellaneous crew), James Dale (actor), James Dale (miscellaneous crew), James Dale (miscellaneous crew), Sophie Barenberg (costume designer), Sophie Barenberg (actress), Anthony Villa (actor), Edmond Villa (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Short, Western,Actors: James Mannan (actor), James Mannan (editor), James Mannan (producer), James Mannan (actor), James Mannan (actor), Alfred Eaker (producer), Alfred Eaker (actor), Alfred Eaker (director), Alfred Eaker (writer), Robin Panet (actress), Jason Hignite (actor), Larry Myers (actor), Ross St. Just (director), Ross St. Just (writer), Patrick Greathouse (actor),
Plot: A meteor crashes in the Arizona desert, bringing with it; W. He is found by his father, Texas Oil Man, who helps him steal the presidency. A world of chaos is soon unleashed. W and his regime are challenged by liberal reporter BlueMahler and the newspaper, Issues and Alibis, but the world, under the leadership of W, becomes an apocalyptic nightmare.
Genres: Fantasy,Actors: Tomorowo Taguchi (actor), Asaka Seto (actress), Tanit Jitnukul (director), Tanit Jitnukul (writer), Patrick Leung (director), Patrick Leung (writer), Takashi Kashiwabara (actor), Charoen Iamphungporn (producer), Race Wong (actress), Takuji Ushiyama (producer), Pitchanart Sakakorn (actress), Annie Liu (actress), Dylan Kuo (actor), Aphiradee Iamphungporn (producer), Ka-kit Cheung (editor),
Plot: Next Door (Hong Kong): It is July of the lunar calendar; the month of the ghost festival. On a fateful night when Taiwanese girl Jane returns to look for her policeman boyfriend Joe, only to discover that he has started an affair with his neighbor Hosie, a girl from China. Dark Hole (Japan): Bride-to-be Yuki has suffered from nightmares. One day, she notices a boy in a yellow outfit appears in real, who has been visiting in her dreams. However, he is only visible to Yuki and he vanishes when she recognizes his presence, only leaving a puddle of water behind. Her finance Satoshi suggests she go to see a psychiatrist. One day, she finally reveals her secret under hypnosis that she used to have an unknown creature as a pet. The Lost Memory (Thailand): Prang is a single mother who lives with her young son. A mysterious man seems to shadow Prang wherever she goes. The mother believes that the man has been sent by her ex-husband Wit, with a malicious intent of stealing her son. Prang lives in a constant state of paranoia. Prang's memories keep slipping out of her grasp. The more she searches, the more the scary incidents of her turbulent past come back to haunt her.
Genres: Thriller,Actors: David Wurst (composer), Eric Wurst (composer), Fred Gallo (actor), Fred Gallo (producer), Fred Gallo (director), Jeff Yonis (director), Jeff Yonis (writer), Jeff Yonis (producer), Michael Chanslor (actor), Grant Rosen (actor), Car'ynn Sims (actress), Ed Cosico (actor), David Trim (actor), Cayman Mitchell (actor), Jennifer Wydra (actress),
Genres: Family, Short,Actors: Sasha Hadden (producer), Sasha Hadden (writer), Sasha Hadden (director), Sasha Hadden (editor), Matthew Tucker (producer), Candice Lister (actress), Dean Ananijev (actor), Terry Kaczerepa (composer), Verena Winwood (actress), Andrew Murry (actor), Norman Sievers (actor), Bruce Thurgood (actor), Miya Baska (actress), Vivian Sievers (actress),
Plot: A young country boy is devastated after witnessing the slaughter of his only friend, a pet cow named Rebecca. Soon after he meets a city girl named Rebecca and falls in love. The connection between them proves more disastrous than anyone expects.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Prachya Pinkaew (producer), Samavee Pummoung (miscellaneous crew), Pisut Praesangeam (actor), Paula Taylor (actress), Chatthapong Pantanaunkul (actor), Peter Manus (director), Peter Manus (writer), Sririta Jensen (actress), Chulachak Chakrabongse (actor), Nuttiya Sirakornwilai (writer), Janeen Lyons (actress), Ramit Romon (actor), Titinun Keatanakon (actor), Thepparit Raiwin (actor), Norajan Sangigern (actress),
Plot: Rainbow has just moved to an international school in Phuket, in Southern Thailand. She soon becomes the center of attention, since so many of her new friends are curious to know about the recent death of a student at her old school in the North. She blames it on a mysterious phone number - 999-9999 - a number reputed to grant whoever calls it, one wish. Her classmate apparently had called the number and had his wish granted...soon after, he was found dead on a flagpole. Despite Rainbow's repeated warnings, many of her new classmates decide to try this out. Although the various wishes are fulfilled, a series of accident-like deaths occur, until Sun becomes the only teen in the group left alive. Death is awaiting him, however, as he has also made a wish which has yet to be fulfilled. Together, Rainbow and Sun must solve the mystery of the evil phone number, and stop whatever it is from killing them.
Keywords: alarm-bell, bird, blood, blood-spatter, boat, cell-phone, cgi, cigarette-smoking, clique, cockroachActors: Nick Brimble (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Freddie Jones (actor), Nick Brimble (actor), Nick Brimble (actor), Freddie Jones (actor), Bertolt Brecht (writer), Bob Hoskins (actor), Ann Beach (actress), Ann Beach (actress), Ann Beach (actress), Barry Stanton (actor), Barry Stanton (actor), Barry Stanton (actor), Emrys James (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Omar Parada (writer), Omar Parada (director), Omar Parada (editor), Ariel Coira (actor), José Iriarte (actor), Alicia Berriel (actress),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Seymour Kneitel (director), Jackson Beck (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Larry Riley (writer), Charles Irving (actor),
Genres: Animation, Music, Short,Her feet hit the ground
There's people all around
She never wears makeup
It never does her proud
She works radio, late night radio
She don't like the shit she's playing
She does it for you kids
The sun no favour
The sun no favour
She says lets have a drink
I need some time to think
We go down to dinner
Sunday beer is cheap
She works radio, modern rock and roll
She don't like the shit she's playing
She does it for the kids
The sun no favour
The sun no favour
We go down to her place
She has a real cool space
She got it down in Parkdale
The rent is great
She works radio, oldies rock and roll
She don't like the shit she's playing
She does it for you kids
The sun no favour