The Theory of forms is a philosophical idea held by the famous Greek philosopher Plato. Plato believed that behind every single thing in our world there is a form, which is the true eternal essence of that thing. We can explain this view with an example. In the world there are many different horses: big horses and small horses, grey horses and white horses, old horses and young horses and so forth. According to Plato each horse is an imperfect copy of the horse 'form', the one true horse. In other words, they are all imitations of the perfect horse. Plato uses shadows as an analogy: Like a tree forms a shadow, so is the tree itself a shadow of the 'form', the one true tree. The Theory of forms applies not only to physical objects but also to abstract concepts such as beauty, anger, good and evil.
Plato also explains that it is impossible for us to perceive these forms through our senses, like our sense of hearing or sense of seeing. The only way we can truly understand a form is through the use of logic and mathematics. Through mathematics, we have discovered the form of the triangle: a polygon with 3 sides. However we will never be able to truly see with our eyes such a triangle. Even if we tried to draw it on a whiteboard with a ruler, it's lines will never be perfectly straight and two-dimensional.
Lincoln County, Nevada
Lincoln County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 5,345 people lived there. The county seat is Pioche.
Nissan 240SX
The Nissan 240SX was a sports car produced by Nissan.
Rob Sprackling
Rob Sprackling is an English screenwriter and award winning director. He lives in Chiswick, West London with his wife and two sons.
He studied acting at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and went on to become a stand up comedian on the London Comedy circuit in the late 80's and early 90's, appearing regularly in venues like the Comedy Store, Jongleurs and the legendary Tunnel Club. During this time he ran his own comedy club in Brixton called 'The Rodney Bewes Conspiracy' which featured many of the leading alternative comedians of the day. Rob appeared on various stand up TV shows including 'First Exposure' for Channel 4 and 'Stand Up' for ITV and also presented a number of TV programmes including 'Friday Now' and 'Weekend Live' for LWT.
In the early 90's he started screenwriting with his friend and writing partner John R Smith. They worked as writers/consultants at the Henson's Creature Workshop for several years, collaborating on a number of shows. They conceived and wrote the Channel 4 sitcom 'Captain Butler' starring Craig Charles and Sanjeev Bhaskar and the football mockumentary feature film 'Mike Bassett: England Manager' starring Ricky Tomlinson and Amanda Redman. They also exec produced and wrote the ITV spin off series 'Mike Bassett: Manager'.
After selling a spec script 'Blackwater Zoo' to 20th Century Fox they started to work more regularly in Hollywood. They conceived and wrote the original screenplay 'Gnomeo & Juliet' which they sold to Disney Studios. The film was produced by Elton John and David Furnish's company Rocket Pictures and released in 2011 starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart and Maggie Smith with music by Elton John. The film took nearly $200 million at the box office worldwide and spawned the 2018 sequel 'Sherlock Gnomes'.
They also conceived and wrote the original screenplay for the animated movie 'The Queen's Corgi' due for worldwide release in 2019, starring Jack Whitehall, Julie Walters, Ray Winstone, Sheridan Smith, Matt Lucas and Tom Courtenay.
They wrote an adaptation of Animal Farm for Andy Serkis' company The Imaginarium and have an original script in development with Aardman Animation with whom they have worked on numerous projects.
Rob wrote the children's book 'Born Again Ben' for which he sold the screen rights to a UK/Canada based animation company.
He has directed three short films including 'Green Monkey', 'Rise of the Appliances' and 'Man's Best Friend' which have won numerous awards including the New York Short Film Festival, Film Court de Brest In France and the London Film Festival Halloween Award. Rob has written the full length screenplay of 'Rise of the Appliances' and is attached to direct it as his first feature.Lu Jintang
Lu Jintang (Chinese: 卢金堂; pinyin: Lú Jīntáng;1910 –March 16, 1986) was a Chinese politician and educator. Lu joined the Communist Party of China in June 1930, and he was the guerrilla leader of the Communist Party of China in Gaocheng during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Lu was the Principal of Hebei Zhengding High School (1947-1950) and the president of Hebei Beijing Normal College (today's Hebei Normal University) before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Lu later served as the Direct of the Bureau of Education of Baoding city government and the first principal of Experimental Middle School attached to Hebei Normal University (1956-1966).
He was also a member of the first, second and third of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress.
His wife, Ma Lantian died during the World War Two. His son, Lu Jintang, born in 1940, is a retired professor who lives in Baoding city, Hebei province.
Captain (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a captain is generally a player or in certain cases, a goalie, who is assigned by the head coach or voted on by teammates, who is considered the team leader.
A captain's primary role is to talk with the referees during play stoppages and usually relays the referees explanation back to his or her coach. Other responsibilities include, motivating their teammates, taking action in their local communities and representing the team in a professional manner. Along with captains, there are also assistant captains.
Uno, Dos:Bandera
Uno, Dos:Bandera is the third studio album by Mexican hip hop group, Control Machete. "Uno, Dos:Bandera" was released on November 11, 2003.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television show. It was produced by HBO. It premiered on October 15, 2000. The series was created by comedian Larry David, as a fake version of himself. It follows him as a TV writer and producer in Los Angeles, but later moved to New York City. It also starred Cheryl Hines as Larry's wife, Jeff Garlin as his manager and best friend, Jeff, and Susie Essman as Jeff's wife, Susie.
It was filmed in Cinéma vérité style, meaning the characters knew the camera was there, and added it into the acting style.
After the eighth season ended in September 2011, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" went on a hiatus. The series finally returned for a ninth season in October 2017, while a tenth season is in production since October 2018.
Harry W. Shlaudeman
Harry Walter Shlaudeman (May 17, 1926 – December 5, 2018) was an American diplomat. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He worked as an ambassador during the Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush Sr. presidencies. He was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992.
Shlaudeman was an Ambassador to Venezuela from 1975 to 1976, to Peru from 1977 to 1980, to Argentina from 1980 to 1983, to Brazil from 1986 to 1989 and to Nicaragua from 1990 to 1992.
Shlaudeman died on December 5, 2018 in San Luis Obispo, California, at the age of 92.
Edmond Simeoni
Edmond Simeoni (6 August 1934 – 14 December 2018) was a French politician. He was born in Corte, Corsica, France. From 1981 to 1992, he was a member of the Corsican Assembly. He resigned in 1992 due to his controversial support of the militant group National Liberation Front of Corsica. Simeoni was a known nationalist.
He was re-elected to the assembly in 2003. He would serve until his death in 2018.
Simeoni died at a hospital in Ajaccio, Corsica from heart failure on 14 December 2018, aged 84.
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