query: The President of Russia is unable to grant reprieves.

pos: President of Russia The President of the Russian Federation ( -LSB- Президент Российской Федерации , r = Prezident Rossiiskoi Federatsii -RSB- ) is the elected head of state , Supreme Commander-in-Chief and holder of the highest office within the Russian Federation . The current President of Russia is Vladimir Putin .   In 1991 , the office was briefly known as the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic until 25 December 1991 . According to the 1978 Russian Constitution , the President of Russia was head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia . According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia , the President of Russia is not a part of the Government of Russia , which exercises executive power .   In all cases where the President of the Russian Federation is unable to fulfill his duties , they shall be temporarily delegated to the Prime Minister , who becomes Acting President of Russia . The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third important position after the President and the Prime Minister . In the case of incapacity of both the President and Prime Minister , the chairman of the upper house of parliament becomes acting head of state .   The power includes execution of federal law , alongside the responsibility of appointing federal ministers , diplomatic , regulatory and judicial officers , and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the advice and consent of the State Duma and the Federation Council . The president is further empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves , and to convene and adjourn the Federal Assembly under extraordinary circumstances . The president also directs the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation .   The president is elected directly through a popular vote to a six-year term . The law prohibits anyone from ever being elected to the presidency for a third consecutive term . In all , 3 individuals have served 4 presidencies spanning 6 full terms . On May 7 , 2012 , Vladimir Putin became the 4th and current president .

neg: 1922 Moscow Trial of Socialist Revolutionaries The Moscow Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries was one of the first show trials of the Soviet Union , beginning on June 8 , 1922 . The trial was part of a process that entailed eliminating all opposition in the nascent Bolshevik state . The trial stemmed from the failed Kerensky -- Krasnov uprising on October 29th , 1917 ( old style ) , when Alexander Kerensky attempted to overthrow the Soviet government that had just toppled him .   The previous years had witnessed the silencing of the Workers ' Opposition and the suppression of the Mensheviks , the other major proletarian party . The Socialist Revolutionaries had long been a nuisance to the Bolsheviks . The party enjoyed the support of the largest demographic of the old Tsarist Empire , the agrarian peasantry , whilst the Bolsheviks were primarily supported by the radical intelligentsia , with some , albeit small , representation amongst soldiers and workers . The dispersal of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918 was the first action Lenin took against the Socialist Revolutionaries . The results of the voting made it clear that the assembly would not be overwhelmingly Bolshevik , and Lenin decided that it was counterrevolutionary . Fanny Kaplan , Lenin 's would-be assassin , stated that her motive for the assassination was the dispersal of the assembly . The Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 that ended hostilities between Germany and Russia was also a point of serious disagreement between the Bolsheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries .   There were 12 main defendants in the trial and SR coup participants gave evidence for the prosecution . Among the notable Bolsheviks playing a part in the trial were Nikolai Krylenko , who was the prosecutor for the state , and Nikolai Bukharin , who was part of the defense counsel . Bukharin had even participated in demonstrations organized by the authorities that were occurring throughout Moscow , and demanded the death penalty for the 12 defendants . At the very outset , Georgy Pyatakov announced that `` the court does not intend to handle the case from a dispassionate , objective point of view but would be guided solely by the interests of the Soviet Government . ''  The evidence against the accused included statements of former SR participants in the military coup attempt such as G. Semyonov , who joined the Bolsheviks in 1911 , and became an agent provocateur . The trial concluded with death sentences for the 12 and acquittal for those who gave evidence . Upon further review by the tribunal , the death sentences were commuted . It was believed by Trotsky at least , that if the sentences were carried out , their party brethren would carry out terrorist violence against the Bolshevik government .   All of the defendants and participants in the trial would eventually become victims in Stalin 's purges .

neg: Terem Palace Terem Palace or Teremnoy Palace is a historical building in the Moscow Kremlin , Russia , which used to be the main residence of the Russian tsars in the 17th century . Its name is derived from the Greek word τερεμνον ( i.e. , `` dwelling '' ) . Currently , the structure is not accessible to the public , as it belongs to the official residence of the President of Russia .   On the 16th century Aloisio da Milano constructed the first royal palace on the spot . Only the ground floor survives from that structure , as the first Romanov tsar , Mikhail Feodorovich , had the palace completely rebuilt in 1635 -- 36 . The new structure was surrounded by numerous annexes and outbuildings , including the Boyar Platform , Golden Staircase , Golden Porch , and several turrets . On Mikhail 's behest , the adjoining Golden Tsaritsa 's Chamber constructed back in the 1560s for Ivan IV 's wife , was surmounted with 11 golden domes of the Upper Saviour Cathedral . The complex of the palace also incorporates several churches of earlier construction , including the Church of the Virgin 's Nativity from the 1360s .   The palace consists of five stories . The third story was occupied by the tsaritsa and her children ; the fourth one contained the private apartments of the tsar . The upper story is a tent-like structure where the Boyar Duma convened . The exterior , exuberantly decorated with brick tracery and colored tiles , is brilliantly painted in red , yellow , and orange . The interior used to be painted as well , but the original murals were destroyed by successive fires , particularly the great fire of 1812 . In 1837 , the interiors were renovated in accordance with old drawings in the Russian Revival style .

neg: Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states After the dissolution of the Soviet Union ( USSR ) in December 1991 , about 25 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states found themselves living outside the Russian Federation .   All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship . Where they did not exercise that choice , their resulting citizenship status outside Russia varied by state : from no perceivable change in status - as in Belarus - to becoming permanently resident `` non-citizens '' - as in Estonia and Latvia , which restricted citizenship to their pre-World War II citizens and their offspring ( regardless of ethnic group ) upon restoration of their independence in continuity with their sovereign identities prior to June 1940 .   However , most people in practice found the `` time window '' concept not feasible , as the citizenship issue linked closely to the issue of owning property owned by the state before privatization . For many people , a change of citizenship would actually mean relocating and leaving behind everything - or most of what they had previously owned or been able to access .   the largest ethnic Russian diaspora populations outside Russia live in the United States and in the `` near abroad '' countries . The populations involved include those in : Ukraine ( about 8 million ) , Kazakhstan ( about 3.8 million ) , the United States ( about 3 million ) , Belarus ( about 780,000 ) , Uzbekistan ( about 650,000 ) Kyrgyzstan ( about 360,000 ) and Latvia ( about 556,422 ) .   In June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to introduce national policy aiming at encouraging ethnic Russian immigration to Russia .   Does not include Abkhazia ( 2011 census : 22,077 Russians or 9.1 % of the population ) or South Ossetia ( 2007 estimate : 2,100 Russians or 3.0 % of the population ) .   In Turkmenistan , there were estimated to be at most 150,000 ethnic Russians as of 2007 , or under 2 % of the population . In Uzbekistan the same year , the Russian population stood at some 800,000 people or under 4 % of the country .

neg: Governor (Russia) The highest official of the subject of the Russian Federation or the holder of the highest office of subject of the Russian Federation or the head of the highest executive body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation , colloquially and collectively referred to as the title governor ( губернатор - gubernator ) or head of region ( глава региона - glava regiona ) , is the head and the chief executive of each the federal subjects of Russia , not directly subordinate to the federal authorities , but the political and ceremonial head of the federal subject , all of which are equal constituent entities of Russia .   The office is defined by the Constitution of Russia and Chapters 1 , 3 and 4 of Russia 's Federal Law No. 184-FZ `` On the General Principles of the Organization Of the Legislative ( Representative ) and Executive Organs Of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation '' which came into force in 1999 . According to the current revision of the Russian Constitution , the Russian Federation consists of 85 federal subjects therefore there are 85 offices of head of region in Russia ( see List of current heads of federal subjects of Russia ) .   The certain title of office is defined by the federal subject 's Constitution or Charter . The names include : governor , president ( президент - president ) , head of administration ( глава администрации - glava administratsii ) , head of republic ( глава республики - glava respubliki ) , mayor ( мэр - mer ) , non-officially and collectively referred to as governors for short . The official title governor is most used in Russia and traditionally it is used in Oblasts of Russia . Presidents of Russia 's republics , mayor of Moscow and mayor of St. Petersburg are also governors in this sense .   A head of the subject in Russia is said to serve a administration or executive office , colloquially referred to as gubernatorial administration .

neg: President of Germany The President of Germany , officially the President of the Federal Republic of Germany ( Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ) , is the head of state of Germany .   Germany has a parliamentary system of government in which the Chancellor is the nation 's leading political figure and de facto chief executive . However , the President has a role which , while not an executive post , is more than ceremonial . Presidents have extensive discretion regarding the way they exercise their official duties . The President gives direction to general political and societal debates and has some important `` reserve powers '' in case of political instability ( such as those provided for by Article 81 of the Basic Law ) .  Under Article 59 ( 1 ) of the Basic Law ( German Constitution ) , the President represents the Federal Republic of Germany in matters of international law , concludes treaties with foreign states on its behalf and accredits diplomats . Furthermore , all federal laws must be signed by the President before they can come into effect , but usually he or she only vetoes a law that he/she believes to violate the constitution .   The President , by his or her actions and public appearances , represents the state itself , its existence , its legitimacy , and unity . The President 's office involves an integrative role and the control function of upholding the law and the constitution . It is a matter of political tradition -- not legal restrictions -- that the President generally does not comment routinely on issues in the news , particularly when there is some controversy among the political parties . This distance from day-to-day politics and daily governmental issues allows the President to be a source of clarification , to influence public debate , to voice criticism , offer suggestions and make proposals . In order to exercise this power , he/she traditionally acts above party politics .   The 12th and current officeholder is Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was elected on 12 February 2017 and started his first five-year-term on 19 March 2017 .

neg: Sino-Russian relations since 1991 Diplomatic relations between the People 's Republic of China and the Russian Federation dramatically improved after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation in 1991 . American scholar Joseph Nye argues :  With the collapse of the Soviet Union , that de facto US-China alliance ended , and a China-Russia rapprochement began . In 1992 , the two countries declared that they were pursuing a `` constructive partnership '' ; in 1996 , they progressed toward a `` strategic partnership '' ; and in 2001 , they signed a treaty of `` friendship and cooperation . ''   The two countries share a long land border which was demarcated in 1991 , and they signed a Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001 . On the eve of a 2013 state visit to Moscow by Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked that the two nations were forging a special relationship .

neg: Political status of Crimea The status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia . While Russia occupied the territory in 2014 and claimed it had ` fully integrated ' it by July 2015 , and continues to administer it as two federal subjects of Russia , while Ukraine and the majority of international governments ( with a few exceptions ) continue to regard Crimea as an integral part of Ukraine .   The dispute came into being after the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol against Ukrainian laws merged as a single united state under the name of Republic of Crimea and then , following a snap disputed referendum on joining Russia ( that official results showed backed the proposal ) , unilaterally declared their independence from Ukraine while the region was under military occupation by Russia itself . This state was then annexed by Russia , where it became a self-proclaimed federal district , whereas the Autonomous Republic became the `` Republic of Crimea '' as a Russian republic and Sevastopol became a Russian federal city . However , Ukraine and the majority of the international community do not consider the merge , the independence , the referendum , nor the annexation legitimate and still consider both entities as divisions of Ukraine . Despite international opinion however , the currency , tax and legal system are all operational under Russian jurisdiction . Ukraine has there applied for multiple litigations through international crime , water resources , the European Union and other courts .   In 1920 , immediately after the RSFSR recognized the independence of the Ukrainian SSR ( The `` Workers ' and Peasants Union Treaty between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR ) and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic '' signed 28 December 1920 ) , the responsibility for all Crimean administration was reassigned directly to the Kremlin . In 1994 Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances , which states that it would `` Respect Belarusian , Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty and the existing borders '' . A detailed status of Crimea at that time was not described nor mentioned in the Budapest Memorandum , nor was a map of the existing borders of Ukraine included in the Memorandum .

neg: List of leaders of Russia Leaders of Russia are political heads of state .

neg: Medvedev Doctrine The Medvedev Doctrine is a set of five principles stated by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in an interview to Channel One Russia on Sunday August 31 , 2008 , in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War . They may be summarized as follows :   `` Russia recognizes the primacy of the fundamental principles of international law ''  `` The world should be multi-polar ''  `` Russia does not want confrontation with any other country ''  `` Protecting the lives and dignity of our citizens , wherever they may be , is an unquestionable priority for our country ''  `` As is the case of other countries , there are regions in which Russia has privileged interests ''

neg: Government of Russia The Government of the Russia ( exercises executive power in the Russian Federation . The members of the government are the Prime Minister , the deputy prime ministers , and the federal ministers . It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law `` On the Government the Russian Federation '' .   According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 Russian Constitution , the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia . According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia , the President is not a part of the Government of Russia , which exercises executive power . But , the President does appoint the Prime Minister . The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says , that `` The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation ( Prime Minister ) , Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries '' .

neg: Sovereign default A sovereign default ( -LSB- ˈsɒvrᵻn , _ - vərᵻn -RSB- ) is the failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full . Cessation of due payments ( or receivables ) may either be accompanied by formal declaration ( repudiation ) of a government not to pay ( or only partially pay ) its debts , or it may be unannounced . A credit rating agency will take into account in its gradings capital , interest , extraneous and procedural defaults , failures to abide by the terms of bonds or other debt instruments . Countries have at times escaped the real burden of some of their debt through inflation . This is not `` default '' in the usual sense because the debt is honored , albeit with currency of lesser real value . Sometimes governments devalue their currency . This can be done by printing more money to apply toward their own debts , or by ending or altering the convertibility of their currencies into precious metals or foreign currency at fixed rates . Harder to quantify than an interest or capital default , this often is defined as an extraneous or procedural default ( breach ) of terms of the contracts or other instruments .   If potential lenders or bond purchasers begin to suspect that a government may fail to pay back its debt , they may demand a high interest rate in compensation for the risk of default . A dramatic rise in the interest rate faced by a government due to fear that it will fail to honor its debt is sometimes called a sovereign debt crisis . Governments may be especially vulnerable to a sovereign debt crisis when they rely on financing through short-term bonds , since this creates a situation of maturity mismatch between their short-term bond financing and the long-term asset value of their tax base .   They may also be vulnerable to a sovereign debt crisis due to currency mismatch : if few bonds in their own currency are accepted abroad , and so the country issues mainly foreign-denominated bonds , decrease in the value of their own currency can make it prohibitively expensive to pay back their foreign-denominated bonds ( see original sin ) .   Since a sovereign government , by definition , controls its own affairs , it can not be obliged to pay back its debt . Nonetheless , governments may face severe pressure from lending countries . In a few extreme cases , a major creditor nation , before the establishment of the UN Charter Article 2 ( 4 ) prohibiting use of force by states , made threats of war or waged war against a debtor nation for failing to pay back debt to seize assets to enforce its creditor 's rights . For example , Britain invaded Egypt in 1882 . Other examples include the United States ' `` gunboat diplomacy '' in Venezuela in the mid-1890s and the United States occupation of Haiti beginning in 1915 .   Today a government which defaults may be widely excluded from further credit , some of its overseas assets may be seized ; and it may face political pressure from its own domestic bondholders to pay back its debt . Therefore , governments rarely default on the entire value of their debt . Instead , they often enter into negotiations with their bondholders to agree on a delay ( debt restructuring ) or partial reduction of their debt ( a ` haircut or write-off ' ) .   Some economists have argued that , in the case of acute insolvency crises , it can be advisable for regulators and supranational lenders to preemptively engineer the orderly restructuring of a nation 's public debt - also called `` orderly default '' or `` controlled default '' . In the case of Greece , these experts generally believe that a delay in organising an orderly default would hurt the rest of Europe even more .   The International Monetary Fund often lends for sovereign debt restructuring . To ensure that funds will be available to pay the remaining part of the sovereign debt , it has made such loans conditional on acts such as reducing corruption , imposing austerity measures such as reducing non-profitable public sector services , raising the tax take ( revenue ) or more rarely suggesting other forms of revenue raising such as nationalization of inept or corrupt but lucrative economic sectors . A recent example is the Greek bailout agreement of May 2010 .

neg: 2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia The amendments of 2008 , which were proposed in November 2008 and came into force on 31 December 2008 , have become the first substantial amendments to the Constitution of Russia of 1993 and extended the terms of the President of Russia and the State Duma from four to six and five years , respectively . Earlier only minor adjustments concerning the naming of the federal subjects or their merging were made , which require a much simpler procedure .

neg: Prosecutor General of Russia The Prosecutor General of Russia ( also Attorney General of Russia , Генеральный Прокурор Российской Федерации ) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known and heads the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation . The Prosecutor General remains the most powerful component of the Russian judicial system .

neg: Treaty of Stolbovo The Treaty of Stolbovo is a peace treaty of 1617 that ended the Ingrian War , fought between Sweden and Russia .   After nearly two months of negotiations , representatives from Sweden and Russia met at the ( now derelict ) village of Stolbova , south of Lake Ladoga , on .   From the outset , Sweden had gone into the negotiations with very high ambitions , with the hopes of fulfilling the old dream of making all Russian trade pass through Swedish territory . As a consequence of this ambition , the Swedes originally demanded far-reaching territorial gains into western Russia , including the important northern port of Arkhangelsk . At this point , however , James I of England sent a delegation to mediate , and so did the Dutch , mostly to make sure Arkhangelsk did not fall into Swedish hands , which would have made the extensive trade between Western Europe and Russia far more difficult . Arkhangelsk did not change hands in the resulting treaty , partly because of the Dutch and English efforts , but mostly because Russia finally managed to unite under one tsar , Michael Romanov . As word reached Russia that the Swedish war against Poland might soon be over , the Russians were quick to get negotiations going for real -- knowing that they could not afford Sweden 's renewal of the war effort on just one front .   In the resulting peace treaty , the tsar and the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus agreed to the following terms :   Sweden gained the province and fortress of Kexholm ( Käkisalmi ) ( now Priozersk ) , south-west Karelia and the province of Ingria -- including the fortress of Nöteborg , known as `` the key to Finland '' ( now Shlisselburg , Russia )  Members of the upper classes in these conquered areas were allowed to migrate within 14 days , if they wished to , a right not granted to regular priests and farmers  Russia renounced all claims to Estonia and Livonia  Russia would pay Sweden war indemnities of 20,000 rubles  Novgorod and other Swedish territorial gains during the war would be returned to Russia  Sweden had the right to keep all spoils of war collected before 20 November 1616  The Russian city of Gdov was to remain in Swedish hands until the peace had been confirmed and the borders fully established  Sweden recognized Michael Romanov as the rightful tsar of Russia , putting an end to further Swedish claims in Russia  Russia was allowed free trade at normal trade tariffs , making sure Sweden could not cripple Russia completely  Russia was allowed to establish merchant houses in Stockholm , Reval ( Tallinn ) and Viborg in exchange for Sweden being allowed to establish merchant houses in Novgorod , Pskov , and Moscow .   Gustavus Adolphus is known to have said about this treaty , which granted Sweden natural borders to Russia , partly in the form of Lake Ladoga and Lake Peipus : `` jag hoppas att det skall bliva svårt för ryssen att hoppa över den bäcken '' -- `` I hope it will be hard for the Russians to jump across that creek '' .   England is officially credited with brokering this peace , through their mediator John Mericke , though the Dutch efforts were also of great importance . After the war , the leader of the Dutch delegation , Reinoud van Brederode , was granted the title Baron and given the barony of Wesenberg ( Rakvere ) in Estonia by Gustavus Adolphus .

neg: Ivan Goremykin's Second Cabinet Second Cabinet of Ivan Goremykin -- composition of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire , under the leadership of Ivan Goremykin , worked from February 12 , 1914 to February 2 , 1916 .   As in the First Cabinet , Goremykin continued to resist the State Duma , in particular the Progressive Bloc , threatening to dissolve parliament . Prime Minister threatened to dissolve Parliament , which is intended to form a `` Government of trust '' , thereby subjecting the Council of Ministers of the State Duma .   February 2 , 1916 , after repeated requests Ivan Goremykin , Nicholas II sent a government to resign .

neg: 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines The 2006 Russian import ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines began in late March 2006 and created a diplomatic conflict between the Republic of Moldova and Georgia on the one hand and Russia on the other . Wine trade with Russia is responsible for 80-90 % of the total wine exports in both countries .   The Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia Gennadiy Onishchenko claimed that heavy metals and pesticides had been found in Georgian and Moldovan wines and that they were falsified alcoholic products labeled as wines . The Russian Consumer Agency claimed that it had examined 21 sorts of Georgian wine sold in Moscow and concluded that 85.7 % did not comply with sanitary requirements . Pesticides were discovered in 60 % samples of Moldovan and 44 % samples of Georgian wine . However , the Moldovans claimed that no proof was provided by the Russians and that dozens of countries across the world imported Moldovan wines without any reported problems . Moldova argued that the ban amounted to economic blackmail . Seven Georgian wineries were later closed down after the government revision revealed that they had produced falsified wine .   In May 2005 , Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili stated that `` many -LSB- Georgian -RSB- wine producers exported falsified wine to Russia , because Russia is a market where you can sell even turds '' . Okruashvili thought that Russia 's decision to ban the import of Georgian wines `` was not a surprise '' for Tbilisi .   Russia accounted for 80 % of Georgian wine sales , and the ban became a `` big blow '' to the industry . Georgian producers swiftly admitted that wines were regularly faked . Prior to the ban , the Georgian government closed down several testing laboratories in Georgia , and several wineries were made to dump their product . Seven Georgian wineries were closed down after the government revision revealed that they had produced falsified wine . Production of falsified wine in Georgia for the rapidly expanding Russian market had been `` big business for the last decade '' according to the Western press .   The ban on wine imports came at a time of worsening relations between the countries . The differences involved the Rose Revolution and pro-NATO/pro-EU moves in Georgia and a divergence of the Russian and Moldovan positions regarding the future of Transnistria . A year earlier , the Russian Duma had demanded a ban on Moldovan wine imports , because Moldova was considered to pursue anti-Russian policies .   EU 's external relations commissioner , Benita Ferrero-Waldner stated that the EU was worried about what she called an `` embargo '' against Moldova , but the EU could n't take any measures since Russia was not a member of the World Trade Organization .  The president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Pierre Lellouche also said , on May 5 , he was deeply concerned about the Russian ban on Georgian products .   From 5 May to 6 May 2006 , the Russian government also banned the import of Borjomi and Nabeglavi , two popular brands of Georgian mineral water .  The government claimed that it was a health hazard since it failed to meet water purity standards . The Georgian government responded by stating that the action was an expansion of the wine embargo and a part of a political campaign to punish the country for pro-Western policies , a claim President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia reiterated at the Conference on Common Vision for Common Neighborhood held in Vilnius , Lithuania , from May 1 to 4 , and attended also by the presidents of the three Baltic states , Poland , Ukraine , Moldova , Romania , Bulgaria and the United States Vice-President Richard Cheney .   Neither the Georgian or Moldovan wines , nor the Borjomi or Nabeglavi mineral waters had been banned nor restricted in any other country besides Russia . One Russian expert has also criticized the Russian ban on `` Borjomi '' .   The drink ban appeared to exacerbate tensions between Russia and the Government of Georgia . The 2008 South Ossetia war would occur later that year . Following the conflict , Georgia also withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) , a bloc of several post-Soviet countries .   Georgian wines are currently ( 2013 ) sold in over 50 countries , including Ukraine , which became the key market after the Russian ban . However , sales fell sharply , to about one third of what Georgia exported prior to the ban .

neg: Media portrayal of the Ukrainian crisis Media portrayals of the Ukrainian crisis , including 2014 unrest and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution following the Euromaidan movement , differed widely between Ukrainian , western and Russian media . In particular , the Russian media was accused of propagandizing , and of waging an information war during its coverage of the events . Russian channels were repeatedly criticized for the use of misleading images , false narratives , misrepresentation , suppression , and fabricated news stories , such as a child 's crucifixion and the death of a 10-year-old in shelling . The BBC reported that Russian state television `` appears to employ techniques of psychological conditioning designed to excite extreme emotions of aggression and hatred in the viewer '' , which , according to The Guardian , is part of a coordinated `` informational-psychological war operation '' .   A regular theme in the Russian media was that the Ukrainian army , which has many Russian-speaking members , was committing `` genocide '' against Russian-speakers and that they strongly desired Russia to `` protect '' them against Kiev . This presentation contradicted a poll showing that less than 20 % of eastern residents wanted Russia 's protection . There was also no refugee exodus from Kiev , which has a large Russian-speaking population . While asserting that Ukraine was overrun by fascists whom the western media was `` ignoring '' , Russia has forged close relationships with far-right politicians in the West . Its claims about Ukraine were contradicted by Ukrainian election results . Russian media have also denied the Holodomor , a Soviet-organised famine that killed millions of Ukrainians . They supported Russia 's denials of involvement in the Crimean crisis , until Vladimir Putin boasted about the key role of Russian soldiers , and continue denying its involvement in the war in Donbass , despite evidence that Russia regularly shelled across the border .

neg: Impeachment in Ukraine Impeachment in Ukraine is an expressed power of the legislature that allows for formal charges against the President . Article 111 of the Ukrainian Constitution states that `` The President of Ukraine may be removed from office ... by the majority of the constitutional composition of the ... Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the procedure of impeachment , in the event that he or she commits state treason or other crime . ''   Impeachment can also occur for People 's Deputies of Ukraine .

neg: Yekhanurov government The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims . Twelve days later the Ukrainian Parliament rejecting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko choice of Yuri Yekhanurov for Prime Minister . Yekhanurov was three votes short of the 226 needed for approval with three out of 52 deputies from the Regions faction voting for Yekhanurov . On September 22 , 2005 the Ukrainian parliament did approved Yekhanurov appointment with 289 votes . This time all the Parliamentarians of the Party of Regions faction of losing presidential candidate ( in 2004 ) Viktor Yanukovych backed the appointment . This shortly after a `` Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition '' was signed by Yekhanurov , Yushchenko and Yanukovych .   Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10 , 2006 but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later .

neg: Alexei Navalny mayoral campaign, 2013 In 2010 , after the long-standing mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov 's resignation , then-President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev appointed Sergey Sobyanin for a five-year term . After the protests sparked in December 2011 , Medvedev responded to that by a series of measures supposed to make political power more dependent on voters and increase accessibility for parties and candidates to elections ; in particular , he called for re-establishing elections of heads of federal subjects of Russia , which took effect on June 1 , 2012 . On February 14 , 2013 , Sobyanin declared the next elections would be held in 2015 , and a snap election would be unwanted by Muscovites , and on March 1 , he proclaimed he wanted to run for a second term as a mayor of Moscow in 2015 .


query: Matthew Modine played a character in Vision Quest.

pos: Matthew Modine Matthew Avery Modine ( born March 22 , 1959 ) is an American film actor who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick 's `` Full Metal Jacket '' . His other well-known roles include Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things , the title character in Alan Parker 's Birdy , high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest and the oversexed Sullivan Groff on Weeds .

neg: Saw (video game) Saw , also known as Saw : The Video Game , is a survival horror video game that was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami . The game launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles , with a downloadable version released soon after for the Microsoft Windows platform . The game was first released on October 6 , 2009 , in North America and was released later that year in other regions . The Microsoft Windows version was released on October 22 , 2009 . Being a tie-in game of the Saw film series , the game is set between the first and second films .   In Saw , The Jigsaw Killer has healed Detective David Tapp from his gunshot wound , and places him in an abandoned insane asylum to teach him a lesson in life appreciation . Obsessed , Tapp traverses the asylum and gathers clues along the way in hopes of finally apprehending Jigsaw . As he progresses through the asylum , he encounters several people with past and current connections to him , whom he must save . The asylum also has inhabitants who are in games of their own , ordered to kill Tapp . Along the way , Tapp uncovers the origins of Jigsaw and the motives behind his tests . The development team brought in the Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell to help with the storyline and create new trap designs exclusive to the game .   Upon release , Saw received mixed reviews . It was praised for the storyline and multiple endings , as well as the immersive environment that is true to the Saw film series . The controls and combat system , however , were panned by critics . Since Konami purchased the publishing rights after former publisher Brash Entertainment went bankrupt , Konami had a significant input on the games ' final outcome . They stated that they had plans to make Saw their next big franchise as well as a spiritual successor to their other survival horror series , Silent Hill . A sequel , Saw II : Flesh & Blood , was released on multiple platforms on October 19 , 2010 .

neg: Tuppence Middleton Tuppence Middleton ( born 21 February 1987 ) is an English actress . She was nominated for the London Evening Standard Film Awards 2010 for Most Promising Newcomer . Since 2015 , she portrays Riley Blue in the television series Sense8 .   She has appeared in feature films such as Tormented ( 2009 ) , Chatroom ( 2010 ) , Cleanskin ( 2012 ) , Trance ( 2013 ) , The Lady Vanishes ( 2013 ) , The Imitation Game ( 2014 ) , and Jupiter Ascending ( 2015 ) , as well as in television series such as Bones ( 2008 ) , New Tricks ( 2010 ) , Friday Night Dinner ( 2011 ) , Sinbad ( 2012 ) , Spies of Warsaw ( 2013 ) , and Black Mirror ( 2013 ) , and Sense8 ( 2015 ) .   She starred in two British period dramas screened around the same time , Dickensian ( 2015 -- 16 ) , playing Miss Havisham , and War & Peace ( 2016 ) , in which she played Russian princess and villain Hélène Kuragina .

neg: Melissa Hutchison Melissa Hutchison ( born October 24 , 1975 ) is an American voice actress who is well known for her voice role as Clementine in The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead : Season Two for which she won Best Performance By a Human Female at the 2013 Spike Video Game Awards and was nominated for the 2014 NAVGTR Award Performance in a Drama , Lead respectively . She has also been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer .

neg: Here Be Dragons (production company) Here Be Dragons ( formerly known as Vrse.works ) is a virtual reality production company co-founded by Patrick Milling Smith , Chris Milk and Brian Carmody .   In December 2014 , Chris Milk and Spike Jonze captured the Million Man March in NY which protested police brutality for Vice News . Here Be Dragons premiered its first VR experiences on the Within ( formerly known as Vrse ) app platform at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival including Evolution of Verse , a photo-realistic CGI-rendered 3-D virtual reality film , and Clouds Over Sidra , a virtual reality short documentary made in partnership with the United Nations which follows a 12-year-old girl 's life in a Syrian refugee camp . After the Sundance launch , Here Be Dragons captured Saturday Night Live 's 40th Anniversary special in VR and created Catatonic , an immersive journey through an insane asylum in which the audience , bound to a wheelchair , undergoes a sensory shocking horror thrill ride .   In April 2015 , Here Be Dragons produced Walking New York , a VR experience made in partnership with the New York Times which follows JR ( artist ) and his making of a 150-foot-tall portrait of a recent immigrant to NYC that was wheat pasted across the Flatiron Building Pedestrian Plaza for less than 24 hours . Here Be Dragons followed with Nike 's The Neymar Jr Effect , which takes viewers into Neymar 's POV as he plays soccer and an experiential film for Toms Shoes that gives users the chance to participate in a Toms Giving Trip to Peru . Here Be Dragons continued its partnership with the United Nations to create the VR experience Waves of Grace in October 2015 . The film transports viewers to West Point , the most populous slum in the capital of Liberia , and follows the experience of Decontee Davis , an Ebola survivor who uses her immunity to help others affected by the disease .   Here Be Dragons created a virtual reality music video for the band U2 's Song for Someone . In this globe-spanning reimagining of the music video , the experience takes singers from all walks of life and harmoniously blends them with U2 inside the VR space . The studio followed with another music video , Muse 's first foray into VR . The 360-degree immersive experience , directed by Guy Shelmerdine and crafted for Muse 's track Revolt , is set in a dystopian future where rebel women fight against cold cyborg police .   In 2015 , Vice News VR and Clouds Over Sidra were nominated for Individual Documentary Episode and Mobile App Music respectively at the Webby Awards . The Within app was also nominated in the Experimental Mobile category . Evolution of Verse and Clouds Over Sidra were shortlisted for Original Branded Content at the 2015 Cannes International Advertising Festival . Apple Insider named Vrse as the best VR app/player for iPhones in August 2015 .   Here Be Dragons continued its partnership with The New York Times , creating The Displaced , a film VR that tells the stories of three children from Syria , Ukraine and the Sudan whose lives have been upended by conflict and follows them as they move forward , trying to rebuild in the aftermath of earth-shattering events . Over one million subscribers to the New York Times received a special edition Google Cardboard on November 8 , 2015 to experience the film . The Displaced was most recently awarded The Cannes Lions Entertainment Grand Prix , Best in Show at AICP 's Next Awards and was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy .   Shortly afterwards , the studio collaborated with The New York Times again with a piece celebrating the year 's best actors for their annual Great Performers issue using VR . Created by Daniel Askill , Take Flight is inspired by some of the most memorable airborne moments in cinematic history and lifts viewers up into a strange and beguiling night-sky tableau . Amongst the actors viewers get to fly with are Michael Fassbender , Charlize Theron , Melissa McCarthy , Kristen Wig , Benicio Del Toro and Rooney Mara .   At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival , Here Be Dragons showcased two new VR experiences and Chris Milk 's immersive installation , Treachery of Sanctuary as part of the New Frontier program . A History of Cuban Dance is a 5-minute minute visual feast charting the exuberant and spontaneous dances that embody Cuba 's rich cultural heritage directed by multi-award winning documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker . The film takes the viewer on a chronological journey through Afro-Cuban Santería , rumba , mambo , cha-cha-chá , salsa , breakdancing , and reggaeton , with documentary voices offering some lyrical insights into the story of the Cuban people as revealed in the moves . The Click Effect follows journalist James Nestor and filmmaker Sandy Smolan , also two renegade marine science researchers , as they attempt to free-dive a hundred feet below the ocean 's surface in a single breath , to capture the `` click '' communication of dolphins and sperm whales -- the world 's largest predators .   Continuing its conservation efforts , Here Be Dragons created Valen 's Reef , a new 360-degree short film for the environmental organization Conservation International . The film follows West Papuan fisherman-turned-conservationist Ronald Mambrasar and his 8-year-old son Valen as they explore the protected Bird 's Head Seascape , one of the most biologically diverse reefs on the planet .   In July 2016 , Here Be Dragons debuted a 13-minute virtual reality experience at Comic-Con for Mr. Robot . Written and directed by creator and showrunner Sam Esmail , the experience takes viewers on a flashback journey with lead character Elliot Alderson ( Rami Malek ) as he remembers an early encounter with his dealer-turned-love-interest Shayla ( Frankie Shaw ) . On Thursday July 22 , fans , including a large crowd at Comic Con , got a chance to watch the experience when it was briefly made available for viewing through the Within app . The Mr. Robot virtual reality experience captures the atmosphere and sensibilities of the show and brings it into an entirely new medium -- and then pushes into territory that television would never allow .   Here Be Dragons followed with the official immersive music video experience for OneRepublic 's new single Kids . Directed by Hal Kirkland and filmed in Mexico City with the Nokia OZO , the VR experience follows the story of two teenagers , a boy and girl who live across the street from one another in the city and witness to each other 's lives through their windows . Hal Kirkland also created another music-related experience for Stubhub titled Always .   At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival , creators Milica Zec and Winslow Porter launched Tree , a room scale experience that allows participants to become a rainforest tree as it goes from its growth as a seedling to its death in a slash-and-burn farming operation . Tree was the second New Frontier VR piece from Milica Zec and Winslow Porter , following last year 's dramatic war experience Giant .   Here Be Dragons also began 2017 with the launch of the five-part virtual reality documentary series `` The Possible '' which explores cutting-edge science and engineering . Created in partnership with Within , General Electric , Mashable , and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . The first episode `` Hello Robot '' takes viewers inside the Boston Dynamics lab for a look at robotic species .   In March , 2017 , Here Be Dragons created the Ghost in the Shell VR experience which allows viewers a glimpse into Major 's journey -- punctuated with glitches , action and acrobatic intrigue -- to find her ghost . Created in collaboration with Paramount Studios and Oculus VR Studios , the experience was built from the ground up with Unreal Engine 4 and Unity real-time rendering engines .   Here Be Dragons most recently released four projects at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival . Amongst those four were The Protectors : Walk in the Ranger 's Shoe , created by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow and Imraan Ismail and made in partnership with National Geographic , Annapurna Pictures and African Parks Network . The documentary short shot in VR chronicles a day in the life of a ranger in Garamba National Park , managed by African Parks Network , in the Democratic Republic of Congo . On April 22nd , 2017 , Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival to join a panel hosted by the film 's creators ' Kathryn Bigelow and Imraan Ismail , National Geogrpahic 's Rachel Webber , and African Parks Network 's Andrea Heydlauff .   The Last Goodbye was featured as part of the Tribeca Film Festival 's Storyscapes competition which celebrates innovation in storytelling . The experience allows viewers to walk alongside Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter as he toured the Majdanek Concentration Camp where his parents and sister lost their lives during World War II . Considered the first testimony captured in room-scale VR , the experience was created in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation , Here Be Dragons , Moving Picture Company and OTOY which a physical installation created by designer David Korins .   Milica Zec and Winslow Porter brought their latest iteration of Tree to Tribeca which featured more elements of mixed reality . Tree featured wind , fire , and smells , helpfully provided by a team member who stage manages the real world elements to enhance the immersion of the experience . Here Be Dragons also launched the final episode Hover Board of its The Possible series directed by David Gelb , which gives viewers direct access to visionaries who are making the future happen today .

neg: Sherlock (video game) Sherlock is a 1984 text adventure developed under the lead of Philip Mitchell by Beam Software . It was published by Melbourne House . Five programmers worked for 18 months on the title and a Sherlock Holmes expert was employed full-time for a year to advise the team on accuracy .   Technically , the adventure builds upon the 1982 title The Hobbit . Autonomous NPCs and realtime gameplay , two sophisticated features of The Hobbit , are present in Sherlock - as is Inglish , the parser responsible for analyzing the player 's commands . The game simulated ` real time ' ; trains ran to a time table and key plot events began at exactly specified moments . There was also an attempt to move beyond ` instructional ' communication with characters ( in which non-player characters are told or asked to complete actions the player does not wish to or is unable to complete ) to ` dialogic ' communication in which characters could be questioned , challenged and persuaded with evidence . The latter was an early attempt to simulate changing states of consciousness within an interactive narrative .

neg: Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest Providence : The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest is a book by Daniel Quinn , published in 1994 , and written largely as an autobiography blended with additional philosophical reflections . It details how Quinn arrived at the ideas behind his 1992 novel Ishmael and articulates upon some of these ideas .   Although primarily nonfiction in content , Providence is written with a fictional backdrop , in which the reader is presented as someone who has read Ishmael and sneaked into Daniel Quinn 's house at night to ask Quinn for further information regarding his inspirations for the novel and its philosophical ideas . Quinn , though tired , welcomes the reader into his house and opens himself up to the reader 's questions . Throughout the story , Quinn narrates as though replying to questions asked by ( the character of ) the reader , which Quinn `` restates '' in his answers and explanations ; the voice of the reader is never directly heard .

neg: The Dark Mod The Dark Mod is free and open-source software first-person stealth video game , inspired by the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios . The game provides the basic framework and tools -- engine , assets , models , an editor -- for more than 100 fan-made missions , including several multi-mission campaigns . The Dark Mod was first released in 2009 as a total conversion mod for Doom 3 . Version 2.0 was released in October 2013 as a standalone game using the open-source id Tech 4 game engine .

neg: Mark Crowe Mark Crowe is an American video game designer , artist , and writer who developed several adventure games , mostly for Sierra On-Line and its subsidiary Dynamix . He later worked at Pipeworks Software as Studio Design Director . Crowe is best known for creating the Space Quest series , mostly with his fellow `` Guy from Andromeda '' , Scott Murphy .

neg: Wanted (2008 film) Wanted is a 2008 American-German action thriller film loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones . The film , written by Chris Morgan , Michael Brandt , and Derek Haas and directed by Timur Bekmambetov stars James McAvoy , Morgan Freeman , and Angelina Jolie . The storyline follows Wesley Gibson ( McAvoy ) , a frustrated account manager who discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin and decides to join the Fraternity , a secret society in which his father worked .   Universal Studios acquired the adaptation rights from Millar in 2004 , and while the eventual script drifted from the comic book supervillain mythos in the original miniseries , Millar was content to see most of the comic 's darker content was retained . Production began in April 2007 , with filming in the Czech Republic , Budapest , and the story 's main setting , Chicago . Wanted was released in June 2008 to both critical and commercial success , with box office earnings of $ 341 million worldwide and reviews praising the fast pacing and stylized action scenes . A sequel was planned the same year as the film 's release , but ultimately stalled in the development phase .

neg: Machinima Machinima ( -LSB- məˈʃiːnᵻmə -RSB- or -LSB- məˈʃɪnᵻmə -RSB- ) is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production . Most often video games are used to generate the computer animation . Machinima-based artists , sometimes called machinimists or machinimators , are often fan laborers , by virtue of their re-use of copyrighted materials ( see below ) . Machinima offers to provide an archive of gaming performance and access to the look and feel of software and hardware that may already have become unavailable or even obsolete ; for game studies , `` Machinima 's gestures grant access to gaming 's historical conditions of possibility and how machinima offers links to a comparative horizon that informs , changes , and fully participates in videogame culture . ''   The practice of using graphics engines from video games arose from the animated software introductions of the 1980s demoscene , Disney Interactive Studios ' 1992 video game Stunt Island , and 1990s recordings of gameplay in first-person shooter ( FPS ) video games , such as id Software 's Doom and Quake . Originally , these recordings documented speedruns -- attempts to complete a level as quickly as possible -- and multiplayer matches . The addition of storylines to these films created `` Quake movies '' . The more general term machinima , a portmanteau of machine cinema , arose when the concept spread beyond the Quake series to other games and software . After this generalization , machinima appeared in mainstream media , including television series and advertisements .   Machinima has advantages and disadvantages when compared to other styles of filmmaking . Its relative simplicity over traditional frame-based animation limits control and range of expression . Its real-time nature favors speed , cost saving , and flexibility over the higher quality of pre-rendered computer animation . Virtual acting is less expensive , dangerous , and physically restricted than live action . Machinima can be filmed by relying on in-game artificial intelligence ( AI ) or by controlling characters and cameras through digital puppetry . Scenes can be precisely scripted , and can be manipulated during post-production using video editing techniques . Editing , custom software , and creative cinematography may address technical limitations . Game companies have provided software for and have encouraged machinima , but the widespread use of digital assets from copyrighted games has resulted in complex , unresolved legal issues .   Machinima productions can remain close to their gaming roots and feature stunts or other portrayals of gameplay . Popular genres include dance videos , comedy , and drama . Alternatively , some filmmakers attempt to stretch the boundaries of the rendering engines or to mask the original 3-D context . The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences ( AMAS ) , a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting machinima , recognizes exemplary productions through Mackie awards given at its annual Machinima Film Festival . Some general film festivals accept machinima , and game companies , such as Epic Games , Blizzard Entertainment and Jagex , have sponsored contests involving it .

neg: Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth is a 2013 Japanese animated film and the first installment in a film series based on the Shin Megami Tensei : Persona 3 video game by Atlus . Directed by Noriaki Akitaya and written by Jun Kumagai , it is based on the original story by Atlus and distributed by Aniplex . It stars voice actors Akira Ishida , Megumi Toyoguchi , Kōsuke Toriumi , Rie Tanaka , Hikaru Midorikawa and Mamiko Noto . Set in 2009 , the film follows the exploits of transfer student Makoto Yuki who , upon moving to Iwatodai City , discovers the Shadow creatures which feed on human psyche during the Dark Hour midnight phenomenon . After awakening to an ability called Persona , Yuki finds himself intertwined in the battle against the Shadows with his new schoolmates .   Development of the film was first announced in a teaser trailer during the limited theatrical release of Persona 4 The Animation : The Factor of Hope on June 9 , 2012 . Aniplex later announced a Fall 2013 release date and that the main voice acting cast of the original PlayStation 2 game would reprise their roles in the film . The committee that was involved in Persona 4 : The Animation was selected for the film and included music composer Shoji Meguro and supervisor Seiji Kishi , both veterans in works of the Megami Tensei franchise . The film was animated by AIC ASTA . The characterization of Makoto Yuki was noted as being particularly difficult during production due to his concept in the original game .   A promotional campaign was launched by Aniplex which also included the release of trailers and merchandise by making use of various mechanisms of the Persona 3 game as they applied to the real world . The film premiered at Tokyo 's Shinjuku Wald 9 cinema on November 16 , 2013 followed by its release across Japan on November 23 , 2013 . It made a gross earning of over US$ 1.9 million at the end of 2013 . Critics praised the animation techniques used in the film with focus on its dark visual style . However it was described as being a simple and straightforward movie which lacked a suitable sense of closure . The film was released in Japan on Blu-ray and DVD editions on May 14 , 2014 , and internationally on imported editions on May 20 , 2014 . A sequel titled Persona 3 The Movie : # 2 Midsummer Knight 's Dream was released on June 7 , 2014 .

neg: Manticore (film) Manticore is an American Sci-Fi original movie that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on November 26 , 2005 . It was directed by Tripp Reed and featured Heather Donahue , Chase Masterson and Robert Beltran . It is about a squad of United States Army soldiers in Iraq that must fight against a resurrected , nearly unstoppable manticore awoken from its slumber by an Iraqi insurgent leader .

neg: Mark Fite Mark Fite is an American actor and comedian .   Fite is a founding member of the comedy group 2 Headed Dog with comedians Jim Turner , Dave ( Gruber ) Allen , and Craig Anton . He is known for creating roles and performing in comedy shows including Bob 's Office Party , The Rudy Casoni Show , Girly Magazine Party , Clowntown City Limits , and Wife Swappers . Fite has worked with several theatre companies in Los Angeles , including The Actors ' Gang , Theater of NOTE , and Padua Hills Playwrights ' Festival where he worked with writers Murray Mednick , Leon Martell , Marlane Meyer , and John Steppling .   Fite had a prominent role as `` Mark the Trasher '' on the MTV game show Trashed , on which he destroyed the prized possessions of unlucky contestants . He has also appeared in television shows including SpongeBob SquarePants , Grey 's Anatomy , Rules of Engagement , The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show , Friends , Seinfeld , and NewsRadio . Fite 's varied film credits include Fight Club , Independence Day , Godzilla , Off The Lip , Elephant Sighs , and in the short film for Dior ( L.A.dy Dior ) .   In 2009 , Fite performed in the comedy Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas alongside Matthew Modine and French Stewart at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles .

neg: Max Zorin Maximillian `` Max '' Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill . He is portrayed by Christopher Walken .

neg: Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon ( -LSB- ˈdeɪmən -RSB- born October 8 , 1970 ) is an American actor , film producer , and screenwriter . He is ranked among Forbes magazine 's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time . Damon has received various accolades , including an Academy Award from five nominations , two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations , and has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards .   Born and raised in Cambridge , Massachusetts , Damon began his acting career by appearing in high school theater productions and he made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza ( 1988 ) . He came to prominence in 1997 when he wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck , which won them the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Screenplay , and earned Damon a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . He continued to garner praise from critics for his roles as the eponymous character in Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , the antihero in The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ) , a fallen angel in Dogma ( 1999 ) , an energy analyst in Syriana ( 2005 ) , and a corrupt Irish-American police officer in The Departed ( 2006 ) .   Damon is also known for his starring roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise ( 2002 -- 16 ) and as a con man in the Ocean 's Trilogy ( 2001 -- 07 ) . For his supporting role as the rugby player Francois Pienaar in Invictus ( 2009 ) and his leading role as an astronaut stranded on Mars in The Martian ( 2015 ) , Damon received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor , respectively . The latter also won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . Damon has received Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Scott Thorson in the biopic Behind the Candelabra ( 2013 ) and for producing the reality series Project Greenlight . He also received an Oscar nomination for producing Manchester by the Sea ( 2016 ) .   In addition to acting in films , Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and has established two production companies with Affleck . He has been involved in charitable work , including the ONE Campaign , H2O Africa Foundation , Feeding America , and Water.org . Damon is married to Luciana Bozán Barroso , and they have three daughters together .

neg: You're in the Movies is a party game for the Xbox 360 that is bundled with the Xbox Live Vision Camera , developed by Zoë Mode . It was released by Codemasters in the United States and the United Kingdom in 2008 , and in Australia and Japan in 2009 . The game is a process of filming a movie on one of the 30 scenarios that can involve up to four people . Actions include the application of make-up , jogging in place , driving a car and playing volleyball . Previous video can be stored on the console , as well as to send to friends via e-mail . The game was first previewed at Microsoft 's Press Conference at E3 2008 in July 2008 . It was later shown at the Games Convention one month later . -LCB- The game has met with mixed reviews , receiving criticism for the Xbox Live Vision Camera bundled with the game .

neg: Michael Jackson's Vision Michael Jackson 's Vision is a deluxe DVD box set by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It was released on November 22 , 2010 by Epic Records , Legacy Recordings , and Jackson 's own label , MJJ Productions . It includes three DVDs , featuring 4.5 hours of content of 42 music videos with newly restored color and remastered audio . Jackson referred to each of these productions as a `` short film '' and not a music video . This is the first time that all of Jackson 's videos have been released on DVD . According to a statement by the producers , the video recognizes Jackson 's `` pioneering short films that transformed the entertainment industry with timeless , pop culture classics '' .   Disc one features videos from the albums Off the Wall , Thriller and Bad and disc two features videos from the albums Dangerous , HIStory : Past , Present and Future , Book I , Blood on the Dance Floor : HIStory in the Mix and Invincible . The third disc , which is a bonus disc , features seven videos . Michael Jackson 's Vision includes the full-length versions of the John Landis-directed `` Thriller '' and `` Black or White '' as well as the classic `` Bad '' directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese . Also included in the boxed set are Jackson 's collaborations with other noted film directors such as John Singleton , Spike Lee and David Fincher as well as `` Ghosts , '' his rarely seen collaboration with special effects legend Stan Winston . Michael Jackson 's Vision is available in a limited edition boxed set featuring a 60-page glossy hard-bound book that includes behind-the-scenes photos from Jackson 's videos , which includes information for each video including : songwriter , album , director , production date , location and photography .   Ten music videos previously unavailable on DVD including `` One More Chance '' are included . It was also released on the iTunes Store and has iTunes LP features . The videos `` Smooth Criminal '' , `` Speed Demon '' , `` Come Together '' , and `` Leave Me Alone '' come from Jackson 's 1988 film Moonwalker . The `` Smooth Criminal '' segment is actually over 40 minutes long but only the 10-minute song and dance scene is featured . The video `` Another Part of Me '' is from Jackson 's Bad World Tour and `` Will You Be There '' is from the Dangerous World Tour .   The `` HIStory '' video is the only short film that is not included in this box set . The original music video of `` Blood on the Dance Floor '' is replaced with the Refugee Camp Mix for unknown reasons . The videos for The Jacksons ' songs `` Torture '' and `` Body '' are also not included , because Michael did not appear in either of them , despite having a verse in each of them . Also not included is the music video for The Jacksons ' `` 2300 Jackson Street '' .   On February 15 , 2011 , Michael Jackson 's Vision was certified 5 × Platinum by RIAA for the sales of over 0.5 million units in the United States . On December 31 , 2010 , it was also certified Diamond in France ( for the sales of over 60 000 units ) and 2 × Platinum in Australia . On May 29 , 2011 , it was also certified Gold in New Zealand . It has been also certified Gold in Austria and Platinum in Poland .   Reception over the video and audio quality of the box set has been mixed . As the videos are played in 16:9 , videos with a 4:3 aspect ratio are pillarboxed and as a result the resolution is lower than some previous DVDs . Also , the audio is mixed in PCM stereo instead of 5.1 Surround as in many previous DVDs .

neg: Saw V Saw is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell , Costas Mandylor , Scott Patterson , Betsy Russell , Mark Rolston , Julie Benz , Carlo Rota , and Meagan Good . It is the fifth installment of the Saw franchise , and was released on October 23 , 2008 in Australia and October 24 , 2008 in North America .   David Hackl , who served as the production designer of Saw , Saw , and Saw IV , and second-unit director for Saw and Saw IV made his directorial debut with Saw . Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan , the writers of the previous film , returned to write the film . Charlie Clouser , who provided the score for all previous Saw films , also returned to compose the score for the film . Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell served as executive producers .   The film focuses primarily on the events that led up to Detective Mark Hoffman becoming an apprentice of the Jigsaw Killer , as well as his efforts to prevent anyone else from learning his secret .

neg: Mark Christopher Lawrence Mark Christopher Lawrence ( born May 22 , 1964 ) is an American character actor , stand-up comedian and voice-over artist . He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. , Tone Def , in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary , Fear of a Black Hat . He has co-starred in popular films such as Terminator 2 : Judgment Day , Tales From the Hood , Planet of the Apes , Lost Treasure and The Pursuit of Happyness .   Lawrence is best known for his role as Big Mike on the NBC series Chuck . He has made guest appearances on many television programs , most notably Heroes , My Name Is Earl , Crossing Jordan , Dharma & Greg , Malcolm in the Middle , Touched by an Angel , Malcolm & Eddie , Men Behaving Badly , Seinfeld , Murphy Brown , Good Luck Charlie and Martin . He is also featured on the Radio Series Adventures in Odyssey as `` Ed Washington '' .

neg: Dream Chamber Dream Chamber is a point-and-click adventure game , in the third person , for iPhone , iPad , Microsoft Windows , Mac , Android , developed by DarkWave Games and published by Microïds . The first episode , developed with Unity , was released worldwide via digital channels on 24 October 2013 .   The game is set in the America of the Thirties , characterized by Prohibition and Great Depression . The player must assume the role of Charlie Chamber , a rich and bored inheritor spending his time with the social obligations of the smart society , as well as with his hobby of being a private detective . Although he is no professional , Charlie has an advantage : while dreaming he can go back to the places he visited , finding new clues which he had perceived only subliminally while awake . Moreover , while dreaming Charlie is able to face his own subconscious , embodied by Charles . The game goal is to solve the cases investigated by Charlie .  Dream Chamber is intended as entertainment with an artistic value : the developer has declared that all the artwork has been hand-drawn and the soundtrack , a mix of swing and jazz pieces , is fully original , recorded in a studio .   The story , the setting and the style draw on the noir/hardboiled fiction genre , played in an ironic key , mostly through the features of the main character .  Dream Chamber is dubbed in English and subtitled in English , Italian , French , Spanish and German .


query: Thandie Newton is a person.

pos: Thandie Newton Melanie Thandiwe `` Thandie '' Newton ( -LSB- ˈtændi -RSB- born 6 November 1972 ) is an English actress . She has appeared in several British and American films , and is known for roles such as Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness , Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission : Impossible 2 and Christine in Crash , for which she received a number of awards , including a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role .   As of 2016 , she plays the sentient android , the madam Maeve Millay in the HBO science fiction-Western television series Westworld , which earned her a Critics ' Choice Award and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations . She also portrayed DCI Roz Huntley in Series 4 of the BBC One police procedural series Line of Duty .

neg: Newton Emerson Newton Emerson is a political commentator in Northern Ireland . He describes himself as a liberal unionist ' . He writes in two newspapers , the Sunday Times , and The Irish News . He also contributes to The Irish Times .   He first came to prominence as writer of the `` Portadown News '' website , similar to American publication , `` The Onion '' . After being ` outed ' by the Andersonstown News , he was forced to leave his job at a computer company , but maintained the website until 2005 .

neg: The Newtones The Newtones is a coed student-run a cappella group from Newton South High School in Newton , Massachusetts .   The Newtones , which is entirely student-run , sings a variety of genres including pop , folk , contemporary , rap , and more . The group consists of 14 Newton South High School students and performs within the high school , around the Boston area , and competes at regional competitions .   The group has performed with the likes of Sara Bareilles , their school principal , and recorded for Ben Folds ' `` University a Cappella '' album . More information is on Ben Folds ' website .   The Newtones ' final concert of the season , known as Acafest , generally takes place sometime in May .

neg: Newton (surname) The surname Newton is a toponymic surname , i.e. , derived from a place name . The most well-known bearer of the name was Isaac Newton and he is usually the one meant when a reference is made to `` Newton '' without qualification . The surname may also refer to :

neg: Darren Newton Darren Newton ( born on 16 May 1969 in Ashington , Northumberland , England ) is an English actor , writer and director .   Trained at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , Glasgow . He appeared as Gavin Hindle in Eldorado and subsequently in several Catherine Cookson films before moving into theatre directing . Has an MA in Scriptwriting from Sussex University .   Writes and directs using the name D. James Newton , his first feature film 2 : Hrs by Roland Moore will be released in 2016 .

neg: Newton's metal Newton 's metal is a fusible alloy with a low melting point . Its composition by weight is 8 parts bismuth , 5 parts lead and 3 parts tin ; its melting point is 97 ° C.   Newton 's metal is comparable to Cerrobend , but avoids its toxic cadmium content . This has encouraged its use for medical applications for easily shaped shielding during radiotherapy .

neg: Newton Newton may refer to Isaac Newton , or to a number of other people , places , things , and abstract concepts , many of them named after him :

neg: Methoxydienone Methoxydienone , also known as methoxygonadiene , as well as 3-methoxy-17-dehydro-18-methyl-19-nor-δ2 ,5 ( 10 ) - testosterone or 13β-ethyl-3-methoxygona-2 ,5 ( 10 ) - dien-17-one , is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid ( AAS ) and progestogen of the 19-nortestosterone group related to levonorgestrel which was never marketed . It was synthesized in the 1960s and 1970s by chemist Herchel Smith and his colleagues while they were developing progestins for use in oral contraceptives . The drug is a potent anabolic when administered via injection with an anabolic : androgenic ratio of approximately 54:27 relative to testosterone propionate and 90:625 relative to nandrolone . Methoxydienone is not 17α-alkylated ( instead featuring a ketone at the C17 position ) and no data exist regarding its oral activity in humans . It has been sold on the Internet as a designer steroid .

neg: Isaac Newton in popular culture Isaac Newton was an English scientist , mathematician , natural philosopher , theologian and one of the most influential scientists in human history . His Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , published in 1687 , is considered to be one of the most influential book in the history of science , laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics . In this work , Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries . In mathematics , Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus .   Because of the resounding impact of his work , Newton became a scientific icon , much like Albert Einstein after his theory of relativity . Many books , plays , and films focus on Newton or use Newton as a literary device . Newton 's stature among scientists remains at the very top rank , as demonstrated by a 2005 survey of scientists in Britain 's Royal Society ( formerly headed by Newton ) asking who had the greater effect on the history of science , Newton or Albert Einstein . Newton was deemed the more influential . In 1999 , leading physicists voted Einstein `` greatest physicist ever ; '' Newton was the runner-up .

neg: Look-alike A look-alike , or double , is a person who closely resembles another person .   In popular Western culture , a look-alike is a person who bears a close physical resemblance to a celebrity , politician , or member of royalty . Many look-alikes earn a living by making guest appearances at public events or by performing on television or film , playing the person they resemble . A large variety of celebrity look-alike images can be found throughout the web , including images placed by professional agencies that offer their services .   Look-alikes have also figured prominently , at least since the 19th century , in literature ; and since the 20th century , in films and television programs .

neg: Newton, Greater Manchester Newton is an area of Hyde , in Tameside , Greater Manchester , England . Originally a separate district in Cheshire , it was incorporated into Hyde in the 1930s , and occupies a narrow strip of land from the River Tame near Newton Hall to Matley , and lies between Hyde and Dukinfield . Newton still uses the Cheshire name in its addresses , however , and is in the SK Post code region and uses the code SK14 .   Newton can be divided into four separate parts , working uphill from the river :  Newton Green  Flowery Field  Newton Moor  Newton   On the road to Matley , ( Matley Lane ) , lies the former site of Shaw Hall factory .

neg: Henry Newton Henry Newton may refer to :   Henry Newton ( MP for Wells ) ( c. 1531 -- 1599 ) , English politician  Sir Henry Puckering , 3rd Baronet ( 1618 -- 1701 ) , previously Sir Henry Newton , English royalist and politician  Henry Newton ( politician ) ( 1731 -- 1802 ) , Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly , 1758 -- 1760  Henry Newton ( footballer ) ( born 1944 ) , English footballer  Henry Chance Newton ( 1854 -- 1931 ) , author and theatre critic  Henry Newton ( Winsor & Newton founder ) , painter  Henry Newton ( bishop ) ( 1866 -- 1947 ) , Anglican colonial bishop  Dr Henry Newton ( diplomat ) , British envoy to Tuscany 1704 -- 1711

neg: The Plain Dealer (play) The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley , first performed on 11 December 1676 . The play is based on Molière 's Le Misanthrope , and is generally considered Wycherley 's finest work along with The Country Wife .   The play was highly praised by John Dryden and John Dennis , though it was equally condemned for its obscenity by many . Throughout the eighteenth century it was performed in a bowdlerized version by Isaac Bickerstaffe .   The title character is Captain Manly , a sailor who doubts the motives of everyone he meets except for his sweetheart , Olivia , and his friend , Vernish . When Olivia jilts him and marries Vernish , he attempts to gain revenge by sending a pageboy ( who , unknown to him , is a girl in disguise and is in love with him ) to seduce Olivia . When the truth of the page 's identity is discovered , Manly marries her instead .   The French philosopher , historian , and dramatist Voltaire adapted The Plain Dealer to make his own play , titled La Prude ( The Prude ) .   Comments from 1911 Britannica :   Scarcely inferior to The Country Wife is The Plain Dealer -- a play of which Voltaire said , `` Je ne connais point de comédie chez les anciens ni chez les modernes où il y ait autant d'esprit . '' ( `` I know not of a single comedy of either the ancients or the moderns where there is so much wit . '' ) This comedy had an immense influence , as regards manipulation of dialogue , upon all subsequent English comedies of repartee , and he who wants to trace the ancestry of Tony Lumpkin and Mrs Hardcastle ( in She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith ) has only to turn to Jerry Blackacre and his mother , while Manly ( for whom Wycherley 's early patron , the Duke of Montausier , sat ) , though he is perhaps overdone , has dominated this kind of stage character ever since . If but few readers know how constantly the blunt sententious utterances of this character are reappearing , not on the stage alone , but in the novel and even in poetry , it is because a play whose motive is monstrous and intolerable can only live in a monstrous and intolerable state of society ; it is because Wycherley 's genius was followed by Nemesis , who always dogs the footsteps of the denier of literary art . When Burns said : `` The rank is but the guinea stamp , The man 's the gowd for a ' that '' ; when Sterne , in Tristram Shandy , said , `` Honours , like impressions upon coin , may give an ideal and local value to a bit of base metal , but gold and silver will pass all the world over without any other recommendation than their own weight , '' what did these writers do but adopt -- adopt without improving -- Manly 's fine saying to Freeman , in the first act : `` I weigh the man , not his title ; 't is not the king 's stamp can make the metal better or heavier '' ? And yet it is in the fourth and fifth acts that the coruscation of Wycherley 's comic genius are the most dazzling ; also , it is there that the licentiousness is the most astonishing . Not that the worst scenes in this play are really more wicked than the worst scenes in Vanbrugh 's Relapse , but they are more seriously imagined . Being less humorous than Vanbrugh 's scenes , they are more terribly and earnestly realistic ; therefore they seem more wicked . They form indeed a striking instance of the folly of the artist who selects a story which can not be actualized without hurting the finer instincts of human nature .

neg: Newton Upper Falls Newton Upper Falls is a village situated on the east bank of the Charles River in the city of Newton , Massachusetts , in the United States .   The area borders Needham , Massachusetts to the south/southwest , Wellesley , Massachusetts to the west , the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston to the extreme southeast , and the Newton villages of Waban , Newton Highlands and Newton Center to the north and east .   The village is served partially by Eliot `` T '' station , part of the Green Line `` D '' Branch of the MBTA , with rapid light rail service inbound into downtown Boston and outbound to Riverside . Major roads that serve the village are Route 128 , and Route 9 ( Boylston Street ) , which provides a direct , 6 mile commute into downtown Boston .   Newton 's first mill on the Charles River was built in 1688 in Upper Falls . Over the next 150 years , the water power available at Upper Falls led to the village 's steady growth as many more mills were built along that stretch of the river . By 1850 the village had 1300 inhabitants which was 25 % of the entire population of Newton .   Newton Upper Falls is home to the Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge , a large aqueduct turned pedestrian walkway over the Charles River . It is said to be the only village that has retained its original name from when the area was founded in the 17th century . It has over 150 homes on the historic register despite its small area .   In 1909 , a Roman Catholic church called Mary Immaculate of Lourdes opened in Upper Falls .   Sullivan Avenue , an unpaved private road in Newton Upper Falls is the last remaining portion of the ancient highway connecting Boston and Cambridge with Newton and points west in the 17th century ( back then it was called Cambridge Village ) . Also on Sullivan Avenue is a famous pothole ; not the kind you avoid with your car , but a geological anomaly where a boulder that was originally pushed down the cliff by a now extinct waterfall got caught and became round . The boulder spun around in its place carving a shaft over thousands of years . Since then half the shaft collapsed and now all that can be seen is half of a cylindrical shaft through the cliff at the corner of Sullivan and Elliot Streets .   A 60 acre area , including much of the area between Route 9 and Elliot Street , and east from the Charles River to Cottage Street and Hickory Cliff Road , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 .

neg: D. B. Newton Dwight Bennett Newton ( 14 January 1916 -- 30 June 2013 ) was an American writer of westerns . He also wrote under the names Ford Logan , Dwight Bennett , Clement Hardin , Hank Mitchum and Dan Temple . Newton was one of the six founder members of the Western Writers of America . He was a writer and story consultant for various television shows including Wagon Train , Death Valley Days and Tales of Wells Fargo .

neg: Noël Coward Society The Noël Coward Society is an international society founded with the agreement of Coward 's literary agent and Estate to celebrate the life and work of Sir Noël Coward .   The Noël Coward Society was founded in 1999 to study and promote and enjoy the many aspects of Cowards achievements . It owns an extensive archive of recordings and written works and is attempting to become the official on-line archive of all things `` Coward '' .   The Noël Coward Society is managed by Noël Coward Ltd. , a charitable company . It is currently administered from Norwich , Norfolk , UK , and has a membership of just over 700 people worldwide . The day-to-day running of the Society is managed by an organising committee . The Society has representatives in France , Australia and the USA . Each year it celebrates the birth of Noël Coward at the Noël Coward Theatre and the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane on the nearest Friday to his birthdate . The celebration consists of the AGM of the Society at the Noël Coward Theatre followed by a celebrity from the theatre world laying flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward in the foyer of the Theatre Royal . The Annual Lunch follows in the Grand Saloon at the theatre , followed by a cabaret .   In 2002 , Ken Starrett was appointed the North American Director of The Noel Coward Society and in 2003 , Starrett organized an annual birthday celebration which took place in December in the USA . The event included the flower laying ceremony at The Gershwin Theatre in Manhattan and a special lunch . Among the celebrities who have placed flowers in front of Coward 's statue are Tammy Grimes , Keir Dullea , Tony Walton , Kitty Carlisle Hart , Hayley Mills , Marian Seldes , Jim Dale , Victor Garber , Christine Ebersole , Dick Cavett . Stephen Fry , Joan Copeland , Jamie Ross , Penny Fuller , and Dana Ivey . There is also a similar ceremony at Firefly Estate ( Coward 's home ) in Jamaica . On December 31 , 2016 , Ken Starrett officially stepped down after serving as North American Director of The Noel Coward Society for fourteen years .

neg: David Newton (guitarist) David Newton is a British guitarist , songwriter and record producer . Most famous as a member of the band The Mighty Lemon Drops .

neg: Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act The Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) , an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom . The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards , an annual celebration of British and international music . The winners and nominees are determined by the BRIT Awards voting academy with over 1,000 members , which comprise record labels , publishers , managers , agents , media , and previous winners and nominees .   The award was first presented in 1977 as two awards as `` British Male Newcomer '' and `` British Female Newcomer '' which were won by Graham Parker and Julie Covington . When the Brit Awards was held for the second time in 1982 , the awards `` British Male Newcomer '' and `` British Female Newcomer '' became joint as one award for both male and female acts as well introducing groups acts to award . The first award for the joint `` British Newcomer '' was won by The Human League . In 2003 the award was renamed to `` British Breakthrough Act '' .

neg: Newton, Suffolk Newton , also known as Newton Green to distinguish it from Nowton near Bury St Edmunds , and Old Newton near Stowmarket , is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk , England . Part of Babergh district , it is located on the A134 ( Assington Road ) between Sudbury and Colchester , around three miles from the former .   Newton was recorded in Domesday as `` Niwetuna '' .   Church Road leads north off A134 towards Newton Hall and All Saints Church ( both 1 km from the village centre ) .   Unusually , the village green to the south and west has been converted to a 9-hole common land course in 1907 . It is one of the oldest golf clubs in Suffolk . Residents are entitled to membership of the local golf club , though are limited to using the holes on the village green and can not use the clubhouse . The green is also a wildlife site .   The parish contains Alstrop Wood and part of the Edwardstone Woods SSSI , both of which are classified as ancient woodland . The small hamlet of Sackers Green is also within the parish .   The village previously had a school , but it was closed in 1938 . The building is today used as the village hall .

neg: Nate Newton (musician) Nate Newton ( born October 9 , 1979 ) is the bassist in hardcore punk band Converge . He also played bass in Cavalera Conspiracy , and he plays guitar and sings in Old Man Gloom and Doomriders .   Before relocating to the Boston area and joining Converge in 1999 , he was in the Virginia Beach area hardcore punk bands Lift , Jesuit , Channel , Edison and Dwell . Jesuit , Edison , and Channel also featured Brian Benoit of Dillinger Escape Plan .   In 2007 , he contributed guest vocals on the songs `` Responsibles '' and `` Tread on the Neck of Kings '' from the album `` Prey for Eyes '' by the Boston , MA band The Red Chord and has been featured as a guest vocalist with many other bands such as The Hope Conspiracy , Coliseum , Some Kind of Hate , Mi Amore , The Ocean Collective , and Young Widows to name just a few .   In late 2013 , Newton was recruited by Cavalera Conspiracy to contribute on bass guitar for their third studio album .   Newton is a vegetarian .

neg: Nancy Dawson Nancy Dawson was the stage name of Ann Newton ( c.1728-1767 ) , a famous London dancer and actress . She rose to fame performing a solo rendition of a hornpipe between acts in The Beggar 's Opera at Covent Garden Theatre in 1759 .