VDM Publishing

VDM Publishing or Omniscriptum Publishing Group is a German publishing group based in Saarbrücken, Germany, with offices in Argentina,Latvia, Mauritius and Moldova. Its book production is based on print on demand technology.

VDM publishing's imprints—Alphascript, Betascript, Fastbook Publishing and Doyen Verlag—specialize in publishing and selling Wikipedia articles in printed form via print on demand, in e-commerce bookstores. Alphascript distributes publications through several on-line book retailers. At least some of the books are printed by Amazon.com. As of November 2010, around 150,000 such titles have been produced. In June 2010, VDM started its own online-bookshop: MoreBooks! Publishing.

VDM's publishing methods have received criticism for the soliciting of manuscripts from thousands of individuals, for providing non-notable authors with the appearance of a peer-reviewed publishing history, for benefiting from the free contributions of online volunteers, and for insufficiently disclosing the free nature of their content. VDM responds that it is a valuable, quality resource, that the company has no problem asking authors for content, that buyers are informed of where information comes from, that books are a convenient form to collect articles about interesting subjects, and that its customers are satisfied with VDM's products. VDM Publishing is designated as non-scientific by the Norwegian Scientific Index.

Imprint

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Imprint (film)

Imprint is a 2007 independent drama/thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Linn and produced by Chris Eyre.

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John Patitucci

John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.

Biography

Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age 10, composing and performing at age 12, as well as playing the acoustic bass at 15, and the piano one year later. After moving west, he studied classical bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University.

Patitucci has released 12 albums as a leader. In addition to his solo work, he has played on albums by B.B. King, Chick Corea, Clare Fischer, Joanne Brackeen, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, John Abercrombie, George Benson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Grusin, Natalie Cole, Roseanna Vitro, Sting, the Manhattan Transfer, Carly Simon, Was Not Was, Roby Duke, Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah, Everything but the Girl, Jellyfish and Twila Paris.

As a performer, he has played with his own band, and with Stan Getz, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Randy Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, and Tony Williams. He was selected to be the bassist for the GRP All-Star Big Band. Some of the many pop and Brazilian artists he has played with include Carole King, Astrud and João Gilberto, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. Patitucci has worked with film composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Ry Cooder, Henry Mancini, and John Williams.

Fidel

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Fidel: The Untold Story

Fidel: The Untold Story is a documentary released in 2001 by Estela Bravo.

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Fidel (2009 film)

Fidel is a 2009 Filipino indie film, directed by Mark Shandii Bacolod and produced and written by Charlotte Dianco.

The film is a depiction of a true-to-life story that revolves around a person named Fidel an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) working at Dubai, who is in death row for killing his Arab male employer for sexually harassing him. It has been said that the film was originally made to create awareness for Filipino men who have been abused but are embarrassed to file an action against the perpetrators.

Plot

An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is on death row in Dubai for killing his Arab male employer.

As the news progressed in the Philippines a lady reporter named Vega started digging stories about him and that garnerned attention from local government officials to take actions. But for Fidel, he doesn't want any help, as he insisted that he purposely killed his employer, however Vega found this hard to believe as she investigates his past of a loving boy-next-door type of person who have a loving family and that his profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer.