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Far East Movement is an American electro-hop band. The group was started in 2003. The members are Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman. The band's original name was Emcee's Anonymous". The song "Round Round" was featured in the movie, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Members
 Kev Nish
 Prohgress
 J-Splif
 DJ Virman

Discography
Studio albums
Folk Music (2006)
Round Round (2008)
Animal (2009)
Free Wired (2010)
 Dirty Bass
 Grzzly(2012)

Extended Plays
For the Folks n' Family (2006)

Mixtapes
Audio-Bio (2005)
Flavored Animal Droppings (2007)

Singles
Girls on the Dance Floor (with Stereotypes) (2010)
Like a G6 (featuring Cataracs and Dev) (2010)
Rocketeer (featuring Ryan Tedder) (2010)
Rocketeer (featuring Bruno Mars)  (2010)
Live My Life (featuring Justin Bieber) (2012)
Turn Up The Love (featuring Cover Drive) (2012)

Other websites 
 Far East Movement's Official Site

2003 establishments in California
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
Hip hop bands
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Jiří Fischer (born July 31, 1980) is a Czech retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Fischer played with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1999 to 2006. He won the Stanley Cup with them in 2002. Fischer is the current director of player development for the Detroit Red Wings.

On November 21, 2005, during a game against the Nashville Predators, Fischer collapsed on the bench after entering cardiac arrest and was resuscitated by CPR and by an Automated External Defibrillator after being unconscious for six minutes. The game was halted and later played on January 23, 2006 marking the first time a hockey game has been stopped due to an injury. The Predators won the game 3-2. Fischer was released from Detroit Receiving Hospital on November 23, 2005.

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1958 births
American Hockey League players
Czech ice hockey players
Detroit Red Wings players
Hull Olympiques players
Ice hockey defencemen
Living people
Stanley Cup champions
Bryan Anthony Smolinski (born December 27, 1971 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former American professional ice hockey player. He was picked by the Boston Bruins with the twenty-first overall pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Smolinski played ice hockey at Michigan State University for the NCAA.

1971 births
American ice hockey players
Boston Bruins players
Chicago Blackhawks players
Living people
Los Angeles Kings players
Montreal Canadiens players
New York Islanders players
Ottawa Senators players
People from Toledo, Ohio
Sportspeople from Ohio
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Vancouver Canucks players
American Hockey League players
International Hockey League (1945–2001) players
Ice hockey centres
The halberd is a two handed pole weapon  that has a axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft and a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade. The Halberd was popular during the 14th and 15th centuries. The Halberd is still the ceremonial weapon of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican.

Blades
England
Layoff (also called redundancy in British English 
), is when an employee does not work due to temporary or permanent suspension. There are legal differences from being fired. The meaning of "layoff" has changed over time. It first mean that there would be a temporary interruption at places like factories. In modern times, "laying someone off" is usually permanent, although in some special cases someone can be laid off temporarily.

References 

Employment
B.T. is a Danish tabloid newspaper, founded in 1916 by Henry Hellssen.

Other websites 
 Official website 

Denmark
Newspapers in Europe
1916 establishments in Europe
20th-century establishments in Denmark
The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The neighborhood is roughly made up of Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street. It is considered to be an immigrant, working class area, but some parts of the neighborhood have been bought, repaired, destroyed, and renovated in recent years.   Because of this, The National Trust for Historic Preservation put Lower East Side Manhattan on their list of America's Most Endangered Places  At one time, much of the Lower East Side was tenements or slums, but many of these have been torn down or replaced by housing projects.  During the late 19th and early 20th century, almost a million people lived on the Lower East Side, making it one of the most densely populated places on the planet.  In the early to mid-19th century, many of the people were from Ireland and Germany.  In the late 19th and early 20th century, many of the people there were from Eastern Europe, including many Jews.  Today, many of the immigrants in the Lower East Side are from the Dominican Republic and China.

Manhattan
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print made by Hokusai. 

The art work was printed somewhere between 1830 and 1833 which was during the Edo period. It is the first print in the series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It shows a giant wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa. It was made with the ukiyo-e printing technique.

References

Other websites

 Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), "The Great Wave at Kanagawa"

19th-century paintings
Although it mostly was grainy feeling to the touch, it held a great part of history
Johnny English is a 2003 British comedy spy movie set in London. It was produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Mark Huffam and was directed by Peter Howitt. Johnny English parodies the James Bond movie series.

This movie has a sequel, Johnny English Reborn.

Cast 
 Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English
 Ben Miller as Angus Bough
 John Malkovich as Pascal Sauvage
 Oliver Ford Davies as the Archbishop of Canterbury
 Natalie Imbruglia as Lorna Campbell
 Tim Pigott-Smith as Pegasusdon at its side
 Kevin McNally as Prime Minister
 Douglas McFerran as Klaus/Carlos Vendetta

Release Dates

Ratings 
Johnny English gained mixed reviews:

 Rotten Tomatoes - 33%
 Metacritic - 51% out of 100

Other websites 
 Johnny English's official website 
 
 

2003 comedy movies
2000s parody movies
2000s spy movies
British comedy movies
British spy movies
Kent
Movies set in London
Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 – 1528) was a Florentine explorer of North America. He is known for being the first European since the Norse colonization of the Americas around 1000 to explore the east coast of North America between South and North Carolina and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor and Narragansett Bay in 1524. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is named for him.  

He was chosen in 1524 by the King of France to search for a “Northwest Passage” to Asia through North America.
He left in the January of 1524, and reached Cape Fear in North Carolina on March 1, 1524.
He then proceeded north to explore the coastline, and believed that he had seen the Pacific Ocean (he explored North Carolina coast on the other side of a narrow piece of land). He actually discovered the Pamlico Sound, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Verrazzano’s mistake meant that incorrect maps were printed in Europe. 
These maps showed North America as split into two parts, connected by a narrow strip of land. This error took over a century to correct.

Verrazzano discovered New York Harbor, Block Island and Narragansett bay while exploring the Atlantic coast of North America.
However, he missed some important discoveries because he often anchored far off-shore.
He sailed further north to Maine and Newfoundland, and then returned to France with his discoveries.
He made two more trips to the Americas after that.

There are conflicting reports on how he died. One version says he was killed and eaten by natives on Guadalupe Island. Another says he was executed for piracy in Spain.
New York Harbor’s Verrazano Narrows Bridge commemorates this journey and his discoveries.

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1485 births
1528 deaths
Italian explorers
Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom created by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff. Diff'rent Strokes is set in New York City. It ran for 8 seasons and had 189 episodes. Diff'rent Strokes launched the career of four of its stars Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato, and Conrad Bain.

About
The show is about a rich man Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) and his daughter Kimberly Drummond (Dana Plato) living in an apartment in New York City. Shortly before his maid died, she wanted him to take care of her two children, Arnold and Willis Jackson (Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges). They go through funny adventures and face realistic problems that can affect Arnold or the Drummond family.

Cast and characters
Conrad Bain is the only cast member to appear in all Diff'rent Strokes episodes. Gary Coleman did not appear in two.

Main characters
 Conrad Bain as Phillip Drummond, a friendly, rich white widower. He runs the Trans Allied, Inc. He was born December 3, 1931 in Manhattan. He has two adopted African-American sons, 12-year-old Willis and 8-year-old Arnold Jackson. He also has an older sister named Sophia. He then remarried Maggie McKinney.
 Dana Plato as Kimberly Drummond, Phillip's only biological child. She was shown as a caring, loving big sister to both Willis and Arnold. As a rich teenager, though, she had various problems.
 Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson, the younger brother of Willis. He was born in Harlem, New York City on October 19, 1971. Arnold was known for his catch phrase, Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Willis?, which became a part of popular culture.
 Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson, the older brother of Arnold. He was born in Harlem on April 27, 1965. Willis's catch phrase is Say what?

Other characters
 Charlotte Rae - Edna Garrett
 Nedra Volz - Adelaide Brubaker
 Janet Jackson - Charlene DuPrey
 Dody Goodman - Aunt Sophia
 Shavar Ross - Dudley Ramsey
 Le Tari - Mr. Ted Ramsey
 Mary Jo Catlett - Pearl Gallagher
 Rosalind Chao - Miss Chung
 Steven Mond - Robbie Jason
 Nikki Swasey - Lisa Hayes
 Dixie Carter - Maggie McKinney Drummond #1
 Mary Ann Mobley - Maggie McKinney Drummond #2
 Danny Cooksey - Sam McKinney
 Jason Hervey - Charlie

The curse
There have been rumors of a curse about the cast members of the series such as; the falling career, robbery, and suicide of Dana Plato and the sudden death of  Gary Coleman from an accidental fall. The only well-known cast members that survive is Todd Bridges.

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1978 television series debuts
1986 television series endings
1970s American television series
1980s American television series
American sitcoms
NBC network shows
Television series about families
Television series set in New York City
English-language television programs
Matthew Thomas Morgan (born September 10, 1976 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is an American professional wrestler that is currently signed to TNA Wrestling wrestling under the ring name, "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan.

Signature moves
 Carbon Footprint (Bicycle kick or a running big boot)
 Fireman's carry facebuster
Hellevator (TNA) / Mount Morgan Drop (AJPW) / Vertical suplex side slam (WWE)

Arm twist ropewalk chop
Body avalanche
Chokebomb
Chokeslam, sometimes onto the knee
Discus clothesline
Diving crossbody
Dropkick
Fallaway slam
Guillotine leg drop
Gutwrench powerbomb
Leapfrog body guillotine over the top rope onto an opponent draped over the top rope
Repeated back elbow strikes to a cornered opponent
Sidewalk slam
Sitout powerbomb
Swinging side slam

Championships and accomplishments 
 Far North Wrestling
 FNW Heavyweight Championship (one time)

 Ohio Valley Wrestling
 OVW Heavyweight Championship (two time)

 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 PWI ranked him #38 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010

 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
 TNA World Tag Team Championship (one time)

Other websites 
 Matt Morgan's Official website 
 TNA.com Profile 
 

1976 births
Living people
American professional wrestlers
Former WWE wrestlers
Sportspeople from Connecticut
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni
Tridentine Mass is the formula of the Latin Rite Catholic Mass that was commonly used before 1969. The Roman Missal contained the Church's guidelines on the Tridentine Mass for the first time in 1570. The missal was changed several times, and the last change to it was made in 1962. The celebration is done almost exclusively in the Latin language. Today, it is permitted as an alternative to the current form of the Mass that was introduced by the Second Vatican Council. There is also a translation into Church Slavonic which uses that language instead of Latin. The Slavonic form is in use mainly in the Balkans.

Roman Catholicism
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American movie director, producer, writer and actor. He was born in Carthage, New York. He is known for horror and science fiction movies including Halloween, The Thing and Escape from New York.

Other websites

Halloween (franchise)
Actors from New York
American movie actors
American movie editors
American screenwriters 
American voice actors
Movie directors from New York
Movie producers from New York
Writers from New York
1948 births
Living people
Hecate (, Hekátē) is the goddess of magic, crossroads, witchcraft, sorcery, ghosts and necromancy in ancient Greek religion and myth. The daughter of Perses and Asteria (twin sister of Leto), Hecate was a member of the third generation of Titans, but sided with Zeus and his siblings during the Titanomachy. As such, she was greatly honored by Zeus, who allowed her to operate on Earth, as well as the sky and the Underworld. A nocturnal figure, Hecate often dwelled in underground caves or in the Underworld itself. She was often invoked as a household deity, to provide aid in warding off evil spirits. Hecate assisted Demeter in her search for her daughter Persephone following Hades' abduction of her, guiding the goddess' path at night by her flaming torches. Afterwards, she frequently served as a companion of Persephone, joining her on her yearly journey to and from the realm of the dead. In later times, Hecate was depicted as a woman with three-heads, thought to represent the past, present and future. Serving as her attendants were the empousai, a species of man-eating monsters who were vampiric in appearance with a leg made of solid bronze and the other that of a donkey. Often identified with the goddesses Artemis and Selene, Hecate served as a representative of the harvest moon. Her symbols were a pair of torches, keys and daggers, and the serpent, polecat, and dog were considered her sacred animals.

References 
 The Goddess Hecate. Hecate's Cauldron , n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012. 
 Hecate. Albany , n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012.
 "Hecate." . Greek Gods-Hecate. Alex Goldberger, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012. 
 "Hecate." Hecate.. Princeton University, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
 Perses. Theoi, n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.

Greek gods and goddesses
The Alalā or Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) is a species of bird in the crow family. The bird was found only in the western and southeastern parts of the island of Hawaiʻi before becoming completely extinct in the wild. There are two breeding facilities operated by the San Diego Zoo.

Corvids
Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod (born 26 June 1902; died 6 December 2010) was a Swiss opera singer. He was a tenor.  He was particularly famous for singing comic roles in opera.  He had an extremely long career, lasting over 65 years.  He was still singing in opera at the age of 92.  He died at the age of 108.

Career
Hugues Cuénod was born in Coiseaux-sur-Vevey.  Cuénod he studied at the Ribaupierre Institute in Lausanne, at the conservatories in Geneva and Basel, and in Vienna. At first he sang in concerts.  Then, in 1928, he got a part in the jazz opera Jonny spielt auf by  Ernst Krenek when it was performed in Paris.  The next year he sang for the first time in the United States in Noël Coward's Bitter Swee t.  He worked in Geneva until 1933, then he went to Paris where he met the music teacher Nadia Boulanger.  She had a big influence on his musical development.  He made a concert tour of North America. From 1940 to 1946 he taught at the Geneva Conservatory. In 1943 he started singing in opera again, singing in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus in Geneva. Then he sang at Milan's La Scala (1951), the Glyndebourne Festival (from 1954 on) and London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1954, 1956 and 1958).

Cuénod sang music by many different composers.  He was famous for singing the part of  Basilio in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, and Sellem in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.  He sang with a light tenor voice, not a heavy heroic voice.

One of the most famous opera houses in the world is the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  He did sing there, but not until he was 84.  By that age almost all singers have been long retired. He sang the part of the Emperor Altoum in Puccini's Turandot in 14 performances there.

The very last time he sang on stage was in 1994 when he was 92.  He sang M. Triquet in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin when it was given by the Lausanne Opera at the Théâtre du Jorat in Mézières.

Personal life
Cuénod lived with his male partner, Alfred Augustin, in the Vaud region of Switzerland. They lived in an 18th-century castle that had belonged to members of his family for several generations. The couple were in a civil union.

On his last birthday on 26 June 2010 he turned 108. He died in Vevey on 6 December that year.

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1902 births
2010 deaths
Gay men
European opera singers
Swiss centenarians
Swiss singers
Tenors
Roberto Alagna  (born near Paris, 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor.

Alagna's family came from Sicily.  He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris,  France in 1963.  When he was a teenager he started singing pop music in Paris cabarets.  Later he started to sing in operas.  He won the Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition.  He started to sing professionally in 1988 singing the part of Alfredo Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata with the Glyndebourne touring opera
Soon he was being asked to sing all over the world in opera houses such as La Scala, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera. His performances of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod at Covent Garden in 1994 made him a great international star.  When he sang that role on 15 December 2007 at the Metropolitan Opera with Anna Netrebko as Juliet the performance was broadcast by the Met into 447 theaters worldwide in high definition and seen by about 97,000 people.

Personal life
Alagna's first wife, Florence Lancien, died of a brain tumor in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992.  In 1996 he married the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.  They often performed together in operas.  However, they separated in 2009.

References

Other websites
 

1963 births
Living people
Tenors
French musicians
French opera singers
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}}Rock Band 2' is an interactive music game by Harmonix. It is a sequel to the game Rock Band''. To play the game, players use a microphone to sing or a controller to hit notes on the screen. Players get points by hitting the right notes at the right time. Earning points can help a player earn stars, which show how well a player performed the song. If a player misses too many notes or hits too many of the wrong notes, they fail out of the song. It has a quickplay mode and a world tour mode.

In quickplay mode, players choose songs from a list to play. In world tour mode, players can play songs in venues (public places) in cities around the world. Rock Band 2 also has a practice mode, where players can play a song without failing out of it. Players can choose one of four skill levels to play. The skill levels are Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert.The songs in Rock Band 2 are sorted by how hard they are to play. Zero dots means the song is one of the easiest to play, and five red dots means that the song is one of the hardest. Players can play solo (by themselves) or with other people.

References

Other websites
Rock Band 2 at rockband.com 

Rock Band series
Xbox 360 games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 2 games
Wii games
2008 video games
A citadel is a large fortress or castle that is usually built to protect cities or towns from attacks or disaster, though citadels have been built for other reasons as well. Citadels are often built to be the final protection for a city or town, in case enemies break through other protections such as walls or soldiers.

History

3300 BCE - 1300BCE

–1300 BCE 
The oldest known citadels were built in the Indus Valley Civilization, where the citadel may have been used as a symbol of authority (power), though no one is entirely sure why they were built.

800–600 BCE 
In Ancient Greece, the Acropolis was important in the life of the people, serving as a place of safety in times of trouble. It contained military supplies, food, a shrine, and often a palace or citadel. The most well-known is the Acropolis of Athens, but nearly every Greek city-state had one.

167–141 BCE 
Citadels were sometimes built so strongly that enemies could take over the rest of the city, but fail to take over the city's citadel. During the Maccabean Revolt, the Maccabean rebels managed to take over all of Jerusalem except its citadel. It wasn't until 20 years later that they finally managed to take over the citadel too.

1600 CE–present 
Citadels were not always built to keep away a city's enemies. During the Anglo-Dutch Wars, King Charles II of England built a citadel at Plymouth that could not only keep out enemies, but also the city's people in case they tried to rebel against the King.

Modern Usage 
The Citadelle of Quebec still survives as the largest citadel still in official military operation in North America after more than 200 years of existence.

Since the middle of the 20th century, citadels usually protect military center, rather than cities or towns. These citadels are built to protect the center from heavy attacks, such as aerial or nuclear bombardment. The military citadels under London are an example of this.

Fortification
Covent Garden is a huge piazza or open area in London, between the West End and the City of London. It is north of The Strand and east of Trafalgar Square. Once it was a huge fruit, vegetable and flower market with many taverns, theatres, coffee-houses, prostitutes and brothels.

Now it is a huge commercial area and "tourist trap". The former market has been redeveloped, keeping its glass roof and cast iron spans. The area is hugely popular with visitors to London, and has a number of remarkable buildings nearby.

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is the main theatre for ballet and opera in London. It has several rehearsal rooms with full-size stages, a large costume department and restaurants.

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is nearby. It has been purchased and restored by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Bow Street is also nearby; it is a boundary road to Covent Garden. This was the road where the original police force of London, the Bow Sreet Runners, was formed in the 1740s. The Bow Street Magistrate's Court was one of the most famous criminal courts in London until it was closed in 2006. It is going to be a boutique hotel.

Areas of London
London Borough of Camden
City of Westminster
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2009, 769,644 people lived there, making it the third most populous county in the state, behind Bergen County and Middlesex County, and the second most densely population county in the state after Hudson County. The seat of the county is Newark, the largest city in the state.

References

Other websites 
 Essex County's Main Website

New Jersey counties
1683 establishments in New Jersey
Bergen County is a county in the U.S. State of New Jersey.  It is rich and has more people living in it than other counties in New Jersey.  As of a 2009 United States Census, it had 895,250 people. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The county is the one of the last remaining counties in the nation where shops are closed on Sundays because of "blue laws." In compliance to the blue laws, nearly all retail stores in Bergen County are closed on Sundays.

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New Jersey counties
1683 establishments in New Jersey
Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud Silanyo ) (born 1936) is a Somaliland politician. He is the current Chairman of the Peace, Unity and Development Party (Kulmiye) and President of Somaliland. Standing as an opposition candidate, Silanyo was elected as President during the June 2010 presidential election.

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Somaliland
Presidents (government)
1936 births
African politicians
Kakashi Hatake (はたけカカシ, Hatake Kakashi) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is the leader of Team 7, originally consisting of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno. After Sasuke defects, Team 7 receives Sai as a replacement.

Naruto characters

pt:Anexo:Lista de personagens de Naruto#Kakashi Hatake
Philip Joseph Kessel, Jr. (born October 2, 1987 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Boston Bruins for 3 seasons and the Toronto Maple Leafs for 6 seasons. Kessel played hockey in college for the University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers.

On July 1, 2015, Kessel was traded along with Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon, and a conditional second round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen, Scott Harrington, Nick Spaling, and conditional first- and third-round draft picks.

Awards 
Kessel won the Bob Johnson Award at the USA Hockey Annual Congress (for excellence in international hockey competition during a specific season of play) in 2005.
Kessel was named the WCHA Rookie of the Year was named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team and won the MacNaughton Cup in 2005-06.
Kessel won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for overcoming testicular cancer and continuing to play.
Kessel was named the NHL's "First Star" of the Week during the week of December 8-14, 2008 with 8 points (3 goals and 5 assists) in four games in 2008-09.

References

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1987 births
American Hockey League players
American ice hockey players
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winners
Boston Bruins players
Cancer survivors
Living people
People from Madison, Wisconsin
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Sportspeople from Wisconsin
Toronto Maple Leafs players
United States Hockey League players
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a 2000 comedy-drama Christmas movie that was produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and was directed by Ron Howard. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and the 1966 TV Christmas special.

Cast 
 Jim Carrey as the Grinch
 Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who
 Kelley as Max the Dog and Frank Welker as his voice
 Jeffrey Tambor as Mayor Augustus May Who
 Christine Baranski as Martha May Whovier
 Bill Irwin as Lou Lou Who
 Molly Shannon as Betty Lou Who
 Clint Howard as Whobris
 Mindy Sterling as Clarnella
 Jeremy Howard as Drew Lou Who
 T. J. Thyne as Stu Lou Who
 Jim Meskimen as Officer Wholihan
 Josh Ryan Evans as the Grinch (8 years old)
 Ben Bookbinder as Augustus May Who (8 years old)
 Landry Allbright as Martha May Whovier (8 years old)
 Reid Kirchenbauer as an Whobris (8 years old)
 Deep Roy as a Post Office Clerk
 Anthony Hopkins as the Narrator

Soundtrack 
Green Christmas by Barenaked Ladies
Christmas, Why Can't I Find You by Taylor Momsen
Better Do it Right by Smash Mouth
Christmas of Love by Little Isidore and the Inquisitors
Who-bilation by Chores
Christmas Dreaming by I Found God
Grinch 2000 by Jim Carrey & Busta Rhymes

Ratings 
How the Grinch Stole Christmas gained average reviews:

 Rotten Tomatoes - 53%
 Metacritic - 56% out of 100

Other websites 
 How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Official website
 

2000 movies
2000 comedy movies
2000s fantasy movies
Christmas movies
Movies about bullying
Movies about revenge
Movies based on books by Dr. Seuss
Movies directed by Ron Howard
Universal Pictures movies
Movies composed by James Horner
Movies that won the Best Makeup Academy Award
Greg Giraldo (December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010) was an American comedian television personality, and retired lawyer. Giraldo is probably best known for his many appearances on Comedy Central's roast specials and is also known for being a regular on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.

He was married twice, once when he was 24 and he said that last very long. At the time of his death he had 3 children and had been divorced.

He accidentally overdosed on prescription medication and he was scheduled to appear at a comedy performance at the Stress Factory in New Brunswick, New Jersey. When Giraldo failed to appear the police were called to his hotel room where they found him and they rushed him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. It was reported that he had been in a coma for four days before his family had life support removed and he died on September 29, 2010.

On March 18, 2011, Comedy Central aired a special called Give it up for Greg Giraldo, that featured celebrities Jon Stewart, Colin Quinn, Lewis Black, Daniel Tosh, Denis Leary, Sarah Silverman, Jeffrey Ross, Nick Swardson, Dave Attell, Jim Gaffigan and Conan O'Brien as well as others as they talked about his life and career.

References

Official website
Greg Giraldo's Official website

1965 births
2010 deaths
Comedians from New York City
Drug-related deaths
Television personalities from New York City
Keith Ballard (born November 26, 1982 in Baudette, Minnesota) is a former American NHL ice hockey defenceman for the Minnesota Wild. He was picked by the Buffalo Sabres with the eleventh overall pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He played hockey in college for the University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers. Ballard has also played for the Phoenix Coyotes for 3 seasons and the Florida Panthers for 2 seasons before being traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 2010 during the 2010 NHL Entry draft for Michael Grabner, Steve Bernier, and Vancouver's first round pick and 25th overall selection in that draft. On July 3, 2013, he was placed on waivers and his contract was bought out by the Canucks. On July 4th, 2013, Ballard signed a two-year $3 million contract with the Minnesota Wild.

Ballard is married and had a daughter with his wife in May 2010.

References

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American Hockey League players
American ice hockey players
Florida Panthers players
Living people
Minnesota Wild players
Sportspeople from Minnesota
Phoenix Coyotes players
Vancouver Canucks players
1982 births
United States Hockey League players
Ice hockey defencemen
The Ford E-Series-also known as the Ford Econoline-are a line of passenger or cargo vans which began in 1961. The E-Series vans can hold eight to 15 people per van as well as cargo versions. The vans have undergone many redesigns through the years, the first generation was made from 1961 to 1967. The second generation was made from 1968 to 1974. The third generation was made from 1975 to 1991. The fourth and longest-running generation was made from 1992 to 2014 in passenger and cargo versions and were replaced in 2015 by the Transit although cutaway versions are still being made.  
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Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury  (born October 16, 1925) is an English character actress of stage, film, and television. She is notable for her roles as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote (1984-96), and as the voice of Mrs. Potts in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast (1991).

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A banyan (or 'banian') is a kind of fig. It usually starts life by growing on another plant as an epiphyte. Its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree, or on other structures like buildings and bridges.

"Banyan" usually means the Indian banyan or Ficus benghalensis. It is the National tree of the Republic of India. and of Bangladesh respectively. However, the term actually includes all figs which share their epiphytic life cycle. They are put in the subgenus Urostigma.  The seeds of banyans are dispersed by fruit-eating birds. The seeds germinate and send down roots towards the ground. These roots may envelop (cover) part of the host tree or building structure, from which they get the casual name of strangler fig.

A number of tropical forest species grow by strangling. There are other examples in the genus Ficus that competes for light. Any Ficus species showing this habit may be termed a strangler fig.

The leaves of the banyan tree are large, leathery, glossy green and elliptical in shape. Like most of the fig-trees, the leaf bud is covered by two large scales. As the leaf develops the scales fall. Young leaves have an attractive reddish tinge.

Older banyan trees have aerial prop roots that grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk. Old trees can spread out laterally using these prop roots to cover a wide area.
 
Like other Fig species (including the common edible fig Ficus carica), banyans have unique fruit structures and are dependent on fig wasps for reproduction.

The fatal embrace 
Once the roots get to the ground, they suck up nutrients and grow faster and thicker.
They cover the trunk of the host tree, and their leaves and branches in the canopy block the light from the host. Lacking enough nutrition and light, the host tree eventually dies. Its wood is destroyed by beetles, termites and fungi. Only the hollow space inside the banyan remains. The banyan roots make a huge cylinder, and it stands up perfectly well.

Often the banyan tree is formed from several different fruits which germinated on the same host tree. This has been proved by genome analysis.p170

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Mary Christine Brockert (5 March 1956 - 26 December 2010), known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter, and producer. She is famous for songs such as "Lovergirl" and "Square Biz". Teena died December 26, 2010 at age 54, from natural causes.

Discography
Wild and Peaceful (1979)
Lady T (1980)
Irons in the Fire (1980)
It Must Be Magic (1981)
Robbery (1983)
Starchild (1984)
Emerald City (1986)
Naked to the World (1988)
Ivory (1990)
Passion Play (1994)
La Doña (2004)
Sapphire (2006)
Congo Square (2009)

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2010 deaths
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People from Santa Monica, California
The Hohenzollern family were rulers of various territories in and near modern Germany, and later of all Germany. The Royal House of Hohenzollern began ruling the area around Berlin and Brandenburg in modern Germany in 1415.

They became one of the Electors of the Holy Roman Emperor, Kings of Prussia in 1702 and in 1871 German Emperors.  

They stopped ruling after World War I, when Germany became a republic.  Prussia was abolished by the 4 allied powers controlling Germany in 1947.

The Royal Family took their name from their ancestral home Hohenzollern Castle in what is now Baden-Württemberg. The area around the castle was once ruled as a separate principality.

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Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a county and principality in southwestern Germany, part of what is now Baden-Württemberg. Its rulers were members of a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern family.

History
The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was created in 1576, when the County of Hohenzollern was divided.  The county was ruled as a part of the Holy Roman Empire.  When the last count of Hohenzollern, Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512–1579) died, the territory was to be divided up between his three sons:
 Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605)
 Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547–1606)
 Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)

Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollerns of southwest Germany remained Roman Catholic. The County was raised to a principality in 1623.

The principality joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and  was a member state of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1850. The democratic Revolution of 1848 was relatively successful in Hohenzollern, and on 16 May 1848, the Prince was forced to accept the constitution limiting his power. However, the conflict between monarch and democrats continued, and on 6 August, Hohenzollern was occupied by Prussian forces. On 7 December, 1849, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin sold the country to his relative, King Frederick William IV of Prussia. On 12 March 1850, Hohenzollern-Hechingen officially became part of Prussia.  Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, which also became part of Prussia in 1850,  were called the Hohenzollernsche Lande .

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Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576-1623)

 Eitel Friedrich IV (1576–1605)
 Johann Georg (1605–1623) became Prince in 1623

Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1623-1850)
 Eitel Friedrich V. (1623–1661)
 Philipp Christoph Friedrich (1661–1671)
 Friedrich Wilhelm (1671–1735)
 Friedrich Ludwig (1735–1750)
 Josef Friedrich Wilhelm (1750–1798)
 Hermann (1798–1810)
 Friedrich (1810–1838)
 Konstantin (1838–1850) died 1869 last male member in dynastic line

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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport , also known as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, and Hartsfield–Jackson, is a public airport in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the world's busiest airport by number of passengers and number of landings and take-offs since 2005. It serves 89 million passengers per year. The airport is the main hub of AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, and ExpressJet. The Delta hub is the world's largest airline hub.  Delta Air Lines flew most (59%) of passengers from the airport in February 2011. The airport has 199 gates. It has both domestic and international gates.

Overview 
Hartsfield–Jackson was still the world's busiest airport in 2010.  It had an average of 243,000 passengers each day. It also had a total of  950,119 flights. Many of the flights are flights inside the United States. Atlanta is a major hub for travel throughout the Southeastern United States.

Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.   The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties. The city limits of Atlanta, College Park, and Hapeville end at the airport grounds.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport hosts the following airlines:

 Air Canada
 Air France
 Alaska Airlines
 American Airlines
 Boutique Air
 British Airways
 Continental Airlines
 Delta Airlines main Hub
 Frontier Airlines
 KLM
 Korean Air
 Lufthansa
 Qatar Airways (starts June 1)
 Southwest Airlines
 Spirit Airlines
 Turkish Airlines (starts May 16)
 United Airlines
 Virgin Atlantic

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Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (October 27, 1922 – December 25, 2010) was a president of Venezuela.  He was born in 1922, served twice as president in the early 1990s, and died in 2010.

Biography
Pérez was born on 27 October 1922 in Rubio, Venezuela.  He went to school in Caracas, where he studied law.  In 1948, he married Blanca Rodríguez, one of his cousins.  During the same year, because he opposed a coup d'état, he was put in prison, but got out and left Venezuela.  In 1958, Venezuala became a democracy, and Pérez became a part of the government led by Rómulo Betancourt.

In 1973, Pérez became president of Venezuala. He left office in 1979, and soon after, Venezuala's economy went through a low period. In 1989, Pérez became president again. Soon after, he made government spending much smaller and made prices of goods like gasoline higher.  There were many riots because of this.

In 1992, there were two coups that tried but failed to remove Pérez from being president. In 1993, though, he was impeached because he was thought to have paid for bodyguards for Violeta Chamorro, who was a former president of Nicaragua.  He went to prison after this for ten weeks.  After prison he was put in house arrest for two years.

After Hugo Chávez became president of Venezuala in 1998, Pérez went to the Dominican Republic. In 2003, he moved again, this time to the United States. While he was in the US, people in Venezuala tried to force him to return because he was wanted in connection with the riots his laws caused in 1989. He also married Cecilia Matos during this time.

He died on 25 December 2010 in Miami at the age of 88.  María Francia Pérez, his daughter, said that he had died of a heart attack.

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Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto made by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto is the main protagonist of the series, and at the start, he is a ninja student who lives in the village of Konoha.  The others in the town do not like him because he has the soul of the Fox Demon Kurama sealed inside him, but Naruto wants to become the town's leader.  During his studies, Naruto learns many jutsu (techniques), including a Shadow Clone jutsu which he excels at also a jutsu taught by his sensei Master Jiraiya the Rasengan. His energetic personality lets him make friends with many people, including his best friend and rival Sasuke.  

In every official Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity poll of the series, Naruto ranks in the top five characters. From the beginning of 2012, he has been in first place twice. Naruto was placed sixth in IGN's Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time. For the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics, Naruto's image is being used as a character to represent the event.

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Scott "Scottie" Upshall (born October 7, 1983 in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Arizona Coyotes. He also played for the St. Louis Blues, FLorida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Nashville PredatorsHe was picked by the Nashville Predators with the sixth overall pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the WHL with the Kamloops Blazers. Upshall has also played with the Nashville Predators for 4 seasons and the Philadelphia Flyers for 3 seasons before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes on March 4, 2009 for Daniel Carcillo.

Awards 
He won a Bronze medal in the 2000 World Hockey Challenge.
He was named to the CHL - All-Rookie Team (Canadian Major Junior) in 2001.
He was named the Rookie of the Year in the CHL in 2001.
He was named to the WHL All-Rookie Team in 2001.
He won the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy for the WHL Rookie of the Year in 2001.
He was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team in 2002.
He won a Silver medal in the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 2002.
He won a Silver medal in the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 2003.
He won the Calder Cup with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL in 2004.
He won a silver medal in the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in 2009

Other websites 
Scottie Upshall's NHL Player Page

1983 births
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RC Cola or (Royal Crown Cola) is a soft drink (soda) similar to Coca Cola in its color. Each can of RC Cola contains 160 calories. RC Cola is manufactured by Cott Beverages and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

History 
RC Cola was invented by a Claude A. Hatcher, a pharmacist of the state of Georgia, in 1905. RC Cola was the first soda to be sold in a aluminum can. The first diet soda ever sold was introduced by the company in 1958 and was called Diet Rite.

Flavors
The company sells all sorts of flavors of RC Cola such as:

RC Cola
Diet RC
Diet Rite
Royal Crown Draft Cola - limited U.S. availability
Cherry R.C. - Available in limited markets
RC Edge - Available in limited markets
RC 100 - Discontinued
Caffeine Free RC - Available in limited markets
RC Free - Only available in Israel

Other websites
RC Cola's Official website 

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Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975 in Wyckoff, New Jersey) is an American actress. She made her movie debut in the 1987 horror movie A Return to Salem's Lot. She had a recurring role on the television show, Scrubs as Danni Sullivan. She is best known for her role as Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum in the American Pie movie series.

From August 18 - September 2, 2011, she was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother UK.

Filmography
 A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) - Amanda
 The Big Lebowski (1998) -  Bunny Lebowski
 Girl (1998) - Cybil
 I Woke Up the Day I Died (1998) - Prom Queen/Nightclub Bartender
 Urban Legend (1998) - Sasha Thomas
 Cruel Intentions (1999) - Marci Greenbaum
 Around The Fire (1999) - Jennifer
 American Pie (1999) - Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
 Body Shots (1999) - Sara Olswang
 Dr. T & the Women (2000) - Connie
 Just Visiting (2001) - Angelique
 Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - Melody Valentine
 American Pie 2 (2001) - Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
 National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) - Gwen Pearson
 Devil's Pond (2003) - Julianne (straight-to-video)
 My Boss's Daughter (2003) - Lisa Taylor
 Alone in the Dark (2005) - Aline Cedrac
 The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) - Lola Bryne
 Silent Partner (2005) - Dina (straight-to-video)
 Incubus (2006) - Jay (straight-to-video)
 If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007) - Stephanie (straight-to-video)
 7-10 Split/Strike (2007) - Lindsay/Lil Reno (straight-to-video)
 Senior Skip Day (2008) - Ellen Harris (straight-to-video)
 Clean Break/Unnatural Causes (2008) - Julia McKay (straight-to-video)
 Land of Canaan (2010) - Amy (post-production)
 Last Call (2010) - Lindsay (post-production)
 The Fields (2011) - Bonnie (post-production)
 Sharknado
 Sharknado 2: The Second One''

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David Duane "Dave" Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950 in Thermopolis, Wyoming) is an American politician. He was the 31st Governor of Wyoming. Freudenthal was re-elected to his second term on November 7, 2006, and announced on March 4, 2010, that he would not attempt to seek a third term as Governor of Wyoming.

Freudenthal is married to Nancy D. Freudenthal who currently serves as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming and they have four children: Donald, Hillary, Bret and Katie.

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