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Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. It tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), White turns to a life of crime, producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies. Walter's family consists of his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and children, Walter, Jr. (RJ Mitte) and Holly (Elanor Anne Wenrich). The show also features Skyler's sister Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt), and her husband Hank (Dean Norris), a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Walter hires lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), who connects him with private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and in turn Mike's em

                                                        Vans is a manufacturer of shoes, established in Cypress, California. The company also produces T-shirts, hats, backpakcs and other things. Vans is also active in the actions sports industry and sponsors skateboard, surf, snow, BMX, and motocross teams. On March 16, 1966 in Anaheim, California, the brothers Paul Van Doren and James Van Doren and other people opened the first Vans store under the name "The Van Doren Rubber Company" Next, the company grew and now it's one of the most important industries of shoes in the world. 

                      Harrods is located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. History Harrods founder Charles Henry Harrod established his business in 1824. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. Dress code From 1989 Harrods has had a dress code policy and has turned away several people who it believed were not dressed appropriately. These included a soldier in uniform, a scout troop, a woman with a mohican hair cut and other people The Egyptian-style clothing department at Harrods Products and services Harrods offers a wide range of products and services. Products on offer include clothing for women, men, children and infants, electronics, toys, food and drink, packaged gifts, and much more. Harrods also includes 32 restaurants, serving everything from high tea to tapas to pub food to haute cuisine.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think H

                                BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and the United Kingdom in October. Carter G. Woodson History The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which dates Black communities had celebrated  together since the late 19th century. Black History Month (1976) The expansion of Black History Week to Black History Mon

                                                    ROSA PARKS Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the background Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. She was called the "Mother of the Modern-Day American civil rights movement" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Parks is best known for what she did in her home town of Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. While she sat in a seat in the middle of the bus, the bus driver told her to move to the back of the bus so a white passenger could take the seat in the front of the bus. Parks refused to move. She was a member of the local chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Like so many others she was tired of being treated as a lower class person because of the color of her skin. She was arrested. This led to the Montgomery bus boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days. This caused a change

                                        THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA and Canada when people give thanks. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November in the USA, on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Friday of November in China. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. American immigrants brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada, beginning on April 5, 1872. The United States Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday in the year 1941, and Canadian Parliament later established the second Monday of each October as a national holiday in the year 1957. The First Thanksgiving "The First Thanksgiving" Although not as famous, the first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia in 1619 - a year before the Mayflower brought the Pilgri

Black Friday is the Friday which comes immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. This day has been seen as the official beginning of Christmas holiday season. Black Fridays are not federal holidays. Certain states, however, observe this day instead of Columbus Day for employees of the state government. The term began somewhere either during or after World War II, though was not popular outside of Philadelphia until around 1975. Stores usually open around 6am or later. Certain stores, though, started opening at 4am and 5am in the late 2000s.

                                                    HALLOWEEN Halloween is a date celebrated on the night of October 31st. Its celebration is most practised in the United States and Canada. Children wear costumes and they go to peoples' homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy, sweets in the United Kingdom, or lollies in Australia, and then people give it to them. This practice originally involved a threat. A threat is when someone says that they will do something bad if they do not get what they want. In this case the threat could be explained as: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you." Children today usually do not play tricks if they do not get treats. However, some children still get up to mischief (pranks or things to make fun of people; like putting toilet paper in trees; writing on windows with soap or throwing eggs at peoples' houses). People sometimes dress up as ghosts, witches, goblins and other scary things for Halloween. Origi

                                 THE SUPER BOWL The Vince Lombardi Trophy has been awarded to the Super Bowl winner each year since its inception. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional football in the United States.  Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The most recent game, Super Bowl XLIX, which was won by the New England Patriots, was played on February 1, 2015, following the 2014 season. The logo of Super Bowl  The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered by some an unofficial American national holiday, is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year; the four most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television history are Super Bowls. In 2014, Super Bowl XLVII

                                                             WICCA Wicca, is a Neo-pagan (meaning "new pagan") religion popularized by a British man named Gerald Gardner in the 1940s. Gardner called Wicca the "witch cult" and "witchcraft" and its followers the "Wica". The word "Wicca" means "Witch" in Old English. People who follow Wicca are called "Wiccans." BELIEFS There are many different traditions of Wicca, yet many are common beliefs shared by all Wiccans, such as the afterlife, magic and morality. God and Goddess Not all Wiccans believe in a God and Goddess. Those that do believe that the God and Goddess are equal. Sometimes the Goddess is seen as more important than the God. The God and Goddess can split into different Gods and Goddesses. There are some Wiccans who mostly worship the Goddess only. Practices Altars A pentagram. This is an old symbol of a five-pointed star within a circle. It represent

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He's regarded as the national poet of Scotland and he's celebrated worldwide. He's te best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, but a lot of his poems was written in English and some in Scots dialet. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland. As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.  Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known across the world today include "A Red, Red Rose"; "A Man's a Man fo

                            MY NEWS RESOLUTION FOR 2015 Lose weight Go to the gym Meet Ariana Grande Meet Coldplay Take a trip to London Study more Don't eat junk food Learn another language Take a trip to Barcelona Go to a concert