Spears

  Spears The surname of SPEARS was an occupational name ‘the speir’, meaning the watchman. The name was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name was derived from the Old English word ‘Spere’. Early records of the name mention Walter Spear who was recorded in County Somerset in the year 1185. Henry Spere was documented in 1246, County Lancashire. William le Spiour of the County of Cheshire was recorded in 1302. Robert Spyer of Yorkshire was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Richard Spyre registered at Oxford University in 1515. John Spier of County Oxfordshire and Jane Price were married in London in 1662. Robert Spear and Maria Baker were married at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London in 1802. George Spier is recorded in Stirling, Scotland in 1548. The name was taken to Scotland by early settlers, and George Speris is recorded in Stirling in the year 1548. Janet Speirs appears in Farniknowes in the year 1679, and Thomas Speirs in Torrieburne, complained against his minister in 1689. The name has many variant spellings which include SPEARE, SPEARS and SPEER. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield and embroidered on his surcoat, the flowing and draped garment worn over the armour. The rise of surnames, according to the accepted theory, was due to the Norman Conquest of 1066 when Old English personal-names were rapidly superseded by the new christian names introduced by the Normans. Of these, only a few were really popular and in the 12th century this scarcity of christian names led to the increasing use of surnames to distinguish the numerous individuals of the same name. Some Normans had hereditary surnames before they came to England, but there is evidence that surnames would have developed in England even had there been no Norman Conquest. The development of the feudal system made it essential that the king should know exactly what service each person owed. Payments to and by the exchequer required that debtors and creditors should be particularized, and it became official that each individual acquired exact identification. ARMS – Azure two tilting spears in saltire between four boars heads couped or on a chief argent a mullet between two crescents gules CREST – A dexter arms in armour embowed wielding a tilting spear proper MOTTO – – ADVANCE

Leon Lai Ming as 黎明

• Leon Lai Fans Club 黎明之友 – fansite
• Leon Lai at the Internet Movie Database

Leon Lai Ming, BBS, MH (born 11 December 1966) is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王). He uses the stage name “Li Ming” or “Lai Ming” which literally means “dawn.” In Polygram, he released his first album “Leon” and subsequent album “Meet in the Rain”. His debut album went gold.[8] After several years at Polygram, he then signed a new contract with Sony Music on 23 March 1998. Together with Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok, Lai was among the four most popular male singers during the 1990s, when the media referred to them as Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings (Chinese: 四大天王). In 2004, Lai formed a new record production company, “A Music”, East Asia Record Production Company Limited, with Peter Lam. The first album produced by the company, “Dawn” was released in September of that year. The album, “Dawn”, was released with minimum promotion as Lai went to Mainland China for a movie shoot on the day of the album’s release. In order to bring in new excitements for his music, Lai invited a famous music producer Jonathan Lee from Taiwan in 2005 to produce his new mandarin album “A Story”. However, by doing so he had to give up the opportunity for a lead role in a big budget Taiwan movie “Gui Si” due to conflicts in his schedules. Lai returned to the Hong Kong Coliseum on 13 April 2007 to perform in his one night only Leon 4 in Love Concert where he performed not only his own hits but also hits of the other three heavenly kings. He performed a total of 18 songs, all of which are newly arranged by Mark Lui. He subsequently released an album titled “4 In Love” on 3 May 2007, comprising 16 of the 18 songs he had performed in the concert. In 2006 Lai starred alongside Fan Bingbing and Rene Liu in a love and horror, thriller film titled The Matrimony where he played a cinematographer Shen Junchu, the love interest of Manli and Sansan. JunChu was pressurised into marrying Sansan after the untimely demise of his true love Manli in an accident. The film was released on 8 February 2007. In the same year, Lai wrote and directed a musical film titled A Melody Looking which was shot in New York. It features Lai and the rest of the Amusic family of singers namely Janice, Jill, Emily, Charles and Chapman. This film marks his debut as a director. In 2007 Lai starred alongside Kelly Chen, Donnie Yen and Guo Xiaodong in the Ching Siu-tung film An Empress and the Warriors. He acted as a woodland medicine man who has a romantic relationship with a princess. Lai and Kelly Chen sang the theme song, “Fly With Your Dreams” written by Albert Leung and composed by Mark Lui. He underwent training in Peking Opera for playing the lead role as Méi Lánfāng in the biographical film Forever Enthralled which was directed by Chen Kaige. He directed the music video for the film where he and Zhang Ziyi sang the theme song, “You Understand My Love”. For the first time in his career, Lai played the role of a beggar in the Peter Chan directed film Bodyguards and Assassins.For his success a wax figure of Lai was revealed at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.

Dante Terrell Smith

• Mos Def / Dante Smith discographies at Discogs.
• Mos Def at Geffen Records.
• Mos Def at MTV

Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) is an American actor and MC, known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which released the album Black Star in 1998. He was a major force in late 1990s underground hip hop while with Rawkus Records. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009. Editors of About.com ranked him number 24 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). In 2012, The Source ranked him No. 23 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. Since the early 2000s, Mos Def’s screen work has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who has garnered critical acclaim for his acting work. He is well known for his portrayal of Brother Sam in the American drama series Dexter. Mos Def has also been active in several social and political causes.

Rider King Strong

Rider Strong at the Internet Movie Database Rider King Strong (born December 11, 1979) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World. Strong began his acting career at the young age of nine, when he starred as Gavroche in the San Francisco production of Les Misérables. After the stage production, he appeared in small screen roles on television. In 1992, he received his first regular television series role as Julie Andrews’s son on Julie. When the series was canceled, Strong made his debut on film as Amy Irving’s son in Benefit of the Doubt. It was not until he was chosen for the role of Shawn Hunter in the ABC series Boy Meets World that he received widespread recognition. During the seven year run he was nominated twice for the Young Artist Award and nominated for a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award. When the series ended, Strong returned to the big screen to star as Paul in the indie horror film Cabin Fever, directed by Eli Roth. In 2006, he returned to television for a regular series role in Pepper Dennis on the WB. The show was short-lived and was not chosen as one of the transferring shows to The CW Television Network. He has a brief cameo appearance in Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to Cabin Fever. It was released in 2009. Along with his brother, Shiloh Strong, he wrote and directed the short film, Irish Twins, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. It went on to win both the Jury Award and Audience Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival, a Special Jury Prize in the Action/Cut Short Film Competition and Best First-Time Director at DC Shorts. Speaking to Pure Movies in 2010 he expressed that he wanted to expand his writing and directing career: ‘Acting is always there and I enjoy it but it’s kind of got a little unfulfilling lately. You know, I’m in the low budget horror world… I have a whole lot of other stuff I want to do.’ In April 2008, Strong co-created (with his brother and his girlfriend, actress Alexandra Barreto) a 30-second television ad in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, titled “It Could Happen to You.” The ad, submitted to MoveOn.org, became one of 15 finalists from a pool of over 1,100 submitted ads, and was chosen as the funniest ad in May 2008. In August, MoveOn raised $200,000 to air the ad on MTV and Comedy Central; it was the first political commercial to ever appear on Comedy Central. In early 2009, Strong narrated the audiobook of The Obama Revolution by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer. In 2010, Strong starred in the science fiction-thriller film The Darkening Sky alongside Ezra Buzzington, Charley Rossman, Sally Berman, Daniel Kirschner and LaShan Anderson under the direction of Victor Bornia.

Natalia Gordienko

  Natalia Gordienco on Myspace Natalia Gordienko, sometimes spelled as Natalia Gordienco, (Ukrainian: Наталя Гордієнко born December 11, 1987 in Chişinău) is a professional dancer and singer of Ukrainian ancestry from Moldova. Natalia Gordienco was born in 1987 to a family of architects in Chişinău. She attended high school through the 12th form, majoring in mathematics, biology and chemistry. She sang in her school choir. She also graduated from her piano studies at music school and danced in the school’s dance ensemble for 10 years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions. She won three national and six international contests. Since 2005, Natalia Gordienco has been the singer with the band Millennium. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei, Millennium came third. Millennium with Natalia Gordienco were invited to participate in the Golden Stag international competition in Romania in 2005 On May 20, 2006, she performed alongside Arsenium and Connect-R in the song Loca (Crazy) at Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Moldova. She ended up 20th out of 24, yet she managed to place ahead of internationally known Spanish act Las Ketchup. Natalia has taken part in many competitions and has won many awards: National competition – The song on the national station Radio Moldova in 2003 – 2nd place National competition – The Star Of Kishinev in 2003 – grand prize National competition – Miss Teenager in 2004 – grand prize International Festival – Rainbow Stars in Jūrmala, Latvia in 2003 International competition – Sevastopol-Ialta in Ukraine in 2004 – 1st place International competition – Delfice Games in 2004 – 1st place International competition – Heart Of Two Twins in 2004 – 1st place International competition – Songs Of The World in 2005 – 1st place International competition – Our Native Edge in 2005 – grand prize Eurovision Song Contest 2006 – 20th place New Wave 2007 (Jurmala) – 1st place

Hiero means holy

Hiero

Local Origin of Name: Greek From the name Hiero

Meaning: Holy

Emotional Spectrum • You wouldn’t want to be on the bad side of Hiero. Personal Integrity • His honor is well-known among his friends. Personality • He lives on the sunny side of the street. Relationships • It may take some time to get to know Hiero. Travel & Leisure • Born to travel! Career & Money • A career in teaching would suit Hiero. Life’s Opportunities • Not everyone has the career opportunities of Hiero.

Hiero’s Lucky Numbers: 8 • 34 • 31 • 27 • 1 • 28

Katrin Siska

• Vanilla Ninja official website (English, Estonian)
• Katrin Siska at the Internet Movie Database

Katrin Siska (born December 10, 1983 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian musician and member of the Estonian pop-rock band Vanilla Ninja. Alongside her musical commitments, Siska has also been studying finance and accounting at a vocational school and international relations and diplomacy in Tallinn. After moving back to Estonia with Vanilla Ninja from Germany in year 2006 she went back to the university again – now she is studying law at Tallinn University of Technology. She is fluent in Estonian, Russian, English, German and Finnish.[citation needed] At the university she has been studying also French. Siska was a member of a choir during her schooltime and started playing the piano when she was 7 years old. She has a younger sister. In August 2009, Siska joined the Estonian Centre Party.

Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, Newcastle, The Loved Ones and A Few Best Men, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Samuel made his debut on an Australian TV show named McLeod’s Daughters in 2003. He starred in the Australian horror movie Road Train as Marcus and also acted in the Australian movie Drowning with Elephant Princess star Miles Szanto, directed by Craig Boreham. In 2009, he was cast as Brent in the Australian horror/thriller movie The Loved Ones in the lead role opposite Robin McLeavy. Although it received several award nominations, the film was a financial failure. In early 2010, Samuel was cast as Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The film gave Samuel his first blockbuster film worldwide. Samuel received his first award nomination and win at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. In an interview with GQ Australia in November 2010, Samuel described the process of his shock Twilight casting. “I sent off the audition tape from Sydney, which landed in a big pile on someone’s desk. So then to actually hear something back was kind of unusual. I guess I was a bit of a gamble, but it’s bizarre and wonderful”. Samuel appeared in the 2011 film Anonymous. He plays a lead role in A Few Best Men (2011-2012). He was cast in 3D feature Bait and short film Sanctuary, both still under production as of 1 June 2012.

Jayson Anthony Paul

• JTG‘s profile on WWE.com
• Online World of Wrestling profile

Jayson Anthony Paul (born December 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name JTG (Jayson the Gangsta). He is currently signed to WWE. On June 29, 2007, on an episode of SmackDown, Deuce ‘n Domino (with Cherry) defeated Cryme Tyme in an inter-brand match tag team match. While Deuce, Domino and Cherry celebrated their victory, Cryme Tyme appeared on the titantron and, in storyline, stole their car, taking it to Brisco Brothers Auto to sell it for parts chanting their signature catch phrase, “Money money, yeah, yeah”. On July 21, 2007, Cryme Tyme defeated the James Boys to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the second time. On August 13, 2007 Cryme Tyme returned to their hometown of New York City on an episode of Raw from Madison Square Garden, losing to then-World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a non-title match by disqualification when Shad used a chair on Murdoch. On the August 20, 2007 edition of Raw, Cryme Tyme stole Murdoch’s hat and sold to a fan, and the following week, stole Cade’s and gave it away to a fan. In the middle of this feud, on September 2, 2007, both Paul and Gaspard were released from World Wrestling Entertainment. JTG would then be managed by Tamina starting on the November 9, 2011 episode of NXT Redemption, and the next week. JTG lost against Jimmy Uso in the first week being managed by Tamina. On the January 16 episode of RAW Supershow, JTG made his first RAW appearance in months where he was defeated by Brodus Clay. After multiple weeks of losing matches on NXT Redemption, JTG was approached by Alicia Fox who suggested JTG needed a new look and then offered to design one for him. After firstly being reluctant to accept, JTG accepted giving Fox one week to do so. The following week on NXT Redemption, JTG debuted a new look and then went on to defeat Yoshi Tatsu giving him his first win of 2012 in the process. On July 16 edition of WWE Raw, JTG again lost to Brodus Clay. After making some Controversial Remarks on his Twitter account about contention stemmed from midcarders’ financial compensation for Wrestle Mania XXVIII, he returned to television tapings on August, 13th episode of Raw, but once again suffered a loss, this time by Ryback.= On November 15th JTG lost to The Great Khali on WWE Superstars.

Raven Symone

Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985), known professionally as Raven-Symoné , or simply Raven, is an American actress and singer. Symoné launched her career in 1989 after appearing in The Cosby Show as Olivia. She released her debut album, Here’s to New Dreams in 1993; the single, “That’s What Little Girls Are Made Of” charted number 68 on the US Billboard Hot 100.  The next album, Undeniable, was released on May 4, 1999. Symoné appeared in several successful television series, such as The Cosby Show and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. From 2003 to 2007, Symoné starred in the Disney Channel series, That’s So Raven in which she played Raven Baxter, a psychic teenager who tried her best to keep her psychic powers a secret. During her time on That’s So Raven, Symoné released her third studio album, This is My Time (2004) which was Symoné’s best selling solo album to date, charting at number 51 on the Billboard200. After a year of the end of That’s So Raven, she released her fourth studio album, Raven-Symoné (2008). The album peaked at number 159 on the Billboard 200. During 2003 to 2006, she participated in four soundtracks from Disney, RIAA-certified double-platinum album, The Cheetah Girls (2003), RIAA-certified gold album, That’s So Raven (2004), That’s So Raven Too! (2006) and RIAA-certified platinum album, The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006). The soundtracks sold a combined 4.1 million copies in the U.S. alone. As of April 2008, Symoné has sold 314,000 albums in the United States. She is also the voice of Uniqua, in Nickelodeon series, The Backyardigans, during the fourth and final season. She transitioned to a film career, starring in several films aimed at young audiences, including Dr. Dolittle (1998), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001),College Road Trip (2008), and successful television films, including Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999), The Cheetah Girls (2003), its sequel Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), For One Night (2006), Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010). Raven has also lent her voice to the animated series Kim Possible, for the character Monique and films such as Disney‘s Tinker Bell. Raven-Symoné also owns a “how-to” video website, Raven-Symoné Presents.  In 2011, Symoné starred in the short-lived ABC Family comedy series State of Georgia as Georgia Chamberlain, an aspiring actress with a huge ego who moves to New York City to try her hand at an acting career.