On August 22, 2009 Stote broke the raw(unassisted) bench press, Squat, Deadlift and total world record.
Brendan Stote is also one of the youngest men to be inducted into the World Marital Arts Hall of Fame at the age of twenty. Stote was inducted on September 2, 2006 in Clevand, Ohio. The event was hosted by Grandmaster (Soke) Dr. E.A. Moore
On November 8, 2009 Stote was rushed to Stamford hospital after rupturing his appendix. Stote waited to long to get to the hospital and came very close to death. Stote then developed complications from having multiple infections. Doctors told him he would never be able to lift heavy again. Despite what the doctors told him, he is currently making a big come back. He is competitively lifting again.
Stote is also an avid writer and is in the process of getting some of his poetry published .
While fictional genealogies are usually devised for characters original to their respective works of fiction, some may include characters from other works. One example is the Wold Newton family, created by Philip José Farmer, which includes Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan.
Examples of fictional families
* House Atreides in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert.
* , from the Myst franchise.
* List of Collins family members, from Dark Shadows.
* Deryni Genealogies, rulers and nobles from the Deryni Universe, created by Katherine Kurtz.
* The Duck family, The Clan McDuck, Coot Kin, and the Gearloose family, the extensive family of Walt Disney's Donald Duck
* The Glass family, featured in a number of J.D. Salinger's works.
* The Griffin family, of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy
* The Potter, Weasley, Black and other Wizarding families from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
*The Halliwell family from Charmed
* Howard Families, from various works of Robert A. Heinlein.
* House Lannister, from George R. R. Martin's fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire.
* The Incarnations of Immortality family, from the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony.
*The Long family, created by Robert A. Heinlein.
*The Mallory and Anderson families in the series of romantic novels by Johanna Lindsey.
*The Mishima family from Video game Tekken
*The Possible family from Kim Possible
* The Shannara/Ohmsford family, from Terry Brooks' Shannara fantasy novels.
* The Simpson family from Matt Groening's The Simpsons (see The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album).
* The Soprano family, from The Sopranos
*The Skywalker family, Anakin Skywalker and his descendants in George Lucas' Star Wars universe.
* House Targaryen, from George R. R. Martin's fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire.
* The Wold Newton family, created by Philip José Farmer.
* The Penvellyn family from Curse of Blackmoor Manor.
* The Titan family from the action-adventure Pulp Heroes trilogy of novels, More Than Mortal, Khan Dynasty, and Sanctuary Falls.
* The Beale family and Branning family from the UK soap opera EastEnders
* The Murry and O'Keefe families in Madeleine L'Engle's Kairos novels, and the Austins in her Chronos series
Middle-earth
J. R. R. Tolkien created many family trees for many of his Middle-earth characters, who appear in The Lord of the Rings and various versions of The Silmarillion.
*House of Fëanor
*House of Fingolfin
*House of Finarfin
*Descendants of Elwë, Olwë and Elmo
*House of Bëor
*House of Haleth
*House of Hador
*Descent of Túrin Turambar and Tuor Eladar
*Half-elven
*Line of Elendil
*House of Húrin
Dune
Frank Herbert and his successors created several fictional families for the Dune universe.
*House Atreides
*House Corrino
*House Harkonnen
*House Ordos
*House Richese
*House Vernius
Material Girl The Musical
A musical based on MADONNA LOUISE VERONICA CICCONE
Written by JAMES MCGINNIS
After a long time waiting MATERIAL GIRL THE MUSICAL , a musical based on MADONNA LOUISE VERONICA CICCONE Author of the play MATERIAL GIRL THE MUSICAL, JAMES MCGINNIS believe the Musical is to be the most exiting and expected Musical Play of the times, desired and wanted by fans and writers of such famous and controversial artist well known around the world as MADONNA.
This play promises to be a recreation of a series of concerts and special events that took place in the exiting career life of one of the most famous persons that still is representing the 1980's Era. The author, writer, of the play and as fan of such personality JAMES MCGINNIS, invites you to be a part of what is believed to be a unique musical play that takes place in the United States and Europe.
‘MATERIAL GIRL, The Musical’ tells the story of a very successful Artist, business woman; focusing on her life long career and her relationship with friends, business, love and success. The musical culminates with a movie showing actual and real pictures of her life long career . As the musical progresses it portrays the evolution of her career in music and the astonishing recreation of all of her famous live concerts who made the Material Girl certainly one of the most famous woman in the music world.
The show begins with the MATERIAL GIRL singing one of her very first songs when she was still yet to be discovered. From that point on, the story develops with unexpected disappointment from people who she thought she could trust, but in the end betray her and take advantage of her successful future that was awaiting on her. Little does she knows that her feelings, instincts were guiding her to “Fameâ€.
The musical is telling the struggles as she survives in a world full of misfortune, but it is not by any means disconnected to all the music that made her the most famous woman in the music world.
With that being said, MATERIAL GIRL, The Musical is a celebration of her life and her songs reflects inspiration ,excitement, adoration and respect for a woman with a very successful career and a very normal and honest beginning in a very strong male dominated material world.
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