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Year 144 (CXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 897 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 144 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events[link]

By place[link]

Roman Empire[link]

• Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus and Titus Statilius Maximus become Roman Consuls.
• The Roman campaigns in Mauretania begin.

Asia[link]

• Change of era name from Hanan (3rd year) to Jiankang era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Change of emperor from Han Shundi to Han Chongdi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Reign of Kanishka, emperor of the Kushan Empire.

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Religion[link]

• Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Polycarpus II to Patriarch Athendodorus.
• Marcion of Sinope is excommunicated; a sect, Marcionism, grows out of his beliefs.

Births[link]

Deaths[link]

• Han Shundi, emperor of Chinese Han Dynasty (b. 115)

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Zachary Levi
Levi in 2011.
Born	Zachary Levi Pugh (1980-09-29) September 29, 1980 (age 31) Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer, director
Years active	2002–present
Website
TheNerdMachine.com

Zachary Levi Pugh (born September 29, 1980), better known by his stage name Zachary Levi (pronounced /ˈzækəri ˈliːvaɪ/), is an American actor, director, and singer known for the roles of Kipp Steadman in Less than Perfect, Chuck Bartowski in Chuck, and Flynn Rider in Tangled.

Early life[link]

Zachary Levi Pugh was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Darrell and Susy Pugh.^[1] He is the middle child between two sisters, Sarah and Shekinah. He is of Welsh ancestry.^[2] As a child, his family moved all over the country before making their final move to their new home in Ventura, California, where Levi attended Buena High School for four years.^[3] He began acting in theatre at the age of six, performing lead roles in regional productions such as Grease, The Outsiders, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz and Big River at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.

Career[link]

Levi promoting the television show Chuck at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

Levi first appeared in the FX television movie Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie. He played Kipp Steadman on the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect. He also portrayed a potential boyfriend of Charisma Carpenter's character, Jane, in the ABC Family television movie See Jane Date. Levi was slated to be a lead in an ABC pilot called Three for the 2004/2005 television season. It was written by Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen, and would have costarred James Van Der Beek, Jama Williamson, and Jacob Pitts, but the show was not picked up.^[4] Levi financed Kendall Payne's album Grown after she was dropped by her label, Capitol Records.^[5]

He landed the starring role in Chuck in 2007. Levi and his Chuck co-star, Yvonne Strahovski, were both nominated for Best Action Actor and Actress Choice TV Series for the Teen Choice Awards 2010 where they both won and presented.^[6] In the summer of 2008, Levi was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Thirty People Under Thirty.^[7] He later starred in the film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel in the lead role as the Chipmunks' cousin Toby Seville.^[8] He stars alongside Mandy Moore in the 2010 Disney-animated feature film Tangled, which is based on the popular fairy tale Rapunzel. He voices Flynn Rider, a bandit who finds refuge in Rapunzel's tower. Levi provided narration in the 2011 film Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story, a documentary about the game of Monopoly.^[9] Levi hosted the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.^[10]

BuddyTV ranked him #97 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".^[11]

In 2012, it was announced that Levi landed the male lead in the TV pilot Let it Go, which would have aired on Fox, however, it was not picked up.^[12]

Music[link]

In April 2010, Katharine McPhee released a preview of a music video to cinemas for her single "Terrified". Levi duets with her on the song (which was re-recorded; the original album version features Jason Reeves) and appears in the music video singing with McPhee. On May 3, 2010, the song was previewed on Entertainment Weekly's website and was made available for purchase on iTunes.^[13] The full video premiered on May, 7th, 2010 on the music video website Vevo.^[14]

He is also featured on the soundtrack of the movie Tangled singing a duet with co-star Mandy Moore called "I See the Light", as well as being featured in the song "I've Got a Dream". In honor of the Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, Levi and Moore performed "I See the Light" at the 83rd Academy Awards.^[15]

He has also been a guest member of Band From TV, a band made up of actors from various American TV shows.

Personal life[link]

Levi is a sports car and motorcycle enthusiast and owns a 2009 Nissan GT-R.^[16][17] He dated Caitlin Crosby from 2008 to January 2010.^[18][19]

Levi is a Christian and has been since childhood. In a 2002 interview with Relevant Magazine, he said, "My job on my set, I believe, is to first just love people and gain that trust with people where they know that I really do love them and care about their well-being, so that when they are running into problems, they will hopefully, at some point, come to me and ask me, 'What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents?' And I can turn to them and say without blinking, 'Jesus Christ.'"^[20]

In September 2010, Levi started his own company, The Nerd Machine.^[21]

Levi was selected as a participant in the Celebrity All Star Game at NBA All Star Weekend 2011 at Los Angeles. He played for the team coached by Magic Johnson.^{[citation needed]}

Levi is an avid gamer, having first played Super Mario Bros. and has come to appreciate video games for their ability to provide "interactive stories."^[10]

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

• "Terrified" (2010) – Performed by Katharine McPhee featuring Zachary Levi.
• "I See the Light" (2010) – Performed by Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore for the film Tangled.

Live performances[link]

On February 27, 2011, Levi performed "I See the Light" with Mandy Moore at the 83rd Academy Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Video games[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zachary Levi

• Official website
• Zachary Levi at the Internet Movie Database
• Zachary Levi at AllRovi
• Zachary Levi at TV Guide

Title page to the 1818 fourth edition

The Fudge Family in Paris is a 1818 epistolary verse novel by Thomas Moore. It was intended to be a comedic critique of the post-war settlement of Europe following the Congress of Vienna and the large number of British and Irish families who flocked to France for tourism. It was inspired in part by a brief trip that Moore had made to Paris.

It depicts the visit to Paris of the fictional Fudge family in the wake of the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the restoration of the Bourbon regime. The story is told through the letters of four characters: the father Phil Fudge, his children Bob and Biddy and the family tutor Phelim Connor. Phil is in the city researching a book which he intends to be propaganda on behalf of his patron Lord Castlereagh, the foreign secretary. His son is a dandy mainly interested in the city's restaurants while his dizzy daughter is seeking romance. She falls in love with a young man who she believes to be the King of Prussia in disguise, but is in fact a draper.

It was published on 20 April 1818 by Longmans. The work proved popular and sparked a number of imitations by other writers depicting the Fudge Family's antics in other cities including Edinburgh, Washington and Dublin.^[1] Castlereagh, who was the target of much of the humour, read the work and did not much mind it but objected to the letters of the pro-Bonaparte tutor Connor which he thought were "in very bad taste".^[2]

Moore's publisher proposed that he should write a sequel The Fudge Family in London but he rejected their offer.^[3] Following his travels in Italy he began writing The Fudge Family in Italy but was disappointed with his efforts and abandoned the project. In 1835 he finally wrote a sequel The Fudge Family in England.

References[link]

1. ^ Kelly p313
2. ^ Kelly p.311
3. ^ Kelly p.321

Bibliography[link]

• Kelly, Ronan. Bard of Erin: The Life of Thomas Moore. Penguin Books, 2009.

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