Jim Rash

James "Jim" Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is known for playing Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community. In 2012, he received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film The Descendants.

Early life

Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he attended Charlotte Latin School. Both he and his sister were adopted. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Career

Rash played Mr. Grayson / Stitches, a sidekick to the supervillain Royal Pain, in the 2005 film Sky High. He played Fenton on That '70s Show and Andrew (the "whore house guy") on Reno 911!. He guest starred in the final episode of Friends, and played Head T.A. Philip in Slackers. Since 2009, Rash has starred on Community as Craig Pelton, the dean of the community college in which the show takes place. Rash and comedy partner Nat Faxon moved into screenwriting, writing a pilot in 2005 for a series entitled Adopted, about an adult who finds out his parents are not his birth parents. The show did not take off.

Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, producer and voice artist. He was the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that aired on CBS from 2005 to 2014. Ferguson began hosting the syndicated Celebrity Name Game in September 2014, and in February 2016 will host Join or Die with Craig Ferguson on History.

After starting his career in Britain with music, comedy and theatre, Ferguson moved to the United States where he found success in the role of Nigel Wick on The Drew Carey Show. He has written and starred in three films, directing one of them, and has appeared in several others, including several voice-over roles for animations. Ferguson has also written two books: Between the Bridge and the River, a novel, and American on Purpose, a memoir.

Early life and education

Ferguson was born in Stobhill Hospital, in the Springburn district of Glasgow to Robert and Janet Ferguson, on 17 May 1962, and raised in nearby Cumbernauld, growing up "chubby and bullied". He was raised Presbyterian. When he was six months old, he and his family moved from their Springburn apartment to a council house in Cumbernauld. They lived there as Glasgow was re-housing many people following damage to the city from World War II. Ferguson attended Muirfield Primary School and Cumbernauld High School. At age sixteen, Ferguson left Cumbernauld High School and began an apprenticeship to be an electronics technician at a local factory of American company Burroughs Corporation.

Joel McHale

Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host. He is known for hosting The Soup and portraying Jeff Winger on the NBC/Yahoo! comedy series Community. He voiced Elliot in the computer-animated comedy film Open Season 2, and has appeared in such films as Spider-Man 2, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, Ted, What's Your Number?, and Blended.

Early life

McHale was born in Rome, Italy, where his father, Jack McHale, worked as Dean of Students at Loyola University Rome Center. His mother, Laurie, is from Vancouver, British Columbia, and his father is from Chicago, Illinois. Of Irish and Norwegian descent, he was raised Catholic in New Jersey and Seattle, Washington. He attended Mercer Island High School.

McHale received a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Washington in 1995. While at the University of Washington, McHale very briefly belonged to the Theta Chi Fraternity.

He was recruited to be on the rowing team, but later joined the football team, playing tight end for two years. According to the football team site, he did not letter in football. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington. He is a fan of the Seattle Seahawks.

Rash, Jim Filmography

Play in Full Screen 2013 Young Hollywood Awards

2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Funny: The Documentary

2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Way Way Back

2013, role: actor , character name: Lewis
Play in Full Screen Pet Intervention

2013, role: actor , character name: Interventionist
Play in Full Screen The Way Way Back

2013, role: producer
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2013, role: writer
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2013, role: director
Play in Full Screen The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The 84th Annual Academy Awards

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Play in Full Screen The Descendants

2011, role: writer
Play in Full Screen Worst. Prom. Ever.

2011, role: actor , character name: Pizza Pete
Play in Full Screen Open Books

2010, role: actor , character name: Kyle
Play in Full Screen Community: Office Hours

2010, role: actor , character name: Dean Pelton
Play in Full Screen The Slammin' Salmon

2009, role: actor , character name: Disgusted Businessman
Play in Full Screen Hackett

2008, role: actor
Play in Full Screen The Onion Movie

2008, role: actor , character name: Bryce's Manager
Play in Full Screen Case Closed

2007, role: actor , character name: Suspect
Play in Full Screen Balls of Fury

2007, role: actor , character name: Techie
Play in Full Screen The Nines

2007, role: actor , character name: Game Night Guest
Play in Full Screen Cook-Off!

2007, role: actor , character name: Beauregard St. Pompadeux
Play in Full Screen Smiley Face

2007, role: actor , character name: Casting Assistant
Play in Full Screen MaxiDoodles: Behind the Makeup

2006, role: actor , character name: Slapsy Doodle
Play in Full Screen Adopted

2005, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Partner(s)

2005, role: actor , character name: Katherine's Secretary
Play in Full Screen Sky High

2005, role: actor , character name: Mr. Grayson
Play in Full Screen Sky High

2005, role: actor , character name: Stitches
Play in Full Screen Adopted

2005, role: writer
Play in Full Screen Sketch Pad 2

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Some Kind of Cult
Play in Full Screen Wrong Hollywood Number

2003, role: actor , character name: Caller
Play in Full Screen George & Gracie

2003, role: actor , character name: George
Play in Full Screen Alligator Point

2003, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Minority Report

2002, role: actor , character name: Technician
Play in Full Screen Slackers

2002, role: actor , character name: Head T.A. Philip
Play in Full Screen S1m0ne

2002, role: actor , character name: Studio Executive #2
Play in Full Screen One Hour Photo

2002, role: actor , character name: Amateur Porn Guy
Play in Full Screen Hiding in Walls

2002, role: actor , character name: Jane's Assistant
Play in Full Screen Loomis

2001, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Auto Motives

2000, role: actor , character name: Accountant

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published: 27 Apr 2016

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New Bicycle Lock Fights Thieves By Making Them Sick

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Every year, 1.5 million bicycles are stolen, and it appears that no matter how strong a bike's lock is, a determined thief can break it. But now there might be a new sheriff in town ... Unfortunately, we learned this the hard way.". "It's essentially made out of fatty acids that you can find in everyday products, such as rancid butter or parmesan cheese," Idzjowski said when interviewed by CNN.WN.com, Jim Berrie....

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2007/07/30 Powered Landing of Phoenix (Artist Concept) - This artist´s concept depicts NASA´s Phoenix Mars Lander a moment before its 2008 touchdown on the arctic plains of Mars. Pulsed rocket engines control the spacecraft´s speed dur

American Satellite Finds Likely Landing Spot Of Europe's Schiaparelli Probe

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It appears an American satellite has found the likely spot where Europe’s Schiaparelli probe hit the surface of Mars on Wednesday, BBC News reported Friday. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has identified a large dark patch in the robot's targeted landing zone consistent with a high-velocity impact. Schiaparelli is widely thought to have crashed and been destroyed....

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US Internet Repeatedly Disrupted By Cyberattacks

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LONDON (AP) — Cyberattacks on a key internet firm repeatedly disrupted the availability of popular websites across the United States Friday, including in Colorado, according to analysts and company officials. Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was being hit by a distributed denial-of-service attacks, which work by overwhelming targeted machines with junk traffic ... (credit. Thinkstock) ... ....

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FILE - In this June 28, 1960, file photo, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, center, is seated between Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, left, and Queen Sirikit for a motorcade drive from National Airport to the White House in Washington.

Is Reckless Liberalism Forcing Americans to Reconsider Conservatism?

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIt appears Chris Wallace wasn’t the only clear winner in Wednesday night’s long national nightmare between the “nasty woman” and “puppet,” two slurs Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump used against each other during their debate ... Another driving force behind conservatism is the failure of a Democratic and Republican Coalition ... Reflections on Faith, Politics, Spirituality, History, and Peace....

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A student with a Mexican flag defaced with the numbers "43" and "68" to represent the 43 missing Ayotzinapa teachers' college students, and the 68 who lost their lives in the Tlatelolco Massacre during a memorial march in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.

Mexico Arrests Ex-Chief of Police in City Where 43 Students Disappeared

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Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim's Media Day press conference. A red rash was apparent on Lydon's face, especially his eyes, during Syracuse's annual media day on Friday ... Lydon had to cut short his work during Wednesday's practice and then sat out of Thursday's practice to try to prevent the rash from spreading ... Lydon said the rash was beginning to clear up ... Jim Boeheim on Final Four expectations, depth, grad transfer rule (video) ... ....

1.6L bikers caught riding without helmets, fatal mishaps on the rise

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016

The city ranks higher than Mumbai when it comes to drunk driving and is only second to Mumbai and Pune in rash driving ... Similarly, while Mumbai was in the top slot for rash driving, Nagpur came a close third for the second consecutive year with a total 2,378 cases registered in the past two years. Nagpur traffic police have identified 25 spots prone to rash driving ... Most cases of traffic violations and rash driving involve youngsters....

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Edit The Hindu 22 Oct 2016

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Greens fume as poles on roads are spared

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016

NASHIK. Environmentalists are once again up in arms over the attitude of the public and the civic body on hacking trees instead of the electric poles and concrete encroachments on the road ... "Light poles and distribution point boxes are more dangerous than treesThe NMC has no sense of planning," she said ... Accidents happen due to rash driving, says Rajesh Pandit, environment activist ... Accidents are due to rash driving ... RELATED....

Eric Devendorf joins Syracuse basketball as assistant strength coach

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Syracuse, N.Y ... Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Devendorf's presence would be felt not only in the weight-room, where he will assist SU strength coach Ryan Cabiles, but also in his interaction with the current players ... "He's been good with the players. He's been through what they're going through ... Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim's Media Day press conference ... Jim Boeheim on Final Four expectations, depth, grad transfer rule (video). ....

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BAILIE, JAMES (JIM) - October 9, 2016, (suddenly), in Spain, son of the late Jackie and Edith, brother of Drew and Jackie ... You will be greatly missed Jim, love and God Bless ... DUNN, JAMES (JIM) - Died October 19, 2016, much-loved brother of Miriam and brother-in- law Jim ... wife of Brian, devoted mother of Colin and Neil and dear sister of Doris and Jim....

Report: Syrian government blamed for 3rd chemical attack

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A year ago, the council established the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism, known as the JIM, to identify those responsible for chemical attacks in Syria. The JIM investigated nine cases in seven towns where an OPCW fact-finding mission found that chemical weapons had likely been used....

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Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2016

(Source. Kern High School District) ... I saw a lot of opportunity here today ... The 2016 Principal Partners' Day concluded with the presentation of the KHSD's Jim Burke 'Light and Liberty' Award for service to Kern County education ... Kim Flachmann. 'Dr ... This recipient is someone Jim Burke would be proud to support.'- Dr ... Previous Jim Burke 'Light and Liberty' Award winners include The Jockey Club (2015), retired educator Jim Wooster (2014), Dr....

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There’s a right way and a wrong way to raise a baby on vegan food. Those who get it wrong, parents say, give the responsible ones a bad name. A Pennsylvania mother claiming to be vegan was charged this month with child endangerment for feeding her baby nothing but small amounts of nuts and berries ... A pediatrician can help guide parents and offer supplements if needed ... The malnourishment also worsened a bad rash, the complaint said....

Bringing golf to disabled vets, one swing at a time

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Jim Rounsavell knows panic, and he knows veterans, and he knows post-traumatic stress disorder, and he knows golf ... An Army private in Panama toward the end of World War II who re-enlisted to a stateside Air Force mechanic’s job during the Korean War, Jim Rounsavell got motivated to help veterans when his wife’s son from a previous marriage came home from his first tour in the Iraq War with his mind messed up....

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