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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was...: 

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Music: Katie Perry sets a new benchmark as the only female artist to record 5 #1 hits from a single album. Adele takes the music world by storm. Her debut album “21” sells more copies than any other album in 2011.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Movies: The latest and last movie of the Harry Potter series comes out and dominates the box office in 2011 bringing in a staggering 1.3 billion dollars worldwide including 381 million in North America.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Movies: Besides Harry Potter, sequels dominated the box office accounting for 8 of the top 10 films of the year. Among them were the Hangover 2, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon and Cars 2.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Sports: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XV. The Packers become the third wildcard team and second 6 th seed to win the trophy. The Boston Bruins upset the heavily favoured Vancouver Canucks on the road in Game 7 to capture the Stanley Cup. It is Boston’s 6 th title and first since 1972.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In the News: 2011 was also a very news heavy year. Tragedies dominated the airwaves with a catastrophic earthquake occurring in Japan. Hundreds died and thousands were left without homes. The relief effort is still ongoing. The occupy movement took off starting in Wall Street. Protesters took to the streets to fight for the 99% of people below the upper class social line.

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was...: 

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In the News: The year also saw a decade long saga come to an end with the capture and assassination of terrorist Osama Bin Laden. The United States ended a 10 year search for the man directly responsible with the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade centers on September the 11 th , 2001.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In the News: The end of the world???...well not exactly. The prediction of religious minister Harold Camping was not to be as his rapture date of May 21 st , 2011 came and went without any change in sight. There is always 2012....and the Mayan’s.

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was...: 

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Technology: 2011 was the year of the playbook. Apple released the 2 nd version of the IPad on March 11 th and saw immediate competition from fellow tech. giants such as RIM and Samsung. Tablets were the most gifted item in 2011 and have ushered in a new era of computer technology.

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was...: 

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Technology: While tablets took center stage in 2011, they were not the only newsmakers in technology. Microsoft unveiled a new hardware addition to the popular xbox 360 with the release of the Kinect , a motion sensor camera that copies the movements of the gamer. Amazon and Skype also made history as for the first time books and telephones became obsolete.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... On Youtube : This years top Youtube sensation came from an unknown teenage singer whose debut single “Friday” became the love to hate song of the year and earned Rebecca Black the dubious distinction as Youtube’s most popular video of the year amassing over 167 million views.

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was...: 

2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Memoriam: In 2011 the world lost many influential and beloved people. Names that included Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Layton, Amy Winehouse , Joe Frazier and Steve Jobs.

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Weddings: Famous people tying the knot in 2011 included KISS rocker Gene Simmons, Nick Lachey , Reese Witherspoon, and Daniel Craig. No wedding during the calendar year however could hold a candle to...

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Weddings: Prince William and Kate Middleton

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2011, A retrospective on the year that was... In Breakups: Of course it wasn’t all happy in Hollywood. 2011 also saw it’s share of breakups as power couples such as Arnold and Maria, J-Lo and Marc Antony, and Demi and Ashton all called it quits. Other marriages barely had a chance to begin (Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian )

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... In Goodbyes: Two of Televisions daytime stars called it quits in 2011. On May 25 th Oprah Winfrey recorded her final episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Six Months later on November the 18 th , Regis Philbin also called it quits. The two Have combined to win 16 Daytime Emmys .

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2011, A retrospective look on the year that was... The best year of my life

One year down.....a lifetime to go. I love you now and forever.: 

One year down.....a lifetime to go. I love you now and forever.