Thang/wikides huggingface dataset:
Riffenkopf

Riffenkopf is a 1,748 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany. The peak is located on the ridge that extends from Höfats mountain to the west-north-west and is sometimes referred to as a foothill of Höfats. It is the first distinct summit on the ridge separating the Oy and Dietersbach valleys. There are no marked hiking trails on the Riffenkopf. Locals make use of hunting trails to reach the summit, but the route is overgrown and difficult to find.

Short description: mountain in Germany
Hipolit Wawelberg

Hipolit Wawelberg (1843–1901) was a Polish Jewish banker, and one of the most prominent members of the Wawelberg banking family. He was a known Polish patriot and a lifelong philanthropist.In 1869, following the January Uprising, Hipolit Wawelberg moved to St. Petersburg where he launched a new venture, the Wawelberg Bank. Wawelberg made a fortune in the Russian Empire, though he was equally well known as a generous philanthropist.

Short description: Polish banker
îles Nuageuses

The Îles Nuageuses (Cloudy Islands in English, named so because of their climate) comprise a group of small islands that are part of the Kerguelen archipelago, a French territory in the southern Indian Ocean. They are an important breeding spot for seabirds, especially penguins and albatrosses, and for fur seals. The islands are free of introduced species and are thus covered in dense subantarctic vegetation up to about 200 m. Human visitors are rare.

Short description: archipelago in the Kerguelen Islands
Hagalund

Hagalund (pronunciation) is a residential area and railway yard in Solna Municipality, 5 km north of central Stockholm. It is known for the blue highrise buildings "Blåkulla" (Blue Hill or Blockula) which, against a rather strong and long-lasting opinion, in the beginning of the 1970s replaced a picturesque working-class and craftsman neighbourhood built in the 1890s and portrayed by artist Olle Olsson Hagalund. There are still about half a dozen old houses preserved, a minor area called Gamla Hagalund (Old Hagalund) in the eastern part of the area. It has eight large light-blue residential buildings that consist of 13 floors and an extra roof floor. The houses can be seen from Kaknästornet. Hagalund also houses Sweden's largest railway depot (sv:Hagalunds bangård) which opened in 1916 on the East Coast Line to consolidate all the previous railway depots in the Stockholm area. Hagalund is close to Solna centrum, about 1 kilometer. It is also near Haga Palace which is in Hagaparken. It is near the new Swedish national stadium Friends Arena. It is not very far away from Karolinska University Hospital. It is not far away from Huvudsta and Bergshamra, Solna.

Short description: urban district in Solna Municipality, Sweden
World News Network

World News (WN) Network (styled WorldNews (WN) Network) is a news aggregator founded in March 1995 and launched online in 1998. In 2003, Search Engine Watch praised the service for its "Special Reports", and called it "an interesting alternative" to other news aggregation services. The company runs other targeted websites as well. It was featured in Forbes's "Best of the Web" in 2000, being commended for its scope, while being criticised for having many links, but "little guidance as to which are good". In 2002, The Guardian's "World news guide" referenced the website. It was featured in Information Today in June 2011.

Short description: company
Mike Road

Mike Road (born Milton Brustin; March 18, 1918 – April 14, 2013) was an American voice actor and Warner Bros. television series contract player whose television career dates back to the 1950s and in films to the 1940s.

Short description: American actor (1918-2013)
Gymnopilus decurrens

Gymnopilus decurrens is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.

Short description: species of fungus
Megachile kuehni

Megachile kuehni is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Friese in 1903.

Short description: species of insect
Notonomus nitescens

Notonomus nitescens is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Sloane in 1911.

Short description: species of insect
Rondebosch

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

Short description: place in Western Cape, South Africa
Carpophthoracidia

Carpophthoracidia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

Short description: genus of insects
Kevin L. Johnson

Kevin L. Johnson (born September 27, 1960) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 36th District since 2012.

Short description: American politician
Border Lake Provincial Park

Border Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the right (west) bank of the Unuk River and extending from that river's crossing of the Canada–United States border upstream.

Short description: park in Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of seven contiguous parks including four national parks: Banff Jasper Kootenay Yohoand three British Columbia provincial parks: Hamber Provincial Park Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park Mount Robson Provincial ParkThe parks include mountains, glaciers, and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including: North Saskatchewan River Athabasca River Columbia River Fraser RiverThe area is known for its natural environment and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess Shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right from 1980 to 1984, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS designation.

Short description: group of national and provincial parks in Canada
José Manuel de Ezpeleta, 1st Count of Ezpeleta de Beire

José Manuel de Ezpeleta y Galdeano, 1st Count of Ezpeleta de Beire (in full, José Manuel Ignacio Timoteo de Ezpeleta Galdeano Dicastillo y del Prado, conde de Ezpeleta de Beire) (1739–1823) was a Spanish military officer and politician, governor of Cuba from 1785 to 1789, and viceroy of New Granada from 1789 to 1797. A knight of the Order of Charles III and of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo, he was also a judge of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was a governor of the Supreme Royal Council to His Majesty and a councilor of state, as well as field marshal in the royal army. On December 1, 1785, he became Spanish governor of Cuba. He held this position until 1789 when he was promoted to viceroy of New Granada.

Short description: Viceroy of New Granada
Theodore Ushev

Theodore Asenov Ushev (Bulgarian: Теодор Асенов Ушев, born February 4, 1968) is a Bulgarian animator, graphic designer, illustrator and multimedia artist in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is best known for his work at the National Film Board of Canada, including the 2016 Oscar-nominated Blind Vaysha. Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) of France.

Short description: Bulgarian-Canadian animator and artist
Drozdowo, Kartuzy County

Drozdowo [drɔzˈdɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Drozdowò) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Stężyca, 15 km (9 mi) south of Kartuzy, and 37 km (23 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. The settlement has a population of 26.

Short description: settlement in Pomeranian, Poland
Trapania armilla

Trapania armilla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Short description: species of mollusc
Mezquita de las Tornerías

The Mezquita de las Tornerías (Arabic: al-Mustimim) is a Moorish former mosque in Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain). It was built in the middle of the 11th century on the foundations of Roman architecture, located in the old Muslim neighborhood Arrabal de Francos. Currently it houses the "Center Foundation of Promotion of the Crafts", that can be visited and hosts temporary exhibitions. The building continued maintaining the Islamic faith in Spain well beyond the reconquista of the city by the Christian troops of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1085, until the period of 1498–1505, when it was desacralizated by the Catholic Monarchs. Already as a building for civil use, it went through various vicissitudes, first as an inn in 1505 and then as the headquarters of different businesses and small factories or as a simple home. Its history was lost until the late 19th century, when historians investigating its origins didn't know whether it was a synagogue or a mosque. After the studies, on the 15 of March 1905, the finding of an Arab mosque in the street of the Tornerías was officially communicated to the Real Academia de la Historia.

Short description: cultural property in Toledo, Spain
Ölüdeniz

Ölüdeniz (literally Dead Sea, due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation name Blue Lagoon) is a small neighbourhood and beach resort in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, on the Turquoise Coast of southwestern Turkey, at the conjunction point of the Aegean and Mediterranean sea. It is located 14 km (9 mi) to the south of Fethiye, near Mount Babadağ. It has a sandy bay at the mouth of Ölüdeniz, on a blue lagoon. The beach itself is a pebble beach. The lagoon is a national nature reserve and construction is strictly prohibited. The seawater of Ölüdeniz is famous for its shades of turquoise and aquamarine, while its beach is an official Blue Flag beach.

Short description: settlement in Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey
Frank Isitt

Rev Francis Whitmore Isitt (1843 – 11 November 1916) was a New Zealand Methodist minister, who was general secretary of the New Zealand Alliance (for prohibition) from 1900 to 1909. He was a brother of the Rev Leonard Isitt. Rev Frank Isitt entered the ministry from the Sydenham Circuit, London and after a term at Richmond College went to New Zealand in 1871. He was a parish minister for a number of years, but after two breakdowns in health concentrated on temperance work. He stood in the 1902 election as a prohibition candidate for ten seats, and came second in eight. He also stood in the 1905 and 1908 elections. In February 1874 he married 22-year-old Mary Campbell Purdie in Upper Kaikorai, Dunedin. One of their children, Kate Isitt, became a novelist and journalist for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. His grandson, Francis Charles Isitt, stood for Social Credit in the Timaru electorate in the 1957 election and 1960 elections.

Short description: New Zealand activist
Morula biconica

Morula biconica, common name : the biconic rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Short description: species of mollusc
Debug

De:Bug was a German magazine covering "electronic aspects of life", published monthly in Berlin from 1997 to 2014. Following a new definition of culture, the magazine kept track of electronic music styles such as techno, electro or house, as well as all intersections of daily life with digital technology, focusing on the internet as a social space influenced by issues such as interface design, web art, and file sharing. A second focus was on hardware, the latest computer games and software for musicians and other creative professionals. In the sixteen years of its existence, it published more than 50,000 reviews.

Short description: magazine
William Wilson

William Wilson (21 July 1905 – 1972) was a Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolour painter. He was a member of the Royal Scottish Academy. He was appointed an OBE.

Short description: British artist (1905-1972)
Madagascar Ibis

The Madagascar ibis (Lophotibis cristata), also known as the Madagascar crested ibis, white-winged ibis or crested wood ibis, is a medium-sized (approximately 50 cm long), brown-plumaged ibis. It has bare red orbital skin, yellow bill, red legs, white wings and its head is partially bare with a dense crest of green or gloss blue and white plumes on the nape. The Madagascar ibis is the only member of the genus Lophotibis.

Short description: species of bird
Shireh Choqa

Shireh Choqa (Persian: شيره چقا, also Romanized as Shīreh Choqā and Shīreh Cheqā) is a village in Howmeh-ye Kerend Rural District, in the Central District of Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 103, in 22 families.

Short description: village in Iran
Harmon

Harmon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Morton County, North Dakota, United States near North Dakota Highway 1806. It is ten miles north of Mandan and is within Mandan Public Schools. The nearby eponymous Harmon Lake Recreation Area also uses a Mandan address.Harmon's population was 259 as of the 2020 census, the year in which it became a CDP.The town was 'sited' on July 23, 1913 by Willis T. McConnell and named for two bachelor brothers, George and H.H. Harmon. The town went into decline during the Depression in the 1930s and virtually disappeared. The original cemetery is still in use. On Jan. 15, 1951, two Northern Pacific freight trains collided outside of town. The town has repopulated in the 20th century.

Short description: unincorporated community in North Dakota
Savino, Selivanovsky District, Vladimir Oblast

Savino (Russian: Савино) is a rural locality (a village) in Malyshevskoye Rural Settlement, Selivanovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 19 as of 2010.

Short description: human settlement in Vladimir Oblast, Russia
Jallow

Jallow is a last name most commonly found in The Gambia (linguistics)|transcription]] of a surname of Fula origin (another English transcription is Jalloh; the French transcription is Diallo; the Portuguese and Creole transcription is Djaló), and may refer to: Antouman Jallow (born 1981), Gambian/Swedish professional footballer Bai Mass Lette Jallow (born 1984), English professional football player Chernow Jallow QC, former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands Haddy Jallow (born 1985), Gambian-Swedish non-professional actress Hassan Bubacar Jallow (born 1950), Gambian lawyer, politician, and jurist Lamin Jallow, Gambian footballer Ousman Jallow (born 1988), Gambian football striker Pierre Jallow (born 1979), Gambian basketball player Ebou Alhaji Alimatou Jallow (born 1974), Gambian public servant.

Short description: family name
Luzhniki Stadium

Luzhniki Stadium (Russian: стадион «Лужники», IPA: [stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi]) is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Its total seating capacity of 81,000 makes it the largest football stadium in Russia and the ninth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, and is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in the bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows". The stadium is located at Luzhniki Street, 24, Moscow., Luzhniki was the main stadium of the 1980 Olympic Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as some of the competitions, including the final of the football tournament. A UEFA Category 4 stadium, Luzhniki hosted the UEFA Cup final in 1999 and UEFA Champions League final in 2008. The stadium also hosted such events as Summer Universiade, Goodwill Games and World Athletics Championships. It was the main stadium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and hosted 7 matches of the tournament, including the opening match and the final. In the past, its field has been used as the home ground at various times for football games played by CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Torpedo Moscow. However, there are currently no clubs based at the stadium. Today, it is mainly used as one of the home stadiums of the Russia national football team.

Short description: sports stadium in Russia
321st Sustainment Brigade

The 321st Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army Reserve.

Short description: military unit
C. Bradford Welles

C. Bradford Welles (August 9, 1901 – October 8, 1969) was an American Classicist and ancient historian, born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. His academic career was at Yale University. He received a B.A. in 1924, a Ph.D. in 1928, became an instructor in 1927, an assistant professor in 1931, an associate professor in 1939 and professor in 1940. At his death he was professor of ancient history and curator of the Yale Collection of Papyri. He was profoundly influenced by the great ancient historian Michael I. Rostovtzeff, who arrived at Yale in 1925. In 1934 he published his first book, Royal Correspondence in the Hellenistic Period, a collection of inscriptions with commentary still widely cited today. His major academic interests lay in Greek epigraphy, papyrology, and the history and archaeology of the Near East and Egypt in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. He was the editor of a series of volumes on the archaeological excavations at Dura-Europos and published the papyri found there. He was a founder and the first president of the American Society of Papyrologists, from which he received a Festschrift in 1966. During World War II, he served as an Army officer, stationed in Cairo from October 1944 until August 1946; there he headed the Office of Strategic Services, Counter Espionage Section, Middle East. He had technical control of all X-2 operations in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Lebanon, the Levant States, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. For this work, King George VI appointed him an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British.

Short description: American historian (1901-1969)
Bridge 12

Bridge 12 is a historic Parker through truss bridge, carrying Boston Post Road across the Missisquoi River in Enosburg, Vermont. Built in 1929 in the wake of Vermont's devastating 1927 floods, it is one a shrinking number of surviving truss bridges on the river. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Short description: building in Vermont, United States
Juozas Kazickas

Juozas Petras Kazickas or Joseph P. Kazickas (April 16, 1918 – July 9, 2014) was a Lithuanian-American businessman, self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist. With assets estimated worth over 3 billion litas, he was considered to be the wealthiest Lithuanian in 2006.

Short description: American-Lithuanian businessman (1918-2014)
Leslie, Saskatchewan

Leslie is a special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the community had a population of 15 in the Canada 2016 Census. The community is located just off of Highway 16 between Foam Lake and Elfros. The first post office was established in 1909 as Leslie Station (with C. A. Clarke as postmaster), with the name of the community changed to Leslie in 1962. The last postmaster was Victoria Ann St. Amand in 1987.

Short description: human settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada
Tenguella

Tenguella (also known as Temelá) was the founder of the Empire of Great Fulo. He was responsible, along with his son, for the Fula migration to the Gambia. He was named Great Fulo or Great king of the Fulos in Portuguese documents of the time.

Short description: great Fulo
Alcantarilha River

Alcantarilha River (Portuguese pronunciation: [aɫˌkɐ̃tɐˈɾiʎɐ]) is a small river in the south central region of the Algarve, Portugal. The river begins at the conflux of three tributary streams a little south of the village of Miões in municipality of Silves. Downstream the river also has several further tributaries including the Algoz River (Ribeiro de Algoz). River runs for a length of 12.2 miles (19.6 km) from its conflux to the mouth at the Atlantic ocean in the south central Algarve.

Short description: river in Portugal
Transmembrane protein 128

TMEM128, also known as Transmembrane Protein 128, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TMEM128 gene. TMEM128 has three variants, varying in 5' UTR's and start codon location. TMEM128 contains four transmembrane domains and is localized in the Endoplasmic Reticulum membrane. TMEM128 contains a variety of regulation at the gene, transcript, and protein level. While the function of TMEM128 is poorly understood, it interacts with several proteins associated with the cell cycle, signal transduction, and memory.

Short description: InterPro Family
Petr Fical

Petr Fical (born 23 September 1977) is a Czech-born German former professional ice hockey player. Fical competed with the Germany men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also competed with Team Germany at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and at the 2005, 2007, and 2008 IIHF World Championships.

Short description: German-Czech ice hockey player and coach
Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor (1 March 1890 – 25 June 1960) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Auckland between 1909 and 1914.

Short description: cricketer (1890-1960)
Khawla Al Khuraya

Khawla S. Al-Kuraya is a Saudi physician and cancer specialist. She is a professor of pathology and directs the King Fahad National Center for Children's Cancer and Research. Al-Kuraya was born in the Al Jawf Region of Saudi Arabia. She was admitted to King Saud University in Riyadh and earned her MD in general surgery and medicine. She completed her residency in clinical pathology in Washington D.C. at Georgetown University Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in molecular diagnostics and hematopathology at the National Cancer Institute. Al-Kuraya first identified the FOSM1 gene, which prompts the human body to form cancer cells.For her cancer research Al-Kuraya was awarded the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud in 2010. She was the first Saudi woman to receive the award. Saudi newspapers and television depicted King Abdullah shaking her hand and placing the medal around her neck. The public display of proximity to an unrelated woman was unprecedented at the time.She was among 30 women who in 2013 were appointed by King Abdullah to the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, an advisory body that proposes laws.

Short description: Saudi physician and cancer specialist
Walter Reid

Walter Reid (born 1869) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Short description: association football player
Maple Meadows Station

Maple Meadows station is a stop on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station is located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks in Maple Ridge, just off Maple Meadows Way and Hammond Road. The station opened in 1995, when the West Coast Express began operating. 467 park and ride spaces are available. All services are operated by TransLink.

Short description: railway station in British Columbia, Canada
Erbessa regis

Erbessa regis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is widely distributed across the upper Amazon basin, from Bolivia north to Ecuador.

Short description: species of insect
The Magistrate

The Magistrate is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Bannister Merwin and starring Tom Reynolds, Maudie Dunham and Ethel Warwick. It is based on the 1885 play The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero.

Short description: 1921 film by Bannister Merwin
English Rose

English Rose is a compilation album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in December 1968 . It was originally a US-only compilation, combining six tracks from the UK release Mr. Wonderful, three UK non-album single sides, two not-yet-released songs from the UK version of Then Play On and one other previously unreleased track. It was released some months before the UK release of The Pious Bird of Good Omen, sharing four songs with that album. Mick Fleetwood appears in drag on the cover.

Short description: album by Fleetwood Mac
Cyathermia

Cyathermia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Neomphalidae.

Short description: genus of molluscs
1986 Hvalur sinkings

The 1986 Hvalur sinkings occurred in Iceland's Reykjavík harbour in November 1986, when anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society sank the unoccupied whaling vessels, Hvalur 6 and Hvalur 7, and sabotaged a whale processing station in Hvalfjörður. The ships were two of the nation's fleet of four and were eventually raised, but have not gone on a whale hunt since and were dragged onto dry land. Repairs have not yet been made to the ships. The factory was the country's only processing facility.The incident was an attempt by animal-rights activists to disrupt Iceland's whaling industry after the country circumvented a commercial ban on the practice to conduct research. No one was injured but the attack caused $2 million worth of damage to the ships, $2 million worth of damage to the processing plant, and damage to the whale meat freezer in the processing plant spoiled $4 million worth of whale meat. The perpetrators, Rod Coronado and David Howitt, were able to escape the scene via a flight to Luxembourg.

Short description: sinking of unoccupied whaling vessels by anti-whaling activists
Yuan Yufang

Yuan Yufang (born 1 February 1976 in Beijing, PR China) is a Malaysian race walker. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Short description: Malaysian racewalker
Mohammed bin Thani

Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani (Arabic: محمد بن ثاني; c. 1788 – 18 December 1878), also known as Mohammed bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir (Arabic: محمد بن ثاني بن محمد آل ثامر), was the first Hakim (ruler) of the whole Qatari Peninsula, following his predecessor, his father, tribal leader Sheikh Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir. He is known for being the father of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founder of Qatar and who fended off the Ottoman army in the late 19th century.

Short description: second emir of the whole Qatari Peninsula
Eddie Sargent

Edward Carson Sargent (April 11, 1915 – January 28, 1998) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1987 who represented the central Ontario riding of Grey North and Grey-Bruce.

Short description: Canadian politician
John Wright's Indian Summers

John Wright's Indian Summers (2007, ISBN 0285637959) is a book authored by John Wright describing his experiences as coach of Indian national cricket team. It is co-authored by Indian journalist Sharda Ugra and New Zealand writer Paul Thomas.

Short description: book authored by John Wright
2008 NBA Finals

The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, 4–2, winning their first title since 1986 during the Larry Bird era and 17th overall. This series was held from June 5 through June 17, 2008. 2008 marked the first time since 2000 (and last prior to 2016) that the top seeds from both conferences met in the Finals and the first time since 2003 that any top seeded team played in the NBA finals. The Lakers appeared in the Finals for the first time since 2004 and a record 29th time overall. The Celtics appeared in the Finals for the first time since 1987 and second-best 20th time overall. The 2008 Boston Celtics championship team was famously led by the organization's "Big 3" in Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett, and was the first season the triumvirate played together. Prior to acquiring Allen from the Seattle SuperSonics and Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a blockbuster 7-to-1 player trade, Boston had won just 24 of its 82 games in the 2006–07 NBA regular season. The formation of the All-Star trifecta in the summer of 2007 positioned the new-look Celtics as a popular favorite to win the 2008 NBA Finals. Going into the series, the Celtics had won the most championships of all-time with 16, and the Lakers were second with 14. The two.

Short description: 2008 basketball championship series
Asalebria geminella

Asalebria geminella is a species of snout moth in the genus Asalebria. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1844. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Russia and Turkey.

Short description: species of insect
Bill Cosby: Himself

Bill Cosby: Himself is a 1983 stand-up comedy film featuring Bill Cosby. Filmed before a live audience at Hamilton Place, in Hamilton, Ontario around 1982, Cosby gives the audience his views ranging from marriage to parenthood. The film also showcases Cosby's conversational style of stand up comedy. For most of the performance, Cosby is seated center-stage, only getting up to emphasize a joke. Many of the comedic routines presented in the film were precursors to Cosby's most popular sitcom, The Cosby Show. An album of the same name was also released on Motown Records. The film was well regarded by comedians and critics, with some calling it "the greatest stand up concert movie ever.".

Short description: 1983 film by Bill Cosby
Affracourt

Affracourt (French pronunciation: ​[afʁakuʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Short description: commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
French destroyer Chasseur

Chasseur was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Short description: destroyer of the French Navy
Carlos Bolsonaro

Carlos Nantes Bolsonaro (born 7 December 1982) is a Brazilian politician and the second son of the 38th President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. He graduated in Aeronautical Science from Estácio de Sá University and has been an Alderman of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro since 2001, being affiliated to the Social Christian Party (PSC).His brothers are Flávio Bolsonaro, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 until 2019 and currently member of the Federal Senate of Brazil, and Eduardo Bolsonaro, a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2015.In 2000, Carlos Bolsonaro was the youngest Alderman elected in Brazil's history, having received 16,053 votes. In 2016, he was re-elected to a fifth term, being the most voted with 106,657 votes.

Short description: Brazilian politician
Coffee High School

Coffee High School was a public high school in Florence, Alabama. After the 2003–04 school year, the school merged with Bradshaw High School to form Florence High School.

Short description: high school in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Joseph Torchia

Joseph Torchia (December 15, 1946 – April 22, 1996) was an American author and photographer. In the late 1970s he also worked as a reporter for The Palm Beach, The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner. Torchia was born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1964 (Johnsonburg High School). After his studies at the University of Florida (1968) he spent two years in the Peace Corps (1968–1970). After having left journalism, Torchia owned a photography studio during the last 15 years of his life.

Short description: American writer
Etheostoma juliae

The yoke darter (Etheostoma juliae) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the White River drainage in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. It inhabits clear, fast, rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in). The specific name honors Mrs Julia Hughes Gilbert, the wife of the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928).

Short description: species of fish
Prunus apetala

Prunus apetala is a species of flowering cherry in the genus Prunus in the family Rosaceae. It is called clove cherry (Japanese: チョウジザクラ choujizakura) because of its clovebud-shaped calyx. It is native to Japan, centered on the main island, Honshu.

Short description: species of plant
Oeax latefasciatus

Oeax latefasciatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1978.

Short description: species of beetle
Nathaniel Polhill

Nathaniel Polhill (1723–1782) was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1782. Polhill was the eldest son of William Polhill of Burwash, Sussex and his wife Hannah Lade, daughter of Stephen Lade of Downham, Norfolk, and was born on 7 January 1723. He married Elizabeth Coppard, daughter of William Coppard of Hastings on 5 March 1750. Polhill was a tobacconist at Southwark. From 1777 he was a partner in a City bank.At the 1774 general election Polhill stood for Southwark, promising economic and parliamentary reform. He was returned as Member of Parliament after heading the poll. In the 1780 general election he was again returned for Southwark after a contest. He was a leading member of the Protestant Association, and his only reported speech in Parliament was in seconding Lord George Gordon’s motion on the Association's petition.Polhill died on 29 August 1782, leaving estates in five counties.

Short description: British Member of Parliament (1723-1782)
Mukkamala, East Godavari

Mukkamala is a village in Ambajipeta mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Eminent Astrophysicist Appadvedula Lakshmi Narayan, known as A. L. Narayan was born in this village.

Short description: village in Konaseema district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Jim Price

James William Price (born 1945, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an American session musician. Because of saxophone player Bobby Keys' work with the Rolling Stones, Price was able to play with the Stones for most of the 1970s. He toured extensively with The Rolling Stones from 1970 until 1973, including their 1972 American Tour, and appears along with Keys on the albums Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup. From September 1968 to February 1969, Price played with New Buffalo Springfield. He also toured and recorded with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Eric Clapton. Price played on several songs on Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson.

Short description: American musician
Narciso's Hard Luck

Narciso's Hard Luck (Spanish: Los apuros de Narciso) is a 1940 Mexican comedy film directed by and starring Enrique Herrera. The film's sets were designed by Mariano Rodríguez Granada.

Short description: 1940 film by Enrique Herrera
Seventh Army (France)

The Seventh Army (French: VIIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.

Short description: French military unit
Hyundai Universe

The Hyundai Universe (hangul:현대 유니버스) is a heavy-duty luxury coach manufactured by the truck & bus division of Hyundai. Introduced in December 2006, it is primarily available as luxury hi-classic tourist buses. It is related to its sibling, the second generation Kia Granbird since 2007. It is distinguishable by a front 'Universe' badge by Hyundai's global standard luxury coach, but the common Hyundai badge is luxurious bus design usually used on the rear. Its principal competitor is the Daewoo FX series, and BX212M.

Short description: Hyundai coach
Frederick Fiske and Gretchen Osgood Warren House

The Frederick Fiske Warren and Gretchen Osgood Warren House, known to the family as The Hutch, is a historic house at 42 Bolton Road in Harvard, Massachusetts. Built in 1894, it was the summer home of Frederick Fiske Warren and Gretchen Osgood Warren, who organized a major enclave of Georgist single tax properties in Harvard. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Short description: historic house in Harvard, Massachusetts
Make It Good

Make It Good is the third studio album released by British-Norwegian boy band A1. The album was released on 8 April 2002, leading on from the success of the lead single, "Caught in the Middle". In an attempt to reach the French market, the band recorded a French version of "Caught in the Middle", with singer Ève Angeli. This appeared as a bonus track on the album in France.

Short description: album by A1
Dystopia

Dystopia is the fifteenth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released on frontman and guitarist Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft label via Universal on January 22, 2016. It is the first Megadeth album to feature guitarist Kiko Loureiro. The album was produced by Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw and features cover artwork by Brent Elliot White. Prior to Dystopia's recording, longtime drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick announced their departure from the band. These roles on the album have been filled by Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler and Angra guitarist Kiko Loureiro, respectively. This is the only Megadeth album to feature Adler, who was replaced by drummer Dirk Verbeuren shortly after the album's release and it is also the last album to feature bassist David Ellefson before his dismissal from the band in 2021. Following the lukewarm response to the band's previous album, 2013's Super Collider, Dystopia received largely favorable reaction from critics, being considered a return to form for the band. The album holds a Metacritic score of 69/100 as of November 2020. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, making Dystopia the band's second highest charting album in the U.S. after Countdown to Extinction, which peaked at number two in 1992. Additionally, the title track earned the band its first Grammy win (for Best Metal Performance) at the 59th Grammy Awards after eleven unsuccessful nominations.

Short description: 2016 studio album by Megadeth
Himantura pastinacoides

The round whipray (Maculabatis pastinacoides) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in the Indo-Malay Archipelago including Java, Sumatra and Borneo. This species reaches a length of 28 cm (11 in).

Short description: species of fish
Gloria Mann

Gloria Mann was an American pop singer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mann scored two hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1955. The first was a cover version of "Earth Angel", which reached number 18. Later that year, "A Teenage Prayer" peaked at number 19; this featured Sid Bass leading the backing orchestra. Both were released on Sound Records. She died in 2001.Mann's son, Bob Rosenberg, formed the group Will to Power. In 2003, a compilation album, Don't Call Me Barry: The Best of Gloria Mann was released.

Short description: American pop singer
Timmy Fleming

Timmy Fleming (born 1969 in Killorglin, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local club Laune Rangers and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team between 1989 and 1994.

Short description: Gaelic football player
Commodore

Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral, counter admiral, or senior captain as an equivalent, although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated as RDML. Traditionally, "commodore" is the title for any officer assigned to command more than one ship, even temporarily, much as "captain" is the traditional title for the commanding officer of a single ship even if the officer's official title in the service is a lower rank. As an official rank, a commodore typically commands a flotilla or squadron of ships as part of a larger task force or naval fleet commanded by an admiral. A commodore's ship is typically designated by the flying of a broad pennant, as compared to an admiral's flag. "Commodore" is typically regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6, known in the U.S. as "rear admiral (lower half)", but whether it is regarded as a flag rank varies among countries.It is sometimes abbreviated as "Cdre" in British Royal Navy, "CDRE" in the US Navy, "Cmdre" in the Royal Canadian Navy, "COMO" in the Spanish Navy and in some navies speaking the Spanish language, or "CMDE" as used in.

Short description: naval office rank, NATO code of OF-6
Bank of the Republic of Haiti

The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (French: Banque de la République d'Haïti) (BRH) is the central bank of Haiti. It was formed in 1979 from the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti (French: Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti), which had served as the country's bank of issue since 1910, itself succeeding the National Bank of Haiti. The bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a member institution of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. It recently announced a Maya Declaration Commitment to continue with the modernization of the payment system, and submit legislation to regulate and supervise micro finance institutions to relevant authorities in 2013.

Short description: central bank
Mikhail Rabinovich

Mikhail Izrailevich Rabinovich (MIR) (Russian: Михаи́л Изра́илевич Рабино́вич (MИР); born April 20, 1941) is a Russian influential physicist and neuroscientist working in the field of nonlinear dynamics and its applications. His work helped shape the understanding of dynamical systems.

Short description: Russian physicist
Oj, svijetla majska zoro

"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" (Cyrillic: "Ој, свијетла мајска зоро"; "Oh, Bright Dawn of May") is the national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004. Before its adoption, it was a popular folk song with many variations of its text. The oldest version dates back to the second half of the 19th century.

Short description: national anthem of Montenegro
Beijing 101 Middle School

Beijing 101 Middle School (Chinese: 北京市第一零一中学) is a public coeducational secondary school in Haidian, Beijing. It offers programs from grades 7 to 12. It is one of the beacon high schools accredited by Beijing Municipal Government. It has two affiliated schools.

Short description: middle school in Haidian, Beijing
Jean-Jules Allasseur

Jean-Jules Allasseur (13 June 1818 — 1903) was a French sculptor, a pupil of Pierre-Jean David called David d'Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, who produced portrait sculptures, memorial allegories and decorative architectural sculpture for official commissions under the Second Empire. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 7 August 1867. He is buried at the cemetery of Montmartre (14th division) where he kept his studio.

Short description: French artist
Federico Sandoval II

Federico "Ricky" S. Sandoval II (born 4 May 1963) is a Filipino politician and was a former representative of Malabon–Navotas from 1998 to 2007 and the lone district of Malabon from 2016 to 2019.

Short description: Filipino politician
David I of Scotland

David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern: Daibhidh I mac [Mhaoil] Chaluim; c. 1084 – 24 May 1153) was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wessex, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093. Perhaps after 1100, he became a dependent at the court of King Henry I. There he was influenced by the Anglo-French culture of the court. When David's brother Alexander I died in 1124, David chose, with the backing of Henry I, to take the Kingdom of Scotland (Alba) for himself. He was forced to engage in warfare against his rival and nephew, Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair. Subduing the latter seems to have taken David ten years, a struggle that involved the destruction of Óengus, Mormaer of Moray. David's victory allowed expansion of control over more distant regions theoretically part of his Kingdom. After the death of his former patron Henry I, David supported the claims of Henry's daughter and his own niece, Empress Matilda, to the throne of England. In the process, he came into conflict with King Stephen and was able to expand his power in northern England, despite his defeat at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. David I is a saint of the Catholic Church, with his feast day celebrated on 24 May.The term "Davidian Revolution" is used by many scholars to summarise the.

Short description: King of Scots, Prince of the Cumbrians
Next Cabinet

The Next Cabinet (次の内閣, tsugi no naikaku) was the name of the shadow cabinet when the Democratic Party of Japan was in opposition. Though DPJ shadow cabinets began in 1999, it only acquired the name in 2003 and dissolved after the DPJ gained power for the first time after the 2009 general elections.

Short description: Shadow cabinet of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and Democratic Party (DP)
Canol Heritage Trail

The Canol Heritage Trail is a 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) trail running from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, through the Mackenzie Mountains, to the Yukon border. Because of its remoteness, length and river crossings it is considered one of the most challenging trails in Canada. The trail is in the process of becoming a territorial park.

Short description: Multiuse trail in Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada
Ben Nevis railway station

Ben Nevis railway station is an abandoned station on the Avoca railway line, a railway line running from Ararat to Avoca and onto Maryborough in the Australian state of Victoria. It also acted as the terminus of the abandoned Navarre railway line to Navarre, a community in the Wimmera region of Victoria, which was closed in 1954.Little remained of the station in 2013 situated near the intersection of the Pyrenees Highway and the Buangor – Ben Nevis Road, although earthworks associated with it are clearly visible nearby as can the rail lines themselves.

Short description: former railway station in Victoria, Australia
Highway M06

Highway M06 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kyiv to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it continues as Hungarian main road 4 to Záhony and Budapest.

Short description: road in Ukraine
Sebastián Garrocq

Sebastián Garrocq (born (1979-11-27)27 November 1979) is an Argentine male volleyball player. He was part of the Argentina men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He played with UPCN San Juan.

Short description: Argentinian volleyball player
Oskar Joost

Oskar Joost (9 June 1898 – 29 May 1941) was a German musician, who played violin, tenor saxophone and clarinet, as well as directing a dance orchestra.

Short description: musician
And the Plains Are Gleaming

And the Plains Are Gleaming (German: ...und es leuchtet die Puszta) is a 1933 German-Hungarian drama film directed by Heinz Hille and starring Rosy Barsony, Károly Sugar and Wolf Albach-Retty. A separate Hungarian-language version The Old Scoundrel was also made. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Herbert Lippschitz and Márton Vincze.

Short description: 1933 film by Heinz Hille