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Icelandic nationality law

Icelandic nationality law is based upon the principles of jus sanguinis. In other words, descent from an Icelandic parent is the primary method of acquiring Icelandic citizenship. Birth in Iceland to foreign parents does not in itself grant Icelandic citizenship. Icelandic law changed on 1 July 2003 to remove restrictions on dual citizenship. Former Icelandic citizens who lost Icelandic citizenship before this date had until 1 July 2007 to reclaim Icelandic citizenship.

Short description: history and regulations of Icelandic citizenship
Real Transportes Aéreos

Real Transportes Aéreos (acronym to Redes Estaduais Aéreas Limitadas, literal translation: State Air Networks Limited) was a Brazilian airline founded in 1945. It was merged into Varig in 1961, when Varig bought the Consórcio Real-Aerovias-Nacional, of which Real was the main carrier.

Short description: former major Brazilian airline, 1945–1961
Evan Jones

Evan Jones (born 1973 in Weston, York, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and critic. He completed his secondary education at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto. In 2003, he was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Awards for Poetry. He is currently a creative writing teacher at the University of Bolton, where he resides full-time.

Short description: Canadian poet and critic
Lüen

Lüen is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüen, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.

Short description: village and former municipality in Arosa in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland
Page Springs Cellars

Page Springs Cellars & Vineyards is a family-owned Arizona winery and vineyard tucked into the volcanic landscape overlooking pristine Oak Creek Canyon, just 15 minutes south of Sedona in the Verde Valley. Page Springs Cellars produces Rhone style wines, working primarily with Syrah, Petite Sirah, Grenache and Mourvedre.

Short description: winery
Steve Goodman

Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by Arlo Guthrie and many others including John Denver, The Highwaymen, and Judy Collins; in 1985, it received a Grammy award for best country song, as performed by Willie Nelson. Goodman had a small but dedicated group of fans for his albums and concerts during his lifetime. His most frequently sung song is the Chicago Cubs anthem, "Go Cubs Go". Goodman died of leukemia in September 1984.

Short description: American folk music singer-songwriter
Chaca bankanensis

Chaca bankanensis is a species of angler catfish found in the Sundaland region, where it occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is found in peat swamps and streams. This species grows to a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in). It is found in the aquarium trade.

Short description: species of fish
2013 Six-red World Championship

The 2013 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2013 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 2 and 7 September 2013 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.Mark Davis defended his title, which he won in 2012, by defeating Neil Robertson 8–4 in the final.

Short description: snooker tournament
John Blakeney

John Blakeney (c. 1729 – 25 July 1789) was an Irish soldier. He was son of John Blakeney and Grace Perrse, grandson of Robert Blakeney, brother of Robert Blakeney, Theophilus Blakeney and William Blakeney, and uncle of John Blakeney and Edward Blakeney. As a soldier John Blakeney fought in the Battle of Culloden, the Battle of Matinico and the siege of Havana and reached the rank of Colonel. He represented Athenry in the Irish House of Commons from 1763 to his death. He was High Sheriff of County Galway for 1768. He died unmarried.

Short description: (died 1789)
Malin Space Science Systems

Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) is an San Diego, California-based private technology company that designs, develops, and operates instruments and technical equipment to fly on unmanned spacecraft. MSSS is headed by chief scientist and CEO Michael C. Malin. Founded in 1990, their first mission was the failed 1993 Mars Observer for which they developed and operated the Mars Observer Camera Ground Data System. After this mission they were selected to provide the main camera for Mars Global Surveyor. They also developed the cameras that were carried on Mars Polar Lander, Mars Climate Orbiter, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Phoenix lander. One of the most successful of their instruments to date was the Mars Observer Camera (MOC), on board the Mars Global Surveyor placed into orbit around Mars in September 1997. From that date until November 2006, the MOC took more than 243,000 images of Mars, some at very high resolution. Among the MOCs notable successes was the imaging of the landing sites of the two Mars Exploration Rovers (the discarded heatshield of one of the rovers was located). Even before they landed, images from the MOC were very useful in picking the destinations of the two rovers. After more than nine years of active duty, the Mars Global Surveyor ceased sending data back to Earth and it is now lost along with all its instruments, including the MOC. For the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched on August 12, 2005, MSSS built the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) which takes wide angle, daily global views of Mars.

Short description: American company which builds and operates spacecraft instruments
Al Couppee

Albert Wallace Couppee (June 4, 1920 – July 3, 1998) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1942 NFL Draft.

Short description: American football running back (1920-1998)
Threnetes

The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Short description: genus of birds
493

Year 493 (CDXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Eusebius (or, less frequently, year 1246 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 493 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.

Short description: year
Szastarka

Szastarka [ʂasˈtarka] is a village in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szastarka. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Kraśnik and 48 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.

Short description: village in Lublin, Poland
Fifth Battle of Ypres

The Fifth Battle of Ypres, also called the Advance in Flanders and the Battle of the Peaks of Flanders (French: Bataille des Crêtes de Flandres) is an informal name used to identify a series of World War I battles in northern France and southern Belgium (Flanders) from late September to October 1918.

Short description: 1918 battle on the Western Front of World War I
king cobra

The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake species of elapids endemic to jungles in Southern and Southeast Asia. The sole member of the genus Ophiophagus, it is distinguishable from other cobras, most noticeably by its size and neck patterns. The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with an average length of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft), reaching a maximum of 5.85 m (19.2 ft). Its skin colour varies across the habitats, from black with white stripes to unbroken brownish grey. It preys chiefly on other snakes, including its own species. Unlike other snakes, it rarely hunts other vertebrates, such as rodents and lizards. Like most cobras and mambas, the king cobra's threat display includes spreading its neck-flap, raising its head upright, puffing, and hissing. Despite its fearsome reputation, the king cobra avoids confrontation with humans whenever possible. When provoked, however, it is capable of striking a target at long range and well above the ground. Rather than biting and retreating, it may sustain its bite and inject a large quantity of venom, which is a medical emergency.Regarded as the national reptile of India, this species has an eminent position in mythology and folk traditions of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Threatened by habitat destruction, the king cobra has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2010.

Short description: species of reptile
Tomb Raider II

Tomb Raider II is an action-adventure platform game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 1997 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation as part of the Tomb Raider series and the sequel to the 1996 video game Tomb Raider. It was ported to Mac OS in 1998 and an expansion pack, Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask, was released by Eidos for PC in 1999. The expansion pack includes four bonus levels. The game has sold 6.8 million copies worldwide as of 2009 and is also the second overall best selling PlayStation title in the UK.

Short description: 1997 action-adventure video game in the Tomb Raider series
Jyoti Cinema

Jyoti Cinema is one of the most popular and oldest single-screen movie theatres of Kolkata, West Bengal. The hall is located in Lenin Sarani.

Short description: building in India
El Ganzra

El Ganzra is a commune in the Khémisset Province of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 13,404 people living in 2107 households.

Short description: rural commune in Morocco
Bouveret

Le Bouveret (French pronunciation: ​[lə buvʁɛ]) is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the water amusement park Aquaparc. Le Bouveret is also the seat of Cesar Ritz Colleges, a Hospitality school.

Short description: locality in Port-Valais in the canton Of Valais, Switzerland
Salud, dinero y amor

Salud, dinero y amor (English title: Health, money and love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1997–1998. Is a sequel of 1995 Mexican telenovela El premio mayor. On August 4, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Salud, dinero y amor weekdays at 10:00pm, replacing Pueblo chico, infierno grande. The last episode was broadcast on January 2, 1998 with Volver a empezar replacing it the following day. Carlos Bonavides, Itatí Cantoral and Eduardo Santamarina starred as protagonists, while Frances Ondiviela, Martha Julia, Maribel Fernández, Héctor Suárez Gomis, Laura Forastieri and Sergio Klainer starred as antagonists. Mónica Dossetti, Arath de la Torre and Dinorah Cavazos starred as stellar performances.

Short description: television series
Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek lagos (λαγώς, "hare") + morphē (μορφή, "form"). There are 110 recent species of lagomorph of which 109 are extant, including 34 species of pika, 42 species of rabbit, and 33 species of hare.

Short description: order of mammals
Enrico Banducci

Enrico Banducci (born Harry Charles Banducci; February 17, 1922 – October 9, 2007) was an American impresario. Banducci operated the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, where he launched the careers of The Kingston Trio, Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Bill Cosby, Jonathan Winters, and Barbra Streisand, and featured Woody Allen and Dick Cavett before they were well-known, as well as countless folk singers and comedians. The hungry i featured the original brick wall in the stage background, a staple for stand up comedy presentations ever since. Banducci (pronounced Ban-doo-chee) bought the hungry i from its founder, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, in 1950. Banducci later also started the Clown Alley hamburger stand as well as Enrico's Sidewalk Cafe on Broadway, a restaurant and jazz club that has since gone out of business.

Short description: American businessman
Silence

"Silence" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae, released on his album Cheese (2010). The song has charted in Belgium.

Short description: 2010 song by Belgian singer Stromae
Raw & Rare

Raw and Rare is a double DVD package released by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem in 2008. It was recorded live at the Firefest IV festival held at Rock City in Nottingham and consists of the final Harem Scarem live performance before their disbandment. The second DVD contains live clips from the Mood Swings tour of 1994 recorded in Canada. A limited edition of Raw and Rare featured also a bonus audio CD with the live performance of 2007.

Short description: double DVD package by Canadian band Harem Scarem
Hog Wild

Hog Wild is an album by the American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released in 1995 on Curb Records. Williams supported the album with a North American tour.

Short description: album by Hank Williams Jr.
IMPDH2

Inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase 2, also known as IMP dehydrogenase 2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the IMPDH2 gene.

Short description: protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
2004–05 Gamma Ethniki

The 2004–05 Gamma Ethniki was the 22nd season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Thrasyvoulos and Veria were crowned champions in Southern and Northern Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Chaidari also won promotion as a best runner-up of the two groups.Pamisos Messini, PANO Malia, Irodotos, Athinaida Kypselis, Marko, Pavlos Melas, Pandramaikos, Apollon Larissa and ILTEX Lykoi were relegated to Delta Ethniki.

Short description: football league season
The Alchemist's Cookbook

The Alchemist's Cookbook is an EP by producer The Alchemist. The EP was digitally released on iTunes on November 18, 2008, before his second full-length album Chemical Warfare in 2009. Guest appearances include Prodigy, Evidence, Blu, and Kid Cudi.

Short description: extended play by The Alchemist
Octavian Armașu

Octavian Armașu (born 29 July 1969 in Chișinău, USSR) is a Moldovan politician who currently serves as Minister of Finances of Moldova since January 2016, succeeding Anatol Arapu at this post. On 30 November 2018 he became the head of the National Bank of Moldova, succeeding Sergiu Cioclea at this post.

Short description: Minister of Finance of Moldova
small-spotted catshark

The small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), also known as the sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay (in Scotland and Cornwall), is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves and the uppermost continental slopes off the coasts of Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal and in the Mediterranean, between latitudes 63° N and 12° N. It can grow up to a length of 1 m (3 ft 3 in), and it can weigh more than 2 kg (4.4 lb). It is found primarily over sandy, gravelly, or muddy bottoms from depths of a few metres down to 400 m. S. canicula is one of the most abundant elasmobranchs in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The majority of the populations are stable in most areas.

Short description: species of shark (Scyliorhinus canicula)
Sense of Gender Awards

The Sense of Gender Awards are annual awards given by the Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction since 2001 for the science fiction or fantasy fiction published in the Japanese language in the prior year which best "explore and deepen the concept of Gender." An award is also given for works that have been translated into Japanese.The organization that gives the award is known as the Japanese Association for Feminist Fantasy and Science Fiction. The award and organization were founded by science fiction critic Mari Kotani, professional SF reviewer Reona Kashiwazaki, and Noriko Maki, the chair of the Japanese science fiction fandom confederation. They are sometimes called the "Japanese Tiptree Awards". Past winners include Fumi Yoshinaga, N. K. Jemisin, and Eileen Gunn.

Short description: annual fiction book awards
Andrew Shilling

Andrew Shilling (c. 1566 – 1 January 1621), was a naval commander in the fleet of the English East India Company (EIC).

Short description: English naval officer in the East India Company
2019–20 SD Huesca season

The 2019–20 season was SD Huesca's 60th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, SD Huesca participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Following a 3–0 win over CD Numancia on 17 July 2020, Huesca won immediate promotion back to La Liga for the 2020–21 season as champions.

Short description: SD Huesca 2019–20 football season
Soria

Soria is one of the 59 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Senate of Spain, the upper chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency elects four senators. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Soria. The electoral system uses an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. Electors can vote for up to three candidates.

Short description: Senate constituency in Spain
Colonial Motor Company

The Colonial Motor Company Limited is a car, motorcycle, truck and agricultural equipment dealer with 18 outlets throughout New Zealand. From 1911 to 1936 it was Ford Canada's importer and distributor for New Zealand and assembled Ford cars from knocked down packs. It was notable for its pioneering nine-storey assembly plant which built New Zealand's Ford cars from 1922 to 1936.

Short description: car, motorcycle, truck and agricultural equipment dealer in New Zealand
Guelile

Guelile (Arabic: جليل) is a town located in southern Djibouti.

Short description: town in Ali Sabieh, Djibouti
Musa Cälil

Musa Cälil (pronounced [muˈsɑ ʑæˈlil]; Jaꞑalif: Musa Çəlil; Cyrillic: Муса Җәлил; full name: Musa Mostafa ulı Cälilev, Cyrillic: Муса Мостафа улы Җәлилев; Russian: Муса Джалиль, Муса Мустафович Залилов, Musa Dzhalil, Musa Mustafovich Zalilov, also anglicized as Mussa Jalil [muˈsɑ dʒæˈlil]; February 15, 1906 – August 25, 1944) was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union who was simultaneously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting, and the Lenin Prize for having written The Moabit Notebooks; both the awards were awarded to him posthumously.

Short description: Soviet poet
Micrandra

Micrandra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1854. It is native to South America.

Short description: genus of plants
Hadad the Edomite

Hadad the Edomite is a character mentioned in the First Book of Kings who was an adversary of King Solomon after Solomon turned to idols. Some scholars believe the text should read Hadad the Aramean. And the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. According to the account in 1 Kings, Hadad was a survivor of the royal house of Edom after the slaughter at the hands of Joab. He escaped as a child to Egypt, where he was raised by Pharaoh and married the queen's sister. After the death of King David, Hadad returned to try to reclaim the throne of Edom. Hadad's campaign to recapture Edom apparently met with success, as 1 Kings 11:25 states that another of Solomon's adversaries, Rezon the son of Eliada, did harm to Solomon "as Hadad did". Hadad did "evil" to King Solomon after gathering together a "marauding band"; Hadad "abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram (Syria)". Further, an Edomite princess is listed among the wives of King Solomon.Along with Rezon the Syrian, Hadad is one of two characters described as a satan to Solomon, a word which was left untranslated and transliterated into Greek letters in the Septuagint.

Short description: member of the royal house of Edom, who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled to Egypt
Kabika River

The Kabika River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District, in Northeastern Ontario, in Canada. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slope is served by the Ontario road 652. The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, but safe circulation on the ice generally occurs from mid-November to the end of April.

Short description: river in Ontario, Canada
Grand Marquis

Grand Marquis is an album by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee and drummer Johnny McLellan recorded in 1999 and first released on the Boxholder label.

Short description: album by Joe McPhee
Rural Valley

Rural Valley is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 876 at the 2010 census.

Short description: borough of Pennsylvania
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský

Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (31 March 1886 – 22 April 1956) was a Bohemian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Short description: Czech fencer (1886-1956)
Meir Barad

Meir Barad (Hebrew: מאיר ברד; born 7 November 1949) is an Israeli former professional footballer that has played in Hapoel Be'er Sheva, he is of a Tunisian-Jewish descent.

Short description: association football player
First Army

The Serbian First Army (Српска Прва Армија / Srpska Prva Armija) was a Serbian field army that fought during World War I.

Short description: Serbian field army
United Kingdoms

United Kingdoms is an experimental album released in 1993 by the British electronic band Ultramarine on Blanco y Negro Records. The album fuses ambient music and electronica with elements of English folk music, and features guest vocals from Robert Wyatt. The song "Happy Land" uses a sample originating in "The Yellow Snake" by The Incredible String Band from their 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge. The album spent one week on the UK Album Chart, peaking at No. 49. The lead single from the album was "Kingdom", which spent two weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 46. A further single, The Barefoot EP was released later, containing remixed versions of four tracks from the album, which peaked at No. 61.

Short description: album by Ultramarine
Blanco y Negro

Blanco y Negro (English: "White and Black") was a Spanish-language weekly art and literary magazine and later, the companion of the daily ABC. The magazine was published in Madrid, Spain.

Short description: Spanish magazine
Kii-Shinjō Station

Kii-Shinjō Station (紀伊新庄駅, Kii-Shinjō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Short description: railway station in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Royal College of Nursing

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is a registered trade union in the United Kingdom for those in the profession of nursing. It was founded in 1916, receiving its royal charter in 1928. Queen Elizabeth II is the patron. The majority of members are registered nurses; however student nurses and healthcare assistants are also members. There is also a category of membership, at a reduced cost, for retired people. The RCN describes its mission as representing nurses and nursing, promoting excellence in practice and shaping health policies. It has a network of stewards, safety representatives and union learning representatives as well as advice services for members. Services include a main library in London and regional libraries around the country. The RCN Institute also provides courses for nurses.

Short description: British union for nurses
Greg Cross

Greg Cross is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He is the brother of former North Sydney Bears second-row, Peter Cross.

Short description: rugby league footballer
Limi

Limi is a village in the eponymously named Limi Valley and a ward council of Namkha rural municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Province of north-western Nepal. Previously the whole valley was known as the Limi Village Development Committee (VDC). As of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 988 persons living in 169 individual households. The population of the village decreased to 904 individual according to 2011 Nepal census.

Short description: ward in Karnali Province, Nepal
William H. Willson

William Holden Willson (April 14, 1805 – April 17, 1856) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon and the founder of its capital city, Salem. A native of New Hampshire, he immigrated to the Oregon Country in 1837 to work at the Methodist Mission, and there would participate in the Champoeg Meetings. Willson served as the first treasurer of the Provisional Government of Oregon.

Short description: American politician (1805-1856)
The Far Side of the World

The Far Side of the World is the tenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1984. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The story from Treason's Harbour has several points resolved, as to the success of Maturin's work identifying the French spies, the trap that Aubrey sailed out of but HMS Pollux did not, and Aubrey resolving the tension between him and Lieutenant Fielding, who escaped the worst French prisoner-of-war facility. In Gibraltar, Captain Aubrey receives another mission, to sail HMS Surprise to protect British whalers in the Pacific Ocean from USS Norfolk, for his first voyage around Cape Horn. Dr Maturin has not yet identified the high-level spy who got away. Unaware, he sends the letter to his own wife explaining his protection of the Navy wife via that very villain. The Pacific Ocean is full of wonders, and prizes, once the Jonah is off the ship. One review considered this and the previous novel, Treason's Harbour, to be one novel in two volumes. O'Brian "writes historical novels without the swashbuckling.".

Short description: novel by Patrick O'Brian
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) is a 2009 play by Sarah Ruhl, published by Samuel French. It concerns the early history of the vibrator, when doctors allegedly used it as a clinical device to bring women to orgasm as treatment for "hysteria." Other themes include Victorian ignorance of female sexual desire, motherhood, breastfeeding, and jealousy. The play was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards.

Short description: play written by Sarah Ruhl
Lucius Julius Iulus

Lucius Julius Iulus was a member of the ancient patrician house of the Julii. He held the office of military tribune with consular powers in 388 BC, and again in 379.

Short description: Roman politician, consular tribune 388 BC
Tom Pagnozzi

Thomas Alan Pagnozzi (born July 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1987 through 1998. A three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Pagnozzi was named to the National League All-Star team in 1992. Besides catcher, Pagnozzi also made 40 appearances at first base and seven at third base during his career.

Short description: American baseball player
Greek orthography

The orthography of the Greek language ultimately has its roots in the adoption of the Greek alphabet in the 9th century BC. Some time prior to that, one early form of Greek, Mycenaean, was written in Linear B, although there was a lapse of several centuries (the Greek Dark Ages) between the time Mycenaean stopped being written and the time when the Greek alphabet came into use. Early Greek writing in the Greek alphabet was phonemic, different in each dialect. Since the adoption of the Ionic variant for Attic in 403 BC, however, Greek orthography has been largely conservative and historical. Given the phonetic development of Greek, especially in the Hellenistic period, certain modern vowel phonemes have multiple orthographic realizations: /i/ can be spelled η, ι, υ, ει, οι, or υι (see Iotacism); /e/ can be spelled either ε or αι; /o/ can be spelled either ο or ω.This affects not only lexical items but also inflectional affixes, so correct orthography requires mastery of formal grammar, e.g. η καλή /i kaˈli/ 'the good one (fem. sing.)' vs. οι καλοί /i kaˈli/ 'the good ones (masc. pl. )'; καλώ /kaˈlo/ 'I call' vs. καλό /kaˈlo/ 'good (neut. sing.)'. Similarly, the orthography preserves ancient doubled consonants, though these are now pronounced the same as single consonants, except in Cypriot Greek.

Short description: how the sounds of Greek are written in the Greek alphabet
John Ap-Adam, 1st Baron Ap-Adam

John Ap-Adam III, 1st Baron Ap-Adam (died May 1311) was created baron by writ in 1299. The first baron served in the Scottish wars. On 22 July 1298, he served in the battle of Falkirk and was knighted and borne his coat of arms afterwards. Ap-Adam married Elizabeth de Gurnay, the daughter of John de Gurnay Baron of Beverstone, and Olivia Lovel. They had at least one son, Sir Thomas Ap-Adam, who left children. This Thomas was never summoned to parliament; thus the barony became dormant.

Short description: Eleventh and twelfth century baron and soldier
Kalorama

Kalorama is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Kalorama had a population of 1,239. The suburb was first settled by Europeans around 1855 when Isaac Jeeves, Mathew Child and Jabez Richardson took up selections. The traditional custodians of the area are the Wurundjeri of the Kulin nation. The Post Office opened on 1 October 1909, but was known as Hand's Corner until 1910, then Mount Dandenong North until 1926.The area, renowned for its beauty, is the site of a famous lookout point named "Five Ways" which overlooks Kalorama Park, Silvan Reservoir, the National Rhododendron Gardens, and the R.J. Hamer Arboretum. Nearby attractions include William Ricketts Sanctuary, Olinda Falls, a gallery, and a range of tea-rooms, cafes and stores. The forests of the region are dominated by various eucalypt species including mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans), the tallest known angiosperm. The local wet sclerophyll forests form habitat for many species of native bird including the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) which can be sometimes heard voicing its characteristic mimicry from the deeper gullies and south-eastern aspects. The area has featured in the work of many Australian artists, including Sir Arthur Streeton.

Short description: suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Orgyen Kusum Lingpa

Orgyen Kusum Lingpa (1934-2009) was a Tibetan terton and Nyingma lineage holder within Tibetan Buddhism. His name means "Holder of the Sanctuary of the Trikaya of Oddiyana Padmasambhava.".

Short description: Tibetan Lama
Ontong Java Atoll

Ontong Java Atoll or Luangiua is one of the largest atolls on earth. It is sometimes referred to as Lord Howe Atoll, not to be confused with Lord Howe Island. Geographically it belongs to a scattered group of three atolls which includes nearby Nukumanu Atoll and the wholly submerged Roncador Reef located 75 kilometres (47 miles) to the south.

Short description: island atoll in the Solomon Islands
Iliamna

Iliamna is a small genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, endemic to North America. It is related to the bush mallows of California (Malacothamnus) and to Phymosia of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. These perennial herbs are known commonly as wild hollyhocks and sometimes as globe mallows, Kankakee mallow, Kankakee globe mallow, and Streambank wild hollyhock. More often, the latter terms refer to members of the genus Sphaeralcea, which belong, like Iliamna, to the "typical" mallow tribe (Malveae) of the mallow and hibiscus subfamily Malvoideae. The name of the genus, proposed by Edward Lee Greene, appears to be a reference to Iliamna Lake in Alaska, even though the genus Iliamna does not occur in Alaska The plants are herbaceous with a racemose inflorescence consisting of showy, slightly fragrant flowers ranging in color from almost white to lavender. The leaves are alternate and shallowly palmately lobed and stems and leaves are coarsely pubescent. The sepals of I. remota plants are broadly lanceolate and longer than wide compared to the broadly triangular ovate sepals that were equally broad and long on I. rivularis plants. Iliamna remota was first reported by the Reverend E. J. Hill on June 29, 1872, on Langham Island in the Kankakee River. Reverend Hill noted that the plants grew in habitats he called "gravelly island" and "dry banks". Iliamna remota was designated as endangered by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board in 1980. Historical surveys and management recovery plans for I. remota and its vegetation on Langham Island have been reviewed.

Short description: genus of plants
Sir George Denys, 1st Baronet

Sir George Denys, 1st Baronet (1788–1857), of Blacklands House, Chelsea, Middlesex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Kingston upon Hull 1812 to 1818.

Short description: politician
Samudram

Samudram is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. Sukumaran Nair. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Jayabharathi and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan.

Short description: 1977 film
Ranibas

Ranibas is a village development committee in Bhojpur District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5950 persons living in 1152 individual households.

Short description: human settlement in Nepal
Constantius II

Flavius Julius Constantius (Greek: Κωνστάντιος; 7 August 317 – 3 November 361), known as Constantius II, was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples, while internally the Roman Empire went through repeated civil wars, court intrigues, and usurpations. His religious policies inflamed domestic conflicts that would continue after his death. Constantius was a son of Constantine the Great, who elevated him to the imperial rank of Caesar on 8 November 324 and after whose death Constantius became Augustus together with his brothers, Constantine II and Constans on 9 September 337. He promptly oversaw the massacre of his father-in-law, an uncle, and several cousins, consolidating his hold on power. The brothers divided the empire among themselves, with Constantius receiving Greece, Thrace, the Asian provinces, and Egypt in the east. For the following decade a costly and inconclusive war against Persia took most of Constantius's time and attention. In the meantime, his brothers Constantine and Constans warred over the western provinces of the empire, leaving the former dead in 340 and the latter as sole ruler of the west. The two remaining brothers maintained an uneasy peace with each other until, in 350, Constans was overthrown and assassinated by the usurper Magnentius. Unwilling to accept Magnentius as co-ruler, Constantius waged a civil war against the usurper, defeating him at the battles of Mursa Major in 351 and Mons Seleucus in 353. Magnentius committed suicide after the latter battle, leaving Constantius as sole ruler of.

Short description: Roman emperor (317-361)
Reinier Jesus Carvalho

Reinier Jesus Carvalho (born 19 January 2002), known as Reinier or Reinier Jesus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for LaLiga Club Real Madrid.

Short description: Brazilian footballer born 2002
Tirrannaville

Tirrannaville is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 11 km south of Goulburn on the road to Braidwood. It was formerly called Terranna, which is the name of the parish covering most of the locality. The northern part of the defined locality, including the small settlement of Tirrannaville and cemetery, is in the parish of Goulburn. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 237. The locality mostly consists of grazing land.

Short description: human settlement in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
MLC Tower

Sunlight Tower (formerly called MLC Tower or CEF Life Tower ) is a 40-storey skyscraper located at 248 Queen's Road East, in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. It stands 156 metres (512 ft) tall and has 40 floors. Designed by Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates, it was completed in 1998.The building is managed by Henderson Sunlight Asset Management, a subsidiary of Henderson Land Development Hong Kong, a company which also developed the International Finance center.The MLC in the name stands for Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company - an Australian life insurance company formed in 1908. The building was renamed CEF Life tower when, in 1998, six floors of the building were leased out to CEF Life (Canadian Eastern Life assurance, renamed CEF Lend Lease, now owned by Axa Hong Kong), a company partly owned by Lee Ka Shing's Cheung Kong holdings.

Short description: building in People's Republic of China
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is a 2007 British film scripted and directed by Bill Clark. It was adapted from a 1995 book of the same name, written by Susan Wojciechowski and illustrated by P. J. Lynch, from which the film was adapted.

Short description: 2007 British film directed by Bill Clark
Hepacivirus A

Hepacivirus A, or Canine hepacivirus (CHV) or Equine hepacivirus (EHV), is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Hepacivirus. It infects dogs and horses, and causes pulmonary infections in dogs. Unlike the related Hepatitis C virus, it is not known to cause hepatitis in either host.

Short description: species of virus
Blink

Blink is a 2003 novel by Christian author Ted Dekker. It was re-released in November 2007 under the title Blink of an Eye, featuring new content and a more expedient storyline. It follows two main characters from a 3rd person perspective. Blink is set in the modern-day United States and in the Middle East, and features a Christian fiction perspective.

Short description: novel by Ted Dekker
Jerningham Wakefield

Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 June 1820 – 3 March 1879), known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was closely associated with his father's interest in colonisation. He worked for the New Zealand Company and later was a member of the Canterbury Association. He was active as a politician in New Zealand, both at national and provincial level, but became an alcoholic and died penniless in an old people's home.

Short description: New Zealand politician (1820-1879)
Alfred Witte

Alfred Witte (2 March 1878 in Hamburg, Germany – 4 August 1941 in Hamburg, Germany), was a German surveyor, astrologer, an amateur astronomer, and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology. Witte revived and further developed the use of astrological midpoints (a+b)/2 for precision in astrological analysis and prediction. Alfred Witte died 4 August 1941, Hamburg. The time of death is unclear.

Short description: German astrologer (1878-1941)
Alessandro Roberto

Alessandro Roberto (born 22 May 1977) is an Italian former alpine skier who completed predominantly in the Giant slalom discipline between 1995 and 2009. He began to compete in International Ski Federation sanctioned events in 1995.He competed at the 2001 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships finishing in 13th position in the Giant slalom.Roberto went on to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics. There he finished in 22nd position in the Giant slalom.He continued to ski competitively until 2009.

Short description: Olympic alpine skier
Jason Carter

Jason Carter (born 11 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who last played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Short description: Australian footballer
baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Baseball was featured at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, for the first time since the 2008 Summer Olympics. Six national teams competed in the tournament: Israel, Japan (host), Mexico, South Korea, the United States, and the Dominican Republic. Baseball/softball was one of five sports that were added to the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics only. It will not return in 2024. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the games were played behind closed doors.

Short description: Baseball events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Melnikovo, Altai Krai

Melnikovo (Russian: Мельниково) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Melnikovsky Selsoviet, Novichikhinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 947 as of 2013. There are 10 streets.

Short description: human settlement in Novichikhinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Alphabet Historic District

The Alphabet Historic District, is a historic district in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is 156.9 acres (63.5 ha) in area and includes 478 contributing buildings. It is roughly bounded by NW Lovejoy St., NW Marshall St., NW 17th Ave., W. Burnside St., and NW 24th Ave.It is an area zoned for historic preservation, about 50 blocks in size, extending roughly between NW 17th and 24th Avenues, and between W Burnside and NW Marshall Streets.In 2000, the Alphabet Historic District, which covers parts of streets from Burnside ("B Street") to N.W. Marshall ("M Street") within the Alphabet District but not further, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.The district includes about 50 buildings which are separately listed on the National Register. These include: George F. Heusner House Tudor Arms Apartments, designed by Carl L. Linde Trinity Place Apartments, luxury apartments including servants quarters Couch School Temple Beth Israel, designed by Edgar M. LazarusIt also includes at least eight Portland Historic Landmarks: Lesser Cohen House Richard Koehler House C. H. Korell Houses#3 and 4 Abbott Mills House Pope Investment Property St. Francis Apartments St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchIt includes or has other association with Portland West End Historic District and Portland Nob Hill Historic District.Architect: William B. Bell et al. Architecture: Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, et al. Historic function: Domestic; Social; Religion; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Multiple Dwelling; Civic; Religious Structure; Business Criteria: event, person, architecture/engineering.

Short description: historic district in Portland, Oregon, USA
All Cubans I

The All Cubans were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that toured the United States during 1899 and 1902–05, playing against white semiprofessional and Negro league teams. The team was the first Latin American professional baseball team to tour the United States. As a racially integrated team, future major league players Armando Marsans and Rafael Almeida got their start in the United States on the team. The team was also a forerunner for later Negro league teams staffed by Latin American players, such as the Cuban Stars (West), the Cuban Stars (East), and the New York Cubans. Negro league stars Luis Bustamante and Carlos Morán started their American careers with the All Cubans.

Short description: cuban & Negro League Baseball team active from 1899 to 1905-1906
Kamlavati Higher Secondary School

Kamlavati Senior Secondary School ( ISO 9001:2008 Certified) is an educational institution situated in Sahupuram sector, Arumuganeri town of Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India. The school follows CBSE pattern from class 1 to 12 and also follows Tamil Nadu State Board syllabus for class 11 and 12.It is a private educational institution originally started in 1972 as part of educational assistance to the children of DCW workers. Later it opened its admissions to general public. The school is managed by DCW ltd through Kamlavati Higher Secondary School Trust.

Short description: private educational institution school in Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, India
McKinley College

McKinley College was a degree-granting post-secondary distance education institution, with headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado. The college was founded in 2005, and was owned and operated by Weston Distance Learning, Inc. The college ceased operation on August 20, 2020.

Short description: defunct college in the United States
Blanche River

The Rivière Blanche is a tributary of the Portneuf River, flowing in the municipalities of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge and Saint-Basile, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.Apart from the passage of the river in a small hamlet of Pont-Rouge (near Lake André), the Blanche river flows especially at the border between the agricultural and forest environment, the main economic activities of this small valley.This valley is served by chemin du Rang Sainte-Madeleine, chemin du 2e rang du Brûlé, rue Lamothe, chemin Tâché and chemin des Ormeaux.The surface of the Blanche River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Short description: River in Quebec, Canada
Earthworks

Earthworks is the first album by Bill Bruford's Earthworks, a jazz fusion band led by drummer Bill Bruford with keyboardist and trumpeter Django Bates, saxophonist Iain Ballamy, and acoustic bassist Mick Hutton. It was released in 1987 on EG Records and reissued on Summerforld in 2005. The album was co-produced by Bruford's former bandmate Dave Stewart.

Short description: album by Earthworks
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse

The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland. It was built in 1830 by Robert Stevenson and has an elevation of 53 metres (174 ft) and 203 steps to the top of the tower.

Short description: lighthouse on the East coast of Scotland