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Nanzatico (King George, Virginia)

Nanzatico is a historic plantation house located at King George Court House, King George County, Virginia. It was built about 1770, and is a frame, two-story structure, seven-bays wide, with a hipped roof, and two interior end chimneys. The front facade features an engaged portico consisting of heroic pilasters, entablature, and bulls-eye pediment. Also on the property are the contributing square frame smokehouse, a frame summer kitchen, and a frame schoolhouse or office. Next to Mount Vernon, Nanzatico is probably the most formal frame colonial mansion in Virginia.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Short description: human settlement in United States of America
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized is a 2009 first-person shooter game in the Call of Duty franchise, developed specifically for the Nintendo DS. The game takes place in the same setting as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights, and vehicular missions. It was released by Activision alongside the console versions of the game on November 10, 2009.

Short description: 2009 video game
Jos De Beukelaere

Jos De Beukelaere (7 April 1925 – 5 November 1969) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Short description: Belgian cyclist
Robert Gammage

Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage (March 13, 1938 – September 10, 2012) was a Texas politician, having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives.

Short description: American politician (1938-2012)
Norman Arthur

Lieutenant-General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur, KCB, CVO (born 6 March 1931) was General Officer Commanding in Scotland.

Short description: British commanding officer
Noi Tucker

Thong Auan 'Noi' Tucker (1 December 1960-) is a former Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.She won a silver medal in the triples with Ceri Ann Davies and Roma Dunn at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Born in Thailand she now lives in Jindalee, Western Australia and won her first Australian cap in 2006. She announced her international retirement in 2007.

Short description: Australian lawn bowler
Disneyland Dream

Disneyland Dream (1956) is a home movie made by Robbins and Meg Barstow that documents their family's free trip to the newly opened Disneyland. The one-week trip was a prize they won in a contest sponsored by Scotch tape. The movie was shot with a 16 mm handheld camera. It lasts approximately 35 minutes. An audio track was added to the film in 1995.The Barstows lived in Wethersfield, Connecticut. They flew to California with TWA and stayed at The Huntington Sheraton hotel in Pasadena. They visited other Southern California locations, including Knott's Berry Farm, Hollywood, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Beverly Hills, Universal Studios, Will Rogers' home and Catalina Island on their July 1956 trip.

Short description: 1956 film
tsarevich

Tsarevich (Russian: Царевич, IPA: [tsɐˈrʲevʲɪtɕ]) is a Slavic title given to tsars' sons. Under the 1797 Pauline house law, the title was discontinued and replaced with Tsesarevich for the heir apparent alone. His younger brothers were called Velikiy Knjaz, meaning Grand Prince, although it was commonly translated to English as Grand Duke. English sources often confused the terms Tsarevich and Tsesarevich. Alexei Nikolaevich, the only son of Nicholas II, was the last member of Russian royalty to be called Tsarevich even though he was the Tsesarevich. Historically, the term was also applied to descendants of the khans (tsars) of Kazan, Kasimov, and Siberia after these khanates had been conquered by Russia. See: Tsareviches of Siberia, for example. The descendants of the deposed royal families of Georgia or the Batonishvili were given the titles of Tsarevich until 1833 when they were demoted to Knyaz after a failed coup to restore the Georgian monarchies.

Short description: son of a tsar
Asti

Asti (Greek: Αστοί) is the name of a Thracian tribe which is mentioned by Livy. It is believed that they lived around the old Thracian capital of Bizye.

Short description: Thracian tribe
Schering AG

Schering AG was a research-centered German multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Wedding, Berlin, which operated as an independent company from 1851 to 2006. In 2006, it was bought by Bayer AG and merged to form the Bayer subsidiary Bayer Schering Pharma AG, which was renamed Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals in 2011. Schering was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and had 26,000 employees as of 2004. The American pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough, formerly the Schering Corporation, was originally the US subsidiary of Schering AG, and merged with Merck & Co. in 2009.

Short description: German multinational pharmaceutical company
Mélanie Engoang

Mélanie Engoang Nguema (born July 25, 1968) is a Gabonese judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category. She is a five-time medalist (two golds and three silver) for her division at the African Judo Championships, and gold medalist at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa. She also competed at four Summer Olympic games (1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and, 2004 in Athens), but she neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal. For being the most experienced member at the Olympics, Engoang was the nation's three-time flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.

Short description: Olympic judoka
Rosenstein Castle

Rosenstein Castle (German: Schloss Rosenstein) is a palace in Stuttgart, Germany. It was designed in the classical style by the architect and court builder Giovanni Salucci (1769–1845) as the summer palace for King Wilhelm I of Württemberg and was built between 1822 and 1830. Today, the building houses that part of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart dealing with extant lifeforms.

Short description: château
Junior Kabananga

Junior Kabananga Kalonji (born 4 April 1989) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for China League One side Suzhou Dongwu as a striker. He is a member of DR Congo national team.

Short description: Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer
Trucial States

The Trucial States (Arabic: الإمارات المتصالحة Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), also known as the Trucial Coast (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخة المتصالحة Al-Mashīkhat al-Mutaṣāliḥa), Trucial Arabia was the name the British government gave to a group of tribal confederations in southeastern Arabia whose leaders had signed protective treaties, or truces, with the United Kingdom between 1820 and 1892. The Trucial States remained an informal British protectorate until the treaties were revoked on 1 December 1971. The following day, six of the sheikhdoms—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah—formed the United Arab Emirates; the seventh, Ras Al Khaimah, joined on February 10, 1972.

Short description: British protectorate 1820–1971, precursor to United Arab Emirates
Book III

Book III is a compilation album by Brotha Lynch Hung, the third and final in a series released throughout 2002 that began with Appearances: Book 1. The tracks are compiled from Lynch's studio albums and other artists' albums he featured on.

Short description: album by Brotha Lynch Hung
Nils-Olov Hasslev

Nils-Olov Fredrik Hasslev (1 November 1926 – 5 November 1990) was a Swedish diplomat.

Short description: Swedish diplomat (1926-1990)
athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Japan between 29 August and 4 September. New events were women's 10,000 metres and 5000 metres walk.

Short description: international athletics championship event
Victor Eke

Victor Eke (born 11 November 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Short description: Australian tennis player
Isetan

Isetan (伊勢丹, Isetan) (TYO: 8238 unlisted on March 26, 2008, SGX: I15) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and South East Asia, including in Jinan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin, and formerly in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, London, and Vienna. On April 1, 2008, Isetan and Mitsukoshi were merged under a joint holding company called Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 3099).

Short description: Japanese department store
Lorenzo Olarte Cullen

Lorenzo Olarte Cullen (born 8 December 1932) is a local Canarian politician and lawyer. He is a former president of the Canary island Automous region but served only 3 years of his 4 years term. Olarte is awarded the Gran Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort, the highest honor for a Spanish jurist, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, created by the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, recognizes the services of Spanish and foreign citizens on behalf of Spain, the Gran Cruz del Mérito Militar, for his collaboration in the decolonization of the former Spanish Sahara, the Alfonso X el Sabio, for his contribution to the development of Education and the Gran Collar de las Islas Canarias, the highest honor in the Canary Islands. After the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, Olarte argued that the 1991 Canarian law of animal protection did not forbid bullfighting against what was being claimed.

Short description: Canarian politician and lawyer
My body, my choice

My body, my choice is a feminist slogan used in several countries, most often surrounding issues of bodily autonomy and abortion. Feminists usually defend an individual's right of self determination over their bodies for sexual, marriage and reproductive choices as rights. The slogan has been used around the world and translated into many different languages. The use of the slogan has caused different types of controversy in different countries and is often used as a rallying cry during protests and demonstrations and/or to bring attention to different feminist issues.

Short description: feminist slogan
Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.

Short description: sporting event delegation
1200 Landmark Center

The 1200 Landmark Center is a 255 ft (78 m), 15-story skyscraper at the corner of South 13th and Farnam Streets in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. As of 2015, the building is formerly home to the Omaha operations of Pacific Life.

Short description: building in Nebraska, United States
2012 NECBL season

The 2012 NECBL season was the 19th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. Changes for 2012 included two of the league's East Division franchises from the 2011 season, the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide and one of the NECBL's charter franchises, the North Shore Navigators leaving the NECBL to join the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. As a result, the league has been reduced to 10 teams, with the Mystic Schooners moving to the East Division. In the postseason, eight teams (4 from the NECBL East and West Divisions) qualified for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals, Newport defeated Sanford (2 games to 1), New Bedford defeated Laconia (2 games to 0), Keene defeated Vermont (2 games to 0), and Danbury defeated North Adams. In the semifinals, Newport defeated New Bedford (2 games to 0) to advance to their eighth championship series in Newport (9 overall). Also, the Danbury Westerners defeated the Keene Swamp Bats (2 games to 0) to advance to their fourth championship series. In 2 games, the Newport Gulls defeated the Westerners (G1: 9-2, G2: 8-1) to win their fifth Fay Vincent Sr. Cup.

Short description: sports league season
Antoon De Brauwer

Antoon De Brauwer (born 11 February 1964) is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events. Eight years later in Barcelona, De Brauwer was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event and the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.

Short description: canoer
Sunshine Hospital

Sunshine Hospital is a public hospital located on Furlong Road in St Albans, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of three major hospitals operated by Western Health in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The hospital takes its name from the major suburb of Sunshine near which it is located.

Short description: hospital in Australia
Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma

Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma is a freshwater sponge found across North America.

Short description: species of sponge
Panchapuri

Panchapuri (Nepali: पञ्चपुरी) is an urban municipality located in Surkhet District of Karnali Province of Nepal.The total area of the municipality is 329.9 square kilometres (127.4 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality as of 2011 Nepal census is 32,231 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 11 wards.The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when Government of Nepal restricted old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015.Salkot, Babiyachaue, Chapre, Bidyapur and Tatopani Village development committee were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The municipality is divided into 11 wards and the headquarters of municipality situated at Babiyachaur.

Short description: municipality in Karnali, Nepal
Peter Rapp

Peter Rapp (born 29 May 1983) is a German long jumper. He finished eighth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and twelfth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 8.10 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Ebensee.

Short description: German long jumper
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a battalion-sized formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade whose Commanding Officer for the period 2013-2016 was Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Kingsbury OBE.2 PARA is an airborne light infantry unit capable of a wide range of operational tasks, based at Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison, England. Personnel regularly deploy outside the United Kingdom on operations and training.

Short description: formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army
Life in Squares

Life in Squares is a British television mini-series that was broadcast on BBC Two from 27 July to 10 August 2015. The title comes from Dorothy Parker's witticism that the Bloomsbury Group, whose lives it portrays, had "lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles".

Short description: British TV series, 2015
Teofilis Tilvytis

Teofilis Tilvytis (28 January 1904 – 5 May 1969) was a Lithuanian poet. He was born in Gaidžiai in the Tauragnai district, Ukmergė county. He studied at the Panevėžys and Utena gymnasiums, before joining the Tax Inspectorate in Kaunas where he worked from 1923 to 1930. He studied acting at the National Theatre, and appeared in performances of the Vilkolakis Theatre troupe. He also began writing seriously from the mid-1920s, and between 1933 and 1940, he edited or co-edited the satirical newspaper Kuntaplis. He was imprisoned in the Pravieniškės concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania. A Communist Party loyalist, he served in a variety of official roles from the 1940s to the 1960s; for 16 years, he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR. He became well-known for his literary parodies and humorous poems, often based on current events. Some notable poems in this vein are Sale of Dust (1928), the long serial poem Artojėliai (1930-1965), and Dičius (1934), which was turned into a TV film by the director B. Bratkauskas. The socialist realist poem "Usnynė" won the USSR State Prize in 1951. Other poetry collections include Baltic Wind (1948), Sonnets about Happiness (1951), Homeland Walls (1953), Homes My Precious (1958), etc. He wrote the poem The Song of Life (1962) in memory of V. Montvila. He also wrote several novels, and a travel book Vilnius – Stalinabad (1948). Later books include Swirls (1968), Laukai laukeliai (1974), Skiedra (1976), etc. He translated works of Russian literature into Lithuanian, and his.

Short description: Soviet writer and poet (1904-1969)
Jeff Guy

Jefferson John Guy, known and published as Jeff Guy (13 June 1940 to 15 December 2014) was a well known and published academic historian whose main interest was the history of Natal and the Zulu people.

Short description: South African historian
mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. Exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic viability of investing in the equipment, labor, and energy required to extract, refine and transport the materials found at the mine to manufacturers who can use the material. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and final reclamation or restoration of the land after the mine is closed.Mining operations usually create a negative environmental impact, both during the mining activity and after the mine has closed. Hence, most of the world's nations have passed regulations to decrease the impact; however, the outsized role of mining in generating business for often rural, remote or economically depressed communities means that governments sometimes fail to fully enforce regulation. Work safety has long been a concern as well, and where enforced modern practices have significantly improved safety in mines. Moreover, unregulated or poorly regulated mining, especially in developing economies, frequently contributes to local human rights.

Short description: extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth
Jon Kyl

Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( KYLE; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, serving alongside John McCain during his first stint. Kyl was Senate Minority Whip from 2007 until 2013. He first joined the lobbying firm Covington & Burling after retiring in 2013, then rejoined in 2019.The son of U.S. Representative John Henry Kyl and Arlene (née Griffith) Kyl, Kyl was born and raised in Nebraska and lived for some time in Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Arizona. He worked in Phoenix, Arizona as an attorney and lobbyist before winning election to the United States House of Representatives, where he served from 1987 to 1995. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994 and continued to be re-elected by comfortable margins until his retirement in January 2013. In 2006, he was recognized by Time magazine as one of America's Ten Best Senators. Kyl was ranked by National Journal in 2007 as the fourth-most conservative U.S. Senator. He has been a fixture of Republican policy leadership posts, chairing the Republican Policy Committee (2003–2007) and the Republican Conference (2007). In December 2007, he became Senate Minority Whip. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 for his persuasive role in the Senate.Kyl did not seek re-election to the Senate in 2012.

Short description: former junior U.S. Senator from Arizona
Sadd-e Shavur

Sadd-e Shavur (Persian: سدشاوور, also Romanized as Sadd-e Shāvūr; also known as Alsad, Sadd-e Shāhūr, Shāhūr, and Shāvūr) is a village in Seyyed Abbas Rural District, Shavur District, Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,114, in 214 families.

Short description: village in Khuzestan, Iran
Jarosław Białek

Jarosław Białek (born February 22, 1981 in Więcbork) is a retired Polish professional football player.

Short description: Polish footballer
Mir Kuh-e Vosta

Mir Kuh-e Vosta (Persian: ميركوه وسطي, also Romanized as Mīr Kūh-e Vosţá and Mīrkūh-e Vosţá; also known as Mīr Kūh and Mīr Kūh-e ‘Alīmīrzā) is a village in Razliq Rural District, in the Central District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 122, in 26 families.

Short description: village in Iran
Kgosi Letlape

Dr Kgosi Letlape is an ophthalmologist and health care leader from South Africa. He is the past President of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). He founded the Africa Medical Association (AMA) in 2006, and is former chairman of the South African Medical Association (SAMA), past president of the World Medical Association (WMA) and former Executive Director of the Tshepang Trust. He also serves as a member of The Global Hygiene Council.Dr Letlape made history by becoming the first black person in South Africa to qualify as an ophthalmologist during the apartheid years. He was also the first black person to be elected as President of the World Medical Association (WMA), the global representative body for physicians around the world. In an effort to ensure access to less harmful products and healthcare for all, Dr Letlape co-founded the Africa Harm Reduction Alliance (AHRA), which focuses on creating awareness and educating people about the need to reduce harm and promote well-being. As a health activist, Dr Letlape's long-standing interest in equal health care for South Africans has seen him participating in various health committees and task teams. In 2002, together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Medical Association (SAMA), he established the Tshepang Trust, a not-for-profit organisation, serving as its executive director until 2013. At the request of the late President Nelson Mandela in 2003, Dr Letlape embarked on what was regarded as an ambitious project at the time, to provide HIV-positive patients access to antiretroviral treatment. This entailed collaborating with state.

Short description: South African ophthalmologist
Lebu Airport

Los Pehuenches Airport (ICAO: SCLB) is an airport serving Lebu, a Pacific coastal city in the Bío Bío Region of Chile. The airport is in forested land 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Lebu.

Short description: airport in Chile
Mariano Barreto

Mariano Barreto (born 18 January 1957) is a Portuguese football manager who coaches Asante Kotoko in Ghana.

Short description: Portuguese football manager
Käthe Kollwitz House

The Käthe Kollwitz House (German: Käthe-Kollwitz-Haus) in Moritzburg, Saxony, is one of three museums in Germany dedicated to the artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867—1945), the other two being the Käthe Kollwitz Museums in Cologne and Berlin.

Short description: museum in Moritzburg, Germany, dedicated to the artist Käthe Kollwitz
Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich () is a large suburban village situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of the West Midlands. It is bordered by the rest of the borough to the south east; also Sutton Coldfield to the east and north east, Shard End to the south west, Castle Vale, Erdington and Minworth to the north and Hodge Hill to the west – all areas of the City of Birmingham. It constitutes a civil parish, which had a population of 11,857 according to the 2001 census, falling to 11,217 at the 2011 census. The population has remained quite stable since then; the 2017 population estimate was 12,309.It was a civil parish within the Meriden Rural District of Warwickshire until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974, when it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. In 1861, the population was 613. This rose to just over 1,000 in the 1920s, when half of the original parish was ceded to the City of Birmingham for the construction of overspill estates. This caused a drop to 678 (almost the 1861 level). Post Second World War estate building in Castle Bromwich increased the population to 4,356 in 1951, 9,205 in 1961 and 15,941 in 1971. The parish was then split into two, resulting in the lower 2001 figures.

Short description: suburb situated within Solihull in the English county of the West Midlands
Alfred Billson

Sir Alfred Billson (18 April 1839 – 9 July 1907) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Born in Leicester, he was fifth son of William Billson. He was admitted a solicitor in 1860, and moved to Liverpool, where he became partner in the law firm of Oliver Jones, Billson, and Company. He became a J.P. for the city, and was active in local Liberal politics as secretary of South West Lancashire Liberal Association from 1866 to 1884, and of Liverpool's Liberal Association.Billson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for three different constituencies: from 1892 to 1895 for Barnstaple in Devon, from a by-election in 1897 to the 1900 General Election for Halifax in West Yorkshire, and from the 'Liberal landslide' 1906 General Election, until his death in 1907, for North West Staffordshire, after defeating a Conservative Member. He had also unsuccessfully contested Conservative-held Bradford East in 1896, being defeated by the Honourable Ronald Greville. Billson married in 1862 Lilla, daughter of John Baines of Leicester, and had one son and three daughters.Later in his life he began to live in Shropshire at Rowton Castle as tenant of its then landlord, Baron Rowton, with whom he enjoyed friendship despite political differences, Rowton having been a close Conservative associate of Disraeli. He was an active supporter of Liberal associations in the mainly Conservative-voting county, and served as member of the Atcham Rural District Council and Alberbury Parish Council.In June 1907 he was knighted in King Edward VII's Birthday Honours List although he did not.

Short description: British politician
Mandiakuy

Mandiakuy or Mandiakui is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Tominian in the Ségou Region of Mali. In 1998 the commune had a population of 15,949.

Short description: commune and town in Ségou Region, Mali
XX: Beautiful Beast

XX: Beautiful Beast (XX 美しき獣, XX: Utsukushiki kemono) is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. The film was licensed in the US by Central Park Media and was released on DVD and VHS under their Asia Pulp Cinema label.

Short description: 1995 film by Toshiharu Ikeda
Abbey Line

The Abbey Line, also called the St Albans Abbey branch line, is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey. The 6.5-mile (10.5 km) route passes through town and countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, just outside the boundaries of the Oyster Card and London fare zones. Its northern terminus in St Albans Abbey is located in the south of the city, around 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) away from the larger St Albans City railway station on the Midland Main Line. The Abbey line is a semi-rural line and, due to its single-track operation, service frequencies are limited. The service is sometimes referred to locally as the Abbey Flyer.

Short description: A commuter railway line in Hertfordshire, England, connecting Watford and St Albans
The Suitcase

The Suitcase (Russian: Чемодан, romanized: Chemodan) is a novel by Sergei Dovlatov, published in Russian in 1986 and in English translation by Antonina W. Bouis in 1990. Although loosely connected into a novel, The Suitcase is a collection of eight stories of life in the Soviet Union based on eight items brought in the author's suitcase from the USSR to exile in the US in 1978.

Short description: book by Sergej Dovlatov
Fredrik Ulvestad

Fredrik Stensøe Ulvestad (born 17 June 1992) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Sivasspor.

Short description: Norwegian footballer
Gigi Ion

Gigi Ion (born 15 September 1967), also known as Ion Gigi, is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager. Ion played as a defender or midfielder and mostly for Oțelul Galați, but he also played for other teams as: Universitatea Cluj, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Dacia Unirea Brăila and German side Sandhausen. Gigi Ion is considered a symbol of Oțelul, being introduced in 2014 by the Dunărea Bătrâna publication in the top 50 symbols of the club from Galați. Ion always shown his attachment for Oțelul and even refused an important offer from FC Steaua București, years later he stated: I wanted to play for Oțelul, not anywhere else. It really matters for me to feel something for the team I play, in this way I was raised. Despite its loyalty, he is considered one of the most unlucky footballers, in his career Gigi suffered two double tibia and fibula fractures, first in 1987 after which he, with much sacrifice spirit, returned to the pitch, having a metal rod in his leg and the second one in 2000, injury that ended his career. After retirement Gigi Ion worked for 5 years as a manager, later becoming a sports teacher.

Short description: association football player
Yanga Municipality

Yanga Municipality is a municipality located in the southern area of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, about 80 km from the state capital of Xalapa. It was formerly known as San Lorenzo de los Negros (after a colony of cimarrons in the early 17th century) or San Lorenzo de Cerralvo (after a 17th-century Spanish colonial priest). In 1932 it was renamed after Gaspar Yanga, the cimarron leader who in 1609 resisted attack by Spanish forces trying to regain control of the area.

Short description: municipality in Mexico
Olivella mutica

Olivella mutica, common name the variable dwarf olive, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Olivellinae, in the family Olividae, the olives. Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives.

Short description: species of mollusc
Mother

Mother is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is a melodrama that focuses with Will Allen who runs away from home after being violently abused by his stepfather and his mother keeps a candle lit for him to return home. Twenty years later, Will returns home after having become a successful lawyer, but cannot find his parents. Will later takes the case to defend a lady being prosecuted by a client company. After being successful he recognizes the lady as his mother and they are reunited. The film's cast included Anna Rosemond, Frank H. Crane and Carey L. Hastings, but other credits are uncertain. The film was released on September 6, 1910, and was met with mixed reviews. The film is presumed lost.

Short description: 1910 film
Harmancık

Harmancık is a village in the District of Beypazarı, Ankara Province, Turkey.

Short description: village in Ankara Province, Turkey
Graves-Saint-Amant

Graves-Saint-Amant (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁav sɛ̃.t‿amɑ̃]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Short description: commune in Charente, France
Loro

Loro is a 2018 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Toni Servillo. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi.

Short description: 2018 film by Paolo Sorrentino
1983 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1

League tables for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 1983.

Short description: football league season
Harry Pye

Harry William Pye (born 31 August 1973) is a British artist, writer, and event organizer.

Short description: British artist
Anna Dale

Anna Dale (born 1971) is an English novelist for children's literature, who rose to prominence after her novel, Whispering to Witches, was published in 2004.

Short description: British writer
Jiří Adamec

Jiří Adamec (born 21 March 1982) is a Czech footballer who played as a forward. He made over 90 appearances in the Czech First League between 2000 and 2008.

Short description: Czech soccer player
Felis silvestris gordoni

The Arabian wildcat (Felis lybica lybica), also called Gordon's wildcat is a wildcat subspecies that inhabits the Arabian Peninsula.

Short description: subspecies of mammal
Amulet

"Amulet" is an electronic–world music song performed by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas and Moroccan-French band Sawt el Atlas. The song was written by Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Alex Kasiek and produced by Transglobal Underground for Atlas' second album Halim (1997).

Short description: 1997 single by Natacha Atlas and Sawt el Atlas
Lividity

Lividity is the third full-length studio album by American metalcore band It Dies Today. Originally scheduled for release in 2008, the album's release date was repeatedly pushed back by Trustkill Records. It was finally released on September 15, 2009. It is the band's first album featuring Jason Wood on vocals after the departure of former lead singer and founding member Nicholas Brooks. A "Deluxe Edition" was released on the same date, which included a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD features a 37-minute "making of" documentary, entitled "Faking the Record" (including a secondary audio track featuring commentary by the band themselves), a "making of" featurette for the "Thank You for Drinking" video, as well as the video itself. The video appears to be a "preliminary" or "rough" cut (production notes and counters are visible, with header/footer bars), although it is not clear if this was done intentionally, or if the video was not yet finalized at the time of the pressing.

Short description: album by It Dies Today
Eduardo de la Peña

Eduardo María de la Peña (born 7 June 1955) is a retired football midfielder who played most of his career in the Uruguayan Primera División. He also played for Uruguay in the 1979 Copa América.

Short description: Uruguayan footballer
Gregoire Maertens

Grégoire Maertens (born 1 January 1924) is a West-Flemish Esperantist who was a member of the Estraro (steering committee) for the UEA (Universala Esperanto-Asocio or World Esperanto Association) from 1977 until 1992. From 1980 until 1986 he was president of the UEA, and an honorary member from 1993 onwards. Gregoire Maertens was born in Bruges, where he became active in the local Esperanto movement in Bruges as of 1946 and became a member of the BEF (Belga Esperanto-Federacio or Belgian Esperanto Federation). He was a lecturer at the AIS (Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj or International Academy of Science) in San Marino, where he was also treasurer from 1992 until 1995.

Short description: Belgian Esperantist
Marquesa De Varela

Maria Julia, Marquesa de Varela (née Marin) is a Uruguayan media executive specialising in celebrity interviews. She was nicknamed "The Nutty Marquesa" by The New York Times for her court case with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.De Varela, who was born in Montevideo and gained her title after marrying Spanish aristocrat the Marques Enrique de Varela, has three children: Valeria de Montenegro (a former model), Natalia de Montenegro (an interior designer), and Bruno Varela (who is married to TV presenter Hannah Sandling). She is a self-made millionaire, with a house in London and an apartment in New York City. She and Spanish owner of ¡Hola! Eduardo Sanchez Junco own the Hello! print media brand internationally.

Short description: Uruguayan celebrity fixer
Waitahora

Waitahora is a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located between the Mangatoro and Mangatokoto streams, close to the junction of the Waitahora Stream with the Mangatokoto. The Waitahora Wind Farm was a proposed wind farm for the area, which was abandoned without construction having started.

Short description: locality in New Zealand
Playin' with Fire

Playin' with Fire is the second album of Danish singer Natasha Thomas. It's her first with ZYX Music after she had broken her worldwide contract with Sony BMG, causing lack of promotion and scarce release. The album was released only on Denmark, Germany and Japan, however it was not released on Latin America, where her previous album was a minor hit, with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me".

Short description: album by Natasha Thomas
Jerzy Pertek

Jerzy Pertek (1920-1989) was a Polish journalist and writer specializing in maritime topics, particularly the history of the Polish Navy in the interwar period and World War II. He authored about 60 books and close to 2000 articles.After his death, his collection of books and other publications related to the maritime history was taken over by the Raczyński Library, and a small museum Memory Room of Jerzy Pertek was created in his former house.

Short description: Polish journalist, writer, publicist
Blaydon Bridge

Blaydon Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England linking Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon in Gateshead. The bridge was designed by Bullen and Partners and built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd between 1987 and 1990. It is a concrete bridge with two concrete piers in the river. When completed, it formed the link between the existing Gateshead Western By-pass and the newly constructed Newcastle-upon-Tyne Western By-pass. From the opening, it was designated as the A1 road: before the Blaydon Bridge was built the A1 crossed the Tyne to the east of Newcastle and Gateshead via the Tyne Tunnel. It was officially opened by the Queen on 1 December 1990.

Short description: bridge in United Kingdom
Moses Michael Hays

Moses Michael Hays (9 March 1739 – 9 May 1805) was an American banker, merchant, and philanthropist. As Boston's most prominent 18th-century Jewish citizen, Moses Michael Hays set a high standard for civic leadership and charity. He helped establish the New England Masonic movement and in 1792 was elected as Grand Master, with Paul Revere as his deputy.

Short description: merchant
Eugène Boré

Eugène Boré (1809– 1878) was a French missionary, linguist, and translator.

Short description: missionary and linguist
Viola banksii

Viola banksii, commonly known as native violet, is sold and grown throughout garden nurseries and grown and loved in gardens around Australia, especially in the east. For many years it was known as Viola hederacea, however, the species complex was revised in 2004 by Kevin Thiele, with the name Viola banksii being published in 2003 by Kevin Thiele and Suzanne Prober. Although the Native Violet was initially collected by Banks and Solander, the type specimen was either lost or not provided until a collection by Jacques Labillardière in Tasmania. Thiele discovered that the original type specimen of V. hederacea collected by Labillardière was not the same as the hardier and showier plant later collected, cultivated and widely sold. This second form, native to the east coast from near Brisbane to Batemans Bay, he named Viola banksii. This species is distinguished by its striking purple and white flowers. As well, the fully developed leaves are almost circular in outline with a deep, narrow, v-shaped sinus at the base, and are usually rather bright, fresh green.

Short description: species of plant
Tour of Duty

Tour of Duty is an American military drama television series based on events in the Vietnam War, broadcast on CBS. The series ran for three seasons, from September 24, 1987, to April 28, 1990, for a total of 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark and produced by Zev Braun. The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It was the first television series to regularly show Americans in combat in South Vietnam and was one of several similarly themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film Platoon (1986). The series won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, and it was nominated again in 1989 and 1990.

Short description: American television drama series
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy

Yecha Gunja Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy (27 November 1925 – 6 August 2019), better known as Mrs YGP, was an Indian journalist, educationist and social worker. She was the founder and dean of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan. Rajalakshmi was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010, India's fourth highest civil honour for her contribution to literature and education.

Short description: Indian journalist, educationist and social worker
Alex Thomson

Alex Thomson (born 18 April 1974, Bangor, Wales) is a British yachtsman. Alex Thomson was helped early in his sailing career by Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London's victorious bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and set up with British America's Cup campaign TEAMORIGIN. With Mills' backing, Thomson broke into the professional solo sailing circuit at a young age. Thomson's Clipper Race win in 1999 made him the youngest skipper ever to win a round-the-world yacht race. As of February 2016 he still holds this record. He is an around the world solo sailor, and holds the 24-hour world speed sailing record for solo mono-hulls (537 nautical miles at an average speed of 22.4 knots). Sponsored by Hugo Boss he took part in the Vendée Globe 2004/05 but was forced to retire after damage to the carbon fitting that attached the boom to the deck. He also started in 2008, but had to retire from the race after a cracked hull. He was third in 2012 and second in the 2016 edition. During the latter edition, Thomson set new fastest reference times from Les Sables d'Olonne to the Equator (9 days 7 h 02 min) and the Cape of Good Hope (17 days 22 h 58 min). However, 13 days into the race Hugo Boss's starboard foil broke after hitting an unidentified floating object, therefore hampering Alex's progress throughout the rest of the course. Of note, most of the race takes place on port tack, that is, the boat.

Short description: British yacht racer
Theodor Kaes

Theodor Joseph Martin Kaes (7 November 1852 – 22 December 1913) was a German neurologist who was a native of Amberg.

Short description: German neurologist
William McCoy

William McCoy (September 20, 1768 – August 19, 1835) was an 18th- and 19th-century politician from Virginia.

Short description: American politician
Ilya Zatenko

Ilya Zatenko (Belarusian: Iлля Заценка; Russian: Илья Затенко; born 14 January 1994) is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2021, he plays for Leskhoz Gomel.

Short description: Belarusian footballer
Francis Mugavero

Francis John Mugavero (June 8, 1914 – July 12, 1991) was the Roman Catholic Church Bishop (later Bishop Emeritus) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn from 1968 to 1990. This diocese is one of the largest dioceses in the United States, with more than 1,556,575 Catholics in Kings and Queens counties.

Short description: Catholic bishop (1914-1991)
1608 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1608.

Short description: literature-related events during 1608
Alketas Panagoulias

Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias (Greek: Αλκέτας 'Άλκης' Παναγούλιας; 30 May 1934 – 18 June 2012) was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also managed several clubs, including Aris, his birthplace team, and Olympiakos with whom he won three Alpha Ethniki championships.

Short description: Greek footballer (1934-2012)
Straminergon

Straminergon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae.The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.Species: Straminergon stramineum Hedenäs, 1993.

Short description: genus of plants
John Refoua

John Refoua (born December 8, 1964) is an American film editor. He was nominated at the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for the film Avatar. He was nominated along with James Cameron and Stephen E. Rivkin. He has worked on television series, including Touched by an Angel, Twin Peaks and Law & Order.

Short description: American film editor
Aalesunds Avis

Aalesunds Avis (The Ålesund Gazette) was a newspaper published in Ålesund, Norway from 1917 to 1958. The paper belonged to the Conservative Party. Publication was halted by the Nazis in 1942. The paper started being published again in 1947, and it appeared weekly until 1958, when it was discontinued.

Short description: newspaper
Ron Cobi

Ron Aharon Cobi (Hebrew: רון קובי; born 17 January 1972) is an Israeli politician and former mayor of Tiberias. He gained notoriety and eventually rose to prominence on social media after establishing a forum called "Lifting Tiberias from the Ashes" in an attempt to awaken the public in Tiberias to municipal and social reform through live broadcasts on Facebook. Cobi is known for his hard line against the religious orthodox influence in the city and since his election has led a secular revolution calling for the opening of local businesses and operation of public transportation on the Sabbath.

Short description: Mayor of Tiberias
Quiet Frame; Wild Light

Quiet Frame; Wild Light is the debut studio album by American indie/alternative band Golden Youth. It was released on May 28, 2013 through Slospeak Records.

Short description: album by Golden Youth
Ege Üniversitesi

Ege Üniversitesi is an underground station on the Fahrettin Altay-Evka 3 Line of the İzmir Metro in Bornova. It is located within the campus of Ege University near the site of the former Ege Üniversitesi railway station. The metro station was opened on 20 March 2012 as part of the 2.3 km (1.4 mi) eastward extension from Bornova to Evka 3.

Short description: İzmir Metro station
Senggarang

Senggarang is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.

Short description: political subdivision in Malaysia
Glee

Glee (stylized as glee) is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It centers on the glee club called the New Directions at the fictional William McKinley High School which competes as a show choir while its disparate members deal with social issues, especially regarding sexuality, race, family, teen relationships and teamwork. The initial twelve-member crew included Matthew Morrison as a club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's wife Terri, and the eight original club members, including Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, a popular cheerleader whose biggest struggle is her teenage pregnancy; Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, a gay boy who feels conflicted by his sexuality and is bullied at school; Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams, who lives with a physical disability; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry, driven by her dreams of becoming a Broadway theatre star and the glee club's most obvious star singer; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson, the school's star quarterback who sometimes appears not to be very smart; Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, an African American girl who endeavors to be recognized for her talents and dreams of being a vocal diva; Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman, a teenage delinquent in need of direction; and Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, a shy girl of Korean descent who longs to be popular and sometimes experiences racism. The.

Short description: American musical comedy-drama television series
Beware the Fetish

Beware the Fetish is the second album by Congolese musical collective Kasai Allstars.

Short description: album by Kasai Allstars
Lucy Ann Polk

Lucy Ann Polk (May 16, 1927 – October 10, 2011) was an American jazz singer who performed with Les Brown's orchestra in the 1950s.She also sang and recorded with Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey, and Dave Pell.

Short description: Big Band singer