Maidstone West railway station is one of three railway stations which serve Maidstone in Kent. It is on the Medway Valley Line. It is in walking distance from the high street.
Hastein
Hastein (his name is also recorded as Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn, Hæsting and Alsting) was a Viking chieftain. He lived in the late 9th century. He is famous for his attacks on cities in England, Spain, France, and Italy.
Arrondissement of Riom
The arrondissement of Riom is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Puy-de-Dôme "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Riom.
When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the "arrondissement" of Riom was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Riom is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the department and borders to the north with the Allier department, to the east with the "arrondissement" of Thiers, to the southeast with the "arrondissement" of Clermont-Ferrand, to the south with the "arrondissement" of Issoire, and to the west with the Creuse department.
The "arrondissement" of Riom is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, with an area of , and the second in population with 121,158 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Riom there are 10 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Riom has 155 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Rosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was an English stage, television and movie actress.
Leach won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for "84, Charing Cross Road" and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her roles in the movies "That'll Be the Day" (1973) and "A Room with a View" (1986).
She appeared in several TV mini-series' including "Germinal" (1970), "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984), "The Charmer" (1987), "The Buccaneers" (1995) and "Berkeley Square" (1998) and had a recurring role on the sitcom "My Family" (2003-07).
Martin Eric Ain
Martin Eric Ain (Martin Stricker; July 18, 1967 – October 21, 2017) was an American-born Swiss bass guitarist and songwriter. He was born in the United States. He was best known for being the former bassist of the influential extreme metal band Celtic Frost. He used the stage name Martin Eric Ain throughout his career in Celtic Frost.
Ain died on October 21, 2017 following a heart attack in Zürich, Switzerland, aged 50.
Julian May
Julian Clare May (July 10, 1931 – October 17, 2017) was an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer. She had used several literary pseudonyms. She was best known for her "Saga of Pliocene Exile" ("Saga of the Exiles" in the United Kingdom), beginning with "The Many-Colored Land" and "Galactic Milieu Series" books. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
May was married to author T. E. Dikty from 1953 until his death in 1991.
In August 2015, she was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention.
May died on October 17, 2017 in Mercer Island, Washington at the age of 86.
Mercer Island, Washington
Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle Metropolitan Area, with Seattle located to its west and Bellevue located to its east.
Mercer Island is connected to the mainland on either side via bridges carrying Interstate 90.
he population was 22,699 at the 2010 census. The population was 22,720 at 2013 Estimate from Office of Financial Management. This makes Mercer Island the most populated island in a lake within the United States.
Andrej Babiš
Andrej Babiš (; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech businessman and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic-elect since winning the 2017 Czech legislative election in October 2017.
Babiš, the second richest man in the Czech Republic, is a former CEO and sole owner of the Agrofert group with a net worth of about $4.04 billion according to Bloomberg.
Babiš served as Finance Minister of the Czech Republic and Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the economy from January 2014 to May 2017 until he was fired by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka due to rumors of financial irregularities. Babiš has led ANO 2011 party since 2012 when he founded it as a protest movement against established politics. He has been Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since 2013.
Babiš has been under investigation since December 2015 due to allegations that an anonymous company he controlled unlawfully received subsidies from the European Union. In September 2017, his parliamentary immunity was stripped after police request in connection with the case and Babiš was formally charged on 9 October 2017.
Babiš was elected Prime Minister of the Czech Republic following his victory in the 2017 legislative election when his party won 78 seats winning the majority party in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.
George Saunders
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and a novel. His writing has appeared in "The New Yorker", "Harper's", "McSweeney's", and "GQ". He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to the weekend magazine of "The Guardian" between 2006 and 2008.
His story collection "In Persuasion Nation" was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders's "" won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize. His novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.
Kübler-Ross model
The Kübler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a theory about the feelings of people who are dying. The five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
The five stages came from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' 1969 book "On Death and Dying".
Japanophile
A Japanophile is someone with Japanophilia, or someone with a strong interest in or love of Japanese people, culture, and history. This term even has a Japanese equivalent, "shinnichi" (kanji:親日, hiragana: しんにち) which literally translates to "pro-Japanese". Aguante Viral.
Area code 710
Area code 710 is the area code used by the United States Government. It is part of the North American Numbering Plan.
List of Mesopotamian deities
The following is a list of Mesopotamian .
This is only some of them. There are thousands.
The eleven mythical monsters created by Tiāmat in the Epic of Creation, Enûma Eliš:
Stan Kowalski
Stan Kowalski (May 13, 1926 – October 20, 2017) was an American professional wrestler. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was one half of the tag team Murder Incorporated with partner Tiny Mills in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1960 to 1975.
Kowalski turned to professional wrestling, debuting as Buddy Marco for a NWA promotion run by Tony Stecher.
In 1970, he went to New York to wrestle in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as Krippler Karl Kovacs. In Pennsylvania, Kowalski and Bruno Sammartino set a record attendance and gate of $86,000.
Kowalski died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on October 20, 2017 in Minneapolis at the age of 91.
Dick Beyer
Richard John "Dick" Beyer (July 11, 1930 – March 7, 2019) was an American retired professional wrestler who was best known by his ring names, The Destroyer or Doctor X.
Beyer was born in New York City. He studied at Syracuse University.