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A loose ball cap finial on the newel post at the base of the stairway is a plot device in the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life. The same is used in jest in the 1989 film Christmas Vacation, in which Clark Griswold, in an emotional meltdown, cuts a loose finial off a newel post with a chainsaw. He casually exclaims, "Fixed the newel post!"
San Marcos de Arica, Chilean football club; San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California), U.S. San Marcos, a fictional Central American banana republic in the 1971 motion picture Bananas, in an episode of The A-Team, and in a 2014 episode of Archer; San Marcos, León, former monastery in León
Isaac Newell was born on 24 April 1853 in Strood, Kent, [2] England to Joseph Newell and Mary Goodger. Growing up, he had an adventurous spirit and a passion for sporting activities, especially football.
The Madonna di Galliera is a church with a Renaissance facade and Baroque interiors, located on Via Manzoni, in central Bologna, Italy. It stands in front of the Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava . The present name over the portal is the Chiesa di Filippini Madonna di Galliera e Filippo Neri .
Adriana Lecouvreur (Italian pronunciation: [adriˈaːna lekuˈvrør,-ɛr]) is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.
San Marcos is an island located in the northern portion of Baja California Sur, México. It faces the town of Santa Rosalía on the Gulf of California near Isla Tortuga. The only town on the island is also named San Marcos. The island has a land area of 28.748 km 2 (11.100 sq mi), the 18th-largest island in Mexico. [1]
The church of San Domenico with column of St Dominic. The Basilica of San Domenico is one of the major churches in Bologna, Italy.The remains of Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (), are buried inside the exquisite shrine Arca di San Domenico, made by Nicola Pisano and his workshop, Arnolfo di Cambio and with later additions by Niccolò dell'Arca and the young Michelangelo.
Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation.