Today is the Name Day for people called Julia, which is feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. 10 famous Julias:
Julia of Corsica: also known as Julia of Carthage, virgin and martyr who is venerated as a saint. Her feast day is 22 May and probably the reason today is the name day for Julias.
Julia Child: American gourmet cook, author and television personality.
Julia Ward Howe: American author and poet, known for writing the lyrics to Battle Hymn of the Republic and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation.
Julia Lennon: mother of John Lennon.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: American actress, co-star of the TV series Seinfeld.
Julia Roberts: American actress, starred in Pretty Woman.
Julia Sawalha: British actress, known for playing Saffy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Julia: character in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Julia: programming language, designed to be fast and productive. Most commonly used for numerical analysis and computational science.
Julia Drusilla: member of the Roman imperial family, the second daughter and fifth child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder to survive infancy. She was the favourite sister of Emperor Caligula, who, after her death, had her deified under the name Diva Drusilla Panthea.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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