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Gabriel Hjertstedt (born 5 December 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer. In 1997, he became the first Swede to win on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. |
Sugar Mama was originally produced by the James O. Welch Company in 1965, as a companion candy to the already-produced Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddy. |
My sister in law had an elderly friend, Vera. Vera had bought a tram for her husband. A tram is a special medical unit for the disabled. Vera's husband could not use it, and wanted to sell it. I was able to sell it on ebay for $1000. |
SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club has no longer played its home games in Taunusstein, where it was originally located. In the summer of 2007 Wiesbaden was added to the original name of SV Wehen. The club currently compe... |
Mike Kelly is a columnist for The Record, a newspaper serving Bergen County, New Jersey. |
My wife retired from work two weeks ago. Her boss is having trouble filling her job. One person was supposed to come to work on a Monday, but never showed. Others have scheduled interviews but have not shown up. She is at her wits' end. |
IMS Learning Design (IMS LD) was a specification for a metalanguage which enables the modelling of learning processes. The specification was maintained by IMS Global Learning Consortium. |
King Memorial is an elevated train station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Blue and Green Lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. It is named for Martin Luther King Jr. whose church and burial place are nearby. It mainly serves the Sweet Auburn Historic District as well as the co... |
ESPN SpeedWorld is a Super NES and Sega Genesis video game that was released in 1994 exclusively for North America based on the television series of the same name. The title screen of the video game was partially inspired by the 1993 running of the First Union 400 racing event; which occurred on April 18, 1993. The rea... |
The Cosmic Review was the journal of the Cosmic Movement established by Max Théon around the turn of the twentieth century, at the instigation of his wife Alma Théon, who he declared to be the moving spirit behind this idea. |
The Moriss Taylor Show was one of the longest-running locally produced television shows in history. Hosted by longtime radio personality and producer Moriss Taylor, the show (based in Chico, California) was a weekly country music-variety staple featuring such musicians as Charlie Robinson, Ray Ecox, Yvonne Ambrose-Hayg... |
Bernhard Gothic is a family of geometric sans serif typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1929 for the American Type Founders (ATF). Five variations by Bernhard were introduced over two years: |
Isaac Wilson Joyce (October 11, 1836 – July 28, 1905) was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1888. |
John Karmazin Sr. (23 May 1884– 25 May 1977) was an American engine component inventor and business founder. |
Tom's brother was getting married. Tom thought he was going to be best man. Instead his brother chose his friend. Tom was really hurt over it. He never mentioned it to his brother, though. |
Harvey loved music and owned thousands of old records. He was moving into a smaller place with little room for them though. He had to sell all his records. His brother bought him an iPod and put all of his music onto it. Now Harvey has free space and still gets to listen to his music! |
Revision week is a period in the UK and other Commonwealth countries preceding examinations in high schools, higher education institutions, and military colleges. In American colleges, this period is known as a Reading Period. Generally, this period is one week long and free of classes or assessment, permitting student... |
Little Johnny's family moved to a new town. Johnny felt nervous about meeting the other kids in the neighborhood. Johnny was playing outside when a few kids approached him. The kids asked Johnny if he wanted to be part of their club. Johnny has been friends with those kids ever since! |
Harry was playing Marco Polo with the neighborhood kids. They played for about an hour before it was Harry's turn. When it was Harry's turn the kids decided they did not want to play. Harry was very upset. Now Harry goes to the recreation center to play Marco Polo. |
Toopy and Binoo () is a Canadian children's book series created by Dominique Jolin in 1994. In collaboration with Raymond Lebrun, it has been developed as an After Effect animated series produced by Echo Média (formerly Spectra Animation) and broadcast by PBS Kids and Treehouse in English and Télé-Québec in French. Ano... |
Tomodon is a monotypic genus of colubrid snakes,which includes the species Tomodon dorsatus , the pampas snake, and is endemic to South America. |
Sam liked to ride in the back the school bus. The back was fun because it was bouncy when the bus went over bumps. One day the bus went over a big bump a bit too fast. Sam was bounced clear out of his seat. Sam quit sitting in the back of the bus. |
A five-finger exercise is a musical composition designed primarily to exercise all five fingers of the hand. A typical example is Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises. |
Tom normally drank light beers. He was at a party with only liquor. He didn't know how to handle it. He drank too much and started feeling sick. Tom stopped drinking and just hung out instead. |
Sajas is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. |
Clochemerle, published in the United States as The Scandals of Clochemerle, is a French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969) first published in 1934. It centres on personal rivalries and local politics in the fictional village of Clochemerle, inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais, in Beaujolais in 1923 and satiri... |
The Miracle at Michigan refers to the final play that occurred during the American football game played on September 24, 1994, between the Colorado Buffaloes and Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The game was decided on Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart's 64-yard Hail Mary pass to Micha... |
Tauresium (Latin; ), today as Gradište (), is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, approximately southeast of the capital Skopje. Tauresium is the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (ca. 482) and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths (480). |
Donald Christopher Cooper (born August 22, 1965) is an American singer. |
The Tulsa Theater (formerly known as the Brady Theater, Tulsa Municipal Theater, and Tulsa Convention Hall) is a theater and convention hall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was originally completed in 1914 and remodeled in 1930 and 1952. The building was used as a detention center during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. It... |
Dale was driving down the road. He noticed a sound from his car. He went out to look what it was. His engine was smoking badly. He called for help and waited for them to arrive. |
Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District, which was created from the Cape Coast Municipal Council; until it was later elevated to munic... |
Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public and the environment from undue radiation hazards". The IAEA defines nuclear securi... |
Sham Ennessim (, Sham Al Nassim or Sham an-Nassim; Egyptian Arabic: Sham Ennesim, ; , Shom Ennisim) is an Egyptian national festival marking the beginning of spring, as it originates from the ancient Egyptian Shemu festival. It is celebrated by all Egyptians and is announced by the state as a public holiday. Sham Ennes... |
The Bartram Trail follows the approximate route of 18th-century naturalist William Bartram’s southern journey from March 1773 to January 1777. Bartram explored much of the territory which is now the states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. |
Lester is a suburban husband and father in his 50s. He decides his life is too boring so he buys a fancy sports car. Lester's wife is mad at the amount of money he spent on the car. Lester's wife made him return the car to the dealership. Lester came home with a motorcycle instead. |
Yellow Corporation was an American transportation holding company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Its subsidiaries included national less than truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Freight; regional LTL carriers New Penn, Holland, and Reddaway; and freight brokerage HNRY Logistics. From 2006 to February 2021, Yellow was k... |
Terry stopped at a four way intersection. Although she went first, another car started moving. The driver hit her car on the side. Her son got hit. However, the side air bags saved him. |
The British and Irish Communist Organisation (B&ICO) was a small group based in London, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin. Its leader was Brendan Clifford. The group produced a number of pamphlets and regular publications, including The Irish Communist and Workers Weekly in Belfast. Τhe group currently expresses itself throu... |
Mark Talbott is an American squash coach and former professional squash player. He is known as one of the all-time great players of hardball squash. |
Kyle had decided to teach his cat how to walk on a leash. That way he could take it for walks around the city. He went to the pet store and bought a leash and collar. The cat did not fight him at all when he put the collar on. They go for walks twice a day with no problems. |
Tom was a middle school student. His teacher asked each student to bring food and drinks in. He brought in sprite with red food dye in it. Everyone loved the unique drink. Tom was happy about his decision. |
Sally was having lunch by herself at an Italian restaurant. She overheard her waiter having money problems. Sally felt very bad for her waiter. After her meal, Sally tipped her $100. The waiter was very grateful for the tip. |
Ryan Jeffrey Archibald (born 1 September 1980) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1997 against Malaysia. Currently he is a player for Somerville Hockey Club. |
The Paris Psalter (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. gr. 139) is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript, 38 x 26.5 cm in size, containing 449 folios and 14 full-page miniatures. The Paris Psalter is considered a key monument of the so-called Macedonian Renaissance, a 10th-century renewal of interest in classical art close... |
There was a water main break in Maria's hometown. The city put out a Boil Water advisory. For four days, everybody had to boil all their water. It was annoying and time-consuming. Maria was glad when the city said the water was safe again! |
Greatest Hits 1970–1978 is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released in 2006. |
John W. Abadie (November 4, 1854 – May 17, 1905) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball during the season. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
Clayton Tunnel is a railway tunnel located near the villages of Clayton and Pyecombe in West Sussex, between Hassocks and Preston Park railway stations on the Brighton Main Line. This tunnel is notable for its turreted and castellated north portal with a single-storey cottage on the top, as well as for being the site o... |
Kenneth Joel Rothman (October 11, 1935 – April 26, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 1981 to 1985. |
Candice (born 19 April 1979) is a field hockey forward from South Africa, who did not make it into the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made her international debut in 2003. comes from Pretoria, and is nicknamed Cands. She plays for a provincial team called Northern ... |
The transfer of the Crimean oblast in the Soviet Union in 1954 was an administrative action of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet that transferred the government of Crimea from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. |
138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet last came to perihelion on 11 June 2012, but only brightened to about apparent magnitude 20.5. |
Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne (née Elza Rozenberga; 16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943), a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia. |
Tasha had a big basketball game coming up. She practiced extra hard to prepare. Her coach let her stay an hour after practice to work on her shots. The night of the game, she played harder than everyone. Tasha's team won the game by 12 points. |
Lump Krumpky worked for a moving company. He did his best to avoid injury. One day while he wasn't paying attention, a refrigerator slipped. He was faced with the dilemma of damaging someone's home or himself. He let that fridge break through a wall. |
Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. Originally a socialist and left-wing nationalist, he is considered to have shifted towards neoliberalism and the political centre during his presidency. |
KTIV (channel 4) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on Signal Hill Drive in Sioux City, and its transmitter is located near Hinton, Iowa. |
The eighth Annual American Music Awards were held on January 30, 1981. |
The Music Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). It is primarily composed of band musicians, and also deals with the selection and musical training of its recruits. The branch encompasses all the military bands in service in the Canadian Armed Forces. It is roughly the equivalent to the Britis... |
Wonderbug is a segment of the first and second season of the American television series The Krofft Supershow, from 1976 to 1978. It was shot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The show was rerun as part of ABC's Sunday morning series. |
Bulimba ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf at Oxford Street, Bulimba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. It is served by RiverCity Ferries' CityCat service and the Cross River service to Teneriffe. It was de... |
The 1968–69 season was the 89th season of competitive football in England. |
The North Irish Horse was a yeomanry unit of the British Territorial Army raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Second Boer War. Raised and patronised by the nobility from its inception to the present day, it was one of the first non-regular units to be deployed to France and the Low Countr... |
The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives of Perivale, Middlesex, England who also built the Unipower GT sports car. |
The New Church (or Swedenborgianism) is any of several historically related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious group, influenced by the writings of scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). |
František Velecký (often credited as Fero Velecký, 8 March 1934 – 5 October 2003) was a Slovak actor. |
Bill's cat Bruce seemed not to be feeling too well. So he decided to take Bruce to the vet. Bill took Bruce to the vet. The vet examined Bruce and gave him some medicine. Two or three days passed and Bill noticed that Bruce seemed better. |
Renata was losing her sight at forty-five years old. When she went to the eye doctor, he told her he could operate. As it was a routine operation she'd only stay one day. But Renata was afraid. She asked her friends to accompany her through the whole procedure. |
The man bounced the ball. A boy tried to get the ball from him. The boy could not get the ball. The boy got frustrated. The man gave the boy the ball. |
Bert Manfred Fernald (April 3, 1858August 23, 1926) was an American farmer, businessman, and Republican politician who became the 47th Governor of Maine and a United States senator. He was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds for three terms. |
Firefly is the sixth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. It was released in 1997. |
Bayswater Power Station is a bituminous (black) coal-powered thermal power station with four Tokyo Shibaura Electric (Japan) steam driven turbo alternators for a combined capacity of . Commissioned between 1985 and 1986, the station is located from Muswellbrook, and from Singleton in the Hunter Region of New South W... |
Liu Ji (1 July 1311 – 16 May 1375), courtesy name Bowen, better known as Liu Bowen, was a Chinese military strategist, philosopher, and politician who lived in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He was born in Qingtian County (present-day Wencheng County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang). He served as a key advisor to Zhu Yuanz... |
Convict leasing was a system of forced penal labor that was practiced historically in the Southern United States, the laborers being mainly African-American men; it was ended during the 20th century. It provided prisoner labor to private parties, such as plantation owners and corporations (e.g. Tennessee Coal and Iron ... |
Shane is a western novel by Jack Schaefer published in 1949. It was initially published in 1946 in three parts in Argosy magazine, and originally titled Rider from Nowhere. The novel has been printed in seventy or more editions, and translated into over 30 languages, and was adapted into the 1953 film starring Alan Lad... |
Sonya's neighbor wasn't feeling well. She went to check on her. The old woman hadn't been eating. Sonya began to bring her food to eat. Sonya's neighbor started to feel better. |
The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander, Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander, or Four Gospels of Ivan Alexander (, transliterated as Chetveroevangelie na (tsar) Ivan Aleksandar) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel Book, written and illustrated in 1355–1356 for Tsar Ivan Alexander of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The manuscript ... |
South Africa has a number of Traditional Regiments. These are mostly South African Army Reserve Force (formerly Citizen Force) regiments that were established either under previous colonial governments or by the Apartheid regime and which have continued to exist by accepting the authority of the government-of-the-day ... |
Tecora was a Portuguese slave ship of the early 19th century. The brig was built especially for the slave trade although the transport across the Atlantic of human beings as slaves had already been outlawed by several nations in international treaties in the first decade of the 19th century. She was fast and maneuverab... |
This is a list of episodes from the animated CatDog television series. |
WXYT (1270 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan, featuring a betting-oriented sports format known as "The Bet Detroit". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan. Studios for WXYT are located in Southfield, while the station transmitter resides in ... |
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), formerly Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), formerly Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI), is a private institute located in Porur, Chennai, India. SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties with more than ... |
She knew her voice would quiver so she was trying not to speak. She felt such a fool, as her sadness dripped through downcast eyes. It was then she decided to end the silence and take initiative. I must go, I hope you understand this wasn't easy. He then exited the vehicle and walked aimlessly replaying that memory. |
Thomas More University is a private Roman Catholic university in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. It serves about 2,000 full and part-time students. The university was founded in 1921 by the local Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College. |
Larry needed a job. He was let go from a job a month ago and hadn't found another one. His bills were starting to mount up. Larry was determined and applied to many jobs every day. He was finally hired. |
The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a private Roman Catholic college in Chicopee, Massachusetts. |
The Dīpavaṃsa (, , "Chronicle of the Island") is the oldest historical record of Sri Lanka. The chronicle is believed to be compiled from Atthakatha and other sources around the 3rd to 4th century CE. Together with the Mahāvaṃsa, it is the source of many accounts of the ancient history of Sri Lanka and India. Its impor... |
The John Nicholls Medal (formerly the Robert Reynolds Trophy from 1934 to 2003) is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged best and fairest for the Carlton Football Club for the season. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of four coaches giving each player a ranking from one... |
The Pawukon is a 210-day calendar that has its origins in the Hindu religion in Bali, Indonesia. The calendar consists of 10 different concurrent weeks of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 days. On the first day of the year it is the first day of all the ten weeks. Because 210 is not divisible by 4, 8, or 9 - extra ... |
Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Trongate begins at Glasgow Cross, where the steeple of the old Glasgow Tolbooth is situated, being the original centre of medieval Glasgow, and goes westward changing its name to Argyle Street at Glassford Street. In modern times, it forms the not... |
Migliorismo was a tendency within the Italian Communist Party (PCI). Its founder and first leader was Giorgio Amendola, and it counted among its members the likes of Gerardo Chiaromonte, Emanuele Macaluso, and Giorgio Napolitano. Napolitano went on to became the longest-serving and longest-lived president in the histor... |
Russian candy (; from tyanuchki (for stretchy, "pull-y", kinds of toffee)) is a very sweet toffee-like dessert made by carefully heating equal amounts of milk or cream and sugar. It is a traditional dessert sauce in Nordic countries. Karl Fazer brought the first Russian candy recipe to Finland from St. Petersburg. |
Jane had never shot a gun. Her uncle decided to take her shooting. She was nervous at first. Eventually she did much better than expected. Jane wanted to keep practicing more. |
Lisa had just changed the grease in the kitchen where she worked. Lisa had spilled some of the grease on the floor. A coworker slipped and fell in the grease. Lisa's boss found out that the co-workers slipped in the grease. Lisa's boss fussed at her. |
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1972 to Wales and its people. |
Pieces in a Modern Style is the sixth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. He is credited as arranger, programmer, producer, and performer of the album. It was released in 2000 by WEA and Warner Music UK in Europe and Maverick Records in the United States. Barber's Adagio for Strings was the first single... |
John saw a used Jeep that he wanted to buy. He worked two jobs and saved all of his money. It took months but he finally had enough to buy the Jeep. When he went to the dealership, the Jeep was already sold. John end up buying a Ford Escape that he liked just as much. |
Brenda loved learning. She went to a new museum to learn about history. The exhibits were great! She especially loved learning about the Civil War. Brenda felt smarter after her visit. |
is a junction railway station in the city of Oyama, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). |
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