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Matthew Ryan Mauck (born February 12, 1979) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans. He played college football at Louisiana State University, where he won the national championship in 2003. |
Stefan Erkgärds (born March 23, 1985 in Hagfors, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Rögle BK in the Swedish Elitserien. |
In the United Kingdom, an arms-length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services on behalf of a local authority. Usually an ALMO is set up by the authority to manage and improve all or part of its housing stock. Ownership of the housing stock itself normally stays with t... |
The kids quietly crept out to the backyard. They found their parents on the trampoline. They were staring up at the dark night sky. The children joined their parents on the trampoline. All night long they watched the streaks of light shoot across the sky. |
"Wissenschaft des Judentums" (literally in German the expression means "Science of Judaism"; more recently in the United States it started to be rendered as "Jewish Studies" or "Judaic Studies," a wide academic field of inquiry in American universities) refers to a nineteenth-century movement premised on the critical i... |
Forged in the Fire is a 2006 novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull, about Quaker life in the 1660s. It is the sequel to No Shame, No Fear, published in 2003. |
Kenny is hired to be a cameraman. Kenny is asked to follow and record his boss's infomercial. Kenny is always showing up late and never on time. Kenny's boss finally gets tired of lack of production. He fires him and hires a new cameraman. |
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, KT (27 August 1700 – 5 July 1785), known as Lord Milsington to 1730, of Portmore House, Weybridge, Surrey, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1726 and 1730, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Portmore. He subsequently became a Scottish r... |
The Rockets is the sole release by the Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his ... |
Voyager were an English pop/rock band, made up of Paul French, Paul Hirsh, Chris Hook, and John "Martyr" Marter. Dominic Telfer later replaced Hook. |
is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. Fujio about the titular obake, Q-Taro, who lives with the Ōhara family. Q-Tarō, also known as "Q-chan" or "Oba-Q", is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs. |
Nik-L-Nip is a brand of confectionery created by Vinny Cavallo in the early 20th century that comes in a variety of fruit flavors, marketed by Tootsie Roll Industries. |
Wesoła () is one of the districts of Warsaw, and has been as such since October 27, 2002. Wesoła is located in the south-eastern part of city. |
Awakenings is a 1973 non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks. It recounts the life histories of those who had been victims of the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic. Sacks chronicles his efforts in the late 1960s to help these patients at the Beth Abraham Hospital (now Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing)... |
Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park () is a national park in Trøndelag county, Norway. The park is located in the municipalities of Selbu, Tydal, Meråker, and Stjørdal, not too far from the border with Sweden to the east. |
Caryocar (souari trees) is a genus of flowering plants, in the South American family Caryocaraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771. It is native primarily to South America with a few species extending into Central America and the West Indies. |
Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801August 14, 1854) was an American attorney, politician, and slaveholder from Louisiana. A Democrat, he served as a United States senator from 1847 to 1853. |
Sir Ponnambala Thiaga Rajan (22 April 1892 – 25 September 1974) was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 4 April 1936, to 24 August 1936 (143 Days). He was also the last President of the Justice Party. P. T. Rajan was born in a Thondaimandala mudaliar family in Uthamapalayam. His ancestors were from Kanchipuram... |
Brett Palin (born June 23, 1984 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. |
Heamoor (formerly Hea) () is a village in Cornwall, England. Formerly a secondary settlement of the village of Madron, Heamoor is situated approximately one-and-a half kilometres (just over a mile) northwest of Penzance town centre. |
Andrew's big brother was moving out of the house. So Andrew spent all day helping his brother move. He even drove with his brother to his brothers new house. He helped his brother move his furniture in his new house. After they ordered pizza and eat inside his brothers new house. |
Stormbreaker (also known as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker and Alex Rider: Stormbreaker) is a 2006 action spy film directed by Geoffrey Sax. The screenplay by Anthony Horowitz is based on his 2000 novel Stormbreaker, the first novel in the Alex Rider series. The film stars Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider, and also star... |
When I was a boy my dad would read me bedtime stories. He would read me really nice stories. The stories were so nice they would help me go to sleep. I really enjoyed having him tell me stories. Sometimes I wish he still did that for me. |
Julie was taking a Greyhound bus to her parents for the holidays. During a layover, she went down the street to get food. Suddenly she realized her bus was minutes from departing. She ran back but she still missed the bus. She had to wait six hours for another bus to come through. |
Liu Wenjie (born 1944) is a Chinese official who has been the Deputy Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade since 1998. |
May Lamberton Becker (August 26, 1873 – April 27, 1958) was a journalist and literary critic. She was born in New York and at the age of 20 she married the pianist and composer Gustav L. Becker in 1893. Their only daughter Beatrice was born September 20, 1900. By 1908 the marriage had broken up and later ended in divor... |
The 1st Gibraltar Brigade was a British Army unit created in 1941 as a fortress brigade on Gibraltar. It remained as such throughout the Second World War. The brigade was a part of The Gibraltar Defence Force, established as a result of no local military force presence on the rock prior to the war. The Gibraltar Defenc... |
Sawyers Hall College of Sport and Science (formerly known as The Hedley Walter High School, then Sawyers Hall College of Science & Technology (or SHC)) was a secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex, England. It was a mixed school of non-denominational religion. The school logo was traditionally that of a Griffin. ... |
The Ricart–Agrawala algorithm is an algorithm for mutual exclusion on a distributed system. This algorithm is an extension and optimization of Lamport's Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm, by removing the need for messages. It was developed by computer scientists Glenn Ricart and Ashok Agrawala. |
I always used to buy the cheapest socks available. I figured it was inconsequential. But I started walking to work and getting blisters. I upgraded to softer and more expensive sock varieties. Now I can never go back. |
Kate had eaten crab legs for dinner at a restaurant. Her friend had also ordered crab legs. Her friend then began to scratch. It turned out she was allergic to seafood. Kate sat in a stunned silence. |
The president has received a Letter. The letter described a powerful weapon called an atom bomb. The President agrees with the author that the US should develop it. The President orders the Army to oversee development of an atom bomb. The Army created the Manhattan Project to carry out the order. |
Bob was playing a friendly game of soccer with his friends. One of Bob's friends kicked him so hard in the shin. Bob had a large purple bump on his leg after the game. Bob went and saw his doctor to have it checked out. Bob did not have a fracture in his leg. |
Crystallography is a book of poetry and prose published in 1994 and revised in 2003 by Canadian author Christian Bök. Based around a that language is a crystallization process, the book includes several forms of poetry including concrete poetry, as well as pseudohistorical texts, diagrams, charts, and English gematria... |
, known in Europe as Knife Edge, is a video game for Nintendo 64 made by Kemco. |
Palaeoctonus is an extinct genus of archosaur (possibly phytosaur) known only from isolated teeth. The name is derived from Greek (palaios meaning "ancient", -ktonos meaning "killer"). The genus is believed to have flourished during the Upper (Late) Triassic period. |
A father told his daughter that he would like to read her a book. He told her to pick whatever book she wanted to hear. The girl went to the bookshelf and picked one at random. She returned to her dad with a large cookbook. The father read her many recipes to her delight. |
The Newmarket Hurricanes were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Newmarket, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The franchise existed from 1972 until 2019, based in Newmarket starting in 1975. |
Sydney Charles Edgar Herring, (8 October 1881 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War. He retired in 1946 as an honorary brigadier. |
Greenbrae is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m), located adjacent to U.S. Route 101 at the opening of the Ross Valley. Part of Greenbrae is an unincorporated community of the county while the remaining a... |
Maryland Route 285 (MD 285) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs from MD 213 east through Chesapeake City to the Delaware state line in southern Cecil County. MD 285 consists of two sections. The first section parallels the north side of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal; this portion was c... |
Odd Gleditsch Sr. (2 October 1894 – 17 January 1990) was a Norwegian business entrepreneur. The founder of the paint company Jotun. He was CEO of the company from 1926 to 1967. |
Dubby was the drummer in a band, and I always went to the practices. One day, I drove him home from school when his car broke down. He sat down on his bed facing me, his long blonde hair in his eyes. He leaned in and kissed me, like it was nothing. I was surprised, but I kissed him back. |
The 43rd Airlift Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it was inactivated in March 2011. The wing performed en route operations support at Pope Field to include mission command & control, aircrew management, aircraft maintenance, aircra... |
Tom heard a plate crash to the floor. He looked around. He saw his wife by the broken pieces of plate. He went to her. They both picked up the pieces carefully. |
Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos is a municipal stadium in Lima, Peru. It opened in 1993, and holds 15,000 people. The stadium's nickname is Cancha de los Muertos (Field of the Dead) because the stadium was built over a cemetery. In the 1990s, it was used by Deportivo Municipal as its home venue. The stadium is owned by... |
Frank was walking home from work at night. A man approached him and told him to give him his wallet. Frank was scared but obeyed. The strange man then walked away from Frank. Frank was upset but thankful that he is still alive. |
After years of trying for a child, the doctors called me infertile. Family comforted me with thoughts of pets or adoption. I had never considered adoption before now. On the 1st we are going to an adoption agency. After our appointment a new baby will be welcomed into the family. |
Oldcastle is an unincorporated community in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded to the north by Highway 3, to the east by the Chrysler Canada Greenway trail, to the south by County Road 8 (Townline), and to the west by Howard Avenue. It is the starting point of the Chrysler Canada Greenway rail trail. ... |
This is a list of dream pop artists. Individuals are alphabetized by their surname. |
Daniel Spiller (born 10 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer. |
The Form of Apology and Satisfaction of 1604 was a document drawn up by a House of Commons committee protesting against King James I's handling of recent political issues. |
Mary had always wanted to do something artistic. She decided to create a sculpture. At first she worried that it would not come out well. However, after working hard, she was happy with the sculpture. She was glad to have done something artistic. |
America was attacked by Japan. This hurt America and demoralized her people. The President decided to launch a counter attack. The problem was, most of his ships were destroyed. The President finally decided on an airborne attack. |
Nkawkaw is a town in southern Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu West Municipal , an area in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Nkawkaw has a 2013 settlement population of 61,785 people. Nkawkaw is also described as a city in a valley as it the gateway to ascend the Kwahu mountains. Hon. Joseph Frempong is the current m... |
The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list. |
Everready (The Religion) is the fifth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne. The album was released in 2006 as a "Collector's Edition" CD that contains a second CD featuring 14 songs from Tech N9ne as well as other Strange Music artists. "Jellysickle" & "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" also appeared on the 25 To Life video game... |
Statenville is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Echols County, Georgia, United States. It is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 1,040 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 31648, and the area code 229. |
Mid Florida Tech is a public adult vocational school located in Orlando, Florida, part of Orange County Public Schools' Career and Technical Education department. Founded in 1963, it occupies a campus. It offers an array of programs that train students for skilled labor in diverse fields, from air conditioning and hea... |
My uncle Burie is a Viking descendant. He owns a farm with lots of horses. When I was four, he let me ride his baby cow. The cow was walking wobbly with me on his back. I fell in love with the cow, and wouldn't leave his side. |
SSSPM J1549-3544 is a star in the constellation Lupus with high proper motion. It was initially found to have high proper motion in a 2003 survey of images taken by the optical SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys and by the near-infrared sky surveys 2MASS and DENIS. It was then thought to be a cool white dwarf close to the Sun. ... |
Hit & Run is a greatest hits album by the Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released in 2003. |
Kirk wanted to spend his birthday at Splashworld Water Park. His parents invited all friends to the theme park party. Kirk even wore his favorite bathing suite. All of friends showed up in their bathing suites. Kirk would have had a great time if it was not for the rain. |
Scotland the What? were a Scottish comedy revue act comprising William "Buff" Hardie, Stephen Robertson and George Donald. |
The Chief Herald of Canada is the head of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, directing the operations of the CHA and making the grants of arms. There are exceptions to this, such as certain grants made directly by the governor general. The position has been held by Samy Khalid since 20 May 2020. |
Jasmine Trinca (; born 24 April 1981) is an Italian actress. |
Under Wheels of Confusion is a 1996 compilation album from heavy metal legends Black Sabbath. The album covers the years 1970-1987 (specifically, every album from Black Sabbath to The Eternal Idol). It is a four-disc set. |
Brad had a stuffed bear in his living room. Brad was very proud of the bear. He invited Andrea over to see his house. Andrea was appalled by the stuffed bear. Brad never invited Andrea over again. |
McWhinney or McWhinney Heavy Stemmed is a term for a shape of point in prehistoric lithic weapons and tools found primarily in the midwestern United States, dating from the Late Archaic period in the Americas. The McWhinney Heavy Stemmed type has become in some ways a representation of the ambiguous in the field of ar... |
Heather never brushed her teeth. One day, her tooth started hurting. Her parents took her to the dentist and they gave X-rays. The dentist found out Heather had two cavities. He filled them right away. |
Live On Stage is a Chuck Berry album released in 2000 by Magnum Records. |
St Jude's Anglican Church is an Australian Anglican parish church in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton. It is one of the first complete polychromatic brick churches built in the country. The church was opened in 1866 as a temporary wooden building, but was rebuilt as a Gothic-polychrome building between 1866 and 1874. It... |
Indian Chinese cuisine, Chinese Indian cuisine, Sino-Indian cuisine, Chindian cuisine, Hakka Chinese or Desi-Chinese cuisine is a distinct style of Chinese cuisine adapted to Indian tastes, combining Chinese foods with Indian flavours and spices. Though Asian cuisines have mixed throughout history throughout Asia, the ... |
John woke up late yesterday. He had an important meeting to get to. He had to rush out of the house. He had to drive very fast to the meeting. He made the meeting 10 minutes late. |
Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is Am Timan. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. |
Mike lived to ride his bicycle. One day Mike came to a puddle of water in the street. Mike decided to ride right through the puddle. There was slick moss growing under the water. Mike fell in the water and got soaking wet. |
12th Infantry Regiment may refer to: |
Gene Roebuck (born February 8, 1947) is the retired head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of North Dakota. He is a graduate of Mayville State University. |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, (27 October 1943 – 27 October 2019) was a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and from 2006 to 2008, master of the household to then Prince Charles. |
Patrick Paul Gelsinger (; born March 5, 1961) is an American business executive and engineer currently serving as CEO of Intel. |
The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. |
Patty was confused. She was having a Halloween party and she didn't recognize someone. They were dressed as a ghost. She went over to ask then who they were. They saw her coming and ran away. |
Devin was a strange child who only talked to his cousin Bob. If anyone tried speaking to him he would turn and direct it to Bob. No one knew why he acted this way but they didn't really mind. He was no ordinary boy and some say he was one of a kind. When Bob died he never spoke again and became a mute. |
Gerd Tellenbach (17 September 1903 – 12 June 1999) was a German historian and scholar of medieval social and religious history, particularly of the Papacy and German church during the Investiture Controversy and reform movements of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Tellenbach also made groundbreaking contributions to... |
The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County, California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho ... |
Club Atlético Arteixo is a Spanish football team based in Arteixo, A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1949 it currently plays in , holding home games at Campo Municipal Ponte dos Brozos, with a capacity of 2,000 spectators. |
Sidney Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour. Ray Charles once said of him "if they call me a genius, then Si... |
Gastric hydrogen potassium ATPase, also known as H+/K+ ATPase, is an enzyme which functions to acidify the stomach. It is a member of the P-type ATPases, also known as E1-E2 ATPases due to its two states. |
Dalemead is a hamlet in southern Alberta under the jurisdiction of Rocky View County. It is approximately 35 km (21 mi) southeast of Downtown Calgary and 3.2 km (2.0 mi) south of Highway 22X along a Canadian Pacific Railway line. |
These are lists of animated television series. Animated television series are television programs produced by means of animation. Animated series produced for theaters are not included in this lists; for those, see List of animated short film series. These lists include compilation series of theatrical shorts such as T... |
John Myhre (born 1959) is an American production designer who has been working in Hollywood since the late 1980s. |
Mark Thompson is an American newscaster and a two-time Emmy award winner for writing, hosting and producing specials for the Fox Broadcasting Company stations. |
Rob's team was a few points behind in a basketball game. But there were only a few seconds left. Rob made the choice to shoot the ball from across the court. And when he made it in the basket, everyone was amazed. Rob was happy after winning an MVP award. |
Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil (; ), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight. The system allows low-level sun to enter a building in the mornings, evenings and during winter but cuts out direct light during summer. |
Turkey competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). |
Kendra was the best athlete in college. She won all the prizes. When it was time to find a job, she had a harder time. She applied to become a physical education teacher. She got the job, but missed being an athlete herself. |
Mikey was listening to a crystal radio. He started picking up a weird transmission. It had too much static to hear. He went to the top of a mountain. He heard a weather report on his radio. |
My son's teachers that year were Mrs Pope and Mrs Ray. They were very sweet when we went to meet them. Over the year, they became very attached to my son. They cried when we moved away. They hugged him and promised to keep in touch with him always. |
Kazma Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional association football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League. |
The Whipping Boy is a Newbery Medal-winning children's book by Sid Fleischman, first published in 1986. |
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