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Shohola Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States. |
My family and I wanted to go sailing once. We rented a boat and took it to the bay. We sailed for a few hours. When we came back, we ate dinner by the docks. It was a fun day, and I hope we can go again. |
A ganglionectomy, also called a gangliectomy, is the surgical removal of a ganglion. The removal of a ganglion cyst usually requires a ganglionectomy. Such cysts usually form on the hand, foot or wrist and may cause pain or impair body function. Aspiration of the cyst and steroid injections are typically performed firs... |
Kirk had learned Chinese a long time ago in school. As he had never practiced it, he forgot most of it. When his job took it to China, he saw the opportunity. He spoke to a few people there using simple words. And as time went by, he became fluent and could hold conversations. |
Brooke was known for her pretty clothes. She was always perfectly dressed. She found a beautiful dress for a special occasion. All her friends raved about how great she looked. Brooke was glad that her reputation was going to continue. |
The man wrote a poem. He recited it in class. The class hated it. The man said a famous person wrote it. The class did not believe him. |
Dark at the End of the Tunnel is the seventh studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1990. |
Sean Wroe (born 19 March 1985) is an Australian sprinter. He was born in Melbourne to a Japanese Australian mother and is a fluent Japanese speaker. |
Stacy was struggling in her math class. She decided to see her teacher privately for extra help. Her teacher gave her an extra problem set to help her practice. She did the practice work diligently every night. When it came time for exams, she got the best grade in the class! |
Spender is a British television police procedural drama, created by Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail, that first broadcast on 8 January 1991 on BBC1. The series, which also starred Nail as the titular character, ran for three series between 1991 and 1993, finishing with a feature-length special, The French Collection, bro... |
Law Society of British Columbia v Mangat, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 113 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that a non-lawyer may be given the power to practice law under a federal statute even if it is contrary to provincial legal profession legislation. |
Tom hated his dad. He ditched him at a young age. He resented him ever since. Tom's dad tried to talk to him before he died. Tom turned down the invitation. |
The MicroVAX is a discontinued family of low-cost minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The first model, the MicroVAX I, was introduced in 1983. They used processors that implemented the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA) and were succeeded by the VAX 4000. Many members of... |
George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) was an American film editor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started his career at the age of 17, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid ... |
René Georges Hermann-Paul (27 December 1864 – 23 June 1940) was a French artist. He was born in Paris and died in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. |
STYL KAR (its logo written in Greek as ΣΤΥΛ ΚΑΡ) was named after its founder, the engineer Stylianos Karakatsanis. Its entire history is representative of many Greek companies who were engaged in the construction of simple utility vehicles. |
Tom had a job picking cherries. He climbed up the tree and picked the cherries. He put the cherries in his bag. Then he went to the next tree. By the end of the day, he had filled ten bags. |
Jennifer decided to grill some corn one day. She went outside and preheated her grill. She peeled back the corn husks and removed silk. She then wrapped each ear of corn in aluminum foil. She placed them on the grill. |
Gameshow Marathon (stylized as Game$how Marathon) is an American television program which aired on CBS from May 31 to June 29, 2006. It is based on the United Kingdom series Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon which aired on ITV in 2005. It also aired in Canada on CTV. |
The 113th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the Iowa National Guard, with history tracing back to the 19th century Indian Wars. |
Nicholas James Miller (born 4 January 1970) is a British weather forecaster who is working for the BBC. He joined the team at the BBC Weather Centre in London in January 2007, and can now be seen presenting on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Radio 4 and BBC One. He appears regularly on the BBC News at One the BBC News at... |
Adiposis dolorosa is an outdated term for many years used synonymously as Dercum's disease, lipedema or Anders disease. While there are numerous references to adiposis dolorosa, it is recommended that the term no longer be used. Dercum's is now recognized as a separate condition, as is lipedema. |
Chuck Yob (born February 14, 1937) is a former Republican National Committee member from the state of Michigan, having been elected to the post in 1989. He is frequently quoted in the media as an expert on internal Republican politics and is well known for his influence on party convention campaigns. He was a candida... |
In computer graphics, texture splatting is a method for combining different textures. It works by applying an alphamap (also called a "weightmap" or a "splat map") to the higher levels, thereby revealing the layers underneath where the alphamap is partially or completely transparent. The term was coined by Crawfis et a... |
The Third Swedish Crusade to Finland was a Swedish military expedition against the pagan Karelians spanning from 1293-1295 in which the Swedes successfully expanded their borders eastwards and gained further control of their lands in Finland. |
South Baffin (, , Inuinnaqtun: Hivuraa Qikiqtaaluk) is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. |
Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approximately 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster. |
My nephew works for a construction company. He was complaining about work while talking to his mom. He said the owner hired a friend and paid him more. His mother said that was the way of the world. He hung up in disgust. |
Châtelain () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. |
HNoMS Bergen (pennant number F301) was an of the Royal Norwegian Navy. |
Cultural liberalism is a social philosophy which expresses the social dimension of liberalism and advocates the freedom of individuals to choose whether to conform to cultural norms. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, it is often expressed as the right to "march to the beat of a different drummer". Also known as soci... |
Warren went to hunt with his grandfather. But as he didn't like the idea of killing animals, he made noises. His grandfather told him to stop as he was alerting the animals. But Warren would fall down or whistle. His grandfather sighed and never took him hunting again. |
V448 Carinae is a single star in the constellation Carina. It has the Bayer designation O Carinae, while V448 Carinae is the variable star designation. This object has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 5.60. It is located at a distance of approx... |
Asamblea Nacional Televisión (ANTV) was the television station of the National Assembly of Venezuela. It was created in 2005 to cover the proceedings of Venezuela's National Assembly. Their goal is to increase the participation of Venezuelan citizens in the legislative debates. The signal is seen by those with a cable ... |
Frida never yelled at her kids. Her kids were nice but rowdy. One day she had enough. So she scolded the children heavily. Now the kids behave a bit better. |
Allie went to the mall with her friend. All the sudden they saw a celebrity. Allie was star struck. She went up to talk to him. He gave her his autograph. |
The Five-Year Plans of Vietnam are a series of economic development initiatives. The Vietnamese economy is shaped primarily by the Vietnamese Communist Party through the plenary sessions of the Central Committee and national congresses. The party plays a leading role in establishing the foundations and principles of co... |
A. J. Hammer (born Andrew Goldberg on October 31, 1966) is an American television and radio personality who most recently hosted the HLN channel's former evening entertainment show, Showbiz Tonight. |
Bangladesh Betar (; ), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After the independence of the country in 1971, Radio Pakistan ceased transmissions there and the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra w... |
Tower City station, known alternatively as Tower City–Public Square and Tower City Center is a rapid transit station in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Tower City Center. It is the central station of the RTA Rapid Transit system, served by all lines: Blue, Green, Red and Waterfront. The station is located directly beneath Pro... |
Jacob has always loved serving people food. He loved when his parents hosted parties growing up. Jacob's passion led him to open a bistro downtown. He didn't do a good job in picking a chef to hire. Now no one wants to eat there because the food isn't very good. |
Fleringen (Tweants: ) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 10 km east of Almelo. |
Barry John Bridges (born 29 April 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion and was capped four times for England. |
Holly was tired of drinking only water. She decided to make a pitcher of lemonade. Holly tasted the lemonade. It was sour. She added more sugar until it tasted right. |
Barb was worried that her son was being mistreated at school. His mood was becoming increasingly sullen and withdrawn. Barb had a long talk with her boy and he opened up to her. Barb learned a mean teacher was making life miserable for her son. She had him transferred to another class and his outlook brightened. |
The is a suspension bridge in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It connects the islands of Hirado and Kitamatsuura Peninsula. Completed in 1977, it has a main span of 465.5 meters and total length of 665 m. From April 1, 2010, no fee is required to pass the bridge. |
The theriodonts (clade Theriodontia) are a major group of therapsids which appeared during the Middle Permian and which includes the gorgonopsians and the eutheriodonts, itself including the therocephalians and the cynodonts. |
Harry and Cosh was a British children's television series directed by Daniel Peacock shown on Saturday afternoons on Shake! on Channel 5. |
Orm and Cheep is a 1980s British children's television series that was aimed at the younger viewers of Children's ITV. It used puppets as the main characters (Orm being a worm and Cheep being a bird) and was narrated by Richard Briers. The show was created by Tony Martin, the puppets created by Mary Edwards. There were... |
The Trotuș () is a river in eastern Romania, a right tributary of the river Siret. It emerges from the Ciuc Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians and joins the Siret in Domnești-Sat near Adjud after passing through Comănești and Onești in Bacău County. The total length of the Trotuș from its source to its confluence wit... |
Dawn was making dinner. She decided to make a pot pie. She rolled out the crust. Then she added the vegetables and broth. She topped it with some cheese and gobbled it up. |
Ragnarock is a record label run by Erik Blücher in Helsingborg, Sweden. They also sell records from other companies via mail order, for instance Combat 18's company ISD Records and white power magazines such as British Oi. |
The Bentall Centre is a 1.5 million square foot office complex and underground shopping mall, located in Downtown Vancouver's financial district. It is owned and managed by Hudson Pacific Properties. The shopping mall under the complex is known as "The Shops at Bentall Centre", and includes approximately 50 stores and... |
jubilat is a widely distributed, highly acclaimed American poetry and prose journal headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. First published in 2000, it was founded by Rob Casper, Christian Hawkey, Michael Teig and Kelly LeFave. From its first issue onward, jubilat has aimed to publish what's most aliv... |
I was waiting for a piano student and her dad to arrive. It wasn't like her to be late and I wondered aloud where they were. My son yelled that they were sitting in their car in the driveway. I went into his bedroom and we both looked through his window. A mountain lion was upright leaning against the passenger side do... |
Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy; and l... |
Hansel is one of the main characters in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. The German name Hänsel (meaning "little Hans") is a diminutive of the given name Hans. |
"I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playin'" is a 1968 funk-soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas). |
Hervelinghen (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. |
Compton Dando is a small village and civil parish on the River Chew in the affluent Chew Valley in England. It is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area and ceremonial county of Somerset, and lies from Bristol, from Bath, and from Keynsham. |
The teenage boy offered to help his classmate with math. She got to his house and he showed her his motorcycle. His parents had told him to not ride his motorcycle that night. After studying the boy gave the girl a ride home on his motorcycle. He was grounded for month. |
Fleming Road () is a road in Wan Chai and Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The road begins south with Johnston Road, runs across Hennessy Road, Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road, flies over Gloucester Road and runs across Harbour Road and ends at the junction with Convention Avenue and Expo Drive East. |
Adrian Byran Murrell (born October 16, 1970) is a former professional American football running back. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft after playing collegiately for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Murrell played in nine National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1993 to 2... |
The Grand Rapids Blizzard were a women's professional basketball team in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they played in 2003. |
Perdita "Perdy" Hyde-Sinclair (also Hyde) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Georgia Slowe. She made her first on screen appearance on 1 March 2006. |
Toshi Yano is an American rock musician, playing bass and keyboard. He was a founding member of the Washington, D.C., hardcore band Battery, the New York hardcore band Violent Bullshit, and of Kapow!, a Brooklyn-based band. Yano also worked as a recording and mixing engineer. |
Kenneth Earl Davis (born April 16, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs and was selected in the second round of the 1986 NFL Draft. He played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers (1986–1... |
Robin and Linda Williams are a husband-and-wife singer-songwriter folk music duo from Virginia. They met in South Carolina in 1971, and began performing in 1973. |
The South Australian Derby is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia during the SAJC Autumn Carnival. |
Element of Light is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his second with his backing band, the Egyptians. It was released in 1986. |
Tim was drunk one night. He decided to get on Facebook. He noticed a friend posting nonsense. Tim decided to call him out on it. It created a big fight and rift in their friendship. |
Accrued liabilities are liabilities that reflect expenses that have not yet been paid or logged under accounts payable during an accounting period; in other words, a company's obligation to pay for goods and services that have been provided for which invoices have not yet been received. Examples would include accrued w... |
Doucette is a French language surname and a variant of Doucet. Notable people with the name include: |
Newmarket North Mall was a mall located in Hampton, Virginia, that was developed by The Hahn Company and opened in 1975. Its three anchors were Leggett, Miller & Rhoads, and Sears. |
Alita is a brewing company based in Alytus, Lithuania, established in 1963. |
The Buffalo Correctional Facility was a minimum security prison for males in New York, United States. The prison was located in town of Alden, east of the Buffalo, adjacent to the Wende Correctional Facility. As of 2012, the facility has been closed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervi... |
A sister chromatid refers to the identical copies (chromatids) formed by the DNA replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere. In other words, a sister chromatid may also be said to be 'one-half' of the duplicated chromosome. A pair of sister chromatids is called a dyad. A full s... |
Kim Harrison (born 1966) is a pen name of American author Dawn Cook. Harrison is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 best selling Hollows urban fantasy series, but she has also published over two dozen books spanning the gamut from young adult, accelerated-science thriller, anthology, and a unique, full-c... |
The Story of a Recluse has been the title of at least three works of fiction. |
The wife found out her husband and sister had an affair. She was horrified! She kicked the husband out and changed her phone number. She never spoke to either of them again. She found a great new husband who was much more caring. |
In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level. The position when extended on the trapeze is outside the hull, braced against it (or an extension of it outwards) with the soles of the f... |
Fabrizio del Monte (born 5 December 1980 in Latina, Lazio) is an Italian racing driver. |
The Welsh Varsity is an annual sporting event contested by Cardiff University and Swansea University, usually in early April. The sports contested include rugby union, hockey, cricket, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, American football, ultimate frisbee, netball, volleyball, fencing and ... |
Bru is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 and it included several islands including Svanøya, Askrova, and Stavøya as well as parts of the mainland including the Solheimsdalen valley, east of the village of Norddalsfjord. It is now part of the... |
David Wesley Ballard (February 21, 1824 – September 18, 1883) was an American politician and physician who served as the third governor of Idaho Territory from 1866 to 1870. Unlike many territorial governors of the Reconstruction Era, Ballard resided in his jurisdiction during his tenure. A physician by trade, Ballard ... |
Flora loved music and wanted the perfect band for her wedding. Several people auditioned but she didn't like them at all. She was close to giving up when she saw a cool video. The video showed a local band jamming at a party. She contacted them and luckily they were willing to work for her. |
Kent was very picky. His wife convinced him to try sushi for the first time. He took one bite and spit it out. Kent couldn't stand the taste of it! He went home and ate Mac and CHeese. |
The People's Council of Turkmenistan (, [xɑlq mɑθlɑxɑt̪ɯ]; "People's Council") is Turkmenistan's independent "representative body" exerting supreme constitutional authority. It includes in its membership, but is not considered part of, the legislature. Among other things, it is empowered to amend the constitution. Its ... |
John Glenister (born 12 October 1932) is a retired English television director. His credits included The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Emma, Rumpole of the Bailey, Play for Today, Dennis Potter's 1971 biopic of Casanova, A Touch of Frost, Alan Plater's On Your Way, Riley, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Bit of a Do. |
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian professional football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is Laskar Kalinyamat (Kalinyamat Warriors) and Elang Laut Jawa (Java Sea Eagles). |
Rita was online shopping. She was on Target's website and saw laundry soap for cheap. They had bottle of laundry soap for fifty cents! Rita thought that they must have made a mistake. Rita bought twenty bottles anyway and was only charged ten bucks! |
Alexis was having a dinner party. She didn't want to invite Stacy but she did anyway out of kindness. But at the party Stacy got on Alexis' nerves. Alexis told her to just leave. And Stacy walked out in tears. |
Richard Carl Jeffrey (August 5, 1926 – November 9, 2002) was an American philosopher, logician, and probability theorist. He is best known for developing and championing the philosophy of radical probabilism and the associated heuristic of probability kinematics, also known as Jeffrey conditioning. |
Molly had been smoking cigarettes in her room. She left an ash stain on the floor. When her mom noticed and asked about it, Molly lied. She said that it was from chalk for art class. Luckily her mom believed her and she was okay. |
The dog stood by the door and waited to be walked. The boy saw his dog and grabbed the leash. They walked around the block and returned home. The boy put the leash away. The dog went lie down in his bed. |
Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (born 26 October 1967 or 26 October 1966 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. |
The American Indian Scouting Association (AISA) is a joint venture of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). The AISA began as a committee of concerned Boy Scout Scoutmasters in 1956 and was sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Los Alamos, New Mexico. |
"Sail Away" is a song by Randy Newman, the title track of his 1972 album. In a 1972 review in Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden describes "Sail Away" as presenting "the American dream of a promised land as it might have been presented to black Africa in slave running days." |
A chef de cuisine (, French for head of kitchen) or head chef is a chef that leads a kitchen and its cooks. A chef patron (feminine form chef patronne) (French for boss chef) or executive chef is a chef that manages multiple kitchens and their staff. |
James David Christie (born 1952) is an American classical organist and teacher. Until accusations of sexual misconduct emerged in August 2018, he was Chair and Professor of Organ at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Distinguished Artist in Residence at the College of the Holy Cross, and College Organist at Wellesley ... |
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