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Doug Aitken (born 1968) is an American multidisciplinary artist. Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, print media, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to narrative films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, installations, and live performance. He currently lives in Venice, California, and New... |
Omar's dad six years ago just before Father's Day. Before he died, they would go to a ball game each year. Because his dad did die, he stopped going to any sporting event. Omar bought tickets to a baseball game and begged him to go. During the entire game, Omar felt depressed and sad. |
The Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia. There are approximately 700,000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and Mano. They are officially known as Yacouba (or Yakouba) in Ivory Coast. |
Hwamyeong is a region in Buk-gu, northern Busan, South Korea. It is situated along the east bank of the Nakdong River, and since 2003 has been divided into three dong, Hwamyeong 1, 2, and 3-dong. The total area of the three dong is approximately . It was designed to serve as a commuter town for Busan, and was home to... |
Kate slept on a couch in a suite in Las Vegas. There weren't enough beds for everyone. Kate was always stiff after a night of sleeping on a couch. However today she only had a slightly stiff neck. Over all she was happy to be in pretty good shape. |
This is a list of the top 50 singles of 2005 in New Zealand. |
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were built from as early as the 7th cen... |
Astatine is a chemical element with the symbol At and atomic number 85. It is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust, occurring only as the decay product of various heavier elements. All of astatine's isotopes are short-lived; the most stable is astatine-210, with a half-life of 8.1 hours. Conseque... |
Jacob Schueler (November 20, 1835 - April 15, 1918) was a German-American businessman and confectionary owner, best known for co-founding the Golden Brewery, today known as Coors Brewing Company in 1873. |
In computer science, a doubly linked list is a linked data structure that consists of a set of sequentially linked records called nodes. Each node contains three fields: two link fields (references to the previous and to the next node in the sequence of nodes) and one data field. The beginning and ending nodes' previo... |
AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video. It is H.264 and Dolby AC-3 packaged into the MPEG transport stream, with a set of constraints designed around the camcorders. |
We had a conference in Louisville, Kentucky. We all got together after the meetings to see Churchill Downs. It was amazing to see the track where the biggest race is held. We were so excited to see and read about all the history. It was definitely something we were happy to have done. |
One time when I was young, I heard something scary in the trees. It was night, and it scared me so bad that I ran in really fast. I decided to be brave and investigate. After all, I was sure it wasn't an alien or monster. I checked it out with a light, it was a very large owl. |
Aminoaciduria occurs when the urine contains abnormally high amounts of amino acids. In the healthy kidney, the glomeruli filter all amino acids out of the blood, and the renal tubules then reabsorb over 95% of the filtered amino acids back into the blood. |
The Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the Act) is an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Act regulates employment in the province of Ontario, including wages, maximum work hours, overtime, vacation, and leaves of absence. It differs from the Ontario Labour Relations Act, which regulates unionized labour in On... |
My husband is a target shooter. He works at a range. He practices on his time off there. He got good enough to enter a contest. He won first prize. |
"Honey to the Bee" is a song by English singer Billie from her debut studio album, Honey to the B (1998). It was released on 22 March 1999 and debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, which became its peak position. It was not a hit in mainland Europe, but it became one of Billie's highest-charting songs in Aus... |
Several mission societies, including the Baptist Missionary Society, SPCK, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, SPG, Zenana mission, Medical Mission, American Mission, Danish Mission, and Methodist Mission missionaries have contributed for the progressive Christian community in India. These missionaries have made a vast contributi... |
Holsworthy Association Football Club is a football club based in Holsworthy, Devon, England. They play in the . |
One day Tim wanted to play a trick on his friend. Tim told him that a pirate used to live in his house. Tim buried some money and made a fake treasure map. He had his friend go find the treasure. Tim's friend still thinks a pirate lived there. |
Jan was looking forward to the next movie coming out at the theater. She wanted to go to the matinee. With the money she saved, she thought she would get popcorn. Maybe she would get some candy, too! She was really excited about the movie. |
The American Practical Navigator (colloquially often referred to as Bowditch), originally written by Nathaniel Bowditch, is an encyclopedia of navigation. It serves as a valuable handbook on oceanography and meteorology, and contains useful tables and a maritime glossary. In 1867 the copyright and plates were bought by... |
Ralph Eugene Neely (September 12, 1943 – January 5, 2022) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Cowboys from 1965 to 1977. |
Tom had a best friend. Tom rarely saw his best friend. Tom and his friend were both extremely busy with work. Tom and his friend decided to make firm plans to meet. Their plan was successful and they were able to socialize together. |
Windows SideShow (codenamed Auxiliary Display) was a feature by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista to supply information such as e-mail, instant messages, and RSS feeds from a personal computer to a local or remote peripheral device or display. SideShow was intended to enhance the Windows experience by enabling new... |
Anne Randall (born Barbara Ann Burrus; September 23, 1944) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1967 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. |
The official motion picture soundtrack for The Da Vinci Code with Thomas Bowes (violinist), King's Consort Choir, Hugh Marsh, Orchestra, Richard Harvey, Hila Plitmann, Martin Tillman was released on May 9, 2006 via Decca label. The film's music was composed by Hans Zimmer, whose work resulted in a nomination for the 20... |
The cream wave (Scopula floslactata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in forest and woodland regions, feeding on grasses and small plants such as dandelion. |
John R. Halstead was inaugurated on April 7, 2006, as SUNY Brockport's sixth president. He has a wife and daughter. He retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Heidi Macpherson. |
Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654 in Mannheim – 20 December 1704 in Heidelberg) was a German Orientalist Scholar from the Electorate of the Palatinate, now best known as the author of Entdecktes Judenthum (Judaism Unmasked), which was published in two volumes in 1711 and 1714. |
The mini Majesty of the Seas is a model ship constructed in Morsbach, France, by François Zanella. |
Piccinini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: |
Temporarily Disconnected is the fourth album by 24-7 Spyz. It features the reunion of the band's classic lineup, including mainstays Jimi Hazel and Rick Skatore along with the return of vocalist P. Fluid (now using his proper last name, Forrest) and drummer Anthony Johnson. The reunion and subsequent album were based o... |
Tom was a very rude person. One day while driving, someone cut into his lane. Tom laid on the horn, hard. Tom saw the same car sitting at a red light. Tom pulled up beside the car, giving the driver the middle finger! |
Jenni switched doctors to try and get pregnant. Her IVF procedures were not successful. She wanted a second opinion from another specialist. The new doctor told her that he thinks she has a good chance. They tried twice more and were finally successful! |
The Gazette, founded in 1727 as The Maryland Gazette, is one of the oldest newspapers in America. Its modern-day descendant, The Capital, was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014. Previously, it was owned by the Capital Gazette Communications group, which published The Capital, Bowie Blade-News, Crofton-... |
The white-browed bush chat (Saxicola macrorhynchus), also known as Stoliczka's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola. The alternative name is after the discoverer, geologist and explorer Ferdinand Stoliczka. |
Abell 1689 is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo over 2.3 billion light-years away. |
Kendra was trying to put music onto her cell phone. Unfortunately she couldn't find any good downloading apps. Without any good music her library was really lacking. She listened to what she had for a bit before getting sick of it. Soon she had given up on music altogether. |
The Parliament of Romania () is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies () and the Senate (). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the capital of the country. |
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. |
Tom lived in a bad neighborhood. He usually took the bus from school. ONe day he had to walk home. Different areas had different gangs asking him questions. Tom kept walking and tried to ignore everyone. |
The GNU Binary Utilities, or , are a set of programming tools for creating and managing binary programs, object files, libraries, profile data, and assembly source code. |
Last month I ran a marathon. I trained for months and months before it. I ate a special diet and ran on a special schedule. I am really glad I trained. I ran a great marathon and had a great time. |
The Grauer School, founded in 1991 by Stuart Grauer, is a private college preparatory day school in Encinitas, California. The school is operated by the Grauer Foundation for Education, a California not-for-profit corporation. The school is a member of the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce and is the region's only UNESCO-A... |
Stadio Marcello Melani is the main stadium in Pistoia, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Pistoiese 1921. The stadium holds 13,195. |
The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the AFL Victoria Country. |
Tina had a project due. It was due in a few hours. Tina had not started yet. So she put away the distractions. Tina then got to it. |
The Jewish Student Union, or JSU is an organization run by the Orthodox Union's youth group, NCSY. Created in 2002, JSU attempts to create Jewish culture clubs in public schools across the United States. |
The Palatki Heritage Site is an archaeological site and park located in the Coconino National Forest, near Sedona, in Arizona, United States at approximately 34 55' 4"N, 111 53' 59"W. In the Hopi language Palatki means 'red house'. |
The Glossosomatoidea are a superfamily of the class Insecta and order Trichoptera. |
Lisa went to the park with her Mom. She wanted to play on the swings. All of the swings were being used by other kids. Lisa had to wait until there was an empty swing. Finally the other kids were done and Lisa got to swing. |
Robert Thomas Smith (May 20, 1878 – January 23, 1957) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born in a log cabin in the backwoods of northwest Georgia, as a young man he trained horses for the United States Cavalry and worked on a cattle ranch. In 1934, he was hired as a trainer by the wealthy businessman Char... |
David Amsalem (; born on 4 September 1971 in Israel) is an Israeli retired footballer. |
The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old. |
Stenocara gracilipes is a species of beetle that is native to the Namib Desert in southern Africa. This is one of the most arid areas of the world, receiving only of rain per year. The beetle is able to survive by collecting water on its bumpy back surface from early morning fogs. |
Allan C. Weisbecker (1947/1948 – October 2023) was an American novelist, screenwriter, memoirist, and surfer. He was the author of the "cheerfully immoral novel" Cosmic Banditos, the memoir In Search of Captain Zero and Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise. |
Labello is a brand of lip balm stick. It is produced by Beiersdorf AG in Germany and Austria. The labello lip care sticks are also sold under the name Labello Nivea, Liposan and Nivea Lip Care. Labello makes lip care products that are used for medical treatments, moisturizing, protection from sun or solely for cosmeti... |
The Exile is a 1931 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux with choreography by Leonard Harper. A drama-romance of the race film genre, The Exile was Micheaux's first feature-length sound film, and the first African-American sound film. Adapted from Micheaux's first novel The Conquest (1913), it the film shares some ... |
Uleybury is a rural locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located at the eastern side of the City of Playford local government area, just north of One Tree Hill along Gawler-One Tree Hill Road. |
South Carolina Highway 9 (SC 9) is a major state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels from Cherry Grove Beach to the North Carolina state line upstate. The highway is currently the longest state highway in South Carolina. It is signed as a north–south highway, even though it travels in an e... |
Vickie Winans (born Viviane Bowman; October 18, 1953) is an American gospel singer. |
The Colorado Daily was a newspaper published in Boulder, Colorado, by Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. LLC, a unit of MediaNews Group. Its final issue was published on September 17, 2022. The Daily was operated out of the offices of Boulder's Daily Camera newspaper. Originally the student newspaper of the University of ... |
Jason Alan Bradbury (born 10 April 1969) is a British television presenter and children's author, best known for presenting shows such as the Channel 5 technology programme The Gadget Show and the BBC One game show Don't Scare the Hare. In 2016, Bradbury presented several rounds of the Tour Series cycling competition f... |
was the lead ship of the of three light cruisers which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the noted Shinto Katori Shrine in Chiba prefecture, Japan. |
Shah Deniz gas field () is the largest natural gas field in Azerbaijan. It is situated in the South Caspian Sea, off the coast of Azerbaijan, approximately southeast of Baku, at a depth of . The field covers approximately . Stretching out over 140 square kilometres, the reservoir is similar in size and shape to Manhat... |
Joan had to do a science project for school. She decided to study the effects of the sun on an egg on the sidewalk. She waited outside all day. By the end of the day, the egg was cooked, but inedible. Joan concluded that cooking eggs on the sidewalk is ill-advised. |
Stendeck is an electronic music act fronted by Alessandro Zampieri (born June 14, 1977), and is heavily associated with the industrial music scene. Zampieri is a classically trained pianist, forming Stendeck in 1999 as part of a growing interest in electronic music. In 2002 he made his first demo album, A crash into an... |
Donald Rhys Hubert Peers (10 July 1908 – 9 August 1973) was a Welsh singer of traditional pop. His best remembered rendition and signature song was "In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook". |
Wainwright Airport may refer to: |
Straszyn Prędzieszyn is a non-operational railway station in Straszyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. |
Briana had an upcoming violin recital. She was very nervous. She practiced for many hours. During her performance she played flawlessly. She then smiled in happiness. |
In Defiance of Existence is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 20 January 2003. |
Hawkman (Carter Hall) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first character to use the name Hawkman. There are two separate origins of Carter Hall; the Golden Age origin and the Post-Hawkworld (or current) origin. |
Carmen wants to be more active. She decides to join the local softball league. She finds the other players are very friendly. Carmen loves playing with the softball league. Carmen is happy she found a way to be more active. |
Sohail Fazal (born November 11, 1967, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two ODIs in 1989. He is one of the few Christians to have played for Pakistan. |
Ama Benyiwa-Doe aka Ama Chavez (born 1950 – 19 September 2021) was a Ghanaian politician who served as Regional Minister for Central Region. |
Kya was given the lead role in Swan Lake. She was nervous and afraid. It was a very hard role! But Kya practiced very much, very often, and very hard! On opening night, they loved her so much, she got a standing ovation! |
Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east of North Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a high, rocky r... |
Jerome Jones (born October 25, 1981), also known by his stage names Romeo and Young Rome, is an American rapper and singer. He is a member of R&B group Immature/IMx. Jones released his solo debut album Food for Thought in 2004. |
Dired (for Directory Editor) is a computer program for editing file system directories. It typically runs inside the Emacs text editor as a specialized mode, though standalone versions have been written. Dired was the file manager, or visual editor of file system information. The first version of Dired was written as... |
The Boise School District #1 is one of 115 public school districts in Idaho. The Boise School District serves a 456 square mile area of Ada County and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The district was founded in 1865 under the auspices of Idaho Territory. Formerly the largest school district in the state, it now ranks... |
With origins in the early 20th century, a donor recognition wall (also known as a donor wall or donor display) is typically a wall-mounted display found in a centralized location of a hospital, university, museum, library, worship facility, or other nonprofit institution. It consists of a listing of names of persons or... |
Ian McOrist (born 6 November 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). |
Rochelle walked outside on an icy December night. The pavement was covered with snow. Rochelle slipped on a patch of ice underneath the snow. She fell down and went face first into the ice and snow. She earned the nickname Rudolph because she scraped her nose. |
Humbert of Romans (, Romans-sur-Isère – 14 July 1277, Valence, Drôme, France) was a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263. |
Ching Roi Ching Lan (), also known as Ching 100 Ching 1,000,000, is a Thai game show. It was first introduced in 1990. It is one of the most popular game shows in Thailand and has survived on screen until now. The show is divided into four sections, and the participants are the hosts, the comedy actors and celebrity gu... |
The Federation of International Civil Servants’ Associations (FICSA) was founded in Paris in 1952. Its earliest members were the Staff Associations of the United Nations, New York; the European Office of the United Nations, Geneva; UNESCO; ICAO; WHO; WMO and the Staff Union of the ILO. FICSA has since expanded to a fed... |
My husband made us a special dinner. He made a 5 course meal. It included something for everyone. We all sat down at the table to eat. It was a nice family meal. |
The Rounder Girls represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "All To You" where they reached 14th place. The Rounder Girls consisted of three women: Tini Kainrath, Kim Cooper and Lynne Kieran, who are from Vienna, New York, and London, respectively. |
Personnel branches, in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), are groupings of related military occupations. |
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, (7 May 1867 – 10 May 1949), was a British politician. |
A couple was having financial issues. They talked about what they could cut. The woman wanted to cut Netflix. The guy agreed. They saved some money. |
Robert René ('René') Kuczynski (1876–1947) was a left-wing German economist and demographer and is said to be one of the founders of modern vital statistics. |
My brother had a parakeet. I used a fake bird to play with it. Then I switched the fake bird with a bear. The bird was confused. The bird fell for the trick every time. |
Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections was a BBC Radio 2 satirical comedy show starring Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor. It also stars Richie Webb, and one female "special guest". |
Joe rented a movie from one of the last rental stores. He had it for five days so he was going to keep it that long. At the end of the fifth day he decided to take it back. The store closed early that night. Joe now has to pay a ten dollar late fee on a five dollar movie. |
As we visited with my uncle, he taught us a lot. He walked on the property with me, and showed me his chickens. He told me about the history of his Fjord horses. He'd gotten them from a norwegian friend years ago. I enjoyed listening to his stories that day. |
Pittance (through Old French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving-kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death, festivals, or other similar occasions. The word was early transferred... |
Janie made spaghetti sauce for her family. It took a lot of work and she was proud of herself. When she tasted it, it was missing something. Janie realized she forgot the fresh garlic. She added it and it was perfect. |
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