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Kulivatnet is a lake in the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. It sits just downhill from the border with Bjerkreim municipality in Rogaland county. The lake is somewhat V-shaped and it has a small dam on the southeastern side to hold water for hydroelectric power generation. The water flows south thr...
John started a band with his friends from work. They practiced everyday and write a few songs together. They went out and promoted themselves around town. They booked a show at a local venue. John was excited to get paid doing something he loved with his friends.
Yuhuan () is a county-level city of Taizhou, at the midsection along the coast of southeastern Zhejiang Province, China. Yuhuan, with total area of including land area of , has a total population of 392,800 containing a permanent population of 93,000 from other provinces and regions.
Billy decided to get his mom a card for mother's day. He shopped every store he could think of. Nothing was a good fit. He ended up making his own card. His mom loved it just the same.
The name of Cambodia in Khmer is (UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ), officially (UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; ). This term derives from Sanskrit (IAST: ), which means the "land of Kamboja".
Ramon Lee Armstrong (born October 6, 1937) is a former college and professional American football player. A defensive tackle, he played college football at Texas Christian University and played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Oakland Raiders in 1960.
Vecsēlpils ("old Sēlpils", formerly Sēlpils; ) is a village in Sēlpils Parish, Jēkabpils Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia, on the location of the ancient Selonian town of Sēlpils.
Nepenthes hispida (; from Latin: hispidus "bristly") is a tropical pitcher plant species native to Borneo. It grows at elevations of 100 to 800 m in kerangas forest. It is known with certainty only from Lambir Hills National Park and surrounding areas.
Cortana had a severe sleeping problem, she hadn't slept in days. The doctor prescribed to her some sleeping pills but they didn't work. The next thing that was recommended to her was an ancient tea. It was Chinese and it cured her insomnia and she was able to rest. The only side effect was that she was haunted by the w...
He sat down, looking weary. I asked him what was wrong. He said he was exhausted from a long day at work. I brought him some coffee. We sat and talked about our days for a while.
Delias hyparete, the painted Jezebel, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Sphenacodontoidea is a node-based clade that is defined to include the most recent common ancestor of Sphenacodontidae and Therapsida and its descendants (including mammals). Sphenacodontoids are characterised by a number of synapomorphies concerning proportions of the bones of the skull and the teeth.
Linales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system used this name for an order placed in subclass Rosidae with the following circumscription in 1981:
A Product of... (sometimes known as A Product of... Participation) is the first studio album by the English pop group the Thompson Twins. It was released in June 1981 on the T Records imprint, a label created by the band and distributed through the Fame/EMI label. At the time of its release, the band were a six-piece g...
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal is a national trade union federation in Bangladesh and an affiliate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. Anwar Hossain is the president of Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal.
Gordon Duncan (14 May 1964 – 14 December 2005) was a Scottish bagpiper, low whistle player and composer, born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire.
Demalagattara are a social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. Demalagattara are Theravada Buddhists by religion. They are ethnically Sinhalese but proclaim their Tamil ethnic origins, whereas all other South India-derived castes such as Karave, Salagama, Durave and Berava do not emphasise their Tamil l...
Staufenberg is the southernmost municipality of the district of Göttingen, and of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated east of the river Fulda, approx. 6 km south of Hannoversch Münden, and 12 km northeast of Kassel. Its seat is in the village Landwehrhagen.
National Bonds is a savings and investment company in the UAE. It is a private joint-stock shareholding company, established in March 2006. It is owned by The Investment Corporation of Dubai. National Bonds is Shari’a compliant and regulated financial institution.
Malew and Santon was a House of Keys constituency in the Isle of Man. The constituency was created in 1986. It elected one MHK and the constituency covered the parishes of Malew and Santon. This was slightly unusual since Malew and Santon are in different sheadings. The constituency was abolished in 2016.
Murchison-Eyre was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Allie needed some new nail polish. She decided to go out and get some. She bought six colors. When she put it on it looked great. She wanted to paint them over again.
The United States Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba (CAFC) was created by United States President George W. Bush on October 10, 2003, to, according to him, explore ways the U.S. can help hasten and ease a democratic transition in Cuba.
Terry wanted to watch the football game. He checked his channels. Terry wasn't able to watch the game on his television. Terry went to the local bar. He watched the game there.
The National Ice Hockey League () is the top men's ice hockey league in Spain. Its governing body is the Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation.
Lauren got a hotel room for the weekend. She was super excited. Her husband and her needed to get drunk. The weekend was awesome. She needed to take more time off in the future.
Andrew John Myers (born 3 November 1973) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is a loan player technical coach at Premier League club Chelsea.
Brian Edward Stewart, (born April 21, 1942) is a Canadian journalist. Stewart is best known for his news reports and documentary features as senior correspondent of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) flagship news hour, The National, where he worked for over two decades.
The ocellated lizard or jewelled lizard (Timon lepidus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to southwestern Europe.
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood is the autobiography of Mary McCarthy that was published in 1957. The book chronicles McCarthy's childhood including her being orphaned, having an abusive great uncle, and losing her Catholic faith. In the book McCarthy gives details at the end of each chapter that other family members c...
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
Eugene Scalia (born August 14, 1963) is an American attorney who served as the 28th United States secretary of labor during the final 16 months of the Donald Trump administration. Scalia previously served one year as U.S. Solicitor of Labor during the George W. Bush administration. He is a son of the late Supreme Court...
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia, (born 4 March 1937), is a British Liberal Democrat politician and a deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Tom had saved money for months to buy a new truck. On Saturday, he went down to the car lot. He found his dream truck. He negotiated all afternoon. He returned home with his brand new truck!
The Darke Crusade is the fifteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.
The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures whether a firm has enough resources to meet its short-term obligations. It compares a firm's current assets to its current liabilities, and is expressed as follows:-
The inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery (the IPDA) is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery. It supplies the head of the pancreas, and the ascending and inferior parts of the duodenum. Rarely, it may have an aneurysm.
The Z-4 Plan was a proposed basis for negotiations to end the Croatian War of Independence with a political settlement. It was drafted by Peter W. Galbraith, Leonid Kerestedjiants and Geert-Hinrich Ahrens on behalf of a mini-Contact Group comprising United Nations envoys and diplomats from the United States, Russia and...
Yesterday I ate a very healthy breakfast. I made eggs and bacon. When I made the eggs I accidentally broke a few of them. I am really glad I bought extra eggs the day before. I still have plenty of eggs left to make a healthy breakfast tomorrow.
Ole Monsen Mjelde (12 September 1865 – 7 March 1942) was a Norwegian politician of the Liberal Party who served as the Minister of Labour 1920, 1921–1923, 1924–1926, 1928–1931 and 1933–1935, and also as head Ministry of Provisioning in 1921.
George Woodcock, (20 October 1904 – 30 October 1979) was a British trade unionist and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1960 to 1969.
The Hall of the Divine Child was a boarding school in Monroe, Michigan serving kindergarten through eighth grades. It was built in 1918 and closed in 1980; the building turned into the "Norman Towers". It was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Morris Light Reconnaissance Car (LRC) was a British light armoured car for reconnaissance use produced by Morris Motors Limited and used by the British during the Second World War.
The farmer woke up early everyday. He had a lot of tasks to do. He walked into the barn to pick the eggs. The next thing he did was milk the cows. The farmer took a break as the sun came up.
Faye Deborah White, (born 2 February 1978) is an English former footballer who captained Arsenal Women in the FA Women's Super League and is the longest-serving female captain of England to date. Her Lionesses career spanned 15 years and five major tournament finals - a record four as captain. A UEFA Women's Champions...
Jasmine loved grapefruit more than any other fruit. She ate grapefruit every morning for breakfast. One day, Jasmine woke up feeling off but she still ate her grapefruit. Later that morning, Jasmine got sick and threw up in the bathroom. Since that day, Jasmine has avoided grapefruit.
Barry always wanted to play the violin. Barry had a friend that was willing to teach him to play the violin. After one lesson, Barry realized that the violin is difficult to play. Barry, had two more lessons before he decided to stop. Barry realized that he was not cut out to play the violin.
Paul J. Stekler (born January 3, 1953) is a political documentary filmmaker, a professor, and former chair and head of the production program in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication. Known for his documentary films about American politics, he was also the...
Sukladhwaja (also Chilarai) (1510-1577AD), was the 3rd son of Biswa Singha, founder of the Koch Dynasty in the Kamata Kingdom and younger brother of Nara Narayan, the 2nd king of the Koch dynasty of the Kamata kingdom in the 16th century. He was Nara Narayan's commander-in-chief and chief Minister (Dewan) of the kingdo...
"You Are Everything" is a soul song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed and originally recorded by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics.
A drumometer is an electronic device invented by Boo McAfee and Craig A. Kestner (aka Craig Alan) that is used to count drum strokes.
Chung Eui-sun (born 18 October 1970), also spelled Euisun Chung, is a South Korean billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of Hyundai Motor Group and the only son and "heir apparent" of Hyundai Motor Group honorary chairman Chung Mong-koo.
Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Bremerhaven in northwestern Germany. It is the main railway hub for the city, offering regional connections to Bremen, Osnabrück, Cuxhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude. Museal services on the line to Bad Bederkesa also call at the station during weekends in sum...
This is a list of Ultimate Marvel characters.
Cotabato Manobo (Dulangan Manobo) is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines. Dialects include Tasaday and Blit.
Scratch and sniff technology generally refers to stickers or paperboard items that have been treated with a fragrant coating. When scratched, the coating releases an odor that is normally related to the image displayed under the coating. The technology has been used on a variety of surfaces from stickers to compact dis...
Bobingen (Swabian: Boobenge) is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the rivers Wertach and Singold, on the edge of the Augsburg-Westliche Wälder Nature Park, in Augsburg District, some 13 km south of Augsburg itself.
Beth was having a lot of heartache over something she had done. She felt extreme guilt that was interfering with her life. Beth was told she should go to a therapist and talk about it. At the therapist, Beth had to recount all the painful details. Beth felt much worse after the session and did not go back.
He didn't like being called special needs. He told his mother this while using sign language. She told him it only meant he needed things a little different. He nodded, with tears in his eyes. His mother pulled over to give him a hug and tell him she loved him.
The teacher announced that today was early release day. The class stayed in school until 11 in the morning and left. Since I didn't have much homework, I spent time with my friends. We visited the beach and played volleyball. When I came home, I went to sleep.
Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The film takes its title from a Beatles song of the...
I decided to grow some onions in a garden. I planed the seeds and watered them. The next day I checked to see if anything grew. Absolutely nothing had grown since the day before. So I decided to simply buy onions at the store.
The Cross of Burgundy (; ; ; ; ; ; Portuguese: Cruz de Borgonha) is a saw-toothed (raguly) form of the Cross of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Burgundy, and a historical banner and battle flag used by holders of the title of Duke of Burgundy and their subjects.
The Death of Tintagiles () is an 1894 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. It was Maeterlinck's last play for marionettes.
Brett did not believe in luck. While he was walking home one day a shiny penny caught his eye. He bent over to pick it up because he did believe in money. Bent over, a car crashed into a tree right where he should have been. The penny has not left his jeans since, he now believes in luck.
Marana Unified School District (MUSD) is an above average, public school district located in Marana, AZ, comprising 17 schools in Pima County, Arizona. It has its headquarters in Marana. It has 12,293 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1, about 650 teachers. According to state test scores...
The Condor is the trade name of an amusement ride sold by HUSS of Bremen, Germany. It was debuted at the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair, under the name "Cyclo Tower".
I went to the beach a few weeks ago. I ended up getting a horrific burn. I was in pain for days. Finally the next week I felt better. But I definitely learnt my lesson!
The Fiat 850 (Tipo 100G) is a small rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car manufactured and marketed by Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1964 to 1973.
Joe was working late one night. He worked security and was very bored. Joe was feeling very sleepy. He decided to close his eyes and fell asleep. Only to be awoken by his boss to yell you're fired to him.
The Rhône v The Peter AB Widener is a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the "directing mind" principle of corporate liability. The Court held that an individual must have "governing authority over the management and operation" of the corporation to be considered a "directing mind".
An allele is a variation of the same sequence of nucleotides at the same place on a long DNA molecule, as described in leading textbooks on genetics and evolution. The word is a short form of "allelomorph".
Derek John Newark (8 June 1933 – 11 August 1998) was an English actor in television, film and theatre.
The family approached a small donation desk. The organization accepting donations was the American red cross. Everyone took out their wallets and donated a couple of dollars. Ben only threw a penny. He also took out a dollar to use for snacks.
Truman is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the name include:
Sandbumoen iis a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about south of the town of Otta and about the same distance north of the village of Sjoa. The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the village.
Rick loved to work on cars. His brother bought an old junker one day and asked Rick to fix it up. He rebuilt the transmission and got it running great. His brother was so impressed that he bought a garage. He made Rick an equal partner and it was a real success.
Daniel watched the spinning blades of his cottage. He saw giant bugs flying around it. In the humid air of the amazon, he couldn't sleep. He got up and looked outside. He saw two glowing eyes staring back at him, and he went back to bed.
Ebstorf is a municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km northwest of Uelzen, and 25 km south of Lüneburg.
Noël Regney (born Léon Schlienger; 19 August 1922 – 22 November 2002), was a French World War II veteran and songwriter who is best known for composing the Christmas standard "Do You Hear What I Hear?" with his then-wife Gloria Shayne Baker in 1962. Originally from Alsace, France, he moved to New York City and then eve...
In computer science, query throughput (QthD) is a measurement used to determine the performance of a database system. The throughput metric is a classical throughput measure characterizing the ability of the system to support a multi-user workload in a balanced way.
Admiral John Rivett-Carnac or John Rivett Carnac (27 June 1796 – 1 January 1869) was an officer in the Royal Navy who became an early explorer in Western Australia. He later attained the rank of admiral.
(William) Rupert Davies (12 September 1879 – 11 March 1967) was a Welsh-Canadian author, editor, newspaper publisher, and politician.
Jarrod Vincenzo Rebecchi, commonly known as "Toadfish" or "Toadie", is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Ryan Moloney. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 23 January 1995. Toadie was created by writer Elizabeth Packett. Moloney had previously audi...
The Specky Magee series is a highly popular and best-selling children’s book series in Australia. The books, written by Felice Arena and renowned Aussie Rules player Garry Lyon, chronicle the life and times of teenager Simon Magee, an aspiring Aussie Rules football champion. There are currently eight books in the serie...
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen (1990–present), is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.
Network Chemistry was a Wi-Fi security startup based in Redwood City, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by several co-founders including Gary Ramah, Rob Markovich and Dr. Christopher Waters and is backed by venture capital firms such as San Francisco-based Geneva Venture Partners, Innovacom and In-Q-Tel, the inv...
Eothyrididae is an extinct family of very primitive, insectivorous synapsids. Only three genera are known, Eothyris, Vaughnictis and Oedaleops, all from the early Permian of North America. Their main distinguishing feature is the large caniniform tooth in front of the maxilla.
David Clay Goodnow (born October 20, 1939, in Vincennes, Indiana), is an American journalist known for his work as an anchor on CNN Headline News.
Yansab is a SABIC, affiliate company in Saudi Arabia, and is the largest SABIC petrochemical complex. It will has an annual capacity exceeding 4 million metric tons (MT) of petrochemical products including: 1.3 million MT (metric-tons) of ethylene; 400,000 MT of propylene; 900,000 MT of polyethylene; 400,000 MT of pol...
James Andrew Little (born January 14, 1976, Woodbridge, Virginia) is an American carpenter, stagehand and television personality. He is currently a co-host and carpenter on HGTV's Don't Sweat It (with Steve Watson) and HGTV's Dear Genevieve (starring Genevieve Gorder).
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer (December 12, 1822July 31, 1891) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Harvard University in 1844, taught school in New England from 1844 to 1859, and took charge of the state's normal school at Charleston...
Allen Schick is a governance fellow of the Brookings Institution and also a professor of political science at the Maryland School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park. He is known as an authority on budget theory and the federal budget process, in particular. His book, Congress and Money: Budgeting...
The Myanmar Language Commission Transcription System (1980), also known as the MLC Transcription System (MLCTS), is a transliteration system for rendering Burmese in the Latin alphabet. It is loosely based on the common system for romanization of Pali, has some similarities to the ALA-LC romanization and was devised by...
Washington Lane station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 812–822 East Washington Lane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located in the Germantown neighborhood.
Twins of Evil (also known as Twins of Dracula) is a 1971 British horror film directed by John Hough and starring Peter Cushing, with Damien Thomas and the real-life identical twins and former Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson.
Municipium Cives Romanorum Felicitas Julia Olisipo (in Latin: Olisippo or Ulyssippo ; in Greek: Ὀλισσιπών, Olissipṓn, or Ὀλισσιπόνα, Olissipóna) was the ancient name of modern-day Lisbon while it was part of the Roman Empire.
Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan (August 1884 – 28 June 1958) was an eminent Muslim politician and a leading activist of the All-India Muslim League, who stood in the forefront of the Khilafat Movement and Pakistan Movement. Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic of Paki...
Tom had been feeling quite lonely. He saw an advert for a dog rescue center in the newspaper. He went to an open day and found a bulldog puppy. He adopted the puppy the following week and called it Buster. Tom has been feeling much better with Buster for company.
Karel Zahradnik (1848–1916) was a renowned Czech mathematician at the University of Zagreb. In his 23 years of productive activity in Zagreb he wrote several significant scholarly works, mainly concerned with algebraic curves.