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SCREEN3 is a technology used and designed by Motorola to push news and information to mobile phones.
My niece took her boyfriend to visit the family on July 4th. We are from MA and the boyfriend is from Ohio. We suspected they were going to announce an engagement. They did not announce any engagement and said he was only visiting. Everyone was amazed.
Halvard Hanevold (3 December 1969 – 3 September 2019) was a Norwegian biathlete.
Cytochrome P4502C8 (CYP2C8) is a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics in the body. Cytochrome P4502C8 also possesses epoxygenase activity, i.e. it metabolizes long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, e.g. arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexa...
I bought a special book for my sister's 40th birthday present. It was autographed by her favorite author. I carefully wrapped it and placed it in a safe place. The day of her party I went to get the book and it was gone. I searched the entire house and it was and is still missing.
Government Medical College Kannur, Pariyaram, or Pariyaram Medical College, was established in March 1993 at Pariyaram in Kannur district, Kerala state, South India. It was the first medical college to be established under the cooperative sector in India and was then called Academy of Medical Sciences (ACME).
William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. bet...
The traditional music of the Philippines reflects the Philippines' diverse culture, originating from more than 100 ethnolinguistic groups and shaped by a widely varying historical and sociocultural milieu.
Charles moved to the beach recently. There was a storm warning. He had never been in a storm before. Unfortunately he couldn't afford to go anywhere. He decided to ride it out and was scared the whole time.
Woodville Historic District in Woodville, Mississippi is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was initially listed in 1982 and expanded on three later occasions. It includes Office and Banking House of West Feliciana Railroad and it may include Rosemont (Woodville, Mississippi), bo...
The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states, the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts, as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court.
Comiso () is a comune of the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Southern Italy. As of 2017, its population was 29,857.
Alexander "Sandy" Messent Cairncross OBE (born 8 March 1948) is an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He has an interest in environmental interventions for disease control, including both technical issues and policy.
"Thanks for the Memory" (1938) is a popular song composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and recorded by Shep Fields and His Orchestra featuring John Serry Sr. on accordion in the film and vocals by Bob Goday on Blueb...
Tim was meeting friends at a movie. He was running late. When he got there he missed part of the beginning. He tried to ask his friends to catch him up. They told him to be quiet and let them watch.
Robert McLachlan FRS (10 April 183723 May 1904) was an English entomologist specializing in the study of lacewings (Neuroptera) and caddisflies (Trichoptera).
John Stinson (March 12, 1764 – January 7, 1842) was a political figure in Upper Canada.
is a 2000 anime OVA based on characters created by Leiji Matsumoto about how the planet La Maetelle becomes the planet Andromeda, also known as Planet Maetel ("the mechanized world"). It serves a link between Matsumoto's previous series Queen Millennia and Galaxy Express 999. Space Symphony Maetel. The OVA and series a...
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in L...
Jane was very interested in history. She decided to watch a documentary about WWII. It was riveting and very well done. Jane learned a lot she hadn't known before. She decided to check out the next documentary in the series.
Las Piedras is a city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the seventh most populated city of the country.
Hanna wanted a new pair of shoes. She begged her Grandma to buy the shoes. Her grandma said not today. Hanna gave her a wide-eyed look. Her grandma gave in and bought the shoes.
The little girl was watching Elmo episode. Elmo has got in some trouble. The little girl started to cry. Mom explained to the girl, Elmo will be ok. The girl was happy.
My daughter's college roommate was rich. Her father had retired at forty five. He complained about the high cost of college. He applied for financial aid and was denied. I thought he was being very facetious, and thought less of him.
Nadelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charlton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir (), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 06 February 1977. The organisation is generally understood to be the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and several of the leaders of the student organisation have gone on to become notable leaders...
Richard Cevantis Carrier (born December 1, 1969) is an ancient historian. He is long-time contributor to skeptical websites, including The Secular Web and Freethought Blogs, Carrier has published a number of books and articles on philosophy and religion in classical antiquity, discussing the development of early Christ...
Target Field is a baseball stadium in the historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Since its opening in 2010, the stadium has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The stadium hosted the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It has also served as the home of other local and regio...
Jamaal RaShaad Jones Charles (born December 27, 1986) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he won the 2006 Rose Bowl, and was drafted by the Kansas City...
Vince heard a loud noise in his son's room. He tried to run towards the room. When he opened the door, he looked on the ground. He saw a magazine and a barbie doll. Although the dolls were just toys, he looked curious.
Jervis has been single for a long time. He wants to have a girlfriend. One day he meets a nice girl at the grocery store. They begin to date. Jervis is happy that he is no longer single.
New Bern National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Bern, in Craven County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 7,517 interments. It is currently closed to new interments.
Graftonite is an iron(II), manganese, calcium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula . It forms lamellar to granular translucent brown to red-brown to pink monoclinic prismatic crystals. It has a vitreous luster with a Mohs hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 3.67 to 3.7.
Susie finished up her speech. At the end of her speech she got a lot of applause. Susie was really happy that people liked it. Many encouraged her to do some more. Susie agreed.
Tom was a professional photographer. Tom wanted a picture of a lion. Tom went to Africa. Tom saw a lion. Tom took a picture of a wild lion.
Rob & Fab was a short-lived dance-pop music duo formed and fronted by Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan in 1990, following their departure from the commercially successful but ill-fated group Milli Vanilli.
Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan (born 3 January 1931) is an Indian physicist, specializing in condensed matter physics.
When I moved to South Dakota I needed to file documents for my LLC. I gasped with surprise at the hefty fees! They were fifteen times as much as they were in my previous state! I thought long and hard about what I should do. Eventually I decided to just dissolve my company.
The Battle of Coral–Balmoral (12 May – 6 June 1968) was a series of actions fought during the Vietnam War between the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 7th Division and Viet Cong (VC) Main Force units, north-east of Saigon. Following the defeat of the PAVN/VC Te...
Eli loved eating turkey every Thanksgiving with his family. One day, though, he saw a live turkey. It gobbled around its farm proudly. Eli was touched by its vitality. He swore never to eat turkeys again!
Elissa put her clothes and soap in the washing machine. Ten minutes later, Elissa saw water creeping down the hallway. She checked on the wash and saw water everywhere. She quickly turned off the machine and cleaned up the mess. Now, Elissa needs a new washer.
Prithviraj Sukumaran (/pr̩it̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam and Tamil language films. He has also done Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles and has received several awards including a Na...
The International Olympic Stadium (), also known as the Rashid Karami Municipal Stadium (), is a 22,400 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Tripoli, Lebanon. Formerly used for football matches, the stadium is mainly used for international rugby league tests. It also has athletics facilities.
Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor whose career spanned nearly seventy years. He directed, wrote, produced and edited many films. The following attempts to be a comprehensive filmography.
Monika Wagner (born 28 February 1965 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) is a German curler. She currently plays third for Andrea Schöpp, who was born eight hours before her in the same hospital.
Oshadhiparvata () is a mythological mountain featured in the Ramayana. It is described to possess a number of medicinal plants growing upon its summit. In the Ramayana, the bear-king Jambavan requests the vanara Hanuman to travel to Oshadhiparvata and carry the medicinal herbs that grow on its southern summit to the ba...
In jazz harmony, a So What chord is a particular 5-note chord voicing. From the bottom note upwards, it consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval. It was employed by Bill Evans in the "'amen' response figure" to the head of the Miles Davis tune "So What".
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of...
Putah Creek (Patwin: Liwaito) is a major stream in Northern California, a tributary of the Yolo Bypass, and ultimately, the Sacramento River. The creek has its headwaters in the Mayacamas Mountains, a part of the Coast Range, and flows east through two dams. First, Monticello Dam forms Lake Berryessa, below which Puta...
DUALabs (National Data Use and Access Laboratories) was the name of an American company that created and disseminated microdata and aggregate data files for the 1960 and 1970 censuses.
Martha Raddatz (; born February 14, 1953) is an American reporter with ABC News. She is the network's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent reporting for ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for The New Republic and is ...
When I was at the beach today there was a major flock of seagulls. I was sitting down on a chair when five seagulls came around. The birds came and started eating my lunch. I was horrified. I had to run and eat the rest of my food near my car.
“Sweet Black Angel” (sometimes known as “Black Angel”) is a song by the Rolling Stones, included on their 1972 album Exile on Main St. It was also released on a single as the B-side to "Tumbling Dice" prior to the album. The song features a West Indian rhythm.
Ostrov is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Adice () is an urban neighborhood belonging to the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Rick was so broke. He needed food and to pay his bills. Finally he received his pay check. He was so happy! He took care of all his obligations.
Friends of the Don East (FODE) is a non-governmental organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are an environmental group whose goal is to preserve and protect natural areas in the Don River watershed.
"Don't Call Me Baby" is a song by Australian house music duo Madison Avenue, released as the first single from their only studio album, The Polyester Embassy (2000). Written by Cheyne Coates, Andy Van Dorsselaer, Duane Morrison, and Giuseppe Chierchia, the song includes a bassline sample from "Ma Quale Idea" by Italo d...
I had to watch this webcast for school. I thought it was going to be really boring. It was two hours long. I sat down with a beer and watched it. I actually really liked it.
Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line.
Jake was playing in the sandbox. Suddenly another kid toddled over and hit him. Jake was stunned! But he bit his lip to keep from crying. He knew the child was too young to be blamed.
The Campo San Polo is the largest campo in Venice, Italy, the second largest Venetian public square after the Piazza San Marco. It is located in the Sestiere San Polo.
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official public access geospatial information clearinghouse. PASDA serves as Pennsylvania's node on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). PASDA is a cooperative effort of the Pennsylvania Geospatial Technologies Office of the Office of Information Te...
Joe has an English test tomorrow. He has not studied at all. He decided to go to a party instead. When Joe got to his test, he tried his best. However, Joe made a bad grade.
Ann and Dan got a new apartment. Ann invited her mother to come see their apartment. Ann's mother noticed that they didn't have a dining table. The next time she visited, she brought a table. Ann and Dan were thankful for the gift from her mother.
Söllichau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg. It is situated between the small towns of Bad Düben and Bad Schmiedeberg, in the middle of the Düben Heath. The former municipality had one constituent centre, d...
Louise Clare Pratt (born 18 April 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016, and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party, and served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2007. She was the youngest woman ever elect...
Aiden always wanted a pet turtle. His parents wouldn't get one for him. He promised to do double chores for two weeks. They reluctantly agreed. Aiden was happy with his turtle, but not the extra chores.
Anthony Michael Peter Gabriel (born December 11, 1948) is a former professional Canadian football pass receiver who played in the Canadian Football League from 1971 to 1981. He played for both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in August 1985. In...
Mary loved butterflies. One day she noticed several large caterpillars in her garden. She decided to bring them inside to protect them from birds. She put them in a terrarium with lots of leaves for them to eat. Eventually they metamorphosed into butterflies!
Enos or Enosh ( ʾĔnōš; "mortal man"; ; Enṓs; Ge'ez: ሄኖስ/Henos) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as the first son of Seth who figures in the Generations of Adam, and is also referred to within the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.
Tom was playing his Xbox and out of frustration threw his control. It broke on his wall. Tom needed a new one so he went to gamestop and bought a new one. Tom went home and started playing Xbox again. Tom learned to control his frustration.
Peter decided to seed a lawn by himself. He bought grass seeds in a garden store. He planted grass seeds. After a week he was surprised no grass appeared. He forgot to water a lawn.
Ollie had just finished up at his yearly doctor's appointment. He'd had a really hard time, especially due to his shots. Then the nurse offered him some stickers. Ollie saw a roll of dinosaur stickers, his favorite creature. He thanked the nurse and played with his stickers all day.
Andrew was in class and needed a pen. He asked three kids for pens and they didn't have a extra pen. He asked more kids and had no luck. Finally he found a kid who had one. Andrew was happy and wrote down notes with his borrowed pen.
One day Dennis's car was parked on the street. Someone drove into it. Dennis was happy to get the insurance money. The city sent Dennis a ticket for leaving his wrecked car on the stree. Dennis gave it to the teenager who lived next door.
12" Collection and More is compilation album released by the funk group Cameo in 1999. This 10-track collection represents Cameo's funkier side, and can be viewed as a companion piece to the previous year's The Ballads Collection. The album contains two versions of "She's Strange" and a previously unreleased mix of "Ba...
Adriana always played at the local park. This summer, the city tore down the old playground equipment. They replaced it with new, updated equipment. Adriana arrived at the park, ready to play. She enjoyed the new slides, swings, and merry go round.
The Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) was an assessment required by the No Child Left Behind Act administered by the Unit of Student Assessment in the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). The CSAP was designed to measure how well students are learning material from the Colorado Model Content Standards, the ...
Cellach mac Faelan was the eighth of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 and 1050, significant in County Kildare History.
Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.
A box blur (also known as a box linear filter) is a spatial domain linear filter in which each pixel in the resulting image has a value equal to the average value of its neighboring pixels in the input image. It is a form of low-pass ("blurring") filter. A 3 by 3 box blur ("radius 1") can be written as matrix
The Victoria Golf Club is a golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of Vancouver Island, overlooking the ...
The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation.
Ctenosaura pectinata is a species of moderately large lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to western Mexico.
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park () is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was created on January 11, 1961, by President Juscelino Kubitschek, and listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001. It occupies...
Lynda Schor is an American writer known for her satirical feminist short fiction including the collections Appetites, True Love & Real Romance, and her latest, The Body Parts Shop. Her stories have appeared in many literary journals, magazines, and anthologies and have been nominated for many prizes including an O. He...
Atherfield is a rural location in the south west of the Isle of Wight, UK. It includes the small settlements of Atherfield Green and Little Atherfield, as well as several farms, and is set in largely open farmland. To the south west it is bounded by the cliffs of Chale Bay and Brighstone Bay, which are divided by Ather...
Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in the prior two decades. It omits the rock music and free jazz influences that began to appear in jazz during this period, instead preferring acoustic instruments, conventional piano comping, walking bass patterns, and swing- and bop-based ...
A Madonna wannabe, or Madonnabe, is a person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer Madonna. When she emerged into stardom in the mid-1980s, an unusually high number of women, particularly young women and girls, began to dress and do their hair and makeup in the style that Madonna displayed in public...
A school choir entered a competition. They had practiced very long, hard hours. They sang for ten minutes for the judges. The judges liked it immensely. The choir won first place.
My son's FB friend owns a house in Allston. She has been there for ten years. Yesterday she got a $100 parking ticket. Her car was too close to a fire hydrant. She went on FB to voice her discontent.
Transair was an airline based in Canada. It was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines in 1979. Transair's operational headquarters was located at the Winnipeg International Airport in Manitoba.
The Battle of Mayi (), also known as the Scheme of Mayi (馬邑之謀) or the Encirclement at Mayi (馬邑之圍), was an abortive ambush operation by the Han dynasty against the invading Xiongnu forces led by Junchen Chanyu, with minimal casualties from both sides. Although no fighting actually took place, it marked the end of de ju...
Tesfaye Gessesse (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ገሰሰ; 27 September 1937 – 16 December 2020) was an Ethiopian stage and film actor regarded as one of the most important exponents of Ethiopian modern theatre. During a career that spanned 40 years, he was an actor, director, and theatre administrator. He wrote and directed several plays w...
Soulstar is a hybrid rail shooter/third-person shooter video game developed and originally published by Core Design for the Sega CD in North America in September 1994, Europe in October by Core Design, and later in Japan by Victor Entertainment on December 22.
Christy Felling (née Harvey) is director of strategic media and external affairs for Share Our Strength.
Barry always encouraged his daughter to do what she wanted. Recently, Barry's daughter told him she wanted to be a mechanic. Barry was shocked, but he decided to support his daughter. Barry's daughter is now a successful car mechanic for Toyota. Barry is so proud of his daughter's accomplishments as a mechanic.
Jake was given a new puppy for his birthday. He named the puppy Spot. One day Jake took Spot for a walk through the park. Spot hurt his paw while they were playing. Jake took Spot home early.