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Tiffany Villarreal is an American R&B singer of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent from San Antonio, Texas, United States. She sang vocals on Baby Bash's "Shorty DooWop", as well as "The Hood" by Raekwon and "In the Ayer" by Flo Rida. She released her self-titled debut album in 2004, only in Japan. The album features gu...
This is a list of cases reported in volume 83 (16 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1873, along with two cases from 1872.
Telefoni Bianchi (; white telephones) films, also called deco films, were made by the Italian film industry in the 1930s and the 1940s in imitation of American comedies of the time in a sharp contrast to the other important style of the era, calligrafismo, which was highly artistic. The cinema of Telefoni Bianchi was b...
Neil Fanning (born 12 April 1967) is an Australian actor, stuntman and safety supervisor. He is best known for performing the voice of the lead character Scooby-Doo in the movies Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Neil's entertainment career has spanned over 30 years performing live shows and over 50 movi...
Hangleton is a suburb of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; the medieval manor house is Ho...
The anterior triangle is a region of the neck.
Antonio José Martínez (January 17, 1793 – July 27, 1867) was a New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician. He lived through and influenced three distinct periods of New Mexico's history: the Spanish period, the Mexican period, and the American occupation and subsequent t...
The Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL) is a Canadian developmental junior ice hockey league. The league has primarily had teams in the Greater Toronto Area, Central Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, and Quebec.
Mack was a large black lab puppy. He slept in bed with me every night, but his gas was terrible. One night, his gas was so atrocious that I moved to the couch to sleep. I could smell it all the way into the living room. Eventually he joined me on the couch.
Jack Micheline (November 6, 1929 – February 27, 1998), born Harold Martin Silver, was an American painter and poet from the San Francisco Bay Area. One of San Francisco's original Beat poets, he was an innovative artist who was active in the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research (WFBR) was a non-profit biomedical research institute based in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States.
As a boy, Jeremy received a toy basketball as a birthday gift. It was his favorite toy. He took it everywhere. Eventually, he became a professional player. Jeremy attributed his success to the gift he received so long ago.
William Henry Gilder (August 16, 1838 – February 5, 1900), was an American soldier, journalist, explorer and writer.
My brother's friend GP is Indian. He has dark skin. He dresses in western style clothing and is a citizen of the USA. The day after 911 a policeman stopped and questioned him. GP was very upset at this.
Shek Pik () is an area located along the southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. When the Shek Pik Reservoir was built, villages at Shek Pik were demolished and the villagers were relocated to other parts of Lantau Island and to Tsuen Wan. Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison.
Shed Style refers to a style of architecture that makes use of single-sloped roofs (commonly called "shed roofs").
Spalirisos, also spelled Spalirises, (Greek: , (epigraphic); Kharosthi: , ) was an Iranian king who ruled Arachosia in the 1st century BCE.
Susie loved fried chicken. She had the best recipe. All of her friends loved it. They begged her for the recipe. But she insisted it was a secret.
In geometry, the chamfered dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 80 vertices, 120 edges, and 42 faces: 30 hexagons and 12 pentagons. It is constructed as a chamfer (edge-truncation) of a regular dodecahedron. The pentagons are reduced in size and new hexagonal faces are added in place of all the original edges. Its ...
Ivan is a ruthless tax collector in his neighborhood. He is known for being a rough person to talk to even when not working. Ivan had to collect from a very poor family one day. He arrived outside their shambles of a home and had a change of heart. He left without collecting after seeing how little the family had.
In high school I developed a huge crush on one guy. One day I ran into him after school and he gave me a ride. Before he dropped me off, I invited him to my house. I was so nervous and delirious about the proposal I had made. Unfortunately, my mom said he couldn't come and I was devastated.
Jane was listening to her phone messages. SHe had a recorded message from someone from the IRS. She listened to the scary recording several times. She called them back and soon realized it was a scam. She deleted that recording immediately!
Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo was a railroad line in Baja California, Mexico, established in 1901. Within a few years a controlling interest in the railroad was bought by the American Southern Pacific Railroad company. The line eventually built was a predecessor to the Ferrocarril Sonora – Baja California. In 1929 the...
NYSE American, formerly known as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), and more recently as NYSE MKT, is an American stock exchange situated in New York City. AMEX was previously a mutual organization, owned by its members. Until 1953, it was known as the New York Curb Exchange.
Lipno (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a town in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about southeast of Toruń. It is the administrative seat of Lipno County and of Gmina Lipno. Its population is 14,791 (2010).
This is a list of cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other places in the U.S. state of Arizona, which start with the letter O. This list is derived from the Geographic Names Information System, which has numerous errors, so it also includes many ghost towns and historical places that are not neces...
North Coast Rocketry was a model rocket company founded in 1983 in Cleveland, Ohio by Chris Pearson and Matt Steele. Dan Kafun added as a partner in 1989.
Virginia had a very big bell. This bell meant a lot to Virginia as well. One day, the bell went missing. Virginia began searching everywhere for the bell. Eventually, Virginia found the bell in her bedroom.
"Nothing as It Seems" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by bassist Jeff Ament, "Nothing as It Seems" was released on April 25, 2000, as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Binaural (2000). The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also ...
Protomelas is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The genus is part of the haplochromine tribe and have maternal mouthbrooding and sexual dimorphism typical of this group. Popular in the aquarium hobby, Protomelas species are sold under a variety of trade names (e.g., Taiwan Reef Ci...
1408 is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on Stephen King's 1999 short story of the same name. It stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, was directed by Mikael Håfström and released in the United States on June 22, 2007.
Lola had always wanted to go to space camp, but couldn't afford it. So when her daughter shared her space obsession, Lola smiled. She was determined to send her child to space camp! She scrimped for over a year, but finally she could afford it. And Lola's daughter said it was the best time of her life!
The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, abbreviated as FACT, is an Indian central public sector undertaking headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It was incorporated in 1943, by Maharajah Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma of the Kingdom of Travancore. It is the first fertiliser manufacturing company in independ...
Puzhavathu is a neighbourhood in Changanasserry, in Kerala state. It is 1 km from Changanasserry bus stand and 2.5 km from railway station.
Vangsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway. The lake lies in the central part of the municipality, on the southwestern shore of the municipal centre of Vossevangen. The Vosso River flows through both Vangsvatnet and the lake Evangervatnet before it empties into Bolstadfjorden by the...
Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the Mātaatua was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori settlements in New Zealand. The Mātaatua was captained by Toroa, accompanied by his brothe...
Portland Christian School, based in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a private Christian school traditionally supported and affiliated with those Churches of Christ which held to a premillennial eschatology characteristic of Robert Henry Boll. Founded in 1924 in the rear of the Portland Avenue Church of Christ i...
LIGA is a fabrication technology used to create high-aspect-ratio microstructures. The term is a German acronym for  – lithography, electroplating, and molding.
Chemainus River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
The Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) () is a semi-autonomous corporation attached to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, of the Government of Pakistan. It was created in 1973 with an authorized capital of Rs.1,000 million (approximately 10 million U.S. dollars) to expand and help mineral dev...
In algebraic topology the cap product is a method of adjoining a chain of degree p with a cochain of degree q, such that q ≤ p, to form a composite chain of degree p − q. It was introduced by Eduard Čech in 1936, and independently by Hassler Whitney in 1938.
The Tuacahn Center for the Arts is an arts organization located at the mouth of the Padre Canyon, adjacent to Snow Canyon State Park, in Ivins, Utah. The facility was completed in 1995 and includes a 1,920-seat outdoor amphitheater, a 328 seat indoor theater, a black box theater, a dance studio, a costume shop, a scen...
Pete is a treasure hunter. His whole life he has been looking for a certain treasure. He has a map and the general area of where to find it. He looks for days but cannot find it. Eventually while searching he finds it and enjoys the riches it holds.
Ashley was afraid of pitbulls. One day she was walking alone in the park. Halfway through the park she ran into a loose pit bull. She was so terrified that the pitbull would bite her. Until the pitbull walked right past her and didn't even look her way.
Peter Wolff (born 10 May 1946) is a politician and attorney from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1997 to 2000.
Dax had several arrests for drinking and driving. He lost his car and his driver's license because of the arrests. One night he wanted to go to a party. He took a friend's car without permission. Dax keeps making very bad decisions.
James Charles Prevost (1810–1891) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy.
Davāzdah Imām, also known as The Shrine of the Twelve Imams, is an 11th-century mausoleum and ziyarat (shrine) in the Fahadan quarter of Yazd, Iran. It is the earliest-dated building in Yazd. It is adjacent to Zendan-e Eskandar (Alexander's Prison). The building is made of brick, and the inside bears inscriptions of th...
Adenophorea or Aphasmidia was a class of nematodes (roundworms). It has been by and large abandoned by modern taxonomy, because there is strong evidence for it being a motley paraphyletic group of unrelated lineages of roundworms.
Necromancing the Stone may refer to:
is a Japanese manga artist. Her name is a pen name that she has said "holds special meaning to her." Her first series was Millennium Snow, however she is best known for her series Ouran High School Host Club.
Ian was at a grocery store. And lots of food he didn't need caught his eye. He ended up spending money on things he's never eaten before. And they ended up sitting in his fridge for months. Ian decided to only buy what's necessary next time.
The Israeli Adjutant Corps is a support corps in the IDF Human Resources Directorate. Its current commander is Brigadier General Shlomi Sandrosi.
Sydney Gordon Smith (15 January 1881 in San Fernando, Trinidad – 25 October 1963 at Auckland, New Zealand) was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. He also played for representative sides – for the West Indi...
Thuja sutchuenensis, the Sichuan thuja, is a species of Thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It is native to China, where it is an endangered local endemic in Chengkou County (Chongqing Municipality, formerly part of Sichuan province), on the southern slope of the Daba Mountains.
Jacket Full of Danger is Adam Green's fourth solo album, released in 2006. It revisits the string-laden melodrama of his second album Friends of Mine, mostly abandoning the uptempo country folk sound of his previous release, Gemstones.
Goran Bjelogrlić () is a Serbian film producer.
Frederick Camp "Fritz" Mosher (1913 – May 21, 1990 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was a professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia who strongly influenced a generation of scholars in public administration with his many writings, and government administrator. Mosher was an important member ...
The man cleaned his ear. His ear still felt clogged. He went to the doctor. The doctor cleaned the man's ear. The man felt better.
Kevin John Bowyer (; born 9 January 1961) is an English organist, known for his prolific recording and recital career and his performances of modern and extremely difficult compositions.
Tzav, Tsav, Zav, Sav, or Ṣaw (—Hebrew for "command," the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 25th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah teaches how the priests performed the sacrifices and descr...
Sam was taking care of his friend's dog. He took it out for a walk. The dog got excited and ran off. Sam was unable to find the dog. His friend was very upset with him.
The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (; ; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".
Lori's brother Danny came down with a bad case of the hiccups. She laughed and mocked him each time he had one. Two days later, lori had a bad case of the hiccups. Danny continuously mocked and laughed at her. Lori no longer thought that hiccups were funny.
Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, minister of the Interior 1899–1900, as well as head of the ministry of Auditing, ministry of Agriculture and ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegia...
Two general elections were held in Ireland in 1927:
Valtra is an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Äänekoski, Finland. Valtra's products include tractors, combine harvesters, sugar cane harvesters, self-propelled sprayers and seed drills. Valtra has been part of the American AGCO Corporation since 2004.
Walter Prager (2 April 1910 - 1984) was a Swiss alpine skier.
Tom moved into a new apartment. He was playing music one night. His neighbor knocked on his door to complain. Tom apologized and said he didn't realize it was so late. The neighbors accepted and Tom never did that again.
Marc Hansen (born 1963) is a cartoonist and creator of Ralph Snart, Weird Melvin and Doctor Gorpon. He has been published by comic book companies such as NOW Comics, Marvel/Epic, Disney, Malibu Graphics and Kitchen Sink Press. Ralph Snart is his most successful creation that began in 1986, which had newsstand and direc...
(1534–1602) was a warlord of the Japanese province of Hitachi during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. Ujiharu was the son of Oda Masaharu and held the Oda Castle in Hitachi Province as a local power.
Kyana was going to the junior prom. She had had to buy a secondhand dress due to the price. She was afraid people would notice and mock her. But at the prom, she got a lot of compliments on her beautiful dress! Kyana was relieved and very happy!
Mikey has a drug habit. He is addicted to meth and heroin. Mikey has been using since he was a teenager. He is now forty years old. He doesn't think he will live to see forty-five.
I went to the bank the other day. I had to open a new bank account. The lady who worked with me was very nice and helpful. She opened a bank account for me. Now I can deposit my checks from work.
Matthew K. Rose (born 1960 in Salina, Kansas) is the former chairman and CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., serving in that role from 2002 to December 31, 2013. In December 2013, Rose's role was shifted to that of executive chairman, renewing speculation he might be in line to replace Warren Buffett at Berkshi...
St Vincent's College (colloquially known as Vinnies), is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Victoria Street, Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Anita teaches math in Oaxaca Mexico. But teaching conditions are poor and her pay is too low. Therefore, Anita joined the teachers' protests in the plaza. The police showed up Saturday morning to dismantle the crowd. They fired warning shots, but one hit Annita and killed her.
Peter Shreeves (born 30 November 1940) is a Welsh former football player, manager and coach.
Eungai (postcode 2441) is a town on the mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is made up of two localities, Eungai Creek and Eungai Rail, although both have the same postcode. The Eungai district is midway between Sydney (500 km) and Brisbane, midway between Port Macquarie (90 km) and Coffs Harbour, and mid...
Maryland Route 281 (MD 281) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Red Hill Road, the state highway runs from MD 7 east to the Delaware state line in Elkton in northeastern Cecil County. MD 281 and its continuation in Delaware were originally blazed in the 18th century as par...
A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a manufacturing system in there is some amount of flexibility that allows the system to react in case of changes, whether predicted or unpredicted.
Randy is planning a trip with his two sons. He needs the perfect idea to bond with them. He thinks back to what his dad did with him. He takes the boys fishing. The two boys Bond with their father and have a great day fishing.
Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald (6 December 1898 – 23 April 1977) was 37th Premier of Victoria (leading the Country Party) from 27 June 1950 to 17 December 1952, except for a few days in October 1952 when Thomas Hollway led a brief Electoral Reform League government. McDonald came to office by defeating Hollway's Li...
Jeholornis (meaning "Jehol bird") is a genus of avialans that lived between approximately 122 and 120 million years ago during the early Cretaceous Period in China. Fossil Jeholornis were first discovered in the Jiufotang Formation in Hebei Province, China (in what was previously Rehe Province, also known as Jehol—henc...
The (Formerly ) was an industry research, development, and standards body for electronics in Japan. It was merged with EIAJ to form JEITA on November 1, 2000.
Syed Amjad Ali (; 5 July 1907 – 5 March 1997) was a Pakistani politician and a civil servant during the British Raj era, who served as the 3rd Minister of Finance (Pakistan) from 1956 to 1958 and as Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1955.
Convoy commodore also known as commodore, convoys was the title of a civilian put in charge of the good order of the merchant ships in the British convoys used during World War II. Usually the convoy commodore was a retired naval officer or a senior merchant captain drawn from the Royal Naval Reserve. He was aboard one...
Stephen wanted to propose to Sally. Stephen knew he wanted to make it special. He set up the perfect date. He took Sally on a date. He proposed to Sally!
The Israel Medical Association Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Israel Medical Association. It was established in 1999, replacing the Israel Journal of Medical Sciences. The editor-in-chief is Yehuda Shoenfeld.
Gao Yun (高雲) (died 409), at one time Murong Yun (慕容雲), courtesy name Ziyu (子雨), formally Emperor Huiyi of (Later)/(Northern) Yan ((後)/(北)燕惠懿帝), was an emperor who, depending on the historian's characterization, was either the last emperor of the Later Yan, or the first emperor of its succeeding state, Northern Yan. He ...
The Connecting Railway was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated to build a connection between the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the PRR in the city of Philadelphia.
The National Cryptologic University (NCU) (formerly known as the National Cryptologic School, or the NCS) is a school within the National Security Agency that provides training to members of the Intelligence Community.
Fumifugium, or, is a pamphlet published in London, 1661 (see 1661 in literature), by John Evelyn. It is one of the earliest known works on air pollution and is still considered a significant contribution to the literature on the subject over three and half centuries after its publication. The letter was specifically a...
The Daily Tribune is an English-language broadsheet publication in the Philippines. Its office is in the 3450 Concept Building, Florida Street, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
I climb a mountain behind my house. For the first time in my life I actually saw a bear. The bear stare at me. I was so sacred. Luckily, the bear left me.
Jerry wanted to get a snack. He got up to go to the kitchen. Once he entered the kitchen he forgot why he was there. Jerry walked back to the couch. Once he sat down he remembered he wanted a snack.
Last night I kept getting facetime calls from my sister. The phone would ring and they suddenly stop. When I called back it went directly to voicemail. I was beginning to worry. She called to say that her phone was making random calls by itself.
"Reckless" is the fifth song off the album, Wild Like Children by Omaha, Nebraska-based band, Tilly and the Wall. It was released as a limited edition 7" on Trash Aesthetics on February 6, 2006.
Tom hated his bedroom. He thought it looked bland. He saved up to buy new furniture. He also matched some new curtains. Tom felt much better in his new bedroom.
The Agassiz Family is a family of Swiss origin, from the small village of Agiez near Lake Neuchatel. The family has included a number of high-profile members, such as the scientists Louis and Alexander Agassiz, as well as the founder of the Longines watch firm, Auguste Agassiz.