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There was a candy bar in the pool. They shut down the pool. A cleaner came to clean the pool. It took four hours. They opened the pool when he was done.
Phil Hester (born 1966) is an American comic book artist, penciller and writer.
Thomas M. Boswell (born October 11, 1947, in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American sports columnist.
Larry Curtis Johnson (born July 14, 1953), better known by his stage name Maurice Starr, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his production work for boy bands New Edition and New Kids on the Block. He was fired by New Edition for embezzling funds.
Sumbat Davitis Dze (), or Sumbat, son of David, in modern English transliteration, was the 11th-century Georgian chronicler who described in his The Life and Tale of the Bagratids the history of the Bagrationi dynasty of Georgia from the beginnings until c. 1030. The Georgian scholar Ekvtime Takaishvili has demonstrat...
Kanjar Ro is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.
Jo had been having back problems. She could not figure out why. She finally decided it was her bed. She decided she needed to buy a new one. Jo was happy about her investment.
Maxine worked the overnight shift at the diner. An old man would always come in and sit in her section. One day, she noticed he seemed down in the dumps. She sat across from him and they talked for a while. He left her a ten dollar tip on a six dollar tab.
All of my brothers decided to play a prank on me today. They caught a bunch of bugs and hid them in my shoe. When I put on my shoes, I stepped in all of the bugs. I was so scared that I flung my shoe across the room. I was mad at my brothers, but we were able to laugh about it after.
The Despot Stefan Tower (; Despotova kula) or Dizdar Tower (Диздарева кула; Dizdareva kula) is a structure in Belgrade, Serbia, built , a couple of years after the city became the capital of Serbian Despotate under Despot Stefan Lazarević.
Tom had a big party. There were tons of aluminum cans left over. Tom picked them all up. He took them to be recycled. Tom made a decent amount of money.
Road Trip is the soundtrack to the comedy film, Road Trip.
Badfinger is the sixth studio album by British rock band Badfinger. The album was recorded in autumn 1973 and released in 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It was the first of two albums released by the band on the Warner label. The cover art for the album shows a woman wearing a riding outfit and hat from the 1920s and sm...
Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant often grown as bedding in gardens.
Julie overslept that morning. She had to rush her shower to arrive in time at work. As she climbed on the bus, she scratched her head. She found soap bubbles when she retrieved her hand from her hair. As soon as she arrived at work, she cleaned the bubbles away.
Walter James "Herbie" Herbert II (February 5, 1948 – October 25, 2021) was an American music manager and musician. He was best known for his work with Santana and Journey.
Jelena Abbou, née Jelena Đorđević, (born April 2, 1977) is a figure competitor model and personal trainer, born in Serbia and now living in the United States. She has also appeared in MAC advertisements.
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) file format is a textual file format describing the three-dimensional structures of molecules held in the Protein Data Bank, now succeeded by the mmCIF format. The PDB format accordingly provides for description and annotation of protein and nucleic acid structures including atomic coordinat...
Tim wanted to have a Halloween party. He waited until the last minute to set it up. Most of his friends already had plans. Tim's party was a big bust. He ended it early and cried himself to sleep.
The Godfather is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1972 by Paramount Records, and in 1991 on compact disc by MCA. Unless noted, the cues were composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carlo Savina (who was credited on the LP, but not the CD). The song "I Have but One Heart" is sung by Al Martino, ...
Tom was out shopping. He had a coupon he wanted to use. Unfortunately it was expired. Tom tried to use it anyway. It went through without trouble.
PNG Football Stadium , known by the sponsored name of Santos National Football Stadium and previously as Lloyd Robson Oval until 2015, is a sporting ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It hosted three games for the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup. It has been the home ground for the Papua New Guinea national rug...
Levadiakos Football Club () is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05. It ...
The Fourth of June is the first novel by David Benedictus.
Ethelwynn Trewavas (5 November 1900 – 16 August 1993) was an ichthyologist at the British Museum of Natural History. She was known for her work on the families Cichlidae and Sciaenidae. She worked with Charles Tate Regan, another ichthyologist and taxonomist.
The Statutes of Canada (SC) compiles, by year, all the laws passed by the Parliament of Canada since Confederation in 1867. The Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC) consolidates current federal laws in force, incorporating amendments into acts, adding new substantive acts enacted since the last revision and deleting rescin...
James Rumsey Beverley (June 15, 1894 – June 17, 1967) was a United States lawyer and politician, appointed as attorney general of Puerto Rico, serving 1927 to 1932. During this period, he was appointed as acting governor of Puerto Rico in 1929 and in January 1932, he was appointed governor by President Herbert Hoover ...
Kate was very angry with her friend. She had spread rumors about Kate. Kate confronted her and yelled at her. They screamed at each other in the school hallway. A teacher broke it fight up.
The anterior external arcuate fibers (ventral external arcuate fibers) vary as to their prominence: in some cases they form an almost continuous layer covering the medullary pyramids and olivary body, while in other cases they are barely visible on the surface.
My friend was flying over to visit me. I had made plans to pick her up at the airport at 5pm. When I got there, she said she had been waiting for me for an hour. Apparently her plane had landed at 4pm. We had forgotten to match up our time zones.
The is a Japanese double-headed drum. drums are usually laid sideways on stands, and are played on both drumheads with sticks known as . drums have been used in taiko ensembles, but are also used in the form of older Japanese court music.
The men's coxed four was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. The competition was plagued by controversy involving which boats should advance to the final. In one of the most unusual decisions in Olympic history, two separate finals were held for the event, each of which is...
Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits (Russian: Константин Каэтанович Гедройц; 25 March 1872 – 5 October 1932) was a Russian soil scientist of Lithuanian origins. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and a president of the International Union of Soil Sciences (1927–1930).
The Blaser R93 is a straight-pull action precision rifle offered in a multitude of calibers and barrel lengths manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Blaser. Designed by Blasers' designer Mr. Meinhard Zeh in 1993, it had a number of features rare on modern hunting rifles, including a manual cocking system and...
Carl was tasked with making a calligraphy of his grandmother. He spent a few hours on the task. When he was done, he put it in his car. He drove to grandma's house to give the calligraphy to her. She was so satisfied with it, that she gave him a big hug.
Tawęcino is a non-operational PKP railway station on the disused PKP rail line 230 in Tawęcino (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Tony made an amazing pizza for dinner. And after eating one slice, he wanted another one. But he knew he would regret it afterwards. He ended up having another slice, however. And his head and stomach hurt for several minutes.
Güzelyurt, formerly Gelveri (Cappadocian Greek: Καρβάλη), is a town in Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at a distance of from the city of Aksaray. It is the seat of Güzelyurt District. Its population is 2,570 (2021). Its elevation is .
Tyler made fun of Maryann for being a girl. He said she wasn't as good at anything like boys are. Maryann challenged him to his favorite video game. She destroyed him. Tyler doesn't make fun of girls anymore.
The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) is a European initiative that focuses on a methodological and technological framework that, once established, will enable collaborative investigation of the human body as a single complex system. The collective framework will make it possible to share resources and observations fo...
The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden. It is variously interpreted as either the language used by God to address Adam (the divine language), or the language invented by Adam with whic...
Jane needed extra money. She decided to walk dogs for extra cash. Her second day things got too intense. One of her walking dogs ran away. Jane lost her job.
A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum.
Justina woke up and checked her calendar. She realized that today she had a very important test. She hadn't studied, so she did quickly on the bus. During her test she felt so nervous. Luckily, she seemed to get a decent passing grade.
Martin Francis Loughlin (March 11, 1923 – March 7, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Noyes is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line in Evanston, Illinois. It is located at 909 Noyes Street (directional coordinates 2225 north, 900 west), just a few blocks west of the north end of Northwestern University's Evanston campus. The Noyes Cultural Center is also nearby. ...
Holla is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Nome Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Ulefoss. The municipality was considered part of the traditional district of Grenland, but in 1964 it beca...
In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live (normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of different actions. Value systems are prospective and prescriptive beliefs; ...
I don't particularly care for hot soup. However, it is my prefer meal for a cold day. The hot soup warms my body quickly. Making the cold bearable. Also a great source of protein to get me through the day.
Tuchomie is a non-operational PKP railway station in Tuchomie (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Town & Country Food Stores (T&C) was an employee-owned chain of convenience stores based in San Angelo, Texas. It had over 168 locations spread throughout Texas and New Mexico and yearly revenue in 2006 of over $850 million (~$ in ). It was purchased by Susser Holdings Corporation in 2007 and the stores are undergoing ...
The kid had cold feet. He got a pair of wool socks out of his drawer. The socks warned his feet up. But then his feet were too hot! He decided to switch to thin socks instead.
Lawrence Alan Shepp (September 9, 1936 Brooklyn, NY – April 23, 2013, Tucson, AZ) was an American mathematician, specializing in statistics and computational tomography.
Jane decided to go to an orange orchard today. She's been looking forward to this trip all month. She was given a basket to fill to her heart's content. She spent two hours picking out the best oranges she could find. She went home with a basket filled to the brim with oranges.
James Daly is a San Francisco Bay Area journalist and owner of 2030 Media, a content-creation firm in Northern California. Most recently, he launched TED Books, a series of ebooks produced by the TED conference. Previously, he was editorial director of GreatSchools, a website designed to better public schools through i...
André Green (; 12 March 1927 – 22 January 2012) was a French psychoanalyst.
Victoria Iphigenia "Vic" "V. I." Warshawski is a fictional private investigator from Chicago who is the protagonist featured in a series of detective novels and short stories written by Chicago author Sara Paretsky.
The 25th World Cup season began in August 1990 in New Zealand (for men only), resumed in December, and concluded in March 1991 in the United States. The overall winners were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, his fourth title (the third man to reach that milestone) and Petra Kronberger of Austria (her second). This was t...
Mohammad Yusef Khan, and other spellings, is the name of:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile () is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the foreign policy formulated by the President of Chile. It is located in the Edificio José Miguel Carrera at Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution...
Chelif River () (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff) is a river in Algeria, the longest in the country. It rises in the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of the city of Mostaganem. The water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is...
The Calabrian dialect of Greek () is the variety of Italiot Greek used by the ethnic Griko people in Calabria, as opposed to the Italiot Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina. Both are remnants of the Ancient and Byzantine Greek colonization of the region.
Thomas Young (1507 – 26 June 1568) was a Bishop of St David's and Archbishop of York (1561–1568).
Fergus Hunt (born 1876) was an English footballer, who played as a striker or right-winger.
The Slovene Littoral (, ; ; ) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. The littoral in its name - for a coastal-adjacent area - recalls the former Austrian Littoral (Avstrijsko Primorje), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adriatic coast, of which the Slovene Littoral was part.
"Look into My Eyes" is a song performed by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, written by members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone and Wish Bone, Anthony Eugene Cowan, and producer Tim "DJ U-Neek" Middleton. It was released on June 3, 1997, via Ruthless and Relativity Records as the third single from Musi...
John Sherburne (August 13, 1615 – 1698) was an emigrant from England to New England. He arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on June 12, 1632 aboard the "James" with his brother Henry Sherburne. They were early New England pioneers, penniless despite aristocratic connections in England, and rose to considerable wealt...
Celebrity biographers are authors who specialize in writing sensationalized books about the lives of celebrities. Historically, biographers have been limited to those who specialized in literary works on important personalities or those officially commissioned by a living person or if deceased, by the estate to provide...
King had always loved dancing since he was kid. He loved moving gracefully throughout the air. One day, he danced for 5 hours straight. He went viral on social media and got many fans. Now King is able to dance as his profession.
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States but with many non-U.S. members as well.
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.
The men's eight was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to two boats (total of 16 rowers and 2 coxswains). Six boats from five nations competed. The event was won by Leander Club, one of the two British boats. The silver medal went to the Belgian team fr...
The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, while three African teams took part in the boycott.
Txorierri is a valley of Biscay, Basque Country, separated from Bilbao by low mountains Monte Artxanda and Monte Abril. It includes the municipalities of Erandio, Loiu, Sondika, Derio, Zamudio, Lezama and Larrabetzu. It holds the international airport of Bilbao. It includes industrial and residential areas.
Hattie lived in Tennessee last year. She went there for college. She partied non stop while there. She drank way too much. She dropped out of school.
Bid Plus (formerly Speed Auction) was a British television shopping channel owned by Bid Shopping. The channel ceased broadcast on 1 July 2013.
Ian Michael Kinsler (; born June 22, 1982) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padres. Kinsler was a four-time All Star, two-time Gold Glove wi...
The nation was tense. Their president had just declared war. The soldiers prepared for battle. It was the first war they'd been in in decades. The president asked for the nation's support.
is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in software and consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing. The literal translation of Zuken is "graphics labo...
Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes (, "House of Israel – People of Truth"), more commonly known as the Kane Street Synagogue, is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 236 Kane Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It is currently the oldest continuously operating synagogue in Broo...
Edna Lillian Doré (née Gorring; 31 May 1921 – 11 April 2014) was a British actress. She was known for her bit-part roles in sitcoms and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 to 1990.
Delores Ivory Davis is a soprano, known internationally for her performances in opera, oratorio, and performances with the Springfield (Mass.) Symphony, St. Paul Symphony, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess as Serena and in the televised performance of Treemonisha a...
The role of the Commando Logistic Regiment (CLR), Royal Marines is to provide second line Combat Service Support to 3 Commando Brigade.
The Mandschurosaurus (meaning "lizard from Manchuria") are an extinct genus of hadrosaurids based on material from the Late Cretaceous of China and possibly also the Early Cretaceous of Laos. It was the first dinosaur genus named from China, and a mounted skeleton based on the holotype of M. amurensis is on display at ...
The International Encyclopedia of Unified Science (IEUS) was a series of publications devoted to unified science. The IEUS was conceived at the Mundaneum Institute in The Hague in the 1930s, and published in the United States beginning in 1938. It was an ambitious project that was never completed.
Hapton railway station serves the village of Hapton west of Burnley Central railway station on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern. It is unmanned. Between 2004–5 and 2005–6, passenger usage fell by 21%, but in the years since, it has risen again by more than 60%.
Antônio Filipe Camarão (c. 1580 – August 24, 1648) was an indigenous soldier from the Potiguara tribe near the Rio Grande do Norte area of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. His original tribal name was Poti, which means "prawn" (Portuguese camarão). He was born in the neighbourhood of Igapó, in Natal, or, according to s...
Tsesarevich () was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, built in France at the end of the 19th century. The ship's design formed the basis of the Russian-built s. She was based at Port Arthur, northeast China, after entering service and fought in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Tsesarevich wa...
Sölden Priory was initially a Cluniac monastery of nuns, established in 1115 at Sölden in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the 16th century it became a community of monks.
Hermitage Capital Management is an investment fund and asset management company specializing in Russian markets founded by Bill Browder and Edmond Safra. Chief operating officer is Ivan Cherkasov. Hermitage Capital Management headquarters are in Guernsey; it also maintains offices in the Cayman Islands, London and Mosc...
The International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 () is a United States federal law that amends the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by implementing the provisions of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busi...
Robert George Windle (born 7 November 1944) is an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won four Olympic medals, including an individual gold medal. Windle won the 1500 m freestyle and took bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and silver and bronze in the 4 × 200 m and ...
The People's Public Security of Vietnam (; Chữ Hán: 公安人民越南) is the main police and security forces of Vietnam, under control of the Ministry of Public Security. It is a part of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and under the de facto control of Communist Party of Vietnam.
The Deltic Preservation Society is a railway preservation group based in England. The society is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the remaining Class 55 "Deltic" diesel locomotives operated by British Rail from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Shades Valley High School (SVHS) is a four-year public secondary school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Irondale. The school was established in 1948 near Homewood and moved to its present location in 1996. SVHS is the largest of 14 high schools in the Jefferson County School District. School colors are red and bla...
I played soccer in middle school. One of the fields had grass patches. It was hard to predict which way the ball would roll. We there twice. The second time was the last game of the year.
The cornettino (plural cornettini) is the descant instrument of the cornetto family. Cornettini usually have a primary scale of C or D major, with middle C or the adjacent D the pedal note of the instrument. The regular cornett is the 'treble' instrument of the family.
Prices Fork is a small traditionally agricultural census-designated place (CDP), in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 1,066. It is located about three miles west of Blacksburg and the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
Tom got into a fight with his friend. His friend told everyone a one sided story. None of Tom's other friends questioned it. Tom was slowly ditched by his friends. Eventually he had nobody to hang out with.
Parsi Cola is a cola-flavoured soft drink produced in Iran by Sasan, which bottles Pepsi in the region along with Iranian brands Orange Shad Noosh & Lemon Shad Noosh. It is popular in parts of the Middle East. In Iran it is the main competitor to Zamzam Cola.