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Alexa Loo (born October 6, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, accountant and politician, serving as city councillor for Richmond, British Columbia since 2014. As a snowboarder, she competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. |
John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy features several major characters and many minor characters. |
Lavin is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez. |
36 Capricorni is a single, yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of Capricornus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.50. The distance to this star, as determined from an annual parallax shift of , is around 171 light years. It is currently moving closer with a heliocentric ra... |
Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso or Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, sometimes called just Maracanãzinho ("Little Maracanã" or "Mini Maracanã"), is an indoor arena located in Maracanã in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is used mostly for volleyball. Its formal name, Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso, honors a former Clube de Rega... |
Titanium(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiCl3. At least four distinct species have this formula; additionally hydrated derivatives are known. TiCl3 is one of the most common halides of titanium and is an important catalyst for the manufacture of polyolefins. |
Kim turned 5 and wanted to start Kindergarten. She went school shopping with her mom and got all her school supplies. She could hardly sleep the night before school started! She woke up early and got dressed in her nicest new school outfit. She went to school and had a great day! |
Alexander Caldwell (March 1, 1830May 19, 1917) was a U.S. Senator from Kansas. |
Abortion in Iran, as can be expected of many government policies, changed drastically between governments. |
The kids went to Chinatown for the first time. They ate some good food. They bought fun souvenirs. They stared at the beautiful lanterns. It was like being in another country! |
The age of consent in Africa for sexual activity varies by jurisdiction across the continent, codified in laws which may also stipulate the specific activities that are permitted or the gender of participants for different ages. Other variables may exist, such as close-in-age exemptions. |
dabs.com was an e-commerce retailer in the United Kingdom. It was one of the UK's largest internet retailers of IT and technology products. From 2006 until its closure in 2016, it was a subsidiary of BT Group. |
Vancouver Community Network (VCN) is a community-owned provider of free internet access, technical support, and web hosting services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
Little Loyalsock Creek is the major tributary of Loyalsock Creek in Lycoming and Sullivan counties, Pennsylvania, United States. The creek is long. Via Loyalsock Creek and the West Branch Susquehanna River, it is part of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, and waters from it flow ultimately into the Chesapeake Bay. |
Joe had always wanted to be a quarterback. He practised throwing a football all the time. His brother got tired of always having to play catch. After all the years of hard work Joe's dream came true. He was chosen to be the starting quarterback of his high school team. |
Spindle's End is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty by author Robin McKinley, published in 2000. |
Punk Goes 80's is the fourth in album in the Punk Goes... series created by Fearless Records. It contains covers of songs that were popular in the 1980s covered by various alternative rock, and pop punk bands. This is also the first album to feature the song "Your Love" by The Outfield being covered by the band Midtown... |
Enid poured some bubble bath under the running water. She couldn't wait to take a relaxing bath. As she waited for the tub to fill she noticed the bubbles growing. She realized she had put in too much bubble bath. The bubbled cascaded out of the tub and all over the floor. |
Fulci is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: |
William Henry Heinemann (18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was an English publisher of Jewish descent and the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London. |
Li Bingbing (; born 27 February 1973) is a Chinese actress and singer who rose to fame with her role in Seventeen Years (1999) and since then received critical acclaim for her roles in A World Without Thieves (2004), Waiting Alone (2005), The Knot (2006), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), The Message (2009), Detective Dee ... |
Anne Bauchens, born Roseanne Bauchens, (February 2, 1882 – May 7, 1967) was an American film editor who is remembered for her collaboration over 40 years with the director Cecil B. DeMille. In 1940, she won the Academy Award for film editing. |
Torture Garden is a 1967 British anthology horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Michael Ripper, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Ursula Howells, Michael Bryant and Barbara Ewing. The score was a collaboration between Hammer horror regulars James Bernard and D... |
Vasant Panchami (), also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparatio... |
Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born c. 1100; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; Modern Norwegian: ) was a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway (Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt). |
Bordesholm is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated around the village Bordesholm, which is the seat of the Amt. It was called Bordesholm-Land until 30 June 2007. |
The Wild Swans are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, which originally formed in 1980 shortly after Paul Simpson left The Teardrop Explodes. The band's personnel has been subject to regular turnover, with vocalist Simpson being the only constant member. |
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories. In those states and territories, it is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant gove... |
Basque Christian Democracy (, DCV; , EKD) was a Basque Country Christian-democratic party active during the Spanish transition to democracy - legalized in 1977. |
James found a robber in his house. He decided to get a gun for protection. He didn't know anything about guns, but he didn't care. That night, he heard a noise. He shot into the darkness and ended up hitting his cat. |
James was trying to make some food on the grill. He needed enough foil to wrap everything. Unfortunately it looked like he only had about half of what he needed. He decided to put off grilling that night. Later he bought the proper tools to grill everything perfectly. |
South Africa is a large country, ranked 25th by size in the world, and is situated in the temperate latitudes and subtropics. Due to a range of climate types present, a patchwork of unique habitat types occur, which contribute to its biodiversity and level of endemism. This list incorporates the mainland and nearshore ... |
Pop 'til You Drop! is the third studio album by Swedish pop group A-Teens, released in 2002 exclusively in North America and Argentina. Recorded between 2001 and 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, the album saw the group having more involvement in the composition of the album, with the members having co-writing credits on seve... |
Slab Bulkhead was the unfortunate leader of an inner city gang. He was sent to prison for attempted murder. While behind bars he found God, but never stopped managing his gang. He used his influence to defend the neighborhood and fight crime. Slab was given an early release for his good behavior. |
The Beach Boys are an American rock band who was formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies, adolescent-oriented lyrics, and musical ingenuity, they are ... |
My sister in law's grandson is 25. He has not worked a steady job since graduating from high school. Recently he moved from MA to Arizona to find himself. A month later, he returned to Boston. The rumor is he has a substance abuse problem. |
"Ghetto Qur'an (Forgive Me)" is a song by American rapper 50 Cent from his unreleased Columbia Records debut album Power of the Dollar. The song was leaked in early 2000. The song mentions drug dealers from the 1980s in his neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens. |
Salahuddin Owaisi (14 February 1931 – 29 September 2008) was an Indian politician belonging to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party and active in the Telangana region. He served as the Member of Parliament from Hyderabad for six consecutive terms until his retirement in 2004. |
Apalachicola (YTB-767) was a United States Navy named for Apalachicola, Florida. |
John always wanted to learn how to fly a plane. He ended up joining his uncles flight school. He ended up flying a plane with his uncle after one month of training. He had his first solo flight a month after his flight with his uncle. He was awarded with his pilot's license a month later. |
Ina found a fancy plate at a yard sale. The next day she used it to microwave some food. Then she heard a crackling. The gold on the plate's rim was sparking! Ina hurried to remove it from the microwave. |
Woolworths Holdings Limited () is a South African multinational retail company that owns the South African retail chain Woolworths, and Australian retailer Country Road Group. Woolworths, however, has no association to Australia's Woolworths supermarket chain. |
Marigliano is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. |
Paul Jackson (born ) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a or in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the Huddersfield Giants (two spells), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Castleford Tigers (Heritage No. 795) (two spells), Whitehaven and the Dewsbury Rams. |
Psionics, in tabletop role-playing games, is a broad category of fantastic abilities originating from the mind, similar to the psychic abilities that some people claim in reality. |
Corina is a female given name of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη (korē) meaning "girl, maiden". Variants and diminutives include Corinna, Cori, Corri, Corinne, Corine, Kora, Korina and Korinna. |
Anaïs, full name Anaïs Croze (born August 20, 1976), is a French singer. Her first album, called The Cheap Show, was recorded live in January 2004 and released in 2005. The Cheap Show, a pun on "peep-show", is titled such as she is the only musician on stage and makes extensive use of her JamMan pedal. |
The Shanghai Stadium () is a football-specific stadium in Shanghai, China. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG, and has been the current home of Shanghai Shenhua since 2023. |
My family arrived at a buffet for mother's day. The place was crowded. The hostess said they will call us when it is our turn. However, couple minutes later she called us. This was strange because there was people waiting longer than us. |
Burger King is a restaurant founded by the Hoots family and operated by Burger King LLC of Illinois in Mattoon, Illinois, United States; it is not related to the fast food chain Burger King. The restaurant's founders claim that it is the "original" Burger King and predates the fast food chain. A 1968 court case between... |
DNA supercoiling refers to the amount of twist in a particular DNA strand, which determines the amount of strain on it. A given strand may be "positively supercoiled" or "negatively supercoiled" (more or less tightly wound). The amount of a strand’s supercoiling affects a number of biological processes, such as compact... |
Friulian (or Friulan) literature is the literature of the autonomous Italian region of Friuli, written in the local Friulian language. |
Andrew recently bought a mountain bike. He has been looking for one for the past two months. He has been riding it every day for at least an hour. Andrew takes good care of his bike so it doesn't fail on him. Andrew plans on buying a better bike in the future. |
Henry III (c. 940 – 5 October 989), called the Younger, a member of the Luitpolding dynasty, was the first Duke of Carinthia from 976 to 978, Duke of Bavaria from 983 to 985 and again Duke of Carinthia from 985 to 989. |
Victor loved playing sports while growing up. He played soccer in college. Unfortunately, Victor was recently in a car accident. As a result, he is unable to play sports like he used to. Now, Victor only watches sports on TV. |
Black Fives is a trademarked term, federally registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, that refers to the all-Black basketball teams that existed in the United States between 1904, when the game was first introduced to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis, and 1950, when the NBA signed its... |
Central Bus Station Sofia (; abbreviated as CBS) is the main bus station of Sofia, Bulgaria. Its building was opened in 2004 and covers an area of , of which the waiting area is . The bus station has 57 ticket windows, which accept cash, debit and credit. At any time, between 47 and 50 buses may enter or leave the stat... |
Kancherla palem is a neighborhood of Tenali city in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated on a state highway between Tenali and Vijayawada, in Guntur district. |
Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish rock band from Gothenburg, formed in 1997. They have released eleven studio albums. |
The Algonquin Galleria Center is an outdoor shopping mall at the southeast corner of Randall Road and County Line Road in Algonquin, Illinois. Plans were for of space with 150 stores and restaurants set over , but were never really completed. Similar to the existing Algonquin Commons across the street, it will be an o... |
Normes de Castelló (, "Castelló's Norms"), also known as Normes del 32, are elementary orthographic guidelines that follow Pompeu Fabra's Catalan language norms for its Valencian variety. They were signed in 1932 in Castelló de la Plana by the most relevant cultural institutions of the Valencian Community. |
The National Agricultural Technology Institute (), commonly known as INTA, is an Argentine federal extension agency in charge of the generation, adaptation and diffusion of technologies, knowledge and learning procedures for the agriculture, forest and agro-industrial activities within an ecologically clean environment... |
Randy's son needed a serious surgery. They travelled to Texas to do it. Randy waited in a waiting room. The nurse came to tell him there were some complications. He got very scared. |
Charles II (Charles Louis Frederick; 10 October 1741 – 6 November 1816) was ruler of the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1794 until his death. Originally ruling as duke, he was raised to the rank of grand duke in 1815. Prior to succeeding to the throne, he served as Governor of Hanover from 1776 to 1786. |
Zuckerberg is a Jewish surname of German and Yiddish origin meaning "sugar mountain". People with the surname include: |
Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also is the lead host of "Above the Rim", which airs weekdays from 10am-1pm ET on SiriusXM NBA Radio. He is also the preseason play-by-play announcer for the New Orleans... |
Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma. |
Eichinger is a German family name: |
Shin Ryu (; 1619–1680) was a general of the Joseon dynasty. He was born into a yangban family of the Pyeongsan Shin lineage in modern-day Chilgok County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, near where his shrine now stands in Yangmok-myeon. He passed the military gwageo in 1645, and went on to hold various state positions. In 1654, he w... |
Maimansingha Gitika (), is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. They were published in English as Eastern Bengal Ballads. Dinesh Chandra Sen collected the songs, and Dinesh Chandra Sen was the editor; the collection was published by the University of Calcutta, along with another simi... |
The Al-Hilal Stadium (), nicknamed The Blue Jewel () is a multi-use stadium located in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. It is mostly used for football matches and is also used for athletics. It is the home of Al-Hilal Club and has a capacity of 35,000. |
Kylie was trying to rush before work. She had everyone dressed including herself. She also had everyone fed except for herself. This reminded her to check on her toast. Unfortunately it burned, but she had no time to make new toast. |
John Papworth (12 December 1921 – 4 July 2020) was an English clergyman, writer and activist against big public and private organizations and for small communities and enterprises. |
Serge Weinberg (born 10 February 1951) is a French businessman, and the founder and chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners, an investment firm. |
Pandesal (, lit. "salt bread") is a staple bread roll in the Philippines commonly eaten for breakfast. It is made of flour, yeast, sugar, oil, and salt. |
"Before He Cheats" is a song by American singer Carrie Underwood from her debut studio album, Some Hearts (2005). Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, it was released as the fourth single from the album. The song tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her unfaithful partner. |
Sydney is a young tennis player. She is playing in a big tournament. She wins the first round. She wins the second and third. The final round Sydney gives it her all and wins. |
Biohazard is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band Biohazard, released in June 1990 by Magnetic Air. |
It was the end of the week. Susie was quite happy about that. She was happy to relax. She popped in a movie. Then she went to bed. |
Elmer and Emma were excited about the new restaurant in town. Elmer took Emma to eat there on a Friday night. The couple ordered burgers and milkshakes. Elmer ordered some fries to share with Emma. The couple agreed to return in the future. |
Jimmy was learning how to fly helicopters. Jimmy was flying a helicopter over the city for the first time. Jimmy's instructor told him to land the helicopter. Jimmy started bring it down gently. Jimmy landed on the helipad smoothly! |
Stories of a Stranger is the fifth studio album by American rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution). The album was released on October 4, 2005 by Everfine Records and Lava Records, and debuted and peaked at #40 on the Billboard 200. |
The Battle of Pisagua ("Desembarco y combate de Pisagua"), was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru. The Chilean army commanded by Erasmo Escala, supported by the Chilean Fleet, launched an amphibious assault on the port of ... |
Heidi cannot see well. She needs to get glasses. Heidi is worried how she will look. Heidi gets to pick out her pink glasses. Heidi looks beautiful with glasses. |
Aaron's car broke down on the side of the road. He was on an empty stretch of road outside of town. A man in a truck gave Aaron a ride into town. Aaron had a signal when he got into town. Aaron used his phone from town to call a tow truck. |
Christopher James Weddle (born 1983) is a bodhrán player and instructor. He has taught workshops nationwide including Mountain View Arkansas, the Dublin Irish Festival, SE Missouri State University, Westminster College and in his home town of St. Louis Missouri. |
Hogging or sweat hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women's bodies; they aim to manipulate a female's emotional state or to derive amu... |
Mithridates of Armenia (;, ) was a Pharnavazid prince of the Kingdom of Iberia who served as a King of Armenia under the protection of the Roman Empire. |
Chevenez is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie. |
The ride was exhilarating. I screamed loudly with every turn. My son gripped my arm for dear life. My husband and daughter just laughed at us. We all had a great time on the rollercoaster. |
The Royal Academic Orchestra (Swedish: Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet) is Uppsala University’s symphony orchestra. Both the University and its orchestra are deeply rooted in history. Uppsala University, established in 1477, is the oldest in the Nordic countries, and its orchestra, which is mentioned in extant sources for... |
London Buses route 242 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Homerton University Hospital and Aldgate bus station, it is operated by Arriva London. |
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this... |
Old Town Bridge (Norwegian: Gamle Bybro or Bybroa) is located in Trondheim, Trøndelag County, Norway. |
Philipp Degen (born 15 February 1983) is a retired Swiss professional footballer. Degen was usually a right back who could also play at left back or on the right wing. Degen reached the last 16 in the 2006 World Cup with Switzerland and was selected again for Euro 2008 but did not play any games. |
Khattabi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: |
The 30th Annual American Music Awards were held on January 13, 2003, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, California. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2002. |
My sisters in law visited us last week. One sister in law lives in Greenfield, 90 miles away. She got a ride into to Boston and stayed with her sister in Watertown. They brought muffins and visited us in Cambridge. We talked for hours and had a good time. |
SCIF is an acronym for Sensitive compartmented information facility, an enclosure protecting United States secrets. |
Francine decided she wanted to do something fun this weekend. She thought that painting her nails would help make her feel fun. She painted her nails a bright blue color. Afterwards, Francine felt very happy. She was glad that she had painted her nails. |
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