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Marshall Maynard Fredericks (January 31, 1908 – April 4, 1998) was an American sculptor known for such works as Fountain of Eternal Life, The Spirit of Detroit, Man and the Expanding Universe Fountain, and many others. |
Simon Kuper is a British, and naturalized French, author and journalist, best known for his work at the Financial Times and as a football writer. After studies at Oxford, Harvard University and the Technische Universität Berlin, Kuper started his career in journalism at the FT in 1994, where he today writes about a wid... |
The Dartmoor Beast is an annual charitable fundraising challenge run in aid of the charity Cancer Climber Association (CCA) UK. The challenge takes the form of a daytime navigation exercise held in the Dartmoor National Park in the county of Devon, England. The challenge is usually held on a Saturday in late August o... |
The CCTV Headquarters is a 51-floor skyscraper formed out of a pair of conjoined towers that sits on the East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD) and serves as the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV). Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in char... |
Oliver did not have a very good sense of direction. There were many times he managed to get thoroughly lost. One such time was on the way to a job interview. Somehow he followed the directions essentially upside down. He had to run and run when he realized his mistake. |
Hibberts Corner is a village within the town of Washington in Knox County, Maine, United States. It is located at (44.3042402, -69.4072655), at an altitude of 354 feet (108 m). |
Dong Zhao (156 – 4 July 236), courtesy name Gongren, was an official of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlords Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang and Cao Cao consecutively during the late Eastern Han dynasty. |
Dwight "Bo" Lamar (born April 7, 1951) is a former professional American basketball player. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Lamar was a leading NCAA scorer and was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1973 American Ba... |
The Stockholm Sweden Temple () is the 34th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
Stora rubriker is a 1992 studio album from Swedish dansband Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester. It peaked at #33 at the Swedish album chart. |
Don wanted to improve his sales numbers at work. Don began doing role play with a co-worker in their off-hours. Don also watched inspiring and helpful instructional videos. Don began feeling more confident while on the phone, selling. At the end of the quarter, Don was the top salesman in the office! |
My friend Ann had a ten-year affair with a married man. He broke if off after his wife found out. His wife recently set up a FB account with her husband's name. She wanted to see who friended her husband. Ann never friended the account, knowing it was a trap. |
Campo Alegre de Goiás is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the largest producer of coffee in the state and an important producer of soybeans, corn, and wheat. |
Karapınar, formerly known as Barta is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,623 km2, and its population is 50,323 (2022). Volcanic Karapınar Field is located nearby. |
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea (SHWNG) languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, found in the islands and along the shores of the Halmahera Sea in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. There are 38 languages. |
Peter didn't like to share anything with anyone. So when he was asked to pitch in in a timeshare, he refused. His friend took the offer and had a lot of fun. Peter was jealous and wanted in. But then when regretted his decision as the house wasn't his. |
A mill worker and a rich girl fall desperately in love. Separated by life, the boy goes to fight war, she returned to college. After many years, the boy returned back to his home town. The girl is engaged to another man and moves back to the same town. After seeing each other, it was clear their love never died. |
Milton was struggling to fit in. He loved Country music. All of his friends didn't like it. Milton decided it wasn't going to stop him. Milton decided to sing country at a local talent contest. |
Bysen () is a legendary gnome-like creature that haunts the woods of the island of Gotland, Sweden. |
Dennis Phillip Zine (born August 1, 1947) is an American politician, who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 3rd district from 2001 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party who later became unaffiliated in 2011, Zine was elected to City Council in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 and 2009. |
Lazaro Openda Tikolo (born 27 December 1964) is a former Kenyan cricketer. He has played three One Day Internationals for Kenya. |
The Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program was a major United States Department of Defense (DOD) net-centric transformational initiative executed by DISA. Part of the Global Information Grid project, GIG-BE created a ubiquitous "bandwidth-available" environment to improve national security intelli... |
Drouwenermond is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 23 km north of Emmen. |
Jennifer decided to buy tickets for the Olympics. She went with her friends. They watched and rooted for their country. Their country won! They were very happy. |
Miranda's favorite doll was her troll. It had crazy pink hair that she liked to brush. She was playing with it one day when the hair fell out! Miranda was sad that her troll was now bald. It just wasn't as fun without the hair. |
Air cooled clothing is a term for clothing that actively cools down the wearer. It has primarily been used by workers in areas where air conditioning systems cannot be easily installed, such as tunnels and underground construction sites. Air-cooled clothing on the market does not operate by actually cooling down the a... |
Paul Starrett (1866–1957) was an American builder. In 1883, he graduated from Lake Forest Academy, an elite boarding school for boys which was part of the Lake Forest, Illinois, educational experiment. His brothers also graduated from this institution. As head of Starrett Brothers, Inc., in New York City, he was respon... |
Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film Chiranjeevi Sudhakar (1988) before appearing in the hugely successful 1989 film Nanjundi Kalyana. He w... |
Recep Çetin (born 1 October 1965 in Karasu) is a Turkish footballer whose career as a defender lasted from 1979 to 2002. |
Decus is a Latin word meaning "ornament". It may refer to |
Eli's dad took him to the park. There, they played a few rounds of catch. Then Eli got whacked in the forehead with a ball! His dad apologized and applied ice right away. Luckily, Eli's head didn't bruise too badly. |
Evening Attire (February 14, 1998 – January 20, 2019) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 15 of his 65 starts in a 10-year racing career with earnings of nearly $3 million. A staple of the New York racing circuit, he scored his biggest victory in the Grade 1 2002 Jockey Club Gold Cup. |
Penny was a nine-year-old who loved cooking. She pretended she was the star of a cooking show. Penny mixed up some soup in a pan. She put the pan in the microwave. The metal started a fire and the smoke detector went off! |
The Cornwall Colts are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Canada Hockey League. Before 1992, they were known as the Massena Americans, and moved to Cornwall in 1992 when the Cornwall Royals were sold and moved away from the city. |
Martín Manuel Prado Torcate (born October 27, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins. During his time with the Braves, Prado played in the 2010 All-Star Game. Primarily a ... |
The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model, or Ramsey growth model, is a neoclassical model of economic growth based primarily on the work of Frank P. Ramsey, with significant extensions by David Cass and Tjalling Koopmans. The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model differs from the Solow–Swan model in that the choice of consumption is explic... |
Alexa was on vacation with her boyfriend. She was having a nice time but she was also upset. Her boyfriend seemed distracted and sneaky all week. Just as she planned to confront him, he told her he loved her. Suddenly, he was on his knee proposing and Alexa said yes. |
Free to Stay is the follow-up LP to Smoosh's 2004's release of She Like Electric. The album was released on June 6, 2006. |
Ambelokipi (, ) is a station on Line 3 of the Athens Metro. Located at Alexandras Ave. and Panormou Ave., it is close not only to Kifissias Ave., but also to some important buildings of Athens, such as the Hellenic Police Headquarters, the Hellenic Supreme Court (Άρειος Πάγος) and the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium of Pa... |
Mark walked down the aisles of the book store. There were just too many books to choose from. Finally, he selected one and slipped it into his pocket. As he walked out the door, he heard a loud beeping. Mark had set off the alarm. |
My mom needed to go the doctor recently. She was too sick to drive herself so I had to drive her. She was very grateful that I drove her and thanked me. When I picked her up she was pleased with me again! She said the doctor gave her antibiotics and said she'd get better. |
Den Bommel is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 14 km south of Spijkenisse. |
Drudenhaus is the second studio album by the French symphonic black metal band Anorexia Nervosa. The album received very positive reviews from critics, and it meant a European breakthrough for the band. |
The discography of King Diamond, a Danish heavy metal band, consists of twelve studio releases, three live albums, five compilations, six singles, and four music videos. King Diamond was formed in 1985, after the dissolution of the group Mercyful Fate, by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denn... |
Colonel John Nicholas Blashford-Snell (born 22 October 1936) is a former British Army officer, explorer and author. He founded Operation Raleigh and the Scientific Exploration Society. |
Bill went to the cd store. He loved going there. Finally when he went everything was on sale. He couldn't believe it. He scooped up everything. |
Marko Albrecht (born 23 June 1970), known by his stage name Mark 'Oh, is a German disc jockey and electronic music producer. |
Ledbury Town Football Club is a football club based in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at New Street. |
Louis Émond (born November 9, 1969) is a Quebec writer. |
Cyberchrist is the seventh album by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1998. |
Mousel is a beer founded in 1511 in Luxembourg. |
A cutter location (CLData) refers to the position which a CNC milling machine has been instructed to hold a milling cutter by the instructions in the program (typically G-code). |
Title 21 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs food and drugs within the United States for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). |
Akksjøen is a lake in Nordre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies in the southwest part of the municipality, about to the southwest of the village of Dokka and about to the south of the village of Nordsinni. |
Willie C. Offord (born December 22, 1978) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). Willie Offord retired in 2007 due to injury. |
Catwoman: When in Rome is a DC Comics six-issue miniseries written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Tim Sale. Sale took inspiration for his art from René Gruau, the French/Italian fashion illustrator. |
St. Anthony of Padua Church or commonly known as the Franciscan Church () or the Seminary Church (Slovak: Seminárny kostol) at Hlavná ulica (English: Main Street) is the second oldest church in Košice, Slovakia. |
Mark W. Messner (born December 29, 1965) is a former American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) as a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams during the 1989 NFL season. He sustained a serious knee injury in the 1989-90 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers and never played in ... |
Eric Stanley Taylor (26 October 1924 – 17 March 2015), known professionally as Shaw Taylor, was a British actor and television presenter, best known for presenting the long-running five-minute crime programme Police 5. |
Ribonuclease P (, RNase P) is a type of ribonuclease which cleaves RNA. RNase P is unique from other RNases in that it is a ribozyme – a ribonucleic acid that acts as a catalyst in the same way that a protein-based enzyme would. Its function is to cleave off an extra, or precursor, sequence of RNA on tRNA molecules. Fu... |
Liz needed a new wardrobe. All her clothes were out of date. She had been saving up to go on a shopping. She finally decided to go shopping. Liz was happy to update her clothes. |
John Anthony Hay (21 September 1942 – 3 November 2016) was an Australian academic. He was Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University and the University of Queensland from 1996 to 2007. |
Fehmi Emre Güngör (born 1 August 1984) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Turkey squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008. |
In cryptography, key size or key length refers to the number of bits in a key used by a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher). |
She had a sudden craving for mangoes. She went to the store looking for some. She found some that were very ripe. The sweet flavor was pungent and satisfying. She ate them for every meal that day. |
Astroburger is a Norwegian rock band founded by Geir Stadheim, Helge Waaler and R. C. Thrap-Meyer in 1987. Stadheim is the main force in the group and the sole remaining member of the original band. |
Hunter is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 95. |
Franklin often ran red lights when he was driving. He thought that he would always get away with it. Even after he was ticketed, Franklin would still run red lights. Finally, Franklin got hit by a truck after he ran a red light. Franklin no longer runs red lights because he can no longer drive. |
General elections were held in South Africa on 22 April 1970 to elect members of the 166-seat House of Assembly. Parliament was dissolved on 2 March and the deadline for the submission of candidates was 13 March. |
James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education, Bevel initiated, strategized, and developed... |
Blake went to the park. He wanted to find a rare pokemon. He saw a Diglet. He threw a pokeball. He caught the Diglet. |
Ribera is a Spanish word that translates into "the basin of a river", and may refer to: |
The spinotectal tract (spinomesencephalic tract, spinotectal fasciculus, spino-quadrigeminal system of Mott) arises in the spinothalamic tract and terminates in the inferior and superior colliculi. |
I couldn't get the place clean alone. I had to go home and rest. When I got there, my husband arrived home from work early. He offered to go with me and help. Relieved, I took him with me and we cleaned up in no time. |
Sophie just moved into her dorm room at her new college. She is very excited, but also nervous about making new friends. When her new roommate arrives, Sophie helps her move in. Sophie and her roommate quickly find they have a lot in common. Sophie is relieved to be getting along with her new friend so well. |
Laura was putting things away in her shed. She reached under a shelf and felt a sting on her hand. Laura's hand began to swell. She went to the doctor. The doctor treated Laura for a spider bite. |
The O2 Academy Islington, formerly known as the Carling Academy Islington, is an indoor music venue situated in the N1 Shopping Centre accessible via Upper Street and Liverpool Road, in the London Borough of Islington. It is run by the Academy Music Group. The main venue has a capacity of 800, and the adjacent O2 Acade... |
In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative, and territorial unit known as a tithing, which sometimes, particularly in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, was known as a borgh, borow, or borough. The office was render... |
The 1970 Winter Universiade, the VI Winter Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes, took place in Rovaniemi, Finland. |
The 1972–73 WCHL season was the seventh season of the Western Canada Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 68-game season, with the Medicine Hat Tigers winning the President's Cup. |
The Cunningham scandal was a U.S. political scandal in which defense contractors paid bribes to members of Congress and officials in the U.S. Defense Department, in return for political favors in the form of federal contracts. Most notable amongst the recipients of the bribes was California Congressman Duke Cunningham ... |
Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to central and southern Europe, from Portugal and France north to the Netherlands and the Baltic States, east to the Caucasus, and also southwestern Asia in Turkey. Other vernacular names used... |
I recently finished reading Infinite Jest. It is a big, heavy novel. I bought it new, but spilled coffee on the edges. I tried to sell it on Amazon with a note about the condition. Surprisingly, I sold the book. |
Elaine went to school to be a hairdresser. After she graduated, she took the state cosmetology exam. She was discouraged because she failed the first time. After more practice, she finally passed the exam. She now works at her dream job in a salon. |
Estadio El Gigante del Norte, officially named Monumental de la Vicente López, is a multi-use stadium in Salta, Argentina. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was built in 1993. |
Allen Kenneth Watson (born November 18, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for several teams between 1993 and 2000, and a current high school baseball coach. |
Bill needs new car. He decides to head down to the dealership. He picks out a red car. He's so happy with his choice. Bill buys the car and doesn't look back. |
Coppice Performing Arts School is an 11–18 mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. |
Billy always complained about his shoe laces. He hated them coming untied in the bathroom. When he tied his shoes he would think of all those germs. Yesterday he showed up to work with velcro shoes. I seemed very happy even though everyone laughed at him. |
was an destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Young Moon". |
In 1952, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a third year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. |
Napoléon Peyrat (20 January 1809 – 4 April 1881) was a French author and historian from Les Bordes-sur-Arize (French: Les Bordes-sur-Arize). |
Karnataka Theological College (founded in 1847) is an ecumenical seminary catering to the Kannada-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in Mangalore of Karnataka in South India, and is affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College. |
The Hawaii Belt Road is a modern name for the Māmalahoa Highway and consists of Hawaii state Routes 11, 19, and 190 that encircle the Island of Hawaii. The southern section, between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as Route 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is Route 19. Between Waimea and Kailua-Kona, the road is... |
Alex decided to visit his family in Italy. The plane trip was very long and he couldn't wait to get there! His family met him at the airport and drove him to their home. Alex stayed about a week and enjoyed sightseeing and visiting. He decided that he would go more often. |
Ted went through the typical American college eating experience. He had peanut butter sandwiches and instant ramen noodles most nights. After Ted got his first "real job" and paychecks he avoided that food. Ted was on vacation in Japan and got hungry enough that he tried ramen. Now Ted is working his way through trying... |
Television Programs of America, Inc (TPA) was a New York-based US television production company in the 1950s. TPA had a Canadian subsidiary, Normandie Productions. |
The flag and coat of arms of Transylvania were granted by Maria Theresa in 1765, when she established a Grand Principality within the Habsburg monarchy. While neither symbol has official status in present-day Romania, the coat of arms is marshalled within the national Romanian arms; it was also for decades a component ... |
Italian Germans (; ) are German-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to France during the Italian diaspora, as well as the communities of Italians in Switzerland. Most Italians moved to Germany for reasons of work, others for personal relations, study,... |
Angel always dreamed of becoming a fashion model. Angel was a beautiful young girl. Angel decided to throw caution to the wind and find modeling auditions. Angel located a modeling audition taking place in the want ads. Angel went to the audition and became a fashion model. |
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