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State Highway 338 (SH 338) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway begins at a junction with U.S. Highway 259 (US 259) in Rocky Branch and heads north to a junction with State Highway 77 (SH 77) in Naples. |
Bob drove his car to the electronics store. While in the store, he saw a new computer. Bob placed the new computer in his shopping basket. Bob paid for the computer at the cash register. Bob left the electronics store with a smile on his face. |
The Lotus Mark I was the first car designed and built by Colin Chapman in 1948, while Chapman was still a student at the University of London. The car was designed to compete as a trials car, and was constructed on an Austin 7 chassis and running gear and given registration number OX 9292. Chapman built the body util... |
Ko Sichang (or Koh Sichang, , ) is a district (amphoe) of Chonburi province, Thailand. It consists of the island of Ko Sichang and its adjoining islands. Ko Sichang is in the Gulf of Thailand, 12 km off the shore of Si Racha district. |
Amber is driving down the road. Her car begins to make a loud noise. She pulls over to see what's wrong. She pops the hood and smoke flies everywhere. Amber calls for help and waits. |
Lee made a ham sandwich. As he was about to eat, he had to step outside. When he came back in, his sandwich was gone. He looked around the room and could not figure it out. Then he noticed his dog chewing and knew what had happened. |
Thomas Vent was a DJ. He'd taken months to release a new track, and his fans were anxious. He didn't want to risk anything, so he released a promo. Sadly his fans were upset, it was just like everything else he made. Thomas never recovered from the loss of his fanbase. |
Standard Basque ( or simply batua) is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version throughout the Basque Country. Heavily based on the literary tradition of the central areas (Gipu... |
Park is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It sits on the banks of the River Faughan and the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains near the village of Claudy. The village adjoins the 120-hectare Learmount Forest; Learmount Castle is situated in the forest, and has stood for hundreds of years. |
Yashodharapura (; ; "Yashodharapura"), also known as Angkor (), is a city that was the capital of the Khmer Empire for most of its history. It was established by King Yashovarman I in the late 9th century and centred on the temple of Phnom Bakheng. |
David Debin is an American writer and former producer. |
Rob loved going to the zoo. He liked seeing the lemurs the most. One day, he watched them for an hour. They were so funny! Rob decided he would like to be a zookeeper so he could work with them. |
Stan decides he would like to volunteer his time. He begins serving food at his local soup kitchen. At first Stan finds the experience uncomfortable. However, eventually he beings to love it. Stan is glad that he has become a volunteer. |
The large gray babbler (Argya malcolmi) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found across India and far western Nepal. They are locally common in the scrub, open forest and gardenland. They are usually seen in small groups and are easily distinguished from other babblers in the region by their nasal call and the wh... |
The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality () is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC37. |
East Tilbury railway station is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the village of East Tilbury, Essex. It is down the line from London Fenchurch Street via and it is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is ETL. |
When Time Ran Out... is a 1980 American disaster film directed by James Goldstone and starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset and William Holden. The supporting cast features James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Burgess Meredith, Valentina Cortese, Veronica Hamel, Pat Morita, Edward Albert and Barbara Carre... |
A Briefer History of Time is a 2006 popular-science book by the English physicist Stephen Hawking and the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow. |
Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Offensives and subsidiary operations. The o... |
Freezywater is a neighbourhood of the traditional broad definition of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It has a border with Hertfordshire. It is between Bullsmoor to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire to the north. It became more than a... |
Ryan wanted to quit smoking. He could never find the determination to quit. Ryan got bad news from the doctor. He had early signs of heart disease. Ryan had a reason to quit. |
Vetri Kodi Kattu () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Cheran. The film stars Murali, Parthiban, Meena, and Malavika, while Vadivelu, Manorama, Anandaraj, Vijayakumar, and Charle play supporting roles. It was released on 30 June 2000 and won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other... |
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. |
KEOM (88.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational high school radio station based in Mesquite, Texas. It is operated by the Mesquite Independent School District and broadcasts to the greater Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. |
A platoon leader (NATO) or platoon commander (more common in Commonwealth militaries and the US Marine Corps) is the officer in charge of a platoon. This person is usually a junior officer – a second or first lieutenant or an equivalent rank. The officer is usually assisted by a platoon sergeant. Some special units, su... |
The is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. It is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 performances per season with approximately 200,000 theatergoers. The centr... |
Krzysztof Boguszewski of Ostoja coat of arms, Clan Ostoja (died 1635) was a Polish Baroque painter. |
"The Distance" is a song by American alternative rock band Cake. Released in August 1996, "The Distance" was the first single from the band's second album, Fashion Nugget, and is considered one of their most popular songs. It was written by the band's guitarist at the time, Greg Brown. |
A fuel gas-powered scooter is a scooter powered by fuel gas. Fuel gases include such fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), biogas and hydrogen (HICE). Hydrogen (hydrogen internal combustion) use in two-wheelers has only recently being started to be looked into, mainly by developing ... |
Selma Bajrami (born 4 July 1980) is a Bosnian singer, songwriter and media personality. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager with the release of her first studio album Kad suza ne bude... in 1998. So far, she has released 8 studio albums and she is one of the most popular Bosnian singers of the 2... |
Martha always wanted to learn how to garden. She ended up volunteering at a local garden. While volunteering she met an old gardener to help her. The old gardener helped her plant her first garden at her home. Now Martha is considered an expert gardener by everyone in town. |
Predrag Cvitanović (; born April 1, 1946) is a theoretical physicist regarded for his work in nonlinear dynamics, particularly his contributions to periodic orbit theory. |
The Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial is a state park located on the Sangamon River in Macon County near Harristown, Illinois, United States. |
Kemanak () is a banana-shaped idiophone used in Javanese gamelan, made of bronze. They are actually metal slit drums. It is struck with a padded stick and then allowed to resonate. It has a specific pitch, which can be varied by covering the slit, but it is not matched to the other instruments of the gamelan. They are ... |
InterContinental Warsaw is a five-star hotel in Warsaw, located between Emilia Plater, Śliska, and Sosnowa Streets. |
Kenny rode in a small canoe with Jane. They were taking a tour around the river. A mild current started to build up. They lost control of their steer. The canoe was moving on its own until it landed on a rock. |
Lenny was driving an old car. It broke down on him at least twice a week. He had told his parents about how bad his car was. One day his father surprised him with a new car. Lenny couldn't believe his luck! |
Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic. Packages are re... |
The family was hosting an exchange student. She was from Albania. The family wanted to teach her about American life. They took her to movies and sporting events and community events. The student learned so much! |
Bruce started dating this girl Sara. Sara was really into fitness and Bruce was not. She convinced Bruce to do a Zumba class with her. At first Bruce was reluctant but went anyway. After Bruce felt good and energized so he signed up for another class. |
Bede (; , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk and an author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the tit... |
Kia's class was doing a unit on the Old West. The dry, boring text was hard to get interested in. But then her teacher showed the class some old Western films. Those were very engaging. Soon Kia was studying her lessons with avid interest. |
Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite. Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric water. |
Fantasia on British Sea Songs or Fantasy on British Sea Songs is a medley of British sea songs arranged by Sir Henry Wood in 1905 to mark the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. For many years it has been an indispensable item at the BBC's Last Night of the Proms concert. |
Rick's friends asked him to go bowling. But he was reluctant because he was so weak. He decided to go anyway and had a lot of fun. But he noticed a slight pain in his back. And after he picked up another bowling ball, it became worse. |
Demographic features of the population of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. |
Wolfgang Feiersinger (born 30 January 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender. |
Iain Stewart Macmillan (20 October 1938 – 8 May 2006) was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for the Beatles' album Abbey Road in 1969. He grew up in Scotland, then moved to London to become a professional photographer. He used a photo of Yoko Ono in a book that he published in 1966, and O... |
George Thomas Shaw (born 1966 in Coventry) is an English contemporary artist who is noted for his suburban subject matter. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011. |
The Room is Harold Pinter's first play, written and first produced in 1957. Considered by critics the earliest example of Pinter's "comedy of menace", this play has strong similarities to Pinter's second play, The Birthday Party, including features considered hallmarks of Pinter's early work and of the so-called Pinte... |
Bob and Lisa went to the football game at the university. As they sat in the stands, they noticed a large cloud in the sky. The cloud grew as it came closer to the stadium. All of the sudden, it began pouring down rain! Bob and Lisa were soaked by the unexpected shower. |
The Hedgehog and the Fox is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin that was published as a book in 1953. It was one of his most popular essays with the general public. However, Berlin said, "I meant it as a kind of enjoyable intellectual game, but it was taken seriously. Every classification throws light on something". ... |
The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was Abraham Vereide. The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the Washin... |
Gary usually studied very hard in law school. On Thursday nights, Gary went to bar review with his classmates. Gary's wife falsely thought bar review was related to Gary's studies. Gary was, in fact, sampling local bars with his fellow law students. Gary always felt very guilty about misleading his wife. |
Master Celebrations is the "best of" compilation album from No Fun at All, released on 11 November 2002. |
Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 – November 15, 1989) was an American stage and film actress and dancer. |
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools (DPS) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, making it the largest school distr... |
Muhammad Adil Shah (r. 1554–1555) was the fourth ruler of the Suri dynasty, a late medieval Afghan dynasty in the northern Indian subcontinent. |
, real name , is a fictional character in the .hack franchise first introduced as the main character in the video game trilogy .hack//G.U. in 2006 by CyberConnect2. He is also the lead character in the anime television series .hack//Roots by Bee Train. A player character from the fictional massively multiplayer online ... |
was a Japanese Confucian scholar, now most notable for his opprobrium of Buddhism. |
The National is the debut studio album by American indie rock band the National, released on October 30, 2001, on Brassland Records. Recorded prior to guitarist Bryce Dessner's full arrival into the band, The National was produced by both Nick Lloyd and the band itself. Now-bass guitarist Scott Devendorf performs both ... |
The Confederazione dei Comitati di Base (Cobas) is a rank and file trade union center in Italy. It was formed in the late 1980s by members who were dissatisfied with the leadership of the three main Italian confederations (CGIL, CISL and UIL). Many of its members see it as syndicalist, but it has also courted the Trots... |
The children woke up to a small noise within the house. Outside, the sun had not yet risen this Christmas Day. The children scurried to their bedroom door to listen to the sounds. Afraid of catching Santa in the act, the children woke their parents. The family hurried to the tree to meet their new noisy puppy. |
Clear Creek is a creek in Utah which joins the Sevier River near the city of Sevier. It flows alongside Interstate 70 just east of where I-70 meets I-15. |
In general topology, a subset of a topological space is perfect if it is closed and has no isolated points. Equivalently: the set is perfect if , where denotes the set of all limit points of , also known as the derived set of . |
Stage lighting instruments (lanterns, or luminaires in Europe) are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television studios and sound stages. |
The Scarecrow is a play written by Percy MacKaye in 1908, and first presented on Broadway in 1911. It is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Feathertop", but greatly expands upon the tale. Mackaye himself stated that he hoped that the play would not be taken as a dramatization of "Feathertop", since the intent... |
Serena was planning a surprise for her husband's birthday. She wanted to throw him a party, but his schedule was tough. He would always arrive home at widely different times. To get around it, she worked with his co-workers. Together they were able to surprise him perfectly. |
Teofilo F. Ruiz (born 1943) is a Cuban-American medieval historian and professor currently at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2012, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by former President Barack Obama. He is consistently rated as one of the most popular professors at UCLA, and has published ma... |
Jason Norrish (born 26 January 1972) is an Australian rules footballer. Norrish played as a defensive midfielder and began his football career at the Claremont Tigers. |
Dave drove an ice cream truck. One morning he realized the freezers weren't working. Dave called a repairman immediately. The repairman arrived within an hour. Dave was able to get back on the road in no time! |
Species richness, or biodiversity, increases from the poles to the tropics for a wide variety of terrestrial and marine organisms, often referred to as the latitudinal diversity gradient. The latitudinal diversity gradient is one of the most widely recognized patterns in ecology. It has been observed to varying degrees... |
The Skiing Cochrans are a family of American alpine ski racers from Richmond, Vermont, a dominant force on the U.S. Ski Team in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and again in 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. |
Kyle has always wanted write a novel. He has had grand adventures in his head waiting to be unlocked. Kyle just didn't have the ability to write very well. Mary saw his notebook of ideas. She offered to write his novel while he told her his story. |
Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks (April 25, 1893 – October 10, 1978) was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army, a veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for heroism as a junior o... |
Edward Moody McCook (June 15, 1833 – September 9, 1909) was a lawyer, politician, distinguished Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, American diplomat, and governor of the territory of Colorado. He was a member of the famed "Fighting McCook" family of Ohio. Four of his brothers and 10 of his first cousins s... |
St Denys is a partially riverside district of Southampton, England, centred north north-east of the city centre facing variously Bitterne Park and quay across the River Itchen estuary. The river is here spanned in the mid-east extreme of the district by Cobden Bridge, one of five within the city's broad boundaries, si... |
Enhanced TV was a blanket branding for interactive second screen experiences offered by selected ABC and ESPN television programs. Programs under the banner offered live interactivity through the ABC or ESPN website—including such as trivia questions, live statistics and play prediction games during sports broadcasts, ... |
Practical Fishkeeping (also known as PFK) is a United Kingdom-based aquarium magazine. It is published every four weeks by Warners Publications Plc. The title covers the entire aquatic market from tropical freshwater and tropical marine fishkeeping throughout the year to small amounts of pond and coldwater fish coverag... |
Hans Olof Ragnemalm (30 March 1940 – 7 August 2016) was a Swedish lawyer, judge, and professor emeritus of public law. |
Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, (born 3 November 1948), is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale, 15th Baronet, of Canisbay, Co. Caithness, and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the ... |
In the Hungarian People's Republic, agricultural collectivization was attempted a number of times in the late 1940s, until it was finally successfully implemented in the early 1960s. By consolidating individual landowning farmers into agricultural co-operatives, the Communist government hoped to increase production and... |
Rüdesheim an der Nahe, or simply Rüdesheim, is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rüdesheim, and is also its seat. Rüdesheim customarily takes the tag ... |
The 7C Survey (7C) of radio sources was performed by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group using the Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. |
Spain is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion, practised mostly by immigrants from Muslim majority countries, and their descendants. As of 2019, 4.45% of the Spanish population are Muslims. |
Soubey is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. |
Nepenthes jacquelineae is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Due to its unique pitcher morphology, it is considered to be one of the most spectacular Nepenthes species native to the island. |
Arnold decided to get into shape. He worked out every day. Soon, he was lifting heavy weights. He felt really healthy and strong. He decided to become a trainer to help others. |
Bill and his friends tried to cut a tree in front of his house. They grabbed a large saw and started to cut several branches. The top of the tree fell on the house. The roof had a large hole since it broke apart. Bill's wife was beyond frustrated. |
Axayacatl (; ; ; meaning "face of water"; –1481) was the sixth of the of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance. |
Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author. |
KSAN-TV (channel 3) is a television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements with Nexstar Media Group, owner of CBS affiliate KLST (channel 8), for the provision of certain services. Both stations sh... |
The World Bank’s assistance program of foreign aid to Vietnam has three objectives: to support Vietnam's transition to a market economy, to enhance equitable and sustainable development, and to promote good governance. From 1993 through 2004, Vietnam received pledges of US$29 billion of Official Development Assistance ... |
My school is a big football school and my friends and I are fans. When they had a game out of time, we all decided to go. It was freezing but we were hoping it'd be worth it. We froze the whole game and finally we lost. We thought twice in the future about going to out of town games. |
The man had an interview. He was a convict on parole. The interviewer asked what he'd been doing the last five years. The man was embarrassed when he had to admit where he had been. He was not offered the job. |
Tom was having a barbecue. He tried to fire up his gas grill. It didn't want to work. Tom decided to use charcoal instead. The barbecue went well besides the minor inconvenience. |
is the second novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. First published on 5 July 1949 by Kawade Shobō, it launched him to national fame though he was only in his early twenties. Some have posited that Mishima's similarities to the main character of the novel come from the character acting as a stand-in for Mishima's own... |
Kim had a burning sensation in her bladder. She went to the doctor. The doctor said she had a urinary tract infection. He gave her antibiotics. The infection cleared up. |
Knowing that reviews sell books, Jan sought reviews for her new title. She submitted to her favorite review service and waited three months. Her book was passed over and she was advised to revise her pitch. Jan rewrote the description, uploaded a new image, and resubmitted. It took two more months, but persistence paid... |
Maggie had just gotten her hair done at the salon. As she walked outside, it started to rain. Maggie ran back inside, refusing to get her new hair wet. A woman gave her a plastic bag to cover her hair. Maggie was thankful as she ran to her car in the rain. |
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