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Ally was looking for a new home. While patrolling a neighborhood, one of the residents ran out her home. The homeowner asked Ally to check out her home. Ally agreed to take a look. Ally loved the home and offered to buy it. |
Virtual Magnifying Glass is an open-source, screen magnification tool for Microsoft Windows and Linux. |
The couple held hands in excitement. They were having an ultrasound for their baby! They couldn't wait to find out if it was a boy or girl. The doctor tried for several minutes, but the baby wouldn't move. It would have to remain a secret! |
St Teilo's Church in Wales High School () is a co-educational secondary school now located in Llanedeyrn, Cardiff. |
The Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 (Session 2) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1922 to enact in UK law the Constitution of the Irish Free State, and to ratify the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty formally. |
"Rebel Never Gets Old" is a mash-up of the songs "Rebel Rebel" and "Never Get Old", where the two songs are mixed into each other, produced by producer Mark Vidler, also known as Go Home Productions. It was released as a rare single, following some copies of Reality in Europe in 2004. The "Radio Mix" had already been a... |
Niels Andreas Thrap (2 October 1793 – 9 November 1856) was Norwegian civil servant and politician. He was temporary Minister of Finance in 1852 and 1854, and temporary Minister of the Navy 1852–53. |
North Seymour Island () is a small island near Baltra Island in the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador. It was formed by uplift of a submarine lava formation and is now covered with low, bushy vegetation. It has an area of and a maximum elevation of . There is no permanent population but a visitor trail has been established... |
Þórarinn loftunga was an Icelandic skald active during the first half of the 11th century. |
Levonantradol (CP 50,556-1) is a synthetic cannabinoid analog of dronabinol (Marinol) developed by Pfizer in the 1980s. It is around 30 times more potent than THC, and exhibits antiemetic and analgesic effects via activation of CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. Levonantradol is not currently used in medicine as dronab... |
Airsoft is a sport in which players use airsoft guns to fire plastic projectiles at other players in order to eliminate them. Due to the often-realistic appearance of airsoft guns and their ability to fire projectiles at relatively high speeds, laws have been put in place in many countries to regulate both the sport of... |
Tsʼilʔos Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Tsʼilʔos ( ; roughly in Chilcotin) is the official BC Parks designation for this provincial park, though sometimes it is written as "Tsʼil-os", "Tsʼyl-os", or "Tsylos". The "ʔ" in the name represents a glottal stop. |
"You've Been in Love Too Long" is a song produced and written by William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter and Clarence Paul. It was released dance single when recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. |
The Falkirk Steeple is a landmark which dominates the skyline of Falkirk in central Scotland. The present structure on the High Street was built in 1814, and replaced an earlier steeple dating from the late 17th century, which itself replaced a still earlier structure. The Falkirk Steeple is protected as a category A l... |
The Baileys Harbor Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses arranged in a range light configuration, located near Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. |
The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations are a First Nations government on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations are a member nation of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, which spans all Nuu-chah-nulth-aht peoples (incorrectly known as "Noot... |
My mom collects beautiful, expensive vases. One day, she left her kids home alone and went on a date with our dad. My brothers and I fought, and one of us broke the vase. We painstakingly glued hundreds of pieces back together. My mom never found out until we told her, two decades later! |
Reginald Kenneth Thomas (born April 21, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1973 to 1979, and in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1980.. |
The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 52 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1983, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at The Pit, then officially known as University Arena, o... |
A bull boat is a useful small boat, usually made by the Nueta and frontiersmen, made by covering a skeletal wooden frame with a buffalo hide. It was used for traveling and fishing. |
Amar Gamal (born Teresa Infante c. 1975) is a Cuban bellydancer who grew up in Florida. |
In mathematics, specifically differential and algebraic topology, during the mid 1950's John Milnorpg 14 was trying to understand the structure of -connected manifolds of dimension (since -connected -manifolds are homeomorphic to spheres, this is the first non-trivial case after) and found an example of a space which... |
The Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law is a private law school in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. |
I worked in a warehouse in 1975. The building had a flood one day. Only one section of the warehouse was affected. The owner put a lot of stock into that section to inflate his claim. He got twice of what he should have gotten. |
We were all hanging out in the park. Stacy wanted to play catch. So I played catch with her. All the sudden the ball went in the fountain. It got all wet and dirty. |
Sara's brothers was sad. His pet hamster died. Her brother was distant and just stood in his room all day. Sara's check came and Sara went to the pet store. She bought him a new hamster and he was happy. |
Ellie wanted to make pizzas for her birthday. She went with her mom to buy all the ingredients. Her mom let her make the pizza exactly the way she wanted it. Ellie loaded the pizza with cheese and pepperoni. It was the best pizza she had ever eaten. |
South Asian ethnic groups are an ethnolinguistic grouping of the diverse populations of South Asia, including the nations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While Afghanistan is variously considered to be a part of both Central Asia and South Asia, Afghans are generally not included... |
Gina always wanted to be a singer. She even took singing lessons from a vocalist. Once she perfected her voice she submitted tapes to studios. Her voice recording found its way online become a huge hit. She was offered a record deal from a big name studio. |
Kolkata is the prime business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and the main hub of communication for the North East Indian states. Kolkata is the third richest city in India after Mumbai and Delhi, with a nominal GDP of $160 billion (as of 2022). Kolkata is home to India's oldest, stock exchange company... |
Kurdish PEN or the Kurdish Centre of the International PEN (Navenda PEN a Kurd in Kurdish) is a branch of International PEN. It was suggested by Kurdish writer Hüseyin Erdem and voted into existence during International PEN's conference in Cambridge in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Cologne, Germany. The Kurdish... |
Margaret decided to try stand up comedy. She was booed off the stage. She asked her friend why they did that. The friend said she just wasn't very funny. Margaret was undeterred and knew you didn't have to be funny. |
Le Pecq () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. |
Mikey was an electrician. He was working on a panel. He put his tool into a place he shouldn't. He got a very severe shock. The shock threw him back across the room. |
Kyle walked in his house and smelled something terrible. He looked everywhere for the source of the smell. He could not figure out where it was coming from. He finally looked in his gym bag. It was his socks. |
The Swiss Life Arena is an ice hockey and entertainment arena in Altstetten, Zurich, Switzerland. It is located approximately 7 kilometers west of Downtown Zurich. The arena officially opened in October 2022. |
Sheetala (, IAST: ) , also spelled as Shitala and Seetla, is a Hindu goddess venerated primarily in North India. She is regarded to be an incarnation of the goddess Parvati. She is believed to cure poxes, sores, ghouls, pustules, and diseases, and most directly linked with the disease smallpox. Sheetala is worshipped o... |
"The wrong type of snow" or "the wrong kind of snow" is a phrase coined by the British media in 1991 after severe weather caused disruption to many of British Rail's services. A British Rail press release implied that management and its engineering staff were unaware of different types of snow. Henceforth in the United... |
A Cavern of Black Ice is a fantasy novel by British writer J. V. Jones, the first book in the Sword of Shadows series. It is followed by A Fortress of Grey Ice, A Sword from Red Ice and Watcher of the Dead. |
I saw my old friend Joe today on the bench. He just turned 99 and is slowing down. He used to walk but is now being pushed in a transport chair. He said he just come back from the doctor and felt ok. I waved goodbye as his daughter picked him up for lunch. |
The Little Sur River is a long river on the Central Coast of California. The river and its main tributary, the South Fork, drain a watershed of about of the Big Sur area, a thinly settled region of the Central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The South Fork and th... |
Convoys Wharf in Deptford is a former commercial wharf on the River Thames in London, currently awaiting redevelopment. It includes the site of Deptford Dockyard, built in the reign of King Henry VIII as one of the first Royal Dockyards. Convoys Wharf also covers most of the site of Sayes Court manor house and gardens,... |
Phyllis Ann Love (December 21, 1925 – October 30, 2011) was an American theater and television actress. |
Oujé-Bougoumou (; , the linguistic basis for the name of the nearby town Chibougamau, which in the Cree language refers to the narrows of a body of water, and was where Cree people gathered seasonally) is the newest Cree community, located on the shores of Opémisca Lake, in Eeyou Istchee, a territory equivalent to a re... |
By the Light of the Moon is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 2002. |
The genital ridge (or gonadal ridge) is the precursor to the gonads. The genital ridge initially consists mainly of mesenchyme and cells of underlying mesonephric origin. Once oogonia enter this area they attempt to associate with these somatic cells. Development proceeds and the oogonia become fully surrounded by a l... |
A prayer stick is a stick-shaped object used for prayer. |
In Greek mythology, Harpina (; Ancient Greek: Άρπινα) was a Naiad nymph and daughter of Phliasian Asopus and of Metope. |
Georg Huth (25 February 1867 – 1 June 1906) was a German Orientalist and explorer. |
Warren Central High School (often referred to as Central or WCHS) is a 4-year high school in Bowling Green (Warren County) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is one of four high schools serving the Warren County Public Schools. |
The Muslim Association of Sweden (, SMF) is Sweden's largest Muslim organisation, which represents around 70,000 Muslims in Sweden, which receives state aid from Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities. |
Rennes School of Business formerly École Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes is a French business school located in Rennes, the capital of Brittany, founded in 1990 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rennes. ESC Rennes is a Grande École. |
Vinger Royal Road (Eskoleia) was the historical name of an ancient route in southern Norway. Historically Eskoleia was one of the most important traffic arteries between Norway and Sweden. It provided an established road leading both north and south from the Swedish border. |
A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and ... |
Louise was at the aquarium. She was caught up looking at the jellyfish. Suddenly, she realized that she had lost track of her parents. She asked an attendant for help. Luckily they were reunited shortly after. |
Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat (21 December 1828 – 6 September 1887) was a British nobleman and soldier. He was responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of Beaufort Castle, and was the 22nd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat. |
Lizard Lick is an unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located at the crossroads of Lizard Lick Road and NC 97. Lizard Lick has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. |
A drop attack is a sudden fall without loss of consciousness. Drop attacks stem from diverse mechanisms, including orthopedic causes (for example, leg weakness and knee instability), hemodynamic causes (for example, transient vertebrobasilar insufficiency, a type of interruption of blood flow to the brain), and neurolo... |
Sodium methoxide is the simplest sodium alkoxide. With the formula , it is a white solid, which is formed by the deprotonation of methanol. It is a widely used reagent in industry and the laboratory. It is also a dangerously caustic base. |
The is the principal railway line on the island of Shikoku in Japan, connecting the major cities of Shikoku, and via the Honshi-Bisan Line, with Honshu. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and is aligned approximately parallel with the Inland Sea coast, connecting the prefectural capitals of Ta... |
The discography of The Brian Jonestown Massacre (a San Francisco, CA based, neo-psychedelic band) consists of 20 studio albums, 14 EPs, five live albums, six compilation albums and 22 singles, as well as appearing on various artist releases and soundtracks. They have one rockumentary (Dig!) to their credit and a DVD re... |
In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the Skírnismál: |
Tom was going cave diving. He had never been claustrophobic before. Once down there things changed, though. After a while Tom started having trouble breathing. He had to be helped back out. |
Project 210, Project 10831 or AS-31 (), nicknamed Losharik (), is a Russian deep-diving nuclear powered submarine. On 1 July 2019, a fire broke out on the vessel while it was taking underwater measurements of the sea floor in Russian territorial waters. |
Malcolm John Kerr JP (born 18 April 1950), a former Australian politician, was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Cronulla for the Liberal Party between 1984 and 2011. Kerr is a barrister. |
Jim wanted to be his own boss. He went to the bank to get a loan to start his business. The bank would not lend him all the money he needed. In an attempt to have the start up money he started a crowdfunding. Jim raised the money and is working on opening his business. |
Navarino Island () is a Chilean island located between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, to the north, and Cape Horn, to the south. The island forms part of the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, the southernmost commune in Chile and in the world, belonging to Antártica Chilena Province in the XII Region of Magallanes and Chile... |
My wife uses an ipad to surf the net. Lately she has been having trouble with it. The mobile apps do not have full functionality. She looked at my cloudbook and liked it. She is considering buying something similar. |
The Meritorious Service Medal () is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, one of the two Meritorious Service Decorations gifted by the Canadian monarch, through the Governor-in-Council. Created in 1991, the medal is intended to recognize individuals—both Canadian and foreign—who have carried out ... |
Anna led the school's AV club. She wanted to be a film producer. After talking to the principal, she had a great way to start. She was allowed to film and broadcast the morning announcements! Anna's very first show was the school news! |
Spencer told me he wanted to be the best at this game. I watched him practice harder and harder every day. Eventually Spencer said that he was number two. I got home one day and he was practicing harder than before. Spencer hit number one that same day. |
Finder's Fee is a 2001 American drama thriller film directed by Jeff Probst from his original screenplay. |
The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, for-profit law school and business school in Los Angeles, California. It maintains two campuses, one in Inglewood (West Los Angeles) and one in Woodland Hills (San Fernando Valley). |
Religious emblems programs also called religious recognition programs are awards set up by some religious organizations for members of various youth organizations. |
The CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award is given out annually to the Canadian Hockey League player judged to have made the most notable contribution to his community in a humanitarian sense. It is chosen from the winners of the QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year, the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy (OHL), or the Doug Wickenheise... |
John invited his brother too watch the baseball game. His brother got the beers well John got the food. They watched the game and drank beers and eat food. They had a good time. The team they rooted for won. |
Charles Joseph Sweeney (April 13, 1863 – April 4, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1883 through 1887. He played for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons, and Cleveland Blues, and is best known for his performance in 1884, when he won 41 games. |
Dussen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a part of the municipality of Altena, and is located about 12 km south of Gorinchem. Dussen Castle is located near the village. |
John Alec Kimbrough (June 14, 1918 – May 8, 2006) was a college athlete, a member of the Texas Legislature, the star of two western movies and a rancher. His older brother Frank Kimbrough served as head football coach for the Baylor Bears and the West Texas State Buffaloes. |
God is a circa 1917 sculpture by New York Dadaists Morton Livingston Schamberg and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. It is an example of readymade art, a term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe his found objects. God is a 10½ inch high cast iron plumbing trap turned upside down and mounted on a wooden mitre box.... |
The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909, also known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was a labour strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories. It was the largest strike by female American workers up to that date. Led by Clara Lemlich and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union... |
Home Room is an independent film starring Erika Christensen, Busy Philipps and Victor Garber. It premiered in the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival on 12 April 2002, and made its limited theatrical release on 5 September 2003. |
St Hilda's Church is the Church in Wales (Anglican) parish church of Griffithstown in Torfaen in south-east Wales. |
"Collision" is the 33rd episode of Lost and the eighth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Leonard Dick. It first aired on November 23, 2005, on ABC. The character of Ana Lucia Cortez is featured in the episode's flashbacks. |
Dave was on a playground. And a kid asked him to play catch. Dave decided to play. And they played catch for half an hour. Dave was happy because it reminded him of his childhood. |
Franz Schuh (born 15 March 1947) is an Austrian novelist, literary critic and, above all, essayist in the tradition of Karl Kraus and Alfred Polgar. Schuh was born, and lives, in Vienna, where, just like his predecessors, he prefers to write in one of the traditional coffeehouses. |
is a Japanese composer of contemporary music. His compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music. |
Milton has just been dumped by his woman. She thought he was too much of a loser. Milton thought he was no good anymore. He decided he needed a fix. He drank Moonshine until he passed out. |
Pavel Rafailovich Bermondt-Avalov () or Pavel Avalishvili ( – 27 December 1973) was an Ussuri Cossack and warlord. He is best known as the commander of the West Russian Volunteer Army which was active in present-day Latvia and Lithuania in the aftermath of World War I. |
Gina cut strips of fabric into squares. She sewed them together in a checkerboard pattern. Gina layered the fabric on soft batting. She stitched everything together to make a quilt. Gina gave the quilt to her niece as a birthday gift. |
When my dog ran away, I thought I had lost him for good. I had come home to find the gate open and my dog gone. I called his name, searching high and low for him. For two weeks, I talked to my neighbors, asking about my dog. Only after I put up flyers did someone contact me to return my dog. |
Johnny, My Friend (Swedish: Janne, min vän) is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl. It was published in Sweden in 1985. The English translation by Laurie Thompson was published in 1991. |
The music of Florence is foundational in the history of Western European music. Music was an important part of the Italian Renaissance. It was in Florence that the Florentine Camerata convened in the mid-16th century and experimented with setting tales of Greek mythology to music and staging the result—in other words, ... |
Frostbite () is a 2006 Swedish comedy horror film directed by Anders Banke and written by Daniel Ojanlatva. The film takes place in a small town in northern Sweden during midwinter, making the environment perfect for vampires to hunt townspeople due to the cold weather and small amount of daily sunlight. It is Sweden's... |
Events from the year 1995 in the United Kingdom. |
Phantom Records was an Australian record store and independent record label established in 1978 on Pitt Street in Sydney. Phantom Records was one of Australia's first indie labels, and the store was known for its guerilla marketing strategies. |
, formerly , is a bimonthly Japanese manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. The magazine was established in 1985. It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021. Much like its sibling publication Shōnen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs. Manga serialized in Asuka a... |
Sir Richard Gardiner (died 19 December 1489) was, in 1478, elected Lord Mayor of London. He was Alderman of Walbrook Ward, and had been Sheriff of the City of London in 1469. He was also elected in 1478 a Member of Parliament for the City of London, one of the two aldermanic representatives of the city. |
The Union of Insurance Staffs (UIS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the insurance industry. |
Shinin' On is the eighth studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released in March 1974, by Capitol Records. Although not as successful as its predecessor, We're an American Band (1973), it peaked at #5 in the US and was certified gold, and its first single, a cover of "The Loco-Motion" to... |
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