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The Adana 5 Ocak Fatih Terim Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Adana, Turkey. It was opened in 1938, together with the Menderes Sports Hall and Gençlik Stadium as a sports complex, at the new neighborhood of Reşatbey. The stadium holds 16,095, with a large East and West stands and much smaller North and South s...
Ayvacık is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ayvacık District. Its population is 9,710 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of . During the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, it was the target of several allied attacks.
Cytochrome P450 1A2 (abbreviated CYP1A2), a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system, is involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics in the human body. In humans, the CYP1A2 enzyme is encoded by the CYP1A2 gene.
Ingleby is a ghost town located in Haines Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is nearest to the town of Coburn and borders the Bald Eagle State Forest. Other nearby towns include Aaronsburg, Millheim, and Woodward. It was at one time also named Fowler.
"Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" became one of Buffett's signature songs, and was selected ...
Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri), also known as the Siberian scoter, is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck".
I started a pot of pasta. I started cleaning while it cooked. After awhile, I felt hungry. I suddenly remembered the pot on the stove. The pot was ruined.
WITY (980 AM) is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, United States, owned by Randy Richmond, through licensee Randy Richmond Services LLC. The format is adult hits with daily farm programming. Coverage extends west from Danville, Illinois, to Champaign-Urbana, North to Ka...
Taijijian () is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing...
Mohammad Aminul Islam (; born 1 April 1975), also known as Bhola, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played in one ODI in 1999.
The kids wanted to learn a new instrument. They decided the guitar would be fun. They each bought a guitar and some music. Their teacher came that night for the first lesson. They were excited to become good guitar players.
Weißer Turm station is a Nuremberg U-Bahn station, located on the U1 line. Located in the south-western part of Nuremberg's historical city and at the western end of the pedestrian-only shopping district. It serves as a destination for shoppers and shop employees during the day and provides transportation to the amus...
Joseph Henry Lewis (March 7, 1944 – August 31, 2012) was an American martial artist, professional kickboxer and actor. Originally a practitioner of Shōrin-ryū karate and champion in point sparring competitions, he became one of the fathers of full contact karate and kickboxing in the United States, and is credited with...
New York State Route 5A (NY 5A) is an east–west state highway located within Oneida County, New York, in the United States. It is a alternate route of NY 5 between New Hartford and downtown Utica. At its eastern end, NY 5A becomes NY 5S at an interchange with Interstate 790 (I-790), NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12. The route is...
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx is a military science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the Halo series of video games. The book was released in October 2006 and is the fourth Halo novel; Nylund's third contribution to the series. Onyx was also the first of three Halo novels to be published by Tor Books, rather than the prev...
Lucy went on a safari. She sat in the truck. As it started it was very bumpy. Lucy was not sure she liked that. But she loved the animals.
Hilary was a woman who was destine for great things. She spent years working for her government. She wanted to become the very first woman president. So she ran for president. She became the very first woman president in her country's history.
Amy really loved to dress up for Halloween. Every year she hand-made her Halloween costume. This year, she wanted to make a Wilma Flintstone costume. She spent two weeks sewing and putting it all together. The costume was so good, she won first place in a costume contest!
Anna lugged all her wash into the laundromat. Then she remembered she'd left her detergent at home! A kindly woman offered to share. Anna gratefully accepted the woman's detergent. She was thankful for the kindness of strangers!
Jessie's son was overweight. The doctor told her he needed to be more active. Jessie registered her son in basketball. He began to exercise more. Jessie's son got back to a healthy weight.
Kosmos 605 (), or Bion 1, was a Bion satellite. Kosmos 605 was the first of eleven Bion satellites.
"Hey Little Tomboy" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1978 album M.I.U. Album. Written by Brian Wilson, the song was to be included as a track on Adult/Child before the album was scrapped. It was also issued as the B-side to their single "Peggy Sue".
Peter Lawrie (born 22 March 1974) is an Irish professional golfer.
Strange Synergy is a card game published by Steve Jackson Games in which players build a team of super heroes to battle an opponent's team.
The Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU; ) is the sole national trade union center in Laos. It is directly linked to the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the ruling political party in Laos, with the salaries of LFTU officers being paid by the government.
, abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Province), and is firmly rooted in the many regions of Nagano Prefecture. It was ...
The cloud top (or the top of the cloud) is the highest altitude of the visible portion of the cloud. It is traditionally expressed either in metres above the Earth (or planetary) surface, or as the corresponding pressure level in hectopascal (hPa, equivalent to the traditional but now obsolete millibar).
Lucy wanted to skate. She hadn't done it before. She decided to take lessons. On her first lesson she fell. It would be away until she got good.
Laura Skandera Trombley is an American academic administrator and scholar of Mark Twain. She is the Chair Emerita of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and was the fifth President of Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and the eighth President of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanica...
South Texas ISD Health Professions (Health Professions) is one of four STISD magnet high schools in the Rio Grande Valley and is located in Mercedes, Texas. Students at Health Professions develop clinical skills in area hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies, as well as doctor, dentist and veterinary offices. Many stu...
Drake was doing chores around his farm. His sheep needed food and he was out of the store-bought stuff. He decided to give them some nice greens from dinner. The sheep loved it and ate it all up quickly. He decided to feed his sheep like that more often.
No. 683 Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and from August 1950 to November 1953.
Wellnhoferia (named after Peter Wellnhofer) is a genus of early prehistoric bird-like theropod dinosaur closely related to Archaeopteryx. It lived in what is now Germany, during the Late Jurassic. While Wellnhoferia was similar to Archaeopteryx, it had a shorter tail and its fourth toe was shorter than in Archaeopteryx...
Oliver was cleaning up his room. He noticed a bad smell coming from his closet. Digging deeper, he found an old bowl of cereal shoved on a shelf. The milk was rotting and green, making Oliver gag. He tried washing it but decided to just throw it out entirely.
Kadambini Bose Ganguly (18 July 1861 – 3 October 1923) was a medical doctor in India. She was one of the first Indian women to have practised with a degree in modern medicine. She was the first Indian woman to practice medicine in India. Ganguly was the first woman to gain admission to Calcutta Medical College in 1884,...
Today as I was driving I saw a dead cat. It was really just a kitten and not very big. I felt so sad for that little cat. If I had had more time maybe I would have stopped and buried it. But that would probably have been gross.
is a major international producer of flavours and fragrances headquartered in Japan, with presence in 27 countries and regions worldwide. Takasago ranked 8th overall and 1st in Asia on the Global Top Food Flavours and Fragrances Companies list published by FoodTalks in 2021.
Thomas Albert Wofford (September 27, 1908 – February 25, 1978) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Madden Station, Laurens County, South Carolina, he attended the public schools and graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1928, and from Harvard University Law School in 1931....
Tina paid for the bicycle and got her family ready. It was a six man trolley style bicycle. They climbed on board and started pedaling along the river trail. Although Tina thought it was great fun, her family didn't agree. Drenched in sweat and out of breath, the family returned the bike.
AJ played a game of baseball with his friends. In the beginning, he was winning by a large lead. Later in the game, his lead began to fall. Eventually, his team lost the game by a wide margin. In the aftermath of the game, everyone remained cordial and kind.
In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe. The inflationary epoch is believed to have lasted from  seconds to between and  seconds after the Big Bang. Following the inflationary period, the universe continued...
I haven't seen my sister for several years now. Finally I saw her yesterday while visiting my mother. She's been in a cult for the past five years and they never told me. I asked my mom why they let my sister join a cult. She told me she thought it would be good for her.
Jim Catania (born January 5, 1954), commonly known as Mr. Jim, replaced drummer Manny Martínez in The Misfits in the fall of 1977 and remained in the band until November 1978. Catania had been in an earlier band called Koodot And Boojang with Glenn Danzig. Mr. Jim is featured on the same songs as Franché Coma. Jim left...
Machine Gun is the second album by German avant-garde jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, originally released on his BRÖ label in 1968.
Rachel wanted to make a new playlist of songs. She wasn't sure what genre she really wanted. I sarcastically suggested rap but she actually did make one for it! She spent a lot of time making the playlist but it was very good. When it was done I listened to it and it was very good!
My coworkers were out for lunch one day. They took a walk on the Boston Common. They saw a rat running on the grass. It ran over a coworker's sandaled foot. She was very shocked.
I tried to move my computer. I took it from one room to another one. When I got it there it was very hard to hook up. Someone had zip tied all the cords. I spent a long time cutting the cords.
Fred is diabetic. Fred misses having sweet things. One evening his girlfriend brought him a surprise. His girlfriend brought him a sugar free ice cream. Fred ate the ice cream with a smile and thanked his girlfriend.
A head shadow (or acoustic shadow) is a region of reduced amplitude of a sound because it is obstructed by the head. It is an example of diffraction.
is a railway station located in the city of Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East),
Maryland v. Garrison, 480 U.S. 79 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the extent of discretion given to police officers acting in good faith. The Court held that where police reasonably believe their warrant was valid during a search, exe...
Joe went fishing on a cloudy day. He did not think he was going to catch any fish. He sat in his boat for a couple of hours. He finally got a bite and then another bite. Joe went home with a dozen fish to cook.
Chantel Ruth Tremitiere (born October 20, 1969) is an American former professional women's basketball player.
Maesbrook is a village in Shropshire, England. Maesbury and Maesbury Marsh are about a mile north of Maesbrook. Pant is also nearby, just north of Llanymynech.
FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo () is a former Bulgarian professional football club based in Veliko Tarnovo. They were last competing in the 2012–13 season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top tier of professional football in Bulgaria. The club replaced the old FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo), which won the Bulgaria...
Ganga Jamna (ISO 15919: Gaṅgā Jamunā), also transliterated as Ganga Jamuna or Gunga Jumna, is a 1961 Indian crime drama film, written and produced by Dilip Kumar, and directed by Nitin Bose, with dialogues written by Wajahat Mirza; Kumar later said that he also ghost-directed and edited the film. It stars Dilip Kumar ...
The man held up his hands. The police told him to be still. The man was too drunk. The man fell to the ground. The police put him in the cruiser.
Guo Youzhi ( third century), courtesy name Yanchang, was an official of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. Zhuge Liang, the Imperial Chancellor of Shu, described Guo Youzhi in the Chu Shi Biao as exceedingly loyal and faithful, and named him along with Dong Yun and Fei Yi as the more ...
Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay, (7 June 1875 – 6 December 1940), was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom.
Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 69 competitors, 59 men and 10 women, took part in 54 events in 11 sports.
The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of was construed as the supreme god , as well as a diverse pantheon of lesser gods and manifestations of nature. The popular religion tended to embrace the mythological and polytheistic aspects, and the Aztec Empire's state religion...
Stephanie Chambers (born 9 March 1971) is an English actress, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. She is known for playing Gabby Parr in the British soap Brookside, but has also appeared in New Tricks, Doctors, Emmerdale and the American horror film Seed of Chucky. Chambers trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Art...
is a manga written by Sho Fumimura, and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 1990 to 1995, with its chapters collected in 12 volumes. It was published as 46 comic books and collected as nine volumes in America by Viz Graphics from 1995 to 1997. ...
Mark was a heavy smoker. He rolled his own cigarettes, and used a pipe. When he had a child though he decided to stop. He learned about how people stopped smoking. So he took up vaping instead, and broke his tobacco addiction.
Dorinda Hafner (born 1947) is an Ghanaian-born Australian author, actress, dancer, choreographer, public speaker, writer and television chef, She is also an optician and registered nurse
"Unsung" is a single by the American alternative metal band Helmet from their 1992 album, Meantime. A music video was produced for the song and found significant airplay on MTV in the early 1990s. "Unsung" is recorded in drop D tuning on both guitars and bass, and begins with a bass intro. Its stop-and-go dynamics and ...
Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa (born 9 July 1985 in Serowe) is a Botswana sprinter.
Tobias finally got the courage up. He went up and asked June to dance. She agreed. They danced all night. Tobias and June had a great time at the dance.
The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament was played on the Palm and Magnolia courses at the Walt Disney World Resort. It was played under several names, reflecting sponsorship changes.
The Court of Cassation () is the highest court in Senegal. It is based on the model of the French Court of Cassation.
Dean V. Kruse (born 1941) is an American former auctioneer. He is also the former owner and CEO of Kruse International. Kruse started working in the local auction business founded by his father, Russell W. Kruse, and soon became the company's president. Known to many as the "Dean of Auctioneers," Kruse was once a well-...
"Destroy Everything You Touch" is a song by British electronic music band Ladytron. It was released on 19 September 2005 as the second single from their third studio album, Witching Hour. It reached a position of number 42 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest position a Ladytron single has reached to date. It was re-re...
The Shenandoah 100 is an ultra-endurance 100 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held in central Western Virginia near Stokesville. The race is normally held on the Sunday during Labor Day weekend. The race has been run continuously since 1998.
One day Bethany asked her mother to teach her how to knit. Her mother took some time to show her the ropes. Bethany started the hang of it right away. Soon she was a master! Her mother was proud of her.
Regions Plaza is a 24-floor office high-rise located at 1180 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. The building was completed in 2001 and renovated in 2014. The building currently serves as the Georgia headquarters for Regions Financial Corporation.
Jack Arnold Weyland (born 1940) is a retired professor of physics at Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a prolific and well-known author of fiction for LDS audiences, including many novels and short stories, mostly placed in contemporary s...
John Allison (born 1950) is a New Zealand poet, musician, and former teacher in Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Education.
Chelwood is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, and is in the affluent Chew Valley in the Bath and North East Somerset council area, about from Bristol and Bath. The parish, which includes the hamlets of West Chelwood and Breach, has a population of 148. It is situated on the A368 (Bath to Weston-su...
The Shute Shield, known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield, is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end of the club rugby season.
Peter Kilabuk (born 27 September 1960 in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut)) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Pangnirtung in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 1999 to 2008.
Dana wanted the sparkling red shoes she saw in the store window. Everyday after work, she would admire them from outside. When she saved enough money, she went in to buy them. The store clerk told her there was one pair left, a size too small. Dana walked out of the store painfully, wearing sparkling red shoes.
Fiskåbygd or Fiskå is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about southwest of the city of Ålesund, about east of the village of Myklebost, and about southwest of the village of Rovdane. Fiskåbygd lies along the s...
Ransford Smith, CD (born 23 July 1949), is a senior public servant from Jamaica. He was the Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs and Development of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2006 to 2013.
White loved to use his crayon every day. He used it almost every time he could. One day, the crayon ran out. White had to run to the store to buy another. Finally, White was able to use a new crayon.
The following are the association football events of the year 1994 throughout the world.
Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah (10 May 1881 – 14 August 1938) was the 30th Sultan of Perak. Perak at that time was part of the British-administered Federated Malay States. He stayed at the Istana Kenangan, then moved to the Istana Iskandariah in Bukit Chandan, Kuala Ka...
The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley civilisation. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda, Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. A...
Indian Creek School is a coeducational, university-preparatory school in Crownsville, Maryland. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
Rutalahti is a village in Leivonmäki, since 2008 a part of the municipality of Joutsa in Central Finland. The distance to Jyväskylä is 40 km. The countryside festival Suo Anteeks has been organized two times, 2005 and 2009.
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
De "Bambino" à "Il silenzio" was Dalida's first compilation album, released in France in 1967 by Barclay Records
Notices of the American Mathematical Society is the membership journal of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), published monthly except for the combined June/July issue. The first volume appeared in 1953. Each issue of the magazine since January 1995 is available in its entirety on the journal web site. Articles a...
Kelly bought some new bedding. One item was a fluffy new duvet. She loved drifting off to sleep under the new duvet. A friend visited and Kelly showed her the room. Her friend was so impressed with the new look!
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1971, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. Parliamentary government was restored on 5 February, after its 1969 suspension due to race riots.
Digboi Oil Refinery was set up at Digboi in 1901 by Assam Oil Company Ltd. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) took over the refinery and marketing management of Assam Oil Company Ltd. with effect from 1981 and created a separate division. This division has both refinery and marketing operations. The refinery at Digb...
Margaret Elter (c. 1525 - c. 1 February 1553), or Marguerite d'Elter, was a noblewoman from Guelders, relative of Anna 't Serclaes (wife of John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester), and Protestant refugee in Cambridge and Strasbourg.
Aeacus (; also spelled Eacus; Ancient Greek: Αἰακός) was a mythological king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. He was a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, and the father of the heroes Peleus and Telamon. According to legend, he was famous for his justice, and after he died he became one of the three judges ...
We have a pool in our condo complex. One day in 1995 some jokester drained the pool. The pool went down halfway before it was plugged up. It took two days to refill and prep the pool. They never found the culprit.
Luis Collazo (born April 22, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBA welterweight title from 2005 to 2006.
Patricia had always wanted to work for the government. She worked very hard in school. Patricia also volunteered a lot as well. After many attempts she finally got a job. Now, Patricia works for the US government.