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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Loca" written by Arsenium. The song was performed by Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko featuring Connect-R. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2006 in order to select the Moldovan entr... |
"Landslide" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The song was first featured on the band's self-titled album Fleetwood Mac (1975). The original recording also appears on the compilation albums 25 Years – The Chain (1992), The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (2002) and ... |
Biréli Lagrène (born 4 September 1966) is a French jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt–influenced style. He often performs in swing, jazz fusion, and post-bop styles. |
Justin and his wife went camping in the woods every summer. They went camping this summer just like last year. Justin was allergic to bees and forgot his allergy medicine. He was stung by bees during their camping trip. His wife rushed him to the hospital and ruined the trip. |
Tim was learning to ride a skateboard. He was the only kid at the skate park who wore elbow and knee pads. Other kids snickered at his caution. But every time Tim fell, the pads saved him from injury. He decided safety was more important than looking cool! |
Milton loved his new found hobby of turking, he made a lot of money. He recently discovered that you can be a master at turking. With this qualification he would have access to the best paying jobs. He woke up every day early in the morning doing as much as he could. After years of turking he gave up never receiving hi... |
Gabi had been chosen to be a flower girl for her cousin. Her mother was proud, and planned to buy a beautiful dress. But Gabi fell in love with a princess costume at the mall. Her mother was hesitant, but Gabi insisted that was her dress. In the end she was a hit, with everyone agreeing she was adorable. |
The East Siberian economic region (, Vostochno-Sibirsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia. |
My friend Sofie was coming to visit from Sweden. I drove to the airport to pick her up. I walked all over the airport looking for her. I finally had to have her called over the loudspeaker. I realized I didn't know how to pronounce her last name. |
Freebass were an English rock supergroup consisting of, originally, three bassists - Andy Rourke (formerly of The Smiths), Peter Hook (formerly of Joy Division & New Order) and Gary "Mani" Mounfield (of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream) - and singer Gary Briggs (formerly of Haven). Rourke subsequently left the line-u... |
Juliette Lesley Hohnen (born June 9, 1965) is a British-American on-air personality. |
Leslie was excited, as today she got to go visit her grandma. Grandma lived on a farm and she always had fun there. She helped her grandma feed all the animals. Afterwards, grandma gave Leslie some freshly baked cookies. They played games and had a fun afternoon together. |
Not Alone is a compilation album of five CDs, released in February 2006. It was curated by Mark Logan, founder of Busted Flat records and David Tibet. Proceeds from the sale of Not Alone are donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, specifically towards their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. As of November 2014, the pr... |
is a Japanese actress and narrator. She works for Aoni Production. She is most known for originating the roles of Fujiko Mine (Lupin III), Honey Kisaragi (Cutie Honey), and Bakabon's Mama (Tensai Bakabon). |
Warren had to give a speech for his book report. The speech had to incorporate a prop from the book. His dad helped him make a cardboard and plastic diving helmet. Warren's speech was full of stuttering. He got middling marks on the speech, but full credit for the prop. |
Rosaly M. C. Lopes (born January 8, 1957) is a planetary geologist, volcanologist, an author of numerous scientific papers and several books, as well as a proponent of education. Her major research interests are in planetary and terrestrial surface processes with an emphasis on volcanology. |
All the kids in the neighborhood gathered at night. They loved to play flashlight tag together. James reminded them all of the rules. Soon, they scattered and hid. They played for hours, until their parents called them in. |
Alex was at work when he began to smell something. The smell grew worse so he investigated. Soon he realized it was his own socks that stank. Humiliated he rushed home at lunch to change his socks. Luckily no one seemed to notice the stench. |
Lisa Roma (1892–1965) was an American soprano who toured in the United States with composer Maurice Ravel in 1928. She was chair of grand opera in the College of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles beginning in 1930. Later, she was owner of Musical Courier magazine. |
In computer science, Kosaraju-Sharir's algorithm (also known as Kosaraju's algorithm) is a linear time algorithm to find the strongly connected components of a directed graph. Aho, Hopcroft and Ullman credit it to S. Rao Kosaraju and Micha Sharir. Kosaraju suggested it in 1978 but did not publish it, while Sharir inde... |
You Make Me Hate Music is the second studio album by the indie rock band Fine China. It was produced and recorded by Jason Martin of Starflyer 59 and Terry Scott Taylor of Lost Dogs and Daniel Amos. |
Melissa was trying to lose weight. She went on a new diet. It was very strict about what she could eat. It allowed her to eat all the potatoes she could stand, however. Melissa gained twenty pounds in a month. |
In mathematics, the Weinstein conjecture refers to a general existence problem for periodic orbits of Hamiltonian or Reeb vector flows. More specifically, the conjecture claims that on a compact contact manifold, its Reeb vector field should carry at least one periodic orbit. |
Longjumeau () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. |
Taryn wanted to be the first woman baseball player. She felt she was as good of a pitcher as any boy. She tried out for several minor league teams. One team signed her to a contract. Taryn is now pitching in the minors with hopes of making history. |
Charles John Burnett is a Scottish antiquarian and former officer of arms. |
When Conner was a child he took judo classes. He stuck with it until he was an adult and earned his black belt. His state had a judo competition and he participated in it. There were 20 contestants and he had to compete against all of them. Conner beat all 20 people and was crowned the winner at first place. |
Glomstein is a village in the municipality of Nøtterøy, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 382. |
Mid Cheshire is a former two-member United Kingdom parliamentary constituency which existed in the 19th century. |
Fetch the Compass Kids is the fifth full-length album by New Jersey indie rock band Danielson Famile. A portion of the album was recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago at his Electrical Audio studios. |
Classical double bass players are performers who play the double bass, the largest and lowest-pitched commonly played bowed string instrument. They perform European art music ranging from Baroque suites and Mozart-era Classical pieces to contemporary and avant-garde works in a variety of settings, ranging from large sy... |
Katesbridge is a small hamlet in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Shannaghan, just off the main route from Castlewellan to Banbridge, and 4.3 miles (7 km) north of Rathfriland. The River Bann flows by the hamlet. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 135 people. It lies within the Banbrid... |
The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. |
Claude Lanthier (January 24, 1933 – April 12, 2015) was a Canadian politician. |
Krestyanskaya Zastava () is a Moscow Metro station in the Yuzhnoportovy District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, between Rimskaya and Dubrovka stations. Krestyanskaya Zastava was opened on 28 December 1995 as part of the first stage of the Lyublinsky Radius. |
East Charlotte is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. |
Bay Knoll is a neighborhood located within the master-planned community of Clear Lake City in Houston, Texas, USA. The neighborhood was developed in the mid-1980 and borders the neighborhoods of Bay Glen, Bay Pointe, Bay Oaks, Meadowgreen, and Oak Brook West. Bay Knoll, along with Bay Glen, is a member of the Pineloch ... |
The Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Board is an agency of the government of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Established as a quasi-judicial tribunal under Part I of the Nunavut Liquor Act, the Board is responsible for issuing special occasion permits along with liquor and cannabis licenses. The Board also has the author... |
Ashley likes to take her dog Cora for a walk in the afternoons. Cora minds really well, so Ashley doesn't use a leash. Last Saturday, Cora saw a squirrel and ran out in the road. Luckily she didn't get hit by a car. Ashley now puts Cora on a leash when she takes her outside. |
Karl Thopia () was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albania from the middle of the 14th century until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania. Thopia usually maintained good relations with the Roman Curia. |
Rudolph May, Jr. (born July 18, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in and from to for the California Angels, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. Early in his career, May had a live fastball, but was known best for ... |
WBKO (channel 13) is a television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC, Fox, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Telemundo affiliate WBGS-LD (channel 34). The two stations maintain studios on Russellville Road (US 68/KY 80) near its junction with Interstate 165 on... |
Ealdred (or Aldred; died 11 September 1069) was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in early medieval England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics of the period. After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester, he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027. In 1... |
Joseph Issoufou Conombo (9 February 1917 – 20 December 2008) served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980. Born in the department of Kombissiri, he attended medical school in Dakar, Senegal, then served in the French forces during World War II. |
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Cen... |
Georg August Wallin (Yrjö Aukusti Wallin, aka Abd al-Wali; 24 October 1811 – 23 October 1852) was a Finnish orientalist, explorer and professor remembered for his journeys in the Middle East during the 1840s. |
Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events. |
The BYU Centennial Carillon is a bell tower containing a carillon on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, United States. |
Peter hates listening to the Trombone. Unfortunately, Peter's roommate plays the Trombone. Peter always yells at his roommate to stop playing the Trombone. One day Peter hid his roommates Trombone. Now Peter doesn't have to listen to his roommate practice. |
Selby Beeler is the author of the books Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World and How Many Elephants? A Lift the Flap Counting Book. |
Andrews High School may refer to: |
I took my son fishing with me at the lake near our house. When a butterfly flew by, he put his pole down and chased it. By the time he came back, I had caught a big fish. When he saw my fish, he made sure he was not distracted anymore. Soon after, he, too, caught a big fish. |
Tom had braces. He was eating food with hard chips. ONe of the chips popped a bracket off. Tom's braces were messed up. He had to get them fixed the next day. |
"Typical Male" is a song recorded by American singer Tina Turner. It was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle and produced by the former for Turner's studio album Break Every Rule (1986). |
Steven Avery (born 1962) is an American convicted of murder. |
Jim was always worried about something. His most common worry was that something would fall on him. When he was younger, a flower pot nearly landed on his head. One day he realised that life was too short to worry. Jim took up meditation to deal with his anxiety. |
The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN) is a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the stateline between Virginia and North Carolina. According to the USGS a variant name is Choan River. |
Winners of The Deadlys Awards 1998, the awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. |
My wife retired last week. One of her coworkers got her a gift. He had a mug inscribed with her name. He spelled her name Jerry instead of Gerry. She loved the cup, nonetheless. |
Juqu Mujian (; before 420 – 447), named Juqu Maoqian (沮渠茂虔) in some sources, formally Prince Ai of Hexi (河西哀王), was a king of the Xiongnu-led Northern Liang dynasty of China—with most Chinese historians considering him the last king, although with some considering his brothers Juqu Wuhui and Juqu Anzhou who ruled from ... |
Bill was nervous about his blind date. Bill rang the bell of the girl's apartment. When the door swung open, Bill was dazzled by the girl. She was absolutely beautiful. Now Bill and Rachel are engaged! |
The Catholic Church in Albania () is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. |
Doña María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos (es: Doña María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, marquesa de Pontejos) (1762–18 July 1834) was a patron of the artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. In 1786 at the age of twenty-four, she married the brother of the Count of Floridablanca (Conde de Floridabl... |
Everyone always said she was pretty. With age, she felt she was losing her looks. She was unhappy when she looked in the mirror. Her dark features were growing darker and more pronounced. She began to avoid mirrors at all times. |
Pechiney SA was a major aluminium conglomerate based in France. The company was acquired in 2003 by the Alcan Corporation, headquartered in Canada. In 2007, Alcan itself was taken over by mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan. |
Naklo (; ) is the largest town and the seat of the Municipality of Naklo in Slovenia. In addition to the main settlement, formerly known as Veliko Naklo (), it includes the hamlets of Malo Naklo (), Pivka (), and Podreber. |
Mike and Cathy went canoeing on the river. They paddled down the water past rocks and trees. A water snake started swimming toward them. Cathy screamed in terror. Mike and Cathy paddled as fast as they could to get away. |
Adam B. Nimoy (born August 9, 1956) is an American television director. He is the son of actors Leonard Nimoy and Sandra Zober. |
Kristin wanted to do something wild and crazy. She'd never ridden in a helicopter before. She thought it would a fun way to see Las Vegas. When the copter took off, Kristin screamed! Once they landed safely, she thought it was a fun experience. |
Karl-Ludwig Kratz (born April 23, 1941, in Jena, Thuringia) is a German nuclear chemist and astrophysicist. He is professor for nuclear chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. |
Richard Yates Jr. (December 12, 1860 – April 11, 1936) was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905—the first native-born governor of the state. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. |
Primula elatior, the oxlip (or true oxlip), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to nutrient-poor and calcium-rich damp woods and meadows throughout Europe, with northern borders in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden, eastwards to the Altai Mountains and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, ... |
USS Waukesha (AKA-84) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service and was scrapped in 1970. |
Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon makes up about 0.025 percent of Earth's crust. Three isotopes occur naturally, C and C b... |
The Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (British company name: Antofagasta (Chili) & Bolivia Railway or FCAB for short) is a private railway operating in the northern provinces of Chile. It is notable in that it was one of the earliest railways built to narrow gauge, with a route that climbed from sea level to over ... |
Harry loved playing badminton. One day, while playing he broke his racket and started crying. His coach saw this, and promised him a new one if he practiced more. Harry went the extra mile for his practice and became confident. His coach gave him the surprise on his birthday, and he was ecstatic. |
is a subway station on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. |
The tree fell to the ground. It made a large noise. That startled some deer. The deer ran away. A nearby mountain lion heard them running. |
Tom was driving on the freeway. He noticed traffic slowed to a stop. Unfortunately the people behind him didn't notice. They slammed into other cars and caused a big pile up. Tom was stuck there for hours. |
Bibb is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Warwickshire (12.2 times the British average), followed by Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Dunbartonshire, London and Northamptonshire. In all other British counties, its relative frequency was below nat... |
The Pontiac Custom S was a one-year only Pontiac nameplate offered during the 1969 model year car as a replacement for the "Tempest Custom" trim level in the Division's line-up. Originally to be called the "Pontiac TC", it was slotted between the Tempest and LeMans in price and features. |
Tzrifin () is an area in Gush Dan (Dan Region) in central Israel, located on the eastern side of Rishon LeZion and including parts of Be'er Ya'akov. The area proper is defined as an 'area without jurisdiction' between the two cities. |
Gordon Matthews (July 26, 1936 – February 23, 2002) was an American inventor and businessman and started one of the first companies which pioneered the commercialization of voicemail. |
Weekly Reader Publishing was a publisher of educational materials in the United States that had been in existence for over 100 years. It provided teaching materials to elementary and secondary schools that was used by more than 90 percent of that country's school districts. |
TU Dortmund University () is a technical university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's and master's degree programs. It is situated in the Ruhr area, the fourth largest urban area in Europe. The university ... |
Fort Bayard National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Fort Bayard Historic District, near Silver City, New Mexico. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2020, had 6,000 interments. It is one of two national cemeteries in New Mexico (the other being Santa Fe), and is administered by Santa Fe National... |
Young Liars is the first major release by the New York City band TV on the Radio. Released in 2003 on Touch & Go Records, the EP helped establish the band's distinctive blending of electronica, doo wop, post-rock, and avant-garde styles. |
The Minister of State for Children was a junior ministerial post in the Departments of Health and Children, Justice and Law Reform and Education and Skills of the Government of Ireland. The Minister of State worked together with the various senior Ministers in these departments and had special responsibility for childr... |
The origins of golf are unclear and much debated. However, it is generally accepted that modern golf developed in Scotland from the Middle Ages onwards. The game did not find international popularity until the late 19th century, when it spread into the rest of the United Kingdom and then to the British Empire and the U... |
Mudhalvan () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language political action film produced by R. Madhesh and S. Shankar, written and directed by Shankar. The film stars Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran while Vadivelu and Manivannan appear in supporting roles. The film featured an award-winning soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman... |
Jan checked to make sure no one was around. Her two older brothers had been sneaking around the garden lately. Being a curious child, Jan wanted to know what they were up to. She carefully opened the door to her brother's room. Inside the back of their closet, she found several jars with spiders. |
Eden woke up late to work. He decided to call in sick because he didn't want to rush. His boss thought he was really needed at work that day. Eden agreed to come in late. Eden helped his boss catch up on important work. |
Betty's cat was really sick. Betty went to the vet to get medicine. The vet wanted to charge $900 a pill! Betty didn't have that kind of money. Fortunately, she found a cheaper vet to help her cat. |
A fake moustache or false moustache is an item of prosthetic make-up. Fake moustaches are made in a variety of ways, but usually require a form of adhesive to affix the moustache to the wearer's face. |
The 1971 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 28 September and 7 November 1970 in Australia. The tournament was the 1971 edition of the World Snooker Championship, first held in 1927 but was held in 1970. It was the first time the event had been held outside England o... |
Dungeon Fighter Online, known in South Korea as Dungeon & Fighter, is a multiplayer beat 'em up action role-playing game, developed and published for personal computers by Neople, a South Korean subsidiary of Nexon, and originally published by Hangame in 2005. The game was originally released in South Korea as Dungeon ... |
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to... |
Euromus or Euromos () – also, Europus or Europos (Εὐρωπός), Eunomus or Eunomos (Εὔνωμος), Philippi or Philippoi (Φίλιπποι); earlier Kyromus and Hyromus – was an ancient city in Caria, Anatolia; the ruins are approximately 4 km southeast of Selimiye and 12 km northwest of Milas (the ancient Mylasa), Muğla Province, Turk... |
Nathan Sproul is a Republican strategist and political consultant for numerous election campaigns. Sproul is the managing director of Lincoln Strategy Group, an international political consulting firm based in Arizona. He is a former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party and the Arizona Christian Coalition... |
The Tracey Fragments is a 2007 Canadian psychological drama film directed by Bruce McDonald and written by Maureen Medved. Based on Medved's 1998 novel of the same name, it stars Elliot Page as Tracey Berkowitz exploring the city in search of her missing brother, presented in a nonlinear narrative and split screen form... |
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