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The Lamb & Flag is a pub in St Giles' Street, Oxford, England. It is owned by St John's College. Historically, profits funded DPhil student scholarships. The pub lies just north of the main entrance to St John's College. Lamb & Flag Passage runs through the south side of the building, connecting St Giles' with Museum R... |
Amerigo Vespucci (; ; 9 March 1451 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived. |
Dál Fiatach was a Gaelic dynastic-grouping and the name of their territory in the north-east of Ireland, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages until their demise in the 13th century at the hands of Normans. It was part of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, and they were its main ruling dynasty for most of Ulaid's history. Th... |
Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the Dukes Highway and 13 kilometres east of Bordertown. It was first proclaimed a town in 1884. |
I went to my company's elevator. I need to get to the second floor. I push the second floor button. The button didn't light up. I then realize I was already on the second floor. |
Sam read that his favorite author wrote a new book. The book was going to be on sale in two days. Sam set up camp outside the store to be first in line. He waited until the big day. Once the doors opened he ran to the shelves and got a book. |
Angela was a single mother to two young boys. She did it alone for many years. One day her son's father asked her to marry him. She agreed and decided to move in with him. Angela and her boys moved into the large house and we're happy. |
This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe. |
Tim played a game on his computer. He got a high score. He showed his high score to his brother. His brother beat his high score in one try. Tim was unable to beat his brother's new high score. |
The Catholic Church in Azerbaijan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about 570 local Catholics in the country as of 2016. Azerbaijan is covered entirely by a single Apostolic Prefecture – Apostolic Prefecture of Baku – since 2011. The community is ser... |
I work at Dairy Queen and a woman came in irate. She was screaming about me about a cake she bought last week. She put it in the cupboard and it melted. I told her all we sell is ice cream cakes. She demanded a full refund because she let her cake melt. |
High Society is the second album from the band Enon. It was released June 4, 2002 on Touch and Go Records. |
Grim was feeling sick today. It is not like him to feel sick, he even missed work. I call him when I got off and he said he was going to the doctor. He called me after he got out of the doctor's office. Grim has a brain tumor. |
Michael Krasnow (April 27, 1969 – October 9, 1997) was an American author. His autobiography, My Life as a Male Anorexic, described his life with his severe case of anorexia nervosa. Krasnow weighed 115 pounds when he was 16, but throughout most of his adult life maintained a weight of around 75 lbs. He stood at 5'9", ... |
Tom was poor growing up. He was able to put himself through college. He got a good job later and made good money. Tom never forgot being poor. He gave a lot more than anyone else to charity. |
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. |
The Liffey Railway Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the River Liffey near Heuston railway station in Dublin in Ireland. |
Gagan Khoda (born 24 October 1974) is a former Indian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals in 1998. Despite scoring 89 runs in one of those two innings, he never made it to the Indian team after those two matches.He is from Meena community. |
Lawrence Irvin Conrad (born 1949) is a British historian and scholar of Oriental studies, specializing in Near Eastern studies and the history of medicine. He currently serves as historian for the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London. |
Frustrated her garden was failing, Ann asked a healer friend's advice. She told her that love was the most important ingredient to health. Ann sought ways to give extra loving nurture to her plants. She talked to them when she watered and put crystals in the beds. Ann's garden then began to thrive, mirroring her positi... |
Deb married the love of her life 23 years ago. Last year her husband was in a bad accident with a semi. He was diagnosed with a brain injury and became very ill. Deb was worried and knew that she would have to take care of him. She left her husband because of the stress of the accident. |
People of Praise is a network of lay Christian intentional communities. As a parachurch apostolate, membership is open to any baptized Christian who affirms the Nicene Creed and agrees to the community's covenant. The majority of its members are Catholics, but Protestants can also join, reflecting the ecumenical nature... |
Bob's brother told him he would never have a date. He said Bob spent too much time playing video games. One afternoon, Bob was in his favorite game store looking at games. A very pretty girl asked him for help picking one out for herself. He ended up asking her out and she said yes! |
Falling Joys are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Canberra in 1985. The original line-up included Suzie Higgie on lead vocals and guitar and Stuart G. Robertson on bass guitar. By the end of 1988 Higgie and Robertson, now on guitar, were joined by Pat Hayes on bass guitar and vocals, and Pete Velzen on dru... |
Rose Kemp (born 11 December 1984) is an English singer and guitarist who performs in a variety of musical genres. She is the daughter of Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp of the folk-rock band Steeleye Span. |
I was in a rush for food during my break so I was stressed. I wasn't sure what to get for lunch and there wasn't much around. It needed to be fast so I decided on a drive-thru. I drove up to the drive-thru and it was very busy. I ended up just barely making it back to work after my break! |
Alexander Michaletos (born November 25, 1992) is a South African former child actor. |
Anna finished eating her eggs. She took her plate, fork, and coffee cup to the sink. Anna washed her dishes in the sink. She used a towel to dry them. Then, she put her dishes away. |
Alicia was playing tennis against her sister. They had a nice volley back and forth. But all the sudden Alicia scored a foul ball. She was losing. Her sister won and won a free ice cream. |
Douglas South is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. |
Lucy the puppy came running into the house, frightened. She barked and barked at her owner. There was a scary sound outside and Lucy was afraid. Her owner got up and looked outside, there was a chirping sound. Lucy's owner laughed and hugged her, Lucy was afraid of Frogs! |
Olive was reading a thriller book when she heard a noise outside. She jumped out of her couch and went to the door. She looked through the peephole but saw no one. She called out but no one answered. Reassured, she went back to her reading, feeling foolish. |
Wally Bear and the NO! Gang is an educational Nintendo Entertainment System game that was released in 1992 exclusively for a North American audience. It was not licensed by Nintendo. The game teaches children to say no to potentially harmful drugs like tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. Wally Bear and the NO! Gang was des... |
Chornivka (, , ) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Chernivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Bukovina (), approximately 22 km from the oblast capital, Chernivtsi. |
Orfeo Matthew Angelucci (Orville Angelucci) (June 25, 1912 – July 24, 1993) was an American author, lecturer, and so-called contactee - known for his claims that he had experiences with extraterrestrial beings. He lectured extensively on the subject of his extraterrestrial encounters between the 1950s and 1960s before ... |
The "Five Black Categories" () were classifications of political identity defined during the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) in the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong, who ordained that people in these groups should be considered enemies of the Revolution. |
Mohammed Ahmed Meman (born 26 June 1952) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He played one One Day International for Zimbabwe in the 1987 World Cup. |
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta is a multi-use stadium in Nouméa, New Caledonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000. It is currently the home ground of the New Caledonia national football team and was one of the host venues at the 2011 Pacific Games for the men's football tournament. |
Keith was renovating his bathroom. He decided to get a new toilet. He couldn't get the old one out of the room. He had to hit it with a sledge hammer! He decided never to replace a toilet again. |
Gossypiboma, textiloma or more broadly Retained Foreign Object (RFO) is the technical term for surgical complications resulting from foreign materials, such as a surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's body. |
John notices that the weather warns of rain later this week. He decides to buy an umbrella to be ready for the rain. When it rains, John uses his umbrella to stay dry. His coworkers are all wet from the rain. John is glad he saw the weather warning. |
I went to the store to pick up some food. On my walk there I noticed an attractive girl. As I passed by, I asked her what she's doing. As time went on, I asked if I could have her phone number. I'm now sitting at home awaiting our date tonight at the movies. |
The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program. |
Estelle Page, née Lawson (March 22, 1907 - May 7, 1983) was an American amateur golfer. A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, her father was Bob Lawson, the first athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated from Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) where she ... |
Marcel Siem (born 15 July 1980) is a German professional golfer who plays on the European Tour where he has five victories. In 2006 he won the World Cup paired with Bernhard Langer. |
Geulimja (그림자; Shadow) is a 1935 Korean film directed by Na Woon-gyu. It premiered at the Umigwan theater. |
Miedwie (, ) is a lake in the Pomeranian Lakeland region of West Pomeranian Voivodship, in northwestern Poland. |
We get soft serve ice cream from a nearby store. I usually get vanilla, even though many flavors are offered. On Sunday we went out for ice cream. I decided to get a creamsicle ice cream. It was different, and tasty. |
Cruzeiro do Sul (, Southern Cross) is a municipality located on the Juruá river in the west of the Brazilian state of Acre. It is the second-largest city in Acre. |
Trevor was on a recreational soccer team. Each player got to pick their own jersey number. Trevor picked 11 because it was his lucky number. The shirts were numbered according to size from 1 to 20. Trevor was a tall lad and found the shirt too short on him. |
Eastern Suburbs Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in East Brisbane, Queensland. The club is the most centrally located of all the semi-professional clubs in Brisbane, situated approximately from the city centre. Easts competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, in both the men's an... |
No. 3 Operational Training Unit (3OTU) was the Royal Australian Air Force's main seaplane training unit during World War II. |
The following is a list of political career biographies. It is meant to complement the list of political memoirs page, with the key difference being that the books in this list are authored by persons other than the book's subject. This list is sorted by country and by the political position and last name of the book'... |
Elginia is an extinct genus of pareiasaurid known from the Late Permian of Scotland and China. It was named for the area around Elgin in Scotland, which has yielded many fossils referred to as the Elgin Reptiles. |
Gertrud Bäumer (12 September 1873, Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Westphalia – 25 March 1954, Bethel) was a German politician who actively participated in the German civil rights feminist movement. She was also a writer, and contributed to Friedrich Naumann's paper Die Hilfe. From 1898, Bäumer lived and worked together with the G... |
The Settlers IV (), released as The Settlers: Fourth Edition in North America, is a real-time strategy video game with city-building elements, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubi Soft. Released in Germany for Microsoft Windows in February 2001, in the United Kingdom in March, and in North America in August, it ... |
This is a list of members of the first parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 22 April 1857 until 1 March 1860. The members were elected at the inaugural 1857 election. |
José Avelino y Dira (August 5, 1890 – July 21, 1986), often referred to as Jose Avelino Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name, was the first president of the Senate of the Third Republic of the Philippines and the second president of the Liberal Party. He was Senate President pro tempore to President ... |
Graves is a surname of English origin. Its distribution within England is centered on Lincolnshire, followed in concentration by Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, and East Anglia. The surname is likely a variant of Grave with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname Grave seems to have its possible origins i... |
Chad failed his class. He told his parents. His parents were mad at the teacher. They bribed the teacher. The teacher was not having it though. |
Central Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. |
The Real Gilligan's Island is a reality television series that aired two seasons on TBS in 2004 and 2005. Contestants on the show were required to participate in challenges based on plots from the 1960s television show. Both editions of the show were recorded in the Mexican Caribbean on a location South from Cancun. P... |
The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad. |
The Early Bird Show was an Australian children's television show that aired on Network Ten in Australia from 26 January 1985 until 10 June 1989. The show was so popular that a magazine about it was published in 1989. |
The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which resulted in the provision of 400 halting sites in the UK – where there had been no council-sites before. The act was passed after a series of protests against the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, which allowed ... |
The boy had been scratching for days. His doctor said he had poison ivy. The boy was upset at hearing the news. He knew he would be miserable for many more days. What a horrible way to end the summer! |
Wilhelm Brückner (11 December 1884 – 18 August 1954) was Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant until October 1940. Thereafter, Brückner joined the Heer (army), becoming an Oberst (colonel) by war's end. He died on 18 August 1954 in then West Germany. |
Dan III is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. |
Jean-Baptiste Morin (February 23, 1583 – November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. |
Jo liked turtles. She went to Hawaii to see big turtles. At a beautiful beach, she saw many turtles on the lava. She stroked the head of one the turtles. The police told her to stop. |
Giselle was teaching French to a group of students. They learned very fast and soon were able to hold conversations. She took them to see movies and theater plays in French. They learned to write and express their opinions too. At the end of the year, Giselle was very proud of them all. |
Bhawanipatna is a city and the headquarter of Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha, India. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar, and Patna, which means "place" in Odia. |
Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station was a nuclear power plant in Rowe, Massachusetts, located on the Deerfield River in the town of Rowe in western Massachusetts. Its 180 MWe pressurized water reactor operated from 1961 to 1991. It produced electricity for New England consumers. The site is referred to as "Yankee-Rowe" ... |
Darren Blewitt (born 3 September 1985) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Southend United as a defender. |
The following is a partial list of the "G" codes for Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), as defined by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
National Telefilm Associates (NTA) was an audio-visual marketing company primarily concerned with the syndication of American film libraries to television, including the Republic Pictures film library. It was successful enough on cable television between 1983 and 1985 that it renamed itself Republic Pictures and undert... |
The 1949 Thomas Cup was the inaugural tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. |
This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2001. There is 2280 items listed here, out of a total of 2285 |
The House That Dripped Blood is a 1971 British anthology horror film directed by Peter Duffell and distributed by Amicus Productions. It stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott, and Jon Pertwee. The film is a collection of four short stories concerning a series of inhabitants of the epo... |
Hindustani, the lingua franca of Northern India and Pakistan, has two standardised registers: Hindi and Urdu. Grammatical differences between the two standards are minor but each uses its own script: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an extended form of the Perso-Arabic script, typically in the Nastaʿlīq style. |
Tom has a geography test at the end of the week. He also has a football game. Tom has not studied at all. He decided to pull an allnighter. Tom went to take his test and failed anyway. |
Axis Mutatis is an album by the electronic dance music group The Shamen which was released in 1995. The album did not receive as much positive feedback as their previous album, Boss Drum, nor was it as popular, but Axis Mutatis still remained a fairly successful release, with the band eventually releasing four music vi... |
Wine has been produced in the United States since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84 percent of all US wine. The North American continent is home to several native species of grape, inclu... |
The MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics () is a faculty of Moscow State University. |
The Urban Transit Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, was responsible for the operation and maintenance of buses and ferries in Sydney and Newcastle from July 1980 until January 1989. |
Sam ran out of gas. He was also wanting a drink. He only had enough money for either beer or gasoline. He decided to get the gasoline and wait on the beer. It was a smart choice and Sam was proud of himself. |
The Yorkton Terriers are a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) based in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team plays their home games in the Westland Insurance Arena, which has a seating capacity of 2,300. The Terriers won the 2014 Royal Bank Cup as Junior A Champions of Canada. |
Banksia robur, commonly known as swamp banksia, or less commonly broad-leaved banksia, grows in sand or peaty sand in coastal areas from Cooktown in north Queensland to the Illawarra region on the New South Wales south coast. It is often found in areas which are seasonally inundated. |
Tim was an aspiring pop star. He spent countless hours practicing his singing and dancing. Tim decided to sing in a busy street corner for some cash. A talent scout noticed Tim's singing voice. The talent scout offered Tim a record deal. |
Jogyesa () is the chief temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. The building dates back to the late 14th century and became the order's chief temple in 1936. It thus plays a leading role in the current state of Seon Buddhism in South Korea. The temple was first established in 1395, at the dawn of the Joseon Dynas... |
Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Since inception, the Foundation has granted over $650 million. |
Barry was on his computer all day long. He worked writing a blog for a local newspaper. When Barry would have breaks he would smoke cigarettes. Barry tried to quit one day and struggled immensely. He was finally able to stop by substituting snacks for cigarettes. |
I went to the store. I got caught in a thunderstorm. It completely soaked my clothes. That affect upset me. But, I realized it was time to do laundry. |
Alicia loved going to the zoo. However, Alicia was excited to be seeing the giraffe exhibit. Alicia decided she would take a picture of a baby giraffe. However, the mother giraffe took the camera out of Alicia's hands. Alicia found it so funny that the giraffe stole her camera. |
Elberta is an unincorporated community located in northern Houston County, Georgia, United States. The community lies along State Route 247. It is part of the Warner Robins, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
Ladislaus Frederick "Laddie" Outschoorn (26 September 1918 – 9 January 1994) was a Ceylonese first-class cricketer, a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Worcestershire in the years after the Second World War. |
Greg Magado Minor (born September 18, 1971) is an American basketball coach and a former National Basketball Association player who spent five seasons with the Boston Celtics. Born in Sandersville, Georgia he played basketball for Washington County High School before enrolling at the University of Louisville to play fo... |
Metacinema, also meta-cinema, is a mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction. Metacinema often references its own production, working against narrative conventions that aim to maintain the audience's suspension of disbelief. Elements of metacinema include scenes ... |
Gosforth Park is a park north of Gosforth in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It houses Newcastle Racecourse, Virgin Money Unity Arena, a Britannia hotel, two golf courses, a garden centre and a football centre. It is also home to Gosforth Nature Reserve, a private SSSI managed by the Natural History Society ... |
Guantánamo is a city and the seat of Guantánamo Province, Cuba |
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