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Novel where a girl cares for psychic children, maybe set on a starship

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 6 down vote favorite I can't recall the name of a novel where a young human woman takes care of a group of children who may have psychic powers but the government does not know what their abilities are or when they will manifest. When the woman identifies that a child has an ability she notifies the authorities who take the child away, most like to be dissected for experimentation. After the first child with an ability is taken away the young woman decides to protect the rest of the children. Most of the children display abilities. The book may be set on a starship due to some of the references. When the young women goes out to socialize she wears a dress of twigs and leaves as she does not have a full body tattoo which is the current vogue. There was an alien, a green being that may have been like a pet. The book itself had a green cover,...
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Beamly

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Beamly Type Private Founded 2011 ; 7 years ago  ( 2011 ) Founders Ernesto Schmitt, Anthony Rose. Headquarters London Key people Jason Forbes, Anthony Rose, Ernesto Schmitt. Number of employees ~150 Parent Coty, Inc. Website www.beamly.com Beamly is a digital marketing and technology agency based in London, UK and New York City, United States. [1] The company was founded by Anthony Rose, [2] the ex-CTO of the BBC iPlayer, and Ernesto Schmitt, ex-Board Director of EMI Music. Film Director Simon Miller, Max Bleyleben, and Alex Nunes are also in the founding team. The service was original launched in October 2011 by Zeebox Limited, a British company, [3] originally called tBone. [4] In January 2012, BSkyB bought a stake in Zeebox and announced plans to integrate the software with its offering. [5] In September 2012, Zeebox announced expansion into the US with a commercial partnership with Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, Viacom and HBO. Comcast, NBCU and Viacom also took minority...
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One-line joke

A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one-liner is said to be pithy - concise and meaningful. [1] Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e.g. Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, Norm Macdonald, Ken Dodd, Stewart Francis, Zach Galifianakis, Mitch Hedberg, Anthony Jeselnik, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Jay London, Mark Linn-Baker, Demetri Martin, Groucho Marx, Dan Mintz, Emo Philips, Tim Vine, Steven Wright and Henny Youngman and Arnold Schwarzenegger. [ citation needed ] Many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including James Bond, who usually includes pithy and laconic quips after disposing of a villain. [ citation needed ] Examples "A baby seal walks into a club." "A dyslexic man walks into a bra." (Anonymous) "There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't." "Venison's dear, isn't it?" (Jimmy Carr) "An escala...
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Screener (website)

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Zap2it Zap2it TV Listings Type of site Entertainment news film showtimes television listings Available in English Owner Tribune Digital Ventures Website zap2it.com Alexa rank 8,095 (June 2018 [update] ) [1] Commercial Yes Registration Not mandatory Launched April 3, 2000  ( 2000-04-03 ) Current status Active (as of September 2018 [update] ) Zap2it is an American website and affiliate network that provides local television listings for areas of the United States and Canada. The site is produced by Tribune Media Services (TMS), part of the publishing division of Chicago-based Tribune Media. Zap2it affiliates include Wave Broadband, Cox, Dish Network, Disney, The New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , and The Washington Post . Contents 1 History 2 Product development 3 Editorial development 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History TMS first began to offer online listings services as a content provider to the online services Prodigy in the lat...
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