Speeton Beds, in English geology, a series of clays well exposed at Speeton, near Filey on the Yorkshire coast.
Peculiar interest attaches to these beds for they are the principal representatives in Britain of the marine phase of the Lower Cretaceous system. The Speeton Clays pass downwards without break into the underlying Kimeridgian; they are capped […]
A groupie is a person who, while he/she may be a fan at some level, seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous person.
Types of Groupies
Groupie is derived from group in reference to a musical band, but now has more general application. The term “groupie” is often used derogatorily but also used […]
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England and the unitary authorities of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly.
This is the largest police force area in England by geographical area covered, and the fifth largest in the United Kingdom. The […]
Southlake Regional Health Centre (formerly York County Hospital) is a hospital located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
A private hospital was founded in 1932 and on August 22 the province granted a Charter of Incorporation for the York County Hospital Corporation. In 1924, it became a public hospital. In 1946, the Margaret Johnson Davis Wing […]
Password Safe is a free open-source program for storing passwords in the Windows operating system.
After filling in the master password the user has access to all account data entered and saved previously. The data can be organized by categories, can be sorted and searched. The key combination Ctrl+C copies the password of a selected account […]
2 mm scale is a scale used for railway modelling, largely of British subjects. It uses a scale of 2 mm on the model to 1 foot on the prototype, which scales out to 1:152. It is, therefore, similar in size to the slightly larger British N scale at 1:148 and the slightly smaller […]
Food reality television series are programs of the reality television genre that somehow focus on food. Some shows within the genre have a competitive aspect, others are similar in nature to documentaries, and others try to help the subjects involved. Many shows in the genre focus on the operation of a restaurant.
List of programs
Fixing […]
Diya is a lamp made usually of clay, with wick made of cotton and dipped in ghee or vegetable oils. Clay diyas are temporary and are used for special occasions, while diyas made of brass are permanent fixtures in homes and temples.
The Indian light festival Diwali is traditionally lit up by huge numbers of Diya. […]
Ninth Avenue / Columbus Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs downtown (southbound) along its full length, and in both directions between 14th and 16th Streets. Ninth Avenue originates just south of West 14th Street at Gansevoort Street in the West Village, and […]
Retinite a general name applied to various resins, particularly those from beds of brown coal, which are near amber in appearance, but contain little or no succinic acid. It may conveniently serve as a generic name, since no two independent occurrences prove to be alike, and the indefinite multiplication of names, no one of them […]
The Red Clay Cup is an annual slalom skateboard race in Athens, Georgia, USA. First held in 2002 as the “Georgia State Championships” of slalom skateboarding, the race has grown to attract an international field of competitors. The Red Clay Cup is a world slalom ranking event.
External links
Red Clay Cup information
Slalom Skateboarder
Slalom World Rankings
Randa […]
The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about a battered Dansville, Michigan housewife, Francine Hughes. After thirteen years of domestic abuse, she set her husband aflame while he slept on March 9, 1977. The location of the house that was burned down is still visible in Dansville to this day.
Hughes […]
1990 Shane Heal (Geelong Supercats)
1991 Andre LaFleur (Gold Coast Rollers)
1992 Andre LaFleur (Gold Coast Rollers)
1993 Andre LaFleur (Gold Coast Rollers)
1994 Darryl McDonald (North Melbourne Giants)
1995 Darryl McDonald (North Melbourne Giants)
1996 Darryl McDonald (North Melbourne Giants)
1997 Darryl McDonald (North Melbourne Giants)
1998 Derek Rucker (Townsville Suns)
1999 Derek […]
For the record label, see Duck Down Records
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Down is a fine thermal insulator and padding, used in goods such as jackets, bedding, pillows and sleeping bags.
Down offers excellent thermal […]
Glycogen storage disease type 0 is characterized by a deficiency in the glycogen synthase enzyme. Although glycogen synthase deficiency does not result in storage of extra glycogen in the liver, it is often classified with the GSDs because it is another defect of glycogen storage and can cause similar problems.
KIDKRAFT TABLE TRAIN TRUNDLE : […]
MS Elation
Placed in Service:
April 1, 1998
Status:
In Service
Built In:
Helsinki, Finland
Tonnage:
70,367 gross tons
Length:
855 feet
Speed:
21 knots
Decks:
10
Complement:
2,052 passengers, 920 crew
Registry:
Panama
MS Elation is a Fantasy class cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. She sails on four and five day itineraries to the Bahamas from Port Canaveral, Florida; and on seven day itineraries to the Eastern Caribbean from Miami, […]
Space Mountain is the name of five different attractions at Disney parks. The name can refer to:
Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom) (1975), at Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Space Mountain (Disneyland) (1977), at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.
Space Mountain (Tokyo Disneyland) (1983), at Tokyo Disneyland Park in Tokyo, Japan.
Space […]
A bed of nails is typically an oblong piece of wood, the size of a bed, with nails pointing upwards out of it. It appears to the spectator that anyone lying on this “bed” would be injured by the nails, but this is not so, assuming the nails are numerous enough, since the weight is […]
A monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. Monarchs almost always inherit their titles and are rulers for life; that is, they have no term limit. Historically monarchs have been more or less absolute rulers. Modern monarchs are often figureheads who either have power, but do not exercise it personally […]
The Sand Springs Range is a short mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. It is approximately 10 miles long and is in Churchill County. It separates Salt Wells (to the west) from Fairview Valley (to the east). To the north, it is separated from the Stillwater Range by […]
An ambassadorial residence is where an ambassador lives. In many cases it is in the same building as the embassy. Like embassies, such residences are considered inviolable–however, contrary to popular belief, neither embassies nor Ambassador’s residences are considered the territory of the Sending State. The residences of high commissioners have the same rights. Ambassadorial […]
Shiner was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic Whizzer and Chips. Shiner was the leader of the “Chip-ites” in the comic which was divided into two sections made up of “Whizz-kids” and “Chip-ites”. Shiner was an amateur boxer who was constantly getting in trouble with his mum who […]
Volatile memory, also known as volatile storage or primary storage device, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information, unlike non-volatile memory which does not require a maintained power supply.
Most forms of modern random access memory are volatile storage, including dynamic random access memory and static random access memory. Content addressable memory […]
Rancho Del Oso Nature and History Center interprets the cultural and natural history of the area of Rancho del Oso — ranch of the bear — which became part of California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park, in the 1970s.
Rancho del Oso has trails that traverse the park habitats. There are soggy marshes, grassy meadows, gurgling […]
The San Leandro Oyster Beds in San Leandro, California, were the origin of the oyster industry in the U.S. state of California. During the 1890s the oyster industry thrived until it became the single most important fishery in the state. Moses Wicks is supposed to have been the first to bring seed oysters around Cape […]