Twas the Night Before Christmas, the 1974 Rankin-Bass animated Christmas television special, has very little to do with the famous 1823 poem that opens with this line.
In this television special, Santa Claus is offended by an anonymous letter written to him claiming that he doesn’t exist. In response, Santa returns the entire town’s letters […]
An infant bed (commonly referred to as a cot in British English and a crib, cradle or stock) is a small bed specifically for infants, generally up to three years old.
Infant beds are typically used as a bed for a baby after it is no longer safe to leave them in a bassinet. Infant beds […]
Summerlin Hospital for-profit hospital is owned and operated by Universal Health Services and is the only hospital in Summerlin, Clark County, Nevada. The hospital, which provides 281 beds, is on Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada and is located in the Summerlin village of The Crossings.
The hospital also contains a 17 bed neonatal intensive care […]
540 state leaders - Events of 541 - 542 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
America
Mayas - K’an Joy Chitam I, Ruler of Palenque (529-565)
Asia
China (Southern and Northern Dynasties) -
Liang Dynasty - Emperor Wu, Emperor of Liang (502-549)
Eastern Wei Dynasty - Emperor Xiaojing, Emperor of Eastern Wei (534-550)
Western Wei Dynasty […]
The Bovey Beds are a deposit of sands, clays and lignite, 200–300 ft. thick, which lies in a basin extending from Bovey Tracey to Newton Abbot in Devonshire, England. The deposit is evidently the result of the degradation of the neighbouring Dartmoor granite; and it was no doubt laid down in a lake. O. Heer, […]
Weston Turville is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about a mile and a half south east of Aylesbury.
The village name ‘Weston’ is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means ‘western estate’. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is recorded as Westone. The suffix ‘Turville’ was added […]
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McLaughlin Waterbeds Providing water, foam and air beds, along with sheets, comforters, quilts, shams and accessories.
Water Beds […]
A buckling spring is a type of keyswitch mechanism, popularized by IBM’s keyboards for the PC, PC/AT, 5250 / 3270 terminals, and other keyboards, the most popular of these being the Model M. It is described in (now expired).
The name refers to the fact that the coil spring tensioning the keycap “buckles”, i.e. kinks […]
Wide character is a computer programming term. It is a vague term used to represent a datatype that is richer than the traditional 8-bit characters. It is not the same thing as Unicode.
wchar_t is a data type in ANSI/ISO C and some other programming languages that is intended to represent wide characters.
The Unicode standard 4.0 […]
Oxford Clay is a Jurassic marine sedimentary rock underlying much of South East England, from as far west as Dorset and as far north as Yorkshire. The Oxford Clay is argillaceous (consists of clay) and is of Callovian to lower Oxfordian age.
Oxford Clay appears at the surface around Oxford, Peterborough and Weymouth and is exposed […]
Martin Trenaman is a British comedy writer and actor, who has contributed to many modern comedy series.
Winner of So You Think You’re Funny? in 1994, Martin has gone on to write additional material for shows such as Head on Comedy, Lenny Henry in Pieces and Haywire, and comedians such as Harry Enfield, Johnny Vaughan and […]
A camper shell, sometimes known as a topper or cap, is a small housing or rigid canopy used as a pickup truck accessory. The housing is usually made of fiberglass or aluminum, and is mounted atop the pickup truck’s rear bed. It generally covers the entirety of the pickup truck bed, and is […]
Montsià is the southernmost comarca (county) of Catalonia in Spain. Its capital and largest city is Amposta.
Municipalities
Population data is from 2001.
Alcanar - pop. 8,032
Amposta - pop. 16,865
Freginals - pop. 381
La Galera - pop. 749
Godall - pop. 713
Mas de Barberans - pop. 682
Masdenverge - pop. 950
Sant Carles de la Ràpita - pop. 11, 572
Sant Jaume d’Enveja […]
The Bullock Creek Fossil site is one of three known vertebrate fossil sites in the Australia’s Northern Territory, along with the Alcoota Fossil Beds on Alcoota Station and the Kangaroo Well site on Deep Well Station. It is located about 550km south-southeast of Darwin, on Camfield Station.
The Bullock Creek Fossil Site is part of the […]
Friday’s Child is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. It is generally considered one of Heyer’s best Regency romances, and was reportedly the favourite of the author herself.Hodge, JA. The Private World of Georgette Heyer (Bodley Head; 1984) Heyer retained only a single fan letter which was from a Romanian political prisoner who kept herself […]
OXO International is a US based manufacturer of ergonomic handheld kitchen utensils owned by Helen of Troy Limited.
Their best-known brand is “Good Grips”, a line of utensils distinguishable by their soft black rubber grips. Oxo’s range of kitchen tools were first launched for arthritics and were an instant hit. The design firm responsible for the […]
Component is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station is located located in San Jose, California in the center median of 1st Street near Component Drive. The station’s street address is 2540 N. First Street.
Component has a split platform. The northbound platform is located just north […]
The Cuddebackville Dam was a concrete dam on the Neversink River in Orange County, New York near the town of Cuddebackville, removed in 2003 and 2004 to benefit aquatic life. It was the first dam removed in New York State for environmental reasons.
Built in 1915, the Cuddebackville Dam was six feet high and 125 […]
Juanin Clay (November 26, 1949 - March 12, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in the 1983 movie WarGames. She was one of the contenders for the role of Wilma Deering in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series, but lost the role when Erin Gray returned to reprise her role […]
Helpinstill is an US-based company which produces a unique electromagnetic pickup system for amplifying grand and upright pianos on stage. During the late 1970s the company also marketed a range of portable pianos ready-fitted with the pickups; these instruments were built by Kimball to Helpinstill’s specifications. The company’s founder and namesake, Charles Helpinstill, performs in […]
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Surrey, England. See the list of places in England for places in other counties.[1]
A
Abinger Common, Abinger Hammer, Addlestone, Albury, Alfold, Artington, Ash, Ash Vale, Ashford, Ashtead
B
Badshot Lea, Bagshot, Banstead, Beare Green, Betchworth, Bisley, Bletchingley, Blindley Heath, Bramley, Brockham, Brookwood, Buckland, […]
A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of carbohydrates) or water. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores. Underground storage organs and the plants that bear them are sometimes called geophytes.
In common parlance, underground […]
Faith in the Future was a British comedy television show running from 1995-1998. It was a sequel to the show Second Thoughts. It aired on ITV for 22 episodes.
It continued the story of Faith (Lynda Bellingham) and Hannah (Julia Sawalha), a mother and daughter who were constantly bickering.
External links
Comedy Guide - Faith in the Future […]
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main feature of the Monument is a valley of the Niobrara River.
The area largely consists of grass-covered plains. Plants on the site include prairie sandreed, blue grama, little bluestem and needle and thread grass, and the wildflowers lupine, spiderwort, western wallflower […]
A is a type of traditional Japanese inn dating from the Edo period (1603–1868), when they served travelers along Japan’s highways. They typically feature tatami-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear yukata and talk with the owner.
Ryokan are difficult to find in Tokyo and other large cities because many […]