What does it mean due by midnight?

What does it mean due by midnight? In conversation, the ‘night’ of which ‘midnight’ is in the middle, is considered the night of the date mentioned. If you are referring to a deadline, this also will refer to the stroke of 12 after the evening of the same date. Example: The paper is due by […]

Can you burn out creosote?

Can you burn out creosote? Many homeowners allow their fire to smolder until it burns itself out. As the fire begins to burn out more creosote is produced at the lower temperatures. Rather than allowing the fire to smolder, it should be extinguished. Can you burn orange peels in the fireplace? Time to light the […]

Are the Shetland Isles part of Scotland?

Are the Shetland Isles part of Scotland? Shetland Islands, also called Zetland or Shetland, group of about 100 islands, fewer than 20 of them inhabited, in Scotland, 130 miles (210 km) north of the Scottish mainland, at the northern extremity of the United Kingdom. They constitute the Shetland Islands council area and the historic county […]

What does Aten mean?

What does Aten mean? The word Aten appears in the Old Kingdom as a noun meaning “disc” which referred to anything flat and circular; the sun was called the “disc of the day” where Ra was thought to reside. By analogy, the term “silver aten” was sometimes used to refer to the moon. What does […]

Why is the canyon intentionally flooded?

Why is the canyon intentionally flooded? While sediment used to flow more freely in the canyon, since the building of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1966, the only sediment sources now come from the Little Colorado and Paria rivers. The back eddies and beaches the flooding aims to create are necessary for native fish species, […]

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