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Heavens River , a punk rock band from Olympia, Washington
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Heavens may refer to: * The sky, low Earth orbit, or outer space (also celestial spheres or Biblical firmament) * Heaven of general religious, theological, and metaphysical belief * Seven Heavens a classic generally esoteric and metaphysical study of heaven * Heavens (band), an American rock band * ''Heavens'' (album), a 1987 album by Big Dipper * "Heavens", a song by James from ''Seven'' See also * Heaven (other) * ''Heavens Above!'', a 1963 black-and-white British satirical comedy * Heavens to Betsy Heavens to Betsy was an American punk band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1991 with vocalist and guitarist Corin Tucker and drummer Tracy Sawyer. The duo were part of the DIY riot grrrl, punk rock underground, and were Tucker's first band be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Earth Orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial objects in outer space are in LEO, with an altitude never more than about one-third of the radius of Earth. The term ''LEO region'' is also used for the area of space below an altitude of (about one-third of Earth's radius). Objects in orbits that pass through this zone, even if they have an apogee further out or are sub-orbital, are carefully tracked since they present a collision risk to the many LEO satellites. All crewed space stations to date have been within LEO. From 1968 to 1972, the Apollo program's lunar missions sent humans beyond LEO. Since the end of the Apollo program, no human spaceflights have been beyond LEO. Defining characteristics A wide variety of sources define LEO in terms of altitude. The altitude of an object in an elliptic orbit can vary significantly along the orbit. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Space
Outer space, commonly shortened to space, is the expanse that exists beyond Earth and its atmosphere and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a near-perfect vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust, and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature of outer space, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is . The plasma between galaxies is thought to account for about half of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in the universe, having a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a kinetic temperature of millions of kelvins. Local concentrations of matter have condensed into stars and galaxies. Studies indicate that 90% of the mass in most galaxies is in an unknown form, called dark matter, which interacts with other matter through gravitational but not electromagnetic forces. Observations s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestial Spheres
The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmology, cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the diurnal motion, apparent motions of the fixed stars and classical planet, planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial, transparent fifth element (aether (classical element), quintessence), like jewels set in orbs. Since it was believed that the fixed stars did not change their positions relative to one another, it was argued that they must be on the surface of a single starry sphere. In modern thought, the Orbit#Planetary orbits, orbits of the planets are viewed as the paths of those planets through mostly empty space. Ancient and medieval thinkers, however, considered the celestial orbs to be thick spheres of rarefied matter nested one within the other, each one in complete contact with the spher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmament
In biblical cosmology, the firmament is the vast solid dome created by God during his creation of the world to divide the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear. The concept was adopted into the subsequent Classical/Medieval model of heavenly spheres, but was dropped with advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today it survives as a synonym for "sky" or "heaven". Etymology In English, the word "firmament" is recorded as early as 1250, in the ''Middle English Story of Genesis and Exodus''. It later appeared in the King James Bible. The same word is found in French and German Bible translations, all from Latin '' firmamentum'' (a firm object), used in the Vulgate (4th century). This in turn is a calque of the Greek (), also meaning a solid or firm structure (Greek = rigid), which appears in the Septuagint, the Greek translation made by Jewish scholars around 200 BCE. These words all translate the Biblical Hebrew word ''rā ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven
Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven alive. Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the holiest place, a Paradise, in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or right beliefs or simply divine will. Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a ''world to come''. Another belief is in an axis mundi or world tree which connects the heavens, the terrestrial world, and the underworld. In Indian religions, heaven is considered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavens (band)
Heavens was an indie rock band featuring Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, and Josiah Steinbrick of F-Minus. The duo signed to Epitaph Records and released their debut album, ''Patent Pending'', on September 12, 2006. They spent the 2006 fall season playing the UK and select dates across the US with Darker My Love. Discography Studio albums * ''Patent Pending "Patent pending" (sometimes abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "patent applied for" are legal designations or expressions that can be used in relation to a product or process once a patent application for the product or process ...'' (September 12, 2006) Singles *"Patent Pending" (2006) Videography *"Patent Pending" (2006) Samples"Patent Pending"at Epitaph.comHeavenson MySpace References External linksEpitaph Artist Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavens (album)
''Heavens'' is the debut studio album from Boston indie rock band Big Dipper. The album was released in 1987 by Homestead Records. ''Heavens'' was remastered and re-released in 2008 as part of Merge Records' '' Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology'' set. The song "Mr. Woods" was covered by Gigolo Aunts on ''Safe and Sound: A Benefit in Response to the Brookline Clinic Violence'', released in 1996 on Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is .... Track listing {{Authority control 1987 albums Big Dipper (band) albums Homestead Records albums Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven (James Album)
''Seven'' is the fourth studio album by English Rock music, rock band James (band), James. It was released on 17 February 1992, through Fontana Records. After writing new material in their practice space, the band began recording at The Manor Studios. The sessions lasted for several months, with the band producing the proceedings themselves. After a lack of progress, Fontana halted the sessions, and sent them to work at Olympic Studios with Youth (musician), Youth. Half of the songs were produced by Youth, while the remainder was produced between James and Steve Chase. Described as a stadium rock album, ''Seven'' drew comparison to the likes of Simple Minds and U2. Preceded by a three-month tour of the United Kingdom, "Sound (James song), Sound" was released as the lead single in November 1991, which was then followed the second single "Born of Frustration" in January 1992. To promote the album, the band embarked on a tour of the United States, which coincided with the release of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven (other)
Heaven is the place where deities originate, and where earthly beings may experience an afterlife. Heaven may also refer to: * Celestial sphere, the sky as seen from the Earth * Heaven in Judaism * Garden of Eden * Heaven in Christianity * Heaven in Islam * Jannah, Paradise in Islam * Paradise, the abode of the righteous dead in religious traditions from around the world * Tian, a concept translated as Heaven central to Chinese religion and philosophy People ;Surname * Constance Heaven (1911–1995) or Christina Merlin, British writer of romance novels * Dave Heaven (born 1959), British musician * Frank Heaven (1873–1905), cricketer and football administrator ;Given name * Heaven Tanudiredja (born 1982), Indonesian fashion designer in Belgium * Heaven Peralejo (born 1999), Filipina actress, model and singer Films * ''Heaven'' (1987 film), a documentary written and produced by Diane Keaton * ''Heaven'' (1998 film), a crime drama starring Martin Donovan * ''Heaven'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavens Above!
''Heavens Above!'' is a 1963 British satirical comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by John and Roy Boulting, who also co-wrote along with Frank Harvey, from an idea by Malcolm Muggeridge. It is in a similar vein to the earlier collaboration between Sellers, Harvey and the Boultings, ''I'm All Right Jack''. Plot A naive but caring prison chaplain, John Smallwood (Sellers), is accidentally assigned as vicar to the small and prosperous English country town of Orbiston Parva, in place of an upper-class cleric (Carmichael) with the same name, who is favoured by the Despard family, who practically run the town and operate a large factory there. Smallwood's belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the locals, whose assertions that they are good, Christian people are belied in Smallwood's eyes by their behaviour and ideas. He creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman (Peters) as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading local lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
