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Evening Star (Fripp
__NOTOC__ Evening Star or evening star may refer to: Astronomy * The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset ** The ancient Greeks gave it the name Hesperus (latin ''Vesper'') * Less commonly, the Mercury (planet), planet Mercury when it appears in the west (evening sky) after sunset Plants * ''Oenothera biennis'', a medicinal plant * ''Mentzelia decapetala'', ''Mentzelia pumila'', and other species of ''Mentzelia'' Arts and entertainment * The Evening Star (painting), ''The Evening Star'' (painting), an 1830 landscape painting by J.M.W. Turner * "Song to the Evening Star" ("''O du mein holder Abendstern''"), an aria from Richard Wagner's 1845 opera ''Tannhäuser'' * ''The Evening Star'', an engraving of a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence for The Amulet, 1833 in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon. * ''The Evening Star'', an engraving of a painting by John Boaden for The Amulet, 1836, in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an atmosphere much thicker and denser than Earth and any other rocky body in the Solar System. Its atmosphere is composed of mostly carbon dioxide (), with a global sulfuric acid cloud cover and no liquid water. At the mean surface level the atmosphere reaches a temperature of and a pressure 92 times greater than Earth's at sea level, turning the lowest layer of the atmosphere into a supercritical fluid. Venus is the third brightest object in Earth's sky, after the Moon and the Sun, and, like Mercury, appears always relatively close to the Sun, either as a "morning star" or an "evening star", resulting from orbiting closer ( inferior) to the Sun than Earth. The orbits of Venus and Earth make the two planets approach each other in synodic periods of 1.6 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer Of The Void
''Destroyer of the Void'' is the fifth studio album by Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/ folk/ rock band associated with Sub Pop Records, Vagrant Records, Lojinx, and Yep Roc. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a quartet, with Eric Earley (guitar/harmon ... released on June 8, 2010 on Sub Pop Records. Following their commercial breakthrough, ''Furr'', ''Destroyer'' was a hit in its own right. ''Destroyer of the Void'' put Blitzen Trapper in the top 100 of ''Billboards Top 200 chart for the first time - peaking at #88 - while the album had even more success on the Top Independent Album charts, hitting #11 there. Unusually, lead songwriter and singer Eric Earley didn't title the album, which was named by multi-instrumentalist Marty Marquis. Earley admitted, "I couldn’t think of a name for it." Conception and critical reception Coming off the extended tour for Blitzen Trapper's commercial breakthrough, ''Furr'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening And The Morning Star
''The Evening and the Morning Star'' was an early Latter Day Saint movement newspaper published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834. Reprints of edited versions of the original issues were also published in Kirtland under the title ''Evening and Morning Star''. Printing in Missouri ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' was the first Latter Day Saint newspaper. It was initially published in the printing office of W. W. Phelps in Independence, Missouri. The first issue was printed in June 1832 as volume 1 number 1. Printing continued until the office was destroyed by a mob on 20 July 1833, in response to an article published in ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' about U.S. and Missouri laws regarding slavery, African-Americans, and mixed-raced Americans. According to a letter written by John Whitmer and Phelps, proslavery Missourians responded with an outraged manifesto, in which Morm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Eveningstar
Lady Eveningstar or Lady Ikʼ Skull (704-751), was a Maya queen and possible regent, wife of Itzamnaaj Bʼalam III, a Maya king of Yaxchilan. Their son, Yaxun Bʼalam IV - "Bird Jaguar", succeeded his father as king. She was possibly a regent between 742 and 751. Biography Lady Eveningstar came to Yaxchilan from Calakmul. She was a secondary wife to Shield Jaguar the Great (Itzamnaaj Bʼalam II). Although a secondary wife, Lady Ikʼ Skull may have ruled for a short time in Yaxchilan's history until her son Yaxun Bʼalam IV was old enough to take the throne.Josserand 2007 A review of the dynastic history of Yaxchilan during Itzamnaaj Bahlam's reign indicates that he had three wives: his aunt Lady Xoc, Lady Sak Bʼiyaan and Lady Ikʼ Skull, with Lady Xoc as the primary wife. Upon the death of Itzamnaaj Bahlam, the right to the throne would traditionally go to his heir through Lady Xoc's line; however, this is not what happened and nearly ten years after his death it is his son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It is the navy's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom, Britain's nuclear weapons, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with UK Trident programme, Trident missiles. History Faslane was first constructed and used as a base in the World War II, Second World War. During the 1960s, the British Government began negotiating the Polaris Sales Agreement with the United States regarding the purchase of a Polaris missile system to fire British-built nuclear weapons from five specially constructed submarines. In the end, only four were constructed; , , and . These four submarines were permanently based at Faslane. Faslane itself was chosen to host these vessels at the height of the Cold Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail Class 66
The British Rail Class 66 is a type of six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive developed in part from the , for use on UK railways. Since its introduction the class has been successful and has been sold to British and other European railway companies. In Continental Europe it is marketed as the EMD Class 66 (JT42CWR). History Background On the privatisation of British Rail's freight operations in 1996, Wisconsin Central Transportation Systems under the control of Ed Burkhardt bought a number of the newly privatised rail freight companies: Transrail Freight, Mainline Freight, Loadhaul, and later, Railfreight Distribution and Rail Express Systems; thus controlling 93% of UK rail freight. After a public relations exercise involving the input of the general public, the company was named English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS). EWS inherited a fleet of 1,600, mainly diesel, locomotives, with an average age of over 30 years; 300 had been cannibalised for spares. Typical o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BR 92220 Evening Star
BR Standard Class 9F number 92220 ''Evening Star'' is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960. It was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. It was the only British main line steam locomotive earmarked for preservation from the date of construction. It was the 999th locomotive of the whole British Railways Standard range. Construction ''Evening Star'' was built at Swindon Works in 1960. Though the last to be built, it was not the last 9F numerically as Crewe Works had already completed engines with higher numbers. It was equipped with a BR1G-type tender and given BR Locomotive Green livery, normally reserved for passenger locomotives, and was completed with a copper-capped double chimney. All other members of the class of heavy freight locomotives were painted unlined black. Naming 92220 was the only Class 9F to be named when running with BR, although other 9Fs have subsequently been named in preservation. The name ''Evening Star'' was chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Star (newspaper)
''Evening Star'' is the name of the following newspapers: * ''Evening Star'' (Ipswich), a daily newspaper in Ipswich, England, published since 1885 * ''Evening Star'' (Dunedin), a daily newspaper published in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1863 to 1979 * ''The Evening Star'', former name of '' The Star'' in Auburn, Indiana, United States *''Washington Evening Star'', a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from 1852 to 1981 *''The Evening Star'', a newspaper published in the 1800s in what is now Rensselaer, New York *''The Evening Star'', former name of the ''Toronto Star'', a daily newspaper based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * ''The Evening Star'' (Boulder, Western Australia), a daily newspaper published in Kalgoorlie-Boulder from 1898 to 1921 *''The Evening Star'', a daily newspaper published in Madison, Indiana from 1876 until it was bought by the Madison Courier in 1884 See also *''The Evening and the Morning Star ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Star Studio
Christian Whitehead, also known as The Taxman, is an Australian video game programmer and designer. He is most recognized for his work creating updated ports of early games in Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, as well as being a lead developer of an original game in the series, ''Sonic Mania''. In late 2018, Whitehead co-founded indie development studio Evening Star, which launched its first game, '' Penny's Big Breakaway'', in early 2024. Career In 2006, Whitehead worked as a freelance 3D animator with the company Kine Graffiti. Since 2009, he has focused on game development, developing various fangames based on the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, starting with a 2007 fangame entitled ''Retro Sonic''. The game became notable after its release for its accuracy to the games, despite not being a ROM hack or modification to an existing ''Sonic'' game. ''Retro Sonic'' later merged with two other ''Sonic'' fangames, ''Sonic XG'' and ''Sonic Nexus'', to form ''Retro Sonic Nexus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening Star (Traveller)
''The Evening Star'' is a 1979 role-playing game supplement for '' Traveller'' published by R. Warfield Game Design. Contents ''The Evening Star'' is a supplement about the ''Evening Star'', a hollowed out asteroid used for the pleasures of the wealthy, with a map showing an overhead view of the ''Evening Star''. Reception Tony Watson reviewed ''The Evening Star'' in ''The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...'' No. 34. Watson commented that "Despite the price, ''The Evening Star'' is a fine playing aid for use with ''Traveller'', and should certainly provide some good material for any referee." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Evening Star Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1979 Traveller (role-playing game) supplements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Star (video Game)
''Evening Star'' is a vector graphics train simulation game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, and Amstrad CPC published by Hewson Consultants in 1987. It is the sequel to ''Southern Belle''. Gameplay The idea of the game is to successfully get the "Evening Star" from Bath to its destination Bournemouth on the old Somerset and Dorset line. The objectives are keeping to the tight timetable, earning points for safety and economy, and obeying signals. Stops are made at stations along the route to pick up passengers. Reception ''Evening Star'' received positive reviews from critics. Bob Hillyer of ''The Games Machine'' praised the game's "fine-tuned" improvements on its predecessor, ''Southern Belle'', citing its longer track and better graphics display. ''Computer & Video Games'' found the game's merits and flaws to be largely identical to ''Southern Belle "Southern belle" () is a colloquialism for a debutante or other fashionable young woman of Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Underfall Yard
''The Underfall Yard'' is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train, and their first to feature vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon. It was released on 15 December 2009, by English Electric Recordings. Background ''The Underfall Yard'' consists of an opening instrumental track and 5 songs. The album has an elegiac atmosphere, with a number of the songs exploring historical themes in an almost nostalgic manner. The opening instrumental track, "Evening Star", sets out some of the instrumental motifs which recur in the title track. Two of the songs, "Master James of St. George" and "Victorian Brickwork", are about Spawton's father, who died shortly before the album was released. "Last Train" is a song about a Mr Delia who was the last station master at Hurn railway station, which was an isolated station on a rural branch line on the border of Dorset and Hampshire. The station closed in 1935. The song tells the story of Mr Delia's fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
