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Heavens Fire , 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Earth Orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an geocentric orbit, orbit around Earth with a orbital period, period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial objects in outer space are in LEO, peaking in number at an altitude around , while the farthest in LEO, before medium Earth orbit (MEO), have an altitude of 2,000 km, about one-third of the Earth radius, radius of Earth and near the beginning of the Van Allen radiation belt#Inner belt, inner Van Allen radiation belt. The term ''LEO region'' is 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 spaceflight, sub-orbital, are carefully tracked since they present a collision risk to the many LEO satellites. No human spaceflights other than the lunar missions of the Apollo program (1968-1972) have gone beyond L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestial Spheres
The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the apparent motions of the fixed stars and planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial, transparent fifth element ( quintessence), like gems set in orbs. Since it was believed that the fixed stars were unchanging in their positions relative to one another, it was argued that they must be on the surface of a single starry sphere. Context In modern thought, the 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 sphere above it and the sphere below.Lindberg, ''Beginnings of Western Science'', p. 251. When schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmament
In ancient near eastern cosmology, the firmament means a celestial barrier that separates the heavenly waters above from the Earth below. In biblical cosmology, the firmament ( ''rāqīaʿ'') is the vast solid dome created by God during the Genesis creation narrative to separate the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear. The concept was adopted into the subsequent Classical and Medieval models of heavenly spheres, but was dropped with advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today it is known as a synonym for ''sky'' or ''heaven''. Etymology Firmament 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven
Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common Religious cosmology, religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deity, deities, angels, souls, saints, or Veneration of the dead, venerated ancestors are said to originate, be throne, enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or Incarnation, incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven Entering heaven alive, without dying. Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the Sacred, holiest place, a paradise, in contrast to Hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and History of Christian universalism, universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, good and evil, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or orthodoxy, right beliefs or simply Will of God, divine will. Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a ''world to come''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Heavens
In ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven firmaments or physical layers located above the open sky. The concept can be found in ancient Mesopotamian religion, Judaism, and Islam. Some traditions complement the seven heavens with an idea of the seven earths or seven underworlds. These heavens or underworlds have been conceived of as realms with deities or celestial bodies (such as the classical planets and fixed stars). Variants of the seven heavens tradition existed. Ancient Near Eastern cosmology more often described the number of heavens and earths as three, instead of seven. Seven as the number of heavens was the most popular value for Jewish cosmology, but depending on the text, the number ranged from 3 to 365. Origins The notion or belief in a cosmos structured or tiered into seven heavens likely originates or derives from the seven visible heavenly bodies (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon, and the Sun). Ancient Near Easter ... [...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'' (September 12, 2006) Singles *"Patent Pending" (2006) Videography *"Patent Pending" (2006) Samples"Patent Pending"at Epitaph.comHeavenson MySpace Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it w ... References External linksEpitaph Artist Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavens (album)
''Heavens'' is the debut studio album from American 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. Mercury Records released .... Track listing References 1987 albums Big Dipper (band) albums Homestead Records albums Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven (James Album)
''Seven'' is the fourth studio album by English rock 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 Martin "Youth" Glover. 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" 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 the third single "Ring the Bells" in March ... [...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 * Ayden Heaven (born 2006), English footballer * 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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavens Above!
''Heavens Above!'' is a 1963 British satirical comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, and starring Peter Sellers. It was written by John Boulting and Frank Harvey, from an idea by Malcolm Muggeridge. Plot A naive but caring prison chaplain, John Smallwood, is accidentally assigned as vicar to the small and prosperous English country town of Orbiston Parva, instead of a cleric with the same name who is favoured by the Bishop who wants to maintain the support for the church of the Despard family, who practically run the town and operate a large factory there. Smallwood's belief in the practical application of 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 as his churchwarden, taking in a family being evicted from their illegal encampment, and persuading local landowner Lady Desp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
