Pharaun summons Jeggred's father, the demonBelshazu, and interrogates him to find a portal to the Abyss. Belshazu tries to escape, and during the commotion, Ryld Argith and Halisstra Melarn leave the party to pursue their own ends among the surface. Pharaun successfully binds the demon, and learns there is a demon ship that sails on the plane of shadow, and can take them to the Abyss. The party then journeys to an aboleth-filled lake to find this ship, and Quenthel Baenre and Pharaun both devise schemes to get rid of the other. Neither are successful, and they eventually find the ship.
Meanwhile, back in Menzoberranzan, duergar and tanarukks are attacking, led again by Nimor Imphraezl. Gromph Baenre awakens in a cave nearby, trapped in a small sphere, but with the help of his familiar escapes. He is captured by an Illithid, but by using his cunning drow intellect he is able to defeat the foe. He finds an amulet of light and binds it to Nimor, trapping him in the Shadow Plane.
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over eight hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, only ninety-two are permitted to do so. Peers are called to the House of Lords with a writ of summons.
A hereditary title is not necessarily a title of the peerage. For instance, baronets and baronetesses may pass on their titles, but they are not peers. Conversely, the holder of a non-hereditary title may belong to the peerage, as with life peers. Peerages may be created by means of letters patent, but the granting of new hereditary peerages has dwindled, with only six having been created since 1965.
Origins
The hereditary peerage, as it now exists, combines several different English institutions with analogous ones from Scotland and Ireland.
English Earls are an Anglo-Saxon institution. Around 1014, England was divided into shires or counties, largely to defend against the Danes; each shire was led by a local great man, called an earl; the same man could be earl of several shires. When the Normans conquered England, they continued to appoint earls, but not for all counties; the administrative head of the county became the sheriff. Earldoms began as offices, with a perquisite of a share of the legal fees in the county; they gradually became honours, with a stipend of £20 a year. Like most feudal offices, earldoms were inherited, but the kings frequently asked earls to resign or exchange earldoms. Usually there were few Earls in England, and they were men of great wealth in the shire from which they held title, or an adjacent one, but it depended on circumstances: during the civil war between Stephen and the Empress Matilda, nine Earls were created in three years.
For Earth-bound observers, extinction arises both from the interstellar medium (ISM) and the Earth's atmosphere; it may also arise from circumstellar dust around an observed object. The strong atmospheric extinction in some wavelength regions (such as X-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared) requires the use of space-based observatories. Since blue light is much more strongly attenuated than red light, extinction causes objects to appear redder than expected, a phenomenon referred to as interstellar reddening.
A last is a mechanical form that has a shape similar to that of a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and high-density plastics.
Production
Lasts come in many styles and sizes, depending on the exact job they are designed for. Common variations include simple one-size lasts used for repairing soles and heels, durable lasts used in modern mass production, and custom-made lasts used in the making of bespoke footwear. Though a last is made approximately in the shape of a human foot, the precise shape is tailored to the kind of footwear being made. For example, a boot last would be designed to hug the instep for a close fit. Modern last shapes are typically designed using dedicated computer-aided design software.
Historically, lasts were typically made from hardwoods and cast iron because these materials retain their shape, even when in contact with wet materials (like leather) and subjected to the mechanical stresses of stretching and shaping shoes on them. Today, wooden lasts are generally used only for bespoke shoemaking, particularly in Europe and North America.
Last, the fourth album by English folk group The Unthanks, was released on 14 March 2011. It reached number 40 in the UK Albums Chart and was well received by the critics, receiving a five-starred review in the Sunday Express and four-starred reviews in The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.
Songs
As well as traditional material, the album included a song written by band member Adrian McNally ("Last"), and versions of songs by Jon Redfern ("Give Away Your Heart"), Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan ("No One Knows I'm Gone"), King Crimson ("Starless") and Alex Glasgow ("Close the Coalhouse Door"). "Last" was also issued as a single, edited for radio play; this was released on 13 June 2011.
Production and release
The album was produced by Adrian McNally; he and Thom Lewis were the sound engineers. The album was mastered by Denis Blackham and was released in the UK by Rabble Rouser Music on 14 March 2011. It was released in Europe by Rough Trade Records and in Australia on the Fuse Music Group label.
Jang Tae-ho is a successful fund manager whose seemingly fool-proof financial deal goes horribly awry, leading to a loss of ₩350 million and his business partner's death. In desperate straits, Tae-ho goes on the run from loan sharkgangsters and descends into the underbelly of Seoul. He discovers a secret society of homeless people living inside Seoul Station, one that has its own strict hierarchy and rules. Tae-ho vows to find out what went wrong with his deal, claw himself up from rock bottom, and get his life back.
Prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms of Christian prayer.
Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, like the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The most common prayer among Christians is the "Lord's Prayer", which according to the gospel accounts (e.g. Matthew 6:9-13) is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray. "The Lord's Prayer" is a model for prayers of adoration, confession and petition in Christianity.
A broad, three stage characterization of prayer begins with vocal prayer, then moves on to a more structured form in terms of meditation, then reaches the multiple layers of contemplation, or intercession.
There are two basic settings for Christian prayer: corporate (or public) and private. Corporate prayer includes prayer shared within the worship setting or other public places. These prayers can be formal written prayers or informal extemporaneous prayers. Private prayer occurs with the individual praying either silently or aloud within a private setting.
Prayer exists within multiple different worship contexts and may be structured differently. These types of contexts may include:
Dr. Karl Gordon (STScI): Interstellar Dust Extinction from the Far-Ultraviolet to the Mid-Infrared
Dust extinction measurements provide important constraints on the size,
composition, shape, and abundance of dust grains and an empirical model to account of the effects of extinction on astrophysical objects. For decades our understanding of dust grains was strongly biased by measurements in our Galaxy and the ultraviolet (UV). The UV bias is due to the extensive spectroscopic observations taken with the IUE satellite revealing the details of the 2175 A bump, far-UV rise, and underlying extinction continuum. I will discuss the results of a dedicated effort to expand our spectroscopic measurements of dust extinction to the far-UV, optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared wavelength regimes. This work has revealed new optical extinction features, enabled the first combined study of UV and...
published: 03 Nov 2022
The Five Mass Extinctions
published: 15 Jan 2024
The Biggest Mass Extinction Event Ever
published: 19 Nov 2024
How Will Humans Escape Extinction? w/ Brian Cox #briancox #astrophysics
The race to save humanity is already underway! Discover how scientists are planning our species' survival through an ambitious space colonization plan. From mapping killer asteroids to building Moon bases and planning Mars missions, learn how humanity is preparing to become a multi-planetary species. The solution to human extinction might lie in the stars!
#SpaceExploration #HumanSurvival #NASA #SpaceColonization #Mars #MoonBase #Astronomy #SpaceScience #FutureOfHumanity #SpaceTechnology
published: 26 Dec 2024
Congress is about to make a huge mistake for astronomy #SaveChandra
published: 04 Apr 2024
Extinction & Reddening
How the interstellar medium affects star brightness and color
published: 27 May 2020
Interstellar Extinction! Have you heard about it? #shorts
Interstellar extinction is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in space when light from distant stars has to travel through the interstellar medium, which is like a cosmic obstacle course filled with dust, gas, and other materials. Think of it like running through a forest with lots of trees, branches, and leaves that you have to dodge to get to the other side. Similarly, the light from distant stars has to dodge these obstacles as it makes its way to us, and some of it gets absorbed or scattered in the process.
What's really cool is that astronomers can use the effects of interstellar extinction to learn more about the stars and galaxies in our universe. They can measure the amount of extinction by looking at how the light from a star changes at different wavelengths. By studying how mu...
published: 19 Apr 2023
How One Asteroid Could Change Everything! #Asteroid #SpaceExploration #Science
One asteroid could alter the course of our planet’s future! From extinction threats to untapped resources, discover the potential risks and rewards of these celestial objects. 🚀
published: 26 Dec 2024
The Asteroid that Wiped out the Dinosaurs | The Chicxulub Crater
Dust extinction measurements provide important constraints on the size,
composition, shape, and abundance of dust grains and an empirical model to account of th...
Dust extinction measurements provide important constraints on the size,
composition, shape, and abundance of dust grains and an empirical model to account of the effects of extinction on astrophysical objects. For decades our understanding of dust grains was strongly biased by measurements in our Galaxy and the ultraviolet (UV). The UV bias is due to the extensive spectroscopic observations taken with the IUE satellite revealing the details of the 2175 A bump, far-UV rise, and underlying extinction continuum. I will discuss the results of a dedicated effort to expand our spectroscopic measurements of dust extinction to the far-UV, optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared wavelength regimes. This work has revealed new optical extinction features, enabled the first combined study of UV and MIR extinction features, shown the possible presence of ice in the diffuse interstellar medium, and revealed an intriguing correlation between UV extinction and molecular hydrogen. Building on these works, a new R(V) dependent extinction relationship at spectroscopic resolution from 912 A to 32 microns has been determined. Moving out of our Galaxy, in progress work shows that the 2175 A bump is rare in an expanded sample of UV extinction curves and M31 and M33 show UV extinction curves quite
similar to those seen in our Galaxy. Finally, prospects for future work
especially with HST and JWST will be presented.
Dust extinction measurements provide important constraints on the size,
composition, shape, and abundance of dust grains and an empirical model to account of the effects of extinction on astrophysical objects. For decades our understanding of dust grains was strongly biased by measurements in our Galaxy and the ultraviolet (UV). The UV bias is due to the extensive spectroscopic observations taken with the IUE satellite revealing the details of the 2175 A bump, far-UV rise, and underlying extinction continuum. I will discuss the results of a dedicated effort to expand our spectroscopic measurements of dust extinction to the far-UV, optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared wavelength regimes. This work has revealed new optical extinction features, enabled the first combined study of UV and MIR extinction features, shown the possible presence of ice in the diffuse interstellar medium, and revealed an intriguing correlation between UV extinction and molecular hydrogen. Building on these works, a new R(V) dependent extinction relationship at spectroscopic resolution from 912 A to 32 microns has been determined. Moving out of our Galaxy, in progress work shows that the 2175 A bump is rare in an expanded sample of UV extinction curves and M31 and M33 show UV extinction curves quite
similar to those seen in our Galaxy. Finally, prospects for future work
especially with HST and JWST will be presented.
The race to save humanity is already underway! Discover how scientists are planning our species' survival through an ambitious space colonization plan. From map...
The race to save humanity is already underway! Discover how scientists are planning our species' survival through an ambitious space colonization plan. From mapping killer asteroids to building Moon bases and planning Mars missions, learn how humanity is preparing to become a multi-planetary species. The solution to human extinction might lie in the stars!
#SpaceExploration #HumanSurvival #NASA #SpaceColonization #Mars #MoonBase #Astronomy #SpaceScience #FutureOfHumanity #SpaceTechnology
The race to save humanity is already underway! Discover how scientists are planning our species' survival through an ambitious space colonization plan. From mapping killer asteroids to building Moon bases and planning Mars missions, learn how humanity is preparing to become a multi-planetary species. The solution to human extinction might lie in the stars!
#SpaceExploration #HumanSurvival #NASA #SpaceColonization #Mars #MoonBase #Astronomy #SpaceScience #FutureOfHumanity #SpaceTechnology
Interstellar extinction is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in space when light from distant stars has to travel through the interstellar medium, which is l...
Interstellar extinction is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in space when light from distant stars has to travel through the interstellar medium, which is like a cosmic obstacle course filled with dust, gas, and other materials. Think of it like running through a forest with lots of trees, branches, and leaves that you have to dodge to get to the other side. Similarly, the light from distant stars has to dodge these obstacles as it makes its way to us, and some of it gets absorbed or scattered in the process.
What's really cool is that astronomers can use the effects of interstellar extinction to learn more about the stars and galaxies in our universe. They can measure the amount of extinction by looking at how the light from a star changes at different wavelengths. By studying how much of the light has been absorbed or scattered, they can learn about the composition and density of the interstellar medium, and use that information to better understand the properties of distant stars and galaxies.
#shorts #spacein1minute #space
Interstellar extinction is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in space when light from distant stars has to travel through the interstellar medium, which is like a cosmic obstacle course filled with dust, gas, and other materials. Think of it like running through a forest with lots of trees, branches, and leaves that you have to dodge to get to the other side. Similarly, the light from distant stars has to dodge these obstacles as it makes its way to us, and some of it gets absorbed or scattered in the process.
What's really cool is that astronomers can use the effects of interstellar extinction to learn more about the stars and galaxies in our universe. They can measure the amount of extinction by looking at how the light from a star changes at different wavelengths. By studying how much of the light has been absorbed or scattered, they can learn about the composition and density of the interstellar medium, and use that information to better understand the properties of distant stars and galaxies.
#shorts #spacein1minute #space
One asteroid could alter the course of our planet’s future! From extinction threats to untapped resources, discover the potential risks and rewards of these cel...
One asteroid could alter the course of our planet’s future! From extinction threats to untapped resources, discover the potential risks and rewards of these celestial objects. 🚀
One asteroid could alter the course of our planet’s future! From extinction threats to untapped resources, discover the potential risks and rewards of these celestial objects. 🚀
References: Your Discovery Science
Music in the video: Hans Zimmer - Epilogue Main Theme - Crysis 2 Soundtrack
#yearofyou #earth #sun #redgiant #future #moon ...
Dust extinction measurements provide important constraints on the size,
composition, shape, and abundance of dust grains and an empirical model to account of the effects of extinction on astrophysical objects. For decades our understanding of dust grains was strongly biased by measurements in our Galaxy and the ultraviolet (UV). The UV bias is due to the extensive spectroscopic observations taken with the IUE satellite revealing the details of the 2175 A bump, far-UV rise, and underlying extinction continuum. I will discuss the results of a dedicated effort to expand our spectroscopic measurements of dust extinction to the far-UV, optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared wavelength regimes. This work has revealed new optical extinction features, enabled the first combined study of UV and MIR extinction features, shown the possible presence of ice in the diffuse interstellar medium, and revealed an intriguing correlation between UV extinction and molecular hydrogen. Building on these works, a new R(V) dependent extinction relationship at spectroscopic resolution from 912 A to 32 microns has been determined. Moving out of our Galaxy, in progress work shows that the 2175 A bump is rare in an expanded sample of UV extinction curves and M31 and M33 show UV extinction curves quite
similar to those seen in our Galaxy. Finally, prospects for future work
especially with HST and JWST will be presented.
The race to save humanity is already underway! Discover how scientists are planning our species' survival through an ambitious space colonization plan. From mapping killer asteroids to building Moon bases and planning Mars missions, learn how humanity is preparing to become a multi-planetary species. The solution to human extinction might lie in the stars!
#SpaceExploration #HumanSurvival #NASA #SpaceColonization #Mars #MoonBase #Astronomy #SpaceScience #FutureOfHumanity #SpaceTechnology
Interstellar extinction is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in space when light from distant stars has to travel through the interstellar medium, which is like a cosmic obstacle course filled with dust, gas, and other materials. Think of it like running through a forest with lots of trees, branches, and leaves that you have to dodge to get to the other side. Similarly, the light from distant stars has to dodge these obstacles as it makes its way to us, and some of it gets absorbed or scattered in the process.
What's really cool is that astronomers can use the effects of interstellar extinction to learn more about the stars and galaxies in our universe. They can measure the amount of extinction by looking at how the light from a star changes at different wavelengths. By studying how much of the light has been absorbed or scattered, they can learn about the composition and density of the interstellar medium, and use that information to better understand the properties of distant stars and galaxies.
#shorts #spacein1minute #space
One asteroid could alter the course of our planet’s future! From extinction threats to untapped resources, discover the potential risks and rewards of these celestial objects. 🚀
Pharaun summons Jeggred's father, the demonBelshazu, and interrogates him to find a portal to the Abyss. Belshazu tries to escape, and during the commotion, Ryld Argith and Halisstra Melarn leave the party to pursue their own ends among the surface. Pharaun successfully binds the demon, and learns there is a demon ship that sails on the plane of shadow, and can take them to the Abyss. The party then journeys to an aboleth-filled lake to find this ship, and Quenthel Baenre and Pharaun both devise schemes to get rid of the other. Neither are successful, and they eventually find the ship.
Meanwhile, back in Menzoberranzan, duergar and tanarukks are attacking, led again by Nimor Imphraezl. Gromph Baenre awakens in a cave nearby, trapped in a small sphere, but with the help of his familiar escapes. He is captured by an Illithid, but by using his cunning drow intellect he is able to defeat the foe. He finds an amulet of light and binds it to Nimor, trapping him in the Shadow Plane.