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The Phial of Galadriel is a small crystal bottle filled with water from Galadriel's fountain. It contains the light of Eärendil's star. [T 1] The mariner Eärendil is the holder of one of the three Silmarils preserving the light of the Two Trees of Valinor, and he travels the skies like a star aboard his ship, the Vingilot.
August started acting during her childhood in theatre and at school. Her professional acting career started in 1975 when director Roy Andersson cast her in a minor role in the film Giliap the same year, followed from 1979 by films by other directors, Vilgot Sjöman (among them, the film about Alfred Nobel, 1983) and Lasse Hallström.
The star-effect may be also caused by the inclusions of hematite. In black star sapphire hematite needles formed parallel to the faces of the second order prism produce asterism. Some star sapphires from Thailand contain both hematite and rutile needles forming a 12-ray star. [3] Star-stones were formerly regarded with much superstition. [1]
This tiny, mighty banchan shop in L.A. argues that the small dishes served alongside rice in Korean restaurants can be the star of the meal itself. Perilla is the city's vital new lunchtime ...
The Commonwealth Saga is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton.This saga consists of the novels Pandora's Star (2004) and Judas Unchained (2005).
Perilla is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species Perilla frutescens and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus encompasses several distinct varieties of Asian herb , seed , and vegetable crop , including P. frutescens (deulkkae) and P. frutescens var. crispa (shiso). [ 1 ]
Nonprofit Adopt a Star is a charitable fundraising program operated by White Dwarf Research Corporation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Golden, Colorado USA. [1] The program features the targets of NASA space telescopes that are searching for planets around other stars, and it uses the proceeds to support research by an international ...
Perillartine, also known as perillartin and perilla sugar, is a semisynthetic sweetener that is about 2000 times as sweet as sucrose. It is mainly used in Japan. [ 1 ] Perillartine is the oxime of perillaldehyde , which is extracted from plants of the genus Perilla ( Lamiaceae ).