Hourglass
An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, sand watch, or sand clock) is a mechanical device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by narrow neck that allows a regulated trickle of material (historically sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one. Factors affecting the time interval measured include the sand quantity, the sand coarseness, the bulb size, and the neck width. Hourglasses may be reused indefinitely by inverting the bulbs once the upper bulb is empty.
History
Antiquity
The origin of the hourglass is unclear. Its predecessor the clepsydra, or water clock, may have been invented in ancient Egypt. According to the American Institute of New York, the clepsammia or sand-glass was invented at Alexandria about 150 BC. According to the Journal of the British Archaeological Association the so-called clepsammia were in use before the time of St. Jerome (335 AD), and the first representation of an hourglass is in a sarcophagus dated c. 350 AD, representing the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, discovered in Rome in the 18th century, and studied by Winckelmann in the 19th century, who remarked the hourglass held by Morpheus in his hands.
Hourglass (novel)
Hourglass is a fantasy novel by Claudia Gray released in 2010. It is the third novel of the Evernight series, a series of four books, and is preceded by Stargazer and followed by Afterlife. The four books feature vampires, wraiths (ghosts), betrayal, and, of course, love. The main character, Bianca Oliver, is living with her rocky, shaky, strong, sturdy and passionate relationship with the head man, Lucas Ross. But Lucas is also a member of the ancient vampire hunting group Black Cross.
Synopsis
Hourglass reaches Bianca after she has already been accepted into the Black Cross. Even though things may feel weird at that moment, the changes are about to come three-fold, and Bianca is almost powerless.
Plot summary
Bianca, Lucas and Raquel are now living in the New York Black Cross cell. Raquel and the rest of Lucas's Black Cross cell are currently unaware Bianca is a vampire. Mrs. Bethany later stages a break in to the Black Cross cell wanting to take Bianca back to her parents. Several members of Black Cross are killed including Lucas's stepfather Eduardo whose neck is broken by Mrs. Bethany. In the attack Balthazar is captured and tied up by Black Cross who begin to torture him to find out why Mrs. Bethany attacked Black Cross. Bianca and Lucas begin orchestrating Balthazar's escape and succeed without getting caught.
Hourglass (America album)
Hourglass is the thirteenth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by American Gramaphone in 1994 (see 1994 in music). This was America's first new studio album since 1984's "Perspective". Two singles were released from the album, "Young Moon" and "Hope" did get some airplay in the U.S. but neither charted. The two songs did receive even more airplay in Europe. The song "Hope" became a theme song for the TJ Martell Foundation and was recorded by a group of country music stars in a fundraising effort for the Foundation. The recording of "You Can Do Magic" included here is not the hit version but a re-recording that is very similar.
It is the first America album since the departure of Dan Peek to resume the tradition of giving their albums titles beginning with "H", which had been their practice from Homecoming to Harbor. Three subsequent studio albums have continued this tradition before 2011's Back Pages broke with it once more.
Actor/musician Bill Mumy contributed to this album, co-writing 'Sleeper Train' and 'Greenhouse' and providing additional guitar work.
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ALBUMS
- Acoustic Night Live released:
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ALBUMS
- Oblivious to the Obvious released: 2009
- Subconscious released: 2004
- Subconscious released: 2004
- The Journey Into released: 2002
- Southbound released:
Subconscious
Released 2004- The Hammer’s Strike
- Altered State
- Mists of Darkness 1. The Mist
- Mists of Darkness 2. Washed Away
- Mists of Darkness 3. Silent Suffering
- Thread the Needle
- Exit Wounds 1. Farewell
- Exit Wounds 2. The Soldier
- Exit Wounds 3. The Unbeliever
- Exit Wounds 4. Daddy’s Little Girl
- Exit Wounds 5. The Believer
- Exit Wounds 6. Widowed
- Exit Wounds 7. The Soldier Alive
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East Of The Mediterranean
by: Hourglass“And remember it is forever. The Face will always be
there to be stamped upon. The heretic, the enemy of
society, will always be there, so that he can be
defeated and humiliated over again. Everything that you
have undergone since you have been in our hands-all
that will continue, and worse. The espionage, the
betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions,
the disappearances will never cease.”
1984
Day one: torture and pain will start
Sizzling whips and an iron rod
Will leave you wounds and scars
Stab my eyes
Take my life
I don't want to see
What you're doing to me
Stab my eyes
Let me die
Who gave you the right
To tear me apart
Day two: electric field
Will pass through you
Your nails will be cut from you
Your hands will be burned
Your skin will be torn
Now you are ours
No one can save you
The more you scream
The more they won't hear you
Shut up and strip
You'll be raped, you'll be stretched
Now you are ours
No one can save you
At the land of the east
Here u were born
You didn't have the choice
You didn't need to know
It wasn't your fault
Surely it wasn't ours
Now face your fate
And pray you fuckin' die
Day three: as a dog you will be forgotten
You were never here before
You never exist
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