Quadrantids Quadrantids The Quadrantids (QUA) are a January meteor shower. The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably rich meteor showers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, yet Quadrantid meteors are not seen as often as meteors in these other two showers, because the peak intensity is exceedingly sharp, sometimes lasting only hours. Additionally, the meteors are quite faint (mean magnitude 3-6 mag). The meteor rates exceed one-half of their highest value for only about eight hours (compared to two days for the August Perseids), which means that
And the Thieves Are Gone And the Thieves Are Gone And the Thieves Are Gone is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on December 7, 2004. The bulk of the EP was recorded in New Orleans where much of the album "Our Shadows Will Remain" was produced. "And the Thieves Are Gone" was made available primarily at select US indie music stores only. The song "Real as Rain" became the B-side to the "Can't Exist" single in 2005, and "Papa" became the B-side to the "Devil's Broom" single in 2006. "My Home Is Your Head" appeared in the "House M.D." episode "Ugly," which first aired