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
A Warm December recently widowed American, who takes his daughter (Yvette Curtis) on a month long vacation in London. While there, he meets Catherine (Anderson), the daughter of an African Ambassador (Earl Cameron). As the pair begin to develop feelings for one another, Dr. Younger learns that the men following Catherine are her bodyguards that protect her, not only because she is the niece of an important ambassador, but also because she has a Sickle-cell disease. When Dr. Younger proposes, Catherine must decide between love and loyalty to her country. A Warm December A Warm December is a 1973 American romantic drama film