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    The sound of the crashing waves‚ the heat of the suns’ rays‚ and the warmth of my family surrounded me. I was in California‚ and I was home. California is a place of diversity; one finds themselves with the opportunity of pursing who and what they want to do with their lives. Family is close‚ vacation is even closer‚ and home is near. Walking down the steps of a long‚ four hour flight‚ I was more than thrilled to step into the world of dreams. The west coast state brings: attraction‚ love‚ and a

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    “Nowhere is the future of Lowell Observatory better symbolized than with the observatory’s largest modern project‚ the Discovery Channel Telescope. This 4.3-meter instrument stands 40 miles (60km) southeast of Flagstaff at Happy Jack‚ Arizona‚ and has become the workhorse instrument for the observatory.” PARAPHRASE Original Material: “Flagstaff is where Pluto’s story began to be told. Near the center of town‚ on a mesa peppered with ponderosa pines‚ sits Lowell Observatory‚ where Clyde Tombaugh discovered

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    Do people ever like to be lonely? Depressed? Feeling like no one cares or likes them? According to www.dascot.org one out of every four people struggle with depression. Not having friends can cause and lead to depression. All human beings are disconnected and they need to work at relating to others. Jim Stark from “Rebel Without a Cause” and Holden Caulfield from the The Catcher in the Rye are teenagers who struggle with connecting themselves to human beings. Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield are two

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    Wittenberg‚ Rostock‚ Basel‚ and Augsburg. During this time he gathered astronomical and mathematical instruments‚ including a large quadrant. In 1571‚ he settled in Scania after inheriting the land of his father and uncle and built a small observatory. Here‚ he discovered a star‚ one which had not been seen‚ that was brighter than Venus. This supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia shocked the scientific community because it suggested that the universe was not in fact perfect and unchanging

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    These photos are the view from the Portland Observatory‚ in modern day. If you were standing at the top of the observatory in 1807‚ when Lemeul Moody built it‚ the view would be a little different. The land would not have had houses‚ there wouldn’t be trees or bushes‚ no roads‚ you might see the neighbors cow or a few horses. The land in front of the observatory was used to graze farm animals. The community of Portland would bring their animals there in the morning then pick them up at night‚ almost

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    astronomy. The HST was built by the United States space agency NASA‚ with contributions from the European Space Agency‚ and is operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute. The HST is one of NASA’s Great Observatories‚ along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory‚ the Chandra X-ray Observatory‚ and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Space telescopes were proposed as early as 1923. Hubble was funded in the 1970s‚ with a proposed launch in 1983‚ but the project was beset by technical delays‚ budget problems

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    commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2012/Nov/International-Profiles-of-Health-Care-Systems-2012.aspx. (2) Busse R‚ Riesberg A. Health Systems in Transition: Germany. 2004. Available at: http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/partners/observatory/health-system-reviews-hits/full-list-of-hits/germany-hit-2004. (3) http://www.bmg.bund.de/ministerium/english-version.html 2. UK (1) Thomson S‚ Osborn R‚ Squires D‚ et al. International Profiles of Health Care Systems‚ 2012. 2012. Available at:

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    Kamiokande is a neutrino observatory which is under Mount Kamioka in Japan. This experiment uses a 50‚000 ton tank of water to detect and record flashes of neutrinos. In 1987 this observatory was one of three neutrinos observatories to detect neutrinos emitted from a super nova. Another neutrino experiment is called the Ice Cube Experiment. This experiment uses detectors that are lowered into holes melted into the Antarctic. Ice Cube is the world’s largest neutrino observatory. Neutrinos are still

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    1.0 Introduction The Hubble Space Telescope was created by and named after astronomer Edwin P. Hubble. He was known for his creation of Hubble’s Law which is used to calculate the rate at which the universe is expanding. He is also known for his discovery of the galaxies that are outside the Milky Way. The Hubble Space Telescope is a large telescope that is placed in orbit around the earth. Scientists have figured out that by placing a telescope in space‚ putting it outside of earth’s atmosphere

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    Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat‚ Berlin. Galle then became a teacher and taught physics and mathematics at the Gymnasium sited in Guben. Later on in life‚ he moved to the Gymnasium in Berlin. In 1835‚ Galle began working at the Berlin observatory as an assistant to Johann Franz Encke. While working at the observatory‚ he made good use of the Fraunhofer- refractor which

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