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    Deriving Kepler’s Laws Tanner Morrison November 16‚ 2012 Abstract Johannes Kepler‚ a world renowned mathematician and astronomer‚ formulated three of today’s most influential laws of physics. These laws describe planetary motion around the sun. Deriving these laws (excluding Kepler’s First Law) will stress the concept of planetary motion‚ as well as provide a clear understanding of how these laws became relevant. 1 Kepler’s First Law Kepler’s First Law states: The orbit of every

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    | 2012 | | THE GOOD‚ THE BAD AND THE UGLY Shirley Carter Everest Online | [the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly…] | The Good‚ the Bad and the ugly The lady that was known as “The Voice” stated (Winfrey‚ 2009 interview) was someone special above and beyond. People paid hundreds of dollars and waited in line for tickets; some bought her CD’s and soon learned the lyrics to some of her songs was this beautiful diva name Whitney E. Houston. Born and raised in Newark New Jersey (Wikipedia‚ 2012

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    The stories‚ “Harrison Bergeron” and “All Summer in a Day”‚ both portray humanity’s reactions to people’s differences as being negative and being disliked. In “Harrison Bergeron” humans with differences greater than that of the average human is‚ as a result of attempted equality‚ controlled by the government using handicaps. The story “All Summer in a Day” however‚ takes place on the planet of Venus where the rain only stops once every seven years. As a result‚ all of the children do not have any

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    Mercury: Both Mercury and Pluto are very small planets. Venus: Venus has acid rain on it and Pluto does not. Earth: Earth is habitable and has water While Pluto is too far away for heat to reach it Mars: mars is a Gas-Giant while Pluto is an Ice-Giant Jupiter: Jupiter is the largest planet while Pluto is so small it’s a dwarf planet Saturn: Saturn has rings while Pluto does not Uranus: All immature jokes aside Pluto and Uranus are both Ice-Giants A dwarf planet is a planetary objects

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    The first modern thermometer‚ a mercury thermometer with a standardized scale‚ was invented in 1714 by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit‚ a German physicist who also invented the alcohol thermometer in 1709 and the mercury thermometer in 1714. Before Fahrenheit‚ Galileo Galilei and Santorio Santorio both created their own type of thermometers but both of their instruments could not measure the exact temperature. It only indicated temperature differences which classified their instruments a thermoscope. In

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    Mercury Footwear Questions 1. Is Mercury an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? Yes‚ we do think so. In the case‚ we could find some characteristics of footwear industry: (1) It is a mature‚ highly competitive industry marked by low growth‚ but stable profit margin. (2) Performance of individual firms could be quite volatile for they need to anticipate and exploit fashion trend. (3) Except some global footwear brands‚ athletic and casual shoes market is still fragmented‚ which

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    Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI) is a privately held footwear company and is contemplating the possibility of acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear. West Coast Fashions Inc.‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel recently announced that it plans to shed its Mercury Athletic Footwear subsidiary. AGI’s head of business development‚ John Liedtke‚ believes acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear is a good option for the company. Although

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    Chasity Choran The Poison of Greed and Mercury: A Case for Dolphins “They call him Flipper‚ Flipper‚ faster than lightning‚ No-one you see‚ is smarter than he...” And so it began. The craze over our adorable aquatic friend‚ the dolphin‚ came to life. Before the Flipper TV series‚ there were only 3 dolphinariums in existence. Now‚ the dolphin industry is a multi-million dollar business. Richard O ’Barry was one man that helped train the dolphins used in the show. For years he flourished off the

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    the “right stuff”. In 1959‚ John Glenn rose to fame as part of the Mercury 7‚ a group of 7 men picked to be America’s first astronauts. The Mercury 7 were as popular as movie stars are today. John’s flight on the Friendship 7 mission on February 20‚ 1962‚ gave him the title of being the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space. John became a national hero. John is the last living astronaut of the Mercury 7 and I sat down with him to discuss all of his accomplishments over

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    On April 9‚ 1959‚ NASA’s administrator‚ Dr. Keith Glennan formed its first astronaut class‚ the Mercury 7. Project Mercury’s objective was to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth. It was to observe how the human body reacted in space conditions. Many questions appeared as to whether they would come back safely or if were they the right people to do the challenge. The selection process in order to be qualified for NASA’s project took awhile. More than 500 applicants qualified

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