Chapter 1: Our Place in the Universe 1.1 Our Modern View of the Universe * Geocentric universe: Earth-centered * Solar system: the Sun and all the objects that orbits it * Our solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago * Galaxy: great island of stars in space, having from a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars * Milky Way Galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars; our Milky Way is in the Local Group * Galaxy cluster: collection of galaxies bound together
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Gosh. This late night driving sure is exhausting. In particular, after a continuous series of business meetings, two days in a row. One's depth perception, color recognition and outlying vision, all descent when the sun goes down. I crack open the car window to let in some fresh air to help chase away the sleepiness that fogs my tired brain. I have to drive for another hour and I can't fall sleep. Perhaps, some music would work. I turn on the radio; the loud music fills my ear and I become wary
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To: Whom It May Concern Date: May 17, 2013 Re: Whistleblower Incidence Whistle-blowing is the activity of a person telling the general public or a person of authority something dishonest or illegal occurring within their organization. Many individuals end up facing severe consequences in the form of backlash from their organization. Over fifteen years ago, Joanna Gualtieri, a former foreign affairs realty portfolio manager, spoke up about lavish spending in the form of accommodation
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The Way of Words Hola! Hello! Bonjour! Today there are over 6,000 forms of languages that are spoken in the world. We are living in such a culturally diverse world and encourage others to embrace everyone’s race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, and even personal beliefs. However, a common issue today is sometimes people do not embrace each other’s characteristics. Characteristics of a person describe their features and qualities. In today's society multiple people experience oppression, the cause
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The sun threw itself in the air as it rose through the darkness that had shadowed the whole area, soon replacing the coldness and sadness with warmth and happiness. Birds flew in the air after lying low from the darkness, chirping loudly as they felt alive and free once again on the winter day, The sea sparkled in the welcoming sun, swishing and swaying with joy, softly so that it wouldn’t distract anyone that was sleeping. Greenery swished in the breezy wind, the sky filled with blissful clouds
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shapes and sizes and colors of green, she describes the hills and the beginnings of mountains, she talks about the clouds little and big, and the yellow moon with the mist around it. While she thus describes this she sees a bird that flies against the sun so swiftly and disappears into the sky hardly leaving a shadow behind. When she sees this it brings to her realization that even this beauty that she was at present enjoying and which is so real right now will soon be gone like a shadow never to be
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In the first four lines, the old woman tells us that she has to get up at sunrise, start a fire and prepares to cook throughout the day and work. It is obvious that the mother is compared to the sun in a metaphorical way. First of all she states “I rise in the dawn” which is an image of the sun rising early in the morning. The fact that she says 'I must scrub and bake and sweep' gives the impression that she has no other choice, and does not enjoy this work. . The only time that the mother is
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UNIVERSITY NAME Assignment Title Marketing STUDENT NAME 3/8/2012 Executive summary Hidden Valley Cabins and Tours is an award winning solar power user which runs their resort fully by solar power. They have a solar power plant of their own and this plant provides them with their essential electricity. This electricity and power is cheaper to them than the fossil energies. The price of fossil energy is increasing day by day. But expense for solar energy is not increasing
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Solar energy is simply the light and heat given off by the sun. most people actually want to know how we get power from solar energy. In other words, they really just want to know how we turn the sun’s heat and light energy into a usable power source. Both methods use solar panels to collect the solar energy but one process focuses on the sun’s heat and one process focuses on the sun’s light. The first process is called solar thermal which the energy works by harnessing the sun’s heat. The second
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We want to start up a solar energy company, which manufactures products utilizing solar energy work. Below are several reasons why we would like to start up this company. Solar products have a huge market in domestic and overseas. Because solar products haven't promoted on a large scale yet. If we start up the solar energy company now, we will capture a large market share; Besides solar energy is a kind of free resource, people don't need to spend money on it, so people can be more pleased to
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