Friday, November 30, 2012

Tycho's lunar theory [citation needed]

Tycho's lunar theory

Tycho's distinctive contributions to lunar theory include his discovery of the variation of the Moon's longitude. This represents the largest inequality of longitude after the equation of the center and the evection. He also discovered librations in the inclination of the plane of the lunar orbit, relative to the ecliptic (which is not a constant of about 5° as had been believed before him, but fluctuates through a range of over a quarter of a degree), and accompanying oscillations in the longitude of the lunar node. These represent perturbations in the Moon's ecliptic latitude. Tycho's lunar theory doubled the number of distinct lunar inequalities, relative to those anciently known, and reduced the discrepancies of lunar theory to about 1/5 of their previous amounts. It was published posthumously by Kepler in 1602, and Kepler's own derivative form appears in Kepler's Rudolphine Tables of 1627.[77]

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Legacy

Although Tycho's planetary model was soon discredited, his astronomical observations were an essential contribution to the scientific revolution. The traditional view of Tycho is that he was primarily an empiricist who set new standards for precise and objective measurements.[78] This appraisal originated in Pierre Gassendi's 1654 biography, Tychonis Brahe, equitis Dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. It was furthered by Johann Dreyer's biography in 1890,[citation needed] which was long the most influential work on Tycho.[citation needed] According to historian of science Helge Kragh, this assessment grew out of Gassendi's opposition to Aristotelianism and Cartesianism, and fails to account for the diversity of Tycho's activities.[78]

Tycho considered astrology to be a subject of great importance.[79] In addition to his contributions to astronomy, he was famous in his own time also for his contributions to medicine; his herbal medicines were in use as late as the 1900s.[80]

Although the research community Tycho created in Uraniborg did not survive him, while it existed it was both a research center and an institution of education, functioning as a graduate school for Danish and foreign students in both astronomy and medicine.[80] Tycho's success as a scientist also depended on his adroit political skills, to obtain patronage and funding for his work.

The crater Tycho on the Moon is named after him, as is the crater Tycho Brahe on Mars. The Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen is also named after him.

HEAT1X-TYCHO BRAHE is the name of a manned private spacecraft to be launched by Copenhagen Suborbitals. Other things named after him include a bar in Zagreb and a ferry operating between Sweden and Denmark.

Nov 30, 2012 2:37:34 AM

Jerry Lee Lewis Dies--then Rises

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Jerry Lee Lewis Dies--then Rises

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Jerry Lee Lewis has been rolling like the tide's, reaching professional peaks and tragic personal depths.

This electrifying video reveals the Gothic tale of violence, addiction, greed, genius, madness, and rock 'n' roll behind image.

The candid interview portrays and evaluates the myth and the man who exploited, who explored every avenue of excess to his inevitable self-destruction; the cousin's love whose devotion to religion could not quell his violent temper; the wives (more than ten), mistresses, managers, and producers who consumed huge pieces of the ”musical pie”; and, of course, the artistic center, whose mentally fragile musical genius achieved so much and then so little.

This video recounts the bitter saga of the American dream realized and distorted and the man who survived.

Nov 30, 2012 2:31:27 AM

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Jap Andy Williams

Rare Jap Andy Williams

 

Nov 24, 2012 2:37:59 AM

Friday, November 23, 2012

so much and so little

The Beach Boys are rotating as the tide of their greatest songs conjure thirty occupational spikes and tragic internal personal depths.

This electrifying tale reveals the gothic tale of violence, addiction, greed, genie, madness, and rock 'n' around the healthy, surf-and-sunshine stock images.

 

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Via candid interviews with friends, family and the same Beach Boys, the Heroes and Villains describes and assesses all who encouraged the legend of California, and the group who sang about it in the foreground around the world: Murry Wilson, the father who abused them as corrosive and exploited children as adults, Dennis Wilson, who has explored all avenues of excess (including welcoming the entire Manson family at his home) to his inevitable self-destruction, a cousin of Wilson, frontman Mike Love, whose devotion to eastern religion could not suppress his violent temperament, their wives (more than ten), mistresses, managers and producers who consumed huge pieces of the "pie music," and, of course, the artistic center of the band, Brian Wilson, the mentally fragile musical genius who has achieved so much and so little. With dozens of photos, Heroes and Villains recounts the bitter saga of the American dream realized and distorted, and the music that has survived.

Nov 23, 2012 6:49:37 AM

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Nov 23, 2012 4:40:50 AM

when people use Facebook

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We recently announced some proposed updates to our Data Use Policy, which explains how we collect and use data when people use Facebook, and our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), which explains the terms governing use of our services.
The updates provide you with more detailed information about our practices and reflect changes to our products, including:
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We are also proposing changes to our site governance process for future updates to our Data Use Policy and SRR. We deeply value the feedback we receive from you during our comment period but have found that the voting mechanism created a system that incentivized quantity of comments over the quality of them. So, we are proposing to end the voting component in order to promote a more meaningful environment for feedback. We also plan to roll out new engagement channels, including a feature for submitting questions about privacy to our Chief Privacy Officer of Policy.

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We encourage you to review these proposed changes and give us feedback before we finalize them. Please visit the "Documents" tab of the Facebook Site Governance Page https://www.facebook.com/fbsitegovernance to learn more about these changes and to submit comments before 9 AM PST on November 28, 2012.
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Nov 23, 2012 4:25:09 AM

Saturday, September 22, 2012

One day it will be Necessary to her to submit some written tests to Itself

A weekend in the studio of a university residence. This "student" who is long since it was well she kept the taste of inter-course, and recreation. For all he'll have to undergo some homework on the table. At the next school year may the age for a long time kept the taste of the international courts, and breaking hours. One day it will be Necessary to her to submit some written tests to Itself. After maybe next holidays ...

Sep 22, 2012 7:45:13 AM

Saturday, September 08, 2012

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  • If any of you saw it during that time don't feel guilty you did not know she was underage she said and had papers she was 18

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  • My brother and traci was the same age he saw her young movies he felt guilty but he was young him self

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  • What's the movie at 1:08? Thanks.

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  • ive seen them most of her young film... but didnt know back then that she was young ... and i was young too so didnt matter much

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  • hi do you have a copy of "those young girls"?if you have,can you upload it?thanks.

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  • I would think twice about watching that movie since she was only 16 at the time the charge of being a pedophile could be brought in some states . She might be fine looking but it just is not worth the risk

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  • Upload child pornography? On Youtube? For real???

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  • Traci Lords Story (X-Rated Ambition)

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Once a dropout, honors student aims for medical school

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A Wright State University junior in the honors biology program, Fennell is on the dean’s list in the College of Science and Mathematics.

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Once a dropout, honors student aims for medical school

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High school dropout, Theresa Fennell today is an honors biology student

By her own admission, Theresa Fennell was an unlikely candidate for college.

Fennell dropped out of her Dayton-area high school in her senior year. “My high school experience was not good,” she said. “I skipped just about every day. I didn’t do any drugs. I wasn’t a partier. I wasn’t a troublemaker. I just hated being there.”

After quitting school in 2006, “I was just kind of lost,” Fennell said. “I was 18. I didn’t have a diploma. I wasn’t quite sure what to do, so I started working. Once you start doing that, you get sucked into it. It’s hard to break away.”

But break away she did. Now a Wright State University junior in the honors biology program, Fennell is on the dean’s list in the College of Science and Mathematics. She is doing laboratory research, preparing for a four-month, expenses-paid visit to Brazil under a funded research program and has her sights set on medical school.

Photo of Wright State biology major Theresa Fennell in lab

A Wright State University junior in the honors biology program, Fennell is on the dean’s list in the College of Science and Mathematics.

Fennell got a General Educational Development (GED) diploma soon after quitting high school. Even so, job opportunities were scarce. She spent two years in a variety of service jobs. Finally, she said, “I realized I don’t want to be a waitress for the rest of my life. I just knew that I could do better than that, and I wanted to do better than that.”

In 2008, Fennell started taking classes part time at Sinclair Community College.

Not sure what she wanted to do that could pay her a living wage, Fennell said she sampled a variety of courses. But she had always been fascinated by medical science. After doing well in biology courses at Sinclair, she decided to try for a bachelor’s degree.

It was a giant step for Fennell. Neither of her parents had attended college, she said, and she found the prospect of enrolling in a university “overwhelming.”

Fennell considered Ohio’s big state universities, but housing would have added to her costs, and the sheer size of the big schools daunted her. She decided to enroll in Wright State, a smaller campus just a short drive from her Dayton apartment.

Photo of Wright State biology major Theresa Fennell outside the lab where she works

Fennell considered Ohio’s big state universities, but housing would have added to her costs, and the sheer size of the big schools daunted her. She decided to enroll in Wright State, a smaller campus just a short drive from her Dayton apartment.

“Wright State has been a perfect fit for me,” she said. “It’s big enough that you have things like—well, they’ve got a great research department. They’ve got a school of medicine. They’ve got these fabulous programs, these opportunities.” She said faculty members have been “extremely accommodating” and have helped her set goals and understand requirements.

Now 25, Fennell worried about sticking out in classes filled with younger students. “I was embarrassed about my age,” she admitted.

But Fennell soon saw she wasn’t alone. Wright State has more than the usual percentage of older and first-generation students. Among undergraduates, some 43 percent are first-generation students and 23 percent are over age 24, compared with statewide averages of 39 percent and 18 percent, according to an Ohio Board of Regents report.

Loaded up on student loans and looking for a job on campus, Fennell applied to be a research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. It was a lucky move: she’s since learned that lab research helps demystify her classroom lessons, and it’s invaluable in her preparations for medical school.

More luck: as a first-generation college student, Fennell qualified for a study-abroad program called Biomedical Training for Underrepresented Minorities—also known as BIOST.

Funded by the U.S. and Brazilian governments to grow diversity in life sciences, BIOST pays for small groups of U.S. and Brazilian students to spend semesters doing lab research in each other’s countries. She leaves in August.

Fennell admitted feeling nervous about spending several months in a different country and culture. But she welcomes it as one more door that has opened for her since coming to Wright State.

“I feel grounded,” Fennell said. “I feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I feel like I know what I want now, and I feel like I have the ability to attain it.”

Sep 8, 2012 5:11:13 AM

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  • ive seen them most of her young film... but didnt know back then that she was young ... and i was young too so didnt matter much

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  • hi do you have a copy of "those young girls"?if you have,can you upload it?thanks.

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  • I would think twice about watching that movie since she was only 16 at the time the charge of being a pedophile could be brought in some states . She might be fine looking but it just is not worth the risk

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  • Traci Lords Story (X-Rated Ambition)

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documentary about child pornography, child pornography

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