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    Paul Yau ESS 102 Space and Space Travels Writing Credit Synopsis of scientifically accurate sci-fi: The sci-fi will be a narrative of astronauts who are traveling in space on a mission. It will center around their worries of recent signs of their deteriorating health. It will discuss the damage radiation has dome to their bodies, and how that impacts their career as an astronaut. It will also discuss their attempts to decrease the damage space radiation does by increasing the protection level of

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    based company. Euro Solar started with 4 employees and a 100 m¬¬2 warehouse around 6 years ago. The company is focused totally on high quality products and market-leading customer service. Euro Solar is very well aware of the energy derived from the sun and they are committed to make sustainable energy a significant part of Australia’s and the world’s future and they continue to look for solar energy solutions which deliver financial savings for their valued customers, whilst helping protect the environment

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    gain more understanding of the existence of everything. After centuries of research and observation, there are still some aspects of Astronomy that are still to be explored. One of them is the evolution of the Solar System, which is composed of the Sun and everything that travels around it. This includes eight planets and their natural satellites such as the Earth’s moon; dwarf planets such as Pluto and Ceres; asteroids; comets and meteoroids (Solar System Exploration, 2014). The Solar System is located

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    called chlorophyll. And that helps them get “food”, or photosynthesize. To photosynthesize, my leaves take the light and warmth from the sun, and soak it up like a sponge.” Syca squeezed Jordan’s arm as if to represent it. “But, when the Earth spins, the light stops warming one place, and warms another. The day that this happens on is the Equinox, when the sun has completely shifted it’s rays away from one area. This is why up here, in the North, it’s colder in the fall. Now, remember what I said

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    Abstract To meet demand-supply gap in the energy sector of India has led Government to tap solar energy that is sufficient to meet the annual demand of residential, agriculture and residential purposes. Solar energy sector is driven by demand and supply side factors, and it has the excellent chance to be World leader in this area if it tackles its challenges efficiently. Government can focus on establishing mini-grids to cater the needs of remote regions, implementation of renewable energy certificates

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    The Dark Side Of The Sky

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    Tales of where the sun is described as scorching, flaming sometimes even as blazing and golden ball in the sky would be the sort of thing her mother would tell her. The old woman would go on and on, voicing out fairy tales she had heard when she was a mere adolescent; stories she had caught during her travels as an adult. Growing up, the only thing that came even close to what she described was a faint, dim honey glow during what she said was daybreak. Even now, the sun right here and now cannot

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    The Allegory of the Cave

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    return periodically into the cave and rule there. They need periodically to turn away from the Forms to return to the shadows to help other prisoners. There are four specific symbols in the cave allegory; the prisoners, the roadway, the fire and the sun. the prisoners represents people and philosophers of the real world. They discuss the shadows because it is the only thing in their world, and they discuss everything they know. They praise the ones who are quick to recognize the shadowy shapes quickley

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    Nicoletta Philippides March 15, 2013 Mr. Dunleavy, Period 4 The Effect of Fossil Fuels on Biodiversity & Alternative Energy Resources Fossil fuels are hydrocarbon deposits derived from the remains of ancient plants and animals under enormous amounts of heat and pressure. Oil, or petroleum, is one of the most common fossil fuels utilized by people all over the world on a daily basis. Crude oil is a smelly, yellow-black, viscous liquid composed of mostly nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, which is

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    Abstract: This is a project to demonstrate how Map Reduce in a distributed environment readily and easily allows us to take several measurements that describe the empirical data and to answer several questions like, for example, stars that are like our sun, and how many Earth-like planets have been observed. This project has been done as part of the coursework for the course Distributed Computing. After applying the Map Reduce and Hadoop techniques to the planetary database, and to the star database,

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    The Scientific Revolution is said to have begun when Nicholas Copernicus released his book, The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, in 1543. He released this book right before he died because he knew that he would be accused of heresy. The church, at this time, believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Because he was trying to say that the church was wrong, he knew that he could not release his book. He waited until right before his death to release his book. The timing of the release

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