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    The Hubble Telescope What is one of the most amazing astronomy inventions, that has changed the way we look at space forever? This invention is the Hubble space telescope. The telescope was launched into space in 1990 and has found many amazing discoveries. If the hubble wasn’t created astronomers would not have near as good of understanding of astronomical bodies like Dark energy, we wouldn’t have found what is believed to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe with a distance

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    she was born in was St.Louis Missouri. She is my favorite grandma, she always likes to cook with me. 2.Her dad, William hershal dover, was born in November. 15, 1928. He also was born in St.louis Missouri. And her mom, Margret dover, was also born in St. Louis Missouri. She was born December. 10, 1926. 3. She had no brothers or sisters. She only had a lot of cousins. There would be a certain few cousins that would get in a lot of trouble. There was also one cousin who always would bring wild animals

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    Aprille Ericsson was one of the most inspiring people I read about in this module. Ericsson received her bachelors in aeronautical/astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then was not only the first woman, but also the first African American woman to get her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University. Ericsson then became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D in Engineering at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The fact that she was the

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    Mae Jemison Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman to become an astronaut. She was the first African-American woman in space. I guess you can say she is pretty out-of-this-world. In my essay, I will provide background information on Mae Jemison, her accomplishments, as well as why I think she is out-of-this-world, ambitious, and successful. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956. She was born in Decatur Alabama. She was the youngest child of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green

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    One warm day in late May of 1951, young Sally Kristen Ride came into the world. However, a whole new world would soon be open to her. She would leave the warmth of her home and soar into space. Her supreme qualities of braveness and determination would let her pursue her dreams, accomplish her goals, and make history. Sally Ride would one day be looked upon generations of people, especially women, in so many more ways than one. Sally was interested in sports, science, and math from a young age.

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    Ganong Bros Case Study

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    Ganong Bros. Limited Situation: Ganong Bros. Limited (GBL) was founded in 1873 by two brothers in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and has gone through 4 generations of remaining a private family firm. The firm is an international company with exports to middle east and Japan. As well as a factory in Thailand. Over the past couple years GBL has shown a financial loss. GBL is a The board of directors consisting of 6 external members and 2 family members, have decided to give David Ganong, president

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    Sally Ride Research Paper

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    "All adventures – especially into new territory – are scary..." (Sheer 221).   Sally Ride's trip into space, on June 18th, 1983, was new territory figuratively and literally. As the first woman in space, her adventure opened doors previously closed. Sally Kristen Ride was born in Los Angeles on May 26, 1951 ("Sally Ride" UXL).  She was the eldest daughter of two loving parents, father Dale Burdell and mother Carol Joyce Ride of Encino, California ("Sally Ride" Encyclopedia). Her inspiration first

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    Sally Ride was the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger. “In 1903, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space and after her flight, female astronauts became increasingly common” (McGraw Hill Glencoe). Ride help women to inspire their dream of study science and math. Ride was born on May 26, 1951 to Dale Burdell Ride and Carol Joyce Ride. She grew up in Los Angeles with one sibling, Karen. Ride went to Portola Junior High and then Birmingham High School but graduating

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    Metallica is a heavy metal band that began in 1981. While the last song released by the band was in 2008, the group is still widely popular. Perhaps the most popular songs are the “The Unforgiven” trilogy. “The Unforgiven I” is one of Metallica’s most popular singles, behind Enter Sandman which is on the same album. Metallica’s lead singer James Hetfield wrote the three songs about his life experiences, which is different from most of Metallica’s work. The majority of Metallica’s hits promote individuality

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    Disasters are a series of disruptions involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and effects, which exceeds the capability of that affected community to cope up with its already present resources. Disasters have been happening ever since the beginning of time. Every disaster can be classified as either a human caused disaster which basically involves the negligence or irresponsibility of one single person or a group of people, or natural caused disasters. Natural disasters

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