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Star Trek: First Contact (1996) [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Lt. Commander Worf: [hits console] Perhaps today *is* a good day to die!
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AMERICA
"A Horse With No Name"
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead
You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...
After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
there was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with it's life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love
You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
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Edwin Hubble
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Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the field of extragalactic astronomy and is generally regarded as the leading observational cosmologist of the 20th century. Hubble generally is known for Hubble's law. He is credited with the discovery of the existence of galaxies other than the Milky Way and his galactic red shift discovery that the loss in frequency—the redshift—observed in the spectra of light from other galaxies increased in proportion to a particular galaxy's distance from Earth. This relationship became known as Hubble's law. His findings fundamentally changed the scientific view of the universe.
Hubble noted the Doppler shift interpretation of the observed redshift that had been proposed earlier by Vesto Slipher, and that led to the theory of the metric expansion of space. He tended to believe the frequency of any beam of light could, by some so far unknown means, be diminished ever stronger, the longer the beam travels through space.
Discoveries
The universe goes beyond the Milky Way galaxy
Edwin Hubble's arrival at Mount Wilson, California, in 1919 coincided roughly with the completion of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope, then the world's largest telescope. At that time, the prevailing view of the cosmos was that the universe consisted entirely of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Nobel Prize
Hubble spent much of the later part of his career attempting to have astronomy considered an area of physics, instead of being its own science. He did this largely so that astronomers—including himself—could be recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee for their valuable contributions to astrophysics. This campaign was unsuccessful in Hubble's lifetime, but shortly after his death, the Nobel Prize Committee decided that astronomical work would be eligible for the physics prize. Unfortunately, the prize is not one that can be awarded posthumously.
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Mount Wilson Observatory
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The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 5,715-foot (1,742 m) peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles.
Edwin Hubble performed his critical calculations from work on the 100 inches (2.5 m) telescope. He determined that some nebulae were actually galaxies outside our own Milky Way. Hubble, assisted by Milton L. Humason, discovered the presence of the redshift that indicated the universe is expanding.
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Mount Wilson (California)
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Mount Wilson is one of the better known peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. It is the location of the Mount Wilson Observatory and has become the astronomical center of Southern California with 60-inch (1,524 mm) and 100-inch (2,540 mm) telescopes, and 60-foot (18.3 m) and 150-foot (45.7 m) tall solar towers. The summit is at 5,710 feet (1,740 m). Some surrounding peaks are slightly higher. Due to its elevation, snow can sometimes interrupt astronomical activities on the mountain.
Mount Wilson is also referred to as a metro-media center[citation needed] for its relay broadcasting of radio and television for the Greater Los Angeles Area.
History
The native inhabitants of the San Gabriels probably belonged to various tribes of the Tongva people who lived in the low-lying valleys. Granite outcroppings along the Angeles Crest show signs of meal preparations with metate pots ground into rock surfaces.
The first recorded exploration of the mountain was performed by Benjamin Davis Wilson also known as "Don Benito". Wilson, who was the grandfather of George S. Patton, Jr., was the owner of Rancho San Pascual in about 1852 and ran a winery at his home, "Lake Vineyard", which was in the area of today's San Marino. Wilson hoped to find a suitable wood for his casks but was disappointed by the poor quality of trees on the mountain. He built a trail, following an established Indian route, which became known as the Mount Wilson Trail.
Astronomy
In 1919, American astronomer Edwin Hubble arrived at Mt. Wilson and, throughout the 1920s, made many astronomical discoveries using the Hooker Telescope. Among his contributions are the observational proof that many nebulous objects are actually galaxies beyond our own Milky Way galaxy, the classification of galaxies according to the Hubble sequence, and the development of Hubble's Law relating a galaxy's observed red shift to its distance away. These contributions led to an understanding that the universe is not static, but expanding.
In 1926 Albert Abraham Michelson made what was the most precise calculation of the speed of light at the time by measuring the round-trip travel time of light between Mount Wilson and Mount San Antonio 22 miles (35 km) away.
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Armageddon [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
- If you had to say, who would you say?
- I don't know, Oscar.
:39:49
- Who do you think you are?
- Han Solo.
:39:52
No, if anybody's anybody, I'm Han.
:39:54
And you're-- you're Chewbacca.
:39:55
Chewie? Have you even seen Star Wars?
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
1:42:32
Captain, Starfleet is sending
this tactical on V'Ger's position.
1:42:38
V'Ger is transmitting a signal.
1:42:45
Jim.
1:42:47
From V'Ger.
1:42:52
V'Ger signals the creator.
1:42:59
Spock?
1:43:01
A simple binary code...
1:43:04
transmitted
by carrier wave signal.
1:43:08
Radio.
1:43:11
Radio?
1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" DVD video: [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
00:40:05
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: [ laughing ] That's a trick. How'd you do that?
LaForge: It's your telescope.
1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" DVD video: [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
00:40:06
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: Why tomorrow morning?
Riker: Because at eleven o'clock an alien ship will begin passing through this solar system.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: Alien. You mean extraterrestrials? More bad guys?
Troi: Good guys. They're on a survey mission. They have no interest in Earth. Too primitive.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: Oh.
1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" DVD video: [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Starfleet Commander William T. Riker: Doctor, tomorrow morning, when they detect the warp signature from your ship and realize that humans have discovered how to travel faster than light, they decide to alter their course. They make First Contact with Earth right here.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: Here?
Starfleet Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge: Uh, actually, over there.
Starfleet Commander William T. Riker: It is one of the pivotal moments in human history, Doctor. You get to make First Contact with an alien race and after you do, everything begins to change.
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Star Trek: First Contact [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
:39:39
It's a pivotal moment in human history.
You make contact with an alien race.
:39:44
After you do,
everything begins to change.
:39:47
Fleets of starships are built
and mankind explores the galaxy.
:39:53
It unites humanity when they realise
they're not alone in the universe.
:40:00
Poverty, disease and war
will all be gone in 50 years.
:40:04
But unless you make that warp flight
tomorrow, none of it will happen.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 8:44 PM Pacific Time USA Thursday 02 August 2012
