JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/02/07 4:37 PM
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest.
Paul Lewis, director of astronomy outreach at the University of Tennessee, is drawing students to the roof of Nielsen Physics Building for special viewings of Comet 17P/Holmes.
The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.
"This is truly a celestial surprise," Lewis said. "Absolutely amazing."
Until Oct. 23, the comet had been visible to modern astronomers only with a telescope, but that night it suddenly erupted and expanded.
A similar burst in 1892 led to the comet's discovery by Edwin Holmes.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event to witness, along the lines of when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter back in 1994," Lewis said.
Scientists speculate the comet has exploded because there are sinkholes in its nucleus, giving it a honeycomb-like structure. The collapse exposed comet ice to the sun, which transformed the ice into gas.
"What comets do when they are near the sun is very unpredictable," Lewis said. "We expect to see a coma cloud and a tail, but this is more like an explosion, and we are seeing the bubble of gas and dust as it expands away from the center of the blast."
Experts aren't sure how long the comet's show will last, but estimate it could be weeks - if not months. Using a telescope or binoculars help bring the comet's details into view, they said.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2007 October 26
Comet Holmes in Outburst
Explanation: Comet 17P/Holmes stunned comet watchers across planet Earth earlier this week. On October 24, it increased in brightness over half a million times in a matter of hours.
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Bonn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bonn, officially the Federal City of Bonn, is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of 311,287 within its administrative limits. The city is the second official residence of the President of Germany, the Chancellor of Germany, the Bundesrat, and the first official seat of six German federal ministries. Bonn is located in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, the largest metropolitan area of Germany, with over 11 million inhabitants.
Founded in the first century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany's oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. In 1949, the Parliamentary Council drafted and adopted the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. Whilst Berlin was symbolically named the de jure capital, from 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the de facto capital of West Germany. After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, Bonn remained the seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999. In recognition of this, the former capital holds the one-of-a-kind title of Federal City (Bundesstadt).
the city is known as the location of 19 United Nations institutions and the University of Bonn. Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven (born 1770).
http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/272.htm
Journey's End
Stardate: 47751.2
Original Airdate: Mar 28, 1994
WESLEY: No!
(and everything stops, including the Cardassian falling after being shot in the chest. Lakanta walks over to Wesley, the only two still moving)
WESLEY: What happened? Did you do this?
LAKANTA: I didn't do anything. You did.
WESLEY: I did?
LAKANTA: You pulled yourself out of their time. You took the first step, Wesley.
WESLEY: My first step to where?
LAKANTA: To another plane of existence, another way of thinking.
WESLEY: I don't understand.
LAKANTA: You've found a new beginning for yourself. The first step on a journey that few humans will ever take.
WESLEY: Who are you? (Lakanta transforms) The Traveller.
TRAVELLER: I've been waiting a long time for this moment, Wesley.
WESLEY: So all those things I saw in the Habak, my father, and the things he said to me, that was your doing?
TRAVELLER: I merely opened the door for you. What you experienced came from your own mind, your own spirit if you wish. I hoped that you would open your mind to new possibilities, and you did. You pulled yourself out of time, don't you see? You've evolved to a new level you're ready to explore places where thought and energy combine in ways you can't even imagine. And I will be your guide, if you would like.
WESLEY: What about them? I can't just leave them like this.
TRAVELLER: They must find their own destinies, Wesley. It's not our place to interfere.
WESLEY: But
TRAVELLER: Have faith in their abilities to solve their problems on their own.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9291
The American Presidency Project
John F. Kennedy
XXXV President of the United States: 1961 - 1963
255 - Remarks at the City Hall in Bonn.
June 23, 1963
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Chancellor:
I am very proud to come from my own capital of Washington to the capital of the Federal Republic for many reasons: because it gives me an opportunity to talk to your distinguished Chancellor and the members of his government, and also because it gives the people of my own country an opportunity to see how warmly they are regarded and esteemed and how much their alliance is valued. I am proud of the fact that in the years since 1945 the United States, after 150 years of withdrawal, of isolation, has found it possible to play a significant part in the great fight for freedom all around the globe. I can tell you that the people of the United States do not regard this effort as a burden. They regard it as a privilege to play their part in these great days. I can assure you that as long as there are any who join with us, who wish this common effort to continue, the United States will help bear its fair share of the burden in a great half-circle, stretching from Berlin to Saigon. We will keep this free world free until the day comes, as Thomas Jefferson predicted it would, that the disease of liberty, which is catching, spreads throughout the world.
In the last 100 years, 6 million Germans have left your country to come to the United States. Today there are 25 million Americans of immediate German descent, and there are more in the city of Chicago that were either born in Germany or their parents born in Germany than live in this city of Bonn.
Carl Schurz wrote in his 19th century memoirs that his first public speech was an extemporaneous public outburst to a crowd of his fellow students in the great University Hall at Bonn. He related how one of his professors inquired of his age and, when told he was 19, remarked, "Too bad; still too young for our new German Parliament." They have been saying the same thing about your Chancellor for many years!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful for your welcome. This city of Bonn is the capital. of the free world. Because of the efforts of the Chancellor and all of the German people it will continue to be a center of the free world. I salute you.
Note: The President spoke at 1:25 p.m. from the City Hall steps. His opening words referred to Mayor Wilhelm Daniels and Chancellor Adenauer. During the ceremony the President signed the Golden Book of Bonn and was presented an album of the nine Beethoven symphonies.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043080/releaseinfo
IMDb
Two Lost Worlds (1951)
Release Info
Release Dates
USA 5 January 1951
http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/272.htm
Journey's End
Stardate: 47751.2
Original Airdate: Mar 28, 1994
[Meeting room]
PICARD: Anthwara, I deeply regret that we have not been able to reach an agreement. But, and I must be blunt, I cannot take no for an answer. This planet will be handed over to the Cardassian government in accordance with the terms of the border agreement. I am very sorry, but you will have to leave.
WAKASA: And if we do not?
PICARD: Then I will be forced to remove you by whatever means are necessary.
ANTHWARA: We know you will not take us from this land, Captain.
PICARD: I may regret doing it, but I am not able
ANTHWARA: When you first came to us, we did not know why you were sent by the Federation but we knew there must be a good reason. To us, nothing that happens is truly random. So we searched for the true reason you were sent. We did not find it until last night. Are you familiar with the Pueblo Revolt of sixteen eighty?
TROI: I am. Several Indian tribes rose up to overthrow their Spanish overlords and drove them out of what is now called New Mexico.
ANTHWARA: Ten years later, the Spanish returned to reconquer the area. They were brutal. I would use the word savage. They killed hundreds of our people. Thousands more were maimed. The name of one of the soldiers was Javier Maribona-Picard. Your ancestor.
PICARD: I'm not aware of this incident or of the man you named, and this happened seven hundred years ago. I do not see what bearing it can have
ANTHWARA: That is why you have come to us, to erase a stain of blood worn by your family for twenty three generations.
http://www.startrek.com/database_article/journeys-end
STAR TREK
Journey's End
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Episode: TNG 272 - Journey's End
Season 7 Ep. 20
Air Date: 03/28/1994
http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/1.01_%22Children_Of_The_Gods_Part_1%22_Transcript
STARGATE WIKI
1.01 "Children Of The Gods Part 1" Transcript
TEAL'C
Shaka ha! Kree hol mel, Goa'uld!
O'NEILL
(to Skaara)
What'd he say?
SKAARA
They're going to choose.
CARTER
Choose what?
SKAARA
Who will be the children of the gods.
[A royal box is brought in, and Apophis emerges from it.]
APOPHIS
Jaffa!
[He helps Sha're out from the box.]
DANIEL
Sha're. Jack, help me please.
[He surges forward but Carter and O'Neill pull him back.]
O'NEILL
Daniel, don't, don't.
TEAL'C
Benna! Ya wan, ya daru! Kneel before your masters!
[Guards move among the people making them kneel. O'Neill catches Teal'c's eye who gives him a look, asking him to kneel by his expression. O'Neill nods imperceptibly and kneels. Skaara does not yet.]
O'NEILL
Skaara.
[Skaara kneels. Robed Goa'uld move among the prisoners.]
TEAL'C
Benna, ya wan ya daru! Choose!
[A guards brings forth a prisoner and holds him up for the Goa'uld.]
GOA'ULD
No.
(as the guards toss him aside, the Goa'uld moves to another)
This one. We choose this one.
[She is escorted away. Other Goa'uld approach where SG-1 are kneeling and Daniel leaps forward, grabbing one of them. Guards prevent O'Neill from interfering.]
O'NEILL
Daniel!
GOA'ULD
(noting Daniel)
This one is passionate.
DANIEL
How much would I remember if you chose me?
O'NEILL
Daniel, what are you doing?
[A guards taps O'Neill with a staff weapon in warning.]
DANIEL
(distressed)
Something of the host must survive.
[Teal'c shakes his head negatively. O'Neill notices.]
GOA'ULD
We choose…him.
[The Goa'uld points to Skarra.]
SKAARA
(he is grabbed)
Na-nay, na nay! O'Neill! O'Neill!
O'NEILL
Skaara! Skaara!
[O'Neill jumps forward but a guard hits him on the nose with a staff weapon. Skaara is dragged off, screaming O'Neill's name over and over.]
APOPHIS
Kill the rest.
[The prisoners scream and run
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