Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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While reading Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ the journey of two generations told their story about their lifetime. The story of the past includes the birth of Brod‚ Brod’s tragedy‚ Brod and Kolker and Safran and Zosha’s marriage‚ and the death of Yankel‚ Zosha‚ and Alex’s grandfather. While the story of the future is about the quest of a young boy named Alex guiding Jonathan Safran Foer to find answers from the past and to find if Augustine‚ the woman who saved Jonathan’s grandfather
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Connecticut. Frontinus‚ Sextus Julius (trans. Charles Bennett)‚ 1961. Stratagems and the Aqueducts of Rome. Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. Hansen‚ Roger D.‚ 1983‚ WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS IN IMPERIAL ROME. Web. 5 Nov. 2010. . Herschel‚ Clemens‚ 1913. Frontinus and the Water Supply of Rome. Longman‚ Green and Company‚ New York. Juvenal‚ Decimus Julius (trans. Jerome Mazzaro)‚ 1965. Satire. University of Michigan Press‚ Ann Arbor. Lanciani‚ Rodolfo‚ 1967 (first published in 1897)
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around the sun on its side" because it’s tipped over on its side with an axil tilt of 98 degrees. It is not clear to the naked eye‚ and it became the first planet to be seen through a telescope. It was discovered on March 13‚ 1781 by William Herschel. It has 27 moons and 13 rings. Uranus is known as the "ice giant" because it has a hydrogen upper layer and helium is mixed in it. Below is an icy mantle and it surrounds rock and ice core. The upper atmosphere is made of water‚ ammonia‚ and
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writers‚ directors and others were rendered unemployable‚ having been accused of subversive political activities in support of Communism or of actually being Communists themselves. The filmmakers — screenwriter Bernstein‚ director Ritt‚ Zero Mostel‚ Herschel Bernardi‚ and Lloyd Gough — had all been blacklisted: the name of each in the closing credits is followed by "Blacklisted 19--" - providing the relevant year. Bernstein was listed after being named in the FBI-published Red Channels journal that identified
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Not only were people becoming aware of the gender bias seen in various professions‚ but women like Marie Curie‚ Caroline Herschel‚ and Rosalind Franklin were starting to receive the credit they’ve deserved for their scientific discoveries. Furthermore‚ I realized that women today‚ as they had throughout history‚ have been standing up for themselves and pursuing careers in male-dominated
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He almost got to the living room when he looked at me and smiled. Not even moments later‚ he fell face down onto the carpet. The last thing did was smile at me‚ because I was messing with the .22 pistol my uncle‚ Brian gave me. The doctor said Herschel died of a heart attack. Which made sense because he did have heart problems which I think I inherited. Mom would put me in day care just pass the nursing home‚ but it burned down a couple of years ago. Dad would always call Pop and tell him
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“Crystal Night”? In simple words “Kristallnacht” was one of the many pogroms that were to come toward the Jewish community (at first) in Germany on World War 2. In the city of Paris‚ France on November 7 1938‚ a young German-born Polish Jew called Herschel Grynszpan (Sometimes Greenspan) murdered the German diplomat (and secretary of the German embassy on that city) Ernst vom Rath. Now‚ the Nazis were looking for an excuse to attack the Jewish community. What they did? They used the murder of vom Rath
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“Night of November 9–10‚ 1938‚ when German Nazis attacked the Jewish population and there homes. The name Kristallnacht comes from the litter of broken glass left on the streets after the war. The violence continued on November 10‚ and in some places acts of violence continued on for more and more days to pass. Although the events of the Night of Broken Glass only took place on the 9th of November 1938 and the number of assaults against the Jews had increased throughout the autumn season in 1938
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had been destroyed in the violence. The reason for Kristallnacht was announced by German officials as being a spontaneous outburst of public sentiment in response to the assassination of Ernst Vom Rath who was a German Embassy Official in Paris. Herschel Grynszpan‚ a Polish Jew‚ had shot Vom Rath on Nov. 7th 1938 in reaction to German authorities expelling 17‚000 Polish Jews from the Reich‚ which included his parents. Vom Rath died on Nov. 8th‚ which coincided with the anniversary of the Beer Hall
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