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Alaska counting dead salmon tossed

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northern exposure university of washington releve false pass interception over fishery Alaska counting dead salmon tossed researchers threw on one side of a shallow creek in Alaska over 20 years now pressure have combined to investigation this situation

HARLOW SHAPLEY understanding of the structure of the universe

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HARLOW SHAPLEY FBI considered him a risk A men are largely responsible for our current understanding of the structure of the universe and the solar system’s place in it. But to the FBI, Shapley was a dangerous character. That’s in the massive file, too. FBI agents recorded the addresses of every piece of mail that Shapley sent or received. Extraordinary surveillance was just part of the seven years of government spying on Shapley that ended in 1953, a year after he retired as Harvard College Observatory’s director. The FBI even spied on the 1946 convention of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, which Shapley attended. He has an inherent dislike for authority, and will invariably do the opposite to what he is told or supposed to do.’” Shapley had made his reputation with one of the most monumental discoveries in astronomy since Copernicus’ displacement of the Earth. Using observations of Cepheid variable stars in globular clusters that he made at Mt. Wilson from

largest chunks of moon rock crashed from space into the Sahara

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Giant 12lb piece of lunar rock known as 'The Moon Puzzle' that crashed from space into the Sahara desert will go on sale for an astronomical $500,000. It is one of the largest chunks of moon rock to go on sale publicly experts say, dwarfing similar items at auction that typically only weigh a few hundreds grams.

orient express train service created in 1883

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The Orient Express  became a metaphor for style, opulence and, of course, intrigue. Poster advertising the winter 1888–1889 timetable Operation Train length4 to 22 coaches The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). 4 October , 1883 The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul The journey from Paris to Istanbul lasted a little over 80 hours.

"Business @ the Speed of Thought."

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Bill Gates made these 20 predictions in 1999 — and how accurate he was The CEO and chairman of Microsoft shows how technology has become key factor in effectively operating businesses "Business @ the Speed of Thought." e@ tonyone