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Space trajectories program for IBM 7090
Space trajectories Program studies the motion of a space probe confined to the solar system and influenced by the nonspherical Earth and Moon, and the point masses defined by the Sun, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. It is written in the FORTRAN Assembly Program language
Weathering the End Times
âWeathering the End Timesâ first addresses some of the major arguments for and against man-caused Climate Change, and then portrays where the various elements of Christendom fall within this debate. It goes on to examine the prophetic Scriptures that relate to the environments of the Tribulation, Millennial Kingdom and Eternal State, concluding that God-caused Climate Change is what believers truly need to focus on
Laughing with Sam Sly: The cultural politics of satire and colonial British identity in the Cape Colony, c. 1840-1850
This article examines Sam Slyâs African Journal (1843â51), a literary and satirical
newspaper published by William Layton Sammons in Cape Town. It contends
that the newspaper utilised satire to forge British cultural affinity in the colony, as
well as to encourage and preserve the conservative social boundaries of propriety
and family values espoused by white middle-class colonists. This differed from the
more widely studied position of satire as a subversive challenge to the established
order, with Sammons avoiding sexually explicit, scandalous humour or overt attacks
on personal character. In a period of growing white consensus, the African
Journalâs use of satire in the 1840s formed part of the cultural politics of establishing
bourgeois values through the medium of appreciation of British literature and
popular culture. Satire in Sam Slyâs African Journal thus functioned ideologically
to extend British cultural dominance and affinities, and to preserve and instil white
bourgeois moral codes. Although much satire was shorn of the racial reality of
the Cape Colony, seeking to replicate an impression of metropolitan whiteness,
those satires that focused on race derided the Khoikhoi and Xhosa as incapable of
achieving equality with whites, drawing on growing anti-humanitarian sentiment
in the Cape. The African Journalâs popularity, however, diminished in the face
of the anti-convict agitation of 1848â50, when colonists opposed the landing of
ticket-of-leave convicts from Ireland as an impediment to the goal of representative
government, through petitions and boycotting supplying to the government. Satirising
these measures as a radical betrayal of British loyalty, Sammonsâs support
dwindled owing to his criticism of popular feeling
Centaur operations at the space station
A study was conducted on the feasibility of using a Centaur vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate critical OTV technologies at the Space Station. Two Technology Demonstration Missions (TDMs) were identified: (1) Accommodations, and (2) Operations. The Accommodations TDM contained: (1) berthing, (2) checkout, maintenance and safing, and (3) payload integration missions. The Operations TDM contained: (1) a cryogenic propellant resupply mission, and (2) Centaur deployment activities. A modified Space Station Co-Orbiting Platform (COP) was selected as the optimum refueling and launch node due to safety and operational considerations. After completion of the TDMs, the fueled Centaur would carry out a mission to actually test deployment and help offset TDM costs. From the Station, the Centaur could carry a single payload in excess of 20,000 pounds to geosynchronous orbit or multiple payloads
Sam Sly's African Journal and the role of satire in colonial British identity at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1840-1850
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-171).In 1843, William Sammons founded the peculiarly named Sam Slyâs African Journal (1843 -1851) in Cape Town. Claiming to be a âregister of facts, fiction, news, literature, commerce and amusementâ, the African Journal was a hybrid newspaper and literary and satirical periodical aimed at an Anglophone immigrant readership in the period between the abolition of slavery and the granting of representative government to the Cape Colony
Law of Manufacturer\u27s Liability
This article discusses the development of the law of manufacturer\u27s liability under theories of negligence and express warranty
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