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Basal Cleavage

2007-07-06T02:45:12Z

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[[Cleavage]] that is [[parallel]] to the [[basal]] [[crystal plane]] of a [[mineral]].

Pellant, p. 250

=Sources=
*Pellant, Chris. ''The Complete Book of Rocks and Minerals'', Dorling Kindersley Inc.: New York (1995)

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Rabbi

2007-07-06T02:43:10Z

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A '''Rabbi''' is a faith leader in the Jewish religion, much like a minister or priest in the Christian religion. Rabbi means, "Teacher" in Hebrew.

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Johannes Kepler

2007-07-06T02:38:53Z

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[[Image:Gfdse5y465.jpg|right|thumb|Johannes Kepler]]
'''Johannes Kepler''' (1571-1630), a [[Protestant]] in [[Germany]], built on [[Copernicus]]'s work and discovered that planets orbited the sun in elliptical rather than perfectly circular orbits. Kepler was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer and devout [[Christian]] who cited God many times in all of his writings. He felt it was his Christian duty to understand the creation of God, the universe. He also felt that man, being in the image of God, was fully capable of understanding the universe. Like [[Plato]] and [[Pythagoras]], Kepler felt that God must have created the universe according to a mathematical plan.

Kepler overcame an enormous obstacle to become a great scientist, as he suffered from an attack of [[smallpox]] when he was only four years old. The disease left him with poor eyesight and crippled hands for the rest of his life. However, Kepler went on to propose three laws of planetary motion, known as Kepler's Laws, which later helped Newton formulate the theory of [[gravity]]. One of these laws described how the planets have elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus of each [[ellipse]].

Kepler wrote in book five of his work, "The Harmonies of the World,":

"O, Almighty God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee! ... The book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer."

Kepler compared the celestial orbits of the planets with polyphonic
harmonies in music. He wrote:

"Holy Father, keep us safe in the concord of our love for one another, that we may be one just as Thou art with Thy Son, Our Lord, and with the Holy Ghost, and just as through the sweetest bonds of harmonies Thou hast made all Thy works one; and that from the bringing of Thy people into concord, the body of Thy Church may be built up in the Earth, as Thou didst erect the heavens themselves out of harmonies."

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[[Category:Astronomers|Kepler, Johannes]]

Jon Kyl

2007-07-06T02:35:52Z

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[[Image:kyl_pic.jpg|thumb|right|Jon Kyl (center), wearing US Marine Corps fatigues]]
'''Jon Kyl''' (born April 25, 1942) is the junior senator from Arizona.

==United States Senate==
While in the Senate, Kyl co-sponsored legislation that would give illegal immigrants up to five years to leave the country. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190550,00.html]

In February 2006, Kyl joined Senator Lindsey Graham in filing an amicus brief in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case, which appears to have been an attempt to mislead the Supreme Court by presenting an “extensive colloquy” added to the Congressional record but not included in the Dec 21st debate as evidence that "Congress was aware" that the Detainee Treatment Act would strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear "pending cases, including this case" brought by the Guantanamo detainees. [http://www.slate.com/id/2138750]

Kyl appeared in the U.S. national news near the end of his 2006 campaign as an example of a case where some bloggers were attempting to influence search engine results for searches on Kyl's name. [http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-6129719.html?tag=st.util.print]

==External links==
-[http://kyl.senate.gov/ Official Senate Website]
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