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    “There was a hand in the darkness‚ and it held a knife.” These are the first words of the fantasy book by Neil Gaiman called The Graveyard Book. The book is about an ordinary child who is in all was ordinary. Well other than the fact that he was raised in a graveyard by ghosts and a man who is neither living or dead that is. Nobody Owens (yes that is his real name) was nearly murdered when he was a baby. Although the murderer the man named Jack also known as Jack Frost failed to murder him‚ he did

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    Also did you know buzz aldrin let Neil Armstrong step on the moon first. Apollo 11 was a moon launch for people to go to the moon. Apollo 11 is important because it was the first successful moon launching and held the first person to touch the moon. Apollo 11 charged the United States of

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    Our Selfish Generation

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    upstage the photo’s intended subjects. This is only another example of our desperate need for attention. However‚ “if the generations before us had access to the same technology we do‚ they would have acted just like us.” For example‚ why wouldn’t Neil Armstrong have snapped a selfie while on the moon with earth in the background? Or photobombing “pictures takes at Woodstock or at anti-Vietnam war rallies?” Future technological advancements will undoubtedly make it even easier for us to share more

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    by man that was accomplished‚Lastly “How did the Apollo eleven change the world” and what changed the world was the saying “One small step for man‚one giant leap for mankind”. The first reason is John F.Kennedy’s dream which was Kennedy hoped that Neil Armstrong‚ Edwin Aldrin‚ and Michael Collins would make it safely back down from space.Also that everyone was watching them going out to space on the “Largest Television audience in history watched live.On

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    Apollo 11 Land on The Moon? Tammy Getzloff Rasmussen College Author’s Note This research is being submitted on February 17th‚ 2013‚ for Barton Pritzl’s G239/AST2002 course at Rasmussen College by Tammy Getzloff. On July 16‚ 1969 three men‚ Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin waited anxiously 363 feet above the ground inside the top of the towering Saturn V rocket‚ to begin mankind’s most historic journey to landing on the moon. July 20‚ 1969 at approximately 4:17 p.m. EDT Armstrong

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    THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

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    Korinna Garcia 10/13/14 HUM1 THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is a prolific author best known for his legendary Sandman series‚ as well as other award winning novels and I with no hesitation can say that The Graveyard Book (also award-winning) is up to par with those standards. What initially intrigued me to read this book was when I learned that it was Gaiman’s nod to the classic‚ and one of my favorites‚ children’s story The Jungle Book. Like Mowgli‚ the protagonist

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    Apollo 11 is probably the most famous NASA mission in United States history. The mission that took man to the moon. The mission that made "...one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind" a recognizable phrase throughout every home in America. The mission that captivated not only the nation‚ but the world. The world had recently changed its sights from Imperialism to the vast unknown‚ namely‚ space. It was common knowledge that the USSR was making incredible progress into space exploration

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    Coraline

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    Coraline Neil Gaiman’s children’s novel Coraline begins when Coraline‚ a young girl‚ and her parents moving into a second-floor flat in an old house. She then enters a parallel universe in which she begins her journey quest. As well as in Harry Potter‚ Coraline follows the classic pattern of a quest story‚ with plenty of interesting and imaginative twists on the genre. The hero with a thousand faces presents the idea of a hero’s journey‚ also called as the monomyth. Written in 1949 by Joseph

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    “One small step for [a] man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” As Neil Armstrong uttered these words‚ he was leaving humanity’s first imprint on space exploration. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong’s televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind" on July 20‚ 1969 (Loff‚ Sarah). Countries all over the world had raced to be the first to send a human to the moon. The United States of America set its goal in sight

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    Music Inspiration

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    ifetime is not enough for music.” These were the words of Sergei Rachmaninoff‚ a Russian composer and pianist who was very influential in the twentieth century. Sergei had a very accurate perception of music and he understood the significance that music has. For some people‚ music is the center of their lives and it is the foundation on how they live. Everybody knows what music is and they all have heard a form of it but most people underestimate the value and power music has in our everyday lives

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