Chinese Moon Festival In United States there are some holidays that are celebrated together with family‚ like Thanksgiving‚ Christmas and Independence Day. In China‚ we also have family reunion days and the Moon Festival is one of them. The Moon Festival is also known as Mid-Autumn Festival or the Zhongqiu Festival. Of course‚ this festival has equivalents in other countries‚ such as Japan‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ the Philippines and South Korea. If you are not familiar with the Chinese Moon Festival
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person who had a fierce desire to make a difference in the lives of others‚ Ruby Taylor‚ 38‚ learned about how she might help others after a severe car accident in December 2012 gave her a brain injury. She states that in that moment‚ everything changed. Prior to the car accident‚ Ruby did social worker in the Lancaster school district. It was a career that she felt so passionate about. When the accident took place‚ however‚ Ruby said that continual treatment and medication did not help. She could not
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The First Man On The Moon In the early 1950’s‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union competed in the greatest race of all time. This competition quickly gets the name of the race to space‚ more specifically the “race to the moon” by different journalist and reporters from both country Americans and Soviet.Many analysts and specialists of still confuse about the real reasons of this “race”‚ what start it‚ why they start it‚ why go on the moon. Two relevant articles inform
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landed.” Those were the words that send everyone into an elated state and that marked the greatest achievement of mankind: the moon landing. The planning and success of such caused a variation of opinions and affected people in different ways. This is observed in multiple texts‚ such as “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” published by The Times of London; “In Event of Moon Disaster”‚ a poignant speech given by President Nixon; “The July 16‚ 1969‚ Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness”
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Lunar Phases When you look up into the dark‚ night sky‚ you will see the moon and the 8 different phases it goes through. They can be very beautiful or even interesting. Lunar phases happen because the sun’s light reflects off the moon to us earth observers. So depending on where the moon is on its orbital path around the earth‚ gives us our lunar phases. Due to the Moon’s revolution around the earth‚ we see that light as different shapes called phases. The strong gravitational pull of the sun
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The 8 Phases of the Moon Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At this time the moon is not visible. Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half
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Ruby Bridges once said “Racism is a grown up disease and we should stop using our kids to spread it.” Meaning‚ what adults go through in life or disagree with shouldn’t reflect on how their kids act or think. Just like in the movie the parents of the white kids took them out of class because they didn’t want Ruby around them. Ruby is her own person and stood out among the other black students she had courage‚ perseverance‚ and most of all she had self- confidence. Ruby had courage throughout
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Man On The Moon In the 1900’s space flight was just a topic of the future. But on June 20th‚ 1969 the US successfully landed a crew of men on the surface of the moon. The moon landing‚ Apollo 11 is considered one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of mankind. The purpose of the moon mission was to beat the Soviet Union in the space race which president at the time‚ John F. Kennedy made sure of. With the Soviets attempting to reach the moon USA’s finest scientists got together and through
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Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१‚ lit: moon vehicle[3][4] [pic]pronunciation (help·info)) was India’s first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008‚ and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft with a modified version of the PSLV‚ PSLV C11[2][5] on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre‚ Sriharikota‚ Nellore District‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ about 80 km north of Chennai
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Long and Short Term Causes of Moon Landing i. Establish Lunar Base - Wernher von Braun idea ii. Moon exploration program started during Eienhower era iii. Soviet success with Yuri Gagarin being put into space caused Kennedy to search for program to catch Americas imagination iv. Kennedy asked his vice president Lyndon Johnson to come up with such a plan. v. As Johnson was from Texas he proposed space idea because NASA base in Houston and would provide economically for them. vi. Kennedy said
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