On September 12‚ 1962‚ President Kennedy gave a groundbreaking speech announcing his goal of placing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. He had previously had a joint session with congress on the matter‚ and after many meetings and long nights studying and worrying he finally decided that a Moon landing was a field in which America had a potential lead. The Americans had watched the Communist SSR put a satellite into orbit‚ the famous Sputnik Satellite on October 4‚ 1957‚ and‚ more recently
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1st‚ 2012: The moon phase is a Waning Gibbous phase with 93% of the moon illuminated. When the moon is in waning phases the moon is becoming less illuminated each night‚ while gibbous means that the moon is more than 50% illuminated but less than 100%. During this phase the Waning Gibbous moon occurs after the Full Moon and before the Last Quarter. Sunday‚ December 2nd‚ 2012: The moon phase is a Waning Gibbous phase with 87% of the moon illuminated. Compared to yesterday the moon is becoming less
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Down with the Monarchy In today’s modern society‚ the monarchy supposedly plays a very important role. They sit in their castles and palaces‚ making important life changing decisions for others and help develop their country into something more. Is that not the role of a king or queen‚ to rule with an iron fist? Apparently not in Britain. Over the many years the monarchy’s role has changed extensively. From an overwhelming powerhouse that always has the last say‚ into a conservative party of
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are exactly 8 phases of the moon. Each phase repeats themselves about once every 29.5 days. The Moon is very old‚ it is about 4.5 billion years old. To us the moon looks like it is moving very slow but it is actually pretty fast. It moves to about 2‚288 miles per hour. The moon constantly spins counter-clockwise. The phases are usually caused by the shadow and light of the Earth and Sun. The Moon has another name as well. The second name for the Moon is luna. The Moon is earth’s only natural satellite
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The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The distance from Earth is about 384‚400km with a diameter of 3476km and a mass of 7.35*1022kg. Through history it has had many names: Called Luna by the Romans‚ Selene and Artemis by the Greeks. And of course‚ has been known through prehistoric times. It is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. Due to its size and composition‚ the Moon is sometimes classified as a terrestrial "planet" along with Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth and Mars.<br><br><b>Origin
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Sex at Dawn Since Darwin’s Origin of the Species‚ we’ve been told that sexual monogamy comes natural. Mainstream science‚ as well as religious and cultural institutions‚ has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man’s possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman’s fertility and fidelity. In this groundbreaking book‚ however‚ Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá argue that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food‚ child care‚ and‚ often‚ sexual partners
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Moon Shadow‚ a young chinese boy‚ is brainwashed by his mother and grandmother that all people in San Francisco in America are “Demons.” Moon Shadow’s father lives in America‚ but whenever he asks his mother or grandmother about him‚ they always find an excuse to try to not to talk about it. Moon Shadow then tells them that he wants to go to America to see his father. When Moon Shadow arrives to America‚ he is introduced to all of his father’s friends including his uncle. His father’s nickname is
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Full Moon Phenomenon A black cat crosses the road and it is bad luck‚ you aren’t supposed to open an umbrella inside of the house or a building‚ or break a mirror. These are all superstitions are that people believe in‚ it starts as early as age eighteen months when children start to exhibit a form of magical thinking when they begin to create imaginary worlds while playing. One superstition I grew up thinking was true and until recently I still did was that crazy things happen when a full
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Similar to Lucie from Faces in the Moon‚ Betty Louise Bell is a professor and fiction writer of Cherokee ancestry. Finding out these details about Bell made me wonder if the character Lucie was based on Bell herself. In the interview posted on Canvas‚ Bell states that the story is a reflection of her experience and that Lucie is in fact based on herself. The fact that Faces in the Moon is almost autobiographical does change my interpretation of the novel. It makes the story become more personal‚
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One of many challenged books is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚” by Maya Angelou. This book was published back in 1969. While it has gained popularity over the past few decades‚ when it was originally published‚ a numerous amount of people were not satisfied with it‚ and it made people unhappy. It tells the true story of Ms. Angelou’s life‚ and the reader learns that she did not have an easy life by any means. She faced many challenges‚ and openly shared them in her book. Due to her openness‚
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