In the story “Catching the moon” Luis Cintron was just released into his father‚ Jorge Cintron’s‚ custody after 6 months in a juvenile detention center for a breaking and entering. Luis did it for a dare. Unfortunately‚ the old lady was a light sleeper and also had a very good aim with her aluminum cane. His father determined that Luis should wash and polish every single hubcap in the yard. Lately‚ Luis has been getting in trouble since he started high school with his “social group” he organized
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where two super nations compete to put the first man on the moon come with a reasonable doubt about whether it actually happened or not. Some conspiracy theorists say that the moon landing was just a big hoax and that the United States (U.S) government wanted to be the first people to put astronauts on the moon to display how superior we were. First‚ the reason this theory started on why the U.S wanted to be the first to put someone on the moon was because of something called the space race. “The space
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The Apollo landing on the moon was a important time in America history. Three important parts were John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Speech at Rice University‚ America landing on the moon‚ and America winning the space race. To begin with the Space Race started with a bet. The bet was tot see who could be the first one to get to the moon. This bet was between the Soviet Union and America the prize was pwer. Who ever got to the moon first had the pwer to send nuclear rockets to other countrys. This
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A Trip Down Memory Lane The stars have been shining brightly under the dark blanket of the sky. Thin little gray clouds hover around casting light shadows on the face of the moon. A few chirping notes from the sound of crickets outside completes the serenity of the night. I have long been fond of watching these diamond-like trinkets sparkling from high above that simply watching them every night gives me this feeling like that of a child given sweet treats. But it seems like after
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1) Summary of Character Traits <br> a) School smart (Maya is smart. When she moves to San Francisco from Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ she is skipped a grade.) <br> b) Caring sister (she always talks of her devotion to Baily) <br> c) Determined (she wants to get a job with the streetcar company and she keeps bugging them until they finally give her a job) <br> d) Proud (she lives with the junkyard kids instead of going back to her father’s; she slaps Dolores for calling her mother a whore) <br>2)
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The moon as depicted within this photograph directly correlates to the imperative role it plays as a motif within the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this story of passion and heartache the moon appears time and time again serving more than just its literal meaning. It provides the audience with a greater understanding of both the characters feelings and the environment in which a scene occurs. This is done through the use of symbolism that is demonstrated in a variety of ways‚ representing more
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Michael Koon Informative Speech Theories on the Formation of the Moon Intro A. Attention Getter “We are the music makers‚ and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers‚ and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers‚ for whom the pale moon gleams.” (O ’Shaughnessy). Truer words could not have been spoken for the moon does gleam for us‚ it gives us light in the darkest of nights‚ it controls are tidal shifts and some scientist even believe that
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race to the moon had begun. In 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy made a speech saying "We will go to the moon in this decade amongst other things‚ not because they are easy but because they are hard." After he was assassinated‚ NASA decided to pursue his plan and in 1967 the Apollo program began. In 1969‚ NASA landed Apollo 11 on the moon and the race was finally over. This was a major leap not only for Americans‚ but also for mankind. Videos and photos that were taken on the moon were shown to
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The Water Moon Monastery in Taipei‚ Taiwan has the ideal location for Buddhist monks to reside in it‚ because of its environment surrounding it. At the entrance‚ there are two walls made up of concrete that are of different lengths and they help to divide the city from the sacred monastery. The entrance also has an eighty-meter pond that is placed to symbolize a mind that is clear and reflects the truth. The concrete walls are made up of the two major Zen Sutras which were
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planet. We are an observatory owned by the University of California and focus on astronomical observations. This Object X (to be determined as a planet) it does not seem to be a round-shape form‚ orbits the sun‚ Object X’s moon is 57‚783 kilometers between Object X‚ Object X’s moon takes 32.17 days to do one full orbit‚ and crosses Pluto. These factors of Object X have similar factors of an actual planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) explains a planet must orbit the sun‚ has enough mass
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