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    Amiee Montano Heidi Gornto Public Speaking Tuesday: 5-9:15pm 12/03/2012 Final Outline Beyond the Stars Speech Topic: NASA Funding Speech Title: Beyond the Stars Categories: Policy General Purpose Statement: To Persuade Organizational Pattern: Problem‚ Cause‚ Solution Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade to my audience that we as tax payers should fund NASA. Central Idea Statement: To persuade to my audience‚ that we as tax payers should fund NASA. By first‚ discussing

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    Tanabata- Japanese Star Festival Every country around the world had many different festivals and celebrations that out own. Japan has many different festivals each season based on the lunar calendar. One of the most celebrated festivals in Japan is a festival called Tanabata‚ which is also called the Star Festival. The first annual observance of summer is known as Tanabata‚ falling on July 7. It is a day that commemorates a romantic story‚ first handed down to Japan’s imperial court via China and

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    read the book‚ The Fault in Our Stars before is comes out in theatres on June 6‚ 2014 I. Introduction/Attention Getter A. You have 10 days‚ until June 6th. Go to the store buy yourself some Kleenex‚ read the book‚ laugh a little‚ attack the tissue box a lot and then watch it on the big screen. In a little over a week‚ the new motion picture based on the #1 selling fiction book of 2012 according to TIME magazine‚ is being released. This is The Fault in Our Stars. B. Every person in this room

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    Star Wars: An Intergalactic Joyride "Star Wars" is the highest grossing movie of all time. It is also one of my favorites. It was released in May 1977 and re-released in a restored and enhanced Special Edition just last month. There are many different criteria that can be used to describe ŒStar Wars ’ appeal. Gary Arnold and Edward Rothstein‚ two movie critics who had the opportunity to review this great movie‚ explain its appeal in very much the same way. There is a difference though

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    Critique Star Wars: A new hope "A long.long time ago‚ in a galaxy far‚ far away…." These short‚ simple words have influenced generations. Novices and Star Wars fans alike have enjoyed and thrived on these inventive movies. The writer and director‚ George Lucas‚ came up with the idea during his years at the University of California. He came up with a six part series‚ yet‚ the first movie to be produced was part four entitled Star Wars: A new hope. It was produced in 1977

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    One bright star Suddenly my eyes were dazzled‚ I could hardly see at all. The music in my ears: such a heavenly call! As I stood I felt a wonder That I’ve never felt before Although my heart was full I just wanted more! And then as we shepherds listened‚ We heard angels sing on high: Our Saviour had been born! Praises filled the sky! So the celebration started As the life of Christ began. The King of love was born for the sake of man. One bright star shone out that night‚ Bringing

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    The Salary of The Sports Stars is Fair. Successful sport players are much more popular and earn quite more than individuals in other important professions. Whether sports stars deserve this is a topic of frequent debate. Some argue that these huge salaries are fully justified while others deem it unfair that doctors earn less. In this essay I will explain why I believe sports stars deserve their huge salaries because they are unique and represent our ideals of human perfection. It is a well-known

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    Americans are not bringing with them the dawn of a new era‚ rather they are causing the sun to set on the era of the Native Americans. Going with the theme of light‚ the light of the train is most likely the star referred to in the title of this painting. While the frontiersmen probably thought this star was again bringing light west‚ in this piece it seems to be disrupting nature‚ in the form of deer running from the train. This theme of disrupting nature is displayed elsewhere in the painting. Toward

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    BLACK HOLE Introduction: "A luminous star‚ of the same density as the Earth‚ and whose diameter should be two hundred and fifty times larger than that of the Sun‚ would not‚ in consequence of its attraction‚ allow any of its rays to arrive at us; it is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may‚ through this cause‚ be invisible." -- Pierre Laplace‚ The System of the World‚ Book 5‚ Chapter VI (1798). Evolution of Stars 1. Clouds of Hydrogen begin condensing

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    children and goals for adults. However‚ many fans are oblivious to the millions they pocket each year. It is without doubt that our sports stars are grossly overpaid. Their annual earnings exceed those we make in a lifetime‚ even when compared to highly qualified professions. Despite the money factor‚ we sometimes question the values that are emphasized. Sports stars earn substantial incomes compared to an average Australian worker. The official benchmark of average Australian earnings is just above

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