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The Hale Bopp Comet

As I am sure all of you know, we have recently been able to see a new but not permanent additon to the night sky. This addition is known as Hale-Bopp, a comet that is about 122 million miles (about 1.3 times the distance of the sun to the earth) from the earth and is approximately 25 miles wide. ...

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Acid Rain

is polluted rain. The pollutants go up to the atmosphere and when it rains it brings the pollution down with it. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are the gases that form the . When these gases mix with moisture it can make rain, snow, hail, or even fog. The scientific term for is acid ...

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UFOs: We Are Not Alone

Outline I. Things in the sky A. The first documented sighting B. The fever spreads 1. Pilot encounters 2. The lights in the sky Ii. Dents in the earth Iii. Unexplained phenomenon A. The writing on the wall ...

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Lord Of The Flies - Character

Viewing the Text from a Different Perspective Many times in novels the elements of setting, mood and tone are used to extend beyond the words in a text and elaborate the reader’s mind into imagining the actual events taking place. In the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes ...

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"The Stranger": Analysis

I. Biographical Insights A. Albert Camus' cultures consist of being a novelist, literature and short story writer of many books. He wrote an essay on the state of Muslims in Algeria, causing him to lose his job and he moved to Paris. Albert Camus also joined the French resistance against the ...

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Native American Literature

comes from the 700 different tribes who migrated to what is known today as America. Considering each tribe held diverse cultures, had different living styles, religious matters and governments, one would also think their oral tradition of poems and stories would be dissimilar. “The Walam Olum”, ...

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Ode To The West Wind Essay

The poem "Ode to the West Wind," written by Percy Bysshe Shelley is filled with sleep images, sickness images and death images. The speaker in the poem talks of the power of nature, a very romantic idea. It includes the romantic notion that nature is a place of harmony and a place of sensual ...

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Punk Rock View on 9/11

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my life changed forever. The life of everyone I know changed forever. My city was attacked by terrorists. Typing those words seems like a surrealist joke. It doesn't seem real. I can't comprehend the things I have witnessed with my own eyes in the last two days. I ...

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P.B Shelley's To A Skylark

“To a Skylark” Summary The speaker, addressing a skylark, says that it is a “blithe Spirit” rather than a bird, for its song comes from Heaven, and from its full heart pours “profuse strains of unpremeditated art.” The skylark flies higher and higher, “like a cloud of fire” in the blue sky, ...

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Islamic Art

Islamic art derived from many cultures. Early Christian Art, Roman, and Byzantine among others. The influence of the Sassanian art of pre-Islamic Persia was of major significance. Central Asian styles were brought with numerous nomadic attacks and Chinese influences had an important effect on ...

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Aztec Religion

Religion and society Religion was part of all levels of Aztec society. On the state level, religion was controlled by the Tlatoani and the high priests governing the main temples in the ceremonial precinct of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. This level involved the large monthly festivals and ...

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The Aztecs

The Aztecs The Aztecs are a tribe from Aztlan, which is somewhere in the north of modern Mexico. The Aztecs called themselves Mexica which is a European name for Mexico City and Mexico. The Aztecs were a very strong tribe ruled by fear. The believed in pleasing their gods by sacrificing all ...

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Observation at Groesbeck Hill Park

View from the Top San Jose is such a huge city. It’s a busy place with a huge population of people, with lots of cars, houses and buildings of businesses. Living in a place where it is so fast pace sometimes makes you forget to slow down a little. Especially when you’re living a hectic ...

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Cherry Blossom Tree

The solitary pink tree stood bright against the sky, poised precisely on top of the hill. A few petals of blossom slowly and carefully floated towards the dewy grass, dancing as the wind caught them in their fall from grace. The teal blue sky was growing darker as the seconds passed; day turning ...

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Shakespeare's Henry V: Two Views Of War

Throughout the twentieth century, producers in the movie industry have tried to capture the art of Shakespearean plays on film. All of the attempts at establishing comparable productions has resulted in various impressions of a single script. When producers with different perceptions of a drama ...

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Maria Mitchell

The person that I chose for the Womenƒ­s History Month report is , who was a self- taught astronomer. She discovered Comet Mitchell and made amazing achievements throughout her life. was born on August 1, 1818 on the ...

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The Canada Goose

The Branta Canadensis, better known as is a magnificent bird which can be found all over North America. People from all over North America look towards the sky when the Canada Geese go honking overhead in their trademark "V" formation, and because they nest all over Canada and some of the United ...

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Flying Dreams

On a bright sunny day with the sky as clear as crystal glass, you peer out into the open sky to the land down below. The door opens in front of you the wind rushes into the aircraft. You step out falling freely away as if you were a bird soaring on the winds of time. You peer back to the ...

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The Change

The New Year filled me with the desire to pursue new adventures. Like most people, I became consumed in the January resolution ritual of making promises of changing my life, but retreating from them as March approaches. But I decided to carry through with my commitments this year. Three of my ...

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Orion

"Down fell the red skin of the lion Into the river at his feet. His mighty club no longer beat The forehead of the bull; but he Reeled as of yore beside the sea, When blinded by Oenopion He sought the blacksmith at his forge, And climbing up the narrow gorge, Fixed his blank eyes upon the sun." ...

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