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Lyndon Baines Johnson made a very important decision before he ran for his second term of presidency, and it affected the voting outcome immensely. Why did he do it thought? LBJ had some very rough roots. He was born in Texas, then he started his career as a teacher at several different schools. After a while, he moved to Washington as a congressional aide. After a lot of patience and hard work, he ended up holding the esteemed position of Senate Majority Leader. During this time, he voted…

A little about onyx before we delve into the value of black onyx. Onyx is a variety of chalcedony, which has bands of white and color. Agate and onyx are similar in that they have bands of white in them. Agate has curved bands while onyx has parallel bands. Black onyx often has stripes of white and black with black being more dominant. Onyx Properties Onyx comes in a variety of colors like red, yellow or blue. It falls under the category of quartz stones, and has a hardness of between 6 and 7…

Phuc Thien Minh Tran ENG102 Professor: Tolbert “Soccer Vs. Football Around the World” Soccer and Football are two sports that people around the world always have misunderstood about. Football is mainly an American sport, but it is growing rapidly around the world. Soccer in the other hand is played worldwide. Although soccer and football are similar because they are both famous sports. Soccer become more popular than football because football is more concentrated in US. Soccer players are…

seconds until I realized my brother was insane—there was nothing near us. We all decided it would be best just to forget about so we continued up the hill. When we got to the top of the mountain, there was a bench made of various sized slate grey, oval rocks; it was ancient and slowly deteriorating but surprisingly stable. It looked like the Native Americans put it together before Columbus took all their land in 1492. As I assembled myself onto the bench, I admired the opening of the trees that…

Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are both novels that feature children’s struggles to understand the prejudiced beliefs within the towns in which they live. The Book Thief focuses on Liesel’s love of literature that helps her cope with childhood fear while living in Germany during a period of extreme anti-Semitism. To Kill A Mockingbird emphasizes Jem and Scout’s struggles to recognize racism while living in Alabama during the 1930s. Liesel, Jem, and Scout are…

caregiver” the Rat Kiley. Each of these men carried something that essentially made up who they are. Cross carried a tiny stone, found by Martha, that did not weigh more than an ounce and “was a milky white color with flecks of orange and violet, oval-shaped, like a miniature egg” (O’Brien 1135). The stone became Cross’s good luck after Martha’s letter said that “she had found the pebble on the Jersey shoreline, precisely where the land touched water at high tide, where things came together but…

artwork. I saw a variety of shapes in the face of the figure, and I saw mostly triangles. The triangles have different shapes and sizes. In the shoulders of the women, you can tell there are triangles, but they have little lines on it. I also found ovals in the fingernails…

The 747, defined by Wikipedia, is “A wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies.” From the 747’s design, to its fuselage, and its wings and engine, the Boeing 747 is truly a geometric plane. The Boeing 747-100B has a very detailed design. It’s original design included a double decked fuselage (body) with 8 seats across on the lower deck and 7 seats across for the upper deck. Though, this idea was…

The heart is the organ that pumps blood through the body. Together with the circulatory system it makes up the cardiovascular system (Anatomy of the Heart, 2015). The heart is oddly shaped, almost oval at the bottom but with a series of veins and arteries at the top and sides. It definitely is not “heart” shaped. It is made up of four chambers consisting of two atria (upper) and two ventricles (lower). These chambers are separated into right and left side by the septum, which is a wall of muscle…

3. Linga – The Symbol or Phallus The Sanskrit word Linga is the term for the emblem of the Hindu God Shiva. It is the depiction of Shiva in a column or pillar form. It represents the phallus, but at the same time it is the representation of the cosmos and a symbol of fertility, life and regeneration. Linga does not only specific a phallus but it is a word which translates best as a symbol indicating a distinguishing mark, a characteristic of gender or sex. Linga worship is also known as Nirguna…