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    Shaun White Shaun White, he is a famous snowboarder. First, Shaun, his full name is Shaun Roger White. He was born on September 3, 1986. He was born in San Diego, California. Shaun, he is Irish and Italian. His Zodiac sign is Virgo. He started snowboarding at the age of six. Shaun, he was born with a Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect for which he endured two open-heart operations before the age of one. Before he became famous he spent years riding in small ski resorts. Some of the…

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    Big Supper Research Paper

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    hemispheres as it is located 19° north of the celestial equator. The orange-colored star passes high overhead on late spring evenings. Following the curve of the Big Dipper’s handle to Arcturus and beyond, is the bright star, Spica, in the constellation Virgo. Spica is a blue-white first-magnitude star 250 light-years away. The best evening views of Spica come from spring to late summer when the star arcs across the southern sky. Spica rises in the east-southeast as the sunset glow fades in…

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    Our Galactic Universe

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    Rebecca McKenney Frontiers of Astronomy Mrs. Alburg 26 April 2017 Our Galactic Universe 1. Galaxies can be as large as a few thousand to several hundreds of thousands of light years across. 2. Astronomers, at the time this was released, believe that there are over a hundred billion galaxies in the universe. 3. It is estimated that a light year is 5.88 trillion miles. 4. Galaxies come in three different main type shapes. There are spiral, elliptical, and irregular. 5. Spiral galaxies…

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    Vestal Virgins

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    its closely intertwined religious beliefs and complex politics – and there was nothing more complex than the out of character privileges allowed to the pious women of Rome, the Vestal Virgins. The Vestal Virgins were a cult made up of six women, the Virgo Vestalis Maxima and five other Vestals. These women were in charge of worshiping the hearth-goddess Vesta and keeping her sacred fire of Rome always burning (Schultz 1505). The Vestals served a total of thirty years: the first ten years…

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    I recently finished reading a published compilation of essays that you have written called “Death by Black Hole.” Before I read this book, I understood how big the universe was and how dangerous it was to an extent, but after reading this book my horizons have been broadened and I look at things differently than before. After reading your book, I was intrigued by your works and wanted to learn more about the universe. I then proceeded to watch all of the episodes of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”…

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    watching Adcock’s take of The Royal Family was entertaining, humorous, and enjoyable. The storyline is about the life of the Cavendishes, who have a long-line of generations involved with theatre in New York City. Fanny Cavendish, played by Melissa Virgo is the grandmother of the family and fully embraces the family’s acting tradition. Tamarah Ashton, who plays has Fanny’s daughter Julie, is a also an actress trying to juggle her career, family issues, along with her love for Gilbert Marshall,…

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    Garvey's Ghost Analysis

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    story about accepting our own culture, one’s roots. This theme is threaded throughout the story and plays out in different ways for three characters in particular. Kathryn (the missing girl’s mother), Jasmine (the missing girl) and her professor Jacob Virgo. The underlying conflict is summed up with a quote from the books name sake Marcus Garvey "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots". We can see this theme played out in the…

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    Hades In Greek Mythology

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    Hades is one hell of a guy. In Greek mythology, there are hundreds of gods, goddesses, and demigods; Zeus loved mortal women. Also within the gods and goddesses, there were 10 Olympians. Each and every one of them, including demigods, had certain powers and abilities and most were immortal. The religion of following these Greek gods was developed way back in Ancient Greece, and during the time period of these religions, the Zodiac signs were made up. Hundreds of thousands of years later we are…

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    The question of destiny is surrounded by mystery. Are we alone? Are we left clueless in the most important issues of our life, such as the four major questions: Who am I? What is the purpose of my life? What am I doing here? Who is my Creator? Perhaps there is a plan for each of us, as hinted at in the Bible: “Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matt 10:30) And if such a plan exists, is it hidden from us or are we allowed to see what’s in store for us? The Bible describes early…

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    Zodiac Monologue

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    You get the Book of the Zodiac! You can use all of Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Me, and Sagittarius!" "Woah!" Then out of nowhere 3 pairs of fish come and attack. "Quick! Use the magic of the stars." "HOW?" Just say like Aquarius: Water." "Okay, Aquarius: Water." Then, a shot of water spills out of the book, and rushes…

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