Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Traditionally‚ it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in observance of the bountiful Autumn harvest. Although old rituals are no longer followed‚ families continue to gather for a day to relax and eat moon cakes. Upon this occasion‚ the legend of the Moon Goddess‚ CHANG-O‚ is often told to children. Once
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Case 11-3 Master of the Universe Saturn Inc. (“Saturn”) and Venus Inc. (“Venus”)‚ two unrelated parties‚ form Jupiter‚ a joint venture. Saturn owns 51 percent of Jupiter and Venus owns 49 percent of Jupiter. The purpose of Jupiter is to own and operate organic clothing design and manufacturing facilities and sell organic clothing to unrelated retailers. When Jupiter was formed‚ Saturn contributed $561 million to Jupiter and Venus contributed four manufacturing facilities with an assembled
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a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms (which themselves are generally referred to in non-technical language as "constellations")‚ which are patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth’s night sky. The Late Latin term constellātiō can be translated as "set with stars". The term was first used in astrology‚ of asterisms that supposedly exerted influence‚ attested in Ammianus (4th
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Case 11-3 Master of the Universe TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of facts……………………………………………... 3 Question 1…………………………………………………….. 5 Solution……………………………………………….. 5 Question 2…………………………………….......................... 6 Solution……………………………………………….. 6 Question 3…………………………………………………….. 7 Alternatives…………………………………………… 7 Solution……………………………………………….. 8 STATEMENT OF FACTS Saturn
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Lunar phases‚ tides‚ and seasons all affect life on Earth. You can see these changes everyday‚ whether you’re watching the news or looking at the moon. Changes in weather‚ water height‚ and even the light from the moon can dramatically change daily life. Lunar phases aren’t actually caused by the moon changing shape. It’s caused by the moon changing position. As Earth rotates around the sun‚ it casts shadows on the moon‚ creating the eight different moon phases. A tide is the rising and falling
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PART I: SCENARIO 2: 1.Purpose- Why does the moon appear to change over the course of the month? Research-Position of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon at different times of a month Hypothesis-Relationship of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon create shadows on the moon Experiment-Light bulb represents sun‚ large beach ball represents Earth‚ and small foam ball represents moon 2.The three variables Lizzie can control are the rotation of the Earth and moon
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My Birthstone: Aquamarine There are twelve months in the calendar and for each there is a birthstone. A birthstone is a gemstone that symbolizes a person’s month of birth. Today‚ many believe that there could be a connection between the twelve stones and the twelve signs of the zodiac. What is really interesting is the fact that this believe goes back in time to the first century. According to GemologyOnline.com‚ the connection between the stones and the zodiac signs go back in time to
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"Total Eclipse" is a story about trying to understand life. The narrator goes through a serious of interpretations regarding life through the experience of the total eclipse. The speaker takes a deep journey into the depths of her mind and proposes many questions about life. Ultimately‚ it shows how it feels to lose one’s former notions about self and life and to regain a new sense of perception. When first on the mountain to watch the total eclipse‚ the narrator describes the sky as bright and
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‘Full Moon and Little Frieda’ Children are wonderful. They do not follow the same rules as adults do and most of them do not even know that such rules exist‚ which allows them to experience the world and the bliss of living at an entirely different level that adults do not have access to. Ted Hughes‚ the author of this poem‚ realized this‚ because he had a daughter‚ whose memorable memory of the first spoken words was his inspiration for this poem. The poem makes many references to childhood and
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ASTR 1030 Birthday Lab b Name: Section: 1030 Date:1/28/13 Birthplace: Brazil Betem Longitude: w 45 27’ 36.00 Latitude: s 19 9’ 36.00 Date of birth: 6/4/1776 Day of the Week Thursday Your birth sign‚ according to the newspaper astrologer: Gemini Actual zodiacal constellation the Sun lay in: It in a different constellation each month Time of Sunrise on your birth date:5:42A.M.; Sunset:7:32P.M. Mercury lies to the east of the Sun in the constellation Aquarius
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