. Mars 1. The Egyptians gave Mars its first recorded name: Har dècher (“The red one”). The Babylonians called it Nergal (“Star of death”). The Greeks and Romans named the planet after their respective gods of war‚ Ares and Mars. The Hebrews called it Ma’adim‚ or “One who blushes.” Many ancient people believed the reddish color came from actual blood on the planet.f 2. The month of March is named after Mars.a 3. The symbol for Mars looks like a shield and a spear from the war god Mars/Ares
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quarter 1 10/31/11 The 76th Hunger Games Catching Fire is an adventure filled with action and interesting‚ complex characters. Catching Fire was written by Suzanne Collins and published in 2006‚ and is about a girl named Katniss and her friend Petah who just won the Hunger Games and are now dealing with all sorts of problems with President Snow and people of other districts. Catching Fire is a book with all sorts of conflict‚ and some intense emotions. Catching fire is about Katniss and Petah’s struggles
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The Wave – Characterization of Ben Ross Ben Ross is one of the main characters in the novel „The Wave“‚ written by Morton Rhue in 1981. The story is based on a true story. Ben Ross is a history teacher at the Gordon High School. He is technical untalented and always wants the best for his students. He tries to teach his lessons in a practically way to show his students the „main aspects of history”. When he started to talk with his students about Nazi Germany and if it is possible that
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Mothers’ Fight for Visibility The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo of Argentina were a pivotal group of mothers rising against being silenced by the military dictatorship during the Dirty War‚ between 1976-1983 at the time when thousands of children and adults disappeared. In March 1977‚ the mothers began a march in the square of the Rosada presidential palace to break the silence and expose the truth of uncovered lies told by the authorities. Argentineans either looked the other way when it came to the
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Mars‚ the Bringer of War- The first movement of the piece‚ “Mars‚ Bringer of War” musically correlated directly with the rough‚ dangerous elements of Mars’ physical makeup. Its main three elements‚ silicon‚ iron‚ and sulfur‚ all have connections to war. Silicon is often used in steel- refining and aluminum casting‚ while iron is a main source of all metal as well. These elements have an inherent “weapon” association to them‚ connecting mars to war. The musical elements‚ such as quick crescendos and
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The 5th Wave‚ was full of motifs. First it was the Teddy Bear‚ then it was her Cell Phone that doesn’t work anymore‚ and finally it was the word Survive. I know the two first word s make total sense but the last one the word Survive‚ it seems as if doesn’t belong. But in reality the motifs in the story they mean so much more than living and a distant memory. The teddy bear that Cassie is always carrying is not even hers. So how does this even connect to the story? Well it was her little brothers
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The Circle Of Waves I am going to tell you about The Circle Of Waves. The Circle Of Waves is a killer it was a very bad killer it have killed over thousands of people very dangerous creature it is very dangerous and I mean very dangerous everyone knows about the Circle Of Waves. So one day there were ten men going to try to conquer the The Circle Of Waves and make it stop killing a lot of people and it was usually families that will die and the men were very sad so they are going to try to
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I chose a book named The Hunger Games: Catching fire written by Suzanne Collins and it is a second book of the trilogy. This book has 439 pages and the first published was on September 1‚ 2009. I choose this book because I love this series and I saw all the movies and this is why I choose this book. Suzanne Collins is an American novelist‚ best known as the author of The New York Times bestselling books named The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy. Setting of this book is Panem
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Have you ever wondered the difference between waves as tall as skyscrapers and waves that are as mysterious as a ninja? Rogue waves are found in the middle of the ocean. While‚ tsunamis start in the deepest parts of the ocean and crash at the shoreline. Rogue waves and tsunamis seem very alike‚ but when diving deep into the information‚ you can see clear differences. Rogue waves can be very big and are formed differently. First‚ rogue waves are huge waves that can come out of nowhere with very impactful
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every single complaint made about the weather is warranted because this heat wave is downright ridiculous. Ridiculous! With that being said‚ raise your hand if you leave your home in the morning with perfect make-up and five minutes later‚ you resemble a female version of Alice Cooper. You and me both. Don’t worry – we have you covered with these 5 simple steps on how to prevent your make-up from melting off in this heat wave. 1. Oil is as guilty as sweat when it comes to melting make-up. Skin tends
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