Waking Up” - fanfiction for The Giver ©Lois Lowry-Owner of all rights to original story.No profit will be made from this work. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo. I was walking toward the lights, Wondering what they are. I entered the city staring in awe at the different colour lights all around me. Then all I saw was a bright white light,I start to walk toward the light as I feel my body
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One theory can be considered is the concept of “captured moon”. This theory states that the Moon was formed somewhere else and was later “captured” by earth. Any leftover planetesimals that lose their orbital energy on their original orbit around the sun can be captured by a planet into their planetary orbit. However in order for it to loose enough orbital energy to be pulled into the planet’s gravitational field, an extended atmosphere consisting of dense gas should exist so that friction causes loss
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The City was a neon bonfire. The girl's pink hair glowed. She furrowed her eyebrows when she looked down upon her hands. Strange, scrawling inks climbed up and down her palm, twisting and turning about her fingers in an intricate dance. They resembled snakes, or dragons, or jifarins in her mind. She smiled. She hadn’t seen a jifarin in quite some time. She looked up, and saw the Star of the Day begin to rise. Her vision beheld the dark, cool sky – the stars invisible and hidden by the strange lights
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Sunspots are dark spots seen on the surface of the Sun. They vary in size and have been identified since Galileo observed the sun with a telescope for the first time. Sunspots appear dark as they are cooler than their surroundings.4 It is believed that sunspots are actually locations of disturbances in the magnetic field lines on the surface of the Sun, as they are linked by magnetic loops that extend upward into the solar atmosphere. Sunspots normally travel in connected pairs and the area around
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minding his own business. His long magnificent golden and black mane waving in the breeze, as if saying goodbye. The string of the bow is pulled back and aimed at its target. The feline unknowing of the next course of events, begins to pant in the sun. The string is released and the poor lion is hit. Within the next 40 hours the great predator of Africa has now become the prey. Cecil the Southwest African lion thought it is just another day in paradise, but Walter Palmer had another plan. Trophy
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The scheduled proceeds of the night, it's calamity and peace were overrun by gusts of powerful wind, laced with droplets of rain. It arises in small clouds of chaos above the bustling, vibrant nightlife of the dimly lit streets. In the midst of chaos, dressed in my usual Saturday attire, I stand quietly and observe the night. Pages of torn, unused newsletters softened against the concrete ground, crumpled plastic bags flew around in typhoon-like motions scraping against the front doors of the sonorous
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hardly any are known fainter than Wolf 356. Star, large celestial body composed of gravitationally contained hot gases emitting electromagnetic radiation, especially light, as a result of nuclear reactions inside the star. The sun is a star. With the sole exception of the sun, the stars appear to
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when the moon glistened its light down to Earth. The lake looked really calm and I only saw a couple of ripples being caused by a female duck and her ducklings swimming in the middle of the lake. In the morning when I looked outside the window, the sun shined beautifully through the icicles that dangled down the side of the house. When I drove down to the city, you can see the cities that are at sea level. As I continued looking down, I see the clouds climbing up the mountains. And as I reach out
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JASON MRAZ LYRICS "I Won't Give Up" When I look into your eyes It's like watching the night sky Or a beautiful sunrise There's so much they hold And just like them old stars I see that you've come so far To be right where you are How old is your soul? I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking up And when you're needing your space To do some navigating I'll be here patiently waiting To see what you find 'Cause even the
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Donne's “The Sun Rising” 1. Type of poem: 1. Lyric 2. Rhyming: abbacddcee fggfhiihjj kllkibibmm (note that the last stanza has a slightly different rhyme scheme). 3. Three stanzas of ten lines apiece. First two lines are shorter than the rest. 2. Title & implications for theme: 1. Literal meaning; happens everyday 3. Approximate date & implications: 1. 1633; thus, this is a part of Donne's earlier, secular poetry (not the later, religiouslythemed poetry) 4. Elaborations re. theme: 1. Sun, for them,
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