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    Study Guide Affection: 1. In each paragraph on pages 32-5‚ Lewis discusses a distinct characteristic of storge. Explain at least three of these characteristics‚ and on the basis of these features‚ attempt to construct a definition of this form of love Affection includes the satisfaction of being together‚ almost anyone can become an object of it‚ it ignores the barriers of age‚ sex‚ class‚ and education. It can exist between a clever young man from the university and an old nurse‚ though their

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    into being someone they aren’t. The first reason I liked this story is because of its futuristic setting. The story is set in Venus in a jungle where all it does is rain. Once every seven years there is two hours of sun. The concept of having only two hours of rain every seven years is fascinating. It is fascinating because we take the sun for granted‚ and the people of Venus cherish it and yearn for the sun to come out. The sun to them is something unknown‚ something to look forward to‚ for people

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    solar system. It contains almost all of the mass in our solar system and exerts a tremendous gravitational pull on planets and other bodies. 3. Our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago. 4. The four planets closest to the Sun - Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ and Mars - are called the terrestrial planets because they have solid‚ rocky surfaces. 5. Two of the outer planets beyond the orbit of Mars - Jupiter and Saturn - are known as gas giants; the more distant Uranus and Neptune are called ice

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    ASTR 101 Size of the Solar System Name _______ Section __ Overview · Become familiar with the scale of the planets vs. their distances. · Get an overview of the solar system. · 50 points are possible Introduction It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that‚ say‚ the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth. It is far more difficult (if not impossible)‚ however‚ to picture this distance in our mind. In this exercise

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    The day my life would change for ever was April 16th‚ 2013. This was the day that I left planet earth and embarked on one of the most important missions in NASA’s history.  I should probably back up though‚ and explain to you how this came about. April 16th was sunny with only a few clouds in the sky‚ the smell of spring was in the air and with the end of second semester right around the corner‚ the quad was packed with people eager to catch some much desired sun rays. Unfortunately for me though

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    What does Aeneas learn in Book II of the Aeneid? Book II of Virgil’s epic takes place in Carthage where Aeneas recounts his exploits at Troy to the assembled Carthaginians and their queen‚ Dido‚ as well as the surviving Trojans. Aeneas’ tale fits into roughly three sections; the discovery of the wooden horse and Sinon‚ the ensuing battle of Troy‚ and finally Aeneas’ flight from the fallen city. This is clearly a distressing subject for Aeneas who says “no man could speak of such things and not

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    Psyche and Cupid

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    Relations and origin Though concerning gods and goddesses‚ Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche was generally relegated to the status of a "mere" folktale‚ or in English a fairy tale or in German Märchen. Though a common oral genre found world wide‚ it is not generally cons William Adlington’s idered classical literature. Only with Charles Perrault’s Mother Goose Tales and following popularity of other such collections in 17th century did folk tales become recognized in Europe as a legitimate literary

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    “aphelion” in your response)? 10. a. Complete the following table comparing each of the eight planets‚ and Pluto‚ with respect to the criteria shown. Use NASA’s planetary factsheet at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/ . Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

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    Mercury who is in the path of the solar storms from the sun. The solar winds blast the atoms right off the planet creating a tail of particles stretching a million and a half km into space. Then we went on with are journey of the solar system to Venus. Venus has high winds and toxic clouds of

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    Love

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    temples. Venus (the goddess of love)‚ Mars (the god of war)‚ and Diana (the goddess of chastity). Palamon went to Venus to ask to get Emily‚ Arcite went to Mars to ask to win the war‚ and Emily went to Diana to ask to say virgin or else marry a guy love her the most. After that‚ the battle begun and Arcite won the war with the help of the god that he visited‚ and Palamon lost‚ but in the end Palamon won and got Emily. Palamon won because of Pluto who sent earthquake at Saturn’s request for Venus. Arcite

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