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    How is the different between ancient Chinese astronomy and the western Astronomy is one of the most ancient disciplines and it can be traced back to around thousands of years ago. (Unsold et al 2001, p.6) As for the ancient Chinese astronomy and ancient western astronomy during their origin period both had a very similar purpose – fate and surviving. More specifically, when ancient human realized to observe stars by naked eyes, they all thought the stars and sky are holy; during the ancient…

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    How Did Lenin Gain Power

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    The Russian Communist Party from 1921 despite having no titular leader held Lenin up as the sole party head having emerged from the civil war as the controlling power of the Russian empire. Following Lenin’s death in 1924 a six year struggle for power followed, Lenin having left no real guidance as to who should succeed him as leader. Stalin’s rise to power, in 1924 was far from inevitable as he was one of six politburo members and had only been appointed as General Secretary, viewed by…

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    Humanity is blessed to have evolved on earth. Biodiversity and beauty can be seen almost anywhere, but it has been decreasing quite rapidly in short period of time. Reading The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a must to understand how significant humanity’s impact is on our world. The decision to destroy or to save it rests in our hands. Most of this responsibility falls on you, Director Pruitt; you have the resources and power to uphold the ethical treatment of our lands and animals.…

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    In a world of everything chairs, plants, houses, spaceships, abortion, smartphones, love and death there is one word for it all life. Life is the one word that describes everything in just one word. Life is everything. The word life is so complicated that it does not just mean a living organism it means so much more. We are so smart that we question everything and create too many problems for ourselves. What is the creation story; how did we get here, from God or gods, aliens or from nature?…

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    5 Reasons to Enjoy a Fantastically Fun Day at Disneyland Hong Kong Part of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland sits on Lantau Island; the same island as the airport. It offers a fun day out for all, with a combination of fast and thrilling rides and tamer rides, special attractions for kids, entertaining shows, good shopping and dining options, and plenty of opportunities to get up close and personal with all your favourite Disney characters! Pose for the perfect picture with…

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    for it. Religion is different all over the country and nobody should be restricted because of their beliefs. There are some religions or cults a little different from the rest that go a little further than the rest, like killing themselves because a comet is flying over and they think it is their only gate to heaven, but if that is what they believe in they should not be restricted from believing it. The last big part to the first amendment about how people have the right to peaceably assemble…

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    Issac newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England. Newtons father (also Issac newton) died (at 36) shortly before he was born,he was a farmer. A little while after his mother was remarried and at the age of three he went to live with his grandmother. Issac was not fond of his stepdad and began to resent his parent at a very young age, it is said his family issues contributed to lifelong insecurity. At the age of 12 he went to study at the kings school…

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    An isotope is an atom containing different numbers of neutrons, differing in atomic mass. Basically an atom with a different atomic mass. What’s special about radioactive isotopes is that a radioactive isotope has a nucleus that decays spontaneously giving off particles and energy. 6. Radioactive tracers are used in science to label certain chemical substances, so metabolic processes can be followed and substances can be located in an organism. Radioactive tracers are important diagnostic…

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    According to Nicholas Walter (1997), humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance grounded in the belief of the importance of the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and relies on critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. Furthermore, the British Humanist Association acknowledges humanism as grounded in the belief that the life we humans live is the only life that we have, that the universe is a natural…

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    Galactic collision sounds like a scary term and many people imagine planets crashing into each other and explosions of some kind. Some people even think that a collision would mean the end of Earth as we know it. Surprisingly enough, galactic collision occur more often than people think and for the examples I will list below, you can see why in most cases, there’s nothing to fear on Earths end. Normal sized galaxies; such as the Milky Way galaxy, can contain an estimated 400 billion stars. In…

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