1 When she was 2 , her sister was twice her age meaning that 2×2= 4 years, simply put her sister was 2 years order than her which was the age difference between the duo, now that the young sister is 40, it’s simply 40 +the 2 years age difference=42 years. 2 When i was 4, my sister was twice my age, now i am 20, how old is my sister ?.. When she was 4 , her sister was twice her age meaning that 4×4= 16 years, simply put her sister was 12 years order than her which was the age difference between the duo, now that you are…
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Women in Astronomy / Cecelia Payne Gaposchkin
Born and raised in the UK, young Cecilia Payne was inspired to study astronomy after seeing a lecture by Arthur Eddington on his recent excursion to observe the 1919 solar eclipse – particularly to measure the way light bent around the Sun due to gravity, proving a major prediction from Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for women to study and practice astronomy in the UK, Payne emigrated to the US to study and work at the Harvard College Observatory. At the observatory, Payne worked with the spectra of stars, applying recent findings about the behavior of ionized gasses (such as found in the outer…
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Astronomical Clock
The legend of the clock of Prague Town HallSuch is the beauty of the astronomical clock that an interesting legend revolves around the person who created it. According to the Czech writer Alois Jirásek, it is said that Prague’s town councillors blinded the master clockmaker, known as Hanus, who rebuilt the original clock in 1490 and made the sophisticated mechanism of Prague’s clock tower. Why? So that he wouldn’t be able to create such a beautiful clock again. Nevertheless, the master’s assistant, Jakub Cech, took revenge for the affront by putting his hand into the mechanism, disabling the clock. He mustn’t have minded being left one-handed. Incidences in the life…
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It’s Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.
THIS IS RIGHT ON THE NOSE. …….READ IT SLOWLY… I DON’T KNOW WHO WROTE IT, BUT I AM GUESSING IT WAS A SENIOR!!! ( There are quite a few people who said they wrote it. I wish I knew the real source to give credit) I FIRST STARTED READING THIS AND WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS IS VERY THOUGHT-PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. AND THEN IT IS WINTER You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that…
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Christmas Story
It was Christmas Eve 1942. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn’t been enough money to buy me the rifle that I’d wanted for Christmas. We did the chores early that night for some reason. I just figured Daddy wanted a little extra time so we could read in the Bible. After supper was over I took my boots off and stretched out in front of the fireplace and waited for Daddy to get down the old Bible. I was still feeling sorry for myself and, to be honest, I wasn’t in much of a mood to read…
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The most beautiful Christmas Tree formed by the frozen waters of a water fall, in Iceland
The once-frozen waterfall was some 700km from Beijing, southeast of the town of Linzhou in Henan Province (36°06’N, 113°49’E). Together with photographer Lie Feng, the climbers scoured the Taihang Range to the north and west of Linzhou but found no solidly frozen icefalls, due to the warm winter temperatures and the haze covering the east and center of China. However, during their drive back to Beijing, they found a 110m icefall that they climbed at WI4, and then, close to Beijing, a 100m mixed route, which they graded M8 WI5+ On January 26 a picture of the Christmas-tree icefall appeared once again on Wechat, along with a message that two…
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Natures perfect Geometry
Peacocks are known and loved for their brilliant, ornamental plumage, but not all are as colorful. White peafowl display an ethereal bleached version of the classic peacock aesthetic, and it’s arguably just as remarkable. These birds are usually not albino, as they’re sometimes called, but rather leucistic, meaning they’re born with a genetic condition that strips them—or parts of them—of pigment. Discover more about white peafowl, including how rare they are, why there are so many in captivity, and what they symbolize. White Peafowl Have a Genetic MutationWhite peafowl are often called albino, but albinism is a specific condition that causes red eyes and extremely pale skin. Albinism in peafowl…
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The Green Woman in Ashby de la Zouch
“She sat at the back and they said she was shy, She led from the front and they hated her pride, They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance, They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence, When she shared no ambition they said it was sad, So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad, They told her they’d listen, then covered their ears, And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears, And she listened to all of it thinking she should, Be the girl they told her to be best as she could, But one day she asked what…
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The Jim Thorpe Story
This is Jim Thorpe. Look closely at the photo, you can see that he’s wearing different socks and shoes. This wasn’t a fashion statement. It was the 1912 Olympics, and Jim, represented the U.S. in track and field. On the morning of his competitions, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, Jim ended up finding two shoes in a garbage can. That’s the pair that he’s wearing in the photo. But one of the shoes was too big, so he had to wear an extra sock. Wearing these shoes, Jim won two gold medals that day. This is a perfect reminder that even when life isn’t fair the question is what are…
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Drink water from the spring where horses drink. The horse will never drink bad water.
“Drink water from the spring where horses drink. The horse will never drink bad water.Lay your bed where the cat sleeps.Eat the fruit that has been touched by a worm.Boldly pick the mushroom on which the insects sit.Plant the tree where the mole digs. Build your house where the snake sits to warm itself.Dig your fountain where the birds hide from heat.Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days golden grains.Eat more green – you will have strong legs and a resistant heart, like the beings of the forest.Swim often and you will feel on earth like…
