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72Early Numeracy: A Guide for Parents
It's not just about numbers The idea of mathematics for pre-school children can seem a bit daunting. However, at this age a lot of maths is about understanding ideas such as size, shape and pattern - things that most adults would not think of as...
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84Is Debt evil?
“Market Crash Hit Like Thunderclap” “Euro slide gathers pace on debt crisis fears” Debt has weaved its way into almost every aspect of our modern world, and it has become part of the way we live. Is Debt a Devil?
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72Notes on History of Christianity in China
The founders of the Romish church in China were three Italian Jesuits , who were sent by their order towards the end of the sixteenth century. Two of them, Paso and Roger, were shortly recalled to Rome, Matthew Ricci was the only one remaining, and...
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69Was an Earth Year shorter in Adam's time?
According the Biblical record, Adam lived 930 years and he died, Abramham died at the age of 175. In Chinese myths, or semi-history, the first of the Three Sovereigns Fuxi lived for 197 years altogether, while Peng Zu supposedly lived 800 years. ...
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73Chinese Fans in Literature and Painting
We love Chinese fans, but the familiar folding fans are not original fans of China.
1 comment77Different Kinds Of Glasses, And How They Are Made
Glass is not a solid but a super cooled liquid. It is basically a mixture of silicates and is made by melting a mixture of metallic carbonates like sodium and calcium carbonate with sand.Certain metals and metallic salts may be added to glass to give colour. There are various types of glass -soda glass, potash glass, Pyrex glass, Crooke's glass, shatter proof glass, etc.
1 comment74The Sparkling Diamond And The Humble Charcoal
The element carbon has been known from early times in the form of soot, charcoal, graphite and diamonds. It is hard to believe that the sparkling diamond and the humble charcoal are different forms of the same element, carbon. Natural diamond is transparent to X-rays whereas artificial diamonds are opaque to X-rays. This property is used to distinguish natural from artificial diamonds.
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70The story of Chopsticks
When the first English Seaman set his foot on the beach of the Yangtze River near Shanghai, he saw some Chinese fisherman having their lunch. Those fishermen invited him to join in, and gave him a bowl of boiled rice and a pair of bamboo sticks, and...
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67Wisdom, power and love
When the shepherd prince Paris of Troy gave the golden Apple to Aphrodite, he won one friend, but made two enemies. You may wonder why these goddess besought justice from a shepherd? Were gods and goddess just bored by the quiet life in Heaven...
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65Echo and Narcissus
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful nymph called Echo. She was a great chatterbox, and was very fond of having the last word. One day she spoke rudely to Juno, the Queen of Heaven, and a curious...
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