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    someone who can demonstrate this virtue by never giving up. In the Story Soldier Home it shows “Nothing is stopping him”. In other words, this shows that just because Tristan has a prosthetic leg. That doesn’t verify that Tristan has to give up on life or give up caring. Therefore what makes my definition of a hero. In addition an example of a Hero is Nick Vujicic. The reason why NIck fitted my definition of a hero because even though Nick doesn’t have any arms or legs. NIck still was happy for what

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    Religion Perspective

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    do not have the answers to religion, but neither does anyone else. I can tolerate other peoples beliefs but once it becomes a problem in society, I am against it. I do believe that there is a spiritual being out there but is not influencing on human life or natural disasters. I have yet to understand this world and its strange occurrences. Even though I am against the notion of religion, I want to be proved

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    Through the 1200s-1700s in Europe, man’s view of man changed, the shift starting up at the beginning of the Renaissance. During the Middle Ages, religion had a hand in everything: government, economics. The way you lived your life, the law, etc. With a push from great minds like Michelangelo, Copernicus, and Vesalius, there was a positive change in the way man’s opinion changed regarding their place and role on Earth. Renaissance changed man’s view of himself in four ways: art, literature, astronomy

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    High Pollyanna Scores

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    poorly on the Loki index so perhaps they would not innovate like the higher scorers. Those with high Loki index scores as well as high Pollyanna scores would be people like Gandhi, who peacefully defied the status quo and spent a great portion of his life helping others. Students with higher Pollyanna scores would have greater positive relationships with others as they would be helpful to anybody suffering from a mishap monetarily or physically, they would therefore be outstanding members of the community

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    What is Astronomy? Astronomy is the study of the size, shape, number, and movement of celestial bodies. During the Renaissance, astronomers used tools such as the astrolabe, quadrant, armillary sphere, and equatorium. What is Astrology? Astrology is the study of the effect of celestial bodies on human lives and fate. Astrologers divided the sun’s path into 12 equal parts; each part was known as a sign of the zodiac. The zodiac signs are Aries, Aquarius, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra

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    the wisest person that ever existed. During his lifetime Newton refined the scheme of gravity, the acts of movement, a modern kind of mathematics called calculus, and made progress in the area of perception such as the reflecting telescope. Early Life Isaac Newton

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    to mankind to have life and is habitable for life. It is believed that there is a chance there could be life on another planet, scientist have been researching and collecting data to prove that life could be harvist on another planet. Mars, also known as the Red Planet, is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mars is the only planet in the Solar System to have abit of similarity to Planet Earth. Although Earth is the only planet in our Solar System to have conditions to have life in abundance. Planet

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    Why Do We See Color Essay

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    A world without color, that sounds very weird. It doesn’t matter if you look left or right, there is always color, in every corner of the universe. But where does the color come from and why do we see colors? To understand this we need to go way back. Since the beginning of the era colors existed, for example the sky, trees and even us. Maybe the first humans didn’t question this because it was more important surviving and getting food for their families. But as years go by, the people start asking

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    Apush Chapter 1 Summary

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    blow up Parliament, seizing the government. -First Baptist Church is founded in Amsterdam by John Smyth, who baptizes himself. -Emperor Rudolph II permits freedom of religion in Bohemia -King James Version Bible (The Authorized Version) published -Galileo is prohibited by Church from

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    Faith? There is a clear relationship between science and faith in all the readings. The relationship has been rocky from the beginning, but it began with the philosophers. Galileo brought forth the idea that science and religion were forms of knowledge that came from the same foundations (Harrison, 2010). At the time, which Galileo lived, there was a power struggle between the church and science. Not causing conflict between science and religion, but rather the definition of science. According to a

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