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- 1501: Aristotle
- ... year. Aristotle, like Plato, used his dialogue in his beginning years at the Academy. Apart from a few fragments in the works of later writers, his dialogues have been wholly lost. Aristotle also wrote some short technical writings, including a dictionary of philosophic terms and a summary of the "doctrines of Pythagoras" (the guy from the Pythagorean Theorem). Of these, only a few short pieces have survived. Still in good shape, though, are Aristotle's lecture notes for carefully outlined courses treating almost every type of knowledge and art. The writings that made him famous are mostly these, which were collected by other editors. Among the writings are short informative lectures on logic, called Organon (which means "instrument"), because "they provide the means by which positive knowledge is to be attained"(They're not my words, I'm quoting him). His writing on ...
- 1502: Anabolic Steroids
- ... synthesis (Schwarzenegger, 722). These messages are delivered at various ratios depending upon the type of steroid. Creatine phosphate and protein synthesis are the two most important reactions that occur when training. Creatine phosphate is a short-term energy restorer which allows you to contract your muscles for more than just a few seconds. The more CP available, the more muscular work you can do, thus the harder you can train and ... many other forms of steroids that were synthesized for their strength and muscle building properties. Steroids can be taken orally of by an injection. Oral steroids have many drawbacks. Oral steroids, are constructed to have short life spans and are broken down all at once. Because of this, oral steroids put a tremendous strain on the liver. For example, if a user takes 200 mg of an oral steroid, the liver ... cause temporary mental problems, including mood swings and violent impulses (Time, 16). These aggressions can grow to and become a major problem. Although many of the long term side effects have not been determined, the short term side effects can be harmful, even fatal. Athletes who choose to use steroids or other hormones must take into consideration the delicate balance of the body. When a new hormone is flooded into ...
- 1503: Billy Sunday
- ... doctor prepared a syrup that Mary Jane fed to Billy every day for three weeks. Miraculously, Billy gained strength and became a normal active child. Luck changed for Billys family, but only for a short time. His mother remarried and had two more children. Sadly, the second child, a girl, died in a fire when she was three. Not long after, Mary Janes second husband died also. These untimely deaths left a mark on young Billy that stayed with him for the remainder of his life. In a short autobiography written for The Ladies Home Journal, he begins with the words "I never saw my father." In the first few pages of this revealing tale he recalls ten deaths in addition to that of ... the baseball field he learned that his legs could do more than quickly get him under fly balls, they enabled him to steal bases. After he left the orphanage, he went back home for a short while. He then left for the city of Nevada determined to make it on his own. He worked for a Civil War veteran and his wife. Colonel and Mrs. John Scott took him in, ...
- 1504: Evita Peron
- ... at her desk and begin one of the great rituals of Peronism, the political movement she and her husband created. It was a pageant that sustained them in power. She would patiently listen to the stories of the poor, then reach into her desk to pull out some money. Or she would turn to a minister and ask that a house be built. She would caress filthy children. She would kiss ... That evening Peron learned that he was going to be arrested by the army, which could not risk leaving the popular leader on the street. He and Evita fled Buenos Aires but were apprehended a short time later. They were driven back to the capital, where Peron was put aboard a navy boat and spirited away. Evita and Peron had made no secret of their relationship, despite his being the most ...
- 1505: Billy The Kid
- ... remains a heated controversy throughout America. Billy the Kid was born in New York City on November 23, 1859 to William and Kathleen McCarty Bonney and given the name William H. Bonney (There are other stories of his birth but this one is the most reliable). The first recorded killing committed by Billy the Kid was on August 17, 1877. This is also where he got his nickname "Kid". The story ... It is reported that Billy had been shot in the back while others report that Garrett had shot him right in the heart. Either way the brief career of this outlaw ended in a very short time.
- 1506: Gwendolyn Brooks
- Gwendolyn Brooks Writing with uncommon strength, Gwendolyn Brooks creates haunting images of black America, and their struggle in escaping the scathing hatred of many white Americans. Her stories, such as in the "Ballad of Rudolph Reed", portray courage and perseverance. In those like "The Boy Died in My Alley" Brooks portrays both the weakness of black America and the unfortunate lack of care ... The lines are not exact copies, Peiffer 4 but keep the poem rolling forward, which is important if Brooks hopes to keep the reader active in the storyline. Included for the staccato rhythm, is a short curt sentence structure: "Without my having known.\ Policeman said, next morning,\ "Apparently died alone."\ "You heard a shot?" Policeman said.\ Shots I hear and shots I hear.\ I never see the dead." (1083, 1-6 ...
- 1507: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... suspicion (S.W.M. Ed.1). The dramatic story unfolds through the influences of a slave girl from the West Indies. The slave to Reverend Samuel Parris and his family, Tituba, liked to tell Voodoo stories of her native islands to the young girls of Salem (Carpenter 25). The aging Tituba was not an enthusiastic worker, but she liked taking care of the children, and she spent much of her time in the parsonage kitchen telling them stories of magic and showing them fortune-telling tricks, with both the slave and the children being careful that the Parrises knew nothing of their talk (Robbins 58). Sometime during the cold, gloomy January of 1692 ... a disembodied image of mary Easty was pinching them. Easty was brought to trial in a court where there existed almost no possibility of proving innocence. Although they later changed their minds and recounted their stories, two days later they accused her again. Moreover, other accused witches confirmed that Easty had been working with them. Easty was condemned to death (A. F. 3). ...if it be possible, no more innocent ...
- 1508: Psychology: Dreams and Dreaming
- ... the first stage of sleep, the EEG shows the spiky rapid alpha waves of a relaxed but wakeful brain giving way to the slower more regular theta waves of light slumber. Sleeps first stage is short, lasting anywhere from a few seconds to 10 minutes. The theta waves soon decrease and are mixed on EEG tracing which a combination of 2 different brain wave patterns-groups of sharp jumps called spindles ... distinct but equally frightening disturbances: the nightmare and the much less common night terror (Time-Life Books p. 102). Everyone occasionally has a nightmare-a dream so frightening that he or she wakes up sweaty, short of breath, and with a pounding heart. Such dreams usually occur during the second half of the night, when REM periods are longer and dreams are more intense. Psychiatrists such as Stanley Palombo of Washington ... confused, heart racing. (Time- Life Books p. 106). He may also walk or talk in his sleep. While people usually remember specific and sequential details of their nightmares, the victim of a night terror is short, lasting only a minute or 2. Night terrors seem to run in families, and researchers suspect they are triggered by a faulty arousal mechanism: instead of following the normal shift early in the night ...
- 1509: General George Patton
- ... Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were particular favourites of young Georgie, who could recite lines from both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat ... Patton became the first American assigned to the new U. S Tank Corps. With his usual impetuousness, Patton treaded to victory with the British tankers at Cambrai, the world's first major tank battle. A short time later he went through the French tank course. Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers. During the next ...
- 1510: Nicholas Ferrar
- ... badly. His brother John had become over extended financially and the Virginia Company was in danger of loosing its charter. Nicholas dedicated himself to saving the family fortune and was successful. He served for a short time as Member of Parliament, where he tried to promote the cause for the Virginia Company. His efforts were in vain for the company lost their charter anyway. Nicholas is given credit for founding a ... and well being of the community. They fasted and in many ways embraced voluntary poverty so that they might have as much money as possible for the relief of the poor. They wrote books and stories dealing with various aspects of Christian faith and practice. The memory of the community survived to inspire and influence later undertakings of Christian communal living, and one of T.S. Eliots Four Quartets is called ...
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