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- 28771: Ancient Greek Doctors
- ... Bile · Black Bile Though virtually worthless as a theory, it remained the fundamental scene of European medicine for over two millenia. Hippocrates confined the medical man to medicine. His concern was rather with the physician s duties than his rights. Hence the greatest legacy of Hippocrates: the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocratic Oath The Oath By Hippocrates Written 400 B.C.E Translated by Francis Adams I SWEAR by Apollo the physician, and ... ancient medical author. Galen belongs among the great public intellectuals of the second sophistic period. Galen absorbed into his work nearly all medical thought and shaped not only the theory but practice as well. Galen s training was not only in biology and medicine, but known as a philosopher and philologist. Philosophy in Galens word is " an essential part of training a doctor". Galens first professional job was a surgeon to ...
- 28772: Michael Jordan
- ... the 1986-1987 season as the second player, after Wilt Chamberlain, to score more than 3000 points in a single season. He led the NBA in scoring for seven consecutive seasons (1987-1993), tying Chamberlain's record, and averaged more than 30 points per game in each season. He became the Chicago Bulls' all-time leading scorer, with 21,541 points, and his NBA scoring records include: highest career scoring average ... Early in 1994 Jordan returned to professional sports, this time as a baseball player. He signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox, reported to spring training, and was assigned to the team's minor-league system. That summer he batted .202 with the Birmingham Barons, a class AA affiliate of the White Sox. Later in the year he batted .252 with the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall ...
- 28773: Transcendentalism and A Belief In A "Higher Power"
- ... to anything good. The other argument for something transcendental is the argument from faith. It is, however, also a weak argument. It states that we will never be able to find direct evidence of God's existence through logic or natural science, so we must find an alternate method. This argument requires us to suspend Socrates' basic philosophical principle of examination. The argument from faith asks us to leave this idea ... as many chaotic things. Not everything in the universe serves a purpose, or has an efficient design. Again, this is connected back to the argument from evil. Some evils are unnecessary flaws in the watch's design. Thomas Paley, a critic of the argument, asked why a higher being design a flawed watch with so many pointless features. There is no good counter to that argument. Another argument is the First ...
- 28774: Gun Control Is Needed
- ... States. The major group for gun control is Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI), which is headed by Sarah Brady. Mrs. Brady is the wife of James Brady, who was shot during an attempt on president Reagan's life in 1981. Another major group is the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV), which was formerly known as the National Coalition to Ban Handguns. The CSGV believes that handguns should be outlawed completely, with ... Guide May 1995: 46-49. McClure, Sashai A. "An Analysis of Handgun Control, Inc.";downloaded from the Combat Arms BBS, Castro Valley, 3-5-96. Newton, David E. Gun Control: An Issue for the 90's. Hillside: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1992. Strahinich, Helen. Think About Guns in America. New York: Walker and Company, 1992. United States.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.Your Guide to Firearms R
- 28775: Fuel Cell
- ... into the production of the Ballard Fuel Cell in an attempt to create stationary electric power plants, and zero-emission vehicles. History of the Fuel Cell: The fuel cell was first developed in the 1960's by General Electric for NASA. It was considered as a definite possibility for an alternative power source for space program, but the cost and size of the fuel cell stacks were tremendous. By 1983, Geoff ... transit bus engines in four phases. In the first phase, which was completed in 1993, Ballard developed and demonstrated a 125 HP fuel cell engine in a 32-foot transit bus. This was the world's first zero-emissions vehicle powered by fuel cells. Over the last six years, it has proven itself to be a reliable, smooth performing vehicle, that could easily be used on a large scale. Phase two ...
- 28776: Power, Gender And Advertising
- ... and demonstrate that they can be better than "Duke." In the same advertisement, it is shown how Duke is blowing out the brains of a man, "burn'em, blast'em, or blow'em away -Duke's packing serious heat! Guns, girls, a fistful of attitude. His motto is clear. Masculinity is also sometimes related with alcoholism. Beer commercial shows how a group of young men is having a good time while ... whatever they want. Advertising is doing too little to terminate violence, instead they are promoting more violence and enhancing the position of secure dominance as a masculine. To summarize, the images described in Jackson Katz's essay are reflecting that advertising is constructing a wrong, sexiest, and violent society. On the other hand, it seems that "gender roles are the result of systematic power imbalances based on gender discrimination" (Devor, pg ...
- 28777: Bubonic Plague 2
- ... for example, the population dropped from around 125 million to 90 million over the course of the 14 century. The plague moved along the caravan routes toward the West. By 1345 it had made it’s way to the lower Volga River. By early 1347 it was in Constantinople. It hit Alexandria in the autumn of that year, and by spring 1348, a thousand people a day were dying there. In ... rodents as well), and these fleas move freely over to human hosts. The flea then regurgitates the blood from the rat into the human, infecting the human. The rat dies. The human dies. The flea’s life is not effected (Gregg 126). Symptoms include high fevers, aching limbs and vomiting of blood. The most noticeable characteristic is a swelling of the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are found in the neck, armpits ...
- 28778: The Importance of Tradition in Belizean Society
- The Importance of Tradition in Belizean Society Since the beginning of Belize’s existence we, as a people, have always been influenced by “outside” cultures. European culture and traditions flooded in at the start of the colony and prevailed in “British Honduras” for many decades. Slowly, but definitely ... who hated the humans and all they that they did but after they chased them out and became their own masters they adapted all the same customs that the humans had had. We rejected Europe's influence because we gained independence but we welcomed it from the US. Most, if not all, of the ethnic groups in Belize abandoned their customs, traditions and blindly followed anything western. Today the Mayas are ...
- 28779: The Crucible
- ... the kids telling lies. He told her that if she did not start telling the truth about her and the other girls then he would kill her. By saying this he showed that he doesn’t care for anyone except him and his wife. Even though he knew from the beginning that the girls were lying he let other innocent people die. When Mary Warren went to the judge to tell the truth she knew either way that she was ruined. She knew that if she told the truth that the other girls would turn on her and accuse her, but if she didn’t then she knew the John Proctor would do what he said and kill her. She went to the court and just as she thought the girls said they saw her as a yellow bird. The ...
- 28780: Industrial Engineering Technicians
- ... a company named AMP Incorporated which is located in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jim has been working at AMP for about four years and is the group leader of the second shift production team. Jim's job is to make sure that production in the plant runs smoothly, to repair machines, and to make sure that the other workers are doing what is needed. Jim has been promoted several times within ... similar to my major of Industrial Technology. Both of these majors deal with manufacturing and industrial sciences, and it is very possible that after graduating I will have a job very similar to my uncle's. The job my uncle has is one that requires the understanding of materials and processing. This type of knowledge is provided in an Industrial Technology major. Jim told me that the company is very good ...
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