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of refractive surgery performed the first corneal lamellar surgery in 1948 to reshapen the cornea. In 1978 incisional refractive surgery named radial keratotomy(RK) was performed by Slava Fyodorov. This was the widespread procedure used until the advent of laser refractive surgeries like LASIK (laser assisted in situ keratomileusis), LASEK (laser assisted…

Santa Claus Saint Vasilis. After, they come home from the Midnight Mass they have a big feast to end their Advent Fast. They’re main dish for the Midnight Mass is usually lamb and/or pork. It’s also served with many side dishes such as, spinach and cheese pie and various salads and vegetables. A dessert that they usually serve is baklava. Like I said before the Greeks do this to end their Advent Fast. In conclusion, Christmas in Greece have many different traditions. The Greeks go to Midnight…

Roberts writes that the Present Kingdom is when the prophesied child is born. Graeme Goldsworthy says in According to Plan, “The Gospel is the word about Jesus Christ and what he did for us in order to restore us to a right relationship with God” (Goldsworthy 73). This is it, this is what God has been promising. These are the words come into being. John 1:1-5, 9, says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things…

impact on breaking down the rigid barriers of jim crow that separated the races. The Harlem Renaissance influenced future generations of black writers, but it was largely ignored by the literary establishment after it waned in the 1930s. With the advent of the civil rights movement, it again acquired wider…

Leo Tolstoy was one of the most famous writers of the 19th century, much of his influential writing are emboldened by his hate for new technology. Tolstoy writings and ideas coincided with the advent of industrial revolution, this shaped Tolstoy's work into a sort of juxtaposition with Tolstoy's reality being that of slow technological progress yet the reality of the situation being technology was limitless. Throughout Tolstoy's life he faced tragedy, yet this didn't have as significant of an…

years old Márta Ziegler. Their son, Béla III was born the next year. They divorced on June 1923. Then he married a 19 year old named Ditta Pásztory and had a son named Peter Bartok and was born on 1924. According to my research about Bela Bartok.. The advent of World War II made life in Hungary precarious and dangerous. In 1940 Bartók emigrated to the United States, residing in New York. Despite being in very poor health, he continued to compose, perform, and transcribe folk songs. He died…

same angel that told Mary she would conceive the Son of God through the Holy Spirit. However, according to martyr Eulogius of Córdoba, the devil presented himself to Muhammad as Gabriel the angel then ordered him to become a prophet. Therefore, the advent of Islam, appears to be a copy of the Virgin birth which was recorded many years before 610…

their neighbors, they had to appeal to the plebeians. The latter soon imposed conditions on them. The opposition between the two great classes composing Roman society is inseparable from the history of the Republic: it broke out a few years after the advent of the Republic and went from rhythmic to its institutions.…

I am usually very hesitant when trying new things especially when I am in a foreign place. I tend to seek what is familiar and comfortable. Two years ago, I had the good fortune to travel to Heidelberg, Germany for a work function for a week during November. It was the start of the Christmas season and the town and market areas were beautiful. As it turned out, my trip that year was a wonderful experience because of the food, culture as well as the shopping experience. As I walked around the…

Christmas is certainly a popular celebration in terms of cultural and social significance. For Christian, Christmas is a sacred religious holiday as they celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. People around the world have been observing the traditions and practices in both religious and secular. Common Christmas customs includes exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas tree, attending mass, sharing meals with family and friends and of course waiting for Santa Claus to give out gifts. How do you…