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    minds of the common people should become confused, obstinate, and contemptuous in yielding assent to the principal articles that are absolutely matters of faith” (41).If the word of God was altered to cater to the vulgar needs of the populace, then, Galileo argues, it should not be used to determine science and the movement of the heavens. To add strength to this argument, Galileo uses the words of two saints (St. Jerome and St. Agustine). According to St. Jerome, the times in which the Bible…

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    He used his scientific background in an attempt to rationalize his bias towards those of African-descent. He began with an investigation on their anatomical differences. However, these rationalizations are the myths commonly associated with Blacks at the time. They bring no new light to the discussion, nor do they contain any actual scientific information to back it up. Jefferson writes that “They [Blacks] secrete more by the glands of the skin and less by the kidneys which gives them a strong…

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    that were being translated but as the ninth century drew closer, this shifted to predominately Greek texts. For mathematics in particular, this significantly opened for the Muslims, new writings of historical polymaths such as Plato, Aristotle and Euclid; corresponding to my case study, which also showed a large increase of scholars studying mathematics especially during and shortly after the tenth…

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    Rounding And Truncation

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    since there are six groups of girls and five groups of boys. By adding the total number of groups for each gender, the sum is eleven. Also, the sum of all students is forty-four, and 44÷11=4, thus four students per group. The famous mathematician, Euclid, created a way to prove there are an infinite number of primes (numbers whose only factors are itself and one). Euclid’s theorem states, “Suppose that p1=2 < p2 = 3 < ... < pr are all of the primes. Let P = p1p2...pr+1 and let p be…

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    Terry Vs Ohio Case Study

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    took turns walking the same identical path on Huron Road about a dozen times, stopping at the same store window each time and walks back to the corner to converse with the other. Later a third guy joins and shorty converses with them then walked down Euclid Ave. After ten to twelve minutes went by, Chilton and Terry followed the same path and met up with the man who just confronted them. At this point, Officer McFadden was very suspicious of their activity so he approaches them. He questions…

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    Have you ever moved and left everything behind. Sal moved from Bybanks with her father because it seemed that the ghost of her mother was haunting the farm. They left soon after her mother left and they learned she wasn’t coming back. They moved to Euclid, Ohio and all throughout the story, Sal would dream of going back to Kentucky. She would remember all the events that changed her life there. So many things…

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    THE CLASSIC ERA. In this the Socratic era, Socrates and his followers, set out to form great philosophies which turn out be the main platform of Western civilisation. The lesser Socratics, the Platonic Academy, the Aristotelian Lyceum, and the Hellenistic movements, start here and all later thought has to take account of these and a great part of it consists essentially of an elaboration or a commentary upon, or a criticism of, theses movements. The questioning method of Socrates was the…

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    Nurse Practitioner Paper

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    interdisciplinary team conferences as required for high risk patients to discuss resource allocations and improve patient outcomes. -Provided care for a patient assignment of 4-9 patients per day. 3/2015 - 5/2015 Nurse Practitioner Miodrag Zivic, LLC Euclid/Ohio/US -Patients educated on health maintenance, and prevention. -Provided care to a complex and diverse patient population. -Provided care for a patient load of 8-15 patients per day. 12/2014 - 2/2015 Nurse Practitioner Optum…

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    Renaissance and humanism basically stem from Petrarchian ideology which encourages the emulation of Greco-Roman antiquity without imitation; Renaissance “rebirth” ideally transforms and exemplifies continuity. According to Soltes, around 1508, Raphael was one of several artists called to Rome and commissioned to execute frescos in the Vatican Palace by Pope Julius II. Raphael’s School of Athens (Vatican, 1510-1512) represents a pinnacle of humanism and Renaissance thought. A proverbial…

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    The Hellenistic era was the time that the Greek civilization really reached its highest point. Alexandria, the capital of Egypt was the main area where the culture spread. Alexander the Great ruled over most of the land and he spread the Greek thought and culture just as his tutor, Aristotle, taught him. Many different people such as Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, and Indians occupied the area of Alexandria but that didn’t change the Greek civilization from spreading. “While the Hellenistic world…

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