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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Harpies Greek Mythology What is a Harpie

The Harpies, who, like the Furies, were employed by the gods as instruments for the punishment of the guilty, were three female divinities, daughters of Thaumas and Electra, called Aello, Ocypete, and Celæno.
They were represented with the head of a fair-haired maiden and the body of a vulture, and were perpetually devoured by the pangs of insatiable hunger, which caused them to torment their victims by robbing them of their food; this they either devoured with great gluttony, or defiled in such a manner as to render it unfit to be eaten.
Their wonderfully rapid flight far surpassed that of birds, or even of the winds themselves. If any mortal suddenly and unaccountably disappeared, the Harpies were believed to have carried him off. Thus they were supposed to have borne away the daughters of King Pandareos to act as servants to the Erinyes.
The Harpies would appear to be personifications of sudden tempests, which, with ruthless violence, sweep over whole districts, carrying off or injuring all before them.

Text:
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: E.M. Berens
Published: 1880

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Im rich!!!

 
Silver
in the Hair
 
Gold
in the Teeth
 
Stones
in the Kidneys
 
Sugar
in the Blood.
 
Lead
in the Stomach

 
Iron
in the Arteries
 
And
an inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas.

 
 I never thought Id accumulate such wealth!!!

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Monday, March 16, 2015

Care at a Distance


Care at a Distance: On the Closeness of Technology (Amsterdam University Press - Care and Welfare Series) Paperback – August 15, 2012

Author: Jeannette Pols | Language: English | ISBN: 9089643974 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Care at a distance eloquently combines theories from various disciplines with detailed empirical analyses of telecare practices - also relevant for non-academic actors in the field. -- Hans Harbers, is philosopher of science, technology and society and author of Inside the Politics of Technology (AUP).[-] - "Polss exciting new book provides important insights into how innovative telecare practices are achieved in everyday practice and how uncontrolled field studies can be used both to understand and improve care practices." -- Flis Henwood, Professor of Social Informatics in the School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, UK She has published widely on e-health discourse, the internet and the informed patient. - "Jeannette Pols has written a timely and thought-provoking book about what happens when technologies are used to provide healthcare at a distance. By listening to the experiences of those who use the technologies, as healthcare providers or as patients, Pols provides a much-needed balance to the usual focus on efficiency." -- Sally Wyatt, Director of the Netherlands Graduate School of Science,Technology and Modern Culture - "Care at a Distance lays out a variety of ways in which long distance health care may work. Written attentively and with a real sense of engagement, it also offers long distance care. Intellectual care this time. For you, the captivated reader." -- Annemarie Mol, professor of Anthropology of the Body at the University of Amsterdam; author of Ziek is het woord niet; The Body Multiple and The Logic of Care

About the Author

Jeannette Pols is senior research at the Amsterdam Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam.


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  • Series: Amsterdam University Press - Care and Welfare Series
  • Paperback: 204 pages
  • Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (August 15, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9089643974
  • ISBN-13: 978-9089643971
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Ancient Hieroglyphs Reported on a Rock Face at Point Peninsula West Virginia

Ancient Hieroglyphs Reported on a Rock Face at Point Peninsula, West Virginia


Greensburg, Indiana Statndard Wednesday, May 5, 1875Near the town of Point Pleasant is a a large ledge of rock facing the Ohio River, which a few years ago was covered with hieroglyphics, whether of Indian origin or the work of an earlier race is unknown.

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