Astra 1A Essays

  • Report: British Satellite Broadcasting Vs Sky Television

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    example with Astra that would launch medium powered satellite in 1988, and so, before BSB planned to start broadcasting. With medium-powered satellites, Sky coul... ... middle of paper ... ...heir technology and ability to execute, and were willing to support it. However, even though Sky did not have the financial capacity of BSB, their commitment to operational efficiency (lower costs) signalled that they were staying in the business for long. Sky launched earlier and leased the Astra satellite

  • Hippocrates on Mental Disorders: Describing Schizophrenia as Melancholia

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    involved continuous low mood and also feelings of fear which sometimes meant “biliousness” and in medical speech this term described “nervous” or “crazy” behaviour. The term was taken from the words melaina chole, when translated into Latin it is astra bilis and in English is black bile (Medicalnewstoday.com, 2009). The affect, mood or emotions caused by being depressed or melancholy is well known to humans for thousands of years. It was once believed that clinical depression did not have as broad