H.O.P.E.'s long-term goal is to continue expanding into the county's schools until every DeKalb County student in need of an additional caring adult in his or her life has a H.O.P.E. volunteer.
Gemini History. The History of Gemini. As other signs in the zodiac, Gemini is not in the same position as the constellation of Gemini. In the zodiac, it follows Taurus and takes the third 30 degrees of the zodiacal circle. Gemini is a mutable sign that is preceding the summer, and as such, it announces change while ruling the time of year when Taurus spring has ended, and life on Earth is about to change.
Origin of the word cancer. The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), who is considered the âFather of Medicine.â Hippocrates used the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming tumors.n Greek, these words refer to a crab, most likely applied to the disease because the finger-like spreading projections from a cancer called to mind the shape of a crab. The Roman physician, Celsus (28-50 BC), later translated the Greek term into cancer, the Latin word for crab.