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  CHEIRON — Home Page
CHEIRON (pronounced ki´· ron) is a financial analysis and actuarial consulting firm helping institutional pension and health plan sponsors manage their financial risks by:
CHEIRON’s professional staff serves a national client base.
CHEIRON is named for the im­mor­tal cen­taur educated by Apollo and Artemis, who be­came a men­tor to clas­sical Greek heroes.
www.cheiron.us   (316 words)

  
 Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral&Social Sciences
Cheiron: The International Society for the History of BehavioralandSocial Sciences
Cheiron, named after the wise centaur of Greek myth, was formed in October 1968 to promote international cooperation and multidisciplinary studies in the history of the behavioral and social sciences.
The 2008 meeting of Cheiron will take place June 26-29, 2008 at Ryerson University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
people.stu.ca /~cheiron   (85 words)

  
  CHEIRON — Home Page
CHEIRON (pronounced ki´· ron) is a financial analysis and actuarial consulting firm helping institutional pension and health plan sponsors manage their financial risks by:
CHEIRON Inc., the Washington, DC based actuarial consulting services firm, announced the opening of a Boston office to serve a growing roster of pension and benefit plan clients.
CHEIRON is named for the im­mor­tal cen­taur educated by Apollo and Artemis, who be­came a men­tor to clas­sical Greek heroes.
www.cheiron.us /index.asp   (311 words)

  
 Centaurs
Two of them were friends of Heracles, Pholus and the other Cheiron, the immortal and wisest of all the Centaurs.
Cheiron was the son of the Titan Cronus and Philyra, who was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
Cheiron was also a famous healer, who had taught Asclepius, son of Apollo, and later his Asclepius' two sons – Machaon and Podalirius, in the art of healing.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/centaurs.html   (1428 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 692 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He lived on mount Pelion, from which he, like the other cen­taurs, was expelled by the Lapithae ; but sacrifices were offered to him there by the Magnesians un­til a very late period, and the family of the Chei-ronidae in that neighbourhood, who were distin­guished for their knowledge of medicine, were regarded as his descendants.
Chei­ron saved him from the hands of the other centaurs, who were on the point of killing him, and he also restored to him the sword which Acastus had con­cealed.
Heracles shot at them, and one of his arrows struck Cheiron, who, although immortal, would not live any longer, and gave his immortality to Prome­theus.- According to others, Cheiron, in looking at one of the arrows, dropped it on his foot, and wounded himself.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0701.html   (903 words)

  
 Sagittarius
Cheiron was a friend of many great hero's in Greek mythology such as Achilles and Heracles.
Cheiron was immortal so he couldn't die, he just had to take the unending pain.
Cheiron wanted only to be relieved of his insufferable pain, so he took Prometheus' place and died.
userwww.sfsu.edu /~cjy20o0o/sagittarius.htm   (170 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Mulhall-trained Cheiron captures Snow Chief
Cheiron was sixth early, following Don'tsellmeshort, who set the early pace of 23.06 and 46.06 seconds.
Cheiron, who was sixth until early stretch, rallied between Don'tsellmeshort and Southern Outlaw in the final furlong.
Cheiron races for Michael Mulhall, Neil Papiano and Steve Taub and has won 3 of 9 starts and $305,880.
espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0425/1789536.html   (318 words)

  
 03. Hercules and the Circle of Fire
Cheiron is reluctant to try any new "cures," but Hercules convinces him to do so.
Cheiron sees his wound heal and rejoices, only to double over in pain when it returns.
Cheiron also admits that he doesn't want to see his wife and children grow old and die, he'd rather grow old and die with them.
members.tripod.com /~htlj1113/circle.html   (2388 words)

  
 Characters of Greek Mythology - The Zodiac - Sagittarius   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The latter was the one who accidentally killed the Cheiron.
While hunting a boar, Heracles shot Cheiron in the knee with one of his poisoned arrows.
Cheiron was allowed to die and Zeus placed his image among the stars as reward of his noble character.
mythology.tonyarn.com /stars/sagittarius.html   (126 words)

  
 Privacy Policy - Cheiron Resources LTD
Cheiron Resources Ltd will collect and use customer identifiable information for billing purposes, to provide and change service, inform you of products and services that become available to you’re your needs.
This means that Cheiron Resources Ltd may use your customer identifiable information, in conjunction with information available from other sources, to market new services to you that we think will be of interest to you, but we will not disclose your customer identifiable information to third parties who want to market products to you.
To be removed, follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any e-mail from Cheiron, or send an e-mail to info@cheiron-resources.com with the words "Remove from List" in the subject line.
www.cheiron-resources.com /privacy.php   (458 words)

  
 The Cheiron Site
While often touted for its simplicity and elegance, Jini™ still requires a lot of plumbing to write a compliant service/client and even the most experienced developer has difficulties to get it right all the time.
It is our goal to lower the barriers for Jini as we believe that with the proper tooling and frameworks Jini can be the ultimate tool for solving distributed computing problems.
Much discussion took place afterwards and based on the positive feedback the Cheiron project is going to bring these solutions to Apache River project currently in incubation at the ASF.
www.cheiron.org   (303 words)

  
 The Cheiron Site - News
This move is a direct consequence of the applaud shift of Sun Microsystems to change the licensing conditions for the Jini™ Technology from the Jini SCSL to the ALv2.
In 2002 a general BSD license without the advertising clause, known as the Cheiron BSD License, was chosen for the Cheiron Project, however due to the Jini SCSL we decided to use a dual licensing strategy (BSD/Jini SCSL), known as the Cheiron Dual License.
This relicensing announcement must be seen as an underlining of the objectives of the Cheiron Project and the strong support of Virgil for Open Source.
www.cheiron.org /general/news.html   (765 words)

  
 Crumpet Pugs
Cheiron is named for the mythical centaur teacher of Hercules in the Greek mythology.
He is everything a breeder would want and appreciate and we have seen this passed on to his puppies.
Sired by Cheiron, the Dam being Scooter's sister, Candy Kiss, we start off where Scooter has left us, we combine the quality of both of these lines with old lines from great dogs of the past.
www.crumpetpugs.com /bios2.htm   (502 words)

  
 Slings and Arrows   (Site not responding. Last check: )
True, the two of them were Academy partners (although that had been Cheiron’s idea not Herc’s) and over the course of several crazy adventures had come to a fairly stable friendship, but that didn’t mean Hercules didn’t gloat every time he managed to send Iolaus flying during their exercises.
Cheiron folded his arms sternly and stomped his front hoof the way he always did when you were supposed to be listening to him.
Cheiron had chosen a dozen events that he felt covered all the basic physical requirements of being a warrior, and one of each pair of partners competed in each event.
yh.deabryn.com /Slingsarrows.html   (10899 words)

  
 Cheiron Chiron Chiropractor Chiromancy Surgien Surgery Surgeon Cirujano Medical Etymology Humanities
CHEIRON is a mythic figure personified as a most learned, wise and gentle of the Centaurs.
Although CHEIRON was the primeval teacher of surgery, none the less physicians were reVULsed for at the idea of including SURGEONS in their midst.
CHEIRON or CHIRON also illustrates that chronic pain can become unbearable and may induce the wish for death and justify suicide.
www.consultsos.com /pandora/in210103.htm?PHPSESSID=4667ff6252f79e5003f5d49f4926c6e6   (442 words)

  
 Greek Week 2004
Many heroes came, or were brought to Cheiron for training and advice.
In agony from the poison on the arrow, Cheiron asked for his release from his immortality and offered it in trade for Zeus releasing Prometheus from his punishment.
The son of Philyra and Kronos, noted to be of high moral and intellectual abilities, Cheiron was the powerful master of many arts and sciences.
www2.gvsu.edu /~sigmapi/GW2004.htm   (339 words)

  
 Centaurus
Cheiron was a great friend of Heracles, and our hero is devastated.
He tries to assist Cheiron, but there is nothing to be done.
Cheiron was immortal, so the poison couldn't kill him, only cause great pain that would last through eternity.
www.dibonsmith.com /cen_con.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Pictures and data of the ferret Cheiron   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cheiron was found abandoned as a kit in Uvberget, Borlänge.
*Cheiron had three small skin tumours removed during his lifetime.
Twice on the inside of the thigh and once between the pads of his right front paw.
trickytrixie.tripod.com /cheiron.htm   (113 words)

  
 Cheiron
Chiron was the wisest and justest of all the Centaurs, and at his death Jupiter placed him among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius.
But some affirm that Aesculapius was not a son of Arsinoe, daughter of Leucippus, but that he was a son of Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas in Thessaly.
Cheiron, "the Wounded Healer" is a prominent element in astrological thinking: His wound can be our gift, and astrological thinking can help us locate our wound so that we may tend it: visit one such
notes.utk.edu /bio/unistudy.nsf/0/dad79f2e495f4662852567450053b8a5?OpenDocument   (814 words)

  
 Cheiron Resources LTD
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 Cheiron * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Cheiron * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
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"Cheiron", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
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