Latin American culture

As legend has it, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Left to drown in a basket on the Tiber by a king. They were rescued and raised by a she-wolf. The twins lived to defeat that king and found their own city on the river’s banks. After killing his brother, Romulus became the first king of Rome, which is named after him. Rome’s era as a monarchy ended and turned into a republic, a world derived from the property of the people. It later was transformed into…

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was a female astronomer who lead the way for the ability to measure the distance between two planets, along with many other. Leavitt was born to a minister in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1868. She attended a a higher education at Society for the Collegiate Instruction for Women, now named Radcliffe College. She graduated the college with a Bachelor's degree, but it was not in astronomy, which she would later dedicate her life to. She did take an astronomy class in her…

Broek. Hans is a stockbroker who is from Holland while his wife, Rachel and son, Jake is from London. Hans is a man in his mid-thirties who does not know who he is and does not his place in the world, and he is motivated to achieve his American Dream. The American Dream for Hans is to find his identity, so he moves his family to New York and quickly starts to detach himself from them while he does so. As a child he did not grow up with a father because he died and his mother neglected him…

When working in the medical field, learning and using medical terminology is essential to navigating through the vast ever-advancing medical world. Every occupation within healthcare uses it. Medical terminology is a universal language in the medical field that helps us identify, define and understand large complicated terms which facilitates faster and easier to understand oral and written communication. With the ability to put together root words and modify them by using prefixes and suffixes,…

Although author Cheryl Swope received her master’s degree in special education and worked as an overseer of thirteen public school special education programs, the enormous challenge of teaching her own special needs children became a task that no formal education or previous practice had prepared her for handling. Yet, through days and years of personal study and learning with her precious children, Swope gained extensive insights into how to best teach her children. In Simply Classical: A…

1. Pointing words like this and that are used in text to point to a thought or refer back to a previous thought that was already stated. Its a way to connect parts of your argument by using pointing words such as "this and that". The pointing word "that" is used in the first paragraph when he says "the machines that keep us alive, and the machines that make the machines, are all directly or indirectly dependent upon coal". He uses "that" to state a idea he`s about to make and connect both the…

Should Adrenaline Fatigue Patients be Tested for Iodine Deficiency? In the human body, iodine deficiency and adrenaline fatigue are correlated. This phenomenon is not new to the world of medicine. Yet, it is largely ignored, inadequately researched, and poorly understood by scientists, physicians, nutritionists, and medical practitioners all across the globe. This article focuses on the link between iodine deficiency and adrenaline fatigue. It also stresses on the need for adequate iodine in…

Passionately Curious Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Have you ever felt that adrenaline rush through your body increasing the mind’s interest of a topic you were freshly introduced to? I feel that passion over the topic of the human body and the medical world and I become determined to learn more. I am interested in the foreign, universal language of medical terminology and of the hands-on skills of assisting a doctor. I strongly feel the desire to gain the knowledge and skills to become…

was a archaeological preserved city due to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius, which preserved both the inhabitants and their city. Here archaeological evidence is abundant. This evidence tells its own story about the city and in turn reveals the Roman culture and influences were present. The Romans didn’t arrive until 80BC, and at this time Sulla proceeded to colonize Pompeii . Tension between the locals and the colonist grew and with this, it started to have an impact on the town. The Romans…

soldiers were actually volunteers who wanted to fight to increase their social and financial status or free a friend from slavery. While the idea was sound, unfortunately, few if any of them were able to change their outlook on life or standing in Roman culture since the Gladiators were not paid that well and had a minuscule chance of life or freedom after entering the stadium. The first century of games was paid for and supported by the upper elites and timed shortly after a family member had…