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History of Ancient Rome Midterm Zeno of Citium Zeno of Citium was a Greek thinker who argued that the universe was in a vacuum with particles passing through it. Therefore nothing lasted forever, even gods. There is also no afterlife. Zeno argued that there were still virtues to be had. Battle of Cannae In the second Punic war Hannibal marched his army from Spain through the Alps and into the Italian peninsula. Though he lost around a third of his men Hannibal’s forces were revitalized by galls…

Abraham Lincoln writes, “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”. This idea illustrates that a government is for the people and is created by the people. It is another way of saying that the government is looking out for the people. Can this idea be compared to classical Greece and classical Rome? Yes, it can. Classical Greece at first was ruled by powerful aristocratic families that took away the rights of the people. The people did not have a say. It was not until powerful…

American schools are failing to provide their children with an excellent education. The problem begins with the teacher union that fights to protect the jobs of all teachers. In this process, the union is also protecting the jobs of poor performing teachers. Tenure is a law that provides job security, despite of job performance. It can allow lazy teachers to remain in the classroom year after year. Teachers receive tenure after teaching for a certain amount of time. The time, however, varies…

In many states, child abuse is broadly defined as an act or failure by a parent or a caretaker whom results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation (HHS, 2014). The several types of abuse consist of neglect, physical, emotional, psychological, and sexual. Victims who have faced abuse and neglect often struggle with building trusting relationships due to the damage and feeling of worthlessness, which causes children to struggle with regulating their emotions.…

that could help understand why they did it and if there was going to be another attack.When the FBI asked Apple if they could get into the IPhone they said no.In the article “PRO/CON:Should Apple have resisted FBI pressure to hack an IPhone?” by Tribune News Service it says,”Instead, the FBI wanted Apple to write a new software to unlock Syed Farook’s IPhone.” But the FBI only wanted Syed Farook’s information off of his phone and nobody elses. The reason Apple didn’t want to cooperate…

of being a distraction. After completing research, it is clear that fidget spinners should not be allowed in school. Kids play with fidget toys in class and it can be a distraction to others and teachers so they can't teach class. In the Chicago tribune article it says ¨Kids are trading them or spinning them instead of writing. It took only a few days after teachers started noticing the toys before almost all…

Tiberius Gracchus it could be said, was one of the most influential figures within Roman Antiquity, both in life and the circumstances created as a result of his death…Becoming Tribune in 133 B.C., he represented the plebian class in res publica. Gracchus was an instrumental force behind a very controversial land bill, that proposed to separate the large landed estates and then, redistribute these sizeable parcels of land (latifundias) back to the downtrodden plebian farmers. Essentially, with…

The daily newspaper I chose is the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, and the story is about a woman that was fired from her job at the Minnesota Lottery. She was an executive and worked there for 25 years. She wants her job back and believes that she has been discriminated against because she is a woman. She also claims that alcoholism a protected disability. “The lawsuit hinges on two main arguments. Canfield argues her alcoholism didn't materially affect her performance but she was punished more…

government.” This idea regarding the public can be seen when looking at “Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder” and “Climate Hoax”. “Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder” is a political cartoon by Steve Sack from The Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding the…

war on drugs should be ended at once. One reason the war on drug should be ended is because of the millions of dollars it cost the country to keep it going. According to one editor of the Chicago Tribune “$1.1 billion of the government 's total annual budget, was spent on the drug war in 1997” (Tribune). In just one year over one billion dollars were used to fight drugs in the United States alone. One billion tax payers’ dollars is being spent on a never ending war. As if one billion were not…