Using Source A and B and your own knowledge‚ describe the main features of the economy in Pompeii. - The some of the main features of the economy in Pompeii consisted of: Trade‚ Commerce‚ Industry‚ Occupations‚ and Public Works. - Trade: Pompeii was the port for Nuceria and Nola‚ which made it the trading centre for mainly agricultural produce. There are suggestions for the size and nature of the port but this is determined on whether it was a sea port or a river port. Pompeii played an important
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alcohol has cause more damage to people; the governments just being hypocrites about the “War”‚ they’re fighting something that are less dangerous than the things that already are legal. The current drug laws promote additional crime. According to The Cato Institute’s David Boaz and Timothy Lynch‚ addicts commit crimes to pay for a habit that would be easily affordable if it were legal (Bandow‚ 2011). This mean that people are committing crimes to get the money so they can pay for the drugs at a high
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is Annie Moore‚ a fifteen year old from Ireland. On November 12‚ 1954‚ the immigration station processed its last immigrants. Only 2.3 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island. Today‚ it functions as a museum. Seven Moore‚ an economist at the Cato Institute says‚ “America is more than a country‚ it’s an idea with concepts like freedom. Most new immigrants buy into this idea. That’s one of the reasons why they want to be here” (Masci). Ellis Island is the genesis of freedom in
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knife catches me in the forehead” (Collins 284). Just as Katniss was slipping on the backpack that contained the medicine for Peeta‚ Clove attacked her and Katniss almost died‚ until Thresh saved her. Thresh risked his life by saving Katniss’s‚ because Cato began to hunt him down. Another major sacrifice made was between Katniss and Peeta towards the end of the Hunger Games. “I spread out my fingers‚ and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta’s
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SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSING LITERATURE‚ 1999-2003 Prepared as a briefing document for delegates to the 2003 Housing Summit Compiled by Dr Marie Huchzermeyer Postgraduate Housing Programme‚ Wits University Commissioned by the Department of Housing‚ Pretoria Funded by the Housing Finance Resource Programme February 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Housing policy 1.1 Policy commentary 1.2 Policy evaluations Governance 2.1 Government capacity for housing delivery 2.2 Housing institutions 2.3 Disaster
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sought after by aristocratic Romans families as teachers for their children. But just as in Classical Greece‚ where there was tension and distrust between stoic Sparta‚ and cultured Athens‚ the greek influence was resisted by stoic Romans‚ such as Cato (the censor)‚ who feared its decadent influence. Eventually Rome conquered most of the territory that was
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were out in the wilderness and you had to climb a tree you would need physical strength like Katniss had. Another example of physical strength‚ Katniss: “I can see the muscles ripple in Cato’s arms as he sharply jerks the boys head to the side”. When Cato kills the boy it shows that you will need physical strength if you ever had to engage in hand to hand combat. Along with hunting skills and physical strength you also need to have mental strength. Katniss: “the Tracker Jackers begin to buzz and I
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Katniss Everdeen My hero is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is a hero because she fits the traits that a hero has. To most people a hero is someone who has noble qualities and preforms phenomenal achievements. She is the main character in the book The Hunger Games. Katniss is a sixteen year old girl who lives in District 12. During the reaping of the 74th annual Hunger Games‚ Katniss’ younger sister Prim is chosen for the reaping. Katniss quickly volunteers to take place of her sister. Katniss
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Have you ever been taken away from your family and friends? Been forced into a game where to stay alive is the only way to win? That is what the hunger game is. The novel is dystopian and is set in a futuristic society that is totalitarian‚ meaning none of these individuals have freedom. There is a futurist world‚ that used to be North America‚ called Panem. Panem consists of twelve districts and one Capitol. The Capitol controls and rules all of the Districts‚ and they have done so for 74 years
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(Carson (1962) page 3). ‘Miss Carson‚’ as many of her detractors referred to her‚ received ridicule from academics‚ industry leaders and professional journals for over a decade. Years after her death‚ conservative and libertarian groups such as the Cato Institute‚ American Enterprise Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute attacked her and the apparent successes for environmentalism in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the ban of DDT to provide an example of a ‘failed’
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