was educated by the first philosophy school in Rome‚ the School of Sexii. Seneca is seen by many as a significant player in late stoicism‚ influencing Rome by criticising their values and belief system‚ like rejecting the ideas that being wealthy makes you happy‚ and that anger is sensible. “It is not the man who has too little that is poor‚ but the one who hankers after more.” - Seneca‚ Letters from a Stoic. Seneca was also a great influence on tragedy as an art-form in Rome‚ and still is a great
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Mt Etna Volcano Research Basic Information of the Volcano The Location and Height of Mt Etna Mt Etna is Europe’s tallest and active volcano. It is 3340 m over the city of Catania which is located on the east coast of Sicily. More than 25% of Sicily people live on the slopes of Mt Etna‚ agriculture and tourism are the major sources of income on this island. How it was formed‚ the Tectonic Plates Involved and What Type of Volcano is it? Mt Etna is a stratovolcano ( another name is a composite cone)
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to flee. Unfortunately their families found out and fought a bloody tribal war. This caused the young couple so much pain they decided together to commit suicide. The tribes buried the lovers separately. Months passed when Magayon’s tribe saw a volcano growing in the place where Magayon was buried. They named it for Daragang Magayon. “Bulkang Magayon” describing its perfect shape like their beautiful Daraga. And then there’s the story of an uncle Magayon*‚ whose anger depicts how violent the mountain
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zone and this is what causing the volcano to be so active. The volcano was previously dormant for 300 years so the eruption came as a shock to everyone. The eruption was andesitic and very explosive‚ with lots of ash and lava being thrown into the air and lava covering parts of the island. TIMELINE OF EVENTS DATE EVENTS 18th July 1995 Chances Peak volcano erupts for the first time in 350 years. 5000 people evacuated from the southern end after the volcano began spewing
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Why did the First Crusade erupt? The First Crusade was a monumental event of the 11th century‚ where thousands of ordinary people took up the cross to make the extremely long and perilous journey to Jerusalem to fight the ‘other’; the Muslim threat. Inspired by extreme devotion to God and His church‚ people made this decision based on a single speech. Jonathan Philips argues that Pope Urban II’s speech in 1095 had managed to draw together a number of key concerns and trends‚ synthesising them
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What is assessment and what makes it “good?” Assessment is gathering information to ensure teachers make informed decisions about student progress. Five key components of good assessment are: classroom assessment‚ authenticity‚ formative‚ special needs intervention‚ and benchmarking. These enhance and improve student learning‚ and are outlined below. Good classroom assessment involves ‘of‚ for and as’ of learning. This practice involves teachers using inference and evidence‚ while students
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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This volcano is the classic model volcano for science projects. You form the cone of the volcano around a bottle and then mix non-toxic kitchen chemicals to cause the volcano to erupt. Form the Chemical Volcano The cinder cone of the volcano is formed using clay. You’ll need a lot less ’volcano’ material if you make a general volcano shape out of paper and then just cover it with clay. Erupting Volcano Ingredients 1:- warm water 2:- baking soda 3:- liquid dishwashing detergent 4:- vinegar
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First‚ we will discuss Mount St. Helens Volcano. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States within Washington State. A stratovolcano is also known as a composite cone‚ which is “a large symmetrical structure that consists of alternating layers of explosively erupted cinders and ash interspersed with lava flows (Lutgens‚ 2012.)” Due to the cone shape of the volcano‚ stratovolcanoes are known for creating large explosive eruptions that can eject vast amounts
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Do you know what the biggest active volcano in the world is? Mauna Loa is so big in volume and so heavy that it causes the Pacific Plate that it sits on to sag under its weight! Although Mauna Loa has not erupted as many times as its sister‚ Kilauea‚ it has caused more damage with every earthquake and explosion it has had. The elevation of Mauna Loa is 13‚678 ft and its height from the ocean floor is 30‚080 ft. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano‚ but it can develop into a cinder cone. It has had
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