According to Diogenes Laërtius, this was to convince the people of his time that he had been taken up by the gods on Olympus. * 272 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus, the famous conquerer and source of the term pyrrhic victory, according to Plutarch died while fighting an urban battle in Argos on the back of an elephant when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, stunning him and allowing an Argive soldier to kill him. * 270 BC: Philitas of Cos, Greek intellectual, is said by… [read post]

  Michael Nash, a presiding Judge of Juvenile Court in Los Angeles, California and President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, has observed that as more police officers are brought into schools, the more you have to differentiate the security issue and the discipline issue. [read post]