One of the things mentioned in the passage that the Code of Hammurabi tells us about Babylonian culture is that hanging was not used as a means of execution
divorce was not permitted
land was evenly distributed
they had not moved beyond tribal customs
there were separate ranks in society
According to the passage, Babylonians adopted other people's children into their families in order to make sure the family survived
as a mark of respect for the national god Marduk
after they had sent their own children to join the military
if their own parents had died during military service for royalty
if they did not have enough children to contribute to public works
From the information given about the Code of Hammurabi, we can conclude that the stela on which the code is inscribed is the best exhibit at the Louvre
it is merely a list of taxes and import duties
the description of different punishments for murder takes up the largest part in it
modern European law is largely based on the applications stated in it
imprisonment may not have been practised as a means of punishment in Babylonia
160 THE HOME OFFICE - THE SHORTEST COMMUTE "A home office allowed me to maintain the career pace I was on," says Colleen Clark, reflecting on three years of telecommuting between Sacramento, California, and Richland, Washington.
When Clark and her husband decided to move to California, she looked for a way to keep her job with a public relations company that contracts with the federal government. To that end, she proposed a telecommuting schedule that had her at home in California for three weeks and on location in Washington for one week each month. Her company astounded her and said yes. It hadn't been done before, but now the company is looking into ways to encourage more people to try telecommuting.
A home office loft was added to Clark's plans for the new house in Sacramento. Though open to the second floor of the house, the loft was designed to be self-contained and separate from the rest of the house. Extra phone lines were installed during construction. Her employer arranged for her to have remote access to the Local Area Network, processed through an autodial feature with a built-in calling card. Clark's office phone in Richland automatically bounced callers to her Sacramento address. "A lot of callers didn't realize I wasn't on site," she says.
Adapting to working at home was "a learning experience," Clark admits. She found that it was important to minimize distractions. "Everything needs to be in the work area," she says, "so that you're not up and down, back and forth." She also came to realize that her work benefited if she followed a routine of getting ready for work as if she were going to a regular workplace. "At first, it seems cool to roll out of bed in your pajamas and sit down to work still bleary-eyed - it's the shortest commute in history; it's really a dream. But I learned that it was important to stick to a professional routine. In this manner, I find it easy to stay focused."
