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Case 2: Starbucks and Others: the Future of Public Wi-Fi O'Brien / Marakas Text, Page 268 Throughout the United States, Individuals Are Relying on Businesses to Offer Free Wireless Connections in Order to Check Email,
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Pyramus & Thisbe-
The classic story known for the mulberry bush is actually called Pyramus and Thisbe. It is a tale of two lovers who can live without each other, but their parents forbid marriage. They live next door to each other, and they share a middle wall because the houses are so close together. And in this wall there was a small chink. And with this small hole in the wall they could whisper back and forth, and they would try to kiss but their lips couldn’t reach each other. One night they decided to meet in a tomb. The beautiful lady, Thisbe, arrived first. She then encountered a fierce, hungry, lion. She escapes quickly while dropping her cloak, which the lion tore to pieces. A shredded cloak is all Pyramus found when he arrived. He then killed himself in a desperate measure to ease the pain of loosing his one true love. That is when the snow white mulberry bush turned crimson because of his blood. And ever since then all mulberry bushed have been a bright shade of red to represent true love between Pyramus and Thisbe.

Orpheus & Eurydice- Orpheus had a great singing voice. He was born of Muses, but his great voice equaled the powers of a great god. One day Orpheus met a beautiful maiden named Eurydice, and fell in love. They were quickly wed, but their happiness was short lived. After their wedding Eurydice was walking in a field with her brides maids, when a venomous snake bit her in the leg. Eurydice died suddenly. Orpheus was heart broken, but he had an idea. He went to Mount.Olympusand asked the gods if he would be allowed to enter the underworld. Once he was down in the underworld he used his singing voice, to charm Hades and let him take Eurydice out of the underworld, he was able to leave with his love under one condition, he wasn’t allowed look at her until both of them were out of the underworld. Orpheus made it out of the final cave that led him to the real world, when he turned to glance at his lover. He was too

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