Bad news sells better than good news David Murray The good news about bad news is that there is not nearly as much of it as you might think. The bad news about good news is that good news doesn’t tend to sell. Dr. Bradley Wright explains this paradox in Upside: Surprising Good News about the State of our World The media sells negative worldviews. It’s not that reporters‚ writers‚ and editors are pessimistic people; rather‚ they have a strong incentive to tell us about the fearful‚ scary‚ and
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Living in a small town is better than in a big city I am not an adaptable and ambitious person. I don’t like challenges. I like to stay in a comfortable place surrounded by the people I know and enjoy my life. According to my characters‚ living in a small town will be the best option for me. I find there are many reasons why I choose to live in a small town. I can form a truly deep friendship in a small town. The type of friendship that wasn’t form based on social status‚ but based on the character
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Why some water samples can be harder than others (1)Hard water is any water containing an appreciable quantity of dissolved minerals. (2) Some of the minerals come from chalk‚ limestone or marble‚ which the water may have flowed over or through. (4) Hard water contains calcium or magnesium ions. Limestone‚ marble or chalks are insoluble in pure water however they will dissolve slowly in acidic rain. If your water has emerged through limestone or chalk (calcium carbonate) it will be hard. (1) Soft
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record an other-than-temporary impairment as of December 31‚ 20X1‚ and if so‚ for what amount on the following investments: Investment 1: Happy New Year & Co. Investment 2: Beary Beary. Investment 3: Buy-A-Lot Company For each investment clearly answer YES or NO‚ explain your reasoning‚ and if YES the amount. ASC 320-10-35-21 states that impairment occurs when the fair values fall below the original costs. In all three investments‚ we need to determine if the impairment is other-than-temporary
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It has been argued by experts that Halloween is a better holiday than Christmas. Because of the multitudes of costumes available‚ Halloween allows people to vicariously live out fantasy situations through them. During Christmas‚ there is the expectation of people to supply friends and family with a variety of presents‚ which can cause an individual a lot of stress as well as money. Conversely‚ Halloween gives the people of the U.S. the opportunity to let out their creative sides and embrace a
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Coke Is Better Than Pepsi Pepsi and Coca Cola have long been rivals in the marketing industry and two most recognizable names in soft drinks. Together they produce the #1 (Coca Cola)‚ #2 (Diet Coke) and #3 (Pepsi) soft drinks in the United States and each make tens of billions of dollars in profits every year. Since 1886‚ Coke has been going strong holding the award of "Best Soda Drink in the World." In 2011‚ Coke still beats Pepsi in sales and long-term taste tests. I totally agree because to
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They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings by Russel Durst Awesome They Say / I Say shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves‚ the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said (they say) to set up one’s own argument (I say). In addition to explaining the basic moves‚ this book provides writing templates that show students explicitly how to make these moves in their own writing. Now available in two versions‚ with and
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Is Life for us is better than it was for our forefathers? Day before Yesterday a mother got weepy when she wanted to see the face of her son‚ yesterday she weeps having son’s photo in hands and today she can get a smile after clicking a button for video conferences. Long days before people were living in caves and eating raw foods. When stone era moved forward then wooden homes cam and cooked food. Wooden era passed and semi developed era came; people became educated and followed many philosophies
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Mapmakers other than French‚ such as German and the English‚ at the time either didn’t have any details of the areas or produced somewhat corrupted information that they managed to get from the French knowledge. The main contrast to this was the founding of the Hudson Bay Company that‚ via an organized company developed an efficient system for gaining furs for England and produced good quality maps for areas well north of the Parry Sound area. The 1700s Throughout the entire 18th century very
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Renting an Apartment is a Better Option than Buying a House. Amanda Beaman COM 156 January 8‚ 2010 Sandie Melton Axia College of University of Phoenix Renting an Apartment is a Better Option than Buying a House. Would they think that renting is better than buying a house? I would have to choose renting over buying a house because buying is more responsibility and hassle. When renting and buying there are many advantages and disadvantages of
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