Venice is famous as a heritage city and attracts visitors across the world by its elegant architecture. According to statistics there were a steadily growing number of tourists in the past. In 1952 approximately 500 000 tourists spent 1.2 million bed nights in Venice. The visitors had increased to 1.21 million until 1992 and used up 2.68 million bed nights which kept presenting huge business opportunities (Glasson‚ Godfrey & Goodey 1997; Page 2007). However‚ it cannot be denied that there still exists
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TATA NANO – THE REVOLUTIONARY INDIAN CAR!!! INTRODUCTION The Tata Nano is a proposed city car — a small‚ affordable‚ rear-engined‚ four-passenger car aimed primarily at the Indian market. It was first presented by India’s Tata Motors at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10‚ 2008‚ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi‚ India. It is priced at Rs 100‚000 (appx. US $ 2200). INNOVATIVE ASPECT IN DESIGN The Tata Nano responds to the crucial Indian design issue of affordability (it is priced at Rs one lakh)
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Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice Death in Venice (1912) is a novella by Thomas Mann. It is the story of Gustave von Aschenbach‚ a successful German writer‚ who has lived a life of personal discipline and dedication to his art. He is a renowned novelist‚ who has devoted intense effort toward having a successful career as a writer. He lives a solitary life. His wife is dead‚ his daughter is married. One day‚ Aschenbach takes a walk from his home in Munich to a park that leads to a cemetery. As he is
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British merchants were greatly affected by the colonists determined boycott protests‚ that they begged parliament to stop the Stamp Act. February 1766‚ the Act was canceled. But the British didn’t stop‚ they were resilient and came up with newer Acts and ways of taxing the American colonies. The British parliament passed Acts such as the Declaratory Act‚ the Townshend Act‚ the Tea Act and the Coercive Act that further angered the colonists by making them feel restricted‚ ignored and unfairly treated
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Stephen Patton Legal Brief #1 18SEPT2011 1. Case Name‚ Citation‚ and Court Siegel v. New England Merchants National Bank‚ 386 Mass. 672‚ 437 N.E.2d 218‚ Web 1982 Mass. Lexis 1559 (Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts) 2. Key Facts A. David Siegel maintained a checking account with New England Massachusetts National Bank. B. On September 14‚ Siegel drew and delivered a $20‚000 check payable to Peter Peters. C. The check was dated November 14. D. Peters deposited the check
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the attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins until about 1500 have changed over time in both Islamic and Christian point of views. The "missing voices" or missing documents that would have helped make my essay answer the question more fully and complete is two journal entries or documents of an average class standard persons’ point of view on an Islamic and Christians’ disposition towards merchants and trade from the religions’ origins. I have
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TV‚ to movies‚ to the internet. One might think that in the early centuries‚ such disregard for the privacy and dignity of the sexual act never existed. But as we can see in Ruggiero’s The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice‚ historical facts beg to differ. By using criminal records‚ he takes us into a world that‚ although it is many centuries long ago‚ is much like today’s society in their way of committing sexual crimes and sexual behavior. In my opinion‚ Ruggiero does
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until about 1500‚ the two religions began with two different opinions of merchants‚ but grew together as time went on. As the two religions reached the 1500’s‚ their view of merchants became almost identical. In the beginning of each religion‚ Christianity and Islam had very different views on merchants and traders. In the New Testament of the Bible‚ hatred is shown towards wealth and merchants. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle‚ than for a rich
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Desdemona as a victim in The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is widely known for his famous plays‚ sonnets‚ and other works including the tragedy. In The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚ many characters are unjustly victimized. Throughout the play‚ Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona‚ is a victim of many false statements that lead to her ultimate death. In the beginning‚ Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father‚ believes that Desdemona is a victim under a spell
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The Crystal Merchant became a good friend to Santiago because he gave him a chance. In return‚ Santiago helped make the Crystal Merchant’s store successful again. The merchant did not like to take risks and did not like change. He was a religious man. His fear was fulfilling the fifth obligation in his Muslim religion‚ which was to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. He feared making the trip because he believed that once he achieved this dream‚ he would have nothing else to live for. “Because it’s
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