In “Tourists Could Destroy Venice—If Floods Don’t First” by Simon Worrall‚ a Venetian named Settis explains how the city of Venice could become lost. To begin with‚ important representatives of the city have thought about opening Venice as a theme park. However‚ Settis argues that tourist should not have to pay to explore the city and that the city itself can tell its own history because of its beauty. Also‚ he is a strong believer that Venice should not be famous for its tourism‚ but for the first
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Why We Should not Complain God has given each and every one of us a chance at life. I am thrilled to say I have been granted with a great family and friends‚ a roof over my head‚ delicious food to eat on a daily basis‚ and coffee to wake me up every single morning. Not everyone on this earth currently has all the opportunities that most people I know have. Every single morning‚ I wake up to the excruciating sound of my alarm clock going off‚ and get ready. Once I complete my morning tasks‚ I tell
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for some reasons. We have seen a lot of cases of “computer irritations‚” a situation where slow‚ inefficient computer systems have tested people’s patience and ended up in people slamming on the keyboard and banging the CPU. Moreover‚ the unreasonable expectations posed on people‚ added with the existing tension caused by technology and time eventually tensed up people’s minds and made them want to vent their accumulated anger to anyone‚ or anything‚ around them. The fact that we have lost our sense
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Why we study literature‚ and its influence on the 21st century. Man has for many centuries‚ used literature as a medium to express his thoughts‚ to educate and inform the masses‚ and literature has been used as a textual tool for pleasure. With the coming and strong influences of the ‘Technological New Age’‚ the fundamentals of literature (reading to educate oneself) have been side tracked to make way for mass media and giant companies that produce technological gadgets such as cellular phones
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Why We Conform To The Groups We Are A Part Of Matt Gerry 14040633 4/2/13 Most people on this Earth are part of some group‚ whether they believe it or not. They have a group of friends‚ family‚ or co-workers whom they share a lot of time and space with. These groups that we are part of in our daily lives have a huge impact on our decision making. Chances are high that if the group an individual is a part of feels that option A is better than option B‚ the individual will think as their group
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The book Why We Buy by Paco Underhill expresses massive depth in knowledge and understandings of their research on shopper’s behavior on why and how people shop. His company Envirosell‚ researched actual behaviors of each customer at stores‚ and by using their trackers‚ they recorded every detailed actions shopper made in the stores. This book was divided into five parts‚ the science of shopping‚ mechanics of shopping‚ demographics‚ dynamics of shopping and last the culture of shopping. It delivered
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Did you know that we consume one-third of our life sleeping? Or‚ that we change from periods of deep sleep to periods of light sleep about five times during the night? Or‚ that we only dream during the period of light sleep‚ which is usually around morning hours? Not even the most prestigious scientists know exactly why people dream but there are a few explanations in the works. Scientists have proven‚ though‚ that on average people dream three to five times during an eight hour sleep. There are
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Why We Can’t Wait In Martin Luther King’s Why We Can’t Wait‚ he is depicting the many oppressions that the African-American people faced throughout the 1960’s. He allows us to journey along with the young boy from Harlem and the young girl from Birmingham as they overcome the many obstacles they are faced with daily. One of King’s primary purposes for writing this book was to have its reader empathize with the boy and girl. He wanted you to take a walk in the little boy and girl’s shoes. He
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Thom Wiens and Pete Block Rudy Wiebe’s novel‚ Peace Shall Destroy Many‚ tells of a story that takes place in the heart of Saskatchewan and describes the problems of a Mennonite community. There are many contrasting beliefs in this Mennonite community. Beliefs about traditions‚ the Métis‚ and war going on around them. These beliefs come up within two characters in this novel‚ Thom Wiens‚ and Pete Block. These two friends have many things in common‚ yet throughout the novel‚ their differences
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Why We Should All Recycle Waste‚ and how we choose to handle it‚ can have a profound effect on the environment (assonance). In America‚ 23% of people don’t recycle anything and although 23% may not appear as a large number (litote)‚ that’s still 2 pine trees worth of paper a year for each person. And while 77% do recycle‚ it’s not always consistent. Recycling is undeniably something we should all participate in—an individual effort— like “exercising” (simile). While some of us
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