has allowed me to realize a lot about the process of integration of the immigrants in Italy. For me‚ the process of immigration in this country is very reflective of both the Italian people’s attitudes towards immigration as well as the current state of their governmental affairs. What I have realized is that while the Italian people are generally opposed to the influx of foreign people and cultures‚ the disorganized state of their national government is not capable of keeping these immigrants out
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(1) Sales‚ Sales Growth (Hint: Use Revenue Line) Sales Amount in USD; Growth in percentage. | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SALES | 1‚331‚968‚000 | 1‚518‚417‚000 | 1‚835‚922‚000 | 2‚269‚548‚000 | 2‚731‚224‚000 | SALES GROWTH | ------ | 13.99 | 20.91 | 23.61 | 20.34 | (2) Gross Margins (Hint: Restaurant Operating Costs Lines for COGS) Gross Margin = (Sales – COGS) / Sales; Expressed in % | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SALES | 1‚331‚968‚000 | 1‚518‚417
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Anthony Wilson 11/10/2014 Italian Neorealism As cultures progress‚ cinema will always revive its past‚ mirror its present‚ and predict its future. Throughout history‚ cultures have inspired new waves of film. Filmmaking has reflected cultural decades of every era. Whether through non-fiction or fiction‚ films still establish the principle of human psyche. From America’s popular westerns in the 1920s to Italy’s neorealist films in the ‘40s-‘50s‚ films have been created to emulate the conditions
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ours‚ this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it‚ hey‚ that’s great. But it’s very‚ very unpredictable. There’s so many ways you can screw it up” (“Famous Mob Quotes.” 1). Despite public misconception of the Italian Mafia‚ it has not always been the murderous‚ cold-hearted killers known today. The Mafia actually began as a way of protection. When the government took advantage over the common people‚ the Mafia would take the law into their own hands. The organization
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The Italian Lira is a fairly new currency with roots that lie deep within Italian culture. The word "lira" is actually derived from the Latin word "libra"‚ meaning pound‚ making it a distant cousin to that of the British pound sterling. The lira was a monetary unit long before it existed as a coin or note. The lira made its first appearance in the hands of bankers‚ merchants and consumers in Venice in 1472‚ put in place by Doge Nicolas Tron. The Venice lira set a trend for large silver coins with
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Vince Lombardi ’s statement that "winning is the only thing that matters in sport"‚ is one of the truths that are inherent in the world of sports. Athletes are willing to cheat to guarantee success‚ either through the use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ or through the act of injuring others. Lombardi ’s statement not only applies to athletes‚ but it also applies to countries that athletes are representing. Events such as the Olympics and the World Cup of Hockey are a source of national pride and
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Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance began in the Middle ages in the great city’s and state’s of Italy. Italian merchants and political officials supported and appointed the great artists of the day‚ because of this the products of the Renaissance grew up inside their own walls. The most powerful city’s and state’s were Florence‚ The Papal States‚ Venice‚ and Milan. Each of these states grew up with its own distinctive character‚mostly caused by the differences between their government
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ITALIAN STEREOTYPES Stereotypes always tend to have some truth mixed in with a few generalisations and a bit of exaggeration. Here a small list that Italians usually do in their life. The typically Italian man has dark eyes and a dark complexion‚ with black hair. He is very passionate and lazy and he works in factory or into an office. The typical Italian woman has a round shape. She is very charming and she works as housewife. The Italians usually live in flats in the city. They pay
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Sonya Black‚ Sidney Frey‚ Diana Zuniga The Italian Unification The Italian Unification was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century. Young Italy is a nationalist group created to fight for unification of the separate Italian states. The two prominent figures in the unification were Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. The two powerful monarchic figures included Count Cavour and
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official EU language: Italian Italy is mainly mountainous‚ except for the Po plain in the north‚ and runs from the Alps to the central Mediterranean Sea. It includes the islands of Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ Elba and about 70 other smaller ones. There are two small independent states within peninsular Italy: the Vatican City in Rome‚ and the Republic of San Marino. The centre of the vast Roman Empire which left a huge archaeological‚ cultural and literary heritage‚ the Italian peninsula saw the birth
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