I came across a café in Dempsey Hill that utilized a very interesting pricing practice: a Pay-What-You-Want pricing scheme. In other words‚ they had no price for their coffee‚ but the restaurant charged for their food. Being a typical Singaporean‚ I was very skeptical over this practice and various thoughts flooded through my mind: ‘this would never work!’ ‘Is the coffee poisonous?’ ‘Free ah? Really? What if no one pays!’ My brain simply could not fathom how such a mechanism would work‚ and I sincerely
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Brief Summary: The book‚ To Know a Fly by Vincent G. Dethier‚ is about a scientist who fell in love with the fly. Professor Dethier isn’t like most scientists who are idolized for their accomplishments and rejected for the lack of ability to communicate with society. He was known for being an outstanding researcher‚ and he also had the wonderful gift of communication. The fact that he was fascinated by the knowledge that could be obtained from such a simple species‚ such as the fly‚ also made him
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HATE CRIMES: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW & WHAT YOU CAN DO! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank members of the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee for their expert feedback and contributions. Author A. Renwick‚ MPA 2009 November "The AHCC is supported by the Stollery Community Foundation and Butler Foundation" 2 INDEX Why this guide? 4 What is a hate or bias incident? 5 What is a hate or bias crime? 5 How do hate or bias crimes and incidents impact me? 6 Who commits hate crimes? 7 Why do they
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What Makes Me Want to Buy Something . People often buy a lot of things daily . They sometimes don’t know why they want to buy something ‚ but they say it depends on their needs . However ‚ some people buy products for no reason . There are many factors that can affect people’s mind and make them want to buy a certain product . The most important is advertising which plays a vital role in convincing people to buy something . I myself buy products which can grab my attention through
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generally does not occur in the skin of the face or scalp. The burrows are created by excavation of the adult mite in the epidermis.[4] In most people‚ the trails of the burrowing mites show as linear or s-shaped tracks in the skin‚ often accompanied by what appear as rows of small pimple-like mosquito or insect bites. These signs are often found in crevices of the body‚ such as on the webs of fingers and toes‚ around the genital area‚ and under the breasts of women.[5] Symptoms typically appear two to
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by Nicholas Carr‚ The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Google is restructuring the human mind for its own purposes‚ forof faster information extraction and retrieval. The fact that Google is doing this is wrong‚ because we should be able to do more than parse through data as quickly as possible. Google has been conditioning our minds to be able to go through data faster‚ to click on more links‚ and to make them more money. However‚ the human mind shouldn’t be trained to just go
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We cannot know what God is like In most religions‚ there is a creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority‚ more commonly known as God. The problem most people have upon the existence of God is that God has not shown God’s physical being to anyone. This also creates the problem when it comes to knowing what God is like. Most Muslims say that we can know what God/Allah is like through scriptures and messengers (Prophets) which are able to tell us what God is like. The Prophet
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The five-part essay is a step up from the five-paragraph essay. Often called the "persuasive" or "argumentative" essay‚ the five-part essay is more complex and accomplished‚ and its roots are in classical rhetoric. The main difference is the refinement of the "body" of the simpler five-paragraph essay. The five parts‚ whose names vary from source to source‚ are typically represented as: Introduction a thematic overview of the topic‚ and introduction of the thesis; Narration a review of the background
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In the past few centuries there have been a handful of books written that offer up ideas about humanity that are so completely new to a reader but are so completely convincing that they can force a reader to take a step back and assess all that they know to be true about their life and their purpose. Daniel Quinn has succeeded in creating such a book in Ishmael‚ a collection of new ideas about man‚ his evolution‚ and the "destiny" that keeps him captive. When I began reading Ishmael I was amazed
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Book Review: What the Best CEOs Know Michael R. Hummel Wayland Baptist University Leadership and Management Development‚ MGMT 5306-VC01 Submitted to Dr. Kelly Warren September 10‚ 2011 What the Best CEOs Know was chosen by this reader due to Jeffrey Krames’ reputation‚ prior writings‚ and the fact that several of these CEOs are considered shining examples of the modern CEO. Krames takes an in-depth look at the modern icons of business leadership: Michael Dell of Dell Computer‚ Bill Gates
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