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    Italian Culture

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    In a way‚ we can say that Italy is a perfect place for various kinds of tourists‚ who can enjoy all types of natural environments (lake‚ sea and mountains). In the matter of natural beauty ‚we can’t forget the beautiful beaches of Sardinia and Sicily‚ the grandeur of its three volcanoes (Mount Etna with its 3.343 meters is the highest in Europe) ‚ the beautiful Como’s and Garda’s lakes‚ and finally the Alps and the Dolomites. There’s something to suit everybody’s fancy! Talking about his culture

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    tomorrow within a given society. For example: Is killing wrong? Usually it is. But–and this is a big but–according to Thorsten Sellin‚ author of The Conflict of Conduct Norms‚ cites an example in which a father kills the seducer of his daughter. "In Sicily‚ killing a seducer is acceptable; in the United States it is considered murder" (pg.70-74). Or is killing wrong when it’s done in self-defense as‚ for example‚ a woman being viciously raped? Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla‚ in Convicted Rapists’ Vocabulary

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    Military theory spans centuries of conflict all across the world. As such‚ military theorists have written in a variety of military climates‚ varying from the absence of gun powder to the presence of nuclear weapons. However‚ some military theories are transcendent. Some elements of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz are eternally wise. While their similarities may become universal truths‚ their differences are equally worthy of study because‚ it is in the differences where choices are made. Sun Tzu and Clausewitz

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    fortified wines

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    Fortified wines 9 April 2012 BAC-2126 Beverage Knowledge-II: Wines - Sujata Patil 1 Fortified wines • Definition – A fortified wine is a wine that is "fortified" with additional alcohol that’s been added to the base wine during fermentation‚ bringing the average alcohol content up around 17-20%. – Fortified wines can be either dry or sweet (with the middle-ground of medium-sweet or mediumdry covered in virtually all types of fortified wine categories). 9 April 2012 BAC-2126

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    disease had been endemic in various locations in Asia for centuries‚ flaring up occasionally‚ with any of these locations being the possible origin from which the Black Death began. The first recorded appearance of the plague in Europe was in Messina‚ Sicily in October 1347 (“The Black Death”). It arrived on trading ships‚ likely coming from the Black sea‚ past

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    Helen of Troy can be found as the heroine in epics. In Homer ’s Iliad‚ she was the main cause of the Trojan War. As a goddess‚ it ’s only natural that Helen would have sanctuaries made for her. Sanctuaries could be found in ancient Greece‚ Palestine‚ Sicily‚ Turkey (where Troy was said to be located)‚ and Egypt. Helen was thought of as a divine figure because she represented beauty‚ sexual attraction‚ and the troubling power of women. If one were to examine and research Helen ’s entire story‚ he or she

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    Rome History

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    Earliest history There is archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from approximately 14‚000 years ago‚ but the dense layer of much younger debris obscures Palaeolithic and Neolithic sites.[21] Evidence of stone tools‚ pottery and stone weapons attest to about 10‚000 years of human presence. Several excavations support the view that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built above the area of the future Roman Forum. While some archaeologists argue that Rome

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    Bycatch

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    means species/sizes/sexes of fish which are discarded‚” (2008‚ July 29). The FAO Corporate Document Repository (2000) stated‚ “Majority of these catches‚ however‚ originates from the Sicilian Channel during high summer‚ being due to trawlers based in Sicily” (para. 10). My plan is to sustain by reducing the amount of Bycatch and developing uses for the Bycatch that remains. Making sure that the community agrees with me‚ which we can stop killing off the different species in the ocean or find a better

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    History of Tourism

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    With no foreign borders between England and Syria‚ and with the seas safe from piracy due to the Roman patrols‚ conditions favoring travel had arrived. Roman coinage was acceptable everywhere‚ and Latin was the common language. Romans travelled to Sicily‚ Greece‚ Rhodes‚ and Troy‚ Egypt and from the third century AD‚ to the Holy Land. Domestic tourism also flourished within the Roman Empire. Second homes were built by the wealthy within easy travelling distance

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    Michael Corleone

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    Michael Corleone is a fictional character that appears in Mario Puzo’s novels and film adaptations The Godfather. In the films‚ the famous actor Al Pacino plays the character of Michael Corleone‚ and this character is one of the most famous and widely recognized characters in the world. Michael Corleone is the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone‚ the head of the Corleone family in New York. He has two older brothers‚ Sonny and Fredo‚ and a younger sister Connie. Corleone was introduced into the novel

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