Dear mayor brooks: i recently learned that our town plans to close the local swimming pool because of the need for budget cuts. this closing will be harmful to both the people who regularly use the pool and the entire community. closing the pool would hurt the community in a number of ways. young people swim at the pool every day in the summer, which gives them great exercise. furthermore, these kids are using their time constructively, rather than getting into trouble. keeping children productive the community because it keeps young people off the streets and out of trouble. i understand that the community needs to save money, but alternatives to closing the pool do exist. the town could increase membership rates at the swimming pool to make it more profitable. additionally, the town could cut spending from other programs such as the fall parade, which is one of the town's largest expenses. julia wrote a persuasive letter to her town's mayor to keep the community swimming pool open, despite the need for budget cuts. does julia's letter support her position? a) no, because it does not provide the name of the town's pool b) yes, because it reminds the mayor about the town's budget cuts eliminate c) yes, because it supports the idea that the pool improves the community d) no, because it does not give a personal example of how the pool her

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.