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    about the dot-com burst and he may grin at you as if to say‚ “What burst?” Rodriguez‚ a 38- years-old entrepreneur‚ owns an Internet business that sells loose diamond to various buyers. Business is booming for Rodriguez‚ In 2004‚ he has sales of $2.06 million-a 140 percent increase from 2003. Rodriguez’s database of almost 60000 diamonds is one of the largest and is valued‚ according to Rodriguez‚ at over $350 million. Needless to say‚ Oscar Rodriguez is optimistic about his business venture

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    How to Write Diamond Poem

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    How to Write Diamond Poems This is another way to be creative when it comes to writing poetry. For those of you who like to write poetry‚ here is a good example of a type of poem that when you’re finished‚ the words will form a diamond shape. I learned this lesson in a creative writing class I had taken last year. In fact‚ when I substitute teach‚ I use this as a creative writing lesson. The students love it‚ and when they are finished writing their poems‚ I allow them to use the computer because

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    Starbucks Case Study Arenas Product: Coffee drinks; paraphernalia for the preparation of coffee; breakfast menu(some locations); Frappuccino; Ice cream Market: A high income segment of young and college educated adults; a group that tends towards higher luxury consumption levels Geography: Globally Core Technology: Marketing and Branding; Standardization of product Value of Creation: Strict quality controls in its coffee sourcing and customer service; Free Wi-Fi; cozy atmosphere; rich taste

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    follow a diamond’s global path to market. Below:   1. The search for diamonds is not exactly easy. Many miners and diamond diggers in sub-Saharan Africa travel great distances to find work and submit to gruelingly long hours for low wages – or sometimes no wages – in substandard conditions. The informal mining industry is where workers tend to be most exploited. In the Wild West atmosphere of many informal diamond mines‚ the quest for the “big find” – and the financial gain it promises – is

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    According to Jared Diamond‚ what are the “roots of inequality” and what role has these played in the division of the world into ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’? Explain. 1. I believe that the root of inequality is the location. In certain parts of the world some societies live in places that have a vast amount of resources to live from‚ whereas other areas societies are forced to live in areas where the land lacks the amount of food needed to provide for the community. When the community puts all its time

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    novel‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the author‚ Elie Wiesel uses rather more refined language in his novel to describe things. The words that were more straightforward than other words he used were articulate than Irene Weisberg Zisblatt’s novel The Fifth Diamond. He would use words like thus‚ tumult‚ liquidated‚ transcended‚ all of which are words that the more eloquent use rather than the words that we use in the common English language. His flowery language was beautiful and was a nice touch‚ and made the

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    Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies and Soft Drink Joaquin Angles BUS 508 The Business Enterprise 04/23/2010 The company produces specialty pies and sells them in local supermarkets and select family restaurants. In each of the first six months‚ Shelly and three part time employees sold 2‚000 pies for $4.50 each‚ netting a profit of $1.50 per pie. The pies were quite successful and Shelly could not keep up with demand. The company ’s success results from a quality product and productive employees who

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    I think that the NASW code of ethics is adequate in explaining what is expected of a social worker in their career. There is plenty of information on how to behave‚ what is to be expected of a social worker‚ why a social worker must behave ethically and morally correct‚ and who the social worker is here to help. However I do not think that the code has enough information on what will happen to a social worker if they are caught behaving unethically‚ or immorally. In my opinion there could be a little

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    There are many mini-themes that go on through this movie. Some of the ones I picked up on are Roses’ cancer seems to be a continuing theme throughout the movie‚ as well as themes of loyalty and judgement. Rose’s mother died of cancer in the movie‚ and the neighbours have developed cancers as well. At the end of the movie Ginny thinks the causes of these cancers stem from the contaminated water system in Zebulon County. Even after the movie is over you find this theme still resonating in your mind

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    OCTOBER 1992 ISSUE The Arrow of Disease When Columbus and his successors invaded the Americas‚ the most potent weapon they carried was their germs. But why didn’t deadly disease flow in the other direction‚ from the New World to the Old? By Jared Diamond|Thursday‚ October 01‚ 1992 The three people talking in the hospital room were already stressed out from having to cope with a mysterious illness‚ and it didn’t help at all that they were having trouble communicating. One of them was the patient‚

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