and medicine are some of the products that come from the rainforest. Food- Although we have sampled only a tiny fraction of the potential foods that the rainforests offer‚ they already have a big influence on our diet. An huge number of fruits (bananas)‚ vegetables (peppers)‚ nuts (cashews)‚ drinks (coffee)‚ oils (palm)‚ flavourings (cocoa‚ vanilla‚ sugar‚ spices) and other foods (beans‚ fish) originated in and around the rainforest. Medicine- Many of the Western medicines that we use today are
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’m cuddly and cute and live high in the trees And most of the day I spend eating the leaves The tree is my home and for me it’s a treat Its green leaves are the only things I eat. Who am I? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I walk sideways in the sand by the deep blue sea Away from the waves which keep chasing me I hide in a shell‚ which
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"A great battle lost or won is easily described‚ understood‚ and appreciated‚ but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection‚ as well as observation‚ to appreciate it." --Frederick Douglass‚ 1864 "So they sought first to deprive the day [Memorial Day] of any significance to the living. Only the manhood and valor of the dead were to be commemorated. The dead were to be mourned; the cause for which they died forgotten. There was no other way by which the desired object could be accomplished
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Threat of New Competition & Intensity of Competitive Rivalry Domestic competitors: According to exhibit one in the case‚ firecrackers and fireworks total revenue in China increased 36.01 percent from 2007 to 2009. As the hometown of firecrackers and fireworks in China‚ Liuyang naturally had increased revenue in firecrackers and fireworks. The revenue went up 68.33 percent from 750‚000‚000 USD to 1‚262‚500‚000 USD. Moreover‚ fireworks industry is a low- technology and traditional industry. The
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Final Case Brief Problem/Challenge Statement Chiquita is blamed for the actions of two terrorist organizations that extorted money from the company. Victims and their families of the attacks performed by these two terrorist organizations are looking for compensation from Chiquita‚ claiming that the company is responsible for making those attacks happen. Chiquita has to make a decision whether or not to take the responsibility for the actions performed by the two organizations. Key Facts/Background
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Greetings‚ my fellow visitors‚ today‚ I would like to recommend a few local dishes which you might want to indulge yourself while you are here. Firstly‚ I would like to recommend you an intercontinental dish known as… Chilli Crab Chilli Crab‚ also known as Singapore’s unofficial “national dish” is cooked in various ways. The most common style is done with chilli and sweet-sour sauce ribboned with beaten egg. My favourite way and probably the most common‚ is to eat it with French bread or Chinese
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Midterm Terrorist Payments Alex McAdams was offered to join the Board of directors of Consolidated Mines International Inc. CMI’s revenue for 2004 was approximateley $4.5 billion dollars and it employs about 25‚000 people worldwide. It operates mines located in Central America and northern South America. In deciding whether to accept the board seat Alex needs to consider allegations of questionable business practices. Also‚ political unrest in several of the Latin American countries has pushed
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The purpose of this analysis is to estimate the optimal number of cashiers that should be kept open in a retail store to minimize costs and‚ consequently‚ maximize profits. To conduct this study‚ we have chosen the largest retailer in the world; Wal-Mart. Everyone has experienced waiting in line‚ whether at a retail store‚ on the phone for technical help‚ at the doctor’s office or in the drive-through lane of a bank. Sometimes‚ it is a pleasant experience‚ but many times it can be extremely frustrating
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painting of her beloved sycamore tree‚ Juli’s dad tells her‚ “I want the spirit of that tree to be with you always. I want you to remember how you felt when you were up there.” The sycamore tree means so much to Juli that her eyes fill with tears when she sees the painting‚ and‚ throughout Wendelin Van Draanen’s book Flipped‚ the sycamore tree is full of meaning. In Flipped‚ the sycamore tree symbolizes multiple points in the development of Juli’s character. In the sycamore tree‚ Juli gains courage and determination
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Before humans the days were warm‚ the were mountain and valleys with rivers the flowed though them the grass was green. Greener then what it will be again. There were berry bushes and Trees that had all sorts of fruit on them‚ like apples‚ bananas‚ mangoes and oranges. The rivers were sparkling blue and flowed through the mountains like birds fly though the sky. The sky’s had very little clouds and the sun was shining bright. But then the humans came. Animals were the cutest things ever
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