growth. This phenomenon called ’Resource Curse’‚ is the essence of the theme captured by the documentary Blood Diamonds‚ focusing on the human cost of the illicit global diamond trade. Set in the period of 1990’s‚ the documentary explores various factors that led to the violence‚ tells vivid details of suffering‚ and speaks with the organizations that eventually exposed the link between diamonds and brutal African conflicts. Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations on Earth. The average income of
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ease to their desired destination. It can be used to move your things or carry groceries to your home‚ but the question of the matter is who originally made the first car? This question does not have a straightforward answer. The history of the automobile is very rich and dates back to the 15th century when Leonardo da Vinci was creating designs and models for transport vehicles. HISTORY OF A CAR 1769 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the very first steam powered vehicle that only had three wheels
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Blood Diamonds outline i. Title (critical analysis of Blood diamonds) a. Blood diamonds refers how the collection of diamonds are possessed from rebels who murder and enslave their own innocent people to mine the diamonds in Sierra Leone. The diamonds are later sold illegally for ammunition for the rebel known as RUF. The title of relates to the film by the presenting how corrupt businesses and leaders use their powers to excavate diamonds from a country’s ongoing civil war and only escalate
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Threats of potential entrants The threats of new entrants in the computer hardware industry‚ which is dominated by PC’s‚ are currently low in the U.S. domestic markets but are capable of achieving market share in foreign markets. In the fourth quarter of the PC market in 2006‚ the U.S. domestic industry recorded 3% unit growth. Although the industry is providing positive numbers‚ it is controlled by 5 key manufacturers that construct a barrier to entry for smaller computer manufacturers. Each
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Revision Q1) Porter`s Five Forces Strategies for overcoming the influencers. * Threat of new entrants * A way of trying to eliminate threat of new entrants would be to create economies of scale. This approach would make it harder for new entrants to reach high scale production‚ as they would have higher costs. This is what Samsung and Apple are trying to do at the moment‚ by building large economies of scale. But at the same time‚ ZTE a Chinese company‚ started selling the cheapest Android
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This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious
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Diamond in the Data Mine by Gary Loveman The approach that Loveman used was highly effective outlining the importance of providing an exceptional customer service in today’s service industry through deep data mining. This article discussed 2 main points: * How Harrah’s Entertainment used information technologies to gather data about its customers and market effectively to them‚ in turn increasing their revenues in a competitive market.
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First Book Critique: Collapse by Jared Diamond Collapse‚ written by Jared Diamond‚ shows how environmental problems in today are connected with many of the same environmental reasons of collapse in ancient civilizations. Diamond wrote this book to show that if people don’t take care of the land while there is time‚ the whole world could end up collapsing just like many other ancient civilizations. Instead of starting in the past‚ Diamond goes to the present time to show people that there are
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his personal values like Rodriguez being an entrepreneur and an optimistic individual. Another factor would be that Rodriguez bettered himself by attending community college receiving his diamonds grading certificate shortly after graduation. Working at a local jewelry store‚ Rodriguez gained knowledge of diamonds and used that information to open his own business acting as a connection point between buyers and sellers over the internet. Along with all the characteristics Rodriguez possesses‚ Rodriguez
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soldier of fortune and diamond smuggler Danny Archer notes‚ well‚ archly in Blood Diamond -- no need to concern oneself overly about it; best to make the best of it you can and get out while the gettin’s good... and gettin’ out doesn’t necessarily mean for the long term. Danny is not a man worried about the future. Cigarettes‚ another character informs the chain-smoking Archer‚ will kill ya. "Yeah‚" he snarks. "If I survive." There are a lot of reasons to be enthralled by Blood Diamond‚ Edward Zwick’s
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