The Victor Diamond Mine When Land Can Be Worth More than Diamonds SCN1Dd Prepared by Eric Best Prepared for Mr. Grieg & Mrs. Chan March 4th 2012 The Victor Diamond Mine near James Bay in Northern Ontario rose lots of controversy over the environmental‚ economic‚ and social issues created by the mine. While the company that owns the mine‚ De Beers‚ says that the new mine will bring Canada new revenue and will boost the economy‚ the people of the Attawapiskat First Nation are in discontent
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The discovery of copper does not have an exact date. Copper is said to be a prehistoric element. This element was said to be first discovered around 8000BC. The ancient civilizations started to take the copper out of the ore they found around 4000BC. This is when copper started to be put to good use. Early civilizations discovered that copper is malleable and is sharp. They realized they could make copper into tools and weapons. This was easier than the stone that they were originally using. This
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The decision to release an inmate early has been a much debated topic for quite some time. Lately‚ Washington‚ State’s criminal-justice system‚ or lack of it has received much criticism from the public because of the tragic death of four Lakewood police officers who lost their lives when an inmate was let out of jail early. Today the question remains whether inmates should be released early or not. Some people believe courts are demonstrating a lack of judicial restraint when rendering a decision
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Two of the most well known economic events overt the last decade are the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and the emergence of the market economy in China. They both changed for the citizens.but they differed in the form of government they wished to achieve and the reasons why their governments failed and needed to change . China changed to do something about the poor of their country‚ while Russia was more focused on their upper working classes. Strikes and food riots broke out in Russia
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Dominick Prince Partner: Ryan Potts Reactions of Copper Due: Monday January 14‚ 2013 Beginning of Class Block: 5 Purpose / Safety: Purpose: 1. Observe some chemical reaction of copper and its compounds. 2. Write word and formula equations to represent these reactions. Safety: 1. Wear goggles and a lab apron or coat. 2. Tie back long hair and secure loose clothing before working with an open flame. 3. Corrosive substance; avoid contact with skin‚ eyes‚ and clothing
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The internal environment: * Strategic competitiveness and above – Average returns result when Internal organization (What a firm can do : function of resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies) matches External environment ( What a firm might do : function of opportunities in the firm’s external environment → Competitive Advantage * Competitive advantage key points: * No competitive advantage lasts forever. * Over time‚ rival use their own unique resources‚ capabilities‚ and
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MontGras: Export Strategy for a Chilean Wine To what extent can MontGras control its own market position‚ as opposed to being dominated by the country-of-origin effect‚ and be perceived as a “Chilean Wine”? The country-of-origin effect in this case has a large influence on how consumers perceive wine from this particular part of the world. However‚ I firmly believe there is room for MontGras to control its own market position. Even though the country-of-origin effect in this case has a large
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A COMPARISON OF ALUMINUM VS. COPPER AS USED IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Larry Pryor‚ P.E. – Sr. Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial Rick Schlobohm‚ P.E. – Sr. Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial Bill Brownell‚ P.E – Specification Engineer‚ GE Consumer & Industrial ABSTRACT The debate over the pros and cons of aluminum vs. copper conductors has been discussed for many years. Many of the concerns are based on old information and also misinformation. These concerns center on the
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off of the measuring devices. For this experiment‚ we followed the procedures as indicated in the lab manual. Data Copper Rod Measurements Trial 1 2 3 4 Length (m) 0.601 0.6 0.601 0.6 Diameter (caliper-m) 0.0006 0.00065 0.0006
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Product Release Notes: NComputing vSpace® Server 6.6.2.3 for L-series‚ M-series and vSpace Client Product: NComputing vSpace Server for L-series and M-series devices and vSpace Client Version: 6.6.2.3 This release supports 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1‚ Windows MultiPoint Server® 2011 (WMS)‚ and single user instances of Windows 7 SP1* (32- and 64-bit) Note: this release does NOT support any other earlier 64-bit or 32-bit Windows operating systems (e.g. it does NOT support
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