4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean‚ the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large‚ flat sails to pick up wind‚ and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The
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Ocean and marine dumping Again‚ think of the rubbish we all make each day. Paper waste‚ food waste‚ plastic‚ rubber‚ metallic and aluminum waste. In some countries‚ there are deposited into the sea. All these waste types take time to decompose. Example‚ it is know that paper takes about 6 weeks‚ aluminum takes about 200 years and glass takes even more. When these end up in the sea‚ they harm sea animals and cause a lot of deaths Oil Pollution Routine shipping‚ run-offs and dumping of oils on
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Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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Common Name- Blue Whale Scientific Name- Balaenoptera musculus Family- Balaenopteridae- derived from the French‚ rorqual meaning whale Related Species- Sei Whale‚ Humback Whale‚ Fin Whale‚ Bryde’s Whale‚ Eden’s Whale‚ Common Minke Whale‚ Antarctic Minke Whale‚ and Omura’s Whale. Family Traits- Members of the Family Balaenopteridae have a narrow elongated flipper‚ feed on crustaceans by gulping water and pushing it out through baleen plates‚ have a dorsal fin and gestation last from 11-12 months
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James Baldwin was a great story teller and preacher living in Harlem. He wrote many novels and Sonny’s Blues was one of them. Even thought this story was not his own biography it seems like James Baldwin was familiar with those chronicles‚ but the story was very interesting and moving as a black man living as minority. Sonny’s Blues is the story of a young black man in 1957‚ told by his older brother who is a teacher in a local high school in the heart of Harlem‚ New York. Sonny was a good boy gone
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served on the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board‚ and I currently serve on the board of the Oregon Wave Energy Trust. The United States is blessed with abundant MHK renewable resources from ocean waves and currents. For the continental United States‚ the potential MHK resource‚ dominated primarily by ocean waves‚ is
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Green economy 1. What is bad for you and the environment is cheap 2. What is good for you and good for the environment is expensive 3. Most people cant afford it 4. Not only is it expensive it isn’t any better for the environment Blue economy 1. Open your eyes to see what we have 2. Using what you thought was waste to create food energy and jobs 3. Poverty into development 4. Scarcity into abundance 5. Make a bigger cake to share 6. Starts with entrepreneurs
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Communication Page 1 Netflix Marketing Plan Industry Analysis There have been many changes in the ways people view movies. Since the invention of the VCR‚ people have been going to a store to rent the latest movie release or view a classic. Now with the advent of the Internet‚ people have many different media to view a movie. They can download from a website‚ view in a video player‚ or stream the video from a vendor’s website. This was made possible because of Netflix. Netflix pioneered the way
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Everybody knows‚ world-wide‚ about Netflix and that it is an online based company that a paid subscriber can go to‚ to watch movies‚ TV shows and original content produced by Netflix. A customer can either stream the media directly to their computer or handheld device or‚ select DVD’s to be delivered to their home. The most popular way to access Netflix is to stream media on a PC or handheld. Have you ever wondered how Netflix decides what to suggest for you to watch? What you might not know is that
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