Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and
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During the 1920s‚ America had given rise to one of the most influential and meaningful times in our history‚ however‚ the dramatic rise also cultivated numerous problems that eventually led to a huge crash in our stock market. After WWI‚ American industry had flourished‚ as many postwar eras call for. Government adopted a laissez faire policy in which businesses regulated themselves‚ without government intervention. Resultingly‚ businesses became a lot more profitable
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Tourism in India: With a view to earning foreign exchange India wants to develop her tourist-industry. Since a pretty long time Kashmir has become a regular receiver of tourists. Innumerable number of people come from abroad to visit this prettiest place of India. Most of the people of Kashmir earn their bread and fortune by dealing with the tourists in various ways getting money from the tourists through hotels‚ restaurants‚ rest houses‚ boat-houses‚ conveyances and by hawking‚ peddling and guiding
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of crude oil‚ natural gas‚ refining and marketing of the petroleum products‚ which are classified as upstream‚ downstream and midstream. Industrial Research on India - Oil & Gas Sector July 2012‚ BIM Trichy Arjun Venugopal‚ Divakaran‚ Revathy Prasad‚ Sreejesh N‚ Vincent Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Government of India Domestic Production Natural Gas (52.22 bcm) Petroleum (37.7 MMT) Imports Natural Gas (13 bcm) Petroleum (87.97 MMT) Upstream Pipelines (174.96 MMTPA‚ 19300
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10. CybAero AB Porter Five Forces analysis (Aerospace and Defense Industry) Threat of substitute products and services: MEDIUM There are currently many alternatives to aircraft travel‚ including cars‚ rail‚ and ship. Depending on distance‚ air travel has a significant advantage as far as speed and convenience. High speed rail may be a significant competitor. Also‚ as more people use the internet to teleconference‚ air travel may become less necessary in the business community. Other aerospace products
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Remuneration and Working Conditions in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries Introduction Tourism and hospitality organisations need many different things for them to function‚ the most important of these things being their employees. However to ensure that they can keep and retain their employees there are many things that an organisation needs to employ; this includes the concepts of remuneration and working conditions. It is for this reason that this essay will examine the concept of remuneration
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the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. There are many ways how disabled people can be affected in this area such as discrimination in employment‚ discrimination in being the customer‚ false advertisement and lack of support and facilities in the business. Whether it’s a mental disability such as dyslexic or a physical disability such as partially-sighted it can have an effect on both. For many in the tourism and hospitality world disabled people means wheelchair users‚ it ’s worth pointing out that
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Bathroom Fittings and Fixtures Industry Industry overview: The bathroom fittings industry which was not given much importance till a few years back in India has suddenly picked up. This has mainly happened due to the rising income of the people‚ rapid urbanization‚ and growth in the class conscious middle class. The Bathroom fittings industry in India is among the most booming industries in the country. Every year companies are coming up with new products or refurbishing old products with new designs
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CONTINUE: 11-03-2013 Key concepts in learning: * Subject * Learner * Teacher * Context FORMAL STRUCTURE | V/S | COMMUNICATIVE STRUCTURE | Morphemes‚ sentences‚ rules | | Language is not possible without interaction.Language is meaningful. | Saussure: Parole‚ Langue | | Hymes: Linguistic competence context (what‚ whom‚ when) | Form | | Looks for the function of the language instead of the form | Alternative view: Problem PosingCritical systemIt gives real problems to
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Turkey Tourism Industry 2014 Q1 Report In BMI’s Turkey tourism report‚ we examine a range of key market indicators in this well established and popular market‚ including inbound and outbound travel‚ industry value and tourism related expenditure. We expect to see increases across the board; however‚ any escalation in regional and domestic tensions is likely to impact on growth. Indeed‚ domestic tensions remain a risk to the tourism industry‚ with the recent outbreak of widespread protests against
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