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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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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In James Baldwin’s "Sonny’s Blues" the symbolic motif of light and darkness illustrates the painful nature of reality the two characters face as well as the power gained through it. The darkness represents the actuality of life on the streets of the community of Harlem‚ where there is little escape from the reality of drugs and crime. The persistent nature of the streets lures adolescents to use drugs as a means of escaping the darkness of their lives. The main character‚ Sonny‚ a struggling jazz
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Tips for creating strong passwords and passphrases A password is a string of characters used to access information or a computer. Passphrases are typically longer than passwords‚ for added security‚ and contain multiple words that create a phrase. Passwords and passphrases help prevent unauthorized people from accessing files‚ programs‚ and other resources. When you create a password or passphrase‚ you should make it strong‚ which means it’s difficult to guess or crack. It’s a good idea to use strong
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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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David Kennedy WRD 104-106 11/16/12 Reflective Essay Creating professional writing is one of the most challenging processes to learn and understand. Along with understanding the English language‚ rhetoric and composition are the tools that communicate thoughts and ideas. It is a curriculum that may never be completely mastered‚ but I hope I have made significant strides through my Word 104 class this autumn. There have been many different forms of writing that has been analyzed‚ critiqued‚ revised
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The Blue Zones The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner talks about the author’s research in different places who have people who live into very long years of their life in a few areas of the world who claim to have the highest number of the oldest people. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives‚ as Dan Buettner describes in his book. The concept had
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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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The blue band hermit crab ( Pagurus samuelis) is a species of hermit crab it is usually found on the west coast of North America‚ and the most common hermit crab in California’s coast. It is a small species‚ with blue bands on its legs. The habitat it lives in its rocky costal short. This is what the name derives from due to its blue stripes. It prefers to live in the shell of the black turban snail. The length of the blue band hermit crab is 40 mm (1.6 in) and a carapace width of up to 19 mm (0
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