Current affairs
China – state communism – human rights, no freedom of expression.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/10/intellectuals-detained-nobel-celebration
China
North Korea – communism – Dictatorship – Kim jong il
Both have no press freedom, no democracy
Hungary – a mixture of toxic waste has escaped from a bauxite plant.
Al ore. Red mud.
Many people have been affected/moved (evacuated)
The environment has been badly affected and will be for many years.
Aluminium Al, electrolysis. Energy intensive. Recycling saves 95% of the energy of production.
Liability. Who is to blame and who pays? Us.
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Chile: 33 miners have been trapped underground for 66 days. The mine used to produce gold and copper. They have been trapped 800 metres underground for months. Initially they sent medication to the miners. They want to get them out by December, but they will probably start getting them out this week.
Human interest stories…
Google cars
Search engines
Advertising, data mining, profiling
Target audience
Male, interested in technology, disposable income.
Amazon -books
Sell everything.
Targeting advertising. Profiling.
B to C
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Proposition 19
Legalisation
Tourism
Afghanistan
Cannabis
Opium – codine, morphine, heroin.
Morroco –billions
Mexico drug wars, Cartels – an illegal business.
Network of organised crime. Corruption.
Demand and supply.
Cambodia, & The Philippines
Tobacco & alcohol
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