Jamaican Bauxite Mining Case Report -Palak The documentary video shows how bauxite mining affects environment in Jamaica. After the mining process takes place‚ the residual red mud is dumped into a lake in the highlands of Central Jamaica. However‚ these "red mud lakes" resulted in the percolation of caustic residues (sodium) into the underground aquifers in local areas. The sludge contains high levels of heavy metals and other pollutants. Thus‚ the soil remaining‚ cannot sustain
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1.Distinguish between pidgins and creoles. Pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly used in situations such as trade‚ or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they live in (but where there is no common language between the groups). In addition‚ pidgins have a distinct set of characteristics that make them differ from the
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Name: Tashay R. Sirjue Subject: Communication Studies Teacher: E. Foster Theme: Socio-Economic Issues Topic: Water Pollution in the Jamaican Society “One hundred and fifty years ago‚ the monster began‚ this country had become a place of industry. Factories grew on the landscape like weeds. Trees fell‚ fields were up-ended‚ rivers blackened. The sky choked on smoke and ash‚ and the people did‚ too‚ spending their days coughing and itching‚ their eyes turned forever toward the ground. Villages
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Development of Haitian Creole As written in Jacques Arends’ “Pidgin and Creole: An Introduction‚” Haitian Creole first originated from a pidgin. With time‚ this pidgin gradually developed into a creole‚ later on becoming the co-official language of Haiti. Haitian Creole may be recognized as one of the official languages‚ along with French‚ however there are negative associations linked with this creole. For instance‚ the stereotypical view of a speaker of Haitian Creole still remains as one
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the time of 1810 through 1826‚ the Creoles‚ people who were born in Latin America with Spanish blood fought back against the Peninsulares‚ people who were Spanish born pure blooded for their independence. The Creoles were being deprived of their freedom. Therefore‚ this caused the Creoles to lead the fight because they wanted political power‚ economic interests‚ and fear of social unrest from lower classes. Political power was out of the question for the creoles. Their colonies freedom was being
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UNIT 1-INTRODUCTION TO THE JAMAICAN LEGAL SYSYTEM Introduction to studying law Definition of Law Law may be defined as a body of rules‚ created by the State‚ binding within its jurisdiction and enforced with the authority of the State through the use of sanctions. (Adams; Law for Business Students) Breakdown of the definition: - Rules: are commands regulating behaviour; rules tell us what we can and cannot do. Legal Sources -Rules of law are derived from various sources in English Law. These
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is arguably the fastest man in the world‚ winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ China‚ and becoming the first man in Olympic history to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt also won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. He ran the men’s 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in Olympic competition. He made
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Why did the Creole lead the fight or independence in Latin America you may ask‚ the answer is they led the fight to protect themselves from the other social groups like the Indians below them who hated the Creoles and to protect their economic and political interests from the Peninsulares who were controlling their trade preventing them from obtaining political and economic power. In 1808 France invaded Spain and ended the protection that Creoles relied upon to protect themselves and estate from
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language of the dominant discourses and the liminal centrifugal language of the suppressed voices is addressed and treated in WSS. As a novel in English that “serves to interrupt pure narratives of nation‚” Rhys’s narrative celebrates the hybrid Creole language while setting it in opposition to English language‚ creating thus‚ a variety of dialects and an array of speech styles that ordinary people use in their use of language. It is a heteroglot writing that encompasses the very presence of heteroglossia
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The Creoles still spoke French and continued their customs. Many free people of color also spoke French and were part of Creole culture. Another group of Creoles came to Louisiana after the slave revolution in Haiti. More French Speaking people left France because of the French Revolution. Irish immigrants came during the colonial period‚ but the largest number came after the 1830s because of poverty and famine in Ireland. Many pioneers in North Louisiana lived a frontier lifestyle. Acadians continued
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