extraordinary excess fat of 128.54 carats.And until very recently‚ was the main golden-yellow diamond in the world. The Koh-I-Noor Diamonds ( Mountain / hill of Light ) is now among your British The queen’s Jewels.This fabulous ancient diamond weighs about 105.60 carats.First mentioned in 1304‚ it is believed to have been recently once that is set in Shah Jehan’s legendary peacock throne as one of the peacocks big eyes. The Agra Diamond is graded as a naturally colored Fancy Lighting Pink and even weighs
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The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing‚ there God has no end in view but to perfect His people. Thomas Guthrie The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond‚ and must be polished‚ or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without Confucius In mineralogy‚ diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is a metastable allotrope of carbon‚ where the carbon atoms are
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Feature writing Anything that’s not straight news‚ editorial or sport. Gives a human dimension to the news Responds to the reader’s curiosity while entertaining at the same time Truth and accuracy are still important Can’t editorialize – NOT inverted pyramid style Sub-stories of the news Skills similar to fiction writers Narrates that keeps the readers absorbed Brings out the drama of people’s lives Know which details to highlight Vivid descriptions -Colorful dialogue -Humor Begins with
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Cultural Change and Shifting Views of America 400 years since Christopher Columbus stumbles upon American soil‚ the nation is ever growing and changing. The industrial revolution was upon it. Technology was increasing at a staggering rate only matched by that of immigrants flooding the borders in hope of the “American Dream”. Industry had arrived making the rich richer and the poor indebted. World’s Columbian Exposition Better known as the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair‚ was a shout out to the world
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Based on the movie “Blood Diamond” directed by Edward Zwick‚ it talks about a rare diamond discovered in a diamond mine located in Africa‚ where its plot is regarding the abusing of humanity for the high prices of diamond trade. Danny Archer is a diamond smuggler in Africa who seeks for a large amount of money which enables him to leave Africa for good. Due to his strong survival instinct‚ he made himself the key player in the conflicting business of diamonds. However‚ when he met Solomon in the
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The Curse Behind The Hope Diamond Diamonds have been a source of wealth and dispute for centuries. “When humankind first discovered the diamond is not known.” ("ECP" 685) Diamonds were originally mined from riverbeds in India‚ and through trade-routes‚ diamonds reached the kingdoms and empires of Europe and Asia. One diamond in particular has a most colorful history and has travelled across continents into the hands of Sultans‚ King Louis XIV‚ and finally to the Smithsonian in America where
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Oracle Features The Oracle database is a broad and powerful product. To give some structure to the broad spectrum of the Oracle database‚ we’ve organized the features into the following sections: • Database application development features • Database connection features • Distributed database features • Data movement features • Performance features • Database management features Database Application Development Features The main use of the Oracle database system is to store and retrieve
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TAQ1 Definition of Pathogen and research into the main features of bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. Pathogens‚ or infectious agents‚ are microorganisms that cause disease or illness to their host. There are divided into four groups; bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. The term pathogen most often describes an organism that disrupts the normal physiology of a plant or animal. In identifying a pathogen it is important to determine the properties that ‘contribute to its infectious
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Sierra Leone “Blood Diamond” Conflict Many of the world’s major conflicts arise from the want or need for resources‚ but the extent to which these resources are responsible for such conflicts‚ tends to be misunderstood. Conflicts may arise with first a dispute on who gets control over what resources‚ but followed by other factors adding up to contribute to the said conflict‚ including‚ corrupt leaders‚ religion‚ debt ect. When this is the case‚ it becomes confusing on what aspects are
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Jared Diamond and Max Weber both are trying to answer the same question. How did the west become so dominate? Even though they both ask the same question they have very different theories as to how this came about. Weber has a very straight forward religious/cultural view on his theory whereas; diamond believes it all started with geography which lead to economic development. Weber’s argument is that capitalism flourished when the protestant (particularly Calvinism) ethic encouraged large numbers
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