you thought diamonds were a confusing topic‚ since you have color and clarity to consider‚ you haven’t ventured into the world of diamond simulants‚ yet. There are mined diamonds‚ lab-created diamonds and simulants. The categories can be incredibly confusing‚ so here we’ll focus on simulants and the difference between Asha and Diamond Nexus simulants in particular. What is a Simulant? First‚ you might be wondering what is a simulant. A simulant is a material that looks like diamond but does not
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Popular culture is often characterised by feature films and television serials which target a broad audience in an effort to systematically convey social commentary through inviting the perception of the viewer to interpret representations of everyday roles. This concept is central to ’Reel to real: Popular culture and teacher identity’‚ in which Mitchell and Weber (1999) encourage their audience to challenge the status quo of the teacher role as commonly perceived by society. Particularly‚ the text
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Today‚ diamonds are the most valuable stones in the world not only because of their beauty‚ but also because of their utility. Diamonds are not only specifically cut for use in jewelry‚ but they are also used for special cutting tools like saw blades and drills because the stones are extremely hard and durable. Like everything else in the world‚ diamonds come with a cost and often times the environment and the people in communities surrounding diamond mines foot the bill. Diamond Mining Means Destruction
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What is meant by Blood Diamonds (or conflict diamond)? How‚ as portrayed in the video‚ does it impact on political‚ economic and ethical stability? It is sad to witness the abuse and unfair treatments of the poor people in countries such as Africa have to undergo in order to make some money. Also it is sad to know that after all that hard work these people put into what they do‚ these diamonds are smuggled and used to fund illegitimate activities. The Blood Diamond conflict has had serious
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Car Safety Features Anton Borodin Since the cars were invented and were driving the roads‚ car accident always happened. During the inquiry about the world’s first traffic death in 1896(just 11 years after cars were invented)‚ the coroner said ‘this must never happened again’. More than a century later‚ 1.2 million people were killed on roads every year and up to 50 million were injured. These casualties of the road will increase if the action is not taken. One of the main reasons of
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South Africa: A Diamond In the Rough South Africa has been connected to the world economy with its abundant natural resources‚ for which there have long been international markets and purchasers‚ since the first Dutch explorers landed there in the 17th century. Unfortunately‚ South Africa ’s pervasive‚ severe and seemingly perpetual social problems have always been and remain today a substantial drag on South Africa ’s ability to fully develop a world-class economy. This paper
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focuses on the illegal trade of conflict diamonds. The diamonds are called conflict diamonds because slave labor is used to mine them‚ weapons trade is used to acquire them‚ and armed conflicts and massacres are related to enlisting recruitments of child soldiers and fighting between local governments and rebels. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy has his village massacred and gets separated from his family as he is forced to work as a slave mining for diamonds for a rebel organization known as the Revolutionary
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From Charles Hockett (1966)‚ "The Problem of Universals in Language" The Search for Universals Through Comparison with Animal Systems "The design-features listed below are found in every language on which we have reliable information‚ and each seems to be lacking in at least one known animal communicative system. They are not all logically independent‚ and do not necessarily all belong to our defining list for language--a point to be taken up separately..." 1. Mode of communication-vocal-auditory
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man‚ Marbuck‚ were with the silvertails upstairs from where they looked down on the seating known as "the blacks". Determined to tell a story that could be told only in Australia by Australians‚ Charles Chauvel made Jedda—-the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in the lead roles and the first to be filmed in colour. Set in the Northern Territory‚ it is the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe‚ adopted by a white woman‚ Sarah McCann‚ as a surrogate for
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Throughout history‚ geographic features have had an impact on historical and cultural growth of civilizations‚ empires‚ and regions of the world. This statement is proven with many civilizations‚ including the Greeks‚ Phoenicians and Assyrians‚ which were all very prosperous and successful. Many of the accomplishments of the empires above had a lot to do with their location and surroundings of their region. Due to the mountains in Greece‚ a unified empire could not be formed‚ therefore many city-states
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