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    Dangers of Mining Industry in the Philippines A Term Paper Presented to Mrs. Lorna Caponong Department of English CASS‚ MSU-IIT In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for ENGLISH 2 (Writing in Discipline) Second Semester‚ SY 2010-2011 by Charissa L. Abingosa Sittie Joharah Alulong Maria Reziel E. Cortes Jeff de Jesus March 15‚ 2012 TOPIC OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Mining Industry in the Philippines A. Brief History of Mining in the Philippines B. Scales of Mining Operations

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    Gold Dinar

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gold dinar was gold coins used as a medium of exchange by Muslims through out the Islamic history. Today‚ the gold dinar‚ sometimes referred as Islamic Dinar is a bullion coin made from 4.25 grams of 22-carrat (k) gold. There were renewed interest in gold as a medium as exchange globally. More economists now prefer gold over money paper‚ to be precise fiat money. In a fiat money system‚ money is not backed by a physical commodity‚ for example gold. The only thing that gives money

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    deep sea mining

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    Deep Ocean Mining Part 2 Deep ocean mining is an alternative to land mining in search of minerals such as copper‚ gold‚ manganese or cobalt among other minerals. The minerals on land are being depleted owing to the increasing demand for these minerals‚ and this makes the deep sea bed an alternative to the exploitation of minerals. The fact that the water bodies cover a huge part of earth’s surface makes deep sea mining even more viable

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    Pot of Gold

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    In the short story Pot of Gold by Cheryl Albury she explores the dynamics of friendship‚ family and the limits one will go to in the name of love . In the story A man by the name of Jacob is on the verge of freedom. He reminisces about his prior years in prison‚ his family and his best friend and former jail mate Cyril. Jacob and his group of friends‚ including Cyril would spend their Saturday nights at “endurance café” drinking rum and sharing jokes. One night‚ Cyril proposed an offer to Jacob at

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    The International Response The problem of conflict diamonds was first made public thanks to the efforts of several international NGOs‚ who bluntly denounced the links between the diamond trade and the wars in the African continent. NGOs played a major role in denouncing the trade of blood diamonds and ultimately demanding a response from those responsible. Notable about this campaign was its success in uniting unofficial diplomatic channels with a number of official as well as unofficial networks

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    On Gold Mountain

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    On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family written by Lisa See is an inspirational narrative depicting her Chinese families experiences and struggles immigrating to the west coast of America during the 19th and 20th century. The author was effective in telling her families story. There were similarities and differences between the Fong family’s experiences and the Chinese community’s immigration experiences as a whole. Immigration to America was a phenomenon for

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    Truman Capote’s‚ “A Diamond Guitar”‚ is a mellow dramatic depiction of two people who fell into each other’s lives‚ needed each other‚ and who inevitably used one another. Throughout the story you are led to believe that there is two main protagonist characters‚ but the author discretely turns one of them into an antagonist during the climax. Mr. Schaeffer is an older man‚ trapped in a “prison” on a farm that is surrounded by woods. The prison being a metaphor for his mind’s lack of freedom‚ serves

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    Gold Rush

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    The Gold Rush is an important event in the history of California. The Gold Rush led to an increase in population. The spread of gold craze came over the whole country and even the whole world. Hundreds of thousand of gold seekers rushed to California‚ hoping to makes their fortunes by land or by sea. They were Americans‚ Europeans‚ South Americans and Chinese. Even soldier and sailor deserted by hundreds to find gold. The gold craze spread to Hawaii‚ Oregon‚ and Utah and even to Mexico‚ Peru and

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    Black Gold

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    Black Gold The film Black Gold was a very interesting and eye opening film. The film focuses mainly on the coffee growers in southern and western Ethiopia. The movie shows closely the journey that Tadesse Maskela goes through to promote his union- Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. The union was developed to cut out the middleman in the processes of trading and exporting the coffee beans. Tadesse Maskela also attempts to secure a living wage for the coffee farmers that her represents‚ and

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    Different Types of Mining

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    Modern-Surface Mining When coal seams are near the surface‚ it may be economical to extract the coal using open cut (also referred to as open cast‚ open pit‚ or strip) mining methods. Open cast coal mining recovers a greater proportion of the coal deposit than underground methods‚ as more of the coal seams in the strata may be exploited. Large Open Cast mines can cover an area of many square kilometers and use very large pieces of equipment. This equipment can include the following: Draglines which

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