Blood Diamonds General purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about one of the most bloodiest events in human history. Thesis: ‘blood diamonds’ is the term referred to one of the most famous tragedies in history. Introduction: Attention Getter: Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick‚ starring Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou.[3] The title refers to blood diamonds‚ which are diamonds mined
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Yum cha between my culture and our culture Yum cha‚ which is a Chinese style morning and afternoon tea‚ involves drinking Chinese tea and eating dim sum‚ which are small dishes. In expert restaurants‚ staff will commonly wheel around heated trolleys serving small yum cha dishes. Hong Kong also has some western food and local food‚ like mango pudding‚ egg tarts that are desserts. Before Hong Kong was occupied by British‚ which already had “Yum cha”. Then‚ this traditional is important for people
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Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth rock shoulder. He could see the faint outline of the trackers that were dark shapes against the moonlit sky. Kino noticed each breath he took‚ noticed each step he made. His sounds echoed in his mind; the songs of his movement‚ of danger rang out. Against his bare back‚ Kino felt the coolness of the knife that hung from a string around his neck. The tracker on watch took another smoke from his cigarette‚ and Kino could see him clearer now. As he edged
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Prologue Jared Morgan sat on the edge of his bed sharpening his knife. Only sounds of the wind were heard from outside of his door. His blond hair hung in front of his worried green eyes as he glanced every so often out his window. Suddenly‚ a thud broke the silence. He got up‚ sheathed his knife in the dark brown scabbard in his belt and walked over to the window. The woman that was once outside enjoying the night sky was not. He looked down and saw her body lying on the ground‚ her throat slit
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Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project Late one afternoon in January 2001‚ Frank Greystock told Lucy Morris‚ “No one seems satisfied with the analysis so far‚ but the suggested changes could kill the project. If solid projects like this can’t swim past the corporate piranhas‚ the company will never modernize.” Morris was plant manager of Diamond Chemicals’ Merseyside Works in Liverpool‚ England. Her controller‚ Frank Greystock‚ was discussing a capital project that she wanted to propose
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Kate (aka Puck) Connolly and Sean Kendrick live on an island famous for The Scorpio Races. Every November people from everywhere gather at Thisby for the event. The Scorpio Races is famous because of the horses that race against each other: they’re capaill uisce‚ dangerous horses that come from the sea. They eat flesh and the race is so brutal that pretty much every year someone dies during it. The capaill uisce are interesting creatures‚ they are drawn to the sea‚ but not everyone understands them
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Summary What are the secrets of India’s success in information technology? By using Porter’s Diamond Model‚ this article tries to answer that question. Based on the analysis‚ it seems the only determinant in the Porter’s Diamond that creates India’s success is Factor Condition (i.e. the Indian intellectual capital and “Indian connection” in Silicon Valley). The supporting determinant outside the diamond is the outsourcing trend in current global competition‚ which can be considered as the Chance
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What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today?225). What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today? Drawing on more contemporary examples of environmental disasters or concerns‚ write a paper
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Discrimination in my opinion does exist in the criminal justice system‚ especially when it comes to minorities. There are people who argue that discrimination don’t exist there is only disparity. Discrimination is when a person is judged by their race without reference to their behavior or qualifications. Disparity is when something is inequality or a difference. Being a minority my peers and I have encountered some discriminatory actions from Americans. Rather they believe it or not minorities are
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AP US History & IBH1 2012-2013: Midterm Test Review Know the following vocab: Early Settlement: Halfway Covenant- A Puritan church document; In 1662‚ the Halfway Covenant allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members; Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations. Massachusetts Bay Company-One of the first settlements in New England;
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