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    international division of a multinational corporation to determine whether or not the company should build a manufacturing plant in Sierra Leone in order to produce consumer goods. My research will be based on a variety of social‚ economic‚ and political factors. The first factors based on my research that will be discussed are the social factors that take place in Sierra Leone. As a result of high population growth and a deadly civil war that ended in the year 2002‚ poverty still remains widespread

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    Sierra Leone or the Republic of Sierra Leone is West African country that borders to the north and east with Guinea‚ to the southeast with Liberia‚ and to the west and southwest with Atlantic Ocean. It is a beautiful country with white sand beaches‚ orange and coconut trees all around‚ and people of good hearts; however Sierra Leone or Sa Lone in its native language‚ Krio‚ has been underdeveloped and was struggling for many years to gain its independence as a British Colony. Even thou‚ now Sierra

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    Have you ever been on a vacation outside of the United States? Vacations can be very enjoyable‚ fun‚ and memorable. There are many different vacation destinations that attract visitors and tourists today. Two of my favorite vacations were during the summer months following my completion of fifth and sixth grade. When I was in fifth grade‚ our family vacationed at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. We went to Wildwood Crest‚ New Jersey the following year after I completed sixth grade. These destinations

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    Sierra Leone’s site is in Western Africa on the coast‚ bordering the Atlantic Ocean. In relation to situation Guinea is to the north and northeast of Sierra Leone‚ and Liberia is to the south and southeast. Its neighbor‚ Liberia‚ in recent events has spread the fatal disease of Ebola to Sierra Leone. Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an Ebola virus. Typically‚ Sierra Leone has about four regions. They are the Coastal Guinean Mangroves‚ the Wooded Hill Country‚ an Upland

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    Children of War; Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone “I still dream about the boy from my village who I killed. I see him in my dreams‚ and he is talking to me‚ saying I killed him for nothing‚ and I am crying” (Sierra Leone Rebels Forcefully Recruit Child Soldiers; 1). These are the words of a sixteen year old demobilized child soldier‚ forced to join an armed rebel group in Sierra Leone. Around the world there are over 250‚000 youth being forced to become child soldiers; they are taught to be cruel

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    The Summer

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    Over the summer I learned a lot about myself. I was stressed then surprised and finally relieved. I discovered motivation in school and you could even say I “came of age”. Combine lots surprises plus the two months of freedom in the summer and anything can happen. Home stretch‚ that’s the phrase that came to my head mid-may last school year as I was just finishing up culminating’s and starting to make notes for the exams in June. At first just the thought of summer was so out of reach. The whole

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    Starting the summer team was great‚ my coach trusted me and played me probably more than anyone on the team‚ if we were in a hard situation like‚ going to play a hard team‚ I got the chance to face them. The summer was going great. The trip to West Virginia‚ College coaches like me‚ they talked to me about playing for them‚ and this was also only my junior year and at the end of the year I was the number 1 on the team in pitching stats. Now the end of the summer‚ school was about to start for my senior

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    My First Home

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    MAT 012 Emporium Pacing Chart: Fall 201316 weeks | WEEK | Video‚ Workbook‚ Homework | Quizzes/TESTS | Due Date | Week 1 | Orientation &Topics 1.1 – 1.12 | Mini-Mod Quiz 1 | At midnight before next week’s class | Week 2 | Topics 2.1 – 2.7 | Mini-Mod Quiz 2 | At midnight before next week’s class | Week 3 | Topics 3.1 – 3.6 | Mini-Mod Quiz 3 | At midnight before next week’s class | Week 4 | Topics 4.1 – 4.7 | Mini-Mod Quiz 4 | At midnight before next week’s class | Week 5 | Work Ahead

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    SUMMER (Descriptive Essay)      Everyone has a comfortable place to escape to for relaxation.  They go there when they need to be alone and not with people to disturb them.  My place is nature in the summer.  The summer time relaxes me like no exact place could.  Nature‚ in the summer‚ relaxes me with its naturedness.      I love sitting in the grass and listening to the nature sounds around  me while it’s summer.  One of the sounds I tune to first is the sound of the birds singing and chirping

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    Briefing notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed Forces

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