Reese Weingaertner Miss Knight English 1 (PreAP) - Fifth Hour 11 December 2013 The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond Behind the beautiful steely blue Hope Diamond lies a cruel and often bloody history‚ a history that is full of mystery and intriguing stories. This ornate diamond has changed hands many times throughout its long past. The most interesting part of this is the fact that it is said that many of its owners have met with a gruesome fate. It is because of this occurrence that there
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the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. By understanding the moral and ethical dilemma of illegal “conflict diamonds” being stolen and smuggled by Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) there is an unethical and immoral business dilemma he must deal with through other characters he encounters during the Sierra Leone Civil War of 1999. Another character‚ Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou)‚ is a native of the region that has been captured and forced into slavery as a diamond miner/laborer that
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I agree with this view because key ideas are an important part of a film to make it more interesting for the audience. In the film Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick some of the key ideas are: What is valuable and important‚ the devastation of war and exploitation of people and resources. These key ideas in the film help viewers to understand the film better. The key idea of what is valuable is an important one in the film. The three main characters Maddy‚ Danny and Solomon all have something
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Running head: DIAMONDS IN NORTH AMERICA Critical Essay: Diamonds In North America Denise Bourgeois‚ Courtney Johnson‚ Reginald Coleman‚ Francis Richards University Of Phoenix SCI256 People‚ Science‚ and the Environment Sunny Ryerson August 31‚ 2006 Workshop 4 Diamonds in North America “Don’t you know diamonds are a girl’s best friend?” Many female pop stars throughout the ages have sung about this precious gem. What is
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This downfall was the outlined theme throughout the film Blood Diamond. In 1999 Sierra Leone was suffering from a civil war involving the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the government. The RUF were a group of African rebels who fought believing they were doing the right thing and setting the people free from the clutches of the corrupt government. However‚ in reality the RUF are forcing prisoners to work to for blood diamonds and the children are turned into solders. At the beginning of the
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Diamond is a giant covalent network structure‚ having each Carbon atom sharing electrons with four other Carbon atoms‚ therefore having four single covalent bonds formed. These Carbon covalent bonds are extremely strong and account for two of diamond’s most prominent physical properties among all elements‚ hardness and a high melting point. Diamond has a high melting point due to the fact that diamond is a covalent lattice‚ hence‚ melting this covalent lattice involves breaking many strong covalent
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English Assessment Task 1 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Song – Imaginative Journey The Beatles - primarily John Lennon. The song “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”‚ performed by The Beatles‚ written in the year 1967‚ by John Lennon‚ takes the listener on a journey into the imagination. The most common interpretation of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” is that the lyrics of the song follow the journey that one would embark on after taking the drug LSD which would project wild imaginings. Other
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PROCESS ESSAY Written by: Salman Diamond‚ a precious metal‚ is famous for two important characteristics which are its hardness and thermal conductivity‚ although‚ extraction and processing of a diamond are a very difficult process. Diamond is one of the most expensive metals in the world as it is rarely found in the world. The extraction and processing of a diamond is done in the following manner: Discovery of diamond mine‚ Extraction of diamond in raw form‚ further processed in industries and
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functions help expand the economic pie in the diamond industry? CSO stands for Central Selling Organisation. After Rhoodes flooded the market with diamond inventory and therefore decreased its price‚ Ernest Oppenheimer founded the CSO (1930). Oppenheimer believed that by limiting the quantity of diamonds put on the market the stability of the diamond trade could be maintained. The function of the CSO is to stimulate and control the demand for diamonds. These functions help to expand the economic
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Cecil Rhodes‚ by which time the company was the sole owner of all diamond mining operations in the country.De Beers doing diamond exploration‚ diamond mining‚ diamond retail‚ diamond trading‚ and industrial diamond manufacturing. The company operates in 28 countries and mining take place in Botswana‚ Namibia‚ South Africa‚ and Canada ((Wekipedia). In the early 1990s‚ De Beers dominated diamond industry. De Beers produce 45% of world diamond‚ but sold 80% of world supply (Reavis‚ 2008). The Organization
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