Hot rods are vintage American cars that are modified for straight line speed. Young men who wanted speed‚ built these cars in their backyards. In the early years of hot rodding‚ 7‚500 people were killed in car wrecks‚ however hot rods have made positive impacts also. For 80 years‚ hot rods have caused the automakers to create the sports car‚ and muscle car. Hot rods have had a big influence on the car industry that a lot of people are not aware of. Hot rods got their start in the early 1920s in southern
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Background/history What is a conflict diamond? Diamonds from peace countries which are most likely third world countries‚ are controlled by the government. Its industry monitors the imports to avoid conflict diamonds to be imported to their country (Natural Resources Canada: The Canadian Diamond Industry). Diamonds that are imported from conflict countries are called blood diamond or conflict diamonds because they are retrieved from war zone and traded in the black market to fund rebel fighters
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Cars may be classified by a number of different criteria and objectives. However‚ comprehensive classification is elusive‚ because a vehicle may fit into multiple categories‚ or not completely satisfy the requirements for anyone‚ but certain categories are for racers who like high performance vehicles. These categories are muscle cars‚ tuner cars‚ and exotic cars. Muscle cars are usually referred to as a variety of high-performance automobiles. Its any group of American-made 2-door sports coupes
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Human Geography Diamonds of War 1. According to the film‚ what percentage of all diamonds are considered illicit? a. The film says that 20% of all diamonds are considered illicit. They are diamonds that are smuggled out of countries. They are diamonds that have paid for wars‚ terrorists‚ weapons‚ or armies. They can also be diamonds that were used to launder money or hide illegal activity. 2. How many UN troops are currently stationed in Sierra Leone? Why is the number significant? a. There
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strange stillness that was the characteristic of a school on a “Sunday morning.” Question 3: What had been put up on the bulletin-board? Answer : The bulletin-board notified the general public about an order from Berlin. It stated that only German was to be taught to students in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Question 1: What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day? Answer : The order from Berlin brought all the routine hustle-bustle of the school life to a stand-still
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The German Pavilion in Barcelona Architecture now returns to a search for its roots as a profession normally focus on ways to reduce unnecessary elements to enhance the essential of spaces. Many other modes of thought think architecture is the sense that returns to its roots is a search for an authentic basis for design thought. The primal elements‚ such as blocks‚ planes‚ cubes and what not are thought to be most necessary and important things for ideas of human habitation to emerge. Therefore
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Noelle Maher J. M.W.C 3/21/13 WWII League of German Girls Hitler’s youth was Hitler’s Nazi party to train boys to go to war but there was also the League of German Girls that made up Hitler’s youth movement. Formed in the 1920’s‚ The League of German Girls was the only female youth party. It consisted of 2 sections at the beginning. The Young Girls League was for girls ages 10-14‚ and the League proper was for girls ages 14-18. Eventually a third section was added called the Belief and
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Cars once considered a luxury is now a necessity. The reasons for these drastic changes are two‚ 1. The residential areas have spread far and wide making cars indispensable. 2. Money at disposal and boom everywhere has made the purchase of cars possible by one and all. The Public transport system played both by the Government and private sector suffers serious drawbacks such as heavy crowd‚ negligent and rash driving undue consumption of time and unreliable operations. These are now
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The Western World and blood diamonds- our responsibility We are use to say that a girl’s best friend is a diamond‚ but where does these diamonds come from and do they really just cost a high amount of money? Here in Sweden a diamond ring with a 0.30 ct stone could cost up to 18.000kr. Most of us are ready to pay this price to show our love to our partner. But I do not think as many are ready to pay with a human life. Most of the diamonds does come from war-torn areas in Africa. Could it be any
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To understand the influence of GI among Colombia the following four elements represent its national advantage in coffee industry. Factor conditions Due to the uniqueness of topographical factors and two rainfall seasons creates strongly national advantages. 6.4% of total area of Colombia is cultivation zones‚ and 12% of coffee production area producing “GI coffee”. It provides 11 to 12 million production possibility per year. In addition‚ in 2010‚ there were 990 airports with 196 thousand air
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