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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Double Deceit: A True Story of a Nigerian Scam Dr. Agnes Chambers-Glenn‚ privately published‚ 106-14 Greenview Drive‚ Kingston‚ Ontario‚ K7M 7T5‚ docglenn23@yahoo.ca‚ 2013. 244pp. ISBN 978-1-4669-9438-6. CAD$15 In the novel‚ Double Deceit by Dr. Agnes Chambers-Glenn‚ the author follows the story of a medical doctor‚ Dr. Hassan Mashaal‚ a long time retire‚ on his pursuit as he takes down the money scammers who were responsible for the US $10.5 million scandal. Dr. Mashaal also gave insights to how
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focuses on the illegal trade of conflict diamonds. The diamonds are called conflict diamonds because slave labor is used to mine them‚ weapons trade is used to acquire them‚ and armed conflicts and massacres are related to enlisting recruitments of child soldiers and fighting between local governments and rebels. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy has his village massacred and gets separated from his family as he is forced to work as a slave mining for diamonds for a rebel organization known as the Revolutionary
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The fist argument argue that‚ diamond mining is a hazards associated with the industry‚ and it should lead to ban. While the second argument argue that‚ the companies are sufficiently improving practices and addressing public concerns. The opponents clearly state that‚ the diamond mining have affected nearly 10 millions people around the world. While some companies and countries have made a fortune from diamond mining‚ the diamond mining has a whole history of abusing human rights and exploiting
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taken and ends up as a slave in one of the country’s diamond mines. The diamonds that are dug up are usually the size of small beads‚ but one day‚ Solomon finds one that is much bigger than the usual diamond. Solomon sneaks away to bury it but he gets caught by the boss Poison. At that moment‚ the diamond mine is attacked by the government and Solomon ends up in prison. This is where he meets Danny Archer. Archer has been arrested for smuggling diamonds out of the country. Captain Poison is put in the
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D-Day Silas Hanegraaf The commendable victory of the D-day invasion was due to an important location; this location neutralized the Nazi army because the Allied powers had many supplies stored in Great Britain to prepare for the attack. D-day proved to be one of the most powerful invasions in history since it was a monolithic turning point of World War II. D-day proved to be important because of the outstanding overtaking of Omaha Beach and the massive death toll that occurred on that monumental
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Harmon is guilty. There is hard evidence that says he had a part in the crime. In the book it says that he was at the planing of the robbery. It also states that he was in the store the day of the robbery. Another piece of evidence is that Osvaldo Cruz said Steve was the look out. Steve Harmon was indeed at the planing of the robbery. If Steve really had no part in the crime way would he be at the planing? In the novel steve says that after he found out that the store clerck had been killed he
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In "The Diamond Necklace‚" Maupassant creates a society in which the division of two social classes‚ bourgeoisie and proletariat‚ are firmly established and maintained. Madame Loisel’s husband is a proletariat class worker‚ though on the higher end of that scale‚ and Madame Loisel’s friend‚ Mrs. Forestier‚ is wealthy and assumed to be a member of the bourgeoisie. By clearly defining the two social classes and having Madame Loisel desire to be a part of a class differing from her own‚ a class conflict
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U.S. History P.4 D-Day The event that I reenacted was the D-Day invasion. After the German conquest of France in 1940‚ the opening of a second front in western Europe was a major aim of Allied strategy during World War II. On June 6‚ 1944‚ under the code name Operation Overlord‚ US‚ British and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy‚ France‚ on the English Channel coast east of Cherbourg and west of Le Havre. Under overall command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and‚ on the ground
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In the movie‚ Double Jeopardy‚ Libby Parsons‚ played by Ashley Judd‚ and her husband Nick‚ Bruce Greenwood‚ go out on a weekend sailboat trip. During the night‚ Libby wakes up finding herself alone and covered in blood. As she gets up to search for her husband‚ all she finds is more blood all over the boat and a bloody knife on deck. As the investigation is underway‚ Libby is charged with her husband’s murder. It is found that Nick and she had two million dollar life insurance policies. This
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