Chucha de tu madre! Que bestia!¨ Louis grumbled under his breath as he watched the men on red scooters visiting all the small shopkeepers. ¨Chulqueros! ¨ He spat into the gutter. ¨Todo el pueblo anda chiro; ¨ - meaning of course that everyone’s pockets held lint‚ or dust‚ or assorted garbage‚ but none of them held any money. They can’t get credit cards‚ and banks won’t lend them the small amounts that they needed to keep their business running‚ so they look for one of the countless street shysters
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Blood Diamonds in Sierra Leone Throughout the decades there has been many hard times‚ conflicts over disagreement‚ fighting and competition. There has been a huge clash over the use of diamonds and in fact how they are produced‚ and where they were originated. There has always been a major demand for diamonds for noticeable reasons. Diamonds are big business - the retail trade is worth over $30bn annually. It is proved that Diamonds are one of the world’s most precious gems. Diamonds are beautiful
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An experience that forever changed my life is when I first heard the mantra that would become one I live by. Sierra Boggess is an amazingly talented‚ kind and inspirational Broadway actress she has originated the role of Airel in The Little Mermaid‚ and is all that I ever wanted to be as a person‚ beautiful‚ hilarious‚ positive and other qualities that I admire.She has a mantra‚ that is "You are enough‚ You are so enough‚ its unbelievable how enough you are." The first time I heard that it was as
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Position paper on the colonization of Sierra Leone European colonization of Sierra Leone had an overall negative impact on the state of the country‚ both economically and culturally. The first Europeans to discover the land of Sierra Leone were the Portuguese. This contact with the two nations happened in 1462 and was known to be one of the first contacts between Europeans and West Africa. Before the Portuguese discovered this land‚ Sierra Leone had a number of politically independent groups. Various
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Lake Tahoe‚ an enormous expanse of clear‚ blue‚ fresh water surrounded by meadows and dense forests and rimmed by snow-capped peaks‚ is one of the world’s great scenic and ecological wonders. Tahoe’s water is world famous for its amazing clarity. Even today‚ one can see objects 70 feet below the surface‚ a clarity matched almost nowhere in the world. The Tahoe Basin had a slowly evolving and essentially balanced environment for thousands of years‚ with surrounding forests‚ meadows and marshlands
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Centuries ago‚ in the 1190s‚ huts and rock shelters began appearing in the cliffs of southern Colorado. These were being built by Pueblo Indians‚ the native peoples of the land‚ who then went on to inhabit the sights for another seven hundred years. They continued adding new buildings and villages until they reached an impressive total of six hundred cliff dwellings before eventually migrating south into Arizona and Mexico‚ leaving behind their magnificent architecture‚ surrounded by protecting
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Guardian of Yosemite October 16‚ 2012 Post 1- Proposal -What do you think you would do in a time of quick thinking when it comes to thinking about love? Would you run in fear of being wrong or would you stick around to find out what would happen next? The story I’m writing about is called Guardian of Yosemite. It’s a Native American folktale about Tisayac‚ the guardian spirit‚ falling deeply in love with Tutokanula‚ a handsome man in the village. I chose this article because it is a story about
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For my iconic photographer‚ I chose Ansel Adams. I chose him for a variety of reasons but the major reason was because he photographed many landscapes. His photography caught my eye since I enjoy capturing photos of nature‚ something he did. Ansel Adams was born on April 22‚ 1984‚ in San Francisco‚ California. He was not only an American photographer but an environmentalist as well. This could also explain why he was known to capture the landscape in the majority of his photos. He was especially
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Darren Hardney A Brief History of Colonialism and the Effects‚ Both Positive and Negative The British arrived in Africa in 1539. The British had a great influence on the diverse group of Africans living in Nigeria. British began ruling the territory now known as Nigeria as a colony in the 1880s‚ they divided the more than 200 ethnic groups into three regions: the Northern Region‚ the Western Region‚ and the Eastern Region. For hundreds of years‚ British missionaries‚ merchants‚ and soldiers
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This paper will analyze Maddy Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly) in the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. Maddy Bowen‚ an American journalist went to Africa to make a change but it was Africa who changed her. Danny Archer‚ (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. While in jail for smuggling conflict diamonds‚ Archer overheard a wounded commander telling the prisoners of a large rare pink coloured diamond that Solomon Vandy (played
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