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    Ebola Outbreak Timeline

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    2014: disease’s early growth      May 26th‚ 2014: Sierra Leone confirmed its first deaths from the virus.                JUNE 17‚2014: Ebola has spread to Liberia’s capital of Monrovia‚ with a health official saying  seven people have died there. People demonstrate  JUNE 18‚2014: A World Health Organization report attributes 337 deaths to the Ebola virus‚  making this outbreak the worst recorded in history.                 July 29‚2014:Doctor leading Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight dies            9. JULY 31

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    The Amistad

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    The Amistad With any movie there is always a purpose and objective. The viewing process of the movie is to support literacy and to asses personal strengths and inspire personal growth. With the movie The Amistad the objective of the movie was to remind individuals of the progress that has been made since the slavery times of the past. It helps to remind people that there is much more change still to be made when it comes to situations that directly deal with the issue of race. Intentionally or not

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    Blood Diamonds

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    Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone       History of Diamonds:   The name "diamond" comes from the Greek word‚ "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon‚ and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man.[1][1] Diamonds have long been a sign of wealth and fortune. Kings and queens have worn these forms of concentrated carbon and even more countless millions people over time have lusted after them. These gems can be transparent‚ truculent white

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    The movie is in Sierra Leone in 1999 where ruthless rebel forces called the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) are terrorizing the country and its people. It begins in a small Solomon Vandy’s village is attacked by rebel forces and his family is put in danger. RUF slaughter many of the village people‚ and because killing isn’t enough‚ there are scenes where villager’s hands are cut off to prevent them from voting in elections. Solomon is separated from his family becomes a slave‚ forced to work in

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    A Princess Found Analysis

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    Courage and Discovery: Analysis of A Princess Found “YOU ARE A PRINCESS!!” screamed her uncle. “You can be a Paramount Chief one day! Your grandfather was one and your uncle is one!”.For a twenty eight year old American biracial woman who just wanted to find her birth father‚ that is a lot to swallow! The two tales across 7548 kilometers that eventually become one‚ is the memoir of Sarah Culberson’s‚ A Princess Found‚ is about the longing for an identity beyond skin color that is well

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    In the third section of John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid‚ the author observes the discourse between conservationist David Brower and Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation‚ Floyd Dominy‚ on the merits of dams in the southwestern United States. Brower "hates all dams‚ large and small‚" while Dominy sees dams as essential to our civilization. The Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell‚ which Dominy created‚ are the main issue of debate between the two men. Floyd Dominy graduated from the University

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    Blood Diamond

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    Mozambique to give off the scenery of Sierra Leone. The movie shows different villages in different scenarios‚ with rich natural colors like brown‚ green‚ red etc. The cities are portrayed as hectic and intimidating‚ dirty and poor. The actors in the movie are dressed in neutral colored clothes which are dirty and torn. The clothes give off the sign that the people are having a hard time in the country. The lighting in the movie is very bright. It portrays Sierra Leona in a way that makes the audience

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    Rtm305 extra credit

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    Extra Credit 1.Describe events from Randy Morgenson’s life that influenced his strong devotion to protecting the wilderness of California’s High Sierra range. Identify his specific concerns for protecting the wilderness. In the vast sierra wilderness‚ for me‚ without this class and this chance to read book” last season for extra credit‚ I will never know about one guy who tried to change people’s idea toward wilderness. Randy Morgenson‚ from when he was 8 year old‚ with the existence of his father

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    a long way gone

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    A Long Way Gone “A Long Way Gone”‚ a memoir about a Sierra Leonean young boy who is a “child of war” has many themes in the novel but what is the most important? Relationship‚ I believe that this is the most important theme because without relationship‚ Ishmeal Beah‚ the author of “A long Way Gone” and a human rights activist would not have survived nor would he have recuperated from the war in Sierra Leone. Relationship with the lieutenant‚ Ishmeal looked up to his lieutenant as a father figure

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    Blood Diamond Outline

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    Blood Diamonds outline i. Title (critical analysis of Blood diamonds) a. Blood diamonds refers how the collection of diamonds are possessed from rebels who murder and enslave their own innocent people to mine the diamonds in Sierra Leone. The diamonds are later sold illegally for ammunition for the rebel known as RUF. The title of relates to the film by the presenting how corrupt businesses and leaders use their powers to excavate diamonds from a country’s ongoing civil war and only escalate

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