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    Blood Diamond

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    Blood Diamonds Conflict diamonds are most commonly found in Africa‚ and are mined by slaves. The diamonds mined in this area were coined “blood diamonds” because enabled violence and destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives. I believe that as a global community we allowed‚ and sometimes encouraged the trade of conflict diamonds. Conflict diamonds derived from war zones and were sold to fuel insurgencies and guerilla groups. The lack of care was especially apparent in First World countries. We care

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    In the chapter‚ The End of The World (Part 1)‚ The narrator‚ Death‚ decides to give the reader another insight to the end of the story. It depicts Himmel street during and after the bombing. During the bombing almost everyone on himmel was fast asleep. The narrator tells the reader exactly who dies‚ and who lived‚ which is only one‚ the book thief. Liesel was in the basement reading through her story‚ again. Afterwards‚ a team of rescuers find her alone in the rubble‚ and she finds Papa and mama

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    The End of World War I

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    As the news of the individual surrender spread‚ fellow Germans saw that they were losing the war and started mutinies. Many people told the Kaiser to seek an armistice with the allies. However‚ he did not show any intensions of giving up. With the end so close‚ many American newspapers started to create rumors that the armistice had signed been signed by the Germans. They assumed that our leaders were suing for peace. They were still only considering signing an armistice. The American armistice was

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    Should We End Marijuana Prohibition? Paula J. Telisczak March 4‚ 2012 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Safiyyah- Al Amin The subject of legalizing marijuana or keeping illegal has been an ongoing debate for some 40 years. America is getting closer to having the ban on the “devil weed” lifted‚ with approximately eight states now allowing marijuana for medicinal purposes. While the use of marijuana has been connected to a rise in criminal activity in some communities

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    Conflict Diamonds

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    | Case 1 | Conflict Diamonds | | | During the late 1990s South African diamond product De Beers and other companies on the diamond industry discovered that some of the diamonds they were buying or selling came from groups who used the proceeds to finance brutal civil wars. In Sierra Leone‚ rebels took control of diamond mines by systematically chopping off the arms and hands of as many as 20‚000 children‚ women and men until the diamond operations were turned over to them. Similarly events took

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     When in trouble‚ we need friends’ help‚ support and encouragement. When successful‚ we also need friends’ approval‚ celebration and sharing.People who are different can still be friends. Lore is my best friend. She is talkative‚ intelligent and ambitions. Oppositely‚ I am quiet‚ honest and generous. Even though we are different individually‚ we still have the same goal. We have known each other since we were in high school and we have experienced many repeated difficulties‚ but we are still the good

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    Nathan Bloomer General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on alternative fuels and why we need them. Evidence: 1. Brief example: Fossil fuels are a means to an end which is why millions of dollars are invested into alternative energy. Hinrichs‚ R. and Kleinbach‚ M. (2013). Energy Its Use and the Environment Fifth Edition 2. Extended Example: Oil reserves in the US are estimated to have 29 billion barrels of oil. The oil reserve will be depleted in 13.2 years

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    In the ’We toiled without end’: Publicity Crisis‚ and the Suicide Epidemic in Greece" Davis describes how the economic and social conditions is correlated to the gradually increasing suicide rates. She defines the three types of social conditions that Durkheim discovered to explain suicide stability. The three types of suicide include egoistic‚ altruistic and anomic‚ which deals with a large amount of "volunteer deaths". The author mentions the "’greek crisis’ as a symptom of Greek exceptionalism"

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    Diamond Mining

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    DIAMOND MINING AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIROMENT * Diamond is the strongest natural mineral known by a man. It is a crystalline form of carbon. * Composed primarily individual crystals of a cubic appearance. * There are three main uses for Diamonds * Industrial * Fashion (only 5% of diamonds) * Investment Approximately 130‚000‚000 carats (26‚000 kg) of diamonds are mined yearly‚ with a total value of nearly US$9 billion‚ and about 100‚000 kg are

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    Blood Diamonds

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    believe that selling diamonds would create a social conflict because a company can run the risk of selling blood diamonds without even knowing‚ even though it can give a great profit to a jewelry company. Blood diamonds or conflict diamonds are “diamonds that come from areas where there is conflict such as violence groups and rebels that are protestors against their government like war zones. These diamonds are obtained in using slaves or slave-people regime. Usually‚ blood diamonds are associated with

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