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    Cause of the Civil War The Civil War in Sierra Leone was a result of economic factors contributing to the wellbeing of the economy as well as political and social disapproval. Sierra Leone’s lack of strong leadership over the past few decades leading up to the Civil War were one of the primary causes for the war. During the British Colonial Rule of the country‚ they were never able to implement a successful system to rule or govern the nation. As a result‚ it left the nation very weak upon their

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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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    Inman – Pg. 1 Todd Inman - NNU ID#63439 Word Count - 3469 Professor: Dr. Gorman/D. Blowers PRTH2405 Christian Missions – Intercultural Lab Tier 2 February 1‚ 2013 CROSS-CULTURAL TIER 2 REFLECTION PAPER on “JOSHUA” from SIERRA LEONE My first interview with Joshua took place on January 29‚ 2013 – 3 hours I met Joshua (not his real name‚ due to the fact that he is an incarcerated juvenile) approximately 3 years ago at the Juvenile Corrections Center in Nampa‚ ID (JCCN). Although I no

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    He encouraged Blacks to create organizations within their cities‚ to talk to each other and to have a correspondence with the Friendly Society at Sierra Leone and the African Institution. A special pamphlet with the ideas of Paul Cuffee related to Sierra Leone was printed at that time and distributed to general public. He rebuilt the Westport Friends ’ Meeting House in summer of 1813‚ which was a meeting house for the multi-racial members of the Society

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    Strategic Media Analysis News: Samsonite to buy High Sierra assets for $110 million Source: Bloomberg / Dated: 2012-07-17 This summary is about an acquisition activity conducted by the Samsonite International S.A. to High Sierra Sport Company for US$110 million on 18-July-2012. The two company’s background and the luggage industry and market trend will be stressed. Also‚ the purpose‚ strategy and the benefit of the acquisition and recommendation will be discussed in both theoretically and practically

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    DiCaprio‚ Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou.[3] The title refers to blood diamonds‚ which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts‚ and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996–2001‚ the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces.[4] It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war‚ including the rebels’ amputation of people’s hands to discourage

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    Speech Analysis

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    both McCullough and Sierra use the strategies of adding comparison‚ list‚ and emotion to make their speech and article convincing. An article in response to McCullough’s speech‚ Open Letter from a millennial: Quit Telling Us We Are Not Special written by a woman named Sierra on June 25‚ 1012. Her response argues that this speech is not appropriate for the graduating class who are ready to take on the world. McCullough’s speech should be aimed towards the parent’s generation. Sierra states that the parents

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    Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and

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    A Happy Productive Employee Every company needs a motivation and incentives for the employees. Incentive programs can assist the company in helping the employees enjoy their work a bit more‚ and happy employees are more productive and work better with each other and the company ’s clients. (Incentives/Appreciations) Incentives alone are not enough. Having the lines of communication is a major goal for managers and upper management. Employees must know they can discuss work issues with management

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    David Sengeh

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    David Sengeh was born in Sierra Leone in 1987. He grew up in the city of Bol where his father was an executive at UNICEF‚ serving as the agencies Planning‚ Monitoring and Evaluation specialist as well as the Deputy Country Representative for Sierra Leone. Growing up in a family of privilege‚ at least by Sierra Leone standards‚ David Sengeh attended private school as a young man‚ but that does not mean he was immune from the atrocities of the civil war raging in Sierra Leone from 1991-2001. Two

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