child labor is widespread‚ and corrupt leaders are depriving mining communities of funds badly needed for economic development. In extreme cases‚ diamond mining can cause entire ecosystems to collapse. Diamond miners in the Kono district of eastern Sierra Leone have left behind thousands of mining pits. Wildlife has vanished‚ topsoil has eroded‚ and land once suitable for farming is now a desolate moonscape. These sparkling stones are more a curse than a blessing. Too often‚ the world’s diamond mines
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Dr. Charles Curtis Thomas There is a Spanish proverb that “Every man is a fool in some man’s opinion‚” however‚ Ralph Waldo said‚ “People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character‚” whereby‚ Albert Einstein said‚ “Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. It is said that‚ “Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It’s not hard. Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ARTS AND FILM UNIT NAME: KENYAN FILM CODE: MTF 519 Paper title: Criticism and reviews of the film Blood Diamond PAPER PRESENTED BY; MICHAEL NJERU NYAGA REG : M66/CE/22669/2010 To: Dr. S. M . Otieno April 2012 Blood Diamond. Introduction
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This movie takes place in Sierra Leone‚ Africa in 1999 and 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
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Status of Women in the Philippines Revisited On my first paper‚ I argued that although our country experiences greater societal equality compared to other countries in Southeast Asia‚ we do not give them the chance to excel more in their chosen fields and be equal as men can be. And since I ended stating that I was confused whether I really have made my point‚ now on my final paper I have already reflected as to whether there really is a societal equality here in the Philippines. On my first
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THE BYLAWS by Dr. Baimba Kamara‚ JD.‚ et-al. (Law) The By Laws: The Gallinais Kingdom Union‚ or GBEYAH River Cultural Initiative (Sierra Leone/Liberia) ARTICLES Article 1 ……………………………………………………………Name Article 2 …………………………………………………………..Address Article 3 ……………………………………………………………Motto Article 4 ……………………………………………………………Aims and Objectives Article 5 ……………………………………………………………Membership Article 6 …………………………………………………………….Membership Responsibilities Article 7 ………………………………………………………..Organs of Gallinais
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starring Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. 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. During Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996–2001‚ the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebels. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war‚ including the rebels’ amputation of people’s hands to discourage them from
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the piano‚ he then supported himself by teaching piano later on until 1930(Lorenz). In 1919‚ at the age of 17‚ Adams became involved with the Sierra Club. In 1927 Adams went on the Sierra Clubs High Trip‚ and the next year he became the Clubs official trip photographer (History). Adams published his first illustrated book‚ Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras‚ in 1927. It was followed shortly by Taos pueblo‚ which was published in 1930. In the 1930’s he
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Muir is one of California’s most important historical personalities. Born in Scotland‚ he has been called “The Father of our National Parks‚” “Wilderness Profit‚” and “Citizen of the Universe.” As a wilderness explorer‚ his exciting adventures in the Sierra Nevada and Alaska’s glaciers led him searching for nature’s beauty. Gifford Pinchot was born to a wealthy family on August 11‚ 1865‚ at his family’s summer home in Connecticut. His family was upper-class merchants‚ politicians‚ and land owners. His
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4. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in relation to Economic Diplomacy Today’s governments are facing immense competition from other actors such as religious groups‚ private sector‚ media‚ immigrants and all other possible entities of the civil society who are demanding from the government that they do have a say in making and implementing foreign policy. Economic diplomacy which is gradually overtaking the politics oriented traditional diplomacy. With the growth of transactional economic interactions‚ the
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