{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"22089311","dateCreated":"1269608435","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/22089311"},"dateDigested":1531975875,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Darfur Response 3-26-2010","description":"Please respond to the Darfur Reading questions 1-3 in a reply below.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"22091039","body":"1.I do not have any questions about it other then why. why are these rebel groups doing this.
\n2.The disatser is "manmade" in the way that the government is not trying to do anything and they have now pulled out of the area leaving the rebel groups to gain power and strength.
\n3. He cars and we should care because this shows that with a starting srable government a group of people can take it over and cause mass panic throughout the country. This is imortant because there are groups and people that can do this to america, so we have to be prepared incase this happens","dateCreated":"1269610777","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mmaguire1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mmaguire1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1267799985\/mmaguire1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22091231","body":"1.I really dont have any questions, i guess one question would be why cant everyone in Darfur just stop fighting and work together instead of killing each other.
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\n2. Its manmade because no one there is doing anything to stop it, everyone is just taking sides and is doing whatever they can to survive, and by fighting each is not going to solve anything.
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\n3. He cares because he knows whats going on, even though it doesnt efefct our daily lives we should all still care, because ya it doesnt affect us but, it is our job as the most powerful country to do anything we can do stop a gencide from happening, just like we did with Hitler and what we tried to do in Somalia.","dateCreated":"1269610944","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Kparr1991","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kparr1991","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1263221013\/Kparr1991-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22091385","body":"1. The only thing I'm wondering is what took the UN so long to act in Darfur?
\n2. Because it's people killiong other people, and so man made that happen.
\n3. Eric Reeves cares about it just like anyone else does. People with a conscience and a heart can see without a doubt that genocide and killing is wrong.","dateCreated":"1269611065","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"tgaunky1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tgaunky1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22096327","body":"1.what is the US doing about this
\n2.this disaster is "manmade" because of the rebals are attaking people.
\n3. He cares beause he thinks like eveyone else that genocide is wrong.","dateCreated":"1269615961","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dswift1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dswift1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22110843","body":"1) Is anyone in the world helping this country?
\n2) Its \u201cmanmade\u201d because people are killing other people and no one is doing anything about it, no one seems to bother or try to stop this.
\n3) He cares because he cares about what\u2019s happening to our world even though it doesn\u2019t affect us, and he wants to do something about what\u2019s going on with this country, and I think we (the U.S.) should do something about this to make it stop.","dateCreated":"1269630229","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"emoreno1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/emoreno1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22112271","body":"1)what is the US the help this country?
\n2)because people are killing other people and nobody is doing nothing to stop this.
\n3)he cares about it because he knows this is wrong and he wants to help the people, i think the US has to do stop this before its to late.","dateCreated":"1269632696","smartDate":"Mar 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Davila1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Davila1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22373715","body":"1. How come the band of men, on April 7, 2005, spared the mosque and the school? If they killed everyone why did leave somethings not touched?
\n2. It is "manmade" because the only reason they are brutaly at war with each other is because of their human emotions towards wanting something that they don't have, and finding reasons to be able to kill each other to get what they want.
\n3. He cares about it because he feels compasion towards those people living there and he feels that others should be aware of the situation instead of looking over or ignoring it. We should care about Darfur, because we should help those people end their suffering and and help them start a new healthier, nonviolent life.","dateCreated":"1270316678","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hjohnson1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hjohnson1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"22390721","body":"1. If this is such a dire cause why can't we protect humanitarian efforts? It seems as if we go in expecting we won't be attacked but then we are.
\n2.It is manmade because the two are conflicting because they both need the same thing and their isn't enough of it, then those thoughts towards ech other lead to the killings of innocent lives.
\n3.He cares for other people and he realizes that he is more fortunate than most people living in the world so he wants to help those who can't make the best with what they have. We should help out but not always in the way Eric goes about, staring small fundings and charities always seems to do the trick.","dateCreated":"1270425832","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mcrutcher1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mcrutcher1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1266849227\/mcrutcher1993-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"20398877","dateCreated":"1266588560","smartDate":"Feb 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20398877"},"dateDigested":1531975876,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Saving Venice","description":"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=saving-venice<\/a>
\nVenice is a great example of Human-Environment interaction.
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\n1. Please tell me in your own words how Venice was created.
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\n2. Then tell me the problems Venice is currently facing and how they might be able to fix them or if they can even fix them at all.
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\n3. Last, please tell me how you think we might be able to use the technology they used to build Venice here in the United States.
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\n4. After you have replied to this message, please read some of your classmates replies and then reply again, this time picking a specific classmate and telling them why you agree or disagree with part 3 of their answer.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"20500689","body":"Venice was created by war refugees from Italy these people fished the see to make trade the way we can use our technology to help build it hear is get the people hear first then we can have them build it that way they can get pied while they start their new lives over. This may work because if you think about it this will tell them the only way to survive is by coming to the US and rebuild start a new life in fact jus start over. They should try to take the opportunity because then it will show that there not as weak as we thought it.","dateCreated":"1266849119","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mhillerich1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mhillerich1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20500969","body":"As a city that was built on islands Venice was always subject to floods. Venice was built by using slits on top of islands in the venician lagoon.
\nToday venice is in trouble. The city is sinking. to save Venice the CVN(Consorzio Venezia Nuove) has came up with the idea of buildind 79 flood gates that would sourrounf the city. They work by filling up with air when there is a flood and when it is done they will fill up with water once again.
\nIn the United States the city of New Orleans could use this to help with the fact that they are already under sea level.","dateCreated":"1266849387","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"edelgado1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/edelgado1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1266848246\/edelgado1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20501281","body":"I think that Venice was a city that has been having problems with flooding all the time, so the romans were trying to preventing of being flooded. venice is having flood problems, they could fix it by raising the side walks and by raising the cities shores. I think we should use the tech. from vinice because we might go through the same problem as they are someday.","dateCreated":"1266849817","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"emoreno1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/emoreno1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20501301","body":"Venice was created by refugees from northern Italy.Venice is sinking about half an inch per century.","dateCreated":"1266849843","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dswift1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dswift1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20520013","body":"Venice was built on 117 small islands in the middle of a lagoon that flows into the Adriatic Sea, the city has origins that stretch back to Attila the Hun's invasion of Italy in 452. Some problems that Venice is that it's sinking about half an inch per century. The projected sea-level rises due to global warming, and the peril of a city sinking without a trace becomes depressingly clear. I think they can fix this by builting a wall big enough to not let any water in. We can use the technology today by inventing some wall that pushes water back.","dateCreated":"1266866372","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ehernandez1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ehernandez1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264445762\/ehernandez1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20520029","body":"Venice was built on 117 small islands in the middle of a lagoon that flows into the Adriatic Sea, the city has origins that stretch back to Attila the Hun's invasion of Italy in 452. Some problems that Venice is that it's sinking about half an inch per century. The projected sea-level rises due to global warming, and the peril of a city sinking without a trace becomes depressingly clear. I think they can fix this by builting a wall big enough to not let any water in. We can use the technology today by inventing some wall that pushes water back.","dateCreated":"1266866381","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ehernandez1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ehernandez1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264445762\/ehernandez1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20538909","body":"Venice was built on stilts on top of small islands. The water level is currently rising and the city is in danger of being submerged. Venice has built several new floodgates in order to try and keep the water from flooding over. I think that the US should use these in New Orleans.","dateCreated":"1266884378","smartDate":"Feb 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mrobinson1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mrobinson1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20595577","body":"Venice was built on stilts, because it sits on top of 117 small islands. It is under a lagoon that flows into Adriatic Sea. Venice is over 1000 years old so of course it has been sinking for some time now. It will be tough for Venice to fix this problem even if they do have the mobile floodgates. The water is being pushed around and will absorb into the lagoon that is currently sinking. They have a big problem with the floods, but the bigger problem is preventing their city from sinking into the lagoon. Venice was built above the water, and the only place in the US that would benefit from the same style would be New Orleans. New Orleans is basically a bowl that lies below sea level. This wouldn\u2019t work because the city is already developed.","dateCreated":"1266956984","smartDate":"Feb 23, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bcotter1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bcotter1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20625033","body":"Venice was created by stilts Venice is sinking, and could be under water by the end of the century. We can fix it by building dam. Also we can reduce the water flowing in to venice. We can use our technology to help venice stay above the water at all times","dateCreated":"1266985344","smartDate":"Feb 23, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"omolina1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/omolina1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21127523","body":"Venice was built on 117 small islands in the middle of a lagoon that flows into the Adriatic Sea, the city has origins that stretch back to Attila the Hun's invasion of Italy in 452. Some problems that Venice has is that it's sinking about half an inch per century. The projected sea-level rises due to global warming, and the peril of a city sinking without a trace becomes depressingly clear. I think venice can fix this problem by knocking down buildings that arnt in use, also they can build a huge wall so the water cant get in","dateCreated":"1267797846","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"rmcgo1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rmcgo1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1266889058\/rmcgo1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21128161","body":"It began when people that were escaping invaders took shelter on some islands in a lagoon. They stayed there and established a settlement that sooner or later became Venice. The problems that Venice faces today is water pollution from industrial waste, sewage, and saltwater that damage the buildings of Venice, also floods endanger the city. How this could be fixed is that they should dumping into the lake and they wouldn't have a pollution problem, and the problems on the floods is that they should build a 6 foot dam since the last largest flood was 6 feet in 1966. I think we could make Venice by making polders, and polders are lands reclaimed from sea by diking and draining.","dateCreated":"1267798859","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bstil1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bstil1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21128497","body":"Venice was built on 117 islands using stilts to hold it up in the middle of the lagoon that flows to the Adriatic Sea.
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\nCurrently, Venice is having a lot of problems with the water rising and flooding. What they are doing to try to fix this is building flood gates and raising the sidewalks so the water can't reach them.
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\nI think that we should do this to a lot of the cities that are close to the coast and are below sea level like New Orleans or any other city in need of flood control.","dateCreated":"1267799262","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"spickering1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/spickering1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":8}]},{"id":"20061753","dateCreated":"1265896082","smartDate":"Feb 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20061753"},"dateDigested":1531975877,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Feb. 11th","description":"East Asia Newspaper Project
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\n You have been asked to create a short newspaper or newsletter. This newspaper will need to cover specific areas, but also will require you to become creative and create some of your own areas. Below are the requirements for the project, and how it will be graded. You will have two days in the computer lab to work, and you may use notes, internet, or your textbook. Any plagiarizing will earn you a zero, and that includes having a newsletter similar to your friend or neighbor. Feel free to use Microsoft publisher to create this, but it IS NOT REQUIRED. Remember, YOU must write these articles, not just copy and paste them from somewhere else\u2026everything has to be your own words, unless you quote it within your stories, which is fine.
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\nRequirements:
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\n-Must be at least 1 full page long and include pics along with the articles
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\n-Must include section\/article on a current event happening in your country (5 points)
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\n-Must include section\/article on major historical event that happened in your country\u2019s past (5 points)
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\n-Must include section\/article on human-environment interaction taking place in your country (5 points) - examples are: use of space, flood control, farming, etc.
\n*any way in which humans interact with the environment is ok, and it could be positive or negative<\/strong>*
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\n-Creativity and neatness (5 points)
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\nRemember, you MUST have the things listed above\u2026but going above and beyond the requirements can only help you.
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\nThe total points for this project is 20
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\nIt will fall under the alternative assessment category in powerschool.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"19175671","dateCreated":"1264167689","smartDate":"Jan 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19175671"},"dateDigested":1531975878,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"January 22 Assignment","description":"You do not need to post a reply for this assignment. What you need to do is print a 4 slide (Title page not included) Powerpoint about the St. Lawrence Seaway.
\nYour powerpoint should cover the following areas:
\n-What is the St. Lawrence Seaway and where is is?
\n-What is a Lock
\n-How is this Human Envirnment Interaction
\n-What are the pro's and con's of this project
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\nplease include small pics on every slide<\/strong>","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"18757887","dateCreated":"1263220110","smartDate":"Jan 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/18757887"},"dateDigested":1531975878,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"January 11th - Intro to message boards","description":"Reply to the following statement:
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\n"Geography is the basis for why anything and everything has happened in the history of the world."
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\nYour response should be original, and at least 3 sentences long. It is due Friday.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"18894005","body":"I always thought that geography was just the study of geographic features but I'm glad that we get to learn more about contries and cultures and all that. I think it would be cool. I love learning about new cultures and traditions, if that is what geography is all about.","dateCreated":"1263479898","smartDate":"Jan 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"spickering1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/spickering1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"18894243","body":"I disagree because a lot of things are unavioidable no mater where they take place. The Hollocaust for example would have happened no mater where Germany was located. War and poverty would still happen if they were in different places. I think that the people have a greater influence on what happens in history than the geography.","dateCreated":"1263480213","smartDate":"Jan 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bcotter1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bcotter1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"18899507","body":"I thouht that geagrahy was the study of earth formations. I didn't think that wars and thing like that. How is geograhy the fot everything","dateCreated":"1263484717","smartDate":"Jan 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dswift1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dswift1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"18929989","body":"Well if you think about it, the statement is very true. Geographical events effect what we do everyday. For example look at world war 2, geographically they wanted more land so they started taking over other countries. the nazis didn't like the culture of the jews so they wanted them eliminated. Culture is a part of geography.","dateCreated":"1263519926","smartDate":"Jan 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mcrutcher1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mcrutcher1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1266849227\/mcrutcher1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"18937323","body":"I partially agree with that statement. The way people live and what they need in order to survive is effected by there geographical feature. The nieghbering countries, affect who a country will go to war with, and who will be allies.","dateCreated":"1263533106","smartDate":"Jan 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hjohnson1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hjohnson1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"18991573","body":"I disagree with this statement because geography is like the land so that doesnt affect wars. how has geography really affected wars. But i do partially agree with the culture because didnt like the culture of the jews so he killed them.","dateCreated":"1263697333","smartDate":"Jan 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mmaguire1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mmaguire1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1267799985\/mmaguire1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19019793","body":"i think i will learn good stuff in this class because it help learn about cultures of many countries. I do agree with this statement because it helped shape the world that we are in now, on the nature part.","dateCreated":"1263843382","smartDate":"Jan 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"smartinez1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/smartinez1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1263843642\/smartinez1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19066023","body":"I think that geography has greatly impacted history, because of the culture that people from different regions of our world. The land has affected battles fought on it, and the differences in culture is what caused the Crusades.","dateCreated":"1263943220","smartDate":"Jan 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"tgaunky1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tgaunky1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19084397","body":"I disagree with that because geography has nothing to do with many things that happen in the world today. for example like the war in Iraq, geography has nothing to do with starting that war, it doesnt matter where its located thats just where the war is taking place. Citizens and other people in the world affect what happens not geography.","dateCreated":"1263998139","smartDate":"Jan 20, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Kparr1991","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Kparr1991","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1263221013\/Kparr1991-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19084611","body":"Kyle, isn't location, a theme of geography the reason we are there? That location is the site of billions of dollars worth of oil, and Region, another theme of geography includes things like religion, an obvious source of conflict for some people involved in terrorist activities.","dateCreated":"1263998341","smartDate":"Jan 20, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19114745","body":"I agree with the statement because elements of geography such as culture and location are all important factors in many of the events that take place in history. I disagree with what Cot said about the Holocaust not being a result of geography. Culture was one of the primary reasons the Holocaust happened because Hitler only wanted people of a certain religion and that looked a certain way.","dateCreated":"1264035844","smartDate":"Jan 20, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mrobinson1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mrobinson1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19179529","body":"I like geography because I can learn about what really happened out there and can learn about different cultures and learn their history. Basically, if I learn about new places that I never heard of, it will makes me want to go there.","dateCreated":"1264171354","smartDate":"Jan 22, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"fcaflisch1991","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/fcaflisch1991","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1263351703\/fcaflisch1991-lg.jpg"}}],"more":1}]},{"id":"16468233","dateCreated":"1257451844","smartDate":"Nov 5, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/16468233"},"dateDigested":1531975879,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Friday Nov 6th Assignment","description":"By the end of the period you need to post a REPLY to this message, do not create your own Post.<\/strong>
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\nUsing The packet I gave you along with at least 2 internet sources you need to write a mini essay of least 200 words telling me the following:
\n-What are the origins of the diamond trade in Africa?
\n-What are conflict or "blood" diamonds and who is affected by them?
\n-What regions are being affected by the conflict\/blood diamonds?
\n-What is being done to stop this?
\n-and please finish the writing with your own reflections on what you learned this period
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\nYou must use a quote from the packet and a quote from each internet site you used
\nyou also must site the sources below you essay.<\/strong>
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\nYour essay shouldn't look like anyone else's essay...use your own words!!<\/strong>
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\nIf you finish this before the period is over, please work on your Sem. Project.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"16506231","body":"The conflict diamonds are a big problem in Africa. Many people die because of this. Wars break out in certain places just because people want to get diamonds. Once you reach a restricted that is when a war will break out. Conflict diamonds are diamonds that are in area with forces, which would be restricted areas. The forces are very harsh and they will heart you severely if you are caught or even kill you if you are in the restricted area."This seventeen-year-old lost both hands to rebels\u2019 machetes"(http:\/\/www.un.org\/peace\/africa\/Diamond.html)(Not<\/a> in the packet). Everyone involved in Africa is affected by this. This would mean the people in Angola and Sierra Leone. If your not involved you still have to worry about it if you live in the area so they are affected by it. Also kids getting recruited are affected by this even if they don't want to do it, they are forced to. "This UNITA soldier, here awaiting demobilization, was recruited at age 11"(from the book). The United Nations adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, breaking the link between rough diamonds and armed forces. I've learned that many people don't like to buy diamonds anymore. They are scared that it could be a conflict diamond and that someone could have been killed over it. "I'll be really sad to known that a diamond I own was a Blood diamond because somebody may have died or been enslaved"(http:\/\/www.stopblooddiamonds.org\/what-is-conflict-diamond.asp<\/a>). When you get a diamond from a regular jewelery shop, you don't think about how they got that diamond you just try to look for the best looking one and you don't realize that someone could have died over that.","dateCreated":"1257517938","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"kstaszczak","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kstaszczak","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506257","body":" Since the 30's diamonds have been a fueling resource to various African guerilla factions for supplies."The diamond history of Sierra Leone began in 1935 when De Beers legally took complete control of the dining prospects in Sierra Leone for the next 99 years." A blood diamond is nothhing more that a diamond mined under force by rebel factions trying to fund rebel militia to overthrow legitimate government. This trade effects everyone in the world blood diamonds are sold in almost every jewelery story becuase once a diamond is cut it's nearly impossible to track its origins."Around the time of the 1998 United States embassy bombings, al-Qaeda allegedly bought gems from Liberia as some of its other financial assets were frozen".Anyone harmed in correlation to rebel attacks its affected becuase the diamonds are a source of weapons for them. "6,500,000 people in Angola, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and now Cote D'Ivoire have become refugees."The genocide in Darfur is fueld by blood diamonds as well. The UN started sanctions against illegal diamond trade and several orgnizations have sprung up to help stop the diamond market. "The International Diamond Industry is already taking steps to respond,". Through the class i learned how big a this problem actually is and was saddened by the damage it caused. these poblems should be dealt with immediatly and are a threat to the entire continent of Africa.
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\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_diamonds<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/extra\/teachers\/lessonplans\/world\/conflict_diamonds_12-06.html<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/class\/e297c\/Conflict%20in%20Sierra%20Leone.htm<\/a>","dateCreated":"1257517967","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"jkaminski1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jkaminski1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257518100\/jkaminski1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506443","body":"The origins of the diamond trade in Africa are many. Firstly, many people love the precious gems and therefore are high in demand. Business people in Africa know this and know that they can make billions of dollars from selling them. Secondly, people in mild positions of power strive for bigger ones, and they think that putting fear into some of the civilizations of Africa is the way to get it. Thirdly, organizations need the money for their personal civil wars and don\u2019t have people to work for them. So they earn their money by forcing Africans to do the dirty work.
\n Blood and conflict diamonds: Known as blood diamonds or conflict diamonds, these gems are mined and exported illegally from certain parts of Africa by corrupt groups bent on funding bloody rebel conflicts and civil wars. (1).
\nPeople affected from this type of industry are the many Africans who have been forced into work. Powerful people, who use threats and force, push them into looking for diamonds all day. Their way of life is changed, and they have no choice. The poor people can either do the work or die.
\nPreviously, the African nations of Sierra Leone (ended in 2002), Angola, Liberia, Ivory Coast, And part of Congo have been involved with the blood diamond activities. They people in these nations have been most affected. (1)
\nNow, some major efforts have been set into motion to help this growing problem.
\n A major milestone occurred in 2003, when a government-run initiative known as the Kimberley Process was introduced to stem the flow of conflict diamonds. (2)
\n This \u201cscheme\u201d is a new idea and it requires that participants need to certify that their diamonds are conflict free. This is one step of many that need to follow in order to stop people from dying.
\n\u201cGovernments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, diamond traders, financial institutions, arms manufacturers, social and educational institutions and other civil society players need to combine their efforts, demand the strict enforcement of sanctions and encourage real peace. (3)
\nMy thought on this is that it is extremely wrong. Innocent people are dying because some selfish others can\u2019t work their issues out. It makes me angry and upset because it\u2019s not right. Deaths are not worth diamonds.
\n1. http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/african-diamond-trade.htm<\/a>
\n2. http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/business-and-human-rights\/conflict-diamonds\/page.do?id=1051176<\/a>
\n3. Article","dateCreated":"1257518211","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"lwright1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lwright1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257699260\/lwright1993-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506447","body":"The United Nations found out that in the beginning of the year 1998, blood diamonds were being used to fund civil wars in Africa. \u201cConflict diamonds are diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments-\u201cBlood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds are traded illegally to finance conflicts such as civil wars in Africa. People who are being affected by this are average people who have been taken from their homes. For example, in the few countries of Africa that have been using blood diamonds to fund civil wars and other conflicts are Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. They have even been taking people away from their homes forcing them to work at the diamond mines. \u201cIn the 1990s, human rights organizations worked to bring these tales of genocide and greed to the forefront of human concern. In response, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KCPS) was created in 2002 to regulate diamond trading and keep blood diamonds from entering the legitimate diamond market.\u201d The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme makes sure that the blood diamonds are not being exported to other countries so that it will prevent the African countries who are involved with the blood diamond trade from getting funding. I learned that several countries in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme are trying to help stop the blood diamonds from being exported. Also, there are some tips to help people who purchase diamonds to make sure that the diamonds they\u2019re buying aren\u2019t blood diamonds. Such as asking the jeweler where they get their diamonds from.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.diamonds-are-forever.org.uk\/blood-diamonds.htm<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/african-history\/african-diamond-trade2.htm<\/a>
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\nPacket","dateCreated":"1257518214","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"lschwabe1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lschwabe1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506583","body":"1.Set in Sierra Leone, a small west African country rich in diamonds, it will leave an indelible impression of how leaders of the romance industry turned a blind eye to the way their policies funded some of the worst atrocities in modern warfare another origins is Angola and Liberia.
\n2. The blood diamonds refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity, and the people that are effected by the diamonds are the slaves or the people that go to wars because most of the them get killed by the other enemi.
\n3. The regions that are effected by the diamonds are Angola, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
\n4. Since conflict diamonds are an international commodity an internal solution had to be found to address the crisis. Countries dealing in the diamond industry, both producers and traders joined together in an effort to address the crisis and came up with the Kimberly Process.The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme is an international certification scheme that regulates the trade in rough diamonds. Its aim is to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds, while helping to protect the legitimate trade in rough diamonds
\n5. What I learned is that the diamonds are a bad thing because people get killed of it and thats why I think is a bad thing of the diamonds.
\nhttp:\/\/www.stopblooddiamonds.org\/faq.asp<\/a>
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\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_diamonds<\/a>","dateCreated":"1257518381","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"aavilaa1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aavilaa1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506587","body":"The origins of the diamond trade in Africa are from areas controlled by forces or factions. A blood diamond is a diamond sold to finance terrorism or other violent acts. A blood diamond is also a diamond that isn\u2019t legitimate and come from people who oppose the government. The blood diamonds have caused problems in several nations such as Liberia, Angola, and Sierra Leone. Africa\u2019s government, inter-governmental, and non-governmental organizations, diamonds traders and many other organizations have combined their effort to make the strict enforcement of sanctions and to cut off sources of funding for the rebels and create lasting peace. Also the United Nations are banning all the main sources of blood diamonds. They\u2019ve been applied to Angola and the Sierra Leone rebels. They\u2019ve also applied them to Liberia rebels but have not taken effect. I\u2019ve learned that the smallest problems can become one of the worst wars to be created and how quickly it spread in South Africa.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-is-a-blood-diamond.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.diamondsnews.com\/africa_diamond_trade.htm<\/a>
\nPacket.","dateCreated":"1257518385","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"dheredia1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dheredia1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506617","body":"It all started with a 15 year old's discovery.Somwhere between December,1866,and Februrary,1867,a 15 year old boy named Stephanus Erasmus Jacobs found a shiny white pebble on the grounds of the De Kalk farm.The farm was located on the south bankk of the orange river in what was then known as the cape colony,a Dutch-founded but British controlled region in what is now South Afica.The people who were effected by the blood diamonds are the women,men ,and children of South Africa because they were put as slaves to find these blood diamonds day and night digging to find it for the people who owned those particular pieces of land.The tragic conflicts in angola and sierra leone,fuelled by illicit diamond smuggling,have already led to action by the security council.Under chapter 7 of the united nations charter,targeted sanctions have been applied against unita in angola and the sierra leone rebels,including a ban on their main source of funding illict diamonds.
\nI learned that ther is alot of people suffering for the cause of these blood diamonds and i didn't think they were a big deal until i read this article","dateCreated":"1257518415","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"rfigueroa1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rfigueroa1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256487227\/rfigueroa1994-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506751","body":"the origions of the diamonds trade in Africa is set in Sierra Leone,which is a small west African country, that is rich with diamonds, most of their origion is difficult to trace and once polished, they can no longer be identified. It will leave an indelible impression of how leaders of the romance industry turned a blind eye to the way their policies funded some of the worst atrocities in modern warfare. Blood diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. The slaves would be affected by this, because they are forced to work on finding the diamonds. There are three regions that are being affected by the blood diamond, they are Angola, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Since conflict diamonds are an international commodity an internal solution had to be found to address the crisis. Countries dealing in the diamond industry, both producers and traders joined together in an effort to address the crisis and came up with the Kimberly Process. During this class, i learned that blood diamod is a huge conflict goin on in Africa, but i already knew this because i saw a movie called blood diamond, and it was based on this event.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.stopblooddiamonds.org\/faq.asp<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_diamond<\/a>","dateCreated":"1257518540","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"marcorodriguez1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/marcorodriguez1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506767","body":"Conflict diamonds is a very big problem in Africa. These diamonds will go very high on the market and people outside of Africa will pay loads of money for those diamonds. So people in Africa get together and take over villages, capturing lots of men and boys using them to mine for conflict diamonds. People will do anything to get or find a conflict diamond. this is what an article said about conflict diamonds, "Conflict Diamonds are diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or fractions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized goverments..."(Conflict diamonds packet)All of Africa is affected by these "blood" or conflict diamonds. "In 1997, the United Nations (UN) placed Angola under sanctions forbidding countries from buying diamonds from them."(http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_diamond<\/a>) Now countries like Angola and Sierra Leone are most affected by this. "The goals of the Kimberley Process are to document and track all rough diamonds entering a participating country, with shippers placing stones in tamper-proof shipping crates and providing enough detailed information about their origins to prove they did not originate in a conflict zone."(http:\/\/jewelry.about.com\/cs\/diamondmining\/a\/diamonds.htm<\/a>) The UN has made a law saying that they will have more restrictions on blood diamonds leaving any countries. they will make sure that the diamonds are conflict-free. I really liked doing this because i lesrned more from it, even with watching the movie.","dateCreated":"1257518546","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"bguhl1993","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bguhl1993","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506777","body":"The origin of the diamond trade and where it still happens today is Angola and Sierra Leone. Other places still do but have to get permission by theeir government. Blood diamonds are referred to as blood doamonds because they come from war zones in Africa and though the diamod may not take any lives by itself, people will lose their lives over it. Diamonds usually mean wealth in other parts of the world but in Africa it is a sign of power and they even helped finance for some of the worlds most brutal terrorists. Angola and Sierra Leone are suffering because of the blood diamonds, as are many people. What is being done to try to stop the blood diamonds is that people are buying legitimate diamonds. Or selling them because they are non-conflict diamonds. I learned that in other contries other people think way differently. They also run theiir countries differently. You wont see any killing or brutality over diamonds over here in the U.S. I never knew a diamond could mean power or bring all that death and dspair.","dateCreated":"1257518553","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"vcarter93","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/vcarter93","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506841","body":"The origins of the Blood Diamond trade in Africa started on December 1, 2000, the UN General Assembly adopted a act on the role of diamonds fuelling conflict. The General Assembly realized that the conflict diamonds are the crucial factor in prolonging the brutal wars in parts of Africa. In angola and Sierra Leone, conflict diamonds continue to fund the rebel grups, National Union for the Independence of Angola and Revolutionary United Front. Both rebel groups are acting for the independence of restoring the peace of thier two countries.
\n"Sierra Leone diamonds are well-known among the jewerly world to be one of the best quality diamonds available today". In 19991, sierra Leone was thrown into more trouble as the rebel group Revolutionary United Front launched assults against the government". "This is perhaps the main reason that diamonds have wreaked the havoc they have had over so many years". The regions that are being affected today is sierra Leone and Angola. The UN and the United states are trying to stop the like genocide and post awareness against the murders and making people work.
\nhttp:\/\/www.stopblooddiamonds.org\/sierra-leone-conflict-diamonds.asp<\/a>","dateCreated":"1257518600","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"tdixon1994","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tdixon1994","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256652541\/tdixon1994-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"16506919","body":"1. between december 1866 and february 1867 a 15 year old kid found what he thought was a shiny pebble. after playing with it he gave it to his neighbor who collects odd stones. his neighbor realized that this was a diamond and had it sent to a pharmacist down in grahamstown. the stone was then bought for 500 pounds by the govener of cape colony in 1867. it was named the "eureka" diamond. the 15 year old's neighbor came accross a better diamond. the owners who had owned the land where the diamond were found got scared that miners would come and raid the land, so they sold the land.
\n2.conflict diamonds are diamonds that are mined and sold by rebels, these diamonds caused the great deppression in africa in the 1930's. these diamond caused greed and lead to violence.
\n4.in december 2000 the UN general assembly came up with the KPCS. was not effective as hoped
\n5.i learned that this all happend because of a 15 year old kid and not an adult.","dateCreated":"1257518663","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"jspude1992","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jspude1992","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":3}]},{"id":"16039379","dateCreated":"1256734709","smartDate":"Oct 28, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"sewen","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sewen","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256135246\/sewen-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ewenclass.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/16039379"},"dateDigested":1531975880,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Checkpoint Sem. Final Project 10\/28","description":"You should be at this point on your project by next Wed:
\n1. 4 days of itinerary
\n2. 3 theme papers
\n3. Pics and budget for all days of itinerary
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\nnext Wed. I will check this for a grade<\/strong>
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\nalso, you only have about 3 or 4 working days in the lab after today
\nif you are ahead of the pace start thinking about your reflection paper and putting this all together!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}