Alain de Botton

we are paying for gold, is it merely the store tag or greater the ecological and social impact that we are leaving on the earth. From 2000 to 2010 the price of gold has grown exponentially, this has triggered a gold rush in Peru. The region of Madre de Dios (Mother of God), a mostly rural area in the Peruvian Amazon has a large number of gold deposits. For millennial gold, sediment has flowed down from the Peruvian Andes to become later settled in the Amazon. The increases in the price…

Cecil Rhodes was the founder of De Beers Consolidated Miles Ltd. and eventually gained monopolistic control of the whole diamond market in 1888 (). He completed this by forming the London Diamond Syndicate, a cartel, who was a leading diamond merchant at the time that allowed Rhodes…

De Stijl is Dutch for “the style” and it proposed ultimate simplicity and abstraction, both in architecture and painting. The visual language of the movement consists of straight lines, squares, rectangles, and the same primary colors that were prominent in expressionism. Curved lines and circles were considered to be representative of nature and were often not used in De Stijl artwork. The move from expressionism in the Bauhaus came…

However, they differ in a few ways; De Jure Segregation according to the American Government textbook means, programs or facility that are racially segregated by the law. For example the Jim Crow era in the south that separated black and whites by not letting them attend the same schools, bathrooms, restaurants’, and water fountains; however later on it was considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. De Facto Segregation only difference is that racial segregation is…

In academia, it is a given that an academic institution will be able to provide computer and printing access to the college’s body. These services are vital to both the student and the faculty, as computer laboratories are able to service high-volume traffic and provide relief to all users through multiple computers and allow for a number of tasks to be completed that normally can’t. Such tasks range from printing, to using specialized software such as NCLEX preparation or AutoCAD, to servicing…

Diamonds. These small and rare rocks have been considered prized possessions throughout the ages. Diamonds are as old as the earth itself, and ever since their discovery they have captivated humans. Diamonds have come to represent many things, but in this paper, I will focus on power. I will track a certain diamond through its’ dated 350-year period, and use it to understand the individuals who owned it and the power it gave them. The diamond I refer to is the hope diamond. The Hope diamond is…

the coaches decided to take him out of the game to prevent further damage. This was the first time in Bright’s career that he left a game without reaching the 100 yard mark. Oklahoma won the game with a score of 27-14. Reporter Bob Spiegel of the Des Moines Register interviewed multiple people who confirmed hearing coaches and players encouraging the play, but Smith denied that he was the one who broke Bright’s jaw. Unfortunately for Smith, the reporters captured the incident through a series of…

to be obeyed. He also defines the state as a group of persons who have and exercise supreme authority within a given territory. He explains that a de jure authority is one in which a governments claim to the right to rule is true. It implies that the people who choose to obey the right to rule, do so because it is their duty to obey the government. A de facto authority is one in which many believe the government has…

The Walking Burger A Consumer Review on The restaurant, Zombie Burger Zombie Burger in Des moines Iowa greeted my family with the most realistic zombie statues and post-apocalyptic vibes while entering the restaurant. I definitely agree when critics claim their food and drinks are “to die for”. Some popular burgers customers love are “zombie unicorn”, “three little pigs as told by the wolf”. This Burger joint has way more than your standard juicy burger, and has been recognized on Food…

My Thanksgiving vacation could have been more enjoyable. I did very much working over break. Starting from the beginning, on Tuesday after they released us from school, I drove all the way down to Des Moines because I had to work. I am employed at the Des Moines Buccaneers Hockey Arena. My sister Kaylee and I work in the Pirates cove. Buccaneer clothing can be purchased in the cove. It’s a USHL hockey league that boys from ages 16 to 19 play in for scholarships to colleges they have signed to.…