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    have changed us all. Agriculture had a great impact on human society because now there were surpluses of great amounts of food. And with more food surpluses there could be more people specializing in other things such as teaching. According to Jared Diamond, productive food can lead to better technology by, surplus amounts of food which then leads to focusing more into culture and politics without having everyone to farm, and how people can specialize in things. This later on brings inventions…

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    committee for the past three years, following the footsteps of my grandparents, Gary and Millie Christ, who served on the Four Diamonds Advisory Board for over two decades. Being a part of this committee includes organizing fundraisers, and preparing and decorating for the annual Mini-THON. These tasks work toward having a special night that honors the Four Diamonds. The Four Diamonds Fund is dear to me, as many members of my community have been diagnosed with childhood cancer. Because of this,…

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    As aforementioned, Diamond attempts to answer the questions of why societies differentiate on different parts of the world in his novel, Guns, Germs and Steel. In the words of Diamond, “GGS seeks to understand the broad pattern of intercontinental differences among human societies, from the end of the Pleistocene to Columbus’s voyage in AD 1492 (2003…

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    We don't actually know what going to happen; George Orwell thought he could predict the future, and so does Jared Diamond. What we are doing is using what happening in the past and present to predict the future. Which is really unfair to the future. If we really sit down and think about it has anyone prediction from the past even been remotely close to the world we live…

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    Malaysia to make convenience and easy access for their consumers. The concept stores included Poh Kong, Poh Kong Gallery, Gold Boutique, Diamond Boutique, Diamond & Gold outlets, and Oro Bianco. Outbound logistics Poh Kong is an investment holding company. Its subsidiaries are involved in trading and in manufacturing, supplying and retailing of gold jewellery, diamonds, gems, precious stones and gold-related jewellery at its retail chain stores. Poh Kong Jewellery Manufacturer Sdn Bhd which is…

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    For the past 7 million years, humans have found methods of survival. From the beginning of the human race, until agriculture is discovered and introduced, hunting, gathering, and scavenging was the only viable strategy of getting food (Weisdorf, 2005). These methods have evolved over time as either food supplies increased, decreased or disappeared. There wasn't a choice but to adapt to their surroundings to survive. From the beginning until about 10,000 years ago, hunting and gathering appeared…

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    shows how colonization can become a very bad thing. To start, Europeans colonized Africa for many reasons, two of which are they wanted their materials and people for slaves. My first reason is the Europeans wanted their raw materials, like gold, diamonds, salt and many more. The Europeans that came here told the Africans that they would show them how to have an acceptable government, if they could have the mountains. At the time the Africans didn’t realize that they meant they wanted the land…

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    dress. She finds the dress, but wants a necklace so she asks her friend if she can borrow the “diamond” necklace, she agrees. So, she comes home and realised the necklace is gone. She freaks out and goes to find it. She can’t find it, but she doesn’t tell her friend that she lost her “diamond necklace, so she saves up money, moves into her house's attic, sells her house out and buys her friend a new diamond necklace but her friend tells her the necklace was fake , so she went into debt for 10…

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    American geographer Jared Diamond theorized that “guns, germs, and steel” were the major factors that contributed to the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Diamond explains “guns, germs and steel” were European advancements that resulted from their geography. His theory received a tremendous amount of attention and popularity from other scientists and historians, which also brought an abundant controversy. There are a lot of scholars who agree with Diamond’s theory, but concurrently, scientists…

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    Computer forensics started in the late 1970's when it was determined that there was evidence to be found on computers that could assist in the apprehension or conviction of a suspect. Since then there have been many different ideas as to what is considered the proper process of attaining the data and what is legal for either the government or corporations. Today, almost anyone that you meet will have a cell phone that is a considerably more powerful computer than the one that guided the Apollo…

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