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This was briefly mentioned in my Sociology class the other day, and I thought it was pretty crazy, so I researched it a bit.

Civil war has broken out in many countries in Africa, specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo, over the looting and illegal mining of an ore called Coltan, which, when refined, creates tantalum, a necessary mineral to create capacitors which are used in small electronic devices, specifically cell phones and personal organizers.

The conflict is being called Africa's First World War, which seems a little confusing to be, being that a lot of the world is unaware and uninvolved in the conflict. I suppose it's given this title because of the size and the effects of the conflict.

I just thought I would mention it. It seems like everyone has a least a cell phone now days, and I thought it was really interesting to know who's paying what prices for our conveniences.

http://www.tanb.org/coltan.html

http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/Ja…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/…

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So I went and resized some pics I took just messing around when I first bought my leather jacket and then last night, just goofing around, since I had insomnia.
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I was just curious to know some people's opinions. What kind of effect does an artist's
or group of artist's character, personality, beliefs, and level of crazy have on your opinion of their music?

I myself have gotten really good at sparating some music from the people who make it, since I don't think that they're great people, but they have great skills. Others, you can like them as well as their music.

I just wanted to know if anyone absolutely hates someone's music because of the artist. Or vice versa.

Hey guys, I'm Chiara, one of the new mods of the community (_cankerblossom is the other). Now, I've been noticing that this community is...dead. We need new members desperately, and we also want everyone to post new pics of themselves, stories, debates (there are so many things to discuss:movies music, politics, world issues, etc.). I'm also thinking that we should change the application a bit. What do you guys think?

What changes does everyone think should be made to the community to help improve it?

What changes should we make to the application?

Let me know your opinions, and will every member please promote to three places and post where you promoted into a comment on this post? Hopefully we can wrangle in some fresh meat.

Okay, thanks everyone!

-Chiara

Hey everyone-

I don't really have time to maintain this community anymore. If anyone else wants Mod rights, comment and here and they're yours.

Caitlin