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    Author’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Obesity in Western Societies Statistics show that obesity has risen in tremendous numbers over the last couple of years. All over the world‚ it has become an issue of wide discussion and worry‚ more so in the western society‚ where a third or more of the population has obesity (centers for disease control and prevention‚ 2011). Obesity can be defined as having excessive fat in the body and therefore contributing to a higher than recommended body weight

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    Western civilization 10/15/2010 Growth of Christianity The religion of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is god. Jesus lived somewhere between 4 and 30 BCE and was from Nazareth. Jesus was brought up an orthodox Jew and was born into a bit of a higher class family. Jesus became a Jewish teacher and was said to give a message of hope and moral demands. He was executed somewhere around 30BCE by the roman crowed and was crucified. After his death his body reportedly went pissing from

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    There were many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. Many roots of the civilization we have today can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. If the intelligent thinkers of the Ancient Greeks such as‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚and Hippocrates never challenged the way Greeks lived many of the ideas we have today would have never been established. The Greeks made contributions

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    Western society In today’s society‚ many of our decisions are guided by forces such as employment‚ social needs‚ self-sufficiency and moral obligations‚ such as the church. Over the past century we have seen a dramatic shift in which these needs or forces have taken precedence over one another. Nowadays‚ greed and social protocols tend to run our daily lives where moral dependency and faith have lost significance. As the world develops‚ where technology and processes are growing at an alarming rate

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    There are several reasons for stalemate on the Western Front by December 1914‚ which include numerous faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan‚ tactical and strategic problems‚ problems in communications and the incapability of the commanders. There was also a changing in offensive to defensive‚ poor trench conditions‚ poor equipment and supplies‚ and also low morale amongst both armies. Faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan were a major reason

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    have been trying to establish western healthcare in Haiti due to the increasing number of Haitians being infected by AIDS. However‚ Haitians choose to see voodoo priests instead of western medical doctors because religion is very important to them and voodoo priests provide the spiritual healing they seek. The consequence of western doctors not understanding the importance of voodoo religion in the treatment process is the biggest deterrent to Haitians accepting western healthcare. Instead of trying

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    Tokenism is a longstanding and popular practice in Western culture when the situations entails entertainment; shows like South Park (Stone‚ Parker) frequently find the humour in bringing attention to one of their only Black characters - ironically named Token Black - while shows like The Wayans Bros. (Wayans)‚ on a more serious note‚ brought to light the issue with the Western world’s perfunctory effort at including minorities in the workforce. Tokenism‚ however‚ is not exclusive to entertainment

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    From 1880-1906‚ western farmers were affected by multiple issues that they saw as threats to their way of life. The main threats to the farmers were railroads‚ trusts‚ and the government‚ because these institutions all had the power to drastically affect the ability of the farmers to make profits. Therefore‚ the farmers were not wrong to feel frustration toward those institutions when the institutions caused the farmers to live lives of increasingly extreme poverty. The main source of agrarian

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    Essay: Western Women are Free or Not More women are used as toys for the pleasure of men and the marketing industry for big companies. This is the case with some of the women in America and Europe. Although this may seem like a small minority‚ women do not have freedom in the western world. People would argue that western women are free because women can do just about anything a man can do in their societies. Women have more rights in the western world than any other part of the world‚ so that

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    westernized culture and its effect on us. I feel we are imitating the western life too much; not that western culture is all that bad‚ just that we are chasing our tradition away. We are instilling social and political ideas that are not indigenous to India. Those days whatever we borrowed from British were good; we realized that Government is an acceptable institution. Britishers also made us realize that Government would give us freedom of opinion‚ expression and the right to drive public demands

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