United States is commonly referred to as the period of the “wild west”. This title is given in reference to the largely lawless nature of the region that arose after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which opened the frontier west of the Mississippi river to settlers from the established colonies on the east coast. The media flourished during this time as the rest of the United States became intrigued by the way those in the wild west lived their lives. Newspapers began to print articles and stories
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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among the working population in the British West Indies during the first half of the 20th century. Cricket today‚ as it has been said many times‚ is not what it used to be. Unfortunately many young West Indians know very little of what is once was and what it stood for‚ they take for granted the techniques and its origins. The level of West Indies cricket has been diluted due to the increase of tourism and fast paced games. However there are many West Indians who hold strong to the fact that cricket
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Culture of West Africa Geography and climate West Africa includes the western part of the Maghreb (Western Sahara‚ Morocco‚ Algeria and Tunisia)‚ occupies an area of more than 6.14 million km2‚ or about one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of these lands consist of the plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level‚ although some elevation exists in many countries along the southern coast region. The northern part of the West African semi-arid terrain is made up of known as the Sahel
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The East-West Schism‚ or Great Schism‚ divided Chalcedonian Christianity into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches‚ i.e. Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Though normally dated to 1054‚ the East-West Schism was actually the result of an extended period of estrangement between Latin and Greek Christendom. The primary causes of the Schism were disputes over papal authorityPope Leo IX claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchsand over the insertion of the filioque
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of the American West The three most important transformations of the American West were the completion of the railway system‚ economically‚ the diversity of the people‚ socially‚ and the conservation of land‚ politically. All of these transformations have made an unmistakable impact of the American West and what it is today. The largest economic transformation in American Western history was the building of the railroad systems. It was the key factor in united the East and West. The railroads
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on which to base our opinions off of. It ’s the way that we seek information and how we apply it that makes us dependent or independent thinkers. If we uncritically accept whatever values or ideas we ’ve been taught by parents‚ teachers‚ or church‚ never questioning these ideas or asking ourselves if these ideas really make sense‚ then we are dependent thinkers. Independent thinking means making sense of the world based on your own observations and experiences rather than just depending on the word
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North West Company B Introduction The North West Company is a leading retailer of food and everyday needs to rural and urban neighborhoods across Canada‚ Alaska‚ the South Pacific islands and the Caribbean. In early 2003‚ North West had negotiated a master franchiser agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Winnipeg. In contrast with North West’s ""push"" system of product replenishment‚ Giant Tiger had developed a successful ""pull""
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The East-West Schism The Filioque‚ or addition of the clause “and from the son” to the Nicene Creed‚ in the west brought the two halves of Christendom into conflict. Two issues were at stake- theology and authority. Was it theologically sound to state that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son as the west came to believe? If so‚ by whose authority could the Nicene Creed be altered? http://joshhatala.wordpress.com/history/the-great-schism-of-1054-an-historiographic-view-by-josh-hatala/
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ODE TO THE WEST WIND Summary The autumnal west wind sweeps along the leaves and "winged seeds." The seeds will remain dormant until spring. The wind is thus a destroyer and a preserver. The west wind also sweeps along storm clouds. It is the death song of the year. With the night that closes the year will come rain‚ lightning‚ and hail; there will be storms in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The poet pleads with the west wind to endow him with some of its power‚ for he feels depressed and helpless
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