Were the Risks of the American West Worth it? I believe that the risks the American West posed to those who were brave enough to venture out to the American West were worth it. I also believe that I would have moved to the West despite the dangers and corruption happening at the time for two reasons. Number one and most important reason were the economic opportunities. Many immigrants chose the West because of the hope for economic prosperity. Chinese immigrants for example‚ having heard of
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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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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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The discourse of “The West versus the rest” has certainly shaped attitudes and‚ hence‚ the realities of colonization and subsequent development of the world outside of Europe. The evidence of this is perhaps most striking in the Americas. We can clearly see the roles played by European’s existing “archive” of information regarding the outside world and the stereotypes that developed‚ post “discovery”‚ of America’s native inhabitants. I should note here that in writing this paper I am doing so
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American West has left an indelible and lamentable stain upon the historical record of the United States for both European and Native Americans. Moreover‚ this revisionist history has obfuscated the objective reality of the American West. Relations between European and Native Americans have been vexed by this miscarriage of justice all the way through the present era. In this fallacious and farcical narrative of rugged individual European Americans conquering and enlightening the “Wild West” (Major
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the expansion of americans into the west was a major step in the 1800’s. the united states had a great deal of land that no one had ventured to settle. however‚ that all changed as the prospect of making it big in the west entered people’s minds. although white settlers wanted desperately to settle the west rapidly‚ they encountered varous problems. the west was land like thye had never seen. the climate could change from one extreme to the other in a matter of hours‚ it was very dry‚ there
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East meets West: How Modern Medicine Is Turning To More Traditional Therapies Abraham Diaz California College of San Diego PHR 200: Pharmacy Essentials Krista Coleman April 28‚ 2013 The history over traditional medicine versus modern medicine has changed overtime ever since the two types of remedies united together. Back in the old days‚ remedies were done by spiritual beliefs and forcing the mind to believe that one is being cured. Herbals and nature were the main source for medicine
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Government representative‚ in the west coast‚ offers diverse sorts of fish however faces numerous encounters. Variety of fish consist of salmon‚ which have many forms as chum‚ spring‚ pink‚ sockeye‚ and coho. Salmon significantly contributes to the Canadian economy while it upturns trades and creates abundance amounts of employments. In addition‚ over some time there has been a deterioration of the West Coast fisheries. (Clarke‚ Wallace & Earle‚ 2006) Some challenges that the West Coast fisheries face are
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The Summary of P.B. Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind Published in 1820‚ P.B. Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind‚ is a poem which allegorizes the role of the poet as the voice of change and revolution. Shelley realizes that he cannot in actual life‚ rise to the height of imaginative perfection‚ which was his dream. But it is his bold optimism that he invokes the West Wind to blow the clarion call to the ‘unawaken’d earth’ and to sow the seeds of hope of regeneration. The poem begins with three stanzas
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Casual Agent West Nile Virus is a part of the Flavivirdae family‚ genus Flavivirus (Gray & Webb 2014). A Flavivirus is a group of viruses that transmit diseases by arthropods. West Nile Virus is a mosquito borne virus. (Gray & Webb 2014). The West Nile Virus virion contains a linear‚ plus sense‚ single stranded RNA genome that is surrounded by an icosahedral capsid which is further surrounded by a lipid envelope (Gray & Webb 2014). The enveloped virus can enter the cells by endocytosis and result
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