abilities to invoke supernatural powers-shamans‚ medicine men‚ and other religious leaders-held positions of respect and authority. Unlike the Christian world from which European newcomers arrived‚ Indian religion did not pose a sharp distinction between the natural and supernatural‚ or secular and religious activities. In some respects‚ however‚ Indian religion was not that different from popular spiritual beliefs in Europe. Most Indians and Europeans held that a single Creator stood atop the spiritual
Premium Religion Native Americans in the United States Indigenous peoples of the Americas
other through a “loose league of friendship”. In this friendship‚ the states would work and trade together‚ but no form of central government was needed. This system was not nearly sufficient for the nations problems at the time. Recognizing the need for a reform‚ the nations leaders tried to reform the current system‚ and with little success‚ the decision was made that they should start from scratch and create a government that they believed to be the saving grace for America. This new creation
Premium United States United States Constitution Articles of Confederation
is the definition of what a kernel is). Because UNIX treats everything as a file‚ it provides greater security for users. An example of a UNIX distribution is posix. (note: actually POSIX is a set of standards for interoperability of applications between UNIX and UNIX-like systems). Linux uses a the UNIX architecture as its basis and provides more facilities and applications. Linux could be considered to be a GUI to the UNIX
Premium Operating system Unix Free software
health care problems that are in the constant eye of health care organizations to fight as transmission can be quick and insidious and prevention is far more cost efficient and manageable than treatment of the infections. For a long time‚ healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) were a major hassle for health care settings to deal with as they not only put the patients at risk of negative health outcomes and complications; their treatment presents a heavy cost on the setting as health insurances refuse
Premium Health care Medicine Health economics
communication the person to the others. The people need language to looking for and give people benefit information. People need language as a communication to express their feeling‚ though and desire. Language has two major purposes for us that are as an instrument of communication and as a vehicle of thought (Dummett: 2002). Language as instrument of communication means that people use language to gather all of the information that people need in life. Moreover‚ people use language to convey everything
Premium Communication Nonverbal communication Writing
The negotiation between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev was one of most disastrous meeting‚ which happened during June 3-4‚ 1961‚ in Vienna‚ Austria. It started when Khrushchev congratulated Kennedy on the day of presidential election and stated the hope for better relations in Soviet-American co-operation.(178) Kennedy‚ then continued the similar niceties by sending the letter expressed the aspire to meet personally with Khrushchev in order to exchange the views in various items: Laos‚ disarmament
Premium Cold War Soviet Union World War II
The catastrophic torture between Catholic and Puritan powers made religious concerns the primary cause of settling the British colonies. Also‚ the beginning of the English Civil Wars in 1642-1651‚ and the Great migration helped the intensity of the British economic problems progressively slowed to a stop. As a result‚ the settling of the British colonies for economic concerns was continually dying down. Therefore‚ the statement‚ “Throughout the Colonial Period‚ economic concerns had more to do with
Premium Massachusetts Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony
happening in society (ibid‚ pp. 116). The city-state went through several setbacks such as the different riots‚ particularly the riots regarding the races in the city-state‚ as well as the disagreements on beliefs and ideologies between Singapore and Malaysia. The racial riots between the Malays and Chinese in both Singapore and Malaysia led to both anger and alarm in both states‚ with Razak depending on Singapore to keep the Chinese at bay (ibid‚ pp. 263-266). After its issues with Malaysia‚ Singapore
Premium Singapore Lee Kuan Yew
use‚ prenatal care use‚ number of previous births and a host of other demographic variables‚ have not been adequate to explain what the factors are that lead to this racial disparity. One factor less studied is the inequality of living conditions between different racial groups. There is growing interest in the woman’s ecological environment and their effect on birth outcomes. As well as interest in the role that economic political and cultural factors play in the low birthweight gap. A low birthweight
Premium Race White people Black people
‘It is the normal way people talk in India’. Today‚ English is widely acknowledged as being the ‘lingua franca’ of the modern world. This phrase refers to the adoption of English as the ‘bridging’ language among communities to allow communication between people who do not speak the same language or dialect- making it the leader in education‚ research‚ tourism and the media. However‚ in recent years‚ new competitor languages have emerged to supersede English‚ particularly in multilingual contexts such
Premium India English language British Empire