On March 26‚ 2014 William Harris published an essay titled Change in the Land: Willa Cather’s Midwest that reflects a conversation with the reader about two sources‚ Franzen and Cather‚ about topics that identify the “essence” of the Midwest‚ or environmental issues. In the essay Harris writes‚ “the land wanted to be let alone‚ to preserve its own fierce strength‚ its peculiar‚ savage kind of beauty‚ its uninterrupted mournfulness‚” (31). As a reader‚ I found this illuminating to my own experience
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Great Commission of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28 :18-20. In June 1986‚ Midwest University was founded‚ with Dr. Song as its first president. Midwest University (formerly Midwest College and Theological Seminary) began academic educational programs designed to equip persons called by Christ to serve in churches‚ mission fields‚ and Christian universities as well as public and private organizations.’ (Midwest University‚ 2007) Midwest university is located on a 500 acre tract of land outside St Louis
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Between the 1860’s and 1890’s‚ the west of the United States got its name "the Old West" and a reputation of being violent. Now there are many movies‚ books‚ television shows‚ and many other things based on the Old West having: cowboys‚ gunfights‚ rough towns‚ and Indian attacks. Some people may believe that the Old West really was like this‚ but I think the west wasn’t any more violent than other areas of the United States at this time. Less people lived in the west at this time so one murder may be
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• Political Control by the west led to systemic difference between east and west‚ a conscious process of the creation of an architectonic of international capitalism by the colonial powers and trade networks throughout their settler colonies. Economic domination and political domination go hand in hand. One builds on the other‚ the merchants and the ruling class in collusion. Mere increase in quantity of economic goods and their variety doesn’t tell the full story‚ there has to be an analysis of
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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: METRO MANILA GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The National Capital Region or NCR is the center of Luzon and capital region of the Philippines. The Cordillera Mountains forms its boundary on the east‚ Laguna de Bay on the southeast‚ Central Luzon on the north and Southern Tagalog region on the south. It is composed of the cities of Manila‚ Kalookan‚ Las Pinas‚ Makati‚ Mandaluyong‚ Marikina‚ Paranaque‚ Muntinlupa‚ Pasay‚ Pasig and Quezon City. Pending ratification for city hood
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Arkansas is a unique state that has been divided into six regions: the Ozarks‚ the Ouachita Mountains‚ Crowley’s Ridge‚ the Arkansas River Valley‚ the West Gulf Coastal Plain‚ and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The six regions of Arkansas are all different in their own way‚ but they are what make our state beautiful. Each region has gone through good times and bad times which gives them a history. The six regions of Arkansas have a different economy‚ population‚ and topography. Today‚ I want to
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Indian Ocean Region The Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest ocean covering an area of over 28 million square miles. It is bounded by land masses on three sides. The exact boundaries of the Indian Ocean region has been argued but there is general agreement that it includes Cape Agulhas at the southernmost point of Africa‚ the Suez Canal‚ the entirety of the Persian Gulf‚ the Strait of Malacca‚ the Singapore Strait‚ and the west coast of Tasmania. The Indian Ocean region is comprised of
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The Atlantic Region (also called the Maritimes) Provinces and capital cities: Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s) Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Nova Scotia (Halifax) New Brunswick (Fredricton) Around 2.3 million people live in the Maritimes. The region is known for fishing‚ farming‚ forestry‚ and mining. Aside from its natural coastal beauty‚ the area is also rich in history‚ with Nova Scotia known as the gateway to Canada‚ and Newfoundland and Labrador as the oldest colony of the British
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‘Caribbean’ is said to be derived from the indigenous people’s name for themselves‚ ‘Carib’. The term ‘West Indies’ which is often used interchangeably with Caribbean is the name given to the region by Christopher Columbus in 1492. — As with the inexact name of the region so to is there little agreement on what area is included within the Caribbean. Different criteria are used to define the region.
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Climate Regions of Pakistan Depending on the topography‚ there is an extreme variation in the temperature of Pakistan. The country is essentially arid except for the southern slopes of the Himalayas and the sub-mountainous tract where the annual rainfall varies between 760 and 1270 mm. This area has humid sub-Tropical climate. In the extreme north - because of great heights - Highland climate prevails. The controlling factors of the climate are: 1. The sub-Tropical location of Pakistan that tends
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