revolutionary overthrow of the Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi on January 16th‚ 1979‚ and the creation of the world’s first modern Islamic nation-state‚ the Islamic Republic of Iran. The overthrow of the Pahlavi monarch shocked many in the Western world because from the end on World War II until the late 1970’s Iran appeared to be a rock of stability in the turbulent Middle East‚ as it was a bulwark against Soviet expansionism‚ political radicalism and Islamic fundamentalism‚ as well as modernizing and adopting
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Space Elevator The idea of making space elevator was conceived by Michael Laine‚ the space elevator still a dream to the scientists and its still on the plan to build it one day‚ the space elevator will be one of the best inventions in the space career and in the world. Space elevator advantages is more than rockets because its cheaper and safer to the spacemen‚ also it will be on easy road to approach the space. Engineers faces a lot of challenges while sketching the space elevator like
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Memories That Last a Lifetime… I’m struggling with family traditions these days. Those little things that were so important to me growing up‚ that once gave me such great joy just a few years ago are becoming increasingly more difficult to motivate myself to do. As a child I can remember the excitement that each new season brought to me as I anticipated the corresponding event. In the spring we colored Easter eggs‚ we took a happy meal to park on the first warm (enough) day of the year and
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Response Question Religious freedom was always a struggle for the early inhabitants of the New world‚ they even moved an entire world away just to achieve it. When Martin Luther decided to nail those ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg‚ little did he know he would make such an impact on the rest of the world for years to come. That was the beginning of the protestant reformation as well as puritanism. An adding catalyst in wanting to acquire religious liberty was when
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Philippine Traditions: The Greatest Heritage The Philippines has vast practices‚ traditions‚ and cultures. They existed a hundred years ago or may be thousands but they are still practiced up to now. It is like a legacy which is passed on from generation to generation. Usually‚ it is the old folks who relate these traditions over and over again. On my Grandma’s burial‚ her valued possessions are also buried in her grave. I asked my Mama why they have to do that and she simply answered‚ “So that
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Contested Space Although many strive to avoid it‚ people are running into contested space moments after they open their eyes each morning. We form these walls of contested space automatically‚ sometimes subconsciously which comes into play as we go about life. Contested space is a generally used term; that has a fairly vague definition. However‚ Mary Louise Pratt In her work: Arts Of The Contact Zone expresses it use well‚ stating: “ I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet
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DEATH CEREMONY RITUALS IN SULAWESI SELATAN WRITTEN BY: ADINDA RIZKI NIRMALA 2012/338097/SV/02553 PROGRAM STUDI BAHASA INGGRIS SEKOLAH VOKASI UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA YOGYAKARTA 2012 INTRODUCTION South Sulawesi divided into 20 regencies. One of them is called Tana Toraja‚ which is located on plateau in the north of capital city of South Sulawesi‚ Makassar. South Sulawesi known with their various ethnic groups such as: Suku Bugis‚ Suku Makassar‚ and Suku Toraja. The latest ethnic
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What is personal space? Personal space was an idea first developed by German born Swedish psychologist David Katz in 1937. It is very often describes as an “emotionally charged bubble of space which surrounds each individual” or alternately “Personal space is the region surrounding a person which they regard as psychologically theirs. Most people value their personal space and feel discomfort‚ anger‚ or anxiety when their personal space is encroached.” On the other hand‚ some research suggests
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In the world people believes in many different religions and call him different name but we all knows that there is only one god in world‚ who create the world and the destroyer. So there’s one religions is Sikhism. Sikhs religions do not believe in double‚ but every religions and everyone’s believes that praying daily and worships to the god is most important thing. Sikhism was founded more than 600 years ago. Today the Sikh religion have follower more than 30 million peoples all over the worldwide
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2/20/14 Space Exploration Space Exploration is an interesting part of today’s society. There are kids across the world with lifelong dreams of becoming an astronaut. Although many may think space exploration is a great thing and we should keep progressing in it‚ space exploration is a waste of time because of the medical effects to crew members‚ the countless money we spend on it‚ the environmental effects‚ and the dangers of the unknown universe. The medical effects space exploration has on crew members in space are endless
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