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  1. The Western World

    distinguish western world Infobox Single Name The Western World Cover Artist Pennywise band Pennywise from Album Reason to Believe Pennywise album Reason to Believe Released May 2008 Format Compact disc CD Recorded October 2007 January 2008 Genre Punk rock , melodic hardcore Length 3 11 Label MySpace Records MySpace , Epitaph Records Epitaph Writer Producer Cameron Webb Artist Pennywise band Pennywise Last single Knocked Down br 2005 This single The Western World br 2008 Next single Die for You br 2008 The Western World is the sixth track from Pennywise band Pennywise s ninth studio album Reason to Believe Pennywise album Reason to Believe . It was the album s first single, which also reached number 22 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks chart, ref http www.billboard.com artist pennywise chart history 11519?f 377&g Singles Billboard ref marking the highest initial charting single in Pennywise s career. It also had success in the Peruvian s rock chart, debuting at number one it stayed in that position for four weeks. Music video The video starts with identical super models playing the song as other models walk along the catwalk.Business men are waving money in the air as the models walk. It is revealed that the models are not actual humans, but robots Gynoid gynoids Cyborg cyborgs synthetic humans it is not revealed which made by scientists behind a curtain. It then shows S.W.A.T. team members holding back normal people. The video is interspersed with images of scientists working on the models, and becoming increasingly involved in the song, as more of them start to pump the air with their fists, and chant the song. Back in the lab behind the scenes, one of the models being created suddenly sits up from the operating table, as the crowd outside breaches the SWAT ... lying on the stage, thrown down by the singer. References reflist Pennywise DEFAULTSORT Western World, The Category 2008 singles Category Pennywise songs punk song stub 2000s rock single stub ...   more details



  1. Vagabonds of the Western World

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Vagabonds of the Western World Type Album Artist Thin Lizzy Cover Vagabonds of the Western World.jpg Released 21 September 1973 Recorded London , July 1973 Genre Hard rock Length 39 59 Label Deram Records Deram Producer Nick Tauber Reviews Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r19999 review pure url yes link Rolling Stone small Positive small http www.rollingstone.com artists thinlizzy albums album 205764 review 5940580 vagabonds of the western world link Last album Shades of a Blue Orphanage br 1972 This album Vagabonds of the Western World br 1973 Next album Nightlife Thin Lizzy album Nightlife br 1974 Vagabonds of the Western World is the third studio album by Ireland Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy , released in 1973 in music 1973 . It was the band s last album with original guitarist Eric Bell . Track listing Mama Nature Said Phil Lynott 4 52 The Hero and the Madman Lynott 6 08 Slow Blues Brian Downey drummer Brian Downey , Lynott 5 14 The Rocker Eric Bell , Downey, Lynott 5 12 Vagabond of the Western World Lynott 4 44 Little Girl in Bloom Lynott 5 12 Gonna Creep Up on You Bell, Lynott 3 27 A Song for While I m Away Lynott 5 10 When the album was repackaged for CD in 1991, it included the respective A and B sides of the two singles released at around the same time. Whiskey in the Jar was Lizzy s first hit. Whiskey ... of the Western World was reissued as a 2CD deluxe edition. This version was remastered with bonus ... Blues The Rocker Vagabonds of the Western World Little Girl in Bloom Gonna Creep Up on You A Song ... in Concert Suicide BBC Radio One in Concert Vagabonds of the Western World BBC Radio One John Peel ... Category Universal Deluxe Editions cs Vagabonds of the Western World es Vagabonds of the Western World it Vagabonds of the Western World pl Vagabonds of the Western World pt Vagabonds of the Western World fi Vagabonds of the Western World sv Vagabonds of the Western World ...   more details



  1. USS Western World (1856)

    armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes USS Western World 1856 was a ship acquired ... countries. Western World a screw Steamboat steamer built in 1856 at Brooklyn, New York was purchased ... Blockade On 2 January 1862, Western World was ordered to Port Royal, South Carolina , to join ..., Western World and USS E. B. Hale 1861 2 drove off four Confederate vessels which attempted to break ... at Venus Point . After remaining off the Savannah through May, Western World returned to Port Royal on 2 June. On the 6th, Western World called briefly at St. Johns River , Florida , to reprovision Union ... Carolina, Western World captured the British schooner Volante on 2 July. However, intense shore ... the following day. On the 25th, Western World sailed for Port Royal carrying contraband. However ... to the North Atlantic Blockade Western World departed New York on 16 February 1863 and arrived ... forced Western World , herself, to the Philadelphia Navy Yard late in the month but she departed ... Through the spring and summer, Western World participated actively in operations along the Virginia ... 300 cavalry to Virginia Western World was back in action within a week. Beginning on 23 June 1863 ... long operation, Western World brought up and landed nearly 300 cavalry . On 1 July 1863, she was deployed in the Pamunkey River , Virginia . Late in the month, Western World returned to Hampton ... Navy Yard for repairs. Reassigned to the Potomac Flotilla Repairs completed, Western World ... there until early November. Reassigned to the North Atlantic Blockade Western World was assigned .... Western World was deployed in Virginia s Mobjack Bay on 6 April and, on 5 May, proceeded to the Washington ... DANFS External links http www.history.navy.mil danfs w6 western world.htm USS Western World DEFAULTSORT Western World Category Ships of the Union Navy Category Ships built in New York Category United ... Albatross 1861 2 . Setting fire to plantations and carrying away escaped slaves On 25 June 1862, Western ...   more details



  1. The Playboy of the Western World

    Italic title The Playboy of the Western World is a three act play written by Ireland Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre , Dublin , on January 26, 1907. ref Synge 1983 , p. vii ref It is set in Michael James Flaherty s public house in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than in condemning the immorality of his murderous deed. He captures the romantic attention ... of the Western World , Plymouth Theatre, Boston, 1911 Christy Mahon Old Mahon , Christy s father ... leave to wander the world, Shawn suggests he and Pegeen get married soon, but she spurns him. Pegeen then laments betraying and losing Christy, The Playboy of the Western World. The Playboy Riots The Playboy ... Playboy of the Western World. Pegeen Mike ref All quotes searchable in Synge 1998 ref Notes references References Synge, J.M., http www.gutenberg.org etext 1240 The Playboy of the Western World . from Project Gutenberg . Synge, J.M., The Playboy of the Western World . Introduction by Margaret Llewellyn Jones. Nick Hern Books , London, 1997 Synge, J.M., The Playboy of the Western World . Commentary ... Guides3 Synge.html top Playboy of the Western World Cummings Study Guides External ... with filmography including The Playboy of the Westen World Cite Americana Playboy of the Western World, The year 1920 Synge Roddy Doyle DEFAULTSORT Playboy Of The Western World, The Category Irish ... Welt fr Le Baladin du monde occidental sh The Playboy of the Western World ... fellow not to kill my father in the years gone by. Christy Drink a health to the wonders of the western world, the pirates, preachers, poteen makers, with the jobbing jockies parching peelers, and the juries .... Christy A daring fellow is the jewel of the world.... Michael Flaherty ...the blow of a loy, have ...   more details



  1. Great Books of the Western World

    Image Great Books.jpg thumb 300px The Great Books second edition Great Books of the Western World is a series ... of books, and more than a liberal education. Great Books of the Western World is an act of piety ... on Psycho Analysis Second edition In 1990 a second edition of Great Books of the Western World ... title Selecting works for the 1990 edition of Great Books of the Western World author Mortimer Adler ... selected Criticism has attended Great Books of the Western World since publication. The stress ... selected parts of the western world, especially UK Britain and the U.S., while ignoring the other, particularly ... The Syntopicon II edition 2nd edition series Great Books of the Western World, vol. 1 2 publisher ... of the Western World. Category Series of books Category Western culture bn ca Great Books of the Western World ko it Grandi Libri del Mondo Occidentale no Great Books of the Western World ta zh ... the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition ... Chronicle ref The works Originally published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers categories including fiction , history , poetry , natural science , mathematics , philosophy ... Ideas A Syntopicon , as a way of emphasizing the unity of the set and, by extension, of Western ... Will , Wisdom , and World span style font size 125 span Volume 4 span Homer The Iliad The Odyssey ... Kepler Epitome of Copernican Astronomy Books IV V Harmonice Mundi The Harmonies of the World Book V ... . He addressed criticisms that the set was too heavily Western European and did not adequately represent ... ref cite web url http www.interleaves.org 7Erteeter gbww.html title Great Books of the Western World 2nd ed., 1990 author Robert Teeter date 2005 01 04 accessdate 2007 05 30 ref for the second ... Whitehead Science and the Modern World Bertrand Russell The Problems of Philosophy Martin Heidegger ...   more details



  1. Western Front (World War I)

    featured article Infobox military conflict conflict Western Front partof World War I image Image Cheshire .... ref Campaignbox Western Front World War I Campaignbox World War I Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Empire German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg ... Victory on the Western Front The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I publisher U of Nebraska ... Regiment. Photo by Ernest Brooks photographer Ernest Brooks . caption For most of World War I, Allied and German Forces were stalled in trench warfare all along the Western Front. Photo by Ernest ... 1914 11 November 1918 result Allies of World War I Allied victory. Collapse of the German Empire ... World War I Australia ref cite web url http www.awm.gov.au atwar ww1.htm title First World War 1914 ... of Canada during World War I Canada ref cite web year 1992 url http www.vac acc.gc.ca general sub.cfm?source history firstwar vimy title Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge publisher ... first Gordon title Sepoys in the Trenches The Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914 1915 publisher ... node 1216 title New Zealand and the First World War Overview publisher New Zealand s History ... World War I publisher Macmillan isbn 0312220820 ref br flagicon Portugal Portuguese First Republic Portugal ref cite web first Hugo last Rodrigues url http www.first world war.org portu.htm title Portugal in World War I publisher The First World War accessdate 2007 01 26 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070929071941 http www.first world war.org portu.htm archivedate September 29, 2007 deadurl yes See also Portugal in World War I ref br flag United States 1912 br flag Brazil 1889 ref See Brazil during World War I ref combatant2 flag German Empire br flag Austria Hungary ref cite web url ..., James H. Quirk, James title The Blood Test Revisited A New Look at German Casualty Counts in World ... an accurate overall casualty figure for the German forces on the western front comparable with how the allies ...   more details



  1. Western Front (World War II)

    stack begin Infobox military conflict date 1939 1945 conflict Western Front partof World War II image ... Campaignbox Western Front World War II stack end The Western Front of the European Theatre of World ... armed forces represented a resounding success of the Western Allies and Eastern Front World .... Martin s Press. World War II DEFAULTSORT Western Front World War Ii Category World War II Western ... Europe North , Southern Europe South and Western Europe result 1939 1940 Decisive Axis victory Occupation of most of Western and Northern Europe by Axis troops End of the French Third Republic and Creation ... Germany concurrently with Eastern Front World War II Eastern Front Fall of Fascist Italy Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe territory Partition of Germany 1945 combatant1 ..., 6th Viscount Gort Lord Gort British Expeditionary Force World War II British Expeditionary Force br ... Germany. ref German deployments to the Western Front including North Africa and Italy reached levels ... units. Source Axis History Factbook, The Second World War by John Keegan. According to David Glantz ..., and in numerous isolated pockets to the east, while 4  million Allied forces in western Germany ...., ref The Western Front was marked by two phases of large scale ground combat operations. The first ... Phoney War The Phoney War was an early phase of World War II marked by few military operations ... in Britain, while western Europe was in a strange calm for seven months. In their hurry to re arm, Britain ... States contributed to the Western Allies by discounted sales of military equipment and supplies. German ... 1939 1945 Battle of the Atlantic . Scandinavia While the Western Front remained quiet in April 1940 ... Main German invasion of Luxembourg in World War II Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France In May 1940, the Germans launched the Battle of France . The Western Allies primarily ... in subsequent invasions. For almost two years, there was no land fighting on the Western Front with the exception ...   more details



  1. Stereotypes of East Asians in the Western world

    pleasure unknown to the Western world. ref name Prasso ref name Patton cite journal last Patton ... expert in eroticism who is knowledgeable in the art of sexual pleasure unknown to the Western world ... Of East Asians In The Western World Category Ethnocentrism Category Politics and race Category Ethnic ...Dablink This article focuses primarily on Western stereotypes of East Asians . For other Asians, please see Stereotypes of South Asians or Western stereotypes of West and Central Asians . For brevity and readability ... stereotype s found in Western culture Western societies . Stereotypes of Asian people , specifically ..., and remarkable experiences and also as a concept to contrast commonly negatively against Western ... The effects of orientalism in Western culture s includes the othering of Asians and Asian Americans their cultures and lifestyles perceived as exotic , in stark contrast to ordinary Western customs. ref name orientalism While Western cultures are perceived or believed capable of change and modernization ... the number of Asians because they were considered an undesirable race. ref Citation title History World ... , intelligent, yet evil Chinese murderer with plots of world domination, an embodiment ... such as the swamping of the white world by yellow hordes might well be the price of our failure ... in a sexual light. ref name washingtonpost2007 Predators of white women File Anti Japanese World ... World War II depicting a Japanese soldier threatening a white woman File Allied Chinese.jpg thumb right ... and 1940, both U.S. popular culture popular media and pre war and World War II WWII propaganda humanized ... to the United States entry into World War I. The Bitter Tea of General Yen portrays the way in which ... Cultures Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 5, 533 546 1996 ref Western film and Western literature literature has continually portrayed such stereotypes of Asian women depicting ... novel and 1960 film, The World of Suzie Wong , about a Hong Kong woman. ref Sumi K. Cho. Converging ...   more details



  1. Western Hemisphere Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

    Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Image WAGGGS WOSM Western Hemisphere.svg thumb Member countries of the WAGGGS Western Hemisphere Region, note several Pacific island chains are linked to the WAGGGS Western Hemisphere Region through mainland political ties The WAGGGS Western Hemisphere Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts , which services Girl Guides Guiding and Scouting in North America North and South America. This region is the counterpart of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement WOSM . Image Western Hemisphere Region World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts .png left 140px Portal Scouting WAGGGS regions WAGGGS western DEFAULTSORT Western Hemisphere Region World Association Of Girl Guides And Girl Scouts Category World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Scout stub it AMGE Regione dell Emisfero Occidentale vi V ng N H ng o T y B n C u WAGGGS ...   more details



  1. File:Western Hemisphere Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).png

    Category World Scout images that should be in SVG format Summary logo fur Article Western Hemisphere Region World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Use Infobox ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information Licensing Non free Scout logo WAGGGS ...   more details



  1. Western

    Distinguish Weston disambiguation wiktionarypar West western MoS Disambiguation prefer ONE LINK per entry, short descriptions. Avoid piping, external links, and red links with little article potential Western may refer to Western genre , a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West Western fiction , the Western genre as featured in literature Western music North America Western music , a type of American folk music Cultural Western world Western culture In geography Western country subdivision , various regions, provinces, etc. Western, Nebraska , a village in Saline County, Nebraska Western, New York , a town in Oneida County, New York Western Avenue , various roads In transportation Western Airlines , a defunct airline Western airline , a new, unrelated airline founded in 2006 Western Express Air , a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona Western CTA , the name of multiple stations on the Chicago L train system British Rail Class 52 locomotives, known as Westerns Educational institutions The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario Western High School in Washington, District of Columbia Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, Colorado Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan Western University in Baku, Azerbaijan Other uses Western blot , an analytical technique used to detect specific proteins Western Publishing , a defunct publishing company Western Open , a professional golf tournament The Western , a hotel casino in Las Vegas Toronto Western Hospital , Toronto, Canada Western text type , used in textual criticism of Greek New Testament manuscripts See also intitle Western West disambiguation disambig de Western Begriffskl rung es Western desambiguaci n fr Western homonymie it Western disambigua nl Western ja pl Western ujednoznacznienie pt Western simple Western vi Ph ng T y ...   more details



  1. The Western

    Infobox Casino casino The Western Hotel and Casino theme Western genre Western address 899 Fremont Street br Las Vegas, NV 89101 image The western.jpg rooms 116 hotel portion currently closed date opened 1970 space gaming convert 8925 sqft abbr on lk on ref name fastfacts fromofficialsite cite web url http www.westernhotelcasino.com title Western Casino Las Vegas accessdate 2008 03 02 publisher Western Casino ref attractions shows restaurants owner Tamares Group casino type Land Based renovations names pre Western Hotel & Bingo Parlor website The Western Hotel and Casino is a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada . The hotel is closed and the convert 8925 sqft abbr on ref cite web url http www.gaming.nv.gov documents pdf sqr foot.pdf title NEVADA GAMING COMMISSION database of square footage of casinos accessdate 2008 12 08 ref casino is owned by the Tamares Group and operated by Navegante . The Western was the lowest rung of Jackie Gaughan Jackie Gaughan s low roller casino empire that included the Las Vegas Club , Plaza Hotel & Casino The Plaza , the Gold Spike and El Cortez . History The Western opened in 1970 as the Western Hotel & Bingo Parlor and was owned by Jackie Gaughan and Mel Exber . At its opening, The Western was the world s largest Bingo US bingo parlor with 1,020 seats. Jackie Gaughan sold the hotel to Barrick Gaming Corporation Barrick Gaming in March 2004. ref cite web url http www.hotel online.com News PR2004 1st Mar04 Gaughan.html title Jackie Gaughan s Four Downtown Las Vegas Hotel casinos Acquired by Barrick Gaming for 82 million date March 1 2004 ref The plans called for redeveloping the Western Hotel as a Latino destination resort. At the time, the AP said about the property, On a stretch of despair that tourists in Las Vegas seldom see, the Western Hotel Casino ... news article.cfm?contentID 143819 title Gritty Western Casino Survives in Underbelly of Las ... Western, The Category Casinos in Las Vegas Category Skyscraper hotels in the Las Vegas metropolitan ...   more details



  1. Western Railway

    There are various Western Railways in the world. See West railway Austria West railway of Austria Great Western Railway of England West Coast Wilderness Railway of Tasmania Western Railway Zone India Western Railway Museum of California See also Western Railroad disambig ...   more details



  1. Western League

    Western League may refer to Western League original , the predecessor to North American baseball s modern American League Western League Japanese baseball , one of two professional baseball minor leagues in Japan Western League defunct minor league , a former minor league baseball loop that ceased operation in 1958 Western League baseball, 1939 41 , a Class D, low minor league that existed briefly before World War II Western Baseball League , a former independent minor league which ceased operation in 2002 Western Football League , a semi professional league in the English National League System for soccer Western Football League US West of England Premier League , an English cricket league previously known as the Western League disambig it Western League zh ...   more details



  1. Western Desert

    Western Desert may refer to Libyan Desert , located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert. It occupies Egypt west of the Nile the Egyptian portion is thus called the Western Desert , eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan alongside the Nubian Desert. Western Desert cultural bloc or just Western Desert is a cultural region in Australia. See also Western Desert Campaign of the World War II Second World War geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Western Horseman

    Image Western Horseman.jpg right Western Horseman, April 2005 Western Horseman , a monthly magazine published by the Magazine Division of Morris Communications , was first published in January 1936. It features articles on Western riding , the breeding and care of horses , horse training and tack, and ranch ing. It is the category leader in equine publishing and is known as The World s Leading Horse Magazine Since 1936, and as America s Favorite Horse Magazine Since 1936. Clear External links http westernhorseman.com Western Horseman Morris Communications Category Equine magazines Category American magazines Category Monthly magazines Category Morris Communications Trade mag stub Horse stub ...   more details



  1. Best Western

    footnotes Data from http www.hoovers.com best western ID 42845 free co factsheet.xhtml Hoover s factsheet Best Western International, Inc. is the world s largest hotel chain, with over 4,000 ..., the properties are mainly hotels. History Best Western began in the years following World War II ...Infobox cooperative name Best Western International, Inc. logo File Best Western logo.svg 200px Best Western logo type Marketing cooperative foundation Start date 1946 location city Phoenix, Arizona location ... publisher Best Western archiveurl http 64.233.183.104 search?q cache okbvOF3ykYEJ www.bestwestern.com ... contactus.asp Contact Us . Best Western. Retrieved on February 21, 2010. ref operates more than 2,000 hotels in North America alone. Best Western has a marketing program involving placement of free Wi Fi access Hotspot Wi Fi hotspot s in its hotels. Since 2002 , Best Western International has begun creating an upscale brand for some properties located in Europe and Asia Best Western Premier . Unlike other chains, which are often a mix of company owned and franchised units, each Best Western hotel is an independently owned and operated franchise. Best Western does not offer Franchising franchise .... Instead, Best Western operates as a nonprofit membership association, with each franchisee acting ... Western Carolinian in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina Business model Best Western charges a rate that is based on an initial cost plus a fee for each additional room. Best Western also publishes a list ... 2007 File Best Western Bowery Grand jeh.JPG thumb left Best Western on The Bowery , Chinatown, Manhattan The hotels are allowed to keep their independent identity. Though they must use Best Western signage and identify themselves as a Best Western hotel, the hotels are allowed the option of using their own independent name as part of their identity for example Best Western Adobe Inn . In the USA ... many smaller mini chains that are owned by the same management within Best Western for example ...   more details



  1. Western Stone

    Image The Western Stone by David Shankbone.jpg thumb 250px The Western Stone, beginning at shoulder level of the guide The Western Stone , located in the northern section of Wilson s Arch Jerusalem Wilson s Arch , is a Monolithic architecture monolithic stone block forming part of the lower level of the Western Wall in Jerusalem . Weighing 517 tonnes 570 short tons , ref cite web url http english.thekotel.org content.asp?id 28 title The Story of the Kotel Facts and Figures The Western Wall Tunnels last first accessdate date publisher Western Wall Heritage Foundation ref it is one of List of largest monoliths in the world the largest building blocks in the world . The stone is 13.6 meters 44.6 feet long, 3 metres 9.8 feet high and has an estimated width of 3.3 meters 10.8 feet . References reflist See also Western Wall Tunnel Category Archaeological artefacts Category Temple Mount Category Tabernacle and Jerusalem Temples Category Stones ...   more details



  1. Western Approaches

    Unreferenced date December 2009 For the museum of this name at the former World War II command centre Western Approaches Command For the 1944 film Western Approaches film Image Western Approaches.PNG thumb Western Approaches The Western Approaches is a rectangular area of the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic ocean lying on the western coast of Great Britain . The rectangle is higher than it is wide, the north and south boundaries defined by the north and south ends of the British Isles, the eastern boundary lying on the western coast, and the western boundary in the Atlantic roughly at Iceland . The area is particularly important to the UK, because many of the larger shipping ports lie in this area. The term is most commonly used when discussing naval warfare , notably during the First World War and Battle of the Atlantic 1939 1945 Battle of the Atlantic during the World War II Second World War in which the Kriegsmarine German Navy Kriegsmarine attempted to blockade the UK using submarine s U boat s operating in this area. Since almost all shipping to and from the UK passed through this area, it was an excellent hunting ground and had to be heavily defended. See also GIUK gap Long Forties Broad Fourteens Western Approaches Command Denys Rayner Category Atlantic Ocean Marine geo stub de Western Approaches Atlantik lt Vakarin s prieigos ja ru ...   more details



  1. Western Star

    Western Star or The Western Star may refer to Western Star Trucks Western Star train Western Star Butter Newspapers The Western Star Bessemer, Alabama The Western Star Corner Brook The Western Star Ohio disambig ...   more details



  1. Western Shoshone

    Western Shoshone comprises several Shoshone tribe s that are Native Americans in the United States indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863 . They resided in Idaho , Nevada , California , and Utah . The tribes are very closely related culturally to the Paiute , Goshute , Bannock tribe Bannock , Ute Tribe Ute , and Timbisha tribes. Linguistically, they speak the Western dialect of the Shoshone language . Other Shoshone speaking groups include the Goshute Utah Nevada border , Northern Shoshone southern Idaho , and Eastern Shoshone western Wyoming . Federally recognized Western Shoshone Tribes include Duckwater Shoshone Tribe , Te Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada and its four constituent band councils of Battle Mountain Band , Elko Band , Wells Band and South Fork Band , and Yomba Western Shoshone Tribe near Austin, Nevada and Timbisha Shoshone Tribe in the region surrounding Death Valley, California and Ely Shoshone Tribe Other ... Shoshone Tribe, and the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe. The Western Shoshone have been engaged ..., Congress has attempted to force the purchase of Western Shoshone land but has been opposed by the majority ... against the United States government is documented in the 2008 film American Outrage . Notable Western ... and anti nuclear activist Felix Ike , Western Shoshone Claims Steering Committee Mary McCloud , Western Shoshone elder and activist Frank Temoak , Western Shoshone traditional hereditary chief Pauline Esteves , Western Shoshone elder and activist See also Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act of 2004 Notes reflist References http newstandardnews.net content index.cfm items 2954 Western Shoshone Struggle Earns World Recognition Kroeber, A. L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California . Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C. External links http www.wsdp.org Western Shoshone Defense Project http www.temoaktribe.com Te Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone , official ...   more details



  1. Western thought

    nofootnotes date June 2008 The term Western thought is usually associated with the Western philosophy ... s. See also Western culture Cornerstones in this tradition are Deductive reasoning Rule of law Monotheism Western society may be thought of as following an evolution that began with the philosophers ... divisions of the Eastern and Western Empires were reflected in the administration of the Christianity ... of Christianity see East West Schism Great Schism . As the eastern and western churches ... existed during the Cold War as the approximate western boundary of those countries that were allied ... consider Western values to be universally superior. For example, the author Francis Fukuyama argues that Western values are destined to triumph over the entire world. However, there are many who question the meaning of the notion of Western values and point out that societies such as Japan and the United States are very different. Furthermore, they point out that advocates of Western values are selective in what they include as Western for example, they usually include concepts of Freedom political .... Therefore by selecting what values are part of Western values , one can Tautology logic tautologically show that they are superior, since any inferior values by definition are not Western. See also No true Scotsman fallacy A different attack on the concept of Western values comes from those ..., and decadence. Those who hold this view are concerned about the Westernization of the rest of the world ..., the term Western became, to some people, associated with European colonialism . However, many others have established colonial rules, so it is not uniquely a Western phenomenon. References reflist cite book last Golden first James L. authorlink coauthors title Rhetoric of Western Thought From the Mediterranean World to the Global Setting publisher Kendall Hunt date 2003 location url http ... title How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture publisher ...   more details



  1. Western Muslims

    refimprove date August 2008 Western Muslims are Muslim s who reside in the Western world West . Ever since the rise of Islam , Muslims have lived in parts of the West alongside Jew s and Christian s. Until the twentieth century, very few Muslims had ever lived in Western Europe , with the main exceptions being History of Islam in southern Italy southern Italy and Al Andalus , the period of Islamic rule of the Iberian Peninsula i.e. what is now Spain and Portugal . The scientific and literary accomplishments of this period are often seen as an important influence on the development of the Renaissance . See also Arabs in Europe Turks in Europe The American Muslim Category Muslim communities ...   more details



  1. Western law

    . See also Legal systems of the world Legal culture Canon law Roman law Western culture References references Category Western culture Category Comparative law ...About the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario Western Law School Western law refers to the Law legal traditions of Western culture . Western culture has an idea of the importance of law which has its roots in both Roman law and the Bible . As Western culture has a Graeco Roman Classics Classical and Renaissance cultural influence, so does its legal systems. History The rediscovery of the Roman law Justinian Code in the early 10th century rekindled a passion for the discipline of law, which crossed many of the re forming boundaries between East and West. Eventually, it was only in the Catholic or Franks Frankish west, that Roman law became the foundation on which all legal concepts and systems were based. Its influence can be traced to this day in all Western legal systems although in different manners and to different extents in the common law common Anglo American and the civil law legal system civil continental European legal traditions . The study of canon law , the legal system of the Catholic Church, fused with that of Roman law to form the basis of the refounding of Western legal scholarship. The ideas of civil rights , social equality equality before the law , equality of women , procedural justice , and democracy as the ideal form of society , and were principles which formed the basis of modern Western culture. Western legal culture Western legal culture is unified in the systematic reliance on legal constructs. Such constructs include corporations , contracts ... 1968 The Unique Nature of the Concepts of Western Law The Canadian Bar Review 46 2 pp. 191 225 in Csaba ... of legal culture depends on language and symbols and any attempt to analyse non western legal systems in terms of categories of modern western law can result in distortion attributable to differences ...   more details



  1. Western Area

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox settlement official name Western Area nickname Freetown Peninsula image map Sierra Leone Western.png subdivision type Countries of the world Country subdivision type1 subdivision type2 Capital political Capital subdivision name Sierra Leone subdivision name1 subdivision name2 Freetown leader title leader name population as of 2004 population metro population total 947,122 timezone Greenwich Mean Time utc offset 5 website The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone is one of four principal divisions of Sierra Leone . It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding suburbs. It covers an area of 557  km and has a population of 947,122 2004 census . Unlike the other three regions of Sierra Leone, the Western Area population is mainly in urban areas . The Western Area is the wealthiest ... as the seat of the country s national government. The western area is not a province but a territory It is divided into two districts Western Area Rural District Western Area Rural Western Area Urban District Western Area Urban Freetown also serves as the administrative headquarters of both districts and the Western Area as a whole. Borders To the northeast, the Western Area borders the Northern ... Leone Southern Province . However, most of the boundaries of the Western Area is the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean . The Western Area is the only region of Sierra Leone without a foreign border. Cities and towns in the Western Area Freetown , the nation s capital and largest city Waterloo, Sierra Leone Waterloo , second largest city in the Western Area and lies about 18 miles outside the east ... of Sierra Leone Benguema , a remote town in the extreme west of Sierra Leone Islands included in the Western ... Leone Category Western Area, Sierra Leone SierraLeone geo stub bg de Western ... Western Sierra Leone ja pl Obszar Zachodni pt Western Area Serra Leoa ro Zona de Vest ...   more details




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