...geographic patterns of the 2004 presidential election vote in Ukraine. These patterns display very significant information to a scholar in search of the reasons behind how the voting went. The east side of Ukraine was largely in favor of Viktor Yanukovych, with his support dwindling as the pattern moves westward. (Figure 1) The west side of Ukraine was largely in favor of Viktor Yushchenko, with his support lessening as the pattern moves eastward. (Figure 2) Both patterns are particularly conspicuous, revealing geographical cultural differences across the nation. Over against some false explanations, these patterns can be properly explained by analyzing the ultimate and proximate causes of why people voted the way they did....
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...story had universal intentions. Even though Jews did not have a problem to see God as universal in terms of the world creation, yet Paul went further. He held the missional idea that the gospel is for everyone, which was the most innovative thought within the first-century church. Through his mission, Paul showed that God "was interested in the people of all 'tribes'" (2009, 80). This view became truly foundational for all other missional innovations that occurred through the church history. St. Patrick took the missional innovation further. He believed that an invitation to join the community, to belong, should precede a demand for doctrinal allegiance (97), which was a foreign concept for the church of 4th century influenced by the ideology of the Roman Empire. Today we call this idea – 'belonging before believing, or 'centered-set model'....
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...The geography of the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles in the north west of Europe and is separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover. Also the country is washed by the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The coastline is deeply indented and it gives a good supply of splendid harbours for ships. In the north you can find the Cheviots separating England from Scotland, the Pennines going down England like a backbone and the Cambrian Mountains which occupy the greatest part of Wales. The highest peak is Ben Nevis which is situated in the Highlands of Scotland. The south-eastern part of England is a low-lying land with gentle hills and a coast which is regular in outline with occasional chalk cliffs. The rivers in Britain are of little value as waterways. The longest are the Severn, the Thames, the Clyde and the Bristol Avon. There are a lot of lakes in the UK for example in the Lake District in the northern part of England but the most famous lake is Loch Ness in Scotland. Great Britain is rich in coal, iron ore and oil. Such crops as wheat, sugar-beet, potatoes and others are grown in this country. The main cities are London, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. The geography of the USA. The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world after Russia, China and Canada. It occupies the southern...
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...UKRAINE Name Class Affiliation Instructor Date Introduction Ukraine is in Eastern Europe, and borders Russia to the east, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to the west, Moldova and Romania to the Southwest, and Black and Azov Sea in the south. It covers an area of an approximated 603, 628 km sq, thus making it the second largest European country, after Russia. Ukraine became an independent State in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had depressed the Ukraine economy, although after its dissolution, the economy of Ukraine has shown a positive trend of increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)[1] .Ukraine is a united state, with 24 states, Crimea, and 2 large cities: Sevastopol and Kiev. Language The official Ukraine language is Ukrainian. This is an East Slavic language, which is a native language among 67.5 % of the population in Ukraine. Russian is used by about 29.5 % of the population in Ukraine. The rest of the people speak other native languages. Ukraine uses the Slavic language, which is written as Cyrillic script. Current Ukraine languages include Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Romanian, German, Hungarian, Armenian, Crimean, Tatar, Greek, and Georgian. There are other minority languages used in Ukraine. Culture The word Ukraine refers to a borderland, and in the context of this paper, it explains why Ukraine has a diverse culture. The culture of Ukraine has been...
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...Day 1 Day 1 There is a tiny flame flickering in the west of Russia, near Ukraine. Only 50 Adyghe believers hold the light for 120,000 of their Muslim countrymen. Their forbearers once embraced Christianity, but they became converts to Islam through the intermingling with the people of neighboring countries where they fled for their lives in the 1860s. More recently Islam was completely accepted when they instituted sharia law. They are rich in outreach, having been adopted by several churches. They have a New Testament and Children’s Bible translated into their language, the JESUS Film, and literature in their language. But still, there has been no church planted. The few Adyghe believers attend a Russian Baptist Church and are being assimilated into the ranks and culture of the Russians rather than flowering in their own setting. This limits the outreach to their own people. * Pray that the veil will be lifted from the eyes of the Adyghe people. * Pray also that they will see the truth and put their faith in Christ alone. * Pray that the Lord will send long-term missionaries to form relationships with the Adyghe, and that key leaders will be raised up among the Adyghe people who will boldly proclaim the gospel. * Pray that God will use Christians in Ukraine to reach out to the West Circassians. Day 2 Day 2 Isolated! That is how the Aghul people are described in the Joshua Project website. They live in a very mountainous region. Where there are mountains...
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...the same history or the same roots may have poor intercultural communication because of some stereotypes or bias. The best example is the relations between Russia and Ukraine. If to consider the last years, a special trim can be observed in the relations of Russia and Ukraine in all of the questions connected with the Russian-Ukrainian relations. Geographically it divides the country into east and western part and with time the situation only gets worse. This is mostly the problem. Not only language and geography split the country but also the world outlook principle as well. The main problem of the Ukrainian authority today is how to connect these differently looking at the world and destiny parts of the country through a prism of the Russian-Ukrainian relations. The actions of the Ukrainian authority at the process of solving this problem are quite contradictory. On the one hand, there is an understanding of necessity to move toward Russia, but on the other hand, the movement seems to be in an opposite direction. First, it concerns the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The intense relations between these two countries in the sphere of gas relations have already become a bad tradition. The misunderstanding level between them frequently leads to faults with the deliveries of the Russian gas to Ukraine...
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...from Spain and they are now able to decide their own affairs. Catalonia has now been able to maintain their Catalan language which has been taught in all schools in the region since 1983 and has become the official language in education. This shows that separatism can be caused by differences in social aspects and that communities like to be recognised as their own state. The idea of separatism in many cases can also arise when there is a perception that exploitation of local resources by national government produces little economic gain for the region. This was the case in Scotland recently and was one of the main arguments for Scotland leaving the UK. Before its union with England, Scotland was a separate kingdom, with its own national church, separate education and legal systems and its own language called Gaelic which is spoken in parts of the country. One of the main problems the Scottish National Party felt was that the exploitation of the North Sea oil and gas had done little to develop the economy of Scotland. The drive for independence was partly satisfied by the establishment in 1999 of a parliament with limited tax-raising powers. In 2007, the Scottish National Party became...
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...Nativity with a Christmas tree backdrop. Also called Noel Nativity Yule Xmas Observed by Christians Many non-Christians[1] Type Christian, cultural Significance Traditional birthday of Jesus Date December 25 (alternatively, January 6, 7 or 19)[2][3][4] (see below) Observances Church services, gift giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decorating Related to Christmastide, Christmas Eve, Advent, Annunciation, Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Yule Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7] Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season. The precise date of Jesus' birth, which some historians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13][14] By the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas (with the first Christmans at Rome "a few years after the Council of Nicaea")[15] on December 25, a date later adopted in the East.[16][17] The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed...
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...Stephanie Assamoi HUM305 Historic Legacy, Government, and Economic Systems Professor: Michael Rodriguez Located in Central Europe, Poland covers 312,685 square kilometers. Bordered on the north by the Baltic Sea, Russia and Lithuania, on the east by Belarus and Ukraine, on the south by Slovakia and the Czech Republic; and on the west by Germany, the country used to have for capital Cracow (Krakow) until it was moved to Warsaw (Warszawa) in 1611. Its population is about 38,463,689 million. Of this number, a large amount of people were different ethnic Poles. As well, in the world additional million of Poles live abroad. Because of their history, changes occurred over time in the ethnic policies. Similarly, the political and economic record of the country has experienced several dislocations throughout the time which help the country to identify its real image and build up its culture. Poland is one of those nations for whom individuals willfully gave their life for an independent and united Poland. Indeed, it is impossible to identify modern Poles’ ancestors because no one knows their origins. According to Biskupski (2000), their ancestors were living in a part of the Eurasian, and got separated from other Slavs. The history of the Polish state began in 956 C.E, when the Prince Mieszko I married a Bohemian princes, and accepted Christianity. Their son, Boleslaw became the first Polish king. The armies of King Boleslaw Chrobry reached Prague and Kiev, and expanded...
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...theories on radical feminism in order to understand the basis of the FEMEN movement. Table of content Abstract 2 Methodology 2 Introduction 4 What is radical feminism? 4 The notion of patriarchy 4 The Marxist feminism 5 The FEMEN movement 6 Brief history of the FEMEN movement 6 Bare breasts as a weapon 7 Manifesto 7 FEMEN 8 Ideology 8 Objective 8 Missions 8 Exigencies 8 Tactics: sextremism 8 Symbols 9 Structure and activity 9 Financing 9 Information 9 Controversy 9 Ethical points of view on feminism 10 Conclusion 10 Afterword 11 References 12 Introduction Already at the beginning of the 15th century, a woman, Christine de Pizan, was protesting against the misogyny of the clerical church and the discriminations that women faced at this time. Considered an inferior to the male being in the Christian tradition, women have been facing a strict distinction of sexual rights ever since this has been pushing some women to ask for equal rights in education, salary or whatever it can be. Through its history, feminism...
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...The Language of the Sacred After reading Chapter 4 titled: “The Language of the Sacred, I was instantly reminded of my grandmother. I was reminded of her because she is a very religious person, she goes to church every Sunday, reads the bible, and shares stories from her past about how she was raised. She was raised in a Ukrainian Catholic family and went to church and Sunday school every week. She’s shared stories with us grandchildren of how at school they were taught stories about God and the proper way to speak about him. She often would tell us how she thinks people misuse the language and would even say that it is “sacred” and or “special” and we shouldn’t use it incorrectly. For example, if one of us were to say “oh my God” she would...
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...When I look back and try to analyze my personal sociological standpoint, I see myself as a functionalist with organic solidarity throughout of my personal background. However, I also support conflict theory related to my educational experience in United States. I grew up in a very diverse city and was raised in a traditional family: mother, father, grandparents. I think my family is the major framework for me. I believe that it is essential nucleus helps me function and be successful in society. I learned that functionalism in sociology supports idea of maintaining cohesion among different parties in society. Although, we are all so unique in our own ways of living, we still create harmony for functioning with each other. My mother is one of the major mentors in my life. Her voice always plays very important part in my decision-makings. My family works like an “organism”. We all perform different roles on a daily basis, but still support overall stability in our relations. My parents taught me the ways how you function within your family relates to your functioning with other members around us. Strong family foundation gave me an opportunity to be an active participant of my large community nowadays. As we learned in our sociology class, functionalist paradigm/theory according to E. Durkheim exists in two different forms: mechanical and organic solidarities. I can say my grandmother’s generation came from mechanical solidarity. She lived in a very small urban area, didn’t go...
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...The Crisis of Crimea and Ukraine Key Lessons for President Obama from Presidents Reagan and Clinton [pic] SOURCE: AP/Greg Gibson President Bill Clinton reads a statement at the conclusion of the NATO 50th anniversary summit, Sunday April 25, 1999, in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. By Rudy deLeon and Aarthi Gunasekaran | May 14, 2014 In the past two months, the Crimea and Ukraine crisis has grown. Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian militia are engaged in a back and forth standoff in eastern Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened that the conflict “essentially puts the nation on the brink of civil war.” The United States has been at the forefront of building international support for Ukraine, and the Obama administration continues to assemble Western support. However, efforts to reach a diplomatic settlement, or at least to reduce immediate tensions, are still in progress. As the Obama administration prepares its next steps in response to Russia in Ukraine, it can examine lessons from two other administrations in times of crisis. First, the Reagan administration’s reaction in 1983 to the Soviet downing of a civilian Korean airliner and its response to the terrorist attack against U.S. Marines on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Second, the Clinton administration’s initiative to proactively expand and deepen partnerships in Europe during the 1990s through its Partnership for Peace. President...
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...consequences The main implications of the treaty were that Russia ceded Finland, the Baltic states and Poland – a million square kilometres of territory which contained 74% of the country´s coal and iron ore mines, 27% of their productive farmland as west Russia had the best agricultural resources, one fourth of the railway, and 30% (62 million people ) of the population. Finland had been ruled by the Tsars since 1809, the Germans helped the Finns to defeat a Bolshevik rising and Finland remained independent under the Brest-litovsk treaty. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became independent republics as well as some of the Russian-held area of Poland, Bessarabia was handed over to Romania. Germany set up semi-independent governments in Belarus, Ukraine and Georgia. Patriotic Russians started loathing the Bolsheviks and a civil war seemed inevitable. The Social revolutionaries left the Svornkom as they rather have a revolution that a Coup d´ état. The Cheka leader was captured during an uprising, however he was freed and the uprising closed down, the German ambassador was assassinated in order to provoke the Germans into restarting the war. The treaty cause more splits between the Bolsheviks, to them it seemed as a shameful peace that helped Germany survive as an imperial power, the left wing socialists who also wanted How did Lenin deal with the constituent assembly? The Provisional...
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...United States of America 1. US population hit 100 million in 1915, 200 million in 1967, and 300 million in 2006. 2. The United States of America is one of the largest countries in the world based on both population and land area. 3. Even though English is the most commonly spoken language used in the United States and is the language used in government, the country does not have an official language. Mexico 1. Mexico City is the oldest capital city in the Americas 2. Mexico City has the highest elevation and is the oldest city located in North America. It is also one of the largest cities in the entire world. 3. Spanish is the national language of Mexico. Mexico is the most populated Spanish-speaking country in the world. Canada 1. Canada is the world's second largest country area wise. 2. Half of Canada is covered with forests, considering one-tenth of the world's forests are there. 3. Canada has two official languages: English and French. 59% of Canadians use English as their official language. Only 23% use French as their official language and 18% have more than one official language. Colombia 1. Colombia is the third-most populous country in Latin America. 2. Colombia is a free market economy with major commercial and investment ties to the United States of America. 3. Colombia has four major industrial centers--Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla. Brazil 1. Brazil is the largest country located in South America...
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