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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 July 1973 at AIR London and Decca 4, Tollington Park Genre Hard rock , Blues rock Length 39 59 Label Decca Records Decca Producer Nick Tauber 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 Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy , released in 1973. It was the band s last album with original guitarist Eric Bell and the first to feature the artwork of Jim Fitzpatrick artist Jim Fitzpatrick . Track listing All tracks written by Phil Lynott , except as indicated. Side one Mama Nature Said 4 52 The Hero and the Madman 6 08 Slow Blues Brian Downey drummer Brian Downey , Lynott 5 14 The Rocker Eric Bell , Downey, Lynott 5 12 Side two Vagabond of the Western World 4 44 Little Girl in Bloom 5 12 Gonna Creep Up on You Bell, Lynott 3 27 A Song for While I ... October 2010 Vagabonds of the Western World was reissued as a 2CD deluxe edition. This version was remastered ... Slow Blues Downey, Lynott The Rocker Bell, Downey, Lynott Vagabond of the Western World ... of the Western World BBC Radio One John Peel Session Gonna Creep Up on You BBC Radio One John Peel ... Eduardo title Vagabonds of the Western World review publisher Allmusic . Rovi Corporation accessdate ... 5 5 ref name sea Cite web last Pardo first Pete title Vagabonds of the Western World review publisher ... of Tranquility stated that Vagabonds of the Western World was filled with blistering blues rock, folky ... 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. Robert's Western World

    primary sources date May 2011 refimprove date May 2011 big R Big obert s Western World is a honky tonk located in Nashville Tennessee . It has hosted and continues to host many big name country artists. Some of the famous artist that have passed through Robert s Western World doors are Ben Keith Big Ben Keith of Crosby, Stills, and Nash , Don Warden who is Dolly Parton Dolly Parton s manager, in addition to these Billy Robinson, Lloyd Green, Smiley Roberts, Jack Boles, Ron Elliot, Curly Chalker, Don Helms. Robert s Western World continues to host local and up and coming country music talent. The band BR549 which gained local and national press from its four hour nightly gig at Robert s Western World went on to open for country greats, George Strait , Faith Hill and Tim McGraw . ref name CMT cite web url http www.cmt.com artists az br549 bio.jhtml title BR549 Biography publisher CMT.com accessdate 2011 05 02 ref Despite these accomplishments, the band never made it big with the mainstream country audience. ref name CMT However, BR549 released an album in 1996 titled Live From Robert s which was a compilation of original work as well as cover songs recorded in Robert s Western World. On October 15, 2010, Robert s Western World hosted the Bluegrass on Broadway presented by C. F. Martin & Company , this kicked off the annual International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville. ref name IBMA cite web url http www.guitargearheads.com modules news article.php?storyid 1482 title Martin Guitar Bluegrass Concert at Robert s Western World is the talk of IBMA publisher guitargearheads.com ... The building that houses Robert s Western World was used as a warehouse, office space for river ... robertswesternworld.com about title About Robert s Western World publisher robertswesternworld.com accessdate ... Jones bought Robert s 3 Doors Down from Robert Moore and renamed it Robert s Western World which still ... the building was converted to a liquor store until Robert Moore bought and converted the building into a western ...   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 Steamships ... 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 Plymouth Theatre , Boston, 1911 Christy Mahon ... and his 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 ... in the years gone by. Christy Drink a health to the wonders of the western world, the pirates, preachers ... Day. Christy Oh my grief, I ve lost him surely. I ve lost the only 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 and notes by Non Worrall ... Synge.html top Playboy of the Western World Cummings Study Guides External links http www.briandesmondhurst.org ... 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 plays Category 1907 plays ... fr Le Baladin du monde occidental sh The Playboy of the Western World ... is the jewel of the world.... Michael Flaherty ...the blow of a loy, have taught me that there s a great ...   more details



  1. Great Books of the Western World

    than a set of books, and more than a liberal education. Great Books of the Western World is an act ... title Selecting works for the 1990 edition of Great Books of the Western World author Mortimer ... the compilation for overrepresenting selected parts of the western world, especially UK Britain and the U.S. ... 2nd edition series Great Books of the Western World, vol. 1 2 publisher Encyclop dia Britannica, Inc ... 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 ...italictitle Image Great Books.jpg thumb 300px The Great Books second edition Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclop dia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its ... of Chicago Chronicle ref Volumes Originally published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers categories including fiction , history , poetry , natural science , mathematics ... to The Great Ideas A Syntopicon , as a way of emphasizing the unity of the set and, by extension, of Western ... , and World span style font size 125 span Volume 4 span Homer The Iliad The Odyssey span style font ... Astronomy Books IV V Harmonice Mundi The Harmonies of the World Book V span style font size 125 ... Lectures on Psycho Analysis Second edition In 1990 a second edition of Great Books of the Western World was published, with updated translations and six more volumes of material covering the 20th ... . He addressed criticisms that the set was too heavily Western European and did not adequately ... 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 ...   more details



  1. List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe

    location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 float right width 400 alt Map of Western Europe showing the location of all UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Western Europe. caption Location of World Heritage ...   indicates  national  sites places location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 50.7744 long 6.0844 link Aachen Cathedral mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage ... pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 49.895 long 2.3017 link Amiens Cathedral mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 53.6917 long 6.45 link Br na B inne mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 43.6776 long 4.6307 link Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World ... World Heritage Sites2 lat 52.5489 long 4.9111 link Beemster mark Gold pog.svg location map Western ... location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 46.6295 long 10.4477 link Benedictine Convent of Saint John mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 52.4483 long 13.45 link Modernist Housing Estates mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 51.7764 long 3.0881 link Blaenavon mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World ... Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 47.0822 long 2.3983 link Bourges Cathedral mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 43.6114 long 1.4164 link Canal du Midi mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 52.365 long 4.8878 link Canals of Amsterdam mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 51.28 long 1.0831 link Canterbury Cathedral mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 53.1397 ... map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 50.825 long 6.9098 link Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Br hl mark Gold pog.svg location map Western Europe World Heritage Sites2 lat 49.2533 long 4.0328 ...   more details



  1. Western Front (World War I)

    featured article Infobox military conflict conflict Western Front partof World War I image Image Cheshire ... 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 and Belgium , then gaining ... 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 ... cite web url http www.awm.gov.au atwar ww1.htm title First World War 1914 1918 publisher Australian ... www.vac acc.gc.ca general sub.cfm?source history firstwar vimy title Canada in the First World War ... title New Zealand and the First World War Overview publisher New Zealand s History Online accessdate ... 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 flagicon Brazil Rep blica Velha Brazil ref See Brazil during World War I ref combatant2 flagicon German Empire German Empire Germany ..., James title The Blood Test Revisited A New Look at German Casualty Counts in World War I journal ... casualty figure for the German forces on the western front comparable with how the allies recorded ..., James title The Blood Test Revisited A New Look at German Casualty Counts in World War I journal ... casualty figure for the German forces on the western front comparable with how the allies recorded ... saw the introduction of Technology during World War I new military technology , including Poison gas in World War I poison gas , aircraft and tank s. But it was only after the adoption of improved tactics ...   more details



  1. Western Front (World War II)

    Campaignbox Western Front World War II The Western Front of the European Theatre of World War II European Theatre of World War II encompassed Denmark , Norway , Luxembourg , Belgium , the Netherlands , France , and West Germany . ref German deployments to the Western Front including North Africa ... represented a resounding success of the Western Allies and Eastern Front World War II the Soviet ...Use dmy dates date January 2012 Infobox military conflict date 1939 1945 conflict Western Front partof World War II image File 1944 NormandyLST.jpg 300px caption American troops landing on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy in 1944. place Northern Europe North and Western Europe result 1939 1940 Decisive Axis victory Occupation of most of Western and Northern Europe by Axis troops End of the French ... of Nazi Germany concurrently with Eastern Front World War II Eastern Front Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe territory Partition of Germany 1945 combatant1 Western Allies ... information, the Western Allies incurred 783,860 casualties. group nb Total br 2,905,420 3,043,860 ... 1945 br 836,606 casualties tag ref German losses between June 1941 and 10 April 1945, on the Western ..., on the Western Front for both the army, Waffen SS, and foreign volunteers amounts to 128,030 killed ... transfers and arrivals of new units. Source Axis History Factbook, The Second World War by John ... Allied forces in western Germany faced under 1  million Wehrmacht soldiers. In May 1945 the Soviets ... to escape the dreaded Red Army., ref The Western Front was marked by two phases of large scale ground ... on the Western Front were almost irreplaceable, because most of Germany s resources were being ..., very little replacements or reinforcements were being sent to the west to stop the advance of the Western Allies. The Normandy landings which heralded the beginning of the second phase of the Western ... a repetition of the two front war of World War I. 1939 40 Axis victories Phoney War The Phoney War was an early ...   more details



  1. Stereotypes of East Asians in the Western world

    unknown to the Western world. ref name Prasso ref name Patton cite journal last Patton first Tracey ... unknown to the Western world. ref name Patton Darrell Hamamoto , Professor of Asian American Studies ... Asians In The Western World Category Asian American issues Category Ethnocentrism Category Ethnic ...Dablink This article focuses primarily on Western stereotypes of East Asians , though certain parts are applicable to other groups. For other Asians, please see Stereotypes of South Asians or Western stereotypes ... stereotype s found in Western culture Western societies . Stereotypes of East Asia ns, like ... experiences and also as a concept to contrast commonly negatively against Western civilization ... of orientalism in Western culture s includes the othering of East Asians and East 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 ... title History World Asian Americans url http history world.org asian americans.htm ref Australia ... stereotype Main Model minority Dablink This section as currently written focuses on Western stereotypes ... , intelligent, yet evil Chinese murderer with plots of world domination, an embodiment of America ... made by white protagonists such as the swamping of the white world by yellow hordes might well be the price ... of white women File Anti Japanese World War II propaganda poster war bonds.jpg thumb left American anti Japanese propaganda poster from World War II depicting a Japanese soldier threatening a white ... and pre war and World War II WWII propaganda humanized Chinese men, while portraying Japanese men as a military ... threats of the yellow peril , in the lead up to the United States entry into World War I. The Bitter ... of Cross Cultural Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 5, 533 546 1996 ref Western film and Western literature ... century in the West is the 1957 novel and 1960 film, The World of Suzie Wong , about a Hong ...   more details



  1. List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO has designated 71 World Heritage Site s in 16 countries also called Sovereign state state parties of Western Asia Armenia , Azerbaijan ... any World Heritage Sites. ref Cite web title Number of World Heritage Properties by region url ... sites with 13 sites. ref name list cite web url http whc.unesco.org en list title World Heritage List ... Cite web url http whc.unesco.org pg.cfm?cid 31&l en&action stat&mode table s4 title Number of World ..., UNESCO s World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on World Heritage Site Selection criteria ten criteria .... In Western Asia, there are 67 cultural, 1 natural, and 3 mixed sites. ref name list cite web url http whc.unesco.org en nominations title World Heritage List Nominations publisher UNESCO accessdate 28 May 2010 ref The World Heritage Committee may also specify that a site is World Heritage in Danger ... was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Seven sites in this region are currently listed as endangered ... World Heritage in Danger publisher UNESCO accessdate 28 May 2010 ref Legend The table is sortable ... for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom. GeoGroupTemplate Site named after the World ... list title World Heritage List publisher UNESCO accessdate 28 May 2010 ref Location at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates Criteria as defined by the World Heritage Committee ref name ... Year during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List Description brief information ... width 150px scope col Image scope col Location scope col World Heritage Site Selection criteria ... western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine ... of settlements and necropolises from the 3rd millennium B.C. in the world. ref cite web url http ... and 2nd centuries AD. The site has been listed as World Heritage in Danger endangered since ...   more details



  1. When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

    type Print Hardcover & Paperback pages isbn dewey congress oclc When China Rules the World The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order is a book by British journalist and scholar ... world. The book is considered by many as the best Western made analysis on the rise of China ... The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World . Synopsis For over two hundred years we have lived in a western made world, one where the very notion of being modern was synonymous with being western. The book argues that the twenty first century will be different with the rise of increasingly powerful non Western countries, the west will no longer be dominant and there will be many ... 21, 2010. Zakaria noted China is going to change the western dominated world we are all comfortable ... When China Rules World Western dp 1594201854 ref References reflist External links http ...Infobox Book Wikipedia WikiProject Books name GBR When China Rules the World The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World name U.S. When China Rules the World The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order image author Martin Jacques cover artist country United Kingdom ... about the role of China in the creation of the new 21st century world order. Jacques refers .... Martin Jacques argues that far from becoming a western style society, China will remain highly distinctive ... dominance of the west and the emergence of a world which it will come to shape in a host of different .... ref http www.martinjacques.com Synopsis , When China Rules the World , Martin Jacques Homepage ref Key arguments 1 There is not simply one western modernity, instead we are witnessing the birth of multiple modernities 2 Chinese modernity will be very different from western modernity 3 We are moving into a world of contested modernity 4 China will become the largest economy in the world within ... s impact on the world will not simply be economic it will also have profound political, cultural and ideological ...   more details



  1. FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League

    The Western European League of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2011 2012 is the 34th edition of the west and central European league of the Show Jumping World Cup . In this area the Western European League is the most ... competition of the 2011 2012 Western European League was held. The World Cup competition started ... in Grand Saconnex near Geneva the sixth World Cup event of the 2011 2012 Western European ... after the last Western European League competition are qualified for the World Cup Final ... references Category Show Jumping World Cup 2011 2012, Western European League de Westeuropaliga ... Jumping World Cup was held in 1978 1979. They consisted of nine competitions. ref http www.feiworldcup.org ... with a Western European League competition are advertised as Concours de Saut International CSI 5 W, the highest possible difficulty in show jumping W means World Cup . The tournament series runs from October 12, 2011 to February 26, 2012. The best 18 riders of the Western European League ranking are qualified for the 2012 FEI World Cup Jumping Final World Cup Jumping Final in s Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Also extra competitors riders from nations outside of the Western European League who live in west or central Europe can qualify through the Western European League. The World Cup competitions of the Western European League are held on Sunday afternoon or Saturday evening. They are held ... Documents WCJ 20Rules 202011 12 updated 19.7.11 mark up.pdf 2011 12 world cup rules article 654, number 6 ref The main sponsor of the 2011 2012 Western European League is Rolex . Media The International Federation for Equestrian Sports FEI broadcast all competitions of the Western European League via its website FEI TV with costs. In the nations of the world cup event the world cup competition is mostly broadcast live by television. Across Europe Eurosport shows a recording of the world cup competitions on Wednesday evening. The events 1st competition Oslo The first Western European League competition ...   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. Western

    Distinguish Weston disambiguation wiktionarypar West western MoS Disambiguation prefer ONE LINK per entry ... 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 Western world or 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 Brown Line , a station in Chicago, Illinois Western CTA Blue Line O Hare branch , a station in Chicago Western CTA Blue Line Congress branch a station in Chicago Western CTA Pink Line , a station in Chicago Western ... 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 Western sandwich, also known as a Denver sandwich See also intitle Western West disambiguation disambig da Western de Western Begriffskl rung es Western desambiguaci n fr Western homonymie gl Western it Western disambigua nl Western ja pl Western ujednoznacznienie pt Western desambigua o simple Western vi Ph ng T y ...   more details



  1. The Western

    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 ...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 date closed 2012 space gaming convert 8925 sqft abbr 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 was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada . 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 ... date March 1 2004 ref The plans called for redeveloping the Western Hotel as a Latino destination resort ... seldom see, the Western Hotel Casino stands out as a beacon for the broke and nearly broken . ref cite web url http www.casinocitytimes.com news article.cfm?contentID 143819 title Gritty Western Casino ... demand at this location , The Western will close on January 16, 2012. Its future redevelopment is uncertain. ref cite web url http www.vegasinc.com news 2011 nov 15 downtown western casino closing after 41 years title Downtown Western Casino closing after 41 years date November 15 2011 ref References ... Western, The Category Casinos in Las Vegas Category Skyscraper hotels in the Las Vegas metropolitan ... Category Buildings and structures completed in 1977 pl The Western ...   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 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 and 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. Best Western

    bestwestern.com 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 ... Best Western began in the years following World War II . At the time, most hotels were either large ...Infobox cooperative name Best Western International, Inc. logo File Best Western logo.svg 200px Best Western logo since 1994 type Marketing cooperative foundation Start date 1946 location city Phoenix ...?ExecID 19 publisher Best Western archiveurl http 64.233.183.104 search?q cache okbvOF3ykYEJ www.bestwestern.com ... newsroom 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 ... Western hotel is an independently owned and operated franchise. Best Western does not offer Franchising ... , however. Instead, Best Western operates as a nonprofit membership association, with each franchisee ... right Best 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 ... 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 ... hotels. There are also many smaller mini chains that are owned by the same management within Best Western for example the Best Western Midway Hotels found in the Midwestern United States. Outside the United ... Best Western name is now complemented by Best Western Plus and Best Western Premier properties offering ... types ref History Image LogosBestWestern.png thumb right 600px Corporate logos of Best Western ...   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 . Citation needed date July 2011 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 Westansteuerung fr Atterrages occidentaux lt Vakarin s prieigos ja pl Western Approaches ru fi L ntinen reitti ...   more details



  1. Western religion

    Age and Neopagan countercultures. Religion in the Western world today main Religion in Europe ... The Western world taken as consisting of Europe, North America and Australia New Zealand remains ... , and Islam in Australia with about 1.7 . Most non Christians in the Western world are irreligious ... a minority of the order of 5 of the population in the Western world which adheres to non Western ...Unreferenced date January 2009 The term Western religion refers to religion s that originated within Western culture , and are thus which historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from the Eastern religion s. The contrast between Western and Eastern religions largely pertains to the distinction ... in lieu of using the East and West terminology. Western culture itself was significantly developed ... this intertwined history. Western Christianity was significantly influenced by Hellenistic religion notably Platonism and Gnosticism as well as the Roman imperial cult . Western Christianity is based ... traditions splitting off Roman Catholicism from the 16th century. Since the 19th century, Western ... Oriental religions exerted a considerable influence on Western religion, giving rise to Persia n ... Roman world magic . Early Christianity itself is a further example of Orientalizing influence on the later ..., but at the same time as pure or unspoiled compared to the urban decadence of Rome. Western Christianity main Western Christianity see Roman Christianity Germanic Christianity Celtic Christianity Protestantism Puritan Anabaptism Methodism Pentecostalism Evangelicalism Mormonism Western Christianity ... by the East West Schism Great Schism of the 11th century. Western Christianity itself was divided by the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, and pronouncedly Western forms of Christianity ... Renaissance magic see Alchemy Western esotericism Secularization see Secularism Freedom of religion ... in Western society in the early 19th century facilitated the emergence of numerous new religious ...   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 Pacific

    Western Pacific may refer to Western Pacific Railroad 1903 1983 Western Pacific Railroad 1862 1870 Western Pacific Airlines 1994 1998 Western Pacific Ocean Western Pacific may also refer to British Western Pacific Territories Naval Forces Western Pacific List of tropical cyclones Western Pacific basin Western Pacific basin disambig ...   more details




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