... line. They would be extremely upset if I was to go against the grain. Most Muslims would never allow their son or daughter to marry a Hindu unless they are willing to convert to the Muslim religion. In this case it would be an acception on the Muslim's perspective. However, this goes against my personal morals and beliefs. I do not believe in forcing ... or pressuring someone to convert under any circumstance. A Hindu family's perspective is a lot worse than a Muslim family's perspective. My girlfriend and I have a relationship behind her parents back. Hindus seem to despise Muslims on ...

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... and industrial impact on Africa. Some aspects that affected this were the demand for raw materials, and a need for markets. Most of Europe was resource poor. Consequently, European industries were dependent on raw materials from Asia, Americas, and Africa. As industrialization grew and spread throughout Europe, competition for raw materials increased. As a result, some European industrialists encouraged their governments to colonize African countries ... as a method of guaranteeing sources of raw materials. At the time, Africa was responsible for producing 95% of the world's diamonds an...

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... de Gama, the main reason for imperialism was "Christians and Spices" (Duiker & Spielvogel, p. 663) By the end of the 19th century, however, the UK was using colonies to seize raw materials that could fuel it's rapidly growing industrial sector. Oil, tin, and rubber were in particularly high demand. The remote locations, and poor economic standing of the base countries, provided ... the industrial sector of the UK with cheap raw materials. Of course, glory was associated with imperialism. More territory meant that the United Kingdom could exercise more control over global affairs, includ...

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... domain, sub-domain and the question. The expert system was programmed so that it will automatically modify these correlation factors. When a new query was posed to the system, it will convert the question, consisting of the entire e-mail sent by a user, to a format suitable for searching against the database indices. This required the expert system to identify phrases in the question ... , convert acronyms present in the mail (like VB to Visual Basic), use morphology rules to find the base forms of various words (like installing and installation to install) and remove all ... ...

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... dreams for India, and though his dream of unity was not fulfilled, he brought India freedom, his main goal. Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist who wanted nothing more than to convert China to communism, then to rule the country himself. He began a nationalist movement to spread communism throughout the country. He fought the nationalist leaders of China, Sun-yet Sen and ... society in which all people shared equal amounts of the wealth and power. This idea, created by Carl Marx, eventually evolved into communism. Mao did everything in his power to convert China. He had an extensive army...

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... negative effects of imperialism. The British, having been the ones doing the colonizing, obviously saw the good in having India as a colony. As O.P. Austin said in Document 1, Britain got the raw materials and produce from the land. In turn, Britain took these goods and finished them in English factories. Afterwards, they were re-sold very convenient market in India. Austin justifies ... Nehru. He said that before colonization began, India had it's own industries. Shipbuilding, metalwork, paper, glass, etc. These were all converted over to a "typical colonial economy" in which India pro...

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... is used in reflecting mirrors, lighting equipment and insulating in buildings. Recycling of Aluminum The recycling of Aluminum uses 95 percent less energy than the production of primary metal from raw materials. The Aluminum can is 100% recyclable, there are no labels or covers to be removed. Recycling one kilogram of Aluminum can save about eight kilograms of bauxite, four kilograms ... over 30% in the last 35 years. Even though Aluminum cans represent less than 1% of solid waste, they are so valuable they should all be recycled. Aluminum should be considered a raw material and never w...

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... . Our bags were packed into the car and everyone was waiting for us to depart for the airport. There were four cars standing out of the house and among them, I sat in my maternal uncle's car. Everyone was out of the house. I rolled down the window to get a better look of what was happening outside. The first thing that I saw were ... mind refused. I knew that if I were to go out I would cry looking the affinity of my relatives and friends. All of my family members got into different cars. My sister sat in my aunt's car, my dad in his friend's car and my mom in her mother's car. The drive...

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... have set up 'four good European chairs', and this shows the difference in both cultures. The Indian ladies, lounged around comfortably on the floor, while Olivia and the English ladies sat 'bolt upright'. Both cultures did what was expected of them. In the same scene, "Everyone played their part well - the Palace ladies as well as Mrs. Crawford - and gave evidence ... place, the food and all the things that the English can't change still form India. The same scene also demonstrates Olivia's acceptance of India. Olivia said that like to have sat on the floor as well, however, it would be...

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... celebrate its formation day on November 1, for more than five decades on end. Yet, Telangana people, majority of them paid scant regard to such celebrations on that occasion. In fact, scores of groups and organizations that were formed during the period were on record opposing the unification and its state formation day celebrations. The very statehood formation was questioned and fought ... ...

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... their Indian soldiers to Christian teachings. This, along with the spread of western technology such as the telegraph and railways, had the people believing that the English were trying to convert them all to Christianity and get rid of their native religions (India Netzone). Another religious reason was the newly introduced Enfield rifle. The soldiers needed to bite off the tip ... ...

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... .2). To make it worse, those defending the temples were not spared in the process. For instance, Sikh Bahadur faced death together with his two collaborators due to his refusal to convert the Kashmiri Hindus (Khan 199). They also injured a number of people who tried to escape during the attack (Jeffrey 144; Sinha 133). The act was evil and against the teaching ... ...

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... 350 million Muslims worldwide in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Jordan and Palestine share extremist views with hardcore Salafist organizations. The extremist views in question were "Do you believe Muslims who convert to another religion should receive the death penalty?". Most Saudi and Pakistani Muslims said yes. Moderate Muslims have to stand up against the radicals because they are losing. The oft ... ...

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... regions, as they were regulated by separate castes. Islamic belief did not fit well into the caste system and had no place for it, allowing fractions of lower castes to convert. But aside from that, Hinduism still prevailed. The two religions simply had too many conflicts between each other, such as their indifferences to pork and beef, abilities and inabilities to ... ...

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... coast of India. This savage campaign caused Ashoka not to think as a conquerer, but rather to deliberate on his actions with remorse. The slaughter he had caused compelled him to convert to Buddhism and adopt the religious doctrine of adhisma, or nonviolence. In doing so, Ashoka banned the practices of sacrificing animals for religious purposes, regulated the slaughter of meat for ... ...

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... , any goal counts, as long as it is something that keeps you motivated; for instance, for a soccer player their life goal must be breaking the record for the one who scores more goals during their career, for a doctor their goal must be to be able to help everyone who comes to their clinic, for students their goal should be to be ... ...

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... the ancient tradition of ahimsa, nonviolence and reverence for all life. He applied this idea to fight the British rule. By using the power of love, he believed, people could convert even the worst wrongdoer to the right course of action. Gandhi's "passive resistance" became more and more popular and he soon had many followers and he encouraged peaceful protests. People ... ...

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... Buddhism spread all throughout Asia. Hinduism could not spread because the religion requires someone to be born into it. The social system is the main reason why people can not convert into Hinduism. Buddhism is the complete opposite. Gautama and all other people who are a Buddha, believe in spreading the teachings throughout the world. It is a job for a Buddha to spread ... ...

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... this church, new believers would learn that they too also must spread the word of God through the same methods - building a church and converting more people. The more people you convert in Christianity, the more rewards you will have in heaven. So take a man like Constotine who holds an entire empire under his belt, and you can easily understand why this ... ...

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... form of idolatry was rampant, that Islam was propagated by warring against those tribes, which did not accept the message of God, whereas Christians and Jews were not forced to convert Within half a century of the Prophet's death, Islam had spread to three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe. Over the next few centuries, this Empire continued to expand and Islam gradually ... ...

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... these guidelines in my everyday life and have achieved some happiness that I attribute to it. It has helped me to become more organized and successful at school. I hope to eventually convert fully into Buddhism but for now I am satisfied following the ways and beliefs of Siddhartha (Buddha). ...

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... , and imprisonment of Africans to maintain and expand their interests. Britain's imperialistic activities in Africa had different motives. Britain wanted to colonize, find new markets and materials, attain world prestige, convert natives to Christianity, and spread the English style of orderly government. The British wanted control over the Suez Canal because it gave them financial superiority and comfort. Germany had its ... ...

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... not only attributes to the over all low literacy rates, but I believe it also contributes to the low PPP's and closing this gap would increase their Freedom House civil rights scores. Though these last two points have not been researched fully, Freedom House does state that "Civil liberties include the freedoms to develop views, institutions, and personal autonomy apart from the ... ...

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... experiment and took 17 people and brought them to the Hampton institute for negros, the only school that they were accepted by. "Friends of the Indians Enthusiasts" wanted to help convert the savages into ideal Americans. Pratt knew that grown men could only change so much and in order to transform a people you must start with the children. The Indians must ... ...

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... intention of entering the class of 2004. However, I quickly realized that I still had a lot to prove to the admissions committee. Realistically speaking, I needed to increase my GPA and my MCAT scores. The University of Indiana would help me achieve my goals of furthering my medical career education through the specialize coursework offered as part of its Master of Physiology Program. Through ... ...

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