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    Western Civilization

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    Through out the history of Western Civilization we have seen many important moments occur. From the Neolithic revolution, to humans conquering and spreading across the globe, there are many moments that have shaped its history and the present day. In this essay I will mention 5 of the most important moments/changes in Western Civilization and the reasons for why they are so important to societies in the western world and beyond. My first mention is the Neolithic Revolution. Prior to the Neolithic

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    Tall T, though produced in 1957, is representative of the great mass of simplistic, histrionic films which constituted the majority of the Western genre output during the 1920s through the 1950s; the film is perhaps even an exemplar of the subgenre, as director Budd Boetticher most likely drew upon the most typical of the accumulated conventions of the B-Western for inspiration. Yet the final product does not transcend the subgenre

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    other western genres. It is a story that is formed from a novel by Upton Sinclair’s book, Oil! (1927) (Belton, 2009, p.401). Many westerns were based on dime novels that were written in the mid and late 1800s (Belton, 2009, p.246). American society was going through a transitional period from an agrarian society to an industrial society in the 1800s and early 1900s (Wright 2001; Desk Encyclopedia, 1989, pp. 27-28, 630-631). The change in revolutions could explain the difference in most western genres

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    The film genre of the Western has long since proven to be more about the conflict and showdowns that occur in the storyline. Usually the western genre incorporates traditional western motifs and icons and adheres to those common plot structures of the genre, but Brokeback Mountain is different from what is to be normally expected because it does not seem like a traditional and conventional Western film at all. Brokeback Mountain has several different twists to it, like the more modern take on it

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    Western Blotting

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    Second, for the western blotting, the primary antibodies that used to recognize the protein of interest (FLAG-PTEN) are rabbit anti-PTEN antibodies and the secondary antibodies that bind to the primary antibodies and convalently linked substrate to produce visible signal are goat anti-rabbit conjugated HRP (horseradish peroxidase) antibodies; for immunoprecipitation, the antibodies used to immobilize protein of interest are anti-FLAG monoclonal antibodies from morine cell. As introduction above,

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    opening of the movie Stagecoach, many popular Western films have followed similar opening scenes containing the stereotypical desert landscape with cowboys heroically riding their horses. Western films, such as the Stagecoach, gained national popularity, making over millions of dollars in sales. Their popularity serves as justification for why these Western ideals affect the nation’s identity and image. Richard Slotkin described this occurrence of Western movies influencing American characteristics

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    Western Civilization

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    Civilization: The West and the Rest Niall Ferguson’s thesis in his book “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” is to explain and prove why western civilization has exceeded the accomplishments of other nations throughout history up until present day. He attributes this world dominance to six “killer applications” the west had adopted and advanced beyond the means of any other civilizations. These applications were: competition, science, private property, medicine, consumption, and work. When explaining

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    Western Painting

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    do the paintings reflect the attitude of the artists? How do the paintings reflect the philosophy and value of the world? No matter you are eastern or western people,paintings are just not about the skills, but they also convey the feelings of the artists. Needless to say, there is still a great divergence of traditional Chinese painting and Western painting. Generally speaking, Chinese painters love to use realistic techniques to express unrealistic things and their feelings in addition to the fact

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    In the western Unforgiven staring Clint Eastwood we embark the journey of a legendary gunslinger coming out of retirement in order to provide for the one’s he loves and holds dears to his heart, his kids. Throughout the film the idea of killing and the justification of doing so is continuously questioned in the minds of each of our three gunslingers. As in all westerns the use of violence is displayed to solve and extinguish any conflicts that arise. Violence is incorporated within this film in order

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    impact of western music is seen within them. Westernization and modernization are two different words with different meanings and they have two different impacts on a society. Modernization is used to define the improvements and show a progressive transition from one stage to another. Westernization is the concept of being influenced by the customs and techniques of the western society and reflecting them in a non-western culture. This essay will discuss furtherly about the impact of the western society

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