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    ever thought about why we family has so many family reunions? We have to schedule and plan on which family reunion we are going to the next year and which one we are not going to. Well if our families sit back and research our family history‚ we will come to the conclusion that we are related in so many ways. We either related by marriage‚ by blood‚ or half blood. Being related by marriage is simple. You meet someone and start to like that person. They meet the family and start to interact with

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    Nursing Dr. Irene Gadil FAMILY In human context‚ a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity‚ affinity‚ or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children. Anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrilocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a husband‚ his wife‚ and children; also called nuclear family); and consanguineal (also called an extended family) in which parents and children

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    Family is mainly considered as the smallest unit of the association which an individual can identify with closely. Normally‚ many people look at family as those people to who they are related by blood being nuclear or extended. However‚ the broader perspective of the family comprises of those people who are find themselves closely linked up by factors such as m One form and the most common form of family is family by blood. This form of a family is made up by people who are born by same parents

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    University of Phoenix Material Communicating Effectively Worksheet Answer the following questions‚ using information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words. 1. Briefly explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure? The seven elements of the speech communication process are: Speaker‚ Message‚ Channel‚ Listener‚ Feedback‚ Interference‚ and Situation. Speaker: The person who is

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    Maria Callas gives an outstanding performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This is unsurprising as Callas was one of the most famous sopranos of her time and a recognised Diva. The Newspaper review is gushing in praise of Callas who gives a powerful and convincing performance. It is noted that the reviewer had some reservations on a previous performance but the performance of Violetta in La Traviata left the reviewer in no doubt that Callas gave a performance that was the best

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    DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems

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    say anything to her. Emily is a tradition in the small town of Jefferson. She is a living monument of the past and traditions the people of the town wish to respect and honor. For that reason‚ no one wants to upset or offend her. Her last name is one of wealth and prestige and her family has been valued for many generations. Although that time has now passed‚ the town still honors her and her family’s past reputation. “Alive Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care” (Faulkner 527)

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    Tradition always has very interesting features and of course it differ from place to place but when it comes to traditional marriage most of the tradition or culture has a common ground which is financial support because this two couples sooner will bring another family member who needs his or her parent’s security in many ways. Here’s what I correlate the Ethiopian olden days marriage with my reading “A Rose for Emily.” I realize some similarities between the tradition of olden day’s Ethiopian

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    Analysis of the Tradition in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson illustrates the struggle between choosing personal morals‚ versus blindly following the masses. When you stop questioning authority‚ you relinquish your individuality and the tools that you’ve been given to rationalize your decisions. Traditions and customs often lose their meaning and value once it becomes a game of follow the leader. In Jackson’s short story‚ the tradition of the lottery began with the first village

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    that presents an annual mandatory lottery where each “head” of the family comes up to draw a paper. The family with the head who picks the paper redraws as a whole‚ and the “lucky winner” gets stoned to death. Villagers in the town originally performed the lottery from the belief that a sacrifice brought better crops to the village. Now‚ however‚ the villagers‚ who have forgotten the purpose‚ continue just because it is a tradition. In the beginning‚ villagers of the town had the idea that richer

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