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    INTRODUCTION Groups are a fundamental part of social life. They can be very small - just two people - or very large. They can be highly rewarding to their members and to society as a whole‚ but there are also significant problems and dangers with them. All this makes them an essential focus for research‚ exploration and action. Just how we define ’group’ and the characteristics or ideas we use has been a matter of debate for many years. The significance of collectivities like families‚ friendship

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    <html><head></head><body><p>In a nation of democratic governance‚ the United States has unquestionably succeeded in its own development and potency since the establishment of the Constitution. The United States was founded in hopes of having a truly free‚ full functioning society. In order to achieve such a goal‚ the framers of this country drafted the Constitution brilliantly and attentively. With the creation of the three branches‚ Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial‚ the Constitution also created checks and balances‚ the

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    As we know‚ there are many ethnic group in Indonesia. They are our valuable heritage. One of them is Toraja ethnic in South Sulawesi. The word toraja comes from the Bugis language’s to riaja‚ meaning "people of the uplands". The Dutch colonial government named the people Toraja in 1909. Torajans are renowned for their elaborate funeral rites‚ burial sites carved into rocky cliffs‚ massive peaked roof traditional houses known as tongkonan‚ and colorful wood carvings. Toraja funeral rites are important

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    In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s cults first emerged as harmless religious sectors. The term cult is originally associated with the term religion. Cults are centered around new ideas and new beliefs. A cult is defined as a religious movement that believe in a particular figure or object. Cults are smaller than denominations and different than sects. A sect is a religion that has separated itself from a larger church and a denomination is a sub-group of a larger religion that have their own set

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    The Cold War and U. S. Diplomacy: The Truman Doctrine Ardell Simmons Professor Muhammad Sohna Politics 300 Friday‚ December 2‚ 2011 The Truman Doctrine: Contain the Expansion of Communism‚ Presumably Everywhere Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. According to Woolsey (2008)‚ “WWII had bled the British Forces to the bone. The Battle of Britain‚ and the huge casualties suffered in Africa and the Continent had made it impossible

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    What Are U

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    Find its radius. 3. Calculate the mass of an atom of (a) helium‚ (b) iron‚ and (c) lead. Give your answers in grams. The atomic masses of these atoms are 4.00 u‚ 55.9 u‚ and 207 u‚ respectively. 4. The position of a particle moving under uniform acceleration is some function of time and the acceleration. Suppose we write this position s = kamtn‚ where k is a dimensionless constant. Show by dimensional analysis that this expression is satisfied if m = 1 and n = 2. Can this analysis give the value

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    Religion and Ethnic Diversity ETH/125 Religion and Ethnic Diversity Buddhism was first found in India about 2‚500 years ago. Buddhism is an increasing popular religion that continues to be the leading religion in the Far East. Buddhism has advanced over to a large amount of countries that have embraced a vast variety of customs‚ rituals‚ beliefs‚ and practices. Buddhist’s do not believe that a God created Earth. Buddha is the only Master‚ Buddhist’s believe in. Buddhist’s acknowledge that

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    Ethnic Diversity

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    people‚ religions‚ and culture. Diversity is important to constantly grow and learn new ideas that will help our society become a better environment to live in. Diversity is value because it allows us to learn different things that may help up us in life‚ that our own culture does teach‚ or provide. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is a term that is used to describe the tendency that someone will believe his or her own customs

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    liked the most so he just presented them all. This makes reading his ideas difficult because you cannot tell what his main goal was when writing it. The U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights is expertly written to prevent exclusion of any group. The human rights presented are very basic but seem to have more focus that John Rawl’s. The U.N.’s Human Right’s specifically addresses that rights are not determined by “race‚ color‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ political‚ or other opinion‚ national

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    Ethnic Dance

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    What is the difference between ethnic and folk dance? Answer: A1:  An ethnic dance reflects the peculiar characteristics of a specific tribe‚ especially their cultural‚ racial‚ religious‚ and traditional similarities.  A folk dance is a traditional dance that expresses the thoughts‚ ideas‚ and feelings of a group of people in connection with everyday activities and experiences of the people who developed them.  A2 fr: Yahoo Answers:  Well ethnic dance is a dance that is based on ethnicity

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