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    Note: The greater the number of positive responses‚ the greater the person’s identification with a traditional heritage. The one exception to positive answers is the question about family name change. This question may be answered negatively. 1. Where was your mother born?__Ethiopia 2. Where was your father born? Ethiopia 3. Where were your grandparents born? (1) Your mother’s mother? Ethiopia (2) Your mother’s father? Ethiopia (3) Your father’s mother? Ethiopia (4) Your father’s father

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    Ayurvedic Medicine: Not Just a Tradition of the Ancient Past Insert Name Course Number: Class name Date Introduction Ayurveda‚ the ancient Sanskrit word (Ayus/living and Veda/revealed wisdom) comes from the traditions of the ancient Indian sages‚ also known as Rishis. The word “denotes the enlightened knowledge of all aspects of optimal‚ healthy‚ everyday living‚ and longevity” and‚ its followers believe Ayurveda to be a “fortress of wisdom” (Ninivaggi 2008

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    In “The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition‚” W. J. Rorabaugh effectively argues that the Antebellum Temperance Reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism. Rorabaugh claims that the temperance societies developed by evangelical Christian ministers served as socializing institutions which significantly helped ease social tensions and anxieties that contributed to alcohol consumption. Rorabaugh is a professor of history at the University of Washington and has published various research

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    Chapter 4: (A Tradition of Neglect through Anglo-French Conflicts are on paper) Albany Plan: A plan set up by Benjamin Franklin in which a single government would be set up for all of the colonies that deals with peace treaties‚ defense‚ and the Natives. The different colonies would retain their representative assemblies and constitutions. None of the colonies approved it as they saw no need to be united. Many countries held resentment to each other and had no loyalties to each other. The reason

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    The architecture which is driven by the local environment‚ its requirements and materials and which represents a long local tradition is known as Vernacular architecture. Kath-Khuni is a type of timber reinforced stone masonry also locally known in koti banal which basically uses the locally available wood and stone for construction. Moreover the word Kath originated from Sanskrit word kashtth which means wood and kunj or khuni originated from the word kona which means corner. This implies that the

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    Judaism – Significant Tradition: Marriage * Genesis 2:18 – “The Lord said: It is not good for man to be alone” * Marriage completes the individual‚ with God as the third aspect of the partnership. * The Talmud says : ‘when a man is without a wife‚ he lives without joy” * Kiddushin means ‘satisfaction’ in Hebrew – the word for Marriage * Marriage is more than a spiritual bond between man and woman‚ it is a partnership‚ a complication of an individual and the fulfillment of God’s

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    Claire Zhou Professor Heather ESL 50 27 October 2014 Different Attitude toward Violence In “Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition” John Hamerlinck reveals that the seemingly harmless world of pop music has developed its own style of woman-killing songs. Violent misogyny in songs is not new. In the 1920s‚ a song called “Careless Love” sang by Lonnie Johnson‚ “in which he promises to shoot his lover numerous times and then stand over her until she is finished dying”(417). In fact‚ killing women

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    Poland is situated in the very heart of Europe. The geometrical central point of the whole continent can be found in the town of Schowola in the east of the country. Poland is 1‚042 years old. Officially founded in 966 when prince Mieszko I adopted Christianity as the official religion‚ which resulted in the new establishment of political bonds with the rest of the Europe. The population of Poland is around 38 million. The World War II toll on Poland was a staggering 6 million-including 3 million

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    their own culture‚ history‚ and language. Considering Asian Americans made up 5.6 percent of America’s population in 2010‚ Americans should know more about the diversity of Asians (331 Healey). Moreover‚ Asian Americans have brought a wealth of tradition to the United States. The different groups

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    In ’Tradition and the Individual Talent’‚ T.S. Eliot so eloquently states "Art never improves‚ but... the material of art is never quite the same" (Eliot‚ 1921‚ p. I) . In other words‚ art stays itself but not quite the self it once used to be; rather a new version is created‚ recreated and refashioned over and over again. This axiom hints to the generative nature‚ a key feature marking art. This generative nature makes it possible for art to generate (new) art: the outcome of this process is similar

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