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    According to family scholar Abela (2009a)‚ the unity of the institutionalised family and the need to sustain marriage as a permanent relationship continue to be important values that are entrenched in our culture. Moreover‚ the vast majority of Maltese university students still want to marry for life (Abela 2009a). Conversely‚ the rapid rise in teenage pregnancies‚ single parenthood‚ widows‚ middle-aged divorcees‚ unmarried teen-aged mums and the fact that about one third of the children born in

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    it if they communicate with them in Maltese as that is what they speak at home( like with faith) children who are an only child I have found are usually the ones who need the most aggressive force of communication. 3. Be able to overcome barriers to communication. 3.1. Explain how people from different backgrounds may use and/or interpret communication methods in different ways. Different cultures use different methods to what we might use in Maltese schools. – Stricter or leaner. Different

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    Adaptation: The Journey We All Take As movie-goers‚ we all have seen films advertised with the “based on the book” tag line. Unfortunately‚ after watching these films there are always viewers that bring up the fidelity of the film to the original piece. Artistically‚ this raises the question of to what extent do we define originality. Robert Stam‚ the author of Beyond Fidelity: The Dialogics of Adaptation‚ pointed out that a film’s fidelity to a novel is an issue deemed by audiences to be moralistic

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    success or failure has been determined greatly on the basic character and leadership of the President. “Historians and political scientist have argued about how important a leader’s characteristics are for understanding and explaining events.” (Pika‚ Maltese‚ & Rudalevige‚ 2017) Most of America’s presidents have had many common characteristics‚ from coming from similar financial back grounds‚ some whose fathers whom served public offices‚ and education from ivy league colleges. With all these similar

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    Emerson 1 Nick Emerson Professor Wilson English 115: 1 30 November 2010 These Dead Hands: A Study of Crime Fiction Since the form has never been perfected‚ it has never become fixed. The academians have never got their dead hands on it. It is still fluid‚ still too various for easy classification.(Horsley 1) While Raymond Chandler‚ the author of those words‚ would surely be against the classification attempted here‚ these “dead hands” of mine will attempt to share a study of what has

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    The 1940’s were heavily influenced by the occurrences that happened during this era. Some of these events including World War II‚ Recession; Revolutions‚ the ongoing feminism movement‚ Dior – The New Look and the Parisian Couture house. The 40’s era was where the fashion houses of Dior and Chanel ruled according to Style.com. They dictated the austere style‚ which was strict and plain; yet at the same time sophisticated yet masculine. The forties decade opened up an extensive variety of original

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    ‘Wall Street’ flawed‚ but don’t sell Gekko short “They love that quality of take no prisoners ... if I have one more person‚ it’s so depressing and sad‚ they come up to me and say‚ you know‚ you’re the reason that I got into Wall Street ... that’s a‚ that’s a sad commentary.” —Michael Douglas There is a fabulous irony to “Wall Street” that perhaps can’t be adequately explained. The movie is an unequivocal denunciation of Wall Street excess but remains the preeminent film of those

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    Maltese tiger ~Maltese tigers are blue colored-tigers from the South Chinese tiger subspecies. Although there are no known specimen evidence to prove the existence of these critically endangered tigers‚ there have been quite a number of sighting throughout history. Most of the sightings are reported in the Fujian Province of China. Giant Panda ~The Giant Panda is a bear native to China. Pandas can easily be distinguished from other bear species from their coloration. Their diet mainly consists

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    Fire Fighting: Fire Prevention While volunteering at my fire department‚ I picked up on allot of tricks and trades. There is much to learn about firefighting and to understand what it means and what it takes to be a firefighter. I chose this topic because it is good for the public to know what is needed and required. I want to explain to people the job requirements‚ danger‚ and the technology used. The term fire fighter is exactly as it sounds: a person who fights a fire. But the history behind

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    The Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a 110 square mile large park located in North Dakota. This park was made in honor of the 26th president of the United States of America‚ Theodore Roosevelt. There is actually a pretty long but very interesting history‚ including several stories of Theodore’s adventures‚ where he spent his time in the badlands‚ and who accompanied him on these frivolous adventures. One of the stories involves Roosevelt and his two ranch hands Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow chasing

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