September 29th, 2010 by admin
On Location Nov 2007 ? Gerewol
Seeking to get over my childhood disappointment at always coming second in Monopoly beauty contests, I travelled to Niger. More specifically to Gerewol, the festival of the Wodaabe, who number among the last nomads of Africa.
The landscape the Wodaabe inhabit is a harsh one: in central Niger, between the great Sahara Desert and the grasslands, lies an immense steppe, scattered with scrawny bushes and hardy acacia trees. For nine months of the year hardly a drop of rain falls. The days are torrid, the nights sometimes freezing cold. And the harmattan, the hot wind out of the desert, blows up relentlessly, filling the air with a sandy haze. Across this no-man’s land the Wodaabe herd their cattle, migrating north in the rainy season and south again in the dry months and leaving no trace of their travels as they go.
And then, every year, after the rains, the Wodaabe gather for the Gerewol, the highlight of their calendar and a celebration of male beauty, as young men paint their faces, chant, dance, bare their teeth and roll their eyeballs in an attempt to look their best.
I use ‘calendar’ in its loosest sense: being nomadic there is no fixed date to the festival – it is usually in September. Also, worryingly as we drove through the rolling grasslands, there is no fixed location. Goats galloped through the long grasses, camels wallowed imperiously across the horizon, donkeys stared blankly back… Read the rest
September 29th, 2010 by admin
The Etymology of Family Through Sociological Perspective
The notion of family as the form of people’s relationships took its root in the ancient time. Family has become the part of our life since then, but the importance of its study is still essential. Such a form of social relations keeps much attention among scholars. The aim of this paper is to contribute to general social perspective on the family and introduce a brief analysis of family’s origin, its history and structure.
I start my paper with the very definition of the family. Thus, family is form of social behaviour, then more than one people live together in a residence usually, but not necessarily such relations are legalized. The family can be organized because of marriage of two persons or then people of the same bloodline live together.
I. Historical background
The history of the family started in ancient times, when people lived in tribes. A tribe is a predecessor of a contemporary family. People under the circumstances urging them to hunt in order to find some food and protect themselves from wild animals started to unite in a certain groups. Within this certain group the household was elected during the common gatherings, usually it was a very old and wise man. Hence, the tribes had a certain structure. There was a clear division of those, who hunt and those who protect the settlement, and those who were responsible for the organization and general order.… Read the rest
September 26th, 2010 by admin
Co-parenting: How to be a Parenting Team When You’re No Longer a Couple
Co-parenting may not come naturally to you, particularly if you’re a high-conflict couple or you’re still recovering from the nastiness of a divorce. Divorced parents need to make a concerted effort to keep their conflicts with each other separate from their relationship as co-parents to their child.
Every year, 1 million U.S. kids become children of divorce. In settling child custody issues, their parents are likely to hammer out co-parenting agreements – committing to working together to raise their kids in spite of a divorce or separation. But co-parenting has its challenges. In the second part of our series of occasional articles on co-parenting, we look at how to make the transition from separated couple to parenting team.
Working together to help your child grow into a happy, confident and well-adjusted adult is something that all parents should aspire to. But it’s not something that comes easily to newly divorced or separated parents, or even to parents who were living apart in the first place.
It takes hard work to craft a “”co-parenting”” relationship that enables parents to cooperate in a way that benefits their child. As separated or divorced parents, you choose to live apart because you can’t see eye to eye on many things, and it’s unreasonable to expect that you’ll be able to immediately step away from all of that and become a cheery, friendly, co-parenting couple. … Read the rest
September 26th, 2010 by admin
Family Pharmacy: an Independent Pharmacy to Serve your Family
Introduction
At Family Pharmacy, professionally trained pharmacists are happy to provide authoritative answers about your medications. This helpful service from a friendly, respected health care professional, is just one of the benefits of shopping at your neighborhood Family Pharmacy.
Family Pharmacy offers nationally advertised, non-prescription brand products that you’ll find at other drugstores including vitamins, first aid, skin care and over-the-counter medications.
In addition to your favorite national brands, they have a wide selection of Family Pharmacy brand products. These money-saving products are priced lower than their comparable nationally advertised brands. And, lower cost does not mean lower quality. Family Pharmacy brand products are laboratory tested, quality assured, and your satisfaction is guaranteed. These tops of the line products are for the consumer who appreciates quality as well as value1.
History of Family Pharmacy
The roots of Family Pharmacy go back to 1955 with the purchase of Fox’s Drug Store at 223 North Main Street in Bicknell, Indiana by Bob Deweese. The Deweese family moved to Bicknell and Bob continued to operate the store providing pharmacy services. The pharmacy became D & M Corner Drug Store.
In 1976, Stan Deweese joined his father in the family business as a pharmacist. By 1980, the decision was made to expand the growing business with another pharmacy. A new pharmacy was built “out on the highway” which was developing as a corridor of businesses. It was named Family… Read the rest
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