Sentences with phrase «history about family life»

Little, if any, written history about family life in the Kongo Kingdom before invasion and occupation by competing ideological and economic interests exists.

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My great great grandmother was from a polygamist family, and her life history writes about her personal experiences with polygamy.

And yet, if I turn my attention to it, I realize that my experience of this tree is bound up with much of what I know about where I live, my family, and the history of my country.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

Lear soon teamed up with Gloria Calderón Kellett, a producer and actress who's worked on How I Met Your Mother and Drunk History, to bring the idea to life with her own distinctly Latin influence by writing about her own family's experience.

The history of Story Land is less about the singular history of one family or one business, and more about the multitudes of personal histories that live in the memories of thousands of families and tens of thousands of people from all over.

The participants» family members were interviewed about the athletes» life and medical history, specifically dementia, changes in thinking, memory, behavior, mood, motor skills or ability to carry out daily living tasks.

The «Stress Test», which was launched on BBC Radio 4's «All in The Mind» and available on the BBC website to complete, asked participants a range of questions about their family history of mental health problems, life events, income and education levels, relationship status and social circumstances.

To illustrate potential mutation - specific effects on absolute cancer risks, we used the hazard ratio estimates to derive approximate absolute risks and 95 % confidence intervals, based on published estimates for the overall risks of breast and ovarian cancer by age 70 years.26 These estimates are for illustration and do not represent absolute risk estimates that would be required in a genetic counseling setting, as they do not account for noncancer outcomes that may influence a woman's life expectancy, the effects of family history, and nonrandom ascertainment of mutation carriers in this sample and depend on assumptions about the prevalence of different mutation classes in the population.

So, ensure to ask your family history about bone health so as to know how to live your life.

I am teaching: Friday, March 22, 9:30 am — Creating a Family History Blog — it's basically about how to start a blog, so you can blog about your family as life happens, etc — I'm sure you could apply it to starting a craft blog as well, but it will have a focus on a familyFamily History Blog — it's basically about how to start a blog, so you can blog about your family as life happens, etc — I'm sure you could apply it to starting a craft blog as well, but it will have a focus on a familyfamily as life happens, etc — I'm sure you could apply it to starting a craft blog as well, but it will have a focus on a familyfamily blog.

Think about family challenges, personal challenges, history, and events and even people in your life that play a role in your goals.

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Not much happens in The Midwife, but its depth and texture make this a moving film about families, time passing and shared history — and the handful of scenes in the maternity unit where Claire works, five or six little miracles of birth, somehow add to its sense of a life as mysterious and precious.

He's a person with a life, a family, friends, people who love him and people he loves, and the very ordinariness of his day leading up to his death, with mistakes and decisions both good and bad, and the laid - back, observational filmmaking draws us into his existence in a way that may allow you forget about history and invest in his future, one that will never be.

WHAT: After she's whisked away to England to live with charming baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) and his ice - cold sister (Jessica Chastain) in their crumbling mansion, young American heiress Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) uncovers terrible secrets about the Sharpe family history when tortured apparitions begin to haunt

Throughout the history of American public education, the practice of integrating the teaching of literacy and social awareness has taken many forms, from the explicit and blatant learning of religious vocabulary words and biblical themes in the primers of the 1850s to the more subtle lessons about the implicit social roles of the two - parent suburban life of Dick and Jane's family in the 1950s.

When I use this in my class, I share where I am from, where I had previously lived, my education background, my professional history, why I had a passion for teaching and education, some of my strengths and weaknesses as a teacher, and some information about what I liked to do and about my own family.

1932 Tatra Type 57 — Zoe Harrison tells the intriguing story of the car that came here from Austria in the 1970s / 1911 Albion 16hp — The tale of this Scottish expatriate now enjoying an active life in Australia is told by Dennis Harrison / Ice and Snow Rally 1991 — Malcolm Elder explains what it is like to take part in the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to rot.

In a narrative showcasing her signature black humor and spot - on observations about life, Chast, an only child, also looks back on her family's history, exploring the identities of her volatile, strong - willed mother, Elizabeth, and her needy, anxious father, George.

Also, the «private» tribute book surged as ordinary people began writing and publishing about family histories, life events, vacations and wildlife, among other things.

Adams's life story encapsulates the history of the founding era, for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or hated (she was never neutral): her mother, whom she considered terribly overprotective; Benjamin Franklin, who schemed to clip her husband's wings; her sisters, whose dependence upon Abigail's charity strained the family bond; James Lovell, her husband's bawdy congressional colleague, who peppered her with innuendo about John's «rigid patriotism»; her financially naïve husband (Abigail earned money in ways the president considered unsavory, took risks that he wished to avoid — and made him a rich man); Phoebe Abdee, her father's former slave, who lived free in an Adams property but defied Abigail's prohibition against sheltering others even more desperate than herself; and her son John Quincy, who worried her with his tendency to «study out of spight» but who fueled her pride by following his father into public service, rising to the presidency after her death.

We can throughout American history find select and separatist groups who looked to a prophetic individual claiming divine revelation, in a setting that repudiated conventional assumptions about property, family life, and sexuality.

An unforgettable achievement, a history brought to vibrant life through one of the most memorable families in fiction, Red River is about fathers and sons, husbands and wives - and the hopeful, heartbreaking choices we all must make to claim the legacy that is ours.

Teresa Barker is a veteran journalist and book writer, whose collaborations include the New York Times bestseller The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, with Catherine Steiner - Adair, EdD (HarperCollins 2013), Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys (Ballantine 1999) with Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., and Dan Kindlon, Ph.D.; In the Moment: Celebrating the Everyday, a Literary Guild Holiday Featured Selection with Harvey L. Rich, MD (HarperCollins 2002); Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident, Courageous Daughters, a USA Today Top Summer Reading choice, with JoAnn Deak, Ph.D. (Hyperion 2002); Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most - Asked Questions About Raising Boys (Ballantine 2000) by Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D.; The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life (Avon 2000), by Gene Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., founding director of the national Center on Aging, and The Mother - Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading (HarperCollins 1997) by Shireen Dodson, former assistant director of the Smithsonian Institution's Center for African American History.

After her death, Brockes begins to uncover long - buried secrets about those years, which left their mark on her mother for the rest of her life, and eventually visits South Africa to seek the truth about her family history.

If your family has a history of issues with drugs or alcohol, and you're concerned about this impacting your kids as well, child life insurance may be a good consideration.

«On the other hand, if the parents point out that the family has a horrific history of medical issues and they're worried about the child's future insurability for life insurance purposes, that would certainly warrant a close scrutiny of life insurance,» he added.

As we walked — passing cows, colorful houses, and a couple of swans — she talked about her family, their life in rural Sweden, and a bit of the history behind the upcoming Midsummer tradition.

Learn more about the prison's history through the self - guiding audio tour, which features the voices of inmates and correctional officers (and their families) who lived and worked on Alcatraz.

Visit two Albanian families: In Dhoksat learn about the life and history followed by a home cooked lunch.

What's seemingly remarkable about the Nintendo Switch is that it not only caters to the many different ways people play videogames these days, it also almost feels like a tribute to Nintendo's history of handheld and home consoles and how they were played — from stints alone in a childhood bedroom, family gatherings in the living room, and the days of lugging a console round to a friend's house so you could have heated nights of competition.

Metropolis M spoke with Vo in Amsterdam about the influence of Western imperialism on his family's life, and how he traces their complex personal histories through his work.

When you apply for a life insurance policy, you will be asked questions about your family history pertaining to a history of medical conditions, your everyday lifestyle, smoking and alcohol consumption.

Not everyone will be able to take advantage of a no medical exam life insurance policy — for instance, if you're applying with an insurer who doesn't offer accelerated underwriting, there's not much you can do about it, and certain family history conditions like cancer may automatically disqualify you — but there are two groups of people who might be particularly interested in going down this path.

If you only look at life insurance quotes from one company, there's a chance that you could miss out on a better deal from a company that isn't so strict about your health conditions, family history, or lifestyle.

When you're looking for the best term life insurance quotes, look for the site that asks for the largest amount of questions about your health and family history.

When you apply for term life coverage, you'll be asked a large set of questions about your personal health history and family health insurance.

This is why life insurance underwriters often ask questions about the history of close family members like brothers, sisters, and parents.

Details about one's life that are intensely private — medical histories of you and your family — come to public light.

People are taking better care of themselves and as a result life insurance companies issue policies after you answer a few questions truthfully about your family history and your medical history.

Her husband had called a call center for his life insurance, but the agent he worked with, did not ask about his family history.

Once an insurance company approves you for a whole life insurance policy they can not cancel it unless you stop paying the premiums or if they can prove that you lied on your application about any health issues, family history, etc..

Every life insurance application will ask about any history of disease or illness in your family, specifically heart disease and cancer.

A query about life insurance yesterday from a 58 year old with no health history, no family history and no current treatment and a great build led to quotes at a preferred plus level.

While there's nothing you can do about your age or your family health history or genes, quitting smoking or losing weight before you apply for life insurance may help reduce your premiums.

If you are worried about denial of coverage due to severe family medical history, don't worry still there are chances for you to get a term life cover.

Millions across the world have been testing their DNA using a new form of DNA kits that tell them family history amongst other factors about their lives.

He lives in Dallas, TX with his family and enjoys learning about culinary history.

I love discovering new things about my family as well as studying the history of the areas they lived in.