...Living Apart Together 1. Explain what ”Living Apart Together” is, and give an outline of the different views presented in texts 2 and 3. “Living Apart Together” is a new trend and term that describes couples, who have a relationship without living together, but lives in separate homes. They have committed themself to share their lives, but only to a point. This could probably be one way to enhance the amount of novelty or excitement in a couple’s relationship. By choosing to live apart is it not that monotonous and tedious and this is a suggestion to help up couples to regain some of the sparkle in their relationship. This term is also abbreviated to “LAT”. Text 2 describes “LAT” as a new trend for family life. It says that this trend, which has been very successful in Europe, has expanded in American prior to Europe. They mention that this new way to live as a family can be used in different ways. For example can many older couples see it as “a way of avoiding complicated inheritance issues.” (l.19). Younger couples often turn to LAT after marriage that failed, and then they are using “LAT” as regards to their children. The text also uses logos to show, how successful “LAT” is by showing how many remarriages that ends with broken hearts: “when people remarry after divorce, the new marriages fail at significantly higher rate – more than 60 percent, versus 50 percent or less for first marriages.” (l.22-23) . The text gives also an example, which shows pathos “Only one...
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...Living Apart Together Living Apart Together (LAT) is a new family lifestyle – voluntarily – for the couples all around the world. LAT is a term, to describe the couples in a relationship, which live in separate houses. Couples who live apart are becoming very common and have become a growing trend. The concept of this way of living is getting popular and can be found in all age groups. Experts agree that LATs is now part of the social landscape. Some say the trend shows, that you have problems in your relationship, which that you are attempting to run away from, instead of dealing with them. While others believe that this is an opportunity to be away from your actual partner and thus gives a better and healthier relationship. Of course there are many other arguments and those above, are only a few of many in the debate of living apart together. In the following assignment, I have focused on the issue “does living apart together have a positive or negative impact?”. Of course there are various points of views and opinions, and that’s what makes this topic so exciting. Therefore I have selected text 2 and 3, representing two different perspectives. Text 2 “Home alone together” is written by Jill Brooke in 2006. The text claims that LAT is becoming very popular and the number of these kinds of relationships is increasing. The co-director of the Nation Marriage Project at Rutgers University, David Popenoe, tells us about how the “younger couples often turn to LAT arrangements...
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...Living apart together. Living apart together or LAT is not a concept I understand, perhaps I’m old fashioned but how can you say that you’re in a serious relationship, when you only see each other every few days? Of course I can see that when you are young like 16-25 years old, it is normal not to live together. But when you decide to start a family, how can you still live apart? Everybody’s different, and if it makes sense to them, then let them be. But in my point of view I could not be in that form of relationship. Many couples are in a LAT relationship. To be in a LAT relationship means that you are involved with another person but you aren’t living together. It is mainly young people and separated people. It is a whole new trend LAT, many experts encourages people to live in a LAT relationship. Jeannette Lofas is one of the persons who encourage couples to live in a LAT arrangement. She says “ many young people are starting a new family after separation, and the blended families are so vulnerable to internecine resentments and power struggles, that it may can cost them there new family.” As the quote says there can be a lot of problems, with blended families. Many people are talking about how it is to be in a LAT relationship. As Ms. Davis says “ I feel I get a lot of togetherness and lot of time to myself. “ the reason she is living in a LAT, is that when she met her true love, she didn’t want to give up her apartment. Professor Popenoe is studying the reasons why...
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...Side 1 af 12 sider Answer either A or B A The texts in section A focus on the trend "Living Apart Together" (L.AT.). Write apaper (700-1000 words) in which you answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. 1. Ð Explain what "Living Apart Together" is, and give an outline of the different views presented in texts 2 and3. Text 3 is a personal comment. How is that reflected in its tone and style? Give examples from the text. Taking your starting point in text 1, discuss what the consequences of L.AT. might be. 2. 3. Texts Page 2 1. 2. J. Rosemary Bennett, "Couples that live apart...stay together", an article from The Times website, }l4ay 72,2001 . . . . Jill Brooke, "Home Alone Together", an article fromThe New York Times website, }l4ay 4,2006 . Gary Picariello, "Just What Modern Romance Needs", a comment from Associated Content website, March 30,2001 4 7 B Write an essay (700-1000 words) in which you analyse and interpret Sky Brannon's short story "Fireweed". Your essay must include the following points: - the way the story is structured - the main theme - a characterization of Baluta/Joel - the setting Text Skye Brannon, "Fireweed", a short story, 2009 Page 9 Side 2 af 12 sider A TEXT 1 Rosemary Bennett Couples that live apart...stay together The unusual living arrangement of Shirley Denny and Peter Lawrence has raised eyebrows among friends and neighbours over the past two decades. But...
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...Living Apart Together (LAT) 1) There is this concept called Living Apart Together (LAT), it´s a new trend spreading among couples all over the world. The idea of this trend is making a relationship over a long distance while not seeing each other. There is a lot of benefits with this concept, you don´t have to live with your “other half’s” stupid hobbies etc. You both decide where to live, and some says that it gives you an opportunity of being away from the stressed couple life, where LAT gives you an opportunity to being away from your partner. In this way you don´t get tired or irritated by your partner, you don´t have to deal with these problems some couples living together are dealing with every day. The second text we are introduced to is called “Home Alone Together” (May 4, 2006) an article by The New York Times. Professor David Popenoe, is against the concept “Living Apart Together”, as he says: “Younger couples often turn to L.A.T. arrangements after failed marriages, particularly if there af children involved.” He says it´s because they are not ready to have a baby, or is just not ready to commit to a long life relationship. Ms. Hess 61 years old, believes it could save a lot of breakups and in that case a lot of pain, she believes that people try to fit into a very narrow model for long terms relationship that may never work out. She says: “Many people are trying to fit themselves into a very narrow for long-term relationships that does not work for their...
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...Living Apart Together 1. Living apart together is sort of a new trend in modern relationships. Instead of living as the assumption of being in love must lead to cohabiting, they challenge the fact by living in separate houses, apartments, beds etc. They actually don’t live together. It’s like having an affair for a very long time. But why do people do this? The main reason is that many people who perform the L.A.T. do it because of a bad relationship in the past, and they are afraid of becoming too connected love-wise, knowing that maybe a divorce could happen again, so they just live separately but still have each other to love - mentally and physically. We, in Denmark, must have raised our eye brows if we heard that some of us, who are in love and perhaps even married, don’t live together but in England, Holland, Sweden, Norway, France and Canada nearly half of all married couples don’t live under the same roof. Text 2 is written in pathos because the intention of the article is to appeal to the readers’ emotions. Jill Brooke, the journalist, writes in a condescending tone in her article. She makes living together sound awful by saying things like: “When people remarry after divorce, the new marriages fail at a significantly higher rate - more than 60 percent versus 50 percent or less for first marriages”. In this part of the article she could just say that LAT is the way to keep a relationship going, because living together can’t last, and that’s what’s clever...
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...vrii-1~l‘; 1-:l:~:1:$ UNDERNI NGS MINISTERIET Studemereksamen 2. delpmve kl. 09.00 -14.00 Onsdag den 25. maj 2011 Id. 9.00 - 14.09 Side 1 af 12 sider Answer either A or B A The texts in section A focus on the trend “Living Apart Together” (L.A.T.). Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which you answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. 1. 2. 3. Explain what “Living Apart Together” is, and give an outline of the different views presented in texts 2 and 3. Text 3 is a personal comment. How is that reflected in its tone and style? Give examples from the text. Taking your starting point in text 1, discuss What the consequences of L.A.T. might be. Page . . . 2 4 7 Texts 1. Rosemary Bennett, “Couples that live apart. . .stay together”, an article from The Times website, May 12, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Jill Brooke, “Home Alone Together”, an article from The New'Y0rk Times website, May 4, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Gary Picariello, “Just What Modern Romance Needs”, a comment from Associated Content website, March 30, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Write an essay (700-1000 words) in which you analyse and interpret Sky Brannon’s short story “Fireweed”. Your essay must include the following points: - the way the story is structured - the main theme - a characterization of Baluta/Joel - the setting...
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...Living apart together (L.A.T) Living apart together also called “L.A.T” is a term who describes couples who have a relationship married or not, but live at separate places. It is not like a “long-distance-relationships”, because LAT’s have chosen to live separately themselves. In Text 2 David Popenoe, who is co-director of a marriage and family studies center, describes how living apart together is becoming a trend, and that this trend started in Europe and is now on its way to America. The number of couples living apart together is increasingly these days, and it is becoming more normal. Text 2 also describes how LAT’s chose to live apart to avoid situations that can be problematic, such as having children from earlier relationships, and being very different. The L.A.T. advocate and therapist Judye Hess aggress, being a part of LAT couple herself, and means that too many couples try to be something they are not when they are in a relationship and live together, “Many people are trying to fit themselves into a very narrow model for long-term relationships that does not work for their personalities. If more people saw living apart as an option, it might save them a lot of pain and breakups”. This is supported with a personal story, from Donna Davis who is 47 years, and Jim Puckett who is 59 years. They love each other, but like living apart, and say that it works out perfectly for them. But David Peopene is skeptical about the new L.A.T trend, especially when it comes to...
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...Living Apart Together L.A.T The Living Apart Together relationship, also mentioned as L.A.T relationship is a growing form of relationship, which has increased incredibly like wildfire as the text Just What Modern Romance Needs: “Living Apart Together” by Gary Picariello explains it: “… the concept has spread like wildfire among nearly 50% of young couples in Europe, the United States and even farther abroad”. The definition of “Living Apart Togethers “ is fairly simple; it is couples that wish not to live together, not owing to distance, work or children as many other couples are forced to, but because they simply want to live separately. One way to look at these L.A.Ts is as Jeanette Lofa, who “advocates living apart” does. She advocates L.A.Ts owing to the complications blended families often has to deal with which they could avoid, such as power struggles and internecine resentments. Partly agreeing with Jeanette Lofa is Professor Popenoe who points out that Living Apart Together makes sense for couples with kids and elderly couples who might have been married before. He is also worried that LATs will distort their capability of forming long-term relationships. Agreeing is Dr. Scott Haltzman who adds the capability of intimacy and cooperation as factors that might impair by living apart and not being forced to deal with it. Also, according to Gary Picariello qualities like compromising, negotiation and commitment are to be lost or not developed, if the two parts of...
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...marriage should solely be about love) * Decline in the stigma ( negative attitudes towards divorce) Childbearing * Women are now having children later (careers ) * More women are remaining childless (pursing their career, and children are a burden) * 4 in 10 kids born outside of marriage. Why * Women now have greater career opportunities ( trying the break through the glass ceiling) * Children are an economic liability ( we live in a child centred society) * Men and women now have choice and are not being forced into a shotgun marriage due to unwanted children. This has been combated by contraception and abortion. * There is an increase in cohabitation ( an unmarried couple in a sexual relationship living together) ( this is known as the trial marriages and young people often see it as an alternative) fewer 1st marriages . Partnerships Marriage * There has been a decline in first marriages – less stigma associated with cohabitation, women’s changing position ( they are more financially independent) fear of divorce, alternatives to marriage ) * Re – marriage is on the increase – serial monogamy. Decline in stigma,...
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...crescent or semilunar in shape, and is pushed towards the periphery [5]. On routine Haematoxylin and Eosin stains, cannibalistic cells could easily be viewed and identified. Cannibalistic cells have a high nuclear: cytoplasm ratio with dispersed chromatin. The cytoplasm contain few rough endoplasmic reticulum, and a distinct golgi apparatus. Sometimes few dense core vesicles (100-150 nm) are present. [6] Cannibalistic cells have no selectivity, affecting living or dead cells and involves cells either homogenous or heterogeneous. It usually targets cells that are more passive. Heterotypic live cell engulfment is associated with leukocytes being ingested into a variety of host cells viz. epithelial cells, fibroblasts, neural cells etc. whereas homotypic live cell engulfment is visualised in tumour cells of breast, lung and gastric carcinoma. [1] [7] Mechanism of Cannibalism Brouwer et.al. [6] Molecular aspects of Cannibalism Various hypothesis has been put forward as to how tumour cells nurture other living cells and very few evidences have come forward till date. Although it is believed that cannibalism occurs as tumour cells feed on ingested cells and may be related to tumour cell nutritional deficiencies, but its exact mechanism is yet to be ascertained. The acidic microenvironment created during carcinogenesis as a result of shift in the metabolic pathway encourages a selected group of cell phenotypes to survive in this caustic environment than other cell...
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...Name: SCLY 1: Families and Households Revision Notes 2011-12 By the end of this unit you should be able to * answer any question on families and households ! Key definitions: A family is usually a group of people related by marriage or blood. A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related. Theories of the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change * Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family, the universality of the family, changing functions, how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society. * Marxist views: the family as part of the ideological state apparatus, as an agent of social control. * Feminist views: patriarchy; liberal, radical and Marxist feminism. Consensus/Positive views of the family | Conflict/critical views of the family | * Functionalist theories: the family performs positive functions for individuals and society * New Right theories: the family is the cornerstone of society, but it is under threat | * Marxist theories: the family provides important functions for capitalism * Feminist theories: the family reinforces gender inequality and patriarchy | Functionalist theories GP Murdock | Evaluation | Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions: * Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner, preventing the...
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...Chapter 1: Our Place in the Universe 1.1 Our Modern View of the Universe * Geocentric universe: Earth-centered * Solar system: the Sun and all the objects that orbits it * Our solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago * Galaxy: great island of stars in space, having from a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars * Milky Way Galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars; our Milky Way is in the Local Group * Galaxy cluster: collection of galaxies bound together by gravity. Small collections (up to a few dozen) are generally called groups, while larger collections are called clusters * Supercluster: gigantic region of space where many individual galaxies and many groups and clusters of galaxies are packed more closely together than elsewhere in the universe * Universe (cosmos): the sum total of all mater and energy * Observable Universe: the portion of the entire universe that can be seen from Earth * Universe is expanding, Big Bang occurred 14 billion years ago * Planet: moderately sized object that orbits a star and shines primarily by reflecting light from its star; an object is a planet if it (1) orbits a star, (2) is large enough for its own gravity to make it round, and (3) has cleared most other objects from its orbital path * Dwarf planet: object that meets the first two criteria but not the third, like Pluto * Moon (or satellite): an object that orbits a planet * Asteroid: a relatively small and rocky...
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...Idioms 1) “Absence makes heart grow fonder” :- Our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them . 2) “Armed to the teeth” :- To be heavily armed. 3) “Back-handed compliment” :- A compliment that also insults or put down at the same time. 4) “Bleed like a stuck pig” :- To bleed heavily. 5) “Blow off some steam” :- To enjoy oneself by relaxing normal formalities. 6) “Blowing smoke” :- To be boasting without being able to back it up ; talking about action without intent to follow through. 7) “Bouched up” :- Substandard; Messed up; Make a shamble of. 8) “Brand Spanking New” :- New and Unused. 9) “Break A Leg” :- A wish of good luck, do well. 10) “A burnt child dreads the fire” :- One does not repeat a painful lesson twice. 11) “Bust your balls” :- To harass with the intent to break one’s spirit. 12) “Busting your chops” :- To say things intended to harass. 13) “Can’t hold a candle to” :- To be far less competent or have far less skills than someone else. 14) “Cat bird seat” :- A highly advantaged position, to have it all. 15) “Chew the fat” :- To talk about unimportant things. 16) “Clean bill of health” :- To be found healthy. 17) “Clear as a Bell” :- Clearly understood. 18) “Close, but no cigar” :- Nearly achieving success, but not quite. 19) “Cold Turkey” :- To Quit something abruptly. 20) “Cooking with gas” :- To be working fast, proceeding rapidly. 21) “ In the Crapper” :- In...
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...Idioms 1) “Absence makes heart grow fonder” :- Our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them . 2) “Armed to the teeth” :- To be heavily armed. 3) “Back-handed compliment” :- A compliment that also insults or put down at the same time. 4) “Bleed like a stuck pig” :- To bleed heavily. 5) “Blow off some steam” :- To enjoy oneself by relaxing normal formalities. 6) “Blowing smoke” :- To be boasting without being able to back it up ; talking about action without intent to follow through. 7) “Bouched up” :- Substandard; Messed up; Make a shamble of. 8) “Brand Spanking New” :- New and Unused. 9) “Break A Leg” :- A wish of good luck, do well. 10) “A burnt child dreads the fire” :- One does not repeat a painful lesson twice. 11) “Bust your balls” :- To harass with the intent to break one’s spirit. 12) “Busting your chops” :- To say things intended to harass. 13) “Can’t hold a candle to” :- To be far less competent or have far less skills than someone else. 14) “Cat bird seat” :- A highly advantaged position, to have it all. 15) “Chew the fat” :- To talk about unimportant things. 16) “Clean bill of health” :- To be found healthy. 17) “Clear as a Bell” :- Clearly understood. 18) “Close, but no cigar” :- Nearly achieving success, but not quite. 19) “Cold Turkey” :- To Quit something abruptly. 20) “Cooking with gas” :- To be working fast, proceeding rapidly. 21) “ In the Crapper” :- In...
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