A study on the relationship happiness to various character strengths showed that “ a conscious focus on gratitude led to reductions in negative affect and increases in optimistic appraisals, positive affect, offering emotional support, sleep quality, and well-being .”

Some cultural differences may be based on linear traditions, on teaching from one generation or “ school ” to another.

He used his time in Bourg to research mathematics, producing Considérations sur la théorie mathématique de jeu ( 1802 ; “ Considerations on the Mathematical Theory of Games ”), a treatise on mathematical probability that he sent to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1803.

A year later in 881 Alfred fought a small sea battle against four Danish ships “ on the high seas ”.

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Agathocles was cited as from the lowest, most abject condition of life and as an example of “ those who by their crimes come to be princes ” in Chapter VIII of Niccolò Machiavelli ’ s treatise on politics, The Prince ( 1513 ).

" The Chicago Daily Tribune called it “ One of the most spectacular crimes of the 20th century, and what is believed to be the first airplane kidnap murder on record .” Because it occurred somewhere over three Missouri counties, and involved interstate transport of a stolen airplane, it raised questions in legal circles about where, by whom, and even whether he could be prosecuted.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

“ Charges of sedition come from the Jews ” ( Acts 17: 6-7 ; 24: 5 ) which shows that Luke ’ s emphasis was not on the politics of the Empire but rather on the spiritual matters of believers.

The army report that day contains only one phrase: “ All quiet on the Western Front .” As Paul dies, his face is calm, “ as though almost glad the end had come .”

One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy written by Hannah Glasse, wrote of disdain for the French style of cookery, stating “ the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook !” Of the French recipes, she does add to the text she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she “… think it an odd jumble of trash .” Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754-1764.

Those on the “ rice coast ” often ate ample amounts of rice, while the grain for the rest of the southern poor and slaves was cornmeal used in breads and porridges.

The work contexts in which African-Americans sang songs comparable to shanties included: boat-rowing on rivers of the south-eastern U. S. and Caribbean ; the work of stokers or “ firemen ,” who cast wood into the furnaces of steamboats plying great American rivers ; and stevedoring on the U. S. eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean — including " cotton-screwing ": the loading of ships with cotton in ports of the American South.

Since the New Testament never condemns instruments themselves, much less in any of these settings, it is conceded that “ the church Fathers go beyond the New Testament in pronouncing a negative judgment on musical instruments .”

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

His comment on Numbers 23: 19 has a still more polemical tone: “ God is not a man that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent ; < font face =" times new roman " size = 3 > if a man says: ‘ I am a god ’ he is a liar ; if he says: ‘ I am a son of man ’ he will have cause to regret it ; and if he says, ‘ I will go up to heaven ’ he has said but will not keep his word ” last phrase is borrowed from B ' midbar 23: 19 ( Yer.

On her second visit to Rank, Nin reflects on her desire to be “ re-born ,” feelingly, as a woman and artist.

An abbot ( from Old English abbod, abbad, from Latin abbas (“ father ”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς ( abbas ), from Aramaic ܐܒܐ / אבא (’ abbā, “ father ”); confer German Abt ; French abbé ) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumen or archimandrite.

According to Orthodox teaching the position of “ First Among Equals ” gives no additional power or authority to the bishop that holds it, but rather that this person sits as organizational head of a council of equals ( like a president ).

A contemporary reported, “ the noises in his head and deafness aren ’ t improving, yet his vision is much better and he is back in control of his balance .” His symptoms may indicate a prolonged viral encephalitis or possibly a series of miniature strokes resulting from high blood pressure and affecting hearing and balance centers in the brain.

* Ruth Gordon as Dame Marjorie “ Maude ” Chardin, a 79-year-old free spirit who wears her hair in braids across her head like laurels.

The ordaining bishop then places his omophor and right hand over the ordinand's head and recites aloud the first Prayer of Cheirotonia and then prays silently the other two prayers of cheirotonia while a deacon quietly recites a litany and the clergy, then the congregation, chant “ Lord, have mercy ”.

* Backfist usually from the front hand, reverse-back fist and spinning back-fist both usually from the back hand – are strikes to the head, raising the arm and bending the arm at the elbow and then straightening the arm quickly to strike to the side of the head with the rear of the knuckles, common in “ light contact ”.

Finally, in the Gospel of Luke, as already remarked, the author enumerates the women who reported the tomb visit, writing that, “ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them ,” which once again places Mary Magdalene at the head of the list.

According to Carla Ricci, “ The place she Magdalene occupied in the list cannot be considered fortuitous ,” because over and over Mary Magdalene ’ s name is placed at the head of specifically named women, indicating her importance.

In fact the word cattle is the Old Norman variant of Old French chatel ( derived from Latin capitalis, “ of the head ”), which was once synonymous with general movable personal property.

West, " The Samoans were also known to engage in “ headhunting ,” a ritual of war in which a warrior took the head of his slain opponent to give to his leader, thus proving his bravery.

The centre of each jurisdiction was referred to as a “ free seat ” (), and its head or chairman () was often a secular or spiritual prince, sometimes a civic community, the archbishop of Cologne being supreme over all ().

Pliny's narrative dwells upon a gigantic portrait-bust of Pompey, a thing of “ eastern splendor ” entirely covered with pearls, and with the benefit of hindsight, has this disembodied head anticipate Pompey ’ s later defeat at Pharsalus and subsequent decapitation in Egypt.

The Committee head for selecting the location, New Jersey Democrat David Wilentz, gave the official reason for choosing Chicago as, “ It is centrally located geographically which will reduce transportation costs and because it has been the site of national conventions for both Parties in the past and is therefore attuned to holding them .” In the end, however, the conversation between Johnson and Daley had been leaked to the press and published in the Chicago Tribune and several other papers.

Recognising him, La Goulue, with her leg in the air and her head in her skirts, spontaneously called out “ Hey, Wales, the champagne's on you !”.

In the effect, as soon as inferiors agree, the head of the organization only provides his or her “ face ″ for the decision which their inferiors have agreed upon.

* A " Barber's pole " describes having a mess of lines tangled “ behind your head and you have to cut away your main chute and pull your reserve .”

* In Family Guy, after holding an exploding bomb from Adam West, Meg has Daffy Duck's bill on the wrong side of her head, moves it to its proper position, and then states, “ Of course, you realize this means war !” This scene was supposedly deleted after the contract between MacFarlane and Warner Bros.

In old school hip hop, Kool Moe Dee says that improvisational rapping was instead called “ coming off the top of the head ”, and he refers to this as “ the real old-school freestyle ”.

Razia Khan, head of Africa research at Standard Chartered commented saying, “ The rebasing might be kwacha positive, to the extent that it is a continued commitment to low, and stable inflation ”.

* November 20, 1952: New York City, New York “ Rear Admiral E. E. Herrmann, 56 years old, superintendent of the Naval Post-Graduate School, was found dead in his office with a bullet in his head.

Parents were forced to pack up “ jalopies ” with their families and a few personal belongings, and head in search of work.

Joseph P. Kennedy, the American Ambassador to Great Britain, wrote to Capra and Columbia head Harry Cohn to say that he feared the film would damage “ America ’ s prestige in Europe ”, and because of this urged that it be withdrawn from European release.

Biographer Carolly Erickson wrote, “ In choosing her lovers Rose followed her head first, then her heart ”, meaning that she was adept in terms of identifying the men who were most capable of fulfilling her financial and social needs.

In the nineteenth century the phrase became commonplace, in common use at church bazaars called “ white elephant sales ” where donors could unload unwanted bric-a-brac, generating profit from the phenomenon that one man ’ s trash is another man ’ s treasure.

In general use a “ white elephant ” usually refers to an item that ’ s not useful ( decorative ) but may be expensive and odd.

Margate is the home of Lucy the Margate Elephant, the “ largest elephant in the world ” and is also the oldest remaining example of zoomorphic architecture left in the United States.

He said: “ It ’ s the elephant in the room.

Some of the local specialties include Cholulteca soup, cecina with chili pepper strips and queso de canasta cheese, a type of edible larvae called cueclas, “ tacos placeros ,” prepared with cecina, Bolivian coriander ( pápalo ), avocado, cheese and green chili pepper strips and “ orejas de elefante ” ( elephant ears ) which is an enormous tortilla with beans inside and salsa, tomatoes and cheese outside.

The first widely disseminated conceptual reference was a story written by Mark Twain in 1882, “ The Stolen White Elephant ”, which slyly dissects the inept, far-ranging activities of detectives trying to find an elephant that was right on the spot after all.

* 1947: “ Record elephant ”.

Stone elephant figurines were built as “ seats of the souls ” in the Sumatran culture ( Schnitger, 1938, p. 41 ).

Yudhisthra said, “ Aswatthama is slain, in an undertone ‘ the elephant ’”.

“ Jagaddhatri arises in the heart of a person ," said Sri Ramakrishna, “ who can control the frantic elephant called mind .”

In Darwin ’ s words, “ The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals ” and Miller, ( 2000. further research on the fecundity of elephants shows that over a female elephants main breeding life span, the females produce exactly one calf every four years.

Up to 77 species of South African endemic plant species have been listed as “ vulnerable to elephant browsing .”

During a visit to Scotland in 1972, Rines reported seeing “ a large, darkish hump, covered ... with rough, mottled skin, like the back of an elephant ” in Loch Ness.

Outsiders are divided on what the center means for elephants, calling it, alternately, “ a stark, sterile-looking place, with … little evident enrichment ,” “ wonderful ,” “ the leading elephant-breeder in the Americas ,” and “ elephant puppy mill .”

A particular attraction here is the “ magic flower ” fresco carved in marble at the base of one of the pillars around the mirror palace which is identified by two hovering butterflies depiction ; the flower has seven unique designs of fish tail, a lotus, a hooded cobra, an elephant trunk, a lion ’ s tail, a cob of corn and a scorpion, each is viewed by a particular way of partial hiding of the panel with hands.