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 ”.

A special burial ground for infants, a tophetAgelarakis A., “ The Amathous ( tophet ) cremations in Cyprus ”, In D. Christou on “ Human Cremations at the Western Necropolis of Amathous ” < Cremations in Bronze and Early Iron Age >, Proceedings of Int.

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.

“ A few months before the session of the Surat Congress, Suranath traveled in the guise of a Tantric priest all over Bengal (…) preaching sedition … went Calcutta and stayed there for a month at the Sandhya office … He then formed a central committee (…), Mokshada, Shyamsundar Chakravarti, Arabinda Ghose, Tara Khepa, Annada Kaviraj and others as members .” A few days before the publication of the Yugantar, at Benares, Preonath with Hrishikesh and Suranath “ convened a public meeting as well as a meeting of the pundits wherein it was settled by quotations from the Hindu Astrology and Astronomy and announced firmly that the sinful Iron Age was now over …”

Ulla Koch-Westenholz, in her 1995 book Mesopotamian Astrology, argues that this ambivalence between a theistic and mechanic worldview defines the Babylonian concept of celestial divination as one which, despite its heavy reliance on magic, remains free of implications of targeted punishment with the purpose of revenge, and so “ shares some of the defining traits of modern science: it is objective and value-free, it operates according to known rules, and its data are considered universally valid and can be looked up in written tabulations ”.

“ Astrology ,” Encyclopaedia Judaica ( Jerusalem: Keter, 1973 ), vol.

* Charlesworth, James H. “ Jewish Astrology in the Talmud, the Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Early Palestinian Synagogues ,” Harvard Theological Review 70 ( 1977 ), 183-200

“ The Status of Astrology in the Early Kabbalah: From the Sefer Yesirah to the Zohar .” In The Beginnings of Jewish Mysticism in Europe: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the History of Jewish Mysticism ( Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, vol.

Ken Feingold, writer of " Interactive Art as Divination as a Vending Machine ," stated that with the invention of money, fortune-telling became “ a private service, a commodity within the marketplace ”.

‘ The Sophia of Jesus Christ ’ begins: After he rose from the dead, his twelve disciples and the seven women continued to be his followers and went to Galilee onto the mountain called “ Divination and Joy ”

“ Clark Ashton Smith: Beauty Is for the Few ,” chapter 2 in Emperors of Dreams: Some Notes on Weird Poetry.

* “ Valóság and Élet ” in Sandman: Book of Dreams ( 1996, edited by Neil Gaiman and Edward E. Kramer )

As Oriana Palusci says in her article " When Boys or Women Tell Their Dreams: Cleopatra and the Boy Actor ," “ Cleopatra constantly occupies the centre, if not of the stage, certainly of the discourse, often charged with sexual innuendos and disparaging tirades, of the male Roman world ”.

Dreamgirls, a 1981 Broadway musical, chronicles a fictional group called “ The Dreams ,” and a number of plot components parallel events in the Supremes ’ career.

He termed Swedenborg a " spook hunter " " without official office or occupation " As rationale for his critique Kant said that he wanted to stop " ceaseless questioning ” and inquiries about " Dreams " from " inquisitive " persons, “ both known and unknown ", and " importunate appeals from known and unknown friends ".

( 1 ) Kant's writing style was usually " complex, labored, dry ... and earnest " but in Dreams was often “ playful, ironic and humorous ".

“ Murdoch ’ s Journal is Bad News ,” Common Dreams website, 17 July.

Robert W. McChesney and Mark Weisbrot, “ Venezuela and the Media: Fact and Fiction ,” Common Dreams website, 1 June.

“ Post Office to the First Amendment: Drop Dead ,” Common Dreams website, 17 April.

“ FCC Scandal Explodes with Second Revelation of Suppressed Media Ownership Research ,” Common Dreams website, 19 September.

Robert W. McChesney & Josh Silver, “ Major Media Struggles Loom on the Horizon ,” Common Dreams website, 4 August.

“ David Horowitz and the Attack on Independent Thought ,” Common Dreams website, 28 February.

“ The Moment has Come for Media Reform ,” Common Dreams News Center, 5 January.

“ On Media and the Election ,” Common Dreams News Center, www. commondreams. org, 9 November.

“ Fair Dreams of Hanshin ,” in Visions of Desire: Tanizaki ’ s Fictional Worlds.

Dreams and hoaxes were “ gyps ” on account of “ not having happened ” whilst true Imaginary stories were canonical at least unto themselves.

* Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton / Brian West / Trevor Horn / Anne Dudley / Malcolm McLaren / Gerald Eaton / Brian West “ Saturdays ”/“ Powerless ( Say What You Want )”/“ Childhood Dreams ”, Folklore-Nelly Furtado ( DreamWorks / Universal )

* “ Power Play ” in Silicon Dreams ( 2001 ) ISBN 978-0-7564-0018-7

They are: “ Worship the Sun ”, “ Hold On To Your Dreams ”, and the third untitled song.

“ The Crayon Kingdom of Dreams ”) ( 1997 – 1999 )

He wrote occasional articles and gave interviews for Christianity Today, and for many years he wrote a regular column “ Faith Matters ” for The Christian Century ( the collection of these is published as Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Great Enmities ).

* Joshi, S. T. “ Frank Belknap Long: The Gods Are Dead ,” chapter 6 in Emperors of Dreams: Some Notes on Weird Poetry.

“ Dreams, Departures, Destinations: A Reassessment of the Work of Aidan Higgins .” Graph: A Journal of Literature & Ideas 1 ( 1995 ): 64-71.