Secrets of Happiness: It may not be what you think it is NAGC Big Event‚ 28th October 2012 Dr Shoshana Garfield‚ PhD What Makes You Happy? What Makes You Distressed? Feeling Experience T h o u g h t h o u g h t T Outside In Living T h o u g h t What is ‘Thought’? • Non-verbal: – Even infants can be clinically depressed – Physical pain is so non-verbal it even‚ in the extremity of the moment‚ may eradicate the very capacity for language • Verbal: – 12‚000 to 50‚000 thoughts per day (National
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1. How did the Mongols build their empire? The Mongols rose to power adapting and improving on the existing Steppe political and military structure‚ couple with the incorporation of advanced and innovated conquered societies into the Mongol Hordes. Noticeable changes were‚ where tribal leaders once recruited and assembled groups of warriors through tribal affiliation and familial ties‚ Chinggis Khan assembled units into smaller cross-clan fighting units limited in size. Leadership authority granted
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explosion of Mongol military might from the steppes of central Asia in the early decades of the 13th century to the death of Timur in1405‚ the nomads of central Asia made a last‚ stunning return to center stage in world history. The Mongols brought about changes in countryside economics‚ the power of the states‚ and overall trade‚ with similarities and differences in the two states respectively. Mongol influences and culture trends can still be observed in Russia as well as China today. The Mongols were
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Chapter 8: The Sun & The Universe: Secrets of the Sun The sun is classified as a yellow dwarf‚ because of both its color and size. The sun is the only star in our solar system‚ and all of the planets revolve around it. The mass of the sun is equal to about one million earths. It can cause solar storms that interrupt much of our technology and means of communication. The amount of radiation that can reach Earth during a solar storm is particularly easy to reach on the north and south poles.
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Document Based Question The Mongols were very successful during their time and their success happened really quickly because of their military‚ leaders‚ and the roles of the people. The Mongol army went into battle with a brutal well planned tactic with the intent of causing maximum damage‚ “I’ll trick them and make them come out in the open. I’ll pretend to retreat and when they come out I’ll attack them‚” this contributed greatly to the success of the Mongols (Doc: 1). Marco Polo’s biased description
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fully realized grand opera. The Queen of Spades followed in 1890‚ and was again a success (though others in between were not). More formally rigorous than Onegin yet not entirely traditional‚ it offered a mixture of traditional themes and motifs with moments of surprise and even self parody.
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Queen Elizabeth II addresses the UN Mr President‚ Secretary-General‚ Members of the General Assembly‚ I believe I was last here in 1957. Since then‚ I have travelled widely and met many leaders‚ ambassadors and statesmen from around the world. I address you today as Queen of sixteen United Nations Member States and as Head of the Commonwealth of 54 countries. I have also witnessed great change‚ much of it for the better‚ particularly in science and technology‚
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Throughout the 13th century world‚ the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence‚ drinking‚ brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages‚ and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of‚ if not the most powerful empires to have existed‚ building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people‚ for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their
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In Aleksandr Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” there were many different themes being used. Out of the various topics‚ one made a reoccurring appearance throughout the novel; obsession. The theme of obsession played a very essential part in “The Queen of Spades”‚ and on especially the books lead character. In Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades”‚ Hermann’s obsession with the playing cards and winning a great deal of money; affect his character so much heavily that it eventually leads to his demise. In
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Barbarians | The Mongols The Mongol Empire consisted of one of the most strategic military forces every seen in history. It became an empire that spanned from Eastern Europe across Asia making it the largest continuous empire in the history of the world. The development of this great empire emerged from the unification of nomadic tribes‚ and expanded through conquering with the determination of Genghis Khan. During the 12th century‚ the great ruler Temujin‚ soon to be known as Genghis Khan‚ arose
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