General Knowledge * Antonis Samras: PM of Greece * Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany * Samar Yazbek: Exiled Syrian author has won Pen’s Pinter International Writer of Courage Award for her book “A Woman in the Crossfire”‚ an account of the early stages of the Syrian Revolution * Amra Babic: Europe’s first hijab-wearing mayor (Bosnia) * MILF: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Philippines) * Dilma Roussef: President of Brasil * October ‚ 2012: 10th anniversary of the World
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World War I significantly deteriorated Germany and it’s economy. Many people in Germany were lead to believe that they would be the victors in The First World War. The troublesome loads of reparations created hyperinflation and poverty. Germany struggled to reestablish a proper government‚ as many people lost faith in the Weimar Republic. Adolf Hitler promised to restore the nation and gained many followers because the people of Germany were terribly miserable and began to seek answers from extremist
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1st person narrator‚ 18-year-old female‚ unnamed‚ past tense. Begins a pattern of little things not quite right in the scene. See also the manure below. Also helps fix diary in reader’s mind for later. Also seems vaguely symbolic‚ of what I don’t know. Dialogue technique: notanswering by the use of questions. Birthday triggers the action--gift of a diary. Conflict expressed in action. Other characters: Jack‚ narrator’s older lover; his wife. Beginning of For my
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Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset‚ at 140 to 160 millimetres (5-6 in) long (plus tail) and 120 to 140 grams (4-5 oz) in weight‚ to the male Mandrill‚ almost 1 metre (3.3 ft) long and weighing 35 kilograms (77 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees) while others live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit‚ leaves‚ seeds‚ nuts‚ flowers‚ eggs and small animals (including insects and spiders). Some characteristics are shared
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is philosophically broad and hard to capture in a single way‚ there are‚ however‚ a few distinguishable figures and existential approaches that emerged in the period since psychoanalysis to modern days. MAIN EXISTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES o Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy “not only recognizes man’s spirit‚ but actually starts from it.” (Frankl‚ 2010‚ p. 10). Indeed‚ Frankl views a human as a spiritual being with the ultimate “supra-meaning” which he/she is drawn to fulfil.
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Man’s Search for Meaning‚ written by Viktor Frankl‚ is a memoir about overcoming sufferings to have an optimistic perspective on life in the midst of pain and death. Frankl provides examples of his own experiences after surviving three years in a Nazi concentration camp where his parents‚ brother‚ wife‚ and children died. Using his logotherapy theory‚ Frankl elaborates on the human pursuit while finding significance through experiences and sufferings. Against a backdrop of violence‚ cruelty‚ and
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We all worry at times. Occasionally for good reason. But worrying can get way out of hand. Worrying and anxiety are intimately related. Anxiety can manifest in many ways‚ including persistent‚ excessive worrying. For example‚ in Generalized Anxiety Disorder‚ excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation) about events such as school or work performance has been present more days than not for a period of at least six months. By definition‚ this continual worrying is difficult to control and
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Werner offered Stangl a job as supervisor in charge of security at a T4 killing facility‚ and in the language commonly used during recruitment‚ described Action T4 as a "humanitarian" effort that was "essential‚ legal‚ and secret". Next Stangl met with Viktor Brack‚ who offered him a choice of work between Hartheim and Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centres; naturally‚ Stangl picked Hartheim‚ which was near Linz. Through a direct order from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler issued in November 1940‚ Stangl became
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Newsademic.com ™ The informative easy to read introduction to world news 1st May 2014 British English edition Issue Number 222 In this issue New wheat disease Hunter-gatherers and farmers Red deer remember Iron Curtain Tree of Hippocrates Freedom Day in Portugal Giant iceberg on the move President Obama visits Asia Four popes in one day Anzac memorial day Extremely Large Telescope Floating nuclear power ‘Big Pharma’ asset-swap Hamas and Fatah unite Memorial altar in
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