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A Margin of Safety: How to Thrive in the Age of Uncertainty

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9/30/2018 Margin of Safety: Always Be Stronger Than You Need to Be https://jamesclear.com/margin-of-safety 1/12 JAMES CLEAR A Margin of Safety: How to Thrive in the Age of Uncertainty by James Clear (staging.jamesclear.com/about)????| ???? Mental Models (https://jamesclear.com/mental-models) In late August of 2005, one of the most dangerous tropical storms in history began brewing. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico were unusually warm that month, and the high temperatures transformed the ocean basin into a giant cauldron with the optimal conditions for growth. As the tropical storm cut across the tip of Florida and entered the Gulf, it immediately began to swell. In less than 24 hours, the storm doubled in size. And

History

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A Short History of ?Natural' Disasters We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Almost every culture has some version of the flood story, and in many cases, the story is that it was divine punishment for human sinfulness.

Building the new nation

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Building the new nation The pioneers were first people that came to American, They came for freedom and to get rich. The continent was rich in the most valuable resource ? land. As many as 60 million buffalo thundered over its vast. The came looking for gold and silver expecting an Eldorado John Rolfe an English farmer and entrepreneur came to Jamestown. Rolfe brought seeds of a particular strain of sweet tobacco, previously grown only by the Spanish The plants grew well in the rich soil of Virginia, springing up in the gardens and the marketplace of Jamestown. Tobacco was sought in England where it was shipped to. The colony was soon the leading tobacco supplier to all of Europe. John Ralph married Pocahontas. The marriage interracial marriage in American history

oklahoma city bombing

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The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6,[1] and injured more than 680 people.[2] The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.[3][4] The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage.[5] Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country.

oklahoma city bombing

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The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6,[1] and injured more than 680 people.[2] The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.[3][4] The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage.[5] Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country.

vocab ch 1

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Jamestown

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Jamestown was the first early permanent settlement in the New World which expanded to Virginia. The main goals for this colony were to find gold, find a way to India, and convert others to Christianity.

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