...chime of bells announces the arrival of visitors to the Guang Ming Temple of Central Florida. Commonly associated with fat bald men and the infamous term karma, Buddhism is one of many religions practiced today. Practitioners reside everywhere from the vast continent of Asia, to your very own backyard. Located in Orlando, the Guang Ming Temple is one of more than two hundred temples around the world, belonging to the Fo Guang Shang Buddhist order. This particular temple, as seen from the perspective of a single visitor, can provide an eye-opening experience. The building itself is impossible to miss, it stands out as a stark contrast to the everyday architecture one would expect in a U.S. city. Traditional twin dragon statues guard the entrance, which they inform me is for protection, to ward off any potential evil spirits. Upon arrival at the Guang Ming Temple I was escorted into the modest yet picturesque main shrine. A petite Asian woman, whose name was impossible to...
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...The Bernese Mountain Dog is a to a great degree flexible working puppy from the farmlands of Switzerland. He was produced to group dairy cattle, pull trucks, and be a guard dog and faithful buddy. He is one of four kinds of Swiss Mountain Dogs, and the just a single with long hair. The Bernese Mountain Dog originates from the canton of Bern, subsequently his name. He's an expansive and solid pooch breed, with an amicable and quiet manner, and he's appropriate to compliance, acquiescence, following, crowding, and trucking rivalries. Crucial Stats: Pooch Breed Group:Working Dogs Height:1 foot, 11 creeps to 2 feet, 3 inches tall at the shoulder Weight:70 to 115 pounds Life Span:6 to 8 years " The Bernese Mountain Dog, lovingly called the Berner (and known as the Berner Sennenhund in his Swiss country), is in a split second conspicuous with his ostentatious, tricolor coat and white "Swiss cross" on his chest. Underneath that delightful coat is a strong pooch appropriate for substantial work: These lovely, delicate canines have been generally utilized as a part of Switzerland as herders and draft puppies. The Berner was initially an imperative piece of homestead life, serving to drive dairy cattle, ensure his family, and draw trucks stacked with products to offer at adjacent towns. In spite of the fact that he's a decent mannered, diligent employee, he about ended up terminated in the mid twentieth century, when different methods for transportation wound up open to ranchers...
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...WHY VISIT TEMPLES ? (Scientific Reason) There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth's magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on a hilltop. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here. Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as "*Garbhagriha*" or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum. We know that there are some copper plates, inscribed with Vedic scripts, buried beneath the Main Idol. What are they really? No, they are not God’s / priests’ flash cards when they forget the *shlokas*. The copper plate absorbs earth’s magnetic waves and radiates it to the surroundings. Thus a person regularly visiting a temple and walking clockwise around the Main Idol receives the beamed magnetic waves and his body absorbs it. This is a very slow process and a regular visit will let him absorb more of this positive energy. Scientifically, it is the positive energy that we all require to have a healthy...
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...エレヂアリリリー 二千十四年十二月中さ五日 日本ごニ 五じかん目 はね 大みそか 大みそか is celebrated the last day of the year( December 31st) but their celebration is much different from America. Japanese people run around a lot to welcome a New Year with a clean state of mind. Therefor おそじ (big cleaning is to be done and finished by December 31st to remove clutter and dirt from the old year ant-to purify the home for the coming year. Behind this is that years are considered completely separate with each New Year’s providing a fresh start. 女や is the night of New year’s Eve. Just before the night, temples throughout japan strike their big bells 108 times, once for every human desire. The peal of a large bell on 女や is called 女やの金。Ringing the bell for the passing year and ringing the bell for the upcoming year after the busy work. Japanese people welcome New Year’s Day quietly with their families. A special dish is made before New Year’s; Japanese people eat during the New Year Celebration. A variety of ingredients such as fish, beans and rolled help are used. They are cooked in a way they can keep long and served in a set of layered lacquer boxes. モチ(rice cake) are also eaten during the new year celebration. ネオがじょare new year’s greeting postcards sent out for wishing their friends, relatives and customers a happy new year; This is similar to the western practice of exchanging...
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...Incredible India 1. “Only those species survived which collaborated and improvised,” Justice Khan points out. 2. “And in our understanding of where we go from here, we must take our cue from how the country responded in the immediate aftermath of the verdict — dignified, sober, restrained, and mostly, eager to move on... the judges showed enough innovation in their decision to divide the property between the communities... a reminder that in Ayodhya, the flower-sellers outside the Hindu temples are all Muslims, as are the men who craft the Hindu icons that the devout worship. That is the India we know and love. That is the India we must preserve”- Barkha Dutt, NDTV 3. “Removal of the idol is certainly a legal possibility, but it's a political impossibility, just as the forcible removal of any object of worship of any faith from any shrine is difficult”- Sagarika Ghosh, CNN-IBN 4. “The question everybody is asking is, can a mosque and a temple coexist? India is full of such places. My favourite is Kanchipuram, where the mutt of the Shankaracharya has a sizeable mosque next to it. What makes this spot so unique is that right across the street, sternly overlooking the mutt and the mosque, sits a bust of Periyar, the great atheist, iconoclast and the founder of the Dravida movement. An inscription under it reads: There is no God, There is no God, There is no God at all, The inventor of God is a fool, ...
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...one’s ears doesn’t have to wait much for hearing about a temple that doesn’t claim a historic past like most of other temples of vicinity-PREM MANDIR.It was advised that the sprawling temple should be visited after the sunset to which I complied obediently. As I reached the temple,I got stunned by its beauty.The changing colour of the temple’s lighting, seemed like changing costumes of Krishna ji, in his abode-Vrindavan.There were lights all around-the ones enhancing the beauty of the temple,the ones bringing life to non-living moving statues and that of human phones trying to encage this heaven like scene.With every passing glance,the feeling of surprise and pride in human craftsmanship reached new heights.The architecture blended well with the scene.It was only when I came out of this dream-like feeling that present triggered me-the present that was not so comforting. The thought of the half-naked beggars at a negligible distance from the temple served as an eye-opener.It reminded me of the statue creation where vasudeva protects Shri Krishna from the odds by carrying him over his head in a basket.Similarly,the money that had been used to sing of ‘’abstract religon’’,glories of god could have been used to provide hearty meals to hundreds for a hundred days!This remains a story of numerous places of worship in India.God definitely doesn’t need a lavish temple to “reside”.How about multiplying the soothing effect from...
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...ones.” The root meaning of “church” is not that of a building, but of people. It is ironic that when you ask people what church they attend, they usually identify a building. Romans 16:5 says “… greet the church that is in their house.” Paul refers to the church in their house—not a church building, but a body of believers. A church is a holy place where Christians attend to worship the Holy God above. Belize church association Admiral of the Caribbean TEMPLES: In Jesus time, a temple was a common place of worship. The Jews would also go to the temples to study. There is a story in the bible about Jesus turning over tables in the temple of Jerusalem. (Matt 21:12) the peoples were using the temple to deceive and make money. Belize Caribbean TABERNACLE: DURING THE TIME OF THE ISREALITES ESCAPE FROM EGYPT, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO TRANSPORT THE ARK OF COVENANT. IT WAS TOO HOLY FOR MEN TO CARRY SO THEY BUILT A TABERNACLE-A TENT LIKE STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE CARRIED, WHERE THEY KEPT THE ARK OF COVENANT. EXAMPLE: ONTARIO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH CATHEDRAL: IS A HEAD CHURCH IN A DIOCESE (GROUP OF CHURCHES), it is where bishops or priests are based. St John’s Cathedral Caribbean Vista St Kitts BASILICA: An early Christian or medieval church of the type built especially inItaly...
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...“is best used by those companies that have a component of intellectual property,” (globethoughts.com 1), franchising requires lower startup costs for the franchisor but limits the amount of money that can be made, foreign direct investment “is the direct investment of facilities in the target country” (quickmba.com 3), strategic alliances “are simply a business-to-business collaboration” (globethoughts 3), and joint ventures are the “formation of a third independent company owned but not necessarily managed by the partners” (globethoughts.com 2). After reading and analyzing information on these global marketing strategies, the most appropriate and effective strategy for Temple University’s expansion abroad would be the strategic alliance strategy. The strategic alliance strategy would allow each campus of Temple University to collaborate toward common goals “while remaining apart, distinct,” and independent as opposed to the joint venture strategy which would involve the creation of a third company and would require the two companies to invest in each other, which would ultimately demand more finances and would not be as cost-effective. In addition, the smallbusinessnote.com website offers that “especially in a time when growing international marketing is becoming the norm, these partnerships, for...
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...Gate, Mycenae. c. 1250 BCE. Funerary mask [Mask of Agamemnon], from the royal tombs at Mycenae, Greece. c.1600-1500 BCE. 6 ARCHAIC PERIOD [c.600-480 BCE] [c. 600-500 BCE] Temple of Hera I and II, Paestum, Italy, c. 550 and 500 BCE Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragments of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. c.530-525 BCE 7 Dying Warrior, from east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, c. 480 BCE. 8 CLASSICAL PERIOD [c. 500-400 BCE] Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs, from west pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. c.470-456 BCE. Archeological Museum, Olympia. 9 *Acropolis, Athens 10 *Parthenon, 447-438 BCE 11 *East Pediment of the Parthenon, c.438-432 BCE (pediment sculptures now located at the British Museum, London and Acropolis Museum, Athens). *Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief from the Parthenon. c.440 BCE, the British Museum, London. 12 *Horsemen, detail from the Procession from the Parthenon. c.438-432 BCE, the British Museum, London. *Marshals and Young Women, detail from the Procession from the Parthenon. c.438-432 BCE. Musée du Louvre, Paris . 13 Acropolis, Athens (cont.): [c. 500-400 BCE] *Erechtheion, 430-405 BCE *Temple of Athena Nike, 410-407...
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...Greek Revival The Greek Revival started in Europe in the 1750’s when James Stuart and Nicolas Revett visited Greece. They published the Antiquities of Athens which was the first accurate survey of ancient Greek architecture. The most distinguishing feature of Greek Revival are the columns giving the appearance of Greek temples. In Greece, the temples were built of marble painted in primary colors. When they were discovered by Europeans in the eighteenth century, the paint was gone. Therefore, people associate the Greek Revival with white. William Strickland (1788-1854) was instrumental in the growth of the Greek Revival style in America. He was the son of a carpenter who worked constructing the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Benjamin Latrobe, the designer of the bank, took Strickland on as an assistant for three years. In 1818, William Strickland submitted a design for the Second Bank of the United States, in Philadelphia. Nicholas Biddle, the president of the bank, more than likely chose Strickland’s design because it was based on a Greek temple. William Strickland relied heavily on the information in Stuart and Revett’s Antiquities of Athens, for inspiration for his designs. After the success of the Second Bank, Strickland received a series of commissions in the 1820s and 1830s for public buildings in Philadelphia one of which was the Merchants’ Exchange. Ammi Burnham Young (1798-1874) was one of the first American-born professional architects to work...
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...1. Temple of Hephaestus/Theseion 2. Athens, Greece 3. The designer of the Temple of Hephaestus is unknown. The architect who built it was also the architect of The Parthenon. 4. The Temple of Hephaestus was first started being built in 449 BC, it was finished in 415 BC. 5. There were not that many different kinds of materials that built the Temple of Hephaestus. The main material was pentelic marble. The lowest step of the crepidoma was made from limestone. The decorative sculptures were made from parian marble which is more expensive. The ceiling is made from wood and the roof tiles are made from terra cotta. 6. The temple was turned into a Christian church in the 7th century by the Byzantine Greeks. It was dedicated to Saint George. It was officially called a Christian Temple of Athens in 1690 til 1834. The temple was referred to as the Church of St George Akemates. In the 19th century the Temple of Hephaestus was used as a burial place for non-Orthodox Europeans. The Temple of Hephaestus represented the ancient Greek Doric architectural style. 7. The area around the Temple of Hephaestus is very green; there are lots of trees and soil surrounding the temple. It is located at the top of a giant hill. The temple overlooks the city of Athens. 8. The Temple of Hephaestus is architecturally significant because it is the most well preserved temple. It is still in very good shape and it hasn’t had to be completely rebuilt. It is historically significant...
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...want to create what they feel the perfect world is. Then this person strives to make others believe as they do so they will join. There are somewhere around 3,000 to 5,000 of these cults throughout the United States, but only 75 to 100 are documented (Study Resources). The most commonly known cults are Reverend Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Heavens Gate, and Charles Manson and the Family; these cults were able to drag people in and make them willing to do horrible things to themselves and others. In the early 20th century, Allistar Crowly, AKA “The Black Pope”, started modern Satanism (Satan Worship). It is said that Anton Lavey brought Satanism to the United States; Anton believed that he was the reincarnation of the “Black Pope”. He set his church up in San Francisco in 1966. By the end of the first year, Anton’s cult grew to more than 200,000 members (Satan Worship). Anton then went to Hollywood to help make movies about Satanism. The movies, such as Rosemary’s Baby, glamorized the Satanic lifestyle and drew people in. Satanism was the jumping point for the modern cult movement. Reverend Jim Jones was the leader of The Peoples Temple. Jim thought of himself as the reincarnation of Jesus. His vision of world domination was nuclear war, and the only cities that would survive are Ukiah, California and Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Robinson). Because of this belief, he moved his cult to Ukiah and awaited the war. When world war three did not quickly hit, he moved his church...
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...”Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it” (Cosby, Brainy Quote). Not many who knew Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy as children, would have guessed the serious and passionate significance beneath their witty exteriors. Life events form the patterns of one’s thought process and these enthusiastic comedians have a hands-on quest to create an unrestricted social order for all humanity. Bill Cosby was a poor African American child, shining shoes to help support his family, seemed destined to continue a struggle for survival. Equally, young Jeff Foxworthy seemed the privileged and confident Christian assured a successful career behind a computer, rather than achieve fame and notoriety in Hollywood. They each deliver their messages by means of hilarious storytelling and both developed their values and audience based in part on a father’s influence and a mothers guiding hands. There are many differences and similarities between Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy, nevertheless; each man attempts to influence their audiences in a parallel direction. Although each man sought to imitate his father, both eventually found success by going their own way. Born into what appeared to be a hopeless situation, Bill Cosby realized the importance of educating children to overcome racial and economic obstacles. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1937, an era of...
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...Don’t Drink the Kool Aid On November 18, 1978 what has been called the largest mass suicide in modern history occurred in Jonestown, Guyana where 909 members of The Peoples Temple died. Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple Church and religious movement. The church was looked highly upon by many back in the 1950-1970’s. All races and backgrounds were brought together as one in his congregation. Religion serves as a sanctuary from the harshness of everyday life and oppression by the powerful. Most of Jones’s followers lived lives that they were dissatisfied with and they felt as if the movement gave them a purpose. Many of his followers believed that Jim brought more opportunities into their lives and allowed them to change for the better. The story of Jim Jones and The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is very interesting and brings up many sociological questions and viewpoints. Jim Jones grew up in Indiana. He was brought up in a very dysfunctional family. His father was an alcoholic, didn’t work, and was strongly racist. His mother had to constantly work to make ends meet and support her family. Many childhood friends of Jim’s remember him as being a very strange boy. One of his childhood friends told a story of Jim killing a cat with a knife at the age of 5. Jim spoke strongly of religion and death as a child. These things today are taken much more seriously and would have been considered huge red flags that would lead to Jim’s tragic future. As Jim grew up it was...
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...Hebrews Book Review Michael L. Smith Oklahoma Wesleyan University November 27, 2014 Professor Devon Smith Abstract This is an analytical book review of Hebrews. This book review is includes a synopsis of the content of the book as well the purpose and the historical context of the book with indications of why this book was included in the canon of scriptures. This review will explore significant passages and the key verses of the book, as well as concluding the book review with writer’s personal commentary on Hebrews. Synopsis The writer of Hebrews neither identifies himself nor does he clearly identify his audience. In addition to not identifying himself or the writer of letters, the writer does not give us the destination of the letter. Martin Luther suggest that Apollos is the writer of Hebrews based on Luke’s account of Apollos in Acts 18:24-28, identifying Apollos as being a well-read, well-educated Hellenistic Jew from Alexandria (The Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, 2008). It was Clement of Alexandria that argued that Paul authored the book in Hebrew but someone like Luke or Apollos came along and translated it into Greek. Traditionally, the title of the letter is “to the Hebrews” with the possibility of those Hebrews being in Rome. The origin of the book of Hebrews is a mystery but the one thing we do know is that Hebrews is the oldest Greek manuscript (Zondervan, 2009). What is more puzzling is that...
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