The artifact that I picked from Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion’s Roar. It is a large wood statue of an Avalokiteshvara‚ the basic idol of Buddhism‚ completed around the 12th century in China during the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha Statue is a representation of the philosophical belief system of Buddhism. Different Buddha Statues have different meanings. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes "the compassion in the world and the willingness to bear the pain
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Fajnzylber‚ Lederman and Loaysa (2002) – (Fajnzylber‚ P.‚ Lederman‚ D. and N. Loayza (2000). “Crime and Victimization: An Economic Perspective”‚ mimeo) “In fact the economics of crime interacts with different and heterogeneous fields (i.e. sociology‚ criminology‚ psychiatry and geography). It is closely related to poverty‚ social exclusion‚ wage and income inequality‚ cultural and family background‚ level of education and other economic and social factors that may affect individual’s propensity
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artificial light sources for photography Light‚ is the main ingredient in a photograph. There are of course other ingredients: time‚ composition‚ subject matter‚ emotion and your unique style‚ but light is the thing that makes photography work. Light is the thing that early inventors had to hold or fix‚ in order to make a photograph stick around. We call nature’s light‚ natural or available. Think of sunlight or moonlight. There are four common types of artificial light sources used in photography
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Soldotna‚ AK for over three decades‚ has put together this guide explaining these two most common dog behaviors‚ and how you can curb them: Barking: Differentiate Between Sounds: Dogs make noise to alert you to danger‚ while playing‚ to seek attention‚ to communicate with other dogs‚ while anxious‚ and many other reasons. Learn to differentiate between these sounds so that you can respond appropriately. Barking at strangers
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Primary Sources from the 17th Century: Weakness and Strengths Not very many accounts have survived from the early Northern Colonies; thus‚ the accounts that have survived are held with great esteem. However‚ primary sources are not always the best things for an historian and students to study if they are wishing to receive a completely accurate and unbiased outline of history. In many cases primary sources‚ such as Words of the Bewitched‚ and Observations of New England Indians‚ are riddled with
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Using Sources Why should marijuana be legalized? There are many reasons but a few are because of its medicinal value‚ that it would stimulate the economy‚ and it would lower crime. I plan to use the following information for the body of my final paper. One of the most supported reasons for legalizing marijuana is its medicinal value. Herbs were used before all the advanced medicines we have today and use of marijuana for medical reasons date back almost 5‚000 years (Norml). As for U.S. history
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Scarce Resources Article Ana Becker NUR/531 July 7‚ 2013 Greg Friesz‚ MSN‚ RN Scarce Resources Article The nursing shortage is an issue that has an increase concern in the health care system today and that has been a threat to the quality of care and safety of the patients. “The shortage of nurses is not necessarily a shortage of individuals with nursing qualifications; it is a shortage of nurses willing to work in the present condition” (Buchan & Aiken‚ 2008‚ p. 3262). The changes
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Sources of Information Finance The finance department consists of many different roles‚ most of which are critical to the smooth running of any company. Its main job is to provide the financing and accounting information which is needed to make various decisions within the company. The main areas in a finance department include:- Book keeping – Financial transactions were recorded by hand into thick books called ledgers. Now these records are usually kept on a computer. Creating balance
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Cristina Salazar ENGL 1301 B Paper Professor: Laurie Buchholz 28 November 2012 A Wife or a Slave? As we are now living in a new millennium‚ we have encountered that society has not change much when it comes to women duties and rights. Back in the 1950’s almost all the way to the 1980’s‚ women’s duties were to stay home and take care of everything involving the house as: cleaning‚ and cooking‚ and taking care of the kids‚ etc. The only change that has happened from back in those times is
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Premium Revenue According to J.L. Boockholdt‚ author of the book entitled “Accounting Information Systems”‚ a revenue cycle includes the accounting transactions that record the generation of a revenue from the outputs of the conversion process. The receiving of an order from a customer‚ delivering goods or services to the customer‚ requesting payment from the customer‚ and receiving the payment are the four economic events that generate revenue. When the company sells goods or services on
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