I was lucky enough to attend an extremely privileged private prep high school on the main line‚ and coming to Temple University was definitely a culture shock for me. It is not so much the urban environment‚ as it is the diverse student body that I am exposed to every day in my classes. Temple has given me the opportunity to take classes like Kids in Crisis that serve to shed light on difficult topics like racism‚ discrimination‚ and privilege that I was never exposed to at my high school‚ and
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My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith‚ worshipped. As one might expect‚ the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the
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The Death that Sparked Redemption Dina Temple-Raston captures the horrific murder of James Byrd Jr. in her book A Death in Texas. The setting of the story takes place in the small county of Jasper‚ Texas where racial tensions still existed amongst the Jasperites. Raston gives the vivid first-hand accounts and interviews of the disturbed closely- knit inhabitants and how they absorbed the news. The author explores the possible suspects of the murder and includes the trial and verdict of the convicted
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“I want that pony!” The annoying whiney voice of Little Miss Shirley Temple said. It wasn’t actually Shirley Temple but this girl had blonde curls that bounced with every step she took and she wore frilly dresses to schools everyday‚ she thought she was the queen and all of the rest of the class was mere peasants. After so long of knowing how annoying Little Miss Shirley Temple was‚ and learning that none of the boys in the class gave her one glance whereas all the girls would bow down to her every
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examples of this is the Greek temple and the Buddhist stupa. Each was an important religious monument in its culture that on the surface is vastly different from the other. However‚ after taking a closer look we can see that there are many fundamental similarities. The Greek Temple and Buddhist Temple vastly differed from a visual perspective. Stupas were typically round‚ circular shape buildings with a domed top. Temples‚ however‚ were a symmetrical rectangle. The temples were typically surrounded by
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society and the institutions that separate the social classes and explores the intricacies of the arguably broken Australian/Victorian legal system. Temple uses Joe Cashin‚ his lone-crusader type protagonist‚ to assert his view that the justice system shouldn’t be inaccessible to certain demographics. Through the development of other characters Temple is able to both provide readers with a well-rounded reflection of the varied societal views and values held by rural Australian citizens as well as
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S.K.M.BASHA‚ E.RAJYALAKSHMI‚ S.K.Khajavalli NBKR Medicinal Plant Research Centre‚ Vidyanagar – 524413‚ SPSR‚ Nellore (Dt) AP A.P.Forest Department‚ Nellore Division. E-Mail : drskmbasha@gmail.com‚ Swathisayani@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT The Seshachalam Hills are part of Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh and are surrounded by Rayalaseema Uplands in the west and northwest and the Nandyala Valley in the north. They are formed during Precambrian time (i.e. earlier than about 540 million years
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always been fascinated with other religions‚ how people explain the events around them and how they get the courage to continue trough each day. This is primarily why I chose to visit a Buddhist temple and describe my experience for the Cultural report. I went alone to the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Fang Temple in on Saturday th at approximately. I went to observe a meditation and learn as much as I could about the religion. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Buddhism began in the sixth century BC with the birth
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of worship you will visit. | The religions that I have considered for my final project is Agnostic and Muslim. I am still conducting research on places of worship for the Agnostic portion of my final project. There are various Muslim Mosques and Temples in the city where I live. I have chosen to visit the United Islamic Mosque in Paterson‚ NJ. It is located in one of many Islamic communities located around the city near the high school I graduated from. | What do you already know about this topic
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Located in Southeastern Turkey‚ about 15 km from Sanliurfa‚ an ancient city which was also referred to as "City of the prophets‚" is Gobekli Tepe‚ the oldest man-made temple founded today (2). It dates back to 10‚000 BCE‚ and was discovered by Klaus Schmidt beginning with his excavations in 1995 with his team from the German Archeological Institute. The time period of Gobekli Tepe was put under category of the Pre-pottery Neolithic A Period‚ dating from 9600-7300 BCE (1). Schmidt explains
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