The roof is shaped and curved like a lotus flower with 8 petals. Lotus flowers are considered Vietnam’s national flower. “To the Vietnamese‚ lotus is known as an exquisite flower‚ symbolizes the purity‚ serenity‚ commitment and optimism of the future as it is the flower which grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty” – (Lotus – Vietnam’s national flower‚ a symbol of divine beauty). “The outer square-shaped circle
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Tessa Chaney Engl. 104-001/ Campbell Midterm Paper Rough Draft From the beginning of when I can remember everything has been shared. Birthday parties‚ celebrations‚ pictures‚ graduation day and even small things like a room when I was younger. But I never minded it. Sharing with my twin brother seemed natural and it was almost strange that everyone else didn’t share like we did. But it seemed that everyone else didn’t think that we liked to share with each other. Throughout my childhood‚ I remember
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Lightbox In our modern society it has been custom to live very open and see-trough lives‚ putting everything on the Internet and social media. A lot of people can easily be fascinated by the lives of these social-media-celebrities‚ which are admired often by the thousands. But admiring can easily turn to obsession. And looking can sometimes turn to surveillance and stalking. In the short story lightboxes‚ the author Emma Cleary writes about the consequences of living such an open life. The short
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blue”12. The blue kimono is accompanied by a “tiered ‘lotus’ head-dress”13. However‚ in one version of the dance-play featuring prominent Kabuki actor Tamasaburo‚ the blue kimono was exchanged for a softer looking light green kimono with a lotus print on it. Kabuki costumes are very open for experimentation as well as substitution so long as color symbols still make sense for the character. The “looseness” implied by the lotus head-dress or lotus print kimono suggests to the audience that The Maiden
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bottom‚ sitting in a semi-Lotus Position on a rectangular throne. Waves inundate under the throne within which a sea monster wanders. The lower half of the stele body depicts a large spherical niche‚ carved with 12 figures including a Buddha‚ Bodhisattvas‚ Pratyeka Buddha‚ Vira‚ and disciples‚ showing the scene of Gautama preaching the Dharma. In front of the throne placed two Prithvi lifting a lotus‚ Boshan incent burner decorated with honeysuckles‚ and two lion guardians. A lotus pagoda appears at the
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fortune‚ purity‚ beauty‚ power‚ generosity and auspiciousness to its devotees. Goddess Lakshmi is visualized as a beautiful golden complexioned lady draped in redsaree bordered with golden lining‚ bejeweled with much jewelry sitting or standing on lotus. The auspicious red color symbolizes activity and the golden embroidery denotes prosperity. Each of the four hands of Lakshmi represents the four ends of human life‚ Dharma (righteousness)‚ Kama (desires)‚ Artha (wealth)‚ and Moksha (liberation) from
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Elise Dixon Mrs. Legnini AP World History January 16‚ 2013 Chapter 18‚ 21‚ 22 Vocabulary Catherine the Great Who: Russian What: ruler of Russia When: 18th Century Where: Russia Why significance: added new lands to Russia‚ encouraged science‚ art‚ literature‚ Russia became one of Europe’s most powerful nations. Third Rome Who: Russians What: Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires When: 15th century Where: Russia Why significance: Moscow became the Religious center for
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and hunger‚ is what controls their fate. One of the first temptations in the Odyssey is the longing for home. The first encounter with this temptation is at the land of the Lotus eaters. On their way from Troy‚ Odysseus and his men land on the island of the lotus eaters. The native people there give the men a plant name lotus. But‚ this is no ordinary plant‚ and the temptation to eat was irrespirable. This plant erased all memory of home and family from even the strongest minded man. The men had
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SSS software Assignment 1. Complete SSS Software In-Basket Case found at the end of the introduction * Set aside two hours for this task * There are 17 items to consider * Write up each of your decisions for each of the items—see form on page 32. * Upload your answers to Blackboard by Thursday‚ September 6th * The case will be discussed in the WIMBA Session on the 6th of September. You can type your answers on this sheet and just upload this sheet
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crew encounter the lotus eaters. The lotus was an addictive plant like drug‚ when you first eat the lotus you never want to stop eating it. When Odysseus and his men first arrived on the land Odysseus made a precautionary decision to send two of his men to go and investigate the land. When Odysseus notices that his crew has been gone for some time‚ Odysseus decides to go look for them. When Odysseus finds his two crew members‚ he discovers that they are eating the lotus. The lotus eaters offer Odysseus
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