The Idaho-born trumpeter Jim Rotondi is now based in Graz‚ Austria‚ as the opening track off of his new album Dark Blue can attest. In fact‚ “In Graz” is a good summary of Rotondi’s overall sound on this record: it’s complex and urbane post-bop. Rotondi’s trumpet steers his four bandmates (Joe Locke on vibraphone‚ David Hazeltine on piano‚ David Wong on bass‚ and Carl Allen on drums) through complex compositions‚ seven of which are his own band’s. Rotondi’s Dark Blue fits its title and album art;
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The path leading to new discovery and insight has always required a leap of faith. While there is a great ease in following the crowd that trudges down one road‚ there is a tremendous loss at the finish line‚ prepared to greet those who lack an original mindset. The practice of conformity functions as a security blanket‚ almost forcing members of society to cling on to what is safe and known‚ an unfortunate side-effect of being concealed in a culture that’s continuously rejecting new perspective
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the Eastern philosophy‚ and Western Philosophy. The Eastern philosophies are mainly consists of the Asian philosophies such as: the Hinduism and Buddhism in India (McGraw & Hill‚ 2008). Taoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Ch’an Buddhism in China‚ and Zen Buddhism and Samurai tradition in Japan (McGraw & Hill 2008). The Eastern philosopher‚ I believed that Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ Mohandas was better known as Gandhi. Gandhi made good compelling arguments for his ideas (McGraw & Hill‚ 2008). Gandhi
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C1 written by PBS says "The rigorous training of samurai began when they were children. In their schooling they had physical training and learned poetry and spiritual discipline. The young warriors studied Kendo‚ the moral code of the samurai‚ and Zen Buddhism." This helps the samurai because since they were being taught Kendo‚ which is the code‚ that helps them understand what they should be doing and why. Another piece of evidence that supports this claim is written in document C1 by PBS. It says
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This photograph captures the notion how waterfalls are timeless. You can stare the falls for hours‚ and every moment feels like the last. As the water transcends down as captured by the photograph‚ a setting of Zen is created in essence. The photograph‚ captured in black and white‚ is contrasted in order to emphasize certain aspects of the picture and to draw in anyone who lays their eyes on it. Furthermore‚ the photograph’s size does not represent its vastness
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G.PULLAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY‚ KURNOOL MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2012-2013 SYNOPSIS REPORT On A STUDY ON CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT WITH REFERENCE TO M.S.A. MOTORS‚ KURNOOL Submitted by C. VENKATA NAGA SINDOOR Roll no: 11AT1E0052 Under the guidance of K. NAGAIAH‚ MBA Assistant Professor. INDEX | 1. | Introduction
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-914400-673100 UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS International Undergraduate Program (IUP) Individual Paper: Shaolin Temple PROFESOR: William J. TinneySTUDENT: Alua Kairatkyzy IUP2012023 Introduction: Shaolin Temple - a Buddhist monastery‚ located in China ’s Henan Province on Mount Songshan. Where was born the legendary martial art of wushu (kungfu). Translation from the Chinese: Shaolin means "little forest" that characterizes a monastery‚ which
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collection called The Lives of the Heart. A background of Jane Hirshfield is she had always wanted to be a writer since childhood. She was first inspired by Japanese Haikus and culture‚ and “dedicated [years] exclusively to learning and practicing Zen Buddhism” (Napierkowshi). This is show as see adopts many aspects of the practice in her poetry. Although‚ she had been inspired by some cultures writing. “She had mention her Chief American influences. . . Emily Dickinson. . .” (Varner) play a big
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Confucianism vs. Buddhism By Robert Truckle In this essay‚ two world religions will be compared to see how similar and/or how different they are; these two religions are Confucianism and Buddhism. Confucianism speaks about the wise thoughts that Confucius came across throughout his life. Buddhism speaks about how to acquire great knowledge throughout life. Confucianism was founded by a Chinese man‚ but Buddhism was founded by an Indian man. These quick comparisons show how the religions differ
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as the state religion of China in 674 by Emperor Gaozong‚ perhaps on the urging of the Wu Zetian‚ may have won her initial back from the Buddhist clergy… made it easier for her to employ Buddhist personnel and paraphernalia for political purposes” (Zen‚ P80). From the quote shown above‚ Wu Zetian used Buddhism to legitimize her power in the empire. Her high attention on Buddhist helped it increase its importance in Tang dynasty. Wu Zetian employed Buddhist personnel for her political ambition
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