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  The Hindu god Ayyappan is one of southern India’s most revered deities. Known also as Dharmasastha, Hariharan, Manikanta, Ayyanar and Bhoothnath, Lord Ayyapa is worshipped in a number of shrines across India. At Kulathupuzha, in Kerala he is worshipped as a child; at Achankovil in conjunction with his consorts, Pushkala and Poorna; and at Sabarimala as an ascetic, a celibate meditati ...

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• Ayyappa - Ayyappaswami in Sabarimala
• Ayyappa - Widely accepted story

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Suffering is any unwanted condition and the corresponding negative emotion. It is usually associated with pain and unhappiness, but any condition can be suffering if it is unwanted. Antonyms include happiness or pleasure. In a phrase like "suffering from a disease" emphasis is on having the disease, less on the unhappiness it causes. Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness
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• Suffering - Abolitionism
• Suffering - Suffering addressed by major faiths
• Suffering - Buddhism
• Suffering - Judaism and Christianity
• Suffering - Language
• Suffering - Law
• Suffering - Spinozistic Definition of Sorrow

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In later Hindu tales, Daksha is said also to be an ancient king of great repute and power. One of his daughters (often said to be the youngest) was Sati or Dakshayani, who had always wished to marry Shiva. Daksha forbade it, but she disobeyed him and did so anyway, finding in Shiva a doting and loving husband. Daksha disliked Shiva intensely, calling him a dirty, roaming ascetic and reviling the great yogi's cohort of goblins and ghouls. From then on, he distanced himself from his daughter and his son-in-law. This enmity culminated in ...

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Daksha, Daksha - Story of Sati and Shiva, Daksha - Other daughters

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The Asana should be firm and easy. It should be steady and not cause discomfort of any kind. Any tightness or tension observed in the body should be consciously relaxed. It should be a comfortable posture in which he or she can sit for a long time. The Asana should be effortless both in the body and in the mind. Absolute ease of relaxation is the sign of perfected Asana. The breathing should be a natura ...

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Asana, Asana - Conditions & general directions for Good Asana, Asana - Yoga Asana Poses or Postures

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Arthas and Jaina began their frantic journey northward in a desperate bid to outrace the plague, at every step confronted by a necromancer by the name of Kel'Thuzad. The necromancer seemed to be testing their limitations, always leaving with cryptic remarks directed towards Arthas about his eventual fate. However, it was Kel'Thuzad's fate that was the first to be met, for eventually Jaina and Arthas caught up to the necromancer and slew him. Yet their victory was ill-achieved, for they had arrived too late and the plague-ridden grain had bee ...

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Arthas Menethil, Arthas Menethil - Biography, Arthas Menethil - Arthas' Role in Fighting the Plague, Arthas Menethil - The Rise of the Death Knight, Arthas Menethil - Arthas' Greed for Magic, Arthas Menethil - The Lich King, Arthas Menethil - Family

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Colossus comics - Joining the X-Men. Colossus was born in the Ust-Ordynski Collective farm, near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union to Nikolai Rasputin and his wife Alexandra Natalya Rasputina. He had an older brother, Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin and would later have a younger sister, Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina. Piotr nick-named her "Snowflake" and grew very protective of her. A gentle young man surrounded by good people, even the revelation that he was a mutant did not ostracize Piotr ...

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Colossus comics, Colossus comics - Character biography, Colossus comics - Joining the X-Men, Colossus comics - Death and resurrection, Colossus comics - Powers and abilities, Colossus comics - Ultimate Colossus, Colossus comics - Character history, Colossus comics - Powers, Colossus comics - Relationships, Colossus comics - Appearances in other media

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After his retirement as President, K. R. Narayanan, along his wife Usha, lived his remaining years in a modest bungalow (34, Prithviraj Road) in Delhi. At the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai (21 January 2004), he lent his support to the alternative globalisation movement. Addressing the forum at its concluding session, he praised the WSF for demanding freedom in its most comprehensive form, and was happy that people had assembled under an important idea, rather than for narrow political ends; after reflecting on corporations displa ...

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K. R. Narayanan, K. R. Narayanan - Origins, K. R. Narayanan - Education, K. R. Narayanan - Career, K. R. Narayanan - In the public service, K. R. Narayanan - In politics, K. R. Narayanan - Vice-Presidency, K. R. Narayanan - Presidency, K. R. Narayanan - Assumption of office, K. R. Narayanan - Golden jubilee of independence, K. R. Narayanan - Participation in the elections, K. R. Narayanan - Golden jubilee of the Republic, K. R. Narayanan - Exercise of Presidential discretion, K. R. Narayanan - Kargil conflict, K. R. Narayanan - Concerns for Social and Economic justice and Communal tolerance, K. R. Narayanan - Demission of office, K. R. Narayanan - Subsequent life, K. R. Narayanan - Works

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What Dreams May Come is a 1998 drama film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. Max von Sydow also appears. The movie is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward. The title comes from a famous line in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 3, scene 1(To be, or not to be). The film was released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. What Dreams May Come - Characters. Williams plays Chris, a pediatrician. Sciorra plays his wife Ann ...

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• What Dreams May Come - Characters
• What Dreams May Come - Effects
• What Dreams May Come - Plot Summary

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Asclepius (Greek Ἀσκλήπιος also rendered Aesculapius in Latin and transliterated Asklepios) was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology, according to which he was born a mortal but was given immortality as the constellation Ophiuchus after his death. His name means "cut up," and (perhaps incidentially) shares a root with the word scalpel. He represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, while his daughters Hygieia, Me ...

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Dostoevsky began his first notes for The Brothers Karamazov in April of 1878. Several influences can be gleaned from the very early stages of the novel's genesis. The first involved the profound effect the Russian philosopher and thinker Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov had on Dostoevsky at this time of his life. Fyodorov advocated a Christianity in which human redemption and resurrection could occur on earth through sons redeeming the sins of their fathers to create human unity through a universal family. The tragedy of patricide in this ...

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The Brothers Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov - Context and background, The Brothers Karamazov - Structure, The Brothers Karamazov - Translation, The Brothers Karamazov - List of major characters, The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov - Dmitri Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov - Ivan Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov - Alexei Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov - Pavel Smerdyakov, The Brothers Karamazov - Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova, The Brothers Karamazov - Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, The Brothers Karamazov - Zosima, The Brothers Karamazov - Ilusha, The Brothers Karamazov - Synopsis, The Brothers Karamazov - Book One: A Nice Little Family, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Two: An Inappropriate Gathering, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Three: Sensualists, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Four: Strains, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Five: Pro and Contra, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Six: The Russian Monk, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Seven: Alyosha, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Eight: Mitya, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Nine: The Preliminary Investigation, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Ten: Boys, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Eleven: Brother Ivan Fyodorovich, The Brothers Karamazov - Book Twelve: A Judicial Error, The Brothers Karamazov - Epilogue, The Brothers Karamazov - The novel's influence

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Police raids on gay bars and nightclubs were a regular part of gay life in cities across the United States, until the 1960s, when sudden raids on bars in many major cities became markedly less frequent. Most conclude that the decline in raids can be attributed to a series of court challenges and increased resistance from the Homophile Movement. Prior to 1965, the police would record the identities of all those present at the raids, which on some occasions was published in the newspaper. Sometimes they would even load up their police v ...

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Stonewall riots, Stonewall riots - History, Stonewall riots - The Stonewall Raid and the Aftermath, Stonewall riots - Legacy

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In addition to the strip itself and numerous books, the Peanuts characters have appeared in animated form on television many times. This started when the Ford Motor Company licensed the characters in 1961 for a series of black and white commercials for the Ford Falcon. The ads were animated by Bill Melendez for Playhouse Pictures, a cartoon studio that had Ford as a client. Schulz and Melendez became friends, and when producer Lee Mendelson decided to make a two-minute animated sequence for a TV documentary called A Boy Named Charl ...

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Peanuts, Peanuts - History, Peanuts - Cast, Peanuts - Books, Peanuts - Television film and theatre, Peanuts - Feature films, Peanuts - Animated TV specials, Peanuts - Other media

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Kodocha - 'Front Page' Characters. Front Page characters are those who are depicted in the front page of the book, which lists the main cast. Alternatively, in the anime, they are presented by a clip show at the start. Although the book primarily follows Sana, when work takes over the storyline at school continues without her (much to her shock when she returns, that life carries on wi ...

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Kodocha, Kodocha - Characters, Kodocha - 'Front Page' Characters, Kodocha - Secondary Characters, Kodocha - Books Manga, Kodocha - Book 1 - Welcome to the Jungle Gym, Kodocha - Book 2 - Love is in the Air, Kodocha - Book 3 - My Daughter and I, Kodocha - Book 4 - New Beginnings, Kodocha - Book 5 - Tabloid Romance, Kodocha - Book 6 - Fiery Feelings, Kodocha - Book 7 - Star Crossed Lovebirds, Kodocha - Book 8 - From End To Beginning, Kodocha - Book 9 - The day Sana lost her Smile 1, Kodocha - Book 10 - The day Sana lost her Smile Part 2, Kodocha - Anime, Kodocha - Fansubs, Kodocha - North American release

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The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or "cantiche"), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), composed respectively of 34, 33, and 33 cantos. The first cantica, Inferno, is by far the most famous of the three, and is often published separately under the title Dante's Inferno. As a part of the whole literary work, the first canto serves as an introduction to the entire Divine Comedy, making each of the canticas 33 cantos lon ...

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The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy - Structure and story, The Divine Comedy - Inferno, The Divine Comedy - Purgatorio, The Divine Comedy - Paradiso, The Divine Comedy - Thematic Concern, The Divine Comedy - Response and criticism, The Divine Comedy - Original copies, The Divine Comedy - Derivative works, The Divine Comedy - Visual arts, The Divine Comedy - Literature, The Divine Comedy - Music, The Divine Comedy - Sculpture, The Divine Comedy - Notes

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The incidence of Down syndrome is estimated at 1 per 800 births, making it the most common human aneuploidy. Maternal age influences the chance of conceiving a baby with the syndrome. At age 20 to 24, it is 1/1490, while at age 40 it is 1/106, and at age 49 is 1/11. (Hook EB., 1981). Although the chance increases with maternal age, most children with Down syndrome (80%) are born to women under the age of 35. This reflects the overall fecundity of that age group. Many standard screens of pregnancies indicate Down syndrome, although they are n ...

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Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Overview, Down syndrome - History, Down syndrome - Genetics, Down syndrome - Prenatal Screening, Down syndrome - Education, Down syndrome - Health, Down syndrome - Medical research, Down syndrome - Challenges, Down syndrome - Pregnant women with a diagnosis of Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Parents of children with Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Individuals with Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Down syndrome's sociology, Down syndrome - Notable individuals, Down syndrome - Down syndrome in fiction, Down syndrome - Sources

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Eschatology (from the Greek έσχατος meaning "last" + -logy) is a part of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or the ultimate destiny of human kind, commonly phrased as the end of the world. In many religions, the end of the world is a future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the afterlife, and the soul. The Greek word αιών means "age"; some translation ...

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• Eschatology - Buddhism
• Eschatology - Christianity
• Eschatology - Hinduism
• Eschatology - Islam
• Eschatology - Judaism
• Eschatology - Native American
• Eschatology - Hopi
• Eschatology - Mayans
• Eschatology - Sioux
• Eschatology - Norse mythology
• Eschatology - Zoroastrianism
• Eschatology - Prophetic movements
• Eschatology - Other religions

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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), to Albert James Lewis and Flora Augusta Hamilton Lewis. At the age of 4, shortly after his dog 'Jacksie' was run over by a car, Lewis announced that his name was now Jacksie. At first he would answer to no other name, but later accepted Jacks which became Jack, the name by which he was known to friends and family for the rest of his life. When he was six his family moved into a new house call ...

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C. S. Lewis, C. S. Lewis - Early life, C. S. Lewis - My Irish Life, C. S. Lewis - Conversion to Christianity, C. S. Lewis - Career as a scholar, C. S. Lewis - Career as a writer of fiction, C. S. Lewis - Career as a writer on Christianity, C. S. Lewis - Trilemma, C. S. Lewis - Portrayals of Lewis's life, C. S. Lewis - Lewis’s death and legacy, C. S. Lewis - Bibliography, C. S. Lewis - Nonfiction, C. S. Lewis - Fiction, C. S. Lewis - Poetry, C. S. Lewis - Books about C. S. Lewis

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March 23, 2001 (EU) March 26, 2001 (NA) Zone of the Enders, also known as Z.O.E, is a video game that was developed and published by Konami in 2001 for the PlayStation 2. It was produced by, and is closely associated with, Hideo Kojima. The game is based around mecha combat. The mechas were designed by Yoji Shinkawa, also the character and mechanical designer for the Metal Gear Solid series. Z.O.E was initially released in most territories with a playable demo version of Metal ...

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• Zone of the Enders - Series
• Zone of the Enders - Mechanics
• Zone of the Enders - Characters
• Zone of the Enders - Staff

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Cremation - Cremation furnace. The place where the cremation takes place is called crematorium. The crematorium consists of one or more ovens or furnaces and facilities for handling of the ashes. A cremation furnace is a large furnace capable of reaching high temperatures, with special modifications to ensure the efficient disintegration of the corpse. One of these modifications is the aiming of the flames at the corpse's torso, where a majority of the corpse's mass rests. The crematorium may be part of chapel or a funeral home, or it may be part of an independe ...

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Cremation, Cremation - Reasons for choosing cremation, Cremation - Religious reasons in Pagan Faiths, Cremation - Religious reasons in Dharmic Faiths, Cremation - Other personal reasons, Cremation - Environmental reasons, Cremation - Cost of cremation, Cremation - Cremation process, Cremation - Cremation furnace, Cremation - Body container, Cremation - Burning and ashes collection, Cremation - The Pyre alternative, Cremation - Negative recent history experiences with cremation, Cremation - Environmental Concerns, Cremation - World War II, Cremation - The Tri-State Crematory Incident, Cremation - The Indian Ocean tsunamis

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Main article: YuYu Hakusho characters Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name. The English anime name is to the right of the Japanese name if it applies. Yusuke Urameshi (浦飯幽助 Urameshi Yūsuke) - Yusuke is the toughest kid in Sarayashiki Junior High School and has a typical tough guy approach to everything. He becomes a spirit detective after he had died and was revived by Keiko's kiss. His main attack is the Rei Gun (Spirit Gun in the Dub) where he can manipulate his Reiki ...

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YuYu Hakusho, YuYu Hakusho - Background, YuYu Hakusho - Characters, YuYu Hakusho - Story Arcs, YuYu Hakusho - Terms, YuYu Hakusho - Classes, YuYu Hakusho - Spirit Detective Saga, YuYu Hakusho - Dark Tournament Saga, YuYu Hakusho - Chapter Black Saga, YuYu Hakusho - Saga of the Three Kings, YuYu Hakusho - Theme songs

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The Jedi Prophecy is a frequent source of debate among fans. In particular, Anakin's status as the Chosen One is regularly disputed, possibly due in large part to how he is overshadowed by Palpatine, whose political machinations successfully bring about the new ascendance of the Sith. Anakin's role in this scheme is an ancillary one, and much of the plan is already underway long before Anakin's fall-- indeed, it began with the invasion of Naboo and continued through the Clone Wars and included the execution of Order 66, which was carried out ...

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Darth Vader, Darth Vader - Biography, Darth Vader - Overview, Darth Vader - Childhood and discovery, Darth Vader - The Clone Wars, Darth Vader - Transformation into Vader, Darth Vader - Fighting the rebellion, Darth Vader - Battling his son, Darth Vader - The redemption of Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader - Vader in the Expanded Universe, Darth Vader - Possible interpretations of the Jedi prophecy, Darth Vader - Lightsaber training, Darth Vader - On His Loss To Obi-Wan, Darth Vader - Swordplay As Darth Vader, Darth Vader - Talents, Darth Vader - Armor and cybernetic enhancements, Darth Vader - Portrayers, Darth Vader - Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader - Darth Vader, Darth Vader - Behind the scenes, Darth Vader - Cultural figure, Darth Vader - Notes and references, Darth Vader - Sources

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One aspect of offering gratitude and repaying is to offer respect to parents, ancestors, and teachers to whom we are all indebted. Another is to avoid unnecessary indebtedness and dependence so that we can act freely. It also involves giving credit where credit is due. Quote from Dojeon It is difficult to serve heaven and earth if you do not respect your parents. Heaven and earth are the parents of humanity, and parents are the heaven and earth of their children. If descendants treat their ancestors badly, ancestors treat ...

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Boeun, Boeun - 報恩Offering Gratitude and Repaying, Boeun - Why Boeun is important?, Boeun - Aspects

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