Vision may mean: Visual perception via the visual system, one of the senses. Vision (religion), inspirational renderings believed to come from a deity. In management, a route to a goal. An imagined picture originating with not-so-divine sources: politicians, business planners and change gurus play on this sense of the word. Vision statement, A corporate long-term goal - not to be confused with a mission statement (extending the religious metaphor). Vision (IRC), BeOS's leading

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Vision:

A religious apparition.

(See also: Vision, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

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A visualization that may show event or entity at any place or from any time, past, present or future

(See also: Vision, Body Mind and Soul)

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In literature, vision and prophecy are literary devices used to present a possible timeline of future events. They can be distinguished by vision referring to what an individual sees happen. The New Testament book of Revelation (Bible) thus uses vision as a literary device in this regard. It is also prophecy or prophetic literature when it is related by an individual in a sermon or other public forum. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is also a significant utilizer of vision as ...

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In 1792, Coudrin was secretly ordained to the presbyterate just as France was becoming embroiled in revolution against its monarchy. Coudrin went into hiding in an attic of the granary of the Chateu d'Usseau where he was confined for six months. During his hiding, Coudrin woke up one evening surrounded by illuminated apparitions of priests, brothers and nuns in white albs. He took the vision to be a divine calling to establish a religious order that would become the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Coudrin quickly left the granary and traveled to Poitiers to begin an underground ministry, waiting ...

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Peter Coudrin, Peter Coudrin - Vision, Peter Coudrin - Establishment

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There has been some theory in that these jellyfish actively hunt their prey—for effective hunting they move extremely quickly (moving at speeds up to 3-3 1/2 knots (1.5 to 1.8 m/s)), and have an active visual system of 48 eyes located on the center of each side of the cubozoan's bell. Within each set of eyes are two complex lens eyes. The lenses on these eyes have been analyzed and could form distortion free images. Despite the perfection of the lenses, the retinas of the eyes lie closer to the lens than the optimum focal distance r ...

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Box jellyfish, Box jellyfish - Vision, Box jellyfish - Classification, Box jellyfish - Medical Advice

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Some theorize box jellyfish actively hunt their prey—for effective hunting they move extremely quickly (moving at speeds up to 3-3 1/2 knots (1.5 to 1.8 m/s)), and have an active visual system of 24 eyes located on the center of each side of its bell. The eyes occur in clusters on the four sides of the cube-like body. Sixteen are simply pits of light-sensitive pigment (eight slit-shaped eyes and eight lens-less pit eyes), but one pair in each cluster is surprisingly complex, with a sophisticated lens, retina, iris and cornea, a ...

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Box jellyfish, Box jellyfish - Defence and feeding mechanisms, Box jellyfish - Vision, Box jellyfish - Treatment of stings, Box jellyfish - Classification, Box jellyfish - Footnotes

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Vision is the leading IRC client for BeOS, and the only one currently maintained. It is also the only one not known to suffer from a well-known buffer overrun in relation to the NetPositive web browser. Vision is based on an early IRC client for BeOS, called Bowser. However, neither projects website makes note of this. ...

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The Vision is the name of several fictional characters, all superheroes, in the Marvel Comics universe. For the Golden Age Vision, see Vision (Golden Age) Vision comics - Vision Avengers 1968-2004. The Vision. Art by Brian Haberlin. The "synthezoid" Vision, a far more well-known character than the Golden Age Vision, is an android who originated in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Writer Roy Thomas based him on the Golden Age character, introducing him in his run as writer on The Avengers. ...

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• Vision comics - Vision Avengers 1968-2004
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• Vision comics - Powers and abilities
• Vision comics - Other Media Appearances
• Vision comics - Bibliography
• Vision comics - Vision II Young Avengers 2005-
• Vision comics - Character biography
• Vision comics - Powers and abilities
• Vision comics - Ultimate Vision

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Binocular vision is vision in which both eyes are used together. The word binocular comes from two Latin roots, bin for two, and oculus for eye. Having two eyes confers at least four advantages over having one. First, it gives a creature a spare eye in case one is damaged. Second, it gives a wider field of view. For example, a human has a horizontal field of view with one eye of about 150 degrees and with two eyes of about 180 degrees. Third, it gives binocular summation in which the ability to detect faint objects is en ...

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• Binocular vision - Fields of view and eye movements
• Binocular vision - Binocular summation
• Binocular vision - Binocular interaction
• Binocular vision - Utrocular discrimination
• Binocular vision - Singleness of vision
• Binocular vision - Eye dominance
• Binocular vision - Stereopsis
• Binocular vision - Allelotropia
• Binocular vision - Binocular rivalry
• Binocular vision - Disorders of binocular vision
• Binocular vision - Rembrandt as a person without binocular vision

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In Roman Catholic theology, the beatific vision is the direct perception of God enjoyed by those who are in Heaven, imparting supreme happiness or blessedness. "How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God... to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of Heaven with the righteous and God's friends" ~ St. Cyprian More specific ...

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Beautiful Vision is an album by Irish singer-songwriter/musician Van Morrison, released in 1982. Beautiful Vision - Track Listing. All songs by Van Morrison (except when noted) "Celtic Ray" - 4:11 "Nothern Muse (Solid Ground)" - 4:05 "Dweller on the Threshold" - (Morrison, Murphy) - 4:49 "Beautiful Vision" - 4:08 "She Gives Me Religion" - 4:33 "Cleaning Windows" - 4:43 "Vanlose Stairway" - 4:10 "Aryan Mist" - (Morriso ...

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World Vision, founded in the United States in 1950, is an international Christian relief and development organization whose goal is "working for the well being of all people, especially children." Working on six continents, World Vision is one of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world with $1B budget (2005). Its headquarters are in Federal Way, Washington. World Vision - History. World Vision was started by Dr. Bob Pierce, a young Christian minister in China and then Korea, ...

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• World Vision - Organizational Structure
• World Vision - Funding
• World Vision - Activities
• World Vision - Countries
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A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. In traditional Lakota culture the Hanblecheyapi (vision quest, literally "crying for a vision") is one of seven main rites. Vision quest preparations involve a time of fasting, the guidance of a tribal Medicine Man and sometimes ingestion of natural entheogens; this quest is undertaken for the first time in the early teenage years. The quest itself is usually a journey alone into the wilderness seeking personal growth ...

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• Vision quest - Other uses

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The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology. The serpent was a very important social and religious symbol, revered by the Maya. Maya mythology describes serpents as being the vehicles by which celestial bodies, such as the sun and stars, cross the heavens. The shedding of their skin made them a symbol of rebirth and renewal. They were so revered, that one of the main Mesoamerican deities, Quetzalcoatl, was represented as a feathered serpent. T ...

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• Vision Serpent - The Vision Serpent and Maya Religion
• Vision Serpent - Vision Serpent and Maya jewelry and pottery
• Vision Serpent - Vision Serpent and Mayan architecture
• Vision Serpent - Vision Serpent today
• Vision Serpent - Bibliography

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Vision (also known as yorkVision and York Student Vision) is a student newspaper catering for students at the University of York. It is distinguished from its primary competitor, nouse, by its more tabloid-like appearance and populist manner. It has won several awards, including NUS/Daily Mirror and The Guardian student newspaper of the year, which it adverti ...

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• Vision York - Sections

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Vision Quest is a 1985 film starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino. Modine plays Spokane, Washington high school wrestler Louden Swain, who falls in love with Carla, an aspiring artist from Trenton, New Jersey, on her way to San Francisco, played by Fiorentino. The film includes an appearance by Madonna, her first in a motion picture, where she performs the songs "Crazy For You" and "Gambler." The film was release in some countries under the title of "Crazy For You". The movie was based on the book by Terry Davis, which w

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In religion, visions comprise inspirational renderings, generally of a future state and/or of a mythical being, and are believed (by followers of the religion) to come from a deity, directly or indirectly via prophets, and serve to inspire or prod believers as part of a revelation or an epiphany. Many mystics take the word vision to be synonymous with apparition. For religious visions as a literary form, s ...

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Vision therapy, also known as visual therapy or visual training, is a broadly-defined set of treatment programs related to the improvement of visual health and comfort. Probably, the best known form of vision therapy is orthoptics which treats binocular vision disorders such as amblyopia, strabismus, and double vision or diplopia. Other problems treated with vision therapy include difficulties of visual attention and concentration, which are said to manifest as an inability to sustain focus or to shift focus from one are ...

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• Vision therapy - History
• Vision therapy - Scientific support for vision therapy
• Vision therapy - Skepticism
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