World Vision was started by Dr. Bob Pierce, a young Christian minister in China and then Korea, in the Youth for Christ organization. Pierce felt compassion for the children in his ministry. He gave all he had to a little girl whose widowed mother could not afford to send her to the mission school. His $5 was enough to enroll White Jade into school and he pledged to send money every month for her continued support. This spontaneous act was the beginning of the global child sponsorship program. Pierce resigned from the organization in 1967; in 1970, he took over a small hunger organization that be ...

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Northern and western New York frequently experienced religious revivals, which would later lead to its being termed the Burned-over district. Several religions were established in this era, including the faith Smith founded, sometimes called the Latter Day Saint movement, represented by its largest sect, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a boy living in Palmyra, New York, Joseph Smith, Jr., reported he was unsure which of the various religious sects he should join. His father's family had converted to the Presbyterian faith, and four had joined the local church. He was considering joining the Methodist church wh ...

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First Vision, First Vision - Background, First Vision - Summary of Joseph Smith Jr.'s 1838 Account of The First Vision, First Vision - Criticisms of the LDS Interpretation of the First Vision, First Vision - 1830 Allusion, First Vision - 1832 Account, First Vision - 1834 Account, First Vision - 1835 Account, First Vision - 1838 Version, First Vision - A Chronology of Various First Vision Accounts

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Many have attempted to explain the manifestation of the Vision Serpent in association with Maya bloodletting. One conclusion is "that massive blood loss causes the brain to release an abundance of natural endorphins, which are chemically related to opiates. As the body goes into shock, a hallucinatory vision occurs". Once the actual bloodletting was over, the blood soaked ceremonial papers were burned, releasing a column of smoke. The smoke provided the perfect medium for the Vision Serpent to appear. Every major political or religious event ...

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Vision Serpent, Vision Serpent - The Maya Vision Serpent and Bloodletting, 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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A piece of Maya jewelry depicts an “anthropomorphic, bicephalous serpent”. It is believed to have been worn during a bloodletting ceremony. It clearly shows the arrival of an ancestor from the spirit realm. The portrayal of the Vision Serpent was very prevalent in Maya pottery. Vessels used during bloodletting ceremonies, depict the Vision serpent. The vessels below are excellent examples. They are carved in stone and are “some of the earliest depiction of Vision Serpent iconography. Blood spews forth from the open jaws of the f ...

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About 80% of World Vision's funding comes from private sources, including individuals, World Vision clubs in schools such as the Taipei American School, corporations, and foundations. The remainder comes from governments and multilateral agencies. Aside from cash contributions, World Vision accepts gifts-in-kind, typically food commodities, medicine, and clothing donated through corporations and government agencies. Approximately half of World Vision's programmes are funded through child sponsorship. Individuals, families, churches, a ...

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The Vision Serpent also finds a place in Maya architecture and is especially prominent in the decoration of pillars on the interior and exterior of Mayan temples. ”In the palace at Labna, serpents adorn the corners of the principle facade. Characteristic of the Vision Serpent, there appears to be either an anthropomorphic deity or the spirit of an ancestor emanating from the gaping jaws of the serpent's mouth”. (Ivanoff, Pierre. Mon ...

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Vision Serpent, Vision Serpent - The Maya Vision Serpent and Bloodletting, 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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Most critics of vision therapy distinguish between eye exercises appropriately performed for conditions and symptoms directly attributable to the oculomotor system (convergence insufficiency, intermittent exotropia), and those performed for less clearly related problems, such as dyslexia and other learning disorders. The use of eye exercises to affect refractive error (myopia) has also been largely repudiated. In 1998, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and American Associaiton for Pediatric Ophthal ...

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VISION QUESTING: Using astral projection, bi-location, or dream time to accomplish a specific goal. Also called path working.

(See also: VISION QUESTING, Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dictionary)

World Vision contributes to people’s needs in five major areas; emergency relief, education, health care, economic development, and promotion of justice. World Vision activities include transformational development, emergency relief, strategic initiatives, public awareness campaigns and witnessing for Christ. Transformational development occurs through focusing on improvement of children's lives. This process first helps people and their communities recognise the resources that lie within themselves to make change possible. W ...

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Critics have noted that the 1838 account related above is but the final version of Smith's First Vision. There are several earlier records of the First Vision (some of which were made second-hand). Smith participated in recording at least four accounts of the First Vision, the first of which was recorded in 1831 or 1832 (after the Church of Christ was officially organized in 1830). A detailed account was not published until ...

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First Vision, First Vision - Background, First Vision - Summary of Joseph Smith Jr.'s 1838 Account of The First Vision, First Vision - Criticisms of the LDS Interpretation of the First Vision, First Vision - 1830 Allusion, First Vision - 1832 Account, First Vision - 1834 Account, First Vision - 1835 Account, First Vision - 1838 Version, First Vision - A Chronology of Various First Vision Accounts

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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. Both his facial appearance and his penchant for logic over emotion recall Star Trek's Mr. Spock, another late 1960s creation. ...

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Vision comics, Vision comics - Vision Avengers 1968-2004, Vision comics - Character History, 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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Vision Questing - Using astral projection,bi location, or dreamtime to accomplish a specific goal.Also called path working.

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There have been many different releases and spin-offs of Escaflowne. The Vision of Escaflowne - Broadcast television. Escaflowne briefly aired on the Fox Kids network in an edited form between August and October of 2000, but was canceled. This Escaflowne was modified for content and to fit the tastes of teenage boys. Because of this, it has been nicknamed "Foxcaflowne". A 23-episode version, heavily cut for content and timing, and with a different title ...

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The Vision of Escaflowne, The Vision of Escaflowne - Background information, The Vision of Escaflowne - Characters, The Vision of Escaflowne - Countries and places, The Vision of Escaflowne - Seiyū and composers, The Vision of Escaflowne - Releases, The Vision of Escaflowne - Broadcast television, The Vision of Escaflowne - Video, The Vision of Escaflowne - Manga, The Vision of Escaflowne - Trivia and allusions

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World Vision was started by Dr. Bob Pierce, a young Christian minister in China and then Korea, in the Youth for Christ organization. Pierce felt compassion for the children in his ministry. He gave all he had to a little girl named White Jade who came from a poor Chinese family, and who was beaten and disowned after announcing she made a decision to become a Christian. His $5 was enough to give her food, clothing and school, and he pledged to send money every month for her continued support. This spontaneous act was the beginning ...

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Guitarists Matt Baumbach and Mike Kennedy formed the band in 1992 with vocalist/lyricist Tim Williams, drummer Brendon Cohen, and bassist Mike Fleischmann. Fleischmann left the band and VOD opted to perform during this fledgling period without a bass player. Bassist Fleischmann returned to the fold and the quintet went on to release a series of demos and songs on compilations before VOD released their seminal 7" record, Still (released on Striving for Togetherness Records) in 1996. This album includes the original versions of the ...

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In 1988, a review of 238 scientific articles was published in the Journal of the American Optometric Association defining vision therapy as "a clinical approach for correcting and ameliorating the effects of eye movement disorders, non-strabismic binocular dysfunctions, focusing disorders, strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, and certain visual perceptual (information processing) disorders." The paper contains the concluding statement, "It is evident from the research that there is scientific support for the efficacy of vision therapy in ...

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People whose eyes failed to align correctly could have no binocular vision. However, to an artist, this disability could have been a gift. In an article published on September 16, 2004 in The New England Journal of Medicine, Margaret S. Livingstone, professor of neurobiology of Harvard Medical School, suggested that Rembrandt, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history, suffered from this disabili ...

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Binocular vision, 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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Most critics of vision therapy distinguish between eye exercises appropriately performed for conditions and symptoms directly attributable to the oculomotor system (convergence insufficiency, intermittent exotropia), and those performed for less clearly related problems, such as dyslexia and other learning disorders. The use of eye exercises to affect refractive error (myopia) has also been largely repudiated. In 1998, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and American Associaiton for Pediatric Ophthal ...

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Using astral projection, BI-location, or dreamtime to
accomplish a specific goal.

(See also: vision questing, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

Panoramic Vision {SD, BCW, GdeP}

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The young Vision. Art by Jim Cheung. After the Vision's destruction in Avengers Disassembled, a new Vision based upon him was introduced in Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung. This Vision is based on his predecessor's "operating system", but has none of the life experience of the former Vision. Consequently, the Vision has all of the physical and emotional potential of his "father," but where his mind was based on Wonder Man's brain patterns, the new one is based on Iron Lad's.See also:

Vision comics, Vision comics - Vision Avengers 1968-2004, Vision comics - Character History, 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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Another way to describe computer vision is in terms of applications areas. One of the most prominent application fields is medical computer vision or medical image processing. This area is characterized by the extraction of information from image data for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis of a patient. Typically image data is in the form of microscopy images, X-ray images, angiography images, ultrasonic images, and tomography images. An example of information which can be extracted from such image data is detection of tumours, arteri ...

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Computer vision, Computer vision - State of the art, Computer vision - Examples of applications for computer vision, Computer vision - Typical tasks of computer vision, Computer vision - Object Recognition, Computer vision - Optical Character Recognition, Computer vision - Tracking, Computer vision - Scene interpretation, Computer vision - Egomotion, Computer vision - Computer Vision Systems, Computer vision - Image acquisition, Computer vision - Preprocessing, Computer vision - Feature extraction, Computer vision - Registration, Computer vision - Related Fields, Computer vision - A University Video Communication on Model-Based Computer Vision, Computer vision - Applications

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