"A - emerges from the throat, originating in the region of the navel U - rolls over the tongue M - ends on the lips A - waking, U - dreaming, M - sleeping It is the sum and substance of all the words that can emanate from the human throat. It is the primordial fundamental sound symbolic of the Universal Absolute." [1]. In fact, when correctly pronounced, or rather, "rendered", the "A" can be felt as a vibration that manifests itself near the navel or abdomen; the "U" can be felt vibrating the chest, and the "M" vibrates the cranium or ...

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Aum, Aum - The Significance of the Symbol Om, Aum - Aum in Hindu tradition, Aum - Origin, Aum - Philosophy of AUM, Aum - Om in Jain tradition, Aum - Om in Buddhist tradition, Aum - Om in Sikh tradition, Aum - When you pronounce AUM:, Aum - Some quotations from Hindu scriptures regarding AUM, Aum - Other traditions interpretations and understandings

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"A - emerges from the throat, originating in the region of the navel U - rolls over the tongue M - ends on the lips A - waking, U - dreaming, M - sleeping It is the sum and substance of all the words that can emanate from the human throat. It is the primordial fundamental sound symbolic of the Universal Absolute." [1]. In fact, when correctly pronounced, or rather, rendered, the "A" can be felt as a vibration that manifests itself near the navel or abdomen; the "U" can be felt vibrating the chest, and the "M" vibrates the crani ...

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Aum, Aum - The Significance of the Symbol Om, Aum - Aum in Hindu tradition, Aum - Origin, Aum - Philosophy of AUM, Aum - Om in Jain tradition, Aum - Om in Buddhist tradition, Aum - Om in Sikh tradition, Aum - When you pronounce AUM:, Aum - Omkara, Aum - Some quotations from Hindu scriptures regarding AUM, Aum - Other traditions interpretations and understandings

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The Torah is read during the morning services on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and major and minor festivals and fasts. The Torah is also read during afternoon services on Saturdays and fasts. In the mornings, the Torah is read after tachanun or hallel, or, if these are omitted, after the amidah. "Full-" or "half-kaddish" is recited before the Torah reading and half-Kaddish is recited afterwards. After the Torah reading, the service continues with the rest of the prayers. In the afternoons, the Torah is read before ...

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Torah reading, Torah reading - Origins and history of the practice, Torah reading - When is the Torah read?, Torah reading - What is done?, Torah reading - What is read?, Torah reading - Innovations according to Conservative and Reform Judaism

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Joint ventures are very common in the oil and gas industry, and are often cooperations between a local and foreign company (about 3/4 are international). A joint venture is often seen as a very viable business alternative in this sector, as the companies can complement their skill sets while it offers the foreign company a geographic presence. Studies show a failure rate of 30-61%, and that 60% failed to start or faded away within 5 years. (Osborn, 2003) It is also known that Joint ventures in low-developed countries show a greater instabili ...

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Joint venture, Joint venture - When are joint ventures used?, Joint venture - Reasons for forming a joint venture, Joint venture - Examples

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A group of scientists calculate an impending collision between the Earth and a marauding star (Bellus) and planet (Zyra) that are passing through the solar system, but the government refuses to listen to them. They set about building a rocket with the financing of private industrialists, so that a few selected individuals can escape to the approaching planet and start a new civilization. The construction of the rocket ship is a race against time as doomsday approaches. Zyra passes by first, its gravity disrupting the Earth's surface.

When Worlds Collide, When Worlds Collide - Novel plot, When Worlds Collide - Movie plot, When Worlds Collide - New version planned for 2006, When Worlds Collide - Trivia, When Worlds Collide - External link

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Transit start and end times (in UTC) are given for various international cities and for various US cities. Recall that these times are in UTC. Add or subtract the appropriate amount for your time zone. ...

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Transit of Venus 2012, Transit of Venus 2012 - Where visible, Transit of Venus 2012 - When visible, Transit of Venus 2012 - How to observe

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Etymologically, morality and ethics are identical ('morality' being derived as a Latin translation of Greek 'ethics'). However, certain English speakers attempt to draw some distinction between these words in modern usage. Notably, the adjective "ethical" is much more common amongst industry or voluntary groups or non-government organizations, while the adjective "moral" has political or religious overtones, e.g. in the sta ...

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Ethical consumerism, Ethical consumerism - Moral boycott, Ethical consumerism - Spending as morality, Ethical consumerism - When is moral not ethical?, Ethical consumerism - Collective moral choices in business, Ethical consumerism - Collective moral choices in government, Ethical consumerism - Budgeting, Ethical consumerism - Consumer boycott, Ethical consumerism - Morality as label?, Ethical consumerism - Global morality?

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A novel that contains only showing would be incredibly long; therefore, a narrative can contain some legitimate telling. Scenes that are important to the story should be dramatized with showing, but sometimes what happens between scenes can be told so the story can move. If George is a character in a story, he could do the following things: Have an argument with his boss Drive to his girlfriend's house ...

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Show Don't Tell, Show Don't Tell - Example of show don't tell, Show Don't Tell - When to tell

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Etymologically, morality and ethics are identical ('morality' being derived as a Latin translation of Greek 'ethics'). However, certain English speakers attempt to draw some distinction between these words in modern usage. Notably, the adjective "ethical" is much more common amongst industry or voluntary groups or non-government organizations, while the adjective "moral" has actually been reflected in commissions and in proposed legislation, e.g. in the state of Maine, in the United States, in unions (as "mora ...

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Ethical consumerism, Ethical consumerism - Moral boycott, Ethical consumerism - Spending as morality, Ethical consumerism - When is moral not ethical?, Ethical consumerism - Collective moral choices in business, Ethical consumerism - Collective moral choices in government, Ethical consumerism - Budgeting, Ethical consumerism - Consumer boycott, Ethical consumerism - Morality as label?, Ethical consumerism - Global morality?

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Veronica Mars airs on UPN (Tuesdays at 9 pm ET during its first season. It was moved to Wednesdays at 9 pm ET for its second season). Canada's CTV television network began airing the series in June 2005. In August 2005, UPN's corporate sibling CBS also aired repeats of the show on Fridays at 8 pm ET, in efforts to increase exposure for the series. The show premiered in Australia on November 28, 2005, and used to be aired at 7:30pm each Monday night on Ch ...

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Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars - When Veronica airs, Veronica Mars - Summary, Veronica Mars - Ratings and reviews, Veronica Mars - Season 2 2005, Veronica Mars - Comparisons and references, Veronica Mars - Players and their characters, Veronica Mars - Credited players, Veronica Mars - Recurring characters, Veronica Mars - Minor recurring characters, Veronica Mars - Episodes, Veronica Mars - Season 1 2004, Veronica Mars - Season 2 2005, Veronica Mars - Distributors

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The first Chipko action took place spontaneously in April 1973 in the village of Mandal in the upper Alakananda valley and over the next five years spread to many districts of the Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh. It was sparked off by the government's decision to allot a plot of forest area in the Alaknanda valley to a sports goods company. This angered the villagers because their similar demand to use wood for making agricultural tools had been earlier denied. With encouragement from a local NGO (non-governmental organization), DGSS (Dasoli Gram ...

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Chipko movement, Chipko movement - Motivators for the movement, Chipko movement - Was It Part of a Hierarchey, Chipko movement - When was the First Chipko Action?, Chipko movement - History

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By transposing the identity we can find the angle C when the three sides a, b, and c are known: ...

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Law of cosines, Law of cosines - Proof, Law of cosines - Alternative proof for acute angles, Law of cosines - Finding the angles when the sides are known, Law of cosines - Isosceles case, Law of cosines - External link

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As seen in the previous example, the ratio test is inconclusive when the limit of the ratio is 1. An extension of the ratio test due to Raabe sometimes allows one to deal with this case. Raabe's test states that if and if a positive number c exists such that then the series will be absolutely convergent. d'Alembert's ratio test and Raabe's test are the first and second theorem in ...

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Ratio test, Ratio test - The test, Ratio test - Examples, Ratio test - Converging, Ratio test - Diverging, Ratio test - Inconclusive, Ratio test - When the ratio test fails

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For expressions having more than four variables, the Quine-McCluskey algorithm, also called the method of prime implicants, should be used. This algorithm uses a deterministic approach to simplification of boolean expressions. Thus, following the steps of this alternate algorithm ensures that the simplest expression can be found. This alternate algorithm is especially useful for creating software prog ...

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Karnaugh map, Karnaugh map - History and nomenclature, Karnaugh map - Usage in boolean logic, Karnaugh map - Example, Karnaugh map - Race hazards, Karnaugh map - When not to use K-maps

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An automated external defibrillator is used in cases of cardiac arrest. However, the device will not shock a victim in asystole ('flatline') where the heart has no electrical activity, as it is ineffective in these cases. An AED is designed to shock a victim experiencing: Ventricular fibrillation (VF) Ventricular tachycardia (VT) In cardiac arrhythmia, the heart is beating, yet in an unusual pattern, which can be life-threatening if left uncorrected. In ventricular fibrillation, the electrical activity of ...

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Automated external defibrillator, Automated external defibrillator - When an AED is indicated, Automated external defibrillator - Where AEDs are found, Automated external defibrillator - How an AED works, Automated external defibrillator - Simplicity of AED use, Automated external defibrillator - Liability

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Using defaults involves two goals which sometimes conflict: Minimal user interaction should be required. Setting defaults to the most commonly selected options serves this purpose. Panel entry errors should be minimized. Using defaults will tend to increase errors, as users may leave incorrect default settings selected. In cases where the value can be verified, this is not a severe problem. For example, the delivery country can be checked against the street address/postal codes and any mismatch can generate an error ...

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Default computer science, Default computer science - Examples, Default computer science - Computer input panel, Default computer science - TV or computer monitor, Default computer science - When to use computer program defaults, Default computer science - Computer language defaults

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Providing fault-tolerant design for every component is normally not an option. In such cases the following criteria may be used to determine which components should be fault tolerant: How critical is the component? In a car, the radio isn't critical, so this component has less need for fault tolerance. How likely is the component to fail ? Some components, like the drive shaft in a car, are not likely to fail, so no fault tolerance is needed. How expensive is it to ma ...

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Fault-tolerant design, Fault-tolerant design - Methods, Fault-tolerant design - Disadvantages, Fault-tolerant design - When to use fault-tolerant design, Fault-tolerant design - Examples, Fault-tolerant design - Related terms

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After ending an abusive relationship in 2002, Horsburgh's new boyfriend was very sympathetic to her plight, and began to counsel her about what kinds of things had happened to her. Horsburgh claims that it was during these talks with her new boyfriend that she began to realise that going back before the abuse, she had in fact lived with aborigines in some kind of an aboriginal community. Whilst she couldn't directly remember the dingo taking her, she could remember the abo ...

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Erin Horsburgh, Erin Horsburgh - Early childhood and growing up, Erin Horsburgh - When Horsburgh thought that she might be Azaria, Erin Horsburgh - Horsburgh's subsequent attempts to find the truth, Erin Horsburgh - Public perception

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Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz write, "There is no certain indication of the precise year of his birth. Certainly Matthew and Luke agree in attesting that Jesus was born in the lifetime of Herod the Great (Matt. 2.1ff.; Luke 1.5), i.e. according to Josephus (Antt. 17, 167, 213; BJ 2, 10) before the spring of 4 BC. This terminus ante quem [latest possible date] is certainly probable, but there is some dispute over it, as doubts about the reliability of the chronological information in both the Matthean and Lukan infancy narratives is justified" (The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive ...

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Historical Jesus, Historical Jesus - The Names of Jesus and his Family, Historical Jesus - When was Jesus born?, Historical Jesus - Where was Jesus Born?, Historical Jesus - The Synagogue of Nazareth, Historical Jesus - What language did Jesus speak?, Historical Jesus - Was Jesus Literate?, Historical Jesus - What was Jesus' Socioeconomic Status?, Historical Jesus - Family background and childhood, Historical Jesus - Joseph Yosef — his father?, Historical Jesus - Mary Miryam - his mother?, Historical Jesus - James Yacov - his brother?, Historical Jesus - Was Jesus a Vegetarian?, Historical Jesus - Works and miracles, Historical Jesus - Was Jesus a Teacher of Nonviolent Resistance?, Historical Jesus - Was the Entrance to Jerusalem during Passover or Tabernacles?, Historical Jesus - Was Jesus the same as Barabbas?, Historical Jesus - Final days, Historical Jesus - The Resurrection

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To perform calculations in circuit-switched networks several assumptions are made [3]: Calls arrivals follow a Poisson distribution Holding times follow a Negative Exponential distribution Blocked calls are lost or overflow There is statistical equilibrium It is useful to remember that the measurements are averages and this process deliberately ignores very short term variations in the traffic, but still allowing for a small but finite loss. The above assumptions are accurate if applied t ...

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Traffic measurement telecommunications, Traffic measurement telecommunications - When should traffic be measured?, Traffic measurement telecommunications - Assumptions made when calculating circuits required, Traffic measurement telecommunications - Traffic measurement errors

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The game is only played in dry weather. Additionally, as in first-class cricket it is not unusual for balls to be bowled at over 80mph, the game needs to be played in daylight that is good enough for a batsman to be able to see the ball. Play is therefore halted when it rains (but not usually when it drizzles) and when there is bad light. Some one-day games are now played under floodlights, but, apart from few experimental games in Australia, floodlights are not used for first-class games, including Test matches. Apart from some experimental one-day international series' in Australia ...

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Playing time cricket, Playing time cricket - When the game is played, Playing time cricket - Starting and finishing play, Playing time cricket - Intervals, Playing time cricket - Notable games, Playing time cricket - The longest Test, Playing time cricket - Gloaming in Karachi

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The when is also difficult to establish, and here again there seem to be several camps. One claim is that evidence at several sites shows equine tooth wear that only could appear from the friction of a bit against the molars. Sites include Dereivka, a Ukrainian settlement site (circa 4500–3500 BC), and the Botai culture, dated 3500–3000 BC in the northern steppes of Kazakhstan, east of the Ishim river. One idea is that the horses with bit wear were part of the religion and were kept as objects of veneration; this is clearly the beginning ...

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Domestication of the horse, Domestication of the horse - Older theories pre-1999, Domestication of the horse - Theories from DNA evidence, Domestication of the horse - The Equivocal evidence: When and Where domestication occurred, Domestication of the horse - What came first riding or driving?

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