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A Jain temple is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism, Derasar is a word used for a Jain temple in Gujarat and southern Rajasthan. Basadi is a Jain shrine or temple in Karnataka The word is generally used in South India, as well as in Maharashtra. Its historical use in North India is preserved in the names of the Vimala Vasahi and Luna Vasahi temples of Mount Abu. The Sanskrit word is vasati, it implies an institution including residences of scholars attached to the shrine.
According to the beliefs of Jainism, the existence of temples in which he worshiped images of Tirthankara does not have an origin but has always existed in Nandisvaradvipa , a continent inaccessible to humans. In this continent there would be 52 eternal temples where the devas render worship. In regard to our world, the mythical origin of the temple would be in a temple built to worship Rishabha. 4 Jain temples are mentioned in the early texts of the cannon svetambara , but not in the narrations of the life of Mahavira. The inscriptions allow to establish that the construction of temples began between the III and II centuries a. C. Previously there were devakulas or devakulikas , places where the figure of someone considered worthy of arjat veneration was located and who also exist within Buddhism.
The appearance of the Jainas temple that have lasted the longest goes back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. C. Given the nature of the Jaina monasticism , which prescribes a mendicant and nomadic life, the first monasteries were places destined for the rest and retirement of the ascetics. The emergence of the temples is usually related to the city of Mathura.
Despite the small number of followers of Jain there are, in proportion, numerous temples dedicated to this religion, it is special in the northern zone of India. This is largely due to the fact that, following the principle of non-violence or ahimsa, many Jainas successfully dedicated themselves to trade and other lucrative activities and, later, donated part of their wealth in order to build temples or retreats for ascetics.
Jain communities outside India have also built temples in the places they have settled. The first temple built outside Indian territory is located in Nairobi , Kenya and was built in 1926 by merchants displaced from the s. XIX There is also a modern temple in the city of Antwerp (in Belgium).
Jain temples do not usually pursue greatness in their constructions as other religions do because there is no central divinity but rather an amalgam of understandings and the Jainas themselves have lacked a central power. Despite this, colossal sculptures of Gommata, often located at the top of the mountains, can be found, created mainly by the digambaras of South India. However, in the northern part of India temples can be found from the same period as the colossal sculptures in which the exquisite interior decoration is of the utmost importance.
The basis of the Jaina iconography usually consists of the figure of a naked sage, whether seated cross-legged or erect. This figure usually seems to be surrounded by four layers that refer to the basic concepts of Jainism around the main idea. The fact that the figure appears nude today is related specifically to the digambara sect whose faithful practice nudism as a sign of detachment although in its origins it was not exclusive to this sect.
From a historical moment they begin to proliferate the quadrangular temples with doors in each one of the sides like the one of Chaumukh or the one of Ranakpur considered like most outstanding of this type. It is at this point, around the fifteenth century when the Jainas temples become configured as complex buildings, almost like temples, in part because of the multiplicity of families that promoted the construction of devakulikas (small sanctuaries with images) or mandapas.
Frequently, these temple complexes were located in the mountains, as is the case with Mount Abu or Shatrunjaya , partly to avoid the Muslim attacks that in the XI century had ended with a large number of large temples and partly due to an inclination to contact with the nature.
Mandapas and devakulas
In the configuarción of the jainas temples is frequent that the central structure is surrounded by others as they are the mandapas and the devakulas. The Jain temples, often built with the help of lay families, grew as a function of the additions made to them. In many of them, such as the Temple of Hutheesinh, there is a main sanctuary or Garbhagriha and, around it, smaller sanctuaries containing figures of Tirthankaras or other venerable entities were built.
Among the constructions that constitute the Jain temples are usually Mana-stambhas (‘ columns of honor’). These constructions are usually found on the way to the temples and be richly carved. In the upper part of these columns appear references to the Tirthankara gathered after having obtained the Kevala Jnana , state of omniscience. The construction of these columns dates back to the time of the Kushán Empire , between I and III AD, although there are previous examples.
The Jainas have always valued the preservation of a written tradition of sacred texts against the Hindus , who maintained an important oral tradition. For this reason, it was customary in the Jainas temples to build libraries as an integral part of the temples and that they contain a good number of manuscripts that contain the sacred texts. Many of these libraries are considered to be the oldest in India.
In Jainism a Bhonyra is a room or underground chamber that can be found in some temples and that was used in the past to safeguard the sacred images in convulsive moments. Currently, these rooms have been adapted to become meditation places for monks.
Several temples in Bundelkhand have one of these chambers. In Sanganer (in the Indian state of Rajasthan ) one of these chambers was found that housed a good number of Jain representations.
In 2001, a complete Jain temple was found buried in Umta (in the Indian state of Gujarat), apparently buried to protect it from destruction about 800 years ago.
Jain temples are built with various architectural designs. Jain temples in North India are completely different from the Jain temples in South India, which in turn are quite different from Jain temples in West India. There are two type of Jain temples:
All shikar-bandhi Jain temples have many marble pillars which are carved beautifully with Demi god posture. There is always a main deity also known as mulnayak in each derasar. The main part of Jain temple is called “Gambhara” (Garbha Graha) in which there is the stone carved God idol. One is not supposed to enter the Gambhara without taking a bath and without wearing puja (worship) clothes.
A Jain temple which is older than 100 years and is known as a pilgrimage center is often termed a Tirtha.
The main deity of a Jain temple is known as a mula nayak.
A Manastambha (column of honor) is a pillar that is often constructed in front of Jain temples. It has four ‘Moortis’ i.e. stone figures of the main god of that temple. One facing each direction: North, East, South and West.
Cave in Ellora.
The temples or complexes that are excavated in the rock forming caves are of special importance and one of their maximum exponents is the Cuevas de Ellora. it is necessary to distinguish between those caves that constitute a temple and those that served as residence for the ascetics and that are usually found nearby. The choice of caves as a place of worship and residence is based on several factors. On the one hand, asceticism meant not residing in cities but away from them. In addition, the construction of caves was relatively simple. The first caves that functioned as temples can be dated to the 1st century BC.
There are some guidelines to follow when one is visiting a Jain temple:
Before entering the temple, one should bathe and wear fresh washed clothes or some special puja (worship) clothes – while wearing these one must neither have eaten anything nor visited the washroom. However, drinking of water is permitted.
One should not take any footwear(including socks) inside the temple. Leather items like a belt, purse etc. are not allowed inside the temple premises.
One should not be chewing any edibles (food, gum, mints, etc.), and no edibles should be stuck in the mouth.
One should try to keep as silent as possible inside temple.
Mobile phones should not be used in the temple. One should keep them switched off.
Prevailing traditional customs should be followed regarding worshipping at the temple and touching an idol. They can vary depending on the region and the specific sect.
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We’re also quite an active group, averaging 3 productions a year which include an annual pantomime, and various shows and plays. Take a look at our gallery to get a flavour of some of our work. Our range is broad: we have staged classics such as Shakespeare and Chaucer, more serious drama such as The Crucible and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, as well as comedy and farces in the form of one act plays. We also offer support to other local and parish groups when they need it, helping with staging and costumes etc.
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Rickenbacker Guitars (Official) created this guitar especially for Tom to sign in support of Sweet Relief, and it is truly a one-of-a-kind instrument. The exquisite details and custom finish have never appeared together on a Rickenbacker, and the vintage TV knobs, F soundhole and checkered binding were just of few of the incredible details that blew us away. On September 17th, we took the guitar to KAABOO in Del Mar, CA for Tom and the Heartbreakers to sign, and Tom was so impressed with the guitar that he wanted to keep it for himself! Of course he happily signed the guitar and went on to perform an awesome set, closing the night, as always, with “American Girl.”
We are now auctioning the guitar, as Tom intended, to raise funds for our Rob Max Elder Musicians Fund, which is named for our own recently passed Executive Director. Rob was passionate about the plight of Elder musicians in today’s landscape. Congratulations in advance to the lucky winner of this incredible guitar, we hope you love it and care for it as much as we have in our brief time together.
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… The truth behind organ donation & organ transplants
A 59 year old woman came back to life, after being clinically “brain dead” for 17 hours!
Val Thomas had a heart attack at her West Virginia home on May 17, 2008 and was taken to a Charleston hospital. Attempts to revive her seemed to be getting nowhere, as her heart kept stoppng and doctors could not detect any brain activity. They diagnosed her as “brain dead”.Val was placed on a ventilator, to maintain breathing and preserve her vital organs, while the family discussed the possibility of organ donation (ie: harvesting of Val’s organs for transplanting into others). The decision was taken to switch off life-support. Ten minutes later, “she moved her arm, coughed and asked for her son.”, Ninemsn reports.
This supposedly “brain dead” woman was actually alive, even tough doctors were not capable of detecting her brain activity. Ironically, it was the decision to keep her on life-support for organ preservation that ultimately saved her. If the surgery had proceeded, Val would have died a real death because of organ removal (… not from so-called “brain death”).
Ninemsn reports that Val should make a complete recovery “to the surprise of her doctors”.
LifeSiteNews reports that there is still controversy and debate about the “the issue of brain death criteria for purposes of organ transplants and determining the exact moment of death has been a source of contention since organ transplants became common. Controversy continues to swirl around the issue as patients in apparently hopeless comatose conditions continue to confound doctors’ expectations and awaken.”
“The problem is time and the rapid deterioration of most vital organs after the cessation of heart function. After death, corneas and bone marrow can still be used but soft vital organs such as the heart, lungs, pancreas and kidneys rapidly deteriorate and are unusable within a few hours. Traditional medical ethicists contend that soft and easily damaged organs such as the heart are impossible to obtain morally since they deteriorate more quickly and must be removed when a patient’s condition is still disputed.”
(Based on “Woman‘s Waking After Brain Death Raises Many Questions About Organ Donation” by Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com. Viewed Dec 20, 2010 at: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/may/08052709 )
(see also “‘Brain Dead’ woman returns to life” by ninemsn staff, ninemsn.com.au. Viewed May 27, 2008 at: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=569682 )
(see also “Woman Wakes After Heart Stopped, Rigor Mortis Set In” by FoxNews. Viewed Dec 20, 2010 at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357463,00.html )


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Goa'uld Device is a level 06 weapon. When placed on a bunny, the owner of that bunny must roll the black die. The weapon kills the bunny unless the roll is higher than the weapon level. Lucky Clover, Lucky Horseshoe, and defense cards can help the bunny to survive.
- Goa'uld Device references the movie (and later TV series) Stargate. This is one of the hand devices used by the Goa'uld in Stargate.


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Lime and Olive Oil Cake, gluten free
Goof and healthy granola bars
Pistachio Cake, in French
Asparagus and Lobster Mushroom Risotto
Cucumber, Lime, Grape and Basil water (in french)
Sautéed mushrooms, goat cheese and basil pesto tartine
Homemade granola. ~ With hazelnut, almond, flaxseed and maple syrup!
Apple pies... prepared in a lot of different and fun ways!
Chestnut flour and clementine cake: full of autumn flavors!
Blueberry and cognac pudding - A simple dessert made with beautiful fresh blueberries.
Super easy strawberry and basil sorbet!
Slowly confit Potatoes with rosemary and thyme.
Peach and raspberry rustic tart served with lemon verbena sirup and homemade verbena lemonade.
Homemade spaghetti served with a creamy lemon and sage sauce, sautéed shrimps and fresh sage (recipe in French)
Lebanese soup with lentils, swiss chard, lemon and delicious kibbeh (bulghar & semolina spicy balls)!
Lemon meringue pie- easy yet delicious!
Jamie Oliver's Laska Soup : acorn squash and rice Thaï soup (recipe in French)
Lebanese sleeha is a traditional dessert for Santa Barbara. It's made of sweet whole wheat, pomegranate seeds, nuts, coconut and spices
Real Spanish tortilla (omelette with potatoes and onions)
English scones and lemon curd
Italian inspired orange and olive oil cake. Delicious!
Chocolate and coffee pudding with a chocolate melting heart.
Raspberry, blueberry and pistachio tartelettes.

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FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE MARSHALL PLAN, GREEK RICE HISTORY.
I am getting ready to head up to the New England Food Show, and then to San Francisco, all in the name of rice! Greek rice, which I’ll be cooking as part of a program called Agreeno to promote it.
Stuffed vegetables, aromatic pilafs, lemony soups, and creamy rice puddings are on my mind, the classic dishes that call for rice in the Greek kitchen. Yet, despite its seeming ubiquity, ancient rice is relatively new in everyday Greek cooking. Indeed, until the 1960s, most of those stuffed dishes, pilafs, and soups were made mostly with wheat (bulgur or trahana). Barley was also an important indigenous grain.
Rice, of course, is native to the Himalayas, where the returning armies of Alexander the Great did encounter it. The ancient Greek chronicler of plants, Theophrastus, mentions rice in his Enquiry into Plants, noting that the grain has salutary qualities, especially for stomach ailments. The first-century AD physician Dioscorides as well as the physician Galenos (130 – 200 AD) both knew and wrote of rice’s salutary attributes. To this day, Greeks still serve rice soups and rice pudding as salves for stomachaches and other common ailments.
No one knows with certainty when rice was actually first cultivated in Greece, but it was definitely grown in limited quantities at least from the 19th century, and until the 1960s it was considered a luxury food. On poverty-stricken, Blue Zone Ikaria, for example, dolmades – stuffed, rolled grape, cabbage, or collard leaves – were filled with dried corn, which people grew, and not rice, since it was so dear.
It’s not by chance that rice is the traditional grain with which Greek home cooks stuff their Christmas turkey, embellishing it with chestnuts, pine nuts, raisins and spices. And it’s not an accident that rice is an important food on wedding tables all over Greece. Wedding rice is called gamopilafo (gamos is wedding, pilafi is pilaf). Older Greek cooks still make a fuss when making rice pilafs for a traditional Sunday family meal, pressing it into molds and presenting it with fanfare.
It wasn’t until after the 1950s that rice would become an every day food, as basic as wheat, in the Greek kitchen. For that, Greeks have the Marshall Plan to thank, and specifically an American agronomist named Walter Packard, who taught farmers around the Sperchios River delta on mainland Greece how to grow it, leading the way for them to increase their income. Today rice is still grown mainly in the north, on about 80,000 acres of land around Thessaloniki and Serres. Greeks consume about half the national production of 290,000 tons domestically.
Rice is sown in the springtime in Greece, on the great plains of Thessaloniki, which is criss-crossed by four rivers. When the rice fields are flooded, the area morphs into one of the most important nature preserves and wetlands, home to countless species of birds. And the rice itself, both japonica (medium- and short-grain) and indica (long-grain) species, is especially tasty thanks to the natural environs; proximity to the coast means that Greek rice is imbued with all the minerals and delicious saltiness of the sea itself. And, perhaps most important of all, Greek rice is neither genetically modified nor tainted, like so much American rice, with arsenic (the result of so many years of intensive farming and pesticide use).
As for how to cook Greek rice the Greek way, in pilafs, stuffings, as a conduit for vegetables (spinach-rice, tomato rice, leek-rice and more), soups, and desserts, check out my rice recipes here.


Sunday, 1 June 2014 - 06:15
Helmet Cam shows moto cop's daily dangers
A motorcycle cop from Nijmegen, Motoragent Roy Willemse, turned his helmet camera on during an urgent call to a car crash where people were injured, the NRC reports. Willemse hopes that people will be able to understand the daily lives of the emergency services who have to race through traffic with sirens blaring and lights flashing. The videos are not only meant to be educational, Willemse tells De Gelderlander. The images from his videos can also help him keep himself safe. "Some time ago, after a few experiences as commander of the motor drivers including one abuse during an emergency help service, I got the idea that wearing a helmet cam could add to my own safety. The images can serve as evidence as well", Willemse says. Willemse's unit, Nijmegen-South traffic police, has placed helmet cam images on YouTube earlier this month, but then of various training exercises. Police in The Hague have been placing motorcycle videos online on a YouTube channel for some time already. The fire department in Schoonhoven does something similar as well. The United States has been filming police operations as well with helmet cameras.


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Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Marcus Paige netted 31 of his 35 points in the second half and overtime, including a game-winning layup with less than a second to play as 19th-ranked North Carolina topped rival North Carolina State, 85-84, at PNC arena.
Paige shot 7-of-12 from behind the arc and contributed six rebounds and five assists for UNC (21-7, 11-4 ACC), which won for the 10th straight time. J.P. Tokoto went for 16 points and 10 rebounds while Brice Johnson added 10 points off the bench.
"It was an unbelievable basketball game," UNC head coach Roy Williams remarked. "Everyone thought we were giving it away and then Marcus made a heck of a drive and we stole one."
NC State (17-11, 7-8) lost despite a career-best 36 points from T.J. Warren, who forced the extra session with a pair of free throws with 1.5 seconds left in regulation and split a pair late in overtime to put the Wolfpack in front before Paige's heroics.
"Marcus Paige made a great play," NC State head coach Mark Gottfried said. "He had to put the ball high off the glass. It is a hard one to take, but you have to bounce back and get ready to go for your next game."
The hosts led 52-45 midway through the second half when Paige caught fire. The sophomore floor general hit two straight from distance, and Tokoto followed with a jumper to give the Tar Heels their first lead since the opening minutes.
Neither team led by more than a possession for the rest of regulation.
Nate Britt hit four in a row from the free throw line and Paige potted a pair, but Warren scored on three straight possessions to keep it tied at 66-apiece. Paige and Ralston Turner then traded triples, and Tokoto drew a foul with five seconds remaining. He made both free throws to put UNC up, but Warren was held away from the ball with less than two seconds to go. He made both, and Paige's last attempt was off the mark as the buzzer sounded.
Warren scored the first six points of the extra session, but Paige kept UNC close with two more 3-pointers. The second cut the deficit to 82-79 and after Tyler Lewis made 1-of-2 from the stripe, Paige made two free throws for an 83-81 contest with under a minute to go. Warren then lost the ball out-of- bounds and James Michael McAdoo tied it with a layup with 29 seconds to go.
After Warren made it 84-83, Paige sprinted the length of the floor, drove to his left and beat the help defender with a scoop layup.
Earlier, the Tar Heels shot just 38.5 percent in the first half and missed all three of their attempts from 3-point range as NC State took a 34-26 lead into the break.
Kennedy Meeks had eight points and 10 boards for UNC ... North Carolina won the rebounding margin 44-37 ... The Wolfpack fell to 10-1 in Warren's career when he nets at least 27 points ... There were 10 ties and eight lead changes ... Turner had 16 points for NC State while BeeJay Anya offered 10 on 4-of-4 shooting off the bench.


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Archive: Book Reviews: Dealing with Race
Good News Book Forum
Reviewed by James D . McCallie
White Reflections on Black Power by Charles E. Fager (Eerdman 1967-$1.65 paper back) and My Friend, The Enemy by William E. Pannel (Word Books, 1968-$3.95)
Written from two entirely different points of view, these books contain striking similarities in their analysis of white racism in America. Fager writes from a background which is admittedly “northern, urban, middle class, college educated, secular-oriented, New Left, and white.” Pannell writes as an African-American whose loyalties are thoroughly evangelical, having participated in the World Congress on Evangelism and similar enterprises. Both books are well-documented with quotations from a variety of resources. Both agree that vital inter-racial communication is stymied by the reactionary forces which center around black fear of white racism and the white’s fear of “black power.”
Fager’s conclusions are sympathetically slanted toward such black racists as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, while the temperate warnings of Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young against “black power” excesses are too easily dismissed. His reflections could be written off as unworthy of serious evangelical consideration if it were not for some very valid insights into the racist character of much of the white community which has, in tum, provoked the phenomenon of black racism.
Writing autobiographically, Pannell does not spare the predominantly white evangelical Christian community from his list of criticisms of white power structures which tend to perpetuate “second class citizenship” for the African-American. His book is prefaced with such pithy statements as the following: “I personally know churches in all kinds of denominations whose flight to suburbia testifies eloquently to their rejection of me as a brother and neighbor.”
He reveals some of the bitter disillusionment which he shares with other members of his race when he writes concerning his white “Christian” brother: “He taught me to sing ‘Take the World, But Give Me Jesus.’ I took Jesus. He took the world and then voted right wing to insure his property rights.”
Obviously, for Pannell, Christian brotherhood cannot be divorced from such social issues as open housing, equal educational opportunities, and fair employment practices. He places initial responsibility for better racial understanding squarely where it belongs – at the doorstep of the white evangelical Christian community. The theme of the book is that real involvement needs to replace the pretense of right race relations – and that truth needs to be spoken before we dare speak further of love.
As an evangelical pastor of two racially different congregations I support Pannell’s impassioned plea for understanding through involvement. I have become involved because I believe that evangelicals cannot afford to abandon this field of concern to the liberals. It is high time for us to become self-critical in this matter of right race relations. Christians must refuse to uphold white power structures which perpetuate racial injustice. Christians must make positive ventures toward real Christian brotherhood.
I would recommend these two books as valuable resources for the current church-wide study of the “Crisis in America.”
James D . McCallie, pastor of Pleasant Grove and Wesley United Methodist Churches, Jeffersonville, Indiana, an inter-racial circuit.

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