Sacred ruins a jungle secret

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	Sacred ruins a jungle secret its five levels symbolise various aspects of Buddhism, illustrated by elaborate carvings. Writers have described it as a guidebook-in-stone to Mahayana Buddhism. The complex resembles a mandala (a circular Buddhist design that symbolises the universe). Its construction required thousands of labourers, though whether these were exceptionally devout volunteers or hapless slaves is still hotly debated. Talented carvers and other skilled craftsmen laboured for decades to create Borobudur's intricate and ornate artwork, but it gradually fell into disuse and neglect. All but forgotten and partly collapsed, it was largely covered by volcanic ash until the 19th century when successive...
	NaNoWriMo draws area amateur writers LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - For those looking for a new indoor activity now that the weather has cooled off, instead of picking up a book to read, this may be the perfect time to write your own.November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Last year, more than 300,000 people wrote a book.While you can go it alone, local groups have been organized to encourage each other and share in a common passion, including one which is meeting every night at various coffee shops around the Lafayette area.It can be any genre, but the target is 50,000 words.For amateur writer and NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison Kate Wright, this is 7th novel and year for her to part...
	McNuggets of wisdom In this issue we look at the important subject of how a great piece of guidance can shape a career. I've done all right so far, which means I must have gotten something valuable from all the people who did me the kindness of sharing their wisdom. Let's see. When I first started out, my friend Morgenstern was general counsel of our division. One day he saw me walking down the hall with a magazine, reading. He took me into his office and put an avuncular arm on my shoulder. "Don't walk around with reading material," he said to me. "At best, people will think your head isn't in the game. At worst, they'll think you're on your way to the restroom." Today there are two of us from the old...
	Daylight Savings Time 2013 Daylight Savings Time 2013: Does It Save Energy? daylight savings time 2013. Daylight savings times 2013 ends this weekend, November 3rd, but really, does it save energy? As previously reported by The Inquisitr, we've taken a look at a bit of the ...
	Getting Its Share of Attention The seven-week class teaches mindfulness, a loose term that covers an array of attention-training practices. It may mean spending 10 minutes with eyes closed on a gold-threaded pillow every morning or truly listening to your mother-in-law for once ...
	Ancient Greek music recreated by Armond D’Angour of Oxford Thanks to a classicist's research, the sounds of ancient Greek music can be heard again. Scholars have long been familiar with the instruments used during the era, and, of course, with the texts by Homer, Sophocles, Euripedes, and other authors that ...
	Apple's iPad Air is now on sale The iPad Air is now available in the US, China, and dozens of other countries. You can order Apple's thinner and lighter 9.7-inch tablet right now from the online Apple Store, and it'll also be at carrier stores and brick-and-mortar retailers starting ...
	Parents appeal judge's ruling allowing yoga in public schools LOS ANGELES (RNS) Parents who say yoga is inherently religious have appealed a judge's ruling that allowed yoga in a public school system near San Diego, saying it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. yoga. Children practice yoga ...
	Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world's food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found.
	A first trip to Friendly Market Friendly Market opened in Florence in August. I made a visit there recently to see what was on offer. Really, I was just going to look, but I ended up buying quite a few things. It's modeled on Findlay Market, but with a definite Kentucky emphasis. The ...
	Outrageous acts of kindness in restaurants While we often hear nasty stories about how people act toward each other in public, sometimes it's good to hear the good stories too. It doesn't always take much to make someone's day. We've covered a lot of stories of people giving outrageous tips or ...
	Venezuela Unveils Orwellian Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness Consider the latest from the gatekeeper of the late Hugo Chávez's experiment in "21st-Century Socialism": the Deputy Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness. Last week, to much fanfare, Nicolas Maduro unveiled this new government subdivision, which he ...
	Toys R Us offering early access to Black Friday deals Toys R Us rolled out its Hot Toy Reservation program so you can get a jump start on holiday shopping. The company also conveniently unveiled its 2012 Holiday Hot Toy list - early. But as Vanessa Yurkevich tells us the program does come with some catches.
	All Saints Day is celebrated in New Orleans All Saints Day, or the Feast of All Saints, is observed on Nov. 1, when residents traditionally use the day to clean family gravestones and install fresh flowers. It is also a holy day of obligation for Catholics. On Friday, residents throughout the ...
	Thanksgiving activities in Chicago for the whole family Your guide to Chicago Thanksgiving activities, including family events, Thanksgiving-eve clubbing, Thanksgiving meals and Black Friday sales. McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade. McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade on State Street, November 22, 2012.
	Russian leader Medvedev calls for Syria peace conference by end of year MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia hopes an international peace conference on Syria will be held before the end of this year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. He appealed to both sides in Syria's civil war to compromise and criticized the opposition ...
	Steen launches Ergonomic Guitar line Guitars like Gibson's iconic Flying V, just about any BC Rich model, or Bob Wiley's Ministar travel guitars may well stand out in any crowd, but they're not exactly built for comfort. Guitar maker Shawn Steen has spent the last two years tweaking and ...
	Manchester City lose patience with Joe Hart Joe Hart has been dropped by Manchester City for their Barclays Premier League game against Norwich City tomorrow. The England goalkeeper has paid the price for his deteriorating form and a sequence of high-profile blunders, the latest of which gifted ...
	'Top Chef' Goes Vegetarian for Lea Michele Top Chef wanted to throw a top-notch party for its 150th episode, and that meant a Halloween costume party and gleeful Lea Michele as a guest judge. And because Lea knows that there's nothing festive about dead meat, all the cheftestants served up ...
	The lights of Diwali (CNN) -- Fireworks boom, bulbs flash, and flames flicker as tens of millions of people across the globe celebrate the beginning of the Festival of Lights. Diwali -- from the word Deepavali, meaning "row of lights" -- is observed by Hindu, Sikh and Jain ...
	Phish Treat Fans to Unrecorded New Album on Halloween Over the course of six Halloween shows since 1994, Phish have established a tradition of donning a surprise "musical costume" in which they perform a complete cover album between two full sets of their own material. At last night's Halloween show in ...
	Andy Stanley to Launch 'Be Rich' Campaign to TV Audience; Generosity Initiative Expected to Surpass $5 Million It is actually a movement of generosity that exploded at North Point Ministries last year and an initiative its founder, Andy Stanley, hopes will multiply as he extends the effort to the audience of Your Move, North Point's national television ministry ...
	Solar Energy and Industry Growth GTM Research Solar Analyst Cory Honeyman spoke this week at Solar Power International's Industry Trends booth where he honed in on five U.S. states with big upside in solar growth. Growth in U.S. solar has been remarkable. As we've reported, 8.9 ...
	Late 20th century politics and spirituality The next chapter of The Rest Is Noise is called Politics and Spirituality in the Late 20th Century. In it, we hope to capture the shifting, changing political and social landscape of the 1970s and 80s, exploring how this permeated the mood and music of ...
	Demi Lovato opens up about personal growth, relationships, kissing Naya Rivera Demi Lovato is opening up to Teen Vogue about her personal growth, what she looks for in a man, and her experience working with Naya Rivera on "Glee." Through the years, Lovatics have found inspiration in her personal journey, as she has been so ...
	TVA's Green Power Switch generates one million megawatt-hours of electricity TVA considers the innovative Green Power Switch program, the first of its kind in the Southeast when it started 13 years ago, a success story. TVA said the program has helped prevent more than 700,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the ...
	Chipotle too hot for Einhorn Einhorn's Greenlight Capital eked out only a 1.2 percent gain for October, according to a source. That compares to a 4.5 percent gain for the S&P 500. His big short on Chipotle Mexican Grill appears to be largely responsible. The fast-food chain gained ...
	Spooks movie given go ahead Spooks: The Greater Good will see the return of Peter Firth who will reprise his role as MI5 chief Sir Harry Pearce, in the big screen version of the award-winning series. The plot, in typical Spooks style, revolves around terrorist Adam Qasim escaping ...
	Sending money transfers abroad just got easier For anyone in the Commonwealth with family and friends in other countries, sending money abroad often is done by money transfers. According to Boston's Independent Newspaper Group, Massachusetts families sent more than $2 billion using international ...
	The Sachin I know It was January 2010. We were in Pune and I had helped organise an event where about 50 blind kids could meet Sachin Tendulkar. They had no idea he was coming. To introduce him, I asked Sachin to knock a ball on a bat. As the noise resonated around ...

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