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Buddhism isn’t just about meditation and denying self-gratification to attain a higher state of being. When I was bute a chylde, I visited a Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Thailand. Fun for the whole family: sculptures depicting tongues being torn out, lots of spikes and bodies on said spikes, and certainly heaping amounts of simulated fire and brimstone that would make other religions’ demons feel inadequate. With great joy, my wife and I visited Higashiosaka (click to teleport), the first Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life — the first I’ve ever seen, and likely the first there ever will be. Filled to the prim (pun intended) with scampering souls, corpse-crushing demons, and good ol’ Saṃghāta, that mountain that keeps squashing the sinners. If it isn’t obvious, we had a rollicking, remarkable time. The quality of the build is superb, surrounded by metropolitan buildings out of a Godzilla movie (several demons stood watch), and centered by a pointy temple protruding out of the earth. Around the temple, sculpted little people with crudely-drawn faces and pubic hair ran around in circles, flailing, feeling ever-so-hopeless. And surprisingly animated. See Ravenelle’s video for an in-motion adventure: While you can’t hear it in the vid, a pleasant and/or bone-chilling soundtrack of guttural screams surrounded the whole work, while skeletal hands out of an Iron Maiden album cover intermingled with firetongues. Those who aren’t so rapt on their history will also draw comparisons to certain World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings creatures. Goes to show how creative human imaginations have always been! There was so much to see and do here, and I really appreciate extra attention to detail like the flaming rocks coming down from the sky, the birds circling the temple’s top, the lightning bolts which (among other things) were reminiscent of the Peacock King trailer I saw the other day (wifey and I have been watching various Wuxia films), etc. They all add up for a cohesive, powerful place well-worth visiting. All in all, terribly rich, and enhanced by custom environment settings. And now when my not-yet-Resi friends ask, “What can I see in Second Life?” I can point them here, which might be kinda edgy for the Showcase but worth the visit all the same, and it’s especially meaningful if your cultural background is attuned to the relevance of… BUDDHIST HELL! MUHAHAHA. The only downside? Not knowing who to thank for this experience epic, and why they made it. I didn’t see any advertising, and the main builder’s profile was empty… empty! Seems like they’re of Japanese origin, tho. I’m curious, so if you know, fill me in. Wikipedia has more info on Naraka and hells in Buddhism, and you can’t go wrong with Flickr pictures either (WARNING: NOT FOR SQUEAMISH).

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NCAA President Myles Brand discusses the advances that have been with regard to diversity, and says there's still much room for improvement.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Julie Salamon, author of Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids published by The Penguin Press. Julie Salamon is the author of six books, including The Devilâs Candy, considered a Hollywood classic about filmmaking gone awry, and The Christmas Tree, a New York Times bestseller. Her other books are the nonfiction, true crime book Facing the Wind, the novel White Lies, a family memoir, The Net of Dreams, and Rambamâs Ladder for which she won the 2005 Ohioana book award. Salamon was a culture writer for The New York Times and a critic and reporter for The Wall Street Journal. In 2006â2007 she was a Kaiser Media Fellow. Her journalism has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Bazaar, and The New Republic. Visit her website.

I like to keep in touch with what’s out there. After all, Second Life is my fave virtual world, but once upon a time, I had never heard of it — hard to believe, I know. I’m in the closed beta for Just Leap In, and one neat thing is you can embed a player to their world in a webpage. Another neat thing: you can throw around other avatars. To put it subtly, DON’T OVERREACT THESE AREN’T REAL PEOPLE I’M NOT GRIEFING!

Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. The curriculum includes Engineering Design and Robotics courses that culminate in exciting (and always hard-fought) competitions.

You may know that in addition to other things, I’m also a stand-up comedian. Download audio file (definition-of-drama.mp3) » DOWNLOAD MP3

How alumni support and participation are crucial to the success of the College, its faculty research and the opportunites for tomorrow's leaders. Author: vcuhumanities Keywords: college urban diversity richmond virginia humanities sciences Added: June 26, 2008

While blogging is so much about reflection, it is rare that I do take the opportunity to reflect on what I've written in the past...not the recent past, but long past. However, I took a moment to do so because a conversation about writing for social justice and working with children made me remember a quote I heard from the founder of AVID. I had the opportunity to hear Mary Catherine Swanson speak at an AVID Conference in Austin a few years ago...here's an excerpt of what she said, and I think it has applications to conversations we have every day: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” –Frederick Douglass Power concedes nothing without demand–never has, never will. As we seek the courage to overcome, we must remember our students. We now face a critical juncture. We can change the course of history. Those who define the issues also determine the outcome. Challenging age-old beliefs with rigor and support, we can change…that will rattle ingrained systems…a “quiet revolution.” Each of you, small and large has the power to change course of education. Four factors influence student success–income level, family life, education, and the community they grow up in… we have proved that students don’t have to be determined by these factors. What powerful words these are, not just for students who participate in the AVID Program, but for adults in schools today. Powerful quotes remind us of who we want to be, of striving to be the change we want to be in the world. The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it–at no matter what risk. –James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers” and Patrick J. Finn's work: First, there is empowering education, which leads to powerful literacy, the kind of literacy that leads to positions of power and authority. Second, there is domesticating education, which leads to functional literacy, literacy that makes a person productive and dependable, not troublesome. Power concedes nothing without demand...are you part of the struggle for progress?

Author: PopTech Added: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:39:30 -0800 Duration: 143Agricultural impresario Cary Fowler is kind of a latter-day Superman: his mission is to protect life on Earth, and he even operates out of an arctic fortress. While Dr. Fowler can't fly or leap tall buildings, his work has captured the world's ...

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Agricultural impresario Cary Fowler is kind of a latter-day Superman: his mission is to protect life on Earth, and he even operates out of an arctic fortress. While Dr. Fowler can't fly or leap tall buildings, his work has captured the world's imagination, and he's safeguarding mankind's future with a practical solution: seeds

Interview shot on location at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. June 7, 2008

Stop calling me dude! OK, but you must take this scepter of awesomeness and bonk your head with it — 4 times. No more, no less. The truth will then be revealed. Verily, I accept this noble bonking. *thunk thunk thunk thunk* Now hail the name of bonkkyu Bonetto. And watch this. I hail thee, bonkkyu Bonetto! I m watching this. Wait a for few moments and the excitement must begins! Bow before thine new Masters and Maidens and behold! The pixelogy does not obscure the spirit of a truly badass work and/or play, with its intro genetically descended from an empire of anime and fighting games. At first, they re all doing this perpetual walking-forward thing before it ascends into utter uncanny wisdom of the sage-ages. Girl with enlarged eye-visor, Transformer-cycle yellow mecha, and even a doll-figure who strongly resembles Chun-Li. Flashes strike the darkness down like the biznotch it is. The music roars on, bombastic and dramatic, prompting some sort of showdown between the lead characters — or at least cinematography with airy angles and particle ker-blam! But wait, I must have more to be sated! My appetite grows and like Sinistar, I hunger! Well then, gaze upon the moment in spacetime where a black-haired chick wearing more guns than clothes does a fancy spin and fires em off (1:27)! Thrill and wet your pantaloons as the color schemes do your head in! Gape in utter astonishment as a giant robot and a comparatively diminutive female do some progressive ambulatory behavior while the sky aches and shudders into different colors (2:04). AHHHH TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT! Slow your roll then listen to Dynasty-like strains accompany The Abyss @ 2:30. Rewatch that while you scheme innocently. Then prepare for a reload of the ultra-energy when a split-screen closeup (first time I ve seen that done from SL, natch) helps move product @ 2:46! XD!!!! If you like anime girls dressed as maids, boy do I have a treat for you just shy of the 3-minute mark! And then you can watch an epic chase scene while highly-stylized battles rage on and an impressive guitar solo scores explosions round the city! This is the kind of ad that ll make people want to come in Second Life and say, I want one (or more) of those!