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of the Doctrines of Mani, and the Traité Pelliot. These are significant because they are some of the only written documents we have of the Manicheans so they are important to historians in researching the Manichean people. They are also important because they were recovered by major explorers in the 1900s. Now they sit in important museums all over the world. The three Manichean texts from…

He had trained so many employees and Will Fairchild was one of them. Will became Mani’s supervisor after that. To Will, Mani was not only his valued employee, but also his mentor. Will had so much respect for Mani. When Mani came and talked to Will about his retirement, Will told him that he would try his best to make sure Mani had a pleasant time until his last day of work. Instead of working hard and keeping up good work for the last few months before Mani‘s retirement, he did not. Mani came…

Manifestaciones (Manifestations) Manifestaciones or short for Mani is a leadership retreat hosted by the Center for Latino Arts and Culture (CLAC) located on College Avenue. Although it is expected that this retreat is only for Latinos since it is hosted by the CLAC, anyone from any race can go because although the retreat is Latino-oriented it is not Latino exclusive. There is an application that every potential participant must fill out and the participants are chosen based on…

The Chamber further found that Bemba knew that MLC forces were committing these crimes. Although he was not physically at the location of the atrocities, he was the leader of his forces and had ultimate authority over all military operations. Bemba was constantly informed via military and civilian intelligence services with “information on the combat situation, troop positions, politics, and allegations of crimes.” Additionally, the Chamber found that Bemba failed to take necessary and…

You have now completed your session of meditation. Meditation is a way to free your mind, to relax you, especially when you feel extremely overwhelmed and stressed, but for buddhists and hindu's, meditation is a religious experience. For the Hindu's, the most well-known mantra is The Gayatri. This mantra is said to gain the power of illumination, purifying, and healing. For the Buddhists, there are quite a few mantra's that pop out, but one that caught my eye is the Om Mani Padme Hum. This…

“Keep the passion alive” -Mani Mina. The purpose of this essay is to interview a faculty member to learn and reflect about he or she. The faculty member that I have chosen is my professor, Mani Mina. I have never talked with him before this assignment nor did I tried to. The reason I chose professor Mani Mina is because of the way he taught the class. Out of all of my professors, I believe he was the most influential to me. They way he taught and his thinking style was complete different…

Using the lens of mania, Gruber examined how increased positive emotionality shapes one’s emotional experience and perception of others during a conversation between couples about a distressing topic. Her research revealed that heightened positive emotionality leads individuals to have a more positive emotional experience and perception of other people, inducing a positively biased “rose-colored glasses” perception of the world. In the study, 68 romantic couples were first asked to fill out…

Space is a vibrating field of light, creating the most subtle of sounds...So subtle that once heard, a rabbit hole swallows us whole and we dive into an existence of sound, echoing from the vibrations of celestial light. (#If this is difficult to picture, imagine a world of auditory in place of visual stimuli. Then imagine, synethesia as a manner of perceiving reality, without the senses.) It is this subtle sound generated in a luminous field, which is the seed of all other sound. Over…

Cultural Awareness Cultural awareness is a set of skills that allows a person to objectively understand and interpret other cultures. Everyone has their own unique perspective on life, including which values, customs, and beliefs to adopt. Being able to identify and understand someone’s culture is the first step in communicating effectively. Cultural awareness is crucial in a global world, where various cultures have wildly different ideals. Selection of Event or Meeting For the cultural…

The Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) are mostly found in Taiwan and southern China in a wide range of habitats such as limestone forests, bamboo forests, broad-leaf and coniferous forests, grasslands and agricultural fields (Chao Jung-Tai 1989, Gurung 1996). It is one of eight species of pangolin, and they are all on the decline. The IUCN reports that the number of Chinese pangolins has declined rapidly over the past fifteen years, and this species is critically endangered nowadays due to…