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Building a New Asia
by fulltimestudent insungdong shipbuilding - a south korean company.
this is a pr film, but i think it illustrates what's happening in asia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltefjzlxa4 .
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Life in different Paradises
by fulltimestudent inwe all (i guess) once imagined our lives in yahweh's theocratic paradise.
quite possibly our visions often were quite different from that of others.
in another thread i've attempted to shed some light on the north korean paradise of the kim family, which because it is a common (shared) experience may be seen by ordinary north koreans as "normal.
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Early Christian Journeys to Paradise
by fulltimestudent inan email from biblical archeological review yessterday, contained a link to a discussion by james tabor on paul's journey to paradise.
tabor demonstrates that we can read paul's 'experience' against the background of his times, in which the phenomenon of 'heavenly journeys' was common.
his analysis helps us understand what was happening and why paul would cite his 'experience.'.
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Should people be able to live on the dole ?
by fulltimestudent ina petite row is brewing in the australian teacup.
jenny macklin, a rather grandiosely titled, minister for families, asked by a journalist, whether she could live on the $35 dollars-a-day social services payment for job-seekers, replied that she could!
but her staff cut that comment out of the official transcript.. the row is a bit more complicated than that- but that's the gist.. the full story is at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/minister-riles-welfare-groups-20130101-2c4ct.html.
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India Buys New Fighter Jets from Russia
by fulltimestudent inthe wall street journal reports that india has again made a decision to buy 42 russian sukhoi su-30 mk1 fighter jets that will be assembled in india.
additionally india will buy 71 m--17 v-5 helicopters.
another deal was signed for russia to manufacture the ka and mi brand of helicopters in india .
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Why China can still be called a 'Developing Nation'?
by fulltimestudent inthis is a village in the same province as beijing.. .
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20121230/102791.shtml .
the video from china central television demonstrates graphically why china can still be termed a developing nation.
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Random Thoughts on visiting China to understand Tibet.
by fulltimestudent inthe cold war stills plays out on the international political scene in a few places.
one of them is tibet.
here is a summary list of some of the things i've learned, about which i shall post.. .
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World's longest High Speed Train Route Opens in China
by fulltimestudent intwo days ago (december 22, 2012) a high speed train with a media contingent left beijing west rail station bound for guangzhou, 2298km away.
this is the latest section of china's high speed rail netweek and the longest high speed rail route in the world, with trains travelling at an average of 300 km/hour.
the first official passenger train left yesterday (23rd).. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20829930.
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Digital copies of Dead Sea Scrolls now on google
by fulltimestudent ina number of news sources has carried this information: so if you want to see these scrolls first-hand, just google.. .
as i read the news item, google are accessing the israel museum digital copies, which also had a translation facility, so i'm assuming tht the google version will also have a translation facility.. .
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Experience Temple life in a Jogye Buddhist Temple in South Korea
by fulltimestudent inthinking of visiting south korea soon?
a vacation with a difference can be experienced through the jogye sect's temple-stay program.
it is said that close to 2,000,000 visitors have chosen to experience the life of a buddhist monk.. .