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101Characters of Carnivàle — From left to right – front row: Lodz, Lila, Libby, Caladonia and Alexandria, Apollonia, Sofie, Ben Hawkins, Jonesy, Iris, Brother Justin – back row: Dora Mae, Rita Sue, Stumpy, Ruthie, Gecko, Samson. There are several main characters in Carnivàle …
102Jing zuo — (Chinese: 靜坐; Pinyin: Jìngzuo; literal: quiet sitting / sitting in silence ) refers to the Neo Confucian meditation practice advocated by Zhu Xi and Wang Yang ming. Jing zuo can also be described as a form of spiritual self cultivation that helps …
103geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …
104arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
105music, Western — Introduction history of Western music from ancient times to the present. All ancient civilizations entered historical times with a flourishing musical culture. That the earliest writers explained it in terms of legend and myth is… …
106Quebec sovereignty movement — The Quebec sovereignty movement ( fr. Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) or some degree of greater political autonomy [… …
107Bless Me, Ultima — Infobox Book | name = Bless Me, Ultima image caption = Cover of the April 1994 printing author = Rudolfo Anaya illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English series = subject = genre = Chicano publisher = pub date = 1972 media type …
108Health realization — (HR) is a resiliency approach to personal and community psychology [Mills, R: Realizing Mental Health: Toward a new Psychology of Resiliency , Sulberger Graham Publishing, Ltd. 1995.] first developed in the 1980s by Roger C. Mills and George… …
109English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
110painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
