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The Chinese 'Gaokao" college entrance exam.
by fulltimestudent innear 10,000,000 chinese high school students have just completed the two and one half day exam known as the gaoko (college entrance exam).
china central television america sets out some of the questions students had to answer:.
http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/06/08/are-you-smarter-than-a-chinese-high-school-student.
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The Chinese 'Gaokao" college entrance exam.
by fulltimestudent innear 10,000,000 chinese high school students have just completed the two and one half day exam known as the gaoko (college entrance exam).
china central television america sets out some of the questions students had to answer:.
http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/06/08/are-you-smarter-than-a-chinese-high-school-student.
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Near 10,000,000 Chinese high school students have just completed the two and one half day exam known as the Gaoko (College Entrance exam).
China Central Television America sets out some of the questions students had to answer:
http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/06/08/are-you-smarter-than-a-chinese-high-school-student
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More Chinese quick-build techniques developed
by fulltimestudent inan american web-site, green builder media, reports a new chinese development in the use of 3d very fast building techniques.. in one project, winsun (yingchuang construction technique), used their technology to create and build the home in, what they say, was less than 24 hours.
in another project (last year) using last year, using " four huge 3d printers, yingchuang new materials inc. was able to print the shells of 10 one-room structures in 24 hours and at a cost of only about $5,000 per building.
the buildings had to harden at the factory and then be transported and assembled on site.".
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berrygerry17 hours ago; This seems surreal.
Do they have any video?Well, not really! When you realise how 3D printing is going to change the way humans do things, you'll start to see how different the future will be.
The Chinese have a great need for better construction techniques. It is believed that another 200 million Chinese will move to existing and new Chinese cities in the next 20 years. Thats in addition to the constant re-building of Chinese cities. Hence the experiments. The only video I found for the above is this one that shows the 10 one room structures built. (as noted in the above report):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqBxEAtXZA
Note that the basic component is building rubble (from demolished buildings) mixed with liquid cement, so that it can be "printed."
Other nations are also experimenting with the technique. Here's a video of a project at the USC in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_WqvjJtDw
The Chinese are also working with standardised, pre-fabricated components that permit very fast construction times.
Think of this!
Building a 15 storey hotel in 6 days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNv13fY_3jY
It is not quite correct to say that it was built in 6 days. Yes! it was assembled in six days. But many hours of on-site construction work were saved by off-site manufacture of precisely dimensioned components.
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More Chinese quick-build techniques developed
by fulltimestudent inan american web-site, green builder media, reports a new chinese development in the use of 3d very fast building techniques.. in one project, winsun (yingchuang construction technique), used their technology to create and build the home in, what they say, was less than 24 hours.
in another project (last year) using last year, using " four huge 3d printers, yingchuang new materials inc. was able to print the shells of 10 one-room structures in 24 hours and at a cost of only about $5,000 per building.
the buildings had to harden at the factory and then be transported and assembled on site.".
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An American web-site, Green Builder Media, reports a new Chinese development in the use of 3D very fast building techniques.
In one project, WinSun (Yingchuang Construction Technique), used their technology to create and build the home in, what they say, was less than 24 hours.
In another project (last year) using Last year, using " four huge 3D printers, Yingchuang New Materials Inc. was able to print the shells of 10 one-room structures in 24 hours and at a cost of only about $5,000 per building. The buildings had to harden at the factory and then be transported and assembled on site."
- See more at: http://www.greenbuildermedia.com/celestia-updates/blog/china-company-builds-more-with-3-d-technology#sthash.1gjtrXEG.dpuf
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How EARLY CHURCH divisions destroyed HISTORY
by TerryWalstrom incan history really be destroyed?.
would otherwise moral authorities participate in such destruction?.
can we believe there is accuracy in historical documents pertaining to the early christian church?.
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kepler: Odd, is it not, that the institution of bishop and the other institutional trappings of the church would be established so early?
There are even earlier mentions. 1 Timothy 3, for example, which outlines the qualifications for church officials described there as episkopoß (Episkopos), for which "bishop" became the general term used in the early church. Paul listed qualifications that match the qualifications for overseers in the household codes that were in general circulation in his day. (So the qualifications were NOT established by holy spirit).
We also have the Letters of Ignatius, that were written after his arrest (about 110 CE), and on his way to Rome for execution. In his letter to the group of Christians in Magnesia, Ignatius wrote (Ch 6, verse 1):
"I urge you to aim to do everything in godly agreement. Let the bishop preside in God's place, and the presbyters take the place of the apostolic council, and let the deacons (my special favourites) be entrusted with the ministry of Jesus Christ."
and, in Ch 7, verse 1:
" ... so you must not do anything without the bishop and presbyters. Do not, moreover, try to convince yourselves that anything done on your own is commendable."
In the letter he wrote to the church in Smyrna, he does warn those appointed to such offices:
" Let no one's position swell his head, for faith and love are everything ..."
And note, (out of interest to us, who have suffered for it), that in the letter to the Smyrneans, after discussing the observable diversity of religious ideas (heresy) in the early church, Ignatius tells the Smyreans: (Ch. 7, verse 2)
"The right thing to do, then, is to avoid such people and to talk to them neither in private nor in public."
So (in modern terms) - do not talk to apostates !!! ( Is the GB reading Ignatius ???? ROFL)
And, confirming the growing authoritarianism in the church. In Smyrneans 8:1, Ignatius writes in part:
"Nobody must do anything that has to do with the church, without the bishop's approval."
Here we see the development of an authoritarian church determined to eliminate variant teachings and enforce a unity of official belief. Opposed to free thinking, Ignatius saw the church order of church officials as one way to enforce that unity of thought.
The tradition adopted by the JWs is similar.
Kepler: Especially, if we are called on to give more weight of one early bishop's recollections of the early days than that of others. I would say that his testimony is there, but there are other sources and developments that contradict what he is saying - which is about par for the course.
Of course, Kepler. Terry sees two strands of thought developing, but a close reading of early church documents reveals a much greater diversity. Whatever Jesus taught, was developed by followers in a myriad different ways.
The real tradition of early Christianity is diversity, not unity
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40 years on - and still in Damage Control mode!
by Bungi Bill inearlier this morning, i posted off to the the institute of engineers an application for membership as an "engineering associate":.
- today being just over 40 years since the congregation's retards elders made me abandon my apprenticeship.. (in this part of the world, the pre-1975 hype was taken to that level.
not being content to prevent young persons attending university, they went one step further and treated with hostility any youngster who would "tie up five years of their lives" by entering into an apprenticeship.
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Bungibill: I am hopeful that they will accept how I obtained my engineering knowledge - Electrical Trade , Advanced Trade Studies, followed by Specialist employer provided Technical Training, plus that provided by the various manufacturers of electrical plant - to be proof of a systematic study program.
Here goes anyway! Does anybody want to wish me luck?Go for it mate! Don't let the bastards beat you. Do whatever you have to do to achieve your goal. I always wanted to study at a university, didn't pursue it because, the bloody "end of the world" was coming.
But here I am, near 80 and near to achieving my degree.
And, I tell you what! I'm not stopping with a BA, I'm going to continue and get a MA too
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The Evidence / Proof That Jehovah Witnesses / I.B.S.A. Have NEVER Been Gods Spirit Directed Organisation .
by smiddy inthis is a topic i think every ex jw should have oppurtunity to contribute toward .. it has been 144 years since c.t.russell first published "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" in 1879 .. red flag 1 " zions watchtower " ?
obviously c.t.russell had sympathy with the zionist movement of the day.. "christs presence" in 1879 ?
that is right and armageddon was to occur in 1914.. when that did not occur 1916-18 was promoted.
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James Mixon: Lets be fair, if a prediction doesn't come true, would it be considered a lie?
Thinking about James, I think if you're telling people they have to do something because of your "prediction," and that prediction is being made because of your "special" relationship with God, the failure of the prediction is a lie, and exposes an even greater lie, the claimed relationship with a divinity.
All Christian predictions about the claimed "end-times" are very much dependent on words attributed to Jesus - such as Luke 21. There is little evidence in the biblical texts to show that Jesus thought he was predicting an "end-times" thousands of years into the future.
It is much more likely that Jesus, reared on a diet of OT texts, was deluded and thought of himself as the savior of Israel from the surrounding pagans, for clearly his words at Luke 21: 32 did not come true.
32 “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. (NIV).
That generation (his) has passed away, and all the things Jesus prophesied, have not come true. So the big lie started back in the first century CE, and Jesus must have been the first liar>
then JW lead the way in BS.....
Agreed, the JWs lead the way in perpetuating the lie
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A LOOK BACK IN HISTORY. . . Australia: Kicking Jehovah's Witnesses out for being a "NATIONAL NUISANCE"
by TerryWalstrom inteaser excerpt:.
the minister for the army, percy c spender, had requested a cabinet meeting to decide upon a ban of the sect on 9 december 1940, and he had enclosed with this request a military intelligence report dated 21 november 1940 recommending the banning of the witnesses.
cabinet would have been aware of pressure by the clergy, the returned sailors, soldiers and airman's imperial league of australia (rssaila), local councils and state politicians, particularly mr mairs threat to curtail the witnesses in new south wales if the commonwealth did not ban the sect.
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zeb:2 days agoDec 1940. Australia was involved in world war II. It was a terrible time for this country.
Not having a shot at you zeb, but wouldn't a word like "worrying" be more apt to describe those times. I started school in 1939, so more or less grew up in the war years. Sydney, where I lived for many of those years, had a bit more tension, particularly after the Jap. midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour (they did manage to sink an old ferry), but on the Central coast and the South coast life went on as usual. At school we had to help dig trenches in case of air-raids, but otherwise everything was rather normal. The most 'terrible' aspect was the death of fathers and sons who were K.I.A.
Darwin did suffer more, there were something like 100 Jap. bombing raids on that town during the period 1942/3.
They were able to destroy oil storage tanks on the first raid, but missed the little Naval ship.
There were shortages of food, and things like meat and sugar were rationed. But in those far-off days, near everyone had a backyard vegie garden, and some chooks (chickens) so chicken meat and eggs were still on the menu, and since the national diet (then) consisted of meat and three vegies (boiled until they fell apart), I do not think we suffered much.
I'd save the word 'terrible' for places like Russia (25 million dead), Poland (6-8 million dead) or China (15-20 million dead). The poor bloody Chinese really suffered. The Japs were vicious. The took 250,000 (approx) villagers out and shot them in cold blood, in retaliation for the Americans landing B25/B29 bombers in China, after they had bombed Jap. cities in 1942/3.
The Axis powers also suffered. Can you look at these two images and not feel sympathy for the victims:
Yup, that's a mass of burnt humans (though Japanese, they are still human) in the foreground. This next pik is even more poignant.
That's the body of a mother caught in an American fire-bombing raid. She'd been carrying her child on her back - you can see the unburnt section, but the child did not escape (Images from Wikimedia.)
That's what I'd call "terrible" Zeb, compared to all that, Aussies did not suffer much. In fact, I'd argue that from the P.O.V. of the thread theme, our Aussie penchant for mismanagement, made the ban on the witnesses at that time a bit of a joke -
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buddha.com - the internet in everyday and spiritual life in China
by fulltimestudent injust back from china.
had a great time as usual.
this time, instead of trying to see something related to my studies, i just relaxed and visited friends.
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If you wonder how a Buddhist site compares to that of our former brothers and sisters, here's the link to that of the Venerable Master Xuecheng's:
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buddha.com - the internet in everyday and spiritual life in China
by fulltimestudent injust back from china.
had a great time as usual.
this time, instead of trying to see something related to my studies, i just relaxed and visited friends.
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Just back from China. Had a great time as usual. This time, instead of trying to see something related to my studies, I just relaxed and visited friends. My translating friend who has often accompanied me on my visits, was really tired. So I gave up my own plans and just went where he could relax.
Also, I noted during my 2014 visit that the internet seems to have become an integral part of Chinese life. The number of Chinese netizens is approaching 700,000,000, and more and more business is conducted over the web. The success of Jack Ma's company Alibaba is evidence of that. I also noted then that many hotels were using booking services, like ctrip.com, elong.com, Agoda.com, Trivago.com, some of which are western and some Chinese. Since we like to travel F.I.T. (Free and Independent Travelers) which means we can change our plans if we want to, my friend decided to use that service and bought a laptop to take and use. (internet cafes are still around, but hard to use as the base language is Chinese)
We were able to use such booking services effectively and got better rates when we did so.
(Next time I'll also use a prepaid debit card - which will ensure a room is available, even if we arrive late and night ).
But that's not the point of this post.
During a few days stay in Hangzhou ( a city which Marco Polo called the most beautiful city in the world) we decided to visit the Lingyin Buddhist temple. There are tours to this temple of course, but being a cheapskate traveler, I went by a local bus (No.7 if you want to go) A 45 minute journey for about A$0.50, the only downside is the buses (about one every 5 minutes) are really crowded.
The main part of the temple, a sort of square with building on all sides is quite impressive, with a powerful (spiritual?) presence. - I'll post some piks later. There are quite a few ancient rock carvings that are interesting. Huge crowds of people visiting.
So if, there is any religious revival in China, I'd imagine that it is Buddhist, and not Christian. However, while it is difficult to pick out trends and even the number of adherents to any religion in China (partly because of the huge population and partly because of the cross linking of some religions and partly because Chinese may find it difficult to say anyone one religion is the truth) it may be that a majority ( in the range 50 top 60% ) may be agnostic/atheist.
The Wikipedia entry below sums up the results of some of the surveys on Chinese religiosity. Y
The Chinese Family Panel Studies' findings for 2012 show that Buddhists tend to be younger and better educated, while Christians are older and more likely to be illiterate.[85] Furthermore, Buddhists are generally wealthy, while Christians most often belong to the poorest parts of the population.[86] Henan has been found to be host to the largest percentage of Christians of any province of China, about 6%.[80]
According to Zhe Ji, Chan (Zen) Buddhism and individual, non-institutional forms of folk religiosity are particularly successful among the contemporary Chinese youth.[87]
So maybe its not surprising that the new President of the Buddhist Association of China is also using the internet to spread Buddhist thought.
Chinese monk tweets enlightenment
Updated: 2015-05-20 09:00
(English.news.cn)
At Longquan Monastery, a 1,000-year-old courtyard building at the foot of the mountains in Beijing's western suburbs, Venerable Master Xuecheng meets with friends and talks about Buddhism.
Wearing his traditional robe and cloth shoes, Xuecheng looks like the other monks in the monastery. However, the newly elected president of the Buddhist Association of China has a modern approach to developing and spreading Buddhism.
Xuecheng said at his election conference in April that Buddhist religious doctrine should positively and actively respond to modern technology and society.
In 2006, he became the first Buddhist monk to have a blog on the Chinese mainland. It has received more than 10 million visits.
In 2008, he used the Longquan Monastery website to promote Buddhist teachings.
And in 2011, Xuecheng launched microblogs in Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Thai and Tibetan across multiple social media platforms, including Sina Weibo, Tencent and Twitter. The Weibo account has more than 300,000 followers.
"All the translation is done for free by about 300 domestic and foreign volunteers," he says.
He expects his microblogs to act as bridges between different countries, nationalities and cultures.Three forums focusing on new media applications for Buddhism will be held at the fourth World Buddhist Forum in October in east China's Jiangsu Province, according to Xuecheng.
Born in 1966, Xuecheng was raised by his Buddhist mother who always took him to religious events. Inspired by Xuanzang (602-664), a noted Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty who traveled to India and stayed there for years studying Buddhism, Xuecheng became a monk at 16.
He earned a post-graduate degree from the Buddhist Academy of China in 1991 and went on to become dean of the Buddhist Academy of Fujian.
Now he is abbot of three influential temples: Famen in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Guanghua in southeast China's Fujian Province, and Longquan Monastery.
"Buddhism has never been out of date," he says. "What I have been doing is to ease misunderstanding and prejudice toward Buddhism."
At Longquan Monastery, the monks excel not only in Buddhist doctrine, but also boast advanced tech skills and education levels. Roughly 60 percent to 70 percent of the tens of thousands of monks, laypeople and volunteers serving at Longquan have education above the undergraduate level.
His illustrated book, titled "All Troubles are Self-Inflicted," took the "Golden Monkey King" Award at the 11th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival last month in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. All pictures in the book were drawn by his disciples.
Spreading Buddhism through new media requires talented monks and volunteers with higher education, he says.
"Buddhism should not seclude itself from the outside world, but the temple has to sustain the embodiment of Buddha, dharma and sangha," he says.
"Furthermore, it has to be a base for developing charity and a center for spreading Chinese culture."
As a senior monk, he frequently meets and works with Chinese government officials.
"They care about how Buddhism shoulders social responsibility," he says. "Mutual communication helps us find common views and work together to advance social harmony."
In addition to handling daily affairs, Xuecheng also spends time studying Buddhist teachings and learning about current events. His disciple Xianzeng says the master's open and inclusive attitude enables him to study the positive aspects of all living things.
Buddhism entered China during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) and evolved along with Chinese civilization.
Buddhism has been an important part of and transmitter of traditional Chinese culture, according to the master.
"The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires the revitalization of its culture," Xuecheng says. "I believe Chinese Buddhism will contribute its wisdom and strength in pushing forward social harmony."This is just a glimpse into Chinese life today. The complete picture is almost impossible to grasp, as different regions can be quite different.
