Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, Buddhahood, practice, attain Buddhahood, Disparaging, Daishonin, bodhisattva, Devadatta.
Whatever the circumstances that led us to where we are, there is no doubt that we all have a deep connection with the Daishonin's teaching based on the Lotus Sutra.
The Daishonin always encouraged his followers to introduce others to this practice.
The benefit of your relationship with the Lotus Sutra lies in the fact that you will most certainly attain Buddhahood in the future, regardless of what kind of relationship you have.
The "Devadatta" chapter of the Lotus Sutra perfectly elucidates this principle.
Bodhisattva Never Disparaging goes among the pole and vows to everyone he meets that they will attain Buddhahood.
HanawayReport10-02
hospitals, mortality, Rhode Island, transplant, report, coronary artery bypass, coronary angioplasty, health, care services.
A number of reports in the health services and medical literature have documented that hospitals that do a high volume of some surgical procedures have better outcomes than hospitals that do a low volume of these procedures.
Regulations on minimum volumes of services have been established in Rhode Island Hospital Regulations for neonatal intensive care services, coronary angioplasty services, coronary artery bypass graft services, and transplant programs for heart or liver transplants.
I. Neonatal Services An example of the effects of patient volume on neonatal mortality was reported for all nonfederal California hospitals with maternity services.
Mortality was measured at 28 days for all singleton births (473,209) in 1990.
ReesFristonKoch
responses, motion, linear, BOLD contrast, fMRI, neurons, macaque, stimulus coherence, fit.
These population responses in human V5 had a remarkably simple mathematical relationship to previously observed single-cell responses in macaque V5.
Stimulus coherence was identical in each aperture but direction of motion (vertical arrows here; not present in actual displays) was randomized independently between apertures.
For each area, BOLD responses were determined as a function of stimulus coherence (Fig. 4), after removal of the zero-order term (equivalent to mean-correcting the data).
Single V5 neurons in macaque also show responses correlated with motion coherence in their preferred direction.
These 'null trials' were included to assess the response of motion-sensitive areas to flashed stimulus onsets, and were matched in all respects to the experimental trials with the exception of the absence of moving dots.
nchrp_rrd_270 http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rrd_270.pdf
cement, alkali, concrete durability, cement characteristics, portland cement, correlation, alkali-silica reaction, recommendations, sulfate attack.
An NCHRP digest of the findings from the final report on NCHRP Project 18-05, "Relationship of Portland Cement Characteristics to Concrete Durability," conducted by Pennsylvania State University.
This digest describes the findings of the research conducted under NCHRP Project 18-05 on the relationship of portland cement characteristics to concrete durability and presents tentative recommendations for modifying cement specifications and test methods.
Mortar mixtures were prepared for alkali-silica reaction, sulfate attack, and delayed ettringite tests.
Results of the tests conducted on cement samples and concrete specimens indicated that the presence of nested belite crystals has contributed to higher equivalent alkali concentrations, and below average 180-day compressive strength.
The analysis of test results revealed a positive correlation with total equivalent alkali content and negative correlation with silica content.
education http://www.dfes.gov.uk/sreguidance/education.pdf
relationship education, , schools, parents, pupils, policy, teachers, PSHE, framework.
There are many excellent examples where schools have established clear education policies in consultation with parents, governors and the wider community, and where they are delivering effective programmes.
It should be firmly rooted within the framework for PSHE and the National Curriculum launched in September 1999, which lie at the heart of our policy to raise standards and expectations for all pupils.
Schools should set education within a broader base of self-esteem and responsibility for the consequences of one's actions.
and relationship education is for all children and young people in school.
(A recent Health Education Authority study found that one in four young people believed that the pill would protect them from STIs). 2.22
SnowBenfordResponse
ideology, frames, social movements, Benford, Snow, framing processes, Sociology, politics, culture.
Gratitude is expressed for the financial support provided by the Center's general funds, and to Kit Woolard for her thoughts on aspects of our argument and the relationship between ideology and framing more generally.
In this comment on Oliver and Johnston's exposition on frames and ideologies in social movement research, we concur that frames and ideology are not different words for the same thing but are, in fact, different entities; that both concepts are of analytic utility; that they therefore merit studying in their own right; and that the relationship between frames and ideology needs to be explored and elaborated as well.
landgrant
Virginia, extension, funds, cooperative extension, college, general fund, Virginia Tech, funding, agriculture.
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, founded in 1872, (now Virginia Tech) was designated Virginia's 1862 land-grant college.
In 1890, the second Morrill Act was passed granting additional endowment funds to the land-grant colleges and requiring that the land-grant colleges be opened to both white and black students or that "separate but equal" facilities be established.
This act established research as a recognized land-grant college function, and, because of the accumulation of this research knowledge, it became apparent that a system was needed to disseminate the knowledge to the citizenry.
Thus, in 1914, the Smith-Lever Act was passed which provided funding to the 1862 land-grant colleges to conduct cooperative extension programs in agriculture and home economics.
2000_02_wp
money, monetary aggregates, inflation, VAR, correlation, GDP, broad money, nominal GDP, quasi money.
This paper examines the relationship between selected monetary aggregates and inflation and output.
Since the 1980s, the traditional relationship between money and policy target variables has deteriorated in many developing economies, including Fiji.
Table 2 summarises the results of tests to determine a leading or lagging relationship of the monetary aggregate with inflation.
The first column shows correlation coefficients between current movements in the various monetary aggregates and current movements in inflation.
The difference lies in the longer period of significance of M1 and currency in circulation to the systems.
Nevertheless, these block exogeneity tests are not conclusive evidence that monetary aggregates are unimportant for output and inflation since it overlooks the possibility of important contemporaneous correlations among the data.
relat http://development2.com/pdfs/relat.pdf
customer, account, satisfaction, survey, business, Relationship Program, customer feedback, overall satisfaction, management.
The Development II Relationship Program is ideal for companies that wish to substantially increase revenue from their existing customers.
The process captures customer opinions on key business elements, prioritizes them according to impact on overall satisfaction, and frames a platform of continual feedback while establishing a corporate commitment to customerfocus.
Relationships between the customer and the supplier The strength of a business relationship directly affects the likelihood of repeat business.
The foundation of a change initiative requires an uncompromising commitment from senior management to follow through with energy and determination.
A Relationship Program is a comprehensive process that gathers customer feedback and constructs the framework of ongoing dialog and issue resolution between you and your customers.
handspring_jumps http://www.peoplesoft.com/media/en/pdf/handspring_jumps.pdf
PeopleSoft, customer, Handspring, support, human resources, management, CRM, Ong, employee.
Handspring, Inc. is a leading innovator in personal communication and handheld computing.
Recently, Handspring simplified its own Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and human resources systems with PeopleSoft and made a big leap forward in customer service and employee efficiency.
Since April 2001 PeopleSoft CRM Support has been the foundation of the company's call center and customer support website.
"Our agents have commented that it's made a world of difference," explains Ong.
It was a necessity for us to have a system that we could use to build our HR business processes."
Open architecture and easy integration with other systems were key, as was internet functionality and the ability to provide employee and management self-service.
D-04
air, ventilation, indoor, air age, flow pattern, outlets, distribution, tracer gas, test chamber.
The air age in test chamber is measured with tracer gas technique.
The relationship between flow pattern and air age distribution for the test chamber is analyzed with not only the predicted but also the experimental results.
There are a lot of factors influencing air age, such as types of diffusers, locations of supply outlets and return inlets, configuration of buildings, air flowrate etc.
F. Haghighat, J.C.Y. Wang and Z. Jiang, "Three-dimensional analysis of airflow pattern and contaminant dispersion in a ventilated twozone enclosure".
Q. Chen and J. van der Kooi, "A methodology for indoor airflow computations and energy analysis for a displacement ventilation system".
prt007
employment relationship, labour, Commissioner, indication, delegating, contract, worker, arrangement, pay-roll tax.
These arrangements include: a) a contract between a principal and the individual who performs the services; and b) a contract between a principal and a company, partnership or trust that is related to the individual who performs the services.
Where an employer/employee relationship does not exist between a principal and a worker, no pay-roll tax is payable unless otherwise provided in the legislation.
Are the services provided by the worker ordinarily required by the person requiring the services in the normal course of their business?
Should an employer be uncertain as to whether an employment relationship exists, professional advice should be sought or contact the Commissioner of Taxes office.
