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LINCOLN — A preliminary proposal to revise Nebraska's tax system is getting a mix of kudos and criticism, generating little consensus.
While those who represent retirees and low-income groups say the plan would help people afford to live in Nebraska, officials with business, farm and conservative groups say it's far from ambitious.
"If we're going to go through this exercise, we ought to do it with purpose and to make Nebraska more competitive," said Joseph Young of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, which supports cuts in income taxes. "Let's make a more significant impact than this approach."
Said Steve Nelson of the Nebraska Farm Bureau: "We really need to do a lot more with the issues related to property tax."
Last week a committee of 14 lawmakers looking at possible state tax revisions agreed to study nine possibilities. The goal of the Tax Modernization Committee is to craft a fairer tax system.
The list of proposals amounts to a tax shift of about $60 million, a pretty modest amount compared with the $6.8 billion a year in taxes collected by state and local governments.
The list of beneficiaries is broad — from retirees to farm implement dealers to property taxpayers to corporations — though no group would get a windfall in tax cuts.
But even among state senators who generally agree on the ideas, there were stark differences of opinion about things like tapping the state's cash reserves or imposing higher taxes on the rich.
State Sen. Galen Hadley of Kearney, committee chairman, called the proposal a "package of ideas" that is a starting point for more discussion.
He said it addresses concerns about high property taxes and unfair taxes on retirees. The complaints have festered for several years, Hadley said, so it's unreasonable to expect the Legislature to correct them in one year.
"It's an evolutionary approach to fixing our problems rather than a revolutionary approach," Hadley said. "It's a start. We can't do everything at once."
A representative of the Lincoln-based Open Sky Policy Institute said the measured approach is a wise one.
"We don't need to take an economy that's better than the rest of the country and turn it on its head," said Renee Fry of Open Sky.
Fry said Kansas adopted tax changes and ended up facing a budget deficit, with little economic growth.
The tax study grew out of the ashes of a bold plan by Gov. Dave Heineman for Nebraska to join nine states that levy no state income taxes.
But Heineman's route to tax nirvana caused an uproar among business, farm and nonprofit groups. Taxes would have been shifted onto previously tax-�xempt hospital beds, business inputs, farm chemicals and seeds. The plan was swiftly killed.
The governor has since joined business groups and the Platte Institute in calling for cuts in income tax rates for individuals and corporations, saying Nebraska's rates are too high and not competitive with rates in neighboring states.
Heineman declined to comment Friday. A spokeswoman for the governor said the Tax Modernization Committee's ideas aren't a final plan yet.
But representatives of the Platte Institute, as well as the Omaha and state chambers of commerce, said while they like the small adjustments in individual and corporate income taxes, Hadley's ideas don't go far enough.
They have all pointed to Nebraska's No. 34 ranking in state business climate by the Tax Foundation as "mediocre" and a sign that the state has a handicap in attracting high-paying jobs and keeping young people from moving away.
"As far as being effective in moving Nebraska in any rankings, it won't do it," said Barry Kennedy of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a major player on state policies.
The state chamber wants cuts in the top individual income tax rate, from 6.84 percent to below 6 percent. It wants the top corporate income tax rate, now at 7.81 percent, to make a similar drop.
The Platte Institute wants those rates even lower, to 5.5 percent, but the tax committee's ideas don't call for such reductions.
"This (plan) is not a game changer to make Nebraska more competitive," said Jim Vokal of the Platte Institute.
The tax ideas have some fans.
Representatives of AARP, which speaks for retirees, and the Appleseed Center, which lobbies for low-income Nebraskans, said they appreciate the proposal because it makes the state tax system less regressive.
Unlike some states, Nebraska taxes utility bills, but a proposed refundable energy tax credit would give about 50,000 lower-income residents a break on those expenses.
The Tax Modernization Committee's ideas include raising the income threshold at which Social Security income is taxable — from the current $25,000 for an individual and $32,000 for a married couple to $30,000 and $37,000, respectively. It would be the first change to those income brackets in three decades.
Mark Intermill of AARP said the change would reflect the impact of inflation since 1984. Along with a tax break on electric and gas bills, he said, it would help make the overall tax system fairer.
He cited a recent "Who Pays" report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that called Nebraska's tax system slightly regressive, with the lowest 20 percent of income earners paying about 11 percent of their income in taxes, while those in the top 1 percent pay about 2 percent.
"Anything that would target relief to lower-income groups would equalize the tax burden across income groups," Intermill said.
Steve Nelson of the Nebraska Farm Bureau said his group wants to see cuts in local property taxes of more than $405�million, about a 12 percent cut. But he added that such major cuts would take more than one year.
Making big changes will be complicated in 2014 because the Legislature meets in a short 60-day session, seven of the 49 senators are up for re-election, and Heineman will be a lame duck in his last year in office.
There's also a controversial mix of issues to be dealt with, including proposed Medicaid expansion, that could deliver time-killing filibusters and divert attention from tax changes.
Changes under consideration by the Tax Modernization Committee
� Return an additional $30 million to taxpayers through an existing property tax credit program. On a home valued at $100,000 for tax purposes, it would add $15 to $20 to the $66 credit that a homeowner will get this year. Lawmakers said that it would be only a one-year tax savings and that the entire property tax credit program should be reviewed. The committee is also considering an alternative that would increase state aid to schools by $30 million.
� Impose $60 million in new sales taxes on previously tax-exempt services. Exactly which services would be taxed wasn't spelled out, but the committee has talked about taxing auto repair labor, landscaping services, haircuts and funeral services, and not services used by businesses.
� Provide a sales tax exemption on repair parts for farm machinery — a $9.7 million tax savings that has long been sought by implement dealers and farm groups.
� Index income tax brackets for inflation — a mostly revenue-neutral move to ensure that lower- and middle-income taxpayers don't end up subject to higher tax rates because their incomes rise. The state's highest income tax rate, 6.84 percent, kicks in at $54,000 of income for a married couple filing jointly — a threshold that has been criticized as too low.
� Raise the income threshold at which Nebraskans must pay taxes on Social Security income, providing about $8 million in tax savings for retirees. Right now, the first $25,000 of income for an individual, and $32,000 for a couple, is exempt. But several states totally exempt such income, which leads to low ratings for Nebraska on tax friendliness for retirees.
� Provide a refundable energy tax credit for low-income Nebraskans, supplying about $4.5 million in tax savings to about 50,000 households.
� Adjust corporate income tax brackets so the highest rate doesn't kick in until after $250,000 in annual income. That would provide about $5 million in tax savings for smaller businesses.
� Provide about $6 million in one-time aid to counties to offset the higher costs of the state's new juvenile justice program, which shifted significant costs from the state to counties.
� Cap itemized income tax deductions at $25,000 for Nebraskans with adjusted gross incomes of $400,000 or more, which would raise about $9�million in new tax revenue. The proposal would affect about one-half of 1 percent of the state's taxpayers, said Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha. The idea, he said, was prompted by the federal government's tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, but Mello has said he doesn't think the idea will be adopted.


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Mr. Moody was a member of First Baptist Church, now known as The People's Church, since 1948. He served the church as an usher for more than 30 years, and was a deacon, elder emeritus, and Sunday school superintendent. He served as chairman of trustees and on the church's Growth Task Force.
He also was a member of Franklin Noon Rotary Club since 1952, and was named the Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Moody was involved with Franklin Rotary Rodeo since 1954, served as club president in 1959 and had a spotless attendance record with the Rotary Club for 60 years.
He served on the board of directors with the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce, and was a trustee for Williamson County Hospital, Baptist Hospital, and Baptist Healing Trust. Mr. Moody was a board member of the former Harpeth National Bank and Franklin National Bank, and a board member for the Boys and Girls Club. He also received the Distinguished Citizen Award from Williamson Christian College.
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Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 at The People's Church, by Dr. Rick White. Interment was at Williamson Memorial Gardens in Franklin, Tenn. Active pallbearers were Ross Gower, Daniel Little, James Whitfield, Benjamin Bentley, Mike Moody, Steve Moody, Jim Moody and Byron Carson. Honorary pallbearers were retired and present employees of Moody's Tire Co., Franklin Noon Rotary Club, Dr. Joe Willoughby, Roy Barker, and Luke Boyd's Sunday School Class.
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Hindu ( pronunciation (help·info)) refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. In common use today, it refers to an adherent of Hinduism. The two common forms that represent Hinduism are Shaivism and Vaishnavism.[1][2]
The Hindu religious texts did not use the term 'Hindu' or an equivalent thereof, or any name at all for that matter to refer to the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula nor the religion of the inhabitants, in alignment within a larger lack of 'proper noun' nomenclature typically visible in texts of Hindu literature. Despite that, the history of the word 'Hindu' is long and its usage widespread, since the outside world had, since antiquity, used several names for the Indian people, specifically for the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula east of the river Indus viz. 'Indos' (Ἰνδός) used by the Greeks in the works of Herodotus and Megasthenes, circa 5th century B.C., and later 'Hindus' used first by the Persians and later on by Arabs to refer to the Indian people and their customs. 2nd century B.C. Chinese traveller Zhang Qian referred to India as Hen-tu. Chinese pilgrim Huen-Tsang in his 7th century Si-yu-ki, also used words like Shin-tu and Hin-tu to describe the people. Arabic explorer Ibn Battuta also, in his book "Rihla", made use of the word "al-hind" meaning the Indian subcontinent. He was of Moroccan origin and had travelled the length and breadth of the Islamic civilization which included the North Africa, Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Egypt and even parts of Indonesia. He described the Indian subcontinent as Al Hind as still referred in Arabic.
With more than a billion adherents, Hinduism is the world's third largest religion. The vast majority of Hindus, approximately 940 million, live in India.[3] Other countries with large Hindu populations include Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Fiji, United Kingdom, Singapore, Canada and the island of Bali in Indonesia.
In Origin, Hinduš was simply the Old Persian name of the Indus River, cognate with Sanskrit Sindhu. By about 2nd - 1st century BCE, the term "Hein-tu" was used by Chinese, for referring to North Indian people.[4][5] The Persian term was loaned into Arabic as al-Hind referring to the land of the people who live across river Indus, and into Greek as Indos, whence ultimately English India.[6] Hindustan or "land of the Indus" was the Persian name of "India", as in Greco-Roman tradition at first for northwestern India (the Indus basin) and later extended to the entire Indian subcontinent, following the spread of Islam to India via Persia, Hindustan was also adopted, from the 13th century, in India itself,[7] and also came to be loaned into Sanskrit, e.g. found in Brihaspati Agama, where it is etymologized as a portmanteau of Hi for "Himalayas" plus indu for indu sarovar "southern ocean". [8][9]
Persian Hindu (and hence in Urdu, and ultimately adopted into Hindustani in general) was used of the native, non-Muslim population ruled by the Muslim Mughal Empire. Natively, the term Hindu occurs sporadically in some 16th-18th century Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava texts, including Chaitanya Charitamrita and Chaitanya Bhagavata, usually to contrast Hindus with Yavanas or Mlecchas.[10] It appears in South Indian and Kashmiri texts from at least 1323 CE,[11] and increasingly so during British rule. It was only towards the end of the 18th century that the European merchants and colonists referred collectively to the followers of Indian religions as Hindus.
Eventually, it came to define religious adherence to "native religion" as opposed to either Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism. Later the definition of Hinduism was further narrowed to exclude "non-Vedic" (non-Vedantic) Indian religions (such as Jainism, Sikhism or Buddhism). This process continued well into the 20th century, with the question of whether Jainism is to be considered a denomination Hinduism put before the Supreme Court of India in 2003, and since that date legally considered a distinct religion, see legal status of Jainism as a distinct religion in India. The English term Hinduism for the "religion of the Hindus" taken as a whole arose in c. 1830.
The Indo-Aryan form of the term, 'Sindhu', is also used in Hinduism (apart from its literal meaning "river, Indus River", as an honorific; e.g. Bhakti-Rsamrta-Sindhu, Nirnaya Sindhu, Dharma Sindhu, and Sindhu Jnana.
The notion of grouping the indigenous religions of India under a single umbrella term Hindu emerges as a result of various invasions in India bringing forth non-indigenous religions such as Islam to the Indian Subcontinent[12] Numerous Muslim invaders, such as Nader Shah, Mahmud of Ghazni, Ahmad Shāh Abdālī, Muhammad Ghori, Babur and Aurangzeb, destroyed Hindu temples and persecuted Hindus; some, such as Akbar, were more tolerant. Hinduism underwent profound changes, in large part due to the influence of the prominent teachers Ramanuja, Madhva and Chaitanya.[12] Followers of the Bhakti Movement moved away from the abstract concept of Brahman, which the philosopher Adi Shankara consolidated a few centuries before, with emotional, passionate devotion towards what they believed as the more accessible Avatars, especially Krishna and Rama.[13]
Indology as an academic discipline of studying Indian culture from a European perspective was established in the 18th century by Sir William Jones and 19th century, by scholars such as Max Müller and John Woodroffe. They brought Vedic, Puranic and Tantric literature and philosophy to Europe and the United States. At the same time, societies such as the Brahmo Samaj and the Theosophical Society attempted to reconcile and fuse Abrahamic and Dharmic philosophies, endeavouring to institute societal reform. This period saw the emergence of movements which, while highly innovative, were rooted in indigenous tradition. They were based on the personalities and teachings of individuals, as with Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi. Prominent Hindu philosophers, including Aurobindo and Prabhupada (founder of ISKCON), translated, reformulated and presented Hinduism's foundational texts for contemporary audiences in new iterations, attracting followers and attention in India and abroad.
Others, such as Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna, Paramahansa Yogananda, Sri Chinmoy, B.K.S. Iyengar and Swami Rama, have also been instrumental in raising the profiles of Yoga and Vedanta in the West. Today modern movements, such as ISKCON and the Swaminarayan Faith, attract a large amount of followers across the world.[15]
The diverse set of religious beliefs, traditions and philosophies of the Hindus are the product of an amalgamation process that began with the decline of Buddhism in India (5th-8th Century), where traditions of Vedic Brahmanism and the mystical schools of Vedanta were combined with Shramana traditions and regional cults to give rise to the socio-religious and cultural sphere later described as "Hinduism".
Adi Shankara's commentaries on the Upanishads led to the rise of Advaita Vedanta, the most influential sub-school of Vedanta. Hinduism continues to be divided in numerous several sects and denominations, of which Vaishnavism and Shaivism are by far the most popular.[18] Other aspects include folk and conservative Vedic Hinduism. Since the 18th century, Hinduism has accommodated a host of new religious and reform movements, with Arya Samaj being one of the most notable Hindu revivalist organizations.
Due to the wide diversity in the beliefs, practices and traditions encompassed by Hinduism, there is no universally accepted definition on who a Hindu is, or even agreement on whether the term Hinduism represents a religious, cultural or socio-political entity. In 1995, Chief Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar was quoted in an Indian Supreme Court ruling:[19]
- When we think of the Hindu religion, unlike other religions in the world, the Hindu religion does not claim any one prophet; it does not worship any one god; it does not subscribe to any one dogma; it does not believe in any one philosophic concept; it does not follow any one set of religious rites or performances; in fact, it does not appear to satisfy the narrow traditional features of any religion or creed. It may broadly be described as a way of life and nothing more.
Thus some scholars argue that the Hinduism is not a religion per se but rather a reification of a diverse set of traditions and practices by scholars who constituted a unified system and arbitrarily labeled it Hinduism.[20] The usage may also have been necessitated by the desire to distinguish between "Hindus" and followers of other religions during the periodic census undertaken by the colonial British government in India. Other scholars, while seeing Hinduism as a 19th-century construct, view Hinduism as a response to British colonialism by Indian nationalists who forged a unified tradition centered on oral and written Sanskrit texts adopted as scriptures.[21]
While Hinduism contains both "uniting and dispersing tendencies", it also has a common central thread of philosophical concepts (including dharma, moksha and samsara), practices (puja, bhakti etc.) and cultural traditions.[22] These common elements originating (or being codified within) the Vedic, Upanishad and Puranic scriptures and epics. Thus a Hindu could :
- follow any of the Hindu schools of philosophy, such as Advaita (non-dualism), Vishishtadvaita (non-dualism of the qualified whole), Dvaita (dualism), Dvaitadvaita (dualism with non-dualism), etc.[23][24]
- follow a tradition centered on any particular form of the Divine, such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, etc.[25]
- practice any one of the various forms of yoga systems; including bhakti (Hindu devotional movements) in order to achieve moksha.
The Republic of India is in the peculiar situation that the Supreme Court of India has repeatedly been called upon to define "Hinduism" because the Constitution of India, while it prohibits "discrimination of any citizen" on grounds of religion in article 15, article 30 foresees special rights for "All minorities, whether based on religion or language". As a consequence, religious groups have an interest in being recognized as distinct from the Hindu majority in order to qualify as a "religious minority". Thus, the Supreme Court was forced to consider the question whether Jainism is part of Hinduism in 2005 and 2006. In the 2006 verdict, the Supreme Court found that the "Jain Religion is indisputably not a part of the Hindu Religion".[26] In 1995, while considering the question "who are Hindus and what are the broad features of Hindu religion", the Supreme Court of India highlighted Bal Gangadhar Tilak's formulation of Hinduism's defining features:[19]
- Acceptance of the Vedas with reverence; recognition of the fact that the means or ways to salvation are diverse; and the realization of the truth that the number of gods to be worshipped is large, that indeed is the distinguishing feature of Hindu religion.
Some thinkers have attempted to distinguish between the concept of Hinduism as a religion, and a Hindu as a member of a nationalist or socio-political class. In Hindu nationalism, the term "Hindu" combines notions of geographical unity, common culture and common race. Thus, Veer Savarkar in his influential pamphlet "Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?" defined a Hindu as a person who sees India "as his Fatherland as well as his Holy land, that is, the cradle land of his religion".[27] This conceptualization of Hinduism, has led to establishment of Hindutva as the dominant force in Hindu nationalism over the last century.[28]
Ethnic and cultural fabric
Hinduism, its religious doctrines, traditions and observances are very typical and inextricably linked to the culture and demographics of India. Hinduism has one of the most ethnically diverse bodies of adherents in the world. It is hard to classify Hinduism as a religion because the framework, symbols, leaders and books of reference that make up a typical religion are not uniquely identified in the case of Hinduism. Hinduism being the oldest Religion of the world, it is not clearly known of when exactly it originated and some estimates put it as around 5000 years old[29] . Most commonly it can be seen as a "way of life" which gives rise to many other forms of religions.
Large tribes and communities indigenous to India are closely linked to the synthesis and formation of Hindu civilization. People of East Asian roots living in the states of north eastern India and Nepal were also a part of the earliest Hindu civilization. Immigration and settlement of people from Central Asia and people of Indo-Greek heritage have brought their own influence on Hindu society.
The roots of Hinduism in southern India, and among tribal and indigenous communities is just as ancient and fundamentally contributive to the foundations of the religious and philosophical system.
Ancient Hindu kingdoms arose and spread the religion and traditions across Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, Nepal, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, and what is now central Vietnam. A form of Hinduism particularly different from Indian roots and traditions is practiced in Bali, Indonesia, where Hindus form 90% of the population.[citation needed] Indian migrants have taken Hinduism and Hindu culture to South Africa, Fiji, Mauritius and other countries in and around the Indian Ocean, and in the nations of the West Indies and the Caribbean.[citation needed]
See also
- ^ Chitkara, M. G. (2002). Kashmir Shaivism: Under Siege. APH Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 9788176483605.
- ^ Pathickal, Paul (2012). Christ and the Hindu Diaspora. WestBow Press. p. 28. ISBN 9781449750015.
- ^ CIA World Factbook - India Demographics 80.5% of 1.166 billion Indians are Hindus
- ^ "Khotanese Texts, Volume 7", p. 23, by Harold Walter Bailey
- ^ "Foreign Influence on Ancient India", by Krishna Chandra Sagar, p. 6
- ^ Thapar, R. 1993. Interpreting Early India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 77
- ^ Thompson Platts, John. A dictionary of Urdu , classical Hindī, and English. W.H. Allen & Co., Oxford University 1884"."
- ^ हिमालयं समारभ्य यावदिंदुसरोवरम् । तं देवनिर्मितं देशं हिंदुस्थानं प्रचक्ष्यते ।। "The land created by the gods which stretched from the Himalayas to the Indu (i.e. Southern) ocean is called Hindusthan." "Download Attachment". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ^ Sharma, Jai Narain (1 January 2008). Encyclopaedia of eminent thinkers. ISBN 978-81-8069-500-1.
- ^ O'Conell, Joseph T. (1973). "The Word 'Hindu' in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Texts". Journal of the American Oriental Society 93 (3). pp. 340–344.
- ^ David Lorenzen, Who Invented Hinduism? New Delhi 2006, pp. 24-33; Rajatarangini of Yonaraja : "Hinduka"
- ^ a b Basham 1999
- ^ J.T.F. Jordens, "Medieval Hindu Devotionalism" in & Basham 1999
- ^ "Swami Vivekananda Images 1886 to 1893". vivekananda.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Raymond Brady Williams (2004). Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration: Collected Works. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7546-3856-1p.217
- ^ Pandit, Bansi. Explore Hinduism. p. 27
- ^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; On The Bhagavad Gita; A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text Chapters 1 to 6, Preface p. 9
- ^ "Hinduism". Adherents.com. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ a b Supreme Court of India, "Bramchari Sidheswar Shai and others Versus State of West Bengal", 1995.
- ^ Frykenberg, Robert. "The emergence of modern 'Hinduism' as a concept and as an Institution: A reappraisal with special reference to South India" in Hinduism reconsidered, Manohar, Delhi, 1989. ISBN 81-7304-385-X
- ^ Hardy, F. "A radical assessment of the Vedic heritage" in Representing Hinduism: The Construction of Religious and National Identity, Sage Publ., Delhi, 1995.
- ^ Flood, Gavin, "Establishing the boundaries" in Flood (2003), pp. 1-17.
- ^ Muller, F. Max. Six Systems of Indian Philosophy; Samkhya and Yoga; Naya and Vaiseshika. 1899. This classic work helped to establish the major classification systems as we know them today. Reprint edition: (Kessinger Publishing: February 2003) ISBN 978-0-7661-4296-1.
- ^ Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore. A Source Book in Indian Philosophy. (Princeton University Press; 1957) Princeton paperback 12th edition, 1989. ISBN 0-691-01958-4.
- ^ Swami Tattwananda. Vaisnava Sects, Saiva Sects, Mother Worship. (Firma KLM Private Ltd.: Calcutta, 1984). This work gives an overview of many different subsets of the three main religious groups in India.
- ^ para 25, Committee of Management Kanya Junior High School Bal Vidya Mandir, Etah, Uttar Pradesh v. Sachiv, U.P. Basic Shiksha Parishad, Allahabad, U.P. and Ors., Per Dalveer Bhandari J., Civil Appeal No. 9595 of 2003, decided On: 21.08.2006, Supreme Court of India
- ^ Savarkar, V. K. Hindutva, Hindi Sahitya Sadan, 2003. ISBN 81-88388-25-4
- ^ Ram-Prasad, C. "Contemporary political Hinduism" in Blackwell companion to Hinduism, Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-631-21535-2
- ^ Penney, Sue (1999). Discovering Religions. p. 6. ISBN 0435304720.
Further reading
- Flood, Gavin (Editor) (2003). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-4051-3251-5.
- Radhakrishnan, S.; Moore, CA (1967). A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy. Princeton. ISBN 0-691-01958-4.
- Tattwananda, Swami (1984). Vaisnava Sects, Saiva Sects, Mother Worship. Calcutta: Firma KLM Private Ltd. First revised edition.
- Dass, Baboo Ishuree (1860). Domestic manners and customs of the Hindoos of northern India, or, more strictly speaking, of the north west provinces of India.. Medical Hall Press, Benares.


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- Date established: 1946
- Type: residential, coed, private liberal arts college
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- Student-faculty ratio: 8:1
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- Percentage of classes with fewer than 20 students: 96
What others say
"Marlboro is a transformative place that turns out the essential leaven of democracy: bold, clear thinkers; people of vision and character. Quite simply, the college fulfills the promise of liberal education." – Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools that Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges
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Oscar-winning director Adam Elliot's claymation feature is a tale of an extraordinary epistolary relationship between Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely eight-year-old girl in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish New Yorker with Asperger's Syndrome. Featuring the voices of Eric Bana, Toni Colette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Barry "Dame Edna" Humphries.
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What's it about? Deceit, betrayals, duplicity, and political manuevering on Capitol Hill, centering on a ruthless congressman -- Democrat and U.S. Representative Francis J. Underwood (Kevin Spacey) -- who will stop at almost nothing to secure the top job in Washington, D.C.
We've already reviewed the first two episodes, but now a decent enough amount of time has lapsed for us, and hopefully some of you, to get beyond the opening and actually finish the series (and data indicates that a surprising chunk of viewers binged the whole thing in a day or two). So, as such, we wanted to dig in and talk, with some spoilers (clearly labeled for those who haven't yet finished the show), about what works, and what doesn't in "House Of Cards." After we've said our piece, and you can do the same in the comments section. Bring on season two.
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ClinicalCynic | March 1, 2014 2:35 PM
Just... Poorly executed. All of the plot twists are foreseeable (except the Zoe wrap up), everyone in DC is not just dumber than Frank, but just plain DUMB. Why are all these seasoned reporters and politicos opening up and exposing their fears and weaknesses to Frank, a man who has been manipulating and screwing people over in DC for 20 years? And are Frank and Claire really the only people capable of controlling their emotions? Nope; the show doesn't work for me. I just don't buy into Frank's supremacy being built on the plot contrivance that everyone else in the world is a weak-willed, insecure moron.
Johnson | October 3, 2013 4:43 PM
Good piece but I disagree with a few points:
1. Robin Wright is brilliant. Her scenes are compelling. All of them.
2. Love Frank's asides.
3. His trip back to his alma mater was the low point of the series in my mind. It simply dragged on too long.
4. I don't notice much of the product placement. And what I do see isn't bothersome.
5. Re-watching the series again. Can't get enough.
Great work.
Coleman | July 8, 2013 8:23 PM
Between the months of June and September (vacation time) is when I catch up on movies, tv shows, books I have put off. House of Cards has been a fantastic treat, and as a former resident of DC, I am excited for the city, and crew.
I think Frank and Claire are spectacular. Some of the plots were far fetched, but it reminds me of the show BOSS that was canceled too early on Starz.
Kudos to Netflix!
Jonathan | March 23, 2013 9:42 PM
"no matter how much you mistrust politicians, it's hard to believe that one could kill another and mock it up to make it look like a suicide"
Keep enjoying that fantasy world.
Anna | February 12, 2013 7:00 PM
Enjoyed your review very much. I wish I hadn't seen the British series first as I enjoyed that much more, maybe because more seemed to happen. Don't tell the sponsors but I don't notice product placement! I think it's just part of the background. But I must disagree with you in one respect; this is a story about Francis, so he must remain the strong focus of the story with others revolving around him. Going off of this- for example getting into other stories too much such as Claire's work situation is boring. Maybe I feel they're trying to stretch things out too much. Have they committed to a 10-year run?
Scott C | February 12, 2013 12:58 PM
"And the way in which protestors are defused by a gift of barbecue, instantly transforming them into adoring fans, reeks of contempt for the electorate. " If I'm not mistaken, I believe the lobbyist for the Teacher's Union couldn't get the actual teachers there to the protest, filling in with Teamsters and anyone else they could get, which means that those at the protest didn't have a vested interest in it. Also, Linda Vasquez isn't just rolling over for the Stanford favor, she also sees the potential to become VP herself, if Underwood runs & wins a future Presidential race. I agree that these could be stronger, but I felt like you didn't give the full context, which strengthens these plot moves somewhat.
Glass | February 12, 2013 11:31 AM
I seriously think you're just looking too hard for products in the things you watch. That's the only explanation for this sensitivity to seeing APPLE products (it's 2013, professionals use that shit) or a character with a soft spot for video games discussing a video game console in a moment of comic relief. Shit, I'm surprised you didn't Did you guys google 'Freddy's BBQ Joint' to see if it was a real place so you can complain about the random, blatant product placement of a rib joint Underwood frequents?
I seriously hope you guys ross douthat | February 12, 2013 6:21 AM
I sort of feel that Fincher genuinely likes Apple products and would put 'em in for free lol.
This was a very good series and I can't wait for another, but it brought home to me that doing a whole season in a weekend kind of sucks? Partly because it means the wait is a full year, not, say, nine months. This felt more like a first half of a season in any case.
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and Corey Stoll were all brilliant. Stoll (and his PA/lover) was pretty much the only half-sympathetic character, which I guess shouldn't matter but does a bit. And I think the famous Father's Day scene was maybe a bit de trop.
Alex | February 12, 2013 12:25 AM
One thing I found very unconvincing was the way Zoe joined in on trying to uncover Francis's plot in the last episode or two, especially since she was complicit in the plot and at least in my opinion was not merely a pawn.
Ryan | February 11, 2013 9:24 PM
The only episode that I thought was a drag was the one where Frank goes back to his alma mater. It seemed like a transitional episode, meant to give the characters (and audience) a break from the main storylines back in Washington - like the calm before the storm. But I feel like if they wanted to make an episode like that, give us more than just "Frank had a gay relationship in college" that will presumably come back to be used against him in later seasons. I don't know, it just seemed too silly and trivial to be wasting our time with. I just as soon skip this episode of supposed "character development" and get back to the meat of the show. When the show comes out on DVD, this episode will be one of the few I probably will never rewatch.
I also really liked that they didn't waste much time and killed Peter this season. This immediately put it ahead of Homeland, in my opinion, which would have benefited greatly by killing Brody off in Season 1. One thing that Fincher and Willimon seem to be aware of is avoiding milking obvious storylines for too long.
Navas | February 11, 2013 8:58 PM
i didnt really mind the product placement at all. but most of the cons i tend to agree with. i cranked out the series in 2 days. and i need season 2 asap.
Scarlett O. | February 11, 2013 8:48 PM
Kevin Spacey truly shines as Underwood. He's devious, arrogant, and deliciously believable. I agree that the character of Zoe has much more potential, as does Claire. If season 2 runs with the court case, I think we'll see Claire blossom on camera.
Very addictive, I couldn't wait for the next episode, and watched all 13 episodes within about 4 days! Bring on season 2!
D Will | February 11, 2013 7:10 PM
I thought the series was excellent. I was thoroughly entertained throughout the entire season. The only con is that, " I can't wait for season 2!! Hurry??!!
Farmerfizz | February 11, 2013 5:54 PM
I thought it was excellent! (Episode 8 and the Military School beside.) Spacey was just the right side of pantomine villain, aided and abetted by a fantastic supporting cast. My only critique is why Claire would want an affair with the campest man this side of Christmas? Netflix take a bow for a job well done.
Andrew | February 11, 2013 5:34 PM
Pretty spot on pros and cons list. Although I actually like the Richard III, talking to the audience device. It's been used before, sure, but when they let Kevin Spacey give a little smirk or look to the camera, those are some of my favorite moments.
Dave | February 11, 2013 4:07 PM
Loving the series so far - up to Ep. 4 - #5 tonight. Questions:
- Why was Zoe drinking Long Island Ice teas alone? Should've brought in some frat bro to try to hit on her, eventually forcing her departure from bar. That would've made her connection to Frank seem stronger.
- I noticed Ep 4 didn't have a short scene before the intro - hoping that's the same throughout.
- What did Francis think was wrong with Zoe's apt? Looked clean enough for a single reporter type. :-)
Ugh | February 11, 2013 3:58 PM
The product placement was really the only thing that got to me. There was literally a scene where Frank Underwood & his aide were sitting at a table drinking coffee & they had 9 different Apple products - all on using up battery & with the Apple logo prominently displayed - sitting on the table.
Jean Robie | February 11, 2013 3:33 PM
The thing I didn't like about it, especially compared to the British version, is Frank's actions (apart from what he does to poor Peter) aren't especially villainous: he just seems like a conniving politician. The pleasure of seeing him act in truly evil ways was lost. And man, what was the point of that episode at the military school!!??
Mass | February 11, 2013 2:24 PM
What's wrong with the product placement? TV/film imitates real life, and in real life people play video games and PS Vitas.
House of Cards is absolutely awesome and very addicting. Now that Breaking Bad is on its way out, at least I know I can go to House of Cards.
Mass | February 11, 2013 2:24 PM
What's wrong with the product placement? TV/film imitates real life, and in real life people play video games and PS Vitas.
House of Cards is absolutely awesome and very addicting. Now that Breaking Bad is on its way out, at least I know I can go to House of Cards.
hank | February 11, 2013 2:14 PM
the only thing I truly detested about the series was the uninspired, HDR timelapse credit sequence I was tortured with every time I started a new episode.


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Apparently, Europeans, like U.S. consumers, are taking to the notion of making purchases through their mobile phones. And that bodes well for retailers investing in mobile commerce.
By the end of this year, mobile commerce in a group of 13 Western European countries will have grown 510% since 2010, going from 2.4 billion Euros ($3.2 billion) to 14.6 billion Euros ($19.5 billion) by the end of 2012, predicts a report commissioned by shopping search engine Kelkoo and conducted by the Centre for Retail Research.
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One major reason for this dramatic increase is the number of European mobile subscribers with smartphones. The research found that 38% of mobile subscribers in the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland had smartphones, accounting for 122.8 million devices.
In comparison, 48% of U.S. mobile phone users had smartphones in January, according to research giant Nielsen.
High rates of smartphone adoption are essential to mobile commerce, and this research suggests retailers in the United States and Europe can expect continued m-commerce growth.
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It's still early in the season, but with teams having played between 7 and 12 games fantasy owners are now starting to wonder about certain players. Are the ones who are off to surprisingly hot starts for real and inversely are the ones who are off to unexpectedly cold stars going to come out of their funk? In the first of a two part series, I'll take a look at players who seem to have turned into unforeseen princes for fantasy owners and reveal whether their production will remain princely or whether these early season princes will turn back into frogs.
Antti Miettinen – Miettinen joined the Wild following three lackluster seasons in Dallas where he averaged 30 points a season. He has benefited greatly from Mikko Koivu's emergence, but has always been a streaky player (yes, even 30-point players can be considered streaky). He has benefited from the absences of Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Marian Gaborik, and while his six goals should allow him to surpass last year's career high of 15, I wouldn't bet on him reaching 20 goals. Verdict: Frog
Phil Kessel – One of my favorite sleepers of the season, Kessel has gotten off to a better start than even I expected. While I am on record having predicted a 30-goal season from Kessel I don't expect him to maintain his early season pace. Opposing teams will adjust and I think when all is said and done Kessel will total between 30 and 35 goals. The 40-goal mark will have to wait until next year. Verdict: Prince for years to come
Fabien Brunnstrom – He made a big splash scoring a hat trick in his first NHL game and has added two goals since then despite very limited playing time for a nice total of five goals in seven games. Since his playing time will vary largely from game to game most often tending towards the 10 minute mark, it's unreasonable to expect him to score at such a pace regularly. Particularly since his five goals have come from only 13 shots on goal. Verdict: Frog
Mikko Koivu – Saku's brother leads the NHL with 12 assists despite the fact that Gaborik has been out the last five games. He's clicked centering Miettinen and Andrew Brunette. Despite the fact that I expect Miettinen to slump badly for extended periods of time, Gaborik's return can only help Koivu maintain regular production. While it's ridiculous to expect a 100-point season from Koivu, you can expect him to surpass the 80-point mark. Verdict: Prince and new NHL star
Andy McDonald – I am not a fan of Andy McDonald. I always believed that his two good seasons were a product of Teemu Selanne, period. However, following an excellent pre-season I picked him up in the industry experts league just before the regular season started thinking that maybe scorers like Brad Boyes and Keith Tkachuk could have a Selanne effect on McDonald. Needless to say I did not expect such outstanding results. McDonald already has posted five multi-point games this season and I expect many more to come as long as Boyes, Tkachuk and Kariya remain healthy. Verdict: Prince
Christian Ehrhoff – Ehrhoff has a five-game point streak going and has registered a point in eight of the Sharks ten games this season. He's already doubled last season's goal production with two goals. Much more was expected from Erhoff than the 22 points he posted last season after he scored 10 goals and 33 points in 2006-07. Despite the presence of Dan Boyle and Rob Blake, Erhoff is receiving nearly as much power-play time as his more prestigious colleagues. With the Sharks depth a career year wouldn't be a surprise from Ehrhoff. Just don't expect 40 to 50 points. Verdict: Prince considering he went undrafted in most fantasy leagues
Keith Ballard – After an outstanding rookie season in 2005-06 where he scored 39 points, Ballard has been disappointing the past two seasons with his production dropping to 21 points last year. The trend followed his power play production which went from 16 points as a rookie to a mere four points last season as Ed Jovanovski, Derek Morris and Keith Yandle handled the power play responsibilities in Phoenix. A change of décor was just what he needed and he is now an important part of the Florida defense. Despite the fact that he hasn't scored at all on the power play this season either, he has managed to score 8 points in 8 games. Considering that he's receiving a considerable amount of ice time with the man advantage production on the power play should come. You can expect Ballard's numbers to remain strong throughout the season and 40 points are very attainable. Verdict: Prince
Mike Modano – Modano has become a fantasy factor again in this early season following a year that saw him loiter in fantasy free-agency in most leagues. He's actually on pace to match his best seasons dating to 15 years ago. At 38 years of age it will be considered an accomplishment to just match his 57-point production from last season, so don't expect this early production to continue. Modano will go back to lingering in fantasy free-agency before long. Verdict: Frog
Expert league updates
I'm off to a hot start in both expert leagues this season. Trying to defend the championship in the Industry Experts League, I sit atop the standings with 87.5 points followed by Rotowire-Levine 12 points behind with Rotoworld and NHL.com close behind. My goaltending has been spectacular behind Carey Price and Ryan Miller. The latest free-agent pickups throughout the league include Andy Greene, Clarke McArthur, Kyle Quincey and Jiri Hudler who looks like he has gotten out of his funk.
In the Dobber Experts League I stand in second place to Eastern Edge's Russ Miller just ahead of Expert Audit's Ian Fergusson and guest invitee RepentTokyo. If Evgeni Nabokov and Mikka Kiprusoff can produce better numbers I should be able to compete all season. The latest pickups in the league include the likes of Francois Beauchemin, Jason Labarbera, Guillaume Latendresse as well as Miettinen and Modano.


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On February 6, 2001, the National Commission of Complementary Therapies (CONATEC) was created.
The commission has a permanent nature and is aimed at advising the ministry of health and social development in the analysis, revision, preparation, implementation and evaluation of standards in the complementary therapies area, as well as the regulation and monitoring of good practices, teaching and research within this field. Later on, the same year, the approval of CONATEC's operational internal regulations and the definitive creation of the work teams, appeared in the official Journal No 5560.Teams have always been formed by duly trained homeopathic physicians and members of the Venezuelan Society of Homeopathic Medicine, together with other complementary therapy specialists. Their objective is to constitute a link between the ministry of health and the national universities, in order to create regulation and practice strategies for these specialties in Venezuela, so that they are included into the national health system.Until last year, we, as a national professional group, had focused our strategies on two main fields:-legal: through the participation in the discussions concerning the new health law, in order to get the approval of several articles that aim at including the complementary therapies in the legal code.-academic: through the preparation of a syllabus for the different types of academic education.
This year we are discussing a specific 'issue, which is the approval of a syllabus at the upel, a national experimental university, with the objective of opening a program to obtain a diploma in registered homeopathy. It has very solid bases regarding doctrine, semiology, principles and foundations of the Hahnemann homeopathy, since the teaching staff is constituted by graduates of the Venezuelan medical homeopathic school, who are also pursuing a master`s degree in teaching and education at national universities.
In Venezuela, we are convinced that the patient`s well-being through homeopathy has to be joined by our efforts to improve health policies.We should be aware of the fact that the main contribution is knowledge in order to achieve social and academic transformation, therefore, our goal in the short term is that homeopathy is present at the universities, since it would be a priceless tool in the promotion of the humanistic knowledge of medicine.We want to foster education and research as a platform that makes homeopathy extend toward social service and health care, and in this sense we would like to thank in advanced all the cooperation that the league may grant as an international organization, so that we can all together give homeopathy the recognition it deserves.


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