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Poem: The Grand Trial

2003-11-14

A calm straightens each head as the charge is soon read,Crimes so large in their scale it is obscene.Completely horrible and so deplorableThat the likes of it have never been seen.

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SARS, Stress, and Immunity

2003-11-14

It has been nearly six months since the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak emerged and more than six weeks since the illness spread from its birthplace in southern China to put the world on alert. Yet with more than 4,800 cases in at least 26 countries to date, SARS has rocked Asian markets, ruined the tourist trade of an entire region, nearly bankrupted airlines, and spread panic through some of the world's largest cities. Hospitals and schools were shut down last week in Beijing, thousands of people were put under quarantine, and rumors flew through the capital that martial law was about to be imposed. In other countries, including the U.S. with zero SARS deaths, fear is spreading faster than SARS.

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Poem: Unfolding

2003-11-13

Many flowers of lotus unfolding silent, magnificent from rim to centre.

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Graphic Design: Grand Law Wheel

2003-11-12

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Poem: Rectification

2003-11-12

Time transcending, Where oceans find no torrent, One journey beckons the hour alight, Havened toward shoreless realms. All manner of change in the wake of Dafa’s unfolding,Captured before a moment’s collide.

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Chinese Idiom: “Pan’s Writing and Yue’s Ideas Made a Perfect Article”

2003-11-11

Pan Yue was Yue Guang’s contemporary, a great writer. Zhong Rong of the Liang Dynasty collected Pan Yue’s works in his book, Collections of Poems ranked them as the best in the book. Pan’s writing even won him such praise as, “Pan’s talent flows naturally like a running river.” Eventually, Yue Guang asked Pan Yue to write the resignation letter for him. Pan Yue obliged but said, “I would only be able to write this letter after I know your thoughts and ideas.” Yue Guang then eloquently described for Pan Yue his ideas within two hundred sentences, and Pan Yue did his best to describe Yue Guang’s ideas in the letter of resignation. The letter was so well written that Pan Yue gained fame as a writer.

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Poem: Bodhisattva

2003-11-09

A magnificent smile that casts lightfor thousands of milesEyes that shine like diamond minesMovements flow from out of time.Heavenly Beauty ?

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Poem: Petals of Peace

2003-11-08

Can we find the heart for every child,The heart to show we care?When the world reaches out to every heart,We will find compassion there.Like a lotus flower unfolding,Coloured above waters of grey.Clouded skies to new horizons holdThe promise of peace someday.

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Illustration: Heavenly Beauty

2003-11-08

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Poem: Flawless Wings

2003-11-07

Like a bird unfurled into the light of the sun,Skies brimming of cloudless light As the world and its darkness remain far below...

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Protecting the Environment

2003-11-07

In order to completely resolve the problem of environmental pollution, the fundamental reason that leads to environmental pollution has to be discovered. Through the analysis of several reasons that people now consider to be the main causes for environmental pollution, the author demonstrates that human beings’ improper ways of living and manufacturing are the fundamental causes of environmental pollution. The reason why the actions of human beings can lead to environmental pollution is that the moral standard that discerns whether certain human behavior is right or wrong has deteriorated. Therefore, in order to solve the environmental problems fundamentally, people have to improve their moral standards.

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Poem: What is Cultivation?

2003-11-06

Sitting in a sheltered bay,Water calm, flat, and tranquil;Cultivation is like looking out to the ocean,Seeing the waves and turbulent waters,And going forward,Knowing that the ride will be rough.

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Artwork by a Practitioner in China

2003-11-05

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Astronomers Spy Strange Pairing

2003-11-05

Behind a thick cocoon of cold gas, scientists have discovered what might be a new class of astronomical objects in our galaxy. Made up of a very massive star and a compact object such as a neutron star or a black hole, the binary system is unique because it remained hidden behind a cloud of obscuring material for so long.

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Poem: The Poet’s Heart

2003-11-04

Words unfolding, thoughts traversing the heavens, Fashioned into flight until wingsCome to rest upon a poet’s heart…To beckon truth, weave compassion into every page So others too may bear witness to that Which alights the quill and more!

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