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GIS to guide pilgrims, worshippers in Makkah
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities branch in Makkah said that SCTA is developing an application for a geographic information system (GIS) to guide pilgrims to places of their lodging and how to move around to perform the religious rituals....Tags: Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Travel, Employees, Religious Events, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud
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James Turrell shapes perceptions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...
Tags: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Frank Lloyd Wright, Volcanoes, Arts and Culture, Artists
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Tradition remains the basis of Hispanic quince parties
Miami HeraldWhenever someone would ask my mother what a quinceanera party was, she would always say it's just like a wedding, but without the groom. There's some truth in her statement. A big elaborate dress is worn, a ceremony is held and parents end up with...Tags: Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Event Planning, Mexico
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Pastor promotes power of pulpits
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A pastor who recently spoke to a group of child advocates in Oak Hill wants to help other clergy understand the power of their pulpits in working to better the lives of children and families. In a place like West Virginia, where child poverty and broken...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Substance Abuse, Methamphetamine (drug), Family
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Spirit in the wind in western Anatolia
The Lebanon Daily StarCAPPADOCIA, Turkey -- A bright blue sky hanging over central Anatolia darkens suddenly and summons the kind of ferocious wind that forces the teeth to grind down on bits of sand and the locals to shutter their souvenir shops. It is the same coarse...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Islam, Arts and Culture, International Travel, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Review: A shattered land tries to pull back together in 'Joe Turner'
The setting for August Wilson's magnificent "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, but the spiritual location is a crossroads between the ghostly past and the forbidding future, slavery and freedom, despair and hope. The...
Tags: Glynn Turman, Arts and Culture, Religious Events
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Blessings hand hospital workers spiritual support
The chaplains at the Chicago area Adventist hospitals know the staffs' hands that dispense medication, perform surgeries and mop floors are crucial to carrying out the hospitals' mission. That's why, this month, many of those nurses, surgeons and...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Religious Events, Nursing
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Orthodox Easter arrives, with bells, chants and rose petals
A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ's decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a cascade of rose petals and a cacophony of bells,...
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My Word: Prayers from diverse faiths for our nation
Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. It's not a public holiday. We won't get a paid day off from work. The mail will still be delivered. And banks will be open as usual. So what exactly is this special day? The National Day of Prayer is merely an...Tags: Islam, Religion and Belief, Religious Events
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Record 168 lawmakers visit Yasukuni
The Japan TimesA record 168 Diet members visited Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday following visits by three Cabinet ministers and offerings by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday. The group of lawmakers from various parties -- the largest number since...Tags: South Korea, Crime, Law and Justice, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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With memorials and silent moments, Boston victims are honored
MEDFORD, Mass. — She was remembered for her smile. Outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Krystle Campbell's second-grade teacher reached into her black purse Monday and pulled out a class picture from April 1991 — 21 sweet, gawky children,...
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Krystle Campbell funeral: Bomb victim recalled as 'always smiling'
MEDFORD, Mass. — She was remembered for her smile. Outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Krystle M. Campbell’s second-grade teacher reached into her big black purse Monday and pulled out a class picture from April 1991 -- 21 sweet, gawky...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Krystle Campbell, Religious Events
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