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	InCiDents - sharma wiki
		Incidents could be caused intentionally or deliberately to teach one lesson or with some other purpose also.There may be more incidents in one’s life whereas there may be fewer incidents in some others’ life.
		As we face incident after incident we come to know who is good and who is bad.We realize what is good and what is bad.If we narrate or quote incidents that have taken place in our life or life of others to impress upon others certainly it would have certainly telling effect on them.
		Incident after incident if they affect us adversely, we say our stars are not good.If a drama culminates with an incident which is full of sorrow, it is called a tragedy whereas if it ends with a happy incident, it is called a comedy.
	www.sharma-home.net /wiki/InCiDents (2213 words)

	Janissary
		Survivors sufferred execution or banishment[?] and two years later Mahmud II confiscated the last janissary possessions.
		This event is now called “The Auspicious Incident”.
		In the modern army of Turkey the Mehmet Band and the troops that accompany them form the only remnant of the janissaries.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/Janissaries.html (1185 words)

	August 99
		but the same catastrophe can be looked at in two ways: one is to deal with it so as make it a positive, promotive and auspicious incident to the quake victims, and the other is to look at it and deal with it so as to make it a solely destructive incident to its victims.
		but if people happen to be learned and knowledgeable, they will be able to make the better use of that unhappy incident, a use that is intellectually and spiritually to their own good, and which turns the same incident into a blessing for them.
		in the dorm incident, however, the thing is easier for you because there was, or were, persons who were responsible for that incident and who hopefully will be punished for what they did.
	www.islam-pure.de /imam/news/news1999/aug1999.htm (6784 words)

	nine Auspicious gems, exquisite piece of jewellery, Navaratna, the nine jewels.
		The Navaratna consists of the vajra or diamond, manika or ruby, marakata or emerald, vidruma or coral, mukta or pearl, Nila or sapphire, gomedaka or garent, pusyaraga or topaz and vaidurya or cat’s eye.
		This combination of gems is considered highly auspicious for the wearer and also acts as protection against danger and disease.
		Even in the English language, an incident that creates excitement is a nine days wonder!’ A formally attired person is ‘dressed up to the nines’ and there are probably many more meanings to the number nine in other cultures.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/ninegems.htm (865 words)

	The Hindu : No cause for anxiety
		But, even assuming it were true, the knee-jerk reaction among the general public threw aside all rational explanations which might see the happening as a natural result of carelessness or just aging of the thread that bore the goddess's mangalsutra.
		In this context, it is interesting to learn that the tying of the mangalsutra, which means auspicious thread or cord, is not a religious practice but a social one, and that too of recent origin.
		The mangalsutra smeared with the auspicious vermillion varies in form and style from region to region and sect to sect.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/02/04/stories/1304128c.htm (711 words)

	Hindu Festival Celebration : Makar Sankranti, Holi, Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti
		This particular period, when the sun is positioned across the north of equator has been considered as an 'accomplishment giving period' by the scholars.
		Even Astrology endorses this fact and this period is supposed to be auspicious for the various activities like construction of the houses, performance of oblations, establishment of the deities etc. This period is considered to be so auspicious, that if a person dies during this period he is supposed to attain liberation.
		There is also an another incident related with the celebration of 'Holi', which has been mentioned in the 'Bhavishya Puran'.
	www.urday.com /festivals.html (1849 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Abhimanyu-badha Parva: Section LXXXIV
		And addressing him smilingly, he said, 'It is evident, O Arjuna, that complete victory certainly awaits thee in battle, judging from thy countenance (bright and cheerful as it is), and by the fact that Janardana is well-pleased with thee.
		Then Jishnu related unto him that highly wonderful incident, saying, 'Blessed be thou, O monarch, I have, through Kesava's grace, beheld something exceedingly wonderful.' Then Dhananjaya related everything he had seen, about his meeting with the Three-eyed god, for assuring his friends.
		And an auspicious breeze, fraught with fragrance, blew from behind Partha, gladdening him and sucking up the energies of his foes.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/m07/m07081.htm (813 words)

	USA:(2)Tax dispute Abates
		Someone gave the order to fire; three Bostonians lay dead in the snow; and colonial agitators had a valuable issue n their campaign to arouse hostility toward England.
		Boston Massacre, the incident was dramatically pictured as proof of British heartlessness and tyranny.
		Faced with such opposition, Parliament in 1770 opted for a strategic retreat and repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea.
	odur.let.rug.nl /usa.990917/H/1990/ch2_p7.htm (661 words)

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		This may be because the acceptance of other religions by that order provided an outlet for their origins as Christian peasants in the Balkans.
		Their end came in the Auspicious Incident in 1826 when Mahmud II ordered the bombardment of their barracks after they rose in revolt against the formation of a new, Westernized army.
		In one incident, colonists provided weapons to the Aquinnah, who agrees to serve in a defensive capacity.
	www.stanford.edu /group/CollegeBowl/archive/ccxiii/elvis/elvis5tu.doc (1621 words)

	Festivals
		Though all Ekadasi days are generally considered auspicious at Guruvayoor temple, the Ekadasi falling in the month of Vrichika (Nov-Dec) is considered most auspicious.
		The devotees consider it very auspicious to conduct the arangettam - the debut - on this day in front of the Lord.
		Devotees consider this as auspicious for making their life happy for the rest of the year.
	members.rediff.com /guruvayurappan/festivals.htm (379 words)

	Tulasi Shaligram Vivaha
		The auspicious times when one may perform the marriage of Shalagrama and Tulasi are described as follows.
		One should establish an auspicious waterpot (mangala-ghat) under that mandapa according to the Vaishnava rituals.
		The origin of the ammonite fl stone or Salagram found on the bed of the river Gandaki may be attributed to their legend.
	www.hknet.org.nz /parishad93.htm (1596 words)

	Perspectives on the Dick Thornburgh Archival Collection: State Perspective
		So this collection is going to be a welcome addition to the archives at Pitt and they should prove invaluable to students of state politics and scholars charting shifts in the roles of governors and of the states.
		One particular element, the Three Mile Island incident, has already found its way into numerous textbooks on public policy, decision science, and issues relating to the use of nuclear power.
		Dick Thornburgh himself has written a gripping account of his own management of the Three Mile Island crisis, which I regularly assign to my state politics students, and this provides them with an excellent inside view of the process of government and relations between the government and the media.
	www.library.pitt.edu /libraries/archives/dthist/susan.htm (1007 words)

	auspicious - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Auspicious : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Words similar to auspicious: auspiciously, auspiciousness, encouraging, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous, ripe, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=auspicious (174 words)

	Hindu Festival, Hinduism Festival
		Vijayadashami is considered to be an auspicious day for the Indian householder, on which he worships, protects and preserves 'Shakti' (power).
		Meaning: The auspicious time (Muhurta) - Vijay occurs on the tenth day of the bright half of the lunar month in the Hindu month of Ashwin.
		This day is considered to be so auspicious that a person can even cross all the limits to achieve success in any field.
	www.indhistory.com /hindu-festival.html (4380 words)

	P25
		I can't see many photographers using much more than the slowest speeds, but if this was the camera in your hand when the martians landed at dusk then I suppose you might dial in ISO 400 or 800.
		Generally I found that the ISO ratings were optimistic, both against my Gossen incident light meter and the Contax's in built reflected light meter.
		This is partly, I suspect, because digital capture is more like slide/positive film in that over-exposure is to be avoided at all costs, whilst I am accustomed to using negative film.
	www.auspiciousdragon.net /photography/articles/photoarticle010.html (2664 words)

	Judaism 101: The Month of Elul and Selichot
		In Aramaic (the vernacular of the Jewish people at the time that the month names were adopted), the word "Elul" means "search," which is appropriate, because this is a time of year when we search our hearts.
		According to tradition, the month of Elul is the time that Moses spent on Mount Sinai preparing the second set of tablets after the incident of the golden calf.
		Other sources say that Elul is the beginning of a period of 40 days that Moses prayed for G-d to forgive the people after the Golden Calf incident, after which the commandment to prepare the second set of tablets was given.
	www.jewfaq.org /elul.htm (836 words)

	Care2: Purim Fun Facts!
		Mordechai intercepted a plot to assassinate the king and informed Esther, who then passed the news on to the king making sure that he knew that it was Mordechai who had uncovered this treachery.
		The would-be assassins were hanged, and the incident was promptly forgotten!
		Haman persuaded the King to decree that the Jews be exterminated for their defiance and unusual customs and cast lots to determine the most auspicious date for the intended massacre ("Purim" means "lots", as in a lottery).
	www.care2.com /gates/holidays/purim/purim.html (600 words)

	Gems and stones, astrological gems, auspicious gems and jewelry.
		The Navaratna consists of the vajra or diamond, manika or ruby, marakata or emerald, vidruma or coral, mukta or pearl, Nila or sapphire, gomedaka or garnet, pusyaraga or topaz and vaidurya or cat's eye.
		A formally attired person is 'dressed up to the nines' and there are probably many more meanings to the number nine in other cultures.
		There is no doubt that the variety of color looks beautiful and it would be interesting if more research were done in the meaningfulness of the Navaratna, the nine jewels.
	www.craftsinindia.com /products/gems/stones/astrologicalgems.html (743 words)

	The Irregular Geography of America's Wrath
		Another anniversary of September 11 is passing, and it's time for America to marinate its collective consciousness in the perpetual re-enactment of the tragic events of 2001.
		So, at this auspicious time, George W. Bush is out to tell America, again, why invading and occupying Iraq has been so necessary.
		He's telling us, for brand new reasons, why he has had no other choice but to slaughter the people he would liberate, and sacrifice the lives of the troops he tells us to support.
	www.irregulartimes.com /idahoanger.html (836 words)

	WebMuseum: Gogh, Vincent van
		He became enthusiastic for the idea of founding an artists' co-operative at Arles and towards the end of the year he was joined by Gauguin.
		His influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction was enormous, and it can be seen in many other aspects of 20th-century art.
		His stormy and dramatic life and his unswerving devotion to his ideals have made him one of the great cultural heroes of modern times, providing the most auspicious material for the 20th-century vogue in romanticized psychological biography.
	www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/auth/gogh (1151 words)

	JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
		Two years later, festivities were planned to celebrate the auspicious event.
		The dinner was attended by eighty one men and ended without incident.
		Dr. Priestley had declined to attend, to the disappointment of the crowd that had gathered to demonstrate their contrary views to Priestley's revolutionary and heretical writings.
	www.woodrow.org /teachers/ci/1992/Priestley.html (3063 words)

	Maha Shivratri,Lord Shiva Legends,Legends of Maha Shivratri,legends,maha shivratri,maha shivratri legends,lord ...
		The Ketaki flower too was banned from being used as an offering for any worship, as she had testified falsely.
		Since it was on the 14th day in the dark half of the month of Phalguna that Shiva first manifested himself in the form of a Linga, the day is especially auspicious and is celebrated as Mahashivaratri.
		In southern Karnataka, for example, children are allowed to get into all kinds of mischief and asking for punishment is the rule of the day, probably originating from the mythological incident of Shiva punishing Brahma for lying.
	www.funmunch.com /events/maha_shivratri/maha_shivratri_legends.shtml (811 words)

	The Wargamer: The Janissaries
		After a series of disastrous defeats in the early 1800s, the Sultan Mahmud II decided to raise a new, more modern army from the countryside.
		In what is known as “The Auspicious Incident” of 1826, the new army ringed the Janissary fortresses with artillery and blasted them into submission.
		The last elements of the corps were disbanded two years latter when Mahmud confiscated their fiefs and economic concessions.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/janissaries/jan-3.asp (514 words)

	Order 66 - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A similar Nazi purge would be the 1938 Kristallnacht, which marked the start of the Holocaust.
		Also consider The Auspicious Incident, the end of the Janissaries of Turkey.
		When Revenge of the Sith first came out, it was believed that Order 66 was preprogrammed into the clone troopers.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Order_66 (1523 words)

	Informed Comment: 12/01/2003 - 12/31/2003
		This incident shows how vindictive and petty the Bush administration is, and how utterly unconcerned it is with real national security and weapons proliferation.
		There are lots of such incidents, and they are one reason I have advised my civilian friends against traveling to Iraq if anyone in the US military or the CPA was going to know their itinerary--the whole system seems to me to have been extremely leaky.
		The Archive incidentally shows that the Bechtel Corporation actively connived to subvert 1988 Congressional sanctions on Iraq for using weapons of mass destruction by seeking non-US subcontractors.
	www.juancole.com /2003_12_01_juancole_archive.html (13929 words)

	Eid Ul Fitr
		Every religion and nation, has certain days on which they celebrate in commemoration of some God or a famous incident in their history.Normally, this merry-making is manifested by the wearing of new clothing and feasting.
		There is hardly a group of people or religion who do not have festivals to celebrate.
		That is why Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has ordered us to discharge our Sadaqatul-Fitr before going for the Eid Namaaz, so that the needy mans thoughts must not be occupied, at the time of Namaaz, by the anxiety of what he and his family is going to eat on this day.
	www.jamiat.org.za /ramadhaan/eid-in-Islam.htm (440 words)

	My Web Blog
		I saw in the paper that they are signing an agreement at a so called auspicious time at 10:02.
		Whether there is auspicious time or not the things done in good faith may succeed.
		Now for the ease of follow up the incident of Rev. Soma is divided under the headings
	jyotisha.00it.com /BlogJan04.htm (3276 words)

	Gil Blas - CH. III. -- Gil Blas enters into Doctor Sangrado's service, and becomes a famous practitioner.
		Remember, my friend, that bleeding and drinking warm water are the two grand principles; the true secret of curing all the distempers incident to humanity.
		Yes, this marvellous secret which I reveal to you, and which nature, beyond the reach of my colleagues, has failed in rescuing from my pen, is comprehended in these two articles -- namely, bleeding and drenching.
		My prescriptions brought me in twelve rials; an incident so auspicious in my professional career, that I only wished for the plagues of Egypt on all the hale subjects of Valladolid.
	www.exclassics.com /gilblas/gil25.htm (2134 words)

	Spreading the Gospel of 'Vande Mataram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the same time he took up the task of spreading the gospel of Vande Mataram'.
		In order to build an army of freedom fighters, was it not necessary to install the auspicious image of Bharat Mata in their hearts?
		That was the background of the incident at the Medinipur Exhibition.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/freedomfighters/khudirambose/page9.htm (167 words)

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