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Pictured is Dave Johnson and Roxanne Thornton of Oakmont with the Golden Pavilion in the background. The Golden Pavilion is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Known as the Rokuonji temple it was the retirement villa for shogun
Ashikaga Yoshimitse and according to his will it becams a Zen temple after his death in 1408. In addition to visiting Kyoto they visited Tokyo, Kanazawa [Mt. Fuji], and Osaka with many interesting stops along the way. -Dave Johnson
Interesting Facts about the Rokuonji Temple:
Kinkaku-ji, "Temple of the Golden Pavilion", officially named Rokuon-ji "Deer Garden Temple", is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period gar- den design. The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design. The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period. It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more cen- tral purpose, and a distinct setting. A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.
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Story of a Physics student who got the following question in an exam:
"You are given an accurate barometer, how would you use it to determine the height of a skyscraper? " He answered: "Go to the top floor, tie a long piece of string to the barometer, let it down' till it touches the ground and measure the length of the string". The examiner wasn't satisfied, so they decided to interview the guy: "Can you give us another method, one which demonstrates your knowledge of Physics? " "Sure, go to the top floor, drop the barometer off, and measure how long before it hits the ground......" "Not, quite what we wanted, care to try again? " "Make a pendulum of the barom- eter, measure its period at the bottom, then measure its period at the top......" "
..another try? ...." "Measure the length of the barometer, then mount it vertically on the ground on a sunny day and mea- sure its shadow, measure the shadow of the skyscraper....."
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....and again? ...."
"walk up the stairs and use the barometer as a ruler to measure the height of the walls in the stairwells." "...One more try? " "Find where the janitor lives, knock on his door and say' Please, Mr. Janitor, if I give you this nice Barometer, will you tell me the height of this building? "
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