Hell

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In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife, often in the underworld. Religions with a linear divine history often depict Hell as endless (for example, see Hell in Christian beliefs). Religions with a cyclic history often depict Hell as an intermediary period between incarnations (for example, see Chinese Diyu).

Punishment in Hell typically corresponds to sins committed in life. Sometimes these distinctions are specific, with damned souls suffering for each wrong committed (see for example Plato's myth of Er or Dante's The Divine Comedy), and sometimes they are general, with sinners being relegated to one or more chamber of Hell or level of suffering. In Islam and Christianity, however, faith and repentance play a larger role than actions in determining a soul's afterlife destiny.

In Christianity and Islam, Hell is traditionally depicted as fiery and painful, inflicting guilt and suffering. Some other traditions, however, portray Hell as cold and gloomy. Despite the common depictions of Hell as a fire, Dante's Inferno portrays the innermost (9th) circle of Hell as a frozen lake of blood and guilt. Hell is often portrayed as populated with demons, who torment the damned. Many are ruled by a death god, such as Nergal or the Christian Satan.

In contrast to Hell, other types of afterlives are abodes of the dead and paradises. Abodes of the dead are neutral places for all the dead (for example, see sheol) rather than prisons of punishment for sinners. A paradise is a happy afterlife for some or all the dead (for example, see heaven). Modern understandings of Hell often depict it abstractly, as a state of loss rather than as fiery torture literally under the ground.
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In many religious

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In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife, often in the underworld. Religions with a linear divine history often depict Hell as endless (for example, see Hell in Christian beliefs). Religions with a cyclic history often depict Hell as an intermediary period between incarnations (for example, see Chinese Diyu).
Punishment in Hell typically corresponds to sins committed in life. Sometimes these distinctions are specific, with damned souls suffering for each wrong committed (see for example Plato's myth of Er or Dante's The Divine Comedy), and sometimes they are general, with sinners being relegated to one or more chamber of Hell or level of suffering. In Islam and Christianity, however, faith and repentance play a larger role than actions in determining a soul's afterlife destiny.
In Christianity and Islam, Hell is traditionally depicted as fiery and painful, inflicting guilt and suffering.[1] Some other traditions, however, portray Hell as cold and gloomy. Despite the common depictions of Hell as a fire, Dante's Inferno portrays the innermost (9th) circle of Hell as a frozen lake of blood and guilt. Hell is often portrayed as populated with demons, who torment the damned. Many are ruled by a death god, such as Nergal or the Christian Satan.
In contrast to Hell, other types of afterlives are abodes of the dead and paradises. Abodes of the dead are neutral places for all the dead (for example, see sheol) rather than prisons of punishment for sinners. A paradise is a happy afterlife for some or all the dead (for example, see heaven). Modern understandings of Hell often depict it abstractly, as a state of loss rather than as fiery torture literally under the ground.
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A volcano is an opening

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A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a period of time. The word volcano is derived from Italian vulcano, after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging. A mid-oceanic ridge, for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates coming together. By contrast, volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust (called "non-hotspot intraplate volcanism"), such as in the African Rift Valley, the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and the Rio Grande Rift in North America and the European Rhine Graben with its Eifel volcanoes.
Volcanoes can be caused by mantle plumes. These so-called hotspots, for example at Hawaii, can occur far from plate boundaries. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the solar system, especially on rocky planets and moons.
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The Basketball Diaries(films)

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This article is about the book. For the film of the same name, see The Basketball Diaries (film). For the Degrassi: The Next Generation episode, see Basketball Diaries (D:TNG episode).

First edition cover
The Basketball Diaries: is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. Set in New York City, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, Cold War paranoia, the counter-culture movement, and, especially, his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13.
The book is considered a classic piece of adolescent literature. Carroll later followed up his original memoirs with a sequel of sorts called The Downtown Diaries which follows his relocation to California and his continued addiction to heroin.
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Tormenta tropical "Alma" golpea a Centroamérica. Noticias de Guatemala por JumpTV.

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Por lo menos una persona murió y más de 25 mil deberán ser evacuadas debido a las lluvias torrenciales y la densa neblina que cumbre las principales ciudades del Pacífico centroamericano, mientras los pobladores comenzaron a abastecerse de víveres ante la emisión de una alerta de huracán en Nicaragua y Honduras.
Lo que empezó como una depresión tropical frente al Pacífico costarricense amenaza con convertirse en un huracán que podría alcanzar las costas nicaragüenses, de acuerdo al Centro de Huracanes en Miami.
"Alma" es la primera tormenta para la temporada 2008 y sus efectos se sentirán desde Costa Rica hasta Guatemala provocando inundaciones y deslizamientos.
La Defensa Civil nicaragüense decretó alerta máxima para municipios costeros de los departamentos de León y Chinandega, mientras en Managua pobladores temerosos empezaron a llenar supermercados y tiendas para abastecerse de víveres y otros productos.
Managua permanece cubierta por un nublado total y lluvias constantes. El tránsito está casi paralizado por la lluvia, la falta de visibilidad y derrumbes.
La situación se repite en San José, donde la densa bruma y las intensas lluvias obligan a los conductores a transitar con las luces encendidas y a baja velocidad. Las autoridades reportaron unos 60 choques en un lapso de tres horas, en tanto la dirigencia del fútbol decidió suspender el partido de la final entre Alajuelense y Saprissa.
Alerta en varios países
En Honduras, la Comisión Permanente de Contingencias decretó un estado preventido por 24 horas en cinco provincias, dijo el jefe de Operaciones, Randolfo Funes.
En El Salvador aún no llueve pero la humedad de la costa llevó la neblina hasta la ciudad, donde las autoridades activaron sus sistemas de emergencia para todo el país. Entre las medidas se suspendió la pesca artesanal ante los pronósticos de fuertes aguaceros. El director de Protección Civil, coronel Jorge Barahona, indicó que se preparan para posibles evacuaciones.
En Guatemala, las autoridades de Protección Civil señalaron que "vigilan" el comportamiento de la tormenta tropical, para determinar si es procedente subir el nivel de alerta en todo el país.
En Panamá, el Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (Sinaproc) declaró "alerta verde" por 24 horas en el centro y occidente del país por los copiosos aguaceros que caen sobre el territorio nacional, que ya han causado estragos y por los pronósticos de que continuarán.
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