Ruby in Culture
Computer programming
- Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language used to program websites in Ruby on Rails, a free web application framework.
Film
- The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.
Religion
- In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, it is believed that within the Ascended Masters there is a special subcommittee called The Fellowship of the Ruby Ray that deals with Earth-Nirvana affairs--this committee was formed by Padmasambhava (a buddha who is said to be Earth's liaison with Nirvana) and also includes Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, and the Master Jesus.
Social hierarchy
- During the Qing dynasty, the highest rank achievable by a mandarin, the governor of a Chinese province, was signified by wearing a mandarin hat-pin made of ruby. The lower ranks were signified by hat-pins made of coral, sapphire, lapis lazuli, white jade, gold, and silver.
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Famous quotes containing the words ruby and/or culture:
“A man in the house is worth two in the street.”
—Mae West, U.S. actor, screenwriter, and Leo McCarey. Ruby Carter (Mae West)
“Here in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental space and which has its own special columns in the newspapers—and in people’s minds. Culture is space, speed, cinema, technology. This culture is authentic, if anything can be said to be authentic.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)