StartupNation - Source for Small Business Advice, Help Starting a Business, Entrepreneur Forum maps home page Down to: 6th to 15th Centuries | 16th and 19th Centuries | 1901 to World War Two | 1946 to 21st Century The Ancient World ... index of places Aegean Region, to 300 BCE Aegean Region, 185 BCE Africa, 2500 to 1500 BCE Africa to 500 CE African Language Families Alexander in the East (334 to 323 BCE) Ashoka, Empire of (269 to 232 BCE) Athenian Empire (431 BCE) China, Korea and Japan (1st to 5th century CE) China's Warring States (245 to 235 BCE) Cyrus II, Empire of (559 to 530 BCE) Delian League, 431 BCE Egyptian and Hittite Empires, 1279 BCE Europe Fertile Crescent, 9000-4500 BCE Germania (120 CE) Greece (600s to 400s BCE) Gupta Empire (320 to 550 CE) Han China, circa 100 BCE Hellespont (Battle of Granicus River, 334 BCE) India to 500 BCE Israel and Judah to 733 BCE Italy and Sicily (400 to 200 BCE) Judea, Galilee, Idumea (1st Century BCE) Mesopotamia to 2500 BCE Mesoamerica and the Maya (250 to 500 CE) Oceania Power divisions across Eurasia, 301 BCE Roman Empire, CE 12 Roman Empire, CE 150 Roman Empire, CE 500
New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature & Eberly College of Science Click on image for a high-resolution version. Domestic animals, like this water buffalo in Viet Nam, live intimately with humans and provide renewable resources to humans that communicate well with them. Photo by Greg Luna. 20 July 2010 — It's no secret to any dog-lover or cat-lover that humans have a special connection with animals. "Establishing an intimate connection to other animals is unique and universal to our species," said Shipman, a professor of biological anthropology. In addition to describing her theory in the scientific paper, Shipman has authored a book for the general public, now in press with W. These carvings are from ivory and have been dated to between 30,000 - 36,000 years old, making them the oldest artworks in Europe. Shipman suggests that the animal connection was prompted by the invention of stone tools 2.6-million years ago. Click on image for high-resolution version. [ Kevin Stacey ]
Segmenting the Tourism Market by Paul Williams Nov 2008 Browse this article: Summary This article sheds light on the crucial role segmentation plays in an effective marketing strategy, explaining the various classical segmentation techniques, including commercial models available. For more than 25 years segmentation has been proclaimed to be the cornerstone of successful marketing. Put simply, segmentation is critical to competitive advantage and should underpin every decision that needs to be made about all aspects of the tourism marketing mix. The recognition that the needs and requirements of the visitor market are heterogeneous rather than homogenous should then become the starting point in developing value propositions that are unambiguously targeted at distinct and identifiable groups of visitors who are all similarly motivated in their decision to visit a destination. Implementing a tourism marketing plan based on needs-based segmentation is difficult, but not impossible. Source: National Readership Survey (2008)
The invasion of Australia - official at last The invasion of Australia - official at last 1 July 2011 The City of Sydney has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion”. In 2008, the then prime minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to Aborigines wrenched from their families as children under a policy inspired by the crypto-fascist theories of eugenics. The City of Sydney ruling is a very different gesture, and admirable; for it reflects not a liberal and limited “sorry campaign”, seeking feel-good “reconciliation” rather than justice, but counters a cowardly movement of historical revision in which a collection of far-right politicians, journalists and minor academics claimed there was no invasion, no genocide, no Stolen Generation, no racism. In its landmark rejection of historical propaganda, Sydney, the country oldest and largest city, recognises black Australia’s “cultural endurance” and, without saying so directly, a growing resistance to an outrage known as “the intervention”.
- StumbleUpon Studies have shown that meditating regularly can help relieve symptoms in people who suffer from chronic pain, but the neural mechanisms underlying the relief were unclear. Now, MIT and Harvard researchers have found a possible explanation for this phenomenon. In a study published online April 21 in the journal Brain Research Bulletin, the researchers found that people trained to meditate over an eight-week period were better able to control a specific type of brain waves called alpha rhythms. “These activity patterns are thought to minimize distractions, to diminish the likelihood stimuli will grab your attention,” says Christopher Moore, an MIT neuroscientist and senior author of the paper. “Our data indicate that meditation training makes you better at focusing, in part by allowing you to better regulate how things that arise will impact you.” A 1966 study showed that a group of Buddhist monks who meditated regularly had elevated alpha rhythms across their brains.
Zen and the Art of Divebombing, or The Dark Side of the Tao I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Alec Guiness, as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars, 1977 In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna is taught by Krishna that it is his dharma as a warrior to fight the righteous battle with his cousins and kill them, and that if he kills them without passion or expectation, practicing karmayoga, he can achieve salvation even while he does this. A similar mix of purposes, religious and martial, though with major differences, can be found centuries later with the samurai warrior class of Japan, and with the militaristic ideology that later developed in modern Japan. "Zen" is the Japanese pronunciation of the name of a School of Buddhism that originally began in China, combining Buddhist ideas with influence from the ancient Chinese school of Taoism. The Chinese name was "Ch'an" ( ) Monastery -- famous as the place where kung-fu (from or, more commonly,
Page Title Entering Coolgardie. There's a row of houses that look like they have been literally carried up from Perth and placed in a row. The were built for miners and their families. My parents rented one in the middle. I d just started a job in a roadhouse. It was only two minutes walk away. On entering work every morning I was met by red eyed, red nosed, sick staff all at various stages of the flu. My bosses were a family of six, related in various ways, and that's where the similarity ended. In the kitchen the main topic of conversation was whom ever was not present at that particular time. I wondered what they said about me when I wasn't there. On reflection I realised I was a bit hard on the girls and their back biting. I fantasized getting them all stoned and then discovering what their all made of underneath and who they really are under the masks that they wear. My Mum is popular, that's because she's friendly and caring, people like that in a person's character.
47 Mind-Blowing Psychology-Proven Facts You Should Know About Yourself - StumbleUpon I’ve decided to start a series called 100 Things You Should Know about People. As in: 100 things you should know if you are going to design an effective and persuasive website, web application or software application. Or maybe just 100 things that everyone should know about humans! The order that I’ll present these 100 things is going to be pretty random. Dr. <div class="slide-intro-bottom"><a href="
Why anthropologists should become journalists We need courses and programs in “Anthropology & Journalism” to help create the critical public intellectuals of the 21st century, Brian McKenna writes in Counterpunch. Such programs will help equip students with skills to popularize critical knowledge: One thing is certain. We need a new wave of writers and journalists, unafraid to do the most radical thing imaginable: simply describe reality. Many anthropologists look skeptically at journalism. Anthropologist have lots in common with journalists. What makes a good journalist? McKenna discusses in this article several papers on anthropology and journalism >> read the article in Counterpunch His texts reminds me of another texts I wanted to blog about earlier: “Anthro-Journalism” by Randolph Fillmore that is part of the site Communicating Anthropology (lots of advice for better writing). The Future of Anthropology: “We ought to build our own mass media” “Discuss politics!” Blogging and Public Anthropology: When free speech costs a career
The Bill of Rights (including the Preamble to the Bill of Rights) Crew 2000 | Drugs A-Z | Drugs information, advice &support, Scotland, UK N.B. This information has been collated from a variety of sources including expert users from UK and Europe, information obtained from users at outreach events, surveys and questionnaires and information from users via relevant websites and drug forums. This information is to be used as a rough guide only and Crew cannot vouch that all information is factual as little is known about the substance and much of the information has been obtained from service users reports. Appearance Most commonly sold in Scotland in white powder or crystal form. Background Naphyrone (often sold as NRG‐1) is often marketed as a mephedrone replacement. Price Internet prices for powder form are £10‐20 depending on quantity purchased and vendor. Route of consumption: Nasal (snorted with straw or banknote). Dosage Light: 10mg - 20mgTypical: 20mg ‐ 30mgStrong: 30mg‐50mg Onset of effects: 5‐10 min (nasal), 30mins‐1 hour (oral) Duration of effects: 30mins‐ 2 hours (nasal), up to 4 hours (oral) Patterns of use Physical effects
Salary and Career Info for a Sociology PhD Degree Sociology is the study of human behavior as it relates to the basics of human interaction within the guidelines and norms of a society or culture. Doctoral-level sociology programs place heavy emphasis on the study of advanced sociological theory and on the practice of research-based applications and statistical analysis. Graduates of doctoral degree programs can pursue many careers, including positions as college professors, sociologists and political scientists. College Professor A professor of sociology in a collegiate setting requires a doctoral degree, and he or she may instruct undergraduate or graduate students. Salary Information According to the U.S. Growth and Employment Due to a steady increase of college enrollment rates, growth of the postsecondary employment field is expected to rise by 17%, about as fast as the average for all occupations, between 2010 and 2020. Sociologist According to the BLS, the median annual salary of a sociologist in May 2012 was $74,960.
Tony Newman: Attractive Undercover Cop Poses As Student And Entraps Teens To "Sell" Her Marijuana Working at the Drug Policy Alliance for the last twelve years I have read and heard countless stories of people having their lives ruined because of our country's cruel war on drugs. Last weekend, the nationally syndicated show This American Life highlighted a story that is so insane, you don't know whether to laugh or puke. Last year in three high schools in Florida, several undercover police officers posed as students. One day she asked Justin if he smoked pot. A short while later, the police did a big sweep and arrested 31 students -- including Justin. This story is not unique to Florida and it reminds me of 18-year-old Mitchell Lawrence, a young man from Great Barrington, Mass., who served two years in jail for selling a joint to an undercover cop. The drug war is sick. We often hear that we need to fight the drug war to protect the kids. Tony Newman is the director of media relations at the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org) .