...Ancient calendars kept track of significant astrological events to mark different times of the year. For agricultural societies, this was especially important. A successful harvest was dependent on starting the planting season at the right time. After years of observations and trial and error, ancient peoples were able to predict the patterns of the sun and distinguish the timing of each season. Ancient Egyptians tracked the stars and invented a calendar that would allow them to predict when the Nile would flood. One of the best examples of an early civilization that developed an elaborate calendar system is the Mayans. They had a ritual calendar composed of 13 months, with 20 days in each month, and a 365 day solar calendar (Welser-Sherrill 2007). Their calendar was impressively accurate, and it ruled many facets of Mayan life. One particularly interesting integration of the Mayan calendar is the design of the Pyramid of Kulkulkan. The square-based temple has 365 steps total, with 91 steps on each of the four sides and one shared top step to represent the days of the solar year. During equinoxes, the position of the setting sun casts shadows down the northern stairway that appear like a long slithering snake - Kulkulkan, the Feathered Serpent God (Cline). The Mayans developed numerology and mathematical understandings that were way ahead of their time, but thankfully the end of their calendar was not a...
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... Because I have trouble balancing my family, obligations and academics by adjusting my time management; it has helped me to balance myself as a whole. Trying to reduce my stress-level, I have effectively learned how to balancing by prioritize my daily schedule. Learning from an online university has given me the ability of becoming more aware of my time-wasting; I have learned to cut and balance my schedule to help me succeed as an individual and as a student. Effetely adjusting my student-life to my life at home has helped me understand the important of priorities with-in my schedule. Reviewing my weekly calendar helps me understand what is priority; with my assignments and any other appointments. For my success as a student; it is highly important to manage my time with prioritizing activities in to a seven-day calendar. Scheduling my study-time to a seven-day calendar will give me an understanding of prioritizing. Using your time to have a successful study-time is highly important. It is also important to eliminate all distraction. Every student would like to succeed in a higher level of education. Giving yourself a distraction free-zone; by eliminating my distractions, I have noticed that my studying time has shortened. Taking good notes has helped me reflect on my readings. This has given me the advantage to review more frequently in my note –taking; even if I only review for a short period of time. Time management gave me the understandings; you can never get time back...
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...schedule helps prevent forgetting tasks as well as rushing through other tasks. A schedule helps allot time for school work and business activities and leaves an individual in charge of what they want to do and when they want to do it. As a student, one should be reasonable about business growth by prioritizing and designating only a few hours a week for business activities. It is practical to begin by establishing a small scaled business while in school, with the intention of expanding later when more time is available. Ways to Create a Schedule There are a number of different ways a schedule can be created and many tools that make it a simple task. Many online websites can generate a schedule once input is entered such as Google Calendars which can instantly create a schedule that manages your time. If you are an owner of a Smartphone, applications, such as Tungle Me and Smart Time, can also be useful. However, the most effective schedules are made personally by an individual since they have consideration of activities that take place in their own lives. Research on working effectively shows that most people work best by working intensely for...
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...Number York U Graduation Sitting (York U, Schulich School of Bus, Dec 15, 2014) The Sitting fee is $25 payable in cash at the time of your sitting. The photographer supplies the gowns, sashes, caps, and all props. Please arrive 10 minutes before your appointment for registration. A white collared shirt/blouse always looks best under the grad gown. Gentlemen, ties always look good. Please prepare your appearance before your sitting time. We also offer casual photographs and/or photographs with friends! Thank you, and we'll see you soon. New Paramount Studios Appointment Taxable Date and Cost Total Amount Time Thursday 04 December 2014 03:15 PM $25.00 $25 $25.00 Thursday 04 December 2014 03:27 PM $25.00 CANCEL BOOKING Back to Calendar PRINT version 08.04.19 #7403441 7679595 $25 $25.00 Terms & Conditions...
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...Bombshells Benefit Calendar Business Plan Executive Summary SSSAMM Inc. plans to create a benefit calendar called, Bond’s Bombshells. The calendar will contain photographs of female Bond University students who have been selected to be the Bombshells from Bond Uni. The calendar will include advertisements from local vendors that appeal to the target population along with information on upcoming events on campus. The calendar will not only be functional, to keep up on action on campus, provide coupons and deals with local businesses but the photos of the Bombshells will also be enjoyable to customers’ visual desires. The calendar will be created for the target audience of male students that attend Bond University. This group includes men ranging the age of 16 to 25. Another segment of the population at Bond University that could be potential customers but are not included in the target audience is male faculty and staff. Although their patronage is welcome it is not counted on. No special advertising such as posters or commercials will be used to reach customers. SSSAMM Inc. merely plans that through word of mouth and visual sales will attract customers. Sales will take place at the busiest hours of the weekday in the busiest area of campus, under the arch. SSSAMM Inc. has strong confidence that their product will be very successful. Through market research, a market for the product was established and continuous verbal...
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...that the calendar was a little confusing. We knew something was wrong when easter landed on summer, this drove the people insane. Wasn't easter supposed to land during the spring? We wondered if our very own calendars were exactly accurate, and this is when we realized that they weren't. As time passed, many experts and math mathematicians gathered and did many calculations to perfect the exhausted calendar. The contribution of different people to correct and improvise ancient calendars allowed calendars to be more accurate and trustworthy for the people to stop being preoccupied with time, seasons, month and days. The very first Ancient Calendars...
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...Purpose: To inform the audience on the Mayan theory of the “world ending”. Central Idea: To give information about the Mayan’s and their calendar and to show that according to them the world in fact is not ending. Introduction: Waking up in the morning you roll over look at your cell phone to see what time it is and while checking the time you also glance and the date and what date do you see but December 12, 2012. They day that many people believe will be the end of world because of one popular belief that the Mayan’s Calendar will end today and you will not wake up to see tomorrow but just wait all day in anticipation to see what happens. Preview Statement: That is what I am going to talk to you about today is the belief of the world ending according to the Mayan’s calendar that has become a very popular way to predict this. First I will you who they Mayan’s were and why they are of importance. Second I will give an overview of the three major calendars that are used to predict and what they mean. Third I will explain the solar galactic and what happened at each time this has occurred. Fourth I will explain what the Mayan’s believe will happen in 2012 so you can make your own belief’s on the Mayan’s version of the world ending. I. Who are the Mayan’s? (http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm) A. The Mayan’s were an Indian civilization that first began between the times Period. Of 250 A.D. to 1500 B.C. and were Mesoamerican’s. 1. They were Mesoamerican’s...
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...Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012. Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012? A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012. Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012? A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on...
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...invasion. “Mayan civilization not only dominated the region in pre-Colombian times, but also it has captivated world attention more than a thousand years after it has collapsed (Foster)". According to Foster, the Mayan civilization has made a lasting impression on the world. Their lingering effect on the world is due to the fact the Mayans made many achievements in the areas of architecture, trade, religion, math, and astronomy. The Mayans were skilled in the field of architecture.Their architecture would include awe-inspiring observatories, palaces, ball courts, and stelaes which were intricate and detailed statues dedicated to a specific god. Mayan pyramids were based on Mesoamerican design and similar in style to the ziggurats of the ancient Mesopotamians and pyramids of the Inca. All three buildings would have a long staircase, leading up to a temple dedicated to a certain god. Although the Mayans focused on man made features for their architecture, they would also integrate natural resources. ”Mayan architecture tends to integrate a great degree of natural features...depending upon the location and availability of natural resources such as fresh-water wells, or cenotes, the city grew by connecting great plazas with the numerous platforms that created the sub-structure for nearly all Maya buildings(Miller 65-66)” According to Miller, the location and access of a natural resource, for example, fresh water or mountainous terrain would help them to consider the place of the buildings(Miller...
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...Synthesis Essay Different kinds of websites and books argue on the idea of whether the world is going to end in 2012 or not. All of them give reasons to persuade their readers as much as they could. When I went over some of the articles that talk about 2012, I asked, won’t those articles confuse people? Therefore, I have chosen two articles to see their effect over the readers. The first one is by Dr. Dr. Morrison David who is NAI senior scientist who answers a lot of questions that has been asked to NASA about 2012. The second one is by Dr. Archana who talks about different kinds of reasons why the world will end in 2012. Dr. Archana and Dr. Morrison have different opinions about 2012. Dr. Morrison says there is no evidence which proves the ending of the world is in 2012. According to him, people use this idea to make money out of it by creating different kinds of stories to persuade people (Dr. Morrison 7). In fact, He believes these kinds of concepts are products of Hollywood (Dr. Morrison 3). In the other side, Dr. Archana argues by saying “several experts are predicting that the earth is likely to end by the year 2012. The reason could be a human effect or natural disaster. From Chinese theories to scientific predictions the most likely date is the year 2012.” (Dr. Archana 1) Although Dr. Archana and Dr. Morrison agree in the presence of magnetic field, they give different view of what the earth’s magnetic field might cause. Dr. Morrison argues that there is slow movement...
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...the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in lunar calendar. Actually, Lantern Festival is not a real name in its Chinese meaning, because people can not translate that festival’s name correctly due to different culture and language. My favorite festival is the Lantern Festival because there is much fun in the Lantern Festival. In China, we call the Lantern Festival as “Yuan-Xiao Festival”. The reason why Chinese people made this name is that Chinese people have a special calendar called lunar calendar which is based on cycles of lunar phases, and it’s different from the Gregorian calendar which we use now. Thus, the Chinese character “Yuan month” means the first month in lunar calendar, and “Xiao” means the night. So this is what the festival’s name should really be. There are several versions story about the origin of the Lantern Festival, but no one knows which one is true. The most plausible origin states that the Lantern Festival is from Buddhism, and it began from Han dynasty. The emperor Ming of Han dynasty believed Buddhism, and he knew there was some tradition that Buddhists lighted lanterns to show their respect to Buddha’s relics in every fifteenth of lunar January. So the emperor Ming let people light lanterns in the temples and the palace also. Gradually, this tradition spreads up to now. In ancient times, people made some large lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and that’s why we also called...
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...Introduction: Asia is one of largest continent in the world. It has many countries. One of the largest countries in Asia is China. China is a wonderful ancient country. It has one of the seven wonders of the wonders of the world which is the Great Wall of China. Do you want to know more about China? In this essay I am going to talk about Chinese food, Chinese wedding and Chinese tradition festivals. Chinese food: Chinese cuisine can be divided into two distinct styles, the Northern and the Southern. Northern cuisine is characterized by its extensive use of oil, vinegar and garlic. There are many Northern Chinese dishes that revolve around pasta. Other popular Northern dishes include ravioli-dumplings, noodles, steamed stuffed buns, steamed bread and fried meat dumplings. Southern style cooking is known for its abundant use of Chili peppers and the food in general is known to possess tenderness and freshness. There is a lot of variety in Southern style cooking which tends to have a sweet taste to it. Rice dishes are very popular amongst Southern style cooking with some of the popular items being rice cakes and noodles. One of the unique aspects of Chinese food is the importance of color and aroma. These two elements share equal importance with the taste of the food item in Chinese cooking. Chinese food tends to be very colorful. Every dish features at least three to five different colors. The most popular colors found in Chinese food include yellow, green, red, black, white...
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...like many religions, Judaism has many different holidays they celebrate around the Hebrew calendar. There are many religious practices, scriptural readings, and family events centered on all holy days. The Jewish holiday. I selected is Festival of Shavuot. Shavuot is a Jewish holiday meaning festival of the weeks that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June), it goes by the lunar cycle. It is the second of the three major Jewish Festivals. There are seven festivals or holidays celebrated by the Jewish faith: Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Purim, Hanukkah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, and Shavuot. It usually is 50 days or seven weeks after Passover, hence its name. It is a two- day holiday celebrated here in the United States, and one day in Israel. It starts at sundown on the fifth day of Sivan, and last until nightfall on the seventh of Sivan.It began as a summer grain-harvest festival. “Later regained special meaning as an invitation to renew the covenant” (2010, para 10). Shavuot originated around 3300 years ago at Mount Sinai, commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel. “Biblical times, Shavuot originated as an agricultural Festival, celebrating the beginning (the first fruits) of the wheat harvest in Israel that continues through summer and ends with Sukkot in the fall” (October 2009, para 3). In times will ancient times, two wheat loaves would be offered in the holy Temple. People would also bring their...
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...Doomsday How does doomsday become popular？ 1. The Mayan calendar says sun era will end on December 21, 2012. Many believers believe that the end of December 21, 2012 is the end of the world: a wandering planet will impact the earth, thus the whole world will be destroyed. According to ancient Mayan calendar, 2012’s winter solstice marks a 144000 days of the end of the cycle. This period began in the legendary Maya creation day, already repeated 12 times. And 13 times will come to an end in 2012, to complete a full 5200 creation cycle. There is a very short time before the end of the world coming; the rumor has become the hot topic of fiction films and television programs 2. Hollywood films and social network blow up the rumor of the end of the world: People’s fanaticism to "eschatology" stem from the Hollywood disaster film "2012". In the film, the Mayan prophecy: in the December 21, 2012, the fifth sun age coming, the sun will disappear, and the earth will violent shake, then the earth will be destroyed. Why do people so trust Mayan prophecy? Because of the mysterious Mayans were very proficient in astronomical figures. As early as 3000 years ago, they accurately calculated the time about revolution of the earth and running of other stars. The accuracy even surprised modern scientists 3. Frequent natural disasters increase people’s concern: The earth goes into seismic active period, so some people’s end guesses also warm up. On March 11, 2011, level 9.0 earthquake happened...
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...A. Geography >China stretches some 5,026 kilometres (3,123 mi) across the East Asian landmass. China is bordered by seas and waters eastward, with the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea, and bordered by landmasses on its 3 other sides, from North Korea to Vietnam. China has been officially and conveniently divided into 5 homogeneous physical macro-regions: Eastern China (subdivided into the northeast plain, north plain, and southern hills), Xinjiang-Mongolia, and the Tibetan-highlands. Its physical features are multiples. The eastern and southern half of the country, its seacoast fringed with offshore islands, is a region of fertile lowlands and foothills with most of the agricultural output and human population. The western and northern half of China is a region of sunken basins (Gobi, Taklamakan), rolling plateaus, and towering massifs, including a portion of the highest tableland on earth (Tibetan Plateau) with lower agricultural possibilities and thus, far less populated. Traditionally, the Chinese population centered around the Chinese central plain and oriented itself toward its own enormous inland market, developing as an imperial power whose center lay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River on the northern plains. More recently, the 18,000-kilometers coastline have been used extensively for export-oriented trade, making a power shift, with the coastline provinces becoming the leading economic center. With an...
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