First, you have to understand who the Maya are. The Maya are a group of indigenous American ethnic groups living in Mesoamerica, what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the surrounding areas. Their civilization has been classified into three periods: preclassical from 2000 B.C. to 300 A.D., classical from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D., and postclassical, from 900 to the Spanish conquest 500 years ago. Their descendants still make up much of the population in their historic zone.

       Then what is that makes the Maya so special? For one, the Mayan civilization was the only pre-Columbian American civilization known to have a fully developed written system of math and language. They were extremely advanced in certain ways, especially during the classical period, after which many cities were abandoned and their culture went slowly into missing.

 

        Mayan theories of time are based around cycles that repeat themselves and extend on throughout history because they used several different calendars.

 

        In Mayan culture, the numbers 13 and 20 were both considered highly significant where 20 is the number of fingers and toes and 13 for the number of major joints in the human body. a question for ourselves? how they know how many joint in human body without any recent technologies like x-rays?? Mayan religion also has 13 levels of heaven. The Maya rely on two calendars around the numbers 13 and 20.

 

        The first calendar was the Tzolk’in. In a very simplified sense, this 260-day calendar was made up of 13 days spread throughout 20 “months,” based on a type of interlocking wheel that would determine the days. This was a very important ceremonial calendar for the Mayans, used to track religious holidays and determine a person’s characteristics from birth.

 

        However, the Tzolk’in can’t measure a full solar year, which the Mayans also needed to do. That led to the creation of the Haab calendar. This calendar is much more similar to our modern Gregorian calendar, and it consists of 360 days as well as five “unnamed days” to create a whole year.

The Haab calendar still can’t measure long periods, however, so the two calendars were combined to create the Calendar Round. The two calendars were paired through a similar interlocking grid to create a calendar of 18,890 unique days, roughly 52 years. But even the Calendar Round didn’t allow Mayans to measure periods of hundreds or thousands of years.

Which brings us to the Long Count calendar.

The Long Count calendar lasts just over 5,125 years, which is referred to as a Great Cycle. Each cycle is made up of five units: one day (kin), 20 days (uinal), 360 days (tun), 7,200 days (katun), and 144,000 days (baktun). At the end of the 13th baktun, the cycle begins again.

HowStuffWorks notes that days in the Gregorian calendar can be converted to the Long Count. For instance, the date of the moon landing, July 20, 1969, would be 12.17.5.17.0. Reading left to right, it goes from the largest unit (baktun), to the smallest.

Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed “end of the world” would be written as 13.0.0.0.0, making it the last day of this Great Cycle.

Okay, so now we understand what the Mayan calendar is.

CORRUPTION EFECTS AND IMPACTS TO PEOPLE

DO YOU KNOW THE EFECTS OF CORRUPTION????????????

The effect of corruption has many dimensions related to political, economic, social and environmental effects. In political sphere, corruption impedes democracy and the rule of law. In a democratic system, public institutions and offices may lose their legitimacy when they misuse their power for private interest.

Corruption may also result in negative consequences such as encoring cynicism and reducing interest of political participation , political instability , reducing political competition, reducing the transparency of political decision making, distorting political development and sustaining political activity based on patronage, clientelism and money, etc.

In our society, the impact of corruption is often manifested through political intolerance, problems of accountability and transparency to the public, low level of democratic culture, principles of consultation and participation dialogue among others.

The economic effects of corruption can be categorized as minor and major. However, both in one way or the other have serious impact on the individual community and country.

First and foremost, corruption leads to the depletion of national wealth. It is often responsible for increased costs of goods and services, the funneling of scarce public resources to uneconomic high profile projects at the expense of the much needed projects such as schools, hospitals and roads, or the supply of potable water, diversion and misallocation of resources, conversion of public wealth to private and personal property, inflation, imbalanced economic development, weakling work ethics and professionalism, hindrance of the development of fair in market structures and unhealthy competition there by deterring competition. Large scale corruption hurts the economy and impoverishes entire population.

In Social sphere, corruption discourages people to work together for the common good. Frustration and general apathy among the public result in a weak civil society. Demanding and paying bribes becomes the tradition. It also results in social inequality and widened gap between the rich and poor, civil strive, increased poverty and lack of basic needs like food, water and drugs, jealousy and hatred and insecurity.

Closer home, corruption is said to have been factors for the down fall of past regimes byway of undermining the legitimacy of the governments and weakening their structures, reducing productivity, hindering development, worsening poverty, marginalizing the poor, creating social unrest and then to their downfall.

CORRUPTION ISSUES: CAUSES, IMPACTS AND CURES

ADMINS REVIEWS.. Corruption is a reality in the political and social settings of modernity. There is no doubt that it is present in both domains. Socially, I think that there is a resurgence of economic corruption, or "white collar crime." Usually, when economic conditions are enduring challenge, the need to engage in economic corruption presents itself. There are many reasons for it. Greed, lust for increase power or control, or even just the belief that money stolen is somehow "better" than money earned are all reasons for its presence. Another reason for corruption in the realm of "white collar crime" is because the opportunity presents itself to these individuals who have some instant to be able to profit personally from such actions. The domain of political corruption results from individuals being able to use power in an unfettered manner and benefit for themselves or those associated with them. In this realm, government is an extension of their own notion of self and corruption helps to enhance this ego. In all of its different forms, I think that the primacy placed on self is the undercurrent of all forms of political corruption. In this light, both forms of social and political corruption are ends to which individuals, driven by the sense of self, move

Causes of Corruption

Corruption is both a major cause and a result of poverty around the world. It occurs at all levels of society, from local and national governments, civil society, judiciary functions, large and small businesses, military and other services and so on

For some, being corrupt may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want.

At times, a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that politicians, policemen, and judges seem to ignore corruption or even practice it themselves merely follow their example.  For some, being corrupt may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want. At times, a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that politicians, policemen, and judges seem to ignore corruption or even practice it themselves merely follow their example.  As corruption snowballs, it becomes more acceptable until it is finally a way of life. People with pitifully low wages come to feel that they have no option. They have to demand bribes if they want to make a decent living. And when those who extort bribes or pay them to gain an unfair advantage go unpunished, few are prepared to swim against the tide.  "Because sentence against a bad work has not been executed speedily, that is why the heart of the sons of men has become fully set in them to do bad," observed King Solomon.-Ecclesiastes 8:11.  Two powerful forces keep stoking the fires of corruption:
**selfishness **and **greed***. Because of selfishness, corrupt people turn a blind eye to the suffering that their corruption inflicts on others, and they justify bribery simply because they benefit from it. The more material benefits they amass, the greedier those practicers of corruption become.  "A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver," observed Solomon, "neither any lover of wealth with income." (Ecclesiastes 5:10)  Granted, greed may be good for making money, but it invariably winks at corruption and illegality.

THESIS STATEMENT. HOW TO DO IT?

Your thesis statement is the central argument of your essay. It must be concise and well-written.

• Your thesis goes in the introductory paragraph. Don't hide it; make it clearly asserted at the beginning of your paper.
• Your thesis must make an argument. It is the road map to the argument you will subsequently develop in your paper.

The key difference between an opinion statement and thesis statement is that a thesis conveys to the reader that the claim being offered has been thoroughly explored and is defendable by evidence. It answers the "what" question (what is the argument?) and it gives the reader a clue as to the "why" question (why is this argument the most persuasive?).
Examples of good thesis statements:

• "The ability to purchase television advertising is essential for any candidate's bid for election to the Senate because television reaches millions of people and thus has the ability to dramatically increase name recognition."
• The organizational structure of the United Nations, namely consensus voting in the security council, makes it incapable of preventing war between major powers."

1. Thesis statements must make a claim or argument. They are not statements of fact.

Statement of fact: "A candidates ability to afford television advertising can have an impact on the outcome of Congressional elections." This is essentially an indisputable point and therefore, not a thesis statement.

Similarly, the claim "The United Nations was established to promote diplomacy between major powers." is not likely to inspire much debate.

2. Thesis statements are not merely opinion statements.
Statement of opinion:"Congressional elections are simply the result of who has the most money." This statement does make a claim, but in this format it is too much of an opinion and not enough of an argument.

Similarly, "The United Nations is incapable of preventing war" is closer to a thesis statement than the factual statement above because it raises a point that is debatable. But in this format, it doesn't offer the reader much information; it sounds like the author is simply stating a viewpoint that may or may not be substantiated by evidence.

In conclusion, your thesis should make clear what your argument is; it should also provide the reader with some indication of why your argument is persuasive.
For example: In the congressional elections example, why is money important (and whose money? The candidates'? Corporations'? Special interests'?), are other factors irrelevant (the candidates' views on the issues?) and for which types of elections is this true (is your argument equally true for Senatorial elections and elections for the House of Representatives? Why or why not?)?

In the other example, you will need to think about why the United Nations is not capable of preventing war. Your thesis should indicate that you have an understanding of the relevant historical circumstances and that you are aware of alternative explanations.

Of course, one can re-work a thesis statement indefinitely and one can almost always find something at fault with it. The point is that you must be sure that your thesis statement is indicating to your reader that you have an argument to make.

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Assalamualaikum. dan salam sejahtera

Apa itu Freemason? mungkin ada antara kita di malaysia ini kurang faham mengenai freemason dan korang join sahaja pertubuhan tersebut tanpa mengetahui asal-usulnya, buat anda di malaysia yang dah join freemanson tu jangan ingat erti seronok sahaja,sila baca   yang saya kongsikan untuk anda ini sebelum anda akan meninggalkan budaya ikutan penyembahan  freemason. jika anda semua ingin mengetahui simbol2 amalan penyembahan syaitan ini.. sila lah KLIK pada laman ini...

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Sejarah Freemason

Freemason adalah organisasi Yahudi Antarabangsa, sekaligus merupakan gerakan rahsia paling besar dan paling berpengaruh di seluruh dunia. Freemason terdiri dari dua kata yang di satukan. Free ertinya bebas atau merdeka, sedangkan Mason adalah juru bangun atau pembangun.

Tujuan akhir dari gerakan Freemason ini adalah membangun kembali cita-cita khayalan mereka, yakni mendirikan Haikal Sulaiman atau Solomon Temple.

Tentang Haikal Sulaiman atau Solomon Temple ini sendiri banyak sumber yang mendefinisikan berlainan. Salah satu tafsir yang paling popular adalah, bahawa Haikal Sulaiman berada di tanah yang kini di atasnya berdiri Masjidil Aqsa. sila rujuk ini untuk lebih lanjut http://rmf7.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/apa-itu-freemason-sejarah-freemason/

Fremasonry adalah Organisasi Dajjal?

Banyak Muslim yang anti-Masonry beralasan bahawa Freemasonry sangat dekat dengan Semitisme dan Zionisme, meski pengkritik lain mengatakan bahawa Freemason ada hubungannya dengan Dajjal. Beberapa Muslim lain yang anti-Masonry beranggapan bahawa Freemasonry memiliki misi untuk mempromosikan Yahudi di seluruh negara di dunia, dan misi terbesar mereka adalah mendirikan Kuil Solomon di Jerusalem setelah menghancurkan Masjid. Pada artikel 28 dari konvensyen Hamas, dinyatakan bahawa Freemason, Rotary, dan kumpulan yang serupa yang lain “bekerja dalam kerangka dan berdasarkan Arahan Zionisme …” Namun, beberapa negara seperti Turki dan Malaysia membolehkan Grand Lodge.

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