Naked sushi is coming to England Nyotaimori dining, or female body presentation as it’s roughly translated, has been around in Japan for centuries. As one of the oldest cultures on the planet, they know best how to throw a good party. This shadowy dining experience was reserved for the Japanese... [Read More]

Kimi Raikkonen took his fourth Belgian Grand Prix win on Sunday, but the Ferrari driver was pushed all the way by Force India‘s Giancarlo Fisichella, who finished less than a second behind the Finn. Sebastian Vettel was third for Red Bull, ahead of the BMW Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld.... [Read More]

An amazing qualifying session at Spa on Saturday saw Giancarlo Fisichella put Force India on pole, as the tradtional frontrunners struggled despite fine and dry condtions. Jarno Trulli was second for Toyota, from BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld and Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello. The Red Bulls... [Read More]

What is the purpose of that new page you’re adding to your site? Is it to rank highly for a keyword term? That’s half the battle won, of course After the visitor has arrived on your page, what do you want the visitor to do next? According to Seth Godin, you probably want a visitor to do... [Read More]

O Canada, the home and native land of extremely threatening privacy watchdogs. Hm? What’s that? Canadians aren’t scary, they’re actually friendly and accommodating? Well, yes, that’s been my experience, but that can’t be the case now. You see, ong>Facebookong>ong> usually kicks and screams... [Read More]

An Apple manager has become a co-chairman of the group standardizing HTML, giving the company a higher-profile role in a crucial time for development of the language used to build Web pages. The World Wide Web Consortium’s HTML Working Group had been led by IBM’s Sam Ruby and Microsoft‘s... [Read More]

Yahoo! has introduced a somewhat controversial feature into their video search: inline viewing. The feature allows searchers to view videos directly on the search results page instead of taking them to the site where the video is hosted. Of course, if you are one of those sites, you want that traffic... [Read More]

A WebmasterWorld thread has new discussion around how important it is to have keywords in the URL. This is a very old SEO topic, but new chatter in the industry is saying how keywords in the URLs actually make more of an impact in your rankings in Google today, more than it has in a long time. Now, keywords... [Read More]

A new microblogging website, Yahoo Meme, similar in style and functionality to Twitter, was soft-launched in Portuguese in May. They have now launched a Spanish version. But what is unusual is that the word “meme” was first introduced by controversial British ethologist and evolutionary biologist... [Read More]

The Mayan Prophecies Short Overview. The authors demonstrate how the Mayan Holy Number 1,366,560 days, known as the birth of Venus and the basis of their calendar, indicates ancient knowledge of sun spot cycles and their effect on the human race. They explore the popular myth of Quetzalcoatl and its... [Read More]

THE MAYAN LITERATURE POPOL VUH The Mayans were the only people in the Americas who had a developed form of writing, thus some of their inscriptions cannot be entirely deciphered. Part of the problem is the limited number of texts; only three pre-Spanish Maya books, or codices, are known to exist. One... [Read More]

Agriculture Maya diet and subsistence The ancient Maya had diverse and sophisticated methods of food production. It was formerly believed that shifting cultivation (swidden) agriculture provided most of their food but it is now thought that permanent raised fields, terracing, forest gardens, managed... [Read More]

Religion Maya religion God K, the god of lightning A jade mask. Its design metaphorically represents the Rain God Chaac, and the Creator God Kukulkan. The Mayans concept of the cosmos is more complex than the western religion. Benson reminds us that the only evidence of the Maya religion is the ruins... [Read More]

Astronomy Uniquely, there is some evidence to suggest the Maya appear to be the only pre-telescopic civilization to demonstrate knowledge of the Orion Nebula as being fuzzy, i.e. not a stellar pin-point. The information which supports this theory comes from a folk tale that deals with the Orion constellation’s... [Read More]

Maya numerals Maya Numerals In common with the other Mesoamerican civilizations, the Maya used a base 20 (vigesimal) and base 5 numbering system (see Maya numerals). Also, the preclassic Maya and their neighbors independently developed the concept of zero by 36 BC. Inscriptions show them on occasion... [Read More]

The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms. It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant... [Read More]

Maya art , architechture A stucco relief from Palenque depicting Upakal K’inich A stucco relief from Palenque depicting Upakal K'inich Many consider Maya art of their Classic Era (c. 250 to 900 AD) to be the most sophisticated and beautiful of the ancient New World. The carvings and the reliefs... [Read More]

Political structures Ajaw - Mayan Political Structure A typical Classic Maya polity was a small hierarchical state (ajawil, ajawlel, or ajawlil) headed by a hereditary ruler known as an ajaw (later k’uhul ajaw). Such kingdoms were usually no more than a capital city with its neighborhood and several... [Read More]

History - Preclassic The Maya area was initially inhabited around the 10th century BC. Recent discoveries of Maya occupation at Cuello in Belize have been carbon dated to around 2600 BC. This level of occupation included monumental structures. The Maya calendar, which is based around the so-called... [Read More]

geographical-extent-extent-of-the-maya-civilization The geographic extent of the Maya civilization, known as the Maya area, extended throughout the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán. The Maya area also extended throughout... [Read More]

God K - The god of Lightning The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Preclassic period (c. 2000 BC to... [Read More]

A British newspaper has put together a racy collection of snaps featuring sizzling models for lingerie firm Ultimo. The pictures of Ultimo angels, compiled by the Daily Star, start off with singer Rod Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster, who was the brand’s very first model. In 2004, the lingerie... [Read More]

We all know Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez bagged the Miss Universe 2009 crown at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas yesterday. Here’s a look at the newly-minted beauty queen and the competition’s runners up. Eighteen-year-old Stefania created history by taking the crown back to... [Read More]

Canada will deploy ‘behaviour detection officers’ at its airports soon to spot terrorists and criminals. These officers in plainclothes will watch air passengers for physiological or bodily hints of any hostile intent in their behaviour as they pass through concourses and departure lounges. The... [Read More]