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Intro Drums, that's one of the things we have left. From the earliest times, our species has used them, in the darkest recesses of our collective consciousness at the sliver of light entering our minds, the first thing we hear is a drumbeat regular and rhythmic. That pulse has remained with us, from the start to the finish, humanity has one strong unifying pillar through our scattered culture, the rhythm. Driven from our home, spat out into the vastness of the universe, distant and uncaring, far away from our birthplace we now huddle together around the campfire like warmth of stars, we keep the rhythm and drum the beat. Our collective wor

Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) The Ginkgo biloba is the sole surviving species of a gymnosperm phylum that originated over 150,000,000 years ago. Now existing within its phyla on its own with no close relatives or any other close ties to other species. In genetic and evolutionary terms the Gingko is the oldest living species on the planet. It grows to approximately 40 meters in height and can live for up to 4000 years individually. It has fan shaped leaves with two lobes in young specimens. It is widespread around the world as an ornamental tree but there has recently been a flurry of research into the chemical constituents of this ancien

The Future of the National Party of Australia By Matthew English, 09904703 The National Party of Australia has its roots in the sections of Australian society that value a return to the roots of family, love of the nation and old-fashioned values. This background base of support is from the conservative, reactive and traditionally isolated areas of Australia that can only be described as rural in their outlook and makeup. Therefore the National Party desires to represent the interests of Australia’s regional, rural and semi-rural areas, this is due in part to the fact that the party had its birth as the political voice of the farmer&#

The Ecology of Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)  in the Pilbara Region. Abstract In the Pilbara region of Australia the increasing incidents of scalding in livestock grazing areas has become a major area of concern for farmers and ecologist. Thought to be the result of overgrazing, these areas are without vegetation and are susceptible to increased soil salinity and are also considered to be particularly prone to topsoil erosion. The presence of Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) in these areas is believed to be a significant factor in relation to the re-vegetation of scalded areas. A member of the Portulacaceae family, Purslane i

The Effect of the British on the Sikh Community to 1850 Sikhs and their religion occupy an important place in the politics and conflicts found in the northern state of Punjab in India and Pakistan. As a link between the Muslim/Hindu political conflicts the Sikhs have fulfilled the role of negotiators while maintaining a strong case for their rights as a people. A warriors religion that grew from a pacifist reformation the Sikh people have become a unique ethnic group that have had a major influence on the Indian nationalist movement in the Punjab and around the Subcontinent. Their history has been one of oppression and conflict, but no sing

Question 1 To what extent was the nationalist movement shaped by India’s colonial past. Indian Nationalism was, and is entirely dependant on the existence of the Colonial past of the British Empire. Without the influence of the British occupation the idea of India itself would not exist. Without British colonisation the idea of Nationalism would not have existed in India on a Continent wide scale. Without British influence the regionalism of India’s past would have prevailed and the Subcontinent would be vastly different. Colonialism created a geographical and political entity- a ‘nation’ with a social, linguistic and c

History Essay: Zionism and the Biased State The influence of generations of oppression and dispersion upon the Jewish people has been absorbed into the State of Israel's citizens, administration, bureaucracy, and even into its constitution. Dreamed of throughout the falsity of Emancipation, obsessed over throughout the Pogroms of Russia, Israel was finally created at a time where the majority of the world desired to clear its conscience from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. The State of Israel is a nation with a biased set of national goals and has the potential to turn into a modern fascist nation. This disaster can only be avoided if the

Before I start I would like to quickly point out that when dealing with settlement by the Israeli state in the occupied territories it is nearly impossible to separate the terms Jewish and Israeli. It is hard to define the individual people that live in Jewish settlements, yet the physical description of the places where they live is relatively easy. "Settlements" are actually towns and villages where Jewish citizens of Israel have gone to live since the capture of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. These towns and villages are located in the historic home of the Jewish people but are considered to be a form of invasion and as centres of

Section A Question 7 The Crusades were a pivotal point for the relationship between the Middle East and Europe. It was the start of a concerted effort by the Europeans to establish an influence in the area by conquest and trade. In relation to influence and effect on and over the region the Crusades were fleeting and inconsequential yet the influence of the Middle East lingers strongly in Europe up to the present day. The First Crusade began in 1095 after the Byzantine Emperor Alexis I - threatened by Seljuk power and facing revolt and uprisings amongst his diverse subjects- appealed to Pope Urban II for military aid. The Latin Church at