List of practices in the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism

This post is a list of practices in the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism. Source: Wikipedia

1. Right View
2. Right Resolve or Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Conduct or Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration

List of I Ching trigrams

This post is a list of the I Ching trigrams. There are 8 trigrams listed below. Source: iching-online.com

1. Heaven
2. Lake
3. Fire
4. Thunder
5. Wind
6. Water
7. Mountain
8. Earth

Basic timeline of California

This post is a basic timeline of California. There are 22 events listed below chronologically.

• La Jolla and Pauma cultures (6050 - 1000 BC)
• 500 Indian tribes (Pre-European arrival)
• Juan Rodírguez Cabrillo and Spain arrive at California coast (1542)
• Francis Drake and England claim portion of California coast (1579)
• Portolá expedition (1602)
• Pueblo Revolt (1680)
• Pima Revolt (1751)
• José de Gálvez expedition (1769)
• Juan Bautista de Anza expeditions (1774 - 1776)
• Domínguez-Escalante expedition (1776 - 1777)
• Spain divides California into Alta California and Baja California (1804)
• Mexico gains independence (1821)
• Mexican secularization act of 1833
• Oregon boundary dispute (1846)
• Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848)
• California genocide (1846 - 1873)
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
• California Gold Rush (1848 - 1855)
• California becomes the 31st state in the United States (1850)
• First transcontinental Railroad from California to Nebraska completed (1869)
• San Francisco earthquake (1906)
• Shasta Dam completed (1945)

Sources

Wikipedia: History of California, History of California (1900-present), California genocide, Domínguez-Escalante expedition, Indigenous peoples of California, Mexican-American War, Mexican secularization act of 1833, Pueblo Revolt, Pima Revolt

Basic timeline of Ohio

This post is a basic timeline of Ohio. There are 23 events listed below chronologically.

• Adena culture (800 BC)
• Hopewell culture (100 - 400 AD)
• Fort Ancient culture (1000 - 1750)
• Iroquoians, Algonquian and Siouan tribes (c. 1600)
• French explorers reach Ohio (17th century)
• Beaver Wars (1609 - 1701)
• Ohio Country becomes part of New France (1663)
• George Washington loses the Battle of Fort Necessity (1754)
• France cedes Ohio to Great Britain (1763)
• Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)
• Lord Dunmore's War (1774)
• American Revolution (1775 - 1783)
• Becomes part of Illinois Country, Virginia (1778 - 1782)
• Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut cede land claims to Ohio (1784 - 1789)
• Northwest Indian War (1786 - 1795)
• Northwest Territory established (1787)
• Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794)
• Ohio becomes the 17th state in the United States (1803)
• War of 1812
• Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
• Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Toledo War (1835 - 1836)
• American Civil War (1861 - 1865)

Sources

Wikipedia: History of Ohio, Beaver Wars, Fort Ancient, Lord Dunmore's War, Northwest Indian War, Toledo War

Basic timeline of Washington state

This post is a basic timeline of Washington state. There are 30 events listed below chronologically.

• First humans (13,000 years ago)
• 125 Northwest Indian tribes (Pre-European arrival)
• Juan Pérez and Europeans arrive on West coast (1774)
• Charles William Barkley discovers the Strait of Juan de Fuca (1778)
• Robert Gay discovers the Columbia River (1792)
• Oregon County established, joint control by United States and Britain (1818)
• Spain cedes north of 42nd Parallel to the United States (1819)
• Britain cedes south of 49th Parallel to the United States (1846)
• Whitman massacre (1847)
• Cayuse War (1847-1855)
• Oregon Territory established (1848)
• Seattle founded (1851)
• Washington Territory established (1853)
• Puget Sound War (1855-1856)
• Yakima War (1855-1858)
• Battle of Seattle (1856)
• Fraser Canyon Gold Rush in British Columbia begins (1858)
• Spokane War (1858)
• Oregon becomes 33rd state in the United States (1859)
• Pig War (1859)
• Idaho Territory established east of Snake River and 117th meridian west (1863)
• U.S - Canada border established (1872)
• Tacoma riot of 1885
• Washington becomes 42nd state in the United States (1889)
• Grand Coulee Dam is completed (1941)
• Hanford nuclear plant is opened (1943)
• Fish Wars (1960s - 1970s)
• Boldt Decision reaffirms Native's rights to fish (1974)
• Mount St. Helens eruption (1980)
• WTO protest (1999)

Sources

Wikipedia: History of Washington (state), Battle of Seattle, Cayuse War, Fish Wars, Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

List of belief analysis examples

This post is a list of belief analysis examples for this blog. There are 4 posts listed below chronologically.

1. Are humans contributing to global warming?
2. Should gun rights be restricted in the United States?
3. Should abortions be allowed?
4. Can belief analysis be useful for helping opposing sides in an argument understand each other more clearly?

Arthur C. Clarke and future technology

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was a British writer best known his contributions to science fiction. The rest of this post is 3 quotes from Clarke.

1. "If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative." (The Exploration of Space, 1951)

2. "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." (Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination, 1962)

3. "In my time I've been very fortunate to see many of my dreams come true! Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, I never expected to see so much happen in the span of a few decades." (90th Birthday Reflections, 2007)