Will it be the end of everything? Or will it be the dawning of the age of Aquarius? No one really knows. One thing's for sure, though. December 21st of the year 2012 is the day time as we know it will end.
So at least claim the Maya's, that ancient civilization that lived in the Mesoamerica's since 2,600 BC. The Maya's had an extremely complicated method of keeping track of time, based on three separate calendars. The most important, most encompassing of these calendars holds the `Long Count': the period from the beginning until the end of time. And on December 21st 2012, the Long Count expires. It will be point zero. Time will be up for the Universe. It will be, literally, the end of days.
Big deal, you might say. Still, there's a couple of very interesting (and disturbing) facts about the Maya calendar's end. Most intriguing, 21-12-2012 is not a day like any other. Up in the sky, an extraordinary and incredibly rare event will take place. The Sun will move to a unique spot in the sky -- and hold still for a while, since it is solstice day. The Sun will sit precisely on the heavenly crossroads between the Milky Way and the galactic equinox, forming a perfect alignment with the center of the galaxy.
Er... what?
Well: the night time sky is crossed by several mathematical lines. One is the axis of the Milky Way -- the Milky Way, as you may know, being that bright band of stars you can see running across the heavens on a clear night. Another important line is the cosmological ecliptic: the axis along which the constellations travel, the line that defines coordinates in space.
You can say a lot about the Maya, but you've got to hand it to them: they knew a hell of a lot about stars. For instance, they calculated the exact duration of a year to a thousandth of a decimal point, much more precise than any Greek or enlightened philosopher ever did. Also, they were able to predict every solar and lunar eclipse until this day. And obviously, they knew where the galactic equinox and the exact middle of the Milky Way lay: they called this crossing `the Sacred Tree'.
More disturbing, the Maya's were awfully good at astrology, too. Mysteriously, they predicted in what year their civilization would be overrun by foreigners coming from over the seas. Legend has it they even predicted the world wars. So if a Maya tells you the world will end in 2012, you'd better take it seriously.
But actually, the Maya's never predicted anything concrete about 2012. That may have something to do with our ill knowledge about Maya culture: when the Spanish ransacked the land, they burnt literally every Maya book they could find. Only a handful of scriptures survived. And in them, there's not a clue about what happens when the Maya calendar ends.
So what awaits us in 2012 basically is an open question. And as with so many open questions, countless doom preachers, semi-prophets and other crackpots pop up to provide an answer. The interpretation you hear most: 2012 will mark the coming of a new, glorious age of wisdom and peace. It will be Age Of Aquarius at last, with a world full of peace, love and understanding.
The reasoning behind this is actually not that stupid. The Maya's didn't really believed in endings: their conception of time was circular, with every end being the beginning of something new. So, 2012 shouldn't be an exception.
Also, the Maya's had a highly developed philosophy of the cosmos. They saw the cosmos as the true mother of things. Consequently, the Maya's thought the cosmos is all around us, and within us. Every plant, every animal, every man is sheer Cosmos.
So, New Age philosophers say, December 21st 2012 will be the day on which this inner cosmos is reconnected to the divine outer cosmos. The Sun will mount its unique position to form a `gateway' between the Universe and the souls of every living creature on Earth. Our linear conception of time will crumble, and with it, fear and hatred will vanish. It will be purification at it's very best, when everyone is soaked in cosmic understanding and divine love.
So there it is: on December 20th, you'll kick your dog, yell at your spouse and cheat on cards. But a day later, you'll be calmed down into a peaceful dude with nothing but love and understanding to guide you in life. Even though it's mid-winter, it'll be summer of love for all humanity.
Other doomsayers foresee doom and destruction. December 21st will be the day the Earth will be destroyed. Some think it will be because of some nuclear war, some say it will be because it's biblical judgment day. Even others take the ending of the Maya calendar more literally, and claim the Universe will just cease to exist. Zzzzp!, gone.
There's something to be said in favor of such sinister scenario's, too. The Maya divided their Long Count into five lumps of time, called Great Cycles. And every cycle had a well defined end. For example, after period number one, a Jaguar came by and ate everyone on Earth. Well, it's the Maya saying this, not me!
The second cycle ended in air, the third in fire, the fourth in flood. And what about the last period, the stretch of time we're in? The Earth will be destroyed by earthquakes, is the interpretation some scholars give to the etchy-sketchy remains of the Maya culture. That needs emphasizing, because the last word on Maya timekeeping isn't said yet: almost every year new books on the issue are published.
So, what are we to make of it all? Will it be time's up in 2012? Well: we at Exit Mundi wouldn't bet on it.
Don't forget: there are many, many religions predicting some kind of end to the world. And the Maya prediction attracts a lot of attention now, merely because their end date is so well-defined, and because the Maya Deadline is only a couple of time-ticks away.
And what about that awesome phenomenon of the Sun sitting in the heart of the Tree of Life? Well, that happened before. The Sun passes the Tree every 25,800 years. That's a lot of years, but since the Earth exists for an astonishing 4,5 billion years, the Earth survived the `divine event' more than 150,000 times already!
What's more, the last six times the phenomenon occurred, modern humans already walked the planet. Obviously, it didn't have much effect on our spiritual lives. It certainly didn't stop the Spanish from butchering some 800,000 Maya's in the sixteenth century.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Global Warming is decreasing the peak of Mounteverest
The rising temperature on the mountains has melted much ice and snow on the trail to the summit. It is difficult for climbers to use their crampons on the rocky surfaces,” Apa told reporters after flying to Katmandu on Tuesday.
Apa, who uses only one name, reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) summit on Saturday for the 20th time, beating his own previous record. The 49-year-old first climbed Everest in 1989 and has repeated the feat almost every year since. His closest rival is fellow Sherpa guide Chhewang Nima, who has made 16 trips to the summit.
Apa said when he first began climbing Everest, there was hardly any rocky surface on the trail to the summit. Now, he says, the trail is dotted with bare rocks. The melting ice has also exposed deep crevasses, making it dangerous for climbers.
Apa has been campaigning on global warming's negative effect on the Himalayan peaks for the past three years. In a separate environmental campaign to clean up the mountain, his Eco-Everest Expedition team has been collecting garbage from the slopes of Everest. This year the team collected 7,630 pounds (4,770 kilograms) of garbage. Apa grew up in the foothills of Everest and began carrying equipment and supplies for trekkers and mountaineers at age 12. He moved to the United States in 2006 and lives in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper.
Sherpas were mostly yak herders and traders living in the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders to tourists in 1950. Their stamina and knowledge of the mountains makes them expert guides and porters.
A total of 233 climbers in 25 expedition teams from various nations have been permitted by the Nepalese government to climb Everest during the spring season from the southern face of the peak.
Apa, who uses only one name, reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) summit on Saturday for the 20th time, beating his own previous record. The 49-year-old first climbed Everest in 1989 and has repeated the feat almost every year since. His closest rival is fellow Sherpa guide Chhewang Nima, who has made 16 trips to the summit.
Apa said when he first began climbing Everest, there was hardly any rocky surface on the trail to the summit. Now, he says, the trail is dotted with bare rocks. The melting ice has also exposed deep crevasses, making it dangerous for climbers.
Apa has been campaigning on global warming's negative effect on the Himalayan peaks for the past three years. In a separate environmental campaign to clean up the mountain, his Eco-Everest Expedition team has been collecting garbage from the slopes of Everest. This year the team collected 7,630 pounds (4,770 kilograms) of garbage. Apa grew up in the foothills of Everest and began carrying equipment and supplies for trekkers and mountaineers at age 12. He moved to the United States in 2006 and lives in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper.
Sherpas were mostly yak herders and traders living in the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders to tourists in 1950. Their stamina and knowledge of the mountains makes them expert guides and porters.
A total of 233 climbers in 25 expedition teams from various nations have been permitted by the Nepalese government to climb Everest during the spring season from the southern face of the peak.
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Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
02 Mar 2010
KATHMANDU: The police have found a link between December 25 shootout in Butwal and the killing of media baron Jamim Shah.
A Nepal Police source at the Metropolitan Police Range told The Himalayan Times today that the wife of Shaukhat Baeg, aka Parvej, who was killed in Butwal shootout, has identified the person who bought the bike used in the killing of Jamim Shah as the shooter who killed her husband. The police believe he is the same person who killed Jamim Shah.
“The shooting of Parvej took place when he was sitting in front of his motor garage with his wife. Two men came on a bike and stopped in front of Parvej and Najma Khatum. They talked with Parvej for nearly half-an-hour. Parvej’s wife told the police that they had no clue that the two had come to kill Baeg,”said the source.
“Suddenly the man who was riding pillion took out his gun and shot Parvej in the forehead. The two then sped away,” said the source, quoting Najma.
After Najma gave her statement to the police, she has been provided with tight security. Her whereabouts cannot be revealed for her security. Najma is the sole eyewitness in the Butwal shooting case and MPR considers her the most vital link in the two cases.
The shooter in Jamim Shah’s murder used a maroon coloured motorbike (Ba 17 Pa 8733), which has been impounded by NP and was shown to the media in a press meet. The police said Miteri Saving and Cooperative Finance Company had financed the bike. The man, who got the bike financed from Miteri, left his identity card with the company. The card is in the custody of the NP team probing into the murder of Jamim Shah.
Najma, who was shocked to the see the photo in the ID card, has identified it as being similar to that of the man who shot Parvej, according to the police source.
The police believe Mohammad Bakher Said to be the shooter, while they have yet to identify his accomplice, said the source. Said was also involved in the murder of a counterfeit currency racketeer, added the NP source.
Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
02 Mar 2010
KATHMANDU: The police have found a link between December 25 shootout in Butwal and the killing of media baron Jamim Shah.
A Nepal Police source at the Metropolitan Police Range told The Himalayan Times today that the wife of Shaukhat Baeg, aka Parvej, who was killed in Butwal shootout, has identified the person who bought the bike used in the killing of Jamim Shah as the shooter who killed her husband. The police believe he is the same person who killed Jamim Shah.
“The shooting of Parvej took place when he was sitting in front of his motor garage with his wife. Two men came on a bike and stopped in front of Parvej and Najma Khatum. They talked with Parvej for nearly half-an-hour. Parvej’s wife told the police that they had no clue that the two had come to kill Baeg,”said the source.
“Suddenly the man who was riding pillion took out his gun and shot Parvej in the forehead. The two then sped away,” said the source, quoting Najma.
After Najma gave her statement to the police, she has been provided with tight security. Her whereabouts cannot be revealed for her security. Najma is the sole eyewitness in the Butwal shooting case and MPR considers her the most vital link in the two cases.
The shooter in Jamim Shah’s murder used a maroon coloured motorbike (Ba 17 Pa 8733), which has been impounded by NP and was shown to the media in a press meet. The police said Miteri Saving and Cooperative Finance Company had financed the bike. The man, who got the bike financed from Miteri, left his identity card with the company. The card is in the custody of the NP team probing into the murder of Jamim Shah.
Najma, who was shocked to the see the photo in the ID card, has identified it as being similar to that of the man who shot Parvej, according to the police source.
The police believe Mohammad Bakher Said to be the shooter, while they have yet to identify his accomplice, said the source. Said was also involved in the murder of a counterfeit currency racketeer, added the NP source.
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Butwal shuts against couple murder (Ramesh Bhandari )
Butwal shuts against couple murder
RUPANDEHI: A day after a group shot dead businessman Ramesh Bhandari and his wife Asha at the Jaycees Chowk in Butwal, infuriated locals shut Butwal and brought vehicular movement to a halt for two hours to mount pressure on the authorities to arrest the killers.
Final rites of the Bhandari couple were conducted on the Tinau River banks. Through slogans, participants at the funeral procession demanded that local authorities swing into action and bring the killers to book. They threatened to launch an agitation from Friday if the murderers were not arrested.
Meanwhile, Dan Bahadur Karki, DSP, said the police had already arrested five suspects and were collecting information from them. He pledged to speed up the investigation.
RUPANDEHI: A day after a group shot dead businessman Ramesh Bhandari and his wife Asha at the Jaycees Chowk in Butwal, infuriated locals shut Butwal and brought vehicular movement to a halt for two hours to mount pressure on the authorities to arrest the killers.
Final rites of the Bhandari couple were conducted on the Tinau River banks. Through slogans, participants at the funeral procession demanded that local authorities swing into action and bring the killers to book. They threatened to launch an agitation from Friday if the murderers were not arrested.
Meanwhile, Dan Bahadur Karki, DSP, said the police had already arrested five suspects and were collecting information from them. He pledged to speed up the investigation.
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Cops unveil 4 killers of Butwal couple
Arun Gyawali
BUTWAL: Rupandehi police made public four persons who were held in connection with the murder of Butwal based business couple on Friday afternoon.
According to Rupendehi police chief Sher Bahadur Basnet the four people who were involved in the murders of Ramesh Bhandari and his wife Asha are Shambhu Gautam aka Bhole Baba, 32, a local resident of Saljhandi VDC, Rupandehi, Shyam Prasad B.K 32 and Nim Prasad Thapa, 32, local residents of Gajedi, Rupandehi and Purna Bahadur Shreesh Magar, 28, a local resident of Rudrapur VDC.
The police made them public in a press conference at the hall of Siddhartha Chambers of Commerce and Industries . Among them Shambhu was in the most wanted list of the police.
Two culprits involved in the incident are still absconding.
The Bhandari couple was shot dead at their shop in Jaycees Chowk of Butwal around 3 pm on June 23.
Asha died instantly and Ramesh succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Lumbini Zonal Hospital the same day. Ramesh had sustained a bullet in his throat while Asha was shot in the stomach.
Ramesh used to supply food grains to Lumbini, Gandaki and Dhaulagiri zones. He was also involved in various organisations including Jaycees and Lions Clubs of Butwal.
Three persons riding a black Pulsar bike had opened fire on the couple and managed to flee the scene.
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