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Apocalyptic anxiety is, if anything, reassuringly familiar. This most recent phenomenon taps into a well-established tradition in our society. Just this past year, religious broadcaster Harold Camping took two swings at predicting doomsday, pinpointing one date in May and, when the world emerged unscathed, one in October.

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What makes 2012ology different is the starring role it gives to the ancient Maya. Among numerous native cultures in the Americas, the Maya seem to have captured the popular imagination. They are cast as a mysteriously wise civilization, one that disappeared into the tropical forests of Central America, taking with it a sacred knowledge that has only recently started coming to light.

Although the disaster flick “2012” — early to the game in 2009 — featured no Maya priests and portrayed largely tongue-in-cheek science, its promotional tag­line succinctly captured the assumptions underlying 2012ology: “First, the Mayan calendar predicted it. . . . Now, science has confirmed it.”The only problem is, the ancient Maya predicted no such thing. Nor has anything been confirmed by science.

During the heyday of their civilization, circa A.D. 250 to 900, the Maya produced thousands of artworks and hieroglyphic texts, a dazzling legacy of literature and learning, art and architecture. But they weren’t preoccupied with apocalypse. Maya creation mythology recorded tales of a past world, but it did not detail how and when the current world would end — or even if it would.

December 21 2012 End Of The World 2012

Instead, the Maya appear to have been particularly fascinated with re- creation, as it figured prominently in myth and in ritual performance. The Maya perceived time as a complex set of infinite cycles, not a clock ticking toward doomsday. One of these cycles, known by scholars as the Maya Long Count, consisted of more than 5,000years. In our calendrical system it began in August 3114 B.C. and is due to end on Dec. 21, 2012 — or, in Maya numerology, 13.0.0.0.0.But there is nothing to suggest that the Maya thought this date would be the world’s last. If anything, they might have worried a bit about the roundness of the number, like we did about Y2K. But 13.0.0.0.0 was not the end.

One glyphic text that records the date 13.0.0.0.0, a carved stone plaque from the Mexican site of Tortuguero, was ambiguously read by Maya scholars in 1996 as possibly predicting an ominous event — the “descent” of a deity associated with the underworld. The scholars posted their interpretation online, and that reading spread rapidly across the Internet in the following years, promoted by 2012ologists as evidence of a specific Maya prophecy. Meanwhile, epigraphers — those who study the glyphs — gave the Tortuguero plaque a closer look.

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Kim Kardashian wants divorced from Kris Humphries

The California-born pop star, 27, and the British comedian-turned-actor began dating in 2009. Russell Brand popped the question four months later, and they were married in October 2010 in a lavish ceremony – that included two elephants as well as acrobats and jugglers – at a luxury resort in northern India.

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In the early months of their marriage, the two were giddy in their compliments to each other.Perry called Russell Brand her great man of God, while Russell Brand said his spiritual and emotional connection to his bride made him “love everyone.”In Redbook’s April issue, Russell Brand said he had been more than happy to give up his partying ways to settle down.

“I think I was ready for it,” he said. “If you’re wild, like a wild animal, marriage won’t contain you. I think that’s how a lot of people get into trouble.”But in recent weeks, they faced a drumbeat of rumors of trouble in their marriage. Both laughed off the reports, with Russell Brand telling Ellen DeGeneres earlier this month, “I am really happily married.”

The couple spent Christmas apart, Russell Brand was pictured in Cornwall while Perry was seen spending it with friends in Hawaii – neither was wearing a wedding ring.Russell Brand made his US breakthrough presenting the MTV awards in 2008, causing outrage when he branded then-President George W Bush “a retarded cowboy fella” who “wouldn’t be trusted with scissors” in England.Despite the controversy, he was asked back in 2009 and went on to score acting roles in Hollywood comedies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

This year Russell Brand played the animated heir to the Easter Bunny’s throne in the family film “Hop” and took on the title role in “Arthur”, a reimagining of the 1981 Dudley Moore classic. There had been rumours of a split after they spent Christmas apart, Russell Brand in Cornwall and U.S. pop singer Perry in Hawaii.They were married Oct. 23, 2010, in a ceremony on a tiger preserve in India and have been seen together all this year on red carpets for music awards and film openings.

Divorce Katy Perry and Russell Brand News

The couple got engaged in January 2010 after meeting at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where he hosted and she performed.Earlier this month, Russell Brand, star of Arthur and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, denied in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that they were splitting up.

A once-in-10,000-years date is hard to top, but 11/11/11 is no slouch. Some people believe that the date 11/11/11 is a mystical day of good luck, or that 11/11/11 is a good day to make money. Inan explained that when one looks closely at the date, it, too, has some interesting mathematical properties.

Why 11/11/11 Is Mathematically Amazing

After today, 11/11/11 will next occur 100 years down the road, on Nov. 11, 2111. Interestingly, in 2111, 11/11/11 will be followed by an eight-digit palindrome day, 11/12/2111, which is quite exciting for palindrome fans like Inan.

If you consider today’s date as a number — 111,111 — you can run some additional fun math tricks, Inan explained. 111,111 can be obtained from its largest prime number factor, 37, like so: First, subtract 37 from its reverse (73) and you get 36. (Inan added that 36 is equal to the square of the sum of the digits in 111,111.)

Then, split 36 into three consecutive numbers that add up to 36 (11, 12 and 13). Then, multiply 11, 13, 37 and the reverse of 12 (21). And what comes out? You guessed it: 111,111.

NASA says we might all be aliens

Researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center discovered portions of DNA on chunks of crashed space rock in both Antarctica and Australia. The extraterrestrial visitors contained various types of nucleobases, which are thought to be essential in the creation of DNA, and life in general.

NASA we might all be aliens

The scientists were able to isolate the compounds and prove that they weren’t created here on Earth. This was particularly important, as critics often cite contamination as the reason for these compounds appearing on meteorites that have been studied in the past.The team also concluded that certain space rocks — depending on their makeup and speed — work like manufacturing facilities for these biological precursors.

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Matt Barnes And Eva Longoria Dating

When reporters ask about this relation to eva, she said we are just friends, and she did not accept the statement from the reporter. During the dinner, they were not sitting next to each other but while taking dinner both of have lot of eye contact and little hand holding on the table. Matt Barnes is also denied that he is dating with eva, but this is the second time when they were together.

Matt Barnes And Eva Longoria

On October 16 this year, she posted a photo on twitter with Matt Barnes and Lopez at the club Nikki.Matt Barnes has two sons with his girlfriend Gloria Govan. He quit with her for many reasons. Including he was the delay to marry and then a series of rough patches between them. Would Matt Barnes and eva Longoria will get married?

Hines Ward will not play vs. Patriots

HINES WARD has an ankle injury.  HINES WARD never missed a game since 2007, and this will be his first game in last four years. He will be replaced by the Emmanuel Sanders for this game. Farrior who was struggling with the calf injury,  and he will be replaced by the Stevenson.

Hines Ward

There are five more players who are also inactive for their team this week. There is a report that Julian Edelman, Dane Fletcher and few other players are also will not be available for the game from the Patriots. All these players are very important for any game.Will the teams will continue their success story without their stars? We can hope that they will produce the same game as they were going last week.

Nightshade Family of plants

On August, it is very hot on the night and the temperature is high, and the plants are still warm. As soon as the temperature goes down, your plants will start producing the fruits, and you can use them as you want. However, you have to wait until the temperature is suitable for your plants. Do not use the nitrogen for the plants, or it will cause the inhabit to the plants, or maybe it reduces flowering.

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This is happened because the plants will use the power in the growth of the new leaves rather than the fruits. Nightshade family plants contain nicotine like tobacco, but the level is less than the tobacco. In the 5th century, the Chinese women were using the egg plant to clean their teeth. They use the purple egg plant for the dying the skin.

Begum Nusrat Bhutto died in Dubai

Begum Nusrat Bhutto outlived three of her children Murtaza, Benazir and Shahnawaz Bhutto.Begum Nusrat Bhutto, mother of Benazir Bhutto passed away in Dubai today after protracted illness. Begum Nusrat Bhutto was 82.Begum Nusrat Bhutto, who was born on March 23, 1929, had been staying in Dubai with the late Bhutto for more than 10 years.

Begum Nusrat Bhutto

Begum Nusrat Bhutto was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for many years.Begum Nusrat Bhutto breathed her last on Sunday afternoon at the Iranian hospital in Dubai where she was brought under critical condition on Saturday. Begum Nusrat Bhutto had been under treatment at the hospital for many years.Begum Nusrat Bhutto met and got married with the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, founder the Pakistan Peoples Party on September 8, 1951. It was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s second marriage.

Begum Nusrat Bhutto

Begum Nusrat Bhutto, widower of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of ex prime minister Benazir Bhutto, passed away in Dubai after protracted illness. Ms Bhutto, who was also mother-in-law of president Asif Ali Zardari, was state to be in coma for the last many years. She was under treatment at a private hospital in Dubai.

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Besides, being ex-first lady, Ms Bhutto, an Iranian-origin Pakistani, had been a federal minister and chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party after Bhutto’s execution. Begum Nusrat Bhutto was also unaware of her beloved daughter Benazir Bhutto’s tragic death on December 27, 2007. Nusrat Bhutto was born on March 23, 1929 in Esfahan, Iran. She came from the wealthy Hariri Esfahani family in Esfahan, Iran.

Columbus suffered through a long terminal illness that was first apparent on his third voyage eight years before his death at the age of 54. His son officially reported the death as “gout,” though in those times, the name gout was commonly used for anything that caused joint pain.Recent research suggests that a more likely cause of death was a rare tropical disease called Reiter’s Syndrome, or reactive arthritis.

However he died, Columbus perhaps travelled more in death than in life. After death, Columbus’ body underwent excarnation where the flesh was removed so that only his bones remained.

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Columbus was buried without fanfare with only a handful of people in attendance. Despite his wishes to be buried in La Espanola (the Caribbean island of Hispaniola), he was buried in a small monastery at Valladolid, Spain with the chains he wore upon his arrest after the third voyage to the New World.

After three years, Columbus’ bones were moved to the monastery of La Cartuja in Seville, in accordance with his eldest son Diego’s wishes. Diego died in 1526 and was buried beside his father. However, in 1537, Diego’s widow, Maria de Rojas y Toledo, sent both Diego and Christopher Columbus’ bones to Santo Domingo (in present day Dominican Republic) for burial.

The admission  in Haw Par Villa is free of charge. You can see bus loads of Chinese tourist visting this attraction. I do see mostly foreign visitors viewing the exhibits in this attraction.There are 25 clusters of original statues and figurines in Haw Par Villa which replicate the Chinese mythology characters like the Laughing Buddha and the Taoist deities, Fu Lu Shou.

You must visit the Ten Courts of Hell exhibits which feature the ten steps of judgement before reincarnation. The statues are very literal and leaves no room for imagination. There are moral values and Chinese cultural heritage lessons to be taught to the future generations. There is an admission charge of $1. The Jade House also has an admission charge of $1.

Haw Par Villa Singapore one of the most interesting places in Singapore

Even you may not believe in reincarnation or deities, it is still worth it to see what others believes are.Haw Par Villa First built in 1937, Haw Par Villa holds 25 clusters of the original statues and figurines which tells the intriguing stories of Chinese mythology, legends and Chinese values.

Haw Par Villa Described by various visitors as “fascinating, delightful, bizarre and entertaining”, Haw Par Villa is like no other place in the world. Dramatising Chinese legends and folklores, the colourful statues and figurines immortalise moral values and Chinese cultural heritage for generations to come.

Haw Par Villa Singapore

Haw Par Villa Attractions

‘The Jade House’ – This is a new addition to Haw Par Villa. It displays a wide collection of Jades that Aw Family has collected over the years. This ‘Jade House’ is in Haw Par Villa, a short distance away from the main entrance. There is a token admission charge into The Jade House. It is open daily.

‘Tiger Car’ – This is also a new attraction. It’s a vintage car dressed up to look like a tiger. It’s a replica of the ‘Tiger Car’ that the late Mr. Aw Boon Haw owned. Viewing the ‘Tiger Car’ at the ‘Garage’ in Haw Par Villa is free. The ‘Garage’ is open daily.

Haw Par Villa Location: 262 Pasir Panjang Road
Haw Par Villa Tel: (65) 6872 2780
Haw Par Villa Website: nil
Haw Par Villa Buses: 10, 30, 51, 143
Haw Par Villa MRT Station: HarbourFront (10-minute bus ride from HarbourFront MRT Station to Haw Par Villa)
Haw Par Villa Opening Hours: 9.00am to 7.00pm daily
Haw Par Villa Admission Rates: Free