Maya Heritage

Calendar most appropriate and most sophisticated ever created is just one of the many relics of ancient Mayan relic. In addition, they also left its mark on the architecture, art and food, said the experts.

Calendar Mayan "Long Count" says an old era more than 5,000 years ended on December 21 - the end for some people but instead a reason to rejoice for many others in Mexico and Central America, where the development of Maya civilizatio.

"The Mayan calendar is not just a matter of calculating the seconds, minutes and hours," says anthropologist Guatemala, Alvaro Pop, member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, told AFP.

Calendar is also a model that shows "the movement of celestial bodies and how to influence people's lives," said Pop.

Expertise enables detecting ancient Mayan civilization of celestial bodies influences the tides, birth and plants, according to Pop.

But the contribution of ancient civilization - which reached its peak between AD 250 to 900 - far beyond their understanding of the stars, touching everything from architecture to textiles and food.
The Mayans were the first to grow corn, about 3,000 years ago. Currently, corn became a staple in cuisines throughout the region.

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Doomsday 2012

 To make sure the end of 2012, the expiration of the originator of the issue of gathering 13 baktun Long Count Mayan calendar with various astronomical phenomena. A number of events are common place space processed into extraordinary events that it says could lead to the destruction of Earth.

On December 21, the day of Resurrection issues considered by the originator of the end of the day, the Sun is located in the constellation Sagittarius. Far behind, the center of the Milky Way was a black hole of mass 4 million times the mass of the Sun.

Collinear Earth, the Sun, the center of the galaxy is accused of going to rip the Sun and other members of the solar system. Tidal forces of the Galactic center will be greater because the sun was in the galaxy.

The position of the sun that leads to the center of the Milky Way is real. This is a regular event that occurs every December 21. This condition has not changed, even though the sun continued to revolve around the center of the galaxy for 250 million years. It's not special.

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The house that can change shape

               Architecture of the building is often adapted to the environment. There is a style of house that was built for the winter and there are designed for warm environments. But so far, no one has been able to combine the two. Unless 'house origami' is.

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Facebook Is Down

        A Facebook spokesperson sent the following statement. "Earlier today we made a change to our DNS infrastructure and that change resulted in some people being temporarily unable to reach the site. We detected and resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100 percent. We apologize for any inconvenience."

For those of you still recovering from the shock of Monday's Gmail outage, there may be even worse news - Facebook appears to be down for some users, and lacking images for others.
The Facebook outage started attracting attention around 5:45pm EST Monday. The nature of the outage, and its effects, appear to be sporadic. Here at Mashable, three editors reported not being able to access the site at all, while three more found that images were missing from the site -- suggesting a problem with its Content Delivery Network. (Reporters at publishing partner The Daily Dot were also unable to access the site.)

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Marquez vs Pacquiao

      Minute-by-minute analysis of Juan Manuel Marquez’s sixth-round knockout of Manny Pacquiao.

The Pacman (54-4-2, 38 KOs) is the only boxer to win titles in eight different weight divisions and was named fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Marquez  (54-6-1, 39 KOs) has won titles in four weight divisions and is of course a boxing icon and national hero in Mexico.

Just a refresher on the history. The two gladiators first met in 2004 at the 126-pound limit. Pacquiao’s powerful left put Marquez on the canvas three times in the first round. A less experienced referee would have stopped the contest right then and there, but Joe Cortez saw that Marquez had his wits about him and let the fight continue. Boxing history would be a lot different today if Cortez had halted the bout! But Marquez regrouped and went on earn a draw.

The two rivals fought again in 2008 and 2011 -- both were very close fights, which ended with Pacquiao copping controversial decisions.

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Unique and Funny Transportation

In today's advanced era has many creative ideas that create a very make us stunned, including the idea of creating transportation. The following results concerning transport unique and interesting.

1. Automotive Designers Create Car Drift

 wow ... so keenly. The car is designed using an electromagnetic system, zero emission and  glide using special sensors to avoid collisions. Such publications theweek.com

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Judo for Java Boost Physical

   Preparation sports judo East Java in the face of PON XVIII Riau, very loud, like a game that is often passed by his athletes. Although the exercise program they hit the month of Ramadan, they keep the spirit of their physical boost. They do physical exercise, for a short break at noon, and the afternoon session to return the athletes to boost their physical. And at night the daythese athletes are required to practice mat to hone their skills. Not only that, they also added a training program in the State of Vietnam Try Out. "The athletes will conduct Trial game in Vietnam, which began August 7 to September 5 we have returned home again," said assistant coach judo sports Java.

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Unique Differences Windows 8 with Windows 7

           Now Windows 8 can  be purchased and used.  For those of you  who want to try  to
install the operating system (OS) is  the latest generation, it is good  to know
in advance some of the features offered and the difference with Windows 7.Now Windows 8 can  be purchased and used.  For those of you  who want to try  to
install the operating system (OS) is  the latest generation, it is good  to know
in advance some of the features offered and the difference with Windows 7.

Display Windows 8 on the PC.

What are the  difference Here are  eight differences Windows  8 with Windows  7,
such as the following:

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Grammy-Nominated Okee Dokee Brothers

 For music duo best friends since the age of 3 years, there is nothing special about the direction of Grammy nominations .

Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing is Okee Dokee Brothers, a bluegrass band based in Minneapolis that could make a child-oriented to their music since 2005. And together they went to their early days and their folky songs to remember from their childhood together in Colorado.

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News about Redskins growing

        Outside the Redskins locker room 'and also on the inside, and Griffin is the reason centrifuges. He is the franchise player for the Redskins who happily traded three first round picks and a second-round pick, because they understand the process of building a core group around your quarterback will stress when you no longer worry about your quarterback. And Griffin has been delivered, repeatedly. But what happened during the last three weeks is the emergence of a young group he has got around him on offense. And victory Monday night in somewhat diminished dr yesterday, Griffin becomes degenerate in the starring role.

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