The battle for making riches out of RIA platforms is now really heating up between Adobe’s Flash/Flex platform and Microsoft’s Silverlight. This is an important area for the future of web applications, and is bound to give the winner a critical flow of developer bucks.
Up until now I’ve been an advocate of Flex through-and-through. This was partly, I admit, because I’ve always had the feeling that Silverlight has just been a copy of the Flex/Flash environment. But in the real world, it doesn’t matter so much who got there first, and it’s the current productivity and functionality benefits that count. And so it’s only come to dawn on me recently that there’s one big problem with Flex that Adobe has yet to face up to…if they can. And it’s potentially a killer.

The problem

At first the problem seems a like not such a big deal. In fact, for many RIAs out there today, it probably makes not once single bit of difference. But I think it really is a fairly vital feature that Microsoft offers out of the box, but Adobe has somehow managed to over-look. And I think it’s only because of the relative immaturity of RIAs, and the strong event focus of Adobe’s Flash platform that has caused it to be overlooked.
The problem comes down to one word: threading. In short, Silverlight has it, and Flash doesn’t. We’ll talk a bit about why Adobe haven’t provided this below, but first let’s examine why it’s an issue.

The scale of the problem

How important is multi-threading in the RIA space? Well, of course, that rather depends on what it is that you’re trying to build. As I have already said, I don’t think this is a problem for many of the RIAs out there today. On the other-hand, it certainly is for some. As RIA apps grow more complex and libraries become sophisticated and nested, it’s going to be more of a problem.

Synthesizers

Take the fantasic Noteflight. If you haven’t yet seen this app then you really need to check it out. This Flex RIA app lets you drag around musical notation to compose scores, which may then be played-back using a synth that overlays sounds loaded from .wav files on noteflights servers. It’s a fantastic app, and I’m pretty sure that tools like this will bring to many musicians what mp3s have brought to music listeners (i.e. mass, systematic theft of music, which has, somehow, to be properly monetized).
But ‘.wav’ files? What’s going on there? Surely nobody would notice if they noteflight used mp3s for thier sound samples, and wouldn’t the download time be a million times better? Well, as it turns out, noteflight.com used wav files because “an ActionScript3-based decoder is inevitably going to be slow (and consume development cycles too)“.
Now maybe I’m reading between the lines a little bit, but here is what I suspect is going on. If you do a method call to decode an mp3 file in ActionScript then it’s going to take quite a long time to complete. During that time, because Flash is single threaded, absolutely nothing can happen in the UI. Nothing. Progress indicators can’t update, mouse events can’t be processed, and the user will generally be left with an impression that the RIA is temporarily dead. This isn’t at all good.
For Silverlight, on the other hand, I believe it would be a doddle to spawn a worker process to sort this out, and meanwhile still remain responsive. Just like what you’d expect out of a modern-day platform.

Image processing

For a chronic example, look at the quick image resizer. This site is pretty nifty because it lets you resize a jpg, directly from your local filesystem, without once transferring an image between you and the RIA’s server.
But my-oh-my have you seen what happens when you resize a large image taken with a digital camera? Nothing….for a long while, and then…..your image. This simply won’t do.

Other apps

It’s not hard to extend this to a whole host of other applications that need threading. Doesn’t a word-processor need to spell check innocuously? Doesn’t any form of editor need to be able to process it’s content for saving, without blocking the UI? Is there any point in Flash Player 10 having support for audio processingPixelBender aside, which is kind of a cop out for certain flavours of processing, and besides, do most developers really want to have to code this stuff in a different language catered for mass parallel processing)?

Why is Flash like this?

The short answer to this is that Flash has grown organically and hasn’t always been intended for the sophisticated RIA applications that people are now starting to build with it. In fact, ActionScript was first created with much smaller ambitions: i.e. animated vector graphics. The Flash event model was ideal for this, queuing up messages for processing via a single thread. Now these original platform intentions have been hijacked to support the Flex libraries that enable such more complex embedded web content, but the underlying threading model didn’t change.
In contrast, Silverlight has been built from the ground up with more ambitious targets in mind: fully fledged applications.

How can the problem be solved?

Instead of moving in the direction of Silverlight, there are a few other steps that Flex developers can take to get around this problem. Unfortunately though, none of them are particuarly pleasant!

Splitting tasks up

One approach is to simply split up big processing tasks into small blocks so that other events can be processed between each block. If this is possible then it’s certainly an approach, albeit an awkward one. It goes without saying, however, that it is a complete pain to manually divide up sequential composition into Flash’s event model.

Spawning another VM

Another approach is to get all your work done in a completely seperate Flash virtual machine. Flash’s LocalConnection interface is probably the best way to communicate with such a seperate process. Despite again being an obvious pain to code, this method is also likely to be pretty slow at transferring large amounts of data between the VMs, and there are all sorts of synchronization problems when you cater for the user having the same app open in multiple browser windows etc.

Adobe extending the Flash Player and ActionScript

It should be possible for Adobe to cater for multi-threading in a single virtual machine, but it’s likely to be a lot of work for them. Obviously, many of the libraries (including the Flex ones) would need to be rewritten to add thread-safety. Events would still have to be processed one at a time by a single thread to maintain backwards compatibility, since existing apps will depend on this.
Adobe’s stance on this is a little disappointing, as Alex from Adobe explains on his very useful blog:
As we hear more from our users about the importance of threading, the higher its priority will be.
While it’s very nice that Adobe is taking our concerns into account, I can’t help thinking that this isn’t the best way for them to do business. Wouldn’t it be better if problems could be anticipated, rather than waiting until developers are upset about them? In this case, Microsoft seems to have managed this pretty well.

What does pranayama mean? The word Pranayama is made up of two syllables – Prana and Ayama. Prana indicates the life source or the consciousness. The entire play of life is nothing but consciousness that is around us and within us. Everything in this universe is made up of one source, one energy and this is called the Prana. Ayama means control.

Hence Pranayama means the control of life energy. If you ask yourself what is the vital source of life energy for you? The answer would be “your breathing”. Your breath is as good as your life itself. When you inhale you take in the energy around you or the life source surrounding you.

You breathe in life energy. That’s the reason why your breath is so important. Pranayama as a practice in hatha yoga teaches you how to control your breathing. Through the control of your breathe you start controlling your self. This is the first step towards the attainment of higher consciousness.

Hazards of Irregular Breathing

Irregular breathing is not normal but is followed by almost everyone who has not been taught the value of their breath. Yoga points towards the fact that the reason for imbalance in our lives is due to irregular breathing. The various diseases which have inflicted the human race in the recent times have their roots founded in this pattern of irregular breathing. Most disorders whether it be mental or physical are instigated by the way your breath day in and day out. If you observe carefully there are two types of irregular breathing most frequently observed in yourself

1. Shallow breathing
2. Rapid breathing

Shallow breathing: Whenever you are feeling low or depressed you will find yourself breathing slowly and shallowly. Your intake of air would be less and it would be slow.

Rapid breathing: Usually when you are angry or in a fit of rage you don’t observe your breathing but if you do, it will be evident that it is very rapid in nature. You tend to take breaths in short gasps.

Both these patterns of breathing cause an imbalance of Prana in you. The life energy is not flowing smoothly and hence it manifests as a disorder outwardly seen as depression or anger. Anyone who practices yoga with discipline would attain control over his breath with practice. After that his/her breathing would rhythmic and hence the flow of life energy would be balanced. Such a person will never feel disturbed or succumb to destructive emotional states.

The functions of breathing as explained in yoga literature

Breathing is vital to our existence and it is a life giving force for each living organism. Yoga literature explains the various functions fulfilled by the air that we breathe-in as below:

Prana: The air circulates around the heart and provides oxygen which is vital to its functioning

Vyana: The air circulates around the body via the blood stream and distributes the life giving force of food

Apana: The air we breathe controls the functions of excretion

Samana: The air we breathe stimulates the flow of gastric juices and hence it aids digestion

Udana: The air maintains its presence in the thoracic cage and allows absorption of vital constituents

Naga: Relieve abdominal pressure

Krkara: Prevent foreign or harmful substance from entering into the nasal cavity or descending into the throat by inducing sneezing

Dhanamjaya: Air is one constituent which remains in our body even after our death

Devadutta: When you are lazy it provokes yawning and ensures absorption of oxygen to revitalize the body

Imagine the harm you are causing your body organs and glands as well as your brain by practicing irregular breathing. Without your knowledge you are sabotaging the life force within you and this is the reason why most people in today’s generation are afflicted with diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma and heart problems. There is so much stress prevalent that is almost palpable. The reason for all these disorders is the imbalance that has crept into our breathing.

Benefits of Pranayama as Discipline of Yoga

The practice of Pranayama in itself can cure a person of all ills. When this practice is perfected you can be assured of a healthy body and a mind which is free of negativity. Pranayama exercises involve various types of breath control practices. The second part of this article discusses all the various breathing exercises in Pranayama which you can peruse for better understanding. The purpose of this discussion is to enlist the benefits you reap once you have perfected the exercises.

1. Pranayama Helps in the Improved functioning of your kidney and bowels: Yoga advocates that function of excretion as vital to the functioning of a healthy body. Breathing induces a massaging action on your internal organs including the kidney, bowel and diaphragm. The alternate inhale and exhale which is performed while breathing induces a contraction and expansion of these organs.

Pranayama practice ensures that the inhaling and exhaling is rhythmic. Moreover the exercises which entail holding your breath and exhaling slowly apply a definite pressure over these organs inducing a stimulating massage. The result would be stronger and more elastic muscles controlling the kidney and your bowel leading to better functioning of these organs.

2. Pranayama Helps in the Improved function of your liver: People who face digestive problems on a frequent basis tend to have a weak liver. The functioning of their pancreas and stomach would also be suboptimal. The various Pranayama exercises induce a massaging action upon all these organs relieving them of all the congestion improving the blood flow. There is an immediate improvement in the process of digestion once the liver is free of congestion. The stimulation of the pancreas also ensures that the digestive system functions optimally.

3. Pranayama Helps the Lungs Perform Better: The various Pranayama exercises induce the lungs to open as far as possible. Due to this expansion the lungs have an increased surface area to absorb oxygen and to relieve themselves of toxic gases. This ensures that you are free of all the breathing diseases such as asthama

4. Improves the circulation of blood: Proper circulation of blood is vital to the proper function of a human body. Diseases such a thyroid problems, heart problems and prostate problems are usually due to improper circulation of blood to the endocrine glands. Pranayama exercises induce a rapid circulation of blood. Moreover the blood is rich in oxygen and reaches the nerve endings faster. The action of rhythmic breathing stimulates the nerves around the spinal column and the synaptic nerves inducing a rich blood flow to the brain inducing clearer thought.

5. Pranayama Aids the Endrocine Functioning: The endocrine glands work in cohesion with the nervous system to ensure that nerve impulse are transmitted quickly. In people who feel sluggish through out the day and have the tendency to sleep longer, there could well be a problem with their endocrine functioning. Pranayama stimulates the endocrine glands to ensure proper transmission of nerve impulses. People who practice Pranayama stay active through out the day and do not feel sluggish or fatigued.

What is Pranayama Breathing and How to Perform Pranayama Yoga?

Yoga science of breathing is called prayanama. Oxygen is the most vial nutrient to our body. It is essential for the integrity of the brain, nerves, glands and internal organs. We can do without food for weeks and without water for days, but without oxygen; we will die within a few minutes.

Where to Perform Pranayama yoga

Pranayama techniques are best practiced while sitting on the floor on a folded blanket. This form of practice is applicable to padmasana also. However; any other posture will do provided the back is kept erect from the base of the spine to the neck and perpendicular to the floor. Bad and poorly performed posture will lead to shallow breathing and low endurance. One must empty the bladder and bowels before starting pranayama yoga.

When to Perform Pranayama

Pranayama yoga must be performed in empty stomach. The best time for practice is the early morning, preferably before sunrise when the pollution is at its lowest level, and the body and brain are still free. However, if morning is unsuitable, pranayama may be practiced after sunset, when the air is cool and pleasant. The place suitable for all kinds of Yoga must be clean and calm.

Major Types of Pranayama and Instructions

Some major types of pranayama yoga are as follows:

• Nadi Sodhana
• Shitali Pranayama
• Ujjayi Pranayama
• Kapalabhati Pranayama
• Digra Pranayama
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Bahya Pranayama
• Bhramari Pranayama
• Udgit pranayama
• Anuloma & Viloma Pranayama
• Agnisar Kriya

Instructions on How to Perform Pranayama Yoga

Nadi Sodhana:

Following steps instruct on how to perfrom the nadi sodhana pranayama:

• Sit down in a comfortable place assuming a cross legged position
• Now use your thumb (right hand) to close the right side of your nose. Inhale deeply using the left nostril
• Now close the left nostril and exhale using the right one
• In the same way, now with the left nostril still closed, inhale using the right nostril and exhale with the left one

You can continue doing this exercise for around 10 - 15 times.

Shitali Pranayama:

Sheetal also means cool, and this pranayama technique will help you achieve the same. To perform shitali pranayama, be seated in a comfortable position. Cross your legs and take five to six deep breaths to get yourself prepared.

Now open your mouth in a "o" shape and start to inhale through the mouth. When you exhale, do so with your nose.

This can be repeated five to ten times.

Ujjayi Pranayama

Ujjayi means the ocean and this pranayama is about mimicking the oceanic sound or the sound of the waves.

To do this, be seated in a comfortable position crossing your legs. Now start to inhale and exhale deeply using your mouth.

While doing this, constrict your throat as if something is choaking it when you exhale and inhale the air. This will produce a sound similar to the ocean when you breath.

Now close your mouth and start to breath using your nose, but maintain the same tone to your throat so you still continue to make the same sound as your breath.

You can repeat this prayanama breathing exercise for about ten to fifteen times.

Kapalabhati Pranayama:

To perform the kapalabhati pranayama technique, sit in a comfortable position crossing your legs. Perform two to three deep inhales and exhales.

Now inhale deeply and exhale forcefully drawing all the air out. Your belly should be drawn in, as you exhale.

When you inhale, let it happen passively without you making any effort to inhale as the belly goes back to normal position.

Exhale forcefully again and continue doing this for about 20 to 30 times.

Dirga Pranayama - Three Part Breathing

The dirga pranayam is a bit different from other types as it involves lying down on your back instead of being in a seated position. This technique involves very deep inhalation and exhalation.

To perform this panayama, lie down on your back and close your eyes. Breath normally and then slowly take deep breaths, relaxing your body.

Now inhale a lot of air in slowly to fill your belly up. Your belly should rise up like a balloon. Hold this position for a few seconds and exhale drawing the belly inwards ensure there is no air left.

In the second step, inhale deeply to fill up the belly. Inhale a bit more to fill up air in your rib cage. When you exhale, exhale air from your rib cage and then from your belly.

In the third step, inhale deeply to fill up your belly and rib cage with air. Inhale a bit more to fill up your heart center (area around the heart) with air. When you exhale, exhale air from the heart center, then the rib cage and then the belly.

Repeat the whole process for five to six times

Viloma Pranayama

VILOMA Pranayama involves praused breathing at regular intervals and can be divided into two stages. The first stage is called 'paused inhalation' and the second stage is called 'paused exhalation'. Let's look at these stages in detail:

Viloma Paused Inhalation:

• Lie down in a comfortable position and try to relax. Breath deeply, but normally
• Now inhale for 2 to 3 seconds and pause. Hold your breath for two seconds and then restart inhalation. Pause inhalation again after 2 to seconds. Inhale again. Repeat this process untill the lungs feel full of air
• Exhale now, slowly, till you feel empty of air

Viloma Paused Exhalation: The paused exhalation is the exact opposite of the inhalation process. In this case, you inhale deeply and normally without interuption, but exhale with regular pauses.

Anuloma Pranayama

Just like Viloma Anuloma is about alternate nostril breathing. In this case, the inhalation and exhalation is done with one nostril blocked and the other partially open. Some variations of the yoga are granular anuloma.

This type of pranayama is particularly useful in clensing the nasal passages and creating calmness within.

What is the Importance of Pranayama?

Practice of pranayama yoga has been reported to be beneficial in treating a range of stress related disorders, improving autonomic functions, relieving symptoms of asthma, stuttering and reducing signs of oxidative stress. Pranayama techniques are also effective for depression cure. Practice of prayanama develops a steady mind, strong will-power and sound judgment. In addition regular pranayama helps extends life and enhance perception

In old age, the respiratory function decreases due to the contraction of the air cells of the lungs, which therey takes in less oxygen. Prayanama will help to normalize their size and make the red corpuscles circulate in all parts of the body, infusing life and vigor throughout. Through regular practice even old people can delay the ageing process.

Points to Remember While Practicing Pranayama

Here are a few important points your need to bear in mind while performing or before attempting to perform Pranayama.

1.) It is important to understand that the base of yoga is relaxation. All the Asanas and breathing exercises involved in Pranayama should be performed in a mentally and physically relaxed state. If your mind is filled with thought, try to relax and let the breathing exercise fix your concentration away from the thoughts.

2.) It is important never to strain yourself while performing any of the exercises. It takes practice to perfect the control of your breath and it cannot be achieved in a day or two. It takes a few months of patient practice but the returns are worth the effort.

3.) It is normal for people to get impatient while practicing Pranayama initially, this is just your body reacting to its old conditioning of irregular breathing. Be patient and continue your exercises in a relaxed manner. Slowly your mind will also relax and enter into the state of alert consciousness.

4.) There should be no abrupt movements, no sharp exhalations or inhalations and neither should you feel uncomfortably suffocated. Yoga is none of these. There should be no discomfort while performing yoga. Initially it helps to perform yoga under the guidance of an experienced guru because it entails great care and precision. Once you have perfected the exercise you can perform on your own.

5.) It is advisable to perform Pranayam in an empty stomach. Early in the mornings is preferably the best time. If you prefer doing Pranayama in the evenings, make sure to keep a gap of four to five hours depending on the type of meal you are eating. This is considering that heavier meals take more time to digest.

6.) If you find it difficult to sit in Padmasana, you can sit in a pose that you feel comfortable in. You can also considering sitting on a chair if sitting in Asanas is difficult for you.

7.) Pregnant women and women who have recently delivered should not do Pranayama.

8.) People suffering from abdominal wounds, hernia, peritonitis, appendicitis and those recovering from surgery should not perform Pranayama.

9.) People suffering from heart problems, high blood pressure, weekness and/or back-pain are advised to do inhalations and exhalations slowly without exerting pressure.

10.) Sit in an erect pose (Your spine must be straight) a You can sit in Siddhasan, sukhasan, or Padmasan, and assume a vayu mudra or dhyan mudra It is best to take training from an expert before attempting to perform advanced Pranayama techniques like the Kapalbhati. The expert will be able to guide you on the duration and proper methodologies of performing these breathing exercises so you can benefit the maximum.

Diabetes is a disease that results when the body does not produce sufficient hormones to break down the sugar that is ingested. This results because of the deterioration pancreas - the only organ in the body that can produce insulin. Insulin helps in regulating the sugar in the blood by converting it into energy. When the insulin is not sufficient, the sugar does not get converted. Instead it gets accumulated in the blood causing a number of symptoms such as fatigue, unusual thirst, excessive urination, loss of weight and many other complications. No wonder, diabetics has been termed the 'Mother of all Diseases' by the medical industry.

The sad reality is that irrespective of all the research being done, the medical industry is yet to come up with a permanent solution to reactivate the deteriorated beta cells of the pancreas. The best these medicines can do is control diabetics while the dosage keeps increasing as time progresses.

Yoga and Diabetes

Yoga is an ancient method of exercising body and mind for maintaining all its functions at their optimum level. Almost all the diseases known to man can be addressed by yoga – and diabetes can be controlled by it as well. There are many postures and breathing exercises in yoga which would induce the pancreas to produce enough insulin to regulate the sugar in the body. These asanas (postures) not only repair the pancreatic cell but also induce them to secrete insulin. Some of the asanas that have proved beneficial for controlling and reversing type 2 diabetes are briefly described below:

Caution: Please do not attempt any of the asanas on your own unless you have been guided by a yoga guru or certified teacher.

1. Pranayama - Pranayama techniques are simple breathing exercises that have extensive benefits. By mastering the art of pranayama, you can cure your body of a range of diseases including diabetics. Point to note is that you will need to invest at-least half hour a day practising pranayama. There are 7 major pranayama techniques that have been shown to be benefitial in curing diabetics. These are as follows:

1.) Bhastrika Pranayama
2.) Kapalabhati Pranayama
3.) AgniSar Kriya
4.) Bahya Pranayama
5.) Anuloma - Viloma Pranayama
6.) Bhramari pranayama
7.) Udgit pranayama

2. Mandukasana (Frog Pose) - Mandukasana also known as the frog pose is extremely beneficial to diabetic patients as it exerts pressure on the pancreas. This pose is done sitting in Vajrasana.

3. Yogamudrasana - As in case of Mandukasana, this pose also exerts pressure on the stomach and particularly on the pancreas. The main difference between Madukasana and Yogamudrasana is that Yogamudrasana is done sitting in Padmasana whereas Madukasana is doing sitting in Vajrasana.

The seven pranayama techniques (mentioned above) along with Madukasana and Yogamudrasana are more than enough to cure diabetics and diabetic related problems. But there are a few other asanas that you can consider performing for maximum benefits:

4. Paschimottasana (Forward Seated Bend posture) – This is a posture which promotes the function of the pancreas, liver and the kidneys. You will have to start by sitting on a mat with your legs stretched in front of you. Take in a deep breath. Then, slowly bend forward exhaling placing your head on your knees and reaching for your toes. Touch your toes and keep this posture for 2-3 breaths then return to the sitting position. This asana should be repeated two or three times.

5. Shalabhasana (Locust posture) – This posture is especially effective for treating acidity and indigestion. In combination with the other two asanas it helps the digestive system and support the liver and the pancreas toning up.

6. Ardha Matsyendrasana Ardha Matsyendrasana also known as the spine twisting pose is a tough pose and cannot be performed without constant practice. But once mastered, the benefits of this pose are immense in helping the pancreas recover.

7. Vakrasana A slightly easier pose and an alternative to Ardha Matsyendrasana is 'Vakrasana'. This pose has all the benefits of the spine twisting pose and is easier to perform.

Eating The Right Diet - Going Natural

Please remember that Yoga can help you in curing diabetics if and only if you practice a controlled diet. Bad diet is the major cause of diabetics and hence you will need to first work on the cause than the symptoms. Your pancreas stopped functioning because they were fed up of digesting bad processed food products. They gave it their best, but the bad food continued and finally they gave up. So rule of the thumb is to slowly and steadily move towards a natural diet and stop eating processed food. Salt is processed, refined sugar is processed, meat products are processed, junk food is processed. If you look at it, pretty much 80% of the food you currently eat is processed. This is the reason the pancreas stopped working.

What is a Natural Diet?

A natural diet is a diet rich in fruits and vegetables in their natural state. This means you will need to consume fruits without mixing them with other processed food products and vegetables without frying them or adding too much spices. Boil the veggies but do not fry them. Similarly do not drink processed fruit juices. Instead go for fresh fruits and vegetables.

The best way to start is by eating a 'raw food' breakfast either consisting of fruits or raw veggies and sprouts. Yes, fruits contain sugar. But the sugar contained in fruits is natural. Natural sugar can easily be digested by the body unlike processed sugar. So do not worry about consuming fruits. Only thing to bear in mind is to eat fruits only when the stomach is empty. This is why eating fruits for breakfast is a good idea. Another point to bear in mind is to avoid drinking water half hour before and after eating fruits. Fruits take a maximum of 20 minutes to get digested. So give your body the time without diluting the digestive juices by drinking water.

A good tip would be to start the day by drinking a glass of warm water and then doing pranayama for half hour followed by a fruit rich diet. Eat fruits till your stomach feels full. Avoid fruit juices. Simple point to bear in mind - do not use technology/electronics (like gas-stove or mixer) to prepare your breakfast.

If you find this beneficial, start eating fruits 2 meals a day.

What to Avoid:

1.) Avoid milk and milk products - butter, cheese, ice cream etc. 2.) Avoid tea and coffee. If you are addicted to tea or coffee, try to reduce the intake slowly and steadily until you can completely stop. Consider taking tea/coffee without adding milk 3.) Avoid food products containing refined sugar 4.) Avoid sugar substitutes. Yes, these can cause harm too 5.) Lower intake of starch rich foods like rice 6.) Avoid processed food and junk food 7.) Lower the intake of meat by replacing meat with vegetables 8.) Avoid soy milk and other processed soy products like tofu 9.) Avoid processed fruit juices 10.) Avoid soda and other fizzy drinks 11.) Avoid smoking and taking alcohol 12.) Avoid food items rich in starch 13.) Avoid taking protein supplements like whey 14.) Reduce the intake of eggs and sea food

Learning to Be Happy

One of the major causes of diabetics apart from a bad diet is stress. Try to be happy as much as possible. Do things that you love. Listen to soft music, talk with close friends, take a hot bath, watch something funny, take a vacation - in other words, do something that will keep you happy and bring you in a good mood. Remember that worrying about problems will not solve them. But being happy will ensure that problems stay away from you. Positive energy attracts positive energy and vise versa. So stop focusing on the problem and open your mind to the vastness of the universe. Practice awareness. Be aware of your being and your body. Live in the now and stop worrying about the past and the future.

Practicing Simple Exercises

Going on long walks early in the mornings is the best thing you can do to make your body healthy. You need not jog or run or ride a bicycle. Just walk slowly and steadily. Pick up your walking pace and distance as days go by. As you walk, be happy, appreciate the nature around you, inhale the fresh air and be thankful for it, listen to the birds chirp, feel the aliveness in your body and enjoy yourself.

 

There are six Chakras. Muladara is in the anus.Svadhishthana is near the genital organ. Manipura is in the navel. Anahata is in the heart.

The Vishuddhi Chakra is at the root of the neck. The sixth Chakra, the Ajna is in the head (between the two eyebrows).

After gaining a knowledge of these six Mandalas or spheres, one should enter the Sukhamandala, drawing up the Vayu and sending it upward.

He become one with Brahmanda, the macrocosm, who practices thus the control of Vayu. Vayu, Bindu, Chitta, and Chakra should be mastered by him.

(Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad)
The junctions of Nadis with Sushumna Nadi are known as Chakras, subtle centers of vital energy.
Chakras (wheels or circles) or Lotuses are the dynamic Tattwika (Tattwa means Element), centers in the body, they are situated in various point of Sushumna (spinal cord). They are all supported by the vertebral column; the five regions of the spinal column (coccygeal, sacrum, lumbar, dorsal and cervical region) correspond with the regions of the five Chakra : Muladhara, Svadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata and Vishuddha.
All the functions of the body are under the control of the Chakras in Sushumna.
The Chakras are centres of Pranashakti, Shakti as cosmic energy in latent shape, the presiding Devatas of which are the names for the Universal Consciousness as it manifests in the form of these centres.
A particular Tattwa (Element) preponderates at every Chakra.
In every Chakra a certain animal is represented. It denotes that the center has the qualities, Tattwas or Gunas of that particular animal.
Some Hatayogis say that there are 21 minor Chakras beside the 13 major Chakras, others say that there are 49, while the ancient Yogis taught that there are 144 Chakras.
"The term "Shat-Chakras" refers only to the chief six Chakras, viz., Muladhara, Svadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha and Ajna. Above all these we have Sahasrara Chakra: this is the chief of all the Chakras. All the Chakras have their intimate connection with this center. Hence this is not included as one among the Shat-Ckras. This is situated above all the Chakras." (Sri Swami Sivananda)
Each Chakra has a particular number of petals with a Sanskrit alphabet on each petal. All the 50 Sanskrit letters are on the 50 petals of the six Chakras. The letters exist in the petals in a latent form. These can be manifested and the vibrations of the Nadis felt during meditation. Chakras are in the Linga Sarira (Astral Body), and cannot be seen by eyes, one can feel and understand the Chakras during concentration and meditation only. Sukshuma (subtle) Prana (vital force) moves in the nervous system of the Linga Sarira. Stoola Prana moves in the nervous system of the gross physical body.
"The number of petals in each Chakra is determined by the number and positions of the Nadis around the Chakra.From each Chakra a a particular number of Yoga Nadis crop up. The Chakra gives the appearance of a lotus with the Nadis as his petals. The sound is produced by the vibrations of the corresponding Sanskrit letter. The Chakras with their petals hang downward when Kundalini is at the Muladhara Chakra. When it is awakened, they turn Toward Brahmarandhra. They always face the side of Kundalini."

We hear the same terms bandied about whenever a popular site gets hacked. You know… SQL Injection, cross site scripting, that kind of thing. But what do these things mean? Is hacking really as inaccessible as many of us imagine — a nefarious, impossibly technical twilight world forever beyond our ken?
Not really.
When you consider that you can go to Google right now and enter a search string which will return you thousands of usernames and passwords to websites, you realize that this dark science is really no mystery at all. You'll react similarly when you see just how simple a concept SQL Injection is, and how it can be automated with simple tools. Read on, to learn the basics of how sites and web content management systems are most often hacked, and what you can do to reduce the risk of it happening to you.

SQL Injection

SQL Injection involves entering SQL code into web forms, eg. login fields, or into the browser address field, to access and manipulate the database behind the site, system or application.
When you enter text in the Username and Password fields of a login screen, the data you input is typically inserted into an SQL command. This command checks the data you've entered against the relevant table in the database. If your input matches table/row data, you're granted access (in the case of a login screen). If not, you're knocked back out.
The Simple SQL Injection Hack
In its simplest form, this is how the SQL Injection works. It's impossible to explain this without reverting to code for just a moment. Don't worry, it will all be over soon.
Suppose we enter the following string in a Username field:

' OR 1=1
The authorization SQL query that is run by the server, the command which must be satisfied to allow access, will be something along the lines of:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?USRTEXT '
AND password = ?PASSTEXT?
…where USRTEXT and PASSTEXT are what the user enters in the login fields of the web form.
So entering `OR 1=1 — as your username, could result in the following actually being run:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?' OR 1=1 — 'AND password = '?
Two things you need to know about this:
['] closes the [username] text field.
'' is the SQL convention for Commenting code, and everything after Comment is ignored. So the actual routine now becomes:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '' OR 1=1
1 is always equal to 1, last time I checked. So the authorization routine is now validated, and we are ushered in the front door to wreck havoc.
Let's hope you got the gist of that, and move briskly on.
Brilliant! I'm gonna go hack me a Bank!
Slow down, cowboy. This half-cooked method won't beat the systems they have in place up at Citibank, evidently.
But the process does serve to illustrate just what SQL Injection is all about — injecting code to manipulate a routine via a form, or indeed via the URL. In terms of login bypass via Injection, the hoary old ' OR 1=1 is just one option. If a hacker thinks a site is vulnerable, there are cheat-sheets all over the web for login strings which can gain access to weak systems. Here are a couple more common strings which are used to dupe SQL validation routines:
username field examples:

• admin'—
• ') or ('a'='a
• ”) or (“a”=”a
• hi” or “a”=”a

… and so on.
Backdoor Injection- Modules, Forums, Search etc.
Hacking web forms is by no means limited exclusively to login screens. A humble search form, for instance, is necessarily tied to a database, and can potentially be used to amend database details. Using SQL commands in search forms can potentially do some extremely powerful things, like calling up usernames and passwords, searching the database field set and field names, and amending same. Do people really get hacked through their search forms? You better believe it. And through forums, and anywhere else a user can input text into a field which interacts with the database. If security is low enough, the hacker can probe the database to get names of fields, then use commands like INSERT INTO, UNION, and so forth to get user information, change product prices, change account settings/balances, and just about anything else… depending on the security measures in place, database architecture and so on.
So you can have security locked down at the login, but poor security on other forms can still be exploited. Unfortunately this is a real worry regarding 3rd party modules for Web CMS products which incorporate forms, and for CMS products these 3rd party modules are often the weakest links which allows hackers access to your database.
Automated Injection
There are tools to automate the process of SQL Injection into login and other fields. One hacker process, using a specific tool, will be to seek out a number of weak targets using Google (searching for login.asp, for instance), then insert a range of possible injection strings (like those listed above, culled from innumerable Injection cheat-sheets on the Web), add a list of proxies to cover his movements, and go play XBox while the program automates the whole injection process.
Remote Injection
This involves uploading malicious files to inject SQL and exploit other vulnerabilities. It's a topic which was deemed beyond the scope of this report, but you can view this PDF if you'd like to learn more.
SQL Injection in the Browser Address Bar
Injections can also be performed via the browser address bar. I don't mean to have a pop at Microsoft, but when it comes to such vulnerabilities, HTTP GET requests with URLs of the following form are most often held to be vulnerable:
http://somesite.com/index.asp?id=10
Try adding an SQL command to the end of a URL string like this, just for kicks:
http://somesite.com/index.asp?id=10 AND id=11
See if both articles come up. Don't shoot your webmaster just yet if it's your own site and you get two articles popping up: this is real low-level access to the database. But some such sites will be vulnerable. Try adding some other simple SQL commands to the end of URLs from your own site, to see what happens.
As we saw above, access to the database raises a number of interesting possibilities. The database structure can be mapped by a skilled hacker through ill-conceived visibility of error messages — this is called database footprinting — and then this knowledge of table names and so forth can be used to gain access to additional data. Revealing error messages are manna - they can carry invaluable table name and structural details.
The following illustrative string is from Imperva.
http://www.mydomain.com/products/products.asp?productid=123 UNION SELECT username, password FROM USERS
There are vast swathes of information on SQL Injection available, here are a couple of good sources:

• GovernmentSecurity.org
• SecurityDocs.com

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS or Cross Site Scripting is the other major vulnerability which dominates the web hacking landscape, and is an exceptionally tricky customer which seems particularly difficult to stop. Microsoft, MySpace, Google… all the big cahunas have had problems with XSS vulnerabilities. This is somewhat more complicated than SQL Injection, and we'll just have a quick look to get a feel for it.
XSS is about malicious (usually) JavaScript routines embedded in hyperlinks, which are used to hijack sessions, hijack ads in applications and steal personal information.
Picture the scene: you're there flicking through some nameless bulletin board because, yes, you really are that lazy at work. Some friendly girl with broken English implores you to get in touch. 'Me nice gurl', she says. You've always wondered where those links actually go, so you say what the hell. You hover over the link, it looks like this in the information bar:
[%63%61%74%69%6f%6e%3d%274%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%7…]
Hmmm…what the hell, let's give it a bash, you say. The one thing I really need right now is to see an ad for cheap Cialis. Maybe the linked page satisfies this craving, maybe not. Nothing dramatic happens when you click the link, at any rate, and the long day wears on.
When a link in an IM, email, forum or message board is hexed like the one above, it could contain just about anything. Like this example, from SandSprite, which helps steal a session cookie, which can potentially be used to hijack a session in a web application, or even to access user account details.

Stealing cookies is just the tip of the iceberg though — XSS attacks through links and through embedded code on a page or even a bb post can do a whole lot more, with a little imagination.
XSS is mostly of concern to consumers and to developers of web applications. It's the family of security nightmares which keeps people like MySpace Tom and Mark Zuckerberg awake at night. So they're not all bad then, I suppose…
For additional resources on this topic, here's a great overview of XSS (PDF) and just what can be accomplished with sneaky links. And here's an in-depth XSS video.

Authorization Bypass

Authorization Bypass is a frighteningly simple process which can be employed against poorly designed applications or content management frameworks. You know how it is… you run a small university and you want to give the undergraduate students something to do. So they build a content management framework for the Mickey Bags research department. Trouble is that this local portal is connected to other more important campus databases. Next thing you know, there goes the farm
Authorization bypass, to gain access to the Admin backend, can be as simple as this:

• Find weak target login page.
• View source. Copy to notepad.
• Delete the authorization javascript, amend a link or two.
• Save to desktop.
• Open on desktop. Enter anything into login fields, press enter.
• Hey Presto.

Here's a great video of a White Hat going through the authorization-bypass process on YouTube. This was done against a small university's website. It's a two-minute process. Note that he gets into the User 1 account, which is not the Admin account in this case. Is Admin User 1 on your User table?

Google Hacking

This is by far the easiest hack of all. It really is extraordinary what you can find in Google's index. And here's Newsflash #1: you can find a wealth of actual usernames and passwords using search strings.
Copy and paste these into Google:
inurl:passlist.txt
inurl:passwd.txt
…and this one is just priceless…
“login: *” “password= *” filetype:xls
Such strings return very random results, and are of little use for targeted attacks. Google hacking will primarily be used for finding sites with vulnerabilities. If a hacker knows that, say, SQL Server 2000 has certain exploits, and he knows a unique string pushed out by that version in results, you can hone in on vulnerable websites.
For specific targets Google can return some exceptionally useful information: full server configurations, database details (so a good hacker knows what kind of injections might work), and so forth. You can find any amount of SQL database dumps as well (fooling around with a Google hack while preparing this article, I stumbled across a dump for a top-tier CMS developer's website). And a vast amount more besides.
johnny.ihackstuff.com is the man to go to for Google hacks. One interesting one I toyed with invited me to the Joomla! install page for dozens of sites… people who had uploaded Joomla!, decided against installing it, and subsequently had either left the domain to rot, or else set a redirect on the page to, say, their Flickr account (in one case). Allowing anybody to walk in and run through the installer. Other query strings target unprotected email/IM archives, and all sorts of very sensitive information. What fun we can have!

Helicopter
The helicopter is an interesting object in our culture. Originally, it was thought that the helicopter would one day replace the car. However, prices never came down, leaving the helicopter as an icon of wealth or authority. Since the Vietnam War, helicopters have become more associated with conflict than commuting.

To dream of a helicopter probably means that you envision yourself in a situation of potential hazard or needing to be `whisked away' from your present circumstances. The former would be expressed in a helicopter as a means of escape. The latter equates images of romance and wealth.

Rotary Wing Terminology

Lets talk a moment about terminology. There are many terms associated with rotary wing flight. One must become familiar with the terminology of rotorcraft before they can expect to understand the mechanics of rotary wing flight. Let's look at a few definitions.

Main Rotor System


• Root: The inner end of the blade where the rotors connect to the blade grips.
• Blade Grips: Large attaching points where the rotor blade connects to the hub.
• Hub: Sits atop the mast, and connects the rotor blades to the control tubes.
• Mast: Rotating shaft from the transmission, which connects the rotor blades to the helicopter.
• Control Tubes: Push \ Pull tubes that change the pitch of the rotor blades.
• Pitch Change Horn: The armature that converts control tube movement to blade pitch.
• Pitch: Increased or decreased angle of the rotor blades to raise, lower, or change the direction of the rotors thrust force.
• Jesus Nut: Is the singular nut that holds the hub onto the mast. (If it fails, the next person you see will be Jesus).

Main Rotor Blade

• Leading Edge: The forward facing edge of the rotor blade.
• Trailing Edge: The back facing edge of the rotor blade.
• Chord: The distance from the Leading Edge to the Trailing Edge of the rotor blade. 

Controls


• Swash Plate: Turns non-rotating control movements into rotating control movements.
• Collective: The up and down control. It puts a collective control input into the rotor system, meaning that it puts either "all up", or "all down" control inputs in at one time through the swash plate. It is operated by the stick on the left side of the seat, called the collective pitch control. It is operated by the pilots left hand.
• Cyclic: The left and right, forward and aft control. It puts in one control input into the rotor system at a time through the swash plate. It is also known as the "Stick". It comes out of the center of the floor of the cockpit, and sits between the pilots legs. It is operated by the pilots right hand.
• Pedals: These are not rudder pedals, although they are in the same place as rudder pedals on an airplane. A single rotor helicopter has no real rudder. It has instead, an anti-torque rotor (Also known as a tail rotor), which is responsible for directional control at a hover, and aircraft trim in forward flight. The pedals are operated by the pilots feet, just like airplane rudder pedals are. Tandem rotor helicopters also have these pedals, but they operate both main rotor systems for directional control at a hover.

Here are some of the component parts that make up a helicopter. While this is an example of one specific helicopter (UH-1C), not all helicopters will have all of the parts listed here. Some of this may be a bit more of the same old stuff we have just discussed, but it will show everything as it relates to everything else on the aircraft and the location of each component.

Anatomy of a Helicopter

• Rotor Blade: The rotary wing that provides lift for the helicopter.
• Stabilizer Bar: Dampens control inputs to make smoother changes to the rotor system.
• Swashplate: Transfers non-moving control inputs into the spinning rotor system.
• Cowling: The aerodynamic covering for the engine.
• Mast: Connects the transmission to the rotor system.
• Engine: Provides power to the rotor systems.
• Transmission: Takes power from the engine and drives both rotor systems.
• Greenhouse Window: A tinted window above each of the pilot seats.
• Fuselage: The body of the helicopter.
• Cabin Door: Allows access to the cabin and cockpit.
• Skids: Landing gear that usually have no wheels or brakes.
• Crosstube: The mounting tubes and connection for the skids.
• Motor Mount: A flexible way to attach the engine to the fuselage.
• Tailboom: Also known as an "empenage" is the tail of the helicopter.
• Synchronized Elevator: A movable wing that helps stabilize the helicopter in flight.
• Tailrotor: Provides anti-torque and in-flight trim for the helicopter.
• Tail Rotor Driveshaft: Provides power to the tailrotor from the transmission.
• 45 Degree Gearbox: Transfers power up the vertical fin to the 90 degree gearbox.
• 90 Degree Gearbox: Transfers power from the 45 degree gearbox to the tailrotor.
• Vertical Fin: Holds the tailrotor and provides lateral stabilization.
• Tail Skid: Protects the tailboom when landing. 

This picture illustrates how the helicopter moves when using the appropriate controls. Up and Down movements are controlled by the "Collective". Side to Side and Forward and Back motions are controlled by the "Cyclic". Lateral control (Also called directional control or "Yaw") is achieved by using the "Foot Pedals". 

Controls


• Swash Plate: Turns non-rotating control movements into rotating control movements.
• Collective: The up and down control. It puts a collective control input into the rotor system, meaning that it puts either "all up", or "all down" control inputs in at one time through the swash plate. It is operated by the stick on the left side of the seat, called the collective pitch control. It is operated by the pilots left hand.
• Cyclic: The left and right, forward and aft control. It puts in one control input into the rotor system at a time through the swash plate. It is also known as the "Stick". It comes out of the center of the floor of the cockpit, and sits between the pilots legs. It is operated by the pilots right hand.
• Pedals: These are not rudder pedals, although they are in the same place as rudder pedals on an airplane. A single rotor helicopter has no real rudder. It has instead, an anti-torque rotor (Also known as a tail rotor), which is responsible for directional control at a hover, and aircraft trim in forward flight. The pedals are operated by the pilots feet, just like airplane rudder pedals are. Tandem rotor helicopters also have these pedals, but they operate both main rotor systems for directional control at a hover.

Here are some of the component parts that make up a helicopter. While this is an example of one specific helicopter (UH-1C), not all helicopters will have all of the parts listed here. Some of this may be a bit more of the same old stuff we have just discussed, but it will show everything as it relates to everything else on the aircraft and the location of each component.

Anatomy of a Helicopter

• Rotor Blade: The rotary wing that provides lift for the helicopter.
• Stabilizer Bar: Dampens control inputs to make smoother changes to the rotor system.
• Swashplate: Transfers non-moving control inputs into the spinning rotor system.
• Cowling: The aerodynamic covering for the engine.
• Mast: Connects the transmission to the rotor system.
• Engine: Provides power to the rotor systems.
• Transmission: Takes power from the engine and drives both rotor systems.
• Greenhouse Window: A tinted window above each of the pilot seats.
• Fuselage: The body of the helicopter.
• Cabin Door: Allows access to the cabin and cockpit.
• Skids: Landing gear that usually have no wheels or brakes.
• Crosstube: The mounting tubes and connection for the skids.
• Motor Mount: A flexible way to attach the engine to the fuselage.
• Tailboom: Also known as an "empenage" is the tail of the helicopter.
• Synchronized Elevator: A movable wing that helps stabilize the helicopter in flight.
• Tailrotor: Provides anti-torque and in-flight trim for the helicopter.
• Tail Rotor Driveshaft: Provides power to the tailrotor from the transmission.
• 45 Degree Gearbox: Transfers power up the vertical fin to the 90 degree gearbox.
• 90 Degree Gearbox: Transfers power from the 45 degree gearbox to the tailrotor.
• Vertical Fin: Holds the tailrotor and provides lateral stabilization.
• Tail Skid: Protects the tailboom when landing.

This picture illustrates how the helicopter moves when using the appropriate controls. Up and Down movements are controlled by the "Collective". Side to Side and Forward and Back motions are controlled by the "Cyclic". Lateral control (Also called directional control or "Yaw") is achieved by using the "Foot Pedals".


While you are looking at the picture of the controls (Left side of this paragraph), I will explain how to do a normal takeoff. First, you must make sure the throttle is all the way open (For a turbine powered helicopter, advanced properly for a reciprocating engine powered helicopter). Once you have established the proper operating RPM, then you can pull up slowly on the collective. As you increase collective pitch, you need to push the left pedal (In American helicopters...right pedal for non-American models) to counteract the torque you generate by increasing pitch. (In reciprocating engined models, you will advance the throttle as you increase collective pitch). Keep pulling in pitch and depressing the pedal until the aircraft gets light on the skids. You may sense a turning motion to the left or right, if so, you may need more or less pedal to maintain heading. The cyclic will become sensitive and (depending on how the aircraft leaves the ground heels or toes of the skids last) as you continue to pull in pitch and depress the pedal, you will put in the appropriate cyclic input to level the aircraft as it leaves the ground. As the aircraft eases into the air, forward cyclic will be required to start the aircraft in a forward motion. As the aircraft advances forward, it will gain speed until about 15 knots and then the aircraft will shudder a little as you transition through ETL (Effective Translational Lift...See the unique forces page for a more in depth explanation of ETL). As you transition through ETL, the collective will need to be reduced, the pedal will need less pressure, and the cyclic will need to be forced forward to counteract the force against the front of the rotor system. Failure to push forward will result in an abrupt nose high attitude and a reduction in forward speed. After the shudder of ELT is experienced, you will see a marked gain in forward airspeed, a reduced need for pedal input and a reduced need for collective pitch as the rotor system becomes more efficient. The airspeed indicator will most likely jump from zero to 40 knots indicated airspeed and will smoothly advance as the aircraft goes faster. Now you have taken off and with a little release of foward cyclic pressure, the aircraft will establish a climb and continue to gain airspeed. At this point, the pedals are only used to trim the aircraft, and most maneuvers are accomplished by using a combination of the cyclic and collective controls. (That wasn't so hard...was it?)

We don't need no stinking runways!

 

A snake found near Kukke Subrahmanya, Karnataka with 5 heads

New Zodiac Sign 13 Zodiac Signs Now Ophiuchus Numerology Astrology

I am so excited to hear that we have a new zodiac sign introduced into astrology. This is a major discovery in our four universal year of 2011. Which I have repeatedly mentioned is a year of major discovery! If you have been keeping up with my post on currents events of the four universal year predictions coming true, you will notice that we have had amazing discovery, after amazing discovery! If you have not read as I post current events related to my numerology predictions coming true for 2011 I am so excited about this. The 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus,  is now introduced into astrology.

Take special note of the numerology behind it!

Ophiuchus ....
the 13th sign of the zodiac =  13 = 1 + 3 = 4
news of this new sign emerged today. Today is the 13th of January. 13 = 1 + 3 = 4
2011 is a four universal year = 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 4
begins November 29th = 1 + 1 + 2 + 9 = 13 = 4

Definite 4 numerology vibration surrounding this sign! And the number 4 is the number of discovery!

I can't wait to read more about this new sign, honestly, I am not even sure how to pronounce it, but I am excited about learning more about it.

What does the New Zodiac Sign Ophiuchus Mean To Us All?

It means that our sun sign shifts! So you need to check the updated chart to figure out your new true astrological sign. Some signs will stay the same, but most of our signs have changed. According to the new chart I am Virgo and no longer a Libra. So check the chart below and read more on your new sign and see if it makes sense to you. I will not name names, but I am being told at this moment that I am such a Virgo,by a certain someone that is excited to discover that he is Pisces and not Aries, lol. He shall remain nameless *coughs* *Erick* lol

The New Zodiac  Dates:

Capricorn: Jan. 20 - Feb. 16

Aquarius: Feb. 16 - March 11

Pisces: March 11- April 18

Aries: April 18- May 13

Taurus: May 13- June 21

Gemini: June 21- July 20

Cancer: July 20- Aug. 10

Leo: Aug. 10- Sept. 16

Virgo: Sept. 16- Oct. 30

Libra: Oct. 30- Nov. 23

Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17

Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20

Chitra is a young, beautiful final year college student. One day a vacation trip was arranged in her college. She studied in a co-education college so both boys and girls left to enjoy the vacation with their lecturers. Chitra was friendly with everyone in her class. She also had very good friends in both sex. During the trip she took photos with many of her class mates. Just like that she took a snap with a friend named Raju. The trip was very good and they returned to their home town safely. One fine day there was a post to Chitra’s residence and the post was received by her father. When the cover was opened her father was shocked and shouted at Chitra. She was confused because she dint know the reason for her father’s anger. When she asked for the reason her father showed her the photo that was in that cover. Seeing the photo even Chitra was very much shocked because it was the snap that she took with her friend Raju. Chitra tried to convince her father by saying that the picture was taken only on a friendly manner and she was not in affair with that guy. But her father refused to accept all these and he discontinued her studied. Being in the final year Chitra begged her dad to allow her to college, but her father dint allow.

 

The Silent Old Man

This incident happened to one of my friend when we were in our childhood. He was a child who didn't have hair on his head. He liked to watch me and our other friends while we were playing. He would join us now and then, but he preferred watching. Every day, we would see an old man walking by our playground, carrying a walking stick. He had big ears and a bald head. The moment my friends saw him pass by, they shouted, "Hey you, deaf and dumb, what's your name?". When my friend asked why they did so, they told my friend that he could neither hear nor speak.

On an early evening, my friend was standing at the gate of his house, when he saw the old man coming. There were no friends around to shout the usual words. But how could he let this man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, he asked in a soft voice with fear, "Hey you deaf and dumb, what's your name? The old man looked at him, and replied, "My name is Narayanan". My friend ran inside the house and never shouted at the old man after that day.

ALL ABOUT 2012

The Pyramid of the Moon

The ancient city of Teotihuacan is located 50 kilometers north-east of the center of Mexico city and is well worth at least one or two days of exploration.   There are many restored buildings to explore, as well as artwork and artifacts recovered from the site, as well as the two enormous structures for which the city is best known, the Pyramid of the Moon, shown here, and the even larger Pyramid of the Sun.   Unlike the pyramids of Egypt, the pyramids at Teotihuacan aren't build of solid stone, instead they consist of stone and brick rubble covered with layers of cut stone, however they're still an extraordinary achievement, especially since all this was done without the benefit of pack animals, metal tools or the wheel
This photo was taken from 2 miles away.

Pyramid of the Sun

The Pyramid of the Sun, with an estimated weight of three million tons, is much larger than the Pyramid of the Moon, and was also built earlier.   Each side is 222 meters long and it's over 70 meters high, making it the third largest pyramid in the world by volume, after the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt and the unrestored pyramid at the Mexican city of Cholula.   Unfortunately because of the building method a lot of reconstruction was needed to get it to its current state, and there's considerable uncertainty about its original appearance

THE MAYAN CALENDAR DOES NOT END IN 2012

KEEP READING!!!

 

11:11 clue indicating the year, hour, and minute of the end of the cycle    2012 month day hour  2012  month day hour minute month day hour minute  Perihelion  Jan  5 00  Equinoxes Mar 20 05 14 Sept 22 14 49 Aphelion July 5 03 Solstices June 20 23 09 Dec 21 11 11 In the 28 years listed on the page from which the above table was taken, only the one 11:11 universal time is given. The end of the Mayan calendar falls on December 21, 2012. That is the famous "End Date" - The How and Why of the Mayan End Date in 2012 A.D. NOTE: This page was taken down, but here is the archived copy of it. http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html page gone replacement archived http://web.archive.org/web/20070830081859/http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

THE CROP CIRCLE CONNECTION The number 26, The Mayan Tzolkin, and the Grid Crop Circle Photo by Steve Alexander. etchilhampton97 In "SC" # 68, Michael Glickman interpreted the 1997 Etchilhampton "Grid" crop formation (above) as a pointer to 2012. The formation was a 30 x 26 checkerboard-like grid, giving a total of 780 squares. This, Michael theorized, could indicate the thirty 26-week periods between 1997 and 2012. Geoff adds that the 780 squares of the grid are exactly divisible by the TZOLKIN, or Mayan Sacred Calendar, which is a grid of 260 squares with sides of 13 x 20. Three Tzolkins fit into the crop grid pattern. Two fit straight in and the third after bisection. The grid seems related to a "map" called "Psi Bank Warp and Holonomic Woof" mentioned in a book called "Earth Ascending," by Jose Arguelles (page 121). The "map" consists of eight Tzolkins joined together showing relationships between the Mayan calendar, the "I Ching" and the 64 DNA codons. Arguelles researched the Mayan calendar, physics, philosophy, geomancy and the "I Ching," and concluded that mankind is creating a "noosphere," or mind layer, around the Earth, which is evolving towards the "Omega Point of Planetary Awakening" in 2012, according to Teillard de Chardin. STRANGE ATTRACTOR CROP FORMATION AND THE END OF TIME The reversal point is thought to be approaching in 2012. According to Geoff Stray, the sunspots and reversals of its magnetic field. The reversal point is thought to be approaching in 2012. According to Geoff, the sunspots are thought to have an effect on the endocrine glands of human beings, which relate to the chakras ... www.greatdreams.com/strng.htm Controversially appearing over two consecutive nights at Silbury Hill, Wiltshire on 2-3 August, according to resident 2012 prophecy expert and numerical conundrum whiz Geoff Stray, this vast wheel of ancient Maya symbols included “the double square spiral - the Maya symbol for jaguar snouts, which indicates an entrance to the underworld”. Given that, as is now widely known, the Maya calendar indicates an end-of-time point in the year 2012, this gave the UK newspapers something to get their teeth into, the Daily Mail dubiously proclaiming it ‘The Doomsday Crop Circle’. Much of the speculation about the 2012 connections made in the wake of this formation was highly questionable, but it made good headlines. Not that the press needed a genuine phenomenon to fill its columns; indeed the Sunday Express went out of its way to debunk the Mayan glyph, devoting two pages to doing this, perhaps in an effort to ‘get one over’ on its rival newspaper. Among the many claims and counter-claims made about the symbolism of this formation, one widely-circulated e-mail article by C Lewis (pseudonym) from Australia stated the  Mayan wheel depicted a ‘Calendar clock’, counting down to 2012. Joe Mason explains the Aztec Sun Stone Calendar. The outer ring portion of the Stone is said to be twin serpents, one light and the other dark. I believe the two represent the twins, Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl. They relate to Venus, corresponding to The Morning Star and Evening Star. Quetzalcoatl, of course, is also known as Kukulkan (or Kukulcan) and the Feathered Serpent. Perhaps the depiction of two types of feathers in the center of the formation hint at the feathered twins of the Aztecs. They are positioned in a general Vesica Piscis arrangement, also suggestive of duality. See: Mayan Prophecy of the End of the Great Cycle http://www.greatdreams.com/mynproph.htm Quetzalcoatl translates to plumed serpent. The word quetzalli eventually came to mean "treasure, or precious". The word coatl came to mean "dragon" as well as "snake" and occasionally "twin", hence it could mean "Precious Twin".  2012 is the Chinese Year of the Dragon The Dragon's Breath = Qi - Wind Feng Shui or commonly called  Qi (Chi) energy force The Dragon's Breath Wind Feng Shui or commonly called  Qi (Chi) energy force The Dragon is a symbol of Strength, Goodness, Courage and Endurance. The Dragon is Yang energy which is male. He is the emblem of vigilance and security, and also the spirit of change. In Chinese mythology the Dragon is the predestined partner of the Phoenix, which is Yin energy. Feng Shui endeavours to capture Chi', the Dragon's breath. We find this interesting parallel in the book of Revelations: "When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child…” "Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.” (Revelation 12:7) Joe Mason,  contributed this excerpt from Moira Timms' book, "Beyond Prophecies and Predictions" (p. 256): "  "The name Quetzalcoatl is derived from the quetzal bird of Guatemala and Mexico. The quetzal had golden-green and scarlet plumage, and was considered the most beautiful of all birds. "Quetzal" also means precious. "Coatl" is serpent. In the Maya language, "Kukulcan" means approximately the same thing. According to Hunbatz Men, "Ku" is sacred, God. "Kul" is coccyx, the base of the spine, where latent spiritual energy resides. "Can" means serpent. "Kukulcan" therefore is synonymous with "kundalini" - which is what the Kukulcan/Quetzalcoatl archetype is all about, of course. To be iconographically correct, however, the god Quetzalcoatl is not himself the feathered serpent, but the one who emerges from the serpent, just as the spirit emerges from the body through the top of the head, and the Morning Star emerges from the horizon." 69 Venus was an important astrological symbol for the Mexica and was called "Tlauixcalpantecuhtli", which means - Lord of the House of Dawn. The planet had two aspects and was shown and revered as two gods. One, as Morning Star, was kind, and was the Precious Twin, Quetzalcoatl. He held the sun in the sky in the morning. His dark twin Xolotl ruled Venus in the Evening and during the night. Xolotl pushed the sun into darkness. Interestingly, ancient myths tell of the Creator Serpent. James Churchward wrote that this does not represent the Creator, but rather, the way the Creator creates. Joseph Campbell wrote that the ancients usually used the serpent to represent change, by the death/rebirth of shedding the old skin. The symbols seem to tell us that the Creator creates through changes. The Aztec twin serpents fit well with the same meaning. The outer ring of the "Aztec" crop circle formation has 20 x 2 = 40 segments. I believe this may be related to two interlaced five-pointed stars, as displayed in a number of crop circle formations. The cropcircleconnector.com people explain: August 4, 2004 Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England - Whoever, or whatever, is responsible for the August 2 to 3, 2004, crop formation at Silbury Hill, the design in its border is a mirror image of a rare statue of the Aztec God, Xochipilli, The Prince of Flowers, Maizes, Love, Games, Beauty, Song and Dance. Xochi means 'flower,' while pilli means either prince or child. In the mid-1800's, a 16th century Aztec statue of Xochipilli was unearthed on the side of the volcano Popocatapetl near Tlamanalco, Mexico. The statue is of a single figure seated upon a temple-like base.   Xochipilli statue photograph, Mysteries of the Ancient Americas © 1986 Pegasus/Reader's Digest.   Both the statue and the base upon which it sits are covered in carvings of sacred and psychoactive flowers including mushrooms (Psilocybe aztecorum), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), morning glory (Turbina corymbosa), sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia), possibly cacahuaxochitl (Quararibea funebris), and one unidentified flower. The figure itself sits crosslegged on the base, head tilted up, eyes open, jaw tensed, with his mouth half open. The statue is currently housed in the Museo Nacional de Anthropologia of Mexico.   The ancient Aztec statue's repeating base design of 90-degree mazes back-to-back is similar to, but curving in the opposite direction of, the August 3, 2004, border at Silbury Hill. Above: Carved base of the 16th century Aztec statue of Xochipilli. Below: Border in second phase of the Silbury Hill wheat formation reported on August 3, 2004. Blow-up from aerial photograph © 2004 by Roiland Beljon.   Historically, the Aztec name for the huge basaltic monolith is Cuauhxicalli Eagle Bowl, but it is universally known as the Aztec Calendar or Sun Stone. It was during the reign of the 6th Aztec monarch in 1479 that this stone was carved and dedicated to the principal Aztec deity: the sun. The stone has both mythological and astronomical significance. It weighs almost 25 tons, has a diameter of just under 12 feet, and a thickness of 3 feet. The Mexicans, as all other Meso-Americans, believed in the periodic destruction and re-creation of the world. The "Calendar Stone" in the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) in Mexico City depicts in its central panel the date 4 Ollin (movement), on which they anticipated that their current world would be destroyed by earthquake, and within it the dates of previous holocausts: 4 Tiger, 4 Wind, 4 Rain, and 4 Water. . Every 52 years the tonalpohualli and the xiuhpohualli calendars would align. This marked what was known as a Mesoamerican "century." Tonatiuh's Face is the face of the sun, Lord of Heaven, around which takes place all daily and periodic phenomena. First ring from Center. Four Ollin representing the Earthquake Epoch or Sun. The four epochs represented inside the square portions of this symbol correspond to the four previous epochs also called suns. Second Ring - The second ring from the center is composed of 20 named days contained in one month, also used for naming years. Each year starts on one of four of these 20 days. The Calendar date '4 Ollin' will be in 2012. Actually I made a mistake, in that only 19 fine lines show up for each inner clock-hand, not 20 (couldn't see from early photos)!   Hence the inner calendar actually reads (6 + 6).19.19 = 12.19.19 rather than 12.20.20 = 13.0.0 as for any full Sun of 5200 years. That is like writing "999" just before "1000", and means (like on the outer dial) that the end of the Fourth Sun is near: but only one year and not 8.67?   Alternatively, something important might be scheduled to happen next year (at the end of 2005), then something again in December 2012? A lot of intellectual content for a fake! Some additional physical or testimonial evidence is perhaps needed Excerpted from Cropcircleconnector.com archives of 2004   See: Sacred Numbers to Resuscitate the Dead - Lazarus and Awakening the Giant http://www.greatdreams.com/crop/lazarus/lazarus.htm Perhaps the two stars relate to Venus and the Aztec twin serpents as related to the Morning and Evening stars. Here are a few interesting English alphanumerics concerning the subjects: Quetzalcoatl 17 21 5 20 26 1 12 3 15 1 20 12 = 153 Xolotl 24 15 12 15 20 12 = 98 (2 x 49, 7 x 14, Lazarus) Satan = 19 1 20 1 14 = 55 Xolotl Satan 98 + 55 = 153 The Golden Ratio 33 + 57 + 63 = 153 369 - 216 = 153 216 = 6 x 6 x 6 Lucifer 74 (Jesus, penny, harlot) Kukulkan 11 21 11 21 12 11 1 14 = 102 = 51 x 2 153 = 51 x 3 There are ten ones in the above, three twos, and one four. There are three elevens, for an 11:11:11 (like KKK). Morning Star 90 + 58 = 148 Evening Star 76 + 58 = 134 (Simon 70 + Peter 64) The Morning Star and the Evening Star  both refer to Venus.  Venus also makes a star-shaped figure in space as it revolves around the sun. Venus 22 5 14 21 19 = 81 Horus, the son, Cardinals, Queens) Feathered 6 5 1 20 8 5 18 5 4 = 72 (# of Divine Names, Eta Carina, Gog Magog) Serpent 19 5 18 16 5 14 20 = 97 (Fishermen, Rockaway) Feathered Serpent = 72 + 97 = 169 (13 squared) The Mayan/Aztec systems used the basic numbers 13, 18, 20, 36, 360, and others. Regards and best wishes, Joseph E. (Joe) Mason http://www.greatdreams.com/crpcirc.htm See:  2012 - VENUS & THE MAGNETICS  2 August, 2004 at Silbury Hill, near Beckhampton, Wiltshire, with Informative Links At Lucy Pringle's Site The Aztec Calendar Legend of the Four Suns  The 4th & 5th Worlds of the Aztecs & Mayans   Clear image of Aztec Calendar The Butterfly Effect The End of the World BBC News Article  Crop Circle Warns of World's End   Serpent Glyph from the Sun Stone (timestar) Mayan Calendar (explanations of glyphs)  The "Snake" Crop Circle (Kunalini) The Aztec Calendar: Math and Design XOCHIPILLI The Prince of Flowers Very Large diagram with explanations  Plasma Physics: Meso-American Mythology Greenish colorful Sun Stone   9x9 Checkerboard, 6 Aug 04, Hillwood, Aldbourne,Wiltshire Info: Dreams of Red and Black Info: Moon Magic Square  Info: Collection of Strange Magic Squares   Info: Mecury Magic Square Info: Venus Magic Square 6 & 12 Star of David, 7 Aug 04, Wilton Windmill, near Wilton,Wiltshire  2 Circle Interference Pattern, 8 Aug 04, Shalbourne, nr Hungerford, Wiltshire Crop Circles & Quantum Mechanics

 

2005-Uffington-UK   This crop circle is communicating harmomics of the "Time of the Sixth Sun" we are currently in the Fifth Sun time era.  Compare this Crop circle to the Sixth Sun "DreamStar" tone systems diagram see attached Link - notice in the crop circle there are 16 small squares that form the large square outside in the  image.  In the Crop circle "Inner circle" there is a Six pointed Star like star of David points=Six and Star=Sun thus means "Sixth Sun" the time era coming upon the completion of this current 5th Sun. These six points form the 6 suns/worlds/eras: sun 1 - nahui Ocelotl (jaguars) sun 2 - nahui Ehecatl (wind) sun 3 - nahui Quiahuitl (rain) sun 4 - nahui Atl (water) sun 5 - nahui Ollin (earth movements - our current age) sun 6 - nahui Xochitl (sun of flowering)  This "Inner circle" of this crop circle forms the 17th "Never-ending" position in the "DreamStar" Sixth Sun Also notice in the crop circle the relationship of the circle (sphere) and the square (cube) and that these Crop circles are GREEN Dreamstar 17 day Cycle by Mark Fussel You will notice many crop circles have harmonics that appear related. The Mayan periods/cycles of Time known as SUNS. Some sources cite we are in 4th Sun and some cite 5th Sun. These are the same depending upon if you start counting at "zero" or "one" start at Zero: 0 1 2 3 (4) 5   start at One:  1 2 3 4 (5) 6  We are currently in the (4)th or (5)th SUN depending upon where start counting. And we are moving into either the (5)th or (6)th SUN/world again depending on where you start counting. Best guess is that we are entering SIXTH SUN according to Maya 2012 date. The image shows but one of them is a shift or change in the harmonics of creation. Some Crop Circles are communicating this shift/change.  The current Mayan Tzolkin has 13 tones and the Sixth Sun Tzolkin has 17 tones. These numbers 13 and 17 can be found in various Crop Circles. As other related numbers like the "center" number [7] or [9]. Which are the center tones of each tzolkin respectively.        1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Also the "Alpha" , "Center" , and "Omega" tones maybe multiplied to give other frequency harmonic information: 1 x 7 x 13 = 91 This is the number of steps on each of the 4 sides of some Maya pyramids and thus 4 x 91 = 364 ..... 364 + 1 (top) = 365 (solar year) 1 x 9 x 17 = 153  See: http://www.greatdreams.com/153.htm  and http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/17-fish.htm Mark Borcherding Mayan glyph  In The Mayan Factor by José Arguelles, we understand that LAMAT marks the beginning of the final AHAU cycle which includes all 13 Katuns.  This final cycle is a culmination of the Baktun of the Transformation of Matter and began in the year 1756 to be completed in the year 2012.  The energy of LAMAT is to ‘Seal [the whole mind of the world] with the Star-Seed Harmony’.  LAMAT heralds a new way of living on Earth and a new experience and understanding of material life, including our own bodies.  This is certainly reflected in the beautiful and elegant symmetry of this crop circle.  On top of all that, the particular shape of the formation is also found in a symbol for Mother Mary, an ancient Goddess figure, as well as a venerated Christian icon. Mary’s symbol based on Maltese cross and pagan symbol   In this symbol, we see references to the four solar turning-points of the year, as well as the lunar aspects (dark and light circles), rendering Her, Lady of All the World.  An interesting point is that LAMAT as a word stands for ‘rabbit’ which is also a long-standing symbol for the Goddess. Michelle Jennings Sources Arguelles, José.  The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology. Bear & Co.  Rochester. 1996. Spilsbury, Ariel & Michael Bryner.  Donna Kiddie, illus.  The Mayan Oracle: Return Path to the Stars.  Bear & Co.  Rochester. 1992. Walker, Barbara.  The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects.  Castle  Books.  1988. 2012 Unlimited.  http://www.2012.com.au/Solar_Glyphs.htm On September 26th, Joe Mason realized that another formation should be included in the list: The above is one of the "Checkerboard" Patterns, of the Greene County, Pennsylvania, formations that appeared around 3 July 2005. See: http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:knF5aTyu48cJ:idan-hadli.co.il/ufo/archive/CropCircles.doc+checkerboard+PA+crop+circle+2005&hl=en&gl =us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=904&start=90&sid=566d3547d5d41e5601a96a1cfba7de52     Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 Post subject: Pennsylvania "Checkerboard" Pattern Like Woolstone SEE YOUTUBE.COM EXPLANATION OF THIS CROP CIRCLE --- It has been pointed out that several U.K. formations contain the eight or nine step spiral of rectangles, such as those at Boreham Down, Woolstone Hill, and Wayland's Smithy: Image credit: Viktor Mika,CZ Joe Mason says the Woolstone Hill formation was, perhaps, the most information-rich The U.K. formation of 2005, at Ripley, near Bournemouth, Dorset should probably also be included. It was reported 17 April 2005. The spiraling numbers of the Ripley crop glyph is similar to the spiraling squares in the previous glyph. At least one other person has pointed this out. The 6 pointed star, when looked at from an angle, looks like 3 blocks.  I finally got around to illustrating the idea. Such block designs are often shown like a wall of blocks. It is sometimes used to illustrate how our perception can view an image in different ways. The view can appear as looking down at the tops of the boxes, or as looking up to the bottoms of the boxes: ~~~~~~~~~~~ Earth Star – A Mayan Connection!! The beautiful earth star which fell onto fields at Echilhampton, near Devizes on August 15 is indeed a delicate formation and merits much appreciation.  It is also the shape of the Mayan star-glyph, LAMAT, ‘Yellow Star’ and is associated with the planet Venus in that tradition.  Here is a meditation on that glyph as it is presented in the website: NOTE: THIS PAGE IS GONE: http://www.2012.com.au/Solar_Glyphs.html : HERE IS THE ARCHIVED PAGE: http://web.archive.org/web/20070826153052/http://www.2012.com.au/Solar_Glyphs.html LAMAT. (Star) The Mayan star. This step is basically about learning to love. You develop a tolerance and a compassion for yourself and others. The ability to love yourself is very important in attaining wisdom, and it is perfected here. You begin to feel a profound sense of your own value and a love for yourself exactly as you are. You evolve this self-love into a deep love for humanity and a love and caring for the planet Earth. Meditating with this glyph will help you remember and hold the vibration for unconditional love. The solar glyph painting Lamat portrays with colors our coming forth into being from love when we awake, creating our bodies out of light, then our return back to love, which we all do each time we fall asleep. Lamat is the symbolic portrayal that love is what we are.”   © 1992 Donna Kiddie      The crop picture which appeared on August 18, 2006 at Etchilhampton Hill seems to show (i) the four-fold pointed-symmetry of a gravitational wave field, as well as (ii) certain grid lines which are commonly used to represent gravity or curved space time:   Four-fold pointed-symmetry of a gravitational wave field from Rep. Prog. Physics 63, 1317-1427, 2000 Schematic grid lines used to represent curved spacetime from Amer. J. Physics 73, 248-260, 2005.    The new Etchilhampton Hill crop picture thus has a concise, logical meaning: "Space-time may vibrate in two different directions, either 'up-down' or 'left-right', in response to the field energy of a passing gravitational wave".   But why should the crop artists draw that particular picture at the end of 2006, after five other amazing "wormhole" pictures which illustrated possible technological uses of curved space-time? There could be two reasons.   First, gravitational wave detectors are being built now all around the world; some are even planned for space. Those new and highly-sensitive devices may be used to detect gravity waves from distant astronomical sources, which could potentially cause severe geological disturbances in the future, if any of them were to pass through our Solar System at light speed c.   For example, we learn from a website at Caltech: "Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time. When they enter our LIGO detector, they will decrease the distance between test masses on one arm, while increasing it on the other arm. Such changes can be detected by bouncing laser beams back and forth between the test masses, then by interfering laser beams from the two arms." "LIGO" stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory" (www.ligo.caltech.edu/LIGO_web/about/factsheet.html). The same four-fold pointed-symmetry shown at Etchilhampton Hill appears over an illustration of their detector: Secondly, it would not seem impossible that gravitational waves are now in transit toward Earth. Many previous crop pictures suggest this. Furthermore, see (below) speculations by Paul LaViolette, a non-mainstream astronomer, about the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake and its causes; as well as observations by Lonnie Thompson, the American glaciologist, concerning the last major sudden-climate-change on Earth in 3100 BC (end of the Mayan "Fourth Sun").   Now when a powerful gravity wave with pointed four-fold symmetry passes through Earth, it may produce two different kinds of geological vibration as either "up-down" or "left-right", just as were shown schematically at Etchilhampton Hill: If the whole planet Earth vibrates suddenly like that, there are going to be plenty of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes Due to the relatively large size of most gravity waves, nearby stars could be affected as well. Recall from the Christian and Jewish scriptures various passages where "the Earth will reel like a drunkard" or "the seas will roar" and "powers (stars) in the heaven will be shaken". The Koran of Muslim faith describes a similar event. .   How might gravity waves be produced in far distant parts of our galaxy? Gravity waves may be produced through several different mechanisms, the most common of which  might be 'collapsing neutron stars' or 'binary black holes'.   Paul LaViolette has argued that a gravity wave from a collapsing neutron star caused the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake www.etheric.com/GalacticCenter/GRB.html). It was followed by an x-ray blast on  the next day, consistent with Einstein-Rosen theory.   By contrast, long-term-periodic emission of gravity waves might be better ascribed to binary black holes, one of which could perhaps be present at the centre of our Milky Way:     For example, if the two components of some binary system at the centre of our Milky Way were to orbit once every 5125 Earth years, then they might strongly emit gravity waves only once during some brief part of that mutual orbit, when they come close together. If that is the case, then a twin pulse of gravity waves and x-rays could potentially be emitted from the centre of our galaxy once every 5125 years. It would then take another 40,000 years (roughly) to reach Earth and Sun at light speed c.   Could such a binary system of black holes, and long-term-periodic emission of gravity waves, provide a plausible mechanism for 5100-year periodicities in the ancient Mayan calendar?    The accuracy of the Mayan calendar was recently validated by American glaciologist Lonnie Thompson, who found many different lines of evidence for a sudden, worldwide climate change on Earth 5138 plus or minus 45 years ago (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103, 10536-10543, 2006). He has attributed that event to "a sudden change in the brightness of our Sun". His dates from radio-isotope analysis agree well with the Mayan calendar value of 5120 years ago for "end of the Fourth Sun". According to that same calendar, the next major event will occur six years from now in 2012.   Could that be what the current crop-circle phenomenon is all about? The crop artists have been warning us about wave-like emissions from the galactic centre since at least 1994: see for example a lucid crop picture from that year, which shows a Mayan symbol for the galactic centre on the left, with curly rays or waves emerging on all sides:   In modern terms, the Mayan symbol for "galactic centre" might represent the curved in-fall of stars near some black hole, for example Sgr A*.   Another pair of crop pictures at Etchilhampton in 1997 warned that our Sun would "flare" in 2012, perhaps due to gravity waves passing through it.      In 2005,  the "mace" showed an explosion from some central source (galactic?) in six spatial directions +x, -x, +y, -y, +z, -z, where various star systems affected were seemingly drawn all around:  Isabelle Kingston noted, from supposed psychic contact, that crop pictures are being given now "at a cataclysmic time in Earth's history" (see Freddy Silva's book)   Both Wayland's Smithy pictures of August 2005 and July 2006 could plausibly be interpreted in terms of astronomical rays which will impact Earth and Sun in mid-August 2007. An alternative explanation for Wayland's Smithy of July 2005 in terms of "skyscrapers" can not explain why it shows numerous mathematical codes See also HERE   Finally, regarding  to the supposed future predictive ability of our crop artists, the putative August 2007 event will be a good test to learn whether they might be truthful and reliable concerning December 2012 Or as John Locke once wrote (Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690), "In matters of substance, experiment can be our only guide."   If the crop artists do have wormhole / time-travel technology, as suggested by five other pictures this year, then their arcane source of knowledge seems self-evident! By contrast, the Chronology Protection Postulate of Stephen Hawking asserts that past-transfer of future-knowledge would not be permitted by "the laws of Nature". But nothing is more common than for great scientists to disagree..... Posted from: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2006/etchilhampton/etchilhampton2006c.html (This posting at cropcircleconnector.com will be archived for only paying customers at the end of 2006.) Another crop circle appeared on July 15th, 2008 which seems to delineate the orbit and placement of our solar system planets on or about Dec. 21, 2012. I am only publishing the original formation which has since been enhanced and many are saying that the enhancements were hoaxed. Here is the page: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2008/aveburymanor2/aveburymanor2008b.html which will be available to the general public until the end of 2008. On July 27, 2008, we received the following chart from Edwin Erst who has been studying diligently the same topic. If someone would like to compare the two charts and write to us with your interpretation, it would be appreciated.  Write to  Dee777@aol.com

 

Taken from the above page at www.cropcircleconnector.com

By studying our Sun's path through the sky (red dashed line) during December, I was able to work out that those two small stars lie in the constellation Ophiuchus at Right Ascension 17 hours, 22 minutes, or close to our Sun on December 13 as 17 hours, 26 minutes. Four other stars (or M8) provide a confirming match between the star pattern and the crop picture. The crop symbol for M8 is shown correctly as a circle plus an extended line, because it is an extended star cluster.

 

One week later on December 21-23, our Sun lies at a slightly larger R.A. value of 18 hours, 2-11 minutes in the constellation Sagittarius. Four nearby symbols (not shown) as "spiral, snail, serpent, crossed box" remain unidentified, but could represent the four constellations bordering Ophiuchus in Earth's sky. For example, the "serpent" could be Serpens, while the "snail" was a constellation in ancient times.

 

Twelve years ago on July 13, 1996, we saw a similar astronomical prediction for December 2012 at West Overton:   Charles Reed and Janet Ossebaard

This new crop picture seems to confirm the original crop picture shown in 1996, of a bright comet next to a crescent Moon in December 2012. Its importance is that no such prediction can (or has) currently been made by conventional astronomical science.

 

A very similar crop picture appeared at West Overton on July 13, 1996. There next to a galactic centre symbol for "Hunab Ku", we saw a crescent Moon next to a bright comet in late 2012.  NOTE ABOUT HUNAB KU:
FROM WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunab_Ku
The Hunab ku was invented by Catholic missionaries according to this article.

There we saw (apparently) the same new Moon of December 13, 2012, lying in Earth's sky next to the same bright comet. Both objects will lie close to our Sun during its eclipse of the galactic centre on December 21-23 (which is indicated by a Mayan spiral symbol called "Hunab Ku").

 

In summary, both of these crop pictures lead us to think that something important may happen one week before the Mayan Long Count calendar ends on December 21-23, 2012. At the very least, we should see a bright comet next to a new Moon. We might even see curved lines or "rays" emerging from the galactic center, as shown at West Overton in the diagram above.

 

Photo credits to Eva-Marie Brekkesto, Lucy Pringle and Stuart Dike.

 

Harold Stryderight

I want to share the following notes which I have on the second crop circle from Avebury Manor.