I actually haven’t done Seitokai no Ichizon yet for my Rainmeter skin, so I think I’ll start with Kurimu Sakurano, the president of the student council, since I got this cute pic of her. Monday’s very lazy and I’m not in the mood to go to work. Furthermore, I got another project to develop an invoice and accounting application in PHP. The meeting is at 12 o’clock and I think I’ll go there during the lunch hour. Anyway, here’s your Rainmeter skin. Cheers!

Skin Name: Kurimu Sakurano Calendar

File Size: 123 KB

Color Theme: Pink

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/nymfofuwtdy/KurimuSakuranoCalendar.rar

Note: A Rainmeter application can be downloaded in my previous post. Don’t forget to extract and move the folder to your Rainmeter skin directory. Happy downloading!

Conjuncturile Pleiade-Soare

COTGM 2010 Calendar

The official Company of the Green Man calendar for 2010 is now available. All the photos have been taken by me over the last year and include some less well known green men that I’ve come across in my journeys. It’s available worldwide from our Cafepress shop at : http://www.cafepress.co.uk/cotgm

$20
A decorative calendar to grace your home or office…or that of a friend’s.
Make 2010 a year of gratitude…

Lena Grove stole hearts left and right, and just like last time, I had a couple folks tell me later they’re either in love with her, or are still in love from the last time.  On a side but related note, because Windows can’t make an operating system that can’t run for 5 minutes without crashing, I’ve been working on this blog post for three days, and, well, there’s a lot worse things in the world I could have been looking at that than a photo blog of last session.  Alexis is in Phoenix at the moment doing whatever people do in Phoenix, grilling armadillos and whatnot, so it’s up to me write this post with little to no adult supervision.  This means, 1) there’ll be more typos than usual and 2) someone somewhere will probably be offended shortly.

Anyway, let’s get this going.

Lots of sketches got sent in this time around.  This first one is from Michelle Murphy…

Our first contest was the opposite hand contest, where “if you’re right-handed, you draw with your left, and if you’re left-handed you draw with your right, and if you’re ambidextrous pretend you’re not so you don’t make anyone cry.”  Russell made up some mystery shots for the two winners; he actually messed up the first set and made us drink the horrible concoction . . . don’t ever say Team Sketchy isn’t willing to take one for the team.  If you thought we were a little more tipsy than normal by the end of things, you were probably right.

Near as I can tell, no one sent any opposite-hand drawings in from that contest, unless they were cheating, which I doubt, since the crowd looked to be a good, wholesome sort.

That last photo MIGHT be the judging of the opposite-hand drawing contest.  Hard to tell though.

This next sketch is from Steve Peters, he and Andrea Grigoropol (you’ll see her stuff in a minute) drove all the way down from Philly just to see Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore.  I can not tell you how much that tickles us.  Unless they’re spies from the Philly Dr. Sketchy’s.  Advance scouts for some sort of Dr. Sketchy’s gang turf war if you will.  If that’s the case, if they’re making a move on our corner, well, we ain’t scared of Nicola Black’s posse.  Just in case though, if some of you could pack your heat for the next couple sessions, we should be alright.

That’s a joke.

It just occurred to me this IS Baltimore, somebody might take me seriously.

Michelle Murphy next . . .

Brian Dugan

And here’s Andrea Grigoropol from Philly . . .

The first contest was a special request from Lena – she wanted the best interpretation of her as a zombie, the winner getting 1000 Pinup Girls by Harald Hellmann, Charles Martignete, Louis Meisel from Atomic Books.

A whole bunch of folks gave her their drawings at the end of the night, which we were lucky enough to get a chance to scan.  Unfortunately, that means we don’t have the names of the artists.  If you see your sketch, email us, and we’ll be happy to tack your name under it.  On the off chance two people claim a drawing, the two can come to the next Dr. Sketchy’s (this Monday with Sugar Ann Spice!) and settle it with a rousing bout of fisticuffs during a break.

ANYWAY, these first two are from that stack.

(I had some trouble with the scanner on this one. . . that’s only half of it.   The scanner just ain’t big enough.)

Another Steve Peters . . .

Brian Dugan

The next contest was the random noun contest where folks in the crowd shout out a random . . . well, noun.  Obviously some drinks had started to make themselves known since we somehow ended up with “Mexican wrestling badgers”.  No, I don’t know either.  I don’t even know what a badger looks like.  I can’t even imagine trying to draw one with a Mexican wrestling mask on.  The crowd definitely had my sympathies, though they did bring it on themselves I suppose.  The prize was Miss Mindy’s Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza by Miss Mindy from Baby Tattoo Books.

This first one is Andrea Grigoropol again, at least I think it is.  It has AG on it and was in Lena’s stack.

Brian Dugan

Another unnamed . . .

A couple more sketches to finish us out . . .

Michelle Murphy

Andrea Grigoropol (next three)

Steve Peters

EM Kuker

And one more unnamed . . .

Special super-duper thanks go to Lena Grove of Baltimore’s Gilded Lily Burlesque who without none of this would be possible, to Russell of the Windup Space for putting one more nail in everyone’s livers, Jeff for talking all these nice pictures, Bill for taking video for the Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore documentary while simultaneously watching the door, and our generous sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books.

The next Dr. Sketchy’s is tomorrow, November 23rd, at 7:00 (doors at 6) at the Windup Space with Sugar Ann Spice!

If you haven’t already, check out the previous post to get a peek at Monday’s prizes!

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Absida

In primul rand este de amintit ca in centrul acestei abside (AB), la o anumita adancime a fost gasita cenusa umana. Nu pot decat sa cred ca acest loc a fost folosit pentru invocarea strabunilor. Cenusa probabil ca apartinea unui lider (sau lideri) spiritual, al carui trup a fost ars dupa moarte si ingropat chiar acolo, in templul sfant.

Absida are o forma de ou, de potcoava. Pun forma pe care absida o are pe seama Pleiadelor.

Formatiunea este formata din doua grupuri distincte de “pietre”. Pe o forma aproximativ circulara se afla un numar de 21 de stalpi. In partea opusa si oarecum tesita se afla un numar de 13 stalpi. Intre aceste doua grupuri se afla cate doua lespezi de fiecare parte. In total 4 lespezi.

Cred ca AB este in legatura cu calendarul legat de Sirius, de viata de apoi. In partea tesita 7 piese (27-33) par sa fie aliniate. Asta imi aminteste de Egipt si de cele 70 de zile in care mortii nu se ingropau. Acestea erau in perioada de vara si erau acele zile in care Sirius era “ascuns” dupa Soare. Sufletul celor ingropati in acea perioada risca sa fie atras de Soare si sa “arda”, in loc sa se indrepte spre Sirius.

Fiecare stalp reprezinta 10 zile. Astfel, suma celor 21+13=34 stalpi insumeaza 340 de zile. Asa cum la cercul CC lespezile ajutau la ajustare, asa si aici cele 4 lespezi fac ajustarea. Ele reprezinta cele 25 sau 26 (in functie de an) zile ramase pana la 365 sa 366 zile ale anului.

Stalpul din centrul grupului 21 (11) reprezinta zece zile din jurul datei de 1 Ianuarie. Aceasta este data la care Sirius este in opozitie cu soarele. La 0:30 Sirius se afla la zenit iar soarele se afla la zenit la 12:30.

Stalpul din centrul grupului 13 (30) reprezinta cele zece zile din jurul datei de 1 Iulie, data la care Sirius si soarele se afla la zenit in acelasi timp. La ora 12:30. Din punct de vedere spiritual aceasta zi era cea mai nefasta.

Daca un stalp reprezinta o perioada de 10 zile, doua lespezi reprezinta 13 zile. Lespezile 22 si 23 reprezinta o perioada de 13 zile in jurul datei de 21 Aprilie (luna nebunilor?). Lespezile 37 si 38 reprezinta 12 zile pentru 3 ani consecutivi si 13 zile in anul bisect. Aceste 13 zile sunt centrate in jurul datei de 11 septembrie. Egiptenii isi ajustau si ei calendarul in Septembrie (calendarul stelei Sirius).

Axa principala a absidei, axa MSR, care intersecteaza centrul soarelui SA pare sa fie pe directia punctului 30.
Aceasi axa s-ar putea sa fie indreptata spre rasaritul soarelui la Solstitiul de Iarna.

Timpul necesar parcurgerii cercului CB de la 1-Luni la 1-Luni este de 210 zile, exact cat si timpul necesar parcurgerii pieselor 1-21 ale absidei.

Micul Sanctuar Rotund
msr este un calendar al lunilor. Astfel dupa parcurgerea celor 30 de zile de pe CB se inainteaza cate un grup de piese de pe msr. Grupurile cu 9 piese (8 stalpi si 1 lespede) reprezinta lunile cu cate 30 de zile. In total 11 luni de cate 30 zile.

Grupul de 8 piese (7 stalpi si 1 lespede) reprezinta o luna de 30 zile si se suprapune peste perioada in care pe absida avem lespezile 22 si 23. Afost facuta cu o piesa lipsa tocmai pentru a trage atentia ca se suprapune peste lespezile 22 si 23.

Grupul de 7 piese (6 stalpi si 1 lespede) reprezinta o luna de 5 (sau 6) zile . Aceste zile sunt reprezentate pe micul sanctuar cu 16 piese aflat intre sanctuarul “Pleiadelor” si msr. Perioada aceasta se suprapune peste perioada lespezilor 37 si 38 de pe absida.

Since I’ve always wanted to do an Advent calander full of activities I decided to go way overboard this year with my planning so that we might actually do some of them. I have three categories from which I’m planning one activity per day from December 1st through December 24th. I first made a listing of all of our scheduled activities already on the calendar. That gave me an idea of when are days will be hectic and when we should be home the entire day.

This post is for a list of the crafts we’ll work on in December. I’ll label them here 1-24 as those are also the days I hope to do them on. However, it’s not written in stone and things may need changed around from time to time. I plan to have one full week in advance planned out all supplies needed at the ready. As we do these crafts, I’ll take pics and post the directions on here, as well as our review of the activity.

Here is the list for the craft activities I have planned:

1. Assemble cookie jar mixes, decorate and design tags for them
2. Make all the Christmas cards we’ll be sending out this year
3. Christmas parchment paintings
4. Assemble soup jar mixes, decorate and design tags for them
5. Paper chains with scrapbooking papers
6. Make cardboard frame for our gingerbread house
7. Make clothespin wreath cardholder
8. Beaded ornaments using corks and corsage pins
9. Pencil by number kits
10. Paper angel ornaments
11. Fabric paint window cling snowflakes
12. Assemble wood village and paint with snowy effects
13. Build a sugar cube ice castle
14. Cut and assemble Star Studded Branches
15. Stuffed and stitched paper bag ornaments
16. Bird’s nest bowls
17. Beaded icicle ornaments
18. Design and make cat toys and play structures
19. Decorate sugar cookies
20. Make Christmas spider and web
21. Personalized ornament boxes
22. Personalized banners
23. Make wrapping paper and tags for gifts to others
24. Cover the windows in paper snowflakes

I’m getting so excited.  What is probably sad, I already own just about everything we’ll need to make ALL these projects.  I might have to purchase some glue or a certain color of paint or glitter.  Actually it’s not sad, I’ll be doing some decluttering while actually using what we already have, so I’ll also be saving money.  Not to mention how much fun we’ll be having too!

Since I’ve always wanted to do an Advent calander full of activities I decided to go way overboard this year with my planning so that we might actually do some of them.  I have three categories from which I’m planning one activity per day from December 1st through December 24th.  I first made a lisitng of all of our scheduled activities already on the calendar.  That gave me an idea of when are days will be hectic and when we should be home the entire day. 

This post is for a list of the recipes we’ll work on in December.  I’ll label them here 1-24 as those are also the days I hope to do them on.  However, it’s not written in stone and things may need changed around from time to time.  I plan to have one full week in advance planned out all supplies needed at the ready.  As we do these recipes, I’ll take pics and post the directions on here, as well as our review of the activity.

1. Gumdrop Cookie Mix for gift jars (make one to test the finished product)
2. Snickerdoodles cookies
3. Power Treats
4. Soup mix in jars (make one to test)
5. Dipped pretzel rods
6. Gingerbread for house panels
7. Cookies and Creme Cake
8. Fizzy purple floats
9. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
10. “One” Cookies
11. Kool Kids Pie
12. Thumbprint Cookies
13. Soft Pretzels
14. Peanut butter cookies with die set
15. Oatmeal Scotchies cookies
16. Take-Along Breakfast Cookies
17. Frozen Creamy Pudding Pops
18. Nutty Cracker Delights
19. Sugar Cookies and icing to decorate
20. Peanut Butter Fudge
21. Caramel Nut Candy
22. Peppermint Squares
23. Tast Gift Tags
24. Finger foods for hosting evening dinner for family

We still need to come up with a fun way to display our advent calendar, I’m thinking of decorative envelopes, numbered, hanging from a rope strung across our bank of windows in the kitchen.  I want to give it a more festive look than just envelopes, rope and clothes pins, so that will be something to work on with the kids during Thanksgiving break.  I’ll post a pic of that also.  Looking forward to getting started!!

Seattle Flickrites

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) invites all artists and creative professionals to join us on Wednesday, December 16th at Pravda Studios for a FREE seminar discussing copyright law for those who need it most.

Doors open at 6pm and the seminar starts at 7pm. Arrive early and network among Seattle’s creative community while enjoying a bounty of delicious appetizers and beverages.

More information – click here.

Discussion topics
• “Embedded metadata as copyright information”
Using the “Plus” standard.

• “Hitting them where it hurts”
Using the DMCA to get a response to your ‘Cease & Desist’ letters.

• “Creating a good photography license”
Writing licensing agreements that incorporate specific rights covered by Copyright law.

• “Practical steps in protecting your work”
Discussion of: registering, including visual mark, embedding info in metadata, and staying vigilant with your contracts.

• “Filing a copyright walkthrough”
Attorneys will be available to assist with actual filing of copyrights.

• “Copyright 101”
Basics for all Photographers and Artists

• “Fair use basics”
When should you be concerned about your photo/artwork violating another’s copyright? When should you consider legal action if someone else is using your image?

Seattle, WA 98101 – USA

Wednesday, December 16 at 6:00 PM

Attending: 1

– Meetup details

Cercul B (CB)
Cercul A (CA) al MSR este cel al Secolului Dacic (de fapt este o numaratoare de 104 ani cand se face o ajustare de o zi la calendar. Ce este CB? De ce CB are 30 de grupe de cate 6 pietre si o lespede. Ziceam mai inainte ca aduce aminte de calendarul sotic si Pleiade. Cred ca acest cerc tinea cont de luna de 30 de zile a calendarului sotic si de saptamana de 7 zile. Pentru usurinta demonstratiei o sa notez fiecare grup de piese cu numere de la 1 la 30 si fiecare piesa din grup cu numele unei zile a saptamanii.

Parcurgerea cercului se facea in felul urmator:

Grupul Ziua saptamanii
1 Luni
2 Marti
3 Miercuri
4 Joi
5 Vineri
6 Sambata
7 Duminca
8 Luni
….etc…….

In fiecare zi se trecea la un nou grup de piese, pe piesa aferenta zilei urmatoare (din saptamana). Parcurgerea in acest mod a cercului CB tine cont de zilele saptamanii si de calendarul Sotic (calendar mult mai usor de urmarit de catre cetateanul de rand).

Dupa parcurgerea celor 30 de grupuri se incheia o luna a calendarului sotic care era marcata pe msr (micul sanctuar rotund).

Revenirea la locul de inceput in care avem 1-Luni se facea dupa 210 zile. Exista oare ceva important care are ca ciclu 210 zile? Deocamdata nimic nu-mi vine in minte care sa aiba ciclul de 210 zile. Banuiesc ca totusi exista ceva legat de acest ciclu si ca a fost important pentru stramosii nostri.

Prima luni era 1-Luni, urmatoarea era 8-Luni, 15-Luni, 22-Luni, 29-Luni, 6-Luni, 13-Luni, 20-Luni, 27-Luni, 4-Luni,
11-Luni, 18-Luni, 25-Luni,……

Aceasta parcurgere a CB poate aduce aminte de calendarul Maya care si el are nevoie de parcurgerea a diferite cicluri si in care ziua avea numele compus din numele luate de pe diferite cicluri ale timpului.

De ce o parcurgere atat de complicata? Cred ca erau in legatura cu doua grupuri de energii. 10 ai Sirius (calendarul sotic) si 7 ai Pleiadelor. Dupa parerea mea, CB sugereaza o astfel de legatura. La fel si in cazul discului din Faistos, Surya Chakra, Soarele de Andezit.

Cercul C (CC)
O societate agricola, o societate spirituala intotdeauna a tinut cont de ciclul lunar. Banuiesc ca acest cerc CC este in legatura cu ciclul lunar. Piesele acestui cerc sunt: 4 lespezi, 21 stalpi, 4 lespezi, 21 stalpi, 4 lespezi, 21 stalpi, 3 lespezi, 21 stalpi. Un numar de 84 stalpi si 15 lespezi. Un total de 99 piese.

Un ciclu lunar (o luna), de la Luna Plina, la Luna Noua si din nou la Luna Plina ia 29.530589 zile. Cea mai usoara aproximare considerarea unui numar alternativ pentru acest ciclu. Astfel o luna este de 29 zile, urmatoarea de 30, din nou 29 samd.

Cei 84 de stalpi despartiti de lespezi in grupuri de cate 21 reprezinta 28 de zile. Fiecarei zile ii corespund 3 stalpi. Banuiesc ca timpul zilei era impartit in 3 (la fel ca si azi). Dimineata, dupa-amiaza, noaptea. Cate 8 ore fiecare. Dimineata 4-12, dupa-amiaza 12-20, noaptea 20-4. Deci 21 de stalpi reprezinta 7 zile.

7 zile pe fiecare sector de cerc da 28 zile pentru cerc. Diferenta dintre 29,53125 si 28 de zile (ale stalpilor) este de 1,530589, adica o zi si jumatate. Aceasta diferenta este ajustata cu ajutorul lespezilor care despart cele 4 sectoare.

 Monday, November 30 at 7:00 pm in the AAW Choir Room we will be holding our 3^rd Parent Music Booster Meeting. Jazz band, Choir, Guitar, and Musical Theater Parents and Students: feel free to attend.

 Wednesday December 2, 9, and 16 the Music Department will be selling bagels and juice before school and all leftovers will be sold during lunch. Look for postings around the school next week with more information.

 Thursday, December 3 the Musical Theater Class will be putting on the straight play, “The Audition”. The show will start at 7:00 pm and will also include selected scenes and monologues. Tickets are $5.00

 Thursday, December 17 the Music and Dance Department will be hosting their holiday concert at Warren Woods Middle School Auditorium. The time of the concert will be announced soon.

 December 8     
Open House for Prospective Parents, AAW, 7:00p.m.

December 10                                      
Board Meeting, Work Session, AAW,  6:30p.m.

December 11                                     
 2^nd Progress Period Ends

December 16
FAPAPA meeting 6pm

December 17                                  
Dance and Music Dept. Holiday Concert
At Warren Woods Middle School, Time TBD.

Board Meeting, Regular Meeting,  AAW, 6:30 pm

December 21 – January 1                
School Closed for Holiday Break

January 12
FAPAPA meeting 6pm

January 18
No School for Students. MLK Birthday
In-Service day for Teachers

Seattle Flickrites

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) invites all artists and creative professionals to join us on Wednesday, December 16th at Pravda Studios for a FREE seminar discussing copyright law for those who need it most.

Doors open at 6pm and th

Seattle, WA 98101 – USA

Wednesday, December 16 at 6:00 PM

Attending: 1

– Meetup details

Sunday, November 22

Christ the King Sunday

9:30 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Contemporary worship

11:00 a.m. Traditional worship

5:00 p.m. Youth Group

7:00 p.m. Ballroom dancing

Monday, November 23

Newsletter Deadline

6:30 p.m. Women on a Mission

Tuesday, November 24

7:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study

9:00 a.m. Preschool

7:00 p.m. Boy Scout troop 48

7:30 p.m.  Stephen Ministry

Wednesday, November 25

Thursday, November 26

Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 27

Saturday, November 28

Sunday, November 29

First Sunday of Advent

9:30 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Contemporary worship

11:00 a.m. Traditional worship

5:00 p.m. Youth Group

7:00 p.m. Hanging of the Greens

A weekend of art, dining & holiday festivity on the James at Rocketts Landing  
 
Saturday, December 12 (noon to nine)
Sunday, December 13 (noon to five)

Tyler Snidow’s smART Gallery joins Rocketts Landing to host a holiday weekend of art and fine crafts, dining and twinkling lights on the river! 

This is Richmond’s first and only holiday event on the river and includes prime viewing of the Parade of Lights lighted boat festival on Saturday evening. Shop from home-to-home in the temporary art village at Rocketts Landing.

Original artwork by 100 artists will be for sale, including oil and acrylic paintings, lawn and garden sculptures, watercolors, oil pastels, pencils and pen and inks, signed prints, numbered prints, giclee prints, wood, sculpture, original children’s room art, mirrors, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, photography, accessories and more.

I’ll be there  in 210 Rock on the 4th floor with the latest Lucky Ginger Studio creations, including 2010 desk calendars!

Event details at www.onesmartgallery.net

…or not. Some of the roman habits are just to obnoxious to follow. Such as their communications habits and especially tools.

This blog details how to survive in the corporate world of Microsoft Exchange and Outlook being a Mac user.

Since my Windows loving corporation insists on being stuck in 2003 I need to jump through a lot of hoops to have a useable communications system. Follow the posts on how to get it set up.

Release Date : 04.12.2009

2010 Official Calendar Type A – Desktop Calendar

(총 페이지 수 : 40p / 구성 : PVC투명 달력 판 6P + 투명 스티커 3P / 사이즈 : 180*260)
40-page, 6 pieces of PVC board, 3 stickers.
Size : 180*260
Price : $26.00

2010 Official Calendar Type B – Wall Calendar

(구성 : PVC + 유광 은지 + 무-유광 코팅 etc / 사이즈 : 450*610 / 지관 포장)
Comes in a tube.
Size : 450*610
Price : $28.00

2010 Official Calendar Type C

(사이즈 : 260*180 mm)
Size : 260*180
Price : $28.00

2010 Official Diary


(총 페이지 수 : 240p / 사이즈 : 126*182 mm)
240 pages
Size : 126*182
Price : $32.00

2010 Official Scheduler

(총 페이지 수 : 134p / 사이즈 : 260*180 mm)
134 pages
Size : 260*180
Price : $28.00

2010 Official 5 cards set

With greetings : Merry Christmas!! Happy New Year!! Thank you!! I Love You!! Happy Birthday!!
Price : $26.00

Getting the whole set?
Grab it at only $148.00 instead of $168.00!!

The Amish Cabin in the Hoosier National Forest

I fell in love with this retreat property in southern Indiana the first time I looked at.  It sits way back off of the road; 660 feet off the road to be exact, and that road is off of a dirt road on a old County Road.  I am not a Survival Guru by any means but I know what I need in a retreat.  I need to be able to hide out with the family and stay warm under any circumstances.  And we need to be able to escape if cornered.  This fits the bill because the back yard is 200,000 acres of the Hoosier National Forest.

So; by chance, my wife forwarded me a link to the property shown above.  We checked it out and she liked it right away to my suprise.  I liked it because it is concealed, very very private.  And almost impossible to get there unless you are supposed to be there.

We close on this great place within the next month.  I can then start stocking everything needed for emergencies out here.  We will make the retreat our meet up location in the event of an emergency.  It is two and a half hours south of our house so it is a safe enough distance away if there are any immediate emergencies localized to where we live.

This property is only a few ladies dream property however.  No running water; no electricity, and no bathrooms.  But it has many redeaming qualities to it.  It is down in a valley with a 200,000 acre back yard to escape to if a retreat is necessary.  Plenty of great soil for a several acre garden.  And plenty of seasonal rainfall to catch in a cystern for living.  I have been collecting food, equipment, supplies, etc. for over a year and a half now.  We have everything we need to set up home permanently if necessary.

Until that time comes we have a great camping spot just a few miles from some huge caves, lakes, forest, etc.  For the time being I will be looking to get a great motor home or camper/trailer to back in next to the cabin.  Having a flushing toilet, forced heat, and a shower will go along way into making the wife happier to be spending time in a jungle basically.  In the end; my mother in law is really to thank for the property all coming together.  My wife and I had really been considering it but still a little reluctant in this economy.  She said; go for it now while the prices are low, and we did.  I mail the check to hold the property off tomorrow after Church.  7.5 acres of great wooded property and all of the free firewood I can ever use.  It sounds fun.  And it sounds like a lot of work.

This retreat Cabin is featured in my 2010 Survival Calendar.  I just dropped the price by $2.00.  Every Calendar that I sell puts me one step closer to my dream of working for myself and living in a green home in the middle of the forest. 

http://www.icalendars.net/2010-survival-calendar-with-countdown-to-december-2010212012122112.html

Busy moms: get organized with free downloadable family calendars, weekly to-do lists and more from Mommy Tracked!

 www.mommytracked.com

“TOOLS FOR THE TIRED & TIME-STARVED Is the line between order and chaos in your world an increasingly fine one? Do you need a cheat sheet? A crutch? On this page, you will find some of our secret weapons. Certain of these calendar pages and organizational supplies are available for purchase in our Shop. But as a thank you to you for taking time out of your busy day to visit Mommy Track’d, we are bringing our favorites to you gratis as printable downloads. Enjoy.”

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This blog is alive! I have been super busy with things irl but I’m working on a schedule and there will be time for the blog. Maybe not every single day but at least a few times a week. I’m really sorry for the long time not updating but at least now I’m back and the blog will get attention it deserves. And I would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have continued to visit the blog . But now over to something different.

Is the end of the World coming 2012?

The short answer is NO! By now some of you might have seen the movie 2012. The Maya calendar is said to show that the World/Earth would be destroyed in either 21 or 23 of December 2012. Is this true?

No it isn’t. As an archaeologist and scientist I want to see real information and facts from people who have researched the subject. And no, I don’t look at some superstitious peoples research, it should be made in a scientific way. So let’s look at it from a scientific point of view. First let us look at the dates. Both the 21st and 23d of December is occurring. Ok, but if the Maya indians would have predicted the end of the world shouldn’t they have come up with only one date not two? If they would have said two dates how sure could they really be that it will happen in the first place?

So let us look at the Maya calendar itself. I will skip all the technical and mathematic stuff of which consists of to make it readable today. You can check my links to read more.

To my help I look at research from the FAMSI which is Foundation for the advancement of Mesoamerican studies. It shows there is nothing in Maya, Aztec or in any Mesoamerican ancient prophecy that talk about the world coming to an end in 2012. The notion of a “Great Cycle” which some people refer to today is a completely modern invention.

The only thing that will happen in 2012 is that the known Maya calendar stops, it ends nothing more. Just for a calendar ends the world doesn’t end. I mean most of you probably have a calendar. Think if it would be mass hysteria every year just because your calendar stops and you have to get a new one, quite ridiculous  They didn’t think the world will end in any way. The Maya actually takes about our distant FUTURE instead. In the famous town Palenque there are inscriptions that say in 4772 AD people will be celebrating the coronation of the great king Pakal!

Of course the Earth will end sometime when the Sun will grow to a red giant and then collapse and burn out but that won’t happen for several billion years. But what would happen if we found some Maya inscription that would say that the world would end in 2012 would it happen.

Would it happen then? No not likely. Humans have during all time periods predicted the end of the world. Closest example for us was the year 2000 AD. A new millienium, people thought Jesus would come back, the was the end of the world, all the computers would crash and the internet would go down.

But not much happened and the world went on. It would be the same even if we would find an inscription.

Ok so the Maya calendar doesn’t say the end will world. What about things from outer space, meteorites and other things that could destroy the world.

For an answer I took some help from NASA. People often talk about a planet named Nibiru which would collide with the earth or that a solar flare will toast the planet and other things some seen in 2012. But it won’t happen, there are no planets or anything on collision course with the Earth that could destroy it in 2012.

“I don’t have anything against the movie. It’s the way it’s been marketed and the way it exploits people’s fears,” NASA scientist David Morrison at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., told Discovery News.Scientific misinformation about 2012 has been ramping up for a few years, with more than 200 books and 1,000 Web sites purporting to explain various doomsday scenarios. Sony Pictures is behind a particularly viral campaign to build publicity for its apocalyptic movie “2012,” The company has set up an interlinked family of Web sites and Facebook pages to infuse a sense of reality to its fictional work. The lead character in the film, played by actor John Cusack, for example, is the faux author of a faux book about a murder, conspiracy and disaster aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, which, coincidentally, is poised for launch on a space station construction mission the weekend the movie debuted. The fictional fiction, named “Farewell, Atlantis,” has a Web site, a Facebook page to follow “author appearances,” fans and friends, a faux publisher with a faux Web site, a faux press release and endorsements from the very real son of the late Carl Sagan. There’s also a fake institute that presumably dispenses “real” science supporting the movie’s claims, as well as a fake news website that distributes fake press releases about a fake aerospace company winning government contracts.

Warren Betts, owner of a California-based publicity firm that peddles real science stories tied to movies, says the type of marketing campaign Sony is executing for “2012″ is nothing new.

“It’s been done before,” said Betts, citing the 1999 horror movie “The Blair Witch Project,” a story about a group of amateur documentary film-makers who have a really bad couple of days in the woods.

“Some people went to that movie and they thought it was reality, that it was an actual documentary,” Betts said.

Morrison says Sony has crossed a line with promoting “2012.”

“I think people are really, really worried about the world coming to an end Kids are contemplating suicide. Adults tell me they can’t sleep and can’t stop crying. There are people who are really, really scared,” he said.

“People are very gullible,” he added. “It a sad testimonial that you need NASA to tell you the world’s not going to end.”

So to summarise, no the world will not end in 2012 because of a Maya calendar says so (which it doesn’t) or anything of significant size form space would hit the earth which it won’t according to NASA.

Have you seen the movie 2012 if so what did you think? Did you belivie that a Maya calender was dooming the earth or did you know the real information behind it? Let me know, post in the comments section .

To read more look here about the Maya Calender and here for what NASA says.

On Monday it will be more updates on the blog and some news!

Sanctuarele de la Gradistea sunt o opera de maiestrie a lumii antice, scapate de la distrugere datorita locatiei lor.

Surianu
De atatea ori am auzit spunandu-se ca numele Surianu arata ca pe acele inaltimi se oficiau ritualuri dedicate soarelui. Nu este insa asa. Numele Surianu nu are legatura cu soarele ci cu steaua Sirius.
Zeitatea egipteana care il personifica pe Sirius era Anubis. A ramas el prezent in viata noastra? Desigur. Il gasim in cuvantul Anul (anu), biserica (bis-erica), Bis-tri-ta si in cuvantul Suri-anu. Anu-bis zeitatea care avea grija de sufletul celui plecat in lumea de dincolo.

Soarele de Andezit
Denumirea de Soare este putin fortata. Daca aceasta constructie ar reprezenta soarele sistemului nostru solar el ar trebui sa fie din material de culoare alba sau galbena. Nu este asa, el este din material de culoare inchisa ceea ce sugereaza ca este cu totul altceva decat soarele.

Constructia are un disc si o coada. Discul are un centru si o parte exterioara formata din zece sectoare de cerc (inegale). Coada, care este orientata pe directia nord, este formata din 17 segmente, descrescatoare ca dimensiune.

Faptul ca discul are zece sectoare de cerc m-a dus cu gandul la calendarul sotic. Calendarul sotic are decanul format din zece zile (logic) iar anul are 36 decani plus 5 sau 6 zile (in functie de an). Unde sunt cei 36 de decani? Daca numaram de la centru spre ultima piatra a cozii “soarelui” avem: periferia, 1(piatra), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (si inapoi) 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, periferie, centru. Adica un total de 36 de decani. Soarele de andezit sugereaza un calendar sotic, un calendar dedicat lui Sirius.

Anul cu 366 de zile se numeste an bisect. Bis-ect? Anu-bis?

Coada “soarelui” este indreptata spre nord. Privind-o nu pot sa nu ma gandesc ca aceasta coada este indreptata spre Nord pentru a sugera Polul Nord Ecliptic. Pentru toate societatile antice care se respecta acest pol este foarte important. Cei care stiau de existenta lui stiau si despre precesia equinoxurilor (ciclu de in jur de 26.000 de ani).

Coada “soarelui” mai este indreptata si spre un sanctuar (de andezit?) in care sunt plasate (neordonat) un numar de “pietre”. Din imaginile pe care le-am gasit pe internet am facut colajul de mai jos.

Imaginile nu sunt destul de clare. Coroborand toate sursele pe care le-am gasit pe internet am ajuns la urmatoarea schita a pozitionarii pieselor in cadrul acestui sanctuar.

Nu-mi este clar daca aceasta schita este corecta. Mai este de cautat. Ce imi pare interesant este modul in care piesele din partea opusa “soarelui” sunt pozitionate. Cele doua piese laterale nu sunt dispuse simentric fata de axa care ar trece prin piesa din mijloc si spre care “coada” soarelui este indreptata. Aceasta asimetrie este opusa asimetriei pe care 3 stele din Pleiade o au. Daca se roteste acest sanctuar in jurul unei axe care trece prin centrul “soarelui” si “coada” pozitionarea celor 3 pietre de la “varf” este similara cu pozitionarea stelelor pleiadelor. Dupa parerea mea acest sanctuar era dedicat pleiadelor. Sirius si Pleiade. Cam aceasi simbolistica ca si in cazul Surya chakra si discul din Faistos.

Langa sactuarul de andezit “al Pleiadelor” mai exista un alt sanctuar care are trei randuri de pietre. Doua randuri contin cate 5 pietre iar al treilea contine 6 pietre. Acest sanctuar reprezinta cele 5 sau 6 zile, care adunate la cei 36 de decani (36*10=360 zile) dau numarul de 365 sau 366 de zile ale anului.
Notand sirul cu 6 pietre cu C, sirurile cu cinci pietre cu A is B. In fiecare an se adauga un numar de zile (pietre) aferent sirului anului. Astfel la anul bisect se adaugau 6 zile (de pe C). Anul urmator (de pe B) 5 zile. Urmatorul (de pe A) 5 zile. Iar urmatorul (de pe B, din nou) 5 zile. Anul care urmeaza se ajunge la punctul de origine (sirul C) si avem din nou 6 pietre (zile). Deci sunt: 5, 5, 5, 6. Si ciclul se repeta. Acest mic sanctuar, doar 16 pietre, arata ca dacii erau constienti de lungimea exacta a anului si foloseau aceasi metoda pe care o folosim si azi pentru a tine un calendar exact. Metoda anului bisect.