The Mayan Calendar, Doomsday on December 21, 2012?

Archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University studied art and writings left by the Maya around 1,200 years ago (Photo: LiveScience)

WASHINGTON - According to Mayan calendar, it is mentioned that there will be an apocalypse (Resurrection) on December 21, 2012. When you see the countdown of the date, then it will run for two months. So, how do scientists explain the determination date "doomsday" is?

Reported by LiveScience, Tuesday (10/23/2012), according to the Mayan calendar, that date is the emergence of what is called the New Age (New Age). Two ancient text confirm the end date of the Mayan Long Count calendar at the winter solstice this year, ie December 21, 2012.

The Mayan calendar was mentioned, December 21, 2012 is the last day bak'tun 13 calendar days or 144 000 cycles. Ancient Mayans will see the end of bak'tun 13 as the end of the cycle of creation.

However, experts say the Mayan history, the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar that is on par with the need to buy a new calendar every year in December, so that's not a sign of the apocalypse.

"This new evidence suggests that the 13th bak'tun an important calendar that will be celebrated by the ancient Mayans. However, they do not make any apocalyptic or doomsday prediction to date," said Marcello Canuto, Director of Tulane University Middle America Research Institute.

Not all people who believe in the apocalypse according to the Mayan calendar, Mayan Apocalypse think that it will bring fire and brimstone or extinguish life on earth. According to John Hoopes, a scholar or historian of the Maya at the University of Kansas reveals that many believers see the date (December 21, 2012) as a time of spiritual transformation.

Not Proven
Doomsday mentioned occur in 2012 based on the Mayan calendar, was sticking out and circulating in the community. But in fact, after digging more detailed information related to the Mayan calendar, apparently finding no mention that the Mayan calendar will end in 2012.

According to the professor of astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University, Anthony Aveni, which ended in 2012, only one calendar cycle. He explained that the Mayan calendar continues after December 21, 2012, the period or the next calendar cycle goes on.

In fact, a few months ago plainly National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has dismissed that there is no end in 2012. Program Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Don Yeoman denied rumors of apocalypse in 2012.

He also dismissed the argument causes apocalypse series, including the existence of Nibiru, an alien planet that is coming from outside the solar system, which supposedly will hit the Earth in December 2012.

He asserted, when Nibiru will hit the earth in the near future, of the signs will be seen for a long time. At least, the effect of gravity on the Earth and other planets can be seen. However, astronomers making observations did not find a single fact.

Astronomer Carl Sagan, threw his statement that something big, it requires proof that great anyway. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Historically, there are hundreds of thousands of predictions for the apocalypse. However, we humans are still around today," he explained.

Cigarette Will Disappear in 2050

Would you believe? Activity will allegedly smoking completely disappeared by 2050, at least it was believed the experts.

The combination of rising prices and the increasing number of bans on smoking in public places is believed to be deadly habit. According to the Citigroup analyst 72 pages thick, it is possible, there will be no smokers left in Britain and other developed countries in the period between 30 and 50 years.

The report, titled "Tobacco: What if the Stop Smoking in 2050 'says," It's hard to ignore 50 years of data is that the rate of smokers continues to decline seen paga graph with a straight line down. "

"No one can be sure how the activity level of smoking in the future. Probably also will be more and more bans," the report added. Health experts also welcomed the prediction

There are around 10 million Brits who smoke, 22 percent of men and 21 percent women. That number dikatahui declined 1 percent since the smoking ban enforced.

Amanda Sandford, of Action on Smoking and Health community, said the reduction of smokers to 10 percent of the population could be achieved within the next decade. "There are many factors that can make people stop smoking, including a strict prohibition in various places," he said.

"Prohibition caused a surge in the number of people trying to quit. Consequently the number of smokers declined by about 1 percent from 2007. I predict there will be more gradual reduction in the activity of smoking," he added. (MI / ICH)

Caution, Men's Cancer Risk uncircumcised penis!

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Circumcision is said to help reduce the risk of such sexually transmitted diseases. But it was not only that. Circumcision also reduces the risk of penile cancer. In other words, men who are not circumcised penis cancer risk.

Similarly urologist revealed Dharmais Cancer Center Hospital Jakarta Dr Rachmat Santoso B when contacted by phone on Friday (15/5). "The cause is chronic infection in people who do not cirkumsisi (circumcision)," Rachmat said. Men are also at risk are those who have had genital herpes.

The main problem is not hygienic male genitalia because his head was not open. Cleanliness of the area under the foreskin glans penis circumcision is not guaranteed otherwise.

The symptoms found in people who had cancer sores on the penis is a penis, open sores on the penis, and penile pain and even bleeding from the penis. Usually this occurs at an advanced stage. Another feature is visible sores that resemble pimples or warts on the penis.

Penile cancer treatment varies, depending on the location and severity of the tumor. The first way is penektomi or cutting, can also be partially total. Rachmat illustrate, if the penis length of 10 centimeters and the cancer is only the tip of his penis then the length of the penis is cut 2-3 inches. "But if that had cancer three-quarters length of the penis, what can make his penis had to be cut out," he said. Another way may be chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Rachmat warned, this disease should not be underestimated by men. According to an alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, many of penile cancer attacking the productive age of 30 years to 50 years.

Although not much affect men, within a year there were only 2-3 people who come to the hospital Dharmais, you, the men have to be careful. "It is indeed significant, but it is very disturbing because it involves the integrity of one's manhood," he concluded.

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