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Calleman's Pyramid Scheme

Mark Heley
pyramid_A.jpgIs the Mayan Calendar going to end on October 28th, 2011? If you are a follower of Dr. Carl Calleman's theories about the Mayan calendar and the pyramids, you may be expecting something to happen. Yet if Calleman is right it means that ALL Mayan inscriptions of the Classic period are wrong. (more)
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Has Burning Man Reached Its Limits?

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The selling of $1000 Burning Man tickets on eBay has shaken up the ethos of participation and radical inclusion. Despite the rhetoric and philosophy, it is no secret that some burners are more equal than others. What's new is that the most fundamental criterion of participation -- entry -- is now subject to market pressures. (more)

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Revolution 2.0

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Power_to_the_pyramidthumb.jpgSocial media is often described as a 'revolution', but in Egypt, this appears to literally be coming true. (more)
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Is NASA About to Announce the Discovery of Extra-Terrestrial Life?

Mark Heley
titanthumb.jpgAt 2pm EST on Thursday December 2nd, the astrobiology department of NASA are going to hold a news conference to announce what is billed as a finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Are they going to tell us there's life on other planets? (more)
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2012 Apocalypse: A Rorschach Inkblot Test of Consciousness

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To understand why we project the apocalypse onto 2012, we have to understand where we are in the evolution of human consciousness. Despite our ipods and helicopters, we are still embedded in a cosmology that not long ago thought the Earth was flat. (more)

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Our Evolving Solar System: Plasma, Polar Reversals, and 2012

Mark Heley
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The year 2012 coincides with the next predicted solar sunspot maximum. A dramatic increase in cosmic radiation is likely to affect Earth's magnetic fields and the atmosphere of the planet in unpredictable ways. The question is to what extent and how these changes will manifest. (more)

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