Are this bean moving? no! this beans not moving. its a illusion.
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Bahtera Nabi Nuh ditemui
PEGAWAI Turki, Murat Guven menunjukkan spesimen kayu berusia 4,800 tahun yang didakwa tinggalan bahtera Nabi Nuh.
HONG KONG - Sekumpulan penjelajah China dan Turki kelmarin mendakwa mereka mungkin telah menemui bahtera Nabi Nuh pada ketinggian 4,000 meter di sebuah lereng curam di Gunung Ararat, timur Turki.
Jurucakap pasukan berkenaan memberitahu, beberapa binaan kayu yang mereka temui di lokasi itu didapati berusia 4,800 tahun berdasarkan ujian penentuan tarikh karbon iaitu sama usianya dengan zaman banjir besar pada era Nabi Nuh.
"Penemuan ini bukan mengesahkan 100 peratus bahawa ia bahtera Nabi Nuh tetapi kami yakin ia 99.9 peratus adalah bahtera itu," kata seorang anggota pasukan penjelajah, Yeung Wing-cheung.
Menurutnya, binaan kayu itu dibahagikan kepada beberapa petak, sebahagiannya memiliki rasuk kayu yang dipercayai digunakan untuk menempatkan sejumlah haiwan dalam bahtera itu. kosmo
15 Things You Never Noticed on a Dollar
Pull a buck from your wallet now and prepare to be amazed.
We’re serious. Did you know a dollar bill has hidden pictures, flecks of color, and mysterious symbols? And that’s just the beginning. What do all those seemingly random letters and Latin phrases mean, anyway?
The Basics: How much is a dollar worth?
The question seems simple, but the answer is quite complex. Since 1973, the dollar bill has had no value tied to it. You cannot trade in a dollar to the government for gold, silver, or any other commodity. The value of the nation's currency is related to the decree by the government that a dollar is legal tender for all debts. This means if someone attempts to pay a debt using dollars, the person being paid must accept the money or the law no longer recognizes the debt. This is important enough that the phrase is printed on every bill the government creates.
It is also vital for the nation's citizens to agree that the bills have value. If the members of a society decided that they did not believe in the currency, it would quickly be worth no more than the paper it is printed on. For the record, each bill costs the government 6.4 cents to print.
What kind of paper are the bills made from?
Bills are made from a blend of linen and cotton, which is why they don't fall apart in the wash the way paper does. If you look closely, you can see red and blue silk fibers woven throughout the bill. The threads are thought to be an anti-counterfeit measure.
Hint: Look in the white spaces on the face of the bill for little bits of the colored thread. They look like lint but you can't scratch them off!
On the face of a dollar, what does the letter inside the circular seal mean?
We’re serious. Did you know a dollar bill has hidden pictures, flecks of color, and mysterious symbols? And that’s just the beginning. What do all those seemingly random letters and Latin phrases mean, anyway?
The Basics: How much is a dollar worth?
The question seems simple, but the answer is quite complex. Since 1973, the dollar bill has had no value tied to it. You cannot trade in a dollar to the government for gold, silver, or any other commodity. The value of the nation's currency is related to the decree by the government that a dollar is legal tender for all debts. This means if someone attempts to pay a debt using dollars, the person being paid must accept the money or the law no longer recognizes the debt. This is important enough that the phrase is printed on every bill the government creates.
It is also vital for the nation's citizens to agree that the bills have value. If the members of a society decided that they did not believe in the currency, it would quickly be worth no more than the paper it is printed on. For the record, each bill costs the government 6.4 cents to print.
What kind of paper are the bills made from?
Bills are made from a blend of linen and cotton, which is why they don't fall apart in the wash the way paper does. If you look closely, you can see red and blue silk fibers woven throughout the bill. The threads are thought to be an anti-counterfeit measure.
Hint: Look in the white spaces on the face of the bill for little bits of the colored thread. They look like lint but you can't scratch them off!
On the face of a dollar, what does the letter inside the circular seal mean?
The black seal with the big letter in the middle signifies the Federal Reserve bank that placed the order for the bill. A = Boston, B = New York City, C = Philadelphia, D = Cleveland, E = Richmond, Va., F = Atlanta, G = Chicago, H = St. Louis, I = Minneapolis, J = Kansas City, K = Dallas.
The letter also corresponds to the black number that is repeated four times on the face of the bill. For example, if you have a bill from Dallas with the letter K, then the number on the bill will be 11 because K is the eleventh letter in the alphabet.
Can you find any tiny owls or spiders hidden on the front of the bill?
The letter also corresponds to the black number that is repeated four times on the face of the bill. For example, if you have a bill from Dallas with the letter K, then the number on the bill will be 11 because K is the eleventh letter in the alphabet.
Can you find any tiny owls or spiders hidden on the front of the bill?
Many people believe they can see a tiny owl (some say it is a spider) next to the large "1" on the upper right of the bill. If you look at the shield shape that surrounds that "1," the tiny owl rests on the top left corner.
More than likely, the markings are nothing, just a point where the webbed design of the border varies. That won't stop some people from associating the peculiar detail with Masonic symbols, or with more practical things, like anti-counterfeit measures.
The Great Seal of the United States
The green back of the dollar bill features the two sides of The Great Seal of the United States. The founding fathers approved its design in 1782. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson all had a hand in devising it. The seal provides great insight into the values of the newborn nation and, like the Constitution, provides a direct link to its formative days.
What does Annuit Coeptis mean?
The first of three Latin phrases on the back of the bill is translated as "God has favored our undertakings." Many founders, Franklin and George Washington among them, believed that God's will was behind the successful creation of the United States.
Beneath the pyramid, what does Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?
These Latin words mean "New order of the ages." Charles Thomson, a statesman involved in the design of The Great Seal of the United States, proposed the phrase to signify the beginning of what he called "the new American Era," which he said began in 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
More than likely, the markings are nothing, just a point where the webbed design of the border varies. That won't stop some people from associating the peculiar detail with Masonic symbols, or with more practical things, like anti-counterfeit measures.
The Great Seal of the United States
The green back of the dollar bill features the two sides of The Great Seal of the United States. The founding fathers approved its design in 1782. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson all had a hand in devising it. The seal provides great insight into the values of the newborn nation and, like the Constitution, provides a direct link to its formative days.
What does Annuit Coeptis mean?
The first of three Latin phrases on the back of the bill is translated as "God has favored our undertakings." Many founders, Franklin and George Washington among them, believed that God's will was behind the successful creation of the United States.
Beneath the pyramid, what does Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?
These Latin words mean "New order of the ages." Charles Thomson, a statesman involved in the design of The Great Seal of the United States, proposed the phrase to signify the beginning of what he called "the new American Era," which he said began in 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The letters are Roman numerals for 1776. M is 1,000, D is 500, CC is 200, L is 50, XX is 20, VI is 6. Add the numerals on the pyramid together and you get the year 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed, and when the Novus Ordo Seclorum began.
Why is there an unfinished pyramid with a glowing eye?
Thomson explained the sturdy pyramid as a symbol of "strength and duration". He did not explain its unfinished state, but many believe it signified that our nation remained unfinished. The pyramid also stops at 13 steps, the number of the original colonies.
The "Eye of Providence" is a visual representation of the words Annuit Coeptis, and reinforces the founders' notion that God looked upon the endeavor of the new nation with favor. Many theorists mistakenly believe the symbolism of the eye is related to the Freemasons (a secret society whose members believed they were under the careful scrutiny of God), but the symbolism of the glowing eye is far older than any Freemason thinking. Scholars have traced versions of the symbol as far back as the ancient Egyptians.
What does E Pluribus Unum mean?
"Out of many, one." The 13 disparate colonies came together to form one nation.
Why a bald eagle? The founders wanted an animal native to America to be the new nation's symbol. In its talons the eagle holds arrows and olive branches, signifying war and peace.
Fun activities you and the kids can do with a dollar bill
Track your bills. Go to the website Where's George? and enter the serial number of the bill. If the bill has been in circulation long enough, you might be able to see where your bill has been as it travels from wallets to registers and back. After you enter your bills, check back later to see where they have gone.
Play dollar-bill poker. Each of you takes a dollar bill and examines the green serial numbers as if they were a hand of playing cards. Make your best poker hand and see who wins.
Why is there an unfinished pyramid with a glowing eye?
Thomson explained the sturdy pyramid as a symbol of "strength and duration". He did not explain its unfinished state, but many believe it signified that our nation remained unfinished. The pyramid also stops at 13 steps, the number of the original colonies.
The "Eye of Providence" is a visual representation of the words Annuit Coeptis, and reinforces the founders' notion that God looked upon the endeavor of the new nation with favor. Many theorists mistakenly believe the symbolism of the eye is related to the Freemasons (a secret society whose members believed they were under the careful scrutiny of God), but the symbolism of the glowing eye is far older than any Freemason thinking. Scholars have traced versions of the symbol as far back as the ancient Egyptians.
What does E Pluribus Unum mean?
"Out of many, one." The 13 disparate colonies came together to form one nation.
Why a bald eagle? The founders wanted an animal native to America to be the new nation's symbol. In its talons the eagle holds arrows and olive branches, signifying war and peace.
Fun activities you and the kids can do with a dollar bill
Track your bills. Go to the website Where's George? and enter the serial number of the bill. If the bill has been in circulation long enough, you might be able to see where your bill has been as it travels from wallets to registers and back. After you enter your bills, check back later to see where they have gone.
Play dollar-bill poker. Each of you takes a dollar bill and examines the green serial numbers as if they were a hand of playing cards. Make your best poker hand and see who wins.
Dakwa temui lokasi Atlantis
Dakwa temui lokasi Atlantis
GAMBAR yang disiarkan di sebuah akhbar Perancis menunjukkan satu corak
seperti bandar lama ditemui di dasar Laut Caribbean.
PARIS - Sekumpulan ahli 'arkeologi' Perancis merupakan kumpulan terbaru yang mendakwa berjaya menemui lokasi bandar purba Atlantis, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.
Saintis-saintis itu yang enggan mendedahkan identiti diri mereka telah menyiarkan satu siri gambar di sebuah akhbar yang dipercayai sebagai kota Atlantis di dasar Laut Caribbean dengan tidak mendedahkan lokasi sebenarnya.
Mereka menegaskan imej itu menunjukkan tinggalan sebuah bandar selain mendakwa terdapat satu struktur dipercayai piramid.
Kumpulan tersebut kini mahu mengumpulkan dana bagi meneroka lokasi rahsia itu.
Atlantis merupakan sebuah pulau yang kaya dan pernah disebut oleh ahli falsafah Yunani, Plato tetapi ia tenggelam di dasar laut. - Agensi
Pakal, Astronot Kuno Bangsa Maya?
Pakal, Astronot Kuno Bangsa Maya?
Ditulis oleh Erich von Daniken, dalam bukunya:
In Search of Ancient Gods
Sebuah ceritera kuno bangsa Maya mengatakan bahwa 10.000 tahun yang lalu mereka berada dalam peradaban puncak. Walaupun para ahli purbakala meragukan kebenaran “ waktu 10.000 tahun yang lalu “ itu dalam tulisan mereka, namun penulis akan tetap menganggapnya sebagai sesuatu yang sangat penting, sebab tidak ada seorangpun yang dapat menjelaskan, dari mana asal bangsa Maya itu dan kemudian kemana perginya mereka itu. Sebab telah dibuktikan, bahwa kota-kota bangsa Maya tidak dihancurkan oleh peperangan atau bencana bencana alam. Kota-kota itu dengan demikian telah ditinggalkan oleh para penduduknya. Bangsa Maya telah lenyap tanpa bekas. Mengapakah mereka telah meninggalkan kota-kota mereka yang hebat, yang telah mereka bangun “untuk bertahan sepanjang masa” dengan balok-balok yang utuh?
Telah diakui bahwa apa yang disebut zaman “sebelum zaman kuno” berada diantara 1000-2000 tahun sebelum Masehi, akan tetapi dalam hal ini diakui oleh para sarjana, mereka sebenarnya tidak mengetahui apa-pun mengenai “zaman purbakala “ yang sebenarnya, yang mendahului “zaman sebelum zaman kuno”. Adalah sangat besar kemungkinannya, bahwa semua “kejadian nyata” dalam sejarah yang hingga kini belum dapat diketemukan, ada dalam buku buku yang telah dibakar oleh uskup Landa.
Hanya ada tiga buku kuno tulisan tangan dari bangsa Maya yang tidak ikut terbakar; lembarannya dibuat dari kulit pohon dan dilipat-lipat seperti harmonica. Buku-buku itu disebut menurut nama tempat, di mana masing masing disimpan : Dresdensis Codex (Codex = buku kuno dalam tulisan tangan ), Paris Codex dan Madrid Codex, yang juga dikenal sebagai Tro-Cortesianus.
Tulisan-tulisannya yang sudah berwarna kuning karena tuanya, masih belum sungguh-sungguh dapat dimengerti. Yang telah dapatdipecahkan adalah “system menurut nomer” mereka yang sangat baik, akan tetapi sederhana. Mereka menghitung dengan goresan-goresan, yang diberi titik-titik di atasnya. Satu titik sama dengan 1, tiga titik dengan 3, dst nya. Angka 5 digambarkan dengan sebuah goresan, sehingga angka 7 menjadi sebuah goresan ditambah dua titik diatasnya. Bangsa Maya pun mengetahui nilai-nilai nisbi dan nol. Mereka menggunakan system “vigesima”, atas dasar 20. Kalau mereka ingin menulis bilangan 23 , maka mereka menaruh tiga titik di tempat “satuan” dan satu goresan di tempat “duapuluh”. Mudahlah untuk membedakan
“goresan dua puluh” dari “goresan limaan”.
Goresan dua puluhan diberi tempat jauh lebih tinggi dari pada tempat goresan limaan. Kalender bangsa Maya mempunyai kualitas yang amat tinggi . Tanggal permulaan urutan waktu mereka adalah suatu hari dalam tahun 3113 sebelum Masehi. Para ahli dari Amerika selatan menyatakan, bahwa tahun gaib 3113 sebelum Masehi itu tidak ada hitungannya dengan sejarah yang sebenarnya dari bangsa Maya, akan tetapi hanya mempunyai nilai asli “simbolis” seperti ucapan bangsa Yahudi “sejak diciptakannya dunia”.
Bagaimanakah mereka dapat mengatakan itu secara demikian pasti, kalau kita tidak mengetahui dari mana asal datangnya orang Maya itu dan kemana mereka lenyap pergi. Sangat banyaklah sudah tulisan tulisan mengenai kalender bangsa Maya itu. Suatu kenyataan adalah, bahwa kalender itu menggunakan system putaran-putaran tahun yang setiap putarannya berjangka waktu 374,000 tahun. Bangunan-bangunan didirikan menurut kalendernya : Untuk tiap hari selama sebulan sebuah anak tangga, untuk tiap bulannya sebuah “mimbar dan akhirnya, pada hari yang ke 365, berdirilah sudah tempat berhala itu. Kelihatannya seakan-akan orang -orang bangsa Maya dari kerajaan kuno itu membuat bangunan-bangunan keagamaan mereka bukannya karena terdorong oleh kebutuhan kepercayaan, melainkan karena kalender memaksakan mereka suatu kewajiban yang harus mereka penuhi. Observatorium para ahli perbintangan mereka, sebuah bangunan bundar di atas dua teras raksasa yang menjulang tinggi di atas hutan belukar, terletak di Chichen Itza. Para ahli perbintangan bangsa Maya mengetahui orbit bulan sampai pada empat desimal dan mereka juga dapat menghitung tahun planet Venus sampai pada sampai pada tiga desimal.
Menurut ceritera kuno, maka para dewa permulaan dari bangsa Maya berasal dari bintang-bintang, mengadakan hubungan dengan bumi, dan kemudian kembali lagi ke bintang bintang. Dalam “ Popol Vuh ”, sebuah ceritera kuno bangsa Maya, dikemukakan bahwa 4000 pemuda dari cakrawala kembali ke “ bintang tujuh “, setelah mereka menderita kekalahan dalam perkelahian dengan manusia. Dewa Kukulkan rupa-rupanya betukar berita dengan bangsa Aztec, yang bernama Quetzalcoatl. Dia digambarkan sebagai seekor ular yang berbulu dan datang dari langit. Kalau orang-orang bangsa Maya, dalam hidupnya setiap hari melihat ular-ular merayap di tanah, maka sulitlah untuk dimengerti, mengapa ular-ular dalam gambaran dan relief mereka dapat “terbang “. Tulisan-tulisan bangsa Maya yang masih ada, meliputi 208 halaman yang dilipat menurut cara harmonica. Melihat banyak dan banyak macamnya tanda-tanda, bentuk-bentuk, lambang-lambang dan bentuk kombinasi, maka tidaklah mengherankan bahwa sampai sekarang hanya sedikitlah yang dapat dipecahkan artinya.
Lukisan-lukisan pada serat pohon yang diberi lapisan tipis dari kapur sebagai landasan lukisannya, disimpan antara dua lembaran kaca. “Dresden Codex” mempunyai 74 halaman, dan berisi perhitungan mengenai perbintangan dan juga berisi daftar-daftar mengenai perjalanan dan gerak bulan dan planet Mars. Pada lukisan-lukisan itu selalu terlihat adanya makhluk mengerikan yang berbentuk seperti ular di dekat bilangan-bilangan. Makhluk itu dihubungkan dengan bulan dan memuntahkan air ke bumi. Makhluk “ manusia “ nya mengenakan kedok dan perlengkapan kepala yang rumit, dan seringkali kelihatannya mengenakan semacam pakaian selam. Apakah mereka itu pendeta-pendeta bangsa Maya yang sedang melakukan percobaan-percobaan ataukah binatang binatang? Makhluk-makhluk yang tidak dapat ditentukan makhluk, apa sebenarnya, dengan menggunakan banyak peralatan yang aneh-aneh.
“Paris Codex“ dibeli oleh “Bibliotheque Nationable” (Perpustakaan Nasional) di tahun 1832 dari koleksi seseorang. Dibuat dari bahan yang sama dengan bahan “Dresden Codex” dan mempunyai 22 halaman yang sudah sangat rusak. Dalam abad terakhir ini, pemeliharaan terhadap halaman-halaman yang dilipat-lipat itu adalah demikian jeleknya sehingga kini hanya tinggal dua halaman saja yang dapat dipertunjukkan dalam sebuah kotak dari kaca. Untungnya bagi kita adalah, bahwa dari “Paris Codex“ terutama berisi ramalan-ramalan menurut kalender. “Madrid Codex” disimpan di “Museo de America” di Madrid dan terdiri dari 112 halaman bergambar, dimana dapat terlihat gambar dewa-dewa dalam sikap upacara keagamaan yang besar. Gambar-gambar dan bagian-bagiannya, sampai yang kecil-kecil adalah sangat menarik. Kita dapat melihat segala macam benda dalam gambar-gambar itu.
Dewa-dewa berasap pada kulit bumi, dewa-dewa sebelum makan pembuluh darah, hukuman dengan tusukan pada lidah, seorang dewi dengan kepala ular pada roda pemintal. Penulis telah mengkopi bagian-bagian dari buku-buku itu, yang sebenarnya hanya diketahui oleh para ahli-ahli saja, sehingga setiap orang yang berpengetahuan dan mempunyai perhatian terhadap dan mempunyai perhatian terhadap persoalan ini, dapat menilai sendiri apa yang benar-benar digambar. Penulis mempunyai dugaan, bahwa orang awam akan merumuskan gagasan-gagasannya secara lebih bebas daripada seorang ahli bangsa Maya.
Selama penyelidikan-penyelidikannya di lapangan dari tahun 1949 sampai 1952, seorang ahli purbakala bangsa Mexico bernama Alberto Ruz Lhuiller menemukan sebuah kamar penyimpanan jenazah di “Kuil naskah tulisan tangan“ di Palenque. Dari kamar depan kuil yang berada di mimbar tertinggi sebuah piramida bertangga, terdapat sebuah bordes yang miring agak curam dan licin karena kelembaban udara, yang menjurus ke bawah sampai hampir 75 kaki dan berakhir sampai 6 kaki dibawah tanah. Tangganya disembunyikan demikian rupa, sehingga dapat kita tarik kesimpulan, bahwa tangga itu tadinya pasti dirahasiakan. Ukuran dan letak kamar itu cocok dengan “pengertian tentang ilmu gaib “ (Marcel Brion). Para ahli purbakala beserta pembantu-pembantunya membutuhkan waktu tiga tahun untuk membersihkan tangga itu, dari puncak sampai ke dasarnya. Lantai ruangan itu terbuatdari satu batu utuh yang berukuran panjang 14 kaki dan lebar 7 kaki, dengan gambar relief yang luar biasa. Penulis belum pernah melihat sebuah relief lainnnya, yang demikian indah dan cermat pembuatannya. Ukiran-ukiran bangsa Maya terdapat di sekitar sudut-sudut permukaan yang datar itu, akan tetapi hanya sangat sedikitlah dari ukiran-ukiran itu yang dapat dipecahkan artinya. Batu datarnya dihias dengan ukiran-ukiran tulisan seperti yang terdapat di Dresden Paris dan Madrid Codex. Dalam gambar-gambar itu kita lihat sebuah kedok dewa bumi, dengan hiasan-hiasan bulu di dadanya, tali-tali dan pipa-pipa dari dari batu berwarna dan tidak ketinggalan pula seekor burung yang dianggap suci (burung Kwitzel dari Amerika tengah). Paul Rivet, salah seorang dari kelompok ahli-ahli purbakala yang telah menemukan kamar jenazah dalam kuil di Palenque itu, berkata, bahwa orang Indiannya digambarkan sedang duduk di altar pengorbanan dan bahwa dibelakang tempat duduknya terukir rambut jenggot Dewa Cuaca, motifmotif yang selalu timbul kembali dikota-kota Maya.
Di bawah batu utuh yang dihias secara indah itu, terdapat sebuah kerangka dalam sebuah peti mati yang dicat merah. Sebuah kedok emas menutupi muka kerangka; beberapa butir batu pertama terdapat di sebelah kerangka, seakan-akan merupakan benda-benda upacara keagamaan dan benda benda yang dikorbankan. Sejak penulis melihat batu kuburan di Palengue itu, maka penulis menafsirkan dan merumuskannya dalam istilah-istilah tekhnik. Tidaklah menjadi persoalan, apakah kita menggunakan sudut pandangan ini ataukah itu , tetapi penulis ada perasaan, bahwa ada petualang-petualang ruang angkasa tersangkut dalam soal ini. Potret-potret terbaik yang pernah penulis lihat mengenai batu kuburan, yang berada di belakang pintu besi yang terkunci itu, adalah hasil pemotretan dari para pemotret film “ Kereta-kereta perang para Dewa kah? “Setelah delapan kali mengajukan permohonan, maka Pemerintah mengizinkan kami untuk kerja selama setengah jam dengan menggunakan kamera dan lampu - lampu sorot. Potret potret ini akan memberikan gambaran yang lebih baik kepada para pembaca mengenai persoalan yang penulis bicarakan dari pada gambar-gambar dalam buku penulis yang pertama. Akhirnya kesemuanya itu menujukkan, bahwa batu kuburan itu merupakan sebuah kerangka yang di tengah tengahnya terdapat makhuk, yang duduk agak membongkok ke depan (seperti seorang Astronaut di dalam module komandonya).
Makhluk asing itu mengenakan sebuah topi helm, dari bagian belakang topi helm itu mencuat keluar dua batang pipa. Di depan hidungnya terdapat aparat oxygen. Makhluk itu sedang mengerjakan alat semacam tombol pengamatan dengan kedua tangannya. Jari-jari yang sebelah atas disusun, seakan-akan makhluk sedang menyetel sebuah tombol yang ada di depannya. Kita melihat dari arah belakang, empat jari dari tangannya yang sebelah bawah jari kelingkingnya bengkok. Apakah makhluk itu tidak kelihatan seperti sedang mengerjakan alat pengontrol seperti yang terdapat pada stir sepeda motor? Tumit kaki kirinya berada di atas pedal bertangga. Yang melihat relief di Palengue itu akan heran melihat kenyataan, bahwa “orang Indian yang berada di atas altar pengorbanan “ itu mengenakan pakaian yang sangat modern. Tepat di bawah dagunya terdapat semacam leher gulung sebuah kemeja wol. Bajunya yang sempit mempunyai lengan baju, yang ujungnya pada pergelangan tangan dilipat ke atas. Dia menggunakan ikat pinggang pada pergelangan tangan, dilipat ke atas. Dia menggunakan ikat pinggang lebar, dan mengenakan celana panjang, yang bagian atasnya lebar dan bercorak seperti mata jala, sedangkan bagian bawahnya, mulai dari sedikit di atas lutut sampai terus di pergelangan kaki adalah sempit. Di pergelangan kakinya terlihat bagian pakaian seperti kaos kaki pakaian lengkap bagi seorang astronaut !, peralatan di dalamnya di mana si petualang ruang angkasa itu duduk meringkuk dengan kaku, menunjukkan ciri-ciri teknis sebagai peralatan untuk perjalanan ruang angkasa.
Tiny Humanoid Creature @ Chile
Makhluk mirip alien ini mempunyai panjang 7.2 cm saja.Ukuran Kepala lebih besar daripada ukuran badannya,memiliki 2 tangan dengan panjang hampir melebihi pinggangnya dengan jari-jari yang panjang ,serta memiliki dua kaki sama bentukya dengan manusia.
Pertama kalinya,salah satu surat khabar Santiago menghebahkan berita penemuan makhluk ini kepada khalayak umum.
"Concepcion Creatures" ditemui oleh salah seorang remaja (anak keluarga terbabit) dikawasan semak disuatu taman pariwisata Concepcion.
Ketika ditemui, makhluk kecil itu telah terbaring ditanah, namun masih dalam keadaan bernyawa.
Kemudian,remaja itu cuba memungut dan membungkusnya dengan kertas tisu.
Sepanjang dia membawanya pulang kerumah dan menyimpannya selama seminggu,makhluk tersebut sempat membuka matanya.
Dihari ketujuh ,makhluk tersebut tidak bergerak lagi dan mati. anehnyanya,setelah beberapa saat makhluk itu mati dengan cepat tubuh mahkluk itu mengerut dan mengering seperti mumia. Prosesnya sangat cepat.
Beberapa ahli dari Universiti Chilie memberikan beberapa fakta kepada beberapa media massa,kemungkinan makhluk tersebut adalah embrio haiwan,mungkin embrio kucing atau sejenisnya.
Akan tetapi,bila melalui proses penelitian DNA menunjukkan hasil yang berbeza.
Julio Carreno (remaja tersebut) yang menemui makhluk itu,menceritakan setelah membawanya pulang kerumah,dia sempat memindahkan makhluk tersebut kedalam kotak ubat (P3K).
Ketika ditunjukkan kepada para Journalis,betapa terkejutnya mereka melihat makhluk aneh yang jasadnya telah mengering dan hampir reput berada didalam kotak yang telah dilapik dgn kapas.
Julio memberitahu "Ianya telah berubah warna.sebelum itu warna tubuhnya kemerah-merahan.".Sekarang,jasadnya seperti cabai kering dan mudah rapuh.
Ayah Julio,Henriquez Carreno,membantah beberapa isu yang telah tersebar di masyarakat,bahawa makhluk ini sebelumnya sihat , boleh berdiri dan sempat bercakap kepada anggota keluarga adalah isu yang salah dan tidak sama sekali terjadi.
Ia menegaskan,sejak menemui pertama kali oleh anaknya,Makhluk tersebut keadaannya sudah tidak bermaya lagi dan sudah nyawa2 ikan.
sumber : http://www.pelikmisteri.tl.my
Giant Mystery Blob Discovered Near Dawn of Time
Jeremy Hsu
Staff Writer
SPACE.com jeremy Hsu
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space.com – Wed Apr 22, 3:22 pm ET
A newly found primordial blob may represent the most massive object ever discovered in the early universe, researchers announced today.
The gas cloud, spotted from 12.9 billion light-years away, could signal the earliest stages of galaxy formation back when the universe was just 800 million years old.
"I have never heard about any [similar] objects that could be resolved at this distance," said Masami Ouchi, a researcher at the Carnegie Institution in Pasadena, Calif. "It's kind of record-breaking."
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). An object 12.9 billion light-years away is seen as it existed 12.9 billion years ago, and the light is just now arriving.
The cloud predates similar blobs, known as Lyman-Alpha blobs, which existed when the universe was 2 billion to 3 billion years old. Researchers named their new find Himiko, after an ancient Japanese queen with an equally murky past.
Himiko holds more than 10 times as much mass as the next largest object found in the early universe, or roughly the equivalent mass of 40 billion suns. At 55,000 light years across, it spans about half the diameter of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Lyman-Alpha blobs remain a mystery because existing telescopes have a hard time peering so far back to nearly the dawn of the universe.
Himiko sits right on the doorstep of an era called the reionization epoch, which lasted between 200 million and 1 billion years after the Big Bang. That's when the universe had just emerged from its cosmic dark ages and had begun brightening through the formation of stars and galaxies. Hot, energized hydrogen gas from that time period has allowed astronomers to begin seeing some objects — as much good as it does to squint at such fuzzy blobs.
"Even for astronomers, we don't understand," Ouchi told SPACE.com. "We are keen to try to understand what those systems are in the reionization epoch."
Himiko may represent an ionized gas halo surrounding a super-massive black hole, or a cooling gas cloud that indicates a primordial galaxy, Ouchi noted. But it might also be the result of a collision between two young galaxies, or the outgoing wind of a highly active star nursery, or a single giant galaxy.
Pinning down this riddle will require further telescope time. The W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii can help accurately estimate star formation in the blob, while NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could test the super-massive black hole scenario, Ouchi noted. And even Hubble could get in on the action.
"We're planning deep infrared imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope to tell whether [Himiko] has merger-like qualities or not," Ouchi said.
However, that particular research hinges upon the future success of a risky repair mission to the aging Hubble. Astronauts are slated to blast off with the space shuttle Atlantis in the attempt next month.
For now, researchers may celebrate the fact that they found Himiko at all. They almost overlooked the blob among 207 galaxy candidates, while sweeping a portion of the sky designated the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field.
After making the initial sighting with the Subaru telescope in Hawaii in 2007, Ouchi and his colleagues followed up using instruments from the Keck/DEIMOS and Magellan/IMACS arrays. Those spectrographic observations allowed them to pinpoint the signature of the ionized hydrogen gas and determine the distance and age of the mysterious Himiko.
"We never believed that this bright and large source was a real distant object," Ouchi said. "We thought it was a foreground interloper contaminating our galaxy sample. But we tried anyway."
News yahoo
Staff Writer
SPACE.com jeremy Hsu
staff Writer
space.com – Wed Apr 22, 3:22 pm ET
A newly found primordial blob may represent the most massive object ever discovered in the early universe, researchers announced today.
The gas cloud, spotted from 12.9 billion light-years away, could signal the earliest stages of galaxy formation back when the universe was just 800 million years old.
"I have never heard about any [similar] objects that could be resolved at this distance," said Masami Ouchi, a researcher at the Carnegie Institution in Pasadena, Calif. "It's kind of record-breaking."
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). An object 12.9 billion light-years away is seen as it existed 12.9 billion years ago, and the light is just now arriving.
The cloud predates similar blobs, known as Lyman-Alpha blobs, which existed when the universe was 2 billion to 3 billion years old. Researchers named their new find Himiko, after an ancient Japanese queen with an equally murky past.
Himiko holds more than 10 times as much mass as the next largest object found in the early universe, or roughly the equivalent mass of 40 billion suns. At 55,000 light years across, it spans about half the diameter of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Lyman-Alpha blobs remain a mystery because existing telescopes have a hard time peering so far back to nearly the dawn of the universe.
Himiko sits right on the doorstep of an era called the reionization epoch, which lasted between 200 million and 1 billion years after the Big Bang. That's when the universe had just emerged from its cosmic dark ages and had begun brightening through the formation of stars and galaxies. Hot, energized hydrogen gas from that time period has allowed astronomers to begin seeing some objects — as much good as it does to squint at such fuzzy blobs.
"Even for astronomers, we don't understand," Ouchi told SPACE.com. "We are keen to try to understand what those systems are in the reionization epoch."
Himiko may represent an ionized gas halo surrounding a super-massive black hole, or a cooling gas cloud that indicates a primordial galaxy, Ouchi noted. But it might also be the result of a collision between two young galaxies, or the outgoing wind of a highly active star nursery, or a single giant galaxy.
Pinning down this riddle will require further telescope time. The W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii can help accurately estimate star formation in the blob, while NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could test the super-massive black hole scenario, Ouchi noted. And even Hubble could get in on the action.
"We're planning deep infrared imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope to tell whether [Himiko] has merger-like qualities or not," Ouchi said.
However, that particular research hinges upon the future success of a risky repair mission to the aging Hubble. Astronauts are slated to blast off with the space shuttle Atlantis in the attempt next month.
For now, researchers may celebrate the fact that they found Himiko at all. They almost overlooked the blob among 207 galaxy candidates, while sweeping a portion of the sky designated the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field.
After making the initial sighting with the Subaru telescope in Hawaii in 2007, Ouchi and his colleagues followed up using instruments from the Keck/DEIMOS and Magellan/IMACS arrays. Those spectrographic observations allowed them to pinpoint the signature of the ionized hydrogen gas and determine the distance and age of the mysterious Himiko.
"We never believed that this bright and large source was a real distant object," Ouchi said. "We thought it was a foreground interloper contaminating our galaxy sample. But we tried anyway."
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Unexplained Mysteries of Illuminati and KGB
Unexplained Mysteries of Illuminati and KGB
 London in the late seventies into the eighties, for the intelligence services, was a place of great concern. The K.G.B. had had a series of penetration success’s with both the M.O.D, Admiralty and British armaments factories, while the U S senate allowed American fund raising and arms supply to continue to the Irish mainland, even after the Thatcher agreement. This was the verbal contract between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, that said in return for the bombers attacking Libya leaving from British soil, putting the British people in the firing line for any reprisals, the U.S.A would stop the NORAID funding for the I.R.A from reaching Irish soil, the U.S.A went back on their word and the funding and bombing continued. This meant that the Soviet arms and technical advice and assistance was still being used by the I.R.A against the British, in the form of bombing campaigns etc.So, this was the backdrop for a very strange incident on a large British Rail underground station, where last thing at night before the station closed, searches were made by staff to make sure no bombs were left on the station. A senior member of the rail staff, discovered an abandoned carrier bag under a seat,and taking it to the small lost property office at the end of the platform was shocked to see the photos were of several top members of society involved in an orgy, many of the photos were of a well known “grannies favourite” male singer in women’s clothing among others, and young boys in various poses with top politicians, including a prime minister with a weakness for boys in sailor suits. A short while later, two M.I.6 men turned up and demanded the bag of pictures, which minus a couple, were duly handed over, the story was that the singer realized the photos were gone, and he was then told by the K.G.B that they had the photos and he would be their A.O. I ( agent of influence) in the pop world to influence young people to favour general socialism and Soviet foreign policy, or the photos would be published. The singer who was known for his clean image was hysterically threatening suicide.During the next week I saw one of the intelligence men involved who told me that the Soviets had organized several satanic orgies across the capital, and that other people had also been blackmailed, whom I cannot name. When the British forces came back from the Falklands, the London brothel keeper, Lindie St. Claire offered the returnees the use of her girls for free in thanks from the nation, a down market daily covered the story, in which beautiful girls of the night would service those single soldiers in real need. What the paper did not cover is that in her large hidden basement dungeon, many of the same high flyers were secretly filmed in various activities for blackmail purposes, for use by, I think, our intelligence services. The same game plan was used by the soviets who believed that Lord Geoffrey Archer was being groomed top take over from Margaret Thatcher, who at that time was certainly the golden boy, his weakness was beautiful women and he had several delicious creatures on the go, the Soviets orchestrated the Monica Coghlan affair to their own advantage, and had plans for releasing news of more salacious and occult stuff from his circle of acquaintances, including weird pictures of a man who would dress up as a kinky archbishop for parties, The upshot was that the press got hold of the story and archer fell from grace, Monica was killed in a car crash some months later, the Soviets came out on top with smearing and getting rid of Archer, K.G.B. operative Alexandr Feliksov was ecstatic ! Grantchester, Archers family home was certainly either watched bugged or both. The K.G.B masterminds of all this, Gen. Leonid Sherbashin and Yuri Andropov, who endorsed Margaret Thatcher’s monetarist guru at that time, Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, his theory was that if it was cheaper to buy from abroad , then under the rules of the global marketplace, buying from abroad meant closing British factories, and Britain lost its motorcar motorbikes and ship building industries, we invented the television radio camera and the hovercraft, manufacture of which all went abroad. We closed the mines and in many communities these men are still unemployed 30 years after, families broke up, crime and alcoholism was rife, and the bringing in of the insidious V.A.T tax meant many small business’s went to the wall, this financial hemorrhaging of the economy was only superseded by the recent huge number of foreign workers here now who send their earnings home, and the deliberate government export of call centre paper handling and pen-pusher jobs abroad. The British economic ruination was a top K.G.B priority, and the London I.R.A bombs,and the free market economy was claimed as among their big success’s. © T Stokes What is Illuminati : Illuminati is a name that refers to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment era secret society founded in the late eighteenth century. However, in modern times it refers to a purported conspiratorial organization which acts as a shadowy power behind the throne, allegedly controlling world affairs through present day governments and corporations, usually as a modern incarnation or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati. In this context, Illuminati is often used in reference to a New World Order (NWO). Many conspiracy theorists believe the Illuminati, or the "Illuminated ones", are the masterminds behind events that will lead to the establishment of such a New World Order. Confusing the issue further is the fact that there are also several modern fraternal groups which include the word "Illuminati" in their names. In rarer cases, the Illuminati refers to an elite set of enlightened individuals who may not cooperate but are uniquely empowered by their enlightenment, much like the intelligentsia classes of today are empowered by their education and intelligence. These are people who have become illuminated and have achieved a higher mystical understanding of the universe. Many secret societies and mystical traditions are concerned with this kind of illumination or enlightenment, such as the Rosicrucian Societies, the Martinists and the original Bavarian Illuminati |
Igor Novikov
| The Russian-born physicist Igor Novikov, an enthusiastic investigator into the subject of time travel, has suggested that the paradox doesn't apply because space-time is probably self-consistent. That is, I may be able to travel back in time and somehow become interwoven into a past of which I was already a part, but I will not be able to kill my grandfather, quite simply because I have not killed him already. |
Novikov has also thought a good deal about the other time travel conundrum--the "bootstrap paradox." Suppose I travel to 2009, find a design for a zero-emission automobile engine and return with it to 2008 and patent it. Suppose further that the patent is developed into the design that I find in 2009.
The obvious question: Who would have invented the zero-emission engine? The answer is, no one would have invented it. The design would have been generated quite literally from nothing, courtesy of a time machine and (perhaps) a skirting of some yet-to-be-written intellectual property laws.
British physicist David Deutsch, invoking the "many-universe" interpretation of quantum mechanics, believes that "pastward" time travel would require travel to another, parallel universe--one in which I could kill my grandfather and in which I (therefore) would never be born. Via a time machine, I would have removed myself from this universe to take up residence in that one.
The idea has some interesting implications. Deutsch has suggested that one reason we have detected no extraterrestrial civilizations may be that, using time machines, they have left this universe, preferring to live in another.
Metaphysical and philosophical questions aside, exactly how realistic is the physics of pastward time travel? Each of the several schemes for making a time machine creates a region in which pastward time travel is possible and separates it from a region in which time travel is impossible. The boundary between these regions, the "chronology horizon," has remained a mystery, in part because its nature depends upon the characteristics of space-time on the smallest possible scales.
We have at best a dim understanding of these scales, and we will not have a real understanding until we have developed a full theory of quantum gravity. This is the holy grail of theoretical physics: the so-called "theory of everything" that would eliminate disparities between relativity (which explains nature on very large scales, where gravity becomes important) and quantum mechanics (which explains nature on very small scales, where quantum effects become important).
Some physicists think the theory of everything is 10 years away; others suspect it is a good deal further off. For the moment, then, the question of whether time travel is possible has been put on hold.
The recent (and, no doubt, temporary) decline of interest in traveling to the past is welcomed by physicists who argue that work in less fanciful areas might yield a greater intellectual profit. New Zealand physicist Matt Visser, himself the architect of a number of theoretical time machines, calls that attitude overly cautious and "boring."
More than two decades after Thorne's seminal work, we still don't know whether time travel is possible. But one thing is certain: Even as an idea, it's anything but boring.
David Toomey is an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His most recent book is The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics .
Unexplained Mysteries of Voodoo's power
Unexplained Mysteries of Voodoo's power
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Unexplained Mysteries of Shroud of Turin
The image on the shroud is much clearer in black-and-white negative than in its natural sepia color. The striking negative image was first observed on the evening of May 28, 1898 on the reverse photographic plate of amateur photographer Secondo Pia who was allowed to photograph it while it was being exhibited in the Turin Cathedral. According to Pia, he almost dropped and broke the photographic plate from the shock of seeing an image of a person on it.
The shroud is the subject of intense debate among some scientists, people of faith, historians, and writers regarding where, when, and how the shroud and its images were created. From a religious standpoint, in 1958 Pope Pius XII approved of the image in association with the Roman Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, celebrated every year on Shrove Tuesday. Some believe the shroud is the cloth that covered Jesus when he was placed in his tomb and that his image was recorded on its fibers at or near the time of his alleged resurrection. Skeptics, on the other hand, contend the shroud is a medieval forgery; others attribute the forming of the image to chemical reactions or other natural processes.
Various tests have been performed on the shroud, yet the debates about its origin continue. Radiocarbon dating in 1988 by three independent teams of scientists yielded results published in Nature indicating that the shroud was made during the Middle Ages, approximately 1300 years after Jesus lived. Claims of bias and error in the testing were raised almost immediately, and were answered by Harry E. Gove ] and others. Yet the dating controversy has continued. Follow-up analysis published in 2005, for example, claimed that the sample dated by the teams was taken from an area of the shroud that was not a part of the original cloth. This analysis itself is questioned by skeptics such as Joe Nickell, who reason that the conclusions of the author, Raymond Rogers, result from "starting with the desired conclusion and working backward to the evidence". Former Nature or Philip Ball has said that the idea that Rogers steered his study to a preconceived conclusion is "unfair" and Rogers "has a history of respectable work".
However, the 2008 research at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit may revise the 1260–1390 dating toward which it originally contributed, leading its director Christopher Ramsey to call the scientific community to probe anew the authenticity of the Shroud. "With the radiocarbon measurements and with all of the other evidence which we have about the Shroud, there does seem to be a conflict in the interpretation of the different evidence" Christopher Ramsey said to BBC News in 2008, after the new research emerged. Despite keeping an open mind, Ramsey has stressed that he would be surprised if the 1988 tests were shown to be far off, let alone "a thousand years wrong."
Characteristics
 | The shroud is rectangular, measuring approximately 4.4 × 1.1 m (14.3 × 3.7 ft). The cloth is woven in a three-to-one herringbone twill composed of flax fibrils. Its most distinctive characteristic is the faint, yellowish image of a front and back view of a naked man with his hands folded across his groin. The two views are aligned along the midplane of the body and point in opposite directions. The front and back views of the head nearly meet at the middle of the cloth. The views are consistent with an orthographic projection of a human body, but see Analysis of the image as the work of an artist. The "Man of the Shroud" has a beard, moustache, and shoulder-length hair parted in the middle. He is muscular, and tall (various experts have measured him as from 1.75 m, or roughly 5 ft 9 in, to 1.88 m, or 6 ft 2 in). For a man of the first century (the time of Jesus' death), or of the Middle Ages (the time of the first uncontested report of the shroud's existence and the proposed time of a possible forgery), these figures present an above-average height. Reddish brown stains that have been said to include whole blood are found on the cloth, showing various wounds that correlate with the yellowish image, the pathophysiology of crucifixion, and the Biblical description of the death of Jesus: |
- one wrist bears a large, round wound, apparently from piercing (the second wrist is hidden by the folding of the hands)
- upward gouge in the side penetrating into the thoracic cavity, a post-mortem event as indicated by separate components of red blood
- cells and serum draining from the lesion
- small punctures around the forehead and scalp
- scores of linear wounds on the torso and legs claimed to be consistent with the distinctive dumbbell wounds of a Roman flagrum.
- swelling of the face from severe beatings
- streams of blood down both arms that include blood dripping from the main flow in response to gravity at an angle that would occur during crucifixion
- no evidence of either leg being fractured
- large puncture wounds in the feet as if pierced by a single spike
More recent photo of the face, positive left, negative right. Note: Negative has been flipped to facilitate point-by-point comparison.Other physical characteristics of the shroud include the presence of large water stains, and from a fire in 1532, burn holes and scorched areas down both sides of the linen due to contact with molten silver that burned through it in places while it was folded. Some small burn holes that apparently are not from the 1532 event are also present. In places, there are permanent creases due to repeated foldings, such as the line that is evident below the chin of the image.
On May 28, 1898, amateur Italian photographer Secondo Pia took the first photograph of the shroud and was startled by the negative in his darkroom. Negatives of the image give the appearance of a positive image, which implies that the shroud image is itself effectively a negative of some kind. Magician and paranormal skeptic Joe Nickell, however, notes that: "it's not a true photographic negative. The hair and beard are white in the positive image. Unless Jesus was an albino, there's a problem there."
Image analysis by scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that rather than being like a photographic negative, the image unexpectedly has the property of decoding into a 3-D image of the man when the darker parts of the image are interpreted to be those features of the man that were closest to the shroud and the lighter areas of the image those features that were farthest. This is not a property that occurs in photography, and researchers could not replicate the effect when they attempted to transfer similar images using techniques of block print, engravings, a hot statue, and bas-relief.
The controversy
The origin of the relic is hotly disputed. Researchers have coined the term sindonology to describe its general study (from Greek s??d??—sindon, the word used in the Gospel of Mark to describe the type of cloth that Joseph of Arimathea bought to use as Jesus' burial cloth).
Possible means of image formation
The image on the cloth has many peculiar and closely studied characteristicsPDF (114 KiB), for example, it is entirely superficial, not penetrating into the cloth fibers under the surface, so that the flax and cotton fibers are not colored; the image yarn is composed of discolored fibers placed side by side with non-discolored fibers so many striations appear. Thus the cloth is not simply dyed, though many other explanations, natural and otherwise, have been suggested for the image formation. Alone among published researchers, McCrone believed the entire image to be composed of pigment. However, this hypothesis was disproved after closer inspection showed that there was no more pigment particles on the image area than on the non-image area of the shroud. Other results have shown the image to be a discoloration, not a "coloration."
Miraculous formation
Many believers have hypothesized that the image on the shroud was produced by a side effect of the Resurrection of Jesus, purposely left intact as a rare physical aid to understanding and believing in Jesus' dual nature as man and God.[citation needed] Some have asserted that the shroud collapsed through the glorified body of Jesus, pointing to certain X-ray-like impressions of the teeth and the finger bones. Others assert that radiation streaming from every point of the revivifying body struck and discolored every opposite point of the cloth, forming the complete image through a kind of supernatural pointillism using inverted shades of blue-gray rather than primary colors. Because these specific explanations, and dozens of others like them, posit the intervention or influence of a being or beings outside the observable constraints of nature, there is no limit to their imagination and construction.
Maillard reaction hypothesis
Phase contrast microscopic view of image-bearing fiber from the Shroud of Turin. Carbohydrate layer is visible along top edge. The lower-right edge shows that coating is missing. The coating can be scraped off or removed with adhesive or diimide.The Maillard reaction is a form of non-enzymatic browning involving an amino acid and a reducing sugar. The cellulose fibers of the shroud are coated with a thin carbohydrate layer of starch fractions, various sugars, and other impurities. In a paper entitled "The Shroud of Turin: an amino-carbonyl reaction may explain the image formation," R.N. Rogers and A. Arnoldi propose that amines from a recently deceased human body may have undergone Maillard reactions with this carbohydrate layer within a reasonable period of time, before liquid decomposition products stained or damaged the cloth. The gases produced by a dead body are extremely reactive chemically and within a few hours, in an environment such as a tomb, a body starts to produce heavier amines in its tissues such as putrescine and cadaverine. This raises questions, however, as to why the images (both ventral and dorsal views) are so photorealistic,[citation needed] and why they were not destroyed by later decomposition products. Removal of the cloth from the body within a short enough time frame would prevent exposure to these later decomposition products. It is worth noting, however, that the Maillard reaction is ordinarily observed as the browned parts of cooked foods, especially in broiled, grilled, or fried dishes, in which cases, the most superficial portions are subjected to high temperature (310 Fahrenheit/155 Celcius), low moisture conditions.
Auto-oxidation
Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas (1997) claim that the image on the shroud is that of Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, arrested for heresy at the Paris Temple by Philip IV of France on 13 October 1307. De Molay suffered torture under the auspices of the Chief Inquisitor of France, William Imbert. His arms and legs were nailed, possibly to a large wooden door. According to Knight and Lomas, after the torture De Molay was laid on a piece of cloth on a soft bed; the excess section of the cloth was lifted over his head to cover his front and he was left, perhaps in a coma, for perhaps 30 hours. They claim that the use of a shroud is explained by the Paris Temple keeping shrouds for ceremonial purposes.
De Molay survived the torture but was burned at the stake on 19 March 1314 together with Geoffroy de Charney, Templar preceptor of Normandy. De Charney's grandson was Jean de Charney who died at the battle of Poitiers. After his death, his widow, Jeanne de Vergy, purportedly found the shroud in his possession and had it displayed at a church in Lirey.
Knight and Lomas base their argument partly on the 1988 radiocarbon dating and Mills' 1995 research about a chemical reaction called auto-oxidation and they claim that their theory accords with the factors known about the creation of the shroud and the carbon dating results. The counter argument is that the Templars acquired the shroud upon one of the crusades[citation needed] and brought it to France where it remained a secret until Jean de Charney died.
Photographic image production
Some suggest that there is a strong resemblance between this purported self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci and the Man of the Shroud.Skeptics have proposed many means for producing the image in the Middle Ages. Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince (1994) proposed that the shroud is perhaps the first ever example of photography, showing the portrait of its purported maker, Leonardo da Vinci. According to this hypothesis, the image was made with the aid of a "magic lantern," a simple projecting device, or by means of a camera obscura and light-sensitive silver compounds applied to the cloth.
Although Leonardo was born a century after the first documented appearance of the cloth, supporters of this hypothesis propose that the original cloth was an inferior fake, which was replaced with a superior hoax created by Leonardo. However, no contemporaneous reports indicate a sudden change in the quality of the image. The Turin Library holds a drawing of an old man that is widely but not universally accepted as a self-portrait by Leonardo. As the image depicts a man with a prominent brow and cheekbones and a beard, some consider that it resembles the image on the Shroud and have suggested that as part of a complex hoax, Leonardo may have placed his own portrait on the Shroud as the face of Jesus. There is however, no mention of this supposed resemblance in any known contemporary account, nor any reference to a connection between the Shroud and Leonardo.
There is also conjecture that he was commissioned by the royal family of Turin, with whom he was friends, to create a work which could return to Turin that which had been lost for so many years. Such notions, however, are conjectural and are not taken seriously by most academic scholars.
Painting
In 1977, a team of scientists selected by the Holy Shroud Guild developed a program of tests to conduct on the Shroud, designated the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP). Anastasio Cardinal Ballestrero, the archbishop of Turin, granted permission, despite disagreement within the Church. The STURP scientists conducted their testing over five days in 1978. Walter McCrone, a member of the team, upon analyzing the samples he had, concluded in 1979 that the image is actually made up of billions of submicrometre pigment particles.[22] The only fibrils that had been made available for testing of the stains were those that remained affixed to custom-designed adhesive tape applied to thirty-two different sections of the image. (This was done in order to avoid damaging the cloth.) According to McCrone, the pigments used were a combination of red ochre and vermillion tempera paint. The Electron Optics Group of McCrone Associates published the results of these studies in five articles in peer-reviewed journals: Microscope 1980, 28, 105, 115; 1981, 29, 19; Wiener Berichte uber Naturwissenschaft in der Kunst 1987/1988, 4/5, 50 and Acc. Chem. Res. 1990, 23, 77–83. STURP, upon learning of his findings, confiscated McCrone's samples, and brought in other scientists to replace him. In McCrone's words, he was "drummed out" of STURP and continued to defend the analysis he had performed, becoming a prominent proponent of the position that the Shroud is a forgery. As of 2004, no other scientists have been able to confirm or refute McCrone's results with independent experiments, simply because the Vatican refuses to cooperate.
Dr. John Heller and Dr. Alan Adler, the scientists whom STURP asked for a second opinion after McCrone's, examined the same samples as McCrone researched. They confirmed McCrone's result that the cloth contains iron oxide. However, they concluded, both due to the exceptional purity of the chemical and due to comparisons with other ancient textiles which showed that retting flax draws in iron, that the iron was not the source of the body image. McCrone's response to their analysis has been vehement and negative.
Other microscopic analysis of the fibers seems to indicate that the image is strictly limited to the carbohydrate layer, with no additional layer of pigment visible. Proponents of the position that the Shroud is authentic say that no known technique for hand application of paint could apply a pigment with the necessary degree of control on such a nano-scale fibrillar surface plane. Moreover, they claim the technical skill required to produce the photographic or near-photograpic realism in the image on the Shroud would be impressive in any century, much less the twelfth or thirteenth. However, Renaissance painters have produced a number of photorealistic artworks.[26]
In the television program "Decoding The Past: The Shroud of Turin," The History Channel reported the official finding of STURP that no pigments were found in the shroud image and multiple scientists asserted this conclusion on camera. No hint of controversy over this claim was suggested. The program stated that a NASA scientist organized STURP in 1976 (after being surprised to find depth-dimensional information encoded within the shroud image); no mention of the Holy Shroud Guild was made.
Solar masking, or "shadow theory"
In March 2005, N.D. Wilson, a literature instructor at New Saint Andrews College and amateur sindonologist, announced in an informal article in Books and Culture magazine that, inspired by an idea from G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories, he had made a near duplicate of the shroud image by exposing dark linen to the sun for ten days under a sheet of glass on which a positive face mask had been painted. The sun bleached white all of the dark linen except for the areas under the painted glass image, which remained dark. The dark image that remained on the linen was notable for its three dimensional rendering - similar to what is seen on the Shroud of Turin. This 3-D image was created by the composite of shadows cast by the painted glass face: as the sun moved from sunrise to sunset, the changing angle of light striking the painted glass produced a three dimensional image of the face on the cloth. His method, though admittedly crude and preliminary, has nonetheless attracted the attention of several sindonologists, notably the late Raymond Rogers of the original STURP team, and Antonio Lombatti[citation needed], founder of the skeptical shroud journal Approfondimento Sindone. Wilson's method is notable because it does not require any conjectures about unknown medieval technologies and is compatible with claims that there is no pigment on the cloth. However, the experiment has not been repeated and the images have yet to face microscopic and chemical analysis. In addition, concerns have been raised about the availability or affordability of medieval glass large enough to produce the image and the method's compatibility with Fanti's claim that the original image is doubly superficial.
Using a bas-relief
Another hypothesis suggests that the Shroud may have been formed using a bas-relief sculpture. Researcher Jacques di Costanzo, noting that the Shroud image seems to have a three-dimensional quality, suggested that perhaps the image was formed using an actual three-dimensional object, like a sculpture. While wrapping a cloth around a life-sized statue would result in a distorted image, placing a cloth over a bas-relief would result in an image like the one seen on the shroud. To demonstrate the plausibility of his hypothesis, Costanzo constructed a bas-relief of a Jesus-like face and draped wet linen over the bas-relief. After the linen dried, he dabbed it with ferric oxide and gelatin mixture. The result was an image similar to that of the Shroud. The imprinted image turned out to be wash-resistant, impervious to temperatures of 250 C (482 F) and was undamaged by exposure to a range of harsh chemicals, including bisulphite which, without the help of the gelatine, would normally have degraded ferric oxide to the compound ferrous oxide.[27] Similar results have been obtained by author Joe Nickell. Instead of painting, the bas-relief could also be heated and used to burn an image into the cloth.
Second Image on back of cloth
During restoration in 2002, the back of the cloth was photographed and scanned for the first time. The journal of the Institute of Physics in London published a peer-reviewed articlePDF (1.52 MiB) on this subject on April 14, 2004. Giulio Fanti and Roberto Maggiolo of the University of Padua - Italy, are the authors. They describe an image on the reverse side, much fainter than that on the front, consisting primarily of the face and perhaps hands. Like the front image, it is entirely superficial, with coloration limited to the carbohydrate layer. The images correspond to, and are in registration with, those on the other side of the cloth. No image is detectable in the dorsal view of the shroud.
Supporters of the Maillard reaction theory point out that the gases would have been less likely to penetrate the entire cloth on the dorsal side, since the body would have been laid on a stone shelf. At the same time, the second image makes the electrostatic hypothesis[citation needed] probable because a double superficiality is typical of coronal discharge and the photographic hypothesis is somewhat less probable.
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"Shadow People"
Did you see that dark, fleeting shape out of the corner of your eye? Perhaps you caught a glimpse of a strange entity that is being seen with greater regularity around the world.
"What was that?" You were sitting comfortably on your sofareading the latest issue of Fortean Times in the dim light when movement across the room caught your attention. It seemed dark and shadowy, but there was nothing there. You returned to your reading - and a moment later there it was again. You looked up quickly this time and saw the fleeting but distinctly human shape of the shadow pass quickly over the far wall... and disappear.
What was that? Some natural shadow? Your heightened imagination? A ghost? Or was it something that seems to be a spreading phenomenon - apparitions that are coming to be known as "shadow people" or "shadow beings." Perhaps this is an old phenomenon with a new name that is now being discussed more openly, in part thanks to the Internet. Or maybe it's a phenomenon that, for some reason, is manifesting with greater frequency and intensity now.
Those who are experiencing and studying the shadow people phenomenon say that these entities almost always used to be seen out of the corner of the eye and very briefly. But more and more, people are beginning to see them straight on and for longer periods of time. Some experiencers testify that they have even seen eyes, usually red, on these shadow beings.
The mysterious sightings have become a hot topic of conversion in paranormal chat rooms, message boards and websites, and it was given widespread attention on The Art Bell talk radio show. Art's listeners even submitted their drawings of how they perceived these beings, and they can be seen in a haunting gallery on Art's site.
What are shadow people and where do they come from? Several theories have been offered.
The Imagination
The explanation we get from skeptics and mainstream science - and who are usually people who have never experienced the shadow people phenomenon - is that it is nothing more than the active human imagination. It's our minds playing tricks on us... our eyes seeing things in a fraction of a second that aren't really there - illusions... real shadows caused by passing auto headlights, or some similar explanation. And without a doubt, these explanations probably can account for some if not many experiences. The human eye and mind are easily fooled. But can they account for all cases?
Ghosts
To call these entities ghosts demands first a definition of what we mean by ghosts. But by almost any definition, shadow people are somewhat different than ghost phenomena. Whereas ghost apparitions are almost always a misty white, vaporish or have a decidedly human form and appearance (very often with discernable "clothing"), shadow beings are much darker and more shadow-like. In general, although the shadow people often do have a human outline or shape, because they are dark, the details of their appearance is lacking. This is in contrast to many ghost sightings in which the witness can describe the ghost's facial features, style of clothing and other details. The one detail most often noted in some shadow being sightings are their glowing red eyes.
Demons or Other Spirit Entities
The dark countenance and malevolent feelings that are often reported in association with these creatures has led some researchers to speculate that they may be demonic in nature. If they are demons, we have to wonder what their purpose or intent is in letting themselves be seen in this manner. Is it merely to frighten?
Astral Bodies
One interesting idea suggests that shadow people are the shadows or essences of people who are having out-of-body experiences. According to Jerry Gross, an author, lecturer and teacher about astral travel, we all travel out of the body when we are asleep. Perhaps, this theory says, we are seeing the ephemeral astral bodies of these twilight travelers.
Time Travelers
People from our own future, another idea states, could have found the means to travel to the past - our time. However they are able to accomplish this incredible feat, perhaps in that state they appear to us merely as passing shadows as they observe the events of our timeline.
Interdimensional Beings
Even mainstream science is fairly convinced that there are dimensions other than the three we inhabit. And if these other dimensions exist, who or what (if anything) inhabits them? Some theorists say that these dimensions exist parallel and very close to our own, although invisible to us. And if there are inhabitants in these other dimensions, it is possible that they have found a way to intrude on our dimension and become, at least partially, visible? If so, they could very well appear as shadows. It has long been held by psychics and other sensitives that beings on other planes of existence are of different "vibrations." Science is beginning to look at reality, on a quantum level, in the same way - that particles of the smallest size exist as vibrations. Perhaps, some theorize, the vibrations of our existence are beginning to mesh with those of another dimension, which accounts for the increase in such phenomena as ghosts, shadow people and possibly aliens.
Aliens
The alien and abduction phenomena are so bizarre that it's no surprise that extraterrestrials are suspects as the shadow people. Abductees have reported in many cases that the alien grays seem to be able to pass through walls and closed windows, and to appear and disappear abruptly, among other otherworldly talents. Perhaps, too, they can go about their alien agenda disguised in the shadows.
There's a good deal of overlapping among the above ideas, of course. Aliens and ghosts could be interdimensional beings, or aliens could be time travelers - and some believe demons are responsible for all of these disturbing phenomena.
There is no way to prove or disprove any theories about a phenomenon that is so mysterious, that happens so quickly and without warning. Science finds it virtually impossible to catalog or study such phenomena in any methodical way. All we can do, at present, is to document personal experiences and try to piece together what the shadow people phenomenon might be. Perhaps it's an old mystery becoming more recognizable... perhaps it represents a doorway to and from different planes of existence... or perhaps it's just shadows.
What is Jenglot? a ghost like barbie doll?
A jenglot is a type of mysterious creature or vampire in Indonesian and Malaysian culture and mythology. The appearance is like a tiny human doll with long hair and appears to be alive. It is usually described as a mythical creature and some say the Jenglot was actually a human body.
Controversy
There are controversies about this creature since there is not enough scientific evidence to support its existence.
* Some paranormal studies say the “Jenglot” is not a vampire but an animal or some sort of doll.
Whereabouts
Jenglot is a mystical creature found in Indonesia, especially in Java. Jenglots are mostly found by native psychics after they have performed a supernatural ceremony. Jenglots can be found everywhere, from under the ground, on a wrecked house roof, and even in the trunk of a huge tree.
Appearance
Jenglot is a small human-like creature, usually around 10-15cm with long nails. The hair on its head is said to be able to grow over time. The face of a jenglot is shaped like a skeleton or a zombie. This creature has been found with joined feet, which makes it look like a mermaid.
Feeding Jenglot
Jenglot keepers feed their creature with blood, either animal blood (goat) or human blood. A person who feeds the creature with human blood buys the blood legally from the Indonesian Red Cross. The jenglot is said to not drink the blood directly. The person places the jenglot near the blood, but the jenglot doesn't even move or touch the blood. It is said that the jenglot will get the nutrients of the blood in their own way.
Exhibition
People who have caught the jenglot usually bring their creature all over Indonesia to exhibit them in order to gain some money.
Crocodile "Bujang Senang"
Skull of White-backed killed Crocodile "Bujang Senang" at Batang Lupar Sarawak East Malaysia , Borneo Island
"Jenglot"
This Creature called "jenglot" can be found at Indonesia , Malaysia and some asean country.
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