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Mayan Apocalypse

Ancient Ceremonial Site Helps Answer Key Question About Mayan Culture

Posted 04.26.2013 | Science
Read More: Philanthropy, Ancient Civilization, Artifacts, Mayan Observatory, Mayan Apocalypse, Architecture, Radiocarbon Dating, Guatemala, Mayans, Maya, Human Origins, Mayan Calendar, Archaeology, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/25/2013 02:09 PM EDT on LiveScience The oldest ancient Maya ceremonial compound ever...

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Taking Calendar Reform Viral

Steve H. Hanke | Posted 04.28.2013 | Science
Read More: Hanke-Henry-Calendar, Calendar Reform, Mayan Apocalypse, Steve Hanke, Mayan Calendar, Hhpc, Science News
Steve H. Hanke

What sets the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar apart is that it preserves the all-important seven-day Sabbath cycle, while also addressing numerous calendar-generated financial problems.

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3 Ways to Create Your Future World (Post Dec. 21, 2012)

Bridget Nielsen | Posted 04.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: December 21 2012, Positive Thinking, Mayan Apocalypse, Emotional Wellness, Mayan Calendar, Spirituality, Dec 21, December 21, Healthy Living News
Bridget Nielsen

Something shifted to a new level for me. I knew I needed to act, live and breathe even more from this real, truthful, authentic and unconditional place in my life.

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Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt Blew $10 Million On What?!

Posted 02.01.2013 | Celebrity
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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were so convinced that the Mayan Apocalypse was coming that they blew through $10 million before the calendar hit Dec. ...

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Life in Mayan Guatemala After the End of the World: Return From the Promised Land

Fotis Kanteres | Posted 03.12.2013 | World
Read More: Mayan Apocalypse, Oxlajuj Baktun, Mayan Guatemala, Maya Guatemala, Guatemala, Mayan End of the World, Slidepollajax, K'iche, Maya People, Mayan Calendar, Nahuala, World News
Fotis Kanteres

Fifty years ago Nahualá was minimal, strewn with some adobe (mud brick) houses along paths with people tending to a land, which was open and unhindered. In the time since, a fledgling urban center has developed.

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The End Is Really Not Nigh

Nina Burleigh | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics
Read More: Oceans, Apocalypse, Marcus Eriksen, Mayan Apocalypse, Millenarian Movements, Barack Obama, Alternative Fuels, Politics News
Nina Burleigh

By some accounts, there have been at least 200 documented, date-specific end-of-world predictions in the last two millennia. Now, having just passed u...

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13 Proposed Zombie Apocalypse Movie Locations

Ryan Nickum | Posted 03.04.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Desert, Apocalypse, Mayan Apocalypse, Zombies, Humor, Horror Movies, Hollywood, Zombie Apocalypse, Slidepollajax, Real Estate, Movies, Southern California Real Estate, Comedy News
Ryan Nickum

Even though the Mayan apocalypse didn't take place on December 21, there's a 100 percent chance that a zombie apocalypse will be featured by Hollywood in some upcoming movies.

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The 12 Most Overrated Things About 2012

Mark Juddery | Posted 03.02.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Sandy Hook, Box Office, Elections 2012, Gun Control, Pregnancy, Princess Kate, Marvel's the Avengers, Nate Silver, The Avengers, Al Aziziyah, Climate Change, Death Valley, Iphone 5, Duchess of Cambridge, Slidepollajax, Lance Armstrong, Ar-15, Birthers, Mayan Apocalypse, Avatar Movie, Mitt Romney, London Olympics, Barack Obama, Lena Dunham, Pollsters, Second Amendment, Girls, Doping, Marvel Comics, Donald Trump, Armageddon, Heat, Lance Armstrong Doping, Comedy News
Mark Juddery

In case you expect me to include 50 Shades of Grey, the Kardashians or Clint Eastwood's profound discussion with a chair, sorry, but nobody actually rated them highly.

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Adopting a Policy of "Peace through (Economic) Strength"

Edward Headington | Posted 02.27.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Peace Through Economic Strength, California, Mayan Apocalypse, Ronald Reagan, Antonio Villaraigosa, John Boehner, Edward Headington, President Barack Obama, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Choose Your Own Adventure, Fix the Debt, Los Angeles, Bush Tax Cuts, Fiscal Responsibility, Peace Through Strength, Indiana Jones, Golden State, Bipartisan Deficit Commission, Fiscal Cliff, Sequestration, Great Depression, Los Angeles News
Edward Headington

We cannot tax cut our way to prosperity any more than we can tax and spend our way into fiscal nirvana. It requires a balanced approach of sensible spending cuts, substantive entitlement reforms and negotiated tax increases.

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Tourists In Town For So-Called 'Maya Apocalypse' Wreack Havoc On Ruins

Fox News Latino | Posted 12.27.2012 | Latino Voices
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The so-called Mayan Apocalypse didn’t occur, but an ancient temple nearly met its end. Tourists in Guatemala for “end of the world” parties l...

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Will World End Christmas Eve?

Posted 12.23.2012 | Weird News
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After months of bunker-stocking, NASA-calling, and party planning, Dec. 21, 2012 passed with the world still firmly in place. If you believed, howe...

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Oxlajuj Baktun: Ceremony and Ecstasy in the Center of the Mayan World.

Fotis Kanteres | Posted 02.20.2013 | World
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Fotis Kanteres

As I stepped out last night for the midnight ceremony I followed the chanting and beating of the drum. The people had taken over the town square, building a fire pit that sustained the dozens in the highland cold wind.

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Maya Celebrations Across Latin America

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.21.2012 | Latino Voices
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Maya celebrations marking the end of the calendar known as Baktun 13 and the start of a new era were held across Mesoamerica and observed in other...

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What Did You Think About All The Mayan Calendar Hysteria? (POLL)

Posted 12.21.2012 | MarloThomas
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Toon': Mayan Doomsday Vision

Posted 12.21.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: December 21, Cultura, December 21 End of the World, Mayan Prophecy, Mayan Apocalypse, Armageddon, Mayan End of the World, Mayan Doomsday, End of the World, Latino Voices News

It turns out (as of right now) that Dec. 21 wasn't the prophetic "End of the World" some believed the Mayan Calendar indicated. Still, many insist tha...

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It's Not the End of the World (Yet!)

Naftali Brawer | Posted 02.20.2013 | Media
Read More: Time, Meaning of Life, Mayan Apocalypse, Living With Meaning, 2012 End of World, Purpose Driven Life, Media News
Naftali Brawer

The problem is not that we have limited time. It is that we don't appreciate how limited it really is. What the Psalmist is trying to say is that if only we had the sense to count our days we would live rich, wisdom-filled, purpose driven lives.

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Police Arrest Men With Machetes In French 'Doomsday' Village

Agence France Presse | | Posted 02.20.2013 | World
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French police arrested two men who had gas masks and machetes in their car as they approached a mountain rumoured to be one of the few places where pe...

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Bolivia's President Celebrates Mayan 'Apocalypse' With Tradition, Ushers In Era Of Love

Posted 12.21.2012 | World
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The Mayan apocalypse, predicted to take place on Dec. 21, has arrived without so much as a sputter. But while many around the world began to shutter t...

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December 21st 2012: A New Beginning...

Don Miguel Ruiz | Posted 02.20.2013 | Impact
Read More: Mayan Apocalypse, Mayan Calendar, December 21 2012, Impact News
Don Miguel Ruiz

The end of the Mayan Calendar is a great opportunity for us to return to LOVE and an important time to recover our integrity. For those people in fear of this being the "end times," it is not true, it is just a shift of consciousness.

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It's the End of the World: Have a Cigar Box Guitar

Douglas Anthony Cooper | Posted 02.20.2013 | Arts
Read More: Paul McCartney, Mayan Apocalypse, Nirvana, Blues, Cigar Box Guitar, End of the World, Rock and Roll, Video, Arts News
Douglas Anthony Cooper

The Maya never predicted that 2012 would be the Year of the Cigar Box Guitar. They missed the most important story. The end of the world, which ought to be in a couple of hours, is not this year's crucial event.

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11 Other Times The World Was Supposed To End (But Didn't)

Owen Egerton | Posted 02.20.2013 | Books
Read More: World Ending Predictions, World Ending, End of the World Predictions, Mayan Apocalypse, Mayan Calendar, End of the World, Books News
Owen Egerton

The Mayans have been getting some great press lately. They've cornered the market on apocalyptic predictions, at least for this week. But the truth is, the end has been nigh for centuries.

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Cara Santa Maria

COUNTDOWN: Top Five Science Stories Of The Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.21.2012 | Science
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HuffPost Live Producer/Host Jacob Soboroff challenged me to countdown the top five science stories of the week in under a minute. I think I did a pret...

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LOOK: An Apocalypse-Themed Hotel Suite

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 02.20.2013 | Travel
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Conde Nast Traveler

At the Roxbury boutique motel in the Catskills, there's a new end-of-the-world room opening this month...

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END OF DAYS

Posted 12.21.2012 | Arts
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Everyone alive? Just checking. Well it looks like the Mayans may have miscalculated with their prediction that the world was nigh, or they just...

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Andrew Burmon

In Mexico, Few Preparations For 'Apocalypse'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 12.22.2012 | Travel
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VALLADOLID, MEXICO -- On the eve of what will be known as the apocalypse that wasn't, every hotel room in the town of Valladolid -- known as Zaci duri...

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