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Friday, January 7, 2011

Just something to laught

Remi Gaillard

Best fails of past year:

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Maya civilization part 1: Introducing

Maya civilization

The people of Maya is one of the most advanced Native American indigenous peoples. They were living on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico and in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize. Powerful Mayan civilization dates from 2000 BC. They were destroyed by Spanish conquerors in the early 16th century. Remains of their cities swallowed the rainforest. Today in the world lives for about 2 million descendants of the Maya.

Mayan language belongs to the language 'Mayan' who is at least 3,000 years old. Today's modern Mayans speak Mayan languages, which evolved from the ancient proto-Maya language Maya Nab'ee Tzij.

The first settlements were built by the Mayans 2000th BC. Empire were divided into city-states. Some have temporarily ruled the others or were connected to the covenant. During the classical period from 300 to 900 the empire reached its peak. Cities were connected with network of roads some of which are still in use. The most important towns were Comalcalco, Palenque, Copan, Calakmul, Uaxactun and Altun Ha. The largest and richest city in which lived between 75,000 and 100,000 people, was Tikal. Population growth increased the number of city-states, a nobility which was ruled by each other's marriages, and war.

The period from the 900th the 1500th is the beginning of the end of the Mayan civilization. After fighting each other and the conflict with the Nahua-Toltec tribes survived only three cities Mayapan, Chichen Itza and Uxmal.With the arrival of the Spaniards in Yucatan 1520th The nation has been exiled to the jungle. In 1524th The Spaniards under Pedro de Alvarado conquered the peninsula and occupied the southern part. The last Mayan city Itzuli was conquered in the 1697th year, but the Mayans fought with the invaders during the 19th century. Maya rebelled in Yucatan. The seat was a village of Chan-Santa-Cruz. Until 1910. several expeditions tried to reach the village. Each attempt ended with the number of victims.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Presenting: Stargate SG1

In 1997, Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright co-developed Stargate SG-1, a television series intended to continue the story laid down by the original film. Although new actors were cast, several roles from the film were reprised, including the main characters Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill (which was re-spelled to include an extra "L"). The Stargate Command setting was transferred from a fictional military facility located in Creek Mountain, to the Cheyenne Mountain military complex. Other variations and differences between the original film and SG-1 mostly concern the location of the planet Abydos, the alien Ra, the race of Ra's underlings (Jaffa), and Stargate travel.

The series debuted on Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Sci-Fi Channel after its fifth season.It starred Richard Dean Anderson (as O'Neill) and Michael Shanks (as Jackson), alongside Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis playing the new characters Samantha Carter, Teal'c and George Hammond. The cast remained fairly regular for most of SG-1's run, but experienced some changes. Michael Shanks left the show at the end of Season 5 and was replaced by Corin Nemec as Jonas Quinn. Shanks returned at the beginning of Season 7 and Nemec was written out. At the end of Season 7 Davis left the show and Anderson filled the gap he left in the story. Season 9 saw the departure of Anderson, but added new regulars Beau Bridges and Ben Browder. After a debut episode in Season 8, followed by appearances in eight episodes of Season 9, Claudia Black's popular reception earned her a position in the regular cast in Season 10.

MGM put an average of $1,400,000 into each episode of the show, and regards it as one of its most important franchises.Stargate was taken off air in 2007; however, two movies entitled Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum were made to tie up loose ends.

Stargate

Characters:

Jack O'Neill

O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) was a main character in the first eight seasons of Stargate SG-1 (1997–2005). O'Neill had a recurring role in Stargate Atlantis for the first three seasons (2004–2007), and he also appeared in the 2008 direct-to-DVD SG-1 film Stargate: Continuum as a minor character. Anderson reduced his character's status in season six to spend more time with his family, eventually leaving the show after season eight, thereby removing himself from the status of main character.

Daniel Jackson

Daniel Jackson, Ph.D, is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. Daniel Jackson is first introduced in the 1994 film Stargate, and is played by James Spader. In the ensuing television series the character is played by Michael Shanks. Daniel Jackson is a civilian archeologist and linguist, who works with the Stargate military project and therefore holds no military ranking. After the kidnapping of his wife Sha're in "Children of the Gods", Jackson joins SG-1 to rescue her.

Teal'c

Teal'c is a fictional character in the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. Played by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c has a human appearance but has an abdominal pouch that serves as an incubator for a larval Goa'uld. The larval symbiote grants enhanced strength, health, healing, and longevity; Teal'c is around 100 years old during the show's run and ages an additional 50 years in the final SG-1 episode. Teal'c's most notable feature is a golden tattoo on his forehead, a sign that he once served the System Lord Apophis as First Prime, the most senior Jaffa rank.

Samantha "Sam" Carter

Samantha "Sam" Carter is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. Carter is played by an English-Canadian actress Amanda Tapping, Carter was a main character in all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007). Following a recurring role in Stargate Atlantis for three seasons (2004–2007), Carter became a main character in season 4 of Atlantis (2007–2008), and also appeared in the 2008 direct-to-DVD SG-1 films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. Amanda Tapping accepted a starring role in Sanctuary and only appears in the first and last episodes in the fifth season of Atlantis (2008–2009)

Plot:

Stargate SG-1 resumes the plot of the original feature film and follows the present-day adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth. SG-1 and two dozen other SG teams venture to distant planets using a fictional alien portal known as a Stargate, which in the series is housed in a top-secret United States Air Force military base known as Stargate Command (SGC) underneath Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the first eight seasons, the mission of the SG teams is to explore the galaxy and search for alien technology and allies to defend Earth against the Goa'uld, a snake-like parasitic alien race that takes humans as unwilling hosts. As explained in the series' backstory, the Goa'uld transported human slaves from Earth to other habitable planets across the galaxy thousands of years ago and now pose as gods of Ancient Earth mythologies, particularly Egyptian mythology. SG-1 eventually learns that highly evolved but now impassive human-like beings, known as the Ancients, had originally built the Stargate network millions of years earlier, before they used their extraordinary powers to Ascend to a higher plane of existence. The fictional Ori, who belong to the same race as the Ancients but preach religious fundamentalism, assume the role of the main antagonists in seasons 9 and 10.

Here is first episode of TV series, called "Children of the Gods"

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Winter Joy

Everybody loves snow, yes?

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Presenting: Dead Space 2

Release Date: Jan 25, 2011

Dead Space 2 is a survival horror game that takes place in 2417, three years after the events of Dead Space, on a densely populated space station in orbit around Saturn called "The Sprawl". The mental illness caused by the Marker appears to be permanent and continues to have an effect on the protagonist Isaac Clarke. The government will continue to have a place in the storyline. The game will begin in a hospital aboard the Sprawl. Players will witness the horror of the Necromorph infection as it begins in the station.

For more info and awesome pictures you can visit: Official website

I personally cant wait for this game. Played first part and it was awesome!

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Interesting: Bizzare Fests

For today's post we have the most bizarre festivals in the world.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Vegetarian Festival is held in Thailand during the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It is a sacred ritual in which participants sacrifice themselves for purity of community and their soul. They believe that causing pain by pushing sharp objects through the mouth and cheek repel evil spirits and disease. Believers are going through terrible agony, and believe that they can withstand the pain because their bodies enter the divine spirits that give them supernatural power.

El Colacho

This festival is held in Spain, in Corpus Christi, since back in 1620th year. All children born in the past 12 months vice on mattresses, while adult men from the village of Castrillo de Murcia training as devils and jumping over them. The festival often ends up injuries (usually adult), and it is believed that this ritual cleanses children of original sin, keeps them from disease and evil spirits.

Kanamara Matsuri

This festival is held each spring in Kawasaki (Japan). It is a festival of fertility. During the festival you can buy sweets, vegetables and gifts in the form of the phallus. This festival was very popular among prostitutes, who believed that they will participate in it protect against sexually transmitted diseases.