 | Экспедиция Космопоиска на Алтай It was reported that January 10, local motorists and residents witnessed the impact of a fiery ball, which eventually ended in a loud sound resembling an explosion. Nearby 22.30, inhabitants Uglovsky and regions Kljuchevskogo of Altay territory, who at this time went on line/route;trass Zmeinogorsk - Kuriya , observed slope of an igneous ball which one was promptly enough reduced/descended approximately bevel way 60-70 degrees from a southwest on northeast. Slope was tracked by a loud sound and something similar to detonating. Meteorite was blasted in air, its/his debris have scattered on an ellipse on spacing interval up to ten kilometres , After gathering information, meetings and discussion inside group about "unusal" meteorite, we take decision - start to plan an expedition. Let's resemble, that the arrived volunteers and participants, and it nearby 40 person, it has been polled more than 150 eyewitnesses in 42 human settlements. Long before expedition maps of possible slope of two units of the Altay space body have been compounded, by results of interrogations many details have been updated, but the first directions have been calculated to within a human settlement. From some indications/readings of eyewitnesses the yielded meteorite first which one have noted been on "smell" , some/a little bit person have determined/spotted the odor which has remained after width. Information gathered every hour every member of spitted groups. Sociological and ecological interrogation of the population has revealed magnification of diseases - similar to "syndromes of Vitim", whether more sunk learning it however is required and not related with a flowing socio-economic state of the population of villages. We work on and we invite all interested people to ours, is assured, interesting and a useful work." Base camp moved twice New technology "Strimerglases and cursors" by Dr, Dmitriev lead us to place of falling closer and closer. We twice moved our base camp. One of two impact areas and about ten specimens of the meteorites is at present found, two of them apply for martian, lunar or other planetary genesisis. By the way the "yellow" meteorite, passed to the Barnaul orrery has fallen 2 years ago, it was found/straightened out simply/primely during interrogation of inhabitants of this human settlement. It was hard work, because after reconnaissance the region of phenomenally major concentration of meteorites, their frequent presence and supervision/observations of slope has been found. At present looking up are prevented/mixed by weather, but after it/her looking up and hackling of terrain is already scheduled. Final countdown started at village Rodino, - lot of people see this phenomen. Their stories help professionals clarify azimuty falling meteorite. As a result, passing the southwest of the Altai region, the researchers discovered near the village Razdolnoe pain Students stones - meteorite fragments. There was a huge storm with tornado next three days. We found a safe place for base camp, but did not leave our tents all these days, it was a huge storm even for local people, they carry about us much. But this storm opened all fields and put out all sort earth garbage. Next day at first walking at possible place of falling we found first glimpses of impact. On May, 13th it was possible to detect and a meteorite. On the eve in the evening in precisely calculated in places of acquisition of fragments of a meteorite an epicentre we have found a dinge from shock of a fragment. The corner/angle of its/his slope precisely matches to a planned trajectory. What was that? At 16.30 the funnel with corpuscles and chunks of meteoritic matter has been found. A funnel sizes 20 on 35 centimeters. At present the group conducts examination and documenting of a find. 5 square kilometers were full of small part of space garbage. Local residents have brought to experts some rocks of different value - one rock a weight of 15 kilograms. They approve/confirm;assert , what is it debris of a meteorite which one they have found in a field/floor . To demonstrate/show an impact area of debris they are refused - only for money. On examination inhabitants have yielded only small êàìóøåê, the others agree to sell/markete for money - they are assured, that these rocks introduce a greater/major material assets. It was "impact", 4th kind of meteorite -- comet or bolide with part of ice and space garbage. It was blow up at 1 kilometer from village. Local citizen celebrates their new birthday. |
 | Eco-Building Pioneer John Talbott on The Findhorn Ecovillage John Talbott, a pioneer of ecological and sustainable building talks about how he sees the Findhorn Ecovillage as a model for human settlements in the 21st century and beyond. |
 | Gyan Sarohar (Hindi) Gyan Sarovar(Lake of Knowledge) In 1991, to provide a training facility for the institution's outreach into all areas of society, Brahma Kumaris started building the campus for "The Academy for a Better World" over an area of 28 acres of land near it's headquarters, Madhuban . Within a few years a relatively barren patch of land was transformed into a modern village complex in a quiet rural setting. In addition to the spiritual environment, the academic atmosphere of this campus equals that of many institutions of higher learning. The Academy offers residential programmes and courses on the development and practical implementation of human, moral and spiritual values and principles. The campus includes • Universal Harmony Hall, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,600 people with simultaneous translation equipment for 16 languages. • An International Spiritual Art Gallery, housing sculptures, morals, audio-visual and laser displays, and other artwork from around the world. • An International Centre for Higher Learning comprising 13 seminar and training rooms • Spiritual Application & Research Centre (SpARC). • Accommodation for up to 1,500 people. • Kitchen and dining facilities capable of serving 1,200 people at a time. • The recycled water of 3 man-made lakes which irrigate the 15,000 trees planted to provide fruits and vegetables and maintain the rural retreat atmosphere. • Solar water heater for cooking; the telephone exchange, computer and emergency lighting systems are powered by solar and wind energy. • There is also a unique waste treatment plant capable of treating 200,000 litres of washing, kitchen and bathroom waste water a day, of which nearly 80% is available for re-use. In 1996, the Academy was presented to Habitat II, the second UN Conference on Human Settlements held in Istanbul, Turkey. It was recognised as part of the Best Practice Initiative for Human Settlements. |
 | Results of the Phoenix Mission to Mars and Analog sites on Earth Google Tech Talks October 6, 2008 ABSTRACT Phoenix landed at 68N in the ice-rich ground on Mars and investigated the chemistry and geology of a polar site on Mars for the first time. The site is particularly interesting for astrobiology because 5 Myr ago the tilt of Mars' axis was 45 and the amount of sunlight reaching the Phoenix site at summer solstice is 2x the present value - Earth like levels. Understanding the microbial activity in high elevation dry permafrost in Antarctica provides a basis for considering habitability conditions on Mars during these periods of higher obliquity. Speaker: Chris McKay, NASA Ames Research Center Dr. Christopher P. McKay, Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames. Chris received his Ph.D. in AstroGeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1982 and has been a research scientist with the NASA Ames Research Center since that time. His current research focuses on the evolution of the solar system and the origin of life. He is also actively involved in planning for future Mars missions including human settlements. Chris has been involved with polar research since 1980, traveling to the Antarctic dry valleys and more recently to the Siberian and Canadian Arctic to conduct research in these Mars-like environments. Dr. McKay is a recepient of the prestigious Kuiper Award from the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society for his contributions. |
 | Beograd - Belgrade - Serbia 2007 trip to Serbia, land of history, wars, pride, pretty people and damn good food. Visit to one of the oldest human settlements in Europe , the modern Belgrade, centre od Southeastern Europe. Also featured is visit to the soccer game Crvena Zvezda Glasgow Rangers and show by spectacular Red Star fans known as Delije. I NAKON SVEGA SRBIJA! STISNI ZUBE.... I RECI SRBIJA! |
 | Eritrea: The OLDEST new Nation (Part 1/2) ========================================== What makes Eritrea the Oldest new nation you ask? ========================================== One of the oldest hominids, representing a link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens, was found in Buya (Eritrean Danakil) in 1995 by Italian scientists. The cranium was dated to be over 1 million years old Read more about it here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v393/n6684/abs/393458a0.html ---------------------------------------- According to renowned archaeologist, evidence found on the shoreline of Eritrea's Red Sea coast that dates back 125,000 years ago supports the "Out of Africa" theory of human evolution leaving africa through Eritrea's Red Sea coasts. The first humans to leave Africa and colonize Earth left through Massawa's last "beach party" in Eritrea some 125,000 years ago. Read more about it here: http://www.geotimes.org/july00/paleoanthropology.html ----------------------------------- The Land of Punt Empire found in Eritrea. Ancient Egyptian sources also give references to cities and trading posts along the southwestern Red Sea coast, roughly corresponding to modern day Eritrea, calling this the land of Punt famed for its incense. Expeditions to this very land were launched by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 25th century BC and were chronicled in more detail in later expeditions during the reign of the female Pharao Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC. As it stands, Eritrea is the only nation where they have been able to find evidence of Ancient punt artifacts in Eritrea, thus, diminishing the claims by Sudan, Ethiopia and central Somalia as being other possible location for this mysterious empire. ----------------------------------------- 'Oldest' African settlement found in Eritrea - BBC Africa's OLDEST settlement was found in Asmara, Eritrea. Making Eritrea the oldest recorded date of human settlements found in Africa and only 2nd to Israel by world Standards. Read more about it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2000297.stm -------------------------------------- Aksumite Empire, along with the Roman Empire, Persian Empire and the Chinese Empire are said to be the greatest four empires of their time. Aksum is mentioned in the 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as an important market place for ivory, which was exported throughout the ancient world: "From that place to the city of the people called Auxumites there is a five days' journey more; to that place all the ivory is brought from the country beyond the Nile through the district called Cyeneum, and thence to Adulis.... —Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap.4 According to the Periplus, the ruler of Aksum in the 1st century CE was Zoscales, who, besides ruling in Aksum also held under his sway two harbours on the Red Sea: Adulis (near Massawa) and Avalites (Assab). He is also said to have been familiar with Greek literature: "These places, from the Calf-Eaters to the other Berber country, are governed by Zoscales; who is miserly in his ways and always striving for more, but otherwise upright, and acquainted with Greek literature." —Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap.5 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/periplus.html http://www.shaebia.org/articles/new_discoveries_in_africa.html ======================================== This Eritrean docmentary is created by By Issayas Tesfamariam. Intro was edited by Rugoom wedi's staff. All credit goes to Issayas Tesfamariam for his time, money and research he put into this documentary. ========================================= |
 | Aviva plc - John Talbott: Director of Findhorn Ecovillage The Findhorn Ecovillage Project, Scotland, grew organically from of a small settlement of like-minded individuals who believed in living cooperatively with nature. John Talbott, a trained engineer, joined the group in the early 1980s and was instrumental in developing Findhorn into the largest self-sustaining community in Europe. Author of Simply Build Green, a technical manual based on his developmental work in constructing energy efficient and environmentally sound houses at Findhorn, John has become an internationally recognized leader the field of Ecovillages. Through his inspirational work with environmental projects at the UN, he promotes the feasibility of living in human settlements that respect the ecological, social and spiritual values of the land around them. Aviva, the savings, investments and insurance group, worked with RSA Films, a production company founded by Ridley and Tony Scott, to create a series of short films that demonstrate different aspects of forward thinking. |
 | United Nations Earth Summit (1992) Speech representative of the Organization of Canadian Children in protecting the environment, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Earth Summit influenced all subsequent UN conferences, which have examined the relationship between human rights, population, social development, women and human settlements — and the need for environmentally sustainable development. The World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, for example, underscored the right of people to a healthy environment and the right to development, controversial demands that had met with resistance from some Member States until Rio. |
 | Eritrea: The OLDEST new Nation (Part 2/2) ========================================== What makes Eritrea the Oldest new nation you ask? ========================================== One of the oldest hominids, representing a link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens, was found in Buya (Eritrean Danakil) in 1995 by Italian scientists. The cranium was dated to be over 1 million years old Read more about it here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v393/n6684/abs/393458a0.html ---------------------------------------- According to renowned archaeologist, evidence found on the shoreline of Eritrea's Red Sea coast that dates back 125,000 years ago supports the "Out of Africa" theory of human evolution leaving africa through Eritrea's Red Sea coasts. The first humans to leave Africa and colonize Earth left through Massawa's last "beach party" in Eritrea some 125,000 years ago. Read more about it here: http://www.geotimes.org/july00/paleoanthropology.html ----------------------------------- The Land of Punt Empire found in Eritrea. Ancient Egyptian sources also give references to cities and trading posts along the southwestern Red Sea coast, roughly corresponding to modern day Eritrea, calling this the land of Punt famed for its incense. Expeditions to this very land were launched by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 25th century BC and were chronicled in more detail in later expeditions during the reign of the female Pharao Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC. As it stands, Eritrea is the only nation where they have been able to find evidence of Ancient punt artifacts in Eritrea, thus, diminishing the claims by Sudan, Ethiopia and central Somalia as being other possible location for this mysterious empire. ----------------------------------------- 'Oldest' African settlement found in Eritrea - BBC Africa's OLDEST settlement was found in Asmara, Eritrea. Making Eritrea the oldest recorded date of human settlements found in Africa and only 2nd to Israel by world Standards. Read more about it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2000297.stm -------------------------------------- Aksumite Empire, along with the Roman Empire, Persian Empire and the Chinese Empire are said to be the greatest four empires of their time. Aksum is mentioned in the 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as an important market place for ivory, which was exported throughout the ancient world: "From that place to the city of the people called Auxumites there is a five days' journey more; to that place all the ivory is brought from the country beyond the Nile through the district called Cyeneum, and thence to Adulis.... —Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap.4 According to the Periplus, the ruler of Aksum in the 1st century CE was Zoscales, who, besides ruling in Aksum also held under his sway two harbours on the Red Sea: Adulis (near Massawa) and Avalites (Assab). He is also said to have been familiar with Greek literature: "These places, from the Calf-Eaters to the other Berber country, are governed by Zoscales; who is miserly in his ways and always striving for more, but otherwise upright, and acquainted with Greek literature." —Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap.5 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/periplus.html http://www.shaebia.org/articles/new_discoveries_in_africa.html ======================================== This Eritrean docmentary is created by By Issayas Tesfamariam. Intro was edited by Rugoom wedi's staff. All credit goes to Issayas Tesfamariam for his time, money and research he put into this documentary. ========================================= |
 | History of Kurdish " Kermashan Region" in East Kurdistan Kermanshah or Gorani Kurdish,Kermashan Kirmaşan, is the capital city of Kermanshah Province, located in Eastern Kurdistan. Kermanshah has a continental climate. The estimated population of the city is 822,921(year 2005) [1] and the majority of the inhabitants speak Kalhori dialects of Kurdish. The religion of the people is very diverse and there are many Muslims, Assyrians, Bahá'ís, Jews, and Armenians living in Kermanshah but Kurds have been leading the city in the number since history can remember. Given its antiquity, attractive landscapes and rich culture, Kermanshah is considered as one of the cradles of prehistoric cultures such as Neolithic villages. According to archaeological surveys and excavation, Kermanshah area has been occupied by prehistoric people since the Lower Paleolithic period, and continued to later Paleolithic periods till late Pleistocene period. The Lower Paleolithic evidence consists of some handaxes found in the Gakia area to the east of the city. The Middle Paleolithic remains have been found in the northern vicinity of the city in Tang-e Kenesht and near Taq-e Bostan. The known Paleolithic caves in this area are Warwasi, Kobeh, and Do-Eshkaft. The region was also one of the first places in which human settlements including Asiab, Qazanchi, Tappeh Sarab, Chia Jani, and Ganj-Darreh were established between 8000-10.000 years ago. This is about the same time that the first potteries pertaining were made in Ganj-Darreh, near present-day Harsin. Construction of the city is attributed to Tahmoures Divband, the fabulous king of Pishdadian dynasty. It was a glorious city in Kurds about the 4th century AD when it became a political city and a significant health center serving Kurdish kings. In A.D. 226, following a two-year war led by the Sassanid Emperor - Ardashir I - against Kurdish Kings in the region, the Empire reinstated a local Kurdish prince, Kayus of Medya, to rule Kermanshah. Within the dynasty known as the House of Kayus (also Kâvusakân) remained a semi-independent Kurdish kingdom lasting until A.D. 380 before Ardashir II removed the dynasty's last ruling member.Kermanshah was conquered by the Arabs in A.D. 640 and called the town Qirmasin (Qirmashin). Under Seljuk rule in the 11th century, it was, and still is, a major cultural and commercial centre in Western Iran and the southern Kurdish region as a whole. The Safavids fortified the town, and the Qajars repulsed an attack by the Turks during Fath Ali Shah's rule (1797--1834). She was occupied by Ottomans between 1723-1729 and 1731-1732.Occupied by the Turkish army in 1915 during World War I, it was evacuated in 1917. Kermanshah played an important role in the Mashrota Movement in Qajar period and the Republic Movement in Pahlavi period. The City was hit hard during the Iran-Iraq War, and although it was rebuilt, it has not fully recovered, yet.Behistun inscription is considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Bagastana, meaning "the god's place or land") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun The inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Median, Elamite, and Babylonian. A British army officer, Henry Rawlinson, had the inscription transcribed in two parts, in 1835 and 1843. Rawlinson was able to translate the Old Median cuneiform text in 1838, and the Elamite and Babylonian texts were translated by Rawlinson and others after 1843. Babylonian was a later form of Akkadian: both are Semitic languages. In effect, then, the inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script.The inscription is approximately 15 metres high by 25 metres wide, and 100 metres up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals of Babylonia and Media (Babylon and Ecbatana). It is extremely inaccessible as the mountainside was removed to make the inscription more visible after its completion. The what is so called Old Medo-Persian text contains 414 lines in five columns; the Elamite text includes 593 lines in eight columns and the Babylonian text is in 112 lines. |
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