Saturday, March 17, 2007
Vol-3/Issue-4/2007
Priests to purify Mayan archaeological site after US president Bush Visit
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate bad spirits after US president Bush visit next week as per JuanTiney the director of a Mayan NGO with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders.#
Columbus discovered America in the year 1492 AD. Three thousand years before he discovered America there flourished a civilization like Harappa and Mahijodaro (between 7000 and 6000 BC) known as Mayan civilization which dates back 1500 BC and 1500 AD.
The Mayan archaeological sites spread in the region of Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in Latin American.
Many sites range from restored remains of great cities such as Tikal and Chichen Itza to clusters of scarcely visible ruble mounds. Caves such as Naj Tunich preserve outstanding art work and inscriptions. Tools and pottery shown up in various fields and still continues today is an archaeological challenge.
The talented, literate people who developed the new world’s most complex writing system left much for scholars to digest. Spanish records provide invaluable eyewitness accounts of Mayan civilization.
The descendants of Mayans live today; at least more than four million people speak the Mayan language. Though most are now Roman Catholic, they share the ancient myths and practice rituals based on the ancestral view of the cosmos. Despite centuries of often forced change, the Maya continue to leave an indelible mark on eastern Mesoamerica where the culture was born so long ago.
#Times of India (Times International 10th March 2007)
Land of the MAYA map produced by National Geographic October 1989
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate bad spirits after US president Bush visit next week as per JuanTiney the director of a Mayan NGO with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders.#
Columbus discovered America in the year 1492 AD. Three thousand years before he discovered America there flourished a civilization like Harappa and Mahijodaro (between 7000 and 6000 BC) known as Mayan civilization which dates back 1500 BC and 1500 AD.
The Mayan archaeological sites spread in the region of Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in Latin American.
Many sites range from restored remains of great cities such as Tikal and Chichen Itza to clusters of scarcely visible ruble mounds. Caves such as Naj Tunich preserve outstanding art work and inscriptions. Tools and pottery shown up in various fields and still continues today is an archaeological challenge.
The talented, literate people who developed the new world’s most complex writing system left much for scholars to digest. Spanish records provide invaluable eyewitness accounts of Mayan civilization.
The descendants of Mayans live today; at least more than four million people speak the Mayan language. Though most are now Roman Catholic, they share the ancient myths and practice rituals based on the ancestral view of the cosmos. Despite centuries of often forced change, the Maya continue to leave an indelible mark on eastern Mesoamerica where the culture was born so long ago.
#Times of India (Times International 10th March 2007)
Land of the MAYA map produced by National Geographic October 1989
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Vol-3/Issue-3/2007
Money matters more-01
Aero India-2007 air show consumed eight lakh liters
The 6th International air show Aero India-2007; the biannual event concluded on 11th February 2007 at Yelahanka airbase Bangalore. The 35 aircrafts participated consumed nearly eight lakh liters of fuel for manoeuvres during the week long air show; the cost of the fuel is worked out at Rs.2.88 crore.
Indian Oil Corporation the official supplier supplied air fuel i.e. Jet A-1 fuel to 15 customers for different aircrafts totaling to 35. A liters of Jet A-1 fuel costs Rs.36.
Here are some of the fighter jets and aircrafts which consume fuel for each sortie:
Aircrafts Fuel in liters per Sortie Cost per sortie
· F-18 and MiG-35 3500 liters Rs.1.26 lakh
· F-16 Lockheed Martin 3000 liters Rs.1.08 lakh
· Gripen 2200 liters Rs.0.79 lakh
· Tejas (LCA) 1500 liters Rs.0.54 lakh
· Surya Kirans 800 liters Rs.0.29 lakh
· Helicopter 700 liters Rs.0.25 lakh
Suryan Kiran team comprises nine aircrafts; the fuel spent for each display works out to Rs.2.59 lakh.
The cargo aircraft C-17 Globemaster can store two lakh liters of fuel. Fighter jets can hold 7000 to 8000 liters. Tanks are not filled to capacity as aircrafts become heavier, after each sortie jets and smaller aircrafts were refilled at the airbase. The mailage is calculated as number of liters consumed per kilometer. The aircrafts doing sorties and manoeuvres consume ten times more than the fuel spent on ordinary flying.
Times of India dated 12 February 2007 page10
Aero India-2007 air show consumed eight lakh liters
The 6th International air show Aero India-2007; the biannual event concluded on 11th February 2007 at Yelahanka airbase Bangalore. The 35 aircrafts participated consumed nearly eight lakh liters of fuel for manoeuvres during the week long air show; the cost of the fuel is worked out at Rs.2.88 crore.
Indian Oil Corporation the official supplier supplied air fuel i.e. Jet A-1 fuel to 15 customers for different aircrafts totaling to 35. A liters of Jet A-1 fuel costs Rs.36.
Here are some of the fighter jets and aircrafts which consume fuel for each sortie:
Aircrafts Fuel in liters per Sortie Cost per sortie
· F-18 and MiG-35 3500 liters Rs.1.26 lakh
· F-16 Lockheed Martin 3000 liters Rs.1.08 lakh
· Gripen 2200 liters Rs.0.79 lakh
· Tejas (LCA) 1500 liters Rs.0.54 lakh
· Surya Kirans 800 liters Rs.0.29 lakh
· Helicopter 700 liters Rs.0.25 lakh
Suryan Kiran team comprises nine aircrafts; the fuel spent for each display works out to Rs.2.59 lakh.
The cargo aircraft C-17 Globemaster can store two lakh liters of fuel. Fighter jets can hold 7000 to 8000 liters. Tanks are not filled to capacity as aircrafts become heavier, after each sortie jets and smaller aircrafts were refilled at the airbase. The mailage is calculated as number of liters consumed per kilometer. The aircrafts doing sorties and manoeuvres consume ten times more than the fuel spent on ordinary flying.
Times of India dated 12 February 2007 page10
