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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

4/23/2014

Top Chef Winner 2014 Thibault Sombardier A Talented And Deserving Candidate

While Everyone already refers Pierre Augé as the winner of this season of "Top Chef 2014" is another candidate who could spring a surprise.

Young starred chef of 28 years, Thibault Sombardier undoubtedly all the qualities to win the 2014 season the cooking show " Top Chef ." Unfortunately for him, the competition

4/18/2014

OPPO R1S, Varian R1 Bertenaga Qualcomm Snapdragon

Oppo R1

Setelah sukses dengan seri R1, Oppo dikabarkan akan segera meluncurkan smartphone R1S yang tak lain adalah R1 yang didukung oleh chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon. Seperti yang kita ketahui, Oppo R1 yang telah beredar selama ini mengandalkan chipset buatan perusahaan asal Taiwan, yakni MediaTek.

How the Hillsborough disaster happened

Although it remains the name of the ground of one of England's famous old football clubs, since 1989 the word "Hillsborough" has more strongly evoked Britain's worst sporting disaster.
On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death and hundreds more injured on the steel-fenced terraces of Sheffield Wednesday's stadium, which was hosting that year's FA Cup semi-final.
The inquiry into the disaster led by Lord Chief Justice Taylor established that main cause was a failure of police crowd control.
Events began to unfold from around 1430 on what was a bright and sunny day. The game was to be a repeat of the 1988 semi-final, in which Liverpool had faced Nottingham Forest at the same venue.
Liverpool fans had begun arriving at the ground from midday, but had to enter their designated stand at Leppings Lane through a small number of decrepit turnstiles.
Once inside, many made their way on to the terraced lower stand which was ringed with blue-painted steel fences and laterally divided into five separate "pens".
Fencing had been put up by many football clubs during the 1970s and 80s to control crowds and prevent pitch invasions.

4/17/2014

Barcelona 1 - 2 Real Madrid : Gareth Bale scores stunning late winner to clinch Copa del Rey and win first trophy in Spain

Gareth Bale paid back all of his world-record transfer fee with one lung-busting, Spanish Cup-winning wonder goal.
It was his 20th for Real Madrid, his first against Barcelona. The match had been dubbed the game of his life and he produced the goal of his career to settle it.
There were shades of ‘Taxi for Maicon’ when he picked the ball up on the halfway line and steamed down the left. Bartra barged him off the field but he still went past the young defender, cut into the area and shot past Jose Pinto.
Magical: Bale jumps in the air as he celebrates his late winner at a packed Mestalla stadium in Valencia
Magical: Bale jumps in the air

How the Hillsborough Disaster Happened

Although it remains the name of the ground of one of England's famous old football clubs, since 1989 the word "Hillsborough" has more strongly evoked Britain's worst sporting disaster.On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death and hundreds more injured on the steel-fenced terraces of Sheffield Wednesday's stadium, which was hosting that year's FA Cup semi-final.
The inquiry into the disaster led by Lord Chief Justice Taylor established that main cause was a failure of police crowd control.
Events began to unfold from around 1430 on what was a bright and sunny day. The game was to be a repeat of the 1988 semi-final, in which Liverpool had faced Nottingham Forest at the same venue.
Liverpool fans had begun arriving at the ground from midday, but had to enter their designated stand at Leppings Lane through a small number of decrepit turnstiles.
Once inside, many made their way on to the terraced lower stand which was ringed with blue-painted steel fences and laterally divided into five separate "pens".
Fencing had been put up by many football clubs during the 1970s and 80s to control crowds and prevent pitch invasions.
Liverpool fans outside Hillsborough stadium, 1989
A crush of supporters built up outside the ground
By about 1450, pens 3 and 4 - those directly behind the goal - were full, but outside the ground thousands of fans were still waiting to get in.
The pens' official combined capacity was 2,200. It was later discovered that this should have been reduced to 1,600 as crush barriers installed three years earlier did not meet official safety standards.
At 1452, police ordered a large exit gate - Gate C - to be opened to alleviate the crush outside the ground. Around 2,000 fans then made their way into the ground and headed straight for a tunnel leading directly to pens 3 and 4.

Beredar Kunci Jawaban Ujian Nasional Cocok dengan Paket Soal

Beredar Kunci Jawaban Ujian Nasional Cocok dengan Paket Soal

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, DENPASAR - Indikasi adanya kecurangan tercium dalam pelaksanaan hari pertama Ujian Nasional (UN) tingkat SMA/SMK sederajat yang digelar Senin (14/4/2014).
Berdasarkan informasi yang diperoleh Tribun Bali (Tribunnews.com Network), beredar kunci jawaban UN yang diyakini oleh peserta UN klop dengan jenis paket soal UN. Kunci jawaban yang beredar, sejauh yang terpantau Tribun Bali, adalah untuk soal Bahasa Indonesia dan Biologi. Untuk diketahui, paket soal UN bervariasi, dan ada sebanyak 20 jenis.
UN hari pertama kemarin mengujikan mata pelajaran

Wow, Kalahkan Juara Dunia, Simon Santoso Juara!

Simon Santoso
Simon Santoso

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA-- Simon Santoso membuktikan jika ia telah kembali dan dapat diperhitungkan dalam dunia bulutangkis. Pada pertandingan final di turnamen Singapore Super Series (SS), Simon mengalahkan pebulutangkis peringkat 1 dunia asal Malaysia, Lee Chong Wei dengan 2 gim langsung.
Memainkan pertandingan dengan rally, Simon meladeni pukulan-pukulan cantik dari Lee Chong Wei di awal gim pertama. Simon unggul lebih dulu dengan 2-0. Kemudian Lee Chong Wei dapat menyamakan perolehan poin menjadi 2-2 dan 4-4.
Pukulan netting tipis di bibir net yang menjadi andalan Simon, tampaknya merepotkan pertahanan Lee. Simon unggul 11-8 di awal paruh gim pertama. Perolehan poin Simon terus melejit dengan terus menyerang pertahanan Lee.
Rally yang diakhiri dengan bola tanggung dari Lee, langsung di-smash Simon. Gim pertama berakhir dengan keunggulan Simon dengan 21-15. Di gim pertama ini pula, Simon unggul dalam pukulan smash winner sebanyak 8 kali, sedangkan Lee hanya 5 kali smash winner.
Pada gim kedua, Simon terus memimpin perolehan poin. Lee juga kerap membuat kesalahan seperti beberapa kali netting silangnya malah menyangkut di net. Simon unggul dari 8-2, 10-4 dan 11-4 di awal paruh gim kedua.

Prediksi & Jadwal Final Copa del Rey Nanti Malam Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Final Copa del Rey 2014 berhadapan Barcelona vs Real Madrid. Ini adalah El Clasico 2014 ketiga. Jadwal Final Copa Del Rey 2014 ini diadakan pada pukul 02.30 WIB Kamis 17 April 2014 di Stadion Mastella, Valencia.
Prediksi Barcelona vs Real Madrid, El Clasico 2014 ke-3 di Final Copa del Rey akankah Real Madrid akan mengulang kemenangan terhadap Barca seperti pertandingan El Clasico sebelumnya?
Namun cerita akan berbeda ketika Cristiano Ronaldo tak akan merumput pada laga Final Copa del Rey 2014 ini. Banyak orang memprediksikan kali ini adalah giliran kesebelasan yang diasuh Tata Martino muncul sebagai pemenang.
Semudah itukah Los Blancos tanpa CR7 akan takluk dihadapan Lionel Messi dan kawan-kawan? Melihat ambisi pasukan L’equip blaugrana yang sedang bergelora ingin menuntu balas kekalahan pada final Copa del Rey tahun 2011. Nampaknya pertandingan akan sangat panas.
Walaupun tim putih sedang tidak bersama penyerang andalannya, Cristiano Ronaldo. Begitu pula dengan Barca, beberapa lini tidak dalam kondisi terbaik. Terutama pada lini belakang, dipastikan Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique dan Valdes cuti pada laga final Copa del Rey ini karena mengalami cidera.

4/16/2014

Brief General History of Ebola Disease

In 1976, Ebola (named after the Ebola River in Zaire) first emerged in Sudan and Zaire. The first outbreak of Ebola (Ebola-Sudan) infected over 284 people, with a mortality rate of 53%. A few months later, the second Ebola virus emerged from Yambuku, Zaire, Ebola-Zaire (EBOZ). EBOZ, with the highest mortality rate of any of the Ebola viruses (88%), infected 318 people. Despite the tremendous effort of experienced and dedicated researchers, Ebola's natural reservoir was never identified. The third strain of Ebola, Ebola Reston (EBOR), was first identified in 1989 when infected monkeys were imported into Reston, Virginia, from Mindanao in the Philippines. Fortunately, the few people who were infected with EBOR (seroconverted) never developed Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). The last known strain of Ebola, Ebola Cote d'Ivoire (EBO-CI) was discovered in 1994 when a female ethologist performing a necropsy on a dead chimpanzee from the Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire, accidentally infected herself during the necropsy.

4/15/2014

Ebola Strikes, Vaccine Years Away

As a major outbreak of deadly Ebola virus spreads through the West African nations of Guinea and Liberia, public health officials are struggling to contain the horror-movie pathogen before it slips into neighboring countries.
They must do so without the aid of any vaccines to prevent Ebola's spread or medicines to treat Ebola infections. None currently exists.
But scientists say they are beginning to close in on ways to stop the virus. Several promising vaccines and medications are under development, although all are still years from availability, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Currently, the best treatment for Ebola involves providing fluid to the patient to replace the bleeding that occurs from all orifices as the hemorrhagic fever destroys the body from within."If you have a medical facility to give you blood or plasma or fluid, you're not specifically attacking the Ebola, but you're giving the patient a better chance of surviving," Fauci explained. "Some people who have the best medical care still die, and there are some people with no care who survive. But you have the best chance if you have medical care."
As of late last week, the number of suspected cases in Guinea had swelled to 158, with 101 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. There are 25 reported cases in nearby Liberia, including 12 deaths.
Most deaths have occurred in the southeastern Guinea city of Guekedou, which lies near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Suspected cases have been reported in Sierra Leone, Mali and Ghana, but none has been confirmed.
Ebola's average death rate is about 70 percent, but can range between 20 percent and 90 percent depending on the strain, Fauci said.
The most promising efforts to develop an Ebola vaccine involve genetic splicing, Fauci said. In this line of research, NIAID investigators and several pharmaceutical firms are pursuing separate research that would insert part of Ebola's genetics into an existing vaccine-ready virus.
This strategy, called a viral vector, takes advantage of the ability of viruses to efficiently infect cells.
Instead of delivering a payload of illness, these modified, harmless viruses would deliver a nonthreatening piece of Ebola's genetics in hopes of triggering an immune response that would create antibodies to protect against future Ebola infection.
"You take another virus and you take the particular gene of the Ebola virus for which you want to prompt immunity, and you insert that gene into the virus," Fauci explained.
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are spearheading another research effort along similar lines. They have produced an Ebola vaccine that piggybacks on the established rabies virus vaccine, and the new combination has successfully immunized mice and primates in lab tests against both rabies and Ebola.
"I think we've demonstrated it is efficient in animal models, and now we have to produce a vaccine that would be appropriate for humans," said Matthias Schnell, director of the Jefferson Vaccine Center.
This vaccine actually uses a surface protein taken from Ebola, rather than pieces of its genetic material, to create the immune response, Fauci said.
All of these vaccines are nowhere near human trials, however, Schnell and Fauci said. The most advanced efforts are currently undergoing pre-clinical evaluation, and are still years away from phase I trials that would determine whether the vaccines would be safe in humans and provoke the necessary immune response.
"We now have a grant from the [U.S. National Institutes of Health] for five years to develop clinical material," Schnell said. "Our first clinical trial can be performed in two to three years, hopefully."
Also under development are therapies that could help people who have contracted Ebola or who are likely to come into contact with it.
These therapies mainly involve the creation in the lab of antibodies against Ebola. The antibodies -- called monoclonal antibodies -- are designed to specifically target the Ebola virus.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is preparing clinical studies in humans for a monoclonal antibody its researchers have developed, Fauci said. A private company, Mapp Biopharmaceutical of San Diego, also has shown encouraging results in primates using a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies.
Another company, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, of Durham, N.C., has developed an antiviral drug called BCX4430 that could be used to treat people infected with Ebola. "They're already looking at nonhuman primate studies to see if they can protect them," Fauci said.
There's one problem with all these medical research efforts, however: researchers likely will have to wait for a future Ebola outbreak to test any vaccine or treatment.
Ebola is a rare disease and its outbreaks are unpredictable, making widespread vaccination an unfeasible proposition, Fauci said.
Schnell believes that the combination rabies/Ebola vaccine his team is working on likely has the best chance to be disseminated prior to an outbreak.
"Rabies is a huge problem in Africa, so with a double vaccine you would have a strong reason to vaccinate," he said. "But it's not really easy to predict where Ebola will erupt, and where mass vaccinations will be needed."
This time the Ebola outbreak hit a major city, Schnell said, which is a real concern that further emphasizes the need for a vaccine.
It also raises concerns that Ebola could spread to the United States or other countries via air travel, but both Schnell and Fauci said that scenario is unlikely.
Unlike respiratory viruses, which spread via coughing, Ebola spreads "when people come into direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is in dire straits," Fauci said. "It is not the kind of virus that is transmitted through casual contact with someone who is well."
That's why family, doctors, morticians and clergy are more likely to come down with Ebola during an outbreak -- they are the ones tending to the ill. And it is unlikely that someone who is ill enough to be bleeding from their orifices will be able to make it onto an airplane, the experts said.

 source : http://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-ebola-outbreak-spreads-vaccine-remains-years-away/

Facts about Hurricane Sandy

Facts about Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy, a late-season post-tropical cyclone, swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012. The storm left dozens dead, thousands homeless and millions without power. Total damage is expected to be in the billions of dollars.
Death toll
The death toll from Sandy as of Nov. 1 was at least 149. The confirmed deaths include 42 in New York; 12 in New Jersey; nine in Maryland; six in Pennsylvania; five in West Virginia; four in Connecticut; two in Virginia; and one in North Carolina. One person died in Canada, and at least 67 people were killed in the Caribbean, including 54 in Haiti.
Origin of storm
Sandy began as a tropical wave in the Caribbean on Oct. 19. It quickly developed, becoming a tropical depression and then a tropical storm in just six hours. Tropical Storm Sandy was the 18th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. It was upgraded to a hurricane on Oct. 24 when its maximum sustained winds reached 74 mph (119 kph).
Sandy tore through the Caribbean, making landfall at Jamaica on Oct. 24. After leaving that island, the storm gained strength over open water and became a Category 2. The storm hit Cuba early Oct. 25, then weakened to a Category 1. On Oct. 26, it swept across the Bahamas. Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm on Oct. 27, then gained strength again to become a Category 1 hurricane before turning north toward the U.S. coast.
Sandy slams Jersey shore
Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the United States about 8 p.m. EDT Oct. 29, striking near Atlantic City, N.J., with winds of 80 mph. A full moon made high tides 20 percent higher than normal and amplified Sandy's storm surge. Streets were flooded, trees and power lines knocked down and the city's famed boardwalk was ripped apart. Along the Jersey shore, people were left stranded in their homes and waited for rescue teams in boats to rescue them. More than 80 homes were destroyed in one fire in Queens. Several other fires were started throughout the New York metro area.
Seawater surged over Lower Manhattan's seawalls and highways and into low-lying streets. The water inundated tunnels, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street and sent hospital patients and tourists scrambling for safety. Skyscrapers swayed and creaked in winds that partially toppled a crane 74 stories above Midtown. A large tanker ship ran aground on the city's Staten Island.
As of Nov. 1, about 4.7 million people in 15 states were without electricity, down from nearly 8.5 million a day earlier. Subway tunnels in Lower Manhattan remained flooded, but some lines had resumed service. Airlines, which had canceled more than 15,000 flights around the world, were returning to normal schedules. Most gas stations in New York City and New Jersey were closed because of power shortages and depleted fuel supplies. Long lines formed at gas stations that were expected to open.
Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damage and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, making it one of the costliest natural disasters on record in the United States, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. The New York City mayor's office in late November estimated total losses to the city to be $19 billion and asked the federal government for $9.8 billion in aid for costs not covered by insurance or FEMA.
By Nov. 1, Sandy had dissipated. The National Weather Service reported that "multiple remnants" were circulating across the lower Great Lakes region and moving into Canada. Some areas were getting residual rain and snow showers. Tides were back down to less than a foot above normal.
Frankenstorm
Sandy, the 10th hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, earned the nickname "Frankenstorm," as well as other descriptive appellations, such as "Blizzacane" and "Snor-eastercane." The National Hurricane Center's official name for the storm is "Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy." Many media outlets started calling it "Superstorm Sandy" after the storm made landfall, weakened and was downgraded from hurricane status.
At one point, Sandy's hurricane-force winds (at least 74 mph) extended up to 175 miles (280 kilometers) from its center and tropical storm-force winds (39 mph) out to 485 miles (780 km). Even so, according to the NHC, Sandy was still only the second-largest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record. Hurricane Olga, another late-in-the-year storm, set the record in 2001, with tropical-force winds extending 600 miles (965 km).
Sandy set other records, however, CNN reported. When hurricane hunter aircraft measured its central pressure at 940 millibars — 27.76 inches — Monday afternoon (Oct. 29), it was the lowest barometric reading ever recorded for an Atlantic storm to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The previous record holder was the 1938 "Long Island Express" Hurricane, which dropped as low as 946 millibars.
Sandy's strength and angle of approach combined to produce a record storm surge of water into New York City. The surge level at Battery Park topped 13.88 feet at 9:24 p.m. Monday, surpassing the 10.02 feet record water level set by Hurricane Donna in 1960.
New York Harbor's surf also reached a record level when a buoy measured a 32.5-foot wave Monday. That wave was 6.5 feet taller than a 25-foot wave churned up by Hurricane Irene in 2011. [Infographic: How Hurricanes Work]
Presidential campaign interrupted
President Barack Obama joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Oct. 31 to inspect the devastation, flying over flooded neighborhoods along the New Jersey coastline. He declared states of emergency in New York and New Jersey to allow federal aid to start flowing into damaged areas.
Republican Mitt Romney canceled political rallies on Oct. 29 and 30, turning one campaign appearance into a "storm relief" event. He gave brief non-political remarks and spent less than an hour collecting hurricane relief donations and loading them into a truck. Romney resumed his campaign on Oct. 31, using a Florida campaign stop to criticize the president's record. Obama resumed campaign appearances on Nov. 1.
The storm's political impact is still unknown. Concrete effects on Election Day are yet to be tallied: how many early voting days lost, how many voters who don't make it to the polls because of power outages, damaged homes or cleanup duties, whether any polling places or election equipment are damaged. Parts of four states seen as pivotal to this election were hit — North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire


source : http://www.livescience.com/24380-hurricane-sandy-status-data.html.

Fenomena Gerhana Bulan Berdarah 15 April 2014

Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.


sumber : http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014
Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.



Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.
- See more at: http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014#sthash.e3ZjzA1v.dpuf
Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.



Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.
- See more at: http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014#sthash.e3ZjzA1v.dpuf
Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.




Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.
- See more at: http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014#sthash.e3ZjzA1v.dpuf
Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.




Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.
- See more at: http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014#sthash.e3ZjzA1v.dpuf
Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.




Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Gerhana bulan langka akan terjadi dari siang hingga sore nanti, 15 April 2014. Yakni gerhana bulan total atau biasa disebut "Blood Moon". Gerhana bulan ini berwarna merah darah lantaran planet Mars saat ini berada dalam titik terdekat dengan bumi.

Bagi Anda yang melihatnya, jangan lewatkan fenomena alam tersebut. Gerhana bulan total akan terjadi dari Selasa (15/4/2014) siang hingga sore, dengan lama sekitar 5 jam 43 menit. Gerhana serupa sebelumnya muncul pada 2003-2004.

Akan tetapi tak semua fase gerhana bisa dilihat. Sayangnya gerhana juga hanya bisa dilihat di Indonesia bagian tengah dan bagian timur saja. Warga di Tengah dan Timur Indonesia pun cuma bisa mengamati bagian akhir dari proses gerhana bulan tersebut.

"Gerhana ini dapat diamati dari wilayah Indonesia kecuali Jawa bagian barat, Kalimantan bagian barat dan Sumatera," kata Kepala BMKG Andi Eka Sakya, seperti dimuat Antara.

Space.com melansir, proses gerhana diawali  kontak awal penumbra pada Selasa siang sekitar 11.54 WIB. Kemudian kontak awal umbra akan dicapai pada pukul 12.58 WIB.

Puncak gerhana bulan 'darah' total ini diperkirakan bakal terjadi pada Selasa siang, sekitar pukul 14.47 WIB dengan lama puncak di mana Bulan sama sekali tak terpapar sinar Matahari yakni sekitar 38 menit.

Saat fase puncak tersebut, bulan akan tepat berada pada daerah umbra, yaitu bayangan inti yang berada di bagian tengah sangat gelap pada saat gerhana bulan.

Selanjutnya, kontak akhir umbra gerhana bulan 'darah' total tersebut akan dimulai pada Selasa sore pukul 16.33 WIB dan kontak akhir penumbra pada pukul 17.37 WIB.

Andi menjelaskan, gerhana bulan total ini juga bisa diamati dari Afrika bagian barat, Eropa bagian barat dan Samudera Atlantik saat bulan sedang terbenam. Seluruh proses gerhana akan dapat diamati dari Amerika Selatan bagian barat dan Amerika Utara serta Samudera Pasifik bagian timur.

Proses gerhana pada saat bulan terbit dapat diamati di Samudera Pasifik bagian barat, Australia dan Asia bagian timur. Namun keseluruhan proses gerhana tidak dapat diamati dari daerah Asia, Afrika bagian timur dan Eropa bagian timur.

Menurut Wakil Presiden Masyarakat Astronomi Kanada Colin Haig, gerhana bulan 'darah' total kali ini akan sangat fenomenal. Berbeda daripada yang lain. "Ini akan sangat penting bagi kita. Sangat dramatis," kata Colin, seperti dikutip dari CBC.

Gerhana diperkirakan terjadi 4 kali selama 2014 yaitu gerhana bulan total pada 15 April, gerhana matahari cincin pada 29 April, gerhana bulan total pada 8 Oktober dan gerhana matahari sebagian pada 23 Oktober 2014.
- See more at: http://news.liputan6.com/read/2037095/jangan-lewatkan-gerhana-bulan-darah-15-april-2014#sthash.e3ZjzA1v.dpuf

7/11/2010

2012 ? End of the World ?

2012 Is the year of the end of the world?

  • It seems the end of the world will be like a rebirth
  • It is stated in videos and writings that came to the world, but not apocalyptic as told in the Bible



For some years been circulating on the Internet, a series of rumors about the supposed end of the world in 2012 in our calendar (between 21 and 25 December of that year), that corresponds to one final cycle of three cycles passed by both the Mayan calendar called the Long Count or Katun.

It is stated in videos and writings that came to the world, not the apocalyptic manner narrated in the Bible, but it seems like a rebirth as written by the followers of this new kind of sectarian belief, "According to the Long Count Calendar of the Maya, on December 21, 2012 is the end of this civilization. Human beings come into a new civilization, which has nothing to do with this. The Mayan people did not mention the cause. One thing is clear: the last day does not mean the arrival of any calamity, instead of this, implies a whole new cosmic awareness and spiritual transition to the new civilization. "


Without offering a clear reason for this conversion, ensure that these claims or predictions stem from their interpretation of the Mayan culture and write "The Mayans predicted thousands of years ago according to his reading of the celestial objects: people who have awakened complete the sacred mission of the "purification of the Earth." According to them, December 21, 2012, human beings enter into a new civilization. By then, all have had their opportunities, perhaps more than one, to reflect on themselves and form their own judgments.. " There is also talk of seven Mayan prophecies are believed to foot the bill for many people and can be read on many websites.


First prophecy


The world of hatred and materialism will end on Saturday 22 December 2012 and with it the end of fear, in this day mankind will have to choose between disappear and thinking species that threatens to destroy the planet or move towards harmonious integration with the whole universe, understanding and becoming aware of everything is alive and that we are part of that whole and that we exist in a new era of light.


Prophecy II


It announced that all the conduct of mankind change rapidly from the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, and that day we saw a ring of fire against the sky, an eclipse was unprecedented in history, by cosmic alignment with center cross the land of almost all the planets of the solar system, is positioned in the four signs of the zodiac, which are the signs of the four evangelists, the four guardians of the throne to star in the Apocalypse of St. John.


Third Prophecy


Maya says a heat wave raises the temperature of the planet, causing climatic changes, geological and social conditions in an unprecedented scale, and an amazing speed, the Mayans say that the increase in temperature will by several factors, one of them generated by man that its lack of harmony with nature can only produce self-destructive processes, others will be generated by the sun to speed up their activity by increased vibration produces more radiation, increasing the temperature of the planet.


Fourth Prophecy


The fourth prophecy said that as a result of increased temperature caused by human anti-ecological behavior and increased activity of the sun, will cause a meltdown at the poles (and recent press release we had a block of polar ice the size of the territory the state of Tlaxcala is located in Mexican territory), if the sun increases their activity levels above normal will have a greater production of solar wind, but massive eruptions from the sun's corona, an increase in the radiation and increased the temperature of the planet.


Fifth prophecy


This prophecy tells us that all systems based on fear is based on what our civilization will be transformed simultaneously with the planet and the man to make way for a new reality in harmony, man is convinced that the universe exists only for him, that humanity is the only intelligent life term, and therefore acts as a predator that exists.


Sixth prophecy


The sixth Maya prophecy says that in the coming years will see a comet whose trajectory will endanger the very existence of man, the Maya saw comets as agents of change who came to set in motion the balance to allow certain structures are processed the evolution of collective consciousness, all things have their rightful place in all circumstances, even the most adverse are perfect for generating understanding of life to develop awareness of the creation, so man has constantly faced with situations unexpected that create suffering, is a way to get to reflect on their relationship with the world and with others.


Seventh Mayan Prophecy



The Maya Prophecy tells of time in which the solar system in its cyclical turning out of the night to dawn will come into the galaxy, says that the 13 years from 1999 to 2012 the light emitted from the galaxy to synchronize all living beings and enables them to voluntarily enter an internal transformation that produces new realities that all human beings have the opportunity to change and break their limitations, receiving a new meaning. "


So often rumor and fear is growing among those who know nothing about Mayan culture. Do you meet in a short time such statements?, Before attempting to answer this question we know something of Maya astronomy, where supposedly the ancient Maya, they found such great revelations.


Astronomers Priests


Maya astronomy was really just a variant of other astronomical traditions in Mesoamerica, the Maya thus focused on the use of the Long Count calendar, so they could perform calculations on large time scales.


The Maya made precise calculations of the synodic periods of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, ie they knew what was his position in the sky to the Sun assessed, the periods of the Moon and Sun and stars like the Pleiades, which they called Tzab-ek.


The Milky Way was central to his cosmology and called Wakah Chan, and related to Xibalba, including K'iche 'of Guatemala still be called Xibalba, or the way to the underworld. They had a Zodiac, based on the ecliptic, which is the path of the sun through the constellations fixed. This is found on Stela 10, Tikal and Xultun 1, both places in Peten, Guatemala and the Grolier Codex.


Mayan astronomical knowledge was typical of the priestly class but all the people respected them and led their lives according to their predictions.


The priests knew the movements of celestial bodies and were able to predict eclipses and the course of the planet Venus. This gave them a special power over the people that thought so closely linked to the deities.


A Venus was called the Maya Ah-Chicuma-Ek ', the star of the morning, and Xux ek, the star wasp. Maya Star says "ek" and is also the surname of many people in the Maya region.


Of the known Maya codices the Dresden is essentially a treatise on astronomy.


Venusians Wars


Venus was the most interesting astronomical object and that the Maya knew him better than any other culture in the world. In Maya cosmology, Venus is the companion of the Sun, this no doubt reflects the fact that Venus is always close to the Sun, coming as the morning star (Ah-Chicuma-Ek ') or as the evening star (Lamat).


The Maya thought it was more important than the sun, their movements were carefully through the seasons, finding that it takes 584 days for Venus and Earth to get to their same positions with respect to the Sun, and takes 2922 days for the Earth, Venus, the Sun and the stars match again.


The Maya made daytime annotations Venus, who had a psychological effect on them, as has been shown to base their wars according to the movements of Venus and Jupiter, as described by the steps of Dos Pilas, in the famous Wars Galaxies between Tikal and Naranjo and his allies.


Human sacrifices, were held to appear Venus after superior conjunction, when Venus is at its lowest brightness because it is furthest from the Sun and Earth, but he feared more of the first heliacal rising (dawn ) after inferior conjunction, ie when it was brighter and are in the midst of the Sun and our planet. In the Dresden Codex of the Maya there is a calendar with the full cycle of Venus.


Mayan Calendar



The Katun is the cycle time long count Maya. Just as the Gregorian calendar has a series of years known as decades, decades, centuries and millennia, long count series of twenty years had called each Katun (hence its name), and also a series of 20 Katunes (400 Tún = 394.3 years), called Baktun.


The Katun was used to record important historical events and to foretell the distant future.


It is known that the Maya number system was vigesimal, so that each Ulinal (month) was 20 kins (days), but closer to 365 days in a year, the Maya instead consider a Tun (year ), was twenty Ulinales conformed to eighteen, thus 20 X 18 = 360 Kines. Like other pre-Columbian calendars, the Mayan calendar is cyclical, it is repeated the account of the same dates and same series of years.


For example: In the Gregorian calendar that governs us the date June 23, 2008 and the twenty-first century are counted only once, but the Mayan calendar is again repeatedly have to restart the corresponding cycle. In the long count, the computation time in the Gregorian calendar begins on 13 August 3114 a. C., and ending on the date 13.0.0.0.0, ie December 21, 2012 AD, ending its cycle time and immediately starting a new one.


The end of the world


Like so many other prophecies have predicted the end of the world and failed, this is no exception, if we take into account many of the scientific inaccuracies in the alleged prophecies abound, like the fact of attributing global warming to the Sun, or talk about a light, (do not specify the frequency or region of the electromagnetic spectrum), which synchronizes with the living, made confusing because it is not explained which means exactly that.


The Maya sky as spectators developed a stunningly precise observational astronomy, but in the theoretical side, were not beyond other pre-scientific explanations. To our knowledge humanity if it could disappear, a victim not of some Mayan prophecy, but sadly their own hands and unfortunately there will be a new cycle magic can save us from ourselves.

7 Deadly Sins !

In contrast to our era, medieval ethics had clear boundaries. Thus the medieval man with a kind of code of conduct that clearly states how it should be his act. This coding is based on the one hand, in so-called "Cardinal Virtues", true master keys that enable the exercise of conduct consistent with what is ethically right. On the other hand, the "Deadly Sins" (named as "head" or top of all other sins) are clearly the cradle of all morally reprehensible. This coding moral, although it was made in the Middle Ages has a surprise present, is crossed transversely by a fundamental ethical issue: the possibility of hosting hospitably the "other" neighbor (the one next) as a valid person alone itself. Stated another way to understand human beings who are in front of me, whatever its status as a "valid interlocutor" as an end in itself. As we will see, What really is the moral evil is to understand the "other" as a "media" as an object that can be used for their own benefit, in accordance with the principle of "self-love." Here follows a summary of the definition of each concept, we have relied on an old but enlightening "Dictionary of Theology" (the wording has been altered, the extent and according to ancient Castilian spelling of understanding, likewise have translated some quotes that appear in the original text in Latin)





Deadly Sins



1. The Pride.

It is the principal of the deadly sins. He is the head of "all" the other sins. Recall that for this lack, according to Christian theology, man was expelled from the Garden of Eden. It is a direct offense against God, the sinner thinks he has more power and authority than God. It is generally defined as "inordinate self-love." According to Thomas pride is "an inordinate appetite of his own excellence." It is considered a mortal sin when it is perfect, that is, when you want both self-exaltation that refuses to obey God, to superiors and the law. This is about giving to God is Truth and meaning of existence driver and installed himself as supreme and infallible truth and as a foundation of human action. In the same way, and aloof, applies to the respect and consideration that you must subordinate to the lawfully constituted authorities. Of pride leads to the following misdemeanors:



• The pride: it is the pleasure one feels himself because of the advantages that one has and boasts over others. Also, is the elaborate display of all you can conquer the appreciation and consideration for others.

• The Boast: lack of those who take pains to praise themselves gaily to assert their superiority and their good works. However, it is no sin when it seeks to discredit a slander or taking into view the education of others.

• The Faust is to want to rise above others in dignity overreacting to this, the luxury in dress and personal property, reaching beyond what they allow their budget.

• The arrogance: It is manifested by how imperative it is the neighbor, speaking with pride, stubbornness, and looking with contemptuous tone dismissive air.

• The goal: I want to disorderly rise in honor and dignity as an office or title, only considering the benefits they are annexed, as the fame and recognition

• The hypocrisy: simulation of virtue and honesty in order to conceal the vices or virtues seem not to have.

• The presumption: is relying too much on himself, on his own lights, to persuade oneself that is capable of performing better than any other certain functions, certain jobs that exceed their strength or their capabilities. This failure is very common because they are very rare which is not fooled by his self-esteem, those who strive to know themselves to form a correct opinion about their abilities and talents.

• The disobedience: the violation of the precept of a superior. It is mortal sin when such infringement arises from the formal rejection of the superior, for such contempt is insulting God Himself. But when the violation of the precept is not born of contempt but of another cause and considering the matter and the circumstances of the case, can be considered a misdemeanor.

• The persistence: is to stay attached to the trial itself, however the knowledge of the truth or more likely the comments of those who think like the person in question.

The radical remedy against pride is humility. According to Christianity, "God crushes the proud and lifts up the lowly (Luke 14)



2. Sloth (laziness).

This is the "metaphysical" of the Deadly Sins as refers to the inability to accept and take charge of existence as such. It also causes the most problems in the description. The simple "laziness", even the "entertainment", do not constitute a foul. We preferred, therefore, the concept of "sloth" or "heartburn." Taken in its own right is a "sadness of mind" that separates us from the spiritual and divine obligations, because of the obstacles and difficulties that they encounter. Under the name of spiritual and divine things means everything that God prescribed for the attainment of eternal salvation (salvation), and the practice of Christian virtues, the observation of these precepts, the duties of each, exercises of piety and religion. Designing for such things as sadness, shelter volunteer, in the heart, listlessness, aversion and dislike them, it is deadly sin.

Taken strictly as a mortal sin is directly opposed to charity we owe to ourselves and the love we owe God. Thus, if deliberately and with full consent of the will, we are sad or feel reluctance of the things that we are obliged, for example, forgiveness of injuries, deprivation of carnal pleasures, among others, the sloth is a grave sin because it is directly opposed to the love of God and of ourselves.

Considered in order to produce effects that, if the sloth is such that it makes you forget the necessary and essential to eternal salvation, notably neglecting the obligations and duties or if it make us wish that no other life to live with impunity delivered passions, it is indeed a mortal sin.

Are effects of laziness:



• The disgust and aversion to it that makes this is omitted or practice with notable defect.

• the inconsistency in the well, the continued unrest and indecision of character which varies, often, of desires and purposes, decided that as soon gives up something like it, without running anything.

• A certain timidity and cowardice by which the crushed in spirit does not dare to put to work and abandons himself to inaction.

• The desperation of view that salvation is impossible, so far from thinking that the man in the media get unchecked comes to their own passions.

• The idleness, the escape of any work, love the comforts and pleasures.

• The inordinate curiosity or itching of knowing, seeing, hearing, which is almost exclusively the activity of the sloth.



Basically, the sloth is identified with the "boredom." But not with this boredom away goal that makes us one thing, a situation or a particular person. Rather, it refers to the "boredom" that we feel in front of the whole existence, facing the fact of its existence and all that that implies. Life requires us to work, effort to act on what should be an effort that is neither free nor easy. When we are unable to assume this cost (this work) and know what we 'do' in existence, human life becomes a vacuum that causes me "horror" becomes a vacuum and which I fear constantly escaped almost without realizing it. In fact 'boredom' originally means "ab granary" (fear of emptiness). We said that sloth is the most metaphysical of the cardinal sins park involves not afford the cost of life, constantly escaping what to do, not knowing what to.



3. Lust.

Have traditionally been understood lust as "inorditatus delectationis appetitus venerae" ie as an inordinate appetite for erotic pleasures. The Christian tradition subdivided this sin in simple fornication, rape, abduction, incest, sacrilege, adultery, sin against nature, understanding under the latter species, pollution voluntarily, sodomy and bestiality. Lust would always be a "mortal sin" because it directly involves the use of another neighbor, as a means and an object for the satisfaction of sexual pleasures.

There is in this sin two great principles at stake: the true meaning of love and purpose of sexuality. Christianity, and much of the Greek classical tradition, especially, mean by "love" something very different from what I understand the contemporary world. The concept of love is of central importance in Christianity. Indeed God is identified with love. For the Christian love is "glut", the ability to give and give, "caritas", in short: charity, one of the three theological virtues. Thus love implies a donated, one given on the other, for others. Recall the second part of the one commandment that announces the New Testament: "... love your neighbor as yourself." Christian love, and also the Greek, is, thus, originally detached from any kind of sexuality, including the embodiment. The erotic is a consequence, a plus completely dispensable. The near-synonymy between love and sex is a product of modernity. The "make love" as a synonym for "sex" is the best example of this. Lust would then be totally contrary to loving God and understood in Christian terms. The sin of lust does not consider the other as a "person" valid and valuable in itself, as an end in itself for which we would have to give us. The other becomes an object something that satisfies the stronger of the body satisfaction, sexual pleasure. Moreover, the very subject they are committing a lewd act itself is converted to an object, oblivious or suspend your own dignidad.Por other hand, for Christian thought sexuality has a predetermined purpose, unique and clear. The reproduction and perpetuation of the species. This clear purpose also gives meaning to human existence ordered their action in view of God's love. Lust, however, which does not view the purpose of reproduction and that it loses all meaning, becomes an action basin, nonsense, that somehow nadifica away the man and the Being of God.



4. Greed.

Christian theology explains the sin of greed as "immoderate love of riches," is messy, continues, "because love and desire is legitimate wealth with honest purpose in the order of justice and charity, for example, if you want them to cooperate more effectively with the glory of God, to assist our neighbors and so on. The crime of greed is not wealth or possession but immoderate attachment to them, "that burning passion to acquire or retain what we possess, that will not stop to unfair means, the sordid economy that keeps the treasures without using them even for legitimate causes, such disordered affection you have for the goods of the earth, with the result that it is all about the money, and seems to live for nothing but to get it. "

"Greed, therefore, is a mortal sin as long as the miser loves so wealth and paste your hearts to them who is willing to offend God or seriously violate justice and charity owed to others, or himself."

In greed clearly are elements common to all sins. On the one hand, the miser loses the true meaning of its action to put in what should be a means, in this case the collection and retention of wealth. What matters to Christianity is that the neighbor receives, justice, charity that we all owe to the needy. Greed is directly contrary to charity as a "no give", even more so to deprive others of their property to have more to retain. On the other hand, to deprive the other of his property, often with bad art, and retain these assets to the detriment of another, is also denying the other person in his capacity of end in itself. It is used to meet through the accumulation of wealth, the principle of self-love.

They are "children" or misdemeanors of greed, fraud, fraud, perjury, theft and theft, stinginess, usury, etc.



5. FOOD?.

As "immoderate use of food for life" is defined this sin. The theological definition is complemented by that "pleasure and delight that accompanies the use of food, there's nothing wrong, on the contrary, the effect of a special providence of God for man to more easily comply with the duty of his own conservation. Is prohibited, however, eat and drink their fill for that one pleasure that is experienced. " Thus, Latino religiosity specify these faults: eating too soon or when you should abstain from eating, such as fasting days marked by the Church when eating dishes that are beyond economic the person when you drink or eat at the expense of the health of the person when as greed or lust for extreme manner of beasts. Gluttony becomes sin in the following cases:



· When the pleasure of eating only reach the theft or the family is reduced to begging.

· When the pleasure in eating is reduced to a single purpose and role in life.

· When is a cause for grave sins like lust and blasphemy.

· When transgresses the precepts of the Church in the days of fasting and abstinence from certain foods.

· When voluntarily causes vomiting to continue the enjoyment of food.

· When auto record inferred damage to health or suffering to himself and those around him.



In addition to the traditional theology that, gluttony is one aspect that must not be considered. Gluttony is the physical manifestation of a deeper and more meaningful appetite. That falls into the temptations of greed, not only want to consume food. Wants, somehow, eating the entire universe. Assimilate, endorse, everything outside, reducing everything else himself. In this sense the greed is mimics closely with lust, it is placed above the other, reduce, objectify and make it yours. Thus the "greedy" is transformed in the single referral center, in accordance with the principle of self-love. The assimilate, reduce the universe in general and the particular neighbor in yourself is the most radical negation of the other.



6. Anger.

"Appetitus inordinatus vindictae" ie, a "disordered desire for revenge." "That was exciting," continued the Latin definition-in us by some real or alleged offense. It requires, therefore, that anger is sin, that the appetite for revenge is disordered, ie contrary to reason. If not involved in this mess will not be charged as sin. " From this it is apparent that there would be anger "good and laudable" if it exceeds the limits of prudent restraint and aims to suppress the evil and restore good. "The appetite for revenge is disordered or contrary to reason, and therefore anger is sin, when you want the punishment to which he does not deserve, or if you want higher than deserved, or that it contravenes the order without observing legitimate, or without resolving to end because that is the preservation of justice and the correction of the guilty. There is also a sin in the implementation of revenge, but this is legitimate, when you are swayed by certain movements immoderate passion. Thus, the anger turns into grave sin because it violates the charity and justice. They are sons of Wrath: Machiavellianism, the outcry, outrage, contumely, slander and strife. "

From the above definition it is clear that anger is the use of direct force or verbal transgresses the limits of restitution of a legitimate offense. Violence, defined as the use of force, if excessive, is clearly a reversal of the other. In murder, for example, that does not correspond to self-defense, evidently intended nadificación other. In leguaje by the offense or insult, there is also a desire to harm or even revocation of the other.

It is important to note that the use of force against others is not always a moral evil. It should be understood as a lesser evil if the purpose for which is done is not just the cancellation of the other legitimate purposes but pursues the preservation of life itself or third parties. Such is the case of "legitimate war" that seeks to avoid his own death or self-deprivation of liberty at the hands of an invader, self-defense. The use of force is also justified when trying, with this, the good of others, thus avoiding a greater harm than the pain that is violated.

Anger becomes a great sin when our instinct of destruction is beyond all rational moderation, overflowing all bounds dictated by a just sentence, you want only the absence of others.



7. Envy

Envy is defined as "displeasure, grief, sadness, conceived in the mind, the good of others, as this well is regarded as detrimental to our interests or our glory: Tristia alteriusin bond quantum est et diminutivum propiae gloriae Excellentiae"
In this way, to know if envy is a moral failing, it is necessary to investigate the real reason that causes sadness that feels good possessing against neighbor. Thus envy is not a sin when



· We are saddened by the position, power or material goods reached by those who deserve it and could not misuse that authority causing serious damage to their peers.

· Feel dissatisfaction with his possessions who does not deserve and given that we would give better effect. For example, abounding in riches misusing them: the greedy who do not use their property or for personal gain or for others.

• Other times, we are sad, not so much what the other possesses and the fact that we lack this, if this finding shows us time and lost opportunities and encourages our own sense of improvement.



Envy is a very serious offense, when we bother and distress to such an extent the property or material assets other, we want to see him deprived of those assets legitimately obtained and to which we, by our powerlessness, we have failed to achieve. Thus, this desire to see private property to another can lead us to strive for ways to effectively remove such property or to see, with the use of gossip, that this should not possess what he possesses. Lies, betrayal, intrigue, opportunism and other offenses arising from this grief against the good of others and our own inability to access such property.


The circular arrangement of medieval painting is very rare until the emergence of this painting by El Bosco. We found a central circle surrounded by four smaller circles, representing the top time of death and his final trial right. The bottom circle of hell left represents the tool being a representation of paradise circle. Not surprisingly, the presence of the symbolism surrounding the deadly sins if we consider the medieval moralizing force, always connected, with salvation as the purpose and meaning of human life. In the center of an eye which incidentally is of God In Christ center a erect out of the grave and defeated death is surrounded by an iris that connects us to a sun god who takes the king star of its significance. Around well planned scenes of the seven deadly sins. In a privileged place: anger, dethroning the medieval tradition that puts pride as the first among the sins. Then, from left to right, and labeled in Latin, pride, lust, peraza, gluttony, greed, and, finally, envy. We do not want to hinder the reader's imagination with a description and interpretation of each scene. The images speak for themselves Bosco.