Buddhist faces threat from China

Few thought they would do it until they did, firing fusillade after fusillade into two giant statues of the Buddha that had weathered 1,500 turbulent years of conquest and chaos, but could not withstand the Taliban's tanks. As shells and anti-aircraft rounds thudded into the sandstone giants, Afghans who eked out their lives in the shadow of the statues were aghast.

Now, almost 10 years to the month after Taliban fundamentalists blew the Bamiyan Buddhas apart, Afghanistan's archaeological treasures face a new threat: capitalism. Just south of Kabul, French and Afghan archaeologists have unearthed a 5th-century Buddhist monastery at a 4,000 hectare site called Mes Aynak — and are racing against time to excavate more ruins before Chinese miners obliterate them in their quest for natural resources.

In 2007, China Metallurgical Group, a Beijing-based mining group, signed a $3bn deal with the Afghan government —the biggest foreign investment in the country to date — to exploit vast copper deposits less than 1,000m from the then yet-to-be-discovered monastery. In its day, the building would have stood 15m (50ft) high, and measured 80m by 40m .Now it sits half-concealed by the mound it rises from beside the main road to Kabul; a warren of newly excavated halls and passages with giant feet, hands and faces emerging from earth.


Following a recent visit to Mes Aynak (it means "little copper well"), archaeologist Joanie Meharry described the treasures emerging from the dig. "Among the ruins were found a stupa more than 9m tall, frescoes with details in black and red paint, plaster statues adorned with jewelled ornaments, some laced in a fine layer of gold, and shards of pottery," she wrote.

The team of 16 French and Afghan archaeologists conducting the dig at Mes Aynak has 38 months before the Chinese miners move in, although the hope is that Afghanistan's mining and culture ministries will step in to protect some of the settlement's remains. nyt news service

drugs in china by India.

Are fake drugs manufactured in China being pushed into various African countries with the `Made in India' tag? The Indian government
has long suspected this to be the case, but it now has definite evidence for the first time.

Last week, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria issued a press release stating that a large consignment of fake anti-malarial generic pharmaceuticals labelled `Made in India' were, in fact, found to have been produced in China.

New Delhi has registered ``strong protest'' with the Chinese mission and China's foreign trade ministry, according to sources in the commerce ministry.

India's High Commissioner in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, Mahesh Sachdev, had earlier written to then commerce secretary GSK Pillai, alerting him to the large seizure: ``While this is a case of a Chinese company exporting fake `Made in India' labelled medicines which has been accidentally exposed, it is unlikely to be an isolated incident. Indeed there is no reason for Nigeria to be the only country to be receiving such consignments.''

His letter went on to say: ``Fake foreign-made generics carrying `Made in India' label can do tremendous harm to our interests. It not only dents our image and takes our legitimate market share, it also erodes the distinction between generic and fake medicines that we have been campaigning for at WHO and WTO''.

Commerce ministry sources said: ``We have had many complaints about such fake drugs from China being offloaded as Indian drugs in countries like Ghana, South Africa, Ivory Coast and West Africa — in general, where India has a substantial market share. But so far there has been no formal complaint. This is the first time that such a large international consignment has been seized and this will be taken up strongly with the Chinese side.''

Sachdev in his letter said that he had spoken to the director-general of NAFDAC Dr Paul Orhii who said that the Nigerian preference for generics made such cases of fake drugs more common. He expressed NAFDAC's determination to curb circulation of substandard fake medicines.

India and China have been held primarily responsible for fake drugs in the Nigerian market in particular and Africa in general. About 60% of drugs in Nigeria are imported. Between 2001 and 2007, more than 30 Indian and Chinese companies were banned in Nigeria for exporting fake drugs to the country.

However, Dr Mira Shiva of the Initiative for Health Equity and Society (IHES) told TOI that both India and China being large manufacturers of generics, multinational firms would look to discredit the two countries and label their drugs as substandard, so that they would have greater access to the African markets. She warned against the two countries trying to run each other down before ascertaining the full facts in the case to rule out any orchestration, but added that India ought to be more careful to ensure the quality of the drugs exported as well as sold domestically.

India tells foreign luxury brands

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Women's Accessories: The absence of quality retail space in South Mumbai compelled Abhay Gupta, Executive Director, Blues Clothing, the Indian franchisee for Versace, to consider starting an accessories-only boutique in an 80 square feet space at Galleria, The Trident. A month and 20 days later, he says the decision was bang on. "We are selling one pair of sunglasses every day. Clutches are a favourite, as are shoes for men," he says, emphasising how most international brands presumed that Indian women would fancy their figure-flattering threads. "How many Indian women have Shilpa Shetty's figure? They'd rather wear their
salwar suit, and team it with a designer clutch. Here, accessories have a far bigger market than ready-to-wear," he says about the female buyer who's likely to pick a saree over a trouser-suit for a corporate do, and throw in a luxury buy in the form of a purse or heels.

The other issue is of sizing. Concentrating on accessories makes complete commercial sense since there are fewer issues with size and changing trends. "While most women would not repeat an outfit twice, they can happily carry the same handbag or shoes at consecutive dos," says Sanjay Kapoor, MD Genesis Luxury.

Men's ready-to-wear: Brioni, the 64 year-old Italian brand known to make hand-crafted suits that grace James Bond, has worked towards maintaining a 70:30 ratio (70% clothing, 30% accessories), and they are in no mood to tip the balance just to follow market trends. "The Brioni made-to-measure suit is iconic and will always remain our cornerstone. Accessories on the other hand, do exactly that they accessorise a Brioni suit. It's never the other way around," stresses Kishor Bajaj, Chairman Badasaab Group, exclusive franchisee Brioni India.

Even in troubled financial times, menswear continues to attract customers. And that's reason enough for  Genesis Luxury to launch London's Tie Rack this year, with plans to open 10 stores across the country.

Actress Priyanka Chopra's sex appeal may have worked in upping an Indian's interest in brand Salvatore Ferragamo after she posed for L'Officiel magazine, wearing their merchandise. But it's not female customers who are queuing up at their boutiques.

"Our brand positioning attracts men and women alike. Around the world, the mix is a 60:40 (wome
n VS men), but in India, it's skewed in favour of menswear," admits Paul Cadman Asia Pacific CEO, Salvatore Ferragamo.    
Kishor Bajaj believes this might have to do with biological differences. Men being creatures of habit, display buying patterns that are need-based rather than impulse-based or seasonal, which characterises the way women shop.

 
Future of luxe brands in Bangalore is uncertain says fashion stylist Gautam Kalra
Branded accessories make perfect sense; they make great gifts, and aren't limited by sizing. They go with 10 different outfits, various hairstyles and make-up. They look new each time.

The city has pots of money, but the recession has hampered growth. UB City has a good mix of luxury brands, and we thought it was something special when it was launched. But I wonder if it sees clientele who can sustain it. The socialite scene has grown increasingly smaller too.
"What we didn't appreciate is that over the last few decades, consumers had got accustomed to shopping abroad. They rather spend 200 pounds on a shirt there, than Rs 20,000 here. It was tough getting them to change," confesses Mohan Murjani, Chairman of the Murjani Group that launched brands Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Bottega Veneta amid a trumpet blast in Mumbai in 2007. Socialites teetered on their Choos, and the media finally gave Indian designers the much-needed break. But the roaring fanfare was reduced to quiet stardust when the man that Mumbai owes its luxury moment to, decided to terminate his franchise agreement.

 
Import duties are a headache

The figures were rosy, especially since research conducted by a luxury menswear brand said the number of Indian millionaires was growing at a staggering 19.3% annually. But the party poopers came in the guise of infrastructural and regulatory hurdles, if not the challenge to find the right local partner who shared a vision and had a sound track record. "Steep duties translate to prices 15% higher than in Europe. Currently, only 51% FDI is permitted, but it applies only to single-brand retail, leaving multi-brand retailers in the lurch. The government has been assuring 100%

FDI, but it's going to be a while before we see any changes. In terms of size, India is still long way off from China's $8 billion luxury market," says Kishor Bajaj, Chairman Badasaab Group, exclusive franchisee Brioni India.
 
 





















Local partners, customers lose. Brands win

A marriage between equals is one that works, and Murjani says the one between franchisor and franchisee is in desperate need of a relationship counsellor. Most luxury brands came in when rentals were high, which
lowered margins. This led the brands to pass on high duties to customers, who then preferred to shop abroad rather than pay 25% extra. "The luxury segment works on very high margins, but brands refuse to pass these on to local partners. So, it's partners like us, and of course, the customer, who lose out," says Murjani.

The Indian high-end retail market is expected to grow to $30 billion by 2015, from the existing $3.5 billion. Luxury brands will have to re-strategise either alter the arrangement with local partners or invest their own money and run the business before aspiring for a slice of the action, he suggests.

Is recession the reason?

Although experts claim that the Indian economy and the luxury sector aren't insulated from the economic crisis, and International Herald Tribune Fashion Editor Suzy Menkes opened the IHT Luxury Conference in Delhi this March, saying, "These are tough, rough times in the luxury world... and those sensitive to the shifting mood doubt that the 15 years of expansive growth can return in the same heady, crazy way," there are those who argue that India's lukewarm response to luxe brands has little to do with recession.

"The economic slowdown hasn't made much of a difference; we haven't felt it in most categories, either high-end or premium," says Murjani. And if the luxury buyer is someone with very high disposable incomes borne out of family businesses, recession won't play mischief believes Sanjay Kapoor, Managing Director Genesis Luxury that's acquired Jimmy Choo under its company.

Premium brands doing better than luxe labels

On the other hand, premium brands like FCUK and Tommy Hilfiger have engaged in a profitable dialogue with the Indian consumer. Little luxuries don't hurt, not when they come at a lower price. Incidentally, the only international brand to enter India this year, with a store at Delhi's Emporio Mall, happens to be a premium one DKNY. "DKNY is a bridge to luxury, a more accessible fashion brand. You can buy a dress, bag, shoes or
fragrance between Rs 4,000 and Rs 30,000," says Vikas Kohli, Marketing Head, DLF Brands. 

Having learnt his lesson, Murjani is now a campaigner of "de-emphasising luxury", and admits to having done extraordinarily well with his premium brands Tommy Hilfiger and FCUK. "Our price points in India are lower than those overseas. These brands allow us to be cost/duty effective, giving enough margins for us to pass savings on to our consumers," he says.

Brands in for 10-year wait

Most luxury brands and their Indian partners admit that it will take between five to 10 years before they can raise a toast to celebrate profits. "Doing business in India is definitely not a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am formula. It's a slow process, but one that will eventually pay long-term dividends," says Abhay Gupta, Executive Director Blues Clothing, franchisee of Versace.  

Eighty and still-going-strong, Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo has four doors in Delhi and Bangalore, and two in Mumbai since 2005. Paul Cadman, Asia Pacific CEO, says their investment is proportionate to market potential at this time, given the current world economic crisis. "Long-term plans involve developing more doors, however with India's current GDP, largely from internal consumption at about 5% to 6%, we think internal expansion in the Indian luxury market will show positive returns in the next five to 10 years."

In India, luxury brands are in for a long grind
Santosh Desai, CEO and MD Future Brands dencostructs why
In India, luxury brands are in for a long grind. Regardless of the economic slowdown, what's fundamentally not working for them is the fact that they are not making sense to the Indian buyer. While a luxury brand sale in South Korea will see people queuing up at 4 am, in India nobody cares. Unless they design a strategy specific to India, luxury brands have no future here. Unlike the Japanese, Koreans conquered the electronics business because they took India seriously.Indians are victims of habit

With shiny statistics that indicated India's big money-spender category escalating to an astounding 22.6% between 2006 and 2007, Merrill Lynch may have reassured uncertain luxury players, but did the US financial management company miss out on the one big Indian weakness to hold on to their habits?

world not free to express

A majority of people across the world feel they are not completely free to express unpopular opinion in their countries, says a survey released on the United Nations International Day of Democracy on Tuesday.

Most people answered in the positive for "freedom of expression" and "democracy" when they were asked how important it is to express political views without fear of being harassed and how important it is to live in a country that is governed democratically, the worldwide poll said.

The survey was carried out in 24 countries including China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and South Africa, and represented 64 per cent of the world's population.

It asked questions such as -- "How important do you think it is for people to express unpopular political views without fear of being harassed or punished?" and "How important it is for you to live in a country that is governed democratically?" For both questions, the majority of people answered positively for freedom of expression and democracy.

"The notion of the importance of democracy and the notion of accepting diversity, expression of diverse political views are very integrally related," said Steven Kull, Director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, a consortium of research centres around the globe that conducted the poll.

Anda Filip, a top official of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that sponsored the poll said one of the major challenges to democracy continues to be lack of political tolerance.

"It (political tolerance) is the very foundation of democratic dialogue and political pluralism, and yet it continues to elude us in so many societies around the world," Filip told reporters at the UN.

Established in 1889, the IPU is an international organisation for the parliaments of 143 sovereign states.

Despite the enthusiasm for political tolerance and democracy, most of the polled persons said they could not express their views freely.

"There was actually not a single country where majority said that people are completely free," said Kull.

The poll also revealed that people did not think that ethnic minorities were well represented in legislative bodies.

They also felt that opposition parties did not get a fair chance to express their views, and that legislators have limited freedom to differ from their political party.

"We see this marked discrepancy between the global demand for democratic governance and its supply," said UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco.

"Despite such massive public support in favour of democracy and pluralism, we continue to be confronted with the problem of lack of political tolerance virtually everywhere," he added.

Fernandez-Taranco also said elections should not be the sole focus of the international community in their assessment of democracy, especially in post-conflict scenarios.

"The UN support in many of these electoral processes is usually accompanied by efforts to promote good governance and fundamental freedom," he said.

Meanwhile, Filip said the IPU would be studying how Members of Parliament did not feel comfortable in expressing their views that differ from political parties.

"It is a very worrying phenomenon that we are witnessing in very many regions of the world of how MPs are losing their seat for not observing certain political party discipline," she said.

In 2007, the General Assembly had designated September 15 as International Democracy Day to reflect on the achievements and setbacks of the democratic process.

The Universal Declaration on Democracy states, "While democracy is imperfect it is the only political system that has the capacity for self correction."

India are dying on its roads

 
the people of India are dying on its roads. While road deaths in many other big emerging markets have declined or stabilized in recent years, even as vehicle sales jumped, in India, fatalities are skyrocketing  up 40 percent in five years to more than 118,000 in 2008, the last figure available. 

A lethal brew of poor road planning, inadequate law enforcement, a surge in trucks and cars, and a flood of untrained drivers have made India the world's road death capital. As the country's fast-growing economy and huge population raise its importance on the world stage, the rising toll is a reminder that the government still struggles to keep its more than a billion people safe. 

In China, by contrast, which has undergone an auto boom of its own, official figures for road deaths have been falling for much of the past decade, to 73,500 in 2008, as new highways segregate cars from pedestrians, tractors and other slow-moving traffic, and the government cracks down on drunken driving and other violations. Evidence of road accidents seems to be everywhere in urban India.

 



The truck crushed Akshay so completely that his father could identify his son only by his shirt. The truck also ran over a second man and drove away.
Reckless driving and the juxtaposition of pedestrians and fast-moving heavy vehicles is common. The expressway that runs southeast from Delhi to Greater Noida, a fast-growing satellite city, cuts through farmland interspersed with new industrial parks and shopping malls. Small settlements of huts piled with cow-dung patties fringe the road. 

 















During a 40-minute ride on that highway, a tractor hauling gravel was seen driving the wrong way, a milk truck stopped in the road so its driver could urinate and motorists swerved to avoid a bicycle cart full of wooden tables in the fast lane. Drivers chatted on mobile phones as they steered stick-shift cars and wove across lanes. Side mirrors were often turned in or were nonexistent.
 Shivani, a 15-year-old student, recently landed in St. Stephen's Hospital in Old Delhi with a fractured right leg after just such a highway dash. 
 


























"I don't know what happened," she said. "I was trying to cross the road." Her forehead and knuckles were blackened and scraped, and her eyes were glazed after a four-day coma.
She has to cross a busy highway during her one-kilometer walk to school. There are no crosswalks, no underpasses and no stoplights.

 
As cars increase, those who cannot afford them and continue to travel on foot, bicycle or rickshaw are more vulnerable. The government is building "economic growth on the dead bodies of the poor on these highways,"
Frustrated Indians often take matters into their own hands, forming impromptu mobs to beat up offending drivers. "Road rage" incidents, where drivers step out of their cars and get into physical altercations, have become common. Some people have begun campaigns to curb unsafe driving.
Safety "needs to be an important part of the driving culture, and that is still lacking," said Harman S. Sidhu, president of ArriveSafe, a road safety awareness group in Chandigarh. He started it after he was left paralyzed by a car accident in the Himalayas. 

Last year during Raksha Bandhan, a festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, ArriveSafe enlisted thousands of sisters to beg their brothers to drive carefully.



























Mr. Singh, the father of Akshay, the boy killed by a truck in Bijnor, said he had spent days searching for the driver who ran over his son after the local police refused to help, finally taking the police in his own car to make the arrest. Megh Singh, the investigating police officer for the case, said in an interview that the police were eager to investigate but hampered because the station has only one jeep for its 18 to 20 inspectors.
The truck driver, now awaiting trial on charges of negligent death in Akshay's case and murder in a second man's case, has been released on bail. The truck, which appeared to be carrying an illegally heavy load, was returned to its owner without incurring any fees or fines.

Russians nude in beach

A Parliamentarian from Goa on Sunday accused some Russians of moving around without clothes in Morjim beach village (North Goa) and corrupting the mind of locals and children.

"The state government has taken a conscious decision not to prescribe any dress code (to tourists) but during my Morjim tour I was told that some Russians move totally naked, and
that they move around in villages with hardly any dress on them," Parliamentarian Shantaram Naik said after his visit to the village.

"Besides corrupting minds of locals they leave a horrifying impression on school children," he added.

The village, a hot spot for Russian tourists, had recently witnessed protests against the foreigners after a Russian businessman beat a local taxi driver to death.

Naik, along with Congress party office bearers visited the village on Saturday to take stock of the situation after constant media reports hinting at large scale discontent against foreigners here.

"I was told that there were number of Russian tourists constantly abusing the locals on some pretext or the other, however, when complaints are filed with the police they side with the foreigners," the MP said.

The Congress leader alleged there were large-scale violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) by Russians in this village, which requires prompt action by the state machinery.

He said there was need to tighten provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 so that foreign nationals do not purchase land in Goa illegally and deprive locals of their business and means of livelihood.


The budget provides for the appointment of a committee to examine all financial legislations to bring in reforms in them, he said, adding he would take up the issue of the need to amend FEMA with that committee.

relaunch the East India Company

A Mumbai-born entrepreneur plans to relaunch the East India Company after strenuously acquiring shares in the firm that once ruled India.

With a $15 million investment and inputs from a range of experts, from designers and brand researchers to historians, Sanjiv Mehta plans to open the company store in Conduit Street of the main Regent Street in the heart of London next month.

Describing it as an achievement, Mehta said "I have this huge feeling of redemption, this indescribable feeling of owning a company that once owned us."

Mehta said he travelled around the world, visiting former East India Company trading posts and museums, reading up records and meeting people who understood business of that time.

"There was a huge sense of responsibility. I did not create this brand, But I wanted to be as pioneering as the merchants who created it," he said.

The East India Company was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China.









The oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies, the firm was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies by Queen Elizabeth 1 on December 1600.

China extremely rich.

The rich have got a lot richer in China during the financial crisis. This has fueled strong resentment among ordinary Chinese, who feel official nepotism and corruption is making some people extremely rich.

These are the outcome of recent studies by five different organizations, two of which are connected to the government. The resentment factor has been mapped by studies done by the People's Daily, the organ of the Communist Party of China and the State-run Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences.


The People's Daily poll showed 91% of rich families have strong political connections and have benefited from it. Only 16% of the respondents in the survey felt that "wisdom and hard work of family members" was responsible for the wealth of the rich families.


This is damning verdict showing the extent of bitterness among ordinary Chinese, who believe that official corruption and nepotism plays a key role in making some people exceptionally rich. The poll outcome also suggests that the ordinary people do not think the government crackdown on corruption and nepotism has achieved much success.


The Forbes China Rich List, one of the public listing of the wealthy, has found that the threshold for the 400 richest people on the Chinese mainland (without including Hong Kong and Macau) rose sharply from 1.22 billion yuan in 2008 to 2.05 billion yuan in 2009.

This happened to be the period of financial crisis, which resulted in hundreds of factories closing down and millions losing jobs in the country. This is why surveys show high level of bitterness among ordinary people, who feel many of the wealthy have used guanxi or official connection to enhance their wealth.

"I believe that the wealth gap is a much more serious problem nationwide," Qiu Liping, a professor of social stratification at Shanghai University, was quoted in the official media as saying. "People do not always hate the rich. People hate those who are immorally rich," he said.


The timing of the surveys by State-run agencies is significant. The government is prosecuting Huang Guangyu, who emerged as the richest Chinese in 2008, for insider trading and illegal business dealings. He developed an almost a clan following among a section of businessmen because of his rags to riches story.

The surveys seem to justify government action by bringing out the resentment among ordinary people against those who have become rich by dubious means.

The People's Daily poll showed 69% of the people think "badly" or "really badly" of the newly rich families in China. Only 3% of the respondents said their impressions of the group are "OK" or "very good".

"The public gives positive evaluation to the ability of the group in making fortunes, and has no bad impression of their firms or assets. What causes resentment are the paths they take to gain wealth and some bad behavior after getting rich," the Chinese language People's Forum magazine said in a report.

Eiffel Tower 2012

Eiffel Tower; 2012

Not long ago I had a dream about the Eiffel Tower. In the dream some unseen Angelic Force was guiding me around the tower, educating me in its mysteries. She said that the year 2012 was encoded in the structure and then preceded to show me the names of the 72 scientists engraved upon its base. I asked if these names were somehow connected with sigil magic, the angel looked at me curiously; as if I were crazy. I have no idea why I asked this question, perhaps I merely dreamt it.

Recently it was discovered that the Eiffel Tower conducts stress through its steel structure in precisely the same way that trees transmit water through their branches. Due to the fractal nature of trees, and the newly discovered dentritic pattern of the Eiffel Tower, it may now be safe to conclude that the tower has some momentum towards that fabled date of 2012. The Eiffel Tower was constructed in March 1889 to celebrate the hundred year anniversary of the French Revolution and is, arguably, the most recognisable land mark in the modern world. For this reason you would expect that information about the tower’s overall design would be easily available and largely unambiguous. This is not so; in the case of the total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower. Depending on which source you drink from, the figure could either be 1665, 1671, 1710, 1789 or even 2,731 steps! That is a difference of 1,066 steps from the lowest to the highest estimate and a fair slog at that! The first estimate is from the Eiffel Tower’s Official Website, so you would expect that to be the most correct. No references for the other estimates can be found; with exception of one Birnbaum, whoever he is, who said that the number of steps was 1789.

I have found that the figure is most likely to have been 1710 based on scale measurements of the structure’s plans. This was indeed the number of steps Hitler was said to have climbed on his visit to the Eiffel Tower after invading France, the indignant Parisians had cut the elevator cables so he would have had to walk them all. However the staircases were revamped in the 1980s and, for that reason, might now only number 1665. After all the Official Eiffel Tower Website has no reason to lie about the number of steps to the summit. An interesting fact about the Eiffel Tower is that many of the figures related to its structure add up to and are therefore multiples of 9. Nine is obviously a very important number spiritually as well as numerologically. It denotes volume and the most high; a good description of the tower itself. Therefore only 1665 and 1710 could be legitimate answers for the question of how many steps are in the Eiffel Tower, both of these numbers are multiples of nine.

The height of the Eiffel Tower is 324, this is 9 by 36, four nines are 36. Multiplying the height of the tower by its four sides gives you 1296m. Multiply this by the number of years the tower was originally comissioned for; 20, back in 1887 and you get 25,920 or the consensual length of a Galatic Year and/or the circumference of the Earth in statutory miles. This is an interesting number and will be familiar to anyone who has studied the Precession of the Equinoxes or similarly related subjects, such as the Ancient Mayan Calendar.

This is fascinating because some people believe 2012 to be the end of the current Galactic Cycle and the beginning of the new one, starting with the Age of Aquarius. I concede that this is not a direct encoding of the year 2012 in the Paris monument, but I will press on. Given that there are so many different figures for the number of steps in the Eiffel Tower sceptics would say it is almost certain that you could find some combination of numbers that add up to 2012. And low and behold you can! According to whom you believe, 1665 could either be the total number of steps in the tower or the number of steps in the third level alone. If we add this figure with the concensus number of steps in the first level, 347, we get 2012.

1665 is by far the most interesting of all the figures related to the Eiffel Tower in regards to mankinds history and his manifest destiny as it is written in the stars. On this year, Giovanni Cassini calculated the rotational period of Mars and Jupiter. Three years later, in 1668, he calculated, to an accurate sufficiency, the orbital positions of the inner moons of Jupiter. If you have read my Time Code 101 article you will know that 1668 lies on the Phi point of the Time Code. By overlaying the diagram of the Eiffel Tower on a map of the moons of Jupiter you get this result.

Jupiter occupies the first strata of the Eiffel Tower, Io the 7th, Europa the 11th, then Ganymede at 17th strata and finally Callisto occupies the apex point. 1, 7, 11,17 is a very rythmic sequence and would seem to fit with the idea that both the Eiffel Tower and the orbital positions of planets are linked to the ordering system Phi. Similar results can be achieved with the inner planets of the solar system with Mars and Jupiter occupying significant placements within the structure.



The Eiffel Tower was built in Parc Champs de Mars, inaugurated on the 31st of March/Mars 1889 and was made of iron. Iron is the element associated with Mars, the God of War, and in keeping with this, the rectangular Parc Champs de Mars was initially used as a training ground for military manouevres by the Ecole Militaire. It is also interesting that the Eiffel Tower shares an acronym with that other ET, the Extra Terrestrial.



Luke Chapter 7, verse 11-17, 7:11-17, the repetitive cycle, describes an incident where Jesus resurrects a dead man in the city of Nain. This is interesting because the Eiffel Tower, with its associations with Masonic ritual, has long since been considered to serve some sort of Necromantic function related to the containment and/or defense against the inevitable overturning of Hell on Judgement Day, when the dead rise from their graves to walk the Earth. See hellgateguru.com

In an episode of 80s cartoon The Real Ghostbusters, the ghostbusters are called upon by the French Government to investigate a crack that has appeared in the Eiffel Tower’s newly discovered ghost containment field. Is it possible that the real purpose of some of these monuments is to wedge a door closed that should have opened a long time ago? If these measures fail will the dead rise up and walk the earth once more, just as Jesus resurrected the dead man in the city of Nain? Spookily, nain is also a French word meaning dwarf; a mythical creature closely associated with death, demons and underworld realms. French President Nicholas Sarkozy has been referred to as “le nain”, presumably because of his small stature and goblin-like features. His term in office will end in 2012, admissing his re-election, of course.


The Dwarf, Sarkozy.

In the film Ghostbusters Winston turns to Ray, as they are driving across the Brooklyn Bridge, and asks him if he believes in God. What follows is a conversation about Judgement Day when the dead rise from their graves. Ray quotes from the Book of Revelations Chapter 7, verse 11 through 15. It is a misquote and one probably completely fabricated to build the dramatic tension, but the significance is not lost. I believe that the Eiffel Tower may be emitting a harmonic frequency capable of jamming the entry of ghost and goblins from the nether-world.

Internet searches related to the Eiffel Tower turn up some interesting results. For instance, and as stated earlier, scientific researchers have discovered that the Tower is structurally very similar to a tree. Trees are closely related to fractile based geometry and the structural ordering of phi. As I discussed earlier in Time Code 101 these two principles are unquestionably linked to time and the Mayan date of 2012. I have made a mock up graphic to better help you to visualise the connection between fractal geometry and the architecture of the Eiffel Tower.



I have also included a mock up of how the Eiffel Tower compares with the Time Wave Zero, for those of you interested in Terrence McKenna and his theories.



As you can see significant drops in the waveform coincide with noteworthy features in the tower.



More interestingly perhaps, is how the tower matches up with the last spike of the Time Wave. As you can see in the above diagram the angle of curvature between the tower and the declining part of the wave are correlative. The region at the bottom right hand corner in which the wave dissipates is some 168 metres from the central point of the tower. Multiply this by the original height of the tower and devide by 2; for the area of the triangle, gives a rough estimate of 25,964ms, which is very close to the Mayan Galactic year.

Chandrayaan-1, moon mission,

Chandrayaan-1, moon mission

Chandrayaan-1=Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: Moon-vehicleSanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: Moon-vehicle on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh about 80 km north of Chennai at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC).
The mission is a major boost to India's space program, as India competes with Asian nations China and Japan in exploring the Moon.[6] The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.
The estimated cost for the project is Rs. 386 core. The pslv weight of 1,380 kilograms (3,042 lb) at launch and 675 kilograms (1,488 lb) in lunar orbit and carries high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, and soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it is intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a complete map of its chemical characteristics and 3-dimensional topography. The polar regions are of special interest, as they might contain ice.
• High-resolution mineralogical and chemical imaging of the permanently shadowed north and south polar regions.
• Search for surface or sub-surface water-ice on the Moon, especially at the lunar poles.
• Identification of chemicals in lunar highland rocks.
• Chemical stratigraphy of lunar crust by remote sensing of the central uplands of large lunar craters, and of the South Pole Aitken Region (SPAR), where interior material may be expected.
• To map the height variation of the lunar surface features.
• Observation of X-ray spectrum greater than 10 keV and stereographic coverage of most of the Moon's surface with 5 m resolution
• To provide new insights in understanding the Moon's origin and evolution.
• Chandrayaan beams back 40,000 images in 75 days.
• On March 25, 2009 Chandrayaan beamed back the first images of the Earth in its entirety.
Team
The scientists considered instrumental to the success of the Chandrayaan-1 project are:
• G. Madhavan Nair – Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation
• Dr. T. K. Alex – Director, ISAC (ISRO Satellite Centre)
• Mylswamy Annadurai – Project Director, Chandrayan-1
• S. K. Shivkumar – Director - Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network.
• Mr. M.Pitchaimani – Operations Director, Chandrayan-1
• Mr. Leo Jackson John – Spacecraft Operations Manager, Chandrayan-1
• Dr. K.Radhakrishnan – Director, VSSC
• George Koshy – Mission Director,PSLV-C11
• Srinivasa Hegde – Mission Director,Chandrayaan-1
• M C Dattan – Director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre,Sriharikota
Prof. J N Goswami – Director of Physical Research Laboratory,Ahmedabad and Principal Scientific Investigator of Chandrayaan-1
www.Namesake-expert.bloger.com report = india has lounched pslv1 and series to moon to search for valuable menerals like gold,platniun,tatinum,dimonds emeralds etc. the competion of other countries like china and other companies also going to lounch the same type of missions in future..
indians are people who planed to bring rare minerals to improve there economy. Which make other developed economy in threat,later all countries are going to make colonies’ in moon and bring treasures from there.
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