2012 whats the  significance?
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New agers and doom-sayers have lacthed on to this year as "the end of the world" because it is the roll-over year of the Mayan long-count calender.  Think about how your car's odometer works.  Yoiu hit 100,000 miles and it rolls over to zero.  Why did it roll over to zero?  Did the old car end, and anew car begin?  No.  All that happened is that you ran out of  numbers to count how many miles your car has driven, and thus you rolled-over and had to start counting with zero again.\n\nThis is exactly what happens to the Mayan calender in 2012, it runs out of numbers to count the days and must start over.  As far as some of the nuttier theories out there the Mayan's had no concept of a "black hole," allignments of the visible planets happen on almost 200 year cycles, Nostrdamus never gave any dates for his rantings, and the aliens don't have a magic clock.  The Mayans were facinated by the planet Venus on the othe hand and the cycles of Venus are partially what they based several of their calenders off of.
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Because it is not a Leap Year ! Wait till 2008 after the World Cup is over the team performance will go up by leaps and bounds. After that give them a commercial break to do ads and ramp shows till 2012 - another leap year.
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They reinace a period or incident in time.  We have one nearby in December they reinact the night Jesus was born.
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they do have significance.sometimes they give a prenotion about future.do check out more here.
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December 30th\n\nThis means the third day before (ante diem) the Kalends (1st) of January.  The Romans counted the day itself when calculating dates, so the first of January is day one, December 31st is day two, and December 30th is day three.
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THE WORLD WILL END ON DECEMBER 23RD OF 2012. I KNOW THIS FOR SURE AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS, ALL YOU RELIGOUS TYPES ARRE GOING TO BE REALLY DISSAPPOINTED. THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND DEATH, EVERYTHING IS NATURAL, NO SPIRITUAL WHATSOEVER
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is there a point to this?
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no. it the only religious significance at all is that it was first celebrated among indians and pilgrims (each have their own religion)
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1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 \n\nNext leap year in 2008.  Notice that its around election year.
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13 January 2006 \nScience In 2006: Peering Into The Year Ahead \n\nMore below at the web site
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Hmmmm…very interesting date of birth indeed.  I believe this year will bring you much agitation and worry about the hidden meaning and significance of all numbers that surround you.
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are u talking about Events?\nNews years maybe?\nJanuary 29, 2006  was the New year.\nYear of the Dog.
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Using which calendar?  For the Chinese it is the year of the dog.  Lots of possibilities ...
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..."and I feel fine!"\n\nWinter Solstice...end-date of the Mayan Calendar -\n\nIt would be nice if someone would just come up and say...."Okay, here's what we've been hinding from you".  I don't think it will be that simple but it sure would be nice....\n\n12/12/12 (the day I hear most) or 12/21/12 (as others believe) is going to be an exciting time and LONG overdue....... \n\nLooking forward to it!  \n\n:)\nPeace
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Other than th usual ones we celebrate annually.\nHappy divorce (sort of a contradiction in terms isn't it?)\nSome people now go through a divorce ceremony.
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The Mayan calendar does not predict the end of the world on Dec 12th 2012. \nThe exact date of the end of the current Mayan Long Count is still a matter of debate amongst Mayan scholars, although it is likely to be around Dec 21 2012. \nThe Mayan calendar is cyclical, and there are names for cycles longer than 13 bactuns of the Long Count which are coming to an end in 2012. \nEven if the Mayans did believe that the world would come to an end at the end of the Long Count, there is no reason to assume that they have any special knowledge which would allow them to make this prediction correctly. You are free to believe the Sun won't come up tomorrow, but it will anyway.... \n\n\nThe fact that the winter solstice on 2012 is "aligned" with the plane of the Galaxy has no significance. \nIt takes the winter solstice 700-1400 years to cross the plane of the Galaxy. \nThe solstice last year (2005) was within 0.1 degrees (or 1/5th the size of the Sun) of where it will be on 2012. \nThe Sun crosses the plane of the Milky Way twice every year with no ill effect.
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*Pouncing* This is the 21st century, just as the last century was the 20th. Basically take the first two digits in a year 2006 as an example and add 1 (20+1=21) to get the current century.\nThe 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. Frequently common usage regards the 21st century as spanning 2000 to 2099, though this method of counting ignores the fact that there is no year 0 in the anno Domini (AD/BC) year-numbering system. In 2000 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) implicitly backed the common usage by defining a calendar that places the origin of the counting in a year zero.\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/21st-century?method=6