Showing posts with label Conspiracy Theory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conspiracy Theory. Show all posts
Sep 8, 2016
Jul 7, 2015
Nasa's Curiosity Rover spots PYRAMID on Mars - is it proof of an ancient civilisation?
Mirror.co.uk - Nasa's Curiosity Rover has captured images of a perfectly formed pyramid on Mars and conspiracy theorists reckon it's proof of an alien civilization.
The pyramid is thought to be about the size of a car, and most people believe it's nothing more than a coincidental rock formation.
However, the YouTube channel ParanormalCrucible goes further, insisting the "near perfect design and shape" means the pyramid is: "the result of intelligent design and certainly not a trick of light and shadow".
The pyramid is thought to be about the size of a car, and most people believe it's nothing more than a coincidental rock formation.
However, the YouTube channel ParanormalCrucible goes further, insisting the "near perfect design and shape" means the pyramid is: "the result of intelligent design and certainly not a trick of light and shadow".
Other outlandish theories suggest the pyramid is simply the tip of a larger structure buried underground.
Some viewers pointed out that the mysterious pyramid could have been formed by wind.
This isn't the first time that conspiracy fans have seized on images from Mars as evidence that not all is what it seems.
Earlier this year pictures emerged reportedly showing a mushroom cloud and the shadow of a workman on the Red Planet.
Some viewers pointed out that the mysterious pyramid could have been formed by wind.
This isn't the first time that conspiracy fans have seized on images from Mars as evidence that not all is what it seems.
Earlier this year pictures emerged reportedly showing a mushroom cloud and the shadow of a workman on the Red Planet.
Mar 27, 2013
Pictured: The Beatles album cover that started a decades-long conspiracy theory
Dailymail.co.uk - Forty four years ago, at 11.35 am, The Beatles walked across a zebra crossing in an innocuous North London street.
The photoshoot for their new Abbey Road album happened just yards from the eponymous recording studios and took ten minutes - only six frames were taken by the photographer, Iain Macmillan, who was perched on a stepladder.
It has since become one of the most iconic covers in history for two reasons - no album cover has inspired more imitations, and none has spawned such a mass of conspiracy theories.
For Beatles obsessives with fevered imaginations, it was ultimate proof of the bizarre theory of the time - that Paul McCartney was, in fact, dead.
According to the legend, Paul had died in a car accident and been replaced by an impostor. The band, it was said, subsequently felt guilty about the deception, and so placed hidden clues on the album cover for their fans.
Thus, even today, despite the apparent rude health of McCartney, they insist that if you look closely at the images on the front and back of the album it is packed with deathly symbolism.
What is certain is that the album denoted one death of sorts. Unbeknown to the public at the time, The Beatles were in the final throes of a bitter break-up and would never record another album.
Relations had deteriorated to such an extent that the group abandoned their original title of Everest, together with a shoot in the Himalayas, and were photographed instead walking away from the studios and everything they had once shared.
For other devotees, however, far more could be read into the image...
1. THE FUNERAL
The procession of The Beatles across the zebra crossing, say the conspiracy theorists, represents Paul's funeral.
John Lennon leads in a white suit and symbolises the preacher; Ringo Starr is the mourner, dressed in black; George Harrison, in scruffy shirt and trousers, denotes the grave-digger; Paul is wearing an old suit and is the only one who is barefoot.
He later explained that he began the shoot wearing sandals but, because it was a hot day, he kicked them off.
The theorists believed that if this was the case, the hot tarmac would be too uncomfortable. This, they argued, was a sign that Paul was the corpse.
2. THE CIGARETTE
Paul McCartney is left-handed, but here holds his cigarette in his right hand. At the time, cigarettes were commonly referred to as 'coffin nails'. This, therefore, could be seen as a message that Paul's 'coffin lid' had been nailed down and that the man in the picture was a lookalike.
Paul is also out of step with the other band members. Each of the others has his left leg forward, but Paul has his right leg forward - again marking him out as different.
3. THE REGISTRATION PLATE
The white VW Beetle in the background has the registration LMW 28IF - 28 being the age conspiracy theorists say Paul would have been IF he hadn't 'died'.
In fact, Paul was 27 when Abbey Road was released - but fortunately for the theorists, Indian mystics count a person's age from conception, not birth, in which case Paul would have indeed been 28 at the time.
Besides, the band were famously followers of the Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It has also been suggested that the LMW stands for 'Linda McCartney Weeps' - referring to his new wife whom he had married earlier that year.
4. THE SPECTATORS
In the background, a small group of people dressed in white stand on one side of the road, while a lone person stands on the other.
Is this meant to be Paul, alone and different from the others?
5. THE POLICE VAN
On the right-hand side of the road is a black police van, believed to be a reference to the police who kept quiet about Paul's 'death'.
According to legend, the band's manager, Brian Epstein, bought their silence, and the presence of the Maria is meant as another subtle thank you.
6. THE LINE OF CARS
A line can be traced from the VW Beetle to the three cars in front of it. If it is drawn connecting their right wheels it runs straight through Paul's head, with theorists suggesting that means Paul sustained a head injury because of a car crash.
7. THE BLOODSTAIN
On the Australian version of the album, the cover showed what could be a bloodstain splattered on the road just behind Ringo and John, supposedly backing claims of a road accident.
The photoshoot for their new Abbey Road album happened just yards from the eponymous recording studios and took ten minutes - only six frames were taken by the photographer, Iain Macmillan, who was perched on a stepladder.
It has since become one of the most iconic covers in history for two reasons - no album cover has inspired more imitations, and none has spawned such a mass of conspiracy theories.
For Beatles obsessives with fevered imaginations, it was ultimate proof of the bizarre theory of the time - that Paul McCartney was, in fact, dead.
According to the legend, Paul had died in a car accident and been replaced by an impostor. The band, it was said, subsequently felt guilty about the deception, and so placed hidden clues on the album cover for their fans.
Thus, even today, despite the apparent rude health of McCartney, they insist that if you look closely at the images on the front and back of the album it is packed with deathly symbolism.
What is certain is that the album denoted one death of sorts. Unbeknown to the public at the time, The Beatles were in the final throes of a bitter break-up and would never record another album.
Relations had deteriorated to such an extent that the group abandoned their original title of Everest, together with a shoot in the Himalayas, and were photographed instead walking away from the studios and everything they had once shared.
For other devotees, however, far more could be read into the image...
1. THE FUNERAL
The procession of The Beatles across the zebra crossing, say the conspiracy theorists, represents Paul's funeral.
John Lennon leads in a white suit and symbolises the preacher; Ringo Starr is the mourner, dressed in black; George Harrison, in scruffy shirt and trousers, denotes the grave-digger; Paul is wearing an old suit and is the only one who is barefoot.
He later explained that he began the shoot wearing sandals but, because it was a hot day, he kicked them off.
The theorists believed that if this was the case, the hot tarmac would be too uncomfortable. This, they argued, was a sign that Paul was the corpse.
2. THE CIGARETTE
Paul McCartney is left-handed, but here holds his cigarette in his right hand. At the time, cigarettes were commonly referred to as 'coffin nails'. This, therefore, could be seen as a message that Paul's 'coffin lid' had been nailed down and that the man in the picture was a lookalike.
Paul is also out of step with the other band members. Each of the others has his left leg forward, but Paul has his right leg forward - again marking him out as different.
3. THE REGISTRATION PLATE
The white VW Beetle in the background has the registration LMW 28IF - 28 being the age conspiracy theorists say Paul would have been IF he hadn't 'died'.
In fact, Paul was 27 when Abbey Road was released - but fortunately for the theorists, Indian mystics count a person's age from conception, not birth, in which case Paul would have indeed been 28 at the time.
Besides, the band were famously followers of the Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It has also been suggested that the LMW stands for 'Linda McCartney Weeps' - referring to his new wife whom he had married earlier that year.
4. THE SPECTATORS
In the background, a small group of people dressed in white stand on one side of the road, while a lone person stands on the other.
Is this meant to be Paul, alone and different from the others?
5. THE POLICE VAN
On the right-hand side of the road is a black police van, believed to be a reference to the police who kept quiet about Paul's 'death'.
According to legend, the band's manager, Brian Epstein, bought their silence, and the presence of the Maria is meant as another subtle thank you.
6. THE LINE OF CARS
A line can be traced from the VW Beetle to the three cars in front of it. If it is drawn connecting their right wheels it runs straight through Paul's head, with theorists suggesting that means Paul sustained a head injury because of a car crash.
7. THE BLOODSTAIN
On the Australian version of the album, the cover showed what could be a bloodstain splattered on the road just behind Ringo and John, supposedly backing claims of a road accident.
8. THE CRACKED S
On the back cover there is a picture of the Abbey Road sign and above it the name Beatles has been written. There is an obvious crack running through the S - thought to suggest problems within the group.
9. THE DOTS
To the left of the name 'BEATLES' there are a series of eight dots. When joined together they form the number three.
Did this mean there were only three Beatles left?
10. IMAGE OF DEATH
If the back cover is turned 45 degrees anticlockwise a crude image of the Grim Reaper appears, from his skull to his black gown. Theorists believed it was a sign that someone in the group had died.
11. THE GIRL
Nobody knows the identity of the girl dressed in blue on the back cover. On the night of the theorists' 'car crash' it was raining heavily and Paul is said to have given a lift to a fan called Rita. It could be that this girl is her, either fleeing the scene or running to get help.
12. PAUL'S FINAL RESTING PLACE
If the writing on the wall is split into sections, it conveys the cryptic message, 'Be at Les Abbey'. In numerology the following two letters, R and O, are the 18th and 15th letters in the alphabet. By adding this together (33) and multiplying by the number of letters (2), we get 66, the year Paul is supposed to have died.
Three also represents the letter C so 33 could also stand for CC. Cece is short for Cecilia, with theorists claiming Paul was 'laid to rest' at St Cecilia's Abbey, a monastery in Ryde, Isle of Wight.
On the back cover there is a picture of the Abbey Road sign and above it the name Beatles has been written. There is an obvious crack running through the S - thought to suggest problems within the group.
9. THE DOTS
To the left of the name 'BEATLES' there are a series of eight dots. When joined together they form the number three.
Did this mean there were only three Beatles left?
10. IMAGE OF DEATH
If the back cover is turned 45 degrees anticlockwise a crude image of the Grim Reaper appears, from his skull to his black gown. Theorists believed it was a sign that someone in the group had died.
11. THE GIRL
Nobody knows the identity of the girl dressed in blue on the back cover. On the night of the theorists' 'car crash' it was raining heavily and Paul is said to have given a lift to a fan called Rita. It could be that this girl is her, either fleeing the scene or running to get help.
12. PAUL'S FINAL RESTING PLACE
If the writing on the wall is split into sections, it conveys the cryptic message, 'Be at Les Abbey'. In numerology the following two letters, R and O, are the 18th and 15th letters in the alphabet. By adding this together (33) and multiplying by the number of letters (2), we get 66, the year Paul is supposed to have died.
Three also represents the letter C so 33 could also stand for CC. Cece is short for Cecilia, with theorists claiming Paul was 'laid to rest' at St Cecilia's Abbey, a monastery in Ryde, Isle of Wight.
May 11, 2011
The Marines: Real Story Behind May 1998 Riot
Perspektif.net - Back in May 98, when Jakarta was literally burning, the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, Chief Admiral Arief Kushariadi, was on his way for some pre-scheduled trip using the Navy helicopter. As he was flying over Jakarta, he could not help noticing the movement of rioters on the ground and the fires they started. He was amazed that he could not see any sizeable force of security personnel to oppose the rampaging rioters. He assessed the situation that strategic places such as the presidential palace had not been completely secured by sizeable military units visible from the air.
Being in a separate chain of command (thus he had no control of any Army or Police units), and thinking that Jakarta was in danger, he immediately contacted the Commanding Officer of Marines 2nd Infantry Brigade based in Cilandak, Southern Jakarta. Adm. Kushariadi inquired of available forces that the 2nd Marines Brigade could move at that instant. To his surprise, the Brigade commander replied that he had none. All of his available forces had been BKO-ed to Jakarta Military Garrison (Komando Garnizun Jakarta) and they were already fielded when Adm. Kushariadi reached him over the radio. This even include all combat support (Banpur) personnel, artilery and cavalry. The marines had a battalion of cavalry (amphibious PT-76 tanks and BTR-50 amphibious Armored Personnel Vehicle) in Cilandak. However, those armored cars remained in their base with nobody left to operate them.
Unbeknownst to the Admiral, the Marines based in Cilandak Jakarta had been involved in a plot engineered by Commander of the Army Strategic Reserves (Kostrad), Lieut. Gen. Prabowo and his clicks. Prabowo had realized that the Marines was the only military unit that was able to contest his Army Special Forces (Kopassus) in combat. He happens to be a good friend of Maj. Gen. Suharto, the Marines Corps Commanding General at the time, when they shared quarters during their days at the Integrated Staf and Command College (Seskogab) in Bandung a few years before. When Prabowo was in charge of the Kopassus, he tried to bring the two corps closer together. Having almost unlimited source of funding (thanks to the support he enjoyed from Cendana), Prabowo not only beefed up his Kopassus but he also sent some contributions to the Marines, commanded then by this old roommate of his. After living as a step son for more than three decades, the Marines received Prabowo contribution with a warm feeling. However, Suharto was aware of some moves from Prabowo that might follow the contributions.
It did come in 1997, when Prabowo proposed "to better integrate" Kopassus and the Marines. How? By interchanging personnel between the two corps. He wanted to have some Kopassus men in every Marines unit and to be part of the unit during the operation. Suharto flatly refused this proposal. Politely, he explained to Prabowo that the Marines has a different doctrine from its counterparts in Kopassus. The Indonesian Marines (owing to much similarities to the USMC) follow the doctrine as a professional combat unit. They never did nor wish to ever raise their weapons against their own countrymen. The marines subscribes to a frontal type combat style where the objective is as clearly defined as the identity of the enemy. When the Marines are landing on the beach, they must assume that the beach was part of Indonesian soil invaded by some foreign enemies. So "mendarat dan menang" just simply does not apply to the Indonesian Army doctrines.
Knowing that he could not influence the neutrality and professionalism of the Marines, Prabowo decided that he should at least tied up all available Marines units in Jakarta area when his troops were to secure power from then defunct government of President Soeharto. He was able to do this because Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Samsoeddin, the Commanding General of Jakarta Military Area Command (Kodam Jaya),, ex officio the Jakarta Garrison Commander, was his old friend from the Military Academy days and part of his click. Samsoeddin cleverly ordered the Marines to stand guard at some less important locations far away from the area being destroyed by rampaging rioters.
Now, back to Adm. Kushariadi. Realizing that there was no effective military unit to protect Jakarta, the prudent Admiral immediately raised the Commanding Officer of the Marines 1st Infantry Brigade based in Karang Pilang, Surabaya, East Java. Kushariadi ordered Surabaya to get ready one full infantry battalion equipped for combat deployment (they did not have extensive anti-riot (PHH) equipments). He also ordered Surabaya to get ready all available tank and armored car (panser) crews. Using all available planes belonging to the Navy fleet air arm (including the Nomad & CASA 212), the Admiral instructed the Marines battalion and its combat equipment to be flown in to Jakarta at all possible speed. As you may have suspected, the Navy did not possess planes with heavy load capacity, it took the small navy planes several sorties between Jakarta-Surabaya to finally air lifted the entire Marine battalion to Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta.
As soon as the Surabaya Marines battalion landed in Jakarta, Adm. Kushariadi ordered the infantrymen to secure strategic locations including the Presidential Palace area. The cavalry crew from Surabaya immediately started and manned all available tanks and armored cars still sitting in their hangars in Cilandak. These tanks were then rolling into Jakarta street to join the Marines infantrymen already in locations.
Adm. Kushariadi thought he had saved the city from total mayhem. Well, he did, but unbeknownst to him, his action also foiled two opposing groups that were just getting ready to launch a coup: Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Wiranto's group facing Prabowo's group. Both Wiranto and Prabowo were cooking their own coup scenario. The situation in Jakarta was intentionally brewed to allow the deployment of combat troops in Jakarta using the riots as an excuse. While Wiranto and Prabowo were cooking up strategy to beat their opponents, they forgot to take into account the x-factor such as Adm. Kushariadi, who was totally outside the plot and unaware of the coup plans from either side.
So, now Jakarta is in chaos, the army troops from both factions are ready. But the arrival of a marine battalion from Surabaya, now supported with tanks, (note that the Marines tanks are better armored and more heavily armed than those wheeled cavalry units fielded by Kodam Jaya) had rendered both Wiranto and Prabowo's plan unexecutable without serious consequences. If either Wiranto or Prabowo kept pressing forward with their coup plan, then they will not only face the other army faction but also a battalion of Marines from Surabaya. Also, as soon as the three Marines infantry battalions from Cilandak, which were BKO-ed to Kodam Jaya, realized that their brothers from Surabaya were here and there is a coup attempt in progress, then the full Infantry Brigades would retract themselves from under the control of Kodam Jaya and rejoined their original unit. Even under BKO, all Marines field commanders would certainly put the order coming from their Chief of Staff (Adm. Kushariadi) and their own Brigade Commanding Officer much higher than orders coming from Kodam Commander, Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Samsoeddin. Therefore, whoever wanted to press forward with their coup plan, they will have to face the entire Marines 2nd Infantry Brigade with an additional extra battalion from Surabaya. That is more than 4000 professional and very well trained combat troops, complete with their artilery and cavalry which have no match among the Army units in Jakarta. No to count the long range guns of the Navy battle ships at the Tanjung Priok, Jakarta harbor, which at that time were told to have been pin-pointed toward the directions of Merdeka Timur, Cilangkap, Cijantung, and Cilodong.
Some inside sources indicate that Wiranto replaced Adm. Kushariadi a few months after the May Incidents because of what the Admiral did to save Jakarta. Regardless of the outcome and consequences of his actions, Adm. Kushariadi, the Marines, and the Indonesian Navy as a whole, had again made their selfless contribution to the survival of the Republic. But as usual, the Navy remained unnamed in the history pages of Indonesia. However, the people of Indonesia had witnessed how their Marines display a true sense of military professionalism in the handling on various public unrest which culminated in the Semanggi Incident in November 1998. If only the people of Indonesia could find out the truth about May 1998 and the unparalleled role played by their Marines and Navy in the recent struggle of their country...
Being in a separate chain of command (thus he had no control of any Army or Police units), and thinking that Jakarta was in danger, he immediately contacted the Commanding Officer of Marines 2nd Infantry Brigade based in Cilandak, Southern Jakarta. Adm. Kushariadi inquired of available forces that the 2nd Marines Brigade could move at that instant. To his surprise, the Brigade commander replied that he had none. All of his available forces had been BKO-ed to Jakarta Military Garrison (Komando Garnizun Jakarta) and they were already fielded when Adm. Kushariadi reached him over the radio. This even include all combat support (Banpur) personnel, artilery and cavalry. The marines had a battalion of cavalry (amphibious PT-76 tanks and BTR-50 amphibious Armored Personnel Vehicle) in Cilandak. However, those armored cars remained in their base with nobody left to operate them.
Unbeknownst to the Admiral, the Marines based in Cilandak Jakarta had been involved in a plot engineered by Commander of the Army Strategic Reserves (Kostrad), Lieut. Gen. Prabowo and his clicks. Prabowo had realized that the Marines was the only military unit that was able to contest his Army Special Forces (Kopassus) in combat. He happens to be a good friend of Maj. Gen. Suharto, the Marines Corps Commanding General at the time, when they shared quarters during their days at the Integrated Staf and Command College (Seskogab) in Bandung a few years before. When Prabowo was in charge of the Kopassus, he tried to bring the two corps closer together. Having almost unlimited source of funding (thanks to the support he enjoyed from Cendana), Prabowo not only beefed up his Kopassus but he also sent some contributions to the Marines, commanded then by this old roommate of his. After living as a step son for more than three decades, the Marines received Prabowo contribution with a warm feeling. However, Suharto was aware of some moves from Prabowo that might follow the contributions.
It did come in 1997, when Prabowo proposed "to better integrate" Kopassus and the Marines. How? By interchanging personnel between the two corps. He wanted to have some Kopassus men in every Marines unit and to be part of the unit during the operation. Suharto flatly refused this proposal. Politely, he explained to Prabowo that the Marines has a different doctrine from its counterparts in Kopassus. The Indonesian Marines (owing to much similarities to the USMC) follow the doctrine as a professional combat unit. They never did nor wish to ever raise their weapons against their own countrymen. The marines subscribes to a frontal type combat style where the objective is as clearly defined as the identity of the enemy. When the Marines are landing on the beach, they must assume that the beach was part of Indonesian soil invaded by some foreign enemies. So "mendarat dan menang" just simply does not apply to the Indonesian Army doctrines.
Knowing that he could not influence the neutrality and professionalism of the Marines, Prabowo decided that he should at least tied up all available Marines units in Jakarta area when his troops were to secure power from then defunct government of President Soeharto. He was able to do this because Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Samsoeddin, the Commanding General of Jakarta Military Area Command (Kodam Jaya),, ex officio the Jakarta Garrison Commander, was his old friend from the Military Academy days and part of his click. Samsoeddin cleverly ordered the Marines to stand guard at some less important locations far away from the area being destroyed by rampaging rioters.
Now, back to Adm. Kushariadi. Realizing that there was no effective military unit to protect Jakarta, the prudent Admiral immediately raised the Commanding Officer of the Marines 1st Infantry Brigade based in Karang Pilang, Surabaya, East Java. Kushariadi ordered Surabaya to get ready one full infantry battalion equipped for combat deployment (they did not have extensive anti-riot (PHH) equipments). He also ordered Surabaya to get ready all available tank and armored car (panser) crews. Using all available planes belonging to the Navy fleet air arm (including the Nomad & CASA 212), the Admiral instructed the Marines battalion and its combat equipment to be flown in to Jakarta at all possible speed. As you may have suspected, the Navy did not possess planes with heavy load capacity, it took the small navy planes several sorties between Jakarta-Surabaya to finally air lifted the entire Marine battalion to Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta.
As soon as the Surabaya Marines battalion landed in Jakarta, Adm. Kushariadi ordered the infantrymen to secure strategic locations including the Presidential Palace area. The cavalry crew from Surabaya immediately started and manned all available tanks and armored cars still sitting in their hangars in Cilandak. These tanks were then rolling into Jakarta street to join the Marines infantrymen already in locations.
Adm. Kushariadi thought he had saved the city from total mayhem. Well, he did, but unbeknownst to him, his action also foiled two opposing groups that were just getting ready to launch a coup: Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Wiranto's group facing Prabowo's group. Both Wiranto and Prabowo were cooking their own coup scenario. The situation in Jakarta was intentionally brewed to allow the deployment of combat troops in Jakarta using the riots as an excuse. While Wiranto and Prabowo were cooking up strategy to beat their opponents, they forgot to take into account the x-factor such as Adm. Kushariadi, who was totally outside the plot and unaware of the coup plans from either side.
So, now Jakarta is in chaos, the army troops from both factions are ready. But the arrival of a marine battalion from Surabaya, now supported with tanks, (note that the Marines tanks are better armored and more heavily armed than those wheeled cavalry units fielded by Kodam Jaya) had rendered both Wiranto and Prabowo's plan unexecutable without serious consequences. If either Wiranto or Prabowo kept pressing forward with their coup plan, then they will not only face the other army faction but also a battalion of Marines from Surabaya. Also, as soon as the three Marines infantry battalions from Cilandak, which were BKO-ed to Kodam Jaya, realized that their brothers from Surabaya were here and there is a coup attempt in progress, then the full Infantry Brigades would retract themselves from under the control of Kodam Jaya and rejoined their original unit. Even under BKO, all Marines field commanders would certainly put the order coming from their Chief of Staff (Adm. Kushariadi) and their own Brigade Commanding Officer much higher than orders coming from Kodam Commander, Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Samsoeddin. Therefore, whoever wanted to press forward with their coup plan, they will have to face the entire Marines 2nd Infantry Brigade with an additional extra battalion from Surabaya. That is more than 4000 professional and very well trained combat troops, complete with their artilery and cavalry which have no match among the Army units in Jakarta. No to count the long range guns of the Navy battle ships at the Tanjung Priok, Jakarta harbor, which at that time were told to have been pin-pointed toward the directions of Merdeka Timur, Cilangkap, Cijantung, and Cilodong.
Some inside sources indicate that Wiranto replaced Adm. Kushariadi a few months after the May Incidents because of what the Admiral did to save Jakarta. Regardless of the outcome and consequences of his actions, Adm. Kushariadi, the Marines, and the Indonesian Navy as a whole, had again made their selfless contribution to the survival of the Republic. But as usual, the Navy remained unnamed in the history pages of Indonesia. However, the people of Indonesia had witnessed how their Marines display a true sense of military professionalism in the handling on various public unrest which culminated in the Semanggi Incident in November 1998. If only the people of Indonesia could find out the truth about May 1998 and the unparalleled role played by their Marines and Navy in the recent struggle of their country...
Jul 27, 2008
Leonardo's 'Last Supper' Hides True Da Vinci Code
ROME - It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real. An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper," raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting.
"It sounds like a requiem," Giovanni Maria Pala said. "It's like a soundtrack that emphasizes the passion of Jesus." Painted from 1494 to 1498 in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the "Last Supper" vividly depicts a key moment in the Gospel narrative: Jesus' last meal with the 12 Apostles before his arrest and crucifixion, and the shock of Christ's followers as they learn that one of them is about to betray him.
Pala stressed that his discovery does not reveal any supposed dark secrets of the Catholic Church or of Leonardo, but instead shows the artist in a light far removed from the conspiratorial descriptions found in fiction. "A new figure emerges — he wasn't a heretic like some believe," Pala said. "What emerges is a man who believes, a man who really believes in God."
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"It sounds like a requiem," Giovanni Maria Pala said. "It's like a soundtrack that emphasizes the passion of Jesus." Painted from 1494 to 1498 in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the "Last Supper" vividly depicts a key moment in the Gospel narrative: Jesus' last meal with the 12 Apostles before his arrest and crucifixion, and the shock of Christ's followers as they learn that one of them is about to betray him.
Pala stressed that his discovery does not reveal any supposed dark secrets of the Catholic Church or of Leonardo, but instead shows the artist in a light far removed from the conspiratorial descriptions found in fiction. "A new figure emerges — he wasn't a heretic like some believe," Pala said. "What emerges is a man who believes, a man who really believes in God."
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