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emcguffie

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2. Headline is wrong. It's the end of a cycle, not the end of the world.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 09:10 AM

Dec 2011

That is just misrepresentation of the Mayan calendar.

One cycle ends, another one begins.

As it says right there in that article, under that totally false headline.

"The world will not end. It is an era," said Yeanet Zaldo, a tourism spokeswoman for the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun. "For us, it is a message of hope."

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Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown [View all] a kennedy Dec 2011 OP

That's right. Ask the Tourist Spokesmodel for the 'inside dope' on the Mayan Calendar SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #1

that's what the tonalpuhqui are for--their precious tlapialli are the tonalmatli MisterP Dec 2011 #3

In La'kech SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #4

Headline is wrong. It's the end of a cycle, not the end of the world. emcguffie Dec 2011 #2