The second Tipping Point conference will take place in Vancouver, 23-25 July 2010, with workshops on the following two days. The line-up is similar to the one held in Cancun back in January, with the main exception being the absence of Graham Hancock. Highlights include:
Daniel Pinchbeck interviewing John Major Jenkins & José Arguelles
Barbara Marx Hubbard - How Do We Get Ready For 2012?
Screening of 2012: Time for Change
Conference Social
Conference tickets are $449 CAD, with discounts for groups, students and the elderly.
It was a 2008 History Channel documentary about the Mayan Calendar that first drew the public’s attention to the fact that Dec. 21, 2012 will probably be the last day in human history—meaning that 2011 will be the last year any of us will need to do any Christmas shopping. Watching that program again this week, I noted, nervously, that Dec. 21, 2012 is the date arrived at independently by both the ancient Mayans and the I Ching, and that the Welsh sorcerer Merlin is also on board with the belief that human civilization will end late in 2012. The Mayans and the I Ching guys could have had their numbers wrong, but Merlin’s verdict kind of sealed it for me.
Happily, some Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse buffs believe that the magnetic disturbances erupting at both poles on that date do not mean that all civilization will disappear, but rather that we will move into a new and better phase of the great human drama. That’s why I can’t wait to see the documentaries that air on A&E, The History Channel, the Military Channel and the Discovery Channel in 2013. Things like “I Never Knew I Was Pregnant and Living Through Armageddon,” “When Extraordinarily Large Numbers of Rats Attack,” and “Secrets of the Post-Apocalyptic Hoarders.”
Given the numerous apocalyptic documentaries that have appeared on cable TV in recent times, Joe’s tongue-in-cheek titles might not seem so far-fetched two years from now. After they have covered every doomsday scenario, they’ll need to delve into more “human interest” angles.
If you have $40,000, and live in the USA, Robert Vicino of Vivos has a 2012 survival solution for you. It is also good for a cataclysm that might occur beyond 2012.
The $200 million project will accommodate up to 4,000 people, in as many as 20 shelters, each strategically located within 150 to 200 miles of a major metro area.”The Vivos complexes are deep-underground, airtight, fully self-contained blast proof shelters, designed to survive virtually any catastrophe or threat scenario including: natural disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and biological weapons, or even widespread social anarchy,” Vicino said.
Vivos’ first nuclear blast shelter is located near Barstow, California, halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and has already received over a thousand applications for membership from people greatly concerned about their families’ survival.
Each Vivos shelter complex provides for up to one year of autonomous shelter for 200 people, complete with all necessities, including food, fuel, water, clothing, medical supplies, and security devices in a multi-level, 20,000 square foot hardened shelter, built 30 feet below the surface of the Earth. Owners need only to arrive before the facilities are secured.
At a cost of over $10 million per facility, the company is financing the development through deeded co-ownership, wherein each owner has an undivided interest.
The video suggests that the first bunker is an ex-government facility that will be refurbished. Regardless of whether this property has actually been purchased, the designs presented at the TerraVivos site suggest that future facilities would be purpose-built.
This is not the first such scheme that seemingly depends on a substantial number of expensive subscriptions to get off the ground, alongside doubts that such a project could be fully-realised prior to 2012. But if anyone can pull if off, it is Robert Vicino. The existence of his other business, Fractional Villas, indicates that he has the expertise to achieve his goals, whereas other mega-shelter projects for 2012 seem to be organised by folk with no practical experience…
Shanghai “is soon to start building massive survival shelters in case of a catastrophic end-of-days type environmental disaster. And not just one - the authorities are building three of them, each capable of housing up to 10,000 people for more than a month,” says the South China Morning Post. The article refers to the 2012 movie because it just happens this shelters will be completed by 2012. The shelters will come complete with entertainment, leisure spaces, gyms and car parks.
It is hard to determine exactly what has inspired this bold move from the Chinese government. Climate change is a strong possibility, especially due its coastal location. One would expect that if the government had knowledge of a 2012 event, as was depicted in the movie, that the shelters would either have a higher capacity, or they’d be secret.
A cross between a black beer and an ale, this German-inspired, Wisconsin brewed brew is quite probably the first to be named after the Mayan doom date.
2012 Black Ale has been available since March 1, 2010 – or 12.19.17.2.14, according to the Long Count calendar method - and is sold in six-packs of 12-ounce long-neck bottles, plus kegs if you are planning a big party.
Inspiration comes in many forms, according to Joe Martino, Stevens Point Brewery Managing Partner :
“Some doomsayers think it will bring the end of time; others say the world will experience a new beginning,” Martino said. “One thing we do know is 2012 Black Ale will intrigue ale lovers as much as the Mayan calendar intrigues archaeologists, astronomers and doomsday prophets. It’s the right beer to enjoy as we contemplate what may happen after December 21, 2012.”
