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			Giving birth to 
			the year zero on March 1, 2016  
			
			The binary ASCII code  
			
			The formation contains several hidden 
			binary codes, known as ASCII. A letter in ASCII consists of 8 
			digital digits (0 or 1). However, in standard ASCII, the leading 
			digit is always 0, thus there are only 7 significant digits. 
			Referring to an ASCII-table, the following figure shows the results: 
			
			  
			
			The outer part reads a letter 
			I. 
			
			The centre part reads a letter m. 
			
			This produces the result “I’m” 
			or “I am”. 
			
			Note that each letter at the same time 
			represents a word. The square in connection with two additional 
			lines (almost merged together) that cross the centre and start from 
			and end on the same point, seem to produce an additional character 
			(or word?). However, there are only six lines of approximately equal 
			length; these lines correspond with six, instead of seven digits. 
			This problem can be solved, when we realize that the digits are 
			fully symmetrical (like is the case for the letter 
			I). 
			This means that there is not only an additional leading 0 (like all 
			characters in standard ASCII), but also an additional trailing 0; 
			the leading and trailing 0 are also represented by the two circles 
			in the centre of the formation. The result produces the letter Z. 
			As the Z is connected with the circle and in this formation, 
			each set of digital digits seems to represent a word, the Z 
			very likely refers to Zero. 
			
			There are more hidden characters in the 
			formation, which can be found by splitting up the circle. This 
			results in two times four bits: 
			
			  
			
			However, there are theoretically four 
			possibilities, that are dependent on the fact whether we read 
			clockwise or counter clockwise and whether we read first the inside 
			and then the outside, or the other way around. One possibility can 
			be left out of consideration, because this starts with a 1, while 
			standard ASCII characters always start with a 0. The result leads to 
			the possible letters g, v and n. This result is 
			very illuminating when we realize that all these possibilities 
			should be combined, while the fact that there is no vowel is simply 
			solved by the realization that the formation only produces one 
			vowel, namely the 
			I. 
			This results in the word giving.  
			
			Combining the results: I am giving 
			birth to the year zero (March 1, 2016)  
			
			Hence, we found: “I am”, “Zero” 
			and “giving”. When we combine these results, we get a 
			sentence like: I am giving Zero. However, this is a literal 
			“translation”. If we realize that the zero symbolizes nothingness 
			out of which everything is born and to which everything returns, it 
			is clear that the true meaning is: 
			
			“I am giving birth” or “I 
			am giving birth to zero” or “I am giving birth to the 
			year zero”. 
			
			In case that you think that this is 
			still speculative, it is noteworthy to realize that the formation 
			was found at a cemetery, which symbolizes death and (re)birth! 
			
			The square within the circle represents 
			the four seasons of the year. The meteorological spring starts on 
			March 1 and the two circles within the square and circle represent 
			the months of January and February. In other words, the birth of the 
			year zero does not start on January 1, but March 1, 2016, after the 
			leap day. This is fully in line with the information of other crop 
			circles this year.  
			
			The formation creation date  
			
			The formation was reported on Tuesday, 
			July 21. This is in line with the square and 7 or 8 bits of ASCII, 
			because this date fell exactly 4 × 8 weeks before Tuesday, March 1, 
			2016, the start of the year zero. There is also a connection with 
			the triple 1 around the edge of the circle, because the creation 
			date also fell exactly 3 × 4 × 7 weeks before the end of the year 
			zero on February 28, 2017.  
			
			Marc Smulders  |