England: the centre of time and space

How did England become the centre of time?

In 1884, delegates from 25 nations gathered in Washington, USA for the International Meridian Conference to pinpoint a location for the global measurement of time and space.

By the end of the summit, after much debate, the meeting agreed Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) would be used as the standard for the world, with the day beginning at midnight at Greenwich and counted on a 24-hour clock.

The Shadow Effect

"It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are,
without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events,
by which the path to success may be recognized."
– I Ching

www.theshadoweffect.com

National Poetry Day: Thursday 8 October

National Poetry Day is Thursday 8th October. It was established in 1909 - making this year the centenary. This year's theme is Heroes and Heroines.

Mayan crop circle, opposite Silbury Hill

Speculation on 2012 possible events

A forthcoming film by Roland Emmerich entitled 2012 focuses on a series of disasters which lead mankind to leave the planet in order to survive.

Here's a summary of 10 theories about what might happen in 2012:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6132571/2012-Will-it-be-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it.html

Meteor watch

The evening of Tuesday August 11th to the morning of August 13th, covers the peak of the Perseids meteor shower.

Time to scan the skies for those fleeting streaks of light.

Stonehenge

The circular ditch and bank, known as a henge, was first built at the site around 5000 years ago. A wooden structure was constructed around 2600BC, followed by the stone monument, between 2500 and 1500BC (the stones were arranged and re-arranged over a period of 1000 years.)

The larger stones were brought from nearby Marlborough, but the smaller ones, known as Bluestones, originate from the Preseli mountains in Wales, some 250 miles (385km) away.