Year ends with a Blue Moon

The second full moon to occur in a single calendar month is known as a Blue Moon - an event which takes place approximately once every two and half years.

This month has two full moons, on 2nd December and 31st December.

The Native Americans call this the Long Nights Moon, or Snow Moon.

Darwin's diaries

Darwin's notebooks go online to mark the 150th anniversary of 'Origin of the Species'

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/11/darwins-notebooks-go-online-on-150th-anniversary-of--origin-of-the-species/1

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