Over the decades much discussion has focussed on finding the exact correlation between the Mayan Long Count and the Gregorian calendar. Most researchers in the field have now come to agree that the so-called GMT correlation, placing the beginning of the Long Count 4 Ahau 8 Cumku on the Julian day 584 283, August 11, 3114 BC, is correct. This means by consequence that it will end on December 21, 2012 and most, such as Jose Arguelles, John Jenkins and Terence McKenna, who have taken an interest in the calendar of the Maya, have endorsed this date as the end of the current cycle.

Read more here: » Mayan Calendar: Why the Creation Cycles do not end December 21, 2012, but October 28, 2011

Including:

• 2012 - Events
• 2012 - January
• 2012 - March
• 2012 - April
• 2012 - May
• 2012 - June
• 2012 - July
• 2012 - August
• 2012 - November
• 2012 - December
• 2012 - As yet unknown
• 2012 - Theories of apocalypticism and/or spiritual transformation
• 2012 - This year in fiction

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2012 - January. 23rd - Chinese New Year and scheduled new moon. [1] This time of year is associated with the Water-Dragon in Chinese astrology. [2] 2012 - March. 25th - Summer Time Begins on the last Sunday this month at 2:00 (CET). At this time clocks are set ahead one hour. [3] 2012 - April. 7th - Jewish Passover (Pesach) 15th - 100th Anniversary of the sinking o ...

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2012, 2012 - Events, 2012 - January, 2012 - March, 2012 - April, 2012 - May, 2012 - June, 2012 - July, 2012 - August, 2012 - November, 2012 - December, 2012 - As yet unknown, 2012 - Theories of apocalypticism and/or spiritual transformation, 2012 - This year in fiction

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Why did the ancient Mayan or pre-Maya choose December 21st, 2012 A.D., as the end of their Long Count calendar? This article will cover some recent research. Scholars have known for decades that the 13-baktun cycle of the Mayan "Long Count" system of timekeeping was set to end precisely on a winter solstice, and that this system was put in place some 2300 years ago. This amazing fact - that ancient Mesoameri- can skywatchers were able to pinpoint a winter solstice far off into the future - has not been dealt with by Mayanists. And why did they choose the year 2012? One immediately gets the impression that there is a very strange mystery to be confronted here. I will be building upon a clue to this mystery reported by epigrapher Linda Schele in Maya Cosmos (1994). This article is the natural culmination of the research relating to the Mayan Long Count and the precession of the equinoxes that I explored in my recent book Tzolkin: Visionary Perspectives and Calendar Studies (Borderlands Science and Research Foundation, 1994).

Read more here: » 2012: The how and why of the Mayan end date in 2012 AD

More and more lightworkers are taking their place in the cosmic scheme of things and assisting in the spiritual awakening of our world. What is stargates and how do they assist us in the Spiritual Transformation of our world?

About Spiritual Transformation 2012.

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A Home at the End of the World is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay of the movie (directed by Michael Mayer). Bobby and Jonathan have been utterly inseparable since they were teenagers in suburban Ohio. As close as brothers, they also experiment sexually. The two eventually lose touch, but meet up again in their twenties in 1980s New York, where Bobby (played by Colin Farrell) moves in with Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) and his eccentric roommate Clare (Robin Wright Pen ...

Including:

• A Home at the End of the World - External link

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What is the significance of the year 2012?

Kalki, or Sri Kalki Bhagavan, the founder of Golden Age Foundation, is considered to be the Kalki Avatar capable of bringing enlightenment and to introduce the Golden Age. Here he is commenting on the significance of the year 2012.

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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to host the Olympics three times, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. 2012 Summer Olympics - The bidding process. Main articles: 2012 Summer Olympic bids, and Including:

• 2012 Summer Olympics - The bidding process
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Olympic development and preparation
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Details of the bid
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Developments after the bid
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Venues and infrastructure
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Financing
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Sports

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The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of the Messiah. Specifically, what is usually referred to as the 'end times' revolves around a cluster of beliefs in Christian or Rastafarian millennialism. These beliefs typically include the ideas that the biblical apocalypse is imminent and that various signs in current events are omens of Armageddon. These beliefs have been widely held in one form, by the Adventist movement (Millerites), by Jehov ...

Including:

• End times - Christianity
• End times - Roots of contemporary end-times belief
• End times - The dispensationalist prophecies
• End times - Views by groups
• End times - Catholics
• End times - Jehovah's Witnesses
• End times - Latter-day Saints
• End times - Preterism
• End times - Rastafarians
• End times - Fictional treatments
• End times - Literature
• End times - Motion pictures

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Bag End was a smial (or hobbit hole) in Hobbiton, at the end of Bagshot Row. Bilbo Baggins inherited the home from his parents, Bungo and Belladonna Baggins, who built the smial in 2889 Third Age. The hobbit hole is noted to have a green door with a round brass knob, all but countless rooms with round windows, and a garden. Although hobbits are known to be of small stature, larger visitors are often seen, indicating that the ceilings are certainly taller than expecte ...

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• Bag End - External link

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London's main theatre district is located in the heart of the West End of the city centre, and is traditionally defined by The Strand to the south, Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, and Kingsway to the east although The South Bank Complex is now considered by some to be part of it. Prominent theatre streets include Drury Lane, Shaftesbury Avenue, and The Strand. This area contains approximately forty large theatres and is often referred to as Theatrel ...

Including:

• West End theatre - Theatreland
• West End theatre - Long-running shows
• West End theatre - London's non-commercial theatres
• West End theatre - Other London theatre
• West End theatre - Drama schools
• West End theatre - Awards

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World War I (then known as The Great War) was at the time and in the years just after described as the "war to end all wars" (or, in the jargon of the French Poilus: "la der des der", i.e. "the last of the last"). The phrase was in part a reaction to the horrors of the conflict with many believing that with the full cost of modern war so evident no nation would fight one again. It was partially an outgrowth of the original reasons for going to war seeming insignificant as the conflict dragged on, and the notion was adopt ...

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The World of Darkness is the name given to two distinct fictional universes developed by White Wolf Game Studio. Both World of Darkness settings have been used for several horror fiction-themed role-playing games that make use of the Storyteller System. World of Darkness - The World of Darkness Classic oWoD. The first setting was created in 1991 with the release of Vampire: The Masquerade; support for it subsequently ended in 2004 with the release of Time of Judgment. The theme of the old Worl ...

Including:

• World of Darkness - The World of Darkness Classic oWoD
• World of Darkness - The Game Systems Settings
• World of Darkness - History and Playability Crossovers
• World of Darkness - The end of the Old World of Darkness Time of Judgement
• World of Darkness - The World of Darkness 2004 nWoD

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Childhood's End is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1953, and a version with a new first chapter was released in 1990. Childhood's End deals with the transformation of humanity into part of an interplanetary hive mind. The book opens with enormous alien spaceships appearing one day over all of Earth's major cities. The aliens, who become known as the Overlords, quickly make radio contact and announce their benign intentions and desire to help mankind. The Overlords ...

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• Childhood's End - Similar themes in other literature
• Childhood's End - Childhood's End in other media

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In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is "age or life of man". Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. In this sense, a world map is a map of the surface of the Earth. World can also refer to human population in general or to a distinct group of people. World - Physical locations. In other contexts, "world" is sometimes used poetically to mean any planet or ...

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• World - Physical locations
• World - Other meanings
• World - First World Second World Third World

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In molecular biology, the 5' end and the 3' end (pronounced 5-prime and 3-prime) are respectively the leading and tail ends of a strand of nucleic acid. These strands are unidirectional, i.e. they may only be read in one direction (for purposes of transcription, translation, replication and other processes). The sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) molecules in the nucleic acid are all oriented in the same direction. Their carbon atoms are numbered: the 5' carbon atom is always on the side of the sugar molecule that faces the leading end, while the 3' carbon ato ...

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis initially consisted of an alliance between Germany and Italy, which later expanded to include Japan and Eastern European countries such as Romania and Bulgaria. Some of the nations that Germany conquered sent military forces, particularly to the Eastern front. Among the expeditionary ...

Including:

• World War II - Causes
• World War II - Participants
• World War II - Chronology
• World War II - A debated starting date
• World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War
• World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe
• World War II - 1940: The war spreads
• World War II - 1941: The war becomes global
• World War II - 1942: Deadlock
• World War II - 1943: The war turns
• World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end
• World War II - 1945: The end of the war
• World War II - Resistance
• World War II - The Home fronts
• World War II - Technologies
• World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities
• World War II - Genocide
• World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment
• World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians
• World War II - Aftermath
• World War II - Casualties
• World War II - A world in ruins
• World War II - United Nations
• World War II - The Cold War begins
• World War II - Main articles
• World War II - Media

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In molecular biology, the 5' end and the 3' end (pronounced 5-prime and 3-prime) are respectively the leading and tail ends of a strand of nucleic acid. These strands are unidirectional, i.e. they may only be read in one direction (for purposes of transcription, translation, replication and other processes). The sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) molecules in the nucleic acid are all oriented in the same direction. Their carbon atoms are numbered: the 5' carbon atom is always on the side of the sugar molecule that faces the leading end, while the 3' carbon ato ...

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The new stations are in bold. The year the station is expected to be given to ciculation is put between parentheses. Athens Metro - Attiko Metro Line 2 Red Line. Line: Anthoupoli - Elliniko Anthoupoli (2007) Peristeri (2007) Aghios Antonios Sepolia Attiki Larissa Station Metaxourghio Omonoia Panepistimio Syntagma Akropoli Sygrou-Fix Neos Kosmos Aghios Ioanni ...

See also:

Athens Metro, Athens Metro - History, Athens Metro - List of stations of the Athens metro system, Athens Metro - List of stations in Line 2 the red line, Athens Metro - List of stations in Line 3 the blue line, Athens Metro - Future Expansions According to Attiko Metro S.A. by the end of 2012, Athens Metro - Attiko Metro Line 2 Red Line, Athens Metro - Attiko Metro Line 3 Blue Line, Athens Metro - Policies

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In recent times the designation apocalyptic literature, or apocalyptic, has commonly been used to include all the various portions of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, whether canonical or apocryphal, in which eschatological predictions are given in the form of a revelation. That the term is at present somewhat loosely used, and often made to include what is not properly apocalyptic, is due in part to the fact that the study of this lite ...

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Apocalypse, Apocalypse - Characteristic features, Apocalypse - Revelation of mysteries, Apocalypse - Disclosure through a dream or vision, Apocalypse - Angels bear revelation, Apocalypse - Deals with the future, Apocalypse - The mysterious or fantastic, Apocalypse - Mystical symbolism, Apocalypse - The end of the world

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