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Free e-books if anyone is interested:@panzer,-panzer (December 21, 2015, 05:14 AM)
Free e-books if anyone is interested:
http://www.amazon.co...ital-text&sr=1-8
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015PE1QOE/
https://www.amazon.c...50325178&sr=1-35
http://www.amazon.co...amp;ref_=pd_ybh_a_86
http://www.amazon.co...50368379&sr=1-68
http://www.amazon.co...50368379&sr=1-74
http://www.amazon.co...0392401&sr=1-182
http://www.amazon.co...0392228&sr=1-174
http://www.amazon.co...0392100&sr=1-160
http://www.amazon.co...0384092&sr=1-115
http://www.amazon.co...0383892&sr=1-100-panzer (December 21, 2015, 05:14 AM)
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(I don't recall if this is in the silly thread or not, but there's a line that has been crossed when I slosh across the yard to drown the pups 3 or 4 times a day...)
-x16wda (December 25, 2015, 08:11 AM)
I need to backup specific files and folders in my laptop realtime on cloud. Or maybe there is a better backup strategy in case something goes wrong?
Hm, a video? For what?-Tuxman (December 22, 2015, 05:48 PM)
Once a year, at the winter solstice, the rising sun shines directly along the long passage, illuminating the inner chamber and revealing the carvings inside, notably the triple spiral on the front wall of the chamber. This illumination lasts for about 17 minutes. [..] The sunlight enters the passage through a specially contrived opening, known as a roofbox, directly above the main entrance.https://en.wikipedia...ki/Newgrange#Purpose
Nö!hmmm, okay,
The winter solstice is related to the sun's highest point on the particular day, which means "Dec 22nd at noon" which was around the time I posted here.-Tuxman (December 22, 2015, 05:32 PM)
Observances
Although the instant of the solstice can be calculated,[7] direct observation of the solstice by amateurs is impossible because the sun moves too slowly or appears to stand still (the meaning of "solstice"). However, by use of astronomical data tracking, the precise timing of its occurrence is now public knowledge. One cannot directly detect the precise instant of the solstice (by definition, one cannot observe that an object has stopped moving until one later observes that it has not moved further from the preceding spot, or that it has moved in the opposite direction)[citation needed]. Further, to be precise to a single day, one must be able to observe a change in azimuth or elevation less than or equal to about 1/60 of the angular diameter of the sun. Observing that it occurred within a two-day period is easier, requiring an observation precision of only about 1/16 of the angular diameter of the sun. Thus, many observations are of the day of the solstice rather than the instant. This is often done by observing the sunrise and sunset or using an astronomically aligned instrument that allows a ray of light to be cast on a certain point around that time. Before the scientific revolution, many forms of observances, astronomical, symbolic or ritualistic, had evolved according to the beliefs of various cultures, many of which are still practiced today.
DateI'm learning ;-)
Between December 21 and December 23 (NH)
You're late :p-tomos (December 22, 2015, 05:10 PM)
Not in my timezone!-Tuxman (December 22, 2015, 05:25 PM)
I am currently using eM Client (again, not for mail), which seems to have no problem staying in sync with Google.In another thread, app103 was very pleased with eM Client's calendar. Softmaker have abandoned development, saying they would roll their enhancements into Thunderbird. Does Tbird include any sort of calendar?-xtabber (December 19, 2015, 06:33 PM)-rjbull (December 21, 2015, 04:17 PM)
Of related interest:
BBC Radio 4: Beyond Belief, 21st Dec. 2015-rjbull (December 22, 2015, 05:00 PM)
will have a listen.Her feast once coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year before calendar reforms, so her feast day has become a festival of light.[4][5]I suspect it was always a festival of light...-wikipedia
Merry solstice, dear friends.-Tuxman (December 22, 2015, 03:08 AM)
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