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Minor Holidays And Occasions In The USA
Hereunder is a directory of minor holidays and occasions in the United States. Some of them are virtually unknown, and others are quite obscure. Continue reading
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Astronomy For Beginners
Despite the fact that astronomy is the oldest science, it is still at the forefront of not only scientific thought, but also that of the public at large. Who hasn’t gazed up at the stars while walking home late at night and wondered? Having said that though, the ancient people of definitely the northern hemisphere, but probably both hemispheres, knew the movements of the stars and planets better than most of us do today. Continue reading
Discovering The Night Sky
The first time that you look up into the night sky and feel the wonder of the universe is the time when the majority of people, even the most venerated professional astronomers, think back to when they think of their initial interest in the stars. It is usually a very extraordinary moment, when an adult led you by the hand, pointed at the sky and said: ‘Look, that is the Pole Star’. Continue reading
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What Is a Fly Fishing Calendar?
Are you wondering what the best times to try to schedule a fly fishing trip are? Well, when we talk about a fly fishing calendar, we are not quite referring to a printed calendar that you can hang on your wall. We are talking about targeting and specifying the right times to fish and the right places at which to fish. Continue reading
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Christian Holy Days
Christmas – is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. Although the precise date of his birth is unknown, December 25th was almost certainly picked because it coincided with a pagan mid-winter festival. The ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas” mark the days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which was the day of the wise men’s visit. Continue reading
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The Most Amazing Hobby
There are thousands of hobbies, aren’t there? Some appear pointless, others offer a chance for self-improvement and others offer the chance to create some money, but what is the most amazing hobby of them all? Continue reading
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Apocalyptic Dates
Predicting the demise of the world has almost certainly been going on since man began thinking, whenever that was. It is warned about in Revelations in the Bible, so that must be about 2,000 years ago. Continue reading
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Astronomy – Some Important Dates Before Christ
There is no doubt that astronomy is the oldest science and there is also no doubt that astronomy was being studied by everyone, not only the wise men, thousands and thousands of years ago. Continue reading
Calendar – Which Calendar Do You Mean?
In the West, we tend to think that there is only one calendar, but there are dozens of them around the world. And what is more, there were almost certainly hundreds of them previously. All defunct now either because ours is more accurate or because theirs did not fit in with our commercial way of life. Continue reading
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The Ancient Chinese Lunar Calendar
Prior to their adoption of the Western solar calendar scheme, the Chinese almost wholly followed their own lunar calendar for determining the times of planting and harvesting and festival days. Although people in China today use the Western calendar for almost all business, governmental and practical matters of daily life, the old method still serves as the basis for determining many seasonal holidays. This coexistence of two calendar schemes has long been accepted by the people of China. Continue reading →