Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’

Chinese Lunar Calendar

Before their implementation of the Western solar calendar system, the Chinese almost exclusively 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 working out numerous recurring holidays. This coexistence of two calendar schemes has long been accepted by the people of China.

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How To Make A Fly Fishing Calendar

Are you wondering what the best times to try to plan a fly fishing expedition 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 focusing on and specifying the right times to fish and the right places at which to fish.

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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 before. All defunct now either because ours is more accurate or because theirs did not fit in with our business way of life.

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Promoting To The Masses

If you were to invent a self-cleaning textile, the world may want to beat a path to your door to acquire some from you, but first of all they will have to be aware that the fabric exists, that it is available for purchase, and they have to know where your door is. This means advertising.

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Astronomy For Beginners

Although astronomy is the oldest science, it continues to be at the forefront of not only scientific thought, but that of the public at large too. Who has not looked up at the galaxy while walking home late at night and wondered? Having said that though, the ancient people of certainly the northern hemisphere, but probably both, knew the movements of the stars and planets better than most of us do nowadays.

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