Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Track Santa's Moves on Christmas Eve
Google has published a very helpful blog named "Now, Dasher , Now dancer, Track Santa and his sleigh with NORAD ". It provides different links you can go to on Christmas eve to track Santa's every move . This is a must have if you have small children on Christmas eve.Loads of info. and a brief history of the web sights listed . One good way to get the children into bed early , lol , on Christmas eve .
This is an exert from the blog:
To track Santa, visit www.noradsanta.org starting at 2am ET on Christmas Eve. There, you'll see a Google Map that will display Santa's location over the course of the day. To visualize Santa in Google Earth, just click "Track Santa in Google Earth" and you'll see St. Nick flying through Google Earth in your browser. If you don't have the Earth plug-in, click here — it will be installed automatically when you download Google Earth 5.1.
Merry Christams to all !
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A Childs Dream Come True
Well , it is getting to look a lot like a white Christmas for many . What are the odds for that ? I can imagine all over northern Europe and parts of the northern US little kids are astounded that their prayers have been answered for a white Christmas .
From a childs point of veiw , this has to be divine intervention , all this snow , but to an adult , I am sure they are thinking it is just a pain in the posterior end . Which ever way you look at it ,it must make many a little child very happy . And isn't that wonderful. Years from now they will be telling their childern all about the white Christmas they had back in 09 . What a fabulous memory to have from childhood .
Merry Christmas to all ! OTE
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Europe,
Northern US,
snow,
White Christmas
Monday, December 21, 2009
Weather And Winter Solstice
I don't know where to begin .... um , of course , the weather's continuing saga here in Tripoli .Yesterday I was complaining that it was hot , windy and extremely dusty . This evening we had a change in the "Joe" for the better . At sunset the winds change , blowing from the north . That was good , since it meant cooler winds . Then a very fine , light misty rain began . It turned into a rain like you would have when a hurricane is approaching , but hasn't hit yet , fine but dense .Love it like that . A soaking misty velvet veil of water .That's the good news , the bad , it won't stay that way for long . By tomorrow it should be miserable again. Such a sad , sad thing to have hot dusty weather for Christmas .
The other thing is today is the Winter Solstice . The shortest day of the year ,the day with the least sun lite hours .There are all sorts of things that have been written about it . It's history , how it was celebrated and still is in places around the world .So , I just thought I would let you read what the National Geographic wrote on the subject . You know they are really far more qualified to tell you all about it than me .So .... Happy Solstice Day ! Enjoy the below National Geographic article.
© 1996-2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
The other thing is today is the Winter Solstice . The shortest day of the year ,the day with the least sun lite hours .There are all sorts of things that have been written about it . It's history , how it was celebrated and still is in places around the world .So , I just thought I would let you read what the National Geographic wrote on the subject . You know they are really far more qualified to tell you all about it than me .So .... Happy Solstice Day ! Enjoy the below National Geographic article.| |
© 1996-2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sand Dunes & Snowmen
It is a wonderful 81degrees outside with winds at 20+ mph( that's 27 degrees with winds of 34.5km/h) blowing sand dunes into the Condo . Worse is predicted for tomorrow. This is the weather in Tripoli for a week now , more or less, and I am so fed up with it all ! I keep having to dig the living room out from under a rapidly growing sand dune. Where is the cold weather the rest of the world is experiencing ? It December for goodness sakes!ARGH !!!! Well , in hopes that this will prim the the Libyan "JOE" toward cooler weather , here are a few Snowmen to give it a hint or two . Is it snowing with you ?
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dusty,
hot,
humor,
jokes,
sand dunes,
snow,
snowman,
weather for Dec. in Tripoli
Friday, December 18, 2009
Islamic New Years
It is the Islamic New Years today, Dec.18th, 2009; or in the Muslim calendar ... Muharram 1,1431 A.H.. It is not really celebrated as the other Islamic holidays, such as the two Eids .
As stated in the infoplease.com web site... "The Islamic New Year:
The month of Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic liturgical year. The Islamic year begins on the first day of Muharram, and is counted from the year of the Hegira (anno Hegirae) the year in which Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina (A.D. July 16, 622).
The Islamic new year is celebrated relatively quietly, with prayers and readings and reflection upon the hegira."
Here is what Wikpedi has to say about the New Year of the Islamic calendar .In Libya it isn't an official holiday , therefore it passes quietly . Some family's have a dinner together , others pray at the mosque .
The Day Of Ashura is another important Islamic day . This year it will come on December 27, 2009 . Ashura falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunnis, Ashura commemorates the exodus of Moses from Egypt, and is usually observed by completing an optional fast as practiced by the Prophet Muhammad. For Shias it marks the tragic anniversary of the death of the Prophet's grandson, Husain at the hands of Ummayyad ruler, Yazid. The day is marked with mourning and even enactments of the tragic event and fasting .
As stated in the infoplease.com web site... "The Islamic New Year:
The month of Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic liturgical year. The Islamic year begins on the first day of Muharram, and is counted from the year of the Hegira (anno Hegirae) the year in which Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina (A.D. July 16, 622).
The Islamic new year is celebrated relatively quietly, with prayers and readings and reflection upon the hegira."
Here is what Wikpedi has to say about the New Year of the Islamic calendar .In Libya it isn't an official holiday , therefore it passes quietly . Some family's have a dinner together , others pray at the mosque .
The Day Of Ashura is another important Islamic day . This year it will come on December 27, 2009 . Ashura falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunnis, Ashura commemorates the exodus of Moses from Egypt, and is usually observed by completing an optional fast as practiced by the Prophet Muhammad. For Shias it marks the tragic anniversary of the death of the Prophet's grandson, Husain at the hands of Ummayyad ruler, Yazid. The day is marked with mourning and even enactments of the tragic event and fasting .
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