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Lahaina Noon in Hawai’i

Lahaina noon no shadow

By Jeffrey the Barak. The State of Hawai’i is the only place in the United States in which you can lose your shadow, outside, in the middle of the day. when there are no clouds. In Hawai’i this is known as Lahaina Noon and it happens twice a year, but on different dates, depending where… Read More Lahaina Noon in Hawai’i

May 21, 2011December 6, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

Before you celebrate new year….

Just a reminder that even though we all love our hours, minutes, seconds, months, weeks and centuries, none of them are real. One year is real, but it does not necessarily start on January 1st. It’s just one whole orbit around the sun. One day is real, but it does not necessarily start at midnight.… Read More Before you celebrate new year….

December 29, 2008December 6, 2022 thebarak3 Comments
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  1. Lou. Avatar
    Lou.
    December 29, 2008

    A good lesson you just taught me.
    Myself and many people I know, have always said “its just another day”.
    Thanks, and a happy new day to you.. and all.

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  2. Spencer Shaw Avatar
    Spencer Shaw
    September 14, 2009

    What do you mean by ‘real’ ?

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  3. admin Avatar
    admin
    September 14, 2009

    Spencer,

    A year and a day are measurements of real events, i.e. one orbit of the sun by the earth, or one rotation of the earth. All the other divisions of time are man-made and have changed over the course of history. Men decided in Roman times to divide a year into twelve months of various lengths, and in different historical periods to count seven days as a week, and to divide a day into 24 and an hour into 60 etc. These could easily have been different divisions and subdivisions and may not have become standardized by gradual globalization had history unfolded differently. So only the year and the day are related to real events, and the year can start on different days in different cultures.

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