ÂBÂN AYININ ÖZELLİKLERİ

Âbân ayı : İran takvimine göre güneş yılının sekizinci ayına verilen addır .

Aynı takvime göre her ayın onuncu gününe verilen ad da âbândır .

Âbân kelimesi Farsça ‘ dan gelir .

İran hükümdarı Cemşid , Selçuklu hükümdarı Celaleddin Melikşah zamanında kabul edilen güneş yılı takvimine göre ( Celali takvimi de denilir .) rumî teşrinievvel ( ekim ) , miladi ağustos aylarının karşılığıydı .

Bu ayda güneş akrep burcunda olur .

İran ve celali takvimlerine göre hafta dağıtımı olmadığı için her ayın onuncu gününe de âbân denirdi .

Bu kelimenin yaratacağı karışıklığı önlemek üzere , ay için Farsça ‘ da “ âbân – mâh “ , gün için “ âbân – rûz “ kelimeleri kullanılırdı .

Celali takvimine göre ilkbaharın ilk ayı Ferverdin ( Mart ) ayının onuncu gününe de “ âbân – gâh “ denilir ve bu günde yağmur yağarsa erkekler , yağmazsa kadınlar için bu gün uğurlu sayılırdı .

21.05.2011 00:20

Yazan : Tarık Tümlü adlı bir bilim adamı .

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Agnostisizm

Agnostisizm : Yunanca agnostos ( bilinmeyen ) kelimesinden türemiştir . İnsan zekasının mutlak varlığa ulaşamayacağını öne süren felsefe öğretisidir . 1869 ‘ da T. H. Huxley tarafından bu ad konulmuştur .

Agnostisizm , varlığın ve nesnenin kendisinin insan zekası tarafından kavranılamayacağını söyler . Bu yöndeki felsefe öğretilerinin toplamıdır . Mesela ; Berkeley ‘ in mutlak idealizmi , Hume ‘ un kritisizmi , Avenarius ve Mach ‘ ın ampiriokritisizmi , Kant ‘ ın deneyüstü idealizmi , Spencer ve Comte ‘ un pozitivizmi bu gruba girer . İster metafizik , ister din ister bilim yoluyla olsun mutlak varlığa ulaşmayı inkar eden ve de insan bilgisinin bütün çabalarında başarısızlığa mahkum olduğunu söyleyen bir öğretidir agnostisizm .

Bazı yönlerden İlkçağ şüpheciliğine yaklaşan bu akımda çelişkili durumlar da vardır . Metafizik ve sezgiyle elde edilen bilgiye karşı çıktıktan sonra bilimin objektif ve gerçekçi yönünü de inkar eder bu akım . Fakat bir eylem ( fiil ) ve ahlak ortaya koydukları zaman ( Kant ve Comte ‘ da olduğu gibi ) akıl dışı postülalara dayanmak ( postüla = bir tür önerme ) yani metafizik yapmak yolunu tutabiliyorlar ve hiçbir temele dayanmadan varlık hakkında fikirler ileri sürebiliyorlar agnostisizmi savunanlar . ( Comte ‘ un pozitivist dini , Berkeley ‘ in spiritüalist gerçekçiliği ve Kant ‘ ın önermeleri örnek verilebilir . ) Bu çelişkili durumlar agnostisizmin yararlı sonuçlara ulaşmasını engeller .

21.05.2012 07:39:31

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90 Day Transformation - No Equipment, At Home Workout

Couple this quick at home workout with some clean eating and you’re well on your way  to toning and firming up!

90-day transformation

50 crunches

20 squat jumps

1 minute plank

2 minute wall sit

30 side crunches each side

20 roll-back and jumps

20 v-ups

90 regular calf raises

30 single leg calf raises each leg

Get busy! =]

Have a great weekend and feel free to shoot me an email with any fitness or meal planning questions! alexajeanfitness@gmail.com

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Freshen Up With Archaeology Friday (Post X)

Coffin within a coffin found near Richard III site

Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin near the final resting place of Richard III. 

The coffin-in-a-coffin. (Photo from the University of Leicester)

The University of Leicester team lifted the lid of a medieval stone coffin this week -- the final week of their second dig at the Grey Friars site, where the medieval king was discovered in September.

This is the first fully intact stone coffin to be discovered in Leicester in controlled excavations -- and is believed to contain one of the friary's founders or a medieval monk.

Within the stone coffin, they found an inner lead coffin -- and will need to carry out further analysis before they can open the second box.

Archaeologists have taken the inner lead coffin to the University's School of Archaeology and Ancient History, and will carry out tests to find the safest way of opening it without damaging the remains within.

It took eight people to carefully remove the stone lid from the outer coffin -- which is 2.12 metres long, 0.6 metres wide at the "head" end, 0.3 metres wide at the "foot" end and 0.3 metres deep.
The inner coffin is likely to contain a high-status burial -- though we don't currently know who it contains.

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Oldest European fort in inland America discovered in the Appalachian mountains:

The uncovered fort (Photo from the University of Michigan)

The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial era and the all-too-human reasons spoiling Spanish dreams of gold and glory. 

Spanish Captain Juan Pardo and his men built Fort San Juan in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in 1567, nearly 20 years before Sir Walter Raleigh's "lost colony" at Roanoke and 40 years before the Jamestown settlement established England's presence in the region. 

"Fort San Juan and six others that together stretched from coastal South Carolina into eastern Tennessee were occupied for less than 18 months before the Native Americans destroyed them, killing all but one of the Spanish soldiers who manned the garrisons," said University of Michigan archaeologist Robin Beck.  Beck, an assistant professor in the U-M Department of Anthropology and assistant curator at the U-M Museum of Anthropology, is working with archaeologists Christopher Rodning of Tulane University and David Moore of Warren Wilson College to excavate the site near the city of Morganton in western North Carolina, nearly 300 miles from the Atlantic Coast. 

 The Berry site, named in honor of the stewardship of landowners James and the late Pat Berry, is located along a tributary of the Catawba River and was the location of the Native American town of Joara, part of the mound-building Mississippian culture that flourished in the southeastern U.S. between 800 and about 1500 CE.

In 2004, with support from the National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation, Beck and his colleagues began excavating several of the houses occupied by Spanish soldiers at Joara, where Pardo built Fort San Juan. Pardo named this small colony of Spanish houses Cuenca, after his own hometown in Spain. Yet the remains of the fort itself eluded discovery until last month. 

"We have known for more than a decade where the Spanish soldiers were living," Rodning said. "This summer we were trying to learn more about the Mississippian mound at Berry, one that was built by the people of Joara, and instead we discovered part of the fort. For all of us, it was an incredible moment."  

Using a combination of large-scale excavations and geophysical techniques like magnetometry, which provides x-ray-like images of what lies below the surface, the archaeologists have now been able to identify sections of the fort's defensive moat or ditch, a likely corner bastion and a graveled surface that formed an entryway to the garrison.

Excavations in the moat conducted in late June reveal it to have been a large V-shaped feature measuring 5.5 feet deep and 15 feet across. Spanish artifacts recovered this summer include iron nails and tacks, Spanish majolica pottery, and an iron clothing hook of the sort used for fastening doublets and attaching sword scabbards to belts. 

Fort San Juan was the first and largest of the garrisons that Pardo founded as part of an ambitious effort to colonize the American South. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who had established the Spanish colonies of St. Augustine and Santa Elena in 1565 and 1566, respectively, spearheaded this effort. Of the six garrisons that Pardo built, Fort San Juan is the only one to have been discovered by archaeologists.

Press release from the University of Michigan.

Today's featured reading:

• The Milk Revolution; How a single genetic mutation first let ancient Europeans drink milk, it set the stage for a continental upheaval.

• Archaeologists and modern day witch doctors, by Phillip Segadika, Chief Curator at the Botswana National Museum.

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Bülent Ecevit hakkında

Konu : Bülent Ecevit , yaşamı boyunca dürüstlüğü ön planda çıkmış bir siyasetçidir . Şairliği bile kendisinin önemini arttırmaktadır . Eşi Rahşan Ecevit , kendisinin yerine DSP başkanlığını yürütmüş sonradan Bülent Ecevit ‘e bu görevi devretmiştir . 2001 yılındaki ekonomik krizde yönetimi ekonomik krizi azaltmamıştır .

BÜLENT ECEVİT ‘ TEN HABERLER

Bülent Ecevit !!! Bir halk kahramanıydı o . Kara Oğlan demişlerdi onun için …

Kıbrıs Barış Harekatı ‘ nın 1974 ‘ te yapılmasında onun payı büyüktü . O harekat olmasaydı belki de Kıbrıs ‘ taki Türk nüfusu azalacaktı .

Necmettin Erbakan için hayalci derken gülerek şunu anlatmıştır : “ …. Erbakan ‘ a sordum . ‘ Bu kadar tankı nereden bulacağız ? Onlar için adam lazım . Bunları nereden bulacağız ? ‘ Erbakan demiştir : “ Efendim bunlar siyasette temenni maksadıyla söylenir . “

Bülent Ecevit , dürüstlüğü ile tanınmış bir politikacımızdır . Onun hayatında vergi kaçırma , hayali ihracat ,..vb. şeylerle suçlandığına tanık olamazsınız .

Şairdir kendisi … Şiir kitapları vardır onun . Rahşan Ecevit ile evlenirken şiir meraklarının uyuşması da etken olmuştur bu konuda .

Eşi Rahşan Ecevit , DSP başkanlığını bir dönem yürütmüş sonra siyasi yasağı kalkınca Bülent Ecevit ‘ e görevi devretmiştir .

2001 … 2002 ‘ deki seçimler için Ak Parti iktidara gelince “ Kendi intiharımıza imza attık ….” demiştir . 2001 ‘ deki krizde elektrikler ikide bir tasarruf diyerek kesiliyordu . O dönem çok sancılı geçti . İşten atılanlar oldu . Dolar fırladı . O dönemi dindirmek kolay olmadı .

Bülent Ecevit , 2001 ‘ deki krizi iyi yönetemedi . Ekonomik krizlerde nasıl davranılacağını iyi bilemedi kendisi .

Bir de hastalığı … Yürümekte zorluk çekiyordu . İlk defa hastanede Bakanlar Kurulu toplanmıştı .

Bir de Abdullah Öcalan ‘ ın yakalanması … Müebbet hapse mahkum oldu Abdullah Öcalan …

Bir de tikleri … Bülent Ecevit , tikli birisiydi . Yılların verdiği bunalımlar onu tikli yapmıştı .

2001 ‘ de iktidara DSP % 23 gibi bir oyla gelince bir koalisyon kurulması zorunlu olmuştu . MHP ve ANAP  bu koalisyona evet dediler .

ANAP , sonradan kendisini fesh etti .

DSP ‘ nin başında Masum Türker duruyor .

MHP ise hâlâ Devlet Bahçeli ile yürüyor . Devlet Bahçeli görevi bırakıyorum dedi ama tabanı buna razı olmadı .

2002 ‘ den beri Ak Parti iktidarı var . 12 Haziran 2011 seçimlerinde % 50 oy oranı ile yeniden iktidara geldi kendisi .

Bülent Ecevit çoktan Allah ‘ ın rahmetine kavuştu . Eşi Rahşan Ecevit de yaşıyor hâlâ . CHP ‘ nin başındaki Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ‘ nun seçiminde kendisini desteklemişti Rahşan Ecevit .

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Yazan : Tarık Tümlü adlı bir cengaver .

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Oh Marilyn... (5 on Friday)

Time for one of my favorite link up's of the week! Five randoms on a Friday!

(1) I have been in the personal blogging world since Memorial Day weekend. I love it and I am having a blast! I have reached the 100 follower mark, and I think that is a pretty cool milestone. Therefore, I wanted to say "thank you" and host my very first giveaway! It is a $40 gift card to Ulta Beauty! I have made it super simple to enter and I hope you guys will join in on the fun! All you have to do is click the below picture.

(2) My birthday was Tuesday. I am so blessed and so beyond thankful for all of the love I received from my family, fiance, and friends. I had a great time at the beach, but I have to show you guys my favorite gift: my new Marilyn Monroe book. I have been obsessed with her since I was a little girl. And thanks in a big part to her life, I am now super OK with being curvy, blonde, and loud. I just feel the strongest connection and love for her. I have her pictures all over my house. This book means a lot to me.

(3) Marty. There is never a dull moment with my baby boy. He keeps life fun. Right now he is on a toilet kick. He loves for me to flush the toilet, for no reason. He purrs and watches, and had an absolute blast. Hilarious. [[My toilet thing broke, embarrassing, I know! I've been too nonstop to fix the damn thing]]

(4) Low calorie desserts. Marquis is currently in show prep for his bodybuilding competition in October. We get really creative during prep time. He made the most delicious, sugar free dessert. It's angel food cake with fat/sugar free whip creme and strawberry jam, with fresh strawberries. You literally can have almost a FOURTH of this cake for 120 calories and virtually no sugar.

(5) 18 miles. I finally broke my record for 15.5 miles in spin class. Hello 8-freaking-teen! I am so excited. But it's going to be tough trying to beat that!

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History Bitches Fieldtrip #4: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden

Several weeks ago, I visited Hillwood, the sumptuous, sprawling estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post. Marjorie wasn't just the spectacularly rich heiress to Postum Cereal Company (now General Foods Corporation), but a talented businesswoman, too. During her lifetime, she became the wealthiest broad in America, worth a mindboggling $250 mil.
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Cherry Berry Summer

My cherry tree had cherries this summer!!! Yes, the fruit was ripe weeks ago, these pictures are almost a month old!

And not just two or three cherries, but a couple of handfuls! Around 25 to be precise. Yep, I counted! This was a momentous occasion. The most cherries it previously had was three. I think it finally got mature enough or maybe it is just a good cherry year? Not sure why this was the year. I was a little unsure if they were ripe, but the cherries started splitting open, so I guess that was a sign.

 

The tree is huge now. Around eight to nine feet tall. I was pretty sure the tag stated it was a dwarf, but I am not sure if I trust my memory.

The cherries were certainly tasty! Though there were quite a few people you were disappointed there wasn't enough for a pie.......... Maybe next year!

 

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Happy Birthday Maria Mitchell!

Because I didn't already love Google enough, today’s homepage doodle honors astronomer Maria Mitchell. She is the second woman scientists featured in just a week (July 25th was Rosalind Franklin)! To celebrate, check out these facts about the birthday girl...

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