Omnibyte

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The Julian calendar, named and established by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, structured the calendar year in 365 days and the added a day every 4 years (leap year), in order to compensate for the lack of balance of almost 6 hours between the calendar year and the solar one; on the basis of that calculation, which seemed to be exact, the vernal equinox was established for the 25th March and the winter solstice for the 25th December. As the centuries went by, a calculation mistake in the Julian calendar was detected, which added a day every 128 years and therefore shifted the equinox and the solstice. Since the Church determined the movable liturgical feasts according to the Easter, which was in its turn linked to the vernal equinox, it was then became urgent to modify this calendar. Among the many reform attempts, we recall the one supported by the Council of Trent, which was the one Gregory XIII worked on.

According to the studies of the Calabrian physician and astrologer, Luigi Lilio, the pope established the new calendar with the aforementioned bull, thus avoiding the inconveniences of the one then in force by abolishing 10 days in the month of October: so with the papal decree, the month of October in 1582 was deprived of the days between the 5th and the 14th inclusive, so after the 4th, it was directly the 15th. …

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I’ve been checking out the (minor) earthquakes in the region (Central Europe) for the past few days and came across this dated article. This news story is dated April 10, 2009 (2 years ago). I include it here because of the way people described this event, pretty wild…

Hundreds of Carinthians were left terrified thinking they had been hit by an earthquake after a meteorite exploded over their homes early yesterday (Thurs).

Locals said the meteorite exploded at about 3am with what sounded like an enormous thunder clap followed by rumbling and howling.

… “The meteorite produced a glow of an electric nature… ”

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Sempronius buffalo farmer Peter Head has lost 55 animals to a mysterious illness since October, but autopsies have shown no clear cause of death.

“We’re going nuts down here trying to figure out what’s going on,” he said. “This is going to put me out of business. That’s half my frickin’ herd.”

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So sad… poor creatures and, it doesn’t seem to be ending.

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With all the horror stories this past month concerning our feathered and scaly friends I thought these links would give another, lighter perspective.

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I imagine it to taste like the Guinness Dark beer or there abouts…

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