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The ancient Mesopotamians originated our seven-day week and they named the days after the sun, moon and five naked-eye planets.
Much later, most of the days were renamed for Germanic gods:
Tuesday was named for Tiw, the god of war
Wednesday was named for Woden, the god of wisdom
Thursday was named for Thor, the god of thunder
Friday was named for Frigg, the goddess of love
Two days still retain their ancient Mesopotamian names:
Saturday was named for the planet Saturn
Sunday was named for the sun
Unlike the day, month and year, the length of the week is not based on any celestial motion. Instead, the 7-day week is based on the ancient practice of farmers selling their produce on "market day".
Categories: Life in general · Summer Classes
So I go to do the Chapter 2 test for my Geology class and realize that I have the wrong edition textbook! The 8th Edition is what I need NOT the 7th Edition that I have. Just what I need, another expensive textbook. OH wait, my brother tells me that I can get it off of e-bay for cheap! Yay! I just hope it comes in quickly so that I can do my reading for the class. See I was using my brother's Geo book from a few years ago and thought that it was the same book. Well it is, just not the right edition. The first chapter was the same, though. If I knew for sure that there wasnt a huge difference I would just keep the one that I've got, but Chapter 2 is missing sooooooo much! So now I wait for my bro to show me how to use e-bay.
Categories: Life in general · Summer Classes
I just found out, by looking through all of the course documents, that I have to write a huge research paper for my Geology class. I need some ideas as to what I’ll write it on. This is the guidelines for the project, well some of them.
The purpose of the course project assignment is give you experience in researching the sustainability of important geologic resources we use everyday. By sustainability I mean that a resource will be around for future generations. By resource I mean something that is taken from the earth by humans, such as soil, minerals, parks (recreation), or oil and natural gas; the list goes on Think about what you use in everyday life that comes from the earth. You can probably name dozens of items you consume everyday that have their origin in/on the earth.
I was thinking of doing it on oil, but if any of you guys have an idea of something else that I could do it on please please please let me know.
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Ok so the way that my prof of my Astronomy class has the homework set up is that there is a pre-homework and a real-homework. They are the exact same question(s) and are timed for the same amount of time, 15 minutes. I was totally expecting a super hard question but this is what I got:
Which unit of measurement is best for specifying the distance between Miami and Atlanta?
A. meter
B. kilometer
C. astronomical unit
D. light year
First person to answer it correctly wins!!!!
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These are the classes that I am taking this summer. I am kinda excited, but I am going to a secular college so it will be interesting when they focus on the history of when the Earth and the Universe and when/how they were created. Already, my first "homework" for Geology includes the question: "How old do you think the Earth is?". Hmm I wonder how I will answer this question?? Since it is an online course and I will never actually see the teacher and classmates….I might actually be brave and just say what I think. Any suggestions on how I can go about doing this?
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