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by Maria
Mon 6 January 2014 2:00 am
Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
Topic: St Sophia Harbin Ice Sculpture
Replies: 10
Views: 7682

Re: St Sophia Harbin Ice Sculpture

Beautiful exhibit. Thanks.

by Maria
Sun 5 January 2014 11:30 pm
Forum: Political and Social Issues
Topic: The fate of the Christians in Syria
Replies: 32
Views: 162

Re: The fate of the Christians in Syria

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” ― Voltaire. ...Also, that quote by Voltaire is fake, and even if genuine I find it kind of weird to go around quoting a notorious atheist revolutionary as some kind of authority. I did a Google search, but it was i...
by Maria
Sun 5 January 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: Political and Social Issues
Topic: The fate of the Christians in Syria
Replies: 32
Views: 162

Re: The fate of the Christians in Syria

NadirGP wrote:

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” ― Voltaire.

So true!

by Maria
Sun 5 January 2014 4:48 pm
Forum: Political and Social Issues
Topic: The fate of the Christians in Syria
Replies: 32
Views: 162

Re: The fate of the Christians in Syria

Nadir, I'm wondering if you're a bit confused. Sister Hatune is trying to explain why the "freedom fighters" in Syria are really dangerous, anti-Christian Sunni Muslim fanatics, and these links you provide also support the same narrative, namely that the West is mistaken in supporting the...
by Maria
Sat 4 January 2014 11:24 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums
Replies: 963
Views: 209847

Re: Two CMEs generated from 2 sunspots

The long-lasting M4 Class Solar Flare we experienced today may have been two solar flares. View this move, and then watch it again: http://www.spaceweather.com/images2014/05jan14/halo_anim.gif?PHPSESSID=g6ckbgrs4oonlfrt6j8e7ra5n6 There might be two CMEs in there. After the first cloud from sunspot A...
by Maria
Sat 4 January 2014 6:03 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums
Replies: 963
Views: 209847

Re: Four M-Class solar flares

We just had another M-Class solar flare. This time it was about M1.9 and occurred around 22:55 UTC (2:55 PM PST). So far, we have had four M-Class solar flares today, but these have been of long duration, so they irradiate the earth for a longer period of time. Since we only have 35 minutes left of ...
by Maria
Sat 4 January 2014 2:14 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums
Replies: 963
Views: 209847

Re: M4.0

Active Region 1944 is huge; the largest I have seen since monitoring the NOAA plots. http://www.spaceweather.com/images2014/04jan14/hmi200.gif Right now, the sun is emitting a huge solar flare. It is currently reading M3.8, but it could soar higher. http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&...