Skype for iphone 4 review7/6/2023 ![]() The chip incorporates a National 16 bit CompactRISC CR16C Microprocessor, DSP, and four 32 kbit/sec ADPCM transcoders among other features. The chip at lower left in Figure 4 is an SC14438, which I’m guessing is a variant of the National Semiconductor SC14428 Baseband Processor. I suspect it may be the main processor that runs the Skype client.įigure 3: SPH200D base station board 1 (click image to enlarge)įigure 4 shows the other board that has the radio (under the shield at the upper left, which I also didn’t remove) and PSTN line interface. I didn’t remove the metal shield on this board and the FCC ID pictures don’t show this board at all, so I don’t know what’s under there. The board in Figure 3 holds the LAN interface. Opening up the base station, I found two boards cabled together. Both the Netgear and Philips phones are made by Ascalade and, I suspect, so are at least some of GE / Thomson’s. The 200D (and I suspect, other similar devices in the current crop) are manufactured by Ascalade Communications, a Canadian cordless phone OEM / ODM that is reponsible for many of the phones that you know by Ascalade’s customers’ names. There is no indentation to help guide your ear into place and, while free of sharp edges, the phone is blocky and isn’t that comfortable to hold for long conversations.įigure 2: SPH200D handset controls (click image to enlarge) The handset won’t win any design awards for either ergonomics or looks. Note that there is no dedicated volume control on the side of the handset you adjust volume during a call with the 4-way navigation pad. ![]() Figure 2 shows the handset controls, which are familiar enough, but it doesn’t show the 2.5mm jack on the left side, which the user guide says handles a headset. But either the Skype or landline indicators will illuminate when in use and the handset shows a little antenna icon when it’s in touch with the base station.įigure 1: SPH200D base station features (click image to enlarge)Īs for the handset, you insert the two standard AAA-sized 1.2V 750 mAH NiMH rechargeable batteries, plug the charging base and power wall-wart together and place the handset into the base to charge. Note that there is no indicator light to let you know that the base is powered and ready. You essentially insert power, network and phone line plugs into the appropriate sockets and you’re done. Figure 1 needs little explanation and neither does installing the base station. The base station shown in the product shot above and in Figure 1 below is about the size of a dual CD box, using Netgear’s white and silver plastic enclosure common to its consumer product line. The latest crop of dual-mode Skype phones represented by the 200D, CIT400 and the Philips VoIP841 finally don’t require a PC of any sort and instead have the Skype client running in their own processor. But the weakness of them all (with the exception of the Linksys CIT400 "iPhone" announced in December) is that they all had to be connected to a Windows PC running the Skype client in order to make and receive phone calls. your local phone company) phones to hit the market since the original RTX / Olympia DualPhone. There have been many Skype / PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network, i.e. I was able to get a pre-announcement copy and put it right to use both before and after the show. Netgear introduced its latest Skype-enabled phone, the SPH200D, just over a week ago at the Consumer Electronics Show. ![]() NETGEAR Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D)ġ.9 GHz DECT cordless phone with built-in Skype client ![]()
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Slingo supreme apunkagames.biz7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT created: last-modified: source: RIPE % Information related to 'AS60781' % Abuse contact for 'AS60781' is aut-num: AS60781 as-name: LEASEWEB-NL-AMS-01 descr: Netherlands org: ORG-OB3-RIPE remarks: - LeaseWeb Peering Network mp-import: from AS16265 accept ANY mp-export: to AS16265 announce AS60781 import: from AS16265 accept ANY export: to AS16265 announce AS60781 remarks: - TRANSIT mp-import: from AS1299 accept ANY mp-export: to AS1299 announce AS60781 import: from AS1299 accept ANY export: to AS1299 announce AS60781 admin-c: lswn1-RIPE tech-c: lswn1-RIPE status: ASSIGNED mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT mnt-by: LEASEWEB-NL-MNT mnt-routes: LEASEWEB-NL-MNT created: last-modified: source: RIPE organisation: ORG-OB3-RIPE org-name: LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. % Information related to 'AS59392 - AS61439' as-block: AS59392 - AS61439 descr: RIPE NCC ASN block remarks: These AS Numbers are assigned to network operators in the RIPE NCC service region. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % See % Note: this output has been filtered. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % This is the RIPE Database query service. 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The last verification results, performed on (January 22, 2022) show that has an expired SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (expired on February 26, 2022). ![]() Each visitor makes around 3.96 page views on average.īy Alexa's traffic estimates placed at 5,303 position over the world, while the largest amount of its visitors comes from Pakistan, where it takes 1,202 place.Ī registered under. traffic volume is 5,259 unique daily visitors and their 19,458 pageviews. ![]() ![]() ![]() Without the reference to the map, this sentence could be organized by any one of several schemes, including alphabetical order, geographical location, and relative size. “Take a look at the map, and you will see that Scandinavia consists of Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden.” This list describes three degrees of tolerance for a certain policy, so the items should be listed in an ascending or descending order: “It is allowed in some countries, tolerated in others, and forbidden in a few.”ĥ. “It is allowed in some countries, forbidden in a few, and tolerated in others.” In this case, the somewhat amorphous descriptions don’t readily admit an alphabetical scheme, so perhaps, for euphony, the items should be arranged from simplest to most complex in terms of syllabication: “Among his favorite musical pastimes are yodeling, playing the harpsichord, and drumming in a world music ensemble.”Ĥ. “Among his favorite musical pastimes are drumming in a world music ensemble, yodeling, and playing the harpsichord.”Īgain, absent a contextual framework for a list, it’s best to impose order. If it specifically referred to the relative cost in human lives or in dollars, for example, then the sequence would follow that theme, but in the absence of an obvious context, reference to historical events should be chronological: “The major US wars of the nineteenth century were the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War.”ģ. The presentation of information in this sentence does not justify the order in which the list items are given. “The major US wars of the nineteenth century were the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the War of 1812.” In such ambiguous cases, alphabetical order is an appropriate default setting: “Our shop specializes in ebony, mahogany, and teak furniture.”Ģ. The store may stock more teak than ebony and more ebony than mahogany, or the order may reflect relative prices, but the sentence does not explicitly or implicitly express either idea. “Our shop specializes in teak, ebony, and mahogany furniture.” (Guess which context I chose for the preceding sentence.)ġ. (See an earlier post about in-line lists.) It’s all about the context: alphabetization, chronology, complexity, interrelationship, or sequence. At least five factors dictate how items in an in-line list - a series of items within a paragraph, as opposed to a vertical list - are organized. ![]() Blue spheres sonic7/6/2023 ![]() As soon as these are different, it is safe to place the blue sphere in the layout. Now we can repeat the same calculation in Touch_SSSprites_GreenSphere, and then compare it against the stored value. To do this, we will first write the player's position to the collision response slot at loc_97EE: Before placing a blue sphere however, we must ensure that the player has since moved to another layout cell. For red spheres, it is sufficient to wait until we are no longer at the center of the intersection before placing them in the layout. This explains the mismatched behavior between blue spheres and red spheres. We're waiting until all of them are cleared! Red spheres only activate if we're right on top of them! However, this time we're not waiting until any of them are set. When the object at the player's current position is 1, a red sphere, we are once again we are checking the top three bits in the fractional part of the player's position. If we continue reading, we'll soon run into some very familiar code: That's not really the relevant part, though. This effectively rounds the player's position towards the closest integer, which means that if we're walking from position A to position B, then we will touch the object at position B as soon as we're closer to B then we are to A. Note how before we truncate the player's X and Y coordinates, we add onto them a fractional value of $80, or 0.5. So what is the reason for the discrepancy between red and blue spheres? Why do we collect the blue sphere as we're walking away, but not activate the red sphere in the same circumstances? The answer can be found at sub_972E: Although our green spheres correctly only turn blue once we've walked past them, we end up collecting those immediately after, leaving behind a trail of red spheres as we go. If we build and test the ROM right now though, we'll soon realize there is a problem. So let's go ahead and turn that into code:
Cargo ship executive assault 27/6/2023 ![]() First and foremost, to what extent have the ‘divisions’ within eroded the military’s influence and authority? Equally, if these divisions run vertically in the organisation, how severely can they potentially handicap the chief? Such a powerful civilian politician on the one hand, and the erstwhile powerful and potent military seeing its influence apparently diminishing on the other, would usually augur well for the country and society and generate hope of a better, brighter future.īut the situation may need to be examined in the context of some other factors too. Whereas his populist politics may have initially ridden the wave of the massive ‘information’ campaign by his promoters in the so-called establishment, which tarnished his political opponents as ‘chor-daku’ and presented him as Mr Clean and a saviour, he has expanded his support base substantially it is now embedded in large swathes of the country. It is to Imran Khan’s credit, or discredit - depending on how you see things - that he has polarised and divided not just the people at large, but also families and institutions to such an extent that supporting him is a ‘do or die’ choice.Įditorial: Pakistan, for the first time in recent memory, seems to be flirting dangerously with civil war ![]() This obviously pointed to inside information and support. This was evident in the YouTube live videos by retired army captains and majors (based in the UK and Canada) where they were naming names and directing ‘protesters’ to the homes of senior army and intelligence officers, even furnishing street addresses. As the courts were giving him relief in older cases and protecting him in newer ones, the state paralysis was indicative of divisions elsewhere. They couldn’t co-exist.Īs the weekend approached, it was becoming clear that the PTI leader had sufficient backers not only in terms of street power, but in key institutions too who would fight his corner. “1977 or 1999?” one friend asked me, elaborating that, in his view, the former situation seemed more likely after Imran Khan’s pointed accusations because it was becoming clear that such a spiral would only leave one of the two men standing at the end of the fight. It was becoming clear that the PTI leader had sufficient backers not only in terms of street power but in key institutions too who would fight his corner. Wednesday’s mayhem saw organised Tiger Force cadres and PTI supporters from among the general public ransacking, setting ablaze key government and military installations - not even sparing the Lahore Corps Commander’s official residence - and it led to the most obvious question. Imran Khan, who is reported to have opposed the appointment of the current army chief with all his might, said the latter feared that on coming to power “I will de-notify him when I have no such plans”, insinuating that the general wanted him out of the game. ![]() After getting blanket immunity from the courts, he pointed the finger of blame directly at the army chief. Mr Khan’s accusation that a serving major-general in the ISI was responsible for the attempt on his life and was still plotting to eliminate him, was seen by analysts as the catalyst for his arrest. WHAT a dramatic few days these have been, even by Pakistani standards - triggered by the arrest of PTI leader Imran Khan on Tuesday in Islamabad and his triumphant return to Lahore late Friday, after being freed by the courts and given blanket immunity from arrest. ![]() Cactus music series7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Minnesota State Mankato Performance Series. They were still there with a long line of fans when Rocks Off left more than an hour after the show. Minnesota State University, Mankato Music and Entertainment Industries Program News Release. Their latest album, Live at the Turf Club. They skipped the customary encore but only so that they could hang out talking to fans and signing CDs for everyone after the show. Their hypnotic harmonies and unforgettable songs have made them favorites in the MinneapolisSaint Paul music scene. I guess that was a good thing since I only saw one bathroom. Once Nina, Phanie and Jenn hit their first note, the line never amounted to more than three folks. There was a steady line for the free booze until GIC starting playing. The few exceptions were a surprise cover of the Beatle's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and the closer, "Clumsy Sky." The group set expectations high for the rest of the bands in the concert series.įolks were literally dancing in the aisles while they sampled St. It would be easy to imagination Nina Diaz personally serenading you from this distance.Įarly birds also got first dibs on the vinyl edition that was sold out before the show even started.įor an hour and half, GIC played almost exclusively from the new record to the enthusiastic crowd. Cactus Music 2110 Portsmouth St Houston, TX 77098 Map It (713) 526-9272 Visit Website Overview Map Address: 2110 Portsmouth St Houston, TX 77098 Phone: (713) 526-9272 Empire Records meets H-Town at Upper Kirby’s vinyl emporium, Cactus Music. ![]() The intimate venue set up had some fans there three hours early to stake their claim at the floor in front of the stage. Their CD, released Tuesday on Joan Jett's Blackheart Record label, is their first experiment with analog-production. The San Antonio trio officially introduced Exits & All the Rest to Houston fans Saturday at Cactus Music to kick off the Rocks Off in-store concert series. Girl in a Coma graced Houston with their presence for the second time in a week Saturday afternoon. ![]() Kingdom rush best upgrades7/6/2023 ![]() While the challenges still exist for each level, they seem to exist more for bragging rights and added difficulty than as functional ways to gain points. One of the best parts of the old Kingdom Rush games was making yourself overpowered by completing a level, getting three stars - earned based on performance - to earn three upgrade points, and then completing the two mission challenges for even more points. These upgrade points are made even less interesting by being awarded flatly based on completing a level, not on performance. The tower upgrades are no longer individualized, and the tree instead consists of four groups: one for general tower upgrades, another for heroes, one for the reinforcement abilities - which allows you to call demons to anywhere on the battle field - and, finally, one for the magical blast that deals area damage on a long cooldown. Being able to then take my favorite tower loadouts into earlier levels was a delight.īut the system does come with some serious drawbacks. It wasn’t something that was necessary, it was simply my way of creating the most efficient defense system I could in the end game. I started tweaking my loadout and then restarting to make sure I had the perfect grouping of towers at my disposal. Where I used to simply pour money into one tower type until all of its units were upgraded, now I mix it up depending on what’s needed most.Īt one point toward the end of the game, I found myself starting a match and jumping back out of it as new enemies came my way. It makes the decision surrounding which tower to upgrade first a little more complicated. Normally, I’d have to wait until many waves into the match to have that kind of efficiency. ![]() If I found an awesome choke point, I could put down the boiler tower immediately and watch as it dealt minimal damage in a full 360 degrees. But as I went on, I began to appreciate the tower variety and additional strategy that having specialty towers out from minute one provided me. ![]() I missed the in-match decision-making that would come from choosing a tower’s specialty before its final level. This results in a more interesting tower landscape from the first wave of enemies.įor the first area of the game, this new change didn’t sit well with me. But Vengeance gives you access to the boiler tower at level one - assuming it’s in your loadout. Normally, you’d have to choose between those two types of towers at level three in the middle of the match. Instead of only being able to hit a single enemy and its nearby compatriots, the boiler deals low damage to everything in the area. The second artillery tower you unlock is a boiler that deals damage at a steady pace in its area of effect. It’s similar to a traditional artillery tower, with slow-firing, large area damage. For example, the first artillery style tower you have is a goblin rocket launcher, where little goblins jump on a rocket and crash down on nearby enemies. Unlike previous Kingdom Rush games, the towers in Vengeance start with their unique quark already in place. But as the game progresses, players will unlock seven other towers to add to their loadout, with five more towers being locked behind real-money purchases. ![]() ![]() When the game first starts, only four towers are available. Instead, players create a loadout of up to five towers before the match even begins. But unlike in previous games, where players could choose to evolve their ranged tower at level three into a fast-firing magical hybrid or a long range, slow-firing single bowman, the towers don’t change much over the course of a single map. The four tower archetypes - ranged, magic, troops and artillery - still exist. In Vengeance, players take control of the resurrected dark wizard Vez’nan and his minions to battle the forces of good. While Kingdom Rush, Kingdom Rush: Frontiers and Kingdom Rush: Origins all focused on the forces of good defending their lands against evil, Vengeance - the fourth entry in Ironhide game Studios’ mobile tower defense series - flips the script. But even among all this change, Kingdom Rush: Vengeance keeps all the charm and value that makes these games worth playing over and over again. Kingdom Rush: Vengeance, the newest game in the series, adds some serious twists to the usual formula, serving as the largest update to the franchise since it began in 2011. The Kingdom Rush games have been a constant mobile companion for me, bringing countless hours of strategic joy on long flights and layovers for years now. ![]() Hotswitch between xorg and wayland7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() You can downgrade nvidia drivers with downgrade (in AUR) or install a specific driver (including betas like 525) via nvidia-all. Also pretty much all games will use Xwayland. NVidia GTX1080, RTX 2080 or the more mainline GTX 1070/RTX 2070. IS valve using wayland Yes but on gaming mode only. I have to admit that I am not that familiar on the feature differences between NVidia products, but I assume a followup article that tests performance at least for previous generation NVidia GPUs would be highly relevant to most of your readership. Also, the RTX 3090 represents the most performant, feature rich of the NVidia GPU lineup. On the other hand, selecting Ubuntu on Xorg will load x11 display server. If you select Ubuntu, the following session will load with Wayland. Step 2) You will see two options including Ubuntu and Ubuntu on Xorg. ![]() I has watched some videos comparing performance between xorg and wayland showing a bit more performance for wayland, but see also that wayland is recent and some softwares are begining to add support to wayland. Switching between Wayland and Xorg Step 1) During logging in click on the gear icon near the ‘Sign In’ button. To use the Xorg backend by default, edit the. Remember that driver 470 was a begin to support wayland. As the Wayland backend has been reported to cause problems for some users, use of the Xorg backend may be necessary. Wayland gives apps individual permissions, so the security is better than Xorg, which gives a more general display access. ![]() Moderate CVE-2013-4143 xorg-x11 on GA media (Moderate) SUSE Linux. Thankfully, it is quite easy to switch between Xorg and Wayland. The Wayland backend is used by default and the Xorg backend is used only if the Wayland backend cannot be started. Marcus Updateinfo to OVAL Converter 5.5 T04:53:38 DirectFB on GA media. However, one might argue that the tested configuration is largely not relevant to the largest part of this audience due to the recent availability of the RTX 3090 and of course its price. Switching back to Xorg is the only option at times. Xorg Applications not working on Wayland after update to Ubuntu 20.10. With NVIDIA's newly-introduced 510 Linux driver series paired with the latest XWayland and a modern Wayland compositor like the newest GNOME/Mutter packages, the NVIDIA (X)Wayland experience is in great shape and delivering comparable performance to a traditional X.Org session. Switch from Wayland back to Xorg on Dell Inspiron 5548. (It doesn’t install Wayland separately, it implements Wayland.) You can choose whether to open a GNOME session using X or Wayland when you log in. In particular, I’d love to hear what and (who is an Ubuntu Core Developer) think about this.Phoronix: NVIDIA Linux Gaming Performance For Wayland vs. GNOME Shell implements a Wayland compositor, so yes, it can run without X.org, and act as a Wayland display server. I’d be curious to hear what other Lubuntu Developers think about this. This seems especially true given that LibreOffice seems affected. I say this because while Lubuntu (like most other flavors) have shorter support time frames than standard Ubuntu, the Ubuntu community still supports the packages in the archive until the Ubuntu support timeframe ends. However, I think it would be a good idea for Ubuntu Developers to backport, not only for 18.04, but quite possibly for all other supported versions as I suspect it’s an ongoing problem. Step 1) During logging in click on the gear icon near the ‘Sign In’ button. Given that our support for 18.04 ends in about 3 months, I’m concerned that dedicating our limited time to this task may not be a good use of our time. Wayland is under active development and is picking up new features such as fractional scaling and hardware acceleration on Firefox. Its also your only realistic option if you have an Nvidia card. Given that, we have to prioritize some things over others. Xorg is a big pile of crap from a developer standpoint, but its rock solid, mature and everything important just works tm on it. The Lubuntu team is a small one and we’ve almost always got more work to do than we have volunteers. I’ve been thinking about what to do with this and I’m really not sure. from -0ubuntu1 to -0ubuntu2), it’s going to be a relatively involved change to implement, the likelihood of pitfalls and conflicts is relatively high, and because of these, it’s going to require some extensive testing. Given that this is a major change in version (from 1.6 to 1.7) rather than simply a patch (e.g. It’s a bit of annoying paperwork, but the process is there to guard against the high likelihood of breaking something on an already released version of the OS. Generally, the way to deal with this is to go through the Stable Release Update process. Moving from # support to # development since this is really a question about backporting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seafood lovers’ taste buds will be satisfied at Trade Winds Waterfront Bar and Grill with their fresh seafood and raw bar. Overlook the scenic bay on Pier 5 with countless numbers of floating yachts while eating at Trade Winds Waterfront Bar and Grill. Filled with your favorite brand named stores and restaurants, you’ll love your time at Bayside Market. Bayside Market is a first class Miami shopping complex located on the waterfront with over 100 retail stores, boutiques, bars, and restaurants. Shoppers find themselves in heaven at Bayside Market. Visitors can swim, surf and jet ski on the sparkling waters off of the shores of southern coast of Florida. Because of the direct water access there are tons of water activities available. With over a dozen of beaches, there’s a beach to fit every kind of vacationer’s needs. 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The Island Queen Cruise is one of south Florida’s oldest cruise riding down the Biscayne Bay. Or tour the city by water on the Island Queen Cruise. Miami Jet tours circles the financial district of Miami on Brickell Avenue, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Little Havana and the Miami Beach Art Deco District. Get out of the hotel and tour the city of Miami by bus with Miami Jet Tours. Sofitel Miami also offers rooms conveniently located on the lower level floors of the hotel near outside doors for guest and their pets can have quick access for bathroom breaks. Served by professional and friendly hotel staff, you and your companion will be very comfortable. Sofitel Miami welcomes your entire family, including your four legged members. Ideally located in Miami, the hotel is minutes away from beaches, restaurants, shops and more. Sofitel’s contemporary French ambiance is breathtaking as it overlooks the blue lagoon. Pets are welcomed in numerous hotels and motels in Miami! Stay in the luxurious Sofitel Miami hotel. ![]() Feel free to bring Fido along on your Miami vacation. ![]() While on vacation, there’s no need to sacrifice the luxury of your stay when vacationing with your extended family. Finding affordable vacation spots in cheap hotels during your stay in Miami are easy to find. Planning a trip to Miami while on a budget? Book your stay and still have spending money for everything else. Taking a vacation in glamorous Miami, FL can be very expensive. In Miami, you’ll find everything you’ll need at your fingertips from its thriving culture, beautiful beaches, live entertainment, great hotels and amazing food. Comprehensive hotel search for Miami onlineįrom morning to dusk, every day is a celebration in Miami, Florida.Search and Compare the Prices of Accommodation Deals to Find Very Low Rates with trivago Find Incredible Cheap Hotels in Miami, USA. ![]() Vernal equinox7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The 2023 March equinox occurred on March 20 at 21:24 UTC. ![]() In the Southern Hemisphere, the days get shorter and nights longer and a chill is in the air.In many places, spring flowers begin to bloom.Trees start budding, and plants begin a new cycle of growth.In response to the change in daylight, birds and butterflies migrate back northward along with the path of the sun.You’ll also discover that it’s shifting toward the north.In terms of daylight, one can notice the arc of the sun across the sky each day.The equinoxes and solstices are caused by Earth’s tilt on its axis and ceaseless motion in orbit.One can observe later sunrises, earlier sunsets, chillier winds, and dry and falling leaves. At the south of the equator, the season is the opposite.March equinox brings earlier sunrises, later sunsets, and sprouting plants in the Northern Hemisphere.Had the year 2000 not been a leap year, the equinox would be occurring this year on Tuesday (March 21), not Monday.Īnd there are also plenty more effects in play around the time of the March equinox that all of us can notice. The vagaries of our Gregorian calendar, such as the inclusion of a leap day in century years divisible by 400 also help contribute to the seasonal date shift.This shift in dates happens because the Earth's elliptical orbit changes the orientation of its axis and because our year does not contain an even number of days.It is predicted that next year spring will officially begin on March 19.From the years 1980 through 2102, it comes no later than March 20. ![]() In fact, during the 20th century, March 21 was actually the exception rather than the rule, with the equinox landing on that day only 36 times. But now for North Americans, spring begins on March 20.When most of us were growing up, it always seemed that the first day of spring was on March 21, not March 20.More precisely at that moment, the sun will be shining directly down on the equator at a point over the Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,900 miles (3,100 km) southeast of the Hawaiian Islands.It will then be shining equally on both halves of the Earth. Here the sun comes to one of two places its rays shine directly down on the where equator.PDT) the spring (or vernal) equinox occurred for the year 2023. The vernal equinox also marks the beginning of spring, which lasts until the summer solstice which is on June 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, and December 21 or 22 in the Southern Hemisphere.Astronomically it is defined by the seasons.While in the Southern Hemisphere, the equinox falls on September 22 or 23, when the Sun moves south across the celestial equator.The vernal equinox falls about March 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator which goes north.Either of the two points in the sky where the ecliptic (the Sun’s annual pathway) and the celestial equator intersect. At that time the day and night are of equal length. There are two moments in the year when the Sun is exactly above the Equator. On the equinox date, the length of daylight is actually longer than darkness by several minutes and symbolizes the end of winter and the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. ![]() Vernal equinox 2023 brings spring to the Northern Hemisphere and for the year 2023, the date is March 20. ![]() |