Anno Domini
Anno Domini [1] (Medieval Latin: In the year of (the/Our) Lord),[2][3] abbreviated as AD or A.D., is a designation used to number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More fully, years may be also specified as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu (Jesu) Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ").
The calendar era which it numbers is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus. Before Christ, abbreviated as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch.
Though the Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525, it was not until the 8th century that the system began to be adopted in Western Europe. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, even popes continued to date documents according to regnal years, and usage of AD only gradually became more common in Europe from the 11th to the 14th centuries., who was familiar with the work of Dionysius, also used Anno Domini dating in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, finished in 731. In this same history, he was the first to use the Latin equivalent of before Christ and established the standard for historians of no year zero,).[14]
On the continent of Europe, Anno Domini was introduced as the era of choice of the Carolingian Renaissance by Alcuin. This endorsement by Emperor Charlemagne and his successors popularizing the usage of the epoch and spreading it throughout the Carolingian Empire ultimately lies at the core of the system's prevalence until present times.
Outside the Carolingian Empire, Spain continued to date by the Era of the Caesars, or Spanish Era, which began counting from 38 BC, well into the Middle Ages,.. Most Syriac manuscripts written at the end of the 19th century still gave the date in the end-note using the "year of the Greeks" (Anno Graecorum = Seleucid era).citation needed
Even though Anno Domini was in widespread use by the 9th century, Before Christ (or its equivalent) did not become widespread until the late 15th century.[15]
Anno Domini is sometimes referred to as the Common Era, Christian Era or Current Era (abbreviated as C.E. or CE). CE is often preferred by those who desire a term unrelated to religious conceptions of time. For example, Cunningham and Starr (1998) write that "B.C.E./C.E.... do not presuppose faith in Christ and hence are more appropriate for interfaith dialog than the conventional B.C./A.D." The People's Republic of China, founded in 1949, adopted Western years, calling that era gōngyuán (公元) which literally means Common Era.
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If you need any other clarification, feel free to PM me.How do glasses work with sports and tweens?
I have a kid who is starting to be image conscious and also wears glasses and wants to try a lot of sports. I don’t play sports or wear glasses. I have noticed athletes wear goggles or safety glasses sometimes. Do kids wear those? Will she feel bad? Can you help?
She’s interested in volleyball and just joined lessons. I’m worried about her getting hit in the face. Should I get her goggles? Is that what athletes wear? She also likes basketball but I think volleyball may be her favorite. We found her prescription swim goggles and those are great. But I’m worried the sports goggles may make her feel self conscious (she’s also getting more aware of her appearance and starting puberty).
I am very far from athletic and I don’t know what the safety standards are for sports and glasses. I asked her optometrist when contact lenses could be an option and he seemed to think that was an odd question and said “maybe 16.” But I would think maybe 13 or 14? I thought it would help her with sports, I don’t know.
Any advice about helping her have fun and not mind her glasses would be great.
Best answer: I played volleyball in regular glasses all the time. It was fine. If I were in charge, I might make sure she had a backup pair just in case something happened to them.
Response by poster: I meant to ask, “How do glasses and sports work?” Not how “did” they work. Also: if you have suggestions for a sport that is easier for kids with glasses, please suggest it! Thanks!
On preview: That’s good news, advicepig! Thanks!
I would maybe talk to another optometrist about contacts? I dunno. I was going to say contacts would be the way to go. You get much better peripheral vision, which I'm sure would be helpful for sports.
If I wore glasses, I’d probably want to play sports in contacts. But unless she’s Scott Sterling, volleyball is probably one of the better sports for glasses. Little incidental contact to the face, unlike, say, basketball.
Rec Specs are a thing, though. When I was growing up they were nerdy, but they seem to have had a bit of a hipster renaissance recently.
Best answer: The biggest reason my peers all got their first contacts as kids was because of sports. There was only one kid who wore rec specs and everyone made fun of him. Kids are nicer now, but still. Contacts were definitely the number one choice for athletic tweens.
I started wearing contact lenses at 14. It definitely helped with activities, including dance classes -- no more glasses sliding down your nose! The peripheral vision thing is a game-changer, and for most people, depth perception is better. I remember when I first got contacts, how amazed I was that the world was... in 3-D!
Non-ball sports (track, crew) are going to be inherently safer for kids with glasses, but it's more important that your kid enjoy herself with whatever she does.
Best answer: Personally, I started wearing contacts at 11. Sports were pretty much a non-issue because of that. My optometrist had zero issues with contacts at that age.
Best answer: Also chiming in to say that while things certainly could have changed since my childhood, I got contacts when I was around 11-12, partially to play sports (I was also afraid of being hit in the face with glasses while playing softball). I'm surprised your optometrist doesn't think they're an option. Dailies are much more expensive compared to monthlies, but if the cost is not an issue, they basically remove the cleaning requirements that kids (including young me) may struggle with.
Best answer: I wear glasses doing Martial Arts, including kind of rolling around/upside down throws etc.
For fogging, there's a great anti-fog spray out (works for masks too!) - I don't have the brand in front of me but ask your optician. It's the hot pandemic accessory.
The easiest solution to start with is a sports band for her glasses ("sports eyeglass band"), which she can tighten and will hold her regular glasses on. I wouldn't worry too much about them getting broken unless she has a really unusual prescription - glasses are plastic anyway.
The next step up is to get her a second pair of sports frames - if she's practicing outside she probably wants sunglasses anyway. There are lenses that are slightly better/lighter, and there are frames where there's a snap-on strap and other ones that curve around - you want them pretty flexible as that will help keep them on. Oakley and Nike are two brands I've poked around at. They're just plain more comfortable.
Sports goggles are probably the most functional but the sports frames are more stylish.
I played basketball in rec-specs in the early-90s. There were a few of us who wore them. Added bonus was it kept defensive fingers out of my eyes for the most part. If I was teased for the rec-specs I don't recall -- I was teased for a number of other things, so that didn't stand out to me. Contacts weren't ever presented to me as an option back then, though, and likely would have been too expensive at the time for my parents to really consider them.
I've preferred wearing glasses even when contacts did become a realistic option. When