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| | Calendars and their History |
 | | This serves as year 1 of Scaliger's Julian Period. | | | For his initial epoch Scaliger chose the year in which S, G, and I were all equal to 1. | | | It served as a standard for European civilization until the Gregorian Reform of +1582. |
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http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html
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| | Year 2002 Chinese Black Horse Year |
| | The Year 2002 (Black Horse) is the 4699th Chinese year. | | | the first day of the Chinese Black Horse year is February 3rd, 2002 in USA. | | | Why do the Chinese name year 2002 as the Black Horse Year? |
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http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2002.htm
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| | Myth*ingLinks: Lunar New Year 2006 - 2007 - Year of the Fire Dog |
| | International justice will be the order of the year. | | | This is an engaging little essay by Japanese American, Dean Toji, on many pan-Asian New Year celebrations falling from November to mid-April. | | | ...The adoption of Korean children by American parents started during the Korean War and has continued throughout the 50 years since that time. |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/LunarNewYear2000.html
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| | Click2Houston.com - Health - ADHD Drugs Send Thousands To ER Each Year |
| | Dr. Marsha Rappley, pediatrics professor at Michigan State University, and two other doctors on the advisory panels believe the vote for a black box was premature. | | | Dr. Steven Nissen, cardiology chief at the Cleveland Clinic, who had pressed for a black box warning at the FDA panel meeting, said ADHD drugs are powerful stimulants and inherently risky. | | | 25 Years After First Cases, AIDS Origin Pinned Down |
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http://www.click2houston.com/health/9269097/detail.html
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| | Americans enchanted by Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations |
| | The House of Delegates was holding hearing on the bill, and was likely to vote on it in February, Stern said. | | | I've never heard of that," said Joan F. Stern, deputy majority whip of the Maryland House of Delegates. | | | Wisniewski said this was his first time to the celebrations, mainly for the sake of his three-year-old daughter, Amelia, whom he and his wife adopted in China two years ago. |
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/29/content_516386.htm
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| | 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) | | | International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) | | | April 8 - Former Japanese famous economist, professor at Waseda University graduate school Kazuhide Uekusa was arrested on the escalator of JR Shinagawa Station because of trying to peep under high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004#January
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| | Regnal Year Calculator |
| | For instance, if you enter 6/1 1 Elizabeth I, you will get the year 1559 because June 1st in her first regnal year occurred in 1559. | | | For example, January 1 in Elizabeth I's 1st regnal year occurred in the Christian year1559, but legally the year was still 1558, and would be until March 25. | | | From January 1 to March 24, the convention is to note both years with a slash between them, e.g. |
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http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/regnal.htm
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| | AWOLBush.com - Home Page |
| | "The president needs to make a fuller explanation of how he spent his last two years in the Guard." | | | Center for American Progress - July 9, 2004 | | | In four years, President Bush has been unable to find a single soul who saw him when he was supposed to be serving in the National Guard in Alabama. |
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http://www.awolbush.com
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| | Japanese culture and daily life/New Year's Card |
| | A ceremony was held at the Shinjuku main post office, in the presence of the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, launching the delivery of New Year's mail. | | | This system continues to be used in Japan today to express the year. | | | Daily conversation often includes comments about the animal of the year in which one was born. |
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http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/ge/ge07nenga.htm
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| | Billboard 2005 Year In Music |
| | In 2001 the crown went to St. Germain's "Tourist" and then, for three years in a row, Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" took top honors (not surprising, given it was No. 1 for 143 weeks). | | | This year, the best-selling soundtrack is "Ray" (WMG Soundtracks/Atlantic/Rhino), at No. 43. | | | Between 1999 and 2004, the artists with the No. 1 album of the year were Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, the Beatles, Eminem, 50 Cent and Usher. |
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http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2005/charts/recap.jsp
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| | INSPIRATION LINE Trivia and Facts: All about New Year's Day |
| | In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. | | | Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. | | | The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun. |
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http://www.inspirationline.com/Brainteaser/newyear.htm
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| | CNN.com - Rooster struts into New Year - Feb 8, 2005 |
| | Millions of people across the world, particularly Asians, are ushering in Lunar New Year. | | | "We'll see a year of more peace and compromise. | | | (CNN) -- Goodbye year of the monkey, hello year of the rooster! |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/chinese.new.year
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| | Happy New Year |
| | Wherever you are, whether it is St Andrews or South Africa, Edinburgh or Egypt, the Western Isles or Washington and anywhere in between you're welcome to our virtual New Year celebrations. | | | Why not join us online to herald the start of New Year? | | | New Year may be celebrated the world over but there's nothing quite like a Scottish Hogmanay to ring out the old year and bring in the new. |
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http://www.new-year.co.uk
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| | Welcome to Year One |
| | URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT (UPDATE) Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod/Custom Vehicle Legislation to be Considered by Tennessee Senate Committee on Wed., April 6 Legislation in the Tennessee Senate (S.B. 812) to create vehicle registration and titling... | | | © Copyright 2004-2006, Year One, Inc., all rights reserved. | | | YearOne is teaming with automotive design guru and television star |
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http://www.yearone.com
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| | Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For the distance unit light year, by convention the Julian year is used in the computation. | | | This is currently on or close to 1 January. | | | An academic year refers to the annual period during which a student attends school or college. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Year of Jubilee |
| | EAR OF), the year of Jubilee was in any case preeminently a time of joy, the year of remission or universal pardon. | | | Thomas of Canterbury took place in the year 1220, fifty years after his martyrdom. | | | It is also noteworthy that in the Chronicle of Alberic of Three Fountains, under the year 1208 (not, be it noted 1200), we find this brief entry: "It is said that this year was celebrated as the fiftieth year, or the year of jubilee and remission, in the Roman Court" (Pertz, "Mon. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531c.htm
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| | Seasons of the Christian Church Year |
| | Dates of the Church Year, RCL Year A, 2005 (2004-2005) | | | Dates of the Church Year, RCL Year B, 2006 (2005-2006) | | | The rest of the church year provides opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the coming of Jesus and his commission to his people to be a light to the world. |
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http://www.cresourcei.org/chyear.html
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| | chinese new year |
| | This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year. | | | Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. | | | This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. |
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http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
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| | City Year, proud member of AmeriCorps Volunteer. Serve your community. |
| | City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps. | | | City Year - for the third consecutive year - is featured in the Princeton Review's "Best Entry-Level Jobs" book as one of 112 companies and organizations recommended as great places for new grads to work. | | | Bold Call for New GI Bill from City Year Co-founders |
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| | YEAR (Transact-SQL Reference (SQL Server)) |
| | This example returns the number of the year from the date 03/12/1998. | | | This example specifies the date as a number. | | | Returns an integer that represents the year part of a specified date. |
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ya-yz_0ab6.asp
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| | Technorati Tag: new year |
| | Nationwide New Year's Parties and Events New Year's Eve parties in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and South Beach Miami. | | | Q: Why don’t we celebrate December 25 as the new year? | | | These are the toast glasses from last new year...bringing in the new year with friends is the best way to look foward to a great year. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/new+year
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| | Year 2000 Bookmarks |
| | The Year 2000 Legal Site is a part of the | | | The Year 2000 Registry has a database of company compliance statements. | | | Links to Government Websites are provided by the United Nations Year 2000 |
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http://pw1.netcom.com/~ggirod/bookmark.html
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| | Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year |
| | Enter the year for which the table is desired. | | | This page provides a way for you to obtain a table of the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and end of twilight, for one year. | | | Sunset photo taken from Nags Head, North Carolina, by George Kaplan. |
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http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
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| | TAY backcountry skiing: year-round backcountry skiers |
| | I moved from California to Portland in 2001 but didn't spend my first full year here until 2003. | | | It was easy that year, but this year has been more challenging. | | | Although most of these skiers are from Washington, skiers in Oregon, Colorado, California, and British Columbia are also maintaining ski streaks. |
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http://www.turns-all-year.com/indexyrs.html
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| | Year |
| | Includes reported annulments and some estimated state figures for all years. | | | Starting in 1998, divorce rate excludes data for California, Colorado, Indiana, and Louisiana; population for this rate also excludes these states. |
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| | What is Year 2000 problem? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary |
| | Byte magazine (July 1997) offers a detailed look at the current state of the Year 2000 problem. | | | Includes the text of the Year 2000 Information Readiness and Disclosure Act and information on becoming Y2K-compliant. | | | This CNN article, from January 1996, describes the various implications of changing from the year 1999 to 2000, with links to related reading. |
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http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/Y/Year_2000_problem.html
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| | BBC News EDUCATION More students opt for 'gap year' |
| | The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service says that 22,073 students are planning to take a year off before beginning their studies. | | | "Gap years" are becoming more popular among students - including those who spend a year raising money to pay for the increased cost of university. | | | Probably this year's most high profile gap year student is Prince William, who among other things is planning to travel around Australia. |
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| | Year of the Dog Chinese Horoscopes - Astrology.com |
| | Happy New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai (may you have wealth and prosper)! | | | So what can we expect from the upcoming year? | | | The Dog is an ethical and idealistic sign, and the year that bears its name will also bring increased social awareness and interest in society's less powerful members. |
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| | Merlyn - Year 2000 Page 1 - J R Stockton |
| | BBC report that, at the end of each year, Windows 98 gains two days or loses one. | | | I have seen a report of a system with YY years, designed to run permanently, that powers up by design in Year 00; and uses that as an indication of a non-set date; and so gives no output when at Year 00. | | | Date failures involving local time/date will start in NZ (13 hours ahead of GMT at year's end) and will propagate around the world at nominally 15 degrees/hour to Hawaii and thereabouts, as is widely recognised. |
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| | Calendar |
| | The year 2006 is a normal year, with 365 days in total (Gregorian calendar) | | | List of years that use the same calendar as 2006 | | | Phases of the moon are calculated using local time in New York |
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http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar
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| | Year course |
| | is a 9-month program for recent high school graduates who spend a dynamic year living, volunteering and studying in Israel. | | | Over the course of the year there are three major tiyulim (hikes) as well as local field trips, special seminars, cultural and social activities. | | | The year has changed my life significantly and now I feel more prepared than ever to enter university.” |
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http://www.youngjudaea.org/html/year_course.cfm
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| | Light Year |
| | A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. | | | The distance to the nearest star is 4.3 light years, and the distance to the Andromeda galaxy is 2 million light years. | | | You can find out the number of seconds in a year by multiplying the number of seconds in a minute (60) by the number of minutes in an hour (60). |
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http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/980211a.html
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| | Einstein Exhibit -- Chronology 1905 |
| | By the end of the year 21 of these reviews were published. | | | March 17: Sends Annalen der Physik his photoelectricity paper, “On a Heuristic Point of View concerning the Production and Transformation of Light.” Received March 18, published June 9. | | | Early March: Begins to submit one-paragraph reviews of recent scientific papers on heat theory to the Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik — mainly summaries, with occasional critical remarks. |
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| | In This Year ... |
| | Follow the year links below to view events, movies and information relating to that year. |
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| | Flickr: Photos tagged with year |
| | Explore PageLast 7 Days InterestingCalendarA Year Ago TodayPopular TagsMost Recent PhotosCreative CommonsFlickrBlogDo More with Your PhotosFlickr Services | | | NEW Explore and refine year photos with our brand new clustery goodness! | | | Search thousands of gap year opportunities from volunteer work, to teaching, ski or snowboard... |
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| | World Year of Physics 2005 |
| | Some World Year projects will become a regular part of the American Physical Society’s outreach efforts; click on the boxes to the left for more information on these projects. | | | Thank you for helping to make the World Year of Physics 2005 a great celebration! | | | Although this website will no longer be updated, it will remain available as a resource for planning outreach events in 2006 and beyond. |
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| | Plate Tectonics |
| | This exhibit explains the history of our new understanding of the Earth and provides a brief overview of the theories behind it. | | | Last 750 million years: [1.04 MB] [506 KB] [261 KB] | | | Last 750 million years in reverse: [1.04 MB] [506 KB] |
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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
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| | ResearchBuzz: New Zealand to Start Online Encyclopedia Next Year |
| | The New Zealand Herald is reporting that New Zealand's Prime Minister and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage announced that work will start on an online encyclopedia next year. | | | Sign up for ResearchBuzz FREE every week by e-mail. | | | New Zealand to Start Online Encyclopedia Next Year |
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http://www.researchbuzz.com/2002/01/new_zealand_to_start_online_en.shtml
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| | seattletimes.com |
| | The story you have requested, "Welcome to 4702, the Year of the Monkey" has been moved to the seattletimes.com archive. | | | The story will appear automatically in ten seconds, or click here. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001841196_newyear22.html
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| | Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year |
| | Easy to use year, month and season chart views. | | | As the earth cycles annually through its seasons, just so the Church celebrates with quiet, deliberate rhythm the seasons of the liturgical year – always the same, yet ever new and renewing. | | | What the Liturgical Year Section of this Site Includes |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/overviews/lit_year_main.cfm
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