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Friday, November 7, 2008. GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin returned home in defeat to Wasilla, Alaska, on Wednesday night - leaving behind eyebrow-raising tales about towel-clad appearances and internal campaign feuds. (San Francisco Chronicle)
S.F. school board race still tight Nov 6, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008. (11-05) 08:46 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco school board race remained close this morning. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
A new realignment for change in black politics - Opinion Nov 5, 2008
Ade Sawyerr is partner in Equinox Consulting, a management consultancy that provides consultancy, training and research services and focuses on formulating strategies for African Caribbean Asian and minority ethnic, disadvantaged and socially excluded communities ... or by email on ades@equinoxconsulting. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Obama Elected As First Black U.S. President Nov 5, 2008
Obama claims victory - 'change has come to America. Article:Obama claims victory - 'change has come to America':/c/a/2008/11/04/BAQ713U59R.DTL Article:Obama claims victory - 'change has come to America':/c/a/2008/11/04/BAQ713U59R.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Get a hotel deal based on your birth year Nov 4, 2008
Another specific exception involves stays at luxurious Equinox Golf Resort ith second and/or third night stays of $148 for those born in 1948; $155 with a birth year of 1955 and so on - with first night rates from $269. This exclusive offer is available to guests visiting Boston, Providence, Manchester, Lexington, Hartford, Stamford, Burlington and more - along with Canadian destinations including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Halifax, Collingwood and Hamilton. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
And Some People Won't Take 15 Minutes Nov 2, 2008
NYC couple travels 9,300 miles from India to vote. Article:NYC couple travels 9,300 miles from India to vote:/n/a/2008/11/01/politics/p120543D87. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Obama-McCain Race Deserves 'Historic' Label Nov 2, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008. (11-02) 04:00 PST Washington -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama often tells voters that the 2008 election is "a defining moment in history." Candidates usually think their particular race is historic, but in this case, it actually is. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Best Day of the Dead celebrations Oct 29, 2008
They believed the dead could return to their homes for a day each year, one month after the autumn equinox. Children's spirits traditionally visited one night and adults the next. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
A Door Into His Mind Oct 26, 2008
What Haruki Murakami talks about. Article:What Haruki Murakami talks about:/c/a/2008/10/24/RVL713GP8T.DTL Article:What Haruki Murakami talks about:/c/a/2008/10/24/RVL713GP8T.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Teck Reports Third Quarter Results for 2008 Oct 23, 2008
Mr. Lindsay said, "the fixed price nature of our coal sales contracts provide stability to our cash flow. Furthermore, in October, we entered into transactions to protect approximately 55% of our anticipated copper production to the end of March 2009 against further declines in the price of copper. These transactions result in price protection on approximately 73% of our total expected revenue for the six months to the end of March 2009, excluding the effect of exchange rate... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Renewed green tax credits lift Silicon Valley Oct 5, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008. After months of frustration, Silicon Valley scored a major political victory Friday as Congress and President Bush extended renewable-energy tax credits that, just days earlier, seemed doomed to expire at the end of the year. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saturday last day for local market Oct 4, 2008
Aside from the usual produce and arts and crafts, Mississippi State University students will be on hand to display their award-winning 2005 Chevrolet Equinox hybrid crossover vehicle, designed and modified by students from MSU s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems. The greatest reward for the market was to see people stay at the market for hours, Dumas said. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Billions in earmarks in Senate's bailout bill Oct 4, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008. (10-03) 04:00 PDT Washington. (San Francisco Chronicle)
For GOP, a grim week in D.C. and elsewhere Oct 3, 2008
For GOP, a grim week in D.C., elsewhere. Article:For GOP, a grim week in D.C., elsewhere:/n/a/2008/10/02/national/w143938D42. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
EDITORIAL: Summers end here so fast again? Oct 3, 2008
Wakefield - Monday, Sept. 22, at 11:44 EDT was the autumnal equinox, the start of the celestial fall ... The equinox was a big deal with the ancients, who, lacking the Internet, kept an eye on the heavens to keep track of what was coming ... Autumn for most of us and the National Weather Service begins on Labor Day we even get a holiday and by the time the equinox rolls around we've already got a couple of weekends of football under our belts. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Police Beat: Sept. 30, 2008 Oct 3, 2008
and Smith Rd.: A Palmer 16-year-old was northbound on the highway in her black 2006 Chevrolet Equinox, failed to stop and rear-ended a gold 2000 Daewoo driven by another Palmer 16-year-old, who was stopped at a construction zone ... The Equinox driver was ticketed for failing to exercise due care. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Streets of Buckhead signs upscale shops Sep 25, 2008
5 billion Streets of Buckhead, has signed new leases from Van Cleef s, the whimsical fine jewelry company from Paris with price tags as high as $115,000; Brunello Cucinelli, a line of luxury cashmere and furs (for as much as $12,000) from Italy; Bonpoint, luxury French clothing for children; Arthur, a line of French sleepwear and $49 boxer shorts; Billy Martin s, an American company known for Western and rock-n-roll attire popular with stars from Bono to Madonna (boots as much as $4,000); and... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
There is a season, and a time to every purpose Sep 24, 2008
The equinox is past and I m walking the dog to do her morning business in deep darkness, and in the evening her modesty if she had such a thing is preserved by the gathering dusk ... Past the equinox, however, we need to be reminded ... That promise grows stronger until, on the cusp of the equinox, the evidence of life s return is undeniable and we hail its resurrection, encouraged by the cycle of the seasons to look beyond our own mortality to seasons yet unknown. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Victim Says Voodoo Group Abducted, Beat Her Sep 24, 2008
She said that after about 40 minutes, they took her into a field, where they were building a fire and "preparing a circle." She told deputies they were preparing for the Autumn Equinox and they needed her there. Wood said the next thing she remembered, she woke up in the woods, used a pocket knife to cut the ropes from her wrists, called 911 with her cell phone and crawled to the road. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Sensex off lows; Realty, IT scrips decline Sep 23, 2008 Glastonbury stars secured 'soon' Sep 22, 2008 Bike group to kick off carfree week Sep 20, 2008 Southtown’ party celebrates fall (54) Sep 20, 2008 Restaurants come together for NSRWA event Sep 17, 2008 Harvest Moon Activities and Lesson ... Sep 5, 2008 Letters to the Editor Sep 4, 2008 Vaastu home is in harmony with the sun Sep 4, 2008 Captured Taliban held where dogs were housed Sep 4, 2008 In Marin, mammals take over missile silos Sep 3, 2008 Gilead may shoot past big firms' buyout hunts Sep 3, 2008 Murdered man's lifesaving gift unites parents with new friend Sep 3, 2008 So long, summer Sep 1, 2008 No. 6 Missouri outguns Illinois Aug 31, 2008 Rover Opportunity finds water evidence on Mars Aug 31, 2008 The fast track guide to Slow Food Aug 28, 2008 Newsom in spotlight as a 'hotshot to watch' Aug 28, 2008 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Can the Democrats emerge united? Aug 26, 2008 Cambridge residents named to RiverSing event committee Aug 23, 2008 > Santa Cruz Mountains vintners grow into $167.5M market Aug 15, 2008 This little pig heard Mozart Aug 13, 2008 Organise Presidential debates in all 10 regions Jul 30, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, July 27, 2008 Jul 28, 2008 Young Artists Piano Competition Jul 25, 2008 $21.7 million tobacco award held for retrial Jul 18, 2008 Women In Art Jul 6, 2008 The Week Ahead Jun 30, 2008 CPP has an opportunity to deliver for the people of Ghana Jun 25, 2008 The Monster Man Jun 20, 2008 Blog Main Page Jun 3, 2008 GPA Awards 2008 Nominations End 31st May May 23, 2008 New chancellor outlines grand plans for UNC May 9, 2008 The Meaning ofEarth Day Apr 22, 2008 Pennsylvania critical to Obama, Clinton Apr 19, 2008 Pa. Voters Face Democratic Extremists Apr 19, 2008 It's Earth Day everyday in your yard Apr 19, 2008 Earth Day activities planned for Fossil Site Apr 15, 2008 Chinese mark 1st "official" Qingming Apr 5, 2008 Nicolas Sarkozy is stretching himself, his wife is Britain's ... Apr 2, 2008 MARTY RUSSELL:So when did all this foolishness really begin? Apr 2, 2008 Spring-loaded fun Mar 31, 2008 Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Cruises Name New Senior Vice President, Marketing Mar 29, 2008 CPS 'moooves' in for attendance prize Mar 28, 2008 Churches were thrilled for Easter - even if it was a little early Mar 27, 2008 This Easter is earliest anyone living today will ever know Mar 24, 2008 Dyngus Day in Buffalo & South Bend Mar 23, 2008 Moon sets the date for Easter Mar 23, 2008 Iowa State Patrol Crash Report Mar 23, 2008 Easter stirs surge of worshippers Mar 23, 2008 Infotainment Mar 23, 2008 Petta to celebrate second Easter birthday since ’13 Mar 23, 2008 Easter won’t be in March again until 2013 03-23-2008 Mar 23, 2008 At Easter, Christians celebrate the risen Jesus Mar 23, 2008 Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... Mar 23, 2008 March 23: Earliest Easter since 1913 Mar 22, 2008 Japanese Property, Financial Stocks Rise Mar 22, 2008 Full moon heralds early Easter Mar 22, 2008 School problems bring call for fixed date Mar 22, 2008 Early Easter holiday Mar 22, 2008 Easter Comes Early for 2008 Mar 22, 2008 Thursday Marks Official Start Of Spring Mar 21, 2008 Easter won't be this early again until 2228 Mar 21, 2008 Early Easter too soon for sweet tooths, chocolate sales melt Mar 21, 2008 Easter rules date to Middle Ages Mar 20, 2008 Democrats Self-Destruct in Lose-Lose Florida Case: Ann Woolner Mar 20, 2008
68 per cent, Straits Times shed 2 per cent. Japanese markets were shut for the autumn equinox national holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 372. (India Times)
Nuclear deal caught in US financial storm Sep 23, 2008
"What a fall there was, my co 00004000 untrymen," might well be the week's ironic refrain in reference to the monumental changes on the first day of autumn, the equinox falling on September 22. As the Bush administration rushed its $ 700 billion rescue package to the Hill on Monday, there were dirges aplenty for "the death of capitalism.". (India Times, India)
Franz Ferdinand and The Ting Tings, meanwhile, performed at the Equinox Party at the festival site in Pilton, Somerset, on Friday. Ms Eavis described the show as "a little taster" for next year. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The show will be 7:30 p.m. at Port O Call in the Cartwright Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, part of the Carfree Equinox Party that will begin at 7 p.m.. We want them to know that there s a way that they can live without being car-dependent, said RoZ, now 57. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
The third Southtown street party is taking place from noon into late tonight behind FireWorks Restaurant at 1115 S.W. Third St. Revelers will gather to celebrate the Fall Equinox (which officially arrives Monday at 11:44 a.m.). and raise money for the the South Corvallis Food Bank. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
More than 20 local food establishments will gather at the Mill Wharf Restaurant in Scituate to celebrate the local harvest on the autumnal equinox, Sept. 22, to benefit the North and South Rivers Watershed Association. It s thinking about where your food comes from, and we want to say that you have to have clean water and clean, healthy land to grow healthy food. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Harvest Moon Activities and Lesson Plans: A Theme Unit for the Full Moon Closest to the Autumnal Equinox ... A Theme Unit for the Full Moon Closest to the Autumnal Equinox ... In 2008, the Harvest Moon (the full moon closet to the fall equinox) becomes completely full early in the morning of September 15th. (Suite101.com)
Getting to know Sarah Palin, for better and for worse. Article:Getting to know Sarah Palin, for better and for worse:/c/a/2008/09/02/EDG312MN9R.DTL Article:Getting to know Sarah Palin, for better and for worse:/c/a/2008/09/02/EDG312MN9R.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The home's front doors face east: "During the equinox, the sun rises exactly between the two front doors and sets between the double doors on the west side," Richards said. All the rooms are bathed in sunlight. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press. Wednesday, September 3, 2008. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008. The phrase "historic preservation" conjures up images of lavishly restored Victorian homes, or civic landmarks buffed and polished, a la San Francisco City Hall. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008. (09-01) 17:04 PDT -- Three of the Bay area's earliest biotechnology companies proved they could start from the ground floor and build thriving enterprises that would steal markets from old-line pharmaceutical firms. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Article:SAN FRANCISCO / Transforming tragedy / Murdered man's l:/c/a/2004/05/25/BAGMH6R3FJ1. DTL Article:SAN FRANCISCO / Transforming tragedy / Murdered man's l:/c/a/2004/05/25/BAGMH6R3FJ1. (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
The fall equinox the actual first day of autumn is Sept. 22 this year. But since school is back in session and summer vacation season has ended, Labor Day has become the de facto last fling of the season, with most pools closing and people squeezing in one last family picnic. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
No. 6 Missouri wins another shootout with Illinois. 6 Missouri wins another shootout with Illinois:/n/a/2008/08/30/sports/s212331D73. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Saturday, August 30, 2008. (08-29) 19:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered evidence inside the rim of a Martian crater that a vast underground body of water once lay deep beneath a rock-strewn plain on the planet's surface, the mission's chief scientist said Friday. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Come Labor Day weekend, 50,000 people are expected to descend on San Francisco to taste farm-fresh produce, sample biodynamic wines, learn how bread is made, and get back to a time when people made their meals from scratch. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Newsom in spotlight as a 'hotshot to watch. Article:Newsom in spotlight as a 'hotshot to watch':/c/a/2008/08/27/MNC212JP5E.DTL Article:Newsom in spotlight as a 'hotshot to watch':/c/a/2008/08/27/MNC212JP5E.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR / Can the Democrats emerge united. Article:LETTERS TO THE EDITOR / Can the Democrats emerge united:/c/a/2008/08/25/ED0612I0PU.DTL Article:LETTERS TO THE EDITOR / Can the Democrats emerge united:/c/a/2008/08/25/ED0612I0PU.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
We re excited to bring together CRC supporters to celebrate the arrival of autumnal equinox, said Charles River Conservancy Founder and President Renata von Tscharner. This is a great chance for long-time supporters and new friends of the Conservancy to come together to celebrate the work we do throughout the year to renew our urban Parklands. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Now, Bonny Doon is collaborating with several other local winemakers such as Santa Cruz Mountain, Equinox, Pelican Ranch, Sones Cellars and Trout Gulch to open a new tasting room called Surf City Vintners near downtown Santa Cruz. The collaboration is aimed at boosting traffic, because the appellation is so large and wineries are often hidden in redwood groves on mountain roads. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Saltzman, a retired music professor and conductor who lives in New York, has requested his ham be delivered on the autumnal equinox; his kitchen is too hot in the summer. He and his wife, Barrett Cobb, travel to Spain regularly. (Boston Globe)
Ade Sawyerr is partner in Equinox Consulting, a management consultancy that provides consultancy, training and research services and focuses on formulating strategies for African Caribbean Asian and minority ethnic, disadvantaged and socially excluded communities. He also comments on political, economic and social, and development issues. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
It fuels hydrogen fuel cell cars; Honda has the FCX Clarity and GM has one called the Equinox. Gov. Schwarzenegger has a plan called the Hydrogen Highway, proposed to set up hydrogen fuel stations alongside or at existing gas stations to fuel hydrogen cars. (North County Times)
He has won numerous competitions, including the MTNA Baldwin Piano Competition of New York State, the Ithaca National Piano Competition, and the Equinox Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. As winner of the 2007 Bradshaw International Piano Competition, Zhang was among those who were selected to play in Carnegie Hall. (R News)
7 million tobacco award held for retrial. Article:SAN FRANCISCO / $21. (Yahoo News -- Tobacco Lawsuits)
Sunday, July 6, 2008. It was supposed to be an epochal Year of the Woman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Mississippi State students and faculty met with state leaders to begin the Challenge X victory lap, celebrating the student team's first-place finish in competition with 16 other universities from the United States and Canada to re-engineer a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox for higher fuel efficiency and lower emissions ... The team recorded its second consecutive first-place finish in a national competition to re-engineer a Chevy Equinox for higher fuel efficiency and lower emissions. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Ade Sawyerr is partner in Equinox Consulting, a management consultancy that provides consultancy, training and research services and focuses on formulating strategies for African Caribbean Asian and minority ethnic, disadvantaged and socially excluded communities. He also comments on political, economic and social, and development issues and is a member of thenkrumaistforum@yahoogroups. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Appreciation: Stan Winston created terrific monsters. Article:Appreciation: Stan Winston created terrific monsters:/c/a/2008/06/18/DD8S11AKR3. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Challenge X is in its fourth and final year competition in the race to convert a gasoline-based 2005 Chevrolet Equinox SUV into a hybrid vehicle. Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 16, 2008 06:31 PM in. (EETimes)
Special Guests earmarked for this years awards rence include Former UN Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan, Sir Sam Jonah, President of Jonah Capital and Equinox Explorations, HE Mr Annan Cato, Ghanas High Commissioner to the UK, Mo Ibrahim, founder of The Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Prize For Achievement In African Leadership, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian Premier and First African Female President, Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize laureate, environmentalist, civil society and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Hobbies: A musician, Thorp plays keyboards for Equinox, a Chapel Hill-based jazz band that plays at UNC functions and the occasional Rotary Club holiday party ... The quirky nature of the job offer was fitting for a man who is at once a top-flight chemist and a keyboardist for a Chapel Hill jazz band called Equinox. (News & Observer)
So, by having earth day on this day it signifies the balance of equilibrium of the equinox and encourages all to renewed commitment to taking care of our planet. Although earth day was not officially named such until 1971, March Equinox festivals date back through time and to many cultures ... March Equinox festivals were celebrated by Chinese, Mayans and in the eras of Stonehenge and Persia. (Suite101.com)
The equinox has come and gone, and still American politics have not reached any sense of equilibrium. Thus Pennsylvania. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
One of the self-identified "founders" of Earth Day, Bay Area activist John McConnell, has written that in 1969 he proposed to the San Francisco board of supervisors a new holiday to be called Earth Day on natures first day of spring, the Equinox, around March 21. But, McConnell wrote, in 1970 local anti-Vietnam War and Environmental Teach-in activists "who were planning a one-time event for April 22, also decided to call their event Earth Day.". (Newsmax)
That date was selected because this is the vernal equinox, the time when night and day are equal throughout the Earth and the earth is thought to be in harmony. What can we do to celebrate Earth Day. (Florida Times-Union)
huEarth Day was founded by John Mcconall in 1969 to be celebrated each year on the March equinox. Tuesday, April 22, marks the 38th annual commemoration of Earth Day around the world - and the East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum at the Gray Fossil Site is hosting its very first observance this year. (East Tennessean, TN)
The Chinese Qingming Festival, a day two weeks after the vernal equinox, is also called the Tomb-sweeping Day, when Chinese people usually mourn their deceased relatives, pay homage to martyrs and sweep the tombs of the departed. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
The day's origins are unclear, but it is thought to be a relic of celebrations held on the vernal equinox which began on March 25th and ended on April 2nd. Share this article. (Daily Mail)
One of those paintings, according to la Blaque, depicts a group of cavemen standing beneath the sun, which is obviously depicted as being close to the vernal equinox ... "Of course," said la Blaque, "we only know it occurred close to the spring equinox. It could have been April 1 but it could just as easily have been March 31 or April 2.". (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Actually, because of time zone differences, the equinox in Arizona occurred Wednesday at 10:48 p.m., but spring is more than an astronomical punch clock: It is a chance to readjust your inner seasonal mood ... On the equinox, you can balance an egg on its end, or so the story goes ... In 1948, an American writer picked up on this and wrote a Life magazine article about balancing eggs on the vernal equinox, inferring that you could balance an egg only on the equinox. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Noted for "The Top Cruise Ships in the World," as voted by the readers of Conde' Nast Traveler (February 2008 readers' poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and a fourth Solstice- class ship in 2011. For more information, call your travel agent, dial 1-800- 437-3111 or visit. (PR Newswire)
The winning school also received a Perfect Attendance Day award known as the Vernal Equinox Award ... The school was presented with the Vernal Equinox Award during the event. (Calhoun Times, GA)
Easter Day is usually the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs after the vernal or spring equinox on March 20. Precise mathematical calculations have been developed to fix this date each year, give or take a few days to allow for the difference between the astronomical full moon and the ecclesiastical full moon. (Forest City Summit, IO)
In 325, the Council of Nicaea decided Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs after the spring equinox, or March 20. The date of Easter is going to depend on when the full moon hits after the first day of spring. (Skieston Standard Democrat, MO)
Easter is held on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox. The next time Dyngus Day and Easter happen this early will be in 220 years, in the year 2228. (Suite101.com)
She also is known as "Ishtar" and "Ostara." Her festival was celebrated in ancient times on the Spring Equinox. Christianity later merged this festival with Passover, which is believed to be Christ's Last Supper. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
In the report filed by Officer Funk, Cooper was noted to have been traveling north in a 2005 Chevy Equinox when she lost control of her vehicle due to the surface conditions. The SUV rotated clockwise and struck the guardrail, then continued into the east ditch, rolled over and came to rest on its side in a shallow creek bed. (Missouri Valley Times News, IA)
By general definition, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after an "ecclesiastical full moon" on or after the spring equinox and can range from March 22 to April 25. An early Easter is extremely rare on the Christian calendar. (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
Over the topTeotihuacan: A hot air balloon flies over the Pyramid of the Sun during celebrations of the Spring Equinox. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Since the Jewish calendar is influenced by the phases of the moon, all churches present at the council agreed that Easter should be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Based on this method Easter can be celebrated as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
The rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after March 21 which is fixed as the vernal equinox. Easter can never occur before March 22 or later than April 25. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
In this system, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox the day when the sun s path crosses the equator, making days and nights equal length ... Pagan fertility festivals at the time of the spring equinox were common, as it was believed that at this time of year when day and night were of equal length male and female energies were in balance. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)
The standard rule is "the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox." But in fact, the actual divination of the date is so involved that it has its own offical name: "computus." And so challenging that Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of history's greatest mathematicians, devoted the time to create an algorithm for it. It goes on for many lines. (Time.com)
Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox March 20. The dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on the Roman Calendar. (Charles City Press, IO)
Japanese financial markets were closed Thursday for Spring Equinox Day, a national holiday. Traders said much of Friday's gains were from a short-term adjustment. (ABC News -- Wire)
Friday brings us the first full moon of the new spring season, the vernal equinox having already occurred at 1:49 a.m. ET Thursday ... The timing of those two events the equinox and the full moon is the big astronomical factor behind the earliest Easter in nearly a century ... However, church rules also state that the vernal equinox is fixed on March 21, even though at European longitudes from the years 2008 through 2101 it actually will occur no later than March 20. (MSNBC -- Technology)
According to a formula set in AD325, Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. The earliest Easter Sunday can be is March 22 - one day before this year's - and the latest is April 25. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
As you may have wondered, Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox - which is March 20 ... Easter is a movable feast, observed the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox, the first day of spring. (Wellington Daily News, KS)
The vernal or spring equinox, the moment of time when the sun is directly above the earth's equator, occurred March 20 this year ... Under ancient tradition, sacrifices were offered to Eostre at the vernal equinox. (The Daily Universe, UT)
The season officially began at 12:48 am Central Daylight Time Thursday, the time of the Vernal Equinox ... The other occurs on the Autumnal Equinox, also known as the first day of fall ... Contrary to popular belief, the equinox does not result in an equal length of day and night. (KWTX.com, TX)
Some insist that the vernal equinox is part of the equation, but experts say that is incorrect, according to the Astronomical Society of South Australia. Especially when you know that people in the Southern Hemisphere would be forced to wait six months to celebrate Easter. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Instead, Easter would be celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, fixed at March 21 - one of only two times a year when day and night are equal in length. The earliest Easter can fall is March 22; the latest is April 25. (Canada.com)
The rule regarding the celebration of Easter has, since the Middle Ages, been phrased as Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon or after the day of the vernal equinox ... Another difference is that the astronomical vernal equinox is a natural astronomical phenomenon, while the ecclesiastical vernal equinox is a fixed March 21. (Camden Chronicle, TN)
For influence, a vernal equinox primary would have worked just fine. By the time the judges got a chance to question the DNC's chief counsel, the first thing they asked was how they could dismiss the lawsuit in the legally proper way. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
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