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	December 21 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
		December 20 - December 22 - November 21 - January 21 -- listing of all days
		A minority argues that it does so on December 23, 2012.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/December_21 (983 words)

	December 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		India announces a new effort to survey and decontaminate the area affected by the December 3, 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster.
		2004 U.S. presidential election controversy: The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary schedules a public congressional forum on voting irregularities in Ohio on December 8.
		Democratic Party members of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary request an FBI investigation into alleged Ohio voting problems, (NYT) (pdf) prompted by affidavits and sworn testimony taken at a congressional forum held on December 13.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/December_2004 (5263 words)

	December 21, 2012 AD 11:18 AM GMT
		December 21 of 2012 AD, at the coincidence of the moment of the solstice and the heliacal rising of the galactic center, levels of planetary novelty will exponentially increase.
		Speculation as to the nature of the encounter with the trans-dimensional object at the end of time includes the following:
		Theory does not make clear the nature of the ultranovel event, however.
	www.levity.com /eschaton/finalillusion.html (61 words)

	Why 2012?
		December 21st, 2012 (13.0.0.0.0 in the Long Count) therefore represents an extremely close conjunction of the winter solstice sun with the crossing point of Galactic Equator and the ecliptic, what the ancient Maya recognized as the Sacred Tree.
		Nevertheless, Schele and Freidel still report that the end date is December 23rd, 2012 rather than Dec. 21st, an unfortunate faux pas understandable only because they aren't particularly interested in the specifics of the correlation debate.
		This means that the end date of 13.0.0.0.0, some 5125 years later, is December 21st, 2012 A.D.1
	www.levity.com /eschaton/Why2012.html (4477 words)

	Today in History: December 21
		On December 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Boulder Canyon Project Act intended to dam the fourteen hundred mile Colorado River and distribute its water for use in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
		In the Northern Hemisphere, winter begins on the "shortest day" of the year, December 21 or 22, and lasts until March 20 or 22, the beginning of spring, marked by the vernal equinox, when day and night are equal in length.
		In the United States, this winter's solstice occurs on December 21 at 2:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 7:21 P.M. Greenwich Mean Time.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/dec21.html (2012 words)

	Winter Solstice set to go off 21 December at 18h35 UT
		In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs either December 21 or 22, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn; the summer solstice occurs either June 21 or 22, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Cancer.
		December 21, 2005 at 1:35 P.M. Winter Solstice 2005
		Winter Solstice set to go off 21 December at 18h35 UT There are 3comments on this article
	www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=19633 (1208 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
		December 21 - 24 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Sangit Kala Mandir’s Annual Utsav ’05 features bhajans/ghazals by Hari Haran on 21st; fusion/instrumental music by Louis Banks, Rahul Sharma, Taufique Qureshi and Abhijeet Banerjee on 22nd; Hindi thriller/comedy Chal Baaz by Paresh Rawal and his group on 23rd and 24th.
		December 21 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6 pm: ‘Adoor in Conversation’, hosted as part of A Retrospective of Films by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
		December 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of Pandit Vijay Kichlu’s 75th birth anniversary, Devgandharva hosts classical recitals by Kishan Maharaj, Girija Devi, Birju Maharaj, Shiv Kumar Sharma and Anindo Chatterjee.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051221/asp/calcutta/story_5623892.asp (823 words)

	WTC Environmental Monitoring: December 21, 2001
		In addition, EPA sampled for asbestos at three lower Manhattan locations on December 16 and 17th.
		Silicates - Nineteen air samples were collected in lower Manhattan on December 6 and December 11 and analyzed for silicates.
		Trace amounts, well below the level of concern, were found in one sample taken on December 4.
	www.epa.gov /wtc/summaries/epa-osha122101.htm (663 words)

	WDNR - DNR Outdoor Report - December 21, 2004
		WDNR - DNR Outdoor Report - December 21, 2004
		December is a great time to view many species of diving ducks and other waterfowl on the unfrozen waters of Green Bay.
		Please remember that during the month of December, part of the park is open for the late bow deer season.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/news/or/2004/or041221.htm (4916 words)

	December 21
		This page was last built with Frontier on a Macintosh on Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:52:38 PM.
		On Dec. 21, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.
		In 1804, British statesman Benjamin Disraeli was born in London.
	www.rny.com /archive/history/2005/December/1221.html (774 words)

	December 21, 1999
		December 14, 1999: The Government is Y2K Ready
		President Clinton Ratifies the New ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, December 2, 1999
	clinton4.nara.gov /WH/Work/122199.html (537 words)

	The Mechanics and Immediate Implications of the December 21 Cut-off in the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Program, 12/3/03
		In all states but one,[1] individuals exhausting their regular benefits prior to December 21 will continue to be eligible for TEUC benefits.
		No individuals, however, who exhaust their regular benefits from December 21 onwards will be eligible for TEUC benefits.
		The House of Representatives and the Senate are scheduled to be in session during the second week of December.
	www.cbpp.org /12-3-03ui.htm (514 words)

	December 21 Party Guide
		December 21 - The first full-length animated cartoon was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which premiered in 1937.
		December 21 - Basketball Day - Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, was the site of the first basketball game in 1891.
		Here you will find the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on December 21.
	www.partyguideonline.com /months/december/dec21.html (489 words)

	Save low-power radio December 21, 2000 Ralph Nader
		Update: Clinton signed the bill on December 21st and the FCC awarded 255 LPFM liscenses (less than half the number that would have been granted if the bill had not been signed).
		to excerpts from the October 21 Nader rally in Oakland.
		This would be an excellent place for the new president to provide evidence of his desire to reach out to the people.
	www.sfbg.com /nader/131.html (801 words)

	Yule: circa December 21
		For modern Witches, Yule (from the Anglo-Saxon 'Yula', meaning 'wheel' of the year) is usually celebrated on the actual Winter Solstice, which may vary by a few days, though it usually occurs on or around December 21st.
		This year (1988) it occurs on December 21st at 9:28 am CST.
		Knowing this, the Eastern half of the Church continued to reject December 25, preferring a 'movable date' fixed by their astrologers according to the moon.
	www.msu.edu /user/rohdemar/earth/sabbats/yule.html (1350 words)

	Why December 21, 2012?
		This page proposes a conjunction as the key to the December 21, 2012 "End Date." This conjunction is the location of the sun at the time of the winter solstice with respect to the cross formed by the galactic equator and the ecliptic.
		For this to be over on December 21, 2012, the tribulation needs to start in June of 2009.
		This date is also December 21, 2012, the day of the Winter Solstice.
	sumer.artideas.com /Why2012/Why2012.html (4462 words)

	GE Institutional Funds: No-Action Letter / December 21, 2005
		21, 1994) (no action relief granted from Section 17(a) to permit the assets of a common trust fund and collective investment fund to be transferred to certain registered funds substantially in accordance with the conditions of Rule 17a-7).
		April 21, 1994) ("Federated") (no-action relief granted from Section 17(a) to permit similar transactions involving bank collective investment and common trust funds where the representation was made that substantially all of the conditions of Rule 17a-7 would be satisfied).
		In accordance with the provisions of Securities Act Release No. 6269 (December 5, 1980), we have enclosed seven additional copies of this no-action request.
	www.sec.gov /divisions/investment/noaction/geif122105.htm (6117 words)

	december.com
		There are images of December 21, click here to view them
		December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
	wiki.jumis.com /December_21 (37 words)

	APOD: 2000 December 21 - Solstice And Season's Eclipse
		It is representative of what could be seen from Washington D. during the December 25 eclipse maximum which, for that location, occurs at 12:41 PM ET.
		But this year, the solstice will be followed, on December 25th, by another geocentric celestial event-- the last eclipse of the millennium!
		This celestial event is known as a solstice, marking the beginning of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere and Winter in the North.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap001221.html (202 words)

	Peace Corps Online December 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Estonia: Writing - Estonia: Poetry: Awards: Alameda Times-Star: Estonia RPCV John Isles wins coveted NEA poetry award
		December 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Estonia: Writing - Estonia: Poetry: Awards: University of Iowa Press: Review of Ark: Poems by Estonia RPCV John Isles
		December 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Estonia: Writing - Estonia: Poetry: Awards: Amazon: Ark: Poems by Estonia RPCV John Isles
		December 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Estonia: Writing - Estonia: Poetry: Awards: Alameda Times-Star: Estonia RPCV John Isles wins coveted NEA poetry award
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2025284.html (1143 words)

	Winter solstice celebrations of Christianity, Judaism, Neopaganism, etc
		Some people value the range of December celebrations, because it is evidence of diversity of belief within our common humanity.
		(In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice is celebrated in December, when the night time is at a minimum and the daytime is at a maximum.
		It is just by coincidence that it has occurred during December in recent years.
	www.religioustolerance.org /winter_solstice.htm (3384 words)

	December 21, 2000 -- Newsletter -- NIAID Research Funding
		December 21, 2000 -- Newsletter -- NIAID Research Funding
		In December, the Office of Research Integrity published the final PHS Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research.
		It pertains to all research performed with Public Health Service support, whether grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, and will supersede existing NIH policy for required education to protect human subjects.
	www.niaid.nih.gov /ncn/newsletters/nl122100/nl122100.htm (914 words)

	Media Matters - Coulter: "[T]he government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo"
		Summary: Ann Coulter stated in her December 21 column that "I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo."
		Coulter's comments came in her December 21 column, in which she used a December 19 New York Times investigative article on child pornography as part of her argument in favor of the NSA's spying program.
		She has nothing to say, her outlets are drying up and soon only the dullest of sheep will be the only people reading her.
	mediamatters.org /items/200512220006 (1495 words)

	DECEMBER 21, 2004
		It was noted the agreement would run from December 21, 2004 until January 1, 2010, which is a five year agreement.
		There being no further business to discuss, this December 21, 2004 regular meeting of the Jerome City Council was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
		PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Jerome this 21st day of December, 2004.
	www.ci.jerome.id.us /Council/JCH_Minutes_122104.htm (2941 words)

	21 December 2012
		By using an invention called the Long Count, the Mayans fast-forwarded to anchor December 21, 2012 as the end of their Great Cycle and then counted backwards to decide where the calendar would begin.
		Mythically, at sunrise on December 21, 2012, the Sun - our Father - rises to conjoin the center of the Sacred Tree, the World Tree, the Tree of Life..
		The Mayans noticed the relative slippage of the positions of stars in the night sky over long periods of observation, indicative of precession, and foretold this great coming attraction.
	www.planetpapp.com /br21december2012 (1275 words)

	NucNews - December 21, 2000
		This evening Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian representative and president of the Council for December, said the report should be discussed by the sanctions committee before being presented to the full council.
		21 - George W. Bush sent several important signals by making Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice his first cabinet appointments.
		Last year, DOE fined Fluor $330,000 -- the biggest fine issued by the department -- for violating safety rules in the K Basins project, one of Hanford's top priority radiation cleanup efforts, which for years was delayed by technical difficulties and cost overruns.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2000nn/0012nn/001221nn.htm (20219 words)

	Alex Barnett blog : Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - Posts
		At least that's what Paul Montgomery says - he's laid out his 2006 predictions, one of which includes me ranting on about one of my favourite topics, attention, and one of my favourite thinkers on the topic, Steve Gillmor.
		After installing their plugin, your iTunes playlist metadata is shared with Last, which creates a set of charts that depict your listening habits, a Read More
		Joshua Porter is continuing the Structured Blogging (SB) conversation with Joe Reger.
	blogs.msdn.com /alexbarn/archive/2005/12/21.aspx (320 words)

	RIA Novosti - Announcements - December 21, 2005 - January 21, 2006 calendar
		December 21, 2005- January 21, 2006 calendar
		RIA Novosti - Announcements - December 21, 2005- January 21, 2006 calendar
		The calendar was compiled using open-access sources and contains preliminary information.
	en.rian.ru /announcements/20051219/42564400.html (499 words)

	December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 Archives
		December 21, 2003- December 27, 2003 Archives
		December 28, 2003- January 03, 2004 »
		Next up on le blog: British alcoholism & cross-dressing, French corruption & anti-capitalist graffiti, telltale signs that you are 35 and not 21, some five-word movie reviews, plus astute commentary about how & why pro-war and anti-war factions are structurally predisposed to talk past each other.
	www.mattwelch.com /archives/week_2003_12_21.html (2465 words)

	APOD: 2002 December 21 - Solstice Celebration
		On December 22nd, at 01:14 Universal Time (December 21, 3:14pm Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time), the Sun reaches its southernmost point in planet Earth's sky marking the final season change for the year 2002.
		Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
		In celebration, consider this delightfully detailed, brightly colored image of the active Sun.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap021221.html (111 words)

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