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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Millennium Force has switched the top position with the Superman Ride Of Steel 2 times in the last 6 years, a coaster of very similar construction.
		While the train is being loaded in the station, the catch car for the cable lift descends down the lift and latches onto the middle car of the train.
		While on Millennium Island, the train completes a 360 degree right-handed helix, followed by a left overbanked turn and then a small right-hand turn before traveling over another airtime-filled hill to exit the island.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Millennium_Force (627 words)

	Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands were named the Gilbert Islands in 1820 by a Russian admiral, Adam von Krusenstern, and French captain Louis Duperrey, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788 ('Kiribati' is the islanders' pronunciation of plural 'Gilberts').
		The Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands gained self-rule in 1971, and were separated in 1975 and granted internal self-government by Britain.
		That is why Kiritimati Island is known in English as Christmas Island (not to be confused with the Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, which is administered by Australia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiribati (1297 words)

	Pacific Ocean - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Almost all of the smaller islands of the Pacific lie between 30°N and 30°S, extending from South-east Asia to Easter Island; the rest of the Pacific Basin is almost entirely submerged.
		The 18th century marked a burst of exploration by the Russians in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, the French in Polynesia, and the British in the three voyages of James Cook (to the South Pacific and Australia, Hawaii, and the North American Pacific Northwest).
		The Northern Mariana Islands are self-governing with external affairs handled by the United States, and Cook Islands and Niue are in similar relationships with New Zealand.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/a/c/Pacific_Ocean_bdb7.html (2126 words)

	Everything about New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The South Island is the largest land mass, and is divided along its length by the Southern Alps, the highest peak of which is Aoraki/Mount Cook, at 3,754 metres (12,316 feet).
		Most of the South Island is settled by the descendents of Aoraki, after whom the country's largest mountain is named (according to legend, he was turned into the mountain), but the northern end was settled by various northern tribes who favour the Māui version.
		Australia's neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
	wikimiki.org /en/New+Zealand (10659 words)

	12/30/99 -- Millennium Island greets Y2K warmly Thursday
		Just west of the international date line, Millennium Island is the easternmost of Kiribati's 33 islands and will be the first place to enter the year 2000.
		Islanders hope their role in the millennium ceremonies will alert the world to steps that could be taken to control the emission of greenhouse gases that scientists say cause global warming.
		But a group of 70 local singers and dancers sailed from the main island of Tarawa with Associated Press Television News to the atoll to perform, and President Teburo Tito arrived Wednesday in order to attend ceremonies for the first sunrise of the new era.
	www.climateark.org /articles/1999/milislgr.htm (495 words)

	Millennium, New Year -- Where Does The Sun Rise First?
		On Jan 1, 1995 The Republic of Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, moved the International Date Line to include its entire territory to the western side of it and prevent the country from remaining in two different days.
		Caroline Island is actually an atoll of 22 small islets protected by a very shallow reef and is about as hard to get to as the Antatartic; you would probably need to go in by seaplane.
		Christmas Island is the most south-easterly of the inhabited islands in Kiribati, but the sun rises here later than it does at Pitt Island; in New Zealand's Chatham Islands.
	www.travelnotes.org /Travel/Eclipse99/millennium.htm (919 words)

	Nature Conservancy News Room - The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) - The Time to Choose: The Millennium Ecosystem ...
		Today’s release of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), a five-year research effort by 1,360 of the world’s leading scientists, gives compelling evidence of our dependence on healthy and diverse ecosystems for clean water, food, a stable climate, and much more.
		The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is the largest mobilization ever to assess the current state of the world’s ecosystems, and the services they provide to support life on Earth.
		The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.
	www.nature.org /pressroom/press/press1838.html (674 words)

	Millennium Celebrations - Millennium Island - Part 2.
		The dawn of the new millennium of the year 2000 was first experienced by the people of the Pacific Island nation of the Republic of Kiribati.
		To celebrate the occasion, a group of the country's elite dancers, singers and choir, accompanied by President Teburoro Tito of the Republic of Kiribati, along with logistical support people, went to Millennium Island (formerly Caroline Island) to commemorate this special occasion.
		The arrival of President Tito on Millennium Island.
	www.janeresture.com /kirimwaie/index.htm (128 words)

	The bug that stayed under the rug
		The Millennium began at the stroke of midnight on a tiny, normally uninhabited island in the South Pacific - the renamed Millennium Island in Kiribati.
		In Britain, banks were relieved at midday when it became apparent that computer systems at their sister companies in New Zealand were given the all-clear from the Millennium bug one hour after the country entered the new century.
		As the Millennium passed through New Zealand, Australia, Japan and South-East Asia, the only problem telephone companies reported was coping with an inordinate number of people calling friends and relatives.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/01/01/wbug01.html (1441 words)

	International Herald Tribune newspaper: Asia and Oceania Devise 1,000 Ways to Greet 2000, BANGKOK, worldtimezone.com
		These claims come despite the fact that mathematicians maintain that the next millennium does not actually begin until Jan. 1, 2001, (there was no year A.D. 0) and certain scholars assert that Christ was actually born a few years before A.D. 1 (meaning the celebrations are all already late).
		The government soon thereafter changed the name of Caroline, a low-lying and uninhabited atoll, to Millennium Island and made it the centerpiece of the tiny nation's attempt at cashing in on New Year celebrations.
		Tebaniman Takabwebwe, the official coordinator for Kiribati's millennium events, said the government strongly rejects any assertion that it will be beaten into the New Year by another country, citing a study by the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London as proof.
	www.worldtimezone.com /newspaper-heraldtribune.html (1133 words)

	The Infoplease Crossword Puzzle: Millennium!
		Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1769 - d.1821) was exiled to this island from 1814 to 1815
		MILLENNIUM BUG: As per #40A, it's the computer code used by the early programmers who implemented date fields in such a way as to save on precious computer space, and in so doing, created the Millennium Bug
		The MILLENNIUM ISLAND in the South Pacific has laid claim that this will happen (at it) before any other place on Earth on New Year's Eve
	www.factmonster.com /xwords/millennium.html (557 words)

	Earth Changes TV - New Millennium Arrives In Pacific
		The marking of midnight on Millennium Island and the nation of
		The millennial bashes on the islands were a showcase of the
		Caroline Island to be among the first to see the new year, and it
	www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/December/1231millennium.htm (520 words)

	Millenium: Date Line Politics - How did the Republic of Kiribati become first?
		Many South Pacific islands are jockeying for position along the international date line, in a struggle to be the first place on Earth where each calendar day begins — and each New Year.
		Fiji, on the other hand, claims to be the leader of the Pacific pack since it straddles the 180th meridian, which was designated as the halfway point around the globe in 1884.
		To simplify business and government work — and possibly to chase the new millennium, Kiribati "bent" the international date line to include its easternmost land mass, Caroline Island, which, not coincidentally, has been renamed Millennium Island.
	www.trussel.com /kir/dateline.htm (708 words)

	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
		The MA Board of Directors has developed an interpretation of the key messages to emerge from the assessment, entitled Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-Being.
		In late 2003, the MA and Island Press published Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment.
		The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being.
	www.millenniumassessment.org /en/index.aspx (166 words)

	The new millennium : Time & timekeeping : Fact files : Learning : NMM
		The same conference stated that the 'universal day shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable.' Put simply this means that in Sydney they are not going to wait until 10 next morning before celebrating the New Year.
		It also places Caroline Island, since renamed Millennium Island, as a leading contender to see the first sunrise of the millennium.
		The Islands of Vanua Levu, Rambi and Taveuni, all part of Fiji, have the distinction of being the only islands crossed by the 180° line of longitude in the Pacific.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server.php?show=conWebDoc.2939&viewPage=3 (617 words)

	The Infoplease Crossword Puzzle: Millennium!
		Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1769 - d.1821) was exiled to this island from 1814 to 1815
		MILLENNIUM BUG: As per #40A, it's the computer code used by the early programmers who implemented date fields in such a way as to save on precious computer space, and in so doing, created the Millennium Bug
		The MILLENNIUM ISLAND in the South Pacific has laid claim that this will happen (at it) before any other place on Earth on New Year's Eve
	www.infoplease.com /xwords/millennium.html (549 words)

	Insurance companies on Long Island - Millennium Alliance Group
		Millennium prides itself in its ability to offer protection in all areas of commercial lines, personal lines, employee benefits, life insurance, and medical plans.
		The core of Millennium is made up of a team of specialists which assess risks as well as needs in order to recommend solutions that are right for you.
		This not only ensures that you will receive superior insurance coverage at competitive prices but provides you with a professional resource allowing for peace of mind.
	www.millenniumag.com (121 words)

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		First, our goal is to provide world-class community and family cultural and educational events for Amelia Island and all of Nassau County to fill a void in the community calendar which occurred when the Amelia Island Classic Car Show was cancelled and when the Jacksonville Jazz Festival was postponed possibly until 2002.
		In conjunction with The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, over a period of 4 ½ years, Les DeMerle and Bonnie Eisele produced, advertised, promoted and performed at 13 successful community Big Band concert/dances with their 17 Piece Big Band Orchestra for thousands of music lovers in the ballrooms of The Ritz-Carlton with rave revues.
		I know in my heart that this island will be smilin' when they hear the swingin' sounds of true jazz played with excitement, expertise and passion.
	www.ameliaislandjazzfestival.com /information.htm (813 words)

	Computer Virus Pictures & Information Technology Images: Millennium Island, by Russell Kightley Media
		/ all computer virus pictures / Millennium Island
		one of the 100 wonders of the ancient world, the rock carvings of Millennium Island gaze out across the Pacific.
		Archaeologists believe that they were carved around 2000 AD by a Silicon Age sect that escaped The Meltdown.
	www.rkm.com.au /Computer-Virus/Millennium-Island.html (161 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		EST, before 23 other time zones - was Kiribati, a diminutive South Pacific island nation so enthusiastic about the attention that it realigned its chunk of the international date line east by two hours to stage the first ceremony.
		Let us unite in love and peace,'' chanted grass-skirted dancers, illuminated by moonlight and the licking flames of glowing torches on a dark tropical beach of Kiribati's usually uninhabited Millennium Island.
		The millennium's arrival ends what is perhaps human history's most turbulent century - one that brought the world cars and planes, transistors and TVs, microchips and the Internet and open-heart surgery.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/5/story_525_1.html (740 words)

	The UN Millennium Development Goals
		The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
		"We will have time to reach the Millennium Development Goals – worldwide and in most, or even all, individual countries – but only if we break with business as usual.
		This includes tariff- and quota-free access for their exports; enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries; cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction
	www.un.org /millenniumgoals (470 words)

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