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  Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A day, as opposed to night, is commonly defined as the period during which sunlight directly reaches the ground, assuming that there are no local obstacles.
In astronomy, the sidereal day is also used; it is about 3 minutes 56 seconds shorter than the solar day, and close to the actual rotation period of the Earth, as opposed to the Sun's apparent motion.
Days such as Christmas Eve, Hallowe'en, and the Eve of Saint Agnes are the remnants of the older pattern when holidays began the evening before.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Day   (1280 words)

  
 St. Valentine's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The day is now most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid.
In Ancient Rome, the day of February 15 was Lupercalia, the festival of Lupercus, the god of fertility, who was represented as half-naked and dressed in goat skins.
This day is chosen probably because it is one day before the Saint Anthony's day, there known as the marriage saint, when many single women perform popular rituals in order to find a good husband (or, more modernly at least a boyfriend).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valentine's_Day   (1397 words)

  
 Day
Different definitions of the day are based on the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky (solar day).
A further improvement defines a fictituous mean Sun that moves with constant speed over the equator; the speed is the same as the average speed of the real Sun, but this removes the variation over a year as the Earth runs its orbit around the Sun.
When taking leap seconds into account, a civil clock day is 86400 or 86401 SI seconds long (or theoretically 86399 s on occasion, which never happened).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/da/day.html   (543 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: All Saints' Day
It is instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.
In the early days the Christians were accustomed to solemnize the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ at the place of martyrdom.
In the fourth century, neighbouring dioceses began to interchange feasts, to transfer relics, to divide them, and to join in a common feast; as is shown by the invitation of St.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01315a.htm   (390 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: X-Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
X-Day is a military term that is shorthand for "attack day." It was the term used by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters for the day that they would begin the Greater East Asia War, a part of World War II.
Since its inception in 1980, the Church prophesied that an army of extraterrestrial alien invaders would land on the planet Earth and destroy the world of "normals" and "glorps," while the members of the Church of the SubGenius would be rescued by the aliens and taken away into space.
July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/X_Day   (1037 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Holidays (Boxing Day)
Christmas celebrations in the old days entailed bringing everyone together from all over a large estate, thus creating one of the rare instances when everyone could be found in one place at one time.
Thus, the day after Christmas, after all the partying was over and it was almost time to go back to far-flung homesteads, serfs were presented with their annual allotment of practical goods.
As mentioned previously, equals exchanged gifts on Christmas Day or before, but lessers (be they tradespeople, employees, servants, serfs, or the generic "poor") received their "boxes" on the day after.
www.snopes.com /holidays/christmas/boxing.asp   (1226 words)

  
 cookbook4you.com - cookery day encyclopedia womans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Welcome to Day
Day’s CRX is the first commercially available, industrial-strength content repository implementing the groundbreaking new Content Repository for Java Technology (JCR) standard.
Day and BEA have entered into a technology alliance to deliver a JSR 170 compliant connector for BEA WebLogic Portal™.
The Day repository connector is designed to enable BEA WebLogic Portal to interact with enterprise content repositories—such as Day’s Content Repository Extreme (CRX)—that are compliant with the new JSR 170 industry standard.
www.day.com   (512 words)

  
 The National D-Day Memorial Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Their names, engraved on tablets encircling the middle plaza, remind visitors of the individual sacrifices troops made on that fateful day in Normandy.
Though the Foundation dedicated a portion of the Memorial wall during a moving Memorial Day program in May of 2003, more donations are needed in order to install all plaques.
A contribution of $5,000 will underwrite the purchase, inscription, and mounting of one of the 232 bronze plaques on the interior walls of the Memorial's central plaza.
www.dday.org /html/Honor_their_Sacrifice.html   (1226 words)

  
 Seventh-day Sabbath of the 10 Commandments
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work; you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
www.seventh-day.org   (404 words)

  
 International Women's Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The International Women’s Day protest that changed the world occurred in Russia in 1917 (March 8 by Western reckoning, February 23 on the Gregorian calendar).
Coming on the rise of long struggle and many strikes, International Women’s Day 1917 inspired thousands of Russian women to leave their homes and factories to protest the terrible shortages of food, the high prices, the world war, and the increased suffering they had a bitterly endured.
In the early days if its observance, International Women’s Day was celebrated as a socialist holiday honoring working women With the resurgence of feminism in the late 1960s came a renewed interest in International Women’s Day.
www.nwhp.org /events/iwd/iwd.html   (605 words)

  
 Flowers Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Valentine's day is just around the corner and we have great specials for both mother's day and valentine's.
When cupid is in town for valentine's day it is time to order flowers for delivery for that special girl.
On valentine's day make sure you don't forget to send her flowers and candy.
www.sendflowersamerica.com /flowers_encyclopedia.htm   (162 words)

  
 D-Day
Whereas an air raid by 200 planes had been considered large in June 1943, the average strike a year later was undertaken by 1,000 heavy bombers.
Nevertheless, by nightfall of the first day, large contingents of three British, one Canadian, and three American infantry divisions, plus three airborne divisions, had a firm foothold on Hitler's "fortress Europe."
In this selection from "Citizen Soldiers," Ambrose reports on the critical days after D-Day -- June 7 to June 30 -- when the Allies fought to expand their beachhead one foot at a time.
www.worldwar2history.info /D-Day   (992 words)

  
 Young, Sober, & Free
Take a look at the Day By Day CafePress store where you can buy Young, Sober, and Free Tees, mugs, huggy bears and other sobriety gifts for the young person (and the young at heart!).
You will find a form on the Home page of YouAreATarget.com No one has to live in an abusive situation and we at Day By Day are on-board for training women to empower themselves and refuse to allow others to treat them badly.
This site is funded entirely by the author of Day by Day and the Pocket Sponsor, Shelly Marshall and the people who choose to contribute to her work.
www.day-by-day.org   (1233 words)

  
 Saint Valentine's Day on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colombian flower exporters ready for Saint Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day arouses romantic, bizarre, controversial acts of love
Valentine's Day traditions change over time, U. South Florida professor says
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/stv1alent.asp   (430 words)

  
 Oklahoma DDay ~ Wyandotte,Oklahoma ~ Home Page
Registration is limited to 16 teams, so if you want in on the action while attending D-Day 2006, get your game faces on and visit Special Ops Paintball for more information on this and other SPPL events!
This event sets the scenario paintball world off on a journey that travels through the battles of the SPPL and culminates in the ultimate clash of the finest scenario teams in the world:
Some units will begin filling up fast at the first of the year.
www.oklahomadday.com /files/index1A.html   (328 words)

  
 Grandparents Day at School
That is why a special day, National Grandparent's Day, is set aside every year to honor them.
Here is an opportunity for you to spend some time with your grandparent, have fun, and create a project together that spotlights his or her life.
Copyright © 1997 - 2004 - All Rights Reserved - National Grandparents Day Council
www.grandparents-day.net   (86 words)

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