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Marketing Planning Calendar
Marketing2016 Planning Calendar WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL January April July 1 New Year’s Day 1 April Fool’s Day 4 Independence Day 18 Martin Luther King Dayd 4 Baseball Opening Day 14 National French Fry Day 19 National Popcorn Day 7 World Health Day 17 National Ice Cream Day 24 Belly Laugh Day 7 Masters Begin (Golf) 24 Parents’ Day October 31 Pro Bowl 12 National Grilled Cheese Day 26 Americans with Disabilities Day 3-4 Rosh Hashanah Blood Donor Month 15 Tax Day National Ice Cream Month 4 Taco Day National Hobby Month 19 National Library Workers Day National Grilling Month 10 Columbus Day Mentoring Month 22 Earth Day 10 Native American Day Weight Loss Awareness 22 Passover Begins 12 Yom Kippur 27 Administrative Professionals Day 15 Sweetest Day 28 Take a child to work day 17 Boss’s Day 29 Arbor Day 24 United Nations Day 30 Passover Ends 31 Halloween Autism Awareness Month 31 Reformation Day Financial Literacy Month Fire Prevention Month National Mathematics Month Breast Cancer Awareness Sexual Assault Awareness Literacy Awareness Earth Month Bully Prevention Month National Volunteer Month August Italian American Heritage Month Jazz Appreciation Month Polish American Heritage Month 5 Rio Olympics Games Begin 7 International Friendship Day 12 International Youth Day May 13 Left Handers Day November February 15 National Relaxation Day 1 International Workers Day 19 World Humanitarian Day 3 Sandwich Day 1 Nationalq Freedom Day 3 World Press Freedom Day 21 Senior Citizens Day 6 Daylight Savings Time Ends 2 Groundhog Day 3 National Teacher’s -
The Evolution of the Roman Calendar Dwayne Meisner, University of Regina
The Evolution of the Roman Calendar Dwayne Meisner, University of Regina Abstract The Roman calendar was first developed as a lunar | 290 calendar, so it was difficult for the Romans to reconcile this with the natural solar year. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the calendar, creating a solar year of 365 days with leap years every four years. This article explains the process by which the Roman calendar evolved and argues that the reason February has 28 days is that Caesar did not want to interfere with religious festivals that occurred in February. Beginning as a lunar calendar, the Romans developed a lunisolar system that tried to reconcile lunar months with the solar year, with the unfortunate result that the calendar was often inaccurate by up to four months. Caesar fixed this by changing the lengths of most months, but made no change to February because of the tradition of intercalation, which the article explains, and because of festivals that were celebrated in February that were connected to the Roman New Year, which had originally been on March 1. Introduction The reason why February has 28 days in the modern calendar is that Caesar did not want to interfere with festivals that honored the dead, some of which were Past Imperfect 15 (2009) | © | ISSN 1711-053X | eISSN 1718-4487 connected to the position of the Roman New Year. In the earliest calendars of the Roman Republic, the year began on March 1, because the consuls, after whom the year was named, began their years in office on the Ides of March. -
Ego Quidem Semper Cum Probatis Doctrina Et Uitae Integritate Uiris Ita
[p.647] Amplissimo patri ac illustrissimo linguam et consuetudinem conuertunt. PRINCIPI, EPISCOPO PORTVENSI, CAR. Quibus utrisque, si corporis mihi uires, uel SALVIATO, LILIUS GREGORIUS manus saltem suppeterent (ita enim mihi GYRALDUS, OBSEQVENTISSIMVS hac de re instructa et parata est supellex) SERVVLVS, S.P.D. sperarem me solidis et indissolubilibus argumentis, ualidisque sententiis [p.648] Ego quidem semper cum probatis respondere posse, eorumque ita diluere ac doctrina et uitae integritate uiris ita sensi, infirmare commenta, et plane cauillos, ut et credidi, Deum Optimum Maximum uel plerosque sententiam mutare publice coli debere, et expedire, publicis compellerem, uel saltem iuuentutem non patrum cerimoniis et institutis: priuatim deterrerent a linguae latinae et graece usu, uero pura tantum mente, ac incontaminata: quo minus earum perennibus, consuetisque nec plus sapere quenquam sibi arrogare, studiis operam nauarent. Sed non diffido quam decreta et maiorum instituta per tot alios, et me longe doctiores, et magis firma iam secula per manus subinde tradita corporis ualetudine futuros, qui peruersis permittunt. Quod cum plerique alias, tum ac praeposteris opinionibus sint responsuri, hac in primis nostrorum temporum fece et in bonam uiam reuocaturi: ut nonnihil seruare contempserunt, in uarias sectas, certe iam praestitit Bartholomaeus Riccius, falsaque et impia dogmata inciderunt, in suis de Imitatione libris. Quare nunc ego turbasque plurimas et dissidia in populis his missis, ad te de uariis et multiplicibus concitauerunt. qua ex re praeter sacrificiorum gentium cerimoniis (quae dissensiones passim et uulgo disseminatas, alias magis animi gratia, quam ingenii pacis quoque tranquillitatem et honorum uiribus a me collecta sunt) mittere ciuium ocium ac quietem interturbant, sic constitui, ea in primis ratione, ut nostri ut indies magis magisque seditiones et adolescentes his nugis potius oblectentur, schismata fieri uideamus: ut nunc bella et erudiantur, quam tanto cum periculo plusquam ciuilia, et cognatas acies mittam. -
Ritual Cleaning-Up of the City: from the Lupercalia to the Argei*
RITUAL CLEANING-UP OF THE CITY: FROM THE LUPERCALIA TO THE ARGEI* This paper is not an analysis of the fine aspects of ritual, myth and ety- mology. I do not intend to guess the exact meaning of Luperci and Argei, or why the former sacrificed a dog and the latter were bound hand and foot. What I want to examine is the role of the festivals of the Lupercalia and the Argei in the functioning of the Roman community. The best-informed among ancient writers were convinced that these were purification cere- monies. I assume that the ancients knew what they were talking about and propose, first, to establish the nature of the ritual cleanliness of the city, and second, see by what techniques the two festivals achieved that goal. What, in the perception of the Romans themselves, normally made their city unclean? What were the ordinary, repetitive sources of pollution in pre-Imperial Rome, before the concept of the cura Urbis was refined? The answer to this is provided by taboos and restrictions on certain sub- stances, and also certain activities, in the City. First, there is a rule from the Twelve Tables with Cicero’s curiously anachronistic comment: «hominem mortuum», inquit lex in duodecim, «in urbe ne sepelito neve urito», credo vel propter ignis periculum (De leg. II 58). Secondly, we have the edict of the praetor L. Sentius C.f., known from three inscrip- tions dating from the beginning of the first century BC1: L. Sentius C. f. pr(aetor) de sen(atus) sent(entia) loca terminanda coer(avit). -
Magic in Private and Public Lives of the Ancient Romans
COLLECTANEA PHILOLOGICA XXIII, 2020: 53–72 http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.23.04 Idaliana KACZOR Uniwersytet Łódzki MAGIC IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS The Romans practiced magic in their private and public life. Besides magical practices against the property and lives of people, the Romans also used generally known and used protective and healing magic. Sometimes magical practices were used in official religious ceremonies for the safety of the civil and sacral community of the Romans. Keywords: ancient magic practice, homeopathic magic, black magic, ancient Roman religion, Roman religious festivals MAGIE IM PRIVATEN UND ÖFFENTLICHEN LEBEN DER ALTEN RÖMER Die Römer praktizierten Magie in ihrem privaten und öffentlichen Leben. Neben magische Praktik- en gegen das Eigentum und das Leben von Menschen, verwendeten die Römer auch allgemein bekannte und verwendete Schutz- und Heilmagie. Manchmal wurden magische Praktiken in offiziellen religiösen Zeremonien zur Sicherheit der bürgerlichen und sakralen Gemeinschaft der Römer angewendet. Schlüsselwörter: alte magische Praxis, homöopathische Magie, schwarze Magie, alte römi- sche Religion, Römische religiöse Feste Magic, despite our sustained efforts at defining this term, remains a slippery and obscure concept. It is uncertain how magic has been understood and practised in differ- ent cultural contexts and what the difference is (if any) between magical and religious praxis. Similarly, no satisfactory and all-encompassing definition of ‘magic’ exists. It appears that no singular concept of ‘magic’ has ever existed: instead, this polyvalent notion emerged at the crossroads of local custom, religious praxis, superstition, and politics of the day. Individual scholars of magic, positioning themselves as ostensi- bly objective observers (an etic perspective), mostly defined magic in opposition to religion and overemphasised intercultural parallels over differences1. -
Public Construction, Labor, and Society at Middle Republican Rome, 390-168 B.C
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2012 Men at Work: Public Construction, Labor, and Society at Middle Republican Rome, 390-168 B.C. Seth G. Bernard University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons, and the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Bernard, Seth G., "Men at Work: Public Construction, Labor, and Society at Middle Republican Rome, 390-168 B.C." (2012). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 492. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/492 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/492 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Men at Work: Public Construction, Labor, and Society at Middle Republican Rome, 390-168 B.C. Abstract MEN AT WORK: PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION, LABOR, AND SOCIETY AT MID-REPUBLICAN ROME, 390-168 B.C. Seth G. Bernard C. Brian Rose, Supervisor of Dissertation This dissertation investigates how Rome organized and paid for the considerable amount of labor that went into the physical transformation of the Middle Republican city. In particular, it considers the role played by the cost of public construction in the socioeconomic history of the period, here defined as 390 to 168 B.C. During the Middle Republic period, Rome expanded its dominion first over Italy and then over the Mediterranean. As it developed into the political and economic capital of its world, the city itself went through transformative change, recognizable in a great deal of new public infrastructure. -
Greek and Roman Mythology and Heroic Legend
G RE E K AN D ROMAN M YTH O LOGY AN D H E R O I C LE GEN D By E D I N P ROFES SOR H . ST U G Translated from th e German and edited b y A M D i . A D TT . L tt LI ONEL B RN E , , TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE S Y a l TUD of Greek religion needs no po ogy , and should This mus v n need no bush . all t feel who ha e looked upo the ns ns and n creatio of the art it i pired . But to purify stre gthen admiration by the higher light of knowledge is no work o f ea se . No truth is more vital than the seemi ng paradox whi c h - declares that Greek myths are not nature myths . The ape - is not further removed from the man than is the nature myth from the religious fancy of the Greeks as we meet them in s Greek is and hi tory . The myth the child of the devout lovely imagi nation o f the noble rac e that dwelt around the e e s n s s u s A ga an. Coar e fa ta ie of br ti h forefathers in their Northern homes softened beneath the southern sun into a pure and u and s godly bea ty, thus gave birth to the divine form of n Hellenic religio . M c an c u s m c an s Comparative ythology tea h uch . It hew how god s are born in the mind o f the savage and moulded c nn into his image . -
In New Yo Rk Sta Te
KIDS COUNT. in New Yo r k Sta t e in 2006 NEW YORKERS ARE RIGHTFULLY PROUD OF THEIR STATE’S MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. Before 1900 Duke of Yo r k : Ve r razano visited New York Harbor in 1524, and The First Capital of the New Nation: Alexander Hamilton was a Henry Hudson first explored the Hudson River in 1609. The Dutch settled here leader in the movement that ended in the development of the Fe d e r a l p e r m a n e n t ly in 1624 and for 40 years they ruled over the colony of Constitution, and he was active in its ratification. New York City became the New Netherland. It was conquered by the English in 1664 and was then named first capital of the new nation, where President George Washington was New York in honor of the Duke of York. inaugurated on April 30, 1789. Independence: Existing as a colony of Great Britain for over a century, The Empire State: In following years, New York’s economic and industrial New York declared its independence on July 9, 1776, becoming one of the growth made appropriate the title The Empire State—an expression possibly original 13 states of the Federal Union. The next year, on April 20, 1777, originated by George Washington in 1784. In 1809, Robert Fulton’s “North New York’s first constitution was adopted. River Steamboat,” the first successful steam-propelled vessel, began a new era in transportation. Revolutionary War: In many ways, New York State was the principal battleground of the Revolutionary War. -
PRODUCE TALK Volume 28 Issue 38 September 21, 2017
Index: Commodities Update: Pg. 3-5 Add/Delete Sheet: Pg. 5-6 Floral Survey: Pg. 7-12 10295 Toebben Drive Independence, KY 41051 PRODUCE TALK Volume 28 Issue 38 September 21, 2017 SWEETEST DAY Sweetest Day is a holiday that is celebrated in the Midwest United States and parts of the Northeastern United States on the third Saturday in October. It is a day to share romantic deeds or expressions. Ten states and parts of two states observe Sweetest Day: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Washington and areas of both New York and Pennsylvania, west of the spine of the Appalachian Mountains. Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a “concocted promotion” created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of sweets. Origin The first Sweetest Day was on October 10, 1921 in Cleveland. The Cleveland Plain Dealer's October 8, 1922 edition, which chronicles the first Sweetest Day in Cleveland, states that the first Sweetest Day was planned by a committee of 12 confectioners chaired by candymaker C. C. Hartzell. The Sweetest Day in the Year Committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to "newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor" in Cleveland, Ohio. The Sweetest Day in the Year Committee was assisted in the distribution of candy by some of the biggest movie stars of the day including Theda Bara and Ann Pennington. There were also several attempts to start a "Sweetest Day" in New York City, including a declaration of a Candy Day throughout the United States by candy manufacturers on October 8, 1922. -
Campaign Back Cover
PAXLEXQUE CampaignSetting AnRPGGame WorldSetting C OMPATIBLEW ITH ByEd&XuânStanek Thisproductiscompatiblewiththe DungeonCrawlClassicsRolePlayingGame. RaorgenGames ATLAS Lands of the Great Sea Region Primary Primary Land Leader Language Patron(s) Aegypt Pharaoh Menkefe Aegyptian Reku Aquitania independent villages Elven Tanalis Arabia King Aiman Arabic Elkev, Eliha Belgica independent clans Celtic druidic Betica King Noteres III Costapanian Iber Britania independent clans Celtic druidic Cypria independent villages Gnomish none Dacia King Detelin Dacian Ramasar Druzix independent villages Lizardfolk Savra Felicia independent clans Felid Ubaste Germania independent clans Germanic Mothis Hellena independent villages Elven Ellelliara Hispania King Gabriel II Palacian Iber Macedonia King Philognes Balkan Fortruvius, Procella Mauretania King Jubair Mauretani Hasbia (Procella) Meria independent villages Merfolk none Nurdarim King Hemdurum IV Dwarven Doraga Pamfilia independent villages Gnomish none Rome Emperor Socindus II Latin Celata, Fortruvius, Procella Scythia independent clans Centaur Ramasar Semosiss Lord Essemelessi Serpentine Savra Stonarx independent clans Goblin Gulyabani Syria King Isidorus Arabic Elkev, Eliha Talin independent clans Celtic Helet Thracia independent cities Dacian Procella 10 Hellena The land kissed by Ellelliara, the Light of Dawn, the land of rolling hills and rocky shores where artistic beauty is ubiquitous - that is Hellena, home of the high elves. Hellena can be welcoming to strangers of goodwill, but those with treacherous intent would be well advised to not confuse the elves’ gentle friendship with weakness. Geography Hellena is a rocky, uneven land of many peninsulas and a thousand islands amid the Pisconian Sea. This terrain has contributed to the relative isolation of each village and city in Hellena. The majority of Hellena’s cities are along the coast. -
It Seems That the Holidays Are Here, If You Plan to Be Gone for Any Length of Time, Please Let the Office Know, and Leave Your N
2018 Gary Bruckner 10/01 Glenda Gritzmaker 10/21 It seems that the holidays are here, if you plan to be gone John Wood 10/01 Louis Patavino 10/21 for any length of time, please let the office know, and leave Michael Fletcher 10/07 Myrna Toney 10/21 Elfriede Labarre 10/08 Cynthia Miller 10/25 your number with us. We also like to keep an eye on your home. Wayne Wildgrube 10/10 Evelyn Meisenback 10/26 For our new neighbors, we do not allow trick or treat in Ron Wolf 10/10 Paul Chavez 10/30 the community….but our little 4 legged children do have a Marlene Patavino 10/12 Sandra Craig 10/30 little parade down yardarm, and treats are really welcome, Ann Roberts 10/14 they do dress up for us. You bring a chair and set, and they OCTOBER HROSCOPES come to you, with tails wagging. If you go out of the community please watch for children, they are out and about. Community survey will come out soon and we ask all of you to please Libra October 2018 Horoscope - The Sun will shine in your sign fill it out and send in…it is the only way that we know what this month and give you energy and confidence. You will have the motivation to improve your everyday life, both for you and those peeks your interest, good or bad. Some of you feel, you don’t around you. have any complaints so you don’t fill it out. Please let us know what does make you content and happy. -
Newsletter Nov 2011
imperi nuntivs The newsletter of Legion Ireland --- The Roman Military Society of Ireland In This Issue • New Group Logo • Festival of Saturnalia • Roman Festivals • The Emperors - AD69 - AD138 • Beautifying Your Hamata • Group Events and Projects • Roman Coins AD69 - AD81 • Roundup of 2011 Events November 2011 IMPERI NUNTIUS The newsletter of Legion Ireland - The Roman Military Society of Ireland November 2011 From the editor... Another month another newsletter! This month’s newsletter kind grew out of control so please bring a pillow as you’ll probably fall asleep while reading. Anyway I hope you enjoy this months eclectic mix of articles and info. Change Of Logo... We have changed our logo! Our previous logo was based on an eagle from the back of an Italian Mus- solini era coin. The new logo is based on the leaping boar image depicted on the antefix found at Chester. Two versions exist. The first is for a white back- ground and the second for black or a dark back- ground. For our logo we have framed the boar in a victory wreath with a purple ribbon. We tried various colour ribbons but purple worked out best - red made it look like a Christmas wreath! I have sent these logo’s to a garment manufacturer in the UK and should have prices back shortly for group jackets, sweat shirts and polo shirts. Roof antefix with leaping boar The newsletter of Legion Ireland - The Roman Military Society of Ireland. Page 2 Imperi Nuntius - Winter 2011 The newsletter of Legion Ireland - The Roman Military Society of Ireland.