tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post5192614322515435751..comments2024-03-17T10:49:06.420-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Of Seasons and Calendars On The Vernal EquinoxAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-90315277781383621702009-04-02T14:56:00.000-06:002009-04-02T14:56:00.000-06:00The book "Outliers" also suggests that there are s...The book "Outliers" also suggests that there are stunning significant birthday effects on academic performance in most countries that flow from the school calendar.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-12464490631204279052009-03-23T11:30:00.000-06:002009-03-23T11:30:00.000-06:00I was about to make a post on rock throwing, but n...I was about to make a post on rock throwing, but not the political kind. Maybe I'll get around to it.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-73757485022472410132009-03-23T08:54:00.000-06:002009-03-23T08:54:00.000-06:00Speaking of DPS and calendars, I blogged about DPS...Speaking of DPS and calendars, I blogged about DPS' <A HREF="http://www.sco.tt/scott_yates/2009/02/dps-has-been-driving-me-crazy-for-decades-and-still-is.html" REL="nofollow">inability to make a decision about the calendar</A>, and also the inability to make a useful calendar.<BR/><BR/>I didn't just want to be a rock-thrower, however, so I made a <A HREF="http://www.sco.tt/scott_yates/denver-public-schools-dps-calendar.html" REL="nofollow">useful DPS calendar</A>.<BR/><BR/>And while I'm at it, allow me to plug the candidacy of a great guy to fill the HD3 seat that became available: <A HREF="http://cassidyforcolorado.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">Sam Cassidy</A>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Scott Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628327877464679962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-40493887232999673332009-03-21T19:23:00.000-06:002009-03-21T19:23:00.000-06:00My theory about a long summer break for north amer...My theory about a long summer break for north american city school systems has to do with the HVAC systems. Air conditioning wasn't available when these schools were built, but steam boiler technology was quite common. Consequently, there was no school during the time when comfort was hard to provide.Kevin Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116311693621338347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-46193864765310030632009-03-20T22:28:00.000-06:002009-03-20T22:28:00.000-06:00It was the Romans who changed us over to January 1...It was the Romans who changed us over to January 1st as the start of the year. The change was gradual and probably political as well since prior to the Julian Calendar reforms the inserting or failure to insert an extra intercalary month was often done to either lengthen the office of friends or shorten the length of office of enemies. It is not recorded if the change in the date of the new year, also the date of changing over office holders in the Republic, was done to get rid of people they did not like, but I would guess it was.<BR/><BR/>Sometime before Julius Caesar introduced the new calendar January 1st was already the date of the new year. And it was celebrated as such in England in the mdidle ages, but March 25th was apparently the start of the _legal_ year until 1751 in England.<BR/><BR/>Pretty much everybody adopted January 1st as the start of the new year with the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar.Mishalakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298261987842548423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-67967577413058669172009-03-20T13:33:00.000-06:002009-03-20T13:33:00.000-06:005:44 AM this morning MDT (11:44 UTC).5:44 AM this morning MDT (11:44 UTC).NewMexiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242650540974120056noreply@blogger.com