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February 29 in the Gregorian calendar, which is most widely used in the world today, is a date that occurs only every four years, in years evenly divisible by 4, such as 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 or 2016 (with the exception of century years not divisible by 400, such as 1900). These are called leap years, and February 29 is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in such a year, with 306 days remaining until the end of that year. February 29 is also known as bissextile day or Leap Day. Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days, a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours. Every four years, an extra twenty-four hours have accumulated, so one extra day is added to that calendar to keep the count coordinated with the sun's apparent position. To correct a slight inaccuracy that remains (it isn't exactly six hours extra, but eleven minutes less), a century year that ends in two zeros is not a leap year unless it is also evenly divisible by 400. This means that 1600 and 2000 were leap years, and 2400 and 2800 will also be, but 1800 and 1900 were not, and 2100 and 2200 will not be leap years. To correct the remaining error (which amounts to one day every 3236 years) it has been proposed that years evenly divisible by 4,000 should not be leap years; but this rule has not been officially adopted. The Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 400 years, which is exactly 20871 weeks including 97 leap days. Over this period February 29 falls thirteen times on a Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday; fourteen times on a Friday or Saturday; and fifteen times on a Monday or Wednesday.
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1. Employers Get A Role In Immigration Control
July 30, 2008
Sean Kehoe, Senior Partner at personal injury law firm Advance Legal, has said:
"The problem of illegal migrant workers has pre-occupied ministers over the last few years and the result is a raft of new measures that could increase costs for employers and present some difficult legal dilemmas.
New penalties for employing illegal workers came into force on 29 February 2008. Employers could face a two-year jail term or a fine of up to £10,000 for each illegal worker they hire.
February 29 also saw the introduction of the new Australian style points based immigration system in w... (read more)
Author: Sean Kehoe
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2. North Central C-MED Signs On With Visual Technologies
July 14, 2008
Hartford, CT – February 05, 2004 – Visual Technologies, the software/web development and networking services company, has just announced a new business relationship with North Central C-MED (Coordinated Medical Emergency Direction), a division of the North Central Connecticut EMS Council. North Central C-MED is a coordination service for EMS services in the Greater Hartford Area, serving 29 cities and towns and 8 major medical centers. Visual Technologies is managing the network of the Computer Aided Dispatch system for North Central C-MED, which provides direct radio transmission between pre... (read more)
Author: Neil Goodwin
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3. North Central C-MED Signs On With Visual Technologies
June 13, 2008
Hartford, CT - February 05, 2004 - Visual Technologies, the software/web development and networking services company, has just announced a new business relationship with North Central C-MED (Coordinated Medical Emergency Direction), a division of the North Central Connecticut EMS Council. North Central C-MED is a coordination service for EMS services in the Greater Hartford Area, serving 29 cities and towns and 8 major medical centers. Visual Technologies is managing the network of the Computer Aided Dispatch system for North Central C-MED, which provides direct radio transmission between pre... (read more)
Author: Amy Weiner
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4. Internet as a Tool in Marketing Research - Challenges
May 29, 2008
Internet has become a major source of information in marketing research. Online sources are used to collect data or cross validate the processed data from more than one source to check the consistency of the data. However, it posed new challenges in the areas of data collection, interpretation and validation.
Drawbacks of Internet in Marketing Research:
Based on Netcraft’s data, Boutell estimates about 29.7 billion pages on the Web by February 2007. This giant source itself is a big challenge to find the available right information. Some significant drawbacks of Internet marketing r... (read more)
Author: nate rodnay
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5. Markets Plummet on Surging Economic Woes
March 05, 2008
Daily Market Commentary for February 29, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com
At the closing bell on the Stock Exchange, here is how the major indices ended the session on the U.S. Markets:
DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) triple digit loss of 315.79 points on the day to end the session at 12,266.39
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit loss of 259.41 points to end the session at 8,962.47
NASDAQ loss of 60.09 points for a close at 2,271.48
S&P 500 loss of 37.05 points for a close at 1,330.63
FTSE All-World ex-U.S. loss of 4.39 points to close at 241.99
FT... (read more)
Author: Barry O
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6. PriceLine Surges - Tight Trading Session
February 15, 2008
Daily Market Commentary for February 15, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com
At the closing bell on the Stock Exchange, here is how the major indices ended the session on the U.S. Markets:
DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) loss of 28.77 points on the day to end the session at 12,348.21
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 2.29 points to end the session at 8,970.70
NASDAQ loss of 10.74 points for a close at 2,321.80
S&P 500 gain of 1.12 points for a close at 1,349.98
RUSSELL 2000 loss of 3.77 points to close at 701.55
FTSE All-World ex-U.S. loss of 0.73 points... (read more)
Author: Barry O
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7. 192.com launches 2007 Electoral Roll
February 28, 2007
192.com is retaining its status as the UK’s most powerful people finder as it made this year‘s Electoral Roll data available Tuesday 27th February. The 2007 Electoral Roll adds 29 million new names and addresses to 192.com, bringing the total number of current and historical records available to over 200 million. The new records enable people looking for lost friends and family to quickly and easily find their current address. In addition, this annual update also gives businesses access to an important official record used for confirming an individual’s identity when transacting online. ... (read more)
Author: PR Sending
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8. How Effective Are Car Seat Clinics?
February 12, 2007
Recent studies found out that car seat clinics are successful in helping parents and caregivers properly restrain children in back seats. However, there is a need to exert more effort to reach underserved communities.
One of the recent studies about car seat clinics has been conducted by Safe Kids Worldwide and this research includes 29 states in February 2005. Based on the study, it was revealed that car seat clinics have efficiently persuaded parents and caregivers in promoting safety measures for children. According to Safe Kids, parents have successfully changed their behavior and r... (read more)
Author: Glady Reign
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9. Better Than We Thought: Sacramento in March
April 23, 2006
It was no surprise the number of homes in the four county Sacramento area increased during the month of March from what we experienced in February. It was also not hard to predict that the number of homes sold in March would be less than a year ago. According to DataQuick, the overall the sales volume in the four county area increased 29% from February to 3,285 but even with the increase the number was 29.5% lower than last March. El Dorado led the way with a volume increase of almost 60%.
According to a recent article in the Sacramento Bee, “New signs of cooling housing market,” the m... (read more)
Author: Julie Jalone
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