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HappyNewYear
"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room
by room, drawing up a list of work to be done,
cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance
the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our
lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential."
~Ellen Goodman
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CoolCelebration
The celebration of the
new year is one of the
oldest holidays. Many
believe it was first
observed in ancient
Babylon about 4000 years
ago it marked the first
New Moon after the
Vernal Equinox. The
Babylonian new year
celebration lasted for
eleven days. How did New
Years Day move from the
summer to the winter? A
good question,
especially since the
spring is the season of
rebirth, of planting new
crops, and of
blossoming. Today New
years Day is January
1st.
The Jewish New Year is
called Rosh Hashanah. It
is a holy time when
people reflect on the
things done wrong in the
past, with a promise to
do better in the future.
Religious services are
held in synagogues, and
an instrument called a
Shofar, which is made
from a ram's horn is
played. Children are
given new clothes, and
New Year loaves are
baked and fruit is eaten
to remind people of
harvest time.
New Year foods are also
thought to bring luck.
Many cultures believe
that anything in the
shape of a ring is good
luck, because it
symbolizes "coming full
circle," completing a
year's cycle. Some put
coins in black-eyed peas
and the person who gets
the coin in their meal
will be prosperous in
the coming year.
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CoolBowls
College Football Bowl Season is
in full gear and during the next week, you will find
a plethora of football to watch. Check out
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls for
up-to-date info!
Chick-fil-A
Dec. 31
Auburn vs. Virginia
Atlanta, GA
ESPN
Final - AU 43, VA 24
TicketCity
Jan. 2 at 12:00 pm ET
Houston vs. Penn State
Dallas, TX
ESPNU
Outback
Jan. 2 at 1:00 pm ET
Mich St vs. Georgia
Tampa, FL
ABCCapital One
Jan. 2 at 1:00 pm ET
Nebraska vs. South Carolina
Orlando, FL
ESPN
Gator
Jan. 2 at 1:00 pm ET
Ohio St vs. Florida
Jacksonville, FL
ESPN2
Rose Bowl Game
Jan. 2 at 5:00 pm ET
Wisconsin vs. Oregon
Pasadena, CA
ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Jan. 2 at 8:30 pm ET
Stanford vs. OK St
Glendale, AZ
ESPN |
Allstate Sugar
Jan. 3 at 8:30 pm ET
Michigan vs. VA Tech
New Orleans, LA
ESPNDiscover
Orange
Jan. 4 at 8:30 pm ET
West Virginia vs. Clemson
Miami, FL
ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Jan. 6 at 8:00 pm ET
Kansas St vs. Arkansas
Arlington, TX
FOX
BBVA Compass
Jan. 7 at 1:00 pm ET
Pittsburgh vs. SMU
Birmingham, AL
ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Jan. 8 at 9:00 pm ET
Arkansas St vs. N Illinois
Mobile, AL
ESPN
And the big one...
Allstate BCS National
Championship Game
Jan. 9 at 8:30 pm ET
Alabama vs. LSU
New Orleans, LA
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CoolDay
 Martin
Luther King Jr. Day is a
United States holiday
marking the birth date
of the Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr.,
observed on the third
Monday of January each
year, around the time of
King's birthday, January
15. It is one of four
United States federal
holidays to commemorate
an individual person.
King was the chief
spokesman of the
nonviolent civil rights
movement, which
successfully protested
racial discrimination in
federal and state law.
He was assassinated in
1968.
The campaign for a
federal holiday in
King's honor began soon
after his assassination.
Ronald Reagan signed the
holiday into law in
1983, and it was first
observed in 1986. At
first, some states
resisted observing the
holiday as such, giving
it alternative names or
combining it with other
holidays. It was
officially observed in
all 50 states for the
first time in 2006.
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