To: EPS.MailListSubject: Welcome BackDate: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:08:54 AMDear Colleague:Each new year, I enjoy the articles that review the past year, often describing the best of this and the worst of that,whatever that happens to be.
It turns out the Romans began using January 1 as the first day of the year centuries before North American colonists
did.
Centuries after Caesar, in 1592, Pope Gregory figured out a way to tweak the calendar to make up for the fact that every
130 years, Caesar's solar calendar is off by five hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds – which adds up over time.
For those of us in educat...
Allowed
Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) - application/pdf