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Sick of Guessing What Weekday Will Be Christmas? New Calendar Has You Covered

Shauna Wright — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:20:06 +0000

If you’re tired of starting every year wondering what day of the week your birthday will fall on or the exact date of Labor Day, two professors at Johns Hopkins University have your back. They’ve proposed a new calendar that would eradicate any such mystery.

BBC Drops B.C. And A.D. In Favor Of "Religiously-Neutral" Terms

Steve Tanko — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:37:05 +0000

The BBC has come under fire for recently dropping the date suffixes B.C. and A.D. in favor of something more politically correct. The term B.C. (Before Christ) has been replaced by B.C.E. – which stands for Before Common Era. The term A.D. (Anno Domini – or Year of The Lord) has been replaced with C.E. [...]