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		<date>09/04/2008</date>
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		<title>New Year's Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parties, champagne and fireworks are common around the globe, but there are some more idiosyncratic customs as well.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/new-year-s-day</url>
		<icon>../.data/img/108312946</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>01/16/2006</date>
		<title>Martin Luther King Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third Monday in January, observed in the United States in commemoration of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/martin-luther-king-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>02/14/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Valentine's Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 14, Valentine's Day, (named after an early Christian martyr), Americans give presents, usually candy or flowers, to the ones they love. <br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/valentine-s-day-1</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>02/20/2006</date>
		<title>Presidents Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third Monday in February, observed in the United States as a legal holiday in commemoration of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/presidents-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>03/17/2006</date>
		<title>St. Patrick's Day </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Begorra! Had it not been for a band of Irish marauders in the fifth century, March 17 might've been plain old Maewyn's Day - because Maewyn wouldn't have changed his name to Patrick, and he likely wouldn't have become a saint. In fact, it wouldn't have been a Day at all.
But as it happened, a certain 16-year-old Welsh lad was kidnapped by those Irish marauders, and during the six years young Maewyn spent in servitude as a shepherd in Ireland he experienced a religious awakening, then spent years studying in a monastery. He took on a new name, Patrick, and a new calling - converting his countrymen to Christianity.
Patrick certainly had the luck of the Irish - as a young man he escaped the captors who enslaved him, and several times later in life he escaped arrest by the Druids who didn't appreciate his missionary activities in their midst.
He was successful at his chosen mission, too, founding schools and churches and performing baptisms; within 200 years Ireland was a Christian country. The shamrock, a trifoliate clover, became his cleverest teaching tool, which he used to explain the Trinity- three elements forming one entity.
In his Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, he writes:
<i>So, how is it that in Ireland, where they never had any knowledge of God but, always, until now, cherished idols and unclean things, they are lately become a people of the Lord, and are called children of God.
</i>
There is some blarney in the stories about Patrick, too, most notably the one which has him delivering a sermon on a hilltop and thereby banishing the country's snakes. Unless one understands this symbolically to refer to pagan practices, it can't be true, for Ireland had no native snakes.
Saint Patrick died on March 17 in the year 461, and this date was declared a religious feast day. Traditional Lenten prohibitions were waived; dancing, drinking, and eating meat were allowed. In Ireland, most businesses, excluding restaurants and pubs, close on March 17. Nowadays, in an effort to present the best face of Ireland to visitors, a St. Patrick's Day festival is celebrated in Dublin from March 13th to the 19th. It features music, theater, dance, comedy, a treasure hunt, performance art, fireworks and more; it draws over a million revelers.
The first St. Patricks' Day parade took place not in Ireland, however, but in New York, in 1872; the parade became an occasion for downtrodden Irish immigrants to declare their pride in their nationality. Parades now take place across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
<br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/st-patrick-s-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>04/01/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>April Fools' Day </title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 1, celebrated in various countries, including the United States and Great Britain, and marked by the playing of practical jokes. Also called All Fools' Day.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/april-fool-s-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>04/14/2006</date>
		<title>Good Friday </title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>04/16/2006</date>
		<title>Easter Sunday </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Easter, like the spring season it graces, is associated with birth, renewal and fertility.
Easter marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his Crucifixion. Sandwiched between the 40 preparatory days of Lenten penitence and the seven weeks of Eastertide, it is the most important and most joyous holiday on the Christian calendar.
In 2006, in the Western Church, Easter falls on April 16. In the Eastern Church, it falls on April 23.
<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/easter</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>04/20/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Earth Day</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>05/14/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Mother's Day </title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>05/20/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Armed Forces Day </title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>05/29/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 30, observed in the United States in commemoration of those members of the armed forces killed in war. It is officially observed on the last Monday in May. Also called Decoration Day.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/presidents-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>06/18/2006</date>
		<title>Father's Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3rd sunday in June<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/father-s-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>06/22/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>My best friend's birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't forget to buy a present]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>09:30</time>
		<date>06/23/2006</date>
		<title>Shareholders meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discuss new market opportunities]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>12:00</time>
		<date>06/23/2006</date>
		<title>Lunch with Tim</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>19:00</time>
		<date>06/23/2006</date>
		<title>Corporate Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk with Jane]]></description>
		<icon>img/icon.swf</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>12:00</time>
		<date>06/24/2006</date>
		<recursive>weekly</recursive>
		<title>Gym</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take Sportwear and water]]></description>
		<icon>img/icon.swf</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/04/2006</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>Independence Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 4, celebrated in the United States to commemorate the adoption in 1776 of the Declaration of Independence. Also called Fourth of July.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/independence-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/23/2006</date>
		<title>Parents' Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents' Day is a holiday similar to a combination of Father's Day and Mother's Day<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/parents-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>12:00</time>
		<date>07/5/2006</date>
		<title>Link Google</title>
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	<event>
		<date>07/31/2006</date>
		<title>Last Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last monday in this Month. 
www.mysite.com]]></description>
		<url>http://www.mysite.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/24/2006</date>
		<title>Order Interactrive Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Order custom interactive flash map to publish office locations]]></description>
		<url>http://www.usflashmap.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/24/2006</date>
		<title>Redesign Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact web design agency <b>Future Vision Web Solutions</b>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.futurevision.com.ua</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>11:30</time>
		<date>08/23/2006</date>
		<title>Lunch with Bill</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>09:00</time>
		<date>08/14/2006</date>
		<date_to>08/17/2006</date_to>
		<title>Corporate Team Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Corporate Team Building</b><br>Experience Based Learning (EBL) is a team building, activity-based consulting organization. EBL is not another "silly games company". Since 1996, EBL has lead powerful workshop experiences which change the way corporate teams face challenges and take advantage of opportunities. We help build stronger teams, improve decision making abilities, enhance customer service, resolve conflict, and aid companies in planning for and adapting to a continually changing future. We help individuals develop a new appreciation for collaboration. Our sessions show groups how to achieve goals that at first seemed impossible.<br><i>Find Out more>>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.ebl.org/</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>19:45</time>
		<date>08/23/2006</date>
		<title>Date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine<br>1) Flowers <br>2) Gift<br>3) Hotel Reservations]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/10/2006</date>
		<title>Grandparents' Day (first sunday after Labor Day)</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>09:00</time>
		<date>09/19/2006</date>
		<date_to>09/21/2006</date_to>
		<title>Corporate Team Training PHASE 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Corporate Team Building</b><br>Experience Based Learning (EBL) is a team building, activity-based consulting organization. EBL is not another "silly games company." Since 1996, EBL has lead powerful workshop experiences which change the way corporate teams face challenges and take advantage of opportunities. We help build stronger teams, improve decision making abilities, enhance customer service, resolve conflict, and aid companies in planning for and adapting to a continually changing future. We help individuals develop a new appreciation for collaboration. Our sessions show groups how to achieve goals that at first seemed impossible.<br><i>Find Out more>></i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.ebl.org/</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>10/09/2006</date>
		<title> Columbus Day </title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 12, observed in the United States in commemoration of the landing by Christopher Columbus in 1492 in America, which became known as The New World because Europeans did not know that it had existed. Columbus Day is now officially observed on the second Monday in October.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/columbus-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>12:00</time>
		<date>10/22/2006</date>
		<title>Gym</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Call Maria in advance]]></description>
		<icon>img/icon.swf</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>10/31/2006</date>
		<title>Halloween (the evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go ''trick or treating'': knocking on doors in their neighborhood. The neighbors are expected to respond by giving them small gifts of candy or money. Adults may also dress in costume for Halloween parties.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/columbus-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>11/11/2006</date>
		<title>Veterans' Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 11, observed in the United States in honor of veterans of the armed services and in commemoration of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918. In 1954 it was renamed from Armistice Day and given the added significance of honoring veterans.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/veterans-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>11/23/2006</date>
		<title>Thanksgiving Day </title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth Thursday of November, observed as a legal holiday in the United States to commemorate the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people and marked by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.
The second Monday of October, celebrated in Canada by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.<br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/thanksgiving-day</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>12/25/2006</date>
		<title>Christmas Day </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold, frankincense and myrrh were the first Christmastide gifts, given by the three Magi to the baby Jesus when they visited him in his manger in Bethlehem two millennia ago. Nowadays, despite the commercial emphasis that has superseded what used to be a simple celebration of the birth of the Christian Savior (for many retailers, two thirds of the year's income is earned during the last month or so), the season has managed to retain its spirit of sanctity and benevolence.
The New York Sun perhaps captured the essence of the holiday best in its famous 1897 editorial, ''Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus'' : ''He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy... The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see... he lives and lives forever''
Something else that's been living for a long, long time but can be seen by children and men is the General Grant Tree, a giant sequoia proclaimed by president Calvin Coolidge in 1926 as the nation's Christmas tree - aside from Santa Claus, the most enduring Christmas symbol. 
May these ancient words be fulfilled this year and every year: ''Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men''(Luke 2:14). <br><br><i>Find out more on answers.com</i>]]></description>
		<url>http://www.answers.com/topic/christmas</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/08/2008</date>
		<date_to>07/16/2008</date_to>
		<title>Kayla is on vacation</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>19:00</time>
		<date>07/12/2008</date>
		<title>Youth Movie Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BCOC Youth Movie Night in the Family Life Center]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>15:30</time>
		<date>07/23/2008</date>
		<date_to>07/23/2008</date_to>
		<title>My Free Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its'a great day]]></description>
		<icon>../.data/img/821301834.jpg</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>22:59</time>
		<date>07/26/2008</date>
		<recursive>daily</recursive>
		<title>abhay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[hi .........................]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/30/2008</date>
		<title>Rowby Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kitzeldorfing]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>08/01/2008</date>
		<title>rick's Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a great day!]]></description>
		<url>http://www.kybproductions.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>08/01/2008</date>
		<title>Test on same day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Test on same day]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>08/03/2008</date>
		<recursive>yearly</recursive>
		<title>TR B-Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[yep its the big one]]></description>
		<url>http://www.cnn.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>01/23/2008</date>
		<title>Daily Trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBP/JPY: +150
USD/JPY:+75
Total : 525l]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>11:00 am</time>
		<date>09/01/2008</date>
		<date_to>09/01/2008</date_to>
		<recursive>daily</recursive>
		<title>Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meeting]]></description>
		<icon>../.data/img/1322099824</icon>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/07/2008</date>
		<title>Birthday</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/12/2008</date>
		<title>fdgdfgdfg</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/13/2009</date>
		<title>Feliz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dia de la felicidad en el mundo]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/17/2008</date>
		<title>Test</title>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>09/25/2008</date>
		<title>Alquilado</title>
		<description><![CDATA[casa rural alquilada]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>17:00</time>
		<date>10/30/2008</date>
		<title>NMCH Charity Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Runamok is closed for a private party fund raising for the hospital]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>19:00</time>
		<date>10/25/2008</date>
		<title>Charlie Brownz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NC BURN CENTER FUNDRAISER]]></description>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>08:30</time>
		<date>10/08/2008</date>
		<title>New Calendar Install</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New install and test of calendar]]></description>
		<url>http://www.mainstreetportage.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<time>12:00</time>
		<date>10/10/2008</date>
		<title>New Calendar Install</title>
		<description><![CDATA[rtgrtrtrtrtrtggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg]]></description>
		<url>http://www.mainstreetportage.com</url>
	</event>
	<event>
		<date>07/03/2008</date>
		<title>Jarhe Zeit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ich liebe mine mutter]]></description>
	</event>
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