Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from April 2008:
BUILDERS GROUP: BIZARRE ASSERTIONS.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Building Industry Association of Washington is influential. It's also looking bizarre. In the group's March newsletter (no April Fool's prank; area blogs started picking it up last week), there's a full-page piece headlined: "Hitler's Nazi party: They were eco extremists." ...
FARM BILL: MAKING IT WORSE.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Congress could make a poor farm bill even worse. Two powerful Democratic senators would achieve that by cutting into the bill's redeeming points and raising its already over-the-top spending on farm payments. Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Kent Conrad of North Dakota want to ...
BUSH REARRANGES ORG CHARTS AND DECK CHAIRS.(Editorial)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL KRUGMAN Columnist Anyone who has worked in a large organization - or, for that matter, reads the comic strip "Dilbert" - is familiar with the "org chart" strategy. To hide their lack of any actual ideas about what to do, managers sometimes make a big show of ...
CLINTON WON'T LET REALITY GET IN HER WAY.(Editorial)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: MARSHA MERCER SYNDICATED COLUMNIST WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton says she's not giving up. Should she? Analysts say it's difficult, if not impossible, for her to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Barack Obama has won more states, votes and pledged ...
BUSES: BE PATIENT, PREPARED.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... For anyone who has been taking the bus on a regular basis for the past couple of years, Monday's story that King County Metro buses have become increasingly crowded and late rings true. A silver lining to the dark cloud of rising gas prices and increasing congestion has ...
COMPLAINTS: WHO CARES WHAT BURIEN FOLKS THINK ABOUT SEATTLE?(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sunday's editorial page featured yet another reader from outside the city of Seattle complaining about the city's budget decisions. People from Burien and Lakewood don't pay for improvements in Seattle - be it KeyArena, Seattle Center, libraries or anything else. It leaves me ...
BALANCING, PROTECTING THE PLAYING FIELD.(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: KEN MEIDELL AND THOMAS O'KEEFE GUEST COLUMNISTS With two major mountain ranges, three stunning national parks and miles of coastline, it's no wonder the Washington Bureau of Tourism calls our outdoor opportunities "actively great." From rushing rivers to old-growth ...
BILL WON'T IMPROVE SAFETY OF TOYS AND OTHER CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS.(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: RICK LOCKER The Friday editorial "Toxic toys: Sky isn't falling" downplayed the serious unintended consequences to public safety caused by the Children's Safe Products Act. Instead of improving safety for kids, the well-intentioned law would ban the sale of ...
INOCULATED AGAINST VACCINE FACTS.(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL A. OFFIT GUEST COLUMNIST PHILADELPHIA -- On March 6, Terry and Jon Poling stood outside a federal courthouse in Atlanta, Ga., with their 9-year-old daughter Hannah and announced that the federal government had admitted that vaccines had contributed to her autism. ...
READ THIS.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE" Laura Joh Rowland. Overlook. 384 pages. $24.95. Laura Joh Rowland's newest book may be a departure from her San Ichiro mysteries, but this ripping good story is sure to delight ...
LISTEN UP.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... VARIOUS ARTISTS "My Blueberry Nights" soundtrack (Blue Note) Norah Jones takes the lead here, as she does in director Wong Kar Wai's new movie itself. However, she apparently was so caught up in her acting debut that she contributes only one song, "The Story." The ...
DRINK UP.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ORANGE-VERMOUTH SPRITZERS Serves: 8 2 cups fresh orange juice, strained 2 cups dry vermouth 4 cups club soda, chilled Bitters Pour the juice into 2 ice-cube trays; ...
WATCH THIS.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET" 116 minutes. Rated R. A Victorian horror story about obsession, longing, regret and loss, the story of "the demon barber of Fleet Street" is sometimes jaunty, often dark, and very stylized. In other words, it's a ...
COOK IT.(Life and Arts)(Recipe)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MAPLE HAM BURGER Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 1 pound lean ground pork 3/4 pound deli-sliced honey-baked ham, coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 tablespoon grill ...
GAME ON.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "FRONTLINES: FUEL OF WAR" Rating: Teen Platform: Xbox 360 (THQ) This first-person shooter takes off from a politically charged premise, as narrated by a journalist for the "Affiliated Press." In 2024, the world's supply of oil has just about vanished, and the ...
HOW TO ... MAKE A GLORIOUSLY SOUSED CAKE.(Life and Arts)(Recipe)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Soaking a cake in liquor or syrup is an old concept, one that has sometimes been abused. Bake a standard cake and when it's done, pour enough sweetened, butter-laden alcohol over the top to really saturate it. Any brown liquor with flavor will do nicely. The result is strong and ...
WHAT'S ONLINE.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... LAW thelegality.com This blog, written by Oregon law students, breaks down jargon and gives insight into the legal aspects of current events. WILD CARD vikingkittens.com ...
ON THE TUBE.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... "MANEATERS" 8 p.m. Animal Planet Cold-blooded killers stalk the world's oceans and rivers. Watch out ya'll! "NAKED EARTH" 8 p.m. National Geographic Channel Learn about Earth's unique and complex atmosphere. "HELL'S ...
STEPS TO TAKE IF YOUR IDENTITY IS COMPROMISED.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: PHUONG CAT LEP-I REPORTER *****CORRECTION ran on April 3, 2008, as follows: ****** Anyone can obtain a credit security freeze in Washington state. Starting Sept. 1, victims of identity theft who provide a police report, as well as people over 65, can get a freeze at ...
RHYME TIME - OR NOT:.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... April is National Poetry Month so the P-I is sponsoring a poetry contest. Traditional and non-traditional forms are welcome (but, please, no limericks!). Our judges will be looking primarily for powerful voice, original vision and language that takes us to unexpected places. Each poem can ...
LUCY DEVITO GIVES A VIVID PORTRAYAL IN INTIMAN'S 'DIARY OF ANNE FRANK'.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOE ADCOCKP-I theater critic At one point in her diary, Anne Frank writes that genocide, the World War II Holocaust in particular, may "just be a phase." The wish reflects Anne's mother's faith that her adolescent daughter eventually will get over a truculent phase ....
NEW ON DVD.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: Jason Lee heads the human cast as a songwriter who takes in the three mischievous 'munks - Alvin, Simon and Theodore (voiced by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney) - with the furry singers becoming pop stars that face exploitation by a conniving ...
KATHIE LEE RETURNING TO MORNING TV.(Life and Arts)(PEOPLE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Kathie Lee Gifford is returning to television as a co-anchor of the fourth hour of NBC's "Today." Gifford, 54 ((age)), was on the set of the morning show Monday for the announcement. Her first day is April 7 when she joins Hoda Kotb for the 10 a.m. broadcast. "I'm ...
AFTER 31 YEARS, X BAND MATES PROVE THEY CAN STILL PUT POETRY IN THEIR PUNK.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKEL TOOMBSSpecial to the P-I Celebrating its 31st anniversary, the pioneering Los Angeles punk band X is showing some signs of age. Drummer D.J. Bonebrake is thinner of hair, while singer Exene Cervenka has spread a bit over the years, and recently moved ...
GRAHAM FATHER AMONG 2 KILLED IN MARCH IN IRAQ CALIFORNIA MAN BASED IN FORT LEWIS ALSO VICTIM OF BOMB.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE BARBER P-I reporter Army Sgt. Phillip Reid Anderson, 28, was buried March 20 at Tahoma National Cemetery, five years after the beginning of the war in Iraq in which he died. Anderson, whose widow, Melanie, lives in Graham with their 16-month-old son, ...
KING COUNTY DEATHS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ALSDORF: Henrietta B., 93, of Seattle, March 18. CARRASCA: Rosendo I., 93, of Seattle, March 24. ERLENMEYER: Charles P., 47, of Gig Harbor, March 25. FLEMING: Bonita J., 67, of Auburn, March 27. GRAD: Peggy H., 89, of Everett, March 24. ...
ISRAEL: PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR 1,400 HOMES IN DISPUTED AREAS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had barely left Israel on Monday after her latest peacekeeping mission when Israeli officials announced plans to build 1,400 new homes on land Palestinians claim for a future state. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to keep building in east Jerusalem and ...
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS.(News)(Correction notice)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The songs "Trapped" and "Point Blank" are new to Bruce Springsteen's current tour. A review of Springsteen's Seattle concert on Page C3 of Monday's Life and Arts section misstated their history. Upper Little Mashel Falls, the uppermost falls on the Little Mashel River, is not ...
BOEING LEAKS 'FOR THE GREATER GOOD' EX-WORKER SAYS HE MEANT NO HARM.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: ANDREA JAMES P-I reporter Without a doubt, Gerald Eastman violated Boeing company policy when he spoke with reporters. A King County Superior Court jury will decide if he also violated the law. Eastman, accused of 16 counts of computer trespass, testified ...
PROFIT UP 100 PERCENT AT HQ SUSTAINABLE MARITIME SEATTLE COMPANY ALSO WINS MAJOR CONTRACT.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN RICHMANP-I reporter HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc., a Seattle-based fish farmer and processor with operations in the island province of Hainan, China, reported net income Monday of $1.8 million for its fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. That's up 100 ...
THE (NOT SO) SMART GUYS STILL IN CHARGE.(Business)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: BILL VIRGIN P-I columnist "THERE MAY BE 10,000 banks in this country," a wise man once said, "but there aren't 10,000 bankers." What the wise man meant was that the supply of banking executives with the technical expertise, prudence and common sense to run ...
REGIONAL NEWS: WEYERHAEUSER MAY SELL PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Weyerhaeuser Co. says it's considering whether to sell off technology that uses plastics to make products with a woodlike appearance. Federal Way-based Weyerhaeuser says its low-density oriented polymer composites are used to make fencing, exterior trim, decks and related ...
NEW PHOTO TAGGING SERVICE GAINS POPULARITY TAGCOW HELPS PEOPLE QUICKLY FIND IMAGES.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN COOKP-I reporter Tagcow is a newly launched photo tagging service that is generating a lot of buzz for the way it categorizes photos, allowing people to quickly find their favorite images of family members, pets, natural landmarks and more. Basically, it makes ...
NATIONAL NEWS: LAWSUIT CLAIMS APPLE HID IMAC MONITOR'S LIMITATIONS.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Apple Inc. was sued Monday over claims that it exaggerated the capabilities of its 20-inch iMac computer monitor, which it introduced last year. Apple deceived customers by concealing the inferiority of the 20-inch iMac monitors, according to the complaint, filed in federal ...
VISUALIZE THIS: A NEW PARK FOR BALLARD CITY ACTS QUICKLY ON REQUEST TO BUY 'CAPTIVATING' PARCEL.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: DEBERA CARLTON HARRELLP-I reporter Ballard may soon get something it has long craved: More open space. The city of Seattle has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a 39,000-square-foot site for a new Ballard park at 7028 Ninth Ave. N.W. The city has ...
QUESTIONING COULD BE OFF-LIMITS DETECTIVES RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH SUSPECT IN JEWISH CHARITY ATTACK.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: TRACY JOHNSON P-I reporter The man accused of opening fire at a Seattle Jewish charity in July 2006 told police he has bipolar disorder, isn't usually a bad guy and stopped his shooting rampage when he noticed his potential victims were all women. ...
AT RISK FROM RISING SEA PLANNING FOR FUTURE SHAPED BY CLIMATE CHANGE STILL IN INFANCY.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: KRISTEN MILLARES YOUNG P-I reporter The Port of Seattle's Harbor Island, mostly underwater at high tide in 2100. Fish - rather than crows and gulls - pecking at the port's largest terminal. Climate change will make Washington a warmer and wetter ...
ORGANIC FARMS INSPECTED.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The state Agriculture Department says the 17 organic farms flooded in southwest Washington in December continue to meet organic standards. Agriculture inspectors have visited each of the farms affected by the floods, walking the fields and noting how high water levels rose, where sediment ...
COUNCIL APPROVES 'ZERO WASTE' CONTRACTS RECYCLING WILL BE EASIER, BUT YOUR BILL MAY GO UP.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: CASEY McNERTHNEYP-I reporter This time next year, city leaders say, Seattle residents will be able to toss meat and dairy scraps into yard-waste containers and quit separating recyclable materials under new solid-waste contracts. The Seattle City Council ...
LAKEWOOD INITIATIVE WOULD BAR GAMBLING.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services LAKEWOOD -- An anti-gambling initiative in the Pierce County city of Lakewood may be the first in the state to ban minicasinos. Organizers are trying to gather more than 3,700 signatures to go to a vote. ...
STATE JOINS ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN EX PROGRAM HELPS SMOKERS 'RELEARN' HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT CIGARETTES.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHERIE BLACKP-I reporter State Health Secretary Mary Selecky joined other national health leaders in Washington, D.C., on Monday to launch a new stop-smoking campaign. Smokers have heard all of the life-saving reasons why they should quit. The free ...
SNOHOMISH COUNTY'S DOUBLE-DECK BUS A HIT, SO IT WANTS MORE FINAL DECISION UP TO COMMUNITY TRANSIT.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: LARRY LANGEP-I reporter Snohomish County's bus system, after experimenting for several months with a double-deck bus, says it's popular enough that it wants to buy 23 more two-level coaches and put them into service by 2010. Before that happens ...
SEATTLE GETS MIXED REPORT ON GRADUATION RATES 7TH-HIGHEST CITY BELOW U.S. AVERAGE.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAUL NYHAN P-I reporter The Seattle School District posted the seventh-highest high school graduation rate among big U.S. cities in a report being published Tuesday. In the Seattle district, 67.6 percent of high school students graduated on time, below the ...
ELSEWHERE ON OPENING DAY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BASEBALL JONES; In his Orioles debut, former Mariners phenom Adam Jones started in ...
THRILLS & CHILLS MARINERS WARM UP JUST IN TIME TO WIN BLUSTERY OPENER.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN HICKEYP-I reporter For 51/2 innings, the Mariners were as cold as the weather Monday. Safeco Field was a decent approximation of Everest base camp, complete with bits of rain, sleet and hail. And, lest we forget, a biting wind. But at base ...
NOT TOO BAD A DEBUT FOR M'S LATEST MOUND SAVIOR BEDARD.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: ART THIELP-I COLUMNIST AS THE OFFICIAL Dead Meat of the American League West, the Texas Rangers had to feel right at home in the meat locker that doubled Monday as a ballpark. Meanwhile, the Mariners, who fancy themselves contenders, were warmed by the ...
MCKENZIE BIG FIGURE IN T-BIRDS' LATE PUSH BEST WORK HAS HELPED JUMP-START TEAM'S POWER PLAY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MATTHEW GASCHKSpecial to the P-I At 6 feet 5 and 222 pounds, Ian McKenzie is hard to ignore. Yet somehow, the Thunderbirds right wing has slipped under the radar in the Western Hockey League over the past month. And while the T-Birds would prefer to have ...
POLK EAGER FOR FIRST SHOTS HERALDED FRESHMAN RECEIVER ENROLLED EARLY TO GAUGE UW IMPACT.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MOLLY YANITYP-I reporter Chris Polk isn't all that surprised that there are Huskies faster than he. This is college, for goodness sake. But after graduating early from East Valley High School in Redlands, Calif., Polk admits some aspects of college life ...
LOOK BACK.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... April 1 1984: Rookie Phil Bradley's one-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Spike Owen from second base, giving the Mariners a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays before an Opening Night crowd of 43,200 at the Kingdome. 1997: Ken Griffey Jr. blasted ...
M'S COULD WARM UP FAST TO WINNING.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: JIM MOOREP-I COLUMNIST FROM THE START to the finish, from Dave Niehaus driving onto the field in a black Dodge Viper to J.J. Putz's strikeout of Josh Hamilton, the Mariners looked the part of potential AL West champs after a 5-2 win over Texas. As Opening ...
GUARDADO, BROUSSARD GET TEXAS WELCOME.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAVID ANDRIESEN AND JOHN HICKEY P-I reporters Injured, aging and in a strange city, Eddie Guardado had every reason to hang up his cleats. But he had one even deeper reason not to. In late 2006, Guardado had lost his job as closer in Seattle, been traded ...
ON DECK.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MARINERS (1-0) VS. RANGERS (0-1) WHEN/WHERE: Tuesday, 7:10 p.m., Safeco Field SERIES: Game 2 of a 3-game series TV/RADIO: FSN; KOMO-AM/1000 MATCHUP: RHP Felix Hernandez (0-0) vs. RHP Vicente Padilla (0-0). SERIES: The Mariners are 232-215 ...
LOPEZ COMES THROUGH HE GETS IT DONE TWICE IN DEBUT AT NO. 2 SPOT.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAVID ANDRIESENP-I reporter Writing Jose Lopez's name in the second spot was the biggest risk Mariners manager John McLaren took with his Opening Day batting order. The team challenged Lopez after last season to work harder, concentrate better and be more ...
M'S OFF AND WINNING OUTSIDE, IT WAS SNOWING INSIDE, THE FANS HOT-DOGGED IT SELLOUT CROWD SAVORS 5-2 VICTORY OVER TEXAS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: GREG JOHNSP-I reporter True to their newest slogan, there was plenty of Mojo Risin' even as the temperature was fallin' Monday as the Mariners opened their season at Safeco Field with a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. As Opening Days go, this one ...
KEYARENA DEAL NOT REALLY 'LAST-MINUTE' EFFORT TO KEEP SONICS WAS IN WORKS FOR WEEKS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS McGANN P-I Capitol correspondent OLYMPIA -- Seattle's attempt to secure a tax package for KeyArena wasn't the wild, last-second shot at keeping the Sonics that leading lawmakers made it out to be, according to e-mails obtained through a public disclosure request ....
LOCAL TIBETANS EXCITED ABOUT DALAI LAMA'S VISIT THEIR JOY IS TEMPERED BY TEARS FOR HOMELAND.(News)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: BRAD WONGP-I reporter In a Seattle classroom, they sat under a portrait of the Dalai Lama and a statue of Shakyamuni, the Buddhist symbol of full enlightenment, singing the Tibetan national anthem. As part of the day's lessons, the class of 18 youths ...
CUBA: HAVANA OPENS UP RESORTS, CELL PHONE SALES TO CUBANS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The government opened luxury hotels and resorts to all Cubans on Monday, ending a ban despised across the island as "tourist apartheid" and taking another step toward the creation of a consumer economy in the socialist state. Cuba has made a series of crowd-pleasing announcements in the ...
THE DALAI LAMA TO VISIT SEATTLE.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Dalai Lama will be in Seattle April 11-15 to headline Seeds of Compassion, a gathering designed to nurture kindness and compassion in the world, starting with children and those who influence them. The event includes a series of panel discussions, workshops and celebrations ...
NO NEW BENNETT CONTACT WSU SAYS INDIANA ALONE IN ASKING TO SPEAK WITH COACH.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: HOWIE STALWICKSpecial to the P-I PULLMAN -- Indiana is the only school that has contacted Washington State athletic director Jim Sterk to ask for permission to speak with Cougars basketball coach Tony Bennett about its head coaching vacancy, Sterk said Monday night ...
TUBBS KNOWS OFFSEASON CONDITIONING DRILL ALL TOO WELL TACKLE HAS MISSED 1 1/2 SEASONS WITH KNEE INJURIES.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: CLARE FARNSWORTHP-I reporter KIRKLAND -- It already has been a long - and at times lonely - offseason for Marcus Tubbs. Five days a week, five hours a day, the former first-round draft choice calls the training and weight rooms at the Seahawks' ...
TENNIS SERENA, HENIN IN REMATCH.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Serena Williams always seems to rise to the challenge at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., where she has won four titles and is back in the quarterfinals. She beat Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-3 Monday and will next play top-ranked Justine Henin, renewing one of the best rivalries in ...
CRUISE SHIP SEASON GETS UNDER WAY.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- The cruise ship season starts Tuesday in Seattle with the arrival of the Celebrity Mercury at the Bell Street Cruise Terminal at Pier 66. The Port of Seattle says it's the first of 211 scheduled ship calls that will ...
CORPS REPORTS ON COWLITZ SILT DREDGING.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services LONGVIEW -- The Army Corps of Engineers says about 2.4 million cubic yards of silt was dredged from the lower Cowlitz River this winter. That's about 20 percent less than the corps expected to be removed in the first dredging of ...
PART OF STATE ROUTE 28 SHUT FOR SAFETY WORK.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services ROCK ISLAND -- State Route 28 east of Wenatchee is closed until Wednesday while workers hired by the Transportation Department remove rocks overhanging the roadway. ...
PITY THE...FOOL ...OR ON THE HONORED DAY FOR PRANKSTERS, JUST EMBRACE THE SILLINESS.(Life and Arts)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NO FOOLIN' We kid you not. The history of April Fools' Day is a mystery. A popular theory is that it dates to the 16th century, when Pope Gregory decreed that the new year, per the Gregorian calendar, would begin on Jan. 1 instead of at the end of March. Persons who persisted in ...