The Day of Epiphany is one of the seven principal celebrations of the church year, right up there with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saints’ Day, but because it rarely falls on a Sunday, it doesn’t get the same attention as those other holidays. The word “epiphany” means “to manifest” or "make known," and during this Epiphany season, all of our readings will, in some way, reveal the true...

446 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 In recognition of the 2003 Mathematics Awareness Month theme “Mathematics and Art”, this article brings together three different pieces about intersections between mathematics and the artwork of M. C. Escher. For more information about Mathematics Awareness Month, visit the website http:// mathforum.org/mam/03/. The site contains materials for organizi...

ions of celebrations like fireworks ( ) (Emoji, 2016). This array of transmittable symbols between virtually any active smartphone featuring hundreds of symbols presents a significant enrichment over character-based and platformspecific predecessors. Emoji have become a cultural phenomenon since their widespread adoption in the United States during the early 2010s (Blagdon, 2013). Some teachers...

Fireworks display during festive celebrations can cause acute short term air pollution. Deepawali –the festival of light– is celebrated in India, every year during October or November with great fireworks display. Concentration of air pollutants such as SPM (suspended particulate matter), PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 and NO 2 were monitored for six consecutive days during Deepawali in Salkia, a densel...

Bu çalışmada, 1919-1923 yılları arasında İşgal İstanbul’unda gerçekleştirilen Fransız Millî Bayramı kutlamaları tarihsel araştırma yöntemi kapsamında incelenmiştir. İtilaf Devletleri, başkent İstanbul’u Mondros Mütarekesi uyarınca 13 Kasım 1918’de fiilen, 16 Mart 1920’de ise resmen işgal etmiştir. İstanbul’un altında bulunduğu sırada yaşanan önemli gelişmelerden biri de kutlamalarıdır. belirli ...

In 2017, the City of Montreal commemorated its 375th anniversary. Because it celebrated city’s “creative” spirit more than past, this anniversary stands as an opportunity to explore reconfigurations public anniversaries, which often take shape cultural mega-events. This article presents different logics behind these celebrations, largely shaped by communications and entertainment industries, ex...