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    <font size="+1">Thank you for your message.  We here at the
      Thalesian Calendar Development Cooperative will assist you as well
      as we are able during the transition from the ancient, antiquated,
      article of faith known as the Gregorian calendar to the modern,
      meritorious, mathematically material calendar I named the
      Thalesian calendar.<br>
      <br>
      Unlike other calendars which have some indeterminate beginning
      based on some cultural or religious artifice, the Thalesian
      calendar has a precisely calculable beginning determined by the
      relation of the astronomical bodies involved in the first solar
      eclipse predicted by a human, Thales of Miletus.  This grants the
      Thalesian calendar the unique property of not having a basis in
      superstition, historical accident, or authoritarian arbitrariness.<br>
      <br>
      Using the Gregorian calendar, the date of that eclipse was 25 May
      585 BCE. Using any of the multitude of other calendars, the date
      is something else.<br>
      <br>
      Using the Thalesian calendar, the date and time of the exact
      center of the eclipse is exactly midnight of the first day of the
      first month of the first year, Year 0, of the Thalesian calendar. 
      Because the Gregorian calendar does not have a Year 0, and the
      Thalesian calendar does have a Year 0, the Thalesian calendar is
      near the transition from the current year of 2599 to the year
      2600.  (585 - 1 + 2016 = 2600)<br>
      <br>
      So, with apologizes for any inconveniences caused by your
      inability to get to the presently antiquated Gregorian month of
      May, the Thalesian calendar development team will create a new set
      of month names that will obviate your need to achieve the month of
      May, since under the Thalesian calendar, there will not be any
      such month.  Future communications will appear as development
      continues.  Comments and suggestions are welcome, though developer
      response time is limited.<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Ken<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/1/2016 12:12 PM, Nielsen, Ralph
      (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>) wrote:<br>
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      <div class="">I’m serious, I can’t get to the month of May.</div>
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          <div class="">On May 1, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Scott Dredge <<a
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                So it's April Fool's today for you all over again? 
                You're in an endless loop.  Maybe watch the movie
                'Groundhog Day' to see how you might be able to get out
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                              class="">From:</span></b> "Nielsen, Ralph
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                            href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu" class="">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>)"
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                              class="">To:</span></b> "<a
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                            href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a>"
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                              class="">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 1,
                          2016 11:35 AM<br class="">
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                              class="">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020]
                          Next month?<br class="">
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                        Help! I can’t remember how to get to the next
                        month. I’m stuck at the end of April.<br
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