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The seasons occur because the Earth's axis of rotation is not perpendicular to its orbital plane ( the “ plane of the ecliptic ”) but currently makes an angle of about 23. 44 ° ( called the " obliquity of the ecliptic "), and because the axis keeps its orientation with respect to an inertial frame of reference.
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The winter ( June-August ) is generally dry, both rainy seasons occur in summer, the small rainy season between September and November, the big one between February and April.
They are still not universal, however, as not all people use a solar-based calendar where the solstices occur every year in the same month ( as they do not in the Islamic calendar and Hebrew calendar, for example ), and the names are not useful for other planets ( Mars, for example ), even though these planets do have seasons.
Two more ABC-aired Super Bowls would occur during major anniversary seasons for MNF-Super Bowl XXIX ( also won by the 49ers ) closed out the 25th anniversary season ( 1994 ), and Super Bowl XXXIV ( won by the St. Louis Rams, bitter rivals of the 49ers ) closed out the 30th anniversary season ( 1999 ).
Spring and autumn are generally mild, but during both seasons sudden hot and cold spells frequently occur.
** During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, probably the most severe of the pre-1600 seasons, at least eight intense hurricanes occur.
Most of these stories occur between episodes and seasons of the television series, however, some are set outside the timeline of the show to explore in depth other areas of Buffy's history.
Species often have different mating or courtship patterns or behaviors, the breeding seasons may be distinct and even if mating does occur antigenic reactions to the sperm of other species prevent fertilization or embryo development.
During the two rainy seasons ( February-May and September-December ), heavy downpours occur almost daily, alternating with sunny weather.
Significant weather forecasting problems that occur in the 0-to 12-hr range include severe weather in all seasons ( for example, tornadoes, thunderstorms, snow, and ice storms ) and hazards to aviation ( for example, clear air turbulence, icing, and downbursts ).
Certain epidemics occur at certain seasons: for example, whooping-cough occurs in spring, whereas measles produces two epidemics-as a rule, one in winter and one in March.
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School goes on class trips to fish there before colder seasons occur.
Rotavirus infections occur primarily during cool, dry seasons.
Scores of hikers have died on the mountain in all seasons, due to harsh and rapidly changing conditions, as well as inadequate equipment, failing to plan for the wide variety of conditions which can occur above tree line, and poor decisions once the weather began to turn dangerous.
High pressure weather can occur in all seasons, and in summer this brings 24-hr sunshine north of the Arctic Circle.
Significant amounts of precipitation occur in all seasons in most areas.
Following their respective breeding seasons, several species of hummingbirds occur at the same locations in North America, and several hummingbird flowers bloom simultaneously in these habitats.
Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive several hundred centimeters of rain per year, they have long dry seasons which last several months and vary with geographic location.
Meerkats are iteroparous and can reproduce any time of the year but most births occur in the warmer seasons.
More generally, he wrote about common diseases that occur in particular locations, seasons, winds and air.
When not nesting flocks of over 100 individuals may occur on migration, and during the winter or dry seasons the species is usually found foraging in small flocks.
The purpose of the latter is to ensure that the festivals, all of which occur on fixed dates of the lunar months, are also observed each year in the seasons designated for them in the Bible.
Once there is harmony the 4 seasons can occur.
The peak mating and calving seasons are in the spring and summer, although mating and calving occur throughout the year in some regions.
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However, perhaps because of the trade of Walker and several consecutive losing seasons, the team fell all the way to fourteenth in the National League in attendance ; for the first time in team history, the Rockies drew under 2 million fans for the season.
Shula had coached the Colts the previous seven pre-merger seasons ( 1963 – 9 ) and was signed by Joe Robbie after the merger was consummated ; because the signing came after the merger the NFL's rules on tampering came into play, and the Dolphins had to give up their first-round pick to the Colts.
The planet received its name because of its remarkable similarity to Earth ; its day is nearly 24 hours long and its surface gravity is a comfortable 1. 08 g. Oceans, mean global temperature, seasons, and moon ( Home's moon is called Metaluna, but is often referred to as " the Moon " by Homers ) are also similar.
In 2005, the Hornets relocated to Oklahoma City for two seasons because of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
After retiring as a player, Molitor remained with the Twins as a bench coach for three seasons, and was considered a leading candidate to manage the team when Tom Kelly retired after the 2001 season, but declined in part because the Twins were still at the time being targeted for potential contraction.
Frakes had grown a mustache and beard between seasons, and Gene Roddenberry asked him to keep it, because he thought it made Riker look more dignified.
According to the paper by Thiers, in certain climates and certain seasons, it may be an advantage to remain closed because moisture can be conserved in that way.
It was limited to only two seasons of fieldwork, because the site was due to be flooded by Lake Assad.
Sports Illustrated, in its postmortem, noted the drastic change between 1974 and 1975 as if the two seasons were played by totally different leagues: one ( 1974 ), a bombastic credit risk, and the other ( 1975 ), a safer but much quieter, and much less noticed, entity that failed because it was ignored.
Season Five was numbered 1A – 130A, while Season Six was numbered 1B – 130B ; the last two seasons were designated as such because they were designed as year-long curriculum for schools.
This is possible because below ground level, the temperature is relatively constant across the seasons, and the earth can provide or absorb a large amount of heat.
This is because crops are seasonal, perennial plants mature over multiple seasons, and stress responses can significantly depend upon many aspects of plant condition.
Isidore of Seville explains that the quadriga represents the sun's course through the four seasons, while the biga represents the moon, " because it travels on a twin course with the sun, or because it is visible both by day and by night — for they yoke together one black horse and one white.
Bankrolled by Sergio Cragnotti's investment in the team – some £ 274 million in over 4 seasons – Eriksson amassed trophies on a remarkable scale, and because of this many fans consider him to be Lazio's most successful manager ever.
All three seasons of The Adventures of Superboy are not currently available because of a legal battle over the rights to the " Superboy " name.
The 1920 – 21 season, which ended with the Friulani eliminated in the Eliminatoria Veneta, was memorable because it was the debut of Gino Bellotto, who is still the player who has played the most seasons with Udinese, spending 17 seasons with the Zebrette.
In July 2009, Disney XD acquired the rights to the series, though it was quickly moved from prime-time to late night airings, and only episodes from seasons 1-3 are aired, mainly because those episodes are more appropriate for young viewers and does not contain as much mature themes and sexual content as later episodes.
In 2002 it left the Barbican after a series of allegedly poor seasons, partly because the then artistic director Adrian Noble wanted to develop the company's touring performances.
Kudrow's pregnancy was written into Friends ( seasons 4 and 5 ), with her character Phoebe having triplets as a surrogate mother for her brother and his wife because they were not able to have children.
Frazee was upset over the holdout because he had given Ruth bonuses after both the 1918 and 1919 seasons.
Sunderland won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3 – 1 victory over Preston North End, and remained in the top league for 68 successive seasons ( spanning 80 years because of the war years ' interruption ) until they were relegated for the first time in 1958.
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