Read more calendars stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1641/calendars.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:43:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70581/think-tank-taps-bachmann-as-miss-november.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA conservative think tank's calendar of "Great American Conservative Women" features a relative newbie: Michele Bachmann. The Minnesota lawmaker, who was elected to Congress in 2006, appears in the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute's calendar as "Miss November." The calendar also features Carrie Prejean, Michelle Malkin, and Ann Coulter, the...http://www.newser.com/story/70581/think-tank-taps-bachmann-as-miss-november.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 17:36:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57426/mormon-hunks-have-church-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn entrepreneur who says his aim was to improve the image of Mormons has been excommunicated by the church for publishing a calendar with photos of shirtless members of the faith. The “Men on a Mission” calendar doesn’t “tear down the beliefs of the church at all," Chad Hardy protests...http://www.newser.com/story/57426/mormon-hunks-have-church-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42689/ryanair-pin-ups-dont-fly-with-feminist-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFeminist groups have slammed as sexist a pin-up calendar of stripped-down Ryanair flight attendants the budget airline has published to raise money for charity, reports Der Speigel . The calendar features employees in barely-there bikinis getting up close and personal with airplane parts. The Institute for Women in Spain, where the...http://www.newser.com/story/42689/ryanair-pin-ups-dont-fly-with-feminist-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 4:15:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41433/friend-markets-palin-calendar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA friend of Sarah Palin’s is cashing in on the mania for the candidate with a calendar, the Los Angeles Times reports. Photographer Judy Patrick, who was also Palin’s deputy mayor in Wasilla, Alaska, snapped Palin playing hockey and holding a shotgun. She gave some photos to the campaign but...http://www.newser.com/story/41433/friend-markets-palin-calendar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Oct 2008 14:05:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29812/smart-software-programs-write-your-to-do-lists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBusy? A new kind of online organizer works like a personal assistant, interpreting loose statements—like “have brunch with Margaret on Sunday"—and turning them into scheduled events on users’ calendars. Free programs like Presdo, IWantSandy and reQall use natural language processing to organize casually written, and sometimes even spoken,...http://www.newser.com/story/29812/smart-software-programs-write-your-to-do-lists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25598/turkmenistan-dumps-months-named-after-heroes-poets-dictators-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a step away from the legacy of its late dictator, who renamed each month after heroes, poets, and himself, Turkmenistan’s president urged a return to traditional month names, the Guardian reports. April had been named after Saparmurat Niyazov’s mother, while September was a reference to Niyazov’s spiritual book—but...http://www.newser.com/story/25598/turkmenistan-dumps-months-named-after-heroes-poets-dictators-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Apr 2008 11:25:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15408/leap-into-2008-was-miles-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Earth finished another rotation around the sun in 2007—just about. At midnight on December 31, it was actually about 400,000 miles short of where it had been a year before, and that annual shortfall is why we have leap years, explains the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Leap years...http://www.newser.com/story/15408/leap-into-2008-was-miles-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Jan 2008 12:18:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12892/supreme-court-gets-first-ever-wall-calendar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court may not come knocking at your door over the holidays, but the stars of the judicial branch have their very own calendar for sale, the Washingtonian reports. Legal Times court reporter Tony Mauro is to thank for the effort, which will help ensure that law junkies and...http://www.newser.com/story/12892/supreme-court-gets-first-ever-wall-calendar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Nov 2007 19:35:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/1782/german-students-do-full-monty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend to...http://www.newser.com/story/1782/german-students-do-full-monty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 May 2007 17:44:41 CDT