{"id":29703,"date":"2016-01-01T05:44:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T12:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=29703"},"modified":"2015-12-11T23:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T06:52:19","slug":"creative-prompt-344-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/creative-prompt-344-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #344: Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year<\/p>\n<p>Year of the Tiger<\/p>\n<p>fiscal year<\/p>\n<p>calendar year<\/p>\n<p>Definition: &#8220;A <b>year<\/b> is the <a title=\"Orbital period\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orbital_period\">orbital period<\/a> of the <a title=\"Earth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\">Earth<\/a> moving in <a title=\"Earth's orbit\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth%27s_orbit\">its orbit<\/a> around the <a title=\"Sun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sun\">Sun<\/a>. Due to the Earth&#8217;s <a title=\"Axial tilt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axial_tilt\">axial tilt<\/a>, the course of a year sees the passing of the <a title=\"Season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Season\">seasons<\/a>, marked by changes in <a title=\"Weather\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weather\">weather<\/a>, the hours of <a title=\"Daylight\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daylight\">daylight<\/a>, and consequently <a title=\"Vegetation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vegetation\">vegetation<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Fertility (soil)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fertility_%28soil%29\">fertility<\/a>. In <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Temperate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temperate\">temperate<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Subpolar climate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subpolar_climate\">subpolar<\/a> regions, generally four seasons are recognized: <i><a title=\"Spring (season)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring_%28season%29\">spring<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"Summer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summer\">summer<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"Autumn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autumn\">autumn<\/a><\/i> and <i><a title=\"Winter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter\">winter<\/a><\/i>. In seasonal <a title=\"Tropics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropics\">tropical<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Subtropical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subtropical\">subtropical<\/a> regions, the <i><a title=\"Wet season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wet_season\">wet<\/a><\/i> (<i>rainy<\/i> or <i><a title=\"Monsoon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monsoon\">monsoon<\/a><\/i>) season and the <a title=\"Dry season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dry_season\"><i>dry<\/i> season<\/a> are generally recognised.<\/p>\n<p>A <a title=\"Calendar year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calendar_year\">calendar year<\/a> is an approximation of the Earth&#8217;s orbital period in a given <a title=\"Calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calendar\">calendar<\/a>. The <a title=\"Gregorian calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregorian_calendar\">Gregorian calendar<\/a> (and <a title=\"Julian calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_calendar\">Julian calendar<\/a>) has a calendar year being either a <a title=\"Common year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Common_year\">common year<\/a> of 365 days, or a <a title=\"Leap year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leap_year\">leap year<\/a> of 366 days. The average year length across the complete leap cycle of the Gregorian (modern) calendar is 365.2425 days. <a title=\"ISO 80000-3\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISO_80000-3\">ISO 80000-3<\/a>, in an informative (cf. normative) annex, proposes the symbol, <i>a<\/i>, (for Latin <i><a class=\"extiw\" title=\"wikt:annus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/annus\">annus<\/a><\/i>) to represent a year of either 365 or 366 days. In English, the abbreviations, <i>y<\/i> and <i>yr<\/i>, are used.<\/p>\n<p>In astronomy, the <a title=\"Julian year (astronomy)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_year_%28astronomy%29\">Julian year<\/a> is a <a title=\"Unit of time\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unit_of_time\">unit of time<\/a>, defined as exactly 365.25 <a title=\"Day\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Day\">days<\/a> each of exactly <span class=\"nowrap\">86400<\/span> <a title=\"Second\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second\">SI seconds<\/a>, totalling <span class=\"nowrap\">31557600<\/span> seconds.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The word, <i>year<\/i>, is also used of periods loosely associated but not strictly identical with either the astronomical or the calendar year, such as the <a title=\"Seasonal year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seasonal_year\">seasonal year<\/a>, the <a title=\"Fiscal year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiscal_year\">fiscal year<\/a> or the <a title=\"Academic year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academic_year\">academic year<\/a>, etc. By extension, the term, <i>year<\/i>, can mean the orbital period of any <a title=\"Planet\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planet\">planet<\/a>: for example, a <i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Martian year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martian_year\">Martian year<\/a><\/i> or <i><a title=\"Venus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus\">Venusian year<\/a><\/i> is the time in which Mars or, respectively, Venus completes its own orbit. The term is also applied more broadly to any long period or cycle, such as the <i><a title=\"Great Year\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Year\">Great Year<\/a><\/i>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\">Putting Idealism to Work &#8211; City <em>Year<\/em>, an AmeriCorps program, is a national service organization which unites young adults, ages 17 to 24<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Year in Review<\/p>\n<p>Year of the Rat<\/p>\n<p>Person of the Year<\/p>\n<p>year dot<\/p>\n<p>Pantone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Color of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Year of the Sheep<\/p>\n<p>multi-year low<\/p>\n<p>year in photos<\/p>\n<p>gap year<\/p>\n<p>10 year forecast<\/p>\n<p>Year of the Monkey<\/p>\n<p>years of service<\/p>\n<p>4 year degree<\/p>\n<p>Teacher of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Year of the Goat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.10000yearclock.net\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 Year Clock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Year of the Dragon<\/p>\n<p>Year-end tax strategies<\/p>\n<p>One year later<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and get familiar with your blog or website.<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n<p>We are also talking about this on Twitter and Instagram. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year Year of the Tiger fiscal year calendar year Definition: &#8220;A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth&#8217;s axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/creative-prompt-344-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #344: Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[374],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-29703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-374","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}