{"id":6697,"date":"2009-03-09T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=6697"},"modified":"2009-03-09T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T14:16:00","slug":"yet-another-union-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/yet-another-union-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Union to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Astronomy Union <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2009\/03\/07\/astronomers-declare-february-no-longer-a-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">declares February no longer a month<\/a>, courtesy Bad Astronomy.  Short and fun, unlike February, which tends to be only short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Astronomy Union declares February no longer a month, courtesy Bad Astronomy. 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