America Online Party of the Millennium.DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999-- Nearly 30% of People Say They Will Be Home on New Year's Eve; 43% Plan to be Online, 36% Haven't Made Plans Yet From Japan to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Celine Dion's Final Concert in Canada, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Members Celebrate the New Century Around the World - 11 Cities in 20 Hours America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced it will host its first-ever global New Year's Eve party. AOL's Party of the Millennium, hosted by AOL Live, cyberspace's leading chat and live event destination, will take AOL members around the world to celebrate the New Year 11 times in 11 cities in 20 hours. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an AOL interactive poll, nearly 30% of AOL members polled say they plan on being home on New Year's Eve and 43% are planning to log on to AOL to see what's happening online. Of the more than 95,000 respondents, 36% haven't made their New Year's Eve plans yet. AOL's Party of the Millennium, accessible at AOL Keyword: Millennium Party, will give AOL members the opportunity to usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. the new century interactive style, complete with Web Cam See Webcam. , live chats, polls, and slideshows. Beginning at 7:30am, ET on New Year's Eve day and ending at 3:00am, ET New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , correspondents from AOL's international services and AOL's Digital City locations will be live on the scene in Australia, Japan, Germany, France, London, Brazil, New York, Canada, Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. as the clock strikes midnight. "This is going to be the party of the Internet," said Jonathan Sacks Not to be confused with Yonason Sacks. Rabbi Sir Jonathan Henry Sacks (born 1948, London) is the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom's main body of Orthodox synagogues. His official title is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. , Senior Vice President and General Manager of AOL Interactive Services. "We know a lot of people plan to be home and online on New Year's Eve and we're looking forward to offering them a great night around the world on AOL Live. Plus, this puts AOL in a unique position to know how people are ringing in the New Year - minute by minute, we'll know what online users worldwide are doing during this special milestone." AOL's Party of the Millennium Schedule: AUSTRALIA: 7:30 am, ET Be one of the first to celebrate the new millennium with AOL Australia as they bring the party to you live from Sydney Harbour. We'll go down-under giving you non-stop party updates, pictures and fun as the Aussies celebrate the countdown to midnight. JAPAN: 9:30 am, ET Celebrate the stroke of midnight with AOL Japan as we bring you a very special tradition live from Chion-in Temple in Kyoto that has the most famous and biggest Buddhist bell in Japan. Be a part of this traditional Bell Tolling ceremony as your friends from AOL Japan enter the new millennium. GERMANY: 5:30 pm, ET As we enter a new millennium and a new era, ring in the New Year with AOL Germany as we bring you live pictures and commentary from the Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St. Pauli St. Pauli (full name: Sankt Pauli) is a district of the German city of Hamburg and a district of the State of Hamburg. The district has about 27.000 inhabitants (2002) on 2.6 km². It is situated directly at the Elbe river close to the Hamburg port. . Join the party and see how Germans celebrate and ring in the New Year! FRANCE: 5:45 pm, ET Ring in the new millennium Francais style live from the Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower, structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework supported on four masonry piers, from which rise four columns uniting to form one in Paris. Join one of the biggest New Year's Eve parties ever as we bring you live commentary and snapshots from one of the world's most recognized locations. UK: 6:30 pm, ET Party on the streets of London as the 'birthplace of time' ushers in the new century. Get updates and join the fun as Big Ben strikes midnight. BRAZIL: 8:30 pm, ET Party with AOL Brazil and ring in the New Year live from Rio's Copacabana Beach. See updated pictures and get a real sense of how the citizens of Brazil will be celebrating the new millennium. NEW YORK: 11:30 pm, ET Join the millions who will be watching the ball drop live from Times Square in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Digital City New York will take you atop Times Square where you'll get to see what's happening amongst the projected million-plus on the streets of New York and get a real flavor of how NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City rings in the New Year. CANADA 11:30 pm, ET Be a part of history in this very special online event on the last day of this millennium as AOL Canada rings in the New Year with live updates and pictures backstage from Celine Dion's final concert. DALLAS: 12 midnight, ET Join Digital City Dallas for the last night of 1999 as they stroll the streets and take in the scene of Dallas' Deep Ellum. Rock in the New Year and get the real flavor of Texans with updated photos, commentary live from "Sons of Hermann Hall," a classic Dallas location. DENVER: 1:30 am, ET Join Digital City Denver live from Keystone Resort to get live updates and dynamic photos showing you its first skier of the new millennium. So pull up a ski, pour some hot chocolate and join us for a real Rocky Mountain New Year's countdown. LA: 2:30 am, ET Kick off the new millennium in style live from Universal Studios Hollywood. Digital City LA will bring you the biggest, wildest and most exciting New Year's Eve party on the West Coast live online with updated photos and commentary giving you all the hot scoop as it happens. AOL's Countdown to the Millennium and Time Capsule AOL's Party of the Millennium is accessible through AOL's "Countdown to the Millennium" special at AOL Keyword: Millennium. In celebration of the new millennium, AOL members are invited to create and submit entries to the AOL Time Capsule. The Time Capsule will be sealed at midnight, December 31, 1999, and will be preserved until the end of the 3rd millennium, in the year 3000. AOL's millennium special also offers members the latest millennium news and updates, a Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 Survival Kit with Y2K bug updates, tips for protecting investments and money, and travel ideas for 2000, plus a Millennium Store featuring a wide variety of merchandise to commemorate and celebrate the millennium. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 19 million members, and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers; AOL MovieFone, the nation's No. 1 movie listing guide and ticketing service; and Spinner Networks and NullSoft, Inc., leaders in Internet music and Digital Marketing Services (DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. ) the leader in online incentive marketing programs and online custom market research. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. |
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