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Sep 2011
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Twitter Shows How The World Is Feeling
KRDO As the summer solstice approaches, and the days get longer, mood is higher on average than when daylight hours decrease, as the winter solstice approaches. Researchers saw these trends across Twitter users in 84 countries, suggesting there is something … |
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Sep 2011
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Twitter shows how the world is feeling
CNN (blog) As the summer solstice approaches, and the days get longer, mood is higher on average than when daylight hours decrease, as the winter solstice approaches. Researchers saw these trends across Twitter users in 84 countries, suggesting there is something … |
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Sep 2011
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September Narratives for the Six-Time Super Bowl Champion Steelers
Behind the Steel Curtain And what would all those analysts have to talk about as we sit around waiting for the winter solstice and a real resolution to these issues? Kinda reminds you of the daily handicapping of the Presidential Election which is only, oh, over thirteen … |
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Sep 2011
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Community Notes
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com 21 The season wraps up with a winter solstice family celebration on. Families are invited to build their own constellation models and comets, check out a collection of meteorites, and visit the Star Lab, a portable planetarium. … |
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Sep 2011
 Bangor Daily News (blog) |
Cooperating Russian, American astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan
Bangor Daily News (blog) 31: Halloween, the day before All Saints Day that marks a cross-quarter day midway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. The sun enters Libra on the equinox. Sunrise, 7:12 am; sunset, 5:26 pm The Bangor Daily News encourages comments about … |
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Sep 2011
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Sláinte! Feile Na Marbh
Irish Central The full moon that rose midway between the Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice was called Samhain. It was the most scary and sacred time of all. Winter was approaching, crops were dying, days were growing shorter, and the specter of death hung heavy … |
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Sep 2011
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Change is in the air
Stockton Record The march toward the winter solstice on Dec. 22 is under way. Night grows longer, days shorter. And, while warm weather still is with San Joaquin County residents this week, Saturday and Sunday promise cooler, more fall-like conditions, according to … |
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28
Sep 2011
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Change is in the air
Stockton Record The march toward the winter solstice on Dec. 22 is under way. Night grows longer, days shorter. And, while warm weather still is with San Joaquin County residents this week, Saturday and Sunday promise cooler, more fall-like conditions, according to … |
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27
Sep 2011
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Redskins vs. Cowboys: Good Rex, Bad Rex, Batty Rex
Washington Post (blog) I write at dusk, greeting not just the darkness of an evening but of two full seasons that bracket the winter solstice. Somehow autumn and winter and not quite as long as spring and summer, and you can look it up if you don't believe me. … |
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Sep 2011
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Chris Christie's Brother Knocks Down Candidacy Rumors
Talk Radio News Service It would be Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza and the Winter Solstice all wrapped into one for political pundits and reporters, and perhaps that is why so many are frothing at the thought of him jumping in the race for President. Now, despite the breathless … |
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