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Jan 2013
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Art/Place presents eight new members in Winter Works Show
Minuteman News Center The Theme, “Winter Works, Mostly White”, inspired a variety of subjects including landscapes, the winter solstice, a wedding, an old mission church in San Antonio, Texas, a winter butterfly and works prompted by “The Tempest”. Art/Place Gallery is open … |
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02
Jan 2013
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Happy Perihelion! (and why winter is shorter than summer)
Houston Chronicle (blog) Accordingly, if you actually count up the days of winter — from the winter solstice to the spring equinox — and then do the same with summer you'll find that the Northern Hemisphere “summer” lasts about five days longer than its winter. This helps … |
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02
Jan 2013
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Calendars in focus as year turns over
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin But the end of another calendar has been in the news for the last few weeks. The Mayan Long Count calendar ended Dec. 21, 2012, at the winter solstice. There are many observable cycles in the sky that can be used to create calendars. The most common … |
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02
Jan 2013
Latest EU bailout for Dexia moves Europe one step closer to a Lehman Brothers-style collapse, says Martin Cole.
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02
Jan 2013
 Sloatsburg Village |
Posted on 02 January 2013 by Editor
Sloatsburg Village During this past Winter Solstice, Chuck Stead, environmental educator with Cornell University Cooperative Extension and Ramapo College, led a gathering at the Ramapo Saltbox Solstice fire caldron in prayer and song for the victims of the Sandy Hook. |
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02
Jan 2013
“I arrested Mr Lee, at 7am this morning, as an accessory to multiple charges of arson, assault and grievous bodily harm. I have received confirmation from Scotland Yard that he will spend the festive season in the cells, with no possibility of bail.
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