The Winter Solstice http://www.thewintersolstice.co.uk The Winter Solstice is the shortest day, and longest night of the year. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:56:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A peaceful, good night: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary offers chance to get away … – Naples Daily News http://www.thewintersolstice.co.uk/2013/05/22/a-peaceful-good-night-corkscrew-swamp-sanctuary-offers-chance-to-get-away-naples-daily-news-2/ http://www.thewintersolstice.co.uk/2013/05/22/a-peaceful-good-night-corkscrew-swamp-sanctuary-offers-chance-to-get-away-naples-daily-news-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 19:56:28 +0000 "winter solstice" - Google News http://www.thewintersolstice.co.uk/?guid=e3c6e9b79fab6b5c32f067e636005b48
A peaceful, good night: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary offers chance to get away …
Naples Daily News
“There's not really anywhere else as unique as this on earth, where you can explore subtropical wilderness into the dark and be safe.” The themes range from winter solstice to bats (with acoustic bat monitoring), reptiles and summer solstice, to …

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A peaceful, good night: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary offers chance to get away …
Naples Daily News
“There's not really anywhere else as unique as this on earth, where you can explore subtropical wilderness into the dark and be safe.” The themes range from winter solstice to bats (with acoustic bat monitoring), reptiles and summer solstice, to …

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Once in a Blue Moon and Other Idioms That Don't Make Scientific Sense
Smithsonian (blog)
Typically, 12 full moons occur from winter solstice to the next winter solstice (roughly three per season), but occasionally a forth full moon in a season could be observed. In such a case, one of the four full moons in that season was labeled “blue …

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The Shortest Day Short Film Celebration – The European event comes to Canada!
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The idea of holding the event on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, stemmed from a desire to promote short films to local audiences by encouraging public screenings in a variety of venues. Whether online, in theatres or at different …

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Looking for Midsummer Magic? Celebrate Solstice with Circle Dance at Cortijo …
SBWire (press release)
We will travel through the week as if through the year – from the in-breath and the stillness of winter, incubating what we dream for ourselves and celebrating the return of the light at winter solstice; through the exploding joy of spring and the …

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Organisers of Mofo Winter Festival Cancel Nude Swim in Tasmania Because of …
International Business Times AU
… a number of state laws relating to offensive behavior and indecent exposure, the police explained, despite Tasmania Police Minister David O'Byrne himself asking the state police and Hobart City Council to allow the winter solstice traditional …
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Minister dips into nude swim debateThe Border Mail
Dark Mofo's nude swim too obscene for TasmaniaABC Local

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Nude swim looks to go ahead with ministerial support
ABC Local
The planned dawn nude swim from Nutgrove Beach in lower Sandy Bay had been cancelled when the Dark MoFo organisers were told the event would be illegal by Tasmania Police. The winter solstice dip in the Derwent had attracted more than 200 people …

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Minister dips into nude swim debate
The Border Mail
Tasmanian police minister David O'Byrne has urged the Hobart City Council and police to turn the other cheek and allow a winter solstice mass skinny dip to proceed. Dark MOFO festival organisers had planned a dawn swim in the Derwent river, before …
Organisers of Mofo Winter Festival Cancel Nude Swim in Tasmania Because of …International Business Times AU
Nude swim looks to go ahead with ministerial supportABC Local

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O'Byrne dips into swim debate
Tasmania Examiner
… were hoping to host a winter solstice nude swim in the Derwent River. Picture: REMI CHAUVIN. POLICE Minister David O'Byrne has urged the Hobart City Council and police to turn the other cheek and allow a winter solstice mass skinny dip to proceed.
Dark Mofo's nude swim too obscene for TasmaniaABC Local

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Birth Matters: The snow moon
The Daily Progress
February's full moon has many names: the Snow Moon, the Hunger Moon, the Budding Moon, and the Quickening Moon. The last full moon of winter, it is placed perfectly between the Winter Solstice on December 21st and the Spring Equinox on March 21st.

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