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12/12/12: It's Kayla's special day, but just a quirk in the calendar for others
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comBorn on Dec. 12, 2000, Hagerstown resident Kayla Bailey turns 12 wednesday, on 12/12/12. “It’s kind of cool that they’re all put together like that,” Bailey, a student at E. Russell Hicks Middle School said Tuesday. “My...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Pick 4 Lottery, Lotteries
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Evidence of climate change on a sun-splashed rock
Wally Vait has a good eye for such things, so I'm not surprised that during a hike Saturday on the North Central Railroad Trail in Freeland, he spotted an Eastern garter snake on a sun-splashed rock. The question: What was it doing there, after one of the...
Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Ecosystems, Physiology, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Sunsets to start getting later again after Friday
We are still about two weeks away from the shortest day of the year, but after Friday night, the early winter sunsets will start shifting later again. The difference between sunset times from Dec. 2 through Dec. 11 is a matter of seconds, all at about...
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The inspiration of dark evenings
How the days and months seem to have melted away — melted away from dawns to darkest evenings that arrive earlier each day. We are now approaching "the darkest evening of the year," as one of our favorite American poets, Robert Frost, mentioned at...
Tags: Robert Frost
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End Of World Delayed — Tomorrow's Coming
The Hartford CourantThe world will definitely not come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, regardless of the Mayan calendar. There's no planetary Rapture in the near future, despite the wishful thinking of an apocalyptic few. For at least another billion years, Earth will spin,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Cosmology, University of Connecticut, Separation of Church and State, NASA
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Our Friendly Skies - December 2012
THE DECEMBER SKY It’s December and soon winter will officially be here. This year, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice, or the first day of winter. On this day we will have less daylight than on any other day of the year. This is because the sun...
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Mackinaw students interpret van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'
CROSS VILLAGE -- Starry Starry Night North is a collaborative art project with Three Pines Studio in Cross Village, Mackinaw City Public Schools, Mackinaw Area Public Library, International Dark Sky Park at the Headlands and The Mackinaw City Area Arts...Tags: Arts and Culture, Schools, Public Schools, Painting, Arts
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Holiday Guide 2012: Dozens more concerts and 'Carols' for your Chicago December
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no avoiding the holidays, and that's true on local stages as well as the shopping malls. But even the Scroogiest of souls could find something to celebrate in the gifts of theater, dance, and music offered up this season by...Tags: Family, Union League Club, Arts and Culture, Duke Ellington, Mark Twain
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Beer of the Month: Anderson Valley Brewing Winter Solstice
Winter seasonal beers are traditionally a bit sweet, often with a spice note, for comfort in cold weather. Winter Solstice follows this pattern, but it seems specifically designed for one particular season: Turkey Day and the subsequent Turkey Leftover...
Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Turkey, Wines
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After Tuesday, daylight dips below 12 hours
Sunshine is in the forecast again today. Enjoy it while it lasts. Tuesday is the last day of the year with more daylight than darkness -- by about 30 seconds. The sun rose at 6:57 a.m. and will set at about 6:58 p.m., for a total of about 12 hours and 30...
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Morning chill coldest since June
Temperatures dipped into the upper 50s both Sunday and Monday mornings at BWI Marshall Airport for the first time in more than two months. Is it beginning to feel like fall? BWI reached 59 for a second day in a row from 6-7 a.m. The last time that...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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