The aurora borealis or northern lights is one of nature's most dazzling events. Shimmering curtains of color waft in the night air.
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Baking
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The following list of tips for baking muffins offers new methods to making delicious treats. |
Birthdays
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The animal designations of the Chinese zodiac follow a 12-year cycle and are always used in the same sequence. |
Blogs
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Winter of 2010 sure brought some wild weather! Did you experience any unusual weather this winter? If so, we'd love to hear from you. |
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How do you foretell the coming of spring? To me, birds are one of the best predictors. There is a weather proverb that states, "Bluebirds are a sign of spring; warm weather and gentle south breezes they bring," and this appears to be true in the northern tier of... |
Calendar
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No more logic supports seven days than, say eight or five, yet the seven-day week has resisted any and all attempt at change. Unlike the year and the month, which correspond to the movements of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth, the week has no... |
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The animal designations of the Chinese zodiac follow a 12-year cycle and are always used in the same sequence. |
Conjunctions
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Our lives are ruled by cycles—night and day, the seasons, a biological rhythm within our own bodies, and many other rhythms. Edward Russell Dewey (1895–1978) was a Harvard economist who had identified a number of cycles in the U.S. economy and started the... |










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