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Month: January 2016

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In Support of Dr. Larycia Hawkins

January 12, 2016 Denise Velez 5

Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Illinois was founded by abolitionists in 1860. Over 150 years have passed since that time, and Wheaton is again faced with taking sides in a controversy. […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 10th through Jan.16th

January 10, 2016 JanF 152

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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For my 52nd, seeking donations for 2 causes

January 9, 2016 anotherdemocrat 8

This picture is me at last year’s Hill Country Ride for AIDS, with Thor. I’ve done this ride every year it has existed. I love it beyond anything. It is one day of the way […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – America Can Do Anything

January 9, 2016 JanF 2

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President remarked […]

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President Obama Speaks on New Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Gun Violence #StopGunViolence UPDATED with Transcript

January 5, 2016 JanF 10

President Obama Delivers Remarks on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer (Video of the live event includes remarks from a Newtown parent and the president arriving and leaving – event starts at 36:35 […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 3rd through Jan. 9th

January 3, 2016 JanF 123

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Making America Safer for Our Children

January 2, 2016 JanF 10

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President reflected […]

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President Obama: Selma “… one day’s commemoration, no matter how special, is not enough”

January 1, 2016 JanF 1

Official White House photographer Pete Souza posted his year-end retrospective on medium.com a few days ago (Behind the Lens: 2015 Year in Photographs). People were posting and Tweeting and blogging their favorites and there were […]

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The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

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