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• The history of Boxing Day

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 144
  Shopaholics head towards markets as the Boxing Day sales begin. In Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and some states of Australia, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday, much as the United States treats the day after Thanksgiving. It is a time where shops have sales, often with dramatic price ...
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• A Whispering Breeze

  
  Visual Thoughts Photography — Authority: 138
  The hush of a whispering breeze drifts across the mountains on a peaceful day in the Shenandoah National Park. © 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L ...
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• Remembering “Plain Mr. Jinnah”

  
  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN — Authority: 534
  Adil Najam There picture are not of very high quality, but I am very fond of them because they depict a very different side of Mohammad Ali Jinnah from the one that our official discourse allows us to see . Today, on Mr. Jinnah’s 133rd birthday, I suspect that the Quaid-i-Azam - who always ...
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• Thursday, December 24, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  lambent \LAM-buhnt\, adjective: Playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering; as, "a lambent flame; lambent shadows." Softly bright or radiant; luminous; as, "a lambent light." Light and brilliant; as, "a lambent style; lambent wit." Lambent is from the present participle of Latin lambere,"to ...
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• Christmas Eve is Christmas

  
  Cranach: The Blog of Veith — Authority: 527
  In the ancient world, the end of the day was when the sun went down. The night time counted as the beginning of the next day. This is the Biblical reckoning: “The evening and the morning were the first day.” To this day, Jews begin celebrating the Sabbath as soon as the sun goes down on Friday night. This ...
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• Pagan Propaganda: The Other Attack on Christmas

  
  SelwynDuke.com — Authority: 121
  By Selwyn Duke Ah, Christmastime.   Manger scenes and mistletoe, trees andtinsel, Santa and celebration, gift-giving and gratitude . . . and the ACLUroasting traditions on an open fire.   Sadly,the last thing has become as much a seasonal expectation as the others, and theAmerican Communist Lawyers Union’s ...
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• Quote of the Day – History not used is nothing…

  
  The Invisible Opportunity: Hidden Truths Revealed — Authority: 145
  History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don’t use the stuff well, it might as well be dead. Arnold J. Toynbee
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• Tuesday, December 22, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  collude \kuh-LOOD\, intransitive verb: To act in concert; to conspire; to plot. Collude derives from Latin colludere, from con-, "together" + ludere, "to play." santaclaustrophobia fear of too many santa clauses He felt a bout of santaclaustrophobia coming upon him as the holiday season ...
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• Friday, December 18, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  diaphanous \dy-AF-uh-nuhs\, adjective: Of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent. Vague; insubstantial. Diaphanous ultimately derives from Greek diaphanes, "showing through," from diaphainein, "to show through, to be transparent," from dia-, "through" + ...
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• Wednesday, December 16, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  doff \DOF\, transitive verb: To take off, as an article of clothing. To tip or remove (ones hat). To put aside; to rid oneself of. Doff Middle English doffen, from don off, "to do off," from don, "to do" + off, "off." immaculate congestion When traffic is backed up for miles on a ...
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• Happy Bill of Rights Day!

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  It is axiomatic that if you do not know your rights it is difficult to exercise them.  Celebrating Bill of Rights Day is one way to create a broader understanding of this critical piece of the American fabric.  So if you are reading this post, you are likely interested in knowing what you can do.  In light of the ...
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• Tuesday, December 15, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  appellation \ap-uh-LAY-shun\, noun: The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. The act of naming. Appellation comes from Latin appellatio, from appellare, "to name." pornament noun: a pornographic Christmas ornament. Somehow, Rodneys ...
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• Sunday, December 13, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  largess \lar-ZHES; lar-JES; LAR-jes\, noun; also largesse: Generous giving (as of gifts or money), often accompanied by condescension. Gifts, money, or other valuables so given. Generosity; liberality. Largess is from Old French largesse, "largeness, generosity," from large, from Latin largus, ...
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• Saturday, December 12, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  palliate \PAL-ee-ayt\, transitive verb: To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate. To make less severe or intense; mitigate. To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder. Palliate derives from Late Latin palliatus, past participle of palliare, "to cloak, to conceal," from Latin ...
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• Today In History: December 11

  
  I Eat Gravel — Authority: 112
  Aurora Borealis On December 11, 1719 – The first recorded sighting of the Aurora Borealis was in New England. On December 11, 1816 – Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th American state. On December 11, 1844 – Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a tooth extracted after receiving an ...
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• Thursday, December 10, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  cogitate \KOJ-uh-tayt\, intransitive verb: To think deeply or intently; to ponder; to meditate. To think about; to ponder on; to meditate upon; to plan or plot. Cogitate comes from Latin cogitare, "to turn over in ones mind, to reflect, to think, to consider," from co- + agitare, "to put in constant ...
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• Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  ratiocination \rash-ee-ah-suh-NAY-shun; rash-ee-oh-\, noun: The process of logical reasoning. Ratiocination is from Latin rationcinatio, from ratiocinari, "to compute, to calculate, to reason," from ratio, "reckoning, calculation, reason," from reri, "to reckon, to think." urban dictionary ...
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• Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2009 & USS Arizona Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony Info – Gather.com

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 173
  Grand Forks Herald Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2009 & USS Arizona Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony Info Gather.com Well if you glance at a calendar you will see that today is the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the flags are flying at half-mast to honor those who died ... Pearl ...
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• Sunday, December 6, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  bonhomie \bah-nuh-MEE\, noun: A good nature; pleasant and easy manner. Bonhomie comes from French, from bonhomme, "good-natured man," from bon, "good" (from Latin bonus) + homme, "man" (from Latin homo). booty text The lazy, low-commitment version of the booty call booty text ...
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• Friday, December 4, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 144
  gallimaufry \gal-uh-MAW-free\, noun: A hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. Gallimaufry, originally meaning "a hash of various kinds of meats," comes from French galimafrée, from Old French, from galer, "to rejoice, to make merry" (source of English gala) + mafrer, "to eat much," from Medieval Dutch ...
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