In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 December. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 December.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
December 1st
Charlie wrote:
Meteorological seasons begin on the first of the month, instead of the solstices and equinoxes.
In the Southern Hemisphere that makes summer start on December 1.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Astronomical spring: September 21st to December 20th Meteorological
spring: September 1st to November 3…
Adam answered:
Off the top of my head- Dec 21, the solstice.
Sally said:
December, January and February are the hottest months in the southern hemisphere.
Summer in the Southern Hemisphere typically takes place between Dec 22 and March 20. Read more: The Differences Between Northern & Southern Hemisphere | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8260091_differences-between-northern-southern-hemisphere.html#ixzz2DwHpip1l
Cats know all!
PS: @B2BB, when you drive down to visit me in your Xmas, 2012 Mini Cooper, John Cooper Works Coupe, 'British Racing Green,' (turbo-charged, with dark bronze wheels and bright yellow trim), I shan't be tooling around Jersey with you due to my bad hip - which would never settle down into that low vehicle.
I will be eating my heart out though...
Marian replied:
December 1
MAM wrote:
Meteorological summer begins on December 1st.
PS As Joe S. says: "Don't go Marty! Don't leave us. Things will get better, I know they will. One day you'll have broadband. I just know it."
Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
BttbBob responded:
Oh, they're all screwed up down there and I've know about it for some time now, I'm tellin' ya. It happens in December between the 20th and 23th which is, like, way weird, dontcha think? Even their stars are different down there, like this...
Southern Cross Crosby Stills Nash subtitles - YouTube
Just sayin', ya know what I mean?...
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Memo to Purple Gene: Great piece on Ol' Glen... Bobby Gentry? Really? (Damn!) I was a closet fan of his while even in thrall of the likes of Led Zeppelin during the late 60's early 70's (I'm still a huge Zep fan and gotta hear
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (Studio Version - Best Quality) - YouTube at least once a week). I just didn't tell anyone, for obvious hard rock reasons... My fav Glen ballad
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - YouTube Hand's down, the best... His, "and I need you more than want you... and I want you for all time", I've always found to be haunting and visceral... even still...
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And, Joe S answered:
Well, I don't know and I don't care. I think this "meteorological" Summer/Winter thing is a bunch of hooey. That's right I said it, hooey. And I mean it too. The Summer and Winter Solstices mean something and shouldn't be disregarded and cast aside. This year March was colder than December. With the climate changes who knows when the three hottest or coldest will be.
Speaking of hot, my new girlfriend may be Emily Vancamp. So far, so good. No restraining orders.
Memo to Purple Gene: Dude, I feel for ya. I really do. Thanks for "going to hell and back" to write what needed to be said. Hey, though, someone had to do it, eh? Be that as it may, you deserve a 'V' for valor. I get 'Lifetime', but no way would I ever watch that.
The thought of Lindsay Lohan as Liz is appalling... Cringe-worthy again comes to mind... But, it also brings to mind a poll. Who could possibly portray Liz the best? Take a day, or two, E! fans (I need that myself, frankly, to think it over) and send your thoughts to BCEpoll@aol.com and I'll put together a compilation...
This page was put together and uploaded at 24000 bps, which would be smurfy if it was 1992.
And to make it extra special, the phone line has been cutting in & out, so if there are no pictures, they'll show up, eventually.
And I wonder why there are 3 4 days worth of dishes sitting in the sink (and on the counters).
Tonight, Monday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'Mike & Molly', followed by a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are John Krasinski, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Paloma Faith.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Seth MacFarlane, Miranda Kerr, and Richie Sambora.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by the FRESH'Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Gerard Butler, Olivia Munn, and the Polyphonic Spree.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Keira Knightley and Dave Matthews.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Danai Gurira, Philippe Cousteau Jr., and Titus Andronicus.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by another FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Castle'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 10/30/12) are Howard Stern, Tracy Morgan, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.
The CW offers a FRESH'90212', followed by a FRESH'Gossip Girl'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'The Mob Doctor'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Hoarders', another 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH'Hoarders', then a FRESH'Intervention'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 8 - Ep 13 - Kate Hudson, Russell Kane, Tinie Tempah
[9:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 3 - To The Last Man
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Dalek
[11:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Exodus, Part 2
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Finn McCool's
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Sandgate
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 1
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 2
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 3
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 4
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 5
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 6
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 11-12-Episode 1 NEW
[10:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Animal Sanctuary/Snake Wrangler NEW
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 7
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 11-12-Episode 1
[1:00AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Animal Sanctuary/Snake Wrangler
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 1
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 2
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 3
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 4 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'Start-Ups: Silicon Valley'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', still another 'Futurama', 'South Park', 'Brickleberry', and 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Denis Leary.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Ian McKellen.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then a FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH'Pawn Stars', then a FRESH'I Love The 1880s'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Right at Your Door
[8:00AM] 2001: A Space Odyssey
[11:00AM] The Broken
[1:00PM] Right at Your Door
[3:00PM] 2001: A Space Odyssey
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Halloween Approximately
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Lois' Birthday
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Dinner Out
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Casino
[8:00PM] Orca
[10:00PM] DeepStar Six
[12:15AM] Creepshow
[2:45AM] Orca
[4:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:00AM] The Ben Stiller Show
[5:30AM] Bunk (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[8:00A] Looking for Richard
[10:00A] The End Of The Line
[11:30A] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[1:30P] Looking for Richard
[3:30P] The End Of The Line
[5:00P] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[7:00P] High Fidelity
[9:00P] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Brooke Rodd (Episode 5, Season 3)
[10:00P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - The League's Mark Duplass (Episode 3, Season 2)
[10:30P] ICONOCLASTS - Lena Dunham + Judd Apatow (Episode 2, Season 6)
[11:00P] Great Expectations
[1:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Brooke Rodd (Episode 5, Season 3)
[2:00A] Stealing Beauty
[4:00A] THE DAY BEFORE - Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld (Season 1, Episode 3)
[5:00A] THE DAY BEFORE - Sonia Rykiel (Season 1, Episode 1) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', followed by the movie 'Star Trek: Generations', then the movie 'Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Chris Tucker, Sasha Alexander, and Punch Brothers.
From left, former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton join the 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees John Paul Jones, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Natalia Makarova, Robert Plant, Dustin Hoffman, and David Letterman, for a group photo after the State Department dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Washington, DC.
Photo by Kevin Wolf
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin will make a rare appearance together on "Late Show With David Letterman" on December 3, CBS said Friday.
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones will drop in on the late-night show for an interview - which isn't quite the reunion that Zep fans have been patiently waiting for, but it might have to do. With the exception of a one-off tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun at London's O2 Arena in 2007 - which was released as the DVD "Celebration Day" in October - Jones has largely been estranged from Page and Plant since the group's 1980 breakup following drummer John Bonham's death.
The "Late Show" appearance won't be the only time that Letterman hangs out with the rock legends - the group, along with Letterman, will be lauded at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., which will take place December 2 and air December 26 on CBS.
Singer Bonnie Raitt poses for photographers on the red carpet as she arrives for the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington DC, December 1, 2012.
Photo by Mike Theiler
David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists are being vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim as the late-night comedian receives this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin and three other artists.
Stars from New York, Hollywood and the music world gathered Sunday in Washington to salute the comedian and the band, along with Dustin Hoffman, Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy and ballerina Natalia Makarova.
Meryl Streep introduced the honorees Saturday during a formal dinner at the U.S. State Department and noted that Letterman had surpassed his mentor, Johnny Carson, in sustaining the longest late-night television career for more than 30 years.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also took special note of Letterman, saying he must be wondering what he's doing in a crowd of talented artists and musicians.
"Dave and I have a history," she said. "I have been a guest on his show several times, and if you include references to my pant suits, I'm on at least once a week."
Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn't see performing in the area devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.
Young and his longtime backing band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert for the American Red Cross' storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were hit hard by the storm in late October.
People in the New York area who suffered damage in the storm have been supporting him for 40 years, he said.
"I couldn't see coming back here and just playing and have it be business as usual," he said. Young is touring in the area, with concerts scheduled for Monday in Brooklyn and Tuesday in Bridgeport, Conn.
Young said he was invited to join the Dec. 12 benefit at New York's Madison Square Garden that will feature Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, the Who, Kanye West and others, but had other obligations. Besides, there's enough star power there, he said.
Seth MacFarlane, host of the 85th Annual Academy Awards and "Family Guy" creator, arrives at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 4th annual Governors Awards in Hollywood December 1, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Hollywood producer Jeffrey "Sparky" Katzenberg received an honorary Oscar for his charitable work on Saturday at a star-studded gala that kicked off the movie awards season and bestowed film industry gold on three other industry veterans.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually hands out its Governors Awards to people who have made an impact on Hollywood.
This year, the honorary Oscars went to Katzenberg, stuntman Hal Needham, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and arts advocate George Stevens Jr. They were recognized at a black-tie affair that brought out stars such as Annette Bening, Kirk Douglas and Steven Spielberg.
The Oscars, or Academy Awards, for the films of 2012 will be given out in a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 24. Nominations will be announced on January 10.
For microscopic animals living in the Gulf, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study finds.
More than 2 million gallons (7.5 million liters) of oil dispersants called Corexit 9527A and 9500A were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to prevent oil from reaching shore and to help it degrade more quickly.
However, when oil and Corexit are combined, the mixture becomes up to 52 times more toxic than oil alone, according to a study published online last week in the journal Environmental Pollution.
"There is a synergistic interaction between crude oil and the dispersant that makes it more toxic," said Terry Snell, a study co-author and biologist at Georgia Tech. Using dispersants breaks up the oil into small droplets and makes it less visible, but, "on the other hand, makes it more toxic to the planktonic food chain," Snell told LiveScience.
This is one of the first studies to look at the impact of the oil-dispersant mixture on plankton. A decline in populations of plankton could impact larger animals all the way up to whales, he said. In general, plankton can rebound quickly, although the toxicity to larvae in sediments is concerning, since it reduces the size of the next generation. This ocean-bottom oil slurry could have also impacted other species that spend part of their life cycles here like algae and crustaceans.
Previous Kennedy Center Honoree and Motown singer Aretha Franklin waves as she is joined by her escort Richard Gibbs as they pose for photographers on the red carpet as they arrive for the 2012 Kennedy Center honors in Washington, DC, Dec. 1, 2012.
Photo by Mike Theiler
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named its newest Miss Golden Globe.
Francesca Eastwood was introduced as the 2013 honoree Thursday at Cecconi's restaurant in West Hollywood. The 19-year-old is the daughter of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood (R-Family Values).
Miss Golden Globe is traditionally the untalented child of a celebrity who is invited to help during the ceremony. Previous honorees include Rumer Willis and Joely Fisher.
Nominations for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced Dec. 13. The ceremony is set for Jan. 13.
Congregants of one of the nation's oldest churches have voted to auction off a 372-year-old hymn book that's expect to fetch $10 million to $20 million at auction.
Members of the Old South Church in Boston authorized the sale of one of its two copies of the Bay Psalm Book, which was published in 1640. It is among the first books ever published in North America, and only 11 copies remain.
Board of Trustees Chairman Phil Stern says the church wants to continue growing its endowment and take care of some "critical capital needs."
He says although there was loud opposition to the sale, the vote wasn't close, with 271 votes cast in favor and 34 against.
Kennedy Center 2012 Honoree late night television host and comedian David Letterman waves as he hugs his wife Regina on the red carpet as they arrive at the U.S. State Department for a gala dinner for.the honorees in Washington, DC, Saturday, 1 Dec., 2012.
Photo by Mike Theiler
Thousands of Earth scientists are descending on San Francisco this week for the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the largest geosciences meeting of the year, where new findings on topics ranging from Mars to volcanoes to global warming will be presented.
Advance press releases for the 2012 AGU meeting, held at the Moscone Center, have touted findings in numerous areas, including climate change and Martian geology, and include briefings from some big-name scientists like Mars rover principal investigator, Steve Squyres, and Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Another big name that will be present at the meeting is James Cameron, who will be talking about his deep-sea dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench , the deepest spot on Earth, last year, and what he saw while he was down there.A briefing on the latest results from the Mars Curiosity rover mission that will be conducted at the meeting has been the subject of rampant speculation in the press, and NASA has tried to manage expectations, saying that the findings aren't earth shattering .
Scientists will be presenting findings in hundreds of talks and posters throughing the duration of the meeting, which runs from Monday, Dec. 3, through Friday, Dec. 7. Press conferences from the meeting will be webcast live - you can see a full schedule and watch them here . You can also follow along with news from the meeting by checking out the hashtag #AGU12.
Actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria pose for photographers on the red carpet as they arrive for the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington DC, December 1, 2012.
Photo by Mike Theiler
A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) - 10 times its estimated presale price.
A Paris museum, the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts, was finalizing its purchase of the Oct. 20, 1812, document with elegantly calligraphic ciphers.
The sale price, which includes fees, far outstripped the pre-sale estimate of €15,000 ($19,500), according to Fontainebleau Auction House south of Paris.
Experts say the letter is unique, written in a numeric code that Napoleon often used to throw off would-be interceptors - notably when he was conveying battle plans. The letter's content also revealed the strains on Napoleon of his calamitous Russian invasion.
Actress Meryl Streep uses her iPhone to get a photo of her and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at the State Department in Washington, DC.
Photo by Kevin Wolf
Norman Rockwell's World War Two painting "Willie Gillis Food Package from Home" fetched $2.8 million from a private buyer at an auction in Chicago on Saturday, the auction house said.
The winning bid for the iconic artwork was less than the up to $5 million estimated ahead of the auction, said Emily Betts Susanin, director of marketing and communications for Susanin's Auctions in Chicago.
But it was "great news" nonetheless, she said, adding that no other painting had ever fetched more at a Chicago auction.
Renowned American artist Rockwell did a series of Willie Gillis paintings for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post magazine, starting with the "Package from Home" on October 4, 1941, and continuing through "Willie Gillis in College" on October 5, 1946.
As America entered World War Two, Rockwell introduced Willie Gillis, a fictional character, as an enlisted man surrounded by fellow servicemen, receiving a food package from home. Rockwell was most known for his cover illustrations of everyday life he created for the Post over 47 years.
Actress Helen Mirren pose together with Sir Michael Gambon during the 25th European Film Awards ceremony at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta December 1, 2012.
Photo by Darrin Zammit
The "Twilight" finale and "Skyfall" continued to dominate the box office on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving weekend that brought big business for holdover films but a poor start for Brad Pitt's new crime story.
Sunday studio estimates put "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" out front for the third-straight weekend with $17.4 million domestically.
Pitt's "Killing Them Softly," the weekend's top new release, tanked with just $7 million domestically, coming in at No. 7 behind a big batch of holdovers.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," $17.4 million ($48.4 million international)
2. "Skyfall," $17 million ($34 million international).
3. "Lincoln," $13.51 million.
4. "Rise of the Guardians," $13.5 million ($40 million international).
5. "Life of Pi," $12 million ($21.5 million international).
6. "Wreck-It Ralph," $7.02 million ($1.5 million international).
7. "Killing Them Softly," $7 million ($700,000 international).
8. "Red Dawn," $6.6 million ($500,000 international).
9. "Flight," $4.5 million.
10. "The Collection," $3.4 million.
A wood pulp doll resembling actress Shirley Temple, made approximately in the 1930's by U.S. company Ideal Toy Corporation, is displayed during an antique dolls exhibition in La Paz.
Photo by David Mercado
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