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Doug Campbell was a standout high school athlete in the coalfields of far Southwest Virginia. As a quick and clever point ...
Here we'll try to look at two players who are way-too-early 2026 NFL Draft prospects the Green Bay Packers must monitor.
The ink was barely dry on a recent column about Someday Fest helping to fill the void left by no Nice festival (and no Rumble ...
July 2nd marks Halfway Day, the midpoint of the year, offering a chance to reflect on goals and reset intentions. It's a ...
Altoona, Pennsylvania sits nestled in the Allegheny Mountains like a well-kept secret, offering visitors and residents alike ...
The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In meteorology, the official start of the summer season is June 1, marking the ...
After a four-year hiatus, February 29 gets it fleeting, 24-hours of fame on Monday - before being banished from the pages of our calendars again until 2020, when the next leap year occurs.
To give an example, the years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years (they were not exactly divisible by 400) but the year 2000 was a leap year. Calendar cycles repeat completely every 400 years ...
Imagine a year so long, it had 15 months and lasted 445 days. That was the year 46 BC, also known as the Year of Confusion. This period in Roman history was marked by a chaotic calendar system ...
Leap day birthday: Leap years are years with 366 calendar days instead of the normal 365. Every four years, we add this extra day to the calendar in the form of February 29.
Frederique Constant kicked off the leap year in January with the launch of the 42mm stainless steel Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture (US$11,995), produced in collaboration with British ...