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Though it was nearing midnight and the temperature was sub-zero, Antoine hastily made his friend put on a jacket and run outside to the frozen Charles River down the street. Amid the snow and ice, the two friends stepped cautiously onto the frozen river and back to its bank. There they talked and laughed...
...Cell phones, for instance, will receive a signal from a cell-phone base station, many of which often rely on commercially available rubidium atomic clocks. But if you would like to witness the leap second pass with your own eyes, log on to NIST's Web clock shortly before midnight Greenwich Mean Time, and watch as 23:59:59 changes to 23:59:60, a feat that only NIST's clock can achieve...
...tourists to visit, with a "ME wants YOU in Madrid" package. Provide your U.S. passport and book three nights, and you'll get 20% off room rates, a bottle of cava (that's Spanish champagne) and strawberries in the room, 50% off dinner for two at the hotel's Midnight Rose restaurant, and complimentary breakfast. Offer extended though March 2009. Plaza de Santa Ana 14, Madrid, Spain...
Good Times. Want to see how they kicked back in the good ole days? The Castle Hill Inn and Resort in Newport, R.I., a Relais & Châteaux hotel located in a restored mansion overlooking the ocean, is offering a "Gilded Age Package" complete with a midnight champagne tour at the Newport mansions. Book two nights and get a welcome gift in-room; a private tour of the Breakers and Elms mansions; afternoon tea; a three- or five-course gourmet dinner; gourmet breakfast; and a one-year membership to the Newport Preservation Society, which gives you free admission...
When did Christmas Eve displace Christmas Day as the time for Christians to observe one of the two holiest days in the church year? Some traditions, including Catholics and Anglicans, hold midnight masses on the Saturday before Easter to usher in that holiday. But everyone still shows up the next morning for the traditional Easter celebration, just as Christmas Day remains a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics, who are likely to be found in church the day after attending a Midnight Mass. By contrast, the Christmas service everyone thinks of as "traditional" is the Service of Lessons...