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Editors mailbag: The gift of snow and sun What more could we ask for? Two and half hours of snow drifting down from the heavens, some in large fluffy flakes, some in icy, wind-blown rain, others just lackadaisically covering the roofs, all carrying invitations: “Just step outside and feel how gentle and warm I really am.” Nano-detector Looks Promising For Remote Cosmic Realms A miniscule but super-sensitive sensor can help solve the mysteries of outer space. Cosmic radiation, which contains the terahertz frequencies that the sensors detect, offers astronomers important new information about the birth of star systems and planets. Merlijn Hajenius developed these sensors for Delft University of Technologys Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, in cooperation with the SRON ... Greenhorns ore carts stay put Decorative ore carts parked on Blair Mine Road in the Greenhorn Creek subdivision will stay put, despite a complaint that they are a traffic hazard. Thieves steal solar lights from graves Valda Van Gelderen is heartsick. Someone has stolen the two solar lights she has placed on either side of her grandson’s headstone at the East Union Cemetery on Louise Avenue and Union Road. She discovered them missing about a week before Christmas during one of her frequent visits to the cemetery. A Report from Lightfair 2006 The Parallels pendant by Peerless shown right won the NPS Best of Show award. » The 17th annual Lightfair, held in Las Vegas from May 28 through June 1, exceeded expectations with over 16,500 attendees and a record number of exhibitors. Cosmic Collisions The vastness is easy to forget, isnt it? Walking around down here, shopping for holiday gifts, worrying about project deadlines, bickering about movies or restaurants — banal, absorbing existence, persisting day after day after day. Growth, shutdowns in Frederick 2006 was a year of shutdowns and openings in Frederick County, while Prince George’s County finally got some good news on the upscale-retail front. Flaming Santa I have been reading lately that fewer and fewer people believe in Santa Clause. DIANE AND JOHN PLETCHER, KANSAS CITY, NORTH JOB DESCRIPTION: Owners of Natural Accents Distinctive Outdoor Lighting, an architectural and landscape lighting business, (816) 407-1300, www.naturalaccentsllc.com | |||