Summary
AS Planet Earth endlessly orbits the sun, there's no beginning or ending point along the route to mark a year. The calendar is simply a human invention to keep track of dates. However, our culture specifies today as the final moments of 2011 - and it's fun to bid the year's troubles goodbye and hope for better luck in the coming 12 months.
Unfortunately, the farewell-bidding sometimes involves heavy drinking, which can be deadly. Britain's Lancet medical journal concluded that alcohol is the world's worst drug, because it's so widely abused, with ugly results. However, intelligent people can party sensibly and moderately - and Charleston's C&H Taxi is offering free rides home tonight for those who exceed their limit.See the full content of this document
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New Year's Eve: ; Last Hours of 2011
As usual, we invite Kanawha Valley folks: If you have no special plans for tonight, we recommend Charleston's no-cost, family- oriented, alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration, GoodNight. Sponsored by this newspaper and others, it's a series of fr...
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