Spruced Up for the Season
By Bob Tedeschi
Small touches for the front door like new hardware, paint and lights help give your guests a proper greeting.
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On this day
December 1, 2011
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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The Gimme Guide
By Penelope Green
People are treating loved ones like catalogs or department stores, brandishing lengthy “wish” lists, demanding gift cards or boldly asking for cash.
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In California, Asking Voters to Raise Taxes
By Adam Nagourney
Withering budget cuts and mushrooming deficits may test California’s longtime resistance to tax increases next year.
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DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data
By Andrew Pollack
DNA sequencing is becoming faster and cheaper, outrunning the ability to store, transmit and analyze the data.
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Outsourcing Giant Finds It Must Be Client, Too
By Vikas Bajaj
India’s new private sector is increasingly powering the economy, but it chafes at what many companies say are labor laws that blunt hiring and stifle growth.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 2011, covering December 1, 2011.
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Take Care
Drake
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Christmas
Michael Buble
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Adele
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Concerto: One Night In Central Park
Andrea Bocelli
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Under The Mistletoe
Justin Bieber
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Notable Deaths
2011Christa Wolf, German author and critic (born 1929)[†]
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.
Historical Events
2011The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.[†]
Almaty Metro is a rapid transit/metro system in Almaty, the largest city and a former capital of Kazakhstan. The first line of the system was opened on 1 December 2011, after more than 23 years of construction. A 2.9-kilometre (1.8 mi), two-station extension of the Metro to Moskva station opened on 18 April 2015, followed by a 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi), two-station extension to Bauyrzhan Momyshuly on 30 May 2022. This is the only metro system in Kazakhstan.
Historical Context for December 1, 2011
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]