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December 7

S. e. europaea

There are more than 20 subspecies of the Eurasian nuthatch, a small passerine bird found throughout temperate Asia and in Europe. The Eurasian nuthatch taxa can be divided into three main groups; the S. e. caesia group of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the S. e. europaea group (pictured) of Scandinavia, Russia, Japan and northern China and the S. e. sinensis group of southern and eastern China and Taiwan. These may have been geographically isolated from each other until relatively recently. Birds of intermediate appearance occur where the group ranges overlap. The female is usually slightly duller than the male with a brown tint to the eyestripe and paler underparts, although the sexes are very similar in the S. e. sinensis group. The precise number of subspecies depends on how small differences between populations are evaluated. Given the similarities between geographical forms of the Eurasian nuthatch, subspecies boundaries are somewhat fluid, although less than half as many are recognised now as in 1967. (Full list...)

December 11

Beech Hill Lake in Monken Hadley Common

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December 14

Neil Druckmann

The relationship between the main characters in The Last of Us, an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog, became the basis of the game's development. The two main characters in The Last of Us are an older man, Joel, and a teenaged girl, Ellie. Joel is tasked with escorting Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States in an attempt to create a potential cure against an infection to which Ellie is immune. Joel is the primary playable character of the game, though players assume control of Ellie for a short portion. Throughout their journey, Joel and Ellie meet various characters. A team at Naughty Dog designed the character appearances, and creative director Neil Druckmann (pictured) was the main writer of their personalities and mannerisms. The actors were given considerable license to improvise the lines and influence character personality, simultaneously performing the motion capture work for their characters. Various characters were influenced by the story progression, ultimately becoming completely different from the initial vision. (Full list...)

December 18

Brad Pitt

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December 21

Red flag

incidents that resulted in fatalities. (Full list...

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December 25

St Michael's Church, Beetham

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Anglo-Saxon era. Anglo-Saxon elements to be found in the churches include the lower parts of the towers of St Michael, Beetham (pictured), and St Laurence, Morland. Many of the churches have Norman features. Gothic features are found in churches that originated at a later date, such as All Saints, Boltongate, and in additions to older churches. St James, Whitehaven, is in Georgian style, as is the nave of St Andrew, Penrith. (Full list...

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December 28

Arcade Fire

The Suburbs respectively. Commentators observed a disparity between the albums that placed highly in the Poll of Polls and those that were the year's biggest-selling. Albums released through independent record labels often performed well in the poll. (Full list...

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