The ancient people measured time in cycles called "baktuns" of 394 years each, and the winter solstice coming Friday marks the end of the 13th baktun.
The critical decision for the NHL ahead of the coming Winter Classic game would seem to be whether to go up against the NFL and its telecasts that have taken the top 20 spots of all television programming during the past year.
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Like the few tourists who visit this remote place, the millions of birds that nest in the cliffs in summer had already migrated elsewhere for the coming winter.
"We have already started work to improve our preparedness for the coming winter, " he said.
With snowfall lacking, many have lost their crops and will find livestock dying in the coming winter.
Some critics of OWS are banking on the coming winter weather to ultimately disperse the crowd and terminate the month-long demonstrations.
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No surprise at what we spend on food, but taking part has made us stop and think about the coming winter.
This oil-and-gas storage company has room to grow with the coming winter when oil will be shipped north, says Declan Muldoon of Boca Raton, Fla.
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He said a snowberry bush that "predicted" hard winters in 2009 and 2010 had shown signs that the coming winter would also be cold and snow-filled.
"The French coast there is extraordinary tidal, I can't imagine people coming in the winter at all, " he said.
As Washington greets the coming of winter amid gusts of frigid wind, it appears the political climate has turned similarly hostile for military contractors.
Despite these falls the wholesale market still remains volatile and a challenge for energy suppliers coming up to the winter.
"My concern is about coming of the winter, the management of the second round and security, " he said.
When PvP is introduced coming winter the same thing applies, the only way to make ones character better is still better gear.
With the opening of spring training less than three weeks away, the winter of discontent for the New York Yankees is quickly coming to a close and no one is happier to see pitchers and catchers report to camp than Brian Cashman.
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We may just be entering the heart of winter, but springtime is coming.
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It was for them, as it is for us, difficult, in the dead of winter, to sometimes see spring coming.
We have had a decently cold winter, much of it coming late in the season.
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The U.S. hasn't observed preparations for war, and the North's usual winter mobilization of troops and militias is coming to an end.
"It's in about 10 feet of water, " Dyersburg, Tennessee, farmer Jimmy Moody said of his 440 acres of winter wheat, which was to be harvested in the coming month.
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"There were relatively few active spenders in the winter window, with over half of this January's total transfer spending coming from three clubs, " said Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, as he analyzed spending trends in the English Premier League.
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"We are coming out of a particularly difficult winter period which saw all trusts across the country struggle for beds, " said Deirdre Thompson, director of nursing at the trust.
Mr Naimi now says he actually wants to see oil stocks grow in coming weeks, so that the world could weather a sharp surge in demand next winter.
Over the coming weeks gasoline prices are expected to drift higher, as they do nearly every late winter and early spring when refiners close for maintenance and switch to more expensive summer blends.
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