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Picture of the day for November 25, 2016

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Picture of the day on November 25, 2016: Topiary (practice of clipping the foliage and twigs of trees and shrub to develop and maintain defined shapes) gardener (or artist?) working a cypress in the cemetery of Tulcán, located in the city of Tulcán, capital of the Carchi Province, north of Ecuador. The cemetery, of a surface of 8 hectares (20 acres), was founded in 1932 to replace the former on that was damaged in the 1923 earthquake. José María Azael Franco Guerrero was back in 1936 in charge of the city parks and started topiary works in the Tulcán cemetery. In the meanwhile the cemetery park has become internationally popular in the art of topiary and was renamed in 2007 to cemetery Azael Franco to honour his work.

Picture of the day for November 25, 2016

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Topiary (practice of clipping the foliage and twigs of trees and shrub to develop and maintain defined shapes) gardener (or artist?) working a cypress in the cemetery of Tulcán, located in the city of Tulcán, capital of the Carchi Province, north of Ecuador. The cemetery, of a surface of 8 hectares (20 acres), was founded in 1932 to replace the former on that was damaged in the 1923 earthquake. José María Azael Franco Guerrero was back in 1936 in charge of the city parks and started topiary works in the Tulcán cemetery. In the meanwhile the cemetery park has become internationally popular in the art of topiary and was renamed in 2007 to cemetery Azael Franco to honour his work..

affluenza: Word of the day for November 25, 2016

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Word of the day is affluenza : A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc., caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more goods and possessions. Today is Black Friday in Canada and the United States in 2016, generally the busiest shopping day of the year.

TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time

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TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time

A Girl Eating 10,000 Calories Worth Of McDonald's Should Help You Feel Better About Your Thanksgiving Choices

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A Girl Eating 10,000 Calories Worth Of McDonald's Should Help You Feel Better About Your Thanksgiving Choices

affluenza: Word of the day for November 25, 2016

affluenza , n : A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc., caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more goods and possessions. Today is Black Friday in Canada and the United States in 2016, generally the busiest shopping day of the year.

TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time

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TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time See the stories behind 100 photos that changed the world

Article of the day for November 25, 2016

The Article of the day for November 25, 2016 is Killer Instinct Gold . Killer Instinct Gold is a fighting video game based on the arcade game Killer Instinct 2. It was developed by Rare and initially released on November 25, 1996, by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. As in other series entries, players press buttons to punch and kick their opponent in chains of successive hits, known as combos. Large combo chains lead to stronger attacks and brutal, stylistic finisher moves. Characters—including a gargoyle, a ninja, and a femme fatale—fight in settings including a jungle and a spaceship. The Gold release lacks the arcade version's full-motion video sequences, but adds a training mode, new camera views, and improved audiovisuals. It was later included in Rare's 2015 Xbox One retrospective compilation, Rare Replay. Reviewers appreciated the game's sound and environment backdrops, but felt that its graphical upgrades and memorization-based combo gameplay were i...

Article of the day for November 25, 2016

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Article of the day is Killer Instinct Gold. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

A Girl Eating 10,000 Calories Worth Of McDonald's Should Help You Feel Better About Your Thanksgiving Choices

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A Girl Eating 10,000 Calories Worth Of McDonald's Should Help You Feel Better About Your Thanksgiving Choices Yuka Kinoshita is a super eater. It's her passion (as well as ours — though not quite to the same extent). So, she decided to eat five macs, ten dark chocolate pies, ten white chocolate pies, three tiramisu McFlurries, three large fries and three large cokes. November 24, 2016 at 03:40PM

Hi, Do You Want Google’s New Phone For Free?  Google's new Pixel XL has a large screen, crystal-clear resolution and lightening fast charging battery. And, best of all, you can win it for free.

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Hi, Do You Want Google’s New Phone For Free?  Google's new Pixel XL has a large screen, crystal-clear resolution and lightening fast charging battery. And, best of all, you can win it for free.

Hi, Do You Want Google’s New Phone For Free?  Google's new Pixel XL has a large screen, crystal-clear resolution and lightening fast charging battery. And, best of all, you can win it for free.

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Hi, Do You Want Google’s New Phone For Free?  Google's new Pixel XL has a large screen, crystal-clear resolution and lightening fast charging battery. And, best of all, you can win it for free. Google just jumped into the phone game in a big way. Their new Pixel XL has a large screen, crystal-clear resolution and lightening fast charging battery. And, best of all, you can win it for free.