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New edit in the Article on Google

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New edit in the Article on Google

On December 8, 2016 at 06:23AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Updated first sentence in Data center section, as well as added info on 2017 100% renewable energy commitment.

New edit in the Article on Google

On December 8, 2016 at 04:42AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about v1.41 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - [[WP:DPL|(You can help)]] - [[Android]] / [[WP:WCW]] project (Spelling and typography).

New edit in the Article on Google

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tankie: Word of the day for December 8, 2016

tankie , n : (slang) A tank engine. (slang, historical, Britain) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who slavishly agreed with the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending army tanks into these countries. (slang, derogatory, by extension) A person acting as an apologist for the brutal policies of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), the leader of the Soviet Union.

tankie: Word of the day for December 8, 2016

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Word of the day is tankie : (slang) A tank engine. (slang, historical, Britain) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who slavishly agreed with the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending army tanks into these countries. (slang, derogatory, by extension) A person acting as an apologist for the brutal policies of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), the leader of the Soviet Union.

Article of the day for December 8, 2016

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Article of the day is Ernie Toshack. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for December 8, 2016

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Picture of the day on December 8, 2016: Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who began designing and building Monticello at age 26 after inheriting land from his father. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres (20 km2), with Jefferson using slaves for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops, later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets.

Picture of the day for December 8, 2016

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Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who began designing and building Monticello at age 26 after inheriting land from his father. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres (20 km2), with Jefferson using slaves for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops, later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets..

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

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‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’ Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, The New York Times documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

This Is What A 7-Year-Long Stop Motion Project Looks Like (It's Beautiful)

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This Is What A 7-Year-Long Stop Motion Project Looks Like (It's Beautiful)

Article of the day for December 8, 2016

The Article of the day for December 8, 2016 is Ernie Toshack . Ernie Toshack (8 December 1914 – 11 May 2003) was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1946 to 1948. He made his first-class debut in 1945 as a left-arm medium paced bowler; his accuracy, stamina, changes of pace, and movement in both directions confounded batsmen. After only seven matches in the Sheffield Shield domestic competition, he was selected for Australia's tour of New Zealand. In Wellington, he opened the bowling in a match that was later classed as an official Test match. He became a regular member of the Australian team, playing in all of its Tests until the 1947–48 series against India; he took a career-best 11 wickets for 31 runs in the First Test but began to suffer recurring knee injuries. As a member of Don Bradman's Invincibles team, which went undefeated on a tour of England in 1948, Toshack played in the first four Tests before being injured again. After a long convalescence, he a

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

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‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

This Is What A 7-Year-Long Stop Motion Project Looks Like (It's Beautiful)

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This Is What A 7-Year-Long Stop Motion Project Looks Like (It's Beautiful) Filmmaker Simon Scheiber spent 7 years working his animated short — which tells the story of a lighthouse keeper who makes a surprising discovery — and boy, it was worth the effort. December 7, 2016 at 03:28PM