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Picture of the day for December 31, 2016

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Picture of the day on December 31, 2016: Besides New Year's Eve fireworks are often used to celebrate many important events.

Picture of the day for December 31, 2016

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Besides New Year's Eve fireworks are often used to celebrate many important events..

Article of the day for December 31, 2016

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

Article of the day for December 31, 2016

The Article of the day for December 31, 2016 is Eisenhower dollar . The Eisenhower dollar is a one-dollar coin issued from 1971 to 1978 by the United States Mint. Authorized by law on December 31, 1970, it was the first US dollar coin minted since 1935, the last year of the Peace dollar. Designed by Frank Gasparro, the coin's obverse depicts President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died in March 1969. Proposals in Congress to honor him on a coin led to a dispute over whether the new coin was to contain silver. In 1970, a compromise was reached to strike it in base metal for circulation, and in 40% silver as a collectible. Although the collector's pieces sold well, the new dollars failed to circulate, except in and around Nevada casinos, where they took the place of privately issued tokens. Coins from 1975 and 1976 bear a double date, 1776–1976, and a special reverse by Dennis R. Williams in honor of the Bicentennial. To replace the Eisenhower dollar with a smaller-sized piece, Cong...

Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo

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Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo

Deprecated: The Ars 2017 tech company Deathwatch

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Deprecated: The Ars 2017 tech company Deathwatch Deathwatch is not a prediction of actual corporate demise. Most failing companies limp on in some way through acquisition, integration, inertia or the eternal zombie life of bankruptcy protection. Instead, it's a way of recognizing those entities in danger of technical, economic and/or cultural irrelevance.

Deprecated: The Ars 2017 tech company Deathwatch

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Deprecated: The Ars 2017 tech company Deathwatch

Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo

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Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo This kid just wanted Alexa to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for him. He got something very, very different. December 30, 2016 at 05:32PM

fireworks: Word of the day for December 31, 2016

fireworks , n : […] (plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off. (plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation. Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at the Wiktionary!

fireworks: Word of the day for December 31, 2016

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Word of the day is fireworks : […] (plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off. (plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation. Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at the Wiktionary!