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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