Archive for December, 2010

Britain’s Ugliest Dog – Photo

With his bug eyes, wildly crooked teeth and sparsely-whiskered chin, scrawny Ug sat for months, unclaimed and overlooked at an animal sanctuary. But now, after being dubbed Britain’s ugliest dog, the two-year-old’s less-than-enticing looks have landed him a loving home.

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Calgary Hitmen Teddy Bear Toss – 2010 Video

Over 23,000 teddy bears tossed onto the ice for charity after the first Hitmen goal in the first period. 16th Annual Teddy Bear Toss hockey game at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (December 12, 2010). Red Deer Rebels [...]

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Obama signs extension of Bush-era tax cuts

President Barack Obama signed an $858 billion tax bill into law Friday, saying, “this is progress, and that’s what (the American people) sent us here to achieve.” “We are here with good news for the American people this holiday season,” [...]

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The Top 14 Astronomy Pictures of 2010

This isn’t a microscopic photograph of a bacterial culture! It’s actually of rolling, hummocky dunes near the north pole of Mars. Taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s powerful HIRISE camera, the normally grey basaltic sand of the dunes is covered [...]

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Word Lens – Real Time Language Translation

The Word Lens app is a free download, but the dictionaries are $5 each. So far, English to Spanish and Spanish to English are the only dictionaries available.

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‘Whatever’ Dubbed Most Irritating Word

Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it’s actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean. For the second consecutive year “whatever’ topped a Marist poll as the most annoying [...]

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