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Showing posts with label Linguistics. Show all posts

18 April 2011

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A


The Windy City has been the Midwest’s center of transportation, industry, finance, and entertainment since it was founded in the 1830s on the shore of Lake Michigan. More than 9.5 million people now live in the metro area, making it the third-most-populous city in the U.S. In the coming years, the city could experience a gradual yet dramatic increase in heat waves and flooding.


26 January 2011

World’s Oldest Joke

You might think your dad’s joke about what you call blood-sucking referrees (”vumpires” haha) is old, but that’s nothing. A team of academics from the University of Wolverhampton have discovered the world’s most ancient gag. Guess what it’s about? Yep. Farts.
“Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap,” goes the joke, which apparently dates back to ancient Sumeria circa 1900 BC.

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15 November 2010

Future Gadgets PART II

   
Future Internet Search
All you need to do is point the tablet at any object and you should get search results as good as Googles, just more interactivity.


  
Info-Live Watch
INFO Live is an data organizer for connected internet world. It is able to transfer data information to any hardware and person any moment in time of need.



  
B-membrane Laptop/Desktop
Concept computer designed by Korean designer Won-Seok Lee. No bulky monitors, just a UFO shape system that displays screen like a projector.

New dSLR

Concept of a digital camera which can be used in one hand.


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16 October 2010

Memorable Events in Pictures PART - III

 A Japanese Macaque sits in the snow after climbing out of a hot spring in Yamanouchi.
 
Excess gas is burned off near workers at the Rumala oil field, south of Basra, 260 miles south of Baghdad.
 A water bombing helicopter releases a load on a property at Nutt Road in Londonderry outer western suburbs of Sydney.
 Santa Claus is surrounded by sharks, turtles, stingrays and hundreds of other colourful marine animals as he makes his daily visit to the Melbourne Aquarium.

A swimmer jumps into the icy waters of a river on a snowy winter day in Taiyuan, eastern China.

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10 October 2010

Memorable Events in Pictures PART - II

 An elite team from the Highlanders (4 Scots) during a patrol competition in the Atacama desert.
 The horn of a bull breaks off as it crashes into a wall before a bullfight at the Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima.
Skyscrapers under construction are seen in Dubai's Marina area.
  A boy plays in a garbage dump in Mumbai in a file photo released to coincide with the first day of the climate talks in Copenhagen.
 Philippines Air Force helicopter drops leaflets in Basilan province, offering rewards to villagers for assistance in catching 28 fugitives.

A part of a sunken Isis temple is lifted out of the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt.

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