Dog owner risks his life by plunging into icy pond to rescue his pet

"It is every dog owner's worst nightmare.

Marc Greenhalgh was walking his cocker spaniel, Jarvis, through ice-bound countryside
when the pet became trapped in the middle of a partially frozen lake.

As these extraordinary photographs show, he proceeded to risk his life by stripping off
his coat, smashing a path through the ice and wading through the bitterly cold,
neck-deep water to reach the panicking pet."

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What is Psychoanalysis?

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LOL Cat Please

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Winter on Earth

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Cold Zagreb

These days in Zagreb is quite cold.
My favorite place for walking is Park
Maksimir and all its 5 lakes are now frozen.
I enjoy walking with Obi in this time of year.
Niki is at home, because it's too cold for her.

Aging

"** There are three signs of old age. The first is your loss of memory,
and the other two .... I forgot.

** You're getting old when you don't care where your spouse goes,
just as long as you don't have to go along.

** Middle age is when work is a lot less fun - and fun a lot more work.

** Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are five women to every man.
Isn't that the dandiest time for a guy to get those odds?

** You know you're getting on in years when the girls at the office
start confiding in you.

** Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired."
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Bodyguards

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A Man And His Dog

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Janica Joins Giant Stiletto Sculpting

"Everyone who happened to be in Zagreb`s signature square on Saturday had a chance to see a giant stiletto being modelled. Famous artist Stella Bernhardt won the support of the most famous Croatian skier,
Janica Kostelic and company Modern Ice.

The ice masterpiece was presented to the Zagreb public as starting positions were being determined
for the ladies` slalom run as part of the Snow Queen Trophy in Mount Sljeme."
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Viagra Helps

AmyOops

The Lord Of The Pugs

Sherman the Pug

War

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"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. "

Ernest Hemingway

It's Cold

I Know You're Listening

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No Worries

"Abe and Esther are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!'

Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.
An hour later Abe turns to his wife and asks,

'Esther, did we pay our $5,000 PBS pledge check yet?'

'No, sweetheart,' she responds.

Abe, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, 'Esther, did we pay our American Express card yet?'

'Oh, no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the check,' she says.

'One last thing, Esther. Did you remember to send checks for the Visa and MasterCard this month?' he asks.

'Oy, forgive me, Abie,' begged Esther. 'I didn't send that one, either.'

Abe grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Esther pulls away and asks him, 'What was that for?'

Abe answers, 'They'll find us!'"
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Elephants Recycle Christmas Trees

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Awww Puppies

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The Sacramento Bee

Renée C. Byer

a very sad story

The Apple Mactini

It’s not finished yet!

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Don't Disturb

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V-E-T

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Beloved Pets Everlasting ?

"THE most difficult thing about the cloned puppies is not telling them apart,
but explaining why they don’t look exactly alike.
This was the problem Lou Hawthorne faced on a recent afternoon hike with Mira and MissyToo,
two dogs whose embryos were created from the preserved, recycled and repurposed nuclear DNA
of the original Missy, a border collie-husky mix who died in 2002."
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The First Snow in Zagreb This Year

This is only 2 cm of snow but it is still so fun.

Slava Raškaj

"Slava Raškaj (January 2, 1877, Ozalj, Croatia — March 29, 1906, Zagreb) was an artist considered to be one of the first great Croatian watercolourists."

Slava was born in the family of the local administrator Vjekoslav Raškaj and his wife Olga, and her name Slava means glory in Croatian. Until the age of seven she lived with her family.

Being deaf since birth, due to the difficulties in communication, Raškaj gradually withdrew from people, but not before her talent was noticed. Until the age of fifteen, (1885 - 1893), she lived in an institution for deaf children in Vienna, Austria. Under the influence of an art instructor she kept developing in the area of painting and drawing.

Back home, in 1895, persuaded by a local teacher in Ozalj Ivana Otoić-Muha, Raškaj left for Zagreb to attend the art school. In 1896 her instructor was painter Bela Čikoš-Sesija.

Otoić helped her to open her own atelier. It was a small, white painted room, once a mortuary. Her first aquarel was completed there, and probably today's most famous self-portrait from the year 1898. In 1899, Raškaj spent at home in Ozalj, wandering outdoors, drawing the landscapes, perfecting her favoured medium technique, enriching them with her unique and distinguished style and sensitivity.

Soon, the first symptoms of the disease started to show up - loneliness, alienation, need for privacy and nature. Old abandoned mills, depth of the canyon of Kupa river, ruins started to be the focus of her mind.

In 1902, due to chronic depression, aggression and other psychological symptoms she was institutionalised. She died March 29, 1906.

Happy New Year !

I hope you had fun last night, ALL THE BEST IN 2009.