Tuesday, February 1, 2011

TIME CAPSULE - 2010


The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010 will save the following items as
   representative of the year 2010, to be opened 100 years from now.

1. A copy of the health-care bill.

2. Apple's iPad tablet computer.

3.Video of umpire Jim Joyce's blown call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher
    Armando Gallaraga a perfect game.

4. A vuvuzela, one of the plastic horns that droned incessantly in the
     South African stadiums hosting the World Cup soccer tournament.

5. The Rolling Stone article comments about General McChrystal and his
     staff, which cost the general his job.

6. Vial of ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano that erupted April 14, 2010,
      in Iceland, disrupting air traffic and stranding millions of travelers
      throughout Europe.

7. A tar ball retrieved from a Gulf shore beach during the three-month
      oil spill.

8. A 2010 Census form.

9. Campaign video of Christine O'Donnell, the Republican nominee for the
     U.S. Senate from Delaware, which begins with O'Donnell saying, "I'm
     not a witch..I'm you."

10. The Fenix 2 capsule that rescued 33 Chilean miners from their
       underground captivity October 13, 2010, after more than two
       months of confinement following a cave-in.

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