Posts

Showing posts from August, 2017

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

desire line: Word of the day for September 1, 2017

Image
Word of the day is desire line : A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.

Whoa, Look At This Dog Run Straight Up A Vertical Wall

Image
Whoa, Look At This Dog Run Straight Up A Vertical Wall Someone get this dog on American Ninja Warrior ASAP. August 31, 2017 at 02:13PM

Picture of the day for September 1, 2017

Image
The bicolored frog or Malabar frog (Clinotarsus curtipes) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India..

Georgia Cop To White Woman During Traffic Stop: 'We Only Kill Black People'

Image
Georgia Cop To White Woman During Traffic Stop: 'We Only Kill Black People'

desire line: Word of the day for September 1, 2017

desire line , n : A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.

Georgia Cop To White Woman During Traffic Stop: 'We Only Kill Black People'

Image
Georgia Cop To White Woman During Traffic Stop: 'We Only Kill Black People' ​When a white woman was pulled over by a Georgia cop, she expressed concern about moving her hands for fear of being shot. The cop reassured her by emphasizing that he wouldn't shoot her because she was white.

Article of the day for September 1, 2017

The Article of the day for September 1, 2017 is Ontario Highway 71 . King's Highway 71 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Part of the Trans-Canada Highway, the 194-kilometre (121 mi) route travels west from the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge in Fort Frances, concurrently with Highway 11, for 40 kilometres (25 mi). At Chapple, Highway 71 branches from Highway 11, travelling 154 kilometres (96 mi) north to a junction with Highway 17 just east of Kenora. The concurrent portion of the highway follows the Cloverleaf Trail, which was completed by the end of the 1880s and improved over the next several decades. The portion between Highway 11 and Highway 17 follows the Heenan Highway, which connects the Rainy River region with Kenora and the remainder of Ontario's road network; before its opening the area was accessible only via the United States. Both highways were incorporated into the ...

Article of the day for September 1, 2017

Image
Article of the day is Ontario Highway 71. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Whoa, Look At This Dog Run Straight Up A Vertical Wall

Image
Whoa, Look At This Dog Run Straight Up A Vertical Wall

Picture of the day for September 1, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on September 1, 2017: The bicolored frog or Malabar frog (Clinotarsus curtipes) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India.

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 31, 2017 at 10:31PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Updated outdated info..

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 31, 2017 at 11:59AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Bot: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/KolbertBot|HTTP→HTTPS]].

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Article of the day for August 31, 2017

Image
Article of the day is Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

shambolic: Word of the day for August 31, 2017

shambolic , adj : (Australia, Britain) Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.

Why Sorority Girls Dress Alike

Image
Why Sorority Girls Dress Alike

Picture of the day for August 31, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on August 31, 2017: Honour guards at Ala-Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Article of the day for August 31, 2017

The Article of the day for August 31, 2017 is Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan . The meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan (2004) spans 26 days from late August to late September, the tenth longest storm duration of any Atlantic hurricane on record. The tropical cyclone developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 31. Tracking westward due to a ridge, it developed into Tropical Depression Nine on September 2, gradually intensifying until September 5, when it underwent rapid deepening and reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. At the time Ivan was the southernmost major North Atlantic hurricane on record. It was weakened by dry air but gradually reorganized, passing just south of Grenada as a major hurricane on September 7. The hurricane attained Category 5 status in the central Caribbean Sea, and passed just south of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and western Cuba with winds at or slightly below that. Ivan gradually...

Surreal Footage Of The Devastating Houston Floods From Above

Image
Surreal Footage Of The Devastating Houston Floods From Above

Why Sorority Girls Dress Alike

Image
Why Sorority Girls Dress Alike For sorority girls, clothes become a shorthand for identity.

Surreal Footage Of The Devastating Houston Floods From Above

Image
Surreal Footage Of The Devastating Houston Floods From Above When the rains in Houston calmed a bit, Chase Boogie sent his drone over the beleaguered city. August 30, 2017 at 08:45PM

shambolic: Word of the day for August 31, 2017

Image
Word of the day is shambolic : (Australia, Britain) Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.

Picture of the day for August 31, 2017

Image
Honour guards at Ala-Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan..

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 30, 2017 at 05:55PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about /* Criticism and controversy */.

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 30, 2017 at 05:55PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about /* Criticism and controversy */ New America meddling.

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Guy Fights Hawk For His Drone, Hawk Is Completely Unimpressed

Image
Guy Fights Hawk For His Drone, Hawk Is Completely Unimpressed

janissary: Word of the day for August 30, 2017

janissary , n : (historical) An infantry soldier, often Christian, in a former elite Turkish guard (disbanded in 1826); by extension, any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller. (figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter. Today is Zafer Bayramı (Victory Day) in Turkey, which commemorates the Battle of Dumlupınar in 1922 that ended the Turkish War of Independence.

South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying

Image
South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying

Article of the day for August 30, 2017

Image
Article of the day is Pallas's leaf warbler. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for August 30, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on August 30, 2017: A male emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) which flies in England from late June through to September. The Gachalá emerald, one of the most valuable emeralds in the world, was discovered 50 years ago in Colombia

Article of the day for August 30, 2017

The Article of the day for August 30, 2017 is Pallas's leaf warbler . Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) is a migratory bird that breeds in mountain forests from southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and northeastern China. It is named for German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described it. It winters mainly in and near southern China, although in recent decades increasing numbers have been found in Europe in autumn. One of the smallest Eurasian leaf warblers, it has a relatively large head and short tail. It has greenish upperparts and white underparts, a lemon-yellow rump, and yellow double wingbars and supercilia. The female builds a cup nest in a tree or bush, and incubates four to six eggs that hatch after 12 or 13 days. The chicks are fed mainly by the female and fledge when they are 12–14 days old. Pallas's leaf warbler feeds on small insects and spiders. It forages in bushes and trees, picking items from leaves or catching prey in short f...

South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying

Image
South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying Extreme rainfall has led to devastating floods across Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, killing nearly 1,200 people and displacing millions.

Guy Fights Hawk For His Drone, Hawk Is Completely Unimpressed

Image
Guy Fights Hawk For His Drone, Hawk Is Completely Unimpressed Hey, if you found a weird new animal to eat, you wouldn't want to give it to a human either. August 29, 2017 at 03:24PM

Picture of the day for August 30, 2017

Image
A male emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) which flies in England from late June through to September. The Gachalá emerald, one of the most valuable emeralds in the world, was discovered 50 years ago in Colombia.

janissary: Word of the day for August 30, 2017

Image
Word of the day is janissary : (historical) An infantry soldier, often Christian, in a former elite Turkish guard (disbanded in 1826); by extension, any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller. (figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter. Today is Zafer Bayramı (Victory Day) in Turkey, which commemorates the Battle of Dumlupınar in 1922 that ended the Turkish War of Independence.

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 29, 2017 at 02:38AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Bot: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/KolbertBot|HTTP→HTTPS]].

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Skynet: Word of the day for August 29, 2017

Skynet , proper n : A family of United Kingdom military communications satellites. (science fiction) A distributed artificial intelligence system that is aware of the physical world and acts autonomously through cyborgs and computer control systems. Today is the 20th anniversary of “Judgment Day”, the day in 1997 when Skynet is supposed to initiate a nuclear holocaust in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Article of the day for August 29, 2017

Image
Article of the day is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president

Image
Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president

Picture of the day for August 29, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on August 29, 2017: Ceiling of the central room of the Windcatcher (Emarat e Badgir), built during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and part of the Golestan Palace, the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran's arg ("citadel") and is one of the oldest of the historic monuments in the city.

The Teaser For 'Super Troopers 2' Is Ridiculous

Image
The Teaser For 'Super Troopers 2' Is Ridiculous The movie is due out in theaters 4/20/2018, which we have a feeling you won't forget. August 28, 2017 at 06:51PM

The Teaser For 'Super Troopers 2' Is Ridiculous

Image
The Teaser For 'Super Troopers 2' Is Ridiculous

Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president

Image
Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president The deal fell apart in January 2016 on the eve of the presidential primaries.

Article of the day for August 29, 2017

The Article of the day for August 29, 2017 is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, a member of a group of prominent composers known as The Five, who worked together in Saint Petersburg in the mid-19th century. Considered a master of orchestration, his best-known compositions, which include Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade, are considered staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas. Scheherazade is an example of Rimsky-Korsakov's frequent use of fairy tale and folk subjects; he also left a considerable body of original Russian nationalist compositions. His preparation of works by The Five for performance brought them into the active classical repertoire, although his editing of the music of Modest Mussorgsky created controversy. As a shaper of a generation of younger composers and musicians during his decades as an e...

Skynet: Word of the day for August 29, 2017

Image
Word of the day is Skynet : A family of United Kingdom military communications satellites. (science fiction) A distributed artificial intelligence system that is aware of the physical world and acts autonomously through cyborgs and computer control systems. Today is the 20th anniversary of “Judgment Day”, the day in 1997 when Skynet is supposed to initiate a nuclear holocaust in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Picture of the day for August 29, 2017

Image
Ceiling of the central room of the Windcatcher (Emarat e Badgir), built during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and part of the Golestan Palace, the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran's arg ("citadel") and is one of the oldest of the historic monuments in the city..

New edit in the Article on Google

Image
Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

New edit in the Article on Google

On August 28, 2017 at 02:18AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Fixed [[WP:ISBN|ISBN]] identifier in citation.

As White Nationalist in Charlottesville Fired, Police ‘Never Moved’

Image
As White Nationalist in Charlottesville Fired, Police ‘Never Moved’

Picture of the day for August 28, 2017

Image
Soviet electric locomotive VL22m-1483, the last remaining operational VL22m, with the passenger train Kutaisi - Tkibuli just before arriving at Satsire, Georgia..

syndicate: Word of the day for August 28, 2017

syndicate , n : A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. (crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. (mass media) A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

Local Houston News Crew Comes Across Truck Driver Trapped By Flood, Calls In For Rescue

Image
Local Houston News Crew Comes Across Truck Driver Trapped By Flood, Calls In For Rescue A roaming crew from CBS KHOU 11 in Houston came across a truck driver left stranded in his vehicle by the severe flooding resulting from Hurricane Harvey. The video ends before the rescue, but the driver is now safe. August 27, 2017 at 08:18PM

As White Nationalist in Charlottesville Fired, Police ‘Never Moved’

Image
As White Nationalist in Charlottesville Fired, Police ‘Never Moved’ Pleas for help and a safety plan were ignored at a rally that turned deadly on August 12, participants said.

Article of the day for August 28, 2017

The Article of the day for August 28, 2017 is Black Reconstruction in America . W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was an American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist. The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. He rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks, and was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. He wrote one of the first scientific treatises in the field of American sociology, and published three autobiographies. Black Reconstruction in America (1935) challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction Era. On August 28, 1963, a day after his death, his book The Souls of Black Folk was highlighted by Roy Wilkins at the March on Washington, and hundreds of t...

Picture of the day for August 28, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on August 28, 2017: Soviet electric locomotive VL22m-1483, the last remaining operational VL22m, with the passenger train Kutaisi - Tkibuli just before arriving at Satsire, Georgia.

syndicate: Word of the day for August 28, 2017

Image
Word of the day is syndicate : A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. (crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. (mass media) A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

Local Houston News Crew Comes Across Truck Driver Trapped By Flood, Calls In For Rescue

Image
Local Houston News Crew Comes Across Truck Driver Trapped By Flood, Calls In For Rescue

Article of the day for August 28, 2017

Image
Article of the day is Black Reconstruction in America. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Here's How The Air Canada Near Disaster Was Averted

Image
Here's How The Air Canada Near Disaster Was Averted

Picture of the day for August 27, 2017

Image
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (nose art Thunderbird), below, and a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress flying in a heritage flight formation during 2006 Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, USA, on May 12, 2006..

This Footage Captured From Hurricane Harvey's Eye Wall Is Pretty Crazy

Image
This Footage Captured From Hurricane Harvey's Eye Wall Is Pretty Crazy It's a terrifying sight to behold. August 26, 2017 at 03:49PM

chthonic: Word of the day for August 27, 2017

chthonic , adj : Dwelling within or under the earth.

Here's How The Air Canada Near Disaster Was Averted

Image
Here's How The Air Canada Near Disaster Was Averted If this had happened, it might have been the deadliest aviation incident in history.