Posts

Showing posts from August 21, 2017

talking head: Word of the day for August 22, 2017

Image
Word of the day is talking head : (idiomatic) A pundit, especially one on television, who discusses issues of the day. Charles Francis Jenkins, one of the inventors of television, was born on this day in 1867.

Blue Angel Comes Out Of Nowhere To Surprise An Entire Beach

Image
Blue Angel Comes Out Of Nowhere To Surprise An Entire Beach

Picture of the day for August 22, 2017

Image
Rally Lisboa-Dakar 2006. In the picture Marc Coma (Nº2), winner of the Rally Dakar 2006, in the moto category. The image took place somewhere in the 2006 route..

Picture of the day for August 22, 2017

Image
Picture of the day on August 22, 2017: Rally Lisboa-Dakar 2006. In the picture Marc Coma (Nº2), winner of the Rally Dakar 2006, in the moto category. The image took place somewhere in the 2006 route.

Blue Angel Comes Out Of Nowhere To Surprise An Entire Beach

Image
Blue Angel Comes Out Of Nowhere To Surprise An Entire Beach The best thing about this is each beachgoer makes a unique but equally surprised face. August 21, 2017 at 06:01PM

You Can See The Solar Eclipse Darken The West Coast In 

Image
You Can See The Solar Eclipse Darken The West Coast In  At this point, we all understand that the total solar eclipse is super cool, but this timelapse from an NOAA satellite showing the eclipse plunging the Northwest into darkness will give you a whole new level of appreciation.

You Can See The Solar Eclipse Darken The West Coast In 

Image
You Can See The Solar Eclipse Darken The West Coast In 

Article of the day for August 22, 2017

The Article of the day for August 22, 2017 is 2015 Vuelta a España . The 2015 Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) was the 70th edition of the three-week race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,358.1-kilometre (2,086.6 mi) race included 21 stages, from Marbella on 22 August to Madrid on 13 September. Astana Pro Team's Fabio Aru (pictured) won the race, with Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) second and RafaÅ‚ Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo) third. The early leaders were Esteban Chaves (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin). Aru took over the lead in Andorra following Stage 11, and kept it for five stages through the mountains of northern Spain before losing it to Rodríguez on Stage 16. Dumoulin retook the lead on Stage 17, but was dropped by Aru in the next-to-last stage, falling to sixth place overall. It was Aru's first Grand Tour victory. The points classification, decided during the final stage, was won by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), while Rodriguez won the com...

talking head: Word of the day for August 22, 2017

talking head , n : (idiomatic) A pundit, especially one on television, who discusses issues of the day. Charles Francis Jenkins, one of the inventors of television, was born on this day in 1867.

Article of the day for August 22, 2017

Image
Article of the day is 2015 Vuelta a España. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W