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parking ticket: Word of the day for October 21, 2016

parking ticket , n : A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for. A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle.

Here's Our First Look At Nintendo's New Console, The Nintendo Switch

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Here's Our First Look At Nintendo's New Console, The Nintendo Switch As naming goes, "Switch" is a pretty solid descriptor for the console which you you can either use with your TV or as a handheld device on the go. It looks pretty slick (and the new "Zelda" also looks sweet). October 20, 2016 at 02:42PM

Picture of the day for October 21, 2016

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View of the event venue Tempodrom during the blue hour, Kreuzberg neighborhood, Berlin, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1980 next to the Berlin Wall on the west side of Potsdamer Platz and was housed in a large circus tent. After several changes of location it got a permanent building in 2002 and has today three performance spaces with a capacity of 3,800 people in the main one..

Picture of the day for October 21, 2016

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Picture of the day on October 21, 2016: View of the event venue Tempodrom during the blue hour, Kreuzberg neighborhood, Berlin, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1980 next to the Berlin Wall on the west side of Potsdamer Platz and was housed in a large circus tent. After several changes of location it got a permanent building in 2002 and has today three performance spaces with a capacity of 3,800 people in the main one.

Article of the day for October 21, 2016

The Article of the day for October 21, 2016 is S. O. Davies . Stephen Owen Davies (died 25 February 1972) was a Welsh coal miner and Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil from 1934 to 1972. In 1918 he became miners' agent for the Dowlais district of the South Wales Miners' Federation, and in 1924 was appointed its chief organiser, legal adviser, and vice-president. Elected to parliament in 1934, Davies consistently defied official Labour policy to champion causes such as disarmament and Welsh nationalism, with a persistence that brought him several suspensions and ensured that he was never offered ministerial office. After a spoil heap at a coal mine collapsed in the village of Aberfan on 21 October 1966 killing 116 schoolchildren and 28 adults, Davies controversially said that he had long thought that it was unsafe. He had not reported his suspicions for fear that an enquiry would cause the closures of local pits. In 1970 he was deselected as...

Proof Russia Was Behind the DNC Email Hack

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Proof Russia Was Behind the DNC Email Hack

parking ticket: Word of the day for October 21, 2016

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Word of the day is parking ticket : A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for. A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle.