There are no words to describe my sadness. The wildfires, especially the Smokehouse Creek fire, are nothing short of devastating. The Smokehouse Creek fireline is now roughly 100 miles long and it appears the weekend is going to be rough. My heart goes out to all of those in Canadian, Fritsch etc ... It's horrific.
I've been reluctant to wade into the "Big 12 is gaming the system" debate, primarily because it's impossible to know (and those who insist they know are simply more insistent than they are correct). Here's what we actually do know:
Darrion Williams just put together one of the better performances I've ever seen from a Texas Tech player:
30 points (12-12 FG, 4-4 3-PT)
11 rebounds
3 assists
2 steals
1 block
HE'S A SOPHOMORE
Tough. This was an *elite* horns-down from Washington.
- strong wrist/firm horns-down
- shhh to the crowd for additional pts
- win on the road
- player performance 5-5 fg/15 pts
- zero deductions
10/10 Horns-down for TTU (Sr) Warren Washington. Sometimes you’re the hammer. Sometimes you’re the nail. #Hookem
In 2012, a Brazilian yacht named Mar Sem Fim, owned by the renowned journalist João Lara Mesquita, capsized while he and a four-man crew were filming a documentary off the coast of Antarctica. The yacht encountered strong winds of 100 km/hr, causing it to rock from side to side. The crew called for help, and all four members were quickly rescued.
Unfortunately, the yacht could not be saved. The near-freezing water that had been tossed over the ship later froze and expanded, splitting the hull in a process called compression. Mar Sem Fim lay in about 30 feet of water, preserved and visible from above, for almost a year.
Fortunately, Mesquita had insured the boat for 700k, which likely helped in managing the financial consequences of the incident.
The RMS Queen Elizabeth pulling into New York with service men returning home after the end of World War 2, 1945.
She was able to carry 15,000 people at a time, including 900 crew members. The trip from The British isles to the east coast of the United States usually took 5 to 7 days. During her service in World War 2, the RMS Queen Elizabeth transported more than 750,000 troops, and sailed a total of 500,000 miles (800,000 km).
@historyinmemes Julius Robert Oppenheimer, known as the 'father of the atomic bomb' for his role in the Manhattan Project, recalling the reaction to the Trinity test, which was the first successful detonation of a nuclear weapon.
Austrian-German weightlifter Matthias Steiner is a one-of-a-kind fighter. Steiner was married in 2005 to his wife Susan, his biggest supporter. Steiner then decided it was time to retire from weightlifting, but she pushed him to continue.
Steiner promised to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but then tragedy struck. Susan passed away in a car crash in 2007 before the games began.
Instead of stopping, Matthias made the bold decision to honor his wife through competition. He trained even harder, focused intently, and won the Gold by lifting more than he had ever lifted before. It's an incredible display of emotion, pride, and love.
Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" shreds itself after being sold for over £1M at the Sotheby's in London. Shortly after the artwork was purchased, the canvas featuring a girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon spontaneously tore apart. Banksy took to his Instagram and included a quote from Picasso: “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge” - Picasso.
My look at the 'non-fumble' in the 4th quarter of #TexasTech's loss to West Virginia on Saturday.
Certainly looks like Cameron Watts strips that football well before the runner's knee was down.
@RedRaiderNation
Meet Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla to date. Snowflake, a male Western lowland gorilla, was born in the wild but was captured by villagers in Equatorial Guinea in 1966. He spent most of his life in captivity at a zoo in Barcelona, Spain.
His unique white fur is thought to be a result of inbreeding, possibly due to his parents being uncle and niece. Regrettably, in 2003, Snowflake passed away from skin cancer, a condition almost certainly connected to his albinism.
Queen Genepil (1905-1938) was the last queen of Mongolia and the wife of the last Mongol Khan. Following her husband's demise, she faced arrest and subsequent execution in 1938, as part of the systematic Stalinist campaign to eradicate Mongolian culture and any remnants of the old regime.
A significant portion of the population met their end during this period, including almost all the shamans and Buddhist lamas of Mongolia. Estimates suggest that between 20,000 and 35,000 "enemies of the revolution" met the same fate, accounting for 3 to 5 percent of Mongolia's total population at the time.
Genepil's daughter, Tserenkhand, who miraculously survived the Great Purge, recalled her mother's abrupt disappearance during her childhood, stating, "They took her away at night. She didn't wake us, only left a piece of sugar on our pillows. I still vividly remember the joy of discovering that rare delicacy in the morning."