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Almost Dinnertime

Two little chinstrap penguin chicks (Pygoscelis antarctica) wait in their stony nest for their other parent to return from the sea with dinner. The parents take turns heading down to the ocean to feed themselves and bring back food for the chicks.


For #NewBirdPoker this week with +Dominique Morice "on the beach or rock"; #wildlifewednesday with +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus ; #wholewildlifeweek with +Sandy Schepis +Dick Whitlock +Anette Mossbacher and +Diego Cattaneo ( +Whole Wildlife Week ) ; #Animalia (+Animalia) créé par +Adelphe BACHELET ; #Birds4All by +Ricky L Jones & +Walter Soestbergen (+Birds4All) ; #birdsgallery with +Heinrich Wagner and +Susan Wilkinson ( +Birds GALLERY ); #birdloversworldwide with +Robert SKREINER +Roswitha Böhmer and +Gemma Costa ( +BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE ); #BirdsInFocus #BirdSpeciesLink by +Risto Talman (+*** ); #polarthursday with +Alistair Knock and +Marie Knock (+Polar Thursday).

Al Unser Jr shares stories of race car development https://racingnews.co/2018/08/15/al-unser-jr-run-what-you-brung-nascar/

Tags: #nascar #indycar #alunserjr

Small Matters -- Rawah Wilderness, Colorado
"Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional."
-- Liz Vassey

A chipmunk pauses to give me a wary but curious glance as I take his portrait, deep in the forest of the Rawah Wilderness in Colorado...

It Really is All About the Bass

The study found that while listening, volunteer's brain activities and the rhythmic structure of the sound became synchronized – particularly at the frequency of the beat.

The research is in PNAS. (full open access)

Life in a village
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
----------------------Pete Seeger

#pakistan #punjab #street #streetphotography #nikonshooters #nikond810
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #monochromephotography   
#hqspmonochrome for +HQSP Monochrome

#StreetPhotographySaturday
+Street Photography Saturday curated by +Sunny Wu
#hqspStreetDoc for +HQSP Street & Documentary

#FarmFriday +Farm Friday curated by +Ellie Kennard , +Steven Kennard and +Susanne Stelle

‘The Guy’s Not Right’ – Scarborough Questions Trump’s Mental Health: The panel on MSNBC’s show “Morning Joe” had an interesting discussion today about the mental stability of the leader of the free world. Since President Trump has the nuclear codes, it is certainly important to have confidence that he is mentally stable, but that does not always appear to be the case. Co-host Joe Scarborough … Continue reading "‘The Guy’s Not Right’ – Scarborough Questions Trump’s Mental Health"

{ From The Clothesline }

The Daylight Chased her Dark side

Superhero News reviews the in-home release of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War!

#13Aug 2018, As seen on #RAW this week, #RomanReigns name-dropped +UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White during his promo on #BrockLesnar. Reigns said that he'd send "Brock so far back into the UFC [that] he's going to find his head stuck in Dana White's ass." Dana apparently got a kick out of the promo, as he replied on Twitter:
"LOL"

Shibuya 109

Tokyo, Japan

Smash Bros. Ultimate Story Could Be About Saving Luigi's Soul, Fans Believe

Beach Bokeh

I decided to try shooting the sunrise with my recently purchased Sigma 100-400mm lens. It was nice looking for different compositions than my normal wide angle views:) I not totally happy with the edit. I probably need to figure out what is the lens and what is my editing:) The smallest f/stop at 400mm is f/6.3 so that is playing into the hard edges of be bokeh. Have a great Wednesday!

#hqspmacro for +HQSP Macro
#BTPMacroPro – +BTP Macro Pro . founded by 
+WorldBestTopPhotographerAssociation , owned by 
+Nancy Dempsey ,curated by 
+Kenny Jones

#Corolla #beach #bokeh #shell #NorthCarolina #f

Animal Pain Is About Communication, Not Just Feeling

How the Brain Biases Beliefs

People's motivation to cling to desirable notions about future outlooks results from interactions between prefrontal cortex regions.

The research is in Journal of Neuroscience. (full access paywall)

Google One is now open to all https://tcrn.ch/2MNjV2e

Google reportedly developing a fitness and health 'Coach' for Wear OS | by @technacity

Wear OS is due for a big update this fall, starting with a new chip from Qualcomm and a “lead smartwatch” that could possibly be a Google-made Pixel Watch. On the software side, there is a developer preview of Android P for Wear OS, but not much else has…

Google One now publicly available, new Google Store perks coming soon

Google One, first announced at Google I/O 2018, is Google’s new all-in-one subscription package for Drive storage, online support for services, and other handy perks. After a few months in an invite-only beta, it’s now open to all.

Protect your Insta instantly!

How to connect your Android or iOS with Windows 10 #tips #tricks #tutorial

Spotify - Free Music Streaming Beta
https://www.testingcatalog.com/project/amp/831

8.4.67.881
No new changelogs

#spotify #music #androidmusic #musicstream #spotifybeta

9 things you'll love about the Samsung Galaxy Note 9