2023 July 23 — Why Now?

Le Tour 2023 – Stage 21 et fini

by Bryan

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines > Paris Champs-Ẻlysées

Distance: 115.1 kilometers.

This is a Flat stage with one climb and an eight lap sprint race finish.

Côte du Pavé des Gardes 42.8 km (Cat 42: 1.3km @ 6.5%)

The intermediate sprint is 74.3 km from the start at Paris-Haut des Champs-Ẻlysées (third lap).

Yellow Jersey Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 82h 05′ 42″
Green Jersey Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 377 Points
Polka Dot Jersey Giulio Ciccone (LIT – 081) [Polka Dot] 106 points
White Jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 + 00h 07′ 29″

Stage winner: Jordi Meeus (BOH – 076)
Super Combative: Victor Campenaerts (LOD – 182) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]
La Lanterne Rouge: Adrien Petit (ICW – 115) + 02h 56′ 54″ Φ

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July 23, 2023 Comments Off on Le Tour 2023 – Stage 21 et fini

Tropical Storm Don – Day 10

by Bryan

Position: 46.3N 44.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [040°] near 20 mph [31 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 80 miles [130 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1002mb ↑.

Currently about 395 miles [ 635 km] East of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

July 23, 2023 Comments Off on Tropical Storm Don – Day 10

Quotes

"It's better to be six feet apart right now than six feet under."

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

"Blognito ergo sum!"

The Culture Ghost

"Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius."

Abbé Arnaud-Amaury of Citeaux

"Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen."

Heinrich Heine

"Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему."

Толстой Лев Николаевич

"Кто что ни говори, а подобные происшествия бывают на свете, - редко, но бывают."

Гоголь Николай Васильевич

"A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them."

Mark Twain

"There are two novels that can change a bookish 14-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

John Rogers

"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."

Sir Terry Pratchett

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