วันเสาร์ที่ 25 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2551

Man sleeping on Canadian sidewalk


... that anti-homeless laws may take on the form of restricting public sleeping (pictured), prohibiting begging, or relocating the homeless?
... that Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield had joined the Royal Navy by the age of eleven?
... that the United States Department of War was once headquartered in the Munitions Building, a temporary structure built on the National Mall (Potomac Park) in Washington, D.C.?
... that P. Munuswamy Naidu, senior leader of the Justice Party in Madras Presidency, British India, supported the inclusion of Brahmins in the party?
... that Fiji has been contributing troops to United Nations peacekeeping operations around the world since 1978?
... that The Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in 1997 from a drive-by shooting, received three Grammy Award nominations posthumously?
... that the Goldenface is a small bird with bright plumage that is endemic to the hills and mountains of New Guinea?
... that Bulgarian television director Hacho Boyadzhiev once worked as a stoker on a Beirut–Marseille steamship?

วันศุกร์ที่ 24 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2551

Water In Three States


This photo of an iceberg simultaneously shows two physical states of water: as solid (ice) and liquid (seawater). The third state, gas (water vapor), is present but invisible. Additionally, the clouds in the background are droplets of liquid, condensed from water vapor.

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 23 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2551

The Two Working Man


... that the statues of the Two Working Men (pictured) in Cork, Ireland were originally set to be unveiled outside the Liberty Hall in Dublin, but were deemed a traffic hazard?
... that the biography My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru recounts a child's experiences growing up in Bhagwah Shree Rajneesh's Osho movement?
... that modern experts estimate that around 90% of the natural gas discovered in the Indiana Gas Boom was wasted in flambeau displays?
... that Sinop Fortress Prison in Turkey, abandoned in 1997, hosts hundreds of thousands tourists yearly thanks to its featuring in popular literature, music and film?
... that screenwriter Oliver Crawford worked to remove an anti-Communist loyalty oath from the membership application of the Writers Guild of America, a relic of the Hollywood blacklist era?
... that the Vanuatu Labour Party first gained parliamentary representation in 2005, as the Minister for Ni-Vanuatu Business Joshua Kalsakau joined the party?
... that Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg, father of Johan Castberg, served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament and was the first editor-in-chief of Varden?
... that Ne-Yo received four nominations at the Grammy Awards in 2008, winning the award for Best Contemporary R&B Album for his album Because of You?