www.AlcatrazHistory.com Top 5 Funny Pics of 2011 - 12/21/2011 It's been a great year for music, but it's also been a fun time for silly puns and pictures concerning some of our more teasable musical acts. Although we're sure there are tons of other images we missed this year, we wanted to highlight the top five popular pics that gathered the most 'likes' and stumbles from our viewers. Prepare to giggle. #1: 50 Cent and Teddy Roosevelt: Our quintessential bit of pictorial humor came early in the year, in the form of an unsolicited art project by artist Jenny Burrows and copywriter Matt Kappler to promote how awesome history can be. If we didn't know the exact details of each shooting before, the comments made damn sure we got up to speed. #2: God and Beyonce: I was certain that the Limp Bizkit pun on the original post would get me fired. #3: "I Kissed A Girl" Sermon: This one led to a raging religious debate. #4: Bob Marley Printer: Hahahahahahahahahahahaha +1, office supply guy. #5: Geology Test: Article By: Joe Puglisi
The girl in the window Part One: The Feral Child PLANT CITY — The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child's face in the window. A little girl, pale, with dark eyes, lifted a dirty blanket above the broken glass and peered out, one neighbor remembered. Everyone knew a woman lived in the house with her boyfriend and two adult sons. But they had never seen a child there, had never noticed anyone playing in the overgrown yard. The girl looked young, 5 or 6, and thin. The child stared into the square of sunlight, then slipped away. Months went by. Just before noon on July 13, 2005, a Plant City police car pulled up outside that shattered window. Clutching his stomach, the rookie retched in the weeds. Plant City Detective Mark Holste had been on the force for 18 years when he and his young partner were sent to the house on Old Sydney Road to stand by during a child abuse investigation. They found a car parked outside. "Unbelievable," she told Holste. Dr. Click.
Spanish Civil War. Part I “The Spanish Civil War (The Crusade among Nationalists, Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans) was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. An estimated total of 500,000 people lost their lives as a consequence of the War. The war began after a pronunciamiento by a group of conservative generals under the leadership of Emilio Mola against the elected Government of the Second Spanish Republic, at the time under the leadership of President Manuel Azaña. The rebel coup was supported by the conservative groups including the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas, or CEDA), monarchists known as Carlist groups, and the Fascist Falange (Falange Española de las JONS). Girl snipers, fighting for the government, during the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1936 Refugees from the Spanish Civil War crowd the roads to Perpignan at Le Perthus, France.
Wonders of the medieval world | Slide Show Medieval Europe is often portrayed as a dark time of pestilence, filth, violence, intolerance and ignorance — a disconnect between the splendor of the Roman empire and the cultural explosion of humanism during the Renaissance. The truth is far more complicated. Geniuses like Fibonacci, Averroes, Aquinas and Dante didn’t exist in a vacuum. Universities that are still in existence today were founded during this time, Aristotle was revived, books came into their own, and the mathematical and scientific advances of the Muslim world filtered into art, design and architecture from the periphery of the continent. These 11 spots reveal a glimpse of the cultural and artistic splendor of the Middle Ages. You can find more medieval travel spots on Trazzler. View the slide show
Carpe Noctem - Seize the Night Your Age on Other Worlds | Exploratorium - StumbleUpon Want to melt those years away? Travel to an outer planet! <div class="js-required"><hr> This Page requires a Javascript capable browser <hr></div> Fill in your birthdate below in the space indicated. (Note you must enter the year as a 4-digit number!) The Days (And Years) Of Our Lives Looking at the numbers above, you'll immediately notice that you are different ages on the different planets. The earth is in motion. The top-like rotation of the earth on its axis is how we define the day. The revolution of the earth around the sun is how we define the year. We all learn in grade school that the planets move at differing rates around the sun. Why the huge differences in periods? Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Kepler briefly worked with the great Danish observational astronomer, Tycho Brahe. Here you see a planet in a very elliptical orbit. Kepler's third law is the one that interests us the most. Let's just solve for the period by taking the square root of both sides: Isaac Newton
The Ten Most Gross and Disgusting Celebrity Deaths The untimely deaths of Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro, and the suicide attempt of Owen Wilson, have brought to public attention how high the price of fame is. Compared to the grotesque, disgusting and sometimes even creative celebrity deaths in yesterday’s world of entertainment, death by drug overdose in today’s show business world (real or accidental) seems an almost gentle way to check out. Not so for these ten: Bob Crane – Death by Tire Iron The popular star of “Hogan’s Heroes” met his maker in an Arizona motel. Someone bludgeoned the sleeping actor with a tire iron, smashing in his skull. Lupe Velez – Death by Toilet Beautiful, feisty Lupe Velez, star of nearly 50 movies from 1927 through 1944, former wife of Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller, and passionate lover of Gary Cooper, drowned in the toilet. According to her suicide note, pregnant Lupe had taken a huge dose of Seconal when the father of her baby gave her the big kiss off. Ramon Novarro – Death by Dildo Character actor Albert (Dr.
Space Saving Tiny Apartment, New York This tiny but highly sophisticated studio apartment in the East Village of NYC has made us very proud, thanks to JPDA. Not only was it built as a super efficient multi-functional unit but with the use of detailed mill work, the storage capacity was very cleverly executed and resulted in a super stylish studio with a decent amount of floor space. Shouldn’t all NYC dwellers aim to live like this? You decide… A schematic rendering demonstrates a realistic plan for this tiny apartment. Although we’re not too sure how realistic that cubbyhole at the crown of the loft is in a NYC apartment building, the rest of the space makes perfect sense. This tiny living/work space is beautifully masked with natural light and looks so inviting! This mezzanine bedroom is constructed with beautiful teak wood that houses hidden storage compartments… What great use of typically neglected storage space…. Well lit and highly efficient modern kitchen has beautiful appliances and plenty of counter space.
All That Is Interesting - The Lineage of the British Royal Family Here’s a little education on the current Royal Family – the house of Windsor – with some trivia and tidbits on the family that has reigned over the United Kingdom for over 1200 years. See below for a chart depicting the history and lineage of the British royal family: Things you might not know about the Royal Family: The Royal Family’s reign spans 37 generations and 1209 years.All of the monarchs are descendents of King Alfred the Great, who reigned in 871. If you enjoyed this post about the lineage of fhe British Royal Family, be sure to see this post about Queen Elizabeth II serving as a mechanic during World War 1!