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Carrie Amelia Nation was not a woman of subtlety. She was a force of nature, as blunt and unyielding as the hatchet she wielded. Born into a world where [Read more…] about Picture of the Day
According to David Lee Roth, this was listed in the technical portion of the contract not because the band wanted to make capricious demands of the venue, but rather as a test of whether or not the contract had actually been thoroughly read and honored, as it contained other requirements involving legitimate safety concerns. If the bowl was present, then the band members could safely assume the other, legitimate, items in the technical rider were being fulfilled to their satisfaction. Conversely, if the bowl was missing, or brown M&M’s were present, then the band members would be within their rights to have the venue inspect the work, ask that it be redone, etc. Their concern for safety was real: during their earlier tours, not only had equipment been damaged, but several members of their road crew were nearly electrocuted, both due to inadequate safety measures and preparation on the part of the local venue.
The sea was a blackened maw, a cold abyss stretching out under a sky heavy with foreboding. In the belly of the beast, men huddled, their breaths a symphony of fear and resolve. The ramp dropped, and the world tilted into chaos, a maelstrom of water, metal, and blood. The soldiers spilled forth, each step a defiance of the darkness that sought to swallow them whole.
She would be identified as Lore Bauer, a young German girl who had been assigned as a Luftwaffenhelferin to operate anti-aircraft guns, as Germany was experiencing massive losses of male soldiers.
Stationed in Czechoslovakia when the war ended, she and her other german and austrian female were brutally beaten and raped.
When she ran into an American unit on the road, you can see her bury her face into a small notebook. It turns out that she had hidden about 100 Czech crowns (currency) which she did not realize was worthless at the end of the conflict. She flashed the currency to bribe the soldiers into allowing her to pass.
To let her know that the unit was American, cameraman Haglund handed her a US penny.
The warning alphabet for skin cancer is
A – asymmetrical shape: ex. oblong or patchy vs round
B – border or bleeding: clean vs blurry or jagged edges, or a spot that bleeds when touched or lightly scratched
C – color: patchy colors or a very dark center
D – diameter: anything bigger than a pencil eraser is no bueno
E – evolution or elevation: sudden changes in size, shape, diameter or color and a rough or raised surface
F – fried egg: moles that have a bull’s-eye or fried egg appearance and have a darker center
On the 2nd of April, 1988, a typical day of skydiving at the Franklin County Sports Parachute Center in North Carolina took a harrowing turn that would etch itself into the annals of skydiving mishaps.
Ivan Lester McGuire, a seasoned skydiver with over 800 jumps under his belt, embarked on what was to be his third and tragically final jump of the day.
Chalino Sánchez, born Rosalino Sánchez Félix on August 30, 1960, in Sinaloa, Mexico, was a pioneering figure in the Mexican regional music scene, particularly in the genres of narcocorridos and banda.
The firebombing of Tokyo, also known as the Tokyo Air Raid, was a devastating series of bombing raids during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
The most destructive of these raids occurred on the night of March 9-10, 1945, and is often highlighted for its extensive damage and high civilian casualties.
This event stands as one of the most devastating air raids in the history of warfare, paralleling the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in terms of destruction and loss of life.
Eduard Bloch, an Austrian physician from Linz, occupies a peculiar niche in history.
A Jew by heritage, Bloch treated a young Adolf Hitler and his family for years, culminating in his care for Klara Hitler during her fatal battle with breast cancer.
This unlikely relationship between a kind doctor and his future genocidal patient continues to intrigue historians.
Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building upon its completion in 2004, is not only an architectural wonder but also a marvel of engineering, particularly because of its tuned mass damper (TMD). This TMD is a critical component of the skyscraper’s structural integrity, designed to stabilize the building against the forces of nature, such as typhoons and earthquakes, which are common in Taiwan.
The principle behind mass dampers is relatively straightforward yet ingenious. When an earthquake strikes, it generates waves of energy that cause the building to sway.