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On 12 April 1861, the American Civil War began when Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter, SC. Shown here are images from the collection of the...
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Remembering the Titanic, 100 Years Later
In the court case In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Ship Company, Limited, for...
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These kids painted an entire chapter of Harry Potter onto their wall! This is the chapter from Deathly Hallows, which tells the Tale of the...
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“On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal...
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Do Intelligent Dinosaurs Really Rule Alien Worlds?
“Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program, so they’re...
Book Igloo sculptural installation by Colombian artist Miler Lagos at MagnanMetz Gallery.
Hot poem
Steamy poem “the type of man sex came to possess”
One of my favorite current artists!
Artist Noewi’s Request…also, check out her art (erotic and animal aid).
On 12 April 1861, the American Civil War began when Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter, SC. Shown here are images from the collection of the Library of Congress.
Top: List of officers, men, mechanics and employees in Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 173, Folder 11.
Middle Left: Fort Sumter: Charleston Harbor, S.C., hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. LC-USZC2-2354
Middle Right: Large American flag flying over a burning Fort Sumter. Beige envelope with red, blue and black ink. Image on left side, New York Historical Society. PR-022-3-15-14
Bottom: Cover of Harper’s Weekly, nine men in uniform posing, including Capt. Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), often (mistakenly) credited by some as the originator of baseball, who aimed first shot fired at Confederates in Civil War. Anderson, Robert; Crawford, Samuel, Wylie, 1829-1892; Foster,John Gray, 1823-1874; Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891; Snyder, Lt. G. W.; Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879; Meade, 2nd Lt. R. K.; Talbot, 1st Lt. T. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-59828
Remembering the Titanic, 100 Years Later
In the court case In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Ship Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC, evidence was provided to prove that the Titanic’s sinking was not an “inevitable accident.” In her testimony, shown here on page 5,Titanic passenger Emily Ryerson recalled Bruce Ismay holding a message and stating to her that “We are in among the icebergs.” Despite this, he told her that they would be starting up extra boilers that evening to surprise everyone with an early arrival.
Coming up tomorrow - Bruce Ismay’s Deposition. Would you be surprised if his account differed from that of Emily Ryerson’s?
Explore more records from the Titanic found at the National Archives at New York.
“On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There’s no need to say another word.”
- Jack Kerouac
Congratulations to Lydia Millet, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, who has just been named a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow.
Her most recent novel, Ghost Lights, just came out in October. In November 2012, we’ll publish Magnificence.
The Hottest Spot on Earth
This image acquired on July 6, 1999 by Landsat 7 shows a portion of the Lut Desert in Iran. In a study of seven years of global land surface temperatures as measured by satellites, the Lut Desert ranked as hottest in five of the years, from 2004 to 2009. The single highest LST recorded in any year, occurred there in 2005, when the MODIS instrument recorded a temperature of 70.7°C (159.3°F).
The location of the world’s hottest spot can change from year to year, though the conditions don’t. Think dry, rocky, and dark-colored lands, such as the image shown above.
Nice photos!
