Judge Denies Request for Delay in Trayvon Martin Case: A lawyer for George Zimmerman, who is accused of killing the unarmed teenager last February, said he needed more time to prepare.
Wikipedia picture of the day for December 27:
_2.JPG) | ORP Grom is an Orkan-class fast attack craft originally contracted by East Germany and laid down in 1989. After German reunification, the unfinished hull was bought by Poland, where it was completed in 1995. The ship now serves with the 31st Rocket Warships Squadron, 3rd Ship Flotilla of the Polish Navy. Photo: Łukasz Golowanow |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 2:
 | Shasta Dam, an arch dam across the Sacramento River at the north end of the Sacramento Valley, California, during its construction in June 1942. The dam mainly serves long-term water storage and flood control in its reservoir, Shasta Lake, and also generates hydroelectric power. At 602 ft (183 m) high, it is the ninth-tallest dam in the United States and forms the largest reservoir in California. Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI; Restoration: Chick Bowen |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 1:
 | Dilma Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil, in office since 1 January 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Previously she was Chief of Staff to the President of Brazil, serving under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from 2005 to 2010. The daughter of a Bulgarian entrepreneur, she is an economist by training and co-founder of the Democratic Labour Party. She served as Da Silva's Minister of Energy and became Chief of Staff after José Dirceu's resignation amidst scandal. She was elected the presidency in a run-off election on 31 October 2010. Photo: Agência Brasil |
Wikipedia picture of the day for December 26:
 | Two banknotes for Confederate States of America dollars, in five (top) and 100 dollar (bottom) amounts. The notes were first issued just before the outbreak of the Civil War by the Confederacy. They were not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after Confederate victory. By the end of the war, the notes were worthless. Today, the "Greybacks" are prized as collector's items. Restoration: Michael Holley |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 6:
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Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other ones. Here, 16 different photos have been digitally manipulated in Photoshop to give the impression that it is a real landscape. The term was coined by German Dadaists, but the technique, then known as combination printing, was originated by the British-based Swedish artist Oscar Rejlander in the 1850s. Image: Mmxx |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 5:
 | The main reading room of the United States Library of Congress, located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest of its three buildings. Constructed between 1890 and 1897, the Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior, designed during the "American Renaissance". Photo: Carol M. Highsmith |
Judge Denies Request for Delay in Trayvon Martin Case: A lawyer for George Zimmerman, who is accused of killing the unarmed teenager last February, said he needed more time to prepare.
Wikipedia picture of the day for December 27:
| ORP Grom is an Orkan-class fast attack craft originally contracted by East Germany and laid down in 1989. After German reunification, the unfinished hull was bought by Poland, where it was completed in 1995. The ship now serves with the 31st Rocket Warships Squadron, 3rd Ship Flotilla of the Polish Navy. Photo: Łukasz Golowanow |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 2:
| Shasta Dam, an arch dam across the Sacramento River at the north end of the Sacramento Valley, California, during its construction in June 1942. The dam mainly serves long-term water storage and flood control in its reservoir, Shasta Lake, and also generates hydroelectric power. At 602 ft (183 m) high, it is the ninth-tallest dam in the United States and forms the largest reservoir in California. Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI; Restoration: Chick Bowen |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 1:
| Dilma Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil, in office since 1 January 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Previously she was Chief of Staff to the President of Brazil, serving under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from 2005 to 2010. The daughter of a Bulgarian entrepreneur, she is an economist by training and co-founder of the Democratic Labour Party. She served as Da Silva's Minister of Energy and became Chief of Staff after José Dirceu's resignation amidst scandal. She was elected the presidency in a run-off election on 31 October 2010. Photo: Agência Brasil |
Wikipedia picture of the day for December 26:
| Two banknotes for Confederate States of America dollars, in five (top) and 100 dollar (bottom) amounts. The notes were first issued just before the outbreak of the Civil War by the Confederacy. They were not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after Confederate victory. By the end of the war, the notes were worthless. Today, the "Greybacks" are prized as collector's items. Restoration: Michael Holley |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 6:
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Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other ones. Here, 16 different photos have been digitally manipulated in Photoshop to give the impression that it is a real landscape. The term was coined by German Dadaists, but the technique, then known as combination printing, was originated by the British-based Swedish artist Oscar Rejlander in the 1850s. Image: Mmxx |
Wikipedia picture of the day for January 5:
| The main reading room of the United States Library of Congress, located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest of its three buildings. Constructed between 1890 and 1897, the Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior, designed during the "American Renaissance". Photo: Carol M. Highsmith |
