Landings photographed as long exposure shots by Branislav Kropilak. Highways to heaven, anyone? more inside

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence "Sixteen days may, in the near-manic world of politics and media, seem a long time to expect people’s attention to one topic, but given the scale of the issue in hand, it is a relatively small demand – one we wish to make." [links preserved from original text] more inside

Maud Fontenoy, tough cookie. After rowing across the Atlantic solo, and then the Pacific last year, Maud is now doing something a little more 'sensible', by by putting down the oars and sailing around the world solo, southern hemisphere, against the prevailing winds. She's having regular contact every day with visitors to the Musee de la Marine in Paris, if you feel like having a chat before she rounds the Horn.

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Making a Saint out of Peter - "In reaction to the runaway success of Marcion's Pauline Christianity, scribes in Rome concocted a sacred history to bolster their own claim to singular authority. Their chosen hero figure was Peter, 'first of the apostles.' Why did Rome need to make a saint out of Peter?"

What's hairy, hops, and is fun to say? potoroos and bettongs and bilbies and numbats and quolls

flong.com more inside

Expact "is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums." more inside

Light To Unite click on the link - light a virtual candle - donate a dollar to AIDS research (courtesy of Bristol-Myers Squibb)...

2000-2004: The Ten Largest Food Poisoning Outbreaks Here are the 10 largest food-poisoning outbreaks reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2004, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal outbreak records. A total of 7,840 adults and children got sick or died. And of course the CDC link devoted to food poisoning.

The Top 20; a celebration of the first five years of the Very Large Telescope. more inside

Do it yourself cartoon kit (a short cartoon from 1961) - youtube

Sumo movies (Windows Media, though the older ones are in Real) more inside

Art Face Off A grassroots project bringing democracy to the world of art. more inside

The Mt Wilson 100 inch primary stripped of its reflective coating. Poured in sections, bubbles of air were trapped in swirls and waves, many very close to the polished surface. Edwin Hubble used this telescope to show that our galaxy was not the whole universe.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade circa 1932 (approximately).

1,000 Picture links to places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors

It either bites, stings, hops, or baaas Australia has some wicked strange animals. They can be divided into three categories: poisonous, odd, and sheep. Whether it's under water or in your boot, slithering, flightless, or swimming, Australia has some nastys. And then there's the plant life. more inside

Homosexuality and the right. One Republican's take on the advocation of And Tango Makes Three in Shiloh Elementary School, Shiloh, Illinois. more inside

Silverfish! Adults can hang around for 2 or 3 years, EATING UR BOOKS. more inside