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More impressive ground based images of the STS-133 mission, this time, Amateur astronomer Ralf Vandebergh of the Netherlands took images during one of the spacewalks for the mission, and likely captured astronaut Steve Bowen at work on the end of the Canadarm 2!

every day the same again compiles ±500 quirky headlines collected over the last 4 years from institutional sources of information—such as reuters, the guardian, and the new york times—, chapterized and interlaced w/ quotes, vaguely or specifically related. in addition to its lack of purpose, this document casts a modest and diffracted look into the public’s strong curiosity [1] for odd facts and weird news, i.e. familiar topics, but at their margin: bizarre crimes, absurd fights, rare fetishes, extravagances, animal fun facts, curious scientific studies, juridical oddities, et cetera.

How do you spark off an interest in maths when the curriculum seems dreary? It's all about mystery, big stories and journeys to infinity and beyond, says Marcus du Sautoy

One of the largest fleets of ships ever gathered idles just off Singapore, marooned by the receding tide of global trade.

The Coney Island History Project, founded in 2004, is a not-for-profit organization that aims to increase awareness of Coney Island's legendary and colorful past and to encourage appreciation of the Coney Island neighborhood of today. Our mission is to record, archive and share oral history interviews; provide access to historical artifacts and documentary material through educational exhibits, events and a website; and honor community leaders and amusement pioneers through our Coney Island Hall of Fame. Emphasizing community involvement, the History Project teaches young people the techniques of oral history and develops programs in conjunction with local schools, museums, and other organizations.

Ziel der Initiative Nachrichtenaufklärung ist es, wichtige Nachrichten und Themen (hauptsächlich aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum), die in den Medien nicht genügend berücksichtigt wurden, stärker in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit zu bringen.

rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. It is a "river of news"-style aggregator: it uses feedparser to download feeds in RSS, Atom and a variety of other formats, and (by default) produces static HTML pages containing the newest articles in date order. For example, rawdog's default configuration produces output that looks like this: