Ring of Fire Eclipse: 2012 - The Big Picture - Boston.com (boston.com)
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The Pitch For Mining Asteroids-- Interview with Sara Seager, science advisor to Planetary Resource, billionaire-backed firm which plans to harvest precious metals from asteroids. "The hope is that in addition to mining asteroids we open up a new frontier in space." (theatlantic.com)
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Imagining Myself In Palestine-- American citizen of Palestinian descent flies to Israel, aiming to visit sister in West Bank. On landing in Tel Aviv she faces immigration. Despite best preparations, it doesn't go well. Soon she's sent to the "Arab room." (guernicamag.com)
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Bullfighting is Not a Sport – It is a Tragedy: Hemingway's old paper, the Toronto Star, has launched a terrific new project to republish his columns. In this piece, from 1923, Hemingway describes the first bullfights he saw – an experience he was to revisit in his first novel. (ehto.thestar.com)
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The Case of Disgraced Stradivari Dealer Dietmar Machold - Dietmar Machold was the world's most successful dealer of Stradivari instruments -- and probably a fraud. Many instruments have disappeared, while creditors are demanding €100 million that is owed to them. (spiegel.de)
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Photos: Horst Faas, Pulitzer Prize AP combat photographer, dies at 79 | Denver Post Photos, Video by Bellotitain Photoessay
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Hole in the Sky Alternatives? by newheroin Norway
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