STS-134: Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
On May 18, 2011, space shuttle Endeavour performed the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or "backflip." With Commander Mark Kelly at the helm, Endeavour rotated 360 degrees backward to enable International Space Station astronauts to take high resolution pictures of the shuttle's heat shield.
"[as freedom is a breakfastfood]" by E E Cummings (poetry reading)
Magic Tree screensaver: http://www.lisisoft.com/tools/magic-tree.html
Love in the Sky: http://www.webdesignhot.com/free-photography/love-clouds-in-the-sky/
as freedom is a breakfastfood
or truth can live with right and wrong
or molehills are from mountains made
—long enough and just so long
will being pay the rent of seem
and genius please the talentgang
and water most encourage flame
as hatracks into peachtrees grow
or hopes dance best on bald men's hair
and every finger is a toe
and any c
"Hell is a Lonely Place" by Charles Bukowski (poetry reading)
Diaper is more commonly pronounced as two-syllables these days, but older people are more likely to pronounce as three syllables. I didn't actually know this until my wife said she pronounced it differently. This is just the sort of peccadillo that disproportionately irritates some people (including me) so I apologise for it.
http://www.adisc.org/forum/diaper-talk/19427-pronunciation-word-diaper.html
The painting is an example of "metamorphic style" by Octavio Ocampo. It shows an an old coupl
"Ode to New York" by Byron Rufus Newton (poetry reading)
Sometimes called "Owed to New York".
Byron wrote this satirical poem when he was a reporter of the New York Herald in 1906.
Thirteen years later, he was appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. Then folk took exception to this poem and demanded his resignation. He was obliged to issue a statement to the effect that he was "just kidding". He probably figured out a defence that everything he said was true wasn't going to get him off the hook. Satire stops being funny at the exact
Felix Salmon discusses media piracy in emerging markets
Felix Salmon talks with Joe Karaganis, author of a new report about U.S. IP policy.
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Reuters: 21 Journalists Slaughtered in Philippines Massacre
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Felix Salmon: Art as a game
Felix Salmon interviews Adam Lindemann and Amalia Dayan at the Artelligence Conference in New York City. For more, go to Felix's blog post: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/04/27/art-as-a-game/
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Crowds gathering at Trafalgar Square to watch the coverage
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Royal Wedding fever at Trafalgar Square
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Felix Salmon and Andrew Ross Sorkin talk about the new movie, Too Big To Fail
Felix Salmon discusses the new HBO film "Too Big To Fail" with Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth
Jim Ledbetter and Fred Kempe discuss the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
Felix Salmon names the new IMF head
Felix Salmon names his picks for the new Managing Director of the IMF.
Fluid creates magnetic sculptures
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/04/ferrofluid-sculptures-reveal-magnetic-fields.html
Potato-like planet
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20335-earth-is-shaped-like-a-lumpy-potato.html
