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Himalayan SkyscapeCredit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN) Explanation: Capella, alpha star of the constellation Auriga, rises over Mt. Everest in this panoramic view of the top of the world at night. The scene was recorded in late November near Namche Bazar, Nepal, gateway to the Himalayan mountain range. Moonlight illuminates the famous peaks of Everest…

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The real struggle of the 21st century will not be between civilizations, nor between religions. It will be between violence and nonviolence. It will be between barbarity and civilization in the truest sense of the word.

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Sign o’ the Times (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia U.S. 7″ singleSingle by Princefrom the album Sign o’ the TimesB-side “La, La, La, He, He, Hee”Released February 18, 1987Format 7″ single12″ singleRecorded Home studio, Minneapolis and Sunset Sound; March – December 1986Genre Funk, popLength 7″ edit: 3:44Album/12″: 5:02Label Paisley ParkWriter(s) PrinceProducer PrincePrince singles chronology“Anotherlover-holenyohead”(1986)…

> Please sign this petition. The Issue The Courts in Iran have sentenced a number of men to death after they were accused and convicted of sodomy. Under Iranian law, sodomy includes sexual intercourse between members of the same sex, and is illegal. The punishment for same-sex intercourse between two men (Lavaat) is death and…

> 2009 December 3 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660Credit & Copyright: Immo Gerber and Dietmar Hager (TAO) Explanation: NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy. A rare…

Please sign this petition. The Issue The Courts in Iran have sentenced a number of men to death after they were accused and convicted of sodomy. Under Iranian law, sodomy includes sexual intercourse between members of the same sex, and is illegal. The punishment for same-sex intercourse between two men (Lavaat) is death and between…

2009 December 3 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660Credit & Copyright: Immo Gerber and Dietmar Hager (TAO) Explanation: NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy. A rare galaxy…