The most beautiful planet in our Milky Way 2009 November 23See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available.Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta SpacecraftCredit & Copyright: ESA (MPS for OSIRIS Team), MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Explanation: Goodbye Earth. Earlier this month, ESA’s interplanetary Rosetta spacecraft zoomed past the Earth on its way back…

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Het cafe waar ik zou zitten als ik van drank hield is gekozen tot Beste van de Stad. Stokoude kroeg de beste in de stadMarcel Oosterling achter zijn tap: ‘We zijn conservatief, waarom een winnende formule wijzigen?’ Foto Klaas FopmaAMSTERDAM – ‘Qua sfeer en uiterlijk heeft dit café alles,’ schreef Simon Carmiggelt over café Oosterling,…

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> Words of Wisdom – Home The more knowledge one gains, the more important becomes the question of what that knowledge will be used for. Knowledge without wisdom and philosophy produces nothing more than talented beasts. Daisaku Ikeda

> Sinds vijftien jaar ben ik de gelukkige verzorger van een Cavalier King Charles Spaniël, die kleine vrolijke hondjes die altijd kwispelen. Toen Britta bij me kwam wonen leerden we haar wat op verschillende stoeptegels stond en door de gemeente gepropageerd werd: ‘Poep niet op de stoep. ‘Hond in de goot’. Britta poepte keurig in…

Meteor between the CloudsCredit & Copyright: Victor van Wulfen Explanation: This bright meteor streaked through dark night skies over Sutherland, South Africa on November 15. Potentially part of the annual Leonid meteor shower, its sudden, brilliant appearance, likened to a camera’s flash, was captured by chance as it passed between two clouds. Of course, the…

Words of Wisdom – Home The more knowledge one gains, the more important becomes the question of what that knowledge will be used for. Knowledge without wisdom and philosophy produces nothing more than talented beasts. Daisaku Ikeda

> Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible. Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming. Daisaku Ikeda Words of Wisdom – Home

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible. Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming. Daisaku Ikeda Words of Wisdom – Home