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Heavens (World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings) Views of the Universe The Emperor's Astronomy The "Emperor's Astronomy"(dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) elegantly depicts the cosmos and heavens according to the 1400-year-old Ptolemaic system, which maintained that the sun revolved around the earth. By means of hand-colored maps and moveable paper parts (volvelles), Petrus Apianus (1495-1552) laid out the mechanics of a universe that was earth- and human-centered. Within three years of Apianus's book, this view was challenged by Copernicus's assertion that the earth revolved around the sun, making this elaborate publication outdated. Popular Sixteenth-Century Scientific Work

12 Unusual and Creative Wallets The most creative and innovative modern wallets designed to help you carry your money, credit cards and identification documents in style. Bacon Wallet This delicious looking wallet is perfect for any bacon lover. Will You Marry Me? It’s not a get-down-on-one-knee-in-public proposition, but I think it still counts as a public proposition, no? Out there for all the world to see, open to well wishes and ridicule and all? Regardless of unconventional format, though, I’m genuinely asking: will you? Just so you know, I’m not asking because I’ve got this dream wedding fantasy with swans and confetti in mind (though why not, we might as well go all out).

The Most Epic Transfer Sagas of Modern Times As the 2013 January transfer window draws to a close, there will obviously be mixed reactions from the club faithful. Some will be feeling aggrieved that their club has not spent sufficiently to warrant a push upward in their league positions, while some will have a smug look on their faces as their club strengthens the necessary positions in the squad. Whatever be the case, exasperated football fans will be breathing a huge sigh of relief and opportunistic rumour mongers will be shedding a few tears at the demise of a regular storyline as one of the longest running transfer sagas of modern times came to an end – the one involving Wesley Sneijder.

Online detection of Gauss After the publication of our whitepaper about the Gauss cyber-attack, we have been asked if there is an easy way for users to check their system for infection. Of course the most reliable way is to download and install our antivirus solution or use the free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool. If someone needs to double-check or for some reason cannot download full antivirus package, we offer a quick and easy way to check for the presence of Gauss component. The idea of checking the system using a webpage comes from the wellknown Hungarian research lab, known as CrySyS.

ARCHIPELAGO CINEMA Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Redefining the outdoor cinema, is architect Ole Scheeren. His vision was to build a giant floating cinematic auditorium, where? Not in a parking lot, not on top a fancy building, not on the roof of a pub, but in the oceanic setting of Yao Noi, Thailand. The thought of watching films here seemed surprising: A screen, nestled somewhere between the rocks. And the audience… floating.

10 Cool Modern Cutting Boards Collection of modern cutting boards designed to make food preparation more efficient and enjoyable. Cut and Store Cutting Board Available in many colors, new cutting board by Joseph Joseph is equipped with a special niche on the side for your knife. [link] Bamboo Appetito Cutting Board Why I Want To Live In The 19th Century When I was doing research for my dissertation at the New-York Historical Society, a giant repository for every historical event to ever happen in New York, I realized that the 19th century was so freaking hot. Everything we know, everything we’re used to, emerges in some small way from something that happened in the 19th century. There’s almost nothing more 19th century than the old Waldorf=Astoria hotel.

42nd match: Pune Warriors v Chennai Susu Kings at Pune, Apr 30, 2013 It is not going to be cricket tonight, so let's not talk about cricket. Ladies, gentlemen and CSK fans/trolls, We welcome you today on this deeply sombre occasion where a bunch of wounded warriors will plunder a bunch of hapless chickens ruthlessly. The Savage Eye: Aesthetics After 9/11 The reflexive habit — reflexive, at least, in these United States — of falling back on the mythic languages of Hollywood and Madison Avenue when we’re narrating our lives is a fact of life in the Society of the Spectacle. In his essay “This is Not a Movie,” the New Yorker critic Anthony Lane noted TV commentators’ tendency, on 9/11, to resort “to a phrase book culled from cinema: ‘It was like a movie.’ ‘It was like Independence Day. ‘It was like Die Hard.’ ‘No, Die Hard 2.’ ‘Armageddon.’”

12 Fun and Creative Umbrellas Collection of unusual and creative umbrella designs that will protect you from bad weather in style. LED Umbrella Blade Runner inspired umbrella available in black with white LED’s, and red with red LED’s from ThinkGeek. What People Won’t Tell You About Love People won’t tell you that loving someone often feels like a full-time job. It doesn’t always come easy or natural. It’s like a skill that needs to be perfected over time. Am I loving you, right? Let me know if I need to do better. I want to do better. Requests Off MattW's Overlays [Ten Sports Red Overlay Released! No Requests!] - PlanetCricket Forums Welcome Welcome to my download thread, I focus on making overlays that are as good as possible within the constraints of Cricket 07. PlanetCricket is the only place where I post downloads, if you see them elsewhere, they aren't mine. Tournament/League Overlays and Menus

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