Stuff below the fold

India has landed a probe on the moon...

Will a bone marrow transplant "cure" HIV?

TeaAtTrianon discusses the painter Velazquez HERE, and has links to his paintings.

The Phoenicians are still with us. Their numerous colonies disappeared 2000 years ago, but their genes live on in their descendents. LINK2

Usually the Phonecians only get mentioned because they were rivals of Greece then later of Rome...
Right now I'm working my way through UnivBerkeley's History of the Mediterranean world

my next "class" will be Donald Kagan at Yale, on the history of Ancient Greece.
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We have all the puppies (and kitties) we want to watch here (right now, Blackie's three pups are living in our bedroom and approaching the "cute" stage when their eyes open).
But if you don't have this type of luck, BoingBoing links to
PUPPYCAM