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Not
‘the first-ever video of the far side of the moon’,
but
‘ITS [the satellite's] first ever video of the far side of the moon’.
We’ve had video of the dark side of the moon since before Apollo 11!
posted by Tom Rankin on 2-2-2012 at 8:39 am
That is true! Corrected. Thanks!
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-2-2012 at 8:54 am
@ tom–we had that video since Apollo 8, the first mission to go to the far side.
posted by Wayne Stevens on 2-2-2012 at 9:03 am
Interesting that you didn’t ask “How can a father turn on his daughters like that?” As a father of a daughter myself, this is an equally valid question to me.
posted by sundance1028 on 2-2-2012 at 4:29 pm
sundance1028, I put it that way because that’s what the linked article is about.
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-2-2012 at 6:06 pm
It is my understanding, in regards to the Honor killing story. That their ‘mother’ was a step-mother and the trio actually killed the girls and their birth mother, his first wife. ” were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Shafia’s three teenage daughters and his first wife in his polygamous marriage. ” -http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/29/world/americas/canada-honor-murder/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
posted by Kimberly on 2-2-2012 at 7:52 pm
Actually Kimberley, the wife that was killed by the first wife, could not have children, so the living wife, the murderer, did indeed kill her three biological daughters.
posted by Jenn on 2-2-2012 at 8:58 pm