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Featured article: April 1, 2009 The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a world-renowned institution dedicated to showcasing the finest art acquired from Boston-area refuse. The museum started in a pile of trash in 1994, in a serendipitous moment when an antiques dealer came across a painting of astonishing power and compositional incompetence that had been tragically discarded. Its magnetic pull was immediate; it has since inspired a collection of 500 masterful pieces of art so awful they prompt viewers to appeal loudly for divine intervention. Located next to two Massachusetts bathrooms, the museum's collection aspires to be a monument to creative ecstasy that has resulted in glorious failure. Only the most arresting paintings and sculptures are accepted by MOBA, but priority goes to those that prominently feature a monkey or a poodle. Public reaction has been overwhelming, freeing the art-loving community to point and laugh at art everywhere. Two of their pieces have been stolen, so alarming the museum that they promptly offered a reward in the amount of $6.50 for their return. Some of their more notable pieces show a footless John Ashcroft wearing a diaper, and a hula skirt-wearing wiener dog juggling bones. Such enigmatic images invoke so many mysteries that they are often unable to be explained by artists themselves. (more...) Recently featured: Main sequence – Red River Trails – Barthélemy Boganda

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Featured sound The sentence uttered by Neil Armstrong upon being the first human to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969 (file info)

Featured picture: February 17, 2009 Mark Harmon is an American actor who has been starring in U.S. television programs and films since the 1970s. Currently with a lead role in the series NCIS, Harmon also played notable roles in St. Elsewhere and Chicago Hope. His family is also involved in show business: he is married to actress Pam Dawber, was the brother-in-law of the late singer Ricky Nelson, and is uncle to singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the pop duo Nelson and actress Tracy Nelson. The photo was taken by the well known celebrity and fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim. Photo credit: Jerry Avenaim Recently featured: Vernon and Irene Castle – Battle of Harpers Ferry map – Leucanthemum paludosum

Featured list: List of winners of the Boston Marathon

This page lists the winners of the Boston Marathon, which has been running continuously since 1897 and is the oldest annual marathon in the world. The first race, run in 1897, included only 15 runners, all of whom were men. Women were only officially allowed to run the race beginning in 1972, though female runners had unofficially participated beginning in 1966 despite the opposition of the Boston Athletic Association, the race sponsor. The Boston Marathon became the first major marathon to include a wheelchair division in 1975 for men, and added a wheelchair division for women in 1977. Men's Open Tom Longboat, winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon and a member of the Onondaga tribe of Native Americans/First Nations Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes 1897 McDermott, John J.John J. McDermott United States United States (NY) 2:55:10 course record 1898 MacDonald, Ronald J.Ronald J. MacDonald Canada Canada 2:42:00 course record 1899 Brignolia, LawrenceLawrence Brignolia United States United States (MA) 2:54:38 1900 Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery Canada Canada 2:39:44 course record 1901 Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery Canada Canada 2:29:23 2nd victory, course record 1902 Mellor, SammySammy Mellor United States United States (NY) 2:43:12 1903 Lorden, JohnJohn Lorden United States United States (MA) 2:41:29 1904 Spring, MichaelMichael Spring United States United States (NY) 2:38:04 1905 Lorz, FrederickFrederick Lorz United States United States (NY) 2:38:25 1906 Ford, TimTim Ford United States United States (MA) 2:45:45 1907 Longboat, ThomasThomas Longboat Canada Canada 2:24:24 course record 1908 Morrissey, ThomasThomas Morrissey United States United States (NY) 2:25:43 1909 Renaud, HenriHenri Renaud United States United States (NH) 2:53:36 1910 Cameron, FredFred Cameron Canada Canada 2:28:52 See full list...

Featured topic: Lists of Grand Tour general classification winners
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