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• Galileo, in bits and pieces

  
  This Just In — Authority: 567
  Two fingers and a tooth from the body of my favorite heretic were recovered recently, and will soon be on display in Florence. Galileo left a lot to posterity: The telescope, the laws of motion, and our understanding of the nature of planets and their satellites all owe some debt to his genius. But if you want ...
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• MOTOWN RECORDS = $800 & A DREAM!!

  
  Jacky Jasper's Diary of a Hollywood Street King — Authority: 146
  Tweet This Story! Did you know that 50 years ago, Berry Gordy founded Motown Records with an eight-hundred-dollar bank loan? Today, Berry Gordy has a net worth of about $350 million. Gordy is a living example of a man who created something out of nothing, and is laughing all the way to the bank. He even ...
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• Shapiro running for re-election

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 149
  State Sen. Florence Shapiro was the first Republican to declare her intent to run for the was-supposed-to-be-open Senate seat of Kay Bailey Hutchison. She’s now the first Republican to abandon that pursuit . In the latest fallout from U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s decision not to resign any time soon, ...
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• Barbie in burqa to raise funds for Save the Children charity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): Barbie is all set for a traditional makeover - the doll will don a burqa for a charity auction.The much-adored Barbie will be auctioned in the traditional Islamic dress for Sotheby’s Save the Children charity.Over 500 dolls were displayed in Florence, Italy, as part of the celebrations of ...
  11 hours ago

• Florence and the Machine Lose Drummer But Gain Strings for Gig

  
  Spinner — Authority: 743
  Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Following Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner s surprise appearance with Richard Hawley at the Union Chapel last week, the Mencap Little Noise Sessions continued at the venue where Florence and the Machine were joined by a string section for their intimate performance ...
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• Naked Mona Lisas on display at Da Vinci, near Florence

  
  blogdolcevita — Authority: 142
  The small town of Da Vinci is hosting a new and to some extent bizarre exhibition dedicated to one of the world’s most famous paintings: the Mona Lisa. The bizarre element I am referring to is the centrepiece of the exhibition which this time will not be the famous Gioconda (that’s the name of the Painting in ...
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• The Machine is Just Hype.

  
  Salacious Sound — Authority: 133
  For a lot of music fans, Hypemachine’s charts have become a way to find “the best new music on the internet”. For others it has acted as a promotional tool. For most, its nothing more than a way to find new tracks. Generally speaking the charts are biased to artists we’ve already heard of, tracks that have ...
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• The X Factor Finalists Can Kiss My Butt

  
  Chart Rigger — Authority: 520
  I never thought there would come the day where only one word could so effectively sum up the charts. Alas... SNOOOOOOOZE . Theres always Alesha Dixon popping in at #15 with "To Love Again." Oh, wait— SNOOOOOOOZE . Well, at least at #16 theres Florence And The — SNOOOOOOOZE . And poor Agnes , ...
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• Readers Poll Results Week 11

  
  Battery In Your Leg — Authority: 473
  The Reader’s Poll results haven’t changed too much for the past few weeks, but I realized I hadn’t given any statistics on the write-in poll. As 14% of the total votes have been for write-in answers, I thought I might be giving some folks the shaft by not calculating the results. Unquestionably, the funnest part ...
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• 1895: Florence English and Amanda Cody

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 471
  On this date in 1895, Amanda (Mandy) Cody became the first woman hanged in Georgia’s Warren County when she died with her (male) lover Florence English for murdering Cody’s husband, Cicero and dumping his body in a swamp. According to The Penalty is Death: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Women’s Executions ...
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• 12 City Project – Florence

  
  Starry Blue Sky — Authority: 117
    More processing for the 12 City Project – this is another one from Florence.I’d love to have everything completed by the end of the year, so that 2010 is a fresh slate for new projects. I’m not sure if this is a realistic goal, especially the book part of the equation – but it is good to aim for that. ...
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• Doors Opening

  
  Olio di Oliva e Sogni di Vino — Authority: 107
  A month or so ago I was talking with my great friend here, Laura, about all the things we have overcome this past year.  Each of us have had a love lost, jobs come and go and many other things in common.  And to quote myself, when I finally realized my reason for being here, it was not what kept me ...
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• Museum of the History of Science in Florence to Show Fingers, Tooth Said to be Galileos

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 154
  In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. A Florence museum says, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next spring. AP Photo/Istituto e Museo di ...
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• Tiny Guardian Angel

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
  One day, Florence Marryat was having a séance in her own house, together with a lady friend, Miss Clark. Suddenly, a female spirit came to the table.  “Who are you?” Florence asked. “And for whom do you come?” “I am Tiny,” the spirit answered. “A friend of Major M. I need your help.” When Florence ...
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• Sacred artwork in Florence’s Year of Art

  
  Medieval Material Culture Blog — Authority: 134
  L’Arte di Dio is at the Palatine Gallery at Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, through April 19, the final exhibit in Florence’s Year of Art.
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• Why more kids should study world history, harder

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 500
  Jon Taplin explains why knowing world history is valuable. The sad thing is that, of course, the story that makes his reason doesn’t appear in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills list for world history, nor in any other social studies course. Now that the Texas State Board of Education has taken off the ...
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• Museum: Galileo’s fingers, tooth are found (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 473
  AP – Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. See original here: (AP)"> (AP)">Museum: Galileo’s fingers, tooth are found (AP)
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• Florence + the Machine: "Lungs" (album review)

  
  Snob's Music — Authority: 548
  I must hang my head in shame a little when I admit that I have just begun to listen to Florence + the Machines Lungs.  The buzz has been plentiful for the groups debut album, buzz which has already included a 2009 Mercury Prize nomination.Young frontwoman Florence Welch has a formidable presence.  She has the ...
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• Ernst & Young Announces Executive Appointments

  
  Capital IQ Power Moves — Authority: 147
  Ernst & Young has announced the addition of partner Michael Scott , principals Rick Haughey , Rocky Ho , Florence Lentini , Alicia Masse , John Llewellyn and executive directors Victoria Creason and Nicole Horton to its US restructuring services group. Principals Peter Kingma and Eric Wright join ...
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• ITALY’S OLDEST OPERA FESTIVAL: MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO

  
  Cheap Flight Auctions — Authority: 159
  Started in’33, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has turn well known as one of the initial low-pitched festivals in Italy which was founded by Vittorio Gui, an Italian transmitter and composer. In’37, the show legal holiday became a biennial event. After’37, it became and annual event. However, this was not the box ...
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