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• 2.029: dont look back!

  
  the storage anarchist — Authority: 400
  I’m just back from 2 weeks of holiday in South Africa, passing through home long enough to switch suitcases for my trip back across the Atlantic to Prague for Customer Council (I promise to post more pictures soon). Up early to try and stay in the Czech Republic’s time zone during my brief stop-over, I noticed ...
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• Gold Jewelry: Being An Ancient Metal Why It Is Still So Expensive Today ?

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 151
  There are some metals that crapper be said to be senior than metallic and in fact according to historians the brainstorm of metallic took locate substantially before the year 3600 B.C. The attractiveness of and the concupiscence for metallic has continuing unabated since the very primeval life when metallic was ...
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• It’s A Book Giveaway!

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 471
  As part of the month-long celebration of Civil War Memory’s 4th Birthday I’ve decided to give a little back in the form of a book giveaway.  It’s easy to enter.  Just leave a comment after the post and in a few words share why you read Civil War Memory.  Even my critics are invited to [...]
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• What Is the Future of Television? | Historians.org [del.icio.us]

  
  Adrian Monck — Authority: 122
  From 1945: "Television is faced with a vicious circle as far as entertainment is concerned. Until enough sets are sold, important money-spending national advertisers will not be too interested in buying time or sponsoring costly television programs. But until such programs are telecast, entertainment on television ...
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• Immigrants get 100,000 kroner Govt incentive to leave Denmark

  
  Quick Take - As It Happens — Authority: 114
  The Danish People’s Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay ‘anti-social’ foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark. Refugees and those who come to Denmark under family reunification schemes currently get 28,256 in repatriation support if they leave, of which 11,000 is ...
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• The root of it all

  
  2ndlook - View From A Square Prism — Authority: 92
  The principle of Cuius regio, eius religio provided for internal religious unity within a state: The religion of the prince became the religion of the state and all its inhabitants. Those inhabitants who could not conform to the prince’s religion were allowed to leave, an innovative idea in the 16th century; this ...
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• Best of Civil War Memory (3)

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 471
  Some of my favorite posts over the past four years address themes of religion. While the last few years have produced an impressive amount of new scholarship on religion in the nineteenth-century our popular memory of the war continues to be mired in overly-simplistic and narrow assumptions about the subject. Much ...
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• Winner of the Plains of Abraham debate...

  
  Christopher Moore's Canadian History — Authority: 133
  ... William Thorsell and the Royal Ontario Museum, for sure. I have a certain ambivalence about the ROM. Member for years, actually use our membership, kids practically grew up there. But Im always aware that Toronto does not have a museum of the city or the province or the country. We have the ROM instead, the ROM ...
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• An African American-less Civil War Sesquicentennial?

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 471
  One of the sessions that I attended at last week’s SHA was a roundtable on Civil War Memory and the Sesquicentennial.  It was an excellent panel consisting of Gaines Foster, Suzanna Lee, John Neff, and Robert Cook.  The presentations were short which left plenty of time for conversation.  The question of how to ...
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• Virginia’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Arrives in the Classroom

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 471
  From the beginning of its formation, one of the central goals for the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission has been educational outreach.  It is doing this in a number of ways from organizing conferences to creating mobile exhibits that will travel throughout the state between 2011 and 2015.  Included in this is the ...
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• Back to the Plains

  
  Christopher Moore's Canadian History — Authority: 133
  Wednesday night at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, William Thorsell will moderate as historians Jack Granatstein and Desmond Morton and former Quebec premier and PQ leader Bernard Landry debate the meaning of the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Its an awkward lineup -- two historians on one "side," a ...
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• “Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure” Aires On History Channel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Ranjan BhaduriNov. 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Missouri based American outlaw/ robber, Jesse James has not only inspired books and movies but also full-fledged documentary. “Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure”, a two hour long film is slated to be aired on the History Channel on November, 9th, 10th and 14th. History ...
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• Herodotus Rising

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 124
  Herodotus , the “ Father of History ” has received some new props in terms of his reliability from archaeologists digging in Egypt. Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have ...
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• DHist goes to Afghanistan

  
  Christopher Moore's Canadian History — Authority: 133
  In the Toronto Star , Allan Woods examines how the Defence Departments historical staff are documenting the new war in the old tradition.
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• Archived articles surface, refer to “Kenyan-born Obama” - Thanks Andie

  
  The Betrayal — Authority: 453
  A June 2004 article from the archives of the East African Standard referred to then Senator Barack Obama as “Kenyan-born,” while an article published in the Oct. 11, 2009 edition refers to Obama becoming President of the United States “via a sleepy village in Kenya called Nyang’oma K’Ogelo.” Last week, ...
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• Acquisitions 10/08

  
  Civil War Memory — Authority: 471
  I had a wonderful time in Louisville at the SHA.  It’s a wonderful opportunity to listen to thoughtful presentations and meet up with old friends.   When I have time I will share some thoughts about one of the panels on Civil War memory and the Sesquicentennial.  Of course, one of the best features of the [...]
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• Evangelical archeologists skeptical about ‘Joseph coins’

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 134
  Two evangelical archeologists have expressed caution in evaluating reports that ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph have been discovered among unsorted artifacts at the Museum of Egypt, reports Baptist Press.“The scholarly community will need to see the full report and images of ...
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• Hip-hop History Channel: Alexander Hamilton Rules

  
  Tenured Radical — Authority: 501
  Snap along with Barack and Michele Obama as Zenith alum Lin-Manuel MIranda tells the life story of Alexander Hamilton, in the persona of Aaron Burr. Awesome. Hat tip.
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• Dallas Rhinoplasty

  
  The Canny Fox — Authority: 129
  Dallas Rhinoplasty - Nose surgery in Dallas Fort Worth. Why should you get Rhinoplasty in the Dallas Ft. Worth area? Plastic surgeons offer surgical choices that quite simply were not available just a few short years ago. Interestingly enough, Americans spend approximately $12.4 billion on cosmetic surgery each ...
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• Thanksgiving Food Facts and Myths

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 433
  How Many of These Dishes Were at The First Thanksgiving? The first Thanksgiving on record dates back to the fall of 1621, when 52 English colonists and 90 Wampanoag came together in Plymouth, Massachusetts for a three-day feast celebrating the bountiful harvest.  The Native Americans contributed five deer to the ...
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