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• The Carbolic Smoke Ball

  
  Wellcome Library — Authority: 422
  Pictured left is an advertisement for the Carbolic Smoke Ball, which on first impression appears a standard piece of late-Victorian medical ephemera, with little relevance to how we live our lives today. However, this week’s episode of The Cases that Changed the World on BBC Radio 4 describes the groundbreaking ...
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• Australian Scenery – Tasmania

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
  On behalf of a group of photographers, AUScenery Gallery is proud to present some awesome scenery of Tasmania, Australia most visitors have never seen. You will travel back in time with us to share our overland experiences without suffering from the extreme heat and cold. If you like landscape photography, ...
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  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
  
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• Sports Photography – Shooting Horizontal (landscape)

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 160
  A sequence of images explaining why I might prefer to shoot horizontal (landscape) rather than vertical (portrait) for certain sports or situations.
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• GLBT History Month was a huge success

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 144
  October is GLBT History Month and this year the website www.GLBTHistoryMonth.com received: 4,200,000 Web Hits 1,100,000 Page Views 200,000+ Unique Visitors In 2008, there were 600,000 Web hits. Over 650 nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and for-profit corporations had a link to GLBT History Month ...
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• Amy Godine To Speak On Adirondack Vigilantism

  
  New York History — Authority: 133
  The Lake Placid Institute will present, "Have You Seen That Vigilante Man?”, a talk by writer and social historian Amy Godine. The presentation will take place on Sunday, November 22, at 3:00 p.m., at 511 Gallery on Main Street in Lake Placid.Night riders, lynch mobs and vigilante justice... The darker side of ...
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• Elvis Costello: Rock & Roll Wisdom

  
  Rock and Roll Guru — Authority: 143
  “I can give you anything but time.” -Elvis Costello We can give many gifts to other people, but time is not one of them. Sixty seconds in a minute. Sixty minutes in an hour. Twenty-four hours in a day. That’s it. We cannot manufacture any more time, nor can we give it away. Time is one thing we all have in ...
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• A Wine Antiques Book Has Universal Appeal

  
  Gypsy Camp Blog — Authority: 157
  You probably already know there is a lot more to wine than taste and bouquet, especially if you are a wine lover. Wine and wine making has quite a history, which is no surprise as wine has been in existence for several thousands of years. With a wine antiques book, you will learn more than you even knew there was to ...
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• Academics hope history in video games spurs interest

  
  OK4me2 — Authority: 151
  Visitors play the game "Karma" based on the Second World War at an exhibition stand at the Games Convention Online 2009 fair in the eastern German city of Leipzig in this July 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Portraying Leonardo da Vinci or World War II in a ...
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• Lubbock Fire Chief announces retirement

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 139
  Update: Retiring fire chief credited with upgrades The boy who left the farm to be a firefighter at age 18 has come a long way. Fire Chief Rhea Cooper is credited with making residents safer by improving fire coverage in Lubbock during his 21/2 years as chief. Top fire officials say he has been instrumental in ...
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• The Past’s Digital Presence: Feb 19-20, Yale University

  
  Making History Podcast: The Blog — Authority: 91
  Make sure to mark your calendars for this upcoming conference: The Past’s Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities February 19-20 Yale University Full Conference Program Available Here How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with pre-digital sources ...
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• Questions about slavery

  
  Year Two Blog — Authority: 117
  2JS have done lots of work about slavery. They still have lots of unanswered questions. Can you help? How many slaves died in the slave trade? why did slaves have to work? Why did slave owners think it was ok to make slaves work for them? How much did it cost to keep a slave? Who were the slave owners? Why were ...
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• Little Satilla River, Pierce County

  
  Vanishing South Georgia — Authority: 146
  [IMG: http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/little-satilla-river-satilla-riverkeeper-near-zirkle-dam-pierce-county-ga-blackwater-black-water-sunlight-sunset-photograph-photo-picture-image-copyright-brian-brown-vanishing-south-geor.jpg?w=450&h=337][IMG: ...
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• ‘Earth Claw’: New Species Of Vegetarian Dinosaur Close To Common Ancestor Of Gigantic Sauropods

  
  OK4me2 — Authority: 151
  ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2009) — The discovery of a new species of dinosaur from the early Jurassic period (approximately 195 million years old and seven metres long) has been announced and described by Dr Adam Yates, the primary investigator and a palaeontologist from the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological ...
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• Beacon Bits: Four Amigos, food safety, and funky foliage

  
  Beacon Hill Blog — Authority: 474
  KPLU has a lovely story about “the Four Amigos” : Roberto Maestas , Larry Gossett , Bob Santos , and the late Bernie Whitebear , activists who played a large role in Seattle’s history over the last 40 years. Maestas, of course, played a particular role in Beacon Hill’s history by helping found El Centro ...
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• FirsT Christian Wedding in North America Was Catholic?

  
  Opinionated Catholic — Authority: 150
  Well I guess it was. Things like this make the JamesTown tourist folks nervous :) Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved By RON WORD (AP) – 22 hours ago ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Some of the oldest records from European settlers have come home to the oldest permanent city in what is now the United States. ...
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• Longview fire chief: No basis to lose job

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 139
  Pruitt contends assistant chief source of conflict Fire Chief Michael Pruitt said he will fight for his job tonight when administrators ask the Longview City Council to terminate his employment. City Manager David Willard on Friday placed the fire chief on paid administrative leave after Pruitt declined Willard’s ...
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• Whitney Houston to receive international artist award

  
  D210 TV | Dallas Texas | Entertainment | Celebrity News and Events — Authority: 150
  Whitney Houston is a special honoree at the 37th Annual American Music Awards. When the event is held on November 22, the singer will be handed with International Artist Award which is presented only to artists who have gone beyond the borders of their own country to be acknowledged for their superstar status around ...
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• Apple released security update for Safari Browser

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 151
  Apple Safari 4.0.4 This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including: Improved JavaScript performance Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins, the ...
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• Windows Updates Being Cancelled on Server 2003

  
  Microsoft Patch Watch — Authority: 159
  The vast majority of updates from both the October and November monthly update cycles are not being installed on one of my Windows 2003 servers.
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