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News: Ancient Digger, July 27, 2011
"Title: The Laetoli Footprints Explained
The Laetoli Footprints Explained
The Laetoli Footprints Explained"
Author(s): Lauren Axelrod
Ref: Sources: www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A94336
h2g2 link: A94336 - The Laetoli Footprints
h2g2 author: Simulacron3
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Journal: Proceedings of the National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2011, Ithaca College, New York, March 31 – April 2, 2011
Article: Between the Lines of Longitude: an Alternate Look into the Longitude Problem and John Harrison’s Prize
Author(s): Hope D. Alwine
Ref: (p1275) His idea was to take a wounded dog on board after the dog’s wound had come in contact with a certain bandage with the powder on it. Every day at noon in Greenwich, some reliable party would place the “powder of sympathy” to the bandage previously on the dog’s wound, and it would cause the wounded dog on board the ship to howl in agony thus signaling the time of noon for the captains to use. Endnote 21 Paul Prefect, “Longitude,” Longitude, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A306758 (accessed April 2, 2010).
h2g2 link: A306758 - Longitude
h2g2 author: Paul Prefect
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A Packet of three condoms
Book: The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber (NYU Press, 2011 )
Article:
Author(s): John Tully
"Ref: (p45) ...and another said that Catholic workers in condom factories would stick holes in condoms with pins.

(p396) Footnote 59. BBC History of the Condom (2006). Available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A375446."
h2g2 link: A375446 - History of the Condom
h2g2 author: Con
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A robot posing as Rodin's 'Thinker'
Book: Visual Population Codes: Toward a Common Multivariate Framework for Cell Recording and Functional Imaging (MIT Press, 2011)
Article: Chapter 14: To Err Is Human (Andrew C. Connolly et al)
Author(s): Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, Gabriel Kreiman (Editors)
Ref: (p412) Note 1. {http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A413687}.
h2g2 link: A413687 - Artificial Intelligence
h2g2 author: Tweedle Dee
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Animation showing whale ramming fishing boat, eating fisherman and then fisherman travelling down into whale's belly and surviving!
Book: Modern Ladino Culture: Press, Belles Lettres, and Theater in the Late Ottoman Empire - Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies (Indiana University Press, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Olga Borovaya
Ref: (p182) "The article claimed that the "new Jonah" was later rescued by his comrades." Footnote 32 (p271) This story was reprinted from El Avenir which had borrowed it from Ben Yehuda's Ha-Hashkafa. I do not know which of El Meseret's Jewish predecessors nicknamed the sailor a new Jonah, but this reference is not present in the original account of the whaling ship Star of the East. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A471548 (accessed September 17, 2008).
h2g2 link: A471548 - Surviving Being Eaten by a Whale
h2g2 author: The Apprentice
Notes: Links to the Brunel skin.

A home-made teddy in a Christmas box
News: The Irish News, November 22, 2011
Section: Business - Technology, Pg. 38
Title: Gourmet chefs taking takeaway upmarket
Author(s):
Ref: BROWSING AROUND ... GREEN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS … more cheap, green, homemade ideas http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/A478127
h2g2 link: A478127 - Home-made Christmas Presents
h2g2 author: Peregrin et al
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"Book: Classical House of Learning Literature: The Modern Age
Grammar Stage Teacher Pages"
Article: Chapter Two: Nature or Nurture: are Scientists Born or Manufactured?
Author(s): Glenn Taylor
Ref: (p27) footnote 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A492040
h2g2 link: A523450 - The English Civil War
h2g2 author: HappyDude
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A wolf
Book: Racism in the Modern World: Historical Perspectives on Cultural Transfer and Adaptation (Berghahn Books, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Manfred Berg, Simon Wendt
Ref: (p42)" "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright." Notes: 2. Quoted in BBC online encyclopaedia, {http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A550928}, accesses 24 July 2008.
h2g2 link: A550928 - Lycanthropy
h2g2 author: Biscuit Buscemi
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News: The Australian, 19 February, 2011
Section: Cut and Paste
Title: Don't be too hard on yourself, George
Author(s):
"Ref: ""So many exclamation marks. But it's OK, Negus is under the limit according to the BBC's H2G2 site:

AS a general rule, only one exclamation mark is needed per sentence, with two allowed on very special occasions. Any more than that is bordering on the rim of ridicule. Indeed, frequent use of more than five exclamation marks often indicates that it is only a matter of time before the person in question sinks into a state of criminal insanity."""
h2g2 link: A552214 - The Overuse of Exclamation Marks
h2g2 author: Duff
Notes: 1. Unedited Entry.
2. Article link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/dont-be-too-hard-on-yourself-george/story-e6frg6zo-1226008372852

Fidel Casto in a crowd
Book: Jihad and Genocide (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Richard L. Rubenstein
Ref: (p226) Footnote 87. ... for a succinct overview of the crisis, see 'The Cuban Missile Crisis', BBC.co.uk., http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A563852
h2g2 link: A563852 - The Cuban Missile Crisis
h2g2 author: Yowzupman et al
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News: Guardian, 6 May, 2011
"Title: BBC's guide to rolling cigarettes sparks medical row
Website advice how to roll up encourages smoking, say senior doctors, who accuse corporation of irresponsibility"
Author(s): Denis Campbell
"Ref: Senior doctors have accused the BBC of being ""breathtakingly irresponsible"" and damaging public health by advising readers on its website how to make roll-up cigarettes.

Medical leaders have protested about an online article, entitled ""how to roll a perfect cigarette"" which they claim encourages smoking."
h2g2 link: A591284 - How to Roll a Perfect Cigarette
h2g2 author: Prez
Notes: URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/06/bbc-smoking-row-doctors

News: Adweek, May 07 2011
Section: Technology
"Title: BBC Article on Rolling Cigarettes Lights Up Debate
Doctors angry about 'how to' guide"
Author(s): Kari Lipschutz
Ref: Medical professionals in the U.K. are fuming. While doing research for an anti-smoking campaign, a director of public health came across a BBC article about rolling the perfect cigarette. He and his colleagues were anything but amused.
h2g2 link: A591284 - How to Roll a Perfect Cigarette
h2g2 author: Prez
Notes: URL: http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/bbc-article-rolling-cigarettes-lights-debate-131440

News: Western Morning News (Plymouth, England) - Monday, May 9, 2011
Title: BBC is attacked on 'how to roll a cigarette' advice
Author(s):
"Ref: The region's top doctor has led accusations that the BBC has been ""breathtakingly irresponsible"" and is damaging public health by advising readers on its website how to make roll-up cigarettes.

Medical leaders have protested about an online article, entitled ""how to roll a perfect cigarette"" which they claim encourages smoking."
h2g2 link: A591284 - How to Roll a Perfect Cigarette
h2g2 author: Prez
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"News: Express & Echo (Exeter) May 9, 2011 Monday

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 5"
Title: Region's top angry at BBC 'roll-up' guide
Author(s):
"Ref: THE South West's top doctor has accused the BBC of ""breathtakingly irresponsible"" behaviour by advising on its website how to make roll-up cigarettes.

Medical leaders have protested about an online article, entitled ""how to roll a perfect cigarette"" which they claim encourages smoking..."
h2g2 link: A591284 - How to Roll a Perfect Cigarette
h2g2 author: Prez
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Journal: Academic Symposium of Undergraduate Scholarship. Paper 8 (2011)
Article: World War II Technology that Changed Warfare - Radar and Bombsights
Author(s): Sean Foley
Ref: (Numerous references throughout). Work Cited: “The History of Radar”. www.bbc.co.uk. 14 Jul 2003. 2 Feb 2011 {http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A591545}.
h2g2 link: A591545 - The History of Radar
h2g2 author: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese
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Journal: Asian Social Science Vol. 7, No. 1; January 2011
Article: A Sacramental Wordplay: An Investigation of Pun Translatability in the Two English Translations of the Quran
Author(s): Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi, Elaheh Jamshidian
"Ref: ""5. Palindrome: Palindromes are spelled the same, backwards or forwards, such as 'mom', 'race car', or 'defied' (Puns
and Wordplay, 2001)."""
h2g2 link: A592643 - Puns and Other Word Play
h2g2 author: U103438
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Book: Bad girls and wicked women (Pier 9, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Jan Stradling
Ref: "'Elizabeth Bathory the Blood Countess', http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A593084"
h2g2 link: A593084 - Elizabeth Bathory - the Blood Countess
h2g2 author: Mr Prophet
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Book: American Dissidents: An Encyclopedia of Activists, Subversives, and Prisoners of Conscience (ABC-CLIO, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Kathlyn Gay
Ref: p562/3 References: "Karen Silkwood - Campaigner." BBC h2g2, January 8, 2002.
h2g2 link: A634213 - Karen Silkwood - Campaigner
h2g2 author: Not Banned Yet
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A colourful design representing the different lines on the London Underground.
Journal: Transport. Res. Part A (2011), doi:10.1016/j.tra.2011.04.001
Article: Mind the map! The impact of transit maps on path choice in public transit.
Author(s): Guo, Z.
Ref: "Beck’s map is hailed as a design classic. Each year, the London Underground prints fifteen million copies of the map and distributes them free to passengers,5 and the diagram is reproduced 60 million times by other companies and institutions.6" Footnote 6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A673517
h2g2 link: A673517 - Life and Times of the London Underground Map
h2g2 author: The Mole
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Journal: AmeriQuests, Vol 8, No 1 (2011)
Article: Darwin, Literature, & Victorian Respectability (A book review essay on Gowan Dawson's latest publication)
Author(s): Leya Edelstein
Ref: Three footnotes and bibliography reference: H2g2. BBC February 15, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A679016
h2g2 link: A679016 - The Obscene Publications Act, 1857
h2g2 author: Mina et al
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Michelango's 'Creation of Adam' and brain on a pallette.
Book: The Pattern of Life: A Study of Man's Place in Evolution (AuthorHouse, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Börje Ekstig
"Ref: (p28) ...boldly suggested to be a good anatomical picture of the human cranium and the human brain with many identified anatomical

details.

(p154) Footnote 15. Available on line at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A681680"
h2g2 link: A681680 - The Mystery of Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam'
h2g2 author: Taliesin
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Journal: Collegium Antropologicum, 35 (2011) 4: 1327–1331
Article: Known Symptoms and Diseases of a Number of Classical European Composers during 17th and 20th Century in Relation with their Artistic Musical Expressions
Author(s): Jasna Pucarin-Cvetkovi et al.
Ref: "Claude Debussy died in Paris in 1918, aged 55 from modernist music, after he had survived one of the first modernist music operations ever performed two years earlier." Footnote 30. H2G2, Claude Debussy – the Composer, accessed 15. 10. 2011. Available from: URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A684272.
h2g2 link: A684272 - Claude Debussy - the Composer
h2g2 author: J'au-æmne Princess of Darkness et al
Notes: Died from modernist music??? This is classified as a 'professional paper'. The journal was 'Founded on the occasion of the 1st Congress of European Anthropologist held in Zagreb Croatia in 1977'.

Journal: Intellectual Property and Technology Forum (at Boston College Law School) 2011 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 011101
Article: Avoid the Rainy Day: Survey of U.S. Cloud Computing Caselaw
Author(s): Pinguelo, Muller
Ref: "The lesson here is simple: If there is any company left which has not learned from Napster,[55] this case makes clear that copyright infringement will not be tolerated in the peer-to-peer file sharing realm. Simply because the copyright infringement is by way of a download, rather than buying a bootleg copy of a CD from a street vendor, does not make it any less illegal or harmful to the copyright holder." Ref [55] See The Rise and Fall of Napster, May 30, 2002, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A741089.
h2g2 link: A741089 - The Rise and Fall of Napster
h2g2 author: enigma8976
Notes: URL: http://bciptf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=30

Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6776/2011 (2011)
Article: Culturally Situated Design Tools: Animated Support Tools for Mathematics
Author(s): Albanie T. Bolton, Cheryl D. Seals
Ref: Footnote 3. Mathematical Games as an Aid to teaching Mathematics, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A798221
h2g2 link: A798221 - Mathematical Games as an Aid to Teaching Mathematics
h2g2 author: cubix
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Book: Earth: The Operators' Manual (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Richard B. Alley
Ref: (p333) Notes. 1. ...The ultimate origin of the saying is obscure, and whether it really is a Chinese curse is disputed; see, for example, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A807374 ( accessed July 1, 2010).
h2g2 link: A807374 - The Quote 'May You Live in Interesting Times'
h2g2 author: Telcontar
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Journal: The Behaviour Analyst 2011, 34, 297-310 No 2 (Fall)
Article: Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis
Author(s): Thomas S Critchfield
Ref: Footnote 1. Although widely known in the Western world, the curse mentioned by Kennedy is not documented in any Chinese source. It is thought to be either apocryphal or perhaps a loose translation of an actual proverb that states "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time that a man in a chaotic period" (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A807374).
h2g2 link: A807374 - The Quote 'May You Live in Interesting Times'
h2g2 author: Telcontar
Notes: The Behavior Analyst is published by ABAI, the Association for Behavior Analysis International.

Journal: AARE 2011 Conference Proceedings (2011), Australian Association for Research in Education
"Article: Is Theory formulation and Research the Plaything of Practice:
Wicked Problems in Facilitated Practitioner Research – A Case Study"
Author(s): Susan Groundwater-Smith
"Ref: p11: The Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) coined the phrase 'Negative Capability' in a letter written to his brothers George and Thomas on the 21 December, 1817. In this letter he defined his new concept of writing:
I mean Negative Capability, that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. footnote 7: http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/A813962 Accessed 10th November, 2011"
h2g2 link: A813962 - John Keats' Negative Capability
h2g2 author: Emsley Thomas
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Journal: Tobacco Control, 2011
Article: Motor racing, tobacco company sponsorship, barcodes and alibi marketing
Author(s): Bruce Grant-Braham, John Britton
Ref: Footnote 13: H2g2. Colin Chapman and Lotus Cars, 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A827598 (accessed 2 Jan 2007).
h2g2 link: A827598 - Colin Chapman and Lotus Cars
h2g2 author: Giford
Notes: Open access journal

Journal: The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (Yale J Biol Med.) 2011 June; 84(2): 161–167.
Article: Bicentennial: Harmonic Medicine: The Influence of Music Over Mind and Medical Practice
Author(s): AJ Kobets
"Ref: ""Antonin Dvorak, in his 1879 composition Czech Suite, used music to transcend the individual memory and perception and worked to encompass the pulse and tradition of an entire people [30].""


References: 30.BBC.Com: Dvorak’s Czech Suite ? Nationalism in the Romantic idiom [Internet] Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A871175 ."
h2g2 link: A871175 - Dvorak's Czech Suite - Nationalism in the Romantic idiom
h2g2 author: Cyril Neume
"Notes: 1. Unedited entry - withdrawn from Peer Review as ""too academic"" in style.
"

Book: Germs, Genes, and Bacteria: How They Influence Modern Life (Pearson Education, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): David P. Clark et al.
Ref: Internet: BBC News. "Legionnaire's Disease - A History of its Discovery." January 16, 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A882371.
h2g2 link: A882371 - Legionnaires' Disease - a History of its Discovery
h2g2 author: Farlander
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News: Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida), January 12, 2011
Section: E; Pg. E29
Title: Diner language
Author(s): Linda Brandt
Ref: If you enjoyed today's column, you might want to visit these Web sites: … http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A890589
h2g2 link: A890589 - American Diner Slang
h2g2 author: Gosho
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Black-browed Albatross and chick on nest in colony J, Bird Island, South Georgia
Book: The Albatross and the Fish: Linked Lives in the Open Seas (University of Texas Press, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Robin W. Doughty, Virginia Carmichael
Ref: Bibliography: Ridgway, John. 2003–2004a. “Daily Log.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel /A894594.——. 2003–2004b. “John Ridgway Save the Albatross Voyage.” http://www.bbc.co .uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A894594 (accessed May 2006).
h2g2 link: A894594 - John Ridgway Save the Albatross Voyage 2003-4 : Introduction
h2g2 author: Nick Grainger
Notes: Links to Brunel skin.

Book: Second Thoughts: Sociology Challenges Conventional Wisdom (Pine Forge Press, 2011 )
Article:
Author(s): Karen A. Cerulo, Janet M. Ruane
"Ref: (p178) This discussion of lying raises important points about deviance in general. Despite norms forbidding it, deviance happend. Studies show that nearly every member of the U.S. population engages in some deviant behaviors during his or her lifetime (BBC h2g2 2010).

Ref: BBC h2g2 2010. 'Why People Lie' http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A996942."
h2g2 link: A996942 - Why People Lie
h2g2 author: Farlander
Notes: Links to the Alabaster skin.

A wall of bamboo
Book: Mutinies: Shocking Real-Life Stories of Subversion at Sea (Pier 9, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Barry Stone
Ref: www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1162388
h2g2 link: A1162388 - USS Somers - Mutiny or Murder?
h2g2 author: Florida Sailor
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Book: Remembering Roadside America: Preserving the Recent Past as Landscape and Place (Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Ref: (p258) footnote 78. “Coral Court Motel, St. Louis, Missouri,” BBC website, http://www.bbc. co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1309088 (accessed Feb. 11, 2009).
h2g2 link: A1309088 - Coral Court Motel, St Louis, Missouri
h2g2 author: broelan
Notes: Unedited version. Edited version is at A1984403 - Coral Court Motel, St Louis, Missouri

Fyodor Dostoevsky behind bars.
Book: Once Again to Zelda (Pan Macmillan, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Marlene Wagman-Geller
Ref: (p283) References: H2G2.2007. Fyodor Dostoevsky: Novelist. BBC, December 9.. www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1920593.
h2g2 link: A1920593 - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Novelist
h2g2 author: Danny B
Notes: One of two h2g2 entries referenced in this book (the other being A28234857).

Book: Cultural Studies (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2011)
Article: Chapter 2 Lesson 1 - Asia: an Introduction
Author(s): Lawrence Goodrich
"Ref: (p130) No one knows for certain just how the sweet potato came to PNG in the first place. It's clear that it originated in South America, though. Scientists keep making new discoveries about the movements of different peoples (and their foods), and the connections among them. Maybe someday there will be a clear answer to the mystery of the sweet potato.

(p735) References:

The Mystery of the Sweet Potato. (2004, June 11), British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2009 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1984421"
h2g2 link: A1984421 - The Mystery of the Sweet Potato
h2g2 author: MotDoc
Notes:

Some blood cells
Book: Six Sigma Quality Improvement with Minitab (John Wiley and Sons, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): G. Robin Henderson
"Ref: (p97) Consider blood groups in the UK population. The mutually exclusive groups are O, A, B and AB, with respective probabilities 0.46, 0.42, 0.09 and 0.03. (British Broadcasting Corporation, 2004).

(p494) References: British Broadcasting Corporation (2004) Blood Groups - an overview. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2116621 (accessed 28 January 2011).
"
h2g2 link: A2116621 - Blood Groups - an Overview
h2g2 author: Danny B
Notes:

Book: Weighing the World: The Reverend John Michell of Thornhill (Springer, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Russell McCormmach
Ref: (p81) footnote 109. 'The Great Earthquake 1755,' BBC Homepage, created 28 April 2004, {http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2309276}
h2g2 link: A2309276 - The Great Earthquake 1755
h2g2 author: Watermusic
Notes:

Richmond Castle.
Journal: The Post Hole, issue 11, 2011 [The Post Hole is a student run journal for all those interested in archaeology.]
Title: Richmond: A Town and its Castle
Author(s): Mathew Robinson
"Ref: One notable visitor to Richmond was the famous landscape painter William Turner.

Refrences [sic]: Anon. (2004) 'Yorkshire's castles: Richmond Castle', http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2350126. Page consulted 26th April 2010"
h2g2 link: A2350126 - Yorkshire's Castles: Richmond Castle
h2g2 author: Bluebottle
Notes: Web link: http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/74

Journal: Tulane Law Review: 85 Tul. L. Rev. 635, 2011
Article: Did You Ever Hear of the Napoleonic Code, Stella? A Mixed Jurisdiction Impact Analysis from Louisiana's Law Laboratory
Author(s): Markus G. Puder
Ref: n4.n4. See, eg, British Broad. Corp. (BBC), Louisiana's Civil Law Jurisdiction, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2471564 (last visited Jan. 5, 2011).
h2g2 link: A2471564 - Louisiana's Civil Law Jurisdiction
h2g2 author: cajunrefugee
Notes: 1. Unedited entry - currently in the Flea Market.

News: Bristol Evening Post (England) - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Title: Letter
Author(s): Jeremy Gardner
Ref: "By 1888, the City and County of Bristol had been designated as a county borough, falling outside the county structure. More on this and the British system of shire local governance can be found on the web at www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ h2g2 /A2501029. Quite timely considering many of us will be asked to vote in our forthcoming local government elections - it is useful to know what it is that we're dealing with!"
h2g2 link: A2501029 - English Counties, The Real Counties
h2g2 author: Ianorth
Notes: Unedited entry

Book: Making Telecoms Work: From Technical Innovation to Commercial Success (John Wiley & Sons, 2011)
Article: Chapter 20 - Server Software
Author(s): Geoff Varrall
"Ref: ""Glen Miller met a similar end (probably) when hit by a jettisoned bomb."" Footnote 2.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2654822"
h2g2 link: A2654822 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Glenn Miller
h2g2 author: Farlander
Notes:

"Book: Children for Families Or Families for Children: The Demography of Adoption Behavior in the U.S.

Volume 29 of The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis (Springer, 2011)"
Article:
Author(s): Dudley L. Poston, Mary Ann Davis, Christine Guarneri
"Ref: (p133)...There were 330,000 military deaths and 80,000 civilian deaths (British Broadcasting Company, 2004).

Ref (p161) British Broadcasting Company. (2004). Civilian and military deaths in the second world war. Retrieved May 17, 2008, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2854730"
h2g2 link: A2854730 - Casualties in the Two World Wars for Combatant Nations
h2g2 author: a girl called Ben
Notes:

Book: Global Trends: Facing Up to a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
Article: Global Trend 8 War, Terrorism and Social Unrest
Author(s): Adrian Done
Ref: References: 8. Casualties in the two World Wars for Combatant Nations. The BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2854730. Accessed April 2011.
h2g2 link: A2854730 - Casualties in the Two World Wars for Combatant Nations
h2g2 author: a girl called Ben
Notes:

A reel-to-reel recording device.
Book: Pop Song Piracy: Disobedient Music Distribution Since 1929 (University of Chicago Press, 2011)
Article: Chapter 7
Author(s): Barry Kernfeld
Ref: (p242) footnote 7: ... See also The History of Magnetic Recording, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3224936...
h2g2 link: A3224936 - The History of Magnetic Recording
h2g2 author: JerseyJim
Notes:

Book: Royal Wisdom: The Most Daft, Cheeky, and Brilliant Quotes from Britain's Royal Family (Adams Media, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Kate Petrella
Ref: (p179) www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4158371
h2g2 link: A4158371 - The Love Affair of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
h2g2 author: Galaxy Babe
Notes:

Journal: Philippine Law Journal, Vol 84 (2011)
Article: Comment: Reforming the Philippine Income Tax System: Batting for VAT
Author(s): Jean Francois D. Rivera III, Mary Trish R. Espano
Ref: (p548/9) VAT was first devised during the 18th Century by a German economist, who envisioned a sales tax on goods that did not affect the cost of manufacture or distribution but was collected on the final price charged to the consumer. Footnote 51. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4803040, (last visited Dec. 6, 2009).
h2g2 link: A4803040 - VAT - Value Added Tax
h2g2 author: TheAardvark
Notes:

A small dog stares quizzically at a telephone - what is he thinking?
Book: In Defence of Dogs (Penguin UK, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): John Bradshaw
Ref: Footnote 10: Summarised from the entry headed 'Understanding your dog' on the BBC's online encyclopaedia H2G2, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4889712. Accessed 20 August 2010.
h2g2 link: A4889712 - Understanding Your Dog
h2g2 author: Mina
Notes:

Book: Studies in Temporal Urbanism: The Urbantick Experiment (Springer, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Fabian Neuhaus
"Ref: Only Aequinoctales are suitable for use in a flower clock (After BBC h2g2)

Footnote 73: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5170024"
h2g2 link: A5170024 - A Flower Clock Garden
h2g2 author: Big Al
Notes:

Book: Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture (McFarland, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Stephanie Boluk, Wylie Lenz
Ref: (p8) 'The rules of withstanding a zombie apocalypse have been documented from venues ranging from the BBC's h2g2 to the much coarser 4Chan..'
(p16) Footnote 45: 'How to Survive a Zombie Attack,' h2g2, November 11, 2005, accessed November 20, 2010, http:// www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6875715.
h2g2 link: A6875715 - How to Survive a Zombie Attack (UG)
h2g2 author: Bread Sandwich
Notes: Underguide entry

A traditional depiction of the battle between David and Goliath.
Book: Virgins, Harlots and Sex: Earthy Beacons of Divine Light (David Alexander Chesney, 2011)
Article: Chapter 5: The Naked King and His Shadows
Author(s): David Chesney
"Ref: (p101) p101: ""Many scholars have doubted that King David actually ever existed. However, that skeptical view received a dent in 1994 when a French scholar, Andre Lemaire, reported that he had managed to fit together enough pieces of the much-fragmented Moabite Stone to identify house of David in the text. It is a biblical expression signifying the dynasty of David.""

Note 27: BBC Homepage, David and Goliath, Archaeological Evidence www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A9914268"
h2g2 link: A9914268 - David and Goliath - Archaeological Evidence
h2g2 author: Big Al
Notes:

Journal: Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project Joint Review Panel, March 21, 2011 (Written submission from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)
Article: Human Health Implications of the Nuclear Energy Industry
Author(s): Vakil, Harvey.
Ref: "The pitchblende ore used in the isolation of radium, polonium and uranium was from a mine at Joachimsthal, Czechoslovakia, previously the site of a lucrative mine for silver and cobalt (3)." REFERENCES: 3) “The Mines of Joachimsthal” www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10451099 Feb 2009
h2g2 link: A10451099 - The Mines of Joachimsthal
h2g2 author: Azara
Notes:

Journal: Popular Music and Society, Volume 34, Issue 3, 2011
Article: The Influence of Family and Childhood Experience on the Works of Ray and Dave Davies
Author(s): Carey Fleiner
Ref: Works Cited. 15. “The Kinks—the Band Onwards 1971.” BBC h2g2. 4 Aug. 2006. Web. 13 Nov. 2009
h2g2 link: A12645001 - The Kinks - the Band 1971 onwards
h2g2 author: the jon m
Notes:

Journal: Internet Journal of Criminology, July 2011
Article: DESIGNED BY MEN, FOR MEN?
Author(s): Lydia Hackney
"Ref: (p16) ...the scold’s bridle was a device used to ‘control, humiliate and punish gossiping, troublesome women by effectively gagging them’ (h2g2, 2006).

H2g2, 2006. ‘Scold’s Bridle: A Punitive Gag’ (Internet) Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13746224 , Accessed 05/04/11."
h2g2 link: A13746224 - Scold's Bridle – A Punitive Gag
h2g2 author: Emmily
Notes: 1. Undergraduate dissertation, but academically well-presented.

Some workers in a crisp factory.
Journal: Appetite (Elsevier, 2011)
Article: Crossmodal correspondences in product packaging: Assessing color-flavor correspondences for potato chips
Author(s): Betina Piqueras-Fiszman, Charles Spence
"Ref: The consequent confusion that arose in the minds of consumers actually led to an increase in sales of their recently-introduced salt and vinegar crisps (h2g2, BBC, 2006).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A16455053. Potato crisps - A history."
h2g2 link: A16455053 - Potato Crisps - A History
h2g2 author: Fizzymouse
Notes:

Journal: Reflective Practice Vol. 13, Iss. 1, 2011 pages 13-25
Article: Reflective thought in memos to demonstrate advanced nursing practice in New Zealand
Author(s): Karen J. Hoare, Jane Mills, Karen Francis
Ref: His key objectives for the hospital were to provide free healthcare to impoverished children, to encourage clinical research and to train children’s nurses. He was ahead of his time in acknowledging that children should be nursed differently to adults, by trained professionals, and he respected women who applied to him to nurse sick children. Footnote 2. BBC. (2007). Dr Charles West – pioneer of English paediatrics. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A21776871
h2g2 link: A21776871 - Dr Charles West - Pioneer of English Paediatrics
h2g2 author: M
Notes:

A pair of mating tortoises.
Journal: Global Animal, (Onlive magazine, issue dated Sunday, August 14, 2011)
Article: The Curious Practices Of Animal Mating (Gallery)
Author(s):
Ref: Multiple references, including "According to an h2g2 post, when a male angler fish finds a mate, he clings on for dear life."
h2g2 link: A22547838 - Animal Sex
h2g2 author: LLWaz et al
Notes: URL: http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/08/10/the-curious-practices-of-animal-mating-gallery/47251/

Book: Elizabeth I in Film and Television: A Study of the Major Portrayals (McFarland, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Bethany Latham
Ref: (p277) Bibliography - Print Sources: British Broadcasting Corp. (2007, August 8). "Historical and Historographical Implications of Filmic Treatments of Elizabeth I." BBC web-site. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A25645331.
h2g2 link: A25645331 - Historical and Historiographical Implications of Filmic Treatments of Elizabeth I (unedited)
h2g2 author: Kyra
Notes: Unedited entry. No edited version exists.

Book: Once Again to Zelda (Pan Macmillan, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Marlene Wagman-Geller
Ref: (p289) References: H2G2.2007. Mary Shelley: The formative years. BBC, October 26. www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A28234857.
h2g2 link: A28234857 - Mary Shelley - The Formative Years
h2g2 author: Fizzymouse
Notes: One of two h2g2 entries referenced in this book (the other being A1920593).

Journal: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae (Polish Botanical Society) , Vol 80, No 1 (2011)
Article: The pollination of Epipactis Zinn, 1757 (Orchidaceae) species in Central Europe – the significance of chemical attractants, floral morphology and concomitant insects
Author(s): Anna Jakubska-Busse, Marcin Kadej
Ref: LITERATURE CITED: ANONIMUS 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A33689578.
h2g2 link: A33689578 - Orchids of the British Isles - Helleborines (Epipactis)
h2g2 author: Venus
Notes:

Book: The Heretic's Guide to Best Practices: The Reality of Managing Complex Problems in Organisations (iUniverse, 2011)
Article:
Author(s): Paul Culmsee, Kailash Awati
Ref: (p17) "This was allegedly the mission statement of a little company called Enron... " Footnote 2. 2 Allegedly as per the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A38083494
h2g2 link: A38083494 - The Mission Statement
h2g2 author: Icy North
Notes:

Journal: Third World Quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 2, 2011
Article: The White Woman's Burden: from colonial civilisation to Third World development
Author(s): Jawad Syeda, Faiza Alia
"Ref: ... Her image has become a lasting symbol of Western colonial attitudes towards Africa.

Footnote 28 BBC, 'Sarah Baartman (1789–1816)—“The Hottentot Venus”', 2009, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A48873667, accessed 10 August 2010;"
h2g2 link: A48873667 - Sarah Baartman (1789 - 1816) - 'The Hottentot Venus' [unedited]
h2g2 author: Opticalillusion
Notes: Unedited entry. Edited version is at A49292896 - Sarah Baartman.

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