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The beasts are back! Calling all science geeks, nature freaks, and rogue geniuses! Your stuffed squirrel got game? Got a beaver in your brownstone? Bring your beloved beast to the Bell House and enter it to win!  Eligible for prizes : Taxidermy (bought, found, or homemade), biological oddities, articulated skeletons, skulls, jarred specimens—and beyond, way beyond. The contest will be judged by our panel of savage taxidermy enthusiasts, including Robert Marbury of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists ; Dorian Devins , co-founder and curator of the Secret Science Club; and beast mistress Melissa Milgrom , author of Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy . SPECIAL GUEST : Purveyor of scientific wonders and star of the inimitable new show Oddities  on the Discovery Channel , Mike Zohn joins the judging panel and presents an illustrated lecture on (yes!) taxidermy. Plus!   -- Groove to wildlife-inspired tunes -- Imbibe ferocious specialty drinks ! --More secr...

I had no idea how developed our historiography of the American power grid has become. That is, until, I finished reading this week's H-SCI-MED-TECH list-serv digests. The highlight of the discussion is this beautiful little website , aimed an undergrad/general reader, courtesy of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Culture | History | Environment. I'll list below the other books or articles mentioned in the many valuable replies. Read more... (I'm aggregating quickly here and apologize for not crediting the contributors to this list, and for duplications---check out the h-net message archives for details): Richard F. Hirsh, Technology and transformation in the American electric utility industry (Cambridge, CUP, 1989) Richard F. Hirsh, Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999 [paperback, 2002]). Charles D. Jacobson, Ties that bind: economic and political dilemmas of urban utility network...