5 Interesting Links for 04-15-2016

Oddities (Architecture)

A collection of odd, but fascinating and/or beautiful, buildings from around the world.
http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=19298

GIMP (Art)

I use a graphics arts program called GIMP and this is a good, basic tutorial on managing the select option that taught me a thing or two I hadn’t realized.
http://www.tutorialgeek.net/2013/03/how-to-remove-background-from-image.html

Prostitution (History)

You can learn a lot about a society by reading up on its treatment of the weakest among them. This article does an excellent job of exploring the different perceptions of prostitutes in England from the mid-1700s to the early 1800s.
http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2016/02/prostitution-and-law-in-long-18th.html

Bestseller (Publishing)

A look at the behind the scenes methods of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Bestseller lists designed to prevent people from gaming the system but which do a whole lot more than that.
http://timgrahl.com/the-truth-about-the-new-york-times-and-wall-street-journal-bestseller-lists/

Legal Language (Websites)

With so many people selling from their websites or including sponsored links or advertising, it’s important to make sure your terms of service include the proper disclaimers. Here’s a good explanation of them.
https://theartistsjd.com/disclaimers/

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