Rent Reprieve for a Fixture on the Upper West Side (1)
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The Emerald Inn, a tavern where the Guinness has flowed for more than six decades, has received a stay of execution, courtesy of the great recession.
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Leslie Wong said:
The Emerald Inn was my favorite place in New York for a burger.
Blue Note Records Celebrates 70 Years Of Jazz (1)
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From before bebop to the present day, some of the best jazz albums of all time have been issued by Blue Note Records. The label celebrates its 70th anniversary this week, and to honor the occasion, pianist Bill Charlap has chosen five of his all-time favorite Blue Note songs.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Ferrari first to launch 2009 car (4)
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23 Unforgettable Resources Of 2008 You Couldn’t Live Without (3)
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2008 was the wonderful year for the bloggers like me. This year, we have too much competition to come up with more great contents every day on different blogs. This is because we have lots of quality posts done by various blogs. Today, we are covering few of the exclusive posts that covered top of the collection in 2008 for useful resources like inspirations, freebies, tools, tutorials, etc. This collection is specially for designers but ...
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars In Concert (1)
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Alumni of Gillespie's many different bands still get together to ensure that his dazzling songwriting gets heard with the power and verve it demands. The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars (the big-band edition) played a special celebration with the vocal quartet New York Voices, live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
NASA Mars Rovers Hit 5-Year Anniversary (7)
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An anonymous reader writes "NASA's Mars rovers have been on the red planet for five years now. The rovers were originally planned to stay operational on the planet for only 90 days, but it has turned into a much longer mission than anticipated. NASA has put together a video to celebrate the anniversary. The rovers have made important discoveries about wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They also have returned a quarter-million images, driven ...
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Ruben Schade said:
Fantastic news, these little guys are amazing!
Richard Sudhalter On Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke (1)
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A cornetist and jazz scholar, Sudhalter remembers overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke with Marian McPartland. Beiderbecke had a short career in the 1920s, but he influenced a wide spectrum of artists, from Hoagy Carmichael to Miles Davis. McPartland plays Beiderbecke's most famous piano composition, "In a Mist," before getting together with Sudhalter on "Davenport Blues."» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Kamikaze ballooning Brazilian soars to Darwin Award (5)
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Antonio de Carli, come on down The voting has not yet closed, but kamikaze ballooning Brazilian priest Antonio de Carli looks a dead cert to secure the 2008 Darwin Awards crown for the most impressive contribution to improving the gene pool by removing himself from it.…
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wille said:
ja, han fick min röst för länge sedan...
£3 Million 1937 Bugatti Found In British Garage After Almost 50 Years (2)
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An unmolested 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, one of only 17 built, was discovered in a garage in the UK after gathering dust for almost 50 years. The estimated value? At least $4.35 million! An unmolested 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante was discovered after spending 48 years in a quiet, Tyneside, Britain garage. It's being termed "one of the last great barn-finds" with an estimated value of at least £3 Million ($4.35 million). The car ...
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The Curse Of James Dean's “Little Bastard” (5)
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When we think of the Porsche 550 Spyder, the first thing that comes to mind is James Dean. We suggest you stop thinking about it if you enjoy your health. Since James Dean’s death in 1955, the Porsche 550 Spyder has become infamous as the car that killed him. As young Jalops we watched an Unsolved Mysteries episode on the curse of the James Dean Porsche. These stories not only made the famous car seem ...
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I love this story, even if most of it's probably BS.
Viacom threatens removal of Time Warner's Spongebob Squarepants (1)
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Addled by sinking ad revenues Media giant Viacom is threatening to remove its 19 cable TV networks from Time Warner Cable if the operator doesn't agree to a carriage fee increase by midnight Eastern time tomorrow. Viacom's networks include MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.…Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
Screw heads demystified (28)
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We can thank instructables user arcticpenguin for this excellent explanation of cross-head, cross-point, cruciform, and square drive screws and drivers! These screw types have a "+" shaped recess on the head and are driven by a cross-head screwdriver, designed originally for use with mass-production mechanical screwing machines. There are a few other recessed drive screws presented that you also want to be aware. So, why all the confusion? Why all the damaged screw heads and ...
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Very fascinating topic - especially for the times when I can't find the right kind of screwdriver anywhere!
The Top 100 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza (1)
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The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza had chills and spills, with an all-time high number of entries on the track. Here's the complete roster of participants, ranked by lap totals. We had some seriously crazy results this time around, with my Index Of Effluency predictions way, waaaay off the mark. In fact, three of the top five finishers were IOE contenders, and one of them took the checkered flag! Not only that, a TR7, ...
Rare Color: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT (1)
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When you think Alfa GTV, you think red. You just have to. But lately we have been lusting after the green ones… just different enough but still safely within the Italian flag. Seeing this blue car takes our step-nose desire to another level. This car has no rust, a great body, and is just begging for some road mileage. Find it here on eBay in Thomasville, Georgia. This car looks great with bi-color Euro front ...
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Leslie Wong said:
My third car was a Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT.
A tribute to the VCR - The VHS era is winding down BUT there are many things you can do with a VCR and the tapes! (6)
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VHS era is winding down - Los Angeles Times... The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater. Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once-ubiquitous home-video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past. After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home-entertainment ...
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BostonDave2005 said:
Do not throw it away!...There are still uses for that VCR. =)
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Lindsey said:
doc brown posted this.
Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, dies at 70 (1)
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Reigning constructors' champion Ferrari will unveil its 2009 F1 car at its Italian headquarters on 12 January.Contribute commentPitpass - the latest hottest F1 & A1 GP news (2) permalink
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Freddie Hubbard, widely regarded as the most gifted jazz trumpeter of the post-bebop '60s and '70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 70.Shared by Leslie Wong (9)Contribute comment
