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live from lincoln center Collaboration at its Finest!For millions of television viewers and radio listeners around the country, “Live From Lincoln Center” without Mr. Bookspan would be akin to listening to the New York Yankees without John Sterling, or in the case of the Boston-born Mr.…
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Domestic Disturbance
Ashyknees came to visit me this afternoon. We had a wonderful time eating Chinese food, talking about men, and researching intimate toys online. Shortly after Ashy left, the loud crazy neighbors who always scream at each other across the hall got into something severe enough to warrant a visit…
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Top 10, East Coast Style
Top 10, East Coast Style May 8th, 2008 by lindaloohoo Having just returned from a whirlwind week in upstate NY, I thought I would take a moment to count down some of my favorite things from three thousand miles away: 10. I am eternally grateful to know women who can work the following…
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Världen runt - the STHLM Eternal way…
Moderaterna med Fredrik Reinfeldt har ju alltid haft USA som idealet när det gäller att bedriva politik. Bara marknaden och det fria kapitalet får styra så ordnar sig allting. Jo, eller hur… Idag kan man läsa i Bajenbladet om att var femte New York-bo äter hos stans soppkök för att…
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WOMMA WOMM-U- Carla Hendra Keynote
The last keynote of the day is delivered by Carla Hendra - Co-CEO Ogilvy North America, Chairman of Ogilvy New York. Her take on WOM - "Brand Marketing: It's all word of mouth now!" There currently exists the opportunity to engage a global network of brand activists, and what's better than…
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Months of Talks End in New Contract for ABC?s President
The Walt Disney Company signed the president of ABC, Stephen McPherson, to a new contract, signaling confidence in the maverick executive?s ability to deliver new hits.
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Where’s The Love in Harlem?
Where’s The Love in Harlem? Posted on May 8, 2008 by illoquentgent Tell Me Your Story! With all the talks of rezoning, gentrification, and outsiders there has been a lot of emphasis on fighting back and taking sides. There’s been little talk about the new connections that people have been…
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こわいクレーン
3月に、ミッドタウンの高層ビル建設 場でクレーンが倒れ道を挟んだ向か いのタウンハウスが全壊 工事関係 の7名が犠牲になるという大惨事があ りました。実はこの現場は私のバイ 先の結構近く。いつも通っていたと …
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News: Looking Back at Cyclone Sidr
American aid worker Nicki Bennett just posted from Bangladesh on Nick Kristof’s On the Ground blog on nytimes.com. She’s been doing reconstruction work in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr, which ripped through Bangladesh six months ago. Here’s an excerpt:
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Time Warner Cable to Launch Planet Green HD on June 11
Time Warner Cable will launch the Discovery’s new HD channel Planet Green on Channel 768 in Brooklyn and Queens, New York area on June 11. Time Warner is also planning to launch on the same day the international premium NTV America on channel 523 and The Jewish Channel on channel 528. In Mt.…
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Link of the eleventh variation
From the New York times, a tale of a new…or is it old? sub-culture. I had never heard of the Steampunk movement, but it seems to be gaining momemtum.
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Does It Come With Cable
Working from home is a wonderful privilege. However, it comes with some circumstance that do not really exist in the corporate workplace. In order to work I must have high speed Internet. For most work environments this is provided and is even maintained by some sort of IT person or company. I…
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chocolate rain
We arrived in New York. Holy crap! Said goodbye to Scizz at the New Orleans airport, which was sad — just going into that airport makes me fairly uneasy. And then having to say goodbye there once more filled me with a mild panic and I clung to him the whole time we were at the airport…
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Happy Anniversary To My Favorite J-Blog
My favorite J-Pop blog celebrates its First Anniversary on May 9th. Unfortunately, I have no cupcakes to commend the occasion with… But what’s this? For Pink Wota, and especially for my dear friend Vee, some pink vinyl from the “Punk Wota”: It’s the double-vinyl edition of one of…
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Go Down Moses
Go Down Moses May 8, 2008 After the traditional birthday lunch with my mom and her husband, I decided to walk back to Brooklyn. I’m always after a novel route, so I decided to walk east to where Moses parted the tenements (Robert, that is) and turned them into a maze of grid bricks. I’ve…
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In Petroleum We Trust!
Crude oil breaks previous record high reaching $124.61 a barrel The price of a barrel of crude oil reached another record high in London and New York last night with US light crude at $123.69 in New York trading ( in after-hours trade it hit $124.61 a barrel). In London, Brent crude settled at…
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The New York Pass - 5% off Any New York Pass
Save 5% off any New York Pass! Use coupon code.
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New York City Pot Arrest Capital of the World
Police in New York City arrested more than 39,700 people on marijuana charges last year, and that is no fluke. In the last decade, nearly 400,000 New Yorkers have been arrested for carrying small amounts of marijuana, the vast majority of them black or brown. The figures come from a just…
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Lassi in NYC
Lassi in NYC Filed Under (Food) by admin on 09-05-2008 While there were a bazillion options online, the recipe attached below is adapted from the Whole Foods website. I used low-fat yogurt and cut out the rosewater, since, uh, I don’t know what it is or where to find it. (I will rectify…
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West Side Rail Yards Deal Collapses
This evening, the MTA released a press release signaling that the plan to turn the West Side Rail Yards into Hudson Yards won't be happening any time soon. Apparently, developer Tishman Speyer, which won the bidding with a $1.004 billion proposal, got too grabby. At least, that's what the…
This Is What I Miss About The City
I know I’m a snotty New Yorker, and yes, I’m a bit high maintenance and like things the way I like them, but… this is not a bagel, and this is not a croissant. Feh!
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The Times
Tied in third as the “Tallest Building in NYC” is the New York Times Building, which is the newest kid on the block. The Times’ motto is “All the news that’s fit to print.”, and my motto is “All the stuff that’ll fit the frame”
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You Can't Smoke It, Though
Idiot girl #1: Cloves taste so good!Idiot guy: Yeah, I hear they are toasted or something.Idiot girl #2: Oh, I love toast!--33 Washington Square West Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-05-08
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Fun In NYC
I went to the auctions at Sotheby’s today, and ended up winning one piece. I’ll post it as soon as the check clears The auction houses are a tough market, and they are as much of a market as any exchange floor. I did notice that pieces seemed to fetch better prices then I…
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KNICKS NEED DEFENSE AND COACHING
KNICKS NEED DEFENSE AND COACHING May 8th, 2008 New York Knicks I say: “Use what you got…. to get what you want” James Brown Trade my knicks players? I’m not ready to jump on that bandwagon. I am damn sure like every other New York Knicks fan, something needs to be done, and replacing…
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Daily Confession — May 8, 2008
Hil needs a miracle. I could be that miracle. The question is, will Hil recognize it in time. If Hil fails to have faith in the miraculous potential of my intervention in the 2008 Democratic Primary Campaign, she will surely go down as the biggest sure-thing ever not to pay off. If Hil…
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Nas - Ether
Nas - Ether Stillmatic (2001) © 2007 A Joël Production (All Rights Reserved) Nas - Ether “Ether” is a diss song to fellow New York rapper Jay-Z, who had surpassed Nas in commercial success since 1998 and had dismissed him as a has-been on the diss track “Takeover.” Nas responds…
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New Music - The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, “Live” in Europe December 2007 - January 2008
This exciting music, only available as a “digital download” in MP3 format, represents highlights from the Band’s European Tour in December of 2007 and early 2008 “Til We Meet Again” Track list: 1. Whenever You’re Lonesome, Just Telephone Me 2. Down in Honky Tonk Town 3. Ice Cream …
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every new day
It’s been a rather tumultuous week for me. Every morning I wake up dreading what might go wrong and secretly believing the new day will bring new hope. Can that happen? Sometimes I’m such a contradiction. I must say, though, that my days have been increasingly harder emotionally and…
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Bits: NBC Bypasses Apple to Stream TV Shows to the iPhone
NBC is experimenting with offering its TV shows free to iPhone users using streaming technology. This will allow NBC to make money from advertising and avoid selling downloads through Apple’s iTunes Store.
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An Income Opportunity Like No Other
Ambit Energy has become one of the fastest growing retail energy providers in the country by providing independent entrepreneurs across the country the opportunity to earn incredible income in the deregulated energy markets in Texas, New York and now, Illinois. www.esurge.ambitenergyil.com Call…
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The 2008 Sailing Season has Commenced
The 2008 sailing season has commenced. While my 76-year old father, Pappa Salt, has been sailing in the very cold and rainy Midwest for over a month, our season started yesterday. Typically, we'd take a few weeks to prep the boat, ensuring that she was sanded, varnished, well cleaned, polished…
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Everyone: There's Some Kind Of Commenter Login Issue [Housekeeping]
So you're probably not executed.
Liv Tyler splits from rocker husband
Liv Tyler splits from rocker husband Posted May 9th, 2008 by Kiran Pahwa New York Liv Tyler New York - Actress Liv Tyler and her husband, British rocker Royston Langdon, have decided to separate, People magazine reported Thursday. "Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon have confirmed their…
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A.I.G. Reports a $7.8 Billion Loss in Quarter
It was the second consecutive loss for the world?s largest insurer, which has been hurt by the write-down of derivatives exposed to bad mortgage investments.
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R Kelly's trial set to start
R Kelly's trial set to start Posted May 9th, 2008 by Kiran Pahwa New York Robert Sylvester Kelly New York - Singer R Kelly is set to go on trial Friday on child sex charges, six years after the case first broke. His attorneys have petitioned a Chicago court for another postponement of the…
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Death by Auction
What happens when art becomes all about money, and some poor artists and museums idealistically, naively assume that some, small, 1-2% of it still isn't. This is why I hate sitting next to bankers, investors, speculators, assholes at gallery dinners. Even the hubris-dripping visiting foreign…
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Contractors: Giving Peace a Chance
Contractors: Giving Peace a Chance Posted May 8th, 2008 When you’ve been a small business consultant as long as I have (six years now and counting!), you start to see the world in a very different way. Back when I was CEO of NetCreations, I often grew impatient with what I saw as the laziness…
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Pat and Mary Tillman Are Saluted in N.Y. Times
Four years after Pat Tillman’s death by friendly fire in Afghanistan, his mother, Mary Tillman, is still asking questions—primarily about the U.S. government’s initial cover-up of the details of Pat’s death and about how far up the chain of command the deception extended. Here, New York…
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Scribbled John Lennon peace lyrics up for sale
Scribbled John Lennon peace lyrics up for sale Posted May 9th, 2008 by Nina Sahu New York John Lennon New York - John Lennon's scribbled lyrics to the song Give Peace A Chance are going up for auction and are expected to fetch up to 600,000 dollars, auction house Christie's said Thursday. …
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New York Times On Blogs and Social Networks - May 09,2008
I ran across this brilliant article in the New York Times on some Big Big news with MySpace and the blogs and Social Networks Industry. Here is an exerpt: "We are pioneering a new way for the global community to integrate their social community experiences Web wide," DeWolfe said. "Today…
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Stoli Hotel
Stoli Hotel May 8th, 2008 by Patrick | Filed Under Misc. Wait, what? It’s not really a hotel? No. No it’s not. Stoli Hotel is, in fact, an invitation-only hotel concept party that travels from city to city. Something I did not know when I (and every other New York-based blogger)…
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May 8, 2008 - 9:41 pm: Nikki's Top Chef Interview with The Strong Buzz
May 8, 2008 - 9:41 pm: Nikki's Top Chef Interview with The Strong Buzz || Before this season of Top Chef started, I had a chance to speak with Nikki about her experience on the show. Now that she's packed her knives and gone, I thought it might be interesting to re-visit that Q A and learn a bit…
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Obama open to Clinton as Bentley dealership new york running
Obama open to Clinton as Bentley dealership new york running May 9th, 2008 andatbay Vladimir Putin, Russia’s new Prime Minister, has promised to transform his country into a leading economic power and he predicted that its economy would be larger than that of the UK by the end of this year.…
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Looking Back:Marc Jacobs Spring Summer 2008
Let’s look back at Marc Jacobs’s New York Fashion Week Spring Summer 2008. show in New York had a twist. After the designer took his bows, the show ran backward, beginning with evening dress and then daytime wear. The theme of the night for his clothes was shattered glass perspective. I know…
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2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Results
The 2008 National Design Awards, by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum have announced this years winners. I am not overly surprised to see that Michael Bierut (DesignObserver / Pentagram) has been awarded the Design MInd Award (a well-earned achievement all the same), but it’s great to…
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Blinders: the truth behind the tradition
Critical acclaim for the new documentary "Blinders" "Hopefully, for the sake of the Central Park horses, this powerful film will prove unforgettable." --Dallas Observer, April 27, 2008 "Nicely done!" --Gene Baur, founder of Farm Sanctuary "Blinders" premiered in Dallas last month to a very…
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Looking to take a New York City Vacation?
Author: Mark Hall Being a twenty four hour city, a visitor may find that seven days in New York just isn’t enough time to take in everything it has to offer. No trip to New York would be complete without a visit to the Empire State Building, and the 86th floor is definitely not to be missed.…
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