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High Bar NYC “The Summer Cool off Lounge”
Highbar, The new Summer cool off rooftop lounge, open in Midtown. Highbar opens at 5pm most days, With “awesome views” down Broadway, this “small yet sophisticated” Midtown “aerie” merges a penthouse lounge with a roof deck for those willing to “pay a premium” in both bucks…
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All the Hysteria That’s Fit to Print?
You’d think the once-gray lady would have learned from the Edward Luttwak debacle earlier this year, when its public editor was forced to apologize for the paper publishing an op-ed premised on utter nonsense. But no. Instead, the paper asks us to take seriously a manic rant from Israeli…
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LivePlasma - a great free web application to find music and movies that you like
LivePlasma is incredibly user friendly search engine for music and movies I’m pretty sure that you’re like me in which all your media these days is in digital form, whether on CDs/DVDs or on external hard drives. It’s quite convenient from user space point of view especially when you…
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Good or Bad: NY Times and LinkedIn?
Read, Write, Web announced that the NY Times is announcing a content partnership with Linkedin that allows: LinkedIn users to be shown personalized news targeting their industry verticals on the Business and Technology sections of NYTimes.com, where users will then be prompted to share those…
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Bacterial Pathogenesis, Part B: Interaction of Pathogenic Bacteria with Host Cells
University of Rochester, New York. Manual of laboratory methods for researchers. Covers integration of pathogenic bacteria. 89 contributors, 68 U.S. USD 145.48 | Biology | Read more...
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Is There An ARod-Madonna Sex Tape?
It's shaping up to be a fun weekend in Boston Well if you believe the report in the Daily Star, there is a Madonna/Alex Rodriguez sex tape that was made by a slimy photographer. A sleazy cameraman is trying to flog a tape he alleges shows the singer romping with US baseball hunk Alex Rodriguez.…
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The Princess Diaries
A newly repackaged gift set presents the first three volumes featuring fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City when she learns that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir…
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Hillary Hits Bush Attempt to Undermine Women’s Rights
Hillary Clinton took on the Bush Administration’s plan to define birth control as abortion and undermine women’s rights, today in a press conference and the blogosphere. Here’s a clip from the press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA56Oz-t_rQ In a blog post cross posted on…
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The Carpetbagger has a past
Photo: Ryan Pfluger If anyone has followed the Times’ Oscar coverage, you’ve probably encountered The Carpetbagger, also known as David Carr, the paper’s animated and often engaging reporter. Turns out his past is as colorful as his reportage. In this week’s Magazine, Carr vividly…
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Essay Fail
The New York Times has rejected an essay that Sen. John McCain wrote defending his Iraq war policy. Sen. John McCain wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, but the paper said it could not publish it as written. The piece was in response to an op-ed from Sen. Barack Obama that was published in…
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Short-Selling Rule An Extra Burden For Brokers - CNNMoney.com
CPI Financial Short-Selling Rule An Extra Burden For Brokers CNNMoney.com - 5 hours ago What looked like short sellers buying back their bets lifted many of the stocks higher last week and early in Monday's session, but most finished the ... Mortgage Giant Freddie Mac Considers Major Stock Sale …
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Who’s More Physically Fit To Be President?
Is Obama pandering to the fitness vote? Is there even a fitness lobby to pander to? All kidding aside, Presidential health is one of the underdog issues in the campaign. A few days ago The New York Times did a piece on how Barack Obama was “caught” going to the gym three times in one day. An…
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What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas
OK, so lots to update you on. First off, let me start by saying that my trip plans changed a bit. My grandmother passed away the weekend before I was suppose to leave, so I had to take an emergency trip to Gettysburg, PA for my grandmothers funeral on Monday 14th of July 2008. As a result, I had…
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Jets TE Chris Baker put on PUP list
The AP reports, “The New York Jets placed disgruntled tight end Chris Baker on the active-physically unable to perform list on Monday.” Full story here. Monster Take: Baker tweaked his back in practice a month ago. The bigger issue is his unhappiness with his contract. You’ll want to steer…
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New York Times Refuses to Publish McCain Op-Ed
The New York Times decided not to publish an op-ed written by presumptive Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) because, unlike the piece written by Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois), did not include “new information” nor details about his plan for Iraq. The…
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Sigh…
Just when you think a bitch is lookin’ ontop of her game again, she’s gotta go and pull this tom foolery! My soul mate Lil’ Kim hast done it once more with that damn “am I farting or about to shit my draws” pose, and a wig that’s crawling off of her scalp. Oh yeah, and her…
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Federal Minimum Wage To Increase By 70 Cents ~ Post No. 072108-1
Question: Will Small Businesses have to cut staff? Monday, July 21, 2008 (NPR) More than a million low-wage workers will get a pay raise this week. The federal government’s minimum wage is set to jump by 70 cents to $6.55 an hour on Thursday. The hike is the second of three annual…
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Las Vegas
Alors que nous trainions le camping-car depuis 200 km au milieu du désert, traversé par de supers camions et bordé de quelques rares cactus, Las Vegas est enfin apparue. A nous de jouer! Bon en fait, nous nous sommes contentés de visiter les supers hotels et casinos que nous offre la ville. …
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More Sex Stories Coming, Says Times [Journalismism]
Were you reading the Times this morning, wondering why there weren't more sexual stories up in there? Were you thinking some sex would fit particularly well in the metro section, squeezed between reports on rent control for VIPs, that Harlem neighborhood photographer and that guy who died in the…
And Now He's Got My Vote
Girl #1: So how did you meet him?Girl #2: He just came up to me on the street and asked me my name... Then he asked me if I wanted to get a drink, so I took him to the bar everyone was at.Girl #1: Then what happened?Girl #2: Then we fucked.Girl #1: What? Just like that?Girl #2: Yeah, I can hardly…
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Suspiria 8 Is First-Rate!
Come out to our final Suspiria party at Deity this Friday (7/25). DJs Mike McGill, Ladycreme, Dennis, and Under Pressure will keep the beats bangin' from 10 'till your legs give out. Club Deity is located on Atlantic Ave between Hoyt and Bond. This is your last chance to catch us before we…
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End Of Roger Ebert's TV Show [The Cinema]
"After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named Siskel & Ebert and then Ebert & Roeper in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it." [Reuters]
CAJ in TNY: catching up
Balking at the idea of upgrading my little blog for so long has meant I’ve been behind in my posts. This week I have a cartoon in the magazine, so I’m naturally relieved to learn I’m not cartoona non grata yet! We all get worried when we’ve sold cartoons but not seen any…
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John Cleese's Radar Connection [Gossip]
British comedian John Cleese is, as the UK tabloids would put it, dating a blonde HALF his age. But that's not the most embarrassing thing about the 34-year-old. The woman, Veronica Smiley, is also vice president for marketing at Radar magazine! (We kid, we kid. Radar has fantastic marketing.)…
Princess Smoke-'em-up Is Having a Weird Day
Guy: So she invited me in and I had a beer.Girl: You had a beer?! What?!Guy: Yeah, I had a beer.Girl: Oh my god! That is so weird!Guy: Well, I mean, I didn't have my own. So I had a beer and then we rehearsed.Girl: Oh my god. I can't believe you had a beer and then rehearsed! That is so…
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Novak: McCain to make VP pick this week
According to Bob Novak, John McCain will make his VP pick this week, while The Politico is reporting that the decision will be made this week, but announced right after the Democratic National Convention in an attempt to minimize any post-convention bounce for Senator Obama. Chris Cilliza, of…
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Seeing it in person.
I walk by movie “landmarks” frequently in New York. There are the obvious ones (the Empire State Building, Columbus Circle, Central Park Boathouse), and then the more subtle ones. The subtle ones tend to pop up when you’re least expecting it (Katz’s Deli on the LES, for example). …
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New York Salsa Events: SALSA CONCERTS IN ST. MARY'S PARK, Frankie Morales & His Mambo Of The Times Orchestra
Annual free summer outdoor events held in the certain New York City parks with a band featuring many kinds of music. Mostly classic salsa plus a little cha cha, bachata & merengue played by the band and a DJ. Dancing is probably done just casually anywhere, which means the surface could be…
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Restaurants Offering Gluten-Free Options
From the NYTimes Dining Section on July 20, 2008 Restaurants Offering Gluten-Free Options By CAROLYN NARDIELLO WHEN Barbara Bonavoglia, 65, learned about four and a half years ago that she and her daughter, Lisa Mackie, 33, had celiac disease, she realized they would never eat regular pasta…
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All Hail Restaurant Week!!!
My favorite week of the year is here. You have to understand, I’m the kind of person who would rather run over sharp glass than buy a $100+ pair of jeans, but I’ve put down several times that for dinner. Too many times. However, in the spirit of frugality that has whipped across…
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Spring Sprinkler
Thought I would give the lawn a drink and snapped some pictures.
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The McCain Op-ed that the New York Times was scared to publish
New York periodicals have been in the spolight lately, first it was the New Yorker, and now the New York Times, both show the huge media bias against Senator McCain. So anyways the Flagship Democratic Propaganda Media Machine, aka The New York Times, not giving equal time to the two candidates…
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NYJ Spotlight on Jerricho Cotchery
Wide receivers are, arguably, the most exciting players on the field at any given time. When a good wide receiver takes off down field, all eyes are immediately averted in his direction as fans stop breathing in anticipation of something marvelous. Is he going to leave the defender behind in his…
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Presidential Election Issues
A couple of national items in the news: Obama’s Middle East trip, supporters see him acting presidential, opponents say he’s campaigning for people who won’t be voting form him. Where do you stand? Also, the New York Times is defending it’s decision to NOT print McCain’s rebuttal to an…
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new york day 3
da bin ich wieder. heute etwas früher, da heute der anstrengendste tag bisher war. nicht von dem, was ich gemacht hab, sondern einfach davon, dass ich von dem tag gestern heute schon sehr früh schmerzen in den füssen bekommen hab und einfach nicht mehr laufen konnte. trotzdem hab ich wieder…
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Deerhoof Fans Get First Look at Leaked Song
Deerhoof Fans Get First Look at Leaked Song July 21, 2008 – 8:33 pm Deerhoof has leaked a song from their upcoming album Offend Maggie in the form of sheet music, asking their fans to tell them how it should sound. WNYC Culture has stepped up to their challenge, creating an interpretation of…
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Island of Many Hills: New York Diary, Part 1
Much has been written about Manhattan, and New York City in general, but after visiting the city last week for the first time, I feel compelled to offer some thoughts. I’ve always been intimidated by New York. It holds no romance for me, only fear. It is the Big City of all big cities. The way…
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Video: Dizzee Rascal w/ Sugar Hill Gang - G.H.E.T.T.O. @ Highline Ballroom
Dizzee Rascal w/ Sugar Hill Gang performing G.H.E.T.T.O. @ Highline Ballroom, NY on July 18, 2008. Kap5 is the fucking man.
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Neue Gerüchte um Steve Jobs Gesundheit
Die Webseite 9to5Mac berichtet, das die New York Times kurz vor der Konferenztelefonschaltung, in der Apple seine Quartalszahlen für das dritte Quartal nekannt gab, neue Gerüchte über Steve Jobs Gesundheitszustand gestreut habe. So sollen Leute, die Jobs in den letzten Wochen trafen, berichtet…
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ATHLETE Director Dave's Pics - The Knight Before the Dawn
NEW YORK, NY - A sold-out 6 am screening of "The Dark Knight" in IMAX at the AMC Loews Lincoln Center. [July 20, 2008] Read Blog Post.
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Yankees place Posada on DL with injured shoulder
Yankees place Posada on DL with injured shoulder Topix - Sports News Mon, 07/21/2008 - 18:24 The New York Yankees placed Jorge Posada on the 15-day disabled list Monday with an injured right shoulder, leaving the All-Star catcher's season in doubt.
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Thoughtlessness
On Saturday, as I descended the stairwell leading from the locker rooms to the pool at my YMCA, I was brought up short by a child who made a tent with his fingers and stopped to waggle them, oblivious to the person walking just behind him. His mother shouted at him and apologized, but the incident…
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The Creation of the Night Sky
An exciting new collection form multi-award-winning poet Nicholas Christopher, called by the NEW YORK TIMES one of the five most important magical realist poets writing today. Whether he is describing items lost and found or a woman drowning in a stormy sea, Christopher’s elegiac and surreal…
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