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Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
The bad weather goes on and on. I was lucky. Yesterday when I had to go to Klagenfurt, my hometown, and when I had to wait on the streets for more than an hour, it did just not rain. As soon as I […]
A new poem
Rating 3.50 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
The talk shows
The talk shows
Lost their spark, hark!
I hear something
Being said
As a lark,
Oh rats, it’s
Someone speaking to
Us through the wall,
This won’t do at all,
Some one desires a
A voice in the
Air when the airwaves
Short out,
Men and women are mumbling
After their cars stall and they walk
Stumbling into spiked, arched […]
Lost and Found - New Deal Post Office Murals
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, “In 1939, two renowned New York artists, Raphael and Moses Soyer, received federal commissions to paint murals for the Kingsessing branch post office under the heralded New Deal post office art program.
“Their artwork - two 15-foot-long murals made up of three panels […]
The Oak Ridge Boys on QVC
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Country Music Alive Blog
Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban, and Duane Allen, better known as The Oak Ridge Boys make up one of the finest American vocal groups ever. No, you don’t hear about them as much as we should, but they are still touring and better yet, […]
Battle for Terra Movie Posters
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: May 1st, 2009
Genre: Sci-fi, Animation, Adventure
Running time: 85 min.
Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Studio: Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Screenplay: Evan Spiliotopoulos
Producer(s): Dane Allan Smith, Jessica Wu, Keith Calder, Ryan Colucci
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Dennis Quaid, Chris Evans, James Garner, […]
Inglourious Basterds Movie Posters
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: Friday August 21, 2009
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Studio: Universal Pictures, Alliance Films
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Producer(s): Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar […]
Inglourious Basterds Movie Posters
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: Friday August 21, 2009
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Studio: Universal Pictures, Alliance Films
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Producer(s): Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar […]
Infantino Wrist Rattles - Pig & Cow
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Pigs.it Blog
Infantino Wrist Rattles - Pig & Cow $4.49
With these rattles, baby’s natural movement becomes a source of no-stop entertainment!
get it at Babies R Us
Help wanted
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
For most of my sailing life I have depended on the kindness of strangers or paying vast sums of money to sail on or rent other people’s boats. The main advantage of this is never having to fix a thing.
The first thing everyone […]
Answers to the mystery photo
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Blur.se posted this photo. I received some interesting suggestions on what it might be. Not sure I am convinced about any of them.
“Looks like someone glued on a camera mount to their bow.”
“fish finder transducer.”
“it’s Joe Rouse’s secret weapon for catching fish.”
“something electromagnetic, stuck […]
Antigua Day 2,3 and 4
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Day four of Antigua and it was an early start to the day. Gear breakages (not on Yeoman XXXII) have left our fleet with two boats – Rio and us. The conditions in Antigua have been beautiful with large rolling waves, hot sun and 15-20 […]
Onboard footage on Yeoman XXXII
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
We had a cameraman onboard Yeoman XXXII today. There are are a few good shots of us. The stern wave footage is off the back of the boat while we are roaring downwind.
Disseminating Information: Swine Flu
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Animal Place
We are not epidemiological experts or scientists intimately familiar with flu viruses. We are, however, concerned about the emergence of this hybrid virus as much as anyone.
There is a chance that a suitable environment for this virus was found in a pig farm where animals are housed in […]
On Thanking Slaughtered Sheep for Book Awards
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Animal Person
Jenny sent me a link to a remarkably-ironic story that was very tough to get through.
Remember Catherine Friend, who wrote Compassionate Carnivore? (Here’s my commentary on it, and here’s my commentary about what compassionate carnivore means–and doesn’t mean.)
Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks […]
Call It What It Is : Frankenstein Flu
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
By Darryl Mason
The debate rumbles on what media-friendly brand name to slap on the H1N1/quad-flu virus now infecting thousands across the United States, Europe, Mexico, the UK, Australia, and at least a dozen other countries.
‘Swine flu’ is being lined up for a fast retirement. Here are some […]
The first 100 days of President Obama
Rating 4.33 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Breaking News Blog
Written by Michael Vass
So we have made it thru the first 100 days under President Obama. The nation is still called America. This is still a democracy. The public, and more importantly the major media, still love President Obama. But this is no longer the nation that […]
More from the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Movies and Film Blog
Written by Black Entertainment USA
As I continue to edit and prepare the interviews that I had at the Tribeca Film Festival, I wanted to give my readers a heads up on what are some of the top movies at the festival. There are several that I […]
Tribeca Film Festival 2009 - April 27th
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Movies and Film Blog
Written by Black Entertainment USA
This will be a bit short as I am about to go into an interview with Abigail Disney, executive producer of Pray The Devil Back To Hell and Playground.
This has been a very exciting day so far as I have had video […]
How to Start Day Trading
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Economist Blog
We provide 100k of FIRM’s daytrading capital to new members. They are allowed to use this any way they wish to make their profits during market hours. Our platform is nasdaq platinum certified, a direct access trading software that hits many ecns and exchanges including new ecns like […]
Term to Perm: When Does It Make Sense To Convert Your Life Insurance Policy?
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Economist Blog
Written by: Matrix Direct, Inc.
If you have a term life insurance policy, you might have chosen it over other types of life insurance because a term life policy offers affordable, practical coverage.
Term life policies can be flexible and personalized – you pick the coverage amount you need […]
The Giant Awakens
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Economist Blog
By AJ Monte CMT
Chief Market Strategist
The Market Guys, Inc.
Unemployment is on the rise, gross domestic product is still hovering in negative territory, our national debt is being protested in the streets across America and word is out that the US Treasury is printing more of the greenback to […]
Born To Run (Outside) - Part I
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Fit and Female Blog
Ironic that I would title this with a song title from “The Boss”, because as far as I know I’m the only person from NJ who actually doesn’t like Bruce Springsteen. Several of my old Garden State pals actually refuse to speak to me because of this, […]
Academic FAIL
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
(via PB) A professor of religion laments the “broken” higher education system, calling for more regulation and re-organization.
Although he’s wrong about regulation (MORE government? Please no!) and performance (US universities are great), he’s right to point out “as departments fragment, research and publication become more and more about […]
Picture of the Year
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
PB sent this XLS with a comment:
Not only have consumptive uses north of the Delta exceeded exports for many years, the outflows have not collapsed as some claim. What these figures do not show is the timing of these various diversions and outflows. Our better understanding of and […]
Hype vs. Reality
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
…or perhaps “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”? Check this out:
Water agencies and politicians from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on down have repeatedly stressed that water shortages this year from the Bay Area to San Diego prove the need for such a canal. It would divert water around the Delta […]
