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[?]Submitted by Lookit I Spy Blog
Have you ever found yourself digging around in your cabinets and drawers looking for that specific lid to the bowl you were using only to not find it? I know I do this all the time, and while I usually locate it eventually, it’s frustrating and […]
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
In honor of the 40th birthday of Sesame Street, Children’s Television Workshop has released an incredible DVD collection called “Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days”. Featuring favorite moments from the show, this amazing collection will take parents on a trip down memory lane and introduce […]
5 Solstice
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[?]Submitted by The Consumer’s Corner Blog
I fell in love with 5 Flare awhile ago, and the rest of this line of gums from Wrigley’s continues to impress me. The more I fall in love with coffee, the more I fall in love with gum; it’s a sure fire way to eliminate […]
Stamp Thieves Jailed
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Britain’s Sun newspaper reports a young woman has been jailed for “secretly plundering one of Britain’s biggest stamp collections — to blow it on drugs.”
According to reporter Richard Moriarty, the woman along with her boyfriend stole her stepfather’s collection while he was in the hospital. Up […]
1246 – Shine On
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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
First day out of the cage, and the day showed no mercy. Yes, it was sunny in between, that was while I sat at work in front of the computer
Anyway. This image is of one short moment in the morning, when I […]
First Sign Of Spring
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[?]Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Crocus, Canton, NC - 2010
(Click on photo to enlarge.)
Doors & Windows of Pittsburgh
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[?]Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
I started a new side project yesterday afternoon. My goal was to shoot something new and different. I challenged myself by setting rules to follow.
Rule #1 ~ Only one snap of the shutter per composition.
Rule #2 ~ Only one hour to produce (create something new) work […]
Coconut Oil: The Tropical Magic Potion
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[?]Submitted by Natural Remedies
Coconut oil has been used for centuries as a vital source of food for health and general well-being in traditional communities of tropical regions. Recent research verifies traditional beliefs that the coconut palm is “The Tropical Magic Potion.” What are some of the health benefits of coconut oil?
The […]
‘Green Zone’ peddles yesterday’s news
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[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Matt Damon searches for the truth in Green Zone.
Green Zone, which deals with the early stages of the war in Iraq, winds up firing more blanks than expected. The problem: The movie revolves around a discovery - there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq — that’s […]
‘Remember’ strains not to be forgotten
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[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Emilie de Ravin and Robert Pattinson talk things over.
What you think of Remember Me probably depends on whether you believe the movie’s emotional end justifies the mediocre means by which it got there. I’d vote no.
Teen-age girls who are enamored of Robert Pattinson, of Twilight-movie fame, may well […]
New Movie Releases – March 12, 2010
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[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
These are the movies opening in wide release this, Friday: “Green Zone” (starring Matt Damon), “Our Family Wedding” (starring Forest Whitaker and America Ferrara) and “Remember Me” (Starring Robert Pattinson).
Green Zone
Synopsis: Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team […]
CASTORO SEI
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[?]Submitted by Ship of the Day
The Castoro Sei (IMO: 8758603, Port of registry: Nassau, Bahama’s) is a semi-submersible pipelay vessel with an overall length of 152 metres, a width of 70 metres and a operating draught of 7.8 up to 15.5 metres. She provides a safe, reliable and stable operating platform […]
Diving Rose Gardens
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[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Wow what a dive. The visibility seemed to be endless. Rose Gardens is a pinnacle dive just off Anchorage. There was quite a lot of swell on the pinnacle itself so we got dropped in a little swim away.
We went in to take back the […]
Amazing photos
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[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
There are some really amazing photographers down here on Base. This picture was taken by Mike Shortt of Shags.
Sailing Photo Of The Day - LV Trophy New Zealand
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[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
LV Trophy Auckland
Photo: Stefano Gattini/AZZURRA
Music News & Notes
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
4AD and Sub Pop Announce Record Store Day Releases Featuring Blonde Redhead, Gang Gang Dance, Dum Dum Girls and Soundgarden
Each year since 2008, music retailers have celebrated Record Store Day with special in-store performances and limited-edition releases from some of music’s biggest names. This year, […]
Articles of Interest
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The Last Record Store
Valley-based Turn It Up! remains a successful outpost of old-school music-buying.
By Matthew Dube
He stole the entire Bob Dylan section.
The grizzled and affable gentleman—think Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart—in the oversized Celtics warm-up jacket was a fixture for several days in early 2001. […]
Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 8, 2010
DEAR JERRY: Has anyone ever told you they keep a scrapbook of your columns? Well I do, and it is several hundred pages.
In one written about 10 years ago, you say that Billboard began using their Star Performer symbol (a.k.a., […]
Music News & Notes
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The Pipettes confirm new single, tour
The Pipettes have confirmed the details of their comeback single and a spring UK tour. The girl-group will release ‘Stop The Music’ on CD, limited edition red vinyl and download on April 19 through Fortuna POP. In support of the release […]
This Date In Music History-March 10
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Birthdays:
Dean Torrence - Jan and Dean (1940)
Pete Nelson - Flowerpot Men (1945)
Tom Scholz - Boston (1947)
Ted McKenna - Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1950)
Bunny Debarge - Debarge (1955)
Gail Greenwood - Belly/L7 (1960)
Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam (1963)
Neneh Cherry (1964)
Edie Brickell (1965)
Dave Krusen - Pearl Jam (1966)
Dylan Keefe […]
FDR’s Grandson Visits National Postal Museum
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Last month, Curtis Roosevelt toured Delivering Hope: FDR & Stamps of the Great Depression at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. with Director Allen Kane and exhibit curators Cheryl Ganz and Daniel Piazza.
According to a post on the NPM website, “The oldest grandson of FDR […]
Connecticut Postmaster Starts “Philatelic Wednesdays”
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
An article on the New Canaan, Connecticut Advertiser website leads with, “With a quarter of a century of United States Postal Service experience under her belt, Nancy Cornelio is ready to be the first female postmaster at the New Canaan post office since the position was […]
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers on DVD
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Description:
The LEGO® toy brand comes to life in an all-new feature-length DVD movie released on 2/23 entitled LEGO®: The Adventures of Clutch Powers. Meet Clutch Powers, the best builder and explorer in the LEGO universe as he heads off on his most dangerous mission yet. Join […]
1245 – Simply Some Lines
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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
What’s a bicycle? It’s simply some lines. I’m not attached to bicycles more than to any other kind of object, it’s just that they have so useful lines
I don’t ride bicycles. No more. I did it ten, fifteen years ago, and then […]
1244 – Alone On A Mountain
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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
I’m still at home – and I can’t even begin to tell you how fed up I am. I have made no single image since when? Sunday?? But anyway, I’ll stay home tomorrow, and on Friday I’m back to work and then in […]
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