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December 2010 Archives
4:33 PM Thu, Dec 30, 2010 | Permalink |
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From Christmas Island at 5 a.m. EST on Dec. 31 through American Samoa at 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 1, Lou Josephs again provides the local Web radio links for New Years Eve Live as 2011 sweeps around the world.......
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1:45 PM Wed, Dec 29, 2010 | Permalink |
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The images at these links make a lovely browse on a vacation day, and most lead to yet more art you didn't think could be made with snow. 2010 Breckenridge winner and Kids Choice, from Team Lithuania. Breckenridge Snow Sculptures......
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12:19 AM Mon, Dec 27, 2010 | Permalink |
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Train snowplow, Great Falls, Montana. Until Web Urbanist collected Blizzard Wizards: 10 Cool Cutting Edge Snow Plows, I'd never thought much about snowplows as art. Turns out, Evanston, Ill., has an annual Paint Evanston Plows Contest, with designs from......
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11:08 PM Fri, Dec 24, 2010 | Permalink |
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Three generations sleep under my roof tonight, waiting for Santa. Merry Christmas to you, and to those you love. Thanks for coming by. To make this full screen, click the box to the right of the triangle with the four......
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1:16 AM Thu, Dec 23, 2010 | Permalink |
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Just when it couldn't get more surreal, music with these widnows at Printemps. The Mamma Mia! tour is nearby, but is West Side Story there, too? Tara Bradford at Paris Parfait has lavish home and fashion windows covered in......
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9:10 AM Wed, Dec 22, 2010 | Permalink |
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I tried to watch the solstice eclipse, but the skies clouded over in Providence. In Gainesville, Fla., skies were clear and William Castleman, a professor of veterinary pathology at the University of Florida and science photographer, was at work. Winter......
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2:54 AM Tue, Dec 21, 2010 | Permalink |
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I've almost aligned the dots in 3-D to resolve an image of an angel in Starlight Xmas. From Starlight Xmas Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games: "...to solve each of the thirty levels simply......
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1:30 AM Mon, Dec 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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Patriot offensive lineman Dan Connolly caught a short punt and improbably lumbered 71 yards with 30 seconds left in the first half of Sunday's game between his New England Patriots and the fired-up Green Bay Packers. QB Tom Brady......
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4:32 AM Sat, Dec 18, 2010 | Permalink |
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND: The Spotlight Kid Outtakes 1971-1972 [Revision 3, March 2009, 3CD] Generally excellent studio recordings. The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - The Don Van Vliet Paintings Gallery Don Van Vliet, 'Captain Beefheart,' Dies at......
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12:49 PM Fri, Dec 17, 2010 | Permalink |
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In a frugal year, Amazon.com: Holiday - Miscellaneous / MP3 Albums: MP3 Downloads can help. The mp3 albums are free, and span many styles. There are also 150 free albums in all genres (here sorted by best reviewed), including Jeff......
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1:45 AM Thu, Dec 16, 2010 | Permalink |
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Science historian Jame's Burke's wonderful view of history as a collision of small inventions and unforeseeable accidents was entertaining and engaging TV (PBS via BBC) in the way that MythBusters is now, without as many explosions. The first Connections......
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11:58 AM Tue, Dec 14, 2010 | Permalink |
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Back on Nov. 6, when I blogged Designs for the new Providence River Pedestrian Bridge, I had two favorites -- one of them was Number 10 by inFORM Studio and Buro Happold, a bridge with a cafe at one end,......
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9:00 AM Mon, Dec 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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AP Photo New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reacts after throwing a touchdown pass against the Chicago Bears in the first half of a game that would end as Patriots 36, Bears 7. We were magnanimous last night, pleased......
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9:58 PM Sat, Dec 11, 2010 | Permalink |
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AP PhotoElizabeth Edwards in September, 2010.Farewell to a smart, feisty lady who seemed to have it all, and then sometimes not so much. From the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, her local paper: Story: Edwards remembered for her love, courage,......
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7:14 PM Thu, Dec 09, 2010 | Permalink |
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Columbus Dispatch photo Cookies for the holidays at the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch covers 46 different cookies, from Favorite Christmas Cookies with raisins, pecans, candied cherries and whiskey to Skippy Truffle Cookies, made with peanut butter. They're all linked and......
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10:15 AM Thu, Dec 09, 2010 | Permalink |
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The Millions : A Year in Reading 2010 by Bill Morris. The end of another year brings the usual frothy and arbitrary accounting of the "best" this and the "most" that. But might it also be an opportunity to look......
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11:49 AM Tue, Dec 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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If you're a Pats fan, ballet with big guys doesn't get any better than this December night's Nutcracker Suite in chilly Foxboro. Today, sportswriters bring sugarplums, especially from New York: Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Patriots QB Tom Brady......
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12:18 PM Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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Behind-the-Scenes Look: Time-Lapse Of The White House Christmas Tree. From The White House blog: My boss, Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza, and I talked about how we could show all of the work and energy that's put into......
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11:04 AM Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | Permalink |
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Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth deciphered ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2010) -- The Groningen professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the......
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12:26 PM Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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A classic holiday game returns with a twist: It's also a "Jump 'N' Run Advent Calendar." Every day a new level opens -- like an advent calendar -- and a splash screen promos indie gamers' other efforts. Click the......
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9:52 AM Sun, Dec 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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"When asked what he has been reading lately, he leaps up to consult his Kindle and recites a long list that includes the stories of Alan Furst and Olen Steinhauer, 'Churchill's Empire' by Richard Toye and 'Freedom' by Jonathan Franzen.......
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4:37 PM Thu, Dec 02, 2010 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Hanging glass ornaments from a previous year's Foundry show by Bill Riker of Riker Art Glass, which is again part of this year's show at the Pawtucket Armory. Now that you've bought the gadgets......
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9:57 AM Thu, Dec 02, 2010 | Permalink |
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November 23, 2010: Actor Randy Quaid, right, is accompanied by his wife Evi, left, as he leaves a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Vancouver, Canada, where he claimed refugee status, saying that "Canada has saved his life."......
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8:29 PM Wed, Dec 01, 2010 | Permalink |
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MILES DAVIS - SHABOO INN 1974 MILES DAVIS SEPTET Willimantic 1974 [no label, 2CD] Live at Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, Conn; January 26, 1974. Very good soundboard. "This is a rare show that really sounds great from a year where few......
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