Trains Erupt with Flowers: Past and Future New York City [Architecture] (6)
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A marvel of industrial efficiency when it was built in the 1930s, New York City's High Line was an elevated train line that chugged up through the lower west side of Manhattan and along the Hudson River. But in the 1980s, the trains stopped running and the tracks returned to nature, sprouting unexpectedly lush gardens of local flora. Now a years-long project to convert a stretch of the tracks into a park is nearing its ...
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Jason said:
Wow! I remember seeing these tracks as a real sort of industrial waste eyesore when I lived in NY. Nice to see they're doing something with them.
Chocolate Pecan Mini Tarts Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #7 (2)
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Recipe: Brittany's Chocolate Pecan Mini Tarts Category: Original Why is this man smiling? He's holding one of Brittany's chocolate pecan mini tarts. Brittany puts a twist on one of our favorite pies and tells a great story about tomato soup, cupcakes, and birthday food. Read on to see her story and more photos of her adorable little tarts. Where is this recipe from? Modified from this recipe on Epicurious, originally from SELF, December 2006. Why ...
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Jake said:
Mini-pies rule!
No Red America, No Blue America, Just One America | Crooks and Liars (1)
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I want to take Obama at his word, and make C&L possibly the first leftwing blog to actually try to WELCOME our conservative readers. To all our conservative readers, I’d like to know your thoughts about being a conservative, how your life has changed under Bush, what your hopes for the future are with Obama, how you think liberals could help reach out to conservatives (and vice versa) to help heal the huge gapping rift ...
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Kevin said:
Very nice article about the opportunity in front of us to try to bridge the political gap between left and right. About trying to be civil
Burglars Steal Jug of Coins from L.I. Home (1)
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Are things so bad that robbers are resorting to stealing containers of coins? The Suffolk Police tell Newsday that when three masked and armed men robbed an East Patchogue home yesterday, the robbers specifically made sure to steal a "Poland Spring water jug filled with coins." Around 2 a.m., after assaulting and robbing the 51-year-old homeowner outside (the homeowner just came back from a late night trip to buy milk), the robbers "raced...toward" the 21-year-old ...
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D Hsiao said:
"Are things so bad that robbers are resorting to stealing containers of coins? The Suffolk Police tell Newsday that when three masked and armed men robbed an East Patchogue home yesterday, the robbers specifically made sure to steal a "Poland Spring water jug filled with coins." Around 2 a.m., after assaulting and robbing the 51-year-old homeowner outside (the homeowner just came back from a late night trip to buy milk), the robbers "raced...toward" the 21-year-old son's bedroom, kicked or knocked in the door and yelled, "Give me the money!" Apparently the container was a 5-gallon jug that had some paper bills in it, too, and the son had been saving money in it for a while, but fleeing a robbery with a 5-gallon jug full of coins and bills? Really?"
Man. Date. (1)
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Brad DeLong has some thoughts on where Democrats can go on their Man Date: This degree of Republican partisan entrenchment in the court is–in a word–bizarre. It is not a good thing. Moreover. this Supreme Court forfeited any claim to be due deference from the other branches of the government when it prostituted its office to install George W. Bush as president eight years ago. It then established a new constitutional principle: that if an ...
Unruly children to be punished with 'innovative' foot massages (1)
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Badly behaved schoolchildren are set to face alternative punishment in the form of foot and head messages as a means of controlling bad behaviour. A London-run company called Bud-Umbrella will work in 60 primary and 14 secondary schools, offering the alternative therapy to improve unruly children's behaviour.Lambeth Council in south London is to reportedly spend £90,000 next year sending the reflexologists into the schools - despite the fact there is little evidence such treatment improves ...
iPhone为保自家Safari对Opera说不 (1)
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在纽约时报本周对于Opera的采访中，Opera的CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner说Opera Mini已经被移植到了iPhone上，但是却不能发布。尽管这件事仅仅只是在访谈中简要的提起，但是它还是让大家确信了苹果公司的SDK的本质，就像 Mozilla的Rob Sayre曾经抱怨的那样。纽约时报提到Opera Mini不能够发布是因为它在同苹果公司自身的浏览 ......
Did Marty McFly compose this ad? (10)
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Safety not guaranteed. Well, of course not, but this person has done this once before. Posted in classified Tagged: mcfly, safety, time travel
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Samir Talwar said:
Am I the only person that would answer this ad through sheer curiosity?
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Andrew Taylor said:
I've been to 1992 once before but I doubt I could do it again.
