One of our most viewed and discussed postings of '08 was Claude Paillard's stunning triode video where he makes a vacuum tube triode from scratch. While poking around the Web, looking for other videos he might have done, I bumped into this documentary about the 2006 European Triode Festival in the Netherlands, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this game-changing electronic component. …
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Bush establishes 3 marine monuments in Pacific
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the largest marine conservation effort in history, President George W. Bush on Tuesday designated what he called "three beautiful and biologically diverse areas of the Pacific Ocean" as national marine monuments....…
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Is Danny Meyer Thinking About Getting a Room at the Gramecy Park Hotel?
Scott Conant vehemently denied an Eater rumor that he was considering the still-vacant Wakiya space, but Danny Meyer sure seems interested. He tells the site, “The Gramercy Park Hotel's transformation has returned the storied landmark to its destination status. …
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Could ‘Tentacle’ UFO Have Destroyed UK Wind Turbine?
Could ‘Tentacle’ UFO Have Destroyed UK Wind Turbine? Written by Andrew Williams Published on January 6th, 2009 6 Comments Posted in wind energy Several residents of a remote English village have reported sightings of a bizarre tentacle-shaped UFO above a local wind farm, on the night before a wind turbine was mysteriously destroyed. …
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Video: "Hitler Didn't Do A Good Enough Job"
Anti-Israel protests in Toronto, Canada Jan. 3rd. Nasty group of terrorist lovers. Thanks to whocaresanymore in comments for vid link. Meanwhile in New Zealand a Catholic priest reportedly desecrated a memorial to slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Click image...…
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LiveJournal Restructuring: Not As Bad As Reported?
LiveJournal finally published a press release regarding the restructuring of the company, which is fancy words for cutting parts of the workforce. Previous reports might or might not be a bit extreme, it is really hard to tell because the press release really doesn’t tell us much. …
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Alan Rich on Betty Freeman *
The longtime L.A. music critic blogs about this week's death and the legacy of arts patron Betty Freeman. (Here's my news post from yesterday.) Rich: She insisted on facing death alone: no tests, no chemo, no drawn-out bedside ceremonies. …
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The Man With the Keys to the Cabs
The Man With the Keys to the Cabs By Corey Kilgannon Enrique Sandoval, 35, a Honduran immigrant who lives in Queens, hands keys out to drivers renting taxis from a fleet company for 12-hour shifts. …
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Church of England pens prayer for the redundant
LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England published a prayer on Tuesday to help comfort Britons who lose their jobs in the financial crisis.…
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German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide
BLAUBEUREN, Germany (Reuters) - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide, in despair over the huge losses suffered by his business empire during the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday.…
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Russia, Ukraine Dispute Cuts Gas to European Nations
At least two Bulgarian cities were totally without gas Tuesday, and nations like Turkey were turning to Iran to bolster their supplies, as a natural gas crisis looms over Europe after a contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine.…
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ANN Taylor president Christine Beauchamp talking shop with Derek Lam at the Turks & Caicos airport . . . Derek Jeter and flame Minka Kelly gorging on fresh seafood at Nikki Beach Resort in Turks & Caicos . . . KATE Winslet at the BAM Harvey Theater...…
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US stockmarket returns since 1825
In 2008 America's stockmarkets suffered their second-worst year since 1825INVESTORS are told that the value of their shares may go down as well as up. Rarely, however, do they plummet as far as they did in 2008. The total return of the S&P 500 index…
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Ziggo Places Large Initial DOCSIS 3.0 CPE Order with ARRIS
Communication technology company, ARRIS, announced that it has just gained a major order from Ziggo, B.V., a cable MSO in the Netherlands comprised of the former operators @HOME, Casema and Multikabel. The order was for the ARRIS Touchstone TM702 series…
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Dave Hill: Some cold comfort this winter
I'd just stepped back on to the street, glowing from my exertions in the gym, so feel free to judge my case accordingly. There was, though, something essentially absurd about the disgruntlement of the man accosting me."Got to be below freezing," he said,…
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