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[ Flickr/Professor Bop ] Chelsea Now brings the sad news that yes, indeed, the Empire Diner will be leaving its spot in Chelsea , as suspected when it first went on the market last month. The group behind sceney Union Square restaurant Coffee Shop is taking over the space and will reopen it with a new menu and new name but the same look: “…the restaurant will essentially stay in ‘pretty much the same form that it is now,’ except with a ‘Coffee Shop flavor ,’ Benitez said.

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Switcheroos: Coffee Shop to Take over Chelsea Landmark, Empire Diner

Lebanon, Syria vow to keep up coordination (Middle East Online) Lebanese President hails ‘privileged relations with Syria’ as two countries vow to ‘work together’. Syrian – Lebanese summit held in Damascus (Al Bawaba) Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman held talks Thursday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad three days after the formation of a new

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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Lebanon, Syria vow to keep up coordination (Middle East Online)

A bakery and cafe in Newton Centre that has focused on pies and other baked goods since opening in 2007 now has a new dinner menu, as well as beer and wine. According to Goldstein Pierce , Pie Bakery and Cafe is now serving such daily specials as spaghetti pie, steak quesadillas, turkey meatloaf, and oven-fried chicken as well as dishes that are available every day including potato knishes, chicken pot pie, macaroni and cheese, and shepherd’s pie

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Pie Bakery and Cafe in Newton Has New Dinner Menu, Beer and Wine

John “JE” Englebert has worn many hats – club owner, promoter, opportunist, media whore – but is now looking to cross the final frontier. Per his own press release, Staten Island’s favorite son is pitching a new series creatively called Life of a Club Owner , which “will have uncensored, no holds barred, raw footage of nightlife at its best” , including a promise to show uncensored footage from Tunnel and Twilo. A crazy guy that’s desperate for attention and video from the 90’s – who wouldn’t watch this

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Nightlife: JE Englebert Does Reality TV

Every week when I drive to campus I pass by this pink and yellow Japanese restaurant called ‘Sakura Express’.  It catches my eye because on the window it advertises some difficult-to-find Japanese dishes like yakisoba and udon.  I’ve been meaning to try it out and finally gave it a go this Tuesday before a meeting on campus. CASH REGISTER TREATS: When I ordered at the cash register I looked to the right and was surprised with the most incredible basket of treats ever.  HAICHU!  My all time favorite Japanese candy!  Back when I moved back to the states from Japan, I would always harass my dad to pick up tons of Haichu when he went back for business, and was thrilled when I went to Epcot years ago and found some.  A couple of months ago I found some in a 7-Eleven in DC, so I wasn’t completed shocked, but definitely pleased   They also had Pocky, and appropriate babies dressed up as peacocks.  CLASSIC! FOOD OPTIONS: 9.  When it comes to Japanese food there are some definite staples in the states, but not all of my favorite Japanese dishes.  This place does a great job of covering more ground.  The classic sushi, hibachi and tempura were all available, PLUS udon and yakisoba.  There was no tankatsu or curry, so I have to take off 2 points, but I was still definitely pleased

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Sakura Express!

S and I took B (I’m really beginning to sound like Gossip Girl) out to Carino’s (a favorite of the Manhattan elite, I’m sure) last night for her birthday.  While I’m not just a huge Italian food fan, as previously discussed I am a huge wine fan.  Half price bottles of wine? Sign me up. Half-off! Both regularly priced around $50, at half-off, we were willing to try these wines that we would normally shy away from.  S and B both liked the Ruffino chianti, which was fruity and smooth.  The Russian River chardonnay was a little buttery for me, but complimented my balsamic chicken nicely.  Definite thumbs up for the Caesar salad and bread.

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Wine Down Wednesday

I’ve been to other Michelin starred restaurants in London – Chez Bruce and Pied a Terre – but River Cafe is the one that I’d go to all the time if I had money.  My boyfriend and I went there for our anniversary in July and absolutely loved it.  The room has been redecorated after a fire and is now bright, roomy and airy.  The service is friendly and relaxed and there’s nothing snooty about it at all.  The atmosphere is great, almost like a big house party – no dull banker types but interesting looking media types and – hurrah – a glimpse of Jade Jagger having a ciggie outside.  Next time I’d like to try the wood fired oven for pigeon or pizza, but instead had a wonderfully simple and tasty Tuscan style meal of pasta to start and fish as a main.  Basic delicious food like you’d get in a local restaurant in Florence, although with booze included its obviously not a cheap night.

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River Cafe, Thames Wharf, Rainville Road, W6

U.S. envoy objects to troop increase – Army News, news from Iraq, – Army Times (Army Times) WASHINGTON The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country,

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“Wenn es in Berlin doch mehr Läden wie das Primavera gäbe…” seufzt man unwillkürlich, wenn man in diesem Lokal wohlig gesättigt die Rechnung bezahlt und noch Genug Geld im Portemonnaie hat, um die Kreuberger Nacht in der einen oder anderen Kneipe um ein paar Stündchen zu verlängern. Denn das Primavera ist eins der wenigen Lokale in Kreuzberg, wo man preiswert UND gut essen kann. Ein Steak aus der Lammhüfte, schön rosa, mit grünen Bohnen und Bratkartoffeln für 8,50, wo findet man das sonst?

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Pizzeria Primavera, Berlin

Jump to the full entry & travel map Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Pass4sure, the world renowned IT certification material provider, introduces a collection of refurbished Cisco network devices recently, to facilitate candidates in building lab environment for Cisco exams. Every candidate may have such predicament that even if you have got your CCNA certification, still you have little confidence on your lab experience. Of course, it is not your fault, for the Cisco network devices are indeed too expensive for candidates to afford

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Refurbished Cisco network devices debut at Pass4su — Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map London, England, United Kingdom I can’t work out if having a break and return to reality is a good thing during a round the world trip. For the first week it seemed surreal to be back in the UK, but that quickly changed to feeling like I’d never left and as if all my travels had never actually happened. The UK has been predictably grey, wet, cold and miserable

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Grey, wet, miserable; God I hate this country! — London, England, United Kingdom

Der Service muss außergewöhnlich sein, das lassen die begeisterten Schilderungen eines Freundes vermuten, der vor kurzem zu Gast im tasty war. Nicht nur ausgesprochen charmant, sondern auch zuvorkommend und wirklich “auf Zack” seien die Jungs und Mädels vom Serviceteam, die mit guter Stimmung bei allen Gästen für entspanntes Wohlgefühl sorgen

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Außergewöhnlicher Service, tolles Ambiente und köstliches Essen: tasty Bar & Restaurant

Jump to the full entry & travel map Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand Today we visited Mt Aspiring National Park, which is the third largest of New Zealand’s Parks. We stopped at the Park Visitor’s Center and picked up the brochure, “Walks along the Haast Highway,” which was very helpful as we drove the 140km section of Hwy 6. We drove beyond Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, through rainforests and along rivers.

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A day in the park…. — Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

brussels airlines since 25OCT09 has launched codeshare agreement with TAP Portugal, covering flights between Portugal and Brussels. Codeshare flight numbers as follows: ROUTE SN Codesharing TP Operating Brussels – Lisbon SN6401 SN6403 SN6405 TP611 TP605 TP615 Lisbon – Brussels SN6402 SN6404 SN6406 TP604 TP614 TP618 Brussels – Porto SN6407 TP603 Porto – Brussels SN6408 TP602 TP Codesharing SN Operating Faro – Brussels TP6149 SN3801 Brussels – Faro TP6148 SN3802 Lisbon – Brussels TP6130 TP6132 TP6134 SN3814 SN3816 SN3820 Brussels – Lisbon TP6131 TP6133 TP6135 SN3813 SN3815 SN3819 Porto – Brussels TP6142 SN3812 Brussels – Porto TP6143 SN3811 Posted in 2009/10, brussels airlines, TAP Portugal, [CODESHARE], [Star Alliance]

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brussels airlines / TAP Portugal launch codesharing

brussels airlines from 12JAN10 will begin codeshare service on EGYPTAIR’s service on Brussels – Cairo 4 weekly and Brussels – Luxor 1 weekly service.  Codeshare flight numbers as follows: ROUTE SN Codesharing MS Operating Brussels – Cairo SN5601 MS726 Cairo – Brussels SN5602 MS725 Brussels – Luxor SN5603 MS726 Luxor – Brussels SN5604 MS725 Posted in 2009/10, brussels airlines, EGYPTAIR, [CODESHARE], [Star Alliance]

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brussels airlines / EGYPTAIR launch codeshare Jan 10

SAMURAI is a 2.5 million Euro FP7 security research project that aims to “develop and integrate an innovative intelligent surveillance system for robust monitoring of both inside and surrounding areas of a critical public infrastructure”. SAMURAI will develop a “real-time adaptive behaviour profiling and abnormality detection system for alarm event alert and prediction with much reduced false operators and mobile sensory input for patrolling security staff for a hybrid context-aware based abnornal behaviour recognition”.

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SAMURAI Workshop on Intelligent Video Systems

Jump to the full entry & travel map High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom “Where are we going and why?” Rhetorical/ philosophical question at the start of almost every management course I’ve ever been on. Nothing rhetorical or philosophical about this entry: Our outline plans are as follows: 17-27 November: Capetown and the garden route. Because we lived in Zambia for two years and missed the opportunity to visit SA then.

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Day minus 7: Where are we going and why? — High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

Jump to the full entry & travel map Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 荷比盧 初體驗 Day 1_Part 1 總算踏上歐洲了 妳經過反覆的思索與考慮 終於找到旅伴可以度過17個小時的飛行 第一次長途飛行 第一次踏上歐洲 當在機場出境大廳 看到熟悉的臉孔時 不知妳是否也放一下顆心 清晨四點多的史基浦機場 帶著妳們 拖著行李到地下室去等火車 是不是有一種詭異的感覺 不真實 不太清醒 看著陌生的文字 聽著莫名的語言 看著形形色色的臉孔 突然覺得自己真的在一個陌生的國度~ 聽著導遊 嘰哩呱啦的講述荷蘭火車網路與未來幾天會拜訪的城市位置 確實累了 上了火車 是上下雙層 也忘了照相 看了窗外還是黑矇矇的 搞不清楚這城市 是平的還是方的 到了阿姆斯特丹中央車站 還搞不清楚狀況 就出了車站 天未亮 看到了一個混亂的街道 這真是優雅的歐洲嗎?

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First Time in Europe: Netherlands_ Day 1_Part 1 — Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Jump to the full entry & travel map Denmark, Western Australia, Australia We woke up this morning to find lots of kangaroos hopping around our car! What a wake up call! We showered and changed and were then ready to drive around the park to see what we could see, which at first wasn’t much as we seemed to be stuck right in the middle of a cloud of mist. After about half an hour we were free of mist and were able to drive around the park looking back at the mist covered mountains along the way. We drove down to Albany and spent the day looking around here

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Explosive times — Denmark, Western Australia, Australia

Jump to the full entry & travel map Hefei, Anhui, China Operated by www.topchinatrip.com Snow hit many parts of north China Wednesday, causing deadly traffic accidents and highway closures and leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded at major airports. Heavy snow blanketed Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, for a second day and paralyzed all transport, including aviation and highway services, provincial authorities said Wednesday

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Snow hit many parts of north China Wednesday — Hefei, Anhui, China