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Beware of cheap knock-off clocks made in China 
Novelty clocks have entranced buyers for centuries. In the 19th century, short bob pendulums and reliable spring movements made new types of clocks possible.

Cuckoo clock pair get wound up by British time change 
Britain puts its clocks back one hour at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) on Sunday giving most people a welcome extra hour in bed — but two cuckoo clock enthusiasts will have precious little time on their hands.

Cuckoo clock pair get wound up by British time change 
Britain puts its clocks back one hour at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) on Sunday giving most people a welcome extra hour in bed — but two cuckoo clock enthusiasts will have precious little time on their hands.

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Clocks gone in a blink 
Novelty clocks have entranced buyers for centuries. In the 19th century, short bob pendulums and reliable spring movements made new types of clocks possible. Makers made figural cases of men, women, peddlers, dogs, lions, houses, churches and more.

Metallic effects - pt 2 
An in-depth guide to how to create artistic metallic effects using Photoshop’s blending modes. Part two Tarnished Silver.

Spaces Pioneer past still present in restored Castroville home 
A worn, leather-bound family Bible lies on a small writing table in the living room of Frank and Gloria Kennedy’s historic Castroville home that’s on the Castro Garden Club’s 2006 Fall Tour of Homes today.

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ANOKA COUNTY
Pioneer Press, MN - Oct 24, 2006… an in-ground fountain, will approve the final payment for the Clock Tower, and … Eustis Street south of Larpenteur Avenue and discuss quotes to repair the social …

Power crisis worsens in Doda
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), India - Oct 18, 2006… unaffected in the numbers of houses which are getting round the clock power supply … was not supplied from Udhampur grid station due to some repair work going on …

Clock Tower Restoration Complete
Rosyln News, NY - Oct 5, 2006… by Angela Anton and Doug Pierce, co-chairs of the Clock Tower Trust Fund … historian John Collins who prepared the drawings and repair specifications, including …

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Monday wild card
Spokane Spokesman-Review - With apologies to those of you with Tony Orlando songs still stuck in your head - here’s the afternoon wild card At DFO’s request, I’m taking another run at blog-sitting while he’s on vacation. And so, I’m making a plea to all of you to help me

A Quick Scoot Cross-Country
Washington Post - I finally got it done at 4 o’clock in the morning, in time for the 6 a.m. wake-up call.” Out of the 30 scooters that started special place to a lot of people in the Washington area. Just 2 1/2 hours away, it’s a place of covered bridges and antique

Tractors that Roll Over Naked Things in the Night
Signal - It was pre-World War II vintage with the big antique seat. Walt prided himself that his tractors had no brakes. None. Zip. Nada It was winter, not even five o’clock, but it felt much later because of the biting cold and early sunset. I had finished my

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Cuckoo-clock pair wound up by time change
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 1 hour ago… cuckoo-clock enthusiasts will have precious little time on their hands. Brothers Roman and Maz Piekarski have more than 500 clocks at their Cuckooland museum …

The world at one o’clock
The Sun, UK - Oct 5, 2006By ONLINE REPORTER. South Korean soldiers walk past displays of mock North Korean Scud-B missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. …

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NHL.com - Snyder’s legacy lives on through NHL tour
NHL.com - volunteering to the Kidney Society, due to his uncle having had kidney disease, the Cancer Society, because his grandfather died Brad Tapper sees signs whenever he sees a 19 (Snyder’s Chicago Wolves jersey number) or 37 on a clock or the TV set. He is

Mall redevelopment remains afoot
Coloradoan - William Portouw, co-owner of Vintage Clock & Watch at Foothills Mall, is closing his store. He said he wishes he could Open through Oct. 31, grandfather clocks, wall clocks and other merchandise ranging from $10 to $3,000 are discounted 15 percent

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Woman believes spirits of loved ones communicate with her
North Channel Sun - A family clock tells the story of a grandmother’s love for Polan. The incident happened about five years ago One rainy day She went to the cemetery to think and as she was wiping her grandfather’s grave stone she received what she believes was a very

The Last Flight of Scott Crossfield
Smart Money - National Cemetery’s right-angled administration building, and in each of them a funeral scheduled to begin at one o’clock stay, locked away in that bunker, in accordance with their humble wishes that the final home of their father and grandfather

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MOTORSPORTS NOTEBOOK: Legends to lend hand for race week kickoff 
Bank of America 500 race week activities in Charlotte will pick up steam today with a rally uptown and racing at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

WITH BRAD REDDING 
When it comes to chipping many golfers have the concept of using the clubhead to loft the ball into the air. This promotes a wristy action with the hands. The shoulder and arms control the chip shot and the wrists should stay firm. The concept here is that if you move something on the inside (shoulders and arms), the outside will move (clubhead) and it will move a greater distance. An example

Pitchfork Celebrates Ten Years with New Year’s Parties 
Late in the afternoon on January 1, 2006, Pitchfork will lazily roll out of bed, stumble to the bathroom mirror, wipe the sleep from its eyes, and gaze upon its own visage in disbelief– next year, Pitchfork will turn 10 years old.

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Furniture World Magazine - Oct 10, 2006… This handtsome Grandfather Clock has a patented AutoWind movement allowing the user to own mechanical movement clocks without the need to wind them manually. …

Historical Drama
TIME - Oct 21, 2006… Hidden tape recordings of a chiming grandfather clock, a muffled conversation in another room and the clip-clop of horses’ hooves on the street evoke the …

Notes: Engineering key for Penske, says Busch
Nascar - Oct 21, 2006… Tony Stewart won at Martinsville in the spring for his second victory there, The win earned him another grandfather clock, which track officials award to race …

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Craft Mafia is ready to impress with its one-of-a-kind creations
MySanAntonio - Her pieces are substantial and may contain old decanter labels, brass and copper tags, vintage tin cans, clock parts, antique amulets and old glass beads. Some come from trades she makes with other artists

Okami’s hero is a god of creation, not destruction, and an artist to
San Francisco Gate - appears to be the subtle texture of paper, giving the distinct impression that everything is being cast from an antique in the sky lets you turn day into night; drawing that same circle on the ground with an extra diagonal dash at 2 o’clock

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3 big men on campus - Jot, Noble and Max 
“What’s on deck for Sunday morning?” the crew of the Seven Ayem Senior Moment Krispy Cr me BS & Kaffeeklatch asked.

Connection to Iwo Jima 
A special screening of a new World War II film, the recent death of a famous photographer and his iconic image from a Pacific island battle and the memories of two McLean-area Marine Corps combat veterans converged the evening of Oct. 17 at the Mazza Gallerie in Washington, D.C.

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Harvest Fest turns back clock 
For those looking to escape the current distractions of modern times, the Trotwood Historical Society will showcase Miami Valley life at the turn of the last century during its eighth annual Pioneer Harvest Fest this Saturday.

CBGB closing its doors 
Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood.

23rd annual Barbecue Festival comes to Lexington Saturday 
LEXINGTON On Saturday, more than 100,000 will converge in downtown Lexington for the 23rd Annual Barbecue Festival. Festival hours are 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Shuttles will provide transportation from satellite parking lots throughout the city.

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ARTS & CRAFTS ANTIQUE ORIGINALS
News-antique.com (press release), New York - Oct 15, 2006… Panels, Pre-Raphaelite Prints, Pugin Asperges Bucket, William Morris Sussex Chair, Liberty & Co Bookshelf, Arts & Crafts Grandfather Clock, Rodinesque Bronze …

Tractors that Roll Over Naked Things in the Night
Signal, CA - Oct 12, 2006… It was pre-World War II vintage with the big antique seat. … It was winter, not even five o’clock, but it felt much later because of the biting cold and early …

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Retail Technology Solution: Cisco Unified Communications For Retail Solution Enhances Customer Experience And Improves  
Cisco Systems today announced its Cisco Unified Communications for Retail solution to help retailers reduce costs, improve productivity, and provide integrated communications throughout stores, contact centers, and headquarters.

Home Builders Help Buyers Sell Old Home 
The seller’s market is no longer. Buyers now have the upperhand, demanding upgrades, free landscaping and lower prices from new home builders. But what still stops some deals from closing is when the buyer can’t sell his present home.

NEC Launches SX-8R 
TOKYO — NEC Corporation today announced the worldwide launch and availability of a new supercomputer in the SX series, model SX-8R (an enhanced version of SX-8),the world’s most powerful vector supercomputer with a peak vector performance of 144 TFLOPS (TFLOPS: one trillion floating point operations per second).

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CBGB closing its doors 
Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood.

Artistic friends exhibit their first collaboration 
The Edmonds Arts Commission and the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation are presenting a joint exhibit of mixed media work by Tina Hoggatt and Virginia Paquette through October at the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds.

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Archives 
Is the concept of the band as an entity in itself waning in favor of a view that posits it as a mere jumping point to solo success? The sheer proliferation of individual projects might have some people wondering.

Lennon believes McGeady is right to choose Ireland over Scotland 
WITH Scotland gearing up to play World Cup runners-up France this weekend, it is still a bit galling to think that, rather than getting to grips with Thierry Henry and Co at Hampden, one of this country’s most talented players will be in Cyprus to help…

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Law offices make a motion to dismiss stiff, stodgy decor
Boston Globe, United States - Oct 7, 2006… the 33-lawyer firm of Melick, Porter & Shea, whose office at 28 State Street is conservatively furnished and decorated, complete with grandfather clock in the …

Collector contemplates as time tick-tocks on
Denver Post, CO - Oct 4, 2006… He’s 60, his beard has turned gray and he’s tired. To use the old expression, he can hear the 1885 handcrafted German Black Forest grandfather clock ticking. …

Longtime Jackson probate judge dies
Huntsville Times, AL - Sep 14, 2006… At 6 am Wednesday, a grandfather clock at his Lora Street home in Scottsboro chimed six times just after he took his last breath, said his daughter, Abby Gentry …

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Tell us your Pilgrimage story
Minneapolis Star Tribune - ATLANTA Louvre’s Georgia wing On Saturday, the High Museum opened “Kings as Collectors,” an exhibition that launches a three In Colorado, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin are making artificial snow around the clock, while Silverton Mountain has already

Sen. Gregory Luna Legislative Scholars and Fellows Program
Austin Chronicle - vitality of AMOA exhibitions and educational programming. Thu., Oct. 12, 6pm-9pm. Austin Museum of They need basic household items, like clock radios, linens, and kitchen supplies. 472-1164. www

CBGB closing its doors
Monterey County Herald - Although its boom years are long gone, CBGB remained a Manhattan music scene fixture: part museum, part barroom, home to more Kristal sits beneath a platinum record from Joan Jett, a CBGB clock and a few of the endless band stickers that blanket the

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Son loses control of Astor family fortune
Scotland on Sunday Online - Marshall is also required to transfer ownership of the Maine property in Northeast Harbor back to her husband so that it might be used as collateral against any future legal claims against them. A painting by Andrew Wyeth and a grandfather clock will

Gaines pledges to limit control of government
Auburn Journal - The California State Assembly District 4 candidate knows if elected, the time clock on his six years in office will start His family’s roots in Roseville stem back to 1850 and his great-great grandfather’s home still stands near the fairgrounds, he

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Nation/World Briefs
Detroit News - least $78.5 million for violating Pennsylvania labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock Retail sales drop 0.4% in Sept.; holidays look up WASHINGTON — Bolstered by falling gasoline prices, consumers headed back to

Business Briefs: Burlington device maker to launch IPO next week
MetroWest Daily News - Vascular Inc. plans to launch its initial public offering next week and use the proceeds to reduce debt and hire more sales 78 million for violating Pennsylvania state labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock, a

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