Spurs beat Arsenal 2-1; Altidore sets US record

Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale, left, shoots and scores a goal against Arsenal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Arsenal at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale, left, shoots and scores a goal against Arsenal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Arsenal at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale, right, celebrates after scoring a goal against Arsenal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Arsenal at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Tottenham Hotspur's Michael Dawson, rear right, heads the ball with Arsenal's Olivier Giroud, as they jump above Tottenham's Scott Parker during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Arsenal at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Tottenham Hotspur's Aaron Lennon, left, is held by teammate Scott Parker, No 8, as he celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Arsenal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Arsenal at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in London, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

LONDON (AP) ? Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon scored in a three-minute span late in the first half, giving Tottenham a 2-1 win over visiting Arsenal on Sunday in a North London derby that could prove to be pivotal in the race for Champions League qualification.

Bale put Tottenham ahead in the 37th minute when he beat an offside trap on a pass from Gylfi Sigurdsson and sent a left-footed shot past goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny for his 10th goal in eight games and 20th this season.

Just 140 seconds later, Scott Parker threaded a pass behind the Thomas Vermaelen, and Lennon rounded Szczesny to slot into an empty net.

Per Mertesacker scored Arsenal's goal on a 51st-minute glancing header that deflected in off Bale.

Tottenham (16-6-6) is third with 54 points, two ahead of Chelsea (15-6-7) and seven in front of Arsenal (13-7-8), which is seeking its 16th straight Champions League berth under manager Arsene Wenger. The top four teams qualify for Europe's top club competition.

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Jozy Altidore broke Clint Dempsey's record for most goals by an American in a European club season, scoring his 24th in AZ Alkmaar's 2-1 loss at RKC Waalwijk in the Dutch Eridivisie.

The 23-year-old tied the score in the 69th minute, his 17th league goal to go along with seven in the Dutch Cup.

Dempsey scored 23 goals for Fulham last season, including 17 in the English Premier League, three in the FA Cup and three in the Europa League. He transferred to Tottenham in August.

Mart Lieder scored his second of the game for host Waalwijk in the 76th.

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ROME (AP) ? Inter Milan rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second half to win 3-2 at Catania, shaking off Antonio Cassano's latest outburst.

Cassano wasn't dressed following a training scuffle with coach Andrea Stramaccioni. Cassano has had run-ins with authority figures throughout his career, including Fabio Capello at Roma and Real Madrid and former Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone.

Catania built a 2-0 lead on goals by Gonzalo Bergessio in the seventh minute and Giovanni Marchese in the 19th, but Ricky Alvarez head in a cross in the 51st from Rodrigo Palacio, who tied the score in the 70th and got the go-ahead goal off a pass from Esteban Cambiasso in the second minute of stoppage time.

Inter (14-8-5) is tied for fourth with Lazio, one point behind AC Milan (13-7-6) for the last Champions League berth. Fiorentina is two points back in sixth after beating visiting Chievo Verona 2-1 on a 78th-minute goal by newly signed Marcelo Larrondo.

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BERLIN (AP) ? Mario Gomez made the most of a rare start to give Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Hoffenheim.

Frank Ribery headed on Javi Martinez's header for Gomez to flick past goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes with his second touch in the 38th minute.

Bayern (20-1-3) holds a 17-point lead over second-place Borussia Dortmund (13-4-7).

American midfielder Daniel Williams created Hoffenheim's best chances in the first half. Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger hit the crossbar and a post from successive free kicks in the second half.

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PARIS (AP) ? Lyon wasted its chance to move even on points with French league leader Paris Saint-Germain, tying 1-1 at Brest.

Kamel Chafni put the hosts ahead in the eighth minute, but Tripy Makonda tied the score with an own goal in the 53rd.

Lyon (15-5-7) is two points behind PSG (16-5-6), which lost 1-0 at Reims on Saturday.

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Gallery lectures at York College will feature two guest speakers ...

York College of Pennsylvania will offer two back-to-back guest lectures on March 12 and 13.

Graphic designer, illustrator and author Paul Sahre will speak at the DeMeester Recital Hall at 5 p.m. on March 12, immediately following a 4:30 p.m. reception at Wolf Hall Lobby. The next day, an identical schedule is prepared for painter and critic Moe A. Brooker.

Both men have a history in art education as well as creation. Sahre teaches graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has created works for The Atlantic, Newsweek and the New York Times as well as pieces that are included in the permanent collection at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Brooker is a professor of art at Moore College of Art and Design and a Visiting Critic at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. His works can be found in collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Studio Museum of Harlem and several other venues.

Both Sahre and Brooker will be jurors for the upcoming Annual Juried Student exhibit at the college.

IF YOU GO

4:30 p.m. reception, 5 p.m. lecture March 12 and 13 at York College of Pennsylvania, 441 Country Club Road, York. Free; info at 717-815-6622.

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The details matter when documenting discipline ? Business ...

The next time you discipline an em??ployee, consider how his conduct compares to others who broke a similar rule. Then detail the differences if the punishment varies. That way, you can later explain why two employees violating a similar rule deserved different punishments.

Recent case: When Brian broke up with his co-worker Gina, he allegedly threatened her so much that she sought a restraining order against him. He ignored it twice, including once in their employer?s parking lot. Brian was fired under a no-threats-or-violence rule.

He sued, alleging that Gina should also have been fired for bringing a gun to work.

The court dismissed Brian?s lawsuit after learning that Gina brought the gun out of fear for her life, not to en??gage in violence. The court reasoned the two employees weren?t similarly situated and could be punished differently. (Bond v. City of Bethlehem, No. 11-4291, 3rd Cir., 2012)

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Demolition begins on sinkhole house

One man is presumed dead after being sucked into the earth as he was sleeping, and now other families in the neighborhood are on edge. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.

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By Ian Johnston and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News

Crews began demolishing a Florida home Sunday that is perched over a huge sinkhole, after deeming it too dangerous to keep searching for the man swallowed up from his bedroom.

Rescue workers on Saturday had called off their search for 36-year-old Jeffrey Bush, who?had not been heard from since the hole appeared at about 11 p.m. ET Thursday in Seffner, near Tampa.

?Unfortunately we have not been able to determine the whereabouts of Mr. Bush,? Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said. ?With all the equipment that we brought in and specialized help, we have just not been able to locate Mr. Bush, and so for that reason the rescue effort is being discontinued.?

Authorities have said the hole, which was originally about 30 feet deep, was ?seriously unstable.? A 100-foot safety zone was set up around it Friday and homes near the hole were evacuated for fear of a sudden collapse.

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Demolition crews and Hillsborough County Fire Department watch as the house, where Jeffrey Bush was swallowed by a sinkhole, is demolished in Seffner, Florida March 3, 2013.

The sinkhole now poses a safety risk to the residence next door, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue public information officer Ronnie Rivera at a noon press conference on Saturday. Family members would be allowed to enter briefly along with emergency personnel to recover belongings, Rivera said.?

The demolition started at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and wrapped up for the day at about noon. It was expected to resume again on Monday.?

Related: A broken home full of memories

Authorities were able to retrieve a few personal belongings from the destroyed house for the family, including photographs, a Bible and even the wood address marker from the front of the building.

A second family in an adjacent home began moving their possessions out on Saturday afternoon as authorities struggled to get an accurate read on just how large the sinkhole is.

Authorities brought in heavy equipment to demolish the home from outside the perimeter of the sinkhole, which Merrill said extends down as much as 50 to 60 feet.

?We?re dealing with a very unusual sinkhole,? Merrill said. ?It?s very deep, it?s very wide, it?s very unstable.?

Hillsborough County, Florida officials lay out their plan going forward at the site of a sinkhole that appeared beneath a home and is believed to have killed one of the residents.

On Friday, Jeremy Bush spoke tearfully about how he tried to save his brother.

"I couldn't get him out," he said. "All I thought I could hear was him screaming for me and hollering for me, but I couldn't do nothing."

Jeremy Bush was saved from the hole by Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Douglas Duvall, NBC station WFLA reported.

'Really shocking'

?Neighbors told NBC station WFLA.com of their surprise.

"It's just really shocking," said Kevin Charles, who lives two houses down from the Bush?s house. "It kind of worries me because ? it could have been any one of these houses along this side over here.?

"I think the issue now is everyone in the area is going to sit back and wonder whether should get sinkhole insurance," said neighbor Steve Hamlyn. "Because we really didn't see a need for it until now."

While some in the neighborhood did not know of the risks, sinkholes are common in Florida, The Associated Press reported, and home insurers are required by law to provide coverage for the sudden disaster.

Florida?s geological makeup increases the likelihood of sinkholes, and more than 500 have been reported in Hillsborough County since 1954, the state?s environmental agency told the AP. A monster 400-foot sinkhole that sucked in a house, five sports cars, two businesses and part of a swimming pool appeared near Orlando in 1981.

"You can almost envision a piece of Swiss cheese," Taylor Yarkosky, a sinkhole expert from Brooksville, Fla, told the AP. "Any house in Florida could be in that same situation."

At a press conference at 8 a.m. ET Saturday, fire officials announced they had set up an email address, accessible at www.firefighter-relief.com, for anyone wishing to send message of condolences or donations to the family.

NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A look at some of the most amazing sinkholes around the world.

Related:

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Demolition begins for home in Florida sinkhole tragedy - U.S. News

One man is presumed dead after being sucked into the earth as he was sleeping, and now other families in the neighborhood are on edge. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.

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By Ian Johnston and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News

Crews began demolishing a Florida home Sunday that is perched over a huge sinkhole, after deeming it too dangerous to keep searching for the man swallowed up from his bedroom.

Rescue workers on Saturday had called off their search for 36-year-old Jeffrey Bush, who?had not been heard from since the hole appeared at about 11 p.m. ET Thursday in Seffner, near Tampa.

?Unfortunately we have not been able to determine the whereabouts of Mr. Bush,? Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said. ?With all the equipment that we brought in and specialized help, we have just not been able to locate Mr. Bush, and so for that reason the rescue effort is being discontinued.?

Authorities have said the hole, which was originally about 30 feet deep, was ?seriously unstable.? A 100-foot safety zone was set up around it Friday and homes near the hole were evacuated for fear of a sudden collapse.

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The sinkhole now poses a safety risk to the residence next door, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue public information officer Ronnie Rivera at a noon press conference on Saturday. Family members would be allowed to enter briefly along with emergency personnel to recover belongings, Rivera said.?

The demolition started at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and wrapped up for the day at about noon. It was expected to resume again on Monday.?

Related: A broken home full of memories

Authorities were able to retrieve a few personal belongings from the destroyed house for the family, including photographs, a Bible and even the wood address marker from the front of the building.

A second family in an adjacent home began moving their possessions out on Saturday afternoon as authorities struggled to get an accurate read on just how large the sinkhole is.

Authorities brought in heavy equipment to demolish the home from outside the perimeter of the sinkhole, which Merrill said extends down as much as 50 to 60 feet.

?We?re dealing with a very unusual sinkhole,? Merrill said. ?It?s very deep, it?s very wide, it?s very unstable.?

Hillsborough County, Florida officials lay out their plan going forward at the site of a sinkhole that appeared beneath a home and is believed to have killed one of the residents.

On Friday, Jeremy Bush spoke tearfully about how he tried to save his brother.

"I couldn't get him out," he said. "All I thought I could hear was him screaming for me and hollering for me, but I couldn't do nothing."

Jeremy Bush was saved from the hole by Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Douglas Duvall, NBC station WFLA reported.

'Really shocking'

?Neighbors told NBC station WFLA.com of their surprise.

"It's just really shocking," said Kevin Charles, who lives two houses down from the Bush?s house. "It kind of worries me because ? it could have been any one of these houses along this side over here.?

"I think the issue now is everyone in the area is going to sit back and wonder whether should get sinkhole insurance," said neighbor Steve Hamlyn. "Because we really didn't see a need for it until now."

While some in the neighborhood did not know of the risks, sinkholes are common in Florida, The Associated Press reported, and home insurers are required by law to provide coverage for the sudden disaster.

Florida?s geological makeup increases the likelihood of sinkholes, and more than 500 have been reported in Hillsborough County since 1954, the state?s environmental agency told the AP. A monster 400-foot sinkhole that sucked in a house, five sports cars, two businesses and part of a swimming pool appeared near Orlando in 1981.

"You can almost envision a piece of Swiss cheese," Taylor Yarkosky, a sinkhole expert from Brooksville, Fla, told the AP. "Any house in Florida could be in that same situation."

At a press conference at 8 a.m. ET Saturday, fire officials announced they had set up an email address, accessible at www.firefighter-relief.com, for anyone wishing to send message of condolences or donations to the family.

NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Luis Echeverria / AP

A look at some of the most amazing sinkholes around the world.

Related:

Massive sinkhole swallows Florida man ? and it's still growing

The science of sinkholes: Common, but rarely catastrophic

Florida home crumbles under sinkhole pressure

Videos: Sinkholes in the news

This story was originally published on Sun Mar 3, 2013 9:58 AM EST

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Songdrop Is Like A Delicious For Music For That Lives Outside Of Paywalls

With competitors such as Ex.fm and Whyd, it may not be the most original idea, but newly-launched Songdrop -- which is perhaps best described as a ?Delicious for music? -- is a fun and well designed take on solving the music discovery and sharing problem, at least for music fans that live outside of the paywalls of services such as Spotify. Today the company is announcing its first round of funding. SOIC Capital, a seed and early-stage fund that largely focuses on social fashion and music startups, has invested ?100,000 (~$150k) in the burgeoning London-based company.

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Saving Pets ? Blog Archive ? Lost Dogs Home Petfest 2013

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When you treat the pet loving public like the enemy, and defend high kill rates in the face of alternatives, you put yourself at odds with the very community you are meant to be serving.

You may be able to dodge and dive, and threaten, and send in the?lawyers and delete comments and ban and try and discredit, but once the community start realising that their experience wasn?t happening in isolation ? that other people have seen healthy pets be killed, other rescues have been denied access to save death row pets, that other people have had their pets ?oopsie? killed? then a ripple that goes out over your community that can never been undone.

Today is the Lost Dogs Home Pet Fest protest ? the very community who loves pets, and would be the greatest champions of a life-saving shelter, the most devoted volunteers and the biggest financial contributors ? are instead pooling their resources into protesting the indefensible 55% kill rate for unclaimed dogs, 80%+ kill rate for unclaimed cats.

This is a live thread for the day.

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A friend to pets? A review of policies and procedures of Melbourne?s Lost Dogs Home

The rally the pet lovers of Melbourne have been waiting for

Celebrating 100 years of the Lost Dogs Home

Source: http://www.savingpets.com.au/2013/03/lost-dogs-home-petfest-2013/

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Republicans stick to their position on cuts, keep blaming Obama (Washington Bureau)

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Gridlock: No budging at the budget-cuts deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Gridlocked once more, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders refused to budge in their budget standoff Friday as $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts bore down on individual Americans and the nation's still-recovering economy. "None of this is necessary," said the president after a sterile White House meeting that portended a long standoff.

Obama formally enacted the reductions a few hours before the midnight deadline required by law. Yet their impact had been felt thousands of miles away well before then. In Seattle, the King County Housing Authority announced it had stopped issuing housing vouchers under a federal program that benefits "elderly or disabled households, veterans, and families with children."

The president met with top lawmakers for less than an hour at the White House, then sought repeatedly to fix the blame on Republicans for the broad spending reductions and any damage that they inflict. "They've allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit," he said, renewing his demand for a comprehensive deficit-cutting deal that includes higher taxes.

Republicans said they wanted deficit cuts, too, but not tax increases. "The president got his tax hikes on Jan. 1," House Speaker John Boehner told reporters, a reference to a $600 billion increase on higher wage earners that cleared Congress on the first day of the year. Now, he said after the meeting, it is time take on "the spending problem here in Washington."

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was equally emphatic. " I will not be part of any back-room deal, and I will absolutely not agree to increase taxes," he vowed in a written statement.

At the same time they clashed, Obama and Republicans appeared determined to contain their disagreement.

Boehner said the House will pass legislation next week to extend routine funding for government agencies beyond the current March 27 expiration. "I'm hopeful that we won't have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we're dealing with the sequester at the same time," he said, referring to the new cuts by their Washington-speak name.

Obama said he, too, wanted to keep the two issues separate.

Under the law, Obama had until midnight to formally order the cuts. Barring a quick deal in the next week or so to call them off, the impact eventually is likely to be felt in all reaches of the country.

The Pentagon will absorb half of the $85 billion required to be sliced between now and the end of the budget year on Sept 30, exposing civilian workers to furloughs and defense contractors to possible cancellations. Said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, only a few days on the job: "We will continue to ensure America's security" despite the challenge posed by an "unnecessary budget crisis."

The administration also has warned of long lines at airports as security personnel are furloughed, of teacher layoffs in some classrooms and adverse impacts on maintenance at the nation's parks.

The announcement by the housing agency in Seattle was an early indication of what is likely to hit as the cuts take effect. It said it was taking the action "to cope with the impending reduction in federal funding," adding that it normally issues 45 to 50 vouchers per month.

After days of dire warnings by administration officials, the president told reporters the effects of the cuts would be felt only gradually.

"The longer these cuts remain in place, the greater the damage to our economy ? a slow grind that will intensify with each passing day," he said. Much of the budget savings will come through unpaid furloughs for government workers, and those won't begin taking effect until next month.

Obama declined to say if he bore any of the responsibility for the coming cuts, and expressed bemusement at any suggestion he had the ability to force Republicans to agree with him.

"I am not a dictator. I'm the president," he said. "So, ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say we need to go to catch a plane, I can't have Secret Service block the doorway, right?" He also declared he couldn't perform a "Jedi mind meld" to sway opponents, mixing Star Wars and Star Trek as he reached for a science fiction metaphor.

Neither the president nor Republicans claimed to like what was about to happen. Obama called the cuts "dumb," and GOP lawmakers have long said they were his idea in the first place.

Ironically, they derive from a budget dispute they were supposed to help resolve back in the fall of 2011. At the time, a congressional Supercommittee was charged with identifying at least $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over a decade as part of an attempt to avoid a first-ever government default. The president and Republicans agreed to create a fallback of that much in across-the-board cuts, designed to be so unpalatable that it would virtually assure the panel struck a deal.

The Supercommittee dissolved in disagreement, though. And while Obama and Republicans agreed to a two-month delay last January, there was no bipartisan negotiation in recent days to prevent the first installment of the cuts from taking effect.

It isn't clear how long they will last.

Of particular concern to lawmakers in both parties is a lack of flexibility in the allocation of cuts due to take effect over the next few months. That problem will ease beginning with the new budget year on Oct. 1, when Congress and the White House will be able to negotiate changes in the way the reductions are made.

For his part, Obama suggested he was content to leave them in place until Republicans change their minds about raising taxes by closing loopholes.

"If Congress comes to its senses a week from now, a month from now, three months from now, then there's a lot of open running room there for us to grow our economy much more quickly and to advance the agenda of the American people dramatically," he said.

"So this is a temporary stop on what I believe is the long-term, outstanding prospect for American growth and greatness."

But Republicans say they are on solid political ground. At a retreat in January in Williamsburg, Va., GOP House members reversed course and decided to approve a debt limit increase without demanding cuts. They also agreed not to provoke a government shutdown, another traditional pressure point, as leverage to force Obama and Democrats to accept savings in benefit programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Obama has said repeatedly he's willing to include benefit programs in deficit-cutting legislation ? as long as more tax revenue is part of the deal.

"I am prepared to do hard things and to push my Democratic friends to do hard things," he said at the White House on Friday.

Republicans speak dismissively of such pledges, saying that in earlier negotiations, the president has never been willing to close a deal with the type of changes he often says he will accept.

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Associated Press writers Robert Burns, Andrew Taylor, Jim Kuhnhenn and Darlene Superville in Washington and Manuel Valdes in Seattle contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gridlock-no-budging-budget-cuts-deadline-211436177--politics.html

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Classics By The Beach Car Show - March 2013 - Swadeology

So many times I?ve wandered the automotive internets, seen those Cars n Coffee gatherings and thought to myself ?why can?t we have a casual car show here in Hobart?? It turns out we DO have such a gathering and it?s called Classics By The Beach, held on the first Sunday of every month.

This morning I took the Alfa for a quick wash and headed on down to Lower Sandy Bay for the show. I was told to be there for a 10am start but despite pulling in at 9:30, there wasn?t a vacant spot in sight. It was a beautiful day in Hobart today so all the classic owners got their cars out nice and early ? and what a feast for the eyes it was, too.

Ask your average Aussie what a classic car show looks like and they?ll tell you Ford Falcons and Holden Monaros. None of that local stuff here (well, not much). This was a collection of absolutely amazing cars with the vast majority of them coming from Europe. There were several Jaguars, Rolls Royces, Minis, even a Lamborghini, a Maserati, a very special 1958 Alfa Romeo and a Porsche Spyder.

The calibre of vehicles that are tucked away in such a small city as Hobart never ceases to amaze me. Car culture is alive and well in Tasmania, indeed.

Check out the gallery below. Click to enlarge.

Chevrolet Corvette at Classics by the Beach, Hobart

Classics by the Beach, Hobart

Triumph TR4 at Classics by the Beach, Hobart

Alfa Romeo 1600 Junior at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Just in case you were wondering ?where?s the beach??

Ford Falcon GTA at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Jaguar XJS at Classics by the beach, Hobart

Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Porsche 550 Spyder at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Porsche 550 Spyder at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Jensen Interceptor at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Maserati Ghibli SS at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Maserati Ghibli SS at Classics By The Beach Hobart

Maserati Ghibli SS at Classics By The Beach Hobart

Alfa Romeo 1750 at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Rolls Royce at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

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Rolls Royce at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Rolls Royce at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Bristol 2000 at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

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Jaguar E-Type at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

The big and small of British Motoring

Alfa Romeo Giulietta at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Alfa Romeo Giulietta at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Alfa Romeo Giulietta at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Lamborghini Urraco at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

Lamborghini Urraco at Classics By The Beach, Hobart

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Some special notes:

I believe the Porsche Spyder and the Alfa Giulietta were both just recently acquired by their owners. Most of the guys attending this event come regularly (frequently alternating their cars as most have collections rather than just one), but both of these cars were new to the show.

The dark green Rolls Royce was the star of the show, for me. The condition and the detailing on the car were just amazing. I wish I?d talked to the owner and got some more details. Next time?.

Life doesn?t get more 1970?s than an orange Jensen, does it?

The Maserati sounded as good as it looked, though I have to admit the SS badge on the back did remind me of a certain episode of Top Gear ? this is the real deal, though.

There were no Saabs on display, sadly. I?m going to have to talk to my mate Drew and see if he might be interested in getting his V4 Saab 95 down there. I reckon it?d be a star attraction.

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