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August 24, 2017
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Can you find a needle in a haystack? Literally

Now you would have heard a term “A needle in a haystack” (or even used it as a good excuse to getting out of doing some work), The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as: Something that is impossible or extremely difficult to find, especially because the area you have to search is too large: “Finding the...
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Art
August 15, 2017
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Once In A Life Time

The title of the tour pretty much sums it up, Once In A Life Time. Yes, Elton John is just about to embark on a tour of Australia, how lucky are we? One of the most prolific and successful musicians of all time Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, will be here for the months of September and October with...
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Music
August 2, 2017
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There’s a hole, dear Liza…

Now you know you’ve had a bad day when you come back to this…well not really, it’s called Inversion and was artwork by sculptors Dan Havel and Dean Ruck of Houston Alternative Art. They altered two 1920’s houses  in Texas (scheduled to be demolished), owned by the Art League Houston that had used them for art classes and exhibitions for...
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Architecture Art
July 12, 2017
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Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010), known professionally as Alexander McQueen, was a British fashion designer and couturier (Biography: Sarah Burton). He is known for having worked australiatrustpill.com as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. His achievements in fashion earned him...
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Fashion
July 2, 2017
2019

Sean Penn The Greatest

Arguably the greatest actor of all time Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, filmmaker, and political activist. He met pop singer Madonna in February 1985, and they married that August on her birthday.  She referred to him in the liner notes as “the coolest guy in the universe”.  Marlon Brando...
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Entertainment
July 2, 2017
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Tom Penny FLIP’n out!

Tom Penny (born 13 April 1977) is a professional skateboarder from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (UK). As of January 2013, Penny is sponsored by the Flip skateboard deck brand and his Cheech & Chong signature deck is one of the brand’s highest-selling deck products. Tom Penny is widely considered one of the greatest skateboarders of...
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Sport
July 2, 2017
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Bentley Continental

The R Type is the second series of post-war Bentley automobiles, replacing the Mark VI. Essentially a larger-boot version of the Mk VI, the R type is regarded by some as a stop-gap before the introduction of the S series cars in 1955. As with its predecessor, a standard body was available as well as...
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Style
July 2, 2017
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Bobby Fischer

Robert James “Bobby” Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time (Waitzkin 1993, p. 275 (quoting Kasparov)). In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in...
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Sport
July 2, 2017
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Style never dies

Now for any man this watch will never go out of fashion the Steel Rolex Submariner. The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner is a line of sports watches designed for diving manufactured by Rolex, known for their resistance to water and corrosion. The first Submariner was introduced to the public in 1954 at the Basel Watch...
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Fashion Timepieces
July 2, 2017
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Where is it now?

The Amber Room or Yantarnaya Komnata (Russian: Янтарная комната, German: Bernsteinzimmer, Polish: Bursztynowa komnata) is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Originally constructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the Amber Room disappeared during World War II...
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Culture
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