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Unique Gifts - What to get the Person who has Everything

This is for that person on your list who is always difficult to buy for. The person who at every holiday season you just throw up your hands in despair. They always buy you the coolest and most thoughtful...

6 comments    unique gifts special gifts
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Art Heists, Art Thieves, and Missing Masterpieces

Who can resist the allure of an art heist? The very phrase sounds both seductive and whimsical, the stuff of black comedy featuring characters in cat masks, trundling painting out of an elegant chateau...

13 comments    lost art forgery masterpieces
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World Digital Library

Down through the ages Libraries and museums have existed to preserve and make available in one place the writings and art from our past. One of the major advantages humans have over other creatures on this...

9 comments    technology literature old books
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Jamaican Vacation

A holiday in Jamaica is like no other.  Sure it’s hot, has lots of sandy beaches, great festivals and exotic food too.  What sets Jamaica apart is the language, the people and the music you’ll enjoy...

4 comments    travel music jamaica
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The Hope Diamond

unmounted mounted with Ultraviolet light  While writing another hub I came across the Hope Diamond.  It is one of the inf not the largest blue fancy diamond int he world.  Being a fan of sparkly shiny...

3 comments    blue diamond hope diamond
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So You Want to Work at Niagara Falls...

Niagara Falls is overflowing with possibilies for vacationing and jobs. Three separate falls span two countries and includes three water falls - American Falls, Canadian...

6 comments    family travel careers
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Human Exploitation - How The Dionne Quintuplets Were Abused

The rights of individuals or groups of human beings have been denied through exploitation by others throughout time, but it is incredible the extent to which some abusers will go. The Dionne Quintuplets suffered from several...

16 comments    family celebrity celebrities
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Keep Portland Weird: Must See Unique Portland, Oregon Attractions

Coming from a conservative part of the midwest, part of what attracted me to Portland (aside from its stunning landscape) was its unconventional side. It has its fair share of hippy tree-huggers, artsy...

20 comments    travel portland destinations
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Irving Penn's Extraordinary Portrait Photographs

Irving Penn Dead at 92 Irving Penn, one of the 20th century's most influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to...

23 comments    photography richard avedon
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Top 10 Places to Visit in and around Seoul

Seoul is a very large and interesting city, with lots of interesting things to see. It combines old-world Asian charm with modern sky-scrapers and city living in a charming and disarming sort of way. The...

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