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Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges
Sep01

Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges

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The Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges is available in a limited version of 18 pieces, set with 88 diamonds on the bezel, the case-center and the lugs. The baguette cut of the gemstones contrasts with the roundness of the case to form a sumptuous impact. The Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges diamond set model is priced at $406,500 more than a Ferrari sport car. The Tourbillon device is also the...

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Now you can name a new cancer drug after you. Only £1m
Aug31

Now you can name a new cancer drug after you. Only £1m

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Money can buy anything, even a place in the medicine Hall of Fame. Academics at Uppsala university are offering private donors the chance to name an experimental cancer drug. So, anyone willing to donate £1m to fund their work can name the treatment for neuroendocrine cancer and enter in history. Of course, if the treatment will be a success. Fundraisers hope to cover the £2m cost of a trial in up to 20 patients of a genetically...

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Original thermometer invented by Fahrenheit offered at auction
Aug31

Original thermometer invented by Fahrenheit offered at auction

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an original mercury thermometer, invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1714 and the only remaining example in private hands, is to be offered at auction in October 2012 by Christie’s. When offered at auction within Christie’s sale of Travel, Science and Natural History (London, South Kensington, SALE 6911) including the Polar Sale to commemorate the Scott Centenary, 1912-2012 on 9 October 2012, the thermometer is expected to fetch...

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$290 For An Expensive Paper Bag
Aug30

$290 For An Expensive Paper Bag

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How much are you willing to pay for your lunch? But for your launch bag? A paper bag designed by the German fashion house Jil Sander ‘Vasari’ retails for $290 much more than we usually pay for our launch. I don’t know if Jil Sander ‘Vasari’ plan to sell it for profit or just get the Most Expensive paper bag award. Either way they got our attention… Via gawker.com Link...

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Jumeirah Dhevanafushi Hotel in Maldives
Aug26

Jumeirah Dhevanafushi Hotel in Maldives

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If you are planing a luxury trip to Maldives you cannot miss Jumeirah Dhevanafushi Hotel. I’ll tell you why below. Jumeirah Dhevanafushi is situated in a unique position of extraordinary beauty surrounded by unspoiled coral reefs, 10 kilometres from the nearest island. The uninhabited island covers an area of 44,000m² plus a unique ‘water village’, separated from the main island by 850m of pure coral reef. Thirteen beautiful...

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