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31 Haunting Images of Abandoned Places That Give You Goose Bumps

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“They say that the only permanent thing in the world is change. History books are one way to understand the passage of time, but there are also some real-life monuments that speak of the past in their own ways. Here’s a selection of some of the most ghostly abandoned places around the world, every single one of which has its own special charm. Beneath all the dust, rust and cracks, there are stories of people who used to live, pray, or take their daily train rides there, and when you try to imagine these people and their lives, each picture gets a special aura of nostalgia. It’s as if the people in these places just picked up and left.”

http://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-places/

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James Altucher: How To Break All The Rules And Get Everything You Want

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“The key is that we were simply nice to everyone and didn’t argue and were very thankful at everything we got to do.  Don’t break the laws. Don’t kill people. Don’t steal. But most other rules can be bent.  If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way.”

http://jamesaltucher.quora.com/How-To-Break-All-The-Rules-And-Get-Everything-You-Want

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Destroyer of Mankind Now a Museum Piece

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“What was just a few months ago a backyard project by an ‘insurrectionist’ is now considered so valuable it has earned a spot in a well-known British art museum.  Earlier this week, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum of Art and Design announced that it’s buying two of the original ‘Liberator’ printed guns from Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed, Forbes reports. The museum will display the guns during its ongoing Design Festival. No price has been disclosed. The guns was designed by Wilson and constructed from parts made on a 3D printer, horrifying government officials who quickly moved to prohibit Wilson from sharing the plans on his website. The files went viral instead.”

http://dailyreckoning.com/destroyer-of-mankind-now-a-museum-piece/

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Bitcoin Exchange Berlin Is Bringing Digital Currency to Market

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“While there was beer, it was less of a bar environment and more of a full-fledged street market. There was stuff perched up on crates, other products in a shopping cart. The DJ spun reggae records that kept the vibe chill and quiet. Business cards were exchanged, while others had their contact info on stamps to save paper.  What makes this Berlin series different than the open air exchanges in New York, for example, is that people were actually buying and selling products, on top of the typical bitcoin exchange. Also, there were girls. And it was arty.”

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/bitcoin-exchange-berlin-is-bringing-digital-currency-to-market

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These Are Heady Times for Glass Blowers’ High Art

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“Now that marijuana has been legalized for medical purposes in 20 states, and for recreation in Washington and Colorado, makers of what is known as ‘heady glass’ are showcasing their work in art books and public competitions. There are as many as 12,000 head shops in the U.S., experts estimate. The Champs Trade Show, described as ‘the premier counterculture B2B expo since 1999,’ the show has grown from 4,300 square feet of exhibition space in its first year to 180,000 at its latest event in July at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Jeff Hirschfeld, the show’s chief executive, estimates some exhibitors draw in more than $500,000 in sales.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323968704578650500057479398.html

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Petting & Walking With Cheetahs in Africa at Mukuni Big 5 Safaris

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Petting & Walking With Cheetahs in Africa at Mukuni Big 5 Safaris

“When I first arrived in Zambia and a visit to the Devil’s Pool was unavailable, I immediately wanted to find out about interacting with cheetahs. The well mannered management at JollyBoys Backpackers Lodge in Zambia prompted a visit to the Mukuni Big 5 Safari Park.  It wasn’t just walking with a cheetah they offer.  It was also walking with lions and elephants as well.  The company is on a mission to actively support the dying cheetah population. They have announced a captive breeding program to ensure that the population of cheetahs in the wild continues to grow.  After raising the cubs they are released into the wild.”

http://wanderingtrader.com/travel-blog/zambia-travel-blog/petting-walking-cheetahs-in-africa/

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Looters ransack Baghdad museum [2003]

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“Unesco has urged the US and Britain to deploy troops at Iraq’s key archaeological sites and museums to stop widespread looting and destruction.  Armed men have been roaming the streets of Baghdad since the city was taken by US troops on Wednesday.  A museum guard said that since Thursday, hundreds of looters had carried away artefacts on carts and wheelbarrows.  The museum’s deputy director said looters had taken or destroyed 170,000 items of antiquity dating back thousands of years. ‘They were worth billions of dollars,’ she said. ‘The Americans were supposed to protect the museum. If they had just one tank and two soldiers nothing like this would have happened.'”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2942449.stm

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Egypt’s political chaos decimates historical treasures

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“Magdy Tahami looks in disbelief at what remains of Egypt’s tiny Mallawi museum. The ground is littered with glass from the display cabinets, which once housed its precious collection, after a mob attacked and looted the building, during a nationwide crackdown on Islamist protesters.  Before, hundreds of antiquities, statuettes, gold and jewels told the history of Egypt, from pharaonic times to the Muslim caliphs, from the Omayyad dynasty in the 7th century to the Fatimids in the 12th, and touching on Greek and Roman antiquities.  For 20 years, these historic treasures were assistant-director Tahami’s whole life.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/02/egypts-political-chaos-decimates-historical-treasures/

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Guarding Kerala’s Great Temple Treasures

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“How much is the treasure, which has been estimated at up to one trillion rupees ($19 billion), actually worth? ‘We have no idea because the digital inventory is going on,’ he says before giving a mini inventory of his own, listing the items he has seen in the vaults. Mr. Harikumar estimates that the inventory of Vault A will take another year to complete – it began in February, with 3D images taken of each artifact with equipment provided by state-owned Keltron, an electronics specialist. Five of the six chambers have been opened but Vault B remains closed after a submission to the Supreme Court from the Travancore royal family that said opening it could unleash a curse.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/10/22/guarding-keralas-great-temple-treasures/

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Calvin & Hobbes Creator’s Life Lessons Become Beautiful New Comic

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“As much as I’d have loved it if comic-creator Bill Watterson had kept working forever, there’s something bittersweet about the fact that Calvin & Hobbes is no more. While Calvin and his pet tiger may never go on a new adventure, we can continue to learn lessons from Watterson and his creations, as evidenced by this new comic by Zen Pencils artist Gavin Aung Than. The comic below is Than’s rendition of an excerpt from Bill Watterson’s 1990 speech at Kenyon College (site of David Foster Wallace’s famous ‘This Is Water’ speech, as it happens). It is just lovely. Read it, and prepare to feel emotions.”

http://kotaku.com/calvin-hobbes-creators-life-lessons-become-beautiful-1215643764

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