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Wecon Home – new carpet collection

7. March 2016

Frank

Art, Design and Culture, Lifestyle & More

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Wecon Home is certainly the go-to shop when it comes to carpets! Now, the interior design specialist is hitting the market with a new series of amazing rug designs. At the Domotex, the leading fair for carpets and rugs, Wecon Home surprised design fanatics with a collection of rugs inspired...

Indigenous Jewellery – Scarring, Lip Plates...

24. February 2016

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More

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Humans have always striven for paying tribute to their culture by carrying out rituals and by wearing symbols to emphasize their connection with their people or religion. While Christians wear crucifix pendants around their necks, there are a variety of indigenous peoples that participate in more extreme forms of culturally...

Creepy Nature: Don’t f**k with the honey ba...

20. June 2015

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More

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There are some animals you'd be better off not messing around with: they're usually big, malicious and quite obviously lethal. Lions, gorillas, crocodiles and sharks come quickly to one's mind. And then there's the honey badger, which isn't all that big and even looks kind of cute. But - don’t get...

Outstanding Artists: Nick Brandt’s Incredib...

4. May 2015

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More

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Nick Brandt is an exceptionally talented man in terms of photographing animals. Africa’s wildlife seems to be an arm’s reach away. Whether lions, gorillas or elephants, he has captured their natural grace and beauty in his photos. His pictures are especially charismatic due to the fact that they are captured...

Creepy Nature: Klein aber oho…

22. April 2015

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More, Animals & Nature, Travel & Abenteuer

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Am meisten fürchten wir uns vor großen Kreaturen, den bösen Monstern, welche im Dunkeln lauern und uns mit einem Biss zu töten vermögen. Haie, Tiger und Krokodile wecken in uns Urängste. Zu Recht… Doch auch kleine Tiere können wahre Monster sein, nicht minder gefährlich, als die großen Biester. Hier mal ein...

Creepy Nature: Naked Mole-Rats – They who k...

8. April 2015

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More

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Naked mole-rats are certainly not the prettiest animal you can find on the planet. They are small, shrivelled, blind and, as the name implies, completely hairless. Fur is also not necessary for them. They live underground and it is warm enough in their narrow tunnels and corridors. Nevertheless, a naked...

Friday ChitChat | Pale Beauties Part 2 – fr...

14. November 2014

Lana Hoang

Beauty & Body

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Hello fellow beauty lovers. Diandra Forrest is on a mission to change the perception of albinism in Africa. So are her fellow model colleagues Refilwe Modiselle, Thando Hopa and Shaun Ross. They all are successful albino models and determined to make a change. Although Shaun and Diandra were born and raised...

Bartipp World Wide: Der Sunland Baobab Pub - ...

1. October 2014

Frank

Berlin, City Life, Food, Lifestyle & More, Travel & Abenteuer

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Ja, zugegeben, es gibt in Berlin schon ziemlich viele coole Bars und Kneipen, die in keinem Touriführer zu finden sind und sich auch hoffentlich nie darin verirren. Doch weltweit betracht, existiert eine Bar, die sie mit ihrer Skurrilität alle schlägt. Eröffnet wurde der SBP 1933 und zwar in einem Baum. In...

Buchtipp: Wassermusik von T. C. Boyle

21. June 2014

Frank

Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More

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„Wassermusik" ist ein Abenteuerroman, welcher 1982 in den USA erschien. Er handelt von den Reisen des schottischen Entdeckers und Abenteurers Mungo Park, welcher um 1800 herum mehre Expeditionen nach Zentralafrika unternahm, um die Lage des damals noch unkartographierten Fluss Nigers zu entdecken. Das Buch basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten, ist aber ausgeschmückt,...

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