Time Travel Style: Vintage Looks for your Home

Over the past few years, vintage style has increased in popularity. From celebrity fashions to popular culture to home décor, flashback style has found its way into every walk of life. In the home, 1920s glamour has returned as an opposition to modernist design, not to mention the 60s colour blocking and bold prints of the 70s. More and more people are considering bringing upcycled items into their home. Upcycling is the process of taking an old item and making it into something new or improved. Reclaimed Furniture Reclaimed furniture is environmentally friendly, unique and right on trend. Handcrafted from…

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Why the Audi A1 is the Right Choice for You in 2014

You may be forgiven for thinking you can only get a new car if you are either very fortunate or very wealthy; with the current economic climate and time of austerity people have to cut costs in all aspects but this doesn’t mean you can’t afford luxury. Audi have a long and proud history in the automotive industry and their precise and durable German Engineering is considered by many to be some of the finest in the world. The brand name itself has an air of prestige and respect about it and if you want to combine quality with affordability…

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How Much Can Your Tool Box Hold?

We all know that feeling – your latest tool purchase doesn’t fit in your tool box. You try and jam it in every which way, but it’s just not going to work. So what do you do? Do you have a sort out and throw some tools out? Of course not. You buy a bigger tool box! And so it goes on until you have a 72-incher full of professional mechanical tools. But have you ever wondered what else you could fit in your tool box? Other than a lot of tools, I mean. How many cans of beans, for…

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Three New Extreme Sports you have to Try

Danger, excitement, confidence. Extreme sports bump your life up to the next level. Unsurprisingly, extreme sports fans love to come up with crazier and crazier ideas every year – as if base jumping and urban exploring weren’t mad enough already (remember this viral video that got everyone’s palms sweating?). It seems hanging off sky scrapers is young person’s game, with the 18-24 demographic leading the way in participation in extreme sports. Fewer than 10% of people have partook in an extreme sports activity since 2009, but when you see these three sports, maybe I can encourage you to put down…

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Great Ideas for Your Office Layout

If you’re setting up shop in a new office, then you’ll have all kinds of things to consider, whether it’s bringing all your staff and customers to an entirely different space, or seemingly small and insignificant matters like changing your stationery letterheads. Before you settle into your new executive office chair however you might want to think carefully about how exactly you are going to lay out your space to the best effect, so that you can get the right dynamic for all your staff. Here are some things to consider when planning out the layout of your office. Light…

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Buying Your Dream Classic Car

Whether it’s a hobby being passed down by a parent, or just a product of old movie re-runs on TV, classic cars are no longer just for the older generation. But where do you find them? And, more importantly, for a good price. We’ll talk you through the main ways you can find your dream car and how you’ll need to take care of it. Buying Tips First off, you need to do some research into the type of car you want to buy. Consider what the most common problems are (because, unfortunately, there will be some) and how easy…

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Why Your Staff Training Must Be Up-To-Date

If your business isn’t up to date with its staff training records, then the financial repercussions could be huge. This applies both internally, in terms of business losses, and externally, in terms of corporate fines. As long as you fully understand why staff training is important and act accordingly, you’ll never struggle to keep up, no matter how hard it might seem. Here are three pieces of staff training you simply must stay up to date with. 1)    Health and Safety Since 2008, the average fine for a health and safety breach has increased by 60%; this, if nothing else,…

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Improving Your Fitness using the Latest Technology

We all know how important it is to keep fit but unfortunately it is not always as easy as simply working-out or going for a jog. For many, one initial stumbling block can be simply not knowing what routines to get into or how to go about carrying out your exercise. There are however practical solutions to these problems, using some of the latest tech both gyms and your smartphone and tablet apps are quickly making exercise more straightforward and novice-user friendly, giving you the opportunity to get fit in a way that suits you. So what are some of…

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The best way to get around Israel

Planning a trip to Israel? Want to catch all the major attractions? Israel offers many types of local transportation: from trains to buses to cabs. All will do the job, but the easiest and most efficient way to see the sites is definitely to rent a car. Here’s why: Israel is a small country. You might not think that given all the focus it gets on the news, but Israel is smaller than Lake Michigan! You can drive one side to the other in a day. Road 6, a toll highway, runs from north to south and since it was…

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Project Ara: Will Modular Smartphones Go Mainstream?

If you want a cellphone today, you have to wait for Apple or Motorola or whomever to release the updated hardware. But, Google hopes to change that with a new project it’s calling “Project Ara.” It’s one of the first modular smartphones ever to be created and it could end up being a game-changer. The only question is: do people want to build their own phones? Right now, no one’s clamoring for this feature, but they might – especially once they see the price tag. Google is promising that its exoskeleton will cost a mere $50. Now, to be fair,…

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