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Lifestyle
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Naughty Hipster Of The Week – Part 2 #naughtyhipster
20 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Wow, this week was NOT easy at all. We received such quality from you, the cherished 2oceansvibe readers. It turns out some hipsters were really going the extra mile this last week, with this fellow in particular, being VERY naughty indeed: This, from Mitch Hi Seth, Nabbed this hipster in Union Kloof enjoying a mid-morning [...]
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![The World's Most Expensive Holiday Is Pretty Special [PICS]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/holiday_2513727b.jpg)
The World’s Most Expensive Holiday Is Pretty Special [PICS]
20 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
This is basically a season of Idiot Abroad. But without the complaining, and with significantly more comfortable hotels. VeryFirstTo has out together a magical journey that visits every World Heritage site. It’s a short, sharp bucket list. And by “short”, we mean it lasts for two years. Over the course of the trip, travelers visit [...]
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Old Wine For The Win – Why Aging Can Get You Better Results
20 Mar 2013 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
A few columns back I mentioned the RE:CM 10 year old wine awards, and how some of the wines I tasted during the judging (I was filming not judging) were not very good. I couldn’t mention the best ones, as the results had not yet been made public. I can now talk freely as the awards have been handed out.
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Fleeing North Korea – A First Hand Account
20 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Hana Lee is an 18 year old girl who fled her native North Korea on foot in 2000. Fleeing to China, Lee was on the run from North Korean authorities and unsympathetic Chinese officials for five years. Lee is currently living in Japan and attending a university there. Known as a “dappokusha,” meaning “person who has fled [...]
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Holy Cash: Understanding The Finances Of The Vatican
20 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Pope Francis is the new leader of 1,2 billion Catholics. But he’s also the man in charge of the Vatican’s finances. Former pope, Benedict made progress in reforming the Vatican Bank by replacing the president and creating a financial-intelligence committee after allegeations of abuse and mismanagement spanning decades. Recent controversy Modern controversy surrounding the bank [...]
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The Death Wish Blend – The Strongest Coffee In The World
20 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
There is a huge percentage of us that need our morning fix, especially when working long days at work. There’s no doubt that a beautiful blend of coffee is addictive, but something this strong could send you to an early grave. Labelled the “Worlds Strongest Coffee,” this new blend named Death Wish lives up to [...]
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Slash R5,270 (50%) Off A 2 Or 3 Night Stay For 2 At A 4 Star Luxury Lodge On The Boundary Of Kruger
20 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
If you don’t already know this, THIS is how to do the Kruger: Stay at a luxury lodge outside of the Kruger – game drive IN the Kruger. Include breakfast, dinner, and game drives, and the result is comfort in the wild and luxury at your feet. And at 50% off, it is too tempting [...]
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Samsung Is Also Having A Run At Making A Smart Watch [GALLERY]
20 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Lee Young Hee, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s mobile business confirmed during an interview in South Korea that Samsung will indeed be making a smart watch. According to Hee this is not in respsonse to rumours that Apple is working on a watch. We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long. We are working very [...]
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From Super Dad To Super Dom
20 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
It’s not that you don’t have things going on in your life – you absolutely do. You wake up, turn off the alarm, then go and pee. Make coffee. Make toast. Check email. Get the kids out of bed. Put the garbage out, turn the sprinklers on. Clean up the dogs’ poop. Walk the dogs. [...]
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Amazing Interview With The Guy Who Created The “God” Page On Facebook
19 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
The official page for God was created on Facebook in 2011. And while Facebook is generally regarded as having become a dump of bad content, the God page stands out as an island of satire in a sea of filigreed baby pictures. Having taken a satirical approach, the page divides the opinions of its almost [...]
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Privacy May Not Be A Legal Right For Much Longer
19 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
In a recent study, researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University detailed how Facebook erodes users’ privacy. Researchers found that during the first four years, users steadily limited what personal data was visible to strangers within their school network. Yet through changes Facebook introduced to its platform in 2009 and 2010, the social network actually succeeded in reversing [...]
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Tiger Tiger Is Giving Away A R30 000 Boob Job For National Cleavage Day
19 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
Cape Town club, Tiger Tiger is giving away a R30 000 breast augmentation surgery for “National Cleavage Day”. The club, which has branches across the country, posted this to their Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon. National Cleavage Day – one of the biggest events of the year – 2013 NCD going to be MASSIVE!!! National [...]
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Is Your Work Set Up Killing You? [VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
If you have, like me, sufffered from migraines at work, then you need to read this. After two weeks of suffering I went to the doctor, obviously fearing a tumour. It took all of 10 seconds for him to ask how I sit at work, and diagnose that my poor posture was causing neck stress, [...]
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Tuesday Tabs #344 – Emina Cunmulaj
19 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 4 Comments
Fluent in Albanian, this goddess was discovered after she became a semi-finalist in the Elite Model Look Yugoslavia competition in 2001. In the same year she signed a contract with Elite. Her face has been seen on the covers of magazines including Mexican Vogue, and Italian Marie Claire. We have not seen the last of this 28 [...]
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Satan From History Channel’s “The Bible” Looks Exactly Like Obama – Internet Freaks Out [PICS]
19 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
President Obama might have a little bit of animosity heading his way if people take doppelgängers too seriously. On Saturday, right wing political pundit and television show host, Glen Beck pointed out the uncanny resemblance between the president and the character of Satan in the History Channel’s The Bible miniseries. Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on HIstory Channel [...]
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New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as [...]
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Amsterdam’s Oldest Prostitutes Retire At Age 70 [VIDEO + GALLERY]
18 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Louise and Martine Fokkens (really?) have sucked everything they can from the prostitute business in Amsterdam. The twins are Amsterdam’s oldest prostitutes, but have officially decided to retire at the age of 70, after being in the business for more than 50 years. It is estimated that between the two ladies, over 335 000 men [...]
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Medieval Black Plague Death Pit Unearthed In London [VIDEO]
18 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Bodies dating back to the era of the Black Death have been unearthed during excavations for London’s Crossrail project. A black plague burial ground was long rumoured to be in the area, but the exact location was unknown. Thus far 13 bodies have been found in a 5,5 metre wide shaft at the edge of [...]
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St. Patrick’s Day Around The Globe, In Pictures [GALLERY]
18 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
St Patrick’s Day celebrations were in full swing on Sunday all across the world. Check out the gallery, featuring a dazzling array of Irish people, and people who desperately want to be Irish people engaging in pub brawls and street parades. Even the Obamas celebrated in front of the White House. The building was illuminated in green for the occasion. [...]
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Wine Lists – That Hoary ‘Ol Chestnut
15 Mar 2013 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Fear not, I will not be ranting here. I will not spend 1000 words frothing at the keyboard about the abysmal, facile, corporate, lackluster, insulting, sell-out winelists that do not deserve the bad laminating they have.
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This Woman’s Snub Could Have Turned Pope Francis To The Church
15 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
Ever wonder at what point in the pope’s life he chose to literally take a leap of faith and become a priest? When Pope Francis was just the wee age of 12, he had a relationship with a woman named Amalia Damonte. Now 76, Damonte has decided to tell the world about their “love-affair.” When [...]
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Can We Expect A Dark Confession From Pope Francis?
15 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
We’re only a few days into Pope Francis’ papacy, and already red flags are being raised, linking the Pope, and the role played by the Catholic Church in the brutal military dictatorship of Argentina. Both the Catholic Church and Pope Francis have been accused of complicit silence during the “dirty war” that was waged on the [...]
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Why Pope Francis Is The Best Cardinal For The Job
14 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
According to odds given by Paddy Power, the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina for Pope was highly unlikely, with the Irish bet makers offering a 33-1 stack on Jorge becoming Pope. But Bergoglio is the hero the Catholic church needs, even if no one cares whether they deserve it or not. Pope Francis [...]
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Dennis Rodman Is At The Vatican – Promoting An Irish Gambling Website [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
D-Rod just can’t stop himself from visiting secretive rulers in tiny, controversial countries. Yesterday, Dennis was spotted outside the Vatican City. Fresh off his tour of North Korea, where he befriended dictator Kim Jong-Un, Rodman is in Rome – and the Vatican – to promote Irish gambling company, Paddy Power. Although Rodman stated that he [...]
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