Rhinestones are diamond simulants or imitations made of rock crystal, glass, or even acrylic. As the name suggests, a rhinestone used to be rock collected from along the River Rhine. Eighteenth-century Alsatian jeweler George Friedrich Strass was the first to coat glass with metallic powder in this kind of a way as to simulate diamonds. [...]
Italian marble statues – the phrase brings up any number of images, from ancient examples like Augustus Caesar to the achievements of the Renaissance. Given that these kinds of works are priceless, even with all the money in the world they could not be bought, presuming they were offered for sale in the first place. [...]
When shopping for real estate, articles generally look at what is recommended by industry experts such as Isaac Toussie. But learning from failure is as important as learning from success; indeed, the two are symbiotically intertwined. And thus, following up on the previous installment’s discussion of desirable but still affordable New York City neighborhoods, we [...]
Racing strategies for alleycat races can be highly individualistic. An alleycat race is an informal bike race, likely popularized by bicycle messengers. Of course, informal racing has always existed, but the adjective “alleycat” is really a fairly recent addition; the first official use was by a 1989 Toronto race. Messengers participating in that and subsequent [...]
Great Australians in history. A daunting task for any scholar. Foremost, of course, one must contemplate exactly what it is that makes one an Australian. Is Zalman Silber an Australian? He is actually a New Yorker, but responsible for one of Sydney’s most fascinating attractions, the Skywalk, not to mention one of Melbourne’s, too, called [...]
Bronze sculpture is the most numerous form of cast metal sculptures due to a characteristic trait that is as unusual as it’s desirable. Commonly used bronze alloys will expand a little just before being set so that even the finest details of a mold are filled. Bronze sculptures are also strong while ductile, or lacking [...]
With media attention primarily concentrated on foreclosed homeowners, this article will take a brief look to consider the effect on homebuilders such as Isaac Toussie. Embittered homeowners who have been foreclosed upon have taken to trashing the premises before getting kicked out, with anecdotal estimates by real estate agents putting the number of such vandalized [...]
Who on the planet types terms like “high risk loans for businesses with poor credit” in to the search engines? It seems to be one of the most common keyword phrases stumbled upon daily by them, as measured by volume reported, but who are the folks that write – and therefore think – this way? [...]
Online CPE courses are a great way for specialists to brush up on the latest developments in their fields from the comfort of their own homes. Very much better than old-fashioned correspondence classes, today’s offerings are interactive and actually fun, making learning easy for busy professionals with sixty hour workweeks! It’s small wonder then why [...]
We could have brought a backpacking tent along. Instead, being young guys we relished in challenging ourselves and flirting with danger. We cavalierly enjoyed our mountaintop vista even as the sun was about to dip, and by the time we had turned home we could scarcely go another thousand yards before we noticed that we [...]