Luxury Floating Island – BMT Nigel Gee

The problem with being on the ocean is space is at a premium. Well thanks to Southampton based designers BMT Nigel Gee and recent design graduate Henry Ward that is no longer the case.The Luxury Floating Island folds out to a floating platform and can be used for dancing, dining and entertainment and when you require it transforms into a private helipad.After use...

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The Luxury Spa Award Winners 2012

If there is an award to represent the “bar of service excellence” in international spa service, The Luxury Spa Awards are it.  These prestigious awards are presented in various categories each year from thousands of online client ratings throughout the globe.As the aesthetic and luxury industries continue to grow, competition for this international achievement...

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Aman Spa Mayfair, Luxurious New Escape In London

This luxurious new spa lies in the heart of glamorous Mayfair beneath the Edwardian lobby of London’s Connaught Hotel. The Aman spa at the Connaught is the first Aman branded facility built outside one of the company’s hotel, the result of this separation is perfect relaxation and solitude.The Aman Spa features five low-lit treatment rooms (one double and four singles)...

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HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS TODAY

 Grabbing a cup of coffee  Dining out at your favourite restaurant Spending some time at the museum   Meeting at a popular fast food centre     Relaxing at the beach   Going to a game      Going out on a date    Taking a drive around town  I am thankful I belong...

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HOLLYWOOD’S finest turned up at the RDS last night to witness the first of the Boss’s two night stint in Dublin.

Oscar winners Steven Speilberg and his wife Kate Capshaw and family were joined by Daniel Day Lewis, his wife Rebecca Miller and their son Ronan for the three and a half hour gig.The VIPs emerged from the Four Seasons hotel nearby and joined the 37,000 strong crowd walking into the RDS before taking their seats with members of the public in the stands.Earlier in the day the ‘Schindler's List’ director joined pal and Wicklow resident Daniel Day Lewis...

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Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings

'It's wisest to pick someone whom you cannot break up with or divorce.' Photograph: Gary Powell/Getty ImagesTattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings – at least if you believe the report in Thursday's Daily Mail, which looked at "embarrassing" matching couple tattoos – designs that complement or complete each other across two, romantically involved bodies.Yet...

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Latvian company creates leather bound Ferrari

We're familiar with seeing tight leather on smoking hot women, and weird old men, but it's a first for us seeing a leather bound Ferrari F430.There seems to be a lot of fuss over this leather bound Ferrari F430 in the UK with both The Sun and The Daily Mail reporting about it recently.However, this isn’t a new car by any means as US motoring blog Jalopnikreported...

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Chris Harris took himself to Modena for an afternoon test drive in the Pagani Huayra.

 To watch him panting after a spell up some twisty roads, you'd have thought he'd gone for some afternoon delight. It's the most breathless we've ever seen Mr. Harris, and for all the right reasons – perhaps it shouldn't be surprising when he's intentionally getting loosey-goosey in a coupe with an AMG-sourced twin-turbo V12 trying to put down 730 horsepower...

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Ferrari in world's most expensive car crash

If you tried to picture the world's most expensive car crash, you'd probably imagine a whole bunch of banged up Ferraris and Lamborghini supercars from the modern era, but in this case it's more about value than quantity.In fact it was merely a two-car collision in which one of the vehicles was worth around $38.5m.The car in question is an ultra-rare Ferrari 250 GTO that,...

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The best insights in my report didn’t emerge in my office, during conference calls, or at meetings. They somehow appeared in the bathroom.

Not too long ago, as I was putting the final touches on a client presentation, I stumbled across a surprising observation. The best insights in my report didn’t emerge in my office, during conference calls, or at meetings. They somehow appeared in the bathroom.Research on the nature of creativity suggests my experience isn’t all that unique. Often, the most effective way of solving a difficult problem is simply walking away. The moment we allow...

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Mobile operator O2 hit by nationwide network failure that left users unable to make calls or text

The O2 mobile phone network crashed tonight leaving thousands of customers across the country cut off. Users were left stranded, unable to make or receive calls or send texts, as the firm - which has 23 million customers in the UK - said it did not know when the problem would be fixed. Some customers also had no internet access. O2, Britain's second-largest mobile phone operator, admitted it was unclear exactly how many people had been affected....

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The Internet Cat Video Film Festival is being planned for August 30 on Walker Open Field.

Cannes and Sundance are a little too highbrow for your tastes a new film festival launching in Minneapolis could be just the ticket. The Internet Cat Video Film Festival is being planned for August 30 on Walker Open Field.While nominations are still open take inspiration from some of the contenders below that show cats in their element, showing off the finer side of being...

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Blood flows down the face of an injured protester who was injured during clashes between supporters of Spanish coal miners and riot police as they ended a "Marcha Negra" (Black March) near the Industry Ministry in Madrid

Blood flows down the face of an injured protester who was injured during clashes between supporters of Spanish coal miners and riot police as they ended a "Marcha Negra" (Black March) near the Industry Ministry in Madrid July 11, 2012 (Reuters/Paul Hanna)At least 76 people have been injured in Madrid as clashes flared up between protesters and police, the latter using rubber...

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Qatar Has Designs On Valentino

Members of the Qatari royal family are in advanced talks to buy Valentino, the Italian dressmaker to some of the world's biggest celebrities, I can exclusively reveal. The Emir of Qatar is close to finalising a deal to buy the Valentino fashion label from Permira, a London-based private equity firm, for about £550m, people close to the deal tell me. They say it could be announced as soon as this week although they cautioned that the discussions...

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The richest woman in the world, according to a respected business magazine, is not Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth II or L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

It's a relatively unknown Australian mining magnate. So who exactly is Gina Rinehart?Asked once to sum up her concept of beauty, Gina Rinehart did not point to the pearls that so often adorn her neck.Nor did she rhapsodise about the ochre landscape of her beloved Pilbara, a beautiful, if unforgiving, expanse of land in the northwest corner of Australia.Instead, she spoke of...

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