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JCPenney's Last Hope Is Here And It Looks Great (JCP)

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Today I ventured down to the Manhattan Mall in New York City's Herald Square to check out the new Joe Fresh line at JCPenney.

It was bright and affordable, but the store wasn't mobbed with people looking to grab the newest JCP digs.

The collection featured just what Joe Fresh promised: women's preppy basics in fresh, fun colors.

And everything was a steal — barely anything I saw in the section was going for much more than $25.

The "store within a store," as JCPenney has billed the new boutique, was attention-grabbing, too. There were orange signs everywhere to draw customers in, and a DJ was just setting up when I was heading out the door.  Still, while I wasn't flying solo in the Joe Fresh section, there were probably fewer than 10 customers at a time perusing the new line during the majority of my stay at the store.

The enthusiasm could easily pick up during more prime shopping hours this weekend, but I gained attention from nearly every employee within a five-rack radius as I perused the different styles — all friendly and eager to enter me in a Joe Fresh sweepstakes or help me find my size.

The Joe Fresh shop looks great, but is it going to be enough to get new people into stores?

JCPenney has a store in the Manhattan Mall, on 33rd and Broadway.



JCP is in the basement of the mall, but there was Joe Fresh marketing all over the top floor. Orange was the theme of the day and it was hard to miss.



After going down the escalator and walking in the store, I was immediately handed a coupon for $10 off my purchase. JCPenney initially tried eliminating coupons under CEO Ron Johnson, but the discounts are definitely back.



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The World's Most Stunning Natural Wonders

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Ever played the game of Twister on water? The green, yellow, and brown polka dots that form on British Columbia’s Spotted Lake each summer make it look like you could.

It’s a far cry from the stereotypical landscapes of clear blue lakes, rolling green hills, and white-sand beaches that inspire most travelers—and that’s part of what makes strange natural wonders like Spotted Lake so thrilling.

A recently discovered cave that grows crystals the size of four-story buildings, a lake the color of a strawberry milkshake, and a glacier that seems to bleed sound like they’re from another planet, but can be seen right here on earth, and they remind us that there’s plenty of mystery left to explore.

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For billions of years, our planet has been a work in progress. Wind, water, pressure, minerals, heat, and lesser-understood forces mold and shape our environment, carving out caves and canyons, flooding and drying lakes, shaping mountains, shifting shorelines, moving the ground beneath our feet, and creating all manner of strange formations.

Long before scientists were able to offer explanations for the world’s more curious natural achievements, locals have been coming up with their own ideas. Māori legend says the enormous boulders found on New Zealand’s Moeraki Beach are the washed-ashore gourds and sweet potatoes from the wreck of a mythological canoe, while Irish folklore attributes the creation of the Giant’s Causeway to a quarrel that spanned across the sea to Scotland.

Such bizarre formations are, in fact, the result of time and pressure working against soil and rock, an often slow and methodical process that yields showstopping results. Others are the result of a sudden dramatic shift in conditions. Together, they caution us, as author Will Durant wrote in the January 1946 edition of Ladies Home Journal, that “civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”

Seeing is believing, so take our tour of the strangest natural wonders—and keep an eye out for what the powerful planetary forces may do next.

Take a look at these stunning natural wonders >

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Marble Caves, Chile

Six thousand years of wave erosion created the undulating patterns that give these caves their marbleized effect, enhanced by the reflection of the blue and green water of Carrera Lake, near Chile’s border with Argentina.

Although the area is threatened by a plan to build a dam nearby, for now, visitors can kayak throughout the caves on days when the waters are calm.



Lake Retba, Senegal

It looks as if someone poured a giant bottle of Pepto-Bismol into Lake Retba—that’s how deeply pink these waters are.

The color is actually caused by a particular kind of algae called Dunaliella salina that produces a pigment. The salt content is extremely high, reaching 40 percent in some spots and allowing the algae to thrive (and swimmers to float effortlessly on the surface of the 10-foot-deep lake).

Blinding white piles of salt line the shores, and locals work several hours a day harvesting salt from the bright pink water.



Asbyrgi Canyon, Iceland

Legend has it that the Asbyrgi Canyon in northern Iceland was created when the hoof of a Norse god’s horse touched the earth, slicing through 300-foot-tall cliffs and flattening an area just over two miles long and more than a half mile wide.

The likelier scientific explanation is that two periods of glacial flooding carved the canyon between 3,000 and 10,000 years ago. But standing atop the cliffs, with the green carpet of the horseshoe-shaped canyon spread before you, it’s fun to imagine otherwise.



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The Chocolate Chip Cookie Was Invented By Accident

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It’s difficult to imagine that the chocolate chip cookie, one of the world’s most beloved sweet treats, was actually invented by accident.

The invention of the chocolate chip cookie happened in 1930 when Ruth Graves Wakefield and her husband, Kenneth, were running the Toll House Inn on Route 18 near Whitman, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Wakefield, a dietitian and food lecturer, prepared all the food for the guests at the inn and had gained an enviable local reputation for her impressive range of desserts.

It’s often said that necessity is the mother of invention, and so too it was in this story. One night, Ruth decided to whip up a batch of Chocolate Butter Drop Do cookies, a popular old colonial recipe, to serve to her guests.

But as she started to bake, Ruth discovered she was out of baker’s chocolate. Ruth then chopped up a block of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate that had been given to her by Andrew Nestlé of the Nestlé Company.

Ruth had expected the chocolate to melt and disperse through the cookie dough as regular baking chocolate would. Instead, the chocolate pieces retained their individual form, softening to a moist, gooey melt, and the world had its first known chocolate chip cookie.

These original chocolate chip cookies proved to be such a scrumptious success that Ruth had no choice but to repeat the recipe. She called her new invention the “Chocolate Crunch Cookie” and published the recipe in several Boston and New England newspapers.

When Ruth’s Chocolate Crunch Cookie recipe was featured on an episode of The Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air radio program, the popularity of the humble chocolate chip cookie exploded and the cookie soon became a favorite all across America. The popularity of the cookie further increased after Ruth published the still popular, Toll House Tried And True Recipes, featuring the “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie,” in 1936.

Due to the enormous popularity of the cookie recipe, sales of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate skyrocketed and Andrew Nestlé and the Wakefields struck a deal.

In exchange for a lifetime supply of free chocolate, Nestlé printed Ruth’s recipe, by this stage called “Mrs. Wakefield’s Toll House Cookies,” on the chocolate labels and even started to score their chocolate bars and include a special chocolate chopper so people could easily make the chocolate chips for their cookies. This continued until 1939 when Nestlé introduced their own brand of conveniently pre-chopped chocolate- the small chocolate buttons still known today as “Nestlé’s Toll House Chocolate Morsels”.

The original recipe is still printed on their bag of chocolate chips. Nestlé owned the rights and took all profits from the “Toll House Cookie” until 1983 when ambiguities were discovered in the original agreements with the Wakefields and Nestlé lost their exclusive rights to the trademark. 

From that point, “Toll House Cookies” became a descriptive name only. The name “Toll House,” however continues to be a subsidiary brand of the Nestlé Company and is still used on Chocolate Morsels, chocolate chip cookie dough, and coco powder- all products coming from that one, off the cuff baking decision and accidentally delicious result.

If you’re curious, here’s Mrs. Wakefield’s Original Toll House Cookie Recipe

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 2/3 cups (11-oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
  • 1 cup chopped nuts

Set oven to 375° F. In a small bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda and set aside. In a larger bowl, cream butter and sugars and add vanilla extract. Blend until smooth and creamy. Add one egg and beat well. Add the second egg and beat well. Gradually fold in flour mixture and stir in chocolate pieces. Drop a tablespoon size dollop onto baking sheets and bake cookies until golden brown or for around 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on trays for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Bonus Facts:

  • Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield sold the Toll House Inn in 1966 and the new owners turned the building into a nightclub. In 1970, the Saccone family bought the building and restored it to its original 1700s Cape Code style. On New Year’s Eve, 1984, the Toll House burned to the ground and was never rebuilt. The site, the birthplace of the first chocolate chip cookie, is marked with a sign and is now home to an ice cream shop.
  • There are 7 billion chocolate chip cookies eaten in the United States every year, with about 50% of those homemade cookies.
  • Nabisco’s “Chips Ahoy” Chocolate Chip cookies are the second highest selling cookie in the United States. Oreos hold the number 1 slot.
  • The Chocolate Chip Cookie is the official state cookie of both Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania “state cookie” status was proposed in 1996 by 4th Grade students at Caln Elementary school. Previously, the officially named state cookie of Pennsylvania had been tied up in a legislative battle between the Nazareth sugar cookie and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie.
  • The world’s largest cookie was a chocolate chip cookie, made by the Immaculate Baking Company on May 17, 2003 in Flat Rock, North Carolina. It was 40,000 pounds and 102 feet in diameter. The giant cookie was broken up and sold in commemorative boxes, raising $20,000 for the Folk Artists Foundation Museum. The record was officially recognized by Guinness World Records in 2008. Previously, the record for the world’s biggest cookie was also a chocolate chip cookie, an 81 foot diameter cookie made by New Zealand’s Cookie Time Company in 1996.
  • If it wasn’t for airplay on The Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air, the Wakefield chocolate crunch recipe may not have risen to fame quite so quickly. Betty Crocker is not and has never been a real person. The radio program that launched the chocolate chip cookie to legendary status was voiced and scripted by home economist Marjorie Child Husted, who was also responsible for inventing the Betty Crocker brand character.

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Here's How They Make The Guinness You're Going To Be Guzzling All Weekend

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This may be the ultimate landmark in Dublin, Ireland.

The Guinness Storehouse or brewery is a destination more than 4 million tourists each year.

Arthur Guinness started brewing beer here in 1759. He got a 9,000-year lease for the factory for £45 per year (about $73 in current dollars).

Now, the brewery has been transformed into a museum, which you can visit for €15 ($21) a pop.

Follow the signs to the Guinness Storehouse.



Here it is -- this particular Guinness brewery building dates back to 1904. But Guinness has been brewed at this very spot since 1759.



Lets go in.



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New York Women Will Pay $7,000 For Kate Middleton's Nose

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New Yorkers are coveting Kate Middleton's nose.

A Manhattan plastic surgeon said over 20 patients have signed up to get "royal rhinoplasty" next month alone, according to the UK's The Week.

Stephen Greenberg said he has received a number of requests for the Duchess of Cambridge's nose. Each cost about $7,000.

Greenberg told the New York Daily News, ""we have made a file of a dozen Kate Middleton pictures to show patients when they come in for their consultation."

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Patient Johanna Ricardi explained "it's just this cute, little perky nose. It's not too big. It's not too small. It will pretty much suit any type of face."

Dr. Thomas Romo at Manhattan's Lenox Hill hospital estimates he has performed more than 100 of the surgeries already, The Week reported.

"Women, especially over the age of 28, want the nose of a woman who is regal, refined and strong," Romo said.

The trend comes amid speculation over whether the Duchess, who is nine months pregnant, is expecting a girl.

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The 10 Victoria's Secret Angels Have Surprising Backgrounds

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Victoria's Secret swim collectionThis week, Victoria's Secret debuted Karlie Kloss as a new Angel

That means that at age 20, Kloss has already achieved the ultimate goal in the modeling business.  

Half of Forbes' highest paid models last year were Angels for the lingerie giant. And the annual Fashion Show drew more than 10 million viewers last year.

Angels don't just make millions of dollars and gain worldwide fame. Becoming an Angel is key to launching a career in fashion, business or television (just look at former Angel Heidi Klum).  

We decided to dig beyond the gorgeous surface and find out who these models really are. 

One model aspires to be a doctor, while another was a high school basketball star. 

Karlie Kloss is trained in classical ballet, and credits her unique runway walk to her background. Designer Carolina Herrera once told Vogue that Kloss "moves like a cat."

Source: Vogue



Adriana Lima always dreamed of being a doctor. Lima said she got into modeling by mistake and was too young to know what she really wanted.

Source: GQ



Alessandra Ambrosio had cosmetic surgery at age 11. She was self-conscious about her large ears and had surgery to pin them back. In 2006, she told Tyra Banks she had suffered from complications.

Source: AskMen.com



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7 Classic New York Breweries

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Craft beer aficionados and those looking for their new favorite brew can be thankful that they won't have to travel far to experience quality beer.

Stouts, lagers, blondes or IPA's, there's something for everyone when it comes to beer in this city, but why not travel directly to the source of goodness: The Almighty Brewery.

The brewery is the destination where a freshly made beer is within arm's reach, and sometimes accompanied by close friends and good food. We've compiled a list of seven breweries in and around New York City that will get your taste buds salivating for hops.

Heartland Brewery: Fort Greene

You may be familiar with one of the Heartland Brewery's seven locations around Manhattan, but they brew their beer just across the bridge in Fort Greene.

The brewery has a brew for every person's taste, from Lagers and Ales to IPA's and Stouts. This gem emphasizes sustainability and uses only local products and ingredients. The byproduct after the brewing is completed is sent off to local farms and ranches to feed livestock. According to Brew master Kelly Taylor, "it's really important to drink locally. Fresh beer is just better."

Our Recommendation: Farmer Jon's Oatmeal Stout



Sixpoint Brewery: Red Hook

Sixpoint Brewery has been producing finely crafted ales "since the dawn of civilization," or 2004 to be exact.

Their appreciation behind the history of brewing influences their taste and name. The Sixpoint Brewers star has been depicting the craft of brewing since the medieval period. They haven't been able to hold tours due to facility renovations, but they attend events throughout the year, like the East Coast/West Coast Punk Rock Brew Tour, and they sponsor Beer for Beasts with Beer Advocate.

Sixpoint creates a small batch of specialty beer sold only during the event, with the proceeds going toward the Humane Society of New York. The carefully crafted beers, down to the original labels, make Sixpoint a place to check out.

Our Recommendation: Resin



Brooklyn Brewery: Williamsburg

The renowned Brooklyn Brewery, located in the heart of Williamsburg, has become a staple in most New Yorker's homes and bars.

It was founded in 1988 and has been producing quality brews ever since. The leaders of the brewery have published several books on beer and food pairings, and the world's best breweries. Their Tasting Room also serves as a venue for community meetings, and employees serve on non-profit boards like Prospect Park Alliance and the Brooklyn Historical Society.

They're open Monday through Thursday from 5-7pm for Small Batch Tours, have Happy Hour every Friday, and are open Saturdays and Sundays for tastings. We're sure you've tried their beer before, but stop by the brewery and taste it fresh from the tap.

Our Recommendation: Brooklyn Lager



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THE FAST DIET: Get Thin Quick By Starving Yourself Two Days A Week

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Fast DietThe FastDiet, also known as the 5:2 diet, is based on something called intermittent fasting. This involves eating normally for five days a week and "fasting" for two. On those two fasting days, you eat about a quarter of your typical calorie intake — 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men. The rest of the time you can eat whatever you want. 

The book, only recently released in the U.S., was written by Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer, both of the U.K. They claim this diet will make you lose weight faster than other standard diets — Mosley says he lost 20 pounds within a few weeks of starting the diet.

Although the extreme eating regime has been met with criticism in the health community, Mosley says the evidence to support intermittent fasting is there. The entire first chapter is even devoted to the "science of fasting." 

Still not sure about the craze?

Here we break down how and why the 5:2 diet works, according to its authors.

First, let's understand what happens to your body when you fast.

When you don't eat, your body must turn somewhere else besides food for energy and begins to feed on the glucose in your blood.

Once all of the glucose in your blood is eaten up, your body turns to stored glucose — which is kept in complex carbohydrate molecules called glycogen.

And finally, when all of that stored glucose is used up, your body taps into fat stores for energy and glucose. 

But, continuing to do this for long stretches of time is not sustainable. In fact, your body might go into starvation mode, where your metabolism actually slows down in response to a decrease in calorie intake.

Source: The FastDiet



The 5:2 diet, based on intermittent fasting, is different from calorie restriction or starving.

Intermittent fasting is not the same as prolonged calorie restriction, or starving. That would be when our body doesn't take in enough nutrients to maintain a normal, healthy lifestyle.  

Intermittent fasting involves "eating fewer calories, but only some of the time," Mosley writes. 

Mosley admits that prolonged fasting is not sustainable and will ultimately result in muscle loss.

With the FastDiet, you never go for longer than 24 hours without eating. 

Source: The FastDiet



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China Is Attempting To Engineer Genius Babies

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It’s not exactly news that China is setting itself up as a new global superpower, is it? While Western civilization chokes on its own gluttony like a latter-day Marlon Brando, China continues to buy up American debt and lock away the world’s natural resources. But now, not content to simply laugh and make jerk-off signs as they pass us on the geopolitical highway, they’ve also developed a state-endorsed genetic-engineering project.

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YACHT OF THE WEEK: Have A Blast On And Off The $30 Million 'Allegria'

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Any luxury yacht is going to provide a fun, relaxing experience onboard. But a great vacation requires some time off the ship as well.

The Allegria delivers. With a motor boat, jet skis, scuba gear, a kayak, snorkeling scooters, a diving board, and more, guests will have more fun off the yacht than on.

The 151-foot yacht, with room for 10 guests and a crew of 9, was built in 2004 by Dutch Hakvoort Shipyard.

At port in Fort Lauderdale, the Allegria is listed for sale by Moran Yachts, for $29.98 million.

The luxury yacht has three levels.



It's powered by two Caterpillar 3508B engines.



Together, they provide a top speed of 15 knots (17.2 mph).



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Billionaire Financier Dirk Ziff Is Selling This Westchester County Manor For $8.9 Million

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Curbed's Rob Bear reports that billionaire publishing heir/financier Dirk Ziff has recently listed his Katonah, New York mansion for $8.9 million. 

Ziff, who has an estimated net-worth of $4.4 billion, is the eldest son of the late publishing magnate William Ziff, Jr.

He and his brothers inherited their father's fortune after he sold 95% of his publishing business to private equity firm Forstmann Little for $1.4 billion. With that money started Ziff Brothers Investments, which invests in a variety of asset classes, private equity and hedge funds, according to Forbes.  

The Ziffs also provided seed money to hedge funder Daniel Och. In exchange, they got a 10 percent stake in Och-Ziff, which is now a publicly traded hedge fund.

Dirk and his wife, former Forbes reporter Natasha Bacigalupo, bought the manor in 2002 for $6.25 million, records show.

The stone manor was built in 1900.



It's located on 360 Pea Pond Road in Katonah, New York.



The home is 7,200 square feet.



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The Rules For Getting Citizenship To Cyprus Make It Easy For Russian 'Black Money' To Flow To The EU

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Ever since European officials started talking about another Cypriot bank bailout, the elephant in the room has been the billions of dollars of Russian "black money" in the country's bank accounts.

A leaked German intelligence report put that number at about $26 billion last year. That's more than Cyprus' annual GDP, so part of what German politicians grappled with was how to bail out the country without simply bailing out loads of rich Russians that just keep their money there.

But it gets darker than that. According to the report, EU officials also fear that some of that "black money" is being laundered through Europe. Cyprus has lax citizenship requirements that make it easy for deposit-holders to gain EU citizenship, and thus access to banks all over the EU.

So what exactly does it take to get access to Europe by becoming a Cypriot?

Russian billionaire Alexander Abramov is the co-founder of international steel company Evraz. He was granted citizenship to the island nation in 2010 for “services to the Republic of Cyprus.” 

That's vague, of course, but there are also a few more clear (and simple) rules to becoming a citizen of Cyprus, according to Cyprus Mail.

You have to be at least 30 years old with no criminal record and have at least one of the following:

  • A $33 million (or more) investment in property or factories in Cyprus.
  • Or if they've set up a business that turned over $111 million on the island the year before their application.
  • Anyone with personal or company savings of over $22 million on Cyprus is also eligible.
  • Anyone whose direct investment, business or personal wealth on the island comes to more than $33 million.
  • Or anyone who has "introduced large scale innovative technologies or founded a large scale research centre in Cyprus."

Abramov, for his part, acquired 50% (or more) of two Cyprus-based company and has minority stakes in two Cypriot scrap medal companies.

Sounds like a cake walk if you've got the loot.

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Mystery Contents Of Locked Vault In New Zealand Have Redditors Around The World Dying With Anticipation

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A mysterious vault found in the basement of a New Zealand home has Reddit users salivating over what could possibly be inside.

On Friday Reddit user dont_stop_me_smee posted an album on the Pics subreddit, explaining that a friend of his moved into a former drug house and found a huge safe and that they wanted to get it opened.

Surrounding the massive vault are ten inches of solid reinforced concrete on all sides, and curiosity about the contents have reached a fever pitch on the massive news and entertainment site. 

Immediately, several Reddit users with advanced knowledge of safes chimed in with tips and suggestions. Redditor Tof1911 quickly identified the vault as a Sargent and Greenleaf dial 6630 and recommended opening it with either a stethoscope or a bore-a-scope.

Soon, the original poster announced that he had set up a special subreddit to discuss the safe and provide updates, /r/WhatsInThisThing, which rocketed to over 60,000 subscribers in two days. 

For some time, dont_stop_me_smee had even set up a live stream of the vault as he and friends attempted to figure out how to get in.

Some Redditors following the vault grew frustrated with the original poster's reticence to just call a locksmith but still others kept researching. One learned that there is only one Sargent and Greenleaf retailer in all of New Zealand, a possible lead.

Even more, other users started posting their own found safes to /r/WhatsInThisThing, prompting even more tantalizing mysteries.  

The official predictions thread — with close to a thousand comments — is ground zero for wanton speculation of the safe's contents.

Some say it's Tupac, some suggest that an additional safe is inside the vault, others think it's probably nothing. One person suggested it's "an apocalypse bunker, and inside there's some smelly hobo watching pre-recorded VCR tapes while eating cans of preserved tomatoes."

This morning, dont_stop_me_smee made a number of announcements. First, he contacted several safe experts in the New Zealand area to try to crack the beast. He also used the intelligence that several Redditors had assembled to try all of the factory settings of the S&G dial 6630, unfortunately with no success. 

He also categorically declined to just blow the safe up, prompting groans

The posts about the safe repeatedly hit the front page, and it's one of the major stories of the Reddit news cycle.

If the contents of a massive locked vault that previously belonged to a New Zealand drug dealer interest you at all, join us in constantly refreshing /r/WhatsInThisThing.

SEE ALSO: Meet The Redditors Who Rule The Internet

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Photos From Inside Lloyd Blankfein's Son's Beautiful Miami Wedding

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was at a wedding this weekend in Miami.

Blankfein's eldest son Alex, 27,  got married to fellow Harvard MBA classmate Cristina Ros, 26, according to the New York Times. Congrats to them!

Alex is expected to start as a consultant at Bain & Company in September. 

DealBook's William Alden tracked down a bunch of Instagram photos of the ceremony. It looks like a lovely weekend and we've included them in the slides that follow. 

The ceremony took place at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.

Source: New York Times



Rabbi Judy Kempler officiated the ceremony.

Source: New York Times



They look amazing.



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Check Out The Buildings That Won This Guy The World's Top Architecture Award

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Toyo Ito, the innovative Japanese architect, just won the esteemed 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The 71-year-old architect has designed dozens of structures, from homes to libraries, around the world.

He is known for his fluid, airy style and his ability to bring a natural feel into his structures.

Ito was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent the majority of his life in Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 1965, he worked for six years before starting his own firm. For more than four decades, Ito's buildings have been popping up around the world.

The sixth Japanese winner of the Pritzker Prize, Ito joins the ranks of world-famous architects like Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei, and Renzo Piano.

Sendai Mediatheque, a library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is widely regarded as one of Ito's best works. The multi-purpose building also houses galleries, studios, and a cafe.



Everything inside the modern glass building is transparent, including the internal tubes and pipes used for ventilation and wiring.



'Silver Hut' is Ito's own home. Built in 1984, it is next to 'U House,' which he designed for his sister.



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This North Face Jacket Is Great For Running On Windy Days

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This is the Men's Windwall Jacket from The North Face.

Why We Love It: These jackets are the best for windy workouts. The anti-windchill fleece jacket keeps you warm, and is 100% wind -proof.

It's also environmentally friendly with fabric approved by bluesign, a company that keeps track of industry standards of sustainability. It comes in a number of colors, including red, navy, grey, and black.

Windwall Jacket North Face

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Where To Buy: Available on The North Face website.

Cost: $120.

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The Bank Of Cyprus' Biggest Shareholder Is A Russian Oligarch With An Insane Real Estate Portfolio

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Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev is the largest shareholder in the Bank of Cyprus, with a 9.9% stake in the company.

He may have slept better this weekend when European officials announced that Cypriot banks would get a much-needed bailout, but on the condition that they accept a one-time tax on all deposits.

A lot of those deposits are held by Russian citizens, or Russians who've become Cypriot citizens.

But of course, very few of them are as fabulously wealthy with as much at stake as Rybolovlev, who caught Wall Street's attention last year when he bought ex-Citi CEO Sandy Weill's $88 million penthouse apartment for his 23 year-old daughter, Ekaterina.

According to Forbes, Rybolovlev is the 119th richest man in the world. He started out his career as a doctor, but abandoned that in 1990 to start Uralkali, a fertilizer company.

In 1996 he was accused (and acquitted) of plotting to kill a business partner and spent 11 months in jail— a slight rough patch. He sold his stake Uralkali in 2010 for $6.5 billion, but still has an investment fund comprised mostly of industrial holdings.

Rybolovlev is also holding a $300 million for a Monaco penthouse called La Belle Epoque, a Hawaiian villa he bought from Will Smith for $20 million, and Donald Trump's Palm Beach mansion, Maison de L'Amitie, which he bought for $95 million in 2008.

rybolovlev yachtIn 2011 he and other investors bought two-thirds of the Monaco football club, AS Moncao. He also owns a yacht called 'My Anna' worth $111 million.

Of course, with more money, as we know, there can also be more problems. In 2008 Rybolovlev's wife filed for one of the most expensive divorces in history.

Elena Rybolovleva also sued her husband in a New York Court and when he bought Weill's apartment, according to Bloomberg.

She alleged that her husband fraudulently transferred property he got during their marriage to buy the $88 billion penthouse in violation of a Swiss divorce Court order. She is also suing him for the Trump mansion in Florida.

as monacoAt the same time, there have been conflicting reports for months about whether or not Cyprus and Russia have been working on a way for Rybolovleva, and other shareholders in the Bank of Cyprus, to increase their holdings and secure a $6 billion Russian loan for Cyprus in the process.

Rybolovleva would have to get special permission from the Cypriot Central Bank to increase his stake above 9.9%.

The Russian Finance Ministry at first denied these reports (which started getting attention in July of last year).

However, by the end of January 2013, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the head of the Orthodox Church in Cyprus, was openly asking his Russian counterpart to convince Vladimir Putin to give Cyprus another loan — this one for $3.4 billion, says Bloomberg.

Maybe now Rybolovleva will get on board with the message, if he hasn't already. At Davos Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that the country would be on board to help out  “when our European partners also give something.”

Looks like the Europeans figured out how to take something instead.

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