Curbed reports that "Chateau Aromois", a beautiful East Hampton home built by late value investor Christopher Browne, is on sale for $22.9 million. 

The five-bedroom, five and half bathroom home listed by Brown Harris Stevens was originally put on the market for $28.5 million. 

Browne, a famous value investor and the co-founder of mutual fund company Tweedy Browne, did much of the lush landscaping on the property himself, according to Curbed. He died three years ago of a heart attack. He was 62.

It's definitely a dream home and now we're going to take a photo tour. 

Here's an aerial shot of the property.

Source: Brown Harris

The home was built in 1998.

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The house features a stucco exterior.

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This is The Giant Monopoly Game from Hammacher Schlemmer.

Why We Love It: Who doesn't like playing Monopoly? This giant, solid-wood version has playing pieces 150 percent larger than their normal size (the thimble is actually the size of a real thimble!), and is built on a 30'' by 30'' board. Even the 1'' dice seem huge in this game.

The board is built with a recessed well lined with green felt that allows you to roll the dice without messing up any of the house or hotel pieces. Plus, even the money is real-sized, so you can take the game even more seriously than you already do.

Where To Buy: Available through Hammacher Schlemmer.

Cost: $149.95.

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It was an ill-fated trip to the drug store that convinced Jeff Raider that there had to be better alternatives for shaving. 

"I was out of razor blades, so I bought a replacement and some shaving cream and ended up spending $20," said Raider, who is also a co-founder of eyewear company Warby Parker. "It wasn't the best experience in the world and the products didn't seem that great to me." 

Raider and his friend Andy Katz-Mayfield set out to better the shaving business.

The result is Harry's, a new direct-to-consumer site that sells boutique-quality razors, replacement blades, and shaving cream at affordable prices. 

The company wisely chose an under-served market segment. 

Until now, men had mostly to choose between razors at the drug store and high-end boutique products. 

The Art Of Shaving sells razors for between $175 and $200. Harry's cheapest set includes a razor, two replacement blades, and a tube of shaving cream for $15. 

The exception is the Dollar Shave Club, a subscription service that sends men razors and replacement blades for under $10. Unlike that business, Harry's offers redesigned razors, as well as shaving cream.

The first thing the team did was improve the purchase experience. Customers can do all of their research online. Harry's also offers sets that have razors, shaving cream, and replacement blades all in one box. 

"We were able to offer a level of convenience for our customers that they didn't necessarily have before," Katz-Mayfield told us. 

Harry's razors also have a different design than what is widely available now. 

The company uses blades from German producers who are located near the engineering hub of the Audi headquarters. Raider and Katz-Mayfield spent time developing the company's straight-blade product into a razor. 

The company redesigned the razor handle to be more rounded than many of the current products on the market. This made it easier for the customer to rotate the handle, Raider said. 

Finally, Harry's invested in more high-end shaving cream that also moisturizes the skin. 

The internet has resulted in business innovation like never before, Katz-Mayfield said. 

"Even 15 years ago, this concept would have been difficult to pull off," he said. "But increasing comfort with online shopping makes it possible for consumers to have access to better products." 

Here's a picture of one of Harry's razors: 

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Cheryl Tiegs, who claims to be America's first supermodel, has listed her gated Bel Air home for $12 million, according to celebrity real estate blog The Real Estalker.

Tiegs purchased the home back in 1996 for an unknown sum, and had the home redesigned in a Balinese style by Martyn Lawrence Bullard, a designer on Bravo's Million Dollar Decorator.

The listing through Rodeo Realty says the model's mansion is 4,770 square feet, and has five bedrooms, a wine cellar, eat-in kitchen, and views of downtown LA from the backyard.

In fact, the only thing that would be missing if you bought this home is the perpetually-gorgeous supermodel herself.

The home is in East Gate Bel Air and sits on 1.43 acres of property.

Source: Joe Babajian

It has long driveway with a large motor court for multiple cars.

Source: Joe Babajian

The one-story home was designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard.

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For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been recommending that Americans cut back on their salt intake. 

Officials claim that lowering how much sodium we eat would decrease the national burden of high blood pressure, heart disease, and even prevent deaths.

The official hard line is 2,300 milligrams (about one teaspoon) of sodium per day for a young, healthy person. For about half of the population, those over 40 or who already have high blood pressure, the recommended level is 1,500 milligrams.

This week is even World Salt Awareness week to raise awareness that we should be eating less salt.

The CDC's guidelines are mainly based on a theory and two studies. The first was performed in "salt-sensitive" rats that were fed 60 times the amount of salt in the average American's diet, and then developed high blood pressure.

The other is a short-term (30 days) study of people placed on a high salt diet: They were seen to have slightly higher blood pressure at the end of the trial, though they didn't look at long-term turnouts.

Even though the government has been pushing low salt diets for decades, salty foods have been making a comeback, even for so-called "healthy" chefs like Jamie Oliver, and researchers and doctors are starting to doubt the science behind the "recommended daily levels" of sodium intake.

They say the evidence just doesn't support the CDC's recommended level of salt intake.

A study published in the Journal of Hypertension in 2011 [PDF], which analyzed data from over 6,000 people, failed to find an association between lowered salt intake and lowered risk for heart attacks, strokes, or death.

Another 2011 study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, went even further, suggesting that a low-salt diet could actually be hurting us. They reported that the less sodium study subjects excreted in their urine, the greater their risk was of dying from heart disease.

Multiple studies over the years have shown similar findings, and even though we are eating more processed foods and doctors are pushing low-salt diets, a 2010 report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicated that Americans' salt intake hasn't changed in the last 50 years.

Yet Americans' rates of cardiac diseases has increased over the past 30 years, possibly because of our increasing rates of obesity, which could be playing a bigger role in these diseases than salt intake.

The study found that decade after decade, American adults ate 3,700 milligrams of sodium a day, similar to levels found in international studies. Some researchers think that this similarity is so stunning and consistent in different diets and cultures, that it could mean that humans have a set level of salt intake that we are hardwired to seek out, and that this level is higher than recommended doses.

"It's spooky how consistent this number is," David McCarron, a researcher at University of California, Davis, told USA Today in 2010.

The salt story just got more complicated, though. A study in Nature on March 6 indicated that a high salt intake is also linked to diseases in which the body's immune system attacks our own cells, like multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.

Mouse cells produced more and more of a type of white blood cell linked to these auto-immune diseases when they were grown in higher and higher levels of salt. They also saw this in human cells in the lab and in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis — the mice progressed faster when fed a diet containing 4 percent sodium.

These numbers are hard to translate to a human diet, study researcher David Hafler, of Yale University, told Business Insider. But, "It's on the very high end of the human salt intake," he said.

High salt diets would be just one of a number of factors that work together to cause these auto-immune diseases. And because the salt seems to be activating the immune system (albeit in a negative way in the case of multiple sclerosis), someone dying of cancer might actually improve their immune system with a high-salt diet, Hafler theorized.

Despite the lack of scientific support for low-salt diets, there's a strangely blind push for low-salt diets by doctors and the CDC. 

Most of us should take this campaign with a grain of salt.

People with specific genetic traits that make them more susceptible to salt intake or those who already have really high blood pressure should still be careful about their salt levels. But the studies just don't support the idea that your average American needs to cut their salt intake drastically.

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The "Dream Hub" in Seoul was supposed to be a "city within a city" — home to a dozen skyscrapers, waterfront parks, and business and residential facilities.

But the $28 billion project, officially called the Yongsan International Business District, is on the line after developers defaulted on a major loan repayment amid a real estate slump, AFP reports.

We won't know whether the project will go bankrupt until June, when another round of loans matures.

While ground has been broken on the project, it's still a far way from the gleaming city pictured in the Dream Hub's promotional materials.

The ambitious 'Dream Hub' development plan is conveniently located near the airport. Promotional materials go so far as to call it "Center of the World."

The $28 billion development will be situated by the Han River, one of the most important in Korea.

The layout of the buildings is supposed to resemble the Golden Crown of Shilla, an ancient treasure of South Korea.

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Yet another Carnival cruise ship is facing difficulties: The Legend, on the last leg of a week-long cruise through the Caribbean, has had a technical issue with its sailing speed.

The company has sent the ship back to its destination in Tampa, canceling a scheduled stop in Grand Cayman.

Cruise-goers are not happy, passenger Rob Bonenfant told CNN in an email, "Passengers are now really pissed off."

According to the Daily Mail, Legend passengers will get a $100 credit, and half off on a future Carnival cruise.

On Thursday, some elevators and toilets stopped working on the Carnival ship Dream, part-way through a seven-day cruise. Although the propulsion systems were not affected, the cruise was ended early, in St Maarten.

Passengers were flown home, and will receive a refund equal to the equivalent of three days of the trip, plus half-off on a future cruise, Carnival said.

Both incidents come in the wake of the Carnival Triumph, which was left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico last month after an engine room fire.

It took five days to tow the enormous vessel back to port, and its passengers were stuck on a ship without power and very few working toilets. The result was a PR nightmare for Carnival — along with a class-action lawsuit— which will only be made worse by this week's problems.

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If sushi restaurants were a family, 回転寿司 (kaiten-zushi) would be the fun-loving, laidback youngest brother.

It combines one of Japan’s finest culinary styles with the user-friendly convenience that permeates the society. (And it’s cheap.)

One of the many perks to kaiten-zushi dining is that you can scrape by without any extensive knowledge of Japanese. That being said, it still helps to know some basic tips to get the most out of your meal.

Get settled in. When you sit down for conveyor belt sushi, don’t just start grabbing plates. Whatever restaurant you go to, you’ll probably be greeted with a setup similar to the one at right. That spigot in the middle is for hot water, and the wooden container to the left of it contains green tea powder.

You’ll be provided with ceramic mugs; load a spoonful or two of powder into the mug, fill it up with hot water, and you’re set for drinks. Grab a pair of chopsticks and an お絞り(oshiburi, moist towel), and load up two small dishes with soy sauce and ガリ (gari, pickled ginger), which is in the black container to the right of the spigot. If you’re a fan of わさび (wasabi), don’t be afraid to ask one of the chefs for some extra.

Pay attention to your plates. Once you’ve assembled your arsenal, start loading up on plates. Some chains, like Kappa Sushi and Otaru Zushi, have a set price of 100円 for all plates. Others, like Kantaro Sushi (my personal preference), have different styles of plates that correlate to different tiers of pricing. There will probably be a key of sorts at your table, so before you grab five of those silver plates, make sure they’re not 500円 each. Some restaurants have plates with computerized chips that can be read with a handheld scanner, but if an attendant counts up your plates when you’ve finished, stack them according to type as a common courtesy.

Soy sauce and rice don’t mix. In my opinion, most sushi doesn’t need overly salty soy sauce for the best flavor. But if you’re a fan, just cover the fish in it, not the rice. Take the fish off of the rice with your chopsticks, dip it in the soy sauce, and then put it back. Trying to dip the entire thing will likely result in losing half of your rice.

Use the pickled ginger right. Pickled ginger isn’t meant as a garnish for your sushi. Instead, it’s to be used to cleanse your palate between dishes. It ensures that flavors of vastly different sushi (like the very fishy yellowtail and the more subtle red snapper) don’t clash. Feel free to munch on it to your heart’s content between your flounder and your tuna, but don’t use it as a topping.

If it’s hot, crunchy, broiled, or fried, order it fresh. Lots of dishes offered at kaiten-zushi aren’t just the standard sushi cuts. You can order anything from fried octopus to hot pumpkin pudding. One of my absolute favorite dishes is 炙り (aburi, broiled) salmon. It’s smooth, buttery, and warm on top and still raw underneath…but more than one rotation on the belt turns it cold, oily, and tasting like butane. I doesn’t matter if there are five of them circulating — I’ll still order one fresh to ensure it tastes the best. And something like 唐揚げ (karaage, fried chicken) or shrimp tempura can end up limp or soggy after only a few minutes. If your dish of choice is broiled, covered in a crunchy coating, or deep fried (basically, if it isn’t traditional sushi), abandon the belt and order that sucker fresh.

If you don’t see what you like, order it. Just because you don’t see something on the belt doesn’t mean it’s unavailable. Don’t feel limited to eating only what you see. My favorite sushi cuts are ほたて (hotate, scallop) and 穴子 (anago, conger eel), but I rarely see either of them on the belt, so I don’t have any qualms about flagging a chef down and ordering what I want. Some restaurants, like Kappa Sushi, have computerized ordering screens. At Kappa, your order even arrives at your table on a miniature, cutely kitsch train.

When in doubt, order fatty. とろ (toro) means a “fatty” cut of まぐろ (maguro, tuna), and in this case, fatty means “delicious.” If you see it on the cards marking plates of tuna on the belt, it means the meat is a higher quality. とろ is usually a bit more expensive, but it’s definitely worth it, as the meat just melts in your mouth. If you’re going to splurge on one of the more expensive plates, make it this one.

Go when it’s busy. It might seem counterintuitive, but you’ll have the highest quality meal when the restaurant is busiest. A ton of diners means that the sushi on the belt has a very quick turnover, which translates to you getting fresh cuts. Going when it’s nearly empty means that the belt will be mostly clear (why load it up when there’s no one there to eat the food?) and that the sushi that is there will have been sitting under the lights for ages. Plus, the atmosphere in a bustling 回転寿司 joint, with people calling out orders and the sushi chefs working together like a well-oiled machine, is a blast to join.

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With salty diets making a comeback, people are inevitably turning to expensive gourmet sea salt.

But it is worth it?

The short answer is no.

Although sea salt is often marketed as more natural or healthy, it is still just sodium chloride. Both salt types are "natural": sea salt just comes from the sea, while table salt comes from underground deposits. 

"Basically this is all marketing," Mark Kurlansky, author of "Salt: A World History," told NPR. "Sea sounds a lot better than rock [salt]. But if the product is pure, it is the same."

The differences between the two are texture and processing. Iodized table salt has added iodine, with other minerals removed. An additive to prevent clumping is also sometimes added, to get the "when it rains it pours" effect (did you know that idiom came from the Morton Salt motto?)

In areas of the world far from seashores — like the Great Lakes and the Pacific northwest — iodine isn't present in food in high levels, so iodine was added to table salt in the 1920s to treat iodine deficiency, and the thyroid problems and large neck growths called goiters that come along with it. Without iodine in salt, these health problems could reemerge.

Slight traces of other inedible minerals give some sea salts their colors, and possibly a slight change in flavor, but these minerals don't have health impacts because they are present in such tiny amounts.

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H&M has a major presence in the U.S. market, but now that the brand is firmly embedded in the minds of Americans, it's about to crank things up, Sharon Edelson at Women's Wear Daily reported.

“We’ve established a strong brand,” said Daniel Kulle, U.S. president of H&M, told Women's Wear Daily. “Now we can see that we can grow and expand in many markets in the U.S. There’s huge potential at the moment.”

Right now, the Swedish fast fashion retailer has 269 stores in the U.S., but Kulle didn't tell WWD a target number for future growth. It opened 40 new stores last year and expects an even bigger number in 2013.

“This is just the beginning,” Kulle told WWD.

That's not all. Kulle said that H&M's sister brands, like & Other Stories and Cos, have big potential in the U.S. as well. Cos, in particular, is "for sure" coming to America.

H&M will be launching an e-commerce site this summer too. The initiative has been pushed back three times, but it looks like it's finally going to happen.

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In an interview with Golf.com, Bubba Watson revealed that the home he bought in the summer of 2012 in Florida was Tiger Woods old house in Orlando, Fla. Yes, the house where the Woods scandal all began to unfold when he crashed his car into the fire hydrant.

Watson didn't say how much he paid for the home but Woods bought the house in 2000 for $2.45 million, and it was assessed at $2 million in 2012, according to The Real Deal.

Watson and his wife remodeled the entire house. Watson told Golf.com:

"I looked at probably 50 houses before I looked at Tiger's. A lot of the houses there are old, and we ended up changing everything. We probably saved maybe five percent of it. We built it all around Caleb. There are like three playrooms."

Here's an overhead view of the house:

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When most people think of visiting Brazil, they think of Rio de Janeiro's packed beaches and infamous cobblestone sidewalks.

But when Brazilians want to escape, they head to Bahia, the coastal state known for its breathtaking beaches and laid-back vibe. Most tourists there are native Brazilians, and the foreigners who do visit the northeastern region generally come from Germany, France, and Italy.

Brazilians are drawn to the region because it is one of the country's greatest cultural hubs, where African drums, samba and Reggae reign. The first Portuguese settlers to arrive in the country anchored their ships in Bahia and set up the capital there. This is where Brazil was born. It's no accident that some of Brazil's greatest poets and musicians grew up there, too.

The colorful buildings and music that fills Bahia's streets have convinced many tourists to extend their stay. Some even end up spending the rest of their lives there. I grew in Brasil and vacation in Imbassaí, where my parents have a home.

Bahia is a state in northeastern Brazil, right on the Atlantic Coast. Its capital, Salvador, is an international destination for tourists.

Travelers are drawn to the region's colonial architecture. The first Portuguese settlers to colonize the region came to Salvador and built amazing churches.

The best way to get from the beaches in the lower part of the city to the cathedral and historical area in the upper part is to take Brazil's largest elevator, called Elevador Lacerda. For only a few cents, anyone can ride this massive tourist attraction.

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This is the Withings App-Controlled Wi-Fi Enabled Baby Monitor from Brookstone.

Why We Love It: The Rolls Royce of baby monitors, this app-controlled Withings model lets you visually check in on your child using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can now know how your child is doing from anywhere in the world, whether you're in a different room in your home or traveling abroad.

It uses a wide-angle, 3-megapixel camera with night vision capability, and lets you virtually pan, tilt, and zoom around the room by touching the screen. You can also talk to your child while watching the video feed, and the monitor sends an automatic alert whenever your baby fusses or cries.

Where To Buy: Available through Brookstone.

Cost: $249.99.

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In a society where success is often equated with being financially better off than the generation prior, young Americans today are way behind the pack. 

The under-40 crowd in the U.S. has seen its wealth come to a standstill even as the average American household income grew, according to new research from the Urban Institute's Opportunity and Ownership Project:

"Average household net worth, even with the fallout from the Great Recession, nearly doubled from 1983 to 2010, but not for those born after 1970. Their average inflation-adjusted wealth in 2010 was 7 percent below similarly aged individuals in 1983."

For millennials, the situation is even more grim. Compared to their parents at their age, the under-30 set is worth only half as much.

And while this is a sobering reminder of the scale of the Great Recession's impact on younger generations, it's not the whole story. 

These households were actually falling behind even before the stock market and housing crash, researchers found. 

Young people not only saw their wages stagnate or drop but also suffered a rise in fixed costs. They leave college with an average $27,000 debt load and have a harder time finding jobs that pay well, while facing more expensive health care and housing costs.

"If these generations cannot accumulate wealth, they will be less able to support themselves when unexpected emergencies arise or when they eventually retire," the study authors said. "This financial uncertainty could reverberate throughout the economy, since entrepreneurial activity, saving, and investment tend to build on a base of confidence and growing wealth."

Here's an interactive chart of young Americans' generational decline: 

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These days, people are willing to go to any extreme to save a few bucks.

But we're not going to tell you to eat beans and rice or wash your hair with eggs.

There are ways to save that are sitting right under our noses –– and our roofs.

Here are some simple household savings tips that could save you hundreds of dollars a year.

Install low-flow water faucets and save up to 60 percent on your water bill.

Do you really need a faucet with fire hydrant strength flow to do the dishes?

Chances are the answer is no, and by simply replacing your faucets with low-flow models, you could cut your water bill by 25 to 60 percent.

They cost around $10 to $20 a piece, which is well worth the investment.

Update your light bulbs and save up to 75 percent on your electricity bill.

Switching out old light bulbs for compact fluorescent could save up to 75 percent on your electric bill. Yes, they cost a bit more than traditional bulbs, but they last 10 to 25 times longer and use power more efficiently.

Only 6 percent of the electricity sucked up by traditional bulbs (those older than 14 or 15 years) is turned into light –– the rest becomes very inefficiently used heat. 

Replacing 15 bulbs could save you $50 a year –– and more than $600 over the life of the bulbs.

Unplug your electronics at night and save $100 per year.

The typical American home has 40 electronics powered up at any given moment –– TV, cell phone chargers, blenders, etc. What people don't realize is they are using electricity even when they're powered off.

U.S. households spend as much as $100 per year powering these "vampire" electronics. 

Simple fix: Plug your devices into power strips and switch them off at once at the end of the day.

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The U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is more than just a prison.

While the detention facility has gained infamy for housing enemy combatants since 2002, locking up terrorism suspects is just a small part of the overall mission of those stationed here.

Located on the southeastern end of Cuba, "Gitmo" has served as a vital refueling station and safe port for U.S. ships since 1898. Military members serving here provide regional security for Navy and Coast Guard ships — and guard towers along miles of fence line serve as a constant reminder that they are in unfriendly territory.

Many journalists who travel here only cover the detention facility — and miss the hidden gems.

This is probably what comes to mind when most people think of Guantanamo Bay.

Small cells filled with mostly faceless, nameless people from…wherever…

The only thing certain for many is that detainees here are doing hard time. Whatever that is.

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Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs feature a toy encased in their chocolate shells.

They're great.

And, as tons of Americans learn whenever they're driving home from a visit to Canada, they're illegal in the U.S.

Why's that?

They've been banned since 1938, when the FDA passed The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Under the law, you're not allowed to have a "non-nutritive" object inside candy.

Plus, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission requires that all candy-encased toys need to be safe for children of all ages. Kinder Surprise eggs, as well as most competitors, are only safe for kids three and up.

More than 60,000 Surprise eggs are seized at the U.S. border each year, according to The National Post. The penalties can reach up to $2,500 per egg. The FDA even issued an alert about Kinder Eggs last April. 

But fortunately, the problem-solvers at Candy Treasure have a solution, Dominique Zamora at Foodbeast reported.

It's called Choco Treasure, and these eggs are totally legal.

The egg gets around the 75-year-old act by offering a collection of "all ages" toys, and the capsule inside the egg separates the two halves of the chocolate, so anyone — even a small child — can tell that there's something inside of it. It's safer and it apparently passes the FDA's guidelines.

So rejoice, surprise egg lovers.

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Americans are planning on spending a whopping $4.7 billion on St. Patrick's Day festivities this year.

Before you blow your paycheck on green beer and beads, we reached out to Jon Lal, founder of coupon site BeFrugal.com, for a few ways to save:

1. Don't waste your money on green threads. Look at your closet instead to see what you already own. If you do not have green clothing, perhaps you have a Notre Dame Fighting Irish or Celtics jersey.

2. Look for deals on March 18. Instead of buying tons of shamrock decorations, pull out anything green you already own. A little creativity can save a lot of cash. If you host a St. Patty’s Day party annually, head to the party store the day after the holiday this year and score décor on clearance to use next year.

3. Look for beer rebates. If you plan to celebrate by enjoying a beverage, check for rebates on alcohol. In addition to sales, mail in rebates can really lower the cost, sometimes you can even get paid to buy the product! Rebates and sales may also be found on Irish whiskey and Irish cream liquor.

4. Make 'BYOB' your party mantra. When throwing a party, tell guests it’s BYOB. This will significantly reduce your costs. If you live in a state with a deposit on cans, you may even profit from hosting a party.

5. Take advantage of cheap Irish grub. For food at your bash, serve foods like corn beef & cabbage that are low cost and traditional. You can make this dish in a crock pot, which also saves time.

6. Check out free ways to entertain. As an alternative to a party, celebrate by watching a parade for free. Some pubs and restaurants may also have specials.

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Everyone remembers their favorite childhood toy.

Whether its a soccer ball, Lincoln Logs, or a Barbie doll, toys impact our experiences growing up. They not only say a lot about our personalities, but about our cultural environment, too.

Gabriele Galimberti, an Italian photographer and member of Riverboom Publishing, set out to take pictures of children all over the world posing with their most prized possessions.

He noticed the richer children tended to be more possessive with their toys, whereas children in poorer countries were more accustomed to sharing with neighborhood playmates.

The toys the children decided to display also revealed a lot about their parents — whether it was a taxi driving mother who gave her son miniature cars or an Italian farmer whose daughter was photographed with her pastel-colored plastic farm equipment.

But wherever the kids lived, one thing was universal: They just wanted to play.

Maudy Sibanda in Zambia loves her sunglasses collection.

Source: Gabriele Galimberti

Julia from Albania poses in her all-pink bedroom with her dolls.

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Twins Arafa and Aisha display their toys on their bed in Zanzibar.

Source: Gabriele Galimberti

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LONDON (AP) — The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been unearthed, a British auction house said Friday.

Survivors of the Titanic have said they remember the band, led by Wallace Hartley, playing on deck even as passengers boarded lifeboats after the ship hit an iceberg.

Hartley's violin was believed lost in the 1912 disaster, but auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son say an instrument unearthed in 2006 and has undergone rigorous testing and proven to be Hartley's.

"It's been a long haul," said auctioneer Andrew Aldridge, explaining the find had initially seemed "too good to be true."

The auction house spent the past seven years and thousands of pounds determining the water-stained violin's origins, consulting numerous experts including government forensic scientists and Oxford University.

The auction house said the rose wood instrument has two long cracks on its body, but is "incredibly well-preserved" despite its age and exposure to the sea. It estimated the violin is worth six figures.

Hartley was one of the 1,517 people who perished when the Titanic struck an iceberg 350 miles (565 kilometers) south of Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.

Some reports at the time suggested Hartley's corpse was found fully dressed with his instrument strapped to his body, though there was also speculation the violin floated off and was lost at sea.

Henry Aldridge and Son said it researched the violin's story with a Hartley biographer as the instrument underwent forensic testing, uncovering documents that showed Hartley was found with a large leather valise strapped to him and the violin inside.

The violin apparently was returned to Hartley's grieving fiancée, the auction house said, and later ended up in the hands of the Salvation Army before being given to a violin teacher and ultimately Henry Aldridge & Son.

Testing by the U.K. Forensic Science Service showed corrosion deposits were considered "compatible with immersion in sea water," while a silver expert studied a plate on the violin's neck to determine if it fit the time profile.

Henry Aldridge & Son said the violin will go on public display at the end of the month at Belfast City Hall, less than a mile from where Titanic was built.

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