Two historic country inns get destination-worthy chef makeovers
The one-time mill towns that dot the Delaware River in New Jersey’s Hunterdon County, north of Trenton, have long been a draw for Philadelphians out for a bucolic weekend. They come in search of ...
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What's New In The Interior Design World? The Biggest Trends We're Seeing This Year
Make 2025 your most home-beautiful yet with our rundown of the biggest interior design trends so far. From the Pantone colour ...
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Movie Reviews
Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of “Last Tango in Paris.” By ...
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A Preliminary Study on the Separation of Natural and Synthetic Emeralds Using Vibrational Spectroscopy
Both vibrational Raman and FTIR spectroscopy have been widely applied in identifying synthetic and natural beryl (Wood and Nassau, 1968; Schmetzer and Kiefert, 1990; Huong et al., 2010). These methods ...
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Update on Emeralds from the Sandawana Mines, Zimbabwe
Since the mines came under new ownership in 1993, consistent production has been established and, in addition to the small sizes for which Sandawana is known, greater numbers of polished stones as ...