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Library of the Free University of Berlin 2007-09-01 02:36:31 Today, I was attracted by the architecture of the Free University
of Berlin
. The university is also the largest university in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on humanities and social sciences and on health and natural science. One of the newest component on the campus is the Philological Library
. Opened in 2005, the library holds more than 700,000 volumes. The library was designed by Norman Robert Foster, one of the leading British architects of the United Kingdom and in the world. It’s the kind of library that I will go regularly and do some blogging. I hope you will enjoy your visit.
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Monster.com: Wrong Job 2007-08-31 03:48:05 Do you feel sometime caught in the wrong job? We all have bills to pay, and we all have to work. Sometimes looking for a job isn’t easy. We have to look for the position to apply, and see if we are a good fit for the company. Then we need to wait for their calls, it may be very long before to find the right job. If you are like me and still looking for a job that will allows you to move up. Monster
.com the biggest job bank may have the answer. I have regrouped below all their ads campaign.
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How to Sell Men’s Underwear? 2007-08-30 03:50:32 One of the most difficult thing in the world is to sell men’s underwear. Even with the ads commercial. JBS has found the idea to sell them. Would you like to smell my underwear or my strings after one or two days of worn? Maybe those naked chicks will. Is it to exagerated to put a naked Nun?
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Millennium Park: Cloud Gate 2007-08-26 16:55:23 This 110-ton steel sculpture that has been dubbed by residents as “The Bean”. You can find this $23 million sculpture at the Millennium
Park, in Chicago. It was sculptured by the world-renowned artist Anish Kapoor. The Cloud
Gate, installed at the AT&T Plaza, is a highly-polished reflective steel sculpture.
“The curved, mirror-like surface of the sculpture provides striking reflections of visitors, the city, and the sky; since its installation, it has probably become the most popular sculpture in the city.”
It is made of 168 highly polished stainless steel plates, and stands at 33 feet high, 66 feet long, and 42 feet wide, weighing 110 tons. If you see it from a distance, it looks like a huge drop of liquid mercury. I really like it, the bean is such a cool thing to see in person.
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Falkirk Wheel: Genius Invention 2007-08-23 20:05:46 My attention was lately attracted by this rotated boat lift. The Falkirk Wheel, named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, is a rotating boat liftForth. The Wheel is the world’s largest boat lift. It transfers canal boats from one canal to another 100 feet higher. This spectacular centrepiece of the £84.5 million, Millennium Link, is the UK’s largest canal restoration project, developed by British Waterways to reconnect the Union Canal with the Forth & Clyde Canal, re-establishing east to west coast access for boats. The structure is located near the Rough Castle Fort and the closest village is Tamfourhill.
Apart from being an engineering and design wonder, The Falkirk Wheel is a great day out. From the stunning Visitor Centre and basin, set at the heart of a natural amphitheatre of landscaped grounds, you can view the revolution of The Wheel or go for a stroll to see it from all angles.
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Arts: Casting Tin Soldiers 2007-08-23 00:56:47 I was reading an article about the history of the Forbes magazine. I discovered that the ex-president of the magazine, Malcolm Forbes, had the most extensive collection of toy soldiers. He started his collection in the late 60s and amassed a collection of over 90,000 figures by the time of his death in 1990.
A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. It have appeared in many cultures and eras. Tin soldiers were produced in Germany as early as the 1730s, by molding the metal between two pieces of slate. Those miniature figures of soldiers are extremely popular in the world of collecting.
I have selected some pictures below, to show you how you can cast your own Tin Soldier. It’s definitely something I will like to have in my home wall! Maybe not the Nazi soldiers board, but something similar.
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Travel: Crazy Statue in Hamilton Island 2007-08-21 02:35:33 A first look at the statue, I can say that it was created by a great sculptor. Don’t go too fast! If you look at the back of that statue, you can find a crazy alien. What is the alien doing there?!? We can read on the statue “You shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall make you FREE”. The Statue
is located in HamiltonIsland
, Australia. The Island is used almost exclusively for tourism. It’s also the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands. Many festivals are hosted on the island. It seem to be a great destination to spend some qualities time with your friends or lover(s).
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Ads: Al Chilazo (Mini-Lotto) 2007-08-20 20:48:50 This ad by TBWA promoted the mini lotto Al Chilazo, which mean “Quick” in Guatemalan slang. 10,000 grand will fall to you. Al Chilazo! I like their face expression, it show us that they can win big! As a mini lotto I think the amount is enough. That may help a family in need in Guatemala.
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Arts: Bookbinding 2007-08-19 04:20:14 The Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. The Chinese was the first to practice this art with their bamboo book. Can you imagine carrying all those bamboo books and walk all over the China Wall. The craft of bookbinding is originated in India, they used the leaves that they dried and rubbed with ink. Which would form a stain in the wound.
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Arts: Walking to the Sky 2007-08-18 00:13:42 If you get a chance to visit Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, United States. Don’t miss the opportunity to admire this 100 Foot Tall stainless steel pole on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. This sculpture was realised by Jonathan Borofsky. When he was kid, Jonathan used to hear different stories from his father. Especially this one about a friendly giant who lived in the sky. “In each tale, father and son would travel up to the sky to talk to the giant about what needed to be done for everyone back on earth. The artist says the sculpture is a celebration of the human potential for discovering who we are and where we need to go.”
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Heroes: Save The Cheerleader, Save The World 2007-09-20 18:56:12 Where are you gonna be on the 24th September 2007? I don’t know for you, but I will be in front of the TV and watching my favorite TV show, Heroes season two. For your information, it’s a popular American science fiction drama television series. I watched it last year and became addicted to the show. Season one of the movie has attracted more than 14 millions of viewers in the United States. You are probably one of them or soon to become one.The show is about the story of several ordinary people that discovered their incredible super power abilities and their reactions to their self-discovery. If you’ve missed season one, you will still have the chance to watch it on DVD. ” Save the cheerleader, save the world!”
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Crazy Sphere Tree House 2007-09-19 00:02:57 Camping is the best outdoor recreation activity to get in touch with nature. Everyone sometimes need to get away from the civilization and simply enjoy the nature. But the forest is not the best suitable place for us to live. Dealing with the wildlife, climate, animals might be difficult for us to survive. Why not live like the Ewoks? The Ewoks are the fictional species that looks like a teddy-bear in the Star Wars movie. Their villages are built generally between trees and they use the forest floor to hunt. It might be difficult for you to build your own tree house. What about to own your Free Spirit Sphere
? It’s a spherical house that you can suspend on the trees. You can visit the Free Spirit Spheres website to get more information about it.
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Crazy Cube House in Rotterdam 2007-09-17 23:25:20 If you get a chance to walk on the Overblaak Street in Rotterdam
, Netherlands. You could see these 32 cube houses all attached to each other. This set of innovative houses was designed by an architect by the name of Piet Blom in 1984. Each cube house has three floors. The reception, the kitchen and the living room are on the first floor. The bedroom and bathroom are on the second floor. The third floor is used sometimes as a small garden. I’m still amazed how people can live in these tiny houses.
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Luxury Waterfront Villa: Villa Nicoletta 2007-09-17 17:44:47 The US Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that are an insular area of the United States. The islands were named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. The islands normally host 2 million visitors per year. If you are looking for the finest accommodations in the Caribbean. The St Thomas island, one of the main islands, is the place for those seeking a vacation of elegance, serenity and privacy.
The Villa
Nicoletta is the perfect luxury waterfront villa for whom “getting away from it all” is the point of their vacation. The villa has 4 bedrooms and can be rented to a maximum of 10 people. Each room has a king size bed with nightstands, a HDTV flat screen TV with DVR, a large shower and tub, and a spectacular Ocean View Window. The outdoor deck is fully equipped with a private swimming pool, beach chairs, coolers, and a Tiki bar furnished in Tiki-style bamboo. Many activities can be enjoyed at the St Thomas Villas such as the 18 Holes Maho Read more:Luxury
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Explore The World on The Queen Mary II 2007-09-17 02:37:19 Today, I’m taking you to the second largest, longest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built, the Queen
Mary 2. The ship has a casino, a ballroom, a theater, five swimming pools, fifteen restaurants and bars, and a planetarium. What is the planetarium doing in this boat? The Queen Mary 2 can serve 2,620 passengers and 1,253 officers and crew. It costs US $900 million and 3,000 craftsmen necessary to build it, and approximately 8 million working hours. In total, 300,000 pieces of steel were used. The QM2 took it’s first sea voyage on 21 March 2003.
Can you imagine that the ship contains 3,000 telephones? The passengers consume annually more than 1.5 million of drinks. They also order 230,000 bottles of wine, 55,000 pounds of coffee, 7,000 boxes of strawberries, 38,000 pounds of smoked salmon, 198,000 pounds of pineapples and enough beef to supply a small city for a whole year.
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Thing You Can’t Live Without: The Ipod Touch 2007-09-15 02:26:13 You still don’t know what is an iPod? You must kidding me, the iPod had been sold over 110 millions units worldwide since October 2001. Each generation of the iPod have more features and refinements than the predecessor. As a digital music players, the iPod can serve you as an external data storage devices, listen music, play games and watch videos. We can now take control of the screen with the new iPod Touch. The touch screen interface is similar to the iPhone, which you can drag and drop. It is also equipped with a Wi-Fi 802.11b/g that you can use with the Safari browser or watch video from YouTube. The iPod Touch allows you to download music playing at the Starbucks coffee shop. This features will be only available in October 2007. The price of the iPod Touch is around $299 for the 8gb and $399 for the 16gb. It definitely a gadget that I will add on the top of my wish list this year. If there are some contests for this iPod Touch, be sure I will be there.
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Top 5: 2008 Fall New Cars 2007-09-14 16:26:35 For the past few months, the pictures of the new 2008 cars have been all over the Internet. When I first saw the new cars coming this year, I wanted to own them all and call them my precious. If you can’t wait to see these 2008 models driving down our highways. I now bring you the list of my Top 5 new cars coming this fall. It’s not the least expensive cars to own, but you can be sure to kick some ass on the highway.
1. Ford Shelby GT500 | Price: $70,670 | 4.6 liter V8, 725 horsepower
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Sketch Drawing: Improve Your Drawing 2007-09-12 00:28:03 The best way to improve your drawing skills is to practice sketch drawing. It doesn’t take you much time to practice it and will allow your creative brain to do the work. The technique consist of executing rapidly a freehand drawing. The artist usually use it to record quickly an idea. This way isn’t expensive and the artist can try out many different ideas before painting it. Logically if you draw the same object many times, eventually you will end up drawing the object with your eyes closed.
Do you still don’t believe on the power of the sketch drawing? This technique have been done by many famous artists as Leonardo da Vinci with his sketchbooks. I wanted to practice this technique while blogging. I found this wonderful website, sketchfu.com, where you can practice your drawing and share your work with other people. I will tell you that some of the sketches are quit impressive! If you click on the pictures (below), you can see how it had been done. Happy drawing
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Toilet Seats Aren’t That Dirty! 2007-09-11 06:40:00 Each year, over 700 millions of people in the world share the same leisure activity, the tourism. Do you know that most of the public washrooms around the world are generally dirty due to this heavy traffic? Imagine the profits you can make by opening a High-tech public toilet! You can find some of those toilets in Philadelphia, they have installed a dozens self-cleaning public pay toilets in their heaviest pedestrian and tourist areas.
The term of toilet is also used to denote a comfort room, bathroom, restroom, public toilet. The toilet is a part of our history of human hygiene. Where we can make a critical link between order and disorder or good and bad environment. If a public toilet is dirty, you will probably quickly do your thing or walk away. Do you think you can use those toilets? (see pictures below) I go to toilet, you go to toilet, we go to toilet.
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The Moai in Easter Island 2007-09-09 15:35:02 Did you ever hear about the Moai? They are the giant human figures that you can see in EasterIsland
. Almost all the statues have a large head that are bigger than the size of their body. People also call them the “living faces” which represent some of the deceased ancestors. The statues were carved by the Polynesian who colonized the island. Many of the statues were rock carvings and was never intended to be completed. Since the Europeans first visited the Island, the movement of the statues was for a long time a mystery. Eleven or more Moai have been removed from the island and transported to locations around the world, in the museums. Since 1994, UNESCO have included the Island and the Moai as the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
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Problem with my hosting company (servage.net) 2007-09-29 14:34:18 Sorry for the slow posting, I have some problem with my hosting company
lately (SERVAGE.NET). I have been using this hosting company since I started my blog. I thought first it was the best hosting. But I was wrong, since I received this week 12k of visitors from reddit.com BECAUSE SOMEONE SUBMITTED MY ARTICLE. I only used 20gig of the 3600gig that they promised on their website. Then I got suspended, How im supposed to use their 3600gig if they suspend your website after 20gig per day? To me 30 days X 20gig = 600 gig, What happen to the 3000gig left? I will never use it? I asked for a refund because I was totally not satisfy with their hosting anymore. I paid for 1 years with them and only used 2 months. For them, it’s impossible to refund it back.
They have the best customer service until you use more than 20gig of transfer. Will you be able to grow your blog with that company? NO
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Harley Davidson: Stop Dreaming 2007-09-27 20:44:19 This is a powerful slogan from HarleyDavidson
, “Stop dreaming!”. Imagine the opportunity you can get just by having a Harley Davidson
’s motorcycle. Picture yourself riding across the California deserts and through the forest mountains. What about to change completely your lifestyle and start meeting people on the road! The bikers agreed that riding a Harley is like enjoying fine wine. It might takes you many years before you can understand biker’s culture. People are inspired by the free-spirited bikers, because you can ride with them. All you need now is to make this dream come true!
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Ireland: Giant’s Causeway 2007-09-26 19:52:14 I remember when I first saw those rocks, it appeared on the cover of the Led Zeppelin album “Houses of the Holy“. I can’t believe such hexagonal shaped rocks could exist in this world. The Giant’s Causeway
is the results of volcanic eruption formed 60 million years ago. Today you can see approximately 40,000 columns of basalt rocks on this land. It’s one of the fourth greatest natural wonders in the United Kingdom. The Causeway become widely known as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ in the 1700s when large numbers of visitors came to view this amazing array of basalt columns. The Causeway came into public ownership in 1963 when it was bought by the National Trust.
Mythology
“Long ago, an Irish giant named Finn MacCool roamed the north coast, where he could look across the narrow sea of Moyle to Scotland. A Scottish giant, Benandonner, was Finn’s greatest rival, challenging his strength and reputation.
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Ariel Color: Stained Glass Windows 2007-09-25 20:20:11 These stained glass windows ads flashed my attention. I thought that stained glass windows were used exclusively for windows of churches and cathedrals. I never thought that someone could use it for advertising. I will put these ads on the top of my favorite ad campaign for this year. Tell me, what do you think of it?
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Amnesty International: China Is Getting Ready 2007-09-24 23:13:17 When I first saw these ads, I didn’t know much about AmnestyInternational
and their mission in the world. After some digging I’ve learned that the Amnesty focus on five key areas: Women’s Rights, Children’s Rights, Ending Torture and Execution, Rights of Refugees and Rights of Prisoners of Conscience. Their primary mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
“In the name of ensuring stability and harmony in the country during the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese Government continues to detain and harass political activists, journalists, lawyers and human rights workers. Get involved www.amnesty.sk.”
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Rome: I Came, I Saw, I Conquered 2007-09-24 19:47:09 “Veni, vidi, vici”, which means “I came, I saw, I conquered” was a famous Latin phrase by Julius Caesar. Today we gonna take a walk in the city of Rome. Did you know that the city of Rome was founded by the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus in 753 BC? Rome was the largest city in the world at the time of Emperor Augustus, and probably the largest ever built until the nineteenth century. After the fall of the Roman Empire, then followed World War II, Rome continued to expand. The official population stands at 2.7 million of residents. One of the chief industries of Rome is tourism. We can count numerous notable museums. The city is also the center for banking as well as electronics and aerospace industries. The original language of Rome was Latin, which evolved during the Middle Ages into Italian. Let’s continue our visit of Rome, and please stay with the group.
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China Is Getting Ready 2007-09-24 23:13:17 When I first saw these ads, I didn’t know much about Amnesty International and their mission in the world. After some digging I’ve learned that the Amnesty focus on five key areas: Women’s Rights, Children’s Rights, Ending Torture and Execution, Rights of Refugees and Rights of Prisoners of Conscience. Their primary mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
“In the name of ensuring stability and harmony in the country during the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese Government continues to detain and harass political activists, journalists, lawyers and human rights workers. Get involved www.amnesty.sk.”
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El Ateneo: Library In A Theatre 2007-10-28 16:49:47 If you get the chance to spend some time in Buenos Aires, Argentina. You could visit this well-known bookstore, El Ateneo Grand Splendid. What makes this bookstore so special is the fact that it was installed in a luxury theatre. The theatre was build in 1919 by the empresario Max Glücksman and have a capacity of 1050 seats. Many artists have performed in his new theatre until they converted it into a cinema in 1929 and have presented the first movie ever with sound.
By the end of the twenty century, for commercial purposes, the theatre was partially renovated into a book and music shop. The seats were removed but the painted ceiling, ornate carvings, crimson stage curtains, auditorium lighting and many architectural details remained. We can still feel the atmosphere of the grand theatre after all. The bookstore have only a small selection of English books. I guess you are not the kind of customer they are looking for. If the cashier look at you strangely, you will know why.
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The Picture Magazine 2007-10-30 17:10:58 First thing I had in mind when I saw these ads was “What The Hell!”. The Picture
magazine is the biggest-selling men´s magazine in Australia. The magazine has a unique combination of glamour, humour and a heavy bias toward Australian content. You can easily find titles such as “Find My G-Spot!”, “Huge Boobs”, and “I Can Be A Bit of A Pervert!” as shown below. I guess it rated for mature audience. Who doesn’t wish to spank a monkey sitting on their sofa.
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RollingStone Magazine: Stirring Up Your Head 2007-10-29 17:21:03 The RollingStone magazine is largely regarded as the predominant music promotional force in American culture, alongside the likes of MTV. Appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone has become something of a milestone in the career of many famous artists and remains the aspiration of many up-and-coming musicians. Some artists have graced the cover many times, some of these pictures will soon become iconic. The Beatles, for example, have appeared on the cover over thirty times, either individually or as a band.
In celebrating their first year of publication in Brazil they showcased the following ads below. I don’t see any original concept in these ads, but I have to respect this magazine that Rock My World!
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