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SPACE FOR MEMORIAL GATHERING 2008-03-06 18:00:00
The image above is a design I pass for the village I lived at. They have asked me if I could provide design sketches for a small area where they could put additional room or area for various events but mostly will be used for memorial gatherings. This design will be constructed beside a multi-purpose structure, a church and in front of a covered basketball court. The proposed additional structure for memorial gathering will have its own bedroom, toilet and bath, kitchen and general area. The overall design is simple as not to overpower the existing structures (church and multi-purpose) yet welcoming and warmth design. These consideration in design was achieve by providing several sliding glass doors and over it is trellis to provide shade in
MANDY MOORE LIVE AT EASTWOOD CITY 2008-03-05 01:16:00
Singer/actress Mandy Moore will perform in a special show at the Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City, Philippines on March 12, 2008. She will be promoting her new album titled “Wild Hope” which was
released last June 2007. Mandy once staged a major concert here in the
Philippines in 2003. Tickets to her Eastwood City show are priced at
P3,500, P3,000, and P2,500.Why is the prices so high? While local talents here have tickets lower than P1,000.00. Damn.
Read more:EASTWOOD
FREE EBOOK : BUTCHER BIRD BY RICHARD KADREY 2008-03-03 19:59:00 Night Shade Books is proud to make the entire text of Butcher Bird by Richard Kadrey, who is also the author of one of the quintessential cyberpunk novels, Metrophage (which you can also read here), available as a DRM-free download,
in a wide variety of formats, so that everyone can enjoy this amazing
novel of black magic and arcane mysteries, however and wherever they
want. The World of Butcher Bird
is one where angels and devils brawl in the streets, where the Black
Clerks charged with keeping the Dominions in check have developed their
own dark agenda, where the swordswoman known as Blind Shrike battles
monsters in deadly combat, where a civil war has broken out in Hell,
and where Spider Lee, an unassuming San Francisco tattoo artist, and
his drinking buddy LuLu Garou, have bee
MARCH SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE PHILIPPINES 2008-03-02 19:44:00 World's Largest Strawberry Cake - On March 20, 2004, the people of La
Trinidad, Benguet baked a strawberry shortcake, weighing 9,642.45
kilos, to set another Guinness World Record. The shortcake also measure
12.31 feet long, 8.42 feet high and 8.69 feet wide, with an average
diameter of 9.18 feet. The cake, which had a total of 42,080 slices,
consisted of 2,000 kilos of fresh strawberries, 675 kilos of strawberry
jam and 1,550 bottles of strawberry extract for the strawberry butter
cake. Other ingredients include 1,500 bars of butter, 1,625 kilos of
sugar, 9,000 pieces of eggs, 860 cans of evaporated milk, 1,155 kilos
of flour, 20 kilos of baking powder, 10 kilos of salt and 250 liters of
whipped cream for the icing.World's Largest Ricecake - On March 28, 2006, the people of Cand
GET HELP ON YOUR TERM PAPERS 2008-03-02 18:49:00 In our lives there are times that we do paper writings once in a while. In school, whether you are in secondary education or college level there are subjects that requires you to make a term paper, theses or research paper and this goes with when we are working. To have good term papers or research papers will decide what will be your grade in school or will you be promoted to a higher position in work. Sometimes, there are instances when even how much dedicated in your writing, you cannot beat your deadline and pass it on time maybe because of lack of time or something more important thing has to be done first. Even though you have made it on time, surely your sentence structuring or grammar usage is not utilize on the paper because you to finish it on
ROTATING TOWER IN DUBAI : DYNAMIC ARCHITECTURE 2008-03-02 04:23:00
This structure is from a new and innovative architecture perspective called DYNAMIC ARCHITECTURE. Dynamic Architecture buildings keep modifying their shape. As each
floor rotates separately, the form of the building changes constantly;
you may not see the same building twice. Dynamic architecture
marks a new era in architecture. This new approach, based on motion
dynamics, is in fact a challenge to traditional architecture that until
now was based on gravity.
Dynamic Architecture buildings will become the symbol of a new
philosophy that will change the look of our cities and the concept of
living. From now on, buildings will have a fourth new dimension TIME.
Buildings will not be confined to rigid shapes; construction will have
a new approach and flexibility.
INTERIOR INSPIRATION: STAIRS AS BOOKSHELF 2008-02-28 09:27:00
While here is a better way to maximize your stair space aside from Maximize Small Spaces regarding the Bookshelf on stairs I discussed last October. This idea was done in an attic room of a Victorian Row House in London owned by Veronica and Sebastian. The architects states "The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian
mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft
space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area
of the flat by approximately one third. We created a 'secret'
staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft
bedroom lit by roof lights. Limited by space, we melded the idea of a
staircase with our client's desire for a library to form a 'library
sta
GREAT DISCOVERY : ZENNI OPTICAL 2008-02-28 07:52:00
Great Discovery: Zenni Optical
is the latest where you could get the most stylish prescription glasses online. They have a huge selection of frames like plastic, acetate, stainless steel, titanium, alloy or combination of frame materials and they even have half rim and rimless frames. In addition to these you could choose from a wide array of lenses like single vision, sun-sensor, tinted sunglasses, bifocal and progressive. With these kind of customization, you could get at a cheap price.
Zenni Optical: Rx Glasses $8 .
All of their eyeglasses including the $8 have high quality frames, thin
and light lens, anti-scratching coating, full UV protection, lens edge
polishing and beveling, quality hard
FREE CAD BLOCK - METROBOND ROOFING DETAILS 2008-02-28 06:07:00
In relation to the Gruar Update on sharing of cad blocks
here is my third file that I will share. Metrobond Roofing material is a stone chip coated Steel tiles. Here in the Phlippines, It is distributed by Multi-lineI personally have tried this kind of roofing and I must say it looks good and easy to install. The file here is the details needed when you want to use this type of roofing material. The image above is a preview of what you can have. Download. Enjoy and more to come. For other cad block check the cadworks category.
AQUADOM - LARGEST CYLINDRICAL AQUARIUM IN THE WORLD 2008-02-23 21:26:00
The Aquadom built on 2003, is the largest
cylindrical aquarium in the world and it is a 25-meter-high acrylic glass
cylinder, 238,000 gallons of sea water, 2,600 fish from 56
different species, and two divers. In addition to it, in its core there's
an elevator that travels through a cylinder of glass. It is located in the atrium of the 5-star Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin
Mitte, the $18.8 million aquarium is 36 feet in diameter and sits
on a 29.5-foot-tall concrete foundation. Without a doubt, the most
impressive thing about the aquarium from an engineering point of
view is the glass surface. Built by Reynolds Polymer Technology, it
required 41 R-Cast pannels, 26 for the outside cylinder and 15
panels for the inside, plus 16 on-site bonds. The precision o
NICE IDEA FOR A FOOT PATH 2008-03-12 05:07:00
Here is a great inspiration for all and want your foot path in you backyard, frontage or landscape area with something interesting and fun t see. The images here are foot path made into the likeness of a leaf.
BuZZFUSE - THE NEWEST TRAFFIC GENERATOR 2008-03-12 03:40:00
I just joined Buzzfuse.com and have done it in under 5 minutes. If you are a blogger you might want to try it also. Buzzfuse is the newest in traffic generator. How does it work? Basically we tend to promote our blog post in every different ways like social networks, forums, links etc. Well Buzzfuse tends to make this post promotion in a very easy way. So after signing up, you put a special widget in blog posts that you want to market through Buzzfuse .
This widget is then used to track visitors, apply rankings and
recommend the post to other users. You can also create a contact list
that will be notified when you add new content.What is good about this is that it is free paid they also offer paid service that have features better than the free service. You could post a bl
ANOTHER STAIRS AS BOOKSHELF 2008-03-11 08:01:00
Aside from the stairs made into a bookshelf at a Victorian row house in London and the tip on maximizing your stairs, here is another interior idea where you could turn your stairs into a bookshelf. The idea is from Adam Jirkal, Jerry Koza and Tomáš Kalhous, three Czech
Republic designers that have transformed the stair case to a book case. An innovation like this would be a great
space saver. The stairs was based on the alternating thread stairs, or sometimes called staggered stairs or monk's stairs which have been used for ages. We all know that the stairs it one of the parts of the house that occupies a lot of space but this monk's stairs is best if you want to save a lot of space.
7 NEW SOCIAL SINS 2008-03-10 18:55:00
I heard these new sins over the Mike Enriquez radio show while driving on my way to work. Before in the sixth century, Pope Gregory handed down a list of "seven cardinal
vices or the famous 7 deadly sins." Now the Vatican has issued an additional "seven social sins."
The original deadly sins are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, Sloth. While the new 7 SOCIAL SINS are "Bioethical" violations such as birth control, "Morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research, Drug abuse, Polluting the environment, Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor, Excessive wealth, Creating poverty.
You offend God not only by stealing, taking the Lord's
name in vain or coveting your neighbor's wife, but also by wrecking the
environment, carrying out morally deb
CAMPS BAY VILLA 2008-03-09 08:47:00
This is my type of a house if I would have a house, spacious rooms and patios with merging pool and peaceful garden. This super-luxury villa named the Camps Bay was design by a South Africa architectural design company Peerutin Architects on a 550m² lot. See more of the Camps Bay Villa by clicking on the images below.
EARN THROUGH AUDIO ADS 2008-03-09 07:17:00 A new way to earn in blogging has hit the cyberspace. Much different from the usual pay per click and pay per action that most online advertising are offering for blogger. This new way to earn online that I am referring is called pay per play hosted by web-audio-ads.net. The concept in this new advertising campaign is that instead of displaying related link ads on your website, you tend to incorporate audio ads in your website and every time a visitor look into your web page they would hear the ad. What is good about this new offer is that you will be paid 100% of your traffic, so the larger your traffic the better your chance to earn more. In addition to this, the current ad rates a web site would receive $2500 per month for a million hits, so if you as an affiliate signed that publi
NADER KHALILI DIES 2008-03-14 07:13:00
Iranian-born Nader Khalili, architect, educator and author, passed away at the age of 71 on Wednesday, March 5th. Khalili was known for his innovation into the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as Ceramic Houses and the Earthbag Construction technique called Super Adobe. He had been involved with Earth Architecture and Third World Development since 1975, and was a U.N. consultant for Earth Architecture.I hope that someone must see into these type construction in order for Khalili's innovation on earth architecture continues.
GLASS IGLOOS 2008-03-13 09:11:00
In the arctic circle, one of the famous to watch or look into there is the famous Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis wherein it is similar to a sunset in the sky at night, but
appear occasionally in arcs or spirals usually following the earth's
magnetic field. They are most often light green in color but sometimes
a variety of other colors. The Aurora Borealis is caused by charged
particles ejected from the sun. When these particles reach the earth,
they collide with gas atoms in the earth's atmosphere causing them to
energize which results in a spectacular multi-coloured light show.Sleeping in an igloo (house built on ice) have been the traditional
homes in the arctic cirlce, but latest technology has brought the use
of glass for these type of houses and ar
FREE CAD BLOCK - TRANSPORTATION 2008-03-16 04:49:00
In relation to the Gruar Update on sharing of cad blocks
here is my fourth file that I will share. Usually I used this for elevation plans where you want to use cars as your visual reference. This file contains 158 cad block files for plans and elevations (even perspectives) showing car, vans, buses, trucks, construction vehicles, motor bikes and bikes.. The image above is a preview of what you can have. Download. Enjoy and more to come. For other cad block check the cadworks category.
13TH PHILIPPINE WORLDBEX 2008-03-19 02:46:00
After the Philconstruct 2007 last November 2007, the 13th Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition was held last March 12-16, 2008 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila (WTCMM). Worldbex 2008 is the biggest the ultimate, most attended and the most
anticipated world-class construction trade fair in the country. It
features top-notch and the most comprehensive product lines and
services of construction materials and technologies here and abroad.
I was able to attend the event on 3rd day wherein basically I have seen the same materials and products as over and over again but of course there are new items that caught my attention aside from the quality products in cheap price that the company I am working at looks for. One example is the artificial thatch
FREE CAD BLOCK - BASKETBALL COURT 2008-03-18 10:13:00
In relation to the Gruar Update on sharing of cad blocks
here is my fifth file that I will share. This is a cad file for your requirements for a basketball court. It includes architectural, structural and electrical plans The image above is a preview of what you can have. Download. Enjoy and more to come. For other cad block check the cadworks category.
SOME HOUSEHOLD USES FOR A VODKA 2008-03-18 00:05:00
Vodka and is one of the world's most popular distilled beverages. It is a clear liquid containing water and ethanol purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as potatoes, grain or sugar beet molasses,
and an insignificant amount of other substances: impurities and
possibly flavourings. Except for various types of flavourings, vodka is
a colourless liquid.Vodka consumed in sufficient amounts, can be lethal as can any
alcoholic beverage, and can cause dehydration, digestive irritation and
other symptoms associated with a hangover because these are inherent properties of ethanol.But there are things vodka can be useful of rather than giving us hangover, they are as follows (pure vodka only)Keep Aphids off houseplants. Wash off houseplants with tap
water the
FINDING THE RIGHT CREDIT CARD FOR YOU 2008-03-21 01:02:00 Recently, credit card applications for Irish customers or to any person around the world have been always been entice with introductory offers like low interest rates, interest free balance transfers, no annual fees, freebies, and many more.All of us know, that having a good credit card will be useful in many ways like bill payments, cash advance, emergency situations, etc. But everyone must be cautious in picking the right credit card that will suit your needs. Stop listening or reading their introductory offers but look into closely into services to get the correct credit card for you. Below are list of basic considerations in having and using your credit card.Understand the features of credit cardsCompare credit card features and costsKnow your rights when using your c
ROOM FROM BIG CONCRETE PIPES 2008-03-22 22:11:00
This is a cool idea of an outside room. More of a relaxing space at your backyard or lawn. Right now, I am thinking to use this as a bedrooms separate from the main house to be use by guests or maybe the owners as well. But this idea was used by a DasParkHotel where it turns concrete pipes into quite
the comfortable space for your next overnight stay. Almost like
glorified camping, the DasParkHotel is a series of individual hotel room pipes, set on a beautiful flora-filled backdrop just steps from the Danube River.
GARDEN INSPIRATION 3 2008-03-24 21:31:00
Here is another inspiration for your garden / landscape at your own home. Simple yet elegant. Cheap but designed well to look extravagant. These images where from a model house of a real estate development somewhere in Laguna. Check out other garden / landscaping inspirations below:GARDEN INSPIRATION 2GARDEN INSPIRATIONBASIC GARDENING
PROPER POSTURE WHILE USING THE COMPUTER 2008-03-30 00:20:00
Good Workstation designing as well as proper posture while using the computer is essential to reduce the risk of stress and ill effects. One good example of this ill effect is having a Carpal Tunnel due to long term repetitive action stress. At first I thought this syndrome is just a hoax but when one of my friends is having this syndrome and verified it to a group of doctors, I was then alarmed of the situation. My friend said having this type of syndrome is as pain as hell one remedy of it is through surgery. Just for your information, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) or Median Neuropathy at the Wrist is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, leading to pain, paresthesias, and muscle weakness in the forearm and hand
CHAIR FROM CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL SCRAP 2008-03-29 07:18:00
Here is something over the project site somewhere in Laguna wherein the construction contractor in a clubhouse of a real estate developer company made a chair from scrap reinforce bars and plain sheet galvanized iron welded together. Its rugged look completes the overall look of the chair. Do not underestimate it, because when I tried to sit on it and it was comfortable compare to most commercial seats you could buy. Maybe because of its anthropometrics especially the seat height and angle of inclination of the back rest.If I may say, it is a nice work.
CARLOFT - THE NEXT HOTEL IDEA 2008-04-02 04:22:00
A German company called CarLoft
presents an innovative way to solve nightmare parking problems, that
can also would be good for people who are tired of having their wheels
trashed or stolen. The idea in here, is that you drive your car in to
a big lift, which then takes it up to your flat and you drive it out on
to the balcony to park. A
glass wall separates your elevated garage from your living quarters yet
still allows for friends and family to appreciate your wheels (if they expensive and beautiful). Plans
are underway to have CarLoft living spaces built in such European
cities as Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg, among others. The lofts, which
range in size from 2,411 sq ft to 5,802 sq ft, start at EUR 450,600
($536,844 US).This could be good here
WOWIO - PLACE FOR FREE COPYRIGHTED EBOOKS 2008-03-31 04:00:00
WOWIO is a place to get fresh E-books on your PDA, cell phone or personal computer. The good thing about this especially for me is that the free ebook site Wowio
have ebooks on copyrighted architecture and design, home and garden, along with lots of other copyrighted fiction,
literature, comics, and other works. The site offers the wares through
sponsorships, and only limits your downloads to three books per day, 30
per month. The two caveats are a somewhat limited selection (as you
might expect) and that the site's U.S.-only due to licensing
restrictions. Check out Wowio
FREE PDF MAGAZINES ON VARIOUS TOPICS 2008-04-03 11:02:00 You know Web can offer great
resources, but problem is how to find them. Free software, free games,
free online courses, free magazines and ebooks, everything is free on
Internet – somewhere.
There is one place where you could get free pdf magazines and everyday countless magazines are being uploaded for everyones delight. They have magazines for art, design,
illustrations, culture graffiti, photography or urban
culture, treet style, gaming or trends, perfect
place, etc. This place is PDF-MAGS.COM, directory of free PDF magazines.
This
website exists more than two years now and they are currently growing. If you are owner of some ezine or you have
plans for making one, PDF-MAGS will get you deserved exposure.
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