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Saving energy at home
We can make some simple changes to stories at home to achieve major savings.
Seal the Leaks: Sealing plugs into the external walls of the house. Foam insulation boards (less than $ 1 each) “act as a barrier so that the air Read the rest of this entry »
The fascination of Dolls Houses
The Doll House Museum is located in the heart of the city of Malaga, in a Baroque building of the eighteenth century, recently restored. It displays the private collection of Ms Vorio Harass, the fruit of many years of passion for miniatures and countless hours dedicated to the restoration of these little gems of the past. The collection has about fifty models, unique in the world because in many cases of traditional Spanish houses of the nineteenth century, exceptional representations of daily life and customs of the past, now largely lost.
The various rooms and courtyards of this historic house, typically Andalusian, is an excellent space in which to host this magnificent collection. The ground floor, for the reception, offices and restoration shop, is the starting point of a journey in which you can find everything from a beautiful and sensitive reproduction of an 1896 mansion - the original house in which inspired this model is located at Paseo de Sancha of Malaga capital, Read the rest of this entry »
On the House shows new trends in ‘fashion fair’ for spring-summer
This initiative, which has also helped Alternative 3, COPADE IDEAS, Intermon Oxfam SETEM and Madrid will show the designs and accessories produced in Africa, Asia and Latin America under the criteria of Fair Trade. Read the rest of this entry »
House of Spain will open in Washington
Nobody can deny the rise of the Hispanic United States. And neither can be given back. Approximately 45 million people speak and feel in the language of Cervantes. Now it seeks to tap this projection for the Spanish channel with the announcement of the opening of Casa Spain ‘in Washington. It will be an ‘embassy’ cultural, social and economic address, invigorate and attract a group that represents the largest minority in the country and serve as a magnet to the rest of the U.S. population for closer ties.
The House opens its doors to show a tribute to Scalabrini Ortiz
As part of the celebrations commemorating the bicentenary of the “May Revolution” in Argentina, yesterday officially opened Friday at the Casa Rosada (government house) shows an unusual tribute to the writer and politician Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, the agency reported “Telam” ..
It will be open this weekend and will run until Saturday 6 and Sunday June 7, 10 to 18 hours. Admission is by Balcarce 50, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
The opening with the words of historian Pacho O Donell and the Secretary of the Presidency, Oscar Parrilli, and the participation of Jorge Scalabrini Ortiz, son of the late thinker.
House and Senate News
The House of Representatives adopted the reform policy, which will put sanctions on members of Congress associated with crime and raise the threshold required for parties of 3%. Missing two debates
Then it gave the plenary presentation to the majority and made amendments to some articles highlighting points as the application of the concept of ‘empty chair’.
White House bans news of coffins returning from Iraq
Last Wednesday, the Washington Post published the news that the Bush administration has ordered the Pentagon banning all news reports about the coffins returning from Iraq. With this “blackout”, the White House tries to pass off the nightmare of Iraq as a fairy dream.
The flag waving on the historic “Flatiron Building” in New York
Yet another trophy to flaunt for the source SGR, Real Estate Management Company led by Valter Mainetti that in recent days has successfully closed the acquisition of Flatiron Tower in New York, one of the architectural symbols of the city.
The building wills nell ‘Trophy & Historic Buildings Fund, the fund under Luxembourg law specializing in real estate in the heart of the honor of the great metropolis of the old continent and the USA. Mainetti has succeeded in the capture of 50% of the property with the opportunity to be here next month up to 75%.
The assignee may be the Newmark Knight Frank, a major real estate operator in New York today part owner along with the Source. Read the rest of this entry »
