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If you have plans for visit Jakarta, Indonesia then do not miss your time to visit Taman Impian Jaya Ancol (Ancol Dreamland). You will find many interesting information in your holiday, many places are available to play here. Art buffs and tourists in search of souvenirs should visit Pasar Seni art and handicraft market. Others might like to check out Sea World (an oceanarium) for an educational tour on marine life or Ancol Water Park for yet more fun. The Ancol Marina operates as the gateway to the neighboring Thousand Islands. This is face of Ancol Dreamland in Jakarta.
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It took almost a year to research, design and build, and now the Eastern Shore’s only authentic replica of an 18th century dairy house is finally completed and outfitted.

Just off the kitchen end of the 1741 brick house of Isaac Henry at Pemberton Hall is the sawn-log replica of a 12 by 12 by 18 foot period milk house. Crafted from 200-year-old white oak logs, the structure sits on the exact site of the original dairy house at Pemberton.

Much of the structure was handcrafted in Kramer, Pa., and trucked to Salisbury in June. It is an exact copy of the period milk house at Bassett Hall in Colonial Williamsburg. It is distinguished by the application, by hand, of plaster under the eaves that creates a cove. This unique concave detail promotes airflow and can reduce the interior temperature, particularly during the summer, by as much as 15 degrees.
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Wipro Furniture Business, part of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group, today launched its ‘office furniture systems’ and ‘yuva’ range of seating products in the Kerala market.

Speaking on the occasion, Parag Kulkarni, Vice-President, Furniture Business, said Wipro Furniture, after establishing its presence in major metros was now focusing on ‘emerging markets’ like Kerala.

The company’s strong in house Research and Development capability has enabled it launch a wide range of products within a short span of time, he said.

“With increasing work demands,today’s workforce is spending more time at work than ever before. It is thus important to provide for a ‘healthy and safe’ seating. Wipro’s new offering Yuva Smart is designed for the smart yuvas of today’, he said. Read more

Sydney has a long history of apartment living as a result of a heady concoction of topography, ever-increasing land values and its global city status. But in spite of its latest apartment boom, the city continues to stumble in creating a truly hybrid form of affordable urban-suburban housing, one that is well-designed and highly compact. Perhaps the reason is an antipathy, a cultural resistance to communal living.

But do we have a choice? In Los Angeles, the land of the suburban dream, change is under way.

As the journal Dwell stated in its October issue, due to land and construction costs, the dream of single-family home ownership is now beyond the reach of many, particularly first home buyers. Instead there is the “condo generation”, the first generation in the LA basin who will not be able to own a house. Read more

When you hear the phrase “going green” the colonial town of Williamsburg, Va. doesn’t exactly come to mind. Yet the self-sufficiency of that historic town was the inspiration for King Street Shoppe, which recently opened in East Berlin.

“This is not your grandma’s craft shop,” owner Rebecca Meixner said as she buzzed about the shop that is filled with locally made products.

The idea for the shop came from Meixner’s search for an alternative to shopping at a retail chain store and her fondness of history.

Three years ago, Meixner and her family were looking for an older home in their native Pittsburgh, but she said the oldest building she could find was built in the 1950s.

After researching different areas and finding a building that dates back to at least the 1820s, they quickly bought their present home in East Berlin. Read more

Intersec Middle East - the largest Security, Fire, Safety & Health and Police & Homeland Security Exhibition in the region will address the importance of securing the high seas - a vital life line of international commerce that accounts for 90% of international trade making it a critical player in the global market.

Intersec Middle East - the largest Security, Fire, Safety & Health and Police & Homeland Security Exhibition in the region will address the importance of securing the high seas - a vital life line of international commerce that accounts for 90% of international trade making it a critical player in the global market.

?As the trading environment for maritime services expands within the region, stakeholders in maritime transport need to enhance security measures and its implications for the transport sector,? said Angela Schierholz, Senior Show Manager at Epoc Messe Frankfurt GmbH, organizer of Intersec Middle East which will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from January 13 to 15, 2008.
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Going green can add to the construction costs of local companies and institutions. Just how much depends on how deep a shade of green is targeted.

In recent years, Triangle area governments, universities and companies have ramped up plans for earth-friendly buildings while seeking various levels of national certifications for their efforts.

While achieving lower certification levels may be inexpensive, the cost of achieving higher levels may increase the project’s cost by as much as 10 percent or more, according to local industry experts. Read more

For many decades, Italy has been the home of contemporary design across all sectors of interiors, including office design.

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More than twenty of the most prominent Italian manufacturers of office furniture, interiors and technology will show their latest designs at The Office Exhibition 2008, from 4 - 6 February at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.

Among them are renowned suppliers such as Unifor, Emmegi, Iterby, Uffix, Della Rovere, Calia Italia, Manerba, Sagsa and many more.
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The Botanic Garden line, which has become sought after by collectors.

Susan Williams-Ellis, a trend-setting British ceramics designer who created a flowery yet daring line of high-end tableware that broke tradition, has died. She was 89.

Williams-Ellis died of bronchial pneumonia Nov. 27 at her home in Portmeirion, a fanciful village that her architect father built over half a century in Wales, said Josephine Dillon, a spokeswoman for Portmeirion Potteries, the company Williams-Ellis founded in 1962.

Williams-Ellis defied conventional thinking, creating pieces that were made to mix and match, a once-novel concept that continues to sustain her pottery business more than three decades after it was founded.

Noted British ceramics designer David Queensberry told The Times on Friday: “She was just completely original. She did her own thing and created all these, in a sense, curious and extraordinary designs. . . . She did things people had never done.” Read more

Emily Christensen thinks that old can meet new and classic can blend with contemporary.

It is all part of the style she describes as “off-beat chic.”

As owner of Frank & Margaret, a new furniture and home accessories store on East Douglas, Christensen now hopes her style appeals to the public.

“Everything (here) are items that I love, but at the same time with an eye to the market,” she said of her eclectic inventory.

From vintage furniture to modern sculptures, Christensen said she always loved the idea of combining the past with the present.

“It appealed to me because I think there’s great value and beauty in artifacts from our past,” she said. “But, I also love contemporary design.” Read more