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Batti's Placentero Chair - the Placenta chair
Designed by a young Argentinean designer Batti, the fiberglass Placentero lounge chair got its name from combination of two words linked to the pregnancy period, "placenta" and "pleasure". The pregnancy "pleasure" part is arguable but what do we know... The chair itself is pleasurably comfortable - "giving [you] the chance to make any movement and create whichever the position you like". It seems to be stable in any position, even when is upside-down. By Brion Arte Industrial, Argentina (click on the red dot on top...)
How did they come up with the Placentero chair design ...?
"We had performed an investigation about the experiences the human beings have before birth. This took us to meet some techniques of recreation of this natural situation ... As a result of this deep investigation, this lounge chair design came almost naturally - it is able to hold a person and give the possibility to connect with himself ..." Weighs 70 Pounds (32 Kg). The seat's leather comes in multiple colors. The outside sphere plastic surface is fiberglass and is finished with coat-gel which helps to erase scratches using polish paste.
Placentero colors
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It's Been a year since i last posted here
so from now on i will post anything and everything i like on the WWW
enjoy browsing
so from now on i will post anything and everything i like on the WWW
enjoy browsing
11:54 AM
sendai mediatheque
architectural features
structural system
the building is composed of 13 independent steel-ribbed shafts (tubular columns: mainly steel-tube truss construction) and 7 steel-ribbed slabs ("honeycomb"slabs: sandwiched steel-plate construction), giving each floor a different floorplan. basement (b1) structures feature seismic energy-absorbing mechanisms.
climatization system
upper vents on double glass ("double skin") south facade reduce air-conditioning costs. opening the vents in summer creates a cooling updraft; closing the vents in winter creates an insulating layer of air to seal in heat.
tubes for light wells, ducts, vertical mobility
the tubular column structures serve as light wells, with rooftop devices to reflect sunlight down the tubes into the building. and also as vertical connector "pipelines"for network cables, wiring, elevators and stairways.
data
site area: 3,948.72mbuilding area: 2,933.12mtotal floor area: 21,682.15mmax height: 36.49msize: 2 floors below ground + 7 floors above ground + rooftopstructure: steel-ribbed with partial reinforced concrete (rc) constructionconstruction: 17 dec 1997-10 aug 2000construction cost: approx 13 billion yenopening: 26 jan 2001
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source:http://www.smt.city.sendai.jp/en/smt/
6:12 PM
Press Release, Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 22 November 2006
All foreign passports of spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders who had applied for visa extensions were marked recently as "last permit" by the Israeli authorities. 105 passport holders are required to exit from Israeli controlled entry/exit points before the end of the year. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MoI) office at Beit El began returning the passports on November 19 after a six-week strike by Israeli MoI employees. Those who overstay their allotted time will be considered "illegal" and are subject to immediate deportation from the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). In an effort to avoid being considered "illegal" and threatened with arrest by the Israelis, some families are opting to relocate abroad. The pattern of refusing visa renewals for family members is part of an overall Israeli effort that denies entry to foreign nationals seeking access to the oPt.
The impact of Israel's practice includes the forced separation of spouses from each other, parents from their children, educators and students from their schools, healthcare, NGO and humanitarian workers from access to needy communities, and business owners from their investments. According to the PA MoI, hundreds of applications for Israeli visa extensions following Israeli guidelines were submitted in October and are still pending. Also, Israel is refusing to process an estimated 120,000 family unification residency applications. Every denial of entry and visa renewal refusal impacts an estimated 10 people, many of whom subsequently resort to moving to another country. "This is a silent ethnic cleansing," said Basil Ayish, a spokesperson from the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to the oPt.
Despite official complaints by foreign governments of discrimination against their citizens by Israel, Israel continues to disregard its obligations under international law and agreements and persists in its practice of changing the demographics within the oPt. The U.S. State Department, EU, and at least one Latin American country have all submitted demarches to Israeli officials since October. Foreigners wishing to reside in, visit or work in the oPt continue to be banned at Israeli-controlled ports of entry.
Because Israel refuses to permit non-Jewish foreigners from receiving residency status in the oPt, the only mechanism for foreign passport-holding spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders to join their families has been to rely on a system of continuously renewable 1, 2, or 3-month 'visitor' permits. This practice was widely expected to be a transitory measure until mechanisms were put in place to provide permanent residency status for non-ID holding family members. Some family members have been following this procedure for more than 30 years as the only option open to them.
All foreign passports of spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders who had applied for visa extensions were marked recently as "last permit" by the Israeli authorities. 105 passport holders are required to exit from Israeli controlled entry/exit points before the end of the year. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MoI) office at Beit El began returning the passports on November 19 after a six-week strike by Israeli MoI employees. Those who overstay their allotted time will be considered "illegal" and are subject to immediate deportation from the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). In an effort to avoid being considered "illegal" and threatened with arrest by the Israelis, some families are opting to relocate abroad. The pattern of refusing visa renewals for family members is part of an overall Israeli effort that denies entry to foreign nationals seeking access to the oPt.
The impact of Israel's practice includes the forced separation of spouses from each other, parents from their children, educators and students from their schools, healthcare, NGO and humanitarian workers from access to needy communities, and business owners from their investments. According to the PA MoI, hundreds of applications for Israeli visa extensions following Israeli guidelines were submitted in October and are still pending. Also, Israel is refusing to process an estimated 120,000 family unification residency applications. Every denial of entry and visa renewal refusal impacts an estimated 10 people, many of whom subsequently resort to moving to another country. "This is a silent ethnic cleansing," said Basil Ayish, a spokesperson from the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to the oPt.
Despite official complaints by foreign governments of discrimination against their citizens by Israel, Israel continues to disregard its obligations under international law and agreements and persists in its practice of changing the demographics within the oPt. The U.S. State Department, EU, and at least one Latin American country have all submitted demarches to Israeli officials since October. Foreigners wishing to reside in, visit or work in the oPt continue to be banned at Israeli-controlled ports of entry.
Because Israel refuses to permit non-Jewish foreigners from receiving residency status in the oPt, the only mechanism for foreign passport-holding spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders to join their families has been to rely on a system of continuously renewable 1, 2, or 3-month 'visitor' permits. This practice was widely expected to be a transitory measure until mechanisms were put in place to provide permanent residency status for non-ID holding family members. Some family members have been following this procedure for more than 30 years as the only option open to them.
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life is so unfair,everytime i trry to chnage it i hit a closed door ,i work so hard and nothing on the other end
3:19 PM
life is so unfair,everytime i trry to chnage it i hit a closed door ,i work so hard and nothing on the other end
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الاشتراكية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان تعطي واحدة لجاركالشيوعية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتأخذ الحكومة الاثنتين وتمنحك بعض اللبن
الفاشية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتأخذ الحكومة الاثنتين وتبيع لك بعض اللبن
النازية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتأخذ الحكومة الاثنتين وتعدمك
البيروقراطية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتأخذ الحكومة الاثنتين وتقتل واحدة وتحلب الأخرى
وتلقي باللبن بعيدًا
وتلقي باللبن بعيدًا
الرأسمالية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتبيع واحدة وتبتاع ثورًا، من ثم ينمو القطيع فتبيعه وتتقاعد معتمدًا على الدخل.
شركة أمريكية : أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتبيع واحدة وترغم الأخرى على أن تعطيك لبن أربع بقرات ثم تستأجر خبيرًا استشاريًا لفهم لماذا ماتت البقرة.
شركة فرنسية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان فتعلن الإضراب لأنك تطالب بثالثة.
شركة يابانية:أن تكون لديك بقرتان. تعيد تصميمهما جينيًا بحيث تصيرا عشر حجم البقرة العادية، مع مضاعفة اللبن عشرين مرة ثم تبتكر شخصية بقرة للرسوم المتحركة اسمها (كاوكيمون) وتسوقها في العالم كله.
شركة ألمانية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان. تعيد تصميمهما جينيًا بحيث تعيش الواحدة مائة عام وتحلب نفسها وتأكل مرة كل شهر.شركة إيطالية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان لكنك لا تعرف أين هما ثم تكف عن البحث لأن ساعة الغداء حانت.
شركة روسية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان تعدهما فتجد أن لديك خمس بقرات. تعد من جديد فتجد أن العدد 42 تعد من جديد فتجد أنهما بقرتان تتوقف لتفتح زجاجة فودكا أخرى.
شركة سويسرية : أن تكون لديك 5000 بقرة لا تملك واحدة منها. لكنك تتقاضى من الآخرين ثمن الاحتفاظ بها.
شركة صينية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان ولديك 300 واحد لحلبهما. تنشر أخبارًا عن انعدام البطالة وتقدمُ صناعة الألبان وتعتقل الصحفي الذي نشر الأرقام الحقيقية.
شركة هندية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان وأنت تعبدهما.
شركة بريطانية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان مجنونتان!
شركة مصرية: أن تكون لديك بقرتان كلتاهما ذهبتا .. تتمشيان على النيل
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