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  Guadix-The Home Of The Cave Dwellers by Andalucia Travel Guide Located in the eastern corner of the Granada Province of Andalucia on the left bank of the river Guadix is the City of Guadix, The city has a population of around 20,000 live in this Andalucian city which occupies part of an elevated plateau nestled amongst the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is surrounded by anciant walls and you can still see the ruins of the old Moorish castle that stood here. There is a Cathedral in the city built in the 18th century on the site of a mosque which is well worth a visit although it does not have the same architectural merit of some of Andalucia´s more famous Cathedrals.

Its a Mouse... Its a Deer... Its a Mouse Deer! A tiny deer at Paignton Zoo has given birth just months after she lay critically ill on the operating table. A long and complicated illness required the tiny lesser Malay mouse deer to undergo multiple rounds of general anaesthesia and surgery. Due to the hard work of zoo vets and a little luck, the tiny deer overcame it's illness and on June 19th gave birth to an even tinier little fawn. Mouse deer are the smallest members of the animal family that includes pigs, hippos, camels, deer, antelopes, sheep and goats. Adults are 45 to 55 centimetres long (18 to 22 inches) and can live for about 12 years.

Villa Amanzi by Adrian McCarroll, Waiman Cheung, Jamie Jamieson Imaginative Architecture in Natural Seclusion This swanky villa has got it goin’ on. Located in Phuket, Thailand, Villa Amanzi combines the best of contemporary design and ultra modern architecture to create a sublime cliffside sanctuary. Built into the granite rock face, Amanzi features panoramic views of the Andaman Sea, an open-plan living area that stretches from the garden entrance to to the infinity pool, and even it’s own mountain stream. This is where modern design meets natural beauty. Hat tip to Welcome Beyond! Pepperoni Pizza Puffs If I ask my kids what they want for dinner, there's a ninety percent chance they will say pizza. They love it, as most kids do. I guess I have an affection for it too, but we don't indulge too often. If I had to choose a favorite pizza, it would be the Hawaiian, but no one else in my household appreciates its flavors like I do, too bad for them.

Club Tropicana Fourni par Traduction AGM is being held on 17th January 2013, time and venue to follow. 10.00am Marinas de Nerja 18th October 2013 Amazing Sight in the South Pacific A yacht was traveling in the south Pacific when the crew came across a weird sight. Look at these photos and try to imagine the thrill of experiencing this phenomenon. NO!!!! Architecture Math professor Dr. James Stewart, who is also a former violinist with the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra near Toronto, Ontario, has made millions writing calculus textbooks. When he decided to spend most of his fortune on a residence, he could have used any architect anywhere in the world. Instead of an international star, he selected the then-relatively unknown pair, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe of Shim Sutcliffe to create his residence in a ravine in the posh Toronto neighborhood of Rosedale. Stewart was not looking to build just a residence, though. He also wanted a private concert hall and lots of curves.

Hydrologic Cycle Diagram At its core, the hydrologic cycle is water, as a liquid or solid, changing into water vapor (a gas) and back into a liquid or solid. This change of state of water occurs in the atmosphere and between the earth's surface and atmosphere. This basic cycle is seen almost daily around the world in the formation and dissipation of clouds. When a cloud develops it is water vapor becoming a liquid. Conversely, when a cloud dissipates, liquid water changes state back into a gas. The Ocean's Role The village of Teba in the Malaga province, Andalucía, Southern Spain The charming white village of Teba. by John Gill High on a rocky saddle in the mountains east of Ronda, some 15km north of Ardales, the small (pop: 4,000) town of Teba has one of the most extraordinary historical connections of any of Andalucía's pueblos.

OddMods - Furniture Mods, Interior Design, Architecture, and Design Inspiration You’ll be shocked to find out that these average objects, that on any normal day wouldn’t get any attention, are actually handcrafted by a single block of wood. Randall Rosenthal, a New York based artist, takes wood sculpting to the next level. His “Lunch Money” piece, a representation of a cardboard box full of $100 bills, took 6 weeks to carve, and 6 weeks to paint. But his hard work paid off, as the piece sold for an impressive $25,000. Check out the design process for:Baseball Cards – Cutting Board Bates Masi Architects – Award Winning Modern Architect, Hamptons, New York - Portfolio Profile Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural firm with roots in New York City and the East End of Long Island for over 50 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural fields, material, craft and environment for unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed. The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy. Projects include urban and suburban residences, schools, offices, hotels, restaurants, retail and furniture in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean.

DIY: Make your own Halloween dinnerware So now you've seen my interpretation of a Raven themed dinner party, I wanted to show you how I made the dinnerware. If you are like me you probably oogle over the holiday themed dishes but quickly shy away since you don't want to shell out for a whole set just for one celebration. (I don't even have real china so I think its safe to say I won't be buying any themed kind either) So when this idea of making my own for next to nothing came to mind, I just had to try it. Obviously this interpretation is quite macabre but you could totally mix it up to make it your own - think nursery rhymes for baby showers, holiday song lyrics for christmas, bible passages for easter, dirty doodles for hen nights...

Speed camera fines – How to pay Spanish speeding or driving fine from the UK? After coming back from a holiday in Spain, I received a letter from Spanish authority (written in Spanish) informing me that I received a speed camera fine for speeding. There was some instruction that I may pay the fine using . After spending more than half an hour on the DGT site with my credit card in hand, I was unable to pay the fine online. To cut a long story short– after considering various methods (one was to send money to my former flatmate’s mum (who was living in France but near to Spanish border and who I never met in my life) then she would drive to Spain just to pay the fine. I spent hours searching for further information online, trawled through various posts on Spain Expats forum but nobody could tell me the procedure of how to pay Spanish driving fine from the UK. It is worth to mention that, I came across to some people on the Spanish Expats forums, offering me to pay the fine on my behalf, if I pay them an extra 100 Euro.