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                  Furniture’s are the best add-ons for a certain house, because it adds the to beauty and elegance of a home whether how small or big it is, sometimes choosing the best furniture is hard because there are tons of factors to consider because it is better to buy a quality based furniture than limiting yourself to the cheapest yet the fastest to be damaged. My aunt is based from UK and when she sent some pictures of her home in London, I was truly amazed with her house and the furniture she had, so there was one time I had a chance to talk and see her on the internet, she was very proud of touring me around her house and showed me her well-designed dining table and chairs, they’re masters bedroom, the bedside tables, her favorite stuff in the house like her Mirrors, the ever comfortable sofas & armchairs, and her well-crafted conservatory, so as a niece I was so interested where in the earth did she order or found those one of a kind set of furniture, and she told me would you believe that I order their stuff from the internet or through using the ecommerce trend, she was very proud to share to me that she bought it from Lombok.co.uk. I did not think that even furniture like my aunt has also existed in the internet or you can the pictures first hand and its prices, plus the fact that it is not expensive knowing they produce an eastern inspired products.

                 It is truly a great thing for a house to be called home when it is filled with loving family along with very nice furniture. I noticed that one of my favorite products from them is their desks, it has a very well designed wood desk you will surely feel comfortable to sit and do some stuff whether for work or school, another thing that caught my eyes are the dining room furniture, what can I say?  It is perfect to dine for a special and ordinary occasion since the wood that is painted black adds the sophistication to it. The conservatory furniture is the best for me because it appealing to be placed inside the house and you can even choose what type of carved design you need in having a perfect house. So if you guys wants to have a worth investment in your home, you should purchase a furniture,lighting and accessories that is long-lasting and durable and Lombok is surely one of it.

 

 

 

 

 

Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they’ve quickly become one of its most popular items.

Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web shopping mall, the Wishroom shop has sold over 300 men’s bras for 2,800 yen ($30) each. The shop also stocks men’s panties, as well as lingerie for women.

"I like this tight feeling. It feels good," Wishroom representative Masayuki Tsuchiya told Reuters as he modeled the bra, which can be worn discreetly under men’s clothing.

Wishroom Executive Director Akiko Okunomiya said she was surprised at the number of men who were looking for their inner woman.

"I think more and more men are becoming interested in bras. Since we launched the men’s bra, we’ve been getting feedback from customers saying ‘wow, we’d been waiting for this for such a long time’," she said.

But the bra, available in black, pink and white, is not an easy sell for all men.

The underwear has stirred a heated debate online with more than 8,000 people debating the merits of men wearing bras in one night on Mixi, Japan’s top social network website.

The Shanghai World Financial Center, the world’s second-tallest building that some say resembles an elegant bottle opener, was named on Thursday by architects as the best skyscraper completed this year.

"The simplicity of its form as well as its size dramatizes the idea of the skyscraper," said Carol Willis of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international group of architects and engineers.

The Shanghai tower was design by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, which was founded in New York and has offices worldwide.

Architect Tim Johnson, who led the council’s selection committee, cited the building’s innovative structural design. Steel trusses gird against the forces of wind and earthquake and "made the building lighter, made it use less steel, and contributed to its sustainability," he said in an interview.

The tower’s tapered form creates the impression it is dissolving into the heavens, he added.

The Council on Tall Buildings is the body that determines the world’s tallest building — a designation that seems to jump around the globe and will soon shift to Dubai.

Willis, who heads New York’s Skyscraper Museum, said there are periodic predictions that the skyscraper is dead but super-tall buildings are back in vogue — especially across Asia and the oil-rich Middle East and Russia.

Signature skyscrapers have become a tool for cities like Dubai, Moscow, and Shanghai to showcase themselves as global financial centers and provide a comfort zone for executives, Willis said. The towers in Dubai project an image of modernity for the desert capital.

The 2001 terror attacks that brought down the World Trade Center towers conjured fears for many about living and working in landmark buildings, but those concerns seem to have largely subsided, the experts said.

Hurdles

Twenty-four buildings of at least 800 feet tall were completed this year, compared to just eight in 2005, according to Emporis, a company that compiles building data. Next year, 47 towers of that height or taller are scheduled to be completed, though the economic downturn could halt construction on a few, the firm’s Daniel Kieckhefer said.

A significant hurdle for the 101-story, 1,614-foot-tall Shanghai tower was a long construction hiatus from the mid-1990s to 2000. Construction resumed after China emerged from the Asian economic downturn. Another hurdle was a revision in the plans for a taller tower with a trapezoidal hole at the top in answer to complaints that a round hole in the original design evoked Japan’s rising sun symbol.

The Shanghai tower was chosen by the group over three newly completed buildings in other regions that received praise: the New York Times Building in New York, 51 Lime Street in London, and the Bahrain World Trade Center in Manama.

The Shanghai tower contains 4 million square feet of floor space (377,000 sq m) to be occupied by some 12,000 office workers on 70 floors, with retail space and a conference center below, a hotel above, and topped by an observation deck.

The tower stands second in height to the 1,667-foot-tall Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, but both will soon be eclipsed by the Burj Dubai under construction in Dubai. Once its spire is finished, the mostly residential Burj Dubai is expected to soar 2,625 feet into the sky though its ultimate height has been kept a secret.

Developers of another planned residential tower in Dubai say that it will be 1 kilometer, or 3,280 feet, high.

 

credits: abscbnnews

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               Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company’s drooping stock has already taken any change into account. "I think it’s already factored into the stock. People have been expecting this announcement for well over a month," said Andy Hargreaves of Pacific Crest Securities in Oregon. The company’s stock was up 1 percent at $90.64 in midday trading, but closed down 1 percent at $88.74 and, overall, it has lost about 56 percent of its value since closing at a year high of $202.96 on December 27, 2007. Apple enters the fourth quarter against a background of continuing headlines about falling stocks and failing banks, and a September in which retail sales dived beyond expectations. At minimum, Apple will use the event at its Cupertino, California, headquarters to refresh its laptop line by updating to the latest chips and it may also offer new designs. The Apple invitation said only: "The spotlight turns to notebooks." Occasionally, Apple unveils revolutionary new approaches at such events, but analysts shrugged when asked about the possibility. "You won’t know that until the day of the event," said Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies in Campbell, California. Analysts also raised the possibility of a drop in the sticker price for laptops that now start at $1,099, more than twice the cost of the cheapest of the Window-based laptops.

                 Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer opened the door to speculation as long ago as July 21 during a discussion of the company’s computer line. The executive said the company introduces "new products that initially cost more because they deliver an entirely new level of value to the customer. Then we ride the cost curves down with value engineering and volume manufacturing, leaving us far ahead of our competitors." Bajarin was cautious and stopped short of forecasting price cuts. "It’s a possibility. We don’t know that for sure," he said. He said Apple emphasizes design and functionality, "but clearly they have become more price conscious as they have become more competitive."