Home. Voorbij de blokhut: bouwen met volledige bomen. De stammen en takken van bomen kunnen de vreemdste vormen aannemen als de natuur haar gang kan gaan. Maar omdat de houtindustrie rechte planken wil, zijn het kaal kappen van oude wouden en het aanleggen van boomplantages met vrijwel identieke, kaarsrechte exemplaren de norm. Het kan ook anders. De Amerikaanse bouwfirma "Whole Trees Architecture" zaagt bomen niet tot balken en planken om er huizen, trappen of balkons mee te bouwen, maar gebruikt de bestaande, natuurlijke vormen van liefst lokale bomen.
Deze inspirerende benadering levert heel wat ecologische, economische en bouwtechnische voordelen op. Roald Gunderson, een Amerikaan met Noorse voorouders, kreeg het idee voor het bouwen met volledige bomen na zijn medewerking als architect aan Biosphere 2, de met een glazen koepel overspannen kunstmatige miniatuur wereld die in de jaren tachtig in de VS werd gebouwd. Iedereen kent natuurlijk de blokhut, maar daar worden alleen rechte stammen voor gebruikt.
Bouwtechnische voordelen. Beautycheck - Home. Welcome to the 'beautycheck' homepage! If you take a look at the picture to the left, you will quite certainly think that this is a very beautiful face. But what makes you be so sure about that? Finding answers to why we regard one face as being more beautiful than another is actually not as easy as it seems. Nevertheless, at least in the case of the above photograph, it's not a big surprise that you think this is an attractive face. Each pixel of that face has been calculated by scientists using a specialized software program - that is, it has been altered in a special way in order to make people think this is an attractive face. On this homepage, you will find plenty of information on a large research project on 'facial attractiveness' that has been carried out at the universities of Regensburg and Rostock in Germany.
Find out about Contents: This study was rewarded a 2nd prize at The German Students Award (www.studienpreis.de) Home. The Anti-Advertising Agency » The Anti-Advertising Agency. "Born This Way" Blog. Matt, age 6 Virginia Beach, Virginia (1975) I spent a lot of time in my youth climbing trees and running around in the woods. I used to run around the house with my arms up and my wrists out like Wonder Woman while wearing my mom's long white nightgowns, which must have been a very funny sight. I remember this period in my life as incredibly free and happy with abundant potential and creativity. I felt very loved and safe, and was only aware of the difference in myself from other boys as something of a gift, or something special that made me well, me! This was also the year I briefly joined - and was kicked out of - the Cub Scouts, a "Christian" group that admittedly - freaked me out. The contrast in the smiling welcoming faces that wore this gore was such a contradiction, and it really scared the sh*t out of me.
My suspicion about not fitting in was solidified at that moment. Everyone got upset, and the Scout Master started yelling at me - 'You can't do that! Gay Arab Poetry - Abu Nuwas - Islamic gay poet. Abu Nuwas, “Father of Curls,” so named for his long flowing hair that hung down to his shoulders, was the greatest Arab poet of his time, or as some claim, the greatest Arab poet of all time. His full name was Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. Abu Nuwas’s mother, Golban (Rose) by name, was a Persian weaver, and his father, whom he never knew, a soldier from Damascus. The mother sold the young Abu Nuwas (b. 756) to Sa’ad al-Yashira, a Yemeni druggist, who took him from Ahvaz, the town of his birth (presently in south-western Iran) to his home in Basrah (presently in south-eastern Iraq), in those days a great seaport, and abode of the mythical Sinbad the Sailor.
In Basrah, the boy studied the Qur’an and grammar at mosque. His grace and beauty attracted the attention of his older cousin, the handsome blond poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab (d. 786). The druggist having granted the boy his freedom, Waliba became his lover and teacher, taking his student to live with him in Kufa. Notes: Gay Cultes. GayMuslims.