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The N-Soko Property Show Episode 5
N-soko property show Episode 5 For more news visit http://www.ntv.co.ke Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ntvkenya Like our FaceBook page http://ww… Continue reading
Banking On Bamboo
Published on July 28th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor Banking On Bamboo This is Part 2 of a two-part (or perhaps three-part), multi-site series about Santa Clara University’s 2013 Solar Decathlon house, Radiant House . Read Part 1 here . By Brian Grau Our team of Santa Clara University students is out to prove that bamboo is more than just a snack for Pandas — it could be the future of the sustainable construction industry. Bamboo provides the bones of Radiant House, our entry into the 2013 Solar Decathlon, where 20 schools from around the world compete to design and build a fully solar-powered home. While bamboo is typically used as a decorative material, we’ve found a way to make bamboo part of the structure of the house. Several generations of SCU students have spent 10 years turning bamboo into structural elements. Bamboo can be found in Radiant House’s walls, floor, and ceiling. While the round shape of bamboo and its hollow culms, or stems, make the plant viable for forming “tiki hut-type structures” in tropical lands, it is not used for building much in other parts of the world, according to Project Manager Jake Gallau. Through a faculty member in SCU’s civil engineering department, though, we found a type of bamboo from Vietnam that makes the plant far more useful. “It’s a particular strain of bamboo, smaller – about an inch around instead of three inches – and with a solid, not hollow culm,” Gallau explained. Because bamboo is both elegant and highly sustainable, it is usually integrated in some way within most solar house entries. But Gallau said Radiant House is the first to fully use the plant’s potential as a construction material. “With the type of bamboo we’re using, we can square off a large piece and make one-inch rods that can be doweled together for a flat surface,” he explained. “It’s much less labor-intensive than chopping up chunks and gluing pieces together.” More images available on the Radiant House website or Facebook page. Continue reading
UAE is a state of giving, peace and security: Khalifa
UAE is a state of giving, peace and security: Khalifa (Wam) / 27 July 2013 The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Saturday, welcomed the initiative launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to mark Sunday as the Emirates Humanitarian Work Day. The day, Ramadan 19, which is the 9th death anniversary of the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is marked under the theme “Love and Loyalty to Zayed: The Generous”. “It’s a kind initiative which we support and urge all – individuals and government and non-government organisations – to support and sponsor, engage and rally behind it for promoting values of goodness, nobleness and giving, which constitute core components of the Emirati national identity,” the President said. “It also glorifies the culture of human volunteerism, cooperation and solidarity whose good seed was sown by the late Shaikh Zayed, and his fellows the founding fathers. Their sons, grandsons and people of the UAE are all today pursuing their footsteps. “On this blessing day of the holy month of Ramadan, we remember them all with deep sense of affection and loyalty and pray that their souls rest in eternal peace for what they offered to their homeland, nation and the humanity at large. They were the generation of generosity and giving; our fathers whom we take pride in and whom we are proud of before other nations,” Shaikh Khalifa added. “We value these government and private humanitarian initiatives which swept across the country in response to the Federal Cabinet resolution to dedicate the anniversary of the late Shaikh Zayed as a celebration of the Emirates Humanitarian Work Day in remembrance of his humanitarian and charitable initiatives and works which inspire UAE people and community organisations to donate generously in support of the needy and vulnerable segments within the UAE and abroad like the Dress One Million Needy Children across the world, provision of essentials to needy families, sponsorship of orphans, releasing indebted prisoners and other initiatives targeting education, health, children and family as well as other social and educative fields.” The President paid gratitude to all those who have contributed to the success of the day which firmly promotes the benevolent, humanitarian image of the UAE, enabling “our experiment, our State and our citizens” to earn respect and regard of the world. Shaikh Khalifa prayed Allah to protect “Our State; the State of security, peace and decent life; the State of giving which extends its helping hand to the poor and needy everywhere.” Continue reading
