The first mention about the City of the Dead dates back to the beginning of the 14th Century. The ancestors of Ossetians settled down on the five mountain ridges, but the land was so expensive they were forced to choose the windiest and most unserviceable place for their cemetery. In the times of the plague many people, with no one left to bury them, would come to the crypt and wait for their death

This ancient guarding breed with its unmistakable bright reddish-brown fur, has recently become something of a status symbol among China’s uber-wealthy class. The price of Red Tibetan Mastiff pups has skyrocketed over the past few years from only few hundred dollars to six figures and higher.
Reputedly owned by Genghis Khan and Lord Buddha, the Red Tibetan Mastiff is viewed as a “pure Chinese” breed because of its well-documented history and nearly exclusive Chinese population. These dogs are also considered one of the oldest pure breeds in the world. Less than 20 are reported to remain in Tibet.

Thought to be holy animals that provide their owners with blessings of health and security, the breed is commonly identified as independent, intelligent and very protective of its owners and their property.

Ricardo Bofill shares this idea — in 1973, he purchased an abandoned turn-of-the-century cement factory in Barcelona and commenced a two-year renovation to transform it into a spectacular office and residence.

The Cement Factory is a building with unique design and architectural elements; a lofty interior full of style.  A mixture of textures and forms, materials and impressions; the enormous spaces, the large arched windows and the stunning quality of natural light throughout the day makes it a unique place to live in and work in.  Moreover, these magical elements stand in the midst of transformed gardens which were once the yard of an abandoned cement factory.

The Cement Factory was discovered in 1973, it was an abandoned cement factory and partially in ruins, comprised of over 30 silos, underground galleries and huge engine rooms; Ricardo Bofill bought it and began renovation works.  He identified the program; The Cement Factory was to be used as architectural offices, archives, a model laboratory, and exhibition space, an apartment for him, as well as guest rooms and gardens.  He defined the space by demolishing certain structures, cleaning cement, exposing previously concealed structures and creating the landscape architecture by planting various plants such as eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses; renovation works lasted nearly two years.  Bofill imagined the future spaces and created a layout according to the different aesthetic and plastic predispositions that had developed since WWI and were present within the factory.

A compendium of surrealist elements; paradoxical stairs that climbed to nowhere, the absurdity of certain elements that hung over voids, compelling but useless spaces of strange proportion but magical because of their tension and disproportion.  Elements of abstraction; pure volumes which reveal themselves at times broken and impure as well as elements of brutalism; abrupt treatment and sculptural qualities of the materials.  Being seduced by the elements of contradiction and the vagueness of the space he decided to preserve the factory and modify the original brutality, and sculpt it like a work of art.  All these magical elements stand in the midst of transformed gardens which were once the yard of a cement factory.

BORN IN LA IN 1978 TO AN ARCHITECT AND HOMEMAKER, NATHAN SHOWED AN EARLY INTEREST IN MANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. HE’S BEEN SKATEBOARDING AND DOING ART SINCE MID GRAMMAR SCHOOL.  HE WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED GROWING UP IN VENICE/SANTA MONICA BEACH BY SKATEBOARDERS AND LOCAL STREET ARTISTS.  AT A YOUNG AGE HE WORKED AND SPENT MUCH OF HIS FREE TIME AT RIP CITY SKATES, ANOTHER INFLUENCE OF THAT CULTURE.  BY HIS EARLY TEENS HE WAS SPONSORED BY AND RIDING FOR SANTA MONICA AIRLINES.  RIP CITY AND SM AIRLINES ENCOURAGED HIS ART WHEN HE BEGAN SHOWING AN INTEREST IN TSHIRT DESIGNS.  THAT LATER LED INTO CLOTHING, SKATE ART, JEWELRY AND COLLABORATIONS. NATHAN ATTENDED COLLEGE IN SANTA CRUZ WHERE HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AND ART.  HE LATER CAME BACK TO LA TAKING EXTENSION CLASSES AT UCLA IN ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND ART.
HE CURRENTLY HAS NRC BRAND, WORKS WITH SKATEBOARD COMPANY’S AND WITH HIS FATHER DESIGNING AND BUILDING HOMES.

Rangali Island is an island paradise in the Maldives, just SW of India in the Arabian Sea.

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Tart has a funky atmosphere cool music and an outside patio to eat. They have a southern menu and serve breakfast lunch and dinner but I highly recommend the chicken sliders any time of the day!

Tart Restaurant – 115 s. fairfax av
Los Angeles, CA 90036

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The Mona Lisa painting has been imitated millions of times check out a few of our favorite’s including Banksy and Fernando Botero.

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