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Our comprehensive guide on online bingo helps players to win more!

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Online bingo is consistently advertised in a variety of ways. In the UK it is often impossible to turn on the television without seeing a bingo ad at some point, and this is true in many other countries as well, with forms of advertising including posters and radio ads. Many websites offer slightly different versions of online bingo, some where the focus is more on money, and some where meeting other players and making friends online is the main goal.

In order to choose a bingo site that meets your needs you will need to do your research first, look at reviews of the site you are interested in and if possible, talk to someone who has used the website before. Once you’ve made your decision, try and use the free websites first, as this gives you the option to find another one if this one doesn’t suit your needs.

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House Design

House GOP Plans to Gut Ethics Commission, Block Archival of January 6 Records

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McCarthy has proposed eliminating the office which is considering investigating him for actions related to January 6th.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California), the Republican leader currently embroiled in a contentious battle over his candidacy for speaker of the House, has proposed new rules that would allow the party to remove the ethics commission that oversees members of the House, the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).

The proposed rule change comes as the office considers whether or not to initiate an investigation into Republican representatives and open them to disciplinary action for their role in the attack on the Capitol and their behavior during the subsequent investigation. The probe was opened by the committee January 6, which recommended in its final hearing that lawmakers who avoided subpoenas, including McCarthy herself, be investigated.

McCarthy had suggested imposing term limits on the OCE, which would eliminate every Democrat on the board

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House Design

Inside a stunning Grand Designs ‘garden house’ with disappearing walls and incredible roof features

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FANS have taken a peek inside the incredible home featured on Grand Designs featuring the amazing features spread throughout the mansion.

In a new clip on TikTok, the stunning home has a lot of attention to detail with its many quirky and unique features.

This house features an extraordinary roof

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This house features an extraordinary roofCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping
This is the highlight of the house

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This is the highlight of the houseCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping
The living room is kept simple and designed to soak up the sun

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The living room is kept simple and designed to soak up the sunCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping

One of the impressive additions to the home featured on Grand Designs is the use of a ‘vanishing’ wall which allows the sun to seep right from one side of the house to the other.

This allows easy access to the front and back gardens from both sides of the house and allows a beautiful living room to take center stage within the property.

The home uses carefully designed stone walls

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House Design

5 of our favorite Venus Williams-designed projects

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Venus Williams may be best known for her talent on the tennis court, but her passion for interior design has made her a true stand-out in the celebrity design industry – thanks to her celebrated Florida-based firm, V Starr. And we can’t stop scrolling through her most recent designs.

Although the star primarily focuses on commercial design nowadays, there are some incredible decorating ideas to be found in her firm’s projects – and many can be easily transferred to our own homes (albeit in smaller, subtler ways).

Here, we break down five of her top design projects and note some key ideas to steal from her spaces.

Our top five Venus Williams designs

Having opened V Starr studio in 2002, Venus used the project as a side passion away from the court. Since then, she has designed over xx interiors – including that of her sister, Serena. It is

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House Design

Incredible Sydney Opera House design secret wows the internet

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The Sydney Opera House is one of the world’s most famous architectural landmarks, known for its dramatic ‘sails’ that stand out over the foreshore of Sydney Harbour. But the process of creating its iconic shape was fraught with challenges.

As one user was recalled on Reddit, the Sydney Opera House’s shells proved to be impossible to make, until the architect realized that they could be produced as sections of a sphere. (See our pick of the famous buildings you should visit for inspiration).

The ‘sails’ of the Sydney Opera House are all sections of the same sphere. from r/DesignPorn

The original winning concept for the venue was drawn up by Jørn Utzon and his team of architects in Hallebaek, Denmark, for a design competition in 1956. However, the initial sketches turned out to be structurally unsound and impossible to build. Engineers at Arup & Partners needed to express the shapes

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A Design-Based Eco-Friendly Retreat On The Fertile Island Of Vieques

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A modern, minimalist, open plan loft designed to frame the natural beauty of the beautiful Caribbean island. 13 hectares of lush and serene tropical landscape alive with flora and fauna. The private patio makes for deep relaxation and catches the cool trade winds. And its proximity to natural wonders like Bioluminescent Bay and more than a dozen of the most beautiful beaches you’ll ever see.

If this sounds like your ideal vacation, it’s time to get the humble but refined Hix Island House in Vieques, Puerto Rico on your travel radar.

Location

It takes a bit of effort to get to Vieques, a remote island 8 miles off the east coast of Puerto Rico, near St. Thomas

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House Design

Kitchen Floor Trends 2023 Drury Designs

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Matching Kitchen Flooring with Cabinets and Countertops

When deciding on the right flooring for your kitchen, it’s important to consider the color scheme of the kitchen and the materials you want to use throughout the room. If you choose simple or neutral cabinet colors, a patterned floor like the herringbone style can bring a kitchen to life. Likewise, if you have a bright and bold cabinet color, a more calming, neutral floor may be a better choice. Floors, cabinets and countertops are the foundation of a cohesive kitchen design. As previously stated, it is ideal to keep your overall design simple so that you can easily tweak and add accents if you wish.

There are pros and cons to matching your floor color to your countertops. On the one hand, matching your floors to your countertops maintains continuity, just like marble countertops and marble floors. On the other hand, if

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A Passive-House Design in Spain Without a Drop of Paint

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Architects Paloma Hernaiz and Jaime Oliver, cofounders and directors of OHLab, believe that a building is only as attractive as it is sustainable. “If you know it’s polluting the environment, it probably won’t appeal to you,” Oliver argued. Climate change has changed our perspective. Glass curtain walls, for example, have lost some of their allure. “Today, if you see a building that’s entirely glazed, it’s not as nice aesthetically because you should know it doesn’t work well,” he says. By that measure alone, Paseo Mallorca 15, an apartment building the firm designed in Palma, on the Spanish island of Mallorca, is a stunner: Covered in pine shutters, it relies on passive heating and cooling techniques and consumes little energy.

Hernaiz and Oliver, who are married, met in New York while earning their masters’ degrees at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and later worked together at OMA

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A ‘line in the sand’: The battle for the Hamptons home raises the question of what to save

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For four decades “Bliss House” has stood, mostly hidden between the road and beach, on pristine waterfront property in Southampton Village as renowned architect Norman Jaffe’s first local design.

Homeowner Orest Bliss agreed in 1978, as a condition of the city granting development approval, to an agreement requiring landscaping to largely protect the angular residence from view.

At the time, several Southampton officials considered Jaffe’s modernist design “radical”, with one member of the village planning council arguing that the gabled roof could stab seagulls.

Fast forward to 2023 and the house’s architectural legacy is in the midst of a legal battle over whether it can be demolished as part of Bliss’ plan to sell the property at 88 Meadow Lane.

While once deemed too radical, Southampton officials have now tried to deem the controversial home too historic to demolish. The litigation has raised questions about what’s worth preserving in an

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This Aluva traditional house has a classy design, saves on the pocket | Lifestyle Decoration

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The four houses that stand on a large plot in Kurumassery in Aluva are symbols of the deep love and affection between siblings. Homes may look different; however, this does not affect the special bond shared by the siblings. Of particular interest is Mohandas, the eldest brother who designs his own house as well as those of his siblings.

Mohandas said that it was their parents’ biggest wish that the four brothers stay close and live in the same plot. In addition, their children work or study abroad. So, staying close is the best way to take care of each other.