Slovenia on the Vine

House HB Blends Into Slovenian Landscape

Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:27 PM EDT (TreeHugger)

Seeded by Pacific Northwest Blogger (Clipped by Lara Howard)

The house HB is a redefinition of a specific from of traditional house, of low and elongated rural typology. 'The house, situated on top of a low hill, appears like a transparent object rising from the ground.

home-garden, home, landscape, french-farmhouse, architecture, walk-out-basement

Turk Elected President of Slovenia

Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:59 AM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by O-K (Clipped by Lara Howard)

a left-leaning independent and former diplomat, won Slovenia's presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating a government-backed conservative, and he will lead the country when it takes over the European Union presidency in January.

world-news, slovenia, election, yugoslavia, leftist, europe, turk

Kings Score 5 in 3rd, Beat Stars in OT

Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:30 PM EST

By Associated Press (Clipped by Lara Howard)

Anze Kopitar scored during Los Angeles' five-goal rally in the third period against Dallas goalie Marty Turco, then connected again 2:34 into overtime to give the Kings an improbable 6-5 victory over the Stars on Saturday night.

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nhl, stars, kings, anze-kopitar, los-angeles', sports

Conservative Faces Runoff in Slovenia

Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:10 PM EDT

By Snjezana Vukic, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by Lara Howard)

A conservative former prime minister won the most votes in Slovenia's tight presidential elections Sunday, but fell far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

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slovenia, elections, world-news