Burj Khalifa - Burj Dubai

The world tallest building - Burj Dubai now renamed Burj Khalifa opened on 4th January 2010.

At over 800 metres (2625 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Dubai holds the following records:
• Tallest building in the world
• Tallest free-standing structure in the world
• Highest number of stories in the world
• Highest occupied floor in the world
• Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
• Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
• Tallest service elevator in the world
Tallest of the Supertall

Not only is Burj Dubai the world’s tallest building, it has also broken two other impressive records: tallest structure, previously held by the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, and tallest free-standing structure, previously held by Toronto’s CN Tower. The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has established 3 criteria to determine what makes a tall building tall. Burj Dubai wins by far in all three categories.

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Magdeburg Water Bridge

The Magdeburg Water Bridge (German: Wasserstraßenkreuz) is a navigable aqueduct in Germany, completed in October 2003. It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittellandkanal ("Midland Canal"), crossing over the River Elbe. The canals had previously meet near to Magdeburg but at opposite banks across the River Elbe. It is notable for being the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, with a length of 918 metres.

Canal engineers had first conceived of joining the two waterways as far back as 1919, and by 1938 the Rothensee boat lift and bridge anchors were in place, but construction was postponed during World War II. After the Cold War split Germany, the project was put on hold indefinitely by the East German government.

The Magdeburg Water Bridge as seen from above
The reunification of Germany and establishment of major water transport routes made the Water Bridge a priority again. Work started in 1997, with construction taking six years and costing €500 million. The water bridge now connects Berlin’s inland harbour network with the ports along the Rhine river. The aqueduct's trough structure incorporates 24,000 tonnes of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete.
Until the opening of the water bridge in October 2003, ships moving between the Midland Canal and the Elbe-Havel Canal had to make a 12-kilometre zigzag detour, from the Midland Canal south-east through the Rothensee lock into the Elbe river, downstream north-east on the river, then back up to the Elbe-Havel Canal south-east through Niegripp lock.

It cost 500 million Euro to built!

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Dockwise - Marine Transport

Every imagine how heavy huge thing are transported around?

Dockwise Ltd is a company is acknowledged as a leading specialist in heavy transport shipping, that owns 20 semi-submersible vessels. Activities include the design, engineering, planning and logistics necessary to ensure satisfactory collection, transport and delivery of cargoes. These cargoes can range from a small sailing or motor yachts of just 10 tons in weight to a large, ultra-heavy and fully-integrated production and drilling platform weighing up to 73,000 tons.

How they do that? 

Their transport ship can submerge.

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Denison Road - Artic Highway

Located in Canada's Northwest Territories, the road from Tibbitt to Contwoyto is considered one of the most dangerous routes in the world. The Denison's road - as it is also known - stretches 600 kilometres into the Arctic territory and is the main supply route for the giant diamond mines in the North. The main danger is that 85 percent of the road lies over frozen lakes, so ice can break at anytime and swallow the trucks.

The road typically opens early in February and closes early in April, the only months when the ice thickens enough and it is capable of supporting 70-ton Super B Train articulated trucks. To operate the mines, 300,000 tons of fuel, explosives, steel and concrete must be hauled in over the ice each year.

The Winter Ice Road is a real challenge for engineers and drivers. A one-way trip to Lupin mine takes about 20 hours, and average ice thickness is usually about 125 centimeters. Truckers driving in this road are veterans who risk their lifes. Many of them forgo seatbelts; if the surface gives way, a trucker will have mere seconds to jump clear.

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Horn Rev Offshore Windmill

In the summer months of 2002, Elsam constructed the world’s largest offshore wind farm at the Danish west coast. The wind farm is sited 14-20 km into the North Sea, west of Blåvands Huk, and represents the first phase of a large-scale Danish effort to produce non-polluting electricity from offshore wind turbines. With the Horns Rev project it will be possible to determine whether or not the Danish Government’s ambitious energy plan is feasible. According to the plan, wind turbines with a total capacity of 4000 MW must be established in Danish waters before 2030.

Historically, wind power capacity has been developed on land. But it has become increasingly difficult to obtain the required permits for turbine sites, and therefore alternatives are being considered. The interest has been particularly directed towards coastal areas with water depths of between 5 and 15 m and the possibility of locating the turbines so far away from the coast that they are visually neutral.
Wind power is a non-polluting source of energy, and it contributes significantly to minimization of CO2 emissions. Moreover, offshore wind turbines provide an added environmental benefit: the output from offshore installations is up to 50% higher than for comparable turbines on land.

In 1998, the Danish Ministry of the Environment and Energy required the electricity suppliers to construct five demonstration wind farms with a combined output of 750 MW. In 2002 the newly-elected Danish government reduced the Plan of Action for wind energy to include only two demonstration wind farms, those of Horns Rev and Rødsand of 160 MW and 158 MW respectively.

Elsam and Eltra, the independent transmission system operator in Jutland and on Funen, were ordered to build the offshore demonstration wind farm at Horns Rev in the North Sea. Elsam is the owner and is responsible for the operation of the wind farm. Eltra is responsible for the connection of the wind farm to the national onshore grid.

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Check your eyes?

What you see in below photo?
Some people said it 18SX.
What about you?

Can you see the lady at the back naked buttock?

Malaysian Version of Starbuck

Well, some coffee shop owner really has good creative. Imitation the world renown Starbuck. 

This is in Beranang, Selangor. It is a TV3 show setting.

3rd World MPV

This is in Tabontabon, Leyte province, Philippines.

Not bad man - Sony Car Stereo!

Bryan Berg - Card Stacking

Check out this guy - Bryan Berg, a Guinness World Record holder for card stacking.

Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Tallest House of Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure in the category is over twenty-five feet tall. In 2004, Guinness created a new record category for the World's Largest House of Cards to recognize a project Berg built for Walt Disney World--a replica of Cinderella's Castle. He continues to hold both records.

Touring regularly, Berg has stacked cards in virtually every major US and Canadian city, Japan, Denmark, and Germany.

Berg has appeared on CNN, 20/20, MTV, VH1, Showtime, The Discovery Channel, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Ellen Degeneres, Martha Stewart Unsifted, Guinness Prime Time, CBS This Morning, and various foreign television.

His work has been featured in nearly every major newspaper nationwide in addition to publications such as Wired, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, USA Today, Games Magazine, Maxim, The National Enquirer, National Geographic For Kids, Time Magazine for Kids, ESPN Magazine, ASK Magazine, and 321 Contact. He has also been featured in publications across Europe, Asia, and South America.

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