Wednesday, August 29, 2012

How to watch the sunset twice in one day!

Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest manmade structure in the world, at 829.84 m and 160 floors.


Burj Khalifa Construction Timeline

 January 2004-------

Excavation started

 February 2004------

 Piling started

 March 2005---------

 Superstructure started

 June 2006-----------

 Level 50 reached

January 2007--------

 Level 100 reached

March 2007----------

Level 110 reached

April 2007------------

Level 120 reached

May 2007-------------

Level 130 reached

July 2007-------------

Level 141 reached - world's tallest building

September 2007-----

Level 150 reached - world's tallest free-standing structure

April 2008------------

Level 160 reached - world's tallest man-made structure

January 2009--------

Completion of spire - Burj Khalifa tops out

September 2009----

Exterior cladding competed

January 2010--------

Official launch ceremony
The Tower is the Tallest Building.But did you know that with this tower,in one day,watch the sunset twice?!

It is enough that the tower at dusk you can watch the sunset, then go to the elevator tower immediately, then you can once again see the sunset view! In fact, the building is tall enough to allow you to quickly move it to the top, so that you can see again. Sunset time difference between the bottom and top of the tower is three minutes!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

The London 2012 Olympic Games

The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012.
Titled 'Isles of Wonder', the Ceremony welcomed the finest athletes from more than 200 nations for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, marking an historic third time the capital has hosted the world’s biggest and most important sporting event.



The Opening Ceremony reflected the key themes and priorities of the London 2012 Games, based on sport, inspiration, youth and urban transformation. It was a Ceremony 'for everyone' and celebrated contributions the UK has made to the world through innovation and revolution, as well as the creativity and exuberance of British people.
Olympic flag by nine individual indicators, including Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General and Muhammad Ali, the boxer was carrying veteran America.


Senior officials of participating countries, about 80 thousand people attended the opening ceremony. Europe's largest bell ceremony being played that weighs 23 tons and was installed in the stadium began. Bradley Wiggins the bell, the sound took to cycling champion.


They reminded Industrial Revolution as part of the Ceremony.At the beginning of the actor's symbolic historical scenes from the life of the British people including the Industrial Revolution and Cultural and Social developments in 1960s to display.
Spectators witnessed how this country of a country Virescent dependent on agriculture to a great Industrial Country turned into a country that based on the Boyle, Standard life has gone up in the same time only to its citizens working in factories is working, women are fighting for equality in public and environmental pollution played a role.













After the first part of Boyle's view, was shown a film in which Daniel Craig,James Bond actor goes to meet Queen Elizabeth and queen with certain formalities helicopter takes to the Olympic Stadium.Since stadium is not suitable for helicopter landing, the helicopter and parachute down to the queen and James Bond Daniel Craig. At the end of the film The Queen with her husband Philip were entering into an exclusive place and spectators are encouraged. 

 The second part of the Boyle was devoted to children. In this section, tact, famous hospital children at the center of attention was given by the British sick children and their nurses. In this section also JK.Rowling, author of Harry potter, a few sentences from a book called Peter Pan and the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance piece had chariots of fire, Rowan Atkinson, Mr Bean character actor to play a role as a paid musician. Another part of the ceremony with music from different decades was devoted to dance, inventor of the World Wide Web was also honored at ceremony.














































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accolade 

 Indian Team walking parade at Olympic ceremony







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