A retaining wall behind the CIMB building in Jalan Semantan in Malaysia collapsed after heavy rain sending earth and debris down and burying some vehicles at a car park
December 6, 2008
Gate Tower Building in Japan
The Gate Tower Building is a 16-story office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. Its nickname is “beehive” in the sense of “bustling place”.The building has a double core construction. The Umeda Exit of the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway system passes through the fifth through seventh floors of this building. The expressway is the tenant of those floors. The elevator passes through the floors without stopping. The floors through which the highway passes consist primarily of elevators, stairways and similar things.The highway does not make contact with the building. It passes through as a bridge, held up by supports next to the building. The highway is surrounded by a structure to protect the building from noise. The roof has a heliport.
December 4, 2008
Fload water in Venice ,Italy
Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008. Large parts of Venice were flooded on Monday as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22 years. Ferry and water taxi services in the city were suspended and Venice's mayor urged people to stay indoors. Tourists and residents struggled to get across the city over raised walkways. The Centro Maree, which forecasts water levels, said sea levels in the Adriatic rose 1.56 meters (5.1 ft) - a level not seen since 1986.
December 3, 2008
world's best Christmas tree
The world's most expensive Christmas tree goes on display in Japan.The dazzling 24k gold tree, decorated with more than 240 jewels including diamond baubles and strings of pearls. It weighs more than 21 kilograms and is worth 150million yen - or £1million.The tree went on display this week at the Ginza Tanaka jewellery shop in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
December 2, 2008
فتاة ايرانية ستضع ماء النار في عيني شاب
العين بالعين والسن بالسن ..في الصورة الفتاة الايرانية " منة بهرامي" التي تم تشويه وجهها بماء النار من قبل شاب ايراني يدعى "ماجد موفاهدي" وذلك بسبب رفضها الزواج منه مرارا وتكرارا .. ماجد صمم على تشويه وجه الفتاة حتى لا تتزوج طيلة حياتها من غيره ايضا بسبب غيرته الشديدة منة اصبحت عمياء في عينيها الاثنتين ووجها مشوه ... القضاء الايراني وحسب القصاص في الشريعة الاسلامية منح الفتاة حق القصاص وتشويه وجه ماجد وتعطيل عينيه الاثنتين ...الفتاة منة رفضت تشويه وجه ماجد ولكنها تمسكت بحقها في وضع قطرات ماء النار (حمض الاسيد) في كلتا عينيه لكي يعيش اعمى طيلة حياته ويشعر بمدى الالم والعجز الذي تعاني منه الحكم اصبح نهائيا ومن المتوقع ان يتم تنفيذه قريبا وذلك رغم مرور 4 سنوات على الحادثة التي شوهت وجه الفتاة
tea kettles
Alessi Signature Kettle with Bird Whistle by Michael Graves, 1985
Alessi Mama O' Water tea kettle:
Il Conico Tea Kettle, Designed by Aldo Rossi for Alessi
The Pito Teakettle by Frank Gehry for Alessi,1992. handle & whistle in mahogany.
The SorapotSony World Photography Awards
Thorsten Schrader ©courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009Amateur Category Winner, Nature
Arup Ghosh ©courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009Amateur Winner Portraiture 2008
Robert Utrecht ©courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009Professional Category Winner, Sporthere is the link SWPA
December 1, 2008
nice translator
you can chose the language you like at the green box while you can chose to translate each word into more languages at same time.
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