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« on: May 01, 2010, 09:38:55 PM »
Suzuki Kizashi Turbocharged concept       After an impressive performance preview of Suzuki’s 2010 Kizashi at last fall’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, the heightened fun (on closed course, with professional driver) continues with the debut of Kizashi’s concept turbocharged variant. In production form, the all-new Kizashi delivers a premium package and experience without the premium price tag, providing a unique blend of dynamic performance attributes and features more appropriate to the near-luxury sport sedan segment. The performance experts at Road Race Motorsports build on those performance attributes and near-luxury features with a host of mods designed to heighten the excitement factor while lowering the Kizashi’s lap times on any closed-course venue. Road Race Motorsports, one of the chief suppliers of go-fast goods for Suzuki automotive enthusiasts, began the Suzuki turbo project with a pre-production Kizashi GTS. Boost is supplied to the stock heads and block by a 16G turbocharger, while temp is kept in check with Road Race Motorsports’ own high flow intercooler. Other adds on the hardware menu include custom fuel management, Road Race’s Sleeper blow-off valve, Velocity air intake and Extreme spray injector. The equal length turbo manifold is custom crafted, while the 38mm wastegate is supplied by Tial. The enhanced power bumps the Kizashi’s already impressive engine to 290 hp and is connected to the track pavement via 19-inch Dunlops. Those are kept connected to the course by Road Race’s own sport springs, working in combination with Kizashi’s ultra-rigid unibody and all-independent suspension. High-speed stability is enhanced with the addition of a rear-mounted spoiler supplied by Delta Tech Engineering. The end result on the track – with either Road Race founder Rob Tallini, Tommy Kendall or the Suzuki enthusiast behind the wheel – is the need for speed suddenly and fully satisfied.
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« on: May 01, 2010, 09:03:52 AM »
The Great Barrier Reef A world heritage listed, natural inspiration. One of Australia's most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world's largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches. A Natural Wonder The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and pulling away from it, and viewing it from a greater distance, you can understand why. It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.              The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. This reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as fishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures on the reef and its ecosystem include runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish. The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is an important economic activity for the region. Tourism generates AU$ 1 billion per year
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« on: May 01, 2010, 08:14:22 AM »
Purnululu National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003, for its outstanding universal natural heritage values.
Purnululu National Park was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.
Location
The World Heritage Listed area for Purnululu National Park is almost 2,400km2. Purnululu National Park is located 300 kilometres by road south of the nearest population centre, the small regional town of Kununurra.
Description of Place
There is an adjacent buffer zone to the north and west (the Purnululu Conservation Reserve) of almost 800 km2, which is not part of the nominated area but which is managed to help protect the park's World Heritage values. Famous for the 450 km2 Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu has been listed as an outstanding landscape that is an incomparable natural phenomenon. It reveals the story of its formation over hundreds of millions of years, and helps unlock the story of the earth's history.
Twenty million years of weathering have produced the eroded sandstone towers and banded beehive structures of the Bungle Bungle Range. Dark bands, formed by cyanobacteria, winding horizontally around the domes, contrast with the lighter orange sandstone. Cyanobacteria are single-celled organisms that represent some of the oldest life-forms on earth. These organisms have been found as fossils in rocks elsewhere in Western Australia in rocks that are believed to be up to 3500 million years old. The cyanobacterial bands are up to several metres wide, yet only a few millimetres thick. The crusts help stabilise and protect the ancient and fragile sandstone towers. The dramatically sculptured structures undergo remarkable seasonal variation in appearance, including striking colour transition following rain. The intricate maze of towers is accentuated by sinuous, narrow, sheer-sided gorges lined with majestic Livistona fan palms. These, and the soaring cliffs up to 250 metres high, are cut by seasonal waterfalls and pools, creating the major tourist attractions in the park.
The sandstone karst of Purnululu is of great scientific importance in demonstrating so clearly the process of cone karst formation on sandstone - a phenomenon only recognised by geomorphologists over the past 25 years and still not completely understood. While sandstone towers and cliffs are known from other parts of the world, including some regions in Australia, the spectacular features of the Bungle Bungle Range are unrivalled in their scale, extend, grandeur and diversity of forms. They owe their existence and uniqueness to several interacting geological, biological, erosional and climatic phenomena.
The park's domes, gorges and wet season waterfalls were almost unknown to the outside world until 1982 when aerial pictures of this outback jewel were released. Purnululu National Park lies in a transition zone between the arid desert environments of central Australia to the south and, to the north, the monsoon savannah environments of northern Australia. The biological features of the park show adaptations to the aridity of the neighbouring desert environments and also to the rainfall-rich zone of the monsoon region. The Ord River, the major watercourse, creates a riverine ecosystem that is a vital resource for plants, animals and people. Mean annual rainfall is around 600 mm but the evaporation rate is very high, and runoff is rapid. Consequently, there is little permanent surface water. The diversity of landforms, along with the park's location in a transitional climatic zone, supports a range of distinct vegetation communities, ranging from desert shrubs along the exposed plateaus of the Bungle Bungle Range, to the rainforest communities along Osmond Creek valley.
Management of Purnululu National Park
The Western Australian Government Department of Environment and Conservation is responsible for day-to-day management of the property, through the Purnululu Park Council in conjunction with local Aboriginal people.
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« on: April 29, 2010, 07:56:27 PM »
Huge NASA Science Balloon Crashes in Australian Outback   A huge NASA balloon loaded with a telescope painstakingly built to scan the sky at wavelengths invisible to the human eye crashed in the Australian outback Thursday, destroying the $2 million astronomy experiment and just missing nearby onlookers, according to Australian media reports. In dramatic video released by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the giant 400-foot (121-meter) balloon is seen just beginning to lift its payload, then the telescope gondola appears to unexpectedly come loose from its carriage. The telescope crashes through a fence and overturns a nearby parked sport utility vehicle before finally stopping. ( PS Please Add Video I have not access to You tube ) "No one was injured. A mishap investigation board is being convened," NASA officials said in a statement released late Thursday. The attempted balloon telescope launch took place at the Alice Springs Balloon Launching Centre, near the town of Alice Springs, in the northern territory of Australia. The wayward balloon overturned one car, but missed another parked nearby with local Alice Springs couple Stan and Betty Davies, who had come to watch the launch, still inside. "We were sitting in our car and preparing to move it out of the way and we were actually about a foot of being wiped out," ABC quoted Davies as saying. The balloon was carrying the Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT), a gamma-ray telescope built by astronomer Steven Boggs and his colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, California to study astrophysical sources in space. The telescope was dragged about 450 feet (137 meters) before finally coming to a stop, NASA officials said. "Today was a terrible day for a lot of people," wrote Eric Bellm, a graduate astronomy student at the UC Berkeley, in a blog chronicling the science mission. "For the NCT team, we've poured our hearts into this instrument for years. It was an almost unfathomable shock to find ourselves cleaning up the wreckage of our gondola rather than watching it lift off towards space." The unmanned research balloon was built by NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas and expected to haul its two-telescope payload up to an altitude of about 120,000 feet (36,576 meters). That's about 23 miles (37 km), though smaller home-built balloons have been built to reach high altitudes as well. In his account of the crash, Bellm said an investigation into the balloon's launch failure will be performed, though a first glance found that at least some of the components for the Nuclear Compton Telescope appear to have survived relatively intact. The science team has cleaned up the wreckage and returned it to a staging hangar, he added. "Damage to the NCT payload, project assets and area surroundings are currently being assessed," NASA officials added in their statement. Ravi Sood, director of the Alice Springs Balloon Launching Centre and a professor at Australia's University of New South Wales, confirmed that no one was hurt in the incident, but added that sometimes balloon launches can go awry. The failed balloon launch in Australia marked NASA's second balloon science campaign this month at the remote site. On April 15, NASA's balloon science program launched Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment (TIGRE), a gamma-ray telescope, to search the galactic center of the sky for emissions from radioactive materials, NASA officials said. That launch, which sent the telescope and its balloon to an altitude of 127,000 feet (38,709 meters), went according to plan, the space agency said. The balloon's next payload to fly, an X-ray telescope called HERO aimed at mapping the galactic center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, was targeted for May, Australian officials added.
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« on: April 29, 2010, 07:48:44 AM »
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« on: April 28, 2010, 09:41:10 PM »
Turbo timer  A turbo timer is a device designed to keep an automotive engine running for a pre-specified period of time in order to automatically execute the cool-down period required to prevent premature turbo wear and failure. After a period of driving when a turbocharger has been working hard, it is important to let the engine run at idle speed for a period of time, allowing the compressor assembly to cool from the lower gas temperatures in both the exhaust and intake tracts. At the same time the lubricating oil from the engine is able to circulate properly so the turbine won't burn the lubricating oil that would otherwise be trapped within the charger with the turbine rotating at high speed. With regard to modern automotive turbochargers, the need for a turbo timer can be eliminated by simply ensuring the car does not produce any 'boost' (during driving) for several minutes prior to the ignition being shut off. Most turbo timers are based on digital electronics. Turbo timers can usually be disabled by an external switch, this is normally done using the handbrake switch, or using an automatic one. Oil coking The number one cause of turbo failure is oil "coking". Oil "coking" occurs when a turbocharger is not properly cooled down and the oil that normally lubricates the center cartridge heats up and forms solidified oil deposits. A turbo timer allows an engine to idle for a preset time after the ignition key has been turned to the off position and removed. --- By allowing a turbocharged engine to idle, oil continues to pass through the turbo until it has cooled down to the point where oil "coking" will not occur. In 1982 HKS was the first company to offer a commercially available turbo timer, and has since been the leader in turbo timer technology.
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« on: April 27, 2010, 08:25:07 AM »
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« on: April 24, 2010, 09:07:28 PM »
Infiniti G37S Top Secret body kit Nissan Skyline V36 This gorgeous Top Secret G37 Body Kit is another great product that you would expect from TS. The kit includes the following parts: Front half bumper (bumper lip) made of FRP or carbon fiber Side Skirt made of FRP or carbon fiber Rear half bumper (bumper lip) made of FRP or carbon fiber Front hood made of FRP or carbon fiber Rear diffuser made of carbon fiber Rear spoiler made of carbon fiber       
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« on: April 23, 2010, 08:02:30 PM »
Nissan Skyline R33 - Japan import Allright guys, I spoke to karan this morning and I think I wana buy this, Anyone has any question that I should ask Karan ? recent pictures? Yes I will ask him. Its a Nissan Skyline R33 GTST Series II 1996 Model Done 66000 Kilometer 2.5 Litre RB25DET Engine Turbo Petrol Transmission : 5 Speed Manual Drive type: Rear Wheel Drive Car is a Stock with not much modifications        Please note : I have not finalised the offer yet
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« on: April 23, 2010, 06:31:08 PM »
Biggest Aircraft carrier- Nimitz         Specifications The Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. With over 6,000 personnel (crew and aircrew), the carrier has a displacement of 102,000t, and a flight deck length of 332.9m. All nine nuclear-powered Nimitz Class carriers have been built by Newport News Shipbuilding (now Northrop Grumman Ship Systems), based in Virginia. Tasked with a multi-mission attack / ASW role, the first of class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned in 1975. The latest, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), was commissioned in July 2003. Design The more recent Nimitz Class carriers (CVN72-CVN76) have a displacement of 102,000t when fully loaded. They have a length of 317m and beam of 40.8m. The carrier reaches a maximum speed of over 30kt, and accommodates a complement of 3,184 personnel (with 203 officers); 2,800 aircrew (with 366 officers); and 70 flag (with 25 officers). Aircraft "The Nimitz Class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built." The 50 TACAIR air wing includes up to 82 aircraft. Typically this would be: 12 F/A-18E/F Hornets, 36 F/A-18 Hornets, four E-2C Hawkeyes, and four EA-6B Prowlers fixed-wing; and the following helicopters: four SH-60F and two HH-60H Seahawks. The carrier can also deploy S-3B Viking aircraft, but these are being phased out and replaced with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The S-3B Viking is to be finally decommissioned in 2009. The last operational deployment of the F-14, deployed on US carriers since 1972, was in March 2006. The F-14 was decommissioned in September 2006. Air wings can be varied according to the nature of the operation: for example, in 1994, 50 army helicopters replaced the usual air wing on the USS Dwight D Eisenhower during operations off Haiti. The flight deck measures 333m x 77m and is equipped with four lifts, four steam-driven catapults and four arrester wires. The carrier is capable of launching one aircraft every 20 seconds. In April 2005, the US Naval air systems command (NAVAIR) selected General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems for the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the advanced arresting gear (AAG) programme, to provide a new arrestor system for USN carriers. Missiles The more recently built carriers are armed with three Raytheon GMLS mk29 eight-cell launchers for Nato Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles. Sea Sparrow has a range of 14.5km and semi-active radar terminal guidance. "The flight deck measures 333m x 77m and is equipped with four lifts." The carriers are also being fitted with the Raytheon RAM (rolling airframe missile) system, which provides short-range defence against incoming anti-ship missiles including sea-skimming missiles. USS Stennis was fitted with RAM in 2005 and began firing trials of the system in June 2006. One Sea Sparrow mount and one Phalanx CIWS mount were removed to fit the RAM. USS John C Stennis was the first carrier to fire the evolved Sea Sparrow missile (ESSM) in October 2008. Guns There are four Raytheon / General Dynamics 20mm Phalanx six-barrelled Mk 15 close-in weapon systems which have a firing rate of 3,000 rounds/min and a range of 1.5km. Countermeasures Decoys include four Sippican SRBOC (super rapid bloom off-board chaff) six-barrelled mk36 decoy launchers, which deploy infrared flares and chaff, SSTDS torpedo defence system and AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures system, from Argon ST of Fairfax, Virginia. The Raytheon AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare system detects hostile radar emissions by two sets of antennae and the system analyses the pulse repetition rate, the scan mode, the scan period, and the frequency. The system identifies the threat and direction, provides a warning signal and interfaces to the ship's countermeasures systems. Combat systems The carriers' combat data systems are based around the block 0 or 1 naval tactical and advanced combat direction system (ACDS) with communications links 4A, 11, 14, and 16. Weapons control is managed by three mk91 mod 1 MFCS directors for the Sea Sparrow missile. USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan and USS John Stennis have been fitted with the SSDS mk2 mod 0 ship self-defence system, developed by Raytheon. The SSDS will provide automated self-defence against anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) by integrating and coordinating the ship's weapon and electronic warfare systems. "The Raytheon AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare system detects hostile radar emissions by two sets of antennae." USS Nimitz has also been fitted with the Lockheed Martin TIS (tactical input segment) digital reconnaissance processing system, which can receive real-time imagery from airborne sensors. Sensors Air search radars include the ITT SPS-48E 3-D, operating at E/F-band; Raytheon SPS49(V)5, C/D-band; and Raytheon mk23 TAS, D-band. Surface search radar is the Northrop Grumman Norden Systems SPS-67V, operating at G-band. Propulsion The nuclear-powered carrier has two General Electric pressurised water reactors driving four turbines of 260,000hp (194MW) and four shafts. There are four emergency diesels of 10,720hp (8MW). Refernce -http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/nimitz/
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« on: April 22, 2010, 08:34:44 AM »
Toyota Supra JDM Style Tuning Hi Guys, No need to tell whats this car looks like.. This is a nice artwork and tuning done by JDMST dudes You can see the car : Front (After market bumper bar)  Sideways (Love the wheels)  Rear ( JDM style wing)  Exhaust ( JDM Styled Titanium exhaust tip)  Inside ( Recaro racing Seats)  Please comment if you like it :)
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« on: April 21, 2010, 09:23:45 PM »
Lancer EVO X (ten) Chargespeed      ChargedSpeed just released a new wide body kit for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. The retail price in Japan is JPY42,000. for pair of front wide fenders and JPY46,000. for pair of rear blister fenders with door panels. According to ChargedSpeed, You can use these fenders in any case, with or without ChargeSpeed bumpers or side steps.
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« on: April 16, 2010, 06:46:21 PM »
Beach in Sea.!! A yacht was traveling in the south Pacific when the crew came across a weird sight. Look at these photos and try to imagine the thrill of experiencing this phenomenon.  A BEACH?  NO!!!!This is not a beach;  it is volcanic stones floating on the water.  WHERE IS THE VOLCANO?  UNBELIEVEABLE SITE SO TAKE PICTURES NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT THE WAKE OF MY SHIP  STAYING ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER then this was spotted, ash & steam rising from the ocean.. And, while WE were watching...  A plume of black ash... HUGE CLOUD COVERING RED EVEN THIS FAR AWAY  THEN THE SKY TURNS BLACK WITH ASH AND THE OCEAN GOLD WITH SUNS REFLECTION OUT OF THE OCEAN MOUNTAIN PEAKS ARISE?  MORE ERUPTIONS ASH AND CLOUDS  THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS RISE HIGHER WITHIN MINUTES A brand new island formed...  CREATION OF MOUNTAINS  Can you imagine the thrill of being the first & only people to see a new island being created where there was nothing before?
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« on: April 14, 2010, 06:53:50 AM »
Royal Enfield V Twin    What you see here is a 700cc Royal Enfield V-Twin constructed using two 350cc top ends. The whole bike appears to have come from the factory, or maybe the "special vehicle operations" section, instead of the mind and work of a creative and determined owner. Aniket Vardhan, the builder, still wants to come up with a better exhaust arrangement, than short open pipes, but already, the bike looks fantastic. Aniket calls the 700cc Enfield V twin, "The Musket", to keep the vintage gun (ala Bullet) reference alive. This is very impressive work.. Video
Listen to the Sound man!! thats impressive
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« on: April 12, 2010, 09:47:34 PM »
Sat Shri akal
Salam
Namaskar
Sareya nu Vaishakhi diya mubaarka..
Inni door bethe aa apne desh to
ajj de din nu kite bhul na jayiye,
ao manayiye Saare Vaishakhi mittro,
Kite ethe reh ke apa Rull na jayiye :)
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« on: April 10, 2010, 05:19:53 AM »
Noble M600       Noble M600 is powered by a 4.4 liter Volvo(C90) V8 engine and has twin turbo chargers. It weighs 2820 lbs and delivers an HP per weight of 4.3 lbs per hp. It produces a horsepower of 640 hp. The cars’ horsepower per liter is equal to 147.7 hp per liter. It can accelerate up to 60 mph for only 3 seconds. Its speed can reach up to 225 mph. Short Review by Auto Car UK
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« on: April 10, 2010, 05:12:51 AM »
Lexus LS460 by WALD      A new design of WALD’s Executive Line body kit gives Lexus LS460 a more aggressive look than the previous body kit model. The delivery of this body kit will start in the middle of March 2010. Along with the body kit, WALD also introduces a New Wheel that matches perfectly with this body kit and other Luxury cars. The name of the wheel is “RENOVATIO” which is named from the word “Renovation”. This wheel will be coming out in Spring of 2010. Engine 4.6-litre V8 engine that produces 280kW (380 horsepower) and 500Nm of torque.
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« on: April 09, 2010, 10:10:42 PM »
Osoyoos-The Healing Spotted Lake Of Canada. Located in the Oskogan Valley, British Columbia, Osoyoos is one of the most mineral-rich bodies of water on Earth, featuring mostly sulfates of magnesium, calcium and sodium. During the summer, as the lake’s water evaporates, it leaves behind the minerals, which take the shape of pools. Each natural pool has a different color, depending on the type and concentration of the minerals, making Osoyoos a unique sight to behold. Ever since ancient times, the Indians of the Oskogan Valley have considered the Spotted Lake a holy place that cured their every illness. Whether they were suffering from sprains, infections, skin diseases or body aches, they would get better by immersing their bodies in the lakes waters. Even during times of war, tribes would ask for truce, so warriors could come to Osoyoos Lake and heal their wounds. During World War I, minerals from the Spotted Lake were used to make ammunition, in the factories built in the area. For generations, Osoyoos was the property of the Earnest Smith family, who wanted t build a healing spa, on the lake. But constant pressure from the Indian natives kept this from ever happening, and eventually convinced the Smiths to sell the lake back to the Indians. An impressive sight, the Spotted Lake is of limits to tourists, for fear they might damage the pools. But you can still enjoy a great view of it, from behind the iron fence that surrounds Osoyoos.      
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« on: April 09, 2010, 09:56:41 PM »
Top 33 World's Strangest Buildings (sorted by 4,520 visitors votes) 1. Mind House ( Barcelona , Spain )  2. The Crooked House ( Sopot , Poland )  3. Stone House ( Guimarães , Portugal )  4. Lotus Temple ( Delhi , India )  5. Cathedral of Brasilia ( Brazil )  6. La Pedrera ( Barcelona , Spain )  7. Atomium ( Brussels , Belgium )  8. Museum of Contemporary Art ( Niteroi , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil )  9. Kansas City Library ( Missouri , USA )  10. Low impact woodland house ( Wales , UK )  11. Guggenheim Museum ( Bilbao , Spain )  12. Rotating Tower, Dubai , UAE   Have you ever seen a building in motion that actually changes its shape? Sounds unbelievable but not to Dr. David Fisher. This building will never appear exactly the same twice. It is amazing but you will have the choice of waking up to sunrise in your bedroom and enjoying sunsets over the ocean at dinner. In addition to being such an incredible engineering miracle it will produce energy for itself and even for other buildings because it will have wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor (picture 2). So an 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant. 13. Habitat 67 ( Montreal , Canada )  14. Casa da musica ( Porto , Portugal )  15. Olympic Stadium ( Montreal , Canada )  16. Nautilus House ( Mexico City , Mexico ) 
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« on: April 09, 2010, 08:52:32 AM »
Please Click this website http://www.speedtest.net/and after running a test it will give you option to Copy Forum Link Please post it here and we can see how much speed we guys have in our areas.
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