tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712854228544160412024-02-22T11:00:10.293+07:00Just Another RepostingFeel free of the purpose, for just passing the information that someone else already posted to get little bit more faster accessing some useful resource of knowledge.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-68077110211569844472012-01-06T00:27:00.000+07:002018-09-13T10:13:05.207+07:00Amazing Photos of Nuclear ExplosionsA big selection of the horrible though beautiful nuclear tests. There is the story about the first 4 pictures. We can see the explosion of the first H bomb. The tests were photographed in French Polynesia in 1968. The bomb was very powerful: 2.6 megatons. It was something huge.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-24224709483513282722012-01-06T00:16:00.000+07:002018-09-13T10:27:34.178+07:00The Most Expensive Number Plates in The WorldIf you’ve ever bought or looked into buying a personalised number plate of your own, you’ll know that prices can vary from a few hundred pounds to the hundreds of thousands or more, begging the question… just how much are people prepared to pay to get the digits of their choice?<br />
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Here we’ve compiled the top 5 most expensive number plates to have ever been sold across the world, and we’ve taken the liberty of using the Demon Plates Number Plate Builder to show off how great they’d look using our fantastic (and perfectly legal) 3D carbon lettering. So if Roman, Mike, Afzal, Talal or Saeed are reading this, give us a call and lets talk!<br />
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You don’t have to have a six-digit priced registration number to benefit from awesome looking Demon Plates bespoke Number Plates. Whether you’re jazzing up a private plate or just want your regular registration to look it’s very best, try our Plate Builder today and see the difference custom Number Plates from Demon Plates could make.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most Expensive Number Plate – Number 1</span><br />
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“1″, £7million, Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri, Abu Dhabi, 2008<br />
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Saeed Abdul Ghaffer Khouri demolished Talal Khoury’s previous record earlier this year when he bought a number plate bearing the single digit “1″ at an auction in Abu Dhabi. Mr Khouri, a member of a wealthy Abu Dhabi family, said: “I bought it because it’s the best number.” He wouldn’t say which of his vehicles he’d be putting the number plate on.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most Expensive Number Plate – Number 2</span><br />
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“5″, £3.5million, Talal Ali Mohammed Khoury, Abu Dhabi, 2007<br />
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Talal Ali Mohammed Khoury broke the world record for the most expensive plate ever bougt when he paid over 25 million Dirhams (£3,500,000) for the single digit “5″ in 2007. While in the area, Mr Khoury also splashed out over £800,000 for the number “55″ at the same auction. When asked, he said the numbers held “absolutely no signigicance whatsoever” to him.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most Expensive Number Plate – Number 3</span><br />
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“F1″, £440,000, Afzal Khan, UK, 2008<br />
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Bradford entrepreneur Afzal Khan smashed Mike McCoombs previous record earlier this year by buying “F1″ for a huge £440,000, making it the most expensive number plate to ever be sold in Britain. The plate is attached to Mr Khan’s Mercedes SLR McLaren, and he says “I think it’s a good price to pay because it’s probably worth 10 times that”.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most Expensive Number Plate – Number 4</span><br />
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“M 1″, £330,000, Mike McCoomb, UK, 2006<br />
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After making his fortune in 2000 by selling his Mobile Phone Store to BT Cellnet, Mike McCoomb bought this record-breaking, £330,000 number plate in 2006, reportedly for his son’s sixth birthday. By our calculations that leaves the poor lad at least another three years before he can use them! We bet Dad’s enjoying them for now, though.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most Expensive Number Plate – Number 5</span><br />
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“VIP 1″, £285,000, Roman Abramovich, UK, 2006<br />
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Fittingly, the registration “VIP 1″ has already had it’s fair share of Very Important owners. Initially commissioned to be placed on the Popemobile for Pope John Paul II’s papal visit to Ireland, Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich snapped up this most modest of number plates in 2006.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-36863324065165981452011-12-31T22:54:00.000+07:002011-12-31T22:54:19.240+07:0025 Amazing Optical Illusions You May Have Not Seen BeforePrepare to be dazzled by a gallery of 25 amazing optical illusions dedicated to visually stimulating your eyes and brain. An optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. In short, we're going to shatter your mind pipe. Enjoy.<br />
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George Bush or Monkeys Swimming in a Marsh? <br />
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Is the Ladder Going Up or Down? <br />
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How Many Legs Does This Elephant Have?<br />
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Definitely a head... Maybe a tree. <br />
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Weird Portrait. Count the number of faces. <br />
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Count the number of black dots. 4? 5?<br />
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Duck is easy to see. How about a rabbit? <br />
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Increase Distance Away Until Readable <br />
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BigSmudge.com Logo? Vinnie? Could be a towel.<br />
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3 identical cars appear to be 3 different sizes. <br />
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Compare from close and far. Angry person changes. <br />
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How many eyes do you see on this Asian lass?<br />
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Do you see a Face or the word “LIAR” <br />
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A man’s face is hidden among the beans. Find him! <br />
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Old Man’s Face or Two Lovers Kissing<br />
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Read ABC and then read 12,13,14.<br />
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Count the number of horses in the picture. <br />
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Wheels or lumps of smoke appear to move.<br />
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Catching a bus or just got eaten by a giant shark? <br />
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Is this just a watermelon or a real face? <br />
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Taking a dump, driving a truck and working at the same time<br />
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Peninsula or Horse's Head? <br />
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Coolest skull grill. <br />
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Parallel lines or on a slope?<br />
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Old or Young Woman?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-57511751061741745972011-12-31T19:53:00.000+07:002011-12-31T19:53:44.907+07:00One Line Watch Concept Design<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghD7tvzl858puJKST1X7nxOSvprdOsb5Zq5bZ9y-f7mtHVlzacaJ35jgsWRzsM98SyaesZ8E3PsGrDcwSc2U0snjpv7C07G-XHFNf2PzrStv4EbhO-kjt-D72RdOw3NdPVX7QOYdkQtX4/s1600/general.jpg" /><br />
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How many hands does it need to determine the time? Three? Two? No! It turns out that only one is needed. But this hand should be very special. For example, like hand in the watch called One Line, created by designer under nickname Sam. The single line bends depending on the course of time. Its thick end lays on the hour position, the thin end on the minute position. It is planned that these watches will have three color options: pink, silver and white. Also it will be provided by illumination. Unfortunately the watch One Line is just a concept. Hope that in the near future it will become a reality. Painfully good idea!<br />
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<a href="http://4funpics.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-line-watch-concept.html">Source</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-15506220654102727792011-12-31T19:46:00.000+07:002011-12-31T19:46:35.669+07:00Cool and Creative Transparent Designs, Gadgets and ConceptsSmile Cooking Toaster: Designed by Xu Yan Xiang, this transparent toaster puts a smile on your bread.<br />
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Transparent Refrigerator: Transparent refrigerator from Japan has a special "low waist line" to facilitate the transport of heavy items.<br />
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Transparent Clothes Dryer: "The dryer uses natural dry air instead of loads of energy to do its job."<br />
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Transparent Canoe: It's made out of polycarbonate material lighter than most aluminum or wood canoes, weighs only 40 lbs., and this transparent canoe provides 100% visibility. <br />
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Transparent Nikon D80: Transparent model of Nikon D80 DSLR camera.<br />
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Transparent Mirror: Made in extra light glass with shaded silvering by Jean-Marie Massaud for Glas Italia.<br />
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Transparent Bed: Creative bed designed by Santambrogio Milano.<br />
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Transparent Toaster: It allows the users to see the bread while it is toasting, the concept seems to use two transparent heating glasses for bread toasting. <br />
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Transparent Laptop: This laptop features 14-inch display, when turned off becomes up to 40 percent transparent.<br />
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Transparent Iron: This transparent iron lets you see the clothes while you are ironing them. Heat conduction works via a network of electro-thermal wires while the soleplate is made out of tempered glass.<br />
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Vaio Zoom Notebook: The Vaio Zoom notebook concept designed by Eno Setiawan features a holographic glass screen that goes completely transparent and a keyboard that turns opaque when turned off.<br />
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Toaster Tree: Designed by Xu Yan Xiang, its transparent leaves hold your bread, till they are done.<br />
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Transparent Fireplace: This opaque ceramic column slowly turns translucent to transparent.<br />
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Transparent Chair: "Calligaris Irony chair with structure in metal and transparent plastic."<br />
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Transparent iPod Case: If you want to make your iPod stand out from the rest, get iVue Crystal case; it's a transparent casing for your iPod.<br />
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Transparent Xbox 360 Case: "This is the only case in the world that comes with a clear DVD drive lid, which actually lets you see the DVD disc spinning while you play."<br />
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Transparent PSTwo Slim Case: <br />
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Transparent Chess Set: This chess set was inspired by the novel 'Alice through the Looking Glass' where the pieces turn transparent when they touch the board.<br />
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Transparent Bath: This concept displays the number of drinkable water bottles you are using when taking a bath. <br />
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Transparent Watch: It's called 'Mobile Music' by designer Mac Funamizu, this unique music player can be worn on your wrist, like a watch or a bracelet. "By default, it's transparent, but when you want to make it stand out, just change the colors/patterns or use your favorite photo on the background."<br />
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IPhone Next: "Designer Fabio Merzari came up with this new futuristic Apple iPhone concept. This mobile phone allows the user to change the dimensions and select the most suitable size for the touch-screen display."<br />
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Transparent Nokia Phone Concept: Designer Juan Carlos Garzon created this Nokia concept, with a touch screen interface and a transparent display.<br />
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Transparent Universal Remote Control: It features a transparent display and the remote is capable of recognizing the user as a living machine and modifies its transparent display according to users' demands and emotions.<br />
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Transparent Mobile Phone Concept: These 'Glassy Glassy Mobile Phone Concept' by Tokyo based designer Mac Funamizu features transparent screen and keypad, gives them a cool look!<br />
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HP LiM Concept: This concept is said to feature a 19 inches transparent touch screen that comes along with wireless keyboard and a virtual trackpad.<br />
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Transparent USB Memory Stick: Another one from designer Mac Funamizu; it illuminates to indicate the data saved, no lights means no data and lights filling the glass means there's no more space to store the data. The kind of data is recognized with colors, such as pink for images, blue for documents and green for movies.<br />
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Snowcorn Flexible Device: The "Snowcorn" flexible device features a camera, a projector and Wi-Fi that can be put on anywhere, on your clothes, around your chest or neck. The transparent part is a screen to show basic functions or the time.<br />
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Transparent Smartphone Concept: It's a transparent smartphone based on Windows Mobile OS; it also features a function to change its appearance depending on the weather.<br />
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Transparent Speakers: Ferguson Hill's FH001 is a horn speaker made of clear acrylic.<br />
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LG GD900 Crystal: It features a transparent slide-down keypad. <br />
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Transparent Sony Vaio X: It seems that this transparent case was for display purpose only and won't be available for purchase.<br />
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Nokia's Transparent Case: This transparent briefcase like box features a special shelf for Nokia phone on top, two speakers below and a nylon strap for holding. <br />
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Transparent Glass Keyboard: This keyboard concept by designer Kong Fanwen is supposed to work using tiny camera that detects the movement of your fingers.<br />
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Lexus Transparent Car: This transparent car is made from transparent acrylic glass.<br />
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Transparent Pool Table: The G-1 is said to be the world's first and only transparent top pool table; it's like no other pool table. It's a combination of modern styling and new technology; featuring a transparent playing area with glass top and resin playing surface. It also has an ultramodern frame with an integrated ball return. <br />
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The Looking Glass: It's a concept designed by Mac Funamizu that incorporates Internet, GPS, camera, and scanner to be an interactive tool. <br />
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Cobalto Transparent Mobile Phone: This futuristic concept device is supposed to create 3D objects in the air using its glass screen.<br />
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Lucent Mobile Phone Concept: Its supposed to have a function to show 3D images behind the screen.<br />
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Minivans are not always that fascinating, but to rid the minivans of that stereotype boring boxy image, here comes the Toyota Minivan concept designed for 2015. Part of an internship project held at Toyota design studio, this Hybrid Toyota Minivan is based on the current 7 seater Toyota Estima. Inspired by the Japanese bullet train and futuristic looking Tokyo River boat, concept’s futuristic and eye catching exterior brings the emotion impact that have considerable influence on customer’s mind while selecting a vehicle.<br />
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The concept features vast transparent door surfaces along with one motion windscreen integrated in glass roof that gives the excellent scenic view to the occupants. On the other, the minivan has three row of seats wherein there are five seats for the adults in the front two rows and third one which is especially designed for the children, is placed above the ground, can rotate. It not only offers the splendid observation for curious kids, but also provides an option to place electric batteries under the seat.<br />
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<a href="http://4funpics.blogspot.com/2010/12/toyota-minivan-2015-to-rid-minivans-of.html">Source</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-42409459055996033802011-12-31T19:28:00.002+07:002011-12-31T19:28:46.759+07:0010 Breathtaking Space-Age Vehicles Roaring Towards a Green FutureTighten your seatbelt and put on your gear as we take you on a awesome journey in to what would be the future of transportation with ‘Green Cars’ that are right out of flicks like Matrix or i-Robot. There are some which show the green creativity of young, modern designers while the others just show how the big boys can play when given a free hand with work. These cars do not just go on land; they fly in the air, go for a dive under the ocean and even make you wonder if they indeed are cars!! This ride just gets better with every step, so hang on to your seats and let the future come alive in front of your eyes…<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Honda’s future akin to the Matrix!</span><br />
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This is the project design that Honda says would be on the street by the end of next five decades. (I might, just might live to see this on the streets) The car is being said to be powered by Solar Hybrid technology & is a vehicle that is four in one. It can launch 4 different modes of vehicles I suppose. Like the Mini-Bike in the batman car maybe! Honda plan to attain this goal by integrating Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Gyros & molecular engineering. You know all this sounds so mind-boggling in theory itself. Hollywood would look so dull and pale when this indeed does hit the road! Awesomeness!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Flying Saucer-Cars Anyone?</span><br />
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The design comes from the CleanEra Project and is aimed at making future air travel green. The final goal however is to reduce the carbon emission by 50%. This is like you future car put in the air and if the company designing this comes out clean then you can pretty much bet that it will put every other car out of business and will have people fighting for air space!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Ford Nucleon: Nuclear Powered Ford!</span><br />
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The actual concept of the car dates back to as early as 1950’s and it is no real wonder that this still has not taken to road. Cold fusion and even controlled fission are way out of reach of being car fuel. But who know when this might actually work, if indeed ever! Moreover how green is it? You decide.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Rinspeed’s sQuba: Driving and diving with zero-emissions</span><br />
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Rinspeed, a Swiss based company is turning to the water for its latest concept; although this time they will be heading below the surface instead of skimming above it. Set to debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, the ‘sQuba’ concept is the world’s first diving car with zero emission power, according to the company, and can be submerged up to 10 meters or 33 feet below the surface. Now you can take a drive right in to the Great Barrier Reef!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. GM Globetrotter: Design of a young genius!</span><br />
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Harsha Ravi (21), who is on a holiday, that his ‘Globetrotter’ was selected out of 17 entries, in view of its “functionality, environmental sustainability, visual and emotional appeal and safety aspects.” The design speaks of a concept car for the future that can do almost everything that you would want it to in a green fashion! The design, style and simplicity of it all make you wonder if it is not possible any sooner than 2017 and beyond!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. NUS Urban Concept Car: All style</span><br />
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Intending to reduce the environmental stress of fuel emissions as well as consumptions, it is jointly developed by the NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering and Design Incubation Centre. Feeding on Gas-to-Liquid fuel, this light weighted car is developed with a low rolling resistance allowing it to freewheel without consuming any fuel upon reaching a certain speed. My personal favorite on the list for simply awesome style and great looks. Nike of the car world!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. M-Please-V: Explore off-road and maybe off-planet!</span><br />
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Again a vehicle that is awesome on style and substance, this was a green entrant at the Peugeot Design Contest 2007, the M-Please-V is a Multi-Purpose-lightweight-economic-and-simplistic-electric-Vehicle created by designer Sofian Tallal that seeks to redefine transportation and comfortable seating. The simplistic vehicle is designed to expose passengers to their environment and reduce technological distraction via an obvious lack of excessive electronics and accessories.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Coquille: Two-Wheeled Green Car!</span><br />
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The fact that it is the only futuristic green car that runs on two wheels earns this a direct spot on the list, if nothing else does. Running on two big wheels that seem to house the car structure in between them, the Coquille too fits the category of compact, zero emission and high mobility vehicles. Conceptualized by Emiliano Polsonetti, it manages to balance on the two wheels by a computerized system relying on gyroscopes. Also you can hop in and out of the two wheeled car from the front. Simply rolling ahead!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. VW Viseo: Classy green concept… all class!</span><br />
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The electric car prototype is a unique design developed by Marc Kirsch for his diploma project in collaboration with Volkswagen design in Wolfsburg, Germany. Powered by an electric engine the design of this three seated car is highly influenced by internationally renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Some Spanish flavor and elegant class make it a must on this amazing list. Well done Volks!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10. Zero-Impact Urban Mobility vehicle</span><br />
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Here is a concept that intends to be idealistic, defying the bounds of reality and convention. Designed Natalie Bonebrake, the concept provides for clean and possible urban transport for the future. This rounds of our list simple because this looks the most likely of all the concepts to hit the road and will hopefully do very soon!<br />
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That winds up our awesome top 10 and hopefully you had a marvelous journey along with us and also loved the little preview of the awesome future that waits for us in the next couple of decades. Let us see which one of these and which other concept cars make it to the road in the future and hopefully all of them will lead us towards a green future with zero-emissions and carbon neutral transportation. For future trends and more new concepts check Ecofriend regularly as we try bringing you only the best possible green gadgets and till then… Adios<br />
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Source: Ecofriend.org<br />
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<a href="http://4funpics.blogspot.com/2010/10/14-fun-concept-motorcycles.html">Source</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-48529152117574444192011-12-30T21:10:00.003+07:002011-12-30T21:33:44.680+07:00Greatest Disaster Film Scenes<span style="font-size: large;">Night and Ice (1912, Ger.) (or Night Time in Ice) (aka In Nacht und Eis)</span><br />
One of the earliest disaster films, this rare and restored film was the first of many feature films about the doomed ship that sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage, after striking an iceberg. This film was made in studios in Berlin, and on an actual shipboard (the German liner Kaiser Auguste Victoria) and released a few months after the RMS Titanic's actual sinking! It was of epic length (35 minutes) in comparison to other films of the time. The filmmakers sunk a real boat to show realism. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saved From the Titanic (1912)</span><br />
This 1-reel, 10 minute film from the Eclair Film Co. depicted the sinking of the Titanic, told in flashback by the film's star and screenwriter Dorothy Gibson, who was an actual survivor of the tragedy. It took less than a week to film. The Titanic sinking has become the most used disaster film subject, with dozens of retellings. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Atlantis (1913)</span><br />
One of the first full-length films ever made, with a 1 hour, 53 minute running time; this version of the Titanic story, made only a year after the disaster, was from Denmark (but filmed off the coast of New Zealand) and made by director August Blom; it told about a doctor's voyage on an oceanliner that hit an obstruction and began to sink. It was a very realistic and naturalistic-looking Titanic film with a well-staged action scene of the ship's sinking. It was also one of the most popular films of the 1910s, and a worldwide smash hit. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beloved Adventurer (1914)</span><br />
This early silent film (a 15-episode serial of one-reel melodramas), from the Lubin Film Manufacturing Co., portrayed a small-scale disaster: the head-on collision of two locomotive trains facing each other on the same track. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Male and Female (1919)</span><br />
In this Cecil B. De Mille film - star actress Gloria Swanson (as spoiled and rich Lady Mary Lasenby) was put into peril when the yacht she was traveling on was shipwrecked on rocks of a deserted island. The interior of the boat filled with water as she was trapped below and struggled amidst the floating pieces of furniture, although she was eventually able to emerge from a hole in the yacht's side and escape. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/metr.html">Metropolis (1927)</a></span><br />
This film climaxed with the spectacular flooding scenes of the underground city, with its tracking camera, when the children are led to safety from the rising waters. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Noah's Ark (1928/29)</span><br />
Originally a silent film - and then made into an early 'talkie' a year later (with several stultifying scenes of Vitaphone sound-on-disk dialogue) -- about the Biblical story of the 'Great Flood', directed by Michael Curtiz. This early epic 'talkie" was intercut with a parallel melodramatic romance story about soldiers in the Great War - with moralizing about the hedonistic sins of the Jazz Age and Wall Street speculation. The parallel intercutting was reminiscent of D.W. Griffith's <img border="0" src="http://www.filmsite.org/redstar.gif" /> <a href="http://www.filmsite.org/into.html">Intolerance (1916)</a>, with actors playing roles in both sections. This was Warner Bros.' answer to Cecil B. De Mille's Biblical epics of the 20s (especially The Ten Commandments (1923)), with a climactic flood sequence - that mixed miniatures, double-exposures, and the full-scale destruction of actual sets. Reportedly, when stored tanks of water were released for the sequence upon hundreds of unsuspecting extras, three of them died from drowning, and many others were severely injured. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/stea.html">Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)</a></span><br />
The final sequence of the film involved a terrifically destructive tornado/cyclone -- and one of the most suicidal and terrifying stunts and scenes in screen history. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Buster Keaton), groggy and dizzy, stood up in front of the house that was about to be ripped apart from the forceful winds. As he paused there, the entire two-ton facade or front of the building fell forward and crashed down on top of him. All that saved him was a small window opening in the upper story, through which his body passed. He ran from the collapsed building on the ground and just avoided being flattened by another disintegrating house. When he turned to run away, he was propelled down the street - sliding, tumbling, and turning like other wind-blown objects. He struggled to run into the wind, bending forward at a significant angle but without making any progress. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Wind (1928)</span><br />
Victor Sjöström directed this silent film about the relocation of Letty (Lillian Gish) from Virginia to the windblown frontier ranch/farm of her male cousin, where she experienced jealousy, an unending desert prairie sandstorm, and ultimately madness in the face of misdirected passion and the relentless tempest. In the film's finale, she shot male assailant Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love), buried him in the shifting sands, and watched in horror as his corpse was uncovered. The film was made in California's inhospitable Mojave Desert under temperatures of up to 120 degrees, with sand projected by multiple airplane engine propellers. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Atlantic (1929, UK)</span><br />
This mostly fictionalized, overacted, melodramatic tale was based on Ernest Raymond's play The Berg. It was another film inspired by the Titanic sinking - although the ship's name was Atlantic, not Titanic. It was the first sound film about the doomed ship - a compilation of the best footage from both the German-language talkie version and the English-language version. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deluge (1933)</span><br />
The first big-budget "talkie" disaster film with impressive visual effects about tidal waves devastating various California coastal cities and New York City. <br />
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<a href="http://www.filmsite.org/kingk.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.filmsite.org/redstar.gif" /> <span style="font-size: large;">King Kong (1933)</span></a><br />
The first "gigantic monster rampage" film, a classic adventure film about Beauty and the monstrous ape Beast. The colossal hairy creature, once returned to Manhattan Island, went on a rampage (attacking the elevated subway) and created havoc, before falling to his death from the 'Empire State Building' (the World Trade Center in a later version). Remade in the 'disaster film' decade of the 70s as a modernized King Kong (1976) by producer Dino De Laurentiis, starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange - and then an awful followup called King Kong Lives (1986) that added a Lady Kong, and another remake by The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, as King Kong (2005), starring Adrien Brody, Jack Black and Naomi Watts - with a computer-generated ape. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)</span><br />
Merian C. Cooper's and Ernest Schoedsack provided special-effects for this version of the Mt. Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D - a holocaust of flowing lava over the Roman city of Pompeii. It was made earlier as an Italian silent in 1913 and in 1926 - and also later remade in 1959 (with Steve Reeves) and 1984 (as a TV mini-series). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">San Francisco (1936)</span><br />
This Best Picture-nominated film recreated the famous April 18th, 1906 earthquake in the City by the Bay at its conclusion (with the earth splitting apart and a subsequent devastating fire). The film was a big moneymaker for MGM, and out of its five Academy Awards nominations, it won for Best Sound. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things to Come (1936, UK)</span><br />
British producer Alexander Korda's cautionary and epic view of the future was directed by visual imagist William Cameron Menzies and starred Raymond Massey (as pacifist intellectual and messianic scientist John Cabal). The imaginative, speculative and preachy English film was based on an adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1933 The Shape of Things to Come and was set during the years from 1940 to 2036 in 'Everytown' (London) - spanning a time of international warfare to a future time of television, jet planes, dictators, and a rocket to the Moon (a Giant Space Gun). The visionary anti-war film included a lengthy global world war (presaging WW II!), a despotic boss-tyrant named Rudolph (Ralph Richardson) in a "dark ages" 1970s, a prophetic Brave New World-view, the dawn of the space age, and the attempt of social-engineering scientists to defeat the warlords, save the war-ravaged world with superior technology, and make a new start for mankind. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Good Earth (1937)</span><br />
This Best Picture-nominated film featured a buzzing, marauding locust attack on the land recreated with special effects, accompanied by the frantic efforts of poverty-stricken farmers to save their lands. With five Academy Award nominations, including two wins for Best Actress and Best Cinematography. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">History is Made at Night (1937)</span><br />
A suspense thriller that featured a ship-and-iceberg subplot. It also told about an insanely jealous shipping magnate (Colin Clive) who ordered his ship's captain to pilot his ship, The Princess Irene, into treacherous Northern waters in an attempt to kill his ex-lover and her suitor (Jean Arthur and Charles Boyer). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hurricane (1937)</span><br />
Samuel Goldwyn's film was considered the classic movie spectacle - with a monstrous, South Pacific tropical storm, massive tidal waves and battering gale-force winds - and major stars Dorothy Lamour and Raymond Massey. Remade in 1979 with Mia Farrow and Jason Robards. With three Academy Award nominations, including Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Old Chicago (1938)</span><br />
A Best Picture Oscar nominee, with a spectacular 20-minute fire sequence in the film's climax (a dangerous sequence filmed on the studio's back lot with 1500 extras and a herd of cattle) - the burning down of Chicago by a great inferno in 1871 - caused by Mrs. O'Leary's (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner Alice Brady) cow kicking over a lantern. This film was 20th Century Fox's answer to MGM's hit San Francisco (1936). With a total of five nominations and only one win. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suez (1938)</span><br />
A spy thriller starring Tyrone Power, noted for its sandstorm sequence. Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Cinematography. <br />
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<a href="http://www.filmsite.org/gone.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.filmsite.org/redstar.gif" /> <span style="font-size: large;">Gone With the Wind (1939)</span></a><br />
With the celebrated scene of wounded Confederate soldiers at the make-shift train station hospital, and the burning of Atlanta (actually the burning of the set for <a href="http://www.filmsite.org/kingk.html">King Kong (1933)</a>). Nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, with eight wins for Best Picture, Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Director (Victor Fleming), Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel). Its Best Visual Effects nomination was defeated by The Rains Came (1939), see below. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Rains Came (1939)</span><br />
This was Darryl F. Zanuck's and 20th Century Fox's epic production - the biggest disaster epic of the decade. With a spectacularly-staged major earthquake and epic catastrophic flood sequence (after a dam burst with a combination of miniatures and live-action footage) in the Indian city of Ranchipur were followed by a cholera plague. This film won the first-ever Visual Effects Academy Award, beating <a href="http://www.filmsite.org/gone.html">Gone With the Wind (1939)</a> and five other films. A remake was made called The Rains of Ranchipur (1955). <br />
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<a href="http://www.filmsite.org/wiza.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.filmsite.org/redstar.gif" /><span style="font-size: large;"> The Wizard of Oz (1939)</span></a><br />
Notable for the cyclone sequence that carried the farmhouse along with Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog Toto to the colorful world of Oz. Nominated for five Academy Awards, and winning two: Best Song and Best Score. Its Visual Effects nomination was defeated by The Rains Came (1939) - see above. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Typhoon (1940)</span><br />
This was Paramount Studio's response to the popular film The Hurricane (1937) - see above, that also starred sarong-wearing Dorothy Lamour as its leading lady. The film was set on an island near Dutch Guinea, and featured a climactic typhoon and tidal wave in its final minutes - preceded by an island vegetational fire. Nominated for only one Academy Award: Best Visual Effects, which it lost to The Thief of Baghdad (1940). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lifeboat (1944)</span><br />
Alfred Hitchcock's suspense/thriller featured the survival efforts of nine passengers (including Tallulah Bankhead) of a torpedoed liner in a wrecked lifeboat. The film included the destruction of three ships -- the American oceanliner by a German U-boat (which itself was destroyed), and a Nazi German ship. Nominated for three Academy Awards, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay (John Steinbeck). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No Highway in the Sky (1951)</span><br />
In this dramatic thriller based on Nevil Shute's novel, James Stewart starred as aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey who forecast that the plane he was flying in would crash - because of metal fatigue after 1440 hours, although the plane's captain was skeptical. The film dramatized how advancing technological and scientific knowledge could be used to predict disasters. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Worlds Collide (1951)</span><br />
Based on the 1933 sci-fi novel by Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer. Producer George Pal's Technicolored apocalyptic film, an influential film for future filmmakers, featured end-of-the-world major disasters, such as worldwide fires and flooding (waves crashed into NYC), with a small segment of humanity escaping a doomed Earth in a Noah's Ark-styled rocketship (with about 40 participants selected by lottery, plus animals and livestock) built by a billionaire, to recolonize on the paradisical planet Zyra (seen in the last matte-painted image). The film's scientist had predicted an apocalypse - that the planet Zyra would pass close to the earth in about 8 months and cause massive tidal waves, earthquakes, fires, avalanches, the collapse of buildings and bridges, etc. 19 days after this catastrophe, the planet's star named Bellus would collide with whatever remained of the world.<br />
It was nominated for two Oscars (including Best Cinematography) and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. [To be remade by Stephen Sommers in 2010.] <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)</span><br />
Cecil B. De Mille's Best Picture winner featured a disastrous circus train wreck - one of the best aspects of this film. With five Oscar nominations and two wins, including Best Story. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Titanic (1953)</span><br />
This 20th Century Fox film featured an Oscar-winning screenplay by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard L. Breen, and starred Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb. It was one of the best renditions of the Titanic films and a model disaster film about the sinking of the ocean liner in 1912. The 20th Century Fox production featured a star-studded cast headed by Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck, and was most memorable for a recreated shot from the lifeboats watching as the ship (a 20 foot model boat) sank. [An interesting footnote - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) was simultaneously being filmed on the same ship!] With two Oscar nominations: Best Story and Screenplay (win) and Best Art Direction. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The War of the Worlds (1953)</span><br />
The classic and influential film adaptation of the H.G. Wells 1898 sci-fi classic (publicized by Orson Welles' infamous narrated radio play of 1938 that scared the world), the definitive Martian alien-invasion film (copied repeatedly afterwards, especially by the plot of Independence Day (1996)), made by producer George Pal, director Byron Haskin, and Paramount Studios. The film was set in 1950s Southern California (Linda Rosa, about 30 miles from L.A., and then within the city itself), and told of the invasion of hostile Martian spacecrafts shaped like green manta rays with cobra probes. The film starred Gene Barry as a heroic scientist and Ann Robinson as his obligatory love interest, amidst the devastation. The aliens invaded in manta ray-like space ships with cobra-like probes and zapped objects with green disintegration rays to destroy 1950s Los Angeles, forestalled only by their demise from minute bacterial agents.<br />
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its spectacular state-of-the-art visual fx, with two other nominations (Best Film Editing and Best Sound). Remade by Steven Spielberg as the spectacular War of the Worlds (2005), an updated version with disaster film elements, about sinister attacking aliens from the perspective of divorced father Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) with two children in the New York area -- with haunting recollections of the 9/11 nightmare. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Godzilla (1954, Jp.) (aka Gojira) and the Japanese Monster Movies</span><br />
Japan's Toho Studios (and director Inoshiro Honda, known as "The Father of Godzilla") contributed to the "creature feature" output after noticing the influence of Ray Harryhausen's The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) with stop-motion animation. Unlike that movie, this and subsequent Japanese monster movies would feature actors in giant, rubber monster costumes, fake-looking miniatures, and double-exposure photography. The film would be released in the USA as Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) with 40 minutes excised from the film and 20 minutes of new footage, including Raymond Burr as an American reporter.<br />
The film launched a slew of Japanese monster movies with such giant atomic creatures as Gamera (a flying turtle), Rodan (a pterodactyl), Mothra (a moth), Ghidorah (a 3-headed dragon), Dagora (flying jellyfish) as well as Godzilla clones named Agon and Gappa. Two remakes of the original, Godzilla 1985 (1985) and Roland Emmerich's big budget Godzilla (1998) would flop miserably in the box office. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The High and the Mighty (1954)</span><br />
This drawn-out, Cinemascopic William Wellman adventure/disaster film and melodramatic character study, adapted from pilot-turned-novelist Ernest K. Gann's novel, starred co-producer John Wayne as a veteran commercial airline co-pilot (with a haunted past) next to Captain Robert Stack aboard a San Francisco-bound flight from Honolulu. When the plane lost an engine and ran low on fuel at the point of no return, the passengers in the ensemble cast contemplated their lives and mortality. Like Zero Hour! (1957), it was one of the earliest airplane-disaster films and served as the blueprint for 70's airplane-related disaster films, such as Airport (1970). Nominated for six Oscars (including Best Director and two Best Supporting Actress nods for Claire Trevor and Jan Sterling), with one win for Best Score. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Giant Mutated Monster and Giant People Films of Bert I. Gordon (1957-1977)</span><br />
The famed schlockmeister B-director Bert Gordon (nicknamed Mr. Big, whose initials were B.I.G.) specialized in cheesy "giant mutated monster and giant people" films (often with disaster film elements) with cheap special effects, the most famous being The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), about Army Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning (Glenn Logan), who in a futile attempt to save a downed pilot, was blasted by a plutonium bomb, and grew to the height of 50 feet as a bald giant and then rampaged through Las Vegas, where he fell off Hoover/Boulder Dam to his apparent death. (It was followed by an inferior sequel War of the Colossal Beast (1958), notable only as a B/W film with a color finale when the Beast was electrocuted.) Other notable Gordon films included the giant grasshopper film Beginning of the End (1957) (that resembled Them! (1954)) starring Peter Graves, Earth Vs. the Spider (1958) (remade as a 2001 TV movie), a beach-party rock 'n' roll monster filmVillage of the Giants (1965) starring young Beau Bridges, Ron (as Ronny) Howard, Tommy Kirk and Johnny Crawford, The Food of the Gods (1976), and Empire of the Ants (1977) about giant marauding mutated ants in backwater Florida; most of Gordon's films were lampooned by Mystery Science Theater 3000. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)</span><br />
A semi-remake of The Rains Came (1939), itself nominated for only one Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Filmed in Pakistan. With Richard Burton, Lana Turner, and Fred MacMurray. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/tenc.html">The Ten Commandments (1956)</a></span><br />
With many special effects of natural disasters (especially during the plagues): the parting of the Red Sea, the Burning Bush, etc. With seven Academy Award nominations, with one win for Best Visual Effects. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Zero Hour! (1957)</span><br />
This relatively obscure disaster film would become famous as one of the first of the in-flight disaster films that would soon follow in the decade of the 70s. The author of this film's derivative teleplay, Arthur Hailey, would later write the novel and screenplay for Airport (1970). This film was also the basis for the classic gagfest spoof Airplane! (1980), and provided many of the cliches for future films.<br />
In this routine, melodramatic air disaster film, the two pilots of a commercial Canadian passenger plane became incapacitated, with half of the crew, due to contaminated food (tainted fish). Shell-shocked ex-RAF pilot in WWII, Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews), was the only passenger with previous flight experience, who happened to be on board when he followed estranged wife Ellen (Linda Darnell) and son Joey (Raymond Ferrell) onto the plane as they were departing to start a new life in Vancouver. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Night to Remember (1958, UK)</span><br />
Before James Cameron's Titanic (1997), this was considered the biggest and best of the Titanic films in terms of acting, writing, visual effects and stuntwork. An almost semi-documentary work, it was adapted by Eric Ambler from the best-selling book by Walter Lord, and told the story of the vessel's launch and then sinking on the fateful night of April 14, 1912. The climactic sequence of striking the iceberg and the sinking was re-created with careful accuracy and filmed close to "real time." <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the Beach (1959)</span><br />
Stanley Kramer's bleak black and white melodramatic film, based on Nevil Shute's novel, proposed nuclear annihilation in a post-apocalyptic world (the aftermath of World War III) - this talky Cold War-era doomsday film dramatized the realities of that post-nuclear world, with survivors waiting for their radioactive doom within five months in Australia, the last refuge on Earth in 1964. The crew of a US nuclear submarine took a reconnaissance mission to San Diego, CA in search of the source of a radio signal - despairingly finding that a Coke bottle was caught in a window shade being blown by the wind against a radio transmitter key. With major stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire (in a rare dramatic role). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Last Voyage (1960)</span><br />
An action/adventure starring Robert Stack as a man who desperately attempted to find his wife (Dorothy Malone) and children who were trapped in a sinking luxury liner. The film advertised "91 Minutes of the Most Intense Suspense in Motion Picture History!" The initial explosion, the flooding and destruction of the ship, and its dramatic sinking were effectively presented. With only one Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects that it lost to The Time Machine (1960). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961, UK)</span><br />
This apocalyptic film told about the Earth's orbit shifting when both the USA and the USSR exploded nuclear bombs at the same time, causing the Earth to slowly drift into the Sun. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Panic In Year Zero (1962)</span><br />
A film about the degradation of humanity after a nuclear apocalypse, starring Ray Milland. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/bird.html">The Birds (1963)</a></span><br />
Alfred Hitchcock's classic, and one of the first "animals attack" disaster films, featuring Oscar-nominated Visual Effects (by Ub Iwerks) for the massive bird attacks on a sleepy northern California seaside town. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fail-Safe (1964)</span><br />
Another political doomsday disaster film during the Cold War era (a serious and very bleak version of Kubrick's black comedy<a href="http://www.filmsite.org/drst.html">Dr. Strangelove, Or: (1964)</a>), from director Sidney Lumet, about how World War III could actually happen -- in this hypothetical film, misguided transmissions from Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters erroneously sent a squadron of US bombers with atomic weapons flying towards Moscow to attack. The tense 'race-against-time' was to try to beat the 'fail-safe' position when pilots would no longer have to follow orders. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/series-planetofapes.html">Planet of the Apes (1968)</a></span><br />
The first film in the series depicted a post-apocalyptic, post-nuclear futuristic planet (Earth) - revealed in the film's startling conclusion by a half-submerged Statue of Liberty. All of the films told about apes that had evolved into an intelligent society, with advanced make-up techniques that reversed the social positions of intelligent humans and brutal apes to slyly criticize racial stereotypes. The classic films were derived from Pierre Boule's novel Monkey Planet, and also examined the effects of technology upon humankind. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)</span><br />
This disaster film, advertised as "The Incredible Day That SHOOK the Earth to Its Core", was based on the most explosive volcanic eruption in recorded 19th century history - on August 27th, 1883, on the island of Krakatoa. Nominated for one Academy Award: Best Visual Effects. With Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, and Brian Keith. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marooned (1969)</span><br />
It was the first astronauts-in-danger film, about astronauts whose rockets refused to ignite to return to Earth. With dwindling oxygen, one of the astronauts named Jim (Richard Crenna) sacrificed his life during a spacewalk so the other two would live. Notable in that it preceded the real-life Apollo 13 incident by a mere 5 months (and the Danish release by only 12 days!). Nominated for three Academy Awards (including Best Cinematograpy and Best Sound), and winning for Best Visual Effects. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Airport (1970)</span><br />
This was the grandfather of them all - adapted from the novel by Arthur Hailey. This Universal film launched the 1970s-80s craze for many other Hollywood airplane disaster films, filmed on a large-scale with an all-star cast. It followed a series of emergency disasters occurring at a large Midwestern hub airport late one snowy night -- at Chicago's Lincoln International Airport (?). Control tower and airport personnel (Burt Lancaster and George Kennedy) negotiated how to land an ill-fated, badly-crippled Boeing 707 (piloted by Dean Martin) that had departed on an evening flight to Rome during a blizzard, and had a bomb explode onboard. Followed by three sequels in 1974, 1977, and 1979. Nominated for an astounding ten Academy Awards (including Best Picture), with one win for Best Supporting Actress (Helen Hayes) as a stowaway. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Andromeda Strain (1971)</span><br />
Adapted from Michael Crichton's novel, and directed by Robert Wise - a suspenseful science-fiction disaster-related story about a mysterious organism brought from the returned Scoop 7 space probe/satellite that wiped out an entire village in New Mexico. A team of scientists in the top-secret Project Wildfire lab located in Nevada - a massive, high-tech underground lab facility (set to be detonated if the deadly alien virus was not controlled) raced against time to destroy the microscopic space alien, named the Andromeda Strain, before it threatened to wipe out life on Earth. Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Art Direction and Best Film Editing. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Omega Man (1971)</span><br />
In this sci-fi disaster film set in 1978, Charlton Heston starred as Dr. Robert Neville, apparently the sole survivor of biological germ warfare unleashed on Earth in the mid-1970s during a conflict between China and Russia. After taking the antidote, he struggled to survive in the city of LA over-run by nocturnal, sinister, partially-blind, black-hooded, disease-altered, albinoid mutant scavengers (called "The Family"). They were led by a charismatic, cult-leading zealot named Matthais (Anthony Zerbe), who viewed Neville as personifying the technological evil that destroyed the world. The film ended with various Christ-like allusions, with crucifix-posed Neville sacrificing himself in a pool of blood with a spear in his side. The story originated from the 1954 Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend - which was also the title for the blockbuster remake I Am Legend (2007)starring Will Smith. Richard Matheson also wrote the Italian-made adaptation The Last Man on Earth (1964), with Vincent Price. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Poseidon Adventure (1972)</span><br />
Noted as the quintessential disaster film by the "Master of Disaster" producer Irwin Allen, combined with a <a href="http://www.filmsite.org/gran.html">Grand Hotel (1932)</a> cast of characters on New Year's Eve; it included special effects of the ship capsizing due to a giant tidal wave, the overturned dining area, and the creation of the upside-down world inside the ship as ten survivors (cast members Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, and Gene Hackman) all struggled to live and get to the 'top' (actually the bottom) of the submerged liner. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, with one win for Best Song ("The Morning After"). It also was presented with an Honorary Award for Best Visual Effects. Followed by a lesser sequel in 1979 and a critically-panned remake Poseidon (2006) 34 years later. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Airport '75 (1974)</span><br />
The second of the Airport films - this one about the flight of a Columbia Boeing 747 on a flight bound for L.A. that was rerouted to Salt Lake City and then suffered an in-flight collision with a light private plane piloted by Dana Andrews - and had to be flown by stewardess Karen Black. One of the subplots featured Linda Blair as a heart transplant patient, and other passengers/stars included Myrna Loy, Sid Caesar, George Kennedy and Gloria Swanson (in her last film). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Earthquake (1974)</span><br />
The scenes of the crumbling destruction of Los Angeles by a powerful earthquake were accompanied by the first use of low-frequency bass rumbling Sensurround ("You'll FEEL it as well as see it!") (responsible for the film's only competitive Academy Award Oscar win: Best Sound) and quite impressive special effects. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing. It also won a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects.<br />
The Universal film employed hundreds of stunt extras for the massive crowd scenes, and effectively used front projection, as well as matte drawings to depict the panoramic LA area suffering from a 9.9 level earthquake. It also included 'model' skyscrapers that collapsed, Styrofoam 'concrete,' and a 'miniature' to depict the crumbling Hollywood Dam.<br />
The film included cameos and vignettes with many stars, including Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Genevieve Bujold, Debra Scott, Walter Matthau, and more. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Juggernaut (1974)</span><br />
An action 'race-against-time' thriller about seven bombs planted on the Britannic - a luxury cruise liner (captained by Omar Sharif) halfway across the Atlantic with 1,200 passengers - that were due to be detonated by dawn, unless a large sum of money ($1.5 million) was paid by the British government in exchange for defusing instructions to dismantle the complex bombs - Richard Harris starred as the leader of the anti-bomb squad. The film's title was the pseudonym for the blackmailing mad bomber (Freddie Jones) himself. Directed by Beatles' film-maker Richard Lester. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Towering Inferno (1974)</span><br />
Irwin Allen's most popular and spectacular life-and-death epic disaster film with innovative stunts and a big-name ensemble cast that garnered eight Oscar nominations, including oddly enough, Best Picture and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Fred Astaire. Winner of three Oscars - Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Song: "We May Never Love Like This Again." With spectacular fire sequences that were filmed in an oversized, blazing skyscraper of 138 stories (with an all-star cast among 300 party guests situated near the top floor while a fire burned below them on the 85th floor) - including the descent of an outside elevator along the face of the burning building, and Steve McQueen as the rescuing firefighter. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hindenburg (1975)</span><br />
A docu-dramatization, with lots of sub-plots and melodrama by director Robert Wise, of the explosion of the famous pioneering, but ill-fated lighter-than-air passenger airship-zeppelin. The film followed the ship's last voyage from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst (New Jersey) Naval Air Station, where it crashed and burst into flames while landing in rough weather in May of 1937. The film included the actual newsreel footage of the airship's explosion and fire, with the unforgettable eye-witness 'you-are-there' account of the disaster by news reporter Herbert Morrison. The film won Special Achievement Oscars for its Sound and Visual Effects. With George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Cassandra Crossing (1976)</span><br />
A West German/Italian co-produced disaster thriller about a virus-infected man (harboring a deadly pneumonic plague) aboard the Transcontinental Express train with 1,000 passengers, from Geneva enroute to Basel, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. Along the way, the train was quarantined, welded shut, and diverted to Poland via the old and condemned steel Kaslindrliv Bridge, or Cassandra Crossing. With Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, and O.J. Simpson. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Food of the Gods (1976)</span><br />
An infamously silly B-movie, and one of the last films by Bert I. Gordon, about an island populated by giant rats, chickens, and wasps. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two Minute Warning (1976)</span><br />
A crime thriller-disaster film, with Charlton Heston as the head of the LA Police Department and John Cassavettes as the leader of the SWAT team, at a major-league football stadium (the LA Coliseum) filled with 91,000 fans during a championship game between Los Angeles and Baltimore, and an anonymous psychotic sniper with a high-powered hunting rifle perched on the top of the stadium's scoreboard. This cliffhanger brought suspense to film-goers and mass panic among the spectators as they stampeded in the film's finale. Nominated for Best Film Editing. <img height="257" src="http://www.filmsite.org/disasters/twominutewarning.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Airport '77 (1977)</span><br />
The third Airport film - this one featured the maiden flight of a Boeing 747 on a flight from Washington DC to Palm Beach, Florida being hijacked and crashing into the Bermuda Triangle, then sinking about one hundred feet underwater, and resting on a precarious ledge. With Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Brenda Vaccaro, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, George Kennedy and Lee Grant. Nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Black Sunday (1977)</span><br />
John Frankenheimer's prophetic film was about a former Vietnam POW who aligned with a terrorist group in a plot to kill thousands of people by loading a bomb on the Goodyear Blimp and exploding it over spectators during Miami's Super Bowl. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rollercoaster (1977)</span><br />
A suspenseful 'disaster' film with an all-star cast (George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, and Susan Strasberg) about a crazy terrorizing madman (Timothy Bottoms) who threatened, through extortion, the bombing of additional amusement park rollercoasters in five different locations around the country, if his blackmailing demands for $1 million were not met. It concluded with a tense chase finale at Magic Mountain near Los Angeles. This film was accompanied by the Sensurround effect - to shake the audience in their chairs (it was the third film ever to feature the technological innovation, following Earthquake (1974) and Midway (1976)). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gray Lady Down (1978)</span><br />
A surprisingly dull Charlton Heston vehicle about an American nuclear sub, the USS Neptune, that, on its way to the naval base port of Groton, CT, crashed into a Norwegian freighter, sank, and found itself trapped on the floor of the ocean about 1,500 feet down. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/series-superman.html">Superman: The Movie (1978)</a></span><br />
A classic superhero film about the 'Man of Steel' that featured Superman (Christopher Reeve) dealing with various catastrophes, such as a falling Daily Planet helicopter (saving reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) in the process) from the roof of the newspaper building, and a lightning-damaged engine on Air Force One carrying the President (saved by Superman flying in its place). In the film's exciting conclusion, there was a cavalcade of disasters following a nuclear explosion of a misdirected rocket missile by evil Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) in the San Andreas Fault in California, including a buckling Golden Gate Bridge with a school bus dangling off the edge (Superman saved it from falling), a collapsing HOLLYWOOD sign in Los Angeles, a potential train derailment (Superman connected the broken track with his own body), and the bursting of Hoover Dam (Superman saved Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen (Marc McClure) from death). Superman rolled a huge boulder and other rocks into place to save a nearby valley town from a cascade of water. He also resealed the San Andreas Fault by boring underground, pushing plates of land back together, and damming up and redirecting a flow of on-rushing lava. His failure to save Lois from a crevasse that swallowed her car during an aftershock, and suffocated her to death, resulted in him turning back time by circumnavigating the globe at lightspeed, to save her life - ignoring his father Jor-El's (Marlon Brando) cautionary warning about interfering with human history. Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Score (John Williams). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Swarm (1978)</span><br />
A preposterous Irwin Allen film about South American killer bees (originally from Africa) with potent venom that first invaded an American ICBM base, and then a small Texas town and were beginning to infiltrate into major US cities (such as Houston), necessitating containment-suited individuals with flame-throwers to eradicate them. With major stars including Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Fred MacMurray, Katharine Ross - and others ill-used. In one scene, a helicopter was downed by the insects, and then a passenger train evacuating citizens was attacked by the swarm, derailed and rolled down a hillside. The film contained a curious disclaimer in the end credits: "The African killer bee portrayed in this film bears absolutely no relationship to the industrious, hard-working American honey bee to which we are indebted for pollinating vital crops that feed our nation." <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)</span><br />
An unnecessary sequel to the classic disaster film, once again about the S.S. Poseidon that was flipped over by a tidal wave, with two rival salvage teams of adventurers (one good led by Michael Caine - the other evil led by Telly Savalas) searching for gold and plutonium simultaneously; with lots of cheaply-shot, unrealistic footage, and inferior character development. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The China Syndrome (1979)</span><br />
An exciting, suspenseful doomsday film about the threat of a nuclear reactor accident, made all the more real by the actual Three Mile Island (Pennsylvania) incident two weeks after the film's premiere. The near melt-down at the power plant in this anti-nuclear power film was averted by the plant manager (Jack Lemmon), but further conspiracies were brought to light regarding shoddy construction, corporate greed, and media manipulation. The film's title referred to a kind of reactor accident that would melt - theoretically - all the way through the earth to China. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Lemmon), Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Best Art Direction, and Best Original Screenplay. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">City on Fire (1979)</span><br />
A badly-conceived Canadian film - and one of the last big-budget, cavalcade-of-stars disaster films of the 1970's, about an oil-refinery explosion (caused by a vengeful pyromaniac) that created a sweeping, chain-reaction series of fires through a small, unnamed Midwestern town. Henry Fonda was again in this as chief of the fire brigade - his fifth disaster film in just a few years - his previous 'disasters' were in Rollercoaster (1977), Tentacles (1977), The Swarm (1978), and Meteor (also 1979). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)</span><br />
The last and worst of the Airport series - and almost a precursor to the next year's Airplane! (1980) - this one about a long-running plot to shoot down the Concorde with missiles as it flew to Paris - and causing it to fly upside down and then land without brakes. In another segment of the film, the Concorde continued onto the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when rapid decompression forced it to make an emergency landing in the Alps - where it then burst into flames. George Kennedy (appearing as the co-pilot) was the only well-known actor to appear in all four segments of the Airport series. This film also starred Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Mercedes McCambridge (as the coach of the Soviet women's gymnastics team), John Davidson and Sylvia Kristel. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mad Max (1979, Aust.)</span><br />
A post-apocalyptic, nihilistic trilogy from Australia's George Miller contained both film noir and western genre elements in its sci-fi tale. The films were dark, desolate and grim in nature and set in a scorched-earth Australia with scarce supplies of water and gasoline. The first of the trio was the low-budget, independent original film Mad Max (1979) that introduced Max (Mel Gibson) as a vigilante after the killing of his wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and child by a brutal gang of marauding motorcycle punks. The two sequels were: the action-packed, thrilling The Road Warrior (1981) (aka Mad Max 2) with Gibson defending himself and a colony of pioneers beset by roving gangs of Mohawked outlaws, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) set 15 years after the previous installment in a post-nuclear apocalyptic wasteland with Tina Turner as the villainous queen overlord of Bartertown. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meteor (1979)</span><br />
A big-budget doomsday disaster film from American International Pictures (AIP) and director Ronald Neame (noted for The Poseidon Adventure (1972)), about a massive 5-mile wide meteor (named Orpheus) that was due to strike New York City, thereby causing an earthquake and massive underground and surface flooding. Its tagline was: "It's five miles wide...it's coming at 30,000 mph...and there's no place on Earth to hide!" The film also featured a meteorite fragment destroying the World Trade Center (albeit poorly done), adding a disturbing subtext due to the 9/11 tragedy 22 years later. Launched US warheads eventually reached the meteor in outer space and destroyed it. The film starred Sean Connery and Natalie Wood (with a sliced romantic sub-plot), and Henry Fonda as the President. With one Academy Award nominaton for Best Sound. <img height="275" src="http://www.filmsite.org/disasters/meteor.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Airplane! (1980)</span><br />
This tongue-in-cheek movie was probably the best disaster film spoof ever made, and one of the surprise comedy hits of all-time by The Kentucky Fried Movie trio of writers: David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams. [In that 1977 film, they lampooned the entire Irwin Allen genre with a hilarious preview trailer for the disaster film That's Armageddon.] This low-brow effort filled with rapid-fire quips, sight gags, and double entendres parodied both Zero Hour! (1957) (from which it took plot and characters) and the various subplots from the Airport films of the previous decade (most notably Airport '75 (1974)'s girl-needing-heart transplant subplot). This film not only launched Leslie Nielsen's comic deadpan career and the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker films, but destroyed the Irwin Allen-styled, big-budget disaster film genre for many years. High-octane action films with macho male stars and other superheroes would take their place. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Time Ran Out... (1980)</span><br />
This was notable as producer Irwin Allen's final disaster feature film - the end of the 70s cycle of this sub-genre; it was a routine effort that plagiarized actors and plots from earlier works such as The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972); it told of a dormant volcano ready to blow on a tropical island, inhabited by such stars in the locale's luxury resort as William Holden, Jacqueline Bisset, Ernest Borgnine, and others. Paul Newman starred as the hero who saved some of the stars, amidst a volcanic explosion, rumblings, giant fireballs, a tidal wave, and a precarious crossing of a bridge above hot lava. Nominated in Best Costume Design category. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Day After (1983)</span><br />
One of the better made-for-TV movies, and one of the best-known, most-uncompromising nuclear holocaust films ever made - an ABC-TV program that drew 100 million viewers in the US - the second largest TV audience ever for a dramatic program. About the survivors living in a Midwestern city of a nuclear exchange of missiles between the US and Russia, and the subsequent approaching nuclear winter. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Das Boot (1983, Ger.)</span><br />
One of the greatest war films of all-time - this was set on a claustrophobic, disaster-plagued German U-Boat during World War II. Nominated for six Academy Awards, none of which won. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/term.html">The Terminator (1984)</a></span><br />
The film, the first in a long-running franchise series, opened in the year 2029 in a dark, ruined post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, a scene of devastation where machines ruled the world ("The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present"). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Runaway Train (1985)</span><br />
A taut action film and a precursor to Speed (1994) -- based on a screenplay by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa; with Jon Voight and Eric Roberts as escaped inmates from an Alaskan maximum-security prison, who board a runaway train speeding along at high velocity with no brakes (and an engineer who died of a heart attack) - on a collision course down wintry tracks in the Alaskan wilderness. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Actor (Voight) and Best Supporting Actor (Roberts). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Miracle Mile (1988)</span><br />
Steve De Jarnatt's nihilistic noir thriller starred Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham at the start of World War III. It ended with mass rioting in the streets of Los Angeles when word leaked of an impending nuclear apocalypse. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Abyss (1989)</span><br />
James Cameron's big budget science-fiction spectacle about a nuclear submarine scarily submerged 25,000 feet down, with rescue attempts by an oil-rig crew and Navy SEALS, and featuring the appearance of aquatic aliens, and a famous tidal-wave finale in the restored Director's Cut of the film. This film was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won one for Best Visual Effects. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alive (1993)</span><br />
A notorious docudrama film about a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes in the fall of 1972 in sub-zero temperatures, forcing them to resort to cannibalism to survive after extricating themselves from the twisted wreckage. The film opened with the spectacular airplane crash, and then weeks of struggling survival followed. Based on the novel of the same name by Piers Paul Read. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Fugitive (1993)</span><br />
A Best Picture-nominated film with an incredible train wreck scene causing Deputy Samuel Gerard (Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones) to comment upon the wreckage, "My, my, my, my, my. What a mess." With seven Academy Award nominations (with only one win), including Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound, and Best Sound Effects Editing. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Outbreak (1995)</span><br />
A deadly, Ebola-like monkey-borne virus from Africa re-emerged in the US through an illegally-smuggled infected animal, with Dustin Hoffman as the infectious disease expert called to eradicate the deadly airborne virus spreading in a small California town. One digital effects sequence effectively demonstrated how the virus could quickly spread by a sneeze (and its particle-filled viral spray) in a crowded movie theatre. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Daylight (1996)</span><br />
With Sylvester Stallone as the disgraced former head of Emergency Medical Services, who formed a rescue operation when a traffic accident triggered an explosion that sealed both ends of the tunnel under the Hudson River in New York City. Advertised as: "No Air, No Escape, No Time". Death may come through suffocation, by fire, by being crushed, or by drowning. With only one Academy Award nomination: Best Sound Effects Editing. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Independence Day (1996)</span><br />
Director Roland Emmerich's remake, unofficially, of the original alien attack film The War of the Worlds (1953), told of alien invaders overtaking the Earth. Doomsday for the world was signaled by a monstrous, asteroid-sized UFO that entered Earth's atmosphere and hovered over the skyline of NYC. Included a well-publicized images of the White House and Capitol Building being destroyed, and revived the tradition of disaster films of having a large-scale cast. With only two Academy Award nominations, including Best Sound, and the winner of the Best Visual Effects Oscar (defeating Twister (1996)). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twister (1996)</span><br />
Nature's wrath was unleashed with this Jan de Bont film, when twister-chasing, thrill-seeking meteorologists (Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt) pursued killer tornadoes, with a sensing device nicknamed DOROTHY. State of the art, digital special effects and computer graphics included cows flying through the air. With only two Academy Award nominations: Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dante's Peak (1997)</span><br />
Although formulaic and cliched, it was the better of the two competing volcano disaster films in 1997 (see also Volcano (1997) below). It told about a small Pacific Northwest town called Dante's Peak that was threatened by an erupting volcano. Pierce Brosnan portrayed a volcano expert from the U.S. Geological Survey who warned of the impending disaster - to little effect, until the evidence of massive ash clouds, and rivers of raging mud and molten rock caused death-defying attempts at escape. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)</span><br />
Jan de Bont's race-against-time follow-up to Speed (1994) was about an out-of-control cruise liner aimed at a Caribbean resort town. Willem Dafoe played the copper-poisoned, vengeful wacko villain who hijacked the ship with his laptop computer. The film's most expensive sequence was the liner's slow crash through a pier and a couple of buildings in the resort harbor town. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Titanic (1997)</span><br />
James Cameron's masterpiece of historical accuracy chronicled the sinking of the Titanic in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. One of the most popular films of all-time, it grossed over a billion dollars worldwide, with complex digital effects, models, live-action and miniatures. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, and the winner of eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Volcano (1997)</span><br />
The title of this disaster film was somewhat of a misnomer -- rather, it was about an underground volcano with a lava vent (LaBrea Tar Pits) that flooded Los Angeles (in the heart of Hollywood) with destructive lava. It showed the efforts of Tommy Lee Jones as a strict emergency management director to barricade the city against the slow-moving menace, with appropriate pyrotechnic special effects - including raining lava. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Armageddon (1998)</span><br />
One of two competing "killer asteroid" films of 1998 (see also Deep Impact (1998) below) in which a mining team raced to plant explosives on a gigantic meteor. The Michael Bay film featured smaller meteorites devastating New York City. LikeMeteor (1979), it featured now-disturbing imagery of a damaged World Trade Center -- and rogue meteors causing the complete destruction of Paris and Shanghai. With four Academy Award nominations: Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Song, and Best Visual Effects (defeated by What Dreams May Come (1998)). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deep Impact (1998)</span><br />
A more philosophical, introspective, and character-driven existential film than Armageddon (1998), about a comet splinter that hit Earth - causing a massive, four hundred foot tidal wave that devastated New York City, and the efforts of astronauts (led by Robert Duvall) to prevent further apocalyptic destruction. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/series-matrix.html">The Matrix Films (1999-2003)</a></span><br />
A series of hyperkinetic thrillers from the Wachowski Brothers examined the nature of reality in the external world - seemingly uncertain, in which reality was a computer simulation (the Matrix), and the actual Earth was scorched. Evil machines kept humans pacified and fooled by the illusion that mimicked everyday reality. The films were set in the near future (actually about 200 years later, around the year 2199). The character of computer programmer/hacker Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), with screen-name alias Neo was introduced - destined to be a messianic one to save the world. Rebel warrior Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) explained how life on Earth - the Matrix ("It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth") - was only a completely-simulated reality or facade created by malevolent, cyber-artificial-intelligent sentient beings that enslaved humans by imprisoning their minds and bodies ("Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind"). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Final Destination (2000)</span><br />
A violent plane crash, previsioned by one of the passengers who deplaned, opened this horror film, which was controversially based on the tragic TWA 800 crash. It even used news footage from that crash as stock footage. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Perfect Storm (2000)</span><br />
A downbeat, nihilistic true story about the Andrea Gail, a North Atlantic fishing troller from Gloucester, Massachusetts that was caught in the fall of 1991 in a violent storm with fifty foot sea swells after two weeks at sea. With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Diane Lane. With only two Academy Award nominations: Best Sound and Best Visual Effects (defeated by Gladiator (2000)). <img height="272" src="http://www.filmsite.org/disasters/perfectstorm.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">28 Days Later (2002, UK)</span><br />
This apocalyptic, sci-fi horror film from director Danny Boyle opened in a completely deserted London, with haunting views of a virus-ravaged landscape, due to the effects of an experimental, laboratory-bred virus or plague. Animal activists had attempted to rescue simian victims from sadistic scientists in the Cambridge Primate Research Center, with disastrous results when the raging, infected animals were set free - the evacuated city became overrun with roaming bands of crazed, diseased zombies as a result of the infectious blood disorder. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/series-jackryan4.html">The Sum of All Fears (2002)</a></span><br />
This fourth film starring Tom Clancy's hero Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck in the role rather than Harrison Ford) featured a terrorist nuclear bombing of part of the city of Baltimore during a major professional football competition. When the bomb detonated (it was hidden in a cigarette vending machine in the stadium's underground parking area), the shockwaves of the mushroom-shaped nuclear blast destroyed much of the city, and the President's motorcade of cars was toppled. The blast was reported to be from a low-yield device, smaller than the Hiroshima bomb, and it had left a crater a quarter of a square mile around the stadium (ground zero), and other heavily damaged buildings for another quarter mile. The film was delayed in theatrical showings due to the 9/11 disaster, and heavily edited. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Core (2003)</span><br />
A worldwide ecological disaster film about how the Earth's molten core stopped spinning, causing the unleashing of harmful microwave rays that caused disasters such as earthquakes, bridge collapses, and super electrical-lightning storms all over the world, with a team of scientists on a mission to drill into the core and detonate nuclear warheads -- a preposterous and entirely unscientific idea. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Day After Tomorrow (2004)</span><br />
An ecological disaster film, the second disaster film from director Roland Emmerich, chronicled the catastrophic climactic after-effects of global warming (the greenhouse effect): with hurricanes, killer tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, tidal waves, and an impending Ice Age. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/series-dead5.html">Diary of the Dead (2007)</a></span><br />
George Romero's most recent low-budget "Dead" film, in its "film-within-a-film" framework, began with conflicting and dubious news reports told that there were no clear reason for the chaos in the world, although there was speculation about some kind of germ or epidemic, or natural calamity, or even that everything was a massive hoax. It was obvious that political and social unrest had been unleashed, as a result of the zombie infestation. Student film-makers were interrupted while making a Blair Witch Project-like horror film, and they determinedly took their video cameras and other gadget-techno devices on the road to tell the real truth of the zombie attacks with their own first-person footage. The students believed the government was lying about the causes of the zombie resurrection, and vowed to show the world the truth of what had really happened. The documentary of the unexplainable zombie phenomenon (mostly with long takes and jerky hand-held digital video camera shots) was called The Death of Death. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I Am Legend (2007)</span><br />
A man-made virus (a genetically-engineered cancer cure that mutated and became deadly) virtually wiped out most of the global population three years earlier. The film's setting was New York City in the year 2012, and the only survivor was ex-military scientist Dr. Robert Neville (Will Smith), a virologist. The previous two versions of the film (adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel) were The Last Man on Earth (1964) with Vincent Price, and The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston. By day, Neville hunted and foraged throughout the starkly deserted and abandoned city (with cars left on the streets), avoiding the zombified, vampirish, virus-infected mutant creatures or hemocytes (called DarkSeekers) that only emerged at night. Major on-location sites in NYC included Times Square, Tribeca, and Washington Square, with one of the most spectacular scenes involving a fragmented Brooklyn Bridge (a $5 million dollar scene). <img height="225" src="http://www.filmsite.org/disasters/iamlegend.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Knowing (2009)</span><br />
Alex Proyas' sci-fi action disaster thriller was set up with the opening, fifty years later, of a Boston-area elementary school time capsule with letters written by schoolchildren in 1959; the letter of sad, slightly-disturbed schoolgirl Lucinda Embry (Lara Robinson) had seemingly random numbers, deciphered as meaningful code by MIT astrophysics professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). He guessed that a series of numbers, such as 911012996, referred to dates of worldwide disasters in the last 50 years, (the World Trade Center disaster on 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, natural disasters, plane crashes etc.), and then figured out that the numbers were in sequence by date, body count, and then GPS geographic positional coordinates (latitude and longitude). There were three more deadly events about to happen in the near future, and he experienced all of them - beginning with a realistically-fiery commercial plane crash near Boston's Logan Airport as he was driving on the clogged freeway. He also foretold and witnessed a Worth and Lafayette St. (Manhattan) subway train derailment crash-collision (and his son Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) envisioned a woodland wildfire consuming stampeding deer and moose). The last event was cataclysmic and apocalyptic - a disaster of worldwide proportions due to a massive solar flare (causing energy bursts of radioactivity that destroyed the Earth's ozone layer) that consumed the NYC skyline and Times Square (and eventually the entire Earth), prefaced by chaos in the city's streets. The final number 33 was actually EE="everyone else" written backwards, signifying that there would be no survivors (everyone would die) on October 19, 2009. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2012 (2009)</span><br />
End of days movie-expert Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic, based upon the Mayan calendar's apocalyptic predictions for the cataclysmic year 2012, followed his own alien invasion Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), the global warming epic The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and the prehistoric 10,000 BC (2008). In this one, the heating up of the Earth's core produced a monstrous earthquake that caused Los Angeles (with buckling freeways and falling skyscrapers) to crack open and fall into the ocean, while Yellowstone National Park succumbed to a volcanic eruption, the Washington Monument toppled, the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was swept up by a gigantic tidal wave and crashed upside down onto the White House, Rio de Janiero's Christ the Redeemer statue fell, a giant tsunami struck India, the Eiffel Tower was leveled, while a tidal wave inundated the Himalayas, St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel crumbled (with Michelangelo's Adam and God painting splitting apart), and an entire cruise ship liner was overturned by a giant wave and sank to the bottom of the ocean. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dadi Shuttle as Toyota Prado</span><br />
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The mountain railways war made by British Raj. But still now they using the same track and don’t make new tracks or modernize and revolutionary by latest technology.<br />
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This railway track crosses the Himalayas’ dangerous ways. Each line of railway passes through rugged foothills of that mountain area. The journey is so boring, painful, slow and overcrowded.<br />
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Mostly people like to travel by train. The journey of train is affordable, interesting and usually safe than others. Some times the journey becomes very risky for the passengers.<br />
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When train passes dangerous mountains, bridges of rivers, thick and dark forests . It creates great fear in the hearts of people. The tracks are given here are quiet amazing and formidable. If you have an interest in adventure, should travel on these routes and enjoy the life.<br />
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This train ride built in 1898. This is a very famous ride for tourists. The length of this track 20 miles which shows an International Civil Engineering Effort.<br />
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In this ride most dangerous is Captain William Moore Bridge. It built in 1908 and have a length of 110 feet long. It crosses an earthquake fault in the mountain. It is difficult to change the way of this ride or bridge.<br />
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It was constructed in 1891. It connects Kurunda with Cairns. It passes the way through the Barron National Park, difficult forests and tunnels.<br />
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The people of Cambodia are very hardworking and creative. They built trains track which passes Bamboo to Abandoned parts.<br />
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The trains run with tiny engines and carry very huge people. Only one line is used there so, when two trains cross the path it takes much time.<br />
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The story of this railway track is very sad. More than 100,000 people were died during construction of this dangerous track.<br />
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It passes through many rickety wood bridges. The length of this terrific track is 258 miles from Bangkok to Myanmar.<br />
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The length of this track is just 4.5 miles but it stands over 600 feet in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. It creates fear among the hearts of passengers that they are travelling on the big height just like travelling in open air craft.<br />
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The train slid off its tracks in 2002 in this area. This area is sounded with beautiful mountains, wonderful valleys and big rivers. So it is difficult to construct a railway track in this area but it was successfully done. Nobody was injured or died.<br />
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It is declared top rail journey by the readers of Wanderlust magazine. This track stands 30 meters above the ground.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">15. The Overseas Highway – Florida Keys</span><br />
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The Overseas Highway leaps from island to island across 42 bridges southwest through Florida Keysand it was built in 1938 along the course of an old railroad that has been destroyed by a hurricane. The highway is mostly over water and in about four hours you can enjoy the beautiful scenery and the ocean and of course, the incredible sunrises and sunsets if you come here at the right time. During holidays the traffic will make journeys through this highway a bit longer but I’m sure everyone would love to stay on this road as long as possible.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">14. Red Rock Scenic Road – USA</span><br />
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The Red Rock Scenic Road winds through Sedona’s Red Rock Country, often called a “museum without walls”. The road provides a splendid view of the stunning red rocks which seem alive like a timeless spirit that captivates and inspires everyone. The Red Rock Scenic byway also passes through the Montezuma Castle National Monument and the Coconino National Forest giving every driver an amazing sense of intimacy with nature.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">13. Iroha-zaka – Japan</span><br />
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Iroha-zaka is a winding road from Japan which connects central Nikko and Oku-Nikko. The road comprises of 48 curves and each corner has an ancient Japanese alphabet, starting in alphabetical order from I-ro-ha which also gave this road’s name. Iroha-zaka is actually made of two roads, one to come down and another to go up and they both have 48 curves matching the 48 letters of the ancient Japanese alphabet.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">12. Atlantic Road – Norway</span><br />
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The Atlantic Road was voted as the Norwegian construction of the century and it’s a five mile long stretch of road connecting Molde and Kristiansund in this country. The road rides above some rough and uneven surfaces and it’s spectacular because it rises itself and falls at many places like a sea at the time of a rough tide. Apart from the incredible road itself, the scenery surrounding it could give any driver shivers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">11. Oberalp Pass – Switzerland</span><br />
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The Oberalp Pass in an incredible road in the high Swiss mountains that’s an important link between Central Switzerland and the Graubunden Oberland. The road is really popular for all drivers from Europebut it’s only open during summer months. In winter this pass is closed for road traffic and the road itself is used as a ski slope, toboggan run and hiking trail!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10. North Yungas “Road of Death” – Bolivia</span><br />
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The North Yungas Road is a 43 mile road connecting La Paz and Coroico deep into the Bolivian Andes. The road is name by the locals “El Camino de la Muerte” or the Road of Death and it was named the world’s most dangerous road in 1995. The road, famous for its extreme danger has a single lane width with terrifyingly drop offs, tight hairpins, narrow passages and almost no guardrails at all. The fog and rain can make visibility poor and the road surface muddy which adds even more dancer to any journey on this road. On average, there is a fatal accident every couple of weeks on this road and it is estimated that 200 to 300 travelers are killer per year on this treacherous road. Today however, the Youngas road has less traffic and it used mostly by travelers who want to feel its thrill.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Trollstigen – Norway</span><br />
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One of the most notable attractions from the Fjord in Norway is the Trollstigen road, a steep winding mountain road located in the Rauma region. The word Trollstigen means the Troll Ladder in English and it represents a series of stunning roads with a breathtaking view and a couple of incredible waterfalls. This road is very narrow and leaves very few possibilities for vehicles to pass each other and with its steep 9% gradient and 11 hairpins it’s really, really challenging. But it’s all worth it if you get to the top where you’ll see this amazing road from above and the Stigfossen waterfall, a 320 m waterfall which falls down the mountain side.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Guoliang Tunnel Road – China</span><br />
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The Guoliang Tunnel Road was built by 13 local villagers headed in only five years in the Taihang mountains in the Hunan province of China. Many villagers lost their lives in accidents during the construction of this tunnel but in 1977 it was opened to traffic. The tunnel carved from the mountains is 1,200 meters long, 5 meters high and 4 meters wide and its also one of the most dangerous roads in the world. This extremely beautiful scenic route was dubbed as “the road that does not tolerate any mistakes” and its a key destination on the Chinese tourism map.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. San Bernardino Pass – Switzerland</span><br />
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Another high mountain pass across the Swiss Alps is the San Bernardino Pass and the road that goes through it and connects the Swiss towns Misox and Hinterrhein is also one of the world’s greatest roads. The pass is located at 2,065 meters and the road has incredibly smooth roads, a lot of hairpins and challenging bends and of course, amazing scenic views. The road also goes through an impressive 6.6 km long tunnel.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Los Caracoles Pass – Andes</span><br />
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Los Caracoles Road passes through the harsh terrain of the Andreas Mountains from the Andes on the way between Chile and Argentina. The road has many hard switchbacks on an extremely steep incline and numerous hairpins without any safety guard rails. For the most part of the year, this pass is covered by snow and that makes it incredibly hard to negotiate. Despite the fact that it’s one of the most challenging roads in the world, the Los Caracoles Pass has a strong safety record.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Col de Turini – France</span><br />
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The Col de Turini is situated in a mountain pass in the south of France in the Alps at more than 1 mile above sea level. The road is included as part of a 20 miles rally stage every year of the Monte Carlo Rally in the World Rally Championship and it combines 34 hairpins and long stretch lines where cars can reach top speeds of over 110 mph. This stage is one of the most challenges stages from the WRC and apart from the wonderful road, the scenery also makes it one of the most attractive and exciting roads on Earth.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road – UAE</span><br />
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The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates extends for 7.3 miles with 60 turns up the mountain of a height of 1,219 m. The UAE road scales the mountain with a beautiful view of the desert below and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and of course, a palace, belonging to the country’s rulers. The road is a mixture of fast straights and sweeping curves that merge perfectly from one to another forming this amazing driving road in the middle of the desert.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Lysebotn Road – Norway</span><br />
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The Lysebotn Road is considered one of the most breathtaking roads in Europe and it all starts with the narrow road up the steep walls of the Lysefjord, Norway. The road includes 27 challenging hairpins and a 1.1 km long tunnel at the bottom which also has 3 switchbacks inside to make things even more interesting. The surface of the road is perfect and the ones who were already on this road think of it as a rollercoaster. It’s probably the most fun road from Norway and its last 30 km to Lysebotn will put a smile on every driving enthusiast’s face.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Stelvio Pass – Italy</span><br />
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From the Eastern Alps in Italy, the Stelvio Pass Road connects the Valtellina with Merano and the upper Adige valley. This is the second highest paved mountain road in the Alps and its situated at an altitude of around 1.7 miles (about 2,757 meters) above sea level. The Stelvio Pass is one of the best continuous hairpin routes in the world and its fame came from the presence of 48 hairpin bends and the fact that the road becomes very narrow at some points and it has a couple of very steep inclines. This road is regarded by many car enthusiasts as one of the most challenging roads in the world and it’s scenery is absolutely breathtaking and spectacular.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Transfagarasan – Romania</span><br />
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The Transfăgărășan (that’s the exact spelling) is the highest and most dramatic paved road from Romania. Built as a strategic military route by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu between 1970 and 1974, this road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti. The Transfagarasan represents 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains between the highest peaks of the mountain in this country.<br />
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On top of the mountains this road provides access to Balea Lake, a glacier lake which has been here for thousands of years and it also has an almost 1 km long tunnel straight through the mountain’s top. The road was built at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint with more than 6 million kilograms of explosive being used on the northern face and official records of 40 soldiers who lost their lives while building it. Unofficial records however mention that only the tunnel took about 400 lives.<br />
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The north end of the road is the most spectacular and it’s dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S curves and sharp descents combined with an absolutely stunning view! Between October and June this road is under the snow and usually closed so… that means only a couple of months in the summer it’s available to enjoy a pure driving pleasure. Top Gear also named this road as the best road in the world !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Honorable mentions:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Millau Viaduct – France</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Autobahn – Germany</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Great Ocean Road – Australia</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Taroko Gorge Road -Taiwan</span><br />
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<img src="http://www.coolthingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Taroko-Gorge-Road.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-19490541482215119062011-10-12T23:39:00.001+07:002011-10-12T23:41:37.178+07:00Biggest Pyramid In The WorldNow, it is time to remove Great Pyramid of Giza from the 1st rank to the 2nd rank of biggest Pyramid in the world and fills the 1st position with Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun. Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun is an ancient pyramid located at Bosnian Pyramid valley, 30km north Sarajevo, a Bosnia-Herzegovina capital city, near Visoko city. It is the 1st European pyramid has ever been discovered and had passed frequent international verification processes to confirm its originality.<br />
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Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun or used to be called Visocica is standing 220 meters high or 1/3 taller than the Giza. On the top of it, researchers found medieval walled wreckages once belong to a Bosnian King Tvrtko of Kotromanic who ruled the complex from 1338-1391. The pyramid is rising with 4 perfectly aligned slopes (North, South, East and west) pointed directly to the cardinal points. It is completed with passageways and water drainage and Similar with Giza, the North side of Pyramid of the sun is paralleled toward North Star Astral.<br />
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The pyramid was found after satellite imagery and thermal inertia analysis concluded that the soil ofVisocica Hill covered an unknown massive man-made construction. The Satellite and thermal radar showed that the Visoko valley is cooling quicker than the surrounded areas. The finding was then followed up with Geo-archaeological researches and summer excavations in 2010.<br />
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Further researches are still conducted to uncover the mystery of Pyramid of the sun. Last excavation found that the Pyramid has man-made underground construction called tunnels of Ravna. It links the pyramid with other monuments on the Bosnian Pyramid valley such as Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon,Bosnian Pyramid of Love, and Bosnian Pyramid of Dragon.<br />
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Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun poster<br />
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Last, Mounting Evidence approved that the Bosnian Pyramid of the sun and other monuments found on the Visoko Valley are not hoaxes. I guess this is time for us to stop teaching our children that Giza is the largest pyramid in the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-83367510518189291292011-10-12T23:21:00.000+07:002011-10-12T23:21:50.483+07:00Buidings of Strange Designs<b>Device to Root Out Evil ( Vancouver , Canada )</b><br />
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<b>The Crooked House ( Sopot , Poland )</b><br />
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<b>Museum of Contemporary Art ( Niteroi , Brazil )</b><br />
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<b>ING Headquarters ( Amsterdam , Netherlands )</b><br />
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<b>Experience Music Project ( Seattle , Washington , USA )</b><br />
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<b>Dancing Building ( Prague , Czech Republic )</b><br />
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<b>Druzhba Holiday Center ( Yalta , Ukraine )</b><br />
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<b>Lotus Temple ( Delhi , India )</b><br />
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<b>Forest Spiral Building ( Darmstadt , Germany )</b><br />
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<b>The Torre Galatea Figueras ( Spain )</b><br />
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<b>Upside Down House ( Szymbark , Poland )</b><br />
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<b>The Basket Building ( Ohio , USA )</b><br />
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<b>The UFO House ( Sanjhih , Taiwan )</b><br />
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<b>Stone House (FAFE, Portugal )</b><br />
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<b>Kansas City Public Library ( Missouri , USA )</b><br />
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<b>Stata Center ( Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA )</b><br />
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<b>The Hole House ( Texas , USA )</b><br />
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<b>Ryugyong Hotel ( Pyongyang , North Korea )</b><br />
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<b>Container City ( London , UK )</b><br />
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<b>Erwin Wurm: House Attack ( Viena , Austria )</b><br />
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<b>Solar Furnace ( Odeillo , France )</b><br />
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<b>Nakagin Capsule Tower ( Tokyo , Japan )</b><br />
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<b>Beijing National Stadium ( Beijing , China )</b><br />
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<b>CCTV Tower – China Central Television Headquarters ( Beijing , China )</b><br />
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<b>The Egg ( Empire State Plaza , Albany , New York , USA )</b><br />
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<b>Ripley’s Building ( Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada )</b><br />
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<b>Ripley’s Believe It or Not! ( Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada )</b><br />
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<b>Fuji television building ( Tokyo , Japan )</b><br />
<img src="http://www.coolthingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sba-28.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-6971596886260818482011-10-12T23:10:00.000+07:002011-10-12T23:10:53.674+07:00What People In 1910 Thought The Year 2000 Would Be Like!French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)<br />
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Flying Firemen<br />
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The National Library of France (BnF) has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year 2000. They are credited to Villemard.<br />
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There’s speculation that they were included with “foodstuffs” of the era, much like the German postcards we looked at back in April.<br />
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Car Shoes<br />
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The Barber<br />
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The Avenue of the Opera<br />
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A Curiosity<br />
I wonder if the “curiosity” referred to is the horse as an uncommon means of transportation, or the extinction of all animals as referenced in the 1900 Ladies’ Home Journal article we looked at a while back.<img border="0" src="http://www.coolthingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/A+Curiosity.jpg" /><br />
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The Electric Train From Paris to Beijing<br />
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A Rescue<br />
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Speak to the Caretaker<br />
This image clearly takes its inspiration from another French futurist, Albert Robida, and his book The Twentieth Century.<br />
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Sentinel Advanced in the Helicopter<br />
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Cyclist Scouts<br />
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Phonographic Message<br />
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One For the Road<br />
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Lady In Her Bathroom<br />
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Heating With Radium<br />
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Hearing The Newspaper<br />
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Correspondence Cinema<br />
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Cars of War<br />
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Building Site<br />
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At School<br />
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A Festival of Flowers<br />
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A Chemical Dinner<br />
It’s amazing how long the idea of synthetic food has been with us. Before starting this blog I had assumed that the idea started with the Jetsons.<br />
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The Tailor<br />
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Flying Police<br />
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<img border="0" src="http://www.coolthingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/The+Agent+Aviator.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-20291673771264839042011-10-12T22:57:00.000+07:002011-10-12T22:57:49.113+07:00Top Deadliest Weapons In The World TodayThere could be two types of deadliest weapons in the world, mechanical & non-mechanical. Below we are presenting a list of top 10 most deadly weapons in the world today. This list has top ten deadliest mechanical weapons in the world. These weapons are very dangerous & can take life of any human in just a matter of seconds. The purpose of this post is just to share some information of today’s deadly weapons. Lets have a look…<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10. Heckler-Koch HK MG4 MG 43 Machine Gun</span><br />
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Heckler-Koch HK MG4 MG 43 Machine Gun<br />
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This light weighted 5.56mm machine gun that is belt-fed , was designed and developed by the German Company Heckler & Koch. The weapon’s creation was in the late 1990s and its first public glimpse was in September 2001. The product has a lightweight design, which provides maximum safety to its user along with high reliability under adverse conditions. In addition, its ammunition came in a wide variety from different manufacturers without the need to adjust its gas system. Initially the design was known as the MG43 and today, it has replaced many other machine guns of its time due to better technical features.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Accuracy International AS50 Snipe Rifle</span><br />
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Accuracy International AS50 Snipe Rifle<br />
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The weapon AS50 was manufactured by a British firm under the name Accuracy International. The most popular feature of it is that it enables its user to focus on its target from a very long rage with high accuracy. This rifle is highly transportable, ergonomic and lightweight. In addition, the disassembling of an AS50 could be acquired under three minutes without any tool usage. Other design features include two part machined steel reciver, additional rails and accuracy of 1.5 MOA. The AS50 weighs 14.1 kilograms (31 lb) empty and holds five rounds of .50 BMG in a single stack removable box magazine.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. F-2000 Assault rifle</span><br />
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The F2000 Assault Rifle was designed by FN Herstal in Belgium. The F2000 was manufactured publicly in 2001 at an exhibition held in Abu Dhabi. Its features include a modular weapon system and a compact 5.56x45m Nato caliber configured in a bull pup layout. The rifle consists of two main assemblies and a removable hand guard is installed in front of the trigger, which completes and encloses the trigger guard. As for safety concerns, the fire selected doubles as the weapons manual safety and secures the firearm against accidental discharge. Thus, making the F2000 a selective fire weapon operating from a closed bolt.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Heckler & Koch HK 416 Assault Rifle</span><br />
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Heckler & Koch HK 416 Assault Rifle<br />
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The HK 416 assault rifle was another one of Heckler & Koch design and manufacture. It uses a proprietary gas system derived from HK G36 and is an upgraded version of the American M4. This proprietary gas system was found in HK G36, and due to it, the standard gas system used by M4 or M6 was replaced. In addition, this short stroke piston does the driving of the operating rode to force the bolt carrier to the rear. To sum up the HK416, is a smaller version of the HK417 with a chamber for the full-size 7.62x51mm NATO rifle cartridge.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. XM307 ACSW Advanced Heavy Machine Gun</span><br />
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XM307 ACSW Advanced Heavy Machine Gun<br />
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ACSW stands for Advanced Crew Served Weapon. The XM307 was a developmental 25mm belt-felt Grenade Machine Gun with smart shell capability. It is designed to be light weighted and two men usable gun as well as the ability to be mounted on a vehicle. The range through which it can kill people is 2,000 meters and can destroy light armored vehicles, watercraft and helicopters at 1000 meters. It was designed by the U.S army in order to replace and supplement the MK 19 Grenade Launcher and the M2 Heavy Machine Gun. It fires 25 mm point detonating and air burst style ammunition, at a cyclic rate of 260 rounds per minute and has an effective range up to 2 kilometers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Kalashnikov AK 47 Assault Rifle from Russia</span><br />
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Mikhail Kalashnikov developed the AK-47 in the Soviet Union. This is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle. Its design work started in World War II and after 1946; AK-47 was officially introduced for military trials. Even after six decades, this model is most widely used out of popular assault rifles in the world because of its durability, low production cost and ease of use. Its manufacturing is done in many countries and has been in seen service with armed forces as well as revolutionary and terrorist organizations worldwide. The AK-47 was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. MG 3 Machine Gun from Germany</span><br />
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The MG 3 is a German general purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62x51mm Nato Catridge. The design of this weapon is also derived from World War II. The MG3 was developed in the late 1950s and still after a long time, it is used to serve as a squad support weapon which can also be used as a machine gun mounted on a vehicle. The weapon and its derivatives have also been acquired by the armed forces of over 30 countries. Production rights to the machine gun were purchased by Italy, Spain, Pakistan, Greece, Iran, Sudan and Turkey.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Uzi Sub-machine Gun</span><br />
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Major Uziel Gal in Israel designed the Uzi submachine Gun. It is related to the family of open bolt, blowback operated submachine guns. Machine pistols are considered to be the smaller variants and it is one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which creates allowance for the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon, a design not seen since the Japanese Type II machine pistol. In 1950 its prototype was completed and has been defined as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Thompson M1921 M1928 Submachine Gun/ Tommy Gun</span><br />
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The Thompson M1921 M1928 Submachine Gun is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919. It became infamous during the prohibition era and was used by both parties of the law enforcement officials as well as criminals. This submachine gun is also known as Tommy gun or Trench Broom. It was favored by people such as soldiers, criminals, and police due to its ergonomics, compactness, large cartridge, reliability and high volume of automatic fire. Since then it has gained popularity among civilian collectors for its historical significance.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. DSR-Precision DSR 50 Sniper Rifle</span><br />
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The DSR 50 is a sniper rifle that includes necessary modifications to fire the more powerful .50 caliber round. It is a bolt action, anti material rifle that is manufactured in Germany. The DSR 50 is configured into bull-pup design, with free-floating barrel. The folding bipod is mounted above the barrel, and the adjustable horizontal front grip is mounted under the barrel. The rifle features fully adjustable butt sock and cheek piece. The holder for spare magazine is installed in the front of the trigger guard to decrease reloading time.DSR 50 action features match-grade, fluted barrel that is quickly interchangeable and is fixed into receiver by three screws.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-55409162081000510622011-10-12T22:48:00.000+07:002011-10-12T22:48:07.121+07:0010 Coolest Windows Shortcuts You Never Knew AboutKeyboard shortcuts are the essence of PC productivity. While newbs slowly mouse around their screens in search of buttons to click, seasoned tech vets hammer through a day’s work with ease thanks to a wealth of arcane hotkey combos that knock out useful tasks in seconds. Of course, every PC user knows a few handy shortcuts, and hardened system tweakers like you have forgotten more hotkeys than most users will ever learn. But here are 10 cool combos that even you might not know.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Windows Logo + L</span><br />
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Walking away from the screen for a while? Keep prying eyes out of your stuff with this quick shortcut that locks the PC instantly.<br />
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The lazy way to delete stuff in Windows is to drag it to the Recycle Bin. An even lazier way is to highlight the file and press Delete. And if you’re ultra-lazy (and smarter than the average user), you can bypass the Recycle Bin entirely by pressing Shift + Delete. The downside is that you won’t get the opportunity to easily restore the file from the Recycle Bin if you later decide you want it back, but you also won’t have to bother emptying the Recycle Bin if you use this method to ditch unwanted files.<br />
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If you’ve got multiple windows open within a given app, this handy shortcut will let you quickly switch between them, so you don’t have to waste time clicking around in search of the right window.<br />
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Windows 7 made it a little easier to create new folders in Windows Explorer. Now you can just hit Shift + Ctrl + N in any folder to create a new untitled folder right where you are. The new folder will appear with the name ‘New folder’ already highlighted so you can type in your own name for it and hit Enter to move on to the next task.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Windows + M</span><br />
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Got bazillion windows cluttering your screen? Press Windows + M to instantly minimize all current windows to the Taskbar. It’s a great way to restore your sanity, and an even better way to hide what you’re working on from unexpected interlopers. When you want all the windows back again, press Windows + Shift + M and every currently running window will pop open again.<br />
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If you just want to take a quick peek at your desktop (for instance, to locate a file you’ve dropped there), there’s no need to completely minimize all your windows with the Windows + M shortcut. Instead, press Windows + Spacebar, and all of your open windows will turn transparent so you can see right through them. This even works with maximized windows and full-screen views. To return your view to normal, simply let go of the keys.<br />
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If you use a dual-monitor setup to maximize your screen real estate, you might like to use one monitor as your primary working screen and the other as a holding pen for active windows. Or maybe you just need to move a window from one side to the other for some reason. In either case, hitting Windows + Shift + Left Arrow will move a current window to from the right display to the left, and using Right Arrow will move it from the left display to the right. If you only have one monitor, these commands will dock your window to the designated side of the screen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Windows + 1, 2, 3, etc.</span><br />
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Windows 7 introduced a new feature that lets you pin apps to your Taskbar for quick access. An even quicker way to access those apps is with this slick keyboard shortcut. Press Windows + 1 to launch the first pinned app in your Taskbar (from left to right). Windows + 2 launches the second one, Windows + 3 launch the third one, and so on.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Windows + T</span><br />
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Windows + number launches pinned apps in your Taskbar, but if your apps are already open, there’s a quick way to scroll through them. Press Windows + T and you’ll highlight the first open app in your Taskbar. Press it again and you’ll move to the second open app. As you scroll through them, you’ll get a preview box just as you would if you were hovering over the icon with your mouse. When you get to the app you want, hit Enter to bring it to the foreground. This shortcut only works with open apps, and ignores unopened apps that you’ve pinned to your Taskbar.<br />
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Want a closer look at whatever’s on your screen? Hit Windows and + to zoom in for a magnified view. While you’re magnified, moving the mouse around the screen will move you to the far corners and bring them into view. Windows and – zooms you back out again.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Zacatecas, Mexico</span><br />
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One of the most beautiful rides one could make in a life time is the cable car ride above Zacatcas, a city located in north central part of Mexico. The city, typically Mexican, shines in a variety of colors and shapes which will make you take out the camera in an instant!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</span><br />
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This is definitely a must-see, must-do for anyone who visits Rio de Janeiro for pleasure. The cable car will go up to the summit Sugraloaf Mountain (396 m above the sea level). The famous statue ‘Christ the Redeemer is on the way and the view is splendid.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Mérida, Venezuela</span><br />
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This cable car ride is known as the longest and the tallest in the world. If you enjoy this type of journey, you’ll be glad to discover that this particular ‘teleférico’ takes an hour to ascend from a plateau in the Andes to the top of Mountain Pico Espejo.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) The Peak Tram, Hong Kong, China</span><br />
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The Peak Tram is 120 old and it is apparently a great way to enjoy landscapes and natural wonders. This tram also allows you to profit from the views of the city in a special way. These funicular ascends rapidly up to Victoria Peak so that the buildings seem to be leaning over as you pass by.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5) Genting Skyway, Malaysia</span><br />
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Genting Skyway is featuring two records, for your delight: the fastest cable cars in the world as well as the longest cable way in Southeast Asia. At the end of your ride, Genting Skyway Resort will tempt you with many attractions such as restaurants, theme park, shops, hotels, and a casino. These conveniences are at 2,027 meters above the sea level, in the clouds!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6) Gulmarg Gondola, Jammu and Kashmir</span><br />
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The valley of Gulmarg is located at 2,730 meters, in north-western Himalaya and it is so charming that it was named ‘the Meadow of flowers’. Here is the base of the world’s highest cable cars, rising vertically up to 3, 980 meters. The speechless view includes impressive summits such as K2.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7) Picos de Europe National Park, Spain</span><br />
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Picos de Europe is a very beautiful National Park, in North-western Spain. Te cable car will take you up to 1, 840 meters, above a wild, enchanting valley in the mountains, covered with woods. Once you reached your destination, you can admire the view of the mountains from viewpoint Aliva and explore the surroundings.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8) Grindelwald-Männlichen Cableway, Switzerland</span><br />
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Switzerland could not remain unmentioned in this top of the best funicular and cable car rides. Grindelwald-Männlichen ranks the third in the top of the longest passengers gondola lift and needs 30 minutes to make the journey between the two locations, of which the first is a little village 943 meters above sea level, while the second is a ski region in the Swiss Alps.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9) Table Mountain Cableway, Cape Town, South Africa</span><br />
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One interesting feature about this cable car is the fact that its floor is rotating 360 degrees so that the tourists may experience a unique, delightful trip. The journey is short comparing to some of those already mentioned in this top but the views are spectacular and the possibilities of exploration or relaxations are countless.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10) Powell-Hyde Line, San Francisco, California</span><br />
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San Francisco’s cable car system is world famous because it is worlds’ last ‘permanently operational manually operated cable car system’. In the neighborhood of Russian Hill, there is a railway which links all the main attractions of the city. It is called the Powell-Hyde line. This cable car will take you through Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Nob Hill, Aquatic Park and Fisherman’s Wharf.<br />
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<a href="http://funpremium.com/17-weird-roads/">Source</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71285422854416041.post-9286043369985231972011-10-06T23:02:00.000+07:002011-10-06T23:02:01.558+07:0028 Creative Illusions Using MoneyHaving enough money always leads to some fun times. However, you don’t have to have thousands of dollars to have fun. There are other ways of having fun with your money (other than the obvious).<br />
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You can use your bills to create impressive illusions. This is a way of showing your creativity and showing the world your view of the famous people that are on bills. I guess some of them would be honored by the way you perceive them.<br />
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These are 28 selected photos of those attempts of creating creative illusions using money bills and your own imagination. Judge by yourself how successful they were and feel free to try it your self. We have tried it and it is loads of fun.<br />
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