10 Most Rare Animals in the World

Our nature has a rich biodiversity of fauna species, many of them are still exist in our world, and also many of them are extinct from our world.. and now FunZone Collection wanna take you to a tour to visit World's most rare animal. this animal are threatened to extinction... let's preserve their species and keep them from their extinction... This is Most Rare Animal in the World

1. The Pinta Island tortoise

 Lived in Pinta island, this tortoise are include into Giant Galapagos Turtoise species, which is the most rare in the world, because now only left 1 in the world, and cannot be multiply anymore..

2. Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin)

Only left 10 of this animal in the world, and this animal only exist in Yangtze River

3. The Vancouver Island Marmot

Lived in Vancouver island, in British Columbia, now only left about 194 heads of this marmot

4. Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat

 Lived in Madagascar, now there was not more than 100 Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat in this world.

5. Javan Rhino

 A Javan Rhino, lived in java island indonesia, and in vietnam, this rhino are often hunted in Malaysia, India and also Sumatera island (Indonesia) for his horn.

6. Hispid hare

 Also Called as "Bristly Rabbit” that can be found in Himalaya Nepal, Bengal and Assam, now only left 110 hispid hare.. in this world

7. Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

 We don't know exactly what kind of animal is this, you can find it in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia, but unfortunately now you only can see this animal on National Park near Epping Forest Station in Queensland.. only left 113 heads of them

8. Tamaraw (Dwarf Water Buffalo)

 Found in Philippines, firstly threatened to extinct in 2000, and now only left about 30-200 of them.

9. Iberian Lynx

 The Lynx, this is a cat, not a lion, this cat only exist in Iberian, but now you can only find them in Andalusia, now only left 100 of them

10. Red Wolf

 This Wolf are a siblings of Gray Wolf, but they have a smaller size, now they live in north carolina north east, only left 200 of them

Capital Gate Tower is The Most Leaning Tower of Pisa

If you thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was messed up, get a load of the Capital Gate tower currently being constructed in Abu Dhabi. Actually, saying it is "messed up" is incorrect given that the 18 degree westward incline was completely intentional. In fact, the project's architects have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognize the tower as the 'most inclined in the world.' In order to support the awkward angle of the 35-story structure, the design called for a foundation of extremely dense reinforced steel mesh and 490 piles sunk nearly 100 feet into the ground. We can only wonder how many slaves will die or get injured building that.

 

  

 A symbol of engineering prowess, the Capital Gate tower hotel is starting to take form in Abu Dhabi. Designed as the most inclined tower in the world, the 35 storey, gravity-defying feature tower will lean westward 18 degrees, 4 times as far as the Leaning Tower of Pisa which currently leans 3.97 degrees.

Designed by RMJM, the tower relies on a diagrid exoskeleton constructed on top of a 7-foot-deep concrete base to hold the structure in place. 490 piles that have been drilled 100 feet underground will hold the structure still accommodating the gravitational, wind and seismic pressures caused by the lean of the building.

This is one of the most challenging buildings under construction in the world at the moment.



Design status:

Capital Gate is an under construction architectural project, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009.

Usability:

The graceful will provide accommodation to the ‘Hyatt’, 5-star hotel, together with various exclusive offices in Abu Dhabi. Capital Gate, leaning westward 18 degrees that is 4 times more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, will not only defy gravity, but its aesthetic grandeur and technical brilliance would be a landmark for future constructions.

 

  

  

  

  

Capital Gate Development Facts

• Owner & Developer: Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company
• Main Consultant: RMJM
• Project Manager: MACE
• Main Contractor: Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises
• Hotel Operator: Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Sultan Brunei's Luxurious Private Airplane

Now let me take you to this private plane owned by sultan of brunei, this private airplane interior was really lucurious, and really cool.. just check this out on Sultan Brunei's Luxurious Private Airplane

Sultan bought this Airbus 340 for roughly USD 220 Million RM99.90, the plane comes fully equipped with a Gold Plated Sink.Just look at the huge amount of luxury from that plane, if a fully equiped flying house.

Al-Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Almarhum Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin, GCMG (born July 15, 1946) is the 29th Sultan of Brunei, the eldest son of Omar Ali Saifuddin Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, the previous sultan.

Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah is the sultan's heir, born by Queen Saleha. By 2005 he had four sons and six daughters with Queen Saleha and his former second wife, Queen Mariam. In accordance with Islam, Bruneian men are allowed four wives, but the sultan only has two, with Queen Anak Saleha being designated his first wife. His first second wife, Queen Mariam, was a former air hostess whom he divorced in 2003, stripping her of all her royal titles. In August 2005 her place was taken by a former Malaysian TV3 presenter, Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, who is 32 years younger than the sultan.

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

An Air Force Lt. General wrote:


'I toured this aircraft as it was being 'remodeled' in Texas.

Yes, the sinks are solid gold and one of them is Lalique crystal. The Sulton bought the
aircraft brand new for roughly $100 Million dollars.

He had it flown to Texas from the Boeingfactoryand had the interior
completely removed. Then, he had the folks at E- Systems install $120 Million
worth of improvements inside and outside.

I have gained entrance to nuclear weapons storage areas much easier than it was gaining
entrance to see this airplane. While there it struck me . Maybe the rich really are different than the rest of us.
And we're paying for this through the price of oil!

Lincoln - Kennedy Coincidences

1. Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960, 100 years apart.
2. Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for African Americans.
3. Both men were assassinated on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.
4. Each wife had lost a child while living at the White House.
5. Both men were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
6. Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.
7. Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were Southern Democrats and former senators.
8. Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly one hundred years later.
9. The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was John; the last name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.
10. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources]; Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later.
11. Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.
12. Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
13. Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
14. LlNCOLN and KENNEDY each have 7 letters.
15. ANDREW JOHNSON and LYNDON JOHNSON each have 13 letters.
16. JOHN WlLKES BOOTH and LEE HARVEY OSWALD each has 15 letters.
17. A Licoln staffer Miss Kennedy told him not to go to the Theater. A Kennedy staffer, Miss Lincoln, told him not to go to Dallas.

Top 10 Buildings Of The Decade (2000 - 2010)

1. Millennium Dome, London, 2000

Designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, this was a £45m politically-driven folly. Often compared to a giant jellyfish washed up on the Greenwich peninsula, today this huge tent has been reborn as the successful O2. With a diameter of 365m and topping 100m, its titanic scale remains impressive.

 

  

 2. Blur, Expo 02, Yverdon-les-Bains, 2002

This sensational pavilion, which was designed by New York architects Diller + Scofidio, was the star of Switzerland’s Expo 02. A cat’s cradle of tensile steel, 20m high and 100m long, it brooded at the end of a steel-and-glass jetty over Lake Neuchatel. Inside, some 30,000 water jets created clouds through which mesmerised (and damp) visitors could walk, again and again.

  

  

 3. Serpentine Pavilion, London, 2002

This lyrical pavilion, designed by architect Toyo Ito and engineer Cecil Balmond, was a suggestion of an architecture of the future, in which boundaries between walls, floor, ceiling, interior and exterior might dissolve. In a decade of bombast, here was profundity and simplicity.

 

  

 4. 30 St Mary Axe, London, 2003

Norman Foster’s Gherkin was admired and scorned. Most were awed by his office tower, although some thought it symbolised the cocksure ambition of the City. Its pleasures are chiefly for those who work here: the skygardens are impressive, and the restaurant is one of the world’s most breathtaking new rooms.

 

  

  

 5. European Southern Observatory Hotel, Cerro Paranal, Chile, 2003

This "hotel" for astronomers working in the Atacama desert is a perfect fusion of architecture and landscape, from the Munich practice Auer and Weber and engineers Mayr and Ludescher. Coolly geometric red concrete walls form a quasi-monastic courtyard, behind which rooms are stacked in orderly rows. Ostentation is left to the heavens.

 

  

6. Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, 2008

This eye-catching 80,000-seat stadium, designed by the Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron with the Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, was the architectural highlight of the 2008 Olympics. It consists of two buildings, one inside the other: a red concrete bowl for seating surrounded by the steel “bird’s nest”. Since the Olympics, this charismatic building has been largely redundant.

 

  

  

 7. St Pancras station, London, 2007

Magnificent revival of the Victorian Gothic railway terminus, now one of the world’s finest stations. Alastair Lansley led his team over a decade, transforming this fusion of 19th-century architecture and mind-searing engineering into a place for 21st-century trains. The hotel and penthouse flats high in the rafters have yet to be completed.

 

  

8. Le Viaduc de Millau, Aveyron, 2004

Awe-inspiring bridge carrying the A75 autoroute across the Tarn Valley in southern France. Designed by the engineer Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster, the Viaduc de Millau is best seen from the tops of the valley sides, especially when its Eiffel Tower-high pylons spear the summer clouds.

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9. Neues Museum, Berlin, 2009

After 10 years of painstaking reconstruction, this magnificent 19th-century cultural pantechnicon, closed in 1939, was reopened to popular and critical acclaim. The complex and intelligent redesign was by the British architect, David Chipperfield, who has allowed the old building to breathe while fitting it out with all the new technology it needs.

 

  

 10. Burj Dubai Dubai’s economy totters as the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest structure, prepares to open.

At 818 metres, it is the equivalent of the Empire State Building with the Chrysler Building on top. Designed by Adrian Smith and Bill Baker of Chicago-based SOM, the Burj has 160 storeys of hotel rooms, Armani-styled apartments and sky-high offices.

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