Burj Khalifa, Dubai

1.      Burj Khalifa,known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in dubai, United arab emirates, and is the tallest manmade structure in the world, at 829.84 m (2,723 ft).

2.      Burj Khalifa lifts the world's head proudly skywards, surpassing limits and expectations.

3.      Rising gracefully from the desert and honouring Dubai with a new glow.

4.      Burj Khalifa is at the heart of Dubai and its people; the centre for the world's finest  shopping, dining  and entertainment  and home for the world's elite.

5.      Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.

6.      Burj Khalifa is the tallest  free-standing structure in the world.

7.      Burj Khalifa is the  highest number of stories in the world.

8.      Burj Khalifa is the highest occupied floor in the world.

9.      Burj Khalifa is the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.

10.  Burj Khalifa is the elevator with the longest travel distance in the world.

11.  Burj Khalifa is the tallest service elevator in the world.

12.  Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009.

13.  The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district.

14.  The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer.

15.  The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea. The total cost for the project was about US$1.5 billion; and for the entire “Downtown Dubai” development, US$20 billion.

16.  Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels (including The Address Downtown Dubai), 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.

17.  The building has returned the location of Earth's tallest freestanding structure to the Middle East where the Great Pyramid of Giza claimed this achievement for almost four millennia before being surpassed in 1311 by Lincoln Cathedral  in England.

18.  In June 2010, Burj Khalifa was the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

19.  On 28 September 2010 Burj Khalifa won the award for best project of year at the East architect Award 2010.

20.  The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat bestowed a new award for Burj Khalifa at its annual “Best Tall Buildings Awards Ceremony” on 25 October 2010 when Burj Khalifa honored as first recipient of CTBUH’s new Tall Building “Global Icon” Award.

Dagger's Log (Agave Karatto Miller)

1.      Dagger's Log is the national flower of Antigua & Barbuda.

2.      The yellow colored flowers rise from the large rosette of the Agave plant.

3.      ”Dagger log,” also “batta log,” is native to the Windward Islands of the Carribean West Indies, including Antigua and Barbuda.

4.      They are not found in the wild elsewhere in North America.

5.      The common names refer to the use of the rigid flowering stalks to create fishing rafts.

6.      The white interior pulp of the leaves was also used for bait.

7.      Rosettes are 8-10' (2.4-3 m) around.

8.      Leaves are dagger-like, medium green, up to 3' (1 m) long, with sharp tips and small teeth along the edges. 

9.      The flowering spike is up to 18' (5.5 m) feet high, multiply branched near the top.

10.  After flowering, numerous bulbils appear near the spent flowers, forming new plants which shortly drop to the ground.

11.  Agave karatto at the Huntington Botanical Gardens.

12.  Agave karatto on Desert-tropicals.

13.  Agave karatto at LifeDesks.

14.  Agave karatto at the University of Florida IFAS Extension.Agave karatto on Trip Antigua.

Jane Addams

1.       Jane Addams  born in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S on september 6, 1860.

2.       Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of hull housein Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women suffrage and world peace.

3.       Jane Addams occupied as Social and political activist, author and lecturer, community organizer, public intellectual.

4.       She became a role model for middle-class women who volunteered to uplift their communities.

5.        Jane Addams is increasingly recognized as a member of the american pragmatist school of philosophy.

6.       In 1931 she became the first American woman to be awarded the nobel peace prize.

7.       Her  father  name is a  John H. Addams.

8.       Her mother name is a Sarah Weber.

9.       She is increasingly being known as a member of the american pragmatist school of philosophy.

10.   Jane Addams House is a residence hall construct in 1947,at connecticut college.

11.   Addams became a role model for middle-class women who volunteered to uplift their communities.

12.   She went to collage at the universty of Illoins. She went to the rockford university.

13.   She  also developed an interest in the sciences, even though such studies were not stressed at the school.

14.   After her graduation in 1881 she entered the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

15.   After  six months she was forced to end her studies to have a spinal operation. 

16.   Addams was never quite free of illness throughout her life.

17.   She decided "that it would be a good thing to rent a house in a part of the city where many … needs are found."

18.   She especially wanted to provide opportunities for well-educated young women to "learn of life from life itself."

19.   She  had 8 siblings: Mary Catherine, Georgiana, Martha, John, Sarah Alice, Horace, George, and a younger sister whose stillbirth precipitated her mother's death (Georgiana, Horace and George also died in early childhood).

20.   She  also had 4 step-brothers: Henry, George, John and William Haldeman (John and William also died in early childhood).

21.   She  did not have a husband. Her life partner was a woman by the name of  Mary Rozet Smith.

22.   She  died in Chicagov ,Illinois, U.S on May 21, 1935.

23.   She was buried in Cedarville, her childhood home town.

Andorra flag

1.      The national flag of the Principality of Andorra was adopted in 1866.

2.      The flag is a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow, and red with the coat of arms of Andorra in the centre.

3.      Although the three vertical bars may at first appear to be of equal width, the centre yellow bar is slightly wider than the other two so that the ratio of bar widths is 8:9:8.

4.      The overall flag ratio is 7:10

5.      The design is related to the flags of France and Spain, the two states that protect the independence of the small state.

6.      A flag of three bars is similar to that of the French Tricolore, while the pattern of a wider middle stripe can be noted on the Spanish flag.

7.      The blue and red of the Andorran flag are also found on the French flag, with red and yellow also being the principal colours of the Spanish flag.

8.      From 1806 to 1866, Andorra's flag was a vertical bi-colour of yellow and red.

9.      The motto in the coat of arms in the middle stripe Virtus Unita Fortior means "Strength United is Stronger".

10.  The design is similar to the flags of Romania, Moldova, Chad and the flag of Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.

11.   All of these are vertical tricolours of blue, yellow, and red, but unlike that of Andorra, their flags all have stripes of equal breadth.

12.  The official colours of the Andorran flag are set out in the "Graphic regulations for reproducing the shield and flag" from the Oficina de Marques del Principat d'Andorra.

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