 | Burj Dubai the highest building in the world Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي "Dubai Tower") is a skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure on Earth. Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in September 2009.[1] The building is part of the 2 km² (0.8 sq mi) development called 'Downtown Dubai' and is located at the "First Interchange" (aka "Defence Roundabout") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. The tower's architect is Adrian Smith[4] who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006.[5] SOM is the architecture and engineering firm in charge of the project.[4] The primary builder is Samsung Engineering & Construction, along with Besix and Arabtec.[6] Turner Construction Company was chosen as the construction manager.[7] The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about US$ 4.1 billion and for the entire new 'Downtown Dubai', US$ 20 billion. Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the CEO of Emaar Properties, speaking at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 8th World Congress, said that the price of office space at Burj Dubai had reached $4,000 per sq ft and that the Armani Residences, also in Burj Dubai, were selling for $3,500 per sq ft Current height As of 12 May 2008, Burj Dubai has reached a height of 636 m (2,087 ft), with more than 160 completed floors.[9] Burj Dubai's final milestone will be to surpass the Warsaw radio mast in Konstantynów near Gąbin, Poland (which stood at 646.4 m (2,121 ft) until it collapsed in 1991) to become the world's tallest structure of any type ever built. Timeline of events September 21, 2004 Emaar contractors begin construction of Burj Dubai. February 2007 Burj Dubai surpasses the Sears Tower as the building with the most floors. May 13, 2007 Burj Dubai sets record for vertical concrete pumping on any building at 452 m (1,483 ft), surpassing the 449.2 m (1,474 ft) to which concrete was pumped during the construction of Taipei 101.[10] July 21, 2007 Burj Dubai surpasses Taipei 101 which stands at a height of 509.2 m (1,671 ft) and was the tallest building on Earth. The previous day, the head of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Antony Wood, had confirmed that it "surpassed the height of Taipei 101 structurally (concrete)." However, he also added "We will not classify it as a building until it is complete, clad and at least partially open for business to avoid things like the Ryungyong [sic] project. Taipei 101 is thus officially the world's tallest until that happens."[11][12] August 12, 2007 Burj Dubai surpassed the height of the Sears Tower antenna which stands at a height of 527.3 m (1,730 ft). September 3, 2007 Burj Dubai becomes the second-tallest freestanding structure, surpassing the 540 m (1,772 ft) Ostankino Tower in Moscow. September 12, 2007 At 555.3 m (1,822 ft), Burj Dubai becomes the world's tallest freestanding structure on land, surpassing CN Tower in Toronto.[13] April 7, 2008 Emaar announces that the Burj Dubai, at 629 m (2,064 ft), has surpassed the KVLY-TV Mast to become the tallest man-made structure on earth.[14] Current records Burj Dubai in March 2008Tallest structure: 636 m (2,087 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast - 628.8 m (2,063 ft)) Tallest freestanding structure: 636 m (2,087 ft) (previously CN Tower - 553.3 m (1,815 ft)) Building with most floors: 164 (previously Sears Tower / World Trade Center - 110)[15] Highest Vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 601.0 m (1,972 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 449.2 m (1,474 ft)) Highest Vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 601.0 m (1,972 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant - 532 m (1,745 ft)[16]) Note: Additional records for tallest skyscraper are considered unofficial, as the CTBUH does not recognize records for buildings still under construction. |
 | Keiser: Croesus Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=hvL_tEWYSb4&fmt=18 Reinhard Keiser (January 1674 - 1739). Croesus: 1. Ritornello. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: Dorothea Roschmann (Soprano). Roman Trekel (Baritone). Johannes Mannov (Bass). Werner Gura (Tenor). Klaus Hager (Bass). Markus Schafer (Tenor). Salome Haller (Soprano). Kwangchul Youn (Bass). Graham Pushee (Countertenor). Brigitte Eisenfeld (Soprano). Kurt Azesberger (Tenor). Jorg Gottschick (Bass). Johanna Stojkovic (Soprano). Dir: René Jacobs. Reinhard Keiser (January 9, 1674 - September 12, 1739) was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann (also related to the Hamburg Opera), but his work was largely forgotten for many decades. He was born in Teuchern (in present Saxony-Anhalt), son of the organist and teacher Gottfried Keiser (born about 1650), and educated by other organists in the town and then from 11 at the Thomas School in Leipzig, where his teachers included Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau, direct predecessors of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1694, he became court-composer to the duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, though he had probably come to the court already as early as 1692 to study its renowned operas, which had been going on since 1691, when the city had built a 1200-seater opera-house. Keiser put on his first opera Procris und Cephalus there and, the same year, his opera Basilius was put on at Hamburg and, as the musicologist Johann Mattheson noted, "received with great success and applause." This was a fruitful period for him - composing not only operas, but arias, duets, cantatas, sérénades, church music and big oratorios, background music - all for the city's use. About 1697 he settled permanently in Hamburg, and became the chief composer at the highly renowned Gaensemarktoper (now rebuilt as the Hamburg State Opera) in Hamburg from 1697 to 1717. From 1703 to 1709, Keiser he moved it from being a public institution to a commercial entity with two to three representations per week, in contrast to the operas intended for nobility. In 1718, with the Hamburg Opera defunct, he left Hamburg to seek other employment, going to Thuringia and then Stuttgart. From this period three manuscripts of sonatas in trio for flute, violin and bass continuo survive. During the summer 1721, he returned to Hamburg, but only a few weeks later made a rapid exit to Copenhagen with a Hamburg opera troop, probably because of the growing influence of Georg Philipp Telemann, engaged by the city magistrate in Keiser's absence. Between 1721 and 1727, Keiser traveled back and forth between Hamburg and Copenhagen, receiving the title of Master of the Danish Royal Chapel. After the dissolution of the opera troop, Keiser returned once more to Hamburg, but changes in its modus operandi made repeating past success difficult. Three operas from the period between 1722 and 1734 survive. Personal relations with Telemann remained good, with Telemann programing several productions of Keiser's operas. In 1728 he became the cathedral precentor of Hamburg, and wrote largely church music there until his death in 1739. |
 | The Swedish Ship "Götheborg" INFO: "Götheborg is a sailing replica of an 18th century Swedish East Indiaman, a wooden sailing vessel. The original sank off Gothenburg, Sweden on 12 September 1745 while approaching its home harbour after returning from her third voyage to the China. All sailors survived, but the ship was lost." I Filmed this in Norrtälje/Sweden. 17 July 2008 |
 | East indiaman gothenburg Baltic Sea Tour 2008 From the first day to the last day in Örnsköldsviks harbour. Götheborg is a sailing replica of an 18th century Swedish East Indiaman, a wooden sailing vessel. The original sank off Gothenburg, Sweden on 12 September 1745 while approaching its home harbour after returning from her third voyage to the China. All sailors survived, but the ship was lost. Song: Drink up my hearties artist: Hans Zimmerman. Own nothing, no copyright infringement. Edit: because I cant spell and I did some change in it. Therefore I am uploading this again. |
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