7 Engineering Wonders of the Modern World: Contemporary World Record-Setting Construction

Would you believe that the tallest bridge in France reaches higher than the Eiffel tower, or that a single dam in China can hold back 1.4 trillion cubic feet or water? Each of the projects depicted here has set at least one world record for its height, scale, daring or ingenuity. From Venice to Boston, Egypt to England, here are seven amazing engineering wonders of the modern world.

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In the name of love . . .

  • Dang it, Bono, you got it all wrong. A shot didn’t ring out early morning April 4 in the Memphis sky. A shot rang out early evening April 4 out in the memphis sky. Time Magazine
  • Dr. King has been dead 40 years today, I wonder what he would have thought about current race relations.
  • Amazingly Dr. King has now been dead longer than he was alive. He did so much in only 39 years of life. Wow. He seemed so much older and wiser than a 39 year old.
  • I wonder if the teacher that gave him a “C” in his public speaking class ever thought if MLK would ever redeem himself public speaking later in life. I think the student recovered quite well. Report Card Source
  • Tom Brokaw has a two hour MLK special on the History Channel this Sunday I plan on watching. Link
  • Here’s a nice little video tribute of (Pride) In the Name of Love mixed with the I Have a Dream speech along with quotes from other historical figures with all sorts of images.

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Marriage Proposal Gone Very Wrong

LONDON (Reuters) – It is the one moment every man wants to get right — and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.

The luckless 28 year-old’s dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.

Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question.

But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring — and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend — sailing away over the rooftops.

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