Worlds Largest Drink Luge and Bar Guinness World Record set by Wicked Audio

Normally this isn't something we would tell you about, but, not only is this kind of cool (pun intended), we are big fans of Wicked Audio's earbuds and headphones. Besides, making it into the Guinness Book of World Records is kind of a big deal.

Here's the scoop - Wicked Audio, along with Backstage Artist Lounge, branded its very own record making ice luge and bar at Alaska's BP World Ice Art Championships last week.

The challenge? To create the world's largest drink luge and bar from massive natural ice blocks in Fairbanks, Alaska during the World Ice Art Championships.

Although a number of records have been set for ice bars, sculptors and mazes, a record for the longest ice luge (icy beverage slalom) had never been set, making Wicked Audio a first-time record setter for such a phenomenon.

This record-setting creation is now the world's largest ice bar and ice luge. The ice bar stretched 208 feet (beating the former 160 feet record). The ice luge began at the top of a 24-foot sculpture of a woman, measured 23 feet long, and was designed so drinks could be poured starting at her neck and run down the entire luge, creating the world's first luge record. Mr. Sarelli, Crystal Creations, was responsible for the manpower behind this creation.

"At Wicked Audio we pride ourselves on being a company that breaks barriers and sets new trends. Not only do our products set us apart, but also our willingness to support both local and mainstream acts and to get involved in some out-of-the-ordinary grass roots support," said Paul Marshall, VP of Sales, Wicked Audio. "This record setting booze luge is yet another illustration of what makes Wicked Audio a leader in the music and entertainment world."

World's Wealthiest People

Forbes released its annual list of the world's wealthiest people, and now the nearly 7 billion of us who aren't on it are searching for it.

No. 1 on the list is Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications magnate who's worth an estimated $74 billion. Slim beat out Bill Gates, No. 2 on the list at $56 billion, by a fat margin after his wealth grew by more than one-third last year. Perennial Top 10-er Warren Buffett appears at No. 3 with $50 billion of worth; and the richest woman, Christy Walton of the Wal-Mart empire, comes in at No. 10.

The number of billionaires in the world is up by 200 from last year to 1,210, with a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion.

And, of course, with $1 billion being cool and all, six members of the Facebook management clan made the list, including Mark Zuckerberg at No. 52.

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani were counted among the world's ten richest persons as 50 Indians made it to the Forbes list of World Billionaires 2011.

Here is a complete list of Indian billionaires in order of India Rank, World Rank, Name, Net Worth, Age, Source:

1.. 6 Lakshmi Mittal $31.1 B 60 Steel
2.. 9 Mukesh Ambani $27 B 53 petrochemicals, oil & gas
3.. 36 Azim Premji $16.8 B 65 Software
4.. 42 Shashi & Ravi Ruia $15.8 B 67 Diversified
5.. 56 Savitri Jindal & family $13.2 B 60 Steel
6.. 81 Gautam Adani $10 B 48 commodities, infrastructure
7.. 97 Kumar Birla $9.2 B 43 commodities
8.. 103 Anil Ambani $8.8 B 51 Diversified
9.. 110 Sunil Mittal & family $8.3 B 53 telecom
10. 130 Adi Godrej & family $7.3 B 68 Diversified
11. 130 Kushal Pal Singh $7.3 B 79 real estate
12. 154 Anil Agarwal $6.4 B 57 mining, metals
13. 159 Dilip Shanghvi $6.1 B 55 pharmaceuticals
14. 182 Shiv Nadar $5.6 B 65 Information technology
15. 265 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh $4.1 B 38 healthcare
16. 310 Kalanithi Maran $3.5 B 45 media
17. 347 Uday Kotak $3.2 B 51 banking
18. 376 Micky Jagtiani $3 B 59 Retail
19. 393 Subhash Chandra & family $2.9 B 60 media
20. 440 Pankaj Patel $2.6 B 57 pharmaceuticals
21. 440 Indu Jain $2.6 B 74 media
22. 440 G. M. Rao $2.6 B 60 infrastructure
23. 512 Cyrus Poonawalla $2.3 B 69 biotech
24. 540 Rajan Raheja & family $2.2 B 56 Diversified
25. 564 Desh Bandhu Gupta $2.1 B 73 pharmaceuticals
26. 595 N.R. Narayana Murthy & family $2 B 64 Software
27. 595 Gautam Thapar $2 B 50 engineering, paper
28. 595 Sudhir & Samir Mehta $2 B 56 Diversified
29. 595 Aloke Lohia $2 B 52 chemicals
30. 651 Venugopal Dhoot $1.9 B 59 electronics
31. 651 Chandru Raheja $1.9 B 70 real estate
32. 692 Nandan Nilekani & family $1.8 B 55 Software
33. 736 Ajay Kalsi $1.7 B N/A oil
34. 782 Rahul Bajaj $1.6 B 72 motorcycles
35. 782 Senapathy Gopalakrishnan & family $1.6 B 55 Software
36. 833 Brijmohan Lall Munjal $1.5 B 87 motorcycles
37. 833 K. Anji Reddy $1.5 B 69 pharmaceuticals
38. 879 Vijay Mallya $1.4 B 55 liquor
39. 879 Ajay Piramal $1.4 B 55 pharmaceuticals
40. 879 Vikas Oberoi $1.4 B 40 real estate
41. 938 Baba Kalyani $1.3 B 62 Engineering
42. 938 Rama Prasad Goenka $1.3 B 81 Diversified
43. 993 Keshub Mahindra $1.2 B 87 Diversified
44. 993 K Dinesh & family $1.2 B 56 Software
45. 993 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala $1.2 B 50 Investments
46. 993 Brij Bhushan Singal $1.2 B 74 Steel
47. 1057 Yusuf Hamied & family $1.1 B 74 Pharmceuticals
48. 1057 S.D. Shibulal & family $1.1 B 56 Software
49. 1057 Bhupendra Kumar Modi $1.1 B 62 telecom
50. 1057 Mangal Prabhat Lodha $1.1 B 55 real estate

Forbes magazine's 2011 Billionaires Video

Japan’s Earthquake (Pictures)

the Japan was struck by a magnitude-8 earthquake, 8 off the coast of the northeastern coast of Friday, triggering a tsunami 13 feet

kissing Marathon Competition

A Thai couple has made history with the longest kiss ever during a Valentine's Day "kissathon" after they locked lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes and nine seconds.

Organizers of the event, which took place at a southern beach resort town, claim it marked the longest recorded smooch in history.

"We didn't think we would find anybody that could break the record," CBS News quoted Somporn Naksuetrong, the manager of Pattaya's Louis Tussaud's Waxworks museum, which organized the competition, as saying.

Fourteen couples had started off the contest at 6 a.m. on February 13, and by February 14 afternoon, half had already beaten the record and were still smooching away on the corridor of an oceanside shopping mall in Pattaya.

A Bangkok couple, Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat, emerged as the winner, and they were awarded a diamond ring worth 50,000 Thai Baht (1,606 dollars), and a cash prize of 100,000 Baht (3,213 dollars).

According to Guinness World Records, whose officials will have to verify the latest milestone for it to become official, the previous record of just over 32 hours had been set by a couple in Germany in 2009.

The rule for the kissathon is that couples should lock lips all the time, and if they wish to have a drink they have to do so using straws while continuing the kiss.

And if they wish to use the bathroom, they have to continue embracing each other, while accompanied by contest monitors. But the harshest rule was no sitting or sleeping.






Thailand Longest Kiss Guinness World Record 2011 Video

Top 10 facts about ICC Cricket World Cup !

We are just one day away from Cricket world cup Extravaganza. The cricket fever has gripped the nation. Most of the cricket fanatics know most of the when’s and where’s and who’s and how’s and why’s of this Tournament. All such data is available on net. So we decided to compile all at one place for your viewing pleasure.

Some interesting facts of 2011 ICC World Cup

1) Duration of ICC World cup :

• Cricket World Cup will be played from Feb 19 to April 2.
• Qualifying round matches will be till March 20
• Quarter Final matches will be played between March 23 to March 26
• Semi Final matches on March 29 and March 30
• Cricket World Cup Final will be held April 2

2) Host nations :

This world cup will be jointly hosted by 3 countries – India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

3) Participating Teams :

There are total of 14 teams participating in this world up comprising of 2 groups with 7 teams each

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Sri Lanka	England
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zeeland	Bangladesh
Zimbabwe	West Indies
Canada	Netherlands
Kenya	Ireland

4) Total number of World Cup matches

Total of 49 matches will be played (incidentally one of the highest compared to any previous world cup). There will be 42 qualifying matches, 4 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi finals and 1 Final
Out of total 49 matches India will host 29 matches (including a Quarter Final, a Semi Final and the Final). Bangladesh will host 8 matches (including 2 Quarter Finals) and Sri Lanka will hold 12 matches (including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final)

5) Total venues in all :

There will be Total of 13 grounds used for this tournament

India – 8

• Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Capacity – 90,000 (3 matches)
• Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, Capacity – 48,000 (4 matches)
• Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru, Capacity – 42,000 (5 matches)
• Chidambaram, Chennai, Capacity – 50,000 (4 matches)
• Mohali, Chandigarh, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches including a Semi Final)
• Motera, Ahmedabad, Capacity – 50,000 (3 mathces including a Quarter Final)
• Jamtha, Nagpur, Capacity – 45,000 (4 matches)
• Wankhede, Mumbai, Capacity – 45,000 (3 matches including the Final)

Bangladesh-2

• Zahur Ahmed Stadium, Chittagong, Capacity – 20,000 (2 matches)
• Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Capacity – 25,000 (6 matches including 2 Quarter Finals)

Sri Lanka-3

• Rajapaksha Stadium, Hambantota, Capacity – 35,000 (2 matches)
• Muralidharan Stadium, Kandy, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches)
• Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Capacity – 35,000 (7 matches including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final)

The Quarter Finals will be held at Mirpur, Dhaka (2 matches), Ahmedabad and  Colombo. Semi Finals will be held at Colombo and Chandigarh. The finals will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

6) How teams proceed progressively to next stage?

Each team plays 1 match with 6 other team in its group. The least scoring 3 teams get eliminated and the top 4 from each group goes to knock out stage.

• Quarter Final No. 1 : No. 1 team of Group A will play against No. 4 team of Group B
• Quarter Final No. 2 : No. 2 team of Group A will play against No. 3 team of Group B
• Quarter Final No. 3 : No. 3 team of Group A will play against No. 2 team of Group B
• Quarter Final No. 4 : No. 4 team of Group A will play against No. 1 team of Group B
• Semi Final No. 1 : Winner of QF No. 1 will play against Winner of QF No. 3
• Semi Final No. 2 : Winner of QF No. 2 will play against Winner of QF No. 4
• Final : Winner of SF No. 1 will play Winner of SF No. 2

7) ICC World Cup Trophy and Prize Money

There are two original Trophies with ICC. One would be held in its Head Quarters in Dubai and the other is given to the Winning team. Both the trophies are identical, the only difference would be, the Trophy in ICC Head Quarters will have the names of all the previous World Cup winners inscribed on it.

Prize Money :

• Winner – 3 Million US Dollars,
• Runner Up – 1.5 Million US Dollars,
• Total Prize Money – 10 Million US Dollars.

8) ICC World Cup 2011 official Mascot

The official Mascot of ICC world Cup 2011 is Stumpy, the Elephant.

I am not sure how an Elephant represents Cricket or ICC World Cup, but that’s a different case altogether :)

9) ICC World Cup 2011 official Song :

The official theme / song of ICC World Cup is De Ghuma ke (3 Min 56 Sec).  It is composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. It is sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar while the lyrics are given by Manoj Yadav

10) ICC World Cup 2011 Official Event Ambassador :

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Did we miss out anything ? let us know !

The 10 Hottest Buildings of Mexico City

Visitors to Mexico City are often surprised by its breadth of architectural styles, from 16th century churches to oddly shaped skyscrapers of the past decade. Here, take a virtual tour of some of Mexico City’s architectural head-turners.

2. Conjunto Arcos Bosques

3. Calakmul

4. Hoteles Fiesta Inn y Fiesta Americana Santa Fe

5. Hotel Habitá

6. Fire Station “Phoenix Bird”

7. Torre Mayor

8. The Santa Fé campus

9. Plaza Juarez Complex

10. BBVA-Bancomer Headquarters

A Diamond Worth $ 16,000,000

Large diamond weighing 84.37 carats, which was sold 14 November, 2007 at Sotheby `s auction of $ 16,000,000. Diamond weighs 101.27 carats, the largest colorless diamond of the exposed for sale over the past 20 years, was presented at Christie's auction in Hong Kong 28 May, 2008.

The starting price perfect diamond is $ 6 million. The White Diamond (72 carats) at an exhibition in London.
$8,000,000 — $10,000,000. Estimate $ 8,000,000 - $ 10,000,000. Sotheby’s. Sotheby's. International sale. International sale. Hong Kong. On the territory of the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, was found megacities diamond weighing 478 carats. Jewel officers found a London company «Gem Diamond Mining» while working at the mine Letsen.

Miners British company found stone, which was the 20 th largest ever found diamonds.

The stone is so valuable that, according to experts, even after cutting a diamond can save 100 and possibly 150 carats, and as a result surpass in size and quality of the legendary «Kohinoor», which adorns the crown of Elizabeth II. Preliminary findings have already cost is estimated at 12 million dollars. Soon stone will be sold at the largest diamond exchange, and after cutting its price can fly at times.