This is a list of the tallest buildings in Canada. As of April 2013, there are a total of 91 completed and under construction buildings in Canada with an official height of 150 m (492 ft) or more. Greater Toronto has 58 (Toronto 56, Mississauga 2), Calgary has 18, Montreal has 9, Metro Vancouver two by 2018. Both are currently under construction.
Four of Canada's ten largest cities enforce height restriction laws. In Ottawa, skyscrapers could not be built above the height of the Peace Tower until the late 1970s, when the restriction was changed so that no building could overwhelm the skyline.[1] In Montreal, skyscrapers cannot be built above the elevation of Mount Royal.[2] The City of Vancouver has enacted "view corridors" which limit the height of buildings in most areas of downtown. The City of Edmonton had an elevation restriction, approximately 150 m (492 ft) above downtown, due to the proximity of the city centre airport, until it closed in November 2013.
This list does include towers, including the CN Tower in Toronto, although they are not technically considered to be a building.
The tinsel town not only has some amazing talent, but also many successful father-son and mother-daughter jodis. Some of them have shared screen space with each other in movies, some in television advertisements, on ramp shows and others only in print advertisements. Whichever be the medium, together they look ravishing.
And here we get for you 10 of such famous and stunning mother-daughter duos of Bollywood.
The commercialisation of the sport has led to a heavy influx of money for the benefit of current international players. Playing under the richest cricket board in the world, the Indian team consists of some of the highest-earning athletes in the game. Combine this with the cash-rich IPL contracts, and the players’ pay-packets skyrocket. According to BCCI’s 2014-15 annual report, the board’s annual income was Rs. 1,266.41 crore and expenditure was Rs. 1099.54 crore.
Here are the ten current Indian cricketers who have the highest incomes within the game:
*NOTE: This list contains money earned from the BCCI’s central contracts (which has three grades: A, B and C), as well as the IPL contracts. Money earned from endorsements, and per-match earnings haven’t been considered.
Police in Dubai have built up a high-horsepower arsenal of luxury sports cars and SUVs over the years to complement their fleet of green-and-white patrol cruisers.
The high-end squad cars fit into the greater gearhead ethos of this desert metropolis, where fire-engine red Ferraris growl at stoplights and convertible Rolls Royces prowl the boulevard ringing the world's tallest building.
Lamborghinis also glisten through the glass of a massive new showroom on Shaikh Zayed Road, the country's longest thoroughfare that is a dozen lanes at its widest when cutting through Dubai.
But don't expect their Lamborghini Aventador to show up if you rear-end someone.
These police cars don't see duty at traffic accidents or engage in high-speed pursuits, said Dubai police Lt. Saif Sultan Rashed Al Shamsi, who oversees the tourist police's patrol section.
Instead, Al Shamsi said the cars appear for special events across Dubai - or cruise areas frequented by tourists, offering visitors a glamorous image of the Dubai police.
Below is a list of all models of exotic cars the police either have in their garage or cruising the streets of this desert metropolis:
This list of the tallest buildings and structures in London ranks skyscrapers and towers in London by their height. Since 2010, the tallest structure in London has been The Shard, which was topped out at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft), making it the tallest habitable building in Europe at the time. The second tallest is One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, which rises 235 metres (771 ft) and was completed in 1991. The third tallest is the Heron Tower in the City of London financial district, which was topped out in 2010 and stands at a height of 230 metres (755 ft), including its spire.
The Greater London area is currently about level with the Paris Metropolitan Area as the metropolitan area in the European Union with the most skyscrapers. As of 2016, there are 18 skyscrapers in London that reach a roof height of at least 150 metres (492 ft), with 19 in Paris (compared to 15 in Frankfurt, eleven in Warsaw and five each in Madrid and Milan).
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. Since that time, the United States has been home and still is home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers. New York City, specifically the borough of Manhattan, notably has the tallest skyline in the country. Eleven American buildings have held the title oftallest building in the world (9 in New York City). New York City and Chicago have always been the centers of American skyscraper building. The 10-story Home Insurance Building, built in Chicago in 1885, is regarded as the world's first skyscraper; the building was constructed using a novel steel-loadbearing frame which became a standard of the industry worldwide.
As of 2013, One World Trade Center, also referred by the symbolic name of "Freedom Tower", in New York City was considered to be the tallest skyscraper in the United States. Its antenna brings the structure to a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 m), connoting the year The Declaration of Independence was signed, though the tip of the structure actually is measured at 1,792 ft (546 m). However, using the more common criterion for the height of a building (the roof, not antenna) the observation deck elevation and highest occupied floor of the One World Trade Center are surpassed by Chicago's Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). and 432 Park Ave.
Prior to the September 11, 2001 in New York City, the twin towers of the World Trade Center occupied the second and third positions on the list below, behind Willis Tower. The North Tower stood at 1,368 feet (417 m), while the South Tower was 1,362-foot-tall (415 m). If they were still standing today, they would occupy the fourth and fifth positions on the list below.
There are numerous supertall buildings both proposed and under construction throughout the country, concentrated in New York City and Chicago. Projects in New York include the Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street, while in Chicago, proposed structures include the Wanda Vista Tower, which will be approximately 95 stories and about 1,144 feet (349 m) tall; Wolf Point along the Chicago River; and a Rafael Vinoly-designed tower. Other tall buildings that are either proposed or under construction include the 1,121 feet (342 m) Comcast Innovation and Technology Center in Philadelphia, the 1,100 feet (340 m) Wilshire Grand Tower in Los Angeles, the 1,070 feet (330 m) Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and the 1,010 feet (310 m) One Bayfront Plaza in Miami.
We all know Deepika Padukone has become India’s latest Hollywood export. In a video, she can be seen strengthening her core with Pilates at the Budapest Marriott Hotel’s gym. Padukone was wearing an all-black outfit in the video as she exercises those perfect abs and arms. A strenuous workout regime Deepika Padukone has been going through for her debut Hollywood movie xXx: Return Of Xander Cage (2017), and starring alongside Vin Diesel. The actress who has just wrapped the shoot for her Hollywood movie looks damn sexy working out.
Deepika Padukone has taken to a combination of gym workout, Pilates, and also Total Resistance eXercise (TRX) with her trainer, Yasmin Karachiwala, who according to Deepika is a “complete taskmaster.” Deepika Padukone has never had a less-than-perfect-10 figure and according to Yasmin Karachiwala, she even has the perfect pilates body. As the woman behind the sculpted and glamorous bodies of many of Bollywood’s best-known divas like Katrina Kaif, Aalia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and the likes. Yasmin Karachiwala has a strong claim to the title of India’s leading fitness coach. Karachiwala runs the Body Image studio in Mumbai, where she has been designing customised fitness and nutrition plans for clients since 1992. She is also credited with introducing Pilates to the country. It seems that Pilates is Bollywood’s favourite new workout, maybe you should add it to your workout regime too.
For Deepika Padukone, fitness is not an option, it’s her lifestyle. “Instead of making diets and exercise a compulsion and driving yourself up the wall to follow them, make them a part of your lifestyle,” is her advice. The actor says little things like a 20 minute brisk walk around your building and taking stairs are good enough to maintain an average fitness level.
Padukone is greatly thankful to Yasmin Karachiwala, the celebrity fitness trainer who has helped her to achieve such a fabulous body. Deepika follows a strict diet regimen devised by Yasmin, avoiding all kinds of spicy and junk foods. She eats smart, and her diet has the right balance of proteins and carbohydrates. Despite being a rice lover, Deepika strictly avoids non-vegan foods and rice at night. She has several small meals daily at an interval of two hours. During shoots, she prefers eating regular homemade foods including chapattis, vegetables, dal, salad, and raita.
Padukone has worked upon her weight, diet, and fitness to be in her current shape, successfully keeping the flab away. Here some videos reveal the workout and exercise secrets behind her beauty, wellness, and her fitness.
Bollywood is a place of fame, beauty and money and glamour. Bollywood celebrities get a lot of attention from their fans. People are interested to know about their favorite celebrities including their personal life. Most of the celebrities born in India, but a few of them were not born in India. Take a look at 10 famous Bollywood celebrities who were born and raised in other countries.
The cheapest stay at the most luxurious hotels in Manhattan will still set you back nearly $1,000 a night.
New York City's Mandarin Oriental and The Ritz-Carlton Central Park are the most expensive city hotels in the United States, according to a recent report from Luxury-Hotels.com.
While the Big Apple certainly dominated the list, increasing competition could impact rates.
"More and more luxury hotels are being built in Manhattan...and there are more luxury Airbnb flats and that puts pressure on the luxury market," said Daniel Derger, who oversaw the survey.
For the survey, Luxury-Hotels analyzed rates for a double room for a one or two-day stay in October in cities with more than 500,000 people. Mondays and Tuesdays were excluded from bookings.
October tends to be the most expensive month for luxury hotel bookings, thanks in part to heavy business travel, according to Derger.
Here are the most expensive city hotels in the United States:
You can take the car out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the car. Without doubt, when it comes to country, the truck is the king of the road. The Ford F-Series is the best-selling car in just about every state that isn’t a part of New England (and actually some that are). But if we forget about trucks for a moment, what other cars are tied to the country, for better or worse? Some cars earn their association by reputation, others by sales numbers, and still others by popular culture. When it comes down to it, it is just as difficult to disassociate these vehicles with country as it is trucks. Here are the 10 most country cars that aren’t trucks.
This is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower "a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded from this list because they are not designed for public or regular operational access are Bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, sculptures and most large statues and obelisks.
Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform.
We all love having a cute little kitten and many of us wish that they stayed tiny forever. Luckily there are some cat breeds that stay small even when they are fully grown. Check out this list of our 7 smallest cat breeds that still have a larger than life attitude.
The picturesque country of Ireland contains many castles situated in its vast countryside. Ranging from medieval ruins, to hotels. Most of these castles were not built to be royal residences so are more modest in their appearance, they were mostly built during the country’s Norman rule, and were designed primarily to act as defensive fortresses.
Infinity pools are all about blurring the line between man-made and natural, and few places have a more gorgeous contrast than these ten hotel pools. From elephant spotting in the Serengeti to country-counting in the Golden Triangle, there's so much more than just swimming to do at our favorite infinity pools across the globe.
With every passing year, more opportunities arise for the rich and elite in the world to claim a spot as one of the richest people in the world. It’s the ultimate achievement in the world of the rich. While some have held on to their positions, others have been succeeded by new leaders and innovators. Including the top 10 on this list, there are 1,810 billionaires recorded in the world today, their combined net worths totaling a staggering 6.48 trillion dollars.
The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world. The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft). The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete, however, and some buildings listed within these list articles are not considered complete by the CTBUH.
In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller, the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:
height to structural or architectural top;
height to floor of highest occupied floor;
height to top of roof (removed as category in November 2009); and
height to top of any part of the building.
This list of tallest buildings in the world ranks skyscrapers by height. Only buildings with continuously occupiable floors are included, thus non-building structures, including towers, are not included.
Sniper is a highly trained sharpshooter who hits the target from concealed positions and some distances. A sniper generally operates alone with a special precision rifle and some sort of communication devices.
The word ‘sniper’ and the verb ‘to snipe’ originated among the troopers in the 1770s in British India where it was an extremely difficult task to hunt the migratory Snipe bird (Gallinago gallinago) due to its camouflage feather patterns and erratic flight patterns. The phrase ‘Going on a snipe hunt’ is used by experienced people to make fun of novices by giving them virtually an impossible task.
In addition to sharpshooting, military snipers are also trained in infiltration, field craft, camouflage, surveillance, reconnaissance and target locating. During the WWII, the Soviet snipers played a remarkable role on the Eastern Front. The Russian snipers generally used the standard Mosin-Nagant 1891 model rifles with optical PU Scope (Scope short cut), 7.62×54mmR rifle cartridges, armor piercing B-30 shells, tracer bullets and calibrated incendiary (P3). They used to carry 120 rifle cartridges as combat load. Unlike other countries, women were also recruited by Soviet Union as snipers and there were over 2,000 women snipers operating in 1943. Soviet Union was also the only country that trained snipers on purpose in the decade leading up to WWII and their superiority in the following list of top 10 most lethal snipers of World War II is clearly visible. 9 out of 10 in this list are Soviet snipers and 1 Finnish sniper.
There are many ways to measure automotive excellence, but top speed is the one everybody secretly cares about the most. Aldous Huxley was right about speed being the only truly modern sensation. He left out the part about how much fun it is.
These 10 cars are more than just fun, though, they’re the fastest production cars in the world. The emphasis here is on “production;” racers and one-off custom jobs need not apply. We also tried to limit the selections to cars whose claimed top speeds have been generally recognized as legitimate by the automotive media and sanctioning groups.
For now, though, these are the fastest cars that can legally sport a license plate.
