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• Largest Painting by Numbers

  • From: gwr_talal
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    Within the tranquil Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, over 700 volunteers were bustling in the early hours of Sunday morning, 27th September to prepare for the Guinness World Records attempt of the Largest Painting by Numbers, measuring 2386.98 square meters.

    
    The event organised by The Giant Panda Culture and Industry Development Company Ltd was held in conjunction with the 140th Anniversary of the discovery of the Giant Panda and the 2009 Chinese National Day celebrations. The volunteers were made up of local leaders, enthusiastic local artists, volunteers and individuals from "Panda 800 Action Plan" Painting competition which was jointly organized with Chengdu Education Bureau.

    
    Of the 700 volunteers, 421 represented the group of painters for the day. These painters were dress-coded in blue, red, yellow and green shirts, and took shifts in completing their designated sections of the canvas, on which the image of the Giant Panda and its historical text were painted. Ten different colors were used in the painting.
    Due to the anticipated and forecasted rainy Sunday afternoon weather, the volunteers worked tirelessly indoors under relatively poor lighting the evening before and continued on till the early morning in order to successfully complete the attempt of the Largest Painting by Numbers.

    
    The event funded by the local Chengdu Government was graced by Mr. Yeh Lang, Governor for the Department of Propaganda for Chengdu, Mr. Yin Jian Hua, President of the Chengdu Culture and Tourist Group, Mr. Qin Jue Wei, General Manager of the Giant Panda Culture Industry Development Company Ltd.

    
    “Through this activity and record attempt, we hope to spread the knowledge of giant panda protection and invite more people to join in the protection of this endangered animal,” said Mr. Yeh Lang.
    Measuring the painted canvas was no easy task as it was placed on an open area which was slightly uneven and muddy from the rain on the evening before. Guinness World Records adjudicator and brand licensing representative in Asia, Alex Iskandar Liew with the aid of Ms. Jean Xiao and Mr. Handsome Lee (as he’d like to be called) from The Giant Panda Culture and Industry Development managed to measure the canvas accurately by taking multiple counts of every 10 meters.

    

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• Tall Tales

  • From: gwr_craig
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    Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday is, literally, on top of the world with two new records ratified in Shanghai
    
    I'm typing this from the highest hotel room in the world. I've just eaten a beautiful (and very healthy) meal in what I'm sure is the world's highest restaurant, and am enjoying a glass of wine from the planet's highest wine cellars. It feels like I'm in heaven – and it's probably as close as one can come to it while enjoying the finest of earthly delights. So no, I've not died – I'm in Shanghai, the so-called Paris of the East, at the Park Hyatt Hotel, the highest hotel in the world.
    
    For me, Shanghai has always been one of these places, like Zanzibar or Casablanca, whose very name conjures up all sorts of fantastical images – death-defying rickshaw rides through narrow alleyways dripping with freshly laundered pyjamas, roasted ducks hanging in every window, mah-jong games played on the landings of tightly packed tenements. Of course, the reality is not quite on a par with my boy's-own vision, based more on movie mobsters with slinky concubines and that fantastic opening scene in Club Obi-Wan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; the very dull drive from the airport to my hotel was disappointingly like everyone other tedious airport transfer.
    
    However, as one draws closer to the centre of the city, familiar images start to emerge from the fog (and indeed it's very foggy – a nice change, I'm told, from the usual torrential downpours and thunderstorms that plague the city at this time of year). The tops of buildings I always imagined were located in Hong Kong become clear; that strange exercise in geometry – the Oriental Pearl TV Tower – emerges; beyond it, the Jin Mao tower with its beautifully spiky pagoda-style exterior; then, the daddy of them all, the giant bottle-opener that is the Shanghai World Financial Centre (SWFC). It should be the New York of the East, if these remarkable towers are anything to by…
    
    I'm here at the invitation of Mori Building, the Japanese company responsible for shaping much of this incredible skyline. The week I arrive marks the first anniversary of the opening of the SWFC and the Park Hyatt Hotel, which can be found between floors 78 and 88 of the building. So, not the hotel at the highest altitude – this is the Everest View, which can be found in the Himalayas – but the hotel at the highest point from street level.
    
    And what a hotel it is! I've been to many beautiful hotels during my time at Guinness World Records, but this is by far the most spectacular. The views, of course, are breathtaking; but its design is also memorably beautiful, especially for a hotel in a financial centre. Every detail has been carefully thought out, every touch special. At just 174 rooms, it’s a relatively small, boutique hotel, but so much the better. Natural surfaces and colours abound; the halls are littered with beautiful art. In my dark wood and natural silk bedroom, only the Japanese-inspired digital toilet seems out of place – the instructions, thankfully, are in English.
    
    The top of the SWFC is the highest roof in the world (it's a flat roof over the 101st floor, at 492 m (1,615 ft) above the street), suspended from which – at the 100th floor – is the world's highest observation deck. The views of downtown Shanghai and the Huangpu Pu River are spectacular – one of the greatest views on the planet.
    
    For fans of skyscrapers, this building is endlessly fascinating, and the stats are impressive. The SWFC has 91 elevators, 44 of which are double-deckers; the whole building is supported by 2,200 steel tubing bearing piles inserted up to 78 m (256 ft) into the ground; a 150-ton counterweight is installed on the 90th floor to help the two tuned mass dampers (TMDs) keep the building from swaying; and the total floor space is a whopping 381,600 m2 (4.1 million ft2).
    
    But for me, it’s not just about the numbers, as impressive as they are. It's about waking up to the sunrise over Shanghai from a bed at ear-popping 450 m (1,476 ft) up in the clouds; about knowing that you're currently the highest person on Earth – well, at least the highest person indoors and enjoying air conditioning! For a truly unique view on the world, there is currently no better place to be than Shanghai.
    
    The city might have differed from what I expected, but it thrills in many other ways, and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Next on my schedule is a city tour for which I can't wait. I'm sure my romantic vision of the old longtang will be long gone, but in its place is a vibrant, fast-paced city that deserves its role as host of the forthcoming World Expo 2010. "You can see the future from here," said SWFC's President Mr Yoshimura Akio during the formal GWR certificate presentation on the 100th floor observation deck (the highest press conference in the world?), and he's right – Shanghai is where the future will impact on the world first. Make a visit as soon as you can.

    

    Craig Glenday
    Editor-in-Chief
    Shanghai

    27 August 2009

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• Fastest Banjo Player Todd Tayl

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    The fastest banjo player is Todd Taylor (USA) who played Duelling Banjos at a speed of 210 beats per minute in Palm Bay, Florida, United States, on 31 January 2007.

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• Giant Radish 5lbs. Grown Indoo

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    I grew this radish in my basement in about 3 months. When I am going to attempt the record for weight it will take about 9 months of growing and hopefully will top 100lbs.
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• Telephone directories torn in

  • From: GuinnessWorldRecords
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    Tina Shelton (USA) tore from top to bottom 21 telephone directories, each with 1,028 numbered pages in a time of three minutes at the Ranchland Church in Escondido, California, USA, on 9 February 2007.
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• Most skips in 30 seconds

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    The record for most skips in 30 seconds is 152 and was achieved by Megumi Suzuki (Japan) at the Japanese Rope Skipping Championships in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on 10 September 2006.
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• Forward flip trampoline slam d

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    The furthest forward flip trampoline slam dunk measured 5.2 m (17ft 1 in) and was achieved by Willy Martinon (France) a member of the Crazy Dunkers acrobatic troupe at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, on 1 April 2007.
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• Most parallel bar dips - One m

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    The most parallel bar dips in one minute is 173 and was set by Simon Kent (UK) at Lincoln University, Lincoln, UK, on 15 November 2006.
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• Fastest banjo player

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    The fastest banjo player is Todd Taylor (USA) who played Duelling Banjos at a speed of 210 beats per minute in Palm Bay, Florida, United States, on 31 January 2007.
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• Fastest hot water bottle burst

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    The fastest time to blow-up a standard hot water bottle until it bursts is 51.98 sec, by Brian Jackson (USA) at the Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA, on 13 April 2006.
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• Tenpin bowling backwards singl

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    The record for the highest score in a single game of backwards bowling is 199 and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at AMF Van Wyck Lanes, Richmond Hill, New York, USA, on 11 April 2007.
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• Fastest time to peel and eat a

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    The world record for the fastest time to peel and eat a lemon is 19.97 seconds set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at Guru Health Foods in Jamaica, New York, USA, on 24 April 2007.
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• Most cigar boxes balanced on c

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    The most cigar boxes balanced on the chin is 223 set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at The Culture Project Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, on 12 November 2006.
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• Most eggs held in the hand

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    The record for the most eggs held in the hand is seventeen and was achieved by Rob Beaton (USA) in Ocean Gate, New Jersey, USA, on 10 January 2007.
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• Fastest guitar player

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    The fastest guitar player is José del Rio (Chile) who played 'Duelling Banjos' at a speed of 250 bpm in Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, on 9 April 2006.
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• Football touches in one minute

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    The most touches of a football in one minute, by a female, whilst keeping the ball in the air is 311 by Chloe Hegland (Canada) at the Greenglade Community Centre, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, on 7 May 2007.
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• Full contact punch strikes in

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    The most punch strikes in one minute is 702 by Robert Ardito (Australia) at the International Wing Chun Academy, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 18 March 2007.
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