Most Expensive Flat in History

The World's most expensive Luxury flat on sale three bedroom flat in history has been sold for almost £200m - despite a dark history involving a murder in its main reception room.

Reclusive British property developers Christian and Nick Candy are thought to have made a profit of at least £190m from La Belle Epoque penthouse in Monaco, on the French Riviera.

They bought the 17,500 sq ft flat from Englishwoman Lily Safra in the early 2000s, soon after her banker husband Edmond infamously died in a mysterious fire inside the property.

It has now been snapped up on a 97 year lease at an asking price of €240 million (£199m) by an unnamed Middle Eastern investor, thought to be an Arab sheik.

Early theories back in 1999 were that Mr Safra had been killed by Russians in retaliation for supporting an FBI clampdown on money laundering in the Mediterranean principality.

But then Ted Maher, a former American Green Beret medical auxiliary who was caring for the ageing Mr Safra, suddenly confessed to starting the fire, which also killed another nurse.

Despite a double murder charge, Maher spent just five years in prison – increasing speculation that he was a ‘patsy’ set up to take responsibility for the crime by powerful interests who were really responsible.

Whatever the truth, it enabled Christian Candy, 36, and his brother Nick, 37, to make a fortune out of the then blighted flat.

Mrs Safra, who inherited her husband’s £3bn fortune thanks to him cutting his two brothers out of his will two months before his death, was happy to offload it for less than £10m.

In an interview last year Christian Candy admitted he had spent some £26m doing the flat up, turning it into one of the most desirable properties in the world.

With unspoiled views across Monte Carlo’s marina and the sea beyond, the two floor penthouse includes a double height library and vast roof terraces complete with mature 15 foot trees and infinity pool.

There is a leisure room complete with billiard tables and arcade video games, Jacuzzi and spa, and even a media room which includes executive chairs which convert into beds in case of over-work.

Other James Bond touches include old master paintings and cinema screens which emerge from walls at the touch of a button, and numerous walk-in wardrobes and dressing rooms.

Security is also state-of-the art, with a panic room, reinforced glass, and surveillance cameras everywhere.

The Candys, who were brought up in Surrey and started their career borrowing £6000 to do up their grandmother’s house in Earl’s Court, are believed to now be living between another of their Monaco flats and Candyscape II, their multi-million pound yacht.

The area where they live is one of the most expensive in France. In 2008, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov was poised to spend more than £450m buying the nearby Villa Leopolda.

Mrs Safra was again the seller, but the deal fell through

Source : Daily Mail

World's most expensive car wash

When car valet Gurcharn Sahota started out washing motors, his equipment ran to little more than a bucket and sponge.

But the accountancy graduate has turned his love of fast cars into a booming cleaning business with an eye-watering price list - charging up to a £7,200 for each bespoke valet.

Mr Sahota now counts a £5,000 police forensic microscope to detect minute scratches, £8,200-a-tub wax and more than 100 different cleaning fluids amongst the tools of his trade, after starting the business in his parents' garage.

The 30-year-old has lined the walls and floor of the double unit with specialist tiles imported from Italy which help reflect flecks of dirt on the cars.

Each vehicle takes up to 250 hours to clean, and his premier service includes polishing and buffing every inch of the car inside and out FIVE times.

Since launching his business, 'Elite Detailing', five years ago, Mr Sahota said he had washed hundreds of supercars such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Rolls Royces and even the Le Mans-winning McLaren F1 GTR, of which only five of the 28 ever built were converted for road use.

He said that clients including rock stars, Premiership footballers, lawyers and actors have continued to flock to him despite the recession because the cost of his service is 'peanuts' compared to the value of their cars.

'People come to me and they want the best treatment going for their car', Mr Sahota, who is single, said yesterday. 'If you've got a £500,000 car then a few grand for cleaning is worth it.'

He begins every clean in the same way - washing it with a lambswool mitten and water mixed with Ph neutral shampoo and applied by a jet wash reaching temperatures of up to 120C (248F), depending on the body panel.

The wheels are then steam cleaned at 150C (302F) with a machine purchased from the NHS and designed to kill the MRSA superbug, before the car is dried with a microfibre towel and an industrial blower.

A clay bar is then rubbed over the bodywork to pick up any remaining decontaminants like tree sap or atmospheric pollutants, before the car is then rinsed, dried again, and any scratches are examined under the microscope.

Standard valets, which start at around £700 depending on the car, involve a two-stage polishing process to remove any scratches and then 'sharpen up' the paintwork.

But the £7,200 service involves sanding the car down twice to make sure the paint is exactly the same thickness all over the car, then polishing it by machine in three stages. This not only brings the car's colour back to life but also leaves each body panel offering a perfect reflection.

Three coats of the highly-concentrated carnauba wax, which is imported from Brazil, are then applied to seal the paint, compared with one coat on the standard valet, while plastics are also treated in a special sealant at a cost of £50 per 15mililitres.

Mr Sahota said clients who opt for the premier valet tend to be those who display their cars like ornaments, rather than drive them. Each car will only need one such treatment in its lifetime.

Mr Sahota said: 'The first time I cleaned a Ferrari Enzo it took a week and when I tried to sleep all I could see was Ferrari red.

'I just want perfection. Finishing is the best part because you know what it was like when you started. That gives me great satisfaction.'

Mr Sahota, a long-time car enthusiast, began researching car cleaning methods whilst at university. After graduating, he enrolled on a valeting training course, only to quit because he realised he knew more about the process than the bodyshops and technicians who were supposed to be teaching him.

He set up the business after convincing an Aston Martin dealer to let him clean a DB9 for free.The dealer was so impressed with his work he passed Mr Sahota's details on to clients.

He is now in the process of moving the business from his parents' home in Derbyshire to a new workshop he is opened in Worcester.

Despite spending his days cleaning other people's supercars, Mr Sahota is currently car less, having recently sold his boyhood favourite car, the Mk I Volkswagen Golf GTI.

He would not reveal the identities of many of his super-rich clients, but said he did regularly clean an Aston Martin DBS Volante belonging to the millionaire celebrity lawyer Nick 'Mr Loophole' Freeman.

Crocodile Suite – Hisako Matsumoto

The artists who came out last year, Hisako Matsumoto (松元久子) must be one of my favorites, and apparently I am not alone, since I have seen her work exhibited twice so far. As her graduation piece she created this crocodile costume, crocodile suit, complete with crocodile helmet and crocodile boots, in ceramics. Sometimes art just comes together like this, craft and concept, hand and brains. On Time Out Tokyo she gives a little bit more background on the inspiration behind this piece. Even if you can’t read Japanese you can have a look at the photo of her (she has a smile worthy of a cover model).

The more I see coming out from Tama Art University, the more I am convinced that this must be one of the best art universities in the world. This piece was even featured in Nikkei (one of the most artless business newspapers in the world). As a final trivia, I found out while googling her name that it’s the 801622nd most popular name in Japan. Who would have known?









Source :- Tokyobling

World's most expensive suit on sale

A tailor and jeweller with a taste for the extravagant have joined forced to produce The world's most expensive Dress suite.

Made from cashmere wool, skill, and studded with 480 high quality diamonds it's easy to see why the suit is expensive.

But at a whopping £599,000, the price-tag could be enough to make even the most wealthy Russian oligarch think twice before handing over his credit-card.

Jeweller Stuart Hughes said he and pal Richard Jewels spent over 600 man hours putting the suit together but they haven't dared try it on themselves, "I was scared too" he said.

Only three of the suits will be made, with each one featuring 480 diamonds strategically positioned, each gem will be 0.5cts, colour G, VS2 quality, making a total 240cts.

Speaking of the "outrageous but subtle" suit, Hughes said it was designed to appeal to someone who enjoys being different, but didn't rule out producing an even more expensive one at some point in the future.

Richard Jewels added "I hope to establish a luxury brand that will not only capture the eyes but the hearts of the consumers.

"We will be offering our clients all expenses paid trips to luxury destinations such as the Arc en Ciel in St Lucia as part of the packages. The emphasis on our products is to solidify one's individuality."

Source:- NewsLite

Beer Production and Consumption Around the World

Beer is the World's Third-Most Consumed Beverage, Losing Only to Water and tea in Terms of popularity and with Nearly With 148 Billion Litre produced, The People Consumed All Of this Beer Are as Diverse as the Beers They Brew. The Graphic Below Illustrates The Differences of Comsumption and Production by Country

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World's Largest Computer Carnival

World's Largest Computer Carnival help in Spain

Recently, the world's largest network of electronic entertainment carnival opened in Madrid, Spain, from all over Europe about 800 fans attended the event, brought together by enthusiasts sharing experiences and transformation of computer technology.











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Wine Challenge

The International Wine Challenge (IWC) is an annual wine competition. assesses every wine blind and judges each for its faithfulness to variety, region and vintage. Every wine is assessed independently of its price. Value for money awards are made after the wine has been judged for quality

The London IWC now has over 9,000 entries. The results of the competition are published on the International Wine Challenge website in May, in trade bi-weekly magazine Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review and the World's Best Wines Guide.

The competition was launched in London in 1984 by Robert Joseph and Charles Metcalfe

The competition takes place over two weeks. There are three rounds of blind tasting: groups of eight to fourteen wines of the same style are tasted and scored by tables of 4 judges. There are over 300 judges. Wines scoring more than 84 points out of 100 advance to round two, where they are tasted again and gold medal winners in each style are awarded. Round three is a tasting of gold medal winners to decide on trophy winners. Throughout the rigorous judging processes, each medal winning wine is tasted at least three times and sometimes as many as six. There is no set number of trophies awarded. In September the IWC Awards Dinner is held in London. Each year, the achievements of the top medal winners, and the leading wine merchants, are publicly rewarded at the International Wine Challenge Awards Dinner, with over 800 guests from the UK wine trade plus international producers and winemakers.

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World's Longest Lunch event in Melbourne

World's Longest Lunch event in Melbourne

Melbourne Hosts World’s Longest Lunch People have lunch event in Melbourne March 12, 2010.
Around 900 people lunched on the 400 metre (1,312 ft) long table as part of the annual Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

Simultaneous to the World’s Longest Lunch in Melbourne, the community of Marysville will host one of 19 Regional World’s Longest Lunches one year on from the Black Saturday bushfires. The event forms part of the festival’s program of more than 70 regional events

Launched in 1993, the annual Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is one of Victoria’s hallmark events. Each March the festival celebrates Melbourne and Victoria’s vibrant food and wine culture in a fortnight-long program of over 250 events. Dates for 2010 are 12 – 23 March.

Source:- english.cctv.com

Sprint Bikini in china

Mountain Bikini Sprint in China

babe Thong bikini Sprint conducted the the girls unusual contest called Biking swimwear (g string) Sprint by the Chinese Nanshan ski resort. All the participants have to wear bikinis cloths for this event. The Nanshan Ski resort is located in Beijing and it offers training for the beginners to take part in this event.

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