The world?s tallest tower, developed by Emaar Properties, was unveiled last night to a crowd of thousands and the world in a crescendo of fireworks, lasers and fountain displays. The official height of the tower, unveiled as ?Burj Khalifa?, was announced as 828 metres (2,716.5 ft). A closely guarded secret, the official height of Burj Khalifa was flashed onto a giant screen before an estimated crowd of more than 400,000, as lasers and fireworks lit up the night sky.

As per the informations received to me, the opening ceremony to be attended by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-MaktoumMohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai at 8 p.m.

Mercury and Mars retrograde

Pluto in Capricorn square exalted Saturn in Libra makes this a monsterous piece of architecture. First thing that comes to mind is a Battleship, a Death Star, the lodgings of Darth Vader or something like that. It is out of this world

Kabbalah
Some Kabbalistic mystics provide intriguing and unusual descriptions of the Tower of Babel. According to Menachem Tsioni, an Italian Torah commentator of 15th century, the Tower was a functional flying craft, empowered by some powerful magic or technology;[8] the device was originally intended for holy purposes, but was later misused in order to gain control over the whole world. Isaac of Acre wrote that the Tower builders had reached, or at least planned to reach the distance of 2,360,000,000 parsas or 9-10 billion kilometers above the Earth surface, which is about the radius of the Solar System, including most Trans-Neptunian objects.[9] Similar accounts are also found in the writing of Jonathan Eybeschutz and the ancient book Brith Menuchah,[10] according to which the builders of the Tower planned to equip it with some shield technology ("shielding wings") and powerful weapons. Many Kabbalists believed that the ancient peoples possessed magic knowledge of the Nephilim, which allowed them to construct such powerful devices. Moreover, according to some commentaries, some Talmudic sages possessed a manual for building such a flying tower.

According to another mysterious Kabbalistic account, one third of the Tower builders were punished by being transformed into semi-demonic creatures and banished into three parallel dimensions, inhabited now by their descendants.[11]

Amilia wrote:My assistant's son has been working on it.

My assistant's son has been working on it.

I do think that the building of such a construction is an accomplishment, even though it scares the wits out of me. I hope they don't build too many...