Co-author of the study Professor Craig Currie, from Cardiff University's School of Medicine, said: "If we can refine these methods, they will allow us to determine much earlier those people who require preventative measures. This will extend people's lives and conserve NHS resources."
"Although we already have reliable methods of forecasting people according to their degree of risk of serious heart events, artificial intelligence promises new ways of interrogating data and the likelihood of more reliable classification of risk," Professor Currie continued.
Co-author of the study Professor Irena Spasić, from Cardiff University's School of Computer Science and Informatics, said: "The ability to interpret solutions offered by machine learning has so far held the technology back in terms of integration into clinical practice.
"However, in light of the recent resurgence of neural networks, it is important not to side line other machine learning methods, especially those that offer transparency such as genetic programming or decision trees. After all, we are looking to use artificial intelligence to aid human experts and not to take them out of the equation altogether."


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Q: How to write unittest for table row selection using Antd Library in React I have a react application and I'm using @testing-library/jest-dom for unit testing and antd 3.x library for UI design. In one of my UI screen there is a table and a button where the button only enables when one of the row in table is checked. So I wanted to do a unittest for this. So below is my src code,
import {Modal, Button, Form, Input, DatePicker, Table, Card, Tooltip} from 'antd';
...
...
return (
  <>
    <Form>
     ...
     <Card>
         <Table
              data-testid={'lift-hold-grid'}
              className="holdListResultsTable"
              rowSelection={rowSelection}
              columns={columns}
              dataSource={dataSourcee}
              components={{
                body: {
                  row: showRestorationTooltip
                }
              }}
            />
     </Card>
     ...
     <div style = {...}>
       <Button data-testid={'lift-hold-button'} disabled={...} onClick={...}>
           Lift Hold
       </Button>
     </div>
    <Form>
  </>
)

and below is the unittest
import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
import { Provider } from "react-redux";
import thunk from "redux-thunk";

function renderWithReduxAndThunk(ui, initialState) {
   const createdStore = createStore(rootReducer, initialState, applyMiddleware(thunk));
   return {
       ...render(<Provider store={createdStore}>{ui}</Provider>),
       createdStore,
    }
}

const changedState = {
   ...
}
it('should enable the lift hold button after checkbox selection and note input', () => {
   const { container, getByTestId } = renderWithReduxAndThunk(<LegalHoldLiftScreen />, changedState);
   const checkBox = container.querySelector('.ant-checkbox-input');
   fireEvent.click(checkBox);
   const downloadButton = getByTestId('lift-hold-button');
   expect(downloadButton).toBeTruthy();
   expect(downloadButton).not.toBeDisabled();
});

but this fails with below message
● should enable the lift hold button after checkbox selection and note input
  Unable to fire a "click" event - please provide a DOM element.

what am I missing here??

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Q: Pipe data from one stream to another I am looking for the best way to pipe data from one stream to another without having to deal with buffering myself. Basically the equivalent of the node.js stream.pipe function.
There is stream_copy_to_stream, but according to the comments on the manual page it is quite a memory hog (possibly reading the whole stream into memory?).
Of course I could do something like this:
$fh = fopen('filename.txt', 'rb');
$out = STDOUT;
while (!feof($fh)) {
    $bytes = 1024;
    fwrite(STDOUT, fread($fh, $bytes), $bytes);
}
fclose($fh);

But I'm hoping there is an easier API to accomplish this, without having to do the buffering myself.
Thanks.

A: I downloaded the source code of PHP 5.4.0 and looked up stream_copy_to_stream (streams.c  line 1419).  It looks reasonable in my opinion.
First it tries to memory-map the source stream, and write the whole thing to the destination in one go without using an intermediate buffer.
If memory mapping is not possible, then it uses an internal buffer (8192 bytes, see CHUNK_SIZE in php_streams_int.h line 49) to shuffle the data from the source to the destination.
Either the manual comment is wrong, or the developers have improved the function since it was first written.  I would give it another look.


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Get those tissue ready. It's time to say goodbye to Yellowcard. The band has released a heartfelt farwell music video for the single 'A Place We Set Afire.' The video features emotional footage of the band, interactions with fans and tear-jerking interviews with lead singer Ryan Key.
The single is off Yellowcard's self-titled final album, which released last September. According to the band's twitter account, the song was inspired by and written for their fans.


Reader, I have been corrupted over recent weeks – not once but twice! My mind has been disturbed by filth of such depravity that it is little wonder Her Majesty's guardians of morality and taste pursued it through the courts.
I refer to the saucy seaside postcard. And in reality, the fact that such honest vulgarity was prosecuted as obscene is as much of a joke as any on these colourful cards.
The Pie Factory Gallery in Margate hosted an exhibition called I Wish I Could See My Little Willy which featured cards deemed too rude to view by committees of taste and decency on local councils across the country in the 1950s.
Above: a lifesize cut-out at the Pie Factory Gallery based on Bob Wilkin's postcard "I wish I could see my little Willy"
The excellent exhibition was run in conjunction with the British Cartoon Archive and many of the cards, by the acknowledged master of the genre Donald McGill, and by other artists, were displayed along with their obscene-publications index cards.
An interesting story emerges, showing how ideas of obscenity are subjective. Often what was seen as mucky in Margate was not seen as rude in Ramsgate, just a few miles down the road. And vice versa.
On the day I visited, there was an excellent free talk and slideshow by Nick Hiley, curator of the British Cartoon Archive, which is based at the University of Kent in nearby Canterbury. The talk was about the various prosecutions around the country and, ultimately, the show trial of McGill in Lincoln. It was held in the old magistrates' court, now the Margate Museum, and Dr Hiley spoke from a witness box on caster wheels.
The Margate show is, alas, over, but for a permanent museum dedicated to Donald McGill head over to the Isle of Wight. I was there on holiday the week before my Margate excursion so I popped over to Ryde to see the Donald McGill Postcard Museum, which opened last year.
"Museum" may sound a little ambitious as it's one room, albeit very grand one, behind a café, but boy do they make good use of the space! There's lots too see – not least the impressive sight of postcards all over the walls and ceilings like a huge mosaic. Plus there's original art, letters, promo material and more. So give yourself a couple of hours if you visit.
The museum shows that McGill's work was not always saucy and about the seaside. His career ran from 1904-1963 and spanned two world wars, so it's quite a reflection of changing times and, of course, there are lots of propaganda cards. It's fascinating to see that a lot of his Hitler cards were "recycled" jokes about the Kaiser! Also on show are some early drawings from the unpublished Grown Ups' Nursery Book.
It's also very playful exhibition, there's a police van, with the registration F1 LTH, carrying boxes of confiscated stock, a life-size postcard that you can be part of, and even five joke exhibits – fakes that you are invited to spot. I won't ruin the fun and reveal them.
When you've finished looking round, to prove that this is truly the art of the people you can even buy original-issue McGill postcards for no more than a few quid each.
The Donald McGill Postcard Museum is at 15 Union Street, Ryde, behind the Orrery Café. It is open seven days a week, March to the end of October, from 10am. Last admission 4.15pm. Admission £3.50 or £3 for "Ancient Britons" and £1.50 for kids.
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'Roseanne' Isn't Going Anywhere: ABC Orders Season 2 of Pro-Trump Sitcom
Mike Vance March 31, 2018
After over 18 million people tuned into Roseanne on Tuesday night, it should come as no surprise that ABC has already announced a season season for the pro-Trump sitcom.
It's been officially announced by ABC on Friday that the show will be back for its 11th season.
Less than a week after debuting to monster ratings, the "Roseanne" reboot has been renewed for season two. https://t.co/4XF6e4Wkx6 pic.twitter.com/Ksp1qT6FtQ
"We're thrilled that America has welcomed the Conner family back into their homes. The show is as fresh and relevant today as it was when it left the air 21 years ago. We can't wait to see what the 'Roseanne' team has in store for next year," ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey announced in a statement.
This news is early but expected. It was the best Tuesday premiere since 2006 for ABC. When you factor in DVR and video-on-demand it pushes the number of viewers for the premiere up to 21.9 million.
just got new figures! show did even better when they counted DVR's! Higher than originally thought-thank you, America! enjoy the jokes and laugh alot!!
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) March 30, 2018
President Trump is on the bandwagon. He reportedly called Roseanne Bar to congratulate on her success and even bragged at an Ohio rally about the show's success.
"Look at Roseanne, look at her ratings," Trump said. "They were unbelievable. Over 18 million people! And it was about us! … The fake news hasn't figured it out yet, and when they do, they'll become much less fake. It may take a while, but it's happening."
How does ABC feel about the attention they are getting from President Trump? Reportedly an ABC source told CNN that the more the attention, the better.
HEY! THIS MEANS WE GET TO DO A HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! YAY!!!!! #ROSEANNE
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Since this season began, Giannis Anteteokounmpo has been a heavy favorite to win the Most Valuable Player award. It has come down to him against James Harden, who is having a historic season for the Houston Rockets. Antetokounmpo has been a stud since the first game of the season and he's led the Milwaukee Bucks to the league's best record, making them the only 60 win team this year. On the final day, they're matched up with a tough Oklahoma City Thunder team. We're predicting that Anteteokounmpo has a huge game that truly seals the deal for his race to the MVP award.
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Last night, all eyes were on Miami, where Dwyane Wade played the final home game of his career. Over in Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki officially announced that he was also playing in his last home game. Both legends turned back the clock and dropped 30 points in these epic games. 24 hours later, they're on the road for what will be their final games ever. Asking two men at the end of their careers to drop 30 on back to back nights is a big ask. While we don't think that happens, we do feel they both go out with a bang and have strong games. Maybe even a game winner from one of them to really end on a high note.
The Houston Rockets were a Chris Paul injury away and a horrible three point shooting night away from dethroning the Warriors last season. This year was a bit tougher, but they rebounded well and many still see them as the second best team out west. They finished the season at 53-29. The 53-28 Denver Nuggets are ahead of them and the 52-29 Portland Trail Blazers are behind them. For Portland to jump past Houston into the No. 3 spot, they have to beat the Sacramento Kings AND have the Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timber Wolves. We're calling that happening. Houston will fall to the No. 4 spot, setting up a matchup with the Utah Jazz. Portland nabs the No. 3 spot, which they had last year before getting swept in the first round.
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In addition to audio playback, the iOS AV Foundation framework provides the ability to record sound on the iPhone using the AVAudioRecorder class. This chapter will work step-by-step through a tutorial demonstrating the use of the AVAudioRecorder class to record audio.
The goal of this chapter is to create an iOS 5 iPhone application that will record and playback audio. It will do so by creating an instance of the AVAudioRecorder class and configuring it with a file to contain the audio and a range of settings dictating the quality and format of the audio. Playback of the recorded audio file will be performed using the AVAudioPlayer class which was covered in detail in the chapter entitled Playing Audio on an iPhone using AVAudioPlayer.
Audio recording and playback will be controlled by buttons in the user interface that are connected to action methods which, in turn, will make appropriate calls to the instance methods of the AVAudioRecorder and AVAudioPlayer objects respectively.
The view controller of the example application will also implement the AVAudioRecorderDelegate and AVAudioPlayerDelegate protocols and a number of corresponding delegate methods in order to receive notification of events relating to playback and recording.
Being by launching Xcode and creating a new iPhone iOS single view-based application named record with a corresponding class prefix.
Since the iOS 5 AVAudioRecorder class is part of the AV Foundation framework it will be necessary to add the framework to the project. This can be achieved by selecting the product target entry from the project navigator panel (the top item named record) and clicking on the Build Phases tab in the main panel. In the Link Binary with Libraries section click on the '+' button, select the AVFoundation.framework entry from the resulting panel and click on the Add button.
When the application is first launched, an instance of the AVAudioRecorder class needs to be created. This will be initialized with the URL of a file into which the recorded audio is to be saved. Also passed as an argument to the initialization method is an NSDictionary object indicating the settings for the recording such as bit rate, sample rate and audio quality. A full description of the settings available may be found in the appropriate Apple iOS reference materials.
Since no audio has yet been recorded, the above method disables the play and stop buttons. It then identifies the application's documents directory and constructs a URL to a file in that location named sound.caf. An NSDictionary object is then created containing the recording quality settings before an instance of the AVAudioRecorder class is created. Assuming no errors are encountered the audioRecorder instance is prepared to begin recording when requested to do so by the user.
Each of the above methods performs the step necessary to enable and disable appropriate buttons in the user interface and to interact with the AVAudioRecorder and AVAudioPlayer object instances to record or play back audio.
To connect the Record button to the recordButton outlet Crtl-click on the File's Owner object and drag the resulting blue line to the Record button in the view window. Release the pointer and select the recordButton outlet from the menu. Repeat these steps to connect the playButton and stopButton outlets to the corresponding buttons.
Select the Record button on the View window and display the connections inspector (View -> Utilities -> Show Connections Inspector). Click in the small circle to the right of the Touch Up Inside event, drag the line to the File's Owner and select the recordAudio action from the menu. Repeat these steps to connect the Stop and Play buttons to the stop and playAudio actions.
Follow the steps outlined in Testing iOS 5 Apps on the iPhone – Developer Certificates and Provisioning Profiles to configure the application for installation on an iPhone device. Configure Xcode to install the application on the connected iPhone device and build and run the application by clicking on the Run button in the main toolbar. Once loaded onto the device, touch the record button and record some sound. Touch the Stop button when the recording is completed and use the Play button to play back the audio.


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On an afternoon like any other, two University of Calgary students made a foray into the world of crime fighting.
Lucas Ferguson and Chris Boulanger witnessed a bank robbery at the Varsity branch of the CIBC on Mon., Oct 1 and followed the fleeing suspect until Calgary Police arrived on scene.
"Very seldom are we fortunate enough to have things unfold as they did," said Staff Sergeant Tom Marriott of the Calgary Police Robbery Division. "This is the second really big arrest we've had of a bank robber in the last two months with the help of citizens."
Boulanger, in his third year of an Economics degree, went into the CIBC while Ferguson waited in their vehicle. Boulanger noticed a bank robbery was in progress and ran next door to call 911.
"Chris comes running back to the car yelling that the place is being robbed," said Ferguson, a second-year History student. "I'm thinking I'm going to tackle this guy when he runs out."
"I ran next door to the dry cleaner and the lady forgot how to call 911," added Boulanger. "She looked at the phone and stared at me."
While Boulanger contacted police, Ferguson watched the bank.
"I saw the guy run out. He had a gun and a bag of money. He took off a ski mask, looked right at me and started running away," he said. "We jumped in the car and followed him."
The pair tailed the suspect across Shaganappi Trail and saw him stash the loot as well as his clothes. Eventually they were able to alert the authorities to the suspect's location.
"We were pretty jacked on adrenaline," said Ferguson. "I totally wanted to get him but Chris said not to because he could shoot me. Chris could have saved my life."
"We had a good mix of level-headedness and stupidity," smiled Boulanger.
Dinos football Head Coach Tony Fasano praised the pair's resolve.
"I called them Batman and Robin in our meeting yesterday," he said. "From my understanding, they saw some conspicuous thing and didn't run away from it. Instead they tried to do something positive."
"The actions of these two individuals directly resulted in the capture of a bank robber," agreed Sgt. Marriott. "They conducted themselves very intelligently, not putting themselves in harm's way."
The pair were modest in accepting acclamation for their actions, shrugging off calls of "hero" and talk of commendations.
"It made for a pretty interesting Monday afternoon," said Ferguson. "I phoned [the coach] from the police car to tell him we would be late for practice. He laughed at us."
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Peanut Sauce is a wonderful Asian food that can be used in cooking, as a topping for vegetables or rice, and even as a dip. Try this healthier version for your next stir fry or other Asian dish!
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to low, add ginger and lime and sauté another 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Continue cooking about 3 minutes. Adjust seasonings, as desired.
Use fresh or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
Guacamole- this healthy version will give you great flavor with more nutrition. And it's easy to make!
Put all ingredients except avocado, tomatoes, and cilantro into blender and process until smooth.
Add Avocado and process until coarsely blended or as smooth as desired.
Top with tomatoes and cilantro leaves.
Cranberry sauce, a part of every Thanksgiving meal. You can buy it in a can, gelled or preserved, fresh in some deli sections, or spend that 15 minutes to create your own masterpiece!
In a food processor, put about half of the cranberries, half the orange, and 1 apple and using the pulse setting, chop until coarsely chopped, but not pureed. Set the mixture aside and add the remaining fruit to the processor. Chop until a coarse puree.
Mix the two batches and cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
Mix in the sugar, using just the amount needed to give the desired sweetness. Cook another 2 minutes. Stir in the pecans.
Serves about 12, although the serving size will vary.


The launch of TMA-0 by Montelli developed under LE PARADOX creative direction.
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Born from the hands of the goldsmith artisan Andrea Montelli under the artistic supervision of LE PARADOX, TMA-0 jewels and stones live of the fascination of raw matter. Inspired to the irregular architectures of minerals, pieces angled and coarse seem to exit directly from the ground, giving a camouflage to the fine levigating work operated that makes harmonious their imperfection. Into the hollow a terse recess rigged in the walls of the Galerie Eof, the designer weaved a nest of barbed wire in occasion of the presentation at STEALTHPROJEKT held during last Menswear Fashion Week. From the metallic net the precious objects stood suspended as chalky excrescence, almost touching the pages onto which they were portrayed on the hands of the ex etoile Leda Roffi by the photography of Martina Scorcucchi. The almost invisible black and grey diamonds mounted onto the rings shined in the obscurity of the space, sending subdued light glimpses. In symbiosis with the space, pieces gave to spectators a solid tactile experience, giving an admirable example of manufacturing art.
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Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is considering a multi-billion dollar investment at its Singapore refinery, the company's largest, ahead of new global shipping fuel regulations starting in 2020, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
Arabtec's Group CEO Hamish Tyrwhitt says ADNOC's $870mn contract award to a consortium including the contractor's wholly-owned subsidiary Target Engineering Construction Company will strengthen ties between the two UAE giants.
Arabtec revealed today that Target's consortium with Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas has won the EPC contract for the second phase of ADNOC LNG's Integrated Gas Development Expansion (IGD-E) project.
Works on the project are scheduled to begin in October and are expected to take 54 months to complete.
A new petrochemical complex will be built at Jubail, Saudi Arabia following an agreement that Saudi Aramco signed with French energy firm Total. $9 billion is to be invested into the project, which is expected to create 8,000 jobs. The complex is expected to produce more than 2.7 million metric tons of high value chemicals.
The complex will be integrated downstream of the Satorp refinery, a JV between Saudi Aramco (62.5%) and Total (37.5%) in Jubail, in an effort to exploit operational synergies, Saudi Aramco said in a statement. The new complex will comprise a world-size mixed-feed steam cracker (50% ethane and refinery off-gas) with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year of ethylene and related high-added-value petrochemical units.
Shell has achieved the Port of Rotterdam's first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation using the specialized LNG bunker vessel, Cardissa.
She refueled the Sovcomflot vessel Gagarin Prospect, the world's first LNG-powered Aframax tanker, delivered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in July. The vessel's two-stroke, 7X62DF main engine was manufactured under license from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) by Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The ice class 1A tanker entered into a Shell multi-year time charter in July 2018. A sister ship, Samuel Prospect, is scheduled for delivery into Shell time charter next year. The vessels are part of a series of six Sovcomflot tankers currently under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries and due for delivery between the third quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2019.


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require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'

class LiteralsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  include TestHelper

  define_method :"test an integer" do
    src = '1'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::Integer, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test a float" do
    src = '1.1'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::Float, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test nil" do
    src = 'nil'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::Nil, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test true" do
    src = 'true'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::True, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test false" do
    src = 'false'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::False, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test range (..)" do
    src = '1..2'
    assert_build(src) do |node|
      assert_equal Ruby::Range, node.first.class
    end
  end

  define_method :"test range (..)" do
    src = '1...2'
    literal = build(src).first
    assert literal.is_a?(Ruby::Range)
    assert_equal 1...2, literal.value
    assert_equal src, literal.to_ruby
  end

  define_method :"test character" do
    src = '?a'
    literal = build(src).first
    assert literal.is_a?(Ruby::Char)
    assert_equal 'a', literal.value
    assert_equal src, literal.to_ruby
  end
end

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Dolgaečka Reka (makedonska: Долгаечка Река) är ett vattendrag i Nordmakedonien.   Det ligger i kommunen Opsjtina Dolneni, i den centrala delen av landet,  kilometer söder om huvudstaden Skopje.

Trakten runt Dolgaečka Reka består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Dolgaečka Reka är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Trakten ingår i den hemiboreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är april, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Two German students have vandalised part of the Pyramid of Khufu to help 'prove' their Lost Civilisation theory
TWO German students have damaged ancient writing in the Great Pyramid in order to "prove" the structure is far older than generally accepted.
Jamie Seidel
News Corp Australia NetworkNovember 30, 201310:26am
Tomb raiders sadly look nothing like Angelina Jolie
Two German students have infuriated Egyptian authorities by vandalising a Pharaoh's tomb. Of course, there is a conspiracy theory involved...
VALID research or vandalism? Egyptian authorities are in uproar after two German students scraped away some ancient writing to "prove" the Great Pyramids are 20,000 years old.
Supporters of the popular story that the Pyramids are evidence of a lost civilisation from the dawn of time consider the reaction all part of an ancient conspiracy.
Internet forums, books and doccumentaries all rage against the "old guard" for hiding the "truth" and refusing to take their ideas seriously.
Now, they have a pair of Indiana-Jones style heroes: Two German students who stole into the Great Pyramid to scrape away at an ancient cartouche.
The painted cartouche which named Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) is scrawled in a small compartment above his burial chamber in one of the three Great Pyramids at Giza.
Their idea is a popular one: That the Great Pyramids were merely "refurbished" by the Old Kingdom Pharaoh credited with its construction in the 26th Century BC. They argue the official dating of the Pyramids is solely based on the presence of the ancient red cartouche.
The two students from Dresden University recently took matters into their own hands: With Egypt's political turmoil distracting security forces, the pair conspired to sample the red paint and smuggle the pigment out of Egypt.
They have since asserted the fragments support arguments that the construction of date of the Pyramids was much older than Khufu's reign.
Accredited archaeologists dismiss the claim as a fanciful conspiracy theory.
"This is totally false and nonsensical," said Ahmed Saeed, professor of ancient Egyptian civilisation at Cairo University.
Popular culture - embraced by a series of books and television shows - suggest the pyramids are really the remna...Source:ThinkStock
Rejecting the "Lost Civilisation" argument
Professor Saeed said it was not certain that the ancient graffiti was written at the time of the pyramid's construction, though it is generally accepted it was put there in year 17 of Khufu's reign. However, it could have been scrawled there at any point in the following centuries as the tomb had been looted deep in antiquity, he said.
Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, head of the ancient Egyptian department, asserted yesterday that more than two centuries of archeology had amassed a "multitude of scientific research" that irrefutably tied the Great Pyramids to King Khufu.
"A pyramid is not a sole object; it is part of a structural complex connected to each other. This includes the pyramid itself, the funerary temple, the side pyramid, solar boat pits, the ramp and the valley temple," Maqsoud wrote in a press release.
He pointed to the writings of Greek historian Herodotus who visited Egypt in the fifth century BC. He wrote of paintings on the ramp of Khufu's Pyramid which detailed scenes from the Pharaoh's era - including its construction. This ramp was disassembled and used to build nearby pyramids during the Middle Kingdom, but many of these blocks still contain Khufu's name.
Other evidence includes papyri diaries of engineers working on the pyramid's construction, records of trading expeditions to get the construction materials and the excavation of a massive nearby worker's camp where the builders resided.
"Lost Civilisation" proponents dismiss the above as merely evidence Pharaoh Khufu extensively renovated existing structures.
Believers point to a small set of largely discredited studies and amateur postulations, including claims by a geologist that erosion patterns "prove" the Pyramids and Great Sphinx belong to a much older "lost civilisation" from 20,000 years ago.
Zahi Hawass, former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, tours a recently discovered tomb of a priest near the Giz...Source:AFP
International consequences
The German embassy in Cairo has issued a statement criticising the students' actions and reassured Egyptian authorities that they were not in any way associated with the German Archaeological Institute in an effort to avert any sanctions against the body.
Egypt's ministry of antiquities earlier this week condemned the action, saying it was a "great violation of Egypt's ancient heritage, and the great pyramid in particular - the only surviving monument of the seven wonders of the ancient world".
MSA minister Mohamed Ibrahim referred the case against the two Germans to the prosecutor-general for further investigation, alleging that both amateur archaeologists had broken Egyptian law by entering the pyramid and taking the samples without permission. Smuggling the pyramid material out of the country was also in breach of international law and UNESCO conventions relating to archeology, he said.
The students have been placed on an airport watch list and will be immediately arrested if they return to Egypt.
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Profile: Steve Benen
Steve Benen was a participant or observer in the following events:
April 16, 2009: Fox News Anchor Admits Network Gave 'PR' to 'Tea Parties'
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, interviewing Brent Bozell of the conservative media watchdog organization Media Research Center, lets slip an admission that her network provided public relations services to the "tea party" protests that took place yesterday (see April 15, 2009, April 15, 2009 and October 13, 2009). Kelly says: "You know, Brent, it's been interesting because Fox News covered these tea parties, and we were one of the only organizations to give it any publicity or PR prior to the fact that it happened, and it was so under-covered by virtually every news organization. Why is that? Why was it so ignored up until the very last day by virtually everyone?" Talking Points Memo reporter Brian Beutler calls Kelly's comment "a media version what some of us like to call a Kinsley gaffe"; such a "gaffe" is defined as an instance where a politician mistakenly tells the truth. [TPMDC, 4/16/2009] Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly notes: "Fox News is ostensibly a news outlet. Obviously, it's not a legitimate journalistic enterprise, and equally obvious was the fact that it was doing 'public relations' work for the conservative rallies. But Megyn Kelly isn't supposed to admit this on the air. As for the substance of her concerns about the legitimate news organizations, Kelly is no doubt convinced that there's a nefarious media bias at play, but it's at least possible major outlets didn't have much pre-event coverage because there wasn't that much, you know, news. Most mainstream outlets didn't feel the need to do 'p.r.' work for enraged partisans in advance of their protests. That's probably a good thing." [Washington Monthly, 4/16/2009]
Entity Tags: Fox News, Brian Beutler, Steve Benen, Brent Bozell, Megyn Kelly
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda
April 27, 2009: Journalist: Democrats Should Follow Bush's Insistence that Torturers Would Be Prosecuted
Journalist Steve Benen notes that former President Bush promised that any American who performed torture on prisoners would be prosecuted (see May 5, 2004). In light of Bush's statement, Benen writes: "'Full investigation.' We want to know 'the truth.' We believe in 'justice.' 'We act' in response to allegations of torture. We're transparent and discuss developments 'with the media.' To fail to answer questions is to act like a 'dictatorship.' It seems to me if Democrats are looking for an excuse to do the right thing, they don't have to say much more than, 'We're doing what Bush told us to do.'" [Washington Monthly, 4/27/2009]
Entity Tags: Steve Benen, George W. Bush
August 4, 2009: Progressive Columnist Warns of Possible Backlash to Conservative Health Care Opposition
Progressive reporter and columnnist Steve Benen writes that the Republicans and conservatives orchestrating (see April 14, 2009, April 15, 2009, May 29, 2009, August 4, 2009, August 5, 2009, and Before August 6, 2009) the raucous anti-health care reform protests (see June 30, 2009, July 6, 2009, July 27, 2009, July 27, 2009, July 31, 2009, August 1, 2009, August 1, 2009, August 2, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 4, 2009, and August 4, 2009) must be careful to avoid a backlash among moderate and independent Americans. Noting that the media has reported multiple instances of protesters' comparisons of President Obama and his administration to Nazis, and their stated opposition to Social Security, Medicare, and other popular government programs, Benen writes: "It's probably the one angle the corporate interests and their lobbyists haven't considered: the unintended consequences of rallying confused right-wing activists to shout down policymakers who'll improve their health care coverage. Once you wind up the fanatics and point them in the direction of a town hall meeting, you never really know what they're going to say, do, wear, or hold.… This is not to say all opponents of reform are radical extremists. The point, though, is that conservatives run a risk of convincing the American mainstream that the only people worked up in opposition to health care reform are nutjobs.… Obviously, those concerned about the reform proposals go beyond fringe, unhinged activists. But if and when the anti-reform campaign becomes synonymous with right-wing lunatics, organized by insurance companies, it becomes far easier for the political mainstream to dismiss their legitimacy, while regular Americans think, 'Well, I don't want to be on their side.'" [Washington Monthly, 8/4/2009]
Entity Tags: Steve Benen
Timeline Tags: US Health Care, Domestic Propaganda, 2010 Elections
August 10, 2009: Conservative Senator: Idea of 'Death Panels' Is 'Nuts'
Johnny Isakson. [Source: Washington Post]Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), one of the foremost advocates of expanding Medicare's end-of-life planning coverage, responds sharply to suggestions by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) and others that the Democrats' health care reform proposal would create "death panels" for the forcible euthanasia of citizens deemed "less productive" or "undesirable" (see August 7, 2009). Isakson, who co-sponsored the 2007 Medicare End-of-Life Planning Act and has proposed a similar amendment to the House's language in the Senate version of the health care bill, notes that the bill would lead to the funding of voluntary end-of-life counseling sessions between doctors and their patients, and would allow patients to choose the level of care they would receive as their lives come to a close (see July 23, 2009 and July 23, 2009). He calls Palin's interpretation of the legislation "nuts." Isakson says: "In the health care debate mark-up, one of the things I talked about was that the most money spent on anyone is spent usually in the last 60 days of life and that's because an individual is not in a capacity to make decisions for themselves. So rather than getting into a situation where the government makes those decisions, if everyone had an end-of-life directive or what we call in Georgia 'durable power of attorney,' you could instruct at a time of sound mind and body what you want to happen in an event where you were in difficult circumstances where you're unable to make those decisions. This has been an issue for 35 years. All 50 states now have either durable powers of attorney or end-of-life directives and it's to protect children or a spouse from being put into a situation where they have to make a terrible decision as well as physicians from being put into a position where they have to practice defensive medicine because of the trial lawyers. It's just better for an individual to be able to clearly delineate what they want done in various sets of circumstances at the end of their life.… It empowers you to be able to make decisions at a difficult time rather than having the government making them for you." He says he has no idea how Palin and others have become "so mixed up" on the concept. [Washington Post, 8/10/2009] Liberal news and advocacy Web site Think Progress notes that another Republican senator, Susan Collins (R-ME), supports a similar provision to Isakson's amendment. [Think Progress, 8/11/2009] The Washington Monthly's Steve Benen notes that Isakson is a "deep-dyed" conservative, and writes, "Assorted wingnuts and teabaggers may not believe the administration, Democrats, objective news sources, or the plain black-and-white text of the legislation, but they should at least be willing to consider reality from one of the Senate's most conservative members." [Washington Monthly, 8/11/2009]
Entity Tags: Susan Collins, Steve Benen, Johnny Isakson, Medicare
Timeline Tags: US Health Care, Domestic Propaganda
April 7, 2011: Trump's Advocacy of 'Birther' Agenda Sends Popularity Soaring among GOP, Tea Party Voters
Washington pundits are split as to whether billionaire entrepeneur and television host Donald Trump is serious about mounting a run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012. Recently, Trump has unleashed a barrage of criticism and allegations as to President Obama's status as a US citizen (see February 10, 2011, March 17, 2011, March 23, 2011, March 23, 2011, March 28, 2011, March 28-29, 2011, March 30, 2011, April 1, 2011, April 1, 2011, April 1-8, 2011, April 7, 2011, April 7, 2011, April 7-10, 2011, and April 7, 2011), and has encouraged the rumor that he intends to run. Current polls show Trump running a strong second behind former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA), tied with former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AK), and well ahead of other Republican luminaries such as Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Newt Gingrich (R-GA) in a hypothetical 2012 primary battle. Tea party supporters choose Trump as their top candidate, well ahead of Romney and Huckabee. Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza notes that as recently as 2007, Trump was openly contemptuous of many Republican policies, and touted then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as "the best." After questioning a number of political strategists, Cillizza determines that Trump is doing well in preliminary polls because of his enormous name recognition, his combative style, and his apparent business acumen. Democratic strategist Peter Hart says that tea partiers have abandoned Palin in large part for Trump, whom he calls "their current flavor du jour." A Republican strategist who refuses to allow his name to be used says voters "like the no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners approach that Trump seems to take." And Trump's success at forging a billion-dollar financial empire gives some people "economic hope," according to Republican consultant Carl Forti. "They want a job.… Trump's a businessman, so in theory, he knows what he's doing." Republican strategist Alex Vogel predicts that Trump's popularity will fizzle within days of actually entering the race, saying: "It is a huge mistake for people to confuse fame with electability or seriousness of candidacy. If fame was all it took, [American Idol creator] Simon Cowell could pick presidents and not just rock stars." Cillizza says that Trump's current popularity speaks more to the volatility of the Republican primary field than a real movement among Republicans to put Trump in the White House. [Washington Post, 4/7/2011] Progressive Washington pundit Steve Benen is less charitable than Cillizza, noting that "Trump has been running around to every media outlet he can find, spewing conspiracy theories and bizarre ideas that resonate with easily-fooled extremists. And wouldn't you know it, polls suddenly show Republican voters gravitating to the guy.… When a clownish television personality plays to their worst instincts, these folks are inclined to like what they see." Benen calls Trump's potential nothing more than "an elaborate publicity stunt, closer to a practical joke than an actual campaign." He concludes: "[W]hat matters here is what the latest polls tell us about the hysterical wing of the Republican Party. A reality-show personality has been whining incessantly about the president's birth certificate, and a sizeable contingent of the GOP base has decided that's enough to earn their support. Trump's a sideshow. The real story here is the madness that's overcome a few too many Republican voters." [Washington Monthly, 4/7/2011]
Entity Tags: Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Alex Vogel, Carl Forti, Donald Trump, Peter Hart, Sarah Palin, Chris Cillizza, Newt Gingrich, Steve Benen, Willard Mitt Romney, Republican Party
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda, 2012 Elections
July 14, 2011: Some Republican Lawmakers Refuse to Believe that a US Credit Default Would Damage Economy
Mo Brooks. [Source: Public domain / Wikimedia]Many Congressional Republicans, particularly "tea party" freshmen, believe that not only is the Obama administration lying about the potentially catastrophic consequences of a US credit default that would follow the failure of Congress to raise the nation's debt ceiling (see April 30, 2011, May 20, 2011, June 26, 2011, and July 11-12, 2011), but some even say that a credit default would be ultimately good for the nation. President Obama is joined by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Moody's credit rating agency in saying that Congress's failure to raise the debt ceiling by August 2 would be an economic disaster and must be avoided. But Representative Eric A "Rick" Crawford (R-AK) says otherwise. Crawford says all Obama would have to do to handle a default and the subsequent halt in US borrowing would be to use existing tax revenue to pay for what Crawford sees as "essential" federal services: the military, Medicare and Social Security, and interest on existing debt. If other government services, programs, and agencies such as the FBI, veterans' benefits, and others would be interrupted, Crawford says that would be acceptable. "That wouldn't work for just a few days. That would work for a few years," he says, adding that he will not vote for a debt ceiling increase unless it is coupled with massive federal spending cuts. Budget deficits require "that we take some painful measures now. I'd rather swallow that bitter pill today." Most of the cuts Crawford and fellow Republicans want would be in social safety-net programs, from Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and disability benefits to funding for education and veterans programs. Crawford and a number of House Republicans simply refuse to accept statements that economic calamity would result from a missed deadline, the Washington Post reports. That opinion, the Post says, will make raising the debt ceiling far more difficult than similar ceiling raises of previous years. Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL) says that not raising the debt ceiling would actually benefit the economy in the long run. Raising the debt ceiling, he says, just enables the federal government to spend itself into more debt. "A debt ceiling problem, as large as it is, is not anywhere near as a big or as bad as" more debt, he says. He adds that the government can continue paying creditors even if it is refused further credit. "There should be no default on August 2," he says. "In fact, our credit rating should be improved by not raising the debt ceiling." Most financial leaders in government and the private sector believe that the US credit rating will be dropped, perhaps significantly, if the US defaults on its debt, and the consequences of that drop could send the nation's economy into a full-blown recession or even a depression. Even Boehner says the debt ceiling must be lifted. "Missing August 2nd could spook the [stock] market," he says. "And you could have a real catastrophe. Nobody wants that to happen." An Obama official recently said of legislators like Crawford and Brooks, "These are the kinds of people who get eaten by bears." Washington Monthly editor Steve Benen writes: "The problem that plagues the nation is not about competing parties, ideologies, or creeds. It comes down to a dispute between those who believe empirical reality exists and deserves to be taken seriously vs. those who don't. With Republican members of Congress and their supporters choosing the latter, it's increasingly difficult to imagine the United States thriving in the 21st century." [Politico, 5/13/2011; Washington Post, 7/14/2011; Washington Monthly, 7/15/2011]
Entity Tags: Morris Jackson ("Mo") Brooks, Jr., Barack Obama, Eric A. ("Rick") Crawford, Moody's Investors Service, US Congress, John Boehner, Washington Post, Obama administration, US Federal Reserve, Steve Benen
Timeline Tags: Global Economic Crises
December 10, 2011 and After: Republican Presidential Candidate Uses Klan Slogan in Campaign, MSNBC, Washington Post Apologize for Reporting Its Usage
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney (R-MA) uses a phrase made familiar by the Ku Klux Klan in his stump speeches. In a speech given to supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Romney says: "There are people in this room who are informed and who care about this election, who recognize that this is a defining time for America. We have on one side a president who wants to transform America into a European-style nation, and you have on other hand someone like myself that wants to turn around America and keep America America." Reporters and bloggers note that Romney, inadvertently or not, is echoing the phrase "Keep America American" as used for nearly a century by the KKK. A 1920 pamphlet published by the United Klans of America and archived at Yale University was entitled "Why you should become a klansman: of interest to white, protestant, native born Americans who want to keep America American." On the eve of World War II, a Klan-affiliated organization called the American Coalition pressured the US government not to admit Jewish refugees into the country. And in 1950, a pamphlet with the phrase "Keep America American" was sold in Dallas, Texas, just before a wave of bombings of African-American-owned homes rocked the city. Reporter Steve Benen also notes that the 2008 Romney campaign intended to use a similar "keep America America" attack against the Democratic nominee for that year if Romney had survived the primary process: focusing then on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, the Romney campaign intended to run on the platform that Clinton and the Democrats wanted to "drag America down to Europe's standards.… That's where Hillary and Dems would take us. Hillary = France." The Romney campaign planned to print "First, not France" bumper stickers to go along with the campaign rhetoric. [Washington Monthly, 12/12/2011; Booman Tribune, 12/12/2011; Los Angeles Times, 12/10/2012] After initially refusing to comment on the allegation of the campaign using a KKK slogan, Romney spokespersons claim that their candidate is using the phrase "Keep America America," and not the KKK phrase. Liberal blogger John Aravosis calls the campaign's claim "a nuance without a difference" and says, somewhat sarcastically, that if it is fair to use President Obama's rhetoric to label him a "socialist," then it is equally fair to use Romney's phraseology to label him a member of the Klan. MSNBC talk show host Chris Matthews reports on the story, and is quickly pressured by NBC senior management to issue an apology to the Romney campaign, calling his reporting "irresponsible and incendiary" and indicative of "an appalling lack of judgment." [John Aravosis, 12/13/2011; Mediaite, 12/14/2011; John Aravosis, 12/14/2011] In line with MSNBC's retreat from its reporting, Washington Post editor Patrick B. Pexton calls the Post's own reporting of the controversial slogan usage "error-filled," and repeats the Romney campaign's claim that the phrase "Keep America America" is different from the KKK's "Keep America American." Pexton also notes that a campaign ad on YouTube using the phrase is not an actual Romney campaign ad, but an ad by an "independent" political organization in support of Romney. [Washington Post, 12/16/2011] AlterNet's Chauncey DeVega later writes of the controversy: "The dropping of one letter from the Ku Klux Klan's slogan, 'Keep America American,' does not remove the intent behind Romney's repeated use of such a virulently bigoted phrase. While Mitt Romney can claim ignorance of the slogan's origins, he is intentionally channeling its energy." DeVega notes the intensely "nativist" connotations of the phrase, and writes that Romney, like the remainder of his fellow Republican presidential contenders, is "hostile" to immigrants of any stripe, a hostility reflected in the phrase. "Romney's slogan, 'Keep America America,' begs the obvious question: Just who is American? Who gets to decide?" [AlterNet, 1/25/2012]
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The place we refer to as home changes in location and structure.
Our bodies change over and over and over again.
Our level of knowledge and education changes over time.
There's literally nothing that doesn't change, grow or evolve.
That our relationships are somehow omitted from the laws of the universe.
Our most important relationships can't stay the same, because we don't stay the same. We're always evolving and changing as individuals and we're either evolving closer together or growing further apart.


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Auntie Kay-os
by Patricia Cornwell
Harper Collins 2016
And here we go again with the first of my two regular Christmas literary rituals coming into play. Namely, the new Kay Scarpetta book by the amazing Patricia Cornwell. I suspect this one will be a fairly short review because there's only so much you can say about a novel that's so well written and perfect, easily confirming Cornwell as the top writer in her field... but I'll have a go.
Unlike a lot of the Scarpetta books, Chaos starts off with an extraordinarily long lead in before the first dead body of the story actually arrives. This is, of course, to set up characters and to place them in the path of Cornwell's two lead characters, Scarpetta and her FBI husband Benton Wesley, before pulling all the threads of her plot together. It also allows herself to set up the occasional red herring which is fine with me because, in all fairness, it actually worked with me this time and when a character does something with a bottle of water in the early stages of the book, I fell victim quite convincingly to her sleight of hand and was distracted in totally the wrong direction. I'm always really pleased when Cornwell (or anyone, these days) is able to surprise me when it comes to not telegraphing the ending of the story from early on.
And, of course, it goes almost without saying that Cornwell is so good at portraying her varied characters, such as Marino, her niece Lucy and Lucy's lover Janet (who's not in it very much), that although the lead in to the action is a fairly long one this time... I didn't mind it a bit. She takes her time to explain things to the reader, embellishing the background in which her characters work with layers of reality so that, I really don't feel slowed down at all. This is all great stuff and in the hands of a master writer like her, it just all works really well.
Another reason why this approach in no way messes with her writing style, which is in the first person from Scarpetta's point of view (as the majority of them have been) is that this one is a good example of a story where Cornwell manages to do some interesting things with the passage of time. The whole story is set over the course of about a day, tops, with just a chapter or so at the end set a couple of days later and this way of structuring the story seems to be something the writer has been doing a lot of over the past few years. It's also something she seems to excel at more than most who try the same tactic and she still seems to be able to both compress and expand time on a whim... which is really helpful in the somewhat manipulative art of fiction writing, for sure. Most of the book is set at the crime scene of the first body or the surrounding area and various characters make appearances at regular intervals to inform Scarpetta of certain plot developments as she works a crime scene and races against time to get the body properly attended to before she can have it transported to her autopsy rooms.
As the story unfolds, we are made privy to various cutting edge ideas and theories that someone in the author's position has access to know about and it can sometimes be a quite sobering experience to read about terrifying inventions which could threaten the life of everyone if somebody got it into their head to build and use this stuff in a certain way because, well, you just know that if someone with Cornwell's connections is writing about this stuff, then it's probably a distinct possibility that it could happen (if it hasn't already).
Regular fans of the series will be happy to know that certain long running antagonists and ghosts pop up from the past in this one, just as they have been for a couple of novels now, and that the way in which they pop up is sometimes surprising. The very last chapter, for example, when everything is supposedly said and done, reveals some surprising information about a fairly recently acquired character that I totally didn't see coming and only had a hint of a couple of chapters before. So there's some good stuff here and one has to wonder just how much forward planning the usually meticulous Cornwell is doing with her characters because 15 years or so from now, I reckon she's left herself another thread she can pull on if she wants to.
And I'm really not going to say anymore about Chaos for fear of spoilers. I said it would be one of my shorter reviews and it certainly is. There's not much else to say. Once again, Patricia Cornwell demonstrates why she is the queen of modern crime fiction, turning out a book that is taut, slow but evenly and suspensefully paced and... as I kind of expect from her these days... nothing short of a minor masterpiece. If you're already a fan of Cornwell and have read the series from the get go, this is another 'must read' as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't say it's a jumping on point for new readers but, if you are a new reader, go back to her early works and start from there because, frankly, her character progression is amazing. What more can one say? Well done again to a truly great writer... don't miss out on the Scarpetta books. They are essential reading.
Posted by NUTS4R2 at 19:31
Labels: autopsy, Benton Wesley, Chaos, crime scene, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Lucy Farinelli, Patricia Cornwell, Pete Marino, thriller
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Cette page dresse une liste des plus hauts gratte-ciel du monde en 2000.

Histoire

Asie
L'an 2000 marque la confirmation du basculement de la construction des gratte-ciel du monde occidental au monde oriental. Depuis les années 1980 déjà, certaines villes comme Tokyo, Singapour ou Hong Kong avaient connu une forte croissance économique accompagnée par la construction de  nombreux gratte-ciel, le plus important étant sans doute la Bank of China, à Hong Kong (1990), qui mesurait 367 mètres.
Vers 2000, toute l'Asie du Sud-est a connu une croissance exceptionnelle, qui se traduisit entre autres par l'édification de nombreuses tours, telles que les Tours Petronas de Malaisie en 1998, qui décrochèrent alors le titre de plus haut gratte-ciel du monde, avec une hauteur de 452 mètres : c'était la première fois que la plus haute tour du monde ne se situait pas sur le sol américain..

Amérique
Les États-Unis n'ont bien sûr par totalement cessé la construction pendant cette période : on peut citer l'U.S. Bank Tower en 1990, ou encore le Two Prudential Plaza également construit en 1990, mais la construction de nouveaux gratte-ciel marqua une pause considérable durant les années 1990 (seules quatre tours de plus de 100 mètres furent achevées en 1994, contre 53 en 1971 !).

Europe
En Europe, la construction de gratte-ciels de grande hauteur était plutôt limitée : sur les 262 immeubles de plus de 200 mètres que comptait le monde en l'an 2000, seuls 11 se trouvaient en Europe ! Cela s'explique non seulement par une transition démographique achevée ou presque, mais surtout par la "sanctuarisation" des centre-ville historiques, peu compatible avec l'image de modernité que peut offrir un gratte-ciel. La ville de Londres en est l'une des rares exceptions.

Moyen-Orient
Au Moyen-Orient, la construction de gratte-ciels n'en était qu'à ses premiers débuts : Dubaï construisit en 2000 l'Emirates Tower One de 355 mètres, et le Burj Al Arab, un hôtel luxueux de 321 mètres qui était à son achèvement en 1999 le plus haut du monde.

Liste
Le classement suivant considère la hauteur structurelle des bâtiments, c'est-à-dire les flèches mais pas les antennes (il inclut tous les éléments pouvant être considérés comme inhérents à l'architecture de l'édifice).

Les bâtiments dont le nom apparaît en gras ont été les plus hauts gratte-ciel du monde.

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 Liste des plus hauts gratte-ciel du monde

Liens externes
 Classement officiel en 2000 d'après CTBUH

Liste des plus hauts gratte-ciel du monde par année