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New World Record for Highest Jump from
World's Tallest building in Dubai

from the London Telegraph -
Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi from the Emirates Aviation Society, were given permission to do the jump on Tuesday, a day after the building was officially opened with a lavish firework display.

They jumped 672 meter’s or 2,204 feet and plummeted to the desert floor at a speed of 136 mph, it took over one and a half minutes for the jumpers to reach the ground.

Mr. Al Neyadi, who holds the world record for the first ever Mount Everest sky dive, said that the jump was "the best experience ever." He added: "When we were at the top of the building I was thinking 'this is crazy'.

"I was a little nervous but I wanted to jump from the highest tower in the world to record an achievement for my family and for my country."

The tower cost $1.5 billion to build and was named after Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the ruler of the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi, and president of the United Arab Emirates.

He and his brothers personally intervened last month to lend Dubai £6 billion to pay off the pressing debts of one of Dubai's biggest state-owned companies. The Burj Khalifa measures a staggering 2,717 feet.

Costa Rica Happiest Country in the World

from World News Network --
Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth.

There are several ways of measuring happiness in countries, all inexact, but this pearl of Central America does stunningly well by whatever system is used. For example, the World Database of Happiness, compiled by a Dutch sociologist on the basis of answers to surveys by Gallup and others, lists Costa Rica in the top spot out of 148 nations.

Costa Ricans, asked to rate their own happiness on a 10-point scale, average 8.5. Denmark is next at 8.3, the United States ranks 20th at 7.4 and Togo and Tanzania bring up the caboose at 2.6.

Scholars also calculate happiness by determining “happy life years.” This figure results from merging average self-reported happiness, as above, with life expectancy. Using this system, Costa Rica again easily tops the list. The United States is 19th. Another approach is the “happy planet index,” devised by the New Economics Foundation. This combines happiness and longevity but adjusts for environmental impact — such as the carbon that countries spew.

Here again, Costa Rica wins the day, for achieving contentment and longevity in an environmentally sustainable way. The United States ranks 114th (because of its huge ecological footprint), and Zimbabwe is last.

What sets Costa Rica apart is its remarkable decision in 1949 to dissolve its armed forces and invest instead in education. Increased schooling created a more stable society, less prone to the conflicts that have raged elsewhere in Central America. Education also boosted the economy, enabling the country to become a major exporter of computer chips and improving English-language skills so as to attract American eco-tourists.

Costa Rica has done an unusually good job preserving nature, and it’s surely easier to be happy while basking in sunshine and greenery than while shivering up north and suffering “nature deficit disorder.”

Costa Rica is an ecological pioneer, introducing a carbon tax in 1997. The Environmental Performance Index, a collaboration of Yale and Columbia Universities, ranks Costa Rica at No. 5 in the world, the best outside Europe.
 

Fatties Banned from Dating Website

from WCBS, 880 AM,  New York City --
Is it a simple case of out-of-control elitism, or is it just the right thing to do? The dating service BeautifulPople.com has dumped thousands of members. The reason? Because they're too fat.  Log on to the dating Web site BeautifulPeople.com and you won't find any ugly people. Now, according to the site's owners, you won't find any fat ones either.

"We especially noticed that from Thanksgiving - all the way through New Year, members had been gaining weight and sort of letting themselves go," managing director Genevieve Maylam said.

So the site dumped 5,000 subscribers who, they say, overindulged. The Web site says it received complaints from members that there were too many "fatties" roaming around, and not enough beauties.

"I just think that's horrible, it's horrible," TriBeCa resident Tobey Hayduk said.

Those members who didn't meet the beauty benchmark received an e-mail explaining that they had been expelled because of their extra pounds. The message also included some tips on working out, and an invitation to reapply when they slimmed down.
 

Lovers Cause Security Breach at  
Newark International Airport

from All Headline News --
A licentious couple breached security at Newark Liberty International Airport after trying to sneak in a few more goodbye kisses, according to reports. Reports said videotape footage shows a man and woman kissing outside a checkpoint.

After the woman passes through the secured area, she holds up a rope, permitting the man follow her as they walked hand-in-hand towards the boarding gates, reports said. According to reports, there was no TSA agent monitoring the gate, allowing the breach in security.

Airport officials reportedly said it is an outrage and they are infuriated over how much time passed during the breach.

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