A unique development featuring a cutting-edge commercial space luxury residential development, modern retail and two 6-star hotels in a single location.

This is not just a business address, but a destination – offering to Hong Kong a single location in which to live,

work and play, within reach of locals and visitors alike by virtue of being located on major rail lines.

When entering Hong Kong by the ocean, the view of the ICC and Two ifc forms a grand gateway to Hong Kong –

a gateway that will become the landmark for international recognition of the city skyline.

found on shkp-icc.com

Art meets science in photographer James Balog’s Extreme Ice Survey. The project, begun in December 2006, will attempt to capture global warming in the act using 26 solar-powered cameras taking time-lapse photographs of glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains. Balog hopes the ambitious effort, which will produce more than 300,000 images over the course of two years, “radically alters public perception of the global warming issue.”

Here, a large, glistening iceberg calved from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland drifts through Disko Bay on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.

photography by: James Balog

found on nationalgeographic.com

Good food, fine wines, tent, your comfiest sleeping bag and several changes of clothing – everything will fit into your stable sea kayak as you head towards the outstanding Swedish archipelago.

Canoe over water to places the larger boats never venture and find your very own tranquil paradise on some deserted island.

The many Swedish archipelagos all have their own special characteristics. Norrbotten archipelago in the extreme north is very extensive and suitable for an extra long canoe excursion. Further south you will find Höga Kusten (the High Coast) with its high, rocky, dramatic archipelago.Stockholm archipelago comprises over 24,000 islands, skerries and islets, some inhabited – others deserted.

You can start your canoeing in the heart of Stockholm City and set out on a several week long canoeing holiday. If you grow tired of sleeping in a tent and cooking food on a gas stove, there is a rich offering of top-class restaurants, charming hotels and value-for-money youth hostels and boarding houses spread throughout the archipelago.

Another unique island world for kayaking can be found on the west coast, to the north and south of Gothenburg, with its more barren and wild rocky islands that have a pink shimmer and where there are excellent opportunities for canoeing close to seal colonies basking in the sun. The St Anna and Västervik archipelagos on the east coast, along with the vast, elongated Lake Mälaren, are also well-known canoeing waters.

photography by Malcolm Hanes

found on visitsweden.com

Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Her mother was a Spaniard, and his father – a Lebanese, so the girl got a name, which translates from Arabic as “calm”. Childhood Salma Hayek, however, was quiet. When she was sent to a Catholic school at the convent, the nuns quickly returned it back – was too restless girl! New acting Hayek tried in the series “New Dawn” (1988), and then she got the title role in the epic “Teresa” (1989-1991). This opus on workers’ living quarters was very popular, but Salma decided that its future – not Mexico City, and Hollywood. Therefore, in the early 1990′s she moved to the north.

Salma Hayek gets role in “independent” film “Mi Vida Loca”, and a year later, she met with Robert Rodriguez and receives a strong role in his telepostanovke “Roadracers”. Later, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek removes a “desperate” (1995) and “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996), and this is enough for the entrenched to an actress in Hollywood. In 2002, Salma Hayek is nominated for an Oscar for a pivotal role in “Frida”, affirming that it is not only an exotic beauty, but also a talented actress.

photography by Herb Ritts.

found on hollywoodmovieclub.blogspot.com

Our hotel, which looks out towards the bay of Taormina, is characterized by a traditional yet contemporary style recalling a distant past

(the antique stone facing, wide arches and pergolas, sophisticated Sicilian detail and the fine traditional finishing touches). At the same time this style blends with the most up to date technological innovations making our guests’ stay a unique and charming experience.

This is Sicily!

found on baiataormina.com

Crackerjack is a Nautors Swan but with racing still very close to his heart, the owner has also made sure he can show a respectable result during the occasional regatta.

Her deck layout allows for a relatively small crew being able to race her. This of course means she is a very simple Nautors Swan to cruise. There is ample room for guests to be comfortable but her layout also allows you the opportunity to get away from it all with a minimum of fuss and crew as required.

found on yachtcrackerjack.com

RUPERT PROFESSIONAL BOATS

The one thing all of our customers have in common is the extremely high demands they put on their boats. Sjöfarts-verket – the Swedish National Maritime Administration – the Airborne Special Forces of the Swedish Royal Marines, Police and Fire departments all demand the highest standards of performance and reliability. These boats are their work tools, secure and economical to run and maintain. It is the demands of our customers that sets the standard for every Rupert boat we build.

found on rupertmarine.com

Considering buying your first power kite or want to know how to get started and progress safely in the World’s fastest growing extreme sport? Then Kite Coach is here to provide the answer to all your questions.

The Kite Coach team have many years dedicated experience and aim to help kiting, in all its wonderful guises, grow through sharing information and spreading awareness about this amazing new adrenalin sport.

Kite Coach offers a Mobile Kite Tuition Service and will assist with all your kite activities. While happy to cater for larger group bookings, we recommend the best and fastest way to learn any form of kiting is in a small group, and have been known to get new kiters up and riding in an afternoon when coaching on a One-to-One basis.

Using the framework of the IKO training programs we tailor our Kite Courses to exactly suit your needs: Basic Power Kite Handling Skills, Kite Land Boarding, Kite Buggy Sailing and of course the ultimate 21st century water sport – Kite Surfing.

When it comes to Kitesurfing lessons we can teach you elementary piloting skills and how to set up surf kites in the local park, then head down to the coast, selecting the spot with the optimum conditions for the day, getting you out on the water in no time. We organize “Escapes to the Beach” for like-minded kiters to get out of the City and share their kite experience and spirit of adventure – we invite you to join our Kite Community and GO KITING!

found on kitecoach.co.uk/

Rising out of the ocean like an Uzi-toting Venus, Lara Croft kicks spies to the curb and scours the world to win long lost treasure.

But Croft’s greatest achievement is scorching up the big screen in her little black bikini. Ouch!

Prepare yourself for the next Lara Croft movie!

Photography by Malcolm Hanes

Check his stunning work on

malcolmhanes.com

The dashing Italian Mochi Craft Dolphin 44 is hard to resist after a few days aboard on Long Island’s East End.

She looks sensational, of course, even from a million miles away. As we cruised the waters of the North Fork, several yachtsmen circled to ogle and yell out questions. “See?” grinned Da Zara, after the third admirer promised to pop into the Allied office for an upclose look and test run, “We may even sell a boat today.”

But is a test drive with the Mochi 44 a little like the let-down of a second date with a supermodel? Depends on the supermodel. Some are gorgeous and speak several languages-likewise, the Mochi 44 has substance. Longterm commitment? We can’t speak to your personal issues, but she is surprisingly spacious. In fact, this could be the possible deal-clincher for those traditionalists made faint of heart by her price tag. With the Mochi 44 you get glamour and comfort.

The cockpit is large with leather bench seating on either side that curves around at the top. In the deck saloon, a C-shaped leather settee is to port, just aft of the helm, and wraps nicely around an extendable teak dining table. A credenza to starboard hides a refrigerator and stowage.

The helm layout has been tweaked from earlier versions-it’s handsome and sensible. Air conditioning vents keep the skipper cool on hot days, when he’s decided to open the retractable awning that’s set into the overhead. A leather helm seat folds into a backrest

found on mochicraft-yacht.com