Here’s the list of highest dams in the world. Dam is a construction that built to withstand the rate of water in the river into reservoirs that can be called artificial lakes and become a place of recreation. Often dams are also used to drain water into a hydroelectric power generation. Most of the dam also has a section called the gate to remove unwanted water continuously or gradually.

While dam have lot of benefit, we have to make sure that the dam is strong enough so that it won’t broke. As if the dam is broken it will cause large flood. This will make the people have to repair their house and do water damage cleanup as well as flooded basement cleanup when they have some basement on their house. For the purpose of strong construction these highest dam are made. So, let’s take a look at those highest dams in the world.

Dam Structure

5. Tehri Dam, India: 261 meters

Tehri Dam is the primary dam of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd., a major hydroelectric project centered near Tehri Town in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Located on the Bhagirathi River, the principal tributary of the sacred River Ganges, the Tehri Dam has a height of 855 feet (261 m), making it the 5th tallest dam in the world.

Tehri Dam

4. Vajont Dam, Italy: 262 meters

One of the highest dams in the world, it is 262 metres (860 ft) high, 27 metres (89 ft) thick at the base and 3.4 metres (11 ft) at the top. Its 1963 over-topping was caused when the designers ignored the geological instability of Monte Toc on the southern side of the basin. Warning signs and negative appraisals during the early stages of filling were disregarded, and the attempt to complete the filling led to a landslide which created a seiche wave that brought massive flooding and destruction to the Piave valley below, wiping out several villages completely.

Vajont Dam

3. Inguri Dam, Georgia: 272 meters

The Inguri Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia. Currently it is the world’s highest concrete arch dam and the third highest dam in the world with a height of 272 meters (892 ft). It is located north of the town Jvari. It is part of the Inguri hydroelectric power station (HES) which is partially located in the partially recognised Abkhazia.

Inguri Dam

2. Grande Dixence Dam, Switzerland: 284 meters

The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete  gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d’Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With the 285 meters high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world, tallest dam in Europe  and world’s second tallest dams. The dam’s primary purpose is producing hydroelectricity and the four power stations it supplies have a combined capacity of 2069 MW which produce 2 billion kWh annually, enough for 400,000 households.

Grande Dixence Dam

1. Nurek Dam, Tajikistan: 314 meters

The Nurek Dam is an earth fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan. It is currently the tallest dam in the world. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and was completed in 1980, when Tajikistan was still a republic within the Soviet Union. The Rogun Dam, under construction along the Vakhsh also in Tajikistan, may exceed it when completed, depending on its final height.

Nurek Dam

Dam is created with strong construction so it will be safe for the people that live near the dam. As flood can happen when the structure is leaked or perforated. There is a number of case of failed of a dam. Some just causing a small impact that people have to drying wet basement and cleanup the water from their house, but some of them are causing a number of human victims.

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Here’s the list of most famous mafia in the world. Mafia is a group that has many members and involved in any cases. the activities of mafia is to make any money, one of the activities as extortion. Some of the activities is by threatening when they are doing the extortion. Let’s see of the famous mafia below.

10. Jamaican-Yardies, England

Jamaican-English Yardies are citizens of Jamaica who immigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1950s. They are involved in violence group and was known as Yardies. They make organized crime such as drug trafficking and weapons.

Jamaica Yardies

9. Albanian mafia

Albanian mafia consists of a large number of criminal organizations based in Albania. They are active in the United States and European countries. It is told that the Albanian mafia spread to the international level in the 1980s. The crime is organized in Albania they started from the 15th century. In the United States and the United Kingdom, they runs a business of prostitution and drug trafficking and was known always use violence to achieve its objectives.

Albanian Mafia

8. Serbian Mafia

operates in more ten countries including Germany, the United States, England, France etc. They are involved in various activities such as drug trafficking, smuggling, contract killings, gambling and theft genes. They have three major groups called Vozdovac, Surcin and Zemun that control small groups. Right now, there are about 30-40 groups that exist in Serbia.

Serbian Mafia

7. Israel Mafia

Israel Mafia worked in many countries in the activities of drug trafficking and prostitution. Russian-Israel have been entering the U.S political system, so that Americans have always failed to make significant progress to stop them.

Israeli Mafia

6. Mexico Mafia

Mexico mafia is a prison group which is very strong in the united states, it is formed in the late 1950s to protect prisoners against other inmates and the officers. This group was also involved in extortion and drug trafficking, and approximately has 30,000 members throughout the united states. They forced the other groups and dealers to pay taxes and who refuse protection to be killed.

Mexico Mafia

5. Yakuza, Japan

Yakuza-Japanese is a native of organized crime groups who use threats and blackmail to get their way. The origins are found in the 17th century. Some of members have full body tattoos. This mafia has 110 000 active members who come from 2500 families. They are often involved in pornography, prostitution and illegal immigration.

Yakuza Japan

4.Triads, China

Chinese Triad criminal organization consists of many based in Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore etc. They are also very active in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver and San Francisco. They organized crime involving theft, contract killings, drug trafficking, extortion, hijacking, etc. First it is formed in the 18th. Triad has 50,000 to more than 30,000 members, they are also involved in counterfeit Chinese currency.

Triads China

3. Drug Cartel, Colombia

Colombian Drug Cartel was formed especially to control the drug trade. They operate in many countries, has a lot of organizations associated with political, military and legal aspects of the cartel. The important of Cartel is from the Columbia Cartel Cali, Medellin Cartel, and the Valle del Norte cartel. At one point in this cartels threatened by the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Columbia. The nobles went into hiding and ordered its members to kill his supporters. They have also been involved in many kidnappings and terrorism.

Colombia Mafia

2. Sicilian – America “Cosa Nostra”

Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra is a new relative group. It is Formed in the second half of the nineteenth century in Italy. Although they are starting young mafia have an uncanny ability to plan for a felony, they usually get involved in drugs and arms trade issues, one of the members of Mafia must undergo initiation rites in which he first had to kill to prove his ability.

Sicilian and America Mafia

1.Russian Mafia

Russian Mafia come from the Soviet Union and now have influence around the world. It Have between 100,000 to 500,000 members. They are involved in organized crime in countries such as Israel, Hungary, Spain, Canada, UK, USA, Russia etc. They also immigrated to Israel, America and Germany using the German Jewish identity. Their activities around the world of drugs and trafficking of firearms, bombings, smuggling, pornography, internet fraud, etc. One of their rules is never cooperate with the government, if one of them “sing” when caught would be killed.

Russian Mafia

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Here’s the top 10 scariest places on earth. These places become mystery for several years and still remain until now. You have to be careful with yourself when you want to visit these places. Maybe you should consider to visit other places rather than you have to visit this scariest places on earth. It will be a different story if you are a person who look for a horror and mystery adventure. Let’s check the list of the scariest place on earth below.

10. Magh Sleacht, Cavan County, Ireland

In the past tense, Magh Sleacht plains is a place for the local people who are worship a god, named Crom Cruach. The people sacrifice one of their three children for Given to the God for the exchange with the Milk, Meat, and other basic needs. The Cruach Crom is very frightening for the local people because of the cruel demand, namely fresh human blood. Besides that they also afraid to worship the god, because of the adorer often found dead with tragic when worship.

Now, there are often smell a flesh and blood near the plain which kissed by local people, and also often see a shadow figure who circled the place at Sunset time.

Magh Sleacht Plain, Cavan County, Ireland

9. Catacombs, France

In every years, the population of Paris grew rapidly, so, it needs place or land for people living. One of terrible way to solve this problem is to eliminate the graveyard. How about of those skeleton of the deaths? Those dead bodies is piled somewhere under the ground called Catacombs, until now. The skull stayed under the glittering city of Paris. This place also called Empire Of The Dead. Every years, thousands of tourists visit this place, and quite a lot of them who experience the strange happenings, the tour group seemed to be followed by something from behind while they visit this Catacombs. There are many occurrences, such as people who go there without tour guide, and they lost there forever, and also there are people who go there just to visit and fun, but the result is they lost in forever there.

Catatombs France

8. Palmyra Island, Pacific Ocean

The island is located in the southeast of the Hawaiian Islands and Samoan Islands, the island is known as the island that has “death” and “darkness” atmosphere.

Sharks in the island have been consuming 2-5 victims every months, and many of U.S. Marines on the World War II also found died on the island by eating fish poisoned with toxins from algae that widespread in the ocean surrounding the island. Settled on the island seemed to settle in Hell, said one of the ex-Marine who returned safely from the island.

Palymra Island Pacific Ocean

7. Concentration Camp Unit 731 Manchuria, Harbin, China

This is a place where China People mass killed in Manchuria war by the Japanese. Noted that 3000 China people were killed directly in a day, and 250 ,000 others held captive to death in the concentration camp. This place are known as “Nazi Concentration Camps in Asia”.

Concentration camp Unit 731 Manchuria Harbin China

6. Dracula Castle, Romania

This place is known as the Emperor’s Headquarters when Vlad Dracula fought against the Turks. When he successfully besieged by Turkish army, he tried to escape, carrying his son, but, his son fell on the way and left to die, and his wife was suicide at the palace. The place also famous in the Vlad Dracula era, the place he was impaled and tortured the Turks. He was famous for his sadistic for impaling the Turks. Therefore, he was known by the name of Vlad the Impaler, this place also be an inspiration for Irish novelist Bram Stoker to write his novel titled Dracula.

Dracula Castle Romania

5. Colosseum, Italy

I guess almost everyone know why this place become scary and horrible place. This place used to conduct the entertainment event with showing Gladiator fights until one of them die. Colosseum was once the venue for a spectacular show, which is a fight between animals, the fight between prisoners and animals, the execution of prisoners (noxii), water combat (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and battles between gladiators (munera). For hundreds of years, thousands of people and animals died in the Colosseum shows.

Colosseum Italy

4. Greyfiar Firk Grave, Edinburgh, Scotland

This place is assessed as the scariest cemetery in the World, the local people there often get very cold air, and the stench when passing the cemetery area, at night, there also often heard shouting from inside the cemetery and the sound of broken glass is also often found there.

Building houses near the grave often haunted, notably the dungeon contained there, is the tomb of George McKenzie, an officer convicted of slander, the officer was tortured there, and he vowed revenge one day. Some person says that his spirit was known to haunt the houses in the surrounding area. Every year, tourists who come there can only come with Tour guide and not allowed to take photos there.

Greyfiar Firk Grave Edinburgh Scotland

3. Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California

This house was built by the widow Sarah Winchester, who is the wife of the boss of munition companies. Sarah’s life is never happy, her children dies while they were small because of disease. When Sarah consulted with a pastor who are usually handle the mystery occurrence, he said, “Winchester family had been cursed, because of the munitions which become her husband’s business has killed so many people during world war. And you have to build a house for you to inhabit and for spirit of the people who died because of the gunpowder. “

“You must build the house continuously, if you continue to build, you will live, if not, you will die”.

Sarah obey the word of the suggestion of him and build this house constantly, all kinds of doors, windows, installed continuously and noted that this house has hundreds of doors, hundreds of windows. At one point, she stopped building, and a day later, Earthquake occurred to her house, and this is as a sign that the spirits is not happy when she stopped building that house, finally, Sarah continued to add doors and windows until the end of her life. Nowadays, this house become tourists attraction. This house is known as a puzzle house. Until now, there is no clear number of how many doors and windows in this house.

Winchester Mystery House San Jose California

Winchester Mystery House San Jose California Nowadays

2. Whitechapel, East London

This place considered as one of the place with highest crime level in the World. From the Early 19th Century, recorded thousands of cases of murder, rape, and mutilation that occurred in the area of  Whitechapel. The most famous one is the serial murders by Jack The Ripper. The victims mostly killed in the Whitechapel area. A bars where Jack The Ripper that use to hang out. The area is shaded by the curious spirits of the victims of murder and mutilation killed in the area.

Whitechapel East London

1. Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Poland

Why this place become the scariest place on earth? It is because of this places was a German concentration camp that used for killing hundred thousands of Jews by gas. You can imagine how their curious spirit full of revenge are haunting this place.

Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp Poland

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Here’s the most expensive guitars in the world. As We know guitar is one of the most popular music instrument. People around the world love to play guitar and listen the the rhythm of the famous guitar player. Let’s take a look at the list of most expensive guitars in the world:

10. 1949 Fender Broadcaster prototype: $375,000

Leo Fender’s first solid object prototype became the template for one of the most popular guitars ever made (then known as the Fender Telecaster). Though Les Paul’s quicker off the mark in making the first solid body guitars, this particular model is the key to the fate of the electric guitar world’s most successful companies, and thus history is very important. Sold to private collectors in 1994, for $ 375,000, the highest price ever paid for a guitar at that time.

1949 Fender Broadcaster prototype

9. Eric Clapton’s Gold Leaf Stratocaster: $455,550

Ordered by Eric Clapton in 1996, around the time Fender’s 50th anniversary. Clapton reportedly wanted something that could hang in a museum like the Louvre, and delivered with a Custom Fender Start, plated with 23K gold. Then go into production, becoming the company’s first signature guitar. Original sold at auction by Christie’s for an impressive $ 455,000 in 1997.

Eric Clapton's Gold Leaf Stratocaster

8. George and John’s 1964 Gibson SG: $570,000

This guitar is used by The Beatles between 1966 and 1969. George Harrison used it when recording and touring the album Revolver, while John Lennon used during the sessions for The White Album. It was given by George Peter Ham, from the rock band Badfinger, and after his death lay undiscovered until 2002. It sold to an anonymous bidder at auction in 2004, for a startling $ 570,000.

George and Johns 1964 Gibson SG

7. “Lenny” – Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1965 Fender Composite Stratocaster: $623,500

Great blues guitarist, Stevie Ray Vaughan, received from his wife, Lenny, in 1980 as a 26th birthday present, and named it after him. This is one of his favorite guitar, and he used it extensively until his death in 1990. The SRV stickers on the body of this guitar is a trademark of the majority of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar, a habit he picked up from brother Jimmie who started this trend in his presence. In 2004 it became the first and only one guitar ever released for sale by the estate, to raise money for charity.
It raised $ 623,500 at auction to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua.

Lenny Stevie Vaughan's 1965 Fender Composite Stratocaster

6. Eric Clapton’s C.F. Martin & Co., circa 1939: $791,500

One of Clapton’s guitar added to this list. The reason for this is that he is one of the few famous guitarists who do not actually sell the guitar – to raise money for Crossroads Rehabilitation Center. Surely there are guitars out there (owned by Jimmy Page, Van Halen, etc.) that can take more if they were sold, but they have not yet put up for sale.

CF Martin Co circa 1939

5. Eric Clapton’s 1964 Gibson ES0335 TDC: $847,500

The guitar was used as Clapton’s guitar particularly during 1964, but only rarely after that. It took the highest price ever paid for a Gibson when auctioned.

Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson ES0335 TDC

4. Blackie – Stratocaster hybrid: $959,500

In 1970, due to the effect from other guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton decided to switch from Gibson to the Stratocaster guitar. Clapton bought six vintage Strats from the guitar shop in Texas for a hundred dollars each. He gave three to go (for George Harrison, Pete Townshend and Steve Winwood) and then collect the best parts of the remaining three. which he named ‘Blackie’ as a dark finish. Clapton Blackie played for the first time in January 1973, and continues to do so until he retired in 1985 because of neck problems. Blackie sold at auction in 2004, and became the one of the world’s most expensive guitar for $ 959,000.

Blackie Stratocaster Hybrid

3. Bob Marley’s Custom made Washburn 22 series Hawk: estimated Price $1.2 to 2 million

Classified as a national asset by the government of Jamaica, this guitar is one of only seven guitar of reggae icon’s life. On November 21, 1971, after a gig in Vancouver, Marley gave the guitar to a guitar technician Gary Carlsen with the words, “Take it as you will understand later.” Amazing, Carlsen took this as a sign that he should use the gifts he has given to a better world in some way, and so he founded the charity “Different Journeys, One Destination”, offers guitar as a prize in the lottery.

Bob Marley's Custom made Washburn 22 series Hawk

2. Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 Stratocaster: Estimated Price $2 million

This guitar Hendrix played at Woodstock in 1969. From 1970 until 1990 was in charge of drummer Mitch Mitchell, before emerging to the surface in 1990 at the opening of the new Fender Artist Centre complete with cigarette burns on the headstock, and Trademark Jimi reverse stringing. It sold at Sotheby’s in the same year for $ 198,000. The rumors say that Paul Allen (Bill Gates’ right-hand man at Microsoft) is paid two million dollars for this guitar in 1998.

Jimi Hendrix's 1968 Stratocaster

1. Reach out to Asia Fender Stratocaster: $2.7 million

This guitar sold at auction in Qatar in 2005, to raise funds for Reach out to Asia, a charity formed to help the tsunami victims. Coordinated by Bryan Adams, was signed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus & Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams himself. Initially taken by the Qatari royal family for $ 1 million and later donated to charity, after it was sold again to a price of $ 2.7 million, which means that the guitar has yielded a total of $ 3.7 million dollars for charity.

Reach out to Asia Fender Stratocaster

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Here’s a list of most popular martial arts in the world. Martial art is one of the most popular and renowned arts as well as sport in the world. Using martial arts any people can defends himself from any threat in any occasion. Martial arts become important nowadays with the rise of crime in any country in the world. So let’s take a look at the list of most popular martial arts in the world

10. Judo: Japan

Judo invented or founded by Jigoro Kano, who were often harassed during his childhood, around 1860 until 1870. By taking a variety of martial arts basic skills, Kano added throw technique to create judo. Judo by the meaning of the word means “gentle way”, which means use opponent’s force to combat against himself. Because of this principle, then the Judoka did not need to be stronger than his opponent. The main focus of judo is throwing and locks the land, rather than hitting or attacking.

Judo

9. Aikido: Japan

Aikido was introduced at the beginning of 1900, with his followers learn to use the opponent’s own power and energy to bring down their opponents. The pupils are taught to keep the attacker conditions, and are taught to stifle without injury. Use of weapons is also often found in aikido, and his followers were taught to survive against the sticks, swords and even knives. Aikido founder, Morihei Ueshiba, saying that to be successful Aikido followers, the disciples must “receive a 99% opponent attack and face death without fear.”

Aikido

8. Krav Maga: Israel

Official martial art of the Israeli president guardian. Krav Maga is a martial art without rules, and hard. This martial art was never trained for sports, because it’s really intended to destroy an attacker with a focus on the opponent’s vital areas, such as the groin and eyes, and even allows the use of the head as weapons and various objects as weapons. Martial approach is divided in three steps: Face threat, prevent the opponent to make a second attack, and neutralize opponents.

Krav Maga

7. Jujutsu: Japan

When the Japanese samurai have lost all the weapons, they will switch to the use of Jujutsu. Jujutsu evolved with a focus on throws, locks and roll away. But unlike other martial arts, Jujutsu moving more into “all is allowed”. Traditionally, students are taught a variety of tactics “cheating” such as striking, biting, which if used properly, can kill your opponent. This martial art is very effective if used on short distance body contact.

Jujutsu

6. Ninjutsu: Japan

This mysterious martial arts are used by the murderer and the Japanese guerrilla fighters. Ninjitsu teaches a variety of ways to surprise your opponent and beat your opponent, with the direction to kill the opponent. In addition to the feet, hands, also taught a variety of weapons, including slip and effective escape techniques.

Ninjutsu

5. Taekwondo: Korea

Taekwondo has the meaning “the way of fist and foot”, the martial arts thrive in the era after World War II, when Japan end the occupation of Korea. This martial art is renowned for its stunning kick, and combines the physical ability and mental strength. The holder of black belt in this martial art have reached 3 million people around the world.

Taekwondo

4. Kung Fu: Chinese

This Chinese martial art literally means: the success achieved by the weight and length, and is the oldest martial art in the world. Since introduced by Emperor Huangti, 2.698 BC, has grown to tens of thousands of Kungfu styles. Traditionally, this martial art is taught by the monks of Shaolin, with primary emphasis on morality and philosophy, which keep the value of humility, trust, and patience, and respect the stress.

Kungfu

3. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Brazil

Although established in Brazil, the founder of this martial was Mitsuyo Maeda, one of the Japanese fighter, who won more than 2000 games, and regarded as the most powerful human at his time. Maeda met with the Gracie family in Japan in 1914, and since then also Gracie family regarded as the first family of this martial art. Emphasis on the throw and the groundwork making this sport popular among the mixed martial arts fighters.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

2. Muay Thai: Thailand

Very similar to kickboxing, but the difference is punch below the belt, elbows and knees are all allowed. Muay Thay is unknown when exactly begin, but the various elements of this martial art can be found in the martial arts of Japan and India. The popularity of the martial arts began to emerge in the 1800s. Traditionally, martial arts is highly structured, with various rituals that show respect to opponents. Now this martial art more focused on using of the body as a weapon. Fists, shins, elbows, knees, and various other things to defeat the opponent. This is what makes this martial precious, because every body part can be used as a weapon.

Muay Thai

1. Karate: Japan

Derived from the word that means “empty hand”, karate was introduced as a martial art without a weapon. Various techniques are expected. Karate originated from 1300′s, although the author of “10 precepts of Karate”, Anko Itosu, the father of modern karate, wrote the book in 1908. “Karate is a technique that changed hands and feet into spears” writes Anko. In the writing of Anko, karate can be used as, “… how to avoid a fight if confronted by criminals.” This martial art is widely taught all over the world as a personal defend from any criminal.

Karate

Other than those tens martial arts there are other martial arts as well. We can mention Wushu, Kenjutsu as well as  Capoeira as a mixed martial arts.

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