THE TOP TEN . . .GROUP MEMBERS:ETHAN LEE

YASMIN MOHAMED

JESSICA SINGH

ANASTACIA KENNEDY

JONATHON STEPHNEY

THE TOPICS

• Biggest Things Ever Stolen

• Construction Mistakes

• Inventions That Changed The World

TOP TEN BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

10BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

2 Men confess to stealing 300 manhole covers

Each weighing136 kg Sold for US$6 dollars

($1,200 Guyana Dollars) each

300 manhole covers

9BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Property of the National Guard.

Damaged cars, utility poles, hydrants

Went on for 23 minutes until getting stuck on a road divider.

A 63 ton M-60 army tank

8BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Brick by Brick Stolen by residents of

the nearby village of Komarovo, Russia

Went unnoticed until church officials decided to reopen

200 year old church

7BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Taken by Somali pirates

Three tankers taken in 18 months

One recovered but painted in a different colour

Fully loaded oil tanker

6BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Stolen by an Israeli Air Force Major

Enroute to museum Sold in Sweden for

$331,000 (66.2 million Guyana dollars)

WW II Mustang fighter plane

5BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Stolen from Buddhist temple

Cast originally in Vietnam

Attempted to sell for $500 ($100,000 Guyana dollars)

A 3000 Pound bell

4BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Stolen in Khabarovsk, Russia in 2007

Vanished overnight Replacement cost

$37,000 ($7.4 million Guyana dollars)

A 200 ton Bridge

3BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Stolen from Coral Spring beach in Trelawny, Jamaica

Approximately 500 truckloads of sand

Remains unsolved

A Beach

2BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

Forged Documents NELOTS Properties

LLC Flaws in system for

recording property transactions

The Empire State building

BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN

The mountain Humta Pahad stolen by villagers

They chip at the rock eleven hours a day

Estimated damage to mountain unknown

The Peak of a Mountain1

TOP TEN CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Well concealed

Undetectable by thieves

Completely useless

CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Hidden Camera 10

Amazing view

Built by master craftsmen

For the exclusive use of Spiderman

CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Private Balcony 9

CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Railway Platform?

Railway or Platform?

Which came first?

Serves no purpose

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Dueling Urinals

Strategically located

Reduces aiming mistakes

Conjoined Twin friendly

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Bridge

Reduces speeding

Reduces overtaking

Great spot for a toll booth

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES

Bathroom forHandicapped?

New wall design

Save money - no need to buy a lock

Better to sit instead of going to the bathroom

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESRoof Door

Mind the first step

Easy way down, just be careful of the sudden stop

Designed for the skydiving club

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESFloor Toilet

A modern take on the traditional outhouse

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CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESScares

Directions:

Swing by the first floor and come on up

2

CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESEscalator for Kids

Someone at the top of the escalator gets paid to yell “DUCK” at the right time.

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TOP TEN INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

INVENTIONS

Television 10 First patent by John Logie

Baird 1923

BBC (UK) launched first regular broadcasts in 1932

Education benefit or cultural curse?

INVENTIONS

The Printing Press

9 Invented in 1439

First of many communications medium

A device printing ink onto a Paper or cloth

INVENTIONS

The Laser 8 First demonstrated in May of

1960 by Theodore Maiman in California

Used in DVD and Blu-ray players

Used to perform eye surgery

INVENTIONS

The Automobile 7 1807 – First car with

internal combustion engine

1886 – First gasoline powered car made by Karl Benz

Transports people and goods

INVENTIONS

The Internet 6 Created by DARPA 1969

World Wide Web created in 1989

Nearly 10 Billion devices connected today

INVENTIONSThe Aeroplane

5 First flight 1903 by the

Wright brothers

First Jet flight by Heinkel in 1939

INVENTIONS

DNA 4 Deoxyribose Nucleic

Acid

Discovered in 1953 in the nucleus of living cells

INVENTIONS

The Steam Engine 3 Steam power first used in

1698 to pump water

Improved by Thomas Newcomen

First true engine built by James Watt in 1763

INVENTIONS

The Magnetic Compass2 Invented by the Chinese in

206 BC

Used as a navigation device over sea, land or air

Oldest instrument of navigation

INVENTIONS

The Computer 1 First built to read Nazi

secret messages

Reducing in size while increasing capabilities

Small enough today to fit in a pocket