To take special precautions for his floppy ears, he jumps from a relatively low altitude of 4, 000 feet and quickly opens his parachute.

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At 10, 000 or 15, 000 feet the door opens.

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With a central span of 1, 991 metres (6, 532 feet), the Akashi Kaikyo bridge, which opens on April 5th, between Kobe and Awaji Island in Osaka Bay, is bigger than Britain's Humber bridge and longer than the Great Belt East bridge that has just been built in Denmark.

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Built in 1993, the home measures 12, 310 square feet with 6 bedrooms, 8 baths and a two-story great room that opens out to a terraced patio, which holds an enormous pool and spa.

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The muted beat that opens Rose Kemp's "Tiny Flower" is nothing but modern: It sounds like feet crunching in snow, but had it been mixed higher, it might have sounded like something unleashed by hip-hop producer Timbaland.

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The One57 tower eventually will rise to more than 1, 004 feet, including a curved, glass top covering a cooling tower, when the building opens in 2013.

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