7 New Wonders of the World.

[Jacx]

7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

Basically they have decided to vote on the New 7 Wonders of the World.

here comes the spill:

The New7Wonders Foundation & Campaign

The New7Wonders Foundation, which is the body behind the New7Wonders campaign, has the express aim of documenting, maintaining, restoring and reconstructing world heritage under the motto:


"OUR HERITAGE IS OUR FUTURE."

The New7Wonders Foundation calls on all citizens of the world to support it. Through film, television, the Internet and books, people shall be alerted to the destruction of nature and the decay of our man-made heritage. Monuments in jeopardy, perhaps in a dangerous state of decay, can be saved by publicizing their beauty and highlighting their plight to the international community.


The Foundation was created in 2001 by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, with a mission to protect humankind's heritage across the globe. The initial stages of the New7Wonders campaign were financed by Weber himself, aided by a small number of committed N7W Members. You, too, can join these members, who remain firmly committed to the project and its aims to this day. All N7W members have the right to a listing on the N7W Memorial Wall.

Fifty percent of all net revenue raised by the New 7 Wonders Project is to be used to fund restoration efforts worldwide. One such project is the mission to re-create the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue in Afghanistan, which was featured in the Swiss Pavilion along with the New 7 Wonders project at the 2005 World Fair in Japan.

The Foundation, which is based at the Heidi-Weber-Museum in Zurich, Switzerland (an architectural landmark in itself, as the last building designed by renowned architect Le Corbusier), is now well advanced in its aims, with many milestones already reached.

Now, the N7W campaign is in its most exciting, and crucial, stage.

At the end of 2005, the N7W panel chose 21 candidates from the top 77 nominees that had earned the most votes, and these 21 are now in the final stage of the competition. The official N7W 21 finalist candidates were announced by the panel's President, Prof. Federico Mayor, on January 1, 2006 in Zurich.

The final round of voting for the New 7 Wonders will continue through the first half of 2007. Then, on July 7, 2007 -07.07.07, the dream of the N7W initiators will become a reality as the globe joins together to celebrate the New 7 Wonders of the World, as chosen by the world's population using modern communications technology.

You can join the N7W Society now. Become an official part of this dynamic community and support this historic project.

... be a part of the making of history !

and here is the website


http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php

So in honour of all this....and the fact resa is at her moms and i cannot sleep without her in my bed... I decided to to a Vbookie event using paddypower odds. We already have some Vbookie events going on but as the 2 current events are sports related i thought i would give you all something a lil different! You all get to bet on whos gonna win.

Check the website, then bet on what you think is going to win, good luck.

[Grendel]

Are you paying out on just the 'top' wonder or all of the 7 new wonders?

[tomauer]

I can name a lot of wonder's of the world not on that list, for example the ancient Banue Rice terrace's of the Philippines, The largest in the world, and highest Rice terraces in the world, built over 3,000 years ago by Ifugao Natives (at that time,the "head-hunters) Still is maintained by direct descendents of the Ifugao, Still using traditional method's. it's a real amazing thing to see, It's bloody huge.

well, that was a bit off-the-topic.. meh..

[PiNkPaNtHeR22432323]

I can name a lot of wonder's of the world not on that list, for example the ancient Banue Rice terrace's of the Philippines, The largest in the world, and highest Rice terraces in the world, built over 3,000 years ago by Ifugao Natives (at that time,the "head-hunters) Still is maintained by direct descendents of the Ifugao, Still using traditional method's. it's a real amazing thing to see, It's bloody huge.

well, that was a bit off-the-topic.. meh..

well aren't you fucking smart :bonk:

[tomauer]

Yeah i know

[Cowboy From Hell]

vote for chichenitza! :argh:

[hoos]

we have a long ways to wait for this thing. And I'm impatient.

[Jacx]

we have a long ways to wait for this thing. And I'm impatient.

yeh but im crap at remembering birthdays and thats resas birthday, 7-7-07.

means i got half a chance of getting it right.

[Buckledmac]

Are you paying out on just the 'top' wonder or all of the 7 new wonders?

can you clarify jacx?

[tftmc]

why the fuck wasnt there a sopranos vBookie

[Jacx]

just betting on who can makes it to the final 7...so bet on any number of them to see who make it

[Jimmy James]

(CNN) -- The new seven wonders of the world were named Saturday following an online vote that generated server-crushing traffic in its final hours.

The Great Wall of China was among the top vote-getters of the "New 7 Wonders of the World" project.

The final tally produced this list of the world's top human-built wonders:

• The Great Wall of China

• Petra in Jordan

• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer

• Peru's Machu Picchu

• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid

• The Colosseum in Rome

• India's Taj Mahal

Before the vote ended Friday, organizers said more than 90 million votes had been cast for 21 sites.

Voting at the Web site, www.new7wonders.com, ended at 6 p.m. ET Friday. Traffic was so heavy Friday that the site was crashing at times.

One message urged voters to use text messages as an alternative form of voting. "Keep on voting, as it is your votes that decide the New 7 Wonders of the World," the message said.

"We have traffic that is simply off the scale," Tia Vering, spokeswoman for the "New 7 Wonders of the World" campaign, told CNN.com. "Things are just going ballistic."

The new wonders were announced at a star-studded event Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, that featured performances by Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan. The event was hosted by Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Ben Kingsley as well as Bollywood star Bipasha Basu. Send CNN.com photos and video of your favorite "wonder"

The top contenders for the seven wonders were last made public in early June. Organizers have since been tight-lipped about the ever-changing list.

The oldest candidate was Britain's Stonehenge; the newest was Australia's Sydney Opera House. The U.S. Statue of Liberty also was among the choices.

Voting nearly doubled after the June results, when organizers said about 50 million votes had been cast. A single user can cast multiple votes.

To be considered for the competition, all structures had to be built or discovered before 2000. All are among top tourist attractions around the world.

Of the seven ancient wonders of the world, only one remains standing today, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Some nations have enthusiastically endorsed the new wonders campaign. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jordan's Queen Rania actively promoted their countries' hopefuls.

But the new wonders campaign hasn't been universally recognized. The United Nations' cultural organization, UNESCO, issued a statement saying it has "no link whatsoever" to the vote.

Egypt's top antiquities expert also objected to the list. He said Egypt's pyramids are a "symbol of the genius of the ancient people" -- and are above any sort of online poll.

As a result, the organizers struck up a compromise. The pyramids have been assured honorary status, in addition to the new seven wonders.

The new wonders project was the brainchild of Swiss businessman Bernard Weber. He said he wanted to invite the people of the world to take part in selecting the world's greatest wonders.

"So that everybody can decide what the new seven wonders should be and not some government, not some individuals, not some institutions," he said.
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Vering said she believes the vote has accomplished that goal.

"We've managed to bring culture out of the museum -- out of the dusty, dry academic corners -- and have people talk about it," she said. "That, we feel, is the greatest achievement of this campaign."

[CrayZii-InDiaN]

yea..

saw this also but cannot believe that Sydney opera house didn't get chosen... nice architecture and totally unique


but im happy that Taj Mahal is 1 of the 7 wonders also :)

[Santo]

:dance:

Chichen Itza made it!!!

:dance:

[Jacx]

bets settled

[hoos]

The Brazilian statue should not be on there. I don't understand why it would be a wonder of the world. Maybe I don't know enough about it.

Either way, my 3 bets won :-)

[tca]

woo, how much did i win

fuck all :(

[Eyez Neverclear]

The Brazilian statue should not be on there. I don't understand why it would be a wonder of the world. Maybe I don't know enough about it.

Either way, my 3 bets won :-)

Because it was a popularity vote. CNN's front page atm is a story about some countries really getting into the voting and so much so that the server was bogging down and even failing in the last days. I guess there were even country leaders that were asking their citizens to help as if they were actually supporting their country. At first I liked the idea of the people choosing the new wonders and not some panel of random unknown scientists holed up in a room somewhere, but people clearly didn't take it as seriously as they should have. Go figure.

I know when I went to the link the 1st time I fully intended on voting but when half the list were structures I was completely unfamilar with I didn't bother to vote. I most certainly would not have voted for the Statue Of Liberty just to show an act of support for our country. Luckily that didn't make the list.