Most witches in one place - Witch World Record

Most witches in one place - Witch world record

More than 1000 witches are expected to turn out to try and break an official world record for the most witches in one place.

It's all part of the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials which began on August 18th.

Organisers are also hoping to raise in excess of £50,000 for Pendleside Hospice.

The walkers will set off at 11:15 and head for the summit of Pendle Hill, which for generations have been symbolic of witchcraft as well as being a site of reverence for Pagans and Quakers.

Simon Tattersall, one of the organisers of the event, said: “It’s great news that Pendle Witch Walk has been recognised by Guinness World Records as a World Record attempt.

“We’re hoping for a great event and a truly memorable day. The world record attempt for the greatest gathering of “witches” will give everybody’s efforts an undisputable measure of achievement. It will bring huge attention to the Burnley and Pendle area and our tumultuous history, but more to the point we hope that via their sponsors, walkers will raise in excess of £50,000 for Pendleside Hospice.”

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Submit Guinness World Record - How to Apply for a Guinness World Record?

Submit Guinness World Record - How to Apply for a Guinness World Record?

Got an idea for a Guinness World Record but don't know how to get it verified? Whether you're planning on breaking an existing record or you've come up with a crazy new one, it's not difficult to send in your record and get it approved. Plus, it won't cost anything (unless you request an adjudicator, which will be explained later, for a small fee). Anyone can apply, but those under 18 must get approval from a parent or legal guardian first. Read the following article to learn how you can apply, and increase your chances of having your very own Guinness World Record title under your belt.

1. Choose a record.
When thinking about what kind of record you want to break, keep the following in mind:

Avoid going for non-records - Your claim must involve a breakable record! Is it the tallest, longest, heaviest, smelliest? You may be able to lick your elbow, but it's not considered a record! Guinness World Records Limited rarely accepts "firsts" -- unless it's a "significant first", by which they mean really significant, such as "First man on the moon" or "First movie to gross over $1 billion".
Do not engage in animal cruelty - Don't overfeed your pets just to make them the heaviest or fattest. Your pets will suffer in the course of your attempt to break a record, which could result in their illness or even death. In Guinness World Records 2008, it says that they do not want to see people apply for a world records if they, lick their elbow or they don't want to see the fattest cat.
Do not attempt to break the law - Driving at high speeds on public roads is dangerous and illegal, so just don't do it.
Do not attempt highly outrageous and dangerous stunts such as "teenage surgery" - Teenagers performing surgery or medical operations isn't cool: you're being a danger to society. As are "speedy house builders" who try to build homes in the fastest time. They come down just as fast!
Make sure your record will be interesting to a wide range of people, such as "Tallest man" or "Most yo-yos spun on one hand".

2. Get in contact with Guinness World Records.

Always make sure to contact Guinness World Records before making a record attempt so you know what to do. In order to do this, contact Guinness World Records at http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com. Simply click on "Break a record" and follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure to tell as much as possible about your claim. This is your chance to verify every detail.

Guinness World Records performs research before accepting or rejecting any record proposals, which is why getting your record approved may take weeks or months. For faster approval, consider Guinness World Records' Fast Track! which provides the following advantages:

    Approval of your record within 3 working days of application
    Priority answers to any inquiry you post about the fast track claim via website
    Priority review of your application within 3 days of the evidence you send

    However, the cost for fast track is £400, or $653.92. If you decide to Fast Track your record after you have already sent the evidence, the fee is only £300, or $490.44. Remember, Fast Track does not guarantee acceptance of your record. For more information about Fast Track, visit the official website.


3. Follow the guidelines.

If your application is for an existing record, Guinness World Records will send you the guidelines that the current record holder followed; if it's for a new record, and they like it, they'll write new guidelines for you. Once you receive these, you're ready to make an attempt.


4. Arrange for a trained adjudicator to be present at your event. 

This is just an option though, and is not necessarily done by everyone who applies for a Guinness World Record. There are, however, potential advantages to having an adjudicator at your event, such as:

    Instant verification of your record and presentation of your official certificate.
    An article about your record on the official Guinness World Records website.
    Support in the build-up of your record attempt.
    International media coverage for your event.
    Availability of your adjudicator for interviews and press conferences.
    Guinness World Records carries out on-site adjudications for corporate activities, charity functions, product launches, marketing and PR events, sports events, and to raise awareness for good causes.
    With the publication of Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition, Guinness World Records now carries out a wide range of PC, console, and arcade game adjudicators, from international shows to local arcades.


5.Gather Evidence.

The guidelines you're sent will contain details of the evidence they need: expect to film video evidence, take photographs, and have at least two independent written witness statements.

6. Send all your evidence to Guinness World Records Limited.

You will receive more information about this when you apply for your record.



7. Wait.

If you've requested an adjudicator at your event, he or she can ratify your record immediately. Otherwise, once they receive your package of evidence, Guinness World Record researchers will assess it to make sure that you've followed the rules correctly. This process can take a few months, so be patient and relax!


8. Celebrate!

If you're successful in your attempt, you'll either receive your official Guinness World Records certificate in the mail within 4-6 weeks or, if you had an adjudicator at your attempt, they'll present you with your certificate right away. You will be in the next issue of the Guinness World Records Book

Guinness World Records Tips:-

Guinness World Records receives over 50,000 applications for world-breaking records every year, but only about 4,000 are accepted, and only 2,000 are able to actually make it into the books.

Some records can be dangerous. Appropriate advice should be obtained before making any dangerous record attempt, and all record attempts are at the participant's risk. In no circumstances will Guinness World Records have any liability for death or injury suffered in any record attempt. Guinness World Records has complete discretion over whether or not to include any particular records in the book. Remember that being a Guinness World Record holder does not guarantee you a place in the book -- that decision is the editor's.

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Guinness World Records 2012 book - What Is Guinness World Records?

Guinness World Records 2012 book - What Is Guinness World Records?

Got an idea for a Guinness World Record but don't know how to get it verified? Whether you're planning on breaking an existing record or you've come up with a crazy new one, it's not difficult to send in your record and get it approved. Plus, it won't cost anything (unless you request an adjudicator, which will be explained later, for a small fee). Anyone can apply, but those under 18 must get approval from a parent or legal guardian first. Read the following article to learn how you can apply, and increase your chances of having your very own Guinness World Record title under your belt.

So the new Guinness World Records 2012 book is about to launch. We are in fact three weeks away. But this is no proselytizing sermon about why people should or shouldn't buy the book; no canvassing of opinion as to the virtues of record-breaking in the 21st century (we'll get to that).

It's more about the feeling that accompanies reaching that into-the-void moment just before something is going to be launched en mass to the public. Like you're about to throw a party and hope in God's name people turn up. We do it every year. In fact we've been doing it every year for 50 years.

One book. In over 25 countries and 100 languages. It really is quite something. There's a slow burn within the business that literally grows from day one of the calendar -- hours and hours of editorial work, design options, focus groups, image reviews, word-smithing, paper weighting, print running, foil testing, meetings, meetings about the meetings, online digital platforming.

Three-score-and-ten people working eight hours a day in six countries to produce a 300-page, 3.3 lb book read the world over by young and old looking for their annual dose of "-est." No wonder we hold our breath. That bungee cord feeling is always there.

OK, so this is what any product launch can feel like. But this is no ordinary product. These are dangerous times in publishing and this has been described as the last book standing. An anathema in the industry, millions sold every year, everywhere. Of about the 40,000 records on the database 10 percent make it into the book. So that's about 4,000 records covering over 300 categories accompanied by 900 immaculate full color images.

Open the book on one page and you come face to face with the most dangerous ant in the world, the bulldog ant (Myrmecia pyriformis), which can kill a person (if you let it) in 15 minutes flat. A few pages later and what's that? The largest warship in the world, the Truman, which is as tall as a 24-story building and even has its own newspaper. Are you kidding me?

A dozen or so further pages in and there's a story about Johnny Salo from Finland who won the longest running race ever in 1929 covering 3,635 miles from New York to Los Angeles in a time of 525 hours, 57 minutes and 20 seconds. That's the equivalent of 139 marathons, or 1.7 marathons a day for 79 days. What is that? Quite seriously. What is that? Why?

What is it about records and the people who break them that is so fascinating to people? To me, to you? What is the point I ask? So this is the beginning of my journey and what I hope to document here. For the next few months I will be writing to chronicle all the (mis)adventures that selling the best copyright book entails. The people, the moments, the things that go very wrong, the things that go very well and everything in between. In this way I hope to answer the question, what is Guinness World Records?

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World's Longest Lasting Light Bulb - Thomas Edison

Today Google Doodle marks the 164th Birthday of Thomas Edison. On the occasion of Thomas Edison 164th Birthday the Google logo portrays some of the famous inventions of the scientist. This includes phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

The world's longest lasting light bulb is the Centennial Light located at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California. It is maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. The fire department claims that the bulb is at least 109 years old and has only been turned off a handful of times. The bulb has been noted by The Guinness Book of World Records, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and General Electric as being the world's longest-lasting light bulb.

While it might seem astonishing that so many longest-lasting light bulbs have been so infrequently turned off, this is the precise reason for their longevity. Most of the wear and tear that leads to burnouts in incandescent light bulbs is caused by turning them on and off, not by burning them. Each time the bulb is turned on and off, the filament is heated and cooled. This causes the material of the filament to expand and contract, in turn causing tiny stress cracks to develop. The more the light is turned on and off, the larger these cracks grow, until eventually the filament breaks at some point, causing the light to burn out.

Thomas Edison designed a bulb that was supposed to last forever, called the Eternal Light, and turned it on on October 22, 1929. The bulb is located in the Memorial Tower at the Edison Memorial Museum in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The tower fell down in 1937, but the bulb's power was supposedly uninterrupted, according to General Electric, and continued to burn while a second tower was constructed. According to museum curator Jack Stanley, the bulb is fake, consisting of a hollow bulb illuminated by a series of automobile headlights mounted in the display's base

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Guinness World Record launched iPad apps books

One of the promises of the iPad was the ability to bring a new kind of book to life, an interactive book popping with video, animation and web links.

A worthy example of this looks like the upcoming Guinness World Records app for the iPad, which will be available tomorrow. The Guinness World Records are usually bound up in a best-selling book each year but this iPad version won't be headed to the iBookStore. It'll be available in the App Store because it's much more than static words and images on a page.

Check out the video example above. You can see that record breaking entries will swoosh into place and will include interactive graphics, charts and videos.


The Usain Bolt entry for the world's fastest man includes video of his record-breaking run.

The iPad app available at launch is a free lite version with more than 150 photographs, 140 records and 25 video clips. A paid version will be available this September.

This is cool stuff that will change our view of what a book is. It's great that we're gonna have e-books on the iPad but it shouldn't stop there.


Source:-sfgate

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Official European Street Fighter IV Champion Record

The Gamestation store in the Prospect Centre, Hull, UK, is going to be the site of an EPIC fight at an exclusive Guinness World Record event.

On Saturday 27th March, the official European Street Fighter IV Champion, Ryan Hart will be taking on all would-be challengers to break the world record of 108 unbeaten rounds on the BAFTA-nominated video game, Street Fighter IV.

European Street Fighter IV Champion, Ryan Hart, said: “I'm looking forward to breaking the Street Fighter IV Guinness World Record in Hull. You've played the rest, but come March 27th get ready to play the best!”

Gamestation store Manager Craig Huxtable said “We know that our customers are really hardcore players so Ryan better be ready for a tough day. For anyone who stops Ryan in his tracks, we’ll be giving away some cool prizes including an Xbox 360 Elite, a £100 gamestation gift card and some Guinness goodie bags.”

The event is for the launch of the new 'Guinness World Records2010 Gamers Edition' which celebrates all the gaming records set over the past year from the highest score on Donkey Kong to Guitar Hero Champions.

Adjudicators from Guinness World Records will be there to make sure the event is fair and to award the prizes.

Anyone over the age of twelve can enter. To break the Guinness World Record of 108 rounds, up to 120 contenders need to sign up to fight.

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world's largest toilet queue - Australia

Around 300 Melburnians have lined up to become part of the world's largest toilet queue.

They are hoping to break a world record, along with people from around the world, to raise awareness about the lack of clean toilets and water in developing countries.

About 4,000 children die each day from preventable diseases in some parts of the world.

WaterAid Australia chief executive Adam Laidlaw says the worldwide Guinness World Record event kicked off at Federation Square this morning.

"Because of the time difference, Australia and Melbourne will be the first event," he said.

"And then we'll see events in 70 countries around the world from Sudan to Sweden, Benin to Brazil, in fact it's a kind of A to Z of events around the world to draw attention to this issue."

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World Largest Collection of Miniture Books World Record

ts amazing feeling to say that now Rajkot is knocking at the ‘Guinness World Records’ An enthusiastic Boy, Nikunj is presenting Rajkot at ‘The Guinness World Records’ Nikunj Vagadia (M.com, M.Ed, D.E.M) 28 Yrs. Old, Event Manager is very Well known for his ‘Largest Collection of Miniature Books ’.

He is a ‘National Level Record Holder’ for the same collection in the ‘Limca Book of Records’ for the year 2006 as well as 2009. He had applied in the ‘Guinness’ six months back, now Guinness accepted his record proposal as a new Guinness World Record and permitted him officially for the record attempt. Nikunj, is going to make a new ‘World Record’ for having ‘Largest Collection of Miniature Books.’ For the same object he arranged the ‘Guinness World Record Attempt’ event at the Crystal Mall – Rajkot on 22 November, 2009 & now we have to wait for an official approval of Nikunj’s Collection as a new GWR.
The Mayor of Rajkot City Miss Sandhyaben Vyas ,Chief Editor of Akila Mr. Kiritbhai Ganatra, CEO of PR Consultancy Mr. Madhav Jasapara & Hiren Gosai inaugurated the function by ‘opening the box of tiny autobiography of the Great Mahatma Gandhi plated with 24 Carats Real Gold Plates’.

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