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Tasmanian tiger, still extinct

2012-04-14T22:25:00.000-07:00

Seventy-six years after the last known Tasmanian tiger died in a zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, two bikers, brothers Levi and Jarom Triffitt, said they found the skull and jawbone of the said animal, also known as thylacine. They made the discovery while on a bike ride in the northern part of Tasmania.

The thylacine resembles a dog but is actually a large marsupial with brown fur and black stripes; it was indigenous to Tasmania, an island off the south coast of Australia. The find caused quite an excitement, given that the thylacine is supposed to be extinct and, despite many reported sightings over the past years, this is the first time that evidence of supposed thylacine bones have been found.

The Tasmanian tiger has become this part of the world’s Bigfoot, except for the fact that this animal really existed; Andrew Pask, an Australian zoologist from the University of Melbourne and a thylacine expert, says that notwithstanding the repeated sightings, thylacines no longer exist.

Pask, during a podcast interview on the MonsterTalk, said, “Since it was named extinct, every year people come forth and say there’s been sightings of the thylacine. But there’s been no evidence ever brought forward for it. A few years ago in Australia there was a magazine that offered a million dollar reward for actual proof of a living thylacine in the wild. So people set off in droves trying to find the thylacine, but nobody was ever able to. Tasmania’s not that big, and even its most inaccessible parts are not that inaccessible… I think if these were out there in the wild they would have been discovered by now.”

After examination of the skull discovered by the Triffitt brothers, Tasmania’s Queen Victoria Museum identified the bone as canine. The skull of the large marsupial does resemble that of a dog’s but most people would not know to look for the two extra front teeth in the upper jaw of a thylacine skull, which differentiates it from the skull of a dog. While the brothers insist that the zoologists are mistaken and what they found is evidence that thylacines are still out in the wild, experts are positive that the Tasmanian tiger has gone the same way as the dinosaurs.

Incredible Bojnice Castle

2012-04-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

the most visited cultural monument in the Middle Europe,in small citi in Slovakia called Bojnice.

In interior of Bojnice castle is hidden a lot of exhibits, which collected especially last noble owner of Bojnice castle: count Ján František Pálfi

Top Five Tallest Building in The World

2012-04-14T22:17:00.000-07:00

World trade center was one of the tallest building written in the Guinness World book of record. After the tragic moments happened in World Trade Center building the top five tallest building was updated and declared the list officially as year 2010.

These are the top 5 tallest buildings ever build from different countries, this infrastructure is built for how many years. And these building is known as modern infrastructure that make the country more productive and popular.

1. Burj Khalifa

City: Dubai

Country:United Arab Emirates

Status: built

Built: 2010

Floors:163

Use: mixed Used

2. Taipei 101

City: Taipei

Country:Japan

Status: built

Built: 2010

Floors:101

Use: Office

3.Shanghai World Financial center

City: Shanghai HS

Country:China

Status: built

Built: 2008

Floors:101

Use: Mixed used

4. International Commerce Center

City: Hong Kong HK

Country:China

Status: built

Built: 2010

Floors:108

Use: Mixed used

5. Petronas Tower

City: Kuala Lumpur

Country: Malaysia

Status: built

Built: 1998

Floors: 88

Use: Mixed used

Top Five Diseases Can Cause Death

2012-04-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

According to survey and study, these are the most common and deadly diseases that Filipino have. We must protect our health and always having a check up to avoid this diseases. Always remember prevention is better than cure.

Our trend for this year 2010 to 2020 is about Health and Wellness, as we all knew there are different deadly diseases that are spreading out in our country. There are new medicines discovered for prevention and to cure some of this diseases but some are not curable. The most important and effective way to avoid this deadly diseases, always promote good health habits and always visit the doctor for check up.

This are the top 5 deadly diseases in Philippines:

1. Cancer - . It is characterized by out of control cell growth in our body, there are different type of cancers and they are classified according to type of cell that are affected.In Philippines with the total of 86 million population, 70,000 of people die each year because of cancer and 100,000 new cases will be diagnosed.

2. Diabetes – Classed as metabolism disorder, metabolism refers to our bodies on how to used digested food for energy and growth.A person with diabetes having quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated its because the body has no longer insulin to produce or not producing enough insulin. In Philippines with the total 86 million population there are 5 million having diabetes. Before mostly adults having this kind of diseases but now teens are also having type 2 diabetes.

3. Osteoarthritis – This is the condition in which the bones are fragile and brittle, causing it to high risk of fractures compare to normal bones. It occurs when our bones loses minerals such as calcium that strengthen our bones formation. Most woman having osteoporosis compare to man, because women are releasing calcium every month through menstrual period. They must replace lose calcium by drinking calcium content drinks. Most Filipino women having this kind of disease especially at age of 60 and above.

4. Liver Cirrhosis – It is refers to severe scarring of the liver, it is develops when the liver is subjected to chronic or repeated injuries. Too much drink of alcohol that can cause liver injuries,using of drugs is one of the causes of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is not a contagious, but some of its causes are viral hepatitis. More than 8 million Filipinos having this kind of disease.

5. Cardiovascular – It is develops when a substance called plaque build up in the walls of arteries that making the blood harder to flow through or either can stop the flow of the blood and can cause heart attack or stroke. In Philippines our of 86 million total of population there are 20 million total of people who are having cardiovascular diseases.

Unique Airplane Hotel in Costa Rica - The Hotel Costa Verde

2012-04-09T03:23:00.000-07:00

Located in the coastal rain forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Hotel Costa Verde near Quepos, Costa Rica, is one of the most unique hotels in the world. Situated on the edge of the Manuel Antonio National Park, the Costa Verde Resort features an incredible hotel suite set inside a 1965 Boeing 727 airplane. In its former life the airplane transported globetrotters on South Africa Air and Avianca Airlines, and it now serves as a two bedroom suite perched on the edge of the rainforest overlooking the beach and ocean.

The airplane was transported piece by piece from the San Jose airport to its current resting place on a pedestal 50 feet above the beach. It looks a bit like a model airplane on a stand, and we can only imagine the spectacular views from the balcony and the airplane windows. Five big trucks were needed to get the plane out to the resort, and while the transportation certainly had a negative ecological impact, the finished project is a stunning example of adaptive reuse.

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom suite also includes a kitchenette, flat-screen TV, a dining room, and a terrace with an ocean view. We can’t really agree with their choice of furnishings, which are made from teak and shipped across the Pacific from Indonesia, but at least they were hand carved. The tip-to-tail paneling on the inside is also teak, but it was harvested locally in Costa Rica. Like the Jumbo Jet Hostel in Stockholm, this hotel suite is sure to offer jet-setting travelers a lovely location for an extended layover. Have a look at some more beautiful photos of this scenic hotel.

Most Incredible Private Islands On Earth

2012-04-09T03:11:00.000-07:00

Imagine escaping the urban jungle to a laid back tropical heaven of sun, sand and adventure. If you could go globe-hopping to get away from it all, and ifmoney was no object, wouldn’t you want to go to a private island? Private islands are some of the world’s most beautiful places for kicking back or playing in warm tropical water. Some of these islands are luxurious tropical resorts, while others are more ruggedly stunning natural places that nevertheless resemble paradise. Private islands can be visited for vacation, rented, or even bought. Here are 10 of the most incredible private islands on Earth.

Top 5 Brilliant Writers Robbed of a Nobel Prize

2012-04-09T03:02:00.000-07:00

5. Henrik Ibsen
1826-1906

Norway’s greatest author, and one of the finest modern dramatic writers in history. He had 6 chances to win, since the award was begun in 1901, but he lost due to arguments over Alfred Nobel’s eligibility requirements, as laid out in his will. He intended the winners to exhibit “lofty and sound idealism.” But from 1901 to 1912, the Committee believed that he meant “ideal direction.” Apparently Ibsen, the father of modern drama, was not leading the literary world in the ideal direction.

4. Marcel Proust
1871-1922

The author of the most monumental work of 20th-Century fiction, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, In Search of Lost Time. It’s a 7-volume novel which exhibits one of the first, if not the first, example of stream of consciousness writing. And yet, the Committee awarded the 1920 prize to Knut Hamsun (Norwegian, which is closer to Swedish than French), for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil. Which one do more people read today? Yep, In Search of Lost Time.

3. James Joyce
1882-1941

The greatest Irish writer, besides W. B. Yeats who did win the prize. Joyce is also the greatest writer of stream of consciousness fiction in history. He practically invented the modern idea of speculative fiction, with his final work, Finnegans Wake, which is almost unreadable. He considered it his finest work, but is more famous for Ulysses, the Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

2. Leo Tolstoy
1828-1910

The greatest exemplar of literary realism in history, and possibly the greatest novelist in history. His two most titanic works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, would have been more than sufficient to secure Knut Hamsun an award. If only Tolstoy had been born a little closer to Sweden, the Committee might have overlooked their arguable translation of Nobel’s will. Apparently, the Committee did not consider Tolstoy to be leading the modern literary world in “the ideal direction.”

1. Mark Twain
1835-1910

The inventor of the American Novel, with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and one of the all-time greatest novelists, humorists, essayists, critics and all-around authors. Like Tolstoy, he had 10 chances to win, and ten times was passed over, in favor of the following eleven authors:
Sully Prudhomme, Theodor Mommsen, Bjornstjern Bjornson, Frederic Mistral and Jose Echeragay (both in 1904), Henryk Sienkiewicz, Giosue Carducci, Rudyard Kipling, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Selma Lagerlof, Paul Heyse.
I’m willing to bet you’ve only heard of one of those. I have three English degrees, and I’ve only heard of one of them. I have, however, heard of Mark Twain.

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Top 5 Explanations for The Bermuda Triangle

2012-04-09T02:49:00.000-07:00

5. Geomagnetic fields

Strange disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have been linked with evidence of compass and navigational problems, making geomagnetic fields a real, plausible case for disappearances in the Triangle. Problems with magnetic equipment from geomagnetic fields is 5 of the top ten reasons the Triangle became mystified. Many have theorized that there are magnetic anomalies in the area and that the region is unique in that it’s one of only two places on Earth where true north and magnetic north line up which can vary readings on navigational equipment. In relation to the ‘electronic fog’ theory by Rob MacGregor and Bruce Gernon, powerful electromagnetic storms from within the Earth break through to the surface and come into the atmosphere leaving a fog behind.

4. Gulf stream variations

The Gulf Stream is virtually like a river within the ocean itself that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida into the North Atlantic. It spans a 40 to 50 mile-wide area and it can carry debris up to a surface velocity of 5.6 miles per hour to two to four knot currents depending on weather patterns. The Gulf Stream could easily move a plane or a ship off course, and furthermore, the Bermuda Triangle includes some of the deepest trenches in the world, some as deep to nearing 28,000 feet. Vessel remains are very likely to be swallowed up forever by the sea and into the trenches if not by the current. Unexpectedly high waves also have been reported up to eighty feet high outside of the Gulf Stream adding to the difficulty of finding ships and planes lost at sea bringing it through in the top ten list at number 4.

3. Weather and rouge waves

Caribbean-Atlantic storms yield unpredictable weather and waterspouts within the area of the Bermuda Triangle making weather and rough waves one of the biggest causes of disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle at number 3 by many scientists. According to Norman Hooke who works for Lloyd’s Maritime Information Services in London, “The Bermuda Triangle does not exist.” He says instead the incidents are weather-related accidents. Destructive hurricanes in the area are well-documented occasions as well as rogue waves that sink ships and oil platforms. Recent satellite research has proven one single wave to reach as high as 80 feet or higher in open ocean areas.

2. Human Error

Human error is the number one reason cited for losses of aircrafts and vessels at sea although I’ll list it here as number two. Spatial disorientation and sensory confusion is rare with pilots but are a well-known reason for a small percentage of flying accidents with 87% of those accidents resulting in fatalities. Also the fact that the area within the Bermuda Triangle receives a great deal of traffic, more so than in other areas, leads to more accidents and disappearances. Human error is most likely the number one cause of fatalities but something even greater is really the cause for all the speculation.

1. Sheer myth

The only explanation is no explanation, that is to say, the Bermuda Triangle theory is based on superstition that took hold of people’s imagination mostly starting in the 20th century making the propensity people have to gravitate to tall tales the number one reason the Bermuda Triangle story exists at all. Over time, writers took previous claims of old, sailor tales and legends and even records by Christopher Columbus himself of the area having “strange dancing lights on the horizon” “flames in the sky” and “bizarre compass bearings” and continued to embellish and add to the mystery with more up-to-date embellishments. Today it is believed that what Columbus was observing were Taino natives cooking fires from their canoes or on the beach. The compass readings were off because of a miscalculation of the movement of a particular star, and the flames in the sky were meteors falling to earth which are easily seen while at sea.
According to The Skeptics Dictionary, many of the disasters claimed to have occurred in the area did not even happen in the Bermuda Triangle. As the Dictionary points out, “The real mystery is how the Bermuda Triangle became a mystery at all.” Yet, although the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been put to rest by many credible researchers and scientists, the name and the mystery, continues on.

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The best photos of wildlife in 2011

2011-11-20T00:04:00.000-08:00

Fusion of Fish And Hamster

2011-11-19T23:59:00.000-08:00

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a type of salamander that spends its life in the form of larvae. Exotic animals unique nan is sometimes referred to as "Mexican Walking Fish" because he looks like a fish that has hands and feet. However, the Axolotl is not actually a kind of fish, but rare type of salamander found in Mexico City. Axolotl length can reach 30 cm, but the average size is only 15 cm. The color of their bodies the average black or brown kepirangan and many are albino with such funny colors pink. These animals have gills that are outside his body. Gill seems to be beside her head so that a cursory look like horns. Eastern people often creates a fantasy that is associated to a legend of the dragon, so they often referred to as dragon fish.

Strangest Bridges Around the World

2011-11-19T23:54:00.000-08:00

These bridges are located in Amsterdam and were made by Naomi. Three unusual red steel bridges extend over the water between the islands Sporenburg and Borneo. Two of these three bridges stretch for 90m and the 3d one is 25 meters long. The pedestrian bridge is the most unusual one.link

Deep inside Russian countryside there is a place with a strange object. It’s made solely of wood and is called “The Half-Bridge of Hope”.
It looks like a wooden bridge from one side of hill to another which suddenly finishes on its half. It has no any logical meaning or practical purpose, just stands in one of numerous Russian villages as an art object, made of wood as everything other around it. link

. Do they have a strange bridge here! Blocks of concrete are lowered to get the bridge open. link

The Dutch have a tendency to do things differently. The Slauerhoffbrug, located in Leeuwarden, was designed by Van Driel Mechatronica to be a fully automatic bridge with an ability to sense and adapt to its surroundings. link

The Pegasusbrug near Ouistreham in France, which was a stepping stone for tail bridges, is a limited turntable bascule bridge.link

The William Pont Bridge in Zaanstad, created by Van Driel Mechatronica BV, inspired the design of the Slauerhoffbrug. link

The Bridge of Aspiration between the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. By Wilkinson Eyre Architects, it provides the dancers of the Royal Ballet School with a direct link to the Grade 1 listed Royal Opera House link.

Strange bridge on the river. link

10 Incredible Motorcycle Concepts

2011-11-15T17:43:00.000-08:00

10 Incredible Motorcycle Concepts

Pictures are made on a typewriter

2011-11-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

Pictures are made on a typewriter