Pyramids in the World

One of the questions that continue to preoccupy the contemporary researchers is the process by which the Egyptian pyramids were built. Each block of the Pyramid of Khufu weighs between 15 to 1,000 tons. Royal bedroom ceiling is constructed from monolithic blocks of red granite, weighing 70 tons each and marked accurately. Ancient workers have outperformed the contemporary engineers, with blocks 300 times, easily.

French historians said that the transport of the tombstones from a tomb in Luxor to Paris lasted two months, many workers participating in the operation. This stones ware much lighter than the blocks used for pyramids. This tombstones appears ” thin ” monolithic agglomerations compared to Machu Picchu in Peru and Saksahu-Amane. Each of these huge stones, 6 meters long and 3 meters wide, are perfectly positioned in relation to each other. The level of precision is so great that, according to the American scientist Siegfried Hunter, can hardly be thought to have been made ??5.000 years ago.

Pyramid of the Sun – Mexico

Pyramid of the Sun is an impressing building, slightly smaller than the pyramid of Cheops on the Giza plateau. It has a height of 65 m and a base of 225 m.
It was built so that the eastern side is aligned exactly East and  theWest side westward, and the sun fall directly on top of the pyramid, at 12 o’clock in the days of May 19 and July 25. It is believed that in the pyramid can be found the source of the Holy Spirit.

The pyramids are geometric temples. Teotihuacan was one of the largest cities in America of his time and perhaps even in the world. However, experts have never been able to state with certainty who built this city and why it was abandoned. An international team of experts believe that the answer to these questions is hidden under the Pyramid of the Sun, which is in the center-ruin.

Ancient pyramid found in Bosnia

A team of archaeologists has discovered in March 2008 several blocks of smooth stone, which they say, form a terraced pyramid hidden beneath a hill in Bosnia, the only pyramid ever discovered in Europe.

The team of archaeologists began excavations in Visoko town in central Bosnia area to explore the theory that one of the hills in the area, measuring about 650 meters, hides a stepped pyramid. “These are fragments of stone blocks that make up the pyramid,” said Semir Osmanagic, a Bosnian archaeologist who specializes in the study of South American pyramids. “We can see that their surface is perfectly flat, which constitute the first evidence that we are dealing with the discovery of the first pyramid of European territory,” he said.

It is believed that after being discovered entirely, the pyramid will be at least one-third taller than the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza plateau in Egypt.

Wednesday discovered giant stone blocks are cut into cubes and well smoothed for a better combination. “Obviously, the smooth surfaces of these stone blocks was made by human hand,” the Bosnian archaeologist completed.

Satellite photos taken in the area have identified three small hills in the form of pyramids in Visoko valley, which could lead to the discovery of the first European pyramid complex that would rival the Egyptian and South American ones. Also, between the three hills seems to be a communication system of underground galleries. One of these tunnels was opened and some portion explored, making the archaeologists to state with certainty that this is again a building and not the result of a natural process.

Researchers from Chile and the Smithsonian Institute in the United States faced a dilemma: how, tens of whales could die in the same place in the Atacama Desert? For now, it remains an enigma.

More than 2 million years ago, dozens of whales have found their mysterious end on the Pacific coast of South America. Maybe they were confused and failed to shore. Maybe they were trapped in a lagoon by a landslide or a storm.

But how does it happened that they died side by side, a few feet away, buried on the ocean floor, that remains a mystery. They were led by currents to the place that now is the driest spot on the planet?

Nowadays, the whales have been discovered at top of a hill in the desert, where researchers have begun to unearth one of the best preserved graveyards of prehistoric whales. According to Chilean scientists and the Smithsonian Institute in the United States, whales were the size of a bus.

Experts say that other groups of prehistoric whales have been found together in Peru and Egypt, but the Chilean fossils stand out by their large number and the beautifully preserved bones.

Were discovered fossils of 75 whales and more than 20 of them have intact skeletons. This cemetery shows a picture of life, well preserved in time, there we can also observe a novelty: two adults and a baby whale.

22 whales died after they failed on a beach in Tasmania

25 whales, a species belonging to 24 other species Mink and sperm whales failed on a beach in the island of Tasmania. Although marine fauna and wildlife experts have done everything they could to save their state, 22 of them died. Australian authorities were able, however, to save only two minke whales and whale sperm whales.
Also, researchers who participated in whale rescue operation said that they would investigate why the whales failed on the Australian beach.

A Whale arrived in the middle of a field!

A whale failed in the middle of a field in the UK, located 700 meters away from the shore, at the present moment. It is a swampland, which was flooded by tides produced during the autumn equinox.

After the waters retreat 10 meters, the whale could not return to the sea and died. Probably a huge wave threw her in the swamp beyond the shore, when the tide retreated, the whale could not get back in the water. British zoologists and mammal experts have examined the body and confirmed that the whale is a Sei female.

The highest tides occur each year during the spring and autumn equinoxes. Sometimes the whales come into shallow water looking for food and then they get trapped. Sei whales strandings are extremely rare. There were only three cases of stranding of whales of this species over the past 20 years, in the rivers of the UK.

Scientists believe that whales failure on rivers in the UK can be explained by the changing marine currents in the Arctic waters. Experts do not know why only recently the number of whale strandings increased.

Their hair is coarse, ranging in color from ruddy gold to brown and black, hands and feet are usually black. Heads are small with hairless faces. The nostrils are very far apart, which is a distinguishing characteristic of spider monkey.

Monkeys can be considered acrobats in the primate’s world. Unlike other monkeys, they do not move with all four limbs, but rather are swinging from branch to branch with their arms and use their tail as the fifth member.

Spider monkeys live in trees, but that does not mean that they do not move on the ground too. Generally, they are found in the highest and largest trees, to the branches where they find food.

These monkeys have a very special social structure, not to say strange. They live in united communities, composed of 18 up to 30 individuals. What is strange, compared to other species of monkeys, is that they don’t go in search of food as a unite group, but only a few monkeys “delegated” walk through the woods in search of food. All the monkeys in the group gather then, to play, fight and care for each other, but during the day, they are divided into small groups.

Although they are eating several types of herbs (about 125 different species of plants), when it comes to food, spider monkeys prefer only ripe fruits. And, as in a forest, there are not too many ripe fruit found in one place, the monkeys are traveling relatively large distances in search of them – the males are searching the fruits on a surface of at least 300 hectares, while the females on only 200. This is the general rule, males travel further than females and generally they spend more time taking care for each other – that as a way to establish the males higher on the social ladder.

When they are looking for food, once one of the monkeys sees a tree loaded with fruits, makes a loud scream to notify the others.

As for children, young spider monkey dependants to their mothers care for a long time. Adults, even the group leaders are very tolerant with the young ones, which are fragile and their bodies are frail until the age of one year. They are worn by mom until they reach two years, but continue to keep in a close range and depend on it until about three years and a half.

Unfortunately this spider monkey is threatened with destruction of its habitat due to tropical deforestation. While being hunted by indigenous peoples and used as a food. Spider monkeys were used as lab material for all kinds of experiences. We hope that the measures taken will save these monkeys species from extinction.

Apps for apes

For almost a year a zoo in the U.S. runs a program that gives orangutans access to technology, specifically the Apple iPad tablet. So far orangutans proved to be extremely responsive and have learned how to “button” the Tablet. The U.S. Company and the zoo management want to convince Apple to create inside the App Store a special section called Apps for Apes. In this section, Apple would have to list all applications made ??for orangutans, so zoos in other parts of the globe to test the primate’s intelligence.

Moreover it seems that inside the orangutan cages will be installed hotspots that will allow them to make video calls and use applications that require internet connection, so the whole project is quite well done. Some think that these tablets would have been more useful in the hands of a children who would not have the opportunity to buy such a device, but one can never know what interesting discoveries could come out of a project like this one over time.

Apple started the story with the ipod.They lists iPad applications compatible with the new Retina Display.

The new iPad tablet comes with a great screen, so Apple had to list in the App Store applications that use graphics specially designed for it. The idea of the Cupertino Company led to the creation of ??a new section in which are listed all applications for iPad updated with special graphics for the display of the new device, Retina. So far only 23 applications have been updated to provide a user experience as good as possible on Apple’s new Retina display, but the list will surely increase in the future.
Unfortunately Apple does not yet mark in any way the graphics applications for iDevice’s Retina Ready, so you will not know which iPad applications will be prepared to run perfectly on your tablet.

Apple capitalization is greater than the total value of companies listed on European exchanges.

With a capitalization of $624 billion, Apple is worth half of all Class A shares in the free float Chinese markets, which are restricted to foreign investors, according to an analysis Financial Times (FT), taken from CNBC.com.

Apple will release next week the sixth model in the family of smart phones, which most likely will be called iPhone 5, according to information published by sources in the international press.

According to market rumors, the company prepares an “iPad Mini”, a smaller version of the iPad tablet with a 7-inch diagonal and a price which would enter into direct competition with products like the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com or Nexus 7 from Asus and Google.

Apple wants to launch a smaller, cheaper iPad. Apple shares are currently at record levels because of rumors about the launch mini iPad. According to internet rumors, Apple will launch in October a smaller version of the popular electronic tablets iPad.

Apple.pro website has published several photos of the claims that the iPad Mini, 8-inch screen tablet that Apple would launch it in October (compared, three models of iPad screens until now have 9.7 inches screens).

Mini iPad tablet would compete with Google Nexus tablet 7, at a starting price of $199.

Inside, Mini iPads will have the same hardware configuration as iPads 2.

According to other rumors, Apple will launch iPhone 5 in September, so the Apple fans could say that this is the best year so far.

Deserts are areas that receive very little rainfall, about 250 mm per year. Deserts have a reputation for supporting very few life forms, although a more careful comparison with a moist environment, life in the desert are often varied and generally remain hidden during the day time to preserve moisture. The lack of vegetation in a desert, is because of the lack of water or the lack of heat necessary to sustain life, in the arctic regions.

Sandy deserts
The top layer consists of sand, dominated by quartz sand, which was formed by erosion, mainly due to the action of wind that formed sand dunes which can be moving. Living conditions in these regions are harsh.

Gravel deserts
In this case, the top layer is made of stone blocks or rocks, rocks results in cracking caused by high temperatures and frost.

Ice deserts
Ice deserts can be found in the polar regions or high mountains where low temperature prevented the development of vegetation. Ground water is removed by freezing, precipitation falls as solid (snow).

Salt deserts
Ware born in arid regions where salt was formed ??by evaporating water in which was dissolved.

The List of Top 20 largest deserts in the world

1. The Antarctic Desert has 5.5 million km² and is located in Antarctica.
2. The Arctic Desert has 5.4 million km² and is located on a territory that spreads across Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
3. The Sahara Desert has 3.5 million km² and is located in North Africa.
4. The Arabian Desert has 1 million square km and is  located in the Arabian Peninsula
5. The Gobi Desert has 500,000 km² and is located in China and Mongolia.
6. The Patagonian Desert has 260.000 km² and is located in Argentina.
7. The Great Victoria Desert has 250.000 km² and is located in Australia.
8. The Kalahari Desert has 220.000 km² and is located in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.
9. The Great Basin Desert has 190.000 km² and is located in The United States of America.
10. The Thar Desert has 175.000 km² and is located in India and Pakistan.
11. The Chihuahuan Desert has 175.000 km and is located in Mexico.
12. The Great Sandy Desert has 150.000 km² and is located in Australia.
13. The Karakum Desert has 135.000 km² and is located in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
14. The Colorado Plateau Desert has 130.000 km² and is located in The United States of America.
15. The Gibson Desert has 120.000 km² and is located in Australia.
16. The Sonoran Desert has 120.000 km² and is located in The United States of America and Mexico.
17. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert has 115.000 km² and is located in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
18. The Taklamakan Desert has 105.000 km² and is located in China.
19. The Iranian Desert has 100.000 km² and is located in Iran.
20. The Simpson Desert has 56.000 km² and is located in Australia.

Bears are fearsome animals, we prefer to see them in documentaries and not to meet them face to face. Precisely for this reason, their life in the wild is the object of many speculations and legends, but few know the truth about these amazing animals that continue to survive pollution, illegal hunting and abusive deforestation.

The oldest bear ever discovered is called Ursavus Elmensis, also known as the “bear of dawn”. Physical appearance was similar to that of a tiger, with long fur to the head and chest and back striped appearance. He was found in a subtropical forest in Europe and it leaved 10 million years ago and, over time, it turned into the bear we know today, suffering slight appearance changes.

Six of the eight species of bears are classified as vulnerable or endangered nowadays. Giant pandas are most threatened with extinction, at the moment, there are only 1600 worldwide, follow by The American Black Bear, Asian Bear and Polar Bear.

Brown Bear is the most resistant species of bears, mainly because it is the bear with the largest size and weight. It weighs up to 850 kg (males) and 500 kg (female), the weight varies depending on habitat conditions and secured food sources.

Koala is not a bear, it is a marsupial. Although we often hear the words “koala bear” it is not a bear, but only resembles one. In reality, the koala is an arboreal marsupial living in Australia.

Scientists have often disagreed on bear hibernation. Bears have the habit of withdrawing into a deep sleep during the winter, which is usually called hibernation. However, some scientists say that they can not classify this definition, because usually while the bears hibernate, the body temperature remains constant and does not decrease considerably, how it should happen to a hibernating animal.

Polar bears are the best swimmers of all species of bears. They live near the Arctic Ocean and are forced to swim for miles every day in ice cold water for tracking prey.

U.S. researchers at the University of Oakland, found that American Black Bears, also called Baribals, are among the most intelligent mammals and have shown this in a study that showed that they know to count!

Researchers say that although they are solitary animals, brown bears have intelligence similar to that of chimpanzees and that are capable of much more than we have considered before.

Of the senses, smell and hearing are the most developed. It turned out that when the wind is blowing from the front, bears can smell a man at about 400 meters or that they hear a branch breaking, when it is quiet in the forest, at over 100 meters. Their sight is not so good, we can say that their eyes are weak.

A cat has developed ??a weird hobby for a phone, even if she doesn’t understand how it works. Besides the fact that she does not speak, is behaving “copy” the secretary. Thw cat that fell in love with landline is called Candy Cane. On the phone she can hear the master’s voice, a voice that she can easily recognize. It is, however, puzzled, not knowing exactly how to react. Also giving the prowl, ultimately Candy Cane consider the machine is just an object on the table only good to be thrown away, and that’s exactly what she does, not knowing how else to tackle.

Babies love music too

Babies are adorable, but when then dance, as in a recording posted on YouTube, the show is complete. The video was posted on Youtube by the father of two daughters of 11 months old. At the sound of the guitar, they suddenly begin to dance. Everything else disappears, even the food is not so tempting when they hear the song. Dancing twins are real, the image is not processed at all. The two babies take a short look one at the other, synchronizing their moves to the sound of the guitar.

He just wanted to surprise her beloved one

Hu Seng a Chinese man was close to death by choking after he wanted to make a surprise to his girlfriend and sent himself by mail.
He was put in a box and sent to the address by the postal workers at the office where he worked, but it was lost on the road for three hours.
When the package finally reached the destination, the Chinese girl had a shock, finding Seng Hu inside, nearly dead. The ones that witnessed the event immediately called the paramedics that were able to resuscitate the man. “I never realized that it would take so long. I tried to make a hole in the box, but the cardboard was too thick and I did not want to ruin the surprise,” said Hu Seng, after he woke up.

Larry, the government kitten catches her first mouse

Larry the cat, “hired” by the British Government to clean up the Government building, had a successful hunt, annihilating a mouse.
After a year of its “installation” Larry, finally managed to take his role seriously and contributed to the welfare of Great Britain.
Larry was found standing very proud beside his first prey, or at least its first confirmed prey.
Larry, five years old, was brought to Downing Street to solve the rats’ problem inside the building of the headquarters of the British Government, but so far he has earned a reputation as lazy, sleeping all the time.
In fact, Larry has a special status to the Government, all the doors being open for him and he is even helped to enter the building.

Three baby penguins escaped three times from a Japanese zoo.

Perhaps caregivers from Suzaka Zoo (Japan) should take seriously the possibility to no longer allow the penguins to watch the “Madagascar” DVD.
There will be no problem with it, but three baby penguins were able to escape, in the last days, three times.
Caregivers barely managed to recover them and to “strengthen the security measures” to prevent further escape attempts.
It is the first time when penguins managed to escape from captivity in Japan.
Earlier this year, a Humboldt breed penguin fled the zoo in Tokyo and spent 82 days in freedom.
Finally, the authorities were able to catch him in Tokyo Bay.

Mysterious phenomenon created by global warming above the Earth.

A mysterious phenomenon occurs above our planet, helped by the smoke left by meteorites. In addition, the pollution caused by man brings an important contribution to this process. This phenomenon is both a sight to delight us and at the same time it raises questions regarding the pollution made ??by man. The clouds are especially spectacular in the sunset, but what they hide it’s a mystery.

“We have detected noctilucenti clouds in meteorites smoke” was describing the NASA expert, James Russell, from The Hampton American University. According Sott, findings show that the smoke left behind from passing meteors through the atmosphere plays an important role in the formation of these brighter clouds.

The phenomenon is one that has baffled scientists, always being observed since the 19th century. In 1885, people in the North had observed, after the eruption of Krakatoa, some spectacular sunsets. The one who first discovered the noctilucent clouds was the German TW Backhouse. The phenomenon rarely happens nowadays, scientists have not been able to explain what role had the eruption of a volcano in its production.

Global warming is to blame now?

One thing is certain. The dust that contributes to the formation of these clouds is the cosmic dust left behind by meteorites. This connection was made by Mark Hervig, the GATS company profile. Along with his team, they made ??this discovery and it’s clear that it is a bit of mystery that clouds glow in the darkness of night. In the past, they were seen only in the northern regions, but lately it began appearing increasingly often in other areas of the planet.

Due to the global warming phenomenon intensifies.

The study of noctilucents clouds can provide important information about Earth. For example, the fact that they are now produced on many areas of the Earth, looks like the global warming is an important contribution to production phenomenon.

The intensification of agriculture, mining activities and other modern activities that emit methane (greenhouse gas) have a great contribution to the necessary conditions for this phenomenon to take place more and more often.

Mystery clouds shining in the night – What’s wrong with our planet?

In the northern parts of Europe, has recently noticed a mysterious and spectacular phenomenon. Clouds that can light the night sky, appeared again, prompting questions from those who saw it.
“It was like water in the sky,” said Barbara Grudzinska, who managed to photograph the phenomenon. She witnessed the event and managed to capture it in Poland.
It’s the first time when bright clouds can be seen in Europe this year. In addition, the view was not impeded by bad weather. Often, clouds of this type can be seen in areas where the aurora borealis is usually visible.

However, in the recent years, noctilucenti clouds appear on more and more regions on Earth, reaching even in states Colorado, Utah, Virginia and Kansas (USA). It seems that their spread is a sign of climate change taking place on Earth. They can be seen just after sunset, in a blue color.

Development Strategy

This strategy is used when you want to introduce a more varied range of products and services, with the aim of diversifying the range of clients. The development strategy is the company change of focus, depending on the requests that came from the clients, or simple intuition of the businessman. Development strategy usually includes the following movements:
- Increasing range of products, taking into account indicators such as: size, color, material;
-Expanding the range of services available to clients;
- Increase the range of options;
-Finding new uses for the product;
-New product development;
-Constant improvement of the product.

If our businessman would be the only player on the market, this strategy would be enough. But as there is no monopoly, it comes into contact with other players that will be exercising different strategies. Depending on each situation, one may call an offensive or defensive strategy.

The Defensive Strategy

Will be implemented if there is the potential danger to lose existing clients or because of a stronger competitor or because of internal problems related bills such organization or customer provided product itself. In this context it is appropriate to appeal to a SWOT analysis. For those unfamiliar with this tool, SWOT analysis is a methodology to analyze a project or a business, its name derives from the abbreviation key points behind its creation: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and finally risks (Threats).

Strengths and weaknesses are related to the company, its strategies and how they behave when facing the competition. Opportunities and threats are factors coming from the direction of the market environment and competition and are out of the control of the company. This analysis takes into account the organization of the company, its performance, key products and markets available policy that is appropriate to launch. When it is done correctly, it allows focusing the attention on the key business areas and draw attention to those parts that are often underused or not good enough “cut” to fit in time with the business. The final results of the SWOT analysis provides an objective view of the company and according to this, the businessman will decide if he has a real chance to be able to fulfill the plans and will be addressing in the future.

Offensive strategy

This type of strategy is used to attract new customers. When put into practice, the strategy of attack reveals the player’s strength and the ability to withstand not only the market but also the way he use it to achieve the goals. In this type of strategy we have the following categories:
- Price policy change;
- The use of new distribution channels;
- Finding new outlets;
- Getting into new industry sectors;
- Entering new geographic markets.

To juggle with its advantages, the company must have sufficient resources to allow the policy change both prices and invasion of a foreign market. If the company does not have the financial capacity and experience in the market, this approach he can kill the business and can become a free ticket to bankruptcy.

The name was then expanded across the continent. Etymologically, “Afri” means cave in Berber language, “afrigo”= no frost in Latin, “Afak” = dry, in Arabic.

African surface is approximately equal to that of Earth’s natural satellite, the Moon: 29,287,000 square km.

The most northern place in Africa is the Head Ras-el-Abiad, 37021 ‘widened. N, the most austral – head of that 34 ° 51 ‘widened. S.

Suez maritime canal is the longest in the world (161 km in lenght), on the channel has been recorded the highest traffic of all maritime channels (300 mil.tones).

In the western Rif massif at 1700 m altitude we can find Toghobeit Kef, the deepest cave in Africa (-700 m).

Equator divides Africa in two parts, the northern being larger than the southern section. Equator passes through the southern island of Sao Tome, South of the Ruwenzori Peak (5119 m) ??North of Kenya Peak (5199 m), cuting the northern part of the vast Lake Victoria and the south of the capital Libreville (Gabon) and Kampala (Uganda). Right through the cities Kasese (Uganda) and Giamama (Somalia). It crosses a total of seven countries.

Kilimandjaro is the highest mountain in Africa (Kibo Peak 5895 m) and is located on the border that separates Tanzania from Kenya, on this mountain, the plants reproduce all climatic zones of the world. Although it is located near the equator, its top is covered by glaciers (type star). Locals have called it “the snow house”.

Located in the North-East of Africa, the Red Sea, is known as the warmest sea on Earth, with an annual average temperature of about 32 °C. The highest water temperature, 56 ° C, was recorded in February 1956. The Red Sea has the highest salinity (concentration 40%) of the open seas, because there are no major continuously river flows. It communicates with the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Bab-el-Vlaodeb, called, “The Gate of Tears”, because there were sunk many ships. Regarding the name of this sea are two assumptions: Ancient historians would say that the name comes from the Phoenician ancestors who were once inhabited its warm shores, they ware called the red people, but the scientists claim that the name is due to the sea microscopic algae “trichodesmium erythreum” that is red, covering rocky bottom of the sea, when dazzling sunlight, the water gets a red color.

Atlas Mountains is a mountain chain length of 2000 km, known to the Berbers (native people) as the Adrar, a word that means mountain. The ancient Greeks named it after the name of Atlas mythological king of Mauritania, who was punished by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.

In Africa there are the biggest differences in temperature on Earth, during the day time the temperature reaches 60 °C so that the egg can be cooked on the ground, and at night the temperature drops even below 0 °C freezing water sources.