Friday 25 January 2013

The caves homes of Guyaju, China

The Ancient Cliff House (Guyaju), 'the biggest maze of China', was a considerable discovery relating to the study of ancient Chinese people who inhabited this north part of the country. Therefore, no precise record of it has ever been found yet, so nobody exactly knows its origins. Almost 92 KM (about 57 miles) from Beijing, the house was hewn from the craggy cliffs overlooking Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing County. The fascinating house complex has more than 110 stone rooms, and is the largest cliff residence ever discovered in China.
More importantly on each side of the precipitous cliffs, adjacent stone houses, rectangular and square, large and small, were built. These homes vary in sizes, from over 20 square meters to 3-4 square meters. A number of houses are interlinked perpendicularly, while some are interconnected horizontally. Few have a single room, while some have 2 to 3 connecting rooms. Stone steps, and stone ladders are used to connect the storeys of a complete cliff house. Stone lamp-stands, stone hearths, closets, and mangers in the caves, the windows and gates all remain as traces of their strange ancient inhabitants. Moreover; few houses were built with kangs, a kind of bed which can be heated from below on cold days.
The most enthralling one is a two-storey stone house, with six finely engraved stone pillars propping it up. Within the house, there is a wing enclosing a small room with a stone table, stone stools, and a broad stone bed. This shrewdly constructed stone room is at the highest spot of the cliff house, and is considered to be the residence of a chief of the day. Standing on its upper floor, tourists can view a superb panorama of the nearby areas. The miraculous ancient cliff house is waiting for you to throw off her veil to the world.

Wednesday 12 December 2012

In Japan they have square watermelons

In Japan they have square watermelons they get square watermelons by growing them inside of square glass cases. That way they can fit easily into a refrigerator, and you can stack things on them. Square watermelons are expensive though (10,000 yen or about $82). Compare that to regular round watermelons which cost about $15-20 in Japan.

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Heroic Mother

During an early morning response to a house fire in Santa Rosa de Temuco, Chile, firefighters witnessed the incredible. A mother dog risked her life to save her puppies from the fire surrounding the burning house, which started because of a car bomb. The mother dog, Amanda, raced back and forth between the houses; putting her ten day old puppies in the safest Place she could find a fire truck. She didn’t stop racing back into the fire until all of her puppies were safely away from the fire. The firemen on scene could not accept as true their eyes. Most people have never seen a dog this smart or this brave! After rescuing all of her puppies from the blaze, Amanda sat down next to them, protecting them with her body. Onlookers called an emergency veterinary service and she and her puppies were rushed to the hospital. Aside from one puppy being treated for serious burns, the whole family is alive and well – many thanks to the bravery of Amanda, the heroic mother.

Seven Year Genius Who Performed Surgery


Akrit Jaiswal, 7 years old genius who performed a surgery on the hands of a burnt victim and qualified for admission in a medical university in India. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Motivated by what he saw, Akrit Jaiswal, read everything he could on the topic. When he was seven years old, an impoverished family unable to pay for regular healthcare heard about his astonishing abilities, and asked if he would operate on their daughter. The surgery was successful and was widely celebrated. Akrit Jaiswal, look forward to to someday continue his studies at the Imperial College London. With an IQ of 146 he is considered as the smartest person of his age in India.

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Active Lave Flows touching the Ocean


Starting at Kalapana, Hawaii I walked for two hours right to the place on the coast where lively lava flows were touching the ocean. I was besieged about the scene: Hot air touching my face as I stood at the edge of the cliff, steam drifted away by the strong wind, thunders in my ears as the waves crushed on the melted stones and water fought with fire. I stood and noticed the lava flows started to glow as it became darker. I wanted to articulate what happened there. All four elements water, air, fire, and earth came together at that point to show how they are playing the game. Location: about 6 miles southwest of Kalapana on Big Island, Hawaii (USA).

Beautiful Pink Handfish That Don’t Swim But Walk


Fishes are bizarre enough as they are, but what about fishes with hands? Totally Weird! The pink handfish, as it is named, is a part of the handfish family, and is last seen in 1999. It is now one of the newly named species of the handfishes, among 9 others. This very strange fish doesn’t swim, and that give explanation why it’s to be found at the bottom of the ocean. It uses its “hands” that are supposed to be fins, to walk around. Tasmania, an Australian island, is the place where the nine fishes have been found, to be entirely precise, around the city of Hobart. It is perhaps the place to be for a handfish, because all the 14 species of this kind are found nearby southeastern Australia. The little pink beautiful creature is only 4 inch large and the scientists don’t know that much about its behavior because it has been poorly studied.

Glowing Blue Waves Lights on the Sea water in Maldives


Pinpricks of lighting on the coast seem to mirror stars above in a picture taken on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives. The biological light, or bioluminescence, in the waves is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton and now scientists considers they know how several of these life-forms generate their brilliant blue glow. A variety of species of phytoplankton are recognized to bioluminesce, and their lights can be seen in oceans all around the world, said by Woodland Hasting a marine biologist and bioluminescence expert.
I have been across the Atlantic and Pacific, and never seen a mark that wasn’t bioluminescent or a night that bioluminescence couldn’t be seen.  The most familiar type of marine bioluminescence is created by phytoplankton recognized as dinoflagellates. A new study co-authored by Hastings has for the first time identified a special channel in the dinoflagellate cell membrane that responds to electrical signals offering a potential mechanism for how the algae create their exclusive illumination.
The newly found channel had just the right properties required to trigger the flash. If you replaced the dinoflagellate channel with the corresponding cell channel from humans or mice or snails, so it could not do the right job. The dinoflagellates float, movement in the surrounding water propels electrical impulses around a proton-filled compartment inside the microorganisms. The electrical pulses unlock the voltage-sensitive proton channels, triggering a series of chemical reactions, which eventually activate a protein called luciferase that produces the neon blue light.

Friday 30 November 2012

The Most Expensive Pen in the World


The most expensive Pen in the world is produced by a very elitist and highly regarded pen maker named Aurora. This little and highly specialized Italian company makes once every year a fountain pen named the Aurora Diamante. The pen is worth roughly US $1.3 million. There are numerous reasons why this pen is so precious. The most obvious are the 30 carats of De beers diamonds that cover most of its visible surface. Approximately two thousand class 4 C diamonds are used in this process; it is a fragile and meticulous task that requires an inspiring level of talent. The two hectogram barrel of the most expensive pen in the world is made out of solid platinum and the nib out of 18 carat gold. The nib can be customized on request to display the coat of arms of the client, the signature of the owner or even a portrait. This is comprehensible as the most expensive pen in the world is a highly delicate item and any owner would desire to leave his or her mark on it.

Thursday 29 November 2012

A huge Willow Nest in Melbourne with Tall Ceilings and Celestial Windows


Everyone is well-known with Patrick Dougherty's enormous nests made of willow saplings; however his latest "Ballroom" installation at Federation Square in Melbourne might well be his most determined yet. Willows saplings are considered weeds in Australia, where their thick canopy, invasive root system and extreme leaf fall is disparaging to local water systems but the plants offer a great medium for the American artist's larger-than-life public art installations. For the Ballroom installation commissioned by the Federation Square Creative Program to encourage public art at the 3.2 hectare mixed-use space near Melbourne’s busiest railway station, Dougherty turned to the nearby St. Paul’s Cathedral for inspiration. Apart from metal scaffolding that keeps the willow structure erect, the artist uses few tools to prunes and bends the malleable branches to his visionary will. It took almost three weeks and 10 tons of willows to realize Ballroom, which features magical arched ceilings and celestial windows that permit just a smidgen of daylight to penetrate the interior. This distinct piece on show until early 2013 assists the Australian government manages the arboreal pest in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and awe-inspiring.

Bulgarian Artist Christo to Build Giant Pyramid of 410,000 Oil Barrels for Abu Dhabi


Bulgarian environmental artist Christo has draped a mysterious array of landscapes and objects in a distinguishing orange hue since the 1960s but few of his installations have been as conceptually perplexing as his latest planned installation. The Mastaba is to be an enduring flat-topped pyramid of oil barrels located in the desert about 100 miles from Abu Dhabi. While oil-rich nations vie for the dubious accolade of having the “world’s tallest building,” Christo’s carving comprised of 410,000 oil barrels is set to make Abu Dhabi home to the world’s largest lasting sculpture. 

Monday 26 November 2012

Daring Stunt

A skydiver pulled off an amazing stunt when he climbed out from the cockpit of a glider and crawled along the wing - then somersaulted under the fuselage of the second glider while the first rider turned upside down and flew overhead so that the sky diver could reach up and form a human link between the two planes. The spectacular stunt was carried out by Salzburg skydiver Paul Steiner 2,100 metres in the air with both gliders travelling at 100 miles an hour above the mountains in Styria, Austria.

Saturday 24 November 2012

Chinese Couple Married for 88 Years

Every body wish to live long life with best of health and happiness, there are minor percentage of couples who find such kind of life. Amazing China: Wu Conghan, 101, and wife Wu Sognshi, 103, married for 88 years, jumped at the chance to have new wedding photos. This is called eternal love and very hard to find in these days, so may they complete 100 years of matrimonial alliance together.  Because love is all matters faithful and forever.  We wish them very happy married life, true loves never end, because age doesn’t matter in true.

Friday 23 November 2012

The World's First Commercial Vertical Farm Grow Food in their Own Back Yard


The world’s first commercial vertical farm! Built by Sky Greens Farms, the rising steel structure will help the city grow more food locally, plummeting dependence on imported produce. The vertical farm is able to produce one ton of fresh vegetables every other day, which are sold in local supermarkets and will provide a fresh new source of sustainable produce for local residents. Singapore presently only 7 percent of its vegetables locally, driving a need to buy from other countries. But highly thanks to the new vertical farm, now local citizens can eat locally produced vegetables available exclusively at the FairPrice Finest supermarket.

The world’s first vertical farm itself is made up of 120 aluminum towers that stretch thirty feet tall. It’s a stunning and giant greenhouses, the rows of plants produce about a half ton of vegetables per day. Only three kinds of veggies are grown there, but locals expect to get bigger the farm to include other varieties. The vertical farm is at present seeking investors to help build 300 additional towers, which would generate two tons of vegetables per day. Even though the $21 million dollar price tag is heavy, it could mean agricultural independence for the area.

The vertical farm vegetables have become a big hit with the locals too. However the produce costs 10 to 20% more than other vegetables at the supermarket, consumers seemed keen to buy the freshest food possible often buying out the market’s stock of vertical farm foods. This pioneering vertical farm could help change the way the world eats, giving dense cities an opportunity to grow food in their own back yard.


Most Amazing Facts of Human Body


  1. ·         Women loose 70hairs in a day whereas men lose about 40 hairs in a day.
  2. ·         Your blood has identical amount of salts in it as an ocean has.
  3. ·         You are taller in the morning than you are at night.
  4. ·         We are born with 300 bones but end up with 206 bones when we are adult.
  5. ·         It is not possible to sneeze with open eyes.
  6. ·         Largest muscle in your body is one on which you are sitting on.
  7. ·         Typical person goes to bathroom six times a day.
  8. ·         Bones are 4 times stronger than concrete.
  9. ·         Children grow faster in springtime
  10. ·         Tongue is the strongest muscle in human body.
  11. ·         Hair is made of same substance as fingernails.
  12. ·         Human skull is made up of 26 different bones.
  13. ·         The average human body contains about 100 billion nerve cells.
  14. ·         You are born without knee caps and they don’t appear until age of 2 to 6 years.
  15. ·         Our entire body functions stop when we sneeze, even your heart beat.
  16. ·         Heart circulates blood in your body about 1000 times each day.
  17. ·         Eyelashes last about 150 days.
  18. ·         There are 500 hairs in an eyebrow.
  19. ·         Average life span of a taste bud is only 10 days.
  20. ·         Eyes stay the same size throughout life but nose and ears never stop growing.
  21. ·         Food takes 7 seconds to reach stomach from mouth.
  22. ·         Children have more taste buds than adults.
  23. ·         Sneeze blows air out of nose at the speed of 100 miles per hour.
  24. ·         Smallest bone of body is in ears.


Tuesday 20 November 2012

The Finger Monkey

This is one of the smallest primates, and the smallest true monkey you will ever see, with its body length ranging from only 14 to 16 centimetres (Just 5.5 to 6.3 inch). The pygmy marmoset, also called as “dwarf monkey” (Cebuella pygmaea) is native to South America. Nicknames for this monkey often refer to its size, for example: mono de bolsillo (“pocket monkey”), leoncito (“little lion”), or “Finger Monkey” in the US. Are you thinking is it amazing monkey and haven’t seen yet?