Most Expensive Watches in the World 2011

Top 10 Most Expensive Watches in the World 2011

Here is a top list with some stuff that you might never be so reach to buy. These are world’s most expensive watches. These are the watches that only a business man who has an yacht can afford to buy. I hope you will enjoy this top list!
10. Breguet pocket watch 1907BA/12: $734,000

Breguet company was founded 225 years ago, one of the oldest watch companies in the world. Breguet is now part of the Swatch Group Company. Pocket Watch 1907BA/12 is a luxurious watch, which is made of 18 carat gold. The movement is hand made.
9. Blancpain 1735, Grande Complication: $800,000

Blancpain 1735 Grande Complication is a very luxurious watch, its case is made of platinum. The strap is made of crocodile skin and the engine parts are made of 740 pieces of handmade parts and components, beeing one of the most complex wirstwatches ever made in the world.
8. Louis Moinet Magistralis: $860,000

You might ever heard that there is a watch made of 2000 years meteorite and that watch is this beautiful Louis Moinet Magistralis. Its case is made of 18 carat gold.
Scarcity of moon meteorite is the main reason that this watch is so expensive and it won’t be produced repeatedly.
7. Hublot Black Caviar Bang: $1 million

You might wonder why this watch is too expensive. There are some facts that made this expensive. It was made in 2000 hours of detailed and meticulous workmanship, the case is made of 18 carat white gold combined with 322 grains of black gems included in the belt section, that makes a total of 25 carat gold. If you think twice, this watch is not expensive at all, considering that is unique in the world. It’s only one piece in the world.
6. The Chopard Super Ice Cube: $1.1 million

It’s called Chopard Super Ice Cube because its shape is just like an ice cubes. This watch is made of package of gemstones. The gemstones are 66 carat.
5. Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon: $1.3 million

Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon is a very expensive watch because its made from 688 parts including super small size (microscopic) part. The case is made of platinum. It is produced in only 2 pieces/year, a series of platinum and another one is rose gold series.
4. Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile: $1.5 million

Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile is considered one of the most complex watch ever made by human. Its made of 834 parts with over 10.000 hours to be produced (more than an year). The watch has two faces, which shows the same time, its case is made of gold. This watch is produced in only 7 units all over the world.
3. Patek Philippe’s Platinum World Time: $4 million

This watch became world’s most expensive watch in 2002 when it was sold for $4 million in an auction event. The special thing about this watch is that displays a 24-hour time zones in different countries, and its very easy to read.
2. Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication: $11 million

Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication is an 18 carat gold pocket watch made in 1932. It was produced in 4 years. This watch is booked by New York banker Henry Graves, Jr. This watch set a record for pocket watch in the year 1999 when it was sold by auction.
1. 201-carat Chopard: $25 million

This watch is the most expensive watch in the world. It might be unbelieveable, but this watch worth $25 million.
Its made of 15 carat pink diamond, 12 carat blue diamond and 11 carat white diamond. In addition there’s 163 carat diamond surrounded by white and yellow, so that is a total of 201 carat, as the name of the watch.

 

World Global Warming Won’t Affect Wind Energy Production

Global Warming Won’t Affect Wind Energy Production

Alternative energy it’s an option that picked up our interest for decades, being ecofriendly and also endless, or so we thought. Wind energy, for example does seem to have a great potential. Governments and important names in the energy industry want to build more wind turbines and expand this business. At present 2% of the whole energy in America is represented by wind energy. The potential is huge, especially in the Great Plains and the Great Lakes (Lakes Michigan, Superior and Erie), but with the last century climate changes, people are concerned about the viability of their projects. Now it’s the scientists turn to make solid predictions and determine what would be the evolution of the wind intensity and direction in the coming decades. Will the global warming change everything we know?

The scientists have used three different models: the Canadian Regional Climate Model, the Regional Climate Model 3and the Hadley Centre Model, so that their results would be more credible. All three climate models have shown no major change in the wind intensity even with an increase of global temperature of about two degrees. The study has been made on the lower 48 American states and a part of northern Mexico. The only differences that could be observed between the models were similar with the variations of wind intensity usually seen in wind patterns.
The importance of this study is even greater because it is the first done for this particular purpose, and it opens the way for other, more advanced ones. The energy industry is continuously expanding and the investment done to develop better and more efficient wind turbines needs to be backed up by some reliable assurances, especially since the goal in wind energy is that it will represent about 20% of America’s total energy production by 2030.

The Ozone Hole Begins To Heal

Although twenty years ago the world has made a pact in Montreal to ban the use of chloroflurocarbons, as they turned out to be the main reason for ozone depleting, until recently no real improvements have been scientifically proved. That was mainly because the ozone hole kept changing its size due to the season’s cycle. They couldn’t tell if the variations of the ozone hole are the result of normal spring fluctuations or evidence that the lack of chlorofluorocarbons was beneficial to the environment. The main consequence of not being able to prove the efficiency of this protocol was that no one could tell if the measure of banning chloroflurocarbons was a success or not, so that was putting a stop to any other important decisions. It was even considered that ozone depleting could be part of a natural cycle and humans had nothing to do with it.
This was an issue, until the Australian scientist, Murry Salby, showed that there is a pattern anyone could follow regarding the natural fluctuations in ozone hole’s diameter. These variations are triggered by the so called “dynamic forcing”. This phenomena is explained by the increase of the contact surface between the ozone and the chlorine particles due to the bigger number of ice crystals present in the atmosphere over the winter.
Now that they can exclude from their measurements these natural fluctuations, scientists are able to watch the modifications that take place due to the absence of chloroflurocarbons. The result they are now able to sustain with evidence is that the Montreal Protocol has been successful and the ozone is really healing. This conclusion is even more important than just for its ecological impact, as it offers a political back up to the implementation of other environmental friendly measures. Because of this important discovery, the skeptics will have no more ammunition to delay any ecofriendly projects in the future.

Tracking the Origin of Shark Fins Using DNA Zip Coding

Shark fins soup is a delicacy that led the sharks all around the globe to drastically decrease in numbers. Until recently, it was a real challenge to determine the origin of the fins and whether they came from an endangered species. This was making it difficult to prove whether the fishing was legal or not. Now we can not only tell the difference between species, but we can also determine the area from where the fins were collected. Recent studies have shown that female sharks that are born in a specific area will return to give birth there, so the population’s DNA differs by its mother’s specifics. This also means that if the population of sharks declines too much or it’s wiped out in a specific region, then it won’t be replenish by the immigration of sharks from another area.
The sharks being a very important link of the aquatic food chain, the health of the oceans depends in keeping their numbers constant. When a shark population declines under 20% of what it was in the past, then it is considered to be on the endangered list. This happened to the dusky shark and the copper shark. The ability of determining a species and its origin only from the DNA samples will represent a great help for the regulation of the global trade. This way the fishing in the regions where the sharks are scarce can be controlled so the population would have time to regenerate. The process of recovering can be a long one, since these shark species mature in about 20 years and give birth once every three years. This means that, even if humans only need a few decades to drastically reduce the shark population, the time it will take for it to replenish is that of a few centuries.

How To Prevent Birds From Colliding With Manmade Objects

Birds can collide with manmade objects and this can happen very often. The question that always intrigued the scientists is why? Since it was accepted by everyone that birds use their sight as the first of their senses when they fly, it was a mystery why they could not see the obstacles in their way. The most unpleasant thing is that collisions with pylons, turbines and power lines lead to 25% of the juvenile and 6% of the adults’ deaths of endangered species like Ciconia ciconia (or the White Stork).
People have tried to understand the reason behind these accidents and also sought to find a way to warn the birds of the danger. They failed on the most part because, until now, they also tried to make the obstacles more noticeable for human eyes and not for the birds.
Studying their way of flying, scientists have come to two relevant conclusions: one, that birds don’t always look forward when they fly, most of the times they look for prey or interesting places on the soil, so their binocular vision makes them practically blind for the obstacles ahead; and two, that birds usually can’t adjust too much the speed at which they’re flying, so at high speed and in poor weather conditions, they are not able to adjust to the changes they encounter in their path. It also seems that birds are more attuned to the direction they are flying and don’t use their sight to look into open space. It mostly seems that they are guided by their instinct to maintain the right course, and not by their eyes.
The best method to help the birds and prevent accidents, is to make them aware of the danger through alerting sounds and signals that should be placed at some distance from the obstacle to give them time to adjust their direction.

Rotational Grazing Will Result In Healthier Cattle And Thriving Wildlife

Recent studies have shown that it’s not necessary to keep the cattle on a pasture until almost complete depletion before moving them. In fact, those studies determined that it’s even healthier for the animals if they move more often from a pasture to another. This is called rotational grazing.
Let’s see why this type of grazing better is and what its benefits are. From the cattle’s perspective, grazing just a little while on a pasture before moving on, it’s better because the animals will only get the best grass, the richest in nutrients. Also, they’ll always have plenty to graze, because the place will be new all the time. This will increase their weight and productions.

From the wildlife’s point of view, having the herd of cattle there for a smaller period of time will imply they’ll be less disturbed and more time to manifest their normal behavior. Also, if the cattle won’t deplete their food source, the natural balance won’t be disturbed too much.
There is one more perspective we should look at when we consider rotational grazing: the flora’s perspective. Not being totally depleted of leaves, the plants have a better chance of recovering and replenish the grazing area. By giving it enough time, the farmers won’t feel the need to replace the indigenous flora with the exotic plants that are known to have a better productivity. The reason why maintaining the local flora is better than planting a new one, is that on the long run, the land will suffer because the soil is not use to these plants and will lose its fertility, becoming useless for agriculture and farming.
As the health of the soil is the key to success in raising cattle, rotational grazing could prove a revolutionary change in this agricultural segment and can also be one of the first ecological measures that can be applied on a large scale to protect nature and provide for the needs of humanity.

World's Jeans and Pants, 2011 Fashion Trends

Jeans and Pants, 2011 Fashion Trends

So,it’s spring season and everyone likes good and shining colors in the spring season because spring season is called the season of colors.
With the change of season, these stars have also given their look an instant style update with the change of season. And no one chooses boring and dull colors—everyone chooses most colored and shining designs.
The most famous and high-profile celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Cheryl Cole, Sarah Jessica Parker and others have already added trendy bright jeans and pants into their wardrobes.
Therefore, bright jeans and pants as the Spring/ Summer 2011 trend have appeared quite naturally. We could see many bright jeans and pants in Spring/ Summer 2011 fashion shows.
The fashion pack will be thrilled to try on all the unique still extremely wearable designs. Experiment with the different kinds of  ensembles from the ones that promote the matching of your shorts with long-sleeved shirts. As well as experiment with the different cute overalls with tank tops as well as denim vests with the coolest jeans.
There are available all kinds of varieties for all kinds of designs in stores especially for spring season which is called the season of colors.

Stylish Jeans Hot Fashion For 2011

Slimand skinny, wide and flared-jeans are hot trend for women in 2011 in all manifestations. They are lavishing and cozy with perfect style statement thus jeans fashion in 2011 is more alluring to be grabbed.
Jeans is the favorite clothing piece of women and young girls practically. It is convenient depicting latest fashion for which many international fashion designers have endeavored this year making jeans hot trend for 2011. Diesel black gold jeans and 2011 latest Lee jeans are the brands focusing more on slim fit denims assailing casual wear with creativity and attitude.
Tight leg jeans fashion 2011
Winter and autumn 2011 are more seen with tight leg jeans showcased by some fashion designers at Milan, London and New York fashion week. Skinny denims paired with stripes are chic for spring days.
Denim wedges fashion 2011
Denim wedges lower at waist and narrowing through leg torso vividly depict silhouette that provides sexy glimpse. This jeans fit at calves is great to be worn by teen girls on summer days.
Capri jeans fashion 2011
Gracefully tailored capri jeans worn with high heels and tube tops is extremely captivating. This ankle high capri jeans transfers sophisticated persona to women and is latest hot trend for spring/summer 2011.
Flared jeans fashion 2011
This vintage clothing piece is highly recommended to young girls and women who own jeans delicately on their body. Wide legged flared jeans offer a big deal as hot fashion in 2011. Slim and tight at thighs drooping to toes widely, flared jeans are cozy and loving available in various styles, designs and patterns.
Denim shorts fashion 2011
Denim shorts and panties are hip as fashion for young girls in 2011. Jeans short worn with bra is hottest trend for 2011. A girl wearing jeans panty is irresistible to be flirted by boys aimlessly.
Embroidered denim jeans fashion 2011
More luxurious a jeans looks more it is endowed, embroidery is what that makes jeans more classy and conquering. So, look for embroidered jeans that perfectly make hot fashion for 2011 and is worth to be caught on summer days