Fruits with the most exotic looks

In our world there is so much more interesting and unusual. Sometimes, you
look and just wonder. But what if this extraordinary miracle is still tasty
and healthy?
Let's look at the fruits that are hard to find on the market or supermarket,
and that change, all representations of how food should look like.
Now, being in another country and saw on the counter of the local shop one
of these exotic fruits, you can not rack their brains over how to be
inquired, what is it and what is eaten, but sufficient to start tasting.
1. In India, Sri Lanka, Philippines and some other countries in South-East
Asia grow fruit carambola, nicknamed because of its original form the star
fruit (starfruit). Star fruit is similar to only cut across the form in
which it usually is used for decorating desserts and cocktails. Ripe
carambola, depending on variety, can have a sweet-sour or sweet taste, which
is compared with a mixture of apple, pear and citrus. The pulp of fruit,
which is under a wax crust, the structure resembles plum - it is as juicy
and slightly crispy. Star fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C and
antioxidants. As in grapefruit, the carom contains large amounts of oxalic
acid, so that people with diseased kidneys abuse fruit is not worth it.

2. Pitaya or dragon fruit grows on climbing lianoobraznyh cacti that are
common in Mexico and South America. Cultivation of this fruit are engaged in
Australia and in South-East Asia. There are several varieties of dragon
fruit, depending on the membership to which skin color can range from
reddish-pink to yellow, and flesh color from white to red. Weight pitaya can
vary from 150 grams to kilograms. Fruit has a sweetish taste, which
according to some reviews it seems presnovatym. But because of their low
calorie and high in vitamin C, phosphorus and potassium, Pitaya is useful
for people with active lifestyles. And, but you need to worry if after
eating dragon fruit with red pulp of your urine was red. This is completely
harmless phenomenon called psevdogematuriya, which passes quickly.
3. And this ball shaped fruit with thorns, whose diameter can reach 30 cm
and weighs less than 5 kg, called the durian. In South-East Asia can meet
more than three dozen varieties of durian, but are edible only 9 of them,
and they smell a little like what might be there. It is because of the
smell, resembling a mixture of turpentine and onions with cheese spoiled in
some countries, banned from the fruits of durian in public places. But,
despite the smell, yellow-red flesh of fruit is very palatable and
reminiscent of a mixture of cream, banana and egg yolk. Durian contains high
amounts of vitamins and minerals, is an aphrodisiac, but is contraindicated
in hypertensive patients, since increased blood pressure.
4. Birthplace of the mountain peach, or yangmeya, also known as the Chinese
strawberry is East Asia. In China, Youngman cultivated for over 2000 years.
Chinese strawberry is not big in size - only 1,5 - 2,5 cm in diameter, often
dark red or brownish-red color. Taste of the fruit rather specific - both
sweet and tart. Youngman excellent antioxidant. Trees, which grow the fruit,
often grown for decoration of parks and gardens.
5. Fruits Marinda tsitrusolistnoy or noni little resemblance to the fruit,
they are more like potatoes. Homeland noni - South Asia. Ripe noni fruit are
white or light yellow color and reach 7 cm in length. Smell like moldy
cheese, fruit. Apparently so noni fruit is sometimes called cheese. Despite
the bitter taste and odor of noni is quite popular in Asia. Most likely,
this is connected with the fact that in the fruit contains many vitamins and
minerals. In traditional medicine, the fruit is used to treat intestinal
spasms, and urinary tract infections.
6. Rambutan is the birthplace of the Malay Archipelago. The appearance of
this red fruit with a lot of processes explains its name (rambut translated
from Indonesian - "Hair"). Rambutan fruits are small (about 3 cm in
diameter) and grow in clusters. The pulp of fruit reminiscent of jelly-like
mass yellow-white, sweet-tasting and rich in vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus
and iron.
7. Champion fruit the size of the fruit that grow on trees - jackfruit
(Indian breadfruit). Ripe fruits contained large kolichestvoimeyut
yellow-green, up to 90 cm in diameter and up to 35 kg weight. Pulp
dzhekfrukta very nutritious and taste like a fruit gum, which is not
surprising, since it contains a white sticky latex. Most jackfruit
distributed in South India.
8. Lychee (dragon eye) - one of the most popular fruit in Southeast Asia.
Under the rigid crust of pink or red fruit is hiding a small white flesh,
its texture resembles grapes and dark elongated bone, like a pupil of the
animal. The taste of sweet lychee, with a little sour. Fruit is rich in
vitamin C, is an aphrodisiac.
9. Mangosteen or mangosteen, like so many exotic fruits, mainly grown in
Southeast Asia. Under the maroon-purple crust hides white sliced ​​flesh.
Taste of the fruit-cream is sweet and somewhat astringent. Mangosteen is
rich in vitamins B and C, phosphorus and calcium. He is a very effective
antioxidant.
10. Small gold elongated oranges come from China called kumquat. There can
be directly from the crust, and tastes of sour mandarin. Fruit can be grown
as a houseplant. Kumquat is rich in vitamins C, P and B-group. Use of
kumquat helps get rid of depression, stress, symptoms of colds and
hangovers.
11. And finally, nodding, or horned melon. Africa is the birthplace of nods,
so it is sometimes called "African cucumber. Ripe fruit has a yellow or
orange-red in color and reaches about 15 cm in length. Pulp nodding, green
and jelly which tastes like a mixture of banana and cucumber. Fruit is rich
in vitamin C, contains potassium and iron and low calories, improves the
immune system and strengthens the walls of blood vessels.
Perhaps there are people litsezrevshie and try to describe, or even more,
and the original fruit, as shown only a portion of unusual fruits, which are
quite exotic for our country

so long didn't write a post
this is testing in posting

Two Weeks After The Earthquake And Tsunami

March 11 at the north-eastern Japan, earthquake and tsunami struck,
destroying cities and killing thousands of people, who inflicted the
greatest damage of all recorded disasters.
More than 11,000 bodies identified, but the authorities say that the final
death toll may exceed 18,000. Hundreds of thousands of people were left
homeless, their homes and livelihoods destroyed. Damages could reach $ 310
billion.

1. Yutaka Watanabe fisherman sits on the roof of a ruined house in search of
missing family members in the Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, 28 March
2011.

2. Members of the Japanese ground self-defense forces are praying for the
victims of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 near a mass
grave in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March
29, 2011.

3. Relative of the victim earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11,
cries near a mass grave in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

4. New Suzuki cars, destroyed tsunami from an earthquake on March 11, stored
at the company Suzuki, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture,
Japan.

5. Survivor man is resting in the shelter in the city Watari, Miyagi
Prefecture in northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

6. Woman looking around the remains of a ruined house in Watari, northern
Japan Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

7. Japanese police is on the path of destruction caused by the tsunami and
the earthquake that devastated the city Rikudzentakata in northeastern
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

8. Japan Coast Guard divers inspected the wreckage of homes, washed away
into the sea, floating in the bay Rikudzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture,
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

9. Placed hors de combat helicopter is at the airport in Sendai, Miyagi
Prefecture, 29 March 2011.

10. Reiko Kikuchi and her husband, Takeshi Kikuchi stand on the shore and
watch as workers try to tie the rope to the drowning of their house to get
him through construction equipment on the island of Oshima, northeastern
Japan, Monday, March 28, 2011

11. Tokyo metro police in protective suits seeking missing people after the
terrible tsunami caused by an earthquake on March 11 in the city in
Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 28, 2011.

12. A family member found photos of his missing grandfather, and old
photographs of his mother among the debris in the city of Minami-Sanriku,
Miyagi Prefecture, 28 March 2011.

13. Japanese rescue teams combing the city in search of victims of the
earthquake, March 27, 2011, Kesennuma, Japan.

14. Japanese woman resting in front of the destroyed home of the tsunami and
the earthquake in the city of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan, Sunday, March
27, 2011.

15. Japanese man goes through a flooded street in the city Kesennuma in
northeastern Japan, destroyed by the tsunami and earthquake, Sunday, March
27, 2011

16. Kyoko Kin looking things surviving in the ruins of his house, which was
washed away by the tsunami 26 March 2011 in the city Rikunzetakata, Japan.

17. 74 year-old Yukiko Comet is facing a tsunami destroyed the house in the
village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, 27 March 2011.

18. Earthquake victims rest in overcrowded temporary evacuation centers,
hundreds of thousands made homeless, 26 March 2011, the city Rikunzetakata,
Japan.

19. A man stands near a window, on which the records of missing persons,
taken within two weeks after the earthquake in 9 points in Natori in
northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 27, 2011.

20. Family grieves over the coffin Masami Takahashi during the funeral
service on a temporary burial in Kesennuma, Japan, March 27, 2011.

21. Japanese, mourner, mourning loved ones during the mass funeral in the
Yamamoto in northeastern Japan on Saturday, March 26, 2011 after the
earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 and subsequent nuclear
plant accident Fukushima - Dayichi.

22. Coffins lay down for a mass grave in the city of Higashi Matsushima in
northeastern Japan on Saturday, March 26, 2011 after the earthquake and
tsunami that occurred on March 11 and subsequent nuclear plant accident
Fukushima - Dayichi.

23. A man walks past boxes of humanitarian aid sent from across the country
in Onagava, Miyagi Prefecture, 26 March 2011.

24. People are looking on the cargo ship that was issued to land on the quay
at the port of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2011,
after the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 that devastated
the area.

25. A local resident looks out of his damaged house in the tsunami-ravaged
city Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, 25 March 2011.

26. Man eats canned fish for dinner at a shelter for earthquake victims in
Kesennuma, Japan, March 23, 2011.

"Spiderman" climbs the tallest building in Dubai

French spiderman, who calls himself "Spider-Man" began to climb the tallest
building in the world in Dubai. Alain Robert began his ascent to the
building «Burj Khalifa» height of 818 meters before the sunset and said he
expects to get to the top of the building in six or seven hours. At
nightfall, the way it will cover the spotlights, which are on either side of
the building.

Unlike most of his previous climbs, this time sorokavosmiletny daredevil
uses a rope and harness for the insurance required by the authorities of
Dubai. The ambulance is in close proximity, in the parking lot near the
building.
Robert climbed over 70 skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building»,
Willis Tower in Chicago and Twins Towers PETRONAS in Kuala Lumpur.

On also climbed in 2004 at the Taipei 101 building, which formerly was
considered the tallest building in the world.
Owner of the building is a firm Emaar Properties. " The building has 160
residential floors.
Robert began his ascent of about 6 o'clock in the evening, the insurance is
fixed at the height of the one hundredth floor.
Robert climbs the facade of the building, virtually free of decorative
elements that could slow its ascent. Being watched hundreds of spectators
fields gathered at the building.

Robert stayed in a hotel in Dubai, where, in preparation for the ascent,
did stretching exercises and power.
The owner of the building company "Emaar Properties" does not comment on the
ascent "Spider-Man."
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*"Spiderman" Alain Robert, known for the fact that he climbs on various
high-rise buildings, won the next height - he climbed the skyscraper "Burj
Khalifa" - the tallest building in the world (828 m). The rise took in
Robert's six o'clock, after 700 meters, he was forced to use safety
equipment. The process of conquering the skyscraper broadcast for multiple
viewers in the giant video screen size of 50x30 meters. Organizers of the
show was not able to negotiate with local authorities to "Spider-Man" after
the ascent, according to tradition, was arrested by the police.*

FAREWELL 2010 and WELCOME 2011

Goodbye 2010 just few day to go and a new year is coming and we a year old. This year my grandmother finally passed away peacefully in her sleep .
Also ,this year a new family member came to our family.
My third nieces .

GOODBYE 2010
AND
WELCOME 2011

Regular or Decaf

A man walked into a restaurant and seated himself. Soon, the waitress came
over to take his order. ". . .and to drink?" she asked. The man said he
would like coffee.*

The waitress promptly returned with a cup of coffee, but spilled it on the
man's lap when she stopped at the table.

"Oh my God! I am so sorry!"

"That's OK," the man said, sopping up the puddle on his pants with his a
napkin. "But tell me, is this regular or decaf?"

"Regular," she replied.

"Oh great ... now this thing is going to be up all night!"

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Kam ............................. PEI...... !

A Chinese man and an English man were dining in a restaurant.

The Chinese man lifted his glass up and made a toast to the English man,
"Kan Pei!" (meaning 'Cheers'). The English man was confused but he continued
eating.

This happened a few times and whenever the Chinese man wanted to drink he
would always say "Kan Pei!".

The English man only nodded and silently continued to drink and eat.

Not long after, the Chinese man once again said, "Kan Pei!" whilst lifting up
his glass.

This time, the English man put down his cutlery and angrily said to the
Chinese man,

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"It’s all right if you CAN’T PAY!. I'll pay!

So just shut up.

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