Saturday, February 28, 2009
stone Fish
Stone FishWaits for you to step on itBut it´s not time to leave the sea quite yet. There are two nasty things in the blue depths you should spend many a sleepless night frightened of. For the big one you´ll have to wait a bit, for the one right below it in terrifying lethality you just have to watch your step when you´re walking along the bottom of the ocean.
The lazy clown of the insect world.
The adult moth is just a moth, but the hairs of the caterpillar are juicy with nasty stuff, so nasty that dozens of people die every year from just touching them. By the way, it´s not a good way to go, either: their venom is a extremely powerful anticoagulant, death happening as the blood itself breaks down. Not fun. Very not fun
World´s Most Deadliest Creatures
Poison Arrow Frog: Lethal TouchThat frog over there, for instance: that tiny, brilliantly colored tree frog. Doesn't he look like some kind of Faberge ornament, there against that vermilion leaf? Wouldn't such a natural jewel look just gorgeous in a terrarium back home?
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
39 Interesting Facts You Might Be Unaware
39 Interesting Facts You Might Be Unaware
1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt
3. Almonds are members of the peach family.
4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
9. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicros copicsilicovolca noconiosis.
11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural: pneumonoultramicros copicsilicovolca noconiosesl
12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangiha ngakoauauotamate
aturipukakapikim aungahoronukupok aiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill.
13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.
14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.
33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.
37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt
3. Almonds are members of the peach family.
4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
9. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicros copicsilicovolca noconiosis.
11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural: pneumonoultramicros copicsilicovolca noconiosesl
12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangiha ngakoauauotamate
aturipukakapikim aungahoronukupok aiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill.
13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.
14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.
33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.
37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
:: Strawberry Cheese Cake ::
:: Strawberry Cheese Cake ::
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 12 calories instead of 120. Hence you save on 108 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 6-8
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Main Ingredients :
Marie buscuit crumbs
Nutralite/Margarine (melted)
Strawberries
Fresh homemade paneer
Low fat yogurt
Gelatine
Eggs whites
Sugar Free Natura 1½ cups
1½ tablespoons
250 gms
½ cup
¾ cup
3 teaspoons
2
5-6 measures, or to taste *
Method :
- Mix the biscuit crumbs with melted Nutralite
- Press onto the base of a 20 cm (8 inch) round pie dish. Refrigerate till firm.
- Wash and hull the strawberries. Reserve a few and puree the rest in a blender till smooth.
- Add the paneer, yogurt and Sugar Free Natura and blend well.
- Soak the gelatine in 4 tablespoons water till spongy. Melt the gelatine over a pan of hot water or in a microwave oven. Blend into the strawberry mixture.
- Whisk the egg whites till stiff and fold into the strawberry mixture.
- Pour the mixture over the biscuit base and chill in a refrigerator till set.
- Decorate with dollops of thickened yogurt or low fat cream and sliced strawberries.
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 12 calories instead of 120. Hence you save on 108 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 6-8
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Main Ingredients :
Marie buscuit crumbs
Nutralite/Margarine (melted)
Strawberries
Fresh homemade paneer
Low fat yogurt
Gelatine
Eggs whites
Sugar Free Natura 1½ cups
1½ tablespoons
250 gms
½ cup
¾ cup
3 teaspoons
2
5-6 measures, or to taste *
Method :
- Mix the biscuit crumbs with melted Nutralite
- Press onto the base of a 20 cm (8 inch) round pie dish. Refrigerate till firm.
- Wash and hull the strawberries. Reserve a few and puree the rest in a blender till smooth.
- Add the paneer, yogurt and Sugar Free Natura and blend well.
- Soak the gelatine in 4 tablespoons water till spongy. Melt the gelatine over a pan of hot water or in a microwave oven. Blend into the strawberry mixture.
- Whisk the egg whites till stiff and fold into the strawberry mixture.
- Pour the mixture over the biscuit base and chill in a refrigerator till set.
- Decorate with dollops of thickened yogurt or low fat cream and sliced strawberries.
:: Vanilla Sponge Cake ::
:: Vanilla Sponge Cake ::
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 90 calories instead of 900. Hence you save on 810 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 7-8
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 35 min
Main Ingredients :
Flour
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Eggs, beaten
Nutralite/Margarine (melted)
Vanilla essence
Milk
Sugar Free Natura 2 cups / 240 gms
2 teaspoons
½ teaspoon
4
120 gms
1 teaspoon
1 cup
38-45 measures, or to taste *
Method :
- Pre heat the oven to 200 degree C.
- Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl.
- Beat Nutralite and Sugar Free Natura till it becomes light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
- Add vanilla essence. Add milk and flour mixture slowly and beat well till it gets a dropping consistency.
- Pour the cake into a greased baking tin and bake for 35 minutes.
- Decorate with fruits and low fat whipped cream.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 90 calories instead of 900. Hence you save on 810 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 7-8
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 35 min
Main Ingredients :
Flour
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Eggs, beaten
Nutralite/Margarine (melted)
Vanilla essence
Milk
Sugar Free Natura 2 cups / 240 gms
2 teaspoons
½ teaspoon
4
120 gms
1 teaspoon
1 cup
38-45 measures, or to taste *
Method :
- Pre heat the oven to 200 degree C.
- Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl.
- Beat Nutralite and Sugar Free Natura till it becomes light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
- Add vanilla essence. Add milk and flour mixture slowly and beat well till it gets a dropping consistency.
- Pour the cake into a greased baking tin and bake for 35 minutes.
- Decorate with fruits and low fat whipped cream.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
Gajar Halwa
:: Gajar Halwa ::
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 40 calories instead of 400. Hence you save on 360 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 4
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Main Ingredients :
Carrots, grated
Skimmed milk
Ghee (optional)
Khoya
Cardamoms, crushed and raisins
Almonds / cashew nuts
Sugar Free Natura
4 cups
2 cups
2 teaspoons
3 tablespoons
for garnish
1 tablespoon
15-20 measures,
or to taste *
Method :
- Put the grated carrots and milk into a non-stick pan and cook on a low heat till almost dry.
- Add the ghee, if using, and stir-fre for a few minutes.
- Crumble khoya and stir into the carrot mixture.
- Add the raisins, sliced almonds, cashew nuts, Sugar Free Natura and crushed cardamoms.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Calories Saved
With Sugar Free Natura in your recipe instead of sugar, you consume only 40 calories instead of 400. Hence you save on 360 unwanted calories.
No. of servings: 4
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Main Ingredients :
Carrots, grated
Skimmed milk
Ghee (optional)
Khoya
Cardamoms, crushed and raisins
Almonds / cashew nuts
Sugar Free Natura
4 cups
2 cups
2 teaspoons
3 tablespoons
for garnish
1 tablespoon
15-20 measures,
or to taste *
Method :
- Put the grated carrots and milk into a non-stick pan and cook on a low heat till almost dry.
- Add the ghee, if using, and stir-fre for a few minutes.
- Crumble khoya and stir into the carrot mixture.
- Add the raisins, sliced almonds, cashew nuts, Sugar Free Natura and crushed cardamoms.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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