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20 Reasons Why Guava Is Truly The Ultimate Super Fruit.

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Expert Views by  Dr Janardhana Hebbar 20 Reasons Why Guava Is Truly The Ultimate Super Fruit. Guavas are plants in the Myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ) genus  Psidium . The term “guava” appears to derive from the Arawak (indigenous peoples of the Caribbean)  guayabo  “guava tree”, via the Spanish  guayaba . Another term for guavas is  pera , derived from pear derived from Spanish or Portuguese common to regions around the western Indian Ocean.  Amrood  is another term used in Indian subcontinent and Middle East, possibly deriving from armoot meaning “pear” in Arabic and Turkish languages. In Egypt, it is called  gawafa . Classified as a berry by most botanists, each guava berry is covered by a rough green rind that turns yellow when ripe. The pulp inside occurs in colors of white, pink, or red with numerous tiny, semi-hard edible seeds, concentrated especially at its center. The fruit is soft when ripe with sweet musky aroma ...

Awesome Production of SU-30

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29 Posted on   September 30, 2014   by   tim Stepanov Slava has travelled to the factory that assembles SU-130 warplanes and has taken some very, very artistic photos of the process, plus he has a story with the photos, and we are telling it all here now inside this post. I really advise you to read it all the way through as the pics are awesome and lots of small details of the production lines of these planes are revealed. It must have been top secret just a while ago but for some reason it is pretty public now. So let's see it: Posted on   September 30, 2014   by   tim First, a few words on the plane. The SU-30 is a two seater jet that is assembled in Irkutsk city. The factory is called IAZ - Irkutsk Aircraft Zavod (Factory) and it has produced over 7,000 warplanes since its start. It exports planes to 37 countries around the world. Also it makes YAK-130 planes and some pieces of Airbus jets.  The SU-30CM is made on a SU-2...

TEN BOOKS TO INSPIRE VERY YOUNG ARTISTS

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Children. Creativity. Community. Official Blog The Creatubbles Team  -  August 7, 2015  -  Families ,  Regular Update We’ve put together a list of the top ten books recommended by art teachers relating to creativity. Whether you need to inspire little artists in your life, teach them how to embrace mistakes, or even encourage them to use supplies sparingly, we’ve got you covered. In fact, we think everything on the list is so good we’re filling our own shelves with them! Is your favorite book missing? Please let us know in the comments below! 1.  What do you do with an idea?  – Kobi Yamada This is a story for anyone, of any age, who’s ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd or too difficult. An ‘Independent Publishers Gold Award’ winning book it tells the story of how one idea can change the world. With beautiful illustrations it’s perfect for anyone that needs to nurture creativity or inspire people t...

Revisiting the Al-Zulfiqar saga: What really went down

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NADEEM F. PARACHA   —  Last Monday (06 September, 2015), I received an e-mail from a Pakistani who claimed to be living in a European city. He wrote that he had read my Sunday column in  Dawn  of 06 September, 2015, part of which was about how many members of the clandestine urban guerrilla group, the Al-Zulfiqar Organisation (AZO), who had reached Libya and Syria (from Kabul), were never heard from again. Also read:  The lost boys He insisted that ‘a lot of the boys who ended up in Libya and Syria, did not vanish.’ According to him, some were still living in the mentioned countries, while many also managed to get political asylum in various European countries. He claimed that he was once part of the AZO. To prove this, he shared dozens of photos that he had taken of himself and ‘the boys’ in Tripoli (Libya) and Kabul in the early 1980s. He claimed he is now settled in a European city. His narrative was that AZO and its activities were demon...