Tuesday, July 07, 2009

World's Oldest human ever verified

Is considered the oldest human who ever lived, and thus as a phenomenon: The South French Jeanne Louise locally came in 1875 as the daughter of Nicolas and Marguerite Gilles. Because of its timing, of course, is stored locally in all lists in the old world-oldest human.

The oldest man in the world was formerly locally French, Jeanne. She died in 1997 and lived for 122 years, five months and 14 days, is the official record holder, was born in 1875 is officially documented.

She had an older brother, François (1865-1962), who died in 97 years. It is assumed that with 14 years , the painter Vincent van Gogh met her. Jeanne married on 8 April 1896 of second-degree cousin, Fernand Nicolas locally, a rich landlord. She returned in the pleasant position that we never have to work hard, but a peaceful life and hobbies such as tennis, cycling, swimming, skating, playing the piano, and to keep the opera.


Later, her life almost tragic train: Her husband died in 1942 in a food poisoning. Yvonne Calments her daughter, died with 36 years as a result of pneumonia. Accordingly, she went to her grandson Frédéric general, was the doctor, Also her grandchildren, died 1963 . It was in a motorcycle fatally injured accident.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Kopi Luwak (Indonesia) most expensive coffee in the world

Coffee is probably the most popular hot beverage in the world. About 60 percent of People drink two to four cups per day. There are several varieties on the market. There are a number of delicious varieties that are rare and therefore expensive negotiated. The world's most expensive coffee comes from Indonesia and called Kopi Luwak. The high price is justified because it is a very special method to make them. The price is "only" 1000 USD per kilograms. Only 230 kilograms per year on the Indonesian island of Java, Sumatra and Suilawesi produced. That alone makes it strange. In addition to these special beans to be fermented.

At first coffee beans are perfectly normal, a mixture with other arabica varieties show. These will be normal in plantations in Indonesia. The cat disguised "Musange luwak" is that these beans to do something special. The cats eat the animals, among other things, the fruit of the coffee, which formerly were the plagues decimated the crop regularly. Only later it was found that a preference for crops is beneficial.

But now the cat has hidden Indonesian coffee with performance to create an expensive rarity. At the risk, making it one way or another in the stomach suggests, then, is the secret of the transformation of the coffee and the special flavor of coffee in the digestive enzymes and acid in the stomach of the cat door. After the cats have verspeist coffee cherries, digest the flesh that are nothing more than what surrounds the coffee bean. After some time the cats, the undigested coffee beans again, leading to fermentation of the grains leads. Obviously, the first light of broad beans before roasting cleaning processes prior to entering the world as a specialty act. Once you now how the coffee bean from the tree to the cup of coffee knows, you can probably never verdenken if you prefer to want to miss this unique beverage. Fortunately, the coffee market alternative, and a little less extravagant oddities exactly how the Kopi Luwak coffee lover's palate through a special taste spoiled.

Of course, this may be pure, and other specialty coffee in the supermarket is around the corner to buy. For lovers of rare coffees are standard on the Café Lem
roasted fresh daily. The cafes offer here, however, only small companies to work closely with the private sector cooperate tostado. Besides coffees Gour met South America, Africa and Asia are also the most expensive coffee in the world. With prices starting at just 20 euros per pound of coffee are also rare affordable for all. On the website under the Private Coffee Roasters serie.de find detailed information about the supply of coffee, and production and processing.

So if you wanna taste this coffee in low price, just visit indonesia.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

The Blue Pearl of Siberia : The World's Deepest Lake

With an area of about 31,000 square kilometers, Baikal is almost as big as country of Belgium. But that still does not happen in a lake of superlatives. With a depth of 1625 meters and a maximum water volume of about 23,000 cubic kilometers, is also the deepest lake of water and richer in the world. Because of this huge depth of the water temperature rarely exceeds ten degrees Celsius. An ideal lake for a swim in Lake Baikal is not, the sun is the large amount of water even in summer heat is not enough. In addition, the area from November to May is completely frozen.


Both the lake and its surroundings, there is a unique flora and fauna. Around two thirds of all species are endemic, meaning that only in this area before. These include some species that are specialized to live in-depth, or the Baikal seal, one of the two species of freshwater seal. Initially, for the protection of flora and fauna, numerous nature reserves and national parks in the vicinity of the lake together. In 1996, even the whole of the UNESCO-Baikal on the list of natural heritage on the world. However, the strict laws of nature of the situation in Russia is often omitted. The landscape in the Baikal region changes from clear cutting of the timber industry significantly. The industry and the cities located on the banks stem mainly from untreated sewage into the lake. Upstart Russians build their mandate as Chas directly to the bank, despite all the sea from a coastal protection zone around it. A stricter interpretation of conservation laws in the future will be inevitable the landscape is unique in the Baikal region in the world later.