The attack on the US marine sponges

Holidaymakers on the coast have reported finding strange gray balls all the way from Virginia to New York. Some of them reach the size of a football. It is assumed that Hurricane Irene passed through the Chesapeake Bay two weeks ago with winds over 70 miles / h, has created large waves, which are carried on the surface of the sponge.

Old shops and their owners

Englishman John Londo made a series of photographs of old shops and their owners.

Football fans

Football, a way of life, a whole culture, as for those who play, and for those who are watching the game. We present our collection of portraits of the coolest football fans, not pozhalevshih money and time to express their love and appreciation to the team, though not the usual way.

The largest insect

Huge grasshopper – giant ueta, are endemic to New Zealand. In nature, there are 11 species of giant ueta, most of which are much more than those depicted in the pictures.

Tour of the Airbus A380

At MAKS-2011 Airbus A380 aircraft was presented in which various tests are conducted, so that instead of inside the cabin were barrels of water, a lot of different equipment and wiring. Airbus A380 – wide-double-deck passenger aircraft – the largest airliner in the serial world. Its capacity can reach up to 853 passengers in odnoklassovoy configuration, which means that it can easily carry all the normal students of the Moscow school, or all residents of the village High Yar.

12-years-old child who is aging

In 12-year-old girl named Ontlametse Falaste there are only a couple of years of life. “I call myself the first lady, because I was the first black child with the disease. Do you know more of a dark-skinned child with such a disease? “- Said the girl. Ontlametse, the only black child with a diagnosis of the syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford, a rare and fatal disease, accelerating the aging process. In the entire history of mankind only two black children suffer from this disease, they both died, one in the U.S. and one in the Netherlands.

Experts believe that at the same time in the world from 200 to 250 children suffering from this disease. Children with the disease die from heart failure at the age of 8 to 21 years, suffering from high blood pressure, stroke, angina and heart failure.

Child Beauty Contest in Melbourne

In Melbourne, held a protest against child beauty contest, organized by the American company to produce reality show “Toddlers and Tiaras”. Several dozen people gathered at the Town Hall Northcote Town Hall, where the qualifying round of the competition was held children’s beauty.

Imperial train

The train was built in 1894-96, respectively. Composition of the car has changed several times, old cars were changed to new, changing and interior. In 1902, the train consisted of ten cars. Some of them are meant for the royal family and retinue of the emperor. Other cars held luggage, serving and kitchen. Was added later eleventh wagon used as a church.