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Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints and their Super Bowl Victory. Drew Brees is a true leader and he is well deserving of this victory. They played like a team and never let up. Not even while trailing early.
It was a great game and you couldn’t ask for a better match up.

Our favorite review site that compiles a large amount of professional movie reviews and puts it into their formula to give you a rating has been purchased by Flixster.
Really though its a great combination that brings total movie info to all devices CPU and mobile alike. Progress in the works!

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is planning to release its newest toy to the world in March. What is it? Well we are excited to tell you that the Apple Tablet is on its! We will keep you posted when its officially named! We can’t wait to stand in line to buy one for $1000.

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One of the most famous of tropical fruits the mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana. It is one of the most sought after fruits in the world. Especially by those not living in the fruits specific native regions. It’s known by a plethora of names around the world: mangostan; mangostanier, mangoustanier, mangouste, mangostier, mangostao, mangosta, mangusta, manggis, manggistan, mang cut, mesetor, semetah, or sementah;and mangostan. So many wonderful names for such a wonderful fruit!

This fruit is very fragile in its growth needs and must be grown in an ultra-tropical environment. Its strict temperature range is 40º F to 100º F.  Either side of these temperatures will cause damage and death to the plant.

Here is a Calorie Break down in nutritional information on the edible portion of the fruit.

Just recently we have located a website that imports Mangosteens but have yet to be able to confirm it as there are many restrictions in place to regulate the importation of the fruit due to increased fear of exposing US crops to the Asian Fruit Fly.  We will keep you posted when we can confirm that they can be imported through Seattle.

Google Mystery has taken hold of the web today! Search with it and see what the last person to search that topic found. The results are delivered through Google proper, so perhaps not smartly the folks behind the site might not be making much off it by using Google customized search. Check it out and have some search engine fun.

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President Obama has been given the Nobel Peace prize! “He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate,” Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. “Some people say, and I understand it, isn’t it premature? Too early? Well, I’d say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us.”

For those lost and/or injured in the Tsunami and earthquakes. We will update you with ways to help and support those hurting and those who are risking their lives to save their countrymen.

U.S. health officials have approved vaccines from four drugmakers to help prevent the H1N1 swine flu, ensuring there will be enough to inoculate Americans who want the protection, U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stated to Federal Lawmakers Tuesday.

She also stated that “the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has  approved vaccines from Sanofi-Aventis SA, CSL Ltd, Medimmune and Novartis AG for the H1N1 strain of influenza.

“There will be vaccines for everyone,” Sebelius stated to the  U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.

There are about 300 million potential users, and not all Americans will opt for the shot.  The FDA said the first doses will be ready within the month.

We can’t say enough good things about the quality of fruit that comes from the Northwest.  Fruit of every variety.  Pears from the Hood River Valley, Kiwi’s from the Wilamette region.  Sweet apples from across the river in Washington.  With so many variety of each fruit type its such a good idea to share it with friends and Family not in the area.

Our favorite resource for quality gift baskets that fruit baskets.  They have some amazing designs and the taste and size of the fruit is unbelievable.  Their pears were featured on the cover of Oprah’ s O Magazine and they were rated above their competitors by Consumer Reports.

The gift of choice for us is the Cheddar Pears and Apple’s box.  A great blend of the best fruit accompanied by Oregon’s own Rogue Creamery Cheddar cheese.  Simply delightful for the pallet.  Check them out here at www.thefruitcompany.com