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Carrots, the orange power food: Orange you glad they’re so good for you?
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by Jennifer A. Gardner, M.D. on April 16, 2013


Carrots win the popularity contest of root vegetables, especially with children and Bugs Bunny! This is lucky because carrots are a terrific source of carotene, which is not found in other root vegetables. Carotene becomes vitamin A when absorbed by the cells in the intestine and is essential for good health. Other super foods, like spinach, broccoli and zucchini, actually have more carotene, but carrots have the advantage of being inexpensive and more widely available.

The average American eats twelve pounds of carrots a year, but tripling this amount is even more beneficial, so offer carrots often! Carrots also contain Vitamins A, B, C, and E. They are low in calories and sodium, but high in fiber, so they fill you up with relatively few caloriesâ€"great for weight loss.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 01, 2013, 08:26:41 PM

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Thomas Edison was something of a self-hating napper. He liked to boast about how hard he worked, how he slept only three or four hours a night, and how he would sometimes work for 72 hours straight. But in truth the key to his spectacular productivity was something he was loathe to mention and hid from others: daily napping. Once when his friend Henry Ford paid a visit to his lab, Edison’s assistant stopped him from going into the inventor’s office because Edison was snoozing. Ford said, “But I thought Edison didn’t sleep very much.” To which the assistant answered, “He doesn’t sleep very much at all, he just naps a lot.”

Edison said he could sleep “as sound as a bug in a barrel of morphine” and he often got in a couple of 3 hour naps during the day. One of his associates said that Edison’s “genius for sleep equaled his genius for invention. He could go to sleep anywhere, anytime, on anything.” Indeed, he would often curl up for his naps on a workbench or in a closet. -- http://www.artofmanliness.com/

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 01, 2013, 08:30:14 PM
Additional fact: Naay TB member nga sapoton kon di ka-nap.

Quote from: islander on May 01, 2013, 09:34:14 PM
kinsa kaha?

Hmm, si Bugsay naa puy ideya...

Quote from: Chongki on December 02, 2012, 09:51:43 AM
mahirap magmahal ng syota ng iba

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Photograph: Fraser Lewry


Camel is, perhaps surprisingly, quite a sweet meat, and we think that allspice enhances the flavour beautifully. You do not need to have huge steaks, as camel is quite rich and dense. The suggested portion size of 175g (6oz) will usually match even the largest of appetites.

Ingredients

Serves 4

4 thinly sliced camel rump steaks, about 175g (6oz) each
1-2 teaspoons ground allspice
Grated zest and juice of ½ large lemon
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly milled black pepper

Also good with pork.


Method

Put the steaks in a large bowl or glass dish, and season with salt and black pepper. Sprinkle over the allspice, and add the lemon zest and juice and extra virgin olive oil. Mix well, cover and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Heat the gill or barbecue until hot, and sear the steaks for 4-6 minutes on each side. Transfer to a warm plate and leave to rest for 5 minutes.

Ideally, serve on a bed of couscous, in keeping with the style of the dish.

• This recipe is taken from The Exotic Meat Cookbook by Jeanette Edgar and Rachel Godwin (HarperCollins, £20)

Additional fact: Naay TB member nga sapoton kon di ka-nap.

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Speaking of which, Bugsay once posted here in TB a picture of him eating a scorpion. Have you tried that one, Ms. Anna?

Quote from: jorgeanna on May 01, 2013, 07:26:03 PM
ang gibuhat sa akong friend kay gikuha ang meat unya gisagolan og itlog mao murag karne man kay gahi2x gamay.. humok man ang meat sa crab

Aw, di na diay klaro ang lasa kay initlogan na man. Nakabasa man gud ko nga ang horseshoe crab dili crustacean, mas ig-agaw pa kuno ni sila sa spiders and scorpions...

Quote from: islander on May 01, 2013, 07:25:30 PM
morag horseshoe.

Mao ba? Kanang brand new o hilis na unya tayaon pa jud?

Giangkon ni Sanchez nga maayo ang dagan sa ilang kampanya kuyog sa kandidato sa LP sa pagka-kongresista, Pinamungajan Mayor Geraldine Yapha.

Ila usab nasayran nga gilingkuran ni Garcia ang mga barangay aron pagseguro sa iyang kadaugan.

Nalipay si Sanchez nga ang mga tigpaluyo sa iyang amahan anaa pa gihapon bisan duha na ka tuig nga namatay ang iyang amahan. (BANAT NEWS)

Matud pa ni Sanchez nga ilang gipahibawo ang katawhan labot sa kasong gipasaka sa namatay niyang amahan, anhing bise-gobernador Gregorio Sanchez Jr. nga miresulta sa pagkasuspenso ni Garcia.

“We just simply tell them the truth, we tell them what actually happened and we can relate it to the fact nga nakita gyud,” sumala pa ni Sanchez.

Gisanglitanan ni Sanchez ang kaso sa Balili nga giingong wala gyud paminawa ni Garcia ang tambag sa iyang namatay na nga amahang bise gobernador.

Ni Gregg M. Rubio (Banat) | Updated May 1, 2013 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Ang mga kaso sa suspendidong gobernador, Gwendolyn Garcia, ang gihimong hinagiban karon sa Liberal Party tumong sa pagsumpo sa iyang kandidatura sa pagka-kongresista sa ikatulong distrito sa lalawigan sa Sugbo.

Kini ang gibutyag sa nagbinugtong nga kandidato sa pagka-bokal ubos sa LP nga si Engr. Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez atol sa 888 News Forum sa Marco Polo Plaza kagahapon.

Si Garcia gituohang lig-on og impluwensiya sa ikatulong distrito nga girepresentahan sa iyang igsuon nga si Kong. Pablo John “PJ” Garcia nga magpapili sa pagka-gobernador ubos sa One Cebu Party. “Considering the fact nga daghan kaayo kaso giatubang si suspended Gov. Gwen, our campaign evolves around telling the people what actually happened at the Capitol,” matud pang Sanchez.

Quote from: jorgeanna on May 01, 2013, 06:06:21 PM
hay salamat kaila na gyud ko sa akong gikaon hehehehe... thanks

Unsa may lami, Ms. Anna? Morag lambay?

“Our findings show that taking Gingko biloba supplements at any age to boost memory have no impact at all â€" and may be a waste of time and money.”

The paper, “Is Gingko biloba a cognitive enhancer in healthy individuals? A meta-analysis”, examines the published research of thirteen randomised control trials of over 1000 healthy individuals across all ages.

Other recently published studies have also shown that there is no evidence to support taking Gingko biloba supplements to protect against developing Alzheimer’s Disease.

Gingko biloba, the oldest tree living species, has been used extensively in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years.  Today, it is one of the most widely used plant-based products available without prescription in Europe and North America, where is it marketed as a dietary supplement to treat blood disorders and, more specifically, to enhance memory both for healthy individuals and also for those trying to ward off Alzheimer’s Disease.

Keith Laws, Professor of psychology, said: “Gingko biloba has been widely used for a number of years to reduce the mental decline associated with aging.  But more recently it has been marketed as a memory enhancing supplement for healthy individuals â€" and it is crucial to establish the validity for such claims.

Taking Gingko Biloba Does Not Improve Memory, Study Finds
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Sep. 21, 2012 â€" Taking Gingko biloba supplements does not improve memory, attention or problem solving in healthy individuals, according to researchers from the University of Hertfordshire.

The paper, published in Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, is the first meta-analytic review examining the effects of Gingko biloba on healthy people across all age groups. The researchers led by Professor Keith Laws found zero impact on the cognitive functions whatever the age of the people, the dose taken or the length of time of taking Gingko biloba supplements.

The Rule of 69 is a general rule estimating how long it will take for an investment to double, assuming continuously compounding interest. One calculates this by dividing 69 by the rate of return. The rule of 69 is not exact, but it provides a quick look at the effects of compounding on an investment. -- http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

Modern-day G. biloba grows best in well-watered and drained environments, and the extremely similar fossil Ginkgo favored similar environments; the sediment records at the majority of fossil Ginkgo localities indicate it grew primarily in disturbed environments along streams and levees. Ginkgo therefore presents an "ecological paradox" because, while it possesses some favorable traits for living in disturbed environments (clonal reproduction), many of its other life-history traits (slow growth, large seed size, late reproductive maturity) are the opposite of those exhibited by modern plants that thrive in disturbed settings.

The ginkgo is a living fossil, with fossils recognisably related to modern ginkgo from the Permian, dating back 270 million years. The most plausible ancestral group for the order Ginkgoales is the Pteridospermatophyta, also known as the "seed ferns", specifically the order Peltaspermales. The closest living relatives of the clade are the cycads, which share with the extant G. biloba the characteristic of motile sperm.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:   Plantae
Division:   Ginkgophyta
Class:   Ginkgoopsida
Order:   Ginkgoales
Family:   Ginkgoaceae
Genus:   Ginkgo
Species:
†G. adiantoides
† G. apodes
G. biloba
†G. cranei
†G. digitata
†G. dissecta
†G. gardneri
†G. ginkgoidea
†G. huolinhensis
†G. huttonii
†G. yimaensis

Ginkgo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Ginkgo is a genus of highly unusual non-flowering plants, commonly called ginkgo, with one living species, G. biloba. The most recently described extinct species (fossil) is Ginkgo huolinhensis.



Ginkgo biloba Eocene, McAbee, B.C., Canada.

Quote from: bugsay on November 06, 2012, 01:29:37 PM
tuko wistiln yonyon, la padala kuya...

Hmm, unsa kahay labot ani sa topic...

OK, so what did I miss?  What other survival uses for a condom can YOU think of?  And, what’s NEXT?  What is another product we can brainstorm for survival functions?
If you like my posts, you will also like my book.  Check it out on AMAZON:  Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit.

Remember, it’s not IF but WHEN,

Creek

I have to say, I did feel a little pressure to perform when he was watching me carve out the Condom Hand Drill set below. I always do better in front of an audience anyway.  I think there’s something to this “WILSON” idea.

Companionship

Anyone ever seen CAST AWAY with Tom Hanks?  Remember his little buddy WILSON?  I’ve got a survival companion too.  I just call him Lil’ Cody.  He debuted in the sling shot video above when I put a mini-arrow through his face.  He’ll keep you company when you are alone, starving and freezing in the woods while trying to make a Condom Sling Shot.

Fishing Bobber

While there are many natural options for a fishing bobber, a make-shift condom bobber is pretty darn effective.  I’ve found that rather than just tying off an air bubble in the condom, it works a little better if you stuff in some cattail fluff (called ‘cattail down’) instead.  Cattail down is naturally buoyant and also water-resistant so it’s the perfect bobber filling.  Did you know that life-jackets used to be filled with cattail down before synthetic materials were invented?  You may need to know that if you ever want to construct a survival life-jacket!  The cattail down adds a little weight to prevent your bobber from just blowing around in the wind.

MISCELLANEOUS

Protect Your Muzzle

I’ve heard 1st hand accounts from soldiers who’ve attended courses at Willow Haven that they used condoms to protect their rifles while serving in the Middle East.  They would cover the muzzle of their rifle to prevent sand/mud/water from getting inside â€" very simple and effective.

FIRST AID

Worse case scenario, a condom can be used as a crude rubber glove while dealing with any first aid related issues.  It will protect the wound from your nasty hands as well as protect you from the wound if you’re dealing with someone else.

In the 1 minute video below, you can see the condom sling shot in action.

Those are some sick looking little arrows aren’t they?  I know what you’re thinking.  Cool looking sling-shot, but there’s no way you can actually kill small game with it in a survival scenario.  Oh, ye of little faith.

As you can see, some of the darts are tipped with a Honey Locust thorn using Pine Pitch.  It’s not necessary, but I’m really digging how deadly these darts look, aren’t you?

Below is a maple branch I used to carve some of the mini dart projectiles.

I decided rather than launch imperfect rocks with a leather pouch, I would use a loop of bank line as a anchor point to nock a hand-carved mini dart.  I wrapped the other end of the condoms around the loop of bank line and again duct taped it in place.

Next, I used 3 condoms on each fork to provide the force necessary to kill small game.  I put the condoms inside each other with a little wad of cattail fuzz at the bottom and used duct tape to hold each condom band on the frame.  The wad of cattail fuzz prevents the condoms from pulling out of the duct tape.

FOOD

Seriously, how can a condom provide you with survival food?  In more ways than you might think actually…

I’m a huge fan of sling shots.  I’ve been working on a small game hunting post featuring sling shots for several months and this was the perfect opportunity to test out an idea I had â€" the Condom Small Game Hunter Sling Shot.  Sounds funny, right?  Condoms aren’t that much different from the latex bands that come stock with most small game hunting sling shots.  Remember, your ability to improvise is your most valuable survival skill!

I also used a handful of condoms as a engine for a traditional Bow Drill Fire Set.  Notice in the video below that the condom engine replaces the typical BOW in BOW Drill.  I call this  the CONDOM DRILL FIRE by FRICTION SET:





Any other ways you can think of to start a fire using a condom?

Anyone ever tried this?  It’s fall here in Indiana and the sun isn’t hot enough this time of year to make it work but you can guarantee next summer I’ll try it.  But, I’m not going to let NO SUN stop me from getting a fire by using a condom so I resorted to a more primitive method â€" the thumb loop hand drill.  The hand drill is probably the hardest of all primitive fire starting methods.  Without practice, it can be very difficult to get the right combination of pressure and spindle speed to generate enough heat to create an ember.  However, thumb loops really help facilitate this process.  Thumb loops allow the user to apply more pressure on the spindle and also spin their hands in pretty much one place.  Below is a video of how I used condom thumb loops to help generate a coal with a hand drill set.

But what if you don’t have an ignition source?  Fire requires 3 elements: IGNITION SOURCE (HEAT), FUEL and OXYGEN.  If you don’t have matches or a ferro rod, then I guess you can fill the condom with water and use it as a magnifying glass on a sunny day like this guy did:

The condom ITSELF also makes excellent fire tinder.  With an open flame such as a match or cigarette lighter, a latex condom will ignite almost instantaneously and burn furiously for several minutes â€" allowing you plenty of time to build your fire.  Below is a quick video I shot to demonstrate how well a latex condom burns:

The condom ITSELF also makes excellent fire tinder.  With an open flame such as a match or cigarette lighter, a latex condom will ignite almost instantaneously and burn furiously for several minutes â€" allowing you plenty of time to build your fire.  Below is a quick video I shot to demonstrate how well a latex condom burns:

One condom  even protects this entire bracket fungus â€" which contains a load of excellent natural tinder.

FIRE

The most obvious way to use a condom to aid in survival fire is to protect DRY fire tinder.  Just because the weather is great NOW doesn’t mean it’s going to stay that way.  Finding dry fire tinder in wet and rainy conditions can be very difficult.  Protecting dry fire tinder during inclement weather is very easy â€" when you have a condom.  Simply stuff the condom with your best tinder and tuck it away for a rainy day.  No rocket science here.

Just because you’ve collected and contained water doesn’t mean it’s OK to drink.  Once your condom is full, you must now consider purification options.  Boiling is not an option unless you have a metal container.  But, maybe you have a metal container and you’re just using the the condom to transport MORE water from point A to point B.  If so, great.  If not, you can purify the water chemically with Iodine, Bleach (Chlorine) or store bought water purification tablets.  If you are packing condoms in a small survival kit, be sure to include a handful of purification tablets for a complete water purification system.

A condom is easier to fill when water is falling into it versus just sweeping it through the water.  In nature, if you can find a little water fall or fast moving water it will make your life a lot easier.  Tie the mouth of the condom off around a stick about the diameter of your thumb.  This way, you can fairly easily untie it.  Just knotting it off with no stick makes it very difficult to open back up again.  You may need to use it over and over again so don’t rush it.

However, while it excels in elasticity, it lacks in durability.  The thin latex walls are very susceptible to sharp objects and puncture.  Especially when filled with water, the slightest prick (even from a blade of grass) will split it open almost instantly.  Then, you’ve lost your water AND your container.  No fear â€" there is a strategy for carrying water in a condom.  The easiest I’ve found it to take off your sock and fill the condom inside of your sock.  Not only does the sock provide stability but it also provides protection.  It still needs to be coddled like a little baby but it’s not AS delicate.  Other options are to wrap it in a t-shirt and even fill it inside a backpack or helmet.  It helps to stretch the condom a little bit first â€" kind of like you do when getting ready to blow up a balloon. Condom balloon animals anyone?

These little suckers will stretch to sizes that will surprise you.  Check out how big this one got?

WATER

As I’ve mentioned, including condoms in survival kits is not a new idea.  They make amazing compact water containers that can hold as much as 2 liters of water if handled properly.  They are, after all, designed to be water tight.  The elasticity of latex condoms is SHOCKING.

I’ll break down the many uses within each CORE SURVIVAL CATEGORY.

11 Ways A Condom Can Save Your Life: Multi-functional survival uses for a CONDOM
November 28, 2012 By Creek\=
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Including CONDOMS in survival kits is not a new idea.  People have been packing them in mini survival kits for as long as I can remember â€" using them primarily as an expandable WATER CONTAINER.  Don’t worry, I’ll get into details later.  While a little taboo, I’ll ask that you set aside any preconceived notions you might have about condoms.  In this post, I’ll argue that as far as  multi-functional survival uses are concerned, the condom offers an incredible BANG for your buck.  Sorry â€" I couldn’t resist.

Horseshoe crab is "barangkas" in most Philippine languages.

Bwahaha!

By Mike Krumboltz | The Sideshow â€" 18 hrs ago


A man being robbed at gunpoint at 5 a.m. Saturday morning in New Orleans turned the tables on his attacker when he managed to grab the shotgun, causing the attacker to flee.

The confrontation was captured by surveillance footage from a nearby security camera. According to WWL.com, the victim-turned-vigilante wasn't done yet.

Via WWL:

"According to police, the victim was approached moments later by two black males in a black four door sedan. The victim told police that the driver of the car said, "give me my gun back and I’ll give you your phone that you dropped."
An NOPD spokesman says the intended victim declined to return the shotgun back to the robber, but instead used the weapon to strike and knock out the rear windshied (sic) of the vehicle. Police say the two suspects fled on Frenchmen to St. Claude and then to parts unknown."

The clip's YouTube description, which was written by NOPD, mentions a similar incident that occurred the previous day. In that case, a victim was attacked by two males, who demanded his money. The victim was able to flee the scene "without relinquishing his property."

Anyone with information about the attackers is urged to contact New Orleans CrimeStoppers at 504-822-1111.