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Yes. May he paint heaven's ceiling a whiter shade of electric blue...

Aylandil the medyo, este, mezzo soprano...

And the seats, the seats! (Galaway tawon si Inday Aylandil...)     

Ni GUAM P. LOGROÃ'O


NAANGOL ang bakol human gitigbas sa hubog dihang nasaghiran sa iyang wheelchair ang ilimnon ug nayabo niadtong Sabado sa alas 6:05 sa gabii sa Barangay San Rafael, lungsod sa Barili.

Si Noven Clarin, 24, ulitawo, taga Barangay San Jose, lungsod sa Borbon, nakaangkon og daghang samad tinigbasan sa lawas, samtang nadakpan si Placido Cañete, 53, minyo ug nagpuyo sa dapit.

Si PO2 Joetemar Tejano, desk officer sa Barili Police Station nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita, nagkanayon nga ang biktima naabot sa dapit.

Ang suspek uban sa iyang mga silingan nag-inom samtang miagi si Clarin nga nagsakay sa iyang wheelchair apan nasaghiran niya ang ilimnom hinungdan sa pagkayabo niini sa yuta.

Niresulta nga nagkalalis sila sa biktima tungod sa kalagot sa suspek nipauli kini ug nagkuhag sundang ug gitigbas ang biktima sa makadaghang higayon.

Si Clarin nakapangayog abag kang PO2 Dan Villardar hinungdan nga nadakpan si Cañete ug nakuha ang sundang nga 24 pulgadas ang gitas-on.

Ang biktima nadali sa pagdala sa tambalanan sa dakbayan sa Sugbo ug tukmang kaso ipasaka sa kapulisan batok sa suspek karong adlawa.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Oktubre 19, 2015.

Ni HERTY B. LOPEZ


USA ka pintor ang nikirig human nakuryentihan samtang namintal sa usa ka panimalay sa dan New Imus, Lorega, dakbayan sa Sugbo, niadtong Sabado sa hapon.

Gideklarar nga dead-on-arrival (DOA) sa ospital si Kent “Kentoy” Alburo, 19, residente sa Taboan North Poblacion, lungsod sa San Fernando human nakur­yentihan pasado alas 4:00 sa hapon niadtong Sabado.

Sa pasiunang imbestigasyon sa Homicide Section sa Cebu City Police Office nasuta nga namintal si Alburo sa ikatulong andana sa panimalay ni Felipe Sosmeña, 50, sa naasoy nga dapit.

Matod sa kaubang trabahante ni Alburo nga si Miles Loquez, 14-anyos, kinsa suod nga higala usab sa biktima, nga samtang namintal kini sa kisame sa maong dapit nitungtong kini sa railings nga nakatiniil.

Dugang ni Loquez nga nitungtong ang biktima sa railings aron maabot ang kisame apan aksidente niini natumban ang tubo nga aduna'y live wire sa sulod hinungdan nga nakuryentihan kini ug nikirig.

Nasuta nga ang maong wire konektado sa main line sa poste sa Visayan Electric Company (Veco) diin niagi kini sa maong panimalay.

Hapit matagak ang maong biktima apan usa ka kaubanan niini ang nakasawo niya.

Dali nga gidala si Alburo sa Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) apan DOA kini.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Oktubre 19, 2015.

Quote from: islander on October 18, 2015, 01:13:35 PM
oops, hindi po ako GRO, hubag, hindi! opera singer lang po akoh.

Na hala, kantahi na lang ko og "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"...

Quote from: islander on October 13, 2015, 04:48:01 PM

Young Bongbong... out of touch?

more at RETURN THE ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH FIRST, BONGBONG (#SAANGALINGANGPERAMO)
Posted by Joe America on October 10, 2015
http://joeam.com/2015/10/10/return-the-ill-gotten-wealth-first-bongbong-saangalingangperamo/

Enter the dragon...

Picasso's Don Quixote

Hmm. I suppose the activists are encouraging dreamers [read: you, Islander the Dreamer Singer] not to dream The Impossible Dream but to tilt with The Windmills of Your Mind...

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog, EIM (Banat) | Updated October 18, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€"  Patay nga napalgan ang usa ka 63 anyos nga lalaki nga gituohang natagak sa pangpang nga gikubkob sa quarry diha sa barangay Dunggoan, dakbayan sa Danao.

Si Senior Police Officer 3 Rodrigo Roble Jr. nga maoy nakatubag sa alarma miila sa namatay nga si Camilo Villarin Diamante, nagpuyo sa maong dapit.

Matud pa ni Redoble, si Dr. Eric Echavez medico legal officer sa maong dakbayan nisusi sa patay’ng lawas sa biktima ug mideklarar niini nga patay na.

Gituohan nga naglakaw ang biktima sa ibabaw nga bahin dihang aksidente kining natagak ngadto sa lungag nga agi sa gikubkob nga anapog.

Usa ka Roel Canoy, 30, ug mga kauban nga taga barangay Cabangahan sa maong dakbayan maoy nakakaplag sa patay’ng lawas sa biktima. (BANAT NEWS)

Kini, masahe jud pud tingali ni...

Dili to ako, oi. Unggoy tong tinuod...

(Banat) | Updated October 17, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Patay’ng lawas sa wa pa mailhing lalaki nga gituohang gipusil dayon gipaligid paubos sa bakilid sa awaaw nga bahin sa barangay  Tulo-Tulo, Lungsod sa Consolacion napalgan kagahapon  sa buntag.

Si Police Officer 1 Ritchie Guilleran sa Consolacion Police Station miingon nga ang patay’ng lawas gibanabanang anaa sa 30 kapin ang panuigon ug kasarangan lamang ang gidak-on sa panglawas.

Napalgan kini nga nagbuy-od sa dulhogon nga bahin sa lugar dapit sa kasagbotan.

Napalgan usab sa mga polis ang usa ka giabandonar nga motorsiklo napulo ka metros gikan sa gilabayan sa biktima , apan walay rehistro nga nakita gikan sa motor.

Usa ka babayeng residente maoy nakakaplag sa patay’ng lawas ug dali kini niyang gipahibalo ngadto sa ilang mga silingan ug maoy mitawag sa mga otoridad.

Matud pa ni Guilleran, ang mga residente nakadungog og duha ka mga buto sa armas pasado alas-3 sa kaadlawon.

Gituohan nga dili lumolupyo sa maong dapit ang maong lalaki ug gidala kini sa dapit aron lang patyon.

Duha ka  anggulo ang gitan-aw sa mga polis sa kamatayon niini nga naglakip sa personal nga bikil ug sa kalambigitan sa ilegal nga drugas. (Romeo T. Limpangog/EIM)(BANAT NEWS)

http://www.thedailymeal.com/
October 15, 2015 | 11:17 AM By Samantha Neudorf, Editor



 

The health benefits of turmeric are plentiful, and have even been proven to be more effective than some medications to treat cholesterol, inflammation against tumor cells, and diabetes.

Turmeric is part of the ginger family and is commonly found in Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cuisines, such as Indian curry. It’s also used in Chinese medicine.

The spice is found to be healthy because it contains a high dose of curcumin, an antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties.

Studies have found that turmeric can be a substitute for some drugs. Researchers have found that it can help treat chronic hepatitis, colorectal cancer, diabetes, and high cholesterol. Therefore, patients taking Lipitor or Atorvastatin for cholesterol, Oxaliplatin for chemotherapy, Metformin for diabetes, or antiviral medicine for hepatitis might be able to lessen their doses or even replace their prescription medications with turmeric.

Turmeric is also known to fight free radicals and can reduce or prevent damage internally and externally to the body.

Actually, my Whitey was one of those selfless felines who contributed towards the creation of this beauty...

Ah, technically it's called an "alektosphinx". I guess the Singkits call it "jimaoshishen" or something.

Thank you, I believe you, expert lice-picker that you are. How do they taste?

Ni KRIS C. SIALANA


BUSLOT ang tiyan sa usa ka ulitawo ug bali ang tuo nga bahin sa iyang paa human gisungag sa kabaw niadtong milabay nga adlaw sa Mat-i, Claveria, Misamis Oriental.

Kritikal ang kahimtang sa biktima nga si Rielven Morga, 27, ulitawo ug lumulupyo sa nahisgutang dapit.

Gisaysay sa igsuon sa biktima nga giingong paingon unta kini sa sentro sa Claveria sakay sa motorsiklo apan wala na kini makalahos sa dihang na aksidente gumikan sa kabaw nga gitigway kilid sa maong kalsada ug kalit nga nagpatunga.

Wala na matud pa kini malikayi sa biktima ug maayo nga pagkaigo sa iyang tiyan sa sungay sa maong kabaw, hinungdan sa pagkabuslot niini gani nigawas pa ang tina-e niini.

Daling gidala ang biktima sa balay tambalanan ilabi na sa Northern Mindanao Medical Center ning siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro human nga nawad-an kini sa panimoot gumikan na usab sa maong aksidente.

Sa pagsulat niini nga balita, ang maong biktima ang pabilin pa nga giatiman sa mga mananambal sa nahisgutang ospital.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Oktubre 15, 2015.

Quote from: islander on October 14, 2015, 05:23:54 PM
To sleep, perchance to dreamâ€"
ay, there’s the rub,

Charles and his wife Camilla are to meet Xi and Peng at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Tuesday, before travelling to a ceremonial welcome and lunch at Buckingham Palace.

Xi and Peng will then be guests at Clarence House for tea, the spokeswoman said.

The state banquet will take place later that day, with leader of the opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn among those attending.

A spokesman for the left-wing campaigner did not rule out the possibility he could raise concerns about China's human rights record at the dinner.

"He will be raising issues about human rights next week," the spokesman said, adding that Corbyn would prefer to broach the topic in private discussions and was seeking to meet Beijing representatives separately.

"We are always concerned that the government doesn't raise human rights issues as well as it should," the spokesman added.

The visit by Xi comes as Britain strives to strengthen ties with Beijing and build business links with the world's second-largest economy.

It follows a trip to China by British finance minister George Osborne last month, during which he said Britain should be China's "best partner in the West".

Diplomatic relations between the two states had cooled in 2012, when British Prime Minister David Cameron met with the Dalai Lama in London.

AFP
14 hours ago


The Prince of Wales will hold "one-to-one talks" with the president but will not attend the banquet, to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Charles is a supporter of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader whom China views as a dangerous separatist.

The prince was accused of boycotting a Chinese state visit to Britain in 1999, when he failed to attend a banquet hosted for Jiang Zemin, who was then Chinese president.

A former private secretary to Charles, Mark Bolland, described it as "a deliberate snub" in a court statement in 2006.

"He did not approve of the Chinese regime, and is a great supporter of the Dalai Lama, whom he views as being oppressed by the Chinese," Bolland said.

Charles also described Chinese leaders as "appalling old waxworks" in journal writings about the 1997 transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from Britain to China. The jibes were later published in the press.

A statement from his official residence, Clarence House, emphasised that Charles would spend ample time with Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan during the trip, which begins on October 20.

"The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have significant involvement in the state visit by the president of the People's Republic of China," a Clarence House spokeswoman said.

Ni Raymond D. Abarcas/EIM (Banat) | Updated October 15, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Patay ang usa ka lalaki human siya giduslak og katana (samurai) sa iyang maguwang tunga-tunga sa ilang panaglalis diha sa barangay Dumlog dakbayan sa Toledo.

Ang namatay mao si Isidro Berian Jr. ,24, nga gikatahong gidunggab sa iyang maguwang nga si Gerwin Berian, 25, nagpuyo sa nahisgutang lugar.

Base sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan sa Toledo City Police Station, ang igsuon sa duha nga si Janelyn mibutyag nga nagkalalis ang iyang mga igsuon nianang tungora.

Kini human nagkalalis ang duha kay wala pagawasa sa maguwang nga si Gerwin ang ilahang ama-ama  nga giingong hubog nianang tungora.

Tungod sa kalagot sa maguwang mikuha kini sa espada (katana) ug gidunggab ang iyang manghod.

Gidali pagdala ang biktima sa Toledo City Hospital apan gideklarar kini nga patay na.

Ang suspek boluntaryong nitahan  sa iyang kaugalingon ngadto sa kapolisan. (BANAT NEWS)

Hmm, unsa jud kaha ang tinuod nga rason?

Ni Rowena D. Capistrano/GMR (Banat) | Updated October 15, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Wala dawata ni Gobernador Hilario Davide III ang bag-ong Provincial Schools Division Superintendent sa Department of Education nga si Dr. Rhea Mar Angtud.

Kini atol sa courtesy call ni Angtud gumikan kay dili pa siya buot nga hulipan si Dr. Arden Monisit kinsa gibalhin na sa Mandaue City Schools Division.

Matud ni Davide nga wala siya’y nakita’ng problema ni Monisit ug wala’y rason nga pulihan.

Ang kamanduan gikan kang DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro.

Si Davide nangayo og pasaylo kang Angtud tungod kay dili siya gusto’ng pulihan si Monisit.

“As far as I know, as far as I’m concerned wala pa man tingale mo-overstay si Dr. Monisit, para nako ngano’ng ilisan man siya nga para nako maayo man og performance si Monisit?” matud ni Davide.

Si Davide mopadangat og suwat sa DepEd nga ibalik si Monisit sa probinsiya.

Si Monisit nagpasalamat kang Davide sa gihatag nga pagsalig ug kompiyansa ngadto kaniya.

Dugang niya nga igo lang siya mosunod sa kamanduan kung ugaling ipabalik siya sa probinsiya.

Si Monisit atoa karon sa Manila alang sa usa ka semana nga training. (Brenda D. Batuto/GMR)

Hmm, my kitty Whitey is also greater than the sum of her parts...

Hmm. Think Byron...





With India's population, a drop or two might not be enough. So think bucketful...

Quote from: islander on October 15, 2015, 05:57:30 PM
too bad i'm too far away from the comelec and the deadline is tomorrow; i'm changing my mind, like my good friend rody duterte...

i can spew fire like lucifer, fight like yoda, talk like kris, make the philippines safe from murderers and thieves like duterte by eliminating all suspects including senators and congressmen; why, i even come as azetbur the klingon and i can wrest back the the west philippine sea from xi jinping.  promise.

Indeed. Hmm, maybe some of those who have not visited lately have beaten you to it. Archangel Lucifer surely would like to have some like-minded co-aspirants...

Hmm, with all these characters, some TB members would not be out of place as presidential candidates...

Indian activist Sudheendra Kulkarni, whose face was blackened by ink in an alleged attack, is escorted by police ahead of a press conference in Mumbai, on October 12, 2015 ©- (AFP)

- Rushdie weighs in -


"I think what's crept into Indian life now is a degree of thuggish violence, which is new," Indian-born author Salman Rushdie told the NDTV network.

"And it seems to be, I have to say, given permission by the silence of official bodies... by the silence of the prime minister's office.

"Modi is a very talkative gentleman, he has a lot to say on a lot of subjects and it would be very good to hear what he has to say about all this," added the British-based Booker prize winner who endorsed Sahgal's move to return her Sahitya Akademi award.

On Wednesday, Modi broke his silence over the killing of an alleged beef-eater in the volatile state of Uttar Pradesh, describing the September 28 incident as "unfortunate".

But the premier in the same interview with a local newspaper, also accused the opposition, not the BJP, of polarising the issue along communal lines.

Modi's appeal last week for peace between Hindus and Muslims, without specifically referring to any incident, sparked criticism that more was needed from the premier in the wake of the lynching.

Sharma's response to the criticism is that law and order is the responsibility of state governments and accusations that Modi's government is partly to blame says more about the political leanings of its critics.

"Before this government came, there were many high-profile murders, incidents, and riots and none of these people said anything. So you have to ask yourself why they are only raising it now?"

The government has also been accused of appointing Hindu nationalists to prominent education and cultural positions, including chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India.

Sharma, who is a close confidant of Modi, insisted the government would only tolerate protest that fell within "the democratic framework of our constitution", and condemned the murder in Karnataka.

"As a minister, as a person, even if a single person is killed in any part of the country it pains us," he told AFP at his New Delhi office.

"We criticise it in the strongest possible words. It should not happen."

But asked to specifically condemn this week's ink attack in Mumbai, carried out during the launch of a book by a former Pakistan foreign minister, Sharma would only respond: "It should be (a) democratic protest."

Several senior BJP members who are outside Modi's inner circle have voiced disquiet at recent events, with former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani condemning "increases in cases of intolerance".

Modi, a prolific Twitter user, has drawn widespread flak for either remaining uncharacteristically silent or being conspicuously slow to react to the acts of violence.

- 'Not My India' -


The killing of a leading rationalist author in the southern state of Karnataka in August sent a shiver down writers' spines, while the recent lynching of a Muslim accused of eating beef caused further deep unease.

Police have detained for questioning several Hindu activists for applauding writer MM Kalburgi's murder.

"I cannot accept, leave aside understand, that in my country scholars are murdered because they have campaigned against religious superstition or because they've criticised Hindu idol worship," the prominent television journalist Karan Thapar wrote recently in The Hindustan Times.

"And I'm appalled that a man is barbarically battered to death for eating beef or possessing it in his fridge. This is not my India. It can never be. And, yet, it is," Thapar said.

Comments by Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma pledging to cleanse India of "cultural pollution" from the West, and that the Bible and Koran are "not central to the soul of India" in the same way as Hindu holy books, have fuelled fears that the country is being run by religious ideologues.

The 88-year-old niece of India's first premier Jawaharlal Nehru caused a storm earlier this month when she handed back her 'Sahitya Akademi Award' which is bestowed by the government to honour India's leading writers.

More than a dozen writers from across the country have since followed suit, several of them saying they were protesting the "rising culture of intolerance" since the right-wing Modi won a landslide election last year.

India's overwhelmingly left-leaning cultural elite has never been a fan of Modi or his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has an unashamedly Hindu nationalist agenda.

But while there was an uneasy truce between the two sides during Modi's first year in office, a series of recent episodes have prompted many to warn of a major threat to India's cultural and religious pluralism.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
By AFP
PUBLISHED: 15:40 GMT, 14 October 2015 | UPDATED: 15:40 GMT, 14 October 2015
     

When a gang of thugs ambushed a Mumbai book launch by dousing the compere in ink, India's literati saw the attack as yet another blot on the country's reputation for tolerance since Narendra Modi came to power.

"Such attacks may have happened earlier too but this time it's different," said celebrated writer and historian Nayantara Sahgal, following Monday's incident.

"Now the ruling ideology is Hindutva, which, in a classic fascist tactic, demands that all Indians think alike," Sahgal told AFP.



Indian activist Sudheendra Kulkarni, whose face was blackened by ink in an alleged attack, looks on as former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri speaks to media in Mumbai, on October 12, 2015 ©- (AFP)

http://thechive.com/

He he...

Video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QoPP_rrNng


Kaluoy tawon. Nahadiin-diin sa kahadlok, unya girakrakan hinuon...

Si Konsehal Al Ryan Alejandre nagbutyag sa Sun.Star SuperBalita nga misugot na si Inday Sara nga modagan ang iyang amahan bisan way kwarta ug makinarya sa eleksyon.

Sa samang higayon, sila kanhi Konsehal Peter Laviña, kanhi North Cotabato governor Manny Piñol, Davao City Sports coordinator William "Butch" Ramirez, ug uban pang mga dumadapig ni Duterte dungan miadto sa barbero sa Manila aron magpagupit isip pangandam sa pagduso sa kandidatura sa mayor.

Usa ka kasaligan nga tinubdan, kinsa naghangyo nga di isuwat ang pangalan, nagpahibalo sa SuperBalita nga 100 porsiyento nga modagan si Duterte.

Apan, samtang gisuwat kining balita, wa pay opisyal nga pahayag nga gipaguwa ang kampo ni Duterte kung moduso karon ang mayor sa iyang COC sa pagka-presidente.

Kahinumdoman, niadtong miaging Biyernes gibutyag sa mayor nga kung moadto siya sa Comelec Manila sa Oktubre 15, pagka-presidente ang iyang daganan.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Oktubre 15, 2015.

Ni BEN O. TESIORNA, SETH DELOS REYES ug SALGER P. DURA


ANG skinhead nahimong trending dihang si kanhi Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio mipakita sa iyang ulo nga gi-opawan niadtong Martes aron ipakita ang suporta sa iyang amahan, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, kinsa giawhag nga molansar sa pagka-presidente sa minilyon ka mga Filipino.

Human gikastigo ang netizen nga nag-akusa niya nga hakog tungod sa pagbabag sa iyang amahan nga molansad sa taas nga posisyon sa nasud, si Sara Duterte-Carpio mipaskin sa iyang hulagway sa Instagram niadtong Martes nga nagpakita sa iyang skinhead nga dunay hashtags #Duterte2016, #kalboparasapagbabago, #NohairWecare, ug #justDUit.

Sa iyang Instagram gituohan sa kadaghanan nga ang anak nagpadayag sa iyang suporta sa tinguha ni Duterte sa pagka-presidente.

Daghan sa mga dumadapig ni Duterte nagpaupaw na sab isip suporta sa 'Duterte for President' movement.

Miyerkules sa hapon, walo ka mga konsehal sa Davao City nagkasabot nga magpaupaw sab sa barbero aron ipadayag ang suporta kang Duterte.

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Police in Russian far east have shot dead a wild bear that wandered around a closed shopping mall.

The bear entered the mall in Khabarovsk, near the Chinese border on Tuesday night and barged out of a door.

Police then shot it dead in the playground of a school before a veterinary worker arrived.

Government investigators said (in Russian) that they have now opened an inquiry, after "numerous requests" to do so, into why the animal was killed.

Security camera footage showed the bear running through empty corridors before pushing two doors open to escape.

It is then shot dead by a camouflaged officer after running away from the mall.

"The police did what was simplest," Natalia Kovalenko, an animal rights activist was quoted as saying by the state-run Vesti.ru website (in Russian).

"First they made it crazy by smoking it out of the mall, then when the animal came out and was defending itself out of fear, they shot it."

Tass, another state-run news agency, said bears were increasingly wandering into towns to seek food before they hibernate in November.

It said some 60 bears "posing a threat to humans" have been killed this year. Two people have been killed and four injured in bear attacks, it said.

http://thechive.com/
BY PHIL NYE


#EarthArt in one pass over the #Australian continent. Picture 1 of 17. #YearInSpace
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Here's a contribution from somewhere in the blogosphere...

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 13, 2015, 08:39:25 PM

He he, si Putin man gud...

Tagam. Nagpakauwaw lang.

Hmm, kining usa pa ka kitty ni Aylandil kay mas gusto kon pan-fried...

Mom puts racist son in his place with epic Facebook response
BY SEBASTIAN   | 12 HOURS AGO
http://thechive.com/

He he, gaatubang man. Kini siya kay less-inhibited...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 18, 2014, 12:21:08 PM

Straight from the White House--the original version.

If you imagine a fish’s digestive system as one long tube, the stomach would look like a little pouch. The pyloric caeca, just behind the stomach, looks like the digestive tube grew a beard. It has a long shaggy fringe of fleshy protrusions. The small “hairs” of this fringe secrete digestive enzymes. They turn the crunchy parts of the small crustaceans that the fish eat red and soft. They activate the pancreatic enzyme trypsin, which breaks down proteins. And when they’re left in a dead fish, and then brine is added, those enzymes cause the salted fish to partially digest itself.

Sounds disgusting, tastes greatâ€"or at least great compared to regular salted fish. The process, called ripening, not only made the fish taste richer than other herring, it allowed the fish to keep longer than merely salted fish. This was not a minor accomplishment. It allowed the people in what is now The Netherlands to take over an international market by making the best-tasting staple food around, along with building bigger, more-specialized ships that went after shoals of herring far off shore and processed them on the boat.

These huge vessels were the first floating factories, making a hugely lucrative and widely-distributed product. What’s more, the processed food allowed nations everywhere to undertake longer journeys with more reliable provisions. Processed herring, the result of a tiny advance in chemistry, launched a nation, helped people travel the world, and changed history.

[Source: Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City]

How Fish Guts Launched an International Empire
by Esther Inglis-Arkell
Filed to: FOOD SCIENCE10/12/15 2:40pm



Image:Ramon F Velasquez


These days, it’s a luxury (and often a goal) to eat local. A few hundred years ago, it was a necessity. One country found a way to break free of local, seasonal eating and that discovery changed the world.

You like herring? Even if the answer is no, you probably like it more than starving to death. You’d gnaw on a salted herring if that was the only possible way of getting through a winter. In this, you’re no different from a medieval peasant. Brined herring was a staple of coastal cities all through Europe in the Middle Ages. You had to be careful with it, though. The fish had to be hauled in fresh to be preserved safely, and even then it wouldn’t keep forever.

We don’t know who invented a new way of processing fish, but we think it was someone in the 14th century, who didn’t gut the fish the right way. Instead of removing all the entrails, the fish had a portion of the pyloric caeca and the pancreas left inside it when it was put in the brine.

Anadir wan...

Another such behavior...





Thar she blows!

Ay! Tingpangatagak na usab sa mga dahon...

Quote from: islander on October 12, 2015, 01:30:26 PM
Neuschwanstein Castle shrouded in mist in the Bavarian Alps of Germany.

Same castle, this time really shrouded in mist. 

Ni Bryner L. Diaz (Banat) | Updated October 12, 2015 - 12:00am



Sumala pa sa kapolisan, naigo ang ubol-ubol sa biktima hinungdan sa iyang hinanaling kamatayon dungan sab sa pagsibat sa suspek. Philstar.com/File


CEBU, Philippines â€" Gilaslas og sanggot ang liog sa usa ka lalaki sa iya rang kainom human kini matulog sa ilang gitagayan sa barangay Duyan, Catmon.

Ang namatay naila nga si Concordio Nieves, 42, taga Sitio Cambatiti, barangay Duyan sa lungsod sa Carmen.

Samtang ang suspek naila nga si Julius Puno, 39, taga Purok Atis, Barangay Corazon, Catmon.

Si Senior Police Officer 2 Cresente Armamento, desk officer sa Catmon Police Station nga nahinabi sa Banat News miingon nga nag-inom pa ang duha kauban sa ilang mga higala sa miaging udto.

Naglingaw-lingaw pa sila ug nag-ihaw og iro nga ilang gisumsuman.

Apan nianang pagkahapon na, gikatahong nakatulog ang biktima diha sa ilang giimnan butang nga gikasuko sa suspek ug mikuha kini og sanggot dayong gulgol sa liog sa biktima.

Sumala pa sa kapolisan, naigo ang ubol-ubol sa biktima hinungdan sa iyang hinanaling kamatayon dungan sab sa pagsibat sa suspek.

“Gikuptan ang ulo, tulog (ang biktima) way dag-anan, naigo mang ubol-ubol, loss of blood gyud ni,” dugang pa ni Armamento.

Ang kapolisan daling milusad og operasyon pagpangita sa suspek nga miresulta sa iyang pagkasikop.

Nagtoo si Armamento nga daan nang adunay bikil ang suspek ug ang biktima ug nakakita kini og higayon dihang tulog ang biktima.

Karong adlawa pasakaan og kasong murder ang suspek ngadto sa Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. - /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

DAVAO. Si Deo, 2-anyos nga Persian cat, miposing sa iyang nindot nga sinina atol sa Octobepets showcase kagahapon sa Matina Town Square, siyudad sa Davao. (Christine Joice C. Cudis)

Most cats, by comparison, enjoy a different type of existence, overall. They are a one of a kind species, in that they are the only domestic animal that humans have not found a way to enslave. We keep them in our homes for companionship, mainly, and if we’re lucky, they’ll keep the mice away. Cats were worshiped as gods back in ancient Egypt, and it seems as though they still hold on to a bit of that nobility. Today most cats, even house pets, manage to enjoy some level of independence in their lives. How ironic then, that the independent cat in this photo is choosing to spend its day giving love to cows!

Studies have shown cows to be highly intelligent creatures with excellent problem-solving abilities, complex social structures and a deeply emotional connection to the world around them. Cows have excellent memories and reach out for the love of their human handlers. They too were considered sacred among the ancients. While the Hindu people once found them divine because of their docile dispositions and willingness to share milk, they are now being exploited for those very same qualities.

This photo of the sweet cat offering the cows some love shows us that that these two very different species are not that different when it comes to the need to be loved. The sad reality, however, is that the cat will possibly live out her life experiencing the love and respect of human beings and the dairy cows will be used as nothing more than a commodity.

The Sanskrit word Namaste means “I bow to you” and is more commonly translated to mean “the divine light in me recognizes the divine light in you.” This wise feline shows this principle in action, recognizing the dairy cow’s right to love and offering it to them. If only more humans behaved this way, what a wonderful world it would be.

This Sweet Photo of a Cat With Dairy Cows Captures a Heartbreaking Truth About Humans
by Latrice Harrison
October 11, 2015 
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/


They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes it asks a thousand questions, too. Like this picture, taken at a dairy farm in Granby, Quebec. Canada.





Modern industrial agriculture, which is dominated by factory farms is so far removed from actual farming, that even including the word “farm” to describe it is a misnomer. Unlike actual farms, most of the animals living in today’s meat factories never get to see the grass or the sun. From the time, they are born they are removed from their mothers and deprived of even the most basic expressions of love. They grow up indoors in warehouses or in crowded, muddy runs, living their whole lives chained and standing in puddles of their own filth, literally waiting to die. If they are lucky, they will be fed a reasonably nutritious diet before being shipped off to slaughter, while the unlucky ones will be fed fillers, hormones, antibiotics and even the dead remains of their own kind.

Dairy cows have the added indignity of being artificially inseminated, experiencing pregnancy and anticipating motherhood over and over again, only to have their calves taken away after birth. There is nothing farm-like about it. It is a gruesome expression of the human dominance that is destroying this planet.