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THE European Union, by contrast, takes global warming very seriously, but its existence is under threat. As Africa and the Middle East continue to warm and wars rage, economic migrants and war refugees are making perilous journeys to flee to Europe. In response, European populists have called for the strict enforcement of national borders and the end of the union. Many of these populist parties are supported by Russia, which is openly pursuing a divide-and-conquer policy with the aim of bringing about European disintegration.

Russia’s 2014 intervention in Ukraine has already shattered the peaceful order that Europeans had come to take for granted. The Kremlin, which is economically dependent on the export of hydrocarbons to Europe, is now seeking to make gas deals with individual European states one by one in order to weaken European unity and expand its own influence. Meanwhile, President Vladimir V. Putin waxes nostalgic for the 1930s, while Russian nationalists blame gays, cosmopolitans and Jews for antiwar sentiment. None of this bodes well for Europe’s future â€" or Russia’s.

When mass killing is on the way, it won’t announce itself in the language we are familiar with. The Nazi scenario of 1941 will not reappear in precisely the same form, but several of its causal elements have already begun to assemble.

It is not difficult to imagine ethnic mass murder in Africa, which has already happened; or the triumph of a violent totalitarian strain of Islamism in the parched Middle East; or a Chinese play for resources in Africa or Russia or Eastern Europe that involves removing the people already living there; or a growing global ecological panic if America abandons climate science or the European Union falls apart.

Today we confront the same crucial choice between science and ideology that Germans once faced. Will we accept empirical evidence and support new energy technologies, or allow a wave of ecological panic to spread across the world?

Denying science imperils the future by summoning the ghosts of the past.


A professor of history at Yale University and the author of “Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.”

How might such a scenario unfold? China is already leasing a tenth of Ukraine’s arable soil, and buying up food whenever global supplies tighten. During the drought of 2010, Chinese panic buying helped bring bread riots and revolution to the Middle East. The Chinese leadership already regards Africa as a long-term source of food. Although many Africans themselves still go hungry, their continent holds about half of the world’s untilled arable land. Like China, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea are interested in Sudan’s fertile regions â€" and they have been joined by Japan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in efforts to buy or lease land throughout Africa.

Nations in need of land would likely begin with tactfully negotiated leases or purchases; but under conditions of stress or acute need, such agrarian export zones could become fortified colonies, requiring or attracting violence.

Hitler spread ecological panic by claiming that only land would bring Germany security and by denying the science that promised alternatives to war. By polluting the atmosphere with greenhouse gases, the United States has done more than any other nation to bring about the next ecological panic, yet it is the only country where climate science is still resisted by certain political and business elites. These deniers tend to present the empirical findings of scientists as a conspiracy and question the validity of science â€" an intellectual stance that is uncomfortably close to Hitler’s.

The full consequences of climate change may reach America only decades after warming wreaks havoc in other regions. And by then it will be too late for climate science and energy technology to make any difference. Indeed, by the time the door is open to the demagogy of ecological panic in the United States, Americans will have spent years spreading climate disaster around the world.

The mass murder of at least 500,000 Rwandans in 1994 followed a decline in agricultural production for several years before. Hutus killed Tutsis not only out of ethnic hatred, but to take their land, as many genocidaires later admitted.

In Sudan, drought drove Arabs into the lands of African pastoralists in 2003. The Sudanese government sided with the Arabs and pursued a policy of eliminating the Zaghawa, Masalit and Fur peoples in Darfur and surrounding regions.

Climate change has also brought uncertainties about food supply back to the center of great power politics. China today, like Germany before the war, is an industrial power incapable of feeding its population from its own territory, and is thus dependent on unpredictable international markets.

This could make China’s population susceptible to a revival of ideas like Lebensraum. The Chinese government must balance a not-so-distant history of starving its own population with today’s promise of ever-increasing prosperity â€" all while confronting increasingly unfavorable environmental conditions. The danger is not that the Chinese might actually starve to death in the near future, any more than Germans would have during the 1930s. The risk is that a developed country able to project military power could, like Hitler’s Germany, fall into ecological panic, and take drastic steps to protect its existing standard of living.

Quote from: islander on September 09, 2015, 02:56:31 AM
glad. even the names of the datus and their wives sound invented. no wonder datu puti is now a brand of commercial vinegar. strange too that they have to go to panay when mindanao is nearer borneo, and bigger.

Basin ang taga Panay ray nakahunahuna og imbento sa estorya. Tikalon lang gid haw...

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 13, 2015, 08:09:26 PM
The turtles live in brackish marshes and ponds in eastern Asia. Hillgarth said they are considered endangered in the wild in China, but more than 300 million are raised annually on farms. The animals have become invasive in the Philippines, and have established themselves in Hawaii, California, and Virginia. They have been seen in New York and Maryland.

Agoi, the invasion has begun na diay...

The pursuit of peace and plenty through science, he claimed in “Mein Kampf,” was a Jewish plot to distract Germans from the necessity of war. “It is always the Jew,” argued Hitler, “who seeks and succeeds in implanting such lethal ways of thinking.”

As exotic as it sounds, the concept of Lebensraum is less distant from our own ways of thinking than we believe. Germany was blockaded during World War I, dependent on imports of agricultural commodities and faced real uncertainties about its food supply. Hitler transformed these fears into a vision of absolute conquest for total security. Lebensraum linked a war of extermination to the improvement of lifestyle. The chief Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, could therefore define the purpose of a war of extermination as “a big breakfast, a big lunch and a big dinner.” He conflated lifestyle with life.

To expand Germany’s Lebensraum, Hitler aimed to seize Ukraine from the Soviet Union, starve 30 million Eastern Europeans and transfer the food to Germany. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the campaign had two major aims: the control of fertile Ukrainian soil and the destruction of Jews living there. It was this invasion that placed defenseless Jewish children at the mercy of the murderous Einsatzgruppen.

The mass murder of at least 500,000 Rwandans in 1994 followed a decline in agricultural production for several years before. Hutus killed Tutsis not only out of ethnic hatred, but to take their land, as many genocidaires later admitted.

By TIMOTHY SNYDER
http://www.nytimes.com/
SEPT. 12, 2015


New Haven â€" BEFORE he fired the shot, the Einsatzgruppe commander lifted the Jewish child in the air and said, “You must die so that we can live.” As the killing proceeded, other Germans rationalized the murder of Jewish children in the same way: them or us.

Today we think of the Nazi Final Solution as some dark apex of high technology. It was in fact the killing of human beings at close range during a war for resources. The war that brought Jews under German control was fought because Hitler believed that Germany needed more land and food to survive and maintain its standard of living â€" and that Jews, and their ideas, posed a threat to his violent expansionist program.

The Holocaust may seem a distant horror whose lessons have already been learned. But sadly, the anxieties of our own era could once again give rise to scapegoats and imagined enemies, while contemporary environmental stresses could encourage new variations on Hitler’s ideas, especially in countries anxious about feeding their growing populations or maintaining a rising standard of living.

The quest for German domination was premised on the denial of science. Hitler’s alternative to science was the idea of Lebensraum. Germany needed an Eastern European empire because only conquest, and not agricultural technology, offered the hope of feeding the German people. In Hitler’s “Second Book,” which was composed in 1928 and not published until after his death, he insisted that hunger would outstrip crop improvements and that all “the scientific methods of land management” had already failed. No conceivable improvement would allow Germans to be fed “from their own land and territory,” he claimed. Hitler specifically â€" and wrongly â€" denied that irrigation, hybrids and fertilizers could change the relationship between people and land.

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Hmm, secret weapon galing ni sa mga Singkit...

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By SYLVIA LEE WINGFIELD
11 hours ago



This Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, photo provided by the New England Aquarium shows a Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtle in Boston. Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become established in New England. (Charlie Innis/New England Aquarium via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT


BOSTON (AP) â€" Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become established in the northeastern New England states.

New England Aquarium experts said Saturday it is possible someone decided to release the animals after buying them for cooking. They urge people not to release non-native animals into the wild, and to report any sightings of the soft-shelled turtle.

People on Wollaston Beach in Quincy saw a turtle digging in the sand this past week, and the aquarium's marine animal rescue team picked it up for identification. A second sighting was reported later in the week.

"The concern is that if it can establish a population, it actually can survive our winter," said Nigella Hillgarth, the New England Aquarium's president and CEO, and a zoologist. "It could cause major changes in the ecosystem. None of the animals in that ecosystem are adapted to a predator of that size. It eats large amounts of small fish, mussels, clams and insects."

The turtles live in brackish marshes and ponds in eastern Asia. Hillgarth said they are considered endangered in the wild in China, but more than 300 million are raised annually on farms. The animals have become invasive in the Philippines, and have established themselves in Hawaii, California, and Virginia. They have been seen in New York and Maryland.

Hillgarth says the "extraordinary-looking," greenish-brown turtle has a leathery shell and is between 7 and 15 inches (17.5 and 37.5 centimeters) long.

"The thing that's remarkable," she said, "it has a really long snout, and can extend its neck. It's almost like a little periscope in the water that allows it to breathe. It has this pointy face, and you immediately know it's something very different."

Bitaw, here's what you do...

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Unless you have the mental fortitude to just not scratch your mosquito bites, the most effective way to stop them from itching, according to scientific evidence, is with antihistamines.

When a female mosquito bites you (the bugs use your blood to grow eggs, so the males have no reason to bite), it injects its saliva under your skin.

The saliva contains anticoagulants that make your blood easier to slurp up.

In 2012, researchers published results in PLOS ONE recording what it looked like when a mosquito bit an anesthetized mouse under a microscope.

You can see the mosquito's brownish snout locate the pink blood vessel, slide right into it, and then start sucking, which shrinks the vessel as the insect soaks up its meal:


The mosquito saliva triggers your immune system to release histamines to the bite, which lead to the inflammatory response that makes the area red and swollen, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Do whatever you can not to scratch the bites â€" doing so can break the skin, allowing bacteria in that could lead to an infection.

And if the itch is too much to bear, apply an antihistamine cream or gel to the area, or take an antihistamine pill, recommends the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Look for "Diphenhydramine" in the ingredients list (Benadryl has it). Both the cream and the pills can be found over the counter and are pretty inexpensive.

Studies have also shown that cold can reduce histamine-induced itching, so an ice cube can work in a pinch if you don't have an antihistamine on hand.

Ni Decemay P. Padilla ug Rowena Capistrano, EIM (Banat) | Updated September 13, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Napaig ug dili na halos maila ang lawas sa usa ka retiradong huwes human kini na-trap sa iyang gipuy-an nga nasunog kagahapon sa kaadlawon diha sa Honeyville 2, Barangay Quiot, dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Giila ang nakalas sa sunog nga si retired judge Delfin Decierdo, 77 anyos kinsa miretiro sa serbisyo niadtong tuig 2010 ug katapusan kining nadestino sa Municipal Trial Court sa lungsod sa Sibonga. Una niini, nadawat sa mga kabomberohan ang alarma sa sunog alas 4:15 kagahapon sa kaadlawon ug gideklarar nga fire under control alas 4:35.

Base sa gihimong pakisusi ni Senior Fire Officer 1 Edwin Handayan, fire investigator, napasagdang kandila maoy gidudahang hinungdan sa maong sunog.

Matud pa sa katabang sa namatay nga si Michelle Promagera, nagtuo siya nga dunay nagdukdok sa jalousy blades gumikan kay dunay buto-buto sa gawas nga bahin sa balay.

Apan dihang iyang gisusi mao na lay iyang nakita nga sunog na diay kini ug dali niyang gisangpit ang huwes apan wala na kini mobangon.

Matud pa kada gabii   magdagkot og kandila ang huwes sa atubangan sa hulagway sa iyang mitaliwan nga kapikas sa kinabuhi ug ang katabang ug pag-umangkon na niini maoy mupawong sa kandila ini og kagabii.

Gituohan nga nakamata pagkakaadlawon ang huwes ug posibleng gidagkotan niini pagbalik ang kandila nga wala na nila mabantayi.

Nasayran nga unom ka tawo ang anaa sa panimalay sa biktima dihang nahitabo ang insidente apan wala na matabang si Decierdo gumikan kay midako dayon ang kalayo.

Sumala pa makahimo pa unta sa paglakaw ang huwes apan ang pultahan sa lawak niini dali kaayong nakaon sa kalayo hinungdan nga wala na kini makagawas.

Matud ni Chief Inspector Rogelio Bongabong Jr., Cebu City Fire Marshal nga palawman pa nila ang ilang imbestigasyon.

Sulod ning buwana, duha na ka mga sunog ang nahitabo sa maong barangay, hinungdan nga si Kapitan Francis Esparis mimando og subsob nga information campaign kabahin sa fire safety sa iyang mga konstituwente. (BANAT NEWS)

Ni EDGARDO FUERZAS


COTABATO CITY -- Gimandoan ni Governor Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu ang kapulisan sa pag-imbestigar sa pagpanglugos, pagtigbas ug pagsunog sa 18-anyos nga babaye didto sa Datu Paglas, Maguindanao niadtong Septyembre 5.

Giila ang biktima nga si Bainor Solaiman ug molupyo sa Datu Paglas, Maguindanao Province.

Mahinumdoman nga nakadawat og taho ang Buluan Municipal Police Station kalabot sa nasunog nga canteen didto sa Mahad National High School, nga nahimutang sa utlanan sa Buluan ug Datu Paglas.

Sa dihang gisusi sa Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ang sunog, nakit-an sa mga bombero ang patayng' lawas sa dalaga nga gilamoy sa kalayo.

Si Solaiman usa ka working student sa Mahad National High School ug nag-inusara lang nga natulog niadtong mga panahona.

Sa inisyal nga imbestigasyon sa kapulisan, nasayrang' gitigbas patay ang dalaga sa mga wala pa mailhing mga suspetsado ug dayon gisunog ang canteen.

Duna say dugang balita nga tulo ka mga tawo ang nakit-ang milugos kang Solaiman sa wala pa masunog ang canteen.

Gikanayon ni Buluan Municipal Police Chief Victorino Panchoy nga padayon pa ang ilang imbestigasyon sa maong hitabo, ning pagbalita.

Gipatutukan sab ni Mangudadatu ang imbestigasyon sa kamatayon sa dalaga aron madakpan ang mga suspetsado.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Septembre 13, 2015.

Aylandil in an earlier incarnation wearing her thinking monkey cap...

Quote from: islander on September 13, 2015, 01:09:30 PM
the usual s.o.p. applies here as in any other investment: invest only money you can afford to lose.

Hmm, in this regard, kumusta na kaha ang Emgoldex?

Quote from: islander on September 13, 2015, 01:05:13 PM
mo-flush ba nang tanan?

Hmm, gaplano diay kang mogamit ani nila while visiting the museum?

Despite numerous studies which conclude that long commutes are bad for a person, Leonie believes that a lot depends on perception. People see homelessness as well as the permanent need to move somewhere differently when they are traveling as tourists abroad, while “no one would perceive it as a sort of a trip in the home country,” she says as quoted by Der Spiegel.

She also sees herself as a traveler rather than as a commuter or a homeless person. She claims it gives her a feeling of independence. “I have so much freedom, which also involves taking important decisions. I have to ask myself constantly, what I want and what I must do,” Leonie was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel.

“Most of my friends really like the idea, although some consider it to be quite adventurous. Others, however, have reacted more negatively: They feel offended by the fact that I question the ordinary way of life and living,” she said.

“I want to inspire people to question their habits and the things they consider to be normal,” Muller told the Post. “There are always more opportunities than one thinks there are. The next adventure is waiting just around the corner â€" provided that you want to find it.”

The choice has given her financial benefits, as she presently needs to pay only $380 for the monthly train ticket, rather than some $450 for rent.

She often travels at night, although she still prefers to stay with friends or relatives for a night, and is frequently accommodated by her boyfriend, mother or grandmother.

Leonie claims she really enjoys her life on trains as it gives her liberty.

“I really feel at home on trains, and can visit so many more friends and cities. It’s like being on vacation all the time,” she said.

“I read, I write, I look out of the window and I meet nice people all the time. There's always something to do on trains,” she told German TV station SWR in an interview.

Leonie Muller sees her unusual housing choice as an experiment aimed at understanding what a temporary homelessness can do to a person. Her move also has an academic purpose as she is documenting her experience in a blog and plans to write her undergraduate paper based on these findings.

“It all started with a dispute I had with my landlord. I instantly decided I didn't want to live there anymore â€" and then I realized: Actually, I didn't want to live anywhere anymore,” she said in a letter to the Washington Post.

She also stated that her boyfriend gave her the idea make the life change when he noted that she was spending too much time commuting between Cologne, where he lived, her flat in Stuttgart and her college in Tubingen. He helped her understand that she did not spend much time at home anyway, reported by Germany’s Der Spiegel.

Now, Leonie has literally lived on trains for almost half a year, washing her hair in train bathrooms and writing her college papers while traveling at speeds of up to 190 mph. Her entire life now fits in a small backpack containing her clothes, her tablet computer, college documents and a bag for toiletries.

She travels some 1,200 - 2,000 kilometer per week on average, making trips between her college, her boyfriend’s apartment in Cologne, her grandmother’s house in Bielfeld and Berlin, where her mother lives.

https://www.rt.com/
Published time: 23 Aug, 2015 23:44





A German college student has lived on the move for half a year after switching her rented flat for a monthly ticket to freely travel on any train in the country. She calls her move an experiment that “questions people’s habits” and broadens opportunities.

Leonie Muller, a German who studies in Tubingen, decided to give up her apartment in spring this year and start a new life without being confined to a permanent residence. She bought a monthly train ticket instead and now lives the life of a modern nomad.

The study linking selfies to stampedes was conducted by volunteers linked to Kumbathon-TCS Gappa Goshti platform, an online collaboration to help officials monitor the mela.

“Since July 13, our volunteers on the field have been collecting data which showed that people stop to take selfies. They also climb to dangerous spots to take selfies,” said Sandip Shinde, CEO of Kumbhathon.

According to Nashik municipal commissioner Dr Pravin Gedam, the curb on selfies in select zones and dates was implemented after a meeting with police officers and local authorities.

The ‘No Selfie Zone’ will be strictly maintained during the days of the “Shahi Snan” on September 13 and 18 in Nashik and September 13 and 25 at Trimbakeshwar, officials said.

“They are applicable only on the days of the holy dip (the first one was on August 29) as we don’t want to take away from the festive mood on other days,” Gedam said.

Fearing stampedes, No Selfie Zone is up at Nashik Kumbh
Enforced by the local administration, the ban in select zones and on specific days was the result of a “human behaviour study” conducted by over 100 volunteers.
Written by Ruhi Bhasin | Mumbai | Published: September 1, 2015 3:42 am





On August29, pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela came across banners and boards near the ghats in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar carrying an unusual message â€" No Selfie Zone.

Enforced by the local administration, the ban in select zones and on specific days was the result of a “human behaviour study” conducted by over 100 volunteers who warned officials that selfies could lead to stampedes, particularly during the traditional “Shahi Snan”.

Officials have so far recorded the arrival of 22 lakh pilgrims in Nashik and at least six lakh in Trimbakeshwar ever since the ceremonial flag was hoisted to mark the beginning of the religious congregation on July 14.

16. You accept personal responsibility for your choices.

Mentally strong people don't needlessly beat themselves up, but they do accept complete responsibility for their actions.

17. You express gratitude.

Rather than exclaim they need more, mentally strong people acknowledge they have more than they need.

18. You focus on what you can control.

Mentally strong people are effective and productive in life because they devote their resources to the things they can control.

19. You engage in active problem-solving.

Mentally strong people don't dwell on the problem â€" instead, they create solutions.

20. You're open to learning more from all that surrounds you.

Mentally strong people are constantly learning from their circumstances and the people they encounter every day.

21. You work on your weaknesses, rather than masking them.

While many people work hard to disguise their vulnerabilities, mentally strong people invest their energy into improving their shortcomings.

11. You view life's hardships as opportunities for growth.

While hardship causes some people to grow bitter, mentally strong people let adversity make them better.

12. Your self-worth depends on who you are, not what you achieve.

Mentally strong people feel good about themselves, whether they win or lose.

13. You practice delayed gratification.

Mentally strong people view their goals as a marathon, not a sprint. They're willing to tolerate short-term pain when it can provide long-term gain.

14. You bounce back from failure.

Mentally strong people don't view failure as the end of the road. Instead, they use their failed attempts as opportunities to gain knowledge that will increase their chances of success in the future.

15. You're a realistic optimist.

Mentally strong people are able to look for the silver lining and think on the bright side, but they don't allow their optimistic tendencies to blind them to reality.

6. You balance self-acceptance with self-improvement.

Mentally strong people accept themselves for who they are, while simultaneously recognizing their need for personal development.

7. You genuinely celebrate other people's success.

Mentally strong people cooperate â€" rather than compete â€" with those around them. They don't feel as though other people's success somehow diminishes their own achievements.

8. You are comfortable living according to your values.

Mentally strong people make decisions with relative ease because they understand their priorities and they live according to their values.

9. You focus on sharpening your skills, rather than showing them off.

While some people seek validation from others, mentally strong people are less concerned about gaining recognition. Instead, they're intrinsically motivated to become better.

10. You live an authentic life.

Mentally strong people are true to themselves. Their words are in line with their behavior.

Morin shared the following 21 signs you're mentally stronger than average, which we've listed here in her words:

1. You balance emotions with logic.

Mentally strong people understand how their emotions can influence their thinking. In an effort to make the best decisions possible, they balance their emotions with logic. 

2. You choose productive behavior.

While it may be tempting to make excuses, complain about other people, and avoid difficult circumstances, mentally strong people refuse to waste time on unproductive activities.

3. You feel confident in your ability to adapt to change.

Mentally strong people know that although change is uncomfortable, it's tolerable. They focus their energy on adapting to change, rather than resisting it.

4. You face the fears that hold you back.

While mentally strong people don't need to conquer fears because they have something to prove to others, they do strive to face the fears that hold them back.

5. You learn from your mistakes.

Mentally strong people don't hide or excuse their mistakes. Instead, they learn from them.

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By Steven Benna
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Mental strength training is just as hard â€" or harder â€" than physical training.

Mental strength takes a long time to develop.

It is the daily practice of pushing yourself to grow stronger, maintaining realistic optimism, and setting healthy boundaries. Mentally strong people don't do things like waste time feeling sorry for themselves or give away their power to other people.

How do you know where you fall on the spectrum? We asked psychotherapist Amy Morin, the author of "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do."

Another member said he had been receiving P15,000 bi-monthly from Klikmart Reward and a ranking member had reportedly bought a new car from the proceeds of his investment return from Klikmart.

This enticed others to join the shopping club.

However, NBI-7 Special Investigator Agapito Gierran said their raid was in order.

Local proprietors and officers or the management team of Klikmart Reward, for their part, assured that pay-out of members will continue.

It would be business as usual after the eight employees and members of Klikmart Reward detained after the raid managed to post bail of P40,000 each.

Geomides Hinay, who introduced himself as the spokesperson of the company, assured this.

Hinay also said they would file a “motion to quash the search warrant”, questioning the inclusion of RA 9165 [the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002] as one of the laws allegedly violated as stated in the search warrant.

This is amid Gierran’s explanation that it was just a typographical error and that they only intended to implement a search warrant related to an alleged violation of RA 8799 or The Securities Regulations Code.

Hinay also added that the NBI team should have been accompanied by a team from the Securities and Exchange Commission during the raid.

Hinay also said Klikmart Reward had applied with SEC, a business on “wholesaling”.

In fact, they are supplying and selling grocery items to the members.

Hibaya said DTI-Bohol is now looking into Klikmart Reward, a shopping club operating in Tagbilaran City, which a team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-7 regional office had just raided on Thursday night last week for alleged violations of Republic Act 8799 or The Securities Regulations Code.

Hibaya, however, said they could not yet determine as of now, the nature of Klikmart Reward’s organization, but DTI-Bohol will act on any complaint the might be raised.

The raid on Klikmart Reward disappointed satisfied members, most of them professionals and educated members of the Boholano community.

Members of Klikmart Reward attested that they made the right investment with the said shopping club.

According to members, Klikmart Reward only require a minimum investment of P1,500 per member which would grow to P2,000 within a month.

A member said she withdrew her time deposit from the bank and invested an amount of P30,000 which grew to P40,000 within a month.

http://boholchronicle.com.ph/
September 9, 2015



RAID. Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided the offices of Klikmart Rewards along Palma St. Last week for violation of R.A. 8799 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


The popularity now of business schemes that assure fast return of investment such as in networking and pyramiding organizations, Boholanos have to be vigilant against the proliferation of scammers taking advantage of the established track record of legitimate entities.

Joe Hibaya, chief of the Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Division of the provincial office of theDepartment of Trade and Industry, warned the public from getting lured by lucrative offers of some groups to grow their money in just a short period of time.

Hibaya noted that networking and pyramiding systems now get impressive responses from enterprising individuals who want to grow their money in schemes that offer fast and high percentage of returns of investment.

He said the public should think twice how it would be possible for a company to offer such return of investment that fast without sacrificing other factors.

The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in Delhi is a museum run by the Sulabh International, which is dedicated to the global history of sanitation and toilets. According to Time magazine, the museum is one of the weirdest museums among the "10 museums around the world that are anything but mundane". It was established in 1992 by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, a social activist, founder of Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement, recipient of national and international awards including the Stockholm Water Prize in 2009. His objective in establishing this museum was to highlight the need to address the problems of the sanitation sector in the country, considering the efforts made in various parts of the world in this field since the third millennium BC. --Wiki

Mao na ni ron...

AFP
23 hours ago


Berlin (AFP) - Muslim radicals in Germany are trying to recruit some of the growing numbers of asylum seekers reaching the country, according to intelligence services quoted by the German news agency DPA.

The Islamic extremists "are trying to approach the young unaccompanied refugees, who arrive in our country without their families and are particularly looking for contacts and support," a spokesman for the intelligence service in the southern state of Bavaria told DPA.

He said many of the youths are approached around reception centres but also at Munich railway station where many of the asylum seekers have arrived from Hungary and Austria in recent days.

The Islamic extremists "want to take advantage of the insecurity and distress of the refugees," he said.

On Tuesday, the intelligence services in North Rhine-Westphalia reported similar contacts in their region, noting that Islamic radicals were approaching asylum seekers through fake charities.

"We are going to inform the employees of the reception centres and make them aware of this situation and the methods used for these attempts to approach" the young refugees, said a spokesman in the state, also quoted by DPA.

Under the quota system in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria are the two regions that receive the most asylum seekers, with 21 percent and 15 percent respectively.

Germany expects to receive 800,000 asylum seekers this year, four times more than last year. Syrians, who are fleeing their war-torn country, form the largest group.

Ian Glover, who headed up the National Crime Agency investigation, described them as "by far the worst paedophile group I have ever investigated".

He said they had treated children "as a commodity, to be passed on to others, to be filmed, to be abused and that abuse shown to other paedophiles as a form of currency, so they can get other material back".

Mr Glover said the most important factor had been protecting the children involved, both in this court case and the wider operation, and as a result more than 200 "packages" - intelligence gathered during the inquiry - had been sent to other forces, mostly overseas. Further convictions are expected in the UK and abroad, he said.

The investigation identified three victims but police have put measures in place to protect another 21 children found to be at risk.

Det Ch Insp Simon Crisp, from Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "The extremity of the offending in this case is horrifying, but child abuse of this nature is rare."

This triggered the uncovering of an organised crime group, and the resulting inquiry was led by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

•Robin Hollyson, 31, from Bedfordshire, was sentenced to 24 years in prison and a further eight years on licence. He was filmed abusing the baby.

•Christopher Knight, 35, from Manchester, was jailed for 18 years, with an extension of six years on licence.

•Matthew Stansfield, 35, from Hampshire was jailed for 14 years.

•Adam Toms, 33, from Somerset, received a 12-year sentence, and four years on licence.

•John Denham, 50, from Wiltshire - previously known as Benjamin Harrop - was jailed for eight years plus four years on licence.

•Matthew Lisk, 32, from East Sussex, was jailed for four years, plus an extension of three years on licence.

•David Harsley, 51, from East Yorkshire, was jailed for two years.

All were placed on the sex offenders register for life, except for Harsley. The judge has yet to determine how long he will be on the register for.

"What you did is contrary to all nature and humanity and you each appear to have a chilling tendency to centre the world on yourselves and your depraved desires without regard for the innocent and vulnerable."

John Brown, from the the NSPCC, said the gravity of the offending is "difficult to comprehend" and the children involved may be affected in later life.

He said: "It may be that they don't have a recollection of what's happened, but trauma can manifest itself in later years so I think that's really important to watch out for.

"Those babies and those children are going to need to be monitored and they need to have on-going longer-term support, and their families as well."

The inquiry began in September 2014 when defendant Adam Toms dialled 999 and was heard crying down the line.

He was arrested after officers were sent to his home following concerns for his welfare and he admitted sexually abusing a child under the age of five.

The group, who lived at addresses across England, raped and assaulted three children - a baby, a toddler and a young child - between 2013 and 2014.

Bristol Crown Court heard the men groomed families to get to children, in one case targeting a pregnant woman in order to abuse her baby after its birth.

They would stream and watch attacks live online, providing encouragement to those carrying out abuse. They also shared advice over online chat logs about how to drug young victims.

The judge said: "In the worst nightmare, from the very deepest recesses of the mind, at the darkest hour of the night, few can have imagined the terrifying depravity which you men admit."

He said the depths they sank to were "shocking to all decent people", "provokes tears in many and makes others feel physically sick".

11 September 2015



Clockwise from top left: John Denham, Matthew Stansfield, Adam Toms, Matthew Lisk, Robin Hollyson, Christopher Knight and David Harsley


Seven paedophiles who preyed on a baby and young children acted "beyond human instinct" and were guilty of "terrifying depravity", a judge said.

Jailing them, Judge Julian Lambert said the men had engaged in "the most grossly deviant behaviour imaginable".

He said what they had done made some feel "physically sick".

The prison sentences issued to the gang members, who streamed some attacks on the internet, range from two years to 24 years.

The court was told the men would drive hundreds of miles for a chance to rape or abuse a child.

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


CEBU, Philippines - Nadakpan sa akto sa kapolisan ang pundok sa mga lalaki nga nagsuyop og shabu sa 1st Batch, Pulpogan, Consolacion alas 11 pasado sa buntag sa niagi’ng adlaw hinungdan sa paglumba sa  pagpanagan apan unom gyud ang nadakpan.

Si Police Officer 3 Retchie Gapo sa Consolacion Police Station niila sa mga nadakpan nga sila si Gian Matotinao Pitogo, 31, taga Yati, Liloan; Joecel Tero Mantos, 24, taga Gansaga, Consolacion; Jash Saben Rasonable, 24, taga Pulpogan; Jay-R Rosalita Auman, 23; Jolen Sultan Buenaflor, 35, taga Pulpogan ug Fritz Ortega Arseno, 40,  taga Nangka, Sulingod.

Matud ni Gapo nga nakadawat sila og taho labot sa grupo sa mga lalaki nga nagtapok sa mao’ng dapit nga nagsuyop og shabu.

Nakuha gikan sa mga dinakpan ang duha ka gagmay nga pakete nga shabu ug drug paraphernalia. (Romeo T. Limpangog/GMR)(BANAT NEWS)

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


CEBU, Philippines - Patay nang napalgan ug naglutaw sa dagat ang usa ka mananagat nga gituohang naigo sa kilat diha sa Parola, Brgy. Poblacion, sa lungsod sa Cordova niadtong Huwebes sa buntag.

Si Police Officer 3 Vilma Degamo sa Cordova Police Station miila sa namatay mao si Bernardo Inoc  Escabas,  61,  taga Sitio Casipac,  Catarman sa nahisgotang lungsod.

Matud pa ni Degamo nga buntag pa migikan sa ila si Escabas aron mangisda sa Parola apan gikatahong naabtan kini pagbundak sa uwan nga gidunganan sa panugdog ug kilat.

Alas 3 pasado sa hapon napalgan na lamang ang sakayan ni Escabas  nga nag utaw-utaw sa kadagatan nga nabuak ug daw nasunog apan wala na si Escabas niini.

Dangtan ang pipila ka oras, ilang nasigpatan si Escabas nga naglutaw sa dagat sa Brgy. Poblacion ug nasunog ang kalawasan niini. Gidudahan nga naigo kini sa kilat.

Alas 5 na pasado sa hapon nakuha ang lawas ni Escabas ug gisugyot sa kapolisan ang pagpa-autopsy sa patay’ng lawas aron mahibaw-an kun unsay gikamatyan niini.(Romeo T. Limpangog/EIM)(BANAT NEWS)

"UNFAIR" ug daw dili makatarunganon ang pagtangtang sa Radio Ultra Management sa duha ka mga anchorman sa maong radio station human ang nakaon lamang nga lechon baboy ang rason.

Gibutyag ni Fred Dellava sa usa ka sibyaan sa radyo nga unfair kaayo kaniya nga mabaw ra kaayo ang rason nga ipapahawa sa sibyaan sa Radio Ultra.

Gisaysay niini ang nag-unang hinungdan nganong gitangtang siya ug si Edgar Navarro sa maong sibyaan tungod lamang daw sa lechon nga ilang nakaon nga ilang gitouhang alang sa mga empleyado.

Daw nahitabo kini dihang ang anak ni Cagayan de Oro Oscar Moreno nagpadala og usa ka lechon sa ilang sibyaan niadtong kasaulogan sa kapistahan denhi sa siyudad ug nakabutang sa pinutos nga lechon mao ang ngalan sa sibyaan.

Tungod kay sila lang man ang nahibilin niadtong tungora ug sa pagtuong alang gyod kadto kanila, nahukman nga kaunon uban sa pipila ka mga empleyado ug ang sobra gibahin. Gani gibutyag niini nga gamay lamang kaayo ang iyang nakaon niadtong tungora.

Apan nakurat na lamang sila dihang nakadawat og tawag gikan sa management nga ipadala ang maong lechon didto sa panimalay sa tag-iya sa sibyaan ug pagkasayod nga hurot na kini gitawag sila og “patay gutom,” “bulaos,” ug “uncivilized.”

Gani daw, ila pa nga gihulipan ang maong lechon apan daw wala nakuntento niini ang management ug daw miingon pa nga “walay lami” ang maong lechon nga hulip. Tungod usab niini maoy hinungdan nga gitangtang sila sa ilang trabaho.

Sa pagkakaron, wala pay reaksyon ang dxRU Radio Ultra president ug tag-iya nga si Maria Clarisa Gualberto-Suan kinsa kasamtangan nga anaa sa kaulohan.

Ang duha ka mga empleyado ang nagpatabang na usab sa Cagayan de Oro Press Club ug National Union of Journalists of the Philippines kinsa wala mahimout sa nahitabo ug misaad nga motabang. (SVB)


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Septembre 12, 2015.

Bwahaha!

Quote from: islander on September 09, 2015, 01:53:35 AM
aherm. as hubag is the card-carrying whatchamacallit in tubagbohol.

Oh, yes, here's my card, Miss...

Valery Spiridonov

FoxNews.com
Published September 10, 2015



Valery Spiridonov who has put himself forward to have the world's first head transplant is going to meet the surgeon. (CEN)


A man set to become the world’s first head transplant patient has scheduled the procedure for December 2017.

Valery Spiridonov, 30, was diagnosed with a genetic muscle-wasting condition called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, and volunteered for the procedure despite the risks involved, Central European News (CEN) reported.

“When I realized that I could participate in something really big and important, I had no doubt left in my mind and started to work in this direction,” Spiridonov, a Russian computer scientist, told CEN. “The only thing I feel is the sense of pleasant impatience, like I have been preparing for something important all my life and it is starting to happen.”

Dr. Sergio Canavero, an Italian neurosurgeon, will perform the procedure on Spiridonov. The procedure is expected to last up to 36 hours, and it will require Spiridonov’s head be cooled as well as the donor’s body to extend the period during which the cells can survive without oxygen, CEN reported.

“According to Canavero’s calculations, if everything goes to plan, two years is the time frame needed to verify all scientific calculations and plan the procedure’s details,” Spiridonov told CEN. “It isn’t a race. No doubt, the surgery will be done once the doctor and the experts are 99 percent sure of its success.”

Spiridonov joked that first thing he plans to do after the procedure is go on a vacation. 

“But on a serious note, this operation is aimed at restoring independence of severely disabled people. Once I get it back I’ll see what the life of a healthier person looks like,” he said.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, kon mao ni ang away di na lang jud magpatugatuga og sukol ang pangag...

Ni KRIS C. SIALANA


PAHAK ang dalunggan sa usa ka lalaki human gibalusan og paak sa iyang gikaaway niadtong Miyerkules mga alas 10:30 sa gabii sa Barangay 33 ning siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro mismo sa gitrabahoang construction site.

Ang biktima naila nga mao si Alamansa Eryas Utoh, 38, stay-in nga trabahante sa maong construction site, samtang ang suspetsado naila nga si Arnel Andolo, 29, ulitawo, taga Kabanglasan, Bukidnon ug Albert Ligan, pulos kauban ra usab sa trabaho.

Sa nahipos nga report sa Sun.Star SuperBalita gikan Police Station 2 (PS2) sa Cogon, nasayran nga gihatod sa mga guwardiya ang suspetsado human nga nasapong gipaak niini ang biktima.

Gikabutyag nga samtang matulog na unta ang biktima sulod sa ilang barracks, kalit nga misulod ang mga suspetsado ug gituok ang liog dayon gipaak pa sa bukton ang biktima sa walay igong hinungdan nga mibalos kini pinaagi sa pagpaak sa wala nga bahin sa dalunggan sa suspetsado nga miresulta sa pagsinumbagay.

Nasikop sa mga guwardiya ang usa sa mga suspetsado sa dihang nagpakitabang ang biktima pinaagi sa pagsinggit samtang ang laing suspek ang padayon pa nga gipangita.

Maayong pagkapahak matud pa ang dalunggan sa suspetsado kinsa nagpaalim sa Northern Mindanao Medical Center ning siyudad.

Sa pagsulat niini nga balita, ang maong insidente ang nakatala na sa maong buhatan alang sa dugang pa nga imbestigasiyon.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Septembre 11, 2015.

Quote from: islander on September 09, 2015, 01:57:49 AM
does it mean that just because she borrowed my yellow polka dot dress she now looks like you?

Belat to that!






Belat pa jud!

Quote from: islander on September 10, 2015, 07:35:17 PM
anong ibig sabihin nga sinaw ug lubot? opaw ba kay sinaw.

Kay ngano, Aylandil, balhiboon diay kag butlob?

http://fortune.com/
by  Laura Lorenzetti 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015, 12:41 PM EDT


The data looks grim.

China’s economy has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past few months, and the latest data out of the world’s second largest nation isn’t getting much better.

Here’s a quick rundown on the situation.

The background

Since mid-June, the main stock index in Shanghai is down about 40%. Its stock-index futures market, the world’s biggest, hit record lows on Wednesday after falling 99% from June highs.

At the same time, the nation has struggled to stabilize its currency. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) devalued the yuan by about 2% in early August, an unexpected move that brought the currency’s value closer to what the market believes it ought to be. It also may help China’s export sector.

But Chinese officials have been intervening to stop the yuan from going into freefall, which led to a $94 billion decline in its foreign currency reserves last month.

Latest update

The greatest risk currently for China is deflation, which could slow economic growth considerably.

China’s Producer Price Index (PPI), a measure of change in the price companies receive for their output, fell 5.9% in August, a much steeper decline than expected. The drop cut into profits at Chinese firms, which has already led to layoffs.

7 marijuana plantations in Cebu destroyed
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 02/04/2014 2:58 PM


MANILA-- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), in collaboration with the Philippine Air Force (PAF), destroyed 7 marijuana cultivation sites in Brgy. Basiao in Badian, Cebu.

According to PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac, Jr., the plantations were located in adjacent lots.

Combined operatives of PDEA Regional Office 7 and the 2nd Air Division of the PAF conducted the eradication operation at around 4 a.m. on January 30.

A total of 1,700 fully-grown marijuana plants, worth P120,000, were uprooted and destroyed during the operation. No cultivator was identified nor arrested.

Samples of the plants were brought to PDEA-RO7 Laboratory for quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Hagbay ra man ni...

Ni Jojo C. Ugdol/GMR (Banat) | Updated September 11, 2015 - 12:00am



CEBU, Philippines - Giila karon ang Sugbo isip supplier sa marijuana ngadto sa ubang bahin sa Kabisay-an.

Kini ang gitug-an sa direktor sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-7, Jeffrey Bangsa, base sa mga nakuha nila nga impormasyon sa pagpaniid sa mga tigpayuhot sa naasoy nga ginadili nga tanum.

Gitumbok ang dakbayan sa Danao, lungsod sa Badian ug Balamban ang gigikanan sa marijuana. Ang kahimtang sa panahon sa naasoy’ng mga dapit ang hinungdan nga maayo ang tubo sa mga marijuana.

Matud ni Bangsa nga ang marijuana sa lungsod sa Badian ang may labi’ng maayo’ng kalidad sa marijuana kay gawas nga bugnaw ang lugar abunda sab kini sa tubig.

Tuyo ni Bangsa nga kung aduna man sila’y operasyon ila’ng seguruhon nga may madakpan nga tigtanum aron magsilbi kini nga pahimangno sa uban nga gusto’ng mosulod sa mao’ng ilegal nga negosyo.

Hinuon masaligon si Bangsa nga uban sa abag sa katawhan ila ra madumduman ang mga dagku’ng plantasyon sa marijuana sa nagkadaiyang dapit sa Sugbo.  (BANAT NEWS)

The mixes themselves are not prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which sets the standards that USADA purports to follow. However, their intravenous administration is prohibited by WADA.

More specifically, the 2015 WADA “Prohibited Substances and Methods List” states, “Intravenous infusions and/or injections of more than 50 ml per 6 hour period are prohibited except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations.”

This prohibition is in effect at all times that the athlete is subject to testing. It exists because, in addition to being administered for the purpose of adding specific substances to a person’s body, an IV infusion can dilute or mask the presence of another substance that is already in the recipient’s system or might be added to it in the near future.

What happened next with regard to Mayweather is extremely troubling.


More att: http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/9/9/9271811/can-boxing-trust-usada

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015


CAN BOXING TRUST USADA?
QUESTIONS SURROUND DRUG TESTING FOR MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO AND OTHER BOUTS
By Thomas Hauser


Shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday, May 1, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao weighed in for their historic encounter that would be contested the following night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Later on Friday afternoon, collection agents for the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which had been contracted to oversee drug testing for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, went to Mayweather’s Las Vegas home to conduct a random unannounced drug test.

The collection agents found evidence of an IV being administered to Mayweather. Bob Bennett, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which had jurisdiction over the fight, says that USADA did not tell the commission whether the IV was actually being administered when the agents arrived. USADA did later advise the NSAC that Mayweather’s medical team told its agents that the IV was administered to address concerns related to dehydration.

Mayweather’s medical team also told the collection agents that the IV consisted of two separate mixes. The first was a mixture of 250 milliliters of saline and multi-vitamins. The second was a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and Vitamin C. Seven hundred and fifty milliliters equals 25.361 ounces, an amount equal to roughly 16 percent of the blood normally present in an average adult male.

And let's not forget that the US has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined.



* India's second aircraft carrier is not pictured in this graphic.

To put things in perspective, this graphic shows the relative sizes of aircraft carriers from around the world.



Note that the USS Gerald R. Ford pictured in this graphic is slightly larger than the USS Nimitz aircraft carriers that now operate in the US Navy, but both vessels displace 102,000 tons.

The US leads the world in aircraft carriers by far, and it is developing an even larger class of aircraft carrier to replace aging members of the fleet.



A Gerald R. Ford-class US Navy aircraft carrier.

The USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the US Navy's 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, is larger and carries more planes, and it features catapults to launch heavier planes, thus the flat runway.

China's southern neighbor India operates two smaller aircraft carriers, but they are much more reliable. In 2014, the Liaoning experienced unexpected power failures while at sea.



India's Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.

The Kuznetsov, like the Liaoning, lacks the catapults used by US vessels to launch heavier planes, but it carries offensive weapons of its own.



Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.

The Admiral Kuznetsov, which the Liaoning is based on, is Russia's sole aircraft carrier. The ships have the same size and speed, and they both feature the "ski jump" platform.



Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov.

The Liaoning's particulars and capabilities sound impressive.

This is China's only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. Like much of China's military hardware, the Liaoning is a reworking of an older Russian-made model.



The Liaoning docked at Dalian Port, in Dalian, Liaoning province, in 2012.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/
Alex Lockie





An epic military parade earlier this month showed off some of the Chinese military's new toys, unveiling heavy vehicles in maritime camouflage as the country's island-building in the South China Sea sits in US military planners' minds.

So how does China stack up to other world powers when it comes to aircraft carriers, one of the biggest factors in air and sea dominance?

Take a look at the photos and graphics below to get an idea of China's naval power: