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Quote from: -<GEC348>- on June 23, 2007, 02:17:59 AM
Hey, there, Kazzie!

You registered on June 21. Welcome to Tubag Bohol! Feel free to express yourself and free your mind!

Here's your glass of Chin's virtual Bahalina ( we ran out of gin ) 

Ah, June 21. Only one week in TB. Welcome, welcome! Cheers!

Tama was known as the stationmaster of Kishi station on the Wakayama Electric Railway in the city of Kinokawa Photo: AFP/Getty

Associated Press
29 minutes ago


TOKYO (AP) â€" Tama the stationmaster, Japan's feline star of a struggling local railway, has been mourned by company officials and fans and elevated into a goddess at a funeral.

The calico cat was appointed stationmaster at the Kishi station in western Japan in 2007. In her custom-made stationmaster's cap and a jacket, Tama quietly sat at the ticket gate welcoming and seeing off passengers. She quickly attracted tourists and became world-famous, contributing to the railway company and local economy.

Tama died of a heart failure on June 22. During Sunday's Shinto-style funeral at the station where it served, the cat was made a goddess.

Wakayama Electric Railway President Mitsunobu Kojima thanked the cat for its achievement, and said Tama will be enshrined at a nearby cat shrine next month.

DEAR OLDEST: I don't know how your siblings feel about this impending birth, but try to remember that showers are intended to celebrate the new life that's coming into the world. This isn't about whether you approve of your father's behavior or his choice of women. If he is as irresponsible as you say, that poor little boy will need all the help and emotional support he can get in the future.

If you opt not to attend, it may drive a wedge between you and your father, so I'm voting with your husband. Go with your siblings, be pleasant and leave your funky attitude at home, because if you don't, the person you will be isolating is yourself.


Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

By Abigail Van Buren
2 hours ago


DEAR ABBY: My father is expecting his seventh child with his current "fiancee." I am the oldest of six girls; this child is expected to be a son. His fiancee is 11 years my junior -- 33 years younger than my father.

I recently started a family and have two children under the age of 2. For various reasons, I am fed up with playing nice regarding my father's relationships and irresponsible behavior.

They are having a baby shower for the expectant parents, and I don't want to attend. My husband thinks I am wrong because I can't muster up the spirit that a baby shower is supposed to evoke. I think I'm being smart for not bringing my funky attitude. Should I attend? -- OLDEST CHILD

Botoy easing a nasty hangover

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on December 23, 2007, 11:23:15 AM
Maajong pag-abot simot

Simot,
among gikahimuot
ang imo dinhi kaniadto nga pagsiot.
Hinaot
mobalik ka aron kanamo makigsandurot
ug sa among kahumot
mosimhot
aron ang imong alimpatakan dili magay-ot
sa mibulhot
nga hutohot
nga gibuga sa bilyakong nga mga utot-utot
nga gikumot
sa kalimot.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 27, 2015 - 12:00am


MANILA, Philippines - San Miguel Corp., DMCI Holdings Inc., and Megawide Construction Corp. are expected to slug it out for the construction and maintenance of a regional prison facilities worth P50.2 billion in Nueva Ecija.

The PPP Center announced the three groups submitted prequalification documents for the proposed modern regional prison facilities which would be located in a  500-hectare portion of Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.

Bidders are SMC’s San Miguel Holdings Corp., the parent firm of construction giant DM Consunji Inc., and the Mega Structure consortium composed of Megawide, Citicore Megawide Consortium Inc., and GMR Infrastructure Singapore Private Ltd.

Tentative schedule for the submission of bids by qualified bidders is on Aug. 14 and the signing of the concession agreement is in September.

About P30.7 billion of the total cost would go to civil works and building; P9.9 billion for financing costs during construction; P5.1 billion for permits, issuance and warranties; and P4.5 billion for equipment and other construction costs. However, the cost of the six to eight-kilometer access road is not included.


More at: http://www.philstar.com/business/2015/06/27/1470283/3-firms-vie-p50.2-b-prisons-facility

Residents of Sitio Bajada, Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City, put out embers after a fire destroyed 60 houses yesterday afternoon . Reynan Villena

Hmm, but you have to admit nga mas sibo ang kape. Samtang gabukal ang tubig, her heart swelled with righteous indignation, labi na kay "nagginunitay na silang duha sa ilang kamot ug sweet kaayo nga tan-awon". Ah, revenge is sweet, er, hot!

Sowee. Na hala, kini na lang...

CHILD LABOR. Filipino children work by collecting sand at a shore line in Manila suburbs, Philippines, April 24 2010. Underage children are being forced to manual labor to help their families mainly due to poverty. File photo by Francis R Malasig/EPA

Way dag-anan si Ramos ug Sagaynoy nila ni Carauna ug Kilikig matod pa ni Limpangog.

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog, EIM (Banat) | Updated June 28, 2015 - 12:00am
   
   
CEBU, Philippines - Duha ka lalaking giingong pirmeng mamiktima ug manghingi og kwarta sa mga drayber sa pasaheroan diha sa Brgy. Ibabao sa dakbayan sa Mandaue ang gidakop ug gipaslak sa prisohan.

Giila ni PO2 Mar Villamonte sa Presinto 1 sa Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO)ang duha nga sila si Michael Ramos, 19, ug Ramilito Sagaynoy, 19, taga Barangay Tipolo sa maong dakbayan.

Si PO2 Villamonte mibutyag nga ang mga Barangay Tanod nga sila si Arnold Carauna ug Arthuro Kilikig maoy nagdakop sa  duha dihang ilang naaktohan nga nagsige og panghingi og kwarta sa mga drayber.

Matud pa daghan nang nadawat nga reklamo gikan sa mga drayber sa binuhatan sa duha sa maong dapit. Ang duha gidakop  tungod sa paglapas sa Anti-Dispatching Ordinance sa kagamhanan sa maong dakbayan. (BANAT NEWS)

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 27, 2015, 10:54:06 PM
Subay sa blotter nga natala sa Sta. Ana Police Station nasayran nga naaktuhan ni alyas Shiela, 23, sila Liezel ug ang iyang uyab nga si alyas Spencer, 19, nga nagtupad ug nagtagay og ilimnong makahubog.

Gi-ingong wala na kapugong si Shiela nga moduol dihang iyang nakita nga nagginunitay na silang duha sa ilang kamot ug sweet kaayo nga tan-awon.

Mi-order dayun siya ug kape kinsa naghangyo nga kanang bag-o pa nga gipabukal nga tubig.

Dihang gisilbi na kaniya ang kape, miduol kini sa duha ug gisabwag niya ang kape sa nawong ni Liezel maong nakaangkon og mga paso sa walang mata ug aping.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, sama galing kainit ang kape sa nag-alintabo niyang dughan...

Ni JEEPY P. COMPIO


DALING mi-rescue ang paramedics team sa Central 911 human gisabyagan og init nga kape ang nawong sa usa ka babaye tungod nasakpan kining gikauban niya ang uyab sa laing babaye.

Gi-ila nga ang biktima si Liezel (bansagon gitago), 25.

Ang insidente natigayon ala 1:00 Sabado sa kaadlawon sa usa ka balay kalingawan ning Dakbayan sa Davao.

Subay sa blotter nga natala sa Sta. Ana Police Station nasayran nga naaktuhan ni alyas Shiela, 23, sila Liezel ug ang iyang uyab nga si alyas Spencer, 19, nga nagtupad ug nagtagay og ilimnong makahubog.

Gi-ingong wala na kapugong si Shiela nga moduol dihang iyang nakita nga nagginunitay na silang duha sa ilang kamot ug sweet kaayo nga tan-awon.

Mi-order dayun siya ug kape kinsa naghangyo nga kanang bag-o pa nga gipabukal nga tubig.

Dihang gisilbi na kaniya ang kape, miduol kini sa duha ug gisabwag niya ang kape sa nawong ni Liezel maong nakaangkon og mga paso sa walang mata ug aping.

Human sa insidente, naabot ang mobile patrol sa Sta. Ana Police ug gidala ang suspek sa presinto.

Ang biktima kinsa pursigidong mopasaka og reklamo sa korte.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Hunyo 28, 2015.

http://thechive.com/2015/06/27/artist-creates-amazing-sculptures-out-of-driftwood-10-hq-photos/
http://www.jamesdoranwebb.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jamesdoranwebb

Burmese child laborer

Quote from: islander on June 17, 2015, 11:17:53 AM
si bugsay?  absent diay?

Naa si Bugsay, oi. Di lang makita kay tua sa ubos dapit...

Bwahaha!

Quote from: islander on June 27, 2015, 01:13:44 PM
so should some bohol mayors do away with politics of vengeance.  there's a municipal government there that does not give the least of services, like a fencing permit or a water reconnection, to residents identified as voters for her political foe.  and she's not getting out anytime soon.  she'll be the runningmate of her kagawad daughter who'll run in her place.  another dynasty!   

Hmm, kon maohon, loay, este, looy jamo ang naila nga misuporta sa kontra partido...

Bayani at Marangal

Bwahaha! 

Kini maoy klarong Olympian dog, Graeco-Roman wrestling event...

Sakto. Tan-awa, di jud tambok kini siya nga stone age woman...

By the end of the two-year study, there was much less of a difference between the two groups, suggesting weight loss slowed in those on the Stone Age diet.

Although the research focused on postmenopausal women, it's expected that younger women and men of all ages would benefit in the same way.

In a report on their findings, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers said: "A paleolithic diet has greater beneficial effects than a Nordic diet regarding fat mass, abdominal obesity and triglyceride levels in obese postmenopausal women."

Catherine Collins, chief dietitian at St George's Hospital in London said the Stone Age diet appeared to accelerate weight loss in the first six months.

But she stressed women appeared to lose less fat as the study progressed.

"This may be because the paleolithic diet is very low in protein, lacking in meat, eggs, cheese and milk. One of the effects of that is to slow the body's metabolic rate (the rate at which it burns calories).

"As the metabolic rate declines, at some point that will stop you losing weight."

In the latest study, scientists from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge University teamed up with colleagues at Umea University in Sweden to track obese women over a two-year period.

They recruited 70 heavily overweight women and split them into two groups.

One was assigned to a diet based around paleolithic foods and the other to a Scandinavian-type diet based on something called Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.

These recommendations are updated every few years and revolve around a diet based mainly on wholegrain cereals, low-fat dairy goods, fruit, pulses, fish and vegetable oils.

After six months, those on the cavewoman diet had lost an average of 6.2 kilogrammes of fat and saw an 11-centimetre reduction in waist circumference.

Women on the Nordic diet lost only 2.6kg of fat and their waist circumference decreased by just 5.8cm.

Levels of triglyceride, a type of fat in the blood associated with increased heart disease risk, also dropped significantly in the Stone Age diet women but not those on the Scandinavian regime.

Blood pressure and cholesterol level were similar between the two groups.

Eating like a cavewoman works: Why an ancient diet is the key to modern weight loss


EATING like our Stone Age ancestors, with a diet rich in lean meat, berries and vegetables, could be the key to kick-starting weight loss for post-menopausal women, according to a new study


By PAT HAGAN
PUBLISHED: 16:30, Thu, Apr 3, 2014 | UPDATED: 00:49, Tue, Jan 27, 2015


New research shows a cavewoman diet is potentially one of the most effective ways to slim.

Scientists came up with the findings after tracking female dieters for up to two years and comparing weight loss among those on the cavewoman - or paleolithic - diet with those complying with modern nutritional guidelines.

Results show women who ate like their predecessors lost twice as much body fat in the first six months as those on the modern-day diet.

They also saw their waistlines shrink by a greater amount and levels of harmful blood fats called triglycerides decline more sharply.

Interest in paleolithic eating habits first arose a few years ago when scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, discovered eating like a caveman for just three weeks slashed the risk of heart attacks and strokes in men.

A paleolithic diet usually centres around berries, vegetables and lean meat but bars things like cereals, beans, dairy products and pasta.

Quote from: islander on June 26, 2015, 01:24:35 PM
They keep us moving.

If you have a dog, you’ve probably walked it, right? Well, all that walking can add up. One study found that dog owners were 34 percent more likely to achieve their recommended 150 minutes of exercise per week than non-dog owners. And don’t dismiss walking as wussy exercise. Just because it’s low-impact (for your joints) doesn’t mean it’s no-impact (for your health).

Indeed...

The Honorable Governor Edgardo A.Tallado

‘Tuwid na daan’

The resolution was signed by LP director general and Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Ramirez-Sato; LP secretary general and Western Samar Rep. Mel Sarmiento; LP treasurer and Oriental Mindoro Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr., and Iloilo Rep. Jerry Treñas, who chairs the party’s membership and organizing committee.

The LP’s political and electoral affairs committee chair and Caloocan City Rep. Edgardo Erice, and Javier, Leyte, Mayor Leonardo Javier, president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, also signed the decision.

The LP said that ensuring decency and moral uprightness among its members was part of its “tuwid na daan (straight path)” advocacy, and that it was “determined to maintain leaders with high moral fiber and integrity, considering that their constituents look up to them for leadership and inspiration.”

Camarines Norte, which has about 300,000 registered voters, is regarded as one of the country’s poorest provinces and among the few areas still beset by insurgency.

Disloyalty

Tallado’s expulsion stemmed from a complaint filed by Daet Mayor Tito Sarion whom the governor had earlier accused of disloyalty for attending a gathering organized by their political rivals in the province. Tallado

also claimed that Sarion was spreading rumors that [the governor] would support a non-LP presidential candidate, charges that the party later dismissed.

Sarion, in turn, accused his erstwhile political ally of disloyalty by inviting opposition senators JV Ejercito and Bong Revilla to the province. Tallado, the mayor said, also has pending criminal and administrative cases of human rights violations and illegal mining operations in Camarines Norte.

In its five-page decision, the LP said “Tallado [had] committed a grossly immoral act that has not only cast doubt [on] his moral integrity, but also tarnished the good name and reputation of the (party) as a whole.”

It added: “Although the LP has no business meddling with its members’ marital problems, the magnitude of the scandal is so overarching that it did not only smear [Tallado’s] image, but also that of the party.”

By: Marlon Ramos
@inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer
04:43 AM June 26th, 2015


Saying that his “grossly immoral act” had “tarnished the good name and reputation of the LP as a whole,” the ruling Liberal Party expelled from its roster Camarines Norte Gov. Edgardo Tallado, whose extramarital affair came out on social media in October last year.

In its June 15 resolution, a copy of which was furnished the Inquirer yesterday, the LP noted that the scandal involving the governor had hogged headlines and that a photo showing him shirtless with a half-naked young woman had also become viral on social media.

The affair came to light after Tallado had initially claimed that his wife, Josefina, and her friend had gone missing. But his wife surfaced a few days later and disclosed to media that she had left their conjugal home in Daet, on Oct. 17, 2014, after Tallado had threatened her on suspicion that she had posted on Facebook his picture with his alleged mistress.

The governor’s wife also accused her husband of physically assaulting her.

Components

The design components consist of a frame, a driving mechanism, two paddle wheels, and a floater. Instead of adopting the typical trisikad frame, Magno said they made use of the tartanilla format since it is more stable on water.

The size of the trisikad is also taken consideration, saying its width does not go beyond the size of a multicab or small jeepneys since trisikads most likely pass by narrower streets.
The floater, meanwhile, can be detached from the main frame to make the vehicle lighter when using it purely on land.

Tourism potential

“I think what helped us (win in this competition) was the commercial aspect of our project,” Galindo said.

He said the amphibious trisikad can also help boost Cebu’ tourism. Some resort owners and the local government of Dalaguete, according to the professor, have expressed interest in the project.

However, he said the team will make some improvements in their invention by sourcing out possible materials, which can either cut down the cost or improve the durability of the trisikad.

Patent pending

Galido and his former students are also on the lookout for investors that can mass produce the vehicle.

At present, the team is in the process of having their invention patented with the assistance of DOST- Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI).

Galido said the patenting process may take a year.

TAPI earlier said that the creative research entries of this year’s contest and exhibit will be screened for intellectual property (IP) protection, free of charge.

“From livelihood, to rescue, to tourism, this amphibious trisikad that we have holds a big potential,” Galido said.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 24, 2015.

DOST awards ‘amphibious trisikad’
By JEANDIE O. GALOLO



Dual purpose. This invention of three mechanical engineering graduates on the suggestion of their professor was cited by the Department of Science and Technology under the college student creative research category.  (contributed photo)


AS THE rainy season officially starts, this trisikad may come in handy.

Three mechanical engineering graduates from the University of San Carlos invented an “amphibious” trisikad, a three-wheeled transport vehicle that is functional in both land and water, making it the first amphibious human-powered transportation of its kind.

Jesse Pastor Magno, Hembrick Palmitos, and Kenn Edward Mirasol, together with their advisor Ronald M. Galindo, received an award from the Department of Science and Technology last Saturday as the first runner-up of the third DOST- Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (Rice) under the category college student creative research.

Close to home

A witness to the flooding Cebu City, particularly in the Talamban area where USC is also located, Galindo advised the group, who were then in their fifth year in college, to invent an amphibious trisikad for their thesis project, one of the requirements for graduation.

“We all know that flooding is really a concern now in Cebu City. Trisikads cannot keep up with the flood. So those whose main livelihood is in driving a trisikad cannot survive during rainy days. I suggested to them (Magno and the group) to come up with a trisikad than can operate in both land and water” Galindo told Sun.Star Cebu.

On December 2014, the group started to fabricate their invention and finished it in March. The research period and the fabrication took ten months, which is equivalent to two semesters. The project cost them P30,000.

“The amphibious trisikad was tested to be effective on both land and water and can carry about three to four passengers on board. Aside from being an amphibious transport vehicle, it can also be utilized as an emergency rescue vehicle during street flooding,” the researchers said.

However, Galindo cautioned that the amphibious trisikad be used only on still waters, like in the case of flooding, and not on rough seas.

Ni Jojo C. Ugdol/EIM (Banat) | Updated June 25, 2015 - 12:00am
   
 
CEBU, Philippines - Usa ka kalabira sa gituohang iya sa usa ka babaye ang napalgan sa kalasangan sa Sitio Cagay, Barangay Poblacion lungsod sa Alcoy sa nakalabay nga hapon.

Si Police Officer 3 Andy Gornez sakop sa Alcoy Police kinsa apil sa niresponde sa lugar nga nahinabi sa Banat News nagkanayon niadto pa’ng petsa 17 nakit-an sa usa ka mag-uuma ang maong kalabira.

Apan wala kini dayon gitug-an sa kapulisan sa pagtoo nga usa kini ka patay nga unggoy. Apan human nasayod ang ubang mga tawo nga dunay patay nga unggoy duna na sa’y ubang residente ang misubay sa lugar hangtod nga ilang nadiskubrehan nga kini kalabira sa usa ka tawo.

Sumala pa ni Gornez nga kompleto pa ang bukog apan ang mga gagmay niini nga bahin sa lawas nangawala na nga posibleng gipangkaon na sa hayop. Sigun pa sa municipal medical officer sa maong lungsod nga usa ka babaye ang kalabera, ug gibanabanang anaa sa 20 hangtod 30 ang pangidaron ug mga lima ka tiil ang gitas-on.

Gitug-an sab ni Gornez nga ang municipal officer miingon adunay liki ang ulo sa kalabira apan dili pa makatumbok ang kapulisan kung kini inagian sa pagbunal o kun gipatay o naaksidente lang kini sa dapit ug nabunal ang ulo. Apan posible gyud usab matud pa ni Gornez nga gipatay ang biktima diha sa lugar tungod sa kamingaw ug kalibonan ang lugar.

“Ug dalhon ka didto aron patyon di gyud ka madunggan bisan og mosinggit pa  kay pwerteng mingawa, lasang na siya nga lugar,” matud pa ni Gornez.

Si Gornez nagtoo nga posibleng dili taga ilaha ang maong babaye kay wala man sa’y na-blotter sa ilang buhatan nga “missing person.”

Nanawagan ang kapulisan sa publiko ilabi na sa mga nawad-an og sakop sa pamilya nga usa ka babaye nga makig-alayon lang sa ilang buhatan aron pag-ila sa maong kalabira. (BANAT NEWS)

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 01:15:51 PM
yes, yes, yes.  the avatar is he-who-must-not-be-named.

He he, he-who-must-not-be-named bears many names (and of course many avatars)...

Hmm, seeing eye cum big brother. Cool.

Well, there's a plagiarist, too, born every minute.

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:53:47 PM
finally, a real good representative for our country.

Hmm, better than the judge he replaced?

Ah, a biter, not a barker. I know the type...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 01:18:41 PM
must still be in the process of surgery to feminize the face.

Hmm, as in slice off the pinchable cheeks? You avatar of animal cruelty!   

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 01:13:56 PM
...ug dayon misulbong ang lubot nga gabagutbot nga ang tag-iya nagkapyot sa pisi nga nagbitay sumpay sa iyang dila nga nagdiwalwal... dayon ingon:

mihihihihi, mihihihihi...

...ug dako ang katingala ni Aylandil kay si Bay Bugsay man diay tawon to...

Oh, no! Look again and you'll see a proper tomcat's fat jowls, thick neck and macho moon face...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:13:41 PM
seven years after the last post, and you're still a kind kitten, bai hubs?

Same kind, but I've just grown up a little wee bit...

Well, at least the photo was well-shared enough to deter some plagiarist from claiming it as his own and entering it in a contest, as what happened a couple of years ago or so when such a photo won the grand prize!

Humba na pood...

Pangalangan is elected with 59 votes. He will serve for 9 years on the international court.


Rappler.com
Updated 7:34 AM, June 25, 2015





MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) â€" Former University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law dean Raul Pangalangan, 56, was elected to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Philippine Mission to the United Nations announced in a Facebook post on June 24.

The Facebook post read: "The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations congratulates Professor Raul Pangalangan, former dean of the UP College of Law, on his election as judge to the International Criminal Court (ICC)."

The Coalition for the ICC, an independent civil society organization, said in a Twitter post that Pangalangan was elected with 59 votes in his favor against 25 for Jordan's Ibrahim Aljazy. (READ: Former UP law dean nominated to Int'l Criminal Court)

The former law dean and publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer fills the seat vacated by Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who stepped down in June 2014 due to an ailment. She was nominated and elected to the ICC in 2011 but never assumed her position.

William Pace, convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, said in a statement: “The Coalition for the ICC welcomes Dr. Raul Pangalangan’s election as an ICC judge, which gives the Asia-Pacific region its full representation in the Court’s chambers. Dr. Pangalangan’s election gives the ICC a full bench of judges, which is crucial to the proper and efficient functioning of the Court as it handles an increasing caseload.”

The Philippine government nominated Pangalangan based on his "established competence in international law." He was also a Philippine delegate to the 1998 Rome conference that established the ICC. Pangalangan received his doctorate in international law from Harvard University.

Pangalangan was named candidate to the Philippine Supreme Court but was never appointed. He was also nominated to be chief justice after Renato Corona was impeached in 2012.

Pangalangan will serve a term of 9 years alongside 17 other judges on the international court. â€" Rappler.com

As these processes continue and the cells within a banana denature, it eventually becomes rotten and pretty unappealing to eat.

Considering all of these chemical changes in composition within the fruit as it ripens and rots, is it possible to revive a gross old banana using rice and heat?

Debate has previously raged on how to store and best extend the life of bananas â€" should they be left at room temperature or stored in the fridge? Storing bananas in a cold environment drastically slows the conversion of starch to sugars, which means that the flesh stays good for longer. However, when they are placed in the fridge, an enzyme (polyphenyl oxidase) combines with phenols in the peel to create polyphenols, which causes the outer skin to turn brown. So although the fruit inside is still tasty and ripe, the skin looks rotten.

What conclusions did we draw from our investigation? We actually did try this ourselves in the office, and were left with nothing but a still-rotten banana. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we simply have another case of the internet leading us up the garden path for reasons that only the individuals coming up with this rubbish will know.

You can't revive a rotten banana. This leaves us with two hypotheses â€" by placing the banana in the fridge, the banana flesh is preserved but the skin goes brown (which is what we're seeing in this video). Placing the banana in the rice removes moisture from the skin, and gently heating the banana back to a normal temperature may reverse the effects of cooling on the skin, restoring the color.

...That, or it's simply lighting or computer trickery.

http://www.iflscience.com/
June 19, 2015 | by Danielle Andrew



photo credit: Ripened bananas. NoRegret/Shutterstock


The internet has been going bananas recently over a video circulating via Hellou.com, claiming to “unripen” a rotten old piece of fruit, using rice and heat.

So after spending 2 minutes of my life watching a guy blow-dry a banana, we decided to investigate (because science).

Take a look at the video here if you feel so inclined.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttjhOZjL59w


How is this possible? Is it even possible? The idea of reviving a battered piece of fruit seems thrifty at best, but let’s take a look at the science behind it anyway.

Bananas are classed as a climacteric fruit, which means that they continue to ripen after picking. Ripening of fruit is associated with composition change, ie, starch converting into sugar. Ethylene gas, a ripening hormone produced by the plant, plays a major physiological role in the process. While the fruit is still attached to the plant, special receptors in plant cells bind to the ethylene, keeping the fruit ripening genes from activating. Once a fruit is picked, plant genes ETR1 and CTR1 turn off, which causes a domino effect that ultimately results in the release of ethylene and turns on other genes that make various enzymes. These include: pectinases, which break down cell walls and soften the fruit; amylases, which convert starch to simple sugars; and hydrolases, which degrade the chlorophyll in the fruit, resulting in the color change â€" in this case from green to yellow. This is believed to invite animals to eat the fruit and disperse seeds via defecation.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 07, 2015, 01:53:41 PM



Kuyos na...

Voila!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=ttjhOZjL59w

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:01:29 PM
thanks.  hahaha, duol-duol baya mog posing.  look at your avatar...

He he, think of it in terms of Harry Potter-Voldemort synchrony/dichotomy...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 11:56:02 AM
...ug naa dayoy nitingog gikan sa burning bush adtong dapita...

...diin ang maong burning bush walay ing langitnong kahulogan kay kini nalaya tungod sa El Niño ug naduslitan lang sa mangungumpay nga nanigarilyo samtang nalibang diin sa samang higayon ang nahisgotang tingog walay lain kondili ang bagutbot sa lubot sa libangero nga wala kahilisi sa gikaon nga paklay ug gisuyop nga bahal sa miaging gabii... 

I hope China has no such recipe as braised newborn panda with bamboo shoots and bok choy...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 11:38:27 AM
now i know your type, bai hubs.

He he, reflective of the company I keep. In some other time and place, malagmit mini-milyonil ni siya...

Olridi koriktid, may dil Aylandil...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 11:32:32 AM
headline tingali sa banat kun ang pisi sa kanding gilamoy sa kabaw human gigamit paghikog unya natuboan ug pako sa anghel ang gahikog pero ang kanding ang nilupad.

...unya gikalibang sa kabaw ang gilamoy niyang pisi sa kanding nga karon gihimong lasso ug gigamit sa reporter pagbitik sa kanding samtang kini misulbong...

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 11:30:58 AM
aw, banat na god na.  i take this paper as a tabloid that tries its best to make light, if not fun, of tragedies.  it also makes mountains out of moles on human skin.  perhaps, until the tragedy involves one of the reporters... (simbako lang).

Hmm, sabagay, maingon tang punga nga ang pisi sa kanding maoy objective correlative sa kang Lino nga Geworfenheit.

Bitaw. Giusikan lang ang iyang kagwapo.

Hmm, morag jaga-jaga man jamo ning balik-balik nga mention sa pisi sa kanding...

From Preludes

From Burnt Norton

From Preludes

From Burnt Norton

From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

From The Waste Land