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Max Ernst
Solitary and Conjugal Trees
1940
Oil on canvas. 81.5 x 100.5 cm
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid


https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/ernst-max/solitary-and-conjugal-trees

Dead whale washed up in Philippines had 40kg of plastic bags in its stomach
Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south-east Asia correspondent  19-03-2019

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/dead-whale-washed-up-in-philippines-had-40kg-of-plastic-bags-in-its-stomach/ar-BBUWcsu

Quote from: MIKELIGALIG.com on June 02, 2019, 07:28:52 AM
nosepiece /ˈnəʊzpiːs  /
▸ noun
1 the part of a helmet or headdress that protects a person's nose.

Yes!

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 05, 2010, 07:44:37 AM
Urine is not quite the breakfast of champions, but it is the elixir of choice of a number of holy men in India where drinking urine has been practiced for thousands of years. The drink is also the preferred pick-me-up for a growing number of naturopaths and other advocates of  "nature cures." 

The main attractions of this ultimate home brew are its cost, availability and portability. It is much cheaper than that other "water of life," whiskey (uisge beatha), which also has been hailed for its medicinal qualities. Unlike whiskey, however, urine is always available, everyone carries a supply at all times, and, for most people, there are no intoxicating side effects.

I-save ang imong kaugalingong supply kon naa ka ani...

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 22, 2011, 03:55:45 PM



Gamay pa gani, klaro na unsay hilig...

Hangtod karon, mao lang gihapon...

Palit na lang sa latest model...

Painting another masterpiece...

Bwahaha!

https://thechive.com/

Malagmit sa ibabaw siya kay piang lang. Kon sa ilawom pa, basin nakaigit siya...

Oops, maayo na lang tingali kaysa giputlan...

Bwahaha!

Mosugot ba kaha ni sila nga molaban sa Pinas...

Lithium batteries are often used in laptops, phones, and other electronic devices. In rare cases they can experience a failure called 'thermal runway' when the battery temperatures can reach temperatures as high as 1000F (538C) and explode, according to Consumer Reports.

E-cigarettes pipe-like shape can exacerbate danger related to these explosions 'when the battery seal (at the end of the battery) ruptures, the pressure within the e-cigarette cylinder builds quickly until it ruptures, usually at the end.

As a result of the battery and container failure, one or the other, or both, can be propelled across the room like a bullet or small rocket,' a 2017 US Fire Administration report said. --https://metro.co.uk/

The device that reportedly detonated in Bishop's mouth was a VGOD Pro Mech 2 vape pen that he bought at Create a Cig Cordova, according the lawsuit that targets both the the store and the manufacturer, as well as a US affiliate of LG Electronics, a South Korean company that made the batteries.

Create a Cig has offered more than 30 legal defenses denying fault for the explosion, including that the company did not make the e-cigarette or the battery, that Bishop assumed the risk of using the device, and that the explosion was his own fault.

VGOD is using similar defenses, arguing that: '(The) Plaintiff so carelessly and negligently conducted himself that he, by his own negligence, contributed directly and proximately to his own injuries.' LG Electronics spokesman, John Taylor, said his company filed a motion asking the judge remove them from the lawsuit, claiming Bishop is 'barking up the wrong tree because LG Electronics doesn't make any batteries.'

He said a sister company, LG Chemical, actually makes the batteries.

The lawsuit claims the explosion was so violent that debris from the e-cigarette flew in the air and left burn marks on the ceiling and wall in his home, according to Commercial Appeal.

It is also said to have damaged Bishop's teeth. 'It's the prevalence and the intimacy of these devices, and if they are going to be so intimately used, they should be safe, said David Hill, Bishop's lawyer.

Bishop's lawyer, David Hill, declined to release photos of his clients face citing ongoing litigation. He is seeking monetary damages to be determined by a federal court and tried by a jury.

Jacob Geanous
Monday 8 Apr 2019 4:52 pm


A 25-year-old man's face was severely disfigured after a vape pen exploded in his mouth ripping off a chunk of his flesh, a lawsuit says.

David Bishop required 65 stitches in his face after the lithium battery in his e-cigarette exploded in May 2018, blowing pieces of the device into his face and splashing him with battery acid that burned his hand, mouth, and tongue.

Bishop, of Concordia, Tennessee, sued three companies involved in selling the vape pen and battery in October, and the lawsuit was transferred to federal court in February.

Aerial footage from the crime scene taken by a WABC-TV helicopter showed police searching a silver SUV outside Cali's home with at least 17 evidence markers around it, some apparently noting the location of spent shell casings. It was not immediately clear if any surveillance cameras in the upscale residential neighborhood captured the shooting.

Cali is the highest-ranking alleged member of a crime family to be murdered in New York in decades, according to WABC.

The last mob boss to be killed was Paul Castellano, also the leader of the Gambino crime family at the time, who was murdered outside Sparks Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan in 1985. That hit was ordered by Gotti, who later took over the family until being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and Castellano's murder.

Gotti died of cancer in prison in 2002.


https://www.yahoo.com/gma/reputed-gambino-crime-family-member-shot-death-outside-052900278--abc-news-topstories.html

Last October, Sylvester Zottola, 71, reportedly of the Bonanno crime family, was gunned down at a McDonald's drive-thru in the Bronx. Zottola's son, Salvatore, survived an apparent assassination attempt in July outside his home, also in the Bronx.

Cali's family members told police he was inside his house when he heard something that sounded like his car being hit and went outside, the source said.

But a source told ABC News that Cali received either a call or text message on his cell phone that lured him out to the front terrace of his home.

As part of the probe, investigators are attempting to collect cell phone records to analyze as they attempt to identify the killer or killers, the source said. Detectives are also urgently reviewing security video from neighboring homes and other surveillance cameras that might show the killer coming or going from Cali's home in the Tote Hill area of Staten Island.

The NYPD has also obtained a search warrant for Cali's home to remove security camera footage from the house, a source told ABC News.

Additional witnesses told police they saw the pickup truck driving through the neighborhood around the time of the shooting.

A 911 caller reported a blue pickup truck driving away from the scene, New York ABC station WABC reported.

No one has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing. No gun has been recovered, authorities said.

A_New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News that detectives are attempting to determine if Cali's killing signaled the revival of a "mob war." The shooting outside Cali's home, the source said, suggests the killing was meant to send an ominous message.

Cali is the first reputed mob boss murdered in New York City in 35 years. He was shot outside his home as many as 10 times by a killer who may have fled the scene in a pickup truck, police said.

His wife and children were inside the house when he was attacked.

Paramedics took Cali to Staten Island University North hospital after responding to the home at 9:17 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead less than 40 minutes later.

A male witness who was driving nearby when the attack occurred told police he heard multiple gunshots that, at first, he thought were fireworks, a source told ABC News. The witness also told police he saw an individual run toward the driver's side of a blue pickup truck while simultaneously keeping one hand near his waistband, the source said.

Reputed Gambino crime family boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali shot to death outside his home, probed as possible revival of 'mob war'
AARON KATERSKY, JOSH MARGOLIN and BILL HUTCHINSON,Good Morning America 42 minutes ago


Reputed Gambino crime family boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali shot to death outside his home, probed as possible revival of 'mob war': Source originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

The reputed leader of the Gambino crime family, once headed by infamous mobster John Gotti, was gunned down in a "well-thought-out execution" outside his New York City home late Wednesday -- sparking an investigation into whether the hit was sanctioned or the revival of a "mob war," sources told ABC News.

Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, 53, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body outside his home on Staten Island, according to the New York Police Department.

"This was not some fly-by-night thing," a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. "This was a well-thought-out execution."

Police recovered 12 shell casings at the scene, sources said.