18th Century Venetian Street Trades: The Cat Gelder

Gobblers by Masticadores

by Robin Saikia blog

This plate is from an important and entertaining book published in Venice in the mid-eigthteenth century, Tratto da Le arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia (Venetian Street Traders would be a suitable short title), with engravings by Gaetano Gherardo Zompini. It shows an itinerant tinker who would sell or repair pots and pans, but was also prepared to neuter your cat – hence he came to be known colloquially as the Castragatti, the Cat Gelder. Rats were and still are a big nuisance in Venice, so the community was faced with the double challenge of keeping cats as a deterrent but also trying to keep down the increasingly out-of-control colony of feral cats. Thus the Castragatti played an important part in city life. Below we see the Inchiostro, the ink vendor, who also sells rat poison. Note the gruesome dead rats he uses…

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Vacation series: episode#10: Bundt cake with orange bake!

LITTLE CHEF’S APRON

Hi everyone! Welcome to Little Chef’s Apron! Today we will be making something sweet.

I tried this recipe having no expectations as I didn’t know it would taste this good!

There is a cyclone happening in he Bay of Bengal and it is affecting southern India as well. As much as I enjoyed to see the rain and catch the wind, it had also cost my cake to almost fail! As the winds were immensely strong, the power supply was cut while the cake was baking!

As this was the first time I used Bundt mould, I didn’t want anything to go wrong with it but here it was, sitting in the oven without any heat. But the worst part was that it had only been exposed to heat for 15 minutes.

So if I took it out now, then there were heavy chances of it sinking in the middle…

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FORESIGHT, AND PLANING FOR THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN WAIT AND SEE WHAT MAY HAPPEN, A TIME FOR HEART.

Kone, Krusos, Kronos

A Time For Heart

EVERYTHING WE ARE GOING THROUGH WAS PREDICTABLE.

We have eyes to see, so we can navigate safely, you see an obstacle in your path when walking, well you avoid it.

We have ears to hear, and alert us to whatever noise we hear, if it’s not normal, example being at home relaxing in your bedroom doing whatever, and hearing a loud noise away in the Livingroom when you know you are alone.

We smell a heavy butane odor, and look for a leak, we open windows, and above all we do not light a match.

We eat something, and we notice it taste funny, we stop eating, and get rid of whatever we had in our mouth and spit it out.

Foresight

Well, you get what I am saying, our senses protect us from danger, but how come when we see, and hear everyday bad news, about injustice, wars, violence, hate…

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Prânz la Bangkok

Google translation of introduction: Although I have boats, buses, subways, city trains and taxis at my disposal, I dare to walk the streets of Bangkok.

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Bangkok, 2017

Deși am la dispoziție vaporașe, autobuze, metrou, tren urban și taxiuri, mă încumet să pornesc pe jos pe străzile din Bangkok.

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Distanțele sunt mari dar, dacă vrei să cunoști un oraș, trebuie să-l parcurgi pe jos. Ceea ce vezi la Bangkok îți dă de gândit pentru multe plimbări.

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Fiindcă nu e sezonul ploilor, iau cu mine pălăria și ochelarii de soare, încălțăminte comodă și harta pe care am marcat dinainte obiectivele.

Traseul 1– Monumente și mâncare

De la Palatul Regal până la Muzeul Național, traversezi cartiere de case tradiționale, cu podețe și canale în miniatură.

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O zonă aparent liniștită. Câteva temple buddhiste istorice sunt răspândite prin apropiere. Întreg sectorul monumental se parcurge pe jos, cu tot ce e de vizitat, într-o singură zi.

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Vânzătorii de street food amplasați pe la colț de stradă sunt dotați cu mici cărucioare de transport prevăzute cu reșouri și se află în…

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The Melting Iceberg and other Problems Caused by Climate Change

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The World’s Largest Iceberg break off happened recently

And we hope this will cause more of us to think critically

So we change a lot of the things we do each day

So we can make plans to help the children to live in a better way

Climate change is causing more cyclones, hurricanes and drought as the years go by

The young people are worried while some of the older folks deny

They say this isnothing new and the ice will form again after a while

Even though the young ecowarriors have decided that they cannot smile

Photo by Masha Raymers on Pexels.com

Sea level rise and disappearing islands don’t mean a thing to those who are in denial

While the people who lose their homes and livelihood, face a huge trial

When they become climate refugees, with nowhere to call home

They wonder if all they will…

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Com a precarização do licenciamento ambiental, Brasil abre caminho para mais desastres e violência —

Google translation of heading: With precarious environmental licensing, Brazil paves the way for more disasters and violence –

Barbara Crane Navarro

Ao aprovar por esmagadora maioria uma lei que fragiliza enormemente o processo de licenciamento ambiental ao isentar, por exemplo, e licenciamento ambiental sistemas e estações de tratamento de água e de esgoto e usinas de triagem de resíduos sólidos, além de pecuária extensiva, semi-intensiva e intensiva de pequeno porte e cultivos agrícolas, a Câmara Federal[…]

Com a precarização do licenciamento ambiental, Brasil abre caminho para mais desastres e violência —

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Bolsonaro transformou a Amazônia em ‘parque de diversões para criminosos’, diz ambientalista —

Barbara Crane Navarro

O desmatamento da Amazônia segue batendo recordes e coloca o Brasil sob pressão internacional e risco de perdas econômicas substantivas. Para discutir o assunto, a Sputnik Brasil conversou com o secretário-executivo do Observatório do Clima, que alertou que criminosos agem à vontade na Amazônia atualmente Por Solon Neto para a Sputnik News O desmatamento da[…]

Bolsonaro transformou a Amazônia em ‘parque de diversões para criminosos’, diz ambientalista —

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Kenterberijska katedrala, Velika Britanija – Canterbury Cathedral, United Kingdom

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Na Božić 1170. godine kenterberijski nadbiskup Tomas Beket sa opatijske propovjedaonice izdao je proglas o ekskomunikaciji nadbiskupa od Jorka i biskupa koji su učestvovali u krunisanju sina Henrija II. Taj čin, koji je podržao i potvrdio papa Aleksandar III, bio je Beketova reakcija na kraljevo kršenje drevnog prava Kenterberija na obrede krunisanja. To nije bila ni prva ni posljednja epizoda u borbi između monarha i crkve. Četiri dana kasnije sukob između Henrija II i Beketa dobio je tragičan ishod kad su četiri viteza, nadajući se kraljevoj zahvalnosti, ubili nadbiskupa u katedrali. Međutim, taj čin nije donio olakšanje kralju već je zbog toga Kenterberijska katedrala postala čuveno mjesto hodočašća u srednjovjekovnoj Evropi. U znak pokajanja, Henri II upregao je sve svoje snage kako bi u cijelom hrišćanskom svijetu sačuvao uspomenu na svog ogorčenog protivnika. Slava Tomasa Beketa dostigla je vrhunac kad su 1387. godine objavljene Kenterberijske priče Džefrija Čosera.

Istorija Kenterberija…

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