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FESTIVAL IF THE DEAD SARDINE in Spain, since the 1700s. "The procession is headed by a public prosecutor,,,a fake priest, and people driving the funeral carriage. The carriage is adorned with palms, flowers and other offerings with the sardine resting in its interior,. The widows follow, confessing their “sins” to the false priest and lamenting the death of the sardine...the Devil tries to prevent the passage of the sardine by trying to abduct it, but a supposed group of policemen scare the devil away."" " http://lnkd.in/bbcvCv3 View in LinkedIn

THE DANCE OF DEATH has been performed every year on Maundy Thursday since the European Black Death in the small Mediaeval Catalan town of Verges. "The Dance of Death group comprises ten people, divided into groups of five. The five dancers – two adults and three children – are dressed as skeletons and carry symbolic objects: a scythe, flag, clock without hands and plates of ash. The other five figures are dressed in black tunics and move forward following the rhythm but without forming the dance steps." Deeply haunting. " " http://www.catalunyaonline.cat/verges/idioma_en.html View in LinkedIn

PLAGUE UNRAVELED SOCIETY. "And worse, the people turned on each other. Parents abandoned children; husbands turned their backs on their wives. The streets were filled with the dead, and neighbors sometimes learned of a death next door by the smell. The living didn't have time to mourn; Boccaccio says that due to the large number of dead and the fear of their presence, "a dead man was then of no more account than a dead goat would be today."" " http://lnkd.in/bFmfA-x View in LinkedIn

BLACK DEATH. "The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–50 CE. Currently, 5 to 15 people in the United States are estimated to catch the disease each year—typically in western states."" " http://lnkd.in/bjZwNcq View in LinkedIn

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BLACK DEATH IN MADAGASCAR. "Madagascar had 256 plague cases and 60 deaths last year, the world's highest recorded number. Bubonic plague, known as the Black Death when it killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages, is now rare. Experts say that Africa - especially Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo - accounts for more than 90% of cases worldwide."" " http://lnkd.in/btCwJ49 View in LinkedIn

ARE FOOD COMPANIES BECOMING THE NEW TOBACCO COMPANIES? " " http://lnkd.in/bY3UpAD View in LinkedIn

BLACK DEATH IN MADAGASCAR. "Madagascar had 256 plague cases and 60 deaths last year, the world's highest recorded number. Bubonic plague, known as the Black Death when it killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages, is now rare. Experts say that Africa - especially Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo - accounts for more than 90% of cases worldwide."" " http://lnkd.in/btCwJ49 View in LinkedIn

JAIL PLEASE? "JP Morgan has reached a $5.1bn (£3.2bn) settlement with FHFA over charges it misled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the housing boom. It is the biggest settlement ever by a US bank.The agreement relates to "approximately $33.8 billion of securities purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Last month, the bank agreed to pay more than $1bn to help it end various investigations into its 2012 "London whale" trading debacle, which cost the bank more than $6bn."" " http://lnkd.in/bHGtbRi View in LinkedIn

SLOW REACTION on regulation as methylmercury poisoning was first reported 150 years ago. "After the use of mercury fungicides in agriculture had been banned in 1966 in Sweden, a similar ban was instituted in 1970 in the United States, spurred by media reports. The first safety evaluation of methylmercury in fish took place in Sweden in 1968. In the United States, a permitted food mercury limit was already in use in 1970."" " http://lnkd.in/b2NesnY View in LinkedIn