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La joëlette és una cadira d'una roda tot terreny que fa possible que persones amb mobilitat reduïda facin senderisme i altres activitats al medi natural. Amb dos acompanyants permet fer excursions amb comoditat en llocs poc practicables amb cadira de rodes normal.

Va ser inventada pel francès Joël Claudel el 1987, d'on prové el nom. Claudel, un excursionista aficionat, cercava una solució per al seu cosí que patia una miopatia. Des dels primers prototips de bricolatge, l'èquip es va industrialitzar des del 1995 per la fàbrica Ferriol-Matrat a Saint-Étienne (França). Se'n van desenvolupar noves variants, per exemple per a la platja o la neu. Des del 2006 cada any s'organitza el campionat mundial de cursa en joëlette.

Va esdevenir una eina popular amb excursionistes que volien emportar-se els seus amics o familiars amb mobilitat reduïda i a poc a poc molts parcs naturals tenen un servei de lloguer. Es popularitza també al medi dels excursionistes grans que així poden continuar acompanyant el seu grup de sempre quan perden agilitat. Tot arreu s'organitzen rutes adaptades. Al Parc Natural de Montserrat per exemple, la Creu Roja anima un èquip de voluntaris per fer-lo mes inclusiu. Un projecte semblant s'ha desenvolupat pel govern de les Illes Balears amb l'Obra social de la Caixa, a la Xarxa de Parcs Naturals de la Diputació de Barcelona, i la Costa Brava, a Olesa de Montserrat, entre d'altres.

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Olesa de Montserrat
La Joëlette d'Olesa de Montserrat va ser adquirida el novembre del 2015 per part del propi ajuntament. El 25 de novembre del 2015 es fa fer la presentació oficial al Saló de Sessions de la Casa Consistorial juntament amb la presentació d'un llibre de Juan Carlos Vàzquez de l'associació Rodamunt. Des del febrer del 2016 es realitzen sortides inclusives pel medi natural cada tercer dissabte de mes de setembre a juny. El col·lectiu que s'encarrega de realitzar les sortides és l'Equip de voluntaris i voluntàries de la cadira Joëlette d'Olesa amb el suport de diferents departaments del propi ajuntament. L'equip de voluntaris i voluntàries està format per unes 25 persones.

Fins ara han participat en esdeveniments especials com la Mostra d'Entitats d'Olesa del 2016 i 2017, la Milla Solidària de la Cursa del Foc de l'any 2017, que es fa per la Festa Major del municipi (24 de juny, Sant Joan) i la Primera Festa Inclusiva d'Olesa de Montserrat que es va celebrar el 13 de maig del 2018 amb una ruta per la masia de Puigventós. L'ús principal d'aquesta cadira és oferir excursions per usuaris i usuàries d'Olesa de Montserrat.

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For the majority of people, running is a way to keep fit as it can be done at any pace, over any distance. But at a competitive level there are many different distances for events, from the 100m to ultra-marathons, all of which require different training and techniques.
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Tragedy on the Border- Immigrant Kids Torn From Parents by ICE.
The United States government, under the leadership of the Republican Party, has been systematically taking immigrant children away from their parents at the Mexican border.
The New York Times reported last month that more than 700 children have been separated from adults who claim to be their parents since October. More than 100 of those children were under the age of four.
This is unprecedented. In modern times, in America, this has not been done before. Children as young as 53-week old infants have literally been ripped out of the hands of their parents by uniformed American law enforcement.
Illegal immigrants are being detained by authorities on misdemeanor charges. While these parents do time, their kids are sent thousands of miles away. Another travesty is that this often happens people are not even trying to cross the border illegally. They've just come to alert the officials that they have arrived. Seeking asylum is not illegal.
And yet, hundreds of families have been subjected to this newest brutal tactic on the part of the ICE. This is not a bad dream! They really, truly are attempting to deter asylum-seeking immigrants by forcibly separating immigrant parents and children.
"Or Whatever"? What sort of a human being are you, sir? What sort of an American? This is not what our country is about.
North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp recently said it best.
The American Civil Liberties Union's Border Litigation Project says it has obtained 30,000 pages of records documenting abuse and neglect of unaccompanied immigrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
It has brought a national class-action lawsuit in their defense, and thank God someone has. But what is going on in this country, when we've got to beg the government, not to let our law enforcement officers steal babies from their parents??
Not a day goes by anymore when Americans don't find ourselves assailed from some new direction. Shame and indignation have become part of our daily routine. But not like this. This is new.
The cruelty and stupidity of our 45th president have already become legend, especially as regards our Southern neighbors. During Hurricane Harvey last summer, he ordered Border Patrol checkpoints to stay open, even as the storm approached. He pardoned Joe Arpaio the same day.
By now, everyone knows. He really is the kind of person who would split up families as a deterrent, same as the Nazis did. And this current Congress, controlled as it is by other corrupt and complicit Republicans, will never stop him. So we have to help raise awareness. People have to know what they are doing before we can make them stop.
It is the recommendation of every single Millennial Democrat that people call their representatives. Tell the people in power how revolted you are. Tell them that this is not the country you were raised in and that you don't intend to let it go any longer.
If we all ask the question at once, they will have to answer to us.
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And thank you, Minister, for sharing those remarks.
I'm delighted to be here and continue BP's support to this important event.
China continues to make remarkable progress.
I see that every time I come here.
In this industry we talk a lot about energy and the connection with improving living standards.
I don't think any country shows that better than China.
Over the last 30 years or so, energy demand here in China has soared.
And so have living standards for millions of people in this country.
At the same time, no other country is doing more today to advance the global transition to a lower carbon energy system.
In 2017 alone, renewables consumption grew by more than 30% in China.
That growth is supported by a rise in gas consumption.
Gas is a vital fuel in the energy transition.
It's abundant, affordable, burns half the emissions of coal and is a great partner for renewables.
All that means China is using less coal.
In two decades' time, coal could make up around a third of the fuel mix.
That's a big change from well over half today.
China exemplifies how we need to pursue the dual challenge of more energy with fewer emissions.
The need to meet rapidly rising energy demand in fast-growing economies, like China's, while also working hard to bring down emissions.
To be on course to meet the Paris goals, global emissions need to roughly halve by 2040.
China is making real progress– not least because of the leadership shown by the government.
It's planning to see carbon emissions peak by around 2030, if not before.
And the Blue Sky initiative sets out an environmental action plan that will help improve air quality.
This is just one positive example of how the energy transition brings tangible benefits for citizens around the world.
But reducing emissions is only one half of the dual challenge.
The world also has to meet rapidly rising energy demand – which could rise by a third over the next 20 years.
There are no quick fixes to this vast and complex challenge. The truth is we're going to need many fuels, including oil and gas.
And we have to make them all cleaner, better and kinder to the planet.
But it's a challenge that the energy industry – and certainly BP – thinks we can meet.
For that to happen, we will all need to work together: corporations, governments, NGOs and citizens.
As BP's new chairman, I want to see our industry continuing to help advance the energy transition. For that, we need an approach that's both progressive and pragmatic.
Progressive to advance a lower carbon future.
Pragmatic to enable global energy needs to be met.
We have to be open to new ideas.
We must to learn fast.
And we need to be technologically savvy: able to harness all the potential of the rapid advances in digital and other new technologies.
Algorithms are helping to find new energy reserves and maximize existing ones.
Drones and crawlers are taking our people out of harm's way.
And hi-tech cameras are enabling us to detect and mitigate fugitive emissions.
And we can help each other by collaborating increasingly closely with one another, so we can share experiences and know-how.
That collaboration is really important.
Because as a global energy provider, BP wants to help produce the energy the world needs and get it to the places it's required.
We can do that most effectively in a world that is stable, predictable and co-operative – one where energy is able to flow as freely as possible.
A world governed by those principles, with strong partnerships, can build common prosperity.
And, as the title of this conferences notes, that can lead to a real 'win-win' scenario.
That's certainly what BP aims for with our many partners around the world.
BP is guided by its values of safety, respect, excellence, courage and one team.
We think this helps build trust between us.
It's an approach that has proved enduring and successful here in China over the last 45 years or so.
We're expanding our Downstream presence, with plans to add 1,000 new fuel stations in the country over the next five years. And we're building a new, energy-efficient lubricants plant in Tianjin.
In the Upstream, we've been working with CNOOC for almost 15 years on a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal and trunkline project in Shenzhen. It's the first of its kind here in China – and will help meet China's rising demand for natural gas and LNG. So it's a pleasure to share the stage with Yang Hua, the president of CNOOC.
And we're looking to the future by investing in companies like NIO Capital and PowerShare to pursue opportunities in advanced mobility, including electric vehicles. Not to mention partnering with Elion on a carbon-offset program in China's forestry sector and continuing our work here licensing increasingly efficient raw material for plastics.
These are just some of the many examples of our work in China.
And we see ever more potential to come together and help to deliver the energy that China needs, but in ever cleaner and better ways.
We've even developed a framework that gets our entire business helping to advance the energy transition.
We're reducing emissions in our operations; we're improving our products so customers can lower their carbon footprint; and we're creating low carbon businesses.
And we've backed this up with ambitious, near-term targets, including one to hold net growth in our operational emissions flat out to 2025, even with a significant growth in our production.
The world's hunger for energy, together with society's demands for lower emissions will require serious, comprehensive and fast changes – both inside and beyond our industry.
As energy providers, we have a critical role to play.
We are fully engaged in playing our part and we stand ready to work with others.
So I'm optimistic the world can make this work, despite the scale of the challenge facing us.
We have the technology, the know-how and increasingly the will.
I'm heartened by the work that is already underway. In BP, across the industry, and here in China -- and we must continue to accelerate our efforts.
And I look forward to finding more ways of bringing us closer together, as we all work to help advance the energy transition.


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Former Black Panther Herman Wallace granted new hearing
United States 23 Jul 2006 00:37 GMT
FREEDOM VIGIL FOR THE ANGOLA 3 Political prisoner/POW supporters, prison abolitionist, and comrades from all over, this is a call to organize in your community to bring people to Angola prison in August for former Black Panther Herman Wallace's hearing. Load up your buses, vans, trains and bikes to get people here for this historic event!
Come and Join us deep in Louisiana on the Angola prison site which was built from old slave plantations. Remember, as many prisoners have said, it's 'the same game, different name.' Prisons ARE modern day versions of slave plantations for many.
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have spent the past 34 years in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. They are serving sentences of life without parole as a result of wrongful convictions for the 1972 murder of a prison guard. Robert Wilkerson, the third member of the Angola 3, proved his innocence and was released in 2001, after spending 29 years in solitary confinement.
COME TO ANGOLA STATE PENITENTIARY IN LOUISIANA! | Friday, August 15th 2006 www.angola3.org | www.3BlackPanthers.com | A History of the Angola 3 Case
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The mission of the Urban League of Rochester, NY is to enable African-Americans, Latinos, the poor and other disadvantaged to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights.
in the economic and social mainstream of America.
The Urban League of Rochester was founded in 1965 in the wake of racial unrest and riots that crippled the Rochester community. The formation of the agency, which is an affiliate of the National Urban League, was intended to address the material needs of poor and minority citizens in areas such as housing, employment, education, health and economic parity.
Today, the Urban League of Rochester offers over 30 programs in the areas of youth services, services for the developmentally disabled, economic development, employment services, family and children services, education, homeownership and entrepreneurial assistance. In 2013, the League served over 4,000 individuals.
The Urban League of Rochester is a membership organization. Click here for a list of those who became members during the 2016 fiscal year.


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Associate Dean for Academics Theresa Harvath, right, discusses caregiving skills with actors during a family caregiving video shoot in Sacramento.
Faculty at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis partner with colleagues at AARP to empower family caregivers with the knowledge and skills needed to care for a loved one at home. From caring for aging parents to assisting a partner with complex health needs, one third of American households fall within the realm of caregiving.
In early 2015, AARP conducted a national survey around family caregiving and identified that many family caregivers struggle with tasks often considered nursing aspects of care ― managing medication, managing complex wound care, even transferring someone in and out of bed or of a chair. Yet, School of Nursing researchers' review of the research on multicultural caregiving identified gaps and opportunities to support family caregivers in culturally sensitive ways.
Reinhard and her team commissioned School of Nursing researchers to develop a series of tutorial videos to serve as tools for family caregivers as they manage complex nursing activities within their homes. While every carer's experience is unique, many share common feelings and concerns. Cultural and generational beliefs and expectations shape the experience and bring meaning to providing care.
"Right now in this country, families provide the bulk of the care to our aging population in the home and those family members need help," added Theresa Harvath, associate dean for academics and principal investigator on the project. "Nurses are well poised to provide some of the resources and teaching that can better prepare family caregivers to take on this role." Conceived in June and filmed on location in Sacramento in September, the video project was fast-tracked. From understanding difficult medication regimens to discussing sensitive caretaker responsibilities, actors in the videos address various aspects of family caregiving rooted in the knowledge of registered nurses. A total of six videos were developed, five in English and one in Spanish. The videos addressed general guidelines for medications, oral medications, injections, medications that are administered by other routes (e.g., patch) and the unique challenges of trying to help someone with dementia take medications.


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Dad Writes Hilarious Review Of His Little Daughter's "Restaurant" And It's The Best Thing You'll See Today
by Chip Chick October 20, 2021, 5:00 pm
Chris Kyle is the dad of an adorable little daughter named Ava who looks like she's been keeping busy lately learning to cook.
She even opened up her own restaurant in their home, and it seems that being an entrepreneur just runs in her blood, since her dad Chris has a few businesses of his own.
Being the supportive dad that he is, Chris decided to stop by for a meal, and now he's the one cooking up a lot of laughs after his visit.
He wrote a hilarious review of her establishment, and it's honestly the best thing you'll see all day.
Instagram; Chris is pictured above with his daughter Ava
"So I tried to support another Black Owned Business for lunch today," Chris starts off by saying in his Instagram post.
"It's called Ava's Kitchen, just opened end of April. It's a very clean establishment, but whewww let me tell you about this owner."
Instagram; Chris sits in a chair at Ava's Kitchen in the photo above
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And the accusation is that it was a deliberate attempt to influence Durban Cop17 Climate Conference.
…. and of course this is EXACTLY what it was.
The real question should be, what is the motive..
ie Malaria is predicted to spread becase of AGW, by some, meaning more deaths in an indeterminate future… With the political capital and time (and relativelly small amounts of money) malaria could be erradicated in a few short years. And electricity to the billion and a half with out it, sanitisation, clean water, all the diseases of the poor, etc, etc could be eradicated.
So the big question of the email leak comes down to motive..
Michael Mann appears to be trapped in his own thinking, as the 'enemies' he imagines are very much a USA centric construct (probably very true 15 or so years ago).
But WORLD emission have gone up 40% in the last 20 years.. and it is not because of the WEST.. China and India, and all the developing countries have clearly chosen economic growth over AGW. And thus Kyoto fails, and any sucessor, as no developing country will cut any emissions, which in reality is energy production needed for growth.
Leo Hickman of the Guardian has I think a very good initial article about Climategate 2.0, put together very quickly no doubt, and I think very balanced for the Guardian (far better than the BBC's Richard Black initial reaction, who makes no mention of content), ie he picks out one of the key issues regading FOI, and mentions perhaps a non ('evil' motive) . Balanced enough to no doubt get criticism from everybody probably 😉 , so Leo is doing something right.
illegal) but that instead his request merely prompted you to do a spring clean of various other emails that hadn't been requested, as part of your regular routine of deleting old emails.
legislation may prevent us from using such an efficient modern technology as email, but it seems that if we want to have confidential discussions then we may need to avoid it.
It's quite funny really, a very careful email that may be FOI'd itself reminding Phil that he meant 'spring cleaning' not deleteing (well that's my perception of it). They really do not understand the spirit of this law – motive blind.
Ben Pile of Climate Resistance, takes a look at the 'Influence Durban' question, and makes the contrast to all the 'frightening message and scientific 'press releases' (full reports to follow much 😦 ) also no doubt designed to influence Durban.
I'm sure much more will be said…..
The best place to watch is probably Bishop Hill, Climate Audit and Watts Up With That and quite possible Dot Earth and even the Guardian. The Telegraph take should be interesting (Gray vs Delingpole, Lean vs Booker) and the Daily Mail as more information comes out..
But the abosulte majority of the public, politicians and even scientists will be oblivious to it, the real world has real pressing issues. Even if this event gives perversly Durban a spike of interest, the public/politicians, etc will still have moved on..
Both The Independent and The Telegraph write today about a Transparency International Report entitled – Global Corruption Report: Climate Change.
Whilst corruption in Carbon Markets, Carbon Credits, windfarms scams, Solar power fraud and many other clever money making mechanisms, is not new news.
It will be hard for governments and environmental groups to ignore this report. Not least when it spells out that many of the poor countries 'affected by climate change' are also amongst the most corrupt.
Who needs fraud and corruption anyway to make money out of 'climate change'?
Wind farms operators were paid £900,000 by the National Grid to disconnect their turbines for one night because the electricity was not needed.
Thus this story highlights the complete mess that the UK electricity infrastructure and UK Energy policy is in alongside the unsustainable amount of subsidies going to all those companies involved in the greenrush for renewables.
I expect ever higher electricity bills in the UK may eventually focus the politicians thoughts on ALL the issues above.
I haven't stopped blogging, just been taking a break and have taken the time for a rethink.
If It's good enough for James Delingpole (three weeks R & R) following his Press complaints result, I thought time to take a step back and relax. Time to enjoy the Easter Holidays with my family, and despite all my least expectations spend a day enjoy watching the Royal Wedding. It helped having a very enthusiastic 6 year old daughter asking all sorts of questions.
Real world intervening with blogging..
I will continue but at a slower pace and less comments elsewhere.


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1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it was told to the Gazites, saying, "Samson has come here," they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him." 3 Now Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.
4 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver." 6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you."
7 Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man." 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now please tell me how you may be bound." 11 He said to her, "If they bind me tightly with new ropes which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any other man." 12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For the men were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread.
13 Then Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how you may be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web [and fasten it with a pin, then I will become weak and be like any other man." 14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.
15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is." 16 It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death. 17 So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, "A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man."
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all that was in his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands. 19 She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him. 20 She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. 21 Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison. 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.
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The show has been building to this; 2,500 small children—and perhaps even some of their mommies—are awaiting the fateful four words. It is business as usual on the Power Tour—i.e., a momentous struggle between the forces of good and evil for the fate of the planet Earth. Minutes ago Skeleton prince of vileness, tried to baffle He-Man by creating four replicas of himself. But He-Man, wise to that Lady From Shanghai trick, has dispatched them. That deception unraveled, the battle royal can now begin. Skeletor's face is a grinning death's-head. He raises his sword and exhorts his foul minions: "For Snake Mountain!" "For Snake Mountain!" they respond. Then it is He-Man's turn. Jack Wadsworth, 250 baby-oiled, bodybuilt pounds of him, hoists his 15-pound aluminum-alloy Powersword, bequeathed him by the good Sorceress of Eternia, flexes, and through the cavernous reaches of New York's Radio City Music Hall a heroic cry resounds: "I…HAVE…THE…POWER!" In the audience legions of kids raise their own swords (plastic, available for $5 in the foyer) and yell along. They are responding to that voice.
The voice of Morris the Cat.
Well, not exactly. It is the voice of the man ("a rather short, round fella," says Jack Wadsworth) who used to do Morris for those Nine Lives commercials, and now does the voice of He-Man for the Masters of the Universe TV cartoon series. But it is certainly not the voice of Jack Wadsworth. Wads-worth, described by Skeletor (ever the cutup) as "you benevolent beefcake," must bound around the stage in front of all the adoring 4-year-olds and lip-synch his own lines.
"We've been asked," says Wadsworth, doing some surprisingly dainty work on a piece of aged sirloin in an uptown restaurant, "if we think that what we're doing is silly." A valid question, Jack, 33, and his 26-year-old wife, Leslie, who is sitting statuesquely next to him (she is 5'10" to his 6'1″), are people impersonating dolls. That is the cold, hard truth of it. In 1982 the Mattel toy company created a superhero toy and then based a cartoon show on it; some, in fact, claim the show is merely a daily half-hour commercial for the toy. In any case both became immensely, supremely popular. In 1985 $225 million worth of Masters merchandise was sold, more than the gross national product of several third-world nations that year. With domestic sales now totaling more than $1 billion, Mattel agreed to license a touring theatrical version of the show. The plot: He-Man and his sister, She-Ra, have come to (your city's name here) as part of a cultural exchange. They recite the history of their home planet, Eternia, and demonstrate its national sport, "The Jet Skate Power Race," a souped-up roller derby. They are in the midst of presenting a "cosmic circus" when Skeletor, entering uninvited through the Transporter Masterdome, takes the audience in (your city here) hostage. Through guile, innate goodness and their trusty Powerswords, He-Man and She-Ra save the day. There will be rock music, lasers, dancing and much swordfighting.
Inevitably the stars of this show will be mobbed by pint-size fans who dangle from their heroes' arms and legs and proclaim undying love; they will be recognized by bellhops and taxi drivers. Their friends will tell the story of the New York busgirl who stopped dead in her tracks upon seeing them and exclaimed: "Mistah He! Miz She! Is that you?" Yet nobody will know their real names. And because children are so used to the voices they hear on TV, those same voices will run on a tape during every production; the stars won't even speak their own lines.
There is always something elusive and insubstantial about the quality of fame—even more so in the case of the Wadsworths. Although they would never admit it, they are but two replaceable parts, able to memorize intricate battle choreography, but otherwise fated to be removed from the Masters machine as soon as they wear out. And wear out it seems that they must.
•The work is hard. Powerswords are not daffodils. There are upwards of 70 "strikes" per show, not to mention innumerable twirlings and brandishings. Jack sweats off three pounds of water during every performance. Because the production is so popular, the Music Hall has added performances, sometimes requiring three two-hour shows a day. "That kills us," says Leslie.
•It is dangerous. Yesterday a member of the Eternian Court, in the midst of a complex dance-battle number, fell off a riser, suffering a concussion. On Monday night Leslie herself fell down a flight of stairs when a smoke machine began spitting oil onto the stage. She once missed a sword "strike" and smote her husband on the leg, inflicting a gash. "I sliced him," she says. "It was painless," he replies gallantly.
If that's the way Jack and Leslie see it, however, they hide it well. Both are determined optimists; it is a mind-set that has already carried them far. The son of a Hallmark Cards employee, Jack graduated from Westbury High School in Houston, but due in part to family problems and a lack of funds, "I was not," he says, "in a situation to jump into a university status." Instead he made his way to Alaska at 19 and worked the pipeline and oil fields for 10 years, ending up as a construction foreman and Teamster official. He also co-owned a restaurant called the Hungry Dog Café ("As you know, the dog-team kind of atmosphere is prevalent in that area," he says) and played recreational racquetball. It was on the racquetball court that a bodybuilding coach saw him and predicted that, if he applied himself, he could be Mr. Alaska "within a couple of years." So, says Jack, "I did it in nine months." On holiday in L.A. in 1983, he heard that Universal was looking for a few well-built men to play Conan on its famed studio tour. He auditioned, and three days later he was one of three alternating barbarians. "That's how I met Leslie," he says.
Leslie is the daughter of Edward Faulkner II, a character actor who was John Wayne's sidekick in several movies. She left home at 15 to work at Marineland, Florida, where she dove for pearls and played Scooby Doo in a costume number. Later she graduated to a parrot act. "Five shows a day," she reminisces fondly. "They rode bikes and roller skated. I loved it." After some years, however, she hit what she calls "a low point." As part of a confidence-building regimen, she tried out for the part of Red Sonja at Universal. She didn't expect much; there were 1,600 other women there. But when the cloud of sweat had lifted, it was she, along with two other women, who wore the coveted chamois bikini.
She noticed that whenever she rehearsed with one particular Conan, "everybody would stop and watch, because we had a real fine chemistry." One day he offered her a lift home. They dated, and a month later Jack proposed. Universal financed the wedding, on condition it be held on the Conan set. Leslie's gown was designed by a Bob Mackie associate. The cake cost $1,000. If you look closely at the wedding pictures, you will see guests in loincloths and a dragon equipped with a natural-gas flamethrower. The pair moved back to Alaska for a while and then to Hawaii. Then Conan director Tony Christopher called and said he was doing another swords-and-sorcerers show: The Masters of the Universe Power Tour.
It is a half-hour to showtime. Jack is busy applying Johnson's Baby Oil to his assorted muscle groups, and Leslie is trying to find various stray pieces of her costume. Through speakers in their dressing room filter the sounds of parents towed by their He-and She-kids, the little ones who will brandish their $5 Powerswords when Jack holds up his, and who will become a little quieter when Skeletor takes the stage.
About these moments, the Wadsworths have an admission to make. Three quarters of the way through the second act, the arch-villain, threatening to atomize the audience, demands that He-Man hand over his sword. So he does. Every child in the audience cringes; some cry out. Ever since previews in Baton Rouge, Jack has turned to the house at this point and mimed the words: "It's all right. Don't worry." He can't say this aloud, of course, because the kids wouldn't recognize his real voice. But they get the message. They calm down.
The cartoon figures would never break character like that, would they? Jack shrugs, employing those huge pecs and delts. "They don't have an audience," he says. "We have to protect these guys," says Leslie.
And maybe that is the difference. This is where humans playing before other humans are different from cartoons, or dolls, or Dolph Lundgren on film. This is where the gears in the Mattel machine stop being gears and become people again.
Does that mean, for at least those few key moments, that despite Dolph and Mattel and the short round fella who plays Morris, he has the power?
And out they go to save the world—again.


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Mémoire : The evolution of the concept of 'drugs' in America as seen through a cultural icon : the case of Coca-Cola.
In his 1916, Cours de linguistique générale, the French linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure, defined language as a human fact elaborated from a system of linguistic signs. According to him, the linguistic sign was the combination of an acoustic image and a concept. Each word we use is a linguistic sign. For instance, the term 'ox' is made of the acoustic image [o-k-s], to which the concept of a big animal with a couple of horns, and so on, is associated. The concept is the mental representation we make of the word described by the acoustic image.
From now on, we will use the term 'word' for 'linguistic sign'. Each concrete word has a concept which is associated to it. The latter has common features in the minds of people sharing a common culture. For instance the word 'table' evokes a top with four legs for almost everybody in Western Civilization. With time, and individuals, the concept may change a little. The concept of a table in the twelfth century was probably slightly different from today's concept. For one, it was probably more rustic. However, basically, the very concept did not change. Consequently, hypothetically, a twelfth-century man could recognize a contemporary table as we can recognize a twelfth-century table. This makes us say that the concepts associated to concrete words do not evolve very much. This quasi-unchanging nature of the concept makes them easy to define.
Each abstract word is also the association of an acoustic image with a concept. However, contrary to what we had with concrete words, the concept cannot be materialized. This is the reason why it is more difficult to give a definition of abstract words than of concrete words. For abstract words, we will talk about 'notions', to indicate that the concepts which are associated are more or less confused. The meaning of notions is more likely to change with time because of their abstract feature. Indeed, with time, the abstract concept related to a notion can change easily. For instance, the notion of music as we hear it today is very far from what it was in the twelfth century. We consider music a work of the twelfth century, whereas the twelfth-century man we talked about earlier may not consider today's electronic music a form of music. Hence, with time and the evolution of society, the meaning of a notion is likely to be modified, and even changed.
Like each notion, its meaning can evolve with time and society. Indeed, the evolution of the society which uses the notion has repercussions on the definition given to the notion by the latter. Each time, the improvement of knowledge concerning the notion will tend to specify the concept. People will try to define it, yet the concept in itself cannot be truly defined since it remains abstract. Let us focus on the example of Art. The notion of Art has evolved with time. Little by little people came to define different forms of Art, thus enlarging the borders of the definition. The graffiti was first seen as a form of urban delinquency before some people came to expose those paintings as a form of modern Art. Today, the graffiti has become one more concept for the notion of Art, thus enlarging the notion and consequently modifying it. What I mean is that notions are in perpetual mutations, they evolve because of the abstract feature of their concepts with the evolution of society through time.
When we use the term 'drug', we use a notional word. Actually, and contrary to what people think, the term 'drug' is an abstract word. The number of different definitions in the various books dealing with the subject confirm this. When people try to think about the concept of drug, they think about examples of substances considered drugs rather than about the concept itself. Heroin, cocaine or marijuana are, in fact, different concepts related to the concept of drug. People, tend to confuse the notion of drug with those concepts. To such an extent that some people, or even books, tend to see the notion of drug as a concrete word. In the common language, drug has even almost become a concrete word. However, it is a genuine notion, perpetually evolving with time and the society in which the term is used. Hence, in the same manner as the graffiti has become a form of Art by entering in the list of the various concepts associated with the notion of Art, we could imagine that, with time, goods such as sugar, or Coca-Cola-which we would never have thought of as drugs-could be added on the list of concepts related to the notion of drug and enlarge the list of drugs.
From this point of view, Coca-Cola is particularly interesting. First, because the story of the soft drink since its creation in the late nineteenth century gives an account of the evolution of the concept of drug since it used to be considered a drug and it no longer is. Secondly, because through its story we can witness the evolution of America as regards drugs. And third, because from the example of today's number one American soft drink, and the evolution of the concepts we could be tempted to consider Coca-Cola a drug.


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Paul Dunne interview: 'Seeing McIlroy's name spurred me on'
The 24-year-old says he never looked back during a final round 61 to claim first win
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Ireland's Paul Dunne celebrates after chipping in on the 18th during the final round to win the British Masters. Photo: Lee Smith/Reuters
Prior to Paul Dunne's stunning 61 to win the British Masters at Close House on Sunday, the 2017 season was set to be a rare one for Irish golf.
With just eight events to go it looked like this could be the first year since 1994 that an Irish golfer had not won on the European Tour. But Dunne's chip-in on the 18th hole for his maiden professional win confirmed that there has now been an Irish winner on tour every year for the last 23 seasons. Speaking from St Andrews where he has pitched up for the Dunhill Links Championship, the 24-year-old tells The Irish Times that it was his fellow Irish players who drove him to success, both on and off the course.
Seeing the name 'Rory McIlroy' charging up the leaderboard in your wake and playing the last seven holes in five under par to post 17 under would be enough to make any man crumble, no more so than someone looking for his very first win on tour. But Dunne instead used it to his advantage in maintaining his aggressive play and, ultimately, beating McIlroy by three shots.
"I think that [having McIlroy chasing] helped," he says. "If there was someone else who was three shots behind I would have been thinking 'well maybe he'll make a move, maybe he won't, maybe pars are good enough'. But because it was Rory behind I knew that he'd make a run and make some birdies. So that made me 100 per cent sure that I needed to make more birdies to win – it wasn't going to be good enough to par my way in on the back nine. It made me keep playing aggressive and not think that it was all over and that all I had to do was not mess it up."
We probably all woke up a bit worse for wear this morning but it's hard to win so when you do you want to celebrate!
Off the course the camaraderie between the Irish contingent on tour has always been strong. From the days of Christy O'Connor junior, Eamonn Darcy and the likes trekking down to South Africa to play during the winter to Paul McGinley and Pádraig Harrington winning the World Cup in 1997, it's been a support base for the players coming from these shores. Shane Lowry's reaction to Dunne's win on Sunday proved that spirit is still well and truly alive and they didn't miss the chance to celebrate in the most Irish of styles.
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"I went straight up to Scotland, Shane [Lowry]gave me a lift up with Darren my caddy. Then we went out for a few drinks in St Andrews last night with Shane and [Pádraig]Harrington and a few of the Irish caddies and had a good night – we probably all woke up a bit worse for wear this morning but it's hard to win so when you do you want to celebrate!"
Dunne is congratulated by Lowry as he leaves the 18th green. Photo: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
It was a well deserved few pints both for the player and his caddy. While Dunne says he rarely doubted himself during that fateful 61, he points to bagman Darren Reynolds as being they key component when any sort of negative thoughts even threatened to creep in.
"I don't talk a huge amount when I play and I was so much in a mindset that I was just in my own head. He's played a pivotal role all week and all year but the thing he did the best on the back nine was when he saw a little doubt maybe creep into my mind or a little sense that I might ease off, he pulled me aside and said 'listen, keep the foot down. You don't know what will happen here. Pick your target, commit to your shots and just play to play well. Don't play not to play poorly'."
It was that strategy which stood to him and was mixed with a tactic which splits so many golfers. Before Sunday's final round, Robert Karlsson – who was leading at the time and playing alongside Dunne – told Sky Sports that he wasn't going to look at any leaderboards the whole way around. It's a divisive issue across the sport with some players preferring to play their own game while others want to know where they stand. Dunne is of the latter mindset. From the very beginning he knew exactly what his position was and never held back in looking to increase his lead.
"I was definitely nervous but I was quite determined. I just wanted to go out and win and not allow someone else hand it to me. If I just went out and play well enough so no one could catch me, that was kind of my mindset for the day. I was quite focused on that so when I got nervous I just kept going on that though, kept trying to push forward and just basically get in front and then put my foot down."
Dunne with caddie Darren Reynolds on the fifth green. Photo: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Birdies at the first, the fourth and the fifth, followed by an eagle at the sixth, put him into the lead and, from there, he never relented. Knowing he was fully in control of his game and playing some of the best golf of his life he never backed off but, even at that, shooting a 61 and getting to 20 under was beyond even his wildest dreams.
"God, no. I don't think you ever go out thinking you have to shoot 61 but I was thinking that, with 12 under leading, six people at 11 and another seven people on 10 under it was bunched and that someone would get to at least 16 under. The mindset was just keep my lead and keep extending it. I never thought I'd get to 20 but I knew if I kept pushing forward after that start then everyone else was too far behind to catch me – just put the foot to the floor and don't look backwards."
After narrowly missing out on a first win at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco in April and finishing with rounds of 65 and 66 at his most recent event in Holland, Dunne knew he was in control of his game and playing well. Now, after capturing his first win, even more avenues open up. The Greystones man will make his World Golf Championship debut at the HSBC Champions in China at the end of the month while also looking to improve his current placing of 12th in the Race to Dubai rankings and hopefully be on the receiving end of the bonus prize money dished out to the top 10 at the end of the year.
As he says himself: "I'm playing great so I really don't see the point in taking a break. I don't feel that there's a part of my game at the moment that I'm struggling with at all so I feel pretty in control of most things – the scores don't lie!"
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TIFFIN --A dominant first half by Ohio Northern hurt the Heidelberg University men's lacrosse team in a 14-3 loss on Wednesday. The Polar Bears tallied eight goals in the first half to remain a perfect 4-0 in the OAC, 11-1 overall. HU slips to 7-5, 1-3 in conference play.
After the Polar Bears scored eight straight, Nick Selfridge put the Berg on the board in the waning seconds of the first half with his 32nd goal of the season.
Trailing 8-1 at the break, freshman Liam Weaver netted his 19th goal of the year off a pass from Hunter Edwards midway through the third. The strike cut the deficit to 8-2. Ohio Northern added two more goals in the third, the second coming with three tenths of a second on the clock.
Edwards scored the final Student Prince goal off a pass from Noah Messerall.
ONU outshot the Berg, 52-9, and was an efficient 13 of 19 on faceoffs.
With storms in the forecast for Saturday, the Student Princes have pushed their game up with Wilmington to Friday evening. HU will travel to Wilmington for a 6 p.m. start time.


Why is high quality general lighting so important?
The Issue – Many commercial lighitng products in the lower price / performance range, including many new LED fixtures, produce poor quality light. Their Color Rendering Index's (CRI – one measure of performance) are often well below 90. Viewed simultaneously with other light sources of higher quality, they appear visually "harsh", and often have Illumination inconsistency, flicker and other artifacts.
Such poor quality lighting negatively impacts productivity when employees move back and forth between color critical viewing lights and whatever surrounding lighting exists. For example, a designer moving between a viewing station and a planogram area; a press operator moving between the press console and the printing machinery; etc. Their eyes must continuously readjust between the two lighting conditions. Eye strain is considerable and color judgement is compromised.
Do these LED lamps replace existing JUST fluorescent tubes?
No. – Why not, what are their limitations?
These tubes improve color viewing in general work areas and in locations adjacent to critical color viewing. They have a high CRI, but comparatively low metameric indices and lack UV energy which is compulsory for critical color viewing.
What fixtures will the LED lamps work in?
Fixtures providing a G13 end cap (only one is powered).
A reflector is not required since one is built inside the tube itself and all light exits in the proper direction (120°). Existing fixtures can be rewired to accommodate the tubes, but maximum benefits are derived when lamps are designed into the environment (vs. re-fitting old fixtures).
What ballasts are required? Can I use my existing ones?
The LED tubes use internal ballasts – often called "drivers". Magnetic ballasts designed for fluorescent tubes are also still compatible. If you are using electronic ballasts minimum modifications are required. Just give us a call – we are more than willing to help!
What kind of LED lamps are available?
What are the factors and costs assumed in your pay-off (ROI) calculations?
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Les molécules diatomiques sont des molécules constituées uniquement de deux atomes, de même ou de différents éléments chimiques. Le préfixe di- signifie deux en grec.

 et  sont deux exemples de molécules diatomiques homonucléaires. Le lien dans de telles molécules est non polaire et pleinement covalent. Plusieurs composés chimiques sont constitués de molécules diatomiques hétéronucléaires, par exemple NaCl, CO, HBr et NO.

Présence dans la nature
Environ 99 % de l'atmosphère terrestre est constituée de molécules diatomiques, en particulier le diazote N (78 %) et le dioxygène  (21 %), le pour cent restant étant majoritairement de l'argon (0,9340 %). L'abondance du dihydrogène H2 dans l'atmosphère terrestre est seulement de l'ordre de quelques parties par million.

Les molécules diatomiques homonucléaires sont (sous CNTP) le dihydrogène, le diazote, le dioxygène et les dihalogènes : difluor (F2), dichlore (Cl2), dibrome (Br2), diiode (I2) et peut-être le diastate (At2).

Beaucoup d'autres molécules diatomiques sont possibles, . De très nombreuses molécules diatomiques sont instables et hautement réactives, comme le diphosphore. Toutefois, on trouve peu de molécules diatomiques différentes sur Terre en dehors des laboratoires.

Dans l'espace, et notamment dans le milieu interstellaire, ce sont des centaines de molécules diatomiques qui ont été détectées (par spectroscopie).

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I've been mulling over a new sled for quiet some time. You see, while the Little DR200 has been been pretty much a hammer (e.g. you can't mess it up), plans to stage bikes out western US are brewing. We have a buddy out there that can store the bikes, and likely the bikes will be out there for 2 years, and ultimately get sold before returning east.
The DR has been extraordinarily good to me, but she lacks any sort of aftermarket support (despite 25 + years of production), and she's anemic. While I could handle her cool temperament on the road and settle on secondary roads, it was a bit unsettling that there was never any extra power on the trail when others were ascending with no issues. As a bonafide shortypants, there aren't many bikes that can accommodate my rinky-dink inseams. This leaves me in a quandary.
Fuel injected--I've not been alive long enough to 'appreciate' the simplicity of them. To me, they are nothing more than black box which is plagued by ethanol clogging fuel. I am not carburetor-man.
Real suspension--Most bikes need some help here. But you can only do so much with tiny forks!
I am not thinking that the extra single (Yes one.single.HP) 1 HP is going to wet my whistle. Besides, the DR makes 5 more ft/lb of torque and we all know torque is what moves you!
While the big brother the DRZ-400 is somwhat of a mainstay to the Adventure group, this one is not street legal. And that not to say that we didn't ponder getting one from a state that does issue titles, but we secretly knew the "Old Line State" was going to be nightmare. While the suspension is somewhat respectable, the 35" seat height will be something to grapple with. As with most Suzuki bikes, they desperately needs a good modernization. This one has been in (and mostly) out of production for the last 3 decades. And as with the DR200, it largely unloved by the aftermarket community.
On to the next rock of serious consideration. Something 'exotic'. The CCM GP450 Adventure sure does look snappy. Bruce thinks I might kill myself with a bike that weighs 286lbs and creates 40HP! But alas, it's been "processing" to come to the USA for a looong time now. And let's not forget that $10K price tag.
Toss that rock back. Back to the drawing board we go. Apparently the Beta Alp200 shares the same Suzuki Motor as the DR200. The Beta Alp 4.0 uses the Suzuki 350cc motor. Another rock rejected.
Since we are on a roll of the wrong bike, let's look at KTM offering. Pre-2008 KTM 250 XCF-W have a bit of shorty pants following. However, I guess I am just not inclined to want that maintenance head ache, as the performance gains will probably be wasted on me.
Our last sled to evaluate are some of the newer offerings coming to market. CSC Cyclone RX-3. It produces a whopping 18.5 HP and is a small hippo at 385lbs.
She's Chinese made and $3K. She does appear to have bit of street bias though.


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Mark DeCarteret, Portsmouth's seventh poet laureate, has had work in such reviews as AGNI, Boston Review, Chicago Review, Conduit, Cream City Review, failbetter, Hotel Amerika, Phoebe, Poetry East, Salamander, Sonora Review, and Third Coast, as well as the anthologies American Poetry: The Next Generation (Carnegie Mellon Press), Places of Passage: Contemporary Catholic Poetry (Story Line Press), Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998 (Black Sparrow Press) and Under the Legislature of Stars: 62 New Hampshire Poets (Oyster River Press) which he also co-edited. His chapbook "Flap" was published by Finishing Line Press in spring 2011.
Read Marks full laureate ceremony speech.
Marks Laureate project is Wish You Were Where?/The Postcard Project which encouraged poets of all ages and abilities to send one of their poems (along with a stamp and return address) to an artist of their choice (as many as they'd like as long as each written piece is different) who then responded to the work by providing an illustration of some sort. And then dropped back it the mailbox. Read the full Postcard Project Announcement here.
For the postcard archive intro click here.
At the postcard event at the Discover Portsmouth Center, the postcards were placed on cardholders on window sills and tables and hung from ribbons strung throughout the gallery so people could easily see both sides and touch and interact with the cards in an up-close and tactile way.
Below are the front and back of 196 postcards from Mark's postcard Project. click a postcard to see a larger view!


The Healthy Eating Song was developed with Ben Faulks – better known as CBeebies 'Mr Bloom' – to engage nurseries and early years' settings in teaching young children on how to eat healthily and be active, and developing widespread brand awareness of the new social enterprise, the Early years Nutrition Partnership (EYNP). Ben Faulks was chosen for his wide appeal among EYNP's target audiences and his well- known passion for teaching children to love healthy food. The song was launched at Childcare Expo Midlands and promoted on the EYN Partnership (EYNP) website, and through YouTube and social media channels. It was also distributed to nurseries directly. The song was viewed 46,516 times in various different formats and locations including a karaoke video, a ukulele tutorial and children in nurseries singing the song. The month following the song's launch saw a 27% increase in Twitter impressions and a 660% increase in Facebook reach. The EYNP website saw a 50% increase in the number of users as a direct result of the communications surrounding its launch. The activity resulted in 199 leads for the social enterprise, and over 1,000 new subscribers for its newsletter.
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This lemon tart is a variation of the easiest tart ever and despite not being equally easy – there's a lemon curd to be made here – it's just as delicious.
Dough: whisk the flour and salt together. Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed for about 3 minutes, until creamy and light in color. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low, add the dry ingredients and stop mixing when the ingredients are fully incorporated but the dough is still crumbly – this happens quickly; don't overmix, otherwise you'll end up with a ball of dough. Set aside 1 cup of the dough and refrigerate. Sprinkle the remaining dough onto the prepared pan, distributing it evenly. Bring the dough slightly up the sides of the pan (to hold the lemon curd), then press it onto the pan to hold it in place. Prick the dough all over with a fork, then bake for 25 minutes or until golden.
While the crust bakes, make the lemon curd: combine the sugar, half the lemon zest and yolks in a heatproof bowl and whisk together immediately; if you delay, the mixture will coagulate. Put the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water whisk continuously until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon juice and, still whisking continuously, cook for about 5 minutes. Add the butter and salt, then use a spatula to stir constantly until the mixture has thickened, 6-7 minutes (is should be the consistency of sour cream).
Strain the curd through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and stir in the remaining zest. Spoon the curd into the crust and smooth the top with a spatula. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of dough over the curd.
Bake for 40-45 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the baking time. The topping should be slightly brown, and the curd will begin to caramelize on top.
* I made the exact recipe above using a shallow 24cm tart pan with a removable bottom; I used 1 ½ cups of dough for the topping.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwww, what a delicious tart. absolutely delicous. I love it. thanks for sharing your recipe.
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Hello from Michigan! I adore your recipes and I too, have had issues with pinning your recipe pictures to my Pinterest boards. I pretty much use Pinterest only as an online recipe file, so was very disappointed when the pictures would not show. I decided to "pin" anyway so I can keep my favorites on file from your blog. It just shows the "blocked" picture and I post a note below it for any followers saying "Website does not allow picture to be pinned, but trust me, you'll love the recipe!"
I too had that same problem with pinning your recipes on my boards. I don't know how you can fix it. I love your recipes and it's good to know that it not you.
Patricia this tart looks beautiful. I am going to keep this in my recipe box. Thank you.
Ummmm....I like lemon curd so much, and this tart looks perfect for me, to be enjoyed at a tea time with my friends.
It looks like you can only now pin an image if the blogger has created a Pin It button for a particular post. At least that's how it's working for me. I guess that's kind of like giving permission to have your work appear on Pinterest, which has been a major issue lately for many photographers and such.
Ooh, I love the crumbles here, delicious!
I want to pin EVERYTHING you do!!!
Well you can pin it but you need to pin it via Foodgawker..we love all things lemon in this house and can't wait to make it!
I've noticed that about pinning your pictures on Pinterest, as I have tried many many times. I just tested and it's working now!!! =) Your photos will certainly dominate one of my boards... so many delicious things to try in your blog.
i made your recipe on wednesday and it was really delicious..my children like it too!


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Recently, I had interesting conversation with my friend about classical music composers. I was really surprised when I heard that he didn't know that 'Wedding March' is one of the greatest pieces of Felix Mendelssohn.
That made me to do some research on that topic and I was again surprised when I found out that just someone who really listen classical music, know exactly who is Felix Mendelssohn. So I decided to dedicate this to the life of Felix Mendelssohn.
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, or just Felix Mendelssohn (thank you Felix for that, it's simpler) came from a wealthy Hamburg family who mixed with many of Germany's leading artists and musicians. He was born on February 3, 1889, a frighteningly clever child prodigy, the young Felix excelled as a painter, poet, athlete, linguist and musician.
It was a rarity at that time to be born in a wealthy family, so Felix was lucky that he could nurture his talent from his childhood. When he was six, his mother gave him piano lessons and he was amazing from beginning. They were one big musical family.
His sister Fanny later became a well-known pianist and amateur composer. Although in the beginning, their father thought she was more talented than Felix, but at that time it was inappropriate for a woman to have a career in music, so she remained an amateur musician.
Abraham Mendelssohn, son of the famous Jewish philosopher Mezes Mendelssohn, encouraging the talent of his son Felix and allow him to develop freely.
He hired well-known musicians to play the first music pieces of his son at his house.
The old man was sowed with pride when they congratulated him on the success of his son.
Mendelssohn is often considered as the greatest musical "wonderkid" after Mozart. When he was a child, he wrote five operas and eleven symphonies, with just nine years he had his first public appearance when he participated in a chamber music concert. Like Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, wrote the music out of his head. Sometimes it was in the middle of the conversation, which caused wonder and admiration of his friends.
If you ask me, that is a much better childhood than playing Xbox and Playstation.
One of the most important things that contributed to his success in his music career, was that he knows how to enjoy in life. He loved to travel, a lot.
But the best in his travels was that he knew how to make the best of the places he visited. So, for example, visit to Italy inspired him to write 'The Italian Symphony' and Scotland to write 'Hebrides Overture' and 'The Scottish Symphony'. Britain had the most influence on his music. His first time in Britain was in 1829. In Britain, he entered in the influential musical circles where he had great success playing in public and private concerts.
His glory in the UK contributed that he gave singing classes to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria chose Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' for her daughter's wedding, and that contributed to the popularity of this composition, which is still used at all weddings at a time when the bride comes down the aisle.
Mendelssohn is one of the few composers who have achieved fame during his life. His 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor' was a hit, and at one time was the most performed concerto for piano ever written.
Mendelssohn conducted the orchestra in Leipzig, Germany, where Bach, a century earlier, wrote some of his masterpieces. Mendelssohn is, in fact, played a major role in popularizing the music of Bach. Many of his compositions are rotting after his death (or was thrown). Felix Mendelssohn had found and brought Bach's masterpiece 'St. Matthew Passion' for the first time after Bach's death. From that moment on, Bach became a respected, admired and loved all over the world. Thank you Felix, again.
When it came time to conducting the first performance of the 'Matthew's Passion', Felix Mendelssohn came to the podium and opened his notes. But he had one little problem. While the audience came into the hall, Felix was revealed that he had the wrong notes! The book looked the same as the Bach's compositions – equally thick, the same leather cover – however, it was a completely different composition. But great Mendelssohn raised his baton and began to conduct Bach's piece, turning the wrong notes from time to time, so he wouldn't confused musicians who thought that everything is in fine. He managed to conduct all Bach's Passion (which takes more than two hours), without noticeable mistakes.
Growing up in a happy family was caused the fact that Mendelssohn also had happy marriage. In 1836, a year after his father died, Mendelssohn met Cécile Jeanrenaud in Frankfurt. Mendelssohn was 10 years older than her. The couple married on March 28, 1837. and they had five children.
Before the end of his life, Mendelssohn was very ill. In May 1847, Mendelssohn's sister, Fanny, who was a lifelong inspiration to him, died suddenly. Her death left him so devastated that he soon lost his own zest for life. His health, already compromised by his strenuous career, began to deteriorate rapidly.
Last trip to England exhausted him and after several heart attacks died in November 4, 1847. 38, only six months after the death of his sister Fanny. He once described the death as a place 'where it is to be hoped there is still music, but no more sorrow or partings'.
He wasn't just musician, Mendelssohn also was a remarkable painter of watercolors and he was very good at drawing. Sometimes he even made sketches and caricatures in his letters. Plus, he was involved in literature, philosophy, and he spoke English, Italian and Latin.


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i booted the dvd typed "amd" then hit enter and it gets stuck on this screen with the icon at the bottom spinning. any ideas whats causing this??
I just ran amd -v.........it stopped on "waiting for root device"
Not sure but have you set your SATA to AHCI instead of IDE in your BIOS?
Also, if you change it from IDE to AHCI you may find windows will not boot. This can be fixed by switching back to IDE load windows, then search "install AHCI in windows 7"in google. Easily fixed.
I went back and made a 20gb partition from my 500gb storage hdd. all installed fine. I then added a boot entry with easeyBCD.
I just need to sort out the Audio as I have none. and the graphics as its only a resolution of 1024x768 plus it tends to flash like hell sometimes on the web.
I think you need to use the OSX install to make the partition.
The MBR for your machine is probably the difficultly. If you use the whole drive its easier, otherwise you need to install a proper bootloader setup so your partition can be booted from.
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(also if there's any chance you could make this answered , maybe someone would come help me with my problem.


The primary organ responsible for regulating metabolism is the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is located on the brain stem and forms the floor and part of the lateral walls of the third ventricle of the cerebrum. The chief functions of the hypothalamus are: control and integration of activities of the autonomic nervous system (ANS); production and regulation of feelings of rage and aggression; regulation of body temperature; and regulation of food intake. These functions form a survival mechanism that sustains the processes that BMR measures.
BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass. Increased muscle mass and cardiovascular exercise can increase BMR, even when the body is at rest. Measured in calories, metabolic rates vary with exertion, recent food ingestion, muscle exertion, environmental temperature, emotional state, body temperature, pregnancy, menstruation, level of thyroid hormones stress hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine), fear and illness.
The human body requires energy to merely stay alive and basal metabolic rate (BMR) attempts to measure this energy. As individuals age or lose muscle mass, their basal metabolic rate decreases, which means that less energy is needed to maintain the body's functions. Often, this phenomenon is referred to as the metabolism slowing down.
BMR is measured in the calories required per day to maintain the body. Because of this, BMR can be very useful to compare caloric intake to the actual amount of calories burned by the body. If caloric intake is lower than the calories used per day, burning fat or muscle will make up the difference. A regular routine of cardiovascular exercise can increase an individual's BMR, improving health and fitness when the body's ability to burn energy gradually slows down.
Age: BMR reduces with age. After age 20, it drops about 2% per decade.
Body fat percentage: The lower the body fat percentage, the higher the BMR.
Body surface area: The greater the body surface area factor, the higher the BMR.
Diet: Starvation, eating disorders or serious abrupt calorie-reduction can dramatically reduce BMR up to 30%. Restrictive low-calorie weight loss diets may cause an individual's BMR to drop by as much as 20%.
Exercise: Since physical exercise burns calories, it influences body weight and helps raise an individual's BMR by building extra lean tissue (lean tissue is more metabolically demanding than fat tissue).
Gender: Men have a greater muscle mass and a lower body fat percentage. This means they have a higher basal metabolic rate than women.
Genes: Genetic factors play a role in the speed of a person's metabolism.
Weight: BMR increases with weight.
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An individual's BMR is typically measured after a full night's sleep in a laboratory under optimal fasting conditions of quiet, rest and relaxation.
In order to calculate an individual's approximate basal metabolic rate, the following questions may be answered: what is the gender of the individual; what is the weight in pounds of the individual; what is the height of the individual in inches; and what is the age of the individual?
Note: Keep in mind that the BMR calculator is an estimation of the calories needed for the body to perform basic functions. An individual's total daily caloric requirements are affected by muscle mass, illness, stress, food digestion and most importantly, exercise.
Only an overnight laboratory test can accurately measure an individual's actual BMR.


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I Really Can't Overstate How Riveting This Video of a Guy Solving a Sudoku Is
Just dynamite entertainment.
By Ruth Graham
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It's tempting to claim that this 25-minute video of a man methodically solving a sudoku puzzle is a phenomenon particular to the pandemic era. We're stuck at home, finding small pleasures in strange corners of the internet, or something like that. The truth, however, is that this 25-minute video of a man methodically solving a sudoku puzzle would have been dynamite viewing no matter what else was going on in the world. It is admittedly a small pleasure. But it is also objectively riveting entertainment.
This tweet by former Slate editor-in-chief Julia Turner first alerted me to "The Miracle Sudoku," an installment on a YouTube channel hosted by two affable British puzzle pros, Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe. The format for each video is simple: An unsolved puzzle grid appears on-screen, and the host narrates his process of solving it. Think of it as Twitch for puzzle geeks. Cracking the Cryptic declares itself "YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel." Its most popular video ("A Sudoku With Only 4 Given Digits?!") has racked up more than 3.5 million views since mid-April.
I don't want to spoil the elegant narrative arc of the video itself. Suffice it to say, Anthony is not just an expert solver, but a masterful sportscaster.
"The Miracle Sudoku," posted to the channel last week, starts with a seemingly impossible puzzle. The video opens with a blank standard grid consisting of nine three-by-three squares, or 81 squares in all. Anthony then sets up the rules for the particular puzzle, which add several layers of difficulty to normal sudoku guidelines. Like all sudoku puzzles, there is exactly one correct solution. In a standard puzzle, the goal is to fill in the grid so that each row, column, and three-by-three section contains the numbers 1 through 9, with no repeats. This particular puzzle also mandates that any two cells separated by a "king's move" or a "knight's move" in chess rules cannot contain the same digit, and any two orthogonally adjacent cells cannot contain consecutive digits.
Actually, never mind. Do not worry about these rules. Put them out of your mind. The point is this puzzle has more restrictions than a typical sudoku grid, which makes it seem very daunting and more exciting to a casual viewer. (In fact, these restrictions make the puzzle easier to solve, but again—stop thinking about these rules.)
With that, Anthony clicks to view his starting cells, which will give him his starting point. A sudoku rated "easy" typically starts with 38 cells filled in; "hard" puzzles may have 25 or so filled in. The Miracle starts with two.
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"You've got to be joking," Anthony sighs when he sees the grid. "There's no way that this—well, it might have a unique solution, but it's not going to be findable by a human being." Constructor Mitchell Lee is trolling him, he speculates. He says he'll give the puzzle five minutes, then turn off the camera "and you'll never see this." If it somehow works out, he says, "this will be a work of sublime genius."
I don't want to spoil the elegant narrative arc of the video and the puzzle itself. Suffice it to say, Anthony is not just an expert solver, but a masterful sportscaster (gamescaster?), moving from frenetic but clearly narrated action to awed pauses to climaxes of awe. At the 12-minute mark, he's still insisting the puzzle cannot be solved. As the puzzle starts to cohere, he gasps in wonder. "This is just staggering," he says. "I don't believe this. The threes are placeable from that absolute gibberish we had in the grid. This is magic. We are watching magic unfold here." Later the puzzle drives him to even greater heights of ecstasy at what he sees unfolding before him. "I'm not sure I've got the adjectives to describe what is going on here," he murmurs. "It's like the universe is singing to us."
The pleasure of watching all of this unfold is total: an impossible task, elegantly and efficiently completed by a good-humored expert who has not lost his capacity for joy. The universe is singing to us, indeed.
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The ruling Smer party would win the elections, backed by 41 percent of the vote. It would, however, have to find a coalition partner as it would win only 70 parliamentary mandates in 150-seat parliament, according to a phone poll carried out by Polis agency between January 8 and 14 on 1,223 respondents.
Second would be non-parliamentary Sieť with 13.8-percent support (winning 24 mandates), while Most-Híd would be third with 8 percent of the vote (14 mandates). Also the Slovak National Party (SNS) would make it to the house with the support of 7.9 percent of the vote (13 mandates), followed by the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) with 6 percent (10 mandates), the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO-NOVA) with 6 percent (10 mandates), and the Party of Hungarian Community (SMK) with 5.3 percent (nine mandates), the SITA newswire wrote.
Among the parties that would fail to pass the 5-percent threshold are Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) supported by 4.2 percent of the vote, and also Sme Rodina – Boris Kollár's party with 3.1 percent and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) with 2 percent.
The poll suggests that 60.5 percent of respondents would attend the elections, while 14.5 percent would not vote and 25 percent were undecided, SITA reported.


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