Azi a fost timp frumos, in sfarsit, dupa vreo 5-6 weekend-uri cu ploaie si vant! Am trecut si la ora de vara...Dupa ce am citit cateva carti de psihologie, parapsihologie si analiza a personalitatii in viata prezenta si in vietile trecute, ma suspectez de tot felul de ganduri "absconse".
Pe principiul "o cireasa atrage o alta cireasa", cautand ceva despre Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian (blogul ei aici), autoare de povestiri pentru copii avand-o ca eroina pe Tara Duncan, am gasit un site interesat foarte documentat despre carti apartinand domeniului sience fiction, horror, fantastic pentru tineret, BDFI (Base de Données Francophone de l'Imaginaire).
Intrebari:
Ce este in realitate SURIMI?
Ma gandeam ce fain ar fi sa vina si in Romania... Tocmai am aflat ca a filmat in Romania si ca "excursia" lui a fost un esec total! Cum? In tara porcului, animalul venerat de Tony, i-a iesit un episod de porc???
Este incredibil cat de proaspat poate fi acest film din 1979, "Electric Horseman"! As putea sa-l revad de 10.000 de ori si nu m-as plictisi. O ador pe Jane Fonda, il ador pe Robert Redford!
Imi doream sa fac baclava de ani si ani si ani...
Ma bucur ca pot sa vad din nou "Surorile McLeods"! E serialul care imi place cel mai mult! Imi plac toate personajele, cowgirls si cowboys, imi place actiunea, dar cel mai mult imi plac peisajele incredibile! Da' bine, atunci ai putea spune: "uita-te la niste fotografii cu peisaje". Pai, nu-i totuna! Imi place atmosfera de acolo si GATA! Nu stiu de ce dau amestecat episoade din serii mai vechi ( in care Claire traia), cu episoade dintr-o serie mai noua (a 7-a se pare) decat cea la care m-am oprit acum 2 ani si in care nu mai apare Tess.
Azi am zarit-o pe strada pe vanzatoarea unui magazin parfumerie- "drogherie", in care se vindeau, acum... zeci de ani, parfumuri "varsate" si mi-am adus aminte cat eram de fascinata de sticloaiele uriase cu parfum din care vanzatoarea turna in sticlute aduse de acasa licorile parfumate. Cel mai cunoscut era Chypre. Stateam ore in sir in fata tejghelei, ma uitam la parfumuri si in cele din urma ceream "de 2 lei parfum".
Pentru aluat (portie mica!- dublati cantitatile daca vreti mai mare)
"Mini Manicures and Pedicures for each girl in your party.
Manicures and Pedicures include everything you would expect at any upscale salon setting except for trimming of cuticles.
Each girl will have her hands and feet soaked and massaged, nails files and painted and cuticles pushed back. We will also bring plenty of glitter polish and rhinestones."
O poveste colorata despre o fetiţă,
COLORAREA
Se poate face dupa coacere, cu aquarela, tempera, acrilice, sau inainte de coacere, colorand pasta inainte de modelare.
Puteti incerca mai multe metode.
Se pot folosi atat culori alimentare, cat si “mirodenii” cum ar fi cacao, cafea, scortisoara.
Tineti cont ca obiectul se decoloreaza dupa coacere.
CONSERVAREA
Pasta cruda se poate conserva in pungulite de plastic, dar e preferabil sa o utilizati in aceeasi zi.
Obiectele deja coapte se pastreaza un timp indelungat cu conditia sa fie date cu lac incolor pe toate partile dupa coacere.
Dupa modelarea obiectelor, in functie de fantezia fiecaruia, coacerea este partea cea mai importanta a procesului “tehnologic”.
Se face la o temperatura foarte mica (altfel obiectele se umfla si crapa) cu
Nu uitati sa inlaturati eventuala folie e aluminiu pe care ati pus obiectul, altfel, partea inferioara nu se va mai usca niciodata.
Evident, cand cauti ceva , nu gasesti, cand nu cauti ...
Abtibildurile, foarte reale, imita zgarieturi si rugina, transformand astfel masina intr-un vehicul numai bun de casat. Hotii nu vor mai fi tentati sa fure o masina care desi pare noua este deja ruginita si zgariata. Ramane de vazut daca metoda va functiona si in Romania."
Eu am alta idee: bogatii sa-si tuneze masinile cu carcase fals ruginite.
Ingrediente: 5-6 cartofi, 2 linguri de ulei, putina sare, 1 ou mare, 30 g faina, 70 g gris, coaja rasa de lamaie / portocala la aluat si 1, 2 pliculete de zahar vanilat.
For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of life expectancy, as other countries improve health care, nutrition and lifestyles.
Countries that surpass the U.S. include Japan and most of Europe, as well as Jordan, Guam and the Cayman Islands.
"Something's wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the most on health care, is not able to keep up with other countries," said Dr. Christopher Murray, head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
A baby born in the United States in 2004 will live an average of 77.9 years. That life expectancy ranks 42nd, down from 11th two decades earlier, according to international numbers provided by the Census Bureau and domestic numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Andorra, a tiny country in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, had the longest life expectancy, at 83.5 years, according to the Census Bureau. It was followed by Japan, Macau, San Marino and Singapore.
The shortest life expectancies were clustered in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that has been hit hard by an epidemic of HIV and AIDS, as well as famine and civil strife. Swaziland has the shortest, at 34.1 years, followed by Zambia, Angola, Liberia and Zimbabwe.
Researchers said several factors have contributed to the United States falling behind other industrialized nations. A major one is that 45 million Americans lack health insurance, while Canada and many European countries have universal health care, they say.
But "it's not as simple as saying we don't have national health insurance," said Sam Harper, an epidemiologist at McGill University in Montreal. "It's not that easy."
Among the other factors:
• Adults in the United States have one of the highest obesity rates in the world. Nearly a third of U.S. adults 20 years and older are obese, while about two-thirds are overweight, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
"The U.S. has the resources that allow people to get fat and lazy," said Paul Terry, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta. "We have the luxury of choosing a bad lifestyle as opposed to having one imposed on us by hard times."
• Racial disparities. Black Americans have an average life expectancy of 73.3 years, five years shorter than white Americans.
Black American males have a life expectancy of 69.8 years, slightly longer than the averages for Iran and Syria and slightly shorter than in Nicaragua and Morocco.
• A relatively high percentage of babies born in the U.S. die before their first birthday, compared with other industrialized nations.
Forty countries, including Cuba, Taiwan and most of Europe had lower infant mortality rates than the U.S. in 2004. The U.S. rate was 6.8 deaths for every 1,000 live births. It was 13.7 for Black Americans, the same as Saudi Arabia.
"It really reflects the social conditions in which African American women grow up and have children," said Dr. Marie C. McCormick, professor of maternal and child health at the Harvard School of Public Health. "We haven't done anything to eliminate those disparities."
Another reason for the U.S. drop in the ranking is that the Census Bureau now tracks life expectancy for a lot more countries — 222 in 2004 — than it did in the 1980s. However, that does not explain why so many countries entered the rankings with longer life expectancies than the United States.
Murray, from the University of Washington, said improved access to health insurance could increase life expectancy. But, he predicted, the U.S. won't move up in the world rankings as long as the health care debate is limited to insurance.
Policymakers also should focus on ways to reduce cancer, heart disease and lung disease, said Murray. He advocates stepped-up efforts to reduce tobacco use, control blood pressure, reduce cholesterol and regulate blood sugar.
"Even if we focused only on those four things, we would go along way toward improving health care in the United States," Murray said. "The starting point is the recognition that the U.S. does not have the best health care system. There are still an awful lot of people who think it does."
