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Patrick O'Brian, nom de ploma de Richard Patrick Russ (12 de desembre del 1914 – 2 de gener del 2000) fou un novel·lista i traductor anglès. Conegut principalment per la sèrie de novel·les d'Aubrey-Maturin, ambientades en l'armada reial anglesa durant les guerres napoleòniques, i centrades en l'amistat del capità Jack Aubrey i el metge irlandesocatalà Stephen Maturin. La sèrie consta de 20 novel·les i destaca pel gran treball d'investigació fet, pel detallat retrat de la vida del  i pel llenguatge evocador utilitzat. L'autor va deixar parcialment acabada la 21a novel·la de la sèrie, que es va publicar pòstumament.

Biografia
Fins al 1998 era creença comuna en cercles literaris que O'Brian havia nascut a Irlanda, pel seu pseudònim irlandès, però uns periodistes britànics va descobrir que en realitat era de Chalfont St Peter, un poble del comtat de Buckinghamshire, al sud-est d'Anglaterra, fill d'un metge d'origen alemany i mare anglesa. Patrick O'Brian va destacar per una personalitat complexa i enigmàtica.

El 1949 es va casar amb Mary Tolstoy, que s'acabava de divorciar del comte Dmitri Tolstoy. Alguns han especulat que la seva dona va tenir un paper important en les seves novel·les, tot influint en el seu l'estil i contingut. A més, es creu que ella revisava i mecanografiava les novel·les, ja que O'Brian acostumava a escriure a mà.

Des del 1949 fins a la seva mort, O'Brian va viure amb la seva segona muller, Mary, al municipi nord-català de Cotlliure, on és enterrat.

Obra
O'Brian va publicar diverses novel·les i històries sota el seu nom real, Richard Patrick Russ, les més notables de les quals són Caesar i Hussein: an Entertainment, totes dues publicades abans de fer els 21 anys. Richard Patrick Russ va canviar legalment el nom a Patrick O'Brian el 1945. Va ser un moviment agosarat perquè, entre altres coses, l'obligava a abandonar la reputació d'escriptor de qualitat que s'havia guanyat sota el nom de Russ.

Durant la dècada del 1950, O'Brian va escriure dos llibres dirigits a un públic més jove, The Golden Ocean i The Unknown Shore, basats en els fets protagonitzats per Anson, 1r baró Anson, que va circumnavegar el món els anys 1740–1743. Tot i que el va escriure força anys abans de la sèrie d'Aubrey–Maturin, els antecedents literaris de Jack Aubrey i Stephen Maturin es poden veure clarament en els personatges de Jack Byron i Tobias Barrow.

A més a més de les seves novel·les històriques, O'Brian va escriure novel·les i relats curts d'altres temàtiques. També va ser un traductor reconegut de diversos autors francesos (Henri Charrière, Jean Lacouture o Simone de Beauvoir) a l'anglès.

O'Brian també va escriure una detallada biografia de sir Joseph Banks, un dels científics més destacats de finals del  i començaments del , i també un participant destacat de la colonització d'Austràlia. Una altra biografia seva és la de Pablo Picasso, titulada Pablo Ruiz Picasso: A Biography. És un estudi molt complet i entenedor de l'artista i la seva obra. Picasso va viure durant un temps a Cotlliure, on va coincidir amb O'Brian, que hi residia.

La pel·lícula Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003) està basada en la sèrie d'Aubrey–Maturin, bàsicament en la novel·la del mateix títol, The Far Side of the World, però en el film també es combinen incidents d'altres volums de la mateixa sèrie.

Fonts
Des de la seva mort, s'han publicat alguns estudis i biografies, una d'aquestes del seu fillastre Nikolai Tolstoy.

 Dean King: Patrick O'Brian - A life revealed (2001)
 Nikolai Tolstoy: Patrick O'Brian: The Making of the Novelist (2004)
 A. E. Cunningham (editor): Patrick O'Brian: Critical appreciations and a bibliography (1994)
 Marc Fontbona: La ignorada catalanitat de Patrick O'Brian, en Revista de Catalunya (Barcelona), núm. 223, 2006, pàgs. 92-103. ISSN 0213-5876.

Bibliografia
La sèrie d'Aubrey–Maturin
 Master and Commander (1970)
 Post Captain (1972)
 HMS Surprise (1973)
 The Mauritius Command (1977)
 Desolation Island (1978)
 The Fortune of War (1979)
 The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
 The Ionian Mission (1981)
 Treason's Harbour (1983)
 The Far Side of the World (1984)
 The Reverse of the Medal (1986)
 The Letter of Marque (1988)
 The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989)
 The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)
 Clarissa Oakes (1993)(The Truelove in the USA)
 The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
 The Commodore (1995)
 The Yellow Admiral (1996)
 The Hundred Days (1998)
 Blue at the Mizzen (1999)
 The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (2004)(21 in the USA)

Altres obres de ficció
 Caesar (1930
 Hussein (1938)
 Testimonies (1952)
 The Catalans (1954)
 The Golden Ocean (1956)
 The Unknown Shore (1959)
 Richard Temple (1962)
 The Rendezvous and other stories

No-ficció
 Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (1974)
 Picasso (1976)
 Joseph Banks: A Life (1987)

Enllaços externs
 Patrick O'Brian Web Resources - una llista d'enllaços comentats.
 Patrick O'Brian Home Page  - introducció a l'autor i a la seva obra, pel seu editor nord-americà.
 Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project - el projecte de Google Maps amb les 21 novel·les de la sèrie d'Aubrey–Maturin.

Autors de ficció històrica
Cotlliure
Escriptors anglesos en anglès
Novel·listes anglesos en anglès
Persones de Buckinghamshire
Traductors anglesos
Traductors del francès a l'anglès
Comandants de l'Orde de l'Imperi Britànic
Morts a Dublín
Antropòlegs anglesos
Naixements del 1914
Morts el 2000

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Corskeagh Trench
Corrsheachach
Mike Kelly/Galway Rural Development
Sometimes Transcribed as French
Corskeagh Trench / Corrsheachach Irish Grid: M 65314 34364
Author: Mike Kelly/Galway Rural Development
Is the property Frederick E. Trench, Esq. held by deed for ever. It contains 334a. 3r. 11p. about ½ of which is bog, the remainder is arable of good quality. The houses are very few in number and in bad repair. £4 County cess in included with that of Garrafine in page 33.
The townland lies in the S. West of this parish in the barony of Tiaquin bounded by Curskeagh Daly and Kinreask townlands in same barony, by Cave and Moyarwood in the barony of Kilconnel.
This is a list of townlands that share a border with Corskeagh Trench.
Corskeagh
Kinreask
Moyarwood
Census of Ireland (1821- 1911)
The first full population census of Ireland was taken in 1821 and the first four Irish censuses were arranged by county, barony, civil parish and townland.
1821: Only some fragments for small parts of county Galway survive. There are no records for Ballymacward.
1831: The only surviving records are from Counties Antrim and Derry.
1841: There are no surviving records for County Galway.
1861: Census records for 1861 and 1871 were deliberately destroyed by the government
1881: The records for 1881 and 1891 were pulped as waster paper during the shortages of World War I.
1901: Full Census records are available See below.
Overview of townland
There were 5 houses in total in this townland, all of which were built and are recorded as private dwellings. All houses had stone or brick walls, and 2 roofs of thatch, wood or other perishable material while the other 3 were slated. All dwellings were recorded as 2nd class. There was a total of 24 people living in the townland of which 9 were male and 15 were female. All were Roman Catholics. The heads of the households were also the landholders.
House 1: Boyle/Mullen
The head of the household was John Boyle a 49-year-old married and farmer who lived with his wife, Bridget (47) and their family. They had been married for 3 years and had 1 child who was still living. Their daughter was 2-year-old Mary Elizabeth and also in the house was John Boyle's mother-in-law, 82-year-old widow, Mary Mullen. She had been married for 50 years, had 8 children, 7 of whom were still living. They were all Roman Catholic, and came from County Galway. Only John and his wife read and write. There are no details of languages spoken recorded. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof was thatched. The census form was signed by John Boyle using his mark which was witnessed by Constable Kyne.
House 2: Kenny
The head of the household is recorded as Patrick Kenny, a 47-year-old married shepherd who lived with his wife, Mary Anne aged 37. They had been married for 10 years and had 6 children all still living. The family consisted of sons John (7) and Patrick (5) as well as daughters Mary Anne (9), Maggie (5), Ellen (2½) and 6 days old Bridget. The 2 eldest children are recorded as scholars who both could read and write as well as their parents. All were Roman Catholic and came from County Galway. There is no record of languages spoken in the household. Head of the family, Patrick could not read while wife Catherine was able to read and write. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 2 windows. The walls were made of stone or brick and the roof of slate.
House 3: Coakley/Kenny
The head of the family was 75-year-old widow Julia Coakley who could neither read nor write. She had been married for 50 years and had 3 children, 2 of whom were still alive. Also in the house was her grand-daughter, Margaret Kenny (16), a scholar who could read and write. Both were Roman Catholic and came from County Galway. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof was slated. Despite not being able to read and write, the census form was signed by Julia Coakley without her mark.
House 4: Kelly
This household was headed by 73-year-old widow, Anne Kelly. She had been married for 54 years and had 12 children with 3 still living. Also in the house was her son, John (42) a shepherd, her daughter-in-law Kate Kelly aged 40. They had been married for 12 years and had 5 children all still living. The children were grandsons James (9), Francis (3) and nine month old Michael as well as grand-daughters Mary (11) and 6-year-old Teresa. All occupants were Roman Catholic, came from County Galway and all could read and write with the exception of the three youngest children. Head of family, Anne Kelly spoke both Irish and English. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof thatched.
The head of the family was Margaret Kenny (74), a widow who could neither read nor write but spoke both Irish and English. She had been married for 45 years and had 3 children all still living. Also in the house was her son Michael (35) and unmarried agricultural labourer who could both read and write. Both were Roman Catholic and came from County Galway. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 2 rooms and 2 windows. The walls were made of stone or brick and the rood was thatched. The census for was signed by Margaret Kenny using her mark and was witnessed by Constable P. Kyne
There were 4 houses in total in this townland, all of which were built and are recorded as private dwellings. All houses had stone or brick walls, and 3 had roofs of thatch, wood or other perishable material while the other one was slated. All dwellings were recorded as 2nd class. There was a total of 14 people living in the townland of which 5 were male and 9 were female. All were Roman Catholics. The heads of the households were also the landholders except for house number 2 where Margaret Kenny was the head of household and the landowner was Richard Kelly.
House 1: Mullin
The head of the household was Patrick Mullin a 65-year-old married and farmer who lived with his wife, Mary (66) a housekeeper. They were both Roman Catholic and came from County Galway. Only Patrick was able to read and write and they both spoke English and Irish. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof was thatched.
The head of the household is recorded as Margaret Kenny, a 61-year-old widowed housekeeper who lived with her sons Patt (30), a married shepherd and Mick who was a 24-year-old unmarried farm labourer as well as daughter-in-law Marianne (25) an assistant housekeeper. All were Roman Catholic, came from County Galway and could read and write except for Margaret who is listed as not being able to read. She could, however, speak both English and Irish while the others spoke only English. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were made of stone or brick and the roof of slate. The landowner is listed as Richard Kelly.
The head of the family was 63-year-old married farmer William Coakley who lived with his wife Julia (50) and both could neither read nor write. Also in the house was their grand-daughter, Margaret Kenny (6), who could not read or write either. All three were Roman Catholic and came from County Galway and both William and Julia could speak English and Irish. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof was slated. The census form was signed by William Coakley using his mark which was witnessed by Sgt, Wilson.
This household was headed by 62-year-old widow, Anne Kelly who gave her occupation as farmer. Also in the house was her son, John (32) a herd, her daughter-in-law Catherine Kelly aged 30 a housekeeper and grand-daughter Mary aged 9 months. Also in the house was unmarried boarder Bridget Shallow aged 70. All occupants were Roman Catholic, came from County Galway and all could read and write with the exception of the child and Miss Shallow. Head of family, Anne Kelly and Bridget Shallow spoke both Irish and English. The house is described as a 2nd class private dwelling with 2 rooms and 3 windows. The walls were stone or brick and the roof thatched. Anne Kelly was also the landowner.
Coaklley (1)
Mullen (16)
Mullin (9)
Ballymacward
Alloon Lower
Alloon Upper
Alloonbaun
Annagh
Attiregan
Ballygreaney
Ballyvoneen
Baunogues
Caranna Lower or Carrownea Lower
Carrowholla
Carrownakelly
Carrownea
Carrownea Upper
Cloongowna
Corskeagh Daly
Creeraun
Creggaun
Garrafine
Garrafine (Trench) (Ffrench)
Garrafine (Ussher)
Garrymore
Glennamucka
Gortbrack
Gorteen
Gortnahultra
Lisgub (Ward)
Lisgub East
Lisgub West
Mountventure
Scarreth
Whitepark

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Thessaloniki to Become First Colorblind-friendly Destination in Greece
By : Eleftheria Pantziou
Tag: accessibile tourism, accessibility, c74174c, color blindness, ColorADD System, colorblind people, Greece tourism, Greek news, Greek tourism, l7686l, Miguel Neiva, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO), Tourism, tourism and travel, tourism and travel Greece, travel, Voula Patoulidou
Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Travel
Thessaloniki is set to become the first city in Greece to adopt the ColorADD system for people with color blindness, aiming to ensure equal access to tourism activities and everyday life for all its residents and visitors.
During a press conference that took place online on Tuesday, the President of the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO) Voula Patoulidou presented the benefits of the ColorADD system and announced the organization's plans to adopt the code in a number of tourism activities and applications.
"Greece will be the first city in Greece to 'open' the world of information to people with color blindness in collaboration with the Laboratory of Adapted Physical Activity, Developmental and Physical Disabilities of the Athens University and Portugal's ColorADD organization," she said during the press event.
According to Patoulidiou, TTO's executives and staff will be trained accordingly in order to be able to provide colorblind people with essential information on the city and its tourism offerings by using the ColorADD system.
Color blindness and the ColorADD system
Color blindness is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color, making everyday tasks and educational activities more difficult. However, people with total color blindness (achromatopsia) may also be uncomfortable in bright environments and have decreased visual acuity.
It is estimated that 350 million people around the world are colorblind.
Developed by graphic designer and Minho University professor Miguel Neiva, the ColorADD system is a universal code, based on three graphic symbols representing the three primary colors.
The ColorADD graphic symbols as presented by Miguel Neiva during TTO's press event.
Through the acquired knowledge of the "Color Addition Theory" taught in the early scholar years, the symbols can be related and the entire color pallet graphically identified. Black and white appear to indicate dark and light tones.
ColorADD has already been implemented in several areas such as clothing, textiles and shoes (labeling), pencils, textbooks, transport (subway maps), city administration , health (accessibility and pharmaceutical labeling), food retails (traffic light nutrition label) and many others.
Examples on the perception of colors by colorblind people provided by professor Miguel Neiva during TTO's press event – parking signs and the TTO logo.
In tourism, ColorADD is used in signage to facilitate people at transit points, sites of interest, hiking routes, beaches as well as in sports activities and many more.
During the press event, the system's inspirator Miguel Neiva said that ColorADD's partnership with TTO would enhance the tourism experience of colorblind people that wish to visit Thessaloniki.
"We are prepared to create a unique experience [for colorblind people] in this city of Greece [Thessaloniki] and offer solutions that will promote inclusion and better accessibility for all," he added.
According to TTO President Voula Patoulidou, the system will be initially used to make the organization's information material available to colorblind people. This will include city maps, digital tools and the Thessaloniki Travel website.
Eleftheria has worked for several financial newspapers, magazines and websites during the past 19 years. Between 2004 and 2014 she worked as a radio producer, reporter and presenter for the Greek and English language program of "Athina 9.84 FM". She also has hands-on experience in the MICE industry.
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Greece, San Marino Discuss Strengthening Tourism Cooperation
Miguel Neiva 24 March 2021 at 11:30 Reply
We are very proud of this partnership, especially because it is a sector where the importance of color is unquestionable… Nowadays, innovation is synonymous of inclusion, in this sense, we believe that – together – we can promote a more accessible and inclusive society and, why not… a better world for ALL!!!


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With my mum out of action for a couple of weeks (and a couple to go yet!) we've really been missing her cooking.
Even at the ripe old age of pushing-thirty, with an apartment, an other-half and as much independence as a girl might need, I can't quite shake the habit of dinner at "home" a couple of nights a week. Lunch too, most days, if I can help it.
We have been sharing the load, my dad, the Bean and I. Taking turns to cook and clean. Making the most of our visiting hours and finding excuses in all things to be the one sitting by her as she recovers.
But we still miss her cooking.
My favourite of all her no-fuss-weeknight-dinner dishes is a variation of this one. Or, should I say, this is a variation of hers.
Pork mince, eggs, seasoning and water. Mixed up and steamed. Packed with protein and flavour with hardly anything in it that your doctor would raise an eyebrow at.
So when I found myself wondering what to make for my second recipe, commissioned by the Australian Mushroom Growers for Mothers' Day, it isn't surprising that this was what I landed on. Mum's go-to dish, with added mushrooms (in both the solid and elixir form) and a handful of chopped coriander on top in my version.
I like to think it almost counts as a meat and veg in one that way.
We had dinner together last week, my dad, the Bean and I. The boys came along and we sat at the great dining table, our mother missing from her usual seat at the head.
His voice trails off, uncertain.
Soft and fluffy. Hearty and warming.
The slight heat of white pepper and the nuttiness of sesame oil.
A pool of pork juices at the bottom of the dish that escaped each time a scoop was taken out.
Seems a knack for comfort runs in the family.
Though I've provided exact measurements below, don't feel constricted by them at all. If you like your meals meatier, add a bit more pork… or less if you want a higher ratio of custard to floaty. Add a mixture of mushrooms or just the one kind. Throw a splash more soy sauce in for flavour.
The most important thing is to watch and wait. To check the steamer after 15 minutes or so, and then on and off again until the egg has reached a faintly wobbly but largely set consistency. I measured my times using both smaller bowl and a large, shallow one and ended up with a set product by the end of 15 minutes, but your steaming method and steamer basket may fit differently, so keep an eye on it and figure out the time that works best for you.
Or, like me, you could just get mum to make it. Mine's coming home tomorrow morning… I might see what she thinks of my version!
My mother cooked a version of this dish at least once a week when we were growing up. It was my favourite meal then and is still one of my ultimate comfort foods now. You'll need a steamer basket or trivet and a large pot for this recipe. I have made mine is shallow ceramic bowls, but glass or metal would work just as well.
Combine the minced pork, soy sauce, sesame oil, white pepper, finely diced shitake and mushroom elixir (if using) in a bowl. Make sure all of the seasoning is mixed well through the ground pork.
Crack four eggs into the bowl and mix well with the pork. I like to do this step with my hands to make sure everything is really well combined.
Add the water and stir together (still using your hands!), squeezing the pork so that it is in small bits and not in large chunks.
Scoop the mixture into shallow dishes. You want them to be wider than they are tall. Fill them up so that the mixture is only 2-3cm deep as a maximum.
Lay sliced shitake mushrooms across the top in a single layer. If you want to prepare this dish ahead of time, stop here, cover the dishes with cling film and pop them in the fridge until they're ready to be steamed.
Place your dishes in a steamer basket and steam over boiling water for at least 15 minutes. At this point, check to see if the egg is set by either sticking a spoon straight in, down to the bottom and pulling away to see if it is set the whole way down, or by shaking the dish - it should only have a very slight wobble.
Serve with rice, a tiny splash of sesame oil and some coriander.
The Australian Mushroom Growers are running a competition for Mother's Day on their website – head over to check out the Power of Mushrooms and get in the running to win one of five $500 prizes (all whilst learning a couple of interesting facts about our fungal friends).
Wow, just wow. I am not familiar with this technique at all but it looks and sounds amazing. I pinned it immediately!
One question – do you serve it with anything else? Greens? Rice? Or just on its own? Sorry for the ignorant question!
Hi Christie, you've got it in one. We ate this last night for dinner with a side of steamed greens (bok choy & broccolini) and some brown rice.
mmm this reminds me of my childhood! my mum used to bury salted egg yolks in it too and we'd sneakily dig around to find it hehe and glad to hear your mum is back at home 2moro!
Looks amazing and brings make childhood memories. Where do you get mushroom elixir?
Looking at your dish, I got flashbacks of my childhood days. Egg, mushroom and pork. I just love these! And having these 3 in one dish, makes me very glad.


After 45 years of Israeli occupation, the daily reality in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem (OPT), continues to deteriorate to the point where the two-state solution is almost inconceivable. The statistics below bear witness to the fact that Israel has no interest in meaningful negotiations. A non-violent and diplomatic way to protect Palestinian inalienable rights and to save the prospects of justice and peace is for Palestine to apply for membership in the most multilateral organization in the world, the United Nations.
Ahead of President Abbas' speech in the UN General Assembly, we have collected some of the key figures regarding Israeli occupation and colonization policies within the Occupied Palestinian Territory between the last UNGA General Debate and today. The status quo is clearly untenable.
…the Israeli settler population living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (OPT), grew by over 20,000 settlers. There are over half a million settlers living in the OPT today.
… Israel planned, in different stages (tendering, approvals), at least 11,096 housing units and hotel rooms for settlements in and around Occupied East Jerusalem. The new housing units, if approved, would house around 44,000 new Israeli settlers.
…991 separate incidents of terrorist acts by Israeli settlers living illegally in the OPT were recorded, including shootings, physical assaults, arson attacks, murder of livestock, and the destruction of property and vehicles. At least 60 of these attacks were against Christian and Muslim religious institutions.
…Israeli forces demolished approximately 510 Palestinian structures in Area C, displacing close to 770 Palestinians.
November 17: the Israeli authorities published tenders for 2,190 housing units in settlements in four different locations in the West Bank. Out of the new tenders, 40 are in Ma'ale Adumim, 277 in Ariel and 277 in Efrat.
November 27: the Israeli Ministry of Defense approved settlement construction plans for 238 housing units in Shilo settlement north east of Ramallah (aiming to separate Nablus from Ramallah).
December 12: the Israeli Ministry of Defense approved the establishment of a new, permanent settlement near Efrat in the Bethlehem area (aiming to separate Bethlehem from Hebron).
…the UN reported that a record number of Palestinians were displaced as a result of home demolitions in 2011. More than 1,000 Palestinians in the OPT (including East Jerusalem) lost their homes, double the number from the previous year and the highest number since 2005.
…Israel demolished 46 Palestinian rainwater-harvesting cisterns, preventing Palestinians from even collecting rainwater, and 25 Palestinian wells primarily used for agricultural and residential use. The situation did not change during 2012.
Since 2007, incidents of settler attacks against Palestinians have risen by an alarming 315%.
The UN reports that more than 250,000 Palestinians remain at risk of settler violence, 76,000 of whom are deemed to be at high risk.
Over the past four decades, the residency of 14,084 Palestinians has been revoked, directly impacting more than 20% of Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem. These residents are no longer permitted to live or work in their city. Of all the revocations that have been carried out from 1967 until today, about half have occurred since 2006.
The Israeli "Mayor" of the so-called "Jerusalem municipality" has proposed depriving Palestinian Jerusalemites east of the illegal wall of their Jerusalem IDs. If successful, this proposal would affect an estimated 80,000 of 361,000 Palestinians and would be the largest act of deportation and de-population of the City since the beginning of the occupation.
The Israeli military has destroyed over 3,300 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem since 1967.
Because of Israeli restrictions, at least 160,000 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem have no suitable or legal connection to water networks.
Israel continues to restrict Palestinians' basic right to worship freely. This includes barring most Palestinians from accessing the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound and allowing only West Bank residents above 40 years of age to enter East Jerusalem and access the compound. 77.4% of Palestinians in the OPT are under the age of 30.
At Easter, Israel's policies against Jerusalem are also prominent: While Christians from all over the world take part in Easter ceremonies in occupied East Jerusalem, many indigenous Palestinian Christians are prevented from worshipping in Jerusalem. Those who are granted access are forced to apply through a discriminatory permit regime, followed by humiliation at checkpoints on their way to worship.
Over 60% of the West Bank is considered Area C, where Israel retains extensive control, including over security, planning and zoning.
Water consumption dips to 20 liters/capita/day (l/c/d) in communities without water infrastructure, one fifth of the World Health Organization's recommendation.
Communities depending on tankered water pay up to 400% more for every liter than those connected to the water network.
The Jordan Valley makes up 28.5% of the West Bank and is home to almost 60,000 Palestinians. There are 37 Israeli settlements in the area, with a population of 9,500 settlers in contravention of international law. 94% of the land is effectively off limits to Palestinians.
Approximately 18% of the West Bank has been designated as a closed military zone for training, or "firing zone"; this is roughly the same amount of the West Bank under full Palestinian authority.
Over 3,000 demolition orders are outstanding throughout the OPT, including 18 targeting schools.
In 2010, the estimated total cost of occupation to the Palestinian economy was $6.9 billion, a staggering 84.9% of GDP.
70% of Palestinians are refugees most of whom have been waiting 64 years for the recognition and implementation of their rights.
There is ongoing construction in ALL settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Israel's actions make it patently clear that there is currently no prospect for meaningful negotiations. If the international community truly wants to resolve this conflict, then the culture of impunity granted to Israel must come to an end. The Palestinian application to the United Nations is an effort to legitimize Palestine in the international arena and is a way to salvage the two-state solution. Self-determination is our sovereign right; international recognition is the legal and moral responsibility of the international community. All those who endorse the two-state solution along the 1967 borders, and wish to see a meaningful and peaceful resolution to this conflict, should vote in favour of admitting Palestine at the United Nations.


SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a major victory for public health, a judge has ordered the California Department of Food and Agriculture to stop spraying toxic pesticides – including on schools, parks and lawns and near organic farms – until the agency complies with state environmental laws.
Superior Court Judge Timothy W. Frawley ruled against the agency, known as the CDFA, in a lawsuit brought by the Environmental Working Group, 10 other public interest organizations and the City of Berkeley.
The judge's injunction in EWG Plaintiffs v. CDFA applies to pesticides sprayed by the CDFA to control outbreaks of invasive plant pests. The Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program gave the CDFA broad license to spray 79 pesticides, including some known to cause cancer and birth defects, anywhere in the state. Spraying was allowed indefinitely, without analysis of the health and environmental impacts of the chemicals at the specific application sites, and/or public notice or scrutiny of treatment decisions. The amount of pesticides the CDFA sprayed since 2014 was not immediately available, but attorneys for the plaintiffs estimated that the CDFA sprayed about 400,000 pounds of pesticides from 2008 to 2013.
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The CDFA has a long history of working to downplay the risks pesticides pose to human health. In 2010, the agency gave a $180,000 grant to a chemical agriculture front group, the Alliance for Food and Farming, to attack EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in ProduceTM.
Chlorpyrifos, which is known to cause brain damage in children and to threaten 97 percent of endangered wildlife.
Neonicotinoid pesticides that are highly toxic to pollinators like bees, and aquatic invertebrates like crustaceans and mollusks.
The toxic fumigant methyl bromide, which depletes the protective ozone layer.
The chemical warfare agent chloropicrin, which causes genetic damage.
 EWG, City of Berkeley, Center for Food Safety, Pesticide Action Network North America, Beyond Pesticides, California Environmental Health Initiative, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, Safe Alternatives for Our Forest Environment, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Environmental Health, Californians for Pesticide Reform and Moms Advocating Sustainability. Attorneys for the plaintiffs were Arthur Friedman of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, and Hampton, and Jason Flanders of ATA Law Group.


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014: Expect the Unexpected
Posted October 8, 2019 December 31, 2018 in Categories Heroes, Medical, Podcasts, Technology2 Commentsby Randy Cassingham
In This Episode: Just how much impact one person can have by refusing to be stymied by those who don't have it. Because he did that, you might owe this guy your life.
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Much of my research on Dr. Blumberg is from a 2015 paper for the journal Astrobiology by Dr. Carl Pilcher, who was the Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute from 2006 to 2016.
There are several photos in the transcript, below.
I'd like to tell you another story of Uncommon Sense that shows just how much impact one person can have by refusing to be stymied by those who don't have it. The hero of this story is named Barry Blumberg, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1925. … And you may very well owe him your life.
Welcome to Uncommon Sense, I'm Randy Cassingham.
In college, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, who preferred to be called Barry, was interested in math and physics. But World War II interrupted his studies: he served in the U.S. Navy, eventually rising to be the captain of his own small amphibious ship. In the Navy, Blumberg learned responsibility, logistics and infrastructure, and planning — and not just planning but, it being wartime and all, always having a contingency plan ready too. Which came in handy: His motto: "Expect the unexpected," and indeed you can expect that what Blumberg did was quite unexpected.
After his discharge, he used his G.I. Bill benefits to attend Union College in Schenectady, where he graduated with honors in 1946. But he had learned that he wasn't quite suited for physics, so he moved on to Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1951. He stayed in New York to get through his internship and residency, during which time he went on medical research missions to Dutch Guiana (now known as Suriname), the Basque region of Spain, Nigeria, Greece, islands in the Pacific, Mexico, South America, and the American arctic.
Blumberg on a 1958 medical research expedition at an Inuit village in northern Alaska. (Photo: Fox Chase Cancer Center)
These experiences were giving him an idea. He was intrigued by "questions of diversity in relation to disease stimulated by my [internship] experiences at Bellevue [Hospital] and in the jungle hospital in Suriname," he wrote years later. "Of particular interest are inherited differences among individuals and populations that result in differential disease susceptibility," he continued, "because these can often be detected before the person is exposed to [a] disease hazard. It was this notion that became the driving force in our research. If we could precisely identify the susceptibility factors before a person became sick, then we might be able to intervene to prevent the illness. The idea of a disease-free life — or, to be more realistic, a life with less disease — might be possible."
This was decades before "preventative medicine" took the prominence it has today, so he's already a forward, outside-the-box thinker, one of the markers of Uncommon Sense.
To further his research ideas, Blumberg studied at Balliol College of Oxford University in England, and earned his Ph.D in biochemistry in 1957.
Dr. Blumberg had a lot of interests, as you might be starting to gather. He liked to think of himself as an explorer: his heroes included evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, Ernest Shackleton (the explorer of Antarctica), and Lewis and Clark, the leaders of the first American exploration of the west of the continent, an expedition commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. While at Balliol, Blumberg would trek into the English countryside just to see what he could find.
How did that apply to biochemistry? "He would gather huge amounts of data, with exuberant curiosity, in order to let some discovery surprise him," said one obituary. As a doctor, the way he did that was take blood samples from patients with all sorts of maladies, to study and see if he could see differences to explain, say, why some patients at Bellevue Hospital ended up with tuberculosis, and others …didn't, even though they were exposed to the disease.
Another of those diseases that struck different populations more than others was yellow jaundice, a liver disorder, and in 1964 Dr. Blumberg went to Australia to study that: it was common in the aboriginal people there. As usual he got blood samples, and found an unknown protein on the blood cells of an infected patient — an antigen. You might remember from Episode 8, The Man with the Golden Arm, that antigens stimulate the production of, or are recognized by, antibodies, and the antibodies "target" antigens. In fact, antigen is really a contraction which means "antibody generator" — anti-gen. And what really got his attention was, when the so-called "Australia Antigen" — the blood serum of that aborigine — was mixed with the blood of a hemophilia patient from New York City who had received a lot of blood transfusions, it reacted! That indicates an infectious origin, rather than an inherited one. He was on the cusp of a breakthrough.
By 1966, after a lot of research, Blumberg confirmed what the antigen was: a virus that was the immune-response trigger of hepatitis B, at the time one of the biggest killer diseases in the world — and much more so in some countries than others; remember he was fascinated as to why that would be so. It was a big deal to figure out what caused hep B: no one had found it before. In fact, at the time, doctors didn't even know hepatitis B was caused by a virus; some researchers had spent their entire careers trying to figure out how it was transmitted. They knew there were two types of "yellow jaundice," now known as hepatitis A and B, and they knew the latter had something to do with blood, or at least blood serum, but not a lot more. At the time, they didn't even know that hepatitis B led to liver cancer — and it does.
So why was it so important to find the cause of the disease? Well, because Dr. Blumberg's discovery enabled him and his research team to develop a test for hepatitis B. That would help curb the spread of the disease from, for instance, blood transfusions! In the U.S., it became required by law to test donated blood for hep B in 1972. So if you've had a blood transfusion since then, you probably owe him your life. Before then, all bets were off: my father in law had chronic hep B because of a blood transfusion in the 60s. Man, he missed it by that much!
And because it was so important, Dr. Blumberg wrote his findings up for a medical journal, the Annals of Internal Medicine — his first scientific publication. And the journal …rejected it. After all, what the heck did he know? He was just a biochemist, not a virologist! (I think maybe the journal's peer reviewers didn't have Uncommon Sense: they sure didn't "Expect the Unexpected"!)
I'd like to read you a section of a paper Dr. Carl Pilcher, who was the Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute from 2006 to 2016, wrote on Dr. Blumberg:
It was around this time that Barry read Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and realized that his team was on the cutting edge of a grand paradigm shift of the sort described by Kuhn. As Kuhn pointed out, the prevailing paradigm is not easily dislodged. As data accumulate that undermine the prevailing paradigm, its adherents resist. Only when the data become overwhelming, and a new paradigm is available to replace the old, does the scientific community swing quickly to a new way of thinking. This is what Kuhn termed a ''scientific revolution.'' So Barry and his team were not only explorers, they were revolutionaries as well. And although revolutions may erupt quickly, it generally takes a much longer time for the effects of a revolution to become the new normal. And so it would be for the effects of this new understanding of hepatitis.
But, grudgingly, over time the other researchers all had to admit that Blumberg was right, because they were able to replicate his findings. And Blumberg made it easy by supplying the reagents for testing: the antigens derived from the aborigine's blood serum. That sped up testing because researchers from all over the world could jump right on it.
But even more important, and this took some more time because the virus wouldn't grow well in laboratory conditions, by 1969 Blumberg and Dr. Irving Millman of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia developed a vaccine for hepatitis B. But again, their solution was rejected: virologists knew full well the virus couldn't be grown easily in a lab! But Blumberg and Millman had procured enough of the virus to produce a vaccine anyway — by harvesting it from the blood of patients who had the disease! It just wasn't done that way! But Blumberg wasn't held to "the prevailing paradigm" that he wasn't trained in! So he was able to really live by the motto, "Expect the Unexpected"! Sadly, it took six years — 1975 — for a pharmaceutical company to sign up to make the vaccine. Eventually, the virus was able to be grown in cells using recombinant DNA technology, which drove the cost way down, and hepatitis B vaccination became widespread by the 1980s, saving millions of lives every year. In fact, the vaccine is now so cheap that medical workers get it routinely to keep them from getting the disease from their patients. That's why I got it, as a volunteer medic. And it's all because Dr. Blumberg had his own way of doing research outside the prevailing paradigm.
So it probably won't surprise you to learn that Dr. Blumberg, a mere biochemist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1976.
1976: Dr. Blumberg is awarded the Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Which of course meant that Blumberg had his choice of professional offers. So where did he go? He was already a Professor of Medicine and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. But he went back to Balliol to become the first American to be the Master of the college since it opened in circa 1263! He was also the first scientist to be the Master there …not counting an Alchemist in the 14th century.
In 1989 he joined Stanford University's Program on Human Biology. And just down the road from Stanford is NASA's Ames Research Center. Dr. Blumberg went there for a workshop on Astrobiology — Ames just happens to be the NASA Center for that discipline. When NASA's Administrator Dan Goldin found Blumberg was fascinated by the field, which researches whether life can exist elsewhere in the universe in part by studying how it originated and evolved on Earth, Goldin recruited Blumberg as the Director of NASA's new Astrobiology Institute in 1999, where he studied so-called extremophiles, organisms that live in what we think of as hostile environments, such as hot volcanic vents deep in the ocean, or in the exceptional cold of a lake buried by a half-mile of ice in Antarctica. In fact, life thrives in both of those places. And by the way, if you do the math, Blumberg was 74 when he accepted the position.
All of which is a vindication of his Uncommon Sense. And that's to our benefit: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff, the scientific director of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, said, "I think it's fair to say that Barry prevented more cancer deaths than any person who's ever lived." Blumberg went into medicine in the first place, he said, because "There is, in Jewish thought, this idea that if you save a single life, you save the whole world." And for millions upon millions of people, he did.
Again, here's Dr. Carl Pilcher, the Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute from 2006 to 2016:
In many ways, Barry's career was exemplary of how science should be conducted and increasingly how it will have to be conducted in the future. Barry always worked across the traditional academic disciplines. He recognized that these disciplines were not inherent to nature but were created by academics to help organize knowledge and educate future scientists. While disciplinary education and thinking still has a role to play, it has become common for disciplinary distinctions to be a barrier to advancing knowledge rather than a conduit. [Emphasis from the original]
Or as Thomas Kuhn may have put it, Blumberg's thought process itself might be a scientific revolution.
Portrait of Director Blumberg by Tom Trower/NASA, 1999
Even after he stepped down as the founding Director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute in 2002, Dr. Blumberg stayed plenty busy. He served on the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of the Hepatitis B Foundation, which he had helped found. He served on the Library of Congress Scholars Council, and as the President of the American Philosophical Society. And he was a Distinguished Scientist at NASA's Lunar Science Institute, which is probably why, in April 2011, he delivered the keynote speech at the International Lunar Research Park Exploratory Workshop held at Ames. Shortly after he stepped off the stage, no doubt to a standing ovation, he died of a heart attack, at 89. But thanks to his amazing Uncommon Sense, Dr. Blumberg leaves a legacy that will continue for as long as humans exist.
You can comment on this episode, and see photos of Barry Blumberg, on the Show Page at thisistrue.com/podcast14
I'm Randy Cassingham … and I'll talk at you later.
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John, Atlanta
Thanks for this thoroughly enlightening report on Dr. Blumberg.
Wow… It's always wonderful to realize what you don't know about what you don't know! This is why, at 76 going on 38, I love learning and always have.
Learning exercises your mind. I want to learn something every day. -rc
Deborah, Orlando
Absolutely fascinating man and you have told his story beautifully. Thank you for these looks at extraordinary individuals who have shaped our world — for the better.


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Discussion in 'Freeview & YouView' started by muppetmick, May 14, 2004.
over the rainbow-way up high!
I was in Spain earlier this week and noticed in the hypermarket in Almerimar that they were selling Freeview boxes for 99 euros.On one side it had a list of certain Spanish channels and on the other side a complete list of the UK Freeview channels!
Question is: Can I use one of my existing OnDigital boxes whilst in Spain and does anyone have any idea what channels I could pick up?
Most Ondigital boxes will work ok on other European DTTV (Digital Terrestrial TV) transmissions.
Some older ones may not because the UK system uses 2048 carrier COFDM modulation whereas the full DVB-T standard uses 8192 carriers.
The early UK boxes were the first out there and some earlier tuner chipsets could only handle 2048 carrires - they hadn't got around to making the early chips work at 8192 carriers.
So YMMV if you have an older chipset in your OnD box.
If you have its handbook, the specifications should tell you if it can handle full DVB-T at 8192 carriers.
Will either of these be of any use in Spain?


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BEAR HOTEL, DAVENTRY
If you know the anybody in this photograph then please contact me at :-
clarkealanj@myway.com
UPDATE Jan 2010
Thanks to David Cochran who has found an entry for this building in an old trade directory.
"I found a Bear Hotel listed at 68, High Street, Daventry, being run by a Mrs Payne.
I checked on further and found that during the First World War it must have changed hands,
as a Mr Benjamin and Mrs.Emily Elizabeth Elliman owned the hotel.
There was a reference to this family in the Daventry Role of Honour sight which showed that a son, Percy James, had died in 1919, and was buried in Belgium.
I trust this information, if you have not been told it, will be of interest to you. I am pretty sure it is correct as the building next to the Bear Hotel is numbered 70."
UPDATE Feb 2011
Thanks to Helen Atton for the following :-
"My relative Clara Payne (nee Ashwell) was the "licenced victualler" there in the 1901 census,
but Emily Elizabeth Elleman (nee Payne) was also living there too: she is Clara Payne's daughter!
Clara's father William Ashwell was a baker and beer retailer living in Abbey street and there were several other
licenced premises in the wider family including the Lion and Lamb in High Street."


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Givers of Death
By Richard Schertzer | November 30, 2022
Givers of Death introduces audiences to a pandemic and several surprises. Writer, director and star Addison Henderson lends his talents as a giver of death, so to speak. Henderson plays a mysterious hire-hand named Phog who is surviving in a world where a virus has wiped out 2/3s of the people. The deadly virus seems to peel off people's flesh and skin.
If that wasn't gross enough, some dude like Phog gets paid to exterminate the infected (usually by the infected themselves). Without giving too much away, it is heavily implied that Phog lost his family to the viscous, skin-eating pandemic. This has caused the hitman to have a set of issues. But what compelling character doesn't have an array of misfortunes and problems that haunt them?
Now let's get into the nitty-gritty of what works, or doesn't, about Givers of Death. For the most part, the sci-fi thriller has a lot to be proud of. It has plenty of heart and emotional resonance that compliments the actors' performances. The city's landscape, always encased in an always-overcast sky, is often viewed as a dark and dismal component, similar to The Walking Dead.
"…Phog gets paid to exterminate the infected…"
The visual style is something that needs to be revered and studied by future filmmakers hoping to create a neo-horror apocalyptic film. The sleek and bleak background foreshadows a certain doom and chaos that surrounds each character from the very beginning. The foggy haze of disbelief and gloom never seems to lift. There are enough full-throttle thrills and surprises to keep the audience on edge. But Henderson includes a touch of heart to be found within his creation's macabre core.
That isn't to say that Givers of Death is bereft of any faults during its runtime. The story starts out pretty well but fails to keep audiences enraptured in the final act. It's almost like it built itself up, only to be torn down at the eleventh hour. This could have been easily fixed with some better writing and a more clever device for the characters towards the end. I'll leave audiences to ponder what they thought of the misshapen ending, but without spoiling anything, certainly, I was not too fond of it.
Givers of Death is almost like something out of a Zdzislaw Beksinski painting. I would have been happy to pay the necessary twelve dollars for a movie ticket to experience the visuals and the performances. Yes, I'd pay, even if it means falling asleep during the last scene. The actors do a remarkable job with the work that they are given. It's no easy feat working on planned sets, in the heat or cold, with, possibly, some prosthetic makeup plastered onto your face for the duration of the shoot. However, I'm still a little saddened because the film could have been so much better.
Givers of Death (2022)
Directed and Written: Addison Henderson
Starring: Addison Henderson, J.J. Alfieri, Jonathan Sterritt, etc.
"…The visual style is something that needs to be revered and studied by future filmmakers..."
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Director Rodrigo Bellot's Blood-Red Ox is either an unnerving psychological thriller or an experimental supernatural horror film, depending on your...
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When it comes to potty training, the minute your toddler decides they are ready to ditch the diapers, it's all hands on deck. Experts agree that even though your kiddo may be officially out of diapers in a matter of days, the actual potty training process takes several months of commitment. And no mama wants to take a step back for any reason- school, activities, holidays and least of all travel.
1. Make a list – and check it twice.
Get your toddler excited for your upcoming trip by packing a bag together, including their favorite potty training items. I'd suggest Pull-Ups Training Pants, a spare pair of pants and socks, a travel pack of Pull-Ups Flushable Wipes, a re-sealable zip-top plastic bag that's big enough for wet clothing, and any "must-have" potty props, such as a special potty book or sticker chart.
Even if your little one has reached potty training success and is wearing real underwear, it's okay to use Pull-Ups while traveling. They can really come in handy during lengthy car rides, plane trips or any situation that calls for a little extra security and convenience. Yes, consistency is important during potty training, but so is your sanity – especially during the holidays. Aim to return to the regular program once you return from a trip.
3. Dress your travelin' toddler in easily removable clothing.
We know grandma loves to see her grandson in those adorable overalls, and your daughter loves her special holiday tights, but limit these clothes while you're on the road. You'll thank me when you're in a roadside bathroom and can rush to the potty quickly and easily to make it back on the road in no time. There's a reason Santa wears big loose pants!
4. Schedule frequent breaks for potty visits and checks on their Pull-Ups.
This actually has double the benefits since yes, your toddler will need a potty break — but they'll also need some fresh air and an opportunity to stretch those little legs. Plan these stops ahead of time if you can, and you can go on a "potty-seek-and-find" adventure at every stop. Let them know you're sticking to the normal routine, and just adding in some exciting new steps. Give yourself plenty of time so you're not dashing through the snow, or worried about travel delays.
5. Continue your reward system.
Whether your child is a sticker chart fanatic or can't get enough jelly beans, your trip doesn't need to impact the incentives that work for them. You could even consider introducing a special travel-only reward for added fun. Small candy canes or chocolate gelt work perfectly this time of year.
To make potty training even more special for your little ones, Pull-Ups has just released new designs that will feature your kids beloved Disney characters. Boys will love the new Lion Guard design, and your young ladies can now wear their favorite Whisker Haven friends (Hearts, Hooves, Paws!). The new designs still offer the same great protection that is ideal for potty training, and they still look and feel like underwear, perfect for your learning kiddos. They are easy to pull on and off, especially in those urgent potty moments!
Pull-Ups now also come in a brand new box, complete with a fun activity inside! Grab your crayons and let your kids have at it, as this creative new packaging is perfect for your box-loving, arteests. It's like a giant coloring book inside! We already know kids love boxes, and they'll love these even more.
When it comes time to start the journey of potty training with your little one, Pull-Ups Training pants are your perfect partner. Not only do they offer the peace of mind and protection that every parent wants, but they make the process of training exciting with their unique designs by Disney. This holiday, don't be afraid to both start and continue potty training with your little ones. You can do it!
Dr. Heather Wittenberg is a licensed child psychologist specializing in the development of babies and toddlers. She is the author of Let's Get This Potty Started! and a proud Pull-Ups brand partner. She lives in Hawaii with her husband and four children, all of them, thank heavens, now potty trained. You can learn more about Dr. Heather at BabyShrink.com.


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Bahrain National Holding – the parent company of Bahrain National Insurance and Bahrain National Life Assurance – held its Annual Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of shareholders at the Gulf Hotel on 21st March 2017. Mr. Farooq Almoayyed, Chairman of the Group, headed the meeting which was attended by its shareholders, regulatory authority, key government bodies' representatives and media.
At the meeting the shareholders approved, BNH's 2016 results. BNH registered a net profit of BD 3.9 million for the year 2017.
In view of the Group's continued profitable operations and taking into consideration future requirements, the Board recommended a cash dividend of 20% on paid-up capital.
Farooq Yusuf Almoayyed, Abdulhusain Khalil Dawani, Jehad Yusuf Amin, Abdulrahman Mohamed Juma, Ghassan Qassim Fakhroo, Ali Hassan Mahmood, Ayad Saad Khalifa Algosaibi, Talal Fuad Kanoo, Sami Mohamed Sharif Zainal & Redha Faraj.
After the Annual General Meeting, the new Board of Directors held its first meeting in which they have appointed Mr. Farooq Yusuf Almoayyed as the Chairman and Mr. Abdulhusain Khalil Dawani as the Vice Chairman of the Board.


David and Jasmine at the Vineyard in the early 1990s.
To craft the 2017 Family Blend, we selected three of our most delicious and happiness-inducing barrels from the 2017 vintage. Our goal was to create a wine with the drinkability and lustiness of our Bohan Dillon Pinot, but with heightened concentration and complexity.
We have only made this wine once before, in 2008. In that year, David and Jasmine Hirsch selected six of the very best barrels. This year they chose just three barrels.
One third of the 2017 Family Blend comes from Block 8, arguably the finest single block at Hirsch. It imparts power and lusciousness to the wine. Blocks 6 and 7 (which together form the heart of our West Ridge Pinot Noir) make up another third of the blend. They contribute grace, complexity and high-toned aromatics. Lastly, two of our younger vine parcels, Blocks 16 and 23, give energy and intensity.
The result is a wine that combines hedonism with gravitas. While the Family Blend can certainly age, there is tremendous pleasure to be found in the youthful fruit of this wine, so we recommend trying a bottle soon. Do give it 30 minutes of air before drinking.
We believe this limited selection, available only to our top list members, will give you great satisfaction at a very reasonable price.
A note on the label: The label is a sketch of David Hirsch, in one of his favorite Hawaiian shirts, enjoying a glass of Hirsch Pinot Noir after a long day in the vineyard. This picture is an encapsulation of David's character: thoughtful and hard-working, yet ever open to the pleasures of a great bottle of wine.


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Varanasi Travel Guide
About Varanasi
Varanasi, also known as Kashi, Benaras or Banaras, is a magical city in its own way. Located on the banks of the holy Ganges River, Varanasi is considered as the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. Yet, when a traveller sets foot in Varanasi, this spectacularly colourful city can feel overwhelming with all its sights, smell and sounds. Infused with spirituality, travellers can walk around in the labyrinth of alleyways. These alleyways are lined with everything from houses to heritage monuments to temples and shops too. Strolling through the ghats or catching a sunrise from a boat, there is no shortage of experiences in Varanasi. Each of the Ghats in Varanasi is marked by a lingam and has its own special place in the geography of the city. Witnessing the beauty of the Ganga Aarti on the ghats is an ethereal experience in itself. The spiritual calm along with the chaotic reality can put any traveller in awe of Varanasi.
Varanasi Tourism: City Details
Dial Code
1,198,491 (as of 2011)
112.10 sq km
Languages Spoken in Varanasi
The official language of Varanasi is Hindi. However, given the high number of tourists that visit the city every year, English is also spoken and understood in tourist hot spots in Varanasi.
Best Time to Visit Varanasi
November to February is the best time to visit Varanasi. However, travellers should avoid the summer months as the mercury can peak during this time of the year.
The seasonal breakdown is as follows:
Summers in Varanasi
Summers in Varanasi starts from March until June. The months of April and May are the hottest with mercury levels rising as high as 45 degrees.
Monsoons in Varanasi
The months of July to September is when the rains hit the city. The downpour should generally be avoided as the river banks get a little challenging to tread through.
Winters in Varanasi
The best time to visit Varanasi is when the temperature dips to 5 degrees minimum and rises only to a maximum of 15 degrees. This happens in the winter months of November until February. This is the ideal time to take a stroll in the alleyways or go sightseeing in the city.
Festivals or Events of Varanasi
Many festivals are celebrated in Varanasi with great joy and pomp. Varanasi Tourism is immensely dependant upon these festivals which is also the time when tourists frequent the city in large numbers. Mahashivratri, Holi and Diwali are the three prominent festivals during which Varanasi is worth a visit. Other than these, Ramlila, Ganga Mahotsav, Buddha Mahotsav, Chhath Puja are a few other festivals that are celebrated here.
Places to See in Varanasi
Many famous places in Varanasi are worth a visit. These locations are touted as the best tourist places for sightseeing in Varanasi.
Dashashwamedh Ghat
The Dashashwamedh ghat is considered as one of the best places to visit in Varanasi for its Ganga Aarti in the evenings. Witnessing this aarti give one a transcending spiritual experience.
Assi Ghat
This is where the pilgrims pay homage to Lord Shiva in this holy city. They worship a lingam situated right below a peepal tree.
Panchganga Ghat
The Panchganga Ghat is where there is a confluence of 5 rivers, Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Dhutpapa and Kirana.
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most-visited Shiva temples in India. It is believed that the King of Kashi used to visit this temple on Mahashivratri. Situated on the banks of the Ganga river, this temple witnesses around 3000 devotees daily.
Tulsi Manas Temple
Tulsi Manas Temple is where the poet-saint Tulsi Das wrote the Ram Charit Manas. The temple walls have the engravings of the verses from the epic. This temple is also, where the locals perform the Ram Lila.
Experience Culture and Spirituality
Travellers can take a holy dip in the Ganges and get a sense of salvation. A morning boat ride in the Ganges River is a must as it gives a serene view of the sunrise. Banarsi Holi and Diwali are popular experiences among tourists.
Street Food Trail
The true essence of any city lies in its lip-smacking street food stalls. A visit to this holy city is incomplete without a taste of its street food. The famous delicacies that are a must-try are Kachori, Tamatar Chaat, Dum Aloo, Banarsi Kalakand, Rabri, Bati Chokha and Thandai. Banarsi Thandai is famous across the whole country for its sweet taste and celebratory spirit.
Shopping Fiesta
Banarsi silk sarees are world-renowned. Gulab Minakari is an art native to Varanasi. Travellers can by souvenirs such as birds or elephant models decorated in Gulab Minakari and use them for home decor.
Airports in Varanasi
The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is the nearest airport for entering the city of Varanasi. It is located at 18 km from the main city of Varanasi and is equipped with all the necessities to make travel easy for passengers.
Varanasi Airport Address
Airport Name: Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport,
Address:Varanasi District, Shahganj, Babatpur, Uttar Pradesh 221006, Airport code:VNS
Other Travel Destinations
Aizawl Kolkata Lucknow Bhubaneshwar
Guwahati Patna Ranchi Bagdogra
Top Flight Routes from Varanasi
Varanasi to Mumbai Flights Varanasi to Delhi Flights Varanasi to Ahmedabad Flights
Varanasi to Goa Flights Varanasi to Bangalore Flights


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July 9, 2020 12:00AM EDT | Dispatches
US Nursing Home Residents Should Know Their Rights
New Easy-to-Read Guide for Residents and Families
Bethany Brown
Researcher, Rights of Older People
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on people living in nursing facilities. More than 50,000 residents of nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities in the United States have died from Covid-19. In March, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the regulator for over 15,000 nursing homes in the US, announced a "no visitors" policy for all facilities across the country.
That blanket ban cut off over 1.5 million older residents from family and friends, and had only limited exceptions for end-of-life visits. While some limits on visitors are reasonable to protect residents and workers from the virus, the ban fails to account for the serious risks posed by social isolation. CMS has recommended phased plans to states to begin allowing limited visitation, but most facilities remain locked down.
Know Your Rights: An Easy-to-Read Guide
A guide about rights for people in nursing homes and their families.
Read the Guide Here
Beyond the health risks, social isolation increases the risk of poor treatment, such as overmedication. A 2018 Human Rights Watch report on older people, mostly with dementia, living in US nursing facilities found that people on their own, without family or friends visiting or communicating with the facility staff, and who have language barriers or disabilities that make communication between them and others difficult, are particularly at risk. People described how overmedication caused hallucinations and excessive sleeping, and how they were sometimes given drugs without their consent or knowledge.
It does not have to be this way. Older people with dementia have a right to receive support for their dementia and to consent to or refuse medication.
Today, Human Rights Watch released a guide about US nursing facility residents' rights concerning medication in easy-to-read formats, available as an electronic or print leaflet and as a video. This guide aims to fill an important gap, supporting older people in knowing and claiming their rights. It highlights some of the resources available to people living in nursing facilities, such as long-term care ombudsperson programs that advocate for individual residents' rights.
Human Rights Watch produces easy-to-read products to make its research more accessible to people with disabilities, including dementia, and to others with difficulties reading long and complex texts.
Under the US government's current restrictions on nursing home visitors, it is even more important that older people with dementia have every opportunity to advocate for themselves. People do not check their rights at the door when they check into a nursing facility, and should get resources that can support them, and their families and friends, to know and claim their rights.
Rights of Older People
June 15, 2020 News Release
US: Ensure Oversight, Not Immunity, for Nursing Homes
April 8, 2020 Commentary
Blanket Visitor Ban under COVID-19 Will do More Harm Than Good
November 29, 2018 Report
It Should Not Happen
Alabama's Failure to Prevent Cervical Cancer Death in the Black Belt
February 5, 2018 Report
"They Want Docile"
How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia


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HomeSolarCardiff University project to meet energy challenges of the future
Cardiff University project to meet energy challenges of the future
March 17, 2016 admin Solar 0
The five-year EU-backed project was announced by Welsh Government Finance Minister Jane Hutt AM during a visit to the University.
The project, entitled FLEXIS, will bring together world-leading expertise from Welsh universities to tackle some of the most pressing issues currently facing society, such as climate change, rising energy prices and fuel poverty, says the University.
The FLEXIS project, which also includes Swansea University and the University of South Wales, will set out to meet the diverse, complex and inter-dependent challenges that arise when new sources of energy are integrated into the grid by suppliers.
The challenges are varied and include: accommodating power supply from multiple, somewhat random, places; storing energy when it is not needed; coping with extreme flows of energy into the system; accommodating an ailing infrastructure; and making sure all challenges are met in a socially acceptable, affordable way.
As part of the project a demonstration site will be established to act as a test bed for new ideas and to show new technology and energy solutions being developed.
Leading researchers from the UK and Europe will be recruited to Welsh universities as part of the project, helping to strengthen Wales' position as a leader in research and innovation within the energy industry.
The project aims to pave the way for the development of new technologies and job creation in the energy sector, and attract new companies to locate themselves in Wales.
By 2020, over £20 million of additional competitive research income is expected to be secured in Wales as a result.
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University, said: "By bringing together expertise from across Cardiff University and the rest of South Wales, FLEXIS will establish Wales as a pioneer in energy systems and deliver significant benefits to the nation as a whole, attracting new businesses, creating jobs and training the research engineers of the future.
"This significant amount of EU funding is yet another example of how financial support from Europe is helping to propel the fundamental research that is being performed here in Wales."
Researchers crack 50-year-old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer
Energy Department Announces $3 Million for Industry Access to High Performance Computing


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NM Radiation Leak Located
Apr 21, 2014 | Government
Two months after radiation leaked from the federal government's half-mile deep nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico, officials think they found the area of contamination, and they may soon find the cause.
Tammy Reynolds, the U.S. Department of Energy's deputy recovery manager, told a community meeting in Carlsbad they need to do more trips into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to further investigate the accident.
EPA Monitoring Air after Radiation Leak
NM Nuke Fire Preventable: Report
More NM Workers Positive for Radiation
More Radioactive Waste Leaking in WA
Crews on their fourth trip into the mine on Wednesday made it into the only active waste storage area and found contamination, Reynolds said. The deeper they went into the area, the more widespread the contamination, she said.
The crews had to retreat before identifying the possible source because they had been underground for five hours in protective gear that retains heat and the batteries on their respiratory equipment were running low.
Waste at the plant ends up stored in panels, which are a series of rooms cut out of underground salt beds. Five of those panels are full and remain sealed. Panel 6 is full but not yet sealed. Panel 7 is the current active storage area. Crews made it to both Panels 6 and 7, and they found the contamination in Panel 7, Reynolds said.
"It doesn't seem to us that the contamination came from Panel 6, that the source came from Panel 7," she said.
The next step is for crews, and possibly robots, to go back down to see if they can identify what caused the leak. Among the potential scenarios: A roof collapse that damaged waste-storage containers or a puncture of a container by a forklift.
The plant closed down in mid-February, when the leak sent low levels of radiation into the air and contaminated 21 workers.
That happened nine days after a truck hauling salt underground caught fire on Feb. 5. A series of safety shortcomings ended up cited by a team that investigated the truck fire. It's unclear if there is a relationship between the two incidents.
The dump is the federal government's only permanent repository for waste from decades of nuclear-bomb building.


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Артуро Бонет Польедо (; годы жизни неизвестны) — испанский шахматист.

Двукратный бронзовый призер чемпионатов Астурии (1952 и 1955 гг.).

Участник ряда международных соревнований, проводившихся на территории Испании в 1940—1950-х гг.

В составе сборной Испании участник шахматного турнира рабочей олимпиады 1936 года в Барселоне.

В историю шахмат вошёл благодаря победе над действующим чемпионом мира А. А. Алехиным (1945; во 2-м туре турнира в Хихоне). Эта победа ввела Бонета в число членов символического клуба им. М. И. Чигорина под номером 30.

Спортивные результаты

Примечания

Ссылки

 Партии А. Бонета в базе Chessgames
 Личная карточка А. Бонета на сайте 365Chess (партия с Алехиным из сеанса 1923 г.)
 Личная карточка А. Бонета на сайте 365Chess (другая: партии ошибочно приписаны кубинскому шахматисту Ариэлю Бонету)

Шахматисты Испании
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Q: BizTalk, TestableReceivePipeline and FileAdapter I want to test a pipeline which includes a custom component using properties in the message property bag, which at runtime the File Adapter creates. How do I inject those properties in a unit test ?

A: I think starting BizTalk Server 2009 there's already a build support for Visual Studio to generate test artifacts for BizTalk Server pipelines.
See this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd792682%28v=bts.10%29.aspx
Also here a very good blog which the author has summarized several way of testing BizTalk Server Artifacts. http://santoshbenjamin.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/biztalk-testing-and-mocks/
Personally, As mentioned by hugh above I'm also using the Tomas Restrepo's pipeline testing framework combined with Moq mocking framework, it has given me an advantage of a more stable and more fluent way of testing Biztalk applications.
Another advantage of http://winterdom.com/2007/08/pipelinetesting11released is if you're using BizUnit for your Unit or Integration testing then it is already supported.
Hope this helps

A: Sounds like you need to use Tomas Restrepo's pipeline testing framework:
http://winterdom.com/2007/08/pipelinetesting11released

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Today's Mortgage Rates & Trends - September 21, 2022: Rates keep rising
30-year average keeps climbing, again setting a new 14-year high
Mortgage rates jumped for a third consecutive day Tuesday, with the 30-year average adding more than a quarter of a point since Thursday to surpass 6.65%, and notching yet another new 14-year high.
Rates on 30-year mortgages extended their pattern of the last three days, adding yet another nine basis points Tuesday to raise the already elevated flagship average to 6.66%. It has now moved up almost half a percentage point over the past eight days, and is once again sitting at its most expensive level since October 2008.
Fifteen-year rates climbed even more Tuesday, tacking on 11 basis points. Now at 5.92%, the 15-year average has again risen to a new 14-year high as well.
Jumbo 30-year rates meanwhile held steady for a second day Tuesday, but that was after spiking an eighth of a percentage point Friday. The current average of 5.64% is the highest level seen since February 2011.
Refinancing rates moved somewhat similarly Tuesday to their new purchase counterparts, with the 30-year refi average rising 14 basis points, 15-year refi rates moving up four points, and the Jumbo 30-year refi average again remaining flat. The cost to refinance with a fixed-rate loan is currently one to 35 points more expensive than new purchase loans.
After a major rate dip last summer, mortgage rates skyrocketed in the first half of 2022, with the 30-year average peaking in mid-June almost 3.5 percentage points above its August 2021 low of 2.89%. September has seen a new spike, however, with the current 30-year average sitting 28 basis points above June's high.
Terminal Federal Funds Rate: What It Is and Why It's Important
The terminal federal funds rate is the final interest rate that the Federal Reserve sets as its target for the federal funds rate.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC): What It Is and Does
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the branch of the Federal Reserve System that determines the direction of monetary policy.
What Is a Payday Loan? How It Works, How to Get One, and Legality
A payday loan is a type of short-term borrowing where a lender will extend high-interest credit based on your income.