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This April 1,000 young entrepreneurs will pack a chartered cruise ship in Miami for a three-day, invite-only conference featuring Richard Branson, Peter Thiel, Russell Simmons and loads of other name-drop-worthy guests. Activities between the lectures and workshops: yoga, shark tagging, survival courses, jam sessions with the Roots and lots of booze.
This is not your father's Davos conference. The $3,500-a-person cruise, called rather grandly the Summit at Sea, is the newest and most ambitious event thrown by a group of guys all in their mid-20s. Their company, Summit Series, has managed in less than three years to put together a handful of conferences that attract thousands of young, influential attendees and star panels of billionaires (Ted Turner), philanthropists (Wendy Kopp) and disrupters (Craig Newmark).
"We're putting everyone in a blender and mashing it up," says Elliott Bisnow, cofounder and self-described schmoozer. Past Summit Series planted the seeds for multimedia search engine Qwiki (which got an $8 million investment, led by Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin), connected Sean Parker with music site Spotify and introduced business owners to philanthropists, spurring $2 million in donations.
Summit Series began as a 19-person ski trip at Utah's Alta resort in April 2008. Bisnow had left the University of Wisconsin to cofound a newsletter company with his dad, Mark. Looking for advice on problems like marketing and staffing, Bisnow arranged a trip to Alta to entice such young entrepreneurs as Blake Mycoskie of Toms Shoes and Ben Lerer of Thrillist. Bisnow put the $30,000 cost on his credit card. He got sponsorship money from Jones Lang Lasalle and Valhalla Partners, so he lost only $8,000. His friends thought he was crazy; Bisnow thought it was a smashing success. He set out to plan a bigger event.
Seven months later Bisnow and friend Brett Leve (the pair later added pals Jeffery Rosenthal and Jeremy Schwartz to the team) threw a second meeting, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with 65 attendees. It cost $100,000, and even with sponsors like
Using its White House credibility, Summit next held a 135-person event in Aspen in April 2009, a Clinton Foundation summit in New York that July (at Russell Simmons' home) and a Miami meeting in November. In May 2010 Summit Series hosted a 500-person event in D.C. with guests such as Bill Clinton, Mark Cuban and David Rubenstein (all unpaid).
As the guest lists have grown, revenue now hangs largely on ticket sales (leading some to suspect the handpicked selection process has become less picky). Summit Series is shy about revenue and profit figures.
Employees, now 20 people strong, live a nomadic life--hopping from, say, New York to Tel Aviv to Nicaragua every six months. Their current base is a 12-bedroom compound, complete with yoga coach, in Miami's South Beach. "It's a capitalist commune kibbutz," says Bisnow.


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In addition to the main photo archive a number of the forum members have their own photo sites with more specialised info. Here are links to some of those sites.
Please note the links below are now also available in a slightly more user-friendly interface via the menu on the left.
Here's the photos as they stand - If you're a forum member and would like your photo site added here or would like a photo site of your own please contact forum members LD50 or ChrisS.
VW Syncro main photo archive
General photos, SSP guides, event photos and misc VW stuff. Also includes a fair few Golf Country photos.
VWSyncro.co.uk members' cars photo archive
General photos of members cars in various stages of development & dissection.
ChrisS' photos
Lots of useful reference photos, especially focussed on gearboxes and converting 16v blocks for use in a syncro, webers etc and of course pics of his rather tasty LHD syncro golf.
Les Burt's photos
*Very* extensive and detailed photo selection, mostly passat based but also of much use to Golfs etc too. I've not actually ever seen any intact cars on that site though lol ;-)
LD50's photos
Lots of photos of engines in bits, and Jade green mk2s in various states of undress partiucularly focussed on KR and KR/PG bits and of course shedloads of pics of any progress my RHD syncro golf 16v has made. The full documented history of my Syncro can be found here.


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When the frames in a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) animation have too short of a display time, the already brief animation sequence will be difficult to follow. If you happen to use GIMP to edit your photo files, you can also use it to fix the looping blur of images contained in your GIF file. With the help of GIMP's layer features, you can slow down your animate GIF to any speed you'd like.
Launch GIMP and click on the "File" heading. Select the "Open" option from the "File" menu to load your GIF file into GIMP.
Click the "Open the Layers Dialog" tab in the floating "Layers" window (see Tips). Each of your GIF's frames will be displayed in the "Layers" window, with the duration of each frame displayed in parentheses. You'll need to increase the display speed of each frame to slow down the entire animation sequence.
Right-click on the first frame, then select the "Edit Layer Attributes" option from the pop-up menu that appears. The selected frame's name and duration will appear in the "Layer Attributes" menu's "Layer Name" field.
Edit the value inside of the parentheses, in the "Layer Name" field, to specify a higher display time for the selected frame. Click "OK."
Edit the duration of the rest of your GIF's frames by visiting the "Layer Attributes" for each frame. Right-click on a frame, then click "Edit Layer Attributes." You can also opt to edit a group of frames if you only want to slow down a portion of your GIF.
Click on GIMP's "File" heading, then select the "Save" option to store your GIF's changes.
Most recent
- If don't have the "Layers" window, you can re-enable it. Click on the "Windows" heading. Highlight the "Recently Closed Docks" heading in the "Windows" menu, then click on the "Layers" option.


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Garcinia Cambogia – Easy way to get it
Garcinia cambogia concentrate is quickly turning into a prominent fixing in many weight reduction items. Many reports have been going to intense options that it will bolster a few people to get in shape. Be that as it may, as related reviews, the proof is not indisputable. In spite of this it is been specified in a few weight reduction supplements just like a dynamic part to lose weight. Garcinia cambogia has a place with the corrosive family like lemons and oranges. It is somewhat tropical organic product that is too terrible to eat however the skin is utilized like a flavor in Indian cooking. It is nearby to Africa and India. The fixing for the most part affirmed for weight lessening in this organic product is its concentrate, hydroxycitric corrosive.
Hydroxycitric corrosive (HCA) dissimilar to caffeine is not a stimulant. Neither might it be able to be a craving suppressant, both that works altogether on the operational hubs of the mind. Both hunger suppressants and stimulants may have undesirable negative impacts, including bringing on nourishment gorges at whatever time you quit taking them. Rather, the necessity for vitality of your body fulfills and expands the flagging framework that the body uses to impart to the mind when it has eaten enough. In overweight individuals this answer is habitually postponed, making them keep on eating over garcinia cambogia and weight loss.
HCA seems to work best for the individuals who indulge in the event that they focused or are anxious, as it will give precisely the same impact that they get from sustenance. For the most part that you do not have to eat particular sustenances when you are getting HCA and you can locate no 'prohibited nourishments'. Select very much adjusted dinners and you should find that you get thinner and fat gradually yet persistently without really attempting. You may take to some degree littler parts should you covet and select natural product set up of sugary snacks anyway you shouldn't have to go hungry. It is an exceptionally ordinary way to deal with gets more fit.
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Latest News
124 million people faced hunger in 2017 – UN
The United Nations has raised alarm over the surging levels of acute hunger globally, saying that some 124 million people across 51 countries faced hunger crises in 2017, driven largely by climate disasters and conflict.
A UN-backed report:'The Global Report on Food Crises', also said that 11 million more people were hungry in 2017 than 2016.
The increase was largely attributable to new or intensified conflict and insecurity in Myanmar, North-East Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen, it said.
The report was presented by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a message on the report, said: "Reports such as this, give us the vital data and analysis to better understand the challenge.
"It is now up to us to take action to meet the needs of those facing the daily scourge of hunger and to tackle its root causes".
The report found that food emergencies were increasingly determined by complex causes such as conflict, extreme climatic shocks and high prices of staple food, often acting at the same time.
FAO Director-General José da Silva said: "We must acknowledge and address the link between hunger and conflict, if we are to achieve zero hunger.
"Investing in food security and livelihood in conflict situations saves lives, strengthens resilience and can also contribute to sustaining peace".
The report pointed out that conflict continued to be the main driver of acute food insecurity in 18 countries – 15 in Africa or the Middle East – accounting for 60 per cent of the global total.
"The fighting must stop now and the world must come together to avert these crises often happening right in front of our eyes," David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, said in the report.
The report found that food crises were increasingly determined by other complex causes such as extreme climatic shocks and high prices of staple food – often acting at the same time.
For instance, prolonged drought conditions resulted in consecutive poor harvests in countries already facing high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in eastern and southern Africa, it said.
"The consequences of conflict and climate change are stark: millions of more people severely, even desperately, hungry," Beasley maintained.
The report also noted that entire communities and more children and women were in need of nutritional support compared to last year, indicating the need for long-lasting solutions to revert the trend.
Moreover, it highlighted the urgent need for simultaneous action to save lives, livelihoods and to address the root causes of food crises.
The report brought together regional and national data and analysis from multiple sources.
It demonstrated that in addition to critically needed humanitarian aid, development action needed to engage much earlier so as to tackle the root causes of extreme vulnerability, thereby building resilience.
"This Global Report on Food Crises shows the magnitude of today's crises.
"But also shows us that if we bring together political will and today's technology, we can have a world that's more peaceful, more stable and where hunger becomes a thing of the past," Beasley said.


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Hey my honey, how are you? Rhetorical question! Because I know you are better off. I understand the suffering had to end, the pain was too much. Was it just the cancer though, or had life beat you up too much? I wander about that sometimes. You were hard on yourself, always wanting things to be better, to be free, to make sure we had enough…well for a lot of the time anyway. Your last couple of years were different.
Thank God they were.
You taught me so much just by who you were and the freedom you lived out. Gone was the self punishing doubt that sometimes crippled motivation and good intentions. Gone was the fear that you weren't enough or that punishment was around the corner. There was freedom in your words, freedom in your very gait. There was no longer anything to prove, I'm so very glad to have had that example and to see you live it.
It was a total revelation of grace. Of God's Grace.
His complete love and favour towards you that could not be earnt, could not be bought and could not be suffered into. It was just a complete and utter trust and knowing that the God of the Universe was in control and that He had love in His eyes for you. That is such a comfort to me now, knowing you felt that this side of eternity. I will miss you forever, but I am thankful that I live on in your legacy of His Grace.


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I've been noticeably absent here in the last two weeks and I apologize for that.
Vacations always kill my blogging output and I've been playing catch-up at work and trying to finish up my annual 30+ page fantasy baseball draft analysis since I made it back to Boston.
I should be getting back to a fairly regular pattern of spamming y'all with a bunch of asinine posts about pretty ladies, horrible food, and/or dumb criminals in the next week or so.
In the meantime, I'll try to post a bunch of quick snippet type of things to keep y'all occupied.
With that in mind, here's the viral video entitled "Hot Problems" that makes me want to jam a screwdriver in my ear.
With that sales pitch out of the way, do give it a lesson, friends…
How far did you make it?
30 seconds? 60 seconds?
Did you manage to make it all the way through?
If you did, you probably deserve some sort of medal.
Personally, I made it roughly a minute in before I started shouting obscenities and blatantly insulting the two young ladies in the video to the point that I felt bad about myself as a person.
I assume I'm not the only one who thinks this is oddly reminiscent of last spring's awful, autotuned, viral-sensation "Friday" by Rebecca Black.
…except that I don't foresee this one making it onto my iPod.


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Call us at (937)-498-0076 today.
At Witwer Chiropractic We Understand
Thomas Witwer is a chiropractor serving Sidney and the surrounding area. Our chiropractor and the rest of the welcoming team at Witwer Chiropractic are committed to providing chiropractic solutions to address your unique needs, whether you are experiencing back pain, neck pain, headaches, or even muscular tightness and tension. You may be searching for pain relief after an accident, experiencing an injury, or if you suffer from a specific condition like chronic back pain or a spinal condition. Even if you are looking to improve your overall health, our chiropractor can help you attain your everyday wellness goals! Visit our testimonials page to find out what our patients are saying about our Sidney chiropractor and our chiropractic care plans.
At your first visit to Witwer Chiropractic, Thomas Witwer will explain how chiropractic care works and give you a full evaluation to see if our chiropractic solutions are a good fit to address your needs. If there is a good fit, we can customize a plan of chiropractic care for your condition and health goals.
If you have not been to a chiropractor before and want to find out more, please email us or call (937)-498-0076 to receive the answers to your questions from our experienced team. We also welcome referrals, so we invite you to share our chiropractic and wellness information with your friends and loved ones.
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As your Sidney chiropractor, we understand that when the baby is crying all night, no one sleeps. And when a child with a neurological disorder isn't thriving, nothing else seems important. Chiropractic has helped others in your shoes, and we hope you'll give us a call to learn how we can help your family. Not only have Dr. Tom and Theresa Witwer raised a family and know the needs of parents and kids, they also understand the pain and stress of adult life. Because Witwer Chiropractic understands what it's like to work long hours and try to fit chiropractic care into your life at the end of the day, we maintain hours that meet most people's needs. We even see patients on Saturdays by appointment. Dr. Tom worked as a contractor and ran a construction business for years, so he knows what it's like to do hard manual labor, day in and day out – and what it's like to be in pain. "I was on worker's comp for 5 weeks as a younger man," says Dr. Tom. "I believe you when you say you're in pain."
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When one critical health element changes in the home, it can improve the life of the family dramatically. You, as the parent on the inside are the one who can see and determine how your family's health is changing. Earlier in his career, Dr. Tom had been working regularly with an autistic child for about three months but didn't think he was seeing any improvement. Finally he mentioned to the mother that perhaps they ought to discontinue chiropractic care. The boy's mother reacted, "Are you crazy?! My son is interacting more with others, and he's more affectionate with me now than he's ever been!" This is but one example of the ways one changed life can affect an entire family. But it also shows how valuable your observation and involvement is, as the parent – only you know what goes on at home and what health improvements would alter the landscape of your home life. We're a family focused practice specializing in:
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When Emmanuel was 3 months before conception, I was told that he is very weak and may not survive, I carried on my life submitting myself to God's will – and leaving God to decide, he turned out to be a fighter, and finally when he was born he was very small, dark and thin, I could not believe my eyes that my child could be so frail, and he never cried, the doctors had to slap his back to make him cry, and he cried with a very feeble voice.
Initially I was very scared to even hold him in my arms, and I had to constantly keep observing him, as he never used to cry, when I came home from the hospital, there was no noise, Emmanuel was silent, the neighbors used to ask me whether my child is at home, as they never heard the child cry. He had to be woken up for his feeds, and I used to be very nervous handling him, I could never really sleep, wake up every 4 hours to ensure that he is fed.
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When I took him for immunization, the doctor told me, what a risk I had taken in continuing my pregnancy, knowingly that this may be a special child, and also told me, that these children are very difficult to handle, and they will take their time to reach miles stones, I do not know how those days passed, when he was 3 months old, he put on little weight, he used to look good, but he had a squint eye and his neck was not stable.
Having influenced by Louise Hay I practiced mind conditioners for myself, and I used it on Emmanuel, and it really worked, every morning, I used carry Emmanuel and sing in his ears loudly – saying Emmanuel you are a precious child, I love you, God loves you and He has a special plan for you, come on baby smile and I encouraged my daughter to sing along with me, making my own tunes, this became a ritual, and gradually I saw changes in Emmanuel.
|Infant Jesus church at Bangalore with his sister
He started smiling, his squint was gone now, he started looking at me in the eye, his neck became stable, and he started moving to the side, I continued to encourage, sing affirmations loudly, every time he tried to turn, I used to applaud, shout and clap hands, saying Emmanuel come on you can turn, you are turning, very good, smart boy – and my daughter used to watch me getting excited she used to join me in clapping and cheering him, we did this for a month, and lo Emmanuel turned to his side and he started moving upwards, that's how positive affirmations worked in my life.
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Emmanuel even skipped one milestone of crawling, and started walking directly, and for me that was biggest miracle I saw closely, especially after the paediatrician said that he will take time to walk, and it could be 5 years, 10 years or even 15 years. I refused to believe him, and I opened myself to a positive experience, wherein my child walked. I continue to affirm him, and sing affirmations believing that one day he will stand out in the crowd and bear testimony of his journey with me stating how faith and positive affirmations make a world of difference in our lives.


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Courtney Love Kicks Off Summer Tour Dates
June 25, 2013 by TWRY Staff
Filed under Daily Music News, Tour Dates & News
Few names in music can get a reaction the way Courtney Love can. Never one to keep a low profile, Love has been surprisingly quiet on the music front for the last few years but that has all changed. What started out as a short run of dates on the East Coast has grown to a cross-country trek that for now has Love as well as guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey and drummer Scott Lipps playing through-out the summer ending up in California in late August.
With a handful of dates under their belt the reaction from fans is enthusiastic to say the least. The setlist is primarily drawn from Hole's Live Though This, Celebrity Skin and Nobody's Daughter releases.
When it comes to Courtney is easy to be distracted with her tweets and off the cuff remarks. However, all that really matters is that when she's on her game few performers, if any, can command the attention of everyone in a venue – be it the usher, bartender, boyfriend that got dragged to the show – the way she can. She spellbinding, unpredictable and an awesome mix of flash without the fluff. Be sure to catch her on this run of dates because you never know how long the next hiatus is gonna be and there's nothing worse then logging on the next day and reading how great the show was…and you weren't there
Courtney Love Tour Dates:
Wed 06/26/13 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
Thu 06/27/13 Port Chester, NY The Capitol Theatre
Fri 06/28/13 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
Sat 06/29/13 Huntington, NY The Paramount
Thu 07/18/13 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 07/19/13 Detroit, MI MotorCity Casino Hotel
Sat 07/20/13 Toronto, ON The Danforth Music Hall
Mon 07/22/13 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Tue 07/23/13 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
Thu 07/25/13 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Fri 07/26/13 Agoura Hills, CA Canyon Club
Sat 07/27/13 Anaheim, CA City National Grove Of Anaheim
Fri 08/02/13 Houston, TX House Of Blues
Sat 08/03/13 Austin, TX Emo's
Sun 08/04/13 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
Thu 08/22/13 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
Fri 08/23/13 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel
Sun 08/25/13 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern


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Welcome to the Comic Relief technology blog, where we showcase the way we use technology to support the core aims of our organisation and a bit about how we do it. We deliver digital products that meet our users' needs and support Comic Relief's long-term vision of a just world, free from poverty.
We will be sharing our challenges, joy and learnings through this blog, while giving you an idea of what we are working on and how we are approaching it.


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Dissolve Music @ MIT, Schedule of Events (details)
Wednesday, 3/7 Evening performances
7-10:30pm DJ Rekha and friends, including
Rajna Swaminathan and Ganavya Doraiswamy
and special performance by Kohsetsu Imanishi
Thursday, 3/8 Conference (daytime)
10:30-11:00am – snacks and coffee
11am – 12:30pm Keynote panel: The Art of Practice, the Practice of Art
Moderator: Rekha Malhortra (DJ Rekha)
Panelists: Ganavya Doraiswamy, Rajna Swaminathan, Samita Sinha
12:30 – 1:15pm Lightning talks:
Ian Condry (MIT),
Nancy Baym (MSR)
Murray Forman (Northeastern)
Lauren Flood (MIT)
1:15-1:45pm lunch break with coffee and sound mixer\
1:45-2:30 Demo: d&b Soundscape, spatial mixing & dimensional sound
Ralf Zuleeg (d&b audiotechnik)
Tobias Wulf (d&b auditotechnik)
Shawn Duncan (SAVI)
2:30 – 3:45pm Keynote panel: Multiperspectivity in Sound, Spatial Composing & Mixing
Jan St. Werner (MoM)
Andi Toma (MoM)
Nicole L'Huillier (MIT)
Oswald Wiener (artist, writer & cognitive scientist, Vienna)
Walker Downey (MIT)
Nicolas Aguirre (MIT) . . . and other interventions . . .
+ Special Skype discussion with Diana Deutsch (UCSD)
(scroll down for more info)
3:45 – 4:15pm coffee break
4:15 – 4:45pm: Sound / Film / Immersion:
Andy Graydon (Tufts), film excerpt and discussion (15 minutes)
Ben Bloomberg (MIT) "Spatial Mixing Innovations" (lightning talk)
Thursday 3/8 Performances (evening)
7-10:30pm Mouse on Mars and friends
Breaking Forms
Non-Event showcase, curated by Susanna Bolle
Jake Meginsky
Asha Sheshadri
Proxemia (José Rivera)
Michiyoshi Sato with Trever Hagen
Mouse on Mars installation / performance of album "Dimensional People"
Friday, 3/9 Conference (daytime)
10:30-11 – Snacks and coffee
11am – 12:15pm Keynote address, including Q/A
"Soundz in the Back of My Head"
Thomas F. DeFrantz (Duke U)
12:15 – 1pm Lightning talks:
Toni Lester (Babson)
Flash (NBS)
Wayne Marshall (Berklee)
Shane Greene (MIT)
1 – 1:30pm lunch break with coffee & sound mixer
1:30 – 2:00pm Research paper workshops
Andy Stuhl (MIT)
Sonya Hofer (sound and music scholar)
Walker Downey (MIT)
2 – 2:40pm Panel: Writing about Sound, Sound Beyond Writing
Geeta Dayal (writer)
Trever Hagen (musician, sound studies scholar)
Maren Haffke (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum)
2:45-3pm break / sound mixer
3 – 3:30pm Lightning talks:
Stefan Helmreich (MIT)
Toshiya Ueno (Wako U)
Kohsetsu Imanishi (musician, scholar)
3:30 – 4:15pm Panel: Curating, Organizing, Creating Spaces & Communities
Susanna Bolle (Non-Event)
Koichi Sei (owner, Bar Bonobo, Tokyo)
Alyce Currier (Lychee / Spontaneous Affinity)
4:15 – 5pm Post-Mortem: evaluating the event, brainstorming future elaborations
Friday, 3/9 Performances and closing party (evening)
7 – 11pm Closing party
Lychee (Boston/NYC DJ and event organizer)
Kohsetsu Imanishi with Koichi Sei
Trever Hagen
Matti Gajek
dj iancondry
Rebecca Uliasz
Toni Lester
Flash (NBS)
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Pilte rahvaloendusest. Census Snapshots
Bilingual: Estonian and English
Format B5. 164 pp
Published: 28.06.2013
How has the population of Estonia changed over the last decade? How many people have left Estonia and how many people have come to live here? And how has this affected the population trends of different regions of Estonia? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in this publication, which outlines the results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census. The publication focuses on issues related to the geographic distribution of the population, employment, migration and education. The changes that have taken place in these areas are analysed, together with the impact of the changes on life in local government units.
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- Marriage and childbirth trends among Estonian residents
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- Estonian dialects according to the population census
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When Ralph Steadman first visited Disneyland in the 1980's, once he had managed to get "It's a Small World" out of his head, he was left with the unsettling idea that nobody really knew who or what was behind the masks of the over-sized characters who amble up to hapless children. Do the children see the true nature of the characters who inhabit the Magic Kingdom?
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We're pleased to announce that the March 2019 edition of ONE is now online. Check it out!
Among the places we visit:
Georgia…where Chorbishop Benyamin Beth Yadgar writes of his efforts to build up the faith of Assyrians and Chaldeans in a land that has endured oppression and injustice…
India…where we hear dramatic accounts of the devastating flood that struck Kerala last summer and learn how the church saved lives and continues to offer hope…
The Holy Land…where three communities of religious sisters are lovingly changing the lives of young people…
Ethiopia…where the church is involved in strengthening marriages and uplifting families.
All these and more can be found in the March 2019 edition of ONE. The digital edition is viewable at this link and the magazine itself will be arriving in mailboxes soon — bringing to your home the acclaimed journalism and stunning photographs that help to show so vividly how CNEWA is making a difference in the lives of many around the world.
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Franciscans give Jordan's king award for peace (CNS) Jordan's King Abdullah II urged greater co-operation to take on serious challenges worldwide as he was awarded a top Catholic peace prize by the Conventual Franciscans of the Sacred Convent of Assisi in central Italy. The annual award, known as the Lamp of Peace, recognises King Abdullah's promotion of peace in the Middle East, support of interreligious dialogue, welcome of refugees and educational reforms…
Syria detention camp struggles to hold the women and children of ISIS (The New York Times) The announcement a week ago that the Islamic State had lost its final patch of territory in Syria was a milestone in the battle against the world's most fearsome terrorist network. But it also raised urgent questions about what to do with the tens of thousands of people who had flocked to join the jihadists from around the world and now have nowhere else to go…
Muslims, Dalits wiped from electoral rolls in India (UCANews.com) Millions of socially underprivileged Dalit and Muslim people are missing from India's electoral rolls as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pro-Hindu party seeks a second term in the upcoming national elections. Activists from both groups suspect they are victims of a conspiracy orchestrated by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which they say is seeking to take full advantage of the Hindu vote by exploiting anti-minority sentiment…
Pope issues new child protection law, guidelines for Vatican City State (CNS) To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia. Pope Francis established the new norms and legal, criminal and safeguarding procedures with an apostolic letter given "motu proprio" (on his own initiative), published 29 March. The law and procedures were to go into effect 1June…
Catholics, Muslims urged to work for peace by respecting 'the other' (CNS) The way to peace runs through seeing one another as brothers and sisters, Catholic and Muslim leaders confirmed 25 March at a session of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue held at Catholic Theological Union…
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Iraqis and Syrians returning to their homelands and refugees living abroad need the help of all Catholics and people of goodwill, said the Congregation for Eastern Churches.
"Greater cooperation and a generous commitment by Christians all over the world to their brothers and sisters of the Holy Land and the Middle East is needed," it said in its annual appeal, which the Vatican press office published on 28 March.
In a letter sent to bishops around the world, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, congregation prefect, asked for continued support for the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land.
The collection, taken up at the request of the pope, is administered by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land — an administratively autonomous province of the Franciscan order — and the Congregation for Eastern Churches. The congregation monitors how all funds are used and supports projects in the Holy Land, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.
The Franciscan Custody is responsible for most of the shrines connected with the life of Jesus as well as for providing pastoral care to the region's Catholics, running schools, operating charitable institutions and training future priests and religious.
Part of its emergency funding efforts to Eastern-rite and Latin-rite dioceses in the Middle East, the congregation said, includes helping Iraqis and Syrians who are slowly returning to their homelands, as well as their fellow citizens still living as refugees.
"In order to assure the proper means necessary for a dignified life for those who return to Iraq and Syria and those who found refuge in surrounding countries like Lebanon and Jordan, the collaboration of all people of goodwill is needed," a note from the congregation said.
Most of the collection goes to the Franciscan Custody. Of the amount earmarked for the congregation — which was 8.6 million euro (more than US$9.6 million) last year — went toward: the formation and support of seminarians, priests, religious and laypeople; educational activities for students in the Holy Land; assistance to churches in the Middle East; and emergency aid and extra spending for Iraqis and Syrians, the congregation said.
A detailed list of the projects supported through the funds given to the Franciscan Custody included assistance to the Christian minority in the region, providing pilgrims access to the archaeological sites and Christian shrines and supporting education.
Among the maintenance and restoration work carried out were projects at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth and the Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor.
The collection also helped fund activities and educational grants for young people in the Holy Land, housing and small business projects there, as well as emergency aid to Syrians and Iraqis.
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We received the following report a few days ago from our regional director in Beirut, Lebanon, Michel Constantin:
To better assess and evaluate the current situation in Syria — now that the regime's forces have regained control of more than 75 percent of the country and secured the major cities and rural areas — CNEWA-Pontifical Mission visited our partners so as to touch base with the beneficiaries of our aid and the volunteers who are work on behalf of the church.
Our plan was to visit three areas: the capital of Damascus; the central city of Homs and Tartus on the coast; and finally, Aleppo, where we were asked to participate in a special synod of the churches organized locally to discuss the challenges facing the Christian community there, once the largest Christian community in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, the visit to Aleppo was canceled for security reasons. On the same day we were scheduled to travel there, heavy shelling targeted downtown Aleppo. Nevertheless, we were able to follow the work of the meetings and we were updated on the findings and recommendations.
What follows are our impressions and findings:
Military attacks continue to decrease, especially since the areas under the opposition or the extremists are now very restricted to one area in the northwest of the country (Edlib and the surrounding area, controlled by the extremist militia of Al Nusra) and the northeast (east of the Euphrates River under the Kurdish militias supported mainly by the United States). However, this stability should not be confused with long-term peace, which some question as doubtful. Some observers fear fragmentation and the ethnic cleansing of areas that fall either to government or Kurdish control. This could spin out of control, for example, should both parties face each other in battle around Deir Ezzor. This is particularly dangerous, as each side is backed by different outside powers.
The territorial defeat of ISIS does not mean it will cease to exist. Rather, it is likely to adapt its strategy, continue underground, and use more guerrilla and terrorist tactics. The problem in Syria is not just ISIS, but the lack of inclusive governance and equal opportunities in the country. These are the root causes that enabled ISIS to grow. The organization is not a cause but a consequence of the underlying political situation. As a result, the defeat of ISIS will not lead to the end of the conflict in Syria. If the root causes are not addressed, the conflict is likely to continue. In addition, new conflicts and new extremist groups might arise.
On the other hand, in the aftermath of the war and with the absence of a clear and united opposition, any political process without a clear strategy carries risks. A power vacuum — or political, ethnic or sectarian tensions — could become a source of renewed conflict, which may lead to the further destabilization of the region.
Socially and economically, the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria — and the resulting rupture of socioeconomic ties inflicted on the nation's economy — has seriously damaged the infrastructure. It has reversed or significantly slowed not only the development of Syria itself, but also of its neighbors — first of all Lebanon and Jordan — as well as Turkey. This has exacerbated the situation in these states and has created new risks.
Conditions need to be created for the return of refugees and the restoration of life-support systems. These can bring not only humanitarian or economic dividends, but also political and strategic ones. But despite the improvement of the security situation in many areas, international experience shows that the absence of fighting is rarely the trigger for return of the displaced people. Numerous other factors are involved. These include:
Loss of human capital. The number of people lost to injury, death or emigration is staggering, and it will create permanent hardship for generations of Syrians. The decrease in the quality and quantity of public services — due to international sanctions on one hand and the absence of the qualified staff on the other — is clearly shown in schools, universities and especially in hospitals and other medical services. It is important to mention that more than 90 percent of available services in the country are public services. Moreover, many on the ground are saying that the highly qualified personnel who left Syria for other countries during the war were often granted citizenship rights. This means they were integrated into the society and the economy, and it makes their return to Syria unlikely, if not almost impossible
Security and socioeconomic conditions. Economic sanctions against Syria and its ally Iran impact directly the situation for Syrians on the ground. For there to be any improvement, sanctions must be eased, if not lifted altogether, reported local church leaders. The severe shortage of basic supplies, such as electricity, fuel and gas, has made it difficult to produce and export products for external markets, cutting off Syria from the flow of cash and imports. Until there is a change in the status of sanctions, post-conflict life will be much harder on the remaining population and will delay the return of the more than 5.6 million Syrians registered as refugees outside the country.
During our visit, we were in contact with school teachers and other civil servants who reported that their salaries have lost most of their purchasing power, falling more than 800 percent, from $600 per month before 2011 to $72 in 2019. And when we inquired regarding the need to continue with some emergency activities, we were told that sometimes even buying a bottle of vegetable oil would represent a challenge. More seriously, others informed us that some people lost their lives because they were not able to pay for the cost of dialysis treatment, which costs on average $25 per session.
Access to property and assets. Law No. 10 of 2018 established the concept of "renovation zones," which put conditions on residents who want to return to their properties. They must present their deeds or proof of ownership within a certain short time period, or risk losing everything. Knowing that already many deeds were lost, the public perceived this step very negatively and many consider it a threat. There is much uncertainty.
Loss of human capital. The number of people lost to injury, death or emigration is staggering, and it will create permanent hardship for generations of Syrians. The decrease in the quality and quantity of public services — due to international sanctions on one hand and the absence of the qualified staff on the other — is clearly shown in schools, universities and especially in hospitals and other medical services. It is important to mention that more than 90 percent of available services in the country are public services. Moreover, many on the ground are saying that the highly qualified personnel who left Syria for other countries during the war were often granted citizenship rights. This means they were integrated into the society and the economy, and it makes their return to Syria unlikely, if not almost impossible
Security and socioeconomic conditions. Economic sanctions against Syria and its ally Iran impact directly the situation for Syrians on the ground. For there to be any improvement, sanctions must be eased, if not lifted altogether, reported local church leaders. The severe shortage of basic supplies, such as electricity, fuel and gas, has made it difficult to produce and export products for external markets, cutting off Syria from the flow of cash and imports. Until there is a change in the status of sanctions, post-conflict life will be much harder on the remaining population and will delay the return of the more than 5.6 million Syrians registered as refugees outside the country.
During our visit, we were in contact with school teachers and other civil servants who reported that their salaries have lost most of their purchasing power, falling more than 800 percent, from $600 per month before 2011 to $72 in 2019. And when we inquired regarding the need to continue with some emergency activities, we were told that sometimes even buying a bottle of vegetable oil would represent a challenge. More seriously, others informed us that some people lost their lives because they were not able to pay for the cost of dialysis treatment, which costs on average $25 per session.
Access to property and assets. Law No. 10 of 2018 established the concept of "renovation zones," which put conditions on residents who want to return to their properties. They must present their deeds or proof of ownership within a certain short time period, or risk losing everything. Knowing that already many deeds were lost, the public perceived this step very negatively and many consider it a threat. There is much uncertainty.
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Syria: Israeli air attack targeted Aleppo (Al Jazeera) The Syrian military said Israel on Wednesday launched raids on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing damage only to materials, while opposition sources said the attack hit Iranian ammunitions stores and a military airport used by Tehran's forces…
Humanitarian crisis emerging in Syria in the wake of ISIS (National Geographic) The International Rescue Committee estimated that more than 5,000 women and children, fleeing the fighting between Syrian forces and remnants of the Islamic State, arrived at al-Hol camp in one 48 hour period in early March. Since December, nearly 60,000 have arrived at the camp, pushing the camp to its breaking point, aid workers have said. About 100, mostly children, have died either en route to the camp or shortly after arriving, due to acute malnutrition, pneumonia, hypothermia, and diarrhea, according to the International Rescue Committee. These new refugees join more than 65 million refugees worldwide, now more than at any time since World War II, according to the United Nations…
Bishops: Indian voters must avoid 'terror of pseudo-nationalism' (UCANews.com) Ahead of the general elections in India in April, Church officials have issued pastoral guidelines asking Catholics to reject candidates who espouse certain ideologies and vote for guardians of secularism and democracy. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, joined other regional bishops in issuing a set of guidelines…
Pope offers prayers for flood victims in Iran (Vatican News) Pope Francis expressed his sorrow for the loss of life, injury and damage caused by flash floods in northern Iran that have killed at least 26 people. In a telegram, signed on his behalf by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis on Wednesday conveyed his heartfelt solidarity with all those affected and said he is praying for the deceased...
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Amid all the violence of the world, religions must be factors of peace, Brother Alois Leser, prior of the Taize community, told Christian and Muslim young adults from 43 countries.
More than 1,600 Muslims and Christians gathered in Beirut to celebrate the feast of the Annunciation on 25 March in a ceremony punctuated by songs, prayers, reflections and speeches. They were encouraged to respect others to foster genuine interreligious dialogue.
The Beirut gathering was part of the 22-26 March International Ecumenical Youth Meeting, organized and sponsored by the churches of Lebanon, the Middle East Council of Churches and the monastic Community of Taize. For the Annunciation encounter -- at which participants observed a minute of silence for victims of violence around the world -- the young people were joined by various Muslim religious officials and clerics; Lebanese government representatives; the papal nuncio; Christian and Orthodox prelates and religious; and brothers from the French-based Taize ecumenical community.
Lebanon has observed the Marian solemnity of the Annunciation as a joint Christian-Muslim feast and a national holiday since 2010.
Brother Alois noted that for Christians and Muslims, "Mary is an example of a believer. With confidence, Mary surrendered herself to the will of God."
He also told them, "At this time when our world is often shaken by violent events, it is fundamental to do everything to express that religions do not want violence, but seek to be factors of peace, friendship and fraternity among all human beings."
He said that, in the Gospel, "Jesus went beyond the cultural, social and religious barriers of his time to enter into relationships with people who were not his people, who did not share his faith."
"Allowing fraternity and friendship to grow implies respecting others in their difference," he stressed. "In any genuine interreligious dialogue, an attitude of respect should keep us from wanting to force the other person to think as we do."
Brother Alois' speech was followed by a Muslim girls' chorus singing about the Annunciation.
Sabine Adrien, a 28-year-old Catholic who participated in the meeting with seven other young adults from Lyon, France, told Catholic News Service: "I loved the gathering, especially the prayer between Christians and Muslims. It was very simple and beautiful, all of us praying together around Mary.
"It was especially touching to be in Lebanon to experience this because it's a country of contrasts and coexistence," Adrien said, observing that it is "sometimes (a) difficult coexistence between religions and between sects within each religion."
Workshops and sessions at the ecumenical meeting -- at the main seaside event venue as well as in various churches in Beirut -- focused on issues related to coexistence and interfaith dialogue, as well as rituals and traditions of the Eastern churches.
Speaking to participants during a 23 March evening prayer service, Soraya Bechealany, secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches, said: "This gathering proves to you that the Christian presence is an integral part of the Middle East. Young people of the Middle East, you are involved in the preservation of human freedom and its dignity."
That evening, Brother Alois told participants that "Lebanon can be a gateway of understanding between East and West."
The relations between the Taize community and Lebanon date back to the early 1980s, when the late Brother Roger Schutz -- who founded the monastic community in 1940 -- visited the country as its civil war was still raging.
"We believe and see that the power of peace in this country is stronger than anything else," Brother Alois said.
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Following 2018 floods, Kerala residents want climate change to dominate election (NDTV.com) With memories of last year's devastating floods still fresh in the minds of people of Kerala, they want the issue of climate change to be a dominant theme of the electoral discourse in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls beginning 11 April. A total of 483 people died in the August 2018 floods, which were the state's worst in a century…
Syria requests urgent UN meeting on Golan Heights (The Jerusalem Post) The Syrian mission to the United Nations is urging the U.N. Security Council to call a meeting regarding President Donald Trump's decision to sign a proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. A U.N. official toldThe Jerusalem Post he estimated a meeting on this matter would take place in the upcoming weeks…
Voting to go ahead on Holy Thursday in India (UCANews.com) Voters in 13 Indian states will go to polling stations on Maundy Thursday in parliamentary elections after the High Court in Tamil Nadu state dismissed a petition from church officials to reschedule the date. The federal Election Commission has scheduled polling in 97 constituencies of 13 states on 18 April when Christians observe Maundy Thursday this year, starting their Easter Triduum leading to Good Friday and Easter…
Pope's visit to Morocco shows 'Christians and Muslims are not enemies' (Crux) Even though Abdellah Redouane has spent the past 20 years of his life as the director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Italy, the Morocco-born man can't disguise his hope for the upcoming 30-31 March papal visit to his homeland. "This is not just a regular visit," Redouane told Crux on Tuesday. "I believe it's particularly important because 99 percent of the population in Morocco is Muslim. Inviting the pope, who is the leader of the Catholic religion, is something important, and we must thank those who worked to organize this visit…"
Jewish artifacts found in Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem (The Jerusalem Post) 2,000-year-old olive and wine presses, a burial cave and mikvah from the descendants of the Maccabees were found in a south Jerusalem neighborhood…
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The destroyed Arab village of Ma'alul, located just outside of Nazareth, does not appear on any Israeli map, but it is etched on Salwa Salem Copty's heart.
Copty's widowed mother and her three older siblings, along with other residents, were expelled from the village in July 1948 during Israel's War of Independence. Copty was born 16 days later.
Copty laments that she has no memories of Ma'alul, but she clings to the stories her relatives have told her about what life was like there. Now, at age 70, she still visits the site of the village, drinking coffee and eating pastries with her children and grandchildren in the shadow of the reconstructed Melkite Catholic Church of St. Jacob.
But she is unable to visit her father's grave because an Israeli air force base was constructed around the Christian cemetery shortly after the residents' expulsion, and they have never been permitted to enter the base to go to the cemetery. Her father was killed a few months prior to the expulsion by a Jewish militia bullet and is buried in the cemetery.
"They told me father was in heaven and I would look at his picture and would see a cloud in the sky that looked like the picture, and I would think that my father is looking at me and is speaking to me, and I would talk to him," said Copty, a retired social worker. She has enlarged the photograph of her father and keeps it in her home, still confiding her deepest worries and concerns to it.
"I am appealing to all sense of humanity for this request to visit the grave. I want to whisper on his grave, as if he will hear that he has a daughter named Salwa who misses him, just to touch the grave, the dust, his soul, the place where he walked, even where maybe he stepped. That drives me crazy," she said.
Since 2000, Copty repeatedly has made formal requests to gain access to the cemetery to visit her family members buried there, but her appeals to various Israeli authorities through multiple channels have gone unhandled.
"I dream about this grave. I'm begging. I just want to visit my father's grave before I die and it's too late," Copty said. "You can't just erase someone's memory."
On 13 January Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of Copty and her 93-year-old uncle, Subhi Mansour, to allow them to visit the cemetery. Mansour is the only living displaced resident of the village who can identify the location of the grave of Copty's father, Fares Salem.
The petition, which will be heard by the court 24 June, was filed against the Israeli defense and interior ministries and the Israel Land Authority and demands that Copty and Mansour be permitted to visit the cemetery. The petition also seeks clarification regarding why the Interior Ministry and ILA have not been required to preserve Ma'alul's Christian cemetery and protect it from desecration or, alternatively, why it is not allowing the petitioners or anyone on their behalf to maintain and protect the cemetery from desecration.
"The desecration of and failure to maintain the cemetery, and the failure of Israeli authorities to respond to Copty's appeals within an appropriate and humane time frame, are all violations of the constitutional right to dignity -- both of the living and of the deceased -- and a violation of her right to grieve at the family grave," Adalah said in the petition.
This is the first time a case relating to access to a cemetery located inside a military base has been brought to court.
The government ministries did not reply to requests for a response from Catholic News Service.
Mansour told CNS: "We haven't been able to visit the cemetery since 1948. ... It's not just us, everyone has family buried in the cemetery. Everyone should be able to visit their dead, place flowers on their graves."
Copty's oldest daughter, Odna -- which means "return" in Arabic -- accompanies her mother on visits.
"Because I have this name, I feel this village is always with me," she said. "I always live my mother's pain and suffering. Sometimes I wake up at night and she is crying to the picture."
Along with the other descendants of the expelled families, Copty and her family return to St. Jacob Church, which they restored, on the second day of Easter for Mass, and her children attended the yearly summer camps held at the site to remember their village.
Today the remains of the destroyed village are overgrown, and the overturned rocks peek out from under rolling mounds of green grass, which has sprouted after a rainy winter, but Mansour can still point out where he lived and where Copty's parents lived. He identifies one of the village's wells amid the jumbled rocks.
Together with another niece who is an engineer, Mansour recently mapped out the pre-1948 village and, next to the church, they placed a large sign of the area marked with every family's home.
They also placed name markers next to every pile of rubble to identify the homes on the ground, but someone tore down all the name signs.
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Lebanon president: wave of refugees may soon flood Europe (TASS) The economic situation in Lebanon, which provides shelter for 1.5 million Syrian refugees, may push them toward migration to Europe, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday at a meeting with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin…
Kerala bishops will not support any political party in elections (Business Standard) The Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference (KCBC) declared Tuesday that it will not support any political party in the Lok Sabha elections but will be with those who "protect democracy and secularism". Kerala goes to the polls on 23 April to elect 20 Lok Sabh candidates. A circular issued by KCBC President Archbishop Soosa Pakiam said: "KCBC wishes to make it clear that they will not support any political front or political party or any candidate. We do not wish to interfere in the freedom of our laity…
Russian businesses wary of Syrian reconstruction (Al Monitor) On 24 March, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin met in Moscow with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the UN Development Program's director of the regional bureau for Europe, and David Akopyan, the UNDP's country director in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry reported, "UNDP representatives in Syria have informed us about the current state of affairs in Syria's early reconstruction and about the results achieved in the context of the implementation of projects with Russia's donor participation aimed at rebuilding residential areas and basic infrastructure in Syria…"
Gaza tense after heavy fire overnight (AP) Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the second day of cross-border fighting that erupted in the last stretch of a closely contested race for Israeli prime minister between the long-serving incumbent and an ex-army chief…
Jerusalem becomes most accessible ancient city in the world (Israel Today) The Old City of Jerusalem and its walls are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and therefore are subject to special preservation rules designed to present the city and its heritage to its visitors, while developing and upgrading it to the benefit of its residents. The Old City is the most visited place in Israel with about 10 million visitors each year. A new accessibility plan costing over 20 million shekels was recently implemented by the East Jerusalem Development Company, with funding coming from the Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs, the Jerusalem Development Authority, the Ministry of Tourism, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel Antiquities Authority. It was an innovative and groundbreaking project that now enables the disabled to enjoy the historic and cultural wealth of the city…
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Alex Grammas
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|Infielder / Manager
April 3, 1926
Birmingham, Alabama
|MLB debut
|April 13, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals
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|September 29, 1963, for the Chicago Cubs
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As manager
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Alexander Peter Grammas (born April 3, 1926) is a former Major League infielder and manager. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Grammas played in the National League for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs and the Chicago Cubs. He finished his career with a .969 overall fielding percentage. He was not usually an everyday player, playing as a reserve with the Reds and Cubs.
Managerial and coaching career
Grammas served as the third base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1965–69. He began his big-league managerial career when he was brought in to finish out the Pirates' 1969 season after Larry Shepard was fired as the team's manager. Although Grammas guided the Bucs to a 4-1 finish, Danny Murtaugh took over as the team's manager in 1970.
Grammas then returned to the Cincinnati Reds as third base coach under Sparky Anderson, spending six seasons in that post during the "Big Red Machine" era, including service on Cincinnati's 1972 National League champions and the 1975 world champions.
After the Milwaukee Brewers fired Del Crandall as manager near the end of the 1975 season, his place was taken on an interim basis by Harvey Kuenn. But following the 1975 World Series, the Brewers set their sights on Grammas as their next skipper, and signed him to a three-year contract in November 1975. Milwaukee Brewers President Bud Selig said that Grammas was the only manager they wanted. He added, "There is no question in our mind, we got the best man available. In the years I've been in baseball, never has anybody been recommended by as broad a spectrum of people as Alex Grammas." [1]
Grammas was, however, unable to bring the success he had seen with the Reds to Milwaukee. In 1976 and 1977, Grammas led the Brewers to consecutive sixth-place finishes in the American League Eastern Division, in which the Brewers finished 32 and 33 games, respectively, out of first place. Only the expansion 1977 Toronto Blue Jays, who lost 107 games in their inaugural season, kept the Brewers from consecutive last-place finishes under Grammas.[2] A 10-5 start in 1976 led Sports Illustrated to publish a story praising Grammas'positive attitude and mental approach to the game.[3] But the Brewers faded soon thereafter, losing 22 of their last 26 games.[4]
Internal signs of trouble were evident by mid-season in 1977. With the Brewers at 39-45, Brewers reserve first baseman Mike Hegan, who was dissatisfied with his playing time under Grammas, made national news by saying "Grammas is a nice guy, but as a manager, he makes a good third base coach". Hegan added, "I think that we all expected that, when he came over here, he was going to provide motivation and leadership...but that hasn't happened".[5] Grammas, for his part said some players were not putting out as much effort as they had earlier in the season, that every team has players who "cop out", including the Brewers, that the team had not played up to its potential, and that "I would say there have been times that we could have put out a lot harder".[6] After this point, the Brewers went 27-50. On November 21, 1977, Brewers President Bud Selig fired both Grammas and General Manager Jim Baumer.[7] Grammas ended his managerial career with a record of 137-191.
Grammas then returned to the coaching ranks and the Reds in 1978 as a member of Anderson's staff; then, after Anderson's controversial firing, coached under Bobby Cox with the 1979 Atlanta Braves. In mid-June of 1979, Anderson was hired as skipper of the Detroit Tigers, and during Anderson's first off-season as Detroit's manager, he added Grammas to his staff as third base coach, where Grammas served for 12 consecutive years (1980–91), including the Tigers' 1984 world championship season.
Grammas's family origins are from Agios Dimitrios near Sparta, Greece.[8]
- "I went to Greece in 1992 for the first time, and I liked Greece very much," said Alex. "All my life my father was telling me good things about Greece. When he was talking, I was laughing, but when I saw with my own eyes, I realized he hadn't said enough about Greece. I love Greece very much. In 1992, we stayed about three weeks. I am gonna tell you, when I walked up to the Acropolis and saw the Parthenon, the hairs on my head were standing straight up. I couldn't believe it.[9]
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (April 2009)
- ↑ Associated Press, "Alex Grammas to manage Milwaukee", The Tuscaloosa News, November 8, 1975, p. 10.
- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com, "1976 American League Team Statistics and Standings" and "1977 American League Team Statistics and Standings". http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1976.shtml and http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1977.shtml
- ↑ Robert Boyle, "A New Brew in Milwaukee", Sports Illustrated, May 10, 1976, Vol. 44 Issue 19, p. 62
- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com. "1976 Milwaukee Brewers". http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1976.shtml . Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ↑ Combined Miami News Services, "Baseball has more than share of unhappy people", The Miami News, July 12, 1977, p. 4C.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Are Brewers 'Copping Out' Under Grammas?", Spartanburg Herald-Journal, July 10, 1977, p. C2.
- ↑ Dale Voiss, "Harry Dalton". SABR, SABR Baseball Biography Project. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0e17944e Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.baseballacropolis.org/didyouknow.htm
- ↑ http://www.aegeanbooks.com/excerpts/body_excerpts.html#ab
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Frank Oceak
|Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach
|Succeeded by
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|Preceded by
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George Scherger
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48 students and 16 staff members are safely back on their home soil after their Canadian School Ship, the 180-foot Concordia, was knocked down and foundered about 300 miles off the coast of Brazil. The 64 people spent 48 hours in life rafts before being rescued by merchant ship diverted by the Amver mutual assistance network.
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Feb. 17, 10:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. ET: Well-trained in emergency procedures, students and staff board life-rafts, at one point using a kitchen knife to cut the straps of the rescue crafts that are pinned under the water. According to Rob MacDonald, the ship's second mate, practice drills help save lives. "It went over so fast, it happened so quickly. That everybody managed to get off safely, it would not have happened with a lesser calibre of people and crew," he says. "The training everybody went through was very rigorous and it paid off."
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Signs of life in the beef sector but crucifixion of finishers continues
A beef farmer I spoke to over the weekend remarked that while last week's beef summit came and went, it may as well have been referred to as the Last Supper as the crucifixion of beef finishers continues.
While I have no good news for him this week, I will say that there does seem to be a little more life to the trade with numbers of bulls and cull cows appearing to be tightening significantly, according to factory sources and agents.
This is also reflecting itself somewhat at price level, with the good cows showing an improvement of 10-20c/kg in some factories and the R and U grade bulls also enjoying a bit more demand with prices of up to 470c/kg for a mix of both grades in more than one plant.
In the main, however, the Us are selling for 360-370c/kg, with the Rs generally moving at 350c/kg. O grades are making 300-330c/kg.
I heard of one farmer who had prime young cattle to sell and he was trying to "sweeten" the deal with a number of cull cows. Yep, you read right. Imagine what that says about our industry when you are hoping that by offering a few old cull cows, the factory might show more interest in your prime stock.
The best I heard for the tops of the cows was 350c/kg. The Us range from 330-350c/kg, with the Rs at 320-340c/kg.
Quotes and prices for the O grades run from 290-315c/kg, while the P grades range from 270-290c/kg.
I would need the whole paper to go through all the different prices that are being offered and paid for steers and to a lesser extent the heifers.
Firstly, there are a number of different base quotes for in-spec steers. Then there are any amount of quotes for overage types which generally start off at a minimum of 10c/kg below the in-spec quotes.
In the interests of avoiding despair, we won't go to the depths of some of the figures that factories have insulted finishers with.
Suffice to say that in some cases the farmer would be better off to have an old O grade cow than a 31 month old O grade bullock.
Then there are the different weight restrictions from the various factories. All in all, if the desire from the processors is to confuse the farmers, well then they have been spectacularly successful!
As for the underage steers, the quotes remain in the 385-395c/kg range, with prices generally at the 390-395c/kg.
The heifers are reasonably similar with quotes more often than not between 390-395c/kg, with sellers holding hard for a base of 395c/kg when selling.
Commenting on the trade, the IFA's Henry Burns said that even factory sources are expecting a tightening of supplies as we move into May and that this should help to underpin the trade and hopefully lead to some positive movement on price.
He added that the IFA had outlined to Minister Simon Coveney at last week's meeting that the processors had severely damaged farmers incomes with their unfair juggling of the specifications throughout the winter and spring months and that this new process would be judged on its ability to stop the undermining of the beef sector.
Bord Bia figures showed that the cumulative supplies for the year to date are running at around 55,000hd, or 13pc above the figures for the corresponding period last year.
Supplies of heifers are continuing to show the strongest increase within the prime cattle category with numbers 17pc higher.
In Britain, reported cattle prices from the AHDB were down slightly with GB R4L grade steers averaging at 366.7p/kg deadweight (equivalent to 467c/kg including VAT deadweight).
Good demand has been reported for burgers and steaks with the latest spell of fine weather, combined with retail promotions, helping to boost demand in the lead up to Easter.
However, sluggish demand remains for certain forequarter cuts.
On the French market, little change was reported this week with a strong supply of competitively priced imported meat continuing to have some impact on the trade.
In Italy, there was an uplift in demand for Easter, with increased seasonal demand for hindquarter cuts reported.
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