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Storyteller-in-Chief14 min read
March 29, 2018 March 29, 2018 David Bandurski
Vanity publishing with Chinese characteristics – David Bandurski
To Xi Jinping's growing list of titles as Chairman of Everything for Life, add one more: Storyteller-in-Chief. In the five years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012, Xi has authored no less than four books, including The Governance of China (the two-volume tome on his ruling vision that Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg made such a show of placing on his desk), Up and Out of Poverty (a collection of his writings through the 1990s), The Chinese Dream and the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation (which helps readers "come to understand the true nature of the Chinese Dream"), and the tenderly titled Knowing Deeply: Loving Keenly (a book of his writings from the early 1980s).
Search Xi Jinping on Amazon and you'll find scores of other published volumes of his "important speeches." Perhaps the most entertaining is a volume commemorating, just in the nick of time, the 2,565th birthday of Confucius.
As China's top leader and chief messager, Xi Jinping is the custodian of the "China story" – the authorized version of how the country and its leadership wish to be perceived by us all. At his first national meeting on propaganda and ideology in August 2013, Xi said leaders needed to find new ways to "tell China's story well, and properly disseminate China's voice." More than a year later, at a foreign affairs work meeting in November 2014, he said that China "must raise our country's soft power, telling China's story well."
Knowing Deeply: Loving Keenly, a collection of Xi Jinping's speeches and writings from the 1980s.
The idea of the "China story" as a coherent narrative reflecting the Party-state agenda, as a product of centrally conceived "soft power," is not so new. The phrase appeared in the Party's official People's Daily as early as 2004, and a 2010 piece in the newspaper under the pen name "Guo Jiping" (国纪平), short for "important commentary on international affairs," or you guan guoji de zhongyao pinglun (有关国际的重要评论), was adamant that "China's story must become a world story."
But what distinguishes Xi Jinping, or so we are told, from the wooden general secretaries of the recent past, is his gift and penchant for the telling of stories.
Following the release in June this year of Xi Jinping Tells A Story (习近平讲故事), a collection of stories and parables drawn from Xi's public and private addresses, Yang Zhenwu (杨振武), the publisher of the People's Daily, was dazzled by the profound messages Xi managed to get across through simple and relatable anecdotes:
Telling stories well has been a common characteristic of celebrated statesmen and thinkers in China and beyond since ancient times — and it is a clear characteristic of General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership style. Whether in his conference addresses, in conversation during his inspection tours, in his speeches during his overseas visits, or in his printed articles, he proves to be adept in using stories to convey deeper meanings and to move people. Woven through these stories is the tao (way) of Chinese history and culture, the tao of Chinese reform and development, the tao of Chinese participation in global governance. They convey the general secretary's profound thoughts on internal and foreign affairs, on national security, on the governance of the Party, the nation and the military. They are concrete and vivid, relatable and profound, opening a window on the study of the spirit of [Xi's] series of important speeches.
Xi has said repeatedly that "telling stories is the best form of international dissemination" when it comes to telegraphing China's messages to the world. So how are Xi Jinping's stories faring beyond the captive audience of his own state media, and those fellow statesmen whose job it is to be obsequious?
While the "going out" of Chinese media and Chinese publishing remains an important priority for officials, much of it now wrapped up in the idea of the "Belt and Road," there is little evidence that foreign audiences are buying — off the bookshelves, anyway — this line about Xi and the profundity of his visions. Despite the endorsement by Mark Zuckerberg, the English-language edition of Xi's The Governance of China is ranked #220,000 among books at Amazon; that compares, just consider, to a #107,391 ranking for Minxin Pei's latest, China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay.
As for those engaging yarns that we are told animate Xi's "important speeches," they tend to be played up by Chinese state media alone. One oft-cited example, noted by Caixin two years ago in a piece on the president's storytelling chops, came in a speech at Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University in 2013. It was the story of Tulenov Ruslan, an exchange student from Kazakhstan who was said to have donated five liters of blood in China (not all at once, thankfully) after learning that his relatively scarce blood type, rhesus negative (known in Chinese as "panda blood"), was in urgent need.
China Daily, published by the Information Office of the State Council, dusts off the Reslan blood donation story earlier this year.
Ruslan's sacrifice for the sake of the Chinese people was amplified across the various foreign channels of China Daily and Xinhua News Agency. But it appeared nowhere else.
As for "using stories to convey deeper meanings," we might inquire what message Xi Jinping's story of Kazakhstan blood sacrifice is supposed to convey. Couldn't the "panda blood" story actually come across as a crass yarn about China's demand for Kazakh oil and gas, implying that China's continued economic well-being requires that it sap Central Asia of its precious resources?
The problem with parables, you see, is that their meanings have to translate.
Which brings me to another core question when it comes to Xi Jinping's visibility as a global storyteller: Who is it that translates, prints and distributes the general secretary's stories outside of China? And when this does happen, is it a matter of appeal, or a matter of pulling strings?
In fact, if we dig a bit deeper into state media coverage of the president's latest collection, Xi Jinping Tells A Story, we find interesting backstories that make the international release of the general secretary's profound stories seem a great deal more like vanity publishing on a grand scale.
Xi Jinping Tells A Story has recently been back in the headlines. The People's Daily reported on the front page of its September 19 edition that close to 1.5 million copies of the book had been distributed, and that it had been "widely praised." The praise, in fact, was a familiar rehashing of the kudos Xi received back in June. Xu Jiong (徐炯), a press control official in Shanghai, echoed the remarks of publisher Yang Zhenwu, saying Xi's book deftly used storytelling to convey "the way," or tao, of Chinese development.
"A single story can beat out a dozen arguments," she said.
Finally, the People's Daily noted that as soon as the book had been released, "the renowned international publisher Springer contacted the People's Publishing House wanting to buy world English rights for the book." Springer Nature confirmed in an e-mail to CMP that they "have signed a letter of intent with the People's Publishing House," but could not offer further details.
Yang Jingjie (杨镜洁), a student at Beijing Foreign Languages University who attended a public discussion event for the book explained to those gathered that she had discovered in Xi Jinping's book the "golden key" to bring together China and the outside world, and she hoped that more and more young people in China would discover this key too, becoming "convincing tellers of China's story."
But Russian and Japanese versions were also touted by Chinese state media as examples of the book's broad appeal.
Rights to the Japanese edition of Xi Jinping Tells a Story were reportedly snatched up by Duan Press (侨报社), which Japan's Kyodo News has described as "a publishing house in Japan that specialises in books on Sino-Japanese relations, many of which are written by Chinese authors and translated into Japanese."
The publishing outfit is run by Duan Yuezhong (段跃中), who founded it in 1999. Duan has consistently over the past two decades published books in Japanese that mirror very closely the mainstream official view. He is a regular guest appearing in Chinese official media to discuss the challenge of "telling China's story in Japan," and the way he understands that story aligns perfectly with China's own external propaganda, to the point of parroting its latest official vocabularies. Currently, the personal introduction on Duan's Weibo account reads, in a nod to a propaganda buzzword Xi Jinping introduced back in 2012: "Gathering positive energy for China-Japan, spreading good voices for Japan-China."
The homepage of Duan Yuezhong's Weibo account, with an introduction at bottom left invoking the Xi Jinping term "positive energy."
At a public signing ceremony two years ago, Duan and his press obtained the Japanese rights to a series of Chinese-language books including The Eastern Battlefield (东方主战场), an edited volume accompanying an official China Central Television documentary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory against fascism, and How the CCP Makes Progress — both books published by New World Press (新世界出版社), a division of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), the central-level publisher responsible for the overseas distribution of Party and government publications as part of its overseas propaganda efforts.
The Chinese-language website for Duan Press is full of articles from Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily about recent Japanese releases, and interviews with Duan about his work promoting China's voice in Japan. Duan is apparently getting a lot of attention for its release of Chinese books onto the Japanese market — but this attention is coming almost exclusively from the familiar Chinese state media outfits, which makes this look very much like an inside job.
Russia is another interesting case of apparent self-dealing. At the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) in August, a signing ceremony for the foreign editions of Xi Jinping Tells a Story was held in the exhibition area of the People's Publishing House, and it was announced that the Russian edition of Xi's book would be published by Chance International Group (尚斯国际集团).
Roman Gerasimov (far right) attends the signing ceremony for the Russian rights to Xi Jinping Tells a Story at the Beijing International Book Fair.
Chance, in fact, was quite active at this year's BIBF, its general manager, Roman Gerasimov (the guy with the dark beard), attending several signing events at the fair. There was the signing of the deal over Xi Jinping Tells a Story, and with Beijing Publishing House signing of Russian-language rights to In the Name of the People, the book produced from the 55-episode hit propaganda series on the anti-graft drive orchestrated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (and which television regulators praised as a must-see propaganda flick ahead of last fall's 19th National Congress of the CCP.) The book was also cited by state media as a bright point of success in the strategy of "going out" for Chinese publishing. Finally, with Joint Publishing, Chance signed a deal for the Russian edition of a book about Confucius' Analects by Beijing Normal University professor Yu Dan (于丹).
During the BIBF events, Gerasimov, which Chinese state media variously called editor-in-chief and general manager of "the Russian publisher Chance International Group," was a visible representative of Russian interest – and no doubt his face, so suitably foreign, was a welcome addition to signing panels advertising the foreign appeal of Chinese books.
But to call Chance a "Russian publisher" is to gloss over a very colorful story – and, as I advertised from the beginning, this piece is about colorful stories.
According to a report from the official China News Service, Chance was created back in 2010 by a retired People's Liberation Army soldier by the name of Mu Ping (穆平), a native of China's Shaanxi province. Mu started small, he says, by selling Russian translations of Chinese books overseas. When he found he could make a bit of money this way, he sold off two properties he owned, borrowed a bit, and used this to support his fledgling press. The news report picks up the story:
The transition came in 2013. That year, General Secretary Xi Jinping raised his call for "One Belt, One Road." Very quickly, as this call deepened in the countries and regions of the Silk Road, demand started for Chinese books just as for Chinese manufacturing, and the market was opened overseas.
At that time, the demand for Chinese books overseas started to increase. Publishing houses back home, says Mu Ping, started seeking them out, and business picked up.
In July 2016, Mu and his Russian publishing company linked up with Zhejiang Publishing United Group (浙江出版联合集团) to open what they advertised as Russia's first Chinese bookstore, Chance Books (尚斯博库). Mu Ping's new bookstore was located right in the heart of Moscow, with the goal, he says, of "providing a window on Chinese culture in Russia."
Chance Books opened two years ago in the heart of Moscow.
But this was no ordinary partner. Zhejiang Publishing United Group was an enterprise directly under the Zhejiang provincial government – and from there the crystal stairs led straight up to Beijing, for the top leader of Zhejiang at the time, Party Secretary Xia Baolong (夏宝龙), had served as deputy party secretary in Zhejiang under Xi Jinping from 2003 to 2007 and was regarded as a member of the group of Xi loyalists referred to as the "New Zhijiang Army."
Vice-Premier Liu Yandong called the opening of the "first" Chinese bookstore in Russia a "cause for celebration."
The opening of Chance Books on July 5, 2016, was to all appearances not just a lively affair, but a very senior one diplomatically. Attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony was Vice-Premier Liu Yandong (刘延东), who has travelled to many countries preaching the virtues of the "Belt and Road Initiative," and who recently told a gathering in Hungary (English here) that the two sides must "continue to deepen cooperation" in a range of areas, including media and think tank development, "working together to tell our bilateral story of 'One Belt One Road.'"
Marking what was billed as a landmark occasion for relations between China and Russia in the publishing field, Liu told Sputnik News:
Today is the 20th anniversary of the strategic partnership between China and Russia, and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Russian Friendship Treaty. And so, on this day to remember, the opening of the first Chinese bookstore in Russia is also cause for celebration.
Back in July this year, the Global Times ran a photo profile of Chance founder Mu Ping, giving every impression this was a bootstrap story about a guy who just wanted to open a bookshop, never mind his backing from a powerful state publishing enterprise.
Screenshot of Global Times coverage of the Chance bookstore in Moscow, showing founder and owner Mu Ping.
Mu was pictured holding up Russian writer Yuri Tavrovsky's 2015 monograph about Xi Jinping, a book so uncritical in its portrayal that its Chinese-language edition was snatched up by none other than the publishing house run by the CCP's Central Party School – as was, incidentally, Tavrovsky's more recent book on the "Belt and Road." The shelves behind Mu Ping, meanwhile, were stocked with Russian editions of Xi's The Governance of China.
Another image in the Global Times profile series showed a promotional placard, in both Russian and Chinese, for Xi Jinping Tells a Story. Appearing also, at least seven weeks ahead of the Beijing International Book Fair, was Mr. Gerasimov, editor-in-chief and general manager – though here, as he was pictured fiddling with the stock, his title was given only as a "salesclerk."
When I mentioned the story of Chance International Group to a friend from the Czech Republic recently, he was not the least bit surprised. Xi Jinping's book, he noted, had also been published in his country in what he called a "weird underground manner."
I suspect that as China's official story, and Xi Jinping's copious works, fan out over the "New Silk Road," there will be many such stories from Xinhua News Agency, China Daily and the Global Times about the "Russian," "Hungarian" or "Latvian" publishers who have snatched up the publishing rights.
What an interesting fable indeed. And there must, surely, be a moral in there somewhere. ∎
This essay first appeared on China Media Project and is reposted here with the permission of the author.
Published by David Bandurski
David L. Bandurski is co-director of the China Media Project, a research program in partnership with the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, and currently a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (2016), a book of reportage on the plight of rural communities in China's booming cities. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of PEN Hong Kong, the local Hong Kong chapter of PEN International.	View all posts by David Bandurski
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Diversity Center Celebrates 25 Years
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Community members from across Santa Cruz County gathered at Michael's on Main in Soquel for a Gala celebrating the Diversity Center's 25th anniversary. Photos by Stephen De Ropp.
When Steve Weybright returned to Santa Cruz from the Vietnam War after 15 years, he found that he didn't know anyone. Going back to the community as an older person, he said, made it hard to meet people, but the Diversity Center gave him the support he needed.
"When I returned to Santa Cruz after I was discharged from the military there was not a lot of acceptance of veterans," Weybright said. "Today people seem to be able to be opposed to the war and support the soldiers, but that wasn't the case back then. It was very painful for me. It took me several years to really start functioning."
Weybright participates in the Diversity Center's 60 Plus senior program and the Rainbow Veterans program for gay military veterans. The Diversity Center is a resource center serving members of the LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender — community by organizing events and offering support groups.
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The Diversity Center celebrated its 25th anniversary last Saturday by holding a gala at Michael's on Main in Soquel. About 350 people attended the event, which featured dinner, a silent auction, a casino, an after party and a concert featuring Broadway singer Frenchie Davis and American Idol contestant Lazaro Arbos. With tickets ranging from $75 to $150, the annual event serves as one of the center's main sources of funding.
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Venezuela coup linked to Bush team
by Brendan|Published March 3, 2004
[ The article below explains the connections between Bush Administration figures and the 2002 coup in Venezuela. They include: Otto Reich — who met with the plotters of the coup beforehand — Elliot Abrams, and John Negroponte. –doclalor ]
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Ed Vulliamy in New York
Sunday April 21, 2002
The failed coup in Venezuela was closely tied to senior officials in the US government, The Observer has established. They have long histories in the 'dirty wars' of the 1980s, and links to death squads working in Central America at that time.
Washington's involvement in the turbulent events that briefly removed left-wing leader Hugo Chávez from power last weekend resurrects fears about US ambitions in the hemisphere.
It also also deepens doubts about policy in the region being made by appointees to the Bush administration, all of whom owe their careers to serving in the dirty wars under President Reagan.
One of them, Elliot Abrams, who gave a nod to the attempted Venezuelan coup, has a conviction for misleading Congress over the infamous Iran-Contra affair.
The Bush administration has tried to distance itself from the coup. It immediately endorsed the new government under businessman Pedro Carmona. But the coup was sent dramatically into reverse after 48 hours.
Now officials at the Organisation of American States and other diplomatic sources, talking to The Observer, assert that the US administration was not only aware the coup was about to take place, but had sanctioned it, presuming it to be destined for success.
The visits by Venezuelans plotting a coup, including Carmona himself, began, say sources, 'several months ago', and continued until weeks before the putsch last weekend. The visitors were received at the White House by the man President George Bush tasked to be his key policy-maker for Latin America, Otto Reich.
Reich is a right-wing Cuban-American who, under Reagan, ran the Office for Public Diplomacy. It reported in theory to the State Department, but Reich was shown by congressional investigations to report directly to Reagan's National Security Aide, Colonel Oliver North, in the White House.
North was convicted and shamed for his role in Iran-Contra, whereby arms bought by busting US sanctions on Iran were sold to the Contra guerrillas and death squads, in revolt against the Marxist government in Nicaragua.
Reich also has close ties to Venezuela, having been made ambassador to Caracas in 1986. His appointment was contested both by Democrats in Washington and political leaders in the Latin American country. The objections were overridden as Venezuela sought access to the US oil market.
Reich is said by OAS sources to have had 'a number of meetings with Carmona and other leaders of the coup' over several months. The coup was discussed in some detail, right down to its timing and chances of success, which were deemed to be excellent.
On the day Carmona claimed power, Reich summoned ambassadors from Latin America and the Caribbean to his office. He said the removal of Chavez was not a rupture of democratic rule, as he had resigned and was 'responsible for his fate'. He said the US would support the Carmona government.
But the crucial figure around the coup was Abrams, who operates in the White House as senior director of the National Security Council for 'democracy, human rights and international opera tions'. He was a leading theoretician of the school known as 'Hemispherism', which put a priority on combating Marxism in the Americas.
It led to the coup in Chile in 1973, and the sponsorship of regimes and death squads that followed it in Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and elsewhere. During the Contras' rampage in Nicaragua, he worked directly to North.
Congressional investigations found Abrams had harvested illegal funding for the rebellion. Convicted for withholding information from the inquiry, he was pardoned by George Bush senior.
A third member of the Latin American triangle in US policy-making is John Negroponte, now ambassador to the United Nations. He was Reagan's ambassador to Honduras from 1981 to 1985 when a US-trained death squad, Battalion 3-16, tortured and murdered scores of activists. A diplomatic source said Negroponte had been 'informed that there might be some movement in Venezuela on Chavez' at the beginning of the year.
More than 100 people died in events before and after the coup. In Caracas on Friday a military judge confined five high-ranking officers to indefinite house arrest pending formal charges of rebellion.
Chavez's chief ideologue – Guillermo Garcia Ponce, director of the Revolutionary Political Command – said dissident generals, local media and anti-Chavez groups in the US had plotted the president's removal.
'The most reactionary sectors in the United States were also implicated in the conspiracy,' he said.
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Extracellular plaques of amyloid b peptides (Aβ), a hallmark of the disease, have been postulated to be more protective than damaging in terms of oxidative stress because they may be chemical sinks in which heavy metals are placed.
See also 2 documents under Dementia in Articles section.
Studies with MFT (magnetic field therapy) (International Journal of Neuroscience, 76 (3-4), June 1994, pp.185ff) have proven that Alzheimer's patients showed a definite improvement after MFT, especially in the area of visual memory. There were also improvements in other cognitive functions, including the ability of these patients to orient themselves in space, their mental/emotional condition, ability to make social contact and short-term memory.
After strokes, normally the MRS (magnetic resonance stimulation) is immediately used to supply better circulation and oxygen, rejuvenating the injured nerve.
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Since Alzheimer's involves the death of a large number of nerve cells in the brain, MRS cannot reanimate dead nerve cells, it can, nevertheless, retard the process of brain cell death because of better oxygen utilization which restores cells with restricted function. Magnetic resonance stimulation provides a calming as well as energizing effect and assures a better life quality.
Since dementia is not a single disease, but a non-specific syndrome (set of signs and symptoms) any improvement depends on the nature of the underlying metabolic process. has a regulatory effect on the body's metabolism and can improve all over life quality. Please do not misunderstand, it will not reverse the damage done, but will definitely slow down its progress through improving metabolic processes.
Even though PEMF treatment can not reanimate dead nerve cells, it can nevertheless retard the process because better utilization of oxygen, - even for the nerve cells in the brain - restores the functioning of cells with restricted function . In balancing the automatic nervous system, magnetic field therapy creates a calming effect through creating more coherence in a chaotic field of energy.
HRV can be measured with the use of the iMRS . This provides us with a screening tool to predict significant changes in many disease processes. Many healthcare specialties have adopted HRV. In diabetes and heart disease it is a stable, repeatable and proven predictor of long term outcomes and patient prognosis.
In healthy individuals the HR is variable. It fluctuates. Greater variability (or HRV) correlates with better health. Higher HRV indicates a healthy autonomic nervous system, and in particular, healthy balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. A decreased HRV is an early, accurate indicator that the autonomic nervous system is out of balance. The lower the HRV, the greater the imbalance in autonomic control and the greater the likelihood of poor health, both now and in the future.
PubMed Publication: Effects of low versus high frequencies of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive function and cortical excitability in Alzheimer's dementia.
Is Neuro-Regeneration a Reality? For generations, the prevailing medical wisdom has been that neurodegeneration is irreversible, and that adults simply cannot re-grow lost or damaged neurons. It turns out that prevailing medical wisdom may be wrong.
Most of the changes seen in AD, such as inflammation, brain cell atrophy, immunological aberrations, amyloidogenesis, altered gene expression and cognitive deficits are also seen as a consequence of microbial infection. There is currently much interest in the ability of GI tract bacteria to influence host innate-immune, neuroinflammatory-, neuromodulatory- and neurotransmission-functions.
While potentially pathogenic GI tract microbes are kept in check by a homeostatic commensalism, their increased abundance has been associated with diseases that include anxiety, autoimmune-disease, diabetes, metabolic-syndrome, obesity, and stress-induced and progressive neuropsychiatric diseases including autism, schizophrenia and AD.


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A generation has passed since those far-sighted men at Bretton Woods conceived of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. They built well. These sister institutions have been an example to all of international cooperation in action, nourishing the growth in trade and advancing the cause of development essential to peace and prosperity.
Institutions maintain their strength, not by reviewing the accomplishments of the past, but by responding to the needs of their time. As you meet this week in Washington, the challenges are plain. We must restore the stability of price levels, threatened by inflation, upon which sound growth depends. We must attack those obstacles that inhibit development. We must assure that the financial framework for international trade and investment is reinforced to support the requirements of the future.
There are bright omens. This week, you are embarking on the path-breaking task of providing—by deliberate and cooperative decision—the financial liquidity needed to keep pace with economic needs. You will have the benefit of a thoroughgoing review of assistance needs.
There are also visible difficulties. They can only be solved by the devoted efforts of dedicated men, working together with good will, patience, and the support of many countries. Such efforts are the hallmark of these institutions.
I can assure you that this country aims to do its part, including dealing with the inflation that for too long has strained the vitality of our economy.
I welcome you to Washington and wish you Godspeed in your efforts.
Delivered by the Governor of the Fund and Bank for the United States at the Opening Joint Session, September 29, 1969.


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Situation in Afghanistan
Shabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugees Agency (UNHCR), said the human toll of spiralling hostilities in Afghanistan was immense. The United Nations Assistance Mission had warned that without a significant de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan was on course to witness the highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since the UN's records began.
UNHCR was particularly worried about the impact of the conflict on women and girls. Some 80 per cent of nearly 250,000 Afghans forced to flee since the end of May were women and children. Some 400,000 civilians had been forced from their homes since the beginning of the year, joining 2.9 million Afghans already internally displaced across the country at the end of 2020. The overwhelming majority of Afghans forced to flee remained within the country, as close to their homes as fighting would allow. Since the beginning of this year, nearly 120,000 Afghans had fled from rural areas and provincial towns to Kabul province.
UNHCR was urging the international community to urgently step up its support to respond to this displacement crisis. UNHCR's own teams, as part of the broader UN effort, had assessed the needs of almost 400,000 internally displaced civilians this year. Responding initially to the most critical priorities, UNHCR was providing food, shelter, hygiene and sanitary kits and other lifesaving assistance, together with partners.
UNHCR was calling on neighbouring countries to keep their borders open in light of the intensifying crisis in Afghanistan. It stood ready to help national authorities scale up humanitarian responses as needed.
In the context of generalized insecurity in many parts of Afghanistan, it was also clear that Afghans outside of the country may have international protection needs. States were called to ensure they were able to seek safety, regardless of their current legal status. UNHCR welcomed the actions taken by several states to temporarily halt deportations of failed asylum-seekers. UNHCR called for a permanent ceasefire and a negotiated settlement in the interests of the Afghan people.
Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), warned of a worsening food security situation in Afghanistan. One in three Afghans were acutely food insecure today – equivalent to 14 million people in IPC Phase 3 or worse. Some 2 million children needed nutrition treatment. The country had been hit by a second drought episode in four years and a below average harvest was projected. WFP feared a larger tide of hunger was fast approaching. The situation had all the hallmarks of a humanitarian catastrophe.
The price of both wheat and wheat flour remained much higher than pre-COVID levels. In the last three months, WFP had provided food and nutrition assistance to 4.1 million people. But it was not enough. WFP's plan was to scale-up assistance to reach 9 million people by December.
WFP would preposition food closest to people's homes. WFP had six field offices with total warehousing capacity of 52,000 tons. Using a fleet 144-truck strong, WFP could transport 12,000 tons per month. Plans were underway to boost capacity to 40,000 MT per month. WFP provided cash transfers and had disbursed 26.6 million USD between January and June. But WFP was severely under-resourced and was calling for $200 million to get it through to the end of the year.
Mr. LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said the Secretary-General was following, with deep concern, developments in Afghanistan, including the latest fighting in Herat and Kandahar. Mr. Guterres was particularly concerned about the shift of fighting to urban areas, where the potential for civilian harm was even greater. The Secretary-General hoped that the discussions this week in Doha between representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Taliban, along with regional and international envoys, would restore the pathway to a negotiated settlement to the conflict. The United Nations stood ready to contribute to such a settlement and remained focused on providing assistance to the increasing number of Afghans in need.
Answering questions from journalists, Jens Laerke, for Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said the UN had had a humanitarian presence in Afghanistan for the last 70 years. OCHA would stay and deliver for the Afghan people. OCHA was working with 156 humanitarian partners inside Afghanistan, to the benefit of some 8 million Afghans in 2021 alone. As humanitarians, OCHA would engage with anyone, including the Taliban, if it pertained to accessing people in need, and if that access was for delivery of humanitarian assistance based on the core humanitarian principles of complete neutrality, impartiality, and independence.
The recent, massive displacements were creating challenges in the dispensing of aid in urban areas. Assessment missions were being conducted on how to adapt the response. Some 21,000 IDPs had been recorded in Kabul, with reports of thousands more rushing in. A growing number of those people had no place to sleep.
Answering other questions, Ms. Mantoo said some 120 000 Afghans had fled to the Kabul city and province. It was alarming that 80% of those fleeing were women, children, and infants. Civilian casualties were spiralling, and Afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. Insecurity was also rising, with reports of extorsion of fleeing people by non-State groups. More support for live-saving interventions was needed.
Most displacements were happening inside Afghanistan, with no major cross-border movements. Iran and Pakistan hosted 90% of all Afghan refugees abroad. But this hospitality could not be taken for granted. Any major influx would require the international community to help Afghanistan and neighboring countries.
Mr. Phiri added that women and children suffered the most, partly because they could not access aid distribution centers. Humanitarians were trying hard to adapt their approaches so that assistance could reach the persons in need. The best-case scenario would be a holding peace agreement, so that people could access services.
Mr. LeBlanc said the security of UN staff, including international and national staff, was a priority for the UN. It had contingency plans that were reviewed as the situation was evolving. The UN relied on the Afghan government, as the host country responsible for the security of UN staff on its territory. Overall, there were some 720 UN staff there. About 300 UN staff remained on site in Afghanistan, many others had been working remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Elder, for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), said many children had been killed in the fighting. There were also reports of minors being recruited by armed groups.
Fadela Chaib, for the World Health Organization (WHO), added that Afghanistan's humanitarian needs were both enormous and complex. Trauma was a major public health concern that was aggravated by the recent escalation in violence. WHO was supporting trauma care in 130 facilities, as well as blood banks, and training health workers on mass casualty management. WHO was also concerned by the shortage of medical supplies.
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UN Department of Global Communications
Protection et droits de l'homme
Afghanistan: Drought - 2021-2022
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I noticed that last week's blog on authentic feminine power quickly became my most read post to date, perhaps confirming my suspicion about how hungry women are to reclaim real power.
This week, my partner shared a short video clip with me that talks about manufactured consent.
This morning, as we cooked breakfast together, My partner informed me about the new trend of buying dirty jeans at $425 a pair.
As usual, I feel painfully out of step with the culture. I feel angry. I feel lonely. I feel flawed in some deep, irrevocable way because of what I want. I grieve for the loss of connection with what I can touch, smell, taste, look at, hear and be held by.
Yet there was a significant response to last week's blog, which indicates to me I'm not as alone as I feel.
It seems to me we're increasingly distanced from one another, increasingly divided. The culture says we're more connected and have access to more information than ever, and in a manner of speaking that's true. We're more technologically connected than ever. We're more connected with word and symbol than ever. In fact, our heightened connectivity is creating new languages of emojis, emoticons, like and dislike buttons and shortcut language that accommodates tweets and texts.
Yet we live in technological enclaves that are every bit as rigid as physical neighborhoods and districts in a city. If, like me, we don't have a cell phone—well, we're out of the texting conversation. We're invisible. We don't count. We're silenced. Ditto if we don't have access to internet or aren't on social media, or don't have an email. If we don't play on the technological playground, we're depersonalized and disconnected — literally.
But words, pictures, profiles and emoticons can lie. Language includes communication that only occurs with physical presence. Without physical presence, we can't discern lies from truth. Our power is so damaged that we routinely swallow just about everything the culture, media, advertising and our "friends" tells us.
For example, professional women can't succeed if they don't adhere to social standards of businesslike attire, clothing and makeup. If you don't believe me, look it up on any of your tech devices. It's not hard to find this "fact," both directly stated and implied. Let me just repeat that, to make sure you got it.
If we're a woman who doesn't buy and use makeup, we can't succeed in the business world. Everybody says so. Everybody believes it. Everybody makes it true by enforcing it each and every day with words, buying choices, advertising, blogs and articles, all courtesy of technological connectivity and manufactured consent. In 2015, the United States was considered the most valuable beauty and personal care market in the world, with a market value of 80 billion dollars.
I'd say that's pretty successful manufactured consent, wouldn't you? Pat yourself on the back if you wear makeup, because your hard-earned money is somewhere in that 80 billion dollars. Well done. Do you feel successful and powerful now? Someone does.
If we're on Facebook, we have friends, a community, a popular vote of "likes." We don't have to deal with morning breath, a wet spot on the mattress, different schedules and rhythms, dirty bathrooms, greasy stoves, or any of the small idiosyncrasies and habits that real people have. We don't have to reveal our physical bodies, our insecurities and our wounds. The worst rejection we risk is being blocked or unfriended. We don't have to learn how to accept, live with and perhaps even appreciate (perish the thought!) different points of view or opinions. We don't have to be challenged, stretched, or have our dearest beliefs threatened.
Pressing a button is so much easier than all the messy consequences of authentic connection.
We never have to risk being real at a technological remove. No one can blow our cover. We never have to face ourselves; take responsibility for our words, views or choices; or endure the difference between the way we wish to be and the way others actually experience us. Or, alternatively, we can come out of hiding, feel safe behind the screen, and finally allow all our hate and rage off the leash.
The culture teaches that power and success are achieved by buying things and the possession of money. Now there's a circular game of empty addiction we can never win and sellers never lose!
Power and success are ours if we participate fully in manufactured consent. Would anyone like to buy a pair of dirty jeans? Guaranteed power and success!
Yet how many of us truly feel powerful and successful? Are we there yet? If we're not there, we will be after we buy just one more thing, right? Or perhaps we need to make just a little more money, or lose a little more weight, or finally find the "right" mate.
If we're well connected technologically, our needs are all met, yes? We have a tribe, a community, a place to laugh, cry, celebrate, mourn and share our authentic selves. We have physical reassurance and bonding. Our relationships are based on authenticity, reciprocity and respect. We feel seen, heard and known.
I don't think so. I don't think tech meets all our needs for authentic connection. I think it more often swallows us up and absorbs us. It's a toxic mimic for the real thing because it's more controllable and less risky, and we the sheeple have been groomed to buy every toy that's put in front of us. We've forgotten to look up and notice there's another human being in the room, in the bed or at the table. That's the power of manufactured consent.
It doesn't surprise me that Baba Yaga spoke to so many last week. We've sterilized what she represents right out of our modern culture. All her outrageous, provocative, profane, rebellious, insubordinate, irreverent, passionate, authentic attributes have been pushed underground, where her spirit lurks, watching, cackling, stirring her cauldron, sucking on bones and waiting for us to remember her and summon authentic power and connection again.
Authentic connection has a scent of living tissue and breath. It's texture and heartbeat. It communicates with word, action, and the silent language of the body. It doesn't allow us to shut our eyes, stop our ears or press a button and dismiss uncomfortable tension.
Authentic connection reveals us to ourselves and to others. It isn't muffled, sterilized or distorted by keyboard or touchpad. It's defined by visible action and choice. It demands priority and time. It requires real participation, with heart, body and presence. Authentic connection makes us weep. It makes us bleed. It makes us laugh. It awakens our rage. It heals us and makes us whole. It's messy, unpredictable, confusing, demanding, imperfect, and reminds us at every turn of the limits of our power. It forces us to communicate and then holds us accountable for what we say—and what we don't.
Most of all, authentic connection is not something we can buy—ever. No one and nothing can give it to us. Our only access to it is through ourselves. We're a nation of prostitutes, viewing, clicking, scrolling, buying and surfing, but the only ones profiting are the pimps who cash in on our hunger for something real and our addiction to everything not-real.
Yet Baba Yaga is on the move, sowing seeds of divine rebellion into the cancer of manufactured consent and patriarchy, deprogramming one woman at a time. Even now she's flying on the spring wind in her mortar, using a pestle as a rudder, searching for all those women who long for something real.
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29 Best children's museums in Athens
Many of us love traveling on the Wanderlog team, so naturally we're always on the hunt find the most popular spots anytime we travel somewhere new. With favorites like Hellenic Children's Museum, Museum of Greek Children's Art, and Acropolis Museum and more, get ready to experience the best places in Athens.
We scoured through the internet and read through 5 reputable sites and blogs like 10Best and Greeking.me so you don't have to! We gathered all the results in one place and ranked them by how many times they were mentioned so you know you're getting the best of the best. Just look for the "mentioned by" tags on each place.
10Best — Family-Friendly Museums in Athens: Fun for All Ages
Greeking.me — Best Museums of Athens (2021 Update
Things To Do — 7 Children's Museums in Athens That You Shouldn't Miss
BTI Athens Travel Guide — Travel to Athens With Kids: 10 Best Things to Do
Kids Love Greece — The Best Museums in Athens Greece for Kids
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Hellenic Children's Museum
If you're visiting Athens with your family and you want to keep your kids occupied and happy, a stop at the Hellenic Children's Museum is highly recommended!. The Hellenic Children's Museum is a not-for-profit association of public interest for educational and cultural purposes that help children fulfill their potential in becoming citizens who are socially aware and contribute positively to society. The Children's Museum's activities are based on theories that suggest learning is more effective through active participation and interaction.
Greeking.me: Best Museums of Athens (2021 Update
Rigillis &Vasileos Georgiou B' Ave 17-19, Athina 106 75, Greece•http://www.hcm.gr/
Museum of Greek Children's Art
Museum displaying children's art & handiwork since 1994 including international & historic pieces.
If your kids like art and would like to get inspired, take them to the Museum of Greek Children's Art. This Plakalocated museum is a pioneering Museum, one of the very few worldwide that exhibits exclusively drawings and three-dimensional artworks created by children 5 to 14 years old. The Museum's collections include more than 10,000 drawings and 3D artworks created by children, enriched each year.
Kids Love Greece: The Best Museums in Athens Greece for Kids
Kodrou 9, Athina 105 58, Greece•http://www.childrensartmuseum.gr/
Ultramodern glass & steel museum housing ancient artifacts from the Acropolis archaeological site.
No list of Athens' museums would be complete without the mention of the city's most emblematic and popular museum, the modern Acropolis Museum. In it, you can admire exhibits the excavations that took place on the sacred Acropolis hill brought to light, from unique and works of art to everyday household items that give an insight into the daily lives of the ancient Athenians. More than 35 years of scientific study were needed for the final design and implementation of the New Acropolis Museum in 2000, one of the most important museums in the world.
Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athina 117 42, Greece•https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/
Museum of Cycladic Art
Museum featuring ancient Cycladic sculptures & artifacts, with kid-friendly activities & exhibits.
Every weekend, from October to May, The Museum of Cycladic Art holds special family programs that include interactive tours, creative workshops, theatre, and music. Divided into groups based on the kids' ages, these programs aim to introduce little ones to the Museum of Cycladic Art. Even though most programs address native speakers, there are specific programs suitable for English-speaking and bilingual kids.
BTI Athens Travel Guide: Travel to Athens With Kids: 10 Best Things to Do
Neofitou Douka 4, Athina 106 74, Greece•http://www.cycladic.gr/
National Archaeological Museum
Neoclassical museum of Ancient Greek art & archaeology, with sculpture, metalwork, vases & jewelry.
The National Archaeological Museum - credits: Lefteris Papaulakis/Shutterstock.com. Regarded as one of the greatest museums in the world for its rich collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity, the National Archaeological Museum is situated in the alternative neighborhood of Exarcheiain an imposing neoclassical building painted in vibrant yellow and red colors. Displaying pieces from the Neolithic era, Cycladic art, Mycenean period, Egyptian art, post-Byzantine era and jewels from the Hellenistic period, the museum has an extensive collection that is sure to leave an impression.
28is Oktovriou 44, Athina 106 82, Greece•https://www.namuseum.gr/
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
Modern museum featuring collections of jewelry & exhibits on the history of the decorative arts.
The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum is a unique cultural institution and the first jewelry museum in Greece promoting the art of jewelry internationally. The permanent exhibition displays 3000 selected pieces of jewelry and microsculpture and 17.000 designs made by the founder Ilias Lalaounis, a renowned jeweler and goldsmith. The permanent collections are now being enriched with private collections including jewelry from different periods such as Greek Traditional jewelry from the 19th century.
10Best: Family-Friendly Museums in Athens: Fun for All Ages
Athina 117 42, Greece•http://lalaounis.com/
Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments
Museum with 1,200 traditional Greek musical instruments from the 18th century to the present.
Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments - credits: https://www.moregreece.com. The exhibition of the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments has on display no less than 1.200 Greek folk musical instruments dating from the 18th century to this day. The instruments were donated by musicologist Fivos Anogianakis following 40 years of research.
Diogenous 1, Athina 105 56, Greece•http://www.melt.gr/
School Life and Education Museum
Educational sites
If you want to find out what Greek school life used to look like, then visit the School Life and Education Museum in Plaka. Housed in a neoclassical building from the 19th century with exceptional ceiling paintings and a beautiful courtyard, the museum exhibits school publications, maps, and educational materials. Kids will love the old classroom with wooden school desks and blue school uniforms.
Tripodon 23, Athina 105 58, Greece•http://www.ekedisy.gr/
Museum of Illusions Athens - Greece
Interactive, trick-of-the-eye rooms like a vortex tunnel & upside-down room, popular for selfies.
Right of Monastiraki square in Athens center, you can find the Museum of Illusions. This small but fun museum is entertaining for the whole family and offers something different from the Greek monuments and ancient history. In the playroom of the museum, kids can tricker their brains with quality games and brain teasers such as puzzles, impossible knots, tricks, and mathematical games as well as other educational concepts.
Ermou 119, Athina 105 55, Greece•https://museumofillusions.gr/athens/
Goulandris Museum
The Goulandris Museum of Natural History in the suburb of Kifissia is centered on the study, conservation and protection of the natural environment, and is one of the top museum visited by schoolchildren throughout the year. Visitors of all ages enjoy the experience of knowing more about the kingdom of plants and animals and the balance of ecosystems, not only by seeing the permanent collections but also the various exhibitions which take place. Over four decades the Museums collections number hundreds of thousands of specimens, divided into the departments of botanology, entomology, marine biology, minerals and paleontology, presented so as to attract the interest of visitors.
Eratosthenous 13, Athina 116 35, Greece
Ruins of iconic 5th-century B.C. temple complex on Athens' rocky hilltop undergoing restoration.
Climbing on top of Athens' sacred hill, Acropolis should definitely be on top of your to-do list even if you're traveling with kids you worry that you'll struggle to keep their interest alive. You can take a private guided family tour to the Acropolis and let the experienced guide spark up your little ones' imagination. The view from the hill's summit offers a spectacular view that guarantees to keep the whole family captivated for at least a while.
Athina 105 58, Greece•http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/gh351.jsp?obj_id=2384
Benaki Museum
Former family mansion of an art collector, with displays on Greek culture from prehistory onwards.
The Benaki Museum was founded in 1930 by the collector Antonis Benakis, a descendant of a prominent family of the Greek Diaspora. The Benaki Museum remains one of the most important museums in the country, with six museum annexes, four archival annexes, and an extensive library. Today the collection exceeds 500,000 items, covering the full range of Greek art and culture, as well as works of Islamic, pre-Columbian, African and Chinese art.
Koumpari 1, Athina 106 74, Greece•http://www.benaki.org/
Hellenic Motor Museum
Heaven for car fans with 110 rare and iconic vehicles, plus an F1 simulator displayed on 3 floors.
The Hellenic Motor Museum is situated in a building of unique aesthetic and architecture, in a space of 5.000 sq.
Ioulianou 33, Athina 104 33, Greece•http://www.hellenicmotormuseum.gr/
Byzantine And Christian Museum
Museum displaying frescoes, paintings, sculptures & artifacts from as far back as the 3rd century.
The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens - credits: https://www.byzantinemuseum.gr/. The Byzantine and Christian Museum was founded in 1914 and is one of the most historic and largest museums in Greece. Since 1930, it is housed in the Villa 'Ilissia', which was built in the period 1840-1848 as the house of the Duchess of Placentia and is located at 22 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, in Athens.
Leof. Vasilissis Sofias 22, Athina 106 75, Greece•http://www.byzantinemuseum.gr/
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Museum opened in 1834 housing a collection of coins & medals from antiquity through the modern era.
The Epigraphic and Numismatic Museum is housed at Iliou Melathron (The Palace of Troy); an architectural fusion of Renaissance Revival and Neo-Classical with a duck egg yellow exterior and rooms resplendent with mosaics and murals. It was understandably once revered as the most magnificent private residence in Athens and was built for the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1880. Its collection contains around 500,000 objects and these are by in large coins, medals, weights, and lead stamps.
El. Venizelou 12, Athina 106 71, Greece•http://www.nummus.gr/
Big historic park with native & exotic plants, plus archeological remains & a children's library.
Spend a morning with your family strolling around the National Garden of Athens. Spanning for 15.5 hectares, the majestic garden features a wide range of plants and trees offering the ideal surroundings for some moments of fun and relaxation away from the city's noisy streets. Aside from its vast vegetation, the National Garden of Athens is also well-known for being home to antiquities, a sundial as well as monuments and sculptures.
Leoforos Vasilisis Amalias 1, Athina 105 57, Greece•https://www.cityofathens.gr/episkeptes/aksiotheata/diadromes-sti…
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology Kotsanas
Perhaps not so well known, however, The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology is a must-visit when in Athens. The small museum is located in the city center and hosts two collections; the Ancient Greek Technology exhibition and the Ancient Greek Musical Instruments collection. Introducing them to the origins of technology, children can see, touch and operate ancient inventions.
Pindarou 6, Athina 106 71, Greece•http://kotsanas.com/index.php
National Historical Museum
Exhibits on modern Greek history spanning art, weapons & documents, in the Old Parliament building.
The National Historical Museum - credits: http://www.greece-is.com. Like many of Athens' museums, the National Historical Museum is housed in an impressive building, the Old Parliament Building in Kolokotronis Square. What is most striking, however, is the imposing bronze statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis himself, a Greek general and pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) against the Ottoman Empire.
Athina 105 61, Greece•http://www.nhmuseum.gr/
Herakleidon Museum - Μουσείο Ηρακλειδών
Interactive science center & museum featuring replicas of ancient Greek machines & global art.
The Herakleidon Museum - credits: https://www.herakleidon.org/. The Herakleidon Museum is a small museum in the center of Athens, which showcases true innovation and redefines the meaning of the word 'museum' and the way it operates. It was founded in 2004 and is housed in two buildings in the area of Thiseio.
Iraklidon 16, Athina 118 51, Greece•https://herakleidon.org/
Museum of the City of Athens – Vouros-Eutaxias Foundation
Art, antiquities & recreated 19th-century rooms in neoclassical mansions with interactive exhibits.
Royal room at the City of Athens Museum - credits: www.davestravelpages.com. The Museum of the City of Athens: Vouros- Eutaxias Foundation, was founded in 1973 by Lambros Eutaxias and his uncle Alexandros Vouros. It is housed in the former royal palace of King Otto and Queen Amalia of Greece and as well as pieces from antiquity, sculptures and many works of art from the Byzantine and Renaissance period, it also displays furniture arranged in such a way as to replicate typical rooms of the Athenian aristocracy of the 19th century.
Parnassou 2, Athina 105 61, Greece•http://www.athenscitymuseum.gr/
Stavros Niarchos Park
Expansive green space next to a cultural center with landscaped walking paths & a playground.
The Cultural Park is located in the area of Mesogeia in the direction of the airport, in an expanse of 25.000 sq.m. and is a point of interest for visitors of all ages. Art workshops, a shop selling worry beads, a display of handmade jewelry and areas for childrens activities are amongst the most attractive features.
Leof. Andrea Siggrou 364, Kallithea 176 74, Greece
Hop On Hop Off Bus Stop
Bus tour agency
Hop on Hop off tours are an easy and fun way to explore Athens' attractions. Sit back on the bus's comfortable red seats and see the Greek capital's landmarks while savoring a refreshing beverage. There are several tours to choose from including the Athens Line, the Athens & Piraeus Line, and the Athens & Beach Riviera Line.
Stadiou 2, Athina 105 62, Greece
Museum of Islamic Art
The unity of the works of Islamic culture, with all the individual variations, which show its manifestations from India and Persia, Mesopotamia and Asia Minor, the Middle East, Arabia, Egypt, and North Africa to Sicily and Spain, is one of the most important in the world. More than 8,000 specimens of pottery, metalwork, goldsmithing, textile woodcarving, glass, smaller groups of bone objects, inscribed tombstones, and weapons, as well as the marble interior decoration of a reception hall of a 17th-century mansion continuation of the Islamic time from the early Islamic to the Ottoman era and the evolution of Islamic art until the 19th century. The collections began to be compiled by Antonis Benakis in Egypt during the first decades of the 20th century, at the same time as the other major collections in Europe and America.
Αγ. Ασωμάτων 22 &, Dipilou 12, Athina 105 53, Greece
Athens Happy Train
Sightseeing tour agency
Starting from Syntagma Square and passing through the historic city center and the Acropolis Hill, Athens Happy Train is a great vehicle to explore the city with kids. With its old-fashioned design and red-colored carriages, Athens Happy Train looks straight out of a fairytale. The route lasts for 40 minutes which is enough time to see Athens' main attractions and avoid getting your kids bored.
Karagiorgi Servias 2, Athina 105 63, Greece•http://www.athenshappytrain.com/
Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center (Museum & Theater complex)
Hellenic Cosmos" the cultural center of the Foundation of the Hellenic World is a modern cultural center and museum with a wide range of activities, which include exhibitions, virtual reality tours, educational programmes, conferences, performances, internet cafe and art events. Evolving continually, Hellenic Cosmos develops new activities and is a landmark in the city. This original cultural area presents Hellenic history in a unique way, with interactive exhibits and applications of modern technology.
Pireos 254, Tavros 177 78, Greece•http://www.hellenic-cosmos.gr/
Army Museum
The War Museum of Athens - credits: http://www.warmuseum.gr/el/home-el. The War Museum of Athens is the largest and most important war museum in Greece. It was inaugurated in 1975, supervised by the Ministry of National Defense and it is housed in a modern building, at the junction of Vasilissis Sofias and Rizari streets, right next to the Byzantine and Christian Museum.
Rizari 2-4, Athina 106 75, Greece•http://warmuseum.gr/
Athens Pinball Museum
Dionisiou Areopagitou & Makri 2 Plaka, Athens 11742 Greece+30 21 0924 5958[email protected]https://www.facebook.com/AthensPinballMuseum/
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Makri 2 &, Dionysiou Areopagitou, Athina 117 42, Greece
Emotions Museum for children & teens
Karatza 7 & Tsami Karatasou 56 Filopappou, Athens 111 41 Greece+30 21 0921 8329[email protected]http://www.mce.gr
Karatza 7, Athina 117 41, Greece•http://www.mce.gr/
Railway Museum of Athens
Small museum exhibiting a selection of antique steam locomotives from the 19th & 20th centuries.
Exhibit form the Railway Museum of Athens - credits: https://www.radiomuseum.org. Athens Railway Museum was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organization in 1979 and consists of five halls, where a collection of objects related to the history of rail transport in Greece are on display. It is the largest railway museum inGreece, consisting of two main buildings and a courtyard designed for outdoor events, including a recreational train for children.
Siokou 4, Athina 104 43, Greece
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How's This for a Fat Suit?
These days, it seems that anyone can sue anyone else for anything, regardless of merit or common sense or justice -- and, in fact, they are. Mitch Artman throws the spotlight on a case currently underway in New York City, in which two teens are suing McDonald's on the grounds that eating what the fast-food restaurant served has made them fat. That, says Mitch, takes the cake. And eats it, too.
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In the U.S. shorting in the stock market is legal. Shorting means selling stocks you do not own. The idea is to short, smear and cover. Many Chinese U.S.-listed stocks are the subjects being utilized this way. The latest is a company known as Advanced Battery Technologies (ABAT).
Many bullish articles have been written about ABAT before a negative one brought it down 42.7% in one trading session. This means that if you have $100,000 invested in the stock, you lose $42,700 overnight. Whether anyone of those bullish articles has anything to do with the negative one is anybody's guess. But one thing is certain. I will never read any article without skepticism, even though it is written by a reputable analyst.
ABAT was doing pretty well. Its price was hovering at around $3.75. As soon as the smear-campaign article was published at : http://seekingalpha.com/article/260883-advanced-battery-technologies-an-egregious-chinese-rto, on 30th March 2011, the price commenced to slide rapidly. At the end of the day, it closed at $2.01 for a lost of 42.7%! This is indeed frightening.
The next day, it plummeted again hitting a low of $1.51! At the time of this post, the stock managed to hold at $2.07.
At Bursa we have what we called "Circuit Break". This means whenever we have a drastic drop of 30% in price, the underlining stock will be immediately suspended pending investigation.
In the U.S., they don't have such a system in place.
Well, such is the scenario there. If you can't stand the heat, please get out of the kitchen.
Yongye. All these companies are small-cap Chinese stocks listed in the U.S.
My advice: Don't invest in Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. unless you have money you want to lose or the skill to match the shorts. Swimming in shark-infested water is dangerous.


Solebury School welcomed the Class of 2018 into its alumni ranks under blue skies, surrounded by family, friends, faculty, staff, alumni, and students.
School Counselor Julie Laing was chosen by the senior class to be the ceremony's Faculty Speaker. She shared the three things she wished someone had told her as a graduating senior. "Number 1: Be vulnerable. Stepping outside of your comfort zone is worth it and actually necessary," said Julie. "Number 2: Trust yourself. Trust that somewhere inside of you, you know who you are and that your instincts are worth listening to. And number 3: Embrace change. Know that change is inevitable and will always propel you forward. Which direction it propels you in is entirely up to you."
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Plateaus (Yayla)
The Plateaus – Yaylas
With the first warm days of spring, in villages all over Turkey, families begin to think about moving to their summer residences on the cool summer pastures called yaylas. The yayla, or meadow, high in the mountains, provides a different pace of life during the hot months and insures sufficient grazing for the herds of sheep, goats and cattle. The migration from winter village to summer encampment is a legacy from the days when Anatolia was populated by nomadic and semi-nomadic people. Although the yayla's importance as a refuge from mosquitoes and malaria is no longer relevant, the annual migration still secures new food sources for the animals, and offers villagers relief from the sweltering heat of the lowlands and coastal areas.
Everything required for the summer must be carried to the yayla and this make enthusiastic and exhaustive preparations necessary. Clothes, tents, furniture, cooking equipment and bedding are all packed and loaded into cars and trucks for the long drive to the often remote location. Herds of cattle, sheep and goats make the slow trek on foot guided by boys and young men. Season after season, each village moves to its own particular pasture land.
After reaching the yayla the convoys disperse, with the families setting up their own tents. In some areas, in the Black Sea Region for instance, the summer settlements are made of permanent structures with each family moving into their own wooden chalet year after year. Once everything has been arranged, the villagers adapt quickly to the different pace of life during summer in the yayla.
The whole family wakes up at first light. The men early with the herds, while the women attend to such domestic chores as preparing meals, making cheese and gathering plants for dyeing wool. The children help out in all the activities on the yayla. After the women have milked the animals, it is time to turn the milk into yogurt and butter.
When the men and boys return in the afternoon, the families gather to enjoy their main meal, often comprised of hot cracked-wheat based dishes accompanied by ayran, a delicious drink of salted yogurt diluted with water, as they relate the day's activities. In the evenings the yayla comes to life in spontaneous gathering to sing traditional songs, enjoy folk music and dance, and recount hilarious jokes and long stories. The attraction of the quality of life on the yayla is so rooted in village life, that even those who do not earn their living from farming make the yearly pilgrimage.
Today, the encroachment of modern life on the yaylas is carefully monitored so that the essential character of this way of life is preserved. The permanent housing, that is gradually replacing the black goat hair tents, is designed to blend in harmoniously with the natural environment, while offering the conveniences of modern life. In some yaylas houses with kitchens, toilets, water and electricity stand next to a wide expanse of black tents. The arrival of shops stocked with provisions and other necessities means that it is no longer necessary to bring all the food stuff from town. The construction of new roads makes the journey to these remote locations much shorter and less arduous than in former days. Indeed, public transportation services are available on some of the more accessible summer plateaux.
Tourism on the Yayla
Time spent on the yayla is particularly suited to a holiday of relaxation and the enjoyment of nature. You wake up each morning startled at the tranquility and heart-stopping splendor of the surrounding landscapes. Whatever your interest – butterflies, wild flowers, birds or other animals – leisurely walks in the rolling meadows and through the pine forests will provide a welcome change from city life. In surroundings free from the harsh glare of urban lights, night watching and star-gazing take on new meaning.
For those who want a more active holiday than strolling through tranquil pastures and capturing magnificent views on camera, the yaylas can offer more energetic activities. You could try grass skiing on the vast meadows, trekking or mountain-climbing. In some areas white-water rafting is possible.
After exerting yourself to the desired degree, you can enjoy the simple but exquisite fare of yayla meals. Fresh milk, cheese, honey, butter, bread, hot yogurt soup, nourishing stews and wheat dishes satisfy even the most sophisticated palate. In the evening you too can settle down to the community and friendship of an open fire, songs and long tales.
The most popular destinations for this holiday are the Black Sea Region's and The Mediterranean Region's Plateaus.
Tourist Information Offices in Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions
Mediterranean Region Black Sea Regions
Antalya Gümüshane
Selçuk Mah.,
Mermerli Sok., Ahi Yusuf Camii Yani, Kaleiçi
Phone: (0-242) 2470541 – 2431587 – 2475042
Fax: (0-242) 2476298 Hükümet Konagi,
Kat 4
Phone: (0-456) 2133472
Fax: (0-456) 2133472
Information: Bayburt
Cumhuriyet Cad., THY
Yani, Özel Idare Is Hani Alti No:2,
Fax: (0-242) 2411747 Türkistan Cad.,
No: 2
Phone: (0-458) 2114429 – 2114995
Mersin Giresun
Ismet Inönü
Bulvari, No: 5/2
Fax: (0-324) 2312710 Cemal Gürsel Cad.,
Hafiz Avni Ögütçü Sok. No: 11
Information: Ordu
Bulv. Liman Girisi No: 5/1
Fax: (0-324) 2315238 Hükümet Konagi
A Blok, Kat: 1
Adana Trabzon
Atatürk Cad., No:
A Blok Kat: 4
Antakya Rize
Vali Ürgen Alani
No: 47
Fax: (0/326) 2135740 Müftü Mah.,
Özel Idare Sitesi, Kat: 3
Gaziantep Artvin
100. Yil Kültür
Parki içi Vilayet Konagi Arkasi
Fax: (0-342) 2340603 Camii Meydani, No: 10


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OEM Defense Services is launched - an innovative company dedicated to Military Aerospace equipment support
Paris, Eurosatory, 17 June 2008 – Diehl Aerospace, Liebherr Aerospace, Safran, Thales and Zodiac have today signed an agreement to create a company called OEM Defence Services.
The new company will provide armed forces with innovative through-life support solutions for their aerospace equipment.
Operating within a European framework in close partnership with users, OEM Defence Services will improve the competitiveness of equipment support by streamlining the global maintenance supply chain. In this way the company will be able to make commitments to users in terms of parts availability, in the same way as the civil aviation services sector.
The creation of OEM Defence Services coincides with:
- the entry into service of new aircraft developed within European cooperation programmes, such as the NH90 and Tiger helicopters and soon the A400M military transport aircraft;
- the budgetary constraints faced by armed forces today.
The joint company will be fully operational in a few weeks, once legal formalities are complete.
OEM Defence Services comprises the support of a wide range of equipment, developed and produced by the following OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) companies:
- Diehl Aerospace GmbH(1)
- Liebherr Aerospace, Liebherr Aerospace Toulouse SAS(1), Lindenberg GmbH
- Safran Group: Messier-Bugatti, Messier-Dowty, Messier Services, Sagem Défense Sécurité(1), Technofan
- Thales Group(1)
- Zodiac Group: Zodiac Services Europe SAS(1), Intertechnique SAS, ECE, IN-LHC, AVOX Systems, IN-Services SA, Precilec
(1) OEM Defence Services shareholders
About Diehl Aerospace
Diehl Aerospace develops innovative avionics solutions for cockpit display system, flight management system, cabin systems, utilities as well as for engines command system. These systems are embedded on civil and military platforms such as Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bell, Eurocopter, the NH90, the Tiger, the Eurofighter, the Tornado and the A400M.
Press contact: Christian Below - Tél: +49 69 58 05 16 39 - Email: christian.below@diehl-aerospace.de
About Liebherr-Aerospace
Liebherr-Aerospace SAS, Toulouse (France) is one of nine divisional control companies in the Liebherr Group and coordinates all activities in the aerospace and transportation system sectors. Liebherr is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry and has more than four decades of experience in this field. The range of aviation equipment produced by Liebherr for the civil and military sectors includes flight control and actuation systems, hydraulic systems, landing gear and air management systems. These systems are deployed in wide-bodied aircraft, commuter and regional aircraft, business jets, combat aircraft, military transporters, military training aircraft, civil helicopters and combat helicopters. Liebherr's aerospace and transportation systems division employs around 3,400 people and has three aviation equipment production plants at Lindenberg (Germany), Toulouse (France) and Guaratinguetá (Brazil). These production sites offer a worldwide service with additional customer service centers in Saline (Michigan/USA), Seattle (Washington/USA), Montreal (Canada), Singapore, Shanghai (People's Republic of China), Wuhan (People's Republic of China) and Moscow (Russia).
Press contact: Ute Braam - Tel: +49 83 81 46 44 03 - Email: ute.braam@liebherr.com
About Safran
SAFRAN is an international high-technology group, primarily operating in the aerospace (propulsion and equipment), defense and security markets. The SAFRAN Group generates over 12 billion euros in annual sales and has 63,000 employees worldwide. Through this global presence SAFRAN not only enhances its competitiveness, but also builds industrial and commercial relations with the world's leading prime contractors and operators, and provides local services to customers around the world. SAFRAN operates through more than 100 companies with prestigious brand names and holds, alone or in partnership, world or European leadership positions in its core markets.
Press contact: Jocelyne Terrien - Tel: +33 (0)1 40 60 80 28 - Email: jocelyne.terrien@safran.fr
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales' leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of €12.3 billion.
Press contact: Natasha Harvey - Tel: +33 1 34 81 40 50 - Email: natasha.harvey@fr.thalesgroup.com
About Zodiac
Zodiac is a global entity involved in a diverse range of high tech businesses, Zodiac also bases its business growth on selection of dynamic markets and world leadership in its main business segments:
- Aerosafety Systems - World leader in emergency evacuation slides, helicopter floats, flexible fuel cells and de-icing systems, wiring protection and electrical interconnect systems, emergency arresting systems, protection and parachute systems.
- Aircraft Systems - World-recognized specialist in high-tech equipment and systems for essential flight functions. World leader in oxygen systems. Top manufacturer of fuel and electrical power management systems.
- Cabin Interiors - Passenger and crew seats, integrated cabin systems and equipment, floor-to-floor interiors. World leader in cabin interiors and systems, passenger seats and integrated water and waste systems.
- Zodiac Services (Starting September 1st 2008) will manage aftermarket activities for most of the aerospace products of the Zodiac group.
Press contact: Rémi Stelescot - Tel: +33 1 41 23 25 55 - Email: rstelescot@zodiac.com


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Bereits zum dritten Mal in Folge wurde das Porto für einen Standardbrief erhöht, ab 1. Januar 2015 betrug es 0,62 Euro. Ebenfalls stiegen die Preise für Standardbriefe und Postkarten ins Ausland. Nur der Kompaktbrief bis 50 Gramm wurde fünf Cent günstiger und kostete nun 0,85 Euro.

Erstmals wurde die Zuschlagmarkenserie Für den Sport komplett dem Behindertensport gewidmet.

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