Thursday, 31 January 2019
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Corfu Museum of Asian Art
From eKathimerini
See also, my blog posting from July 2017:
Japanese Art, Corfu, Museum of Asian Art: Ukiyo-e, 浮世絵, Pictures of the Floating (Moving) World
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Ethiopia and the Queen of Sheba; A Message from Emperor Haile Selassie
From National Geographic, Stanley Stewart - In search of the real Queen of Sheba
"Legends and rumors trail the elusive Queen of Sheba through the rock-hewn wonders and rugged hills of Ethiopia".
Two plates from "Abyssinian Adventure" by Geoffrey Harmsworth, 1935:
Ethiopia Stretches Her Hands Out To God
Message in the hand of Emperor Haile Selassie
Monday, 28 January 2019
Some Soul-Blues
Just discovered this recording by the late Gary B.B. Coleman: listen to The Sky is Crying
How did I miss it?
How many people remember Peggy Lee's version of "You don't know"?
Both song-interpretations still mighty soulful and impressive. Hints of B.B.King?
Another song, heard in the Vivo Lounge, Dorchester. Nobody knew who the singer was. Finally tracked it down:
Nicolette Larson - Baby, Don't You Do It
Sunday, 27 January 2019
Dorset: How to Deal with the Elderly
Sensible advice, no doubt, but if you didn't read the article, you might have found the juxtaposition of the headline and the photograph a little incongruous and potentially unsettling!
I was reminded of the poem, 'The world is a beautiful place to be born into' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the last lines:
"then right in the middle of it
comes the smiling
mortician"
Cyprus: Independence Struggle; Out of Court Settlement; EOKA Emergency
The Guardian
The Independent:
Forces Network
Martial Law? UK Headlines - and a satirical song; another backstop (in case of civil disorder)?
I couldn't believe my own ears when I heard talk of martial law on LBC last night. I've lived in few countries where there was a military coup and curfews, or where martial law (Στρατιωτικός νόμος) was imposed.
On standby?
(A local parade, not illustrative of topic)
Ethiopia, 1974
Greece 1967
UK ready to declare martial law to avert no-deal Brexit chaos, Sunday Times, 27th January 2019
Listen:
A satirical song (demo) on YouTube, "Martial Law"
(from flickr/Presidential Museum and Library, Manila)
Martial Law (Song lyric)
The Army’s ruling the country,
They’re marching everywhere:
They’re feeling trigger-happy,
So don’t just stand and stare.
The Army’s ruling the country,
Ever since the Coup.
If your father’s not a Colonel,
You’d better join up too.
They want to fight inflation,
And all the union crew:
They’re going to save the nation
By eliminating you.
They’re going to lock up lefties,
They’re going to shoot all reds;
The Army’s full of hefties,
Who don’t like men with heads.
The Army’s ruling the country,
They wield an iron rod:
You’re free to speak your mind
And to face the firing squad.
Left! Right! Left! Right!…(Pistol shot)
Fortunately, Matt Hancock, the impressive and lucid MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, interviewed on the Andrew Marr show, 27 January, 2019 (from the 53 minute point), reassured viewers that the mooted uses of martial law and curfews, although on the statute book, were not being stressed or specifically considered by the government and were not the focus of the government's attention.
That is a relief.
Update, from The Guardian:
"Hancock also played down a report claiming that, as part of government planning for a no-deal Brexit, officials had been looking at the possible need to introduce martial law to cope with civil disorder. Under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, sweeping powers are available to the government for use in emergencies, but Hancock said that, while governments have to look at all options, martial law was “not specifically” being looked at".
Update from Mirror, "Brexit: EU spy chiefs brand UK 'unstable' and warn of violence including rioting".
Update from MailOnline: "Brexit will leave the UK 'unstable' for decades with violence on the streets and independence referendums in Scotland and Northern Ireland, EU intelligence secret report warns".
"In a secret report, EU officials are believed to have warned that civil unrest and rioting is almost inevitable, regardless of the outcome of the current political deadlock".
Trust the tabloids..."No Deal - No Meal!"
(from flickr/Presidential Museum and Library, Manila)
Martial Law (Song lyric)
The Army’s ruling the country,
They’re marching everywhere:
They’re feeling trigger-happy,
So don’t just stand and stare.
The Army’s ruling the country,
Ever since the Coup.
If your father’s not a Colonel,
You’d better join up too.
They want to fight inflation,
And all the union crew:
They’re going to save the nation
By eliminating you.
They’re going to lock up lefties,
They’re going to shoot all reds;
The Army’s full of hefties,
Who don’t like men with heads.
The Army’s ruling the country,
They wield an iron rod:
You’re free to speak your mind
And to face the firing squad.
Left! Right! Left! Right!…(Pistol shot)
Fortunately, Matt Hancock, the impressive and lucid MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, interviewed on the Andrew Marr show, 27 January, 2019 (from the 53 minute point), reassured viewers that the mooted uses of martial law and curfews, although on the statute book, were not being stressed or specifically considered by the government and were not the focus of the government's attention.
That is a relief.
Update, from The Guardian:
"Hancock also played down a report claiming that, as part of government planning for a no-deal Brexit, officials had been looking at the possible need to introduce martial law to cope with civil disorder. Under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, sweeping powers are available to the government for use in emergencies, but Hancock said that, while governments have to look at all options, martial law was “not specifically” being looked at".
Update from Mirror, "Brexit: EU spy chiefs brand UK 'unstable' and warn of violence including rioting".
Update from MailOnline: "Brexit will leave the UK 'unstable' for decades with violence on the streets and independence referendums in Scotland and Northern Ireland, EU intelligence secret report warns".
"In a secret report, EU officials are believed to have warned that civil unrest and rioting is almost inevitable, regardless of the outcome of the current political deadlock".
Trust the tabloids..."No Deal - No Meal!"
Mirror, 29 January, 2019
Britain's Lost Paths; Recovering Historic Rights of Way; Ramblers
From The Times, 15 January, 2019: Time running out to save lost paths, Jerome Starkey
Memory lanes: the ramblers trying to save 10,000 lost footpaths, From The Guardian, 4/12/2019
"We need to get historic rights of way back on the map before 2026 - this guide explains how you can start the hunt for lost rights of way in your area" - Download the six-page Ramblers Campaign Guide.
The path to 2026: Historic paths and definitive maps timeline
BERKSHIRE LOST PATHS PROJECT 2026 CUT OFF
From Countryfile: Britain’s footpaths: why are so many disappearing and how to save a footpath
"Thousands of footpaths in England and Wales are impassable, either deliberately or through neglect, and many more could disappear forever unless they are registered. Why is this happening – and what can be done?" BBC Countryfile Magazine reports, in guide to Britain's footpaths
Saturday, 26 January 2019
Prague, Etchings: Hollar and Sadeler (Views between 1585 and 1649)
Interior View of Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle during the Annual Fair, A. Sadeler
Aegidius Sadeler II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague), 1607
Wenceslaus Hollar, 1636
Great View (Prospect) of Prague from Petřín Hill
Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649,
Velký pohled na Prahu
See also:
Image from Kunsthisrisches Museum, Vienna:
Inauguration of Emperor Rudolf II in the Order of the Golden Fleece
Friday, 25 January 2019
Greek parliament ratifies FYR Macedonia name change
From Euronews (video from Parliament)
From Greek Reporter: NATO, EU Hail Greek Approval of Prespa Name Deal
From eKathimerini: Greek MPs pass Prespes deal with 153 votes in 300-seat House
From eKathimerini: Greek Parliament ratifies 'North Macedonia' accord
From Kathimerini: Υπερψηφίστηκε με 153 «ναι» η συμφωνία των Πρεσπών
Intellectual paths in central Europe, Samuel Abrahám, Eurozine.
From Eurozine, 22 January, 2019:
Intellectual paths in central Europe - An idealistic Havel, a cynical Orbán, and a compassionate Walter
Samuel Abrahám, Rector of the Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (BISLA), executive director of the European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ECOLAS) and the publisher and editor of the journal Kritika.
Thursday, 24 January 2019
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Greek Video Removed (Oil and Gas Exploration in Epirus)
From Pappas Post
"In the video, a group of friends climb high up to a mountain top in Epirus, in northern Greece, and play a game of ice hockey, while recounting the mythical tale of a Greek dragon.The video carries a warning at the end about protecting Epirus from oil exploration, which according to local activists is being carried out in the mountains along the Greek-Albanian border".
Dragons of Epirus Face oil Exploration (video posted on Pappas Post)
From Facebook:
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Sam Charters: Jack Kerouac's Jazz
From the Allen Ginsberg Project - introduction to a Samuel Charters talk of July 1982
Sam Charters – Jack Kerouac’s Jazz - 2
Sam Charters – Jack Kerouac’s Jazz – 3 (Monk, Dizzy and Bird)
Monday, 21 January 2019
'Daddy Slack' - If you wanna' hear some boogie; 'Father' Freddie Slack (1910-1965); Plus Amos Milburn
Boogie and the blues, early rock 'n' roll...
Down the Road a Piece (Freddie Slack and Will Bradley Trio, Ray McKinley, 1940)
House of Blue Lights (Ella Mae Morse, Freddie Slack, 1945)
Cuban Sugar Mill (Freddie Slack, 1944)
Rocks in my Bed (Joe Turner, Freddie Slack Trio, 1941)
Mean Old World (T-Bone Walker, Freddie Slack, 1942)
Riffette (with T-Bone Walker guitar solo)
Freddie Slack (Wikipedia)
Freddie Slack in the '40s (JazzWax, Marc Myers)
Amos Milburn video - Down the Road Apiece
Sunday, 20 January 2019
Saturday, 19 January 2019
West Bay, Bridport, Dorset: West Bay flood defence work
From Dorset Echo - Jurassic Coast West Bay flood defence work set to start, BBC News
"The Environment Agency has previously said East Beach was at risk of being "significantly lost" due to flooding. Waves have previously gone over the sea wall and flooded the road and properties behind West Beach".
On Brexit and Leadership Bids (OK what shall we do?)
When I was a teenager (around 14), I wrote this little piece of juvenile invective:
Hypocritical political
Leaders. Breeders
Of contempt, exempt
From humanity;
Filled with insane
And empty vanity.
Only seeking in reality
Power, fame and private gain.
The Leader
I wanna be the leader
I wanna be the leader
Can I be the leader?
Can I? I can?
Promise? Promise?
Yippee I’m the leader
I’m the leader
OK what shall we do?
It would be very helpful if those bidding for political leadership of the government of the United Kingdom would tell us what it is that they plan to do, not just about Brexit - and without any hint of hypocrisy.
Roger McGough's poem should be quoted by the Speaker (and perhaps, under their breath, by the Leader of the Opposition and all Tory party leadership contenders) - at every sitting of Parliament.
Perception of Landscape
From some LANDSCAPES blog, Andrew Ray (Plinius)
'Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.' - Henri-Frédéric Amiel
It could also be said that "the Sublime is in the mind".
It's said, rather too often, that 'Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder' and 'De gustibus non est disputandum'.
Amiel's observation seems more thoughtful and precise.
Friday, 18 January 2019
Healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Food in the Anthropocene.
The 21st-century great food transformation, Tamara Lucas, Richard Horton, The Lancet
"Civilisation is in crisis. We can no longer feed our population a healthy diet while balancing planetary resources. For the first time in 200 000 years of human history, we are severely out of synchronisation with the planet and nature. This crisis is accelerating, stretching Earth to its limits, and threatening human and other species' sustained existence. The publication now of Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT– Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems could be neither more timely nor more urgent". The Lancet.
Santorini, Overtourism - European Parliament
From eKathimerini, Ilias Bellos: Overtourism hurts Santorini, says European Parliament report
The same criticism could be levelled at other islands, in the Ionian as well as the Aegean sea...
The unattractiveness of judicial appointments in the United Kingdom, SSRB Report
Report from the SSRB
The attractiveness of judicial appointments in the United Kingdom – Report to the Senior Salaries Review Body
I decided to have a look at this report after reading an article by Frances Gibb and Jonathan Ames in the Law section of The Times, January 17, 2019, "Why being a judge has lost its appeal - Crumbling courts and increasing isolation are among the reasons cited by the judiciary for poor morale".
France: Bruno Le Maire, BBC Radio HARDtalk Interview
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur in Paris
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Hydra, a play by Sue Smith; George Johnston and Charmian Clift. Australia, Queensland and South Australia.
Details from Queensland Theatre
9 March - 6 April 2019
Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre
Thanks to Brian Sidaway for the information and link
Dunstan Playhouse 1 - 19 May
"They were writers, dreamers and free spirits. In the 1950s, Australian authors Charmian Clift and George Johnston fled halfway across the world to the idyllic Greek island of Hydra, determined to carve out a bohemian living as artists.
As they revel in their picturesque community, far off the world’s literary map, inspiration for the great Australian work strikes. But a many-headed monster of jealousy, infidelity, illness and alcoholism also rises from the crystal blue waters of their sun-kissed island home.
Award-winning Sue Smith weaves the original writings of two of Australia’s literary icons into a moving relationship drama. She conjures the passion and intensity of the near mythical ‘King and Queen of Hydra’ as they follow their dream, only to end up in a Greek tragedy of their own making"
As they revel in their picturesque community, far off the world’s literary map, inspiration for the great Australian work strikes. But a many-headed monster of jealousy, infidelity, illness and alcoholism also rises from the crystal blue waters of their sun-kissed island home.
Award-winning Sue Smith weaves the original writings of two of Australia’s literary icons into a moving relationship drama. She conjures the passion and intensity of the near mythical ‘King and Queen of Hydra’ as they follow their dream, only to end up in a Greek tragedy of their own making"
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The History of Wastefulness (BBC World Service); Our Relationship with Rubbish
Episode 1
"Alexandra Spring explores how our relationship with rubbish has evolved over time, beginning on a boat, sailing across the Pacific, with Ocean Conservancy’s Chief Scientist George Leonard. Together, they discuss how trillions of micro plastic particles have created a sea-sized portion of plastic soup, and how poor waste management across the world has led to a garbage emergency.
The conversation continues with author Gay Hawkins, who believes an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude is shaping our psychological relationship with trash.
Then, Alexandra speaks to the photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen, who has witnessed our human wasteful ways at six major dumps around the world. He shares how litter is not only destroying, but saving some local communities".
Producers: Chelsea Dickenson and Ben Cartwright
"Alexandra Spring continues her exploration of how our relationship with rubbish has evolved through time at the foot of Monte Testaccio in Rome - a hill built of 53 million discarded olive oil amphorae, which were thrown away nearly 2000 years ago. She meets the architect Tom Rankin, who shares how this ‘dump’ is indicative of the Roman spirit to waste.
Moving through the decades, the historian Agnes Sandras takes Alexandra back to France in 1883, when Parisian Prefect Eugene Poubelle sparked public outcry by forcing citizens to buy a box in which they would place their waste. They discuss how this early form of a modern day ‘bin’, or ‘poubelle’ in French, shaped how people viewed litter.
Then, sharing her view on how our attitudes to waste have changed throughout the last century, professor of history Eiko Maruko Siniawer explains to Alexandra how a shift in ideology to embrace modern luxuries saw waste spiralling out of control at the end of the World War Two".
Producers: Chelsea Dickenson and Ben Cartwright.
Episode 3 - to follow when broadcast
UK: Reactions to Brexit deal defeat
From Euronews, Chris Harris
Brexit vote: Donald Tusk suggests UK should stay in EU, BBC News
Brexit: EU opens door to further trade negotiations if Theresa May ditches red lines, MSN/Independent
Brexit crisis: Germany and Europe react — as it happened, DW (Deutsche Welle)
No deal may be better than extending Brexit negotiations: Lithuanian president, Euronews
UK and EU will have to remain very closely aligned on rules in all Brexit scenarios: Irish PM, Euronews
Brexit: How British-Irish relations are coping, BBC
Emmanuel Macron says EU divorce has 'torn British society apart' and 'can't be delivered, MSN/Evening Standard
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Spring and Fall; Dead Leaves
Dead Leaves (detail), Ernest Bieler, 1899
Spring and Fall
to a young child
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leáves like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you wíll weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sórrow’s spríngs áre the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It ís the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.
Ernest Bieler, Dead Leaves, 1899, Kunstmuseum Bern
Monday, 14 January 2019
Should museums give back other nations' treasures? The Big Questions, BBC TV
From BBC iPlayer - from 37 minute and 20 second point
Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Heartlands Academy, Birmingham. He asks:
"Should museums give back other nations' treasures?"
Greece, a "staged divorce"?
End of Greek Governing Coalition a “Staged Divorce”, Says Opposition, Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter
At least nothing is 'staged' in the British Parliament...
Sunday, 13 January 2019
R.D. Laing, 1967 - A Reminder
"Words in a poem, sounds in movement, rhythm in space, attempt to recapture personal meaning in personal time and space from out of the sights and sounds of a depersonalised, dehumanised world. They are bridgeheads into alien territory. They are acts of insurrection. Their source is from the Silence at the centre of each of us".
From The Politics of Experience, VI, The experience of negation
Source: The Politics of Experience (1967), publ. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Source: The Politics of Experience (1967), publ. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
A number of relatively sane poets, psychiatrists and politicians (Cf. Brexit*) have also been known to use "a confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases".
NB A 'word salad' is quite different from 'gobbledygook"
gobbledygook (n.) - "the overinvolved, pompous talk of officialdom" [Klein], 1944, American English, first used by Texas politician Maury Maverick (1895-1954), in a memo dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language" and mock-threateaning, "anyone using the words activation or implementation will be shot." Maverick said he made up the word in imitation of turkey noise". www.etymonline.com
*BBC Guide to Brexit jargon, for instance
NB A 'word salad' is quite different from 'gobbledygook"
gobbledygook (n.) - "the overinvolved, pompous talk of officialdom" [Klein], 1944, American English, first used by Texas politician Maury Maverick (1895-1954), in a memo dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language" and mock-threateaning, "anyone using the words activation or implementation will be shot." Maverick said he made up the word in imitation of turkey noise". www.etymonline.com
*BBC Guide to Brexit jargon, for instance
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Corfu, Capodistrias Airport - Increase in numbers in 2018
From Enimerosi online
"A 17% increase in the number of flights at Corfu Capodistrias Airport in 2018 - 29% for domestic flights and 14.5% for international flights".
Corfu is top destination for British tourists but also an expensive one, KTG
Brits Abroad: How Many?
The puzzle of how many Brits abroad there really are, Dr Michaela Benson, BBC News
Certainly nobody seems to know how many British people are resident on Corfu.
There must be huge margins of error when trying to make estimates.
Friday, 11 January 2019
UK, Rubbish Incinerators to double; (Small) particulate pollution?
From Tom Bawden, inews: (11 January 2019)
The UK will burn more than half its rubbish as it doubles the number of incinerators over next 10 years
"100 - number of new incinerators being proposed - to add to the 44 that already exist" inews
Paxos, Greece: Waste Management
An Enimerosi report on 'integrated waste management' on Paxos (from November 2018).
'Construction of a transshipment station, processing unit and creation of green points'
Q. Transshipment to where?
"Actions for Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management in the Municipality of Paxos", amounting to € 1.637.331. It includes the construction of a waste transshipment plant, the construction of a pre-treated biowaste and mixed municipal solid waste treatment plant and the supply of sorting equipment to the biowaste source.
"Creation of a green point and recycling corners in the municipality of Paxos" at 373,414 euros. It includes the creation of a green point, recycling angles and awareness and publicity actions.
Construction of a rural road construction project in Antipaxos, totaling 441,000 euros. Enimerosi.
The Paxos Rubbish Dump (Enimerosi photograph)
"Actions for Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management in the Municipality of Paxos", amounting to € 1.637.331. It includes the construction of a waste transshipment plant, the construction of a pre-treated biowaste and mixed municipal solid waste treatment plant and the supply of sorting equipment to the biowaste source.
"Creation of a green point and recycling corners in the municipality of Paxos" at 373,414 euros. It includes the creation of a green point, recycling angles and awareness and publicity actions.
Construction of a rural road construction project in Antipaxos, totaling 441,000 euros. Enimerosi.
Thursday, 10 January 2019
Wednesday, 9 January 2019
Tuesday, 8 January 2019
Greece, Ionian Sea: Farmed Fish; 'The truth about the fish we eat and the drugs the fish are fed'. ' Όλη η αλήθεια για τα ψάρια που τρώμε'. Professor T. Albanis, University of Ioannina
From enallaktikos.gr - 'The whole truth about the fish we eat'
'Όλη η αλήθεια για τα ψάρια που τρώμε - Από τη φορμόλη στα... ψυχοφάρμακα', 5.1.2019.
"The Rector and director of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Ioannina explains that the fish we eat have taken in many other medicines in their lives. Among other things, their bodies have ingested or been penetrated by analgesics, antibiotics and psychiatric drugs.
According to the results of research in Ionian areas with a strong presence of fish farms, presented by Professor T. Albanis, the fish that reach our table have consumed large quantities not only of human drugs, but also of pesticides and other dangerous chemicals.
Among others, 67% of the research samples were found in chemical substances (pesticides). Moreover, in the sensitive ecological area of Louros and Arachthos estuaries, high concentrations of psychiatric drugs were identified, while in several areas along with the above, the presence of antibiotics, analgesics, etc. was detected.
The professor also explained that about 85% of organic compounds that are artificially produced and are potential pollutants for water and aquatic ecosystems end up in the oceans. Among them, the 1,000 new chemical compounds produced each year.
Thus, fish do not only consume the medicines used in fish farms to keep them "healthy" (to protect them from certain diseases, at the same time as hazardous chemicals), but also those that end up in the sea as pharmaceutical waste".
(Google Translate)
From the Greek article:
'Σήμερα, ο Πρύτανης και διευθυντής του τμήματος Χημείας του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, μας εξηγεί πως τα ψάρια που τρώμε, έχουν πάρει πολλά ακόμη φάρμακα στη ζωή τους. Ανάμεσα σε άλλα, ο οργανισμός τους έχει ποτιστεί με αναλγητικά, αντιβιοτικά και ψυχιατρικά φάρμακα!
Σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα έρευνας σε περιοχές του Ιονίου με έντονη παρουσία ιχθυοκαλλιεργειών, που παρουσίασε ο καθηγητής Τ. Αλμπάνης, τα ψάρια που φτάνουν στο τραπέζι μας, έχουν καταναλώσει μεγάλες ποσότητες, όχι μόνο ανθρώπινων φαρμάκων, αλλά και φυτοφαρμάκων και άλλων επικίνδυνων χημικών ουσιών'.
More information - 'Kαταναλώνουμε ψάρια με αναλγητικά και ψυχοφάρμακα'
From the Greek article:
'Σήμερα, ο Πρύτανης και διευθυντής του τμήματος Χημείας του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, μας εξηγεί πως τα ψάρια που τρώμε, έχουν πάρει πολλά ακόμη φάρμακα στη ζωή τους. Ανάμεσα σε άλλα, ο οργανισμός τους έχει ποτιστεί με αναλγητικά, αντιβιοτικά και ψυχιατρικά φάρμακα!
Σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα έρευνας σε περιοχές του Ιονίου με έντονη παρουσία ιχθυοκαλλιεργειών, που παρουσίασε ο καθηγητής Τ. Αλμπάνης, τα ψάρια που φτάνουν στο τραπέζι μας, έχουν καταναλώσει μεγάλες ποσότητες, όχι μόνο ανθρώπινων φαρμάκων, αλλά και φυτοφαρμάκων και άλλων επικίνδυνων χημικών ουσιών'.
More information - 'Kαταναλώνουμε ψάρια με αναλγητικά και ψυχοφάρμακα'
Most of the farm-reared sea-bream (Gilthead Bream, Sparus aurata, farmed in marine open net pens) which are on sale in British supermarkets are imported - and responsibly sourced- from Greece and Turkey.
'Η κύρια περιοχή της μελέτης που ολοκληρώθηκε εστίασε σε παράκτιες περιοχές του Ιονίου όπου υπάρχει μεγάλη συγκέντρωση Ιχθυοκαλλιεργειών με αλιεύματα που καταναλώνονται σε όλη τη χώρα και εξάγοντα'.
'Η κύρια περιοχή της μελέτης που ολοκληρώθηκε εστίασε σε παράκτιες περιοχές του Ιονίου όπου υπάρχει μεγάλη συγκέντρωση Ιχθυοκαλλιεργειών με αλιεύματα που καταναλώνονται σε όλη τη χώρα και εξάγοντα'.
In a total of 600 samples taken at different sites, pesticide and other plant protection substances - pollutants were identified. 67% of the samples received were found to be more than one, while in a more limited number of samples there were 5-10 of the investigated compounds - pollutants.
Large concentrations of drugs contained in psychiatric drugs, antibiotics and mainly analgesics, a sample of intensive use as well as other sources of contamination such as hospital waste.
Pharmaceutical chemicals, also in large proportions like pesticides, coexist in the same samples that were investigated.
High concentrations of psychiatric substances have been identified at the estuaries of the Louros and Arachos rivers that form a single ecosystem (life cycle in nature) for aquatic organisms....
High concentrations of psychiatric substances have been identified at the estuaries of the Louros and Arachos rivers that form a single ecosystem (life cycle in nature) for aquatic organisms....
(Google Translate)
Article by PANOS SAKELLAROPOULOS
That's apart from micro-plastic particles!
Related: Scottish salmon farming's sea lice 'crisis', BBC News
Sea lice 'breakthrough' for salmon farmers
From The Ferret on Farmed Salmon
Sea-bream, salmon, what next?
Related:
'Future of Mediterranean fishing on the line after European Parliament vote, say environmental groups', Euonews
Article by PANOS SAKELLAROPOULOS
That's apart from micro-plastic particles!
Related: Scottish salmon farming's sea lice 'crisis', BBC News
Sea lice 'breakthrough' for salmon farmers
From The Ferret on Farmed Salmon
Sea-bream, salmon, what next?
Related:
'Future of Mediterranean fishing on the line after European Parliament vote, say environmental groups', Euonews
Monday, 7 January 2019
Vitsa, Zagori, Houses, Vitsa Steps, Bridge of Misiou; Η Βίτσα, Σπίτια, χωριό του Κεντρικού Ζαγορίου
Vitsa Steps
http://www.vitsa.gr/node/175
Houses
http://www.vitsa.gr/node/178
http://www.vitsa.gr/node/177
Examples of the Kato Vitsa houses (illustrated prominently, top right, above, on the signboard at the entrance to the village, and on the cover of the Zagori Traditional Architecture publication below:
"Της Αλεξοβασίλαινας ή των Αναγνωστάκηδων
Αριστερά προς Αϊ Ταξιάρχη
Το 1852 σε αυτό κατοικούσε η οικογένεια του Βασίλη Αναγνωστάκη
Αργότερα του Πανούλα, της Βασιλικής και του Ξενοφώντα Αναγνωστάκη
Στον ίδιο χώρο βρίσκονται δύο σπίτια
Έχουν πουληθεί σε αλλοδαπούς"
Don't αλλοδαπόi have names?
Is a Corfiot who has been there for over 35 years still considered an αλλοδαπός?
Is a Corfiot who has been there for over 35 years still considered an αλλοδαπός?
Some publications:
Sunday, 6 January 2019
Greece/Ἑλλάδα - Ερχεται το e-περιουσιολόγιο (Register of Assets)
Ερχεται το e-περιουσιολόγιο, from euro2today
"The electronic register of assets, known as the Periousiologio in Greek, will start operating at the end of the first quarter of the year and 8.5 million taxpayers will need to fill in a declaration form listing the entire set of their assets".
Thomas Hardy: Half-Corfiote Eustacia Vye (The Return of the Native)
A re-posting (from April 2014), as the topic seems to be attracting some attention.
To what extent was Hardy being satiric or ironic? David Eggenschwiler (1971) argues that he was very ambivalent about Eustacia.
Melkam Genna! Ethiopian Christmas (Julian Calendar); መልካም ገና
The traditional Ethiopian Christmas greeting is Melkam Gen(n)a!
As we take down our decorations - Watch scenes of Christmas at Lalibela
Epiphany in Greece
Mount Athos Celebrates Christmas in Byzantine Splendour, Greek Reporter
Saturday, 5 January 2019
Corfu, Covered in Snow; Greece; Ioannina Snowfall, Epirus; Vitsa, Zagori; Meteora
"Rare White-Out as Corfu is Covered in Blanket of Snow" , by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/01/04/rare-white-out-as-corfu-is-covered-in-blanket-of-snow-video/
To σπάνιο θέαμα της χιονισμένης Κέρκυρας μετά από 13 χρόνια , Lifo.gr
Corfu island also gets a dusting of snow, eKathimerini
In Ioannina, YouTube
In Meteora (Greek Reporter)
In Thessaloniki
In Vitsa, Zagori (photos by Fantina, 4.1.2019):
Getting deeper, January 8, 2019 (FK):
