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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 20.06.2009
11:23
Translated movies
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I live In Greece. Unfortunately, there aren't many things that we, modern Greeks, can be proud of. However, we do subtitle the movies we watch. I like travelling a lot. I've been in several countries around Western Europe and I have to admit that I can't realize the persistence of Europeans to translate every single TV program or cinema movie to their native language. It's quite another thing to watch friends hearing Ross in German, than watching the original series. It's half the pleasure. Last week I've been in Rome. One night I tried to watch a movie on an Italian channel. It was Jenkins Khan. Well it seemed more than ridiculous to hear the barbarian conqueror speaking the melodic Italian language while brutally slaying enemies. I don't really know the reason why translation is the only option in Western Europe instead of subtitling. I've never had a talk about this issue. I can only imagine it's because of the ease that translation provides. The viewer doesn't have to read subtitles and watch the plot on the same time. However, this method is a cruel alteration of the original artistic creation. You see Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Angelina Jolie etc are not only looks and motion. They are also voices, pronunciation, sentiments expressed by their voice's tone. Picture and sound are integrity in a movie and translation creates a whole new creation, usually of lower - not saying awful - quality.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 24.04.2009
11:10
Ostracism, another side of world's crisis
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In ancient Greece and mostly in ancient Athens there was a law called ostracism. It was a way to exile people who were considered dangerous for the state. People would gather and write on a shell, the name of the person which they thought incarnated the major enemy of the state. The result of the voting was that the most voted person would be exiled for ten years.
I never thought I would hear about exile in the dawn of the 21st century, especially in developed countries, that have established democratic institutions. Yet the global financial crisis hides a lot of surprises.
I read in the "New York's Times" that Japanese government pays foreign workers a respectable amount of money, in order to leave Japan and never come back. I understand that this measure refers to people who have lost their jobs. People that being unemployed, would find it difficult to cope with basic needs like housing, clothing and feeding.
But is exile really an alternative? If these people aren't able to fulfill these needs in Japan will they be able to do so in Brazil or in any other developing country? I doubt that. If this was feasible, they wouldn't seek for a better life abroad.
But what's more important in my humble point of view, is the humiliation of their personality. They are officially being deprived of the right to choose for their life. The state itself, bans them the right to fight for their future. It officially declares them losers and unwanted in Japan.
I might be ignoring aspects of this case, however reading this article made me feel very sorry for these people. Moreover it made me feel desperate and helpless in front of the situation that is being formed worldwide, because of the financial situation. I mentioned in a previous post about the extremism caused by this situation. Far rightish and far leftish political ideas growing. I believed that politicians all over the world would try to find a way out. Unfortunately, I can't see any optimistic sign ahead. Politicians gathered, they talked, they decided. Yet, the results were rather mediocre. It seems that none has a clue on how to get out of this situation. Measures taken are fragmentary and ineffective. And worst of all is hearing that the japanese government ended up in exiling people. It makes me feel that this situation is really bad, no-one has figured a realistic solution and unfortunately worst is yet to come...

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 23.04.2009
11:31
The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 12.01.2009
17:40
Israel's war against terrorism...
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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 06.01.2009
18:12
Lives on the scales
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...Or else western world hypocrisy. I thought about writing this article after a very unfortunate incident that happened in my country, two days ago. A young policeman - aged 21 yo - was fired upon. He took 29 bullets while standing on a side walk during his regular patrol. No conflict,no engagement. He was shot in cold blood. Right now he's hospitalised in critical condition. No protest has being made, no marching in the capital, just a few statements of sympathy by the political parties and just his family prayers for his life.
A month ago an innocent youngster has been shot to death by a policeman and that led to the worst riot that Athens has faced for the last three decades. Banks, shops, houses, cars burnt. For more than a week terror reigned all over Greece. Greek press favoured these actions of protest by insisting on the value of the youngster's life. Though the actions that followed the protest were violent and extreme, the protest itself was justified. A life had been lost.
However, the million dollar question now is whose life is valued as more significant? Well, in my humble opinion, both lives had the same importance. Both cases should be handled identically. It seems that for some of us, the policeman's life was of no importance, he had no family. Shooting him is something that deserves no protest, no marching the streets, no blocking any road...
Isn't that hypocrisy?
But it seems to me that the same hypocrisy rules over the whole western world. It seems that it has become common to judge same things with completely different criteria. Criteria defined mostly by political expediences. Take for instance Hamas. It is listed by most western countries as a terrorist organization. Though it's political part has been elected by the Palestinian people. I can't blame those who accuse Hamas of been a terrorist group. After all launching rockets to Israeli villages and committing suicide bomb attacks justifies this characterization.
On the other hand, reading the wikipedia about Moscow theater hostage crisis you can see the Chechens called rebel fighters. You will not find the slightest mention of the word terrorist. But consider about it...Both Hamas and Chechens fight for the same thing. The liberation of their countries. And more over they both use the same methods to achieve this. Terrorist actions. What makes one group terrorists and the other fighters? Who has the right to value more the liberty of Chechen than the liberty of Palestine.
It's the same thing with Russia as well. Why is the liberty of Ossetia justified while Chechen's liberty isn't? I'm absolutely sure that if you search you will find millions of examples of this kind of hypocritical behaviour. And this behaviour can only rise riots, terrorist actions and extremism.
Well if politicians, helped by the press, have reasons to behave like that then it's our responsibility to choose politicians who fix on justice and fairness. This is the only way to a peaceful, stable and prosper world. Are we capable to find and elect politicians like that?

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 01.01.2009
13:26
Israeli attack
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We've all seen the same play again. Last year it was the Hezbollah, at the dawn of 2009 it's the Hamas. In the first case Lebanon took the fierce strike, now it's Palestine's Gaza stripe. Let's find the similarity. In both cases Israeli's armed forces exterminate Arab citizens.
I hear Israeli officials declaring that it's their lawful right to defend their country against terrorists. It's an argument that may be convincing for those who hear the news sitting in the safety of their living room before they go out to celebrate the Christmas holidays. But even those people would have doubts about this argument, by considering this case a little bit further.
Yes, there's no doubt that terrorists like the Hezbollah and the Hamas kill innocent people in Israel. People that might even be willing to live in peace with Arabs. But that's why we call them terrorists. That's why even a significant proportion of Arabs consider those groups extremists. Organised nations should have the means to fight those groups. When you claim that in order to exterminate them you have to cause a genocide, then YOU turn into a terrorist. To be accurate you're worse than a terrorist, you are a monster.
I would expect that Israelis' having suffered a holocaust would be more sensitive in actions like these. It's outrageous. Israel demand world's respect and sympathy for what the Nazi's have done to them and now they make Hitler look like an amateur compared to their methods in Palestine. Imagine fighters flying over towns and bombing homes inconsiderately. Bombing families that have no means of defending themselves, that have no place to take cover and that after all have nothing to do with terrorism.
This is an action of cowardliness and dishonesty. There is no lawful grounds on killing people to eliminate terrorists. You cause disorder and injustice and that's exactly what terrorists look for.
What's even worse is the international reaction on this crisis. Europe had frozen relationships with Russia when they engaged in a conflict with Georgia, even though in that case there were two organised armies fighting each other. Now that an army slaughters unarmed civilians, Europe keeps to simple advice towards both parties for a cease fire. On the other hand US went further more on insensitivity. I heard a US official telling the press to be more cautious with the numbers that are heard in Gaza stripe. As if there is any difference in 350 or 150 civilians were killed. As if we're talking about the score in a video game and not about human lives. I can't really understand if this was just a stupid saying of the moment that came out of his irresponsible mouth without thinking or this was the result of a stupid mind. In both case that official should be at least fired of his position the moment he ended that sentence.
For God's shake, innocent people are slaughtered and none seems to worry. Innocent people's deaths that can only arise a new wave of Muslim terrorism, making Hamas happier and happier and our lives in the western world less safe.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 09.12.2008
19:31
DEMOCRACY'S # 1 ENEMY IS THE PRESS.
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I hate to say I told you so, but I surely did eight days ago. This financial crisis everybody is talking about, will cultivate extreme ideas both far left and far right. Greece is experiencing that right now. Taking advantage of the tragic death - execution - of a fifteen years old boy by a warm head policeman, extremists turned Greece into hell. The scream Cops - Pigs - Killers turned into an excuse to burn, break and pillage banks, stores and offices. Civilians feel like hostages into their houses. Any sort of activity has stopped for the last two days. That's the far left side of this situation.
On the other hand furious citizens who got bored of been terrified to go to their jobs, start talking about bringing the army into the cities to restore order. That's the far right side of the story.
Both dangerous, both harmful for the democracy.
But the worst enemy of the democracy right now is the PRESS. In the quest of viewing, press doesn't hesitate to incite extreme ideas. On the first day reporters criticize police for apathy against protesters trying to arise far rightish screams and the next day when police starts to act they accuse it for brutality trying to appeal far leftish sentiments.
In this critical moments DEMOCRACY'S # 1 ENEMY IS THE PRESS.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 03.12.2008
20:12
Crisis. Now what...
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And now what...Socialism died a long time ago. Capitalism makes governments all over the world struggle desperately to rescue the economy from dropping to a coma.
More people getting poor, less people getting rich. However, my main concern right now is that this mess might reinforce far wings political formations. When mainstream theories seem unable to cope with the situation, populistic screams sound seductive. Screams originated by both far-right and far-left mouths will be amplified and will probably find eager ears.
The U.S. presidential election of Barak Obama is a crucial turning point. If Obama, representing a politician of the middle area, manages to give an end to this financial crisis then democracy stands a chance to survive. If not...
All the above may sound quite funny and equally populistic, but in my humble point of view, the way US primarily and the rest of the G-8 face the crisis will determine whether there will be or not the right conditions for the growth of totalitarian regimes and of large scale war conflicts.
It's a moment where everybody should be patient, should appreciate the value of human rights and democracy and should close their ears to simplified and populistic theories.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 08.07.2008
22:26
The third one was the best...
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The first one was a thrill, but this was well expected, as it was their first appearance in Greece so the fans were starving for them. The second one was a little bit numb. It might be because of the fact that the audience had already a previous experience. Combine that with the almost four years of the group's separation and you get the picture of a low mood gig.
The third one was pure gold. Booth back in the spirit of the the band, motivated by a well-promising new album, inspired by old songs and wildly cheered by a faithful crowd of fans. It was an appearance that most of us will never forget. Thanks mates, hope to see you back soon.

P.S. : Personally I'm very pleased that this new lp contains a song with a clear political message. Therefore let's take a few minutes to watch the video below. It might not send troops back home, but at least we'll make clear that we do care about the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hey ma...

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 13.05.2008
23:51
This one is for Xenia
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Xenia is a dear friend of mine. A few days ago I told her about this blog so that I could raise my total readers about 100%. Unfortunately, when she took a quick look to this page she came to the conclusion that it was another sports page.

That conclusion really made me wonder. Is there a main subject in this blog? Well, you might say that a blog is considered to be an e-diary, so you can write whatever bothers you every day. I tend to agree with that point of view. So Xenia you’ll have to accept the fact that this page is all mixed up. It’s about sports, politics, social issues and in general, things I notice in my everyday life. When a subject seems to be significant enough, then I write it down.

However that made me think a little further. I’ve said before how much I hate reporters and their attitude to act like they know everything. They can be doctors, army generals, pilots, fire-fighters, coaches and football players and many other things. Well don’t I act a bit like them? After all who am I to express opinions about issues concerning Manchester United players as well as the American presidential elections? I’m nobody. Just another working person in an insignificant corner of Europe whose opinion and whose vote can’t make any difference neither in global affairs, nor even in municipal affairs.

This conclusion leads to two more conclusions:
1. If what I write is of none importance that makes me different from reporters, as they can form public opinion. That’s a relief for me. I can write whatever I want; after all I’m the only one who gives a penny about what I write.
2. What do I hope to achieve by writing. Pulitzer is out of the question. Political change could be possible if my name wasn’t Eric Castel, but Bush or Clinton or whatever the names of two or three leaders your country has to present. Well it isn’t.
3. The only way something could happen would be if some millions guys with the same ideas would constitute an e-movement and force some change. Unfortunately net is infinite, net is chaotic so e-movements are impossible.
To conclude, dear Xenia this blog is meaningless. It contains only complains and will give you a bad mood, without being able to change anything. So I guess you’d better keep spending your time on facebook and let me be the sole reader of this blog.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 01.05.2008
13:56
Scholes debt
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Ok, don't expect me to be objective in the following lines. I'm not a journalist (lord keep me safe...), I' m just a faithful United fan. In the begging of the season I was confident that Red Devils would make it to the final this year. It was clear that this team was the best in Europe by far. Speed, technique, effectiveness and a mature way of handling bad situations. However I had a constant fear that until the end something could go wrong. It's something we, red fans, faced several times since 1999.
In my humble opinion the most critical match was the last one against FC Barcelona. Let me be more specific. United is comprised of young talented players, anxious to leave their mark on football history. Some of them are world class players, like Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, Hargreaves and some are expected to be, like Nani, Anderson, Carrick, Vidic, Pique. They all are a great bunch of players. What they all lacked was experience and that winning esprit. That's exactly what you need when you face a team with the T-shirt of FC Barcelona, or Real Madrid, or FC Milan. No matter in what condition these teams are, the history they carry can kill you. In games like these the ball gets really heavy. That's what happened in last year's semi finals when that Italian company of 35ers knocked United out.
This could easily happen this year too. But this year United was blessed to have two players in an exceptional form. I'm talking about Paul Scholes and Edwin Van de Sar. When the ball got heavy these two old-timers were responsible to carry the team and through their experience lead it to the final. And what a way to achieve it. A magnificent goal by the skinny red hair devil and several great saves by the experienced Dutch, who lives his second adolescence.
Cristiano, Tevez, Rooney, Rio and all the other lads did a great job so that United had a great year, playing by far the best football in Europe. However Scholes and Van de Sar gave that extra spice to make it to the top.
I don't know what will happen in Moscow, after all it's just a game between the two leading english teams, where anything is possible. However Scholes owes himself an appearance in a champions league final and his experience boosts the teams talent.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 03.02.2008
21:16
Delirium of disorder
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What the hell is going on in Greece?
Two governmental parties are falling down on popularity due to scandals. The latest news describe a scandal that was fed by both parties. The far wing parties gain approval due to the disapproval of the aforementioned. And everything is all messed up. Ex-dictatorship lovers and racists on one hand, Lenin and Mao fans who like chaos on the other hand watch their popularity rising.
While dramatic changes seem to happen in Europe with new countries entering, new economies rising, Greece seems imprisoned in a mediocre situation where the press rules and politicians crawl behind. Unfortunately I'm not convinced there is any hope in a viewable distance.
Well why bother you might say. After all every nation deserves its politicians.
What can I say: Just listen

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 15.01.2008
22:57
Nothing ever changes
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Bad Religion back in the eighties and nineties talked about issues that still troubles are generation and will trouble next generations. They didn't manage to change anything. What makes me think I could change anything and keep on writing on this mediocre blog.
Instead of anything else listen to Bad Religion.

PS: Dedicated to my very best mate Bob, whom I rarely see anymore.

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Bad Religion Modern Man-Big Bang Video
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BAD RELIGION AMERICAN JESUS
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21:49
Please wake up! You're facebooked...
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It all came to me when I found out that a person whom I considered rather serious and sophisticated, was part of the facebook community and used features like poke, super poke, booze mail, sexy friends etc. That's when I started to think that facebook is an internet suppression mean.
I already hear you whispering: "Another conspiracy theory". It might be so. But let's take the case from the beginning.
Once, I've written about a political change that could be initiated through the internet. I was so wrong. There are plenty of reasons which make this impossible.
First of all, it's because of internet's character. The freedom that anyone enjoys to publish anything he likes, is what reduces internet's credibility. You're not obliged to cross your findings or to make absolutely certain that what you write is true. A newspaper that lies will either be brought to justice or lose its readers. An internet writer faces none of these risks. People know that and this is why little basis is given on what's on the internet.
Moreover a political change needs an organized movement. Internet is a total chaos. All messed up... Tons of trash and diamonds, infinite sites, all sorts of ideas side by side, raw, unorganized. Nothing serious can come out of this.
But the political status quo had to make absolutely sure that things on the internet would remain that way. Unorganized, kind of a joke, just for fun. So facebook was launched. Two immanent desires of man were abused. On one hand the desire to be part of a greater community, on the other hand the desire to be popular, to see his face and name published, even a chance to be admired. So everybody became members of facebook. I found out that several popular bloggers stopped writing and started taking quizzes, sending booze mails and other pointless actions promoted by facebook.
Not to mention that personal information like sexual preferences, travel habits, IQ levels (yes there are IQ quizzes too), are no longer secret. Everything revealed and within reach of a god knows who. Consider that people complain about private invasion because of CCTV systems located on the streets, inside stores etc. Well, CCTV is harmless compared to facebook.
You may still think I'm exaggerating. I trully hope so. Time will tell. Till then, I insist that you should be aware. You might be facebooked...

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 04.01.2008
11:27
US Presidential Elections
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Todays world is a really small neighborhood where United States actions have dramatical impact on the daily life of every last inhabitant of this lonely planet. I bet that during previous decades, no-one in Europe or in Asia really cared about the outcome of an electoral procedure in the USA. With the probable exceptions of Koreans, Vietnamese's, Cambodians, Cubans and the Russians, between the fifties and the seventies. A part from those nations, for anyone else the US elections must have been an event of medium to little importance.
Nowadays things are much different. This time the next global boss is going to be elected. What should concern more, every thinking person of this lonely planet, is that their fate is being decided by let's say 121,068,721 people. (this is the exact number of votes during the previous presidential elections). Think about it. The total population of the US is 303,619,006 people and yet only a 39,78% of them participate in this procedure. To make things even worse the global population is 6,600,000,000 people and yet only the 1,83% of it decides the future of earth.
You might have reached to the conclusion that I'm exaggerating. Well am I? Consider that:
a. US president decides which nation is a potential terrorist threat and wipes it out of the map, in order to replace it with a friendly colony.
b. US president decides whether local funded industries will keep on polluting, putting earth's future - I don't like the phrase mankind future as it is rather anthropocentric, we tend to forget that we only share this planet - at stake.
c. US president decides which nation is allowed to obtain nuclear weapons and which one is not.
d. US president, in other words, is an institution with the power to determine earth's future in a definite way.
Do you still think I'm exaggerating. I'm convinced that I'm not. 2008 presidential elections are critical. And what every non-American can only wish, is that Americans will realize the significance of this procedure and determine their fates along with everybody else's fate. We can only hope that their decision will be someone who cares about the environment and the global heating, someone who will not be interested in been compared with Jules Caesar or someone who calls himself representative of God on Earth.
The sad thing about all of us non-Americans, is that we can only hope for the best of our future and nothing more.

PS1: One might say that I favor Democratic candidates. I have stated before that none of the present political parties express my beliefs. One must recall that I would prefer a political space right in the middle of nowadays right and left.

PS2: I am pretty sure than in less that fifteen years, if I make it till then, I'll be writing about how the fellas with the badges on their uniforms determine the global future.

I wish you all a happy new year.

(Picture found in www.kazani.gr)

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 12.12.2007
18:54
James with a new album
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You've probably heard about James releasing a new album. It's expected on April 7th. There is something like a guess of what the album will sound like on the following link.

http://www.oneofthethree.co.uk/newalbum.htm

Looking forward to this then...

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13:45
Christmas once again
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I remember I've written before about Christmas spirit. If Charles Dickens was alive and degraded himself so much to read this blog, he would be furious. He would probably send Ebenezer Scrooge to teach me a lesson.
Yet years pass on by and I still can't understand what makes everybody happy during Christmas. I mean, let's be honest no-one really celebrates the birth of Christ except priests and a deeply religious minority.
What about everybody else? First of all we count one less year of life expectancy. Why is that a reason to be happy? Not to mention that we put ourselves in a great stake of dying in the battlefield of the roads. The possibilities of having a fatal accident driving is enormously multiplied during Christmas holidays.
Even if you want to be less melodramatic, you can't ignore the fact that trying to have fun during this time of the year, means that you'll have to bare full bars with no space to scratch your head, no room to get your drink drunk. You will have to pay twice as you used to in order to have some booze and usually the drinks you'll buy will probably make you blind as they will be adulterated.
Yet everybody walks around every city and every village with a silly smile. They're gonna be robbed by bartenders, by shop owners, by anyone who double his prize for offering less quality during Christmas, they're gonna be smashed like sardines in every place they will visit, they will not be able to drink a nice cup of coffee quietly and yet everybody smiles...
Merry merry Christmas and a happy new and less year of your life.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 10.12.2007
23:07
OTE rules.
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Have you ever thought that if Bloc Party was an American group, they would probably go "Hunting for Bitches" instead of Witches.
I'm back. After suffering a whole month the regime of slow internet (does anyone remember how it is to work with a 64K line? - Misery). My isp, OTE (Hellenic Telecommunications Organization), managed to activate my dsl line after a whole month. The problem seemed to be a terrible COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN with their subsidiary company OTENET. I used to be an OTENET subscriber and I decided to try the mother company. Poor me. Mother and daughter companies seem to have problems in communication. Who said that generation gap doesn't exist nowadays?
Anyway, it was an interesting experience using the 64K line. I felt like an archaeologist, digging back in time. I realized that with this kind of line you cannot talk about youtube. No sir. You can't even view your gmail account.
Anyway, that's all for now. We're back in business. At least I hope so, cause that's what I said last time and you saw what happened.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 12.11.2007
19:28
I'll be back
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Hello mates. It's been a long time. Changing house, requires changing phone line which leads to a temporary drop of broadband internet. How "temporary" that drop will be, depends on the providers flexibility and professionalism. Unfortunately my providers professionalism means almost two weeks without internet and requires dozens of phonecalls in order to make procedures faster. Anyway, I will not be fully operational until next week, so I'm just writing to say Hello.
I' ll be back really soon and I'd like to talk about gaining and losing confidense between friends.
Until then:
Praise ARIS FC for appearing on the third place of the Greek Superleague, praise ARIS BC for being unbeaten in Euroleague.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 20.10.2007
13:57
Please mind the gap
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Please mind the gap

Ok, I thought this would be an interesting title for an article, but it seems I'm too trivial after all. I took a look at blog entries with this title and their number is infinite.
Anyway, mind the gap, because it's huge. It's a huge political gap especially in Europe, created by the fact that all around the world there isn't a political formation to represent a growing current. I'm talking about people between 25 and 45, people familiar to new technologies, people eager to make progress but unwilling to accept environmental destruction, one-sided world domination, injustice around the world.
My friend TokopiTiPita once said that there are voices around the world, even in the States talking about injustice and peace. Yes, that is very true. But those voices include other political messages as well, that are far-leftists. Messages rejected by most of the world because of their extremeness. So these voices are doomed to be neglected. They will never be organized and will never create a political current able to run for presidencies.
Let me speak for myself now. I am a technology lover, I like to have a house full of gudgets. I like to buy new clothes, I like SUVs, I want to work hard so that I can fulfill my needs. I think that globalism has a lot of benefits for world evolution. So, I would never support a left party that would deprive me from all these things. I hate civil services, where either you're a hard worker either you act like Garfield (the adorable but lazy pussycat) you get the same pay-check.
On the other hand, I care about environment (if I could afford an SUV I would buy the Lexus hybrid RS400h, I recycle all my garbage, I use solar energy to heat watter etc), I care about poor people so I try to help poor families I know, I care about Africa and I would like to see a world movement that would stop its immoral exploitation, I would like to see a free Palestinian state and so on. Am I the only confused here? Aren't there any other poor fellas with the same ideas? I bet there are. They must be the - well discussed in my country - middle area. It's an area that I thing it is coming bigger and bigger. And it still haven't found an organized representation.
Don't bother tell me about social democratic parties. Keep them away from me. What they do is try to walk on the line between left and middle and the result is a confusing mix up. Financial progress and civil services are concepts that don't mix.
So what I really can't see is an organized scheme that will accommodate all of those hard working, tech loving, 25ers to 45ers that detest America's policy and are eager to spend some of their earnings to help environment, to help poor people, to help starving children...That's the gap I'm talking about and traditional parties don't seem capable of filling it.

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Manu Chao - Rainin' in paradise
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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 18.10.2007
15:37
NWO
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Mates I'm pretty sure you've heard about new world order a lot of times and I'm not referring to Ministry's great song (ToKopiTiPita might remember it). I'm talking about international state relationships. Some of us, at least I did, used to thing that George Bush's Senior and US world domination at the late nineties, was what nwo was all about.
I have a slight suspicion that nwo is on it's way and western countries (US-EU) are about to be left out of the scenery. There are some news of lower significance to our daily life, that start to form world's future.
a. Turkey, Syria, Iran seem to collaborate in a war against Kurdish people of north Iraq. Turkey and Iran coordinated real fire against Kurdish targets in the area while Syrian president saluted Turkish parliament decision to permit invasion in north Iraq. The clue in this case is that US and EU seem to be negative in such an evolution. But three middle-east countries seem to close their eyes to that. Take into consideration that Turkey has the biggest and most sophisticated army in that area.
b. China recalled its ambassador in the States after the honor that the latter awarded to Dalai Lama. China starts acting as an international and dominant player. A new pole of power is rising. And the perspective of this new pole is tremendous.
So mates the world is changing in a speed that in the cold world era could not even be imagined. New coalitions are formed, new players make their entries in the game. Players that are here to stay, players that aim at nothing but the top.

China possesses nowadays an army more efficient than the Terracotta warriors and seems willing to further enforce it.

The million dollar question now is: What should the traditional players do? Can their golden era continue or will it be replaced by a long Yellow era?

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 12.10.2007
13:20
Armenian Genocide vote
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I am of those people who believes that there has been an Armenian Genocide by the Turks. I am sure about it because members of my family had ancestors that survived the Turkish massacre and the extinction of the Greek population in Smyrna (see photo, now Izmir) and other places of nowadays' Turkish territory. So I reject Turkish claims that all these acts where not genocides, but just population movements.
What I cannot understand, perhaps because of my ignorance, is what's the necessity of a parliament or a congress to vote for a genocides recognition? I mean, could someone explain how can history or people's belief can change by a political vote? There must be some significance and that's what I'd like to learn.
Because if there is not, I believe that votes like are more or less hypocritical! Instead of recognizing a genocide and worsening affairs with another country for nothing, they could take measures to restitute justice. Impose each country that had acted that way to pay for that. Financially for losses of fortunes and belongings, or even by letting people come back to their homes and live there freely and securely. After all the American house that lastly recognized a genocide seems...to have the willing to spread justice around the world. As far as power is concerned...!

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 10.10.2007
20:19
Iran's nuclear ambitions
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It's a total mystery to me, America's obsession about Iran's nuclear program. This is a statement that can be easily be misunderstood. But just try to think about it cold-blooded.
I read an article in a greek Sunday paper, mentioning that the world lived for more than 40 years in a delicate nuclear balance. In a hostile environment between two nuclear masters of the world: USA and USSR. And though both countries had the ability to smash each other any time, piece always prevailed.
It's hard for me to believe that a nuclear bomb in Iranian hands can change its position against USA. And it's very naive to claim that such a bomb in the hands of a terrorist can cause trouble in any big American city. If terrorists were to import a bomb in the US continent they would do that 10 years ago when on one hand it was rather easy to buy a small nuclear device from the dissolved USSR and on the other hand security on US airports used to be a word of a foreign language.
It's about time we face the truth. The only one affected by an Iranian nuclear bomb would be Israel. Israel will lose initiative in the area. An initiative given by the fact that they are the only country possessing a nuclear bomb. Isn't that rather unfair for all other neighbors? Why does a nuclear bomb in the hands of the mullahs constitutes a menace and it's not the same story with the bomb in the hands of the rabbins? Don't tell me that Israel has an elected government because then you must be forgetting that so has Iran.
To conclude, instead of worrying about a possible Iranian bomb, US should cause just a little pain to its spoiled child, Israel, forcing it to negotiate a fair and definite solution to the Palestinian problem. This way Arabs would have nothing to blaim Israel about and piece in the Middle East would be something more than a wish.

PS: I wanna thank ToKopiTiPita for his kind words. I take them very seriously and I'll try to prove myself worthy of his expectations. Moreover I'd like to assure him that this is a zero-comment blog, I will always try to keep on writing whenever time is available. Last but not least ToKopiTiPita is warmly welcome to contribute to this blog with any subject of his interest.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 05.10.2007
19:17
Francisco Javier Peral Periante or simply Javito
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Quien Aimar y quien Milito,
Aris tienne el "Javito"!!!

It was a superb effort against all odds. Aris managed to advance to the group stage of the UEFA Cup. 4 million Euros budget against 120 million Euros budget. It was in deed a David against Goliath game. Saloniki team stood well in la Romareda, managed to overcome the pressure of Zaragoza's early first goal and achieved what seemed to be unbelievable in the first place.

There are two mail morals in this story.

a. Never underestimate any opponent. Spanish coach surely did so. In the first game he kept Milito out and only used him as a substitution, trying to give him some rest. He thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Even after losing the game, he only blamed the field and the weather conditions. As if Aris played in a tennis court and not in the same field.

b. No matter what job you have to do, no matter how difficult this job might be, you should never panic. Concentrate in it, trust your strengths and just do your job no matter what the outcome will be. That's what Aris did. Aris' calm coach, calmed the team, controled the pace of the game and did not panic in any part of it.

Well done Aris. You gave us, Aris fans, a reason to be proud of.

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Τρίκαλα - Καλαμπάκα, 04.10.2007
20:59
Oscar for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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And this year's Oscar for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role goes to ...(da da da da da) DIDA, in Celtic-Milan.
Dida: I want to thank the members of the academy for this great honor, I want to thank my coach for his confidence and for giving me this role and last but not least I want to thank my family for they teached me how to be a great actor and an honorable man.
Have you ever seen a lamp being decapitated? It's a very cruel and dolesome scenery. Poor lamps don't realize their fate until the very end, they stay calm until the knife takes their life. Dida faced the same case. He was touched by a hand. The steel and sharp hand of the mutant fan was driven into his throat. The cold hand of death grabbed him. He tried to catch the mutant fan with the iron hand. In vain. He never managed it. His strength abandoned his body. He collapsed. No doubt that in revenge Celtic should be banned fifetime from all european events. Dida. The victim!!! Coming soon in theaters in you!

This could be a funny story if Celtic were not to be punished for a foolish action of a mindless fan. No doubt that this action is not acceptable. It could have being a fan with less kind intensions. Cause it was obvious that this fan only wanted to tease the Brasilian actor-sorry- goalkeeper. However, Dida should definitely be punished as well for defaming football. For trying to deceive the referee and UEFA officials.
Let's see if Justice is really blind...

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