Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Marios Athanasiou : Why did they block his Facebook account?;

Through his personal twitter account, TheMarios Athanasiou gave his own answer for the “blocking” of his personal facebook page, after he posted a photo depicting Angela Merkel.

The well-known actor tweeted that the administrators of the famous social networking page have cut off his access, as “violates Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities”, as stated in the message he received. Sure, he himself in a strong tone in his next tweet re-posted the photo in question so that his followers on twitter could also see it.
Source : yupi.gr
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Moto GP "New Generation"

This year we will see a brand new class of Moto GP bikes on the track, with the new regulations having defined as maximum capacity the 1000 κ.εκ.
As the manufacturers have started from last year the evolution of motorcycles, the tests before the start of the league will be quite crucial for them, so they can put the finishing touches on it 2012. Teams and riders will need to make the most of the three days available to them, starting with this on 31 January, with 2 February, in Sepang. The main factory teams have retained their rider line-up, with Casey Stoner defending his world title alongside his Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, the Yamaha Factory team once again represented by Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies and Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden working hard with the Ducati team to promote the Italian colors to the Moto GP pioneers.
 In the off-season we also had some big jumps, including those of Andrea Dovizioso who will make his Yamaha debut with the Tech3 team alongside Cal Crutchlow, and Alvaro Bautista who will help Honda Gresini in this year's effort. Hector Barbera will be the lone rider of the Pramac Racing Team this year, while Karel Abraham will continue his career with the Cardion AB Racing Team. Colin Edwards and Randy de Puniet "ranked" in the Forward Racing and Aspar camps respectively, where they will ride the CRT spec bikes. Along with CRT's new entries, the Moto GP grid will consist of 21 riders, giving newcomers Danilo Petrucci, Ivan Silva, Michele Pirro and Yonny Hernandez a chance to shine in the big division. Under these conditions (CRT) Antony West will also return to Moto GP, Aleix Espargaro as James Ellison. It is also worth noting the participation of last year's world champion in Moto2, Stefan Bradl, who will ride for LCR Honda.
Over the next two months we will also have riders from the lower classes at the Valencia and Jerez circuits testing the Moto2 and Moto3 bikes. The Moto2 class promises to be, so fun and unpredictable, like never before, with favorite riders like Marc Marquez, Andrea Iannone and Scott Redding face their champion 125, Nico Terol and the second ranked Johann Zarco. Along with all of them, the first Moto2 champion (2010), Tony Elias, will be back to pay off, after his completely failed year in Moto GP last year.
The upcoming tests will be particularly important for the participants of the Moto3 category, as their new four-stroke motorcycles 250 Mr. from. they replace the old 125 two-strokes… Maverick Vinales, Sandro Cortese and Hector Faubel look set to thrive on the brand new machines.
Dates of official tests:
– Sepang 1 MotoGP, 31/01-02/02
– Valencia Moto2/Moto3, 08/02-10/02
– Jerez 1 Moto2/Moto3, 16/02-18/02
– Sepang 2 MotoGP, 28/02-01/03
– Jerez 2 Moto2/Moto3, 19/03-21/03
– Jerez 1 MotoGP, 23/03-25/03
THE Checha is testing her Desmo of Rossi
A few days ago, the Ducati test team, managed by the technical director, Filippo Preziosi, completed a three-day test at the Spanish circuit of Jerez, with Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini. The two riders completed a leg in the GP12, which will later be ridden by the team's official riders, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. During these three days, in which the weather conditions were cold, but fortunately dry, the program went off without a hitch and all the necessary investigations were done to start the winter testing in Malaysia. Very little information has been leaked to the press, with Carlos Checa simply declaring (on Twitter) that everything went very well and that he is completely satisfied.

Karel Abraham: The new GP12 is powerful and fast
After the tests done by Checa – Battaini in Jerez, Ducati Corse may not be saying much about the new Ducati Desmosedici GP12, but this did not stop Karel Abraham from "witnessing" a few details about the new Italian ati. The Czech rider will ride a stronger and faster bike this year in the Moto GP class. The new Ducati GP12 is powered by a four-stroke, four-cylinder engine, 1000 Mr. cm., has 250 horsepower, while its maximum speed is 360 km/h! This year's model has an aluminum deltabox frame that replaces last year's carbon fiber frame. Cardion AB Motoracing's personnel manager, Marco Grana, having recently returned from the Bologna factory, he explained: “At first glance the bike may look similar to last year's model, but under the fairing is a cluster of significant changes.”
Source : mototriti.gr
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End of an era for public transport companies

According to all indications, the leadership of the Ministry of Transport is oriented towards the closure of all public KTEOs due to their poor and deficient operation.
Next June, the deadline given to the public Vehicle Technical Control Centers for their mandatory certification according to ISO and according to the information so far expires, the leadership of the Ministry of Transport is not going to give a new extension, a tactic that has been followed in recent years. Essentially aiming at de-addiction from deficit activities, the Ministry of Transport is expected not to extend the life of the public KTEOs whose number amounts to 59, as they are already in operation 130 private KTEOs.
With the percentage of citizens who are not in a hurry to pass their vehicle through a technical inspection now amounting to 50%, the deficient infrastructures, the lack of a computerized system and the inability to connect them online with the Ministry of Transport, mathematically lead the public KTEOs to closure. The aforementioned shortcomings maintain the absence of a substantial and timely recording of vehicles that pass or escape the Technical Inspection, a fact that has led to and maintains the high levels of abstinence we mentioned above. Despite the contractual obligation, public KTEOs do not have the necessary certification from the National Accreditation System (ESYD), almost all of them.
From the 2003 until today, The Department of Transport has given successive extensions, however, this tactic seems to be abandoned now. According to the information that has seen the light of day, the vehicles that escape the Technical Control in our country amount to 2,5 from. (on a nationwide level) as a result of which the missing public revenues reach 310 from. euro.
Source : mototriti.gr
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Η συλλεκτική Aston Martin V12 Zagato

Η στιγμή που η μοναδική V12 Zagato πάρει το δρόμο για τη γραμμή παραγωγής ήρθε, με τη διάσημη βρετανική εταιρεία να την αποκαλύπτει πλήρως ανακοινώνοντας συγχρόνως και τα πλήρη τεχνικά της στοιχεία.
To the point, πρόκειται για ένα μοναδικό μοντέλο της AstonMartin, το οποίο αναμφίβολα αποτελεί την κορυφαία σήμερα έκδοση της σειράς Vantage. Τόσο αισθητικά, όσο και τεχνικά, η εν λόγω έκδοση δεν αποτελεί παρά μια «μικρότερη» παραλλαγή της εκθαμβωτικής One-77, δίνοντας συγχρόνως μιας πρώτης τάξεως ευκαιρία στη διάσημη βρετανική να απονείμει φόρο τιμής στην 50ετή συνεργασία της με την Zagato. Θυμίζουμε πως η πρώτη Zagato, η DB4 GT, έκανε το επίσημο ντεμπόυτο της το 1961, ενώ για όσους… συντονισμένους, η νεότερη, η V12 Zagato, τον περασμένο Σεπτέμβριο στην Έκθεση της Φρανκφούρτης, ως πρωτότυπο. From now on, η καθαρόαιμη-αγωνιστική της εκδοχή είχε συμμετάσχει το περασμένο κιόλας καλοκαίρι στον διάσημο 24ωρο αγώνα αντοχής του Nürburgring.
Το όλο project όσον αφορά τη νέα V12 Zagato πήρε την τελική του έγκριση το 2010, οπότε και ξεκίνησε ο σχεδιασμός και η εξέλιξη του εν λόγω αυτοκινήτου, which, σύμφωνα με όλες τις επίσημες ανακοινώσεις της εταιρείας, θα παραχθεί σε μόλις 150 copies (note. κάθε ένα από αυτά απαιτεί προκειμένου να κατασκευαστεί 2.000 εργατοώρες!). Naturally, πρόκειται για ένα χειροποίητο αυτοκίνητο σε ποσοστό 100%, το οποίο βασίζεται στο αλουμινένιο δάπεδο της σειράς Vantage. By design, η V12 Zagatoείναι –αναμφίβολα- αρκούντως διεγερτική υιοθετώντας στοιχεία, όπως είναι η εντυπωσιακή αλουμινένια οροφή, με τα διπλά «φουσκώματα». Από αλουμίνιο, για λόγους εξοικονόμησης βάρους, είναι κατασκευασμένα το καπό και οι πόρτες, τη στιγμή που τα ανθρακονήματα απαντώνται τόσο στα εμπρός και πίσω φτερά, όσο και στο πίσω μέρος του αμαξώματος.
Στον τεχνικό τομέα, το κυρίαρχο στοιχείο είναι ο κινητήρας, ο οποίος προέρχεται ασφαλώς από τα μοντέλα της σειράς Vantage. Ο γνωστός 6λιτρος ατμοσφαιρικός κινητήρας θα αποδίδει 510 horses at 5.500 s.a.l., μεταφέροντας φυσικά την κίνηση στους πίσω τροχούς μέσω ενός χειροκίνητου κιβωτίου 6 relations. Με δεδομένες τις εκτιμήσεις των δημιουργών της, η νέα V12 Zagato θα είναι σε θέση να επιταχύνει από στάση έως τα πρώτα 100 χλμ./ώρα σε μόλις 4,2 δλ. σημειώνοντας μια τελική ταχύτητα της τάξης 305 και πλέον χλμ./ώρα.
Η παραγωγή της μοναδικής V12 Zagato αναμένεται να ξεκινήσει προς τα τέλη του 2013, ενώ οι παραδόσεις στους μόλις 150 ιδιοκτήτες της θα γίνουν από τις αρχές του 2014 και εξής. Η τιμής της; Χωρίς τους φόρους που επιβάλλονται σε κάθε επιμέρους αγορά, υπολογίστε όχι λιγότερες από 330.000 βρετανικές λίρες!
Source : 4troxoi.gr
exhibition

Made in Britain: Exhibition from the collection of the British Council 1980-2010 at the Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museumpresents the report«Made in Britain» with works from the collection of the BritishCouncil 1980-2010. The exhibition will last from15 February until 22 Apriland theinaugurationwill be held on14 February on 20.00 at night.
TheBritish Council it has one of the most comprehensive collections of contemporary British art in the world. Today in his collection it counts 8500 pieces from more than 1650 British artists.
In the exhibition co-organized byBenaki MuseumandBritish Council, you can get in touch with some of the most beautiful works in this collection, in an exhibition that will span the decades 1980-2010.
The report includes approx 150 works by a wide range of artists, among whomοι Keith Arnatt, Helen Chadwick, Peter Doig, Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Mark Titchner, Cornelia Parkerand Mark Wallinger.
This meeting of artists so diverse illustrates the breadth and diversity of British art throughout this period. This is a unique opportunity for art lovers who wish to experience up close the creative journey of some of the most prolific contemporary British artists of the last thirty years.
Within this time period covered by the report, the role of art in British society has undergone enormous changes. From Gilbert's Intellectual Depression & George (1980) up to Gary Hume's Sister Troop (2009) the exhibition narrates how art has mapped and recorded these changes – being at the forefront of social change itself.
The last thirty years, modern art has arguably turned its attention to more social issues of British society. This shift in interest in social issues can be partly explained by the arrival of a new, of an enterprising and ambitious generation of artists at the beginning of their decade 1990. These artists are known collectively as YBAs (Young British Artists) and to them belong names like the aforementioned Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas, but also Michael Landy and Jake and Dinos Chapman.
Other factors such as the establishment of the Turner Prize the 1984 (the first award established for young contemporary artists in the UK) or the opening of the Tate Modern the 2000, the abolition of the ticket to public galleries and museums 2001, have all contributed to bringing contemporary art closer to a much larger audience – and often to an audience that has no previous experience or knowledge of the visual arts.
During the exhibition there will be educational programs and many events that will start from the opening of the exhibition, at 14 February with the speech of the British artist Mark Titchner.
THEMark Titchner, who has been described as one of the most charismatic British artists of our time, he will come to Greece especially on the occasion of the exhibition at the Benaki Museum and will talk about his work, which he describes as "a dialogue in how each receives thoughts and ideas".
THEMark Titchner was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2006 for his personal exhibition in which he dealt with the tensions between various belief systems, from religion and politics to philosophy and science. As part of the Made in Britain exhibition at the Benaki Museum, his work The Future Demands your Participation is presented.
Source : culturenow.gr
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Children learn the art of paper origami

On Sunday 29 February at the National Archaeological Museum
The teacher will introduce the children to the art of paper "Origami". – visual artist of Origami artDimitris Dallason Sunday 19 February at the National Archaeological Museum. Dimitris Dalas, through a slide show, will talk and show how since the 6th century Chinese and Japanese have been folding paper making gifts for their children. Then, under his guidance, an art workshop will take place and the children will create their own work. The program is aimed at children aged 8-12 years and is provided free of charge. Participation declarations are required.
Where and When
National Archaeological Museum (Patision 44, tel. 210 8217724 and 210 8217717). Hours of operation: 11:00-12: 00 p. μ. or 12:10-13: 10 μ. μ.
Source : tovima.gr
Carnival, Folk tales

"The obscene" strictly for adult audiences

Two performances of telling folk tales - strictly for an adult audience- with a title: "The Obscene" – Halloween folk tales hosted by the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments on Wednesday 15 and on Wednesday 22 February.

Stories from the depths of the human soul, for the time of year when "down comes up" and all can be said. A journey "into the night the unspeakable shapes" that the day is ashamed to tell.
Why is man called a beast by a group of animals?; What is the story of the girl who learned to punish the devil by putting him in hell; What causal answers are given by three separate friends we know well; What did Fakis do and why are they hunting him?; How one harmonizes where it cannot be said; These and other folk tales of the fantastic will be heard softly to speak loudly...

Narration: Dimitris B. Prousalis
Musical accompaniment: Efi Zaitidou (rule)

On Wednesdays 15/2 & 22/2 at 8.30 pm

Reservations are required

Entry 7 euro

Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
Phoebus Anogianakis-Ethnomusicology Center
Diogenes 1-3, Aeridon-Plaka Square
Athena 105 56
Tel.-Fax: 210-3250198, 210-3254129, 210-3254119,
www.instruments-museum.gr
melmoke@otenet.gr
info@instruments-museum.gr

Source : newsbeast.gr