Climate change and overexploitation of land and water resources are turning parts of the Mediterranean into desert. According to Italian protection Group Legambiente the livelihoods of 6.5 million people living along the shores of the Mediterranean could be at risk.
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Deserts crossing Mediterranean
Posted by Athena on June 27, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/deserts-crossing-mediterranean/
Venetia
Ca’d’Oro (House of Gold), with this magnificent Gothic façade. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in Venice. The Grand Canal Another beautiful palazzo in the Grand Canal built with the local pint-tinged limestone. Venice can also be inspirational A view from Basilica di San Marco And one more. The four horses are replicas [...]
Posted by Athena on June 13, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/venetia/
The city of Scaligeri. Verona
Ponte Scaligero, part of the old defense system of Castelvecchio, a medieval castle Inside San Zeno Maggiore. One of the oldest and most elegant churches in Italy. It has a magnificent ceiling, called Nave ceiling because it resembles the inside of an upturned boat. Very difficult to imprint it in a photograph. Giardino Giusti. A [...]
Posted by Athena on June 10, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/the-city-of-scaligeri-verona/
Stop mocking the Pope, says Vatican
He referred to the reactions by the media and bloggers to the comments the Pope Benedict did earlier this year, when during his first visit to Africa, he told journalists that the continent’s fight against AIDS is a problem that “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms: on the contrary, they increase it”.
Posted by Athena on March 31, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/stop-mocking-the-pope-says-vatican/
How much time do you spend in Traffic jams?
The survey in Italy’s ten largest cities and their provinces, shows that traffic jams gobbles up almost an hour a day of everyone’s time and cost 27 billions euro each year! If we leave money to one side, the number of hours spent in traffic jams is really shocking.
Posted by Athena on March 26, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/how-much-time-do-you-spend-in-traffic-jams/
Italian bloggers call for support
The story goes like this: In the last five months the Italian Parliament has accelerated the legislation against the Internet. Probably because it’s the last media that is out of control in Italy after out of seven National TV’s 3 are owned by the Prime Minister, 3 are State owned and controlled by the Government. [...]
Posted by Athena on March 12, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/italian-bloggers-call-for-support/
L’Obbedienza non è più una virtù
I translate from Beppe Grillo’s Blog Today the Senate has approved the filtering of websites via the D’Alia amendment, named after the UDC Senator and bench colleague of Cuffaro. In future, should a blogger incite anyone to disobey any law that he/she believes to be unjust, the service providers can be obliged to shut down [...]
Posted by Athena on February 6, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/lobbedienza-non-e-piu-una-virtu/
Οι “ατσίδες” Ιταλοί, οι ηθικοί Νορβηγοί και οι προοδευτικοί Ολλανδοί
Στη Δικαιοσύνη παραπέμπονται 109 αστυνομικοί και δημοτικοί υπάλλοι στην Ιταλία, οι οποίοι είχαν οργανώσει μία πρωτοφανή απάτη για να «κόβουν» περισσότερες κλήσεις στον δρόμο. Οι κατηγορούμενοι είχαν αλλάξει τις ρυθμίσεις στους φωτεινούς σηματοδότες, έτσι ώστε το πορτοκαλί φανάρι να γίνεται κόκκινο σε μόλις τρία δευτερόλεπτα, ενώ ο νόμος ορίζει ότι η αλλαγή πρέπει να γίνεται [...]
Posted by Athena on January 31, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%e2%80%9c%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%83%ce%af%ce%b4%ce%b5%cf%82%e2%80%9d-%ce%b9%cf%84%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%af-%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%b7%ce%b8%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%ce%bd%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b2%ce%b7%ce%b3/
Alitalia’s takeover and one more to go…..
Finally, it is official. Le Figaro and Financial Times on Alitalia’s takeover Air France-KLM will pay 323 million euro to buy 25% percent of Alitalia. The consortium will be the biggest shareholder in Alitalia, with 25% of the capital and three Board members. There were reactions in Italy; Letizia Moratti, mayor of Milan, considered it [...]
Posted by Athena on January 14, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/alitalias-takeover-and-one-more-to-go/
The Pope, the Homosexuals and the Xmas spirit of Love and Tolerance
As a scientist, I believe in reason, and critical thinking. I would like to live in a world free of supernatural and mystical elements. As a citizen, I work for an open and inclusive society with freedom of belief and speech. I am an atheist, but I respect and I understand those who believe in [...]
Posted by Athena on December 23, 2008
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/the-pope-the-homosexuals-and-the-xmas-spirit-of-love-and-tolerance/
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