The Municipality of Komotini organizes a two-day event, entitled “Komotini – Open Society – New Self-Government Map – Civil Society’s Social Consultation for the present and future of the new Municipality of Komotini”, under the auspices of CITIZEN IN DEED, on September 6 & 7, at the touristic stall of Nymfaia. The event features the participation of CITIZEN IN DEED with the lectures of Mr. Michalis Poulakis, architect - engineer, head of Programming and Planning Department of CITIZEN IN DEED and Mr. Pavlos Mpatsios, environmental engineer, member of the Work Group for the Environment of CITIZEN IN DEED. The round tables of the two-day event will focus on the following thematic sections:
1.
Komotini, A Humancentric Society (Municipal Policies for Local Governance & Political Culture)
2.
Komotini, A Fair Society (Municipal Policies for Health – Care)
3.
Komotini, A Fair Society (Municipal Policies for Education, Culture and Sports)
4.
Komotini, A Green Society (Municipal Policies for Environment, Life Quality, Green Areas)
5.
Komotini, A Viable Society (Municipal Policies for Economical Development, Employment, Innovation, Entrepreneurship)
6.
Komotini,
A Compensative Society (Municipal Policies for Administration &
Self-Government, Organization, Protection & Safety)
7.
Social Dialogue against social exclusion. From youth for youth
8.
Women and political participation
The lecture of Mr. Poulakis, entitled “Local Self-Government and Civil Society in the framework of the self-governmental reformation “KALLIKRATIS”, will cover the 1st thematic section, while Mr. Mpatsios will focus on matters regarding the 4th thematic section. The conclusions-results of the Social Consultation will be presented on Tuesday 7th September, at 20:00, by the Mayor of Komotini.
Corporal punishment makes children aggressive
Childern have negative feelings about their parents after being physically disciplined
A research published at the scientific magazine Pediatrics, in May 2010, studied the connection between corporal punishment of children and their behaviour.
About 2.461 children 3 years old were examined. The study recorded the frequency of the method of corporal punishment by the parents, daily. Even mild corporal abuse of the children – simple spanking of the child more than twice a month – had a serious negative impact to their behaviour by the age of five.
Corporal punishment is now legally forbidden in Greece. However, as in USA, most of the parents continue to use it as discipline method. The scientific data are proving the catastrophic impact of these old practices to children’s souls.
Ilieia Province to host seminar for animal lovers
Most people don't know how to treat an injured animal
The Non Profit Organization Rommel in cooperation with the Hellenic Wildlife Hospital and the Sports Association of Arrachion organize, on Sunday 5th September, in Pyrgos of Ileia, a seminar aiming at raising public awareness on matters such as the environment, sports, fauna, domestic animals, wild animals of the province, their medical care and first aid supply. Purpose of the event is to urge people to care about animals, giving them the chance to understand the rules of nature, regarding the coexistence between human and animals. The seminar will be held at the conference hall of the Prefecture of Ileia, at 11:00 a.m. Entrance free to the public.
Threats keep O'Barry's dolphin protest out of Japan village
Ric O'Barry, the star of ''The Cove'' The star of "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese dolphin hunt, is back in Japan to protest the slaughter but had to cancel his trip to the village at the center of the controversy because of threats from an ultranationalist group. Instead, Ric O'Barry, the former dolphin-trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV show, he played host to a reception for some 100 animal-lovers at a Tokyo hotel. On Thursday, took a petition signed by 1.7 million people from 155 nations demanding the end of the dolphin hunt to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, escorted by police security. The 70-year-old had initially planned to take the petition to the Japanese Fisheries Ministry. That was also canceled on advice from Japanese police. Taiji, which has a population of 3,500 people, defends the dolphin-killing as tradition and a livelihood. In the past, some of the captured dolphins have been sold to aquariums. Others are eaten as meat. "The Cove," which won this year's Academy Award for best documentary, depicts a handful of fishermen from Taiji who herd a flock of dolphins into a cove and stab them to death, turning the waters red with blood. The Taiji dolphin hunt begins every year on Sept. 1, and a fishing group has confirmed that the hunt is on this year, although boats returned empty Wednesday. O'Barry and other conservationists have made trips before to the village around the beginning of the hunt to express their opposition to what they say is a cruel slaying of animals that are as intelligent as human beings.
Elephant declared national heritage animal in India
It is estimated that at the moment there are 26,000 Asian elephants in India The humble hardworking elephant is not an animal that usually likes to complain. But over the years, while higher-profile, more urgently threatened species have been the subject of widescale conservation efforts, elephant numbers have been allowed to dwindle. Perhaps worse, the gender ratio – since only males have tusks, it is they who are sought by poachers – has become perilously skewed. In an attempt to address these concerns, the Indian authorities have now decided to declare the elephant its "national heritage animal" and to afford it the same level of protection as bestowed upon the mighty tiger. "We need to give the same degree of importance to the elephant as is given to the tiger in order to protect the big animal," said the Environment minister, Jairam Ramesh. It is estimated there are 26,000 Asian elephants in India today, of which 3,500 are working animals. While the total population has not experienced the sort of drastic decline undergone by the tiger, the gender ratio is skewed so that in some areas there is just one male elephant for 100 females. At the same time, the habitats of the large animals are constantly being diminished by the expansion of human communities. As a result of such conflict, some 400 people are trampled to death every year in India by wild elephants and dozens of elephants are killed by villagers in retaliation.
Acoording to Stephen Hawking God did not create universe
Hawking ''blames'' spontaneous creaction for the Big Bang
Modern physics leaves no place for God in the creation of the Universe, Stephen Hawking has concluded. Just as Darwinism removed the need for a creator in the sphere of biology, Britain’s most eminent scientist argues that a new series of theories have rendered redundant the role of a creator for the Universe. In his forthcoming book, an extract from which is published exclusively in Eureka, published with The Times, Professor Hawking sets out to answer the question: “Did the Universe need a creator?” The answer he gives is a resounding “no”. Far from being a once-in-a-million event that could only be accounted for by extraordinary serendipity or a divine hand, the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, Hawking says. “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason''.
Puzzles and crosswords not enough to keep dementia away
Evidence suggests that keeping the brain active by reading, listening to the radio or doing puzzles can delay the onset of dementia.
People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer but experience a more rapid decline once the disease sets in, a study suggests. While there has long been speculation that "exercising" your brain could protect against Alzheimer's, there has been little evidence to back this up. Now US researchers who followed more than 1,000 people suggest the more mentally active may delay the disease. But once symptoms appeared, decline was quicker, the research suggested. Writing in the journal Neurology, the authors suggest that cognitive activity enhances the brain's ability to maintain normal function as disease develops, allowing the mind to tolerate significant pathological changes without compromising its performance. But when Alzheimer's is finally diagnosed, the disease appears to be at a more advanced stage.
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