ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ:Στις εργασίες αποκατάστασης πρανών και αντιστήριξης στο ρέμα Εσχατιάς ο Δήμαρχος

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Στις εργασίες αποκατάστασης πρανών και αντιστήριξης στο ρέμα Εσχατιάς ο Δήμαρχος Αχαρνών

Στο σημείο όπου εκτελούνται εργασίες αποκατάστασης πρανών και αντιστήριξης στο ρέμα Εσχατιάς, βρέθηκε ο Δήμαρχος Αχαρνών κ. Γιάννης Κασσαβός και ο Γενικός Γραμματέας του Δήμου Αχαρνών κ. Θανάσης Κατσιγιάννης, προκειμένου να ενημερωθούν για την πορεία των εργασιών από τους υπευθύνους της εργολήπτριας εταιρείας.

Το έργο "Ανακατασκευή τοίχων αντιστήριξης πρανών στην οδό Ιλισού Δήμου Αχαρνών" προϋπολογισμού  550.000 ευρώ αφορά αναγκαία έργα για την αποκατάσταση των τοίχων αντιστήριξης, που βρίσκονται στα πρανή του ρέματος Εσχατιάς του Δήμου Αχαρνών στο τμήμα του που εφάπτεται με την οδό Ιλισού και ειδικότερα από την οδό Ανεξαρτησίας και μέχρι την οδό Χαβρίου (από το Ο.Τ. 135 μέχρι το Ο.Τ. 92 και απέναντι), με στόχο την αποτροπή του φαινομένου της διάβρωσης, των καταπτώσεων των πρανών και την αποκατάσταση της οδού Ιλισού.

Οι εργασίες που πραγματοποιούνται είναι, η θεμελίωση από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα, η τοποθέτηση συρματοκιβωτίων, στρώμνες, η ενίσχυση της κοίτης, οι επιχώσεις και η κατασκευή τοίχου αντιστήριξης από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα και στηθαίου προστασίας.

Το συγκεκριμένο έργο δημοπρατήθηκε και χρηματοδοτείται από την Περιφέρεια Αττικής, ύστερα από ενημέρωση και αίτημα του Δήμου Αχαρνών με το υπ' αριθμ. πρωτοκόλλου 25153/26-4-17 προς την Περιφέρεια Αττικής.

Όπως τόνισε ο Δήμαρχος Αχαρνών κ. Γιάννης Κασσαβός: "Το συγκεκριμένο έργο εντάσσεται σε μια σειρά από παρεμβάσεις στο ρέμα Εσχατιάς, που έχουν σαν σκοπό να ενισχύσουν τα πρανή και την κοίτη του ρέματος, ώστε να βελτιωθεί αισθητά η δυνατότητα απορροής ομβρίων υδάτων και κυρίως να εξαλειφθούν οι κίνδυνοι από ενδεχόμενη κατάρρευση των πρανών του ρέματος.

Η αγαστή συνεργασία του Δήμου Αχαρνών με την Περιφέρεια Αττικής, εκφράζεται σε ένα ακόμη αναγκαίο έργο υποδομών στον Δήμο Αχαρνών και αυτό πέρα από αποτέλεσμα πολιτικής βούλησης είναι και αποτέλεσμα συνεργασίας των Υπηρεσιών του Δήμου Αχαρνών και της Περιφέρειας Αττικής.

Οι εποχές που ο Δήμος Αχαρνών ήταν "αδρανής θεατής" των έργων που χρηματοδοτεί η Περιφέρεια Αττικής έχει περάσει ανεπιστρεπτί και αυτό αποδεικνύεται τόσο από το συγκεκριμένο έργο αλλά και από το γεγονός ότι ο Δήμος Αχαρνών την περίοδο Σεπτεμβρίου 2014 – Οκτωβρίου 2018, έχει εγκεκριμένα έργα στο Πρόγραμμα Εκτελεστέων έργων της Περιφέρειας Αττικής συνολικού προϋπολογισμού 16.361.000 ευρώ, τη στιγμή που την προηγούμενη δημοτική περίοδο 2010-2014 το ποσό αυτό ήταν μόλις 500.000 ευρώ."

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The White House | November 1, 2018 President Trump makes announcement on America’s border crisis  Silence can speak volumes. As a caravan with thousands of migrants heads toward the U.S. border, Democrats and their media allies are hoping Americans won’t notice that the modern left once again has no credible message on illegal immigration. It didn’t used to be that way. “We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.” What right-wing extremist uttered those words in 2005? None other than then-Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. President Obama wasn’t alone—Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, and other prominent Democrats once echoed those beliefs. Democrats may not have had a real solution to the problem, of course, but they at least understood they must acknowledge that illegal immigration represents a threat to the rule of law. Not so in 2018. Beholden to an anti-Trump base, Congressional Democrats could only muster an unpopular call to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its entirety as their strongest immigration proposal. By contrast, President Trump delivered a clear message and proposed solution to the migrant crisis this afternoon. “America is a welcoming country,” he said from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. “We will not allow our generosity to be abused by those who would break our laws, defy our rules, violate our borders, [and] break into our country illegally.” To confront the problem, “my Administration is finalizing a plan to end the rampant abuse of our asylum system,” the President announced. Watch: President Trump addresses the immigration crisis from the White House Get the facts: Think there’s no border emergency? Here are the numbers.   News of the week: Paychecks see the biggest jump in a decade Just as President Trump, Larry Kudlow, and Ivanka Trump were preparing to announce that private-sector companies and associations have committed to more than 6 million new training and education opportunities for American workers, more great news on the Trump Economy broke. “Wages and salaries rose 3.1 percent in the third quarter, the biggest increase in a decade,” CNBC reported yesterday. Pay increases had been the missing link in the economic “recovery” of the Obama years following the 2007-08 Financial Crisis. Now, with unemployment at 3.7 percent—its lowest point since 1969—“wage pressures have begun to build.” That’s a big win for our great workforce. Bonus: “The wage data came the same day that ADP and Moody’s reported private payroll growth of 227,000 in October, easily beating Wall Street expectations.” CNBC: “Wages and salaries jump by 3.1%, highest level in a decade” Photo of the Day Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian President Donald J. Trump addresses the illegal immigration crisis and gives an update on border security | November 1, 2018

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16ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Αδελφοτήτων Γαστρονομίας & Οινολογίας

Η Ελλάδα έγινε το κέντρο γαστρονομίας και οίνου της Ευρώπης αφού διεξήχθη το 16ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Αδελφοτήτων Γαστρονομίας & Οινολογίας με τεράστια επιτυχία , καθώς η Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής ‘’Ακρόπολις’’ υστέρα από συντονισμένες προσπάθειες εξασφάλισε και έφερε το συνέδριο αυτό στην Αθήνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 19-20-21 Οκτωβρίου 2018 στο Ζάππειο. Στο συνέδριο αυτό συμμετείχαν δεκάδες Ευρωπαϊκές χώρες ξεπερνώντας τους 400 σύνεδρους.
Το Πανευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο είναι η μεγάλη ετήσια εκδήλωση μας CEUCO (Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Αδελφοτήτων Γαστρονομίας και Οινολογίας – Conseil Europeen des Confreries Oenogastronomiques) το οποίο πραγματοποιήθηκε το Σάββατο 20 Οκτωβρίου 2018, στο οποίο παραβρέθηκαν 400 σύνεδροι από 7 χώρες του εξωτερικού όπως Ισπανία , Γαλλία , Πορτογαλία , Βέλγιο , Μακάο , Ιταλία , Ουγγαρία και την Ελλάδα.

Την Παρασκευή 19/10 πρώτα οι σύνεδροι επισκέφθηκαν την έκθεση στο Ζάππειο οπού και έγινε η επίσημη συνέντευξη τύπου του συνεδρίου. Στην συνέχεια περπάτησαν στον Εθνικό Κήπο για να καταλήξουν στην Λέσχη Αξιωματικών Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων όπου πραγματοποιήθηκε το Προ-συνέδριο της Ceuco. Εκεί πραγματοποιήθηκε το Προσυνέδριο της CEUCO, με την επίσημη ένταξη των μελών για την Ελλάδα στην CEUCO στις οποίες είναι η Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Κέρκυρας, η Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Ηπείρου και την Λέσχη Γαστρονομία Λευκάδας. 

Τέλος ο Κωνσταντίνος Μουζάκης, Πρόεδρος της Λέσχης Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής «Ακρόπολις», εκλέγει στη θέση του Αντιπροέδρου της CEUCO για την Ελλάδα, και δόθηκαν συγχαρητήρια σε όλη την Οργανωτική επιτροπή κκ Κωνσταντίνος Μουζάκης,Ηλίας Ιωσηφέλης,Γεώργιος Καραχρήστος,Κωνσταντίνος Κωβαίος,Νικόλαος Δαούτης,Ευανθία Βοναζούντα,Άρτεμις Μπεμπλιδάκη,Παπαβασιλείου Μαρία,Νικόλαος Κατσαρός,Βουλισμάς Σπυρίδων για τη συμβολή τους στην εξασφάλιση της διοργάνωσης του 16ου συνεδρίου στην Ελλάδα και συγκεκριμένα στο Ζάππειο Μέγαρο.

Στο κλείσιμο της βραδιάς του Σάββατου και μετά από το συνέδριο της CEUCO, πραγματοποιήθηκε το Επίσημο Gala που έγινε στο χώρο του Ζάππειου με όλους τους σύνεδρους και του επισήμους καλεσμένους που παρακολουθήσαν το ετήσιο συνέδριο της Ceuco.

  
Έγιναν και οι Ελληνικές Βραβεύσεις από την Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής Ακρόπολις http://www.chefsclubofattica.com/dinner-gala-stous-synedrous-tis-ceuco/ ως εξής
HONORARY
President of CEUCO mr Carlos Martín Cosme from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.

  
HONORARY
Vicepresident of CEUCO for France mr Jean-Claude Estirach from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Italy mr Alessandro Salarolo from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Portugal mr Jose Manuel Alves from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Hungary miss Ibolya Haberne Fakete from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for her contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY

 
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Spain mr Rosario Velasco Jiménez from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Belgium mr Daniel Haulotte from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY

   
Vicepresident of CEUCO for Macao mr Luis Augusto Machado from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
General Secretary of CEUCO mr Luís Alberto da Fonseca Nunes from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.
HONORARY
Treasurer of CEUCO mr Fernando Viana Garrido from the Chef’s Club of Attica Acropolis for his contribution to Culture, History, Gastronomy and Wine.

   

Τιμής Ένεκεν
Chef Δημήτριο Σκαρμούτσο από την Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής Ακρόπολις για την προσφορά του στο Πολιτισμό, την Γαστρονομία και τον Οίνο & ως Επίτιμο Μέλος Chef του Acropolis Chef’s Club of Attica.
Τιμής Ένεκεν
Δειπνοσοφιστήριον Catering από την Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής Ακρόπολις για την προσφορά του στο Πολιτισμό, την Γαστρονομία και τον Οίνο & ως Επίτιμο Μέλος του Acropolis Chef’s Club of Attica.

Η Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής Ακρόπολις Ευχαριστεί το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο του Ζαππείου και ιδιαίτερα τον πρόεδρο του Ζαππείου Μεγάρου κ. Γιώργο Χρήστου για την στήριξη του σε όλο αυτό το γεγονός και για την χορηγία του Περιστηλίου και επίσης ευχαριστούν ιδιαίτερα το ‘’ ΔΕΙΠΝΟΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ Catering΄΄ για την άψογη συνεργασία και τα υπέροχα πιάτα που προσφέρθηκαν στους καλεσμένους που ήταν τα εξής στο Gala Dinner

Ευχαριστούμε πολύ όλα τα μέλη της Λέσχης Αρχιμαγείρων Αττικής Ακρόπολις, και φυσικά στην Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Κέρκυρας, Λέσχη Αρχιμαγείρων Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Ηπείρου, στην Λέσχη Γαστρονομίας Λευκάδας, και Λέσχη Ηπείρου

Ευχαριστούμε τους Χορηγούς μας Ζάππειο Μέγαρο, Δειπνοσοφιστήριον Catering, τσίπουρα ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΣΠΥΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, την ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥ ΧΩΡΑΣ με τα κρασιά OLVIOS (λευκό) και YPEROS (ερυθρός).

  

κ. Κωνσταντίνος Μουζάκης 

Αντιπρόεδρος στο Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Αδελφοτήτων Γαστρονομίας & Οινολογίας για την Ελλάδα της CEUCO.

Πρόεδρος του Δ.Σ. της Λέσχης Αρχιμαγείρων, Αρχιζαχαροπλαστών, Αρτεργατών, Επιστημόνων Επισιτισμού Αττικής  "Ακρόπολις" 

κ. Κωνσταντίνος Μουζάκης
Αντιπρόεδρος στο Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Αδελφοτήτων Γαστρονομίας & Οινολογίας για την Ελλάδα της CEUCO.

Πρόεδρος του Δ.Σ. της Λέσχης Αρχιμαγείρων, Αρχιζαχαροπλαστών, Αρτεργατών, Επιστημόνων Επισιτισμού Αττικής "Ακρόπολις"

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Council of the European Union 31/10/2018 EU action to restrict plastic pollution: Council agrees its position The EU is taking action to reduce plastic pollution by setting tough new restrictions on single-use plastic products. Today's meeting of member states' ambassadors in the Permanent Representatives Committee agreed the Council's position on a proposal for a new directive which is part of the EU's efforts to protect the environment and clean up the oceans. The new rules will ban the use of certain throwaway plastic products for which alternatives exist. In addition, specific measures will be introduced to reduce the use of the most frequently littered plastic products, especially those that are often found on European beaches. "Plastic waste is polluting our rivers, our beaches and our oceans. This is why we will ban plastic products for which good alternatives exist. And we will make plastic producers pay for cleaning up. Today's decision is an important step towards protecting our environment" Elisabeth Köstinger, federal minister of sustainability and tourism of Austria which currently holds the presidency of the Council." Elisabeth Köstinger, the federal minister of sustainability and tourism of Austria which currently holds the presidency of the Council The Council has made the original draft directive clearer by being more specific in the listing of the products affected: On the definition of single-use plastic products, the Council clarifies that these products are typically intended to be used just once or for a short period of time before being disposed of. In determining whether a particular item is considered to be a single-use plastic product, the tendency for the item to be littered will play a decisive role. The Council wants the Commission to publish guidelines, in consultation with member states, on examples of what is to be considered a single use plastic product. The Council agrees with the Commission proposal to design single-use beverage containers so that their lids and caps stay attached to the bottle. In this regard, the Council specifies that bottles made of glass or metal are not covered by this directive but that it shall apply to plastic bottles and composite beverage packaging. Up to 2023, paper plates with plastic linings are included in the list of products for which there will be a reduction in consumption. Plates made wholly of plastic will be banned. The Council proposes ambitious extended producer responsibility schemes and an obligation on producers to cover clean-up costs and the costs of awareness raising measures, including for products which no such obligation exists currently, namely wet wipes and balloons. The Council also wants the legislation to be more ambitious: The Commission has proposed that producers of plastic items cover the costs of litter cleanup. The Council wants this obligation to be extended to apply also to companies which import or sell such single-use plastic products or packaging in Europe. The Council adds expanded polystyrene cups for beverages to the list of items for which there will be a restriction on placing them on the market. There are certain single-use plastic products for which no suitable alternatives currently exist. However measures will be taken at national level to prevent an increase in the consumption of such products through the setting of national targets. The aim is to achieve a measurable and sustained reduction over a set period of time. The Council has introduced provisions to improve the implementation of the directive: The Commission proposed an improved product design for caps and lids made of plastic for beverage containers in order to prevent their leakage into the environment. The Council has underlined the need for the rapid development of harmonized standards to ensure that this part of the proposal is implemented effectively. The Council has been more specific about the markings on those single-use plastic products which are most frequently thrown away inappropriately to allow consumers to make better choices. While the obligation to separate waste requires that different types of waste be kept separate, the Council's position is that it should be possible to collect certain types of waste together, provided that this does not impede high-quality recycling. The setting of collection targets for plastic bottles should be based on the number of plastic bottles placed on the market or the number of waste bottles generated in any member state. The calculation of the weight of waste should take account of all waste plastic bottles, including those which are littered outside waste collection systems. Finally, the Council has also taken measures to reduce the administrative costs of the directive: On extended producer responsibility schemes, the Council stresses that the calculation methodology for the costs of cleaning up litter should be proportionate. To reduce administrative costs member states may set financial contributions for cleaning up litter by agreeing multiannual amounts. Provided that the targets and objectives of the legislation are achieved, member states may transpose the provisions on consumption reduction and extended producer responsibility schemes through agreements between the relevant authorities and the sectors concerned. Member states broadly supported the mandate at today's meeting, and some member states indicated that the interlinkages between this directive and the existing waste legislation need further consideration in the upcoming negotiations. Background and next steps The proposal under discussion is part of the EU's plastics strategy. The Council Working Party on the Environment has been working on the draft directive since it was presented by the Commission in late May 2018. Environment ministers discussed the proposal at their meetings on 25 June and on 9 October. The European Parliament voted its position on the proposal on 24 October. Today's mandate means that the Austrian Presidency of the Council can begin talks with the European Parliament. A first trilogue meeting will take place on 6 November. Commission proposal

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