#Balearic Islands 2020

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The rap singer Valtònyc (wearing dark green in the first photo) has returned from exile. It's the first time he steps in his homeland Mallorca in almost 6 years.

He was sentenced to 3.5 years of prison because when he was 18 years old he wrote a song where he criticized the Spanish monarchy and uploaded it to YouTube. He wasn't famous and his most listened song on YouTube had 8,000 views, but in Spain it's a crime to say "injuries against the crown", and the laws are often applied more harshly against national minorities (Valtònyc is from the Catalan Countries). His song was found and he had to go to trial over it, and was sentenced guilty of the crimes of injuries against the monarchy, praising terrorism, and threats.

Valtònyc refused to accept the so-called "justice" of the Spanish judicial system, so he decided to escape. He managed to sneak to France unnoticed by the police, and went to Belgium, where there was already a community of Catalan people on exile for their political involvement in the Catalan independence process. He has lived on exile in Belgium these last 5 years and a half.

Had he come back to any Spanish territory, Valtònyc (same as the other exiles) would have immediately been jailed. In fact, Spain issued an international order of extradition, demanding Belgium arrest him and send him to Spain to be imprisoned. But the Belgian courts found that these kind of cases should be allowed under freedom of speech and, instead of sending Valtònyc to Spain, Belgium got rid of their own law that punished "injuries against the crown" as a crime. With no Belgian law to punish him, he was allowed to stay in Belgium. This is a similar process that had happened with other Catalan exiles, who Spain has demanded be extradited multiple times but Belgian law has protected for human rights and freedom of speech reasons.

By the way, the song that got him sentenced to prison had been a commission from the Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias (leader of Podemos, the left Spanish party) for his TV show La Tuerka. Valtònyc has explained that Iglesias never called him, never showed any solidarity nor interest in his case. Iglesias was vice-president of Spain during Valtònyc's exile.

The crimes expired six months ago, meaning he can no longer be imprisoned for it. However, the Spanish courts did not notify him of it (as they should have done), so his lawyer and him just found out.

After saying goodbye to other Catalan people on exile in Belgium, who are not allowed to come back yet (in the photos, shared by Valtònyc on his Twitter, he is saying goodbye to the politicians Lluís Puig and Carles Puigdemont), he has come back home.

He was welcomed by 200 people in his hometown. He has thanked all the people who helped him and showed solidarity. He also reminded that Pablo Hasél (a rap singer from Catalonia) is still in prison for the lyrics of his songs and the contents of his Tweets, sentenced guilty of injuries against the crown and praising terrorism. You can read more about Pablo Hasél's arrest in this post, and an explanation of the tweets and lyrics that got him sentenced in this post.

As we celebrate Valtònyc's return, we cannot forget that Spain has repeatedly ranked number 1 in the whole world for country that sent the most musicians to jail for the content of their music, in 2018 and 2020. By the way all the 14 rap singers condemned to prison for their lyrics were Catalan (Pablo Hasél and the 12 members of the band La Insurgencia from Catalonia, and Valtònyc from the Balearic islands), not one of any other culture group or from any other area. Curious, 100% of the sentenced, when the population of the Catalan Countries is less than 29% of the population of Spain. Wonder why!

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i decided to unite my love for maps and for OT and make a map of the distribution of OT contestants from OT 2017 - 2023 in regards to their residence* because i find it so fascinating, like yeah it does kinda follow where major urban centers concentrate but also why is there so little people in valència? so many in iruña specifically? how is that outside madrid the only other OT contestant from castile is from guadalajara from all places???

*I followed the locations from the wikipedia page; in OT it's necessary to reside in spain but you don't need to have the spanish nationality to participate so i'll add the nationalities when needed!

below the cut i'll specify where each contestant is from, province by province, with pics of all the towns and cities !!!

A CORUÑA:

OT 2017: Pontedeume (Miriam Rodríguez), Santiago de Compostela (Roi Méndez)

OT 2018: As Pontes de García Rodríguez (Sabela Ramil)

OT 2020: Sada (Eva Barreiro)

OURENSE:

OT 2017: Ourense (Luis Cepeda)

BIZKAIA:

OT 2017: Bilbo (Juan Antonio Cortés)

OT 2023: Getxo (Martin Urrutia)

NAFARROA:

OT 2017: Iruña (Amaia Romero)

OT 2018: Iruña (Natalia Lacunza)

OT 2020: Iruña (Anne Lukin, Maialen Gurbindo)

ZARAGOZA:

OT 2023: Zaragoza (Naiara Moreno), Magallón (Juanjo Bona)

TERUEL:

OT 2020: Alcañiz (Anaju Calavia)

BARCELONA:

OT 2017: Sant Climent de Llobregat (Aitana Ocaña), El Prat de Llobregat (Alfred García), Gavà (Nerea Rodríguez), Montgat (Raoul Vázquez), Terrassa (Miki Núñez)

OT 2018: Esplugues de Llobregat (Carlos Right)

OT 2020: Sant Cugat del Vallès (Nick Maylo), Sant Joan Despí (Ariadna Tortosa)

OT 2023: Vallirana (Lucas Curotto, he's Uruguayan)

ILLES BALEARS:

OT 2017: Palma (Ricky Merino)

OT 2018: Bunyola (Joan Garrido)

OT 2023: Ciutadella de Menorca (Chiara Oliver, she's half British)

GUADALAJARA:

OT 2023: Yunquera de Henares (Omar Samba, he's half Senegalese)

MADRID:

OT 2018: Madrid (María Villar, África Adalia, Alfonso La Cruz - he's Venezuelan)

OT 2020: Alcalá de Henares (Bruno Alves, he's Uruguayan)

OT 2023: San Fernando de Henares (Bea Fernández), Madrid (Ruslana Panchyshyna, she's Ukranian and has lived several years in the Canary Islands; in fact her accent is Canarian. I do not know which island / town and in the wikipedia page it listed her as a Madrid resident, that's why she's included here)

CÁCERES:

OT 2017: Malpartida de Plasencia (Thalía Garrido)

ALACANT:

OT 2018: Elx (Alba Reche)

OT 2020: Beniarrés (Samantha Gilabert)

MURCIA:

OT 2020: Murcia (Flavio Fernández)

GRANADA:

OT 2017: Huétor Tájar (Mimi Doblas)

OT 2023: Armilla (Paul Thin), Motril (Violeta Hódar), Ogíjares (Denna Ruiz)

MÁLAGA:

OT 2017: Alhaurín de la Torre (Mireya Bravo)

OT 2018: Torre del Mar (Marta Sango), Málaga (Noelia Franco)

OT 2023: Mijas (Salma Díaz)

CÓRDOBA:

OT 2020: Córdoba (Hugo Cobo), Adamuz (Rafa Romera)

OT 2023: Córdoba (Álex Márquez)

SEVILLA:

OT 2017: Dos Hermanas (Marina Rodríguez)

OT 2018: Bormujos (Famous Oberogo, he's Nigerian)

OT 2023: Sevilla (Álvaro Mayo)

CÁDIZ:

OT 2018: San Fernando (Julia Medina), Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Dave Zulueta)

OT 2020: Barbate (Jesús Rendón, Javy Ramírez)

CEUTA:

OT 2020: Ceuta (Gèrard Rodríguez)

LAS PALMAS:

OT 2018: Gáldar (Marilia Monzón)

OT 2020: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Eli Rosex, Nia Correia - she's half Cape Verdian)

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE:

OT 2017: San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Ana Guerra), Adeje (Agoney Hernández)

OT 2018: Adeje (Damion Frost, he's German)

OT 2023: San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Cris Bartolomé, he's half Equatorial Guinean), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Suzete Correia, she's Sao Tomean)

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Forastera from Lucia Aleñar Iglesias on Vimeo.

Spending her summer in Mallorca, Antonia comes to recognize the latent similarities to her dead grandmother, and discovers a power over her mourning grandfather. She can’t resist playing dress-up, but it becomes unclear who is inhabiting who.

Festivals -Semaine de la Critique - Festival de Cannes | France, Oct 2020 -Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón/Xixón | Spain, Nov 2020 -Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | Germany, May 2021 -Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival | Portugal, Oct 2020 -Les Arcs European Film Festival | France, Dec 2020 -Premis Gaudí | Spain, Mar 2021 Nominee for Best Short -Festival International de Cine de Morelia | Mexico, Oct 2020 -Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo | Spain, Dec 2020 Best Cinematography -Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival | Germany, Jul 2021 -MOLODIST - Kyiv International Film Festival | Ukraine, May 2021 -FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) | United States, Aug 2021 -Vilnius International Short Film Festival | Lithuania, Jan 2021 -D'A Film Festival Barcelona | Spain, Apr 2021 -Huesca International Film Festival | Spain, Jun 2021 Danzante Award for Best Ibero-American Debut Film -Curta Kinoforum - São Paulo International Short Film Festival | Brazil, Aug 2021 -Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest | France, Nov 2021 -Tirana International Film Festival | Albania, Sep 2021 -Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival | Spain, Apr 2021 -Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR - Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores | Spain, Sep 2021 -Poitiers Film Festival | France, Nov 2021 -MECAL Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona | Spain, Mar 2022 -ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares | Spain, Nov 2021 -Cinéssonne Festival du cinema européen en Essonne | France, Nov 2021 -Festival de Cortometrajes "Cortada" de Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain, Dec 2021 -PIFF - Portland International Film Festival | United States, Mar 2021 -Minikino Film Week - Bali International Short Film Festival | Indonesia, Sep 2021 -Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu | Spain, Jul 2021 -Linz International Film Festival | Austria, Sep 2021 -Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy | Finland, Sep 2021 -International Film Festival Zoom - Zbliżenia | Poland, Feb 2022 -Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia | Spain, Feb 2022 -Passaggi d'Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei | Italy, Dec 2020 -Concurso Nacional de Cortometrajes CreatRivas | Spain, Mar 2021 -Festival de Cinema de Menorca | Spain, Jul 2021 Best Short from the Balearic Islands -Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna de Islantilla | Spain, Jul 2021 -VIA XIV - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Verín | Spain, Sep 2021 Nova Award -Enkarzine | Spain, Nov 2021 -FASCURT - Festival de curtmetratges del Masnou | Spain, Jul 2021 -Raíces. Festival Internacional de Cine de Chivilcoy | Argentina, Mar 2022 -Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cinesan - San Martin del Rey Aurelio | Spain, Oct 2021 -CortoGijón - Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes de Gijón | Spain, Oct 2021 -Radio City - Festival internacional de cortometrajes | Spain, May 2022

Exhibitions -Czech Cinematheque | Czech Republic, Sep 2021 | Semaine de la Critique -La Cinémathèque Française | France, Oct 2020 | Semaine de la Critique -Rencontres Cinémas Martinique de l’EPCC Atrium Martinique | France, Oct 2020 | Semaine de la Critique

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Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (2,537/∞) 10 August 2020 | King Felipe VI of Spain receives President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol i Socias at the La Almudaina Palace in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (Photo by Carlos R. Alvarez/WireImage)

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26 organisations sue Spain in front of the European Commission for low recycling rates

European regulations set the goal of recycling at least half of municipal waste in 2020, but the Spanish rate remained at 40.5%.

Spain does not recycle enough[1]. It is something that environmental organisations have been warning about for years, and that now translates into a complaint by 26 entities against the country before the European Commission. A 2008 directive[2], established that by 2020 50% of municipal waste from all EU members should be treated for reuse and recycling: the Spanish figure for that year was 40.5%, far from the target. A couple of years ago, they already tried to present this same demand[3], but the Commission indicated that it could not be done with provisional data; now that the official data confirms these suspicions, the complaint continues its course. If Brussels appreciates it, it could become yet another of the files that the European Commission has opened against Spain[4], many for environmental reasons and which, in the case of poor water treatment, has ended in a million-dollar fine[5].

“We have spent years denouncing non-compliance, very low recycling rates in quality and quantity, no prevention and reuse policies, late directive transpositions and laws that are not complied with. Waste management in Spain does not work”, have claimed the spokespersons of the complainant entities at a press conference held at the Madrid Press Association on March 2nd 2023.

The data from the official report of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge[6] are clear: in 2020 only 40.5% of municipal waste was recycled. And the forecasts of the entities is that, if nothing changes, they will continue to fail to meet the objectives in 2025 (55%) and 2030 (60%). “In fact, things are getting worse. The Eurostat prognoses places the recycling ratio in Spain for 2021 at 36.7%, insisting that the data for 2020 are not improving, but un the contrary are going down. In addition, bio-stabilised waste will not be considered and thus counted as recycled very soon, so the reality is that only a quarter of the waste (24.3%) is recycled”, explained Carlos Arribas, responsible for waste at Ecologistas en Acción[7].

Organisations of different profiles and domaines are added to the list of signatories of the complaint, such as the main environmental NGOs in the country and organisations from different territories such as the Balearic Islands, Navarra, Euskadi (Basque country), Catalonia, the Canary Islands and Galicia, where the social consequences are being suffered. environmental and economic consequences of this non-compliance. “11 million tons of waste are dumped each year, which is equivalent to 800 football stadiums or one kilo of garbage per citizen per day. This is not just statistics, it is our reality: filled landfills, contaminated natural environments and the health of people at risk”, explained Miquel Roset, director of Retorna[8].

Spanish organisations that support a Deposit system in order to avoid abandoning waste in the environment

For her part, Eva Saldaña, director of Greenpeace, has focused on the fact that the complaint is a "call for help" in the face of a situation that has been "stagnant" for years and that, rather than improving, is getting worse. In fact, Saldaña has revealed that, even before the royal decree on packaging was approved on December 27[9], "the Partido Popular presented a Bill that is being discussed in Parliament and that calls for lowering the objectives of prevention, reuse and recycling for being too ambitious”. "We cannot trust that the Waste Law and the rest of the regulations will be complied with in the face of this tactic of hindering any small advance," criticized the director of Greenpeace.

At the press conference, the complainant entities asked the Spanish State for commitments and real solutions, which, according to the coordinator of Friends of the Earth[10], Blanca Ruibal, involve: "putting an end to the dumping of untreated materials, implementing the separate collection of organic matter definitively, regulate flows that do not even have a system of Extended Producer Responsibility and deploy, monitor and comply with reuse measures, among other measures”. And Ruibal herself has announced: "we are going to continue denouncing the Spanish State as many times as necessary until this situation changes, because the reduction of waste is key to the development of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda and they are intrinsically linked to the climate emergency”.

Source

Redacción, 26 organizaciones demandan a España ante Europa por las bajas tasas de reciclaje, in El País, 2-03-2023, https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2023-03-02/26-organizaciones-demandan-a-espana-ante-europa-por-las-bajas-tasas-de-reciclaje.html

[1] The analysis of the journey of 10 everyday products after being thrown away shows the inconsistencies of a recycling system in which almost half of the waste still ends up in a landfill. https://elpais.com/especiales/2021/el-viaje-no-tan-circular-de-los-residuos-domesticos-en-espana/

[2] DIRECTIVE 2008/98/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32008L0098&from=ES

[3] Representatives of the complainant entities -among which are Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth or Ecologists in Action- have affirmed this morning 11/2/2021 at a press conference that this new step is motivated "after years and years of erratic policies, percentages of selective collection and recycling stagnant and total lack of interest to promote prevention and reuse”. https://www.residuosprofesional.com/denuncia-espana-incumplir-objetivos-reutilizacion-y-reciclaje/

[4] https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2022-12-22/la-justicia-europea-condena-a-espana-por-la-contaminacion-en-madrid-y-barcelona.html

[5] https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2022-02-04/el-gobierno-admite-que-seguira-pagando-la-multa-por-los-vertidos-de-aguas-fecales-hasta-al-menos-2025.html

[6] https://www.miteco.gob.es/en/

[7] Ecologistas en Acción is a Spanish grassroots confederation of 300 ecological groups, founded on December 9, 1998.

[8] https://www.retorna.org/es/

[9] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/684755137609252864/what-the-spanish-waste-law-brings-harmonization?source=share

[10] Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries.The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with the Sierra Club because of the latter's positive approach to nuclear energy. The founding donation of $500,000 (in 2019 USD) was provided by Robert Orville Anderson, the owner of Atlantic Richfield oil company. It became an international network of organizations in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from four countries: U.S., Sweden, the UK and France. FoEI currently has a secretariat based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Holidays 3.1

Holidays

Ahh Kavan Day (New Zealand)

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

Baby Sleep Day

Be Positive, Do Something Positive Day

Bravo Day (a.k.a. Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day; Marshall Islands)

Chalanda Marz (Switzerland)

Charlie’s Good Deed Day (UK)

Dadgum That’s Good Day

Day of the Balearic Islands

Day to Mourn the Victims of Land Mines

Disability Day of Mourning

Doomed Soldiers Memorial Day (Poland)

Edward L. Reisch Day (Springfield, Illinois)

Endometriosis Awareness Day

Feriae Marti (Birthday of Mars Pater)

First Day of Autumn (Australia)

FM Radio Day

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Day (Papua New Guinea)

Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day (Guam)

Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Holiday (British Virgin Islands)

Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

Hollow Earth Day

Horse Protection Day

Indie Music Day

International Association for Women of Color Day

International Day of the Seal

International Hug a Librarian Day

International Romance Reader Day

International Waste Pickers Day

International Wheelchair Day

International Women with Epilepsy Day

Lavity Stoutt Day (British Virgin Islands)

Maha Shivaratri (India)

Make Time for a Cuppa begins (UK) [Until 3.8]

Martenitsa (Bulgaria)

Mărțișor (Moldova, Romania)

Mechanic’s Day

Mellow Yellow Day

Mustafa Barzani Commemoration (Iraqi Kurdistan)

National Black Women in Jazz Day

National Cat Day (Russia)

National 'Cursed Soldiers' Remembrance Day (Poland)

National Dadgum That’s Good Day

National Dance Teacher Appreciation Day

National Day of Action

National Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

National Hotel Slipper Day

National Horse Protection Day (a.k.a. World Horse Day)

National Hygge Day (UK)

National March First Day

National Minnesota Day

National Mountain Hare Day (Scotland)

National Pig Day

National Sage Day

National School Horse Day

National Texas Stress Day

National Wedding Planning Day

National Welsh Corgi Day

National Workout Buddy Day

New Year’s Day (Ancient Rome, Pre-Julian)

Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day

Nuclear Victims & Survivors Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Old Roman New Year's Day

Peace Corps Founding Day

Plan A Solo Vacation Day

Professional Engineers Day (Canada)

Public Risk Management Awareness Day

ReFired, Not ReTired Day

Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Republic Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Samiljeol (March 1st Movement Remembrance Day; South Korea)

Self-Injury Awareness Day

Share a Smile Day

Time for a Cuppa Days begin (Until 8th; UK)

Wear Yellow Day (a.k.a. Endometriosis Awareness Day)

White Rabbit Day

Whuppity Scoorie Day (Scotland)

Women of Color Day

World Candle Day

World Civil Defence Day

World Compliment Day

World Futures Day

World Music Therapy Awareness Day

World Seagrass Day

Yap Day (Micronesia)

Yellowstone National Park Day

Zero Discrimination Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beer Day (Iceland)

Bjórdagurinn or Bjórdagu (a.k.a. Beer Day; Iceland)

Blessing of the Bock (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Fruit Compote Day

National Barista Day (Australia)

National Kolache Day

National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day

National Sunkist Citrus Day

1st Wednesday in March

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants Day [1st Wednesday]

National Surface Finishing Day [1st Wednesday]

Spread the Word: Inclusion Day [1st Wednesday]

Stop Bad Service Day [1st Wednesday]

World Maths Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence Days

Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Yugoslavia, 1992)

Dushastan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

The Holy Empire of New Israel (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Naminara Republic (from South Korea, 2006) [unrecognized]

Nebraska Statehood Day (#37; 1867)

Ohio Statehood Day (#17; 1803)

South Korea (Declared from Japan, 1919)

Feast Days

Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (Christian; Martyr Saint of China)

Albin (Christian; Saint)

Anaxagoras (Positivist; Saint)

David of Wales (a.k.a. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant; Christian; Saint) [Wales]

Eudokia of Heliopolis (Christian; Saint)

Feriae Marti (Festival of Mars; Ancient Rome)

Felix III (Christian; Pope)

Finchen (Muppetism)

Kalends of March (Ancient Rome)

Leoluca (Christian; Saint)

Luperculus (Christian; Saint)

Matronalia (Women’s Festival to Juno; Ancient Rome)

Monan (Christian; Saint)

Narwhal Day (Pastafarian)

Navii’s Day (a.k.a. Vjunitci; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Obeisance before the Blessed Coney Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Omizutori Matsuri (Water-Drawing Festival; Japan)

Renewal of the Vestal Fire (Ancient Rome)

Rudesind (Christian; Saint)

Suitbert (Christian; Saint)

Swidbert of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 5 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [5 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [5 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [11 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [11 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 57]

Premieres

Alice’s Day at Sea (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Apollo 11 (Documentary Film; 2019)

Big World, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1986)

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1852)

The Book of Mormon, by Joseph Smith (Book; 1830)

Closing Time, by Tom Waits (Album; 1973)

Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1973)

Death: The High Cost of Living, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1993)

Deuce Coupe Ballet, by the Joffrey Ballet, set the music of The Beach Boys (Ballet; 1973)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1968)

The Doors (Film; 1991)

Elio (Animated Pixar Film; 2024)

Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis (Novel; 1926)

Heavy Weather, by Weather Report (Album; 1977)

The Hildebrand Rarity, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

Hurt, by Trent Reznor, as recorded by Johnny Cash (Song; 2003)

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (Novel; 1989)

The Killing Floor, 1st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 1997)

The Last Man on Earth (TV Series; 2015)

Monk’s Dream, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1963)

My Favorite Things, by John Coltrane (Album; 1961)

Native Son, by Richard Wright (Novel; 1940)

Nothing to Lose, 12th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2008)

Ol’ Man River, recorded by Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman (Song; 1928)

A Private Function (Film; 1985)

Rush, by Rush (Album; 1974)

Sands of Iwo Jima (Film; 1950)

61 Hours, 14th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2010)

Squeeze (a.k.a. UK Squeeze), by Squeeze (Album; 1978)

The Sure Thing (Film; 1985)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Musical; 1979)

The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (Novel; 1844)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche (Book; 1892)

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1895)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1869)

UK Squeeze (Album; 1987)

Today’s Name Days

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Austria)

Evdokiya, Marta, Martin, Martina (Bulgaria)

Albin, David, Feliks, Jadranko, Zoran (Croatia)

Bedřich (Czech Republic)

Albinus (Denmark)

Albin, Albo, Alvin, Armin (Estonia)

Alpi, Alpo, Alvi (Finland)

Albin, Aubin, Jonathan (France)

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Germany)

Evdokia, Harisios, Parashos, Paraskevas (Greece)

Albin (Hungary)

Alba, Albino, Ermes, Ermete, Ugo (Italy)

Ikars, Ilgvars, Ilvars, Ivars (Latvia)

Albinas, Antanina, Rusnė, Tulgaudas (Lithuania)

Audny, Audun (Norway)

Albin, Antoni, Antonina, Budzisław, Budzisz, Eudokia, Eudoksja, Ewdokia, Feliks, Herakles, Herkules, Jewdocha, Joanna, Józef, Nikifor, Piotr (Poland)

Evdochia (Romania)

Albín (Slovakia)

Albino, David, Rosendo (Spain)

Albin, Elvira (Sweden)

Evdokia (Ukraine)

Chapman, Dina, Dinah, Glen, Glenda, Glenn, Glenna, Seth (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 60 of 2023; 305 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 9 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 10 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 8 Adar 5783

Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 30 Xin; Nineday [30 of 30]

Julian: 16 February 2023

Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaxagoras]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 71 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 10 of 29)

Calendar Changes

March (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.1

Holidays

Ahh Kavan Day (New Zealand)

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

Baby Sleep Day

Be Positive, Do Something Positive Day

Bravo Day (a.k.a. Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day; Marshall Islands)

Chalanda Marz (Switzerland)

Charlie’s Good Deed Day (UK)

Dadgum That’s Good Day

Day of the Balearic Islands

Day to Mourn the Victims of Land Mines

Disability Day of Mourning

Doomed Soldiers Memorial Day (Poland)

Edward L. Reisch Day (Springfield, Illinois)

Endometriosis Awareness Day

Feriae Marti (Birthday of Mars Pater)

First Day of Autumn (Australia)

FM Radio Day

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Fatal Day (Pagan) [5 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [11 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [11 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 57]

Premieres

Alice’s Day at Sea (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Apollo 11 (Documentary Film; 2019)

Big World, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1986)

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1852)

The Book of Mormon, by Joseph Smith (Book; 1830)

Closing Time, by Tom Waits (Album; 1973)

Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1973)

Death: The High Cost of Living, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1993)

Deuce Coupe Ballet, by the Joffrey Ballet, set the music of The Beach Boys (Ballet; 1973)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1968)

The Doors (Film; 1991)

Elio (Animated Pixar Film; 2024)

Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis (Novel; 1926)

Heavy Weather, by Weather Report (Album; 1977)

The Hildebrand Rarity, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

Hurt, by Trent Reznor, as recorded by Johnny Cash (Song; 2003)

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (Novel; 1989)

The Killing Floor, 1st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 1997)

The Last Man on Earth (TV Series; 2015)

Monk’s Dream, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1963)

My Favorite Things, by John Coltrane (Album; 1961)

Native Son, by Richard Wright (Novel; 1940)

Nothing to Lose, 12th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2008)

Ol’ Man River, recorded by Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman (Song; 1928)

A Private Function (Film; 1985)

Rush, by Rush (Album; 1974)

Sands of Iwo Jima (Film; 1950)

61 Hours, 14th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2010)

Squeeze (a.k.a. UK Squeeze), by Squeeze (Album; 1978)

The Sure Thing (Film; 1985)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Musical; 1979)

The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (Novel; 1844)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche (Book; 1892)

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1895)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1869)

UK Squeeze (Album; 1987)

Today’s Name Days

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Austria)

Evdokiya, Marta, Martin, Martina (Bulgaria)

Albin, David, Feliks, Jadranko, Zoran (Croatia)

Bedřich (Czech Republic)

Albinus (Denmark)

Albin, Albo, Alvin, Armin (Estonia)

Alpi, Alpo, Alvi (Finland)

Albin, Aubin, Jonathan (France)

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Germany)

Evdokia, Harisios, Parashos, Paraskevas (Greece)

Albin (Hungary)

Alba, Albino, Ermes, Ermete, Ugo (Italy)

Ikars, Ilgvars, Ilvars, Ivars (Latvia)

Albinas, Antanina, Rusnė, Tulgaudas (Lithuania)

Audny, Audun (Norway)

Albin, Antoni, Antonina, Budzisław, Budzisz, Eudokia, Eudoksja, Ewdokia, Feliks, Herakles, Herkules, Jewdocha, Joanna, Józef, Nikifor, Piotr (Poland)

Evdochia (Romania)

Albín (Slovakia)

Albino, David, Rosendo (Spain)

Albin, Elvira (Sweden)

Evdokia (Ukraine)

Chapman, Dina, Dinah, Glen, Glenda, Glenn, Glenna, Seth (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 60 of 2023; 305 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 9 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 10 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 8 Adar 5783

Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 30 Xin; Nineday [30 of 30]

Julian: 16 February 2023

Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaxagoras]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 71 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 10 of 29)

Calendar Changes

March (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

[felipeandletizia]

June 25, 2020: King Felipe and Queen Letizia visited the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. This was the second of the planned visits to all the Autonomous Communities once the state of alarm ended, to support the recovery of social, economic and citizen activity, after the pandemic.

Felipe and Letizia traveled accompanied by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, María Reyes Maroto Illera. They have began their visit to the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands in Mallorca, at the Iberostar Cristina hotel, where the Iberostar Group has launched a pilot plan in which they offer free accommodation in this establishment to their employees and relatives of the island to test the effectiveness of its health protocols against COVID-19, before its reopening to tourists.

On a hotel outdoor terrace, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia had a meeting with a representation of the Balearic business association (CAEB), social agents (UGT and CCOO) and the hotel associations and federations of the Balearic Islands (FEHM, ASHOME and FHIF), in addition to the Federation of the Small Medium Enterprise of Mallorca (PIMEN). The Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) is the most representative organization of the Balearic Islands and defends the general interests of the businessmen of the Balearic Islands before all decision-making and power centers. For its part, the Hotel Business Federation of Mallorca (FEHM), which encompasses small, medium and large hotel companies in Mallorca, currently has 196,962 beds corresponding to 844 establishments.FEHM represents the interests of its associates and reinforces the competitiveness of its companies. Lastly, the Hotel Association of Menorca watches over the interests of all its members, creating synergies to make Menorca a competitive tourist destination while sustainable. During the meeting, the economic and social impact of the pandemic in the tourism sector was analyzed.

Later, the Kings held a meeting with representatives of the Xarxa per a la Inclusió Social - EAPN-Balears (European Anti Poverty Network - EAPN European Network for the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion), led by its president, Margarita Jordá. EAPN Balearic Islands - Network for Social Inclusion is an association formed by some thirty entities that work in the community to eradicate poverty and social exclusion. EAPN-IB establishes relationship and coordination mechanisms between the different associated entities that work with people at risk of social exclusion, unifying the representation and dialogue before the different administrations,in such a way that the general interests of disadvantaged groups can be defended in a coordinated manner and facilitate the actions of the entities that are part of it.

During the meeting they conveyed to Their Majesties the Kings their concern about the economic, social and labor effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has and will have on the most vulnerable groups. From EAPN-Illes Balears they explained fifteen urgent application measures and structured in four blocks as basic needs of vulnerable people; policies to reduce the educational and digital gap; support for community development and family reconciliation, and management of aid, support for training and integration, which aim to minimize the social impact of the pandemic and end poverty and exclusion in the Balearic Islands.

Finally, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia held a meeting with the president, Josep Vicens, and representatives of the Cercle d'Economía de Mallorca where the impact and the need to articulate recovery plans on the islands after the pandemic were analyzed. Based on Safe Islands for residents and visitors, Cercle d'Economia believes that it is necessary to protect people, companies and workers without losing sight of the curve of the epidemic and the curve of the economy .

After the hearings, Their Majesties the Kings went on foot to the beach of S´Arenal, accompanied by the President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, and the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. During their tour along the promenade of Playa de Palma, the Kings received the greetings of the main authorities of the Islands and the city, and of the Majorcans and tourists who gathered in their path.

The tour of the Playa de Palma promenade ended at the Riu Concordia hotel, where Their Majesties the Kings were informed about sanitary and contingency protocols that guarantee sanitary security in the hotel establishment. The Government of the Balearic Islands has presented a proposal agreed with the union, business and hotel federations, as well as the Consells de Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, to establish an economic recovery plan in which tourism is a priority. From this proposal, the Tourism Recovery Pilot Plan arises, which creates safe corridors to transfer European tourists to the airports of Palma de Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. In this context, the Riu chain and the TUI tour operator transferred 189 German tourists to Mallorca,on June 15, they stayed at the Concordia and Bravo establishments that this hotel chain has on the beach of Palma. Furthermore, the hotel Viva Golf and Aparthotel Alcudia Garden, in Alcudia, have also joined the plan; and the Robinson Club in Cala d'Or.

Finally, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia held a meeting with the president, Josep Vicens, and representatives of the Cercle d'Economía de Mallorca where the impact and the need to articulate recovery plans on the islands after the pandemic were analyzed. Based on Safe Islands for residents and visitors, Cercle d'Economia believes that it is necessary to protect people, companies and workers without losing sight of the curve of the epidemic and the curve of the economy . After the hearings, Their Majesties the Kings went on foot to the beach of S´Arenal, accompanied by the President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, and the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. During their tour along the promenade of Playa de Palma, the Kings received the greetings of the main authorities of the Islands and the city, and of the Majorcans and tourists who gathered in their path.

The tour of the Playa de Palma promenade ended at the Riu Concordia hotel, where Their Majesties the Kings were informed about sanitary and contingency protocols that guarantee sanitary security in the hotel establishment. The Government of the Balearic Islands has presented a proposal agreed with the union, business and hotel federations, as well as the Consells de Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, to establish an economic recovery plan in which tourism is a priority. From this proposal, the Tourism Recovery Pilot Plan arises, which creates safe corridors to transfer European tourists to the airports of Palma de Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. In this context, the Riu chain and the TUI tour operator transferred 189 German tourists to Mallorca,on June 15, they stayed at the Concordia and Bravo establishments that this hotel chain has on the beach of Palma. Furthermore, the hotel Viva Golf and Aparthotel Alcudia Garden, in Alcudia, have also joined the plan; and the Robinson Club in Cala d'Or.

[wiollainwonderland]

All about sardines

[useless-catalanfacts]

Underwater life at Sa Dragonera Island Marine Reserve in Mallorca (Balearic Islands). Video by Save The Med Foundation.

The sea area around the Sa Dragonera islet is home to a wide diversity of habitats and species in a relatively small space. Like most of the Mediterranean, until recently the biodiversity of this area was endangered. The first critical moment was in the 1970s, with the growth of tourism pressure in the Balearic Islands, when the islets in this area were bought by a company that was going to urbanised them. The local people got organised and did a peaceful occupation of the islets, until they managed to stop the building project, get the island's local government to buy the area and ensure it became a public natural park, and protected as such.

The land was safe, but the biodiversity in the water continued to be endangered. Locals have continued pressuring the government to protect more waters, and each expansion has proven amazing results. Some fish species have shown an increase of 10%, 16%, and even 40% more individuals than before the area was protected.

The last expansion of marine area to be included in the protected area was the "exterior waters" in 2020. In these 3 years, the dusky grouper fish population has grown to be 7 times what it was 3 years ago, brown meagres are 22 times more, and forkbeards are 16 times more (source). The fish species valued as food have triplicated.

All of this has been possible thanks to experts in the field and also local people who are organised in the association Xarxa Dragonera Blava, where everyone takes care of the area from their own sector. All the management and decisions taking processes in relation to this area are done through a participative model with Xarxa Dragonera Blava and all the local community.

These wonderful results give hope around the world, because the marine reserve model works. Particularly in the Mediterranean Sea, with a huge problem of overfishing, it's a model that needs to be applied more widely.

[mapsontheweb]

In 2020, the EU region with the highest life expectancy at birth was the French island of Corsica (84.0), followed by the Balearic Islands in Spain (83.9) and the Epirus region in Greece (83.8).

by @EU_Eurostat

[franzxaviermanuel]

During the pandemic years, from 2020 to 2022, I was a staff writer for Jasmine & Jambo, a musical preschool series produced by Teidees with public networks TV3 (Catalonia) and IB3 (Balearic Islands). Currently airing in France, its Catalan premiere is around the corner!

[marcosvidalfont]

Balearic Appropriationist Map, 2020 Marcos Vidal Font 

The archive: BAM is a project based on an found archive. During the 2008 crisis, some companies decided that printing T-shirts with their logos was not necessary anymore. Then a small silkscreen atelier began to have economic problems. It was located in a small town called Sa Pobla in the center of Mallorca, just 17 kilometers far from my place. When the owner of that workshop moved, he left more than 100 silkscreen frames and other material. The bank wanted to throw all that stuff to the garbage. But someone thought that I might be interested in it.

I got about 80 of those silkscreen frames, with more than 100 logos of companies and associations based in the Balearic islands; hotels, restaurants, bars, discos, rent a car, sanitary service, sport clubs, and so on. It’s a long list of corporate image from the 90s till 2008, and now I’ve realized it’s a kind of temporary archive of the islands. Just a part of our everyday history.

I said archive because it’s not only all the prints editions that I did with all these screens, there is also the possibility to create maps, graphics, and speculation stories about it. Aesthetic, tourism, economy, crisis questions came to my brain.

The BAM editions: 10 silkscreen works on paper, about 10 areas in the balearic islands, one in Menorca and nine in Mallorca. 

[mybeingthere]

Terje Abusdal, Slash and Burn.

Finnskogen – directly translated as The Forest of the Finns – is a large, contiguous forest belt along the Norwegian-Swedish border, where farming families from Finland settled in the early 1600s. The immigrants – called Forest Finns – were slash-and-burn farmers. This ancient agricultural method yielded bountiful crops, but required large areas of land as the soil was quickly exhausted. Population growth eventually led to a scarcity of resources in their native Finland and, fuelled by famine and war, forced a wave of migration in search for new territories.

The Forest Finns’ understanding of nature was rooted in an eastern shamanistic tradition, and they are often associated with magic and mystery. Rituals, spells and symbols were used as a practical tool in daily life; that could heal and protect, or safeguard against evil.

"My initial introduction to Terje Abusdal came in a manner that has grown  common in 2020, by means of a Zoom interview after having exchanged numerous emails.  I was pleased to put a creator’s face to his starkly intriguing project Slash & Burn that focuses on a little -known ethnic minority in Norway, the Forest Finns.  I was impressed with the ingenious efforts he took in his efforts to recreate symbolically and technically the fire and light of their working lives.  Some of these efforts were accomplished with the use of light painting techniques in the remote forest border between Sweden and Norway on the night of a full moon to brilliantly illustrate their somewhat unique farming means and nomadic ways.  Finally, I was also intrigued with his focus on photo books as a viable and productive avenue to promote his photographic work.

Terje Abusdal is a photographer and visual artist born in Norway with a Master of Science in Tourism & Environmental Economics from the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain and currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Bergen, Norway. His practice as a visual storyteller focuses upon the intersection between fact and fiction. In 2017, his story on the Forest Finns – Slash & Burn – won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and Fotogalleriet’s Nordic Dummy Award. Slash & Burn was published in cooperation with Kehrer Verlag in 2018. He has also published the books Radius 500 Metres (2015) and Hope Blinds Reason (2019) by the publisher, Journal. His work was recently exhibited at Noplace and Henie Onstad in Oslo. IG: @terjeabusdal/