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05/08/22
Maik:
Kef fire risk 05/08/22: High
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8676 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0486 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1526 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9537 €UR
Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office.
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com
Day, Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Fri 05/08 31°/23° 19 km/h 01% Sunny
Sat 06/08 31°/23° 21 km/h 10% Sunny
Sun 07/08 31°/24° 13 km/h 24% Sunny
Mon 08/08 32°/24° 19 km/h 33% Isolated thunderstorms possible
Tue 09/08 32°/23° 22 km/h 08% Sunny
Wed 10/08 31°/23° 20 km/h 12% Sunny
Thu 11/08 31°/23° 20 km/h 08% Sunny
Fri 12/08 30°/22° 19 km/h 03% Sunny
Sat 13/08 31°/22° 19 km/h 03% Sunny
Sun 14/08 31°/22° 21 km/h 03% Sunny
Maik:
Body of a 74 y-o female, presumed local, recovered yesterday morning from the sea around Kedrou, Antipaxos.
Maik:
--- Quote ---IATA Joins Forces with HSI for Pet-friendly Passage by Air in Times of Crisis
Animal protection organisation Humane Society International (HSI) announced that it has collaborated with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to publish a list of considerations for governments and the air transport supply chain to facilitate the safe passage of pet cats and dogs in times of crisis who are evacuating or taking refuge with their owners.
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https://news.gtp.gr/2022/08/03/iata-joins-forces-hsi-pet-friendly-passage-by-air-times-crisis/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Sir Keir Starmer found to have breached MPs’ code of conduct
The Labour leader failed to register eight interests on time, but parliamentary watchdog said ‘there was no deliberate attempt to mislead’
Sir Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land.
An inquiry into the Labour leader was opened in June by Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary standards commissioner, relating to claims about the late declaration of earnings and gifts, benefits or hospitality from UK sources.
Speaking at the time, Sir Keir said he was “absolutely confident” that he had not broken the MPs’ code of conduct.
The commissioner has now found that the leader of the Opposition failed to register eight interests - five more than the ones alleged in the original complaint.
However, she noted that the “breaches were minor and/or inadvertent, and that there was no deliberate attempt to mislead”.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/04/sir-keir-starmer-found-have-breached-mps-code-conduct
Maik:
--- Quote ---‘Magnificent’ jellyfish found off coast of Papua New Guinea could be new species
A scuba diver has captured footage of a “magnificent” jellyfish off the coast of Papua New Guinea, exciting marine biologists who think it could be a new species.
The jellyfish was initially thought to be a variety spotted only once before, off the coast of far north Queensland almost 25 years ago.
The video was captured by Dorian Borcherds, who owns Scuba Ventures in Kavieng, in the New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea.
He enlisted the help of his daughter in South Africa, who uploaded the video to the Jellyfish app, a project Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, a jellyfish expert at Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services, co-founded.
When Dr Gershwin saw the footage, she thought it was a video of the second sighting of a mysterious jellyfish – Chirodectes maculatus – which was found on the Great Barrier Reef in 1997. However the expert now believes the creature is a new species.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/magnificent-jellyfish-papua-new-guinea-new-species-b2138094.html
https://youtu.be/tpaGYqE7dPA?t=1
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