MS

Fair !!

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

R.I.P Legend!

[AminexPLC @AminexPLC]

1/4 Aminex notes the information reported in the Tanzanian press yesterday regarding the Ntorya Gas Development and its relevance to the ongoing implementation of this strategically important project.

#natgas #tanzania #ntorya

[SethOfficial @UTD_Seth001]

🚨 Pep Guardiola on Belgium’s late penalty:

🗣️ Reporter:
“What did you make of the penalty?”

🗣️ Pep Guardiola:

“I always say football should be decided by football. Senegal had defended with incredible discipline for almost the entire match. To see such a soft contact become the defining moment is very difficult for everyone to understand.”

“If the contact is not absolutely clear, I don’t think you decide a World Cup knockout match with a penalty in the final moments. Let the players decide it themselves.”

“Senegal earned the right to keep fighting. Belgium earned the right to keep attacking. In games like this, I prefer the result to come from the quality of the football, not from one controversial decision.”

“When two teams have sacrificed so much, one whistle should never become bigger than everything that happened over ninety minutes.”

“Of course the referee has to make decisions, and I respect that. But these are the moments that leave people talking about officiating instead of the football. Nobody wants that.”

“If you cannot say with complete certainty that it is a penalty, then don’t give it. At this level, every decision carries enormous consequences.

[Homer Pavlos @HomerPavlos]

Philip did not entrust Alexander's education to ordinary teachers. Because he believed that Alexander was destined for great deeds of the highest importance to the Greeks, he summoned the most renowned and wisest philosopher of the age, Aristotle, and gave him generous and worthy compensation. Before Aristotle, when he was young, Alexander had two more educators. At the age of 13 he had as "paidagogos" (educator) the great Leonidas, a relative of his mother from Epirus that he was very strict and taught him the laconic way of life with similarities from the Spartan Agoge. The other educator was Lysimachus.

Aristotle understood the importance of his mission. Since Pella at that time was a bustling commercial hub full of noise and commotion, he asked Philip for the school to be established in the countryside, inside a forest.

Thus Philip founded a six-year school: three years as "Vasilikoi Paides" ("Royal Pages") and three years as "Vasilikoi Akolouthoi ("Royal Companions").

It was there that Philip sent Alexander along with fifty other Greek boys from royal houses, who would be educated by Aristotle and the other teachers. This group also included Thessalians such as Lysimachus, and Nearchus who was Cretan. This shows Philip’s desire for a united Greece with a common purpose.

Among Alexander and these fifty youths were also his eight sworn friends from childhood. From this school would graduate the fifty Royal Companions, the future king of the Macedonians, and later of all Greece.

The School of Aristotle in Mieza included:

> Theoretical Philosophy and Metaphysics from Aristotle’s Peripatetic School
> Geometry taught by Menacles
> Acroamatic Lectures (esoteric teachings) by Aristotle
> Physics, Zoology, Botany, Geography, and practical Medicine taught by Aristotle
> Horsemanship, Pankration, and Swordsmanship taught by Cleitus
> Practical Philosophy and Poetry taught by Aristotle
> Military operations and Diplomacy taught by Philip himself
> Correct Diction and Rhetorical Expression (Φραστικές Ορθοέποιες) taught by Theophrastus

The most capable student in each subject became the supervisor (epimeletes), with the aim that he would later lead. The supervisor wore a distinctive green belt, which he would also wear later as an officer in battle, so that he would feel the battle was a natural continuation of his educational journey.

The Acroamatic teachings I mentioned were deep, secret knowledge, according to Plutarch, which were not taught to the others.When Alexander was in Asia and learned that Aristotle had published certain lectures on these subjects, he wrote him a bold letter about philosophy, which in part read verbatim:

"Alexander to Aristotle, greetings. You have not done right in publishing the acroamatic lectures. For in what way shall we differ from others if the teachings by which we were educated become common to all? I would rather excel others in the knowledge of the highest things than in power. Farewell."

Aristotle apologized, explaining that some lectures had been published and others had not, especially those he had taught to Alexander. We see here the importance of Aristotle’s teaching, the esoteric knowledge, and how powerful it was.

By nature, Alexander loved literature and reading. He kept the Iliad, which he had received from Aristotle (who had corrected and annotated it with comments on its symbols and the secrets Homer had hidden), under his pillow along with his dagger throughout the entire campaign. Because he loved reading and had no other books in Asia, he ordered Harpalus to send him some. Harpalus sent him the books of Philistus, several tragedies by Euripides, Sophocles, and Aeschylus, and the dithyrambs of Telestes and Philoxenus.

Alexander admired and loved Aristotle, as he himself said, no less than his father, for he owed his life to Philip, but to Aristotle, he owed a good morally life.

Aristotle used to say the following: "Parents who provide their children with the proper education deserve more than those parents who simply gave birth to them. For the children who did not receive the proper education, their parents merely gave them life. But for the children who did receive the proper education, their parents gave them a happy life."

[Nahuel Lanzón @nahuelzn]

Tremendo lo que dijo Thierry Henry sobre el Mundial y las pausas de Hidratación!

"Hay una cosa que me subleva el ánimo y no puedo callarla: ¿qué nombre daremos a esa pausa que ahora interrumpen en mitad del juego, esos tres minutos que llaman «descanso para refrescarse»? ¡Por el perro, Crátilo! Porque me dicen que es por el bienestar de los cuerpos, para que los atletas beban y no desfallezcan bajo el sol; mas yo, que soy viejo y desconfiado, sospecho que bajo el nombre piadoso se esconde otra cosa.

Pues cuando algo se nombra de un modo y obra de otro, ¿no decíamos, amigo mío, que el nombre miente sobre la cosa? Y la cosa, despojada de su disfraz, ¿qué es sino un hueco abierto adrede para que entre por él el mercader con sus anuncios?

Considera, pues, lo que en verdad acontece. El fútbol, según su propia naturaleza, fluye; es un río continuo, dos mitades de un mismo aliento, y en esa continuidad reside parte de su belleza, pues el ánimo se sostiene en vilo y no se quiebra. ¡Ay, Crátilo! Pero ahora lo trocean, lo cortan, lo vuelven cuatro pedazos a la manera de aquellos juegos de allende el mar, donde todo se detiene a cada instante para que hablen los vendedores.

¿Y no es esto, te pregunto, forzar a una cosa a ser lo que no es? Pues quien toma el río y lo divide en cuatro estanques quietos ya no tiene un río, aunque siga llamándolo así; y quien toma el fútbol y lo parte en cuartos no ama el fútbol, sino el espacio entre los cuartos, que es donde habita su ganancia."

(¿Vieron que hay todo un género de baits en esta red social de atribuirle a futbolistas frases que en su reputa vida dirían, casi como si se tratase de un diálogo platónico del siglo XXI? Lo peor es que funciona, asi que voy a probar suerte -?-).

[Sudanalytics @sudanalytics_]

⚠️⛔️ Atención a las palabras de Jürgen Klopp CONTRA LAS PAUSAS DE HIDRATACIÓN:

“ESTO ES EL FÚTBOL SIENDO TOMADO COMO REHÉN POR EJECUTIVOS EN OFICINAS CON AIRE ACONDICIONADO.

Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores.

Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?

Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario.

Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial.

La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido.

Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. EL FÚTBOL SE ESTÁ CONVIRTIENDO EN LA INTERRUPCIÓN ENTRE LOS ANUNCIOS”.

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

@WorldCup26HQ Poor game of football, good goals. Referee favoured Morroco. Waste of time .

[Marcus @Marcus___007]

@Artemisfornow Wood burners aren't connected to a smart meter.
No government control or billable hours.
They have to go.

[Greig Hopcroft @ghopcroft]

What on earth is happening with refereeing in the Premier League right now? Every weekend it feels like the bar for consistency gets dragged even lower.

Take yesterday alone. Newcastle’s penalty saga was farcical. The first one goes to VAR, there’s "minimal contact", yet the player gets booked for diving and the penalty is waved away, even after a VAR review. Minutes later, there’s even less contact in a similar situation, and this time the penalty is awarded and Dan Burn is sent off. You genuinely could not script it.

Then there’s the Liverpool game. Robertson ducks out of the way, does nothing to interfere with play, yet somehow VAR finds him guilty of “making an obvious action”. The same referee, Chris Kavanagh, once overturned a similar offside decision involving Bernardo Silva after checking the monitor. Same scenario, same official, completely different outcome. How can that possibly make sense?

We are told VAR was meant to bring clarity and eliminate controversy, but all it has done is hand out confusion and chaos. The PGMOL under Howard Webb looks more like a circus act than a governing body. These are professionals with access to every angle, every replay, every rulebook explanation, and yet they still cannot apply the basics evenly.

Fans are losing patience because it’s not just about one call anymore. It’s about trust, fairness, and the feeling that the biggest league in the world is being officiated like a Sunday park game. It’s embarrassing, and it’s killing the joy of watching football. Something has to change.

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

@jah_life_music His lawyer, about some Rumours 🎵

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

The Premier League need to get a firm grip on refereeing standards and decisions pronto, because if I'm right ( reading a lot of tweets from supporters of ALL clubs since the King decision) the concern about standards is at, if not beyond tipping point.

We no longer know what is being punished and why and it's making many a game simply unwatchable.

Listen to people @premierleague @FA_PGMOL, you're losing the room.

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

Whilst waiting (not parked) at a travelodge to pick up some disabled passengers from a wheelchair ramp. I was issued a PCN from Smart Parking Ltd. I appealed the Pcn, believing I had sufficient evidence. But, according to Smart Parking Ltd, I should study all their small print signs when entering the travelodge and before helping people with severe disabilities.

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

@CPFCLad10 Pleasant vibes 💜

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

❗️🗣️ Luis Enrique on Mbappé's departure a couple of weeks ago: "I think I was very brave last season when I said that we were going to have a better team without Mbappé. I still think we are better, the stats are there... I'd rather have 4 players who score 12 goals each than 1 player who scores 40 goals."

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Αμάν 😋

[Aditya Iyer @gooneraadi]

@TouchlineX @SamC_reports How about instead of the players, the referees give reaction interviews straight away. And how about more cameras in VAR rooms.

[Marcus Origa @Markos_Fari]

Sad to hear of the passing of Kenneth “Junior” Byles. Such an inspiration artist who laid some of the bricks of the foundation of reggae music.
Travel easy, and rise up Junior Byles. Thank you for the music and powerful concious lyrics you gave us! 🕊💔🙏🏾

[MS @SifoniosMichael]

@cityreport_ So Clean!

[London Traffic Watch @LondonTrafficW1]

Morning All

We’d like to thank everyone at @TfL @CityWestminster & @metpoliceuk for their sterling work keeping #London moving this weekend 👏🏼

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used over 12mths ago. Yet many do. My evidence to Commons Energy Committee on this including how the rules should be changed.

Please share so people know their rights.