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Monday, May 14, 2018

GREEK Summerfest Vancouver 2018

Back for its 32nd consecutive year, Vancouver's GREEK Summerfest runs from Thursday July 5th to Sunday July 15th. It's an annual celebration of food, ...


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The Ancient Myth of 'Good Fences'

The GREEKS held similarly disparaging views toward foreigners, called “barbarians” because they seemed to say “ bar-bar-bar” when they spoke.


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Ancient GREEK Artifacts Uncovered in Slovakia

NITRA, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that bronze pieces of a GREEK warrior's breastplate have been unearthed near an ancient Celtic ...


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Rev. Barber Slams Anti-Muslim, Anti-Semitic Pastors Trump Chose to Open US Embassy in Jerusalem

While tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered near the heavily fortified border with Israel for nonviolent protests against the US Embassy's opening in Jerusalem Monday, a new Poor People's Campaign launched in the United States. Rev. Dr. William Barber II, a co-founder of the movement, is bringing together low-wage workers, clergy and community activists around the country to advocate for the rights of the poor. People in 40 states are participating in actions and events starting today that will culminate in a mass protest in Washington, DC, on June 23. We are joined by Rev. Dr. William Barber, president of Repairers of the Breach and distinguished visiting professor of public theology at Union Theological Seminary, to discuss human rights from Gaza to Washington, DC, and the anti-gay, pro-Trump pastor from Dallas chosen by the Trump administration to lead the prayer at the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem. TRANSCRIPT AMY GOODMAN: I was wondering if you can comment -- as you're there in Washington, DC, there are mass protests in Gaza. And it looks like the deadliest day of violence, with Israeli military gunning down, it looks like, at this point, something like 37 protesters. Overall, since March 30th, thousands have been injured, I think something like 84 people killed. But the person who is opening the ceremony for the US Embassy to be moved to Jerusalem is Pastor Jeffress, who has spoken out against Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, gay men and lesbians, Mormonism. Can you comment on what this Southern Baptist preacher represents, from Dallas, Texas? REV. WILLIAM BARBER II: Well, yes, and it's hurtful, but it's necessary. You know, I'm thinking about that this May 10th was the end of the Birmingham campaign, 50-some years ago, 55 years ago. And remember, we saw the images of dogs attacking children and women in Birmingham. And today we see the images of drones attacking our Palestinian brothers and sisters. We see our president playing every race card he can, and connecting -- he's an extremist, and he's connected with Netanyahu, who's an extremist. And now they're connected together. And he's doing this for all the wrong reasons, splitting people, splitting people who historically are brothers and sisters. And now he has chosen not only Jeffress, but Hagee, who once actually described -- John Hagee, I understand, described Hitler as a hunter, a God-sent hunter, who was designed, ordained by God to hunt the Jewish people, to force them to come back to Israel in order to bring about the coming of Christ. Jeffress, as you remember, also said at President Trump's inaugural sermon that God endorsed the building of walls. Now, both of these men, if you really check their theology, they are not preaching Christian theology. They are heretics, in many ways. What they're talking about is heresy. They claim to be Christian, and they claim a certain brand of Christianity. But when you look at it theologically, it does not line up with the Scriptures' call to love. It does not line up with the Scriptures' call that you treat the person or persons that are not of your particular race or your particular lineage as brothers and sisters. It does not line up with the Scriptures' anti-violence, anti-killing. This is just a form of what -- it's nothing more than a modern-day form of what my good friend Jonathan Hargrove calls slave religion, the kind of religion that abuses the Scriptures and uses it to support political opinions that are not the politics of God or the politics of Christ. Jeffress is spewing hate and meanfulness. And by the president choosing him, that joins him to that kind of theology. And we see it happening in this country. That same group of people will go in and pray -- P-R-A-Y -- with President Trump and his other allies in the Congress and bless them, while Trump and his allies are preying -- P-R-E-Y-I-N-G -- on the poor and the broken and the hurting and the least among. It is sad. It is theological malpractice. It is costing people their lives. It is mean-spirited. And the world should stand up and speak out against it. And clergy and people of faith should speak out against it. And we should stop, in the media, assigning "Christian" and "evangelical" to persons like this. If we say it, we should say it in quotes, or we should call it what it is. It is not Christianity. It is not evangelicalism. It is not the religion of Jesus, who, in his first sermon, said to follow Jesus was to preach good news to the poor, to care for the brokenhearted, to provide liberty and healing to the bruised, and to declare the acceptable year of the lord. Nothing in that says endorse killing, endorse hatred, endorsed meanness. And lastly, Amy, the two pastors that are going over there, they don't even like Jewish people. They have some weird theology, that by creating certain actions in Israel, it can force the coming of Christ. But they don't even believe anybody, except people who believe like them, are going to go to heaven. Well, I say what my grandmother and what the slaves used to say about slave master religion: Everybody talking about heaven ain't going there. And Jeffress and Hagee and others like that, who are abusing, who are misusing the theology of Christ to promote these attitudes and these actions of hate, they are wrong. It is heretical. It is theological malpractice. And it's high time that people of faith take it on. I'm an evangelical, and I'm deeply offended -- deeply offended -- by what they're doing. AMY GOODMAN: Before we go, I want to bring in Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, who co-chairs the Poor People's Campaign. You visited Marks, Mississippi. In 1967, Dr. King was there, brought to tears as he met with the poor there, one teacher dividing an apple into four parts so she could feed her four hungriest students. Reverend Liz Theoharis, as we wrap up, talk about your action today and why you're organizing around the country right now. REV. LIZ THEOHARIS: Well, today, Amy, in -- as Reverend Barber said, in almost 40 states across this country, there are people, impacted folks, poor people, who are taking action together. And we were in Marks, Mississippi. We were in Lowndes County, Alabama. We were in El Paso, Texas. We have traveled around this country, because this campaign is a deep organizing drive amongst people who need to have their voices heard, need their stories to be told, so that we hear that there are 140 million poor people in this country, that in this country there are 38 million poor children. Almost half of this country's children are poor. And this is unacceptable. And so, people are taking action together, and not just today, but they are deep-dive organizing in their communities. They'll return, week after week, for this 40 days and into the future, as we build a deep moral movement to turn this country around. AMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to thank you both for being with us. We'll follow what happens today in Washington and what you're doing around the country. Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis co-chairs the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with our other guest, the Reverend Dr. William Barber, both speaking to us today from Washington, DC This is Democracy Now! When we come back, the former finance minister of Greece. We'll be joined by Yanis Varoufakis. Stay with us.


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Greek High Court Keeps Alive Case Tied to Debt Crisis

ATHENS—Greece’s Supreme Court rejected judges’ recommendation that charges against the country’s former head of its statistics agency should be dropped, in another escalation of the yearslong debate about the origins of the country’s debt crisis.


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GREEK Inscriptions Found at Roman-Era Temple in Egypt

The excavation team has uncovered the foundations of a large, limestone building, and a long piece of limestone that had been inscribed in GREEK ...


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Why the Greek System Could Be the Next Startup Incubator

As soon as I walked into the Collision Conference exhibit hall, I met a team of fraternity brothers in matching t-shirts who were showcasing their cloud-based promotional products company. That evening at Night Summit, I ran into another group of young men ...


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GREECE Import Price Inflation Accelerates In March

GREECE'S import price inflation accelerated in March after easing in the previous month, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority showed Monday.


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Fahad Al-Muwallad released by Levante for Saudi Arabia friendly against GREECE

The Saudi Arabia Football Federation confirmed on Monday evening Al-Muwallad is available for the GREECE clash, although his fitness will need to be ...


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England’s new national selector runs through options for first Pakistan Test

• Ed Smith is likely to include another new partner for Alastair Cook • In-form James Vince and Sam Curran may get calls for Lord’s party Ed Smith’s first utterances as national selector are awaited with the anticipation of Greeks hastening to Delphi to listen to the oracle. As for them there is no certainty his outpourings will be understood. This is his first appearance in the role and he will already understand the business of selection is easier as a pundit than an employee of the England and Wales Cricket Board. There has been speculation about what he might do but it is only speculation. The past two national selectors, Geoff Miller and James Whitaker, were always discreet and, to the exasperation of the odd colleague, disinclined to leak. Smith is likely to operate in the same way. Continue reading...


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Greek Tourism ministry aims at securing 'sustainable tourism development'

We are working for sustainable tourism development and even higher tourist performance in 2018 and in the years to come the General Secretary of Tourist Policy and Development


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President Ivanov asks to be briefed about the outcome of last name talks round

President of fYROMacedonia Gjorge Ivanov has not been briefed about the outcome of the last meeting of thefYROMacedonia and Greek Foreign Ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotz


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Pepper enters GREEK market with purchase of NAI Hellas

Pepper UK has completed the purchase of NAI Hellas/AVENT S.A, a specialist firm of commercial property advisers in Greece that provides ...


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GREEK eats: Top 5 restaurants to feast on lamb, gyros and more in Washington

Looking for a tasty GREEK meal near you? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top GREEK restaurants around Washington, using both Yelp data ...


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New Democracy MEP Visits Greek Soldiers in Turkish Prison

New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefaloyiannis on Monday visited the two Greek soldiers who have been jailed in Edirne since March 1 and conveyed a message of comfort and hope for their unlawful detention. “I conveyed to the two Greek army officers, Angelos ...


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Stefanos Lazaridis

The career-spanning exhibition on the fourth-floor National Library of GREECE Patio features models, photographs and archive material that covers ...


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GREECE and Uzbekistan Discuss Tourism Relations

Ways of boosting tourist flows between GREECE and Uzbekistan were discussed during a recent meeting in Athens held between Greek Tourism ...


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Greek Court Strikes Out Government Appeal Against Turkish Soldier’s Asylum

A Greek government appeal against a independent committee decision to grant asylum to a Turkish soldier in Greece has been dismissed. Athens Administrative Appeals Court on Monday turned down the appeal from the Migration Policy Ministry. The former ...


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Greece Turns Down CERN Program for Cancer Tumor Radiation Unit

Greece has turned down the installation of a Cancer Tumor Radiation Unit developed in the CERN laboratories, as stated by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, according to a Kathimerini report. Professor of Particle Physics at the National ...


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S&W Artisanal announces big changes: Locally focused concept will replace Greek restaurant

S&W Artisanal announces big changes: Locally focused concept will replace Greek restaurant The restaurant will remain open for the majority of the transitional period. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: https://www.citizen-times.com/story ...


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GREEK coast guard rescue 67 migrants at sea

The GREEK coast guard rescued 67 foreign nationals whose dinghy was in distress at sea near the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos early on Monday ...


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Roasted red pepper a huge addition to GREEK Turkey Burgers

This week the girls finished up the last of the recipes. We made the GREEK Turkey Burgers and Banana, Zucchini and Oatmeal Muffins. When making ...


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GREEK Authorities Crushed a Murder Plot Against Alleged Bitcoin Fraudster

The GREEK police have uncovered a plot to assassinate Alexander Vinnik, the Russian citizen that has been accused of having a hand in the Mt. Gox ...


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Visitors need international driving license to rent vehicle in GREECE

Tourists from non-European Union countries are now only allowed to rent a car or a motorcycle in GREECE if they have an international driving license, ...


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30 Turkish nationals fled Turkey to GREECE each day since Erdogan called for snap elections: report

Kathimerini said Monday that some 30 Turkish nationals have fled Turkey to GREECE each day since Erdogan announced that Turkey would hold ...


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'Greek' alum Amber Stevens expecting first child

May 14 (UPI) --Greek alum Amber Stevens is going to be a first-time mom. The 31-year-old actress announced in an Instagram post Sunday on Mother's Day that she's expecting a baby with husband and former Greek co-star Andrew J. West in the fall. Stevens ...


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Zaev: Upcoming meeting with Tsipras on May 17 is not one of the scheduled, long-awaited ones

Asked if he would meet with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on May 17 to come up the final name solution Zaev said the upcoming meeting was not one of the scheduled longawaited ones Th


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Athens, troika resume talks with view to program conclusion in August

The troikas technical experts arrived in Athens on Monday to continue direct talks with Greek government officials as part of the 4th and final review of the Greek bailout program


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Zaev: Meeting with Tsipras does not imply a deal about the name

Prime Minister of FYROM Zoran Zaev said that the next meeting with the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras does not aim at reaching a concrete agreement about the name disputeAccording


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Arte & Vita Releases TΣAI Cold-Brewed and Sparkling Greek Mountain Tea

MONTREAL — The Arte & Vita brand is pleased to announce the recent launch of its initial functional beverage line: The TΣAI (pronounced “tsa-i”) cold-brewed and sparkling Greek Mountain Tea beverage. The Greek Mountain Tea (Sidertis-Scardica type ...


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GREEK'S Amber Stevens expecting first child with Andrew. J. West

Congratulations to Amber Stevens and her husband, Andrew J. West! The GREEK alum took to Instagram to share that she and the Walking Dead star ...


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Amber Stevens and Andrew J West, who met on TV's Greek, reveal they are expecting their first baby

They met when they were the love interest on ABC Family college fraternity series Greek in 2009. Life quickly followed art and now Amber Stevens and husband Andrew J West are expecting their first child. The 31-year-old chose Mother’s Day to announce ...


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Is this what really happens at a GREEK Orthodox baptism?

Footage showing a GREEK Orthodox priest roughly dunking a baby into a baptismal font before handing him back to his parents has raised concern ...


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Domestic Relations – Equitable Division – Marital Property – GREEK Farm – Credibility

Domestic Relations – Equitable Division – Marital Property – GREEK Farm – Credibility (access required). By: Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor May 14, ...


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GREECE Leasing Out Beaches for Business Use

A total of 130 beaches across GREECE, including Spetses, Hydra, Poros, Aegina, Rhodes, Crete and Kefalonia are up for lease. Interested parties can ...


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Russian 'bitcoin fraud' suspect held in Greece says prison security beefed up over ‘kill order’

[Preview] Alleged bitcoin "crime mastermind" Aleksandr Vinnik, wanted in the US, has confirmed that he survived a murder attempt while in prison, adding that since then Greek authorities have beefed up security to protect him. Read Full Article at RT.com


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Greece’s Open-Air Cinemas Come Alive in Summer

Going to a summer movie is one of the unique Greek pastimes; watching a film under the stars with a cool breeze and (often) the smell of flowers is one of the many things that make Greece special. Open-air cinemas are a thing that very few countries can ...


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Escape the City for a Swim in Greece’s Lake Vouliagmeni

One of the most beautiful places along the Athenian Riviera is, without any doubt, Lake Vouliagmeni. Perfect during any time of the year, both for a restoring winter swim as well as for a summer escape from the bustling capital. Any weather is ideal for ...


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Enjoy music, gyros, baklava and more at the annual St. Nicholas GREEK Festival

Friday through Sunday, May 18-20, enjoy traditional GREEK music, dancing, food and more. Festival spokesman Basile said preparations are ...


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GREEK Police thwarts assassination attempt on Alexander Vinnik, the Mt. Gox hack mastermind

Alexander Vinnik, the cryptocurrency criminal has been spared a life by the stringent vigilance of GREEK Police. A ploy of assassination has been ...


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GREEK Hotels' Digital Client Roster Getting Bigger in Q1

Online bookings for GREEK hotels grew by 57 percent in the first four months of the year, according to data collected by digital marketing experts Nelios ...


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GREEK court turns down appeal against asylum decision

The Athens Administrative Appeals Court has turned down an appeal by the Migration Policy Ministry against an earlier decision to grant asylum to a ...


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GREEK Scientist Elected Fellow at UK's Royal Society

Pioneering work by a GREEK scientist on the nervous systems of mammals has seen him chosen by fellow researchers to join a prestigious British ...


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‘Dream Big’ Greek-Origin Cosmonaut Tells Kids

Greece has honored the first cosmonaut of Greek origin, Fyodor Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos, who sent a message to the country’s children to “not be afraid to have big dreams”. Sunday’s ceremony took place at the northern city’s Royal Theater with ...


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Mitsotakis calls on Turkey to Respect the Rules of Int’l Law

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was attending anniversary celebrations in Alexandroupolis on Monday, referred to the ongoing detention of two Greek […] The post Mitsotakis calls on Turkey to Respect the Rules of Int’l Law appeared first on The National Herald.


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Steve Croman planning Greek getaway after jail

Steve Croman — the “Bernie Madoff of landlords,” according to the prosecutor who put him in jail — will celebrate his freedom next month in the Greek islands. Croman started serving a one-year sentence last October for mortgage fraud. But he is ...


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Greece races to meet bailout demands as inspectors return

Bailout inspectors have returned to Athens as Greece races to comply with the final terms of its rescue program, which ends in August. Negotiations resumed Monday, with Greece still facing dozens of measures to address in the next ten days to remain on ...


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Greek January-April government primary budget surplus beats target

ATHENS, May 14 (Reuters) - Greece’s central government attained a primary budget surplus of 2.334 billion euros ($2.80 billion) in the first four months of the year, well above its target thanks to higher tax revenues and lower spending, finance ministry ...


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This tiny cabin on the Greece-Turkey border generates 100% of its own energy

Istanbul-based studio SO? Architecture & Ideas has completed a tiny off-grid cabin perfect for reconnecting with the outdoors. Located in a village on the Turkish-Greek border, the Cabin on the Border is a prefabricated and transportable unit constructed ...


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Phi Kappa Psi’s incident is not representative of the Greek life community

In early May, the University of Oregon Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was temporarily suspended after a document surfaced containing the name of the fraternity, its members and questions containing anti-gay slurs, rape jokes, references to illegal drug use and ...


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