As an atheist Orthodox, (yes you can be that), I can point out that the original Santa was a GREEK bishop, not German. Basil the Great or the Bishop of ...
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How the world sees Greece
Monday, December 12, 2016
Black Santa, White Santa? No, he was a tough, thin GREEK. So check your cultural appropriation ...
Labor Reforms, Fiscal Gap the Main Issues in Talks Between Government, Institutions, Says EC Source
Labor reform issues and the fiscal gap in 2018 will be the focus of the meetings between the Greek government and the heads of institutions who will return to Athens on Tuesday for talks on Greece’s second program review, a European Commission official said on Monday. According to the source, the institutions will also want […]
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Greece doesn't need more austerity, cuts went too far: IMF
[After days of demonstrations in Greece over new budget cuts, the officials said, "The IMF is being criticized for demanding more fiscal austerity, in particular for making this a condition for urgently needed debt relief"]Greece does not need more austerity at this time, and in fact spending cuts have gone too far already, two senior International Monetary Fund officials said Monday.
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Greece: Refugees & Migrants Sea Arrivals in Europe
… , 3,080 people arrived to Greece, 16,975 people to Italy … to Spain. Total arrivals to Greece, Italy and Spain in September … sea, including 166,824 to Greece, 132,043 to Italy and …
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Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey will play the Hollywood Bowl and Idina Menzel will headline the Greek in 2017
R&B singer-songwriter Lionel Richie and soul and pop star Mariah Carey are hitting the road together for the first time ever in 2017 with the All The Hits Tour. Richie and Carey are looking to party “All Night Long” with fans in Los Angeles, announcing ...
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UNHCR moves 1100 out of tents, beating first snows of winter
Agency has arranged 19,500 places in apartments, hotels and with host families throughout GREECE for relocation candidates and vulnerable ...
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The IMF is not asking GREECE for more austerity
GREECE is once again in the headlines as discussions for the second review of its European Stability Mechanism (ESM) program are gaining pace.
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Russia helped half of the world gain independence
It appears that a half of Europe and a part of Asia owes Russia (the USSR) more than just a lot. Russia helped many states obtain their statehood. One can analyse the role of Russia and the Soviet Union in the birth and development of such countries as China, Vietnam, North Korea, India and Greece
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Don’t Blame Us for Greek Austerity, IMF Says as Loan Talks Drag
The IMF repeated its call for Greece to adopt credible budget goals, saying the nation’s current targets would require levels of fiscal austerity that would choke off growth. In a blog post Monday, the Washington-based fund responded to suggestions it ...
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Greece Needs Fiscal Breathing Room
This will be the second year in a row that Greece has beaten its primary fiscal targets. In contrast to the pessimistic projections of its creditors, Greece’s authorities have proved themselves capable of delivering on the country’s promises.
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Greece needs fair, growth-friendly budget, not more austerity: IMF
BRUSSELS The International Monetary Fund is against further austerity in Greece and instead is calling for the creation of a modern welfare system financed with cash from a rebalancing of the Greek tax system and far too generous pensions. The head of the ...
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3 science-backed tips that will help you finally remember everyone's name
[Memento]"Memento"/Newmarket Films I once went to church with a friend of mine. He introduced me to his pastor. Then we went back again, about ten years later. We walked in the door, the pastor took one look at me, and said, "Hi, Stever! I hope all is well with you." Mind. Blown. When someone remembers your name ten years later, they have obviously proven themselves a person of discriminating taste and high expertise. So if you want to make that impression, there's no better way to do it than master the art of remembering people's names. And there's no better way to learn to memorize than to turn to a master. That's why today's episode is based on an interview with memory expert Jonathan Levi. You can visit GetItDoneGuy.com/remember to learn more, but for now, I'll try to give you the rundown. I'll start with what you already know: remembering people's names is a simple act that can do a ton of good for new relationships. But when we're meeting people, names often go in one ear and out the other. If we want to remember names from introductions, we need a better plan than just hoping for the best. Jonathan Levi says we need to stop and engage our memory based on how it evolved to work. ACTIVATE YOUR VISUAL MEMORY My human brain is so incredible and awesome that when I meet a new person, I'm able to remember their face and body language for years. Yet I'm also able to forget their name mere seconds after they introduce themselves. This is because handling images took center stage for tens of thousands of years of human evolution. So the average human is far more likely to remember images than sound. Or smell. Or taste. Or pretty much any other type of information, for that matter. Take words, for example. Words are great! They are the building blocks of modern thought and human interaction! Without them, Facebook and Twitter would be out of business. But at an evolutionary level, our brains are still learning to deal with language. A name is a word, so to remember words, we must turn to imagery. When you meet somebody whose name you want to remember, make a picture of them in a scenario related to their name. When you meat Nick, make a mental image of Nick nicking himself while shaving. When you meet Sandy, make an image of Sandy on the beach, building a sand-castle. And as for Pandora, imagine her hanging out next to a statue of Pan, your favorite Greek demigod, with you old friend Dora. [Shaving]"Memento"/Newmarket Films RELATE THE NAME TO SOMETHING YOU ALREADY KNOW Connect your new knowledge to something that's already in your minds. Your brain needs a path to the new information, and that path is via old information. Since we humans are very self-centered creatures, we remember the vivid details of our own lives. What did you have for dinner last night? I'll bet you remember. What did your best friend have for dinner? I'll bet you've forgotten—or even worse, you never called to ask. See? We're all self-centered. So connect new names to memories from your life, and they become easy to remember, too. Relate the name of the new person to something familiar. Imagine Nick's bloody tragedy happening in your very bathroom. Or Sandy's sand castle being built in your front yard, right by the flower beds. Now take a conscious moment to deliberately burn it into your brain. This may feel unfamiliar at first—after all, it's not how you've remembered names up until now—but with practice, dedication, and repetition, you'll be able to activate your visual memory like butter. Big, yellow, familiar butter from your very own life. MAKE YOUR MEMORY THRILLING OR UNUSUAL What helps this work ever better than merely familiar butter is making your images thrilling and unusual! If you look in brass and string chamber ensembles, all you see is sax and violins. If you watch TV, all you see is sex and violence. That's because, let's face it, danger and reproduction were pretty much our two basic drives for millenia. Oh. Did I say "were"? Silly me. [Game of Thrones]"Memento"/Newmarket Films Jonathan reports that images relating to sex and violence are even more powerful. Danger, in particular, activates an intuitive threat response that can help your brain latch on to images. When you imagine Sandy building a sandcastle, imagine it coming to life with cute little sand trolls, who swarm all over Sandy, hacking with their cute little sand axes and munching on Sandy's flesh while discussing the election results. A bit morbid, I know. But it's all in your head, and it's memorable. Instead of violence, you can also just go weird. In the good old savannah days, most things that were new and exciting were probably trying to kill you. So we don't just remember real danger, we also remember the unusual, since it was probably going to be dangerous too. So when you're remembering Pandora, don't just picture her standing with Dora near a Pan statue. Picture them stealing it … or covering it with bubble gum. The weirder, the better. And that visual, if you do it successfully, won't go away no matter how hard you try. The key to remembering names is to engage your natural memory. Imagine the person you're meeting in a situation that sounds like or reminds you of their name. Make the situation familiar, with an element of danger or sex, to heighten the effect. Concentrate on the imagery for a moment, and you'll remember that much better. And remember this: visit getitdoneguy.com/remember, to hear the full interview with memory genius Jonathan Levi. Imagine a giant, super-human brain with amazing memory skills sitting on your keyboard. Now imagine putting a little Get-it-Done Guy on top of it, eating a slice of Oreo ice cream cake. Now when you get back to your keyboard, your brain will imagine that brain and you'll know it's getitdoneguy.com/remember. This is Stever Robbins. I run webinars and other programs to help people be Extraordinarily Productive, and build extraordinary careers. If you want to know more, visit SteverRobbins.com Work Less, Do More, and Have a Great Life! NOW WATCH: Why almost every pair of jeans has a zipper that says ‘YKK’
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Indianapolis Fire Captain Helps Train GREEK Team with Migrant Rescues
Richert spoke with Fire Engineering about how a Sky News report about diving and a boat that sank off the GREEK Island of Samos, posted below, ...
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Recipe: Peanut Butter Greek Yogurt Dip
Whip up this yummy dip to serve with apples, bananas, graham crackers or pretzels. Fresh fall apples need no adornment, but this Peanut Butter Greek Yogurt Dip adds a creamy texture and a touch of sweetness that is light and perfect for an appetizer or ...
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Greek Finance Minister cites prospect of new budget 'cutter' after 2019
Greek FinMin Euclid Tsakalotos over the weekend touched on the prospect of a new automatic spending cut mechanism to emerge after 2019, a process aimed to immediate rectify whatever fiscal deviations in the often haphazard executions of state budgets in ...
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Unlearned Lessons from the GREEK Financial Crisis
She would ditch the common currency for the same reason that GREEK leavers would: "The IMF has just said that the euro was overvalued by 6 percent ...
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Parthenon Owner's Wife Opens Sports Bar as New Lawsuit Alleges $870K Embezzlement
The 48-year-old Parthenon—known for popularizing flaming cheese (saganaki), the GREEK-American staple—has been mired in more than $500,000 ...
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Ancient GREEK City Explored
VLOCHOS, GREECE— Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg and the University of Bournemouth are exploring the remains of a ...
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Draft bill to expand e-transactions in GREECE expected by end of 2016
A much-heralded draft bill aimed to expand the use of electronic transactions in the previously cash-dominant Greek economy is reportedly in the final ...
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Over 1100 asylum seekers to be welcomed here from GREECE by next year
The Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald told the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that Ireland may even double its migration commitment to GREECE.
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Greek shipowner Nikolaos Frangos dies
SHIPOWNER Nikolaos Frangos, father of Angeliki Frangou of Navios fame and John Frangos, himself a well-known shipowner, has died in Greece, aged 90.For many years Capt Frangos was at the helm of Good Faith Shipping, in partnership with Nicholas Moundreas ...
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Greek owner opens fire to prevent migrants' rumble from pouring over cafe
A cafe owner on the eastern Aegean island of Hios (Chios) fired into the air with a shotgun on Sunday afternoon to break-up a "rumble" between rival groups of irregular migrants temporarily hosted at a refugee camp near his business. According to reports ...
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A Greek election in 2017?
As Europe's biggest economies head to the polls in 2017, will Greece follow suit?
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Bail set for father of slain 3-year-old Greece girl
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - The father of a three-year-old girl from Greece who died last month was in court Monday morning. Michael Stagles, the father of Brook Stagles, was charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with his daughter's death.
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Greek and British police say they have dismantled an international migrant-smuggling ring
In this Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, migrants, most from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as they are helped by members of a nongovernmental organization during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya. AP Photo/Emilio ...
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Greek PM heads to Berlin for tête–à –tête with Merkel on Friday
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will reportedly hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top European leaders this week on the sidelines of a European summit in Brussels, contacts aimed squarely at trying to clear obstacles preventing a second review ...
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37,667 Greeks lost their jobs in November 2016
Dec, 12 2016 Author: newsroom Roughly 37.667 salaried jobs were lost in the private sector in November 2016 according to the information system ERGANI, in what is considered the worst employment performance of the last five years, with more layoffs than …
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Is Reds striker Vellios set for return to Greek football?
… linked with a return to Greece. According to The Sun, Evangelos … in the summer, signing from Greek side Iraklis for 1.2m …
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Greek FinMin wants to end reform standoff with lenders through ‘honest compromise’
… stoke anti-establishment sentiment in Europe Greece, which is in its third … be concluded. Eurozone ministers want Greece to maintain a primary fiscal … a heavier tax burden on Greek taxpayers and more pension cuts …
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Tours Specialists Revises Greece FAM Trips for 2017
Tours Specialists Inc. of Florida has announced new revisions to its Greece Island Hopping FAM Trip itinerary. Departing Sundays in 2017, the eight-day itinerary will begin and end in Athens and visit Mykonos, Piraeus and Santorini. The tour includes four ...
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BWW Review: KORALI ESTIATORIO for Fine Greek Dining on the UES
You will feel transported to Greece at Manhattan's Korali Estiatorio, a charming restaurant that serves delicious Greek fare on the Upper East Side. This is the spot for fantastic small plates, wonderfully prepared fresh seafood and the best in traditional ...
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Papadimitriou: Goal For Greece To Be Able to Participate in QE
Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz. GUEST: Dimitri Papadimitriou, Greece’s new Minister of Economy and Development, on outlook for the Greece economy, the EU, and the IMF. Running time 08:00 Play Episode
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Greece Heads Toward New Crisis in Debt Saga As Support for Tsipras Slumps
ATHENS—Greece’s crisis is approaching a potential breaking point after a year of relative calm, as a government with declining political stamina confronts creditors’ unyielding demands. The ruling left-wing Syriza party, grappling with slumping ...
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Political negotiations on GREEK second bailout review continue in Europe
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be traveling to Brussels for the upcoming European summit meeting and has arranged a series of meetings ...
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Couple celebrates wedding with big fat GREEK and Lebanese dance party
In GREEK tradition, the groom's mother, Bessie Dascoulias, showers the couple with money for prosperity and good luck. Daniel Ortiz Photography.
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Greek President to meet French counterpart Hollande on Monday
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos who is paying a two-day official visit to Paris will meet with French President Francois Hollande on Monday, at 20.15. Joint statements will follow. In the morning Pavlopoulos will visit the Napoleon’s tomb in the ...
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Tánaiste confirms Ireland will accept 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece by next September
The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has revealed today that the Irish Government will happily accept at least 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece by next September. The news comes after Ms Fitzgerald held a meeting with Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras ...
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Local Girls Combine for 10 Goals in Team USA Water Polo Win
USA meets GREECE on Tuesday (Wednesday in U.S.) for what will be the toughest match in group play for either team. GREECE defeated China 15-10 in ...
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Gang forging passports for refugees busted in GREECE
Young refugees warm themselves around a campfire at a refugee camp in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in GREECE, on December 1, 2016.
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Refugee-smuggling gang smashed in Greece
Greek and British authorities say they have broken up an international criminal network suspected of supplying hundreds of illegal refugees striving to reach the UK and northern European countries with forged travel documents. Police Lieutenant General ...
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Controlled explosions carried out at Greek Ministry of Labor
The area around the Greek Ministry of Labor in the center of Athens was evacuated early on Monday morning, at about 1:20 am, after a man called the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper and warned that a bomb would go off in 40 minutes. After the area was ...
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Remembering My Time on Paros, Greece
Of all the islands I have visited over the years, the first island I ever visited in Europe many years ago left a lasting impression on me. This was Paros, Greece. I was backpacking with my brother throughout Europe in summer. We had just arrived in Athens ...
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The Last Bite: One of the UK's Oldest GREEK Restaurants Still Delivers the Dolmas
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our new column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments in a ramen-slurping, matcha latte-sipping, ...
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Prime Minister to announce additional support measures for the GREEK islands
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is scheduled to visit the island of Nisyros on Tuesday, where he is reportedly going to announce a series of ...
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Little Village's GREEK fare hits Edmonton's west end
Once, at lunch in the summer, I ate an entire container of roasted red pepper and feta dip from Little Village Food Truck. This was obviously greedy, but ...
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Govt agrees to accept 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece
The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has said Ireland will accept at least 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece by September next year. Ms Fitzgerald has been meeting with Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras as part of her official visit to the country with ...
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UK investigators help smash illegal immigrant smuggling gang
British investigators have helped smash an international crime gang charging illegal immigrants €10,000 (£8,371) to be smuggled into the UK. The UK's National Crime Agency worked with Greek police who arrested 24 suspects during raids in Athens. A 46-year-old British woman was one of nine other suspects arrested by Home Office investigators during linked raids in Manchester, Northampton and Glasgow last week.
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Sources: Greek government very close to EU partners positions
Greek governmnent and European partners positions are very close, EU sources said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency expressing in parallel their optimism over the conclusion of the second review of the Greek programme. The representatives of the ...
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Greece Dead Last in European Union Social Justice Rankings
A lingering economic crisis is taking another toll on Greece with the finding the country ranks last in social justice in the EU. The post Greece Dead Last in European Union Social Justice Rankings appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek Academic Says Turkey Has Already Annexed Northern Cyprus
A Greek academic has suggested that Turkish annexation of the land it unlawfully occupies could help reunify the island. The post Greek Academic Says Turkey Has Already Annexed Northern Cyprus appeared first on The National Herald.
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