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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

GREEK goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis will play for Crystal Palace, Watford or Newcastle, says agent

And the latest name linked is Udinese GREEK keeper Orestis Karnezis who is reportedly closing in on a move to England. And according to the ...


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Local theater company to incorporate eclipse into ancient GREEK tale

The play retells the GREEK myth of the Titan who stole fire from the sun and gave it to humanity. And thanks to a little planning and a lot of hard work, ...


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Ancient GREEKS Built an Eclipse-Predicting 'Computer' 2000 Years Ago

(The English word "eclipse" comes from the GREEK word "ekleipsis," meaning abandonment, because the ancients believed the sun was literally ...


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Greece asks EU for air support to battle fires

Greece on Tuesday pleaded for assistance from European neighbours to help battle wild fires including a blaze ravaging a forest near Athens. In total 146 fires have broken out across Greece since Sunday, and while most have been brought under control ...


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In pictures: Wildfires near Greece capital Athens

… of Kapandriti, north of Athens, Greece, on August 15, 2017. Photo … of Kapandriti, north of Athens, Greece, on August 15, 2017. Photo … of Kapandriti, north of Athens, Greece, on August 15, 2017. Photo …


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Forest fires rage on throughout Greece

A forest fire blasted through towns northeast of Athens on Aug. 15, 2017 in what was the third day of firefighters battling the ferocious blazes. With dry winds and hot weather, forest fires have escalated recently, with firefighters battling more than 90 ...


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Tension Stays High at Greek Island Refugee Detention Centers

Despite reports Greek authorities have cleared almost every pending asylum case, anxiety is growing at detention centers and camps on islands where more than 14,000 […] The post Tension Stays High at Greek Island Refugee Detention Centers appeared first on The National Herald.


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The Latest: Greece seeks EU help with major forest fire

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in Europe (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Greek authorities have requested the loan of water-dropping aircraft from other European Union countries to help fight a major blaze that has been burning fiercely ...


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Broadcasters reveal ambitious plans for Berlin-Glasgow 2018 European Championships

... European, and now World Champion Katerina Stefanidi of GREECE, newly crowned 400m Hurdles World Champion Karsten Warholm of Norway, ...


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My letters will clear me of citizenship worries, says Nick Xenophon

South Australian crossbench senator Nick Xenophon says letters he sent to the GREEK and Cypriot governments to renounce any possible rights to ...


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The 2017 Transfiguration Church Of Mattituck

The Transfiguration icon by Theophanes the GREEK being created for St. Nicholas Church in the World Trade Center . Progress never happens by ...


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Greece asks EU help to tackle forest fires

ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Greece requested European civil protection assistance on Tuesday to help combat the forest fires raging near Athens, a spokesperson of the fire service, Stavroula Malliri told a press briefing. Due to the ferocity and the large ...


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Pay TV sees rare drop in subscribers

Pay TV in GREECE has suffered a setback. Having gradually become a mature market, and at a time when taxation makes up more than 40 percent of ...


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Yet Again, Merkel Rules out a Greek Debt “Haircut”

She pointed out that GREECE has already received debt relief and she added that if more is needed, it will be discussed in 2018 or 2019, when the ...


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Eastern Attica in Flames for Third Day

In the western Peloponnese region of Ilia, the site of GREECE'S worst fires in 2007, which killed more than 70 people, blazes broke out in three areas on ...


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A total of 91 wildfires reported throughout GREECE during the last 24 hours

A total of ninety one forest fires were recorded in the last 24 hours throughout GREECE. The blaze continues to rage on the islands of Zakynthos and ...


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Ferries packed with holidaymakers sail all over GREECE

Holidaymakers' exodus from GREECE'S urban centres peaked on Monday ahead of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, one of the most important religious ...


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Adventist Camp Barely Spared from Forest Fire in GREECE

A major forest fire in GREECE came within a few meters of destroying Camp Kalamos, the Adventist Youth campsite in GREECE, on the night of August 13 ...


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Greece seeks EU help as wildfires rage

Firefighters battled wildfires raging northeast of Athens for a third day on Tuesday as Greece asked for help from its European partners to prevent them from spreading. The fire started in Kalamos, a coastal holiday spot some 45 km (30 miles) northeast of ...


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“Like a prison” Asylum-seekers confined to the Greek Islands

… by sea from Turkey to Greece’s Aegean islands. Under the … from Greece of migrants and asylum-seekers who arrived on the Greek islands … does not explicitly require it, Greece has put in place a …


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Steve Jobs interviewed 20 people to be CEO of Apple and disliked them all - here's the unconventional way John Sculley wowed him and snagged the offer

[sculley and jobs]AP When Steve Jobs was in his late 20s, he was hunting for a CEO to run the company he co-founded, Apple. Apple's board told Jobs he needed adult supervision, but that he could sign off on whoever they hired. Jobs and the board went through about 20 candidates, most in the tech sector, but Jobs vetoed them all. Finally, he met John Sculley, who had risen to become Pepsi's CEO in just ten years. He also had a reputation for being a marketing master, having helped create the "Pepsi Challenge" campaign that sparked the Cola Wars of the 1970s. Sculley recalled meeting Jobs for the first time, in 1982, during an interview for Business Insider's podcast, "Success! How I Did It": "When I got to Apple, I wasn't even sure I was in the right place because there were no commercial buildings around, it was just houses and a few tilt-up structures," Sculley said. "It turned out that Steve was upstairs on the second floor of a converted house...The building where Steve was building the Macintosh — it was still over a year away from being introduced — had a pirate flag flying from the flagpole on top of the building, a one-story building. When I went in, there were motorcycles and a Bösendorfer piano, which is one of the highest-end pianos, because Steve loved beautifully designed products." When he met Jobs though, Sculley's strategy wasn't to flatter the young founder. It was almost the opposite. Here's the relevant part of the interview: SHONTELL: So you meet him and at this point, he's turned down every other CEO option in tech and he's gone outside of tech now to find you. How did you win him over? What was that first meeting like? How did you not blow it like all the other guys did? SCULLEY: I decided to talk to him about things that I knew he knew nothing about. SHONTELL: So you made him feel dumb? SCULLEY: No. I wanted him to realize that he didn't have all the answers. So I took him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and I took him through the Greek sculpture and showed him what Praxiteles did with the Praxitelean curve. I showed him how the Parthenon was designed and the mathematics used behind it, and I started teaching him about all these things that he had never been exposed to before. And I think it was, in hindsight, a good way for us to talk to each other. Let's get to know each other on a subject that I thought I could spark his curiosity and something he didn't know anything about. SHONTELL: And it worked. SCULLEY: It worked. Five months later, Jobs offered Sculley the job. Sculley initially turned it down, but then Jobs fed him the now-famous line that changed his mind: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life? Or, do you want to come with me and change the world?" The following Monday, Sculley started as CEO of Apple. To listen to Sculley's rapid career rise and his role at Apple, check out the full podcast episode, below, or read the transcript here: Subscribe to "Success! How I Did It" on Acast or iTunes. Check out previous episodes with: * Angel investor Jason Calacanis * Former Microsoft CEO and Clippers owner Steve Ballmer * Box founder and CEO Aaron Levie * Robinhood founder and CEO Vlad Tenev NOW WATCH: Here’s how drastically cell phones have changed over the past 40 years


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More like playing chicken

In reference to the latest North Korean standoff, I'd call it an old-fashioned game of nuclear chicken rather than a GREEK tragedy. What we have is two ...


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Migratory flows in July: Numbers fall in Italy, remain high in Spain

The number of migrants arriving in GREECE by both sea and land routes in July stood at 2 300, down a quarter from the previous month. The drop ...


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Greek fiscal system 'is unfair to the non-Orthodox'

GREECE'S predominant Orthodox Church has accused the left-wing Syriza Government of “ideological stereotyping” after it claimed the country's ...


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3,000 firefighters in Portugal combat raging wildfire

Portuguese public television RTP showed images of towering flames illuminating the night which by morning had left large swathes of scorched forest near the town, where authorities evacuated 112 people Monday. Civil Protection Agency spokeswoman Patricia Gaspar said Tuesday that 55 people had been injured, including four with serious injuries, by fires in Portugal since Aug. 9. [...] in Greece, some 350 firefighters and soldiers assisted by water-dropping planes and dozens of fire trucks struggled to contain a large wildfire raging for three days through pine forests north of Athens, which left a smoky haze and ash drifting over much of the capital.


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Greek Tourism Minister: The target is to exceed 35 million arrivals in 2020

Our target is the tourist arrivals to exceed 35 million in 2020, stated Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura noting that her personal ambition is to have tourism all over the year. In an interview with Real News newspaper on Sunday, Kountoura noted that ...


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Book World: Death and deception on a gorgeous Greek island

Here's one way to distinguish literary fiction from genre fiction: In genre writing, the action is in the plot; in literary, the action is in the prose. Christopher Bollen, editor at large at Interview magazine, reveals a graceful prose style in his ...


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Summer at Ocean Elements Beach Clubs in Greece

We are enjoying one of our best summers yet as the many great guests and staff are all making our Greek island Beach Clubs such fun places to be! We have some last remaining spaces left this summer so come and escape the British weather and join our fab ...


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A total of fifty five wildfires reported in the last 24h in Greece

Three wildfires were still in progress on Tuesday   -A fire in eastern Attica and particularly between Kalamos and Microhori. 72 fire engines with a 180-member crew, 58 firemen on foot, 100 soldiers assisted by three Canadairs and six water dropping …


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Greek titans battle works of art in a tower defense game with a difference in PS4’s Rock of Ages 2, out 28th August

It’s time to brush up on your geology because everyone’s favorite part tower defense, part racing, part art history lesson, and all smashing game from ACE Team is back. That’s right, Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder will be digitally available ...


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Justice Minister Says Greek Fires Set to Discredit SYRIZA

ATHENS – With dozens of fires raging across Greece this summer, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis and other officials who suggested it’s a conspiracy of fire […] The post Justice Minister Says Greek Fires Set to Discredit SYRIZA appeared first on The National Herald.


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What Crisis? Greece’s Luxury Resorts Jammed Rich Playgrounds

With another record tourism season underway – even as reports said half of Greeks during a seven-year-long crisis can’t afford a week’s vacation in their […] The post What Crisis? Greece’s Luxury Resorts Jammed Rich Playgrounds appeared first on The National Herald.


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The Dormition of Virgin Mary, the Easter of Summer, Celebrated Throughout Greece

ATHENS (AAN) – The Dormition of Virgin Mary on August 15, the so-called Easter of summer, is a day-hymn to Virgin Mary, the mother of […] The post The Dormition of Virgin Mary, the Easter of Summer, Celebrated Throughout Greece appeared first on The National Herald.


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Trending stories: Greek Freak, NBA schedule, top shooting guards and more

The Bucks’ star forward played his first four NBA seasons with a bargain-basement Nike endorsement deal. That’s about to change in a big way this summer. Previously, I projected the Top 30 point guards for next season (with more details on the ...


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Deputy Foreign Minister T. Quick opens the proceedings of the 4th Regular Conference of the World Council of Epirotes Abroad

In Preveza today, Deputy Foreign Minister Terens Quick declared the opening of the proceedings of the 4th Regular Conference of the World Council of Epirotes Abroad (WCEA). "As Epirotes, you are a model for how overseas Hellenism should be organized and operate on the global and local level. You have a World Council that you organized and elected on your own –without the involvement of Greece or the Greek government– through self-organized councils that you have already elected on state and regional level. Leading the overseas Epirotes are young and successful people like the current president, Chrysostomos Dimou. This is the "new blood" that is being promoted –unselfishly, without trying to hang on to leadership positions indefinitely– by the Epirotes of the previous generation; patriots with maturity and wisdom. And how could things be different when you, the Epirotes, produced dozens of national benefactors who contributed to the creation and establishment of the modern Greek state following the Revolution of 1821. There were benefactors who forwent marriage, had no children, because Greece itself was their mother, spouse, sister and daughter." With these words, Deputy Foreign Minister Terens Quick opened the proceedings of the three-day 4th Regular Conference of the World Council of Epirotes Abroad, which is taking place this weekend in Preveza. In his address, Mr. Quick referred to the recommendations put forward by the president of the WCEA, Chrysostomos Dimou, who, in his introductory remarks, reiterated his firm positions on the conditions for the relaunching of the new, self-organized and self-funded World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) and made clarifications –based on recent statements from the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior, Kostas Poulakis– on issues related to the vote for overseas Greeks. "I am pleased that you are pursuing the issue of the vote with the current government. It is an issue that, for at least three decades now – maybe four – could have been resolved by all of the previous governments, by all of the parties that governed previously and failed to resolve the issue. There was a law that could have been voted through by Parliament in 2008-2009, when the Minister of the Interior at the time, the current President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, submitted it, but was 'torpedoed' by certain parties the night before the vote. But no one mentions that. What matters now is that the issue of the vote is among the 17 'steps' before the Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad of the Hellenic Parliament and has been slated for resolution by the Foreign Ministry during the Syriza-ANEL government," Mr. Quick noted, setting out his position on the issue in question.


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Strong winds drive Greek wildfires for third day

Choppy winds are driving raging wildfires near the Greek capital Athens for a third day as over 180 firefighters, backed by aircraft, attempt to tackle the blazes. More than 20 houses have already been damaged as the fires, which began on Sunday, burned ...


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Zante wildfires: Huge blaze sweeps tourist island as Greece declares state of emergency

A firefighting helicopter makes water drop as a wildfire burns near the village of Metochi, north of Athens, Greece REUTERS Arsonists have sparked large fires on the Greek island of Zante, a member of parliament has claimed. Authorities declared an ...


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'Home Fire' Puts A Topical Spin On Ancient Greek Tragedy

Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire opens with a scene that will likely be familiar to any Muslim who lives in, or has traveled to, the West. Isma Pasha waits in a British airport while security officers check her luggage, go through the browser history on her ...


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Wildfires raging for third day near GREEK capital

ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Wildfire that has broken out in Athens' northern suburbs since Sunday afternoon continues to rage for the third day on ...


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Hundreds of GREEK firefighters battle wildfires near Athens

More than 500 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers with three airplanes and four helicopters were engaged Tuesday in an effort to subdue fires north of ...


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Greece wildfires made worse by highs winds

High winds are hampering efforts in Greece to extinguish wildfires near the capital Athens.


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Love Island's Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt cosy up in adorable snap as they return from ...

... after he posted an adorable shot with Camilla Thurlow in which they're cosying up on a couch on their return from a refugee camp trip in GREECE.


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UN Cyprus envoy Eide quits to run in Norwegian elections

Turkey has blamed GREEK Cypriot intransigence for the latest talks' failure and also faulted the European Union for admitting Cyprus as a divided ...


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Firefighters from Cyprus stand ready to assist battling fires in Greece

A squad of sixty men with six vehicles is ready to rush to Greece and assist in battling with huge wildfires across the country. Minister of Justice Ionas Nicolaou told CNA that the team is ready and basically waiting for further instructions from Greece ...


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As Young Flee, Greece Could Lose 18% of Population by 2050

… contributions at the same time. Greece’s crushing economic crisis and … 25, and with many of Greece’s young not having children … world. According to the study, Greece lost nearly 3 percent of … , after Italy. The study found Greece will have the highest ratio …


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Mad Greek to open location in Kingsport

KINGSPORT — The Mad Greek restaurant is opening a new location in the Model City. According to documents filed with Kingsport’s building department, Mad Greek International Cuisine plans to renovate the old Papa John’s location at 4217 W. Stone Drive ...


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The Latest: Wildfire near Greek capital burns for 3rd day

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in Europe (all times local): 1:20 p.m. About 350 Greek firefighters and soldiers, assisted by water-dropping planes and dozens of fire trucks are struggling to contain a large wildfire raging for three days ...


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Deception and death on a gorgeous Greek isle

Here’s one way to distinguish literary fiction from genre fiction: In genre writing, the action is in the plot; in literary, the action is in the prose. Christopher Bollen, editor-at-large at Interview magazine, reveals a graceful prose style in his ...


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Hicks Takes Control Of The Defense

He loved GREECE and would cherish the chance to return some day. But he's excited about this football season. The Eagles added cornerback Ronald ...


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