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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Severn Cullis-Suzuki Un's Earth Summit Speech 1992 - BRAVO SEVERN
Raised in Vancouver and Toronto, Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been camping and hiking all her life. When she was 9 she started the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to go to the UN's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Their aim was to remind the decision-makers of who their actions or inactions would ultimately affect. The goal was reached when 12 yr old Severn closed a Plenary Session with a powerful speech that received a standing ovation.
Greek Reporter
Anastasios
Papapostolou
I spend most of my time in Los Angeles, and... I am not an actor. I believe that I was born with media as part of my karma. I grew up, literally in a newspaper room. My father was a journalist. I would visit his office everyday until I turned twelve years old. I have an A.A. degree in Cinema, and have always had a strong interest in movies. In 2009, I graduated with a B.A. degree in Communications from California State University at Northridge. I like exploring communications and its overall potential; without focusing on one single form of media. While still attending high school; I began and directed the first national newspaper for Greek youth. The newspaper's circulation reached 125, 000 copies per month in high schools all over Greece. Due to this success, I was invited to the European parliament to interview the president of the European Union, at that time, Pat Cox. In addition, I interviewed the president of the European Commission and Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi. I was accepted by a Greek University after high school, but took a different route. I took a job offer with a good salary as a full-time reporter for one of the most popular Greek investigative TV shows, "Hidden World". People thought I was lucky to work on this show, but I wanted to travel. I resigned after eight months, took a plane, and landed at JFK, to study and discover America. While in NY, I worked for the New York City public radio (WNYE 91.5 FM) co-hosting the Greek-American Show Aktina. Then, I traveled to Los Angeles to cover the Golden Globe Awards and ... I fell in love with the city. In my life of 23 years, I have interviewed countless politicians, actors, musicians-both very boring and very interesting people. Up until 2008, I was a contributing writer for the largest circulating Greek newspaper, Proto Thema. My most recent exclusive interviews have been with public personalities like: Michael Bloomberg (NYC Mayor), Phil Angelides (democratic candidate for California), Jim Gianopulos (CEO 20th century Fox), John Stamos. I also covered the 2008 US election. You can read some of the interviews here . The last two years I have built and operated several online projects. The most popular is GreekReporter.com is the first Global news portal and agency for Greeks abroad. In the summers - which I usually spend in Greece - I work for Agiocampos Bay. While not in Greece, I am probably in the US doing "everything" for Greek Reporter.
The Greek Crisis Explained :-)
nomint.gr
NOMINT motion design, an innovative animation company based in Athens has created a web video series trying to explain the Greek crisis in a very simple, witty and at the same time real way. In the first episode of the series Greece – a little girl with straight black hair- is seen to be care-free and enjoy her beautiful life until she realizes that a monster -debt- is ready to swallow her. Will her usual friends be there to save her?
Athanasious Papapostolou - Greek Reporter
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NOMINT motion design, an innovative animation company based in Athens has created a web video series trying to explain the Greek crisis in a very simple, witty and at the same time real way. In the first episode of the series Greece – a little girl with straight black hair- is seen to be care-free and enjoy her beautiful life until she realizes that a monster -debt- is ready to swallow her. Will her usual friends be there to save her?
Athanasious Papapostolou - Greek Reporter
Click to view this Video
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Apistefti Aslanidou !!!! Mia Kiriaki - AKTINA's Greek Music Journey 2010
Excerpt from AKTINA's Greek Music Journey 2010 featuring songs from Grigoris Bihtikotisis and Vicky Moscholiou. Featuring Melina Aslanidou and Vagelis Douvalis. Orchestra led by bouzouki maestro Manolis Karantinis. Held at Manhattan's legendary The Town Hall in the heart of the theater district on Friday, May 14th, 2010.
H monadiki foni tou Nikos Kourkoulis
O Nikos Kourkoulis Sto Spilaio Tou Aggiti Stin Drama - Watch more funny videos here
O Nikos Kourkoulis pselnei me tin monadiki tou foni, ekmetalevomenos tin uperoxi akoustiki tou xorou, sto spilaio tou Aggiti stin Drama
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Lena (Germany) - Eurovision Winner
GERMANY WINS, SEE FULL RESULTS!
After an exciting voting in front of 18,000 people in a fully packed Oslo Telenor Arena and millions of TV viewers all over Europe, it was finally Lena from Germany who received the highest number of points from televoters and juries from the 39 countries participating in this year's edition of Europe's Favourite TV-show! Germany managed to gather 246 points altogether, followed by maNga from Turkey with 170 points and Ovi & Paula Selling from Romania who collected 162 points.
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TOP TEN
| 1 | Germany | Lena | Satellite | 246 |
| 2 | Turkey | maNga | We Could Be The Same | 170 |
| 3 | Romania | Paula Seling & Ovi | Playing With Fire | 162 |
| 4 | Denmark | Chanée & N'evergreen | In A Moment Like This | 149 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | Safura | Drip Drop | 145 |
| 6 | Belgium | Tom Dice | Me And My Guitar | 143 |
| 7 | Armenia | Eva Rivas | Apricot Stone | 141 |
| 8 | Greece | Giorgos Alkaios & Friends | OPA | 140 |
| 9 | Georgia | Sofia Nizharadze | Shine | 136 |
| 10 | Ukraine | Alyosha | Sweet People | 108 |
*eurovision.tv*
Friday, May 28, 2010
Sarah Jessica Loves Greece :-)
On the red -oops, blue carpet the stars were in a good spirit and talked to the media about their second Sex and the City and the possibilities of completing a trilogy.
The story in this second film doesn’t lack in the fashion department, but certainly involves more traveling. Greek-American, Patricia Field is to thank for dressing the women in runway styles . “Carrie’s filled her ginormous closet and is living the life with Big, Samantha is taking more pills than an octogenarian, Miranda seems to have found the balance between mom and professional woman, and Charlotte — shocker — is crumbling under the pressure of being mother to two children. Then a little sparkle comes in, shaped in the form of a flirty Penelope Cruz, Stanford wears white to his wedding where Liza Minelli performs, and the girls jump at the chance for an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi, where Carrie seems to relive the events of Season Three.” Sex and the City 2 was filmed partially in Morocco, a country that attracts new movie productions and is considered a film paradise with the fiscal incentives it provides filmmakers. Greece has been trying to do the same and attract more films to the country.
Talking to Greek MTV, Sarah Jessica Parker stated “I would love to make “Sex And the City 3″ in Greece and especially in Mykonos”. She added that she would like to work out the logistics with the Greek authorities. With every given chance Parker who visits often the Aegean says that she is in love with the country and ready to buy a house there.
24 May 2010 by Katerina Gagka
Greek Reporter.com
The story in this second film doesn’t lack in the fashion department, but certainly involves more traveling. Greek-American, Patricia Field is to thank for dressing the women in runway styles . “Carrie’s filled her ginormous closet and is living the life with Big, Samantha is taking more pills than an octogenarian, Miranda seems to have found the balance between mom and professional woman, and Charlotte — shocker — is crumbling under the pressure of being mother to two children. Then a little sparkle comes in, shaped in the form of a flirty Penelope Cruz, Stanford wears white to his wedding where Liza Minelli performs, and the girls jump at the chance for an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi, where Carrie seems to relive the events of Season Three.” Sex and the City 2 was filmed partially in Morocco, a country that attracts new movie productions and is considered a film paradise with the fiscal incentives it provides filmmakers. Greece has been trying to do the same and attract more films to the country.
Talking to Greek MTV, Sarah Jessica Parker stated “I would love to make “Sex And the City 3″ in Greece and especially in Mykonos”. She added that she would like to work out the logistics with the Greek authorities. With every given chance Parker who visits often the Aegean says that she is in love with the country and ready to buy a house there.
24 May 2010 by Katerina Gagka
Greek Reporter.com
Watch live streaming video from sexandthecity2 at livestream.com
Eurovision 2010
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/05/28/907855_eurovision-finalists
Check out the table below for this year's contestants (including at semi-final level - some of these have already been voted out of the competition), and download the spreadsheet to see the UK's finishing position in all Eurovisions since it started in 1956 - and the full list of all winners ever, with ISO country codes.
Table for this year's Contestants
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Oslo on Saturday night. Josh Dubovie will be representing the United Kingdom with his song That Sounds Good To Me, penned by popmeisters Mike Stock, Pete Waterman and Steve Crosby. Can he better the credible fifth place of last year's UK entrant Jade Ewen (ably supported by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber)?
Josh's entry aside, the participants are a mixed bag of heartfelt ballads and campy Europop, which is what we love about Eurovision after all. A competition for statisticians and mathematicians, run by Kaggle, puts Azerbaijan's Safura, singing Drip Drop, in first place, followed by Germany (Satellite, sung by Lena) and Armenia (Apricot Stone, sung by Eva Rivas). Azerbaijan and Armenia will of course need to make it through the semi-final tonight to be sure of performing on Saturday.
*guardian.co.uk*
Hello Europe!
Welcome to the the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest! For more multimedia, news and updates on the preparations for the upcoming contest, visit http://www.eurovision.tv, the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. Like the background of our channel? It was designed by Vlad Gerasimov of vladstudio.com, and you can download it as desktop background on http://www.eurovision.tv/page/downloads
One day after qualifying for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, esctoday.com meet with a very happy Giorgios Alkaios, the Greek singer in this year's contest.
Giorgios spoke of his delight at qualifying for the final, how proud he feels about having the first Greek language song for his country in contest for 12 years and why we should look for a special surprise they are keeping for the final.esctoday.com - The Giorgios Alkaios interview
Semi-Finals: 25 & 27 May 2010
Final: 29 May 2010
Final: 29 May 2010
GOOD LUCK GIORGO!!!!
Athens Collectibles
Most of the products here are not unique; they are listed under other categories too. We just thought of creating a separate category with bi-lingual products, useful to Greeks living abroad. These products may remind them of the country they or their parents came from to USA, Canada, Australia, all over the world. They may also help their children to maintain contact with the fatherland and practice in Greek language.
We shall be glad and feel proud to hear from you. You don't have to buy anything. Just come in and say "hello", discuss about anything you wish. Like talking to a friend.
http://athenscollectibles.com
We shall be glad and feel proud to hear from you. You don't have to buy anything. Just come in and say "hello", discuss about anything you wish. Like talking to a friend.
Medea (Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia) is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeλtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of Corinth, offers him his daughter, Creusa or Glauce. The play tells of how Medea gets her revenge on her husband for this betrayal.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea
In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios (Greek: Ήλιος, Latinized as Helius.) Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod (Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia (Hesiod) or Euryphaessa (Homeric Hymn) and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. The names of these three were also the common Greek words for sun, moon and dawn.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea
In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios (Greek: Ήλιος, Latinized as Helius.) Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod (Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia (Hesiod) or Euryphaessa (Homeric Hymn) and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. The names of these three were also the common Greek words for sun, moon and dawn.
http://athenscollectibles.com
Thursday, May 27, 2010
CNN - 7.2 Magnitude earthquake near Vanuatu
(CNN) -- A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island of Vanuatu Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake prompted the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a regional tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
"It is not known that a tsunami was generated," the Warning Center said in a bulletin. "This warning is based only on the earthquake evaluation. An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicenter within minutes to hours."
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake prompted the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a regional tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Yorgo Voyagis
Yorgo Voyagis was born in Athens, Greece on December 6th 1945
http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/personDetails/65001
His role as Joseph in the miniseries Jesus Of Nazareth caught my attention with its star studded cast.
Synopsis of Jesus of Nazareth
Because director Franco Zeffirelli noted publicly that he intended to depict Jesus Christ as a human being rather than a religious icon, his expensive made-for-TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth fell victim to protestors long before its April 3, 1977, debut. Despite the pullout of several sponsors, Jesus of Nazareth was aired as scheduled, sweeping the ratings in the process. In avoiding the usual overproduced Hollywood approach to the Gospels, Zeffirelli offers one of the most sensitive and reverent portrayals of Jesus ever seen on film. In the title role, Robert Powell heads a huge international cast, which includes Olivia Hussey as Mary, Peter Ustinov as Herod the Great, Christopher Plummer as Herod Antipas, Michael York as John the Baptist, James Farentino as Simon Peter, Donald Pleasence as Melchior, James Earl Jones as Balthazar, Ian McShane as Judas, Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene, Rod Steiger as Pontius Pilate, James Mason as Joseph of Arimathea, Anthony Quinn as Caiaphas, Laurence Olivier as Nicodemus, Ernest Borgnine as the Centurion, and Claudia Cardinale as the Adulteress. Filmed in England, Tunisia, and Morocco, Jesus of Nazareth was scripted by Zeffirelli, Anthony Burgess, and Suso Cecchi D'Amico. It originally aired in two three-hour segments, telecast Palm and Easter Sunday of 1977 as part of NBC's Big Event anthology. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Zorba the Greek
Yorgo Voyagis... Pavlo (as George Voyadjis)
Not much information is available on this talented actor.
http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=17738
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
My Favorite Love Story - The Thornbirds
In 1983 it was adapted as a television mini-series that, during its television run March 27-30, became the United States' second highest rated mini-series of all time behind Roots; both series were produced by television veteran David L. Wolper.
The mini-series starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, Philip Anglim, and Jean Simmons. It was directed by Daryl Duke.
Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback, the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.
The epic begins with Meghann "Meggie" Cleary, a four-year-old girl living in New Zealand in the early twentieth century, the only daughter of Paddy, an Irish farm labourer, and Fee, his harassed but aristocratic-looking wife. Although Meggie is a beautiful child with curly red-gold hair, she receives little coddling and must struggle to hold her own against her numerous older brothers. Of these brothers, her favourite is the eldest, Frank, a rebellious young man who is unwillingly preparing himself for the blacksmith's trade. He is much shorter than his brothers, but very strong; also, unlike the other Clearys, he has black hair and eyes.
Paddy is poor, but has a wealthy sister, Mary Carson, who lives in Australia on an enormous sheep station called Drogheda. One day, Paddy receives a letter from Mary offering him a job on her estate. He accepts, and the whole family moves to the Outback.
Here Meggie meets Father Ralph de Bricassart, a young, capable, and ambitious priest who, as punishment for insulting a bishop, has been relegated to a remote parish in the town of Gillanbone, near Drogheda. Ralph has befriended Mary, hoping a hefty enough bequest from her to the Catholic church might liberate him from his exile. Ralph is strikingly handsome; "a beautiful man"; and Mary, who doesn't bother to conceal her desire for him, often goes to great lengths to see if he can be induced to break his vows. Ralph blandly shrugs off these attentions and continues his visits. Meanwhile, he cares for all the Clearys and soon learns to cherish beautiful but forlorn little Meggie. Meggie, in return, makes Ralph the centre of her life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds
http://www.dancooper.tv/fashionfinds_1999/july_new_dating_system/pages/the_thorn_birds_part_1_page_1.htm
Free Audio Books - Books are always a good idea :-)
A couple months ago when I wrote about investing time wisely and the concept of multiple positives many readers commented, saying that an excellent way to educate yourself and spice up an otherwise boring workout is listening to audio books and podcasts while you hit the gym. It also works great for beating the boredom while you’re stuck in traffic during your daily commute.
To help you find the best audio content the web has to offer, I’ve compiled a list of resources for free audio books and podcasts on a wide range of interesting topics. Enjoy, and you if know of any good sites I’ve overlooked, please leave a link in the comments
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/free-audio-book-and-podcast-resources/
John Wesley
Extensive site from all over the world
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Many books in the public domain may be freely accessed here, as well as some other books under specified conditions. However we cannot offer access to any copyrighted titles unless the publisher or copyright owner has so permitted
To help you find the best audio content the web has to offer, I’ve compiled a list of resources for free audio books and podcasts on a wide range of interesting topics. Enjoy, and you if know of any good sites I’ve overlooked, please leave a link in the comments
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/free-audio-book-and-podcast-resources/
John Wesley
Extensive site from all over the world
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Many books in the public domain may be freely accessed here, as well as some other books under specified conditions. However we cannot offer access to any copyrighted titles unless the publisher or copyright owner has so permitted
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