The COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee
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Σχολιασμός 01: 2020-08-22 09:33:39 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10223729935824927_10223730108549245 By Dr. Heiko Schöning, Dr. Bodo Schiffmann, and Dr. Martin Haditsch Germany – The COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Conference, 03rd July 2020 “We will not be delayed any longer. We citizens have the power. We are doing it”, with these words Heiko Schöning announced the Extra-Parliamentary Corona Investigation Committee (ACU) on 31st May 2020 in Stuttgart in front of 5000 demonstrators. On 3rd July 2020, the ACU started with an information conference in several languages.

Q&A Masks and COVID-19
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consult local authorities on recommended practices in their area

Genetic vaccines against COVID-19 hope or RISK?
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Genetic vaccines against COVID-19: hope or RISK? Biologist Clemens Arvay induces differentiated thinking and medical ethics with an excellent introductory talk on genetic vaccines. Video is documented in English and he is citing references during his speech. Σχολιασμός 01: 2020-08-11 07:27:22 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10223641667978286_10223641727339770 Don’t stay idle, share valid, scientific information about important health issues. It is OUR responsibility to inform the public, and protect those around us from the propaganda and misinformation of mass media and governments regarding excessive reaction and dangerous counter measures on epidemics, pandemics, and vaccines.

Seeking indemnification from lawsuits
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Hard Questions About the Next Epidemic: gatesnotes.com Seeking indemnification from lawsuits Another big topic was drug trials. In an epidemic you want to develop and test new treatments very quickly. But how do you make that happen when the usual drug-approval process takes years? Should there be an emergency regulator who decides which drugs to test, how to test them quickly, and whether to deploy one? Should (and can) they indemnify whoever is producing the drug to protect them from lawsuits?

What is a computer - ΥΠΟ-Λογιστής
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What is a computer - ΥΠΟ-Λογιστής In Greek the word computer is translated as ΥΠΟ-ΛΟΓΙΣΤΗΣ, that literally means whatever exists under the control of the accountant. We created technology and the computers and the chess engines to serve us the Accountants and for the glory of God. Each one of us is “driving” his vehicle in this life. It does not matter whether it is a rocket, a Porsche or a plough with oxes.

Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government
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Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government UK policy on lockdown and other European countries are not evidence-based The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “by-product” The initial UK response, before the “180 degree U-turn”, was better The Imperial College paper was “not very good” and he has never seen an unpublished paper have so much policy impact The paper was very much too pessimistic Any such models are a dubious basis for public policy anyway The flattening of the curve is due to the most vulnerable dying first as much as the lockdown The results will eventually be similar for all countries Covid-19 is a “mild disease” and similar to the flu, and it was the novelty of the disease that scared people.

Open Letter from Professor Sucharit Bhakdi to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel
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Open Letter from Professor Sucharit Bhakdi to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel: swprs.org Sucharit Bhakdi (born November 1, 1946 in Washington, D.C.) is a specialist in microbiology and infection epidemiology. He is emeritus professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and from 1991 to 2012 was head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene there.

We are Currently Not Measuring the Incidence of Coronavirus Diseases, but the Activity of the Specialists Searching for Them - Global Research
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We are Currently Not Measuring the Incidence of Coronavirus Diseases, but the Activity of the Specialists Searching for Them - Global Research: globalresearch.ca Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg is a distinguished physician and German politician. In 2009-2010, he was chairman of The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee (PACE), which investigated the WHO’s motives in declaring the H1N1 2009 a Worldwide pandemic. Wolfgang Wodarg, declared that the “false” H1N1 swine flu pandemic was “one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century.

Harari on the world after coronavirus
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Harari on the world after coronavirus: in-cyprus.com In this weekend’s Financial Times, Yuval pauses to consider the measures some governments may introduce to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, and their longer-term implications: “You could, of course, make the case for biometric surveillance as a temporary measure taken during a state of emergency. It would go away once the emergency is over. But temporary measures have a nasty habit of outlasting emergencies, especially as there is always a new emergency lurking on the horizon.

Separating the Facts From the Misinformation About COVID-19
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Separating the Facts From the Misinformation About COVID-19: elemental.medium.com Separating the Facts From the Misinformation About COVID-19 Why are people freaking out about COVID-19 more than flu? R0 (reproductive factor) for COVID 19 is estimated at 2-4, R0 for seasonal influenza is 1.3 Why should I even care if I get it? It doesn’t seem that lethal. It’s true that for healthy people under age 50, it’s not especially lethal — the mortality rate is quite low If I’m likely to get it, why not just get on with my daily routines if it doesn’t seem that dangerous?

About neoliberal socio-economic policies
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Noam Chomsky in Conversation with Amy Goodman on Trump, Nukes, North Korea, Climate Change & Syria: democracynow.org About neoliberal socio-economic policies “When you impose on people circumstances of this kind, you have to make sure that they have no way of responding politically. In Europe it is done pretty straight forwardly. The main decisions about socio-economic policies are made by the so called Troika, IMF, European Central Bank and the European Commission which is unelected.

About COVID-19 transmission
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): cdc.gov About COVID-19 transmission Center for disease control and prevention (CDC) is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services in USA Σχολιασμός 01: 2020-02-27 13:32:03 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10221902567341857_10221902594782543 Συνεπώς επειδή πολλά ακούγονται και γράφονται, προσέχουμε δύο πράγματα. Στενές επαφές με άτομα που έχουν συμπτώματα γρίπης, ιδιαίτερα δε αν είναι άγνωστα σε εμάς Κανόνες υγιεινής, πλύσιμο χεριών, κλπ,κλπ Γενικοί κανόνες πρόληψης και αντιμετώπισης

The black dot on a white paper
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The black dot on a white paper One day, a professor entered his classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They all waited anxiously at their desks for the exam to begin.¸The professor handed out the exams with the text facing down, as usual. Once he handed them all out, he asked the students to turn over the papers. To everyone’s surprise, there were no questions just a black dot in the center of the paper.

The True Story Behind Winnie the Pooh and 'Goodbye Christopher Robin'
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The True Story Behind Winnie the Pooh and 'Goodbye Christopher Robin': time.com I wish you all a blessed, prosperous and peaceful 2020. And for those of us with a family and kids I suggest the following soothe movie… “The film suggests that Milne was vehemently against war and hoped to write in condemnation of it — until Pooh got in the way. This is true; Milne’s Peace With Honour, a earnest plea for pacifism, was published in 1934.

Amazing art work with perspective - French artist Bernard Pras
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Found object perspective “French artist Bernard Pras is well known for his unbelievable found-object installations. In anamorphic artworks like these, he “hides” his images in piles of what seems to be… well, junk. They can only be seen from just the right angle, which is sometimes assisted by viewing through a viewing window/frame placed in just the right spot. To create the anamorphic effect, he carefully plans the whole installation and carefully places seemingly random objects, selecting them by color and size so that they would resemble a famous portrait or image when viewed from a certain perspective.

Harry Clifton - Pulling Hard against the stream
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Pulling hard against the stream - Whalsay's Heritage of Song: sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk Harry Clifton - Pulling Hard against the stream In this world I’ve gained my knowledge, And for it I’ve had to pay. Though I haven’t been to college Yet I’ve heard a poet say – Life is like a mighty river, Flowing on from day to day, Men are vessels launched upon it, Sometimes wrecked and cast away.

Where is the Life we have lost in living?
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The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy: hbr.org Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in the information? » From the poem “The Rock” by T.S. Eliot Σχολιασμός 01: 2019-07-04 01:31:39 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10219731522467092_10219731551387815 Αυτοί που θα διαβάσουν το άρθρο ίσως να καταλάβουν πόσο παρεκλίναμε από την πορεία μας…

Structured data and abstract concepts, the power of semiosis
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Computer is simply an advanced form of a medium, a sophisticated printing press where 0’s and 1’s take the place of the individual metal letters, i.e. a computerized movable type printing.

God Made Me for China—Eric Liddell Beyond Olympic Glory - AlbertMohler.com
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God Made Me for China—Eric Liddell Beyond Olympic Glory - AlbertMohler.com: albertmohler.com Eric Liddell, the gold medalist in 400 meter race at the 1924 games in Paris Who Kept Hope Alive in a Japanese Prison Camp “His story is inseparable from the drama of his refusal to compete on Sunday, believing it to be a breaking of God’s commandment. His intensity of Christian conviction was already out of style and often ridiculed, but Eric Liddell became one of the most famous men in the British Empire and the larger world of athletics.

Is 5G Safe for Humans and Our Environment ?
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Is 5G Safe for Humans and Our Environment ? I am not an expert but it seems there are two issues here that make me worry… They will have to erect far too many antennas. Although their size will be smaller the emitted signal is weaker than 4G What band 5G is going eventually to operate and who is going to control that. If it operates at very high frequency EMF then absorption into the human body and nervous system can be potentially a serious threat for our health.

Watch this video and realize the virtual world you are living in.
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Watch this video and realize the virtual world you are living in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IW3y3x6o_g Σχολιασμός 01: 2019-05-27 22:33:49 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10219438272696031_10219438290216469 Κάντε μετά το πείραμα που λέει περάστε μια εβδομάδα χωρίς να ελέγξετε οτιδήποτε στα social media, facebook, linkedin, instagram, twitter, etc… Εκεί θα καταλάβετε το βαθμό εξάρτησης. 02: 2019-05-27 22:41:11 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10219438272696031_10219438344977838 Δεύτερο πείραμα: Πόσο χρόνο την ημέρα αντέχετε χωρίς να βγάλετε το κινητό και να αρχίσετε να το περιεργάζεστε για οτιδήποτε, παιχνίδια, επαφές, διαδίκτυο, κλπ….

Seven deadly sins of speaking
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Seven deadly sins of speaking: Gossip, Judging, Negativity, Complaining, Excuses, Lying And the HAIL antidote: Honesty, Authenticity, Integrity, Love

About Internet-eDevices addiction
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About Internet-eDevices addiction In the year 1994 I was an MSc student at the department of AI, Edinburgh University. At that time you could do internet web surfing like we do today only in big University IT establishments. I still remember the advice of a lecturer during an introductory talk to us. “Be aware that internet surfing is a highly addictive experience, you can easily waste your time in front of a screen, you could even fail the whole MSc course”.

Don't just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference !
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall Don’t just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference ! Denzel Washington aspires young graduates of Dillard University (2015) with a truly inspiring commencement speech… Put God first in everything you do…. I have put God in my life, and he has kept me humble. I did not always stick with him but he always stuck with me.

Επτά Έλληνες πρωθυπουργοί που πέθαναν πάμφτωχοι
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Επτά Έλληνες πρωθυπουργοί που πέθαναν πάμφτωχοι: diaforetiko.gr Σχολιασμός 01: 2018-06-08 09:57:00 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10216718980115416_10216718984555527 Ευτυχώς υπήρχαν και αυτοί προς παραδειγματισμο και μιμηση…

Build a bridge
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Mind Core:

God's Wisdom
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Extracts from Orthodox Fathers to reveal God’s wisdom in our life

Immortality and Resurrection
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Immortality, the hidden meaning and how it is linked to Christ's resurrection.

When Was the Tomb of Christ Discovered?
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When Was the Tomb of Christ Discovered?: video.nationalgeographic.com Σχολιασμός 01: 2018-04-17 07:35:47 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10216330286038307_10216330327839352 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/jesus-tomb-archaeology-jerusalem-christianity-rome/

Five rules for success
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Motivational speech from Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Coming War on China - John Pilger
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'The Coming War on China' | A film by John Pilger (full): youtube.com Κατι που εμαθα μολις σημερα για το bikini. Οπως ολοι ξερουμε ειναι γυναικειο μαγιο. Αυτο που ισως δεν ξερετε και φυσικα ποτε δεν μας διδαξαν, ειναι οτι το Bikini ειναι νησι στον Ειρηνικο το οποιο επελεξαν οι ΗΠΑ για να κανουν πυρηνικες δοκιμες τη δεκαετια του ’50. Την αντιστοιχη εκρηξη και εκθεση του γυμνου γυναικειου σωματος με το σχεδιασμο του bikini εμπευστηκε ο Γαλλος Louis Réard ακριβως εκεινη την εποχη μετα την πυρηνικη δοκιμη στο νησι.

The War You Don't See - John Pilger
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A documentary you should see, that exposes the propaganda that is fed to the public by the EMBEDDED journalists and subjected media. Σχολιασμός 01: 2018-03-24 21:12:57 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10216141498038725_10216141533799619 Ετσι ακριβως και ακομα χειροτερα με πολυ χαμηλου επιπεδου εκπομπες λειτουργουν σημερα τα ΜΜΕ και οι καναλαρχες στην Ελλαδα, στην πατριδα μας και οι δημοσιογραφοι που τα υπηρετουν, γνωστοι και ως παπαγαλακια !

Inspiring and strategical talk for Greece, for Greeks by Peter Economides
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Inspiring and strategical talk for Greece, for Greeks by Peter Economides Σχολιασμός 01: 2018-03-05 08:34:30 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10215954758450352_10215954798811361 The main battlefield is and it will always be in the spirit. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”-

Rebranding Greece or rebranding Greeks ?
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Mr Labrinopoulos said incredibly smart words, is it rebranding Greece or is it rebranding Greeks. He said it all. The brand is made up of individuals - Peter Economides

The Real Story About Fake News in the Digital Society - Frank Buytendijk
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The Real Story About Fake News in the #DigitalSociety - Frank Buytendijk: blogs.gartner.com The Real Story About Fake News in the #DigitalSociety by Frank Buytendijk, January 24, 2018 Do we really still need to discuss fake news? Isn’t that like so yesterday? Yes, we still need to discuss it, because the consequences of tolerating fake news are enormous. This is way beyond clickbait on websites (“And you won’t believe what happened when she turned around!

Macron urges dialogue with Iran, rebukes U.S., Israel
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said it was important to maintain dialogue with Iran, warning that the tone of comments adopted by the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia toward Tehran was virtually a path to war.

The Delphi Initiative
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Defend Democracy Press the web site of the Delphi Initiative

B.F. Skinner - Operant Conditioning and Free Will
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Have you ever considered you could be that pigeon in the box. If not think about Facebook box, or your TV box, or perhaps other boxes you know better. Many of us learned to live in a boxed world for the rest of their lives. Σχολιασμός 01: 2018-01-11 13:04:10 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10215473508299399_10215473514419552 A person in a Skinner box has an illusion of control, but is actually controlled by the box or whoever is behind the box…

A wish for the new year, 2018
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In the dawn of 2018 I wish we all value better the relationships we build in the digital world but most important discover the hidden value in relationships we nurture in our human world. We build powerful, meaningful relationships easily.

FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules for internet providers
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FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules for internet providers: masslive.com Politics are more important than business and everyone should care and stand up on important matters such as the following one. It is especially all of us that we are eponymous and well known in our professional and social circle that we should always take action and discuss with others that can push critical issues and influence decisions that are made at a higher level.

Speech at the meeting of the Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church - Vladimir Putin
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Meeting of Russian Orthodox Church Bishops' Council: en.kremlin.ru Extracts in English from the official website of President of Russia http://en.kremlin.ru/ We must remember the lessons of the past. It is important to restore unity in our history, heal the wounds and reject the fissures and intolerance that we inherited from past eras so that society can advance in a confident and harmonious way. This way of obtaining peace through mutual brotherly forgiveness was shown to us by the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad, which signed the Act of Canonical Communion in 2007.

What happened to the preliminary report of Truth Committee ?
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www.linkedin.com: linkedin.com What happened to the preliminary report of Truth Committee ? Τhis is an extract from an old post of mine at my professional LinkedIn network dated 9th of September 2015. There is no better argument that this committee IS saying the truth to the public than what happened next. Αll its actions have ceased by Syriza-“Independent Greeks” party and president Alexis Tsipras ! There was hardly any opposition from political parties.

Facebook on Exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall Facebook on Exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology “The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’” “And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while, because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever.

Description of the totalitarian world government, system by J.F.Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy Speeches: jfklibrary.org “For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.

Printing press, the last castle to defend - John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy Speeches: jfklibrary.org It was early in the Seventeenth Century that Francis Bacon remarked on three recent inventions already transforming the world: the compass, gunpowder and the printing press. Now the links between the nations first forged by the compass have made us all citizens of the world, the hopes and threats of one becoming the hopes and threats of us all. In that one world’s efforts to live together, the evolution of gunpowder to its ultimate limit has warned mankind of the terrible consequences of failure.

Associative Semiotic Hypergraph Technology A Multi-Perspective Framework for Multi-Model Databases
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Associative Semiotic Hypergraph Database in Intersystems Cache with Python Pandas: connected-data.london Associative Semiotic Hypergraph Technology : A Multi-Perspective Framework for Multi-Model Databases Conceptual (Entities/Attributes) Logical (Hypergraph) Data Model (ER, Topic Maps, RDF, XML/JSON) Physical (Key-Value Store) Semantic (Triangle of Reference) Object-Oriented (TBox, ABox) Programming (Functional) Mathematical (Sets and Morphisms) Database Technology delivered openly and made accessible to the general public. It will be demonstrated and explained at Connected Data London 2017 on 16th of November 2017

Stanford bioengineers develop a 20-cent, hand-powered centrifuge
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Σχολιασμός 01: 2017-08-07 22:34:43 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10214184283709590_10214184292189802 Simply amazing scientific discovery, science has been always based on toy problems to solve ….

We build powerful. meaningful relationships easily....
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We build powerful. meaningful relationships easily…. Because it’s important to honor your lifetime companion, when she deserves it and this is the least I can do at this stage…

Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws - Mayer Anselm Rothschild, 1790
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National Economy and the Banking System, 1939, p. 99 “Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. Mayer Anselm Rothschild, 1790” (1791 was the establishment of the First Bank of the United States. Alexander Hamilton is seen in many conspiracy books as agent of Rothschild.) https://archive.org/stream/NationalEconomyAndTheBankingSystemOfTheUnitedStates/NationalEconomyAndTheBankingSystem#page/n103/mode/2up The saying is apocryphal and was originated by the populist author T. Cushing Daniel, a Washington-based lobbyist and lawyer, in his testimony before the U.

YOU are under surveillance !!!
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Corporate Surveillance In Everyday Life: crackedlabs.org YOU are under surveillance !!! How thousands of companies monitor, analyze, and influence the lives of billions. Who are the main players in today’s digital tracking? What can they infer from our purchases, phone calls, web searches, and Facebook likes? How do online platforms, tech companies, and data brokers collect, trade, and make use of personal data?

Turkey objects to exploration in Block 6
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Turkey objects to exploration in Block 6 MAY 2ND, 2017 ANGELOS ANASTASIOU CYPRUS MAIL ONLINE Turkey will not allow foreign companies to conduct unauthorised hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities on its continental shelf, within which Cyprus’ block 6 falls, it said in a letter which came to light on Tuesday to the United Nations’ general assembly dated April 12. In the letter, permanent representative to the United Nations Feridun Sinirlioglu expresses Turkey’s “grave concern regarding the provocative act by the Greek Cypriot Administration” – as it calls the Republic of Cyprus – to grant a licence for block 6 of its exclusive economic zone, which “partially falls within the outer limits of Turkey’s continental shelf in the eastern Mediterranean”.

Associative Data Modelling Demystified Part 6/6
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Associative Data Modelling Demystified: Part 6/6: healis.eu This is a minimum of five years full-time personal research and development effort in the field of databases and more specifically data modeling, ontologies and graph networks. First I would like to express my gratitude to my family that tolerated my whim all these years and thank my relatives that supported me. One of the things that motivated me to complete this work is my belief that the user should be in control of his personal information whether part of it is located in Facebook, Google, Amazon, or at any blog, service and forum of Internet.

The Best Countries in the World, Ranked
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The Best Countries in the World, Ranked: usnews.com “In 1813, as a diplomat in the service of the Russian Empire, Kapodístrias received instructions from Tsar Alexander I – a defender and advocate of Swiss independence – to “save Switzerland” and make it a neutral country.” https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/greece/en/home/switzerland-and/ioannis-kapodistrias.html Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Greek governor that was murdered in his beloved country, united the cantons and laid the foundations for the creation of today’s Swiss Confederation.

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When love rules, power disappears

Ikaria - The Greek Island that is a fountain of youth
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Ενώ εδώ στην Αθήνα και σε άλλες μεγαλουπόλεις μας τρώει το άγχος, εκεί συνεχίζουν να ζουν στο δικό τους ρυθμό με ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑ ΖΩΗΣ. Ένα από τα μέρη που θα ήθελα ίσως να τερματίσω εκεί την ζωή μου…

Democracy vs Demagoguery
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Extracts from the video Socrates’s point is that voting in an election is a skill, not a random intuition. And like any skill, it needs to be taught systematically to people. Letting the citizenry vote without an education is as irresponsible as putting them in charge of a trireme sailing to Samos in a storm. Crucially, Socrates was not elitist in the normal sense. He didn’t believe that a narrow few should only ever vote.

Everything happens for a reason ...
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Everything happens for a reason, Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments or true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of the soul.

Three lessons to take with you from Benjamin Zander's hands-on experience....
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Three lessons to take with you from Benjamin Zander’s hands-on experience…. I) “How would you walk, how would you talk, how would you be if you thought everybody loves classical music they just haven’t found about it yet” II) “The definition of success: “For me it is not about wealth, fame, and power it is about how many shining eyes I have around me !” Who am I being that my children’s eyes are not shining ?

The Melian Dialogue (Thucydides) - And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall And the Weak Suffer What They Must? « … and the Athenian General responded, “no you got this wrong, the strong do what they can and the weak suffer BUT THEY MUST ! “. Thucydides is telling us this story in order to allow us to criticize it. That is the question mark.» The extract is from a discussion of Yanis Varoufakis with Chomsky about Yanis 5-6 months watching power experience as the Greek Minister of Finance

WE HAVE DISCIPLINE - Wolfgang Schäuble to Yanis Varoufakis
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall Yanis: Advise me on what to do, DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, would you sign this ? Wolfgang: As a patriot I wouldn’t ! Yanis: Why are you forcing me to do it ? Wolfgang: Don’t you understand, I did this in Portugal, in Ireland, we have discipline to look after and I want to take the Troika to Paris.

Yanis Varoufakis confession about the role of IMF in the Greek Debt
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall Yanis of course you are right. These policies we are trying to impose upon you nation can’t work. But Yanis YOU MUST UNDERSTAND WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH POLITICAL CAPITAL IN THIS PROGRAM we can’t go back and your credibility depends on accepting it - Wolfgang Schäuble to Yanis Varoufakis The extract is from a discussion of Yanis Varoufakis with Chomsky about Yanis 5-6 months watching power experience as the Greek Minister of Finance

A good introduction to a blended democracy and a globalized economy delivered by Barack Obam
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall A good introduction to a blended democracy and a globalized economy delivered by Barack Obama Σχολιασμός 01: 2016-11-16 16:01:37 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10211543808059349_10211543816739566 A great sentimental speech indeed, well balanced and a perfect fit on account of our Greek temperament !

Obama Full Press Conference in Greece
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21:40 - “I want to take this opportunity to commend Greece for being one of the five NATO allies that spends 2% of GDP on Defence; our goal that we have consistently set but not everybody has met. Greece has done this even in difficult economic times. If Greece can meet this NATO commitment, all our allies should be able to do so.” ps1. Germany spends 1.19% (2015) ps2. The Netherlands spend 1.

The Finnish Educational Revolution - Get rid of all school subjects
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Finland Will Become the First Country in the World to Get Rid of All School Subjects: brightside.me The Finnish Educational Revolution « Finnish officials want to remove school subjects from the curriculum. There will no longer be any classes in physics, math, literature, history, or geography. Instead of individual subjects, students will study events and phenomena in an interdisciplinary format. The general idea is that the students ought to choose for themselves which topic or phenomenon they want to study, bearing in mind their ambitions for the future and their capabilities.

How to Teach Computational Thinking - Stephen Wolfram
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How to Teach Computational Thinking—Stephen Wolfram Blog: blog.stephenwolfram.com I see the application of computational thinking across every field as being a kind of dramatic continuation of this trend: taking things which could only be talked around, and turning them into things that can be shown through computation directly and explicitly. - Stephen Wolfram Σχολιασμός 01: 2016-09-20 08:10:56 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10210971505672147_10210971519272487 From both a practical and theoretical point of view, I will agree with Stephen that this is the essence of computational thinking.

About strategic balance - Vladimir Putin
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Meeting with heads of international news agencies: en.kremlin.ru Meeting with heads of international news agencies June 17, 2016 23:55 St Petersburg I would like to conclude my answer with what I started with: it is the strategic balance that ensured and guaranteed peace on the planet, sparing us from major military conflict over the last 70 years. This should be viewed as good, even though it is based on mutual threat.

Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence
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Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence - BBC News: bbc.com Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence « For the first time since the Cold War the German government is advising citizens to stockpile food and water for use in a national emergency. New civil defence plans approved by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet advise Germans to buy five days’ worth of water and 10 days’ worth of food in the event of a national crisis »

Don't raise your voice improve your argument
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My father always used to say… Don’t raise your voice improve your argument Σχολιασμός 01: 2016-08-23 09:14:36 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10210686487786878_10210686520267690 Amen, I have to remind myself for this, again and again and again….

Do be impressed by real values in life
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Don’t be impressed by: Money Degrees Followers Looks Titles Do be impressed by: Generocity Integrity Humility Kindness Authenticity

Three apples that changed the world
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1. Eaten by Eve 2. Fallen on Newton 3. Created by Steve Very true, although many people believe the first one is a fairy tale. It is not. The other two occurred because “unfortunately” the first happened. We would not need science and technology, had we assured our trust and faith in Christ our God. We dearly paid the price of our own freedom and the inherited free will. And we fall back into the same mistakes….

Know-How is How you Know ?
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Know-How is How you Know ?: linkedin.com We think we know, we know nothing, and even those that are in the process of knowing something, eventually they admit that they are still learning about it. The more you know something, the more you understand how deep your knowledge about this thing can become. Famous soloists are aware of this process. They are rediscovering day by day more about the quality of sound they can produce with their instrument.

2016 Oscar speech - Leonardo DiCaprio
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transcript part of his 2016 Oscar speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role on Revenant movie directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu And lastly I just want to say this: Making The Revenant was about man’s relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow.

Globalization and Corporations Lessons from Canada
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The video is narrated by Maude Barlow, alternative Nobel Prize recipient and anti-globalization leader. Barlow is also an acclaimed author and chairperson of the Council of Canadians. It is based on her report: Fighting TTIP, CETA and ISDS: Lessons from Canada.

Greeks Reconnecting - Peter Economides
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In his own words, the most important thing we as Greeks around the world can do is to reconnect as Greeks and If that can happen, If I can stimulate that just in a small little way that for me is a huge thing. Because reconnecting is really important - Peter Economides Σχολιασμός 01: 2016-06-24 06:54:13 Σχόλιο στο Facebook: 10210116651861336_10210116653581379 Well said, best done, Peter, I hope and pray this will happen and I fully embrace this vision whole heart, let’s go for it

Heres To The Crazy Ones - Steve Jobs
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BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, ARE THE ONES WHO DO Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
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If I should stay I would only be in your way So I’ll go, but I know I’ll think of you every step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you You, my darling you, mm Bittersweet memories That is all I’m taking with me So goodbye, please don’t cry We both know I’m not what you, you need And I will always love you

About the sovereignty of countries about who controls our lives
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Politics affect business, affect our lives. The referendum that is being held on Thursday, 23 June to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union is mainly about the sovereignty of Countries and Nations. It is whether YOU would like to live in a totalitarian world where corporations and bankers control EVERYTHING, your business, your profession, your budget, your food, your clothes, your sexual behavior, your religion.

Don't Ever Underestimate Experience
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“A ship engine failed, no one could fix it. Then they brought in a man with 40 yrs. on the job. He inspected the engine carefully, top to bottom. After looking things over, the guy reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. The engine was fixed! 7 Days later the owners got his bill for 10k. ‘What?

BREXIT THE MOVIE
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I was aware that EU, I.e. BU Bankers Union, has been gradually turned into a scum but this video provides ample, undisputed evidence to support such a claim. There is no chance to let Greece escape from their nest.

What it means to be Greek
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During the fall of 2012 nine Greeks shared their perspectives on what it means to be Greek Αφιερωμένο στα ξενιτεμένα αδέρφια μας, αλλά και στους συμπολίτες μου. Καταλαβαίνω πολύ καλά αυτό που αισθάνονται ως Έλληνες του εξωτερικού γιατί το έζησα και εγώ.

Greece ceased to be a sovereign country
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Yes or No to What ? » A T H A N A S S I O S . GR: athanassios.gr My friends, my colleagues, my Greek fellow citizens. Greece ceased to be a sovereign country on the 12th of December 2012. The government of former prime minister Antonis Samara passed this act of legislative content, (ΦΕΚ Α 262/17.12.2012). The following extracted paragraph from the act is too important to be ignored or pass like any other act of legislative content.

Επιστημονική Ανάλυση -) Διαφορά Αρσενικού και Θηλυκού εγκεφάλου !!!
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Video is stored in Facebook: click on the facebook icon to visit my wall Επιστημονική Ανάλυση :-) Διαφορά Αρσενικού και Θηλυκού εγκεφάλου !!! Προσέξτε μόνο την μετάφραση γιατί είναι λίγο “ελεύθερης” μορφής….

I am Hellene - Katerina Moutsatsos
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Hey, I’m neither a public service worker, nor a thief. And, I don’t drink ouzo, break plates or say Opa in my daily life. Oh and I don’t know Yorgo, Yanni, or Niko from Greece, although I am certain that they’re really really nice… My country is a democracy, actually it invented the concept… I speak Greek and five other languages, and most of the people from my country speak at many foreign languages…