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Financing the tripPosted on August 26th, 2007 by Stephen
I'm glad I held off on this post, as I've had news regarding this in the past week. One of the major concerns of students considering study abroad is how they can possibly pay for everything involved. While it's a big investment, I'm certain the experience is worth every penny. You're not alone though, as there is plenty of financial help available.
In Australia, the majority of students defer university fees through a government scheme – HECS-HELP. This takes the burden off students, as they do not need to begin paying for their degree until they have secured full time work. An extension of this program is OS-HELP, a loan (with 20% fee) of AUD$5000 is available each semester of a students overseas travel. I applied for this, and have since received the first payment.
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Since there is a great deal of time between the initial application and the date of departure, there is plenty of time to organise your finances beforehand. I was conscious of my spending up until the trip, and managed to squeeze over two months of full-time work between the end of my last semester at my home Uni, and the start of semester in Leeds. By investigated as many sources of funding as possible, I hope to be able to experience the full potential of the time abroad, and worry less about financial requirements.
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Keith Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Excellent advice on financing an international education in the UK. It sounds like you are getting the maximum amount out of scholarships, bursaries, your own savings, etc. Its never easy but you're a great example of how you can piece it all together, leaving loans until the end.
Nice work!
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would you be able to point me to some financing pathway for a malaysian student.
hoping to be able to put together some financing so as to study in UK.
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I moved to the East Village on Sunday, May 19, 1990. I was the new National Promotion Manager of Mango/Antilles. A jazzbo since 52nd Street days (used to hang out with Dexter Gordon), Popski was proud that his lil' Scooter's opportunity. Just before he and Moms drove off, he dropped science: Go to every jazz gig you can, hang out with the cats, and if a jazz club has a menu, JUST ORDER FRENCH-FRIES. And don't forget the ketchup."
Over the years, I've followed two of Popski's axioms to the letter and been way better for it. But that jazz club food thing... I mean, ever listen to say, Wayne over dinner and wine for two at home? Sensual, visceral, emotional. Rhythm divine, right? Blood simple if jazz and home cooking are so right together, than a jazz club with a kitchen must be off the meter. 12 years of field research later, it seems Popski was more or less right kinda-sorta.
What I've discovered is that jazz clubs that have great food have terrible acoustics and/or lousy sight lines (old Iridium, old Jazz Standard, and Sweet Basil) and those with underwhelming fare have decent acoustics and unobstructed view (Blue Note, new Iridium). Both types (save for Sweet Basil) are vibe-challenged as well. Ironically, the places to be for that full-on harmonic convergence experience are those jazz clubs that don't serve food: Village Vanguard, Zinc Bar, St. Nicholas Pub, Jazz Gallery, Up Over Jazz Café, Tonic, Small's Underground, Knitting Factory. There is one jazz club that fucks with the curve (four-star pan-Asian menu, excellent sound, panoramic view and the vibe is all that): Yoshi's in San Francisco (or is that Berkley or Oakland?), CA.
The recently re-opened Manhattan night spot Jazz Standard/Blue Smoke is aiming to grab a piece of the action. In its previous incarnation (in the same location), the upstairs room was the chi chi Standard restaurant and Jazz Standard night club was two flights down. Although the jazz room's menu was a distillation of the restaurant's (the salmon entrée and frites were da bomb), the jazz crowd rarely dined upstairs. Even more devastating was that the foodie crew preferred to check the spots on Park Avenue South's restaurant row (10 blocks down). Consequently, on most evenings, the Standard's staff conspicuously outnumbered the customers. Mercifully, the complex closed (June) before 9-11 wreaked havoc on the city's nightlife.
Principal owner and founder James Polsky went back to the drawing board. Enter Polsky's first cousin, famed NYC restaurateur Danny Meyer. The fair-haired boy of Manhattan's foodie elite, Meyer had built a mini-empire known for its superior hands-on customer service, easy-going ambience and non-elitist presentation of hi-toned cuisine. A life-long jazzbo (Louis Armstrong played at his parents' wedding), Meyer was well-aware of the cosmic jazz + food equation. For him, scarfing down barbecue spareribs behind some live jazz was the shit. Trouble was, save for a coupla spots in Harlem, New York is a no-'cue zone. Sensing it was the right time to open a classy downtown rib joint, he formed a partnership with Polsky. Kismet: Blue Smoke/Jazz Standard.
The publicity hype Meyer did 'cue field research in St. Louis, Kansas City, Texas, North Carolina, authentic wood-burning grills, re-designed night club had the jazz media (many of whom know 'cue) buzzing. I went four nights after the March 19th re-opening. Upstairs was déjà vu all over again. Big "L"-shaped room, high ceilings, deserted. The new Jazz Standard has been subtly feng shui-ed. The small back bar and elevated smokers' section is still there. Gone are the very Zen lightboxes along the left wall as well as the logo hologram backdrop, picnic table-like floor arrangement and rail-lined modular booths along the right wall. The floor has opened up three loose rows of tables, banquette, and left wall tables-for-two. The right side is now a multi-leveled series of softly rococo, modular boxes/booths (angled so that everyone faces the stage) and free-standing tables.
The humble, two-feet-above-the-floor stage and the simple logo signage and reddish-orange acoustic panels adorning the backdrop give the room an unpretentiously down-home grooviness. Onstage, saxophonist Bob Belden and his swivey jazz quartet (Hammond B-3, guitar, drums, DJ Smash on turntables) are wailin'! Pure gin joint music mi 'a tell ya a buncha chicken- greasy originals fatbacked with some pretty stank versions of Lee Morgan, James Brown, Grant Green, Lou Donaldson classics. So far so good.
Menu looks interesting. Texas spareribs, St. Louis baby back ribs, beef brisket, pulled pork sammiches. Sides cole slaw, greens, mac 'n' cheese, fries. Kim gives me a nudge and says, "Look at that guy over there. He's smothering his meat in barbecue sauce." Not a good sign. When the waitress brought our food, I asked who the guy with the sauce was. "Danny Meyer." We're doomed. The mains stingy, bland baby backs, corned beef-feeling brisket were sad. The pulled pork, mac 'n' cheese and cole slaw were off the meter. Two Thumbs Down (a verdict shared by critic and patron alike).
For me, Meyers' vaunted Blue Smoke was such a bloody failure that I refused to write about it. It wasn't until late May, after my bwoy Beaver (secret Iron Chef and wine connoisseur) raved about the meat, that I decided to give Blue Smoke a second go-round.
It was Thursday, June 6th. The game plan was: eat dinner in Blue Smoke then catch James Blood Ulmer's first set downstairs. My partner for the evening was Mel. Her 'que experience is limited to backyard cookouts... but she loves the blues. Perfect match. So we order: deviled eggs, baby back ribs, pan-fried catfish, mac 'n' cheese, cole slaw, greens, Blue Smoke Original Ale (Brooklyn Lager-brewed). The fare juicy, tender, bone-licking good 'backs, succulent catfish is so happening that the still-excellent sides seem to have lost a bit of zing. The ale is the perfect complement. The beignet-like jalapeno fried bread is indescribably satisfying. Two Thumbs Up and Five Fingerlicks.
Two cups of java and many "ahhhs" and patting of bellies later, Mel and I stroll downstairs. Soon as we settle down in the front of the smoking section, Ulmer and his band kick off a laid-back funky roll of "I Live The Life I Love (And I Love The Life I Live)". Mel is hooked from the first chorus on. She's beaming. I tell her it's only gonna get better. I give the 60 sec. 411: Played lead guitar in Ornette Coleman's first plugged-in harmelodic Prime Time band. His playing and singing is straight outta Howlin' Wolf/Robert Johnson. Vernon produced and plays on Blood's first all-blues record Memphis Blood. Buy it ASAP. He's gonna do all those songs tonight.
Blood and the boys (Reid; guitar, Charles Burnham; violin/mandolin, Mark Peterson; bass, Aubrey Dayle; drums, Rick Steff; organ/piano/melodica, David Barnes; harmonica) were conjurin' up jazz-twisted, swamp-dwelling haints and mischievous spirits. "Fattening Frogs For Snakes", "I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)", "Death Letter", "Spoonful", "Are You Glad To Be In America". I reached jazz/food satori mid-set. The rhythm section is mad vamping the Doors' "Riders On The Storm" hook, Blood is filigreeing tremolo like Phil Manzanera and moaning over and over, "I need some mon-nay-ayea". Mind open, spine shiver, belly full.
Mea culpa, mea culpa. Blue Smoke is the real thing. While I may have a bone or two to pick (What? No North Carolina barbecue?), I am happy to acknowledge its strengths now far outweigh its weaknesses. It can only get better with time. One last thing: don't just drop in. Make sure to call for reservations at least three days in advance. Oh yeah the Jazz Standard. Great vibe, wide-open views, killer sound system, solid drinks, imaginative booking (Seth Abramson) and a mini-Blue Smoke menu. I asked Mel what she thought of the evening's scenario? Mona Lisa smile.
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Postscript: returned to Jazz Standard to catch the Luciana Souza Quintet (Luciana Souza; vocals, percussion, Bruce Barth; piano, Steve Wilson; reeds, Scott Colley; bass, Clarence Penn; drums). The music absolutely sublime. The food catfish/baked beans/homemade BBQ chips/Blue Smoke Original Ale for me; smoked chicken, collared greens, vintage port for Cara positively slammin'.


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Iowa, which enters this contest on a 5-0 ATS run, is playing with a ton of confidence. After taking Purdue down to the wire (79-76 loss), it went on the road and upset Wisconsin and Minnesota. It won't be lacking any confidence today against an Ohio State team it played to a 5-point game at home last season.
While teams have a tendency to endure a letdown following big wins, Iowa has been just the opposite. In fact, it is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 home games following an upset win over a conference rival. It has actually won by an average score of 68.0 to 62.7 in this spot.
Ohio State has been consistently overvalued by odds makers in recent seasons, especially on Saturday's when the books are looking to take advantage of the public's love affair with highly rated team. As a result, the Buckeyes are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games and 1-9 ATS in their last 10 Saturday road games. The Hawkeyes, meanwhile, are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games.
The Buckeyes, who are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games overall, are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 meetings at Iowa. The Hawkeyes are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 vs. the Big Ten. We'll take the points.
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This shoe is absolutely amazing. I will buy many and stock up on them in case they stop making these gems. I ran tough mudder last month with them, and I was worried I should have used my Vibram trek sports, but MAN, were these shoes PERFECT for the terrain. The only obstacle I wish I had my Treksports for was the ninja wall, but BELIEVE me, I just took em off and did it because shoes on that obstacle were just stupid. But for EVERYTHING else, dude, please these tore it up. I felt like a warrior in these things. So lightweight, but so much shock and traction. I got up quickly and I got down safe and swift. These shouldnt even be called shoes, Trail race winning assistants. I didnt win, because I was babysitting my sister for her first run, but I honestly felt like I could win that day LOL


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The time for learning is over. The time to meet your destiny has arrived. The Harry Potter saga builds to its thrilling conclusion in this game based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I. The stakes have never been higher for Harry, and Deathly Hallows takes the franchise in a new direction centered on furious wand-based combat. You're on the run right from the start in a desperate quest to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes. Battle Dementors, Death Eaters, and other powerful enemies with only your wand to help you. Use potions, your Invisibility Cloak, and more while you stare down your destiny as the only one who can defeat Voldemort.
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I've played the other HP games and usually enjoyed them. However, I didn't even get past an early stage where you have to sneak around under the invisibility cloak and not be discovered by someone "bumping" into you. Every time you fail, you have to start that particular mission over and wat...more
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Baseball was very important to Penny Marshall in her baseball movie. Now, that might sound obvious, but if you've ever seen, I don't know, "The Pride of the Yankees"' or "The Babe Ruth Story,"' then you know how stupid baseball can look in a baseball movie.
But not in "A League of Their Own."' Marshall, a massive Yankees fan, wouldn't allow it. She made sure the women didn't "play like girls."
In fact, shooting for the movie started a year late on the 1992 classic film in part because Marshall had trouble finding women who looked skilled enough to portray members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
"Ballplayers that I know have said that was a great movie,"' Marshall said in a Tribune interview recently. "Because I could get busted on the baseball part. The girls had to be able to play.
"I had the late Rod Dedeaux, the baseball coach from USC, try out all the girls. I wouldn't read an actress unless they passed the baseball test because I couldn't double everyone.'"
For actresses on the East Coast, there was then-St. John's baseball coach Joe Musso. He tried out and/or trained Madonna, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Joan Jett, Brooke Shields and Uma Thurman.
Musso told Madonna to "take her stance," according to a Sports Illustrated story during the making of the film, and Madonna asked, "What's a stance?" Russo said his main job was to "make sure they don't throw like girls. A lot of them do, you know."
Marshall knew it and would have none of it.
"If they could not play, I wouldn't read them," Marshall said. "If they were trainable, then they came in and I read them."
Or sometimes she just had one over to the house. Marshall is like that. In my experience, she's honest, funny and guileless. I interviewed her during a Lakers-Pistons NBA Finals game nine years ago, and in the course of talking about her love of sports and acquiring such things as Christy Mathewson's old chess table, she invited me up to the house to see everything. Of course she did.
I have loved this woman since her scene-stealing turn as the wonderfully nasal secretary for Oscar Madison, role model for everyone in my business, and I loved that she was inviting me to her house to show off her sports collectibles.
That's sort of the way Geena Davis landed the female lead in "A League of Their Own." After Demi Moore turned up pregnant and Debra Winger quit, reportedly because Madonna was cast in the film, the role of Dottie Hinton remained open, and there was no film without Dottie Hinson.
But it couldn't be just any actress. Marshall needed someone attractive but also someone who could pass the baseball test. And so, Marshall invited Davis up to her house and ran her through a tryout in her backyard. I guess Davis passed.
I love that story. Very Penny Marshall. Very Hollywood. Like Marshall casting her daughter as Betty "Spaghetti" Horn. And Ann Cusack of the acting Cusacks playing Shirley Baker, the left fielder who can't read.
The movie resounds today, more than a generation after its release, and it resounds for more than Tom Hanks screaming the deathless, "There's no crying in baseball."
"Parents come up to me and say, 'My daughter loves your movie. She plays softball all the time,'" Marshall said. "At least they get off the computers and go out and play a game."
I love Penny Marshall and I love "A League of Their Own." I love that we're showing it Wednesday night at the Music Box and I'd love for you to get off your computers and join Tribune Film Critic Michael Phillips and me. But only after you go here to buy tickets.
Time's running out, and $15 is a bargain for a big-screen showing of a classic movie in a way you haven't seen it for decades. A deal for the whole family. The price also includes Phillips' full Skyped interview with Marshall and a post-screening Q&A in which we'll be joined by Ellie Weingardt, the Highland Park actress who portrayed the charm school teacher in the film.


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The Woolly Bugger
|I can't believe it. Almost 40 years have passed since Russ Blessing introduced his Woolly Bugger. It's the go-to fly for me. I'll use it first when fishing streamers and I turn to it when nothing else is producing. I've fished it in about every color combination you can think of but black remains my favorite. I'll tie them from 1/0 to size 16. I always carry a dozen in assorted sizes (black, olive, and brown) in a small streamer wallet that is always in my vest. The range of materials that you can use to tie a Woolly Bugger is limited only by your imagination. The only ingredient that stays the same is the marabou tail.
Wooly Buggers are effective with any tackle that will properly cast a streamer. For trout fishing on small streams, I prefer a 7' 6" to 8' rod that carries a 4 or 5-weight line. On larger rivers and lakes, I like an 8' to 9' rod for a 6 weight line. I'll fish the Bugger on a sink tip (12' to 24') with a short 2X to 3X leader, a sinking leader, or a floating line with a 10' 4x or better leader. I use both beadhead and non-weighted versions with split-shot in size B and BB. If you're not familiar with sinking leaders you ought to give them a try. I like the Rio Powerflex. They come in 7' and 12' with sink rates from 1.5 ips to 7 ips . It's a smart idea to carry a couple of these in your vest - they can drop your fly to the bottom like a stone.
The most important tactic in fishing Woolly Buggers is the retrieve. You can strip them slow, fast or in a jerking motion. I like bouncing them up and down using the rod tip. It brings on strikes because the tail creates a pulsating motion. This action is accentuated when the split shot is placed relatively close (an inch or two) from the fly.
Make an up-and-across cast, mend the line, and allow the Bugger to sink to a desired level. Then start the retrieve accompanied by any up-and-down rod-tip motion. The hand retrieve should draw the Bugger forward three or four inches. In rhythm with this, lift the rod tip four or five inches and drop it back to the starting position.
Last year I tried fishing the Bugger dead drift as I would a nymph while floating on the North Platte. The technique was suggested by guide friend of mine and it proved to be very deadly.
I remember a trip many years ago on the Bighorn. There were four of us in the Silver Dollar Hole and the fish were taking some non-descript midge that none of us could match. After about an hour one of the fishermen yelled "I've had it I'm going to put on a large black woolly bugger." He did and in four consecutive casts caught four fish. We all changed to Buggers and started catching fish.
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In 2009-10 Clark was a graduate assistant with the program after serving four seasons as head team manager with the Dukes.
As JMU's graduate assistant in 2009-10, Clark was in charge of film exchange, overseeing the student team manager program, ordering and maintaining equipment inventory and coordinating and scheduling the practice squad.
His work experience with the women's basketball program as a manager included assisting the coaching staff in executing the day to day operations of the program and extensive experience with film exchange and general office operation. He also completed a full-time full-credit internship as well as a 450-plus hour coaching education practicum with the program. Clark also completed a 90-hour undergraduate practicum with JMU's Office of Sports Media Relations.
In addition he has served as assistant camp director, league commissioner, site coordinator and camp counselor with Kenny Brooks Summer Basketball Camp and has been on the staff for the Matt Brady Elite Player Summer Basketball Camp, Hampden-Sydney College Basketball Camp and Anthony Grant Basketball Camp at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Clark earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from JMU in May 2009. His undergraduate concentration was in sports and recreation management and he completed minors in business administration and coaching education.
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I chronicle the decline and fall of entitlement democracy
UPDATE – "10 Ways the Greek People Can Save Themselves"
Once in a great while an opportunity comes along to deliver justice to a people, giving them what they truly deserve. Greece's time has come.
It must be dawning on all but the most obtuse member of the banking elite that they can't possibly steal enough money from German taxpayers to save the Greek government from default. Put it off, maybe, but collapse is inevitable.
Once this happens, what is the purpose of casting Greece into some selective temporary financial purgatory where the irrelevant Greek economy can continue embarrassing anyone foolish enough to lend their dysfunctional government a dime? Why not go all the way and give the country what many of its people have been violently demanding for almost a century?
Let them have Communism.
Hard as it is for young people to believe, Communism was once a major historical force holding billions of people in thrall. Outside the halls of elite universities, who still takes it seriously? Sure we have Cuba, where the Castro deathwatch is the last thing standing between that benighted penal colony and an inevitable makeover by Club Med. Then there is Venezuela, though hope is fading that Hugo Chavez will carry the Bolivarian banner much longer now that he's busy sucking down FOLFOX cocktails while checking for signs that his hair is falling out. And frankly, a psychopathic family dynasty ruling a nation of stunted zombies hardly makes North Korea a proper Communist exemplar.
What the world needs, lest we forget, is a contemporary example of Communism in action. What better candidate than Greece? They've been pining for it for years, exhibiting a level of anti-capitalist vitriol unmatched in any developed country. They are temperamentally attuned to it, having driven all hard working Greeks abroad in search of opportunity. They pose no military threat to their neighbors, unless you quake at the sight of soldiers marching around in white skirts. And they have all the trappings of a modern Western nation, making them an uncompromised test bed for Marxist theories. Just toss them out of the European Union, cut off the flow of free Euros, and hand them back the printing plates for their old drachmas. Then stand back for a generation and watch.
The land that invented democracy used it to perfect the art of living at the expense of others, an example all Western democracies appear intent on emulating. Being the first to run out of other people's money makes Greece truly ripe to take the next logical step beyond socialism.
As wrenching as it will be we can take comfort in the fact that Greece doesn't have much of an economy to disrupt. The only Greek industry that's worth a damn is tourism, rapidly collapsing as travelers get tired of being stranded by strikes while dodging Molotov cocktails. The rest of us can find plenty of other sources of lamb chops, yogurt, and olive oil. They crushed the concept of private property long ago under the burden of environmental, cultural, and social regulations that govern land use. Wouldn't it be instructive to let them have a go at building a workers' paradise to remind us what state enforced equality looks like?
Unlike neighboring Balkan nations that got to experience the joys of Communism after the Second World War, Greece was brought back from the brink by massive western intervention as well as a Churchillian side deal that obliged Stalin to butt out. The nasty civil war between the Greek Communist Party (the KKE) and government forces backed by Britain and the U.S. set the stage for decades of struggle between communist sympathizers who never gave up the dream, and right wing juntas determined to rule by force. The uneasy peace that has existed since the colonels were booted merely masks underlying tensions as every Greek worries, is someone else working fewer hours than I am?
Dear Bill (or should I say Vassili)
As a greek currently residing in greece (and formerly in GB) I can say that I found your article disappointing, in many ways.
First, the excessive use of an underestimating, blaming tone against a whole country (btw this IS a common greek way of applying criticism, so perhaps your limbic system fired up as you were writing it, reminding you of your early influences by your parents), reminds me of the ways the communists speak of capitalist countries(are you sure your parent's weren't communists who converted?). It 's always somebody else's total fault. They deserve it because they are "…fill in the gap with your imagination here.." Give' em hell because "…..". One can only wonder how a FORBES journalist is allowed to write in such a fashion. Unless of course it sells – in such a case you attacked your own country just for profit- or if FORBES wanted such an article published, but in order to avoid the "racist article" bells, and so chose to give it to a greek to write it. All these hypotheses could probably mean one thing : US financial stability (and the whole monetary-banking system) is affected by the Greek Debt crisis to a degree that they need to push journals such as FORBES (and other respected journals as well) to unleash havoc upon GREECE. You were right Bill, in commenting that Greeks should take a good look at themselves – it's indeed a time for self-reflection, which IS happening in the greek society, but it's also a time for the world banking system to take a good look at themselves as well. Because they were the ones stupid enough to keep lending to a country like greece,not realizing the potentially lethal extent of the domino effect. Greed blurred the best bankers in the world mate. You SHOULD TAKE IT OUT ON THEM AS WELL FOR BEING INCOMPETENT. But, for some reason, very few people (including the communists who live to do just that – isn't it ironic?) do that. Cause it's the hard thing to do, to raise your voice against institutions of your own system.
As for the comments on greeks being communists, i have to admit that i had the same discussion with a friend recently. If Churchil wouldn't have claimed Greece from Stalin, we would be a Soviet in 1950, so by the 80s or 90s we would have collapsed like all other eastern european communist countries. And by now we would be in a free capitalist economy, with great room for economic growth, and of course with an annihilated communist party. People's reflexes would have turned to neoliberalism. But this didn't happen, and I have to admit, although it would be better for this generation, the previous generation would have to suffer.
You are far from the truth when you say that greeks want communism. It's only 10% of the population. But I have to agree with you that the influence of their ideas, especially "demonizing" investments from "blood-sucking" capitalists, is much more extensive. Unfortunately, the extreme-right-KU during 1967-74 led to the strengthening of the left parties after its fall, and the communists subsequently exploited it politically in order to push their ideas even further, and infiltrated every aspect of the greek society. Anyone who disagreed with a leftist instantly was called a fascist,or a ku-supporter, etc. So, in 1981, when Andreas Papandreou came in power, he understood the psychology of the greeks at the time, and did an amazing double trick : he reformed the country by enlarging tremendously the public sector (satisfying the dominant leftist ideas and at the same time creating jobs), but at the same time he took huge loans, which he distributed to civil servants, etc. This made him a national god, but the national debt rose from 15% in 1981 to 80% in 1990.That was the beginning of the end. Now there were hordes of people wishing to be employed to the public sector because of excellent salaries and other priviliges (full pension at 40 for women with children, etc)and at the same time fanatical socialist supporters, that everything had to remain public. When in 1993, Mitsotakis succeeded him, although he achieved a primary surplus for the first time in a decade, the government fell, because it attempted to privatize the national communications agency. The winds had been sowed by papandreoy and the leftists, and now it was time to wreap the whirwinds. Every attempt to change the character of the economy by introducing private investments was met by fierce opposition. The debts kept rising of course. Europe knew it, but still lended us money. And here we are now. So, you see, it is not communism that greeks want. It is a steady job that pays good and has privileges.
As for the "As wrenching as it will be we can take comfort in the fact that Greece doesn't have much of an economy to disrupt", I answer that it has an economy big enough to take all others in europe (at least) down with it if disrupted.So your mocking argument again isn't well studied. And yesterday's summit, was a grandiose proof of it. Right now, its not "poor greece", it's "poor us" if we default. That's why all this press keeps blaming greece. Cause its a pain in everybody's ass.
Dear Mr. Frezza,
even though there are some big truths on your text I have two comments to make.
1. Regarding your reference in the debts of Greece since 1832, do you really know why the country had remained in debt? Is it because greeks are just useless or is it because of the english-french loans with huge interests that were intended to set the country under "control"? Please read some history regarding the foreign economic policies of UK and France. You would be surprized finding out that this was a common foreign practice of that time applied not only in Greece but globally.
2. I can tell you're lacking in academic knowledge. Look up for the difference between socialism and communism. It's not hard, you can even find it in wikipedia.
The next time you are about to make some economic-political-social comments on any country space or time, make sure you have the appropriate and sufficient knowledge to support your arguments properly and not populistically.
Maybe we shouldn't be so harsh on Mr. Frezza.
Who knows: maybe this indeed in general nicely written article is not even his own. As someone else above wrote, it is important that it seems to come from somebody who at least has Greek roots, otherwise it would/could cause a real sh*t storm fpr Forbes. So maybe somebody else had the idea for this article, wrote it and Mr. Frezza was paid for his name and face being used. Who knows…? :)
@Mr. Frezza
You said that this article is a satire. Indeed I want to believe you had good intentions with it. A possible definition of the satire genre is "Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon."
Maybe it would really help this discussion, where naturally feelings are being involved and stirred up, if you explained your intentions with your article. Clearly, one shouldn't take your article literally, but you wanted to send a message. Which is that message? Thanks in advance for explaining!
Bill Frezza American Corporate leaders and investors have no problem in investing in Communist China nor turning to cheap Communist labor at the expense of the United States Economy so what is the point of your article eh?
1) this replies to you article: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ppJW01LeRrk
2) since somebody commented on my saying that Greeks value private property, I meant mostly their own one (in contrast with public property which unfortunately they have grown to not consider their own to safeguard)
3) the fear of countries falling for communism had led to the 1st Marshall plan (the funds of which according to US reports from that era, some "lamogia" were putting in their own pockets). It's funny that your article came some days before the EU announcing a new Marshall plan specifically for Greece
Well I for one am glad that I let my Forbes subscription lapse last week. NO one is asking you to pick on anyone. You are wasting time for everyone and what is worse making them angry. Who do you think you are? Some troll I guess. I have no use for you. Or your sick idea of journalism or opinion and editorial. What you are is a cartoon. Please place cartoons at the top of your next piece please. I condemn Forbes for having you as part of their organization. Good bye sir.
You've convinced me to keep reading. I love the shock and awe of your style. And it gives me good ammunition for the next round or time when my Greek friends start their conspiracy theories.
Dear Bill,
Perpetuating negative and racist stereotypes under the banner of "satire" can be very dangerous and unhelpful especially at a time where a country such as Greece, is currently undergoing extreme hardship, uncertainty and civil unrest as well as the ire of the Western media which you are perpetuating.
Satire is defined as the "use of sarcasm or irony to attack or ridicule a habit, idea, custom etc."
Yes, you have made many "think", but no so much about the problems Greece faces and how these problems may be resolved, but by your 'racist' views and stereotypes albeit under the banner or cloke of "satire". Behind every satirical piece, there lies a truth. The question is, what 'truth' lies behind your satire?


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text: The Beachfront villa is situated on the beach front. From villa, garden bedrooms and from the pool you have a stunning view over the sea. The Beach Grand Villa consist of 3 buildings. The buildings encircle a beautiful garden area, sitting sala, and large pool with pool bar and garden area .One building is the main house with one bedroom with en suite bath room as well the living room and dining room and fully equipped kitchen . The second building has two bed rooms and 2 bath rooms . The third building is the Petit Beach villa . It is a an independent villa with a large en suite bedroom as well as sitting room/dining room. A fully equipped kitchen is part of the Petit Villa. Rental of the beach Villa includes also the Petit Beach Villa.


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This enhancer features a stunning pear-shaped cabochon of deep purple charoite. Framing the stone is a swirling border of a sterling silver that never overshadows the beauty of the gem, but instead enhances it. It goes just as nicely on a simple silver chain as on a beaded gemstone necklace, giving your outfits a uniquely rich highlight. Enhancer measures 1-3/4" long x 7/8" wide and features an openwork silver snap hinge bail. Made in America with gemstones from around the world.
Like all fine jewelry, Carolyn Pollack Sterling Silver Jewelry should be handled carefully. Store jewelry in a plastic bag, dry and wrapped in tissue paper, when not being worn or displayed. Clean sterling silver with a silver polishing cloth when necessary, but never subject to chlorine, silver dips, chemical solutions or ultrasonic cleaners, as these substances can cause the natural gemstones to discolor. Never wear jewelry in a swimming pool.