Problem with repayment of debts 6 Measures 6 Rescue packages by EU and IMF 6 Privatization of state assets 6 Current economic situation 7 Debt 7 High unemployment 7 Conclusion 8 General information about Greece The capital: Athens Official languague: modern Greek Official name: The Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dimokratia Religion: Greek Orthodox Church Area: 131 960 km2 Number of inhabitants: 10 815 000 Currency: euro (from 2002) Member of EU from 1981 (7) Unemployment
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swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen, was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association, Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of breaststroke, until it was
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study Every society shapes its children in the image of its own culture(Berger and Berger 1979). In ancient Sparta, young boys were taught discipline, obedience, physical prowess and self-denial through harsh treatment and deprivation. In nearby Athens , parents raised their sons to be artistically sensitive and broadly educated as well as athletic. These practices produced quite different individuals as well as societies( Berger and Berger , 1979). The process of instilling such fundamental elements
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onto the Zambezi River, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. 5. I played basketball and volleyball in multiple European countries. Since I attended a private international school in the U.K., our school teams would play other similar internationals schools in cities like Frankfurt, Brussels, Vienna, Athens, and Paris. 6. I
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family. The club also takes part in putting together a 5k race for the town. I am looking forward to becoming a part of this club and reaching out to help the lives of others. The clubs first habitat for humanity build of the 2012-2013 school year took place in Athens. The volunteers had three tasks that they could help out with. One was to help put up the wood on the roof, another was helping to dig holes (literally), and the other was to mix concrete and put the concrete in the holes. The volunteers
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Martha Nussbaum is a 20th century American philosopher, she writes about deep philosophical problems that human beings are faced with today. She uses the teachings of past philosophers to help justify her philosophy. Nussbaums’ philosophy is shaped strongly around changing how we think of ethics to a more “holistic” way. Nussbaum argues something that many philosophers before her built their philosophies on, the idea of “justice” and how one should go about living a “good” life. For Augustine in
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what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” Epictetus was a promoter of Stoicism who flourished in the early second century C.E. about four hundred years after the Stoic school of Zeno of Citium was established in Athens. He lived and worked, first as a student in Rome, and then as a teacher with his own school in Nicopolis in Greece. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, a man named Okonkwo and his choices in life are showcased. Okonkwo is a clear embodiment of the quote mentioned above
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The first type is hyperactive-impulsive. People with hyperactive-impulsive type are full of energy, fidgety, restless, and act without thinking (Vescia 36). Consequently, someone with hyperactive-impulsive type can have trouble in school, by blurting out answers, talking constantly, and fidgeting with objects. Next, is inattentive type which can cause someone to have trouble paying attention and is rarely hyperactive. Some people are able to show signs of both, hyperactive-impulsive
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that recorded Socrates’ teachings. He, like Socrates believed that people or individuals all have somewhat native knowledge. For that reason Plato, in his search for knowledge led him to be founder of the Academy, which was located in Athens. The Academy was a school for higher learning, research and honorary membership. ("Academy", 2011) Hippocrates was a Greek physician, born in 460 BC to 370 BC. Hippocrates is known to be the father of Western medicine, also
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started life in Houston, Texas, on August 21, 1938. He was raised in a poor neighborhood by his father, who worked in a shipyard, and his mother, who was employed in a hospital. He went on to become the first member of his family to graduate from high school. Young Kenny was interested in music from an early age. When still in his teens he joined a doo wop group, who called themselves “The Scholars”. He recorded his first single for a Houston record label at the age of nineteen, and from there his career
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