Federal agents are asking the public's help in finding this woman, along with a child who is believed to be aged 4 or 5.

Feds: Help us find this female pornographer, rescue child victim - U.S. News

In the depths of grief, therapy dogs give unconditional consolation

Can comfort dogs console the people of Newtown? - Salon.com

The Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece – First Review

The latest official review of Greece's economy by the European Commission, called "The Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece – First Review", starts by explaining how the Greek economy performed worse than expected, due to political instability (the two general elections) and the weakness of the global economy. It warns that Greece's tax collection system is failing to meet its targets, and that privatizations have been disappointing. It pays tribute to Antonis Samaras's government, before warning that there are very large "implementation risks" to the program. The full review here:
. http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/occasional_paper/2012/op123_en.htm

-The Guardian

Download the December 16 Ta Yp' Opsin podcast

The December 16 Ta Yp' Opsin (Consider These) news roundup podcast (in Greek) available for download:

In the First Hour of Ta Yp' Opsin:

- The visit of evil in Newtown, CT and the gun control rhetoric

- Taxes, entitlements and the fiscal cliff

- The Obama administration reopens the regulations pipeline

-Greece: the check is in the mail, Tsipras brushes up his Spanish

- Constitutional instability in Egypt, part I

- The social media response to Papal tweets

 

Plus, in the Second Hour:

- The end of the world and apocalyptic prophecies

- Peppermint pigs and 'Lap Dancing for the Needy'

- The U.S. military weeds out obese soldiers

- Goodbye messages to non-human companions

- Vodka-drinking elephants and wine-tasting monkeys

- A crucified Ronald McDonald in Russia

- Cocaine-stuffed breast implants

 

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The Fear Within

After the horrific killings in Newtown, Connecticut, a gun control debate is inevitable in the U.S.
Proposed measures are sure to include strict waiting periods to purchase a gun, limits on the number of firearms a person can buy or own,  ban of certain weapons, etc.
No word ever, no solution provided for the problems that will persist even after the -unlikely- event of a weapons ban: what do we do for the fear that has nested in some people's hearts and the tremor as they reach for their treasured weapons, the only protection they believe in... a gun culture where parents  introduce guns to kids and teach them how to use them... the glorification of an abandon-reason-and- reach-for-your-gun mentality... the neglect of a child's mental care needs... the trauma of divorce on kids that goes unnoticed... people who chose to barricade their lives, without the risks (and benefits) of reaching out.
Tbere are no measures introduced, no bills drafted to end this war within.
The 26 lives lost on the morning of December 14, 2012 will forever remind us that evil had reached that little town in Connecticut long before that Friday, fear had nested in some  hearts long ago.
Our house, our town, our schools and streets are not immune to that fear within. We are not immune. But we should be taking preventive measures, know the symptoms and help the fearful.
Twenty six children and adults will help us along the way.

-George Zorbas

Greece extends buyback offer to reach 30 billion euro target

Greece extends buyback offer to reach 30 billion euro target

Dec 9 podcast Ta Yp Opsin

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