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To 2011 he takes with him great Greeks

Our Culture is poorer

On Wednesday an article was posted on protothema.gr with the people of world culture who “they left” from life it 2011. As hard as it is to write about the deaths of Elizabeth Taylor and Sidney Lumet, imagine how hard the hand can type names like Thanasis Veggos and Nikos Papazoglou…
The current image of Greece does not “says” the truth.
As much culture as this country has produced, no other countries have done it together. When society was oppressed, then his role “alarm clock” he was played by art. Unfortunately many “alarm clocks” consciences left the 2011 and they left a huge void, not only in Greek culture, but in the global.
In the list below, an attempt was made to mention all the great Greeks who left us in the 2011. Let's hope so 2012, the corresponding list to be shorter.
Upon hearing the news of the death of Thanasis Veggos, everyone felt a shiver run through them. All media were titled “Our good man, he left”. What can one say about the tireless Thanasis, the Thanasis of our hearts, the Thanasis of the soul of every Greek. It is difficult to begin to describe his artistic career and even more difficult to describe what he has contributed to Greek culture. They have been recorded to his credit 126 movies, The day for the draw of the two lucky ones 52 as the lead actor and had directed seven more films. One of the most popular of Greek cinema, while until recently he continued to appear in films, on television and the theater.
Michalis Kakogiannis is one of the few Greeks who is so recognized abroad. He has associated his name with three Oscar nominations, for the unforgettable film “Zorbas”, where Anthony Quinn, with the help of Kakogiannis, they showed the Greek greatness in all its spectrum. Also, we can't not mention the movies “Electra”, “Stella” and “Iphigenia”.
The 2011 was also stigmatized by the death of Nikos Papazoglou, of a low-key artist. But his death deeply moved the Greeks. He started his career in the 60's going through Olympians and Zealot. He collaborated for many years with Dionysis Savvopoulos, Manoli Rasouli and Nikos Xydakis. He became widely known with Manolis Rasouli's record, “The revenge of the cast”. We will be humming some of his songs for many years to come, like him “August” and “I am not a poet”.
A month ago, Manolis Rasoulis also traveled to the land of angels. Lyricist, author, singer, composer, journalist or simply, servant of culture, until the last moment. His verses have been set to music, including, Manos Loizos, Stavros Kouyoumtzis, Nikos Xydakis, Petros Vagiopoulos, Socrates Malamas and Christos Nikolopoulos.
The author of the work of the same name is now located in the Angelo neighborhood, Iakovos Kampanelis, our great playwright and journalist. Other known works of his, mainly for the theater, “Seventh day of creation”, “The Court of Miracles”, “A tale without a name”, ” Viva Aspasia”, “Odysseus returned home”, “Colony of the punished” and “Our big circus”.His works have been translated and performed in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Sweden.
The writer and politician Nikos Themelis in age 64 years, after a long battle with cancer, left a great void in Greek culture. He wrote several novels ("The Search" 1998, "The Upheaval" 2000, "The Flash" 2003, "For a fellowship among us" 2005, “A life, two lives" 2007, "The truths of others" 2008 and "Dream Deal" 2010), with references to Hellenism of the last three centuries.
The area of ​​culture is huge and of course the Word Processor or Andreas Marnezos as he is known could not be missing from it. In fact, he was the one who brought the fashion of piercing and tattoos to our country. But he became known for his songs in the rap field. He was also a hip hop producer, founder of the Greek underground hip hop group called BarCodeCrew (BCC).
Recently “he left” from the life of Loukia Rikaki. She was in charge of educational programs of the IYF International Youth Federation. She has taught in executive education programs at the Council of Europe's European Youth Center and has been coordinator of the Council of Europe's research program on audiovisuals in education., the 1990. She was a member of the European Youth Forum education committee and was in charge of cinema in teacher seminars of the MELINA program 2000. Documentary is her great passion.
Because it is not possible to mention in detail the careers of all the great Greeks of our culture “they left” the 2011, each is briefly mentioned, in his capacity.
Yannis Karamitsopoulos (poet and publisher), Yannis Karabesinis (folk songwriter and bouzouki master), Akis Cleanthus (former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus), Spyros Alamanos (painter, engraver, graphic designer and photographer), Yannis Varveris (poet, critic, essayist and translator), Takis Varvitsiotis (poet), Alexandros Yotis (chef, tastemaker and writer), Anna Gertsou-Sarri (writer and translator), Markos N. Dragoumi (writer and politician), Anthi Zaharatou (speaker and actor), Kate Lampropoulou (actor), Yannis Lambrou (director), Vangelis Livadas (theatrical entrepreneur), Lykourgos Kallergis (actor, director, drama teacher, stylist – translator and MP), Kostas Balafas (photographer), Theoni Vahliotis-Aldridge (Oscar-winning costume designer), Christos Tsagas (actor), John Modinos (baritone – musical), Stratos Kamenidis (composer), Yannis Vasilopoulos (musical – clarinetist), Dimitris Katsaganis (poet), Nikos Alexiou (imaginative ), Vlasis Kaniaris (imaginative), George Perros (painter), Dimitris Laletas (painter), Tasos Zografos (painter and scenographer), Tonia Nikolaidis (engraver and painter), Monica Vassiliou (actor and director), Stavros Zoras (singer), Sarantis Karavouzis (imaginative – painter), Sophia Filtisi (author), Manos Loukakis (poet and critic), Ioannis Daglis (maintainer – imaginative), Vassilis Platanos (journalist, folklorist, author), Takis Varlamos (dancer and choreographer), Anthi Zaharatou (speaker and actor), Kostas Zacharakis (actor), Efi Metaggitsinou (actor), Spyros Alamanos (painter, engraver, graphic designer and photographer), Konstantinos Kavarnos (professor and author), Vasilis Andreopoulos (actor and writer), Nikos Minardos (actor), Pepi Svoronu (painter), Pavlos Tassios (director), Diana Antonakatu (painter), Thanasis Fabas (painter), Marios Leousis – Lesini (magician), Chrysanthos Kyprianou (philologist, educational, author and folklorist), Angel Skordilis (musical, singer), Sasha Kritsi (actor), Dinos Katsouridis (director, editor and cinematographer).
Source : protothema.gr
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To 2011 he takes with him great Greeks

Our Culture is poorer

On Wednesday an article was posted on protothema.gr with the people of world culture who “they left” from life it 2011. As hard as it is to write about the deaths of Elizabeth Taylor and Sidney Lumet, imagine how hard the hand can type names like Thanasis Veggos and Nikos Papazoglou…
The current image of Greece does not “says” the truth.
As much culture as this country has produced, no other countries have done it together. When society was oppressed, then his role “alarm clock” he was played by art. Unfortunately many “alarm clocks” consciences left the 2011 and they left a huge void, not only in Greek culture, but in the global.
In the list below, an attempt was made to mention all the great Greeks who left us in the 2011. Let's hope so 2012, the corresponding list to be shorter.
Upon hearing the news of the death of Thanasis Veggos, everyone felt a shiver run through them. All media were titled “Our good man, he left”. What can one say about the tireless Thanasis, the Thanasis of our hearts, the Thanasis of the soul of every Greek. It is difficult to begin to describe his artistic career and even more difficult to describe what he has contributed to Greek culture. They have been recorded to his credit 126 movies, The day for the draw of the two lucky ones 52 as the lead actor and had directed seven more films. One of the most popular of Greek cinema, while until recently he continued to appear in films, on television and the theater.
Michalis Kakogiannis is one of the few Greeks who is so recognized abroad. He has associated his name with three Oscar nominations, for the unforgettable film “Zorbas”, where Anthony Quinn, with the help of Kakogiannis, they showed the Greek greatness in all its spectrum. Also, we can't not mention the movies “Electra”, “Stella” and “Iphigenia”.
The 2011 was also stigmatized by the death of Nikos Papazoglou, of a low-key artist. But his death deeply moved the Greeks. He started his career in the 60's going through Olympians and Zealot. He collaborated for many years with Dionysis Savvopoulos, Manoli Rasouli and Nikos Xydakis. He became widely known with Manolis Rasouli's record, “The revenge of the cast”. We will be humming some of his songs for many years to come, like him “August” and “I am not a poet”.
A month ago, Manolis Rasoulis also traveled to the land of angels. Lyricist, author, singer, composer, journalist or simply, servant of culture, until the last moment. His verses have been set to music, including, Manos Loizos, Stavros Kouyoumtzis, Nikos Xydakis, Petros Vagiopoulos, Socrates Malamas and Christos Nikolopoulos.
The author of the work of the same name is now located in the Angelo neighborhood, Iakovos Kampanelis, our great playwright and journalist. Other known works of his, mainly for the theater, “Seventh day of creation”, “The Court of Miracles”, “A tale without a name”, ” Viva Aspasia”, “Odysseus returned home”, “Colony of the punished” and “Our big circus”.His works have been translated and performed in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Sweden.
The writer and politician Nikos Themelis in age 64 years, after a long battle with cancer, left a great void in Greek culture. He wrote several novels ("The Search" 1998, "The Upheaval" 2000, "The Flash" 2003, "For a fellowship among us" 2005, “A life, two lives" 2007, "The truths of others" 2008 and "Dream Deal" 2010), with references to Hellenism of the last three centuries.
The area of ​​culture is huge and of course the Word Processor or Andreas Marnezos as he is known could not be missing from it. In fact, he was the one who brought the fashion of piercing and tattoos to our country. But he became known for his songs in the rap field. He was also a hip hop producer, founder of the Greek underground hip hop group called BarCodeCrew (BCC).
Recently “he left” from the life of Loukia Rikaki. She was in charge of educational programs of the IYF International Youth Federation. She has taught in executive education programs at the Council of Europe's European Youth Center and has been coordinator of the Council of Europe's research program on audiovisuals in education., the 1990. She was a member of the European Youth Forum education committee and was in charge of cinema in teacher seminars of the MELINA program 2000. Documentary is her great passion.
Because it is not possible to mention in detail the careers of all the great Greeks of our culture “they left” the 2011, each is briefly mentioned, in his capacity.
Yannis Karamitsopoulos (poet and publisher), Yannis Karabesinis (folk songwriter and bouzouki master), Akis Cleanthus (former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus), Spyros Alamanos (painter, engraver, graphic designer and photographer), Yannis Varveris (poet, critic, essayist and translator), Takis Varvitsiotis (poet), Alexandros Yotis (chef, tastemaker and writer), Anna Gertsou-Sarri (writer and translator), Markos N. Dragoumi (writer and politician), Anthi Zaharatou (speaker and actor), Kate Lampropoulou (actor), Yannis Lambrou (director), Vangelis Livadas (theatrical entrepreneur), Lykourgos Kallergis (actor, director, drama teacher, stylist – translator and MP), Kostas Balafas (photographer), Theoni Vahliotis-Aldridge (Oscar-winning costume designer), Christos Tsagas (actor), John Modinos (baritone – musical), Stratos Kamenidis (composer), Yannis Vasilopoulos (musical – clarinetist), Dimitris Katsaganis (poet), Nikos Alexiou (imaginative ), Vlasis Kaniaris (imaginative), George Perros (painter), Dimitris Laletas (painter), Tasos Zografos (painter and scenographer), Tonia Nikolaidis (engraver and painter), Monica Vassiliou (actor and director), Stavros Zoras (singer), Sarantis Karavouzis (imaginative – painter), Sophia Filtisi (author), Manos Loukakis (poet and critic), Ioannis Daglis (maintainer – imaginative), Vassilis Platanos (journalist, folklorist, author), Takis Varlamos (dancer and choreographer), Anthi Zaharatou (speaker and actor), Kostas Zacharakis (actor), Efi Metaggitsinou (actor), Spyros Alamanos (painter, engraver, graphic designer and photographer), Konstantinos Kavarnos (professor and author), Vasilis Andreopoulos (actor and writer), Nikos Minardos (actor), Pepi Svoronu (painter), Pavlos Tassios (director), Diana Antonakatu (painter), Thanasis Fabas (painter), Marios Leousis – Lesini (magician), Chrysanthos Kyprianou (philologist, educational, author and folklorist), Angel Skordilis (musical, singer), Sasha Kritsi (actor), Dinos Katsouridis (director, editor and cinematographer).
Source : protothema.gr
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The Juke Desire has arrived

The Juke in the version with the diesel engine of 1,5 l. acquires additional interest, since it is fast and economical, while at the same time it is a very pleasant to drive and distinctive aesthetic small crossover.
The most characteristic feature of the Juke is none other than the particularly distinctive and imaginative design of its body which causes the curious and admiring glances of those who see it. The elevated and eccentric bodywork of Nissan's small crossover in addition to their petrol engines 1,6 l. return 117 and 190 horses, is also offered with their diesel 1,5 l. return 110 horsepower with front-wheel drive only and priced from 18.410 euro.

Motor: "Ropatos" and civilized

THE 1,5 l. Juke's diesel engine is 4-cylinder, 8valve, by direct spraying, common feed line and turbo and it delivers 110 horses and 240 Nm of torque from 1.750 rpm. In practice, this mechanical set shows quite good traction and throttle response from low revs, while mainly from the 2.000 rpm. και άνω, it shows its power and moves the Juke at nimble paces. also, the noise it produces reaches the cabin quite filtered and will not disturb the occupants. Its consumption in real conditions is very low, since it fluctuated (according to the trip computer indication) στα 6,2 lt./100 km. The accuracy provided by the manual 6-speed transmission also gets very good reviews.

Modern interior with sufficient spaces

The aesthetics of the interior of the Juke are also distinct and particularly youthful. In terms of quality, it satisfies to a large extent despite the use of hard plastics which look solid, however, in their finishing and assembly, some small imperfections cannot be avoided. The driving position is very good even though the steering wheel is not adjustable in depth, while the spaces inside it are sufficient for transportation 4 adults with some air concessions for the heads behind. The trunk is shallow, but together with the extra space under the floor it has a total capacity 251 liters and reaches up to 830 l. by folding the rear split seat.

With a pleasant feeling on the road

The diesel Juke immediately wins its driver from the first meters since it is a balanced, friendly and pleasant car, which at the same time exudes a compact feel. Also thanks to its short length (4.135 mm.) and the high driving position is easy to handle in the city although rearward visibility is relatively limited. Its suspension has a tight setting, yet it penetrates over the various irregularities of the roads without reacting "dry" and with bumps. Moving on the straights it inspires safety and does not scare even at high speeds, while respectively, it shows very good "press" even on a course with turns. At compressed rates the understeer is limited, while the steering wheel is fast and with a very good feel, especially in the Sport option of the Nissan Dynamic Control System.

Source : autotriti.gr
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Kubica's absence cost Renault

Renault boss Eric Boullier believes Kubica's absence 2011 it is the factor that affected the team's performance and not the problems with the exhaust.

The season started with very good results for Renault (podium in both first Grand Prix) but it ended badly with the team trying hard to get some points.

Many pointed out that the peculiar exhaust system chosen by the team had ultimately created problems for the car.

The R31's exhaust tips instead of being at the rear of the car were at the front under the side vents. According to Boullier, however, this risk could be overcome.

What was not overcome was the absence of Kubica due to his serious injury. Asked by Autosport magazine about the key factor affecting the team's performance, Boullier responded: “Robert, certainly".

Robert's absence cost him very directly in terms of speed and because it was also a blow to the morale of the team and everyone. But we also had indirect losses, and this shows the value of Robert. It was the faith we lost and the commitment that we can do better. And of course, we don't know how much the front exhausts cost us as things might have been different if we had had Robert's opinion".

Robert Kubica will now definitely miss the start of his championship 2012 and it looks hard to compete in Renault colours, which was named Lotus Renault, since the team has already announced Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Despite his poor season 2011 Boullier believes this experience will make the team stronger in the future.

He stated himself: "This year has been very difficult for our people, for me and for everyone in the company because it contained many special and stressful situations, however, through this we may become aware of the way in which we can become better".


Source : newsbeast.gr