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Maria Papanagiotaki and Aristotle Skalizos, part of Greece's young professional class. They have been dating for more than two years but have different views on whether to stay in Greece or leave for opportunities elsewhere.

Dilemma for Greek youth: Fight or flee

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/13/business/greek-bailout-generation
Documentaries

Crisis in Greece: Anarchists in the Birthplace of Democracy

Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 14 July 16, 2012 08:00 AM Age: 259 days http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=39613&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=6168477e7707ff2cafb4d4d605887660
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alcohol — not marijuana — is the gateway drug that leads adolescents down the path toward more serious substances, a new University of Florida study shows. http://news.ufl.edu/2012/07/10/alcohol-gateway/

University of Florida News – UF study shows long-term drug abuse starts with alcohol

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/11/pirate-bay-ban Sweden's Pirate party chairman and founder Rickard Falkvinge at a political rally in Stockholm. Photograph: Scanpix Sweden/Reuters

Why we are breaking the Pirate Bay ban | Loz Kaye | Comment is free

Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla! | GeekMom

I was wearing my newest Tesla t-shirt when a guy on the street stopped me to say “Tesla? http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/07/happy-birthday-nikola-tesla/
One step towards making taking improving your health and well being is taking control over it and making sure you keep an eye on your performance, exercise, and diet. One of the best ways to do that is to sign up for a site or service to help you track your progress to your health goals. Thankfully, there are plenty of sites to help.

Five Best Fitness Tracking Web Sites and Services

http://lifehacker.com/5841439/five-best-fitness-tracking-web-sites-and-services
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-pushes-for-more-scientists-but-the-jobs-arent-there/2012/07/07/gJQAZJpQUW_story_2.html

U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there

Until recently, Amaral, the neuroscientist, was one of perhaps 100,000 scientists — the figures are fuzzy — in the United States working as a post-doc. After earning her expensive doctorate in neuroscience over seven years, which she financed by working and drawing down her savings, Amaral spent a year counting blips on a computer screen for another scientist.
Posted on: July 6, 2012 at 4:11pm — By: Kyle Federal agencies can no longer buy Apple products for their offices. According to a recent announcement , Apple will be pulling all of their products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), the leading green consumer electronics standard.

Apple Ditches Green Standard, Cuts Off Federal Agencies from Apple Products | iFixit

Posted on: June 14, 2012 at 2:52pm — By: Kyle This article originally ran with Wired .

The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable | iFixit