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At a time when evidence suggests that people in New York City are smoking less, eating better and biking more, one health statistic that has not budged is the abortion rate.
Two of every five pregnancies in the city end in abortion, a statistic that has barely changed in more than a decade. At a news conference last month, Timothy M. Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, called the city's 41 percent abortion rate "downright chilling." And on Thursday, State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx brought up the figure repeatedly as he urged a group of anti-abortion ministers to spread the word that abortion was nothing less than an attack on minorities.
"They might think that we will take over, and that they've got to stop us," said Mr. Díaz, who also is a minister. "What they did, they are killing black and Hispanic children."
Nationally, the issue is receiving a new round of attention, with numerous state legislatures and the House considering bills that would add restrictions on abortion, and Planned Parenthood was recently a target of undercover videos by an anti-abortion group.
But city health officials and groups that support access to abortion say that behind the 41 percent statistic — nearly twice the national rate — are complex social and legal factors: fewer obstacles to abortion in state law; the absence of mandatory sex education in New York City public schools; the ignorance of people, especially young ones, about where to get affordable birth control; and the ambivalence of young women living in poverty and in unstable relationships about when and whether to have children.Continue reading the main story
And although the percentage of pregnancies that end in abortion is basically unchanged, a particularly vulnerable group, teenagers, is having fewer babies and fewer abortions.
The hand-wringing has led to a rare moment of synchronicity between the Catholic Church and pro-choice women's groups, as both say they are disturbed that the rate is so high, but disagree over what to do about it.
"Listening to Archbishop Dolan, I took a little bit of comfort in that he recognizes it is important to bring this rate down," said Joan Malin, president of Planned Parenthood of New York City. But, she added, "The way we think about these issues is to really step back a bit and say that the major concern or the underlying issue that we think is so important is the high rate of unintended pregnancies."
The issue came to light with the city health department's recent release of its annual Vital Statistics report, which showed that 41 percent of pregnancies, excluding miscarriages, in 2009 ended in abortion.
Health experts say the abortion rate is tied to factors like race and income.
"If you look at the pregnancy rates by race and ethnicity in New York City versus nationally, they are essentially the same for black and Hispanic teenagers, and lower for whites," said Susan Craig, a spokeswoman for the city's health department.
There were 126,774 births, 11,620 miscarriages and 87,273 abortions in New York City in 2009. Despite the contention of some critics that New York, with its liberal abortion laws, is a destination state for abortion, nonresidents accounted for only about 7,000 of these abortions. (Factoring out nonresidents does not alter the 41 percent abortion rate, because 10,000 nonresidents also gave birth in the city.)
The little-changed abortion rate figure is a commonly cited statistic. But it masks large changes in fertility among teenagers.
Since 1996, the number of babies born to teenagers has fallen by 39 percent. The number of abortions has fallen by more than 16 percent, even though the population of teenagers has risen modestly. Ninety percent of the teenage mothers were not married, according to health department estimates.
In that age group in 2009, the rate of abortions was strikingly high for blacks (74 percent), followed by whites (66 percent) and Hispanics (53 percent). The rate was also very high for Asians (74 percent), though they were much less likely to become pregnant.
The drop in teenage pregnancies and abortions, however, was not enough to significantly alter the overall abortion rate. Most abortions, like most pregnancies, occurred among women in their 20s. Women in their 30s had abortions 29 percent of the time, and women 40 and older about a third of the time. Unmarried women accounted for 84 percent of abortions in 2009.
New York State law does not place as many restrictions on abortion as laws in some other states, like requiring parental consent for minors, or requiring women to undergo counseling that discourages abortion or to go through a waiting period.
According to Rachel Jones, a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues, the high rate of unwed pregnancy and abortion among poor women is a sign of ambivalence. They are torn, she said, between the desire to have a baby and the realization that it would be hard to bring up a child as a single mother.
"In the U.S., most women want to have kids," Ms. Jones said. "If you don't have a lot of money, when is the responsible time to say, Now I want to have a child? How long are you supposed to put this off?"
That inner conflict could be seen recently in several women coming out of Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Center, a family planning and abortion clinic in Greenwich Village.
A 17-year-old girl there to pick up a friend said she had had an abortion in May. It was her second; the first was when she was 15. The girl said she sometimes used condoms. "But I wasn't using them when I got pregnant," she said. "I might use them more now, but I don't know." Like the other women outside the clinic, she asked not to be named to preserve her privacy.
A 20-year-old woman being helped by two male friends said she had her first abortion at 16, and also had a 7-month-old child. "It was an accident," the woman said. "I used a condom every time, but I already have a kid, and I'm not ready for another one."
Another woman, who was 22, said she had become pregnant after not using birth control because a doctor had told her she was infertile. "I've always been against abortion," the woman, who lives on Staten Island, said. "But if I had a kid now, it would have a terrible life. I'd rather wait."
The health department distributes a pocket-size guide to clinics where teenagers can get medical care and low-cost or free contraception (information that is also available through the city's 311 hot line).
It has provided training in issues like protecting confidentiality and dispensing contraception to 50 clinics serving 32,000 teenagers a year in the neighborhoods with the highest pregnancy rates among teenagers.
School-based classes use role-playing to help teenagers "learn how to negotiate maybe saying, I don't want to have sex," said Deborah Kaplan, assistant commissioner of the health department's bureau of maternal, infant and reproductive health.
Condoms are distributed through health offices at every public high school, Ms. Kaplan said.
Archbishop Dolan agreed to speak out with other religious leaders at a news conference last month at the invitation of the Chiaroscuro Foundation, an anti-abortion group coordinated by an investment banker active in conservative causes, according to the archbishop's spokesman, Joseph Zwilling.
The archbishop "reaffirmed and was looking to spread the word as well of the archdiocese's longstanding commitment that any woman who is pregnant and in need can come to the Archdiocese of New York for assistance," Mr. Zwilling said.
On Thursday, Senator Díaz, who, like the archbishop, advocates abstinence and not condom use, called abortion "a business," and his wife, Leslie, said that handing out condoms to teenagers promoted promiscuity. "Abortion is the law of the land, and there's nothing we can do about that," she said. "But we can try and reduce the number, and that's what our main goal is: to make it rare."Continue reading the main story


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Governor Jerry Brown and his decades-long friends and allies at the United Farm Workers have made up. In a way. For now.
Two months ago, I wrote here on the Huffington Post about the seeming mystery of why Brown vetoed the farm worker bill, which would have allowed unionization to occur in the fields through so-called card check legislation.
This would have provided certification of the union as the bargaining agent for workers at a given location or set of locations once a majority of workers there signed cards authorizing the union to represent them. The UFW says this is necessary because growers have too many opportunities to intimidate farm workers into voting against unionization.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg joined United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez and other UFW members to deliver card check legislation to Assembly Speaker John Perez this past spring. Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bill.
As I noted, many were surprised by Brown's veto, given his long history with the farm worker movement. Which was even more extensive than reported.
The UFW has been a staple of every one of Brown's campaigns, an immediate "of course" endorser and provider of ground troops and liberal cachet. When Cesar Chavez died in 1993, I remember talking with Brown as he helped carry Chavez's casket in the long funeral procession. Brown spoke later as one of the eulogists, and old girlfriend Linda Ronstadt appeared.
When Brown vetoed the card check bill, UFW members gathered outside his office late at night, urging him to come out and engage in dialogue with them. He demurred. The union leaders then decided to up the pressure campaign on their old friend.
Last month, the United Farm Workers began a march up the Central Valley to pressure Brown on the vetoed card check legislation. It culminated with a noontime rally Sunday at the Capitol.
The core group of marchers took nearly two weeks to march nearly 200 miles from Madera. On Sunday morning, they joined up with supporters and other farm workers bused in for the occasion and marched about a mile from a downtown Sacramento park at 8th and T to the North steps of the state Capitol, a rally venue I'm very familiar with.
About 1500 UFW members and supporters were on hand to hear United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez, looking a little drawn from yet another peregrination, and state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg discuss the unsuccessful struggle for card check legislation, and the successful bid for compromise legislation to aid the union with recalcitrant growers.
The canny Brown negotiated new legislation that allows the UFW some progress without granting its card check goal, thus turning what would otherwise have been a protest of his policies into a somewhat muted celebration.
Rather than coming in for condemnation, Brown was the subject of some praise, albeit rather muted, such that he did not put in a rumored appearance.
Because in the end the UFW definitely wants the card check legislation, under which the union would be certified upon gaining a majority of workers signing union cards. So the rally was an intriguing blend of applause and challenge for its longtime friend and ally, California's new/renewed governor.
"We marched to Sacramento and Governor Brown listened," UFW President Arturo Rodriguez declared to the crowd, speaking in both English and Spanish.
Brown's compromise proposal "will significantly advance the cause of fair treatment for farm workers," Rodriguez said.
"While we celebrate our success today, we will never rest until all farm workers are accorded the opportunity for a better life," Steinberg declared ringingly, with the crowd cheering, especially as his remarks were translated into Spanish.
The bill introduced by Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat, expected to pass this week, would provide for immediate certification of the union if the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) finds that grower violations of elections processes affected the vote.
It also would accelerate a sometimes dilatory process negotiations after elections, shorten the mediation process around contracts, and empower the general counsel of the ALRB to take legal action in the courts to reinstate workers fired as part of union election campaigns.
As for the card check legislation, I expect Brown to name a task force to fully study the issue. I don't expect him to sign card check any time soon.
For one thing, as I discussed here in July, Brown believes that the law that he enacted in 1975, which enabled the UFW to flourish for a time, still has potential.
For another, he is working on developing a business-labor coalition to push for needed revenues and reforms in the 2012 elections. If he approves card check, which has been a top national goal for labor for the last several years, on which it has gotten nowhere, that's the camel's nose under the tent. He would immediately find himself under great pressure to approve it for other workers. And that would be that for what he sees as a needed coalition in the 2012 elections.
But his coalition with elements of the business community bore little fruit when he needed it in the big budget battle early this year.
So Brown will talk with some of his advisors after the state legislature finally ends its yearly session late Friday about what worked and what did not in this first year, so far, of his new/renewed governorship.
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Malley Scores on Runs of 50 and 77; Williams Hauls in 49-yard TD Pass
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University scored three touchdowns covering 49 yards or more in the first half, including runs of 50 yards and 77 yards by Terrell Malley (So., TB, Portland, OR/Roosevelt HS), starting the Bearcats on their way to a 42-24 victory over Southern Oregon University on Saturday, Sept. 18 at McCulloch Stadium.
Willamette, ranked #13 in NCAA Division III, improved to 2-1. SOU, ranked #24 in the NAIA, fell to 2-1.
Malley ended the game with eight carries for 170 yards and his two first-half scores for the Bearcats. Brian Widing (So., QB, Oregon City, OR/Canby Union HS) completed 6 of 8 passes for 127 yards. He threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Matt Williams (So., FL, Encinitas, CA/La Costa Canyon HS) midway through the first quarter.
The Bearcats led 21-10 at the intermission and led by at least 11 points throughout the second half. Willamette finished with 432 total yards on just 56 offensive plays, including 305 rushing yards on 46 carries (6.6 avg.). Southern Oregon gained 415 yards on 80 offensive plays.
Southern Oregon drove 73 yards on 10 plays to open the game and take a 7-0 lead. The key play occurred on 3rd-and-8 at the SOU 44, when quarterback Mike McDonald completed a 43-yard pass to Vance Beach. The play brought the Raiders to the WU 13-yard line. Isiah Watson caught a 9-yard touchdown pass three plays later. Tyler Crowley kicked the extra point.
The Bearcats needed just four plays to tie the game, despite starting at their own 23. On the second play, Widing connected with Scott Schoettgen (Sr., WR, Columbia, CA/Sonora HS) for an 18-yard pass completion. Two plays later, SOU missed a coverage assignment, and Widing hit a very wide open Williams for a 49-yard score. Kyle Derby converted the PAT.
WU's next possession was even shorter. On the third play, Malley broke through the middle and cut outside to start a 50-yard touchdown run with 3:10 left in the opening quarter. Willamette remained in front 14-7 when the game moved into the second quarter.
Malley's second touchdown covered 77 yards and completed a three-play, 92-yard drive with 9:51 left in the first half. For most of the run, Malley carried the ball down the sideline, but he managed to narrowly avoid two tacklers near the SOU 20-yard line. He cut toward the middle of the field, and then heading into the end zone.
The Raiders drove to the WU 25-yard line on the ensuing possession, but they were unable to score. Crowley missed a 42-yard field goal attempt.
On the next play, Willamette lost a fumble. Again the defense held and forced SOU to punt. The Bearcats had the ball for just one play, as James Wheeler caused a fumble by Schoettgen at the end of a 34-yard pass play. Sam Latham recovered the ball for Southern Oregon.
This time, SOU drove from its own 44 to the WU 9-yard line before settling for a 24-yard field goal by Crowley. The kick cut Willamette's lead to 21-10.
After forcing Willamette to punt, the Raiders took over at the SOU 48 with eight seconds left. A 13-yard pass to Beach was followed by an incomplete pass. On the final play of the half, McDonald threw the ball deep into a group of players near the goal line.
Watson caught the ball at the WU 2, but the half expired on the play. SOU also was flagged for an illegal formation on the play, but the Bearcats declined the penalty to end the half.
Each team turned the ball over on its first two possessions of the second half. The teams survived the first three turnovers, but the fourth, a fumble by SOU running back Brandon Baldwin was returned for a touchdown. Dominic David (So., S, Keizer, OR/South Salem HS/Portland State Univ.) forced the fumble. Taylor grabbed the ball and dashed 19 yards for the score.
Willamette's Cody Pastorino (So., S, Glenn, CA/Willows HS) and Jordan Weil (So., ILB, Sammamish, WA/Skyline HS) each intercepted a pass later in the third quarter. Weil's pick-off led to a WU touchdown 11 plays, 57 yards and 6:41 later, when Jose Green (Sr., TB, Downey, CA/Warren HS) scored on a 20-yard run with 10:22 left.
Trailing 35-10, SOU responded with a nine-play drive that used just 2:50 off the clock. McDonald finished the drive by hitting Danny Keenan with a 5-yard touchdown pass. After forcing WU to punt, the Raiders added another nine-play drive. Keenan hauled in a 9-yard scoring strike from McDonald to end the drive and pull SOU within 35-24.
WU completed the scoring on its next possession following an onside kick. On the eighth play of the drive, Jake Turner (So., FL, Ontario, OR/Ontario HS) scored on a 3-yard run with 2:33 left.
Malley's 170 yards set a career high and represented his first 100-yard game for the Bearcats. WU's rushing attack also included 41 yards on nine carries by Jamiere Abney (So., TB, Bremerton, WA/Bremerton HS) and 26 yards on five carries by fullback Aaron Cavette (Sr., Port Townsend, WA/Port Townsend HS). Overall, 10 Bearcats contributed to the running game.
For Southern Oregon, McDonald completed 25 of 42 passes for 349 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions and was sacked four times. Back-up quarterback Paul Sweeney was 1 of 4 for 15 yards. Vance Beach led SOU in receiving with eight catches for 187 yards. The Raiders rushed for just 51 yards on 33 carries.
There were a total of nine turnovers in the wet and rainy conditions. Southern Oregon lost the ball five times, while Willamette threw one interception and lost three fumbles.
Ralph Pineda (Sr., ILB, Los Angeles, CA/Cathedral HS/San Jose State Univ.) led Willamette's defense with 10 total tackles. Walter Robinson II (Sr., DE, Altadena, CA/Cathedral HS) added nine tackles, including two tackles for losses and a sack.
In addition to scoring for the Bearcats on a fumble return, Taylor also intercepted a pass and registered eight tackles. Weil and Matt Parr (So., ILB, Lihue, HI/Kauai HS) also earned eight tackles apiece.
J.T. Gilmore was SOU's top tackler with 12 stops (7 solo, 5 assists), including three tackles for losses. Kalli Robinson provided the Raiders with eight tackles.
The Bearcats have an open date next weekend. Willamette will open Northwest Conference play against Linfield College on Saturday, Oct. 2. Game time in McMinnville, Ore., is set for 1:30 p.m.
NOTE: The photos included with this story were taken by Naomi Stukey. The photo of Terrell Malley was shot last season. All of the remaining photos were taken during Saturday's game between Willamette and Southern Oregon.
BOX SCOREWillamette University 42
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'Celebrations can wait; important we finish well'
Bikash Mohapatra reports from The Oval.
Three down, one to go! That is how England is looking at the fourth Test, at The Oval, starting Thursday.
The home team, having scored comprehensive victories at Lord's, Trent Bridge and Edgbaston, and usurped the No.1 Test ranking from the visitors, are looking to finish the series on a strong note. And, needless to say, they are leaving no stone unturned to achieve that end.
"Having achieved the No.1 ranking is a nice feeling, but it is something that we are focusing on. It has not been the talk in the changing room. It is important that we finish well," explained Graeme Swann.
The spinner proceeded to elaborate his point, citing a recent example.
"We want to do justice to ourselves in the last game. We did that very well in the winter, in the Ashes," he continued.
"After we had regained the Ashes in Melbourne, we went on to give our best performance in the last Test at Sydney. That is something we want to emulate here," he added.
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'The Oval is going to be a good batting wicket'
The 32-year-old said in order to ensure a positive result at The Oval, England has to continue doing what they did so well thus far.
"I think the best thing we have done in the series so far is to keep India down below 300 every time we have bowled," he explained.
"Going into the series not many people gave us a chance to do it. I think that is why we should try and do it again."
Swann was quick to point out that The Oval wicket may not be conducive for the same.
"We know The Oval is going to be a good batting wicket. It always is. So we have our work cut out. Besides, they [India] will turn out on Thursday and want to beat us.
"We have to play exceptionally well to match them or even better them. If we can maintain the standards we have set so far, I am sure we can do it."
Image: Swann celebrates running out Sachin Tendulkar during Day 4 of the third Test
'Any plaudits can be saved till we get ourselves some break in November'
The fact that it will be the last home Test for England for some time to come, also serves as an inspiration for the team, feels Swann.
"It is the last Test match for a while, till January, and it would be nice to sign off on a winning note," he said, adding, "We have had some exceptional cricket in the last 18 to 24 months and it would be a shame to ruin it. So we look to make it a good five days."
Should England win at The Oval too, it will be their first whitewash over India since 1974 (when they won 3-0). Besides, it would be the perfect way to celebrate their ascent to the top of the world Test rankings.
"We always celebrate wins of this magnitude very heavily. I think it is good for team bonding.
"But we are not thinking this series is over. Any plaudits can be saved till we get ourselves some break in November," he concluded.
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Sabah Adventure Challenge is South East Asia's premier multi-day adventure race, founded in 1998 by an experienced team of adventure racing competitors in the heart of North Borneo.
Founded on the principles of competing with the ultimate ambition of finishing an adventure race set in mystical North Borneo, Sabah, land below the wind where the mighty crocker range mountains divide the coast of Sabah and the interior of North Borneo. Mount Kinabalu, South East Asia's highest mountain dominates in the background as competitors compete from dawn to dusk, and sometimes into the night to complete each day's adventure be it on mountain bike, on foot or rafting down cold, magical rivers and through native villages.
Teams are required to be self-sufficient and to compete by navigating with map and compass from check point to check point, as well as taking on the challenge of the natural jungle landscape and surrounding mountain ranges that dominate the West Coast of Sabah.
Each year, the race directors look at new ideas and formats to ensure each year's challenge is slightly different from the previous year's event, ensuring varying difficulty and challenges for competitors who do return year after year to compete and to take on the challenge of completing an SAC. Teams are required to carry adequate food and water as well as a list of equipment on their mandatory kit list as they are transported to the starting location each morning and then back to their accommodations at the end of the day.
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Competitors leave Sabah with experiences to talk about for years and memories of a challenge to last a life time having completed an adventure race covering 150 kilometers over three days.
This is, the Sabah Adventure Challenge.
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- The Sabah Adventure Challenge is South East Asia's oldest, established multi-day adventure race.
- The Sabah Adventure Challenge is a 150 Kilometer, multi-day adventure race with competitors completing the race course on foot, on mountain bike or by rafting down rivers in order to complete each day's race course, navigating themselves from check point to checkpoint independently.
- There is only one category and all competitors compete on the same race course.
- The youngest competitor ever to compete and complete the Sabah Adventure Challenge was 14 years and 4 months of age but approval to compete is based on an individual by individual basis. All competitors must be at least 18 years of age upon registration to compete in Sabah Adventure Challenge.
- Cut-off times are designed to ensure competitors are able to keep a steady pace during the event and to allow teams to comfortably finish an Sabah Adventure Challenge day by day.
- The completion rate of a Sabah Adventure Challenge is 60% with 40% finishing in "elite" times, and the remaining 60% finishing within the maximum time allocated each day within cut-off times. The average age of competitors is around 33.
- 90% percent of competitors are male; 10% are female.
- Competitors come from more than 18 countries with a large number from Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The fastest completion time on average for an SAC is an accumulated time of about around 19 hours and the slowest being 40 hours.
- Competitors for the most part fly out to Sabah to complete the event as the organizers do not offer cash prizes for winners or competitors who complete the event. All competitors who complete the entire race course are awarded official race completion medals by the founder and race director, Claus Pedersen during the event dinner at the race.


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by: Tara Fuller
Enhanced waters — they're everywhere, and according to Dr. Donald Shifrin of Pediatric Associates in Bellevue and member of the American Pediatrics Association, kids don't know how to drink water anymore.
"We find kids don't like to drink water because they're not use to it" Shifrin said, adding that there's just so many juice boxes and drinks, Kool-Aid and POG to name a few — and "they're all sugar."
Bottled water enhanced with vitamins, herbs, antioxidants and fiber are responsible for 30 percent of beverage sales last year, according to Nutrition Action Health letter this past June. "No wonder Coca-Cola bought VitaminWater, PepsiCo acquired SoBe and Cadbury Schweppes snapped up Snapple," it wrote.
The problem, said Shifrin, is kids just don't like any other drinks, so when you go to any Little League game, lacrosse, soccer, etc., "what you see is Propel, Gatorade — all the stuff filled with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) because it's supposed to be good for you."
Trans fats are bad, and because labels are now required to list them, just about everybody knows they are not good for you. But because HFCS hasn't received the same notoriety, people are still confused about it — some may hear the word corn and actually think it's natural or even good for you.
But according to health professionals such as nutritionist and college professor Jean McCurry, "It's nasty stuff."
The problem with HFCS, she said, is that unlike glucose (sugar) which is broken down by the entire body's cells for energy, HFCS is only broken down by the liver. So in addition to sugar spikes that are shown to be linked with diabetes II, the largest organ in the body is required to work harder than it should — aging an organ that is vital for life.
Some drinks such as VitaminWater now uses an ingredient called crystalline fructose to replace HFCS. But don't be fooled, McCurry added. Crystalline fructose contains near 99 percent fructose compared to only 50 to 80 percent in HFCS—making your liver work even harder.
Shifrin said if you're thinking you're doing your body any good by drinking water enhanced with vitamins, think again, because it has at most only 25 percent of your RDA and is essentially "the same as spraying your cereal with vitamins."
"It's basically flavored water," said Shifrin. He suggested that those who want flavored water should mix water with cranberry or orange juice because it's much healthier.
Another ingredient parents should keep an eye out for, said Shifrin, is guarana.
Guarana is advertised as a natural source of caffeine as well as having health benefits. But throughout the U.S. it has been linked with reports of nausea, abnormal heart rhythms and ADHD, according to health professionals.
Although makers of drinks enhanced with guarana argue that a serving of their drinks is no more harmful than a cup of coffee, the problem is these drinks are bottled with a lot more than single-serving size.
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We've just returned from a three day driving trip along the Causeway and the Glens, Northern Ireland with Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. It's easily the most iconic scenic stretch in Northern Ireland which encompasses the world famous Giants Causeway and several filming locations for the hit TV series Game of Thrones.
Flying into Belfast and staying at the Roe Park Resort we explored the Causeway Coastal Route (a 120-mile Causeway Coastal Route driving route from Belfast to Derry-Londonderry), tasted a warming whiskey at Bushmill's Distillery, tackled the hair-raising Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, strolled around the tranquil Roe Valley Country Park, saw the key filming locations for Game of Thrones and of course, scaled the epic Giants Causeway. A place carved and formed around 60 million years ago this is where myth, legends, a rich varied history and natural scenery – which literally took our breath away – rule. Here's our Causeway and the Glens experience in BIG pictures….
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Best known in the street art movement for his ubiquitous flower image, De Feo has been creating illegal art on international city streets for over 20 years. Not limited to the streets as his canvas, his work has also appeared in more than 120 galleries and museums throughout the world.
He has been featured in 36 books, 6 documentaries (including an appearance in Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop) and in countless media outlets including The New York Times, TIME and The London Sunday Times Magazine. De Feo authored the award-winning children's book, Alphabet City: Out on the Streets. He employs NYC as his canvas and uses paintings on the streets of Manhattan to illustrate each letter of the alphabet.
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Beatrice is 17 she lives in Western Kenya. Many women with fistula suffer for years or decades before they are able to access surgical treatment. Fortunately for Beatrice, who was 16 when she developed fistula, it was less than a month before she received treatment at the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Beatrice developed fistula after laboring at home for two days in the presence of a traditional birth attendant.
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The distance to the hospital was too far for Beatrice to travel, and she stayed at home until her situation was becoming life-threatening. By the time Beatrice arrived at the hospital the baby was stillborn and she had started leaking urine uncontrollably. She also developed foot-drop, which made it difficult and painful for her to walk, as a result of nerve damage caused during the prolonged, obstructed labor.
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This year's Communication Arts Illustration Annual (July issue) is out and about, filled with incredible work and some pretty nifty articles. Every year we enter this competition and generally always get several pieces in. I can boast about this since it has nothing to do with me, and since our artists are so rarely boastful of their own accord.
This year we had some trouble around the time of CA's call for entries, and were unable to enter many pieces that our artists created over the past year. Juror Liz Hale and Editor Patrick Coyne graciously acknowledged this fact in the Editor's Column (p.149). Our artists, however, did manage to enter some pieces on their own, and so there is still a nice sampling in the magazine of some of the stellar work that they do.
Check out Sterling Hundley (pp.17, 67), Mark Summers (p.72), James Bennett (p.75) Ted Wright (p.83), John Mattos (p.85), Gary Kelley (p.101), and a pirate-y spread by Gregory Manchess, (pp.110-111)


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HP TouchPad, the first device other than a handset to feature webOS, aptly demonstrates the promise and perils of HP's adopted operating system. The 4:3 tablet provides the large canvas that webOS seemed born to cover. However, like the Xoom and PlayBook before it, the TouchPad suffers from an impoverished app library among other holes. To help share development costs of webOS and expand the market for its developers, HP has warmed to the idea of licensing the Palm-developed operating system.
HP's willingness to license webOS while continuing to make devices based on the operating system serves up a healthy helping of déjà vu for those who followed the history of Palm, Inc. The PDA pioneer sought to take advantage of its dominance in handhelds, and stave off rival Pocket PCs powered by Windows CE, by licensing the Palm operating system while continuing to use it.
The decision proved to be Palm's short-term salvation and long-term ruin. One of the first companies to license the Palm OS was Handspring, founded by former Palm executives. Handspring created the Treo, which became Palm's entry into smartphones when Palm acquired Handspring. A few other companies licensed the Palm OS for smartphones, including Kyocera and Samsung, but the inherent conflict created by competing with licensees forced Palm to spin Palm OS out into a company called PalmSource, which folded three years later.


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The BCCM/DCG public collection is the only culture collection worldwide specialized in diatoms, the most species-rich and ecologically important algal group. Other microalgae interesting from an applied perspective are included in the collection as well. Strains are kept as safe deposits or are publicly available for the scientific community. These are distributed worldwide as research or reference material to scientific institutions and companies.
The BCCM/DCG collection is hosted by the Laboratory for Protistology & Aquatic Ecology (PAE, Gent University, Belgium), internationally renowned for its research on diatom taxonomy, evolution, ecology and life cycles, for which routinely diatom cultures are established and experimentally manipulated. The interaction between the host laboratory and the culture collection offers a large added value to the collection as it ensures a detailed characterization of the strains and the necessary expertise for long-term storage of diatom strains and species. This has resulted in a unique collection of model diatoms for both fundamental and applied research. More recently, applied research including other microalgae has become a focus at PAE, and the scope of BCCM/DCG has widened accordingly to include these as well.
The host laboratory makes intensive use of the diatom and other microalgae strains in the culture collection for its research projects, and contributes to the collection by depositing well-characterized strains interesting for future research and applications. The following research topics are addressed using a range of different approaches, including morphology, DNA sequences, transcriptome and genome studies, ecophysiological studies, crossing experiments, pedigree analyses,... :
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Scope of the biological material
The BCCM/DCG collection was originally initiated and developed by Dr. V. A. Chepurnov (former PAE member) since 2000. The collection currently consists of 434 strains belonging to 43 species most of which are cryopreserved. All strains are living monoclonal cultures that can be grown in standard liquid culture media (WC medium for freshwater diatoms, f/2 for marine, see Mann DG & Chepurnov VA, 2004, Nova Hedwigia 79:237-291).
The selection of strains for the culture collection is based on their ease of use for experimental manipulation. As most diatoms have an obligatory sexual stage in their life cycle, knowledge of the life-cycle is vital for the long-term maintenance of diatom cultures. Therefore, information on mating system, cardinal points in the life cycle and valve measurements is present for each of the strains, making the PAE diatom culture collection unique in its kind. Other microalgae have been screened for traits interesting for industry.
The purpose of the culture collection is to make diatom and other microalgae strains available for both academic and industrial partners to conduct fundamental and applied research. As such, the strains/taxa are or have been intensively used in the PAE lab and elsewhere for diatom genomics research, cell-and life-cycle investigations, determination and comparison of (eco)physiological properties, studies of ecological interactions, and research on diatom population genetics, evolution and diversity.
We accept public deposits of diatoms which will be visible in the BCCM/DCG diatom catalogue. Deposits of strains for public access are without costs for the depositor.
In addition, we take deposits that are not catalogued under safe deposit. Safe deposit is charged to the depositor. See also the price lists
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Strains of the public collection are accessible under the conditions of the BCCM Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). For more information on ordering microbial resources click here.
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RL Photostyle: A walkabout in Brugge
Brugge in Flanders / Belgium is a lovely spot which should have been visited at least once in a lifetime. The old city centre is very much full of history and the visitor can sample much of the old times which are manifested in great architecture.
To the visitor the city centre comes across as very historic and still you are in a modern city with modern people. The city centre shows how the old buildings stand beside modern newly constructed buildings in harmony.
Wandering about in Brugge is really an experience and you really need to go there to get a good feeling for the city.
Yes, the centre is full of tourists but the tourists, especially around the main church and, of course, on the market place. But who cares? Brugge is a pulsating place driven by its own people.
Below you will find some images showing parts of the Grand Market, which is full of restaurants and bistros / brasseries and chippies to have a meal and a drink.
The Belfried of Brugge
The Belfried is the most prominent building in the old part of Brugge. Wherever you go, the tower is present. The tower is part of the merchant's hall of Brugge and is not the town hall, which lies across the market place and is not quite as impressive as the Belfried.
The pic on the left was taken with an EOS 6D using an EF 17 mm TSE lense. Any other lense would have failed to do the job.
The city is so interesting that many people go there to see it. Tourists wander through the city and can book yourself a boot tour on the city's canals, which is quite an experience, good weather provided. The boat trips show the city from a different perspective. The Tarifs are reasonable and can be seen at the ticket desks. There are a couple of operators but they all have the same rates. So don't worry


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APRIL 16 UPDATE: Rampage ruled the world at the weekend as the Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson action adventure rustled up $35.8m to usurp A Quiet Place, which crossed $100m on Sunday.
The $120m tentpole debuted via Warner Bros in 4,101 theatres and while early signs would suggest North America is not the place to recoup, international prospects appear far healthier.
The film about a scientist who must deal with giant mutant beasts run amok in Chicago generated $115.7m international and $151.5m worldwide.
Blumhouse Films' latest genre film, the supernatural thriller Truth Or Dare, debuted in third place via Universal on $18.7m from 3,029 sites.
Last weekend's champion A Quiet Place from Paramount fell 34.3% an one slot to number two and used a $32.9m session to boost the tally to an even $100m after 10 days.
Outside the top 10, Brad Anderson's war thriller Beirut starring Jon Hamm arrived at number 13 via Bleecker Street on $2.1m from 755 venues. Animation Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero debuted at number 16 via Fun Academy on $1.3m from 1,658.
SPC launched Chloe Zhao's western and 2017 Cannes Directors Fortnight selection The Rider at number 38 on $42,244 from three venues. Kino Lorber debuted the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami at number 36 on $56,1717 from three venues, while Lucrecia Martel's period drama Zama opened at number 46 on $26,123 in three sites through Strand Releasing.
Overall the top 12 generated $136.4m, down 7.9% on last weekend and down 17.6% against the comparable session in 2017 when Fate Of The Furious roared to number one on $98.8m.
This week's wide releases are: comedy I Feel Pretty via STX Entertainment; comedy Super Troopers 2 through Fox Searchlight; and the thriller Traffik through Lionsgate.
Confirmed top 10 North America April 13-15, 2018
Film (Dist) / Conf wkd gross / Conf total to date
1 (-) Rampage (Warner Bros) Warner Bros Pictures International $35.8m –
2 (1) A Quiet Place (Paramount) Paramount Pictures International $32.9m $100m
3 (-) Truth Or Dare (Universal) Universal Pictures International $18.7m –
4 (2) Ready Player One (Warner Bros) Warner Bros International $11.5m $114.9m
5 (3) Blockers (Universal) Universal Pictures International $10.8m $37.4m
6 (4) Black Panther (Buena Vista) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $5.8m $674.2m
7 (10) Isle Of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) Fox International $5m $18.9m
8 (6) I Can Only Imagine (Roadside Attractions) Mission Pictures International $4.1 $75.3m
9 (5) Tyler Perry's Acrimony (Lionsgate) Lionsgate International $3.7m $37.8m
10 (7) Chappaquiddick (Entertainment Studios) Sierra/Affinity $3.1m $11m


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OWoN: So now, caught directly at it, a huge arms consignment with Saudi and US collusion, who is on trial?? No one!
27 tanks and containers rocket went to Saudi Arabia, and the captain claimed that he did not know what was on his boat
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By Heidi Karakas Jakubin
16 August 2014
Translated from Bosnian.
When the ship on July 1 Hofuf capacity 50 thousand tons owned by the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia "Bahri", led by 51-year-old captain of the Croatian passport sailed into the port of Genoa and agreed with while 'Eritrea', from the very beginning all the was strange, especially the border police. This strangeness proved to be justified. Pursuant to a court order 220 meters long and 32 meters wide freighter was literally turned upside down. Border police, Port Authority and investigators were shocked.
The ship is carrying 27 battle tanks, even the American military brand Abrams, six military vehicles trucks Taurus, a mobile unit for telecommunications radar and 77 containers to the brim full of military, military equipment of all types and sizes, starting from various rockets and mortars! Croatian captain was dumbfounded when he announced that the ship is in port stopped and that the investigation was initiated.Oddly war weapons that could cause a diplomatic scandal, was found by accident. And the content of undeclared ship that was far more difficult than anticipated tonnage, one 51-year-old Croat has reported. Placed say that the special content ship should know, because in such cases, each boat must have secured an escort.
- We started on June 17 from the Canadian port of Halifax for Saudi Arabia, and Genoa, we had authorized unloading. I do not know you I do nothing about it. Or who bought it and whether it was bought or who it should take and whether it is paid or a gift - said the captain Italian investigators. United States fidgeted when they learned that the ship in the Italian port of stuck. In writing and in person, the man with the American-speaking world, has brought the prosecution "explanation" and unblocked. Among other things, the document stated that the burden must go on, while in Genoa should be deployed only registered materials for maintenance. On the shoulders of Croatian captain, at least for now, dropped a stone at a crucial moment when they questioned him about the cargo.
Although the ship, thanks to the United States laden with tanks and artillery, leaving the Italian port and headed for Saudi Arabia, it is the captain's rump cooperation with Italian investigators on the case cast a further suspicion because the world fears of terrorist attacks, and this tzv.šverc weapons favors the spread of international terrorism. As you turn around, the investigation in Italy, as we learn, and continues so to Croatian captain could meet with high fines and even perhaps another, more severe sanction.
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This blog had to die for a while as I got stuck into the final write-up stage of the PhD and now that I've finished and the thesis has been examined and approved (woohoo!) I'm not sure what to do with it. I want to do... something different. It started as a way of motivating myself to make sense of odd sources I found at fleamarkets and so on, but I want to do more than contribute to the growing mountain of "content" and clickbait which does little more than say "look at this weird thing - isn't the past just soooo quirky".
I want to talk more about how sources can be manipulated and how we understand and work around the inevitable gaps in our evidence. I'd also like to talk about how we're increasingly coming to terms with gaps which were previously largely unacknowledged - the fact that there is such a lack of diversity in the most dominant voices, or the biases and assumptions that shape all accounts, primary and secondary.
I'm not sure yet how to achieve this in the short, nugget format of blog posts. I'm also frankly terrified of writing something that might come back to haunt me later on. While I'm fairly sure I've got the backbone to admit that I was wrong about something when presented with new information, I still want to make sure that everything I write has been thought through as best I can. Plus, now that I'm "done", I've got job-hunting, preparing things for publication, further job-hunting, additional research, figuring out which conferences I can afford to go to and yes more job-hunting to fill my time.
In short, goodness knows what will actually get done here but I'm going to have a proper crack at making it count.
What's all this then?
My name is Victoria Stiles and I'm an Early Career Historian currently doing whatever odd research / consulting / outreach / tutoring jobs come my way. I blog here about some of the interesting texts I've found.
My research focusses on books about Britain and the British Empire which were in circulation in Nazi Germany but you'll also find a smattering of school textbooks, witchcraft beliefs, bog drainage, bemused travellers and weird illustrations that caught my eye.
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Title: Unlawful Justice
Authors: KC Lynn and K. Langston
Release Date: November 17, 2015
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Seek the truth and you will find justice.
The peaceful town of Harmony Falls, Texas, has been rocked to its core by an unspeakable crime.
One that harbors revenge and injustice.
School teacher Olivia Bradshaw can't remember what happened that horrific night, but it's easy to see the effect it's had on those around her. All she wants is for peace to be restored to her beloved hometown, but Deputy Grayson Taylor is on a different mission. He seeks truth and justice, and he'll do whatever it takes to find both for Olivia.
Lines will be crossed.
Secrets revealed.
Can justice prevail, or will the citizens of Harmony Falls succumb to the corruption and hate that continues to plague their small town
K.C. Lynn and K. Langston have teamed up to bring you a story about hate, race, corruption, injustice, and above all, love. A story that may change the way you view the world.
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Reviewed by Sharon Thérèse Nuttall
The profound and emotional impact this novel had on me left me extremely disturbed. Apart from questioning my own incredulity, I needed facts to back up what I had read. Is it possible that there's still the slightest trace of this kind of xenophobia in today's western society, because I honestly thought this irrational infirmity been eradicated. When I finished reading, and after shedding many tears, I needed to talk to somebody about it. I needed opinions and someone who could help me process my feeling. My husband highlighted some harsh truths; my devastation being ten-fold made me come down to earth with a big thump. Nevertheless, one must not forget this is a story.
Just before the end, I was chatting online with my buddy reader-cum-sister-in arms and these were our very words which I would like to share with you.
"What you reading?"
"Unlawful Justice. It's like watching a movie. So much flow, so much character development. The plot is very different. Full of twists and turns and the editing is perfect. Nearly eighty percent in and not one mistake."
Never a true word said. I couldn't find fault. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a grammar monster. But apart from that, I look for consistency, reason and I need to connect to the protagonists. And oh boy, did I connect! The heroine has such a wonderful personality. She is the sweetest most open-minded person I have yet to meet in a book! Olivia Bradshaw is a dedicated English literature teacher in a conflictive school in a quiet town in Texas. Her students love her, she loves them. Events take place causing a snowball effect and her world comes tumbling down. But she's strong, incredibly forgiving, and what impressed me more was that her pain always took second place.
Quote: Olivia ~ "I'm a big girl, Grayson, I can handle it."
It was dismaying to see that what happened triggered off so much animosity between life long friends and neighbours. I found myself reading so fast that I had to literally rewind at times. I couldn't absorb all the goings on and had to slow down. And there is no doubt whatsoever that Grayson Taylor who just happens to be an officer of the law and a gentleman in all aspects, had me enthralled. Come hell or highwater, this man will find justice and make those pay for their sins.
Quote: Grayson ~ "Trust me, Trust me to keep you safe."
Now, I am not often lost for words but this guy just left me with my tongue hanging out. He's a couple of years older than Livy, has had his eye on her but never made a move since she's always had her head in a book and ignored everything going on around her. Saying that, her schoolgirl crush on him was in her dreams. Time goes by and they cross paths. She's a tad dubious of getting involved because of past amorous experiences but gives him the benefit of the doubt. Grayson and Livy become friends. The attraction they have for each other palpitates throughout this read. I could feel it. I could feel his protective manner from the very start of their relationship. When the worst happens, I would never have thought in a million years there could ever be a man so considerate, so patient and so loving. Grayson, you are now officially my book boyfriend! Understandably, he does have his moments of aggressiveness and problems controlling his ire, but wise words will bring back memories which makes him disbelieve everything he was taught.
Quote: "Seek the truth and you will find justice."
Besides being told in present tense and from the two protagonists' point; wait for it, there's someone else's secret opinion which kept me sitting on the edge of my seat. For me, the storytelling technique used was beyond my expectations, the flowing banter was poignant, tender and moments of sheer happiness had me jumping for joy. The well-described hot steamy scenes were a beautiful compliment to this risqué read and gave me space to come up for air.
Quote: Grayson ~ "I'm yours, Liv. Yours. I could never belong to anyone else."
I really think these two authors have been very brave touching a subject so delicate. Regardless of one's beliefs, whether or not we choose to ignore racial conflicts or not, they have written a book that I will never forget. The secondary characters were marvellous in the respect that you either loved them to bits or wanted to jump into the book and put a hole in their heads. I could quote passages until the cows come home; however, I won't because you have to read this book for yourselves. To sum up, the only word I have is Bravo!
His gaze softens as he cups the side of my neck. "Jesus, you should never feel insecure. You're fucking beautiful, Liv, bruises or not. Nothing in the world could ever change that."
I watch him carefully, his sincerity tearing through my defenses. "You really mean that, don't you?"
He rears back, the skin between his brows bunching together in deep valleys of confusion. "Of course I do. How could you not know that?"
I shrug. "I don't know. I guess it's…" I pause for a moment before deciding to bare it all. "It's hard for me to believe you still think I'm beautiful despite finding me the way you did."
Understanding dawns and he quickly shakes his head. "No, not ever. That didn't change the way I look at you. Yes, it fucking gutted me to see you that way, but not once did I think any less of you." He pulls me closer while his determined gaze bores into mine. His jaw flexes, the rhythm of his chest growing heavier. "It should have never happened. Nothing so hateful should have ever touched something so beautiful. But make no mistake, Liv, when I look at you, I don't see the girl I found that day, I see the girl who survived it all. You're fucking beautiful, inside and out, nothing or no one will ever change that."
My breath hitches as tears blur my eyes, his words healing my wounded soul. "You make me feel beautiful," I choke out softly.
"Good, baby, because you are, every inch of you, and don't ever fucking forget it." He closes the small space between our mouths, his lips claiming mine in a heated caress as his tongue sweeps in.
K.C. Lynn is a small town girl living in Western Canada. She married her high school sweetheart and they have four amazing children: two lovely girls and a set of handsome twin boys. It was her love for romance books that gave K.C. the courage to sit down and write her own novel. When she is not in her writing cave, pounding out new characters and stories, she can be found living between the pages of a book, meeting new tattooed, hot alpha males with very big…Hearts.
K. has been married to her very own country boy for 14 years. They live in the deep south with their two crazy kids, and a speckled beagle named Sadie. She worked in property management for last decade before leaving the industry to write full time. When she's not penning her next love story, you can find her nose buried between the pages of a good book.
She released her debut novel, Because You're Mine in September 2013. She has since released three follow up books in the series, Until You're Mine, When You're Mine and Forever You're Mine. Her next release, Sylvie is a contemporary romance set to release Early Fall 2015. She is also co-writing a book with Author KC Lynn called Unlawful Justice, set to release November 2015. K. writes with true passion and heart about what she knows, love, romance and all things southern.


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End of October 2017 I traveled to Greece on invitation of Tourism Greece to explore Lesbos Island. It was my first time traveling to this magical 'island-hopping-heaven' country. Greece was listed as country number 81 when I visited the first time (now almost 100 in February 2019) on my long list of visited countries. I was happy to finally make it to Greece and discovered Athens, a couple other places around and of course the Northern Aegean Islands. Read more about that in my Lesbos Island Guide.
The first thing I do when I get to a new country is buy a local sim card. I did the enquiry for you to help you choose the best Greece sim card for you. In February 2019 I updated all my sim card for Europe articles on my blog. So far I wrote guides for: France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Barcelona, Rome, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam and more. When I travel to Greece again in August 2019 I will also write a guide for buying a sim card at Athens Airport.
Traveling around Europe? Check the following link to find the best Europe sim card for tourists and make sure that your sim cards allows free roaming in all countries. I did the research for you, have a read!
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Buy a Europe sim card online
Nothing easier than ordering your sim card for traveling in Europe online. Orange offers a EU sim card valid in 30 countries including Greece with NOW 20GB data and 2 hours calling time worldwide. Order through the above link and get free shipping to your home address.
3 best Greece sim cards you can buy online
If you don't want to waste your precious Greece holiday time standing in line getting for buying a Greece sim card then order one online. On top of the above mentioned Orange sim card for Europe, the following prepaid sim cards are perfect for traveling in Greece:
Orange Smart Comfort S - 8 GB data
Price: $30
- 8 GB data
- 30 minutes worldwide
- 200 sms worldwide
- Valid 14 days
Three Smart Silver - 5 GB data
Price: $30
- 5 GB data
- Unlimited calls within Europe
- Unlimited sms within Europe
- Valid 30 days
Three Smart Gold - 12 GB data
Price: $40
- 12 GB data
- Unlimited calls within Europe
- Unlimited sms within Europe
- Valid 30 days
Prices Greece mobile operators in 2019
In most countries it is pretty regulated and prices are fixed no matter which store you go. This is the case when buying a sim card in Turkey for example. But there are exceptions as well. While looking for the best sim card in Bali, Indonesia I found out that every little phone store had different prices for the exact same packages. Here in Greece I discovered that yes prices are fixed, but depending where you buy your Greece sim card you are offered different packages!
Got it? So don't buy a sim card at Athens airport. Depending on the mobile operator you either want to buy your Greece sim card in an official shop or on the streets...
There are 3 main Greece mobile operators: Wind, Cosmote and Vodafone. All of them have shops all around Athens center and on the main tourist islands as well. But sometimes it is not the shops where you find the best option for a data sim card for Greece. Also check out the street vendors…
Vodafone Greece
In a Vodafone shop:
- Sim card with 9.5 GB data cost 10 EUR is valid for 1 month and gets you another 100 minutes calling time.
With a Vodafone Greece street vendor:
- Sim card with 2.5 GB data cost 10 EUR is valid for 1 month and gets you 1,500 minutes calling times.
- Sim card with 9.0 GB data cost 16 EUR is valid for 1 month but comes with 0 calling minutes.
Conclusion for Vodafone: the offer in the shop is the best. A little side note, the people in the Vodafone shops do not always speak sufficient English unfortunately.
Wind Greece
I tried to look around if I could find Wind Greece street vendors, but I could not so the only information I could gather is the offers I got at two different WIND shops around Athens for a prepaid sim card for Greece. Data packages where very straightforward:
- Sim card with 1GB data cost 5 EUR.
- Sim card with 15GB data cost 15 EUR.
Both packages are valid for 1 month and do not contain calling minutes. Wind also has two different mobile operator that are part of Wind: Free To Go and Q, both packages are not even worth mentioning with 500MB for 10 EUR and 1GB for 10EUR and 1,000 calling minutes.
Conclusion: The service in Wind Greece shops was good, friendly young people that spoke good English, but I would not recommend Wind as your Greece sim card. Packages are too expensive compared to their competitors!
Cosmote Greece
To me it felt like Cosmote is the biggest company when it comes to Greece mobile operators. Cosmote shops are huge, but service is the worst.
Cosmote Greece sim card in the shop:
- Sim card with 1GB cost 10 EUR is valid for 1 month, no calling minutes.
- Sim card with 3GB cost 10 EUR but is only valid for 7 days, no calling minutes.
This is what I was told at two different Cosmote shops, but in their folder I found this. Not that I can read any Greek, but Im not stupid either. When I asked the people in the shop, the were literally annoyed and refused to speak English suddenly.
Please avoid any Cosmote shops! The employees were very rude, their English was very bad and they are not interested in people looking for a prepaid sim card for Greece. They rather sell drones or iPhones to people. :(
This is how I felt walking into a Cosmotel Shop. :)
Then there are the street vendors for Cosmote Greece:
- Sim card with 10GB data cost 10 EUR is valid for 1 month and includes 100calling minutes.
- Sim card with 5GB data cost 6 EUR is valid for 1 month but does not include calling minutes.
Conclusion Cosmote Greece: Avoid any shop! But the Cosmote street vendors who were really friendly and spoke good English have a really good option. Cosmote street vendors exist but were a bit harder to find than the Vodafone girls.
Mobile Internet in Greece from Frog
This prepaid sim card can be found in some random mobile providers shops and is part of the Cosmote company. I did not find any Frog employees selling a sim card to use in Greece at the streets, neither did I find a proper shop. But their prices were very competitive. Frog operates on the Cosmote network.
- Sim card with 5GB data cost 5.10 EUR including 60 minutes calling time to some very random countries.
- Sim card with 10GB data cost 8.30 EUR including 60 minutes calling time to some very random countries.
Conclusion Frog: so far they are the cheapest Greece sim card for tourists, but unfortunately it is a little harder to find a shop that sells Frog Mobile.
Coverage of mobile internet in Greece in 2019
We now know who offers the cheapest Greece data sim card, but what about the network coverage of these mobile providers. For these data I always refer to opensignal.com as they can give you detailed maps about 4G coverage in Greece. Going to any specific Greek island than on this website you can zoom in and see which Greek mobile provider provides a 4G network.
Vodafone Greece 4G coverage
Wind Greece 4G coverage
Cosmote Greece 4G coverage
Where to buy your Greece sim card in 2019?
If you have read my prepaid sim card review for Thailand you know that I would never encourage you to buy a sim card at the airport as prices always double in these places. In almost every country the first thing you see at Airport Arrivals is car rental companies and mobile operators, but not in this country. You can only buy a Greece data sim card at the post office and they only sell Wind, as you have read not a good option when looking for a data sim card for Greece.
Buying a Greece sim card on the streets
So I told you that the street vendors have one of the best Greece sim card options but may be it feels weird to buy a sim card on the streets with someone who takes a photo of your ID or passport? You can trust them! They are official employees of either Vodafone or Cosmote and wearing their branded clothes. They organize everything on the spot and they wont let you walk away before your data sim card for Greece is activated and working.
Where to find them? At the bigger metro stations in the city center you will find youngsters selling sim cards. Trust me they are easy to find and all of them sell the same packages for the same price.
Buying a prepaid sim card for Greece on the streets vs. shop
You might not trust the street vendors, but another big advantage of the youngsters selling the prepaid packages on the streets is that they speak really good English as they are targeting tourists. The employees in the shops speak mostly very little English and especially at Cosmote they are very rude. Cosmote is a big brand that is selling a lot things from drones to tv's and I walked into two shops and was treated very badly and the staff was arrogant. No I am not a big fan of Cosmote Greece at all!
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Best sim card for Greece for tourists in 2019
The conclusion based on all the collected data is pretty simple. You know now where to buy, you have seen the coverage maps and I showed you all the prices. As Frog mobile is using the Cosmote network and has the best value packages they are the best prepaid sim card for tourists in Greece.
Buying a sim card on a Greek island
But Frog Mobile shops are harder to find and especially on the Greek islands. In for example Lesbos Island I did not find a shop selling Frog Mobile. So in case you land on an island and want to buy a sim card there I strongly advice you to go to a Vodafone shop as they have the best packages available in their shops. Wind is too expensive in general and the 4G coverage is not that strong, Cosmote packages in their shops are shit and the people are the worst.
Buy a sim card for traveling in Europe online
Probably the best idea is to order your sim card for your trip to Greece online. An Orange sim card with NOW 20GB data and 2 hours worldwide calling can already be found for less than $50. It is valid in 30 European countries! Get it through the above link and this EU sim card will be shipped to your home address for free!
For the best prepaid sim card for Europe travel click on this link and I explain you everything in my complete guide. Also for specific questions head to my Instagram @traveltomtom and I am happy to help you out on your travel questions. This could create serious wanderlust though as I am now traveling for more than 7 years around the world. My best travel adventures can be found here. How I afford to travel? I happily explain you my story in the link. How to make money travel blogging? Click on the link to read how that works.
Safe trip to Greece! Enjoy....