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Larissa ( Greek ????sa, Lárisa) is a city and the capital of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos and with Thessaloniki and Athens. The population of the greater area is around 250,000, and takes in the Municipalities of Nikaia, Giannouli and other smaller suburban communities. According to archaeological evidence, the capital of Thessaly, Larissa, lies atop a site that has been inhabited since the tenth millennium before Christ. A major commercial and industrial centre. Legend has it that Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, died here. There are a number of highways including E75 and the main railway from Athens to Thessaloniki (Salonika) crossing through Thessaly. The region is directly linked to the rest of Europe through the International Airport of Central Greece located in Nea Anchialos a short distance from Larissa. Larissa lies on the river Pineios. The Larissa Chasma, a deep gash in the surface of Dione, a natural satellite of Saturn, was named after Larissa.
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1. The Pursuit of Social Media Success
June 24, 2009
Social media has become frenzy on the world of internet. Social media channels seem to come out of nowhere. The internet is now overflowing with them. But what really is social media? According to Wikipedia: Social Media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into content publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people, and peers. Social media uses the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, includin... (read more)
Author: larissa parks
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2. In the computer-frenzied world we live in, people tend to be dependent on the web and managing a bu
June 23, 2009
In the computer-frenzied world we live in, people tend to be dependent on the web and managing a business is not an exemption. That is the very reason virtual business managers are out in the market today. Virtual business management is a software that has an interactive, multiplayer-capable simulation which teaches introduction to business, entrepreneurship, management, and supervision. As entrepreneurs starting their own business, your students will find a location for their business, choose a form of ownership, hire and supervise employees, find and keep customers, use insurance to manage ... (read more)
Author: larissa parks
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3. Membership sites: Why You Must Have One
June 23, 2009
Membership sites are practically all over the web. People these days are willing to pay just to get access to the content they are looking for Business owners have seen that need and have taken advantage of the demand, thus, pay-per-content scheme have popped up and turned into income-generating activities. How profitable are membership sites really? Read on to find out. Frankly, you are not going to make millions out of a single membership site. You have to be realistic in thinking that small amount of time and effort will not generate you that amount of money. The highest income you can ge... (read more)
Author: larissa parks
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4. The Ten Truths about Internet Marketing
June 17, 2009
With internet’s power over millions and millions of people throughout the globe, we all seem to believe everything we read and find on the web. Internet marketing has made quite an impact on online businesses. But with everything that you read on the net, we sometimes wonder what’s true and what’s not. Here are 10 of some of the facts unveiled. 1. Make money overnight. Unless you won the lottery, this claim CAN’T BE TRUE. You need to exert effort and spend a lot of time before you can actually earn large amounts of money. Millions of marketers must have been millionaires by now had this claim... (read more)
Author: larissa parks
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5. How to Create the Proper Product Launch Campaign
June 17, 2009
Launching a new product to market is full of challenges. It is presenting your ideas and making the market accept and believe in what you are presenting. You envision a lot of things about your product and for it to become real, you need to find a way to launch your product modestly. Here’s how. 1. GENERATE IDEAS. Before you get to launch your product, you need, of course, to have a solid idea to start with. As with any other product development, idea generation comes first. Believe that to idea is stupid. Sometimes, what you think as stupid may be something the market might be looking for. S... (read more)
Author: larissa parks
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6. Rescued Divers' Heroes or Fools?
May 31, 2008
Remember I talked about the furore created by the 2 scuba divers who came up 200m away from their dive site and were then 'lost' at sea for 19hrs - and all the fuss and fanfare that's gone on since?
Well, it's not over yet. I picked this up from News.com.au and was written by an irate citizen,Larissa Cummings:
"It's hard not to be cynical when comparing the plight of the hard-working majority – those who consider nabbing a seat on the train each morning an extreme sport – with those lucky rescued divers Richard Neely and Allyson Dalton."
For the simple feat of "surviving" their ... (read more)
Author: Lola Jones
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7. International Adoption Agencies - Dealing when Dreams of Adoption are Fading
October 27, 2006
It had been three long years for both Karen and David Richards. They had been waiting to bring home a young Romanian girl to adopt. They had kept a photograph of Larissa on the side of their refrigerator only to be told at the last minute by their International Adoption Agency that she had been adopted and placed with a Romanian Family
The Richards's are one of three families in New Hampshire and more than 100 in the United States that have been stuck in the middle of a complex political situation involving Romania, the European Union and the United States.
During the course of the... (read more)
Author: Stephen Morgan
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8. The history of Argos
November 21, 2005
Argos is an ancient Greek city which is part of the prefecture of Argolis, in the region of the Peloponnese. It has four main subdivisions: Kokla, Larissa, Akova, and Timenio. This city has gone through several interesting historical events, and its past is among the main factors which attract tourists to its lands.
During the Mycenaean times, the city of Argos was an important stronghold, and was seen by the rest of the region as a strategic spot. This area was one of the first spots in the region in being inhabited and to become a town, only equaled by the acropolis of Tiryns and Mycena... (read more)
Author: Jakob Jelling
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