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Greek rock Rock and roll spread around the world in the 1950s and 60s, entering Greece in the middle of the latter decade. Greek performers in the field include Jimi Quidd (born Jimmy Hatzidimitriou, later of The Dots and producer for Bad Brains), the Bob Dylan of Greece, Dionysios Savopoulos, who also plays rembetika and laika, and Pavlos Sidiropoulos, the most important representative of Greek folk-rock.
Greek Revival architecture The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture.
Greek sea gods The ancient Greeks had a large number of sea gods. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond -- their many cities hugging close to the Mediterranean coastline from the Hellenic homeland to Asia Minor, Libya, Sicily and Southern Italy.
Greek sweets of the spoon Sweets "of the Spoon" (Greek: Γλυκό Του Κουταλιού) is a Greek traditional homemade fruit confectionery called spoon sweets, fruits stewed down with sugar to a desired consistency and available in a wide range of flavors. There are probably as many spoon sweets as there are fruits.
Greek Secondary School of London The Greek Secondary School of London is a co-ed independent school for ages 13 through 18 located in the north London suburb of Wood Green. It was established in 1983 by the Greek embassy and provides a traditional Greek education leading to the Greek high school diploma (Apolytirio Lykeiou).
Greek Senate election, 1929 The Senate was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927. In 1929 the first elections for the Senate took place and resulted in a triumph for the Liberal Party, Eleftherios Venizelos and the other venizelist parties.
Greek Senate election, 1932 In 1932 elections took place for the renewal of the 1/3 (30) of the members of the Senate and resulted in an ambivalent result for the two biggest parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party.
Greek Steamship Company There was no earlier steamship company in Greece. The Greek Steamship Company was established in 1856 and had its headquarters in the city of Hermoupolis (often spelled "Ermoupoli"), on the island of Syros (Syros was often known as "Syra" in the 19th century and earlier).
Greek Struggle for Macedonia The Greek Struggle for Macedonia 1904-1908 (in Greek language: Μακεδονικός Αγώνας, "Macedonian Struggle") is how the Greeks describe their military conflicts against the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and the Turkish forces in Ottoman occupied Macedonia during the first decade of the 20th century.
Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup () was a Greek association football trophy, contested between 1987 and 1996 in an annual match between the Greek league champion team and the winners of the Greek Cup. If a team had won The Double (both the Championship and the Cup), the Double winner played the Greek Cup finalist, something which happened in the 1995 edition of the Super Cup.
Greek Supermarkets The Greek supermarket sector is dominated by the subsidiaries of the French owned Carrefour group. Carrefour Marinopoulos is the market leader with a total share exceeding 20%, while Dia has a market share of around 5%.
Greek telephone tapping case 2004-2005 More than 100 mobile phone numbers belonging mostly to members of the Greek government and top-ranking civil servants were found to have been illegally tapped for a period of at least one year. The details of the case were presented at a press conference given by three government ministers on Thursday February 2, 2006.
Greek temple Greek temples differed from their Roman counterparts in that the colonnade formed a peristyle around the whole structure, rather than merely a porch at the front; and also in that the Greek temple was not raised above ground level on a high podium.
Greek Terracotta Figurines Terracotta figurines are a mode of artistic and religious expression frequently found in Ancient Greece. Cheap and easily produced, these figurines abound and provide an invaluable testimony to the everyday life and religion of the Ancient Greeks.
Greek Tortoise The Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca) or Spur-thighed Tortoise is one of four European members of the Testudinidae family of tortoises. The other members of the family are Herman's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni), the Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata) and Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii).
Greek underworld In Greek mythology, the underworld indicates the kingdom of deaths. It is a subterranean place ruled by the god Hades (in Greek , Haides), and for this reason it is also referred to as the kingdom of Hades or simply Hades.
Greek wrestling Greek wrestling or Ancient Greek wrestling-- Pale was the most popular organized sport in Ancient Greece. A point was scored when one player touched the ground with his back, tapped out due to a submission-hold or was forced out of the wrestling-area.
Greek Wikipedia Greek Wikipedia is a Greek edition of Wikipedia, spelled Βικιπαίδεια. Started on December 1, 2002, this edition has, as of November 14, 2006, over 16,238 articlesGreek Wikipedia statistics page and is currently the 38th largest Wikipedia[list of language Wikipedias ordered by size|Meta-Wiki's list of language Wikipedias ordered by size].
Greek-American organized crime Greek-American organized crime is fairly recent in the United States, mostly located on the east coast in New York and Philadelphia specifically. Spiros Velentzas, who held control over Greek-American neighborhoods in Queens during the 1980s and 90s, ran a highly lucrative horse racing parlors using satellite dishes to pick up racing results throughout the country (an innovative alternative to the News Wire service of the early 20th century) as well as running high stakes "barbut" dice games.
Greek-Calabrian dialect The Greek-Calabrian dialect or Greek-Bovesian is the version of Italian Greek used in Calabria, as opposed to the other Italian-Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina, remnant of the ancient and Byzantine Greek colonisation of the region. The two languages are frequently mentioned together as Italiot Greek (Katoitaliótika) or Grecanic or Griko, but are two different versions with different developmental histories.
Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy The Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy was initiated after successive earthquakes hit both countries in the summer of 1999 and led to an improvement in Greco-Turkish relations. The so called "earthquake diplomacy" generated an outpouring of sympathy and generous assistance provided by ordinary Greeks and Turks in both cases.
Greeklish Greeklish, a portmanteau of the words Greek and English, also known as Grenglish or Latinoellinika/Λατινοελληνικά or Frankolevantika/ΦĎαγκολεβάντικα or ASCII Greek, is Greek language written with the Latin alphabet. It is an example of transliteration.
Greeks The Greeks (Greek: Îλληνες—"Hellenes") are a nation and a people, who have populated Greece from the 17th century BC to the present day. Today they are primarily found in the Greek peninsula of southeastern Europe, the Greek islands and Cyprus.
Greeks (finance) In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the quantities representing the market sensitivities of options or other derivatives. Each "Greek" measures a different aspect of the risk in an option position, and corresponds to a parameter on which the value of an instrument or portfolio of financial instruments is dependent.
Greeks in Armenia Greeks and Armenians have had a long cultural, religious and political relationship, dating back to Ancient Greece and strengthening during the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. This tie is reinforced by the significant diaspora population of Greeks in Armenia (and also of Armenians in Greece).
Greeks in Turkey Greeks in Turkey (Turkish: Rumlar) are Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul and on the two islands off the western entrance to the Dardanelles: Imbros and Tenedos (Turkish: Gökçeada and Bozcaada) and also on the Princes' Islands. They are the remnants of the estimated 200,000 Greeks who were permitted under the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne to remain in Turkey following the 1923 population exchange, which involved the forcible resettlement of approximately 1.
Greeks of Romania There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. At times, as during the Phanariote era, this presence has amounted to hegemony; at other times (including the present), the Greeks have simply been one among the area's many ethnic minorities.
Greeks on the Roof [promo of the show on the Seven Network]Greeks On The Roof was a, Melbourne-made Australian TV talk show that ran for 9 weeks on the Seven Network in 2003. It was hosted by Greek-Australian character Effie (played by actress Mary Coustas) and her "family".
Greektown (Vancouver) Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an area in the Kitsilano neighborhood which was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants. The term is an informal one, and Greektown's borders were never strictly defined.
Greektown, Montreal Montreal's Greektown has historically been located in Montreal's Parc Extension district. Jean-Talon Boulevard, as well as Parc Avenue, are considered the hubs of Montreal's Greektown, as they are home to a number of Greek businesses.
Greektown, Toronto Greektown, Toronto, also known as Greektown on the Danforth, or more simply, The Danforth, is a neighbourhood and Business Improvement Area (BIA) of the city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Blvd.
Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area The Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau defined Metropolitan Statistical Area located in the Greeley region of the State of Colorado. The Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area is defined as Weld County, Colorado.
Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad The Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad was a railroad that operated in northern Colorado in the United States during the 1880s. Founded with heavy backing with the Union Pacific Railroad, it was controlled by the Union Pacific from its inception and was later incorporated into the company's lines.
Green (band) Green are a power pop band from Chicago created by songwriter/singer Jeff Lescher. Sprung from the mid-80's mod-revival movement in Chicago that was ignited mostly by the efforts of Lescher and his band along with the promotional work of Sue Miller, owner of Chicago's indie rock venue Lounge Ax.
Green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are the large group of algae from which the embryophytes (higher plants) emerged. As such, they form a paraphyletic group, variously included among the Plantae or with the Protista.
Green alkanet The Green Alkanet (also Pentaglottis, Evergreen Bugloss and Alkanet) is a bristly, perennial plant growing to approxmately 60cm (24") to 90cm (36") in height usually in damp or shaded places and often close to buildings. The Green Alkanet flowers in spring and early summer and can be used in culinary preparations such as foods and drinks.
Green anarchism Green anarchism is a set of related political theories that is derived from philosophical and social movements such as social ecologists, feminism, egoism, situationist, surrealism, the Luddites, Anarcho-primitivism, post- and anti-leftists, indigenous, anti-industrialism, and pre-civilized people.
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus, also known as the green and black poison dart frog is a brightly-coloured member of the order Anura native to Central America and north-western parts of South America and was introduced to Hawaii. It is one of the most variable of all poison dart frogs next to Dendrobates tinctorius.
Green and gold Green and gold are the national colours of Australia, as proclaimed by Sir Ninian Stephen, the Governor General of Australia on 19 April 1984. The exact colours were specified as being Pantone Matching System numbers 116C and 348C.
Green and white army The Green and White Army is the name given to the very noisy and energetic fans that follow the Northern Ireland national football team. Famed for their passionate support, the Green and White Army turn every Northern Ireland match, whether home or away, into a sea of green.
Green and Yellow TV Green and Yellow TV was created with a desire to create music that exists somewhere between pop’s past and its future. Friends Michael Regilio, Todd O’keefe and Justin Rocherolle uprooted from Boston and set out to start anew in the world of sunshine and plastic people.
Green Acres Mall Green Acres Mall is a indoor shopping mall located in Valley Stream, New York, off of Sunrise Highway in Nassau County right off the border of New York City. The mall is extremely popular in Nassau County as well as Queens, New York.
Green Acres, Washington Green Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Green Acres is the spelling used officially by the Census Bureau, though the spelling Greenacres is more common locally.
Green Actors of West Africa Green Actors of West Africa (GAWA) is a network of environmental organizations from West Africa created in 2005. The goal of GAWA Network is to develop ways of enhancing cooperation and coordination between and among the various donors and environmental (nature conservation) actors in this sub-African region.
Green Album Grinspoon EP, also known as the Green Album, the first EP by the Australian band Grinspoon, was released in 1995 an includes an early version of "Sickfest", the song that made the band famous on the Triple J Unearthed competition. The song was later released on their first album Guide To Better Living, and "More Than You Are" also appeared there and on their Pushing Buttons EP.
Green Alliance Green Alliance is an independent charity and green think tank working on environment policy in the United Kingdom (UK). It works with senior decision-makers in government and business, and other major environment groups.
Green Anarchist The magazine Green Anarchist was for a while the principal voice in the UK advocating an explicit fusion of libertarian socialist and ecological thinking (green anarchism), although such ideas had arguably been co-sympathetic for decades if not generations beforehand.
Green Anarchy Green Anarchy is a magazine published twice a year out of Eugene, Oregon by a collective. The magazine's focus is on primitivism, post-left anarchy, radical environmentalism, anarchist resistance, indigenous resistance, earth and animal liberation, anti-capitalism and supporting political prisoners.
Green ban A green ban is a form of strike action, usually taken by a trade union or other organised labour group, which is conducted for environmentalist or conservationist purposes. This is opposed to a black ban, which is strike action taken in order to promote the economic interests of the strikers.
Green banana cockroach The Green banana cockroach (Panchlora nivea) is a large species of cockroach that is found in Cuba and the Caribbean, and along the gulf coast from Florida to Texas and has been observed as far north as Charleston, South Carolina. It is also called the Cuban cockroach.
Green belt A green belt or greenbelt is a policy or land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an urban area instead of around it.
Green beret The green beret is the official headgear of the Royal Marine Commandos, the United States Army Special Forces, The Finnish Coastal Jägers (marines), the Royal Swedish Amphibious Corps, the Royal Norwegian Jeger Battalion (Rangers), the Norwegian Border Battalion on the Norwegian-Russian border, the commando units of the Belgian Paracommando Brigade, The New Zealand Army, the Dutch Royal Korps Commandotroepen, the French Foreign Legion & Naval Commandos, and a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Special forces wear it because of a shared tradition which goes back to the British Commandos of World War II.
Green bin Green bins are short rigid plastic containers often used to collect compostable materials as a means to divert waste from landfills. It should be noted however that in some localities green bins are also used to contain unsorted municipal waste.
Green box Green box is a rigid plastic container used to collect materials such as cardboard, plastics, newspapers and other materials. They were first used in North York, Ontario to suppliment the Blue Box (container) in the recycling programs in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Green brands "Green" brands are those brands consumers associate with environmental conservation and sustainable business practices. Such brands appeal to consumers who are becoming more aware of the need to protect the environment.
Green building Green building or bioclimatic building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.
Green Bay (Lake Michigan) Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south-west coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them.
Green Bay and Western Railroad The Green Bay and Western Railroad served the transportation and freight haulage needs of northern Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993. For much of its operating history, the railroad was also known as the Green Bay Route.
Green Bay Blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, based at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They play in the East Division of the American Conference in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League.
Green Bay Bombers The Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund.
Green Bay Botanical Garden Green Bay Botanical Garden (47 acres) is a nonprofit botanical garden located at 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is open daily in the warmer months, or weekdays in the colder months; an admission fee is charged.
Green Bay Packers Board of Directors The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors is the organization that serves as the owner for the Green Bay Packers football club. The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923.
Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame The Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame (note the unique capitalization) was the first hall of fame built to honor fans of a professional football team. It was established by the Green Bay Packers and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1998.
Green Bay Packers seasons This is a list of seasons completed by the Green Bay Packers, an american football team, in organized play. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association.
Green Bay West High School Green Bay West High School is a school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at 966 Shawano Ave. Founded in the early 1900s, it recently underwent significant renovations, adding a new west wing and completely reconfiguring the cafeteria.
Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is located at the head of the Bay of Green Bay and the mouth of the Fox River, at an altitude of 581 feet (177 m). It is 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. According to the 2004 census estimate, Green Bay has a population of 102,313. The Town of Green Bay is located several miles northeast of the city.
Green Belt (Pittsburgh) The Green Belt is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's fourth "belt" in the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, running a half-circumference of the city in 39 miles. Unlike the Purple Belt, Blue Belt and Yellow Belt, it does not make a complete circumference.
Green Book (CD-interactive standard) The Philips "Green Book" specifies the standard for interactive, multimedia compact discs designed for CD-i players This compact disc format is unusual, because it hides the initial tracks which contains the software and data files used by the CD-i players. It does this by omitting the tracks from the disc's Table of Contents.
Green Broadbill The Green Broadbill, Calyptomena viridis of Borneo, Sumatra and Malay Peninsula rainforests is a brilliant green plumaged bird with a wide gape bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on wings. The bill itself is very weak and almost hidden by crest above it.
Green Brook Flood Control Project Green Brook Flood Control is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major flood in August 1973, which ravaged the Green Brook and Raritan River basins with flooding, causing millions in property damage and several deaths in central New Jersey.
Green Brook Hockey Club The Green Brook Hockey Club, located in Green Brook, New Jersey, is an instructional inline hockey league for kids aged 5 through 17 from all towns and municipalities. Players are assigned to teams in their age group and play a regular season and playoff schedule.
Green Building (MIT) The Cecil and Ida Green Building, also called the Green Building or Building 54, is an academic building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by noted architect I.
Green Building XML The Green Building XML schema, referred to as “GBxml”, was developed to facilitate a common interoperability model integrating a myriad of design and development tools used in the building industry. GBxml is being integrated into a range of software CAD and engineering tools.
Green Burrito Green Burrito is an American fast-food restaurant chain run by CKE Restaurants, Inc., located mostly on the Western Half of the United States in Pacific, Mountain and West Coast regions, and serves fast-food Mexican food.
Green cleaning Green cleaning has been coined to describe a trend away from chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among other adverse effects. It can also describe the way residential and commercial cleaning products are manufactured.
Green computing Green Computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. Typically, technological systems or computing products that incorporate green computing principles take into account the so-called triple bottom line of economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental impact.
Green Car of the Year The Green Car of the Year is an award from the Green Car Journal. The winner is selected by an 11-member panel comprised of automotive and environmental experts, currently including Mario Andretti, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and Carroll Shelby.
Green Catbird The Green Catbird, Ailuroedus crassirostris is a species of bowerbird found on subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. Its coloring is emerald green, with faint black markings on the face and white streaks on the neck.
Green Clay Smith Green Clay Smith (July 4, 1826 – June 29, 1895) served as a major general during the Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1866 to 1869. He also ran for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1876.
Green Cleaning Green cleaning has been coined to describe a trend away from chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which emit volatile organic compounds [VOCs]. It can also describe the way residential and commercial cleaning products are manufactured.
Green College, Oxford Green College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is centred around an architecturally appealing 18th century building: the Radcliffe Observatory, which is modelled after the ancient "Tower of the Winds", Athens.
Green Conventions Green conventions and events (as in "greening conventions, meetings, or events", and "environmentally responsible conventions", as distinct from environmentally responsible legal treaties, accords or conventions, or Green Party political conventions).
Green Corn Ceremony The Green Corn Ceremony is a religious and social ceremony of a number of American Indian peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, as well as Southeastern tribes and was practiced in ancient times, and is still practiced by some tribes today. The onset, length, and very nature of this sacred ceremony varies greatly by tribe, but generally the onset of this ceremony is tied to the ripening of the corn crops, sometime between May and October.
Green Country (Oklahoma) Located in Northeast Oklahoma, Green Country is a heavily-wooded area of the state with a relatively high amount of rolling hills, mountains and foliage as opposed to Central and Western Oklahoma (which have geography similar to "the Great Plains" region of the U.S.
Green Crack Green Crack, also known as Cush (not to be confused with the Asian indica Kush) is a fairly new Cannabis strain. It has gained popularity along with other notable strains, such as Sour Diesel, Northern Lights, and White Widow.
Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio Green Creek Township is one of the 12 townships that make up Sandusky County, Ohio. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, a bit southeast of the county seat of Fremont, and makes up part of the border with Seneca County.
Green Cross Code The Green Cross Code is a brand created by the UK National Road Safety Committee (now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, RoSPA) to raise awareness of pedestrian road safety in the UK. The multimedia Green Cross Code campaign began in 1970.
Green design Green design (also referred to as "sustainable design", "eco-design", or "design for environment") is the catch-all term for a growing trend within the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, industrial design and interior design. The essential aim is to produce places, products and services in a way that reduces use of non-renewable resources, minimizes environmental impact, and relates people with the natural environment.
Green Darner The Green Darner or Common Green Darner (Anax junius) is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, native to North America. It is one of the biggest and fastest-flying dragonflies, able to reach speeds of 85 km/h (55 mph).
Green Day related projects Ever since 1991, some members of punk band Green Day have branched out past their "main band" and have started other projects with other musicians and have released full-length albums and several EPs. Notable related projects of Green Day include Billie Joe Armstrong's Pinhead Gunpowder (which also featured Green Day's live backup guitarist Jason White), The Frustrators in which Mike Dirnt plays bass, and The Network which many speculate has all three members of Green Day, although under stagenames.
Green Diamond The Green Diamond of the Illinois Central Railroad was a diesel streamliner (IC #121) built in 1936 by Pullman-Standard and powered by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. It was the last streamliner built with the power car articulated with the train; future streamliners featured a matched but separable locomotive.
Green Dot Corporation Green Dot Corporation is an issuer of prepaid Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa debit cards in the United States. Its services are available through normal cashiers at nearly 50,000 retail locations, such as CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Eckerd, and RadioShack.
Green Dragon Green Dragon is an alcoholic beverage made by leaching cannabis (usually leaves and stems) in high percentage alcohol. Consuming this beverage produces effects similar to those felt when smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol (the cannabis-like effects tend to be more intense and of longer duration compared to smoking).
Green Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) Green Dragons are the third most powerful of the fictional Dungeons & Dragons chromatic (evil) dragons. Red and Blue dragons are more powerful and Black and White dragons are less powerful than Green Dragons.
Green economics Green economics is an approach to economics in which the economy is considered to be a component of, and dependent upon, the natural world within which it resides and of which is it considered a part. It takes the widest possible view of stakeholders of a transaction to include impacts to nature, non-human species, the planet, earth sciences, the biosphere.
Green eyeshade Green eyeshades are a type of visor that was worn most often from the late 1800's to the middle 1900's by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations. Because they were often worn by people involved in accounting, auditing, fiscal management, economics, and budgeting, they became commonly associated with these activities.
Green Earth Market Launched in 2006, Green Earth Market is an American online retailer of environmentally friendly goods, offering products that are made locally (North America), of natural, organic, or recycled materials, and/or produced in a fair trade, sustainable, or organic production process or method utilizing energy conservation. The objective is to offer alternative products for everything the "big box" stores offer in forms that have less negative environmental and social costs.
Green Egg The Green Egg was a magazine published by the Church of All Worlds from 1968 through 2001. According to the Church of All Worlds website, it published high-quality innovative writing for its worldwide pagan audience throughout this period.
Green Ensign The Green Ensign is a historic flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th Century to the early 20th Century. The flag consists of a green field with a golden harp and a canton containing either the English Flag (St George's Cross) or a version of the Union Flag (pre 1800 - a combination of St George's cross and St Andrew's Cross, post 1800 - containing the addition of St Patrick's Cross).
Green false hellebore Green false hellebore (American white hellebore, Indian Poke, Itch-weed; Veratrum viride) is a perennial plant that grows from small leek-like shoots in the spring to a medium-sized plant with spectacular leaves. It is known for being extremely toxic, and for this reason is considered a pest plant by farmers with livestock.
Greek Revival architecture The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture.
Greek sea gods The ancient Greeks had a large number of sea gods. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond -- their many cities hugging close to the Mediterranean coastline from the Hellenic homeland to Asia Minor, Libya, Sicily and Southern Italy.
Greek sweets of the spoon Sweets "of the Spoon" (Greek: Γλυκό Του Κουταλιού) is a Greek traditional homemade fruit confectionery called spoon sweets, fruits stewed down with sugar to a desired consistency and available in a wide range of flavors. There are probably as many spoon sweets as there are fruits.
Greek Secondary School of London The Greek Secondary School of London is a co-ed independent school for ages 13 through 18 located in the north London suburb of Wood Green. It was established in 1983 by the Greek embassy and provides a traditional Greek education leading to the Greek high school diploma (Apolytirio Lykeiou).
Greek Senate election, 1929 The Senate was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927. In 1929 the first elections for the Senate took place and resulted in a triumph for the Liberal Party, Eleftherios Venizelos and the other venizelist parties.
Greek Senate election, 1932 In 1932 elections took place for the renewal of the 1/3 (30) of the members of the Senate and resulted in an ambivalent result for the two biggest parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party.
Greek Steamship Company There was no earlier steamship company in Greece. The Greek Steamship Company was established in 1856 and had its headquarters in the city of Hermoupolis (often spelled "Ermoupoli"), on the island of Syros (Syros was often known as "Syra" in the 19th century and earlier).
Greek Struggle for Macedonia The Greek Struggle for Macedonia 1904-1908 (in Greek language: Μακεδονικός Αγώνας, "Macedonian Struggle") is how the Greeks describe their military conflicts against the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and the Turkish forces in Ottoman occupied Macedonia during the first decade of the 20th century.
Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup () was a Greek association football trophy, contested between 1987 and 1996 in an annual match between the Greek league champion team and the winners of the Greek Cup. If a team had won The Double (both the Championship and the Cup), the Double winner played the Greek Cup finalist, something which happened in the 1995 edition of the Super Cup.
Greek Supermarkets The Greek supermarket sector is dominated by the subsidiaries of the French owned Carrefour group. Carrefour Marinopoulos is the market leader with a total share exceeding 20%, while Dia has a market share of around 5%.
Greek telephone tapping case 2004-2005 More than 100 mobile phone numbers belonging mostly to members of the Greek government and top-ranking civil servants were found to have been illegally tapped for a period of at least one year. The details of the case were presented at a press conference given by three government ministers on Thursday February 2, 2006.
Greek temple Greek temples differed from their Roman counterparts in that the colonnade formed a peristyle around the whole structure, rather than merely a porch at the front; and also in that the Greek temple was not raised above ground level on a high podium.
Greek Terracotta Figurines Terracotta figurines are a mode of artistic and religious expression frequently found in Ancient Greece. Cheap and easily produced, these figurines abound and provide an invaluable testimony to the everyday life and religion of the Ancient Greeks.
Greek Tortoise The Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca) or Spur-thighed Tortoise is one of four European members of the Testudinidae family of tortoises. The other members of the family are Herman's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni), the Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata) and Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii).
Greek underworld In Greek mythology, the underworld indicates the kingdom of deaths. It is a subterranean place ruled by the god Hades (in Greek , Haides), and for this reason it is also referred to as the kingdom of Hades or simply Hades.
Greek wrestling Greek wrestling or Ancient Greek wrestling-- Pale was the most popular organized sport in Ancient Greece. A point was scored when one player touched the ground with his back, tapped out due to a submission-hold or was forced out of the wrestling-area.
Greek Wikipedia Greek Wikipedia is a Greek edition of Wikipedia, spelled Βικιπαίδεια. Started on December 1, 2002, this edition has, as of November 14, 2006, over 16,238 articlesGreek Wikipedia statistics page and is currently the 38th largest Wikipedia[list of language Wikipedias ordered by size|Meta-Wiki's list of language Wikipedias ordered by size].
Greek-American organized crime Greek-American organized crime is fairly recent in the United States, mostly located on the east coast in New York and Philadelphia specifically. Spiros Velentzas, who held control over Greek-American neighborhoods in Queens during the 1980s and 90s, ran a highly lucrative horse racing parlors using satellite dishes to pick up racing results throughout the country (an innovative alternative to the News Wire service of the early 20th century) as well as running high stakes "barbut" dice games.
Greek-Calabrian dialect The Greek-Calabrian dialect or Greek-Bovesian is the version of Italian Greek used in Calabria, as opposed to the other Italian-Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina, remnant of the ancient and Byzantine Greek colonisation of the region. The two languages are frequently mentioned together as Italiot Greek (Katoitaliótika) or Grecanic or Griko, but are two different versions with different developmental histories.
Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy The Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy was initiated after successive earthquakes hit both countries in the summer of 1999 and led to an improvement in Greco-Turkish relations. The so called "earthquake diplomacy" generated an outpouring of sympathy and generous assistance provided by ordinary Greeks and Turks in both cases.
Greeklish Greeklish, a portmanteau of the words Greek and English, also known as Grenglish or Latinoellinika/Λατινοελληνικά or Frankolevantika/ΦĎαγκολεβάντικα or ASCII Greek, is Greek language written with the Latin alphabet. It is an example of transliteration.
Greeks The Greeks (Greek: Îλληνες—"Hellenes") are a nation and a people, who have populated Greece from the 17th century BC to the present day. Today they are primarily found in the Greek peninsula of southeastern Europe, the Greek islands and Cyprus.
Greeks (finance) In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the quantities representing the market sensitivities of options or other derivatives. Each "Greek" measures a different aspect of the risk in an option position, and corresponds to a parameter on which the value of an instrument or portfolio of financial instruments is dependent.
Greeks in Armenia Greeks and Armenians have had a long cultural, religious and political relationship, dating back to Ancient Greece and strengthening during the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. This tie is reinforced by the significant diaspora population of Greeks in Armenia (and also of Armenians in Greece).
Greeks in Turkey Greeks in Turkey (Turkish: Rumlar) are Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul and on the two islands off the western entrance to the Dardanelles: Imbros and Tenedos (Turkish: Gökçeada and Bozcaada) and also on the Princes' Islands. They are the remnants of the estimated 200,000 Greeks who were permitted under the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne to remain in Turkey following the 1923 population exchange, which involved the forcible resettlement of approximately 1.
Greeks of Romania There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. At times, as during the Phanariote era, this presence has amounted to hegemony; at other times (including the present), the Greeks have simply been one among the area's many ethnic minorities.
Greeks on the Roof [promo of the show on the Seven Network]Greeks On The Roof was a, Melbourne-made Australian TV talk show that ran for 9 weeks on the Seven Network in 2003. It was hosted by Greek-Australian character Effie (played by actress Mary Coustas) and her "family".
Greektown (Vancouver) Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an area in the Kitsilano neighborhood which was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants. The term is an informal one, and Greektown's borders were never strictly defined.
Greektown, Montreal Montreal's Greektown has historically been located in Montreal's Parc Extension district. Jean-Talon Boulevard, as well as Parc Avenue, are considered the hubs of Montreal's Greektown, as they are home to a number of Greek businesses.
Greektown, Toronto Greektown, Toronto, also known as Greektown on the Danforth, or more simply, The Danforth, is a neighbourhood and Business Improvement Area (BIA) of the city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Blvd.
Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area The Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau defined Metropolitan Statistical Area located in the Greeley region of the State of Colorado. The Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area is defined as Weld County, Colorado.
Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad The Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad was a railroad that operated in northern Colorado in the United States during the 1880s. Founded with heavy backing with the Union Pacific Railroad, it was controlled by the Union Pacific from its inception and was later incorporated into the company's lines.
Green (band) Green are a power pop band from Chicago created by songwriter/singer Jeff Lescher. Sprung from the mid-80's mod-revival movement in Chicago that was ignited mostly by the efforts of Lescher and his band along with the promotional work of Sue Miller, owner of Chicago's indie rock venue Lounge Ax.
Green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are the large group of algae from which the embryophytes (higher plants) emerged. As such, they form a paraphyletic group, variously included among the Plantae or with the Protista.
Green alkanet The Green Alkanet (also Pentaglottis, Evergreen Bugloss and Alkanet) is a bristly, perennial plant growing to approxmately 60cm (24") to 90cm (36") in height usually in damp or shaded places and often close to buildings. The Green Alkanet flowers in spring and early summer and can be used in culinary preparations such as foods and drinks.
Green anarchism Green anarchism is a set of related political theories that is derived from philosophical and social movements such as social ecologists, feminism, egoism, situationist, surrealism, the Luddites, Anarcho-primitivism, post- and anti-leftists, indigenous, anti-industrialism, and pre-civilized people.
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus, also known as the green and black poison dart frog is a brightly-coloured member of the order Anura native to Central America and north-western parts of South America and was introduced to Hawaii. It is one of the most variable of all poison dart frogs next to Dendrobates tinctorius.
Green and gold Green and gold are the national colours of Australia, as proclaimed by Sir Ninian Stephen, the Governor General of Australia on 19 April 1984. The exact colours were specified as being Pantone Matching System numbers 116C and 348C.
Green and white army The Green and White Army is the name given to the very noisy and energetic fans that follow the Northern Ireland national football team. Famed for their passionate support, the Green and White Army turn every Northern Ireland match, whether home or away, into a sea of green.
Green and Yellow TV Green and Yellow TV was created with a desire to create music that exists somewhere between pop’s past and its future. Friends Michael Regilio, Todd O’keefe and Justin Rocherolle uprooted from Boston and set out to start anew in the world of sunshine and plastic people.
Green Acres Mall Green Acres Mall is a indoor shopping mall located in Valley Stream, New York, off of Sunrise Highway in Nassau County right off the border of New York City. The mall is extremely popular in Nassau County as well as Queens, New York.
Green Acres, Washington Green Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Green Acres is the spelling used officially by the Census Bureau, though the spelling Greenacres is more common locally.
Green Actors of West Africa Green Actors of West Africa (GAWA) is a network of environmental organizations from West Africa created in 2005. The goal of GAWA Network is to develop ways of enhancing cooperation and coordination between and among the various donors and environmental (nature conservation) actors in this sub-African region.
Green Album Grinspoon EP, also known as the Green Album, the first EP by the Australian band Grinspoon, was released in 1995 an includes an early version of "Sickfest", the song that made the band famous on the Triple J Unearthed competition. The song was later released on their first album Guide To Better Living, and "More Than You Are" also appeared there and on their Pushing Buttons EP.
Green Alliance Green Alliance is an independent charity and green think tank working on environment policy in the United Kingdom (UK). It works with senior decision-makers in government and business, and other major environment groups.
Green Anarchist The magazine Green Anarchist was for a while the principal voice in the UK advocating an explicit fusion of libertarian socialist and ecological thinking (green anarchism), although such ideas had arguably been co-sympathetic for decades if not generations beforehand.
Green Anarchy Green Anarchy is a magazine published twice a year out of Eugene, Oregon by a collective. The magazine's focus is on primitivism, post-left anarchy, radical environmentalism, anarchist resistance, indigenous resistance, earth and animal liberation, anti-capitalism and supporting political prisoners.
Green ban A green ban is a form of strike action, usually taken by a trade union or other organised labour group, which is conducted for environmentalist or conservationist purposes. This is opposed to a black ban, which is strike action taken in order to promote the economic interests of the strikers.
Green banana cockroach The Green banana cockroach (Panchlora nivea) is a large species of cockroach that is found in Cuba and the Caribbean, and along the gulf coast from Florida to Texas and has been observed as far north as Charleston, South Carolina. It is also called the Cuban cockroach.
Green belt A green belt or greenbelt is a policy or land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an urban area instead of around it.
Green beret The green beret is the official headgear of the Royal Marine Commandos, the United States Army Special Forces, The Finnish Coastal Jägers (marines), the Royal Swedish Amphibious Corps, the Royal Norwegian Jeger Battalion (Rangers), the Norwegian Border Battalion on the Norwegian-Russian border, the commando units of the Belgian Paracommando Brigade, The New Zealand Army, the Dutch Royal Korps Commandotroepen, the French Foreign Legion & Naval Commandos, and a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Special forces wear it because of a shared tradition which goes back to the British Commandos of World War II.
Green bin Green bins are short rigid plastic containers often used to collect compostable materials as a means to divert waste from landfills. It should be noted however that in some localities green bins are also used to contain unsorted municipal waste.
Green box Green box is a rigid plastic container used to collect materials such as cardboard, plastics, newspapers and other materials. They were first used in North York, Ontario to suppliment the Blue Box (container) in the recycling programs in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Green brands "Green" brands are those brands consumers associate with environmental conservation and sustainable business practices. Such brands appeal to consumers who are becoming more aware of the need to protect the environment.
Green building Green building or bioclimatic building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.
Green Bay (Lake Michigan) Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south-west coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them.
Green Bay and Western Railroad The Green Bay and Western Railroad served the transportation and freight haulage needs of northern Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993. For much of its operating history, the railroad was also known as the Green Bay Route.
Green Bay Blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, based at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They play in the East Division of the American Conference in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League.
Green Bay Bombers The Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund.
Green Bay Botanical Garden Green Bay Botanical Garden (47 acres) is a nonprofit botanical garden located at 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is open daily in the warmer months, or weekdays in the colder months; an admission fee is charged.
Green Bay Packers Board of Directors The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors is the organization that serves as the owner for the Green Bay Packers football club. The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923.
Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame The Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame (note the unique capitalization) was the first hall of fame built to honor fans of a professional football team. It was established by the Green Bay Packers and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1998.
Green Bay Packers seasons This is a list of seasons completed by the Green Bay Packers, an american football team, in organized play. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association.
Green Bay West High School Green Bay West High School is a school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at 966 Shawano Ave. Founded in the early 1900s, it recently underwent significant renovations, adding a new west wing and completely reconfiguring the cafeteria.
Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is located at the head of the Bay of Green Bay and the mouth of the Fox River, at an altitude of 581 feet (177 m). It is 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. According to the 2004 census estimate, Green Bay has a population of 102,313. The Town of Green Bay is located several miles northeast of the city.
Green Belt (Pittsburgh) The Green Belt is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's fourth "belt" in the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, running a half-circumference of the city in 39 miles. Unlike the Purple Belt, Blue Belt and Yellow Belt, it does not make a complete circumference.
Green Book (CD-interactive standard) The Philips "Green Book" specifies the standard for interactive, multimedia compact discs designed for CD-i players This compact disc format is unusual, because it hides the initial tracks which contains the software and data files used by the CD-i players. It does this by omitting the tracks from the disc's Table of Contents.
Green Broadbill The Green Broadbill, Calyptomena viridis of Borneo, Sumatra and Malay Peninsula rainforests is a brilliant green plumaged bird with a wide gape bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on wings. The bill itself is very weak and almost hidden by crest above it.
Green Brook Flood Control Project Green Brook Flood Control is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major flood in August 1973, which ravaged the Green Brook and Raritan River basins with flooding, causing millions in property damage and several deaths in central New Jersey.
Green Brook Hockey Club The Green Brook Hockey Club, located in Green Brook, New Jersey, is an instructional inline hockey league for kids aged 5 through 17 from all towns and municipalities. Players are assigned to teams in their age group and play a regular season and playoff schedule.
Green Building (MIT) The Cecil and Ida Green Building, also called the Green Building or Building 54, is an academic building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by noted architect I.
Green Building XML The Green Building XML schema, referred to as “GBxml”, was developed to facilitate a common interoperability model integrating a myriad of design and development tools used in the building industry. GBxml is being integrated into a range of software CAD and engineering tools.
Green Burrito Green Burrito is an American fast-food restaurant chain run by CKE Restaurants, Inc., located mostly on the Western Half of the United States in Pacific, Mountain and West Coast regions, and serves fast-food Mexican food.
Green cleaning Green cleaning has been coined to describe a trend away from chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among other adverse effects. It can also describe the way residential and commercial cleaning products are manufactured.
Green computing Green Computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. Typically, technological systems or computing products that incorporate green computing principles take into account the so-called triple bottom line of economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental impact.
Green Car of the Year The Green Car of the Year is an award from the Green Car Journal. The winner is selected by an 11-member panel comprised of automotive and environmental experts, currently including Mario Andretti, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and Carroll Shelby.
Green Catbird The Green Catbird, Ailuroedus crassirostris is a species of bowerbird found on subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. Its coloring is emerald green, with faint black markings on the face and white streaks on the neck.
Green Clay Smith Green Clay Smith (July 4, 1826 – June 29, 1895) served as a major general during the Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1866 to 1869. He also ran for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1876.
Green Cleaning Green cleaning has been coined to describe a trend away from chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which emit volatile organic compounds [VOCs]. It can also describe the way residential and commercial cleaning products are manufactured.
Green College, Oxford Green College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is centred around an architecturally appealing 18th century building: the Radcliffe Observatory, which is modelled after the ancient "Tower of the Winds", Athens.
Green Conventions Green conventions and events (as in "greening conventions, meetings, or events", and "environmentally responsible conventions", as distinct from environmentally responsible legal treaties, accords or conventions, or Green Party political conventions).
Green Corn Ceremony The Green Corn Ceremony is a religious and social ceremony of a number of American Indian peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, as well as Southeastern tribes and was practiced in ancient times, and is still practiced by some tribes today. The onset, length, and very nature of this sacred ceremony varies greatly by tribe, but generally the onset of this ceremony is tied to the ripening of the corn crops, sometime between May and October.
Green Country (Oklahoma) Located in Northeast Oklahoma, Green Country is a heavily-wooded area of the state with a relatively high amount of rolling hills, mountains and foliage as opposed to Central and Western Oklahoma (which have geography similar to "the Great Plains" region of the U.S.
Green Crack Green Crack, also known as Cush (not to be confused with the Asian indica Kush) is a fairly new Cannabis strain. It has gained popularity along with other notable strains, such as Sour Diesel, Northern Lights, and White Widow.
Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio Green Creek Township is one of the 12 townships that make up Sandusky County, Ohio. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, a bit southeast of the county seat of Fremont, and makes up part of the border with Seneca County.
Green Cross Code The Green Cross Code is a brand created by the UK National Road Safety Committee (now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, RoSPA) to raise awareness of pedestrian road safety in the UK. The multimedia Green Cross Code campaign began in 1970.
Green design Green design (also referred to as "sustainable design", "eco-design", or "design for environment") is the catch-all term for a growing trend within the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, industrial design and interior design. The essential aim is to produce places, products and services in a way that reduces use of non-renewable resources, minimizes environmental impact, and relates people with the natural environment.
Green Darner The Green Darner or Common Green Darner (Anax junius) is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, native to North America. It is one of the biggest and fastest-flying dragonflies, able to reach speeds of 85 km/h (55 mph).
Green Day related projects Ever since 1991, some members of punk band Green Day have branched out past their "main band" and have started other projects with other musicians and have released full-length albums and several EPs. Notable related projects of Green Day include Billie Joe Armstrong's Pinhead Gunpowder (which also featured Green Day's live backup guitarist Jason White), The Frustrators in which Mike Dirnt plays bass, and The Network which many speculate has all three members of Green Day, although under stagenames.
Green Diamond The Green Diamond of the Illinois Central Railroad was a diesel streamliner (IC #121) built in 1936 by Pullman-Standard and powered by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. It was the last streamliner built with the power car articulated with the train; future streamliners featured a matched but separable locomotive.
Green Dot Corporation Green Dot Corporation is an issuer of prepaid Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa debit cards in the United States. Its services are available through normal cashiers at nearly 50,000 retail locations, such as CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Eckerd, and RadioShack.
Green Dragon Green Dragon is an alcoholic beverage made by leaching cannabis (usually leaves and stems) in high percentage alcohol. Consuming this beverage produces effects similar to those felt when smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol (the cannabis-like effects tend to be more intense and of longer duration compared to smoking).
Green Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) Green Dragons are the third most powerful of the fictional Dungeons & Dragons chromatic (evil) dragons. Red and Blue dragons are more powerful and Black and White dragons are less powerful than Green Dragons.
Green economics Green economics is an approach to economics in which the economy is considered to be a component of, and dependent upon, the natural world within which it resides and of which is it considered a part. It takes the widest possible view of stakeholders of a transaction to include impacts to nature, non-human species, the planet, earth sciences, the biosphere.
Green eyeshade Green eyeshades are a type of visor that was worn most often from the late 1800's to the middle 1900's by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations. Because they were often worn by people involved in accounting, auditing, fiscal management, economics, and budgeting, they became commonly associated with these activities.
Green Earth Market Launched in 2006, Green Earth Market is an American online retailer of environmentally friendly goods, offering products that are made locally (North America), of natural, organic, or recycled materials, and/or produced in a fair trade, sustainable, or organic production process or method utilizing energy conservation. The objective is to offer alternative products for everything the "big box" stores offer in forms that have less negative environmental and social costs.
Green Egg The Green Egg was a magazine published by the Church of All Worlds from 1968 through 2001. According to the Church of All Worlds website, it published high-quality innovative writing for its worldwide pagan audience throughout this period.
Green Ensign The Green Ensign is a historic flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th Century to the early 20th Century. The flag consists of a green field with a golden harp and a canton containing either the English Flag (St George's Cross) or a version of the Union Flag (pre 1800 - a combination of St George's cross and St Andrew's Cross, post 1800 - containing the addition of St Patrick's Cross).
Green false hellebore Green false hellebore (American white hellebore, Indian Poke, Itch-weed; Veratrum viride) is a perennial plant that grows from small leek-like shoots in the spring to a medium-sized plant with spectacular leaves. It is known for being extremely toxic, and for this reason is considered a pest plant by farmers with livestock.
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