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Perhaps just in time to help new homes even though there Greece get out of its fiscal dol - are a number of unsold proper - By Constantine S. Sirigos drums – and he’s already offering ties available. Another is the la - TNH Staff Writer advice – Prof. Christopher Pis - bor market. Because searching sarides, a British-Cypriot has, for jobs takes time and resources, NEW YORK – Dr. P. Roy Vage - along with two Americans, Peter it creates friction in the job mar - los and his wife Diana are Diamond, Dale Mortensen ket, helping explain why there wealthy enough to be among shared in the 2010 Nobel Prize are both job vacancies and un - the biggest philanthropists in for Economics, for developing a employment simultaneously, the the Greek American community, theory that helps explain why academy said. This search but said they learned who many people remain unem - process meant there would in - would get their generosity by ployed despite a large number evitably be job vacancies and un - the largesse they gave to each of job vacancies. They were hon - employment. “The laureates’ other, and knowing the causes ored for their analysis of the fric - models help us understand the they would support. “One rule tion involved when buyers and ways in which unemployment, we hold true to is we are chari - sellers are paired up in markets. job vacancies and wages are af - table to those we are engaged Diamond, a former mentor to fected by regulation and eco - with. We are very familiar with current Federal Reserve chair - nomic policy,” the citation said. their mission and interests and man Ben Bernanke, analyzed the Their work resulted in the so- their governance. Unless we are foundations of so-called search called Diamond-Mortensen-Pis - very involved and know exactly markets, while Mortensen and sarides model, a frequently used what the needs are we are not Pissarides expanded the theory tool to estimate how unemploy - inclined to become donors. So and applied it to the labor mar - ment benefits, interest rates, the far we’ve been pretty accurate,’ ket. They won $1.5 million along efficiency of employment agen - she said. When they give, they with the prize. cies and other factors can affect often give big, the latest being Pissarides, a 62-year-old pro - the labor market. “One conclu - a $50 million gift they recently fessor at the London School of sion is that more generous un - made to the Columbia Univer - Economics, told The Associated employment benefits give rise to TNH/COSTAS BEJ sity Medical Center (CUMC) will Press that the win was “a com - higher unemployment and Greek “Heroes” Exhibit Dazzles, Inspires, Provokes in N.Y. Opening help it to continue to produce plete surprise.” Speaking from longer search times,” the acad - many of America’s top physi - his London home, he said: “The emy said. “According to a classi - Anthony Papadimitriou, (R) President of the Onassis Foundation USA, admiring one of the works cians and researchers far into happiness is even more when it cal view of the market, buyers of art at the Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greek exhibit, with Greek Minster of Culture the future. comes as a surprise.” Diamond, and sellers find one another im - Pavlos Geroulanos. See related story on page 3. Vagelos, former Chairman 70, is an economist at the Mass - mediately, without cost, and and CEO of pharmaceutical gi - achusetts Institute of Technology, have perfect information about ant Merck & Co. Inc. Was grad - and an authority on Social Se - the prices of all goods and ser - uated from Columbia’s College curity, pensions and taxation. vices ... But this is not what hap - of Physicians and Surgeons in Mortensen, 71, is an economics pens in the men’s work on search ADL Award to Andreas For Her Father 1954 and his wife is a graduate professor at Northwestern Uni - markets, which helped explain of Barnard College, invited The versity in Evanston, Illinois. He how it was possible so many peo - National Herald to speak with is now a visiting professor at the ple could be unemployed at a By Theodore Kalmoukos lished in 1913 and has offices wife of the prominent Greek- them about their philanthropic University of Aarhus in Denmark time when a large number of TNH Staff Writer in 29 states in the United States American businessman and activities and other concerns. and was told he had won the jobs were on offer. “Search the - as well as in Jerusalem, Rome artist George Andreas. She said Their Manhattan apartment, prize before a lecture, university ory has emerged as the predom - BOSTON- Ursula E. Andreas of and Moscow. The group’s an - in her speech that, “My family with its spectacular views of spokesman Anders Correll said. inant model for considering the Virginia has been honored by nual budget is $60 million. ADL lived in Chemnitz, Germany, Central Park and the art they “He was very, very happy but effects of economic-policy mea - the prominent Jewish Anti- Director Abraham Foxman said which had a very diversified have collected – mainly selected composed at the same time,” sures on the labor market,” the Defamation League (ADL) with “The ADL posthumously hon - population, who loved the arts, by her – was filled with the Correll said. committee said in a statement. the Courage to Care Award for ored Horst Lantzesch for his the opera and the theater. The warmth generated by the well- Their work sheds light on These measures include the size her late father’s Horst B. courage and bravery in defying fashion market was also very matched couple. why the classical view of mar - of unemployment benefits and Lantzsch bravery in saving the the Nazis to save his Jewish upscale. My father grew up with Their home is in New Jersey, kets, in which prices are set so rules on hiring and firing. life of his Jewish friend Freddi friend from a concentration a very special friend Freddie As - but when they have work or so - that buyers and sellers always “Clearly the theory does not Ascher from the Nazis in Ger - camp during the Holocaust.” cher, who happened to be Jew - cializing to do in New York, they find each other and all resources offer very simple prescriptions many. The event took place on Andreas, in an emotional speech ish. They became very close and stay at their apartment. Mrs. are fully utilized, doesn’t always for how to return to full employ - October 7 at the Sheraton Hotel told the story of her father’s my dad, my mother, Freddie, Vagelos said they both love New apply to the real world. One ex - ment,” Tore Ellingsen, a member in Boston during the official lun - courage as she lived it during and his wife Edith saw each York, and they “love to come in ample is the housing market, cheon of the annual ADL Con - her teenage years and as her where buyers can struggle to find Continued on page 9 ference, a group that was estab - parents had told her. She is the Continued on page 4 Continued on page 5 Plytas & Nathanail: Hellenic-American Chamber Honors Zoullas

Greece’s Teen Water Ski By Dimitris Tsakas TNH Staff Writer

Champions Rule The Water NEW YORK - On October 15th the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce awarded the title By Sylvia Klimaki stead, they traveled two hours, Personality of the Year 2010 to TNH Staff Writer all the way from the southern Sophocles N. Zoullas, President suburbs of Athens to Aliartos, and CEO of Eagle Bulk Shipping, ATHENS- On a gloomy Friday 100 kilometers away, for train - the first time in many years that morning recently, 15-year-old ing. They would spend the whole the event was not held in the European water skiing champi - weekend there, living by them - great hall of the Metropolitan ons John Nathanail and Nikolas selves in a hotel nearby, with Club in Manhattan. The Execu - Plytas did not go to school. In - George Hatzis, their coach and tive Director of the Hellenic- guardian. During the weekend American chamber, Stamatis they would compete at the 3rd Gikas, told The National Herald Greek Masters tournament at that due to unprecedented in - Hatzis Water Ski Paradise camp, terest, the event was moved to Wall Street ending a very successful season. the noted Hotel Pierre, which is Hatzis’ camp is the only water a considerably larger venue. ski school in Greece where ath - “‘The interest for both the event Wilson vs letes can practice in fresh water and the album is great and we and enjoy top-level conditions. expect more than 550 people,”‘ Hatzis’ brother’s -both former Gikas said, before it was held, NY DiNapoli champions and still active mem - expressing his admiration for the bers of the Greek national team, impressive progress of Zoullas, now focus more on training the who comes from a family tradi - ALBANY, N.Y. – If he could help next generations of world-class tionally involved into shipping turn around General Motors, skiers. Plytas and Nathanail have and, as he proudly says, he is Greek American financier Harry been traveling around the world the fifth generation. He is a de - Wilson argues, he can sure keep for training and participating in scendant of Panagiotis Panta - TNH/COSTAS BEJ track of how New York state the most highly recognized tour - Sophocles N. Zoullas, President and CEO of Eagle Bulk Shipping in his NY office during an ex - spends its money. But to do it, naments. Plytas is a specialist on Continued on page 4 tensive interview with The National Herald about his family’s heritage and Greek shipping. the wealthy 39-year-old Repub - tricks, while Nathanail is a spe - lican, who made his fortune as cialist on slalom –using only one a hedge fund manager, has to ski. Nathanail won the Bronze unseat the current State Comp - Medal at the European Champi - troller, Democrat Thomas Di - onship that was held in Austria Papandreou Lays Down Greece’s New Laws Napoli, a longtime Assembly - this past summer. man from Long Island who was As Hatzis told The National chosen by the Legislature three Herald in an interview: “This vic - ATHENS- Lost in the whirlwind represents only 1% of Gross Do - which have deterred him from years ago to replace Comptroller tory is very significant since of photo opportunities, meet - mestic Product, far below the forging ahead with his plan. Alan Hevesi, who resigned amid Nathanail competes in the same ings with political and business 4.1% average across Europe. It’s “The reality in Greece is that we scandal. The Wilson vs. Di - category with athletes that are leaders in New York and Wash - also a chance, perhaps more im - have made a clean break with Napoli race isn’t the highest-pro - one and two years older than ington last month was the new portantly he said, to restore con - the practices of the past,” he file contest, but one of the most him and still he managed to beat imprimatur for Greece that fidence, even in the face of per - said. critical because the position many of them and win the Prime Minister George Papan - sistent reports from doomsayers During his trip, Papandreou oversees how the state’s money bronze medal. No other Greek dreou – now one year in office that default is a near-certainty. also The Greek Prime Minister is spent, and the two went at it athlete has ever managed to win – laid out for his near-bankrupt “We have decided to create sat down for a working break - during a televised debate last a medal at his first year at the country, its reputation be - a different Greece. A new fast with seven leading Greek week, making their cases they Junior boys category,” his coach smirched by staggering deficit Greece that is more transparent, American businessmen, lawyers were the best man for the job. proudly said. He added that and debt, its citizens vilified as just, sustainable, competitive - and scientists, a gathering that “I worked to restructure broken Nathanail “will remain in the lazy and corrupt. Greece, Papan - and, ultimately, a very good in - State Minister Haris Pamboukis companies, which is why I am same category for another two dreou said in lengthier ad - vestment. Nevertheless, we are said was a first step toward the running for New York State years so we can only imagine dresses outside of 30-second still fighting a battle to dispel establishment of an advisory In - comptroller — to help restruc - what the future will bring.” television sound bites, doesn’t persistent doubts about Greece’s vestment Board of leading fig - Nathanail is number three in the deserve the public flogging of credibility,” he said in a speech ures in the Diaspora to help get Continued on page 5 world ranking at slalom for his the world, and he made his case to the Economic Club of New Greece back on track economi - age (Junior boys born in 1995) that a newer, better Greece has York, events which tend to pro - cally, although Papandreou still while Plytas has been ranked emerged from the economic ru - duce brief news stories, but re - has to deal with the fallout of number one in the world ranking ins that rivaled those still stand - EUROKINISSI ally are a long-term blueprint, a how the austerity measures For subscription: list for tricks for four consecutive ing from ancient times. Greece Greek Prime Minister George vision he said, to make Greece have rent the social fabric of the 718.784.5255 years. In 2009 at the world has always persevered, he said, Papandreou. whole and salvage its world country. He said he’s confident, [email protected] championship in Peru he finished and he argued that a combina - standing while trying to protect however, because surveys con - 7th. The same year at the tion of tough austerity mea - the European Union and Inter - its most vulnerable, including tinue to show Greeks still be - Mediterranean Games he won sures, such as public sector national Monetary Fund (IMF) workers who seven times this lieve he’s the right leader at the the 3rd place in men’s tricks and wage cuts, tax hikes and pen - and changing the country’s im - year have taken to the streets in right time, supporting his PA - sion reforms needed to get $146 age would attract more Foreign protests and strikes against the Continued on page 9 billion in emergency loans from Direct Investment (FDI,) which austerity measures, none of Continued on page 9 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010

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n THRU NOVEMBER 17 call: (617) 834-3447. St. TARPON SPRINGS, Fl. – Dr. George Church is located at: 54 Mary Coros, director of the Lev - South Common Street, Lynn, endia Dance Troupe, will be pro - MA 01902. viding Greek dance lessons di - vided into nine different n OCTOBER 23 sessions from September 22 un - CHICAGO, Ill. – The National til November 17. Learn to Hellenic Museum is hosting their dance popular Greek dances annual fall gala on October 23 and also learn about the origin at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago. of and traditions surrounding Celebrate “The Newest Thing in each dance. Dances practices Ancient History” with Chef will be held every Wednesday Jimmy Bannos, Jr., Hephaestus, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Tar - VIPs from Chicago’s arts, culture pon Springs Cultural Center. and political scene and many Prices for the dance classes are: more. The black tie gala will be $75 for nine week session, $50 featuring cocktails, silent and TNH/COSTAS BEJ TNH/COSTAS BEJ for any six classes and/or $10 live auctions, dinner and danc - Avramopoulos Lives his Myth in Flushing Society “Minos” Celebrates their Heritage at Creatan House drop in rate. Register online at: ing. Chef Jimmy Bannos Jr. of, www.tarponarts.org or call: The Purple Pig, will create Former Greek Tourism Minister Dimitris Avaramopoulos (cen - Minos Pres. Manolis Anastasakis is surrounded by the Cretan (727) 942-5605. The Tarpon Mediterranean flavors for an ex - ter), partakes of the St. Nicholas festival in Queens, NY. To his organization’s dance groups in all their splendor. Also present Springs Cultural Center is lo - traordinary dinner; Tony Her - right is Pastor Fr. Paul Palesty. At far R is George Baroutsas, wer Stratos Mamalakis, Pantelis Gasparakis, Gianis Angelakis cated at: Cultural Center, 101 nandez will dazzle guests with Pres. of the union of mayors and community heads of Arcadia. and George Milonakis at their annual dinner-dance in Astoria. S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs, performers from Looking glass FL 34689. Theatre’s Hephaestus, giving the audience a glimpse at Greek n THRU JANUARY 3 Gods; and Public I Band and the NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Onassis John Linardakis Orchestra will In the Spotlight: Jordan Thayer’s Renaissance Cultural Center explores the add melody to the night. The role of heroes in society in the National Hellenic Museum con - exhibition, Heroes: Mortals and nects generations through his - By Constantine S. Sirigos factors for creating a good work tween all the different compo - Myths in Ancient Greece, on tory, culture and art. The gala TNH Staff Writer environment is being open to nents of my life. I have always view in Manhattan from Octo - will be held from 6:30 – mid - new ideas. strived to have a balance be - ber 5, 2010 to January 3, 2011. night. Tickets are $250 per per - NEW YORK - Jordan Thayer, TNH: Tell us about your tween family bonding, school - The exhibition is supported by son; special youth rate (25 years who is pursuing a Mechanical background. work, athletics, clubs, relaxing, an indemnity from the Federal and under) is $125 per person. Engineering degree at the Uni - JT: I graduated Francis and learning. Council on the Arts and Human - Call (312) 655-1234 or visit na - versity of Southern California, Parker High School in May TNH: What’s the greatest les - ities. Highlights of the exhibition tionalhellenicmuseum.org for has tried nearly every sport she 2010. I spent all 14 of my “offi - son you've ever learned? include a bronze Corinthian hel - more information. The Hilton could imagine (from ballet to cial” years of schooling at Fran - JT: The best lesson I have met from 700-500 B.C.; a black- Hotel is located at: 720 South basketball, synchronized swim - cis Parker, so I am lucky enough ever learned was taught to me figure amphora depicting Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. ming to horseback riding, vol - to have had the same wonderful by my father in 6th Grade. Much Achilles and Ajax playing a leyball to bowling, and ping three friends since about age of a science and math girl al - board game outside Troy (late n OCTOBER 23 – pong to golf,) and while she said four. Growing up in a close fam - ready, I always came home with sixth century B.C.); a black-fig - NOVEMBER 1 she has enjoyed every minute of ily (with just one older sister), I my loads of history assignments ure column krater (c. 510 B.C.) NEW YORK, NY - The New York it, she has settled on those she have always placed a strong em - (including “so much” reading) depicting Odysseus escaping City Greek Film Festival will be is most interested in: basketball phasis on family values and loy - complaining about how much I from the cave of the Cyclops held on October 23 - November and volleyball. She participates alty. My family provides a strong didn’t want to read or write a Polyphemos; and a gold medal - 1 at various Manhattan and on sports teams and in clubs on educational and support net - paper or how boring the class lion with the bust of Alexander Queens Venues. Look for hits campus and academically her work and is the center of all I was. After letting me complain the Great (c. 218-235 A.D.; like, "Plato's Academy," as well greatest passions are math and hold important in my life. My for quite some time, finally he among many more. Guided as short films of Greek American science. But she enjoys other mother and sister are driving in - said to me, “You know Jordan, tours of the exhibition will be teens (a section sponsored by subjects too, and is now in the fluential forces - they are smart, you should appreciate every bit offered to the public every Tues - TNH). The festival is looking for process of deciding on a minor compassionate, and determined of learning you receive. Try and day and Thursday at 1:00 p.m. box office volunteers. For more (between accounting, statistics, women, and they have shown tell me one negative outcome of Tours can also be organized info/to volunteer, contact festi - philosophy, and economics). me that it is not only important, your learning about the past.” upon request for school groups. val director Jimmy DeMetro at TNH: What is your approach but possible, to balance a strong Of course, I had no response. A comprehensive brochure will (212) 988-1929 or email at: to your endeavors? work ethic with adherence to Jordan Thayer Ever since then, I have at - also be offered free to visitors. [email protected]. For JT: I try to do a few different family unity and values. They tempted to enjoy every bit of For additional information, con - additional information, visit the things. On one hand, I am sure have also instilled in me a sense hard to provide me and my sis - learning I have received, and, tact: Lillian Goldenthal at (212) festival website: www.nycgreek - to work my personal hardest of pride in my Greek heritage. I ter with the lifestyle we now actually, my life has become a 593-6355 or email: golden - filmfestival.com. and strive to be the best I can cherish the “big fat” family get- have. By remembering my fa - lot more fulfilling as a result. He [email protected]. so that the others around me togethers, as they are joyous ther’s ability to build a better gave me a newfound, true pas - n OCTOBER 23 can feed off that energy and events filled with Greek danc - life for his children and his ad - sion for learning, and I cannot n OCTOBER 10 AND NEW YORK, NY- ALMA Bank, in passion. In addition, one of my ing, fabulous food, and lots of vice about being grateful for my thank him enough. NOVEMBER 6 cooperation with the New York biggest goals is to really be a love. opportunities, lifestyle, and ed - TNH: Do you have a role TARPON SPRINGS, Fl. – The City Greek Film Festival, pre - team player. If someone else has The remaining part of my ucation I have established a model? City of Tarpon Springs will pre - sents a free screening of the hit an idea on how to improve our character rests almost entirely strong part of my character. JT: My sister, Sydney. Her sent, Night in the Islands, on the comedy, "The Island," on Octo - machinery or be more efficient, on my father’s guidance. He TNH: What has been your strong work ethic has been the world famous Sponge Docks on ber 23, at the Frank Sinatra I am more than willing to really came from an extremely poor greatest achievement so far? motivation for me to work hard. October 10 from 6:00 to 11:00 School of the Arts, 35-12 35th explore its feasibility. I believe family and was handed no op - JT: I have been fortunate to Just one year apart in school, pm. Enjoy Greek music, dancing, Ave., Astoria. Doors open at that one of the most important portunities; my father worked have found a good balance be - we have always had a friendly and dining. The event features 7:00 p.m. Also on the program competition in both academics live music by Odyssey, an excit - are the winning videos directed and athletics. With every one of ing Greek musical group with by teens entered in The National her successes, I strive to accom - three of the best Greek musicians Herald's No Limits 2010 video plish the same or more, and vice in Florida. Odyssey will perform competition. versa. We continually challenge nisiotika, the lively traditional one another to succeed, which, music of the Greek islands, as n OCTOBER 25 in turn, heightens our own suc - well as some old and new Greek NEW YORK, NY - The New York cess. Sydney never gives up on favorites. Odyssey will feature City Greek Film Festival presents a hard problem, a team sprint, Emmanuel Gonatos on bouzouki a tribute to actor and dance his - or a seemingly impossible exam. and vocals, George Boulahanis torian Athan Karras, with a free Her perseverance, coupled with on guitar, and Rhodell Fields on screening of "Dark Odyssey," on her kindness, optimism, and in - keyboard. Prior to the main October 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the telligence, makes for the best event, there will be live Greek NYU Tisch School, 721 Broad - role model anyone could ask for. music by the Bouzouki Boys be - way, New York City. The film, TNH: What part of Greece is tween 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Do - an early American independent your family from? Do you visit decanese Blvd. at Riverwalk, production, is a valuable record often? west of Hope Street. The event of life in the Greek community JT: My papou’s parents are is free. For further information, of Washington Heights in the from Elias County, in the cities call: (727) 942-5605. 1950s. A panel discussion fol - of Zaharo and Gargalanos. My lowing the film will feature Prof. yiayia’s parents are from the n OCTOBER 22 Dan Georgakas and director Sparta area. Because my entire NEW YORK, NY- The New York Radley Metzger. Reserve your ancestry originates in the Pelo - City Greek Film Festival presents seat at: www.nycgreekfilmfesti - ponnesus, my family and I were a free screening of the contro - val.com. able to easily visit all our rela - versial international hit "Dog - tives and stay in the village on tooth" (KYNODONTAS), fol - n OCTOBER 26-31 our trip to Greece. I feel so for - lowed by a discussion of the NEW YORK, NY - The New York tunate to have been able to film, featuring Professor Dan City Greek Film Festival opens travel there and feel the true Georgakas, Time Out NY critic its Manhattan run on Tuesday, Greek culture that I hold so Joshua Rothkopf, and the leg - October 26 with two screenings dearly. endary Andrew Sarris, on Octo - of the award-winning comedy TNH: What are some upcom - ber 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the NYU "Plato's Academy," at 7:00 p.m. ing projects/events we can look Tisch School, 721 Broadway, and 9:00 p.m. at the renowned forward to? New York City. Reserve your Paris Theater on Fifth Ave. and JT: Now a student in Los An - seat by visiting: www.gotham - West 58 St. The next evening geles, it seems that I have end - [email protected]. the festival launches its regular less opportunities to help the daily screenings, though Octo - community around me and n OCTOBER 22-24 ber 31, at the SVA Theater, 333 learn about other cultures. In LYNN, Mass. – AHEPA and the West 23 St. Film descriptions, addition, I plan to study abroad Sons of Pericles will be hosting screening schedules and ticket for a summer in Spain and a se - a double elimination basketball information available at: mester in New Zealand, where tournament on October 22-24. www.nycgreekfilmfestival.com I hope to gain new perspectives Games will be played at the St. or call: (212) 629-6380. and continue my study of these George Church in Lynn, Massa - other cultures. As a Merit Re - chusetts. Participants must be n NOTE TO OUR READERS search Scholar here at USC, I male between the ages of 16- This calendar of events section am guaranteed research all four 27. Older AHEPANs are permit - is a complimentary service to years of college, during which I ted to play if they choose. Hotel the Greek American community. hope to find a project that I am rooms can be booked at Holiday All parishes, organizations and truly passionate about and Inn Express on Rt. 1 in Saugus institutions are encouraged to would like to continue to pur - under “AHEPA Group.” Room e-mail their information regard - sue. rate includes free buffet style ing the event 3-4 weeks ahead TNH: Share with us some breakfast. Contact Jason Ver - of time, and no later than Mon - words of wisdom. gados, Boston SOP President, day of the week before the JT: Though I am only 18 for price/event details at: event, to english.edition@then - years old, I feel as though I have [email protected] or ationalherald.com a few pieces of advice that have helped me get through the rough days. First, I have found it to be of the utmost importance that QUESTION OF THE WEEK you be yourself. Truly, though it sounds cliché, there is no reason Vote on our website! to let others change you; if you cannot be who you really are You have the chance to express your opinion on our website with certain people, don’t be on an important question in the news. The results will be pub - around them. It would be a lished in our printed edition next week along with the question waste to live without ever being for that week. truly comfortable with who you The question this week is: Would you favor Greece having are. In fact, I don’t believe you closer ties with Israel even if it hurts relations with Arab coun - could ever be completely happy tries? without being yourself. Secondly, o Yes I think it is important to always o No put issues and stresses into per - o Maybe spective. It’s important to appre - The results for last week’s question: Do you support China's ciate the journey of life, and growing economic involvement in Greece? know that it will undoubtedly 35 % voted "Yes" change paths when you least ex - 65 % voted "No" pect it. Just enjoy it anyway. 0% voted "Maybe"

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By Constantine S. Sirigos poets were translated into the seum on October 9. Speaking TNH Staff Writer paintings and sculptures of the then about Christian saints, he in artists thousands of years ago, all effect also responded to both the NEW YORK – Wandering for our delight and edification in Minister and the question on the through the spaces between the 21st century Manhattan, or so exhibit’s official guide, “What objects of art in the Onassis Foun - one gets the impression when makes someone a hero or a hero - dation’s new exhibit: Heroes: viewing the carefully selected ine?” He paraphrased sociologist Mortals and Myths in Ancient and beautifully placed objects of Max Weber’s definition of a Greece, a visitor is catapulted one of the finest collections of charismatic person, which could both into the myths learned in classical art seen outside of the apply to saints and heroes, as childhood, and the various world’s great museums. The ex - “someone possessing qualities episodes and trials of life. The hibit, which held its opening re - that set him apart from ordinary guile of Odysseus, the strength ception on October 13 at the people, who in turn endow that of Heracles, the ferocity of Onassis Cultural Center off Fifth charismatic with supernatural, Achilles, the seductiveness of He - Avenue, runs until January 3, superhuman qualities.” He is set len of Troy have all come in 2011. apart “not by any specific behav - handy – or were to be desired, at The guests and dignitaries ior or characteristics or any con - critical points in their more pro - were welcomed by Ambassador ventional achievement or good saic lives. The personalities, qual - Loucas Tsilas, Executive Director, works – he touched on the Elvis ities and passions invented by the who was succeeded at the phenomenon - but rather by the podium by Anthony Papadim - impact he or she has on others. itriou, President of the Onassis Charisma, where needed, will ap - Foundation USA, who expressed pear, and it will perform.” his enthusiasm and appreciation The reception was followed Giannoulias, for the excellent works of art, by a dinner at the nearby St. more than 100, that have been Regis Hotel. Tsilas’ welcome was donated by museums from the followed by Archbishop Kirk Trade U.S., Greece and Europe. The ex - Demetrios’ benediction, who hibition has been organized by praised the Onassis Foundation the Walters Art Museum, Balti - TNH/COSTAS BEJ for its endeavors both in the U.S. Jabs on more, in cooperation with the Guests and officials at the opening reception of the Onassis Foundation’s new exhibit "Heroes: and in Greece. The president of Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece". the Council of Hellenes Abroad Nashville, the San Diego Museum (SAE) Stefanos Tamvakis re - National TV of Art and the Alexander S. Onas - “The Greek myths are not just are your children.” Referring to we can be,” and showing human - flected the thoughts of many sis Public Benefit Foundation stories, they are truths, the Greek the Greek world where the art ity how “to reach up to the sun, when he marveled that each (USA.) Papadimitriou said the art heroes and heroines have a real originated and the Greek descent but knowing how to stop before Onassis exhibit is better that the By Christopher Tripoulas works “make us ask questions presence in the world today.” He of many of the guests he added, melting our wings.” previous one. He said that diffi - TNH Staff Writer about our own lives, our achieve - noted the advertising campaign “that’s were they started. We Geroulanos said Greek heroes cult times demand new heroes, ments and failures,” and that said from his tenure as minister of have been part of the telling of provided multiple and inspiring but also declared the Greek NEW YORK – As Election Day the art has educational and sci - Tourism Live Your Myth in the story of the Greek people in lessons, those about “measure American community as a whole approaches, and control of Con - entific value, exploring the nature Greece, and spoke of the evolu - ancient Greece and Byzantium” and hubris, probably being the exhibits heroic qualities in its gress goes up for grabs during of heroes from social, philosoph - tion that heroes underwent that and now Greek Americans can most relevant today. They were work and struggles in behalf of crucial midterm elections, per - ical and psychological perspec - illustrated how “a man could ex - receive them and enjoy them at strong, smart and virtuous and Greece. haps the most meaningful and tives. cel himself, to become a hero and the Onassis exhibit. were able to find solutions to im - Among the leaders from both symbolic race is taking place in His Eminence Archbishop even a demigod. He said the Greek Minister of Culture Pav - portant problems.” Like all good sides of the Atlantic present at Illinois, with President Barack Demetrios told The National Her - Greek heroes are valuable in a los Geroulanos said the value of exhibits, he concluded, the Onas - the events were retired Senator Obama’s old Senate seat as the ald that there were many simi - world filled with antiheroes and heroes in a time of global chal - sis presentation raises more ques - Paul Sarbanes, President Emeri - ultimate prize. As voter senti - larities and differences between demystification.” lenges is their lessons about our tions than it answers: who are tus of NYU John Brademas, for - ments have come to the fore, the ancient Greek cult of heroes Gary Vikan, Director of the capacity to solve problems, say - the heroes today, what values do mer Greek minister of the econ - Greek American Alexi Giannou - and the saints of Christianity, but Walters Art Museum, which ing they reflect our ability “to dis - they represent and how do they omy George Alogoskoufis, lias, who has been presented as the heroes, fought fate and could loaned many pieces to the ex - cover resources we never knew inspire those values in us?” He Greece’s Ambassador to the U.S. a friend of Obama in the past not trust their gods. The Christian hibit, thanked the Onassis Foun - existed, new capacities to face also said it was not a coincidence Vassilis Kaskarelis, Greece’s UN and who has aligned himself saints “had nothing to do with dation for making it possible and challenges, and most importantly, that this exhibit appeared “in the ambassador Anastasios Mitsialis, closely with the president’s poli - fate but rather triumphed said he was exited about an ex - the ability to act as a community.” country that invented modern Consuls General of Greece and cies, will try to keep the seat in through their faith in God,” the hibit that presented so many ex - He said “we are engaged in a heroes but which is now learning Cyprus respectively Aghi Balta Democratic hands as he goes up Archbishop said. Former Tourism cellent works of art. Expressing global dialogue of culture, where, to live without them.” and Koula Sophianou, members against five-term Republican Minister and Vice President of the the natural anxiety of all muse - reaching out form Greece, the Vikan made a “response” to of Parliament Dionysia-Theodora Congressman Mark Kirk. To do main opposition New Democracy ums he told the guests “These values of humanism are pro - Geroulanos five days earlier, dur - Avgerinopoulou of New Democ - it, Giannoulias has even engaged party in Greece, Dimitrios are our children. We send them jected to the forefront of that di - ing a lecture on Orthodox Chris - racy and Maria Tsokli of the rul - the aid of First Lady Michelle Avramopoulos, declared that out into the world and now they alogue, to allow us to be all that tian icons at the Rubin Art Mu - ing PASOK Socialist party. Obama to stump for him in her backyard. Giannoulias, 34, the politically ambitious Illinois State Treasurer who played pro - fessional basketball in Greece and worked at his family owned bank before becoming the youngest man ever to lead his state’s economy squared off against, 51 – a veteran politician with military experience, during a 30-minute interview The de - bate was aired nationally on NBC’s Meet the Press, indicative of the importance the contest holds for the future makeup and balance of power in Congress. The candidates sat side-by-side you are cordially invited to attend the after months of attacking each other through the media. In their first debate Kirk predictably criticized the Obama Adminis - Northeast Regional AHEPA tration’s handling of the econ - omy, and Democrat Giannoulias defended the administration for preventing a second Great De - Biennial Banquet pression. Both men faced questions on the economy, job creation, and health insurance by the debate’s moderator David Gregory, but it Honoring: was perhaps the questions on both men’s integrity that were Mitt Romney, Governor State of Massachusetts the toughest to handle. Both Gi - annoulias and Kirk have come Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, 3rd Congressional District CT under fire from rival parties for their past, with each candidate trying to portray the other as a Honorable Judge Socrates H. Mihalakos, Waterbury, CT bad choice for the president’s old Senate seat – which itself was Dr. John Elefteriades, New Haven, CT first mired in controversy when then Illinois governor Rod Blago - Mr. George D. Behrakis, Tewksbury, MA jevich was impeached and ousted from office after being convicted of trying to sell the ap - pointment to the seat to interim Senator Roland Burris. Since then, Republicans have attacked Saturday November 20, 2010 Giannoulias for his bank’s in - volvement in loans given to or - ganized crime figures, while De - mocrats have singled out Kirk Cocktail Reception 6:00PM for embellishing and making false statements about his mili - tary history and decorations. Dinner 7:00PM With the mudslinging going on since late last winter, both can - didates’ images have suffered damage, with a recent Chicago St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church Tribune poll showing showing Giannoulias leading Kirk 35-30& percent in response to the ques - Racebrook Road tion, Who do you consider more trustworthy or honest? However, Orange, CT (New Haven, CT) 16% of voters responded neither - a statistic that led Gregory to say” “Can’t be a figure either one of you are proud of.” Giannoulias insisted during $85 per person the debate that he did not know the extent of bank customers’ criminal activity when he was a Black Tie Optional senior loan officer at Broadway Bank. Giannoulias has come un - der sharp criticism for the bank’s approval of $20 million in loans to two crime figures. Kirk criticized the govern - RSVP: Dr. John Grossomanides 401-596-7744 ment for wanting to raise taxes, and said that it should adhere to a more pro-growth policy. “ If [email protected] or the United States launches on a plan, as my opponent’s policies AHEPA Headquarters at (202) 232-6300 would do, to be a very high-tech, high-spending, high-regulation economy like many European economies then we inevitably 1909 Q STREET, Nw • wASHINGTON, DC 20009 • (202) 232-6300 • FAX (202) 232-2140 have the slow growth and high unemployment of those website: www.ahepa.org email: [email protected] economies. That’s not the Amer - ican way,” he said. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010

LEFT: ADL's President Abraham Foxman gives Ursula Andreas the Courage to Care Award for Sugarman ADL member with offices in America, Jerusalem, Moscow and Rome. RIGHT: Andrea her father's courage and determination to save his Jewish friend. Also in the photo: Robert Ursula with Foxman, her husband George and their son Christopher. ADL Award to Andreas For Father’s Bravery During World War II

Continued from page 1 Andreas continued her mov - of a few things before they left. ing speech, saying that, “Every My father was adamant. They other frequently and went on day my father tried in every pos - had to leave immediately.” numerous vacations together. In sible way to help his friend. One A HARD ROAD the late 30’s Germany was in day in a coffee shop he met an She continued her testimony big turmoil. When the Nazis SS official, and my father in his by saying that, “My dad was the took power the life of Germany desperation revealed his con - driver and drove through the changed for the worst, espe - cern about his friend. After he small country roads to avoid the cially for the people that were came home, my father was not Gestapo checkpoints the 600 against them, which included sure if he had made the right kilometers to Belgium. With my family.” decision talking to the official. these difficulties of driving care - fully through the country roads the 600 kilometers trip took one week.” She added that Freddie and Edith came via Belgium to the United States and settled in Manchester, New Hampshire. My parents and the Aschers kept in contact over the years. Sev - eral years later, the Aschers per - suaded my parents to come to the United States. This was after the Nazi years and the Russian Occupation from which we es - caped to the West Germany in 1950. My dad never joined the Nazi Party and equally despised the Russian occupation. My Andrea Ursula receives the Courage to Care Award from ADL's president Abraham Foxman. grandfather had instilled in him Also in the photo her husband George, their son Christopher and his wife Andrieta Andreas. the importance of freedom. Since we needed a sponsor the their love and their kindness anti-Semitism in Greece and it good about today’s event. My Aschers volunteered immedi - and also they wanted to have needs to be dealt with.” Foxman wife did not want to do because ately to become our sponsor.” the best life for their daughter” also said, “We met with the she is low key, but I am grad Mrs. Andreas emphasized and she added “they were in Prime Minister George Papan - she finally did it.” Speaking that, “The reason my parents their late 40s when we came dreou when he was here and I about his father-in-law he said, and I came to the United States here and that was quite late hope that it will be a change.” “He was a very good and decent is that my dad and mother time for them to come and I was George Andreas said, “I feel very man.” wanted the freedom the United 13.” If she had her parents in States represented, especially front of her today she said for their daughter. I will forever would tell them that “I eternally be thankful to my parents for love them” and she added, “I The leading Spanish journalist Pilar Rahola, Andrieta Andreas their vision and the Aschers for had a wonderful father and and her father-in-law George Andreas. their sponsorship that we were mother and I couldn’t ask for able to come here and had the better parents.” She also noted that, “On However, within two weeks the opportunity to live in the USA, ADL Director Abraham Fox - Kristallnacht November 1938 Aschers were released with or - the best country in the world.” man said, “We recognize Chris - the Nazis went into Jewish ders to report to the Gestapo in She concluded by saying: “I tians who saved Jews during the shops breaking their glass win - Chemnitz each day.” Mrs. An - have a wonderful husband, a war and Ursula’s father saved a dows and doors and plundered dreas stated that, “In accor - great son and daughter-in-law Jewish friend of his and later their merchandise. Freddie dance to my mother during the and two super grandchildren. I that Jewish friend brought him owned a shoe boutique on the night of their release my father feel very blessed to have had to America so it is a circle one exclusive shopping street in could not sleep. He was not sure such a courageous dad who had good deed leading to another.” Chemnitz. All the hard works that the Gestapo visits with pos - a vision for his family to live in Speaking about the ADL he said, the Jews had accomplished was sible tragic outcome were better the land of the free.” Speaking “We are 97 years old, our busi - gone in one night. My father’s than the concentrations camp,” to The National Herald right af - ness is booming unfortunately concern about the Aschers well - and she added that, “Immedi - ter the event, she said, “I feel because hatred continues and being intensified. After Kristall - ately my father went to meet wonderful and I know that my we have no choice but to fight.” nacht the Nazis started round - the Aschers and told them that parents in haven are smiling and As to the relationship between ing up Jewish people and sent they had to leave for Belgium that is what makes me feel very Greece and Israel he said, “I am them to concentration camps. within an hour. He made all of good.” To the question of what delighted that the relationship Mrs. Ursula Andreas from Virginia. The ADL gave her an award The Aschers were sent to the arrangements. Freddie told she most remembered from is getting closer, it was about for her father's - Horst B. Lantzech - bravery in saving his Jewish Buchenwald.” him that he wanted to take care them, she said: “I remember time because there is a lot of friend Freddi Ascher from death by the Nazis in Germany. Hellenic-American Chamber Honors Greek Shipowner Giant Zoullas

Continued from page 1 stressing that all the ships of the company. There are some univer - company are brand new. sal truths no matter how small leon, the biggest shipowner of “For me, he said, good rela - or big you are, Greek or Ameri - Smyrna, who at the time had the tions with all investors is the can, like getting up in the morn - biggest state-of-the-art, Greek most important thing, that is to ing and saying what I do is good flag fleet of the Ottoman Empire, show that whatever the state of for my family and the world.” who gave away his ships to res - the market you are present. In As for his Harvard education cue the Greeks of Smyrna as the best moments and the most he said: “‘For me it was great well as for the liberation of the difficult ones when Lehman experience. The education was island of Chios, Mytilene and Brothers collapsed, Eagle Bulk a miracle, the friends I made Oinouses. Shipping, was always present. during this period I maintain His parents, Nicholas Zoullas In critical moments we proved until today and they are still and Marianna Sougoutzoglou, that we were excellent.” my very good friends.” Asked born in Greece, came to the US Referring to the progress of about the financial crisis, he after the World War II and set - the company, Zoullas said he said: “‘From a young age I fol - tled in New York. His grandfa - made great steps and that Eagle lowed the cycles of the economy ther, Nicholas Zoullas Sopho - Bulk opened its Singapore office and is the first time I saw a con - cles, founded his company in this month. “‘We are the first tinuous drop of 45 days 97% on 1953. Five decades later, his company listed on the American the fares. Pantaleon - my grand - grandson, Sophocles Nicholaos Stock Exchange that opens an mother- used to tell me: ‘The Zoulla, envisioned and founded office in Singapore. The objec - sea gets sick, but it never dies.’ his own company, Eagle Bulk tive of this effort was to enable So during the dark days of De - Shipping and bought the first Eagle on following the interna - cember, January and February four Supramax vessels, with a tional market. of 2008 and early 2009, those capacity of 50,000-60,000 tons Regarding his philosophy as words came to my mind. You of dry cargo. That same year, on President and CEO, Zoullas said: need to have cold logic. We the June 22, 2005 he listed the “The philosophy is very simple: should manage companies like company at the NASDAQ Stock Sophocles Zoullas, left with his mother Mariann and brother Alex at the recent launching cer - preference over honesty, trans - a boat that gets beat by the Exchange accumulating on the emony of two new Supramax vessels, Golden Eagle and Imperial Eagle. Alex is president of parency, quality and consistency. waves and no matter what it same day more than $200 mil - Eagle Shipping International. Although we are no longer a fam - should reach its destination lion. ily business my colleagues and I without going left or right. In Despite the economic down - with great pride for his Greek to fit in the proper maintenance lights all over the world the po - work as a family, like a good my life I had never seen such a turn that forced many compa - ancestry and the business acu - of ships and good governance tential of modern Greece. But team. I could not start this com - crisis. The worst crisis has nies to cancel the orders of new men of his ancestors. He noted to which the Greeks are famous this increases the responsibility, pany if on each step I did not re - passed, he said, but volatility in ships, Eagle Bulk Shipping both his mother and father’s an - of with the American tradition because being Greek and enter - member my grandfather telling the markets will continue. Our maintained its upward trend cestors were involved into ship - of transparency in the manage - ing the Stock Exchange and feel me: ‘Sophocles, you can win or primary concern and responsi - and today’s fleet comprises 47 ping. “‘I was born in the States ment of corporations and ac - a great weight. I feel and live lose money, but you have a name bility is to protect the company state-of-the-art Supramax and and I consider myself bearer of countability towards sharehold - with this responsibility 24- that you should never lose.’ I and not waste any upcoming Handymax vessels. In Zoullas the Greek and the American cul - ers. So, I founded Eagle Bulk Seven.” started the company with the opportunities,” Zoullas said. was awarded the Wild Card ture and when I decided to Shipping, which combines those Eagle Bulk Shipping “started help of my friends and I went to Furthermore, he noted that Deal of the Year in 2008 by Ma - found my own company I had two elements,” Zoullas said. He with four ships in early 2005 as bankers and explained that I “The Greeks have a love for the rine Money International while in mind to erect a company that added, “Five years after the in - a private company to have know want to start this company from sea (…) the work I do is a way the Fortune Small Business stands for what is best of both troduction of the company to 47 ships. For me it is not so im - scratch and I told them if they of life, I think I was born for this ranked Eagle Bulk Shipping in worlds, Greece and US,” he said. the Nasdaq stock exchange, I portant that we have the largest can help me and they actually job. Humanity has a need for the top 100 fastest growing cor - “We have a tradition of over can say that we have achieved fleet in the medium-sized dry did. It was this support that companies like Eagle Bulk Ship - porations in the U.S. During an 2,000 years in shipping, but be - something very important. Mod - cargo vessels, but the quality, helped me buy the first four ves - ping and many other Greek interview with The National ing born in New York I realized ern ships along with a first-class transparency and accountability. sels. If I hadn’t heard the words companies able to help Herald at his company’s head that we can take it a step for - management team that works Whoever wants to be informed of my grandfather, 35 years ago mankind.” Zoullas and his wife office at 477 Madison Avenue ward. I wanted to start a new like a family business. I believe about the company can always I do not think I would have the Sylvia have two daughters, in Manhattan, Zoullas spoke company from scratch. I wanted that the success of Eagle high - be updated on the progress,” opportunity to have started the Sophia, 13, and Marina, 9. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010 COMMUNITY 5 The Vagelos Gift of Giving Gifts To Others: Philanthropic Lives

Continued from page 1 Vagelos said “I imagine how the human genome, and the fact they interact one with the other, that a person’s genome can be and support the institutions in and how they have ultimate af - sequenced for a fraction of the the city and enjoy all it has to fects in biology ... I was lost in time and costs of a few years offer.” The quintessential New science as a young kid, you ago. Genomes can now be done Yorkers were both born in the learned the classification of for $15,000 and he says in short Metropolitan Area, she in In - flowers and trees and I had ab - order it will cost only $5,000. wood in upper Manhattan and solutely no interest. When it In order to process all that in - when she was two “moved onto came to understanding how formation mathematicians and higher ground” in Washington something develops and how computer engineers and com - Heights, where she lived though the molecules are put together, putations biologists are needed, her studies at Barnard. Dr. Vage - that was a different thing. That’s so the U.S. can also lose its bio - los was born in Westfield, N.J. when I understood I was meant medical edge if its math perfor - and went to high school in Rah - to be a scientist.” mance is not reversed. way, “Where my family had a Mrs. Vagelos said that period Would it be valuable for some - luncheonette.” He was the first illustrated her husband’s com - one in his 20’s to know his ge - family member to go to college petitiveness. “What stimulated netic predispositions? Vagelos though he had a sister who was Roy was that there were people said, “At this time no. Identical one year older. “At that time, working in the same area so the twins have identical genomes but she was to prepare for marriage sense of urgency and competi - one of them will end up with and having children, which she tion were ever present. It meant schizophrenia and another not, did, but at the same time she that from minute to minute so there is something that hap - went to technical school, be - what you did might be a minute pens other than the base se - came a physician’s assistant, too late ...and this sense of ex - quences on a gene that deter - went to college and graduate citement is what young students mines the ultimate biological fate school,” he said. don’t always understand, be - of a person. That’s “epigenetics”, Mrs. Vagelos can testify, that cause some of the teachers are what happens after,” conception if there weren’t any sons, Greek TNH/C. SIRIGOS not scientists themselves and spells out a person’s genes. Vage - families were proud about their Dr. Roy Vagelos made a name - and a fortune - for himself as a noted doctor, scientist and they cannot convey what they los said Stanford’s medical school daughter’s education too. Her pharmaceutical CEO, but he and his wife, Diana, have given away a good part of what they've haven’t done.” is now offering every entering older sister set the pace, but her made in philanthropic ventures. They talked with The National Herald in an interview at their THE BIOCHEMICAL FACTS medical student a free genome parents played an active role, New York City apartment. He said, “My interests have sequence and a number of the searching for good high schools. always been chemical rather professors are advising against it They both went to the High pleased to talk about a recent and they became life-long in his fundraising capacities. “I than physical. Chemistry as it “because you don’t know what School of Music and Art in Man - celebration at Columbia where friends. Vagelos said he never talk to them and try to convince impacts biology, because chem - to do with the data.” He said if a hattan where they both played they raised money for scholar - liked doing experiments. “It was them to do something with their istry unto itself I find dry, but man at 20 was told he was pre - piano and violin, but she said it ships. too rote, to reproduce an exper - lives and money other than play chemists themselves love it. disposed to prostate cancer all he was also an academic environ - They had great role models. iment, to reach an endpoint that golf and buy big things.” He Some of my best friends are can do is worry about it, and it ment where they excelled more Mrs. Vagelos’ family was had already been done,” and compared the Wall Street life chemists,” he said with a grin. may never happen. Until we be - than in the arts. “We were strongly connected to the had no interest for him. “The unfavorably to his fields, where “My greatest interest is under - come more sophisticated in un - happy to be there and be sur - Church of St. Spyridon in Upper quicker I could get through it, millions of people’s lives have standing disease.” He said he derstanding what the sequencing rounded by talented class - Manhattan. “They thought of the quicker I could go and row been positively influenced never had an interest in philos - predicts – we don’t know what mates,” she said, adding that the church as a cultural institu - on the crew,” at Penn, he said. through education and lives are ophy and his interest in math is the chances are - I think it’s a she only became interested in tion and a way to help the com - DRIVEN TO ACHIEVE saved through medicines in - “in math as a tool, to under - waste of money.” science once she had been mar - munity. And they were very giv - Vagelos is the author of more vented and developed under his stand the chemistry. Vagelos is On the subject of cancer, ried, but was always interested ing to the community at large than 100 published scientific pa - leadership. more fascinated by the “millions asked if it was one disease or in history and economics. and to their friends and rela - pers and his wife said, “He was “That’s something I feel good and millions of base sequences many he said without hesita - Both their fathers immi - tives. In a sense, “as with Roy’s born with focus.” He added: about, though sometimes I feel in the human genome and their tion, “many.’ They are so differ - grated early in the 20th Century family, they were extraordinarily “I’m a very good scientist and I I haven’t done enough. That’s billions of bits of information, ent, one from the other. There and they knew each other be - generous with people who were get very excited when I have what happens to people like and that’s were math is becom - are many forms of cancer which cause Dr. Vagelos’ father was a a part of their lives,” she said. special insight in an area, and me.” ing more and more important we need to understand.” Sounds customer of Mrs. Vagelos’ father, As to their gifts to each other, you must focus in order to un - A GREEK EINSTEIN in the life sciences.’ He talked like he already does. who became a coffee merchant. Mrs. Vagelos included “celebra - derstand,” but his focus was dri - A discussion about teachers about the rapid progress that But they were first introduced tions that we create ... it hap - ven by his passion for science. led to Vagelos’ confession that has been made in deciphering [email protected] to each other a party at Colum - pens that about every year when When he started in the lab, he he was a poor student when he bia University. When it was you have a family as large as said, “We were driven to under - was young. “I had all kinds of pointed out that his family’s en - ours there is a special birthday stand how the body makes fat, difficulties because I have a very trepreneurial background must or graduation or summer vaca - “an interesting area of biochem - bad memory – any courses that have come in handy in his rise tion which we give to ourselves istry that was developing at the are based on memorizing the to CEO of Merck, Vagelos and our grandchildren. Dr. time. I went from fat to choles - names of bones, arteries and replied, “I’m really mostly a sci - Vagelos gushed about the 80th terol, to understanding microor - nerves, I had great problems entist who went into the corpo - birthday party his wife orga - ganisms or yeast, and then with.” An algebra teacher in ju - rate side because I was a bio - nized for him last year. They mammals. I worked my way nior high helped him, and he chemist who understood how have nine grandchildren who from medicine down to pure said he has sharp analytical abil - new drugs could be discovered. also “keep us very tired and very bio-chemistry, understanding ities. “I can make things work It was challenging to move from young.” molecules and then back to - in the lab. When I do an exper - university to Merck.” He had In a voice tinged with pride, wards medical school and ulti - iment, the chances are it will been Chairman of the biochem - she said of their four children: mately drug discovery as it af - give a definitive answer because istry department at Washington “They have kept us busy for a fects humans.” Asked if he could of the way I put it together.” University in St. Louis and said long period of time.” Randall have envisioned such a path When exploring cells and their Merck “ran into a stagnant pe - Herodotus was born first and is early on he said, “Oh no this components and molecules, riod and they were seeking a a cardiologist at Stanford. Next was not a grand plan. I just did new way out so they were look - came Cynthia Marianthe, now what came easy and was enjoy - ing for someone to run their re - a lawyer who is concerned with able. Diana’s mother would of - search organization,” which he environmental issues. Andrew ten chide me, and worry that I did for 10 years. is a science teacher who she says spent too much time at work FAMILY TRADITIONS OF has helped them with their fam - but I could never convince her GIVING ily foundations, and their fourth that for me it was not work.” Vagelos is also Chairman of child Ellen is also an attorney. One of Vagelos’ big concerns the Board of Regeneron Phar - The Vagelos’ speak Greek, which today is the sad state of math maceuticals, Inc. as well as a they spoke with their parents and science education and the member of the Board of Direc - but not to each other, and they decline in what he calls the feed tors of the Prudential Insurance are passionate about their Hel - stock of science research and Company and serves as Chair - lenic heritage. He is on the high tech industry: the supply man of CUMC’s Board of Visitors board of The American School of students with math and sci - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY and of the medical center’s of Classical Studies at Athens ence skills. In 2006 he appeared Defining the Future campaign. each of their children studied on the Charlie Rose program to GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY Diana Vagelos serves on the Greek for a year at the univer - talk about his book Rising Board of Trustees of Barnard as sity level. Above the Gathering Storm and OF SAINT BARBARA Vice Chair of the board and POWER OF MENTORS this month the sequel Rising 2200 Church Road, Toms River, NJ 08753 • Tel: (732) 255-5525 • Fax: (732) 255-8180 Chair of the Trustee Committee Talk of mentors evoked one Above the Gathering Storm, Re - on Campus Life, but their dona - big name in the life of Dr. Vage - visited: Rapidly Approaching tions extend beyond Morning - los. Earl Stadtman. Vaelos said Category 5, was published. He side Heights. She outlined their the encounter was happen - said it “shows that all the para - ANNOUNCEMENT philosophy of giving. Their first stance because he was headed meters that were pointed in the contribution was made to the into clinical medicine, having wrong direction in 2006 have Our beloved parish of St. Barbara University of Pennsylvania finished his two years at Massa - continue to do so, in an acceler - where Vagelos was Chairman of chusetts General Hospital, one ated fashion. Compared to the is preparing to celebrated another historic and sacred milestone, the Board. He said he wasn’t of the world’s best. He was one Indians and Chinese who are close to the university after he of 12 interns and residents se - building universities and science the consecration of our church . earned his B.S. in chemistry, but lected each year from the entire centers and are producing sci - their second daughter also stud - U.S. “It was an extraordinary entists and engineers at a huge ied there and played field education, not just because of rate, we are slowing down, be - hockey. He re-engaged when he the instructors, but also the re - cause the teaching of our stu - On Saturday the 23 rd of October and his wife began to attend all markable people who were in dents that feeds high tech in - Great Vespers will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. of Ellen’s home games, which is that group of 12.” When he fin - dustries has gotten worse. We when he was asked to be on the ished, he planned to fulfill his need to turn this country A reception will follow . board. “I knew exactly what the deferred military service, but around.” The lure of Wall Street, sciences needed so our first con - was urged by his head nurse to however, is a great concern. tribution was a chemistry labo - go to the National Institute of “There is no denying the attrac - On Sunday morning , ratory, around 1996,” he said, Health (NIH) where he met tiveness of financial rewards. and later he supported science Stadtman, who turned out to be Young people are dazzled by the Μatins will start at 7:30 a.m. programs there and at Columbia a mentor and teacher. Although idea of graduating from college and Barnard. There are now a veteran at his family’s restau - and making millions of dollars followed by the Concecration Service and the Divine Liturgy . 200 Vagelos scholars at Penn rant, Vagelos said, “I was a com - in a few years, without sub - but the Vagelos’, whose own plete clutz when I started in the stance.” He said many they “are studies benefited from scholar - laboratory ... scrambled eggs interested only in making ships, said they were especially and biochemistry experiments money by deals are hollow, and concerned about the costs of are somewhat different.” But he I feel sorry for them.” He said medical school and were caught on fast from Stadtman he talks with them all the time Metropolitan Paisios Quits St. Irene Post

By Theodore Kalmoukos akis. This issue first came to the forming a breakaway church to - TNH Staff Writer forefront following a revealing gether with a group of 30-35 interview with TNH given by parishioners not far from the de - Metropolitan Paisios of Tyana Bishop Vikentios of Apameia on pendency where he once served. has resigned as Abbot of the St. Sep. 9, 2010. The Ecumenical Metropolitan Paisios was re - Irene Chrysovalantou Patriarchal Patriarch has referred Metropol - portedly irritated over Bishop and Stavropegial Monastery in itan Paisios’ resignation to the Vikentios’ comments to TNH dur - His Eminence Metropolitan EVANGELOS of New Jersey Astoria, N.Y. He submitted his Holy Synod in Constantinople, ing his interview regarding the resignation in a letter to Ecu - which will meet to discuss the Metropolitan’s decision to assign will officiate at all the above services. menical Patriarch Bartholomew issue on Nov. 2. In the mean - Lemonakis to the dependency in dated October 5, 2010. The Met - while, Bishop Vikentios of Florida as well as a series of the ropolitan cited health concerns Apameia, who is the monastery’s Metropolitan’s decisions regard - A luncheon will follow at 2 p.m. b as the reason for his resignation, Deputy Abbot, will assume the ing their Astoria-based Patriar - and asked for permission to leave duties of the Abbot. chal Monastery and its depen - at the Eagleridge Country Club in Lakewood, New Jersey. the United States. Nevertheless, Metropolitan Paisios an - dencies located all across the The National Herald has been in - nounced his resignation to his United States. Following this in - a formed that the real reason for close associates on Oct. 6, fol - terview, the Ecumenical Patriar - You are invited to attend and celebrate with us his resignation is due in part to lowing a supplication service. As chate summoned both Metropol - recent publications in TNH’s previously reported by TNH, Rev. itan Paisios and Bishop Vikentios this historic event. Greek sister edition Ethnikos Lemonakis, who served under to the Phanar to explain the sit - Kirix regarding the monastery’s Metropolitan Paisios’ jurisdiction uation, but there are reports of Father Paul G. Pappas Sotiris Sergiou breakaway dependency in in Florida while on loan from the deeper reasons that compelled Presbyter President Florida and its recently de - Church of Crete, was defrocked Metropolitan Paisios to resign frocked priest Theofanis Lemon - by the Church of Crete after from his post. 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010 AHEPA Hosts Ground-breaking Conference on Greece-Israel Relations

By Constantine S. Sirigos to good relations with the Arab a relationship necessary to the Washington, D.C. TNH Staff Writer world. In America, while Greek equilibrium in the region and Greece was also motivated American organizations stead - one that contributes to resolving by a desire for help in Washing - WASHINGTON, D.C. – As fastly supported Israel, Jewish regional problems rather than ton from Jewish lobby regarding Greece moves closer toward Is - support for issues of concern to intensifying them.” He related Cyprus. The accord called for rael – politically and business- Greek and Cypriots American that Greece’s good relations joint air maneuvers and naval wise – the shift in foreign policy has oscillated, from strong and with Arab nations have actually exercises and defense industry hasn’t gone unnoticed by Greek crucial support by all Jewish enabled Greek Prime Minister cooperation, but its was never American political and business members of congress in the af - George Papandreou to work as implemented, however, due to leaders, prompting the Order of termath of Turkey’s invasion of an honest broker in the current internal PASOK opposition and AHEPA to present a one-day Cyprus in 1974 to the recent round of peace talks and is the objections of Syria’s then- conference here on Oct. 7 called perception that the Jewish or “helping to keep the process president Hafez al-Assad. Nev - Emerging Greek-Israeli Rela - “Pro-Israel lobby tilted towards alive.” ertheless, when Israel and tions: What are the Next Steps? Turkey, especially after the 1996 As for relations between Turkey signed a similar accord There were a lot of answers, and Israel-Turkey strategic coopera - Greeks and Jews in the Dias - in 1996, Greece reacted as many questions as the pro - tion agreements, to Israel’s re - pora, Kaskarelis pointed out that strongly. Athanasopoulou re - gram aimed to examine matters cent increase in interest in their histories are filled with ported the Israeli Foreign Min - of “great strategic importance Greece as Israeli-Turkish rela - similar challenges, being state - istry was taken by surprise by to both nations,” in the Eastern tions became strained. less for centuries, painful migra - Greek objections, but Greece Mediterranean. The proceeding SOME TENSE TIMES tions, etc. and noted their com - feared a dangerous shift in the addressed the opportunities that Although the speakers ac - mon ideals including strong Aegean balance of power. have opened up since last knowledged that the recent de - family values, a commitment to ISRAEL SEEKS BALANCE spring’s raid on the Gaza flotilla velopments were founded on their culture, the promotion of Jerusalem believed Turkey that deeply wounded Israeli- years of initiatives, Oren ac - education and a drive to excel. was important, indeed that Turkish relations. In addition to knowledged that events such as Arbell spoke about Greece’s al - “Turkey weighed more than boosting military cooperation, the day’s AHEPA conference lowing Israel to use its airspace Greece” in its strategic balance, both countries are working to were groundbreaking. He for training purposes as just one PHOTOS: TNH/C. SIRIGOS but that Greece should not be develop areas of mutual eco - stressed that the Greek and Jew - dimension of their developing (L-R) Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis of Greece, AHEPA ignored, she said. There was nomic benefit including agricul - ish people have much in com - strategic relations. He said that Supreme Pres. Nicholas Karakostas, Ambassador Michael B. unanimity that Israel should cul - ture, water management, re - mon, and have had cultural, they two countries had just an - Oren of Israel, Ambassador. Patrick Theros. tivate relations with Greece and newable energy, and tourism, commercial, intellectual and nounced joint air exercises in Cyprus. Athanasopoulou charac - and there will be an increase in spiritual interaction going back Greece during the week of Oc - erated that progress did not of the Greek Diaspora. terized Athens’ response to scientific and medical ex - thousands of years, illustrated tober 11 at the same time a del - happen over night, adding “The HOW CAN GREECE HELP? Jerusalem openings as “reflex - changes. by the fact, he said, that there egation from Greece would go average Greek is now more con - Isaacson said relations are ive, unfocused” and bilateral ini - Congressman Gus Bilirakis of are more Greek than Hebrew in - to Israel headed by the minister scious of the many things the good with Greek Americans and tiatives were not seen through,” Florida welcomed guests at the scriptions found at archaeologi - of state and the deputy foreign two countries have in common.” said, “There has already been a mainly due to PASOK opposi - Washington Club in the nation’s cal sites in Israel. He spoke of minister for a two day visit with GREEK-JEWISH RELATIONS great deal of cooperation. Greek tion. Gradually, however, Greece capitol, while AHEPA Supreme the strains in Greek-Jewish re - their counterparts to explore IN U.S. Americans are our partners on realized that strengthening ties President Nicholas Karakostas lations after 1948, but he accen - moving forward in cooperation The role of the Greek and a whole variety of issues and we with Israel would limit the deep - made closing remarks. The tone tuated the present, informing and to and develop action plans Jewish communities in America have received and hope we will ening of Israeli-Turkish relations. for the proceedings was set by the gathering that Israel is the in number of fields. was examined by Dr. Andre continue to receive their sym - The Greek government eventu - Arbell insisted that relations Gerolymatos, Professor and pathy and understanding” for ally took seriously the idea that with Greece and Turkey are not Chairman of Hellenic Studies of the political and strategic chal - it could become a bridge be - a zero sum game, saying Greece Simon Fraser University and a lenges Israel faces. tween Israel and in 1999 then would like to see Israel’s rela - columnist for The National Her - He noted that Greece’s net - Defense Minister Akis Tsochat - tions with Turkey go back to ald, and Jason Isaacson, Direc - work of relations in the Middle zopoulos’ visited Israel and res - normal, reflecting the words of tor of Government and Interna - East can be a “pathway for Israel urrected their 1994 agreement. diplomats from both countries tional Affairs for the American strengthening its relations with Eventually Athens was prepared who conveyed that the strength - Jewish Committee (AJC). The its neighbors,” and the Greek to risk upsetting the Arabs to ening of Greek-Israeli relations moderator, Savas Tsivikos, a community can encourage move closer to Israel, according is independent of what goes on member of AHEPA’s Cyprus and Greece to play the role of bridge to Athanasopoulou. In 2000 between Ankara and Jerusalem. Hellenic Affairs Committee builder with the Arab world and then President Konstantinos Hel said that, “After we discuss which presented the conference, the EU. He noted that Greece Stephanopoulos’ visit to Israel, strategic cooperation ... the next pointed out that the two com - has its own relationship with the first by a Greek head of state, item is the economic sphere. In munities have much in com - Iran and can support interna - was the culmination of a long addition to growth in trade and mon, which forms the basis for tional efforts – stressing it’s not process and “manifested that a tourism, “high tech and renew - cooperation in their efforts to just an Israeli concern - to turning point had been able energy are two fields with inform U.S. foreign policy mak - counter Iran. reached.” Nicholas Larigakis, Ex - great potential for cooperation.” ers. Isaacson said he was a Regarding Turkey, Isaacson ecutive Director of Washington’s ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES “friend of Greece, a periodic vis - said that a good relationship American Hellenic Institute The two countries seem to itor who recently spent a mem - with Turkey is in Israel’s interest (AHI) moderated the discussion appreciate that Greece is Israel’s orable family visit to Naxos, and that they will “continue to after Athanasopoulou’s presen - natural bridge to Europe. Eco - Santorini and Athens,” and de - work for its return to normalcy.” tation. Jonathan Broder of Con - nomic opportunities are seen in clared the AJC “is proud of the He noted the importance of the gressional Quarterly asked her light of the Israel’s Association contributions we have made Jewish community in Turkey, how the pro-Israel lobby could Agreement with the European over the years to Greek-Jewish but said Israel’s relationship help Greece. She said expecta - Dr. Andre Gerolymatos (L) and Jason Isaacson of the American Union and recent accession of dialogue and understanding.” with Ankara has nothing to do tions are perhaps too high but Jewish Committee presented National Issues and the Role of Israel to the Paris-based Orga - He told of three AJC meet - with the “importance of rela - include the Cyprus issues, eco - Community Organizations. nization for Economic Coopera - ings with Papandreou in the tions between Greece and Israel nomic assistance and more bal - tion and Development (OECD.) past six months in Greece and and the obvious mutual benefits ance in U.S. foreign policy be - the introductory remarks of Am - second largest importer of Vrailas said investment would the U.S and its closeness to the of a stronger relationship.” tween Greece and Turkey. bassador Vassilis Kaskarellis of Greek goods in the Middle East, be encouraged, mentioning joint leadership of the Greek Jewish OVERVIEWS OF RELATIONS The day’s final panel in - Greece and Ambassador and that Israeli tourism to ventures in agriculture, irriga - Central Board of Jewish Com - Among the notable presen - cluded Colonel Taxiarchis Michael Oren of Israel, and in - Greece has risen 150% since tion, water desalination, energy, munities of Greece, a formal tations was an Historical Back - Sardellis, the Greek Embassy’s formative presentations were 2008. A new strategic relation - biomedicine, biotechnology, in - partner of AJC, which works to ground of Greek-Israeli Rela - military attaché, and Israel’s made by the Deputy Chiefs of ship is emerging, including co - formatics, shipbuilding, con - strengthen Jewish life globally tions by Ekavi Athanasopoulou, military attache Colonel Boaz Mission of the two embassies, operation between defense es - struction, telecoms, aquacul - and enriches it through relations Senior. Research Fellow for the Amidror and the moderator was Minister Ionanis Vrailas of tablishments and a “growing ture, food processing, food with the Greek Jewish commu - Athens-based Hellenic Founda - Lt. Colonel Harry Dinella, Asst. Greece and Minister Dan Arbell dialogue on issues of mutual packaging, and business part - nity. The AJC has also had a “se - tion for European and Foreign Professor U.S. Army Command of Israel. Their panel was mod - strategic importance,” he said. nerships in the Balkans in high ries of high level discussions in Policy (ELIAMEP.) Athana - and General Staff College. erated by former U.S. Ambas - Kaskarelis said he was among tech sectors. He emphasized the Cyprus.” sopoulou noted the vital impor - Sardellis disclosed that in 2008 sador to Qatar and TNH colum - those in Greece who long advo - importance of the EU context The AJC’s meetings were “re - tance of the more balanced re - Israel and Greece undertook 29 nist Patrick Theros, who cated a strengthening of rela - with programs in research and flective of, and intended to re- cent Israeli coverage of the joint military activities. In 2009 provided some background by tions with Israel and initiatives development especially within inforce the sea-change in rela - Greek news media in solidifying there were19 and in 2010 the noting that Greece is among the to open “frank and productive the frameworks of Euro- tions between two Eastern Greek public opinion in support activities totaled 24. Amidror European countries least tainted communications channels.” He Mediterranean partnership and Mediterranean democracies, al - of the initiatives. She also outlined Israel’s complex mili - by the virulent anti-Semitism ex - expressed delight in the past the Euro-Israel Action plan. lied with and sharing values touched on the reasons why tary challenges in the Middle hibited by northern European summer’s boost in relations “The sky’s the limit,” he said.” with the U.S.” He declared the Greece had initially been cool East, where “Things seem to go countries such as Germany, highlighted by the unprece - Arbel said education has “ACJ has applauded and cele - toward Israel, which included in one direction, and sometimes Poland and Russia in recent cen - dented exchange of visits by been part of the joint agenda for brated this closer relationship,” fears of reprisals against Greek in response to a single event or turies. He referred to the book each country’s prime minister a number of years, and ex - explaining “There is a natural minorities in Arab countries, due to changes over time, the Five Chimneys: The Story of within a span of 20 days. pressed Israel’s appreciation for logic... and natural synergies such as the once-thriving com - direction changes.” On the other Auschwitz about Greeks who Kaskarelis said, “speculation “importance the Greek educa - and sympathies between Greece munity of Alexandria, Egypt. hand the existential threat the sacrificed their lives to save is unwarranted” about what tion system attaches to fighting and Israel. Gerolymatos said There were also hopes that Jewish state faces make the Jews during WW II. However, comes next, but said the goal is anti-Semitism.” Vrailas said, “As that for any relationship to Arabs would be helpful after stakes very clear. “One atom relations between Greece and not the creation of an axis in the we speak, there is a consultation work, the parties must know Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in bomb can destroy Israel,” he the Jewish state established in Eastern Mediterranean. “What on the signing of the new bilat - each other, how far they go in 1974. She also cited was the said. Karakostas told TNH that, 1948 were not always good and has been happening is nothing eral program in educations and supporting the interests of the strong pro-Palestinian policy of “The Order of AHEPA will con - it took decades for Greece to more than two neighbors devel - cultural cooperation.” other, but also pointed out that PASOK founder Andreas Papan - tinue to encourage the strength - grant de jure recognition and to oping and cultivating productive Both spoke about the domes - the Greek Diaspora is not al - dreou. Although he softened the ening and deepening of rela - establish full diplomatic rela - relationships… on regional is - tic responses to the new initia - ways effective at getting its mes - rhetoric and never really trans - tions between Greece and Israel tions. sues and working together for a tives. Arbel said the Israeli pub - sages across He noted progress lated it into policy after being and to also bring the Greek and A number of speakers better and prosperous future for lic strongly supports the toward the reunification of re-elected Prime Minster, his Jewish American communities pointed out that Greece’s atti - their people, with benefits for strengthening of relations. Cyprus has stalled because there words did lasting damage to re - closer together.” tude was influenced by the im - both nations and the region,” he Vrailas said the Greek reaction is no support from the U.S. and lations with the U.S. and alien - portance that Greece attached said, adding they are cultivating has been very positive and reit - called this the greatest failure ated the pro-Israeli lobby in [email protected] Wall Street’s Wilson Takes on Albany’s Comptroller DiNapoli

Continued from page 1 fund for public workers. “I had Napoli said, but should focus on huge government deficits fore - many, many times gone through areas of greatest potential im - cast, under funded pensions and ture the broken operations of broken companies to fix their fi - pact, taking a close look at areas retiree health care obligations. “I New York State,” Wilson said. nancials as well as their opera - where the bulk of taxpayer look at their futures based on In his first run for public of - tions,” Wilson said. “When peo - money is spent. Once in office, how the state’s going, and I don’t fice, Wilson has set his sights on ple realize the organization’s DiNapoli banned the use of place - see how their futures can be as something he said he knows how failing, and they realize that it’s ment agents, middlemen who good as their present,” Wilson to do – and has the money to in jeopardy, you’re more likely to lobbied the Comptroller’s Office said. New York has strong core prove it. The son of a bartender be able to get compromises. And on behalf of investment funds. assets, including intellectual and seamstress from the state’s that’s the case in General Motors. “The public needs to look care - property at research centers, its northern Rust Belt, he left the And I think that’s the case in New fully at who the candidates for work force, natural resources, company Silver Point two years York State.” comptroller are. And the comp - freely available land, water ac - ago, and wrote a letter to Demo - THE OTHER SIDE troller who is serving needs to be cess and New York City, the cratic President Barack Obama DiNapoli repeatedly stressed sure that there’s appropriate world’s financial capital, though offering to help restructure the his opponent’s Wall Street career, checks and balances and trans - one where many of the wealthy failing U.S. auto industry. The ad - trying to capitalize on anger at parency to make sure that some - capitalists live in lower-tax Con - ministration brought him on the finance industry. “The hedge thing like that could never hap - necticut. “These things about the board and Wilson says that be - fund world is the least transpar - pen again,” he said. state, they’re being suffocated by sides his family, he’s proudest of ent, least regulated of all the fi - WILSON STRIKES BACK our leadership and regulatory his work last year on the GM nancial services sector, and I Wilson disputes criticism from burden,” he said. “If you can strip turnaround. Instead of folding, it would suggest the kind of risky DiNapoli that he made Wall those things out, and improve became a smaller company, with behavior that that part of our fi - Street millions at the expense of them, I think you can liberate fewer workers, factories and nancial world is known for had a ordinary people who lost their those assets and start growing products, and was paying lower lot to do with the meltdown that AP PHOTO/JOHN mARSHAll, POOl mortgages and investments in again.” wages to new hires. It emerged we are still paying the price for. Republican candidate Harry Wilson, left, and incumbent State the stock market meltdown and He reported adjusted gross in - from bankruptcy in 40 days and Just making a lot of money on Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli during a debate Monday Oct. national recession. Silver Point come of $6.2 million in 2008, posted two consecutive quarterly Wall Street is not a qualification 4, 2010, at Pace University in New York. had only a small brief investment paying more than $2 million in profits this year. Now the John - for being a good comptroller,” Di - in mortgage-backed securities, federal and state taxes, and has stown native with the Harvard Napoli said. public employee pension fund is fund is being invested and bene - and he had nothing to do with not publicly disclosed his net MBA wants to do the same for Having profited from invest - an important part of the job, the fits paid out, DiNapoli said. He that part of the business, he said. worth. He will take the comptrol - New York, with its own financial ments in sub-prime mortgages, office has other responsibilities. trumpeted the office’s role as Interviewed recently in the plush ler’s $151,500 annual salary if crisis. He’s running for a four- Wilson has a “different set of val - The Comptroller needs to Chief Auditor, saying he’d made anteroom of the New York Senate elected, according to campaign year term as comptroller, the ues” than most New Yorkers, he make sure that contracts are be - examining the books at the MTA in Albany, Wilson said his four spokesman William O’Reilly. A state’s chief financial officer, who said. DiNapoli waved off the sug - ing paid, payroll is being han - and the state’s Medicaid pay - young daughters were the moti - Quinnipiac poll of likely voters with a staff of 2,500 reviews state gestion that having a finance or dled, audits are being completed, ments a priority. He audited vation for giving up 20-hour released Oct. 8 showed DiNapoli contracts, audits state and local accounting background is impor - unclaimed funds are being han - every school district in the state, workdays as a partner in Silver leading Wilson 49-31%, with governments and manages the tant for the job of comptroller, dled, the oil spill fund is being he said. Audits shouldn’t be mo - Point. He describes a state in fi - 20% undecided and 38% who roughly $130 billion pension arguing that while managing the administered, and the pension tivated by political ideology, Di - nancial crisis from high taxes, might change their minds. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010 ARTS &CULTURE 7

LIVING HISTORY Landmarks of the Past: How Oregon’s Greek Community Was Shaped

By Steve Frangos fessional historians local Greek- bor practices, delineations of TNH Staff Writer Americans must write and pub - property-ownership, itemizations lish these histories for themselves. of churches, the calendar cycle of Landmarks of Our Past: The While some of these community- local religious and other celebra - First 75 Years of the Greek Or - generated volumes on occasion tions. When I pressed Dr. thodox Community of Oregon is lament the fact that no profes - Hatzidimitriou and asked why the the second volume in the trilogy sional was on hand for what was clergy predominately compiled of photography histories written produced, this absence is what and authored these accounts he by Tom Doulis on the Greeks of makes these volumes, films, replied that they were often the Oregon and Southwestern Wash - archival holdings, websites etc. so most educated, during this era, ington (Portland: Gann Publish - fundamentally valuable. Profes - but that on occasion educated ing Company, 1983.) This vol - sionals, in whatever field, are a merchants were also known to ume is part of the longest part of collective whose beliefs generate chronologia. At a time running community-based his - and values they must not only ad - when Greeks in the United States tory project among Greeks in here to but in fact emulate in their hold more advanced academic North America. A Surge to the work’ no matter the form be it degrees than at any other time in Sea: The Greeks in Oregon: A written, visual, audio or whatever our collective history it should not Photographic History of the Holy it assumes. Just because an his - be surprising that these accom - Trinity Greek Orthodox Commu - torical account is written from the plished individuals would turn to nity of Oregon and Southern perspective of a particular theo - recording the lives and experi - Washington (Portland: Jackie retical school does not make it ei - ences of their families, friends and Lockie and Associates, 1977) is ther fundamentally more accu - community. the first of Doulis’ photo-histories rate in its final interpretations These Greek American com - dealing with the Greeks of the than what is now being produced munity generated histories are Great Northwest. With the pub - by the local communities nor does growing in numbers. I have al - lication of Holy Trinity Greek Or - Greek School at old church showed community’s togetherness. it make it—more readable. Un - ready noted that taken collec - thodox Cathedral’s centennial volume A Centennial Celebration photographs into their accounts. eration Grows Up in Time for of Faith, History and Community Landmarks of Our Past can stand War, Construction of the New 1907-2007, Doulis contributed alone as a historical account and Church, Entry Into the Main - the lead essay, Voices of the Past. as an assembly of historic pho - stream, A New Church is Built, That Doulis is only one of a host tographs and documents. The Consecration, People and In - of writers in this last volume un - PAST CONTENTS stitutions, AHEC, The Festival— derscores not only the collec - The book saw publication Bazaar, The Community Diversi - tivism that has marked these vol - only some five years after A fies, Changes in the Social umes but the steady movement Surge to the Sea. Given that 1983 Composition, The Eugene Mis - by its creators toward a new per - marked the 75th Anniversary sion, Justice and Human Rights, spective. Clearly, many of the lo - Committee of the Greek Ortho - Pan-Orthodox Functions, ecu - cal Oregon Greeks have gradually dox Community of Oregon it is menical Ministries of Oregon, come to recognize and respect understandable then that the The New Diocesan Organization, their own individual historical Holy Trinity Hellenic Festival and Sponsors. All this within 92 voices. The public appearance of Committee requested a new vol - pages and well over 130 pho - these authors, many of whom ume. Doulis, while not opposed tographs. Given that some pages have spent the last 30 years in - to the new volume, wanted to feature photographic sequences volved with this project, in one expand upon the previous history of the parish priests, council pres - form or another, should logically book, as he makes clear by indi - idents, Philoptochos presidents be the focus of intense study. cating that, “The duplication of and the festival chairmen the With the flurry of recent material and photographs in the overall number of photographs photo-histories on Greek-Ameri - earlier volume is kept to a mini - is in fact well over 200. can communities, especially in mum. The reader is referred to it is Doulis’ insights into the the Arcadia Publisher’s series the earlier volume for subjects historical past of Portland ’s (and such as: Greek-American Pioneer not covered in this one...” In Oregon ’s in general) Greeks that Women of Illinois (2000,) Grow - Landmarks, the narrative and stands out. On the early society ing Up Greek in St. Louis (2002,) corresponding images are di - of men, he wrote that, “The soci - Greeks in Phoenix (2008,) Stan - vided into: The Introduction, The ety they lived in was totally mas - ton Island’s Greek Community Community Emerges, Setting: La - culine. They lived elbow to elbow Groundbreaking, 1907, drew everyone for a photo. (2005,) Greeks in Chicago bor and Enterprise, The Great in communal flats, each man tak - (2009,) and Greeks of Stark War, With Owner, Pride, The Ar - ing turns cooking and shopping, participation in the church and fortunately, what is now being of - tively these histories are part of County (2009,) it is clear we rival of the Women, The Com - each responsible for the cleanli - the educational and patriotic or - fered by Greek-American acade - a New Preservation Movement must become more aware of how munity Develops, Educational In - ness of his own area. They lived ganizations…as they began to re - mics (when it exists at all) are under way in Greek America. Greek-American historians first stitutions, Social Events, like serfs. With the brooding that flect the needs and interests of either in academic forums (so out Personal biographies, collective began to employ and integrate Fraternal Organizations, A Gen - became more pronounced as the women and children.” of reach to the majority of Greeks histories, parish anniversary vol - months became years and A KNOWABLE WORLD living anywhere) or so unread - umes, documentary (or com - stretched into decades, with the Greek-Americans across the able in the sense of their commit - memorative) videos, new com - abruptness of the separation from United States are engaging in the ment to theoretical jargon that it munity-based archives and their families and homeland, preservation, writing, and pub - is fundamentally unintelligible to museums and a host of websites GREEK POETRY with the ever-present danger and lishing of what is known as peo - the average individual (and so I all collectively form elements worry, their life must have been ple’s history. This perspective would argue, in the final analysis within this broader organic so - a harsh, unpleasant one.” On a takes the lives, experiences and worthless.) It is a depressing and cial movement. Doulis, while Contemplating The Object unique local twist to the issue of viewpoints of average people as frustrating recognition of current the author of the historical nar - dowries: “Because of Portland ’s academically generated historical rative found in Landmarks of only if there are objects the structure of the event great distance from the East accounts that the very best we Our Past, is quick to credit the can there be a constant form of consists of the structures Coast and Greece , a slightly new can often find on Greek Ameri - now long gone Delphi History the world of the realms of things pattern can be discerned here. It cans (when it exists at all)—when Project of the 1960’s-1970’s made more sense for the men to not besmirched by jargon - is so among the Greeks of Portland. (the entity of the realms bring their sisters to Portland badly written in terms of standard This group’s files, oral histories (the most beautiful is the world) than to send the money home to American English as to be tedious and other documentation have is the object that does not exist) the village. We have photo - or stiffly didactic. led in one way or another to the the image is the event graphic evidence that quite a few CONSIDER THE SOURCE creation of the truly spectacular the constant Portland Greeks did this in the Theory in the social sciences Hellenic-American Cultural Cen - the extant and the object are one scores of weddings that took is just collectively agreed upon ter & Museum of Oregon and (it is the uncreated world place in Holy Trinity at 17th and assumptions. History is not a di - Southwest Washington. To un - (mark the point that jostles at Taggart … at the cost of trans - vision of the physical sciences. derstand Doulis’ role in writing where the object stood the gates of your canvas) portation, [the brothers’ were] No mathematics is involved in and stimulating others to collect and no longer is spared one or more dowries, had writing about the Greek Ameri - and write their local history abide by the intimations married a sister or two off to can experience. Believing that it there is no doubt that many dif - It will be of your inward eye friends who lived in Portland, does says more about how the ferent people owe him a great genuine mourning and had drawn the new couples educational system in the United debt. for the beautiful absence) that which the image represents into an intimate family environ - States has focused on authoritar - Landmarks of Our Past is one is its essence ment that would last for the rest ian indoctrination that it does in of the earliest attempts by its truth lies in the concur - of his life. The alternative was the humanist core position of Greek-Americans to come to an the object is the mutable rence not to see his sisters, as many teaching the student to think for understanding of their collective the constellation is the im - of its essence with reality other Greeks did not, for thirty themselves. Let’s face the unde - past. If we are to recover our mutable or forty years.” niable truth, there is no physical collective past then we must be (draw away from the contempla - Or his attention to the demo - law of the universe that man - ready to review how our fellow (now you have empty space tion graphically shifts that trans - Mult Falls and Men, 1910 dates only a certain class of indi - Hellenes have assessed this more beautiful of the inward eye formed Greek America: “The viduals can research and write common historical experience than the object the poem – men who were to be permanent its basis to understand history and history. There is, in the final through the deliberate employ - more beautiful the object) bachelors must have stopped to society. Rather than historical ac - analysis, no science in the social ment of photographs. There are than the forsaken place look over the newly arrived girls, counts of famous (generals, pres - sciences. some limitations to Landmarks place in the empty space also. Who knows why they never idents and the rest) men (note Strangely enough, this is not of Our Past. First, available a white paradise (seek the reasons married? Perhaps, they had too no women were historical impor - the first time local Greeks have copies are not numerous so any - of all possibilities) a square thought for many dowries to provide for, per - tant from this point of view) or written authoritative historical or one wishing to order this vol - which you name haps they did not feel they were events (wars, transformations in cultural accounts of their commu - ume must do so quickly. Next, add to the concept of imagination earning enough for a family, per - economics, technology but again nities. In conversation with Dr. the remaining copies do not the constellation of objects something beautiful haps their habits had become too exclusively from the perspective Constantine Hatzidimitriou, have either paper or hard- generates the realm of things the concept of order and ingrained, perhaps they had hes - and actions of men) as the only Byzantinist and Modern Greek backed covers. Landmarks of (vertical lightning the peculiar grammar itations and idiosyncrasies and basis for the standard ‘great man’ Scholar, I learned of the chronolo - Our Past: the First 75 Years of furrows the barren horizon) of the word beautiful demands that could not be met historical narratives. As these ac - gia, e.g. chronicles, which were the Greek Orthodox Community in the realm of things will unconceal itself to you easily, perhaps they did not like counts reveal Greek Americans the accounts, most often written of Oregon can be ordered from the objects stand women … whatever the reasons, live in a knowable world. The his - by local clergy of Greek towns the Ethos Greek Orthodox Book - facing each other they were to form the core of a tories they have produced so far and regions throughout the Greek store 3131 N.E. Glisan Portland in a certain way this object surrounds you bachelor community that as to reflect this fundamental orienta - world, during both the Byzantine Oregon 97232. Hours are Mon - the way is the structure inscribes you remain a fixture of the Greek so - tion. They write what they, their and Turkokratic periods. 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Phillips Talbot, an American government. In fact, we had nei - the U.S. ambassador know? Is 7, 1915, Talbot was the eldest diplomat who helped mediate ther the right nor the means to it possible that they were work - of three children of Kenneth and crises in South Asia and the overturn the junta, bad as it ing behind your back? Gertrude Phillips Talbot. Besides Middle East during the cold war, was. The Johnson administra - TALBOT: How does one con - his daughter Nancy, he is sur - died on Oct. 1 at his home in tion made clear its distaste for firm or deny? This is a question vived by another daughter, Su - Manhattan. He was 95. The the coup, but maintained lim - that goes beyond what one san Talbot Jacox, and a grand - cause was congestive heart fail - ited relations with the new gov - could say. son. His wife of 61 years, the ure, his daughter Nancy Talbot ernment.” Relations were nor - TNH: But you believe there former Mildred Fisher, died in said. Talbot was assistant secre - malized in 1968, but many was no American involvement, 2004. Talbot graduated from the tary of state for Near Eastern Greeks blamed the U.S. and CIA even today? University of Illinois in 1936 and South Asian affairs from for supporting the coup, which TALBOT: Yes, because it was with two degrees, in political 1961 to 1965 and Ambassador wasn’t overthrown until 1974, so damaging to the American science and journalism. He was to Greece from 1965 to 1969. led by a revolt of students. posture in Europe. There was a reporter for The Chicago Daily For 11 years after his diplomatic During an interview with The nothing that we could have got - News in 1938 when he received career, he was President of the National Herald’s Editor Antonis ten from that coup that would a fellowship from the Institute Asia Society, the organization H. Diamataris in 2007, Talbot have been an advantage to the of Current World Affairs to based in Manhattan that pro - revealed telling details of the U.S., nothing at all. travel to India and study it. motes American understanding coup and continued to insist the TNH: It now has a stable While there he lived in a hut of Asian cultures. He assisted U.S. had nothing to gain by democracy. It is a country that and met Gandhi. John D. Rockefeller III in found - backing the takeover of the gov - is making real economic After serving in the Navy ing the organization in 1956 ernment, although he acknowl - progress. Greece has come a during World War II, Talbot re - and wrote extensively about the edged America did not want An - long way in 40 years. turned to the newspaper, which region. dreas Papandreou ruling the TALBOT: I congratulate the sent him back to India to report Serving in the Kennedy and country. Asked whether her be - Greeks because they pulled on its independence from Johnson administrations, Talbot lieved there was any American themselves out of this terrible Britain, the creation of Pakistan worked to avert international involvement in the coup, Talbot situation. and the violent upheaval the conflicts, among them the ten - said there was not “because it TNH: Would you like to add partition caused. He recalled his sions between India and Pak - was so damaging to the Ameri - anything for the people of time in India in a 2007 book, istan before their 1965 war over can posture in Europe. There Greece, and of course for the An American Witness to India’s control of the Kashmir region, a was nothing that we could have Greek American community? Partition. Returning to the struggle that continues to this gotten from that coup that TALBOT: One looks back United States from India, Talbot day. He also dealt with Pak - would have been an advantage and hopes one’s actions were studied international relations istan’s closing of its border with to the U.S., nothing at all.” useful and helpful. Obviously, at the University of Chicago, re - Afghanistan, Greek-Turkish con - Asked what reason he was given Phillips Talbot during his TNH interview. different circumstances can im - ceiving a doctorate in 1954. He frontations over violence on by the regime for abolishing pinge on those hopes, but to me, helped found the American Uni - Cyprus, and Arab refugee reset - democracy in Greece, Talbot an - TNH: ... as a favor to his fa - told him. Then the next day, he the U.S.-Greece alliance is a very versities Field Staff, an interuni - tlement issues with Israel. He swered that Papadopoulos told ther. After the junta took over, launched a bitter verbal attack strong and natural thing. versity program for the study of was ambassador to Greece on him that they seized power to did Andreas try to contact you? on the United States (chuckles). A DIPLOMAT’S LIFE nations emerging from colonial - April 21, 1967, when George Pa - save Greece from Papandreou. Did you try to get him out of TNH: Before you left Athens, Born in Pittsburgh on June ism. padopoulos, an army colonel, “I don’t think I would have been jail? you gave a farewell speech at led a bloodless coup that over - happy with an Andreas Papan - TALBOT: After the junta the Athens Hilton. You said threw the parliamentary govern - dreou administration,” the Am - took over and Andreas was ar - “Both Americans and Greeks CLASSIFIEDS ment. Papadopoulos asserted bassador said wistfully, “but if rested and jailed, we had quite can be absolutely confident of that he was saving Greece from the system had been advanced a number of Americans, espe - the United States Government’s Communism and civil war. Eight so that one day he would be suc - cially economists and profes - contact in Greece,” and you FOR RENT and ask for Veta. months later, a countercoup ceeded by somebody else, then sors, who got very agitated, and added, “You can be assured that mounted by King Constantine II this would not too bad. Through they got through to the White there has been no American in - LONG ISLAND CITY FUNERAL HOMES failed. Papadopoulos’s repres - that period, I felt it was more House describing their anxieties. volvement with, or in fact prior Beautiful second floor OFFICE sive military dictatorship lasted important for the elections to go We were very clear that the knowledge of, the coup.” As you SPACE. for rent from July 1st. 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Continued from page 1 less than expected, a backlash on their tax deductibility. However, the Senate failed to ap - from higher taxes that have The three economists wrote prove his nomination before law - of the prize committee, said. “On caused less spending. “The aus - that in Greece public payrolls makers left to campaign for the the contrary, the theory explains terity measures and economic re - should be cut to 700,000 by midterm congressional elections. why it is so hard when you have form” should be accompanied 2015 from 1.1 million through Senate Republicans have ob - had a shock, an economic shock, “by a very strong program of de - the sale of state companies, jected to what they see as Dia - like we have just had, why it velopment policies in order to which would reduce the wage mond’s limited experience in dis - takes so long to get back to full remove the country from the vi - bill by 8.6 billion euros ($11.9 secting the inner workings of the employment,” he told a news cious circle of rising unemploy - billion.) Papandreou instead has national economy. Bernanke was conference. The citation said Di - ment and bankruptcies,” Pis - cut the wages of all public sector one of Diamond’s students at amond had analyzed the foun - sardes wrote. The article was workers instead of laying off any, MIT. When Bernanke turned in dations of search markets. Dia - co-written with Costas Azariadis, and is hiring back one worker his doctoral dissertation back in mond said he thinks stubborn a Professor at Washington Uni - for each five who leaves through 1979, one of the people he unemployment will decline versity, and Yannis Ioannides, a attrition or retirement. Giving thanked was Diamond for being slowly. “With suitable macroeco - Professor at Tufts University on companies the right to build and generous with his time and read - nomic policies, there’s no reason the border with Boston. maintain infrastructure such as ing and discussing Bernanke’s to think that once we get Greece’s government has roads and airports tax-free for work. Diamond wrote a paper in through this we won’t get back raised taxes and cut pensions 30 years would lift productivity the early 1980’s that found that to normal unemployment,” he and wages to reduce the Euro - by as much as 40%, the econo - unemployment compensation told a media conference at MIT. AP PHOTO/SANG TAN pean Union’s second-largest bud - mists said. Without radical mea - could lead to better job matches. Pissarides said that his work had Professor Christopher Pissarides of the London School of Eco - get deficit. The draft budget fore - sures, the income of Greeks will Workers “become more selective already helped shape official nomics smiles as he speaks to the media in London Monday, casts an increase in fall to about 72% of the EU av - in the jobs they accept” because thinking on both sides of the At - Oct. 11, 2010, following his joint award for the Nobel Prize in unemployment to 14.5% in erage from 95%, Pissarides and of the employment aid. And, that lantic. For example, he said that Economic Sciences 2010. 2011, the highest in more than his co-authors said. Their 14 makes for better matches and in - the New Deal for Young People, a decade, from 9.5% last year, measures would help increase la - creases efficiency, he found. He a British government initiative mother and sisters still live. paper after he’d won. He wrote as the economy continues to con - bor productivity to 120% of the told a Senate committee during aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds Evdokia Pissarides, his mother, that the country should cut cor - tract, now grow. The authors EU average by 2020 from 80% his nomination hearing in July back on the job market after long is quoted stating that he wasn’t porate taxes and reduce the said taxes on companies should and create 1.2 million new pri - that a central theme of his re - spells of unemployment, “is very much of a student but “he always number of state workers to re - be cut to 10% to help boost For - vate jobs, they said. Papandreou search has been how the econ - much based on our work.” The was top of his maths class.” vive the economy. An annual eign Direct Investment (FDI,) has been relying on a cadre of omy deals with risks that affect economics prize is not among the Cypriot President Demetris growth rate of 4% would enable while the introduction of Indi - economic advisors, including both individuals, and the entire original awards established by Christofias proclaimed Pissarides’ the country to meet its borrow - vidual Retirement Accounts noted Americans such as Joseph economy. “In all my central re - Swedish industrialist Alfred No - success “The highest honor for ing obligations and improve pro - could attract savings equivalent Stiglitz, as well as reaching out search areas, I have thought bel in his 1895 will, but was cre - Cyprus and its people.” Greece’s ductivity, he said, explaining that to 5% of Gross Domestic Product to successful Greek American about and written about the risks ated in 1968 by the Swedish cen - budget cuts must be accompa - Prime Minister George Papan - within a decade, according to the business leaders for advice. in the economy and how markets tral bank in his memory. nied by policies to help the econ - dreou’s slashing of public sector article. In the United States more ECONOMICS 101 and government can combine to THE GREEK RULES omy emerge from the current cri - wages and tax hikes and pension than 20 years ago, IRA’s caused President Barack Obama has make the economy function bet - Pissarides was born and sis, Pissarides wrote in an article reforms would not work without a rocket boot in savings in banks nominated Diamond to become ter for individuals,” he said in raised in Cyprus, where his published by Kathimerini news - a rise in revenues which are far before Congress pulled the plug a member of the Federal Reserve. that hearing.

Plytas & Nathanail: Greece’s Teen Water Ski Champions Rising Fast

Continued from page 1 of successful buoys cleared, the ams. Now, those athletes who coach wages) and an average of speed of the boat, and the train year around and travel the $7,000 for traveling expenses set a national record for Greece. length of the rope. Nathanail world to compete in tourna - and tournaments participation While in the European Daulphin finished off another amazing ments have no support and said per year make water skiing one Championships in France he won year of competition by winning going to a Greek university of the most expensive sports. If two gold medals for tricks. They the bronze medal. seems unlikely. you just want to try water ski - are following in the water skis Plytas and Nathanail share a Both Plytas and Nathanail ing, it starts at about 33 euros of their coach, 32, who four strong friendship apart from are members of the Greek Na - per lesson at the Hatzis Water times won the silver medal at the long hours of training together. tional Team and despite the sev - Ski Paradise camp. And forget World Championship as well as Both were shy during an inter - eral medals they have won rep - about all the unnecessary ex - numerous gold, silver and view but seemed to enjoy their resenting their own country penses. bronze medals at the European success without resting on their they have no support from the For Nikolas and John, the and Greek Championships. His laurels. After he graduates from Greek state. The Greek water ski story is way different. They still brother, Tasos Hatzis, now 33, school, Nathanail said he wants federation doesn’t provide any need to struggle every day hav - has also won several medals at to “study in the States where kind of financial support, med - ing nothing but the support of Greek and European Champi - (he) could be part of a water ical care, training gear, not even their coach and the everyday onships. skiing team.” Plytas said, an in - a coach and only covers part of sacrifices of their parents. The The 3rd Greek Masters – different but confident manner: the athletes’ travel expenses teens are already champions slalom skiing - held in Aliartos “First I will finish school, then I only when they compete on Eu - and despite no support from on Oct. 9 and 10, proved once wiil figure out my next step.” A ropean or World championships. their government, are persever - again to be the ultimate battle - couple of years ago the Greek “So if they have a sponsor they ing, using their training but also ground for skiers looking to end government cut benefits given are lucky,” George Hatzis ex - their ambition, drive and their the season with a strong perfor - to athletes who wanted to enter plained. “But most of the cost families and coach. mance. The tournament slalom a Greek university. In the past goes to the parents.” skiing had a course set up with any athlete who had won a Water skiing is an expensive Watch all the action from the ul - buoys. The athletes navigated medal at the Olympics, World sport. An estimated cost of timate water skiing experience through and around six buoys or European Championship $2,100 for a ski, an average of John Nathanail of Athens is only 15, but one of the world's top the 3rd Greek Masters at our using only one ski. A skier's could enter the university with - $7,000 for practice (that in - water skiers, especially in his specialty, the slalom, as he demon - website www.thenationalher - score is based upon the number out having to write any final ex - cludes speed boats, wetsuits, strates here, throwing up a wicked rooster tail on one ski. ald.com Papandreou Lays Down the New Laws - They Are Tough Indeed

Continued from page 1 pen and he said, “There are many is down 8% and he said he will taxable income. So there will be pandreou said he’s also looking investments in renewable energy encouraging signs that investors twin that with plans to raise rev - no more cases of plastic surgeons toward getting more investments – a sector predicted to generate SOK Socialist party, with the op - are waking up to the opportuni - enues, especially by going after declaring earnings lower than from the private sector, and his 45 billion euros in investments position conservative New ties that the new Greece has to the country’s notorious tax shelf-stackers. Our policies are laws are meant to get them to by 2015, which will create Democracy party lagging far be - offer.” He added: “I would like evaders, primarily the rich, who designed to restore trust in state believe Greece will cut through 250,000 jobs. hind, and the smattering of to take this opportunity to re - avoid paying an estimated $41.5 institutions. And the rule of law. its labyrinth of red tape and bu - Today we have growing and smaller political groups in spond to a persistent rumor: de - billion a year, a sizeable amount, People will pay their taxes if they reaucracies that, along with cor - tangible interest from the Middle Greece still a relative blip on the fault. Default is not an option for but far less than the country’s trust the government to collect ruption and expected bribery and East, Turkey, Russia and Italy, ea - radar screen. Greece. All our Herculean efforts near $360 billion debt. them justly and use them wisely,” payoffs, has frightened away for - ger to develop strategic partner - NO DEFAULT LOOMS during the past year have been “Corruption - the rule of the he said. Despite that talk, no high eign business interests. “To po - ships in the energy sector,” he Before he got to the statistics, geared to ensure that Greece powerful – not the rule of law. is profile tax evader has been tential investors looking for new said. He also mentioned another Papandreou told the Economic does not default. That was being a democratic challenge that charged or prosecuted, including business opportunities – I would advantage peculiar to Greece: the Club audience some practical rea - backed up, he said, by the fiats many countries face today. We celebrities, such as a once promi - say: the Greek crisis is not the Mediterranean Diet, an idea that sons why he thought Greece he has imposed on the economy are using data mining, crack nent singer found to have evaded beginning of the end, but a new drew some derision from Ameri - would not only survive its crisis, and society, and he noted that squads, and crosschecks of assets paying nearly $7 million in back beginning,” he said, hammering can commentators, but one but soon thrive, and become an the country’s deficit, which recent to catch and prosecute tax cheats. taxes, a crime that would proba - away at his theme that Greece’s which Papandreou said had the investment hub for savvy finan - figures said was really 15.1% at Even Google Earth has come in bly land him in jail in the US. crisis really represents an oppor - potential to reach a large Ameri - cial thinkers and business execu - the beginning of the year, has handy to uncover undeclared Cutting spending is one thing, tunity. We have launched efforts can market of people who want tives. “I would also like to dispel been cut by nearly 32% in less swimming pools. In the first six he said, and raising more rev - to attract investment capitalizing Greek foods, which are now par - some of the peculiar mythology than nine months and will reach months of this year, we collected enues is another, and the tax on our comparative advantages - ticularly in demand in the U.S. around the Greek case, which has 40% by the end of the year. The over 1.2 billion euros in tax ar - hikes appear to have backfired in from solar power to shipping, cul - for their healthy qualities. He also been played up by some media EU’s ceiling for members of the rears. And we will soon bring in some categories, such as new car tural tourism to organic agricul - noted the criticality if tourism, commentators and financial an - Eurozone countries who use the much more, as we are ready to sales, which have plummeted ture,” he said, emphasizing espe - the biggest revenue producer for alysts,” he said. Before the EU- euro as a currency is 3%, al - pass a law to expedite prosecu - about 35% because of the new cially the advantages Greece the country, and said, “We are re - IMF package, he said, “Everyone though it is routinely violated by tion of tax arrears. Starting in 23% Value Added Tax. The Law holds for energy companies, with vamping our tourism industry was convinced that Greece was even the biggest countries, such 2011, the spending and assets of of Diminishing Returns appears its abundant sun and wind and tapping into new markets doomed to default.” That, he in - as France and Germany. Papan - the self–employed will be moni - to have set in, reducing the power. “We have already passed like China, Russia, India, Israel, sisted and reiterated, won’t hap - dreou said government spending tored to determine a minimum amount of expected taxes, so Pa - legislation to facilitate large-scale Turkey and the Middle East.

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Now this is something to be truly proud about: On Oct. 11 Nobel Prize in Economic Science was awarded to three economists for ΛΟΓΟΣ their work on markets where buyers and sellers have difficulty find - ing each other. One of the winners is Christoforos Pissarides, a Greek Cypriot with the London School of Economics. The others are two American professors, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale T. The Power of Now and Meaning Moments Mounts Mortensen of Northwestern University. Now this calls for a celebra - tion, does it not? You might recall that this is not the first time that a Greek has won a Nobel Prize. Two won the Nobel Prize in Litera - If, as the ancient Greek or if our fixation on called Fast Com - want) you to leave. You must ture, poets Giorgos Seferis in 1963 and the Odysseus Elytis in 1979. philosopher Heraclitus would like the presumed needs pany). slow down to appreciate this But this is the first time a Greek has won a Nobel Prize in a Science, us to believe, there is no constant, of “busy-ness” is The idea of slow - kind of extraordinary dining ex - and we are confident that more will follow as some of the world's only change, then the possibility good for our per - ing down at work is perience. top physicists and many of the leaders in other hard sciences are of being in the moment cannot sonal and collective not the only place This was the experience we Greek. We also celebrate it as a triumph for the people Cyprus. It is exist. In other words, there is no health, we feel com - or occasion to try to had last month at the Cavo D’Oro well established that Greek Cypriots are a smart, energetic, well- now, only past and future. But pelled to keep mov - get in touch with Restaurant in Rethymno, Crete. educated and progressive people. Still, it is remarkable that out of that the world is always in flux, ing. We often seem the fleeting nature The father and son team of Vasilis such a small population, roughly 600,000 people, came a Nobel he said, and the concept of time to get nowhere fast, of the now and be - and Peter Parasirakis, who own Prize winner in one of the sciences –even if it is the dismal science. is difficult to grasp, should not no matter how hard come more aware and manage the restaurant, ex - It has been a long time since we had such positive news from prevent us from trying to slow we try. Running con - of the meaning mo - emplify the slow food movement Greece or Cyprus. And while this sort of news will not alter the down and smell the roses every tinuously on the ments that taken to - with an added dimension difficult geopolitical considerations for a solution to the problem of Cyprus, now and then. Indeed, in the in - treadmill of life not by Dr. ALEX gether provide the to match: Cretan hospitality. It is it definitely sheds very positive light on the Greek Cypriot people creasingly fast-paced, stress-in - only consumes pre - PATTAKOS fabric for weaving a hard even for Americans not to as a whole. It could not come at a more opportune time, with all duced, busy-ness that character - cious time that we unique tapestry of slow down when captured and the depressing financial news coming out of Greece and the disap - izes much of life today, the need can’t take back but Special to existence. Have you enveloped by the ambiance of the pointing news regarding a solution to the divided Cyprus solution. to slow down and breathe a little also robs us of the The National Herald ever heard of the Cavo D’Oro. I read once that This bright, even brief flash of light is all the more welcome. may be one of the most impor - inherent joy (and slow food or slow meditation can be defined as Yet, we notice that the Nobel Laureate Pissarides, while he was tant things we can do for our - meaning) of the moments that cooking movement? Designed, nothing more than increased born and raised in Cyprus, was educated and did his pioneering re - selves for our physical, mental, comprise it - if we let it. among other things, to counteract awareness, of yourself, others, search abroad, at the London School of Economics. This is not a and spiritual health, for others, In my book, Prisoners of Our fast food and the fast life, this and the surroundings. In this mere coincidence. Nor is it a coincidence that so many scientists and the planet. In the mid- Thoughts, I introduce the idea worldwide movement has been sense, dining at the Cavo D’Oro excel in the best universities of the United States and elsewhere, 1990’s, while serving as President of “meaning moments,” as well gaining momentum due to its was a meditative experience, one but not in Greece or Cyprus. It is no mere coincidence that there of an international, nonprofit as - as underscore that every mo - healthy lifestyle and environmen - that reinforced the power of now are literally thousands of scholars and scientists outside of Greece sociation called Renaissance Busi - ment of our lives contains within tal appeal. and the significance of meaning and Cyprus because they could not maximize their potential in ness Associates (RBA,) whose it a meaning potential that only But human behavior changes moments. It is fitting to mention their native land, but could do so outside Greece and Cyprus. In mission was to advance the hu - we, as responsible individuals, slowly. The other day I read a that my spouse and I are “food - the case of Pissarides, he went to the London School of Economics man spirit in the workplace and can discover. This is perhaps the restaurant sign in my home town ies,” we love great food, espe - and was given an academic chair and the chance to pursue the pas - promote sound business ethics, I most important life lesson I of Santa Fe, New Mexico, that cially healthy, tasty food. And, of sion that brought him so much honor and pride. Very few like him recall receiving the following ad - learned from my mentor, Dr. Vik - caught my attention: No waiting: course, we love Mediterranean return home. Why? The answer is simple: Their peers do not want vice from Thomas Moore, psy - tor Frankl, and it has framed my In and Out! Since this restaurant cooking and anything remotely them to return. They know they cannot compete against them. chotherapist, former Catholic thinking, doing, and way of be - is not known for being a fast food connected to the Cretan/Greek Pissarides, like thousands of other Greeks, would have loved to monk, and author of the best - ing ever since. We are human be - establishment, I wondered about Diet. That Peter shared with us return to Cyprus if he were given the chance to realize his potential. selling book, Care of the Soul, at ings first and foremost, and hu - the rationale behind its slogan an article in Bon Appétit maga - But meritocracy is not what Greece and Cyprus are known for. an RBA Conference: “It’s hard to man doing comes later. Stopping and marketing strategy. It wasn’t zine featuring Cavo D’Oro did not Had Pissarides returned to his native Cyprus with his degrees and do nothing; but it’s worth the ef - to acknowledge this appears to on trend with the slow food influence our decision to return knowledge he might not even have been able to find a job. It has fort.” This may seem to be a have disappeared from our radar movement, nor promoting any - there restaurant on several occa - been leaked that his name surfaced in two previous administrations ridiculous notion when consid - screen. It’s time to rediscover its where near the kind of experi - sions as a couple and with family as a possible head of the Central Bank of Cyprus, but was rejected. ered in a work context but think value and position in our lives. ence my wife and I recently had members who live in Rethymno. The most he could do, had he returned, was be to be appointed about how much time is wasted The need to slow down at work in Greece where slowing down Putting the quality of the envi - an assistant professor somewhere whose path would be most likely at work, as well as in our per - has been garnering support from to eat is an art form. ronment and food aside, we were have been blocked by senior members of the faculty who would sonal lives, when we are so con - those whose interest is primarily Most readers probably are swayed by the proprietors and have felt threatened by his superior knowledge. The honor Pis - sumed with remaining, or look - tied to performance measures, aware that eating in a restaurant their staff, who made us feel at sarides received makes us all very proud, but it also affords the op - ing busy. The last thing that you output indicators, and the like. or taverna in Greece is an expe - home, to make Cavo D’Oro one portunity to be blunt by expressing the hope for much needed want to do is show your boss There are even those who advo - rience to be relished. Rather than of our most cherished places to change in the academic and research life of Greece and Cyprus. It and/or co-workers that you’re cate that companies should make receiving your check when you slow down, feel the moments, is not enough to congratulate Pissarides and express admiration not carrying your load or slacking employees take naps, not just to order, (customary in Japan) or and meaningfully connect with for what he managed to achieve through brilliance and hard work. off. So, like hamsters on a tread - restore physical health and well- soon thereafter as in America, the passing of time. It is time for Greece and Cyprus to stop forcing their bright minds mill we are conditioned to being but because napping has the Greek way is much more to seek opportunities abroad and to start creating the opportunities demonstrate that we’re doing been shown to improve percep - time honored. You may not see Dr. Pattakos is co-founder of a and the mindset that will bring back those it needs the most, those something all the time and mov - tual skills, motor skills, reaction your check until many hours af - business initiative on how to live who have excelled abroad. To do that they must institute a regime ing toward some nebulous, of - time, alertness and provides a ter you’ve finished your meal! If a life inspired by and based on of meritocracy that applies to all. tentimes moving target or goal competitive advantage. Seeking you ask for it too soon, you may Greek culture. Readers may con - line. Even if we don’t know to leverage this kind of evidence find yourself offending the tact him at: where we are headed, why we is a far cry from the focus on restaurant owner and staff who [email protected] and can A father’s courage, are making the effort to get there, building fast companies popular not only will want to know if you visit his web site and join the whether we’re making any over the last decade or so (there liked the food but want you to OPA! Village at: www.theop - a daughter’s grace progress towards our destination, is even a business magazine know they don’t expect (or away.com.

The Courage to Care. Think about the meaning, the wisdom, the vision, the moral uplift and the example these words set for COMMENTARY others. The meaning behind the words - the Courage to Care - can be explained through the examples of visiting a terminally ill patient or someone in old age home, by adopting a child, or de - Oaths Are The Fossils of Piety, But People Forget fending an unknown woman who is attacked by thugs on a street. But the courage to care takes on a much larger, almost supernatural dimension when it describes someone who puts his life – and that Although Pietism began as a isfy his ego, or if he Oddly, the public etc. Even Michael Lewis’ major of his family - at serious risk to save a friend, and save him not just religious movement in Protestant is an honest busi - outcry against piece in Vanity Fair Beware of from anyone, but from the Nazis. Such a heroic person, a person countries, it began to spread nessman, or a boss Greece when it re - Greeks Bearing Bonds seems with the courage to care, was Horst B. Lantzesch, father of Ursula throughout many cultures and who uses his em - ported a budget pretty pietistic when you take Andreas, who accepted the Courage to Care award from the Anti- religions, leaving its mark even ployees, or an over - deficit of 15% was into account its many general - Defamation League on behalf of her father last week in Boston. in Greece. Emphasizing the Puri - bearing husband, or not repeated when izations. Considering all the tax It was a day to remember. Not simply because the event was so tan emphasis on individual piety, a tyrannical father Ireland recently an - loopholes in the U.S. and the meticulously organized and the air was filled with misty emotions, it affected the thinking of promi - … there is no rea - nounced an esti - pork barrel spending that goes not just because of the brilliant speech of its Director, Abraham nent of 19th and 20th Century son for him to care mated budget on here, it would not be alto - Foxman, a man saved from certain death at the hands of the Nazis Greek Orthodox theologians, but about any of these deficit of … 32%! gether wrong to call Lewis’ crit - by his Catholic nanny, but mainly because of an extraordinarily was fortunately overcome in the things because they For some reason, icism a case of the pot calling powerful speech of elegance and style delivered by an extraordi - 1960’s with a rediscovery of tra - are not spiritual, the financially pi - the kettle black. narily classy lady, Ursula Andreas, unfolding dramatic events that ditional Orthodox teaching and and only spiritual by Christopher ous media, ratings It’s a shame Lewis didn’t de - took place decades ago but breathing into them such life it seemed a rebirth in Mt. Athos, with many things have impor - TRIPOULAS agencies, banks, vote at least one page of his vo - as if they happened yesterday. In the process, Ursula Andreas paid new theologians who clashed tance for a pietistic Special to and politicians saw luminous article to discuss some a rare - for our time - homage to principles and values that should with the foreign elements of the person.” Elsewhere, The National Herald fit to classify Greece of the many instances where the be at the forefront of our lives, extolling duty, friendship, morality, pietistic school of thought. It’s Rev. Pharos notes as a rotten apple Greek people get routinely indeed the whole state of affairs that ought to guide human rela - worth studying the pietistic that, “This outlook allows some - while exonerating Ireland. The shafted by a system whose en - tionship, but which one rarely encounters these days. movement and how it was over - one to isolate certain harmless is - journalists taking the moral high demic problems have made it She painted a clear crystal photo of what her father was all turned, in order to safeguard sues, or to make them harmless ground who cite “Greek statis - into a citizen’s worse nightmare. about. It was a superbly elegant speech in what most characterizes parish life from pietistic behaviors isolating them from the rest of tics” and the country’s habitual In a world filled with Manifest her, understatement, and there was poetry to her speech: "My that threaten to alter the Ortho - his life.” It’s been one year since misreporting to the EU neglect Destinies, Enrons, and credit de - father grew up with a very special friend, Freddie Asher, who hap - dox mentality. But from a wider Greece decided to sew a Scarlet to mention that far worse perju - fault swaps, prohibitionists who pened to be Jewish ... Freddie owned a shoe boutique ... all the standpoint, it’s also worth noting Letter on its chest and voluntarily rious statements have been smoke like chimneys, anti-smok - hard work the Jews had accomplished was gone in one night .... the broader influences of pietism become a global punching bag made by countries and public ers who drink like fish, and After Kristallnacht, the Nazis started rounding up Jewish people to see how this mentality affects for politicians, journalists, and figures who remain atop a overzealous health conscious and sent them to concentration camps ... every day my father tried even secular affairs. As Rev. economists. In order to “repent” pedestal. Genocides have rou - politicians who want to ban in every possible way to help his friend..." Ursula, as Foxman said, Philotheos Pharos eloquently for its financial sins, the Greek tinely been denied by NATO’s everything - except extra helpings needed a lot of persuasion to agree to the honor. It was a good puts it: “Pietism separates things government delivered itself into perennial darlings Turkey, of stress, which they serve to all thing she did. Her son and daughter-in-law, as well as her friends, into good and bad … the pietistic financial custody and entrusted George W. Bush, and Tony Blair comers - there’s very little moral would have missed yet another of her great qualities: No daughter person occupies himself with itself into the hands of the Inter - had a falling out with the truth high ground to be had. The road could have spoken more thoughtfully and movingly and with more spiritual and not with non-spiri - national Monetary Fund (IMF) when it came to those infamous is straight, narrow, absolutely adoration and respect for her father than Ursula did. Her father, tual realities. He is preoccupied and European Union (EU) tech - Weapons of Mass Destruction, holistic, and requires lots of com - we are certain, watching from above, would certainly be very with how and when he prays, nocrats, who are to now decide Bill Clinton seems to grow for - passion if it’s to be completed. proud of his wise, courageous, caring daughter and her husband and not whether he uses others what is “right” and what is getful whenever he’s asked any could not be more proud of his wife, and rightly so. for personal gain in order to sat - “wrong” for the Greek people. questions relating to his libido, [email protected] THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010 VIEWPOINTS 11 LETTER FROM ATHENS Why Should the U.S. Care About a Cyprus Solution?

Daily Life in a Greek Public A few weeks ago the Presi - has illegally settled leading super around the world. By abandon - dent of the Republic of Cyprus, occupied Cyprus power whose moral ing the rule of law and its prin - Demetris Christofias, visited with more than compass has al - ciples, the United States had a Hospital Ward Washington, D.C. to inaugurate 180,000 Turks ways been one that role in causing the present divi - the new Smithsonian Exhibit from Anatolia. The mostly has been sion of Cyprus and therefore has Cyprus: Crossroads of Civiliza - hour-long AHIF pointed in the right a major responsibility in reuni - If you really That was some - tions. The exhibition features documentary re - direction. fying the Republic of Cyprus. want to see a role thing I remem - more than 200 artifacts, cover - veals a recently de - GET THOSE On a more practical point, model for public bered from taking ing nearly 11,000 years of his - classified 1974 TROOOPS OUT! the projection of U.S. interests workers – or pri - blood thinning tory that range from items from State Department However, that in the southeastern Mediter - vate - in Greece, ex - agents and having the earliest villages to master - memorandum in moral compass ranean depends on the stability amples of exem - to use an electric pieces of medieval religious art which then secre - cannot and should of the region. Therefore the U.S. plary service from razor and trying to and give an overview of the is - tary of state Henry by NICK not be selective. If has an important stake in fos - selfless people who avoid cutting my - lands’ unique culture. It is a Kissinger wrote: LARIGAKIS the United States tering good relations between are underpaid - self for a year. The wonderful exhibit and I recom - “There is no Amer - today is looking to two NATO allies, Greece and sometimes not paid doctors were su - mend that everyone who visits ican reason why Special to promote democra - Turkey, in achieving a just and - go to Ward D of perb, the room not Washington to take in this ex - the Turks should The National Herald tic principles and viable settlement of the Cyprus Alexandra Hospital, so, although work - hibit. not have one-third the rule of law in problem. Fourth Floor, and by ANDY ers struggled to In addition to the exhibit, of Cyprus.” Further, fundamen - other areas of the world, its However, Turkey’s continu - watch Dr. Charis DABILIS keep it clean. There President Christofias took ad - tal to the Cyprus issue is the to - credibility becomes compro - ing occupation and intransi - Matsouka, Director were no drapes be - vantage of his visit to also meet tal disregard of the rule of law, mised if it does not first promote gence regarding Cyprus dam - of the Department Special to tween patients and with a number of officials to the U.N charter, NATO charter, these concepts in Cyprus, as for ages U.S. interests. Cyprus of Hematology; her The National Herald I found myself next bring them up to date on the customary international law, rel - example, it did in Kuwait continues to be the acid test for colleagues Dr. Bar - to a window with Cyprus issue. One of those visits evant Security Council Resolu - against Iraq. And as a matter of Washington. In this regard, it barousi Despoina, Dr. Anna Tar - two elderly men on my left, An - was to the world famous Brook - tions, and for purposes of Amer - law, the same violations com - needs to ratchet up its interest nakidou Dr. Frouzakis Konnos, dreas the Silent, who looked like ings Institute, a leading think- ican policy, the most damaging mitted by Iraq in its invasion of to finding a solution that’s just and Dr. Migkou Magdalin work a retired sea captain with snakes tank that focuses on interna - of all - the violation of our own Kuwait were the same violations and viable and that does not re - with patience, dignity and car - of white hair. He was a stoic tional issues, where he gave a U.S. laws, which do not allow that Turkey committed in its in - ward aggression. What’s right is ing in conditions so sub-stan - who didn’t say a single word the speech to a distinguished Wash - for our weapons to be used for vasion of Cyprus. also good for U.S. interests and dard you have to bring your four days I would spend there. ington audience. offensive purposes, as they were While I’m not advocating an sends a message to the world own toilet paper and be lucky Next to him was another man After the speech I was having used in 1974 by our NATO ally, armed U.S. intervention in that the U.S. does not compro - to have a blanket. Greek public whose wife acted like a drill a causal discussion with some - Turkey, in its illegal invasion of Cyprus, the U.S. has a moral mise its principles, such as the hospitals have long been de - sergeant, announcing to every - one who asked me, “What do Cyprus and continue to be ille - and a legal obligation to con - rule of law, support for interna - rided for looking like scenes one he did what she said, but you tell someone who asks why gally used in its occupation to - tinue to press Turkey to remove tional law and the codes and de - from a Hieronymous Bosch she was decent and kind and should the United States care day. By virtue of how 20th Cen - its 43,000-occupation force clarations of international insti - painting, and if you’ve ever had doted on him. Across from me, about solving the Cyprus issue?” tury world history has unfolded from Cyprus and not to equate tutions such as the UN and to go to one with an emergency a very heavy man who’d suf - Inferring that since there is and by having the good geo - the victim, the Republic of NATO. you know what that means: fered a stroke lay in some kind peace on the island and no one graphic fortune of being isolated Cyprus, on the same level as the dirty or sometimes filthy waiting of limbo, stuck with tubes, his is shooting at each other, isn’t against hostile enemies, the aggressor Turkey. This makes a Nick Larigakis is the Executive rooms, endless lines, long waits, wife never leaving his side, 24 the U.S. better off directing its United States has had the op - mockery of any other peace ini - Director of the American people plumped on gurneys in hours a day. Next to him was a interest and resources in other portunity to become the world’s tiatives that the U.S. pursues Hellenic Institute. the hallways, half-undressed or raucous elderly man everyone more overt conflicts around the exposed for everyone to see, lots called Pappa, and who alter - world? A fair question from an of moaning and groaning. You’d nated between being cantanker - uneducated perspective. I re - rather lie down on a bed of ous and funny, slapping his sponded and further offered to nails, but when you need one – hands together and yelling send the person our recently fi - and unless like the rich and the “Opa!” clapping to some dance nanced American Hellenic Insti - 300 Thieves of the Members of only he could hear in his head. tute Foundation PBS documen - Parliament who wouldn’t go In between that routine, he’d tary Cyprus Still Divided: A U.S. there on a bet – you have to sometimes kick off his blankets Foreign Policy Failure. hope you’re going to survive. or yell at the nurses and try to However, I started to wonder You will, if you rely on the well- bum cigarettes from anyone how many more people in educated and highly trained who walked by, all with an imp - Washington, and elsewhere, ask doctors, but they have to put up ish smile that looked like he was the same question. First and with a lack of supplies, and a hearing a joke no one else foremost, the on going Cyprus lack of respect because they could. At 62, I was the rookie in tragedy stems from an illegal in - have been portrayed so often the room. vasion and illegal occupation (including here) as tax evaders. What we all got was equal that has now continued for over But when the state doesn’t pay attention, including from Dion - 36 long years. There is strong you for weeks, months, or until ysis Stravopodis, an orderly who evidence that points out that the following year, what can you was cheerful, patient and kind key U.S. policy makers were do? They’ve had to resort to to people, even as they had to aware that the invasion and striking, unlike politicians and undergo the embarrassment of more importantly of the second parliamentarians who’ve never having diapers and catheters more brutal Turkish invasion missed a paycheck, or a meal, changed, sometimes with visi - that solidified a 40% land grab while hiding out in their offices, tors in the room, although other and made refugees out of sucking the blood and spirit out times they would be shooed out. 170,000 Greek Cypriots in their of a once-great country, puppets The first night he wheeled me own home-land, would occur. of a government that won’t even in we spoke a bit and I told him Many observers believe the pay for hospital supplies. I wanted ouzo. He laughed United States had the power to cheerfully but shook his head prevent the Turkish invasion no, of course, but seemed to ap - and later to compel Turkey to preciate someone took the time withdraw its troops, but Wash - to notice he was the one push - ington did neither of those AP PHOTO/PETROS KARADJIAS ing them. things. Today, more than 36 Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, (R) gives a pen to European Parliament President Jerzy Worried about being able to years later, the Turkish army Buzek to sign a guest book after their meeting at the Presidential palace in divided Nicosia, make a flying date to New York continues to occupy the north - Cyprus, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Buzek said after talks with Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias the following week, I peppered ern third of Cyprus in violation that he believes a peace deal reunifying the ethnically split island is possible, but that great the doctors with questions, all of international law, and Turkey vision and pragmatic acts are needed. of which they answered politely and with obvious great knowl - edge, the kind of bedside man - ner you need when you worry that perhaps blood will sud - Slouching Toward Tel Aviv: Direction for Greek Policy denly come pouring out of you for no reason. Matsouka was about the most patient doctor The Greek economic crisis country's value as a cast Greece as a of the Middle East on the basis I’ve ever had, smart and reas - has exposed the country's bastion of stability maverick in the of political Islam. Indeed, the suring. She said I would proba - threadbare connections to Eu - in an otherwise Western alliance. fact that Sunni Turkey and Shi - bly need a bone marrow aspira - rope. It is not so much whether troubled region. The Arab votes in ite Iran can find common tion if the PDL levels didn’t rise, Greece is part of Europe - as it Greek governments the UN General As - ground is at best troubling for explaining they’d have to do it is that Europe is not part of in the meantime sembly did little to Western interests in the region. in the sternum or somewhere Greece. In other words, Euro - opted to support advance any of Turkey's escalating con - near the tailbone, both of which pean-style institutions and con - the Arabs because Greece's policy in - frontations with Israel are sounded as entertaining as cepts, particularly northern Eu - it was assumed in terests except to strong indicators that the sands watching a Lindsay Lohan ropean, have little in common Athens that the compile a list of of alliances in the Middle East EUROKINISSI movie. So when I saw Dionysis with their Greek counterparts. Arab states held meaningless con - are quickly shifting possibly to - Alexandra Hospital again and laughingly asked, Historically, the Greeks only more votes in the demnations against wards a Tehran-Ankara axis. “Where’s my ouzo?” hoping for made half-hearted attempts to UN General Assem - by DR. ANDRE Turkey. Effectively, However, these changes are pro - Five years ago, I barely sur - a comedic respite from the fashion their military, economic bly than the Is - GEROLYMATOS Greece's foreign viding opportunities for Greece vived a blood clot that went worry, he reached into his jacket and educational institutions raelis. It stood to policy is still stag - and Israel to change the security from my leg to my lungs, living as he was leaving the ward after along European lines only to fall reason for this po - Special to nant, while Turkey paradigm in the Eastern only because my partner spir - work and pulled out a bottle of back quickly to the indigenous litical strategy to The National Herald has achieved con - Mediterranean, which will in ited me off to Evangelismos sparkling champagne. You gotta way of doing things. All the aus - work fully that it siderable success turn, impact on the Middle East. Hospital, one of the better pub - love a guy like that. tere measures currently placed was necessary for Greece to sup - with Greece's allies. The current A Greek-Israeli alliance offers lic facilities, where doctors spot - Still, the fourth night of anx - to reform the Greek economy port the Palestinians. economic crisis has exposed just significant benefits for both ted the problem, immediately iety built up the worry levels, will do little to change matters PAPANDREOU'S RANTS how isolated Greece is in the EU countries. Culturally and intel - instituted the right procedures, especially when the man who’d since the process of transform - HURT by also in Washington. In con - lectually, both societies share saved my life, and put me on a suffered a stroke and hadn’t ing Greece into a Western Eu - Unfortunately, this approach trast Turkey, despite an obvious more in common that they do year-long regimen of a blood- moved suddenly decided to talk ropean state will take several to foreign policy, beginning with transformation into an Islamic not with their respective neigh - thinning medication. This time, – very loud – and to no one in generations and perhaps the the election of PASOK in 1981, society enjoys almost unquali - bors. it was the opposite problem for particular, until 5 a.m. This, of Greek people may not be pre - produced few tangible results. fied support from the Obama Although Greece cannot re - me: a wicked bout of the shin - course, woke up Pappa, who pared to pay the price. There is Then Prime Minister Andreas Administration. Even after place Turkey's military capabil - gles virus and strong medication started clapping his hands and an element of remarkable imag - Papandreou's anti-American Ankara's reconciliation with Iran ity in such an alliance, the to fight it suddenly left me with yelling “Opa!” I looked over at ination that enables Greeks to rhetoric, albeit designed for and dramatic leanings towards Greeks can keep Israel from be - blood that was too thin, ap - Andreas, but he didn’t say a change reality - if the truth does home consumption, combined Islamic regimes, Washington re - coming isolated in the region. proaching the danger level. word, although the man by the not fit - and they will not rush with his non-aligned musings mains little concerned over the Despite its current difficulties, When a blood test detected that, door suddenly bolted up and to surrender such flexibility in alienated the United States and consequences of a realignment Greece is a member of the EU my partner, a dogged researcher yelled “Ti ora einai!” asking exchange for the more struc - and thus provides Israel with of medical information who what time it was as I pinched tured and rigid European-style another link to the European al - won’t stop until she finds an an - myself to make sure it wasn’t a approach to life. One reason liance. Furthermore, closer ties swer, spirited me off to another Woody Allen vision of hell night - why Greece is faltering in the between the two countries may public hospital, Alexandra, after mare in a hospital. The next day, European Union is because suc - help Israelis understand how reading the side effects of the I was let out, my blood platelet cessive governments have floun - the Europeans perceive the issue medicine may have put me close levels starting to rise, grateful dered in foreign policy, which of Palestine and the current sit - again at death’s door, unless the for those who treated me as if I has remained at best stagnant uation in Gaza.Israel can pro - cause and right treatment were were at an expensive private and, more often than not, has vide Greece with military and found. Alexandra is primarily a hospital, which is what Greek collapsed whenever Greece's diplomatic support. The maternity hospital and the night public hospitals could be if they partners had other priorities. For prospective Greek Israeli al - I went I was fortunate to be seen got the money they deserved example, whenever Athens liance would also help clear the immediately because most and the doctors got paid. It’s needed US support to counter path from Athens to Washing - everyone else was heading for been a bad year for Greek hos - aggressive moves by Ankara, the ton. Ultimately, a Greek-Israeli the baby ward. They didn’t look pitals. In June it was reported Americans supported the Turks alliance can offer the Western like people who could afford to they owed $6.4 billion to sup - because of their own geo-politi - Alliance a more durable bul - go to swank private hospitals, pliers, who reportedly had been cal realities. wark of security in the Eastern the look of the poor etched on overcharging them about twice After the Second World War, Mediterranean that will also their face, immigrants in the as much as they charged other Washington needed Turkey to protect Western interests there. mix, all hoping they would get European countries, but that’s counter Soviet threats to the Given the right partnership, good treatment. They will at the built-in corruption margin Middle East. When the Soviet Greece will no longer be the Alexandra, just as I did. in Greece to pay off people who Union collapsed the Americans economic basket case of the EU; The first night I was admitted want to make sure you don’t get found Turkey necessary in the but a strategic partner in the se - two doctors came to the room, a dialysis filter unless they get war against Saddam Hussein curity of a critical region. analyzed the blood results and something from your blood too. and later the Turks appeared to said I wasn’t going anywhere for If there’s any justice, they’ll offer an alternative to political Dr. Gerolymatos is chair of Hel - a few days, until the source of wind up in Ward D on the Islam, which was beginning to lenic Studies at Simon Fraser the problem of low platelets was Fourth Floor of Alexandra Hos - dominate the region. The theory University in Vancouver, British detected. A normal level is pital and see for the first time in Washington is that Turkey, as Columbia and the author of 150,000 to 400,000 PDL’s, they in their lives what kind of treat - a Muslim democratic state, is a "Red Acropolis, Black Terror: said, and mine had fallen to ment everyone deserves. model for the Middle East. The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) has spent a lot The Greek Civil War and the 50,000, meaning it would be fact that Turkey was an ally of of time recently wooing Israel, and his counterpart, Benjamin Origins of Soviet-American Ri - difficult for the blood to clot. [email protected] Israel further underscored the Netanyahu. valry." 12 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 16-22, 2010 Smells Like Teen Spirit at New York City Greek Film Festival

By Angelike Contis kudos include the Silver Leop - the modern Greek art of flirta - TNH Staff Writer ard award at the 2009 Locarno tion or kamaki (Colossi of Love) International Film Festival. and an examination of the fall - NEW YORK - A deadly Mafia The special screening of out after the 2007 fires in the confrontation – in Italian- and America, America, an immigra - Peloponnese (Sugartown: The two comedies entrenched in tion story from an earlier era, Day After.) With –unsurprisingly Greek American life will make will be held at the SVA Theater - no financial aid in sight from it onto the big screen as a part on October 29. There will be a Greece this year, the event, held of a special teenage filmmaker discussion after the film by critic under the auspices of the Hel - section of the upcoming New Foster Hirsch, and actors Stathis lenic American Chamber of York City Greek Film Festival Giallelis and Linda Marsh. Commerce was saved at the last (Oct. 22-30) that has been spon - The remainder of the films moment by the generous finan - sored for the first time by The include: visually stunning and cial support of the shipping in - National Herald. In 18-year-old controversial 17th Century nun dustry, including the Stavros Dennis Latos’ short film Don’t tale Mavro Livadi (Black Field;) Niarchos Foundation, the John Be a Liar, Mafioso Luca con - Athens realism story O Dia - Latsis Foundation and Angeliki fronts his henchman Paolo. heiristis (The Building Man - Frangou’s Navios Corp., as well Meanwhile in 13-year-old Gra - ager;) a special Halloween as Mark Drakotos and Nicholas cie Brett’s short work De Nada, screening of actor/director Bouras Industries. a group of girls in Greek school Renos Haralambides’ Four Black If there’s something that conspire to use their mobile Suits (with comedian Greg Bar - unites the films, says DeMetro, phones, against their teacher’s ris in attendance.) Also playing it’s social issues. He says: “We wishes. Finally, 16-year-old are Panos Koutras’ much-touted are showing Plato's Academy Michael Kontaxis’ Aroma is a gender-bending story Strella which focuses on immigration is - well-crafted vignette about a and veteran filmmaker Pantelis sues. The Building Manager so Greek grandmother that makes Voulgaris’ Civil War film Psychi accurately depicts life in modern memorial paximadia (cookies) Bathia (With Heart and Soul,) day Athens and the issues Athe - so good that they – literally- Popular actor Renos Haralambides co-stars in his fourth directorial production, Four Black The documentaries in the festi - nians face daily. The Island ex - keep grandpa from the grave. Suits. He broke onto the scene first with film No Budget Story. val include an enjoyable look at poses the corruption that exists The three films are part of the on every level of society on what first Annual No Limits Teen is supposedly a serene little Greek Video Showcase, which aims to island. It is possible to see Dog - encourage more young Greek tooth as an examination of the Americans to express them - parental role in today's Greece. selves through film. The show - Filmmakers are looking at their case will usher in the festival’s country with clear objectivity. A Astoria gala screening of Greek society that has the ability to look director Christos Dimas’ very at itself is a society that is alive popular island mystery Nisos and one that will keep growing (The Island). The free screening toward a better future.” is sponsored by Alma Bank on He points out that the festival October 23 (7 p.m.) at the features the best theaters of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. New York, but it’s up to the film - TEENS WITH VISION goers to make it a success. “Now There is no limit to how early it's up to the public to do its tomorrow’s filmmakers picked share. We need the support of up the technology to create all Greek Americans. The the - films. Flushing, New York’s ater should be sold out at every Latos, for instance, an aspiring performance. This is the only film director in his first year at way we will be able to continue Boston’s Emerson College, made the festival for years to come. his first work – a war film - while The prices are very low, less eight years old on the island of This year’s NYC Greek Film Festival will feature a special screen - than regular Manhattan admis - Kefalonia. He told TNH he made ing of Elia Kazan’s America, America. sion prices. The films are chosen the production with his cousins. with great care. They are It involved, he said: “A few kids Phillips Academy student society, the talk including Time provocative and intelligent. dressed up as German soldiers Michael Kontaxis, of Rancho Mi - Out NY critic Joshua Rothkopf, Let's support the festival every and others as Greek soldiers. We rage, California-raised, directed critic Andrew Sarris, The Na - way we can.” used potatoes as grenades and his film Aroma four years back. tional Herald’s film expert Dan guns made of paper that were Now at his school in Andover, Georgakas, Columbia Univer - Festival website: www.nyc - colored black with some mark - Massachusetts, Kontaxis already sity’s Evangelos Calotychos and greekfilmfestival.com ers. A few globs of ketchup were has an impressive portfolio of psychologist Thomas Mallios. Dennis Latos, 18, is an Emerson College student and a partici - used as blood.” Latos has come films to his credit online, show - (For reservations: gotham - pant in the first annual No Limits Teen Video Showcase. [email protected] a long way since then, making cased on his site Michaelkon - [email protected]). taxis.com. The credits for his After the October 23 Nisos We must use films also often include relatives gala – which may involve a huge and friends. Aroma features not turnout if last year’s Astoria gala the opportunity only top-notch performances, screening is any indication– there to show that the film but fun paximadi-animation. will be a special tribute on Octo - Kontaxis’ most recent work, Mist ber 25 to actor Athan Karras, who community in Greece Fortune, found online, is an - passed away on February 12. Kar - continues to flourish other indication of his penchant ras, who was born in 1927 in for comedy and a sense of smell; Thessaloniki was not only vital short films, a commercial, a mu - in it, four women stuck in an el - in keeping Greek folk dance alive sic video, high school projects evator comment on perfumes in America, but in portraying and works for MSG Varsity (the and less-appetizing aromas. Greek America on the big screen. Long Island Sports Network), FESTIVAL LINE-UP The festival will screen William not to mention a film called The No Limits Teen Video Kyriakis’ and Radley Metzger’s Mafia Stories. Don’t Be a Liar is Showcase is just a small part of film Dark Odyssey (1961,) in the opening to Mafia Stories: the New York City Greek Film which Karas stars as an immi - Part Two, which Latos made festival, which is now in its grant in New York avenging his with friends, including writer fourth year. The festival will be sister’s rapist. The film will be fol - Thomas Capobianco (who also held at venues also including lowed by a discussion with Geor - plays the criminal, Luca.) Latos Manhattan’s SVA Theater, NYU’s gakas, Metzger and members of credits taking New York Univer - Tisch School of the Arts and the the Karras family. sity’s four-week filmmaking Paris Theater. It includes eight The festival’s Manhattan gala workshop as important in pol - of Greece’s edgiest new feature will be held on October 26 at ishing his skills. His end goal is films and two documentaries. the Paris Theater, with a screen - directing in Hollywood, he says, There will also be tributes to ing of Plato’s Academy, the film noting: “It's my dream job that I both late actor Athan Karas, directed by Filippos Tsitos that want and nothing will stop me with film Dark Odyssey and di - features popular Greek actor until I get it. Nothing is impossi - rector Elia Kazan, with a special Antonis Kafetzopoulos as a ble and I know with hard work, screening of America, America. racist man who discovers that Mina Orfanou in Panos Koutras’ film Strella (a/k/a A Woman’s Way), which features a trans - a little luck, and the gift that Festival Director Jimmy he has Albanian roots. The film’s sexual who finds unexpected twists on the path to love. God gave me that I could be - DeMetro notes that bringing come who I want to become.” Greek films to the U.S. is more Cousins are key in the work important than ever. He says, too of Bel Air, Maryland’s Gracie “There has been so much nega - Brett. The student of the Bel Air tive publicity about Greece in The Festival’s Films Range from Terror to Reality Middle School says simply of our media. We must use the op - herself: “I’m Greek and 13 and portunity to show that the film I love making films. It’s all I love community in Greece continues DOGTOOTH (Kynodontas) – This 2009 own brand of “multiculturalism” has been who fall in love. to do and my cousins act in all to flourish and that the artists, film with a science fiction twinge was di - lauded as one of the best in recent years. my films.” She wrote to TNH like the country, will survive the rected by Giorgos Lanthimos. It features WITH HEART AND SOUL (Psychi that she and her entire family crisis and move forward to bet - Aggeliki Papoulia, pop star Mary Tsoni and BLACK FIELD (Mavro Livadi) – Pas - Bathia) - Pantelis Voulgaris, part of the aim to be at the Astoria screen - ter days.” The festival kicks off Hristos Passalis as the teen offspring of sion under Ottoman oppression is the rule New Wave of Greek cinema in the 1960s, ing on October 23 for the on October 22, with a free two very protective parents who keep their in this film by Bardi Marinaki, which fea - with noteworthy films including Anna’s screening. The director, whose screening of the controversial, children under house arrest in a villa some - tures a nun who doesn’t exactly abide to Engagement and the Stone Years – and De Nada reveals a witty ap - Cannes award-winning Dog - where in Greece. It’s creepy stuff, with lots religious codes. The film is set in 1654 and more recently, Brides - finally made the proach to filmmaking – not to tooth at the NYU Tisch School of possible interpretations. Imdb.com notes won acclaim in Greece for the first-time Civil War film he carried inside himself for mention Greek school – says: “I of the Arts. There will be a dis - that the film made more than $56,000 in filmmaker’s technical merit and script – as decades. The sweeping saga features am incredibly excited to be in cussion of the film about three the U.S. on its limited release in 2010. The well as the film’s risque subject matter. brother against brother. NYC, I can't express to you how Greek teens whose parents film caught the international art crowd’s much I enjoy making films.” eerily seal them from the rest of eye by winning Cannes’ Un Certain Regard O DIAHEIRISTIS (The Building Man - COLOSSI OF LOVE – This funny docu - prize in 2009. ager) – Pericles Hoursoglou, once a pro - mentary by Nikos Mistriotis returns to the tege of veteran director Pantelis Voulgaris glory days of Greek international romance, THE ISLAND (Nisos) – Christos Dimas, (see below), was considered one of the the 1960’s and 1970’s. Drawing from a director who whet his artistic teeth in hot new talents of the 1990s. He made a archival footage and interviews with those San Francisco’s independent filmmaking splash with his film Lefteris, which was who remember, the film revisits the myth An overview of the scene in the 1990s, experienced box office considered a taste of contemporary of the brooding Greek lovers and the blond success with this film revolving around a Greece’s realism. Now, the director ven - tourists they attracted. murder on an island. The film sold more tures into new territory as he makes a very Greek Shipping than 500,000 tickets in just its first four personal film that explores the at-times SUGARTOWN: THE DAY AFTER - In weeks in Greece earlier this year, a signif - stifling confines of domestic life, starring 2006, the cute Greek documentary Sugar - icant achievement for local standards. Di - himself – and his own young family. town looked at bachelors who had a hard mas previously made the film The Cistern, time finding love with mail order brides Industry a coming of age story set in his native FOUR BLACK SUITS – Renos Haralam - from abroad in the northern Peloponnese’s Eleusina. bides’ plays alongside actors Yannis town of Zacharo. The follow-up to this Zouganelis, Takis Spiridakis, Alkis Panagi - film, which looks at the corruption in - A Special Section DARK ODYSSEY (1961) – This film by otidis and Dimitris Poulikakos in the story volved in the aftermath of the region’s William Kyriakis and Radley Metzger fea - of four pallbearers who try to rid them - 2007 fires – directed again by Kimon tures a significant figure in Greek Ameri - selves of their unsavory job by taking up Tsakiris - is much less sugary. It’s the work can film and culture, Athan Karras, who the challenge of carrying a man – in his of Anemon Productions, with support by passed away this year at age 82. In the coffin, by foot – from Athens to his small not only Greek station ERT by German film he plays a sailor who jumps ship to town in Voitia. Haralambides says of his French station ARTE. satisfy a family vendetta, opposite Jeanne film on the work’s offical site www.4mk.gr, Jerrems, who portrays a Greek American “The film is a road movie on a coffin.” Yes, woman. Culture clashes between the old dark comedy is in the mix. Screening/Festival info: and new worlds abound. STRELLA –The film which kind of bor - • NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS PLATO’S ACADEMY – Greek director rows its title from the classic Melina Mer - 721 Broadway, south of Waverly Place, Filippos Tsitos, who spent many years in couri movie is the work of Panos Koutras, NYC Germany, first caught festival-goers atten - who broke onto the Greek film scene with • FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE tion with his film My Sweet Home (2001), his cult hit The Attack of the Giant Mous - ARTS 35-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY a dizzying look at Berlin’s multicultural saka (1999). His latest film is more based • PARIS THEATER 4 West 58th Street, Coming November 13th population, primarily set in a bar over a in reality and made a splash at the 59th west of Fifth Avenue, NYC single evening. He sets his latest film in Berlin Film Festival with its shock-bearing • SVA THEATER 333 West 23rd Street, with The National Herald Athens – and the film questioning Greece’s story of transgender Strella and an ex-con west of Eighth Avenue, NYC