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TNH Staff behavior about Russia. Pullout Christos Marafatsos will rep - NEW YORK – As he takes the resent the Greek- and Cypriot- oath of office as the 45th Presi - American community on the Na - Would Mean Revised dent of the United States, Donald tional Diversity Coalition for Trump will have in the back - Trump. Marafatsos’ role was to Bailout Terms for ground a cadre of Greek-Ameri - advise the Coalition and the Re - can advisers who will have his publican National Committee on Beleaguered Nation ear and be steps away from the issues critical to those groups. Oval Office. This is the closest Greek- TNH Staff Chief among them is his Chief Americans have gotten to the of Staff, Reince Priebus, who has presidency since Spiro Agnew ATHENS – Greece’s left-led gov - a Greek mother and German fa - was Vice-President and Michael ernment said it would welcome ther – apropos given Greece’s in - Dukakis was the Democratic a decision by the International extricable economic links to its nominee in 1988, losing an early Monetary Fund to pull out of biggest lender. lead in polls before being the country’s bailout program, There’s also George Gigicos, thumped by George Bush, father which is bogged down in dis - who is Director of Advance Op - of his namesake who would later agreements on further spending erations and was close to the hold the office. cuts. Trump from the early days of an Priebus and Gigicos are Ar - Government spokesman unlikely campaign written off by chons of the Church, as is Florida Dimitris Tzanakopoulos accused political pundits and Washington Congressman Gus Bilirakis. The the Washington-based fund of insiders as a pipe dream that be - three will be honored, along with making “irrational demands” in came their nightmare. Archbishop Demetrios at the Met - the negotiations, which he said George Papadopoulos, who ropolitan Club in Washington on Greece wants wrapped up as directs an international energy Jan. 19, a day before the inau - soon as possible. center at the London Center of guration. The Finance Ministry re - International Law Practice, will THE TOP DOG leased preliminary budget data be a member of a foreign policy The top spot goes to Priebus, according to which the primary team tackling an unsafe world of 44, from Wisconsin, a steady AP Photo surplus for 2016 – which ex - terrorism and sensitive diplo - Chief-of-staff Greek-American Reince Priebus at the podium, with Donald Trump and Mike cludes debt servicing costs – was macy, especially given Trump’s Continued on page 3 Pence looking on, is just one of many in Trump’s administration with Greek connections. more than double the initial tar - get. Greece hopes a deal with Eu - ropean creditors and the IMF will boost its battered economy, St. Paul’s Fr. Melackrinos Suspended give it access to the European Central Bank’s bond-buying stimulus program and, later, to By Theodore Kalmoukos wife and three daughters. The know how he ended up where international debt markets. National Herald’s requests to we are now. What I know is that The IMF participated in HEMPSTEAD, NY – Rev. Luke Melackrinos and St. Paul’s a year ago he communicated via Greece’s two previous bailouts, Melackrinos was placed on sus - parish council president re - email and text messages with a but is still deliberating whether pension from all his liturgical mained unanswered at press woman who had been divorced to finance the current, third pro - and administrative duties as time, but His Grace Bishop An - three years ago. She is not Or - gram signed in 2015. It says fis - presiding priest at the presti - donios of Phasiane gave an ex - thodox; I think she is Roman- cal targets agreed upon between gious St. Paul’s Cathedral in clusive interview to the Herald Catholic. Her husband was Greece and the Europeans are Hempstead, NY for allegedly in - elaborating on the allegations. Greek Orthodox and member of too optimistic. appropriate electronic commu - The interview follows: the St. Paul parish. Sometimes, “What the IMF decides is its nication with an adult female TNH: Your Grace, what did she had attended services in the own concern,” Tzanakopoulos parishioner. exactly happened regarding Fr. past. Those e-mails had said. “But what concerns us is Ordained to the priesthood Melackrinos? stopped, but shortly before the that it should take its decision in 2003, Fr. Melackrinos is sus - BA: That is what I am trying New Year, Fr. Luke sent an email as soon as possible and not cre - pected of sending electronically to understand myself as well. I to all the parishioners regarding ate pointless delays” in the inappropriate photographs of can tell you that no one ex - himself to the woman. He has a pected this from him. I don’t Continued on page 6 Continued on page 9 TV Icon, Greek-American

onnozweers, via Wikimedia Commons Betty White Celebrates a Panepirotikos Fed. Essay Contest Announced The old bridge of Konitsa over the river Aoos, one of the highest Happy 95th Birthday of its kind in Greece is located in the legendary region of Epiros. College students are invited to submit 1,500 word es - says on “What Epiros Means to Me” to the Panepirotic Federa - TNH Staff the longest television career for tion. See the related story on page 4. a female entertainer. White is LOS ANGELES, CA – Greek- also a longtime animal rights ac - American actress Betty White tivist. celebrated her 95th birthday on On Dec. 27, a GoFundMe January 17. The only child of campaign was launched by Worlds Apart Boffo in NYC Christine Tess Cachikis and Ho - Demetrios Hrysikos from South race Logan White, she was born Carolina to protect the iconic ac - in Oak Park, IL. tress from 2016, a year that saw Booked for Second Week The family moved to Califor - the departure of so many nia during the Great Depression beloved celebrities. The descrip - and it was while attending high tion of the fundraising effort By Penelope Karageorge Libre Studio, thrilled at the school that Betty decided to be - read, “Help 2016 catch these film’s terrific showing, booked come an actress. A pioneer in hands if it goes anywhere near NEW YORK – Worlds Apart, the it for a second week at Village the television industry, White Betty White! If she's okay with explosive and moving drama East Cinemas. It racked up the worked in front of and behind it I will fly to wherever Betty that scored No. 1 as Greece’s largest per-screen tally of any the cameras as the first woman White is and keep her safe till biggest box office winner in a other film showing in theatres to produce her own TV sitcom. Jan. 1, 2017. Now, assuming she decade, has made an enor - across the USA, according to the She won 7 Emmy Awards during doesn't want a strange Greek mously impressive opening in official show-biz record keeper, her long TV career most memo - standing guard outside her door, New York. Distributor Cinema Box Office Mo Jo, a huge rably for her work on The Mary all monies will be donated to the achievement in the highly com - Tyler Moore Show as Sue Ann Spartanburg Little Theater to petitive film world. Nevins and for The Golden Girls help craft new stars of stage and “I’m honored, touched and as Rose Nylund. Among her screen to carry mantle of the leg - For subscription: overwhelmed by the warm re - other honors are 3 Screen Actors ends that have left is this year.” AP Photo/thAnAssis stAvrAkis 718.784.5255 sponse of the people here in the Guild awards, 3 American Com - The campaign raised over Preparing for the Italian President’s Visit to Greece [email protected] USA,” actor/writer/director edy awards, a Grammy, and a $9,000 just shy of the $10,000 Christopher Papakaliatis told star on the Hollywood Walk of goal. In an update on the Go - A Greek presidential guard, or Evzones receives the final TNH. “Having the movie for a Fame. White was inducted into FundMe page, Hrysikos said he touches prior to the arrival of Italian President Sergio second week in New York City the Television Hall of Fame in would soon present a check to Mattarella ahead of his meeting with his Greek counterpart 1995. As of 2013, she also holds Prokopis Pavlopoulos, at the Presidential Palace, in Athens, Continued on page 2 the Guinness World Records for Continued on page 3 Jan. 17. Mattarella is in Greece on a two-day official visit. 2 COMMUNITY- ARTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 Peter Douskalis and Company Wow the Audience with World Music in NY

By Eleni Sakellis pieces from a wide range of D’Amour ensemble which in - countries and regions, yet all cludes: Douskalis on guitar, Su - NEW YORK – Coup D’Amour a share musical commonalities. san Davis on violin, Gjilberta Lu - performance of World Music, From harmonic relationships be - caj on cello, Luiz Bacchi on led by guitarist and educator Pe - tween Syria and Turkey or Mex - upright bass, and Jacob Yusufov ter Douskalis dazzled the audi - ico and Russia; rhythmic com - on guitar. The gifted artists ence at The Bitter End in New monalities between Turkey, played so well, many in the au - York’s Greenwich Village on Jan. Greece, and Albania, or meter dience assumed they had per - 12. similarities between China and formed together for years. Rous - Among the songs from India; progression similarities in ing solos also highlighted the around the world were some fa - Armenia and South America, as virtuosity of the musicians. The miliar Greek and Cypriot pieces well as melodic consonants of enthusiastic audience looks for - including Samiotissa and Ta Ri - Ireland and the Philippines, ward to many more perfor - alia. The talented musicians de - Cyprus and Iran, or Egypt and mances by the ensemble, hope - lighted the audience with their Japan; music is a universal lan - fully, in the very near future. skillful playing while Douskalis’ guage that unites us all, as Among those in attendance comments provided insights Douskalis observed. He noted at the event were friends and into the charming and movingly that this is the first time a family, members of the press, beautiful works of world music. Cypriot folk song has been pub - and colleagues including Peri - The songs were selections lished by a major music pub - cles Kanaris, founder of the en - from Douskalis’ book of world lisher, giving access to Cypriot semble Synolon with whom music arrangements entitled music, and making it main - Douskalis also plays and collab - tnh/eleni sAkellis Multicultural Songs in the Es - stream in education where the orates. Peter Douskalis on guitar, center, performs with (from left to right) Gjilberta Lucaj on cello, sential Elements for Guitar se - focus is usually on Western Eu - Douskalis performs and Jacob Yusufov on guitar, Luiz Bacchi on upright bass, and Susan Davis on violin. ries recently published by Hal ropean classical music and pop. records professionally as well as Leonard Publications. The col - Douskalis pointed out that a lot teaches music in the New York ceedings of the International So - marily working as Assistant Di - Dance of the Sea has received lection was created to provide of Greek music has been pub - City Department of Education. ciety for Music Education rector and Guitarist for Pericles national and international ac - teachers and students of guitar lished in the past for educa - Besides authoring the Hal (ISME) and has further pre - Kanaris and Synolon. He also claim in Just Jazz Guitar Maga - with a repertoire from around tional purposes, but Cypriot mu - Leonard Essential Elements for sented his philosophies in Thes - volunteers as the President of zine, Los Angeles Jazz Scene, the globe and an entry point sic with its distinctive influences Guitar series book Multicultural saloniki at the 30th ISME World the New York City Chapter of Jazz Journal (UK), and Cadence into the vast multicultural world was overlooked just as so many Songs, he has published his phi - Conference, a TEDx Talk, and the charity Guitars Not Guns Magazine. More information on of music. The arrangements pre - other types of world music. losophy on multicultural music the 32nd ISME World Confer - and also partakes in Olympism Peter Douskalis and his work is sented within the book are all The performance marked the education curriculum design in ence in Glasgow. He currently For Humanity Alliance, Inc. pro - available online at traditional, folk, or popular first appearance of the Coup the 30th World Conference Pro - performs in New York City, pri - jects. His solo jazz guitar CD The douskalis.com or douskalis.gr. Kavakos Awarded Prestigious Music Prize in Denmark

By Demetris G. award. Kiousopoulos Visibly excited, Kavakos gave Special to the National Herald heartfelt thanks to the committee and the musicians who played COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – with him, noting emphatically Leonidas Kavakos, the leading the fact that unfortunately in our Greek violinist and conductor, time art in general and music in received the Léonie Sonning Mu - particular, are always the first sic Prize 2017, worth €100,000. target of cuts. The importance of The award is Denmark’s highest such awards is therefore that in musical honor and has been such times somebody rewards given annually to an internation - the huge effort of the musician ally-recognized composer, in - to perform his task. The concert strumentalist, conductor, or is a moment that those involved singer since 1959. The award come into communion in silence ceremony was held at the cul - without any condition, and this mination of the festive concert is the big moment Art offers us. given in the crowded Kon - For this you need to realize that certhuset, the concert hall of the art cannot be the subject of cuts, kosmAs koumiAnos Danish capital on January 12. but what can make our society Christopher Papakaliatis at the premiere of his film Worlds The award-recipient and soloist better. Apart. collaborated with the National This concert was the culmi - Symphony Orchestra of Den - nation of a week dedicated to mark under the Italian conduc - the Greek musician. Greece was Worlds Apart Boffo in NYC tor Fabio Luisi. Former Léonie AGnete sChliChtkrull represented by the local diplo - Sonning prize winners include Esben Tange, chairman of the board of directors of the Léonie matic representatives and our Igor Stravinsky (1959), Leonard Sonning Music Foundation, presented the prize to Greek vio - compatriots who managed to se - Booked for Second Week Bernstein (1965), Benjamin Brit - linist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos who was visibly moved. cure tickets to attend. The music ten (1968), Yehudi Menuhin festival schedule began on Jan - (1972), Isaac Stern (1982), and cert is available online on the the divine dimension to the mu - uary 10 with a recital at the Mo - Continued from page 1 Demetro orchestrated the Anne-Sophie Mutter (2001). Danish Radio website sic of the great composers, that gens Dahl Concert Hall with third night’s Q&A. “I got a last- The evening was a little solo www.dr.dk. if the concert is actually a form Kavakos on violin and Enrico and now in Los Angeles gives minute call to ask me if I would marathon after Kavakos succes - After the concert, which with of communion with the divine, Pace on piano playing me strength and joy. It makes do a Q&A with Papakaliatis,” sively performed the Concerto the break included lasted more then the Greek musician is Beethoven. On the 12th, the me proud to be a Greek and to said Demetro. “I expected a half- BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian than two and a half hours, and "Archpriest" of music leading the Concert House Prize Concert have the opportunity to share empty theater on a Sunday Bach, Concerto for Violin of Al - after the public praised the divine liturgy that joins the earth took place, followed by a this movie with many people night. When I got there, I dis - ban Berg and the Violin Con - Greek musician, cheering and with the heavens! Tange noted Kavakos-led master class on the around the globe.” covered the show was sold out, certo of Johannes Brahms. The applauding him in a standing Kavakos’ Greekness and coming 13th at the Royal Danish Acad - James Demetro, director of packed. Chris Papavasiliou, the only purely orchestral work of ovation, the award ceremony from a family of musicians emy of Music with violin stu - the New York Greek Film Festi - producer was happy, very happy. the evening was the symphonic took place. Esben Tange, chair - steeped in classical and tradi - dents from the Academy and val, who first introduced the This is a sensational showing for poem "Don Juan" by Richard man of the board of directors of tional music add to Kavakos’ in - open to the public. film to New York audiences in this film. Everybody involved Strauss, played before the the Léonie Sonning Music Foun - terpretative style and reveal the On January 14 at the Concert October, said, “This is a sensa - with the film was very excited.” Brahms Concerto, immediately dation, presented the prize. Ad - truth of the music in the same House, Kavakos performed tional showing for Worlds after the intermission. The con - dressing the honored artist in way Plato asked the philosopher Brahms’ Violin Concerto at a Apart.” Distributor Richard Castro of cert was broadcast live by the English, Tange thanked Kavakos to show the cave captors the symphonic concert with the He explained the tally, “The Cinema Libre Studio told TNH, state radio of Denmark and for his marvelous interpretations truth of the idea behind the Danish National Symphony Or - number one film was Hidden “The film could not have come filmed for broadcast on televi - together with a spontaneous shadows. Then, Tange read in chestra conducted by Fabio Figures, taking in $20,450,000. along at a better time in Amer - sion. The recording of the con - “wow!” He said Kavakos restores Danish the official text of the Luisi. It was showing on 3,286 screens ica. We anticipated that audi - across the USA. When you di - ences would embrace the beau - vide the gross by the number of tiful essence of this movie and screens, you get a $6,223 per- propel it to successful openings screen average. Worlds Apart, in New York, L.A., and beyond. playing at a single theater, sold It’s easy to fall in love with ro - Don’t miss our February 11th, 2017 annual $14,000 worth of tickets over mance in this film, but what’s the weekend. That’s more than equally remarkable about it is double the number one film’s the idea that we should never per screen average. This is a sen - let anyone make us believe that sational showing for this Greek our differences somehow make film. In comparison, here are us less related as human be - the tallies for some of the other ings.” Greek American Wedding foreign films currently in distri - Commenting on the film, bution: Almodovar’s Julieta had Demetro said, “It has the poten - a per screen average of $4,584 tial to become the breakthrough Deadline for placing your ad: February 3, 2017 over the weekend; Elle, $1,505; movie that Greek cinema des - Neruda, $2,719; Toni Erdmann, perately needs to impact the $8,193.” American market. Worlds Apart Opening night proved special is well-made and beautifully both for the Greek community acted. Among his many talents, and the extended community Papakaliatis’ greatest talent who supported the film. Actor could be his ability to reach an J.K. Simmons and Papakaliatis audience. Even though he’s participated in a Q&A moder - dealing with serious material ated by film critic Jeffrey Lyons. here, he does it in a way that Included in the enthusiastic, makes it accessible to a mass au - capacity audience, actress Kath - dience.” leen Turner offered her own Worlds Apart will open in Los thumbs-up review of the drama Angeles on Jan. 20. It has been for the crowd. released theatrically in 13 coun -

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For more information contact: [email protected] or call: 718-784-5255, ext. 101 At the NY premiere, Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons and writer/di - rector Christopher Papakaliatis also participated in a Q&A. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 COMMUNITY 3 Summer Zervos Files Lawsuit against Trump Days Before Inauguration

TNH Staff ident of the United States.” In the ing Zervos of seeking publicity. Paula Jones case, the United Tweets and remarks at rallies fol - LOS ANGELES, CA – Summer States Supreme Court ruled that lowed accusing Zervos and other Zervos, a former contestant on a sitting president could be sued alleged victims of fabricating the NBC-reality show The Ap - for activities that allegedly took “phony,” “100% false,” “outright prentice announced in a press place before he took office. As lies” for political and financial conference on January 17 that the New York Times reported, gain. she filed a lawsuit against Donald Allred observed that Trump could The lawsuit says that the pres - Trump for defamation when he be deposed or have to testify if ident-elect is the one peddling said she fabricated claims of sex - the defamation case moves lies. “What did Donald Trump, ual assault against him during ahead. She also noted that if the liar and misogynist do, to the presidential campaign. The Trump lies under oath, that cover up his lies? He lied again, announcement was made with would be grounds for impeach - and debased and denigrated Ms. Zervos’ lawyer Gloria Allred by ment as occurred with Clinton. Zervos with false statements her side just days before the in - Allred said, “Then I think Con - about her. Trump knew that his auguration. More than ten gress will have a very important false, disparaging statements women made accusations of in - decision to make,” the Times re - would be heard and read by peo - appropriate sexual contact ported. ple around the world, and that against Trump during the 2016 Zervos spoke only briefly at these women, including Summer election campaign. He denied all the news conference, noting that Zervos, would be subjected to the accusations. Trump left her no choice but to threats of violence, economic Zervos alleges Trump de - sue and that she would continue harm, and reputational damage,” famed her in tweets and at rallies with the case until Trump admit - the suit reads. when he said her claims were ted that she had told the truth. Allred observed that Trump’s fabricated. She also alleged in She came forward like many of lawyers would bring powerful re - November that Trump accosted AP Photo/mike bAlsAmo the other accusers after the re - sources to defeat the case, but her in New York City and at a Attorney Gloria Allred, left, sits next to her client, Summer Zervos, during a news conference lease of the tape of Trump brag - that Trump must answer for his Beverly Hills hotel in 2007. The on Jan. 17, in Los Angeles.Zervos announced she has filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump. ging to former Access Hollywood actions in a court of law, not latest lawsuit had no new claims host Billy Bush about sexually as - through tweets. of sexual misconduct. Allred is a that I would still be willing to dis - and misogynist who assaulted would attend the women’s march saulting women and then deny - As reported in the Times, Democratic activist, but said she miss my case against him imme - many women and then abused on Washington on January 21, ing in a presidential debate that Allred noted that Zervos has has had no contact with Hillary diately for no monetary compen - his political position to mark the day after Trump’s inaugura - he ever did such things. Sharing taken a polygraph test to help Clinton about the suit. Zervos sation if he will simply retract his them as liars. tion. The lawyer also mentioned her story on October 14 at a news prove she is telling the truth and said she will drop her lawsuit if false and defamatory statements “But it was Donald Trump former Arkansas state employee conference from Allred’s office, that Zervos has not received out - Trump retracts his claims. about me and acknowledge that who was lying when he falsely Paula Jones, who sued Bill Clin - Zervos said that Trump kissed side financial support for the Trump has said he never acted I told the truth about him,” Zer - denied his predatory misconduct ton in 1994 for sexual harass - and groped her without consent case. When asked about the tim - inappropriately toward Zervos. vos said, reading from a state - with Summer Zervos, and de - ment, as a precedent for suing a during meetings at his office in ing of the case, Allred said two Trump's spokeswoman, Hope ment, as reported by the rided her for perpetrating a ‘hoax’ sitting president. Allred noted, New York and at a Los Angeles months have passed since the Hicks, said Tuesday there is “no Guardian. and making up a ‘phony’ story to “that is the essence and beauty hotel. first demand for a retraction of truth to this absurd story,” as re - Filed in New York State get attention,” it said, as quoted of our system of justice. No one During the Trump campaign, his comments but Trump has not ported by the Associated Press. Supreme Court, the 20-page suit in the Guardian. is above the law, including the statements were issued denying done so and must therefore face “I want Mr. Trump to know calls Trump a sexual predator Allred said she and Zervos president-elect, soon-to-be-pres - the accusations and then accus - the consequences. Trump’s Inauguration, Administration- Greek Accent

Continued from page 1 Tenet • Former U.S. Ambassador hand in the campaign and key John Negroponte, who served in link to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Mexico, Honduras and the Philip - also from Wisconsin, who has a pines and was America’s repre - troubled and volatile relationship sentative to the United Nations with Trump, who will need to • Former U.S. Ambassador to rely on him in the Congress. Belgium Tom Korologos, from That’s where Priebus comes Utah in, as a crucial bridge to Congress • Former Illinois State Trea - and as Keeper of the Gate to the surer Alexi Giannoulias, who was Oval Office with oversight of who the Democratic nominee for the gets to see the president. U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Priebus is Greek Orthodox, Barack Obama following his mother, Dimitra, • The late Helen Boosalis, for - who was born in the Sudan and mer Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska is known by her nickname Roula. who was the Democratic nomi - He earned his law degree and nee for Governor in 1986 was named as a Rising Star early • Nevada Congresswoman in his career by Wisconsin Super - Dina Titus lawyers. • Former Nevada Congress - Greek-American Reince Priebus will be a crucial bridge to Con - He lost a bid for the Wisconsin woman Shelley Berkley gress and Keeper of the Gate to the Oval Office for Trump. State Senate in 2004 but was named the youngest Chairman of the state’s Republican party before joining the Republican Na - Among those with Greek connections is Trump Chief-of-staff, tional Committee as General Greek-American Reince Priebus who is an Archon of the Church. Counsel in 2010 and being VISTA SKY LOUNGE and CATERING named Chairman the next year. ades. He obtained a master’s de - cupy our sister country of He took the committee out of gree from the University of Lon - Cyprus,” Marafatsos said, using a $23 million debt hole and don in 2010. the same polarizing language as raised $88 million in a year, re - MARAFATSOS CHIMES IN the incoming president. At the Penthouse of the Four Points by Sheraton juvenating it and winning an - Marafatsos’ role was to advise The new Greek-American other term in 2013 and led ef - the Coalition and the Republican team for Trump joins a line of forts to reach out to National Committee on the issues noted politicians from the com - Long Island City African-American, Asian, and critical to the Greek and Cypriot munity, including: Latino voters – groups ironically American communities. He is • The late U.S. Sen. Paul perceived by many as alienated President and founder of Blue Tsongas of Massachusetts, who by Trump, who will need him to Sky Capital, an investment bro - also ran for the Presidency Ideal for WEDDINGS and All Your Events soothe over that hurt. kerage and consulting firm based • Andrew Natsios, a former Priebus got the Chief of Staff in Washington, DC. An active en - Massachusetts legislator who was job even though during the cam - trepreneur, he was named Third Director of the Agency for Inter - paign he wouldn’t back Trump Best Entrepreneur in America un - national Development (AID) for for the candidate’s criticism of der the age of 25 by Bloomberg’s President George W. Bush the family of an American Mus - BusinessWeek in 2011. • George Stephanopoulos, lim soldier killed in combat, and Marafatsos said he believes White House Communications called him out on some issues. Trump’s background as an ac - Director for President Bill Clin - Trump, notoriously thin-skinned complished businessman makes ton, then Senior Advisor for Pol - and unaccepting of criticism, re - him the best candidate for the icy and Strategy warded Priebus for his backbone. Greek and Cypriot communities • Former Maryland U.S. Sen. Gigicos was one of the first to here in the United States and Paul Sarbanes and his son, Mary - sign on to Trump’s campaign “also in our mother countries. land Congressman John Sar - team. He owns Telion, an event- “Donald Trump will be a pres - banes, one of American’s pre-em - based communications firm spe - ident that is pro-business, that inent political families cializing in event management will fight for our beliefs and reli - • Former U.S. Sen. Olympia and design, public relations, me - gion,” he says. Trump under - Snow from Maine, who had a dia affairs, and advance opera - stands the Greek economic situ - long and distinguished career tions. His family is from Kalamata ation, but more importantly, • New York billionaire busi - in the Peloponnese and he’s said recognizes the economic oppor - nessman John Catsimatidis, who to tell people Trump will back tunities and the skilled workforce ran for New York Mayor Greece. of Greece. “He will recognize that • Gus Bilirakis, who suc - Papadopoulos is a 2009 grad - we are a great country in need ceeded his father, Michael, as a Greek Hospitality uate of DePaul University and of help,” Marafatsos said. Florida Congressman from the previously advised the failed He’s in line with Trump over noted Greek-American enclave of presidential campaign of Ben keeping out unauthorized aliens Tarpon Springs Carson, and worked as a research and refugees, a divisive issue dur - • The late George Christo - Affordable prices fellow at the Hudson Institute, a ing the campaign and likely to pher, who was Mayor of San conservative think tank in Wash - be carried over into the Admin - Francisco and an influential po - ington. istration. litical leader in California According to his LinkedIn pro - He is a “president that recog - • Art Agnos, who was San file, he has had meetings with nizes Turkey’s consistent efforts Francisco’s Mayor from 1988-92 Breathtaking views Cypriot President Nicos Anastasi - to radicalize, Islamize, and oc - • Former CIA Director George of Manhattan Betty White Celebrates 95th Birthday

Continued from page 1 … at my age if I want to connect with old friends, I need a Ouija the head of the Spartanburg Lit - board…In my day, seeing pic - tle Theater, minus the fees tures of people’s vacations was b charged on the site. considered a punishment.” In honor of Betty White’s From an interview in the 95th birthday, here are some New York Times, she said, “I’m wonderful quotes she has shared a health nut. My favorite food a over the years, as reported in is hot dogs with French fries. People magazine. And my exercise: I have a two- From her 2010 opening story house and a very bad monologue on Saturday Night memory, so I’m up and down Live, White said, “I didn’t know those stairs.” what Facebook was and now In her book If You Ask Me that I do know what it is, it (And Of Course You Won’t) pub - sounds like a huge waste of time lished in 2011, she wrote, “You can lie to anyone in the world In this April 26, 2015, file and even get away with it, per - Four Points by Sheraton, 27-05 39th Ave photo, Betty White accepts haps, but when you are alone Long Island City, NY 11101 the lifetime achievement and look into your own eyes in o t

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A White turned 95 on Jan 17. can meet those eyes directly.” 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 The Panepirotic Federation Announces “My Epiros” Essay Contest

TNH Staff Nicholas Gage, President of want the selection to be made men and women to an intensive the Federation. entirely on merit,” Gage noted. language and cultural program WESTBOROUGH, MA – The The essays may be mailed to the conducted by the University of Panepirotic Federation of Amer - Panepirotic Federation 36 East Ioannina every summer during ica is sponsoring an essay contest tion. Main Street, Westborough, MA the month of July. Several dozen for college students who trace The theme of the essay is 01581. The deadline for submis - students have participated in their ancestry to the legendary “What Epiros Means to Me” and sions is April 1. the program so far and have re - region of Epiros. “We plan to give the students will be free to de - The essay contest is part of turned with a deeper under - two prizes of $2,500 each for the scribe in 1,500 words what they an extensive effort by the standing and appreciation of best essays about the two parts know, value, and love about Panepirotic Federation to reach their Hellenic heritage. “With of Epiros- the northern region, their ancestral homeland. The young people whose parents or this essay contest, we hope to which was made part of Albania two winners will be chosen by grandparents were born in the deepen the interest of our young a century ago despite its totally a committee made up of at least two parts of the historic Epiros people in the culture and history Greek identity, as well as the area two college professors who region where Aristotle said the of the legendary region of that constitutes the northwestern know about Epiros, but are not Greek language originated. Epiros where Aristotle tells us region of Greece,” said Nicholas members of the Panepirotic Fed - As part of that effort, the Fed - the Greek language and identity Gage, President of the Federa - eration, the president said. “We eration each year sends young originated,” Gage said. Preview of Hellenic Dancers of NJ 45th Anniversary Taverna Night

TNH Staff “I myself, and the instruc - Ronald Reagan, Statue of Lib - tional staff have the privilege of erty Weekend Grand Finale, HOLMDEL, NJ – The nationally continuing what Fr. Jim and 20/20 ABC Television Program, regarded Hellenic Dancers of Mrs. C started, and that is not a Queens College of Byzantine New Jersey (HDNJ) present its privilege that any of us take and Modern Greek Studies Ben - 45th Anniversary Taverna Night lightly,” said Petroutsos. “We un - efit, O. Elytis Chair of Modern Dinner Dance on January 28, at derstand the importance of the the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek position that we are in, and are All proceeds from the Orthodox Church in Holmdel. extremely excited about the op - All proceeds from the event, portunity to leave our stamp on event will support HDNJ which includes dinner, music, the HDNJ, while remembering in preserving the folk and a fashion show, will support and honoring all of the instruc - HDNJ in preserving the folk tors and dancers that came be - dance customs of Greece dance customs of Greece, per - fore us. Without the Hellenic and Greek culture petuating Greek heritage in Dancer of NJ's rich history, we America, and the dance troupe’s would not have the amazing op - Greek Studies at Rutgers Uni - 2017 touring schedule. portunities that lay before us to - versity Benefit, Union County As the first organization of day. This year’s Taverna Night College Folk Arts Festival, the its kind in New Jersey, HDNJ is not only intended to entertain NJ State Ethnic and Diversity has evolved to assume a vital (which we know it will!), but it Festival, for Ecumenical Patri - cultural role in the community. is also meant for the dancers of arch Bartholomew upon his first It has inspired the creation of today to say ‘thank you’ to Mrs. official visit to New Jersey, and Greek folk dance groups all over C, Fr. Jim, the dancers of yes - Greek Heritage Day with the the country, and functions as an terday, and the 45-year legacy Metrostars. Members of the integral component in maintain - that they have left behind.” troupe participated in the Clos - ing the tradition of Greek folk This troupe is nationally rec - ing Ceremonies of the 2004 dance in America through per - ognized for its presentation of Olympics in Athens and at the formances, historical research, Courtesy of hellenic Dancers of new Jersey Greek traditions and has per - 2006 Centennial Epiphany cel - and teaching. Spiro Petroutsos, Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey pose for a photo. From left to right, Back row: Christine Khalil, formed at a number of local and ebrations in Tarpon Springs, FL. Artistic Director spoke about the Ronnie Filippatos, Katina Vosinas, Stephanie Karatzia, Anna-Maria Delardas, Panayiota Kali - national events during its 45- Reservations for the January important milestone the troupe manis, Stavroula Wagner, Delia Noone, Marie Khalil Front row: Dimitri Koutsoras, Artistic Di - year history, including: Dukakis 28 event can be made by con - has reached, “This year marks rector Spiro Petroutsos, Anthony Favara, George Markos, Nick Vosinas. Presidential Rally, Inaugural Fes - tacting Cheryl Bontales at hel - the 45th anniversary of the Hel - tivities for former President lenicdancersofnj.org. lenic Dancers of New Jersey. It HDNJ in terms of the perfor - them on to three generations of is because of this milestone that mance and fashion show, the Greek-Americans. The troupe this year's program will not only event is a chance for the has been commended numerous aim to educate and entertain as troupe’s friends, supporters, times throughout its 45-year his - always, but will also serve to alumni, and anyone who has a tory, for its dedication to its mis - MAHI Society of Vancouver celebrate HDNJ's 45 years of ex - love of Greek culture to dance sion, as well as the enthusiasm cellence. It is an honor to carry the night away. and excitement of its perfor - on this group's legacy, as well Founded in 1972, by Fr. Jim mances. The dance troupe is Helping Those in Need in Greece as showcase some of the amaz - and Eleni Chakalos, the HDNJ currently comprised of first, sec - ing things we are capable of go - has researched, presented, and ond, third, and fourth genera - ing forward.” preserved over 350 folk dances, tion Greek-Americans, ranging While the 45th Anniversary songs, and traditions from main - in age from 16–45, and repre - TNH Staff Taverna Night is a dinner dance land Greece, its islands, Cyprus, senting the many Greek com - that will celebrate the history of and Asia Minor, and passed munities of New Jersey. VANCOUVER, BC – The non - profit MAHI Society (Mothers Assisting Humanitarian Initia - tives) began four years ago with a mission to provide humanitar - ian aid to Greece. Golfo Tsaku - The National Herald Bookstore mis, Founder of MAHI Society told The National Herald of the Exercise your mind with the latest books many accomplishments of the from The National Herald’s Collection organization which began she said with no money, “only our love and care for the mothers Α Taste of Greece and children in Greece who are THE PERFECT G suffering.” Since 7 mothers in HRH Princess Tatiana IFT Vancouver began it, Tsakumis Diana Farr Louis FOR CHRISTMAS noted that MAHI Society has shipped “5 containers full of gen - NOT JUST ANOTHER COOKBOOK, tly used clothing in the amount A Taste of Greece could have been called of $3 million went to organiza - tions like Hamogelo, Kyvotos, For the Love of Greece, as it became a pro - SOS villages, Mitera, and Alkioni ject that brought together well-known per - AMEA, and many more. We are still collecting almost new, used sonalities from across the world who all clothing to send in the spring.” share a special bond with this ever-fasci - The organization also pro - nating Mediterranean country. They gave vides food, medical supplies, and basic items to those in need us their favourite recipes, told us of their in Europe and Canada. As noted much-loved foods, and opened their on the MAHI Society website, hearts as they shared their memories and “the Canadian Government reg - istered non-profit, philanthropic revealed what Greece means to them. A society was created out of con - Taste of Greece represents a collaborative cern for the daily struggle and Courtesy of mAhi society effort between HRH Princess Tatiana, pain faced by the most vulnera - ble among us both here at home MAHI Society founder and CEO Golfo Tsakumis and President who has made Athens her home since and in Greece. Our society’s Anna Zibarras with a container of items ready to be shipped to 2013; Diana Farr Louis, a New Yorker name is rooted in the Greek those in need in Greece. word mahi (“MA-hee) which who first came to Greece in 1963; and translates to the word battle. Marylene Kyriazis- Pharmaceu - organization]. The house will the Athens-based NGO BOROUME ("We MAHI is pragmatic about tical Advisor host 25 orphan refugee chil - Can"]. Founded in 2011, BOROUME is hunger and poverty in both of Tsakumis told TNH that dren. The house is called ‘the these countries. These situations “MAHI has the support of our house of Canada and the Amer - the only nonprofit organization in affect millions of people who churches, our organizations, icas’ so as you can see we will Greece dedicated to reducing food waste struggle to live a healthy life in and recently we were awarded have to work together with the and fighting malnutrition at the same a respectful environment. 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SIgNature : February 25 th , 2017 THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 HISTORICAL COMMENTARY 5 Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Greek Pizza in the New World

By Steve Frangos pings only became popular first come up with the idea of pizza. Not only is it the most TNH Staff Writer among Americans after Greek placing pineapples and ham on popular in the country, but it ac - food itself was both widely a regular pizza in 1960 at the counts for about 15% of all piz - It may be hard to believe, but available and sought after by the Family Circle Restaurant in zas that are sold. On the banks pizza has only been readily average American. Chatham, Ontario, Canada on of the Murray River, one family available to the American public I generally agree with those 147 Wellington Street. He was decided to start making pizzas since 1943. Prior to the end of writers who place the explosion a co-owner of this restaurant, at in a wood fired, mud brick pizza World War II, pizza was exclu - of Greek food ways onto the that time, with his brother, Nick. oven that is still in existence to - sively found in small specialty American scene with the is - The Panopoulos brothers were day. The Quigley family made shops in Italian-American neigh - suance and popularity of the business partners for approxi - pineapple pizzas in these ovens borhoods. And even in those three film classics: Never on mately 50 years, with their cre - and there are photographs that venues it is generally accepted Sunday (1960), Zorba the Greek ation of the Hawaiian style pizza are dated to the early 1950’s that the first public outlet for (1964), and Z (1969). Yet I being their pizzeria’s biggest that show pizzas coming out of pizza in North America was li - would add the caveat that if the success. The brothers would these ovens that were made censed no earlier than 1905. Greek (most often immigrant) later build on the popularity of from pineapples that had been As with all prepared foods, restaurateurs were not already the Hawaiian Pizza and begin brought in from Queensland (vi - once pizza became popular, in place, that nearly immediate serving their next creation, the sionlaunch.com).” As the evi - American restaurants that made acceptance of Greek food by Hawaiian Burger. Sadly, the dence goes, so does the credit the product quickly began to ap - Americans might not have oc - burger did not have the same but outside of the Quigley fam - pear all across the nation. Since curred – or at least to the degree long-term popularity for them, ily’s claim no other proof is of - the late 1950s, Greek-Americans in which it did on a national as variations on that type of fered, not even any of the 1950 are widely recognized as having level. burger had appeared elsewhere photographs! created distinctly unique pizzas. This leads us to yet another around the globe. In contrast, While historical accounts differ - pizza once again immediately Unfortunately, the journalis - Maybe, I take history seri - ent on the origin details of these low pan, in contrast to the deep such phrases as "Pizza and identifiable as Greek: the gyros tic accounts on Sam Panopoulos ously, and I value facts. Three Greek culinary contributions to pans used in Chicago-style deep Pasta" or as a "House of Pizza" pizza. Since the history of gyros are criminally inconsistent. The styles of pizza are associated the American pizza, there is no dish pizza. The pan is heavily it is understood to be a Greek in North America is itself dis - majority of writers seem more with Greeks in North America. controversy insofar as that they oiled with olive oil. It has a crust restaurant serving Italian-style puted, we cannot yet offer even concerned with covering a mo - No one disagrees. Sam constitute, at least, three that is usually chewy and puffy, food. For further reading, con - a probable date for the intro - ment in pop-culture than doing Panopoulos may have indepen - broadly conceived types of piz - almost like focaccia bread but sider The Social Basis Ethnic En - duction of gyros pizza. But even their job as fact-gathering inves - dently created his version of the zas. not as thick. The crust is also terprise: Greeks in the Pizza the most causal glance at a tigators. Nearly all fundamental Hawaiian pizza some ten years Of these varieties, Greek rather oily, due to the heavily Business by Lawrence Allen pizzeria menu reveals that these details in Panopoulos’ account after the Quigley family. But I pizza from New England seems oiled pan used for the cooking Lovell-Troy (Garland Publishing, two styles of pizzas are very, differ from one published ac - would rather err on the side of to be the first to have entered process. The sauce is typical 1990). Lovell-Troy was a soci - very different. So while these count to another: the name and Greek-American history when the American consciousness. In zesty, with a strong taste of ologist who studied various are the three “Greek” pizzas location of Panopoulos’ original thousands of Greek immigrants the late 1950s and early 1960s basil. The sauce amounts are Greek-owned pizzerias in Con - most recognized as associated pizzeria, the year he created this were entering all levels of the as Italian-Americans began to greater, relative to the light necticut. This book is now out- with Greek-owned restaurants new pizza, his own age and restaurant business in North leave the pizzeria business in amounts of cheese placed on the of-print but available through li - there is yet one more said by many other extremely basic America. Like so many of the Boston and the New England pizza. The cheese itself is typi - braries. many sources to have been first facts. I realize that these writers other struggling Greek restau - states newly arriving Greek im - cally, (but not always), a blend Predictably, “Greek pizza” is created by a Greek immigrant were covering a topic they did rateurs during the 1950s and migrants first began to find em - of mozzarella and cheddar one whose usage refers to a restaurateurs, the Hawaiian not respect, but if their original 1960s, the Panopoulos brothers ployment in these pizzerias later (amazingribs.com).” pizza with typically (or stereo - pizza. intent was to interview the cre - had to come up with something purchasing many of them. These Greek-owned pizzerias typically) Greek ingredients as The Village Voice, National ator of the Hawaiian pizza they to attract business. I respectfully This usage of the phrase are also known to sell other toppings. These include feta Post, Toronto Sun, London Free may have in fact been speaking submit that until the dated pho - “Greek pizza” refers to a style types of Greek food, such as cheese, olives (e.g., Kalamata), Press, Chatham Daily News and to the wrong man. tographs come in from Aus - of pizza crust and its prepara - Greek salads, gyros, mezedes onion, tomato, green bell pep - numerous other newspapers, According to an August 27, tralia, Sam Panopoulos should tion. “This style is baked in a and even, at times, pastries. per, gyros meat and spinach, but magazines, Internet sources, 2014, article written by Marc be recognized as the originator pan, instead of directly on the Since the 1950s, it has come to often lack any tomato sauce. and television reports all credit Zorn, “Who Invented Hawaiian of the Hawaiian style pizza. bricks of the pizza oven, (as is be understood across New Eng - These pizzas can be found Sam Panopoulos' claim that he Pizza” it wasn’t Sam Panopoulos more traditional for Italian land that should the name of across the United States. Logi - created the first Hawaiian pizza. but rather the Quigley Family. pizza). The pan used is a shal - the individual pizzeria included cally, it would seem such top - Panopoulos claims to have “Australians love the Hawaiian [email protected] El Alamein and Before: Glory and Allies in Turbulent Times

By Dr. Martyn Brown lived on.” Along with the British were assigned to a British army officer, they both looked forward Division rather than the New October to November marks to when they could return to Zealanders. It seemed to be an - the 75th anniversary of the Greek Greece and liberate it from for - other result of the limitations im - Army’s participation in the Sec - eign occupation. posed on Freyberg rather than ond Battle of El Alamein in 1942 Samson lasted just a few his attitude. On the night of during World War II. months in his new job. Cracks 23/24 October, elements of the That historic engagement had begun to appear in the Greek Brigade made an initial pushed Erwin Rommel and his British-Greek-New Zealand rela - raid of what would be several force of Germans and Italians tionship. Anyone familiar with over the forthcoming days. This back westward from where they the history of the Greek military one was against the Italians. The had come months before. They during this period, might natu - next night it was the Germans. never recovered, and by early rally think this part of the ongo - Sometimes the Greeks laid hid - 1943 the North African campaign ing political tensions in a politi - den observing and gaining intel - was over. cized free Greek military. Various ligence on the enemy. An internal It is victory much remem - factions (Royalist, Republican, British Army memorandum de - bered by the victorious Allies. Metaxist, Socialist and Commu - scribes the final action of the Getting the Greeks into battle is nist), permeated to varying de - Brigade “In five days the Greeks largely credited it to the energy grees the officer corps and rank covered over 110 miles.” It was and determination of Greek and file. Communist corporal a hot pursuit of a retreating en - politician Panayotis Kanellopou - Yannis Salas led what would one emy. The initial terrain was los. At the time, he was war min - day become the dominant through minefields and subse - ister in the government-in-exile politico-military force, the leftist quently “over difficult desert after having escaped from Occu - Anti-Fascist Military Organisation country.” The climax was the cap - pied Greece. He had survived the (ASO). But the New Zealander ture of the enemy fortress, the pre-war dictatorship of Ioannis was actually talking about the so-called Qattara Box. Metaxas, fought against the Ital - British he was working with AlexAnDer turnbull librAry WellinGton-1 The Brigade was not the only ians when they invaded in 1940, “They distrusted the Greeks… New Zealand instructor and Greek Army trainee with a tommy gun, Palestine, [ca 1940] unit in the North African cam - and then ran a secret resistance You cannot inspire confidence in paign. The Sacred Squadron was organization from Athens. people whom you distrust.” They wards off their form in delighted eneamoured with Freyberg’s were not immune to the priorities formed in the same year as El Kanellopoulos arrived in the had “failed “ in training the confusion.” wife, and also visited him when of the British military comman - Alamein. It was what one today Middle East just after the signing Greeks and exhibited much “de - All the training and prepara - he was recovering from a severe ders. They were short of essential would call a special forces unit of the Anglo-Greek Military featist” attitude. He brought in tion would not have taken place wound he received in June at the transport at this time and basi - and was comprised of young of - Agreement in early March, 1942. the political element but it was without the support of Lieu - first battle of El Alamein. Kanel - cally had to borrow trucks from ficers. A senior Greek officer ad - Numerous historians have iden - British intrusion he was con - tenant-General Bernard Frey - lopoulos and Freyberg were two other Allied units. This lack of dressed them – “Remember tified it as a watershed event in cerned about. He “refused to take berg, the commander of New very different men. The former material support might explain Leonadis and his 300 who per - the diplomatic and political ma - any part whatever in the watch - Zealand army in the Mediter - was an intellectual as well as a how the General curtailed some ished gloriously at Thermopylae.” neuvering at the time. It set the ing and reporting of Greek offi - ranean throughout the war. The politician. Freyberg was a long- aspects of his interest in the And he added they were going instrument for revitalizing the cers’ political sympathies.” The General had led his force into time warrior who loved the fight. Greek army. He could not guar - to be called “Immortals”. Riding Greek forces. Greek politicians memorandum was the climax in Greece in early 1941and was in Even when Freyberg had told antee everything that he seem - on desert vehicles, on small sail - Kanellopoulos and Premier Em - a simmering cauldron. Weeks be - charge of the defense of Crete. him that he and his New Zealan - ingly wanted to provide. When ing craft or parachuting from air - manuel Tsouderos as well as fore it is obvious from preserved Like Samson, and other of his of - ders were rushing to the first bat - the commander of the First Greek craft, the Squadron saw action in British personalities such as Prime written directives that the New ficers, Freyberg expressed a de - tle of El Alamein in June but that Brigade wrote him to help get numerous places. Minister Winston Churchill and Zealanders were frustrated with sire to participate in the libera - the Greeks had a role to play and trucks bring his soldiers to the his Secretary for Foreign Office the overall British leadership. In tion of Greece. It was all part of stay in Syria, Kanellopoulos was battle, the General gently de - Dr. Martyn Brown is an Anthony Eden were involved. The an effort to calm the waters, a his positive attitude toward the not angry. And this was at a time clined to help. But to his own of - Honorary Research Fellow at composition of the Greek govern - policy of parallel lines of organi - Greeks and, seemed to be ignited when his diary shows he was be - ficers and British at the time he the University of Queensland, in ment-in-exile, the remaining sational communication that by the early 1941 campaigns. His coming ever more frustrated with showed a paternal interest in the Brisbane, Australia. His book Metaxist influence in it and role been implemented – Samson re - wife, and his officers mixed so - the British military establishment welfare of the Greeks when he Politics of Forgetting – the New and future of Greek King George ported to the New Zealand com - cially with the Greeks as well. over their lack of commitment to greeted the Brigade after Kanel - Zealand-Greek wartime Rela - II all formed part of the dynamics. mand while his British counter - Kanellopoulos and his senior of - having Greek soldiers fighting. lopoulos had managed to get his tionship and the British will be But elsewhere there were lesser part did the same with his. It was ficers had dinner at the General’s Part of this was lack of equip - troops sent to the front. published by Steele Roberts of lights who wanted to see a strong doomed to fail. house in Cairo. He was ment. Even the New Zealanders At El Alamein, the Greeks New Zealand in 2017. Greek army – one that they could Samson lost his training com - fight alongside with. mand with the Greeks shortly af - In late January,1942, Army ter bitterly complaining about Major Jim Samson left the New British attitudes. The reasons Zealand Army Camp at Cairo why are lost in the massive The Original Pocket-Less Pita® suburb of Maadi to lead a New British and New Zealand record Zealand contingent attached to burning of army records that oc - the Greek Army. This was the curred when Rommel thrust into New Zealand Training Team Egypt. But the training of the (NZTT). A few weeks later he Greeks by New Zealand contin - featured in an extensive public ued. During 1942 and into early radio broadcast to his fellow 1943, several thousand of them countrymen at home in the Pa - went through the New Zealand cific. It was recorded in Palestine. School of Instruction in Cairo or www.greekKitchennyc.com We Are Flatbread TM Besides himself, there were via being attached to New marching and singing Greek sol - Zealand depots. This was in ad - diers, brief messages from the dition to the New Zealand Train - commander of the Greek ing Team in the Greek camps. FLATBREAD Brigade, a British liaison officer Everything from mechanics and MEDITERRANEAN FOODS as well as several other New drafting to weapons training was Zealanders. Samson stated “here taught. There was time for so - • Over 50 Varieties of Flatbreads SpeCIaL in Palestine is being built a new cializing as well. After the war, Greek army. In this army lies the the memoirs of one New Zealand • Mediterranean Pastries DISCouNtS spirit of Greece.” And that “we soldier spoke of joint educational • Ethnic Meats & Imported Foods oFFereD to: New Zealanders are proud to be tours of ancient sites. There was Communities, associated with such people. To also a cinema. A moving film Organizations, serve with them is indeed a priv - strip down the side of the screen Church Festivals ilege.” provided young Greek soldiers and Other Events The Greek commander spoke brief translations of the dialogue. in Greek with a special message For many, from small villages, ex - to Greek New Zealanders. He periencing this entertainment couched the New Zealand pres - technology for the first time was ence in Homeric terms – “when an adventure. A New Zealand b the guns echoed on high Olym - soldier recalled that, when the pus, they left other fronts to rush students watched American ac - to our assistance. 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Some eral Hwy (US1) in Hobe Sound. tional Center, sponsored by the text messages were exchanged Folk dancing and live entertain - St. Vasilios Men’s Club. Tickets and I cannot understand and he ment, Greek food and pastries, are $40 per person, $20 per child has not explained to me why he vendors, games and rides. Free age 15 and under. Appetizers at sent her two photographs. admission on Thursday Jan. 19 6:30 PM followed by choice of TNH: What was depicted in and on Friday Jan. 20 until 4 PM. Dinner- Roast Pork Loin and the photographs? Friday-Sunday admission is $3, Baked Haddock, cash bar. Danc - BA: They were inappropri - kids 12 and under free. More in - ing until midnight and live music ate, I didn’t see them. I have formation is available online by Kefi. 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Enjoy traditional Greek TNH: Where is Fr. Melackri - tine & Helen mortgage elimina - food, music, and dancing. Hours: nos now? tion. We are grateful to DNE Saturday, Jan. 28 from 12 Noon- BA: At home, he was sus - School of Dance for offering this 10 PM and Sunday, Jan. 29 from pended. He called me on Janu - generous fundraiser for our Noon - 10 PM. More information ary 9 and requested to come to Church. Makes a great gift as is available online www.stgeorge - well. Learn to ballroom dance hollywood.org or by phone: 954- ABOVE: People of all ages discussing Fr. Luke Melackrinos’ even if you think you have two 966-1898. unholy acts, on January 16 during coffee hour in the commu - left feet. The Six Week Beginner nity center. LEFT and BELOW: Fr. Melackrinos before his sus - Ballroom Session includes Fox - n FeBruarY 2 pension presiding over the Divine Liturgy. trot, Waltz, Swing, and Rumba WASHINGTON, DC – Ancient on Tuesday evenings 7- 8:30 PM Greece in Popular Culture: Clas - on January 24, 31, February 7, sics and Comics by The Society 14, 28 and March 7 (no class on for the Preservation of the Greek February 21). $99.00 per person Heritage on Thursday, Feb. 2 at includes Six Week Session and Squire Patton Boggs,2550 M One Pass to “Saturday Night” Street Northwest in Washington, Ballroom Dance at DNE School DC from 6:30PM-8:30PM. Pro - of Dance. Call today to register fessor Thomas Jenkins of Trinity 978-251-1700 MC/VISA accepted University will explore the depic - and checks payable to Sts. Con - tion of Ancient Greece in what stantine & Helen Church (Bring might seem the least ancient of your check on the first night of media: comics. No longer just a class on Jan. 24). All proceeds go medium for “illustrating” classical towards the Sts. Constantine & texts, comics often tackle contem - Helen Mortgage Elimination. porary social issues while refract - ing those concerns through de - n JaNuarY 26-30 pictions of Ancient Greek societies BOCA RATON, FL – Passport to and myth. Professor Jenkins will Greece, the St. Mark Greek Or - consider the uses (and abuses) of see me. thodox Church Festival, 2100 NW Ancient Greece as metaphor in TNH: What is going to hap - 51st Street in Boca Raton, FL of - such comics as Antigone, 300, pen to him? What are you going fers great food, music, dancing, Three, Democracy, and Age of to do with him? and fun for the whole family. Bronze, and will also glance at BA: I have sent him to a spe - Hours- Thursday Jan. 26: 4PM - parallel developments in other cial therapist for evaluation to 9PM, Friday Jan. 27: 11AM- popular art forms, such as Anais see why he ended up in that sit - 11PM, Saturday Jan. 28: 11 AM- Mitchell’s recent folk musical uation. I am waiting for the re - 11 PM, and Monday Jan. 30: 12 Hadestown. Thomas E. Jenkins, port. Many people have emailed Noon-9PM. More info is available PhD is Professor and past Chair me supporting him. online www.greekfestivalboca.org of the Classical Studies Depart - TNH: Did you speak to his or by phone: 561-994-4822 ment at Trinity University in San wife? Antonio, TX; this year, he serves BA: I called her on January and if we can save him, we n JaNuarY 28 as Director of the Collaborative 9, she was shaken up, of course, should save him, because he HOLMDEL, NJ – Hellenic Dancers for Learning and Teaching. but she told me they will try to was a good priest. I am not say - of New Jersey (HDNJ) presents save the marriage. ing that it is an easy thing, and its 45th Anniversary Taverna n FeBruarY 3-5 TNH: Who will pay for the I am not saying he will return Night Dinner Dance Saturday, BROOKSVILLE, FL – Christ the therapist? tomorrow. Many parishioners Jan. 28, at Kimisis Tis Theotokou Savior Greek Orthodox Church BA: We will see what the in - St. Paul’s who are in Florida for Greek Orthodox Church, 20 Hill - 7th Annual Greek Festival, at the surance will cover and then we the winter sent me emails and crest Road in Holmdel, NJ. Be - Hernando County Fairgrounds lo - will see after that. nobody wrote against him. They ginning at 6PM, attendees will cated at 6436 Broad St. in TNH: Was he also involved can’t understand why he did enjoy a full Greek dinner buffet Brooksville, FL. We love to share with the Monasteries? that. and desserts, Greek and popular with you our beautiful Hellenic BA: I don’t think so. Today, TNH: After all this, can Fr. music, and a special performance tradition, culture, food, dance, the new generation of priests Melackrinos return to the same and fashion show by the Hellenic and joyful spirit. Please visit the wear their anteri – inner cassock parish? Dancers of New Jersey. All pro - vendors, eat well, dance, break a – but I don’t have the impression BA: No, no. We are not talk - ceeds from the event will support plate, enjoy your time, and do not that he was an Ephraimite. ing about returning tomorrow HDNJ in preserving the folk forget let us all say Opa! Hours: TNH: He had a big red cross or next month. dance customs of Greece, and Friday, Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb pinned on his inner cassock; he TNH: What is the climate at perpetuating Greek heritage in 4 from 11 AM - 8PM; Sunday, was also wearing a kalimavhi the parish as we speak? America. Funding from the event Feb. 5 11AM- 6PM. More infor - (clerical hat). BA: They are astonished, dis - will also support the dance mation is available online at Her - BA: Many priests wear the appointed. There are those who troupe’s 2017 touring schedule. nando County Greek Festival kalimavhi. like him and they are trying to Reservations for this event can be website: hcgreekfestival.com or TNH: What is His eminence forgive him, saying that he is a made by contacting Cheryl Bon - by phone: 352-796-8482. Archbishop Demetrios is saying human being and that he made tales, 732-796-1006; info@hel - about the incident? a mistake, and that he shouldn’t lenicdancersofnj.org Tickets n FeBruarY 8 BA: He has been astonished. have done it. Others who don’t range from $20 - $40 and will MANHATTAN – The Stavros Niar - TNH: Now that Fr. Melackri - His Grace Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, Chancellor of the like him say “look at this mess.” not be sold at the door. chos Foundation Brain Insight nos is suspended, will he con - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America TNH: Your Grace, I would Lecture: How Do Early Life Ex - tinue to receive his salary? also like also to ask you what SPRINGFIELD, MA – Trivia Night periences Shape Behavior? on BA: I am waiting for the see the therapist’s report. Cer - of God, and especially the chil - happened with case of Fr. at the Greek Cultural Center, St. Wednesday, Feb. 8 6:30- 8PM at parish to tell me until when they tainly the issue is serious but dren and the youth? George Passias case and his mis - George Greek Orthodox Cathe - the Columbia University’s Faculty will be paying him. they did not have sexual con - BA: We will see how the is - tress, Ethel Bouzalas. In an in - dral, 22 St. George Road in House Presidential Ballroom 64 TNH: Is he staying in the tact. We have to see what he sue develops. If they tell us that terview to TNH you had told us Springfield takes place on Satur - Morningside Drive in Manhattan. parish home? was sending in those pho - it was a moment of weakness, that she was pregnant. Did she day Jan. 28 6:30-10PM. Teams RSVP by Wednesday, Feb. 1. Reg - Bishop Andonios: Yes. tographs and with therapy if this then fine. If it is a deeper psy - give birth? of up to four players may partici - istration is required; seating is TNH: What are you going to can overcome and be healed. chological problem, then we will BA: I don’t know. I tried to pate. Winners will receive prizes. first come, first served. More in - do with him? Are you going to TNH: Can someone who is a send him to the Spiritual Court communicate with her, she Refreshments and snacks will be formation about this event is send him to the Spiritual Court? priest and sends such inappro - for defrockment. If it is some - replied to me once. I tried to ask served. Players must be 16 years available by contacting the Zuck - Are you going to defrock him? priate photographs continue to thing temporary, he made a mis - her in a polite way, but she of age to participate. Players and erman Institute at zuckermanin - BA: We will have to wait and be a priest leading the People take that he shouldn’t have done didn’t answer me. spectators entry is $5. Advanced [email protected]. reservations are preferred. Regis - ter your team: 413-737-1496. n FeBruarY 9-12 SARASOTA, FL – St. Barbara FOXBORO, MA – Arcadian Soci - Greek Orthodox Church Festival, Simotas Appointed Head of Powerful Commission ety of Massachusetts “Tripolitsa” the 33rd Annual Glendi 7671 N. Vasilopita Dance takes place on Lockwood Ridge Road in Sara - Saturday, Jan. 28 at 8PM at sota. Hours: Thursday, Feb. 9, Fri - TNH Staff or that is done without allowing New Yorkers do not suffer the laws that promote commonsense Demetri’s Convention Center 2 day, Feb 10, and Saturday, Feb. for public comment. consequences of ill-advised policy policies aimed at revitalizing Washington St., Rt. 1 South in 11 11AM-9PM and Sunday, Feb. ASTORIA – New York State As - Every state agency and pro - changes coming from federal New York’s economy, protecting Foxboro, MA. Enjoy Greek and 12 12 Noon- 8PM. Admission on semblywoman Aravella Simotas gram is affected by the ARRC’s agencies,” she said. neglected consumers, strength - American dancing and music by Thursday is free. Voluntary dona - (D-Astoria) was appointed by work, so Simotas’ appointment is Simotas is a lifelong resident ening the criminal justice system, Orfeas with Thanasis Kotsias on tions benefit Mother Helping New York State Assembly significant. Her authority extends of Astoria and currently repre - and protecting victims of sex clarinet. The Metropolitan Dance Mothers, supporting families in Speaker Carl Heastie to serve as beyond the borough of Queens sents the 36th Assembly District crimes. Simotas has been an out - Group will perform. Cheese, need. Three-day pass for Friday the head of the powerful Admin - to all of New York State. in Western Queens. She was the spoken advocate for seniors, stu - crackers, coffee and dessert will through Sunday is only $4. Kids istrative Regulations Review Simotas noted that an impor - first Greek-American woman dents, and working families in be served, meze available for pur - under 12 are admitted for free. Commission (ARRC). tant priority this year will be elected to office in New York in her district, successfully fighting chase along with cash bar. Great Raffle Grand Prize- choice of Mer - The ARRC is a bipartisan monitoring changes happening 2010, and the first woman to keep schools and senior cen - raffle prizes- tickets $5 each, book cedes-Benz C300 or GLC300. watchdog over every state in Washington, DC, under the elected to office in her district. ters open while holding city and of 6 for $25. More info is avail - Only 1,500 raffle tickets available. agency’s rules and regulatory ac - Trump administration, which As noted in her biography, Simo - state agencies and corporations able by phone: 781-843-3575. More information and raffle tick - tivities to make sure they are le - “could have far-reaching effects tas has established a reputation accountable when they fail to ets are available online at stbar - gal and effective. State agency on New Yorkers.” in Albany as a dedicated and ef - meet their obligations to Asto - PEABODY, MA – Saint Vasilios baragoc.org or by phone: 941- regulations and rules have the “I will work to ensure that fective legislator, sponsoring new ria’s residents. Greek Orthodox Church Winter 355-2616. force of law and dictate how an agency carries out its mandate. This can and does have a power - ful impact on small businesses, on people from all walks of life, On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Iakovos’ Words and on the economic and envi - ronmental health of communi - ties. TNH Staff commitment to improving housing In this God-given cause, I feel to us, but certainly His choice of dom be an inspiration and a re - Simotas said in a news re - in poor, black neighborhoods. sure that I have the full and un - this dedicated minister to be the minder to us that there are times lease, “It is an honor to serve as In honor of Martin Luther King Archbishop Iakovos’ words at the derstanding support of our Greek victim of racial hatred and the when we must risk everything, the ARRC’s chair and I thank Day, we remember how the memorial follow. Orthodox faithful of America. hero of this struggle to gain un - including life itself, for those ba - Speaker Heastie for this appoint - struggle for Civil Rights was also For our Greek Orthodox alienable constitutional rights for sic American ideals of freedom, ment.” espoused by His Eminence, the late I came to this memorial ser - Church and our people fully un - those American brethren of ours justice, and equality, without She continued, “my goal as Archbishop Iakovos. vice because I believe this is an derstand from our heritage and who are denied them, and to die, which this land cannot survive. chair is to make sure that state On March, 15, 1965, appropriate occasion not only to our tradition such sacrificial in - so to speak, on this battlefield for Our hope and prayer, then, is that agency rules are rational and that Archbishop Iakovos joined Martin dedicate myself as well as our volvements. human dignity and equality, was we may be given strength to let agency operations serve the pub - Luther King, Jr. in a historic civil Greek Orthodox communicants Our Church has never hesi - not accidental or haphazard. God know by our acts and deeds, lic interest, not special interests rights march. Prior to the march, to the noble cause for which our tated to fight, when it felt it must, Let us seek out in this tragedy and not only by our words, that or administrative convenience.” a memorial service was held for friend, the Reverend James Reeb, for the rights of mankind; and a divine lesson for all of us. The like the late Reverend James Another major role of the Rev. James Reeb, a white gave his life; but also in order to many of our Churchmen have Reverend Reeb felt he could not Reeb, we, too, are the espousers ARRC is to weigh in on agency Unitarian minister who had been show our willingness to continue been in the forefront of these bat - be outside the arena of this bitter and the fighters in a struggle for rulemaking done unfairly with - beaten to death by the Ku Klux this fight against prejudice, bias, tles time and again....The ways struggle, and we, too, must feel which we must be prepared to out consulting the stakeholders, Klan a few days earlier, for his and persecution. of God are not always revealed that we cannot. Let his martyr - risk our all. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 FEATURE 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Review: I Love You, Do You Love Me? Say it in Greek Tasty Seasonal Vegetable

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou ……. στη Φιλαδέλφεια για μία ώρα. … …. ….. την Κυριακή και …... 7.2. (Γιαγιά) ……., τι φοράς, όταν πη - Recipes to Enjoy in January CONJUGATION B VERBS από το γραφείο μου. γαίνεις στην εκκλησία; ( skirt, cardigan, Conjugation B verbs end in the active gloves, hat ) By Eleni Sakellis If unsure about the doneness voice Present tense in άω/ -ώ. The Conju - 5. What do you wear in the winter? T ι Όταν πηγαίνω στην εκκλησία, φοράω … of the beet greens, taste one. gation B verbs fall into two categories that ρούχα φοράς το χειμώνα; Erase the words ….. The winter can be a tough Switch off the heat and use can be easily distinguished by the endings that are not right for this season. 7.3. (Μπαμπάς)……., τι φοράς, όταν πη - time for those looking to eat tongs to remove the beet greens of the second person singular. The verbs of Παλτό, παντελόνι, ζακέτα, σανδάλια, γαίνεις στη δουλειά; ( pants, shirt, suit ) healthy. With fattening holiday from the boiling liquid. Allow the B1 category end in stressed - άς, and the σορτς, φούστα, φόρεμα, γάντια, σκουφί, κα - Όταν πηγαίνω στη δουλειά, φοράω …… leftovers gone and forgotten, the cooked beets to cool slightly verbs of the B2 category end in stressed - σκόλ. ……. now is the time to add some de - before peeling. Slice the beets είς. 6. What do you wear in the summer? Τι 7.4. (Θείος Γιάννης) ……., τι φοράτε, licious seasonal vegetables to into one-inch pieces and place B1: ξεκινάω, ξεκιν-άς ρούχα φοράς το καλοκαίρι; Erase the words όταν πηγαίνετε στη θάλασσα; ( bathing suit, your meals. in a serving bowl. Add the Β2: μπορώ, μπορ-είς that are not right for this season. sandals, sunglasses, hat ) Boosting your intake of anti- cooked stems and beet greens. Σορτς, μπλούζα, που - Όταν πηγαίνω στη θάλασσα, φοράω … oxidants, vitamins, fiber, and If preferred, cut the cooked κάμισο, μπουφάν, ζα - ……… nutrients with hearty winter stems and beet greens into bite- κέτα, σανδάλια, μαγιό, 7.5. (Κύριος Γιώργος) ……., τι φοράτε, vegetables is the way to go. sized pieces. Add the chopped γυαλιά ηλίου. όταν πηγαίνετε για ύπνο; Beets are a treat this time of fresh dill. Driz - Όταν πηγαίνω για ύπνο, φοράω ……… year. As a side dish, their natural zle with olive VOCATIVE CASE ………… sweetness brightens up most We use the vocative 7.6. (Κύριος Θωμάς) ……., τι φοράτε, winter meals. Make sure to en - case, when we address όταν γυρνάτε στο σπίτι; ( workout pants, joy the stems and tasty beet someone. We never use sneakers ) greens as well. an article with a noun Όταν γυρνάω στο σπίτι, φοράω ……… Cabbage is another seasonal in the vocative case. The ………….. winter vegetable that is very vocative case of the 7.7. (Κυρία Ελένη) ……., τι φοράτε, όταν versatile. It is delicious when feminine and neuter πηγαίνετε στο καφενείο; ( dress, coat, finely sliced and eaten raw in a nouns is exactly the gloves, scarf ) salad, or lightly cooked with same as the nominative. Όταν πηγαίνω στο καφενείο, φοράω … other vegetables for a quick Vocative plural is the ………………. and crunchy side dish. same as nominative plural without the arti - 8. Write the names in the vocative ( κλη - cle. We always put a coma after the noun τική ) or in the nominative case. 1. Put in the blanks the verb to love, in the vocative case. 8.1. Κυρία ……, τι κάνετε; ( Eλένη) αγαπώ, in the correct person. 8.2. Κύριε …… πού πηγαίνετε; (Πέτρος) 1.1. Ο Γιάννης …… τη Δήμητρα. Masculine 8.3. Ο ………. πηγαίνει στη δουλειά. 1.2. Σε …….. πολύ. Nominative - ος, -ης, -ας, -ες (Σπύρος) 1.3. Η Ελένη ..… τον Πέτρο πολύ. Accusative - ον, -η, -α, -ε 8.4. ……., τι κάνεις; (Γιάννης) 1.4. Εγώ ……. την Ειρήνη. Vocative – ο, -η, -α, -ε 8.5. …….., καλημέρα! (Θείος Κώστας) 1.5. Εσύ ……. Τη μαμά σου; 1.6. Εμείς …… την Ελλάδα. 7. THE RIGHT DRESS CODE. Put the 1.7. Εσείς ..… την Αμερική; names and the nouns in the parenthesis in Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied 1.8. Τα παιδιά …… τον κύριο Γιώργο. the correct case and answer the questions. philology and archaeology at the University oil and vine - 7.1. ( Πέτρος ) ……., τι φοράς, όταν πη - of Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum in Ger - gar and sprinkle with sea salt 2. Πού πηγαίνετε το καλοκαίρι; Fill in γαίνεις στο σχολείο; ( pants, button-down many. She has been honored with the Acad - and pepper to taste. Toss and the blanks the correct verb: Μένουν, στα - shirt, blazer, tie ) emy of Athens Award in Archaeology and serve immediately warm or at ματάμε, ξεκινάμε, γυρνάνε, πηγαίνουμε, Όταν πηγαίνω στο σχολείο, φοράω …… Homeric Philology. Here are two tasty seasonal veg - room temperature. Adjust the περνάμε. etable recipes to try. seasoning or amount of vinegar Εμείς το καλοκαίρι ……. για την Ελλάδα. as needed. Store any leftovers Η μαμά και ο μπαμπάς το Σεπτέμβριο …… tightly covered in the refrigera - . στην Αμερική, αλλά ο παππούς και η γιαγιά Traditional Greek Beets tor, the beets taste great even ……. στην Ελλάδα. ………… στην Αθήνα the next day. Serve the beets as και ……….. από το θείο Γιάννη και τη θεία side dish with legumes or Ειρήνη. …….. και στη νονά μου, την Ελένη. • 4-5 medium-sized beets with roasted meats. leaves attached 3. Πώς πηγαίνεις στο σχολείο; Fill in the • 2-3 tablespoons fresh dill, blanks the correct verb: Ξεκινάω, σταματάω, chopped Cabbage Salad προχωράω, στρίβω. • 4 tablespoons Greek extra …….. από το σπίτι μου και ……. ευθεία virgin olive oil μέχρι την πλατεία. Εκεί ……. και …….. δε - • 2 tablespoons red wine • 1 small head green cabbage ξιά. Πριν την εκκλησία και μετά από το δεύ - vinegar • 1 small red onion τερο δρόμο ……. αριστερά. Στη μεγάλη • Greek sea salt • 1 small-medium apple πόρτα σταματάω. Εκεί …… το σπίτι μου. • Freshly ground black pepper • 3 tablespoons Greek extra virgin olive oil 4. Πού πηγαίνεις το Σάββατο; Fill in the Prepare the beets by washing • 2 tablespoons red wine blank the correct verb: πηγαίνω, σταματάω, thoroughly in cool water. Cut vinegar περνάω, ξεκινάω, γυρνάω. off the stems from the beets and • Greek sea salt ……. από τη Νέα Υόρκη και ……. στην then the leaves from the stems • Freshly ground black pepper Ουάσινγκτον. and set aside. Cut the top and bottoms of the beets so they Using a mandolin, thinly have two flat sides. shave the cabbage, onion, and Bring a large, deep pot of wa - apple. LITERARY REVIEW ter to a boil over medium high If preferred, a food processor heat and add the washed and with the shredding attachment trimmed beets. may be used. Place the sliced Simonides of Ceos: the First Writer Paid by the Word Allow the beets to boil until cabbage, onion, and apple in a tender. A skewer or fork should salad bowl. pierce them easily. Remove the Drizzle with olive oil and By Eleni Sakellis His dedication to precise ac - were not mercenary in those beets from the boiling liquid and vinegar. Sprinkle with sea salt counting led to his reputation days, nor worked for hire.” add the stems and continue boil - and pepper to taste. Most people think of Charles for being stingy. Though he As reported in the New Re - ing until tender. Toss the salad until the in - Dickens as the first writer paid wrote excellent verse, Si - public, “Dionysius of Halicarnas - Remove the stems and add gredients are well-distributed by the word for his work, but of monides became known for his sus, writing of Simonides, notes the leaves. The leaves take just and costed with the dressing. course, the ancient Greeks in - preoccupation with money. His that one should ‘Watch very seconds to wilt in the boiling Serve immediately. vented that, too. Poet Simonides own biographer Ailian wrote carefully Simonides’ choice of liquid, so don’t walk away from The cabbage salad goes well of Ceos (now Kea, Greece) is quite plainly that “Simonides words and the exactitude with the pot at this point. with roasted pork dishes. thought to be the first, writing loved money.” Even Aristo - which he puts things together’; poetry and charging by the phanes wrote that Simonides, the word exactitude here is word. A recent essay in the New “would go to sea in a sieve for akriveia, which likewise has a Republic by Colin Dickey, an ex - money” in his play Peace, as dual meaning: it can mean ‘pre - cerpt from Scratch: Writers, quoted by Dickey. cision, accuracy, exactness of Money, and the Art of Making a The patronage system and language’ or ‘parsimony, frugal - Living , edited by Manjula Martin the money economy overlapped ity, stinginess with money.’” and published by Simon & for centuries, but there was al - Simonides revealed the con - Schuster, took a look at the roots ways tension between the sys - nection between money and of putting a price tag on the tems even in Simonides day. He words that was vague but al - written word and how it con - seems to have wanted a more ways present in the patronage tinues to vex many writers to straightforward approach to his system in Greek culture. this day. Whether writing for work without having to rely on Fans of lyric poetry should love or money, writers must con - the kindness of a patron and the read Simonides for themselves tinually navigate the often am - vague quantification of his work and decide whether his work is bivalent discussion. The nega - his own literary aspirations as a for food, housing, and prestige. tainted by money or not. His po - tive connotations and criticism kind of writing coach. Poets Simonides became synonymous etry is available online in several of writers “selling out” began as could ostensibly make a living for greed though we know little collections of ancient lyric po - soon as Simonides decided to in the patronage system without about the real man. etry including Greek Lyric, Vol - charge by the word. putting a specific value on their The lyric poet Pindar, a con - ume III, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Si - Earlier poets had relied on a works, but being at the mercy temporary of Simonides, began monides, and Others (Loeb system of patronage, with room of the patron’s whims, it was lamenting the corrupting influ - Classical Library No. 476) on and board provided by a bene - hardly a secure way of life. ence of money on art at the Amazon. Scratch: Writers, factor who would be praised in Simonides began charging time. In his second Isthmian Money, and the Art of Making a the writer’s works and maybe for his words and keeping exact Ode, he writes with nostalgia Living, edited by Manjula Mar - help the benefactor himself with account of the money he made. about the past when “The Muses tin is also available online.

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By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos The list can fill a telephone di - sold on Craig’s List by a nasty, and blast out from my lawn a Special to The National Herald rectory. I dislike shopping carts money grubbing, teenager. Tsamiko or a Zeimbekiko – ones that wobble; the music that’s fil - Meanwhile, there must be a cri - with a really long, loud, swirly I can’t help it! I’ve got to air tered through many stores with sis going on somewhere in the clarinet. One huge action I hate my grievances to someone. So, screaming ‘no talented’ women world. They’re not going to tell is being in the super market and looking around I found some - singing crude lyrics; people who us about it. The closest we hear a woman, leaning on the shop - body – you! Let’s face it! There stand behind me that huff an’ about an important world hap - ping cart, is talking into her cell are some things in this world puff while I’m waiting on line pening will consist of hundreds phone and chatting, laughing, we can do without. So, I’ve to pay, inching their shopping of people out in the streets in a moving at 1 mile per hour hog - made an incomplete list of what cart too close to my body while small city in Italy, protesting for ging the aisle, completely obliv - annoys me most. Check it out! I’m paying; dialing a number better housing or a group of na - ious to those around her who Maybe, you will agree with and getting a short message that tives in a remote village in Sin - are shopping, seriously, for eats. some of it; maybe you can add lists which of the twelve buttons gapore fighting for grazing land This is merely a brief list of to the list. I’m all sympathy. Or, to press for what you want –“or rights, or ads for personal parts things that annoy me. Of course, maybe, you are guilty for a few else hang up and call 911.” of the body and products like there are also other means of misdemeanors. In that case, if I By the time I listen to all the toilet paper, dental adhesives, things I cannot abide by like catch you, you’ll wish you found options, I’d forgotten what I was the reels. That is followed by an winner of a million dollar hemorrhoid cures or facial soap. mosquitoes, flies, poison ivy, dri - another route. calling about or what number announcer who offers you the sweepstakes? Cars with stickers We have enough brains to vers that toss out cigarette butts, First on my list are marketing to press. Charities are a biggie! chance to feel good, have a clear like: ‘I love my dog, cat or buy those products when we be - Starbucks coffee cups or tiny calls; calls that try to interest Then, there’s those religious conscience by mailing a gener - grandchildren’ or, ‘I’m voting lieve we think it necessary. What liquor bottles from their win - me on buying life insurance; list - nuts on T.V. who prey (not pray) ous contribution. for...’ festooning the back of the are the alternatives? Then, I be - dows onto my lawn. I’d consider ing my house on the market; for money by playing on your Those ads are paid for by op - vehicle; listening to the news lieve it obnoxious, rude and self - it fair if I was given the chance contributing furniture or cloth - sympathies with news reels of portunists playing on our good and viewing ten human interest ish of drivers that play loud, ‘re - to toss those items back into ing for vets; buying security sys - starving people, holding chil - hearts while the very wealthy stories like a boy lost in a park, ally loud’ music as they pass their cars. Gee, I’d feel so good! tems; reroofing my house or dren and babies, all bunched up give (as tax breaks) little real and a nice lady walking her dog, down my street. There were But, life is pleasant most of the paving my driveway; (those as if that’s how they were found support. How about letters that found him and brought him times when I was tempted to time, right? guys were situated in India). when they were positioned for inform me that I’m a potential home. Or, a lost dog who was take out my portable CD player 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017

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HeLp WaNteD LegaL NotICe NANNY /HOUSEKEEPER We are looking to hire a full time Notice of Formation of BUY VINTAGE ADS,LLC NANNY /HOUSEKEEPER from (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York Monday-Friday, 8 am to 6:30 pm at (SSNY) on 12/13/16. Office location: Nassau our apartment in downtown MAN - County. SSNY has been designated as agent of HATTAN . (This is not a live-in the LLC upon whom process against it may be DEATH NOTICE position; person will have to served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to commute daily.) Mother is home the LLC at: c/o United States Corporation with the two children, ages 2.5 and Agents, Inc., Suite 202, 7014 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful 1 year old. Responsibilities include purpose. helping mother with the children and housekeeping/cleaning the 275573/20246 apartment. Must speak both English LegaL NotICe and Greek and must have experience caring for young 6622 12th AVENUE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed children. We are looking for with the SSNY on 10/19/15. Office: Kings someone who is warm and loving County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC toward children, energetic and upon whom process against it may be served. detail-oriented. Person should also SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, be willing and able to travel 1482 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11228. (domestically and internationally) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. with our family occasionally if 27 5567/17973 needed. If interested please contact: LegaL NotICe (203) 610-3163 11 8648 /19936/1-21 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 1256 REALTY, LLC. Ar ticles LegaL NotICe of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/16/2016. Of - BP BOERUM LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the fice location: Nassau County. SSNY has been SSNY on 08/24/2016. Office loc: Kings designated as agent of the LLC upon whom County. SSNY has been designated as agent process against it may be served. SSNY shall upon whom process against the LLC may be mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 224 served. SSNY shall mail process to: Blesso North Long Beach Road, Rockville Centre, NY Properties, Attn: M. Blesso and D. Kessler, 11570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 32 Court St., Ste 1506, NY, NY 10021. Pur - pose: Any Lawful Purpose. 275558/20229 275588/16818 LegaL NotICe LegaL NotICe Mindgrown LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 12/13/16. Office in NY Co. SSNY Notice of Formation of DAY TO DAY FITNESS designated for service of process and shall LLC (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm were filed with the Secretary of State of New PLLC, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014. Pur - York (SSNY) on 12/05/16. Office location: pose: Any lawful activity. Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it 27 5538/18796 may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: Dwight Duval, 407 LegaL NotICe Ocean Ave #2A, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of H2ocleanse, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secre - 27 5582/20254 VASILIKI LIVADITIS tary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 13, 2015. Office located in Nassau LegaL NotICe County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of 1912 -2017 Notice of Formation of HOLYRAD STUDIO LLC any process served against the LLC to 405 (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization were RXR Plaza Uniondale NY 11556. Purpose: filed with the Secretary of State of New York any lawful purpose. (SSNY) on 12/19/16. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of 27 5537/20217 the LLC upon whom process against it may be vasiliki (Alpoyanis) livaditis, age 104, passed peacefully on January 15, 2017 in her home, york Pennsylvania, served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LegaL NotICe the LLC at: Daryl Oh, 694 Hicks Street, Apt. surrounded by her family. born in the small village of neohorion, nafpaktias, Greece, in 1912, she married her husband, John 2F, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Purpose: For any Notice of formation of PLANE SENSE, LLC. lawful purpose. Articles of Organization filed with the Secre - 275580/20253 tary of State of New York SSNY on livaditis, who after 54 years of marriage, predeceased her in 1993. 11/04/16. Office located in Nassau. SSNY LegaL NotICe has been designated for service of process. having survived many hardships during the war in Greece, vasiliki, her husband, John, and her three sons emigrated to the SSNY shall mail copy of any process served Notice of Formation of LAMALLORCA, LLC against the LLC to: c/o United States Cor - united states in 1951 where subsequently she gave birth to her daughter. she is survived by her sons, Dr. nicholas J. livaditis (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization were poration Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, filed with the Secretary of State of New York Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful and his wife, kim; thomas J. livaditis and his wife, Anita; Dr. Gus J. livaditis and his wife, sophia; her daughter, Attorney (SSNY) on 12/07/16. Office location: Kings purpose . County. SSNY has been designated as agent of 27 5536/20216 Dorothy livaditis; six beloved grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many beloved nieces and nephews. she worked the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: c/o United States Corporation FuNeraL HomeS tirelessly for more than 25 years as a seamstress at the york Dress Company to help support her family. one of seven children, Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, she lost her mother at a very young age. her devotion and commitment to her own children, grandchildren, and great grand - Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful APOSTOLOPOULOS purpose. Apostle Family - 275579/20252 children, all of whom she adored, was overwhelming. "yiayia,” as she was known to them, will be greatly missed by all. Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - Due to circumstances in Greece, she was only able to complete the third grade; however, she had a tremendous love LegaL NotICe Funeral Directors of BABY DOLLAR, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. of learning which she impressed upon her children and grandchildren. because of her respect for the value of a good SSNY on 12/22/16. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon 5044 Broadway education, she encouraged her children to pursue a higher education, which all of them did. vasiliki loved to read, especially whom process against it may be served. SSNY New York, NY 10034 shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 553 Mor - her daily Greek newspaper. she was blessed with the ability to continue to read her newspaper and share world news (and gan Avenue, #1, Brooklyn, NY 11222. (212) 942-4000 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE her entertaining personal comments on such events) with family and friends until her last days. 275577/17973 CONSTANTINIDES in addition to her commitment to her family, vasiliki was deeply religious and devoted to her faith and her church. if LegaL NotICe FUNERAL PARLOR Co. (718) 745-1010 Project61 LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY she was not in church on sunday, her fellow parishioners knew she was either out of town or not feeling well. Whenever help 1/5/17. Office in Kings Co. SSNY Services in all localities - designated for service of process and shall was needed at church events, she was one of the first to be there to help and one of the last to leave. Despite a lifetime of mail to: The LLC, 304 Boerum St. #41, Low cost shipping to Greece Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: Any lawful working at a local factory for limited wages, she became a major benefactor of her church. vasiliki especially enjoyed sharing activity. ANTONOPOULOS 275575/18796 one of her specialties, Greek coffee, which led to her becoming well known in york County as the “the Greek Coffee lady.” FUNERAL HOME, INC. she was always present at the church festivals, both at the church and york College, working tirelessly all day long serving her Konstantinos Antonopoulos - Funeral Director to PlACe your coffee and loucoumades (“honey puffs”). this labor of love continued through her early 90s when she decided it was time to 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., ClAssifieD AD, CAll: retire from that position. Wherever her family would take her, people would approach and greet the “the Greek Coffee (718) 784-5255, ext. 106, Astoria, New York 11105 lady” to tell her how much they loved her coffee and missed her. When the Annunciation Church in york celebrated the con - e-mAil: (718) 728-8500 classifieds@ Not affiliated with any secration of the church a few years ago, she was honored by being named one of the two “Godparents” of the church in thenationalherald.com other funeral home. recognition of her devotion to her faith and efforts for her parish.

God granted vasiliki a long life. Although small in stature, vasiliki was full of self-motivation and determination. she by many people in the wider was forever grateful for the opportunity, along with her family, to live the “American dream.” her long journey was filled with Ithaca community, and had many non-Greek friends who many challenges which she faced head on and overcame with her faith and love of family and friends. in her journey, she thought the world of him. Above all else, Gus was a touched the lives of countless individuals who were honored to know her and will remember her fondly. Due to her long life great family man. He never for - and loving personality, she became “yiayia” to many who had lost their mother or grandmother. may her memory be eternal. got his parents; he deeply loved his brother; he was totally dedi - Condolences and/or memories may be shared with the family at www.etzweilerfuneralhome.com. cated to his supremely devoted 804220/20256 wife Maria; and he was an un - waveringly committed father to his three loving sons: Evan (Iris), Nick (Sharon) and Paul (Dina). Abbe Prevost’s words, “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of Prominent Businessman Gus Lambrou was 85 nature,” do not begin to do him justice, and his sons all went to college. Evan and Nick are grad - ITHACA, NY – Longtime Ithaca borders again until 1989, by cated to Ithaca, where he worked Greeks and many Cornell stu - uates of Washington University resident and prominent College - which time Greek minorities in three jobs a day, seven days a dents. Gus was so popular with in St. Louis, and Paul is a gradu - town businessman Constantinos the region were devastated by week, for the next three years at students that he made the 1967 den Inn. When that project was ate of Syracuse University. Evan (Gus) E. Lambrou, passed away longstanding Albanian isolation the College Spa, Frozen Gold, Cornell Annual Student Year completed in 2005, it spurred is also a graduate of high distinc - unexpectedly of natural causes and hostility. Meanwhile, Nazi and Mickey’s Market. He saved Book, even though he himself the redevelopment of downtown tion from Holy Cross Greek Or - at his home on January 12. He authorities then occupying enough money to purchase Cam - was never a student there. Ithaca. thodox School of Theology in was 85 years of age, and just five Athens seized Evangelos Lam - pus Grocery on Eddy Street from Although his grocery store Consistent with his keen in - Boston, and was Managing Edi - weeks shy of his 86th birthday. brou’s bakery, placing immense the Longo family in September was a successful business for a terest in politics and unremitting tor of The National Herald 2004- Gus was born in Kosovitsa of economic hardship on the Lam - 1959, and gradually expanded number of years, Gus realized love for America and Greece, Gus 09. Gus is also survived by six Northern Epiros on February 17, brou family. into the real estate and travel that the emerging supermarket also worked closely with (for - cherished and adoring grandchil - 1931 to Evangelos and Kalliroy No stranger to poverty while agent business. industry was too much competi - mer) Congressman Matt dren: Costa, Andreas, Alex, Con - Lambrou. The younger of two growing up in war-torn Greece, Gus finally went back to tion, so he purchased Stone McHugh on Hellenic issues stantinos, Maria-Angela, and sons, the village of his birth is Gus helped organize a local soc - Greece after five years for his fa - Travel Agency right across the abroad, and himself ran for al - Apostolos (Andreani). His eldest now located in present-day cer league in Athens, as well as ther’s one-year memorial service. street in 1974, and phased out derman against the late Ethel grandson Costa is a recent grad - southern Albania near the Greek roadtrips with his teammates He met his wife to-be, Maria, in the store in 1975. Selling Stone Nichols in 1977. He still holds uate of Cornell. border. and friends. As a young man, he May of 1961. They were married Travel in 1985, he then acquired the record for most votes cast for Calling hours and funeral ser - Evangelos Lambrou owned sold roses, buttons, and fabrics at Saint Constantine’s Church in Beam Travel Center in down - a Republican candidate in vices were held conjointly at St. and operated a bakery in Athens. to passersby on the streets of Central Athens on July 2, 1961 town Ithaca, which was then Ithaca’s heavily Democratic Catherine’s Church in downtown He sent money from afar to sup - Athens to help support his family. (a little over a month after they Tompkins County’s largest travel Fourth Ward, with 165. He was Ithaca on January 16. The fu - port his family, and would visit But he also knew that in order first met). It was a semi-arranged business. After selling Beam also a member of the local Ro - neral was officiated by Rev. Fr. the peaceful mountain-situated to make more progress, he marriage that lasted for the next Travel in 2002, he focused even tary Club, and right until the day Tom Parthenakis (pastor). Dr. village when he could. He sum - needed to leave Greece and go 55-plus years. When they cele - more squarely on his real estate before he passed away, he went Emmanuel Giannelis, esteemed moned Kalliroy to bring their to America. brated their Golden Anniversary enterprise. Over the last six to his office every day. He was a professor of engineering at Cor - children to Athens just before the Gus first came to the United at the Ithaca Yacht Club in 2011, decades, Lambrou Real Estate familiar presence in Ithaca’s busi - nell, was head chanter, assisted outbreak of World War II in States from Greece in 1956. He Gus and Maria received official steadily grew into one of Ithaca’s ness community. but Dr. Steve Hoskins, the parish 1939. She guided two young never saw his father alive again. greetings from President Obama, most successful local businesses, A pillar of the local Greek- choir director. Pallbearers in - boys on foot – in the dead of He followed his (late) beloved Governor Andrew Cuomo, U.S. and his tenants loved him. Many American community, he helped cluded Gus’ godson Michael night, with enemy soldiers pa - brother George, who was com - Senator (NY) Chuck Schumer, would often visit him even years many of his fellow Greeks estab - Kavis and Steve Bacon, his long - trolling a very rugged frontier – pleting physical therapy studies and Ecumenical Patriarch after they graduated and left the lish legal citizenship in this coun - time banker. More than 300 peo - during an arduous journey to at Ithaca College, to America. Bartholomew of Constantinople. area. try. And he was a staunch and ple came to pay their respects, Athens well over 300 miles away, The two brothers also had a ma - Then-Mayor of Ithaca Carolyn When Gus redeveloped the faithful supporter of his local some of them former employees leaving many relatives and all ternal aunt (Olga Kostakis) who Peterson also issued an official property on 405-409 Eddy Street church. He was always among the Lambrou family hadn’t seen belongings behind. had settled in the Finger Lakes city proclamation to mark the in 1982-84, he sparked a devel - the top five stewards annually of in many years. That was the last time anyone region since 1920. milestone occasion. opment boom that completely Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox In lieu of flowers, the Lam - in the Lambrou family saw their Gus’ first job was with the Back in the United States, transformed Collegetown. He Church in downtown Ithaca, and brou family respectfully requests village for the next 50 years. The Penn Yan Boat Company which, “Gus’ Grocery,” as it had come to also once owned the property on had served its parish council as that memorial donations be Axis Powers had sealed the bor - at the time, manufactured be known, became a colorful the corner of Seneca and Tioga both president and treasurer, and made to St. Catherine Greek Or - der before the end of the war, wooden canoes, rowboats, and center of political debate in Col - Streets, which was converted to sang in the parish choir for many thodox Church 120 W. Seneca and Albania did not reopen its sailboats. He eventually relo - legetown, both with fellow what is now Ithaca’s Hilton Gar - years. He was also very well liked Street, in Ithaca, NY 14850. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Aegean Island Officials Reject Detention Centers, Greece Criticized

TNH Staff some 60,000 refugees, including Jan. 12 on a tanker ship sent to thousands on islands off the the island by the Greek Navy. Greece’s lagging plan to deal coast of Turkey, which allowed “The underlying issue is not with scores of thousands of human traffickers to send them winter as such but the slow reg - refugees has run into roadblocks until getting a swap deal with istration procedures. If they from island officials on Lesbos the European Union, now sus - were speedier, it would allow and Chios. pended as Athens tries to deal faster transfer of people to Migration Minister Yiannis with overwhelming numbers of mainland Greece where there is Mouzalas, whose assertions no asylum applications. better accommodation,” refugees were in the cold was Sampson said she had Schoenbauer told Reuters. disputed by photos of them treated desperate patients at the Distribution of winter items freezing in tents, has been strug - Moria camp suffering from frost - continued across Greece, includ - gling to open detention centers bite, shivering with cold and ing the islands, with close to for troublemakers among them drenched by snow and rain that 360,000 items given out, such on the islands, where there are had washed through the flimsy as high thermal blankets, sleep - more than 10,000, and another tents they are staying in. ing bags, winter boots and 50,000 on the mainland. A volunteer for Dutch charity clothes, UNHCR said. The refugees were dis - Boat Refugee Foundation, FROZEN HOPES patched to Greek islands by hu - Sampson said she had worked Police in a region of Greece man traffickers operating in in camps after earthquakes in that borders Turkey said another nearby Turkey. Pakistan and Haiti as well as person died of hypothermia on Most hoped to get to more along the Pakistan-Afghan bor - a route used by migrant smug - prosperous European Union der in the past 20 years. glers despite freezing tempera - countries before the borders The difference between how tures. were shut, abandoning them in these camps had been run and Authorities said the body of Greece. the conditions she has encoun - a man was discovered buried in An EU swap deal with Turkey Petros tsAkmAkis/intime neWs viA AP, file tered at the Moria camp were snow outside a Greek village on has been suspended because of In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, arefugee stands next to a pool of mud at Moria like “night and day,” she said. Jan. 16. They think he probably an overwhelming number of refugee camp on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos. Europe's top official for migration on Sampson said usually in a died over the weekend. asylum applications and Greece Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 deplored the plight of thousands of refugees and other migrants in humanitarian emergency an or - The man was the second to has been left mostly on its own camps on Greece's eastern Aegean island of Lesbos who face harsh winter conditions. Dimitris ganization takes the lead in del - succumb to the cold in less than to deal with the problem while Avramopoulos, the European Union's commissioner for migration, said solutions must be found egating tasks like shelter, food two weeks. Another died of hy - trying to cope with a crushing immediately. and clothing to ensure efficient pothermia in the same area on economic crisis. management of resources. Jan. 3. On Chios, a magistrate ruled ter their tents at Moria camp claims by Migration Minister ing in cold water and migrants “What is frustrating is that In a separate incident, a mi - against the building of a deten - were snowed in last week. Yiannis Mouzalas no refugees have no way of drying their many of the conditions we’re grant man was treated at a hos - tion center for refugee trouble - NO DIGNITY were cold. clothes and bedding after days seeing here are preventable,” pital for symptoms of frostbite. makers as violence keeps break - An American doctor working “This camp is definitely one of heavy snow and rain, said said Sampson. Greek authorities have re - ing out. in the overcrowded refugee of the least prepared ones that I Sampson. Roland Schoenbauer, United ported a recent surge in the On Lesbos, the first island of camp on the island of Lesbos have seen. It’s not really pre - “In a situation like that our Nations refugee agency’s (UN - number of people attempting to choice for refugees, Mayor Spy - said the government has failed pared for the weather condi - main responsibility is to look at HCR) spokesman for Greece, reach Europe while avoiding de - ros Galinos continued his feud to provide decent conditions for tions,” Sampson, who has these human beings and treat said 235 people had been trans - tention by crossing a river on with Mouzalas, this time over the 2,500 people there. worked in the camp for nearly them like human beings. This ferred from camps on Lesbos to the Turkish border. installation of portable toilets at Diane Sampson, a pediatri - three weeks, told the Thomson place lacks basic human dig - hotels at special rates in the past the island’s harbor for migrants cian, said they are freezing in Reuters Foundation. nity,” Sampson said. few days, and a few dozen men (Material from the Associated temporarily housed on a ship af - snow-covered icy tents despite Tents are leaking and stand - Greece is overwhelmed with had also spent their first night Press was used in this report) Cyprus Peace Deal Nudges Closer, Tsipras Tells Turkey Drop Tough Talk

TNH Staff feel can earn the backing of the The two sides also remain invoked its intervention rights majority of both communities in stuck on the concept of a rotat - from its status as a guarantor to With technical talks over se - separate votes. If all goes well, ing Presidency. justify its 1974 invasion follow - curity in a hoped-for Cyprus the referendums could happen The Turkish Cypriots insist ing a coup aiming to unite unity deal resuming, Greek by mid-year. The two men have the future federation's Presi - Cyprus with Greece. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made much progress on how to dency should alternate between Greek Cypriots are deeply said it’s up to Turkey to stop share power in a federation, as the Greek and Turkish commu - concerned about the military talking tough. well as on the economy and nities to ensure reunified Cyprus might, especially as Turkey de - Greece – along with Turkey how the federation will function would be a genuine partnership. scends into deeper authoritari - and the United Kingdom – is a as a member of the European Greek Cypriots oppose the anism. guarantor of security on the is - Union. idea, arguing that according ex - They insist no non-EU coun - land divided since a 1974 Turk - What remains are issues that ecutive parity to the minority try should station troops on the ish invasion, and with Turkey lie at the heart of Cyprus' divi - Turkish Cypriots would warp island or have the right to in - still keeping a 30,000-strong sion — highly emotive issues democratic principles. Some of tervene militarily. Anastasiades army on the northern third it that play on the deepest fears the more suspicious Greek has proposed the deployment of has unlawfully occupied since of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots see a rotating Presi - an international police force. then with a self-proclaimed Re - Cypriots. dency as Turkey running the But the Turkish Cypriots see public only Ankara recognizes MAPPING TERRITORY country by proxy. Turkish troops as their sole in - in the world. Both sides have submitted Officials said the two sides surance against possible hostili - Tsipras said Turkey, which maps delineating the territory didn't even take up the issue last ties. Akinci has said this can has insisted on keeping the they believe their respective fed - week because the two sides are come under review after a num - army, should stop “aggressive eral zones should control. so far apart. ber of years when fear and mis - rhetoric” that could foul a The difference is a single per - Cyprus' 1960 constitution ac - trust melts away. prospective solution. centage point – the Turkish corded Britain, Greece and “We are optimistic but with Cypriots want 29.2 percent of Turkey the right to underwrite (Material from the Associated prudence and responsibility, as Cyprus' land mass, down from the security of the island. Turkey Press was used in this report) this situation merits, we will the more than 36 percent they continue to work hard…and AP Photo/Petros kArADJiAs now control – while the Greek hope that we have positive re - Cypriot President, Nikos Anastasiades, left, welcomes Greek Cypriots have proposed 28.2 sults in the near future,” Tsipras President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, percent. said in a speech in the Greek Jan. 19, 2017. Pavlopoulos is in Cyprus for a one-day visit. Although it seems like a Greece Wants IMF Pullout Parliament, the Reuters news small difference, neither side is agency reported. Barth Eide, repeatedly saying ences are bridgeable in a deal happy. “A precondition to that is there has been significant to reunify ethnically-split Greek Cypriots want what from Bailout, Schaeuble that the other side… particu - progress without any evidence Cyprus. was previously densely popu - larly Turkey, come to negotia - there was. The report they produce over lated territory to be returned tions in similar spirit, putting Talks in Geneva last week three days will determine under their control in order to Says Terms Would Change aside aggressive rhetoric, and failed to produce a break - whether the Cypriot leaders and allow at least 90,000 Greek work seriously and responsibly,” through over the former British the foreign ministers of Greece, Cypriots displaced from the Continued from page 1 Chancellor Angela Merkel, have he said. colony after Anastasiades and Turkey and Britain will recon - 1974 invasion to reclaim lost been relentless in demanding Turkish President Tayyip Er - Akinci put together a map carv - vene in Geneva to thrash out a homes and property relatively bailout talks. repeated brutal conditions, told dogan has accused Greece of ing up the island and showing security agreement that will quickly. “If the IMF wishes to not par - the Wall Street Journal that a “fleeing” efforts to reunite how much property and terri - likely pave the way to an overall They say the more people ticipate with financing in the potential withdrawal of the IMF Cyprus and said Turkey will re - tory stolen by Greeks should be reunification accord. who reclaim homes, the less Greek program, that would be could require a renegotiation of tain troops there forever to pro - returned. It’s locked in a UN safe A complex web of interlock - costly a peace deal in terms of a good development not just for Greece’s bailout. tect minority ethnic Turks, for the negotiations. ing interests has scuttled previ - compensation for those who Greece but for all of Europe,” That came as envoys from which Cypriot President Nicos Turkey also wants to keep ous rounds of talks that have cannot get their property back, he added. “We have always said the lenders are in long-stalled Anastasiades said would be a the right to military intervene, trudged on in successive failures and the more support for the that Europe is able to handle its second review talks with Greece deal-breaker for him. as it did 43 years ago, causing since the island was split in deal. problems on its own.” over terms of the third bailout. Anastasiades has been nego - the whole problem. 1974. Conversely, Turkish Cypriots Tzanakopoulos also said the “Should it not come to a suc - tiating with Turkish-Cypriot TOUGH GOING Anastasiades and Akinci have want to limit the number of peo - better-than-expected 2016 bud - cessful second review (of the leader Mustafa Akinci since Diplomats met in the Swiss sketched out the basic frame - ple now living in Greek Cypriot- get execution figures included steps Greece must fulfill under 2015, with both sides, along resort of Mont Pelerin, charged work of a deal reunifying the is - owned homes who have to re - boosted tax revenues, which he its support program,) and with UN Special Envoy Espen with figuring out if the differ - land as a federation that they locate. said showed that efforts to fight should the IMF draw the conse - tax evasion are paying off. quences from this, then the cur - According to the Finance rent program would be obso - Ministry, the 2016 primary sur - lete. The program was agreed This Week in Greek History (January 16-22) plus was 4.4 billion euros, com - to only on the expectation that pared to a budget forecast for 2 the IMF would participate,” Compiled by Dimitrios “Mimis” Domazos was born in the billion euros. The figures are Schaeuble was quoted by the Eraklis Diamataris Ambelokipi neighborhood of Athens, calculated on a modified cash WSJ as saying. Greece. Domazos is often regarded as one basis, and differ slightly from “If it became obsolete, then of the finest footballers that Greece has ever the final budget data. we would have a situation in JaNuarY 17: On this day in 1939, produced. The attacking midfielder gar - Greece has committed to which one would need to come Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece, nered the nickname “the general” due to budget surpluses in coming up with something new. I Christodoulos (1939-2008) was born in his outstanding leadership qualities that years, under the terms of its wouldn’t recommend this to the Xanthi. Christodoulos became an ordained were recognized by the fact that he was bailout program. The country Greek government,” Schaeuble priest in 1965 and served as a parish priest Panathinaikos FC’s captain for 15 years and has depended on rescue loans added. in Palio Faliro , the Chief Secretary of the was the captain of the Greek National Team since 2010. “But I would be completely Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and as well. Known as the Greek player with GERMANY SAYS NEIN relaxed. The German Bundestag the bishop of Demetrias in Volos prior to the longest professional career, Domazos German Finance Minister would first need to discuss and his tenure as Archbishop. Christodoulos is was a force to be reckoned with on the pitch Wolfgang Schaeuble said terms agree on whether or not it ap - fondly remembered in Greece for his unique of an incredible 21 years. In total Domazos of Greece’s international proves negotiating a new pro - connection to the youths of the country through the church such as welfare care for made 510 appearances for Panathinaikos bailouts would have to be re - gram.” leading to rising church attendance num - drug addicts and immigrants. The Arch - scoring 134 goals and appeared for one sea - vised if the IMF isn’t involved. SYRIZA said it would wel - bers from younger people. Additionally, bishop died at the age of 69 due to liver son with AEK Athens 34 times scoring 5 Germany is the biggest con - come an IMF decision to pull Christodoulos launched many social services cancer in Athens, Greece. Ieronymos of goals. Domazos became known internation - tributor to 326 billion euros out of the country’s bailout pro - Thebes succeeded him as Archbishop. ally as leading Panathinikos onto the field ($347.03 billion) in three rescue gram, which is bogged down in at Wembley Stadium in London, England packages but demanded, and disagreements on further spend - JaNuarY 18: On this day in 1913 Greek as captain for got, harsh austerity measures ing cuts. Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis tri - the European that have brought Greeks to Athens hopes a deal with Eu - umphed over Ottoman Captain Ramiz Bey Cup Final their knees with big pay cuts, ropean creditors and the IMF in the Battle of Lemnos during the First against Ajax. To tax hikes, slashed pensions, will boost Greece’s battered Balkan War. Admiral Kountouriotis used the this day that worker firings and the sell-off economy, allowing access to the legendary Greek flagship “Georgios Averof” Panathinaikos of state enterprises and assets. European Central Bank’s bond- which was faster and better equipped than team is the only The IMF joined the European buying program and, later, to the 3 battleships, 1 cruiser and 5 destroyers Greek club to Union and European Central international markets. deployed by the Ottomans. In challenging ever reach a Bank in the first two loans of The IMF participated in and defeated the flagship of the Ottoman European final. 240 billion euros ($255.48 bil - Greece’s two previous bailouts, navy at Moudros and then pursuing, Mimis Doma - lion) but has stayed out of a but is still deliberating whether Koundouriotis made sure that the Ottoman zos continues third so far of 86 billion euros to finance the current, third pro - fleet would remain a non-factor in the com - to support the ($91.55 billion) until more re - gram signed in 2015. It says fis - ing conflicts in the late 1910s and the early club he loves forms are made and as it has cal targets agreed upon between 1920s. The victory sealed sole Greek domi - today and is an called for its European partners Greece and the Europeans are nance of the Aegean Sea. advisor to the granting debt relief to Greece too optimistic. board of direc - while insisting it be paid back JaNuarY 22: On this day in 1942, tors at Panathi - in full. (Material from the Associated Greek and Panathinaikos footballing icon naikos. Schaeuble, who, along with Press was used in this report) 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017

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It is not every day that Greek-Americans occupy leading po - Year 8 Grade: Another Average Year for Barack Obama sitions in an American government. And yet, under the Donald Trump administration, Reince (Hercules) Priebus is assuming the key position of White House I have written this column throughout the timent that as a couple that with aggressive oil Chief of Staff, while George Gigicos will serve as Deputy Assis - for The National Herald for world, but neither country we’ve been drilling as a short-term advance tant to the President and Director of Advance. (In order to fully eight years, the same amount of did they gain any heading in the to render any Middle East understand the significance of this, note that Gigicos was one time that Barack Obama has significant strong - wrong direction. strongmen irrelevant. Instead, of the four aides to accompany Trump during his first visit to spent in the White House. At the holds. Vladimir In considering he played it cautiously, as he al - the White House as president-elect). end of each year I gave him a Putin didn’t annex Obama’s presidency ways does. Ironically, the man Of course, these top officials of the new US government are grade. any more territory, as a whole it is use - referred to as a “radical leftist” first and foremost American citizens. This piece explains his grade but neither has he ful to compare his and a “Marxist” by so many of And that is certainly what they should be. for the final year, and his eight backed off from first and second his detractors was actually one But we can’t help but hope that their Greek origin might year “grade average,” though by what appears a de - terms. The first of our most conservative presi - help somehow. no means should that be taken sire to reclaim So - term, perfectly in dents, if the meaning of that For example, Priebus spent several summers as a child in as a serious evaluation of his viet glory. between a B Minus word is taken to convey low-risk Greece, since his mother was born there. Something must have presidency, because it is far too The stock mar - by CoNStaNtINoS e. and C Plus, clearly steadiness. stuck with him. In fact, he speaks enthusiastically about his early to do such a thing. ket soared to SCaroS describes a better- Finally, it is important to note visits and the political discussions he has had with his grandfa - Presidential historians, in record highs, un - than-average presi - that presidential rankings are ther. fact, recommend waiting a full employment Special to dent poised for re - largely subjective. A relatively re - But, at the same time, there is the risk that these officials 20 years after a president leaves dropped even The National Herald election but subject cent (2009) addition to the col - are quite aware of what is happening in the country – very office before evaluating him. By lower, and the to defeat at the lective scholarship is Recarving likely - and will act based on reality, despite the promises they that measure, it would be too economy continued to grow. But hands of a very strong chal - Rushmore, by political think tank make but never keep or the government’s ideological orienta - early to evaluate even Presi - when taking into account the lenger. In 2012, Mitt Romney fellow Ivan Eland. Ranking all tion, with which they certainly do not identify... dents George W. Bush and Bill overall shrinking of the labor was not that strong challenger, the presidents from George And so, they make up an excellent leadership team of expa - Clinton, as neither has been out force, an anemic rate of growth, and so Obama eked out reelec - Washington to George W. Bush triates led by Andy Manatos, who is hosting a reception in their of office for that long yet. To and a wealth gap that has not tion. A lot of voters stayed (Obama had yet to take office) honor in Washington. It is, theoretically, in honor of the Arch - evaluate Obama so soon, thus, significantly narrowed, those home, and some, like me, voted except for William Harrison and bishop, but essentially in honor of the Archons of the Ecumenical would be premature indeed. On other statistics don’t translate to third party. My Republican James Garfield (due to the sheer Throne, Priebus and Gigicos as well as Congressman Gus Bili - the other hand, as long as we very much in terms of quality of friends pleaded with me to vote brevity of their time in office), rakis, for general reasons. realize that our perspective may life for the average American. for Romney, assuring me that I’d Eland’s top five are presidents Greek-Americans from across the country were invited and change over time, there’s noth - The consistently low price of be “throwing away my vote” John Tyler, Grover Cleveland, will attend this event, regardless of their political affiliation, to ing wrong with discussing how gas – even with a recent uptick and thereby would help Obama Martin Van Buren, Rutherford honor these worthy children of our Community. we see things at present. – is one of the best pieces of win reelection. “I don’t care,” Hayes, and Chester Arthur, and Naturally, when the Greek diplomatic authorities in America To review, I gave President good news on President was my response. “In fact, I like included in his 10 worst are FDR, learned about the reception they requested and, of course, se - Obama a B Minus in each of his Obama’s watch. But that is not Obama much more than I do Harry Truman, John Kennedy, cured seats at the reception for two senior members of the first two years, followed by enough to counter Obama’s fail - Romney, even though I may Ronald Reagan, and his worst of Greek Government: Nikos Pappas, the Prime Minister’s right three C Pluses, and then his ure – after trying surprisingly agree with many of Romney’s all, Woodrow Wilson. Though at hand man, and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. highest grade of all in Year 6: a hard – to achieve an electoral policies. So, either way, I can first glance one might think Why not? You might ask. B. Last year, I gave him his low - victory for his preferred succes - live with the outcome.” Eland’s rankings are a joke, a I would agree, provided that they would not attempt to mis - est grade of all, a C Minus, and sor. Losing presidential candi - Obama’s second-term grades, closer reading reveals that they inform the Greek people about allegedly... having meetings with wrote this: “You’re a good guy, dates – whether Hillary Clinton, however, barely average over a are consistent with his penchant White House officials to put issues such as the IMF and Cyprus Mr. President, but this is no time Mitt Romney, John McCain, or C, and were it not for the B I for limited government and pres - on the table, as their "parrots" are propagating in Greece. for droopy shoulders on the anyone else – are predominantly gave him in year six, which in idential deference to Congress. Such behavior is unworthy of Greece. world stage. Although I doubt responsible for their own defeat. hindsight seems overly gener - It is no wonder, then, that his It is most certain that they will be photographed with Priebus you’ll listen, I wish you all the But to considerable extent, ous, his last four years collec - top-ranked president, Tyler, was and Gigicos at the reception. Everyone will be photographed success in the world to Obama’s record was thrown into tively would have been below a Whig: the party that embodied with them in the short time that they will be present. straighten up and stand tall – the equation this year, by Clin - average. that ideology. But they should not expose Greece - all of us, that is – and so that you can salvage your ton, Donald Trump, and Obama That B, incidentally, was Keeping that in mind, it is they should not deceive the Greek people with these antics by presidential legacy in your last himself, and there is no denying based on the dramatic drop in quite reasonable to infer that to top ministers of a supposedly… leftist government. year and, much more impor - that while much of the nation gas prices at the end of 2014, those who consider the rights of tantly, give America the leader - continues to like Obama person - which I thought would have led the LGBTQ community, an ship it deserves. Nothing would ally, there is a great deal of sen - Obama to seize the moment and abundance of compassion for Inaction as National Policy make me happier than to be non-felon illegal aliens – partic - able to give you an A on your ularly ones brought here under - final report card. I don’t know age – deep appreciation for the Upon returning from a transatlantic trip, I am aware that if you can rise to the occasion, potential dangers of climate life goes on as usual. but I’ll be rooting for you to do change and generally for pol - But the world seems to be on the verge of major changes. so.” luted air and water, a shift from For the first time in decades, a leader who has attracted Alas, it was not to be. An - America-led international poli - great international interest has emerged, who combines hope other C Minus this year, bring - cies to a multinational ap - and uncertainty to an extent that few have done before. ing his cumulative average right proach, broader access to health A leader, as we shall see further along, who threatens to in the center of a C Plus. insurance, a default mode of re - turn everything on its head. But first, as I’ve done for each straint when tempers flare, and So we are on the verge of changes that are possibly significant of the previous seven report the normalization of relations and on a large scale. cards, some “teacher’s com - with Cuba, Barack Obama’s With the exception of Athens, where the government con - ments”: a C is the break-even presidency was quite extraordi - tinues to be living in other times, and is moving at a pace of point, and also the starting nary. relative indifference as if nothing is wrong, despite the river point. First, I considered that is swelling more and more each day by the waters of eco - whether anything particularly Constantinos E. Scaros' latest

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anticipated speech about her country’s relationship with the rorists who pose a threat n nationwide. European Union. t And I was pleased with her clear stance that Great Britain will not enter into a "half-in, half-out" relationship with the Eu - ropean Union. Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris This, of course, also refers to Greece’s relationship with the EU. "Half-in, half-out" with the capital controls, the memoranda, the impasse. Congratulations Mr. President greater. If we are to believe the polls– and ad - But for how long? But is this necessarily bad? Could it pos - mittedly our faith in them has being How long can this situation continue without leaving its in - and Best of Luck sibly be that a fresh look at things after such shaken– his popularity is the worst of any delible marks on the nation? How long can a country be sus - a long time of stalemate is indeed necessary president in a decades. Yet, this can change pended in uncertainty? Doesn’t it have to finally decide what it As Donald Trump is about to take the as an engine of progress? fast if his policies win the approval of the wants to do, if it wants to be "in or out"? oath of office as the 45th president of the It might very well be time for a shakeup people. But this is not the only point which PM May made that must United States, admittedly there is a lot of of things. Then, if that is the case, Trump’s And it is crucial to stress that what we be taken under consideration. It is also her position on immi - skepticism about his performance so far and election can be seen as a mandate given to should focus on and draw our conclusions gration, through which she emphasized that it is impossible for his temperament to lead the country and in him by the people for change. from should be his policies, what he does, the UK to remain a member of the EU because it is impossible so many aspects the world as well. Now, one needs to be very careful both rather than what he says. for them to control its borders and to define its laws. One thing that seems to be certain at of the kind of change that is needed in All and all this promises to be an inter - But if this is true for the UK, is it not also the case for other this moment is that the Trump presidency America and the world and on the way it’s esting time in the life of the nation and the countries, e.g. such as Greece that is carrying a hefty portion of will be unlike any in memory. implemented. world. the refugee burden? He carries the promise to act as a revo - That can make all the difference. For the sake of every one we should give Does this issue no longer reach epic political dimensions? lutionary agent in many respects, even to Trumps choices for the cabinet posts so President Donald Trump at least the benefit Last - but not least - I am referring back to Donald Trump’s turn things upside down, at least as we far, especially the most consequential ones, of the doubt. We should not be rushing to statements about NATO being "obsolete" and his prediction that know them, since the end of World War II. seem to be solid. definitive conclusions even if we are in - other countries will follow Britain's lead in leaving the European Any change, even on a small scale, is ter - Provided that he delegates properly and clined to. Union. rifying to many people. And Trump lets his picks do their jobs, the country– and Congratulations Mr. President and best It is not clear to which he is referring. What is clear is the promises big ones, so the fear factor is even the world– will be fine. of luck. tone and attitude of the American president-elect on the EU. And it is certainly and obviously not the same as that which the Obama administration followed for Europe - and possibly for Greece. • Mail Delivery service is available from • Classified services available with a wide Services to our readers: coast to coast. Delivery is dependent on category selection and well read world - Post Office and region. Any unforeseen de - wide. It’s the go to paper in the Greek lays please contact us at 718-784-5255. Community. To get results call our profes - Expa nd your mind... Call us for any information pertaining sionals at 718-784-5255. to the paper or anything else at 718-784- • Newsstands carry our papers in NY, NJ. 5255. CT & MA. 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Turkey, Russia, Iran & Iraq The “Who is Donald J. East. He had with - Trump would do in Court ordered a new run-off. Trump?” question dominated drawn from Iraq, the region but Hofer conducted a campaign every conversation I have had in allowed Hosni asked them if they that owed Mr. Trump’s cam - The ceasefire in while the US is bat - Europe and the Middle East Mubarak’s dictator - had read or lis - paign royalties for ripping off its Syria brokered by tling ISIS at home since November. In almost every ship in Egypt to col - tened to any of Mr. tactics and symbolism. Van der Russia and Turkey is and in the Middle case, no one really knows what lapse, and had Trump's foreign Bellen, on the other hand, was a clear indication East, Saudi Arabia to expect from the man who will failed to go to war policy rhetoric. Had not Bernie Sanders. Trump’s un - that there is a major continues to fund soon hold the most powerful of - to depose Syrian they heard Trump’s expected victory in America re - realignment in the Wahhabi Mosques fice in the world. dictator Bashar al- effusive praise for minded older conservative Aus - Middle East. In - around the world. Londoners and other Brits be - Assad in favor of Russian President trians of another famous deed, when the new Prior to 1979, most lieve Trump benefitted from the the revolution. Putin or about his Austrian who won using identi - “allies,” Vladimir Imams followed the United Kingdom’s vote In June (Oddly, the Iranian intent to line up cal campaign tactics in 1933. My Putin and Recep training and teach - to leave the European Union nuclear agreement by amB. patrICK N. with the Russians friends lamented the fact that, Tayyip Erdogan, be - ing of the moderate otherwise known as “Brexit.” did not come up in tHeroS and Syrian Presi - as in 1933, the Western main - gin the process of Sunni Islam as ad - They argued that the British conversations very dent Assad to crush stream politicians had gotten restoring peace and by Dr. aNDre vocated by the Mus - voter’s willingness to take a wild much. Although the Special to ISIS? Had they elitist and complacent, ignoring in Syria, without geroLYmatoS lim scholars at al emotional leap into unknown Saudis, Israelis, and The National Herald heard Trump con - the real grievances of common the United States, it Ahzar University in territory emboldened Americans others opposed the temptuously dis - people. Hofer, Trump, and Hitler is testament to the Special to Cairo. to vote their emotions as well. agreement, only the Israelis miss the Syrian rebel groups the all skillfully exploited middle- colossal foreign pol - The National Herald Few American The “Brexiteers” hailed Trump’s would still like to see it Gulf Arabs support as a bunch aged resentment at economic in - icy failure of the administrations election as a vindication for their scrapped. The Arabs have gen - of “losers” whom “we don’t equality, young people, immi - Obama Administration. have understood the Middle East vote. Both Trump and Brexit erally found its good points to know much about?” grants, and loss of jobs. To Although Mr. Putin and Mr. and today the layers of complex - campaigners won elections on outnumber the bad.) Arabs have What, I asked, did they think paraphrase one good friend, “we Erdogan are on opposite sides of ity have become even more twin themes: stopping immigra - so accustomed themselves to of Trump’s tweet that “I Hate don’t know if Hofer and Trump the Syrian crisis – Turkey sup - opaque. Washington is never sure tion and restoring manufactur - seventy years of America as the Proliferation but It would be bet - are personally Hitlerian. How - ports the Sunni rebels and Russia when an event or crisis is trig - ing jobs lost to international region’s policeman – even if we ter if Japan, Saudi Arabia, and ever, their campaign tactics con - the Alawite regime of Basir al- gered by sectarian issues or by trade agreements. Both cam - often did more damage than South Korea had Nuclear vinced us that we don’t want to Assad- the two authoritarian conflict over land and resources. paigns also played on contempt good – that they feel naked in a Weapons.” The one or two who take the risk.” Aroused, Austri - leaders are looking beyond their A good example is Turkey. Mr. Er - for establishment politicians and world where they must stand on had noticed insisted he did not ans went to the polls in droves differences towards the disposi - dogan is quickly transforming disdain for expertise. their own. really mean what he said or had and handed the neo-Nazi a tion of the Middle East. The Turkey into an Islamic dictator - The Remain voters saw the All my Arab interlocutors in - been misunderstood. The others thumping defeat. Alawite minority, which has dom - ship. His tiff with Assad, Erdogan defeat of rationality and human sisted President Trump would were simply shocked. Israelis Sadly, I have almost nothing inated Syria since the end of the took offense when the younger rights. “Remainers” also see fu - reverse Obama’s policies, again had a different take than Arabs to report on conversations with Second World War, is cast as the Assad did not kowtow to him suf - ture vindication; they point to recognize the Middle East as on Trump; their right-wingers Greeks. They are so over - mortal enemy of the Sunni ma - ficiently, has undermined Turkey’s the chaos and discord within the America’s single most important believe the United States will do whelmed with their own prob - jority and that the struggle in that position in the Middle East. The British government as it seeks to foreign policy concern, and rein - give them everything they want; lems that they appear not to unfortunate country is sectarian Turkish leader has watched with design a Brexit strategy follow - sert major American military other Israelis are terrified that have noticed what happened in based. The crisis in Syria, how - alarm as Iran and Shia dominated ing an unexpected victory and forces into the region. President we will. America. In the meantime, when ever, is about power and regional Iraq are emerging as the potential confidently expect the same will Trump would again put the pro - A week in Austria produced will the real Mr. Trump stand up spheres of influence, and less power houses in the region, while happen in America once the in - tection of their own government the most surprising take on the and be recognized? about religion. the success of the Kurds in fight - ternal contradictions of what and/or regime as the center - U.S. elections. Austrians told me For example, until 2012, ing ISIS has given them a chance Trump promised collide with po - piece of his Middle East policies, that Trump‘s victory opened The Hon. Ambassador Theros is Sunni Turkey was the primary to establish a Kurdish state. litical and economic reality. put down the Syrian dictator as their eyes to the dangers in vot - president of the U.S.-Qatar Busi - ally of the Assad regime, whereas Mr. Erdogan had the oppor - In the Middle East and espe - well as go after ISIS and Iran. ing your emotions rather than ness Council. He served in the today Shia Iran and Eastern Or - tunity to destroy ISIS, but be - cially in the Gulf Region, my To oversimplify slightly, they your brains. In Austria, July’s U.S. Foreign Service for 36 thodox Russia have replaced lieved he could manipulate the Arab interlocutors appeared ut - believed that Trump would re - run-off election between Norbert years, mostly in the Middle East, Turkey. The Alawites are an off - terrorists and use them against terly confident they knew “who store the interventionist policies Hofer, a young attractive neo- and was American Ambassador shoot of the Shiite version of Is - Iran and a Shia dominated Iraq. Trump is.” Almost all my con - of previous American adminis - Nazi promising “change,” and to Qatar from 1995 to 1998. He lam, and the Syrian civil war has Perhaps, he believed he would tacts argued that Obama was trations. Trump would become Alexander van der Bellen, a bor - also directed the State Depart - often been portrayed as a clash be able to secure Aleppo – a pre - America's worst-ever foreign pol - George W. Bush on steroids. ing and uninspiring septuage - ment’s Counter-Terrorism between Alawites and Sunnis. dominant Sunni city or even use icy president for having reduced I told my Arab friends, truth - narian “Green” candidate, was Office, and holds numerous U.S. The logic in the Obama White - ISIS as a means to kill more America’s presence in the Middle fully, that I had no idea what Mr. so close that Austria’s Supreme Government decorations. house was that the Arab Spring Kurds. When that failed, he ex - exposed the inequities of the ploited the refugee crisis to extort Alawite Assad regime, which had money from the EU. If the EU LETTER FROM ATHENS persecuted and kept in poverty does not pay then Erdogan will the majority Sunnis. Sadly, Pres - throw open the refugee flood ident Obama and Secretary of gates and overwhelm Europe. State Hilary Clinton misunder - This, however, did not solve his The Secret Sellout of Cyprus, or Blue Smoke & Mirrors stood the Arab Spring. geopolitical problems. As a result, the Obama Ad - When ISIS is eliminated, Iraq ministration failed to support will have one of the largest and Try as he might, Cypriot Pres - in the two sides si - Head Cheerleader up or down. Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian best trained and equipped armies ident Nicos Anastasiades – his multaneous intransi - Espen “Mr. Happy” This is stuff that requires a strongman, and risked Egypt be - in the Middle East. Meanwhile, protests notwithstanding – hasn’t gence, although the Eide have pro - good, old-fashioned New Eng - coming a radical Islamic state Turkey’s influence will further di - yet been quite able to try to pol - burden is on Turkey claimed a solution land town meeting where the ruled by the Muslim Brother - minish. At the same time, Russia’s ish his shaky legacy by sealing a as an invading and was at hand, was proposals are put on the table hood. A smaller version of what success in defeating the Syrian deal to reunify Cyprus, divided now partially-occu - imminent, was before a vote so they can be could have happened was the rebels will reduce the exodus of since an unlawful 1974 Turkish pying force. coming any day hashed out and everyone can case of Libya. Secretary Clinton, refugees and prevent Erdogan invasion. Only Turkey rec - now, that there have a say without being left out. in a fog of confusion, convinced from continuing to blackmail the He’s willing to concede prop - ognizes the self-de - was “significant While Akinci and Anastasi - Mr. Obama to topple Muammar Europeans. Thus, his only option erty and territory stolen by Turks, clared Republic in progress” (at the ades were in the room in Geneva Khadafy and subsequently turned was to cozy up to Putin. Together, hasn’t said no to a rotating pres - the Northern third it same time they doing the talking, before the Libya into a failed state – and a Russia and Turkey plan to arbi - idency where a Turk would over - unlawfully occupies, said there were guarantors sent their Foreign base for ISIS. But the foreign pol - trate the redrawing of the Middle see the island, and wasn’t willing even as Turkish- by aNDY major obstacles) Minister flunkies for failed talks, icy of errors culminated with East map. Accordingly, Mr. Erdo - to walk away from the negotiat - Cypriots’ standard of DaBILIS and did everything it was the 300-lb. gorilla not in Syria. Mr. Obama, his advisors, gan assumes he will have a place ing table in Geneva when Turk - living is far below except sing Happy the room whose specter was hov - and Secretary Clinton wrongly at the grownup’s table. ish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci those of Cypriots just Special to Days are Here ering over everyone: Erdogan. assumed that the crisis that ex - At best, however, Mr. Erdogan said Turkey would keep a stand - across the Green The National Herald Again, so eager Now that Turkey has done ploded in Syria in March 2011 will be a junior partner. It would ing 30,000-strong army on the Line that divides the were they get a away with a Prime Minister and was about sectarianism and the have been different if the United island and would have the right capital Nicosia and the two sides. deal at any cost, including the he’s moving ever close to open absence of democracy. States were part of the process, to military intervene. The negotiations were con - selling out of their souls and of dictatorship, Erdogan is embold - Consequently, the American since traditionally America always Translation: Turkey, if granted ducted in secret, where Anastasi - everyone on the island. ened by his own ego and the government refused to back As - favored Turkey. On the other a unity deal that would set up a ades and Akinci – with no Cypri - So far, all we know is that EU’s feeble protests about what sad, preferring to demonize him hand, the Americans will be two-state federation (that’s actu - ots or Turkish-Cypriots having a Anastasiades and Akinci each he’s doing, how he won’t recog - instead, and covertly supported spared having to constantly as - ally disunity), could then waltz say or being informed – carving proposed a map of where Cyprus nize Cyprus but wants to join the the Syrian opposition that had suage Erdogan’s ego and it will over to the Cypriot side with its would end and Turkish Cyprus EU and he will have the last coalesced in and around Aleppo. be the turn of the Russians to army and take what it wanted, Turkey, if granted a unity would begin, and then had it word, not Cyprus or Anastasi - The US contributed billions of cope with the petulant Turkish stopped only by Cypriots, and locked in a UN safe because, you ades or the UN, the EU, the dollars, training, and military president. In the new Middle not NATO – to which Turkey and deal that would set up a know, you can’t trust the voters United States, or anyone else. hardware only to discover that a East, the primary winner will be Greece belong. two-state federation could and if the real news leaked out “We told them clearly. When large segment of the opposition Mr. Putin. The Russian strongman Nor by the European Union – then waltz over to the the whole deal could be scuttled it comes to guarantees and se - included Islamic terrorists – will expand Russia’s sphere of in - which Turkey wants to join and before it reaches them. curity, do not expect Turkey not many are now part of ISIS. The fluence in the region. Behind the to which Cyprus already belongs Cypriot side with its army If Erdogan prevails, and don’t to be included. We will stay there Obama Administration then Russians, of course, are the Chi - even as Turkey refuses to recog - and take what it wanted count it out, a unified Cyprus forever,” Erdogan told reporters, abandoned Syria, sending signals nese, who will greatly benefit eco - nize the Cypriot government and would be the only European showing his apparent willingness that America was pulling out of nomically and strategically. bars its ships and planes. up the island and drawing up a Union country with an occupying to let the talks fail rather than the Middle East. Ultimately, America will have Nor by the United States, map placed in a United Nations army on its territory. So why not remove his army. The difficulty with the Middle to adjust to a multipolar world which was complicit in the inva - safe. let Turkey send some troops to Akinci, who came into the East is that it is layered with and seek new allies as well as en - sion 43 years ago by looking the This is how politicians, most Germany where there’s a huge talks as a moderate and has smoldering tensions over land, hance relations with existing part - other way and letting Turkey of whom have never had a real Turkish population and then Er - growing increasingly hardline, resources, and religion. On one ners such as Canada, Israel, and take what it wanted, as it would job nor had to worry about their dogan could say he’d be ready said if one side demands “no sol - side is the Saudi-Iran conflict Greece. again if Turkish Dictator Recep next paycheck or meal – work: to act to protect them against diers,” that there won’t be a deal, over the hearts and minds of The full article can be read Tayyip Erdogan – who said his in secret while proclaiming trans - skinheads. so there goes Mr. Moderate. Muslims. Ever since the oil em - online at www .thenationalher - army “is there forever,” deal no parency. In this case it affects the This folderol, disguised in Now, to the 1508 missing bargo of 1979, petro dollars have ald .com . deal – decides he’s unhappy with whole population on both sides diplomatic code and encrypted Cypriots from the war, and the poured into Saudi Arabia and the the terms. of the island, who won’t have a in triple-spin political language 493 Turkish-Cypriots still unac - Gulf States. The Saudis then ex - André Gerolymatos is Director of A solution has evaded diplo - say until a referendum if a deal for decades, is a disgraceful end- counted for, you can add the 1.1 ported the extreme Wahhabi ver - the Stavros Niarchos Foundation mats and envoys and politicians is reached. around the people whose lives million people living on the is - sion of Islam – it is the same ver - Centre for Hellenic Studies at Si - for decades because it’s an in - For more than a year now, will be affected forever, and who land. sion of Islam followed by mon Fraser University in Vancou - tractable problem of a resistible Anastasiades and Akinci and es - have no say until the final prod - al-Qaeda and ISIS. Even today ver. force meeting a movable object pecially UN Special Envoy and uct is handed to them for thumbs [email protected] The Electoral College: Time to Go

Donald Trump lost the popu - who didn’t own land, native Electoral College lenged until the states where most Americans taxes. The gap is covered by fed - lar vote to Hillary Clinton by over Americans, and, of course, slaves. vote. In the follow - 1960s. live. This is due to the winner- eral revenue derived from larger 2.5 million votes, but due to win - A major issue was if slaves ing election, Jack - Benjamin Harri - take-all system in place in most states. This amounts to de facto ning the Electoral College he will should be counted as part of a son, a leader in ex - son becoming pres - states. A candidate can win nar - taxation without equal represen - be the forty-fifth president of the state’s population for purposes of tending voting ident despite losing rowly in several smaller states tation. United States. Four previous pres - representation. If they were not, rights to all free the popular vote to while losing badly in some large Several plans now being aired idents also were elected without power in the proposed United males, would defeat incumbent Grover states and still come out as the would drastically reform the Elec - winning the popular vote. That States would rest with the North - Adams’ bid for re - Cleveland in 1888 winner in the Electoral College. toral College system through legal comes to over 10% of all presi - ern states that had a limited num - election. had minor long- Presently votes for president means that do not require ap - dents. Once again, the public is ber of slaves. When the Southern A far more con - term repercussions. have unequal electoral weight. proval by two-thirds of the states. questioning the role of the Elec - states balked at this prospect, the sequential election Harrison’s crippling Wyoming, for example, has a The specifics of these plans are toral College. Constitutional Convention deter - occurred in 1876, high tariff policy led population of 560,000 and 3 too complex to detail here, but The concept of an Electoral mined that five slaves would be when the final vote by proF. DaN to Grover Cleveland electoral votes. Thus, each each effectively addresses the pre - College was devised by the counted as three free citizens. in several states was georgaKaS regaining the presi - Wyoming Elector represents sent inequities. To date, the voting founding fathers (yes, all men) Added to the two senators ac - contested. Republi - dency in 1892. 186,000 citizens. California has public has yet to mobilize to enact to protect the social order of eigh - corded each state, the South’s can Rutherford Special to George Bush lost a population of 37 million and any of the proposed reforms. teenth-century America. The power in the Electoral College Hayes who had lost The National Herald the popular vote to 55 electoral votes. Thus, each The Electoral College is an founders feared that voters in was vastly out of proportion to the popular vote to Al Gore in 2000, but California Elector represents anti-democratic poison pill de - presidential elections might be the nation’s actual voting popu - Democrat Samuel Tilden became won the Electoral College due to 670,000. In short, the Wyoming vised to serve the immediate swayed into senseless decisions lation. president when he agreed to re - contested votes in Florida being voter has 300% more value (in - needs of a marginal, slave-hold - by gifted demagogues or emo - The first difference between move federal troops from the left unchanged. Bush, advised by fluence) than a California voter. ing society. The time is long over - tional single issues. To curb such the popular vote and the Elec - South. Democrats acquiesced due neocons and Vice-President Dick Abolishing the Electoral Col - due to dump or drastically reform possibilities, the founders created toral College vote came in 1824. to their correct assumption that Cheney would launch the ill- lege by constitutional amendment it. Even in a nation as politically a system where the public voted For the first and only time in their making withdrawing fed - fated war in Iraq in 2003. Gore requires approval by at least two- divided as the United States, we for Electors who would then vote American history, the president eral troops a condition to accept - almost certainly would not have thirds of the states. Such an out - can surely agree that the presi - for the president. These Electors in a multi-candidate field did not ing Hayes as president would cre - done so. come is unlikely as there is no dential choice of each American were imagined to be intellectual win a majority of either the pop - ate a long-term solidly Nationally, Gore edged by practical reason for smaller states citizen should have equal value. and moral guardians of the Con - ular or the Electoral College vote, Democratic South. The with - Bush by 500,000 votes. Clinton’s to give up their electoral advan - stitution. The development of and had to be elected by the drawal ended Reconstruction margin over Trump was five tage. The unfairness involved is Prof. Georgakas is Director of the permanent political parties was House of Representatives. John and opened the door for the for - times greater, clearly demonstrat - further aggravated by the fact Greek American Studies Project not foreseen. Further diluting di - Quincy Adams emerged as the mer Confederate states to impose ing that voters in states with low that smaller states generally re - at Queens College – CUNY and rect democracy was that states president even though Andrew legal racial discrimination that populations have considerable ceive more funds from the federal Consulting Editor of CINEASTE denied the vote to women, males Jackson had a larger popular and would not be successfully chal - advantages over voters in larger government than they render in magazine. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 21-27, 2017

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