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Sandy Hits By Constantine S. Sirigos Brooklyn, TNH Staff Writer NEW YORK – After a bitterly- contested and expensive cam - Sta. Island paign that revealed deep fis - sures in American society and left a wake parting those ex - By Constantine S. Sirigos pressing hope from others anx - TNH Staff Writer ious about the nation’s future, Barack Obama has been re - NEW YORK – If the Bible makes elected president of the United a point that there are good States. Samaritans, there must have The electoral college totals also been bad Samaritans. In give Obama a clear victory: 303 Hurricane Sandy’s wake, one to 206 – not including Florida, encounters both kinds. Not only whose still-too-close-to call re - are there many volunteers help - sults a day after polls closed ing people cope with the devas - make that state a mere footnote tation, there are reports of loot - 12 years after its starring role ing by people presenting in the 2000 elections. themselves as relief workers and The new political show in utility employees in places like Washington, which includes the Rockaways and the Seagate many fresh faces – including a community near Coney Island. record 20 women in the Senate Unfortunately, they are part – but the same old partisan di - of the story, but Sandy has also visions, with Republicans pre - brought out the best in people, serving their majority in the individuals, and groups who House and Democrats retaining have set aside their own trou - control of the Senate, did not bles to really step up and help open to rave reviews on Wall those in greater need, especially Street: The Dow Jones Indus - where government was trial average plunged 300 stretched too thin or has points, or two percent, on dropped the ball. Wednesday. The district of New York AP PHOTO Citizens, financial markets, State Assemblywoman Nicole A protester shouts anti-government slogans during a demonstra - narrowly passed a crucial austerity bill by majority vote, but with and the international commu - Malliotakis includes Staten Is - tion outside the parliament in Athens. Greek lawmakers have heavy dissent from within the three-party governing coalition. nity can only hope that divisions land. She told TNH she and can be bridged so that the other local elected officials United States can avoid a loom - struggled to get the attention ing fiscal cliff, amid fears that of city, state, and national offi - Amid Protests, Greece Approves More Austerity the wrong path away from cials to alert them to devastating precipice will drive the country effects of the storm there, into recession. “They were acting as if every - By Andy Dabilis tional lenders. minent threat as the Democratic pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed Greek- and Cypriot-Ameri - thing was okay and they were TNH Staff Writer The package was approved Left, which abstained from the pensions for 2013-14 and the cans hope Obama’s reelection preparing for the NYC by a 153-128 margin, with 18 vote, insists it will continue as a Parliament will vote on Nov. 11 bodes well for the United States Marathon” she told TNH. “It ATHENS – With scores of thou - lawmakers voting present and coalition member although it no on an overall budget plan for as well as for struggling Greece wasn’t until we stated making sands of protesters standing out - one absent. Samaras summarily longer supports the Prime Min - 2013. and Cyprus, but the Community noise that we got the attention side in the rain screaming resis - ejected from his New Democ - ister’s stance. The vote came after a two- will battle for its vital issues Staten Island deserved and we tance, the Greek Parliament – racy Conservative party one of Six of PASOK’s 33 members day general strike called by the lacking a champion of Greek de - got the American Red Cross and by a narrow three-vote majority his members who defied him voted either present or no and country’s two largest labor scent in the Senate for the first FEMA here and real assistance – approved a $17.45 billion and voted against the plan, and were tossed out of the party mo - unions that halted much public time since 1976. by Wednesday. spending cut and tax hike plan defections from his coalition ments later by its leader, Evan - transportation, left schools, Olympia Snowe of Maine re - Two days after the storm, she that Prime Minister Antonis partners, the PASOK Socialists gelos Venizelos. Later, another banks and government offices tires on December 31 and al - was out with one of the local Samaras said was needed to un - and Democratic Left, made the PASOK deputy quit the party shut, and rubbish piled up on though the possibility that phil - lock a long-delayed $38.8 bil - vote close. voluntarily. The austerity pack - Continued on page 3 lion installment from interna - The government is not in im - age will impose a new wave of Continued on page 9 Continued on page 5 The Athens Dialogues at Harvard University EU’s Bailout of Cyprus Is a

BOSTON, MA – The Onassis Tricky Problem for Merkel Public Benefit Foundation brought its Athens Dialogues, which were initiated and estab - By Markus Dettmer and diplomas and signposts in Cyril - lished some three years ago, to Christian Reiermann lic writing. The mayor of Limas - Boston’s Harvard University in Spiegel sol himself speaks fluent Russ - an all-day academic conference ian and studied in Moscow with the theme: “Science, Tech - Last Friday, the sun was shin - during the Soviet era. nology, and Ethics, Ancient Per - ing in this paradise for Russians. There's one drawback, how - spectives and Modern Chal - The sky was a deep blue and ever: all the yachts, however lenges.” the palms along the beach luxurious they may be, are Prominent academicians promenade swayed in a light moored in the rather dreary old from many disciplines and some breeze as the the temperature port. But relief is in sight. The 150 guests attended the confer - climbed to 29 degrees Celsius new Limassol Marina will be fin - ence on Saturday November 3 (84 degrees Fahrenheit) before ished soon, and if you you put at Harvard’s Science Center. noon. No doubt Limassol of - your name down soon for one The core theme of the con - fered a welcome relief from the of the 650 available berths, you ference was that technology is cold and wet autumn weather can get a special rate: €150,000 sometimes viewed as a force of Moscow. Russians appreciate per year, depending on the size that diminishes the creative pos - this spot on the southern coast of your boat. sibilities of Human life at the of Cyprus. There's something else that same time as it enhances mate - The boutiques sell sable coats is probably a greater cause for rial prosperity. The conference even in summer, the restaurants concern for the Russians of Li - explored an alternative view serve salted herring and vodka, massol, though. They are at risk that takes its inspiration from apartments near the pier cost of losing their paradise because the ancient Greek conception of upwards of €300,000 Cyprus is virtually bankrupt. tekhne as a form of knowledge ($383,000) and there's no short - The island's economy has been that embraces art, craft, and sci - age of luxurious villas priced at dragged down by the recession ence. The conference also ex - millions of euros. ravaging Greece, with which it plored ways in which an appre - The city park has a bust of has close business ties. In addi - ciation of technology as tekhne Russian poet Alexander tion, Cypriot banks bought bil - can help to bridge perceived Pushkin, there's a Russian radio lions of euros in Greek govern - gaps between the sciences (pure Onassis Foundation Presents Athens Dialogues at Harvard Ambassador Loucas Tsilas, Executive station, Russian newspapers, a ment bonds that are practically and applied), the arts, and the Director of the Onassis Foundation (USA), Professor Constantinos Daskalakis of MIT, and Pro - Russian Orthodox church, pri - humanities. fessor George Babiniotis. vate schools offering Russian Continued on page 9 The Conference started with the talk of Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard on the topic “Anthro - pological approach to civic and Pamela Paziotopoulos Battles Domestic Violence Dukakis Talks civic consciousness – future per - spectives.” Herzfeld, who speaks Greek By Christine Kraly office prosecuting domestic vio - own: Paziotopoulos faced Stage their hands. To TNH about fluently and said that he would Chicago Lawyer lence cases. She established and 4 Hodgkin lymphoma. "It was "I'll never forget a conversa - prefer to deliver his speech in supervised the office's Domestic tough, it was really hard," she tion with a patient," she said. Greek if everyone in the audito - In one way or another, Pamela Violence Division while there. said. "I was devastated." "He said, 'What's wrong with Greece and US rium knew Greek, said that Paziotopouloshas been teaching Through her personal and She dropped out of school for you? We're all going to die.'" “what we are looking at today about survival for 30 years. professional life, she promotes a a year to undergo intense "I don't know about you,'" she By Theodore Kalmoukos is the commodification of As a lawyer, the 48-year-old message of strength and demon - chemotherapy that caused her to told him, 'But I'm not going to TNH Staff Writer knowledge in purely commer - advises victims and businesses on strates the importance of fighting lose her hair. die.' Mental outlook has every - cial sense in that the universities how to help protect against the for oneself and for others. "At the beginning, you think thing to do with it." BOSTON, MA – Michael are now judging them the pro - corrosive cycle of domestic vio - An early setback In the winter it's fine," she said of enduring the She eventually became Dukakis, former Massachusetts fessors and the students in lence. And, as a young student of 1982, Paziotopoulos attended tough regimen. "By the sixth, sev - healthy enough to return to governor and 1988 Democratic and later a mother who battled the University of Illinois as a enth month, it's hard to get out school. She returned with an ad - presidential candidate, in an in - Continued on page 4 cancer, she teaches how surviving bright-eyed freshman. The Oak of bed." mittedly different attitude. terview with TNH spoke about personal anguish can help show Park native basked in the glow Close friends sent greeting "I was much more laid back Greece and its financial prob - others to do the same. of joining a sorority. cards every day and she tried to when I went back — I never re - lems, revealing that he had reser - Through Forest Advisors, That December, bothered by live a normal life. ally thought I'd get sick again," vations joining the euro in the For subscription: Paziotopoulos lectures across the itchy skin that she couldn't stop "I just kept coming down for she said. first place. He also doesn’t see it 718.784.5255 country and trains companies on from bleeding, Paziotopoulos vis - sorority dances, I put my wig on," As a senior preparing to grad - as catastrophic if Greece goes [email protected] how best to implement policies ited a health clinic that advised she said. "I wanted to be just nor - uate, ambling about her next back to drachma. to handle employee-partner vio - her to go home and see her fam - mal like every other kid — 'Hey, phase in life, a professor made a Dukakis said “a lot of us lence issues. ily doctor. There, she and her I look OK, I can have fun.'" prediction: "'You were born to be warned against it because once She joined the private sector family received news they never She said she watched fellow a state's attorney,'" he told her. went of the drachma and after spending several years in expected for an 18-year-old patients suffer the same agoniz - the Cook County state's attorney's woman just beginning life on her ing treatment only to throw up Continued on page 4 Continued on page 5 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012 Forgotten Islanders Help One Another GOINGS ON... n NOVEMBER 9 n NOVEMBER 16 By Constantine S. Sirigos MANHATTAN – The Archdioce - MANHATTAN – The 24th annual TNH Staff Writer san Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Dinner Gala honoring New York Philoptochos invites you to their State Senator Michael Gianaris, NEW YORK – Within two days annual Chrysanthemum Ball 12th District for his Dedication of the hammering the New York honoring Spiros Voutsinas Pres - to Public Service and Attorney Metropolitan Area received from ident and CEO of Atlantic Bank of the Year Kirk Karabelas, Esq. hurricane Sandy, the phone calls and supporting Ronald McDon - Karabelas and Papagianopoulos, that flooded TNH made it clear ald House New York on Friday, LLP and Chairman, Alma Bank. that the massive media coverage November 9 at the Pierre Hotel The Black Tie Optional affair was nevertheless selective. Read - in Manhattan. Reservations: will be held on Friday, Nov. 16 ers from New Jersey – who re - $300; Young Professionals (18- at the Pierre Hotel in Manhat - futed early reports that the Greek 35 years of age) $200. RSVP tan. Cocktails at 7PM, Dinner and Cypriot Community had not (preferably before the Ball): immediately following. Live en - suffered much damage – and es - Carol Contos 212-861-3272; tertainment by Panos Chrysover - pecially from Staten Island, in - [email protected] or gis and Aphrodite Daniels. AD - vited TNH reporters to witness Nellie Logothetides 212-249- VANCE RESERVATIONS ONLY – for themselves the devastation. 7244. For the young profession - NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE And surreal scenes of boat after als: Madelene Lambiris 212-423- DOOR. For reservations and in - boat piled up against homes and 0783 [email protected] Rallou formation please email Stacey utility poles two blocks inland. Zervoudakis 212-737 -6267; Pappas at. [email protected] or The storm’s human dimension [email protected]. call 917 -842-6534 by November became apparent as soon as TNH 2. staff emerged from their car, MANHATTAN – The community which was filled with gas before is invited to meet the renowned HARTFORD, CT - Rachmani - the storm hit -the few gas stations Greek painter and sculptor Van - noff’s All Night Vigil will be per - open in Queens promised a two gelis Rinas are the opening re - formed at St. George Greek Or - hour long wait but no guarantees ABOVE: John Antonopoulos, ception fo ran exhibit of his lat - thodox Cathedral, 433 Fairfield that one could fill his tank. president of AHEPA Chapter est work titled “Palimpsests of Ave, in Hartford, Friday, Nov. The concerns of most metro - 349 (heart) and George Kar - Time.” At the TENRI Cultural In - 16 at 7:30PM. The Maine-based politan area residents shifted avitis, stand with a man serv - stitute of NY at 43A West 13th Rachmaninoff Choir will per - from the loss of electricity to fears ing at the command post set Street, 6-8 PM on November 9. form a concert of Russian sacred that gasoline would not be avail - up by the FDNY. LEFT: “If you For more information about the music - Sergei Rachmaninoff’s able, but for a significant fraction didn’t see it you wouldn’t be - artist and his work, please, visit beloved “All Night Vigil” - one of the population, electricity and lieve it,” must have been said his website:http://www.vange - of the greatest works of modern gas were their least concerns. many times in the aftermath lisrinas.com/ Russian Orthodox Church music. TRAGEDY’S COSTS of Hurricane Sandy on Staten Admission is free - and open to It was immediately clear that Island. n NOVEMBER 10 the public. Ample parking avail - the cost of such natural disasters QUEENS – The Hellenic Society able. For information www.stge - is not measured by the days with - Ten foot high walls of water of St. Johns invites all to Greek orgecathedral.org - Reception at out electricity, or the insurance emerged from their once-friendly Night @ St. John’s University on conclusion of the concert. payouts, or the official damage sea, littering their public tennis November 10, from 7 PM to estimates – one report cites a $50 courts and softball fields with midnight. Tradition dance, n NOVEMBER 19 billion price tag – rather, the full sand that is welcome only be - catered dinner, live music that MANHATTAN – The community story is seen in the eyes of the tween the boardwalks and the will transport you to the is invited to join Dean Skelos, residents whose lives will never surf, and trespassing and tram - Mediterranean. Tickets: Gen - John Catsimatidis & Hellenic be the same. pling their carefully manicured eral: $40; Children ages 3-12 Celebrity Chef Maria Loi for an Some have lost neighbors for - lawns, before the ultimately in - $15; Students with IS: $20. St. evening of authentic Greek ever – Staten Island has counted sult to their hard-earned home - Johns IS: $15. Security requires recipes in support of NY State 19 deaths so far, including the ownership: the seawater surged state photo ID for all guests. Assemblywoman Nicole Mallio - heartbreaking loss of “Two young into their living rooms and filled RESVP: call Meghan Alexeas takis on Monday, Nov. 19, 6-8PM brothers swept from the arms of have never heard of New York ernors of New York and New Jer - their basements. The odor of sea - 516-343-9175. at Loi Restaurant, 208 W. 70th their mother by the violent sea City’s outermost and least popu - sey, and Mayor Michael water, much stronger and much Street.$250, $500, $1,000, Host: at the height of Superstorm lous borough. Bloomberg have been at citizens’ closer than what they were used NOVEMBER 12 $2,500. The fundraiser was orig - Sandy were found dead in a As the search for bodies con - side from the start of the crisis. to, prevailed throughout. MANHATTAN —The American inally scheduled for October 29 marsh Thursday, a tragic excla - tinued, the Fire Department of In additional to making sure Most of the neighborhoods Hellenic Institute (AHI) Business but was postponed due to hurri - mation mark on an epic storm,” the City of New York set up a everything is being handled prop - that were visited were not afflu - Network and The New York cane Sandy. You can rsvp di - as ABC News reported. command post that is being run erly, they also bring encouraging ent and much overtime and Chapter of AHI request the plea - rectly to Catsimatidis' office by Until late Wednesday govern - by its Incident Management words, stressing the Metropolitan sweat and sacrifice were neces - sure of your company at our calling Matt Wanning 212-956- ment agencies - ranging from the Team – in the past, they travelled area’s renowned ability to bounce sary to purchase their now-ru - Monthly Informal Networking 5803, or use the Assembly - Federal Emergency Management far to assist in other disasters like back from disasters. ined homes. Reception for members and woman's campaign link here: Agency (FEMA) to New York Hurricane Katrina in New Or - It is understandably difficult, Between Hylan Boulevard, guests at Avra Restaurant on https://secure.piryx.com/do - City’s Office of Emergency Man - leans, now search and rescue however, for people who a few one of Staten Island’s main drags, Monday, Nov. 12. 141 East 48th nate/qavfds3I/nicole-mallio - agement (OEM) seemed to be teams from far as Massachusetts, weeks prior to the storm de - which was made almost impass - Street (Between Lexington and takis/. Make check or credit card AWOL. Along with average citi - Maryland and Virginia are assist - lighted in their homes right on able in some places by standing 3rd Avenues) in Manhattan. payable to: Nicole for New York. zens, local officials took the lead, ing their efforts. There were even the beach and the parks of the water and the Eastern coast, 212- 759-8550. Cash bar & com - such as NY State Assembly - R.O.T.C. volunteers and high Gateway National Recreational structural damage corresponds plimentary hors d' oeuvres. The TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Center woman Nicole Malliotakis and school and college students help - Area to see beyond the piles of to the kind of homes one finds. reception always takes place the for Gulf Coast Folklife Programs her colleagues in the state legis - ing in the house-to-house search furniture and other remnants of But everyone’s homes suffered second Monday of the month. Fall 2012 Workshops. Bouzouki lature and the City Council. They for the missing. their lives, still soaked with sea - flooded first floors and base - Please RSVP to Col. Andonios Workshops: Hosted by George organized volunteers and TOO SOON FOR OPTIMISM water, sitting in their front yards, ments, whether they were 80 Neroulias at [email protected] by Soffos. Sundays, 2-4 PM, Nov. reached out to national and re - FOR SOME waiting to be carted away by the year-old bungalows or new brick November 10. 11, 18, & 25, Dec. 2, 9, & 16, gional media who seemed to Local officials such as the gov - Department of Sanitation. constructions. The bungalows Heritage Museum, 100 Beekman were lifted off their settings by n NOVEMBER 13 Lane, Craig Park in Tarpon the surge – some are tilting now MANHATTAN - The Hellenic Springs. October 21 class will be precariously, marked by bright American Cultural Foundation is at the Center for Gulf Coast Folk - red cards that warn people – in - delighted at the opportunity to life, 101 S. Pinellas Avenue in cluding the owners – not to enter. sponsor an event exemplifying Tarpon Springs. $5 per class. Some homes with walls consist - significant contributions of Greek George Soffos is considered by ing only of a single slab of culture to the musical world and many to be the best bouzouki sheetrock and some stucco were affirming the rich heritage of the player born outside of Greece. ripped open, now exposed to the Greek community. Greek-Amer - Classes will be divided into be - elements. ican pianist John Kamfonas per - ginning (2-3pm) and advanced Some ten or so Greek resi - forms an evening of solo and en - (3-4pm) sections. There will be dents welcomed TNH’s visit, but semble music highlighting Greek a few bouzoukis available for be - requested their names not be works of the past and present on ginning students. published. Those who own busi - Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7PM at Merkin Greek Cooking Classes: Satur - nesses are assessing the situation. Hall in Manhattan, followed by days, 12-2pm, Nov. 10 & 17, Saf - The Colonnade Diner, a substan - a reception for audience and per - ford House, 23 Parkin Ct, in Tar - tial restaurant and catering hall formers. Mr. Kamfonas will be pon Springs. $20 per class, $18 owned by the Platis Family, ap - joined after intermission by man - for Cultural Treasures members, peared to be completely surround dolinist Sebastiaan de Grebber $10 for students with ID cards. THE CHIAN FEDERATION by water at the corner of Hylan for the performance of Greek- Excellent community cooks 44-01 Broadway, Astoria, N Υ 11103 • (718) 204-2550 Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue, American composer Victor teach the delicious cuisine of the www.chianfed.org its across-the-street neighbor, Kioulaphides’ virtuosic Rhapsody Greek islands and Cyprus, and Mike’s Souvlaki Express, owned for mandolin and piano, fol - everyone enjoys a meal together by the Moudatsos family, is also lowed by the premiere of Mr. after the class. Join us for food, now a Greek island in the new Kioulaphides’ “Piano Trio”, per - fun, and fascinating cultural in - Hylan Sea. He owns six other formed by Mr. Kamfonas, cellist sights at the historic Safford ELEFTHERIA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION stores in Manhattan, but Mou - Caleb van der Swaagh, and vio - House! November 10: Halki – datsos told TNH he will have to linist Sharon Park. The program Nikki Christu –fakorizo halkitiko SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2012 “rebuild from zero,” on Staten Is - features works by Manos Hadji - (lentils with pasta & fried land. dakis and Victor Kioulaphides, onions) and horiatki(village- The Liturgy and Memorial Services sponsored jointly by The Chian Federation and the Panchiaki “Korais” With its Greek-American flags whose piano trio will be pre - style) cabbage salad; November Society will be celebrated by Archbishop Demetrios at the Holy Trinity Cathedral located at 319 East waving in a calmer wind, the miered, alongside solo works of 17: Cyprus – Yiota Theofanus & 74th Street, New York, N.Y.10021. After the Memorial Services there will an Eleftheria Centennial Colonnade resembled a cruise American composer Samuel Bar - Eleonora Yiallouros – kleftiko Celebration Luncheon at The Chian Federation Hellenic American Cultural Center, located at 44-01 ship at sea. It is hoped that there ber, Franz Liszt, and Ferruccio lamb and pishies (dessert) Ex - Broadway, Astoria, Queens, New York. A bus will be provided at The Chian Federation Hellenic is only limited damage as most Busoni. Tickets can be purchased hibition: Sacred Arts. Sept. 27- American Cultural Center to take attendees to and back from the Holy Trinity Cathedral to attend the of the facilities are lifted by con - by visiting the Merkin Hall Box Nov. 30, Center for Gulf Coast Eleftheria Centennial Celebration Luncheon. crete pylons onto a platform the Office or by calling 212 501 Folklife Gallery, 101 S. Pinellas water never reached. TNH has 3330. Tickets can also be pur - Ave. Religion has been the in - been unable to communicate chased online at www.kaufman- spiration for a rich array of artis - ELEFTHERIA CENTENTENIAL NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST with the family. center.org/mch. General Admis - tic creations. Whether conveyed Many boats from the island’s sion $25; Student / Senior through architecture, painting, The Chian Federation is pleased to announce the results of the Eleftheria Centennial National Essay Contest marinas are now parked inland Tickets $15. music, vestments, needle arts, in the following categories: as streets leading to the sea be - custom, or ritual, beauty in the came rivers and inlets at the n NOVEMBER 15 expression of the Sacred is an HIGH SCHOOL: height of the storm, their latest, TENAFLY, NJ – The important aspect of many reli - 1st prize - Angeliki Nikoletta Tsoumpariotis - Herricks High School unplanned journey terminated by PTO/Mother’s Club of the Cathe - gious traditions. 2nd prize - Demetrios Kyriannis - Manhasset High School homes or utility poles. Pieces of dral of St. John the Theologian 3rd prize - Kira Tsougarakis - Dwight Englewood High School the marinas – docks, boardwalks, is hosting its annual Tricky Tray n NOTE TO OUR READERS fences, have washed up far from Auction on Thursday, Nov. 15 at This calendar of events section UNDERGRADUATE: their original locations. One large 353 Clinton Avenue in Tenafly. is a complimentary service to the 1st prize - Eric (Kafantaras) Hand – University of Rochester sailboat was torn from its perma - Prizes include gift certificates for Greek American community. All 2nd prize - Daphne Karidas – Adelphi University nent moorings. It now rests – spa services and to restaurants, parishes, organizations and in - chain, anchor, mooring and all, electronics, and much more. stitutions are encouraged to e- 3rd prize - Sophia Scoufaras – Saint John University two miles away from its marina. Doors open at 6:30PM. Admis - mail their information regarding Land vehicles fared no better sion tickets ($10) can be pur - the event 3-4 weeks ahead of GRADUATE: than their ocean-going relatives chased online at www.trickly - time, and no later than Monday 1st prize - Irene Milonas Maris - Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University in the storm. Some were battered tray.myevent.com or by calling of the week before the event, to 2nd prize - Dimos Karidas – MBA Zickland School of Business – Baruch College by flying trees, thrown into gul - the Church office at 201-567- english.edition@thenationalher - 3rd prize - Christina Kosmidis - Queens College lies, or hurled against homes. 5072. ald.com Some were flipped up and over. One is now standing on its front CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS, end against a building, as if some QUESTION OF THE WEEK AND ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS Godzilla had passed through, randomly picking up and tossing FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION cars here and there. Vote on our website! Residents told TNH many The first prize essay in each category will be published in the Homeric Award , Centennial Commemorative homes would have to be rebuilt You have the chance to express your opinion on our website Journal, (3 essays) which will be distributed at the 33rd Homeric Award Gala on Friday, 26 October 2012. as soaked sheetrock is not merely on an important question in the news. The results will be pub - The prizes will be given to each recipient on 11 November 2012 at the Eleftheria Centennial Celebration worthless but poses health haz - lished in our printed edition next week along with the question of the Liberation of Chios at the Chian Federation Hellenic American Cultural Center. ards. The homes of some lucky for that week. families weathered the storm The question this week is: Are you surprised that Barack BOOK PUBLISHING RELEASE – “CHIOS 1822 – 1912 From Massacre to Liberation. with only the loss of a few shin - Obama won reelection? Selections from the International Literature of the Period, compiled by Nicholas Papagiannakis and gles, but it seems that everyone o Yes sponsored by The Chian Federation. on the island knows someone o No who was abused by Sandy, whose The results for last week’s question: Do you have faith in winds have ceased but with the accuracy of the presidential race opinion polls? whose unwelcome visit has con - 25 % voted "Yes" ADMISSION IS FREE sequences that scar both land - 75 % voted "No" scape and psyche. Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012 COMMUNITY 3 Sandy Strikes Brooklyn and Queens; Residents Picking up the Pieces

Continued from page 1 that somehow became filled with carbon monoxide. He church groups bringing supplies opened his home, as precarious of clothing, hot pasta and water a venue as it had become, to because “these people didn’t neighbors born and raised in have anything. Literally noth - Russia, parishioners in fact, flee - ing.” She said even now, when ing the invisible but deadly a week later, “there is a nice set- fumes. up with clothing and hot meals, Cut off from his parishioners, it’s not government, it’s the com - and with limited phone service, munity, local officials and com - he did his best to learn of their munity organizations and needs and coordinate assis - restaurants and stores that are tance. feeding the neighborhood. As a Rockaway resident for “The community took it into nine years. Sophia Vailakis took our own hands and I’m very the storm seriously. She and her proud of my community,” she husband Lenny moved as many said. People observe with shock the homes and businesses destroyed things as possible to the second “We went down the blocks, by Sandy in the Rockaways. floor of her home and raised her door to door finding the peo - furniture onto two-by-fours, ple.” Government agencies sent three children and his wife boilers and water heaters. Cars, never imagining there would be out vans but nobody knows they Maryann. “I felt it was a good some of which literally floated five feet of water in her house. are there. Malliotakis has the life lesson to be taught them.” away from where they were The couple, who live there whole east shore of Staten Is - He agreed it makes people ap - parked, were totally ruined by with their 10 year-old daughter land, “all the areas that are dev - preciate what they have. “It was the raging seawater. and a stepson, always wanted astated.” amazing, seeing people’s entire Father Pappas’ family has to live by the water. “Most of homes just in a pile on their been in Sheepshead Bay for the time it’s wonderful,” she Evans Kotsis and front lawn.” more than 80 years. He has said. AHEPA chapter 41 has also served in far-flung places that Residents with mortgages are his family helped marshaled members and their witness many a ravaging up - required to carry flood insur - those in need: friends, as did Boy Scout Troop heaval of nature, including the ance, but that does not cover 531 that is based at the Church brutal winters of the Upper Mid - the contents of homes. Vailakis “We are counting of the Three Hierarchs in Brook - west, and the political and at - was about to purchase renters our blessings after lyn. The facilities of the parish mospheric storms of the Korean insurance that would have cov - in the Midwood section of peninsula, but he told TNH he ered the $10-15,000 worth of seeing what happened Brooklyn emerged undamaged, has never experienced the likes goods that were destroyed, but around us.” being on high ground far from of Sandy. they had not done so in time for the ocean, but its parishioners At first, the storm, with its the storm – they had other She coordinated two major were not spared, and neither peculiar lack of rain, did not things on their mind. Her hus - volunteer efforts, posting a note was its pastor of three decades, cause him distress, but an intu - On the second floor, a child’s possessions were safe, but they band is being treated for liver on Facebook calling for people the Very Rev. Eugene Pappas. ition spurred him the look out - would have been swamped in the first floor. cancer. to meet in a certain place at Dozens of families who re - side his door, only to see a tor - Their focus has now shifted 9AM Saturday and to bring their side in the Rockaways and other rent of water approaching. At ploded, crackling menacingly were manifest. The floodwaters to things like engineers reports own equipment, shovels, low lying areas like Bergen first he feared being swept away, for longer than one would want mixed with home heating oil, – their home’s foundation may brooms, garbage bags, etc. Beach and Mill Basin experi - but soon seized by the sight to experience causing him dizziness. Father be irreparably damaged, and as - Home Depot and other stores enced flooding that ruined blue flames shooting out of a Elements of a storm experi - Pappas told TNH of neighbors sistance they needed to give to delivered some items. everything from furniture to Con Edison transformer that ex - ence one never imagines soon fleeing an apartment building neighbors in greater distress. She wasn’t sure what to ex - pect. 800 people showed up! Evans Kotsis responded like most New Yorkers to news of the approaching storm, viewing Archdiocese, Philoptochos are Part of Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort the reports as so much media hype, but it turned out to be an eye-opening experience. “We TNH Staff of the victims of Hurricane Direct Archdiocesan District and Metropolis of New Jersey, and “Assistance will include the are counting our blessings after Sandy. the Holy Metropolis of New Jer - the Direct Archdiocesan Dis - normal items that are needed seeing what happened around NEW YORK – In addition to A special collection was made sey.” trict.” when disaster strikes, such as us.” spontaneous volunteer efforts at the Archdiocesan Cathedral Skeadas sent a letter to Na - The Metropolis of New Jersey warm clothing, food, blankets His neighborhood was not and initiatives of local leaders on November 4, with the pro - tional Board Members, Chapter informed TNH that “under the and shelter. Additionally, the hit hard, but he went to lend a and organizations like AHEPA, ceeds to be sent to a separate Presidents, and Philoptochos guidance of Metropolitan Evan - Metropolis of NJ Philoptochos hand on Staten Island. His Philoptochos is busy assessing National Philoptochos Hurricane Stewards, informing them that gelos, Anne Michals has given has set up a ‘special disaster koumbaro James Vavas owns a the aftermath Hurricane Sandy Sandy Relief Fund. National District President Maria Skiadas the directive to all Metropolis of fund’ within the purview of their Nationwide Insurance office. and its effects on the community. 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Offer Expires 11/30/12 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012 Inspiring Innovators: Paziotopoulos Demonstrates Value of Survival

Continued from page 1 The then-new Domestic Vio - lence. She seems poised to help lence Division, Paziotopoulos told teach a new, upcoming genera - He was right. the Chicago Tribune in 1997, tion of women, of girls and Paziotopoulos graduated from would require "someone who can daughters like Anastasia. the University of Illinois in 1987, be very patient, someone who People react differently when concentrating on speech commu - can be understanding, who can facing adversity, Paziotopoulos' nications, and went on to earn look at the big picture." former boss Devine said. her law degree from the IIT Cases often drag along for "It just nurtured in Pam a de - Chicago-Kent College of Law in months and years, creating a re - sire to set goals and accomplish 1990. volving door of attorneys. things," he said. Her next stop — the Cook Paziotopoulos said she recog - "What she has gone through County state's attorney's office. nized this as a problem and, in did allow her to empathize with Learning on the job founding and heading the new victims who went through a per - Paziotopoulos said she re - division, persuaded attorneys sonal challenge of a different na - members sitting with a domestic joining the department to com - ture. She saw the many dimen - abuse victim in the state's attor - mit to spending two years in this sions" of victims' struggles, he ney's office, listening in confused area. said. anguish. "Domestic violence cases often That ambition borne of battle "She was telling me how go - are not where ambitious prose - helps Paziotopoulos juggle con - ing home was such a prison for cutors want to cut their teeth," sulting while teaching as an ad - her and how she would want to Paziotopoulos said. junct professor at IIT Chicago- work later, because she just But, she said, "I didn't take no Kent and remaining active with dreaded going home," she said. for an answer." groups including the Association "That just struck a chord with "Pam's upbeat personality of Threat Assessment Profession - me." helped her," Devine said of suc - als and the Chicago Metropolitan The scenario proved the op - cessfully lobbying lawyers to stick Battered Women's Network. posite of Paziotopoulos' life, of with the fledgling division. A life threatening illness has taught Pamela Paziotopoulos the importance of fighting for She also recently served on her secure and safe upbringing, Paziotopoulos said she re - oneself and for others. And the beauty of moments like playtime with her daughter. the public safety committee of of how she felt at home, she said. membered the division's start as Mayor Rahm Emanuel's transi - "My parents' home was such harried and exciting. imize the Impact of Domestic Vi - "Anyone going through this, "'Make sure Nicky doesn't fall tion team. a refuge, even when they weren't "It was probably the craziest olence and Stalking in the Work - their productivity diminishes," down the stairs, watch Nicky,'" She does all this while raising there; it was just such a safe time in my life, working 16-hour place," which appeared in a 2008 Patterson said. her parents used to tell her. Anastasia and helping eradicate place," she said. "I couldn't imag - days," she said. ABA book called "Preventing and Runge praised Paziotopoulos They attended church and the damaging legacy of domestic ine that feeling, that feeling of She became prosecutor and Managing Workplace Violence." for recognizing that "the criminal played group basketball together. violence. not wanting to go home, that it politician, jockeying for more Runge called it a "lovely ex - justice system can only do so Fast forward almost 30 years, she "Eliminating potential harm to was some kind of prison." courtrooms, building space and perience" collaborating with much" and for finding a niche and Gialamas ran into each other innocent people will become, And yet, she said, this woman even desks for her small depart - Paziotopoulos, whom she praised that calls attention to the damage and he told her about an em - hopefully, my signature to soci - before her could easily have been ment. for being magnanimous with her domestic violence does outside ployee at his firm, Forest Finan - ety," she said. her — been any educated, pro - Under her watch, the division advice in combining their work. the home. cial Group, who seemed to be a She recalled her "crazy Greek, fessionally successful woman. prosecuted at least 100,000 cases Paziotopoulos, Runge said, "To see that need and dedicate domestic violence victim. 98-year-old grandma," her name - That there is no "profile" of an a year as well as established pro - possesses a rare ability to view her expertise to it is a gift," Runge "He said, 'This is a really im - sake. When the elder Pamela — domestic violence as a problem said. portant issue,'" Paziotopoulos who owned a restaurant with afflicting and spanning a victim's SUMMONING THE said. Paziotopoulos' grandfather — got private and personal lives . STRENGTH, AGAIN After chatting with robbed by gunmen years ago, she "She's been incredibly power - Three years ago, Paziotopou - Paziotopoulos about her expan - refused to give the masked as - ful," Runge said, "because she has los began preparing for a vaca - sive experience in this area, the sailants her purse. Eventually, that holistic vision as well." tion. issue hit home even more for Gi - they relented, she said. Runge, who has not practiced As the 45-year-old waited for alamas. "She's the toughest cookie I criminal law, called Paziotopou - her routine mammogram, she "I'm the father of three chil - know," she said. "She's been a los' criminal background "hugely ran over a to-do list in her head: dren, two of them are girls," he mentor to me, as far as strength." important," saying it was a fitting Buy a bathing suit, pick up sun - said. "It's such an important topic. Paziotopoulos said she hopes complement to her workplace screen. Because of her predispo - Talking to Pam, my wheels just she can exhibit some of that background when they provided sition to cancer, she underwent started spinning." strength not only in her own per - real-world business logistics to regular, uneventful mammo - They established Forest Advi - sonal battle but also in helping tackle partner violence. grams for several years. Until that sors in August 2011. Paziotopou - victims of domestic violence and Runge lauded Paziotopoulos day. los' projects with Forest Advisors their employers. for acknowledging the impact of The results of this latest test include producing instructional "You can get through, no mat - violence not only on the victim, showed an aggressive form of videos and materials for colleges ter what, you can get to that but also on the employers who Stage 2 breast cancer — about and universities about Title IX, other side," she said. "That's what might otherwise be wary of how 20 years after her first bout with sexual abuse and domestic vio - we try to do." a domestic case may affect them cancer. legally. "I don't remember how I got Often, an initial hurdle arises home," she said. "I was just in to - What inspires Pamela Paziotopoulos? in convincing employers that a tal shock. I never thought once nATAlie bATTAGliA workplace violence policy han - about getting breast cancer. I Pamela Paziotopoulos, senior vice president of Forest Advisors, dling domestic cases proves valu - thought I was done." Who mentored you early in a division of Forest Financial Group Inc., delivered a presenta - able not only to workers but also Her 9-year-old daughter, your career? I was lucky tion with John P. Savas, senior vice president of Forest Advisors, to the company, Runge said. Anastasia — named after enough to have a dream team during a meeting with the heads of Forest Financial Group. Many business leaders may deem Paziotopoulos' mother — was for my mentors: (U.S. District such cases a personal, private just 6 at the time. Judge) Charles Kocoras, abuse victim both stymied and grams and partnerships with matter to be avoided at the office, "This time, it was a different Richard Devine and (IIT fascinated her. other city departments to provide she said. motivation — to be my daugh - Chicago-Kent College of Law "Lots of women, lots of very victims with housing and job sup - "She has done great work ter's mother," she said. "Failure professor) David Erickson. intelligent women, from good port throughout their cases. reaching out to employers," was not an option. Damn it, I'm What music do you listen families, are taken in by these "To see the relief on that vic - Runge said of Paziotopoulos. "It's going to raise my kid." to for inspiration? Fleetwood predators," Paziotopoulos said. tim's face, to get those kids out not one-sided. That's really hard. Paziotopoulos called chemo Mac. "It has to be an interdiscipli - of that abusive environment, It's rare to have two-sided credi - treatment, juggling work and Name a person who in - nary approach," she said of pros - you're helping them break the cy - bility." motherhood as her body roiled a spires you. The two Anas - ecuting domestic cases. cle," she said. Rick Patterson, former direc - "horrific time." At times, she tasias in my life, my mom and In many cases, victims may In 2000, Today's Chicago tor of security at Chicago's Sidley could barely make it up the stairs my daughter. not have worked in 20 years. She Woman named her one of 100 Austin, agreed, calling of her old Victorian home. "It was What’s the biggest change Pamela Paziotopoulos trains needed to ask the victim what women making a difference in Paziotopoulos' work with the firm so much harder this time, as a in the legal community? twice a week would happen to her if her hus - Chicago. instrumental in establishing its mother," she said. "I can't even Obviously, there have been band went to prison. She took Paziotopoulos began focusing threat assessment policies. compare it." numerous changes in the field. However, within my area, I particular note of how complex on how active a role a victim's He touted Paziotopoulos' cred - As they did once before, her would cite the expanded knowledge base acquired by the judi - the cases involving immigrants workplace and work life played ibility in both prosecuting domes - family helped her through treat - ciary who hear domestic violence and related cases. In contrast often seemed. in domestic cases. tic violence cases as well as work - ment, watching over Paziotopou - to when I initially pleaded these cases before them, they are She worked with the profiling "They're putting the address ing with businesses to ensure los' daughter when necessary. light-years ahead in terms of understanding the salient and unit of the FBI, analyzing domes - of the business on the restraining their own assets — including This summer, she received a substantive issues involved, especially the risk assessment as - tic violence homicides. She ob - order — to protect everyone they their most important, their em - clean scan and remains focused pects. served teachable patterns, com - work with," she said. "But they're ployees — are protected. on her recovery. On the profes - What is the biggest day-to-day challenge? mon denominators in the not sharing that information with She proved instrumental in sional front, she now works with Besides the medical challenges and raising a daughter as a homicides, including the high- their boss. They're not sharing convincing other members of the a longtime family friend in a spin- single mom, it’s my current preparations in establishing a new risk time of when a woman that information with anyone." firm of the value in establishing off of his employee benefits con - department, Forest Advisors, within Forest Financial Group wants to end a relationship. "You have to be proactive to - procedures to deal with em - sulting firm. while creating a service that is on the cutting edge of training She learned, and began to day," she said of businesses. ployee domestic issues, including Paziotopoulos has known corporate and public employees on detecting and handling vi - preach, of the importance of col - In 2002, she left full-time legal how to engage in a criminal case Nicholas Gialamas since his child - olence assaults in the workplace. laboration among prosecutors, work to form her own consulting against an offender. hood, when she baby-sat him. victim's advocates, law enforce - firm, The Paziotopoulos Group. ment and other groups in seeking The practice focused on provid - the best outcome of a criminal ing training and guidance in case. workplace violence protection. In 1996, she moved to Wash - She advised clients like the The Athens Dialogues at Harvard ington, D.C., to work as a senior U.S. Department of Justice, attorney with the American Pros - Caterpillar Inc. and Pfizer Inc. on ecutors Research Institute's Crim - establishing procedures to pre - Continued from page 1 inal Prosecution Division, the re - vent and protect against violence. searching and training arm of the She also toured the country lec - something called productivity, National District Attorneys Asso - turing and training on how best rather than in terms of ideas.” ciation. to react to domestic violence Constantinos Daskalakis, As - She traveled to 38 states, cases in the office and in court. sistant Professor of Electrical En - training others on how to deal She helped produce a set of gineering and Computer Science with domestic violence and learn - instructional videos and training at MIT, spoke on the theme ing the best practices of prose - materials for the Center for Per - “Economics, Engineering and cuting offices throughout the sonal Protection and Safety, pub - Computation.” Sean Kelly Pro - country. lished in 2009 and called "Silent fessor of Philosophy at Harvard, "Most importantly, I was really Storm." spoke about “Physics, Techne, learning how various jurisdic - The materials cite U.S. Bureau and Bestand. Albert Borgmann, tions respond to domestic vio - of Justice statistics that show 85 Professor of Philosophy at the lence cases," she said. percent of all victims of intimate University of Montana, dis - It shocked her to see how one partner violence are women and cussed “What is Technological county may focus on convicting that the problem takes a particu - Literacy? Techne and Stoicheia.” a perpetrator, treating the victim larly destructive toll on the work - George Khushf, Professor of Phi - as simply a witness in a crime, place. losophy and Director of the whereas another might favor her "Silent Storm" reports that Center for Bioethics University approach, to see a solution that businesses sustain $3 billion to of South Carolina, spoke on the ensures victims can support $4 billion a year in employee lost issue: “Doctor, something isn’t themselves and their families at wages, productivity and time right: on the techne of trans - a case's outcome. away from work. forming a patient’s lack of ease That perspective would be - While partnering with Robin into disease.” Joseph Brain, Pro - come invaluable when Cook Runge, an assistant professor of fessor at the Harvard School of County called her home in 1997. housing and employment law at Public Health spoke about “De - Then-Cook County State's At - the University of North Dakota terminants of healthy aging.” torney Richard Devine wanted to School of Law, Paziotopoulos Suzanne Anker, Visual Artist, establish a division to specifically helped publicize how a victim's Theorist, School of Visual Arts, handle domestic violence cases workplace and co-workers might NYC, discussed the topic “Inter - Constantinos Daskalakis , the youngest full professor at MIT, during his presentation. and called Paziotopoulos to gar - suffer. weaving traditional and experi - ner her advice. Runge said she first met mental media” and John Du - pressed his satisfaction for the of Education and another one San Francisco, and Los Angeles, "We knew we wanted to make Paziotopoulos through the Amer - rant, MIT Museum Director and success of the Athens Dialogues on the Immigration in Greece.” where he expressed the idea of domestic violence a top priority," ican Bar Association, where Adjunct Professor in the Sci - at Harvard University. He spoke Ambassador Lukas Tsilas told a permanent philosophical dia - Devine said. Runge worked as director of the ence, Technology and Social about “the program of the TNH that “the idea of the Athens logue not only of the permanent "I told them, 'This is what you group's Commission on Domestic Program, spoke on “The role of Athens Dialogues which was re - Dialogues was established with questions that exist from the an - should do, how you should do Violence. informal media in facilitating ally a revelation when we had the personal initiative of Antonis cient times, but also of the con - it,'" Paziotopoulos said. "I wasn't "I knew of her reputation way public engagement with science 50,000 people attending them Papademetriou President of the temporary questions that are really ready to come do it." before I met her," Runge said. and technology.” in Athens and they were contin - Onassis Foundation five years created by the science, technol - But Devine said he kept other Runge commended Illinois for Professor George Babiniotis, ued at Columbia University and ago and I can say that it was ogy and contemporary life.” plans in mind. boasting strong workplace vio - former president of the Univer - today here at Harvard.” Babini - started here in the United Tsilas called the Conference "Pam came in and she was lence policies, for which Runge sity of Athens and former min - otis also said that “two more Di - States, where Mr. Pa - at Harvard as “a dynamic, live, clearly the right person for the credited Paziotopoulos' input. ister of Education of Greece and alogues will take place in Athens pademetriou held meetings with and advanced level dialogue.” job," Devine said. 'A holistic vi - Together, the pair wrote, member of the Onnasis Founda - on the subject of Digital Tech - 40 or 50 people professors, aca - sion' "What Employers Can Do to Min - tion, in speaking with TNH ex - nology and the Democratization demicians in New York, Boston, By Theodore Kalmoukos THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012 COMMUNITY 5 Michael Dukakis Speaks with TNH about Greece, the Euro and the U.S.

Continued from page 1 which never got anybody out of Electoral College should be abol - majority of the Electoral College recession. Greece now is in great ished. When you basically end up vote that they will vote their elec - adopted the euro it lost a great depression, 25% present unem - with seven or eight states, the toral vote of the national vote, deal of flexibility. You can be a ployment.” rest of sit around like spectators not the vote of the particular valuable member of the Euro - Asked if Greece can now go because it’s all about the so-called state, then you get rid of the Elec - pean Union without been neces - back to drachma, Dukakis battleground states. I think it’s toral College, it’s called National sarily part of the European Mon - replied, “why not?” terrible; there is no incentive on Vote Campaign. Nine states in - etary Union like Great Britain, He dismissed what has been the part of anybody on behalf of cluding Massachusetts have al - Switzerland, Denmark, and a said time and time again by the any state to go out and convince ready voted to do that. That’s the number of them and they are do - Greek and European politicians people to vote, but we all sit way to get rid of it and we can ing fine because they have the that if Greece goes back to down waiting while the candi - have a full-fledged national cam - flexibility to devaluate if they drachma it will be a disaster. dates bumping on each other in paign.” have to and to remain compara - Dukakis said “25% unemploy - seven or eight states in which Dukakis called the spending tive. Once you locked in to the ment in my opinion is a disaster they spent all their time.” of huge amounts of funds for the euro you lose that ability. That right now.” He went a step fur - Dukakis believes that “we campaigns “terrible.” He said doesn’t excuse Greece from its ther saying that “I think it’s al - have not changed the system all “millions of dollars; we don’t problems, the very generous pen - most inevitable. It is not desir - these years because the small even know who is spending it, sions and that type of stuff, but able, but the question is how is states think that they benefit for they don’t have to disclose. We they have lost their ability to re - Greece going to get out of this having the Electoral College and suspect who they are, most of it spond to the situation. Europe in - mess, that’s the issue.” so they resisted change, and of is big corporate money. Where in sists on applying frankly the kind Dukakis is going to visit course if you are going to change the constitution says money is of policies that Romney and Ryan Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife Greece next summer because as you have to amend the constitu - speech? Where does it say cor - believe in. It is not just Greece; Kitty at the funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy. he said “Kitty and I are going to tion.” He also said that “there is porate money is speech? I can’t Portugal has done everything the have our 50th wedding anniver - a way to change the Electoral find it, it’s not there.” European Union asked it to do vations about Greece staying in ple are taking their money out of sary and we are taking our chil - College without amending the Dukakis, who had granted this and yet their unemployment rate the euro. He said “I think trying the country, they have already dren, their spouses, and our eight constitution and this effort is led interview on Monday November is 17% and is rising.” to stick with the euro is a serious done so. First they do not need grandchildren to Greece.” by Common Cause. If a sufficient 5th, had projected that Barack Dukakis also expressed reser - question. To the extent that peo - these kinds of austerity policies Dukakis also said the U.S. number of states representing a Obama would win the election. Obama Wins the Big Prize Again, and the Even Bigger Challenges

Continued from page 1 for the community.” He pointed that complements the Commu - out that “there is no greater ad - nity’s organizations in Washing - hellene Senator Bob Menendez vocate for the Ecumenical Patri - ton and the “very consequential of New Jersey will become the archate and Justice for Cyprus players,” working with both par - new chairman of the Senate For - than Vice President Biden…and ties. eign Relations Committee is a he has a uniquely close relation - Zemenides said HALC “Basi - most welcome development, ship with the President.” Tsunis cally is trying to involve an en - Snowe’s departure leaves a big had the opportunity to hug tirely new generation in estab - void in the community’s pres - them both at the victory party lishing a very loud and ence in the nation’s capital. in Chicago on election night. prominent political voice for our Hopes for Shelley Berkley to Asked whether he thought community.” He emphasized take Snowe’s place in the Senate Obama will be able to do more that the large amount Greeks were dashed when she was nar - for Greece than he could during who live and own businesses in rowly defeated in Nevada. the campaign, Tsunis said em - swing districts represent a huge Among those reelected in the phatically that he knows for a potential for the community’s House were Greek-Americans fact “The president has been voice to become stronger. John Sarbanes and Gus Bili - very helpful…he has reached A veteran of numerous elec - rakis. Dina Titus was returned out to the EU creditor nations tion campaigns, he was im - to the chamber after a one-term and counseled them to give pressed by the Obama opera - hiatus and Nikki Tsongas, the Greece more time on the aus - tion. “In the summer people wife of the late and revered Sen - terity and reform measures…I were railing at the money he ator Paul Tsongas won her elec - think Northern Europe’s posi - was spending, but what they did tion in Massachusetts. tions are softening on these is - not realize was that he spent it In coming weeks, the com - sues,” thanks to Obama. “I know setting 750 field offices nation - munity will learn more of peo - that the President cares about wide, which paid off in a big ple elected to non-federal offices the plight of the people of way.” all over the country. In New Greece.” It paid off for Democrats at - York, the community’s state leg - HALC’s East Coast regional coordinator, Maria Pardalis, welcomed guests on election night There is also something new tending the election night watch islators were all reelected. State and spoke of the importance of getting young professionals more active politically. under the sun in the Commu - parties sponsored by HALC in Senator Michael Gianaris won nity’s efforts to be heard in the Chicago, Los Angeles, and New with 86 percent of the vote and the National Coordinated Effort with the Obama administra - dynamics in the Eastern corridors of power. Endy Ze - York. At Manhattan’s Café Mar - assemblywomen Aravella Simo - of Hellenes, goes into detail tion.” On the other hand, meet - Mediterranean. menides, the Executive Director tinique, HALC’s East Coast re - tas and Nicole Malliotakis won about substantial changes about ings with Romney revealed that The Executive Director of the of the Hellenic American Lead - gional coordinator, Maria their races. to take place in Washington in he was not well-versed on the Order AHEPA, Basil Mossaidis, ership Council (HALC). Pardalis, briefly spoke about the Gianaris’ political voice could an op-ed piece this week’s edi - Communities issues, notwith - told TNH they are “very proud Established earlier this year, group and made sure guests of get considerably louder if his ef - tion of TNH. He believes Amer - standing that Greek-American and pleased that so many Amer - HALC is a nationwide grass all political persuasions enjoyed forts as Chairman of the Demo - ican support for Greece in the Reince Priebus was RNC chair - icans exercised their right to roots advocacy organization the gathering. cratic Senate Campaign Com - face of its economic crisis “can man. “We didn’t get a warm, vote without incident, proving mittee lead to Democrat control and should step up a notch.” fuzzy feeling of enthusiastic sup - that our system works, and tran - of the State Senate – a historic Nick Larigakis, President of port, so it was difficult to rally scends the partisan rhetoric,” development. In the Alice in AHI, congratulated the Presi - behind him even though we that can be so disturbing. “Now Wonderland world of Albany, it dent and Vice President on their were disappointed with we will set our differences aside is still too soon to declare vic - victory and said “we look for - Obama,” and even though on and go forward unified as a 2012 Presidential Race - Update tory – people elected as Democ - ward to the next four years and economic issues the commu - country.” rats or Republicans sometimes engaging them on the issues re - nity’s businessmen were favor - He too hopes that in a second By Constantinos E. Scaros morph into something else not garding U.S. relations with ably disposed towards him. term the Obama administration quite one or the other. Greece and Cyprus. We are still In his experience, presidents will be more responsive to the After months and months of campaigning, debates, and at - Grateful for his own reelec - disappointed in his first term become more receptive to community and its issues and tack ads, Barack Obama won reelection. Mitt Romney mounted tion, Gianaris, like his Greek- based on his 2008 campaign Greek-American issues during said it would be good for the a formidable challenge, but lost. Ho-hum. Was any of that American colleagues, focused promises. Those issues are still their second terms and he said President to show America’s really a surprise? Come on, really? on his constituents, saying "I am outstanding and we will revisit the community has a good rela - support for Greece by visiting This weekly blurb has been a lot of fun to write, and I hope honored to have the opportunity his pledges of 2008.” He said tionship with Senator John early next year, adding “maybe that – even if you didn’t agree with everything I said, or even to continue representing the AHI will seek “tangible and not Kerry, who is being discussed as other Americans will follow anything I said – that you enjoyed reading it. I’m going to miss people of Western Queens and merely rhetorical support for a possible Secretary of State. suit.” writing it, and even though many of us are “all electioned out,” thank them for their votes.” Greece.” The deepening of relations of Greek-American business - the 2016 presidential campaign will be upon us sooner than TNH spoke to numerous Phillip Christopher, the Pres - Greece and Cyprus with Israel man and noted political we think. community leaders about the ident of PSEKA also told TNH will also be helpful, and noted fundraiser George Tsunis be - But before we bid farewell to this weekly update for a while, implications of the election. that on the one hand “the com - that newly discovered hydrocar - lieves Obama and Biden’s re - a few parting words are in order. Andy Manatos, President of munity has not been satisfied bon deposits of Cyprus alter the election is “a golden opportunity I almost hate to remind everyone that week after week I predicted this election’s outcome, because my intention is not to boast “I told you so,” but rather to ask: why couldn’t the Re - publican Party movers and shakers see this coming, too? I cannot imagine that the likes of Newt Gingrich and Charles The Athenians' Society Gala Will Benefit Children Krauthammer – both of whom as recently as a few days ago predicted that Romney would win comfortably – have less of a grasp on American politics than I do. Why, then, would they NEW YORK – The Athenians' They are also setting an ex - it will be the Society’s second cane Sandy. Early next year, af - have made such an absurd claim? Were they lying, or were Society of New York is holding ample by sending representa - delivery of food to that institu - ter the annual vasilopita cutting, they delusional? Either way, it’s troubling. its Gala Dinner Dance on Satur - tives to Greece to supervise the tion whose population has now there will be an artistic event What is truly frightening is that the Republicans still have day, Nov. 10 at the famed Ter - distribution of the food and swelled to 5000 children. for the Community’s budding no idea why they lost, no clue why Romney was not a good race on the Park in Queens. It other items. The energy and enthusiasm artists. $1000 is set aside to be candidate, and no idea how to come up with a better one in will be an evening of great en - Part of the proceeds from the of their members know no awarded to children – $500, 2016. Well, time’s a wastin’ because before they know it, the tertainment and good food and Gala will be sent to Greece to bounds – geographical or the - $300, and $200 – for the three Democrats are going to come back with yet another formidable fellowship, but it is also a party finance the purchase of food for matic: they are also exploring best paintings on a given sub - candidate of their own: Hillary Clinton, with husband Bill right with a purpose. The evening’s the Brefokomeio Athinon making donations to the Red ject, most likely to be Greek In - by her side. proceeds will finance the com - (Foundling Home of Athens) – Cross for the victims of Hurri - dependence Day. ing year’s cultural and philan - thropic endeavors, including aid to Greece. The Gala, whose chairpersons are Sylvia Adamopoulos and Rena Philippou, follows the So - AHEPA Michael Constant ciety’s celebration of the 68th an - niversary of liberation of Athens Chapter # 349 Fund, Inc. from Nazi occupation which was highlighted by a lecture by Pro - STATEN ISLAND, NY fessor Nicholas Alexiou of the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies on Queens Col - AHEPA Chapter # 349 of Staten Island has recognized the urgent need to provide lege. The actual date of the lib - eration is October 12, 1944 and relief to the Staten Island victims of Hurricane Sandy and has created an account the presentation was on October to receive your contributions to be used towards relief efforts. 14 at the Archdiocesan Hellenic Cultural Center in Astoria. We are asking the Greek American Community - including organizations and The members of the Society individuals - to send contributions to a special account created for this purpose. do not limit their expressions of their love for the homeland to celebrations, no matter how Please send or deposit your contributions to any branch office of ALMA BANK worthy the occasion. They are focused on doing all they can to Special Account Name: "DISASTER RELIEF FUND" - ACCOUNT # 0220003831. assist people in need in Greece during the social and economic Our chapter has allocated an amount of $5000 to initiate this relief fund. crisis. The Society has formed a “united front,” in the words of its president, Panos Adamopou - Thank you for any amount that can be contributed to this effort. los, with the newly-established Hellenic Relief Foundation and The Hellenic Medical Society, For more informations please contact Socrates Dapias, chairman (917) 696-6529 . for the purpose of sending money and other forms of relief, including medical supplies, to Greece. The three groups intend their joint effort to be a model Staten Island AHEPA chapter #349, is a 501(c) (3) non profit organization and your contributions for cooperation among Commu - are 100% tax deductible. nity groups for the benefit of Greece and Cyprus. 6 BOOK REVIEW THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012 By the Book: a Conversation with Greek-Am. Author Jeffrey Eugenides

By Jeffrey Eugenides overwhelm their attention. know what? I’ve tried to read already invited Tolstoy,” I tell The New York Times And what’s the best mar - that book three separate times, him. “But Kundera’s coming. riage plot novel ever? and I never get past Page 50. You like Milan. And you guys What book is on your night “The Portrait of a Lady,” by In the end, it was the useless can speak Czech.” “I speak Ger - stand now? Henry James. Unlike the come - books I read at college that have man,” Kafka corrects me. Right now I’m shuttling be - dies of Austen, where the hero - stayed with me. I think of the When Tolstoy hears that Kun - tween “The Map and the Terri - ines all get married at the end, last pages of “Lolita,” where dera’s coming, he drops out. tory,” by the French novelist this book presents an anti-mar - Humbert Humbert hears chil - (Something about an old book Michel Houellebecq, and the riage plot. Old Mr. Touchett dren’s voices and recognizes the review.) So finally I call Joyce, Patrick Melrose novels by Ed - gives Isabel Archer a huge in - harm he’s brought Dolores who’s always available. When ward St. Aubyn, which everyone heritance in order to secure her Haze, and the sentence comes we get to the restaurant, Kafka I know seems to be reading. independence. The irony, how - immediately back: “I stood lis - wants a table in back. He’s Houellebecq’s known for be - ever, is that the money ends up tening to that musical vibration afraid of being recognized. ing a provocateur. He’ll say attracting the wrong suitor. from my lofty slope, to those Joyce, who’s already plastered, things like “Life was expensive James fills the book with the tra - flashes of separate cries with a says, “If anyone’s going to be in the west, it was cold there; ditional energies of a marriage kind of demure murmur for recognized, it’s me.” Kundera the prostitution was of poor plot. You’ve got Caspar Good - background, and then I knew leans over and whispers in my quality.” His book “Platform,” wood and Lord Warburton that the hopelessly poignant ear, “People might recognize us which is about sex tourism and courting Isabel, too, but here the thing was not Lolita’s absence too if we went around with a Islamic terrorism, got him sued heroine makes the wrong choice from my side, but the absence cane.” in France. What’s less appreci - (the connoisseur!), and the of her voice from that concord.” The waiter arrives. When he ated is how acute he is on the question isn’t who will she To see a writer describe the asks about food allergies, Kafka subjects of business and the marry but how will she survive world with such specificity, and hands him a written list. Then macro effects of global capital - her marriage. It’s much darker to learn that this formulation of he excuses himself to go to the ism. His books are the strangest than anything Austen did, and words went beyond words — bathroom. As soon as he’s gone, confections: part Gallic anomie, it leads straight to the moral am - that it taught you about pity and Kundera says, “The problem part sociological analysis, part biguities and complexities of the shame, as well as beauty, liveli - with Kafka is that he never got Harold Robbins. He says a lot modern novel. ness and compassion — that’s enough tail.” We all snicker. of depressing, un-American And the most useful book what stuck with me. Not a co - Joyce orders another bottle of things I get a big kick out of. you read while at Brown? herent system, maybe. But a few wine. Finally, he turns and looks constellations to set my course Greek American author Jeffrey Eugenides. at me through his dark glasses. by. “I’m reading your new book,” Any guilty reading plea - low’s talent fills Atlas with envy. could give the director a few he says. “Oh?” I say. “Yes,” says The author of sures — book, periodical, on - And so he avoids any true ac - words of advice, what would Joyce. “The Marriage Plot” line? counting of the work to spend they be? You’ve said your next book The only thing I’m high- his time telling the reader that Well, I should be able to give will be a collection of stories. and “Middlesex” minded about is literature. It’s Bellow wasn’t so hot in the sack, the director a few words of ad - Any recent short story collec - says the best marriage plot not an elitist stance; it’s tem - etc. But readers of literary bi - vice, because I’m co-writing the tions you’d recommend? peramental. Whenever I try to ographies don’t want to sleep screenplay with him. In fact, we How about a long story? novel of all time is read a thriller or a detective with their subjects; they want had drinks the other day, and I Claire Keegan’s “Foster.” It’s told Henry James’s novel I get incredibly bored, to read them. said: “Forget about making a from the point of view of an both by the language and the You grew up in Detroit. faithful adaptation. What we Irish girl whose parents, lacking “Portrait of a Lady,” narrative machinery. Since I’m What should someone who re - have to do is break the book the money to care for her, send because it presents so naturally virtuous on the lit - ally wants to understand the apart and find a cinematic her to live with childless rela - an “anti-marriage” plot. erary front, I don’t see why I city read? equivalent of its literary me - tives, whom she ends up prefer - can’t slum elsewhere, and I do, I’m trying to think how to an - chanics.” What you want, if your ring. The ending is absolutely guiltlessly. I’m the guy in the swer this in a way that doesn’t novel becomes a movie, is for heartbreaking, every single waiting room flipping through sound self-important. Give me the movie to be good. Of course, word in the right place and What’s the last truly great I arrived at college keen to People. Bellow said that fiction a minute. you want to tell the same story. pregnant with double meanings. book you read? develop a life philosophy. The was “the higher autobiography,” You teach creative writing But you have to find a new way You can bring three books “The Love of a Good idea was to begin with the but really it’s the higher gossip. at Princeton. What books do of presenting it. Plus, I wrote to a desert island. Which do Woman,” by Alice Munro. Greeks and stop somewhere What was the last book you find most useful as a the book already. It would be you choose? There’s not one story in there around Nietzsche. By reading that made you cry? teacher? boring to replicate it scene by The King James Bible. “Anna that isn’t perfect. Each time I the canonical works, I thought I “The South Beach Diet.” I teach a writing workshop, scene. As well as unwise. Karenina.” And a how-to book finished one, I just wanted to lie could bring an order to my mind The last book that made so there’s not a big reading list. What’s the one book you on raft-building. down on the floor and die. My that would manifest itself in my you laugh? It’s “useful” (you like that word) wish someone else would What do you plan to read life was complete. Munro’s behavior and decisions. Now, 30 The Houellebecq and St. to provide models of the form: write? next? prose has such a surface propri - years later, I look back and have Aubyn are both making me Chekhov, Joyce’s “Dubliners,” My worst book. I wish some - T. M. Luhrmann’s “When God ety that you’re never prepared to admit it didn’t happen. I’ve laugh, but the St. Aubyn is more etc. But I teach undergraduates, one would write that one so I Talks Back: Understanding the for the shocking places her sto - forgotten a lot of what I read at intentionally funny. And Christo - and sometimes they’re not ready won’t have to. American Evangelical Relation - ries take you. She pulls off tech - college. It’s all in pieces, bright pher Hitchens’s memoir “Hitch- to receive the lessons in craft You’re organizing a dinner ship With God.” I’m reading this nical feats, too, like changing patches of embroidered detail 22.” There’s a line in there that that those writers exemplify. The party of writers and can invite despite my aversion to books the point of view in each section about Augustan Rome or early goes something like, “By that story I assign every year that three authors, dead or alive. with colons in their titles. of a single story. This is nearly Islam or Renaissance Italy or the time, my looks had declined to gets my students most en - Who’s coming? Luhrmann’s an anthropologist impossible to do while carrying modernists, but not a complete such a degree that only women thralled with the idea of writing First I call Shakespeare. who teaches at Stanford. I heard the necessary narrative freight tapestry. I’ve got Jacques would go to bed with me.” fiction is “Jon,” by George Saun - “Who else is coming?” Shake - an interview with her on the ra - forward, but she makes it look Barzun’s “From Dawn to Deca - The last book that made ders. speare asks. “Tolstoy,” I answer. dio and was struck by how non - easy. Most readers don’t notice dence” on my bookshelf here. you furious? Your first novel was made “I’m busy that night,” Shake - judgmental she sounded. And how technically inventive That’s the kind of book I’m a It’s a while ago now, but into a film by Sofia Coppola. speare says. Next I call Kafka, it’s a subject that interests me Munro is because her story - sucker for. I want to get it all James Atlas’s biography of Saul If “The Marriage Plot” were who agrees to come. “As long for a lot of reasons, historical, telling and characterization explained in one shot. But you Bellow irked me to no end. Bel - made into a movie and you as you don’t invite Tolstoy.” “I political and artistic. When Snow Fell on the Lemon Tree Blossoms

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ALL HISTORY The Greek Room at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning

By Steve Frangos ture of Athens during the 5th room was the concluding event TNH Staff Writer Century B.C. John Travos, a of a Panhellenic Day, "during noted Athenian architect, de - which professors of Greek de - CHICAGO- Given the com - signed the room's general lay - scent from many leading Amer - manding role of paideia in the out. White marble quarried ican universities [conducted] self-image of Greek-American from Mt. Pentele, the same seminars in science, art, reli - life, it is not surprising to learn mountain that produced marble gion, archeology and other sub - that a Greek Room, dedicated used to build the Parthenon, jects." Greek minister to the to the high ideals of Greek was used in the Greek Room's United States Cimon Diaman - learning, can be found at the Ionic columns, pilasters, and dopoulis made the principal ad - University of Pittsburgh. What doorway. Unlike the Parthenon dress. The dedication cere - is surprising is that few Greek- of today, though, the marble in monies were recalled in the Americans outside of Pittsburgh the Greek Room is awash in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as "an seem to know of this singular color. Additionally, throughout impressive pageant. Youths architectural testament to edu - the room one can see details dressed in full white kilts led an cation in the United States, par - from the Acropolis' Propylaea honor guard of girls in classical ticularly considering that it was and Erectheum employed on the costume. Towering above them conceived and constructed a white marble. Offsetting this use was the Most Rev. Athenagoras, long time ago – in the early of color is the gray Kokinara Archbishop of the Greek Ortho - 1940s. marble used for the dado. The dox Church of North and South In 1918, the University of room's columns and pilasters, America. More than six feet tall, Pittsburgh was essentially a col - and especially the coffered ceil - his height was extended by his lection of neo-Classical buildings ing, bear painted decorations high gold mitre. In deep on a hillside. That changed in identical to those used on An - sonorous bass he chanted the 1921 when John Gabbert Bow - cient Greek buildings. Greek Orthodox liturgy of dedi - man (1877-1962) became the The Athenian iconographer cation." The St. Nicholas choir University's tenth chancellor. Un - and portrait artist, Demetrios led by Rudolph Agrafiotes ac - der Bowman's direction, the Uni - Kokotsis, used a traditional en - companied the archbishop. It is versity's 14-acre pasture, known caustic or wax painting method, said that in the Greek Room's as Frick's Acres, became the fo - employing freehand only earth alcove cabinet there are original cus of a vigorous building cam - colors and beeswax to the struc - newspaper clippings of the paign. Bowman proposed noth - tures. As a finishing touch, event along with books and ing less than the construction of The Greek Room of the Univ. of Pittsburgh, a testament to the America reverence for Greek Kokotsis overlaid the design other documents recording the a Cathedral of Learning. Envi - learning, is part of the Cathedral of Learning and one of the Nationality Rooms. with 24-karat gold leaf rubbed visits of the Queen of Greece sioning a cathedral that would on with polished bone tools. It and many other ecclesiastic and symbolize both power and counts report that it was Bow - Nationality Rooms were built American Association of Pitts - took Kokotsis and his assistant diplomatic officials. achievement, Bowman desired man who first conceived of the between 1927 and 1957. The burgh resulted in the University seven months to complete the After the Greek Room was to capture the "spiritual, driving idea for the Nationality Rooms; rooms encircle the Commons terminating the project. Other work. Patterned after designs completed, the Greek Commit - and courageous stuff that make however, University archival Room of the Cathedral and rep - rooms in the planning stages in - seen on Greek vases, the room's tee, like many of the other Na - Pittsburgh." Moreover, he documents credit Ruth Craw - resent the following nationali - clude the following: Danish, furniture is made of pure white tionality Committees, did not wanted the physical structure of ford Mitchell (1890-1984) with ties: African Heritage, Armen - Finnish, Iranian, Korean, Latin- oak and decorated with gold- disband. Instead, they went on the building to embody "courage the concept. Founded on solid ian, Austrian, Chinese, American & Caribbean, Philip - leaf carvings and inlays of to develop international cultural and spirituality...stones could be rock 60 feet below the ground, Czechoslovak, Early American, pine and Thai. ebony. The backs of student programs between Greece and made to express such values of the Cathedral, with its 42 stories English, French, German, Greek, To encourage active commu - chairs have small plaques with the University of Pittsburgh. character...[T]he building per - and Gothic Revival tower faced Hungarian, Indian, Irish, Israel nity participation in the creation the names of Greek islands and Over 20,000 visitors each year fect in every detail of material with 165,000 blocks of Indiana Heritage, Italian, Japanese, of these classrooms, National towns on them. The professor's take part in the guided and and design, would be a symbol limestone, is recognized as one Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Room Committees were orga - and guest's chairs bear the taped tours of the Nationality of life on campus. It would tell of the tallest academic buildings Romanian, Russian, Scottish, nized. Working together with names of Plato, Aristotle and Rooms, which are available Pittsburgh every day of these in the world. Swedish, Swiss, Syrian- the University, the Committees Socrates. A line from Homer's every day of the year except ma - values. It would unify Pittsburgh In 1926, Mitchell conceived Lebanon, Turkish, Ukrainian, raised money for the construc - Iliad hangs over the chalk jor holidays. Unfortunately into a community conscious of of the Nationality Room, which Welsh, and Yugoslavian. The tion and contributed to the plan - board, exhorting us to strive for Greek-Americans are not always its character." Ground was bro - would showcase through design University has received room ning and design of each room. nobility and excellence. aware of the activities and ac - ken for a tower on September and appointments the specific reservation requests from seven Records of each Committee's The Greek Room was dedi - complishments of their compa - 27, 1926, and in 1935 the first history and culture of a specific additional Nationality Room work are kept on both the spe - cated on November 9, 1941. triots around the country. We classes were held in the unfin - nationality and also would be a Committees, which are in vari - cific classroom and in the Uni - Nicholas G. Kalmer, chairman of can only hope that in the future, ished building. working classroom. She be - ous stages of fund raising and versity's archives. Running the Greek Committee, officiated more of the visitors to the Na - Understandably, the Univer - lieved, and successfully con - room design. The Philippine Na - memoranda on the Greek Com - in the proceedings that pre - tionality Rooms, particularly sity has issued several picture vinced others as well, that the tionality Room had been target - mittee span the years 1928 to sented the room to Bowman. Room 137, will be Americans of books recounting the history of rooms would symbolize the di - ing a Summer or Fall 2012 con - 1959. Mrs. Peter Caloyer, Vice-chair - Greek descent. the Cathedral of Learning and verse national heritages of the struction start until an internal The decor of the Greek Room man, served as chief hostess. its Nationality Rooms. Many ac - University's students. Eighteen dispute within the Filipino- reflects the Classical architec - The actual dedication of the [email protected]

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Name Calling

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos “My daughter…called me a John who had no children “You aren’t the only ones that Special to The National Herald name. I never expected it… said, “My sister’s kid, Mihalis, heard names. When I told my from her.” got in trouble with the police daughter I didn’t like her friends Yiannis sat among his friends Astounded, Dimos ex - for littering the beach with beer – one smoked in my house after looking, decidedly, glum and ab - claimed, “Barbara? That sweet- bottles. I spoke to him about re - I asked her not to; the other sentminded, stirring his coffee tempered, lovable girl…called sponsibility and he told me, used foul language and the as if churning butter, ignoring her father a name? That’s un - ‘butt out, you old goat!” he other asked for a beer. When I the doughnuts – even the believable!” shrugged. “So, I did!” Kipreos, refused to give her one, my frosted one – John placed in the “I know. But, it’s true.” unmarried, related an incident daughter called me a backward, center of the table. replied Yiannis, his chin quiver - at his uncle’s house where the medieval immigrant.” He looked “Okay Yiannis. Something’s ing. George tried to imagine discussion was about the situa - around for their sympathy and wrong.” John said, hoping to what Barbara called him; won - tion in Cyprus. “I was giving my wasn’t disappointed. “So, you loosen his tongue. “You can tell dering if she called him a γαι - opinion on it when my cousin, see, Yiannis. You’re not alone. us, you know.” But, Yiannis con - δουρι, τεμπελι a lazy jackass, a college kid, told me, ‘what do Like Dimos says, those things tinued crestfallen and silent. at which point he’d have to you know about anything ex - happen. She’ll come around one “You’re among friends, Yian - agree with her. But he said cept making cream puffs and day. You’ll see. We just have to nis. We might be able to help.” nothing. Dimos, in an attempt cakes, you ignoramus.’ That act adult with it. Now, tell us Kipreos tried to console, push - to pacify his unhappy friend, That’s nature!” he paused, then daughter, Marianthi, called me hurt!” Sounds of sympathy what Barbara called you.” ing the favored frosted dough - told him not to fret. “Kids do continued. “I’ve had experience a mean, tyrannical bully. I never arose from the others at that re - Yiannis sighed, unfolding a nut closer to his troubled friend. that sometimes, Yiannis. They’re in that way, too. Because I in - expected that.” Yiannis looked port. George, after a long while, paper napkin and began wrap - Yiannis heaved a loud sigh, re - growing up and then they grow sisted she help her mother with up slightly appeased. He decided to contribute his expe - ping two doughnuts to take filling his cup with the contents ‘away.’ They need to have inde - housework and do her home - reached out for a doughnut rience dealing with indepen - home with him, told them, from the saucer, and told them, pendence at a certain age. work before she goes to bed my then, changed his mind. dence in offspring. “She…called me…CHEAP!” Teen of the Week: Bouzouki Player Aris Hadjipanteli is Proud of his Greek Heritage

By Wendi Winters the island where his father’s fam - stone of his senior year studies, School one night weekly with other Greek Orthodox of Poverty.” The race/walk will The Annapolis Capital ily resided peacefully for genera - is about Greece’s role in World throughout middle school and churches along the East Coast. take place Nov. 17 at Arundel tions with Turkish and Greek War II. into high school. Aris is also part of the varsity High School. Aristides “Aris” Hadjipanteli neighbors. “My IB essay is about the “I graduated in eighth grade,” program of the Annapolis Junior Looking ahead, he hasn’t set - slays his audience when he picks His dad, Ioannis “John” Had - Greek rejection of the Italian or - Aris said, “but I took classes to Rowing Association. Rowing in tled on a college yet. But, he is up his bouzouki. jipanteli, now a certified public der for Italian troops to enter help me pass the Embassy Exams. four- or eight-person shells, his planning to study economics, fol - It’s not what you think. A accountant in the Maryland State Greece freely. The prime minister, It’s a Greek International profi - team regular finishes in the top lowed by an MBA degree and a bouzouki is a Greek version of Comptroller’s office, lived for a Ioannis Metaxas, rejected this ciency exam administered by the three in competitions. “I love the career in finance or investments. the lute, a stringed musical in - while in Nicosia, near the center with the word ‘Ohi’ meaning Greek Embassy in Washington, water and the Chesapeake Bay,” “I’m intrigued by how the strument. Aris, 17, a first-gener - of Cyrpus. Later, he moved to ‘no,’” Aris explained. After this D.C.” He passed levels A and B, he said. “And, it’s a hell of a economy works. I want to study ation American of Greek and London to attend college. There, rejection, Greece won the Greco- he said, and can read, write and workout!” it, understand how it works and Greek Cypriot parents, is a pro - he met his wife Marista, born in Italian War — it was the first al - speak Greek fluently. In his high President of the Raising 4 Rea - how people find success in the fessional bouzouki performer. He Britain of Greek parents. They lied victory of WWII. school years, Aris also spent most sons youth board, he is currently economy.” is also a terrific Greek folk dancer. married and moved to Annapolis, “What followed was the Battle summers overseas, visiting rela - busy organizing a fundraising 5K For the moment, however, he The teen is an International where several family members of Greece when Germany came tives in Cyprus and London. run/walk. The youth-led group enjoys being a teenager in An - Baccalaureate senior at Annapo - had already settled. in to clean up Italy’s mess, and For six years, he’s been a raises funds throughout the year napolis. “I love Annapolis,” he lis High School, ranked academ - Aris’ mother is a customer rep - finally the Battle of Crete,” Aris member of the Greek Orthodox which it then distributes to local smiled. “I love living here. I love ically among the top three in his resentative for AA Orthopedics. continued. “Although Greece ul - Youth Association basketball charities as grants. The group’s the community.” class and secretary of the school’s His sister, Sophia, 16, is an IB ju - timately lost the general conflict, team, competing in tournaments theme this year is “Elimination chapter of the National Honor nior at Annapolis High. The fam - the postponement its resistance Society. ily’s dog is, ironically, a Maltese caused was key to the delay of “The young man is completely named Pierre (Malta is another Hitler’s invasion of Russia. The driven and dedicated to not only large Mediterranean island). invasion failed because it com - his education but also to his com - The surname Hadjipanteli, menced too late: The Russian munity,” said school counselor Aris explained, is a Cypriot mix winter set in before Hitler’s forces Don’t miss our annual Lou Bedolla. of Greek and Arabic. The island could penetrate Moscow.” “He is extremely proud of his of Cyprus, the third largest in the Aris concluded, “In short, family and his Greek heritage. Mediterranean Sea, has long without the resistance of Greece, Aris has shared some of that been a crossroads between Eu - Russia may have fallen, leading Greek pride with me by inviting me to ropean and Middle Eastern cul - to a single-front war which Ger - attend the Greek festival that his tures. many could have possibly won church holds each year. These Noting Aris is extremely active leading to a completely different things are what define Aris. I see in the Sts. Constantine and Helen outcome for WWII.” him as a leader to both his peers Greek Orthodox Church on Riva Furthering his interest in in - and to those communities that Road, IB instructor Phillip Green - ternational affairs, Aris is active he is so involved in.” field said, “He wears his ethnicity in the school’s Model U.N. dele - Food Spec&ial InsWert ine Aris possesses dual U.S. and like the badge of honor that it is. gation and, in February, attended Cyprus citizenship, as his father We should all be so comfortable a four-day Model U.N. Naimun is a refugee from the Turkish and in our skin ... There’s a courtly, Conference at Georgetown Uni - Greek fighting on the Mediter - Old World-quality about this teen versity in Washington, D.C., at - ranean island that erupted sud - that makes him extremely tended by 3,000 young delegates denly in July 1974. More than unique.” from around the world. 180,000 residents of Greek an - Greenfield added, “Some stu - Annapolis High isn’t the only cestry were permanently dis - dents are high-maintenance. school Aris has been attending. placed during the violence. The Some are low-maintenance. Aris At his church, where he is the Hadjipanteli family fled with only is no-maintenance.” head altar server and a member what they could carry. Since then, Even Aris’ IB extended essay, of the Greek Orthodox Youth As - November 1 7th , 2012 Turkey has occupied the part of a 4,000-word report and corner - sociation, he attended its Greek 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012

DEATH NOTICES n ANGELIDAKIS, BALIS Antigone Bournakel in Lewiston Dracut; and numerous cousins, children, so they moved back to for the wonderful stories that he Manchester. The Trisagion ser - OCALA, FL (From the Ocala in 1939, Charles graduated from dear friends and his wonderful South Hadley, in the Connecti - told as well as his humor and vice will take place Tuesday Star-Banner, published on Oct. Lewiston High School in 1957 family of care-givers at Western cut River Valley they knew so wit. He enjoyed spending time evening at 6 p.m. in the funeral 20) - Balis “Laki” Angelidakis, and Bentley College, where he Massachusetts Hospital, to well. A memorial service will be outdoors, especially gardening home with the Rev. Athanasios retired owner and operator of earned an associates degree in whom we will always be most held at the Mount Hermon and mountain biking. What he Nenes officiating. The funeral Laki's Greek Restaurant here in 1959. After college, he also grateful. Friends will be received Chapel on a date yet to be de - cherished most, was time spent will be held Wednesday at 10 Ocala, passed away Thursday, served in the United States Air at the MORSE-BAYLISS Funeral termined. Mary has requested with his family. Family members a.m. in the Assumption of the October 18, 2012 at his home. Force, before working for both Home, 122 Princeton Blvd., that any memorial gifts be sent include his wife, of 39 years, Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Born in Thessalonika, Greece, the State of Maine as an auditor Lowell, on Wednesday from 4 to the scholarship fund of either Ntina (Alexandris) Giavroutas of Church, Manchester. Memorial he and his wife Maria moved and as proprietor of his family's to 8 PM. Dexter's funeral from Northfield Mount Hermon Manchester; a son, Athanasios donations may be made to the their family here and started wholesale newspaper distribu - the funeral home on Thursday School or Anatolia College. "Artie" Giavroutas of Manchster; Assumption of the Virgin Mary Laki's Restaurant in 1986 and is tion business. Charles was a at 10:30 AM, followed by his two daughters, Helen Giavroutas Greek Orthodox Church, 222 Is - still operated by the family to - member of the Holy Trinity Funeral Service at the Transfig - n DEKRANIS, KATINA of Manchester, Angela Gi - land Pond Road, Manchester, day. He is survived by his Greek Orthodox Church and uration Greek Orthodox Church, JERSEY CITY, NJ (From The Jer - avroutas and her husband, An - 03109. Burial will take place in mother, Maria Angelidakis, had a great passion for Greek Lowell, at 11:30 AM. Interment sey Journal, published on Oct. drea Scaggiante, of Manchester; Pine Grove Cemetery, Manches - Greece; his wife of 37 years, food and culture, as well as trav - in Westlawn Cemetery. Dona - 23) - Katina Dekranis, 92, of Jer - three brothers, Thomas, Panos, ter. Courtesy local transportation Maria Angelidakis; daughters, eling with his family. Among his tions may be made in Dexter's sey City, passed away on Sun - and Yiorgo, all of Greece. SER - for calling hours will be provided Irene and Tsambika "Meeka" An - most memorable experiences memory to the Western Massa - day, October 21, 2012. She was VICES: Calling hours are Tues - on request by contacting Daniel gelidakis; and son, Nickolas An - were his family trips to Greece chusetts Hospital, 91 West born in Samos, Greece and im - day from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Con - J. Healy at 622-8223. For more gelidakis, all of Ocala; sister, and spending summers sur - Mountain Road, Westfield, MA, migrated to Jersey City in 1948. nor-Healy Funeral Home and information or to sign the online Lisa (Jimmy) Tsolakis; four rounded by friends and family 01085. Funeral Directors, Fred - Katina was a devout parishioner Cremation Center, 537 Union guest registry, please visit: grandchildren and several at Tacoma Lakes in Litchfield. erick W. Healy and Walter F. of Evangelismos Greek Ortho - St., corner of Concord Street, www.connorhealy.com. nieces and nephews. Funeral He is survived by his wife of 45 Bayliss, Jr. To leave a message dox Church, Jersey City. Katina services will be at 1 pm, Satur - years, Kiki Bournakel of Lewis - of condolence for the family, is the beloved wife of the late day, October 20, 2012 at the ton; three sons, Dean Bournakel please visit Dexter's memorial Costa; devoted mother of Ran - Panagia Vlahernon, Greek Or - of Largo, Fla., Christopher Bour - page at www.morsebaylissfuner - dolph and the late Peter Dek-ra - CLASSIFIEDS thodox Monastery, 12600 W nakis of Auburn, and Nicholas alhome.com. nis; loving mother-in-law of Hwy 318, Orange Lake. Bournakel of Portland; his Linda and Katherine; and cher- HELP WANTED Arrangements by Countryside mother, Antigone Bournakel; n COMPTON, MARY ished grandmother of Mariel, LEGAL NOTICE Funeral Home. and his two siblings, George NORTHAMPTON, MA (From Dean, Connor and Katina Dekra- Notice of formation of SHAARCK APPAREL Bournakel and wife Kay, and An - the Northampton Daily Hamp - nis. Visitation is from Riotto Fu - Journalists, women and men, to LLC. (DOM LLC) Art. of Org. filed NY Sec. n BOURLOTOS, POTOULA gela Bournakel, all of Yarmouth. shire Gazette, published on Oct. neral Home, 3205 John F. work part-time at The National of State (SSNY) 09/11/12. Office in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom HAMPTON, VA (From the Daily Visitation will be held at the fu - 17) - Mary Kilburn Lighthall Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ Herald. Send resume to: pub - process may be served. SSNY shall mail Press, published on Oct. 23) Po - neral home on Sunday from Compton was born April 20, 07306 on Tuesday, 5:00 - 9:00 [email protected] copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES toula M. Bourlotos, 85, of 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral ser - 1926 in Syracuse, New York, p.m. Funeral on Wednesday, Oc - 117036/2/11-17 CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13THE AVENUE SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, Hampton, passed away peace - vices will be held on Monday at and died Oct. 14, 2012. Her par - tober 24, 2012, 9:30 a.m. at the NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. fully at home surrounded by her 11 a.m. at the Holy Trinity ents were Richard John funeral home. Funeral Mass at LEGAL NOTICE/NOTICE 272245/18313 loving children on Saturday, Greek Orthodox Church, 155 Lighthall and Helen Cooper 10:30 a.m. at Evangelismos OF FORMATION Oct. 20, 2012. She was pre - Hogan Rd., Lewiston. Commit - French Lighthall. She is survived Greek Ortho-dox Church. Inter - LEGAL NOTICE ceded in death by her husband, tal to follow at Oak Hill Ceme - by her husband, William R. ment: Bay View Cemetery, Jer - O'CONNELL FAMILY CLT LLC. Articles of Notice of Formation of MR. NICE TOY LLC. Mike G. Bourlotos; parents, tery, Auburn. A service of The Compton; her son, Richard and sey City. Riotto Funeral Home Organization filed with Secretary of State Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY Panagiotis and Efstathia Fortin Group/Plummer & Mer - his wife Beverly of Pagosa 3205 Kennedy Boulevard Jersey of New York (SSNY) on October 5, 2012. (SSNY) on 09/24/12. Office location: Office Location: Kings County. SSNY des - Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 2300 Kosteas; and son-in-law, James rill Funeral Home, Cremation Springs, Colo.; her daughter, City, NJ 07306 (201) 798-3100; ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process Linden Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11208. SSNY A. Smith. She is survived by her and Monument Services, 217 Elizabeth "Betsy" and her hus - riottofh.com against it may be served. SSNY shall mail designated as agent of LLC upon whom copy of process to 175 Van Dyke St., Brook - process against it may be served. SSNY brother, Nikolaos Kosteas; sister, Turner St., Auburn 783-8545. band Eric Grubman and their lyn NY 11231. Purpose: to engage in any shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. Alexandra Dimitrakakis; her two You are invited to share your two sons, James (Jake) and n GEANOPULOS, and all business for which LLCs may be of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful ac - formed under the New York LLC Law. tivity daughters, Tassie M. Bourlotos, condolences with the Bournakel Samuel of Summit, N.J.; and ATHANASIA 272265/18325 Georgia Bourlotos Smith; and family by visiting their guest her son Robert Hayward "Bob," PITTSBURGH, PA (From the 272213/18295 son, George M. Bourlotos; three book at www.thefortin - his three children, Rose, Martha Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pub - LEGAL NOTICE grandchildren, Amanda I. groupauburn.com. Those wish - and Henry, their mother Lilian lished on Oct. 10) - Athanasia LEGAL NOTICE Krueger and her husband, Mike, ing may make donations in his Jackman, his wife Margaret (nee Plastiras) Geanopulos, born Notice of formation of WESTWOOD PHARMA, LLC (DOM LLC). Arts. of org. Notice of Formation of MINNIE SAYS LLC, Michael G. Bourlotos and memory to: The Holy Trinity (Meg) Burch and their sons, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on De - filed with the Secretary of State of New a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Kristina L. Bourlotos; great- Greek Orthodox Church 155 Kirby and Kyle. Mary has one cember 21, 1920, passed away, York (SSNY) on 09/20/2012. Office loca - SSNY on 08/21/2012. Office location: tion: Nassau County. SSNY has been deisg - grandson, Maxwell L. Krueger; Hogan Rd. Lewiston, Maine living brother, Frederick peacefully, on October 9, 2012. Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of nated as agent of the LLC upon whom LLC upon whom process against it may be beloved niece, Eleni Chalkias; 04240 Lighthall of Harbert, Mich. She The consummate wife, mother, process against it may be served. The post served. SSNY shall mail process to: THE and many other nieces and grew up in Darien Conn., where grandmother, and great grand - office address to which the SSNY shall mail LLC, P.O. BOX 250470, BROOKLYN, a copy of any process against the LLC served NY 11225. Purpose: any lawful activity. nephews in Virginia, New York n CAMPOSOULIS, PANTELIS she attended the public schools. mother, Athanasia was an incred - upon him/her is: 19 Ingraham Lane, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: Any lawful 272214/18294 and Greece. Potoula was born MYRTLE BEACH, SC (From the Her final year of high school was ibly loving, caring, giving person purpose. on May 10, 1927 in Anavriti, The Sun News, published on spent at what was then called who cared deeply for her family 272283/18337 Greece. She endured war and Oct. 19) - Pantelis George the Northfield School for Girls. and her many, many friends-- FUNERAL HOMES hardship in her homeland be - "Bobby" Camposoulis 78 fell From there she went on to Ober - and they for her. To know her LEGAL NOTICE ANTONOPOULOS fore bravely immigrating to asleep in the Lord Thursday, Oc - lin College, majored in Religion was to love her. Many will re - FUNERAL HOME, INC. NEW YORK PERSIAN CULTURE CENTER America in the early 1950's, tober 18, 2012, at his home with and participated actively in the member Athanasia (Mrs. G) from LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on Konstantinos Antonopoulos - working as a seamstress in New family. George was born Novem - athletic and cultural life of the Nicky's Grant Street restaurant, 01/24/2012. Office loc: Kings County. Funeral Director SSNY has been designated as agent upon York. Her life here was full; find - ber 24, 1933, in New York City, campus. During her freshman in the Grant Building, where she whom process against the LLC may be 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., ing love, building a home, a a son of the late George and year, she started dating her fu - touched so many Pittsburghers served. SSNY shall mail process to: Solmaz Astoria, New York 11105 Sharif Shorijeh, 260 Rogers Ave #3, Brook - (718) 728-8500 business, and family in Virginia. Pantelia Gianakopoulou Cam - ture husband, and they became over the past 28 years with her lyn, NY 11225. Purpose: Any Lawful Pur - She raised three beautiful chil - posoulis, Greek immigrants engaged in the spring of their smile, her kindness, her bubbly pose. Not affiliated with any dren and worked tirelessly be - from Sparta Greece. He was pre - senior year, graduating together personality, her energy, and her 272253/16818 other funeral home. side her husband, Mike, in their deceased by a brother, Constan - in 1948. On Aug. 6, 1949, she ever-positive outlook on life. family restaurant until his pass - tine. Bob attended Commerce was married in Darien to Athanasia, with an unwavering LEGAL NOTICE LITRAS FUNERAL HOME ing in 1975. Quality time with City College in New York, and William R. Compton, son of Carl faith in God, was an active and ARLINGTON family and friends filled her re - had an associate's degree in C. and Ruth (McGavren) Comp - devoted member of the Holy Notice of Formation of ArtEffect USA LLC. BENSON DOWD, INC tirement years, and she took structual engineering. He ton. She had spent the interven - Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY FUNERAL HOME (SSNY) on 10/03/12. Office location: Kings 83-15 Parsons Blvd., special joy in watching her worked thirty one years for local ing year as a customer service Predeceasing Athanasia were her County. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Peter grandchildren grow. Her skilled 580. He moved to Myrtle Beach, representative for the Southern loving husband of 45 years, Clif - Byrnes, 32 Court St., 20th Fl., Brooklyn, Jamaica, NY 11432 NY 11201. SSNY designated as agent of (718) 858-4434 hands were always busy; be it twenty years ago to join Pat and New England Telephone Co., ford T.G. Geanopulos, and two LLC upon whom process against it may be gardening, crocheting, sewing, play golf. He was a member of while her future husband took of her brothers, Thomas Plaster served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC • (800) 245-4872 and cooking. The flowers and St. John the Baptist Greek Or - a position as teacher of history and Basil Plastiras. Surviving at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. APOSTOLOPOULOS vegetables in her tidy garden thodox Church, Myrtle Beach and religion at Mount Hermon Athanasia are her three sons, 272239/17976 and the seemingly endless Chapter of Ahepa # 498 and Elk School, the boys' half of what Thomas Geanopulos (Elizabeth), Apostle Family - stacks of crocheted blankets Lodge # 1771. Bob was an avid was then known as the North - Nicholas Geanopulos (Sophia), Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - LEGAL NOTICE Funeral Directors of were all a testament to her in - skier and had skied in many field Schools. The couple spent and Andrew Janis (Sofia); her RIVERDALE nate patience and love for the countries. He served his country two years at Mount Hermon, sister, Sophia Bridoux, and her 790 NEW LOTS GROUP LLC Articles of Org. FUNERAL HOME Inc. quiet art of domesticity. She in the U.S. Army during the Ko - during which time their first brother, George Plastiras (Kiki); filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/7/12. Office 5044 Broadway openly shared her knowledge rean War. Survivors include child, Richard Carlton, was born her six grandchildren, Troy in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall New York, NY 10034 and talents with anyone lucky Patsy Pappas of the home and and Mary got a good taste of Geanopulos (Annika), Jennifer mail copy of process to 790 New Lots Ave., (212) 942-4000 enough to know her. Potoula her children, cousins, Anna what boys' boarding school life Takos (Dimitrios), Alisia Leibel Brooklyn, NY 11208, which is also the prin - cipal business location. Purpose: Any lawful Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE was a gracious woman with a Tasoulas of Keene, N.H., Helen was like, since they were housed (Cody), George Geanopulos, purpose. CONSTANTINIDES quiet dignity and a steadfast Gochas of Evert, MA, Christine in a building which also was the James Janis, and Electra Janis; 272226/10801 FUNERAL PARLOR Co. love for her family and devotion Libbares of MA. Funeral services home of 120 boys. After a year and her five great grandchildren, (718) 745-1010 to God. Her kindness, humor, will be held at 10:00 AM Satur - spent in Darien, while Bill Madeline Takos, John Takos, LEGAL NOTICE Services in all localities - and compassion were boundless day, October 20th at St. John earned an MA in History at Co - Thomas Geanopulos, Nia Low cost shipping to Greece and never-ceasing. In our hearts the Baptist Greek Orthodox lumbia University, the young Geanopulos, and Mark Geanop - Notice of Formation of SPURLOCK PRO - and memories, she is still with Church with burial following at family moved to Thessaloniki, ulos. The family will receive DUCTIONS, LLC. (DOM LLC) Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on us, and always will be. We take Southern Palms Memorial Gar - Greece, where Bill taught Eng - friends on Friday, October 12, 05/22/12. Office location: Kings County. comfort in knowing she is at den. The family will receive lish to Greek boys at Anatolia from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon TO PlAce yOur peace, eternally united with friends Friday, October 19th College, an American secondary WILLIAM SLATER II FUNERAL whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O UNITED clAssified Ad, cAll: loved-ones that have gone be - from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at school for Greek students. Mary SERVICE, 1650 Greentree Road, STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. (718) 784-5255, exT. 106, fore her. The family will receive McMillan-Small Funeral Home was active in the life of the col - Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Trisagion 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOK - e-mAil: LYN, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful ac - friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with the trisagion service begin - lege and what was then a siz - Services at 7 p.m. Visitation tivity. classifieds@ Wednesday, Oct. 24, with the ning at 7:00 PM. The family able American community in the (10:30 a.m.) and Funeral ser - 272248/18314 thenationalherald.com Trisagion prayer service begin - would like to thank Incare Hos - city. Their daughter Betsy was vices (11:30 a.m.) will be on Sat - ning at 7 p.m., at Peninsula Fu - pice and Right at Home Home born while they were in Thes - urday, October 13 at All Saints neral Home. A funeral service Care for all their help. Memori - saloniki. In 1955, the family re - Greek Orthodox Church, 601 W. REAL ESTATE will be conducted at 11 a.m. als may be made to St. John the turned to the United States, and McMurray Road, Canonsburg, PA Thursday, Oct. 25, at Saints Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, after two years in Salisbury, 15317, with a memorial lun - Constantine and Helen Greek 3301- 33rd Ave N. Ext. Myrtle Conn., where Bill taught at the cheon to immediately follow, at Orthodox Church, officiated by Beach, SC 29577 An online Salisbury School, they returned the All Saints Community Center. NAPLES FLORIDA REAL ESTATE Father George Chioros, with the guest book is available at to Mount Hermon, and re - Burial services will be private, at burial immediately following in www.msfh.net mained there for 35 years, until the Holy Trinity Cemetery. In - Peninsula Memorial Park. We they retired in 1992. Their son stead of flowers, memorial do - would like to thank Cindy, Pam n CHICKLIS, DEXTER Bob was born in 1962. Although nations may be made to the Holy Vicky Lewis and the staff of Heartland Home WESTFIELD, MA – (Sources in - Mary was never a full-time em - Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Hospice for their dedicated ser - clude the Lowell Sun of Oct. 16) ployee of the school, she was ac - New Building Fund, 495 Browns broker-Associate vice, as well as all her wonderful - Dexter Charles Chicklis, 61, of tive in assisting her husband as Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. friends and neighbors at Three - Westfield, MA, passed on peace - a dorm parent, as a frequent www.slaterfuneral.com. Send chopt Village. In lieu of flowers, fully in his sleep on October 11, hostess, chair of the PTA of the condolences at post- experience the difference… memorial contributions may be 2012 after living with Multiple local Gill Elementary School, a gazette.com/gb. …the difference is experience made to the Saints Constantine Sclerosis and Schizophrenia for member of the town Democratic and Helen Greek Orthodox four decades. Born in New York Party, assistant to the Mount n GIAVROUTAS, NAPOLEON Church, 60 Traverse Rd., New - on May 25, 1951, he was the Hermon student activities direc - MANCHESTER, NH (From the port News, VA 23606; or to the son of the late Anthoula "Ann" tor and, for several years, a Union Leader, published on Oct. Alzheimer's Association , South - (Tzanetakos) and Theodore member of the faculty as an as - 29) Napoleon Giavroutas, 62, of 239-777-4904 3 1

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By Andy Dabilis Spending on tobacco and al - The ratio of Greek house - TNH Staff Writer cohol remained unchanged. holds at risk of poverty in - The report highlights the fact creased to 21.4 percent last ATHENS – While politicians, the that Greece is among the Euro - year, from 20.1 percent in 2010, rich, and tax evaders continue pean countries with the greatest the fourth worst in Europe be - to largely escape Greece’s crush - financial inequalities, as the hind Bulgaria, Romania, and ing economic crisis, austerity richest 20 percent of the popu - Spain. measures demanded by interna - lation had an annual income It’s going to get worse. The tional lenders have helped push that was six times that of the Parliament this week is set to 2.34 million people into poverty. poorest 20 percent. vote on another round of aus - A report from the Hellenic ELSTAT found that more terity, a $17.45 billion spending Statistical Agency (ELSTAT) said than half of all Greeks have cut and tax hike plan that Prime the figures were for 2010 – as trouble paying their bills, as al - Minister Antonis Samaras is the first round of pay cuts, tax most two thirds – 63 percent – needed to unlock a $38.8 billion hikes, and slashed pensions of Greeks make ends meet “with loan installment being held by were being imposed. Since then, difficulty” or “with great diffi - the European Union-Interna - there have been more rounds of culty.” Greek income have fallen tional Monetary Fund-European austerity that have cut deeper sharply, as much as 35 percent Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) un - into incomes, put nearly two in some cases, while some pri - til more reforms are passed. million people out of work and vate sector workers report their In the meantime, it’s been closed 68,000 businesses. salaries have been cut in half. left to NGOs and the Greek Or - ELSTAT set the poverty line The 2011 survey said almost thodox Church to offer services at 6,591 euros per person 20 percent of respondents and food for those who can’t ($8,459) per year for 2010, AP PHOTO/PeTrOs GiAnnAkOuris couldn’t keep their home ade - make ends meet, with growing while the average per capita in - Workers are seen on a building under construction behind a sing with a Greek flag which reads quately warm, about 33 percent lines at soup kitchens and even come that year stood at 12,637 "Greek Culture Ministry" in Athens on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. said they are late in paying rent, many formerly middle-class euros ($16,219.) A total of mortgages and credit card pay - wage earners going to free clin - 901,190 households were found On average, households ($2,615) euros per month that purchases (13.5 percent year- ments, and more than 50 per - ics as they can’t afford to pay to be living below the poverty spent 1,956 euros ($2,510) per they spent in 2009. on-year) and communications cent said they can’t afford a one- for doctors and their insurance line. month, down from the 2,065 Most cuts were in apparel (12.5 percent). week vacation. has lapsed. Amid Protests, Greek Parliament Approves Further Austerity Measures

Continued from page 1 ment hit a record 25.4 percent “If the government does its – 58 percent for those under 25. job right, it will fire 100,000 the streets. Samaras acknowledged that civil servants and invest the As many as 100,000 protest - the government was again tar - money saved, creating jobs in ers, some chanting, “Fight! geting workers, elderly and the the private sector,” he told TNH. They’re drinking our blood!” poor. “Yes, some of these spend - The finance ministers of the took to the streets of downtown ing cuts are unfair.” But he 17 countries in the Eurozone, Athens and marched peacefully vowed: which includes Greece, will most of the afternoon before “They will be the last.... meet on Nov 12, but there are battles began between anar - (they) will reverse the econ - growing signals they won’t act chists and police near the Par - omy’s free-fall.” on releasing the delayed dis - liament. He said without the pending bursement, despite the vote After they threatened to loan installment – part of a sec - backing more austerity. strike during the debate, Parlia - ond bailout of $173 billion that Germany’s Finance Minister ment employees were ex - is in limbo – that Greece would Wolfgang Schaeuble said empted from the cuts, but the run out of money by Nov. 16. Greece’s euro partners are not package touches most every The numbers aren’t encour - in a position to make a decision sector of life in Greece, from re - aging. on releasing new funds next duced salaries to public workers Crushed by pay cuts and tax week, as many in Athens had and deep pension cuts, raises hikes, more Greeks are unable hoped. the retirement age from 65 to to pay what they owe the gov - “We’re not there yet,” 67, eliminates what was left of ernment which, under a previ - Schaeuble said. holiday bonuses, wipes out 83 ous administration when Leonidas Karathanasis, a percent of lump sum payments Venizelos was finance minister, member of the executive com - due retirees when they leave doubled income and property mittee of GSEE, which repre - work, makes cuts in the so- taxes and taxed the poor. sents 500,000 private sector called special salaries of judges, Tax hikes have failed to yield workers, said measures which diplomats, military personnel, projected increases in revenues go after the minimum wage, re - university professors and other and the Finance Ministry re - duce collective bargaining professors, begins the opening AP PHOTO/dimiTri messinis ported that more beleaguered rights and let bosses set tougher of closed professions that en - Protesters gather in front of the parliament in Athens on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. Greeks can’t pay what they owe. working conditions will hurt joyed a near-monopoly, and Unpaid taxes for this year have workers. puts 2,000 public workers on a reached 10.17 billion euros He noted that there have year-long layoff of 75 percent ($12.98 billion,) but 6.3 billion been 27 strikes since 2010 and of pay before likely being fired. euros ($8 billion) wasn’t paid none have worked. Demetris Hatziikolaou, a in August and September alone, “There was no sensitivity to Professor of Economics at the when new tax bills were sent. any movement and the govern - University of Ioannina in north - More than 68,000 businesses ment wanted the measures ern Greece, told TNH that the have closed since austerity mea - passed at all costs,” he told measures are devastating. sures began being imposed in TNH. “We should terminate this di - 2010 by then Prime Minister “It’s not just the pain and fi - alogue with the Troika … the and former PASOK leader nancial inconvenience that cost of living isn’t going down. George Papandreou, who re - these measures will spell,” What is the purpose of all this signed last year in the face of Evangelos Mittaras, a 57-year- to satisfy creditors who don’t relentless protests. old striking shoemaker told the have a legal position,” he said, He is still a Member of Par - Los Angeles Times. arguing that Greece’s deal with liament and flew to Athens “It’s that there is no evidence its lenders is unlawful. from Toronto to vote, after a that the policy of austerity is THIS COULD BE last-minute cancellation of a working.” THE LAST TIME speech he was going to make. Demetris Siganos, 38, a pro - Before the dramatic mid - IS IT WORKING? tester, told TNH that, ”We had night vote, Samaras took the Nick Economides, a Profes - the obligation to show our floor to plead with lawmakers sor of Economics at New York strength and our numbers.” But to believe that Greece needed University Stern School of Busi - he said it wouldn’t work. more austerity, although as he ness said the austerity has to be “They (government) don’t was speaking the country’s sta - AP PHOTO mixed with a program for want a different path because tistics agency was readying a The temple of the Parthenon on top of Acropolis is covered by smoke during clashes in Athens growth and luring investment, there’s a lot of money involved.” report that showed unemploy - on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. or Greece won’t make it. The EU’s Bailout of Cyprus is a Political Minefield for Germany’s Merkel

Continued from page 1 it going for the next few years. agency said. The country had and other European taxpayers However, a paper by the Eu - CYPRUS A POLITICAL In Brussels and in the EU capi - passed the necessary laws and will be protecting illegal Russian ropean Parliament about orga - PROBLEM FOR MERKEL worthless now. The banks have tals, the Cypriot financial sector set up the required organiza - money. nized crime in Russia mentions In addition, the beneficiaries already had to write off large doesn't enjoy an especially good tions. But there were problems Cyprus has been a tax haven Cyprus in a number of places. of the help won't be ordinary portions of their investments, reputation. Cyprus and its banks when it came to implementing since the 1970s. At first, it kept And a World Bank report on 150 workers or farmers but a caste and are in trouble as a result. are widely seen as a tax haven those rules, it added. They taxes low to attract shipping international corruption cases of nouveau-riche immigrants APPLICATION FOR EU AID and a money-laundering base. weren't being applied properly. companies that registered their cites several companies and ac - that shamelessly boast their This prompted the govern - DOMINO THEORY MAKES The Cypriots, the BND said, sign ships in Limassol. But the big counts in Cyprus. wealth while making virtually ment of President Dimitris REFUSAL IMPOSSIBLE everything, pledge a lot, but boom didn't come until after the MISTAKES MADE WITH no contribution to solving the Christofias to make a pre-emp - But refusing aid is not an op - keep few of those promises. collapse of the Soviet Union. GREECE BEING REPEATED country's problems. Companies tive application for EU aid in the tion. Angela Merkel has become Money laundering is facili - The billions made out of that The European Commission, registered in Cyprus pay just 10 summer. Russia had already a firm believer in the domino tated by generous provisions for then needed a safe haven and the EU's executive body, is more percent in taxes. provided a loan of €2.5 billion. theory, which in this case would rich Russians to gain Cypriot cit - found it in Cyprus. The Russian lenient with the new member, Germany's opposition Social That money has been used up take on the following shape: al - izenship, according to the BND oligarchs, businesspeople and though. German government of - Democrats, which have voted in and Russian President Vladimir lowing Cyprus to fall would put which found that some 80 oli - Mafiosi channelled funds to ficials complain that the Com - favor of previous bailouts in the Putin is reluctant to provide a the entire euro zone at risk of garchs have gained access to the Cypriot companies to keep tax mission has never seriously crisis, are determined to chal - further €5 billion. collapsing. It would be a disas - entire EU in this way. urged Cyprus to take tougher lenge Merkel this time and to at - Now the euro countries, and trous message to send to finan - In 2011 alone, some $80 bil - A secret German action to fight money launder - tach conditions to their approval especially Germany, will have to cial markets. Why should the lion flowed out of Russia and ing and close tax loopholes. of support for Cyprus. step in with a €10 billion aid in - Europeans save Spain or Italy if much of that money had been intelligence report In the case of Cyprus, many "Before the SPD can approve jection to prop up the island's they can't even bail out a dwarf channelled though Cyprus, ac - says that the main of the mistakes made by Greece loan assistance for Cyprus, the banks. That will confront Ger - like Cyprus? cording to the BND. Russians are now being repeated. Greece country's business model must man Chancellor Angela Merkel, The German government is have deposited $26 billion in beneficiaries would was allowed to join the euro de - be addressed," SPD budget ex - Finance Minister Wolfgang in an awkward position. It is Cypriot banks, says the BND. be rich Russians. spite blatant misaccounting. pert Carsten Schneider said. "We Schäuble and their European forced by overriding considera - That is well above the annual And Cyprus was allowed in even can't use German taxpayers' colleagues with a major tions to make decisions that it GDP of Cyprus. costs down and to be able to re- though it isn't implementing EU money to guarantee deposits of dilemma because a secret report can't really justify. There are The figures show the scale of invest at least part of it in Russia standards for a clean financial illegal Russian money in Cypriot written by the German foreign considerable political risks. "A the problem. The Cypriot gov - at a later date. center. banks." intelligence service, the Bun - rescue package for Cyprus could ernment is banking on the Eu - Cyprus became a member of And now the EU has to help The low rate of corporate tax desnachrichtendienst (BND), be very incendiary," one mem - ropeans being unable to refuse the EU in 2004 and joined the this of all countries. Compared and the silent approval of money outlines who would be the main ber of her government admitted. aid. When the euro finance min - euro zone three and a half years with the other European rescue laundering were unacceptable to beneficiaries of the billions of Merkel is in danger of discred - isters voiced criticism, their later. And suddenly it was in packages the planned €10 bil - Social Democrats, he added. euros of European taxpayers' iting her entire euro policy by Cypriot counterpart reacted fu - more demand than ever. The lion aid for the banks of Cyprus Merkel is unlikely to disagree money: Russian oligarchs, busi - agreeing to bail out Cyprus. riously, saying his country number of firms registered has is miniscule in financial terms. with the SPD's demands. But will nessmen and mafiosi who have The Europeans won't be able would solve its problems with - doubled since it acceded to the But it's a political minefield. The she be able to force Cyprus to invested their illegal money in to plead ignorance, either. The out the Europeans if necessary EU. The country had to tighten share of the aid to be paid by meet them? If she doesn't, she Cyprus. BND has analyzed the situation and threatening to leave the sin - up its regulations on money German taxpayers amounts to won't be able to rely on opposi - The Russians don't just love in Cyprus and then debated it gle currency. laundering before it was ac - €2 billion. This poses a new tion support in a German par - Cyprus for its great climate. The with experts from the "troika," EU TAXPAYERS PROTECTING cepted into the EU but in prac - challenge for Merkel. liamentary vote on aid to shell companies here are conve - made up of the European Com - ILLEGAL MONEY tice it only stopped the most fla - She is already having trouble Cyprus. And she needs opposi - niently anonymous, the banks mission, International Monetary The BND regards that as an grant abuses. justifying continuous aid pay - tion votes because EU aid to discreet and the taxes are low. Fund and European Central empty threat, though. If Cyprus Since then, the Cypriot eco - ments to Greece because Athens Cyprus is so controversial in her Dirty money bestowed a lasting Bank (ECB). leaves the euro zone, its busi - nomic model has been highly has proven itself to be an unre - coalition that she won' be able boom on Cyprus and the inhab - The BND officers didn't bring ness model will no longer be as attractive. The country is a tax liable partner that keeps coming to rely on securing her own ma - itants of "Limmasolgrad" are still good news. Formally, the island attractive, it says. haven within the EU, but has up with new excuses for its jority. doing well. nation sticks to all the rules on But the BND's conclusions been given a clean bill of health omissions. Now she has to ex - As one Merkel confidant put The European aid will help combating money laundering also mean that if Cyprus gets an by the OECD because it suppos - plain payments to a country it: "Cyprus isn't an economic the country stabilize its contro - laid down by the EU and other EU bailout so that it can keep edly does enough to stop money whose success rests on illegal problem, it's long since become versial core industry and keep international agreements, the the euro, the money of German laundering. money. a political one." 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012

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A Greekless Senate COMMENTARY This is the first time since the election of Paul Sarbanes in 1976 that we are not represented by a Greek-American in the U.S. Senate. Until recently we had two – or 2 percent of the total: a percentage TNH Endorsement Editorial Sparks Controversy much higher than the ½ of 1% we represent in terms of the population – about 1.5 million out of 300 million. Sarbanes retired having won respect for a brilliant career first in In the November 3 Edition of the House of Representatives and then in the Senate. TNH we weighed in on the great Now Olympia Snowe is retiring, having first been elected to the decision Americans were about Senate in 1994. She, too, served with a distiction and independence to make with the editorial “Our that few other senators have. Choice for President.” Our own Sarbanes and Snowe represented the best this community and in - choice was Barack Obama. deed the country has to offer. Our only consolation is that Bob Menen - Notwithstanding the fact that dez of New Jersey was reelected, and he is as “Greek” as any actual we concluded a long argument Greek. that we made with great care – Thank God, however, for the many capable young Greek-American and an overwhelming feeling of politicians coming up in the pipeline. responsibility – with the state - We have no doubt that soon they will fill the void that the retire - ment regarding our endorse - ment of Sarbanes and Snowe have left in the Senate. ment: “but we do so without a great deal of enthusiasm,” some of you were outraged, as we ex - Four Better Years? pected. Some of you agreed with us, which is nice, but we were not trying to win a popu - The American people put aside their doubts about Barack Obama, larity contest. looked at his good side, and gave him the chance to correct past mis - We are pleased to be able to taken policies, to work in harmony with the Republicans, and to publish some of your responses complete the turnaround of the economy that is in progress. – for reasons of space we must The majority of the people felt that Obama is a deliberate, sensible limit the selection to one per man that would not entangle the country in another foreign war. person. The public voted for the hope Obama suggested rather the assur - ances of Mitt Romney that as a businessman he knows how to turn Philip Vorgias: the economy around. What a complete surprise- AP PHOTO/cHris cArlsOn The margin of Obama’s reelection is commanding, but that does not! And one more example of President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden ac - not constitute an offer of a blank check to govern in whatever way why Greek-American voters are knowledge the crowd at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. he so chooses. not taken seriously by either ma - In fact, with the House in the Republican hands and the Senate in jor party – because we keep on back to the Reagan years! I, and candidate’s willingness to serve the highest level since WWII, Democratic ones, is seems like not much has changed, other than the coming back to pols who don't most Americans, would take as an instrument of Greek inter - and as result the country now affirmation of Obama’s presidency. do a thing on our issues. Barack that in a heartbeat. Ronald Rea - ests (as defined, of course, by faces significantly higher risks People seemed to tell him: “Look, we are reelecting you, but we Obama has done nothing sub - gan was the best post-WWII Mr. Vorgias) borders on the ab - and more painful fiscal choices want you to work with the Republicans, so that you can solve the is - stantive for Greek-American president of this nation, with surd. ahead. On issues more directly sues facing the country, starting with the economy.” concerns that should motivate Eisenhower a close second. This Yet Mr. Vorgias’ most bilious related to the Greek community, Let us hope that is what he will try to do. our community to support him, country is adrift and could use fulminations are reserved for he has also been a huge disap - yet TNH does so. Shame on you a man like Reagan right now. President Obama himself, whom pointment: indulging Skopje, for being so easily duped, TNH he clearly detests for a variety befriending the neo-Ottoman And What about Greece? editors. You demonstrate the ab - Dean Scaros (This is not TNH of delusional reasons which he Erdogan, turning a blind eye to solute worst example for Greeks. Associate Editor Constantinos E. freely serves up in incomprehen - the Turkish occupation of Scaros; they are cousins): sible word salads. My response Cyprus and the daily aggression One of the theories circulating until now was that the Europeans Barbara Colessides: I am writing to congratulate to his battalions of misrepresen - in the Aegean – stances not only would not allow Greece to go bankrupt because the fallout of such a At least someone gets the Mr. Diamataris and the Editorial tations and falsehoods would adverse to Greece but contrary crisis would have a major impact on the American elections. fact that Romney, before our Board of TNH for the contribu - take more space here than TNH to professed American principles Now the same can be said about the German elections scheduled very eyes, will continuously sell tion they have made to this na - might care to allow, but I might and enlightened self-interest. to take place in the fall. his soul to the highest bidder! I tion's best interests by endorsing at least respectfully remind Mr. The ballot box is the ultimate Therefore, one would think that if something drastic were to hap - am frankly stunned. I did not Barack Obama for president. Vorgias of Melville’s admoni - sanction citizens have to hold pen in Greece, it would happen soon. expect that you guys would Their thoughtful and even- tion: “Give not thyself up, then, their governments to account. But can anyone control these events to such an extent? have the guts to get past the handed assessment of the choice to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden If they use it to reward failure, Meanwhile, there is an increasing number of serious people, in - "rich Greek-Americans who only we face in this election reflects thee.” As for the merits of TNH's they invite more of the same. cluding none other than Michael Dukakis, arguing that the course look at their pocketbooks." I qualities that are far too rare in endorsement of President Greece is following is futile and that it should return to the drachma. don't understand the nonsense the national discourse. More of - Obama, I could not agree more. Orestes Varvitsiotes: Now that something to think about. and the self-loathing that Mr. ten we’re inundated with the In the face of nearly unprece - One may agree (I do) or dis - Romney is asking 47% of the shrill and confused harangues dented vilification and obstruc - agree with your endorsement of American public, that he quite of the sort exemplified by a tionism, he has achieved a great President Obama for re-election, Writers on the Storm clearly disdains, to espouse. number of readers’ comments deal and deserves a chance to but I was impressed by your rea - That any woman would vote for submitted in response to the en - build on those achievements. soning and the objective expo - this man appalls me. That any - dorsement. While I hesitate to His opponent – to be charitable sition of the strengths and weak - We have never experienced such a powerful wind. We could not one wants to return the neocons single out one set of comments – is a charlatan. He and his nesses of the two candidates, have imagined gusts of such power exist. Before Sandy, we thought to the foreign policy forefront is from another, it is difficult to re - party espouse discredited eco - which makes your decision there were limits to how hard nature could blow. Not so for Boss terrifying. Kudos to TNH! I'll sist in the case of Mr. Vorgias’ nomic policies, relentlessly pro - "honest", rather than a piece of Hurricane. keep my subscription, thank submissions. mote the interests of the plutoc - propaganda. And for that I say The memories storm’s hammering, with its constant variations of you, and encourage others to do Mr. Vorgias expresses out - racy at the expense of almost "Kudos." force, will remain with us for days. We will remember how it would the same. rage that TNH had the temerity everyone else, and are intent come from afar, with quiet prevailing for some moments, but with to endorse a candidate, despite upon elevating callousness and George Economides: then getting stronger, stronger, stronger, and still stronger and within E. Paul Taiganides: the fact that it did so on its "Ed - willful ignorance to the level of Phillip [Vorgias], you sound seconds it would sweep across the land and seize our homes. Romney would have taken us itorial" page, which is the proper public virtues. I look forward to like a "little boy" that lost the The hammering, uncontrolled and uncontrollable, felt like a night - to the Reagan years of Pentagon place for its opinion. His anger a TNH editorial congratulating game and now taking his mar - mare. It was like the howling of a pack of wolves outside by the win - spending to make the Chinese is as misplaced as it is indeco - the president on his election to bles home. Whether you agree dow – hundreds of them. They seemed to stop, and we had hopes economy collapse like Reagan rous. No reader is required to his second term. with TNH’s position or not, you that it had come to an end, that they went away, wiped from the face did for Russia. Except the roles agree with a newspaper's opin - have continually expressed your of earth by some magic force, but , how disappointing, they had only have changed and it would have ion; the newspaper, however -- Basil Zafiriou: opinion online without anyone paused to take a breath. been America that would col - in serving its readers honestly I am not a U.S. citizen, but chastising you or your com - You wish you could push time, make it speed up, so dawn will lapse with all the military and openly – is required to ex - as an interested outside ob - ments. If someone does not come quickly; but the clock seems to be stuck. Time has pause on its spending under Romney. Con - press it. Mr. Vorgias is of course server I have to say that if a agree with your position, you journey, or so it seemed, stepped aside to give Boss Hurricane the gratulations for your endorse - free to think what he wants to President who has been as should not say "it's my way or right of way. ment of Obama for president, think and vote for whomever he abysmal a failure as Obama is the highway." The reality of the Finally! there is daylight! Yet, what we saw was worse than what whose intellectual capacity is wants to elect. However, I fear not rebuffed by voters, it is not situation is that as a nation, we we had imagined. The first images of the destruction was apocalyptic. way above that of Romney, be - that his view of the electoral a healthy thing for democracy. have great challenges ahead of This, we now know, is what a hurricane is. 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and American Foreign Policy What better way to set the fate. Just as they had would be delu - years before this election, to the tone for the political climate in done with the wrong sional to think day (November 6), in fact, I Washington, in the media, and kind of Republican otherwise. Even voted in my first ever presiden - The conse - ally under U.S. con - among the bitterly-divided elec - time and again: John the McCain of tial race – for Ronald Reagan. I quences of Presi - trol, may now chip torate as we all get ready for McCain, Bob Dole, 2008, paired with left the voting booth wearing a dent Obama’s vic - in support for the President Obama’s second term, George H.W. Bush, Paul Ryan instead beaming smile. I could not have tory and the 2012 Europeans. than to say a few nice words all the way back to of Sarah Palin, been any prouder being an election indicate More than likely about Mitt Romney? Though he William Howard could have beaten American, and a Republican. But that America is a a Romney adminis - certainly had plenty of opportu - Taft. “It’s the econ - this year’s Obama. this year, I walked to my local deeply divided so - tration would have nity to sink to the depths of the omy, stupid!” is a Our national debt polling place – in Pennsylvania, ciety. had difficulty in most contemptible forms of catchphrase coined is $16 trillion and where I now reside – and cast a Whether this di - comprehending the Obama-bashing – a secret Mus - in election years growing, unem - principled vote for Virgil Goode vision will dissipate crisis in Europe. lim born in Kenya, sent here to past, to reflect that it by CONSTANTINOS E. ployment refuses (in TNH, Oct. 27, I explained over the next four Furthermore, Rom - destroy America from within, all comes down to SCAROS to descend to ac - why). In order to feel enthusias - years is a matter of ney would have re - etc. – Romney chose to ignore the voters’ wallets. ceptable levels, tic about my vote having meant speculation. by DR. ANDRE fused to provide the more despicable of the gad - Surely, given our Special to consumer confi - something, I had to cast it for a But with respect GEROLYMATOS any financial sup - flies and took the high road, in - anemic level of The National Herald dence remains candidate who I fully well knew to America’s for - port, citing the cur - stead. His message, that Obama growth and rampant shaky, and busi - would struggle to gain even a eign policy there Special to rent financial prob - is essentially a nice guy who unemployment, it would seem nesses are no less fearful of Oba - fraction of 1% of the total. Oh, will be several gov - The National Herald lems in Greece as gave it a try but simply didn’t that would have determined this macare than they were a couple how times have changed! ernments that are an excuse. do a good enough job, was a election too, right? Wrong. It’s of years ago. Does any of that As for President Obama, happy with the election result, The government in Athens is civil one. I have said plenty in likability, stupid! sound as if the incumbent pres - there is plenty of time between and others that will have to too wrapped up in the ongoing the space of this column over Far too many Republican vot - ident was unbeatable? now and January 20 for many reevaluate their own policies to - in the Greek crisis to take notice, the past couple of years, and ers, no matter how much they GOP leaders, take note. Here of us to write about why those wards the United States. but it must accept that it needs most notably over the past few might have deluded themselves is a short list of Republican who voted against him truly Despite the cooling of Russ - a new policy towards the United weeks, about Mitt Romney’s to the contrary, do not actually hopefuls who, on the one hand, need to become the loyal oppo - ian-American relations since the States. disingenuousness. His dou - like Mitt Romney. Any forced might have been more of a risk sition, rather than sore losers reelection of Vladimir Putin, the The Europeans are almost in - bletalk, however, largely fo - bursts of excitement on their than Romney to be trounced by and crybabies. As I have written Russian president is more com - capable of making a decision on cused on self-aggrandizing false - part was rooted in the prospect Obama in a landslide, but who, on several occasions, there’s a fortable dealing with an Obama whether Greece should leave hoods and perpetual position of unseating Obama. Four years on the other hand, had a lot I like about Obama – far White House than a “Cold War” the Eurozone, or accept the cold shifts, sometimes even within ago, they didn’t like John Mc - puncher’s chance to knock out more, in fact, than about any Mitt Romney. reality that the country needs the course of a single day. And Cain, either. Fearing the sky the president: Newt Gingrich, other Democrat. Consequently, Both presidents have a better an infusion of a new loan and a though Romney showed would fall on an Obama-run Rick Santorum, Rudy Giuliani, I cannot imagine voting for a understanding of international major “haircut” of its debt. glimpses of nastiness during the America, they confessed to one Mike Huckabee, and Herman Democrat in 2016, and so the affairs than the clumsy policies The Antonis Samaras Admin - Republican primaries, particu - another: “I’ll hold my nose and Cain. Yes, Herman Cain, the al - Republicans have a chance to put forth by the Republican istration must abandon Greece’s larly against Newt Gingrich, he vote for McCain.” Democrats most forgotten “pizza guy,” redeem themselves: to regain challenger. traditionally inept practices in treated the president with ap - held their noses, too, in 2004, whose “9-9-9” tax plan res - my vote by nominating a winner Beijing will be less happy Washington and adopt policies propriate respect in the general when they rushed to the polls onated with enough voters to the next time around. To under - since they have to deal with a that go beyond the Macedonian election campaign. to vote for John Kerry. When propel him to the top of his stand why Ronald Reagan president who is prepared to issue – not abandon it, but high - That said, I am wondering challenged to name one thing party’s pack for a short while, worked as a candidate, whereas push the envelope in the Pacific. light for American policymakers why the outcome was a surprise they liked about Kerry, many because it was, as Cain inim - George H.W. Bush did not. Why Mr. Romney would have fo - why Greece is strategically valu - to anyone, except for GOP par - replied: “George W. Bush is the itably described it: “bold!” And Bush’s son, George W., worked cused exclusively on trade, able for the United States. tisans who were so fixated on worst president ever!” of all the things Romney tried very well, too, whereas McCain while President Obama has pur - Athens needs to explain why not handing Obama a second The Republican Party made to be to all people, the one thing and Romney did not. sued a forward policy in Asia. it is in America’s interests to term, that they didn’t realize the a mistake of monumental pro - he never was, was bold. You have four years to get it In the last four years, the support Greece and help it over - moment they nominated Rom - portions when it banked on I hope the Republicans pay right this time, Republicans. Obama Administration has con - come the debt crisis. In a crisis- ney, they had sealed their own Romney this time around, and attention, because exactly 28 Don’t let me down. cluded a series of military al - driven Middle East, Greece, at liances with Vietnam, Indonesia, the moment, is an island of tran - Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, quility. India, which along with Amer - This is particularly relevant LETTER FROM ATHENS ica’s traditional allies, Japan and to Washington because as Amer - South Korea, have effectively ica is pulling out of the Middle checkmated the Chinese in their East, it will require bases in own backyard. nearby friendly countries. Tra - This Just in: Greece will Not Be Saved, After All ditionally, Turkey played this role but Ankara is less likely to The Antonis Samaras remain America’s protégé, as it Greek Prime Minister Anto - were sitting, in society, in an econ - owing the country $70 billion – Administration must seeks to develop its own inde - nis Samaras’ self-serving decla - which case no one omy where the cir - a bill that mounts $15 billion a pendent foreign policy in the re - ration that Greece would be would notice. cuits of credit (not year (not much more than the abandon Greece’s gion. saved from a Eurozone exit if Without real re - just the banking austerity package) – escape traditionally inept Israel will remain a staunch the Parliament that his shaky forms and attract - sector) have been again, he spouted silly syllo - America ally but it is unlikely coalition barely controlled – ing Foreign Direct utterly and truly gisms. practices in Washington that other countries in the re - showing how deep the division Investment to hire dismantled, and If Greece didn’t pass the re - gion will opt to been seen as be - in the country is over austerity workers who against a back - forms, he said, the EU-IMF-ECB The Ayatollahs must be ing pro-American. Even Saudi measures – passed his $17.45 should have been ground of the Troika wouldn’t release a long- breathing a sigh of relief be - Arabia will maintain a low pro - billion spending cut and tax hike pruned from public greatest fiscal delayed $38.8 billion loan in - cause President Obama is less file and try to distance itself plan was reminiscent of U.S. payrolls before squeeze ever at - stallment. Once they were likely to sanction an Israeli publically from the United President Herbert Hoover’s now, Greece will tempted in peace - passed, he said that meant, “we bombing of Iran than a less-ex - States. tongue-quivering reassurances not grow. The by ANDY time.” That’s what will get the critical aid tranche, perienced Romney. Certainly Greece has a great deal to of - in 1929 that the stock market Gross Domestic DABILIS Hoover didn’t see liquidity will start again to feed the Israeli Government is less fer the Obama Whitehouse. In wouldn’t crash. Product has shrunk coming, and nei - businesses and households, un - pleased and Benjamin Ne - addition to its proximity to the It did, of course, and while 25 percent in three Special to ther can Samaras. certainty will end, sentiment tanyahu will have to mend Middle East, it straddles the approval of more austerity will years and the aus - The National Herald Many of the will change and the fear of a re - fences with a reinvigorated roads to the Black Sea, Balkans stop talk of Greece being forced terity that Samaras new measures are turn to the drachma will disap - Obama Administration. and Central Europe. These as - out of the Eurozone will calm now champions, after having needed, but because they’ve pear … all this (talk of Greece The Assad regime will be sets are obvious to the Russians market jitters for a while, the previously opposed-supported- been delayed for decades, they exiting the euro) will end irre - worried since a president who who stand to gain a great deal numbers still don’t add up, and, opposed and supported, has put will be a nuclear bomb in the versibly.” is not seeking reelection will be from a Greek collapse. without real reform and growth, nearly two million people out of middle of the working class, The problem with short-term more likely to take a firmer A bankrupt Greece will easily it would be a pyrrhic victory re - work, closed 68,000 businesses pensioners and the poor, and measures is just that: they are stance with respect to Syria. It fall under Russian influence, sulting in the economy’s col - and is shrinking the economy some can only be characterized short-term and what Greece does not mean that President and Moscow will be able to ma - lapse anyway. by 7 percent. as heartless: reducing by 83 per - needs is a double visionary, Obama will declare war against nipulate the Greek governments Greece needed austerity a Since he’s not going to go af - cent the lump sum paid pen - someone who can see twice as Syria, or head a Libyan-style that come after the economic long time ago, when Samaras’ ter tax evaders, as he proved sioners who’ve had money de - far into the future as anyone NATO operation, but he could collapse. Russia will achieve its New Democracy Capitalists and when he tried to keep secret a ducted from their paychecks for else. The mentality here now is authorize black operations and historic drive to obtain warm their otherwise bitter rival PA - list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 30 years or more; cuts for some like the blue-collar worker in the begin arming the Syrian Free water ports on the Greek SOK Anti-Socialists, who have billion in a Swiss bank – one of disability pensions; eliminating Toby Keith country western song Army. Mediterranean. joined forces with him to ram many banks in other countries supplementary pensions, a who says, “I just punched out Overall, Canadians are ecsta - It is vital for Athens to ex - through more pay cuts, tax where Greeks with money keep move that leave some destitute and it’s paycheck Friday,” and tic because conservatives, liber - plain that in addition to Greece’s hikes and slashed pensions on their savings – Samaras went af - elderly with about $385 a he’s going to blow all his money als, and socialists have been and strategic value to the United workers, pensioners and the ter the usual victims again. month to live on; a $32 entry on booze. continue to be Obama support - States, a Russian-dominated poor, were packing public pay - While the deadwood is mixed fee to be seen at a hospital, a So while Samaras can cele - ers. Greece will undermine Amer - rolls with hundreds of thou - with productive people in Greek punitive regulation that will brate the passage of austerity, The government in Ottawa ica’s influence in Southeastern sands of needless workers in re - society, the across-the-board leave scores of thousands of the he’s worsened the Great Divide will be able to abandon the very Europe and the Middle East. turn for votes. austerity will hurt everyone, not poor and unemployed unable to in Greece, further polarized a controversial pipeline project in However, to accomplish this, the In civilized countries, that’s those who deserve it. be seen and left to die in the society of haves-and-have nots British Columbia, and possibly government in Athens needs to considered vote-rigging and a Yiannis Varoufakis, a Greek- streets. But who cares as long and left Greece living on bor - redirect it to the United States. find a rational voice that speaks crime, but it’s part of the prac - Australian economist, has writ - as Greece doesn’t leave the Eu - rowed time and more borrowed Perhaps even more ecstatic a language the Americans can tice of cradle-to-grave coddling ten that flat-out austerity “is rozone. money, both of which always are the Europeans. understand. and reward for doing nothing inane, in addition to being in - The problem with breathing run out before you know it. He President Obama will be in Greece where the dream for human.” He added: “This will only rarefied air where people shouldn’t forget what Hoover more sympathetic to the plight Andre Gerolymatos is Professor most young people was to find be the nail in the Greek social such as Samaras live is that you discovered too late: “About the of the Eurozone and is commit - of History and Director of the a job in the public sector where economy’s coffin.” He noted that see only numbers and not peo - time we can make the ends ted to the prospect of a feder - Stavros Niarchos Foundation they could sit at their desks, ig - it was being pushed too far: ple, so while he was getting meet, somebody moves the ated Europe. Centre for Hellenic Studies at nore customers, smoke, drink “National income is shrinking at ready to step over and on the ends.” It would not be surprising Simon Fraser University in Van - coffee, go home and retire early. a rate not seen since the Great bodies of Greeks who will be left that the World Bank, tradition - couver Unless they died where they Depression in any post-feudal impoverished while tax evaders [email protected] What Election Results Mean for Hellenic and Orthodox Issues

The reelection of President Albanian prison; and backed fort will continue ing to Washington, (D-CA) or Senator Bob Menen - nent of them over the last Barack Obama and Vice Presi - Turkish troops off of the Greek and further im - DC from a de - dez (D-NJ). Boxer was a Mem - decade. dent Joe Biden could bode well islet of Imea. prove. manding cam - ber of Congress representing the For Hellenic candidates, it for Greece, Cyprus, and the Ec - I believe the Obama/Biden On Capitol Hill, paign schedule just San Francisco area when we was a very mixed picture. We umenical Patriarchate. Remem - Administration has a very simi - where committees to be with us at represented the City of San lost our great, long-time advo - ber that our good friends in lar opportunity. We have very control 90% of the our Oxi Day black Francisco in Washington in 1988 cate, Hellenic US Senator President Bill Clinton’s Admin - good friends at top levels of this policies of Congress, tie dinner. And, we and we worked very closely Olympia Snowe (R-ME), be - istration took four years to real - Administration who are poised the control of the have worked with her. We have been good cause she announced in Febru - ize that the positions we were to take some helpful steps on committees that closely with Ed friends and she has supported ary that she would not run for advocating really were better for these issues over the next four create policy on Royce for many Hellenic and Orthodox issues reelection. America than the conventional years. In their first term, they Hellenic and Ortho - years and he has And Congresswoman Shelley wisdom of the bureaucracy. ended the Bush Administration’s dox issues will been a very strong Berkley, whose family comes As well, it is little appreciated policy of punishing Greek-Cypri - change significantly. by Andy supporter of our is - We have very good from the Jewish community of that in the first year of an ad - ots for voting against the Annan The House Foreign MANATOS sues. friends… who are poised Thessaloniki, was narrowly de - ministration, much of the time Plan and finally placed a fair Affairs Committee Special to On the Democ - feated in her bid to become a is taken up recruiting, vetting, American Ambassador in will no longer be The National Herald ratic side, the to take some helpful steps U.S. Senator from Nevada. She selecting, and securing confir - Nicosia. And, there is no doubt led by great friends ranking member of on these issues was a great advocate of our is - mation by the U.S. Senate of se - in my mind but that American and advocates of our issues of the Committee will be either sues and she will be sorely nior officials who implement policies toward Cyprus will im - many years – Chairwoman Brad Sherman (D-CA) or Eliot over the next four years. missed. Nevada did, however, policy, followed by them learn - prove during this next term. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Engel (D-NY). Both are also return to the House of Repre - ing of the ropes of the job well American support for Greece Ranking Minority Member friends of many decades and ad - since that time. And, there is sentatives Hellene Dina Titus enough to be effective. As well, during its version of our Great Howard Berman (D-CA). Re - vocates of our issues. Engel is no one in the U.S. Senate with (D-NV), who served in the in the forth year much time is Depression, which has been publican term-limit rules require the person who led the very whom we work more closely on House from 2009-2010, but was taken up by a tremendous focus good, can and should step up a Ros-Lehtinen to step down as tough fight to enact our legisla - Hellenic and Orthodox issues defeated in the last election. In on countering accusations of an notch. There are numerous Chairwoman (but stay on this tion that forced the American and no one who knows more addition, Congressman Gus Bili - opposition presidential candi - steps that America can take, crucial committee as a senior government to find the missing about our issues or is a stronger rakis (R-FL) and John Sarbanes date and campaigning for re - short of sending them large member), and Berman lost in on Cyprus. supporter of them than Menen - (D-MD) – unsurpassed leaders election. amounts of foreign aid during his reelection bid. In the Senate, things are dez. for Hellenic and Orthodox is - Our good friends in the Clin - America’s recession, which can However, the Members of much more up in the air, yet And on the Republican side sues in the House – were re - ton Administration, in their sec - cumulatively help Greece signif - Congress who are in position to could potentially be historic. If of that Committee, whoever elected, as well as Greek Ortho - ond term: switched France and icantly. succeed them are also very good John Kerry (D-MA) becomes takes over the Ranking Repub - dox Member of Congress Niki Germany’s opposition to Cyprus' As well, the Obama/Biden and longtime friends. In line to Secretary of State, as many pre - lican spot from Senator Richard Tsongas (D-MA). early accession to the EU; got Administration that began become Chairman of the House dict he will, the Senate Foreign Lugar (R-IN), who lost his re - FYROM to remove from it’s Con - slowly on the Ecumenical Patri - Foreign Affairs Committee are Relations Committee will need election bid in the primary elec - Andy Manatos is President of stitution language that was hos - archal issue has pressed for and Chris Smith (R-NJ) or Ed Royce a new chairman. tion, cannot be worse for us. Lu - Manatos & Manatos and Presi - tile toward Greece; got the secured some steps in the right (R-CA). Smith just took the ex - The new chairman could be gar, who used to be reasonable dent of the Coordinated Effort of Omonoia Five released from an direction. I believe that this ef - traordinary measure of return - either Senator Barbara Boxer on our issues, became an oppo - Hellenes. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 10-16 2012

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