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I was in Greece this summer after many years and it’s hard to :: magazine believe it’s the same country that is now in the news roiling with unrest over the European bailout and wracked with FOUNDED IN 2005 BY strikes by unions and ordinary citizens seeing their savings FROM THE EDITOR :: magazine and their pensions shredded by the new austerity measures. Demetrios Rhompotis PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN NEW YORK Dimitri Michalakis And now Greece is living with the uncertainty of a referendum that if voted down shortly, Kyprianos Bazenikas might abort any more of the European bailouts it needs to keep functioning as a country. Editor in Chief: When we traveled to Greece this past August we saw some government troops stationed in the Dimitri C. Michalakis Publishing street near Syntagma, and we saw the random graffiti of social protest around there and on the [email protected] Committee Chairman walls of the swank apartments on the walk to the Acropolis (“BurnThe Rich”). But the cabs the Lifestyle Editor Demetrios Rhompotis week we were there were plentiful, the trains ran and the Metro stations were magnificent (a Maria A. Pardalis (718) 554-0308 showpiece that would make any other country jealous), the planes flew (relatively on time), [email protected] [email protected] the ferries ran and were nothing like the old buckets I used to take in my younger years—their Director of Operations salons have captain’s chairs and views from sun-splashed picture windows—and the streets Western Region Desk Kyprianos Bazenikas were buzzing with cars and tourists and shoppers, and aside from the proverbial flea-bitten - Los Angeles [email protected] dogs of the street treated like the sacred cows of India, thoroughfares were clean and many of Joanna Xipa Marketing & Advertising the shops were new and thriving. (760) 805-1691 Director [email protected] Tommy Harmantzis Yes, the conversations in homes and cafes were all about the economic crisis. People talked (347) 613-4163 about their pensions hovering in the air and their benefits tanking. People talked about the Alexander Mizan [email protected] unrest in the street and the fate of the young people coming out of universities and finding no [email protected] ATHENS - GREECE jobs and seething with frustration. “The whole spectrum of people are living with - San Jose Office Public Relations & uncertainty,” said a friend, a former high school principal now living on a pension that he Andrea Photopoulos Marketing Director admits has been cut from under him and he fears will be cut further. “I can survive, somehow,” Margarita Vartholomeou [email protected] [email protected] he says, “I have to cut and cut to the bone, if I have to. But I lived my life and I had my career. What future do these poor kids have? I had them in school and I know how much they looked Baltimore Desk Georgia Vavas NEO Magazine forward to their careers. Some of them, especially the new immigrants, came from homes is published monthly by where they were the first to go to high school. Now you take that away from them. And what do [email protected] Neocorp Media Inc. you say to the old people who rely on their pension? Suddenly, after all these years of service it Photo/Fashion P.O. Box 560105 doesn’t exist anymore? Where do they go from here?” College Point, NY 11356 New York: ETA Press Phone: (718) 554-0308 We talked about this, while we sat in the café, and he flipped his worry beads, and other men sat [email protected] e-Fax: (718) 878-4448 around and flipped their worry beads, and sipped their coffee, or their lemonades, and the Los Angeles: Nick Dimitrokalis [email protected] woman met them after their shopping with all their bags, and the teenagers were chatting on (951) 764-5737 cell phones and getting ready to rendezvous at the many clubs that night, while all around us [email protected] the shops and restaurants were buzzing with life. Graphic Design Life in Greece does go on, as it always has, and always will. Greeks have a passion for living and NEOgraphix no crisis seems to faze them for too long. They have a passion for finding crises in their lives, Adrian Salescu and rising up to the challenge, and our hopes are that they will survive this challenge and show Athens Desk the sinew and survival skills that have made Greeks and Greece, a small population at best, a small country at best, one of the most enduring and significant in human history. Konstantinos Rhompotis (01130) 210 51 42 446 (01130) 6937 02 39 94 [email protected] Check our website Dimitri C. Michalakis www.neomagazine.com

(L to R) Kitroeff, Washington Oxi Day Haverford Associate Foundation Founder Andy Manatos, Professor of History Archbishop Demetrios with Congresswoman WODF Sponsor Ted Pedas, WODF Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award Ceremony Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award Ceremony Alexander Kitroeff Niki Tsongas and Congressman John Sarbanes The Honorary Guard presents the Colors Mr.& Mrs Karas, Chairman of Leadership 100 Secretary Leon Andris at the National World War II Memorial at the National World War II Memorial

Congressional Candidate George Demos and (R to L) Sponsors George and Cathy Sponsor Chrysa Sakellaris, Sponsors Jimmy and Zoe Tsakopoulos Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, former USAID Andrew A. Athens receiving his Moshovitis, Sponsors John and Dathel Georges Director Andrew Natsios and Archbishop Demetrios Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award

National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman presents the Oxi Day Award to Jamel Bettaieb of Tunisia, one of the Fathers of the Arab Spring Archbishop Demetrios with other participants at the two day events

Panagiotis Sakellaris receiving the Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award from (L to R), His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Greek Former US Ambassador to Greece Tom Miller presents Wreath laying ceremony on Oct. 28 at the Tomb Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Taxiarchis Sardellis, Andy Manatos the Metropolitan Chrysostomos Award to Photini Tomai of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Washington Oxi Day Founder and President Andrew Manatos

(L to R) Cyprus Ambassador Pavlos Anastasiades, Greek Ambassador Sponsor Dennis Mehiel, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Greatest Generation Award Winners Bob Dole and Panagiotis Sakellaris Senator Dole receiving the Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award from (L to R), Vassilis Alexandris, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Steve and Thelma Yeonas with and photo of Dennis Mehiel's father and WWII veteran Christopher Mehiel along with Panagiotis Sakellaris' sons, George (far left) and Arthur (far right). His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Tom Korologos and Andy Manatos Andrew A. Athens, Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis his picture as a WWII Veteran

Kyi has remained a symbol of hope, defiance and moral Diplomatic and Historical Archives. Tomai has devoted Damaskinos, among ALL top religious leaders in st strength for the 55 million people of Burma and is much of her professional life to researching, occupied countries publicly challenged in writing the recognized as one of the world’s most renowned documenting and publicizing the fate of Greece’s Jewish occupying Nazis’ Holocaust plans, according to the Raoul Washington OXI Day Foundation holds 1 Annual Celebration freedom fighters. She has received numerous honors for population during World War II and has published Wallenberg Foundation. The Archbishop showed great her work including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and the several volumes of work on the subject. courage in his response to the threat of death by Nazi Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian award in This award is named after Metropolitan Chrysostomos, firing squad. He told the Nazis that Greek clerics are not the United States — by a unanimous vote, in 2008. the Greek Orthodox Church leader on the island of shot, but hanged, and he requested that they respect the Because of political constraints, Suu Kyi was not allowed Zakinthos during the German occupation of Greece, who custom. Time Magazine featured him on its cover. Many know that Greece black tie dinner, American University lecture and Tomb of Marshall Wilhelm Keitel, credit Greece with bringing to leave her country and therefore she wasn’t able to the Unknowns wreath-laying at Arlington National about Hitler’s defeat. Keitel said: “The Greeks delayed by accept the award in person. is credited with saving hundreds of Jewish lives. German The Washington based OXI Foundation efforts featured Cemetery. two or more vital months the German attack against forces, preparing to deport Jewish citizens of Zakinthos Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, Demetrios, and created Democracy, The Oxi Day Battle of Crete Award is inspired by the to camps in Poland, ordered Metropolitan Chrysostomos Foreign Minister of Greece Stavros Lambrinidis as well as Hundreds more opinion leaders learned the Oxi Day Russia; if we did not have this long delay, the outcome of the war would have been different.” women of Crete, Greece, who showed tremendous to prepare a list of all of the Jewish people on the island. Greek Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis and Cyprus but few know that story as they nominated people for the cash prizes that courage in joining the fight against the invading Axis The Metropolitan told the Mayor of Zakinthos to burn the Ambassador Pavlos Anastasiades. History's highest accompanied the Foundation's Awards. Jewish In 1940, Greece’s Defeat of the Seemingly Undefeatable forces during WWII. In reprisal for their bravery in battle, list of Jewish names and implored the German ranking Greek-American officials also participated in she also saved it! community leaders learned of the unique courage of Axis Forces Inspired the World. in hiding and caring for wounded fighters, in smuggling commander to not deport these citizens, as they were these events, including: the first US Director of National Greek Orthodox hierarchs during the Holocaust through President Franklin Roosevelt said “When the entire world arms and messages when they knew that discovery meant Greek citizens and had done no harm. When the Intelligence and former Undersecretary of State, John PHOTOS: The W their nominations for the Metropolitan Chrysostomos had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the certain death, nearly 1,000 Cretan women were killed Germans would not listen and ordered him to produce Negroponte; former Senator Paul Sarbanes; former US Modern history's most consequential, yet forgotten, Award. invincibility of the German monster raising against it the and an additional 500 women were deported to Germany the list, Chrysostomos took a piece of paper, wrote his Ambassador to Belgium Tom Korologos; former USAID David vs. Goliath story -- Greece's role in the defeat of Early in the morning of October 28, 1940, the Italian proud spirit of freedom.” for taking part in the defense of their island. own name on it and handed it over, saying “here is the list Administrator Andrew Natsios; former Assistant Adolph Hitler and preservation of freedom and ambassador to Athens visited Greek Prime Minister of Jews you required.” In addition, he told the Jewish Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretary of State, democracy -- took a major step into public consciousness The first recipient of the annual Oxi Day Award was Panagiotis M. Sakellaris, a Greek WWII veteran, received residents on the island to leave their homes and go into Barbara Spyridon Pope; Vice-Chairman of the House this past October in the nation’s capital. The Washington Ioannis Metaxas, requesting that Greece allows free Tunisian activist Jamel Bettaieb, who received this the Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award on behalf of all ashington Oxi Day F passage of Italian forces through her territory. Without Greek soldiers who served courageously during World hiding in the mountains, promising them that Christian Veterans Affairs Committee, Congressman Gus Bilirakis; Oxi Day Foundation's first annual celebration, October recognition on behalf of the people in Sidi Bouzid, islanders would provide them with food and shelter. Congressman John Sarbanes; and Republican National hesitation or further consultation, Metaxas responded Tunisia, the birthplace of the historic Arab Spring, which War II. 27-28, 2011, taught hundreds of high-level national and “no” (oxi, in Greek) on the spot, opening another Those that followed his instructions were saved. Committee Chairman Reince Hercules Priebus. international policy makers and opinion leaders this glorious page in the history of Greece and the free world. led to the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Zine Ben Ali and Former Senate Majority Leader and nominee for relatively recent epic page in Greece’s history. It did so began a wave of revolutions that swept through the Arab President of the United States, Bob Dole, received the Oxi In 1978 Chrysostomos was awarded the title of Washington Oxi Day Foundation President and founder through the words of Winston Churchill and Franklin It took only four days for the outnumbered and ill world. He was recently invited to the Oval Office to meet “Righteous Among the Nations” by Israel’s Yad Vashem Andy Manatos and Executive Director Mike Manatos equipped Greek forces to repel the massive Italian attack Day Greatest Generation Award, honoring an American organization for risking his life to save the lives of Jewish welcomed the involvement in these activities of the Roosevelt and through the vocal advocacy of current day and to start an epic chain of victories – THE FIRST with President Barack Obama and was honored with the veteran on behalf of all American WWII soldiers. oundation national and international leaders, such as: Joe Biden, Democracy Award by the National Endowment for people during the Holocaust. According to Yad Vashem, national leaders of: the Order of St. Andrew, Leadership Vice President of the United States, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, AGAINST THE AXIS ARMIES DURING WWII – that Democracy. Bettaieb was nominated for the Oxi Day Sakellaris, who is 97-years-old, joined the Greek military upon receiving this award, “Metropolitan Chrysostomos 100, AHEPA, AHI, SAE, the Pancretan, Pan-Macedonian, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Nancy culminated with the liberation of a big swath of Greek- Award by the National Democratic Institute and the at the age of 21. Following the Axis invasion of Greece in declared that he was following the example of Pancyprian, Cyprus, Pan-Epirotic and Pan-Icarian Pelosi, former Speaker of the House and current House inhabited territory within Albania. Seeing his ally facing National Endowment for Democracy. October 1940, Sakellaris was called to active duty and Archbishop Damaskinos of Greece, who on 23 March Associations and Federations of America, PSEKA, Minority Leader, Chris Matthews, leading television total defeat, Hitler decided to invade Greece as well, with deployed to the Albanian front where he played a key role 1943, after the first trains left Thessaloniki for Auschwitz, American Hellenic Council of California, National the help of Bulgaria. While, it took less than two weeks for The first recipient of the annual Oxi Day Battle of Crete in the successful counter offensive against the invading published an outspoken condemnation of the Hellenic Society, Next Generation Initiative, Hellenic- personality and Republican Presidential nominee Carl Award, honoring a woman for courageous action for Gershman, President, National Endowment for mighty France to fall, the Axis powers spent more than six forces. deportation of Greece’s Jews. Damaskinos was known to American National Council, and Hellenic American months to succumb Greece, disrupting Hitler’s war freedom and democracy, in memory of the role women have said: “I have taken up my cross. I spoke to the Lord, Women's Council, among others. Democracy. timetable, since he was forced into the debilitating played against the Axis Forces in the Battle of Crete in The first recipient of the annual Metropolitan Chrysostomos Award – recognizing action to stop anti- and made up my mind to save as many Jewish souls as Dozens of Washington policy makers and opinion leaders Russian winter where he met defeat. Leaders like World War II, was Burmese pro-democracy leader and possible.’” For more information about the event and the participated in Foundation events that included a Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, America’s Sumner Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Despite Semitism or discrimination — was received by Ms. Photini Wa s h i n g t o n O x i D a y Fo u n d a t i o n , v i s i t National WWII Memorial ceremony, Four Seasons Hotel Welles and even Adolph Hitler’s Chief of Staff, Field being under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, Suu Tomai, director of the Greek Foreign Ministry’s Only the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, www.OxiDayFoundation.org.

10 NOVEMBER 2011 EVENT EVENT NOVEMBER 2011 11 Dioselina Bohoroquez Leon, Theresa Goj, Sidney Beal, by Peter Shakalis Christina Serna, Martiza McGinn

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Basile TIME, the Tenant’s Best Friend When HANAC’s Executive Director Leases Come Due… John P. Kaiteris addressing the event Tina Kiamos with Chris Giftos, Haeda Hercules Hanjis and George Mihaltses Tenants should view their lease expiration as an George Poulon, Hercules Hanjis, Hercules Argyriou, George Raptis opportunity to restructure their present office facility to address new priorities and changes to their business. One very important consideration, however, is to begin to focus on the lease expiration well in advance, and allow sufficient time for the many aspects and details of the renewal or relocation process to unfold, especially time for unexpected L to R. Sharla Castallanos, NYC issues that can arise at the last minute.

PHOTOS: ET Councilman Peter F. Vallone, HANAC Board Member Nikitas Drakotos Jr., Margo Catsimatidis and Steve Valiotis of Alma Realty Hercules Hanjis, Alex Afxentiou, The first step of course is to hire a competent broker to assist in the Evette Poulon, Eileen Afxentiou with friends process. This costs the tenant absolutely nothing and avails the tenant of the information they will need to evaluate space alternatives and make A PRESS Evangeline Douris, intelligent decisions. Chairman of HANAC, Evangeline Douris with John Kaiteris, Raisa, at her welcoming speech friend Yanna Katsageorgi Tanya and John Kaiteris The process of renewal or relocation varies according to the amount of space the tenant requires. Large users should begin the process several years in advance while smaller users may need as little as six months. When insurmountable issues arise at the end of a negotiation which causes the deal to fall through, tenants that have not anticipated this possibility must again begin the process of inspecting new locations and buildings, do preliminary architectural plans, prepare financial analyses, and submit and negotiate proposals. Daphne Konstantinides, Pauline Valenti, Despina Konstantinides and guests Christina Serna A problem arises when the time spent looking for a new deal brings the Tina Kiamos, John Catismatidis, HANAC Board of Directors, Penny Laspalakis,, Alexander G. Anagnos, tenant closer to its lease expiration date and the chance that it will be a Sharla Castallanos, Margo Katerina Raptis, Eileen Afxentiou, Evangeline Douris, NYC Controller John Liu, John P. Kaiteris, Consul Catismatidis, Peter A. Vlachos Stelene Argyriou, Evette Poulon General Aghi Balta, Catherine Saketos, Chris Pappas and Nikitas Drakotos ‘hold-over’ tenant in its space. “Hold-over” tenants can be subject to stiff support over the years, as well as to Margo and John Catsimatidis, our Honorary Chairs, penalties and damages from landlords if they cannot vacate their space for always being there for us.” She also expressed “a very special thanks to all the th committees. It was an extraordinary team effort of directors, staff, our wonderful when their lease expires. seniors from George T. Douris Tower and Archibishop Iakovos Residence. They all Landlords negotiating with a tenant coming into their building know that HANAC Honors Its Own at 39 Annual Gala participated, making calls for the journal and stuffing envelopes. And of course, Tina Kiamos, always available to direct and give us answers to our questions.” if the prospective tenant has a lease coming due shortly and no back-up “I have been blessed with a Board of Directors, who agency’s highest distinction, presented to people who “In 1972 HANAC c opened its doors and a year later alternative, it has ceded much of its leverage in the negotiation. The tenant through the good times and difficult ones, never waved have stood out with their leadership skills and John Kaiteris came on board as Executive Director. Greek American comedian Basile took over after the presentations filling the Mandarin in this situation is in the position of either capitulating to the landlord’s in their support. Their commitment to the mission of philanthropy in various fields of endeavor. Mr. Kaiteris Since then his exemplary leadership and untiring Grand Ballroom (which “never is big enough for the HANAC gala,” as Mrs. Douris once negotiating position or facing the prospect of becoming a hold-over. the organization helped make our achievements joined a very prominent group of people who have efforts have transformed HANAC into a most respected remarked) with laughter, going through an array of stories and incidents while growing Leverage on the landlord’s part in this situation translates into less possible,” Evangeline Douris, Chairman of HANAC received HANAC’s Man of the Year Award, an only social service agency. Tonight we are delighted to up Greek in America! Engaging Greeks and non Greeks alike in the audience, true to (Hellenic American Neighborhood Action fitting case, because he had the opportunity to witness honor him as “Man of the Year,” said Evangeline flexibility in many areas of the negotiation such as price, landlord work his word “as an equal opportunity comedian,” Basile concluded his jokes to a standing contribution, and lease clauses, all of which can have an important impact Committee), declared in her welcoming speech at the first hand the birth and development of this tradition, Douris. ovation. agency’s 39th Annual Gala which was dedicated to having been the organization’s Executive on the tenant. agency’s Board of Directors. Director/CEO since 1973! His daughter Tanya At the 39th Annual Gala, HANAC’s Board of Directors HANAC is a nonprofit service organization founded in Astoria, New York in 1972 by introduced him at the podium, praising his skills not was presented with the “Spirit of Compassion and George T. Douris in response to the needs of the growing immigrant community of A back-up alternative therefore makes it easier for the tenant to re- The event was held this past October at the Mandarin only as an exemplary professional but as an Philanthropy” Award. Board Members, besides New York City. The mission of the agency is to develop and administer the operation of consider its original choice and move onto a better opportunity if it Oriental Hotel, in Manhattan, the venue of choice for affectionate father with great sense of humor. Chairman Evangeline Douris, include Alexander G. service programs for the betterment of the community and to provide these services to chooses. It also lets the prospective landlord know that the tenant is not this annual celebration that has come to mirror in Anagnos, President, Peter A. Vlachos, Vice-President, any and all who are needy without discrimination as to race, creed, national origin or captive to the landlord’s deal as it nears its expiration date. growth and success the organization’s progress. Mr. Kaiteris has a Masters Degree in Social Work from Arthur Cheliotes, Secretary, Penny Laspalakis, other defining characteristic. Columbia University and was a Doctoral Candidate in Treasurer, Nikitas Drakotos, Mario Mavricos, Chris “HANAC was George Douris' dearest and most lasting A tenant is a valuable commodity to a landlord in good times or bad times. Urban Policy Studies from New York University. He has Pappas, Steve P. Plangetis HANAC’s initial concern with the needs of the new immigrants, the elderly, the youth Tenants are revenue streams for owners while vacancies cost landlords achievement. Everything we are began from his initial an extensive background in government service and and their families, has shaped the direction and growth of its services to this day. and ongoing inspiration,” Mrs. Douris continued, and Catherine Saketos. money. Nevertheless a tenant must dispassionately put themselves “in community relations having worked in the New York play” to level the playing field when negotiating with owners. Without visibly moved. “George Douris (her late husband) City Human Resources Administration and in the Based upon its performance and record of 37 years, the agency has become one of New would be very pleased with the tender loving care Peter A. Vlachos responded on behalf of the Board of York City’s largest and most successful multi-service organizations. HANAC provides a alternatives tenants are at a disadvantage. Deals are aborted with great Mayor’s Office. He has also been active on community Directors expressing his heartfelt thanks and his given to his creation by its present leadership. I know and civic boards. He was a former president of the New wide range of programs from 17 locations to diverse and multi-ethnic communities, frequency and for a variety of reasons, without a back-up plan the tenant he would be very proud of our accomplishments.” thoughts on the organization’s remarkable progress in touching the lives of over 30,000 individuals annually. may give up a precious advantage – TIME. York City Council of Senior Centers and Services and almost four decades. HANAC’s Executive Director John P. Kaiteris, was the Queens Inter-Agency Council on Aging and a “I have been involved with HANAC since its genesis and it is very close to my heart. I honored with the “Man of the Year” Award, the former Chairman of the Queensboro Council for Evangeline Douris extended her gratitude and sincere know first hand how it has helped thousands of people throughout the city,” Social Welfare. thanks to all “loyal benefactors for their unwavering Evangeline Douris concluded. Peter Shakalis is a Director at Colliers International NY LLC [email protected]

12 NOVEMBER 2011 SOCIETY REAL ESTATE NOVEMBER 2011 13 Peter J. Pappas with Mr. Pataki, Sr. and Peter J. Pappas with Paul Tsongas Peter J. Pappas with David Dinkins former Ambassador Michael Sotirhos

Peter J. Pappas with Art Anagnos Peter J. Pappas and Mr. Pataki Peter J. Pappas with President George Bush and former Governor George E. Pataki (former Mayor of San Francisco)

& Leisure in Greece), which offers tantalizing So with Greece being such a natural for the As an industry in Greece, he says driving ranges glimpses of golf courses that exist now in Greece and sport,why hasn’t the game taken root there long ago? alone can make serious money. “Today we have a more. place like Chelsea Piers (in New York City), where “Number one, Greeks don't understand golf,” you can get a bucket of balls, maybe 80 balls for $20, by Dimitri C. Michalakis “Today, for example,” says Pappas, “Greece has Pappas tries to explain. “They think it is for the elite. and you can hit those 80 balls in about fifteen Peter J. Pappas several golf courses.” There is the venerable Glyfada The Glyfada course, as I understand, was built by the minutes. Chelsea Piers has three decks, maybe Golf Course, with a pine-studded course and a view Army Corps of Engineers only because of the U.S. fifteen across, and you can see how it produces of the Saronic Gulf, and the course is open year base located there. Once the Army pulled out, they money. Not only does it produce money, it offers round. There is the Corfu Golf Club on Corfu, the left the golf course behind, I think, to the city of recreation for people who might go there to practice Porto Carras Golf & Country Club in Halkidiki, and Glyfada. There is a Board in operation and some of their game or to play for laughs.” the Afandou Golf Course on Rhodes, which is next to that income is divided between the city and the golf Which country has legendary vistas of sun, sea and sky and beautiful weather most of the year? the Golf View Hotel and overlooks a course designed course. However, it hasn’t been promoted well. Golf has been providing him with both since his by David Haradine. There is the Crete Golf Club at Friends of mine who built the Costa Navarino site younger days when he parred in the low 11s, and like Greece, of course, and yet Greece has never been a go-to destination for aficionados of a fair weather sport like golf. Chersonissos, which has hosted the Aegean Airlines were golf enthusiasts and they realized by traveling most golfers, it has since become a passionate Pro-Am and the Porta Alunda Par 3 Course at Alunda. around to different parts of the world, playing golf, hobby. “There are people that paint, there are Until now—if Peter J. Pappas has his way. An avid golfer (he and his pal Telly Savalas played legendary matches) the Lastly, one cannot overlook the spectacular Costa that golf made sense for Greece as well. You don’t people that write, there are people that race cars. Navarino resort in Messinia, which is already one of have to limit yourself to just 4-5 months of tourist I’ve been playing a long time, but for the last fifteen New York-born Pappas, who learned his game on the driving ranges and links of the Big Apple. He later played with Greece’s premier golfing destinations. The resort season. You can play golf year round and bring in years, I’ve been seriously competing in tournaments presidents and Hollywood royalty and has been petitioning the Greek government to make golf one of their now features two golf courses: Navarino Dunes and tourist revenue throughout the year in a climate as an amateur, not as an A level, of course, but as a B priorities to attract new visitors and new sources of income. Navarino Bay, with separate clubhouses and such as Greece.” KPMG stated that Greece has over level. My handicap fluctuates at an average of 16.” attached 5-star hotels, as well as residential real 300 playable golf days. estate on seafront property with access to the golf Competition, he says, is healthy for the game and courses. The Dunes Course was designed by former Pappas himself started playing golf as a kid in New when he played with Telly Savalas, it was nothing but “At the present time Greece is selling four or five months of sun, sand and loukoumades,” says Pappas, the founder of P.J. US Masters Champion and Ryder Cup Captain, York; paying a few bucks to drive a few balls at a competition. “He was an avid golfer and we played Mechanical in New York, a leading Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC) contractor. “I’m trying to impress on Bernhard Langer and the Bay Course by American driving range and it created a lifelong passion. He's from sunrise to sunset,” he remembers. “We’d play them that golf in many countries surrounding Greece, such as Bulgaria and Croatia, aside from Italy, Spain and France, are architect Robert Trent Jones with a par 71 course that hoping that Greek kids can also be introduced to the golf all day long; eat, drink and play more golf. It was becoming fast growing golf destinations. They're promoting that because they realize that in the off season, it brings in offers some challenging greens. sport early and grow with the game. They will be the very competitive. There was always a wager, more travelers. More travelers require more services: ground transportation, restaurants, clothing to buy, hotels to stay in, future for golf in Greece. because that makes you more focused, I believe. etc. It keeps the economy humming and that’s my whole purpose for Greece: to impress on them that we can establish a There is a Hellenic Golf Federation with hundreds There are many social golfers who just go out and hit whole new industry for the country that will create jobs and revenue, which is desperately needed.” of members, in addition to the P.G.A. office at the “What I try to impress on developers and the the ball, and then there are others who need to Glyfada Golf Club. Mr. Pappas says “the PGA Hall of ministries,” he says, “is to provide some land and compete, like Greeks. I think it makes the difference. The first step is to cut the notorious red tape that makes every business venture in Greece an odyssey, and Pappas says he Fame, which I visited, is very anxious to include space in schools, gymnasiums, and auditoriums, It keeps you enjoying the game." has been given assurances at the highest level. Greece as part of it's membership. We have the Faldo where we can bring professionals to teach the game. (Series Junior Golf Championship) at the Glyfada By the way, we have Greek professionals who can He played with George Bush Senior in “I spoke with the Prime Minister and I spoke with the Minister of Tourism and his Deputies and they assured me that this course for anyone up to the age of 18, which just teach young children, middle aged people and Kennebunkport, ME. in a tournament and he is will be put on a fast track basis with only 8-12 months needed for approvals,” he says. “This will change the whole business finished it's second series. Greece is a member of the seniors to learn how to hold and swing a golf club. It heartened that President Obama plays golf, though climate, so investors don’t look at Greece and say I’m not going to invest there because I might have to sit on my land for PGA's of Europe and was given the highest rating for brings them to a point where they can go out to the the diehard Republican, Pappas, is not won over. who knows how long before I can put a shovel to the ground. That’s been one of the obstacles all along.” it's Agean pro-am played at the Costa Navarino. The field and hit some balls on a driving range. Then you “No, unfortunately,” he says of the president. “I’m course was magnificent, but other than that, the " learn to get better, to get attached to the sport and as on the other side of the spectrum.” There is a new website about Greece as a golf destination, which Mr. Pappas’ group has initiated: filotimo" of the Greeks, our traditional service and the years go on in your life, it will become a hobby.” http://www.greeceisgolfing.com, and a Facebook page and an existing magazine devoted to the Greek golfing scene (Golf kindness , has put us on the top of their list."

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its repayment. After the end of the war, at the Paris meeting Most of the atrocities committed by the Nazis in Greece Raptakis to Run of 1946 Greece was awarded $ 7.1 billion, out of $ 14.0 stemmed directly from two executive orders issued at the billion requested, for war reparations. highest levels of the Third Reich. According to the torching for new State directive, issued by Hitler himself, if there was a suspicion Italy repaid to Greece its share of the occupation loan, and that a residence was used by the resistance, that building Senate Seat in both Italy and Bulgaria paid war reparations to Greece. was a legitimate target to be burned down with its Germany paid war reparations to Poland in 1956, and inhabitants. The second order, signed by Marshal Wilhelm Rhode Island under pressure from the USA and the UK (to placate Tito Keitel, specified that for every Nazi killed, a minimum of and keep him from joining the Soviet block) paid war 100 hostages would be executed, and for every wounded reparations to Yugoslavia in 1971. Greece demanded from one, 50 would die (Payne 458ff, Goldhagen pp 189-190 Germany payment of the occupation loan in 1945, 1946, and pp 367-369, Blytas pp 418-419). by Dr. Costas Tzanos* 1947, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1987, and in 1995 (after the unification of Germany). Before the unification of The first mass executions took place in Crete even before Germany, using the London Agreement of February 27, the island fell to the Germans. In 1945, under the auspices 1953, West Germany avoided to pay its obligations arising of the United Nations, a committee headed by Nikos from the occupation loan and war reparations to Greece on Kazantzakis enumerated the destruction of more than 106 the argument that no “final peace treaty” had been signed. Cretan villages and the massacre of their inhabitants (see In 1964, German chancellor Erhard pledged repayment of video on Kontomari massacre). During the occupation, the The French economist and consultant to the French government Jacques Delpla stated on July 2, 2011, that Germany owes to Greece the loan after the reunification of Germany, which occurred Germans murdered the population of 89 Greek villages 575 billion Euros from Second World War obligations (Les Echos, Saturday, July 2, 2011). On September 18, 2011, the German in 1990. As the German magazine “Der Spiegel” wrote on and towns (see the massacre at Distomo), while over 1,700 newspaper Die Welt admitted that Germany owes to Greece many billions of Euros at least from obligations arising from a forcibly July 23, 1990, with the Two (West and East Germany) Plus villages were totally or partially Former Rhode Island State obtained loan from Greece during World War II. Four (USA, former Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and burned to the ground and many of Senator Leonidas “Lou” Please go to http://www.greece.org/blogs/wwii/ and sign the petition of the Forum of Hellenic Professors and PhDs requesting the France) Agreement that paved the way for the German Raptakis, who served in the German government to honor its long-overdue obligations to Greece by repaying the forcibly obtained occupation loan, and by paying unification, the nightmare of demands for war reparations Rhode Island general the World War II war reparations awarded to Greece by international agreements. by all those damaged by Nazi Germany, which could be assembly for sixteen years, raised by signing a “peace treaty”, disappears. This announced that he will run statement by Der Spiegel has no legal basis whatsoever, but for State Senate in 2012. it is an acknowledgement of the devices Germany is using Raptakis served in the Rhode to refuse a settlement with Greece (see also Island senate until last year, guardian.co.uk, June 21, 2011). The same magazine, on when he left to run his first June 21, 2011, quotes the economic historian Dr. Albrecht statewide race for Secretary Ritschl, who warns Germany to take a more chaste of State. He will be running to represent a new State Senate district, as the State of Rhode Island will be redrawing the district lines as a result of the current national census. “I am excited about the The book and illustration opportunity to return to the these antiquities were returned to Greece in 1950, the exhibition entitled “Sts. State Senate and continue majority of the stolen museum pieces have never been Cyril and Methodius: the my work on behalf of the traced. people of Rhode island while Greek Contribution to In Crete and elsewhere, local German commanders also working with my many ordered the excavation and looting of many archeological Russian Culture” part of a friends in the Greek In the summer of 1940, Mussolini, perceiving the presence of sites. These excavations were carried out by German series entitled “Great community on a range of German soldiers in the oilfields of Romania (an ally of Germany) archeologists, while Greek archeologists, curators and as a sign of a dangerous expansion of German influence in the approach in the euro crisis of 2008-2011, as it could face important issues,” said renewed and justified demands for WWII reparations. museum inspectors were forbidden to interfere, usually Greeks of Russia” has Raptakis. “Over the years, I Balkans, decided to invade Greece. In October 1940, Greece was addition to providing food for the 200,000 to 400,000 Axis under threats which could not be ignored. opened in the New have been committed to dragged into the Second World War by the invasion of its occupation troops stationed in Greece, the country was forced Indicative of the current value of the German obligations to public service and I look territory by Mussolini. To save Mussolini from a humiliating to provide the Axis forces involved in military operations in Greece are the following: using as interest rate the average We request the German government to honor its long- Building of the Russian forward to be back in the defeat, Hitler invaded Greece in April 1941. North Africa. Greek fruits, vegetables, livestock, cigarettes, interest rate of U.S. Treasury Bonds since 1944, which is overdue obligations to Greece by repaying the forcibly water, and even refrigerators were shipped from the Greek port obtained occupation loan, and by paying war reparations National Library in St. arena of the State Senate and Greece was looted and devastated by Nazi Germany as no other about 6%, it is estimated that the current value of the fighting for common sense of Piraeus to Libyan ports (Iliadakis p. 75). The International Red occupation loan is $163.8 billion and that of the war proportional to the material damages, atrocities and Petersburg. country under Nazi occupation. The Nazi minister of Cross and other sources have estimated that between 1941 and plundering committed by the Nazi war machinery. solutions to the challenges Economics, Walter Funk, said Greece suffered the tribulations of reparations is $332 billion. 1943 at least 300,000 Greeks died from starvation (Blytas p. 344, Among the exhibit displays are facing Rhode Island.” war like no other country in Europe. Doxiadis p.37, Mazower p.23). Nazi Germany did not just take “even their shoelaces” from *Costas Tzanos PhD, Nuclear Technology, wrote this on behalf of the Forum of Hellenic Professors and 19th–20th century publications Upon their arrival, the Germans started to live off the country. the Greeks. During WWII Greece lost 13% of its population from the library’s collection, which Those interested in Nazi Germany and Italy imposed on Greece exorbitant sums as as a direct result of the war (Doxiadis p 38, Illiadakis p 137). PhDs. They appropriated whatever they needed for their stay in occupation expenses to cover not only their occupation costs tell about the life of the famous supporting his campaign can Greece, and shipped back to Germany whatever they could lay During the Battle for Greece almost 20,000 enlisted Greek contact his campaign office but also to support the German war efforts in North Africa. As a men were killed, and more than a 100,000 were wounded ascetics, and the history of the their hands on: foodstuff, industrial products, industrial percentage of GNP, these sums were multiples of the occupation introduction of Slavic written at (401)397-2720 or at equipment and stocks, furniture, heirlooms from valuable or frostbitten, while about 4,000 civilians were killed in air [email protected] costs borne by France (which were only one fifth of those raids. But these numbers pale by comparison to the loss of language, reports. collections, paintings, archaeological treasures, watches, extracted from Greece), Holland, Belgium, or Norway. Ghigi, or [email protected]. jewelry, and from some houses even the metal knobs from the human life experienced during the occupation. According “Over the years, I have been the Italian plenipotentiary in Greece, said in 1942, “Greece is to conservative estimates, the deaths resulting directly from T h e e x p o s i t i o n w i l l b e doors. The entire output of Greek mines of pyrites, iron ore, completely squeezed dry” (Mazower p. 67). In an act of utter proud to be a strong voice chrome, nickel, magnesite, manganese, bauxite, and gold was the war before the war ended adds up to about 578,000 supplemented by the Calligraphy audacity, the occupation authorities forced the Tsolakoglou (Sbarounis p. 384). These deaths were the result of the School created at the St. Petersburg for my constituents while obtained for Germany. James Schafer, an American oil executive government to pay indemnities to German, Italian and Albanian working in Greece, summed it up: “The Germans are looting for persistent famine, caused by the looting and economic State A. L. Shtiglitz Academy of also working to bring nationals residing in occupied Greece for damages, presumably policies of the Axis, and of the atrocities committed either attention to issues that all they are worth, both openly and by forcing the Greeks to sell Industrial Design. The works of suffered during military operations, which were never defined. as reprisals, as a response to the resistance, or as means to calligraphers, using various matter to the Greek for worthless paper marks, issued locally” ( Mazower p.24). The Italian and Albanian citizens alone received sums equivalent Mussolini complained to his Minister of Foreign Affairs Count terrorize the Greek population. The above number does techniques, are dedicated to the community,” said Raptakis. to 783,080 dollars and 64,626 dollars respectively! (Iliadakis p. not include the deaths which occurred after the end of the “I intend to build on that Ciano: “The Germans have taken from the Greeks even their 96). Greece, which was destroyed by the Axis, was forced to pay expression of the Slavonic alphabet. shoelaces”(Ciano p.387). war from diseases such as TB (400000 cases) and malaria, Included in the exhibit are record of accomplishment by citizens of its enemies for presumed but unproven damages. from persistent malnutrition, wounds and exposure, all of returning to the state senate calligraphic sketches, manuscript The massive looting of the country, the hyperinflation generated In addition to the occupation expenses, Nazi Germany obtained them a direct result of war conditions. Thus, in WWII as a leader who knows how by the uncontrolled printing of German Occupation Marks by Greece lost as many lives, mostly of unarmed men women books, and objects of decorative and forcibly from Greece a loan (occupation loan) of $ 3.5 billion. applied arts. to get things done.” German local commanders, and the consequent economic Hitler himself had recognized the legal (intergovernmental) and children, as the USA and the UK together. collapse of the country, precipitated a devastating famine. In character of this loan and had given orders to start the process of 18 NOVEMBER 2011 NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES NOVEMBER 2011 19

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PHOTOS: ETA PRESS The George “Best” Costacos Cultural and Cancer Association. Guests were enthralled by the enough money to help people,” she pointed out. Research Foundation awarded its first George “Best” performances of John Himmel, Lynn Manuell, Seth Costacos Humanitarian Spirit Award to HRH Crown Weinstein and the soprano Jadranka Jovanovic. The The George “Best” Costacos Cultural and Cancer by Demetrios Rhompotis Princess Katherine of Serbia for her extensive well-known artist Russell Bush presented Her Royal Research Foundation will support the innovative humanitarian activities at a concert and cocktail Highness with an original work of art designed research of the laboratory of David C. Lyden, M.D., reception held recently in New York. HRH is the patron specifically for her. The Humanitarian Spirit Award was Ph.D., a leading authority on cancer metastasis and of Lifeline Humanitarian Organization which operates designed by the world-renown sculptor Nikos Floros. brain tumors. in the United States of America, Canada, the United The award is a modern structure of aluminum and Dr. Lyden is co-senior author of “Cancer Metastasis: Kingdom, Greece and Serbia. Crown Princess plexiglass, using a technique originated by Mr. Floros. Biological Basis and Therapeutics” by Cambridge The Double Headed Eagle, the part from America, the Serbs do not overly personalize If I judge from your series Katherine was born in Athens, Greece, to Robert and Among other works, Mr. Floros has utilized this University Press, the first ever book on metastatic symbol of the Late Byzantine their feelings towards individual Americans. I would say H e l l e n i s m w i t h o u t Empire, speaks eloquently to that the Anti-Americanism I have seen in Serbia is similar Borders in NEO magazine, the worldview of the Byzantines, to that in Greece, but by no means worse. Further, the you combine history and whose Empire looked both to province I live in, Vojvodina, has over two dozen prose in a way that makes the East and to the West, but nationalities in the region, Serbs, Hungarians, the text readable to every The George “Best” never was—or is—really part of Romanians, Slovaks, Carpatho-Russians, Croatians, “commoner” while at the either. At its apogee, the Gypsies, and others, including Greeks, and most of these same time you maintain Byzantine Empire was the people have centuries-long ties to the region. Tolerance the scientific integrity h i g h e s t c i v i l i z a t i o n i n is the norm, rather than the exception. when it comes to events Costacos Foundation Europe—the Center. This and other historical Greek American Double Headed Eagle is After the disastrous decade of the ‘90s, Serbia and data. Is the book done author Alexander cherished by the Balkan the Balkans in general, came to symbolize in the the same way? Billinis Orthodox successors to West almost everything that’s bad and negative (built Byzantium, and versions of it grace perhaps on an already existing stereotype that goes Thank you, it is always Honors HRH Crown back to the Ottoman times). Would you say that your good to hear that. I would the national flags of Serbia, Montenegro, and even Albania. book is also an unconscious attempt to challenge say that the reader who that image? enjoys my column would Alexander Billinis’ book “The Eagle has Two Faces”, likely enjoy the book a great deal. I delve into places in HRH Crown Prince Alexander, HRH Crown Princess Katherine with members of the Board of the George Best To some degree. The Byzantine civilization shared by Princess Katherine Costacos Cultural and Cancer Research Foundation, along with all the artists and the MC of the evening. published recently and available at amazon.com and greater depth, and with greater sharpness. One critic virtually all other online retailers, offers history, Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Romanians was the most called my book “the author’s love affair with the architecture, personal experiences, and numerous advanced civilization of the Middle Ages, and it was set Balkans.” I hope and I believe that love has not made me Anna Batis. She was educated in Athens and Lausanne, technique in research and clinical care of the metastatic patient, anecdotes to expound on key central themes. First, that upon by both the West and the Ottomans. My point is that blind, because while there is much to love in this part of Switzerland, and studied business at the University of h i s f a m o u s published April 2011. His team of researchers was the the Balkan Orthodox nations form a common culture 500 years of Ottoman rule arrested our development and the world, there is also much that simply needs to Denver, Colorado, and the University of Dallas, Texas. s c u l p t u r a l first to identify specific bone marrow precursor cells and virtual commonwealth, while still maintaining is a direct cause to the political and economic problems change, if the region is to have any chance in the 21st She received an honorary doctorate from the University c o s t u m e s that induce the formation of new blood vessels that ethnic, geographical, and linguistic diversity. Second, the we see today in the Balkan countries, including of course century. of Sheffield, England, in 2007. Princess Katherine inspired by feed brain tumors. With this ground breaking common experience of Ottoman rule, while preserving Greece. My further point is that the Orthodox Balkan speaks English, Greek, French, Spanish and Serbian. Maria Callas. discovery, Dr. Lyden’s lab is now trying to develop Byzantine culture and insulating the Orthodox Catholic people all have a common culture and the differences are What do your Balkan, non-Greek, friends think monoclonal antibodies to receptors on these bone Church from Roman Catholic encroachment, did so by less important than the similarities. about the book? An international In her opening marrow cells. This novel therapy will target and stop c r o w d o f remarks, Dora cutting off Byzantine Europe from economic, political, To go to your direct question, I think that there are As I live in Serbia and along with my Greek and American the cancer cells from growing and spreading. This cultural, and civic development in progress in Western dignitaries from Ziongas, Vice exciting research can ultimately lead to a cure. elements of the Balkan stereotype that have basis in fact. publications, I write for several Serbian and Serbian the diplomatic, President and Europe. Finally, throughout, there is a sense that history, There is severe, debilitating corruption in all Balkan Diaspora publications, I can speak for Serbian reactions, s c i e n t i f i c , co-founder of A recognized rather than linear, runs in a circular form, and that history countries, which directly relates to Greece’s financial and they generally have felt that the book is accurate. I once again encroaches on the lands of the Double meltdown. I seek, with a meze of travels in the region, to have a soft spot for the Serbs and it comes out in my academic and Fo u n d a t i o n 5 0 1 ( c ) 3 Headed Eagle. cultural fields spoke about n o n p r o f i t offer a more complete view of the Balkans. My view is of writing, but I make no excuses for the corruption and the turned out for the HRH Crown Princess Katherine receives G e o r g e organization, The What makes this book exceptionally familiar to the Greek course influenced by my Greek-American identity, and of civic deficit in Serbia or in Greece, and I think that any a w a r d an original work of art by Russell Bush Costacos’work George “Best” American community is the fact that Alexander Billinis is course, that of my Serbian-American wife. Balkan who holds a very rose-colored, nostalgic view of p r e s e n t a t i o n and humanitarian spirit, the organization’s mission and Costacos Cultural himself a Greek-American who has a lifelong interest in their country or region will find my conclusions jarring. If Dr. David C. Lyden presenting George There is no extensive bibliography on the I wrote this book from far away, in Salt Lake City, Chicago w h i c h w a s how HRH Princess Katherine’s passion and a n d C a n c e r Byzantine history and its relevance to today’s world. His Southeastern European Hellenic Diaspora. Certainly "Best" Costacos Humanitarian Spirit preceeded by a commitment to her work were an inspiration to her and R e s e a r c h point of view is greatly influenced by being part of the or Washington D.C., all places where I have lived, for Award to HRH Crown Princess your book is filling an ozone hole size of a void. But example, I might be more overcome with emotion than I concert featuring the other members of the board. “There could not be a Foundation was Diaspora, which makes him both an insider and outsider why do you think that is the case? Greeks were too Katherine of Serbia to the Balkan region where Byzantium’s successors am now, living the often challenging realities of life in the an international more deserving individual to receive the first George HRH Crown Prince Alexander of formed in 2009 to traumatized to remember what we lost relatively Balkans. roster of talented young performers. Among those ‘Best’ Costacos Humanitarian Spirit Award than Her Serbia HRH Crown Princess Katherine h o n o r t h e experience a rather complicated and frustrating recently? attending were His Excellency Feodor Starcevic - Royal Highness.” Ms. Ziongas said. of Serbia, Vice President and memory of the existence. He has lived and worked in Bulgaria, Greece, Besides the joy or writing and sharing experiences, Ambassador of Serbia to UN, Ambassador Aghi Balta, co-founder of the George "Best" late actor/singer and Serbia, and has traveled extensively to other Diaspora is a key part of this book, but it is not so much what’s the purpose of this book, in other words, what Consul General of Greece, Ms. Koula Sophianou, The Humanitarian Spirit Award was presented to Her Costacos Cultural and Cancer and member of countries that have had influence on the Balkans, Greeks living in, say, Bulgaria or Serbia, but rather the do you expect from it in the best-case scenario. Consul General of Cyprus, Ms. Mirjana Zivkovic, Royal Highness by Dr. David Lyden, Stavros Niarchos Research Foundation, Ms. Dora Ziongas the Actors’ Equity including Turkey, Italy, Austria, and Hungary. His interest need for all Balkan peoples to quit their countries for the Consul General of Serbia, Ambassador and Mrs. Chair at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Attending Association, George “Best” Costacos who died in in this area’s culture and history is balanced by the West and a better life. The political, economic, and What does every author expect, a best seller of course! As Andrew Jacovides, President of the board of Lifeline Pediatric Neurooncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering November 2008 of glioblastoma, a malignant brain calculating analyses of an international banker, his career cultural baggage of Ottoman rule, and the continuation I said in an earlier response, this book was like my Humanitarian Organization NY, Mr. David Hrych, well- Cancer Center. In her acceptance Princess Katherine tumor with a particularly poor prognosis. The for more than a dozen years. A graduate of Georgetown of what were essentially Ottoman norms of governance therapy. Being a Greek is a very full experience, and the known architect Mr.Kostantine Kondyllis, Dr. and Mrs. spoke about the inspiration she drew from her parents Foundation’s mission is to support research to University’s School of Foreign Service, Mr. Billinis after the expulsion of the Ottomans, encouraged (and whole Balkans is a cauldron of both joyful and often Steven Stylianos, Dr. Chrysanthe Routzounis, Dr.David who always provided a strong example with their own understand the etiology of cancer, to support majored in East European Studies just as the Communist continues to encourage) the most ambitious and civic- profoundly disappointing experiences. I dedicated this Lyden, Stavros Niarchos Chair at Weill Cornell Medical humanitarian activities. She thanked the members of improvement in the management of brain tumors, and bloc was in the process of dissolution, at a time when minded Balkan people to leave the region. I do not dwell book to my late father, John, and to his grandson, my son, the board of the George “Best” Costacos Cultural and history and culture once again emerged over ideology. particularly on the once substantial Greek mercantile also, of course, John. It is to honor them first and Centerand attending pediatric neurooncologist at to promote, foster, and advance the professional He followed his studies with a semester at Budapest foremost, but I also think that my experience and insights Memorial Sloan-Kettering CancerCenter, Dr.Demetrios Cancer Research Foundation and the President and pursuits of young artists. communities in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania, although Vice President, Nikos Floros and Dora Ziongas University of Economic Sciences and an internship in often enough people from old Belgrade families will talk might interest a wide variety of people. Skokos of Rockefeller University and Regeneron, and Sofia, Bulgaria. He also earned advanced degrees in about their Greek origins. Most of these communities Dr. Christos Koutentis as well as Mr. Ijaz Malik. respectively, for this honor. Her Royal Highness spoke George Costacos was born in Athens, Greece, in 1964 Where can people find it? about her commitment and work to help bring peace and died at the age of 44 in Hanover, Germany. George international business and law. either repatriated to Greece, or, more often, assimilated into their Byzantine surroundings. Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Mr. David and compassion to a world that sorely needs both Costacos’ love of life and humanitarian spirit were an Working for various global banks took him and his family Well, I am a new author but I have to say that in the world Lotz, Director of Communications for the Actors Equity “There always seems to be money for war but never inspiration to all who met him. from Utah, to Chicago, to Athens, and to London. He has What is the structure of the book, I mean, did you of online retailing it is easy to get my book. Amazon.com written for various Diaspora Greek and Serbian have a certain pattern in mind? and virtually any other online retailer have my book on publications in the US, Canada, Greece, and Australia, offer. I cannot imagine how hard it must have been to including NEO magazine where he contributes every A great question. Organization was never my strong suit, I market one’s book in the past, particularly as a first time month an essay in a series titled Hellenism Without suppose that is typical of a Greek! It is a bit of stream of author. I have a global audience, I write for publications Borders. He currently lives in Sombor, ‘Serbia’s most consciousness book, my travels are not linearly linked, in Europe, North America, and Australia, and my book architecturally beautiful city,” as he likes to point out, but rather geographic or episodic. I cover both the core can be purchased anywhere. Do also visit my website and with his Serbian-American wife and their two young successor states of Byzantium and the periphery. As I live blog www.alexanderbillinis.com children. “The Eagle has Two Faces” is his first book. in an area where Orthodoxy fades into Western Christianity, I discuss the Roman Catholic-Orthodox Any other book in the offing or it’s too early? You are an American living in Serbia. Is that possible relationship a fair amount, both in terms of the Serbs and Yes, there is. I am a few chapters into another travel- after what happened in the ‘90s? Romanians in the former Austria-Hungary, but also the historical book about Vojvodina province and its Austro- enclaves of Greeks and Arvanites in Italy. The two areas It is easy enough. Most people here see me as a Greek and Byzantine culture with its two-dozen nationalities. When that I do not cover that might have been valuable, are we eventually return to the US I want to write about the ties between Greeks and Serbs are very warm. While Albania and Bosnia, but a travelogue on such a dense and most Serbs feel the bombing and the amputation of America. It is always a challenge to write about your home culturally profound area as the Balkans can never really country. Kossovo from Serbia was a gross injustice orchestrated in be complete.

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PHOTOS: ETA PRESS Marigo Lemou-Patitsa with her sons Philimon and Leon at the inauguration of MT "Aspasia Lemos".

At the inauguration ceremony of the Aframax Tanker "Aspasia Lemos" in S.Korea. Marigo Laimou-Patitsa with the godmother of the ship Marietta Chrousala-Patitsa.

by Marigo Lemou-Patitsa henever a woman deals with an the pride of her house. Many distinguished people-- issue—using her strength, clarity, moral businessmen, professors, the well-educated--came vision, perseverance and loyalty--she will from single-parent families where they were brought W up only by their mothers because the husbands were always achieve her goals. In a direct or indirect way, she will give the best of herself and inspire her away at sea. The men sent the money home, but it husband and children. The maritime industry was was the women who were the driving force in the and still is one of the most significant industries and family and who sometimes invested in a fleet of ships it plays a vital role in the financial and social sphere: themselves. in enhancing and broadening the life of our country ”Δει δη χρημάτων και άνευ τούτων, ουδέν των and especially in enhancing the welfare of Greece, δεόντων γενέσθαι”, the ancient Greeks used to say. which is at the crossroads of Western civilization and But you cannot eat money, and wealth by itself does culture. not always make an individual significant. It needs to overlooking the sea! The woman is the one who be used in the right way. And the person who usually ...continued from the Order. Last year, they honored Mr. Egemen help the “motherland”. In fact, each time he travels Nowadays, many women act much as Bouboulina kept the faith vital and the candles in the churches lit. Bagis, the Turkish Secretary in charge of the here they use his presence as a reminder of how and Manto Mavrogenous did and assert themselves does this is the mother, the wife, the woman who is She is the one who prayed for the sea to calm and for peri scope page 37 the caretaker of life, who lives at home and takes care European Union, with a medal for religious tolerant their society is and not a few times the by their speech, self-sacrifice, presence, and the her husband to return home safe. She is the one who X freedom and human rights, if I recall correctly, at a Patriarch himself has advocated in Europe for success of their family, their island and their country. of the family and provides for the essentials of life: dressed her children and her house to welcome back Since resuming his duties as NATO Europe conference organized in Belgium by the Archons Turkey (there is nothing wrong with that so long Support does not necessarily mean fighting in the the children and their nurturing through sickness her husband from the sea, the breadwinner who Commander Admiral Stavridis has toned down the on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. A few that it doesn’t harm the interests of Greece, Cyprus forefront, but fighting nevertheless and working and health, of their proper education, and fought every day for the bare essentials of life. Turkish persecutions against his family, saying that days before been honored, Mr. Bagis who for years and last but not least human rights and religious e x t r e m e l y h a r d w i t h o u t g e t t i n g t h e sometimes by sacrificing her own life to be with her his ancestors “left” Turkey, providing no further was president of the Federation of Turkish freedom in Turkey proper). husband on his ship. The woman, the female muse, the female explanation. He said the same thing at the Archon’s American Societies in New York and that could recognition—working often more efficiently—to inspiration, the fighter in the everyday of life, and in As the pressure on Turkey will mount due to dinner and I frankly can’t understand what his explain some of his connections with the Ergogan’s policies, the pressure on the Patriarch to support and inspire others as a mother, sister, Only by sacrifice can life go on and the goals of life be the Hellenic Maritime sector, the loyal, devoted, angle is: does he negate the fact that his family was Patriarch’s people here, had said that Cyprus, an spouse, without wanting something back, without achieved. use his well positioned American flock will responsible woman behind the our mariners, will chased away by criminal elements of the Turkish independent country, member of both the increase. What makes the case more complicated is wanting more for themselves, without looking back Only by ceaseless sacrifice did a small group of always be a dynamic presence, either at home, or in army, did he lie when he wrote that in his book? European Union and the Eurozone, doesn’t even on the years gone by and saying “enough—I’ve done the fact that Bartholomew too is eager to help mariners become the Union of Hellenic Shipowners: the forefront as secretary, as wife, as mother, as Has he been threatened by the Turks of by their exist as a nation! Erdogan, because truth to be said, he has taken enough.” men who loved the sea, who worked on it and partner, as a simple woman, simple but always supporters in the Department of Defense and he This past September, when Turkish Prime Minister some brave steps in making the life much easier for My opinion is that the greatest contributor to the devoted their lives to it. Men who achieved their dynamic. had to change the narrative? Recep Tayip Erdogan visited New York for the UN the Patriarchate and Christians in general. It’s also a maritime sector was and is the woman who stays at goals because of the women at home who supported James (Demetrios) Stavridis needs to put his act General Assembly, the Archons organized a good opportunity for Bartholomew to prove his Even in these hard times which we are facing, she together, because he has us all, Greek-Americans, meeting for him with some very influential Greek “patriotic” credentials, always in doubt in Turkey. home: the wife and mother of the mariner, who tries them and contributed to their ambition. It required stands with an encouraging smile to support her to raise her children on her own without help, who strength, loyalty, vision and above all, faith in God Americans and Turks, confused! A proud US Navy Americans. Take into consideration that besides a However, it’s ironic now that Erdogan has managed mariner and always remember that, ''The sea may get Admiral cannot be viewed as recanting his story for few obsessed pro Turkey State & Defense to corner himself, the Greeks should to come to his takes care of the house, who will live out her youth and in themselves! How many churches of Agios sick, but it never dies.” the sake of an appointment, however important Department characters, none else wants to see rescue! all alone, who will defend her home and will uphold Nikolaos do we count in our beautiful islands that is! Erdogan in the US, given his anti-Israeli overtures. What we have seen so far is just the beginning. As I For certain power circles here, he’s considered stressed in last month’s Perixscope, it is imperative Guess who’s lobbying worse than Ahmadinejad! that the Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in the for Ergogan now: The It should not come as a surprise then that Erdogan Americas become independent. It will first and and his cohorts have turned to the …Greeks for foremost help the Patriarch if his ability to lobby for Patriarch! help in order to ease the isolation and to help crack Turkey becomes obsolete. The pressure on him will It’s interesting that the Order of the Archons, the impasse. They sense that Ecumenical Patriarch be lifted and he could spend more time putting his whose main work so far has been devoted to Bartholomew could summon at their disposal the Patriarchate in order. As the world is threatened defending the Ecumenical Patriarchate against the vast pool of connections within the Greek with imminent doom both physically and abuses of the Turkish regime, didn’t react to American community. And it’s not just the Archons, metaphysically, the Patriarch, a champion for Stavridis’ assertion that his family “left” Turkey, there is much more … ecology himself, has a lot of rescuing to do before although everyone, including himself, knows this Now, none can seriously claim that the Patriarch is he bothers with Erdogan’s (political) salvation! isn’t true. working for the Turks or even worse that he’s a spy *A Gabriel García Márquez novel But there is a pattern lately regarding the Archon’s and the rest of the crap that surface here and there stance vis a vis Turkey, which should call (not without reason, never the less). But knowing DEMETRIOS RHOMPOTIS everybody’s attention, especially the members of the totalitarian nature of every Turkish regime, it’s [email protected] only natural that the Turks force Bartholomew to

12 NOVEMBER 2011 CULTURE periXscope NOVEMBER 2011 29 Heritage Greece Photo exhibition by Program Meets three Greek photographers. High Expectations of Participants December 5, 2011 (opening night and reception) January 5, 2012

Photographers: Alexandros Giannakis - Images of Dance Anastasios Mentis - Images from Astoria

bottom row (seated) - Victoria Markakis, Stavroula Ploumes, George Vdokakis - Images from Greece Andreas Markakis; top row (standing) - George Markakis, Elias Ploumes, Carmen (Markakis) St. George, Dimitrios Papas A study released by DEREE-The American College of Greece, Consulate General of Greece confirms that the National Hellenic Society’s (NHS’) Heritage Address: 69E 79 Street, New York, NY 10075 East Meadow, Greece program provides student participants with a unique New York. A and meaningful development experience while strengthening (between Park Avenue & Madison Avenue) fundraiser was held on their feelings toward their Greek heritage, announced NHS August 4, 2011 at the Carltun Executive Director Timothy Maniatis. Tel: 212-988-5500 on Eisenhower Park to Heritage Greece is a specially designed intensive two-week support the ele immersion program offered by the NHS in collaboration with ction of DEREE-The American College of Greece that provides fully- Carmen St. George for funded educational, first-time visits to Greece for students. Nassau County District Court In addition, the study indicates that the students’ high Judge. St. George spoke expectations of the program were met and that Heritage before a room filled with her Greece’s holistic approach (the blend of educational, cultural su and social activities) was effective in helping the students pporters, prominent connect with the history and culture of Greece. The findings Mamie Stathatos-Fulgieri, Esq., President attorneys, and community also suggest that exposure to Greek language was highly of the Hellenic Lawyers Association, regarded and fully appreciated by the students. Marc Francis, Esq., Carmen (Markakis) leaders about her life long St. George, Judicial Candidate dream of becoming a jurist. “We value the feedback we received from our student participants and commend the efforts of everyone who helps to make Heritage Greece a success,” Executive Director St. George, whose maiden name is family, including father, Andreas, mother, Maniatis said. “The high marks are a testament to the high level Markakis, paid tribute to her Greek roots Victoria Markakis, and sister Maria of professionalism offered by our partner, the American and indicated that she was proud to be a Markakis, who were all present that College of Greece. We look forward to working with this data part of the Hellenic Lawyers Association. evening. St. George recounted her and using it to build an even stronger program for next year Born in the United States, St. George is experience including six and a half years as and the years to come.” fluent in Greek and attended elementary an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting school in Athens. Her father, Andreas E. over fifty trials, including numerous felony Heritage Greece is the only Greek American program that Markakis, a native of Crete, was a and misdemeanor jury trials for the conducts a pre- and exit survey of its participants to measure shipowner. Growing up in Southold, Queens County District Attorney’s office the program’s effectiveness and impact on the students’ Long Island, St. George was a member of and seven and a half years as a trial attorney appreciation and understanding of their heritage and modern the Church of Transfiguration of Christ in with the Manhattan law firm of Levy Greece. The pre-survey included 22 questions grouped into Mattituck, N.Y. Now that she resides in Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, focusing on five categories. The post-survey included 67 questions Nassau County she and her family, asbestos related cases, including grouped into seven categories. husband Norman, daughters, Alexandra (2 mesothelioma and lung cancer. St. George years) and Isabella (2 months) are graduated cum laude from St. John’s In 2011, 20 Greek American students participated and their members of the Cathedral of St. Paul in University and earned her Juris Doctor experience was complimented by ten students from DEREE- Hempstead, N.Y. from Fordham Law School. The American College of Greece. During the event St. George also St. George has the endorsement of the More information on Hellenic Society and the program can be acknowledged the support of her Democratic, Working Families and found at www.hellenicsociety.org. colleagues, committee members, and Independence parties.

30 NOVEMBER 2011 NEWS & NOTES by Markos Papadatos

Grammy-nominated Greek-American musician, in my blood. It's my identity and has helped me shape recording cost around $2,000 and it competes with Panagiotis Andreou opens up about his musical career, my musical style with the confidence that I have.” gigantic productions and artists of Sony Music.” proud moments, and discusses his ethnic background. Furthermore, last year he won the “Best Latin Jazz He has been performing professionally as a bass player Mr. Andreou has been performing professionally for Bassist of the Year” award from the prestigious Latin and vocalist, since the age of sixteeen. He has studied the last seventeen years. “I have performed all over the Jazz Corner. and played music since the young age of six. world at such venues as the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note and Iridium, to name a “I have to say that my proudest accomplishment is the Particularly impressive about Mr. Andreou’s talent is few,” he reveals. camaraderie and brotherhood that I have experienced that he holds ten years of experience in baroque flute along the way. I have brothers for life from all around (alto and bass), six years of classical piano, and two Regarding his Greek heritage, Mr. Andreou notes: “I the world, with whom I share deep musical and years of classical clarinet. was born in Athens in the municipality of Kallithea. My personal experiences with,” he reveals. father is from the municipality of Western Mani, which “I went to the Musical High School of Athens,” he is known as ‘Messiniaki Mani.’ My mother was born in Although Mr. Andreou loves many songs and enjoys remarks. “You are accepted there through an audition Piraeus but her father is from Corfu, and her mother is playing different styles of music, one of his favorite process and it’s a state school, where there is no tuition. from Syros with Asia Minor roots. I grew up feeling like songs to play live is the Stelios Kazantzidis classic There, I studied many different instruments and took a ‘Maniati’ since I spent a big part of my childhood “Yirizo ap’ ti nichta,” which translates into “Return from musical courses in the genres of world, classical, as well there, therefore I totally identify with Mani and I’m the Night.” as traditional Greek music such as Byzantine and extremely proud of it.” folklore. I also studied bouzouki and 'floyera,' which is His dream collaboration would be to someday a form of traditional flute, and vocal performance. I was He continues, “I was lucky to be born in a place where I accompany Eleni Vitali, and from the non-Greek artists also in the Byzantine choir and I explored a plethora of could see the Akropolis from my balcony, to write and someone like Bobby McFerrin. world instruments such as the kena and the pan-pipe speak a language that has a consistent history of four harmonica.” thousand years, and finally be in a part of the world that For Greek-American hopefuls who wish to pursue is both geographically and socio-politically rich and music, Mr. Andreou remarks “you can never stop Growing up in Greece, Mr. Andreou came to the United historically significant.” practicing and becoming better, but there has to be a States with a scholarship to study at the Berklee School good balance between that and the entrepreneurial of Music. He completed his Master’s degree at SUNY- With regard to the hardest aspect of his profession, he aspect of it. Finally, believe in your friends and Purchase with a partial scholarship. “I came here with notes the “entrepreneurship and the business aspect of ‘brothers’ as hard as it might seem, it's the only way to the ‘old world’ concept of studying music. Although it... It's interesting to find your musical voice and to fool the system, because it's something that the system Berklee offered music business and music technology continue searching for it for that matter. It's so hard to doesn't calculate. It's a characteristic of our culture to majors, I did the traditional ‘performance’ major and I be a businessman at the same time, and as you probably bond and honor our friendships! ‘Filia’ is such a heavy missed out on learning about the reality of the music know, nobody is going to do it for you. You have to do it word!” business world.” yourself because you are a musician and usually if you choose the non-commercial path, even if you want Presently, Mr. Andreou is involved in numerous On his musical influences, Mr. Andreou shares that they somebody to do it for you, you're probably not going to projects including “Now vs. Now,” “New York Gypsy All “range from an array of world, pop, rock, and classical be able to afford it.” Stars,” “Gonzalo Grau and La Clave Secreta,” as well as music. Although, all of them have an impact on what I “Breeding Ground,” a by-product of “Now vs. Now”; do. Afro-Cuban music (especially 'timba,' a Mr. Andreou is blessed to have had many proud morever, he sings and plays for his Greek Band called contemporary style of Cuban salsa), Balkan music, and moments in his career. He garnered a Grammy award Syn...Phonia. “I intend to keep evolving with these Southern Indian music have also shaped my style the nomination in 2009 as a founding member of the projects, while trying to create my own project which is most. In addition, Greek music is something that I have acclaimed salsa band Gonzalo Grau and La Clave on the horizon!” Secreta with the album “Frutero Moderno.” “The whole

PROFILE NOVEMBER 2011 33 periX scope “The fall of the Patriarch”* On the 28th of October 1940, Greece once more One (that can think, that is) cannot fail to saved the world, putting up resistance against the notice the similarities with …Turkey’s Italian Fascist forces and the German Nazi war case. In 2001, when the country’s machine. Here's what Hitler's Chief of Staff, General economy was in tatters, President Ahmet Wilhelm Keitel, had to say at the Nuremberg trial Necdet Sezer appointed the World Bank after the end of the WWII: "The Greeks delayed by Vice President, Kemal Dervis, State two or more vital months the German attack against Minister for the Economy. Dervis worked Russia; if we did not have this long delay, the with the International Monetary Fund outcome of the war would have been different." It and the rest of the supranational took Italy and Germany a total of six months to “benevolent” usurers to steer Turkish subdue "little" Greece, while mighty France, economy to calmer waters, leading to Europe’s superpower then, had fallen in about a today’s boom which current Prime ...week! Minister Recep Tayip Ergogan threatens Nowadays, once more, Greeks are at the forefront of to undo as spectacularly as he worked to the struggle against the obscure forces of financial create it. However, the Turks did not speculation that have gained - at our expense - the unquestionably succumb to the IMF and power to ruin states and group of states in the name the World Bank demands and of greed. It is only fitting that people who cherish prescriptions, but they fought hard to freedom, democracy and the basic right to vote in, taylor them to their size and their question and vote out the assholes that govern our people’s ability to bear them. lives, stand on the side of the Greeks while they are The opposite Papandreou has done the doing the work for all of us! last two years in office, because either It is not just about debt, default, Euro and all the was unable to lead or because his role other nonsense we hear galore these days: things, as there was to destabilize the Eurozone, Look at the way the two rascals, Sarkozy of France and usually, are much more complicated than that. The something that he did remarkably well, Berlusconi of Italy, are staring at the poor girl on her knees main struggle going on right now is between cashing on the irresponsible behavior of to pick up some papers! Had it not been for the photographers people, all of us, and supranational centers of Germany’s and France’s leadership that present, they would have probably fallen on her like ravens financial manipulation that hold our governments failed to deal comprehensively with the ...only to help her get up, of course, same way they are by the balls (do they have any?), rendering minor - in comparison to bigger players ...helping Greece to stand on her feet! Obama in the meantime, democracy obsolete and making a mockery of like Spain or Italy - Greek problem, is in his own world, as usually. If a girl on her knees, right in citizens’ power. before it became a systemic threat for the front of him, doesn't get his attention, then what would????? entire Eurozone. Instead they chose – We are not talking about conspiracy theories here, because they didn’t or couldn’t confront but organized groups that bet on countries’ default, the supranational web of greed – to “punish” the directed against Greeks living in the remains of the while supposedly helping them to recover from the Greeks for their supposedly illicit behavior … Ottoman Empire. He barely escaped with his life in a mess they themselves pushed them in. Obama small boat crossing the Aegean Sea to Athens and couldn’t deal with them (he, and Bush before him, An admiral, a chanteuse thence to Ellis Island. His brother was not so lucky gave them money by the bucket, but they don’t lend and was killed by the Turks as part of the violence to people, because they say it’s irresponsible under and …Kazantzakis! directed at the Greek minority.” the ciscumstances!). Zapatero even ordered his Admiral Stavridis became the second public figure country’s secret service to spot and kick their ass after Greek popular singer Angela Demetriou, ...continue to page 29 when they started attacking Spain last year. known for her intellectual prowess, in calling In the case of Greece, the political caste that Kazantzakis a poet! He spoke thus at the Archons collectively brought the country to ruins finally annual gala this past October, where he was decided to bring an …outsider to clean its shit. honored with the Athenagoras Award! Let me set the However, their(?) choice, Professor Loukas record straight: Kazantzakis wasn’t a poet – Papademos, isn’t as outsider as they want us to although he did write a few poems – but an believe he is. From 1994 to 2002 he was Governor of exceptionally gifted writer who managed to gain the Bank of Greece and he helped manipulate, along international readership. with Goldman Sachs, the country’s books in order It seems Admiral Stavridis has a tendency to be to enter the Eurozone. From 2002 to 2010 he …creative, even playful, when it comes to historical worked as Vice President of the European Central facts and that doesn’t exclude even his family’s Bank. Can a man from the banks defend the story. A few years ago, he published a book titled people’s interest if that means that he has to wage "Destroyer Captain," in which he wrote that "in the war against the web of greed that for so long early 1920's, my grandfather, a short, stocky Greek US Admiral Greek Super Star employed him? 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