S O C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A wEEKlY gREEK-AmERIcAN PUblIcAtION 1915-2016 VOL. 19, ISSUE 981 July 30-31, 2016 c v $1.50 The Greek Crisis in Teen Son Spirituality Takes Toll of Priest But Solutions Abound Accused of

By Aliz Koletas food for the homeless in Assault International Correspondent but tries to spread a message of hope and peace as well to “People used to be happier younger struggling to on Boy, 4 before but now they’re not as understand what’s happening in happy. I would see five people their country and wondering if fishing before, but now there’s really cares about them. Incident Allegedly only one.” is known for “They’ve started asking, the idyllic image of fishermen, ‘Where is God? What is going Took Place in the casting their lines into the crys - on and why is He doing this?’” tal blue waters, seemingly with - says Mary Fountoukidou, 35, Church, Witnessed out a care in the world, with a from Athens who works with sea of fish ready to be caught her husband to help rehabilitate by Boy’s Sister, 6 and enjoyed for dinner. This Greeks addicted to drugs and peaceful perception is changing alcohol. Fountoukidou says they By Theodore Kalmoukos recently with the economic de - mostly don’t understand why pression that has rocked the God would do this to them since BOSTON — The teenage son of country. It’s no secret that most Greeks are Orthodox a Greek-Orthodox priest has Greece has been hit hard by an Christian and believe in God. been accused of assaulting a 4- economic crisis the past several She responds, “I tell them year-old boy in front of his 6- years and while most people are maybe we are Christians in year-old sister at the Holy Res - talking about the economy or name only. We have created urrection of Christ parish in the banks or the EU, hardly any - other such as money, Brookville, Long Island, NY. one talks about the spiritual cri - banks, and credit cards.” Because they are under legal sis and the stresses that are be - And that’s perhaps the most age, the New York Daily News ing placed upon the religious significant link between the eco - EUROKINISSI broke the story without naming health of the Greeks. nomic crisis and the spirituality Greek Muslim Victim of Munich Shooting Laid to Rest the alleged attacker or the vic - Elton Hoxha, 22, came with crisis hitting Greece. tim, whose family is a member his family to Greece in 2009 but “Greeks used to live in a One of the nine victims of the July 22 Munich shooting, Hussein Daitzik, 17, was buried in his of the parish. The incident was has noticed a change in the Hel - dream when it came to money. family's native village near Komotini, Greece. His parents and two siblings – they were triplets said to have occurred in May, lenic outlook on life and happi - They lost their world when they – attended alongside his grandmother, who lives in the village. The entire village, Christian 2015 in a secluded area of the ness referencing the decline in lost access with the banks,” says and Muslim residents alike, also attended the funeral of the young victim. premises. the number of fishermen. Hoxha Nicholas Antonakos, 35, who The National Herald, helps stranded refugees on the works in Athens at Hellenic Min - through its own investigation, island of Lesvos, and is familiar istries, a Christian organization has discovered that the alleged with the spiritual crisis going on that helps Greeks struggling perpetrator is the son of one of amongst younger Greeks with their spirituality and qual - Caring for Mom, but Losing Benefits the supplementary priests who around him. He says the older ity of life. “Their identity has used to fill in on weekends. generation understands how been shaken- they feel like they The presiding priest of the rough the situation is in Greece don’t belong anymore.” NYT & THN Staff She has a lot of sad company. Panarites has no second parish Rev. John Vlachos, had but young people are at the And that feeling can lead to Social Security bases the return thoughts about her decision to been assigned to the Deanship point of “whatever happens, depression and suicide. Recent It was the only thing she for beneficiaries on time in the care for her mother, who now of the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan happens” because there is not news reports from PBS, CNBC, could do – caring for her ill workplace and earnings and lives in an assisted-living facility Cathedral of New York City and much they can do. IBT Times, The Guardian, mother – but the three years many like Panarites – those in in Florida. “It’s one of the most the parish of the Holy Resurrec - That apathy can lead to a de - Forbes, and other media orga - Jana Panarites took off from their 50’s – pay a penalty if they important things I’ve ever tion was awaiting the appoint - pressed state of mind and ques - nizations point to a study show - work to do it has cost her a big miss those prime, big-earning done,” she said. ment of its new priest, Fr. An - tioning life and faith. Danae Kri - ing a 30% jump in suicides re - chunk of her Social Security years. The time off will be costly. dreas Vithoulkas when this tikou, 20, from Nea Makri, cently, especially among Greek benefits. Panarites had finished a Mas - Her annual Social Security in - allegedly happened. Athens explains why she sees men. “Like a lot of caregivers, I ter’s Degree in Cultural Diplo - come — projected at $18,500 if The parents of the 4-year-old Greeks around her losing faith What is the cause of hope - had no idea what I was getting macy at the University of South - she files for benefits when she alleged victim filed a lawsuit in in God and their religion. “They lessness, depression and then ul - into,” she told the New York ern California when she reaches full retirement age in a Superior Court in Manhattan don’t think things are going to timately suicide? Dr. John Gi - Times. “I wound up spending so returned to Maryland to care for 2026— will be at least 20 per - on July 22 against the parish, get better. Every day things are anopulos, a professor at Greek much time taking care of her, her mother. Her father had died cent less than she could have the Archdiocese, and His Emi - getting worse and they wonder, Bible College a theological sem - there was no time to take care in 2010 as Panarites was look - expected had she not left the nence Archbishop Demetrios of where is God?” Kritikou volun - of myself, let alone produce an ing to make a mid-life career America, according to the Daily teers at Exit, helping provide Continued on page 5 income.” change. Continued on page 2 News. They are demanding $10 million for each child saying their children “are now fearful about their safety, losing sleep, A New Granola for the Gods depressed, and otherwise scarred.” Constantine Zachariadis, the Greek-Inspired Ambrosial, president of the parish council of Holy Resurrection, Brookville, released the following state - Hits the New York Market ment, “As initially reported in the Daily News, there was an By Penelope Karageorge avid urban gardener, he grows incident that is alleged to have herbs and flowers year-round in occurred in our church last year. Two committed foodies and the Manhattan apartment Our Church takes most seriously entrepreneurs, Hariclia Mak - where he lives with his wife, all alleged incidents of miscon - oulis and George Marinos, have Josephine and three children. duct. For this reason, the police created the amazing new Am - “It’s a great partnership,” were immediately notified when brosial, granolas with a differ - says Hariclia. “George is really this alleged incident was re - ence. For starters, these are the a wonderful person to work ported to Church representa - first sweet and savory granola with, for his execution and his tives who have since been in - clusters powered with chick energy. I’m so happy we met. volved in investigating the peas and lentils. Super-food in - After we partnered together, we alleged incident involving the gredients like quinoa encourage worked to organize and bring son (a minor) of the clergyman guilt-free consumption. And Ambrosial up to date. We were who was assigned to our Parish they are utterly delicious, truly inspired by the Mediterranean by the Archdiocese as a fill-in the “food of the gods.” Dip your diet, and spent a year and a half on that particular Sunday. The hands into the bags designed to figuring out how to bring that clergyman was not our parish keep them fresh and you will essence to the granola.” priest, as inaccurately stated in not want to stop snacking. Con - Says George: “We decided the article. Our Parish has co - sider Basil Honey Almond, Rose - that we had to use some operated fully with the civil au - mary Pecan, organic Apple Wal - Mediterranean ingredients in - thorities and will continue to do nut or the new organic muesli, cluding traditional grains. We so. Considering the pending lit - Gogi Berry Pumpkin. Ambrosial also wanted to incorporate igation, we cannot comment lives up to its billing as “food for life, nutrition-dense, antiox - Continued on page 4 Continued on page 5 AP PhOtO/YORgOS KARAhAlIS idants, heart health, digestive Turkish Officers Seek Asylum in Greece health.” Haraclia and George each A Turkish military officer, center, is escorted by policemen as he leaves a building of the Greek bring special talents to the cre - Asylum Service in Athens, Wednesday, July 27. He is one of the two, out of eight, Turkish ation of Ambrosial. Hariclia, a military officers seeking asylum in Greece after a failed military coup. sociologist, has been involved in nutrition and cooking since growing up in Naoussa-Imathea, Macedonia. “It’s famous for its peaches,” she points out. “We AHEPA’s Galanis Speaks to TNH have very fertile land and it’s really like a paradise, particu - larly if you go in summer when By Theodore Kalmoukos ing a very good and productive Galanis noted, “One of the there are such wonderful fruits Convention.” important issues is to fulfill our and vegetables. Both my hus - BOSTON- The AHEPA 94th Galanis told TNH that he is promise of collecting $1million band and I went to college in Supreme Convention is success - not going to seek reelection for for the construction of St. Greece, and then came to the fully underway at the Mirage a second term and said that An - Nicholas Church in New York,” United States for graduate de - Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, dreas Zachariadis will succeed and he added “we should be grees. After we started a family, NV until Saturday, July 30. him in the Presidency. there in a big way.” I stayed home. I began experi - About 1,500 Greek-Americans, Galanis will inform the par - He also said that “AHEPA is menting in my own kitchen. including the Sons of Pericles, ticipants at the Convention doing very well. We are going Clean, nutritious food was on Daughters of Penelope, and “about the activities of this past to initiate one hundred new my agenda.” The Brooklyn resi - Maids of Athena, will participate year, the issue, and the members in New York at the dent had created the beginnings in the meetings and festivities. visit to Greece, Cyprus, the Ec - Manhattan chapter. We are of Ambrosial when she met In a telephone interview with umenical Patriarchate in Con - speaking about the young gen - George at a trade show. “We the outgoing Supreme President stantinople, and .” eration, young professionals. were actually spying on each John Galanis from the Conven - He emphasized the impor - The same thing will happen in other,” George says with a smile. tion in las Vegas, he said that tance and the appreciation that Chicago also.” He continued, A graduate of the University of “everything goes well here, the AHEPA enjoys everywhere “People have the desire to get Athens with a Masters Degree turnout is good and we are hav - within the United States and involved in the Greek issues.” in food technology from the abroad. He said that “in my trips He observed, that “the New University of Georgia, and an within the United States, England area is strong, also MBA in marketing management For subscription: Canada, Greece, Cyprus people Texas, Florida, the South, but from Baruch College, he has ΕΥΡΩΚΙΝΗΣΗ 718.784.5255 speak with great appreciation the Midwest needs some worked for major food compa - Unseen Artifacts on Display in Athens [email protected] and love for AHEPA. I have to strengthening. AHEPA mirrors nies for more than 30 years, and tell you that they are treating in a way the Greek Community.” is a food designer for Kraft On July 25, the so-called Battle Krater was put on display as me very well not because it is Speaking about Greece and Foods “My job is to dream up the latest artifact in the Unseen Museum exhibit at Athens' Na - me, but because of the excellent AHEPA, Galanis said “In Greece, new foods and figure out what tional Archaeological Museum. The large silver vessel was dis - work my predecessors and might go with what.” Passionate covered in the tomb of a prince during excavations by Heinrich AHEPA have done.” Continued on page 5 about healthy eating and an and Sophie Schliemann in Mycenae, in 1876. 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016 Death with Dignity: Hope, Faith, and Mourning in the Orthodox Tradition

By Dr. Constantina world,” according to the EKR believers that is honest about and so we do not imagine the Michalos foundation, the Church Fathers death's tragedy but hopeful as dead to be capable of this on understood the physical, psy - well.” their own. So we pray for them. HOUSTON, TX -- I know it’s a chological, emotional, and spir - The Saturday of the Soul tra - But the flip side of praying for cliché, but we live in a youth- itual needs of both the dying dition is one source of hope. The the departed is our confidence obsessed society. We are living and those they leave behind. On Trisagion prayer is another. in the , who are also dead. longer, working longer, eating June 18, 2016, the last Saturday “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy They are powerful to help us be - healthier, and enjoying options of the Souls, the Annunciation Immortal, have mercy on us,” cause their lives so perfectly re - and opportunities our parents Greek Orthodox Cathedral of - prayed at the wake and funeral flected Christ's, and they have and grandparents never had or fered a seminar led by Dr. as an expression to God for his been deified. My supervisor al - could have imagined. According Jonathan Zecher on “Death and mercy, a remembrance of the ways put it very simply: “The to AARP, seniors are a very cool Dying in the Orthodox Tradi - deceased, and a consolation for living can pray and need prayer; generation and, if you don’t tion” to address the needs and loved ones. This comfort con - the Saints can pray, but don't think so, “you don’t know questions of the 53 participants, tinues over several months: the need prayer; the other dead AARP!” However, we don’t want many of whom would prefer to third, ninth, and fortieth days, can't pray and need prayer. to look our age, hence the myr - avoid these issues. These days and at three, six, and nine Many of our traditions- Satur - iad surgeries to slow or halt the are designated in the liturgical months, at one year and every days of the Soul (and, really, aging process; the countless calendar on the two Saturdays anniversary thereafter. These every Saturday), memorials, supplements to invigorate and before Lent begins, the first Sat - time periods constitute the panikhidas, even the funeral it - rejuvenate; gym memberships urday of Lent, and the Saturday wheat kernels, raisins, almonds, ways taught that, in Christ, healthy period of mourning out - self are all about us asking God's and SPANX. The botoxed fore - before Pentecost, the close of and seeds as a death becomes the solution. lined by psychologists and, ap - mercy for those who can't ask heads, the plumped lips, the the season, for the re - symbol of the Resurrection. “Un - Christ's death conquered death parently, centuries-old theolo - for themselves. In our prayer for comb-overs, the hair plugs, the membrance of those who have less the grain of wheat falls into (the Paschal hymn) and thus gians. the dead we, as the Church, give augmentations, and reductions. died. Saturday holds special sig - the earth and dies, it remains changed the rules for all of us. None of these traditions is them voice.” And now, purple hair! nificance in the religious calen - alone, but if it dies it bears much Our deaths are now to be un - practiced in isolation because, It is good to know that, as So discussing death– a real dar as the day on which the cru - fruit” (John 12:24). derstood in light of Christ's as Dr. Zecher states, “We are a “one family in Christ,” we are downer under any circum - cified Jesus lay dead in the tomb According to Dr. Zecher, au - death. Orthodoxy is very clear communion of the living and never alone. We pray for each stance– is morbid, gross, a buzz- before his Resurrection. Prayers thor of The Role of Death in the on this, not only in theology, but the dead. If Christ conquered other to give us strength. We kill (the last for those who are are offered in memory of those Ladder of Divine Ascent and the in the structure of the Funeral death, then there is no absolute pray for those who have died to trying too hard!). According to who have died and a list of the Greek Patristic Tradition (OUP, service. In that sense, Ortho - barrier between living and dead. help them redeem themselves my parents, if you discussed names of the dead is recited. 2015), “Death is our problem-- doxy places unique emphasis on So we pray for the dead as we before God. We pray to the death, you were inviting death Participants attending the ser - it is the end-point and the re - the individual's participation in do for the living. But we also Saints to help all of us. And the into the home. I think my family vices prepare koliva, a dish minder of our natural limita - Christ's death and in its liturgy believe that our lives are the process is eternal. has inherited that weirdness be - made of sweetened, boiled tions. But has al - offers an experience of death to time given us for repentance, cause, as intelligent and edu - cated as they are, every time I bring up the subject of end-of- life issues and wills, they put their fingers in their ears and In Caring for Mom, Panarites Will Pay the Cost in Lost Benefits sing “la-la-la-la-la!” As inevitable as death is, the conversation is postponed, often until it is too Continued from page 1 “When people decide to leave Social Security,” he said. “We would have sufficient revenue late, precisely because of that the work force to do caregiving, should be strengthening Social from current taxes to pay only inevitability. No one wants to work force, according to a rough they usually think, ‘It will be just Security. And not only do we 79 percent of promised benefits. acknowledge the end of life and estimate from the Social Secu - a couple years, and I can get by,’ need to strengthen its long-term That problem could be the unknowns that follow. We rity Administration. but they don’t think of the im - health, it’s time we finally made avoided if Congress agreed to are too narcissistic to imagine a Panarites’ earnings peaked at plications 20 years later when Social Security more generous, raise additional revenue, impose world without us, to accept that $75,000 in 2006, before she left they want to retire,” said Gail and increased its benefits so that benefit cuts or do some combi - our loved ones can go on with - a job as a paralegal to pursue Gibson Hunt, president of the today’s retirees and future gen - nation of the two, the Times out us. her master’s degree. Her income National Alliance for Caregiving. erations get the dignified retire - noted. Well, at the risk of another has been negligible since 2008, WHAT TO DO ment that they’ve earned.” The Bipartisan Policy Center cliché, if we live our lives well, although she has since started a Cases like Panarites’ have “I’m delighted people are ar - called for lifting Social Security’s the world will be a better place career as an author and pod - made some politicians talk guing for expansion,” Alicia minimum benefit for very-low- for having had us in it. Maybe caster focused on the issues fac - about the need to expand Social Munnell, Director of the Center income seniors, and enhancing we didn’t find that cure for can - ing caregivers. Security to cover the loophole, for Retirement Research at the program’s survivor benefit. cer, but if we touched one life, Her lost lifetime Social Secu - but so far that’s all it’s been: talk Boston College told the Times. Widows and widowers receive said please and thank you and rity benefit could easily top and no action despite a move - “I’ve always been against cut - either their own benefit or 100 I’m sorry, then our memories $125,000 if she lives to roughly ment pushed by a grassroots backs, so now I’m in the center percent of a deceased spouse’s will be eternal. Our families will 89, the expected longevity for a coalition three years ago. agewyz.com of the debate.” benefit, whichever is higher; un - be sad; they will grieve and woman who reaches age 65. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Jana Panarites SOCIAL SECURITY WINDING der the center’s proposal, sur - mourn and slowly adjust. Our For caregivers like Panarites, talked about it before he gave DOWN vivors would receive their own memories will be eternal and, some proposals about expand - up his fight to win the Democ - if that ultimately means any - A number of ideas have been benefit plus 75 percent of their eventually, they won’t hurt so ing Social Security would help ratic Presidential nomination thing beyond a campaign floated about how to save Social deceased spouse’s benefit. much. boost their retirement income and endorsed Hillary Clinton, promise. Security as the benefits pool is “We’re really trying to show There’s a reason for that. by giving them extra credit for the person he said would not President Barack Obama, dwindling down. The combined solutions that can emerge when Long before Elisabeth Kubler- years devoted to taking care of champion the rights of students, nearing the end of his eight trust funds for Social Security’s you put people with very differ - Ross published On Death and a parent or child in need. Social workers, and the elderly– but years in office, has finally said retirement and disability bene - ent ideological perspectives in a Dying, thus providing “one of Security benefits are determined his non-stop assailing has made he would endorse improving fits are projected to be depleted room and let them negotiate for the most important humanitar - by a formula based on the aver - her now say that she, too, would benefits, too late to help people in 2034, according to the annual two years,” said Shai Akabas, ian works on the care of the dy - age of a worker’s highest 35 support higher benefits for care - like Panarites. report of the program’s trustees. Director of Fiscal Policy at the ing written in the Western years of lifetime earnings. givers, widows, and widowers, “We can’t afford to weaken At that point, Social Security center. The National Herald

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TNH Staff Tom Papademetriou, associ - ate professor of history and Di - GALLOWAY, NJ – With a gift of rector of the Pappas Center, said, $100,000 to the Stockton Uni - “I am so pleased that George versity Foundation, Greek-Amer - Georges has decided to honor his ican businessman George C. parents with this gift. His parents Georges established the Constan - and family have been such an tine George Georges and Sophia important part of the Atlantic C. Georges Endowed Professor - City Greek community, with his ship of Greek Art and Architec - father sponsoring dozens of ture in honor of his late parents. other families from Greece to a The Atlantic City businessman better life in America. It is fitting said, “I wanted to support the that George is honoring them in teaching and learning of Greek this way. Greek art and architec - art, architecture and archaeology ture plays such a major role in at Stockton and to memorialize understanding not only the Hel - my parents for their lives of in - lenic past but the human past.” dustry and charity toward oth - He continued, “With the help ers.” Georges went on to say, of this endowment, our professor “The Hellenic Studies program of Greek Art and Archaeology, presents a unique educational SUSAN AllEN/StOcKtON UNIvERSItY Dr. Amy Papalexandrou, a grad - choice of courses and research From the left: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Demetrios Constantelos, Foundation Executive Director and Chief Development uate of Princeton University, will for Stockton students, which is Officer Philip T. Ellmore, President Harvey Kesselman, George Georges, Pappas Center Director Tom Papademetriou, Foundation be able to conduct her scholarly usually only available at larger Chair Richard Dovey, and Georges’ brother Chris, at the signing of the Endowed Professorship. research as well as expose Stock - universities.” ton students to important ar - Also acknowledged in the gift tance of global perspectives and Studies at Stockton. commitment to scholarship. The tively involved with a current, chaeological sites, and great were two men who inspired cultural traditions in preparing Pappas and his wife, Zoe, com - Pappases also donated $1 million active archaeological project in monuments.” Georges, the Rev. Demetrios J. students to collaborate across a mitted $250,000 in 2015 to es - to establish a Visiting Scholar En - Greece or Cyprus. Papademetriou observed, “We Constantelos, retired priest and diverse world.” tablish a Greek Art and Architec - dowment Fund. Signed at a Board of Trustees are lucky because Dr. Papalexan - professor, for his pioneering The Georges’ gift adds to the ture Fund providing students with The Professorship will be a meeting at the university by drou is one of the leaders of the work in Hellenic Studies at university’s remarkable re - new learning experiences, and permanent part of the Pappas Foundation Chair Richard Dovey, Polis excavation in Cyprus. She Stockton, and Dean C. Pappas, sources, including the Dean C. donated $150,000 in 2012 to en - Center within the School of Arts President Kesselman, and George just concluded research there the late university trustee, for his and Zoe S. Pappas Center for dow the work of what was at the and Humanities. As specified in Georges, the agreement states with three Stockton students generous nature and honorable Hellenic Studies, and the Con - time called the Interdisciplinary the agreement, the holder of the that additional contributions whose lives have been trans - life. stantelos Hellenic Collection and Center for Hellenic Studies. It was professorship must demonstrate may be made at any time by the formed by the experience. This Stockton University President Reading Room, a storehouse for renamed for the Pappases in 2015 expertise in Greek art, architec - donor and others, and will be ac - fund will enhance these types of Harvey Kesselman said “Mr. the New Jersey Greek-American in honor of their generosity and ture, and archaeology, and be ac - cepted by the foundation. research opportunities.” Georges’ generosity and vision Oral History Project. ensure that more students will An expert in Byzantine his - have the opportunity to be im - tory, Constantelos donated his mersed in Greek art and archi - collection of 3,000 rare and im - tecture, which are keystones of portant works to Stockton. The First Line Screened at the National Gallery of Art Western civilization. This gift Georges noted that Constantelos’ supports Stockton’s educational initiatives were key in creating values, focusing on the impor - an academic center for Hellenic TNH Staff Athena, the symbol of wisdom, Greek-American. The siblings understand the sacred signifi - justice, democracy, and heroic co-wrote and co-directed The cance of the Parthenon for WASHINGTON, DC– On Sun - struggle. The film stars Pantelis First Line. The film was origi - Athens and indeed for the whole day, July 24, The National Kodogiannis, Kassandra Voy - nally inspired by Coerte’s thesis world. Gallery of Art screened The First agis, and Italian film legend Gi - research on the Parthenon Mar - Eleftherios Ikonomou, Cul - Athena Andreadis' New Album Line, a feature film set in Athens ancarlo Giannini. First released bles at Georgetown University. tural Manager at Arts Etc., in - and London which sheds light in 2014, the film also features a Coerte and John co-wrote the troduced the film and filmmak - on the issue of the return of the love story between the lawyers, script while Coerte was pursu - ers at the National Gallery “Ready for the Sun” Released Parthenon Marbles. This year Andreas, played by Kodogiannis, ing a Masters of Fine Arts in film screening. The film’s world pre - marks the 200th anniversary of and Eleni, played by Voyagis. production at the University of miere took place at the Thessa - By Vasilis Papoutsis spiring music listening experi - the acquisition by the British Among the cast in supporting Southern California, School of loniki International Film Festival ence.” Skope magazine said, government of the sculptures re - roles, are Greek actors Yorgo Cinematic Arts and John was where it was screened to mark LOS ANGELES - Athena An - “The power of Athena's voice is moved by Lord Elgin. Voyagis and Spiros Fokas, and finishing his MBA at Stanford. the 20th anniversary of the dreadis' new record was re - unique and commanding.” The The legal drama follows two other Greek and international Having lived in Athens, the film - death of Melina Merkouri who leased with a concert at the fa - collection opens with the song Greek lawyers suing the British performers. One of the most im - makers wanted to explore the famously championed the cause mous Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, You Bring Me Luck and asks the Museum for the return of the portant issues in cultural her - issue of the return of the sculp - of the return of the Parthenon CA. The record will be released question, should we strive for Parthenon Marbles to Greece. itage today, the return of the tures as well as the ancient Marbles to Greece. in 3 stages. Five songs were re - luck, or does it simply just hap - The original title, Promakhos, Parthenon Marbles to Greece myths surrounding the The free screening took place leased in the first stage and all pen? Athena believes that “We referred to the bronze statue of would have tremendous reper - Parthenon. As noted on the Hel - at 4PM in the East Building Au - 13 songs plus bonus material make our own luck by the ac - Athena Promakhos which once cussions throughout the art lenic Foundation for Culture ditorium of the National Gallery will be released by Valentine's tions we choose, but timing can stood guard in front of the world for museums across the website, the filmmakers support in Washington, DC. The Na - Day 2017. This is the fourth interfere with the flow of events Parthenon. globe. the return of the marbles, be - tional Gallery of Art is located record for Athena who built a in our life.” The title, The First Line, also The Greek Ambassador to cause the reunification will al - on the National Mall between successful recording career in Her emotional journey ad - refers to the soldiers on the the United States, Haris Lalacos low for a deeper appreciation of 3rd and 9th Streets along Con - England before making the justing to a new country after frontlines in ancient Athens who attended the screening, as well a more completely intact stitution Avenue NW. More in - move to the US. Born in Eng - moving from England is re - protected democracy and whose as the filmmakers Coerte and Parthenon. The hope is that formation is available on the Na - land to Greek parents, the fam - flected in the song Stronger. “In patroness was the goddess John Voorhees whose mother is younger generations will better tional Gallery website. ily moved back to the absence of family and when she was 3 years old. Her friends, you need an emotional love for music was evident from anchor to help you through. a very young age, but her par - Love can do that,” Athena said. ents insisted on her attending Stronger is also featured on the business school and joining the soundtrack to filmmaker George family's hotel business. She ac - Elias Stephanopoulos’ sports quired a degree in Business Ad - comedy Swing Away. The album ministration. While interning in ends with All of You, a love song New York she met her first for a loved one who is no longer singing teacher and mentor, around. Joyce Suskind, and with her en - In 2014, Athena released a couragement she went on to Greek record, Earth Angels, co- London's Trinity College of Mu - produced by Giorgos Andreou sic, graduating with a master who has produced for Greek degrees in classical singing and singing legends Giorgos Dalaras jazz studies. The first validation and Eleni Vitali. It featured Lina of her talent came from the Arts Nikolakopoulou, a frequent col - Council of England. They laborator with Haris Alexiou. One of the notable tracks on the record is, It Is Hard to Love Greece. Athena con - fessed to TNH that “Greece in - spires me, but at the same time, Greece hurts me. It does not offer op - portunities to young people and we lack mer - itocracy. athenaandreadis.com Great indi - vidual tal - ent, but funded her first tour and during short on team work.” Senti - the tour it became obvious that ments many Greeks in the Dias - she needed to record a few pora can relate to. songs to have available for sale. Starbucks Greece selected Putting to good use the knowl - Athena as their exclusive artist edge she acquired in business and proceeds from all record school, she formed an indepen - sales at their stores were do - dent label, Embraceable nated to the charity Koinoniko Records, and released 5 songs. Pantopolio. A special honor for Those five songs became the Athena was her selection by the base for her first record Breathe great Greek composer Yiannis with Me. Her songs from the al - Markopoulos to sing in his new bum aired on BBC Radio 2 & 3 album that also featured Gior - and the track Breath Again was gos Dalaras. Athena is also used for the British TV ad cam - proud of her collaboration with paign for the Concern World - Dianna Cohen's Plastic Pollution wide charity. The newspaper Coalition (PPS) as a notable am - Guardian UK in its review called bassador along with notable Athena, “brave and original, a artists Jeff Bridges, Bonnie Raitt, remarkably fine singer/song - Maroon 5, and Jackson Brown. writer.” “My love for the ocean and the For her first US album, Ready need to protect it convinced me for the Sun, Athena collaborated to get involved,” Athena said. with some of the finest talent in She is also working with PPC to the music industry. Her pro - develop a merchandise line for ducer Ethan Allen has also pro - her shows and useful products duced records for Sheryl Crowe that will be plastic free. Ready and Ben Harper. Musicians on for the Sun is doing very well at the record include Deron John - the music charts climbing to #3 son (Miles Davis), Jimmy Pax - on Amazon. The album can be son (Stevie Nicks) and Jonathan purchased at Flaugher (Ryan Adams). Her http://amzn.to/1Wk7i0u or at artistic director Kevin Reagan is Athena's website a 3-time Grammy winner. The www.athenamusic.com, as well album received rave reviews as iTunes and Google. The sec - from the American music press ond release of songs is expected calling Ready for the Sun an “in - close to Thanksgiving. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016 Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center: A Paradigm of Sustainable Design

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou the heat. A garden of drought tolerant When terrorist attacks plants “speaks directly to the threaten our peace and voices of Park’s mission to bring the land - nationalism tend to lead our so - scape of Greece into the city,” cieties, why should we care writes Nevis in the Project’s about sustainable architectural book. Trees from Greek mythol - design? Because it may help us ogy like the olive tree and the reappraise what we have, what cypress, the native to Greece Cer - we really need, and what we cis siliquastrum (koutsoupia) need to sustain in our land. and Ceratonia siliqua (haroupia), These days more and more almond, pomegranate, bay lau - Greeks realize that one thing rel, and pine trees have been cannot be taken away from planted. Waves of scents are dis - them: nature, the sea, and the tributed in the air by the com - sun. Now that they cannot afford munities of aromatic herbs to extravagant spending to es - densely planted in the flower cape life’s stress, they begin to beds. Borders of lavender run appreciate those precious free along the paths. In the Mediter - gifts. ranean Garden, visitors can dis - Athens lacks green, parks, cover, sense, and reappraise the and shadowed open spaces. The diversity of Greek flora turning city’s dwellers are packed in con - The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center in Athens. the visit into a rich experience. crete buildings suffering from It is a unique artificial park for high temperatures and pollution. liantly saved space for the the car park building- are cov - and dry conditions were collected flowering patterns. “H. hirta has Mediterranean environmental The natural coolers and air Stavros Niarchos Park, which ered with green roofs. 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Seeds of field the colorfulness and the varia - sea into the site and can con - a starting point for renewed belief they were vital parts of Athens. other buildings- the Library and weeds that perform well in windy tions in height, appearance, and tribute to a better regulation of in us and our common future.” Not only because they were rich habitats for wild life, birds, trees, and vegetation. They were the city’s veins and the channels to the sea. By carrying the sea Ambrosial, Granola for the breeze from the hills through the city’s grid they would normalize the microclimate and make the Gods Hits New York Market summer heat more tolerable. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Continued from page 1 ufacture the product. It’s an - Cultural Center (SNFCC) offers other to focus on the market. a paradigm of how a quality liv - legumes, really one of the best We redesigned the brand, and ing space can be created in foods we have. 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Continued from page 1 to decide that the crisis will weathered to gain hope to en - make them better, not bitter, dure the current crisis. inary outside of Athens explains, and to see how they could grow Back in Greece, as Danae Kri - “The link between the economic from the situation. Next, step tikou gets ready to spend more crisis in Greece over the past back and look at the big picture time this summer helping her five to ten years has had a neg - of their life. They may be having fellow Greeks through their eco - ative effect on young people and an economic crisis but there are nomic hardships and spiritual has led them to lose faith in God other things happening in their burdens, she sums it all up by and the church and is very dis - life like relationships perhaps saying, “It is very important be - heartening. Parents and grand - that are very rewarding. Step - cause this is a hard time. If we parents have been subjected to ping back from the problem and don’t do it now, when are we a series of fiscal haircuts in looking at positive things leads going to do it? People are in wages and pensions resulting in to gratitude that helps ward off need of help now. I found hope many being unemployed and depression and suicidal think - in Jesus and if I can find that depressed. The unemployment ing.” Drenner suggests looking hope, so can anyone else find rate is very high for college back at other storms one has that hope in Him.” graduates here, resulting in the greatest natural resource in the country is leaving Greece to Your Guide to Greek Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival

By Stephanie Nikolopoulos

The New York City Poetry Festival is back for two days— Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31—bringing together 250 poets across three stages on Governors Island. Here are four Greek poets to hear at the festi - val. Vasiliki Katsarou is a first- generation Greek-American, born in Massachusetts, who works in English, French, and Greek. She studied at Boston University, Harvard College, and the University of Paris I-Sor - bonne. Her first poetry collec - tion, “Memento Tsunami,” was released in 2011. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize against God which we see on for this article have in common in poetry and has been the the news daily. So what is the may be the key to fighting Geraldine R. Dodge Poet in the biblical definition of sin? In con - against the depression or spiri - Schools in New Jersey since temporary jargon sin is doing tual apathy that afflicts so many 2013. She has read extensively, what you want. Sin is having at - younger Greeks. Bianca Di including at Cornelia St. Café, titudes that are self-centered Salvo, an interfaith spiritual KGB Bar, the National Arts Club, rather than being God cen - counselor in New York City, ex - Princeton University, and the tered.” plains the connection. “We are Trenton City Museum-Ellarslie. seek employment elsewhere. Bible passages that show why What specifically is being in essence hardwired for com - Katsarou will be reading with The five most active embassies this is alarming. done about this spirituality crisis munity. Helping others is part Ragged Sky Press on the Chum - in Greece where young people “ Paul in 2 Timothy 2:13 in Greece and helping Greeks of that. It makes us feel better ley Stage on Saturday at are lined up to seek visas in - reminds us that ‘if we are faith - become more God centered like by connecting us to others and 11:30AM. clude: Australia, Canada, Eng - less He remains faithful.’ In Ti - Dr. Gianopulos suggests? Anton - making a positive impact in the Dean Kostos edited “Pome - land, Germany and USA. We tus 1:2 Paul reminds us that ‘in akos along with hundreds of world.” granate Seeds: An Anthology of are losing our greatest natural hope of eternal life, which God, other fellow Greeks and volun - Monte Drenner, a licensed Greek-American Poetry,” which resource -our young people. who never lies, promised before teers from around the world mental health counselor in had a debut reading at the Many young people are moving the ages began’ Hope is not came together this year in Florida and author, has coun - United Nations. He also coordi - back to live at home with their wishful thinking but certainty, Northern Greece through an seled people for nearly 30 years nated a Greek poetry event for parents. Others are choosing to and God never lies. So the char - outreach called Operation on how to deal with challenges the Rockefeller Foundation in live with their grandparents, acter of God is holy and he does Joshua giving spiritual assis - from a spiritual perspective. He July 2011 while serving on the with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet some back on the farm and in not lie.” tance to suffering Greeks by per - said, “An economic crisis often editorial board of Journal of the W. D. Snodgrass. It was there both cases begging for pocket Gianopulos encourages sonally visiting houses in vil - creates feelings of being power - Hellenic Diaspora. His “This Is that he met Allen Ginsberg, and money and survival. The suicide young Greeks “to hold fast to lages and towns offering New less, helpless, and hopeless all Not a Skyscraper” (2015) was he has since been emerged in rate in Greece for all adults is the hope of God’s promises.” He Testaments to any interested of which are the breeding selected by Mark Doty for the the post-Beat Generation com - averaging one per day due to references a Christian author Greeks. ground for depression and sui - Benjamin Saltman Poetry munity. He is the author of the the financial crisis, which has who ties a connection between Paul Deligianidis, 29, is a cidal thinking. These thoughts Award, and his “Last Supper of bilingual (English–Greek) po - been caused in part by cronyism heroes and pre - Greek-American from Boston and emotions cloud judgment the Senses” (2005) is required etry collection “EOS: Abductor and corruption within the gov - sent Christians. “Thomas Cahill who flew all the way from and decision making which only reading at Duke University. His of Men” (2012), which honors ernment.” writes In Reaching for the Invis - America to help his mother exacerbates the crisis. The way other collections include “River - the contemporary struggles of According to Gianopulos, ible God by Philip Yancey p. 279 country. “I’m not a good speaker to avoid these negative thoughts ing,” “The Sentence That Ends Greek people. Known for his 97% of Greeks are Greek Ortho - “in all the tragic dramas of an - but handing out Bibles, I don’t and feelings is to empower the with a Comma,” and “Celestial performance-oriented poetry, he dox “yet few young people at - tiquity, whether lived or staged, need to say anything.” He individual to focus on decisions Rust,” and his poems, essays, is the author of “Poppin Johnny” tend church on Sunday. Atten - we detect the same pattern: the shared the positive reaction they can make to improve their and translations have been pub - (2009), “Who's Handling Your dance is primarily made up of hero be he Alexander the Great from Greeks looking for spiritual situation. First decide that ‘If I’m lished in more than 300 publi - Aubergines” (2008), “Sunnyside elderly women. Many of the or Oedipus, reaches his pinnacle relief and talked about one in - going to go through the crisis cations. He is a recipient of a Up The Dream Cloud Egg” youth are turned off by the only to be cut down. Only in the stance where he was asked for than I am going to grow Yaddo fellowship and is a Push - (2008), “Wrestling Godzilla” church and could care less about drama of Jesus does the oppo - extra Bibles so family members through the crisis.’ Spirituality cart Prize nominee. Kostos will (2007), and many other poetry the things of God. During the site pattern hold: the hero is cut and friends could benefit from is about transforming one into be reading with Ragged Sky collections. Wallace will be read - summer months what concerns down only to be raised up. The the spiritual outreach. a better version of his or herself Press on the Chumley Stage on ing with Coast to Coast Poetry them is swimming and the sun.” Christian faith talks about hu - What all of the Greeks and so now the crisis has a positive Saturday at 11:30AM. Press Collective on the Algo - Gianopulos reference several man sinfulness and rebellion Greek-Americans interviewed meaning. The next decision is Nico Vassilakis, born in New nquin Stage Sunday at 2PM. York City, is a writer and creates In the ancient days of visual and video poetry. He is Greece, artistically-minded citi - the author of “All-Purpose zens used to gather together at Vispo” (2014), “staring@poet - the agora, the central place of AHEPA Supreme President John Galanis Speaks to TNH ics” (2011), “Gamma” (2010), assembly, to discuss poetry, pol - “Phabetical” (2010), “Language itics, and spirituality. These Is Hell” (2010), and “Disparate days, though, we crane our S

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DEATH NOTICES n BERDANIS, HELEN the United States Army where Kasapidis passed away Wednes - their 30 years of retirement, lanta, GA at a date to be deter - one hour prior to the services. SAN PEDRO, CA (from the Daily he received an honorable dis - day July 6th, 2016 in New Maria and Stan led an exciting mined. Memorial donations can Interment will follow at Elysian Breeze, published Jul. 25)— He - charge as a Sergeant. In 1963, Brunswick. He was 70 years old. life as passionate world travel - be made to the American Can - Gardens Cemetery, 1075 East len Panousis Berdanis, who will he married Patsy Sermas, they Born in Aridaia, Greece to An - ers, visiting countless countries cer Society at http://main.ac - 4580 South. always be remembered for her had two children, Helen and Lee tonios and Panayouta Kasapidis, on 5 Continents. They spent sevents.org/goto/spiroslazos. sweet, gentle spirit and delight - Govatos. He and his family Pavlos served in the Hellenic winters at their beautiful beach Arrangements By Adinamis & n MOLLIS, CHRIS ful sense of humor, died peace - moved to Tupelo in 1972. Army and the Merchant Marine home in Clearwater, FL and Corliss Funeral Directors, Ltd. AKRON, OH (from the Akron fully on July 20, 2016, at home George was instrumental in the before entering the United summers in their beloved home - c/o Smith-Corcoran Funeral Beacon-Journal, published on in her residence of 54 years in opening and success of the Ra - States in 1968. A wonderful land of Greece where they built Home. (773)736-3833. Jun. 26) – The elite Marine San Pedro, California. Helen mada Inn and Convention Cen - chef, he had a long career in the a home for their children in Ka - Corps Raiders lost one of its best was a life long resident of San ter in Tupelo as the Food and restaurant business, cooking at mena Vourla. These two places n MELONAS, AFRODITE June 19, 2016. Chris passed Pedro, having graduated from Beverage Manager. George took various establishments in cen - are where they thrived on hap - HOLLADAY, UT (from the De - away at home. He was 98. A San Pedro High School in 1948. annual trips to Greece to visit tral New Jersey. He lent his tal - piness. Maria’s generosity is un - seret News, published on Jul.7) member of Carlson's Raiders She was born on February 6, his mother with whom he has ents to his church as well, paralleled. She opened her – Afrodite Frieda Melonas Sixth Marine Division, Second 1931, the only child of the late remained very close. He was a preparing feasts for the St. homes to share with so many 1926-2016. Nothing can sepa - Battalion, Cpl. Mollis fought his John and Anastasia Panousis. member of Annunciation Greek George New Year's festivities. A who visited, and gave selflessly rate the Christian from the love way through the South Pacific Helen married John Victor Orthodox Church in Memphis, true renaissance man, Pavlos to those in need. of God in Christ! Afrodite Frieda at Guadal Canal, Bougainville, Berdanis in October,1953 and Tennessee. Every morning, could fix anything and was an Passionate about family, friends, Xanthoulis Melonas, Christian, Guam and Okinawa alongside together they had three chil - George joined his friends and avid soccer fan, master gar - animals, nature, a good cup of devoted wife, loving mother, the renown Navajo Windtalkers. dren: Bill, Anastasia and Janet, club members for their daily cof - dener, and all around outdoors - coffee and a game of cards, and caring grandmother passed Wounded in action, Chris had who all attended her alma fee meetings. After retiring in man. Mr. Kasapidis was prede - Maria lived life to it’s fullest. Her away peacefully into the loving the pleasure of meeting First mater, San Pedro High. She is 2004 from the Ramada Inn, ceased by his wife, Zafiroula in joyful heart, infectious laugh, arms of Jesus Christ on the Lady Eleanor Roosevelt who survived by her devoted hus - George continued to enjoy cook - 1997; by his brother Efstratious storytelling, and jokes were morning of July 5, 2016 at the commented that the Second band John, and her two daugh - ing, often cooking for family in 2010; and by his sister, De - abundant and legendary. She age of 90. A woman of incredi - Battalion Raiders were her fa - ters, Anastasia Gullette, Anasta - and friends. Survivors include spina in 2012. He is survived by will be forever missed and re - ble strength and will, she vorite group of Marines. A grad - sia's husband Mike, their sons two children, Helen Thompson his children, Angeliki Horowitz membered by all whom she has touched those around her with uate of Central High School, a Mikey and Johnny, and Janet (John) of Tupelo and Lee Gov - and her husband David, Antonio touched in life. Maria’s wish for her caring voice, loving heart, member of Annunciation Greek Jones and her husband Ron. Her atos of Texas; his mother, Dena Kasapidis and his wife Donna, everyone was to always have a and gentle soul. Born February Orthodox Church and AHEPA; only son, Bill, passed in March, Govatos of Greece; two grand - Anastasia Makridis, and Niko smile on your face, be kind to 21, 1926 in the small mountain Chris was a champion boxer in 2006 and was survived by his children, George Evan Thomp - Kasapidis; by his grandchildren, one another, don’t hold grudges, village of Smokov, Greece, she the Marines, was an avid swim - wife, Margo. Helen is also sur - son and Patsy Thompson both Tyler, Trevor, Despina, and and live life to it’s fullest. “Make learned quickly to face the chal - mer, was well-known for his vived by her cousin Christine of Tupelo; one brother, Michael Zachary; by his sisters, Elleni the most of your days and make lenges of life head-on through fierce Greek Chili and mar - Haidos, who was like a sister to Govatsos (Dena) of Tupelo; two and Fotika Kasapidis; and by a some fun and laughs wherever hard work, sacrifice, and deter - velous home-baked bread, grew her and, with John, was by her sisters, Maria Demotsis large extended family in Greece. you go, because life is but a mination. Before she was 21 award-winning tomatoes and side until the end. Helen was (George) and Pitsa Pappadakis The funeral will begin at 10 am dream!” A celebration of her life years old, she had struggled and was the proud owner of a mag - active in the Greek community (Nick), both of Greece and Monday at St. George Greek Or - took place on Wednesday, July lived through a great depres - nificent bow tie collection. as a member of Saint Katherine's many nieces and nephews. thodox Church in Piscataway, 13, from 3PM- 9PM, Trisagion sion, a world war, and a civil When he was 12, he had a large Greek Orthodox Church in Re - Preceded in death by his father; followed by burial in Resurrec - service 7PM at Hills Funeral war. On January 2, 1949 she garden of flowers and vegeta - dondo Beach and an active wife, Patsy Sermas Govatos; and tion Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Home, Ltd., 10201 S. Roberts married Pete Melonas in Athens bles. He lived near City Hospital member of the Daughters of Aunt Helen Govatos and Uncle please make contributions to the Rd. (8000W.), Palos Hills. The who brought her to the United and sold the flowers for 35 cents Penelope for over 60 years. In Clem Govatos. Visitation will be Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can - funeral took place at 10AM on States where they first settled a bouquet. He earned a diploma her later years, her ill health 4 until 6 p.m. Monday, July 11, cer Center and Steeplechase Thursday, July 14, 2016 at St. in Murray, Utah and then even - in Art and Ceramics and retired prevented her from attending 2016, at W.E. Pegues, Tupelo. Cancer Center. Spyridon Greek Orthodox tually in Highland, Utah. They as fashion decorator for O'Neil's the church services at Saint Trisagion will be held at 6 p.m. Church, 12307 S. Ridgeland remained married for 62 years Department Store. In 1963, he Katherine's. But thanks to mod - Monday, July 11, 2016, follow - n KETSIOS, MARIA Ave., Palos Heights with services until Pete's death in 2011. They coached his E League baseball ern technology, she was able to ing visitation.Services will be at PALOS HILLS, IL (from the starting at 11AM. In lieu of flow - raised six beautiful children to - team to the Ohio State Champi - enjoy services broadcasted di - 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Chicago Sun-Times, published ers, donations to www.go - gether in a traditional Greek at - onship. His son James won 20 rectly from Athens, Greece, at the Jefferson Street Chapel Jul. 11)— Maria (Kintonis) Ket - fundme.com/2dtwaak mosphere. She was always games as a pitcher for the team. never missing a holiday or a of W.E. Pegues with Father Si - sios, born February 22, 1939 in cooking that great Greek food Preceded in death by his par - feast day. We would like to mon Thomas officiating. Grave - Agion, Greece. She passed away n LAZOS, SPIROS and taking care of all the needs ents, James and Marika of Do - thank her caregivers, Nilda and side services will follow at Lee peacefully surrounded by her ATLANTA, GA (from the Atlanta of her children, wanting the best lianna, Greece; brothers, Anita, who were devoted to her Memorial Park. Pallbearers will loving family after a brief illness Journal-Constitution, published for them. Memories of her main - George, who was an Olympic and were at her side when she be Demetri Pappas, Mac Shel - on July 8, in Clearwater, FL. She on Jul. 7) – Spiros Stavros La - taining a manicured house, swimmer, and Leo; and sister, passed. Peter Haidos, Alexia ton, Hayden Meacham, Jackson is survived by her beloved hus - zos, 80, of Atlanta, GA and helping with farm chores, keep - Pauline (Anthe); He is survived Itzigsohn and their mom Chris - Stewart, Anthony Heavens, Jay band, Stanley whom she was Astypalea, Greece, passed away ing us kids all in line, making by his wife, Demetra; sons, tine, will always be grateful for Hawkins and John Kyvetos. married for 56 wonderful years. surrounded by family, Thursday, sure dad was fed when he came James and Joe; and daughter, the opportunity to shepherd her Memorial may be made to An - Together they had four children June 30, 2016 at his son's home home from work, and finding Melody Rose Mollis Lindquist in her final days. She kept them nunciation Greek Orthodox whom she loved and was so in Chicago, IL. Spiros is survived time to knit all those incredible (John) of San Antonio, Texas. laughing until the very end. The Church, 573 N. Highland St., proud of their accomplishments: by his wife Fotini "Faye" of 45 afghans will always be cher - He also leaves sisters, Angelyne Evening Service will be held on Memphis, Tennessee 38122. Vicki (Themis) Michalakos, years, son Stavros (Tracey) La - ished. Easter was always a great Mathews of Chagrin Falls and Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 7:00 Arthur Ketsios, Dena (Lee) Vasi - zos, grandchildren Katerina, event at home when she would Ortho (Chris) Cherpas of Fair - p.m. at McNerney's Mortuary n KARAGIANNIS, VASILIKI latos and Elizabeth (Steve) Cassandra and Spiros, and make all those colored eggs so lawn; and many nephews, Chapel. A Funeral Service will WALL, NJ (from the Asbury Park Zweiback. She is also survived many loving cousins, nieces, we could celebrate the Risen nieces, relatives, friends and be offered on Thursday, July 28, Press, published on Jul. 3) – by her sister, Kay (late, Peter) nephews, godchildren and ex - Christ! She is survived by her neighbors. Cremation has taken 2016, 10:00 a.m. at St. Kather - Vasiliki "Vicky" Litsios Karagian - Manolis and Brother John (late, tended family. Spiros was born children: John (Irene), Gust, place. Memorials may be made ine's Greek Orthodox Church, nis, 64 of Wall Township passed Stella) Kintonis. Sister in law to July 9, 1935 on the island of Anastasia, and Jason (Mary to the charity of your choice. 722 Knob Hill Ave., Redondo away Monday, June 13, 2016, Zoe (late, Kiriaco) Soteriou and Astypalea, Greece to Stavros Kay) as well as eight grandchil - Beach, CA 90277. In lieu of after a long battle with cancer, Koula (late, Stanley) Kintonis. and Despina Lazos. Leaving dren: Dmitri, Mace, Nikko, Alex, n STATHOS, PETE flowers, please make a donation at her home with her devoted Proud Yiayia to 11 Grandchil - home at age 15, Spiros moved Jenny, David, Anna, and Lau - GREENVILLE, SC (from the to St. Katherine's Greek Ortho - son at her bedside. Vicky was dren whom loved her very to Piraeus where, at 18, he be - risa. She was preceded in death Greenville News, published on dox Church building fund. born in Ioannina, Greece and much; Maria Alexandria (M-A), came the youngest proprietor of by her husband Pete, and her Jun. 29) – Pete G. Stathos, 81, had been a resident of Wall Stephen, Matina, Alec, Griffin, a dental lab. He moved to New sons Peter and Milton. Even of 105 Baldwin Place, died June n GOVATOS, GEORGE Township for many years. She Parker, Maria, Niki, Stacy, York City in 1967 where he con - though age brings with it pains 27, 2016. Born in Sparta, TUPELO, MS (from the North - and her family have operated Stephanie and Elena. Dear and tinued his career in dental care and challenges, Afrodite faced Greece, he was the son of east Mississippi Daily Journal, Happy Days Market on Belmar fun-loving aunt to many nieces and met his wife. Spiros went it with the same determination George and Stavroula published on Jul. 10)— George Blvd. in Wall Township for many and nephews, Grandnieces and on to develop a real estate she had as a young woman in a Stathakos. He was preceded in Lee Govatos, 77, died Friday, years. Vicky was a devout Or - Grandnephews and a multitude group and run many successful world torn by war: with hard death by his wife Litsa B. July 8, 2016, at the North Mis - thodox Christian and a longtime of dear and loving friends. She restaurants in Atlanta, GA. He work, courage, and faith - know - Stathos in 2003. Mr. Stathos sissippi Medical Center. He was member of St. George Greek Or - is preceded in death by her par - retired to Greece where he en - ing in the end God is ultimately was self-employed and owned born June 14, 1939, in a small thodox Church, Ocean Twp. She ents, Christ and Dena Kintonis, joyed swimming in the sea, tavli in control, calling you back the Pete's Drive-In of Easley. He village of Metamorfosis, Greece was predeceased by her father Mother in law, Bessie Ketsios, with friends and spending time home in His timing, into His lov - was a member of St. George to Lee George Govatos and Theodore Litsios and her her brothers; George (late, with his family. Spiros embraced ing arms, where there is no Greek Orthodox Cathedral and Dena Apostolakis Govatos. brother Demetrios. Surviving to Ruth) Kintonis, Tom Kintonis, life to its fullest, sharing his en - more pain and suffering. had served in AHEPA. Surviving George's father died during mourn her loss is her son Nick - and Stanley Kintonis. In 1947 ergy, passion and dedication to Funeral services will be held on are his son, Jimmy Stathos; his World War II when George was olas Karagiannis of New York, as a young girl, she arrived with hard work with everyone he Saturday July 9, 2016 at 11:00 daughter, Anna Hontzeas one year old. On December NY, her mother Androniki Litsios her family in Chicago. She grad - met. Spiros was a deeply loyal, a.m. at Prophet Elias Greek Or - Stathos; a daughter-in-law, Julie 1955, George's Aunt Helen and of Wall Twp, her sister Helen uated from Bogan High school generous and loving man to his thodox Church, 5335 S High - Stathos; a son-in-law, Yiotis Uncle Clem sponsored him to Vrahnos and her husband John, and attended Assumption Greek family and friends. He was pre - land Dr, Holladay, UT. Friends Hontzeas; two brothers, Jimmy move to Corpus Christi, Texas. also of Wall. Vicky also was sur - Orthodox Church in Hegewisch ceded in death by his parents; and family may call at the Stathos of Myrtle Beach and Gus In Texas, George became an vived by George Karagiannis of where she ultimately was mar - brothers John, Tony, Michael, church for the viewing planned Stathos of Calabash, NC; and avid Texas Longhorns and Dal - Neptune. In keeping with ried and baptized her four chil - and Paul; and sisters Poppy and three grandchildren, Tony las Cowboys fan. His aunt and Vicky's wishes, all services were dren. Maria and Stanley owned Maroula. Family and friends will this is a service Hontzeas, Pete Stathos and Litsa uncle raised him as if he was held privately at the O'Brien Fu - and operated South Chicago meet Saturday morning, July 9, to the community. Stathos. Services will be held their own child. While attending neral Home, Wall with burial in Florist and she continued her at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Announcements of deaths Thursday, June 30, 2016 at St. high school, George enlisted in the family plot in Atlanticview passion as an avid gardner. In Church 5649 N. Sheridan Road, may be telephoned to the George Greek Orthodox Cathe - Cemetery, Wall. Donations in 1963, they moved to San Fran - Chicago, IL 60660 for visitation classified Department of dral with Father Tom Pistolis of - her memory may be made to the cisco and opened a diner on fa - from 9:00am until the time of the National herald at ficiating. Burial will follow in Days and dates of funerals, Cancer Research Institute. mous Fisherman’s Wharf, along the funeral service at 10:00am. (718) 784-5255, Woodlawn Memorial Park. In memorials, and other events di - with her cousins. After a few He will be laid to rest at All monday through Friday, lieu of flowers, memorials may rectly correspond to the original n KASAPIDIS, PAVLOS year, they moved back to Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ESt be made to the Building Fund publication date, which appears NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (from Chicago to start the family busi - IL. A memorial service will be or e-mailed to: of St. George Greek Orthodox at the beginning of each notice. the Home News Tribune, pub - ness, E&S Food & Liquor, where held at the Greek Orthodox [email protected] Cathedral, 406 N. Academy St., lished on Jul. 8) – Mr. Pavlos they flourished for 30 years. In Cathedral of Annunciation in At - Greenville, SC 29601. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016 COMMUNITY 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY A Family Gathering: Ghenethlia tou Baba or tis Yiayias Try Grilled Salmon Souvlaki

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του θείου σου; (07.03) ………………………………………….. and Two Green Bean Salads A GREEK FAMILY GATHERING VOCABULARY Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του νονού σου; (18.12) Greek word Pronunciation Meaning ………………………………………….. By Eleni Sakellis Green Bean Salad Ο μπαμπάς O baBAS dad Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του αδελφού σου; (29.03) with Feta Η μαμά EE maMA mom ………………………………………….. Fish and outdoor grilling Ο παππούς O paPOOS grandfather Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του ανιψιού σου; (21.10) were made for each other. Not Η γιαγιά EE yiayiA grandmother ………………………………………….. only is the result of grilling fish • 2 pounds green beans, Ο αδελφός O adeLFOS brother Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της μαμάς ; (06.04) outdoors tasty, but it also saves trimmed and cut into two- Η αδελφή EE adeLFEE sister ………………………………………….. the kitchen, and sometimes the inch pieces Ο ξάδελφος O XAdelfos cousin male Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της γιαγιάς; (08.10) entire house, from unpleasant • 1 small to medium red Η ξαδέλφη EE xaDEElfi cousin female ………………………………………….. cooking odors. Green beans are onion, thinly sliced Ο θείος O THEEos uncle Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της θείας σου; (09.09) available all year round, but the • 1/2 cup feta crumbled Η θεία EE THEEa aunt ………………………………………….. fresh ones in season in the sum - • 3 tablespoons Greek extra Ο νονός O noNOS godfather Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της αδελφής σου; (12.07) mertime are especially flavorful. virgin olive oil Η νονά EE noNA godmother ………………………………………….. Try the delicious salmon sou - • 1 tablespoon red wine Ο ανιψιός O anipsiOS nephew Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της ξαδέλφης σου; (15.08) vlaki recipe along with the vinegar Η ανιψιά EE anipsiA niece ………………………………………….. green bean salad recipes that • Salt and freshly ground Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της ανιψιάς σου; (03.11) follow. pepper to taste IT’S OUR FAMILY’S! THE GENITIVE CASE ………………………………………….. • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, “Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του μπαμπά; ” “When is dad’s birthday?” Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια της νονάς σου; (02.10) halved or grape tomatoes, (POte EEne TAgheNEthlia TOO baBA?) ………………………………………….. Grilled Salmon whole Του μπαμπά is the genitive case of the word ο μπαμπάς. The Souvlaki genitive case is mainly used to show how one is depended MONTHS Steam the green beans in an upon another and corresponds to the English preposition of in Greek word Pronunciation Translation inch or two of boiling water to cases like “a woman of courage” and the s with apostrophe “my Ο Ιανουάριος O ianooArios January • 1 pound salmon, cut into desired tenderness, 3-4 minutes dad’s car.” Ο Φεβρουάριος O fevrooArios February cubes for tender-crisp. Transfer to a In order to form the genitive case have a look at the table below. Ο Μάρτιος O MArtios March • 2-4 tablespoons freshly bowl, add the thinly sliced red The first line shows the articles in the nominative and genitive Ο Απρίλιος O aPREElios April squeezed lemon juice onion, the crumbled feta, the case and the rest the changes in the endings. Ο Μάιος O MAios May • 3 tablespoons Greek extra olive oil, vinegar, tomatoes, salt Ο Ιούνιος O iOOnios June virgin olive oil and pepper to taste, and toss the Masculine Feminine Neuter Ο Ιούλιος O iOOlios July • 1 tablespoon fresh dill, salad. Serve immediately as a ο, του η, τη Ο Αύγουστος O Avghoostos August chopped finely side dish or a vegetarian main το, του Ο Σεπτέμβριος O sePTEmvrios September • 1/2 teaspoon salt dish salad with your favorite -ος, –ου -α, -ας -ι, -ου Ο Οκτώβριος O oCTOvrios October -ης, -η -η, -ης -ο, -ου Ο Νοέμβριος O noEmvrios November -ας, -α Ο Δεκέμβριος O deKEmvrios December -ες, -ε -ους, -ου HELPFUL NUMBERS LIST Number Greek word Pronunciation The genitive case article is του for the masculine ( του μπαμπά ), 2 δύο DEEo της for the feminine ( της μαμάς ) and του for the neuter gender 3 τρεις TREES ( του ούζου ). 6 έξι Exi The genitive case of the masculine gender nouns ending in – ης, 7 επτά ePTA -ας, -ες, -ους is formed by omitting the ς of the nominative case 8 οκτώ oKTO ending: ο Βασίλ-ης / του Βασίλ-η, ο μπαμπ-άς / του μπαμπ-ά, ο 12 δώδεκα DOdeka παππ-ούς / του παππ-ού. 15 δεκαπέντε dekaPEnte On the contrary the genitive case of the feminine gender nouns 18 δεκαοκτώ dekaoKTO is formed by adding an ς: Η μαμ-ά / της μαμ-άς, η αδελφ-ή / της 19 δεκαεννέα dekaeNEa αδελφ-ής. 20 είκοσι EEkosi The genitive case of masculine gender nouns ending in is formed 21 είκοσι ένα EEkosi Ena by changing the ending from – ος to - ου. Ο θεί-ος / του θεί-ου. The 29 είκοσι εννέα EEkosi eNEa months fall in this category, because they end in – ος. Ο Ιανουάριος 30 τριάντα triAnta / του Ιανουαρίου. PRONUNCIATION KEY EXERCISE oo (b-oo-t), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), i (i-diom), o (o-rganism), WHEN DOES GRANDMA CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY? y (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The capi - Answer the questions like in the given example. talized syllables are accented. Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του μπαμπά; (20.06) Τα γενέθλια του μπαμπά μου είναι στις είκοσι Ιουνίου. Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied philology and archaeology at the University of Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum in Germany. She Πότε είναι τα γενέθλια του παππού; (30.02) has been honored with the Academy of Athens Award in ………………………………………….. Archaeology and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW Riveting Crime Fiction For Your Summer Reading List • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pasta, if preferred. By Eleni Sakellis as a tribute to his father, Pete pepper Pelecanos, a Marine who fought • Bamboo skewers, soaked in As the summer heat turns up, in the Philippines. water for at least ten minutes Green Bean Salad with try adding some cool crime fic - Greek writer Yannis Maris is to prevent scorching Potatoes and Lemon tion to your reading list. Hard- called the father of Greek detec - boiled detective fiction and noir tive novels. Maris was the pen Place the salmon cubes in a have long been reader favorites. name of Yannis Tsirimokos who nonreactive bowl. Add the • 2 pounds green beans, John Skaggs in his Crime Fiction was born on the island of Skope - lemon juice, olive oil, dill, salt, trimmed (The New Critical Idiom) cites los in 1916. His novels bring the and pepper and toss until the • 1 pound small Yukon Gold Oedipus Rex by Sophocles as one Greek society of the 1950’s to salmon cubes are well-coated. potatoes of the first works of detective fic - life and have been translated Cover the bowl with plastic • 3 tablespoons Greek extra tion since it has the characteristic into several languages. His de - wrap and place in the refrigera - virgin olive oil elements, “a mystery surround - tective Bekas solved crimes tor for at least thirty minutes or • 2-4 tablespoons freshly ing a murder, a closed circle of among a cast of elite characters, up to an hour. squeezed lemon juice suspects, and the gradual uncov - shipping tycoons, business mag - Meanwhile make sure the • Salt and freshly ground ering of a hidden past.” Among nates, and artists. Without ID bamboo skewers are soaking in pepper to taste today’s bestselling novels are sev - (1956) and Operation Rainbow water to prevent scorching eral works by Greek and Greek- (1966) are among his books when placed on the grill. Alter - Steam the green beans in an American authors. available online, in Greek. Maris natively, metal skewers may also inch or two of boiling water to One of the best writers of was also a screenwriter. He be used, no soaking required. desired doneness, 3-4 minutes crime fiction today, Greek-Amer - acter of Nick Stefanos became a strong, well-written characters passed away in 1979. After the salmon cubes have for tender crisp, 5-10 minutes ican George Pelecanos has writ - supporting player. His latest se - crime fiction fans love. Pele - Ashes by Sergios Gakas is the marinated, skewer them with for more tender green beans. In ten a long list of bestselling nov - ries follows Spero Lucas, a vet - canos also writes for film and first of the Greek author’s gritty the bamboo or metal skewers, a deep saucepan, boil the pota - els. His first book series featured eran returned home from Iraq TV. He is an award-winning TV crime novels translated into and place them on a prepared toes with a dash of salt until the private investigator Nick Ste - who works on special investiga - writer and producer for HBO’s English by Anne-Marie Stanton- grill preheated to medium heat. potatoes are tender and a fanos, a Greek living in Wash - tions for a defense attorney. His The Wire. As a writer and co- Ife. Gakas specializes in Greek Turn with a pair of tongs skewer or knife goes in and ington, DC. A Firing Offense specialty is recovering stolen producer of the World War II Noir though his background is about every three minutes to en - comes out easily. (1992), Nick’s Trip (1993), and property. In the first book of the HBO series The Pacific, he co- in drama and he has directed sure doneness on all sides. Transfer the green beans to Down by the River Where the series, The Cut (2011), Spero is wrote Part 3 with fellow co-pro - theatre since 1979. His novels Serve with heated pitas and a serving bowl. Cut the cooked Dead Men Go (1995) are writ - hired by a crime boss to investi - ducer Michelle Ashford. The feature Police Inspector Chronis all your favorite souvlaki accom - potatoes into cubes and add to ten in the first person from gate theft within the boss’ crim - episode followed Marines on Halkidis and his partner Simeon paniments, such as thinly sliced the green beans. Drizzle with Nick’s point of view. In later inal enterprise. The Double leave in Australia and featured Piertzovanis, both of whom red onions, lettuce, and toma - the olive oil, the fresh lemon novels of the D.C. Quartet, as (2013) is Pelecanos’ second a displaced Greek family. Pele - have some serious issues, to say toes. For an extra Greek touch, juice, salt and pepper to taste. they are known, Pelecanos used Spero Lucas novel, a taut thriller canos noted on his website that the least, but still manage to add Kalamata olives and crum - Toss the salad together and the third person and the char - with graphic violence and the he got involved with the show seek justice in a corrupt society. bled feta. serve immediately.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Diogenes, the Crazy Philosopher

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos wealth? I wonder what he’d about anyone or anything but soon be turned upside down. Special to The National Herald have to say if he lived in today’s themselves, exclusively – like a “Then,” he told them. “I would world of mass ostentation drifting dog. In a square in be the right side up!” Born in If ever was born a curmud - amidst mass poverty and igno - Athens, he shouted out for men Sinope, when asked where he geon, Diogenes, (412- 323 BC) rance, a poverty and ignorance to gather around him. came from, he announced, “I would fill the bill. He spoke with created by the ostentatious, the When a curious crowd gath - am a citizen of the world.” How a frankness that felt like nails greedy, the uncaring. ered he waved a stick at them, very inspiring! If those senti - scratching the black board. Out - The word “cynic” in Ancient threateningly, and said, ‘I asked ments were felt by the majority spoken, a notorious cynic who Greek meant dog (Kinis) some - for men – not scoundrels!’ He, of people there could be no believed that the most virtuous thing Diogenes was called. also, told those who’d listen, wars. People can get along. Gov - life is one lived without luxuries, Plato, who acknowledged his “there is only one great evil: ig - ernments cause the troubles. Al - he was, nevertheless, a most fas - wisdom, called him, “a Socrates norance! And only one great though he was a bit harsh, I cinating Greek. He’s the one gone mad.” The word good: knowledge!” sense Diogenes would agree who roamed Athens holding a “dog” became synonymous Despite his harsh criticisms with me on that. It appears the lantern. When asked why, he’d with the word cynic when de - of people and their mode of liv - world’s political conditions have respond, “I’m looking for an scribing Diogenes and through ing amidst the poor or hungry changed little from ancient honest man.” His opinions and the centuries described someone the Athenians loved him. Some times or any time. In fact, it’s attitudes were grounded in his who felt no joy in anything or made sport of him; some course, but after breakfast. I If it’s for a woman, you’re dis - gotten worse - much worse disdain for vanity, social-climb - believed that nothing better was mocked him, others credited think better then.” After eating honest.” Then, watching a when we add severe global cli - ing, ostentation, and anything forthcoming. So, the re - him for keeping to his word, rec - the breakfast the businessman young boy whose mother was a mate changes with the illegal to do with artificial and flam - doubtable Diogenes was a most ognized his wisdoms, regard - paid for, he told the man, “You prostitute, toss stones into a wars. Today, there are too few boyant behaviors – anything notorious cynic. But, ‘dog’ was less. When a kid vandalized his will die when you stop living.” crowd, rubbing his chin, he told outspoken citizens, few thinking that takes our attention away said of him because he preferred tub, a group of citizens chased His responses were always the him, “Careful, son. You’ll hit cynics to criticize or admonish - from what is really important. to live outdoors, in a tub, wore and beat the boy and bought obvious yet wise in a sarcastic your father!” ment our government; today, He tossed away his last remain - the barest of clothing, ate in Diogenes another tub. One vein. Once, he’d seen a young But, when asked how he’d there are no widespread protest - ing possession – his cup, when public , often treated by friends Athenian businessman, sarcas - man all dressed up with elabo - wish to be buried, he re - ing at what is being done to us he saw man drink water by cup - or passersby – usually in the tically, asked him, “If you know rate care going somewhere. Ob - sponded, “face downwards,” ex - and people around the globe. I ping his hands. Gee! Wouldn’t market place, and roamed the everything – or, think you do- serving him, Diogenes told him, plaining that the Macedonians find it more unfortunate that a it have been better to get him a streets like an unemployed va - can you tell me when I am going “young man, if you’ve dressed were rising in power so rapidly Diogenes cannot be found in cup, too, thereby sharing the grant believing no one cared to die?” Diogenes answered, “Of up to impress men, you’re a fool. that the whole world would any of us! 8 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016

HELLENIC HAPPENINGS FROM COAST TO COAST

TNH Staff zoned on his chest are the noted the addictive quality of words, “Take me to Crouse.” tattoos, though none have LOS ANGELES The “me” is in capital letters in elicited as much response as the Greek-American actress honor of his doctor of 25 years, hospital slogan. On his visits to Angie Harmon’s crime series Dr. Mark Erlebacher. When the ER, a nurse will inevitably Rizzoli & Isles reaches a signifi - asked why he got the tattoo, An - ask if she can bring others over cant milestone this week. The drianos said, “I like the care at to see the tattoo. Andrianos cop show has officially been on Crouse and I would always want takes the joking in good stride, the air for 100 episodes. Har - to be taken care of there in an saying he should have charged mon spoke to TV Guide about emergency,” as reported on people to look at his tattoo. At the episode, which features a Syracuse.com. The appreciation St. Joseph’s Hospital Health very special guest star. In the for his doctor is profound. An - Center in Syracuse for surgery episode, Harmon’s character De - drianos observed, “I really feel on his heart and a year later for tective Jane Rizzoli goes under - without his guidance and help, his back, the staff joked about cover in a prison to uncover a I would be just dirt these days. when he was getting a St. killer, but ends up in danger her - He's kept good track of me. The Joseph’s tattoo. self. Her prison mate will be tattoo was really more about my played by Sharon Gless, who doctor and the bond we have.” CHICAGO starred in the classic 1980’s cop Caitlyn Matthews, a tattoo artist The owners of fast-casual show Cagney & Lacey. Harmon, at Dawn of Time Tattoo in Liv - restaurant chain GRK Greek whose mother is of Greek de - erpool, NY, inked the image for Kitchen, including Peter scent, spoke about Gless and her Andrianos who made the mis - Thanoukos, son of the late John character to TV Guide “Jane take of showing it to his doctor Thanoukos who founded the kind of brushes her off at first before it had a chance to heal chain and Hub’s– the inspiration because she’s in there with a job completely. Dr. Erlebacher for a 1990’s Saturday Night Live to do… but she does sort of noted, “It was still fresh and had sketch, will soon occupy the for - change Jane’s life.” The 100th inflammation around the letters. mer City Soles location in episode of Rizzoli & Isles airs on My first thought was, 'Oh my Wicker Park with a new concept. TNT on Monday, July 25, at 9 God what have I done?'” The DOX Quality Greek is scheduled PM EST. doctor said most patients don’t to open this fall at 1566 N. show their gratitude in such a Damen Ave., according to a SYRACUSE, NY permanent way, but seeing An - press release. Greek-American Brian Andri - drianos stay healthy, “That is its The restaurant will serve anos is no stranger to the emer - own reward.” A letter carrier for Athens-inspired small plate lESlY mARqUINA vIA wIKImEDIA cOmmONS gency room at Crouse Hospital the US Postal Service, Andrianos street food. Carry out and late- Angie Harmon, on right, with her Rizzoli & Isles co-stars. in Syracuse, NY. Andrianos’ follows his doctor’s advice on night service, will be available, health issues including diabetes, staying healthy as closely as pos - Chicago Eater reported on July heart problems, and high blood sible. His interest in tattoos be - 20. DOX is building on the GRK pressure, have led to so many gan in the early 1980’s. His first concept with its 1,800-square- GOINGS ON... visits to the ER, his doctor joked tattoo was on his calf and fea - foot space designed by Greek ar - that he should get the hospital’s tures the Greek and American chitectural firm K-Studio. The slogan as a tattoo. Andrianos, flags. Other tattoos include his menu will include ancient grains n THRU SEPT. 10 beautiful northern Catskill mation, please visit our website: 56, who already had nine other children’s names on his arm and salads with house-made dress - TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Tarpon Mountains is holding its Greek akgreekfestival.com. tattoos, did just that. Embla - the logo of his union. Andrianos ings, grilled Greek-style wings, Springs’ annual Night in the Is - festival on Friday, August 12 and artisanal pitas with braised lands tradition continues on the through Monday, August 15. n AUGUST 19-21 lamb, grilled chicken and pork, historic Sponge Docks once a Hours: Friday 6PM-12 midnight, CASTRO VALLEY, CA— The and charred vegetables. Sou - month from 6-11PM on the Saturday 12 noon-12 midnight, Castro Valley Greek Festival at vlakia a la carte will also be City’s historic Sponge Docks, Sunday after liturgy to 12 mid - Resurrection Greek Orthodox QUESTION OF THE WEEK available, especially of note to along Dodecanese Boulevard. night, Monday after liturgy to Church, 20104 Center St., Cas - those Wicker Parkers who miss Food, drinks, and the street is 5PM. We will have live music to tro Valley, CA takes place Aug What are your thoughts on His Eminence Archbishop Skewers, the now-closed, late- closed off for live dancing: 6- dance the night away with 19-21. 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The fes - play from 425 BCE features tival begins on Friday, Aug 19 Odysseus on his way back to n AUGUST 19-21 from 5PM to 10PM, Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I th a ca from th e Troj an War, con - A NCHORAGE, AK – The Holy Aug 20 from 12 noon to 10PM fronting Polyphemus, one of the Transfiguration Greek Orthodox and ends on Sunday, Aug 21 13 14 15 16 c yc l opes, befo re e scaping from Church, 2800 O’Malley Road in from 12 noon to 7PM. More in - S ic i ly. The fu lly-staged produc - Anchorage, will hold its annual formation is available online at 17 18 19 tion of this rarely-produced Greek Festival Friday, Aug. 19 www.greekfestival.me c la s sic, presente d by American through Sunday, Aug. 21, Noon 20 21 22 23 T hy mele Theatre w ith m usic by until 7PM. Music will be pro - n SEPTEMBER 3-5 Athan Hilaki, is presented with - vided by Peter Deneff and MONTEREY, CA – St. John the 24 25 26 27 28 ou t an interm ission. Stephen Danny Papakalos of Synthesi. Baptist Greek Orthodox Church Dia c russi directs t he satyr play. Come downstairs in the new in Salinas will hold its annual 29 30 31 The cast includes Beatrice church building and watch as festival at 250 Scott Street Next Gh o se, And rew Jam es Gord on, Laurie Constantino (author of to Old Fisherman's Wharf in 32 33 34 Patr ick J. Ledd y, Fenton Li, Pet e r our parish cookbook and her Monterey, on Labor Day Week - Mercury, and Tristan Polania. food blog, end, Saturday, Sept. 3 through 35 36 37 38 39 40 The five free performances are laurieconstantino.com) prepares Monday, Sept. 5. The Monterey 41 42 43 sch e duled for Fr iday, Jul 2 9 and famous Greek recipes. Come see Bay Greek Festival has been a Sat u rday Ju l 30 at 6PM at East our nearly finished new church staple of the peninsula’s for 30 44 45 46 47 48 River Park Amphitheater- FDR and listen as Father Vasili ex - years now. 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65 Greek iced coffee drink O A H U A N A S T O S model and actress Zeta Makry - “Sesouar gia Dolofonous.” 66 Not even poulia turns 38. Born in Athens Her most notable works, be - 67 Rocket builders C I T E S E X Y L E N O in 1978, she began her acting sides those, include roles in the 68 What people do in their sleep B I T E C A S A L A D E N career at a young age. Graduat - TV series Horismenoi me Paidia, DOWN A A E G A G E B A S ing from the Vasilis Diaman - to Berdema, Aerines Siopes, and 1 Choke C O M P A R E A R M H O L E topoulos Drama School while To Kledi tou Paradisou. 2 Utilize also attending classes at the On stage, she has appeared 3 Prefix for metric or kinetic E R A I D E A D E W Theatro ton Allagon, she in Medeia, T’Oneiro tis Diplanis 4 Natural selection idea originator S A P P Y L E A D N I N E worked in various TV projects Portas, Stis Kouzines, and Ta 5 Square root of sixty-four O R E S F A R M C A P T and appeared in numerous com - Vaftisia, among others. 6 Uneven cut C A R I B O U S E A R mercials. And on the big screen, 7 Scared She was propelled to na - Makrypoulia has appeared in 8 Pulverize C B S I N R E A I R B E D tional fame in Greece with her films such as Molis Horisa, 9 Carbonated drink E L I A D E N T R O I K A role as a naïve village girl on S.E.X. (Soula Elan Xana), Wog 10 Warmed R E A S A N E O W N E R the hit TV series Para Pente, and Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos, and has also had a successful stage Sta Kala Kathoumena.

THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Backtracking Tsipras Dilutes Constitution Reforms, Rejects 3rd Probe

TNH Staff ments for accepting. of 86 billion euros ($98 billion) “The answer to today’s prob - and more austerity measures. ATHENS – Prime Minister lems, the new challenges and The motion by the former Alexis Tsipras has withdrawn the new political reality” is to ruling New Democracy needed from his proposed Constitution proceed to a new political 120 votes to set up a parliamen - changes a recommendation to changeover, he said. tary committee but was beaten let voters elect the country’s BIG TALK by a vote of 155-96 with 20 law - symbolic President unless Continuing his pattern of makers voting present, refusing there’s a deadlock in Parliament. claiming victories after political to take a stand. Still reeling from a resound - defeats, Tsipras said he’s going SYRIZA’s 144 MPs voted for ing defeat in Parliament over to win the next election and re - it and its partner ANEL gave another scheme to eliminate a ally didn’t want to eliminate a their nine as ordered, as the tiny 50-seat bonus in Parliament for 50-seat bonus. Union of Centrists also backed the winners of Greek elections, The Parliament controlled by the government. Tsipras wants the Constitution his Radical Left SYRIZA and its The call was for an investi - changed but has relented to the partner, the pro-austerity, far-left gation into the government’s current method of having Pre - Independent Greeks (ANEL) ap - handling of talks with the cred - miers nominate a President. proved lowering the voting age itors that also led to capital con - His idea for voters to elect to 17 but Tsipras failed to get trols being imposed and a con - the President ran into fierce op - the necessary 200 votes to elim - tingency plan for leaving the position from the Faction of 53 inate a 50-seat bonus for elec - Eurozone, which Tsipras first de - in his Radical Left SYRIZA party, tion winners until after the next nied had happened then admit - a hard-core group which other - polls, now scheduled for 2019. ted it did but said it didn’t mat - wise has also caved in to de - With surveys showing the ter either way. mands from international cred - New Democracy Conservatives Before the vote, Mitsotakis itors for more austerity and pulling away after he reneged ripped Tsipras for his role in the conditions antithetical to their on anti-austerity promises, talks with the lenders. The Con - alleged beliefs. Tsipras said he didn’t care about servative chief, who has taken According to the watered- EUROKINISSI the bonus elimination he his party to a big lead in polls, down proposal, the President Greece’s coalition defeated an attempt by political rivals to probe its handling of negotiations pushed– and which he used to said he would lead an investi - will be elected by the people on the third bailout of 86 billion euros ($98 billion) and more austerity measures. form a government. gation into SYRIZA and ANEL “We are not stressing over after he wins the next elections. only in the case that Parliament this at all because we’re going Although Tsipras acknowl - is unable to. to win the next elections any - edged his government had pre - The proposals giving the way, so keeping the existing pared a backup plan to leave the Health Agency: Refugee Centers Unsafe President more power, greater electoral system is in our favor,” Eurozone, a number of his party use of referenda and changes in a source close to Tsipras told the members said it really wasn’t the relationship between newspaper Kathimerini. that although he said it was. TNH Staff grants residing there with little that attract large mosquito pop - Church and State, which Tsipras That was in reference to Mitsotakis accused Tsipras of more than a blanket or curtain ulations, exposing migrants fur - said he would do on his own be - claims by New Democracy chief deliberately letting the negotia - ATHENS - Refugee centers and separating one family from an - ther to diseases. fore also reneging on that. Kyriakos Mitsotakis that Tsipras tions drag on and of “dramatiz - camps have a high public health other. Benos, who is a professor of The aim, he said, is to form was trying to prevent the Con - ing” the situation by calling for risk and should be closed, the They noted inadequate ac - social medicine at Thessaloniki’s a committee by September that servatives from forming a gov - a referendum that allowed him Greek Center for Disease Con - cess to running water, while Aristotle University, commended will oversee the public debate ernment after the next elections to reverse pre-election pledges. trol and Prevention (KEELPNO) stressing the accumulation of Greek authorities for making an on the constitutional review and without the SYRIZA leader. “You chose a lengthy negoti - said. large quantities of trash and effort to improve conditions at present a comprehensive pro - Eliminating the election ation which perhaps was useful That was the recommenda - waste on the premises, the centers, by adding chemical posal by spring next year. bonus was a key part of to you, but catastrophic for the tion after health inspectors Kathimerini said. toilets for instance, but de - He claimed a constitutional SYRIZA’s plan and presented by country,” Mitsotakis said, lam - checked 16 centers in northern The report called for all re - scribed the situation as “a dead review will mark a break with Tsipras who said after he failed basting the government for its Greece and deemed them unfit. ception to be closed down grad - end.” “We believe that, for rea - the post-dictatorship era whose to get it that it didn’t matter to “complete surrender” by agree - KEELPNO said told the min - ually and the migrants to be in - sons of public health, reception “bankruptcy” and “defeat” he him anyway. ing to a third bailout. istries of Migration Policy, De - ducted into local communities. centers should be closed,” he said is responsible for the coun - BAILOUT BLUES “Why did you call for (elec - fense and Health, the cramming “The previous uses of these said. try’s financial woes although it Greece’s coalition defeated tions)? To rid yourself of your of hundreds of migrants into warehouses multiply the poten - Some 57,000 refugees and has gotten worse under his an attempt by political rivals to party opponents or to expunge disused military barracks and in - tial health risks faced by migrants were stuck in Greece tenure after he also acceded to probe its handling of negotia - the government of possible dustrial sites also posed health refugees,” the report said. after a European Union swap the same conditions for which tions with international credi - criminal liability?” Mitsotakis risks to the public outside them. According to KEELPNO Vice deal with Turkey was suspended he criticized previous govern - tors that led to a third bailout said, firing back. They concluded that the President and author of the re - because Greece couldn't handle venues offered inadequate ven - port Andreas Benos, most of the an overwhelming number of tilation to the hundreds of mi - centers are also close to areas asylum applications. Bank Deposits Show Signs of Coming Back

TNH Staff month to 122.74 billion euros tral bank borrowing to plug ($134.9 billion), their lowest their funding gap. ATHENS - Greeks fearful of a level since November 2003. As part of the relaxation of Eurozone departure or accounts Anxious customers withdrew capital controls, "mattress" cash being confiscated are slowly 42 billion euros from December returned to banks will not be starting to put money back in 2014 to July 2015 when Prime subject to the restrictions, mean - Greek banks. Minister Alexis Tsipras ordered ing amounts deposited can be Although capital controls are the institutions closed to prevent fully withdrawn unless the gov - still in place, customers are tak - a run on the banks. They stayed ernment changes the rules again. ing their money out from under shut for three weeks but the Greece's alternate Finance their mattresses, out of safes near-panic was already in place. Minister Giorgos Houliarakis and safe deposit boxes and re - Greek banks have seen only told parliament earlier this turning it to bank accounts, the a trickle of deposit inflows in month that the government pro - Bank of Greece said. nearly a year after the country jects a three to four billion euro Business and household de - clinched a third international capital injection into banks as a posits rose by 1.04 billion euros, bailout to stay in the Eurozone. result of hoarded cash being re - or 0.85 percent month-on- They remain dependent on cen - deposited, Reuters said.

PEtROS KARADJIAS/AP PhOtO Rebuilding Peace in Cyprus by Restoring Churches, Mosques Turkey Warns Cyprus- Talks on In this photo taken on Monday July 18, 2016, a Turkish Cypriot worker works at the Agios Pan - teleimonas monastery, which is under restoration in Myrtou in the Turkish Cypriot northern Reunification Down To Last Chance part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The first phase of work, supported by 725,000 euros ($800,000) in EU funds, seeks to reinforce sandstone walls in a compound that includes a church, monks’ residences and guesthouses. Agios Panteleimonas became one of hundreds of TNH Staff been split along ethnic lines “facing the realities, and not on Christian sites, including cemeteries, abandoned to vandals in the north, while scores of aban - since the 1974 invasion. what we would like to see.” doned mosques and other Islamic sites in the south fell into a similar state of decay. Turkish Prime Minister Binali HE’S NOT HAPPY “What I want to stress is the Yildirim, blaming Cypriots, said Anastasiades later said he constant progress on a range of this is the last chance for a unity was unhappy with Yildirim’s issues,” said Anastasiades, who deal to be struck on the divided statements, which came as the announced previously that “very island. Cypriot President was resuming little or nothing at all” remained After Austerity, Tsipras to Hike Up Spending He said Turkey wants UN- talks with Akinci. to be done on the legislative and backed reunification talks on “It would be to their benefit, judiciary powers, and reported Cyprus to continue but cau - to the benefit of the Turkish “significant progress” on the ex - TNH Staff Virtually all the 326 billion tablishment willingly became an tioned that Turkey is running Cypriots, the benefit of the ecutive but as usual gave no de - euros ($358.65 billion) in three experiment that saw the plun - out of patience, 42 years after Greek Cypriots, the benefit of tails beyond the platitudes. ATHENS – Greek Prime Minis - bailouts is going back to the der of society,” Tsipras said in it unlawfully invaded and as it “However, I am unable to of - ter Alexis Tsipras said he will in - lenders and banks with almost another shot at New Democracy still keeps a standing army there fer a note of optimism unless crease social spending after aus - nothing left over for social and PASOK. and won’t recognize Cyprus– a The international difficulties facing us on the issue terity measures he imposed spending and workers, pension - Although the number of poor member of the European community of either properties, which have wracked Greek society. ers and the poor beaten down and unemployed skyrocketed as Union– and bars its ships and might be helped by progress on Tsipras, the Radical Left by big pay cuts, tax hikes, a result of austerity policies im - planes. regards the Greek Cypriot territory, or security and guar - SYRIZA leader who reneged on slashed pensions and worker fir - posed by the country’s lenders, Turkey, now in chaos after a government antees.” That’s the thorny issue, campaign promises to imple - ings. welfare spending declined he failed coup, wants to join the returning stolen properties to ment more Draconian condi - Tsipras didn’t say where he said – even more under his EU and has said a refugee swap in the south of the island Cypriots or compensating them, tions he vowed to reverse, has would get the money to help watch since he took power last deal with the bloc could be off as the legitimate authority neither of which Turkey wants fallen to 86 percent unfavorable them and has already twice re - year. unless it gets all it wants. With to do. ratings for it. neged on setting up a safety net Tsipras said that his govern - the turmoil, there is fear that for the whole island. Anastasiades was once again Feeling the effect of a voter for the most affected. ment would seek to restructure the Cyprus negotiations could the object of harsh criticism over backlash, he said the former rul - But he told the Government the country’s welfare state, be scuttled. Europe, it would be to the ben - his handling of the talks by op - ing coalition of the New Democ - Council for Social Policy he streamline the health sector and “The Turkish Cypriot side efit of peace in the region in position parties, with DIKO ac - racy Conservatives and PASOK would find the money to help reverse deregulation in the labor has, with full sincerity, acted general,” he said for Turkey to cusing him of engaging in “se - Socialists were to blame for the the country’s most vulnerable market but didn’t say how any constructively,” Yildirim told a be more constructive, the cret diplomacy.” country’s ills even though he somehow. of that would happen with joint news conference with the Cyprus Mail reported. “We don’t want to wake up also went along with the same “Greece unfortunately was a Greece essentially broke and as mostly symbolic Prime Minister “I must say that, through di - to a settlement that will resur - policies demanded by interna - neo-liberal guinea pig for Eu - pensioners especially have been of the breakaway Turkish alogue, the concerns of each rect the (2004 UN-brokered) tional lenders. rope, and the old political es - brutalized by him. Cypriot state, Huseyin Ozgur - community are being under - Annan plan, that will allow gun, although it is the President stood better, and improvements Turkey a say and a role in post- of the occupied territories, and progress are achieved solution Cyprus,” DIKO said in Mustafa Akinci, who conducts through the creative contribu - a statement. I S

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E The major fire that the Greek Cypriot side, which with Akinci, Anastasiades said Council, share the documents of broke out on the islands has always acted as the game they were making progress in the negotiations, and inform the of Chios early on spoiler. We recommend they use the sputtering talks which have public,” the rival party said Monday morning this chance wisely,” Yildirim already missed a May deadline without offering any blueprint. appeared to be under added, according to Reuters. for a resolution, which has now The Socialist EDEK party said control, with the Fire Like Ozgurun, Yildirim has been pushed back to the end of critical chapters are at hand, but Department having no power and it is Turkish Pres - the year, a common practice that it’s taken too long to get managed to contain the ident Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during decades of failed talks. there. “These chapters, includ - major fronts. Nearly all who said he barely survived as - The two were due to meet ing the departure of settlers and mastic trees in the sassination, who has the last again on July 29 for what Anas - the occupying army, should villages of Elata and word on what his country will tasiades ominously said was a have been discussed from the Vessa having gone up in accept in the negotiations. “kick-off meeting,” indicating lit - beginning, in the context of flames, according to the Only Turkey recognizes the tle progress has really been cross-chapter negotiations,” the president of the local administration on the one-third made, especially with Turkey in - party complained. gum mastic growers of the island it unlawfully occu - sisting it will never remove its “If the President had kept his association Giorgos pies. army from the island. promises for a give-and-take Toumpos. The villages of The international community He hinted it was unlikely a process, we would not have Olympi and Mesta, to regards the Greek Cypriot gov - deal would be reached by the come to the point where our the southwest of the ernment in the south of the is - end of the year as the milestone side has given in to the Turkish island, have also land as the legitimate authority keeps getting pushed back, side’s demands without its com - suffered. for the whole island, which has which he said was a matter of mensurate concessions.” 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016

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I have avoided, until now, commenting on James Galbraith’s book with the revealing title Welcome to the Poisoned : COMMENTARY The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe because I wanted to have a personal view from the source itself. Now that I read it I find that, like everything, it contains many truths about the state of the economy and serious revela - Avoid Another Rio, Make Greece Olympic Venue Forever tions, making it clear that they played heads-or-tails with the fate of the country. These revelations, in other times, would have caused a polit - By Paul Glastris selves. The IOC wields that how are lost. That’s not how In her article, Larson argued ical earthquake and the overthrow of the government, or worse. power to ends it deems worthy. most other major sporting events for going back to the original But what I found is that much of what is said is not the In 2009, the International It bestowed the 2008 summer are organized. Professional golf idea: pick a permanent place to essence of the book. Olympic Committee (IOC) games on Beijing to incentivize tournaments return to the same host the Olympics. Greece, she The essence— in my opinion— is that Yanis Varoufakis and picked Rio de Janeiro as the site China’s peaceful integration into courses year after year, allowing said, was the obvious choice. Galbraith, two marginal academics, created a seriously prob - of the 2016 summer Olympics. the world community. The 1998 the staffs there to learn from (The first modern Olympics, in lematic theoretical approach to the Greek problem, and they “There was absolutely no flaw in games went to Seoul to encour - their mistakes. Same with tennis: 1896, were in fact held in followed a strategy of implementation which was so unreal that the bid,” the IOC’s president, age an emerging civilian govern - The groundskeepers at Wimble - Athens, but in 1900, the founder they almost tore the country apart. Jacques Rogge, said of Brazil’s ment. Brazil won in large part don have had decades to practice of the modern games, Pierre de The creepy part is that these people were able to come to proposal. because no South American pulling out the rain tarps and Coubertin, moved them in his power and in fact intellectually “kidnapped” an ignorant and The choice, however, has country had ever hosted before. emptying out the parking lots. native Paris, inaugurating the clueless about the outside world prime minister, resulting in turned out to be anything but The problem is that hosting Yet the Olympics tries to reinvent tradition of traveling games.) their being free to implement the policy. flawless. Brazil is suffering its the Olympic games in a different the wheel every time, fielding a Had the IOC taken up Larson’s But the book has another, underground, side to it. It lays the worst recession in decades, com - city every year is unnecessary new team of planners, contrac - idea, the world wouldn’t be bit - foundations for the emergence of Yanis Varoufakis into a new plicated by a corruption-driven ing its nails about Rio. Moreover, Andreas Papandreou or a new Alexis Tsipras, but educated and political crisis. As a result, it lacks Greece might not be in such a cosmopolitan. the funds to finish some of the horrible economic position (it Now after this introduction, the truth is that Galbraith is Olympic venues. Security had already built all the neces - right when he points out that there is no hope of exit from the forces are so strapped for sary and expensive infrastruc - crisis if the current course— and leadership— continue. money they can’t even gas up ture and its hotels would be now “Greece,” he writes, “will become a much less proud and de - their vehicles, and crime rates be full). Things are so bad in pendent country and even more— to mention a similar case–- have soared. On Thursday, Greece that the government had than a Caribbean country dependent on the US. The professional mutilated human body parts to stop contributing to the train - class will continue to leave and the working class will either mi - washed up on Copacabana ing of its own Olympic athletes. grate or will fall into absolute poverty. Or they might decide to beach in front of the Olympic At the Aspen-Atlantic Ideas fight.” Beach Volleyball Arena. On Fri - tors, Festival last week, a questioner On the other hand, the negative one, the two good friends– day, armed robbers stole a Ger - and, as accoun - was thinking along the same lines there are many references by Galbraith to his good friend Ya - man TV crew’s transmission a matter tants, as Larson when she floated the nis– due to the Prime Minister’s agreement– who was apparently equipment. of basic technicians, idea past IMF chief Christine La - dazzled by professors– they made sure by their behavior and Similar fears about impending management, security person - garde of making Greece the per - crooked-romantic, as Tsipras referred to it, strategy to turn all disaster were voiced in the moronic. For one thing, it’s in - nel, and volunteers every four manent home of the summer the other leaders of the Eurozone against them. months leading up to the 2004 credibly expensive. A host city years, and expecting them to ex - Olympics. Lagarde deemed that “To understand the tough battle,” he writes, “it helps to realize Olympics in Athens. But to the must build billions of dollars’ ecute myriad complex logistical a fine idea. that Europe's leaders are shallow, busy with their local politics world’s surprise, those games worth of infrastructure to accom - tasks perfectly the first time out. Interestingly, the IMF under and unprepared morally and intellectually to face the problems turned out to be an extraordinary modate the games, much of As Atlanta’s Olympic finance Lagarde is the one international of Europe. This applies to Angela Merkel of Germany, Francois success. The difference is that in which later sits around unused chief Pat Glisson explained to lender to Greece that has made Hollande of France and the same holds true for Christine La - 2004 Greek officials were insist - or gets torn down. Part the rea - CFO magazine, her job was to the case that the country cannot garde.” ing, to an incredulous world, that son for Greece’s debt crisis—and “create a Fortune 500 company possibly repay all its long-term Finally, the situation in their relationship came to a point everything would be fine, the continuing Depression-level from scratch, then take it apart debts and that those debts need where after a meeting with Wolfgang Schäuble, Galbraith writes whereas Brazilian officials are economic hardships Greece is at the end.” to be restructured and Greece put the following: “he did not present (to Schäuble) any suggestions openly panicking. The state gov - suffering under the jackboot of As Larson observed, the an - back on the road to growth (a and he seemed to have deleted the issue as a problem, he was ernment in Rio last month de - its European lenders, especially cient Greeks had better sense position the Obama administra - no longer interested in solving it. It was an issue that Greece clared a “state of public calamity” Germany–is the billions it bor - than to move the Olympics tion has strongly supported be - would have to solve without him.” over its ability to finance the rowed to host the 2004 around from city to city: hind the scenes). Hopefully, she’ll Of course, once the situation had come to this point and on - games and related services. Olympics. Greece’s dilemma was For over a thousand years, the add to her list of remedies mak - wards, and from the moment the country's funds emptied rapidly, The IOC fancies itself not just not lost on the UK voters who games took place in the same ing Greece the permanent home they should have considered an alternative solution— the famous the trustee of the modern supported Brexit. wooded sanctuary of Olympia, of the Olympics. plan B, the exit of the country from the euro. Olympics but as a player in Shifting the games every four on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It is not surprising that they did. It is striking that such a plan global governance. Its power de - years is also a colossal waste of This set-up seemed to work fine. Paul Glastris is Editor-in-Chief did not exist. rives from its ability to choose human capital, as Christina Lar - The extant classical texts contain of The Washington Monthly, He writes: “In late March (2015) Varoufakis asked me to which countries will get to host son noted in the Washington no complaints of faulty Olympic where this piece was originally prepare a plan on what should happen if the negotiations failed the games—a prize that nations Monthly back in 2004: crowd control, misplaced victory published on July 3, and which and Greece was forced to leave the euro ....” covet and compete for almost as With every change of venue, wreaths, or insufficient supplies he shared for publication with So the problem was not the preparation of a plan– it was the hard as they do the games them - millions of staff-hours of know- of lamb kabobs. The National Herald. content of the plan. Namely two parts: first, the imposition of a state of emergency. And, secondly, the use of the army and secu - rity forces to impose order. In other words, the project did not foresee any other way to Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris pass from the euro to the drachma despite the suspension of the operation of the Republic. After that, the question is what did he know and when did No one should “grab” a significant mass of voters who ce - cation to the country's infrastructure, racial Tsipras know. mented him as a candidate and then, with differences, terrorism, debt, etc... In an apparent attempt to cover for him, Galbraith writes underestimate Trump his non-politically correct attacks, he rallied The question is whether the situation that in both cases the Prime Minister did not know. Whether we like it or not, we are wit - his electoral clientele. can be improved or if we should accept it “In the end,” he writes, “it did not matter. Although (as I nesses to a historical political phenomenon. The same policy was followed in his as it is from the Obama years? later learned) a high-level meeting was held on the issue, the Who would have thought, when Donald lengthy speech when accepting the nomi - If the answer is that it can and must be Prime Minister did not request a briefing from us and our job Trump was announcing his candidacy a year nation of his party a few nights ago. improved, and if Trump convinces the peo - was done once we submitted a very lengthy study” (page 71). ago, that he would reach the point of being He clashed, as was expected, with Hillary ple that he – and not his opponent – can Again on page 158 he writes, “There was no briefing of the declared the candidate of the Republican Clinton. But he also collided with the past bring about change, then there will be many Prime Minister, and no decision was taken to move on and as Party for the presidency of the United States and the present, while he presented himself who will decide that it is a risk worth taking they say, that was that.” of America? – “Only by me” – as the agent of change, as for something better. In contrast, Tsipras stated recently in a televised interview Yet, in the period which has elapsed, “the people's voice.” Unfortunately, many of his positions so that “I received the content of the study” and that this helped Trump has contradicted all the “experts,” If this objective of his sinks in, if he can far seem to be extreme. Maybe – just maybe him do what was needed for the country to avoid trouble.” he beat 16 fellow candidates and got more convince the people that he can bring about – this is what major changes always looked What has happened since that time for him to be covering votes than any other candidate in the his - change, then his victory should be consid - like initially in the past. his position is unknown. tory of the Republican Party. ered certain. One of these is his position on NATO, Conclusions? Even more than Ronald Reagan. In his speech, Trump presented a dark which he does not consider to be very nec - The country entered a very dangerous adventure by having So underestimating him would be a se - image of the situation in America. essary. And, in any case, any member state unsuitable people at the helm. As a result, great damage was rious mistake. If someone who lives outside the US lis - which does not fulfill its obligations – i.e. done. They turned the country into a colony, as Galbraith writes, Trump is heading for the US presidency tened to him and had no previous image of does not pay -– will not be supported in while attributing it to Tsipras. without ever having been elected for any the country, he/she would feel sorry for the case of a crisis. (How ironic would it be if In addition, this book is an attempt to confuse people and position. American people. Trump were to deprive the leftists of their situations. But he is not as ignorant on politics as But is the situation truly so tragic? anti-NATO flag?) Firstly, on the mutation of Varoufakis into a charismatic, pop - he wants to make us believe. This is a matter of subjective judgment. Of course, a country is not a business – ular leader, and patriot, who if found favorable by the people From the moment he announced his can - If you have lost your job, then the economy we owe this much, they owe that much – will be one more tragedy at the expense of the country. And sec - didacy, with the first words that came out is in a tragic situation. If you have been a as Trump seems to view the governance of ondly, to prepare the people for an exit from the euro. of his mouth, his goal was confrontation, victim of robbery, then the country is on the country. with one group or another, from which he the verge of anarchy. There is, however, enough logic to the Antonis H. Diamataris reckoned he would not have great support In general, however, things are not at all argument that the time has come for the anyway. as described by Trump. country to look after its own wretched citi - Two Conventions, Two Americas In this manner, he initially managed to Of course there are problems; from edu - zens.

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& Perpetuation of Tyranny The 2016 Republican National portant fact that the Grumpy Old Party duced him, made the very signif - Convention was one of the most overwhelming ma - appears on the front icant point that “I am not neces - unusual in memory, but also one jority of Melania’s cover – pointed out sarily a Democrat or a Republi - In the one year Despite micro - of the most enlightening. Here speech was entirely in her exposé Can can,” which symbolizes Trump’s that has followed managing every as - are some highlights: original, as it in - Mitt Romney Serve person-over-party candidacy. Greece's showdown pect of Greece's NEWT GINGRICH cluded specific ref - Two Masters (West - Trump may not have the best with its quartet of economy and imple - Newt Gingrich is a national erences to hers and Bow, 2011). He is track record as a husband, but creditors, which menting such treasure. Like him or not, he’s so Donald’s lives, and the classic slick vil - these Fab Four are a testament to reached its climax in unimaginably stu - smart that Google uses him as a those of their fami - lain from the old his ability as a father. the July 2015 refer - pid measures as a search engine. If, for whatever lies. Columbo series, ex - DONALD TRUMP endum when the 24% sales tax on reason Donald Trump were to RUDY GIULIANI cept it doesn’t take Last but not least, there was Greek people over - most goods– includ - shock the world by now saying: With an energy a supersleuth to see the man himself. Donald Trump’s whelmingly voted ing food– and com - “I’ve changed my mind, I no we haven’t seen by CONSTANTINOS E. right through him. speech, which lasted about 75 against the usurious pelling businesses to longer want to be president,” the from him in years, SCAROS McCain’s con - minutes, was predictable in its lo - bailout terms of - pay next year's taxes only person that could bring to - or perhaps ever, vention boycott was quaciousness and boldness. Fo - fered by their Euro - by Christopher in full a year earlier, gether both insiders and outsiders Rudy Giuliani, the Special to somewhat surpris - cusing on law and order, the pean “partners”-- TRIPOULAS when most shops in the party would be Gingrich. former Mayor of The National Herald ing, though, because American worker, and standing which was subse - Special to don't even know if TED CRUZ New York and sym - he has always put tall and proud on the world stage, quently negated by The National Herald they'll manage to Gingrich was particularly bril - bolically, of America as a whole, country first (in fact, that was his and zero tolerance for illegal the Greek Prime stay open for an - liant in bringing the crowd back delivered a truly electrifying 2008 campaign slogan). Perhaps aliens, terrorists, and political cor - Minister, much has changed in - other year, let alone turn a profit from a collective contempt for speech, rousing the crowd, and he stayed away because he is the rectness, Trump channeled Rea - ternationally and much has (but in the Greek debt colony, Ted Cruz who, as Charles hopefully further increasing his face of the Republican establish - ganism – which is not by any stayed the same domestically in losses can be taxed just as easily Krauthammer so aptly pointed chances that he would play a ment, and Trump is its antithesis. means the same thing as Repub - the Greek debt colony. The coun - as profits), lenders never man - out, had just delivered a speech prominent role in the Trump ad - Most disappointing of all was licanism. try continues to remain fully de - dated the simple and sensible that was “the longest suicide note ministration. That he wasn’t the the absence of the two Presidents Sure, Reagan is linked with pendent on the loan tranches that changes like curbing cronyism or in political history.” 2008 presidential nominee re - Bush. They conducted themselves trickle-down economics and other are stingily handed out to service reigning in the party system that In a pathetic attempt to chan - mains one of the great political which such dignity while in office, big business Republican princi - pre-existing loans and only in brought Greece to its present nel a “Ronald Reagan moment” mysteries of our time. That he re - and unparalleled class in their ples, but above all, he was a pa - conjunction with painful conces - state. It's like Aesop said, evil (of 1976, when Reagan used the mains politically relevant and is post-presidencies. That they triot and, yes, a populist. Trump’s sions on behalf of the Greek doesn't harm evil. It is almost as convention to propel his 1980 highly regarded by Trump is a didn’t attend the convention can candidacy has exposed the 500- state– namely constant tax hikes if there is a silent agreement be - candidacy), Cruz managed to ac - blessing. only be attributed to sour grapes pound elephant in the room, that and a fire sale of state properties. tween the memorandum-era complish the exact opposite by BOB DOLE from Jeb Bush’s failed campaign. an enormous chunk of GOP vot - Probably the most important les - Greek governments and their making it all about him as he con - Hats off to Bob Dole, a truly Of course, they blame it all on ers have been merely “double- son that came out of last year's lenders to push the people to their spicuously failed to endorse great American who just a few Trump, who really only pointed parked” in the Republican Party upended referendum was that the limits without touching any of the Trump. In the process, he was days shy of his 93rd birthday, at - out the obvious: that Jeb has such all these years, half-heartedly vot - best way to get sadistic neo-liberal architecture responsible for bring - drowned out by a chorus of jeers, tended the Convention. Regret - low energy. It is not as if Jeb fin - ing for candidate after candidate, policies passed when a center- ing them to this precarious posi - including some of his hardcore tably, of the five living Republican ished a close second to Trump – all the while seeking the next right or right-wing government is tion in the first place. supporters who had finally seen he was about fifth in a field of Ronald Reagan. unable to, is to get a so-called left- If nothing else, the Greek peo - enough. To paraphrase the great Reagan never would have seventeen, even though he spent In Trump, they have found wing government to do it instead. ple have shown tremendous re - Phil Rizzuto, “those aren’t Cruu - sat still for all the the most money, by far. him. Because Trump is more Rea - This past month, the Greek silience in the face of all this uuz, they’re boos.” MIKE PENCE gan than so many of those who abuse. Over the past few years, At this point, Cruz can kiss his outsourcing of jobs by Trump could have done better invoke his name – Country Club It is not clear what exactly the state deficit was reduced from presidential aspirations goodbye, American corporations, or with his VP pick, but Mike Pence Republicans like Romney, George 14.5% to 3% of the ever shrinking but on the bright side, he’s still is certainly solid, and the one big Will, and Bill Kristol – who really Greece gained by staying in GDP – which contracted more got decent chance to be elected for the shoulder- advantage he has is that, unlike have no idea what Reagan was the eurozone or what sort than the US economy during the dogcatcher. shrugging regarding Trump, he is such a “gee willikers” all about. Great Depression. Labor costs are MELANIA TRUMP nice guy. But he cannot rake Reagan never would have sat of solidarity its European down 22%, the major banks have The inspiring speech by Don - our borders… Hillary Clinton over the coals the still for all the outsourcing of jobs “partners” are offering… been handed over to international ald Trump’s wife, Melania, sym - way Gingrich, Giuliani, and Chris by American corporations, or for funds that are now turning their bolic insofar as she is an immi - presidential nominees, compris - Christie can. Then again, no need the shoulder-shrugging regarding Government sold the state rail - attention to foreclosing on private grant from Slovenia who speaks ing the last seven elections, Dole to have a running mate who is our porous borders, a justification road for a paltry $45 million. loans. Most of the colossal loan five languages, was overshad - was the only one to attend. The an attack dog henchman when of cheap labor because “they do Back in its anti-memorandum monies went to bail out European owed by accusations of “plagia - others did not attend because the frontrunner, in that capacity, the jobs Americans won’t do.” days, the ruling SYRIZA party banks, while Greek state assets rism.” they are all, more or less, petty, is the best in the business. But unlike Romney and the railed against the then asking are now being sold for peanuts What happened was that sore losers. THE TRUMP CHILDREN other convention-boycotting cry - price of $300 million! Undoubt - and the people are being taxed within a range of 131 words, of a This is no surprise when it One wise observation Pence babies, if Reagan was alive and edly, the sell-off is a bad thing into oblivion to pay off the inter - total of 1370, a speechwriter in - comes to Mitt Romney, a woefully, made in his Convention speech well, he would have been there, that will ultimately harm com - est which creditors still refuse to serted, almost word-for-word, undeserving candidate in 2012; was “you can’t fake good kids.” front and center, applauding muters, who will be hit with ma - reduce. According to a former some excerpts from Michelle just about anyone else would That was in reference to Trump’s Trump, with bells on. jor fare hikes, but the strikes Greek government minister Ste - Obama’s 2008 Democratic Con - have defeated the very-beatable four adult children: Donald Jr., staged by railroad workers in the lios Papathemelis, 244,000 busi - vention speech, being that Mela - 2012 version of Barack Obama (a Ivanka, Eric, and Tiffany. All four Constantinos E. Scaros' latest peak of the tourist season aren't nesses have closed down, nia had identified Michelle as a far cry from the formidable 2008 are very well spoken, highly in - book, Grumpy Old Party (about going to win them any sympathy 843,000 jobs have been lost, and source of inspiration. version). Romney’s private per - telligent, extremely loyal to their the 2016 presidential election), either. The fire sale will continue 30 billion euros of revenue have Of course, the truly pathetic sona is quite different from his father, and very telegenic. is available for purchase on and in the end, the citizens will vanished as a result of these poli - and despicable mainstream me - public image, as Tricia Erickson – Ivanka, who spoke immedi - amazon.com and in bookstores suffer far more than the syndical - cies. dia failed to point out the all-im - whose endorsement of my book ately before her father and intro - nationwide. ists. Of course, with all those It is not really clear what ex - loans and European subsidies actly Greece gained by staying in coming in over the years, past the eurozone or what sort of sol - Greek governments must also be idarity its European “partners” are LETTER FROM ATHENS held accountable for anachro - offering besides serving up the nisms like the lack of a fully elec - country to the voracious appetites trical track, necessitating the of the markets. What is clear, change of engines halfway however, is that while Greece re - Turkish Soldiers Seeking Asylum in Greece- No Chance through the ride. Still, no one sells mains stuck in neutral on a steep their good china and silverware uphill road, the world around it for the price of paper plates, re - is rapidly changing with major The question Greek Prime of which both It doesn’t mat - and Europe and a secular coun - gardless of economic philoso - consequences (and opportunities) Minister Alexis “Che” Tsipras Greece and Turkey ter that the EU try with a large Muslim politi - phies. It's just bad business, unless in store for the country. has to ask himself about the are members. doesn’t have the cian is too big a prize to let go. you're on the receiving end of the Meanwhile, all the current eight Turkish soldiers seeking “This was a hot death penalty or The US has always favored bargain... government seems to care about asylum after a coup attempt potato that literally that Erdogan Turkey, including when Cyprus Internationally, the European is passing a new electoral law de - failed to remove Turkish dicta - landed on Greek wants to bring it was invaded in 1974 and that Union looks to be one step closer signed to meet its needs to remain tor Recep Tayyip Erdogan is territory,” Thanos back, although continues today even though to dissolution, courtesy of Ger - in power and to promote its faux whether the Looney Left Dokos, Director of there is some dis - Dead Duck US President Barack many's innate hegemonic tenden - left agenda through the likes of SYRIZA leader will, for once, be the Hellenic Foun - sent in Turkey that Obama finally woke up and re - cies rendering the nation tyran - ministers like Nikos Fillis (the Ed - true to his alleged principles and dation for European it couldn’t be ap - alized Erdogan was just a dan - nical and France's sincere attempt ucation Minister reportedly with - allow them to stay and not be and Foreign Policy plied retroactively gerous demagogue. to relive the days of the Vichy out a college degree), who is try - sent back for likely execution. think tank told the as in the case of Turkey’s Ambassador to Regime. Although a Grexit may ing to further curb the instruction The soldiers landed a heli - Associated Press of by ANDY those involved in Greece, Kerim Uras, warned the have been temporarily averted of ancient Greek in schools be - copter in the northern Greek the dilemma facing DABILIS the coup – or those Turkish public is closely watch - last year, Brexit is now a reality cause he considers it a “dead” lan - city of Alexandroupolis, saying Tsipras and his who weren’t but ing the case, and a failure to re - that will shake the EU to its core guage despite the protests of stu - they fled because they were party. Special to would be sacri - turn the military personnel and lead to a further rise in Eu - dents and contrary to what most fired on by police while helping The government The National Herald ficed. could have repercussions on bi - roskepticism. Meanwhile, Italy is any person of letters and culture carry the wounded during the “is torn between the The soldiers lateral relations. on the verge of a major banking has ever stated. brief but bloody battle. sensitivities of the SYRIZA party shouldn’t be sent back for two “If they are returned as soon crisis expected to burst in the fall, SYRIZA appears too busy try - Turkey’s government said on human rights and asylum is - reasons: the first is that they as possible, this can really turn central European nations, who ing to sell out Greece's cultural they were coup plotters, an un - sues on the one hand, and on may, as they claim, be innocent into a great, positive thing for closed their borders, are offering legacy together with its state as - likely leap to make since ring - the other the cynicism of any and caught up in the coup doing bilateral relations,” Uras said. no help in the European refugee sets to remember Aristotle's teach - leaders usually aren’t in heli - governing party when it comes their duty before being chased “If it’s not, I would be quite crisis, and Turkey is on the verge ing from his work Politics: the aim copters but on the ground to issues affecting the country’s off by gunfire from Erdogan’s concerned as an Ambassador — of civil war, which could destabi - of tyranny is to impoverish the directing the action. But the fix foreign policy,” explained police. and I must say this, that it lize the entire region. And citizens so as to support the es - is probably already in and they Dokos. The second is that even if would not help at all, and that throughout all this, the Germans tablishment on the one hand and will be sent back and disappear, Erdogan has the stronger they did participate in the coup public opinion’s sentiments are continuing to speed down the to keep the people busy on the unless there’s such a spotlight hand and pull and Greece has they were trying to get rid of a might be … reactionary.” That’s Autobahn of European collapse, other, so that they do not have that even Erdogan, who’d step already indicated, in diplomatic dictator who has arrested jour - the kind of language that would opting to adopt an increasingly time to plot against the regime. over the dead and on the living code, that it’s prepared to send nalists and academics, closed send shivers up Tsipras’ spine if hardline stance with each popular This is satisfied both by exacting to stay in power, shies away. back the soldiers, who received newspapers, built an 1,100- he had one. reaction that arises from the peo - heavy taxation, seizing citizens' They were tried on charges two-month suspended charges room palace and overseen tor - The silence from Tsipras is ples and nations of Europe who estates, and undertaking large of entering the country unlaw - but are still being held until ture and murder, unleashing the deafening and menacing for the are instinctively trying to counter works that drain public finances... fully. So have 57,000 refugees their asylum review is over. police on protesters, those who asylum soldiers because it the Fourth Reich mentality that and migrants, most delivered When it is, they’re going back can see him clearly for what he means he’s biding his time be - characterizes Angela Merkel and Follow me on Twitter from Turkey to the Greek islands faster than you can say Tsipras- is, not his zombie zealots. fore they’re finally sent back af - her government. @CTripoulas as part of Erdogan’s plan to is-a-liar. Their problem is that Erdo - ter the heat dies down and he blackmail the European Union Greek officials quickly re - gan is a dictator backed by the can pacify and appease Erdo - into getting what he wants, and turned the helicopter, and have United States, the United Na - gan, who otherwise will have he’s getting it so far. suggested they would like to re - tions, European Union, and his human traffickers unleash GUEST EDITORIALS Tsipras is an amateur com - turn the eight as well. NATO and will get Turkey into another tsunami of refugees on the National herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of pared to Erdogan, a world-class “What must be implemented the EU even if he reinstates the Greece, which already has views for publication. they should include the writer’s name, address, scammer and all-around bad is Greek and international law,” death penalty despite the hol - 57,000 of them because the EU and telephone number, and be addressed to the Editor, the National guy so Greece will get squeezed Deputy Defense Minister Dim - low sounds from Berlin to Paris swap deal has been suspended hard on this one. itris Vitsas said on private Mega he won’t. until asylum applications are re - herald, 37-10 30th St., long Island city, NY 11101. they may also Turkey already sends fighter television, adding “but I must Only dictators who are op - viewed. The soldiers won’t get be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right planes into Greek air space and say that the argument in favor posed by that alliance are al - theirs. to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or warships into Greek waters with of extradition from the Turkish lowed to be removed by a coup, otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. Due to considerations of impunity, unscathed by the EU, side is quite strong.” Transla - with celebratory applause. [email protected] space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. the United Nations or NATO – tion: these guys are toast. Turkey, a bridge between Asia Greece, the Reaction to the Failed Turkish Coup, and the Triumph of Democracy?

By “X” Recep Tayyip Erdoan. With the daily life, expressed remarkable Turkish President was in the the Greek government, which izens, especially these days that exception perhaps of the main maturity and political sagacity. past. So the general concern and wanted to display grandiosity the nightmarish events in While on holiday in Greece, opposition, which reacted in a During the initial confusion unease of the average Greek to - and dedication to “democracy.” Cyprus, with the Turkish atroci - it is truly exciting to follow the sufficiently prudent and delib - from the rapidly evolving day was validated by subse - Because today the restless ties and thousands missing, reactions of the political leader - erate manner, the remaining po - events, the major concern for quent developments. The lynch - question which is being asked come to mind, the current situ - ship and the Greek people in the litical leaders made trite state - the “fire in the home next door” ings, the public humiliations, by many ordinary Greek citi - ation and the rapid and grue - dramatic events that have oc - ments which were inappropriate was evident to all. There was an the thousands of purges and ar - zens, who are appalled by the some developments in Turkey curred and continue to unfold to the drama and the complexity intense debate about what the rests, the reports of torture, the events in Turkey, is a reasonable cause deep concern and fear. in Turkey. of the situation. next day would bring for Turkey denial of public burial (particu - one. And naturally, they are not re - The Greek government, re - The political observers, and how this will affect the re - larly abhorrent for the descen - Really, which is the democ - assured by the wooden lan - sponding within a few hours of through their articles and re - lations between the two coun - dants of Antigone!), the ru - racy that prevailed in Turkey? guage and the immature and the onset of the coup, hastened views which were published in tries. mored reinstatement of the Is it democratic to ruthlessly historically ignorant attitude to support the “Republic of the media, expressed them - Many repeatedly remarked death penalty and the extreme clear out thousands of judges, displayed by the Greek govern - Turkey,” and the Prime Minister selves with concern, caution, “better the devil you know than statements by Erdogan, have teachers, police officers, civil ment. rushed to announce, and fulfill and insightfulness. the devil you don’t know.” caused general dissension. servants, soldiers, and officers immediately after, his intention For their part, the people, Countless, however, were Many people smile ironically in the first few days or even “X” is a former senior policy ex - to come into direct personal namely the many different con - those who emphasized how “de - when they recall the initial, hours after the event? ecutive who prefers to remain contact with Turkish president versationalists in all forms of mocratic” and “modest” the hasty and superficial reaction of For inexperienced Greek cit - anonymous. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, JULY 30-31, 2016