S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 17, ISSUE 851 February 1-7, 2014 $1.50 Greek-U.S. Ex-CIA Relations Kiriakou in “Excellent” Jail One Says Amb. Year Now Panagopoulos Transfer to Halfway Talks Greece, House Maybe Prior Community, in To 2015 Release, TNH Interview Attorney Tells TNH

By Theodore Kalmoukos By Constantine S. Sirigos Translated from the Original TNH Staff Writer Greek NEW YORK – At a time when WASHIGKTON, DC – Ambas - Edward Snowden – who is ac - sador of Greece in Washington cused of stealing and willfully Christos Panagopoulos, in an ex - revealing vital classified infor - clusive interview with TNH mation - is enjoying “temporary spoke about the Greece in the asylum” in Russia – John C. Kiri - presidency of the European akou, a former CIA operative Union, and what that means to and father of five who has been both the country and the conti - hailed as a hero for his role in nent. He also spoke about the capturing high level al—Qaeda economic crisis, the Greek- terrorists, is languishing in the American relations – which he Federal Correctional Institution called “excellent” – the Greek- in Loretto, PA. American community, terrorism, The National Herald, which and economic development. has interviewed Kiriakou in the Panagopoulos said that “the past , contacted his attorney, EU presidency is not an option; TNH STAFF PHOTO Plato Cacheris to learn about his it is an obligation according to Joan Breton Connelly presented her new book, The Parthenon ing and the people who made it, in Manhattan on Jan. 28. She status. He said “we still support the ordinances of the EU and Enigma: a new understanding of the world’s most iconic build - enthusiastically discusses her alternative theory. Mr. Kiriakou,” but noted “There we are going to exercise it with is nothing to report at this time.” full responsibility towards Eu - He added that, “They may send rope and the big issues that are him to a halfway house,” five open today.” He emphasized Was Parthenon Built to Glorify Human Sacrifice? months before his sentence ex - that “it is an opportunity to pires. It will presumably be near show, despite the economic cri - Washington so that he can at sis, that Greece is here, a credi - By Constantinos E. Scaros construed as the iconic temple helpful here in properly present - therefore, is situated at the least be able to see his family. ble partner that looks towards was built to glorify human sac - ing and classifying Dr. Con - Athenian Acropolis. On January 25, 2013, he was the future.” Revered for centuries rifice. Though the experts are nelly’s hypothesis as well as The historian Herodotus sentenced to 30 months in As to how much, if at all, the throughout the world, the mixed in their responses, the commentary by Koehl and other wrote about a previous prison for admitting he violated economic crisis influences the Parthenon “has become the icon common denominator is that experts in the field whom TNH Parthenon, which was destroyed the Intelligence Identities Pro - presidency, Panagopoulos, who of western art, the very symbol The Parthenon Enigma has interviewed for this piece. by the Persians in 480BC. The tection Act. The New York Times is experienced diplomat with of democracy itself,” writes Joan gained a lot of attention. PARTHENON Athenians left the rubble atop reported that he e-mailed “the previous tenures in the U.S. as Breton Connelly, in her latest Dr. Robert B. Koehl, Profes - AND ACROPOLIS the Acropolis undisturbed, a name of a covert CIA officer to Consul General of Greece, said book, The Parthenon Enigma sor of Archeology and Chair of Although the words shrine commemorating that a freelance reporter, who did “let us not kid ourselves: an eco - (New York, NY: Knopf, 2014). the Classical and Oriental Stud - “Parthenon” and “Acropolis” are somber moment in the city- not publish it... In more than six nomic crisis influences every - But the renowned classical ies Department at the City Uni - sometimes used interchange - state’s history. The other preem - decades of fraught interaction thing and, of course, the presi - archeologist – who has taught versity of New York’s Hunter ably, the former refers to the ac - inent Ancient Greek historian, between the agency and the dency in the sense that you at some of the finest universities College, told TNH that Con - tual temple built in Ancient Thucydides, wrote about why news media, John Kiriakou is don’t have the ability to do in the world and is currently a nelly’s is a “new and exciting in - Athens – part of which remains the Athenians had a change of the first current or former CIA things that were done in the professor of classics and art his - terpretation.” standing in modern-day Athens heart and rebuilt the Parthenon officer to be convicted of dis - past. It is also an opportunity to tory at New York University – Though many of our readers – and the latter to the highest roughly 50 years later: Pericles, closing classified information to correct some of the bad habits has turned Ancient Greek schol - possess quite a bit of expertise point of a city (derived from the arguably the most influential a reporter.” of the past.” arship virtually on its ear in Ancient Greek history, arche - Greek words “acros” meaning leader of Ancient Athens. It was Kiriakou has said in inter - through a startling and ground - ology, mythology, art, and liter - high or highest, and “polis” views that he believed that the Continued on page 4 breaking theory that may be ature, a brief overview may be meaning city). The Parthenon, Continued on page 9 covert officer had retired. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said at the same time that “safeguarding classified in - formation, including the identi - Gounaris’ Rift with Council is Widening ties of CIA officers involved in sensitive operations, is critical to keeping our intelligence offi - By Theodore Kalmoukos Cathedral. School. cers safe and protecting our na - TNH Staff Writer A Council member made the The continuous dwindling of tional security.” motion to rehire Hantzarides congregants was also discussed: Kiriakou is paying the price. NEW YORK – The crisis that and refire him on the spot just there are now only an average He will be in prison until May, started a year and a half ago at to prove the point that they are of 25 during the Matins and be - the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan the ones who do the hiring and tween 80 and 100 for the Continued on page 6 Cathedral in New York contin - the firing. Thus, eight voted to Liturgy. ues to deepen due to the strong fire Hantzarides and two ab - The distance that exists be - contentiousness between the stained. tween the priest and the Parish Cathedral’s Presiding Priest Gounaris, Parish Council Council President was revealed Anastasios Gounaris and the President Dean Poll, and again in an e-mail sent by Two Greeks Parish Council, as it was mani - Hantzarides did not respond to Gounaris to the Council mem - fested yet again during the TNH’s request for comment. bers that the meeting was council’s meeting on January The Cathedral’s dire financial scheduled initially for January Nominated 23. situation was discussed at the 21 and it was going to be Gounaris dismissed Steve meeting and it was stated once chaired by Vice President Steve Hantzarides from his position as again that Gounaris spends Cherpelis. Gounaris’ e-mail For Oscars Administrative Director at the money for various projects with - made president Poll angry. The Cathedral, without the knowl - out even asking the Council. meeting was canceled due to in - edge, approval, or even the no - The parish decided to make re - clement weather and it was By Johanna Voutounou tification of the Parish Council. ductions starting with the choir, rescheduled for January 23. Poll The Council members became which is comprised of profes - appeared and chaired the meet - HOLLYWOOD, CA – When most Honorary Degree by Fordham to Anastasios extremely upset, despite the fact sional singers, some of whom ing, saying that he continues to people imagine Los Angeles they that they also wanted are not even Orthodox, and it be the president until his tenure envision palm tree-lined neigh - A large crowd at Fordham University saw Archbishop Anastasios Hantzarides out, but they costs $200,000 per year, as TNH is exhausted or if the archbishop borhoods and shiny convertibles of Albania lecture and receives an honorary doctorate. (L-R) strongly stated that Gounaris had revealed in September. The replaces him. At the same time, carrying Hollywood starlets Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Dr. George Demacopoulos, Joseph does not have the authority to Cathedral’s annual budget is dressed for success. McShane, President of Fordham, and Archbishop Anastasios. hire and fire personnel at the $1.9 million, not including the Continued on page 6 This is not the case most of the year. The majority of Angeli - nos have less to do with the sparkling movie lights but in - stead spend their day dealing Mario Frangoulis Launches with smog and traffic. However, once a year the fairytale comes true and our city takes center 2014 US Tour in New York stage to host one of the most glamorous events of the year: the Academy Awards. By Constantine S. Sirigos first day of spring at Jazz at Lin - This year, the spotlight is TNH Staff Writer coln Center’s Rose Theater, turned onto a Greek dynamic Frangoulis told TNH it will be a duo that after many years NEW YORK – International different from his Queens con - of friendship have each tenor Mario Frangoulis is one of cert, where he sang opera, pop - snagged Oscar nominations for those artists who connects with ular music and art songs. “You their film Nebraska. his audience both through his have to respect the venue,” said Alexander Payne directs this unique interpretations of new the man whom the website whimsical tale of an estranged and beloved songs and with his www.classical-crossover.co.uk father and son who reunited for electric personality. He will fol - named 2011’s “Best Male Clas - a life changing road trip. Payne’s low up his 2012 North American sical Crossover Artist.” grandfather changed their name tour that included a perfor - The concert has a dual pur - from Papadopoulos after he mance with Alkistis Protopsalitis pose: artistic and philanthropic. moved to Boston from Greece as in Queens on November 17, A portion of the proceeds will a result of anti-Greek riots that 2012 with concerts in New York be donated to Apostoli – Mis - were common on the East coast on March 21, San Francisco on sion, the social service arm of in the 1900s. His father then re - April 4 and Chicago on April 7. the church of Greece. “Their located to Omaha, where Payne Apropos of his concert on the work is very important; they grew up grew up and his love help the people of Greece dur - for his hometown is captured in ing these difficult moments.” this beautiful film. Frangoulis will hold a recep - However, Payne credits Phe - For subscription: tion at Thalasssa restaurant in don Papamichael, his friend and 718.784.5255 honor of Apostoli, where he will collaborator, for the breathtaking [email protected] meet and thank fans who pur - cinematography that highlights chased the concert’s VIP charity TNH/COSTAS BEJ the beauty of his beloved state. tickets. TNH Names Maria Makedon as its 2013 Educator of the Year Papamichael moved from Athens He believes performers build when he was six years old and Maria Makedon, holding the plaque she was awarded as 2013 Educator of the Year, receives Continued on page 5 flowers from her niece and nephew, Metaxia and Nikita Kessaris, at TNH’s offices on Jan. 28. Continued on page 2 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014

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n THRU MARCH 2 79th St. in Manhattan. This is a 2 Greek-American Academy Award Nominees WASHINGTON, DC – Heaven on complimentary event, but RSVP Earth: Art of Byzantium from is required. Kindly RSVP to: Greek Collections will be pre - http://www.eventbrite.com/e/p Continued from page 1 Roosevelt Hotel, it was open to sented at the National Gallery resentation-and-wine-reception- the public and tickets were only of Art from Oct. 6 2013-Mar. 2, with-dr-katherine-a-schwab- became interested in film while $10. 2014. In the first exhibition de - tickets-10316351485. watching his father, a renowned If you happen to be visiting voted to Byzantine art at the set designer who worked closely Los Angeles, you can still expe - Gallery, some 170 rare and im - n FEBRUARY 6-9 with John Cassavetes. rience some of the glamour of portant works, drawn exclu - SARASOTA, FL – Come join us Papamichael and Payne have the day. Guided tours of the sively from Greek collections, at our 30th annual Greek festi - been friends since the early Dolby Theater are held every day the exhibit will offer a fascinat - val from February 6 through 9, nineties, when they met fresh out between 10:30AM and 4PM. The ing glimpse of the soul and 2014, at St. Barbara’s Greek Or - of film school. Both struggling tour includes a viewing of an Os - splendor of the Byzantine Em - thodox Church, 7671 North artists in Los Angeles, they felt car statuette and a visit to the pire. Recognized masterpieces, Lockwood Ridge Road, in Sara - united by their Greek roots and Dolby Lounge, where all the win - many never lent before to the sota. The Festival, which is a cel - stayed friends for over 20 years ners relax after their acceptance United States, will be on view ebration of Hellenic Culture, until they finally came together speech. All this for $17 (adults), with newly discovered and pre - features authentic Greek foods to collaborate on the film Side - $12 children, and you can leave viously unpublished objects and delicious pastries, Greek ways (2004). Papamichael went your ball gown and tuxedo at from recent archaeological ex - music by the band Ellada, Greek on to shoot every film Payne has home. cavations in Greece. The exhi - folk dancing by our Hellenic written and directed since. This, An insider’s tip, if you happen bition is organized by the Hel - Dancers, bargain shopping at Yi - however, is his first Academy to be in town on the day of the lenic Ministry of Education and ayia’s Attic, and an Agora in - Award nomination and Payne is event, avoid Hollywood Boule - Religious Affairs, Culture, and cluding an eclectic variety of thrilled for his longtime friend. vard unless you want to be stuck Sports, Athens, with the collab - jewelry and crafts. The festival Papamichael and Payne will behind a line of limos for hours. oration of the Benaki Museum, is from 11AM-9PM on February take to the red carpet on March Instead, pack a picnic dinner and Athens, in association with the 6 through 8, and from Noon to 2nd. The Academy Awards will head up to the Griffith Park Ob - National Gallery of Art, Wash - 8PM on February 9. Our raffle, take place at the Dolby Theater servatory. The views of the city ington, and the J. Paul Getty sponsored by Alex Karras Lin - (formerly known as the Kodak). from this vantage point are mag - Museum, Los Angeles. After coln, features a 2014 MXZ or This decadent, state-of-the-art ical and with the help of the pub - Washington, the exhibition trav - MXK (car or hybrid) as the first theater can seat over 3000 guests lic telescopes you can catch a els to the J. Paul Getty Museum, prize! Second prize is $7500 in and has been the ceremony’s glimpse of the red carpet, and Los Angeles, where it will be dis - cash and third prize is a home since 2001. Unless you Greek-American filmmaker/director Alexander Payne has been maybe even spot Payne and Pa - played at the Getty Villa from roundtrip ticket to Greece and have been nominated for an Os - nominated for an Academy Award for the film Nebraska, as pamichael. After dinner head in - April 9 through August 25, the islands, for two (a $5000 car or have worked on one of has his friend and collaborator, Phedon Papamichael. side the observatory to look at 2014. value). There are daily church the films, however, you will have some real stars, in a less crowded tours, as well as children’s’ ac - to watch the event from your liv - always the case, though. The first place on May 16th, 1929 at the state of the art theater – the Los n JANUARY 31 tivities from February 7 to 9. For ing room couch. That was not Academy Awards ceremony took Blossom Room in the Hollywood Angeles Planetarium. ASTORIA – The Hellenic Relief more information, call (941) Foundation presents: A boite re - 355-2616. vival with tunes we love and sing along to on Friday, Jan. 31 n FEBRUARY 22-23 at 8PM at the Stathakion Center, PALM DESERT, CA – Be Greek Greek Antiquities Featured by Field, Hellenic Museums 22-51 29th Street in Astoria. for a Day (or a weekend!) The Live music with: Eleni Andreou, 18th Anniversary Palm Desert Grigoris Maninakis, Tassos Pa - Greek Festival 2014 will take CHICAGO, IL – The Field Mu - tankhamun exhibits of past paioannou, Makaria Psiliteli- place on Saturday and Sunday, seum of Natural History and the decades.” Kazakos Special Guests: Anna February 22nd & 23rd at the St. National Hellenic Museum will The Field Museum was Eliopoulos, Yanna Katsageorgi, George Greek Orthodox Church co-present an extraordinary ex - founded to house the anthropo - Athina Krikeli, Elias Makrynos, of the Desert at 74-109 Larrea hibition of ancient Greek antiq - logical and biological collections Alexandra Skendrou, Stavroula in Palm Desert. For directions, uities—The Greeks: From assembled for the World’s Traitses, Nikitas Tambakis,Elena festival hours, and general in - Agamemnon to Alexander the Columbian Exposition of 1893 Toumaras. Glafkos Konementi - formation, please contact the Great, coming to Chicago in No - while the National Hellenic Mu - otis-piano Kostas Psaros- Church office at (760) 568- vember of 2015. This is the first seum (NHM) was founded in Bouzouki Guitar Megan Gould- 9901. Contact church or visit time the two museums have co- 1983 as the only national mu - Violin Baglamas. Donation $50 their website(s) to confirm presented a project of this mag - seum in the United States dedi - includes mezedakia and wine (1 dates, times, and location. nitude. The museums decided cated to the display and celebra - bottle per 4 persons) Traditional Be Greek for a Day! Festival to partner around the exhibition tion of the cultural contributions cutting of the Vasilopita will pre - Highlights: Live Greek Bouzouki to take advantage of the unique of Greeks and Greek-Americans. cede the program. For reserva - Music & Traditional Greek attributes of each institution. The Field Museum is an icon for tions: (347) 201-1821, (718) Dancing. Authentic Greek Food, Together, the museums will offer the Chicago area, while the new 204-8900 Appetizers & those heavenly Chicagoans an unprecedented NHM building (opened in 2011) Pastries. Greek Wine, Greek chance to experience both the is rapidly becoming a source of n FEBRUARY 2 Beer & Greek Coffee. Hercules exhibition and its links to the pride to the city and its promi - WASHINGTON, DC – Kids Zone. But the heart of our Greek-American experience. nent Greek American community. “SMYRNA: THE DESTRUCTION festival is the wonderful home - The Greeks is the most com - ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF A COSMOPOLITAN CITY, made Greek food and pastries prehensive exhibition about An - The National Hellenic Mu - 1900-1922” with the kind sup - created from generational, fam - cient Greece to tour North Amer - tario, followed by the co-presen - plore opportunities to display seum is America’s only national port from the STAVROS NIAR - ily recipes. In any Greek village, ica in a generation. It will tation in Chicago, and finally the Greek artifacts from The Field institution to document and pre - CHOS FOUNDATION will be the natural gathering place is feature more than 500 outstand - National Geographic Museum in Museum that have rarely – if ever sent the legacy of Greek Ameri - featured at Georgetown Univer - the Kafenion or coffeehouse. ing artifacts from 22 Greek mu - Washington, DC. – been on public display. cans and their contributions to sity in Washington, DC on Sun - Here you can sip both Greek seums. The exhibition invites Both Museums are embarking Both organizations are seek - the American mosaic, while cel - day, Feb. 2, 2014. The idea be - and American coffees and iced visitors on a journey through on extensive preparation for the ing funds to pay for the enter - ebrating their rich Greek history hind the project is to familiarize Frappe as you enjoy the mouth- 5,000 years of Greek culture, exhibition. The Field Museum prise, with NHM Chair John and culture and the profound im - students at some of the finest watering Loukoumades (honey- from the Neolithic Era to the age will host The Greeks, while new Calamos leading local and na - pact of their Hellenic heritage universities in the United States sweetened fritter pastries pre - of Alexander the Great. The ar - permanent and temporary ex - tional fundraising efforts in con - upon the world. and Canada with the history of pared in front of you) - all while tifacts — many of which have hibits at NHM will complement junction with The Field Museum. The Museum is located in a Smyrna. The Modern Greek playing a game of backgammon never been exhibited outside the traveling exhibition, as will a “This is a momentous opportu - 40,000-square-foot, three-story, Studies programs are collabo - or Tavli. 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T H D E L N A www.thenationalherald.com The National Herald Bookstore A ER TION L H A (718) 784-5255 [email protected] THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 COMMUNITY 3 Greek Community Mourns Tragic Loss of Rising Star Alexandros Petersen

NEW YORK – Friends, col - that is rare to find these days, perceptions just after NATO ex - but and he noted that it was a leagues, and the Greek-Ameri - Gropas added. tended its reach into the Black great intellectual loss. “It will be can community are mourning Andrew Apostolou, who has Sea with the accession of Roma - a loss for those issues and re - the tragic death Alexandros Pe - worked in Washington DC pol - nia and Bulgaria was remark - gions that were in his portfolio tersen, who was one of 21 peo - icy institutes, was impressed able in a City that is still strug - because he was giving them se - ple who died in a suicide bomb - with his personality and char - gling to accurately see that rious thought and therefore el - ing and attack in Kabul. The acter: "Alexandros was charm - important country in a non-Cold evating them in Washington in January 17 attack, the worst on ing and adventurous. He went War context. ways that most others could civilians since the war began, to Afghanistan to teach at a uni - Petersen wrote: “However, not.” was apparently done by the Tal - versity. He went to help others. the Russians will likely perceive “The family was over - iban. Alexandros set a fine example." any NATO intrusion into their whelmed by the outpouring of Petersen, praised for his bril - The story of Petersen’s life is "near abroad" as inherently affection from so many people liance and character and already in “the apple does not fall far menacing. Therefore, it would so that decided to hold a service a distinguished scholar of Cen - from the tree category: His par - be useful if NATO and the U.S., this past weekend for family and tral Asia at the age of 29, was ents are also patriotic Ameri - either through the NATO-Russia close friends, so they encour - in a Lebanese restaurant popu - cans, devoted public servants Council, or more directly aged the institutions he was af - lar with Westerners. He went to and world citizens – his mother through a special diplomatic filiated with to jointly organize the capital of the war-torn coun - works for the IMF and his father team, were to make it clear to a commemoration in the next try to teach political science and at the World Bank. the Russian government that an few weeks,” he said. provide hope for a better future John Sitilides, President of alliance presence in the region “It is also a profound loss for for the country’s youth at the Trilogy Advisors and former di - strengthens Russia's security. In - those Greek-Americans who got American University of rector of the Western Policy tensive negotiations will have to to know him well. This was a Afghanistan. Center, a think tank and re - begin in order to include Russia man who touched a lot of peo - He had been in the country search foundation that later as a major partner of NATO ef - ple and we are saddened by his for only a week. merged with WWC, was among forts in the region.” loss. Petersen’s adventurous side the first to detect Petersen’s tal - After the merger, Petersen When he last saw Petersen – was as obvious to people as his ent and uniqueness. won fellowship with the WWC friends called him Alex – he con - great intellect, and both from While visiting his parents in and “really before anyone else gratulated him on a piece he has an early age. “Boyhood friends Alexandros Petersen, a dedicated American but proud of his when Petersen was attending was talking about energy issues published in the Weekly Stan - of Alexandros Petersen used to Greek heritage, was a rising political thinker and academician, King’s College in London, “He in Southeast Europe, he planted dard. “I know the editors there tease him that he was born a who was tragically killed in the prime of his life, just a week applied for an internship. We that seed at the WCC,” he said. and they are very demanding century or two late, because he after moving to Afghanistan to teach university students there were impressed with this re - Eventually his abilities and on who they allow to be pub - was at heart a gentleman ex - about American values. sume, then when we met him, interests enable him to get in - lished. It was a significant pro - plorer in the grand tradition of he looked very young but volved “in the grand strategy fessional threshold for him to Lawrence of Arabia,” the Wash - who spread Hellenism deep into across strongly as soon as you sounded and acted much more discussion regarding Central pass.” ington Post reported. Asia, into Afghanistan. met him, and I was certain that mature than his years, and Asia.” Sitilides had no idea he was What the general media His death was followed by he would have a bright profes - when we began to have discus - “At the age of 29 he had al - on his way to Afghanistan. missed, however, tugs at Greek- moving tributes by colleagues sional future ahead. His talent sions, we tapped into someone ready done work in four think It was mostly a casual con - American intuitions. He didn’t and representatives of the orga - and sharp-mind, his curiosity with intellectual and analytical tanks in Washington over the versation on the human level call himself Alexander, and if Pe - nizations for which he worked. and sincere entrepreneurial talents beyond his years,” course of 10 years. People who that they shared that day, and tersen wanted to be Lawrence, Ruby Gropas, a Research Fel - spirit…and the ways in which Sitilides said. knew him understood that he they promised to communicate he would have gone to Arabia. low at the European University he was able to articulate his They were also very im - was writing his ticket on any and get together over coffee or He was Alexandros, so it is not Institute, met Alexandros when thoughts and insight were truly pressed by his writing. “We foreign policy issue that he lunch. “We didn’t get around to surprising that he followed the he was an intern at the Wilson impressive,” she told TNH. never published anything by our wanted to. it and that’s the last conversa - footsteps of the Greek genius Center. “He also had incredible man - interns before, but he wrote a “It’s a horrific loss of a man tion I had with Alex. Nobody and conqueror – Megas Alexan - “There was something excep - ners and a respectful politeness terrific piece for us.” who was cut down way too knew we would lose him two dros (Alexander the Great) – tional about him that came in the way he addressed people His assessment of Russian early in his life,” Sitilides said, months later.” NY Politicos, Community, in Warm Turnout for Constantinides Inauguration

By Constantine S. Sirigos and supremely effective City constituents, “each and every Tsekerides told him “I will be mocratic Party, said “It was a is the limit for Costa.” TNH Staff Writer Council Member.” one of you. It’s your victory, your there for you.” Constantinides wonderful event. It was a plea - Nikos Neocleous said “It’s a Before administering the community, and I promise to told TNH “He stayed true to his sure to see such a great turnout beautiful day for all of us, for NEW YORK – The auditorium oath of office, Vallone said he work as hard as I can.” word and the Greek and Cypriot on a cold and snowy day, and me also because Costa is a pa - of Long Island City High School was also there on behalf of his Gennaro was the sure- community stayed true to theirs see so many elected officials trioti of mine, from the village (LICHS) was packed with son Peter Jr., who served Astoria handed Emcee for the rich pro - and supported me in a way that come out to honor Costa.” of Asgata in Cyprus.” friends, constituents, and many for 12 years before term limits gram, which included perfor - I can’t fully thank them for. It’s “I am very proud of Costa,” Timoleon Kokkinos, the prin - of New York’s political heavy hit - led to the open seat to which mances by Youth Dance now my mission to make them said Effie Lekas, the Assistant cipal of afternoon Greek School ters who turned out to congrat - Constantinides was elected, and Division-Pancyprian Association, proud and everyone proud.” Director of the Center for Byzan - of St. Demetrios Cathedral, said ulate and offer best wishes to who would have been there but whose president and founder, “I am so happy. It’s a good tine and Modern Greek Studies, “It’s a day that honors all Greek- Costa Constantinides, the first for the virus that had recently Philip Christopher, was in atten - day for Costa, for Hellenes, for of the program’s alumnus. “He Americans.” He said Constanti - Greek and Cypriot elected to affected so many in the City, in - dance, and the LICHS Modern Astoria and for the City. He is is a superb role model for our nides, Gianaris and Simotas “are New York’s City Council. cluding Constantinides. Jazz Dance Group and Chamber an energetic guy and will do a students. Everything was said great examples for our children, Constantinides was rivaled in Vallone added to Schumer’s Choir. Food and refreshments great job,” Tsekerides said. by others today, but I believe if whom we want to see progress the excitement he experienced praise of Democracy and said of were offered by the LICHS Culi - Theodore Kasapis, who is ac - he stays authentic, and true to in all fields, including public ser - and the praise he received by Constantinides, “I know in my nary Class and Zenon Taverna tive in the Queens County De - his progressive beliefs…the sky vice.” his son Niko, who took it all in heart and soul that he is going at the reception that followed from his front row seat and later to do the exact same thing that the ceremony. from the lap of his mother, Lori. you expect from every one of LICHS alum Gianaris Niko was lauded for his impec - us, never to look down, but look brought humor to the occasion cable behavior and was asked you straight in the eyes and say when he told Gennaro, who is to take a bow by none other ‘we are one of you, but because no longer a sitting Councilmem - than U.S. Senator Charles of you, we have the power to ber, that he is happy people who Schumer, the headliner among make a difference.’” used to confuse them will stop the political stars. “Thank you, so, so much - it calling him James – but added Schumer wowed the audi - is so humbling to have you all “there is no one I’d rather be ence with a passionate tribute here,” an emotional Constanti - confused with.” to American democracy and the nides said when he finally ad - Simotas, noted the impor - importance of citizen participa - dressed the crowd that braved tance of his election for the com - OPEN HOUSE tion and dedicated public ser - snow and cold. He said, “I want munity, and called Constanti - vants like Constantinides. to start off with a few thank nides “one of those people who Before being sworn in by Pe - yous. First, my beautiful wife does everything from the heart Thursday, February 6, 2014 ter F. Vallone, Sr., distinguished Lori, my rock. I could have and is so passionate about is - both for being a former Speaker never made it this far without sues, and he works so hard. All of the City Council and for his you. And my beautiful son you have to do is call Costa.” 7:00PM – 8:30PM 29 years of service as Astoria’s Nicholas,” who by then was fast The newly-inaugurated Katz City Councilman, the public of - asleep in his mother’s arms. told TNH, “We have a good ficials paid tribute to Constanti - “My story begins with my Greek-American team in Queens nides for his years of community family, which came from and we are excited about Costa “Continuing a Tradition of Excellence in Education” work and for the excellent cam - Cyprus. My grandfather was a and what he brings to the of - paign executed by his talented short order cook and my grand - fice.” young staff. mother was a seamstress.” He Asked how Greek-Americans Those present included NY continued his paean to the can contribute more to Queens Comptroller Thomas di Napoli, American Dream, which he ex - and how they fit into her vision NYC Comptroller Scott Stinger, emplifies, and to his neighbor - for the borough, she said “They Queens Borough President hood, by declaring “Western already fit into our vision: run - Melinda Katz, NY State Senator Queens is more than its restau - ning small businesses, support - Michael Gianaris, Assembly - rants and parks, it is a conflu - ing our school system and cele - woman Aravella Simotas, Public ence of aspirations and hopes brating the culture and Advocate Tish James, and City for a better future,” for all. traditions they bring from Council Speaker Melissa Mark- He thanked and praised the Greece – that is also an impor - Viverito. Mayor Bill de Blasio Vallone Family, and then Gen - tant part of this borough,” was unable to attend, but the naro “who was my boss, my whose diversity was celebrated sent his head of community af - friend, my mentor.” by many of the days speakers. fairs, Marco A. Carrin. He reserved his warmest trib - Elias Tsekerides, the Presi - Vivian Selenikas, LICHS prin - utes for Gianaris and Simotas, dent of the Federation of Hel - cipal, welcomed the guests. She whom he noted, along with lenic Societies of Greater New also thanked Vallone for helping him, are now being called “The York, was very proud. He re - build the school and his family Astoria Three,” and for his cam - called being at an event three and Constantinides for fighting paign team. years ago and lamenting to Con - for it. “They worked so hard. 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8502 Ridge Boulevard ~ Brooklyn New York 11209 ~Telephone 718.836.8096 ~ Fax: 718.836.4772 Peter F. Vallone, Sr. administers the oath of office as Costa Constantinides, the first Greek and Cypriot elected to New York’s City Council, and his wife, Lori, clasp the bible. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 Sen. Schumer, Amb. Nominee Tsunis, Grand Marshals for Greek Parade

By Demetris Tsakas ship with Kostas Nikolopoulos, TNH Staff Writer and his relationship with the Three Hierarchs parish in Brook - NEW YORK – The Federation of lyn. Hellenic Societies of Greater "The Greek community em - New York presented the Grand braced me and I put them into Marshals of this year’s Greek In - my heart," said Schumer to il - dependence Day Parade at the lustrate what he has gained his Greek Press office on January relationship with Cypriot and 24. U.S. Senator Charles Greek-Americans. Schumer and George Tsunis, "Through this relationship I businessman, philanthropist, learned a lot about Greek cul - and nominee to be the United ture and have come closer to States’ ambassador to Norway, your community," he added. will be leading the community He praised Tsunis as a suc - along Fifth Avenue on March cessful businessman who has 30. not forgotten where he came The ceremony was organized from and said Greek-American by the Federation and its Parade community is blessed to have Committee and was attended by people like him. Archbishop Demetrios of Amer - He also discussed the immi - ica, Consul General of Greece in gration reform bill and his and New York George Iliopoulos, his proposal that his enable New York State Senator Michael more Greeks and Cypriots to Gianaris, State Assemblywoman come to America. Aravella Simotas, City Council - "The Greeks love America man Costas Constantinides, and ABOVE: Public officials and of - and New York, and the more representatives of all the Feder - ficers of the New York Feder - Greeks who come, the better for ation’s member organizations ation and other community New York and America," he said and other community groups. organizations pose for a com - to a burst of applause. The ceremony on Friday memorative photo. Front row: The Senator also said he was evening had a festive character, Consul General of Greece pleased to see Astoria’s three as was pointed out by PSEKA George Iliopoulos, Federation elected officials in attendance, President Philip Christopher, president Elias Tskerides, Sen - noting that for the first time who called it the inaugural ator Charles Schumer, Arch - Greeks are present in New event of the parade. bishop Demetrios of America, York’s three most important leg - Schumer and Tsunis ex - George J. Tsunis, and 2014 islative bodies. pressed their gratitude for being Parade Committee Chairman Archbishop Demetrios of chosen and expressed their be - Petros Galatoulas. America congratulated the or - lief that this year's parade will LEFT: Senator Charles ganizers and said among other be the best both in terms of par - Schumer, who always things that that the announce - ticipation and dynamism. marches, is thrilled to be ment of the grand marshals “has Archbishop Demetrios and Il - Grand Marshal at this year’s evolved into a substantial and iopoulos congratulated the Fed - Greek Parade. He spoke extraordinary event." eration and the Parade Commit - warmly of his friendships in He then praised Schumer as tee for the efforts they make in the Greek-American commu - “a person has and offers solu - organizing the Parade, on their nity. tions," to society’s challenges choice of Grand Marshals, and and problems. Referring to his for their general support for contribution to the immigration Greece and Cyprus on important vention in Chicago, which nom - due first and foremost to the honor of my life." cent confirmation hearing be - bill, he said "It will change the ethnic issues. inated Bill Clinton for reelec - community,” which, as noted, He then referred to the role fore the Senate Foreign Rela - lives of many people in Greece, The president of the Federa - tion. gave him opportunities to play of the family and emphasized tions Committee and expressed who will have the opportunity tion, Elias Tsekeridis, congratu - George Tsunis said, with evi - leadership roles. that his parents, like all Greek his gratitude to Charles to come to America for a better lated the honorees and ex - dent emotion, about the impor - "I am grateful to the Greek- immigrants, came to America Schumer who spoke passion - life." pressed his appreciation their tance of the community, and American community, which for better opportunities for their ately in his behalf when intro - The Archbishop congratu - acceptance of the invitation to among other things spoke of his taught us and nurtured us with children. He also expressed his ducing him to the other Sena - lated the Federation for the lead the parade. He noted that appointment as Ambassador to the best virtues of our nation,” gratitude for his wife, Olga, who tors. "smart," as he called it, decision he first met Senator Schumer in Norway. He feels he is also serv - and declared that "my selection was present and was touched The philhellene Schumer to choose Schumer and Tsunis, 1996 when they both delegates ing as the community’s ambas - as Grand Marshal in the is the by her husband’s speech. spoke warmly about his ties whom he called “two real ac - at the Democratic National Con - sador since “my appointment is most important and touching Finally, he mentioned his re - with the community, his friend - tivists." TNH Interview with Greece Amb. Panagopoulos

Continued from page 1 tanks with global sphere, and nancing. The interest that a mechanism to facilitate a suc - all these expressed interest Greek businessman pays is 7% cessful exit from the crisis. The five previous Greek pres - about the Greek presidency. or 8%, in comparison to a Ger - Panagopoulos said that “the idencies were marked by some Also, recently the minister of ex - man businessman, who pays 5% government of Greece is doing huge and serious challenges ternal affairs of Greece and vice- or less. The German pays 30% everything possible to recapture such as the crisis in Serbia and president of the government vis - of the energy cost that a Greek terrorist Christodoulos Xiros,” Iraq. Panagopoulos stated that ited Washington and met with does. Just imagine the condi - referring to killer from the no - “we have some external issues his counterpart John Kerry.” tions of competition in which torious terrorist group Novem - of global dimensions that are Panagopoulos believes that the Greek businessman finds ber 17, which spread terrorism open, such as the situation in Greece is nearing the end of the himself. These issues should be in Greece for decades. He was the Middle East which influ - economic crisis. He said that dealt with in the long run. For furloughed from prison but ences Southern Europe, and “our top priority is growth” and now, we want Greece to exit never returned. also the situation in Ukraine, that “economic crisis is not only from the economic crisis.” The ambassador said that which is taking a difficult turn a Greek issue, it is a pan-Euro - When asked how and why “the Greek-American commu - these days.” pean issue as well.” He said that Greece got to such a point of nity is very well-respected by all The ambassador said that “the first signs of recovery are crisis, he said “it is a long story. Americans starting from Presi - “Washington cares deeply about already visible. Greece has re - Of course, many things went dent Obama, to Congress and the Greek presidency. I remind gained a big part of its ability to wrong not only in the economic the American People,” and that you the two visits of the Prime compete, but much more should sector but in general, and also relations between Greece and Minister of Greece Antonis be done in order for Greece to Greece found itself in the eye of the United States are excellent. Samaras to Washington. He met regain its credibility and go to storm. The crisis was imported He also said that “the climate of with President Obama in August the markets.” to Europe and consequently to the Greek-Turkish relations is and Vice President Biden in Sep - The ambassador stated that Greece, which had some weak not bad between the two gov - tember, and also with promi - “growth is synonymous with structures, and, accordingly, we ernments; there is communica - nent members of the Congress small businesses, which are the arrived to the present situation.” tion on all levels, but the and representatives of think backbone of economic activity. If Greece was used as an ex - essence of the problems has not Today, even healthy businesses periment, Panagopoulos said “it been dealt with. The issue of The ambassador of Greece in Greece face difficulties be - has proven itself by the events Cyprus remains unsolved. A Christos Panagopoulos gives cause they don’t have access to that the mechanism of Euro was new effort is underway for a an in-depth interview to TNH inexpensive capital funds and fi - ill,” and even that there was no permanent solution.” Jan 28, 2014: it’s the State of Disunion

By Constantinos E. Scaros ated? Because of lack of compro - rats stood and clapped. Republi - mise. Essentially, each state to be cans, in turn, taking a cue from To presidential buffs and a “mini-nation,” so to speak. The House Speaker John Boehner, po - other political junkies, the State federal government had a hard litely sat in their chairs, barely of the Union speech very much time agreeing on virtually any - making a peep. their Super Bowl. And it is a thing. Sound familiar? Lest anyone think that the De - handshaking, backslapping, feel - Many of today’s Tea Partyers, mocrats are inherently more ma - good time, when opposition who rail against the federal gov - ture, don’t forget how they be - party members clap for the pres - ernment and strive for far more have when the president is ident more times in that one sit - expansive states’ rights, often do Republican. It’s all the same, just ting than they do the entire rest so at public rallies dressed in colo - the names, faces, and parties of the year. nial costume. When they’re not change. Above all, to patriots, it is The state of disunion endured when our government’s unique through most of the night. No virtues are displayed on the world The U.S. almost fell wonder Congressional approval stage: the president presents his apart 11 years after ratings sank to a record-low of annual report to Congress as the it was created, due to 9% just a few weeks ago, follow - nine Supreme Court Justices ob - ing a government shutdown that serve from their seats – and it all inability to compromise. each side insisted was the other’s takes place in the chamber of the fault. House of Representatives: “the calling President Obama a “so - There was one, bright, shining people’s house,” as it’s called. cialist,” they call him a “statist.” moment of reprieve, though, Few can watch this glorious Ironically, they don’t understand when Obama introduced Army phenomenon without marveling that many of the men like whom Ranger Sgt. Cory Remsburg, vis - at the American government’s they dress – George Washington, ibly suffering from debilitating in - magnificent workings, estab - John Adams, Alexander Hamilton juries, seated next to First Lady lished by the U.S. Constitution, – were the original statists. The Michelle Obama. Sergeant Rems - 225 years old and still going ones who implored the states not burg was severely injured by a strong. to seek much autonomy, and that roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Many might not realize, how - for the good of the nation, they found by his comrades with ever, that the Constitution is not had to compromise. Come to - shrapnel in the brain. He contin - our first form of government, but gether as one group. Learn to ues recovering every day, and his our second. The first was based “play nicely in the sandbox with presence in the House chamber on the Articles of Confederation, the other children.” not only was inspiring, but was and it was a disaster. In fact, the January 28’s, State of the Dis - the evening’s only moment when mighty United States we know union became apparent immedi - our elected representatives truly and admire today almost disin - ately early on, when Obama united. tegrated 11 years after it was es - proudly proclaimed: “for the first The last time Congress banded tablished. It almost became a time in over a decade, business together so strongly about any - footnote in the dustbin of history, leaders around the world have thing was during President along these lines: “A nation declared that China is no longer George W. Bush’s speech follow - Olga Bornozis – The Connecting Link of Capital Link founded in 1776 by 13 rebelling the world's number one place to ing the attacks of September 11, British Colonies. It collapsed in invest; America is!” That should 2001. The Gynaika magazine insert of this weekend’s Greek Edition presents Olga Bornozis, Vice 1787 and returned to being a have brought the house down in If only it didn’t take vicious President of Capital Link, the top investor relations firm with offices in New York, London, subject of the British Empire.” a barrage of thunderous ap - bombings that result in loss of life Oslo, and Athens founded by her brother, Nick. Despite her busy business and social schedule, Why did our nation almost fall plause, but did so only halfway. and limb for our politicians to she retains her love of simplicity, and most of all, people. apart so soon after it was cre - Following VP Joe Biden, Democ - converge in a true state of union. THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 COMMUNITY 5 Betty Harlafti to Sing at the Chian Cultural Center in New York on Feb 9

By Constantine S. Sirigos lafti will be accompanied by the Harlafti when he interviewed “Half Note Jazz Club.” TNH Staff Writer orchestra of Glafkos Konteme - her for his Sunday morning ra - Her new CD “Who may you niotis, and she will be joined by dio program for Cosmos-FM be” includes songs by Souyoul. NEW YORK – When Betty Har - special musical guest Tasos Pa - about one year ago. This is the Foundation’s third lafti sings at the Chian Cultural paioannou. “Her manager asked me to event, following presentations Center on February 9 in a con - Harlafti will present songs interview her, and I send I will of a Maria Callas monologue cert presented by Orpheus Foun - that will resonate with the au - listen to the CD, and if I like the and Greek Cypriot singer Doros dation for Greek Music and the dience’s memories of growing songs I will interview her,” he Demosthenous. Arts, the audience will have im - up with Greek music in the told TNH. The goal of the not-for-profit mediate validation of her ad - home, but they might not be “The listeners’ reaction was Foundation is to present Greek vanced studies of classical song able to identify the composer or enormous,” Kyriakou said. “Peo - music and art of the highest and dramatic art. What they will the titles. ple called me to find out how quality to all audiences in Amer - remember, however, are moving Her mission is to make them they could get her songs and ica and to Greek-Americans, es - songs by a mezzo soprano who memorable as the creations of that made me think about how pecially the young. sings the gamut from cotempo - Souyoul by performing 30 of his much our people love this mu - They will draw upon talented rary, folk, and opera to jazz, songs. sic,” and that it would be a good artists from Greece, Cyprus and retro and rebetika. “The timing is ideal,” Polys idea to bring her to America. the United States. “At this time The concert is a presentation Kyriakou, Founder and Director Harlafti has performed with we have a small group of peo - of the Orpheus Foundation for of the Foundation, told TNH, be - Maria Farantouri, and since win - ple,” including Elisavet Greek Music and the Arts as a cause Greek-Americans of all ter 2012 she has been working Tzoumaka. tribute to Michalis Souyoul, the ages, but especially the commu - with the Mikis Theodorakis Pop - Kyriakou, a poet and lyricist early 20th century composer nity’s youth, will able to experi - ular and Lyric Orchestra. who has worked with many from Asia Minor, whose music ence an important part of the Harlafti has performed the Greek composers and artists, is is experiencing a revival at this Greece’s musical history that has classical repertoire at produc - ideal for that bridging function. time in Greece. continuing influence. tions of the Athens Festival and The Foundation plans to pre - He was renowned during his One of the evening’s high - the Library of the Athens Con - sent new Hellenic music, the - time as a composer of modern lights will be a five-minute video cert Hall, and she has sung at ater, poetry recitals and art ex - songs of a light quality and his message from the daughters of numerous other tribute con - hibits. music filled the salons of the Souyoul, who died too young at certs, including those for Manos For tickets: Titan Foods (25- Greek world. Greek mezzo soprano Betty Harlafti’s voice – and her ruby 52 years of age. Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodor - 56 31st St., Astoria NY. Tel: 718- The theme will be “From Old sneakers - will transport her Chian House audience to early LET ME FIRST HEAR THE CD akis, in various venues such as 626-7771) for information, call: Athens to New York” and Har - 20th century Athens through the music of Michalis Souyoul. Kyriakou first encountered Parnassos Hall, Ianos and the 917-485-8683. Superstar Singer Mario Frangoulis Launches 2014 Tour at Lincoln Center

Continued from page 1 Greek singer, actress and come - staying behind in Greece when homecoming with a philan - dienne Rena Vlahopoulou. He he was four, but he sees now thropic dimension. bridges between cultures and “if called her one of the sources of that it was the right choice. Of His is an Ambassador of the arts can help put food on his “crazy Greek side.” his aunt he said “If I had to leave Peace for the World Centers of people’s tables, that is a good “She loved jazz and had of - this planet and could take only Compassion for Children orga - thing to do from far away.” fers to work in America but she one picture with me it would be nization and a Global Ambas - “I urge them to come to the loved Greece and could not bear my Aunt Loula’s.” sador of the Horatio Alger As - concert. It’s one way of helping to be away – a longing he often If he were ordered to take sociation which assists and the homeland,” said the man experiences. He credits her for only one song with him, like a inspires youth around the whose family has known strug - the spontaneity he expresses on - good Greek, he would take two: world. gle and triumph. stage. John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and “I care about education and Frangoulis was as born in His mother met his father, the poignant aria “Che Gelida I care about young people real - Africa and after a visit to Greece Yianni, whose grandfather was Manina” from La Boheme. izing their dreams, especially if when he was four years old, his from Kasos and went to Egypt “It describes the feeling of they have faced adversity.” parents decided that was a bet - and then to Rhodesia, now Zim - someone falling in love and who “My path was not strewn ter place to grow up, and he was babwe, where Mario was born. says “I may not be a rich man, with roses but I learned to turn raised by his beloved aunt His grandfather and father were but I am rich inside…that rep - negative situations into a posi - Loula. “Africa at the time was a mechanics working on cars and resents a lot of who I am.” tive situations,” and that is mes - very dangerous place,” he said. boats. Told that on that planet sage he likes to convey to youth. His mother Eleni undertook Hi grandfather played the vi - might be seen walking on the He also believes it is impor - a great trip from Corfu to seek - olin, and he called his father, seashore singing that aria he tant to help young artists and ing a better life and her mother who played piano. “a worka - said “I could be singing that, I musicians. Eftychia was among the Greeks holic, a charming mechanic who could be singing Imagine…that He created a young artists who had to leave Constantinople played the grand piano very is the good thing about being program for composers and in the mid-1950s. He remembers well.” classical-crossover singer.” singers that has generated cir - the wonderful she told of life As a third generation Dias - Asked about performing dur - cumstances that launched ca - there and was influenced by her pora Greek, he appreciates the ing the difficult moments in his reers, including going on tour positive energy and desire to efforts of Greek-Americans who life: “Do you sing your pain, sing with Frangoulis and having make the world a better place. “keep the flame of Greece burn - through it, or ignore it,” he said their work on CD’s like “Kipos Another relative on his ing.” “I cannot ignore it. I sing my ton efhon – Garden of Hope.” mother’s side was a well-known He said he did not feel good pain, and I write about my pain Mario Frangoulis met with TNH at Thalasssa restaurant, where “This was a vision of mine – but I am not a painful singer,” he will greet and thank fans who purchase VIP charity concert for years. I was lucky enough to evoking laughter among friends tickets at a reception in honor of Apostoli – Mission. have great mentors early in my overhearing the conversation. “I life,” including the great so - find catharsis.” drama in London, where he lyrics and music – he does not prano Marilyn Horne. “And He loved the violin and learned skills that differentiate call himself a composer, and when I won the Maria Callas played until he was 17. When him from other singers. He be - “when I am on my own I have scholarship, that dramatically he was 14 he was named vio - gan on stage playing Marius, the written a lot of poetry,” that has changed my circumstances.” linist of the year for Greece, but romantic lead in Les Miserable never been published.” He felt as young as 20 years he decided his future lay in in London. Being a poet is part of his old that “it’s not just about a ca - singing. And he has the gift of being musical being also. “When I fi - reer and creating a name for “I feel the voice is the perfect able to sing in ten languages – nalize the songs for a new yourself. You have to really find instrument – no disrespect to Frangoulis is fluent in four or record, I work hard on the mes - a way,” of giving back to soci - anyone else who is a musician.” five – and he likes to present sage for my audiences of each ety.” He said it is extremely sensitive concerts with themes and he song.” His love of poetry helps He also never hesitated to to a singer’s internal and exter - alone does the research. him find “the true essence of help those who might be his nal environment and he con - “A few years ago we per - every song.” competition because he believed stantly reminds himself that he formed The Light of Greece in He is pleased that he is often he would always find a path. must take care of it. America…It was very important asked to include his own songs “What is meant to be will be,” “With the voice, you are not for us to present the poetry and in performances, and he noted Frangoulis said. allowed to go wrong…the au - music of our great writers and that they are usually quite per - He agreed that even during dience feels it immediately. You composers.” sonal, like “Ton eafto tou pedi,” a crisis, a country needs to en - must be absolutely 100 percent He feels that his challenge is which associates with “with my courage its young artists be - tuned and ready,” but explained to convey the soul of the nation inner child, having to do with cause art is its soul. “A country that warming is a tricky matter: that has produced the music my early childhood.” needs to give them that chance, a singer must avoid little or too that he sings, and up to the It was traumatic being sepa - and support, and not just say much. same standard as songs in his rated from his nuclear family, ‘we believe in young people’” he Asked if he thought a singer native Greek - and he agrees especially his brother Simeon, said. comes closest to being able to that in that regard he is an am - who is 1 ½ years older, “and Frangoulis said “young artists express his soul musically, he bassador of cultures to the rest Africa, which was my country, are doing remarkable things in said “the voice and the violin of the world, especially of my birthplace… and live in a Greece, even the ones who per - are very similar, “I feel I am a Greece. new country with a new lan - form in town squares and every Named 2011’s “Best Male Classical Crossover Artist,” in a much better singer because I SINGER AS POET guage.” corner of Greece with the inten - tuxedo or more casually dressed, in a variety of venues and studied the violin.” He told TNH that although He wants to reconnect with tion of lifting the spirits of the languages, Mario Frangoulis dazzles and delights his fans. He was also able to study he has written many songs – Africa, but looks forward to a people and giving them a voice.” Mouskondis State of the Union Honoree WASHINGTON, DC – Having President of Nicholas & Com - and bereavement leave, among Tutoring: Internet/Telephone Philotimo, the love of honor, the pany, Inc., a third generation others. quality to which Greeks of good family-owned and operated Peter and his wife Nicole character aspire, does not guar - broadline foodservice distribu - were honored to be among the antee success in life, but it prob - tion company, employing 24 people in the special box ably ensures good press. roughly 500 people. with Michelle Obama and he Peter Mouskondis of Salt Nicholas & Company is told TNH they were thrilled to Lake City, UT, was among Pres - known for its culture of mutual be able to have one-on-one con - ident Barack Obama’s special respect and care among and for versations with the President Special Features: guests during his State of the its employees, emphasizing and the First Lady. 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Continued from page 1 slammed Kiriakou after he hailed as a “notable victory after pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2012. the Sept. 11 attacks.” 2015. Just a few weeks before he He wrote about the mission There was more fallout. The resigned disgrace, Petraeus said in his memoir, The Reluctant Times reported that his wife, the prosecution was “an impor - Spy – My Secret Life in the CIA’s “though accused of no wrong - tant victory for our agency, for War on Terror. The New York doing, resigned under pressure our intelligence community, and Times’ reporting in January from her CIA job as a top Iran for our country…Oaths do mat - 2013 reads like a screenplay: specialist. The family had to go ter…and there are indeed con - “Looking back, John C. Kiri - on food stamps for several sequences for those who believe akou admits he should have months before she got a new job they are above the laws that known better. But when the FBI outside the government. To protect our fellow officers and called him a year ago and in - make ends meet, they rented enable American intelligence vited him to stop by and “help out their spacious house in Ar - agencies to operate with the us with a case,” he did not hes - lington, VA, and moved to a requisite degree of secrecy.” itate…’Anything for the FBI,’ Mr. rented bungalow a third the size That is not how Kiriakou’s Kiriakou replied. Only an hour with their three young children supporters see it. On the website into what began as a relaxed (he has two older children from created by “Friends of John Kyr - chat with the two agents…did his first marriage).” iakou,” www.defendjohnk.com, he begin to realize just who was the target of their investiga - tion…Finally, the older agent leaned in close and said, by Mr. Kiriakou’s recollection, ‘In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that right now we’re executing a search war - rant at your house and seizing your electronic devices.’” Robert Shetterly, founder of Americans Who Tell the Truth, creates portraits of Americans, Some observers who ac - past and present, whom he deems role models. Above is his portrait of John Kiriakou. knowledge that the punishment does not fit the crime say that Joining the CIA two years af - wide who have come to his de - He was shocked at the posi - the only way to stop serious ter finishing graduate school, he fense is Robert Shetterly, the tive response, including invita - leaks was to make an example “signed up as analyst in the Di - founder of the organization tions to local schools to talk of someone, and Kiriakou was rectorate of Intelligence, figur - whose website is www.ameri - about the people he painted. unlucky enough to have com - ing that I would use my educa - canswhotellthetruth.org. “It has now become a na - mitted an offense that could not tion, build on my fascination for Shetterly is a self-taught tional education project.” He be ignored at the wrong time. international affairs… and even - painter who lives in Maine. He and the big 31” by 37” heavy Others see payback. tually make a real contribution began his project to raise na - panels are on the road con - Kiriakou walked into the to the nation’s understanding of tional consciousness about in - stantly to libraries, schools and spotlight when he spoke out the forces beyond our shores.” justice and heroism 12 years ago museums. about the practice of water - After Kiriakou left the CIA in because he was “extremely up - Shetterly and Kiriakou first boarding, which the public con - 2004 he did consulting work for set about the way the country met in Washington in the offices siders torture, on television in Deloitte, worked with Holly - was being manipulated into the of the Government Accountability 2007, with ABC’s Brian Ross. wood filmmakers and was an Iraq War.” Project, which he said supported Ironically, when he first ap - investigator for the Senate For - He has supported his family and helped guide the latter. peared on ABC News, Kiriakou eign Relations Committee. Prior through his painting or 35 year They write each other about “defended the agency’s resort to to his imprisonment, he taught but until 2002 he had not once a week. “He is keeping up desperate measures but also at Liberty University, which has painted portraits. “I suddenly his sprits and is writing a new said that he had come to believe been supportive. felt that I need to have a voice… book about his experience…I that waterboarding was torture Father Costas Pavlakos, who and to take my anger and grief think he has undergone a con - and should no longer be used has been the pastor of the and use it in a positive way,” he siderable change, as you’d ex - in American interrogations,” the Church of St. Katherine’s in said. After thinking about it for pect,” Shetterly said. Times noted. Northern Virginia for the past several months he realized “I’ll Kiriakou’s situation is some - John Kiriakou (R) with his attorney Plato Cacheris (L) outside The Times spoke with Bruce 11 years, expressed concern for feel better if I surround myself times compared with that of court in January, 2012. His sentence runs to May, 2015. Riedel, “a retired veteran C.I.A. Kiriakou when he spoke to TNH. with people I admire rather than Jonathan Jay Pollard, an Amer - officer who led an Afghan war Fr. Pavlakos said Kyriakou has obsess about Dick Cheney an - ican convicted of passing classi - Numerous groups and indi - they declare: review for Mr. Obama and been a member and active other day.” fied information to Israel while viduals have come to his de - “This is not a case about turned down an offer to be con - parishioner, and he knows him He began painting 19th cen - working as a civilian intelligence fense, providing both financial leaks…It is a case about whistle - sidered for C.I.A. director in as “an extremely warm person tury figures in the most direct analyst. relief for Kiriakou’s crushing le - blowing. John spent most of his 2009. Kiriakou worked for him and a great dad…His brothers way possible, “without interfer - While the Pollard case is not gal bills and vital moral support. career protecting American se - in the 1990s and Riedel called in AHEPA chapter 438 are very ence from any style,” he said, really similar, it is notable for Among the groups support - curity. He served honorably in him, “an exceptionally good in - supportive,” he said. but he hit upon the idea of the strong support he has re - ing Kiriakou are the Govern - the CIA and helped achieve ma - telligence officer” and said he JUSTICE THROUGH scratching a representative ceived from Jewish Americans, ment Accountability Project and jor counterterrorism successes did not deserve prison. PORTRAITS quote onto the paintings, which who have continually lobbied American’s Who Tell the Truth, that made the world safer. John It’s a muddy issue, which Among the people nation - soon included contemporaries. the government for his release. a unique organization that pro - received 10 Exceptional Perfor - makes the prosecution of Kiri - duces and presents portraits and mance Awards, a Sustained Su - akou look arbitrary, if not a con - narratives of “citizens who perior Performance Award, and venient excuse for punishing courageously engage issues of the Counterterrorism Service him his views on waterboarding. social, environmental, and eco - Medal, as well as the State De - PATRIOTISM ROOTED Philoptochos Shares Info on Ovarian Cancer nomic fairness.” partment's Meritorious Honor IN THE APPRECIATION The Times also reported that Award.” OF IMMIGRANTS TNH Staff distribute these Fact Sheets article on ovarian cancer. Invite a Cacheris’ firm “without expla - ACLU Executive Director An - Kiriakou was raised in small throughout your Philoptochos gynecological oncologist from a nation…cut his outstanding bill thony Romero weighed in by town Pennsylvania. In The Re - [Paulette Geanacopoulos, a Chapter, parish, and community: local hospital or cancer society to from more than $700,000 to saying the case will have a luctant Spy he, wrote: “I grew social worker licensed by the State Distribute copies to the orga - one of your general meetings to $492,264.16.” “chilling effect on defense coun - up in a Greek-American house - of New York, is the Director of nizations in your church, includ - give a presentation on ovarian There has also been sympa - sel, government whistle-blow - hold, with first generation par - Social Work at National ing Parish Council, GOYA, Greek cancer. thy and support from his former ers, and journalists.” ents who were teachers and Philoptochos in New York City and Sunday Schools, Parent Or - Use your imagination - what CIA colleagues and high offi - Kiriakou led the team that who pressed me to excel in where she assists Orthodox ganizations, senior citizen groups, else works in your community to cials, but David H. Petraeus, captured Abu Zubayda and oth - school and extracurricular ac - Christian individuals and families and more. Post both Fact Sheets get the word out? then the C.I.A. director, ers in Pakistan in 2002. It was tivities. throughout the United States, in ladies’ rooms and in public ar - The Fact Sheets and more in - regardless of their immigration eas of your church. formation is available on the status, to address and resolve issues Ask a local newspaper to pub - Philoptochos website: of poverty, health, mental health lish the Fact Sheets and ask the http://philoptochos.org/so - and substance abuse, housing and local "health editor" to write an cialservices/news. homelessness, family and older adult services, and domestic violence. She has asked TNH to provide the following information as a public service to the community.] Ovarian cancer is a deadly dis - ease that kills more women than all other reproductive cancers combined. Because it is hard to detect - there is no one reliable test to identify it - and as some of its symptoms are similar to other conditions, it is important to rec - ognize its signs so that we can act quickly and appropriately. As a women's organization, it is equally important for us to "get the word out" - to our mothers, aunts and grandmothers, to our daughters, neighbors and friends so that they know what to look for. To help you do so, we have S.I. Parish Honors Assemblywoman Malliotakis prepared an "Ovarian Cancer Fact Sheet" both in Greek and in Eng - Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Staten Is - TNH/COSTAS BEJ lish – ask your priest to print out land honored New York State Assemblywoman Nicole Mallio - Peggy Zina Visits St. Demetrios copies in both languages for the takis for her extraordinary recovery efforts following Hurricane congregation. Sandy at their dinner dance on January 26. (L-R) Fr. Nicholas Greek pop singer Peggy Zina, fresh from a 4-night engagement at the new Melrose Ballroom, We urge you to take one or Peteropoulakos, Malliotakis and her Chief of Staff Paul Mar - sings with students of the day school of the Cathedral of St. Demetrios in Astoria. more of the actions to broadly rone. Diane Vernados was the Chairperson of the Gala. Rift Between Cathedral Priest and Parish Council Continues to Widen

Continued from page 1 end up homeless on the streets gants to problems involving the of New York.” Cathedral Dean and Gounaris, Cherpelis traveled to Chicago Poll is a prominent Greek- Poll acknowledged his relation - for the Archdiocesan Finance American businessman and the ship with Gounaris has been Committee meeting and he was owner of the famous Boathouse strained at times. not present at the Cathedral’s Restaurant in Central Park. Demetrios became aware of meeting. Gounaris’ email followed Gounaris’ polemic email to Poll. The Holy Trinity Cathedral is Poll’s TNH interview in Septem - Sources close to the arch - the only parish in the entire ber, in which he cited problems bishop’s office told TNH that Archdiocese in which the Coun - at the Cathedral, including Demetrios is extremely upset cil is not elected by the members dwindling attendance for with Gounaris’ behavior gener - of the parish, but handpicked church services, a mounting ally but he is not doing anything and appointed by the arch - $250,000 deficit resulting from about it because he does not bishop. This practice was estab - a $1.9 million annual budget, a want it to appear as if selecting lished by the late Archbishop large chunk of which is more Gounaris to lead the Cathedral Iakovos and it continues with than $200,000 toward the choir had been a mistake in the first Archbishop Demetrios. – which includes expenses to place. Gounaris’ ministry at the hire professional singers, many Demetrios prefers to see the Cathedral has been problematic of which are not Orthodox. Cathedral in a disarray condi - since his appointment by He also had spoken about the tion than to dare and take ac - Demetrio. The archbishop pro - settlement of a lawsuit that the tion as many close to him have ceeded with Gounaris’ appoint - sexton’s family had brought advised him to do. ment despite the revelations by against the Cathedral for unpaid Gounaris was succeeded at TNH about Gounaris at his pre - overtime, but did not disclose the Cathedral Rev. Frank Maran - vious parish, the Holy Trinity of the amount. gos, whose ministry was also Indianapolis. TNH reported in The sexton continues to work marked by problems. Marangos October that Gounaris sent a at the Cathedral. now works in fundraising area TNH ArCHiVES scathing e-mail to Poll, wishing Though he did not directly of a Roman Catholic nonprofit Father Anastasios Gounaris (left), the embattled Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan, him “to lose everything and to link the low turnout of congre - organization based in Florida. receives a blessing from Archbishop Demetrios as Bishop Philotheos of Meloa looks on. THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 COMMUNITY 7

ALL HISTORY Madame Calliope Charissi and Her Ten Children: Stars of the Vaudeville Stage

By Steve Frangos On November 19, 1923, the TNH Staff Writer internationally-acclaimed dancer Madame Calliope PART ONE Charissi (claiming her age to be 42 on official papers) arrived at CHICAGO- The life and career Ellis Island with her ten children of Calliope Charissi has much to from Cherbourg, France aboard offer, not simply Greek-Ameri - the steamship Cunarder Tyrrhe - can studies, but also the early nia. According to Ellis Island history of American vaudeville. Records the given names and The enduring influence of ages of the ten were: Rita age vaudeville in America perfor - 7; Irene 8; Andre 12; Marie 12; mance arts is not usually under - Helene 13; Costas 15; Nicholas stood. Part of the reason for this 16; Noel 17; Beatrice 19 and disconnect is the sheer variety Ketty 20. For the record, of performers common to Charissi Family recollections vaudeville. As one definition of have the birth order slightly dif - this most American of all art ferent with the birth sequence forms has it: “Vaudeville devel - being Jean, Ketty, Beatrice, oped from many sources, in - Noel, Nico, Costa, Helen, Andre cluding the concert saloon, min - and Marie as twins, Nenette and strelsy, freak shows, dime finally Rita. The family was im - museums, and literary bur - mediately stopped by immigra - lesque…Each performance was tion authorities. As the New made up of a series of separate, York Times (and other newspa - unrelated acts grouped together pers around the nation) an - on a common bill. Types of acts nounced the very next day, the included popular and classical Charissi Family arrival might be musicians, singers, dancers, co - short-lived, “Greek Quota Out; medians, trained animals, ma - This is a photography from the Library of Congress taken in Charissi's visit with her ten children to see Calvin Coolidge, Dancers Detained.” The cryptic gicians, female and male imper - January or February 1924 on the occasion of Madame Calliope who became president of the United States in 1923. language of this headline re - sonators, acrobats, illustrated flects the immigration laws of songs, jugglers, one-act plays or Hollywood during and after its ing Duncan’s early visits to Paris. simply as Greek dance, changed tional figure, Bertillon’s contri - this era in that because the scenes from plays, athletes, lec - Golden Age. For those unfamiliar with Dun - forever how Western Europeans butions to forensic science, such quota for Greece has been ex - turing celebrities, minstrels, and Both the life and professional can, she was an American understood the art of dance. as the mug-shot, the systematic hausted for the year 1923-24 movies (Wikipedia).” career of Charissi begin in Eu - dancer who sought to revive An - Sometime around WWI, photography of crime-scenes the Charissi Family might be Known as ‘the heart of Amer - rope and so must our account. cient Greek dance. Duncan’s George became severely ill and and other innovations were all sent back. ican showbusiness, vaudeville Charissi was born in Athens method was to examine ancient was unable to work. Faced with his creations. It is said that Madame Charissi could not was from the early 1880s until around 1882.Her maiden name vases and other artistic remains a financial crisis Charissi de - Bertillon used his influence to have asked for better publicity. the Great Depression of the may have been something close from classical times that showed cided she would take to the secure Charissi her first profes - Especially since she arrived in 1930s the premier variety en - to “Svalopulus,” but this comes women in motion. Duncan’s be - stage and earn her living as a sional performance in Paris. America with ‘ten children, a tertainment in the United States from later American-based lief was that if she became could dancer, after the fashion of Dun - Since Bertillon died in 1914, dog, a cat, a canary, 25 trunks and Canada. The era of mass sources. At the age of 14 Cal - recreate, as closely as possible, can. During Various stories for and that WWI began on July 28 and no knowledge whatsoever migration of Greeks to North liope was married to Georges the physical positions and move - this period exist that involve her of that year, exactly when of the English language. America was the early 1880s to Charissi, who lived in Paris ments of Greek women as seen children. Without question, Charissi began her professional With a handful of days, the early 1920s. That acclaimed working as a civil engineer. Over in the remains of ancient art she Jean, her oldest son enlisted and career will have to wait for fu - Charissi and her ten children Greek performers of all sorts the course of the next decade could revive ancient Greek served with the French army. It ture research to uncover. performed the opening act for would travel specifically to the or so, Calliope and Georges dance. Following the classical is said that, during WWI, as a We do know from existing prima ballerina Anna Pavlova North America to appear on the Charissi had eleven children. As images of Greek women, Dun - means to distract her children, ephemera such as promotional (1881-1931) at the Hippodrome vaudeville stage is a topic well if all that were not enough, can dressed in sheer cloth robes Charissi taught them all to advertisements, posed photo - and were a national sensation. beyond the considerations of the somehow, Calliope was able to and danced bare-foot. Following dance after the manner of Dun - graph-post cards showing Pavlovna, by the way, was a current generation of Greek- maintain a place in Paris’ high - her understandings (or imagin - can. Working with them regu - Madame Charissi and her chil - Russian prima ballerina of the American scholars. That these est artistic and social circles. We ings) of the classical period larly, the ten children became dren and other such items that late 19th and the early 20th cen - very same Greek performers know this because persons such Duncan’s dances were viewed an accomplished, if at that mo - the family was performing, turies who became the first bal - would go on to teach later gen - as Isadora Duncan (1887-1927), by her (and all those who fol - ment, amateur troupe of across Europe, together no later lerina to tour ballet around the erations of American performers internationally-famed dancer lowed her) as based on sacred dancers. than 1920. As later recalled by world. Not long after the entire is equally beyond the common and Alphonse Bertillon (1853- inspirations. It is at the point of George’s various members of the Charissi Charissi family was greeted in understandings now allowed. As 1914), police official and bio - All this may sound absurd to illness that good family friend Family in 1923, a talent scout Washington by President Calvin we shall see it is part of the pub - metric researcher of whom we the modern reader, but Dun - Alphonse Bertillon comes to the Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO) Coolidge. And all this was only lic record that Madame Calliope will hear more, later. can’s style of dance (and its their aid. But here events and theater chain brought the family the beginning of the Charissi Charissi and a number of her It is unclear exactly when philosophical base, if you can exact chronology become uncer - to America, where they ap - Family’s series of adventures in children were a living link be - Isadora Duncan first began to call it that) electrified audiences tain. Bertillon’s fame as a crim - peared as headliners for the North America. tween the early vaudevillian teach Calliope Charissi how to around the world. Duncan’s life inal investigator is well beyond opening of the New York Hip - stage and the known stars of dance but it was sometime dur - and her style of dance, known our interest here. An interna - podrome. [email protected]

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES The Cure

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos gestion.” lie down on the gurney. As the to you,” the doctor repeated. Special to The National Herald George set his coffee down, others sat in the waiting room, Kipreos started to get up, again. “Look! Make an appointment the doctor looked Kipreos over “What...kind of tests, doctor?” Kipreos came early to Dixon’s and we’ll go with you. Won’t we, like a car mechanic. Then he he asked, nervously. Instead of that Sunday, looking pale and guys?” They agreed. was told to get dressed and go explaining, he handed Kipreos distressed. He explained, “I Monday found the five in an back outside. a prescription, saying, “The hos - awoke two days ago with a office off Seventh Avenue where Finally, the doctor, who pital is eight blocks from here. pounding in my chest. I never a nurse asked Kipreos questions. looked, amazingly, like Vincent Good day!” had that before. Is that serious?” “Where are you coming from?” Price, called him back into the Outside, on wobbly feet, he asked no one in particular. Kipreos responded, “Cyprus.” small office, the others, fol - Kipreos asked Dimos what was Dimos, nodding, said, “It She looked up, squinting. “I lowed, explaining that they had written on that paper. Dimos could be. Do you have shortness mean, NOW?” “Eighth Avenue.” to make sure he understood the read, “Just a lot of letters: C.A.T. of breath?” He said not that he His fingers fumbled, nervously. results. Looking across at the Scan, X-ray, MRI, Angogrm, recalled. “What do you do?” backup crew, then down at his B.W.” Yiannis snatched the pa - “When was the last time you “I work!” Tapping her pen, papers, the doctor said, “Hm - per from Dimos’ hand and wrote saw a doctor?” asked John. she asked, pointedly, “What kind mmm.” Kipreos grew very con - in capital letters, CADAD. Kipreos blinked, “When I ap - of work?” “He works in a hotel cerned at that utterance. Dimos They looked over his shoul - plied for my job at the hotel. on Park Avenue – pastry chef,” bent and told him in Greek, ders, “What’s that? I never That was ten years ago. But, I responded Dimos, patiently. She “Don’t worry. All doctors make heard of that treatment!” said have health care benefits.” got up and spoke, privately, to that noise. They learn it in med - John. Yiannis told them, “The “Then, the smart thing to do is the doctor, explaining that they ical school.” Cure!” see a doctor. Might as well use may have a group of ‘nut cases’ “Hmmmm,” the doctor said, sure.” “But, if everything is al - doctor and started for the door George studied the word, it!” Dimos told him. on their hands. once again. “Everything looks right...” he pleaded, beginning when the doctor said, “Of carefully, “Whose cure?” Yiannis Kipreos appeared anxious. The doctor patted her shoul - alright but...we have to do more to sweat. course, there is a possibility that pointed a finger uptown. “Suppose they find something.” der, “Don’t worry, Nurse Cra - tests.” “But...” Kipreos stut - The doctor, throwing up his those palpitations could happen “Kipreos’ cure! Guaranteed! “ “That’s why you go to a doctor, chet! I’ll take care of him. He’s tered,” If – if everything looks - hands, said, “It’s up to you.” “It again – this time with...sad re - “CADAD is Kipreos’ cure?” asked Kipreos – to find out if there’s a patient. That’s what’s impor - looks alright, why - why do I ha is?” he smiled. sults.” Dimos, dubiously, as Yiannis something wrong,” John im - tant!” -ve to do more tests?” The doc - “That’s right!” he told him, Kipreos fell back into the march off. pressed on him. Yiannis waved After answering thirty ques - tor looked up, his expression looking at his watch. Kipreos got chair, his stomach feeling “That’s right! C-offee A-nd D- his hand, “It’s, probably, indi - tions he was told to undress and grim. “Because we have to make up, smiled again, thanked the queasy. “But, like I said, it’s up onuts A-t D-ixon’s”

FICTION Little George Leventis

By Kim Gregorios them and waits! Inflation hasn’t covered in ashes. Little George, Special to The National Herald affected his economic system. no more than five-feet four, al - He pays the same price now for ways wore a suit. Mostly the All cities have their collection his meals that he has paid since same one! of older men. Little George Lev - he first entered the building. George had an interest in entis is one such gentleman. He Management long ago gave up politics. During the 1960 presi - sleeps in an old run-down hotel trying to reason with him con - dential campaign he was quoted room and at eleven every morn - cerning price changes. more than once as saying ing Little George, who is eighty When George is not sitting “Kennedy’s my man,” At eighty- seven passes by the corner of on the fourth stool from the end, seven, he was a proud Democ - 2nd South and 2nd East on his he is sitting behind the bowling rat. You didn’t want to disagree way to his “place.” He has been lanes watching his favorite reg - with him or you might find doing this for as long as it has ular bowlers competing for yourself on the business end of taken youth to mature. His place dough [money]. George was one his old wooden cane. is a bowling alley, and over the of a few that made up the gallery During the evening, with his years the two of them have each day. His favorite seat was old felt fedora in hand, he shown signs of wear and tear. behind alleys eleven and twelve. would approach the desk man, “A man’s home is his castle,” The “pot game” always started [the person who runs the bowl - and so it is with little George on these alleys around one a ing alley] look toward the clock who has as many servants as a clock and would expand to al - on the wall and ask in his bro - King. There is the lady at the leys thirteen and fourteen as ken English, “What time is it?” luncheon counter, the man who more bowlers joined the game. George’s eyesight was failing runs the desk at the bowling al - His friends were few and their and was made even worse by ley, and the bartender in the Ten conversation was limited to the the fact that he never seemed Pin Tap lounge, all of whom are events at hand, bowling. George to clean his old specs. The desk more than happy to fill his every would sit there until the pot Those few moments of atten - wards his fourth stool from the emerge from the bar and find man’s reply in a louder than need. game broke up around four o’ tion fueled his being. Now it end. It was time for his dinner another seat in the smoke filled normal tone was “it is eight o’ - Within his home his habits clock. At that time the bowlers was time for George to up- root meal and the bowling alley had house and watch and talk to the clock” With his question an - haven’t changed. He eats at pre - paid for their games put their himself from his seat and takes to prepare for the evening league bowlers. Thursday night swered Little George Leventis cisely the same time and on ex - balls in their locker and said a walk around the place. He league play. the Greek league bowled and started towards the door with is actly the same stool, fourth from their good byes. Most bowlers walked with the aid of an old After dinner George would George seemed to know some old wood cane in hand. the end of the counter. Unlike made a point of acknowledging wooden cane. His right leg head to the Ten Pin Tap for a of the men. Some nights and George’s future is in the others his age he shows great Little George’s presence. The big seemed to have an impinge - beer or two. He would stay days he would fall a sleep with hands of time, and time permit - patience. If someone is occupy - winners sometime slipped ment. After stretching his old there until the nightly leagues his cigar in his mouth. His suit ting, he will return again to sit ing his stool, he stands behind George a few dollars. muscles George would head to - were under way. Then he would coat, shirt and tie were always on his fourth stool from the end. 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE n ANGGELOS, ATHENA son, Jr. (Erin), Michael Ziozoas Katsounakis, and daughter-in-law vived by her two sons, Paul Sozo Consulting LLC Arts of Org filed Notice of formation of Elenatos Realty, LLC. SALT LAKE CITY, UT (From the Johnson (Sarah), Stephanie Pam (Ziemba) Katsounakis of Michaelides and wife, Maria, of with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary Deseret News, published on Jan. Johnson Sanders (Seth), John S. Southwick, MA; his daughters Essex Junction, and Demetrios 8/13/13. Office: Kings County. SSNY of State of New York (SSNY) on April 25, 2013. 8) – Salt Lake City, UT: Our Antalis-Mattick, Christina Marie Lori and Lisa Katsounakis of Michaelides and wife, Aleka, of designated as agent of LLC upon whom Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated process may be served. SSNY shall mail as agent of LLC upon whom process against it beloved Mother and Grand - Antalis, Stephen John Antalis Martha's Vineyard, MA; his South Burlington; four grand - process to: 414 Albemarle Rd, #3A, may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 252 mother ("Yia- Yia") Athena T. and Catherine Denise Antalis; beloved son-in-law, David Reed children, John Michaelides and Brooklyn, NY 11218. General Purposes. 18th Street, Suite 5A, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Pur - Anggelos, 88, passed away on five great-grandchildren, Emma of Belchertown, MA; and his five wife, Laura, Athamantia Hodg - 273212/18351 pose: any lawful purpose. Sunday, January 5, 2014. She and William Sanders, Steven grandchildren, Jason and Sarah don and husband, Corey, Costa 273248/18925 was born on March 10, 1926 in Johnson, and Scarlett and Reed of Boston, MA, and Marissa, and John Michaelides; four LEGAL NOTICE Skotini, Argos, Greece. She mar - George Johnson. He is also sur - Nicole, and Gianna Katsounakis great-grandchildren, Alessandra LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Tomrick Realty, LLC . Articles vived by his sister, Mary Antalis of Southwick, MA, niece's Thea and Darrian Michaelides, and STUDIO TC, LLC, Authority filed with the of Organization filed with the Secretary of ried Thiros K. Anggelos on No - SSNY on 08/26/2013. Office loc: Kings State of New York (SSNY) on April 25, 2013. vember 9, 1947 and later immi - Georges of Shadyside, Ohio and Katsounakis, Kathi (Malfas) Ethan and Maia Hodgdon. A County. LLC formed in FL on 01/16/2013. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated grated to Salt Lake City, Utah in twenty-eight nieces and White, nephews Michael Kat - memorial service will be held on SSNY is designated as agent upon whom as agent of LLC upon whom process against it process against the LLC may be served. SSNY may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 252 1955. She worked for ZCMI for nephews. Mr. Antalis moved to sounakis, Steven and Ted Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at 1:30 shall mail process to: Judy Karniewicz, Esq. 18th Street, Suite 5A, Brooklyn, NY 11215. over 25 years before retiring in Dalton, GA to live with his son Koundourakis,and sister in law p.m. at the Greek Orthodox 1406 W Fletcher Ave., Tampa, FL 33612. Purpose: any lawful purpose. 1991. She was an active member and their family during the last Helen Katsounakis. Manny is pre - Church, Burlington. Memorial Address required to be maintained in FL: 1406 273249/18925 W Fletcher Ave. Tampa FL 33612. Cert of For - of the Greek Orthodox Church six years of his life. The family deceased by his eldest daughter contributions in Anastasia's mation filed with FL Dept. of State, Div. of LEGAL NOTICE in Salt Lake City, and a devoted would like to thank all those in - Pamela Katsounakis Reed; three memory may be made to the Corps, P.O. Box 6327, Tallahassee, FL 32314. Notice of formation of ATP & Associates RE Fund, wife, mother, and grandmother. volved in his care for their love brothers George, Theodore and Greek Orthodox Church, 600 S. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. LLC . Articles of Organization filed with the Sec - 273198/16818 retary of State of New York (SSNY) on January She was proud of her Greek her - and support during that time, es - Michael Katsounakis; and two sis - Willard St., Burlington, VT 3, 2014. Office location: Kings County. SSNY des - itage and shared her love for pecially Jessica. Online condo - ters Irene Koundourakis and Eliz - 05401. ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process Greece through her cooking with lences may be viewed or sent to abeth Katsounakis. Growing up against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process LEGAL NOTICE to: 252 18th Street, Suite 5A, Brooklyn, NY her family and friends. She was www.mcalister-smith.com in the Depression, serving in the n PANTEKIDES, GIORGIOS 11215. Purpose: any lawful purpose. preceded in death by her hus - Arrangements by Mcalister- Navy during World War II and JAMAICA PLAIN, MA (From the VASCO REALTY HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/31/13 273250/18950 band, Thiros K. Anggelos; daugh - Smith Funeral Home, James Is - working as owner and operator Boston Globe, published on Jan. Office in Kings Co. SSNY design. Agent of LEGAL NOTICE ter, Georgia Angelos; father, Pe - land Chapel, 347 Folly of Manny's Plumbing and Heating 21) – Pantekides, Georgios Of Ja - LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC Notice of formation of 950 ST MARKS APTS ter Serroukas; and mother Katina Rd,Charleston, SC 29412. Inc., Manny taught his family the maica Plain, MA, January 19, 1503 E 14th St Brooklyn, NY 11230. LLC Articles of Organization filed NY Secre - Legonis Serroukas. Survived by: importance of hard work and the 2014. Beloved husband of the Purpose: Any lawful activity. tary of State (SSNY) 5/24/11 Office in her sons, Gus and Tom, and HAYDON, ATHANASIA significance of appreciating what late Eleftheria (Kosmidis) Pan - 273197/18588 Kings Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC n upon whom process may be served. SSNY daughter, Kathy; daughter-in- HARRISBURG, PA (From the you have. He worked hard his en - tekidis. Devoted father of shall mail copy of process to: The LLC PO law, Geri; and three grandchil - Harrisburg Patriot-News, pub - tire life, but always with a smile Zachary Pantekidis and his wife BOX 300513 Brooklyn, NY 11230. Purpose: dren, Athena, Mike, and Alexan - lished on Jan. 23) – Athanasia and willingness to help those less Katerina and John Pantekidis LEGAL NOTICE Any lawful activity. dra. In lieu of flowers, donations "Donna" Haydon passed away at fortunate. Besides spending time and his wife Meletia. Loving NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1Serv Realty, LLC. 273247/18588 Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY, may be made to the Holy Trinity the Holy Spirit Hospital on with his friends and family, grandfather of Irene, Eleftheria (SSNY) on 11/14/13. Office location: Nassau LEGAL NOTICE Greek Orthodox Church. Condo - Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Manny's favorite pastimes in - Elpida and Amalia Eleftheria County. SSNY designated agent upon whom Notice of formation of KG CARROLL lences may be sent to the family in the loving arms of her daugh - cluded bowling with the Shaker Pantekidis. Brother of Nikos Pan - process against it may be served and shall mail copy of the process against LLC to principal GARDENS LLC, (DOM. LLC). Articles of Orga - at www.deseretmortuary.com. ter, Annamaria. Athanasia was league; golfing at the Elmcrest tekidis and his wife Meropi, business address: 35 Debevoise Ave., Roosevelt, nization filed with the NY Secretary of State NY 11575. Purpose: any lawful act . (SSNY) on 12/10/13. Office location: Kings Funeral Directors: Deseret Mor - born on January 1, 1935, in Arta Country Club, where he is a Kostas Pantekidis and his wife County. SSNY is designated as Agent of LLC tuary. Greece and moved to the United founding member; and cheering Magda, Leonidas Pantekidis and 273188/18876 upon whom process against it may be served. States in 1967. She was the the Patriots and Red Sox to vic - his wife Roula and the late SSNY shall mail copy of any process to: Yun ANTALIS, STEPHEN widow of Konstantinos "Gus" M. tory. Manny Katsounakis was a Parthena Kelemis. Brother in law Sok Lee, 268 East Broadway, A505, New York, n LEGAL NOTICE NY 10002. Purpose: General Purposes. DALTON, GA (From the Haydon. She is survived by her friend to all that knew him and of Haralambos Kosmidis and his 273227/18900 Charleston Post and Courier, children Olga, wife of Eugenios will be sorely missed. Relatives wife Elpida. Loving uncle of Deb - Notice of formation of FINKEL ASSOCIATES LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of organization filed published on Jan. 13) – Retired Stergioulis and Annamaria, wife and friends may call at the bie Demos and her husband with the Secretary of State of NY, (SSNY) on FUNERAL HOMES Lt. Colonel Stephen Jonathan of Marwan Selmane and her Forastiere Smith Funeral Home George. Great uncle of Maria and 11/25/2013. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom APOSTOLOPOULOS Antalis, 95, of Dalton, Georgia, beloved grandchildren Pavlos, at 220 N. Main Street, E. Long - Harris Demos. Also survived by process against the LLC may be served. formerly of Charleston, SC, Yasmine, and Salma. She is also meadow, MA on Thursday from many relatives and friends here, SSNY shall mail process to: FELIKS FINKEL, Apostle Family - peacefully passed away Wednes - survived by her sisters Afroditi 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. His funeral will in Greece and Canada. Funeral 15 Prospect Avenue, Ardsley, NY 10502 . Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - day, January 8, 2014, at the res - Mitrogianni and Eleutheria be held on Friday, January 24, at Service on Thursday, January 23, General Purpose: Any lawful act. 273230/18901 Funeral Directors of idence of his son, Dr. John S. An - Pappa, her brothers Dimitri Jou - 9:30 a.m. at the St. George Greek 2014 at 10am in St. John The RIVERDALE talis. To the very end, Mr. Antalis nis and Polivios Jounis, her sis - Orthodox Church at 8 Plainfield Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, LEGAL NOTICE FUNERAL HOME Inc. lived a life full of learning, laugh - ter-in-law Anne Scotes Haydon Street, Springfield, MA. Burial 15 Union Park St., Boston, MA. BEAUTIFUL BEAST, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed ter, and love. Mr. Antalis was and many nieces and nephews. will follow with military honors In lieu of flowers donations in with the SSNY on 9/30/13. Office location: 5044 Broadway born in Weirton, West Virginia She was a member of the Holy at the Massachusetts Veterans his memory may be made to the Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be New York, NY 10034 on September 19, 1918. He was Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathe - Memorial Cemetery 1390 Main above named church. served. SSNY shall mail process to: The one of six children born to the dral in Camp Hill. A Trisagio ser - St. Agawam. In lieu of flowers, LLC, 549A Halsey St., Brooklyn, NY 11233. (212) 942-4000 late John and Anastasia Antalis, vice will be held at the Holy Trin - donations can be made to Mercy PARMAGOS, MARY General Purpose. Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE n 273228/1070 both immigrants from Greece. ity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hospice Program, P.O. Box 9012, JERSEY CITY, NJ (From the Jer - CONSTANTINIDES He attended Fairmont College in Camp Hill on Saturday, January Springfield, MA 01102-9012 or sey Journal, published on Jan. LEGAL NOTICE 9 FUNERAL PARLOR Co. West Virginia until he enlisted in 25th at twelve (noon). A viewing to St. George Greek Orthodox 7) – MARY PARMAGOS Mary ABUNDANT BLESSING LLC Articles of (718) 745-1010 the United States Army Air Corps will be held at the Cathedral Church. (nee: Abagis) Parmagos of Jersey Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) in 1941, later known as the starting at 11 am. There will be City passed away at her home 11/22/13 Office in Kings Co. SSNY des - Services in all localities - United States Air Force. During no burial service as her wish is MAHERAS, JAMES while surrounded by her family ignated Agent of LLC upon whom n process may be served. SSNY shall mail Low cost shipping to Greece World War II, he was proud to to be buried alongside her hus - RACINE, WI (From the Racine on January 5, 2014. Mary was copy of process to Qing Chen, Jin Tong arrive at Omaha Beach at D- band in Greece. Journal-Times, published on Jan. born in Antissa, Mytilene, Chen 1012 60th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Day+7 and later served as a 21) – RACINE - With his family Greece, and moved to Jersey City Purpose: Any lawful activity. LITRAS FUNERAL HOME 273200/18588 member of the United States Au - n KANARIS, MARK at his side, James J. Maheras, age shortly after her marriage to her ARLINGTON ditor General Group. He faith - CHICAGO, IL (From the Chicago 87, passed away peacefully at his beloved husband, Peter in April fully served in the military for Tribune, published on Jan. 22) – residence on Sunday morning, 1960. The family settled into the LEGAL NOTICE BENSON DOWD, INC BRUTAL HONESTY LLC . twenty four years and was Dr. Mark Kanaris, 91, of Belleair January 19, 2014. James was Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). FUNERAL HOME awarded numerous medals for Beach, Florida, died peacefully at born in Hrani, Arcadia, Greece Church Community where they Name: Brutal Honesty LLC. Articles of Organization 83-15 Parsons Blvd., his exemplary service. His fond - home. He was a longtime resi - on March 26, 1926, son of the were surrounded by wonderful filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/26/10. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has Jamaica, NY 11432 est memories included dining at dent of the Chicago area and a late Ioannis and Nikoleta (nee: friends. Peter Parmagos was a been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process the White House with Mrs. Roo - Family Physician for more than Vazdaris) Maheras, and immi - key member of the Alps Restau - against it may be served. The post office address to (718) 858-4434 sevelt, observing part of the 30 years with offices in Oak Lawn grated to the United States in rant family on Bergen Avenue which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is The LLC 1424 E 89th St. • (800) 245-4872 Nuremburg trials, and rescuing and Chicago. He is survived by 1954. On July 19, 1959, James while Mary raised their children. Brooklyn, NY, 11236. Purpose/character of LLC: Any his Uncle Roge;t, who was in a his loving wife of 55 years, was united in marriage to his Mary was a devoted homemaker Lawful Purpose. German prisoner of war camp. Dorothy, nee James, daughter love, Georgia Voulgaris, who pre - who pursued all things creative 273213/18891 ANTONOPOULOS Education was always a priority Evangeline, son Peter (Katie), ceded him in death May 29, with a passion. She loved her FUNERAL HOME, INC. to Mr. Antalis. As a young man, grandchildren Alexandra, Mark 2010. In his younger years, he family and expressed that love LEGAL NOTICE he helped support his older and Christopher in addition to was employed with Eisendrath while pursuing her creativity, MOUNTAIN & MCDOWALL REALTY, LLC, a Konstantinos Antonopoulos - domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on Funeral Director brother Angelo in his pre-med - many nieces and nephews. Dr. Tanning and later for many years showering her family with her 12/31/13. Office location: Kings County. ical education. Mr. Antalis grad - Kanaris' life embodied the Amer - as a carpenter at JI Case Co until cooking, baking, crocheting, SSNY is designated as agent upon whom 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., uated summa cum laude with a ican dream. Born in 1922 in Ser - his retirement in 1988. James sewing, dress making and deco - process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Rugh McDowall, 582 Astoria, New York 11105 Bachelor of Science in Business res, Greece, he was part of the also was co-owner of Maheras rating. Though Alzheimer's di - Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205. General Administration from Ohio State Greek Resistance during WWII, Bar. In his spare time, he dedi - minished her memory over the Purpose. (718) 728-8500 University in 1951 and received was captured and endured 2 cated his time working at the last 10 years, it never diminished 273235/10709 Not affiliated with any a Master of Arts from Central years in a POW camp. After the monastery and the Kimissis her generous, kind-hearted and other funeral home. Michigan University in 1975. e war he graduated from the Aris - Theotokou Greek Orthodox loving spirit. She is survived by LEGAL NOTICE had a keen mathematical mind, totle School of Medicine and in Church. He enjoyed his many her loving husband, Peter Par - Notice of formation of WONDER which he applied in his work for 1958 married Dorothy James, travels, but his greatest love was magos, son Kleamthes "Klem" PROPERTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY the Ford Motor Company as a Fi - immigrating to the United States. for his family, especially his Parmagos and his fiance' Aida; Sec. of State (SSNY) 01/17/2014. Office in Kings Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon TO PlACE yOur nance Manager and for Nielsen He settled in Chicago, joining the grandchildren. Survivors include daughter Efy Parmagos and her whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail ClASSiFiED AD, CAll: Electronics as a Business Man - medical staff of Evangelical Hos - his daughters, Nicolet Maheras husband Patrick McCarthy, copy of process to: Wonder Property LLC, (718) 784-5255, ExT. 106, ager and teacher. He also used pital and later Christ Hospital (Douglas Wray), Mary Helen JCPD; her sister, Antonia and 8606 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11236. Purpose: Any lawful activity. E-mAil: his skills in finance in service of where he became Chairman of (Bruce) Luccas, Patty (Daniel) grandchildren, Melissa and Jes - 273255/18926 classifieds@ the Greek Orthodox Church of the Department of Family Prac - Moreno; grandchildren, Michael, sica McCarthy and Maria and thenationalherald.com the Holy Trinity in Charleston, tice. Committed to education, he James, Matthew and Marina Luc - Cristina Parmagos. She was pre - where he served as member and first affiliated in 1974 with Rush- cas, Alexandra Moreno, Demetri deceased by her sisters Panogiota bookkeeper. Even in his 90s, he Presbyterian-St. Luke Medical and Thomas Maheras; special and Vasiliki. Visitation will be at REAL ESTATE still taught his family lessons like Center, eventually becoming an nephew and niece, Paul Maheras McLaughlin Funeral Home on how to say "I love you" in Greek Associate Professor of Family and Danielle Bull; Godsons, Paul Wednesday from 4:00 to 8:00 ("Se Agapo"). He kept his mind Practice. Active in the American Maheras, and Peter Kyriazes; p.m. The Trisaigon service will NAPLES FLORIDA REAL ESTATE sharp by playing pinochle and Academy of Family Physicians, brothers-in-law, Demetri be at 6:30 p.m. Relatives and doing crossword puzzles. Mr. An - he was a former member of the (Sophia) Voulgaris, Konstantinos friends are invited to assemble talis was ever a gentleman. Board of Directors and past Nanos; other beloved nieces, for the mass at Evangelismos Those closest to him will remem - Chairman of the Commission on nephews, relatives and friends. Greek Orthodox Church, Jersey ber the little things he said that Continuing Education. His Peers Jim was also preceded in death City on Thursday, January 9, Vicky Lewis put a smile on their faces. He en - selected him in 1989 as Illinois by two brothers, four sisters, his 2014 at 10:15 a.m. Entombment realtor joyed good food, music, and Physician of the Year. In lieu of nephew, William Maheras and will follow at Garden of Memo - sports. For Mr. Antalis, the best flowers, memorials to Autism Godson, Dean Kokkinakis. Fu - ries Mausoleum in Paramus. In meals included koulourakia, Speaks, and the, www.nkfi.org neral services will be held at the lieu of flowers, please make do - fried catfish, coffee, and dol - under "donate" tab. Family and Kimissis Theotokou Greek Ortho - nations in her memory to Evan - mades. No matter the season, he friends will meet Saturday, Jan. dox Church, 1335 S. Green Bay gelismos Greek Orthodox 7

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TVs at the same time. He also Palos Hills at 11:00 AM. Nick Col - to Kimissis Theotokou Greek Or - 5 www.VickyLewisNaples.com 4 2 7 loved to dance, particularly to lias Funeral Director. Info 708- thodox Church have been sug - n RAMOS, CHRIS P. 2 the music of the big band era. 636-1200 or www.chapelhillgar - gested. Please send condolences KANSAS CITY, MO (From the DOWNING-FRYE REALTY, INC. Even at 90 years old, you would denssouth.com. to www.meredithfuneralhome. Kansas City Star, published on Μιλώ Ελληνικά find him at the local Dalton Se - com. Jan. 8) – Chris P. Ramos, 88, of nior Center dancing to "Stardust" n KATSOUNAKIS, MANUEL Kansas City, Missouri, passed on Monday nights. Above all LONGMEADOW, MA (From the n MICHAELIDES, ANASTASIA away January 4, 2014. He was else, Mr. Antalis treasured his Republican, published on Jan. 21) ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (From the born August 15, 1925 in Kansas AIA Award-winning Greek Ortho - board of the Friends of Jazz. Chris family. He was preceded in death – Manuel (Manny) Katsounakis, Burlington Free Press, published City, Missouri to Helen and Peter dox Church of the Annunciation, donated his time and talents to by his beloved wife of 48 years, avid bowler, golfer, Red Sox fan, on Jan. 23) – Anastasia Ramos, immigrants from Greece. Cure of Ars Catholic Church, St. many charities such as the Urban Erma Gelegotis Antalis, whom father, husband, grandfather, died Michaelides, 89, of Essex Junc - Chris graduated from Central Dionysius Greek Orthodox Land Institute helping municipal - he married in 1950 and lovingly on Monday, January 20, 2014. tion, passed away peacefully on High School and the University Church, City Center Square, Oak ities with city planning including cared for at home during an ex - Born in Chicopee on April 7, 1927 Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in of Nebraska. 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New Book by Classical Scholar is an Alternative Theory about Parthenon

By Constantine S. Sirigos was built.” Connelly believes the frieze TNH Staff Writer The procession “culminates at is classic Paidea; “This is teach - the east end with a single scene ing the next generation where NEW YORK – The Parthenon above the doorway in which we they came from and why they may be the most famous build - see five individuals – a woman, a do what they do today.” ing in the world, but in her new man and three younger people.” “The Parthenon is a billboard book, The Parthenon Enigma: A On the right a man and a that communicates a set of val - New Understanding of the child display a piece of cloth, ues,” she said, and the “core world’s most iconic building and about which the question was value, the spiritual backbone of the people who made it, NYU raised in the 1780s whether it this young democracy is self-sac - Professor of Classics and Art could be the dress, called the rifice for the common good.” History professor and archaeol - peplos, of Athena that was ritu - That is what she called as - ogist Joan Breton Connelly asks ally placed on her statue each tounding message that results how well we really know it – year. from her research, not a glorifi - and offers some surprising an - That question “has hardened cation of human sacrifice. The swers. into dogma,” Connelly said, de - Greeks were not like the Aztecs. After a research odyssey of spite the fact that all other “We learn a lot from their some 20 years, Connelly has fi - Greek temples display mytho - democracy, because as we focus nally “come to port at Ithaca,” logical, not contemporary on individual rights and inter - at the Corner Bookstore on scenes. ests, the Ancient emphasis was Madison Avenue in Manhattan The dogma is called into very solidly on the collective where she presented her book question by Euripides’ play “The good…it’s worth contemplating on January 28. Erectheus,” which was recov - as we think about the sacrifice Connelly briefly introduced ered in the 1960s from papyrus of the most elite people in the “that miraculous building” that fragments discovered on an city…not even the royals put was completed in 438 B.C. – Egyptian mummy in 1901 by a Joan Breton Connelly (6th from left) said of her book presentation: “What a pleasure it was! A themselves above the people.” plus six more for the magnifi - French archaeologist. vibrant audience of Greek Americans, neighborhood readers, students, and colleagues” and a Before beginning her talk, cent sculptures before focusing It tells the story of King Erec - contingent from her current archaeological expedition on Yeronisos island off Cyprus. she thanked the Corner Book - on the magnificent 525 foot- theus, who asked the Delphic store, which is owned by Phil - long Parthenon frieze. Oracle how to save Athens from A grieving Praxithea was vis - not in the singular for Athena, preparation of the youngest hellenes, Ray Sherman and Ms. She believes Her studies – attack, only to be told he had to ited by Athena, who told her to for whom the temple was a gift. daughter for her death, chang - Lenny Golay, who lived in which included examining a sacrifice his youngest daughter. bury her daughters in a com - Connelly at first wondered ing into her funerary dress – Athens in the 1970s. Connelly “lost” play of Euripides that was Troubled, he asked his wife mon tomb and to create a sepa - why the woman on the frieze meaning that the cloth in the then acknowledged “Team literally peeled off an Egyptian Praxithea, who said not even the rate space for her husband on who was supposed to be the frieze was not Athena’s peplos. Parthenon,” the students and mummy 100 years ago – reveal royal family, can put its life the Acropolis. Athena then priestess did not possess a key Another clue in the play is colleagues who helped her for what the temple of Athena above the common good – an made Praxithea the priestess of to the temple, the universal at - that Athena told Praxithea not two decades, and her editor, meant to Ancient Athenians. extraordinary sentiment for an - the sacred precincts. tribute of priestesses. She then to offer her daughter libations George Andreou, who was also Connelly said that for cen - cient times. Connelly noted that visitors thought, “what if she is the first of wine, but of honey and river present. With a mother who has turies the frieze was seen as “a Praxithea ended up losing can see the Erectheum today on priestess, Praxithea?” Before the water. On the frieze are seen roots in Olympia and a father representation of 5th century her entire family, the king died the left and the Parthenon on temple was built, there was no men bearing water, and carrying of Trapezounta stock, Andreou Athenians in cavalcade march - in battle, and unbeknownst to the right, but she noted that in key for her to hold. trays – when Connelly examined feels compelled to say that it is ing in their annual city festival the queen, her two older daugh - Greek the latter word ends with That’s when she thought the casts of the frieze, she discov - his fascination with Connelly’s of Athena, set in the time of Per - ters vowed to follow their an omega, indicating genitive scene on the eastern frieze was ered texturing in the trays that ideas rather than his heritage icles, in the time the Parthenon youngest sister. plural: “Of the maidens.” It is a family portrait, depicting the looks like honeycomb. which drew him to the book. The Parthenon Was Built to Glorify Human Sacrifice, Research Shows

Continued from page 1 in his 2012 piece: “The Greeks Parthenon’s purpose is to depict nity to comment as well. He told Gave Us the Olympics; Let Then the Panathenaea, such as: why TNH that Connelly’s journal ar - Pericles who appealed to the Have Their Marbles.” Porter are there not commonly-identi - ticle caused a great deal of con - Athenians sense of glory, moti - writes that “it's hard to fathom fiable Panathenaic features troversy among academics who, vating them to erect a temple a logic that suggests that the ad - found on the Frieze? Why are particularly in the United States, befitting the greatness of vantages of this order of pillage male water-bearers shown, did not respond with strong sup - Athens. From a practical per - include saving the sculptures when only females carried wa - port. Though the argument spective, Pericles also made it from vandalism. That would jus - ter in the Procession? And why about the meaning of the Frieze evident that the eminently am - tify cutting a section of Botti - is the “kanephoron,” the maiden might have been trivial if it had bitious project would be a boon celli's Birth of Venus from its basketbearer, whose task it was been any other ancient work of to the economy – as it would frame to preserve it from any to lead the entire Procession, art, “the Parthenon has become create jobs for the multitudes. future vandals.” not shown at all? perhaps the most famous icon The Acropolis had been like Further establishing his case, LEST WE BE TOO HASTY… of western civilization, so the an ancient version of Ground Porter writes: “many works of Despite the fanfare Con - stories of its sculpture resonate Zero, writes James Romm of the art are acquired dubiously. But nelly’s book has received thus deeply, Townsend said. “I think Wall Street Journal, who re - the Parthenon marbles are dif - far, by prominent publications that Professor Connelly's thesis cently reviewed Connelly’s ferent because they were the such as the Times and the Post, is brilliant and may well be book. The Parthenon, then, be - height of man's achievement in no less, Romm takes a more right. But right or wrong, I am came like the Freedom Tower. the fifth century BC, and for skeptical view. He reminds that glad to see it back in the arena WHAT’S A “LOW-RELIEF” about 2,000 years after that. Connelly first published her the - of public debate, a practice the FRIEZE? They represent the core of ory in 1996, in a scholarly jour - Athenians themselves first es - Connelly’s theory centers Greek civilisation, and they are nal, but the idea was widely re - tablished some 2500 years ago, around the Parthenon’s frieze, the beating heart of modern jected by her peers. The right around the time the more specifically, a “low-relief Greek identity. And, as impor - Parthenon Enigma, then, Romm Parthenon was built,” he added. frieze,” which basically means a tant, the sculptures really rep - writes, is less an imminent ATHENIANS IN OUR IMAGE sculptured strip/band, often at resent half the building that was breakthrough than Connelly’s An old saying, in response to the top of the edifice in ques - constructed between 447BC and subsequent appeal: to take her “God made man in His image,” tion, which may be of varying 432BC to mark the defeat of the case to the general public. is: “man made God in his im - Persians by Athens.” That last Romm does point out, however, age.” The latter, a twist on the sentence, however, depicting that Connelly’s argument in the former, suggests that human be - the conventional beliefs about book is fuller than the version ings turn their gods into what - why the Parthenon was built, is in her 1996 article. ever they think they ought to what makes Connelly’s book, Nonetheless, Romm ques - be, based on their own human which argues something entirely tions why the Athenians would qualities: smart, strong, angry, different and controversial, so have based the Frieze, if not the jealous, vengeful, impulsive, compelling. entire Parthenon itself, on an ar - just, forgiving, etc. On that Scholars widely agreed that guably obscure play – its obscu - The article of clothing depicted in this portion of the Parthenon point, Alexander, Wills, and the Parthenon Frieze was a de - rity evidenced by its conspicu - Frieze, long believed to be not the sacred garment of Athena, Romm agree. All prominent in piction of the Panathenaic pro - ous absence from other but the funerary dress of a subject of human sacrifice. their fields (Alexander and cession, an essential component surviving Athenian antiquities. Romm are Classical Scholars, of the Panathenaea, which was Moreover, Romm wonders, why several books the field, was Koehl, however, discusses the Wills is Senior Editor of Archi - a festival in tribute to the God - would the Frieze depict the more pointed in her criticism of lack of closure about what the tect magazine), they emphasize dess Athena. But “the subject of dark-message of self-sacrifice The Parthenon Enigma. Con - Parthenon represents: the that the Parthenon symbolizes this matchless narrative,” writes when it was created during a nelly’s theory is “unproven and Frieze’s interpretation, he in - what we as a people want it to Caroline Alexander in a review period of euphoria in Athens: easily refutable,” Neils told formed TNH, “has long been a symbolize. “We honor the of The Parthenon Enigma for “the bright mid-morning of a TNH, and though this contrar - subject of scholarly debate.” Greeks because in their art, lit - the New York Times, “is a matter new golden age”? ian hypothesis may help book Dr. Rhys Townsend, Profes - erature, philosophy and civic of extraordinary significance for Dr. Barbara A. Barletta, Pro - sales, it “does little to advance sor of Art History at Clark Uni - history we discern the early stir - understanding the ancient peo - fessor of Classical Art and Ar - scholarship on the topic.” versity, welcomed the opportu - rings of our own ideals – ratio - ple we so admire.” And the rev - chaeology at the University of nalism, humanism, democracy Joan Breton Connelly’s explo - olutionary interpretation Con - Florida has yet to read Con - – which first took firm root in sive new book, the Parthenon nelly delivers is that the Frieze nelly’s new book, but is quite fa - Athenian soil,” Alexander Enigma, introduces a revolu - depicts a human sacrifice, one miliar with the her 1996 journal writes, “but this romantic self- tionary new theory about the based on the long-lost play article and was happy to share identification is deceiving.” purpose of why the Athenians Erechtheus, by Euripides, which her perspective on the latter “What we see in the building to - built the Parthenon: to glorify had been long-overlooked until with TNH: Connelly’s “theory re - day often reflects what we want human sacrifice. it was republished in 1967. quires that a young figure at the to see, not what the builders in - ERECHTHEUS center of the east frieze with but - tended,” Romm adds. That Con - degrees of relief – meaning Erectheus is about the title tocks exposed [the peplos depic - nelly contends that the Frieze depth – as compared to the figure, king of Athens, who must tion] be a female and this is not glorifies human sacrifice, Wills background plane. Most of the sacrifice his own daughter in or - at all clear,” she said, because concludes, will come as a sur - surviving Parthenon Frieze can der to save the city. The daugh - Athenian artists and sculptors prise to those who project their be found in the British Museum ter is the “crop-haired” child de - were careful not to depict female own preference for individual of London, and comprises in picted in the Frieze, Alexander subjects that way. If a figure with rights and reason over belief great part the Elgin Marbles – writes, an essential key to solv - a buttocks was drawn or onto the Ancient Greeks. which, via authorization by the ing the puzzle of what the frieze sculpted, chances were very high Koehl told TNH that the book Ottoman Empire – were taken as a whole represents. The im - that it was a male. Barletta also contains a “wealth of informa - from the Acropolis to England age of a child and a man hold - finds the role of Erechtheus’ tion” about the Parthenon’s his - by agents Earl Thomas Buce of ing a piece of cloth, writes Con - daughter of martyr/heroine dif - tory and construction, and is Elgin, between 1801 and 1812. nelly, is not the sacred dress of ficult to reconcile, because at the “sure to become a standard ref - The Ottoman permit given to Athena – the peplos – as Eric time the Frieze was created, erence in Parthenon studies.” the Earl was highly controversial Wills points out in a review of “women were seen more as Lastly, while Publishers and continues to be, as many her book for the Washington child-bearers than saviors from Weekly, which has been review - consider the removal of the Post, but rather the dress in military threats.” ing books continuously since Marbles outright thievery. The which Erectheus’ daughter is to A leading authority on the 1872, seems less conclusive assailment is not necessarily eth - be buried. Parthenon Frieze, Dr. Jenifer about the merits of Connelly’s nocentric or one-sided, as Henry Connelly’s discovery, Alexan - Neils, Professor of Art History The Parthenon’s neighbor is named after King Erectheus, whom thesis, and invites the reader to Porter of the respected British der writes, leads her to ask ques - and Classics at Case Western Re - Connelly spotlights. Tourists can see an olive tree symbolizing “savor” this “detailed, smart, newspaper The Guardian wrote tions challenging the serve University and author of the one Athena gifted to the people of Athens. and tantalizing study.” 10 U.S. NEWS THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 Manning up for the Big Game: Here’s our Prediction for Super Bowl 48

By Andy Dabilis and solutely dismal year while Pey - his team would have lost – Constantinos E. Scaros ton broke the all-time single sea - would have made him Ameri - son touchdown passing record, can’s football darling instead of As New Jersey prepares for throwing an unbelievable 55 its loathed loudmouth. what should be a freezing Super touchdowns, so I think the This game will disprove the Bowl 48, amid a lot of specula - “who’s the better Manning” de - much-loved football axiom that tion about the cold weather, fans bate has been settled once and a good defense beats a good of - are talking too about the for all. fense because there’s a more apt matchups of the toughest defense Druthers aside, what does boxing term: a good big man in the game, the Seattle my head tell me? Denver has will beat a good little man every Seahawks, trying to stop the gun the league’s top offense and time, and Manning is the big of the Denver Broncos QB Peyton Seattle the top defense, which man in this one, even if he’s not Manning’s record-breaking makes this a battle for the ages the best QB in Denver history: season of 55 TD passes. indeed. But a closer look reveals John Elway is. The National Herald’s that Denver’s forte, its passing When the Super Bowl annals Executive Editor Constantinos offense, might be overinflated are written, no one will remem - Scaros and Online Editor Andy because the Broncos have ber who Russell Wilson was be - Dabilis took a look at how the played against only a couple of cause he’s just a poseur com - teams sized up and both picked the top-rated defensive teams pared to Manning, even though the Broncos to come out on top. all year. this game shapes up to be one This one is no AGORA debate, Similarly, Seattle held teams that is not a big draw compared folks. The subject is football, and to an average of 14 points per to many of the others in its his - we’re both going with the game but did not exactly play tory. Broncos. We are pitting this game the NFL’s most explosive of - And while everyone’s talking on the arm of Manning, and we fenses. Essentially, then, both about Seattle’s Big D you have think he’ll come through, big teams’ identical and superb 13- to remember that if Denver took time. So, on Monday morning, if 3 regular season records were care of Tom Brady that it can we are right, a simple “good call” boosted by rather easy sched - handle a guy named Wilson, will do just fine. And if we’re ules. who’s not even in the same wrong, we are prepared for the That said, Seattle had im - league. This game will be won onslaught of comments about pressive scoring bursts even A second Super Bowl ring for Broncos QB Peyton Manning (R) would be the capstone to a on the arm – of Manning – not what lousy sports prognosticators against some good defenses, career year, in which he threw a record-breaking 55 TDs in the regular season to guide NFL's on the legs of Seattle’s Mar - we are. whereas Denver, which scored best offense. The Seahawks' star DB, Richard Sherman, won't be smiling during the game (as shawn Lynch or Wilson’s pass - an average of 37.9 points per he is here with Manning). The outspoken Stanford grad is all business on the field, leading his ing. Lynch is a strong, tough SCAROS SAYS BRONCOS game in the regular season, had team's top-rated defense. runner but he’s not Jim Brown, Super Bowl 48, between the games of only 29 and 12 against still the greatest football player Denver Broncos and Seattle Sea - some of the better defenses. 28-21. down on the marquee receiver. Boston Patriots (and still should ever. hawks, basically can go four dif - Seattle scored about 26 Theirs is not your run-of-the- Given all those factors, not be) I can add some perspective Manning had a Joe Namath ferent ways: Denver winning points per game, Denver al - mill high-octane offense. This is to mention experience (by con - to this one 47 years later. kind of year, except that he had big, Denver winning close, Seat - lowed about 24, and so if Seat - Peyton Manning’s career year – trast, Seahawks’ QB Russell Wil - First, the Seahawks’ brag - four more games to set the tle winning close, or Seattle tle musters 25 for the Super 55 touchdowns – and he just son, a fine player in his own gadocio defense back Richard record of 55 TDs passing, and winning big. Bowl, that is to be expected. The seems to be getting better and right, is in the Super Bowl for Sherman may be a Stanford what’s even more important is First, what I’d like to see hap - real disparity is with how many better. He has taken adlib play- the very first time), I pick the grad but he apparently didn’t that he didn’t throw an inter - pen: I want the Broncos to win points Denver is accustomed to calling to new levels of greatness, Broncos. Of course, given my study football history or he ception against the Patriots. because I want Peyton Man - scoring per game (nearly 38) and even the Seahawks’ fero - opening remarks, it could just would know what happened The two strengths – Seattle’s ning’s comeback to be complete. and how many Seattle gives up cious defense won’t be able to be wishful thinking. when Chiefs DB Fred “The Ham - defense and Denver’s offense – Besides, it always irritated me (just 14). stop him. Manning has had an A very good friend of mine, mer” Williamson promised to are even. But Denver’s defense that his brother, Eli – who al - The scenario seems tailor- outstanding season, and has who played high school football knock cold Green Bay receivers: is better than Seattle’s offense, though is probably more clutch made for Manning – known to shown real mettle in the playoffs and is a lifelong student of the it was Williamson who found an overlooked factor in all the than his big brother, doesn’t blow big games – to fall apart, this year, spreading the ball to game, likes to say: “offense sells himself prone on the field with building hype, and it will come even come close to possessing as Seattle laughs all the way to numerous targets. This is no tickets, defense wins champi - his lights out. And while no one down to who’s cooler under Peyton’s gifts as a field general the Lombardi Trophy. A 37-19 Manning to Marvin Harrison or onships.” This year’s Broncos are wishes injury on anyone, we pressure, Manning or Wilson, – has won two Super Bowls to final score, with the Seahawks to Reggie Wayne-type offense going to do both. could settle for Sherman being and Manning has just too much Peyton’s one. on top, seems very likely. But like in Indianapolis, where all the so embarrassed by Peyton Man - experience to be rattled in such Then again, Eli had an ab - I’m sayin’ otherwise: Broncos defense needed to do was clamp DABILIS SAYS BRONCOS, ning that he hangs his head in a big game. Plus, as he said: “I’m TOO the shame he deserves for being an AFC guy.” Me too, so this Being old enough to remem - a big-mouthed bad winner in one’s for the Boston Patriots and ber the very first Super Bowl, the game against the San Fran - the AFL. And if there’s any jus - when it seemed the Kansas City cisco 49’ers. tice, it will end with Manning Chiefs might actually hang Sherman may have tipped throwing a fadeaway winner THE HERALD SQUARE tough against the indomitable the end zone pass, but he didn’t over Sherman and then having Green Bay Packers before Bart intercept it and a word of praise enough class – like Jim Brown TNH's Crossword Challenge Starr found Max McGee, and for his teammate who did, Mal - – not to boast, but to walk away old enough to remember when colm Smith, and the rest of the a winner and like someone, the New Jersey Giants were the Seattle players – plus just a who, as Brown said, acts like New York Giants and the New touch of humility and recogni - he’s been there before, because 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 England Patriots were the tion that but for a tipped pass he has. Denver 24-21.

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The FDA said several years 65 Handbag U R A L N O N G E M House, but Taylor would not es - arately among the ingredients ago it would issue guidelines for 36 Big Red6 7Machine's Brand of ha iConceptionr remover timate when they might be re - and some are not. front of pack labeling, but later M A R C I A M A T M T A 39 ____- ki'etsi68 Geo mso-so,et. Term to ( aab bGreekrev.) leased. The FDA has been work - It may be difficult for the said it would hold off to see 69 Fit __a fiddle B A D D P A T E A A N ing on the issue for a decade, FDA to figure out how to calcu - whether the industry could cre - 70 Sister ______sang "We are Family" O L R R W R X he said. late added sugars, however. ate its own labels. S J E S S I C A L E A H There's evidence that more Food manufacturers are adding Tracy Fox, a Washington- DOWN people are reading the labels in naturally occurring sugars to based nutrition consultant, says R I C E D O N O I 1 Orioles' Owner recent years. their products so they can label clearer information is needed to 2 "______the proud" Marines motto (2 E T N F A L L O N S C According to an Agriculture them as natural — but the nu - balance the billions of dollars a words) X I H O M O K Department study released this trition content is no different. year that the food industry 3 Schl. near Harvard (abbrev.) G A R Y S S U G A R O month, a greater percentage of Other suggestions from spends on food marketing. 4 LBJ's Mrs. (two words) adults reported using the nutri - health advocates: "There's a lot of information A L S O P O L A I R 5 Home of TNH tion facts panel and other claims — Add the percentage of there, it's messy," she says. 6 12, to Caesar P O G A L A B E T T Y on food packages "always or whole wheat to the label. Many "There may be a way to call out 7 Christian apologist Lewis (init.) B O B B Y N A P E X E S most of the time" in 2009 and manufacturers will label prod - certain things and put them in 2010 compared with two years ucts "whole wheat" when there context."

THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 GREECE CYPRUS 11 Greece, Though Short on Funds, Vows to Help Earthquake-Hit Kefalonia

TNH Staff quake and no serious damage Local media reported several has been reported.” rock falls as well as damage to In the aftermath of a 5.9 Michelakis added that rock - the local airport's control tower. magnitude that hit the Ionian falls had damaged roads on the One of the injured inhabitants, island of Kefalonia – scene of a island, which suffered extensive Kleon Moros, said that many of devastating quake in 1953 that damage during an earthquake the local hospital's windows had killed hundreds – the Greek gov - in 1953. been damaged and, as a result, ernment said despite a crushing The quake was followed by patients needing X-rays had to economic crisis that 100,000 eu - aftershocks as powerful as mag - be moved to another building. ros ($136,500) was being dis - nitude 5.2, according to the In - In the first three hours fol - patched to help provide aid. stitute of Geodynamics in lowing the earthquake, there Some of the monies will also Athens. have been 12 aftershocks with go to the nearby island of Ithaca The temblor's epicenter was a magnitude over 3. The that was also hit, although both about 280 kilometers (175 strongest was 4.5. Costas Pa - suffered relatively minor dam - miles) west of Athens, near the pazahos, a seismology professor age and only a few injuries de - town of Lixouri on the island, at the same university, said the spite the strength of the earth - and its depth was 17 kilometers 5.8 was a preliminary reading. quake that rattled them. (11 miles), the Athens Geody - The quake, which struck at The Jan. 26 quake, whose namic Institute said. 3:55PM, was felt in several parts magnitude the Athens Geody - A local news website, kefalo - of Greece and as far away as namic Institute revised to 5.9 niapress.gr, reported some dam - Karditsa in the north. It has from the preliminary 5.8, was age on roads and buildings in been followed by a series of af - followed by dozens of after - the towns of Lixouri and Argos - tershocks measuring between shocks that continued through toli, the island's largest. There 3.5-4.4 Richter. the next day, forcing some 900 were some slight injuries from people to spend the night on a falls, and falling objects inside (Material from the Associated ferry boat in chilly weather. apartments. Press was used in this report) Buildings erected in the area since 1953 have been con - structed to strict anti-seismic specifications, and serious dam - age from the quake was limited. AP PHOTO/GiANNiS SOuliS Rockslides shut some roads and The collapsed wall of a house after an earthquake in Lixouri town on the island of Kefalonia. many homes and stores suffered cracks and broken windows. Authorities also sent rescue uled overnight stop, diverting ond largest town. Schools were shut for two vehicles and disaster response the government jet that was car - Interior Minister Yiannis days to allow engineers to in - units on standby to Kefalonia, rying him back from Brussels, Michelakis said building repairs spect school buildings to ensure as well as police reinforcements. where he held meetings under could not start until the after - they are safe, the government Prime Minister Antonis Greece's assumption this month shocks had subsided. said in a statement. Samaras late on Jan. 28 visited of the rotating European Union “We had some minor in - Two ferries with a combined to inspect relief efforts as thou - presidency. juries, with initial information capacity of nearly 4,000 passen - sands of residents stayed away The Jan. 26 magnitude 5.9 indicating that seven people gers were dispatched to provide from their homes amid contin - quake damaged roads, homes were wounded, mostly from housing for residents whose uing aftershocks. and public buildings, mostly falling masonry,” he said. “The homes were damaged. Samaras made an unsched - around Lixouri, the island's sec - buildings withstood the earth - Despite 1 Bil. Euro Surplus, EU Impatient with Greece

By Andy Dabilis Greece and the Troika are though it could get wider after good” but that “further efforts TNH Staff Writer months behind schedule amid Greece’s highest court is report - are needed,” while Spindelegger disagreements over cost-cutting edly set to rule that pay cuts to expressed concerns about struc - ATHENS – With the government measures and reforms. the military and emergency ser - tural reforms and a lagging pri - touting an estimated one billion “We call on Greece and the vices personnel as part of aus - vatization program. euro ($1.37 billion) primary Troika to do the utmost to con - terity measures the lenders de - Greek Finance Minister Yan - AP PHOTO/GiANNiS SOuliS surplus as a sign the economy clude the negotiations,” said manded were unconstitutional nis Stournaras said that further Elderly women gather inside a church as one sleeps after an will start to recover soon, the Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen and must be repaid, at a cost of rescue funding is unlikely to be earthquake in Lixouri town on the island of Kefalonia. country’s international lenders Dijsselbloem, who is chief of the more than 500 million euros approved before March as Eu - are still anxious over delayed re - 18-member Eurozone. There is ($682.86 million) and the salary ropean officials meeting in Brus - forms and a big hole in the 2014 “far too little” progress, he in - levels restored. sels pressed Athens to intensify budget. sisted. THE FULL-COURT PRESS its reform efforts. Much of the primary surplus For the past four years, He said he hoped a deal Anastasiades Says that – which doesn’t include interest Greece has been relying on could be reached with Troika of - on the country’s staggering Samaras promises emergency loans after years of ficials next month, paving the $430 billion debt, nor budgets structural reforms, fiscal mismanagement left it way for the release of aid in Recovery will be Sooner for state enterprises, cities and with a mountain of debt and March, and suggested that a pri - towns, some military costs and not more austerity, gaping budget deficit. In return, mary surplus for 2013 would social security – could also be but coalition partner successive governments have help plug a fiscal gap for 2014. TNH Staff businessmen to invest in Cyprus, eaten up by a court ruling that had to slash salaries and pen - “The matter has been solved in according to the Cyprus Mail. pay cuts to the military as part PASOK is skeptical. sions, raise taxes and sell off as - a way that cannot be disputed,” With his country locked in a Anastasiades said that during of austerity measures were un - sets to reduce debt and make he said. fiscal crisis and banks still under his meeting with Emir of Qatar constitutional and have to re - “I am sorry to say that the the economy competitive. PLUGGING THE HOLE capital control, Cypriot Presi - both sides reaffirmed their com - paid, estimated at more than review is not yet concluded and However, Greece is still Stournaras added that any dent Nicos Anastasiades said the mitment to further enhancing 500 million euros, about $685 further work is needed in struggling to emerge from a fiscal gap would be covered difficulties will be overcome and Cyprus-Qatar cooperation, at all million. Greece before the Troika can re - seven-year-old recession that with structural reforms, not fur - the economy will recover sooner levels, including economic co - The primary surplus, which turn to Athens,” he said. “We saw its Gross Domestic Product ther austerity measures. Troika than expected. operation. excludes interest payments, is call on Greece and Troika part - fall by almost a quarter. Unem - envoys have pressed govern - “Despite the difficulties “Attracting investments is the being closed watched because ners to do their utmost to con - ployment has risen steadily and ment officials to adopt a raft of which we are facing due to the Cyprus government’s top prior - twice-bailed out Greece is eligi - clude negotiations as soon pos - stands at about 27 percent. proposals aimed at removing ongoing economic recession, we ity,” he said as investments were ble for debt relief from the sible,” he added. As they headed into the barriers to competition. can achieve a miracle,” said the catalyst for economic Troika of the European Union- The Eurogroup of finance meeting in Brussels, ministers The proposals are set in a re - Anastasiades. He added that, growth, job creation and pros - International Monetary Fund- ministers, which Dijsselbloem from other Eurozone nations port by the Organization for “Cyprus had previously achieved perity. European Central Bank (EU- chairs, will not approve paying suggested their patience is wear - Economic Cooperation and De - the same goal in the past,” re - He said despite its economic IMF-ECB). out the next bailout loans unless ing thin as the latest negotia - velopment (OECD) and the gov - ferring to economic troubles in woes, Cyprus still retained its The latest surplus forecast there is a final agreement with tions with Greece keep dragging ernment is prepared to adopt 1974 when Turkey unlawfully competitive advantages. These compared with an estimate of the Troika, he warned, although on. 80 percent of them, it was re - invaded the island, still occupy - included its competitive corpo - at least 812 million euros in the that has often been the Troika’s “Greece must continue its ported after New Democracy’s ing the northern third. rate tax rate of 12.5 percent, budget presented in December. tactic only to always relent in successful trajectory, but further Prime Minister Antonis Sama - In a meeting in Doha with and an extensive network of The EU’s statistics agency Euro - the end, fearing instability in efforts are needed,” said Ger - ras, and PASOK chief Evangelos businessmen from Qatar and double taxation treaties, includ - stat will pronounce in April Greece would jeopardize the en - man Finance Minister Wolfgang Venizelos discussed the matter. Cyprus, he outlined the govern - ing one with Qatar itself. whether Greece achieved a pri - tire financial bloc. Schaeuble. “Greece must stay its But the newspaper ment’s efforts towards recovery Cypriot had been criticized mary surplus in 2013. Dijsselbloem spoke after a reform course.” Kathimerini said it was told by while trying to persuade possi - Greece must reach an agree - meeting in Brussels where the Austria’s Michael Spindeleg - unnamed sources close to De - ble investors that Cyprus is still ment with its international creditors briefed the officials on ger also acknowledged that velopment Minister Costis attractive for them. “Opportunities for Growth bailout creditors to get the next the outstanding issues with Greece had made significant Hatzidakis that there is resis - Anastasiades pointed to the exist in most economic installment of its 240 billion Greece, including what he progress, but added that Euro - tance to many reforms, particu - potential of energy reserves and sectors… shipping, euro ($328-billion) emergency called a fiscal gap in this year’s zone finance ministers are “in - larly among the ranks of PASOK. hydrocarbon deposits in the loan package in order to avoid budget and a lack of implemen - deed concerned regarding far- “Nothing has been resolved,” Cypriot Exclusive Economic tourism, large-scale default in May, when it has to tation of structural reforms. reaching reforms and the the source said. Zone (EEZ) which has drawn in - development projects, pay back bonds worth about 10 The Troika puts the hole in privatization program.” ternational attention for explo - billion euros. the 2014 budget at up to 2.4 Schaeuble noted that (Material from the Associated ration. education, health, and The negotiations between billion euros ($3.27 billion) al - Greece’s fiscal data “looked Press was used in this report) He didn’t say how he expects renewable energy.” to drag the economy back at the same time the government is before the crisis for offering de - imposing austerity measures positors easy terms and now is and confiscated 47.5 percent of under siege from others who Golden Dawn Spokesman Eyes Athens Mayor Run the monies in private bank ac - warned that the government, if counts over 100,000 euros the recovery fizzles, could again ($137,000) to make depositors seize money from private ac - TNH Staff scurity in 2009 when it garnered There haven’t been any polls “parody.” pay for the mistakes of banks counts. only 0.29 percent of the vote to that would show whether he Kasidiaris was released after who triggered the crisis. Anastasiades, however, dur - ATHENS - Although he – along gain 18 seats in Parliament in would be a serious or fringe can - being arrested although party The banks took more than ing his visit to Qatar, said there with other party leaders – was the 2012 elections when it got didate for the position now held leader Nikos Michaloliakos re - 4.5 billion euros ($6.13 billion) is opportunity in crisis and that arrested on charges of operating 6.97 percent of the vote, a figure by New York-born Giorgos mains in detention. in losses with big holdings in Cyprus was a safe bet for in - a criminal gang, the spokesman it doubled before the murder of Kaminis, who is an Indepen - They all deny any wrongdo - Greek bonds that were devalued vestors even though the banks for the Golden Dawn far-right an anti-fascist hip-hop artist, dent, and who was attacked by ing and said they are victims of 74 percent and in big loans to aren’t lending or letting compa - extremists, Ilias Kasidiaris, said Pavlos Fyssas, in September, a Golden Dawn member, Gior - a political witch hunt to blunt Greek businesses that went nies access their money. he will run for Mayor of Athens 2013 by a Party member saw its gos Germenis, after prohibiting their popularity although inves - belly-up in that country’s fiscal “Opportunities for growth next year. popularity plummet before a re - the Party from distributing food tigators said the extremists crisis. exist in most economic sectors, With the government vowing cent rebound. to Greeks only. Kaminis’ five- wanted to bring down the gov - The government, in return including shipping, tourism, to dismantle the Party, and with Golden Dawn ascended on year term expires next year but ernment. for a 10 billion euros ($13.67 large-scale development pro - 6 of its 18 Members of Parlia - the back of an anti-immigrant he hasn’t said whether he will Two opinion polls published billion) loan from the Troika of jects, education, health and re - ment – including Kasidiaris – platform and its opposition to run for re-election. in the newspapers Proto Thema the European Union-Interna - newable energy,” said Anastasi - facing charges, the party is still harsh austerity measures the UNDER A CLOUD and Ethnos showed the party tional Monetary Fund-European ades. Cyprus’ hydrocarbons running third in popularity government has imposed on the Germenis is among the six of would get 8.9 to 10.3 percent Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) has discovery created excellent polls. orders of international lenders, the party’s 18 MPs who were ar - of the vote, respectively, if elec - had to come up with revenues prospects for investments and If elected, he would use de - and also has a stated stance that rested on the charges of being tions were held now, ranking or cuts equivalent to 13 billion cooperation, he added. serted buildings in the capital, is anti-Semitic, anti-gay, anti- in a criminal gang and is being steadily in third place. euros ($17.72 billion) because Evaluating his visit to Qatar currently occupied by illegal im - Capitalist and has pushed for prosecuted for that charge. Ka - The same surveys by poll - the lenders said the debt would after its conclusion, Anastasi - migrants, to house homeless prosecutions for blasphemy. It sidiaris is also facing criminal sters Alco and Metron Analysis otherwise be unsustainable and ades described it as very “im - Greeks. Golden Dawn, which has been declared neo-Nazi by charges in another unrelated showed the anti-bailout leftist could not be repaid. portant and productive”, and wants all immigrants deported, critics. case and is famous for slapping opposition SYRIZA as the most Anastasiades – as he has a announced forthcoming visits to has also been accused of beating “I will be a candidate for Communist MP Liana Kanelli on popular single party, leading the number of times before without Cyprus by delegations from var - them, which it also denies de - mayor of Athens, even from a live TV show. conservatives in the ruling coali - coming through – promised yet ious investors, or even “on be - spite witness accounts. jail,” Kasidiaris said at a gather - Despite its extremist posi - tion by 0.7 to 1.2 percentage again that the capital controls half of the Emir himself,” The Golden Dawn is running ing of party supporters at a cen - tions, Golden Dawn has man - points. Parliamentary elections limiting depositors to taking out Mail reported. third in surveys that Prime Min - tral Athens hotel, according to aged to maintain a nuclear of are due in 2016. only 300 euros ($409) per day The imminent visits are “an ister Antonis Samaras’ New the Reuters news agency. He hard-core supporters although With Michaloliakos absent and put similarly strangling ceil - important element”, he said. “If Democracy Conservatives have hasn’t said how he would cam - its polling numbers show it from public view since his ar - ings on businesses would be we can be persuasive, we will slipped to second behind the paign as Golden Dawn routinely would be unlikely to win the rest, Kasidiaris has been carry - lifted in coming months. benefit.” major opposition Coalition of refuses to talk to reporters. mayor’s office although some ing the ball for Golden Dawn “The capital controls im - Foreign Minister Ioannis Ka - the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and The surly, defiant Kasidiaris, analysts have said the arrests of and overshadowed his party posed on the Cyprus banking soulides also waved the flag for with the Premier’s coalition who is out on bail, has been the party leaders could backfire and leader in recognition. system are to be completely Cyprus. “We did not come here partners, the PASOK Socialists, face as well as the voice of the build more support from people Some of the more than lifted in the near future, in the to ask for free funds. What we barely above the three percent extremists and after being ar - who feel aggrieved by austerity 10,000 pages of evidence, and coming months, and we are want is to ensure that investments threshold needed to win seats rested last year was shown and disenfranchised. videotapes, show Kasidiaris now witnessing increased in - by any party – whether state or in Parliament. pushing away a camera and Party officials have called the holding guns and firing at road flows from foreign residents,” private – will offer mutual benefit Golden Dawn rose from ob - shoving a reporter. government’s prosecution a signs. he said, appealing to Qatari to both sides,” he said. 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014

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We are not sure, though, that this is necessarily a positive devel - Climate Change: Does it Present a Crisis or Oppourtnity? opment. Usually, media focus shows interest. That they stopped cov - ering Greece might mean that international public opinion and for - eign officials are sick and tired of Greece. That, in turn, might be By Mariyana Spyropoulos and for species and habitats that ing policy development of urban changes could save up to 500 due to frustration over the fact the country’s progress, however im - are already facing other pres - areas is one of the first steps we lives a year, with 100,000 hos - proved, is slow. Whether or not one agrees sures. have to make; with climate pital admissions avoided. Swap - The same is true the with the book publishing industry. Even that climate change directly af - The memo went on to state change included in regional in - ping pedals for tailpipes is a though it has never produced that many books on Greece, one would fects our lives, there is no dis - that “managing these risks re - frastructure plans. Our planning small change that could pay expect that after many years of a deep and largely unprecedented puting that weather patterns quires deliberate preparation, processes must change and be - huge dividends by reducing economic crisis, journalists, economists, and political scientists would have changed in the last few close cooperation, and coordi - come proactive, not reactive. heart attacks, cancer and road rush to write books about Greece. Incredibly, that is not the case. years. According to the 2013 nated planning by the Federal We cannot view global warm - traffic crashes. Many cities Even when Greece is mentioned in a book, it is usually just a ca - United Nations climate report, Government. In addition, stake - ing in the abstract and think it across the United States are de - sual reference. For example, in his celebrated book titled Duty: Mem - scientists worldwide can now holders need to be involved to only affects distant ice caps. veloping plans to shift the focus oirs of a Secretary at War, all former Defense Secretary Robert Gates state with 95% certainty that facilitate Federal, State, local, News reports indicated that Lake from cars to alternative trans - writes about Greece is: "In what appeared to be a dress rehearsal for humans are causing most of to - tribal, private-sector, and non - Michigan, for example, had a portation. an attack on Iran, one hundred Israeli F -15 and F-16 fighters flew day’s climate issues. Many think profit-sector efforts to improve new record low water level in President Obama spoke from Israel into the eastern Mediterranean to Greece and returned.” that these changes are only climate preparedness and re - December 2013. The latest stud - about climate change at his in - That is the only thing a U.S. Secretary of Defense seems to re - causing polar ice caps to melt, silience; help safeguard our ies have shown that in the past auguration in 2009 and created member about Greece. That’s it. but there are serious long term But in The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their health consequences that can Secret World War, written by former New York Times correspondent occur as a result. These conse - Stephen Kinzer about Eisenhower’s Secretary of State and the Di - quences affect us and future rector of the CIA, there is a longer – and more interesting – reference: generations. "One of his favorite friends, Queen Frederica of Greece came to the As a result of these shifts and United States [in 1953] on a tour with her son, the future King Con - extremes in our environment, stantine II, and just as her trip was about to end, she announced scientists report that the popu - without explanation that she would stay for another week . She lation will experience more air came to Washington, discussed ‘spiritual values’ with President Eisen - pollution and water borne dis - hower in the Oval Office, and then visited Allen [Dulles]. eases. In addition, the shifts will “They had been alone in his office for nearly an hour when an compromise our water re - aide knocked. Hearing no response, he entered. He found the office sources and as a result our food empty but heard noises from the adjoining dressing room. Later, supply. News reports indicate Allen and the Queen emerged. As she was being driven back to the that last summer’s heat waves Greek Embassy, the Queen suggested one reason why Greek-Ameri - in Europe resulted in 70,000 can relations were so strong: ‘We just love that man [Dulles], she deaths in 11 days. Government said.” statistics indicate that in one month of temperatures over 100 degrees in Russia, 55,000 died, Disillusioned Dreamers? one million acres burned, and crop production dropped by economy, infrastructure, envi - 40 years ice covering of Lake a Climate Action plan in June 25%. The phenomenon of envi - ronment, and natural resources; Michigan has declined about 2013. Part of that plan is to A sense of pessimism about the course of the country is reflected ronmental refugees, only re - and provide for the continuity 71%. These lower water levels build resilience against climate in a significant percentage of the American people in recent years, cently looked as a result of cli - of executive department and and warmer temperatures may effects which includes a climate polls show. mate change, could rise as a agency (agency) operations, ser - increase the amount of mercury profile, vulnerability assess - Of course, this can be explained by the severe economic downturn result. vices, and programs.” in the food chain, not to mention ment, disease burden and mak - that spread out after the banking system nearly collapsed in 2008. Recently, the White House re - Further, the Journal of Na - their effect on the millions of ing projections for 50 years from Ironically, the problem that hurt the country to some extent – the col - leased a memo on how the ad - ture indicates that since 1979, people depending on Lake now. lapse of the housing industry – was rooted in home purchasers living ministration was preparing for 40% of the polar ice caps have Michigan for drinking water. There is no single fix to this above their means, but the drastic bubble burst caused consumers to the impact of climate change, melted. The Journal cites that What are some of the things problem. In addition, the recent curb their spending habits severely, to the point where they were building on plans started in Oc - future summers will be warmer we can do now to stop the ef - pattern of extreme cold temper - downright timid about buying homes, goods, and services. tober 2009. The memo states in than the warmest on record. fects of this phenomenon in our atures is another component But this pessimistic sentiment runs contrary to the spirit that has part, “the impacts of climate These weather changes will af - day to day lives. Government re - and its implications cannot be traditionally prevailed among the American people, who by nature change – including an increase fect many health conditions, in - ports indicate that three million solved with a narrow focus and are optimistic. They never let anything stand in their way. in prolonged periods of exces - cluding lung diseases. Rising people die each year due to lack of conversation. We must This is the essence of the American Dream: “the poor can become sively high temperatures, more temperatures will be felt most physical inactivity with an ad - look at climate change as a re - rich if they work hard, obey the law, and a have a bit of luck.” heavy downpours, an increase by city dwellers, and although ditional three million deaths an - ality and be the best stewards It is an extension of the logic of Pericles’ famous Funeral Oration in wildfires, more severe it might be a slow process, it nually due to urban air pollu - of our planet as possible, if not (as presented by Thucydides): "Being poor is not a bad thing – not droughts, permafrost thawing, does not mean that actions tion. As a result, the World for our sake, then for the sake trying to get out of poverty is.” That is the basis of the diversity and ocean acidification, and sea- shouldn’t be taken immediately. Health Organization recently of future generations. exceptionalism on which America was built. level rise – are already affecting As high-intensity rainstorms suggested reducing car use by But now, what seems to be contributing to the impression of the communities, natural resources, and heat events increase in fre - taking all round trips of five Mariyana Spyropoulos is an at - weakening of the American Dream is that the gap between the rich ecosystems, economies, and quency, the question must be miles or less with alternative torney based in Chicago, IL as and the poor has reached unprecedented levels. You have to go back public health across the United asked what have we have done modes of transport, if possible. well as an elected Commis - to the 1920s to find such great economic differences. If the president States. These impacts are often to address these events. Further, For example, if only half of short sioner at the Metropolitan of a company makes 50 times more than a janitor who works in the most significant for communi - an assessment of where resi - trips could be accomplished by Water Reclamation District of building, that is to be expected. But 5000 times more? That is simply ties that already face economic dents are most vulnerable is bike that would reduce auto Greater Chicago. @m_Spy - outrageous. or health-related challenges, necessary. This is why reassess - emissions by 20%. These ropoulos What the study also discovered is the importance of the family into which a child is born, which they call the “lottery of birth.” The more affluent the family, the greater the chances of the child’s future economic success. Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris How do these findings relate to our situation as immigrants or children of immigrants? It seems to us that we are a special case, because while immigrant Special Limited Time Offer formation. the role of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation families possessed below-average wealth in the countries they came and its substantial donations to the people from and did not have the qualifications demanded by advanced This Friday, January 31, the opportunity A Distorted Record in Greece of need, that would be another economies, like that of the United States, they possessed qualities The National Herald is offering to its readers story – and one more accurately reflecting that made those shortcomings secondary, and which gave their chil - to renew their subscription for two (2) The otherwise great newspaper, Amer - “the record.” dren the impetus to succeed financially in life. For example, immigrant years, with a discount of up to 50% off the ica’s “paper of record,” the New York Times, The positive thing about the article is families are typically close-knit, hard-working, forward-looking, prin - regular price, was scheduled to end. published in its January 25 edition one of that it highlights the efforts of a group of cipled, ambitious, and not involved in criminal activities. They in - This is an annual offer that thousands of the most superficial articles I have ever read. ladies from the Philoptochos of the Church stilled these values into their children. subscribers – of both our print publications, It was titled “Greek Orthodox Rally Support of the Holy Cross Brooklyn, which, along These values more than compensated for any weaknesses. Greek and English – have been quick to take for Troubled Home.” with other community organizations – such Moreover, immigrants have another advantage that many of their advantage of for various reasons, such as: The article was written by... the Times’ as the Hellenic Relief, for instance – have American-born counterparts lack: because they made the tremendous 1) they gain substantial savings over the religious editor, under the label “On Reli - strived to exemplify honor of the commu - sacrifice of leaving behind their homeland to seek the dream of a regular price; and 2) they avoid possible gion.” nity on this major issue. Specifically, the better life, they are less likely to squander the amazing opportunities future price increases. Thus, one can imagine where and by Times noted the work of women like Valerie that their newfound home – the United States of America, has to The National Herald has maintained – whom he was guided. Markou, Stella Panagakos, Eleni Psaras, and offer. Rare is the instance when persons do not miss the place where with difficulty, we must say – the same price That is why the unsuspecting writer pre - published a photo Psaras of doing some - they were born and raised – and that, to a great extent, also makes since October 2008, but how long can that sented Archbishop Demetrios as a tireless thing quite admirable: delivering food to it unlikely they would take for granted the new land in which they continue? We want to provide you, our loyal worker for the relief of the suffering of the the needy in Athens. settle – particularly one historically known as “then land of opportu - readers, this special opportunity to lock in Greek people. It is not as if the Greek-American com - nity.” the existing rates now, before they go up. The National Herald is clearly more fa - munity has done nothing to help its fellow It is not a coincidence, then, that the bankrupt city of Detroit is Because this year a number of sub - miliar with the realities of our Archdiocese brothers and sisters in the homeland. To inviting 50,000 immigrants to help rebuild it. The “Motor City,” fa - scribers asked us to keep the renewal time than is the New York Times, which produced the contrary, some of the aforementioned mous for being the center of the American automobile industry period open a bit longer, we decided to ex - that superficial and exaggerated article. individuals and groups – along with others which, for a century has been one of the pillars of the American tend this renewal offer for the two-year sub - But if the people in the Archdiocese – have responded to the Greek crisis quite economy, found itself in a heap of trouble amid the Great Recession. scription at the special rate until Friday, Feb - caused it to be published out of a guilty admirably. Any implication, however, that But the American car market is doing better now than it has done in ruary 14. conscience, then at least that is a good the Greek Orthodox Church in America has decades. So, rush to take advantage of it! thing. I doubt it, though, given the erro - been the exclusive, or even the predomi - The American Dream, then, is alive and well, for those who dare As always, we are available 718-784- neous information that was printed. nant, catalyst behind the financial relief is to realize it. 5255 with clarifications and additional in - Of course, had the newspaper praised simply not true. THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014 VIEWPOINTS 13 The Milgram Experiment The Obama Report Card: Another Year, Another C Plus and Misuse of Authority I’ve given Barack Obama a (i.e., the Affordable Iran and Syria can - Obama did not generate a posi - grade in this column for each of Care Act – ACA) is not be fully evalu - tive one in 2013. the first four years of his presi - a failure – not by ated just yet, any - For those reasons, a rather Books don’t make they’ve done the dency: 2009, B Minus; 2010, B any means. But I way. solid foreign policy (that re - people, people make right thing because Minus; 2011, C Plus, and 2012, don’t think it’s a Like Oba - mains his forte) earns Obama a books. This saying they’ve agreed with C Plus, for an overall C Plus first success, either. You macare, they, too, B, the improving economy gains never rang truer, al - the authority figure term. Now, in the first year of see, ACA has just are merely topics of a B Minus, Obamacare a dismal though it can be eas - (the priest, for ex - his second term, I give him yet been implemented. speculation at the D Plus, and his leadership a ily forgotten by the ample)? At what another C Plus – his third in a Like it or not, we moment. Nonethe - barely-above average C Plus. false pride and psy - point, then, does row. really won’t know less, people overall Put together, that amounts to a chological illusions the alarm bell For all the Obama-bashers whether or not it are not particularly low C Plus overall. of superiority af - sound alerting one’s who continue to insist that he was worth enacting happy with the To put it another way, Barack forded by offices, ti - conscience that they deserves an “F,” to me an F for, say, another 20 by CONSTANTINOS E. president’s lack of Obama’s presidency is very tles, and the ever- are not serving the should go only to someone who years. That’s how it SCAROS strong leadership, much like the state of Florida. changing balances of Hellenic Orthodox intentionally tried to destroy the works in the presi - particularly on When I think of the Sunshine power that exist by Christopher ideals, but Cae - country. For example, who sold dential history biz. Special to Obamacare. State, it is sunshine that I think within the group dy - TRIPOULAS saropapism in - our nuclear secrets to Al Qaeda, My problem The National Herald His retort re - of, indeed. And palm trees, and namic. And most Special to stead? set fire to the White House, tried with Obamacare, garding the website beautiful beaches. Other people certainly, if people The National Herald Of course, this to blow up Mount Rushmore, or then, is the perception. The lack snafu, that the government is think of oppressive humidity are making books, example is not lim - proposed to make Osama bin of public confidence overall in not particularly good at such and hurricanes. In reality, then they are also the ones mak - ited to the clergy, although it Laden’s birthday a national hol - it thus far. The website glitch. things, is only a smidgen less Florida is neither a constant ing the schools. And therein the should be noted that because the iday. In other words, neither The Democrats in Congress damaging than Jimmy Carter’s haven of sunshine nor an end - tragic irony of life makes one of clergy plays a prominent role in Obama nor any of his predeces - running for cover to avoid being malaise speech. less hurricane magnet. It is the its many center stage appear - the Greek Community their mis - sors deserves a grade of F. That linked to it (even though they By the way, Carter never ac - number one state in the nation ances. In the Greek-American use of power or overstepping of said, let us turn to Obama in are the ones who wrote it!). tually used the word “malaise” with a typical weather forecast Community alone, we have wit - boundaries has a force multiplier 2013. If we take Obamacare off Obama’s woeful inability to in that speech, just as Cary of: Partly Cloudy. nessed the phenomenon of so- effect, resulting in greater dam - the table, the president had a lead. His bully pulpit is some - Grant never said “Judy, Judy, Similarly, Obama’s presi - called “uneducated” people build - age. rather good year. times more like silly putty. Judy” in any movie. Quite often, dency, thus far, has been partly ing schools, which subsequently Yale University’s Stanley Mil - Unemployment enjoyed a To be fair, his positions on perception is everything, and cloudy, too. end up getting shut down by their gram is famous for an experi - slow and steady decrease all “educated” successors. This phe - ment bearing his name in which year long, and the stock market nomenon is also observable in he investigated obedience to au - hit a series of record highs. In Greece, where previous genera - thority figures. His series of ex - foreign affairs, we have contin - tions who lacked the resources or periments measured the willing - ued our aggressive stance years of schooling that the current ness of study participants to obey against terror – I applauded it generation possesses managed to an authority figure who in - under Bush, and I applaud it un - speak and write better Greek, structed them to perform acts der Obama – with arguably even readily exhibiting their literary conflicting with their personal better results nowadays, though and poetic talents despite their conscience. The experiment in - with not as much swagger and lack of formal education. The volved three individuals: the Ex - bravado (regretfully, I think) as memoirs of General Makryiannis perimenter (an authoritative during the Bush years. (I think serve as a prime example, con - role), the Teacher (a role in - a little American exceptionalism sidering this unschooled Greek tended to obey the orders of the chest-bumping every now and revolutionary war hero taught Experimenter), and the Learner then is good for the soul.) himself how to read and write (the recipient of stimulus from Illegal immigration – an issue and ended up producing one of the Teacher). The "teacher" was always at or near the top for me the most seminal literary works given a list of word pairs which – continues to fall. Even though in modern Greek history. he was to teach the learner. The much of that remains attribut - And so, it is not just the learner would press a button to able to a slow economy, there amount of the schooling or quan - indicate his response. If the an - continue to be comparatively titative knowledge that deter - swer was incorrect, the teacher fewer illegal crossings even as mines one’s “per capita cultiva - would administer a shock to the financial indicators look more tion,” but their spirit and ethos. learner at the instruction of the promising. How was it that poor Greek im - experimenter, with the voltage Yes, indeed, it would have migrants were able to raise our increasing in 15-voltincrements been a very good year for parishes and schools out of noth - for each wrong answer. The sub - Obama were it not for that al - ing with only a rudimentary jects believed that for each batross around his neck: Oba - In 2013, and, more broadly, in five years as president thus far, Barack Obama has been neither knowledge of the workings of wrong answer, the learner was macare. spectacular nor horrible. At this rate, he will not be rated the best president ever or the worst the American system, while sub - receiving actual shocks. In reality, Oh, I don’t think Obamacare – he’ll probably wind up somewhere right in the middle. A "partly cloudy" presidency. sequent generations have strug - there were no shocks, only an gled to rival these achievements actor pretending to be shocked. or even failed miserably to main - Milgram summarized the ex - tain that which was passed on periment in his 1974 article, "The LETTER FROM ATHENS to them? Perils of Obedience", writing: All it takes is participation in “The legal and philosophic as - one dysfunctional committee to pects of obedience are of enor - make one realize that the dan - mous importance, but they say The Consequences of a Golden Dawn Mayor of Athens gers in dealing with “unedu - very little about how most people cated” and self-styled “educated” behave in concrete situations. I people is that the latter can com - set up a simple experiment at Yale The best political job in Dawn MPs who are as Michaloliakos spite witness accounts. mit follies of equal magnitude, University to test how much pain world has to be President of charged with run - had a seat on the Golden Dawn is running with the sole difference being an ordinary citizen would inflict France, a real babe magnet, be - ning a criminal gang City Council third in surveys that show Prime that they do so using bigger on another person simply because cause it led super model Carla although it’s going where one of his Minister Antonis Samaras’ New words or speaking for longer pe - he was ordered to by an experi - Bruni to cozy up to Nicolas to be hard to con - first orders of the Democracy Conservatives have riods of time – which is probably mental scientist. Stark authority “Pepe Le Pew” Sarkozy and a vince anyone these day was to snap slipped to second behind the worse, come to think of it. was pitted against the subjects' less-classier version, Julie Gayet, guys could run a hot into a Heil Hitler major opposition Coalition of And since the annual celebra - [participants'] strongest moral im - to pair up with his successor dog stand. salute faster than the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and tion of Greek Letters is at hand, peratives against hurting others, Francois Hollande, a sallow- The party’s the Nazi played by with the Premier’s coalition let’s examine a (fictional?) sce - and, with the subjects' [partici - looking frog-eyed little inverte - spokesman Ilias Ka - Kenneth Mars in partners, the PASOK Socialists, nario involving the establishment pants'] ears ringing with the brate who’d have to pay some - sidiaris, also an MP The Producers barely above the three percent of a charter school (since it does - screams of the victims, authority one like her a thousand bucks and arrested in the who wrote a play threshold needed to win seats n’t look like any new parochial won more often than not. The ex - for the night otherwise. Samaras Sweep of by ANDY idolizing Hitler. in Parliament. schools will be founded anytime treme willingness of adults to go One of the worst has to be Golden Dawn, is DABILIS But it must be Golden Dawn rose from ob - soon). Precisely who is responsi - to almost any lengths on the com - Mayor of Athens, because you throwing his hat a reflex motion scurity in 2009 when it garnered ble for the selection of the found - mand of an authority constitutes preside over a city and really into the ring for the Special to like Dr. only 0.29 percent of the vote to ing group and board members? the chief finding of the study and have relatively little power, are job next year and it The National Herald Strangelove, Peter gain 18 seats in Parliament in Will they come together sponta - the fact most urgently demanding overshadowed constantly by a must be a convert - Sellers character in the 2012 elections when it got neously, or after careful discus - explanation. Ordinary people, Prime Minister who’s just blocks ible fedora given the size of his the black comedy of the same 6.97 percent of the vote, a figure sion within the Community, or simply doing their jobs, and with - down the street from the City head and the peanut-sized brain name, which is what Athens it doubled before the murder of will they be selected by some out any particular hostility on Hall, have to deal with public inside it. would be if Kasidiaris, as un - an anti-fascist hip-hop artist, (qualified?) authority figure? their part, can become agents in workers who wouldn’t move if For those who don’t know or likely as it seems, ever becomes Pavlos Fyssas, in September, And if the last scenario plays out, a terrible destructive process. they had dynamite in their un - remember, Kasidiaris is the surly its mayor. What an illustrious 2013 by a party member and will this figure exhibit the pru - Moreover, even when the destruc - derwear, and are a target for nut little thug who slapped Liana day that would be for the city saw its popularity plummet be - dence to choose fairly, or will he tive effects of their work become jobs with imagined grievances. Kanelli, a rather smart law - that withstood Persians and real fore a recent rebound. or she favor friends, promise jobs patently clear, and they are asked On top of that, you oversee maker from the KKE Commu - Nazis only to fall to a cartoon Golden Dawn ascended on to people before even accom - to carry out actions incompatible a cement gray city that looks nists – who have so few of them. caricature. the back of an anti-immigrant plishing the proposed mission, with fundamental standards of filthy in the brightest summer That was on a live TV show If elected – and if not con - platform and opposition to leverage his or her authority and morality, relatively few people sunlight, has little public art where she was making him look victed and jailed – Kasidiaris harsh austerity measures the any management of facilities that have the resources needed to re - even though Ancient Greece cre - like Howdy Doody when he said he would use deserted government has imposed on the may accompany their office to sist authority.” ated that idea of urban aesthet - talked so he resorted to what buildings in the capital, cur - orders of international lenders. curry political or other types of Greek education, in particu - ics, even less green space, and bullies do, even against women, rently occupied by illegal immi - It also has a stance that is anti- favor? lar, does not have the luxury of the mayor has almost no say on and then ran away and hid for grants, to house homeless Semitic, anti-gay, anti-Capitalist If members are removed from sustaining the whimsies of ex - anything. a couple of days so he couldn’t Greeks. Golden Dawn, which – if you add womanizer you a committee for expressing dis - perimenters. There needs to be The prime minister decides be arrested. There’s mayoral wants all immigrants deported, could get elected in France on senting views or questioning prac - serious dialogue across the hier - what will happen on almost timber for you right there. has also been accused of beating that platform - and has pushed tices of self-styled authority fig - archical structure and between anything that matters and the There’s some precedent here them, which it also denies de - for prosecutions for blasphemy. ures (or just thinking critically), Community institutions if we are mayor has to deal with a City But let’s wait until his an - will the other committee mem - ever to rival the accomplish - Council that’s so obscure if you nouncement speech, which bers defend their fellow members’ ments of our “uneducated” fore - gave any Greek on the street won’t be passed out to reporters rights and use their education and fathers and establish schools, one million guesses to name one because the party’s anti- schooling to try and safeguard the rather than close them down as of them they couldn’t. spokesman doesn’t speak to re - democratic process, or will they paradigms of semi-education. Which brings up the question porters, probably because he opt for the false psychological se - of why anyone would want the has trouble getting through a curity of groupthink, fooling Follow me on Twitter job, including the current office single sentence coherently with - themselves into believing that @CTripoulas holder, Giorgos Kaminis, who out spitting the bile of hate on was born in New York and since his black shirt. taking office five years ago has What’s scary is that polls been assaulted by workers angry show 10 percent of Greeks be - GUEST EDITORIALS over pay cuts and barely missed lieve in people like this Profile The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of taking a shot from Giorgos Ger - in Cowardice and his gang that views for publication. They should include the writer’s name, address, menis, a lawmaker of the super- goes around beating immi - and telephone number, and be addressed to the Editor, The National duper-ultra-far-right (some even grants, but only if the odds are say neo-Nazi) extra-extremist 30-1 because otherwise they’d Herald, 37-10 30th St., long island City, Ny 11101. They may also Golden Dawn Party, who report - turn and run faster than the be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right edly had a gun. President of France galloping af - to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or Germenis has since been ar - ter a young model or starlet otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. Due to considerations of rested, along with party chief AP PHOTO with stars in her eyes. space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. Nikos “Little Adolf” Michaloli - Ilias Kasidiaris Golden Dawn’s spokesman and Ourania akos and four other Golden Michaloliakos, wife of imprisoned leader Nikos Michaloliakos. [email protected] 14 THE NATIONAL HERALD, FEBRUARY 1-7, 2014

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