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. 16, ISSUE 787 November 10-16 , 2012 $1.50 Obama Wins the Big Prize Again, but Faces Bigger Challenges Community Leaders Comment On Hurricane Elections Sandy Hits By Constantine S. Sirigos Brooklyn, TNH Staff Writer NEW YORK – After a bitterly- contested and expensive cam - Sta. Island paign that revealed deep fis - sures in American society and left a wake parting those ex - By Constantine S. Sirigos pressing hope from others anx - TNH Staff Writer ious about the nation’s future, Barack Obama has been re - NEW YORK – If the Bible makes elected president of the United a point that there are good States. Samaritans, there must have The electoral college totals also been bad Samaritans. In give Obama a clear victory: 303 Hurricane Sandy’s wake, one to 206 – not including Florida, encounters both kinds. Not only whose still-too-close-to call re - are there many volunteers help - sults a day after polls closed ing people cope with the devas - make that state a mere footnote tation, there are reports of loot - 12 years after its starring role ing by people presenting in the 2000 elections. themselves as relief workers and The new political show in utility employees in places like Washington, which includes the Rockaways and the Seagate many fresh faces – including a community near Coney Island. record 20 women in the Senate Unfortunately, they are part – but the same old partisan di - of the story, but Sandy has also visions, with Republicans pre - brought out the best in people, serving their majority in the individuals, and groups who House and Democrats retaining have set aside their own trou - control of the Senate, did not bles to really step up and help open to rave reviews on Wall those in greater need, especially Street: The Dow Jones Indus - where government was trial average plunged 300 stretched too thin or has points, or two percent, on dropped the ball. Wednesday. The district of New York AP PHOTO Citizens, financial markets, State Assemblywoman Nicole A protester shouts anti-government slogans during a demonstra - narrowly passed a crucial austerity bill by majority vote, but with and the international commu - Malliotakis includes Staten Is - tion outside the parliament in Athens. Greek lawmakers have heavy dissent from within the three-party governing coalition. nity can only hope that divisions land. She told TNH she and can be bridged so that the other local elected officials United States can avoid a loom - struggled to get the attention ing fiscal cliff, amid fears that of city, state, and national offi - Amid Protests, Greece Approves More Austerity the wrong path away from cials to alert them to devastating precipice will drive the country effects of the storm there, into recession. “They were acting as if every - By Andy Dabilis tional lenders. minent threat as the Democratic pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed Greek- and Cypriot-Ameri - thing was okay and they were TNH Staff Writer The package was approved Left, which abstained from the pensions for 2013-14 and the cans hope Obama’s reelection preparing for the NYC by a 153-128 margin, with 18 vote, insists it will continue as a Parliament will vote on Nov. 11 bodes well for the United States Marathon” she told TNH. “It ATHENS – With scores of thou - lawmakers voting present and coalition member although it no on an overall budget plan for as well as for struggling Greece wasn’t until we stated making sands of protesters standing out - one absent. Samaras summarily longer supports the Prime Min - 2013. and Cyprus, but the Community noise that we got the attention side in the rain screaming resis - ejected from his New Democ - ister’s stance. The vote came after a two- will battle for its vital issues Staten Island deserved and we tance, the Greek Parliament – racy Conservative party one of Six of PASOK’s 33 members day general strike called by the lacking a champion of Greek de - got the American Red Cross and by a narrow three-vote majority his members who defied him voted either present or no and country’s two largest labor scent in the Senate for the first FEMA here and real assistance – approved a $17.45 billion and voted against the plan, and were tossed out of the party mo - unions that halted much public time since 1976. by Wednesday. spending cut and tax hike plan defections from his coalition ments later by its leader, Evan - transportation, left schools, Olympia Snowe of Maine re - Two days after the storm, she that Prime Minister Antonis partners, the PASOK Socialists gelos Venizelos. Later, another banks and government offices tires on December 31 and al - was out with one of the local Samaras said was needed to un - and Democratic Left, made the PASOK deputy quit the party shut, and rubbish piled up on though the possibility that phil - lock a long-delayed $38.8 bil - vote close. voluntarily. The austerity pack - Continued on page 3 lion installment from interna - The government is not in im - age will impose a new wave of Continued on page 9 Continued on page 5 The Athens Dialogues at Harvard University EU’s Bailout of Cyprus Is a BOSTON, MA – The Onassis Tricky Problem for Merkel Public Benefit Foundation brought its Athens Dialogues, which were initiated and estab - By Markus Dettmer and diplomas and signposts in Cyril - lished some three years ago, to Christian Reiermann lic writing. The mayor of Limas - Boston’s Harvard University in Spiegel sol himself speaks fluent Russ - an all-day academic conference ian and studied in Moscow with the theme: “Science, Tech - Last Friday, the sun was shin - during the Soviet era. nology, and Ethics, Ancient Per - ing in this paradise for Russians. There's one drawback, how - spectives and Modern Chal - The sky was a deep blue and ever: all the yachts, however lenges.” the palms along the beach luxurious they may be, are Prominent academicians promenade swayed in a light moored in the rather dreary old from many disciplines and some breeze as the the temperature port. But relief is in sight. The 150 guests attended the confer - climbed to 29 degrees Celsius new Limassol Marina will be fin - ence on Saturday November 3 (84 degrees Fahrenheit) before ished soon, and if you you put at Harvard’s Science Center. noon. No doubt Limassol of - your name down soon for one The core theme of the con - fered a welcome relief from the of the 650 available berths, you ference was that technology is cold and wet autumn weather can get a special rate: €150,000 sometimes viewed as a force of Moscow. Russians appreciate per year, depending on the size that diminishes the creative pos - this spot on the southern coast of your boat. sibilities of Human life at the of Cyprus. There's something else that same time as it enhances mate - The boutiques sell sable coats is probably a greater cause for rial prosperity. The conference even in summer, the restaurants concern for the Russians of Li - explored an alternative view serve salted herring and vodka, massol, though. They are at risk that takes its inspiration from apartments near the pier cost of losing their paradise because the ancient Greek conception of upwards of €300,000 Cyprus is virtually bankrupt. tekhne as a form of knowledge ($383,000) and there's no short - The island's economy has been that embraces art, craft, and sci - age of luxurious villas priced at dragged down by the recession ence. The conference also ex - millions of euros. ravaging Greece, with which it plored ways in which an appre - The city park has a bust of has close business ties. In addi - ciation of technology as tekhne Russian poet Alexander tion, Cypriot banks bought bil - can help to bridge perceived Pushkin, there's a Russian radio lions of euros in Greek govern - gaps between the sciences (pure Onassis Foundation Presents Athens Dialogues at Harvard Ambassador Loucas Tsilas, Executive station, Russian newspapers, a ment bonds that are practically and applied), the arts, and the Director of the Onassis Foundation (USA), Professor Constantinos Daskalakis of MIT, and Pro - Russian Orthodox church, pri - humanities. fessor George Babiniotis. vate schools offering Russian Continued on page 9 The Conference started with the talk of Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard on the topic “Anthro - pological approach to civic and Pamela Paziotopoulos Battles Domestic Violence Dukakis Talks civic consciousness – future per - spectives.” Herzfeld, who speaks Greek By Christine Kraly office prosecuting domestic vio - own: Paziotopoulos faced Stage their hands. 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