Our golden modern Greeks!

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouts_of_Greece

Athanasios Lefkaditis/Scouts of Greece

Scouts of Greece or Soma Hellinon Proskopon is the national Scouting association of Greece. Scouting in Greece started in 1910 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922. The association has 17,685 members (as of 2008).The majority of members belong to the Christian Orthodox Church. However, boys and girls of all religions and ethnic groups, residents of Greece, are welcome to become members.

During the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, Athanasios Lefkaditis, a young physical education teacher, observed with interest the British Scouts' service and activities at the Games. He met with Robert Baden-Powell and shortly after, introduced Scouting in Greece in 1910. Ever since, Scouts of Greece have been active in social welfare and relief activities during natural disasters such as great fires and earthquakes.


The Scout Motto is "eso etoimos",meaning "Be Prepared" in Greek.

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A Greek among the Academy Awards winners, Best Documentary Feature

The Cove


Louie Psihoyos


Early life

Psihoyos was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1957, the son of Greek immigrant who fled communist occupation of the Peloponnesos region near Sparta after World War II. Psihoyos took an interest in photography at the age of fourteen. He attended the University of Missouri, majoring in photojournalism. In 1980, at the age of twenty-three, Psihoyos was hired by National Geographic and remained with the magazine for seventeen years. During this time he married and had two children. Psihoyos received multiple awards for his photography, including first place in the World Press Contest and the Hearst Award. In addition, he has worked with magazines such as Smithsonian, Discover, GEO, Time, Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Rock and Ice.[1]

Psihoyos wrote and photographed the book Hunting Dinosaurs with friend and collaborator John Knoebber. It was published in 1994.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Psihoyos
www.psihoyos.com/

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Greek Academicians in Chicago:

Konstantinos Arfanakis - Illinois Institute of Technology
Biomedical Engineering Faculty


Pantelis N. Vassilakis Ph.D. - Music professor
DePaul University, School of Music
www.acousticslab.com


Emanuel James Betinis-Mathematical Consultion Service
Mathematical Physicist, Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Science
Manufacturer of Photo-analytic Computer (FOTOCOM)

CONSTANTINIDES, GEORGE M., Professor of Finance
Lee Melamed Graduate School of Business University of Chicago
gsbwww.uchicago.edu/fac/george.constantinides/

ECONOMOU, THANASIS, Senior Scientist
Lab for Astrophysics & Space Research, The Enrico Fermi Institute University of Chicago


GALATSANOS, NICKOLAS P., Associate Professor / GALATSANOS NIKOLAS P.,
ECE Dept. Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago


GEORGANOPOULOU, DIMITRA Research Associate
Northwestern University Dept. of Chemistry

GIANNAKIDOU, ANASTASIA Assistant Professor
Dept. of Linguistics University of Chicago

KAPSALIS, TOM H., Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Painting and Drawing School of the Art Institute of Chicago

KATSAGGELOS, AGGELOS K., Professor, Ameritech Chair
McCormick School Of Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northwestern University

KOURVETARIS, GEORGE A., Professor
Dept. Of Sociology Northern Illinois University

George Koutsogiannakis - Illinois Institute of TechnologyComputer Science Faculty

KYRITSIS, DIMITRIOS C. Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


LEONIDOPOULOS, CHRISTOS Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Dept. of physics Columbia University


MALLIARIS, TASSOS G. Professor
Dept. of Economics Loyola University, Chicago

MEGARIDIS, CONSTANTINE M., Professor, Lab Director
Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois, Chicago

Dimitrios/Demetrios J. Moschandreas - Illinois Institute of TechnologyChemical Engineering Faculty

MOSKOS, CHARLES Professor
Dept. of Sociology Northwestern University


MYRIANTHOPOULOS, LEON Assistant Professor Medical Physicist
Div. of Biological Science, Dept. of Radiation and Cellular Oncology University of Chicago

GEORGE P. NASSOS ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Director - Environmental Management Program


PAPPAS, GEORGE D. Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry & Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

TAKOUDIS, CHRISTOS G., Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois, Chicago

Pantelis N. Vassilakis Ph.D. - Music Professor
DePaul University, School of Music

chicago.agrino.org/greek_academicians.htm

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Charles W. Calomiris
Paul M. Montrone Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University

Charles W. Calomiris is the Paul M. Montrone Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business school and a professor at Columbia's school of International and Public Affairs.


He also co-directs the Project on Financial Deregulation at the American Enterprise Institute and is the Arthur Burns Scholar in International Economics at AEI.


Mr. Calomiris served on the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission — a Congressional commission to advise the U.S. government on the reform of the IMF, the World Bank, the regional development banks and the WTO.


Some of his recent publications include: U.S. Bank Deregulation in Historical Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2000), Emerging Financial Markets (with David Beim, Irwin-McGraw Hill, 2000) and “Blueprints for a New Global Financial Architecture” in International Financial Markets: The Challenge of Globalization (Leonardo Auernheimer, ed., University of Chicago Press, 2000).


Mr. Calomiris received a B.A. in economics from Yale University in 1979 and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1985.
www.theglobalist.com/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=260

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Dr. Paul Spudis
Senior Staff Scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute


Mountain View, CA – Dr. Paul D. Spudis has been named Chief Scientist of Odyssey Moon Limited, the first official contender for the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE. Dr. Spudis is a prominent scientist in the international lunar community and served as deputy science team leader for the highly successful Clementine lunar mission and is the Principal Investigator of the Mini-SAR imaging radar experiment on the forthcoming Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon. Dr. Spudis is an outspoken advocate of the Moon as a focus of scientific exploration and human settlement and has served on numerous advisory committees, including the US Presidential Commission on the Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy. The announcement was made during a NASA Lunar Science Institute conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

A geologist and Senior Staff Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, Dr. Spudis has an extensive background in geology and planetary science, including interpretation of remote-sensing and image data. Dr. Spudis will be applying his combined passions for science and lunar development to help Odyssey Moon deliver a valuable scientific mission while pursuing the $30 Million Google Lunar X PRIZE and an ongoing commercial lunar enterprise. “Evidence indicates that abundant energy and material resources exist on the Moon, including deposits of ice within craters at the poles,” he said. “Returning to the Moon will teach us the skills we need to live and work productively on other worlds.”

Odyssey Moon CEO Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards says the addition of Paul Spudis to the Odyssey Moon Executive Team broadens and strengthens the scientific capability for the commercial company. “Paul is a persistent champion of the value of the Moon to the human species,” Dr. Richards said. “He understands the Moon’s role in furthering human knowledge and securing a prosperous future and he has the experience and the credentials to help us make it happen.”

Odyssey Moon Limited is a commercial lunar enterprise headquartered in the Isle of Man. The company was unveiled in December 2007 as the first official contender in the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE competition, announcing a series of robotic missions to the Moon during the International Lunar Decade in support of science, commerce and exploration. The company intends to offer frequent, low cost and reliable access to the lunar surface for private and government customers.

In addition to serving as Principal Investigator of a synthetic aperture radar device (mini-SAR) experiment on the Indian Chandrayaan Moon orbiter mission launching in 2008, Dr. Spudis is also a team member of the mini-RF technology demonstration experiment aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, also bound for the Moon later this year. Prior to this he was Principal Investigator in the Planetary Geology Program of the NASA Office of Space Science, Solar System Exploration Division, specializing in research on the processes of impact and volcanism on the planets. He served on NASA’s Lunar and Planetary Sample Team (LAPST), which advised on the allocations of lunar samples for scientific research. He is also a member of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Science Working Group (LEXSWG) that devised scientific strategies of lunar exploration, and the Planetary Geology Working Group, which monitors overall directions in the planetary research community. Paul served on the Committee for Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX), an advisory committee of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Synthesis Group, a White House panel that in 1990-1991, analyzed a return to the Moon to establish a base and the first human mission to Mars.

More information about Paul Spudis and the importance of the Moon can be found at his website: www.spudislunarresources.com

About Odyssey Moon

Odyssey Moon Limited is a private commercial lunar enterprise headquartered in the Isle of Man involving partners in many nations. The company is an innovative partnership of aerospace, financial, science, education, legal and policy interests that have come together to offer unique commercial lunar business services and products for humanity’s permanent return to the Moon. Odyssey Moon is dedicated to the long-term responsible development of the Moon for the benefit of all Humanity.
www.xprize.org/lunar/teams/odyssey-moon/blog/dr-paul-spudis-announced-as-chief-scientist-of-odyssey-moon-limited

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Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou)


is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier and gold medalist who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
She is of Cypriot and Italian descent, with her mother an Italian Australian and her father a Cypriot Australian.[1]

Lassila completed her primary schooling at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Primary School in Sunshine, and completed her secondary education at Methodist Ladies' College and Westbourne Grammar School. She completed a bachelor's degree in Applied Science (Human Movement) at RMIT University.[2] She is married to Lauri Lassila, a Finnish former professional freestyle skier, whose career included placing 2nd in moguls at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in 1999.

Lassila is sponsored by Acer and appears in television endorsements for them.

Career

In June 2004, she suffered a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and underwent a radical knee reconstruction whereby a cadaver Achilles tendon was grafted into her knee as a replacement for her damaged ACL. This would allow for a faster recovery and a swift return to the slopes in time for the start of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in February.

During the second qualifying round of the Torino aerials competition, her knee collapsed on impact after she attempted to land a difficult jump, re-rupturing her ACL and forcing her to withdraw. However, taking inspiration from compatriots and teammates Jacqui Cooper and Alisa Camplin, both of whom have suffered similar knee injuries, the then 24-year-old vowed to return to the sport when she recovered.

Lassila made her comeback to World Cup competition 16 months later in China in December 2007, collecting a silver medal in her first event.

She ended the 2007/08 season ranked second on the World Cup standings, and then went on to win her first World Cup title in the following 2008/09 season.

2010 Winter Olympics
See also: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Lassila won. gold in the aerials, getting Australia's second gold medal for the games after snowboarder Torah Bright won gold in the halfpipe, incidentally also at Cypress Mountain. This medal was also the second gold medal for an Australian in the aerials at all Winter Olympic Games, after Alisa Camplin in 2002. As world number one there was a lot of pressure and hype from the Australian press for Lassila to do well. She was in second position after the first jump of the final, before posting the highest scoring second round jump. The leader after the first jump, Xu Mengtao, had the last jump, but scored more than 25 points below Lassila's second jump to fall down the rankings into sixth, due to a failed landing. Lassila had a combined score of 214.74, beating second placed Li Nina on 207.23 points. Australian team-mates Jacqui Cooper and Elizabeth Gardner finished 5th with 194.29 and 12th with 86.70 respectively.[3]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Lassila

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Dedicated to the Diaspora Greeks that made countries like America Great

Oraio Videiaki !

www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-m-ovKkyBE8

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Glykeria









song's name:Diaspora

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Ziller


Ernst Ziller











(photos taken from wikipedia)


Ernst (Ernestos) Moritz Theodor Ziller (22 June 1837, Oberlößnitz/Radebeul - 1923, Athens) was a Saxon architect who later became a Greek national, and in the late 1800s and early 1900s was a major designer of royal and municipal buildings in Athens, Patras and other major Greek cities.

Buildings

National Theatre of Greece, Athens
New Royal Palace, presidential residence, Athens
Stathatos Mansion, Athens
Peloponnese Railway Station, Athens
Apollon Theatre (Patras), Patras
Numismatic Museum of Athens, Athens
Andreas Syngros mansion, Athens
Royal palace in Tatoi, Athens
Melas Palace, Athens
Villa Atlanta, Athens
Ermoupolis city hall, Ermoupolis, Syros
Hotel Megas Alexandros, Omonoia Square, Athens
Old City Hall, Pyrgos
Archaeological Museum of Pyrgos(Old Municipal market)
Municipal Theater of Pyrgos
R.R.Station of Pyrgos
Thon mansion, demolished
National Defense School
Church of Saint Luke, Patisia
National Chemistry of Greece
Archaeological Museum of Aigion, Aigio
Church of Eisodia, Aigio
Cathedral Church of Panayia Faneromeni, Aigio





Architectural supervision

National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Athens
National Library of Greece
Panathinaiko Stadium, renovation
Academy of Athens

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudovikos_ton_Anogeion

Loudovikos Ton Anogion (Georgios Dramountanis)

Loudovikos Ton Anogion , is the performing name of Georgios Dramountanis, a contemporary Greek musician and composer.

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Tina Fey is out of here!




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Tina Fey's biography is no longer included in this thread because she is "ntrepomai":ashamed (obviously for being greek)...She's out of here for lies and exaggeration against Greece.

Dear Tina,the greek word for taxes does exist and it is "foroi" and only some civil sevants get a pension at 54 y.o. Half true is often worse than lying.

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Basilis Konstantine "Basil" Poledouris (August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006) was an American music composer who concentrated on the scores for movies and television shows. Poledouris won the Emmy Award for Best Musical Score for work on part four of the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Poledouris

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlos_Vrellis_Greek_History_Museum


[glow=red,2,300]Pavlos Vrellis [/glow]








The Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum also known as Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies is a privately owned wax museum in Ioannina Prefecture, Greece. It was set up by the sculptor Pavlos Vrellis in February 1983, and is the best known wax museum in Greece.The museum hosts 150 wax models in 37 themes, inspired by various events from Greek history.


www.vrellis.org/gr/ker_om.html

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Fotis Reksakis

*Fotis Reksakis, A Greek born native of Athens.


*Born in Alexandria General Hospital 1962


*Fotis has a Post-Doctorate from Columbia University in Business
Law and Economic for self Development and Publicity(propaganda)


*And and adviser consultant to the Obama campaign and
Lobbyist for Greek interests abroad in the Diasporas.


*Father was an ELAS officer Mother was an EDES secretary
who met at Georgopotamos Bridge (operation "Harling")
A true all out real Greek family who have given all to Hellada in the past and still cooking for generations to come.


*And pay taxes in USA and taxes in Greece from their olive company unlike Tina Fey .





For any new visitors,Rex is our Albanian village comedian... ;D

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That name sounds familiar... I know I have heard it someplace before.

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[glow=red,2,300]Locomondo[/glow]


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomondo


Locomondo is a seven member band based in Athens, Greece. Their name loosely means "Crazy World" in Spanish. Their music can be tagged as reggae or ska. It is the first band in Greece that fused the Caribbean sound together with Greek musical elements. In their live shows, Locomondo captures the energy and the feel of a party, where the crowd and the band share the common experience of*great “fiesta.”

Since 2004, Locomondo has released five albums and has toured extensively in Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands with great success. They have shared the stage with bands such as Manu Chao, the Skatalites, Chumbawamba, Alpha Blondy, Ojos de Brujo, the Wailers, Aswad, and Ska Cubano, among others. They have collaborated with Amparo Sanchez from Amparanoia and Natty Bo from Ska Cubano, the German group Beat n’ Blow, and Vin Gordon of The Skatalites.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon_Vatskalis


[glow=red,2,300]Konstantine "Kon" Vatskalis[/glow]






Konstantine "Kon" Vatskalis (born 4 April 1957) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since September 2001, representing the Darwin-based electorate of Casuarina. He is the current Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Defence Support, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Essential Services.


Vatskalis was born in Greece, and studied public sector management and health surveying in Athens. He became involved in student politics while there, becoming a student representative at the Athens Higher Vocational School and taking part in the 1970s pro-democracy protests, where he witnessed people being arrested for speaking freely. He married an Australian woman, Linda Cotton in 1982, and in 1983, they immigrated to Western Australia.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Makrypoulia

Zeta Makrypoulia

Zeta Makrypoulia (born 31 July 1978 in Athens) is a Greek actress, model and television presenter.

[edit] CareerMakrypoulia started appearing on television from a young age, and has been participating in various shows and commercials for the last 14 years. She graduated from Vasilis Diamantopoulos' Drama School, while she has also attended acting classes at "Theatro ton Allagon". After graduating from drama school, she worked in various different television productions. Makrypoulia was catapulted into the limelight after her appearance in this year's comedy/crime hit series Para Pente (Mondays 10pm Mega Channel), with her runaway success performance as a naive village girl in the series. Zeta and actor/scriptwriter Giorgos Kapoutzidis will be part of this year's Eurovision's commentators during the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. Both Greek stars will present the entry selected by the Greek audience as well as TV shows promoting the Song Contest in Athens. Aside from television productions Zeta has also appeared on stage, debuting for the first time in 2005 in the theatrical play "Sesouar gia Dolofonous", which was such a hit that it is continuing this year as well. For the past seven years, she has also been working as a radio DJ for well-known radio stations, including Ciao FM and Sfera 102.2. Recently she starred in Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos alongside Nick Giannopoulos and Vince Colosimo as Zoe, Giannopoulos' love interest.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iakovos_Kambanelis


Iakovos Kambanelis



Iakovos Kambanelis (December 2, 1922 - March 29, 2011) was a Greek poet, playwright, lyricist, and novelist.Born 2 December 1922 in Hora in the island of Naxos, Kambanelis appears as one of the most prominent Greek artists of the 20th century. As a survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, he authored a Mauthausen cantata with music by Mikis Theodorakis. He also authored at least 12 films and he directed two of them. In addition, he was known as a verse writer and for his membership at the board of the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece (MIET – Morfotiko Idryma Ethnikis Trapezis), along with some of the most prominent Greek artists. Iakovos Kambanelis was rushed at hospital on February 4, 2011 due to complications of his long-term kidney failure.He also wrote several scenarios on cinematographic films including:Stella directed by KakogiannisO Drakos (The Dragon) directed by KoundourosArpagi tis Persefonis (The Rape of Persephone) directed by GrigoriouTo kanoni kai t'aïdoni directed by himself and Giorgos KampanellisHe also written a book known as Mauthausen.He also translated works and acted in Austria, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Hungary, Romania and Sweden.He was educated as a journalist in newspapers Eleftheria (1963–65), Anendotos (1965–66) and since 1975 (Nea). He has been a member of the Greek Theatrical Writers' Company.

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Manolis Rasoulis

Nikos Papazoglou

It's somehow strange and sad...These two musicians,composer and singer of this very favorite song of the Greek youth died very recently.I think that Papazoglou died only 2 or 3 weeks after Rasoulis.