NEW YORK – Cyprus New York Productions presents the unique concert FAITH with exceptional tenor and cantor Demetris Michael at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 319 East 74th Street in Manhattan on Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 PM.

On this spiritual journey through the centuries, Faith becomes a solid chain that links and merges Byzantine Hymns, Gregorian Chants, Operatic Arias, Gospel, musical theater, and pop music. Faith is not just words on a page or in a song, it is a way of life, it is an acceptance of what we cannot see but feel deep within our hearts.

FAITH is a farewell concert dedicated to our beloved Bishop Sevastianos, who will continue his great work in Atlanta.

Demetris Michael was trained in Classical and in Byzantine music, where he received his diploma from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Michael’s incredible technique allows him to move easily from one style of music to another, not only with ease but also and more importantly with accuracy.

Michael will be accompanied by the talented Phyto Stratis on the keyboard, Ellie Tsachtani on flute, Peter Pearson on cello, and the sopranos Ariadne Panagopoulou and Christina Christofi. Phyto Stratis is the Artistic and Musical Director and Dino Antoniou is the Master of Ceremonies for the event.

319 East 74th Street in Manhattan

Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 PM.

Tickets: $25

Admission Free for children under 12.

More information is available by phone: 646-595-7303

Purchase Tickets on line: www.cnyproductions.org

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BOSTON –  The special teleconference of the Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Council called by Archbishop Demetrios of America on Monday afternoon November 26, limited its discussion to the construction of the St. Nicholas nave and National Shrine at Ground Zero in Manhattan.

The Archbishop stressed the need that 38 to 40 million dollars should be raised for the completion of the project. As previously reported, the construction was halted one year ago due to lack of funds.

Exclusive information obtained by The National Herald says that the Archbishop was forced to call this special teleconference because the Authorities of New York, the Port Authority and the Governor, corresponded with the Archdiocese asking about the status of the St. Nicholas project. The Archbishop replied that everything was going well – even though construction has not yet resumed.

During the conference call, no mention was made of the correspondence with the New York Authorities. The Archbishop only emphasized the dire need to gather the sum of 38 to 40 million dollars as quickly as possible. According to reports, 20 million will be used for the completion of the outside of the structure, while 18 to 20 million will be used for the inside.

The Archbishop reportedly said that he will ask some good people to contribute money, that he is setting up committees, and that the project must continue.

The Archbishop also said that the Archdiocese took some millions from the coffers of St. Nicholas to pay some of its debts, but that those amounts were returned to the St. Nicholas accounts.

No mention was made about his meeting with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew last week in Geneva as The National Herald exclusively revealed on Tuesday, November 20, during which the Patriarch requested from the Archbishop to submit his resignation on his own. It is reminded here that it was the third time Patriarch Bartholomew did something like this. The two previous times he urged the Archbishop to resign willingly but the Archbishop ignored the Patriarch.

The Executive Committee is comprised by the following:

George S. Tsandikos Vice-President of the Archdiocesan Council, Elaine Allen Treasurer, Catherine Bouffides-Walsh Secretary and Legal Counsel,  Lazaros (Louis) Kircos (Chair of the Finance Committee), Constantine Caras (Chair of the Administration Committee), Maria Stefanis (Chair of the Audit Committee), George Behrakis, Louis Roussalis and Theofanis Economidis. His Eminence also noted that Bishop Andonios of Phasiane as Chancellor and Fr. Soterios Baroody as CFO, are ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. Of course, all of the Metropolitan members of the Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese are also de facto members of the Executive.

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NEW YORK – New York State Assemblymember Aravella Simotas released a statement in support of the report “What’s Wrong with Amazon” issued on November 28 by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and community groups.

“Amazon has so much wealth and power, it could treat its workers well and still maintain a healthy bottom line. But instead of fairly and humanely creating good conditions for its warehouse workers, it chooses to create a living hell. In Queens, we are working people and we are people who care about our neighbors, so a company like Amazon, oozing greed, pigging out on public money, and feeding on worker exploitation, is not welcome here,” Assemblymember Simotas said.

She adds her voice to many elected officials, including New York State Senator Michael Gianaris and City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside), as well as local residents who oppose Amazon’s second headquarters coming to Long Island City. A rally was held in City Hall Park on November 28 for the release of the report, “What’s Wrong with Amazon.”

Stuart Appelbaum, RWDSU President said, “New York deserves better than the deal that was struck to lure Amazon here. It’s hard to believe that we are giving as much as $1 billion dollars to one of the wealthiest and largest companies in history. This was an opportunity to create good jobs in a way that benefits the city and workers. We should be demanding that Amazon respects its workforce by allowing them to exercise their right to freely associate. We should be demanding that they give back to the community and not drain public resources. Instead we got played. Amazon can afford to come here without handouts. It’s embarrassing to think that such a great city would need to beg them to come. They are coming here because they need to come here – because we offer so much. Tax payers shouldn’t be on the hook to help Amazon be profitable – it’s a massively profitable private business. New York, we can and should do better.”

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NEW YORK – Greek-American Senator Michael Gianaris was appointed by Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to serve as the next Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate.

Gianaris currently represents New York’s 12th State Senate district, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and parts of Woodside, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Woodhaven. In a press release from the New York State Senate, Senator Gianaris said, “I am eager to dive into our agenda and deliver results for western Queens and all New Yorkers.”

With this new title, Senator Gianaris will be the highest ranking member of the State Senate from New York City and the second-highest ranking member of the Senate.

His new position will officially begin when the new Legislature is seated and commences its new session in January 2019.

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CHICAGO – As a result of burdensome economic and legal pressures, Chicago’s historic 121-year-old Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church has received a judgment of foreclosure.

The Church released a statement noting that on December 14, at 10:30 AM, the title of the property on Diversey Avenue must be delivered to MB Financial Bank.

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More than a week after two pre-Thanksgiving fires at the New Jersey homes of two brothers – with a family of four slain before their house was set ablaze – investigators hadn’t been able to uncover why they were killed nor who did it.

The case had baffled police in a tragedy that took the life of a Greek-American mother, Jennifer Karidis Caneiro, 45, her husband Keith, 50, and their two children Jesse, 11, and Sophia, 8. The father was found shot dead on the lawn outside the mansion in Colts Neck, a neighborhood that is home to celebrities but officials said it wasn’t a random act nor that of a serial arsonist.

Caneiro’s brother and business partner, Paul Caneiro, 51, was charged with setting fire to his home in Ocean Township, 11 miles and 15 minutes away, some 7 ½ hours earlier, while his wife and two adult daughters were inside but wasn’t named as a suspect in the killing of his brother and the Colts Neck family.

“We believe that this family in some form or fashion was targeted,” Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said after officials reported the victims were not killed by the fire but didn’t give a cause of death. The bodies of the mother and the two children were badly charred.
Keith and Paul Caneiro were partners at a technology firm in Asbury Park called Square One.
All four members of Keith Caneiro’s family were “victims of homicidal violence,” the prosecutor said, adding that there was no indication of suicide.

Colts Neck Mayor J.P. Bartolomeo said the Caneiros were well known in town and often seen at local shops or school sporting events.

Colts Neck, about 50 miles south of New York City, is home to Bruce Springsteen and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and his wife operate an animal sanctuary there. Current and former members of the band Bon Jovi also called it home.

Paul Caneiro’s lawyer Robert A. Honecker Jr., said his client was innocent of aggravated arson charges and the “potential charges,” and was at home when his brother was killed and the Colts Neck house set on fire, making it impossible for him to be at the scene of the tragedy.

The brothers grew up in Staten Island and moved to Brooklyn, the New York Times said, and they married women from Staten Island and moved to New Jersey.

Keith was the best man at Paul’s wedding in 1991, according to a wedding announcement in the Staten Island Advance. Honecker described the two as “best friends” in an interview.

SHATTERED LIVES, NO ANSWERS

Their parents, Sherry and Cesar Caneiro, are alive, according to Keith’s obituary. They also have a younger brother, Corey Caneiro, who also lives in Monmouth County and who has not publicly commented on the deaths.

Jennifer Caneiro graduated from the University of Albany and was active in the parent-teacher organization in Colts Neck, according to her obituary. Her family released a statement in which they said, “Our family is mourning the loss of a beautiful, loving daughter and sister, a wise and generous son-in-law and brother-in-law and two precious, innocent, wonderful children.”

Prosecutors have not stated what evidence led them to charge Paul Caneiro with arson. As officials were investigating both fires, they were also trying to determine if they were connected, Gramiccioni said. Officials have not publicly stated whether they believe the events are linked.
Paul Caneiro has not been charged in connection with the deaths or fire in Colts Neck, and prosecutors have not said whether he is a suspect or person of interest in the killings, the paper said.

The Colts Neck fire was discovered by a neighbor’s groundskeeper whos melled smoke coming from the Caneiros’ home, the Asbury Park Press said. He alerted his boss, who ran into the mansion and found the front door open. Inside, the man saw a body face down on the floor, his wife later told a reporter. Keith Caneiro was shot multiple times.

Authorities have said the family was “targeted,” but haven’t said why or by whom. No one has been charged and the cause of the fire has not been revealed. Even the time of deaths remain a mystery. If Keith Caneiro was shot multiple times outside his home, as prosecutor reported, did anyone hear the shots in a neighborhood where lot sizes are measured in acres?

Keith Caneiro and his family lived in a sprawling $1.5 million mansion on 10 acres, the home’s modern look contrasting with farmhouses and horse barns that dot the landscape of their affluent town of 10,000.

Besides running the technology company Square One that Keith Caneiro started, they had a pest control company EcoStar Pest Management. Public records showed no financial problems at either company, such as lawsuits or tax liens, the New Jersey paper said.

Friends of the family have said Keith and Paul and their families spent time together at holidays and major life events. Paul Caneiro’s two daughters watched their young cousins grow.

Sophia, a third-grader, was a “vibrant, enthusiastic and precocious girl,” who loved baking, ice skating gymnastics and the New York Yankees, according to her obituary.

Jesse, who was in fifth grade, was a budding history buff who could hold his own in a conversation about current events or either of the world wars, his obituary stated.

Jennifer Karidis Caneiro was also the family hostess who enjoyed throwing parties for relatives during holidays as well as exercising and traveling to her family’s home in Greece, according to her obituary.

Keith Caneiro, was a Columbia University-educated technology CEO who loved spending time with his family, an avid sports fan and a prolific reader who could finish off three or four books in a week, his obituary also read.

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MIAMI, FL – Merkourios Alexopoulos, 46, and Sabrina Schnekker, 32, of Miami Beach, were arrested on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent online car sales website, according to a statement released by the United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida on November 26.

Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Daniel Oates, Chief, Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) made the announcement.

According to the allegations contained in the indictment, from in or around August 2013, through May 2018, Alexopoulos and Schnekker operated Salvageworldauctions.com as an online retailer purporting to sell salvaged vehicles. Potential buyers would pay a $500 entrance fee to bid on the vehicles purportedly for sale.

Once a bid was accepted, Alexopoulos would allegedly discuss the final terms for the payment and delivery of the vehicles with the individual purchasers and instructed the victims to send the purchase monies via wire transfer or money orders to the various bank accounts controlled by Alexopoulos and Schnekker and maintained at City National Bank, Citi Bank, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, Regions Bank, BB&T, Suntrust Bank, and Chase Bank, among others. After the victims transferred the purchase monies to the bank accounts controlled by Alexopoulos and Schnekker, the conspirators would use those monies to pay their personal expenses and to further the fraudulent scheme.

The indictment further alleges that Alexopoulos and Schnekker never delivered, nor did the victims receive, the vehicles ordered and paid for by the victim purchasers from Alexopoulos and Schnekker through Salvageworldauctions.com. In total, the investigation has revealed approximately 51 victims, with an approximately loss amount of $1.2 million.

U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the investigative efforts of the USSS and MBPD. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan D. Stratton.

An indictment is merely an allegation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

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A Greek-Australian woman and two others who were patients of a Greek-Australian physician, Dr. Con Kyriacou, have independently lodged complaints against him for sexual assault, claiming they had been fondled and been required to often be naked before him.

Some of the alleged offenses occurred as far back as 1978, when Maria Moutsidis, 61, said she first visited him just before her 21st birthday for treatment of panic attacks and chronic anxiety, saying he was a trusted family doctor and prominent member of Melbourne’s Greek community.

The Sunday Age, in a feature by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago, reported how the three cases came together with the women emboldened by the #MeToo movement exposing predatory practices of powerful men who used their positions to violate women in various ways.

Moutsidis told the paper that Kyriacou, now 75 and with a condition his lawyer said has impaired his ability to remember, dealt with her in a warm, professional manner but she got suspicious when he started locking the consulting room door.

She, like the other complainants – Sandra Rokebrand, 52, and Suzii Crowley, 49, have independently lodged official complaints against Kyriacou, who is now the subject of a two-year investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA.)

An AHPRA spokeswoman confirmed the Medical Board of Australia had referred Dr. Kyriacou to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which is expected to be heard in January next year, the paper said, although he removed himself from the register of medical practitioners in August 2017.
Frustrated by the lengthy delays and determined to make Dr. Kyriacou accountable, they allowed The Age to identify them and publish harrowing details of their alleged assaults and why it took so long for the complaints to be brought, as they said they didn’t think authorities would believe what they said happened to them.

Moutsidis claimed Kyriacou would use every visit as a pretext to make sure she was nude for any examination. “For whatever medical reason that I came to see him, sore throat, anxiety, abdominal pain, he would ask me to fully undress. Always,” she said in a sworn statement to AHPRA on Jan. 2018.
“He would want to conduct stretching exercises, where I was asked to stretch backward whilst sitting on the examination table, (while) fully naked,” she said, without any reported indication why she complied or if she felt uncomfortable following those orders.

What the women said they recall especially was his heavy breathing and that they independently had made attempts to report him but during the alleged assaults decades ago they felt powerless to challenge a respected doctor who had also treated their friends and family.

Kyriacou did not respond to questions from The Sunday Age, the paper said, adding that his lawyer, John Petts said only that his client was suffering from a “significant cognitive impairment”.
“You have questioned how it could be that Dr Kyriacou cannot recall these patients but can deny the alleged actions. The answer is that when these allegations were first made, Dr Kyriacou was able to provide clear instructions and he denied the allegations,” Petts said.

OUT OF THE PAST

His alleged victims said there’s no fog about what they claim happened to them even after all these years, saying he was even panting when he “massaged” them as they put it.

But the passage of time has not dimmed the memories of his alleged victims, who distinctly recall his panting as he “massaged” them often.

Moutsidis, who has worked as an actress and singer for the past 35 years using the stage-name Maria Mercedes, said her encounter with Kyriacou tore at her for decades. “It’s not something you think about all the time, but it’s like a little devil sitting on your shoulder. You blame yourself and wonder if you did something to make it happen,” she said.

“I would be asked to stand with Dr Kyriacou standing behind me and he directing me to lean backwards onto him, whereby he proceeded to stretch my body and I would feel his erect penis, pressing behind me,” she said.
“He had tried to kiss me and succeeded once, sticking his tongue in my mouth. Another time he had me naked on the examination table and he proceeded to masturbate me. I pushed him away saying to him: ‘What are you doing?’ Dr Kyriacou replied: ‘I’m just trying to make you feel better,” Moutsidis alleged in her statement.

She accused Kyriacou of preying on “my vulnerability, my youth and by desperation to be healed,” and said that, “Throughout the decades that have passed, I always wanted to report him to the authorities. I think better to report him now, than never,” she said.

Crowley said she struggled for years about whether to report him before making a complaint in 2004 to the Medical Board of Australia in 2004 but withdrew it when she said she didn’t think she would be believed.

“For years, I have been in denial about it. It’s like something separate to me – that happened to someone else. I’d think about it over the years. Sometimes I’d feel angry, I’d think ‘what if he does it to some other girl’?” So in 2016 she reported him to the AHPRA.

She said she went to him in 2001 when she was trying to conceive and he conducted a vaginal exam without gloves and asked, “Are you quick to orgasm?”

“I was shocked. I was saying responses like, um…ah,” Crowley said in a sworn statement provided to AHPRA more than two years ago, adding he then began to knead her breasts and then put his arms around her and that, “I felt his penis against me.”

Rokebrand said she complained to the Medical Board of Australia in 2004, 2008 and again in 2016 after she said she had been discouraged by police eight years earlier from going forward.

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NEW YORK – The Alexandrion Foundation made quite the impression hosting its first event in the United States at the renowned New York Public Library on November 27. The event honored immigrants from Romania, Syria, and Greece, who have excelled in various fields, including politics, science, publishing, art, and philanthropy. Each honoree received the international award, “Constantin Brancoveanu,” named after the sanctified Prince of Wallachia.

The Foundation was set up in 2003 following numerous humanitarian activities of the companies within the Alexandrion Group. With offices and branches in Romania, Cyprus, the U.S., Brazil, and Greece, Alexandrion operates in many fields including building materials and real estate, agriculture and tourism, as well as the production and distribution of spirits and wines.

Dr. Nawaf Salameh, the Founder and Chairman of Alexandrion, welcomed the guests and honorees. “Tonight we honor Syria, Romania, Greece, and the United States. We honor their culture and their values,” he said.

Mr. Stelios Savvas, the CEO of Alexandrion, also addressed the audience. He took the opportunity to describe Alexandrion’s new corporate endeavor in New York’s own backyard: a distillery in Putnam County, promising more than 100 jobs over the next five years and $100 million in investments. Upon completion in 2020, the 118,400 square-foot distillery will produce premium spirits tailored to U.S. tastes, such as whisky, bourbon, gin, and vodka and will include both a visitors’ center and several tasting rooms. Giving his blessing for the project, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, “The company’s [Alexandrion’s] investment is proof-positive that New York is a premier destination for food and drink enthusiasts, and we look forward to Alexandrion Group’s continued success in the Empire State.”

The honorees of the event included: New York State Senator Michael Gianaris, businesswoman Cornelia Zicu, neurologist Dr. Souhel Najjar, The National Herald Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris, poet Doina Uricariu, actress and New York Greek Film Festival General and Artistic Director Maria Tzobanaki, artist Alexandru Darida, artist Philip Tsiaras, architect Mihai Radu, scientist Dr. Ruxandra Vidum, photographer/philanthropist Michael Carroll, and United States Ambassador to Romania Hans G. Klemm.

The event was attended by many Greek-Americans, as well as the Counsel General of Greece in New York Konstantinos Koutras.

More information about The Alexandrion Foundation is available online: fundatia-alexandrion.ro.

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BOSTON – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew notified the Holy Synod of the Phanar on Tuesday, November 27 that he has accepted the request of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America for an extension of his resignation until Easter. This development was made during the second round of meetings in Geneva on Tuesday, November 20, as The National Herald exclusively revealed.

Specifically, the Patriarch asked the members of the Holy Synod to swear not to repeat what was discussed during the meeting for fear it might leak to the press. He said that when he met with Archbishop Demetrios in Geneva, he requested his resignation again. However, the Archbishop told the Patriarch that he didn’t want to be embarrassed into resigning now and requested that the Patriarch give him some time.  When the Patriarch asked the Archbishop how much time he needed, the Archbishop said until Easter, so that it didn’t appear that he stepped down under unpropitious conditions. The Patriarch agreed to grant him the extension.

The National Herald previously reported that Bartholomew had decided to deal with the issues surrounding the Archbishop immediately by requesting that the Archbishop submit his resignation willingly, and not with Bartholomew taking action himself. This report was based on information compiled from reliable sources who are in a position to know Bartholomew’s thoughts and the decisions he makes.

It should also be noted that there is no doubt whether Demetrios will cease to be Archbishop, the only question that remains is when. Additionally, as previously reported, this is the third time that Bartholomew has given Demetrios an extension, apparently for reasons which only he knows.

Meanwhile, Demetrios and the Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Council had a teleconference on Monday, November 26 in which the Archbishop requested that $40 million dollars be raised for St. Nicholas at Ground Zero in New York. If construction of the church were to resume, it would be very difficult for Bartholomew to ask him to leave.

However, many Greek-Americans who know the ecclesiastical issues of the Archdiocese well, believe that it will be almost impossible to raise that amount of money under the current circumstances surrounding the Archdiocese.

The National Herald is in a position to know that Bartholomew’s decision has left many speechless with the Phanar because at their previous meeting, Bartholomew had said that the November 27 Synod would deal with the issues of America.  As such, the Greek-American community, who follows the decisions of the church with much interest, is surprised with Bartholomew’s inaction.

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From Tuesday, November 27th through December 1st, the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) will hold a seminar for Greek surgeons, supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

Since 2014, the seminar and a month-long academic visitor program have brought dozens of Greek surgeons to learn from world experts at HSS. SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos addressed this year’s attendees.

The 2018 HSS-Stavros Niarchos Foundation Orthopaedic Seminar Program will offer 14 Greek surgeons professional development programming that includes case presentations and hands-on practice, then attendees will participate in the 2018 Annual Holiday Knee & Hip Course. The program aims to develop an enduring transatlantic bridge of knowledge exchange that will bring cutting-edge medical techniques to Greek practice. To maximize long-term impact from the program, surgeons selected to participate are early-career professionals.

HSS is respected as a world leader in orthopedics and rheumatology, performing more than 30,000 surgical procedures each year. The Hospital has also made education a core component of its mission, reaching tens of thousands of medical professionals in scores of countries.”By integrating knowledge-sharing as an intentional part of its mission, HSS makes specialized focus and depth of knowledge a public good that extends far beyond the lives of the patients they treat directly. Through this multiplier effect, each individual’s specialized skills can be translated into universal benefit,” said Mr. Dracopoulos in his remarks.

(Read the full speech)

A core aim of SNF’s work is increasing access to knowledge and resources so that their benefit may be enjoyed by a broader public. This approach has informed SNF support for other professional development programs for Greek professionals in other fields, including for journalists through the Mass Media Scholarship Program at Columbia University. It also informed SNF’s landmark grant to HSS in October in support of the Complex Joint Reconstruction Center.

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ATHENS – Eight years ago, prominent Lowell, MA businessman George Behrakis launched the antismoking campaign “Smoke Free Greece,” geared toward Greece’s youth. His goal was to reduce smoking among Greece’s youth by 35 percent and to date, he has come very close, cutting smoking by approximately 32 percent. “We know that parents smoke at home, but we are going after the youth Our goal was 35 percent so we are getting there,” he told The National Herald. “You can’t convince somebody at 60, 70, or 80 years old to stop smoking, he is not going to listen. But we are going to convince the young children. They are bright people and they are listening to us and asking questions and we feel very proud and happy because what we have done the past seven or eight years has been very successful.”

Behrakis recently visited Trikala and the Kalambaka, where he presented Smoke Free Greece. He said “I was very impressed with the young people. Over 850 children attended the event organized by my first cousin Dr. Panagiotis Behrakis, PhD, MD, pulmonology professor and physician. We know that smoking will cause major health care problems for people in the future. Today’s tobacco industry has added many, many additives and chemicals in the tobacco and the reason they do that is to addict the young people to smoking, so they continue smoking.

“The program is to educate them, and telling them if you start smoking at a young age you will have major problems when you reach 30, 40, 50 years old. We are trying to educate the young children in Greece and they are listening, they are learning. We have gone to the Peloponnese, Athens, Thessaly, Macedonia… Two weeks ago we went to Trikala and Kalambaka. Every year we chose a specific area.
“Next year we are going to have a big conference in Athens; the European Union will attend.
Behrakis attends these events each year in November, a month he has selected strategically, so that it does not interfere with holidays Greeks celebrate quite enthusiastically, such as Christmas and Easter.

Are Greece’s youth receptive to the message, or do they resist? “I am very impressed with the young children in Greece, they are receptive and they ask many questions, they want answers, and we give them the answers,” Behrakis told TNH. “We have physicians there, we have nurses, and we speak to them in Greek and English. They are very fluent in English as well. These children speak three languages and they are in High School. They speak Greek, English and German and some of them speak French, they are very bright.”

Many want to come to the United States to study, Behrakis said. “The most important thing to do, and we are already doing it, is to give them scholarships,” he said.

The effort has reached 32 percent of the intended 35 percent goal, and Behrakis said “it is a tough call because it took eight years to attain this and you cannot give up. I don’t take no for an answer, I never have. My goal, which was 35 percent, is almost there. I knew it would be between 10 to 12 years and I was willing to support it.”

Behrakis said he was buoyed by Greece’s tourism surge, and he adores Greece and tries to visit as often as possible. “Greece is located in a great geographical area. You have the mainland, but you also have the islands; they are spectacular. My concern is why Greece doesn’t have more industry from countries like Germany, France, England, Belgium, and the Netherlands. I want to see young people staying in Greece. You don’t want to lose the brain power. I have seen many physicians that left Greece, many graduate students.”

When he lands in Greece and sees the Acropolis, he says “everything is spectacular. I am very proud as a Greek-American.”

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NEW YORK – 51-year-old Ocean Township Paul Caneiro was charged Thursday morning in the slaying of his younger brother, sister-in-law and his niece and nephew, all of whom were found dead after a fire at their Colts Neck home last week, the nj.com reports.

Paul Caneiro is charged with four counts of murder in the killing of his brother, Keith Caneiro, 50, Greek American Jennifer Karidis Caneiro, 45, and the couple’s two children, according to online court records. Their bodies were discovered Nov. 20 after authorities responded to a fire at their massive Colts Neck estate, the New York Post says.

AP: ENCLAVE ON EDGE AS MYSTERY PERSISTS IN MANSION FIRE, DEATHS

When a landscaper alerted Boris Volshteyn to smoke pouring out of a nearby mansion, the plastic surgeon hurried home and found his friend and neighbor lying face down out front. His first thought was to try CPR, but it was no use.

Keith Caneiro, a 50-year-old technology executive, had been shot in the head.

Hopes that Caneiro’s wife and two young children weren’t inside as the inferno raged from early afternoon the Tuesday before Thanksgiving until at least midnight were dashed when they failed to turn up elsewhere. Friends who had gathered outside called the children’s school and Jennifer Caneiro’s cellphone.

“When the kids were not in school, and Jennifer was not answering, it all became a grim picture,” Volshteyn told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “To the very last minute, all the neighbors were hoping that the kids were spared.”

As they puzzled over the bizarre crime in pastoral Colts Neck, a wealthy enclave for horse breeders, hedge fund managers and celebrities near the northern New Jersey coast, Caneiro’s business partner and brother, Paul, was charged with setting his own family home on fire earlier the same day.

But no one has been charged yet in the Colts Neck slayings, Paul Caneiro was seen elsewhere during the fire there, and authorities have not said how the other family members died.

“We have a lot of jittery people that have questions that we don’t have answers to,” said Mayor J.P. Bartolomeo, who nonetheless said that he believes the crime was an isolated one and that the community is safe.

Paul Caneiro, 51, who remains in custody, had a detention hearing moved from Wednesday to Friday so his lawyer can review new evidence from prosecutors. His wife and young adult daughters may testify, to say he saved them from the 5 a.m. fire by awakening them, lawyer Robert A. Honecker Jr. said.

“His family is supportive of him and wants to see him come home,” said Honecker, a former prosecutor in Monmouth County. “He’s been living in that house for over 20 years. He’s got two businesses that need to be run. And he’s got no prior record.”

Police say Paul Caneiro used gasoline to fuel the fire at his two-story Colonial in Ocean Township, about 10 miles from his brother’s jarringly modern, all-white $1.5 million home in Colts Neck, which sits next to a small organic farm with sheep dotting the pasture.

Paul Caneiro was seen outside his own burning home with his family throughout that morning, visibly upset. Honecker said he went from there to the police station for an interview around noon and was there when he learned his brother’s family had been killed.

“He’s never been charged with anything in Colts Neck,” Honecker said. “He is obviously still devastated by the news of his brother and his family’s deaths.”

Paul and Keith Caneiro were the principals in two businesses, a computer systems company called Square One and a pest control business, both housed above a trendy cafe in Asbury Park. Workers in the area frequently saw Paul Caneiro there. Keith Caneiro often worked from home, Volshteyn said.

Keith Caneiro, the middle of three brothers, appeared to be the picture of a self-made man. He took classes at Brooklyn College after high school and worked for free at a computer store to learn the ropes, according to a 2001 article on Square One in the Asbury Park Press, in which Carneiro identified himself as Keith Martin.

The company, then known as Jay-Martin Consulting after the brothers’ middle names, had 26 employees at the time and installed computer systems for Citibank and interactive kiosks at the Statute of Liberty. Paul was his brother’s first hire.

The company, and the brothers, moved from Brooklyn to the quieter New Jersey suburbs as the brothers married and had children. Obituaries describe Keith’s children as 11-year-old Jesse, who liked World War I and II history, video games and sports, and 8-year-old Sophia, who loved ice skating, ninja classes and making cookies with her nanny. Funeral services for the family are planned Sunday.

In recent years, Keith Caneiro had earned a bachelor’s from Columbia University’s general studies program and, just this year, a master’s degree from its School of Professional Studies.

Jennifer Caneiro, 45, was active at her children’s school. She also enjoyed exercising, going to the beach and trips to a family home in Greece, her obituary said. She and Keith also took frequent trips to Atlantic City, Volshteyn said.

Family members, including a third brother, have declined to speak to The Associated Press this month. Prosecutors said at an early news conference that the Colts Neck slayings were “targeted.” They plan a news conference Thursday on the mansion fire.

Celebrities with ties to Colts Neck include Bruce Springsteen, who owns an estate there; former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart and his wife, who operate an animal sanctuary; and Queen Latifah, who sold her mansion in 2015.

Christine Conroy, a longtime local who was out with her sister Tuesday at nearby Stonehenge Stables, said some of the new homes in town sit empty because “people mysteriously go bust.”

“There’s a bit of a culture clash,” she said, between old and new residents.

Volshteyn described his neighbors as largely private people. Although they were friendly, and their daughters played together, he never knew Keith had a brother.

The Caneiro home now sits boarded up, with a chain-link fence around it and police tape on the ground.

“It’s a little bit hard to come home and drive past the house. It’s a reminder of what happened,” Volshteyn said. “And for a lot of the kids, too, it’s hard to understand.”

(Material from Associated Press was used in this report)

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NASHVILLE, TENN. (BUSINESS WIRE) – The national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein announces the filing of a gender and age discrimination employment lawsuit in federal district court in Nashville on behalf of “Face of Channel 4” news anchor Demetria Kalodimos against Meredith Corporation d/b/a WSMV Channel 4 (NBC).

The action, filed under the Tennessee Human Rights Act and Disability Act, Tennessee common law, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 alleges a continuing policy, pattern, and practice of gender and age discrimination. After an extended campaign of biased treatment against her, Channel 4 terminated Ms. Kalodimos’s employment after nearly 34 years of award-winning journalism by leaving her a one-page letter at the Channel 4 reception desk.

Over the last several years and up to her termination from Channel 4, Ms. Kalodimos advocated for other older on-air personalities and women, including younger women, trying to navigate the culture of bias at Channel 4. Ms. Kalodimos’s objections to the gender and age discrimination she suffered and witnessed caused her to be targeted for greater hostility and mistreatment because of her gender and age. As the complaint sets forth in detail, the stellar quality of Ms. Kalodimos’s work over three-plus decades was irrelevant because of gender and age stereotypes about the competency and likability of experienced women.

“When I made the decision to devote my career to Channel 4, I never dreamed I would have to bring a lawsuit in order to do my job,” said Ms. Kalodimos. “Effective news anchors personify trust for their organizations and committed journalists expose wrongdoing, even if it’s happening under their own roof. If this can happen to me, after decades of dedication and sacrifice, I know it can happen to anyone, and I certainly don’t want that to be my legacy.”

Ms. Kalodimos added, “My role at Channel 4 transcended the job description, and I took on that responsibility, carefully protecting and promoting the station’s identity. The end of my employment at Channel 4 is an episode I am forced to recount and relive with concerned viewers nearly every day.”

“For more than three decades Ms. Kalodimos devoted her life to Channel 4, earning the station innumerable accolades for her journalistic excellence. In return, Channel 4 abused her time and trust, undermined her at work, and summarily dumped her without warning due to its gender and age bias while she was still at the height of her career,” said Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody, who represents Ms. Kalodimos and leads the firm’s national Employment Practice Group. “This case is an example of what happens to experienced female professionals when forced to navigate the gauntlet of sex stereotypes into the middle of their careers. It is wrong in any workplace and it is wrong here.”

“This is not an isolated incident,” explains Kenny Byrd, another of Ms. Kalodimos’s attorneys and partner in the Nashville office of Lieff Cabraser. “Channel 4 and Meredith have a culture of discarding women once they reach a certain age as if women have some expiration date. And this culture led directly to the termination and vilification of Demetria Kalodimos in ways that affected her income, reputation, career, and future earning potential.”

Background on Ms. Kalodimos

During her tenure at Channel 4 in the Middle Tennessee media market, Ms. Kalodimos received myriad local and national accolades for broadcast and journalistic excellence, including an extraordinary 16 national Emmy Awards, three national Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Awards; two Edward R. Murrow Awards for investigative reporting; three National Headliner Awards, two American Women in Radio and TV Awards, AP Broadcaster of the Year (1997), numerous other AP awards and recognitions, and repeated recognition as “The Best Local TV News Personality” and “The Best Reporter” by Tennessee publications, including The Nashville Scene and The Tennessean. In 2016 she was inducted into the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame and awarded the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle for lifetime career achievement.

Ms. Kalodimos remained one of the most lauded anchors at Channel 4 right up to the end. Just two months prior to her termination, Ms. Kalodimos was again voted Best Local Reporter and Best Local TV News Personality by the readers of the Nashville Scene. And immediately following her termination, Ms. Kalodimos was awarded her third Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Award, a national honor, for her work at Channel 4. The Tennessean reported that, after terminating Ms. Kalodimos, Channel 4 lost ten to twenty percent of its news viewership.

Background on Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a 80-plus attorney firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Nashville, and Seattle. Lieff Cabraser has represented employees in a wide variety of individual, #metoo, and class action cases, including on behalf of female Associates and Vice-Presidents in the certified gender discrimination class action currently pending against Goldman Sachs, Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. The firm has served as class counsel in many of the most significant cases of the last several years, including the nationwide consumer fraud case, In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Litigation, which resulted in consumer settlements valued at over $15 billion, and the Silicon Valley no-poaching case, In re High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, which resulted in settlements totaling $435 million. Lieff Cabraser represents the city of Nashville and other counties and municipalities throughout Tennessee and the United States against opioid manufactures and distributors in the In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804.

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FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man charged with killing his brother and the brother’s wife and two children will make a court appearance Friday morning.

Paul Caneiro (kah-NEH’-roh) faces four counts of murder, along with arson and weapons charges, in the Nov. 20 deaths of his brother Keith; Keith’s wife, Jennifer Karidis; their 11-year-old son, Jesse; and their 8-year-old daughter, Sophia.

The family members were shot, stabbed or both at their mansion in the wealthy community of Colts Neck. Authorities say Caneiro then set the mansion on fire.

Prosecutors say a financial dispute led to the deaths. But Caneiro’s lawyer says his client was devoted to his family, adding there “is no reason in the world” why he would kill them and torch their mansion.

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By WAYNE PARRY , Associated Press

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BOSTON – Workable, the Greek-American startup, continues to succeed, as evidenced by a new round of funding amounting to $50 million dollars from various international investors.

Considered the largest in its field, Workable is a flexible, global, easy-to-use hiring software available on desktop and mobile. It helps small and medium-sized businesses around the globe with the recruiting process by advertising jobs, sourcing candidates and tracking applicants. It is considered the largest in its field.

The company is headquartered in Boston and has offices in London, Athens, San Francisco and Sydney. Workable’s software is currently being used by 20,000 companies in more than 100 countries. It is estimated that the technology platform evaluates about 50 million job candidates.

Workable’s latest round of financing is led by Zouk Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in London, as well as several previous investors including: 83North, Balderton, Notion, Triple Point and Endeavor Catalyst.

Since its creation in 2012, Workable has accumulated funds totaling $84 million. The company reports that millions of small and medium-sized businesses around the globe make up 70% of international recruitment.

Workable’s platform provides all the necessary means for an automated modern staffing process. It absorbs much of the administrative work that comes with hiring new personnel. For example, it becomes a hub for large amounts of candidate information and allows for the exchange of emails, the scheduling of interviews and the assignment of jobs with just a few key or screen strokes.

Workable is supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the new funding will be directed to strengthening the company’s presence in that field. The technology underlying Workable’s AI is based on hundreds of millions of human decisions on the successful proposal of capable candidates. Workable also collaborates with over 180 partners, such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Facebook and Google.

Workable founder and CEO, Nikos Moraitakis, said, “In 2012, we created a simple recruitment system just the way we wanted it to be. Workable started based on a design that was made for users, by its users, and was originally intended for only a few people. Six years and 20,000 customers later, I have the feeling that the design philosophy was not as idiosyncratic as I once thought.”

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ATHENS – Most of the record 18,750 runners from 100 countries who participated in the 2018 Athens Marathon are home by now and sharing memories that will last a lifetime about their trek along Pheidippides’ original heroic path with friends and family.

When Pheidippides gasped “νικῶμεν – we won!” to relieved Athenians, signifying the Persian threat was defeated by the Hellenic armies, he may have had an idea that history would attach his name to the news he delivered – but little did he know that he gave birth to a phenomenon.

What is billed as the “authentic marathon” is just one of hundreds of annual marathons of all kinds all over the world, but running in Athens is especially meaningful to Hellenes of the Diaspora.

Among the many spectators was New York’s Lou Katsos, president of East Mediterranean Business and Cultural Alliance (EMBCA) and president of the American Hellenic Institute’s New York Chapter. He was there to cheer on his son, John Katsos, who traveled to the Greek capital from Dubai for his first marathon.

“It was a big party at the end. DJs, bands, tons pf people – it was amazing – thousands of people clapping,” John Katsos said.

John ran track in high school and played soccer, but his athletic life was on pause for a long time. His marathon motivation was fueled by his Hellenic passion, cultivated since childhood by his dad, whose family is from Georgitsi in Peloponessos, and his mother Barbara, with roots in Piraeus, Ikaria and Asia Minor.

He took the plunge – the renowned path is more grueling than glamourous – at the urging of friend, however, Michael Pannone, who is Italian and East European Jewish.

They met as interns at the U.S. Embassy in Greece when they were in college. Michael fell in love with the country – this was his sixth or seventh visit to Greece – and earned his honorary Greek status with the 2018 run, but he really felt it when Lou Katsos crowned him and his friend with an olive wreath from the Katsos family’s olive groves in Kalamata.

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You won’t whether to shout Opa! Or Ole! Take your pick when you eat at Katina’s Kosmos Restaurant and Pub in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City.

Owner Jim Kafkalas, who sold his Katina’s Restaurant in Ocean City in 2015 and opened a pizza place has returned to the sit-down style with his new venture, the Atlantic City Weekly said.

“We named it Kosmos because we’re representing places all over the world,” Kafkalas says. “We’ve been cooking Greek food for over 30 years and we’re still using my grandmother’s recipes,” he said, deciding to also incorporate Mexican food into the menu “because it is trending in a big way. People just love it.” Working with one of his chefs, Kafkalas integrated some truly authentic Mexican dishes. “Ultimately, we wanted our menu to have something for everyone,” he said. Opa!

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Not only the word geometry is a Greek one, but the names of the geometrical shapes are Greek too. Therefore, they are familiar to you. Greek words you already know. Additionally, from the English names of the geometrical shapes which have many corners or sides you can derive the Greek words for some numbers.

The word geometry comes from the Greek γεωμετρία, which is a compound one from γη (γεω = geo) + μέτρο (=meter). It means the science of measuring the earth.

Geometry has been extremely developed in ancient Greece. Complex geometrical theories and calculations were applied in the building of the amphitheaters, the temples and in shipbuilding as well. The Parthenon and the trireme are two examples of the development of geometry in Classical Greece. The Geometry as a science is also called Euclidean Geometry, a term which has been used for 2500 years. In Classical Greece Euclid, Pythagoras, Thales, Plato and Aristotle had experimented and established many of the rules in Geometry, which we still apply today.

GEOMETRY IS A GREEK WORD
English word Greek word Pronunciation
Geometry ηγεωμετρία EE geomeTREEa
Geometrical γεωμετρικός geometriKOS
The earthηγη EE YEE
Meter τομέτρο TO MEtro

GREEK NUMBERS YOU ALREADY KNOW
From the English words of the geometrical shapes you are already familiar with some Greek numbers.
English word Greek word Pronunciation
Trigonometric τριγωνομετρικός trigonometriKOS
Tetrahedron τοτετράεδρον TO teTRAedron
Pentahedron το πεντάεδρον TO peNTAedron
Hexagon τοεξάγωνο TO eXAgono
Heptagon το επτάγωνο TO ePTAgono
Octagon τοοκτάγωνο TO oKTAgono

The Greek word έδρα, found as a suffix, -hedron,in English words like tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, etc. means in Greek, the side, as well as the residence and the office. Tetra(=4)+hedron, penta(=5)+hedron, hexa (=6)+hedron.So, when we ask: Πούείναιηέδρασου; we mean where is your office? or even your house?ΗέδραμουείναιστηνΑθήνα. = MyresidenceisinAthens.Ηέδραμουείναιστην Αμερική. = Myresidenceisin U.S.
The Greek word γωνία, found as a suffix,-gon, in English words like hexagon, heptagon, octagon, trigonometric etc. means in Greek the corner:hexa(=6)+gon, hepta(=7)+gon, octa(=8)+gon, tri(=3)+gono+metric.
From the names of the geometrical forms we can derive the following numbers in Greek.
3 = ΤρίαTREEa
4 = Τέσσερα TEsera
5 = Πέντε PEnte
6 = Έξι Exi
7 = Επτά ePTA
8 = Οκτώ oKTO

VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Εγώμετράω eYOmeTRAo I measure, I count
Η έδρα EE Edra the side, residence, office
Οιέδρες EE Edres the sides
Η γωνία EE goNEEa the corner
Οιγωνίες EE goNEEes the corners
Με ME with

EXERCISE
Now, can you understand and translate the Greek phrases below? They are all built with Greek words used in English. Youmay use the vocabulary above, and basic verbs έχει = has, έχουν = have and είναι = is.
1.Εγώ μετράω με το μέτρο.
2.Σε ποια γωνία είναι το σπίτι σου;
3. Το τετράεδρο έχει τέσσερις έδρες.
4.Η πυραμίδα έχει πέντε γωνίες.
5. Το οκτάγωνο έχει οκτώ γωνίες.
6. Το εξάγωνο έχει έξι γωνίες.

Try to match the Greek sentences above with the English ones, below.
1. The pyramid has five corners.
2. I measure with the meter.
3. On which corner is your house?
4. The hexagon has six corners.
5. The tetrahedron has four sides.
6. The octagon has eight corners.

PRONUNCIATION KEY
i (idiom), ee (needle), e (energy), o (organism), oo (boot), y (yes), h (helium), th (theory), d (the). The capitalized syllables are accented.

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Metropolitan of San Francisco, Gerasimos issued a statement after the earthquake that struck near Anchorage, Alaska on Friday.

“I have been in direct contact with Rev. Father Vasilios Hillhouse, pastor of Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Father Vasili shared that there are some noticeable cracks in the nave of the church. Pieces of a chandelier also fell to the ground and shattered but no one was injured” writes Metropolitan Gerasimos.

The statement reads:

Beloved in the Lord,

“You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.” Psalm 60:2

Earlier today two very strong earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 struck near Anchorage, Alaska. Aftershocks continue to be felt in the area. There have been reports of damage throughout greater Anchorage as well as disruption to electricity. The water system is also being tested to certify its safety. Several roads also sustained significant damage creating large and dangerous sinkholes.

I have been in direct contact with Rev. Father Vasilios Hillhouse, pastor of Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Father Vasili shared that there are some noticeable cracks in the nave of the church. Pieces of a chandelier also fell to the ground and shattered but no one was injured. Other damage was discovered in their secondary building which is used for administrative offices and parish education programs, but it is still too early to assess the extent of the full impact of these powerful earthquakes. Until the church grounds can be fully inspected, divine services will be held at an off-site location.

The Holy Transfiguration parish was founded in 1953, with the first church being built in 1958. Construction on the current church began in 2010 and was completed in 2014. The parish currently serves over 100 families.

Father Vasili informed me that there are no reports of injuries to parishioners and there is minor damage to their homes. We pray for the Lord’s calming hand on this land to cease any further damage or destruction. Please remember this faithful congregation and all those in the Anchorage area in your supplications to God, seeking His grace, peace and mercy!

With Love in Christ,
+ G E R A S I M O S
Metropolitan of San Francisco

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