Harry Anastasiou a Cypriot American social and political scientist (born in 1951 in Liverpool, England by Greek Cypriot parents, but raised in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a known pioneer in peace-building initiatives in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and the European Union.

Biography[link]

Harry Anastasiou is currently Professor and leading core faculty member of Portland State University's Conflict Resolution Graduate Program ^[1]. Having obtained his Ph.D. in the Political Sociology of Peace and Conflict from the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Doctorandus Degree from the Free University of Amsterdam, Holland in the Sociology of Technology, Anastasiou was invited to join Portland State University's faculty after reviewing and evaluating his unique work as a peace entrepreneur and pioneer in peace-building initiatives around the world. Anastasiou has previously taught social science in the American Academy of Larnaca, developed the Millennium Curriculum for Cyber Kids^{[citation needed]}, a chain of computer learning centers and directed the R&D of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute.

Contributions to international peace building[link]

Anastasiou has published three books ^{[2] [3] [4]}, numerous book chapters, and journal articles, alongside top international scholars in his field. He has been teaching eight different graduate courses per year, including an annual study abroad course in Cyprus, which is organized in collaboration with the Future Worlds Center ^[5]. His work focuses on courses ranging from Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, to the European Union as Peace Building System, to Cyprus and Greek-Turkish Relations, to International Peace and Conflict Studies, to the Ethics of Peace and International Conflict, to Conflict and Dialogue, to Conflict Peace and Globalization. Anastasiou was founding member of the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group and of the Technology for peace project. Together with Yiannis Laouris and Aleco Christakis he is active also in the Middle East peace process through the Act Beyond Borders project^[6].

International Recognition[link]

The work of Dr. Anastasiou has been recognized by his inclusion since 2007 in the Recommended Speakers book of the World Affairs Councils of America, and since 2006 in Marquis Who's Who. In 2009 he was rated by students as best professor of Portland State University among 1,120 listed professors ^[7]. In 2011 he was appointed as academic advisor to the Rotary Peace Centers Committee ^[8] of Rotary International for advising on academic developments in the field of peace studies and conflict resolution and for screening and selecting applicants for the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellows fellowship. Moreover, Dr. Anastasiou’s work has been recognized through the awarding of several grants and fellowships for his research and conflict resolution projects. He has been invited as guest lecturer to speak at several universities in the USA, Canada, Northern Ireland, and at several organizations and centers focusing on international peace and conflict issues. Over the last several years Anastasiou has also been an invited speaker for International Visitor Leadership Program, a U.S. Department of State professional development program fostering mutual understanding, involving participants nominated by U.S. Embassies overseas as current or emerging leaders in their fields. In addition, Dr. Anastasiou has been invited to speak on several local, national and international media including, The Voice of America, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and ABC Radio National and Radio Australia.

Publications[link]

Chapters:

Anastasiou, H. (with Benjamin J Broome) (2011). “Communication and Dialogue Across the Divide in the Cyprus Conflict.” In Dan Landis & Rosita Albert (Eds.) Handbook of Ethnocultural Conflict: Comparative Perspectives on Context and Consequences. Springer Publishing Co.[2]

Anastasiou, H. (with Broome, B. J) (2010). “Nationalism.” In Ronald L. Jackson II (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Identity. Volumes I & II. Sage. [3]

Anastasiou, H. (2010). “Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία: Ανάμεσα στα εθνικιστικά αδιέξοδα και το μετά-εθνικό κράτος” (The Republic of Cyprus: Between Nationalist Impasse and Interethnic Democracy). In Chrysostomos Pericleous (Ed.) Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία 50 χρόνια. Επώδυνη πορεία (The Republic of Cyprus 50 Years: Painful Path). Athens: Papazisis Press. [4]

Anastasiou, H. (2008). “Encountering Nationalism: The Contribution of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.” In Dennis J. D. Sandole, Sean Byrne, Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, Jessica Senehi (Eds.) Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. New York: Routledge.[5][6]

Anastasiou, H. (2007). “Securing Human Rights Through War and Peace: From Paradox to Opportunity.” In Gail M. Presbey (Ed.) Philosophical Perspectives on the War on Terrorism. The Philosophy of Peace series. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press.[7]

Articles

Anastasiou, H (with Yesilada, B., Webster, C., Peristianis, N.) (2010). “World Values Survey in Cyprus 2006: A Brief Overview,” Cyprus Review, 22(1), 153-167. [8]

Anastasiou, H. (2009). “Conflict Transformation in Greek-Turkish Relations: Between Belligerent Nationalism and Conciliatory Europeanization,” Peace Studies Journal, 2(1), 15-38.[9]

Anastasiou, H. (2009). “Cyprus as the EU Anomaly,” Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations, 23(2), 129 – 151.[10]

Anastasiou, H. (2008). “The EU as a Peace Building System: Deconstructing Nationalism in an Era of Globalization,” The International Journal of Peace Studies. 12(2), 31-50. [11]

Anastasiou, H. (2007). “Nationalism as a Deterrent to Peace and Inter-Ethnic Democracy: The Failure of Nationalist Leadership From the Hague Talks to the Cyprus Referendum,” International Studies Perspectives, 8(2), 190-205. [12]

Anastasiou, H. (2007). “The Communication Imperative in an Era of Globalization: Beyond Conflict-Conditioned Communication,” Global Media Journal: Mediterranean Edition, 2(1), 63-75. [13]

Anastasiou, H. (2002). “Communication Across Conflict Lines,” Journal of Peace Research, 39(5) 581-596. [14]

Anastasiou, H. (2000). “Negotiating the Solution to the Cyprus Problem: From Impasse to Post-Helsinki Hope,” Cyprus Review, 12(1), 11-33.[15]

Anastasiou, H. (1996). “Conflict, Alienation and the Hope of Peace: The Struggle for Peace in Militarized Cyprus,” Cyprus Review, 8, 79-96. [16]

External links[link]

• Harry Anastasiou page at Portland State University
• Harry Anastasiou page at Future Worlds Center
• Harry Anastasiou page at the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute

References[link]

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Benjamin Oliver Kelly (born September 15, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio)^[1] is a former American football cornerback of the National Football League, Arena Football League and Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft.^[2] He played college football at Colorado.

Kelly was also a member of the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Avengers, Calgary Stampeders and Grand Rapids Rampage. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Kelly is well-represented in the Aloha Bowl record books after he returned a kickoff for a TD against Oregon on Dec. 25, 1998.

References[link]

External links[link]

• New England Patriots bio

Stylianos (Stelios) Kazantzidis (August 29, 1931 – September 14, 2001) (Greek: Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης) was a prominent Greek singer. A leading singer of Greek popular music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers.

Biography[link]

Kazantzidis was born in Nea Ionia, in Athens, Greece. He was the first of two brothers born to Haralambos Kazantzidis (of Pontian roots from Ordu) and Gesthimani Kazantzidis, who came from the Town of Alanya (known as Alaiya) in Southern Turkey and migrated to Greece as a result of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). He was orphaned at the age of 13 when his father, a member of the Greek Resistance, was tortured to death by the rightists.^[1] This forced Kazantzidis into employment, working as a baggage-carrier at Omonia Square and then for an interstate bus company, as a seller of roasted chestnuts at open markets, and as a labourer at the Nea Ionia textile mills.

His life changed when the owner of a factory, which was located in the Perissos working district, gave him a guitar. He spent long hours playing music.

He made his first public appearance at a Kifissia night club in the early 1950s and soon after, in July 1952, made his first studio recording at Columbia studios with a song entitled "I'm going for a swim" (Για μπάνιο πάω), written by Apostolos Kaldaras. It did not do well but he tried again, recording Giannis Papaioannou's "The suitcases" (Οι βαλίτσες) soon after. The song became the first of many hits and with his newfound popularity he began to make appearances in some of the biggest clubs of the time, like "Theios", "Mpertzeletos" and "Rosignol". With his career in full swing, Kazantzidis began to collaborate with some of the biggest names in Greek music, among them Manolis Chiotis, Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, and Stavros Xarhakos. He and Marinella became a legendary duo.

A hallmark in his career — and an event of great importance for the musical scene of post-war Greece — was his cooperation with composer Vassilis Tsitsanis. It started in 1956 and resulted in Kazantzidis reinterpreting some of Tsitsanis old songs. Kazantzidis, thus, sung and popularized such rebetiko classics as "Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki", "Mpakse tsifliki" and "Ta Kavourakia". These songs, and many others, previously unknown to the wide public suddenly became cherished and sought-after.

Stelios Kazantzidis married Marinella on 7 May 1964 and they toured together in Germany and the United States.

In 1965 Kazantzidis, whilst at the peak of his career, decided to stop appearing in nightclubs. He didn't sing in public again for the rest of his life. For the next ten years, he only released studio albums. In September 1966 he divorced Marinella, and they recorded their last duets ("Mh Mou Lete Gia Authn", "Apopse Se Eho Stin Agalia Mou," "I Kardia Tis Manas") for Philips the following year. In 1968 Kazantzidis recorded "Nyhterides Ki Arahnes", written by newcomer Hristos Nikolopoulos; the song became an immediate success. In 1973 he collaborated with songwriter Akis Panou and released an album with six songs, including one of his biggest hits, "I zoi mou oli", and in 1974 he recorded "Stin Anatoli", composed by Theodorakis. The next year he recorded another one of his biggest hits, "Iparho", penned by Pythagoras. Suddenly Kazantzidis rocked the Greek music industry again, when he announced his decision to stop recording. He accused his label of "colonial-like" contracts and took a leave from recording. In 1987 he recorded again for the first time after 12 years. "Ο Dromos Tis Epistrofis" (Ο Δρόμος της Επιστροφής) sold 200,000 copies and became a commercial success. He continued to release records occasionally for the rest of his life. Kazantidis, besides his work on folk music, also recorded four records with Pontic alongside Chrysanthos Theodoridis, the greatest Pontic singer, songwriter, and lyricist.^[2]

Foreign audiences[link]

In Israel, he was a musical icon. Many of his songs were translated into Hebrew and performed by the country's leading singers. Yaron Enosh, an Israel Radio broadcaster who often plays Greek music on his programs, described the singer's ability to combine joy with sorrow: "This is the task of music: to touch the entire range of feelings...Kazantzidis could do this; he played on all the strings." ^[3] To the Greek Jews who immigrated to Israel, Kazantzidis was "the voice of the world they left behind, for good or for bad." According to the operator of Radio Agapi, a station that plays Greek music 24 hours a day, "Kazantzidis was the voice of the people, of the weary, the exploited, the betrayed. And the voice of the refugee and the emigre, too." ^[4]

Kazantzidis also sang in Turkish.^[5][6]

Death[link]

Kazantzidis died of a brain tumor on September 14, 2001.^[7] His death was an emotional event for Greece, as attested to by the many obituaries in appreciation of his life and work.^[8] Kazantzidis was given a national funeral through the streets of Elefsina (26 km from Athens) which was broadcast live on Greek television. His music was also beloved by the Greek diaspora all over the world, capturing their feelings in the difficult post-war period.^{[citation needed]}

Commorated in a Greek postage stamp in 2010.

Film[link]

Greek popular music had long been intertwined with Greek post-war cinema. In the 50s and 60s, almost every film contained portions of music performed on screen, often by Kazantzidis.^[9]

• I kyria dimarhos (1960) - The mayoress
• Paixe, bouzouki mou glyko (1965) - Play, my sweet Bouzouki
• I timoria (1965) - The punishment
• Afiste me na ziso (1965) - Let me live
• Adistaktoi (1965) - The Ruthless
• Oi angeloi tis amartias (To limani) (1966) - Angels of sin
• Foukarades kai leftades (1966) - Poor men and rich men
• Eho dikaioma na s' agapo! (1966) - I have the right to love you
• O gerontokoros (1967) - The old single man
• I ora tis dikaiosynis (1967) - The hour of justice
• Adiki katara (1967) - Unjust Curse
• Ta psihoula tou kosmou (1968) - The breadcrumbs of the world
• Oi andres den lygizoun pote! (1968) - Men never expire
• O gigas tis Kypselis (1968) - The giant of Kypselis
• Kravges ston anemo (1976) - Shouts in the wind

One of his songs (Efige Efige) featured in the end scene of Season 2 of the hit HBO TV series The Wire.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1961-63
• O Stelios Tragoudaei – 'Stelios is Singing (2001/2002)
• Iparho – I Exist
• Stelios Kazantzidis: Ta zeibekika (2006/2007?)

Singles[link]

Notable Stelios Kazantzidis songs include:

• I zoi mou oli – My entire life – 2:57
• Dio Portes Echi i Zoi – Life has two doors – 3:20
• To Agriolouloudo – The wildflower – 2:50
• Allotines Mou Epoches – My former times - 2:43
• Anemona – 3:00
• De Tha Ksanagapiso – I will never love again – 3:10
• As Eicha tin Ygeia Mou – If I had my health – 3:03
• An Einai i Agapi Egklima – If love is a crime – 2:26
• Ego me tin Axia Mou – Me with my worth – 3:15
• Eimai Ena Kormi Chameno – I'm a lost man – 3:33
• Exo Ap'Adiko – I have suffered injustice - 3:04
• Gyrizo Ap'ti Nychta – I return from the night – 2:58
• Tin Kalyva Ti Diki Mou – That hut of mine – 2:32
• I Kardia Mou As Opsetai – Take a look at my heart - 3:16
• Kathenas me ton Pono Tou – Each with his pain – 3:20
• Katastrofes kai Symfores – Catastrophes and misfortunes - 3:45
• Ki An Gello Einai Psema – And if I laugh, it's a lie – 3:24
• Me Xypnas Charamata – You wake me at dawn – 2:40
• Niotho mia Kourasi Vareia – I feel a deep weariness – 3:05
• Nomiza Pos Itan Filoi – I thought that they were friends – 3:15
• Otan Methaei o Anthropos – When A man gets drunk – 2:46
• Pare ta Chnaria Mou – Take my footprints - 3:08
• I Stenochoria Mou – My concerns – 3:00
• Tha to Po Fanera – I'll say it openly – 3:24
• Sto Trapezi pou ta Pino – At the table where I drink – 2:37
• H Kypros einai Elliniki – Cyprus is Greek – 3:12
• Nea Ionia – Nea Ionia – 2:49

References[link]

1. ^ Kazantzidis talking about his father's murder on YouTube
2. ^ http://home.napster.com/ns/music/artist.html?artist_id=12486484
3. ^ The Greek pillar of Israeli music, Haaretz
4. ^ The Greek pillar of Israeli music, Haaretz
5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAq5Ln7ODic
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNnHUZmQpE&feature=related
7. ^ The Greek pillar of Israeli music, Haaretz
8. ^ Buhayer, Constantine (Tuesday September 18, 2001). "Obituary: Stelios Kazantzidis". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/sep/18/guardianobituaries2. Retrieved 2008-11-30. 
9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1050015/ Kazantzidis on the IMDB

External links[link]

• Official fan community Stelios Kazantzidis
• Who is Stelios Kazantzidis?, Trapezounta
• Stelios Kazantzidis' videos on YouTube
• Syllogos filon Stelios Kazantzidis

Harry H. East (1862–1905) was a professional baseball player who primarily played third base in the American Association for the Baltimore Orioles. He played in one game for the Orioles in 1882 and was hitless in four at-bats. He played in the minor leagues in 1885 and 1886.

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