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Sound Smart at a Party An ancient canine skull recently discovered in Siberia suggests man’s best friend may have originated from multiple ancestors in various geographic locations. This disputes the

current theory that the domestication of dogs happened at a single locale. According to the study, a team of archaeologists found the 33,000-yearold skull in the Altai Mountains. This new find, along with dog remains that are about the same age found from a cave in Belgium, leads archaeologists to believe that wolves were not deliberately domesticated into dogs but it was instead a natural process…

showed the desire to tan gets stronger and the amount of sunscreen they use A new study shows that Snooki gets lower—a drop of 50 percent from starts influencing children as soon as elementary to junior high... they leave elementary school. Well, not really. But a survey by Memorial SloanJim Henson is smiling down on Kettering Cancer Center in NYC that one Ohio television station. As part of tracked kids over a three-year period its coverage of the trial of Democratic

A Florida teenager asked police to place her in a Christian children’s shelter last week because she “heard her mother having sex.” The 15-year-

Who doesn’t like salt on their rice? Scientists in Britain and Japan

have come up with a way to breed crops with higher yields and resistance to climate change, mainly to help Japanese farmers who need rice plants that thrive on salt since their fields were submerged in last year’s tsunami. The technique does not use genetic modification but instead pinpoints DNA variants that confer specific qualities in a plant. Breeders can then splice these genes into an existing strain. Traditionally, breeders have to cross many generations of plants to develop a cultivar, and that can take up to five to 10 years…

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power broker Jimmy Dimora, the station has begun to use puppets to act out the courtroom drama. Cameras have been banned from the trial, which includes testimony about prostitutes, gambling and sexually transmitted diseases. Other stations have covered the scandal with artist sketches and videos of Dimora walking into the courtroom, but WOIO’s news director decided to take a more creative approach. “The Puppet’s Court” depicts what has been going on during the testimonies, and even features a buck-toothed squirrel reporter. Puppets acting out a highprofile federal racketeering trial? We think it’s brilliant…

“I wasn’t disappointed. I didn’t know for hours, but someone was telling me apparently everyone else was disappointed. I had very low expectations, so perhaps my expectations were a bit lower than everybody else.” —Tilda Swinton on the news that she did not receive an Academy Award nomination for her role in “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” In this film publicity image released by Oscilloscope, Swinton, left, and John C. Reilly are shown in a scene from the film. (AP Photo/Oscilloscope, Nicole Rivelli)

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old made the 911 call at around 4 a.m. When a police officer came to the house, she explained that she “felt disrespected” and wanted to be taken away. The mother told police that she’d invited her boyfriend over and didn’t intend to wake her daughter up, but “their bedrooms are next to each other.” The teen admitted “there was no form of abuse or neglect in the house,” and ultimately decided to stay home, since “it was almost time for school.” Teenagers are dramatic, but come on…

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businesses that took home awards in the most categories. In this way, we pay tribute to those winners whose achievements lift them above even the Best of Long Island. Furthermore, this year we are introducing our inaugural Best of L.I. Weddings. Because of the enormous size of the category, we decided this year to devote a section of this issue just to the business of weddings. In that section, you’ll find detailed and elaborate write-ups of our Weddings winners, along with feature stories on a variety of subjects, from what to wear to a wedding to bridal party trends to new engagement- and wedding-ring styles…and much more! It’s just our way of celebrating the best of everything Long Island has to offer. And, like a wedding, it is a celebration, a gathering and an occasion for joy and excitement. We hope you share those feelings, too.

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The Target New Yorkers—off target According to a study conducted by Travel + Leisure magazine, tourists say New Yorkers are the rudest residents in the nation. Well, maybe if they weren’t just standing in the middle of the sidewalk looking up in the air like idiots, we wouldn’t have to tell them to get the #@&% out of the way!

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The Pauls—off target Hours after Sen. Rand Paul claims he was held up at a TSA checkpoint in Nashville, and reportedly refused a full-body pat-down, his father, GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, renews his campaign to “end the TSA.” Not bad! Maybe if the kid were given a hard time while protesting fracking, fighting for prison reform or occupying Wall Street, we could get a few things done in this country!

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Santorum—off target Rick Santorum gets a face full of glitter after he loses in the South Carolina primary. The senator was glitter-bombed by Occupy protestors angry over his anti-gay views. Oh, look on the bright side, Rick: The rest of us got a much-needed laugh out of it!

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Gingrich—off target Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife claims he wanted an open marriage. He probably figured, “Well, she was crazy enough to marry me in the first place, maybe she’s crazy enough to go for this, too!”

The number of days till the return of Mad Men. (Mar. 25, 2012)

Teen Moms—off target In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third who didn’t use birth control said they didn’t use it because they didn’t believe they could get pregnant. Makes sense: They must see shows like 16 & Pregnant and think, “That kind of stuff only happens to celebrities!”

Pink Slip JOSEPH A. MATURO, JR. As if things couldn’t get any worse for the mayor of East Haven, Conn., this week, he had to go and open his big, racially charged mouth. Four East Haven police officers were arrested and accused of, among other crimes, systemically targeting Latinos with illegal search and seizures, traffic stops and a barrage of physical abuse—including beating some victims while their hands were handcuffed behind their backs. Federal authorities involved in the lengthy investigation, including the FBI, described the group—known internally within the department as “Miller’s Boys”—as a “cancerous cadre” and “bullies with badges.” When reporters asked Maturo, a Republican, about tensions between the Latino community and police department, in which there are no Latino officers, he replied: “And your point being?” Pressed about his plans for outreach to the Latino community in the wake of the accused terrorizing, he mocked: “I might have tacos when I go home, I’m not quite sure yet.” Maturo, it might be wise to check the historically charged remarks of a particular former top Suffolk County government official for some insight as to what can happen to a political figure making off-color racial quips. We’ll save you the homework… You’re fired!

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Mitt—off target Romney releases his 2010 tax returns and an estimate for 2011 showing he will likely pay $6.2 million on his income of $42.5 million over a two-year period. What recession? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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“I hated it. I hated it. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal.” —President Barack Obama during the State of the Union Address Tuesday night referring to the common hatred of the bank bailout as one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans—and everybody in between.

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2. PLAY ANGRY BRIDES: In an effort to bring attention to illegal dowries paid in South Asian countries, an Indian matchmaking site has created a new Facebook game. Angry Brides, a spoof of Angry Birds, doesn’t involve flinging poor little birds, only frying pans, shoes and other household items at a groom. We’re pretty excited about this, not only because playing this game actually has moral significance, but because we’ve already beaten every Angry Birds update. 3. YOUTUBE “PIZZA DUDE SINGS HEART OUT”: Who needs American Idol when we have YouTube? A Long Island pizzeria employee was caught on camera unleashing his inner Andrea Bocelli, and the video is making waves across the Internet. The video captured the man in his pizza-stained apron serenading a patron who was celebrating her birthday at Stage Door East Deli and Pizzeria in Farmingdale. Watch as he unleashes an opera-like performance while his coworkers continue making pizza, as if nothing is going on.

4. GO TO THE COOKING WITH MAMMA LIVE SHOWDOWN: Home, amateur and professional chefs, armed with an original recipe using any variety of Mamma Lombardi’s All Natural Sauces, come to a final battle with a live cook-off at Appliance World in Huntington. On Jan. 26 at 6 p.m., four chefs will duke it out for the top spot—while you feast at the Mamma Lombardi’s pasta station set up in AW’s live kitchen. Call 631-418-1009 for tickets.

5. WATCH ANGRY BOYS: For those of you who thought the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High was hilarious, then get excited about the continuing HBO series, Angry Boys, which stars Chris Lilley as all-new characters intended to depict the “boys” of this generation. Angry Boys is on HBO, Sunday nights at 10 p.m. 6. CHECK OUT THE OSTRICH OFFICE SLEEPING BAG: The Ostrich office sleeping bag designed by Kawamura Ganjavian (www.studio-kg.com/ostrich) “offers a micro environment in which to take a warm and comfortable power nap at ease. Its soothing cave-like interior shelters and isolates our head and hands (mind, senses and body) for a few minutes, without needing to leave our desk.” In other words, it’s a smaller version of a padded room. 7. VISIT MUSICOVERY.COM: This music website allows you to select songs by way of a more personal search criteria—your mood. The site offers varying shades to choose from including energetic, positive, calm and dark, allowing you to specify in between, and all around the four emotional staples. Musicovery also allows you to select the era and genre, so you’re sure to hear exactly what you’re in the mood for. 8. GOOGLE “PRETIOSA HANDBAG”: Italian leather company Gherardini has made a Leonardo Da Vinci sketch from 1497 into a handbag. A limited run of 99 purses will be sold to the public beginning March 1. Fun fact: Lisa Gherardini, a descendant of the family Leonardo Da Vinci, was actually painted by Da Vinci back in the day. The portrait is currently on display at the Louvre and is called “The Mona Lisa.” You may have heard of it. 9. READ THE HUNGER GAMES: It’s infuriating when a film adaptation of a novel is released and you haven’t read the book yet, right? Right. So now is the time to fire up your Kindle and get yourself a copy of The Hunger Games before its March 23 big-screen release. Yes, it is categorized as young adult fiction, but if we didn’t just tell you that, we guarantee you wouldn’t have guessed it. 10. MAKE VALENTINE’S DAY RESERVATIONS…AT WHITE CASTLE: Yes, White Castle will transform to Love Castle once again and the reservation list (718-8998404, ext. 330) is filling up faster than Lindsay Lohan’s court calendar. News

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1. VISIT THE LEGS IN SAG HARBOR: …while you still can. For the past two years, this 16-foot sculpture by famed local artist Larry Rivers has literally stood streetside, courtesy of art dealers Janet Lehr and Ruth Vered. But now some local officials want to take them away, citing town building codes and zoning requirements as an excuse. Sag Harbor’s village attorney, Assemb. Fred Thiele, Jr., claims, “While some may consider this to be ‘art,’ it is irrelevant…” Irrelevant? Obviously, this guy has never watched A Christmas Story—or maybe he has.

The Book The Twelfth Enchantment By David Liss Start with Jane Austen, add a touch of magic, the Industrial Revolution, a dash of Lord Byron and voila! That’s the recipe for David Liss’ new novel, The Twelfth Enchantment. Liss has taken some very popular fiction tropes and combined them to create a compelling mix. Lucy Derrick is not a girl of means. Her father’s dead and she’s been swindled out of her inheritance and reputation. Forced to live with her indifferent uncle and his cruel housemaid, Lucy has resigned herself to marrying the creepy local mill owner (think Steve Buscemi–some girls are into his hooded eyes, but Lucy’s not having it), when suddenly, the dreamy Lord Byron appears raving at her door, asking for her. Having never met him, but instantly suspected of doing the deed with the womanizing poet, Lucy determines Byron has been cursed. With the aid of a local lady who is independent, wealthy and powerful (all Lucy aspires to), they remove the demon. It’s a slippery slope from here: Lucy finds out she’s the super magician lynchpin to the Industrial Revolution and must decide if she’ll be supporting the men or the machines. There’s a lot of exposition in the meantime, and the fact that Lucy must adhere to the society of manners makes for some surprisingly interesting and tense moments. The Twelfth Enchantment is very entertaining, but Liss overshot a bit by stuffing it to the brim with historical characters and incidences. Lucy alone could have carried the book. —Jenn Kane For more of Jenn Kane’s book reviews, go to allreadup.wordpress.com. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Off The Reservation is off the reservation this week. Please enjoy the following piece from Dorian Dale.

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves By Dorian Dale

“You have to be responsible for yourself.” —Paula Deen, Food Network host The Hidden Hand of the Market- make: health insurance or health club place will cure all that ails you. So say membership? I figured an ounce of prethe Voodoo economists who tout that vention is worth a pound of cure, and wondrous elixir—market-based health- health club clientele look a lot better care—packaged, of late, as health-insur- than patients at health clinics. Forance “vouchers.” In other words, my tunately the only tangible threats to fellow Americans, you’re on your own. my health during this period were the The metastasizing American two hits I took from cabs as I bicycled health care system is now devouring around Manhattan. close to one-fifth of our economy. That Long-time neighbor Dr. Lyman is nearly double other First World Fussell passed away a couple of years countries. Our system delivers shorter lifespans than Third World Communist Cuba. It is a budgetary hot potato that everyone is tossing to the other guy as it engorges to giant pumpkin proportions. Seemingly well-intentioned, Obamacare got the cart before the horse by first seeking ago at the age of 107. Even into triple to extend this bloated, underperform- digits and functionally blind, he would ing system to the tens of uninsured motor around like the Energizer millions. What would have happened Bunny. He remained sharp as a tack, if they set about shaping up the system summoning up memories from nearly first then shipping out savings to cover a century ago. There was the time, those exposed? studying at Physicians & Surgeons, he Murmurs of cost containment witnessed Columbia college sophomore drew shrill, special-interest shills crying and future Pride of the Yankees, Lou “Death Panels!” Fingers Gehrig, hammer a wagged at government baseball out of the interference and social campus quadrangle engineering. Mess facebook.com/jedmorey on to 116th Street and Broadway. with tort reform and “To what do you attribute your the Hidden Hand will witch-slap you upside the face. Bulk purchase drugs to longevity?” I asked Dr. Fussell. “I stay away from doctors,” drive down prices and the Hidden Fist answered Dr. Fussell. will cold-cock you. Easy for the good doctor to say, Keep ducking, fellow Americans, God helps those who help themselves. some will argue. He had the luck of Back in my halcyon days living the gene draw, right? Fellow Columbia close to the bone, I had a choice to Lion, Lou Gehrig, wasn’t so lucky. The

Iron Horse, who went on to play 2,130 consecutive games for the Yankees, died of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) just shy of his 38th birthday. Dr. Fussell’s son, who also became a Dr. Fussell, did not inherit the longevity gene, succumbing to leukemia at 60. As traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has it, doctors only get paid when you’re well, not when you’re sick. My experience with a principle TCM procedure is mixed. A couple of years after my father’s major stroke, he would travel to Paris during summers for treatment by a Chinese acupuncturist. Upon his return, impaired speech noticeably improved for a period. Whether it was the acupuncture, good times with all things French, or the respite from his wife, Heddy the Hun, remains subject to speculation. My one-time acupuncture treatment only exacerbated the debilitating pain emanating, as later revealed, from soft tissue catching on the splintered head of my femur. A couple of months of prescribed physical therapy exacerbated even more. It took an MRI to reveal a necrotic lesion the size of a golf ball on the ball of my hip. How were such conclusions reached before MRIs, I asked the great doctor treating me? Had to operate, he responded. If a hip specialist is unable to pony up an educated guess based on a graphic description of symptoms, it’s time for a

Americans from the ’50s and ’60s show virtually none of the wide-loads of today. These body-types aren’t anyone’s destiny. They are Exhibits A-Z that the body burns whole foods and stores junk food. Calories are not created equal. Junk thought contends that children will only eat deep-fried industrial products offered on “children’s menus.” Wrong. Kids have been conditioned to “like” the crap they’re fed. My 15-years-old twins, who have been conditioned otherwise, inhale well-prepared, balanced banquets daily. They have only gone to a McDonald’s to use the bathroom and thought the restaurant odor gross. Remember, parents, when you set your kids on a collision course with type-2 diabetes, very few will grow up to parlay their condition into shilling for diabetes injections like Paula Deen, Queen of the Fryolator. Americans believe they can shovel toxins down their throats with one hand and neutralize by popping pills with the other. “Eat the foods you love,” then douse the heartburn, antacids advertise. Maybe heartburn is your body’s way of telling you those foods don’t agree with it. Listen to your body. And let your immune system go on maneuvers against most bacteria so to it is prepared to take on the really big threats to health. The “Hygiene Hypothesis” squared my long-held premise that excessive use of antibacterial has been, paradoxically, a culprit in epidemic rates of asthma and allergies. God bless the child that’s got good sense (and habits) to “stay away from doctors,” as 107-years-old Dr. Fussell prescribed.

“Today’s given wisdom is often tomorrow’s discredited procedure and may even be hazardous to your health. ”

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different orthopedist. You absolutely must be the primary sentinel of your own health. To be effective in that capacity, you have to be in touch with your body and deduce what is good or bad for it. Today’s given wisdom is often tomorrow’s discredited procedure and may even be hazardous to your health. When margarine was introduced forty years ago as the “healthy, low-fat” alternative to butter, one look told me otherwise. No way the human body could thoroughly digest and purge a tub of melted yellow plastic, the feel of WD-40. Margarine was the gateway processed transfat that teamed with high-fructose corn syrup to supersize two-thirds of America. Photos of

Dorian Dale is a contributor to JedMorey.com. His writing has appeared in journals ranging from Government Security News to Dads World. He is the 8th Distinguished Citi Fellow at the NYU’s Stern School of Business and a member of the Associations of Old Crows and Former Intelligence Officers.

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Jerry’s Ink BY JERRY DELLA FEMINA Publisher, the Independent

Plaxico Burress Is A Republican How do I know that? Because when he was at the top of his game—when everything was going right for his team, the New York Giants—Plaxico Burress shot himself in the foot. That’s such a Republican move. I know, I’m a Republican. Have you watched the debates? The Republican Party is at war with the Republican Party. Sadly, the only person who will win this war is a Democrat—Barack Obama. What a mess. And it got worse when Newt Gingrich crushed Mitt Romney in, of all places, South Carolina. Now here is what you have to know about South Carolina. These are the descendents of the same people who elected Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America because Abraham Lincoln was another Republican whom South Carolina felt should not be our President. At one point, Newt’s second wife, Marianne, actually tried to derail his candidacy in South Carolina. It seems that Newt, who is either crazy or has balls of steel, asked Marianne to accept an open marriage (so he could also be with his girlfriend) while preaching family values to the rest of us. It turns out the voters of South Carolina, not being the sharpest knives in the drawer, actually thought that Newt asking his wife to have an open marriage was not such a bad idea. They sort of accepted that Newt had divorced two of his wives and was on his third, but at the same time they frowned on Mitt Romney’s being a Mormon. Apparently having three wives was OK if you divorced them one at a time, but being part of a religion where people used to be able to have three or more wives at the same time was more than the Christian Right could stand. This brings up a lot of interesting things to contemplate on the unlikely chance Newt should get to be president of the United States. One day he would address the American people and say, “People of the United States, I have secretly been spending some time in Canada and after a lot of work behind the scenes, I am happy to report that I have been elected president of Canada, too. There’s no reason why we can’t all live together. “I can now admit I have secretly been doing to Canada what I’ve been doing to the United States for years.

Now we can have the first North American threesome, and in the spirit of honesty, I must admit I have my eye on Mexico, too.” Let me say this about Gingrich. He’s very smart. He will beat up on the media, to everyone’s delight. He is a great debater and would crush stuttering Barack Obama in a presidential debate and will expose him as the worst president to hold the office since Jimmy Carter. But winning a debate will not add up to winning this election. And sadly for the Republican party, I have as much of a chance to be elected president of the United States as Newt Gingrich has. Why? Because Newt Gingrich is a loathsome creature who has more baggage for being involved in more shady deals than any other politician in the country. Shall we talk about Newt scamming Freddie Mac out of $1.6 million while serving as a historian (read “lobbyist”). How about this: Newt as Speaker of the House had 84 ethics charges filed against him, and he was reprimanded and penalized $300,000 by a 395-28 House vote. This was the first time in the history of the House that a Speaker was disciplined for ethics violations. How can I best put this? In a manto-man comparison, that despicable piece of crap, Democrat John Edwards, comes out as sort of Newt Gingrich lite. Now before you start writing in to this paper and hurting my tender feelings, let me tell you where I stand. I want the Republican nominee to be the most electable conservative candidate. The key word here is “electable.” Remember the people who are pushing hard for Newt Gingrich are the same people who were trying to shove that idiot Rick Perry down our throats. I want us to nominate a candidate who will get the votes of the most Independents, the key to every election. I’m talking about real honest-togoodness Independents who have had it up to here with the destructive antics of both parties and will vote for the best person running. They are disappointed and fed up with Obama, but they will choose him over Newt Gingrich. I was a Huntsman fan. He didn’t make it. If Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Mitch Daniels or Gen. David Petraeus throw their hat into the ring, I will vote for one of them. But as of now, the best candidate we have, and the person I’m voting for, is Mitt Romney.

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Fortune 52 Long Island Women making a Difference

The Next Fortune 52 Networking Event

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Beautiful & Bald Barbie Beth Freifeld Beautiful & Bald Barbie Administrator Childhood Cancer Advocate

Since Mattel created Barbie more than half a century ago, the iconic doll has dabbled in more than 90 careers. She has always been ahead of her time, breaking the glass ceiling way before many people even knew there was one. Barbie is back in the news again in a big way. She has people talking in more than 25 languages around the world, and has set the social networking world on fire with the question: “Should there be a Bald Barbie for children with cancer?” Just to set the record straight, Beautiful & Bald Barbie does exist; in fact, there are two of them, both living with little girls right here on Long Island. How this pair of prototypes came to be made especially for Sadie Freifeld and Genesis Reyes is the result of the efforts of Beth Freifeld of Merrick, Sadie’s mother. Sadie was just three years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, a very rare cancer affecting only about 200 children in the U.S. every year. “Sadie’s eyelids were discolored,” Beth explained. “We had no idea what was wrong. She was so tired and weak. She would wake up from a nap and want to go back to bed.” Beth and her husband Steven took Sadie from doctor to doctor, and no one could tell them what was

wrong with their child. Beth remembers sending Sadie off to school one morning, and a short time later getting a call from her teacher saying that Sadie’s eye just went “lazy,” rolling to the side of her head. They were sent to a hematologist who found a tumor on Sadie’s adrenal gland. The little girl underwent an operation to remove the tumor and five days of chemotherapy all in less than two weeks. Sadie began to lose her hair as a side effect of the treatments. Beth says that they told their eldest child, Max, that if Sadie’s hair was falling out, it meant she was getting well. Max would diligently check his sister’s pillow to look for a sign that she was getting better. Beth was adamant that cancer was not going to take all of her daughter’s hair. “I cut her hair. That was my control,” Beth says. Twelve inches of Sadie’s hair was donated to Locks of Love. While being treated as an outpatient, Beth and Sadie met another little girl named Genesis Reyes, a year older than Sadie, who had a recurrence of the same cancer that Sadie had. Genesis was completely bald and Beth learned that Genesis believed that without her hair, she didn’t look “like a princess anymore, like her doll.” Beth started looking for a doll for Genesis but couldn’t find the right one. “There was nothing beautiful and sparkly, that’s what Barbie is known for,” Beth says. Sadie was in the hospital for a treatment and while she slept Beth did a search online. “I posted on Facebook saying that

the toy company ignore them? “They’ve made tattoo Barbie, wheelchair Barbie, breast cancer Barbie, astronaut Barbie and pregnant Midge already,” Beth says. “Why not this doll?” During her treatment, Sadie endured six rounds of chemo, radiation, a stem-cell transplant and fought hard through the pain. Beth just learned that Sadie has a severe hearing loss, but she is doing well now--and that’s what is important. Beth believes that this special Barbie doll can help a sick child deal with the emotional toll of losing their hair. “We are supposed to have hair; if you don’t, people assume you’re sick,” Beth says. A bald Barbie doll gives the child something tangible. “They can see it, touch it and visualize it,” she says. Why Mattel won’t reconsider its refusal is baffling to Beautiful and Bald Barbie advocates since the toy manufacturer introduced the sparkly “Pink Ribbon Barbie” in 2006, which, in Mattel’s words, “celebrates the incredible strength, beauty and resilience of women.” What about children with cancer? The giant toy company’s response hasn’t changed: “Mattel does not accept ideas from outside sources.” Beth was asked to be an administrator on the official Beautiful & Bald Barbie Facebook page, and shares the responsibility of overseeing the page content with Jane, Rebecca and three other women, all with a different reason for wanting Barbie bald. “I’m the one who started it, but my focus now is getting back to living life,” Beth says. With Sadie in remission and attending pre-K and Max in third grade, Beth has time to focus on just raising a normal family and assisting her husband with their business in Freeport, Arrow Express Packing and Shipping. Being the mother of a child with cancer has given Beth a new perspective on many things, she says. “You don’t have time to think, you just do.” And that’s exactly what Beth did when she found Genesis Reyes the only truly Bald & Beautiful Barbie in the world. “My main goal was to get this doll for Genesis and I did.”

a friend of Sadie’s doesn’t feel like a princess,” she recalls. At that time, the CEO of Mattel lived on Long Island, and his wife learned about Beth’s search. (Mattel’s new CEO doesn’t live here.) The executive’s wife had two prototype dolls made, one for Genesis, a Hispanic Barbie doll that was completely bald, dressed in a sparkly pink dress that looked just like her. The other Barbie doll had blonde fuzz on her head, like Sadie, whose hair had begun to grow back. She was also dressed like a princess in a beautiful pink gown. “I wanted a doll for Genesis,” Beth says. “I didn’t ask for one for Sadie.” Beth was asked to attend a press conference where the Beautiful & Bald Barbie would be given to Genesis but decided it was more important that she stay with Sadie. “I got the doll and felt my job was done,” Beth says. No one could guess that Beth’s original 2011 Facebook posting would be the spark of an online movement. Jane Bingham and Rebecca Sypin, both personally affected by cancer, recently posted on a new Facebook page, “Bald and Beautiful Barbie: Let’s see if we can get it made.” Beth found their post and contacted them with words of encouragement. “I told them I did it, you can, too.” Jane and Rebecca were surprised to learn that Sadie also had her own Beautiful & Bald Barbie. They credit Beth with starting the movement and told her: “You’re the “other mom”; you’re the one who inspired us.” So far more than 134,000 people “like” the Facebook page and celebrity supporters include Marlo Thomas and Denise Richards. Beth is hopeful To contact Beth, email bfreifeld2@ that eventually Mattel will reconsider making the doll. With over a million gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/#!/ page views in just one week, how can BeautifulandBaldBarbie If you know a super woman who deserves good Fortune—and a profile— e-mail your nominations to Beverly at bfortune@longislandpress.com.

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The Best of the Best highlights the top 20 vote-getters in our Best of L.I. competition (and what a competition it was!) We know: There is no superlative greater than “best.” That’s a simple fact of language, a fact of life. Still, every year, when the Long Island Press compiles its Best of L.I. results, we are amazed to see just how many “bests” there are on these shores. That’s not hyperbole for hyperbole’s sake: This year, our Best of L.I. program produced its greatest and most vast results by a wide margin: We had 362 categories and more than 1.2 million total votes cast (an astonishing 50 percent more than our previous high, achieved just last year). Yeah. Wow. And all in the service of finding the very best Long Island has to offer. So, while it’s all well and good to say there is no superlative greater than “best”, there are also a few highlights that shined especially bright in our collection of bests. Every year, when the Long Island Press Best of L.I. voting is all said and done, we look back at the winners, we scour the numbers, and we find what we call “The Best of the Best”: the top vote-getters, not just in their own categories, but across the competition as a whole. And while we could do some advanced metrics analysis to better

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understand what these votes mean, we also like to just sit back in awe at the big winners—those who simply brought in tons of votes and crushed everything and everyone in their path. The Best of the Best list is comprised of the top 20 vote-getters across the entire spectrum of winners. Pediatrician versus video arcade. Psychic versus Greek restaurant. Jewelry store versus bike shop. Every first-place winner, duking it out in a steel-cage match from Montauk Point to the Nassau-Queens border. These are the people and businesses and products that brought out the vote, the result of fierce devotion and dedication from their followers and patrons. Last year, topping the list of our “Best of the Best” was Long Island Plastic Surgical Group—and you’ll find them in the top 20 this year, too. But they fell 10 slots, from first place to 11th. This year, the top slot was claimed by Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center, which perhaps offers some idea of the depth of conscience and care exhibited by our voters. Little Shelter vaulted eight spots here, from No. 9 last year to No. 1 in 2012. Rounding off the rest of the top five was Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Dunkin’ Donuts (a perennial Best of the Best winner), Dr. Stephen

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Greenberg and John Edward. So we have: an animal rescue center, a credit union, a coffee-and-donut chain, a cosmetic surgeon and a psychic. There is much to be learned about Long Island in these choices—if nothing else, they give us a picture of just how varied and multitudinous we truly are, as individuals and as a group. For what it’s worth, many of last year’s Best of the Best winners are back this year, although some saw a drop in

overall rank. (To be clear, this does not reflect a drop in total votes—because we had so many more votes this year than ever before, in almost every case, past winners actually got exponentially more votes than ever before, too.) Of course, the entire list is something to behold, to digest, to argue over. Think of this list as a look into what makes Long Islanders who they are. As we say, to be the Best is to be recognized for excellence. To be the Best of the Best is to demand it.

THE 2012 BEST OF THE BEST 1. Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center 33 Warner Rd., Huntington. 631-368-8770. www.littleshelter.com

2. Bethpage Federal Credit Union Multiple Locations. www.bfcu.com

3. Dunkin’ Donuts Multiple Locations. www.dunkindonuts.com

4. Dr. Stephen Greenberg 195 Froehlich Farm Blvd., Woodbury. 516-364-4200. www.greenbergcosmeticsurgery.com

5. John Edward www.johnedward.net

6. Dr. David Scharf 98 E. Main St., Babylon. 631-661-6633. www.drscharf.com

7. Levittown Animal Hospital 2703 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown. 516-796-2266. www.levittownvet.com

8. Billy Joel www.billyjoel.com

9. Alec Baldwin www.alecbaldwin.com

10. Smokin’ Al’s Multiple Locations. www.smokinals.com

11. Long Island Plastic Surgical Group 999 Franklin Ave., Garden City. 516-504-3014. www.lipsg.com

12. Quacker Jack—Long Island Ducks Bethpage Ballpark, 3 Court House Dr., Central Islip. 631-940-DUCK. www.liducks.com

13. Epoch 5—Katherine Heaviside 755 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-427-1713. www.epoch5.com

14. Westbury Friends School 550 Post Ave., Westbury. 516-333-3178. www.westburyfriends.org

15. Red Mango Multiple Locations. www.redmangousa.com

16. All American Hamburger Drive-In 4286 Merrick Rd., Massapequa. 516-798-9574. www.allamericanhamburger.us

17. Front Street Bakery 51 Front St., Rockville Centre. 516-766-1199.

18. The Gold Standard Multiple Locations. www.nygoldcashers.com

19. Vincent’s Clam Bar 179 Old Country Rd., Carle Place. 516-742-4577. www.vincentsclambar.com

20. IHOP Multiple Locations. www.ihop.com

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Best of L.I. Seven-Time Winners

It is frequently said that every cell in a human body is changed over a period of seven years. Many doctors also note that human beings undergo major emotional and psychological shifts every seven years. Indeed, there is something magical about that period of time—and not just magical, but biological. Over seven years, we change: our bodies change, our opinions change, our worlds change. So it is remarkable when we find things that remain consistent over that span—even more remarkable when those things are consistently great, consistently the best. To be a seven-time Best of L.I. winner is, simply put, to defy the rules of nature! To do in succession what most fail to do even once. To consistently and repeatedly adhere to standards that, to many, are unattainable for even a fleeting moment. Last year, we looked at our sixtime winners: a class of 33 businesses, products and people. This year, four names fell off that list; four perennial winners that couldn’t find the votes this year. We won’t name names, but think about it: What must that feel like? To display such consistency and dominance, and then to…fall off? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. No dynasty can rule forever. Even the greatest of all sports dynasties—the New York Yankees, with 27 World Series titles

in 108 seasons—has, at points, fallen from grace. Dynasties, by definition, do not last, simply because it is nigh impossible to maintain total and infallible dominance in any particular field. It requires intense effort, steadfast concentration, resilience, and never-ending wherewithal to adapt to change. In a world where your reputation can shift from positive to negative with a single unfavorable comment immortalized on the Internet, to garner an overwhelming number of votes from our Island is nothing to scoff at. Twentynine businesses have managed to do it seven years in a row. Seven years. Like we said, that’s a timeframe that can’t even be matched by biology! We’d also like to point out that we are edging closer and closer to the 10year mark. How many of these winners will carry their crown to what we believe will be the most important list in the Best of L.I.’s history? Wait till 2015 to find out. In the meantime, give credit to the winners on this list. As we like to say, the Best of L.I. offers an introspective look at Long Island’s crème-de-la-crème. Our class of seven-time winners offers, perhaps, something even more unusual: a combination of unbridled excellence and unwavering consistency.

1042 Collision

1042 Fulton St., Farmingdale. 516-249-0926. www.1042collision.com

Adventureland

2245 Broadhollow Rd., Farmingdale. 631-694-6868. www.adventureland.us

All American Drive-In

4286 Merrick Rd., Massapequa. 516-798-9574. www.allamericanhamburger.us

Ayhan’s Restaurants & Mediterranean Café

Multiple Locations. www.ayhansrestaurants.com

Bagel Boss

Multiple Locations. www.bagelboss.com

Book Revue

313 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-271-1442. www.bookrevue.com

Briermere Farms

4414 Sound Ave., Riverhead. 631-722-3931. www.briermere.com

Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave., Huntington. 631-423-7611. www.cinemaartscentre.org

Croxley Ale House

Multiple Locations. www.croxley.com

Dave & Buster’s

Multiple Locations. www.daveandbusters.com

Dr. Stephen Greenberg

195 Froehlich Farm Blvd., Woodbury. 516-364-4200. www.greenbergcosmeticsurgery.com

Duckwalk Vineyards

Multiple Locations. www.duckwalk.com

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Eisenhower Park

Merrick and Stewart Avenues. 516-572-0348. www.nassaucountyny.gov

Hofstra University

Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead. www.hofstra.edu

Iavarone Bros.

Multiple Locations. www.ibfoods.com

Island 16/Cinema De Lux

185 Morris Ave., Holtsville. 631-758-9100

Island Harvest

199 Second St., Mineola. 516-294-8528. www.islandharvest.org

Kotobuki Restaurant

Multiple Locations. www.kotobukinewyork.com

Looney Tunes

31 Brookvale Ave., West Babylon. 631-587-7722. www.looneytunescds.com

Mamma Lombardi’s

400 Furrows Rd., Holbrook. 631-737-0774. www.mammalombardis.com

Maureen’s Kitchen

1 Larson Ave., Smithtown. 631-360-9227.

Mediterranean Snack Bar

360 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-423-8982. www.medsnackbar.com

Nathan’s famous

Multiple Locations. www.nathansfamous.com

Oheka Castle

135 W. Gate Dr., Huntington. 631-659-1400. www.oheka.com

Panera Bread

Multiple Locations. www.panerabread.com

Pindar Vineyards Winery & Pavilion

Multiple Locations. www.pindar.net

Rockabilly Barbers

Multiple Locations. www.rockabillybarbers.com

Smokin’ Al’s

Multiple Locations. www.smokinals.com

White Post Farms

250 Old Country Rd., Melville. 631-351-9373. www.whitepostfarms.com

THE FINE NINE

The Best of L.I. 2012 winners who walked away with awards in the most categories The Nutty Irishman: 8 category awards Multiple Locations. www.thenuttyirishman.com

Vincent’s Clam Bar: 8 category awards

179 Old Country Rd., Carle Place. 516-742-4577. www.vincentsclambar.com

CJ’s Coffee Shop: 7 category awards

225 Long Beach Rd., Rockville Centre. 516-766-9107.

A Taste of Home Bakery: 6 category awards

1992 N. Jerusalem Rd., North Bellmore. 516-486-1670. www.atasteofhomebakery.com

Even Flow Bar and Grill: 6 category awards

150 E. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-665-9696. www.evenflowbarandgrill.com

Joe’s Meat & Gourmet Deli: 6 category awards

104 Main Street Northport, NY 11768 631.261.0436 Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Sun 12pm-5pm

783 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park. 516-326-7616. www.joesgourmetdeli.com

Cactus Salon & Day Spa: 5 category awards Multiple Locations. www.cactussalon.com

Croxley Ale House: 5 category awards Multiple Locations. www.croxley.com

Panera Bread: 5 category awards

Multiple Locations. www.panerabread.com

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With gov. cuomo hoping to cash in at aqueduct, the dice are loaded against the tribe and Nassau county The jovial retired couple had just driven in from Stony Brook to play the new slot machines at the Aqueduct racetrack in south Queens, about a mile from JFK Airport. They hadn’t started betting yet and they were in a good mood, eager to take advantage of the Chinese New Year specials offered at the gaming facility, formally known as Resorts World Casino New York City. “Just call us Ozzie and Joanne,” they said with a grin, as they got off the escalator on the second floor. They didn’t want to give their last names. His hair was silvery gray; he wore wire-rim glasses, a white cardigan sweater and tan slacks. His wife had streaked straight blonde hair, and was tastefully attired in a patterned wool pants suit. Joanne thought it had taken them about 45 minutes to get there from Suffolk County, Ozzie said it was more like an hour and five minutes. Although Joanne confided conspiratorially that she preferred the games at Yonkers, she said they’d come “a few” times since the Queens gaming facility had officially opened in October. Ozzie said it was more like five or six times. “We’ve been coming in the late afternoons,” he said. They stay six or seven hours, usually leaving before 10 p.m. “That’s past his bedtime,” Joanne jokes, patting her husband’s belly. Asked if they’d like Aqueduct to become a fullfledged gambling casino, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed in his recent State of the State address, they were equally enthusiastic. “That’d be nice!” Joanne said. “Definitely,” Ozzie agreed. If Cuomo gets his way, he may grant this couple their wish—and they’d never have to leave Long Island whenever they got the urge to wager. There are now nine virtual casinos—dubbed racinos—at New York horse racing tracks, including Aqueduct, and five Las Vegas-style casinos on tribal land upstate. In his Jan. 5 speech, Cuomo aimed high. “We will build the largest convention center in the nation,” he announced, telling his audience that the Jacob Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s West Side is “obsolete” (even though it’s currently undergoing a $340 million renovation). “We are pursuing a joint venture with the Genting 26

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Stony Brook University named

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tourism, the revenue, and the good jobs that belong here. It’s estimated that over $1 billion of economic activity from gaming can be generated in our state. Therefore, let’s amend the constitution so we can do gaming right.” He got a thundering ovation. Left off the table was Nassau County’s ambitious plans to help the Shinnecock Indian Nation build a gambling casino at Belmont Park. The tribe had won federal recognition in 2010 and its representatives were encouraged this summer by County Executive Ed Mangano’s support of Belmont as the Shinnecocks’ casino venue. But in a sharply divided vote in December, the tribe rejected an agreement with Gateway Casino Resorts, a Detroit-based developer, casting the Belmont plan into limbo. Cuomo’s Aqueduct announcement sounds its death knell.

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“The governor throwing his weight behind the Aqueduct project means that Belmont becoming a major casino facility is dead,” says Assemb. Fred Thiele Jr. (D-Bridgehampton). “I’d say it’s pretty much dead,” says Joe Rizza, a spokesman for state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola). “A casino is not going to be in the future for Belmont. However, we’re still going to look for economic development, but it’s got to be something that both Elmont and the Floral Park communities embrace. Floral Park really wasn’t on board.” Mitchell Pally, chief executive officer of the Long Island Builders Institute, agrees. “Obviously it’s going to be much more difficult to do at Belmont what they originally intended to do with the tremendous plans for Aqueduct, but that doesn’t mean that there are not other things that can be done at Belmont,” says Pally. “Duplicating both activities 10 miles apart is going 28

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to be very difficult.” John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, had preferred a casino at Belmont but, he says, “If the governor sees Aqueduct as the place, that’s where it’s going to go. He’s been pretty persuasive in getting things done!” The growing consensus among the Long Island’s politically connected development community that the plan for a casino at Belmont was “dead” seemed to catch the Shinnecocks off guard. “Well, we don’t know that, and we don’t have a comment on that at the moment,” says the tribe’s spokeswoman, Beverly Jensen. “We are still evaluating the situation.” She says she was “sure” that the tribe would “work something out with the developer. I don’t know what, I don’t know when.” Marguerite Smith, a member of the Shinnecocks and an attorney, says she is more focused on the opportunities to improve the conditions of her tribe presented by the federal recognition. “We’re working on the health, education and social services needs of our people,” she says, mentioning increased scholarship aid, mortgage guarantees and legal rights in family court. She had nothing to say about the casino negotiations. Randy King, chairman of the Shinnecock trustees, did not comment for this story. Nor did Gateway Resorts, which is owned by Marion Ilitch of Little Caesars Pizza and developer Michael Malik, who have been involved financially with the tribe’s efforts to gain federal recognition since 2004. David Calone, Suffolk’s planning chairman, says the tribe should concentrate on their home county if it

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wants a gambling casino. “It doesn’t make sense for them to be in Nassau where they will be competing with Aqueduct,” he says. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) has said he’s basically open to Cuomo’s plans for Aqueduct, but he still has hopes for Belmont. “Working with Senator Martins and others, Senator Skelos will continue to do everything he can to achieve the best possible plan for developing Belmont, so we can create good jobs and help the surrounding communities,” his spokesman, Scott Reif, tells the Press. In letter from Cuomo to Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) spelling out his agreement with Genting, the Resorts World parent company, the governor wrote tellingly that “there is also an issue as to how this racino expansion at Aqueduct would affect operations at the nearby Belmont race track.” At a press breakfast following Cuomo’s Aqueduct announcement, Mangano said he planned to meet with the governor and work with the state “to leverage our assets.” Asked for further comment, Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin tells the Press, “The county executive will work with Govenor Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to ensure a regional approach is taken toward economic development on Long Island. County Executive Mangano will continue to pursue redevelopment of the Hub, along with convention center space, both of which are desperately needed on Long Island.” Bellone, who’s only been on the job for a month, was sanguine about the governor’s proposals for Aqueduct and their impact on Long Island. “We desperately need a new convention center in New York City, there’s no question about it,” he tells the Press. “Clearly it’s something that is very important for economic development in our region… Any time we’re growing the economic pie in our region there’s going to be some benefit for Suffolk.” Bellone sees an opportunity for the Shinnecocks to do something in Suffolk, but time is running out. How fast they respond to the changing landscape is up to the tribe, he says. “They’re a sovereign nation,” he says. “They have to determine their own course.” That sense of immediacy is echoed by Suffolk Legis. Wayne 30

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Horsley (D-Babylon), who has been spearheading a county task force on gaming for several years. “I can’t emphasize this enough,” he says. “The Shinnecocks have got to move quickly. Otherwise, they’re going to be shut out of the casino operation… If they don’t move, they’re going to lose their play… The world is shifting under everybody’s feet at this point as far as [their] casino goes.” And just like any business, it’s all about location, location, location. “Anywhere you put a casino, there’s going to be competition,” explains Robert Fonti, Suffolk chairman of the Long Island Business Council and former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s appointee on the gaming task force. “We were looking at it because there’s a portion of the proceeds the county would get that would be millions and millions of dollars over the years.” Under present conditions, the tribe could legally host “level two” gaming, such as high-stakes bingo, on their reservation in Southampton, but to do something more lucrative like table gaming would require a state compact from the governor. King, the Shinnecock trustees chair, told Newsday earlier this month that “we made a commitment to local, state and federal officials to move to Belmont” instead of building a casino on the reservation. Horsley said his task force had shown the tribe “a number of properties” in Suffolk, and that an old Estee Lauder factory off Sills Road at Exit 66 on the Long Island Expressway had 200,000 feet ready to go. “All they had to do was build it out,” Horsley said. But then Belmont looked more promising to the tribe and they shifted their attention. Now,

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Wedding planning is about going all out for your once-in-a-lifetime special day. Long Island couples have a big advantage, with many of the world’s best wedding vendors located right here. From vineyards to beaches, six-star hotels to the hottest DJs and the latest fashions, here are a few different party options.

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Go trendy! Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw celebrated her upcoming nuptials with Mr. Big at the trendy Buddakan. If Carrie lived on Long Island, she would have had many venues to select from, including Bohlsen Restaurant Group’s Monsoon in Islip, slated to open in February within the almost 10,000-square-foot former Bank of

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Babylon building built back in 1922. Monsoon offers wallet-friendly plates of different modern Asian cuisine, from Vietnamese to Thai, and boasts a trendy lounge equipped with a mobile DJ booth and Facebook-friendly photo screen. Surely, it will be known as a top choice to throw a private party. “We hope to get a bunch of engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, bachelor or bachelorette parties,” says Michael Bohlsen of Bohlsen Restaurant Group. Another amazing venue for an engagement party is Ferrari-Masserati in Plainview, located on the second floor of the luxury car dealership which is reserved exclusively for special events. It’s a car lover’s fantasy, with parties produced exclusively by Andrea Correale of Elegant Affairs Off Premise Catering & Event Design.

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other prestigious properties on the list,” says Nancy Melius, marketing and design director at Oheka.

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Opt for a tea party, adding to the elegant element of your upcoming wedding. A natural choice would be the Garden City Hotel, which provides quite the posh and private tea party experience. The Bridal Tea features world-class blended teas from Moroccan Mint to French Verveine matched with a delectable selection of traditional cakes, sandwiches and scones served on the hotel’s collection of fine china.

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For the big day, select a venue that reflects the bride and groom as a couple. Lucky for Long Islanders, there is a vast array of places to host nuptials ranging from vineyards to trendy hotels and beachfront views. For a romantic affair, Raphael in Peconic is a boutique winery that offers an intimate party.“When you walk through the doors, you feel like you’re in Europe,” says Melissa Martin of Raphael. For those who want to let loose, how about a barefoot wedding? The Crescent Beach Club in Bayville offers a total beach wedding experience, the only on Long Island, they say. The upscale beachfront venue hosts outdoor white sand weddings, either casual or formal, followed by a catered cocktail reception just footsteps away. For the trendy couple, the oceanfront Allegria Hotel in Long Beach has an amazing rooftop space fit for a spectacular wedding ceremony or VIP cocktail hour. For an affair fit for royalty, opt for the historic Oheka Castle in Huntington. Oheka was awarded the Six Star Diamond Award in Hospitality, bestowed upon those who display an unmatched standard of dedication to hospitality and service. “I’m tough on these properties, it’s a worldwide event and the award is international,” said Mr. Joe Cinque, president of the American Academy of Hospitality Science. “[Oheka] does a phenomenal job.” The French-style chateau features grand ballrooms, 32 guest rooms, and amazing cuisine. “It’s an honor, especially given the

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For a jumping dance floor, Long Islanders can choose from some of the best DJ’s and bands in the NY area. One option is Digital Mix DJ. This professional music planner based in Selden boasts a unique DJ style and provides more than 100,000 song choices from all genres of music. DJ Lucienne Mannino of Digital Mix DJ Entertainment says it’s all about the crowd. “Reading the crowd is a very important part of being a good DJ,” she says. “Our motto has always been, ‘We will be with you from your first call to you last dance.” If you prefer a live band, Skyline Orchestras’ Rhapsody is a great choice. Led by Charlie D’Orio and Greg Warno, this dance band features both male and female vocals, horns, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and has long been one of the most soughtafter musical ensembles on the Island.

Dessert “Let them eat cake!” If you

have a sweet tooth, the most exciting part of the party just might be the dessert. Dortoni Bakery in Levittown specializes in stylish wedding cakes. “Mostly everything traditional is coming back in style: old piping and a lot of black, white and red, which is very old fashioned,” said Dortoni Cake Stylist, Amanda Chimirri. “Also, tall and narrow is more popular now, instead of tall and wider.” Amanda says the traditional trend is thanks in part to television. That’s right, you can thank Kim Kardashian, who styled her wedding in black, white and red colors and Kate Middleton who had old school piping on her wedding cake.

Party Favors Photo booths add an

extra element of excitement and offer guests a great party favor at the same time. “Photo booth strips actually give people a cool keepsake of your event that won’t hit the trash,” says Dennis Sea of Incredibooths. “It’s cool, it’s different, it’s not the same-old-sameold, and the photos it produces resonate with everyone. No matter how old or young, everyone loves photos and memories.”

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Getting Married by Lea Weatherby

A wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it’s because of that expectation that the wedding-planning industry has managed to thrive through economic crisis. But there are still many couples struggling to bring that idealized, carefully envisioned day to fruition. Even budget-conscious couples have expectations they are simply not willing to forego, which ultimately makes every wedding, no matter how quaint or extravagant, a consistently lucrative event. Jennifer Evangelista, who bares the archangelic name of a woman born to be a bride, is currently planning her wedding to fiancé, Matthew Bardram. The LI native is thrilled about her impending nuptials but is also candidly realistic about their own financial limitations, “Money is the biggest concern because we both have to compromise what we want for the wedding.” Evangelista is however insistent about one detail, which would be in an economically perfect world, to afford to invite and accommodate every guest she has in mind. “My fiancé wants an intimate wedding, he’d be content with about 20 people, but I have about 30 people in my family alone so it’s hard; it’s hard to make a celebration like that affordable without having to exclude people you’d like to be there.” Regardless of where a couple chooses to save, there are still areas in which one, the other or both would like to expend. Angela Troia, owner of the breathtaking Manhasset Wedding Company confirms that, “People are still having huge weddings. The wedding-planning industry isn’t really affected as much as you might think because people plan on doing it only once. So if you’re planning on spending X amount of money on what’s ideally a once-in-alifetime day, then many people will still spend on a wedding and cut back in other areas.” In addition to the main event, that being the reception, a wedding always starts with a ring, and though it is a physically demure item, its fiscal value can in many ways define the love it symbolizes. When proposing, one would like to present something of overwhelming beauty to their paramour, something that will serve as

a representation of a tremendous love, however love isn’t measured in karats and neither is a suffering economy. As a result, many couples will have to balance the significance of the ring and the memory of the wedding itself. Andrew Zecher, owner of Andrew Scott Events, attests that as of recently, his clientele are spending more on wedding planning and have become less concerned with the engagement ring itself. “The events are getting larger and more elaborate this year, which is a good sign given the past few years. People had been scaling back because of the economy but now it’s really all coming back. I think that brides would rather scale back on the ring and spend more on building the event and that memory.” In 2012, Zecher believes that, “Brides can still have their ring and a beautiful affair.” Evangelista confirms the engagement ring is secondary to her and her fiancé. “Spending on the wedding is more important to me. Not necessarily because of how nice it will be but because I get to marry my best friend.” She says this with an abashed awareness of the cliché while knowing it’s sincerely true; she goes on to say, “He could have proposed with a Cracker Jack ring and I would have been just as thrilled.” But the engagement ring still is a main focus for many couples. Gary Hudes from Gennaro Jewelers in Bellmore says, “We’ve noticed that customers are much more knowledgable and educated about what they want. A trend we’ve noticed is a growing popularity in the halo cut diamond because it gives the appearance of being larger. But ultimately people are still buying large stones, but they’re trying to get the absolute most for their money.” One piece of advice Evangelista wanted to extend to fellow brides in the thick of the wedding-planning madness is that, “It’s important for brides to know, there are no rules as to what your wedding should be. Don’t let anyone tell you or pressure you into doing something because it’s ‘what you’re supposed to do.’ Do it because you want to. I have two maids of honor because it’s my day and my fiancé’s day, so aside from the cost and the stress and other peoples expectations, the most important thing you can do is make it your own.”

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Gladiator meets Grecian goddess in Terani Couture’s Tulle Dress. This style not only has an amazing bedazzling corset job, it features a tulle skirt and comes in a super-hot blush color.

Polka dot Try Jovani’s Polka Dot Dress. This sexy strapless style hugs your curves while the flirty polka dots, sweetheart neckline with red beaded trim on the neckline, waistline and skirt line flares out giving a mermaid effect. Feathers

Feathers of all colors and sizes are jazzing up skirts this season. Jovani’s Sequin Bodice Dress features a one shoulder style and is bedazzled with white and gold beads swirling around the waistline and then feathers and more feathers! Very Roaring ’20s!

High to low dresses The high to low effect, shows off the best of a gal’s gams. Try Sherri Hill’s White Beaded Dress. The strapless dress features heavy beading around the bust peaking at the waist and tinkering off toward the thigh and floor. Detachable Skirts Of course you want to walk into a party looking glamorous in a gown but, when the music is pumping, you just want to get down on the dance floor. This is the perfect style for that. TMori Lee’s detachable skirted dress features a bedazzled short dress and a detachable floor-length skirt that closes with a jeweled closure. (All dresses can be found at Estelle’s Dressy Dresses in Farmingdale.)

Men’s Styles Double Breasted Tuxedo Jacket

Double-breasted tuxedo jackets are less common than other formal wear choices but are equally appropriate and extremely stylish this season. This double-breasted tuxedo jacket (Esquire Tuxedos, Merrick) is impeccably tailored with a front breast pocket fit for a fun, colored pocket square makes for a very handsome silouette.

White Bow tie Bow ties are the men’s accessory of the year. For summer, the white bow tie is a great look. Understated and elegant, the bow tie gives a sophisticated touch when paired with a white button up. This one is light, making for the perfect summer piece.

White Jackets The spring and summer seasons always

bring back white. This year, white is projected to be a huge trend, more so than years past. The white jacket (Esquire Tuxedos) is the perfect standout piece for a formal affair. It pairs nicely with black pants and a black-buttoned formal shirt.

Tradition Meets Modern “This year’s grooms are welcoming back formality with classic style and elegance,” says Joyce Pannone of Gino’s Fashion Tuxedos in Farmingdale. Gino’s carries Calvin Klein’s The Sire, a jacket based on traditional styling with the new 2012 European influenced updates like side-vents, narrower peak lapels, piped pockets with flaps, slim fit pants and satin beaded leg braid. B10

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Best Accommodations 1 The Inn at Fox Hollow

7755 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-2248100. www.theinnatfoxhollow.com

Weddings are gatherings: of family and friends, old and new. Of course, that means loved ones from far-off places will be flying in for the occasion. And it’s important that their entire experience reflect the class, taste and beauty of the Big Day! So the perfect accommodations are essential—and the Inn at Fox Hollow is the perfect host. The Inn’s luxury environment assures guests a casual yet elegant atmosphere; it offers those with groups of 10 or more room-nights exclusive discounts and special concessions. And for the VIPs? A complimentary upgrade to a onebedroom suite is offered to the bride and groom.

2 Viana Hotel and Spa

3998 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. 516338-7777. www.vianahotelandspa.com

3 Glen Cove Mansion

200 Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove. 516-6716400. www.glencovemansion.com

Best Bands 1 Rhapsody

85 Widgeon Court, Great River. 631-2777777. www.skylineorchestras.com

Is there anything this wedding band can’t do? Whether it’s rock, hip-hop, disco or country, Rhapsody knows how to keep the party going late into the night. The band is led by Charlie D’Orio and features a blend of male and female voices. Their musical variety offers something for everyone at your wedding, from your standards-loving great aunt to your super-cool Spotify-subscribing cousin, and their technical expertise makes all those songs blend and twirl into one magical soundtrack.

2 After Hours

Multiple Locations. www.afterhoursent.com

3 The Mystic

107 Brook Place, Bellmore. 516-8260800. www.themysticmusic.com

Best Bridal Salon 1 Bridal Suite of Bay Shore

7 West Main St., Bay Shore. 631-6660700. www.bridalsuiteofbayshore.com

Bridal Suite has a dazzling showroom with an array of elegant wedding dresses and expert consultants that can make one of life’s most stressful shopping endeavors into an experience defined by fun, laughter, excitement and treasured memories! Since 1967, Bridal Suite has been matching Long Island brides with

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the perfect gowns, offering a wide range of styles and fits, and a reassuring staff that recognizes the magnitude of the moment, and the necessity of the ideal garment.

2 Bridal Reflections

Multiple Locations. www.bridalreflections.com

3 Princess Bridals

200 Fulton St., Farmingdale. 516-2493005. www.princessbridals.com

Best Bridal Shower venue 1 THe Inn At Fox Hollow

7725 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-9211415. www.theinnatfoxhollow.com

Where better to hold a gift-giving party than at one of Long Island most recognized country clubs? Fox Hollow has been the scene of many weddings and bridal salons throughout the years, and they know just how to throw an entertaining and elegant party. It’s a perfect setting for the pre-wedding celebration, that moment in which the bride is surrounded by the women who know her best, and who are there to usher her into married life with love, laughter, memories...and gifts!

2 Babylon Carriage House

21 Fire Island Ave., Babylon. 631-4225161. www.babyloncarriagehouse.com

3 Lombardi’s on the Sound

44 Fairway Dr., Port Jefferson. 631-4731440. www.lombardisonthesound.com

Best DJ entertainment 1 Digital DJ Mix Entertainment

631-736-0282. www.digitalmixdjent.com

Digital DJ Mix Entertainment has DJ’d parties at many venues on Long Island and not one party is the same. Their music is mixed live, which allows the DJ to follow the rhythm of the crowd. And of course they will work with you to plan the perfect schedule, they will help you find songs for the big moments and play the songs you have picked out! Because a good DJ plays good songs and keeps the crowd entertained; the best DJs help define the moment without overpowering it, allowing the music to emphasize the emotional highlights of the biggest day of your life.

2 Starlight Express DJ Entertainment

2 Aerial Way, Syosset. 516-742-1100. www.starexdjs.com

3 Tommy’s Tunes

690 Middle Country Rd., Selden. 631-7325886. www.tommystunes.com

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Best Event Planning 1 Cloud Nove Events

646-209-7768. www.cloudnoveevents.com

Even the most organized bride needs a hand keeping the big day from spinning out of control. That’s why there are great event planners like Regina at Cloud Nove Events. Regina’s goal when starting her business was to make it easier for couples to plan weddings. Regina won’t let the process overwhelm you and she’ll put the pressure on herself to plan a great wedding. While your bridesmaids will flake out (and yes, they will flake out) and your groom won’t understand the vital differences between a selection of floral centerpieces, Regina and Cloud Nove will both guide you and listen to you, and allow you to breathe easy at exactly the moment you need to take a deep breath!

2 Dazzling Affairs

466 Jericho Tpke., Mineola. 516-2480080. www.dazzlingaffairs.com

3 The Wedding Company

1663 Northern Blvd., Manhasset. 516869-8455. www.manhassetweddingco.com

Best Favors/ Invitations 1 Galleria Invitations, Favors & Tuxedos

234 Route 109, Farmingdale. 631-7531264. www.1800myfavors.com

It all starts with the invitation. A tacky invitation portends a tacky wedding; while a beautiful invitation will spend months on a guest’s refrigerator, as they anticipate the beautiful wedding to which you have invited them. Galleria Invitations, Favors & Tuxedos has a full line of wedding favors and invitations to make the selection process enjoyable and satisfying. They also offer personalized ribbons and napkins as well as screenprinted glassware. This is where the party begins!

2 Dazzling Affairs

466 Jericho Tpke., Mineola. 516-2480080. www.dazzlingaffairs.com

3 FairY Tale Affairs

4851 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park. 516541-1000. www.myfairytaleaffairs.com

Best Florist 1. Andrew Scott Events

380 New Highway, Lindenhurst. 516-9355353. andrewscottevents.com

Across the centuries, flowers have been assigned special meanings, including success, domestic happiness and, of course, passionate love. Those qualities are given center stage at your wedding, and they are captured in the floral arrangements on display. Andrew Scott worked for 20 years at the Woodbury Country Club, starting there as a waiter and leaving as general manager, and somewhere along the way, occupied every position in between. He worked and planned more than 6,000 weddings during that time. He opened Andrew Scott Events with one mission: “to deliver each client an event beyond their dreams.” Can there be any moment more worthy of such ambition than your wedding day?

2 Little Flower Shoppe

437 North Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. 631-226-0030. www. thelittleflowershopoflindenhurst.com

3 Pedestals Floral Decorators

125 Herricks Road, Garden City Park. 516248-5300. www.pedestalsflorist.com

Best Hair Salon 1 Salon Nouveau

2603 Merrick Road, Bellmore. 516-3087272. www.facebook.com/SalonNouveauLI

Every bride spends months—years, a lifetime!—searching for the perfect wedding dress, but they devote less of their attention to the true pièce de résistance: their hair. Bellmore’s Salon Nouveau promises a modern yet vintage aesthetic, and a progressive and chic atmosphere, “to provide our clients with first-class service—catering to their every desire that has long been overlooked by today’s fast-paced society.” That care and attention is especially valuable as you approach your wedding, so that your ’do can match the beauty of your dress. As they say, “Salon Nouveau is upscale without the attitude.”

2 Cactus Salon & Day Spa

Multiple Locations. www.cactussalon.com

3 JD Thomas & Co.

6168A Jericho Tpke., Commack. 631-486 4443. jdthomasandco.com

Best Jeweler 1 Elsa Jewelers

2263 Route 110, Farmingdale. 631-2934500. www.elsarings.com

There can’t be a wedding without an engagement, and Elsa Jewelers in Farmingdale makes it easy to find the perfect engagement ring. They sell a variety of sparkling engagement rings and they know how to educate the customer before making a selection. Elsa’s also has another goal: trust. Because there is no more intimate moment than the one in which the question has been popped, and no greater expectation than the one that precedes that piece of jewelry inside that little velvet-lined box.

2 Gennaro Jewelers

410 Bedford Ave., Bellmore. 516-7850134. www.gennarojewelers.com

3 London Jewelers

Multiple Locations. www.londonjewelers. com

Best Large Reception Site (300 or More) 1 Mamma Lombardi’s

400 Furrows Rd., Holbrook. 631-7370774. www.mammalombardis.com

Mamma Lombardi’s in Holbrook has a reputation of serving delicious, savory Italian food, while also being capable of holding large-sized parties for any occasion. It’s perfect for so many reasons: big enough for even the biggest extended family; beautiful enough to leave them pointing in amazement and snapping pictures with their cell phones; and featuring food that satisfies every palate, has them coming back for seconds...and talking about it for years afterward.

2 The Metropolitan

3 Glen Cove Ave., Glen Cove. 516-6714444. www.themetropolitancaterers.com.

3 The Inn at New Hyde Park

214 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park. 516354-7797. www.innatnhp.com

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Best Men’s Formal Wear 1 Gino’s Galleria Tuxedos

234 Route 110, Farmingdale. 1-888-MYTUXES. www.1888mytuxes.com.

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Gino’s Galleria Tuxedos has it all: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Joseph Abboud Tuxedos, and much more. Shopping for tuxedos can be taxing, but Gino’s understand what the customer wants and what they will look best in. Because it’s not just about the name on the suit (although it’s nice to know you’re wearing the same designers worn on the red carpet), it’s about the fit, the comfort factor, the look and making sure your beautiful bride has a groom with style, taste and class.

2 Esquire Tuxedos

2156 Merrick Rd., Merrick. 516-3786060. www.esquiretuxedos.com.

185 Westbury Ave., Carle Place. 516-3349090. www.ovationphotobooth.com

1 The Vineyards

978 Main Rd., Aquebogue. 631-7223200. www.vineyardcaterers.com

There is a profound grace to be experienced at an outdoor wedding reception, as the divine majesty of nature mingles with the gleeful celebration of love. The Vineyards sit on the North Fork of Long Island, giving it a unique and classical look, and the surrounding scenery and natural beauty make it the perfect place for an outdoor wedding. The setting offers a gorgeous backdrop for photographs, videos and memories that will be shared and treasured for a lifetime.

1 Galleria Invitations, Favors & Tuxedos

234 Route 109, Farmingdale. 631-7531264. www.1800myfavors.com

Everyone recognizes those aspects of a wedding which cannot be denied: the wedding hall, the food, the music. But as they say, God is in the details, and it’s the little things that raise a wedding from “very nice” to “utterly magical.” Those details are handled with care and love by Galleria Invitations, Favors & Tuxedos, where you can select from a wide array of place card holders, photo albums and house wares...and more!

3 NY Digital Memories

631-909-4542. www.nydigitalmemories. net

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A great wedding photographer does more than document your big day; they find those intimate moments that can so easily get lost in the whirlwind of excitement and noise. And, most importantly, they do it in pictures that are tasteful, stylish and unique. Duet Photography’s detailed images set it apart from the competition. Duet does everything in house, including not just photographs but videos, too, so that the experience is captured by a careful eye and immortalized in glorious, loving detail.

2 Sherwood TriArt

3 Lombardi’s on the Sound

165 Price Pkwy., Farmingdale. 516-2934192. www.atozpartyrentals.biz

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1 Duet Photography

Multiple Locations. www.duetwedding.com

1700 Artic Ave., Bohemia. 631-567-0215. www.marcophotoinc.com

2 A to Z Party & Tent Rental Company

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2 Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. 516333-0048. www.oldwestburygardens.org

Best Party Event Rentals

650 Jericho Turnpike • Syosset, NY • 516-496-8000 www.rare650.com

3 Ovation Photo Booth

7953 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-9212700. www.sherwoodtriart.com

44 Fairway Dr., Port Jefferson. 631-4731440. www.lombardisonthesound.com

610 Nesconset Highway • Smithtown, NY • 631-656-8100 www.insigniasteakhouse.com

2 NY Digital Memories

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A good wedding photographer captures your guests in their most human moments, but no wedding photographer can bring out the charming, funny, loving and goofy sides of a person like a photo booth can. IncrediBooths is a full-time photo-booth rental company that offers photo booths for any type of occasion, including weddings. IncrediBooths Capture Cube photo booth fits up to nine guests at a time and snaps all different types of pictures, from the nostalgic black-and-white look to color. Ask your guests to print two sets, one to bring home (so they can remember your wedding in their own personal way) and one to leave with you (so you can see them enjoying themselves)! 631-909-4542. www.nydigitalmemories. net

Multiple Locations. www.menswearhouse. com

10 Pinelawn Road • Melville, NY • 631-271-7780 www.blackstonesteakhouse.com

1 IncrediBooths!

12 Commercial St., Hicksville. 631-3208580. www.incredibooths.com

3 RSVP Tuxedos

160 W. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-6657700. www.rsvptuxedos.com.

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3 Marco Photography

Best Reception Site with Accommodations 1 Oheka Castle

135 W. Gate Dr., Huntington. 631-6591400. www.oheka.com

Oheka Castle was originally built for Otto Hermann Kahn’s elaborate parties and it continues that tradition today. The castle has played host to a number of celebrity weddings and is well-known nationwide. (For example, when it was rumored that Derek Jeter was going to be married at Oheka, no one even batted an eye. Like, where else would Derek Jeter even consider getting married?) The food is as delectable the site’s sumptuous aesthetic beauty, and the accommodations and staff are absolutely worthy of the highest plaudits.

2 East Wind Caterers

5720 Route 25A, Wading River. 631-9296585. www.eastwindlongisland.com

3 the inn at fox Hollow

7725 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-9211415. www.thefoxhollow.com

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Best Reception Site 1 Oheka Castle

135 W. Gate Dr., Huntington. 631-6591400. www.oheka.com

This historic castle offers fine cuisine and a majestic environment for any kind of celebration. It’s perfect for extravagant weddings and has ample room to hold a party that will be remembered for a lifetime. Yes, it’s a castle, so you’d expect a place that is magnificent and grand, but Oheka is even better than that: It is truly worthy of royalty, and delivers to all its visitors the experience of being a princess, a prince, a queen or a king.

2 Chateau La Mer

845 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. 631225-0400.

3 Jericho Terrace

Best Reception Site on the Water

151 Denton Ave., New Hyde Park. 516731-5466. www.camelotlimo.com

Few experiences are more memorable, more magical or more unique than a wedding on the water: the gentle waft of sea breeze, the sunset reflecting in the water’s mirror...it’s a breathtaking backdrop for a celebration of love. The Crescent Beach Club is the only reception site on the North Shore that puts your wedding right on the beach. The custom cuisine is top-notch and their wait staff welcomes you with open arms, as the water gently eases your mind and dazzles your eyes.

2 Venetian Yacht Club

494 Fire Island Ave., Babylon. 631-4222400. www.venetianyachtclub.com

2460 Ocean Ave., Ronkonkoma. 631585-1600. www.siroliverlimo.com

1 Mamma Lombardi’s

Best Unique Wedding Reception Site

Mamma Lombardi’s is one of the best Italian restaurants on Long Island, so it stands to reason that it would offer the best rehearsal dinner. Start yours with a light salad and then move on to pasta and an entrée. End the dinner with a tasty dessert. You’ll bask in the light and love of your friends and family as you plot out the final details, and be ready for the big day that is to follow.

2 Blackstone steakhouse

10 Pinelawn Rd., Melville. 631-2717780. www.blackstonesteakhouse.com

3 Melting Pot

2377 Broadhollow Rd., Farmingdale. 631-752-4242. www.meltingpot.com

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Your wedding will be filled with moments of stress and joy, but you’ll want to anticipate and reflect on them in comfort and style; that means choosing the appropriate chariot to carry you to and from your celebration. Camelot Limos has been serving Long Island for more than 25 years, with a fleet of stunning automobiles that are both comfortable and gorgeous. This family-owned business has earned a reputation of offering a professional experience every time one of its drivers gets behind a wheel. All their drivers wear a tuxedo or suit and some of them are even former members of law enforcement, all committed to lifting you to and from your wedding like a ring on a pillow.

3 Land’s End

400 Furrows Rd., Holbrook. 631-7370774. www.mammalombardis.com

45 Seventh Street in Garden City ~ For reservations, please call 516.663.REIN For additional details, please visit www.gchevents.com

1 Camelot Specialty Limos

380 New Highway, Lindenhurst. 1-800-43-ALL-STAR. www.allstarlimo. com

80 Browns River Rd., Sayville. 631-5891888. www.landsendweddings.com

The Hotel’s award-winning brunch designed by Chef Steven De Bruyn features a culinary showcase of made-to-order omelets, gourmet pastas, seasonal salads, a seafood extravaganza of lobster, shrimp, and smoked salmon and a dazzling array of pastries and confections. Plus, unlimited Bloody Mary, Screwdriver and Mimosa cocktails. Seatings begin at noon.

3 Eastern Breeze

8025 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-6829600.

Best Transportation

333 Bayville Ave., Bayville. 516-6283000. www.thecrescentbeachclub.com

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2 Cactus Salon & Day Spa

Multiple Locations. www.cactussalon.com

249 Jericho Tpke., Mineola. 516-7425251. www.jerichoterrace.com

1 Crescent Beach Club

“#1 Hotel on L.I.”

moment. But that can be very hard to do when you’re stressing over every last detail. That’s why a day at the spa is so important. Viana Hotel & Spa is unique in every way. It is Long Island’s only green-built feng shui hotel. Their Zeninspired spa offers facials, massages, body treatments, waxing, makeup, and a hair and nail salon. And with its luxurious accommodations, customers can wake up after spending a night at the hotel and get a spa treatment all over again. It’s a perfect gift for your bridesmaids and family, and most importantly...yourself.

3998 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 516338-7777. www.vianahotelandspa.com

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1 Raphael Vineyards

39390 Route 25, Peconic. 631-7651100. www.raphaelwine.com

It’s essential that your wedding site be a reflection of your unique personality and taste; not every bride wants her big day to occur in a catering hall or hotel ballroom. But a vineyard... Raphael Vineyard’s Renaissance Room can hold up 180 guests and the rooms offer a spectacular view of Raphael’s famous vineyards. Its special events directors help you arrange your wedding, and they work with you to produce the finest wine and cuisine they have to offer.

2 The Metropolitan

3 Glen Cove Ave., Glen Cove. 516-6714444. www.themetropolitancaterers.com

3 Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. 516333-0048. www.oldwestburygardens.org

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Best Videographer 1 Patken Photographer

119A Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst. 631888-0065. www.patkenphotographer.com

It can be difficult to witness the details at your own wedding: You’re so wrapped up in the moment that the little things can slip by unnoticed. That’s where a great videographer comes in, serving as your eyes, as well as the eyes of anyone who couldn’t be there for the big day. Patken Photography in Lindenhurst is an internationally recognized for its professional wedding photographs. Photographer Doug Gordon’s unique modern style allows him to tell the story of your special day in images, both moving and still. Photographers worldwide have recognized Patken’s famous flow posing techniques. You’ll recognize their commitment to excellence and stunning, memorable work as you re-experience for years and years.

2 Sherwood TriArt Photographer

7953 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. 516-9212700. www.sherwoodtriart.com

3 Pennylane Productions

145 Commack Rd., Commack. 631-4862881. www.pennylaneprod.com

Best Wedding Cakes 1 Top Tiers by Jason Ellis

310 Main St., Farmingdale. 516-674-

8115. www.toptiersbyjasonellis.com

You could live five lifetimes and there would still never be any piece of dessert more important than this one. A wedding cake should be visually stunning, highly personal and absolutely delicious. Jason Ellis is a veteran cake designer who knows how to take a customer’s idea and turn it into something creative and unique. Ellis has been featured on the Food Network, WE Network, Inside Edition because of his reputation for building the perfect cake... and his craftsmanship and expertise are ideally suited to that most important of desserts: your wedding cake.

2 Black Forest Bakery

155 N. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. 631226-0257.

3 Dortoni Bakery

3264 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown. 516796-3033. www.dortonibakery.com

Best Wedding Ceremony Music 1 Vintage String Quartet

631-443-5005. www.vstringq.com

Every bride is unique, and every celebration has its own identity. But there is nothing quite as moving or classically beautiful as the sound and vision of a live string quartet providing the soundtrack to a wedding ceremony. Vintage String Quartet brings elegance and grace to any event, and are able to cater their performance to their client’s personality. Their wide variety of music includes, pop, rock, jazz, show tunes, tangos and much more. Vintage works with the customer to find the selections that will work best with the ceremony.

2 Janet King

516-671-4519. www.nyharpist.com

3 MME Entertainment

701 Bedford Ave., Bellmore. 516-6795353. www.mmeentertainment.com

Best Women’s Evening Wear 1 Estelle’s Dressy Dresses

1600 Broadhollow Rd., Farmingdale. 631-420-0890. www. estellesdressydresses.com

It’s important to remember this: Your wedding will be photographed, and every guest will have her clothing immortalized for generations. So every member of your bridal party (and every single one of your friends and family members!) should make sure to find a beautiful, stylish, timeless and flattering garment for the occasion. That’s where Estelle’s Dressy Dresses comes in. Founded in 1992, Estelle’s is one of Long Island’s largest dress retailers. They offer a wide-variety of dresses and evening wear that will make everyone look stunning on your special day.

2 Bridal Suite of Bay Shore

7 W. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-6660700. www.bridalsuiteofbayshore.com

3 Bridal Reflections

Multiple Locations. www.bridalreflections. com

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DO THIS Wedding Events Thursday 1.26 LI Sound Bridal Showcase @ Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma 3845 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Ronkonkoma. 631-585-9500. 6:30 p.m. Live DJ showcase, buffet, fashion show and more than 30 bridal exhibits. Free wedding gown and vacation giveaways.

Rhapsody Live Band Showcase @ EKO Studios 360C Commack Rd., Deer Park. 631243-4250. 8 p.m. Rock, country, disco, hip-hop, standards and show tunes led by Charlie D’Orio and Greg Warno and their seven to 10-piece dance band. Friday 1.27 East Coast Live Performance @ Butterfields 661 Old Willets Path, Hauppauge. www. eastcoastband. com. 10 p.m. A party band featuring both male and female lead vocalists and a dynamite horn section. Also Thursday, 2.17 Saturday 1.28 Jordan Bridals Trunk Show @ Paradise Bridals and Tuxedos 44 W. Main St., Patchogue. 10 a.m. An exclusive bridal trunk show featuring the new line of Aariana & Reflections by Jordan Bridals. Wedding Open House @ Stuart Thomas Manor 2143 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale. 516-845-1151. www.stuartthomasmanor.com. 1 p.m. Wedding pros answer questions and help plan your special day, plus many vendors. Sunday 1.29 Open House— Cupcakes & Cocoa @ Willow Creek Golf & Country Club 1 Clubhouse Dr., Mount Sinai. 631474-9200. www. hamletwillowcreek.

com. 1 p.m. Tours of the premises, vendors, food and prizes.

Monday 1.30 Code Bleu Live Showcase @ Westbury Manor 1100 Jericho Tpke., Westbury. 631-2777777. 8 p.m. Featuring seven lead vocalists, horns, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and percussion, they are able to reproduce virtually any musical style.

Dreamkast @ EKO Studios 360-C Commack Rd., Deer Park. 631243-4250. 8 p.m. Female and male vocalists plus rhythm section playing current music to soul, rock to hip-hop. NY’s Premier Bridal Show & Expo @ Marriott 101 James Doolittle Blvd., Uniondale. 516-922-2299. 6:30 p.m. DJs, MCs, live musicians plus more than 30 exhibitors and $5,000 in prizes. Also Tuesday, 1.31. Tuesday 1.31 DJ Tommy’s Tunes In-House Showcase @ Tommy’s Tunes 691 Middle Country Rd., Selden. 631732-5886. 6 p.m. Featuring live performers, DJs, MCs plus an up-close look at different levels of intelligent lighting, prizes and food. Bridal Expo @ Huntington Hilton 598 Broad Hollow Rd., Melville, NY 11747. 631-4240440. 6 p.m. With Variety Music live DJ showcase. Elite Music Live Showcase @ The Garden City Hotel 45 Seventh St., Garden City. 516 248-8866. 8:15 p.m. Wednesday 2.1 Winter Bridal Showcase @ Chateau Caterers 440 Old Country Rd., Carle Place. 516-6251777. www.

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their options are dwindling fast. “The chaos, confusion and bickering within the Shinnecock tribe has only hurt them personally,” says Desmond Ryan of the Association for a Better Long Island. “Their inability to effectively get their act together has kind of forced the issue.” On the other hand, he noted that even at Aqueduct there are many issues still to resolve. Among them, the legislature has to pass a resolution legalizing casino gambling in two consecutive sessions and New Yorkers have to approve a referendum amending the state constitution. “Until the voters have spoken, I think all of this [speculation] is quite entertaining,” Ryan continues. And he’s not sold on the convention center as a cure-all for the state’s economic woes. “Convention participation, not only here in New York but nationally, has not only been flat, but in some instances, it’s been off quite a bit,” adds Ryan. In Cuomo’s letter to the legislature, the governor defended the state’s involvement with Genting in creating what would become the New York International Convention and Exhibition Center. “Opponents to the project point out that many convention centers lose money…” it reads. “Most governments weight the issue of building a convention center with public money as a ‘loss leader’ for the net economic gain of additional tourism dollars, etc. That is a debatable proposition. However, that is not the case here. The state is not building anything... Genting, a private entity, will take the risk of economic success. I have never been a casino or racino proponent, but we are here now and the question is how to best maximize the economics and protect our citizens.” Moke McGowan, president of the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission, acknowledges the flat economics of the convention business but sees the benefit of this proposal to our region. “Is there an overbuilding of concrete convention centers nationwide?” he asks. “Yes, but a lot of that 64

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was built by smaller, tertiary-sized communities who believed that if they built it, ‘they’ would come. [But] they didn’t have a draw to begin with. Why would you go there?” McGowan insists that Long Island does have a reason “for people to truly consider us as part of their destination planning,” and he anticipates that hotel occupancy rates on the Island will rise more than 5 percent to accommodate overflow from a new convention center at Aqueduct, because room costs would “start to look a lot more affordable” for meeting planners. “Our lodging does not charge for parking, our occupancy tax is significantly lower than what you’ll find in New York City,” he says. For example, Nassau charges 3 percent, whereas the tax in Manhattan is 15-18 percent. Taking Genting’s money to think big at Aqueduct makes sense to Suffolk planning Chairman David Calone. “He has an asset there that needs to be monetized,” he says of Cuomo. “You build convention centers for 20 or 30 years out. Now is a good time to build any kind of large facility because labor costs are low, construction costs are low and borrowing costs are low.” Calone welcomes the idea of a huge convention center near the Nassau County line. “Any time you get millions of people coming four or five miles from your doorstep, that’s a good thing,” he continues. “We’ve just got to figure out that piece of it.” And there’s precedent. “Casinos are definitely a good draw in other parts of the country,” says Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State. “Aqueduct already has video [gaming] and horse racing. Allowing the full build-out of what’s possible is a good idea… There’s always a finite amount of disposable income. The question is: Can we do something better that will attract the disposable income to New York? That’s the goal here…. It’s very reasonable to assume that Long Island would benefit financially from the increase in [convention business and gambling activity at Aqueduct].”

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Risky business Interestingly, a Siena College poll conducted days after Cuomo’s speech found that “more than half of New Yorkers support Cuomo’s proposal for allowing non-Indian casino gambling…53 percent of New Yorkers supported Atlantic City- and Las Vegas-style casino gambling with 42 percent opposed.” By contrast, only 38 percent supported the idea of building the nation’s largest convention center at Aqueduct, and 57 percent were opposed. The governor told reporters that once people understand that Genting, not New York State, would put up the billions of dollars to build the giant complex, they would climb on board. “I think they will be overwhelmingly supportive,” Cuomo said last week. He’s also promising to keep everything above board and transparent, which was not what happened two years ago when his predecessor proposed a gambling casino at Aqueduct. Here’s the headline of a Daily News editorial in February, 2010: “Bad smell at Aqueduct.” The paper slammed then-Gov. David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Silver and thenstate Senate Democratic boss John Sampson of Brooklyn for “their flagrantly scandalous plan to bring casino-style gambling to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.” The editorial board said these three Democrats “picked a company to run thousands of slot machines at the decrepit raceway in dead-of-night secrecy that reeks of favoritism and fixes.” Their pick was a politically connected outfit called the Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG), which had ties to then-state Senate President Malcolm Smith, Sampson, and Floyd Flake, the former congressman and pastor. It didn’t help their cause that even Paterson’s office conceded that 66

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AEG had not scored well on the state’s Lottery Division ranking, but the reasons were never disclosed. The editorial was just another nail in the coffin for the AEG bid, which finally proved too toxic even for South Queens, and was put to rest. Opponents of Cuomo’s casino gambling proposal doubt it will be much better. “I thought it was a very slick move on his part to wrap a casino inside a convention center. They’re both bad ideas,” says Paul Davies, a fellow at the Institute of American Values in Manhattan. He bemoaned the fact that former Gov. Mario Cuomo had denounced gambling in his 1994 book The New York Idea as “economically regressive.” Unlike his son today. “The other guy who’s a real disappointment is Mayor Bloomberg,” Davies says, adding that the billionaire once on the record opposing casino gambling has “completely rolled over.” Davies also predicted that if Genting gets its casino license, then smoking will be permitted indoors, another blow to Bloomberg’s public health image, because the casinos don’t want anybody leaving a slot machine to take a smoking break. The whole prospect has Davies depressed. “Go into Aqueduct. It looks like the Port Authority bus terminal,” Davies says. “There’s a lot of sad, desperate people in there plowing their money into a machine thinking they’re going to get rich. It’s an addictive, bad business.” Davies notes that Moody’s Investors Service says that Mohegan Sun’s parent company “faces a wall of debt” and that both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods in Connecticut are “teetering.” Elsewhere it’s been reported that revenue at Atlantic

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City’s casinos has declined five years in a row, despite having a slight gain in December. The city’s 12th casino is set to open in May. Meanwhile, Resorts World Casino New York City, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genting Malaysia Berhard, has been raking in almost $90 million since October. Genting, which partnered with Universal Studios to build the Universal Studios Singapore theme park in Sentosa, Singapore, has $45 billion in assets and employs more than 50,000 people worldwide. According to the Daily News, it spent $1 million on lobbying Albany last year.

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with the Council of Economic Advisors, who has also testified in Congress on this issue. He likens the bets made by public officials on the potential benefits of casino gambling to those claims made about the gains of subsidizing sports complexes. “The economics profession is almost unanimous in believing that sports stadiums do not tend to develop anything,” Grinols says. “The promises made by the teams are almost always exaggerated and usually so exaggerated as to be basically wrong. The same thing should and does apply to casino promises.” According to his independent research, which he insists has never been funded by either proponents or opponents of gaming, “In casino gambling in the long run, somewhere between a third and a half of the money is coming from problem and pathological gamblers. It’s been shown time and time again.” Grinols had a dim view of the video lottery terminals, particularly how the machine will line up the symbols, such as bells, cherries, or crowns, at the end of a player’s losing turn to create the impression that the player almost won. “In fact, the probabilities they display are not accurate to the true probability that the machine plays out,” he says. “So they’re intentionally trying to fool some people into believing they were just on the verge of winning and if they can just play a little longer, then they will win… It’s real money that you’re losing, but they make it appear as if it’s just kind of nothing.” He saw casinos as “just a platform for the owners to siphon money out of the economy” while disproportionately drawing from poor people and addicted gamblers. Posted on a column in a hallway that connects the dreary Aqueduct racetrack to the flashier casino is a small sign that reads: “Remember it’s just a Game—Play responsibly!” Out on the main floor a middleaged man with close-cropped gray hair and probably two-day’s growth of beard was seated before a video terminal called Cash Eruption. He pulled out a $20 bill from his pocket. He didn’t give his name but he said he’d been to Aqueduct once before. “I’m unemployed,” he smiles sheepishly, slipping the bill into the slot. Asked if he’s on a winning streak, he leaned back and laughed: “I got a better chance of being hit by lightening.” Then he tapped the “play” button and the colored symbols started to swirl.

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Events Thursday p.73 Friday p.74 Saturday p.74 Sunday p.78 Monday p.78 Tuesday p.78 Wednesday p.78 Thursday p.78

Ongoing The Museum Store @ Nassau County Museum Of Art Shoppers will find merchandise inspired by Tiffany’s timeless designs and by the whimsy of LEGO art, plus jewelry, fashion accessories, stationery, books, home décor, toys and games.

SABI FEATURING COBRA STARSHIP @ MIDDLE COUNTRY BEER GARDEN The voice of earworm radio hit “You Make me Feel” performs at the grand opening of LI’s first beer garden on Friday, 1.27 at 10 p.m. With DJs Adam O’Mally and Jonathan Matthews.—JG

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Anvil/Borgo Pass @ Ollie’s Point A group that started out as an obscure Canadian heavy metal band became a pop culture sensation thanks to the 2008 documentary, Anvil! The Story of Anvil. The acclaim for it was so great that this batch of head-banging Canucks penned a 2009 book by the same name, played Rocklahoma, opened for AC/DC and scored a cameo in the 2009 film The Green Hornet. Last year also saw the release of Anvil’s 14th studio album, Juggernaut of Justice. An added treat on this bill are local legends Borgo Pass, who’ll be opening the show and can add Anvil to the list of storied bands they’ve played with that includes Overkill, W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper and Anthrax. With Deal, Killjoy and Sanitarius. 18 and over. Doors open at 9 p.m. Saturday, 1.28—DGdR

Submit your own event listings at longislandpress.com/dothis ISABELLA ROSSELLINI @ PLAZA CINEMA The Italian actress, model and filmmaker known for her role in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and her appearances in Lancome ads and Madonna’s controversial Sex book, toured the Sundance Music Festival in 2008 with a series of short films entitled Green Porno, in which Rossellini reenacts the mating rituals of various animals. Unfortunately, she won’t be doing that here on Long Island this week, but she will introduce the film, Late Bloomers—which had its U.S. premiere last summer at the Stony Brook Film Festival— each night of its run at Plaza Cinema. In the film, Rossellini and William Hurt play Mary and Adam, a struggling married couple living in London, left to endure each other’s company as they get older. Adam embraces the lifestyle of his younger staff, donning hoodies and chasing pizza with Red Bull. Mary—not so much. Thursday, 1.26-Sunday, 1.29.—Jaclyn Gallucci

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La La, La La, La… Lenny Kravitz @ Radio City Music Hall In taking time off from heading up his design company, Kravitz Design, and seeing his upcoming role in The Hunger Games film hit the screen in March, everyone’s favorite retro-rocker had enough time to record Black and White America last year. A funk album originally slated to drop around the time of 2004’s Baptism, this collection of songs is an experimental hodgepodge of deep grooves, classic soul and rock with just a smidgen of social consciousness. Opening act Raphael Saadiq starts up the nostalgia earlier in the evening. With Raphael Saadiq. Saturday, 1.28—Dave Gil de Rubio

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Ethel Brown Camhi @ Ripe Art Gallery Clever collages “affectionately lampooning the longstanding practice of artistic borrowing”, uniting elements from various art masterworks of differing time periods and cultures, from ancient Egypt to modern times. Through 2.4. Jack Simmons @ Conklin Barn Comic Jack Simmons returns home to do his show a father who kept on loving his family even after he died. A portion of the show deals with afterlife communication and experiences with LI medium John Edward. With author Kerriann Flanagan Brosky and medium Richard Schoeller. Through 2.18. Contemporary Art Inaugural Exhibition @ 9 East A comprehensive show of 30 twodimensional and

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Thursday cont. community. Stand-Up University Alumni Show @ The Brokerage Ever Forthright/ Ultrageist/The BINARY Code @ St. Vitus D.A. The Future featuring A.D.D. @ Ollie’s Point With Tay-O, DJ Shuttle & D Banks, She the Doll & Kiko Krackz, G-Strong & Forward Thinking. Marc Cohn/Amy Helm @ City Winery Also 1.27.

Also 1.28. The Malone Brothers-Dave Malone (Radiators) & Tommy Malone (Subdudes) @ YMCA Boulton Center Veterans of the New Orleans music scene, real-life siblings Dave and Tommy Malone took time away from their regular day jobs playing in the Radiators and Subdudes respectively, to serve up a mix of roots rock, funk, R&B, gospel and blues that won’t be too far afield from the music they create on their own. Also 1.28 @ City Winery—DGdR

FRIday 1.27 Fuel @ The Paramount For a contemporary corporate rock act that’s only managed to put out four albums in a 14-year span, Fuel has had quite the revolving door of members and intragroup drama. Just know that founding member/ lead singer Brett Scallions is at the controls and after leaving the group, almost getting replaced by Daughtry and forming an entity known as ReFueled back in 2009, Scallions reverted back to the band’s original name with a whole new crew set to perform hits like “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” and “Shimmer.” —DGdR

Aimee Mann @ Music Hall of Williamsburg With John Roderick of Long Winters.

Elly Wininger/Grand Folk Railroad/ Newland & Miller @ BACCA

Great South Bay Tasting @ County Wide Beverage

Sentimental Journey @ Hofstra Celebrating the ’30s and ’40s with The Manhattan Dolls and salute to veterans. Songs include classics like “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “In the Mood,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “New York, New York,” and “God Bless America.” Also 1.28. Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam 2012 @ Nassau Coliseum Through 1.29. Fabolous/Meek Mill/French Montana @ NYCB Theatre @ Westbury Dogfish-A-Palooza @ Superstar Beverage “Beer City” RC Smith @ McGuire’s Comedy Club

Cowboy Mouth @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Mason @ Vibe Lounge With MobStrip, ROFL, Yung Loco, KCA & Mack 11. Mark Ballas @ Landmark on Main Street From Dancing with the Stars to singing on Main Street. Founders CBS Raffle @ Stony Brook Beverage Angel Salazar @ The Brokerage Also 1.28.

Theo Classics Winter Edition @ Glo Come listen to DJ Theo play all your favorite classic ’90s dance anthems. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ring of Fire @ Mulcahy’s—Wantagh Johnny Cash tribute. O El Amor @ Ollie’s Point With Serial Poets, Foundation & Southside Players. Grey Area/The Reveling/Luther/ Nightmares for a Week @ St. Vitus Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band/Jamie McLean Band @ Gramercy Theatre Bag of Bones @ Mr. Beery’s Sam Adams Taste of

Spring @ Hicksville Beer & Soda 10 percent off all Sam Adams products.

Diego Garcia (of Elefant) @ Highline Ballroom With Emily Greene & Monica Lionheart.

Saturday 1.28 Rich Forenza Memorial Fundraiser @ Mulcahy’s—Wantagh In honor of the Westbury firefighter who died in 2009. All proceeds donated to Nassau County Firefighter’s Burn Center. Open bar from 4-9 p.m., buffet, bands, dancing, raffles and more. www.richforenzamemorialfund.com.

The Gories @ Bell House With Mark Sultan & The Mighty Fine.

Gigantour featuring Megadeth @ the Theater @ Madison Square Garden It’s been barely four months since Megadeth was onstage at Yankee Stadium alongside Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax as part of the Big 4, but Dave Mustaine and company are back, this time headlining a package bill out in support of last year’s TH1RT3EN. And while Megadeth has always existed in the shadow of the aforementioned Metallica’s megasuccess despite Mustaine’s roots as a founding member of that band, he’s carved out quite a niche for himself. In the meantime, this is the most recent version of Gigantour, a selfdescribed “eclectic and affordable alternative to Ozzfest” with the participants this time ‘round being Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil. — DGdR Ed Burns in Person @ Cinema Arts Centre LI filmmaker Ed Burns hosts a screening of Newlyweds. Grand Opening w/ Jaleel White @ Middle Country Beer Garden Girl Scout Cookie Fest @ Green Acres Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream A day of cookies and interactive activities such as arts and crafts, games, jump roping, bowling and much more from 3-9 p.m. Edgar Winter/ Rick Derringer/ Pat Travers @ NYCB Theatre @ Westbury “On Fire 2012” with Chris Young & Jerrod Niemann. Miranda Lambert @ IZOD Center

Bearface/Fashion Week/GhostRobotNinjaBear/Jewel Heist @ St. Vitus Blizzard Bash @ McFadden’s Free ice luge shots at the wildest ski lodge. Taste for Sight Food, Wine & Beer Festival @ Captain Bill’s Enjoy the finest delicacies from the best five-star restaurants, bakeries, wineries and breweries with live music from 3-6 p.m. Visit www. bayshorelions.org for tickets. Prince Royce @ Glo NY Theatre Ballet in Alice in Wonderland Follies @ Tilles Center Walk in the Woods @ Multiple North Shore Preserves Meets at Oyster Bay train station at 10 a.m. Last Exit/Jesus Christ Pose/Lounge Act/The Seattle 4 @ Napper Tandy’s— Smithtown Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana tribute bands. Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing @ The Paramount Mike Rok’s Birthday Show @ Mr. Beery’s Dogfish-A-Palooza @ Superstar Beverage— Huntington Station Scott Starkey @ Book Revue Author of How to Beat the Bully without Really Trying. Completely Unchained @ Napper Tandy’s— Miller Place Van Halen tribute. Jemima Puddle-Duck @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Anthony da Costa @ Last Licks Café The guitarist plays folk, rock, Americana and pop at 8:30 p.m. Wild Women of Comedy @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center With Anne LiPuma, Kit Stewart, Carie

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LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE ONGOING PARTIES IN 2012 Thursdays Blue Thursdays @ Blue Live music, open bar and half-priced sushi and appetizers 9-10 p.m.

@ Katie’s of Smithtown Look into your future, then have a beer—or a shot— depending on what you see.

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Fridays Schafers Fridays @ Schafers Party with DJ, dueling piano show at 8 p.m. and no cover.

Greenlight to the Weekend @ Post Office Cafe Drink specials to pave your way into the weekend, even if it is only Thursday. Fishbowl Frenzy @ Lily Flanagan’s DJ all night and $10 fishbowls for ladies. Bluesy Jazz Jam @ Wicker’s Featuring the Gracenotes Trio. Super Size Me @ Dizzy Lizard $4 Big Ass Beers, $5 Tall Boys, ladies drink free till 11 p.m. Country Club @ Mulcahy’s— Centereach Line dance lessons from 7-9 p.m., live music with roadhouse plus $3 Bud and Bud Light bottles with My Country 96.1 FM. Ladies Night @ The Lark Ladies get 20 percent off all parties of two or more (ladies only) for dinner from 5-10 p.m. Pop Rock Shock @ Social Sports Lounge & Kitchen A night of pop, dance and electro from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Martini Madness @ Library Café Psychic Readings & Karaoke

Bang the Buds @ Nutty Irishman— Farmingdale $1 Bud bottles and shots from 9 p.m. to midnight. Karaoke Fridays @ Instant Replay Twofers on domestic bottles and specials all night. New Extended Ladies Night @ Croxley Ale House— All Locations $2 well drinks, Blonde pints and Blue Moon at the bar from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. X-Treme Bowling @ Woodmere Lanes/ Backstage Nite Club Music is poppin’, pins are hoppin’! 200 Feet to Eat @ Mulcahy’s— Wantagh A 200-foot buffet begins at 5 p.m. Candlelight Friday @ Wolffer Estate Escape the cold with some hot jazz, fine wine and a warm atmosphere. Retro Fridays @ Nutty Irishman—Bay Shore Retro music and $1 Bud bottles and shots from 9 p.m. to midnight. Real Music @ Babylon Bean Multiple artists play

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Jazz Open Mic @ Crescent Beach Sing/play with pianist Robert Lepley on the Long Island Sound from 7-11 p.m.

Saturdays Sizzle @ Zachary’s Lounge Dance party for the 25 and over crowd by resident DJ/VJ Rio.

Happy Hour @ The Lark Pub & Grub $1 off taps, halfpriced mixed drinks. $1 off apps. Patio BBQ @ Napper Tandy’s— Northport Free hamburgers and hot dogs. Friday Night Flights @ Castello di Borghese A piano bar happy hour with fine wine and live music. Girls Night Out @ Napper Tandy’s— Smithtown Free admission for ladies. Midnight Madness @ Lily Flanagan’s $20 open bar from 11 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturdays Southbar Saturdays @ Mulcahy’s— Wantagh DJ party with $3.50 Buds and drinks at 10 p.m. Midnight Madness @ Woodmere Lanes/Backstage Nite Club Bowling, Rocky Road lane races for cash and drinks. Party Gras @ The Nutty Irishman—All Locations Get nutty on the dance floor and win a trip to New Orleans! The RBVs at RVC @ McFadden’s $5 Redbull Vodkas and Jager Bombs till midnight. 3-for-all Saturdays @ Lily Flanagan’s $3 drinks, shots and

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Bettye LaVette and Mose Allison. Last year found him returning to the studio with longtime guitarplaying collaborator Marc Ribot for Reverie, his twelfth studio outing. Never one to pigeonhole himself with one particular musical style, Henry doesn’t disappoint with a collection of songs that weave in elements of gospel, Roaring Twenties-era pop, country and blues. Also 2.1.—DGdR Meanwhile @ Cinema Arts Centre With filmmaker Hal Hartley in person.

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Personal pitchers and shot specials. $15 Beer Towers @ Nutty Irishman— All Locations Mondays Love Mondays @ Blue Half-priced cocktails, sushi and apps, 4-10 p.m. Complimentary Heineken, 9-10 p.m. Wingin’ It Mondays @ Brickhouse Brewery 25-cent wings and $10 pitchers of featured “Beer of the Week.” Take the El Diablo Dozen Wing Challenge.

Smith Westerns @ Webster Hall With Porcelain Raft & Bleached.

Winter Weeds @ Mulcahy’s— Wantagh $3.50 drinks and beers.

Leslie West & Uli Jon Roth @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

6-3-1 Service Industry Night @ Lily Flanagan’s

Wednesday 2.1 An Evening of Spectacular Comedy Magic @ Governor’s Featuring T.J. Tana, Aaron Weiss and Steve Rodman.

Monday Night Tailgate @ Post Office Cafe $3 bottles, $2.50 pints, $8 pitchers. LI Pint Night @ T.J. Finley’s

Quiet Riot @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

$3 Beers @ Mr. Beery’s After midnight.

Augustana @ Gramercy Theatre With Graffiti 6.

Open Mic @ Vibe Lounge Open beer bar 8-9 p.m., 2fers 9-10 p.m.

Creating Extraordinary Mind & Body Wellness @ Family Wellness Center

Tuesdays Tuesday Night Live @ Katie’s Live music from local bands.

Thursday 2.2 Nick Carter @ Irving Plaza Most either know Nick Carter as a member of the Backstreet Boys or the older brother of sibling teen idol Aaron Carter. And while the elder Carter’s acting resume includes playing himself in the 2006 E! reality show House of Carters and cameos on 8 Simple Rules and American Dreams, his coolest stab at being a thespian came via an uncredited appearance in 1990’s Edward Scissorhands. With Guinevere. Also 2.7 @ The Paramount— DGdR Double Negative/ Murder/ Tournament/Acid Problem @ St. Vitus Marc Broussard @ City Winery

Drinks & Bowling @ Woodmere Lanes Strike Zone college edition, $14 unlimited glow in the dark bowling, ladies drinks half-price, half-priced pitchers. Out of Control Fishbowls @ McFadden’s Half-price. Karaoke Night @ Strawberry’s Karaoke lyrics are played on multiple TV’s throughout the bar so the crowd can participate. Tuesday 2fers @ Loyal Dog Pub Quiz @ Dark Horse Tavern Tuesday Night Movies @ Library Cafe Movies and drinks.

DMFAO Tuesdays @ Dizzy Lizard Drink your ass off from 10 p.m.-close. Trivia Night @ T.J. Finley’s Hot Club 56 @ Club 56 Weekly dance party with hot buffet, door prizes and dancing. Wednesdays Ladies Night & Karaoke @ Jackie Reilly’s Ladies drink free from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., 25-cent wings, $3 Miller Lite/ Genuine 64 bottles. $1 Mug Night @ McFadden’s Celebrate “hump day happiness” in a frosty cold mug for only one dollar. Havana Night Wednesdays @ Café Havana Free Salsa lessons and guest DJ. Open Mic @ Katie’s of Smithtown Request Line Wednesdays @ Zachary’s Half-priced drinks from 4-8 p.m., dinner buffet, DJ. Sho @ The Scene Amateur “sho off” where you can flaunt your skills—or your body—for cash and prizes. Complimentary admission and one free drink plus $5 sexy body shots. Wing Night @ The Lark Pub & Grub Half-priced wings from 10 p.m. to midnihgt. $1 off all tap beers 8 p.m. to close. Wine Down @ Library Cafe Half-priced bottles of wine all day and night. Free Poker Tournies @ Murphy’s Bar A chance to win $20, 000.00 & a seat in the WSOP 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Circus @ Lizard Lounge LI’s biggest gay night of the year. Absolut-ly Wednesdays @ Lily Flanagan’s $2 Absolut drinks from 9 p.m.-4 a.m. —Jaclyn Gallucci

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Brokerage Comedy Club—2797 Merrick Rd, Bellmore. 516-785-8655. www.brokeragecomedy. com Croxley Ale House Farmingdale—190 Main St., Farmingdale. 516-2937700. www.croxley.com Croxley Ale House Franklin Square—129 New Hyde Park Rd., Franklin Square. 516-326-9542. www.croxley.com Croxley Ale House Rockville Centre—7-9 S. Park Ave., Rockville Centre. 516-764-0470. www. croxley.com DJ Houdeks Taproom—845 W. Merrick Rd., Baldwin. 516-2233344 Dark Horse Tavern—12 S. Park Ave., Rockville Centre. Dizzy Lizard Saloon—736 Fulton Ave., Hempstead. 516-483-2337. www. thedizzylizardsaloon.com Family Wellness Center— 641-B Old Country Rd., Plainview Glo—737 Merrick Ave., Westbury. 516-794-8022. www.glownightclubli.com

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Governor’s Comedy Club—90 Division Ave., Levittown. 516-731-3358. www.govs.com Hicksville Beer & Soda—70 Woodbury Rd., Hicksville Hofstra University—Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead. www.hofstra.edu Jackie Reilly’s Bar & Grill —3964 Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage. 516-731-7544. www.jackiereillys.com Landmark on Main Street— 232 Main St., Port Washington. 516767-6444. www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Library Café—274 Main St., Farmingdale. 516752-7678. www.thelibrarycafe.com McFadden’s—210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre. 516-442-2600. www. mcfaddensrvc.com Mr. Beery’s—4019 Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage. 516-731-9579. www. mrbeerys.com Mulcahy’s Wantagh—3232 Railroad Ave., Wantagh. 516-783-7500. www.muls.com Murphy’s Bar & Grill—234 Old Country Rd., Mineola. 516-7411776. www.murphysbarny. com Nassau Coliseum—1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale. 631-920-1203. www.nassaucoliseum. com Nassau County Museum of Art—1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 516-4849337. www.nassaumuseum.com Nutty Irishman Farmingdale—323 Main St.,

Farmingdale. 516-2939700. www.thenuttyirishman.com

NYCB Theatre at Westbury—960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 877-5988694. www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

Conklin Barn—2 High St., Huntington County Wide Beverage—55 E. Merrick Rd., Valley Stream

Scene—70 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy., Commack. 631-543-4177. www. linights.com

Schafer’s—111 W. Broadway, Port Jefferson Crescent Beach Club— 333 Bayville Ave., Bayville, Sparkling Pointe— 39750 County Road 48 Southold 516-628-3000. www. Ollie’s Point—140 Merrick thecrescentbeachclub. Staller Center—Stony Rd., Amityville. 516-208- com Brook University, Nicolls 6590. www.clubloaded. Road, Stony Brook. www. Dix Hills Performing Arts com stallercenter.sunysb.edu Center—305 N. Service Rd., Dix Hills. 631-656Port Washington LiStrawberry’s— 279 Main brary—1 Library Dr., Port 2148. www.dhpac.org St., Huntington Washington. Heckscher Museum of Stony Brook BeverPortside Bar & Grill—242 Art—2 Prime Ave., Hunage—710 Route 25A, E. Main St., Port Jefferson tington. 631-351-3250. Setauket www.heckscher.org Tilles Center— 720 Northern Boulevard, Greenvale. Instant Replay— 282 East Superstar Beverage Jericho Turnpike Hunting- Beer City— 1371 Deer 516-299-2752. www. Park Ave., North Babylon, ton Station tillescenter.org www.superstarbeverage. com Katie’s of SmithSocial Sports Lounge & town—145 W. Main St., Kitchen—1002 HempSuperstar Beverage Smithtown. 631-360stead Tpke, Hempstead 8556. www.katiesofsmith- Huntington Station—516 Jericho Tpke., Huntington Train for the Game town.com Station. www.superstarLI—545 Bedford Ave., beverage.com Lark Pub & Grub—93 Bellmore. Larkfield Rd., East NorthT.J. Finley’s—42 E. Main Vibe Lounge—60 N. Park port. 631-262-9700. Ave., Rockville Centre. www.thelarkpubandgrub. St., Bay Shore. 631-6474856. www.tjfinleys.com 516-208-6590. www. com vibeloungeli.com University Café—Stony Last Licks Café—UnitarBrook University, Nichols Wicker’s—206 W Old ian Universalist FellowRoad, Stony Brook. www. Country Rd, Hicksville ship, 109 Brown’s Rd, stonybrook.edu Woodmere Lanes/Back- Huntington. 631-4279547. www.lastlickscafe. Westhampton Beach stage Nite Club—948 com. Performing Arts Broadway, Woodmere. Center—76 Main St., 516-374-9870. www. Lily Flanagan’s— 528 Westhampton Beach. woodmerelanes.com Main St., Islip. 631-581631-288-1500. www. Zachary’s Lounge—1916 1550 whbpac.org Hempstead Tpke., East Lizard Lounge—4589 Wolffer Estate—139 Sagg Meadow. 516-794-9770. Sunrise Hwy, Bohemia. Rd., Sagaponack www.zacharysny.com 631-244-7300. www. lizardloungeli.com YMCA Boulton CenSuffolk ter—37 W. Main St., Bay Loyal Dog—288 E. MonShore. 631-969-1101. 9 East Contemporary—9 tauk Hwy., Lindenhurst. East Carver Street, Hun631-225-1535. www.the- www.boultoncenter.org tington loyaldogalehouse.com Manhattan Appliance World of Hun- McGuire’s Comedy tington—414 New York B.B. Kings Blues Club Club—1627 Smithtown nd Ave., Huntington. 631Ave., Bohemia. 631-467- & Grill—237 West 42 418-1009 5413. www.mcguirescom- St. 212-997-4144. www. bbkingblues.com BACCA Arts Center—149 edyshows.com City Winery—155 Varick N. Wellwood Ave., Linden- Mulcahy’s CenteSt. 212-608-0555. www. hurst. www.babylonarts. reach—1702 Middle com Country Rd., Centereach. citywinery.com 631-696-1111. www. Gramercy Theatre—127 Babylon Bean Coffee muls.com E. 23rd St. 212-777-6800. House—17 Fire Island Ave., Babylon www.thegramercytheatre. Napper Tandy’s Northcom port—229 Laurel Ave., Blue—7 Montauk Hwy., Northport. 631-757-4141. Highline Ballroom—431 Blue Point www.nappertandys.com W. 16th St. 212-414-5994. Blue Parrot—5460 Merwww.highlineballroom Napper Tandy’s Smithrick Rd., Massapequa town—15 E. Main St., Madison Square GarBook Revue—313 New Smithtown. 631-360den— 2 Penn Plaza. York Ave., Huntington. 0606. www.nappertand212-465-6741. www. 631-271-1442. www. ys.com thegarden.com bookrevue.com Napper Tandy’s Miller Webster Hall—125 E 11th Brickhouse Brewery— 67 Place—275 Route 25A, St. 212-353-1600. www. West Main Street PaMiller Place. 631-331websterhall.com tchogue 5454. www.nappertandys.com Café Havana—Jericho Brooklyn Turnpike, Commack Nutty Irishman Bay Bell House—149 Seventh Shore—60 E. Main St., St. 718-643-6510. www. Captain Bill’s Bayview Bay Shore. 631-969House—122 Ocean Ave., 9700. www.thenuttyirish- thebellhouseny.com Bay Shore Music Hall of Williamsman.com burg—66 N. Sixth St. Castello di Borghese— Paramount—370 New 212-486-5400. www. 17150 County Rte. York Ave., Huntington musichallofwilliamsburg. 48 Cutchogue com Plaza Cinema—20 Terry Cinema Arts Centre—423 St., Patchogue Saint Vitus—1120 ManPark Ave., Huntington 631-423-FILM. www. Post Office Café— 130 W. hattan Ave. www.saintvitusbar.com cinemaartscentre.org Main St., Babylon Club 56—56th Fighter Group, 7160 Republic Airport, Farmingdale. 631-694-8280. www.56thfgrestaurant. com

Ripe Art Gallery—67A Broadway, Greenlawn. www.ripeartgal.com SL East—44 Three Mile Harbor Rd in East Hampton

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Liam Neeson heads the cast of characters in The Grey as Ottway.

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THE GREY Open Road Films, Rated R

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A man-versus-wolf saga playing out in Alaska, The Grey is yet another grueling addition to that unofficial genre of luckless human survival and misadventure in the wilderness. And it falls about as far as possible from any reasonable notion of “entertainment”—unless marooned unfortunates taking turns ending up as wolf dinner (or the other way around) whets your moviegoing appetite. Liam Neeson heads the progressively diminishing cast of characters in The Grey as Ottway, a despondent Irish immigrant loner among a transient crew of oil workers, flown off to a prospective drilling site in remote Alaska. Described before takeoff (in gritty, somber narrative voiceover) as “fugitives, drifters and assholes— men not fit for mankind,” the rowdy bunch is first glimpsed in a mass drunken brawl at a seedy bar, while the enigmatic Ottway strolls off into the snow and momentarily sticks a loaded rifle between his gaping jaws. After boarding the charter flight for the desolate wilds—a kind of airborne Noah’s Ark housing typical extreme ethnic stereotypes from each group— the plane hits bad weather and crashes in deep snow. Assuming the leadership role among the few survivors, Ottway divides his time between calculated, mostly unsuccessful strategies to ward off the predatory wolves, reliving romantic moments with his wife in some far-flung corner of the world, and collecting the wallets of the abruptly devoured. At the same time, scenes of violent deaths among the men similarly alternate with nostalgic memories back home (a filmmaking strategy seemingly designed to appeal to both guy-movie and chick-flick audiences, respectively). Directed by crime-thriller maven Joe Carnahan (Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane, Narc and Smokin’ Aces), The Grey presents but never actually follows through on more original ideas. For example, compounding the internally warring group’s chronic sense of imminent terror is a shared hopelessness

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that, as low-rung workers, who would bother to send a search party looking for them anyway? It’s a far from irrelevant collective sentiment historically at the moment, as a substantial emerging segment of the population is currently feeling abandoned economically and politically. There is also, perhaps, something worth exploring in the survival instincts exhibited by working stiffs as opposed to, for instance, a stranded plane full of tourists or businessmen. But with a manifest full of affluent actors impersonating working stiffs (not to mention monied filmmakers calling the shots), who can really say?

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3 Sleepworks

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that I shall on the 21st day of February, 2012 through the 24th day of February, 2012, beginning at 10:00 o’clock in the morning each day, in the Legislative Chambers, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York, sell at public auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 17th, 2012 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.

Sale/tax_sale_listing. html. A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or about February 6th, 2012. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-3723 (voice) or (516) 5713108 (TTY). Dated: January 13, 2012 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York

As required by Section 5-44.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code, the County Treasurer shall charge a registration fee of $100.00 per day to each person who shall seek to bid at the public auction as defined above.

TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

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www.MDThin.com alty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bank-

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ruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the Coun-

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