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JANUARY 11 - 24, 2018

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Avoid getting sick — or get better fast — during cold and flu season

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Happy New Year I hope everyone had a great New Year’s holiday! What a start — a great and powerful oldfashioned New England blizzard. Some of you should remember 1978; while this 2018 storm Larry Marsolais didn’t bring snow for three days like the Blizzard of ’78, many places got the wind and flooding from the amazing high tide. We have not seen flooding like that around the seacoast in a long time. Let’s not even talk about the week of the deep freeze (with temps in the single digits and well below zero with wind chills). This reminds me of the winters that I had when I was growing up.

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Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.

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Charlie Chaplin and child actor Jackie Coogan star in ‘The Kid’ (1921), to be screened with live music on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at Phillips Church, Tan Lane, on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy. The screening is free and open to the public.

Silent film with live music returns to Phillips Exeter Academy with a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s classic comedy/drama The Kid (1921) on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. The special program will be presented with live music by silent film accompanist Jeff Rapsis.

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By Rob Levey

Staying healthy during cold and flu season is a challenge. We talked to local wellness experts to find out what you can do to avoid getting sick — and what you can do to feel better if you do end up ill, whether you just have the sniffles or a full-blown virus. Winter weather also poses some serious safety issues thanks to frigid temps, ice and snow, so we got some tips on how to stay safe and avoid injuries as well.

How to stay healthy

Four key factors can help you avoid getting sick this winter: fluids, foods, hand-washing and sleep.

Increase fluid intake

To keep your immune system in the best possible working condition, fluids are essential, according to Registered Dietitian Susan Engle of Nutrition Matters.

“Fluids are important because they keep the membranes of our mouth and nose moist, and these moist membranes are an important part of our immune system,” she said. “When these membranes are fully saturated, they can prevent germs from entering the body, so drink lots of fluids.”

When working on preventing an illness or recovering from one, Engle said the best liquids are those with the highest levels of vitamin C. She cited citrus juices, like orange or grapefruit, as excellent sources of vitamin C and a number of other nutri-

ents that support our immune systems.

Jennifer Desrosiers, owner of Laney & Lu in Exeter and founder of Wild Adventurous Life, also suggests citrus juices this time of year with her favorite sources blood oranges and grapefruit.

Food matters

Dr. Hilary Trojano of Summit Holistic Medicine in Exeter cited the benefits of vitamin D, as it helps to improve immune function, and she said zinc is also critical.

“Zinc plays an important role in maintaining healthy immune function,” she said.

“Low levels of zinc are associated with a decrease in T cell function, a vital white blood cell that helps fight infections.”

According to Engle, whole foods or minimally processed foods provide more nutrients than processed or fast foods.

Whole grains also support a healthy microbiome, which she said is important to a well-functioning immune system.

“Colorful fruits and vegetables are all good sources of vitamins A and C as well as fiber, which all promote a healthy microbiome,” said Engle, who said a wellbalanced diet is essential.

“Consider setting your plate so that onequarter is covered by protein, one-quarter starch and the other half with vegetables and fruit,” she added. “Sugar interferes with optimal functioning of the immune system so be careful to consume sugary foods in smaller quantities.”

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Flu symptoms According to Dr. Hilary Trojano of Summit Holistic Medicine, common flu signs and symptoms include the following: Fever above 100 degrees, though not everyone with the flu has a fever A cough or sore throat A runny or stuffy nose Headache Muscle aches Chills Fatigue Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea (most common in children)

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Desrosiers said she tries to have about three cups of green, leafy vegetables every day as well as another one to three cups of other fruits and vegetables.

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Without the right nutrients and enough fiber, our immune system will not function properly.

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“Without the right nutrients and enough fiber, our immune systems will not function properly,” she said.

“Eat a rainbow of vegetables, especially leafy greens, and orange vegetables that are high in beta carotene.”

Trojano said other items to include in your diet include plenty of garlic and onions. She also suggested adding shiita-

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When Jennifer Desrosiers has a cold, she said she immediately yearns for the soothing warmth and comfort of tea and soup.

Her go-to favorites include a simple kombu seaweed broth, vegetable and herb broth, or bone broth, which she noted are great for sipping anytime.

“All these broths are detoxifying and antiinflammatory and make a great, nutritious substitute for your morning cup of coffee,” she said.

Kombu seaweed can be found at health food stores.

“The local Winter Farmers’ Market in Exeter is a great place to pick up beautiful roots, herbs and greenhouse greens for veggie broths and bones for bone broth that are

humanely raised and free of chemicals,” Desrosiers said.

Tea is another option.

“At home, I make a simple ginger root tea when I’m feeling under the weather. It is excellent for settling an upset tummy.”

To make Desrosiers’ homemade ginger root tea, follow these instructions: Peel 1- to 2-inch ginger root and thinly slice Bring 12 ounces filtered water to a boil Place ginger root in a sturdy mug and add hot water Steep for at least 10 minutes Add juice from 1/4 lemon and honey to taste (optional)

Wash your hands

According to Engle, the most important thing you can do to improve your chances of not catching a cold or the flu is to wash your hands “over and over all day long.”

“If you are the person with the illness, wash your hands so you do not contaminate everything you touch — and it is amazing how much we touch during the day,” she said. “If you live or work with someone with an illness, wash your hands to keep them free from germs.”

Trojano also cited the importance of washing one’s hands, although she said that avoiding germs is a slippery slope when it comes to our immune system.

“I think that too many people have become ‘hygiene warriors’ and overuse things like hand sanitizers, which has prevented our immune systems from being exposed to daily germs,” she said. “This negatively impacts our immune system, which actually uses germs to build its own strength.”

Also advocating that everyone should wash their hands regularly, Trojano recommends using plain soap and water.

“I suggest non-fragranced unless it is scented with essential oils, which have their own health benefits,” she said.

Get some sleep

Sleep is also a crucial part of staying healthy, as Trojano said this is the time of day when the body enters into its “repair and restore mode.”

“I tell all of my patients that having a sleep-wake routine is key for staying healthy — that means going to bed and waking up consistently around the same time every day,” she said. “No screens at least 1 hour before bed and try to avoid eating anything right before bedtime. “ Engle agreed and added that many systems reset during sleep.

“Interrupted or inadequate sleep prevents this from happening,” she said. “The immune system works best when it gets adequate sleep. We cannot overstate the importance of sleep.”

Avoiding winter injuries

Whether you are suffering back pain from shoveling or you slipped and fell on the ice, there are many injuries that can occur in the winter. If you know what can lead to these injuries, however, you can either avoid or fix them, according to Dr. Ryan Khalsa from Whole Life Health Care, which serves the entire Seacoast.

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Warming socks Just because you have the flu or a cold does not mean you must see a doctor, Dr. Hilary Trojano said. In fact, most primary care physicians send people home with recommendations of rest and hydration.

In addition to following these instructions, Trojano cited “warming socks” as one effective home remedy that can help you boost your immune system and recover from the flu faster.

Step 1: Make sure your feet are warm. Do not attempt this treatment if you, or your child’s, toes or feet are cold. Warm feet with a hot bath, shower or foot bath, as necessary.

Step 2: Run a pair of cotton socks under cold water, wetting them thoroughly. Wring the socks out so that they are still quite damp, but not dripping wet.

Step 3: Making sure your feet are still warm, put the cold wet socks on and immediately put the wool socks over them and get into bed. Go to sleep.

“The socks will dry overnight as the body brings warm, fresh blood to the feet,” said Trojano. “Magic socks can be used nightly when any concern exists about the onset of an acute infection or illness and with any ongoing insomnia.”

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9 es of severe and disabling pain it can come from the discs of the spine,” he said.

“You will be able to tell when you have simply pushed yourself for too long when soreness starts to creep in.”

He said it is normal for nearly everyone — regardless of age — to feel sore in the low back or even in the neck from shoveling if the muscles have been overworked.

“This is similar to going to the gym after not having worked out for a while,” he said. “It will go away with rest.”

According to Khalsa, sore muscles should last a day or two before improvements are seen. If the pain is more severe and lasts longer than this, he said, you may have pulled, or torn, a muscle.

“Torn muscles hurt when you use them, so this will also feel better with rest but may take longer to heal,” he said.

If you feel intense sharp, stabbing or disabling back pain that grows worse and does not go away with resting, he

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3 ways to avoid shoveling pains Take breaks. If your muscles are protesting, it is because they are starting to fatigue. Don’t push yourself beyond this point, as it may lead to more severe or longer-lasting injuries. Anywhere from 2to 10-minute breaks will help you be able to work longer.

Look at how you are shoveling. Are you bending forward a lot and lifting with your back? If your back starts to get fatigued, try pushing the snow instead of lifting it. If you do lift it, try wedging your knee under the bar of the shovel to create a lever, then throw it straight out in front of you. Limit twisting motions and do not throw the snow all the way over your shoulder or head.

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said, you may have done more than pull a muscle.

“You may have pain down one leg, or numbness down the back of your leg and foot,” he said. “It is called sciatica and is commonly caused by injury to one of the discs in the low back. Discs and nerves live very close to each other in the spine, and injury to a disc causes pressure on or irritation to the nerve.

Sometimes, according to Khalsa, the symptoms can be so severe or alarming that you contemplate going to the ER. Unless you have “‘red flag” signs of neurological damage, such as a loss of bowel or bladder control or sexual function or numbness into the genital region, he said, you are likely to be sent home with some painkillers or muscle relaxers.

“The use of routine imaging for back pain is no longer done, or supported by research,” he said. “Start by seeing a conservative doctor who treats injuries that occur commonly in the spine, such as a chiropractor or physical therapist.”

The disc will heal on its own given time — usually four to six weeks — although recovery can be faster with the right therapies.

“You want to avoid the mechanism of the injury, which is usually forward bending,” he said. “If you see an orthopedic doctor, they will likely refer you to conservative care to start out unless you have any of the ‘red flags.’”

Of course, slips and falls can occur commonly as well, which he acknowledged can be unavoidable. However, if you already have poor balance, he noted, it can become easier to have a fall.

“You can prevent this by seeing a therapist who assesses and treats for poor balance,” he said. “A chiropractor or physical therapist may perform this service if asked and should be able to give you exercises to help you improve your balance and coordination so you can better be able regain your balance and avoid a fall.”

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Winter can be a dangerous time for people of any age, which is why occupational therapist and home accessibility consultant Ashley Blackington of Home Field Advantage based in Portsmouth consults with many individuals this time of year.

Here are her suggestions for staying safe both outside and inside the home this winter.

Outside • Keep sidewalks clear and salt/ice melt on hand to spread after shoveling to avoid ice formation. Don’t be shy about asking for help from family or neighbors, or hiring someone if your steps, walkway or driveway become particularly treacherous.

• Keep handrails clear. If you have a porch or steps, relocate or remove items — flower pots, decorations — you have out there during the warmer months. Make sure handrails are securely fastened in the event you need to brace yourself from a potential fall.

• Give yourself plenty of time to leave the house after a heavy snowfall or freezing rain. if you have to leave the house, try to wait until the roads have been plowed.

Avoid rushing and prioritize safety with mobility outside the home.

• If you have a garage, keep your car parked in it during storms to avoid snow or ice buildup outside the driver’s side door. Otherwise, bring a scoop of salt or ice melt to put down beside the door you will be using.

• Consider investing in some ice-gripper-style attachments for winter boots.

There are various styles available — they fit over your own footwear to improve traction in icy conditions.

• Wear properly fitting shoes when leaving the house. Get a pair of supportive hiking boots — ice grippers can be attached to them — or similar footwear with substantial tread on the bottom.

• If you need to be carrying items, like groceries, do not try to carry the entire load in one trip. Smaller, lighter loads are easier to balance.

• Have all-season or winter tires put on your car before the snow starts to fall.

Have an ice scraper in the car to be able to clean it off. Consider investing in a roof broom to clean off the top of your car while safely standing next to the car.

• Install pathway lighting along the side-

walk to improve visibility for your route from the car into the house.

• Make sure all vents for heating and cooking are clear and shoveled out.

Inside • Have a boot tray or mat for footwear near the front door. This ensures a place for your footwear to dry out and also avoids puddles on the floor once the ice and snow have melted. Make sure any rug you put down is either secured to the floor with double-sided tape or has a non-slip backing.

• Have a coat rack or hangers to hang wet jackets to avoid water on the floor as well.

• If possible, have a bench/chair/seat available where you can put on or take off footwear to avoid falls while getting ready to leave or coming back into your home.

• Ensure adequate lighting at the front door to be able to see any standing water and to avoid tripping on items by the door (keys, purse, grocery bags).

• Consider installing a motion-activated light in the front hallway that turns on when you enter. It can also be helpful to install one outside your front door or in the driveway where you are getting in and out of the car.

• For larger storms where there is potential for power loss, have a flashlight at the front door to be able to safely navigate through your house.

• Have an emergency contact in place should you need assistance getting out of the house in the event of a storm. Have a written list of contacts in the event of an emergency (i.e. fall at home or medical emergency) so they can be notified.

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We talk a lot about New Hampshire’s role in the Revolutionary War and the founding of our nation. Our museum includes two historic buildings: the Ladd-Gilman House that was built in 1721 and the Folsom Tavern built in 1775. We’ve got 3,000 objects in our collection and we do tours and public programs and school field trips and all sorts of activities throughout the year on site and off site to educate people about the Revolutionary War and New Hampshire’s role in it.

How long have you been at the American Independence Museum?

I was hired in March of this year. I had just relocated back to New England from Washington, D.C., where I lived for nine years. I actually grew up in New England and was looking to move back home. It has been a great season, a bit of a whirlwind….

We have this great group of supporters from our board to our ambassadors to our volunteers to our staff. So meeting all these people and to connect with many of them one-on-one as much as possible took a considerable amount of time but it was a great exercise for me to get to know better the people in the community here. So we kicked things off with a bang at the beginning of the season and we’ve just been going non-stop ever since…. We have a lot of exciting changes that will be coming.

What are you bringing to the museum as its new director?

I have worked in historic house museums or history museums for about the past 10 years. I really have this deep love of history but also this familiarity working in museum settings. But most recently I was the director of public engagement at a small historic house museum in D.C., very similar in size to the American Independence Museum. I think that the public engagement side of what I had done with marketing and public programs and really increasing community awareness of who we are but also developing more internally as an institution to reach out to more folks

founders of our nation and those members on those committees. What were the texts for inspiring them at the time? … There’s been so much talk in the past year or so about the Constitution, about the Declaration, about the rights of the different branches of government and how much authority they have legally and how much is available. A lot of that comes back to those founding documents, which we have in our collection and we talk about a lot.

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and do more to engage them has been really critical to our success here.

What interests you about the American Independence Museum?

I really enjoy working at small organizations. I think I enjoy having to do something different every day. I never know what’s going to get thrown at me — you know, when the furnace is going to break, when the toilets going to stop flushing, the roof is going to need repairs. Those are all things I have had to dive into right way and every day is something new.

What interests you about America’s independence?

New Hampshire has a very unique role in the Revolution that I feel gets overlooked because there weren’t many major battles here…. The people from New Hampshire in the Revolutionary War had such a great role in the founding of our nation. The Ladd-Gilman family alone [was home to] a state treasurer, a signer of the Constitution, the man who read the Declaration to the citizens of Exeter for the first time and the governor of New Hampshire.

What makes the history of America’s independence important today?

We look back and see that we were facing a lot of the same issues in the Revolutionary War. The Gilman family that lived in our Ladd-Gilman House, one side was patriot, one side was loyalist, so we’ve always had these deep divisions in our politics, even dating back to that time. But also looking at what inspired some of the

What is the next stage of growth for the museum?

One of the things we are working on a lot with our growth is working off site. ….The Traveling Trunk is full of replica Revolutionary War items and schools rent it and we have business partners that cover the cost of it. Schools can rent it for a month at a time and they get the trunk and we can use it and we can include lists and plans and our education manager can go with it and do a presentation. That’s a way for us to keep students engaged year-round, outside of our walls. We are also looking to bring some of our programs off site to libraries or historical societies. Keeping that engagement going year-round is really important to us. And also growing the visibility of those programs by partnering with more organizations to work together on events.

When you are not at the museum, what do you do for fun?

Right now a lot of my fun time has been spent renovating our house that we just bought, so most times you can find me stripping wallpaper or tearing apart cabinets. I am on the board of a modern dance company… I was a dancer growing up so it’s nice to stay involved with a dance company.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In 10 years I hope you’ll find me still being the executive director of the Independence Museum. — Ethan Hogan

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Where I went: The Rinks at Exeter (40 Industrial Drive, Exeter) What it is: An indoor ice skating center with two rinks open to the public My experience: Going indoors to ice skate in the winter sounds like a funny idea, but when you get the itch to get out on the ice, you sometimes don’t want to look around for a pond. Instead, you step inside for a nice, controlled environment of skating.

My friend Lindsey and I didn’t expect to see two fully functioning ice skating rinks in use. In hindsight, the pluralism in the building’s name makes sense. There are two rinks at the Rinks at Exeter, and you can take your pick once you lace up your skates.

We got rentals from the front desk and decided to gear up outside the rink that looked a little less crowded. Lindsey laughed nervously every time we mentioned how long it had been since we’d last ice skated and I fiddled with my laces long enough to calm my nerves.

Wobbling to the rink entrance, we stared longingly at the walkers the toddlers got to use to keep themselves upright on the ice.

Other places to ice skate indoors on the Seacoast Where: Seaglass Restaurant Lounge (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury) What it is: An indoor ice skating rink inside the Seaglass restaurant that overlooks the beach. The area surrounding the rink is decorated with festive trees and lights.

Times: Call ahead to get times at 462-5800.

Cost: Admission is $5 person. Bring your own skates or borrow from their limited supply of adults’ and kids’ skates.

Where: Strawbery Banke Museum (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth) What is is: An outdoor ice skating area in the historic Strawbery Banke village.

Times: Public skate is frequent but times vary. Check for current public skate times at strawberybanke.org Cost: $11 for adults and $9 for kids age 5 to 17. Ice skate rentals are $5.

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We stepped onto the ice and started sliding along with the rest of the crowd.

“I feel like I look like an old man,” Lindsey said, hunched over, holding onto my arm.

We scooted around the rink a few times, half clenched to each other, before we started to get the hang of it again.

I got daring and took off in front of Lindsey, skimming past other skaters.

Then I thought I’d try and jump over a logo on the ice and land backward. I did the little spin move, but when I landed my hands were flailing to find balance and the ice slid around under me. I fell on all fours with strangers staring at me, Lindsey looking away and laughing.

I may have not been taking home the gold but I was definitely getting more confident, and Lindsey was too. We met at center ice, where the figure skaters like to hang out.

“How do you skate backward?” I asked the group of girls.

“You have to sort of shimmy,” the girls replied.

I held both of Lindsey’s hands and guided her backward as she tried to shift her weight from one side to the other, pushing out with her skates. I tried the same thing, and even though we weren’t very fast, we thought we were doing pretty well.

We even tried our own Dancing with the Stars routine at center ice and had fun trying to hold each other up. I’m pretty sure our square dance routine was a hit with the other skaters too — they just weren’t showing it.

We got off the ice and hobbled over to the other rink, which looked slightly more popular. We got on the ice and skated about 10 feet before we realized we were going the wrong way.

That was the biggest different we could

find between the two rinks; one has the flow of traffic going clockwise, while the other goes counter-clockwise. While it doesn’t seem like a big change, it did take some getting used to.

Before we knew it, the Zamboni was pulling onto the ice and public skate was over.

Who should try this: Ice skating is a fun activity for any age and the rink offers walkers for kids who need help balancing on the ice. Taking a date there will always be a good time but going alone to warm up for a hockey game or just get some exercise isn’t a bad idea either.

— Ethan Hogan

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Car gives driving scores to train drivers to be less aggressive Dear Car Talk: We recently bought a 2016 Prius. In general, we love it. We’re averaging mileage in the mid-50s. But I have one complaint: After each ride, it gives you a drivBy Ray Magliozzi ing score from 1 to 100; if it thinks your score is too low, you get “helpful” driving hints. What the heck does it know about driving? It gets driven, but it has never driven anywhere on its own — it’s not a selfdriving car. If I slam on the brakes to avoid some moron who has just swerved in front of me, it most likely will advise me to decelerate more smoothly. But the most aggravating feature is that it consistently gives my wife higher scores than mine. I generally get scores in the mid-60s or 70s (along with helpful driving hints), whereas she consistently gets scores in the 80s and even sometimes in the 90s. So, my question: Is there any way to disable this annoying feature without having to spend thousands of dollars? — Mike It’s measuring aggressiveness, Mike. And judging from the tone of your letter, it looks like it might be on to something!

If you want better mileage — and if you want your car to last longer — driving gen-

tly is among the best things you can do. This annoying “score” is measuring how gently you accelerate, how steadily you cruise and how infrequently and gently you brake.

And it’s telling you something I’m sure you already know: that you’re an animal, Mike, and your wife is not. I’m sure your wife anticipated this problem when she talked you into trading in your Dodge Charger for this Prius.

Psychologists know that if you want to change behavior, you have to measure it. So, by giving you a score, and tacitly encouraging you to beat your score, the car is trying to train you to do the things that improve your mileage.

I suppose you could try to spite it and play a game to see how low a score you could get.

Then you can try to convince your wife that it’s like blood pressure — the lower, the better. But I don’t think she’s going to buy it.

And unfortunately, there is no way to turn off or disable the scoring. You may be able to choose a different information screen (like the messages screen), but then you’ll lose all the other useful information that the mileage screen provides.

So I’d make peace with it, Mike, and try following its suggestions. Or, if that fails, try sabotaging your wife’s braking score by yelling “Watch out!” every few minutes.

Dear Car Talk: My father left his grandson his ‘56 Ford Thunderbird. My nephew and a friend were restoring the car, but when they had the engine rebuilt, they didn’t bother rebuilding the transmission. Now the transmission is going out, and our mechanic, who takes care of his T-bird, gave him the name of his transmission specialist. My nephew was told that this person can rebuild the transmission without taking it out of the car. I would really like a second opinion. Is this possible — completely rebuilding a transmission without dropping it out of the car? — James If your nephew’s main concern is not spending much money, he can let this guy try. It’s possible that this guy will get the transmission to function again, but it’ll be an incomplete job. Without removing the transmission, you can’t replace the front seal, which, if it’s not leaking now, may leak later.

And you can’t replace the torque converter, which is a crucial transmission component.

What he’s probably going to do is remove and clean up the valve body, adjust the bands and change the filter and fluid. If you’re lucky, that could get the transmission working again, and your nephew will be set for a while.

But if the transmission’s clutches are cooked, the gears are chewed up or the

torque converter is failing, he won’t be able to fix that stuff with the transmission still in the car. That would require removing the transmission and rebuilding it — if you can find the parts.

So before your nephew spends anything, I would suggest that he track down his local T-Bird club. There undoubtedly are a bunch of guys around who either love old T-Birds, or who prefer tinkering with old T-Birds to cleaning their gutters. See if you can find them.

If there’s no T-Bird-specific club in your area, any “classic car” club probably will do (or find the national club online). Then ask those guys how they approached this problem with their T-Birds. If there are 15 guys in the club, you’ll get the benefit of at least 15 experiences fixing T-Bird transmissions.

If you can get the thing totally rebuilt, I’d suggest that you do that. Obviously, that’ll cost more, but this car is not just any old heap, James — it’s a family heirloom old heap. And presumably, your nephew plans to keep it for a long time.

And if you run into a dead end, tell your nephew to sign up for one of those cultural exchange tours to Cuba. And see if bringing back a 1955 Ford transmission will count as a “cultural exchange.”

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AT LIARS BENCH BEER CO. Liars Bench Beer Co. (459 Islington St., Portsmouth) sits tucked behind a stone works showroom, in the former Washburn Plumbing Supply Co. The granite floors celebrate the history of the building, where you can still see the old shipping and receiving markings painted on them. Large shelves that were once used to house pipes have been refurbished as long, communal tables. During warmer months, the two garage doors are open to let in a cool cross breeze, and a beer garden, with jumbo-sized Jenga and cornhole, is located just behind the building. The bar is cozy, with good music and big, friendly personalities behind it.

Owners Dagan Migirditch and Dane Nielsen fell in love with traditional-style beers while traveling in Europe, and you can taste that passion in the beer they serve today. The Scene sat down with Dagan to learn more about what they’ve got brewing.

How long has Liars Bench been around?

We’ve been open since May 2016.

Dane and I opened it as a tasting room but have since expanded to include full pours, food, and a seasonal beer garden.

The prospect of opening our own brewery was the only way I could lure Dane back from San Francisco, where he was working as the lead brewer for Magnolia Pub. What makes Liars Bench unique?

We’re unique as a nanobrewery in that you can walk in on any given day and find six different beer styles on tap.

We’re constantly rotating our beer selection on tap. We have some flagships you see pretty frequently, but based on the season and what we’re excited about at the moment, the beer board can be very different from one week to the next.

In the year and a half that we’ve been around we’ve brewed over 60 different styles. We try to consistently make sure our beer is balanced and true to style and we try to make sure our atmosphere is exciting and warm.

falafel with a miso-sambal slaw, Bulgarian feta, crunchy cukes, and a lemon tahini dressing on a pita. Really nice spice to it, a nice earthiness that pairs great with our flagship IPA, the Young Upstart.

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

You have to care about what you’re doing. You have to be prepared to do it every day and bring the same kind of energy to keep it consistent, whether you’re excited or in the weeds. That’s really difficult to do if you don’t actually care what you’re serving in a glass or putting on a plate. It takes persistence

and consistency. And you have to hire the right people. They have to care just as much as you do, and we have that here — we have a really exceptional staff. I’m really grateful for that.

What is your favorite part of being on the Seacoast?

I love the history here. I love that Portsmouth is one of the oldest cities in the United States, that it predates the United States. I think that creates a genuine sense of community and pride. It’s also a historic beer town, going back all the way to Frank Jones in the 1800s, and it’s experiencing a rejuvenation now with many great local breweries popping

up and asserting themselves. We’re both transplants that discovered Portsmouth when we came to UNH in 2004. This is our adopted home now and we chose it for a reason.

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What is your personal favorite dish?

My favorite beer that we have on currently is the No Dice pilsner. It’s a very traditional pilsner, served from one of our bright tanks, which means it’s constantly lagered, so it’s as fresh as it can possibly be. All of our sausages are ground and cased weekly by Michael Famico of Famico’s Dojo. My personal favorite is the lamb merguez, which we serve with a harissa aioli and a side of spiced tortilla chips.

What is a dish everyone should get?

I love all of our sausages, but our falafel is spectacular. It’s house-made

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Cabbage is one of those amazing foods our bodies crave during this time. It’s often found in slaws smattered with mayonnaise, but I want to share a healthier version.

Cabbage is in the same family as Brussels sprouts and broccoli but tends to show up in our cuisine in different ways. You can boil it or put it in soups and stews but I think raw is best. The crunchiness of cabbage is what I find most appealing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tells us that cabbage contains 44 percent and 72 percent of vitamins C and K respectively.

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It can be planted before the last frost and despises dryness. It needs a lot of space in a garden, requesting 12 to 24 inches between heads, according to the Old Farmers Almanac. I see it at my local market often but I have to admit I neglect it!

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Granite Stouts It’s really cold; grab a stout “I don’t drink stouts. They’re too heavy.

It’s like having a meal.”

You’ve heard someone say that. You might have said that yourself and now you’re embarrassed. Look, stouts are heavy and they can be like having a meal. But that doesn’t mean you should shun this wonderful style of beer. Sometimes you need a beer that drinks like a meal.

Stouts offer a complex richness of flavor that is unmatched in the beer world. Particularly during the winter months, there is nothing better than relaxing by the fire — even if it’s a cheesy gas fireplace — with a malty, toasty stout in your hand. It’s the kind of beer you can sip and savor over an hour or longer. While I still like to enjoy a stout cold, many stouts are just as good or even better a bit closer to room temperature. Take your time and enjoy.

Just like other styles of beer, stouts and porters — which I’m lumping together here — come in all different shapes and sizes.

You shouldn’t say no to a style based on one bad experience. If you’re used to drinking pilsners and you shift over to a Russian imperial stout, your palate is probably going to slap you right in the face.

The stout style is awfully diverse. You have traditional “dry” stouts like a Guinness, which, by the way, I would argue is not all that heavy. You have imperial stouts, which, similar to an imperial IPA, have higher alcohol contents. There are a number of very interesting bourbon barrelaged stouts today in a class by themselves: big alcohol, bold bourbon and vanilla flavors and an unparalleled heft and richness.

Some imperial stouts can certainly be a bit much, even for stout enthusiasts.

What I get most excited about, particularly during the winter months, are coffee stouts. The flavor of coffee melds beautifully with rich, toasted malts. It’s a perfect marriage. While they’re not ubiquitous, most stores with a reasonably extensive beer selection will have a few varieties of coffee stouts. To get the ball rolling, I might suggest Narragansett Brewing Co.’s Coffee Milk Stout. I know, Narragansett probably isn’t the first brewery that comes to mind when you think coffee stouts, but it’s flavorful, smooth and, frankly, welcoming, particularly for someone a little hesitant about exploring stouts.

Since stouts can be filling as beers go, they’re great beers to split. My wife loves stouts, especially coffee stouts, but drinking a whole stout or porter is a bit much for her, so we’ll often split one.

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lighted by a number of terrific craft brewers, but, and I might be partial here, stouts and porters stand out. I’ve sung the praises of Great North Aleworks RVP (Robust Vanilla Porter) and Henniker Brewing Co.’s The Roast coffee stout, which is a true coffee lover’s brew, but those two brews are hardly alone in New Hampshire’s tremendous landscape of stouts and porters.

Here are a few others to track down: 603 Brewing Co. Coffee Cake Porter - Pleasing notes of cinnamon, vanilla and coffee characterize this flavorful and warming porter. 603 Brewing also has a Coconut Cookie Cluster Porter that I haven’t tried, but I definitely will be.

Throwback Brewery Fat Alberta This is a chocolate peanut butter Russian imperial stout. I haven’t tried this but oh my goodness. Throwback also makes a version of this stout fermented in a port barrel.

Millyard Brewery Boott Porter - Malty, chocolatey and creamy — enough said.

Beara Brewing Co. Cake Java Porter - This is a wonderful brew, characterized by big coffee flavor and a smooth finish.

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Kelsen Brewing Co. Vinátta Russian Imperial Stout - At 12-percent ABV, this is an aggressive, bold brew characterized by notes of chocolate, prunes, leather and tobacco.

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With The Luck Uglies trilogy behind him, middle-grade fantasy author Paul Durham tells a new story in his fourth book, The Last Gargoyle, which he debuted Jan. 9 at Water Street Bookstore in his hometown of Exeter.

The book follows a 130-year-old stone gargoyle named Penhallow, who keeps watch over an apartment building in modern-day Boston and protects it Courtesy photo. and its inhabitants from the evil, undead creatures that roam the night. As the last of his kind in the city, Penhallow, who sometimes masquerades as a 13-year-old boy in a hooded sweatshirt, feels isolated and unappreciated, which has given him a somewhat cynical outlook.

“I like writing antiheroes,” Durham said. “The hero of this book isn’t a white knight in shining armor. He’s a statue, cranky and opinionated and looks intimidating. … Most people would see him as a monster, but I like to turn that on its head so that this ‘monster’ is actually like a guardian superhero who is there to protect people and keep them safe.”

Inspired by his time attending college in Boston, Durham wanted to write a book that explored the city’s paradoxes, particularly how a person can feel lonely and invisible, even in a crowded place, and how the city’s long history is continuously juxtaposed with its modernization.

Many of the locations and legends referenced in The Last Gargoyle are based on fact and Durham’s personal research.

“I actually took an excursion one afternoon with a camera, trying to find gargoyles in the city,” he said. “They’re difficult to find, but some do exist … and I think that’s one of the things that’s fun.

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recognize them or can try to find them.”

The book is spooky and has ghost story elements, but that is balanced out with humor and wit that comes through in Penhallow’s first-person narration.

Durham believed a first-person narrative style was the best way to capture the essence of Penhallow’s character, and to engage the reader in his journey.

“I think writing it in first-person gives you a greater sense of intimacy with his character and his unique voice,” he said. “You discover his world with him and are along for the ride as he starts to change and perceive things in different ways.”

Though his books are labeled middle grade literature and often feature young protagonists, Durham said he doesn’t “write down” to his readers, and that his books are enjoyed by kids and adults alike. In The Last Gargoyle, he doesn’t shy away from more adult themes, such as existential doubt and questioning what happens after death.

“I think as authors we can expect more out of kids than what we give them credit for,” he said. “I try to write smart books for smart kids.”

One of the lessons Durham hopes to convey through the book, he said, is that things aren’t always what they seem, and that it’s important to keep an open mind and explore different viewpoints.

“It’s a polarized world,” he said. “It’s good for young readers to realize that not everything they’ve always believed or have been trained to believe is necessarily true, and if they look beyond the surface, they might be surprised at what they find.”

At the launch party, Durham will read from and sign copies of the book and host related games, giveaways and other festivities.

He’s currently working on another “scary but funny” middle-grade book, he said, which will be released in 2019 or 2020. Visit waterstreetbooks.com or pauldurhambooks.com.

— Angie Sykeny

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Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press, 336 pages) Celeste Ng grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a town that boasts of being the first planned community in the United States.

Inspired by the work ethic of the former North Union Shakers who lived there, the town developed the motto, “Change doesn’t just happen … It has to be planned,” when it was founded in 1912.

This town appears to be overburdened by rules to regulate everything from paint colors to racial integration. Until Ng got to college, she didn’t realize that most other communities did not follow the same utopian ideals and stringent attention to detail as her hometown. As an adult, she came to recognize the town’s strengths and its faults, and she thought its real-life peculiarities made for an intriguing fictional setting to wrestle with the ideas of right vs. wrong, familial ties, and the damaging effects of secrets. It’s easy to imagine how a newcomer might upset the balance of this carefully organized town if they didn’t grow up with the philosophies of this new generation of Shakers, which is exactly where the thrust of this story comes from.

Little Fires Everywhere is Celeste Ng’s second novel, and her expertly crafted prose has given her a well-deserved spotlight. In this book, Ng elegantly weaves through the perspectives of nearly a dozen characters, each one providing a glimpse into the rich inner life of someone with their own clear desires and goals.

We have Shaker Heights native Mrs. Elena Richardson, who had “done everything right and she had built a good life, the kind of life she wanted, the kind of life everyone wanted.” Her Shaker Heights upbringing has provided her with a profound sense of right and wrong.

We have newcomer Mia Warren, a mysterious photographer who works odd jobs to sustain her and her teenage daughter, Pearl, in between her gallery sales. They travel wherever Mia’s whims take them and share little of their history with others.

We have Pearl Warren herself, who befriends Elena’s children — Moody, Izzy, Lexie, and Trip — who each have different reactions to her. Though Elena and Mia create a natural friction from their differing personalities, Ng dips into the minds of equally intriguing minor characters. Each one fleshes out the intricate details of the small-town drama that consumes them all.

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The titular “little fires” are both literal and metaphorical. The story opens with the scene that will also close out the book: the Richardsons’ home is on fire.

Ng increases suspense by then jumping back in time and teasing out the details to make you morbidly curious about how the characters will set that future in motion.

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The impetus was to write songs “that parents found interesting but were simple and clear enough for kids,” Chapin said in a recent phone interview. “The sound bite is that it’s kid-friendly and adult-safe.”

1979’s Mother Earth included a Judy Collins guest vocal — “I gave the struggling Judy Collins a real break,” Chapin said with a laugh — and he’s toggled between children’s and adult music ever since. The latter will be the focus of his Jan. 12 show in Newburyport, with much of the night drawing from his 25th album, Threads.

His daughters Abigail and Lily went on to become musicians, and now perform as the Chapin Sisters. With a childhood colored both by their father’s music and the legacy of his late brother Harry Chapin, it was a fitting choice. The two return dad’s early gift of listenable childhood music by contributing a song to the new album.

“We Will Not Stop” is a singalong call to arms inspired by recent events, and it’s a message Chapin enjoys carrying.

“It may not be a bully pulpit, but it is a pulpit,” Chapin said. “I never think of myself as a protester; I’m first and foremost an entertainer. But as I have gotten older ... I have been writing what are kind of hymns, and songs with some pointed stuff.”

Thus, woven between the tenderness of “Build a Dream,” “Here is a Song for You” and songs about his grandchildren are purposeful odes like “Fair Pay Fair Play Blues,” which takes on surviving as a musician in the streaming age, and “Julia Ward Howe (A Mother’s Day For Peace),” a Scott Ainslie co-write that recalls the antiwar activist who wrote “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

He also covers “Any Old Kind of Day,” written by Harry Chapin in response to Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” at a time when he, Tom and Steve Chapin performed as a trio. He was 12, Harry was 14 and Steve was 11. He heard a record that summer called The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, a seminal record of the folk revival.

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a five-string banjo and I got a guitar and we became the Chapin Brothers.”

When his brother died in a 1981 car crash, Chapin continued the organization he launched in 1975 to fight world hunger.

“In the last five years of Harry’s life, I was kind of his benefit band — it was too much money to take his full group out,” he said. “I did 20 or 30 shows a year with him, and I’m so thankful now because who knew it was going to end that quickly? But every night I would listen to him talking about the hunger issue and some of that rubbed off.”

Harry Chapin and New York DJ Bill Ayres started World Hunger Year, now known simply as Why Hunger?, based on a simple idea.

“Hunger and poverty are totally connected; if you have money, you eat, and if you don’t, you have to make terrible choices,” Chapin said. “Rent? Gas for your car? Or feed your kid?”

Chapin’s voice rises.

“That is so unconscionable; this is a country that can feed itself 12 times over and yet the choices that we have made and the choices government has made has been so wrong in a lot of ways,” he said. “Now even the CHIP program, which is food stamps for kids, they are not funding.”

A long list of performers have lent support to the organization; Chapin is a board member. One prominent benefactor is Bruce Springsteen, who invites local chapters of the organization to set up tables at concerts and regularly donates concert tickets for charity auctions.

“He is a huge supporter,” Chapin said.

Springsteen performed a memorable cover of Harry’s “Remember When the Music” at a 1987 benefit that’s been viewed on YouTube millions of times.

“He was channeling Woody Guthrie on that one; I love what he did,” Chapin said.

“I was there that night and it was so wellplanned, but a moving and amazing thing.

That’s why he’s Bruce.”

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• Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A long-term effort will produce twice the results you expected. Unfortunately, the effort was to measure your basement’s radon levels.

• Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you were born on this date, you must be charming, intelligent, charismatic and successful. So obviously, you were born on some other date.

• Aries (March 21-April 19): Today, remember to put one foot in front of the other, but first be sure to take it out of your mouth.

• Taurus (April 20-May 20): You have a marvelous imagination. So why don’t you just go make up your own horoscope and leave me alone for a change?

• Gemini (May 21-June 20): Today is the day your ship finally comes in, but due to a typo you’ll need an awful lot of toilet paper.

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• Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your powers of concentration are excellent today, giving you an unparalleled opportunity to think about how your life is a complete joke.

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Stephen Allen of Tukwila, Washington, moved in with his grandmother years ago to help care for her. When she died last year, he invited his brother, a convicted drug dealer, to move in, but along with him came drug activity, squatters, stolen property and debris. Allen eventually asked police to raid the home, but when they did on Dec. 15, they evicted Allen as well, leaving him homeless. “It’s all legal, but it’s wrong,” Allen told KIRO-7 News. “I can’t do anything about it.”

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Tracy Hollingsworth Stephens, 50, of Alachua, Florida, answered nature’s call on Nov. 25 by stopping her car in the middle of County Road 232 and stepping outside.

An officer of the Florida Highway Patrol soon took notice as he had been searching for Stephens following her involvement in a two-car collision in the parking lot of a nearby T.J. Maxx store earlier that day. Stephens subsequently underperformed on a field sobriety test, according to The Independent Florida Alligator, and was arrested for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

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Workers at Captain Hiram’s Sandbar in Sebastian, Florida, resorted to calling police on Nov. 17 when customer William Antonio Olivieri, 63, refused to leave the bar after a night of drinking. Olivieri told An engaged citizenry Sebastian police he had arrived by boat, Pam Bisanti, a 31-year resident of Mount but when a quick walk down a nearby dock Dora, Florida, has approached the city failed to uncover the boat, he said percouncil more than once about the speeding traffic along Clayton Street, where she lives. On Nov. 27, Bisanti made good on her threat to take matters into her own hands if the council didn’t by wielding a handmade sign reading “SLOW DOWN” as she stood next to the roadway during rush hour wearing her pajamas and robe. “The mothers up the street who send their kids down to the bus stop should have every expectation that those kids will be able to cross Clayton without being killed,” Bisanti told the Daily Commercial, saying she plans to continue her protest until the city takes action. “I am frustrated, angry and fed up. There needs to be a solution sooner than later. Remember that vision of me in my pajamas.”

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Melissa Allen, 32, was arrested on Dec. 19 after attempting to shoplift more than $1,000 in merchandise from a Framingham, Massachusetts, Target store, reported the Boston Globe. On hand to help in the arrest were more than 50 police officers who were at the store to participate in the annual “Shop With a Cop” holiday charity event.

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haps he had driven himself to the bar in a black Hyundai. Throughout the interview with police, reported the Sebastian Daily, Olivieri also maintained that he was in downtown Melbourne, Florida, where he lives. Finally, he was arrested on a charge of disorderly intoxication and taken to the Indian River County Jail.

Sumter County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to The Villages on Nov. 19 where resident Lori Jo Matthews, 60, reportedly barked at her neighbor’s dogs, then entered her neighbor’s yard, yelling at the neighbor and finally slapping the neighbor after being told to leave. Deputies caught up with Matthews as she attempted to enter her own home, where she was handcuffed and arrested on charges of battery and resisting arrest. Alcohol, reported Villages-News. com, may have been involved.

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North Fort Myers, Florida, homeowner Joanie Mathews was terrorized for hours on Nov. 14 by a large pig that wandered into her yard overnight and spent the day destroying the lawn and biting Mathews three times before trapping her in the cab of her truck. “She would circle the truck ... and I would jump in the back seat and I was like ‘Go away, pig!” Mathews told NBC-2 TV. Mathews finally called law enforcement, and it took three Lee County sheriff’s officers to wrangle the testy porker. “It was just hilarious because the pig fought them every which way,” Mathews said. No one, at press time, had stepped forward to claim the pig.

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She seems fine with the other dogs she has met at the shelter. In fact, Lily is a very agreeable dog. She loves her toys and loves to go for walks. She’s a wonderful, lovable lab who is happiest when she’s with people. Her life took a tough turn recently, but we want to turn that around by matching her with attentive people who can show her the same love she gives. Like all the animals available for adoption at the New Hampshire SPCA, Lily is spayed, microchipped and up to date on all her shots. Visit her at the NHSPCA in Stratham, or call 603-772-2921 or visit nhspca.org.

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