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Stony Brook park gets a makeover after being destroyed by tropical storm in 2020

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Smithtown High School West marine science students have been discussing the importance of storm drain maintenance in keeping Long Island’s waterways clean. And on Nov. 18, the Town of Smithtown Highway Department paid a visit to demonstrate one tool in that cause.

Teacher Kimberly Williams’ students watched the town’s “Super Sucker” truck remove debris from storm drains on school grounds. Students from the school recently had produced a mural surrounding one of the storm drains using environmentally friendly paint. Highway department crew members

Joe and Matt remained after the storm drain cleaning effort to discuss the system’s connection to local waterways and the Long Island Sound. They also discussed career options. “They were great with the students,” Williams said. “And now our storm drains are spotless.”

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WMHO debuts Phase One of Stony Brook park’s rehabilitation

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A near hurricane couldn’t keep T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park from being a focal point of Stony Brook village. After Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through Long Island in August of 2020, the park, which runs adjacent to Avalon Nature Preserve, needed several repairs. The storm knocked down more than a dozen trees and destroyed the park’s braille engraved handrails, the borders maintaining the park’s gardens, the walkways along the pond and more. At a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 18, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization presented the first phase of rehabilitation, which included new pathways and memorial stones. The second phase will include the repairing of the braille handrails and sensory gardens on the north side of the 1-acre park by Harbor Road. At the dedication, Richard Rugen, WMHO chairman and a retired chiropractor, remembered Minuse who was one of his first patients. Minuse was the right-hand man of philanthropist Ward Melville when the village was being built and in the early days of Stony Brook Community Fund, which is now known as WMHO. Rugen described Minuse as “a straight-arrow guy.” He also remembered Minuse’s wife, Elinore, who he described as having perfect posture and with a crown of white hair. He added she was a lady who was equally comfortable arguing a bill with the local garbage carter and could have high tea with the queen. He said he believed the Minuses would be

Local elected officials joined WMHO Chairman Richard Rugen, third from left, WMHO President Gloria Rocchio, fourth from right, and WMHO trustees at the Nov. 17 ribbon cutting. Photo by Rita J. Egan

pleased with the renovated park: “In my heart, I know if they had the capacity to look down on us today, they would both be happy and proud to see the rededication of the T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park in his honor.” Rugen added that WMHO was grateful for the residents and businesses that contributed to the fundraiser to restore the park, which was originally dedicated to Minuse Dec. 6, 1981. Gloria Rocchio, WMHO president, said soon after she and her husband moved to

Stony Brook, more than 40 years ago, Minuse announced he was retiring, and she interviewed for his job. She was one out of six or seven interviewees. Rocchio added that the board voted unanimously to hire her. Minuse stayed on as a consultant for a year and to help guide Rocchio through the various responsibilities of running the organization. “I’ll never forget that man,” she said. Rocchio added that recently WMHO staff began scanning documents, which will soon be

on the organization’s website, and have learned more about Minuse. Joining the WMHO trustees for the ribboncutting ceremony were state Sen. Mario Mattera (R-St. James), state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), Head of the Harbor Mayor Douglas Dahlgard and Cynthia Ann Murphy, the Minuses’ daughter, and her family.

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Stony Brook University workers held their Rally for Respect and Fair Wages Nov. 17 in front of the school’s Administration Building. The state employees belong to four campus union chapters, CSEA Local 614, GSEU-RAUCWA Local 1104, United University Professions and UUP Health Sciences Center, that make up SUNY Stony Brook Labor Council. Andrew Solar-Greco, UUP Stony Brook chapter president, said in a phone interview that the Nov. 17 rally had a turnout of nearly 200 people. SBLC represents 10,000 members. The union chapters were joined by the Long Island Federation of Labor and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk. Members from the two latter labor unions have been standing outside on Nicolls Road the last few weeks. Solar-Greco said the SBLC and trade unions decided to show solidarity. “Our goal was to essentially bring attention to many of the labor issues happening on campus,” Solar-Greco said. The union president presided over the rally. In addition to calling for a living wage, he said attendees have issues on their minds such as the Civil Service Employees Association working without a contract and fighting for hazard pay. UUP HSC is also fighting for hazard pay for all of its members in health care at the hospital. Solar-Greco said university center campus members are currently dealing with staffing shortages as well as more students than average in classes due to increased enrollments. He said members feel that the shortage of faculty and increase in class sizes affect the quality of education the students receive. “We want to be there for our students,” SolarGreco said. “We want to set them up for success. We want to propel this institution forward, but we need more staff — we’re understaffed.” He added that adjunct and graduate students, which make up most of the instructional labor, are paid wages that are below Suffolk County’s poverty

level, and also depending on how many credits they teach, they may not get health insurance. In an email statement after the rally, SBU officials said contracts are negotiated with the state, and that the university works “every day to foster a positive work environment where all employees are valued and respected.” The statement also said officials supported the union members’ right to rally. “At Stony Brook, we value the skilled work of every member of our staff. We support the unions’ right to express themselves, as they did at Wednesday’s rally. Contracts are negotiated between the state and the respective bargaining units rather than at the campus level.” SBU officials added, “Where we have the opportunity to add to our graduate student employee stipends we do.” The university recently has done so, according to a message from SBU President Maurie McInnis that was emailed to the university’s community and posted to its website Nov. 15. Graduate students and teacher assistants, who made less than $22,500 and have an academic year obligation, or make less than $27,875 with an annual obligation, were brought up to the dollar amount, retroactive Oct. 1. Those who made those amounts or more will receive an additional $500 for an academic year or $619 more for an annual obligation. “Every graduate student employee will receive some measure of a stipend increase, proportionate to their appointment,” McInnis said in the email. “The approximate total cost for funding this additional raise for these part-time appointments is $1.3 million.” Solar-Greco said representatives of UUP meet once a semester with McInnis, and find she is open to discussions and hearing members’ concerns. After keeping the university going through the pandemic, Solar-Greco added that the workers should be commended for a job well done. “Through all the trials and tribulations and still being there for our students, we feel we deserve respect and fair wages and dignity in the workplace and movement on the issues that we have,” he said.

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LI nurses see Gov. Hochul’s scholarships as important first step BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In the wake of an expected nursing shortage and amid an uncertain battle against a pandemic that is well into its second year, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced a scholarship program to support future nurses last week. The program, called Nurses for Our Future Scholarship, will cover tuition for 1,000 health care workers to get their Resident Nursing degrees at State University of New York and the City University of New York colleges. The governor announced that the scholarships were designed to address the shortage in health care and a lack of workers in hospitals across the state. In a statement, Gov. Hochul called the scholarships an “important step to train more nurses and bring them into our health care system.” She added that the pandemic has “shown us that we cannot afford a labor shortage in the health care industry.” Nursing officers at area hospitals applauded the announcement and suggested it was an important first step in confronting some of the challenges the nursing community faces. “I was thrilled” with the announcement, said Susan Knoepffler, chief nursing officer at Huntington Hospital. “I’m absolutely grateful for this incentive to go into the field.” Knoepffler said hospitals throughout the area and the country had a nursing shortage even before the pandemic. Knoepffler said Huntington Hospital is also hoping to spark an interest in nursing and health care at area high schools, including Commack High School. Huntington Hospital is providing a few students with the opportunity to learn about nursing and is looking to expand that program. Nurses are “critical to the health of health care,” Knoepffler added. “If we don’t have enough nurses, we’re not going to be able to provide optimal health care.” Indeed, a study in 2018 in the American Journal of Medicine calculated that patients in intensive care units were accompanied by nurses for over 86% of their time, compared with 13% with physicians and 8% with critical support staff. The figure exceeds 100% because some of these health care workers were in the room at the same time. These scholarships will help students who might otherwise struggle financially to enter a profession that will be in increasing demand, particularly as current nurses retire. “Having scholarships to help students stay in or enter the profession is great,” said Annette Wysocki, dean of the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University. “We have a lot of firstgeneration students.” These scholarships can also help ensure that students from a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds enter a challenging

Robert Milone, left, and Jaclyn Jahn are part of Stony Brook University’s undergraduate nursing program. Left photo by Jessica Galiczewski, right photo by Rad Reyes

but rewarding field, providing underserved populations and communities with a link to the health care community. Those students who graduate from nursing programs are likely to find a variety of professional opportunities, giving them greater chances to work in geographic areas and in medical specialties that appeal to them. The American Nursing Association anticipates that more registered nurse jobs will be available through 2022 than any other profession in the country, according to Stony Brook University. Robert Milone, who is working to earn a bachelor’s in nursing at Stony Brook in 2022, said he has received considerable encouragement about future prospects. “There’s a lot of buzz around employment afterwards,” Milone said. He anticipates finding more “opportunities for our graduating class than there were.” Some nurses have advised Milone, who is a native of Seaford and already earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Stony Brook in Health Science, to pursue his “dream job” after graduating. While nurses applauded Hochul’s decision to create these scholarships, they described numerous nursing challenges. The scholarships are a “fabulous idea,” said Nicolette Fiore-Lopez, chief nursing officer at St. Charles Hospital. While the scholarships will help in the future, “we need some help right now.” Fiore-Lopez said a number of nurses have left the profession, both in New York and nationally. Additionally, the pandemic may cause an increase in residents who need medical attention in the later parts of the fall and winter, when more people are indoors and when families come together from all over the country. “By all predictors, we believe we will see another surge,” said Fiore-Lopez. “Hopefully, it will remain somewhat blunted, with vaccines being what it is. Not having enough staff [could] become an issue.” Fiore-Lopez urges states to think creatively about staffing solutions. In addition to spending more on nursing

students, New York and, indeed, the country, should consider investing more in the education system, which is already straining for resources. For the past three years, the Stony Brook School of Nursing has admitted 160 students into the pre-licensure undergraduate program, which is about 14.2% to 15.9% of the qualified applicants they receive each year. “We fervently wish we could accept more students but cannot because we do not have a sufficient number of faculty and resources,”

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Movers and Shakers

Reflections on Jefferson’s Ferry’s 20th anniversary

BY LINDA KOLAKOWSKI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Part one of three Over its 20 years in existence, Jefferson’s Ferry has been home to a significant number of accomplished and creative older adults who have been groundbreakers, innovators, educators and artists. All were original thinkers with a desire to do something that hadn’t been done before, and many of these residents wrote books about their work, which can be found in the Jefferson’s Ferry library collection. Gerhart Friedlander and Barbara Strongin: scientist and activist Gerhart Friedlander and his wife, Barbara Strongin, were among the first residents of Jefferson’s Ferry when it opened in 2001. He was a nuclear chemist who emigrated to the United States in 1936 from Munich, Germany, when the Nazis forbade Jews from attending university. Friedlander studied at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his doctorate in 1942. After gaining American citizenship in 1943, he was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. He later worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory for more than 30 years, conducting groundbreaking research on how high-energy particles trigger nuclear reactions. Friedlander also co-authored the textbook “Nuclear and Radiochemistry,” considered a classic in its field, with Manhattan Project colleague Joseph W. Kennedy. The book has been translated into 18 languages, and over the years, was updated twice with other co-authors. He received honorary degrees from many universities and countries and was an active elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. Friedlander died in 2009 at the age of 93. Strongin has spent her adult life dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls on Long Island. She met her husband when he was the chair of the board and she was the chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Suffolk County. They both received the Family Planning Advocates of New York State award. One of three founding members of the Women’s Fund of Long Island, Strongin was also an adviser and contributor to the Herstory Writers Workshop. She has co-authored curricula and articles on the Jewish perspective of human sexuality and has been honored by the New York Civil Liberties Union (Suffolk County Chapter) and Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Also, she won in 2011 the Good Neighbor award from The Village Times Herald. Strongin and Friedlander jointly received the Allard K. Lowenstein Memorial Award from the American Jewish Congress, Long Island Chapter, and were recognized by Newsday as “Long Islanders of the Century: Everyday Heroes.” Strongin continues to reside in her independent living cottage at Jefferson’s Ferry.

Gerhart Friedlander, Barbara Strongin and Joyce Edward are among the movers and shakers who have lived at Jefferson’s Ferry. Photos from Jefferson Ferry

Joyce Edward: author, advocate, activist Joyce Edward enjoyed a long career as a respected and influential social worker psychoanalyst, teacher, writer and activist. The co-editor and co-author of several books showing the value of psychoanalytic theory in social work practice as well as in the analytic consulting room, she also authored a book on her own, “The Sibling Relationship.” Edward holds a Master of Social Work from Case Western Reserve University and earned post-master’s certificates in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. “Therapists seek to help a patient understand what’s in their way, what’s keeping them from a congenial marriage, for example, or from exploring career options,” she said. “A therapist is a partner in the work. We do not tell you what to do but help identify what may be blocking you and what you can do for yourself to move past these obstacles.” Edward attended Antioch College in Ohio, attracted by its then unusual work study program. With the intention of becoming an advertising copywriter, Edward was placed in a salesclerk position at Macy’s as part of her work experience. She was uncomfortable in the post and quickly realigned her course, gravitating toward social work after helping Southerners who were recruited to come to work in a bomber plant up North find housing during World War II. At home she was exposed to acts of kindness, generosity and caring for those less fortunate. “My aunt, who was a social worker during the Depression, would say of the people she helped, ‘They are just people like us.’ At Antioch, there was an emphasis on helping others. For example, as students we helped integrate a

barbershop and the local movie theater.” Edward did not intend being a practicing analyst. Balancing motherhood and career, she first volunteered at a newly founded small private school for emotionally disturbed children. As the school grew, so did her role. “It was a major and central working part of my life for 13 years and exposed me to psychoanalytic training,” she said. “As the social worker on the clinical team, I wanted more than a handmaiden role. I questioned the prevailing theory at the time that the cause of autism in children was ‘refrigerator parents’ who were cold and did not connect with their children. I saw the ‘coldness,’ when it was observed, as frequently being the result of living with an autistic child, whose needs are tremendous and time consuming. I realized that I had to get more training to gain prestige and acceptance of my ideas, so I enrolled in an analytic training course of study.” Upon publishing an article on her thoughts and observations, Edward was asked to write a book on the subject. She wrote “SeparationIndividuation” collaboratively with two colleagues, with each contributor writing several chapters. The book was well received and provided the basis for greater discussion and ideas about the developmental process that led to subsequent studies, articles and books. After 13 years at the school, Edward took a position in the Freeport Public Schools in a program funded by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson’s “war on poverty.” When the funding for this program ceased, she opened a small private practice and continued with this until she retired. During these years she also taught in the schools of social work at Adelphi University, Hunter College and Smith College

as well as in two analytic training programs. With the introduction of managed care into the mental health system, Edward and her colleagues founded the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals & Consumers. The organization sought to restore privacy and to return to the clinician treating a patient their decision-making role. Edward has lived in an independent living apartment at Jefferson’s Ferry for more than 14 years. Over that time, she has served on the residents council and the health committee, the social activities committee, the education committee as well as others. Through Stony Brook University’s OLLI program, she enjoys courses via Zoom, which currently include a political discussion newsroom, a music course with essayist David Bouchier and a class on the work of Leonard Bernstein. An avid reader, she participates in book club discussions, one at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and the other at Jefferson’s Ferry. Recent reads include “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell, “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith and works by Edith Wharton, George Eliot, George Packer and Anne Applebaum. According to Edward, the best thing about Jefferson’s Ferry is the people, the residents and the staff — there are many interesting, knowledgeable and accomplished people. “More importantly is the understanding and support that we offer each other,” she said. “The residents have an appreciation of each other gained through our ages and experiences and have come to recognize what’s important in life.” Linda Kolakowski is vice president of Residential Life at Jefferson’s Ferry Life Plan Community in South Setauket.

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Perspective

Traveling on the edge of a pandemic

Taking a solo backpacking tour through Europe proves the scars of COVID-19 are deep BY KYLE BARR DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This is part one of a two part series.

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There was a young man in Toulouse, France, one of only two people in a hostel dorm room, the other being me. We were two in a room meant to facilitate 15. A Parisian traveler, he had taken trains and buses down to Toulouse, named the Pink City (Ville Rose) for its famous blush-red brick. We had a good sight of the street and that colored stone out of the window we shared between our beds. “I want to see more of my country while I can,” he told me during that cool, wet night in July. He also told me he still hadn’t gotten a vaccine for COVID-19. I had, but I was sleeping just 3 feet away from him. This should be a normal interaction for travelers through Europe but, in a space like that, the conversation inevitably moves toward the pandemic. He tells me he did not know why he hesitated to get the vaccine. It could have been nerves. It could be the kind of anti-authoritarian impulses that us Americans know only too well. He, along with so many French citizens, have railed against the French President Emmanuel Macron for their mandated proof of a vaccine or negative COVID test for everything from cafés to concerts. On July 14, Bastille Day, protests rolled out from France’s cities. I watched one in Marseille make its way from the old docks up to the local municipal building. The protesters were shouting “Liberté!” while holding signs reading, “Mon corps m’appartient!” meaning “My body belongs to me!” But the young Parisian man said that, despite his anger, it could actually change his mind. “Maybe this will finally make me get the vaccine,” he told me. Reuters’ data show an estimated 73% of France’s population has been vaccinated. That compares to an approximate 59% in the U.S. I wonder if that young man I met in Toulouse ever got his shot, but we were traveling in opposite directions, and I don’t think I’ll ever know. There’s only one time that something can be done for the first time. So doing a European backpacking trip is one thing — an enormous thing to do as a novice. Doing it during a oncein-a-century pandemic is another thing entirely. This past summer I made a very sudden decision to take a two-month backpacking trip through several countries in western Europe, starting June 23 and ending Aug. 18.

Left, the statue of Ludwig I, Koenig von Bayern, King of Bavaria in Munich. Above, French citizens in Marseille protest the country’s mandate of proof of vaccine or a negative COVID-19 test. Below, the Monument to the Girondins in Bourdeaux. Photos by Kyle Barr

Beginning in France, I went south to Basque country in Spain, back into France before going into Switzerland, then Germany, the Netherlands, then to Denmark before a quick flight over to Iceland. My trip began on the very edge of when we all thought the pandemic would subside, just after many European countries started opening their doors to overseas travelers. My trip coincidentally ended just after those same nations started to roll back those open-armed policies. France instituted a COVID passport system just weeks after I left, and it is still only really available to French citizens, meaning that it would be nearly impossible to do half of what I could do just a few months before. Other European countries have instituted new restrictions and lockdowns. It means there was one small three-month period, one golden time slate when the classic Euro tour was still possible. That’s gone now.

Currently, rules are in flux, and Americans may find that restrictions can change between the time they book a trip and their departure dates. Unvaccinated U.S. passengers especially need to keep on top of all the changing regulations. I wonder now if things will ever return to that golden age of pandemic-era travel and, at the same time, whether we ever should go back. Because even during this perfect period when summer travel was (mostly) possible if one carried a vaccine card tucked inside a passport, adventuring alone in pandemicscarred lands is not as it once was. It may never be the same again.

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I stayed in a total of 17 hostels, one tiny hotel, two Airbnbs and two stays at kindly people’s homes. During my visit to Hamburg, Germany, I chatted up the hostel staff and heard, like most hostels along my route, they

were doing barely 30 to 40% of what they had done in 2019. Backpacking alone relies on one’s ability to strike up conversations with strangers, to meet new people from all over and organize a day’s activities, but the pandemic has done more than hamper worldwide travel. It has also changed certain attitudes. Less people seem to be willing to sit down with strangers to have conversations while the pandemic lingers. That’s not to say people are more obtuse or less friendly, but there is a sort of wariness hanging about all interactions. Most travelers I met spoke similarly about that general feeling hanging like a cloud above people’s heads. Part of it was the lack of people in hostels, but there also was a defining sense of separation. Kyle Barr is a freelancer writer and the former editor of The Port Times Record, The Village Beacon Record and The Times of Middle Country.

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Editorial

Supporting small businesses this holiday season There are certain things Cyber Monday and the internet can’t do for us as we shop during this holiday season. While the sales may be great online, there are some downfalls that we’ll experience this year making shopping locally even more important. The next several weeks are going to be hard for devoted holiday shoppers thanks to COVID-19 and the continuous supply chain concerns that are happening across the country. Experts are anticipating that large retailers like Apple and Amazon will experience a hit with sales due to shipping issues and staffing challenges. And although this will be tough for those businesses, it will also be a stress for the consumers themselves. Whereas shopping via online Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals in the past was an easy click with shipping coming days after, buyers might see a delay in receiving those products in the mail. But this might be a good time for us to take a step back and really support our neighbors who own their own shops in our local villages and towns. Instead of anticipating a package in the mail — which might not even get here on time — we should head into town and shop small this holiday. The goods will be there right in front of us and we can take them home that day — easy one-stop shopping that makes our lives easier, but also provides income to a family owned business. Shopping small comes with its own benefits: we can see the products, touch them and measure them for size. We can find unique things that may not be available on a larger company website, making that gift a one-of-akind present the recipient will treasure. And on top of that, it provides that shop owner with extra money to pay their own bills. Shopping small is a win-win for everyone. After a tough two years post the initial outbreak of the pandemic, mom and pops have been hit hard with little ability to recover. By shopping locally this year, it brings money back to the economy which then goes back to our own street repairs and our community. We know that online shopping is usually easier, but with the current state of inventory and the surrounding issues, it might actually be better to walk over and visit a family owned shop. Try it out this holiday season, and you certainly won’t be disappointed.

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Letters to the Editor Lack of morality in politics is today’s problem

Not as one of today’s Republicans and not as a progressive but as a moderate, I must query Charles Cozzolino’s quest to ignore morality in politics [letter to the editor, “Major victory,” Nov. 11]. Cozzolino accuses Shoshana Hershkovitz of making a bad argument against U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] by bringing morals into the debate. This is straight from the former President Donald Trump [R] political handbook. Morals be damned. “The most dangerous man in America,” according to Mary Trump, is the man whose ring Zeldin kisses, whom Zeldin, to this day, still backs. Zeldin says he believes Trump’s Big Lie despite at least 63 courts — many filled with Republican judges that Trump appointed himself, including three Supreme Court justices — decreeing that Trump had lost to Biden. No fraud? Trump, the anti-democracy corrupt politician, is the person that Zeldin supports. Nary a word of controversy from Zeldin who follows Trump to this democracy’s possible denouement. Is it fear or is it just Zeldin and the rest of his friends teaching their kids that money and power mean everything and the country be damned? Even as early as July 2018, when Trump sat down with ex-KGB agent Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he admires, and believed him over USA intelligence agencies of not interfering with U.S. elections, Zeldin was nowhere to be heard from — our country’s well-being be damned. There are so many instances of lack of morality: A sitting president that revved up the crowd at the Jan. 6 insurrection whereby police officers were tortured with American flags, suffocated by closing doors, and a search for Vice President Mike Pence [R] to hang him — all on videotape. Several people said that after Trump’s speech, he was seen in the White House “giddy” watching the actions of these monsters and was quite angry at those telling him that he had to stop the madness. Not once did I read of Zeldin having the guts to do anything but kowtow to the man who wants him to be governor of New York. Every congressperson who was OK with the insurrection and has voted against looking into it has a sick want of power and a cowardice coursing through their veins. Never has this country seen such corruption and sickness as seen in Trump and yet very few Republicans stand strong. Certainly not Zeldin. And, in the end, we may leave a nondemocratic country to our kids. We teach them that morality doesn’t matter. We teach them that politicians, like Zeldin, by their

silence, by the crickets that chirp all around them as our country comes tumbling down, is as good as we get, as good as we deserve. No! Morality is not a throwaway. If we truly believe that, then we deserve what we get, and what we get will be quite ugly — anything without morality usually is. Karen Jillian Stony Brook

A little thought is in order

Before we hire a brass band to celebrate what Rob Cornicelli terms a “major victory for the American people” [in his Nov. 11 letter to the editor in TBR News Media newspapers] maybe a little thought is in order. No doubt this last election was a political victory for the Republican Party. Whether it turns out to be a victory for the American people is another matter though. In his letter, Cornicelli decries the “divisive tactics” of those “running to the left.” There’s more than a little hypocrisy in this, since he constantly resorts to divisive and loaded terms such as “socialist” and “far left” to demonize those who don’t agree with his views on the issues. “Divisive” would also be a good description of the bile some Republicans have poured out onto the 13 members of their own party, including Rep. Andrew Garbarino [R] of the 2nd District here on Long Island, who put the needs of their constituents before partisan politics and voted for the Biden infrastructure bill. They received death threats and the most hateful abuse for that, including being doxed by a Republican congresswoman. Since he is running for Congress, maybe Cornicelli could do us all the courtesy of informing us if he would have voted for this bipartisan bill with its improvements in our road, bridge, mass transit, rail and port infrastructure. At Cornicelli’s suggestion, I took a look at his campaign website. Under “Issues” I saw a lot of divisive stuff scapegoating “illegal aliens,” but not a word about climate change, COVID-19, the cost of prescription drugs, race relations or the spread of misinformation and disinformation on social media. Does Cornicelli have anything to offer beyond wrapping himself in the flag, fulminating against “socialism,” which seems to mean anything the government does to help ordinary people, and obstructing any attempt to deal with our very real problems? It will not be a victory for America if our children and grandchildren inherit a world of drought, flooding, rain bombs, intense hurricanes, wildfires and mass extinction. If Cornicelli wants to represent us, it seems fair to ask him to spell out his plan to combat climate change. Will he support the interests of the coal mining industry like our present congressman, Lee Zeldin [R]? Will Cornicelli, like Zeldin, protect the oil and gas industry by opposing every effort to reduce emissions

of the powerful greenhouse gas methane? If so, his election might be a victory for him personally and for his party, but it would not be a victory for the American people. David Friedman St. James

Supporting local businesses

In these difficult economic times, as a result of COVID-19, it is especially important to patronize your neighborhood businesses. Do it not only on annual Small Business Saturday, Nov. 27, but every day of the year. Small independent businesses are at the mercy of suppliers, especially third-party brokers, who control the prices that must be paid for merchandise. There are additional costs of sanitizing the stores and providing protection to employees, who deal with the public during this ongoing health emergency. I don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our local stores survive. The employees go out of their way to help find what I need. Customer service is their motto. As an independent mom and pop store, they don’t have bulk buying purchasing power that Amazon or large national chain stores have. The owners can’t negotiate lower prices from suppliers. This is why they sometimes charge a little more. It is worth the price to avoid the crowds and long lines at larger stores in exchange for the convenience and friendly service your neighborhood community store offers. Remember these people are our neighbors. Our local entrepreneurs have continued the good fight to keep their existing staff and suppliers employed without layoffs and canceling product or supply orders. They continue to work long hours, pay taxes and keep as many employed as possible. Many maintain the tradition of offering job opportunities to students during the holidays and summer. Customers also patronize other commercial establishments on the block. Foot traffic is essential for the survival of any neighborhood commercial district. If we don’t patronize our local community stores and restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat either. This helps keep our neighbors employed and the local economy growing. The owners of independent momand-pop stores are the backbone of our neighborhood commercial districts. Thank the hardworking owners and employees who continue to work during these tough times. Show your support by making a purchase. Stop by your favorite store and also drop off a box of candy or cookies as a show of appreciation. Something sweet for the holidays helps take the edge off the stress we all face. Larry Penner Great Neck

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Opinion

Mundane and magnificent moments during and after a magical moon

h, the benefits of an older bladder. Granted, that’s not generally the case. Usually, I get up in the middle of the night, realizing that the dream that involves the search for a bathroom is my brain’s way of telling me that I need to urinate in real life. I shift my weight slightly toward the floor, hoping that the rocking motion of my body doesn’t move the bed so much that I wake my wife or the cat sleeping on her, who sometimes sees my movement as D. None a starter’s gun to race of the above toward the table in the BY DANIEL DUNAIEF laundry room to devour

another can of the same food he eats every day. I slide my feet off the bed and try not to step on our huge dog, who moves around often enough that he could easily be that furry thing under my feet. My toes can’t always tell whether that’s him or just the softer part of the inside-out sweatpants I’ve been wearing for a week. I also try to avoid the other cat, whose tail is like a spring waiting for me to step on so he can shriek loudly enough to wake my wife and terrify the other cat and the dog. When I reach the bathroom, I try to urinate into the bowl but away from the water to avoid any splashing sound. I retrace my steps back to the bed, hoping the safe places to step on the way out from the bed are still safe on the return. This past week, the bathroom routine gave me the opportunity to look at a rare event. I watched the extended lunar eclipse, which was the longest it’s been in 580 years. I crept out to the hallway

to view it through a window, hoping I didn’t have to go out in the cold to catch a glimpse of Earth’s shadow. I was also concerned that the dog, even at 3 a.m., would fear that he was missing out on something and bark, negating my efforts to enjoy the eclipse in silence. I was amazed at the shadow that slipped slowly across the moon. I took an unimpressive photo that captured the yin and yang of the light and shadow. The next morning, I ran into some neighbors on my routine walk with my dog. After saying how they’d stayed up all night to watch this rare event — they are retired and don’t have any time pressure most days — they started to recount their evening. “I was tempted to dress in black and howl while I watched it,” the man said. “Excuse me?” I asked. “Well, you know, I figured as long as I was

up, the neighbors on the other side who think it’s OK to play basketball at 11:30 p.m. should know I was awake and active.” “Hmm,” I said. “Yeah, and the other day, they had a party and threw beer bottles over the fence into our backyard. It took until late in the day for them to pick them up.” “That’s terrible,” I said. “Sorry to hear that.” As I walked back with my dog, who was eager for his post-walk breakfast, I realized we had never discussed the sights from the night before. Sleep deprivation overshadowed a discussion of the observation of the Earth’s long shadow. As for me, I was, for the first time, grateful for the momentary need to pee. The evening and the morning interaction that followed brought to the fore a collision of the mundane and the magnificent.

Chronic migraine reversal with the LIFE diet, a study by a local internist gone viral

local physician had a remarkable result. In clinical practice, he was treating a patient with severe migraines. The patient, 60 years old, had been experiencing migraines for 12 years. Recently they increased in frequency, and he was enduring six to eight debilitating headaches per month, each lasting more than 72 hours. This equates to 18-24 headache days each month. For those of us who suffer migraines, we know this must have been horrible. A migraine is not just a bad headache. It is as if a drill were unremittingly penetrating one spot in the head, all the while accompanied by nausea, vomiting and an Between inability to tolerate light. you and me The aftermath is to feel BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF hung over and unsteady. Migraines steal hours and days from the lives of the afflicted. The patient had tried various traditional medications, like zolmitriptan and topiramate to no avail. He also avoided possible migraine triggers like aged cheese, caffeine and red wine

without success. The internist, who specializes in lifestyle medicine, put him on a plant-based, high nutrient diet that he created of essentially low inflammatory foods every day. Hence he named it the LIFE diet, and its centerpiece is composed primarily of dark leafy greens, frozen blueberries, a banana and soy milk in a smoothie. These high fiber ingredients, when reinforced with flax seed meal, and a little pomegranate juice, can be made into a 32-ounce drink by a sturdy electric blender. The diet is further reinforced by eating more nutrient-dense veggies, like spinach, kale, arugula and romaine lettuce, for example, at subsequent meals in the day. These foods are thought to reduce chronic inflammation in the body. The LIFE diet also limits dairy and red meat, whole grains, starchy vegetables and oils, according to reporter Sarah Jacoby, who interviewed the doctor for “Today” last Thursday, Nov. 18. The results of the new regimen were dramatic. After two months, the patient was experiencing one headache per month. After three months, the headaches were gone. The patient suffered no further migraines. This result has lasted more than seven years so far. At this point, the local physician, teaming up with his brother, who is a medical researcher,

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wrote up the study and sent it to the highly prestigious British Medical Journal or BMJ that publishes medical case studies deemed important. Delighted when it was accepted for publication, the doctor, who is a passionate believer in the healing power of dark green leafy vegetables, was further pleased when he learned that BMJ, considering the study valuable enough, had sent out a press release to publications all over the world with a summary. The response was overwhelming, a testament to the need for a remedy to a universal malady. As of this writing, more than 40 news outlets across the globe, including UPI and WebMD, have picked up the story, from Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia, translating it into a dozen different languages. “I think this (case report) is a tremendous start in the treatment of migraine headaches,” added the local physician. “This is kind of revolutionary to have the ability to say, ‘Not only does it work, but it works in the worst case scenarios. And it works in a short period of time.’” He has seen similar results in other of his patients. Dr. Charles Flippen, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, agreed, stating that the change the patient experienced was, “rather impressive,” especially how long the effect has lasted. He added, “Now

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a large sample is necessary to draw conclusions about the benefits of diet change on migraines or chronic migraines,” as quoted by Sarah Jacoby for “Today.” Dr. Dawn Buse, clinical professor in the department of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York said, “There have been some recent studies suggesting that major dietary changes can reduce migraine symptoms,” according to “Today.” “Even though we don’t know the exact mechanism for migraine, the concept of an inflammatory process as part of the underlying physiology of chronic pain has been around for decades,” explained Flippen. “So the idea that you have a diet that reduces the production of proinflammatory substances would fit nicely with our current understanding of migraine … It’s not purely magic that it worked.” For the doctor, whose work has now circled the globe, the satisfaction is enormous. “I went into medicine to help people. It’s beyond gratifying that I may be helping people to take their lives back by reversing disease with the LIFE diet,” he concluded. And the name of the local internist who authored the study that has gone viral: my son and our own columnist, David Dunaief, MD.

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