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Vol. 37, No. 42

May 5, 2022

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Learning about art and music promotes critical thinking skills, improves language and reading skills, enhances creativity and allows people to use their imaginations. That is the mindset behind a lesson integrating music and art for Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School students. Music teacher Kyra Kenwood and art teacher Joelle Battelli collaborated on a kindergarten lesson integrating both music and

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art. Battelli worked with children to create paper bumble bees using sheet music from the score of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Flight of the Bumblebee.” Kenwood then introduced the students to the song in her music classroom with several bee movement activities. Kenwood warmed them up with an animated video of bumblebees doing their work driven by the sound track of the song in the

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Pictured left to right: Distinguished Professor Jeffrey Levinton, New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), Earthstock Co-chair and Distinguished Service Professor Malcolm Bowman, and Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook). Photo courtesy of Kornreich

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In an effort to raise awareness for Earth Day, April 22, Stony Brook University hosted its annual Earthstock festival, which was attended by Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook). The annual event included student organizations that presented their findings on better ways to protect and invest in the planet. “We’ve all heard about the challenges that we face on land, sea and air,” Kornreich said. “Those challenges are going to require creative solutions, intelligence and resources. The theme of this year’s Earthstock was ‘Invest to Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (left) viewing a student presentation by a save the planet,’ but when representative of the Culinart Group at Stony Brook University. we talk about investing Photo courtesy of Kornreich to save the planet, what and Administrative Chair Jeffrey Barnett, Dean we’re really talking about is investing in our students so they can discover of School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences the solutions to the grave challenges we face.” Paul Shepson, Professor of Marine Sciences The councilmember added, “After getting Malcolm Bowman and everyone involved for out there and meeting students working on all pulling this event together. It was an honor to kinds of creative and innovative projects, I am be joined by Assemblyman [Steve] Englebright Legislator [Kara] Hahn more confident than ever that our investment [D-Setauket], in our students will pay off. Thank you [SBU] [D-Setauket] and State Senator Mario Mattera’s President [Maurie] McInnis, Dean of Students [R- St. James] Chief of Staff Robert Caroppoli at such an important event.”

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Corridor of peace A visible feature throughout the various International Cities of Peace is the creation of “peace poles.” Active in over 190 countries, the project includes the presentation of physical poles which, in various languages, state the universal message: “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” Peace poles are planted as “seeds” at public parks, schools, churches and community centers. The Rocky Point Rotary Club has committed to planting ten peace poles, while Rotary District 7255 has already committed to 38 peace poles. This project is partially underwritten by the Al Jubitz Rotary Foundation of Spokane, Washington. To learn more about the International Cities of Peace Project, contact Kevin Mann of Rocky Point Rotary Club USA at kevinmannmail@gmail.com or call (631) 470-6351.

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The Rocky Point Rotary Club has announced its latest initiative, The Corridor of Peace. The club, in association with the International Cities of Peace Project, seeks to link ten communities along the corridor of Routes 25 and 25A under a plan to promote peace. The club hopes for this corridor to be declared an international corridor of peace. The plan calls upon stakeholders in the Longwood, Miller Place, Rocky Point and Shoreham Wading River school districts to band together, developing an action plan that will increase peace throughout the area. The club will be sending updates and plans for community meetings at a later date. Patchogue has already been declared Long Island’s first “City of Peace.” The club intends to expand this movement to other communities throughout the Island.

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Encouraging future generations with new ocean pollution curriculum In an effort to combat the impact of plastic pollution on the environment, Suffolk County has partnered with New York Sea Grant to publish a 15-lesson curriculum entitled, “Plastic Pollution and You.” The curriculum was developed after the passage of Suffolk County resolution 450-2018, sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), which authorized the creation of a marine debris public awareness program. Kathleen Fallon, a coastal processes and hazards specialist, and Nate Drag, NYSG Great Lakes literacy specialist and associate director of the Great Lakes program at the University at Buffalo, have co-authored the curriculum. Funding for the curriculum was administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through the Environmental Protection Fund. “In Suffolk County, we have prioritized environmental protection through actions such as banning single-use plastic bags, personal care products with microbeads, and the release of helium balloons,” Anker said. “While legislation is an important Pictured: Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker and Stony Brook University students join Coastal Steward for a beach clean. Photo courtesy of Anker part of environmental protection, we must also During the program, students will learn focus on educating our future generations about Having sponsored the Suffolk County resolution Fallon and Nate Drag, for their work in creating technical skills such as data collection, charting, what they can do to reduce the negative impacts to create the marine debris curriculum, I would this important initiative.” Discussing the new ocean pollution and mapping. Additionally, they will develop HudsonWineFoodFest22_2x2.crtr - Page 1 -York Composite thank New Sea Grant, Dr. Kathleen plastics can have on our water and marine life. like to curriculum, Fallon added: “We designed the advocacy tools such as position statement ‘Plastic Pollution and You’ curriculum with preparation, technical solution design, behavior SAVE THE DATE input from educators and the environmental change campaigns, public policy development, conservation sector to prompt students to think and communityabout what plastic level action is, how they use In Suffolk County, we have strategies that plastic, and about address plastic the consequences prioritized environmental pollution. of plastic pollution protection through actions such On Wednesday, in the environment MAY 28 & 29, 2022 April 13, 2022, and their local THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT as banning single-use plastic teachers had an communities Columbia Co. Fairgrounds, Chatham, NY opportunity to be through activities bags, personal care products AWARD-WINNING WINERIES, DISTILLERIES introduced to the that incorporate the AND CIDERIES FROM NY AND MA curriculum via an social, economic, with microbeads, and the Craft Beverage Samplings & Seminars, Information & tickets available on-line at: Gourmet Foods, Specialty Crafts, and public online workshop ‘Family Friendly’ Events, Petting Zoo www.hbwinefest.com policy context release of helium balloons... with the authors of this critical well as Sherri – Sara Anker as environmental Mason, a noted issue.” freshwater plastics NYSG Director Rebecca Shuford, also pollution researcher. To view the “Plastic expressed her support for this initiative. “New Pollution and You” webinar or to download the York Sea Grant was pleased to provide its curriculum, please visit www.nyseagrant.org/ experience and expertise in this collaborative articles/t/marine-debris-plastic-pollution-ineffort to develop a new and innovative curriculum new-york-s-waters-marine-debris-news or call to educate and prompt interest in reducing and 631-632-8730. preventing plastic pollution across New York New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program State’s marine and freshwater environments — of Cornell University and the State University from our Atlantic Ocean shoreline and Long of New York, and one of 34 university-based Island Sound to the Hudson River Estuary, St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, and the state’s two programs working with coastal communities Great Lakes,” she said, adding, “The curriculum through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric will serve an important role to inspire the next Administration. Learn more at https://www. nyseagrant.org. generation of coastal stewards.” 84100

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DA launches animal/environmental crimes unit Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney (R) announced Thursday, April 28, the establishment of a first-of-its-kind combined unit for the prosecution of animal and environmental crimes. The program will require assistant district attorneys on the team to meet with animal victims and personally contribute to environmental projects throughout Long Island as part of the DA’s pro bono initiative. “I’m very proud of this initiative,” said Tierney. “The abuse of animals in Suffolk County will not be tolerated and we are going to ensure that individuals charged with environmental offenses will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We have one of the strongest legal advocates for animals and the environment on our team and he’s going to ensure no case falls through the cracks.” Libby Post, executive director of the New York State Animal Protection Federation, expressed her support for these efforts. “The Federation commends Suffolk County DA Tierney for taking this unprecedented step forward in combatting animal abuse in Suffolk County,” she said. “We need more district attorneys to take animal crimes more seriously and the establishment of the Biological, Environmental and Animal Safety Team, with an apt acronym of BEAST, will show other DAs across New York what they can do.” Post added, “We know that crimes against animals are gateway crimes that too often include domestic violence. Taking animal crimes seriously is crucial for our companion animals and the people who care for them.” Joanne Yohannan, senior vice president of operations at the Port Washington-based North Shore Animal League America, offered support of the BEAST unit as well. “We applaud any mandate that keeps the prosecution in animal crimes cases connected to their victim as well as the shelter staff while the case is pending,” Yohannan said. “We know all too well the impact and toll these cases take on an entire animal welfare organization and the importance of staying connected.” The Biological, Environmental and Animal Safety Team (BEAST) will be led by Assistant District Attorney Jed Painter. DA Tierney recruited Painter from the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, where he had served as chief of animal crimes for 11 years. As BEAST Team Leader, Painter will oversee a crew of nine other prosecutors and one support staff member that work with law enforcement at the local and county levels. For accountability and consistency, all violations of the state’s laws protecting animals and the environment are specially assigned to BEAST. Painter is also the co-chair of the Animal Crimes Committee of the New York State District Attorney’s Association. He has received the prestigious “Prosecutor of the Year” Award

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney has created a first-of-itskind proprietorial unit for animal and environmental crimes. Photo courtesy of Tierney’s office

from the New York Prosecutors Training Institute and his work related to animal crimes has earned him the Humane Law Enforcement Award from the National Sheriffs Association and the Humane Society of the United States. “Suffolk County communities will benefit from increased prosecution of illegal animal cruelty,” said Brian Shapiro, New York State director for the Humane Society of the United States. “Animal crimes are often linked to drugs, guns, domestic violence and other abuse. We applaud DA Tierney for establishing the Biological, Environmental and Animal Safety Team, which will help bolster animal protection work in the county.” The team has established a list of protocols it must adhere to when prosecuting these specialized types of cases. BEAST ADAs are required to personally

meet with the animal victims in animal cruelty cases, a first-of-its-kind initiative. For environmental prosecutions, BEAST has coordinated with the court and outside agencies to create a community service program that will focus on beach clean-up, trail clean-up, and other environmentallyrestorative projects. For animal cruelty prosecutions, BEAST will collect all registry and protective orders relating to animals, coordinate periodic compliance checks, and prosecute resultant offenses. BEAST ADAs will also personally contribute to environmental projects throughout the Island as part of Tierney’s office pro bono initiative. ADA’s on the team are required to be oncall to law enforcement for warrants and field guidance 24/7/365.

BEAST has met with members of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and shelter leadership and is continuing to meet with non-profit and municipal shelters around Long Island. Apart from in-house training, BEAST ADAs have attended specialized training with the NYS Animal Protection Federation and ASPCA at the New York State Police Academy in Albany. DA Tierney has already hired a detective for animal crimes who came from NYPD’s animal cruelty investigation squad to add to the existing team of animal and environmental investigators. These individuals will be detailed to BEAST for more centralized and consistent enforcement throughout Long Island. Suffolk County residents can contact BEAST directly at BEAST@suffolkcountyny.gov. Always call 911 in the event of an emergency.

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Beloved Setauket resident Maria Hoffman dies at 63

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The Three Village community is mourning the passing of Maria Hoffman, who was chief of staff to New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright for nearly three decades. According to her husband, George Hoffman, the Setauket resident died April 29 of metastatic breast cancer, which she bravely battled on and off since being first diagnosed in 2010. Maria and George married in 2009 in Frank Melville Memorial Park. It was the second marriage for both. “When Maria and I married, I moved to Setauket from the South Shore,” he said. “She was Assemblyman Englebright’s chief of staff and had an extensive network of friends and colleagues. She loved the Three Village community and was involved with every aspect of it. I always tell people that she gave me an express ticket to the front of the line with all of the leaders of the Three Village community.” In a November 2019 Village Times Herald article, Maria shared advice for a successful relationship: “We also make time for things that are important, whether it’s walking or in the summertime boating — being on a sailboat. We make time to balance all the busyness.” Born on Oct. 14, 1958, Maria was a 40-year resident of the Three Village community. A graduate of the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, where she received a Human Ecology degree, Maria was familiar with busyness. In addition to being Englebright’s chief of staff, she was also an avid photographer of landscapes and wildlife, a writer, beekeeper, birder, sailor, naturalist, a co-founder of the

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Setauket Harbor Task Force and a lover of wolves, whales, elephants and bees. She was an illustrator of field guides on seashores, wetlands and woodlands. In a collaborative effort with Stony Brook University’s Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, her illustrations can be seen in “A Field Guide to Long Island’s Woodlands,” “A Field Guide to Long Island’s Freshwater Wetlands” and “A Field Guide to Long Island’s Seashore.” Maria was also a wonderful, helpful friend and frequent contributor to The Village Times Herald. Whenever a reporter was unavailable to cover a local event that she attended, she would always be willing to send in her own photos. Her nature photography also appeared in the Arts & Lifestyle section of TBR News Media papers.

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Englebright and Maria’s working relationship goes back to when he was director of the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences in the 1960s. He secured a state grant to develop a water resources curriculum for Long Island schools, he said, and Maria interviewed for a position to help develop the curriculum. Englebright said she was a standout due to her photography, illustrating and writing skills. Once the project was completed Maria continued to work with the museum and Englebright. For the museum, she illustrated public education pamphlets, booklets and newsletters and also would write. “I had the great, good fortune of being able to hire her, and I was able to retain her,” he said. “She was extraordinarily productive in public service in the preelected office capacity, too.” Maria continued to work with Englebright when he became county legislator and then assemblyman, and he said even though she wasn’t originally from the Three Village area she made a point to learn about the community when he was running for legislator. “She began to realize what a wonderful part of Long Island we live in, and she really enjoyed learning about the legislative reach of the office, and it opened a new vista of capability of serving,” he said. Englebright added that Maria’s skills were based “on how she cared for everyone she met.” He said he will miss how genuine she was, and that many related to her which enhanced everything his office was involved in. “It’s not possible to replace her,” he said. “Certainly, we can continue to do the work that she invested so much of her life into, as long as we remember and honor the work that she has done.” Laurie Vetere, chair of the Setauket Harbor Task Force, described Maria as “an integral and founding member” of the task force, along with George. “She loved taking pictures of the harbor and its marine life and waterfowl which were compiled into our annual calendar that we gave as a thank-you to our donors,” she said. “Her photography was stunning. She also loved going out on the water at daybreak to do the water testing that we do for Save the Sound, and she

Maria Hoffman, above center, receives a proclamation from the Town of Brookhaven from Supervisor Ed Romaine, left, and Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich at the Three Village Community Trust gala last year. Below, Maria spending time on the water. Above photo by Patricia Paladines; below photo from George Hoffman; teaser cover photo by Robert Reuter

would spend hours the night before calibrating the scientific equipment that we utilized. She was one of our most ardent volunteers and she was an activist who lived her life trying to protect the environment both locally and around the world.” In November, Three Village Community Trust honored Maria at its annual Fall Fundraising Gala at the Old Field Club. TVCT recognized her contributions as an artist, photographer and naturalist, and called her “everybody’s best friend.” TVCT president Herb Mones said Maria touched countless people during her lifetime “It was heartwarming to see so many people come together on that evening to honor Maria,” Mones said of the gala. “It was a who’s who of elected officials, community leaders, friends and neighbors that praised Maria as a unique figure in guiding, directing and helping in ‘all things Three Villages.’ Maria never wanted the spotlight on herself — but, thankfully on that night, Maria lit up the room. She was involved in everything and anything that touched our community — historical preservation, open space protection, environmental issues. There was no issue too large or small that Maria wasn’t part of — and always with a smile on her face. Her involvement was done with a quiet style and grace, and while her voice was soft and light — her influence was great. Anyone who enjoys West Meadow Beach, the Greenway, the cultural, historical and art institutions in the area — they all need to give thanks to Maria’s legacy.” Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich also commented on Maria’s influence on the community. “She was a beautiful and gentle person, humble and kind and wise and funny, and her life touched so many in the community who were lucky enough to know her,” he said. “She gathered beauty through her eyes and through the lens of her camera, and shared kindness and compassion to everyone she met. Although she has taken her last breath in this world, her warmth remains. Goodbye, Maria — you are loved, and you will be missed.” Patricia Paladines, naturalist and

environmentalist, said sometimes, while Maria was waiting for treatment at Sloan Kettering, she would text her photos of fish swimming around the waiting room fish tank. Paladines described her as “a beautiful sprite, friend to all.” She said she had texted Maria after the TVCT gala: “Thank you for all you have preserved in this community because you were sensitive to its beauty and historical importance. Sleep well dear friend knowing you are loved and appreciated by so many.” “I repeat now, ‘Sleep well dear friend knowing you are loved and appreciated by so many.’” Paladines’ husband, Carl Safina, author and environmentalist, also remembered Maria fondly. “In the forty-plus years that I knew Maria, she was always devoted to helping other people do their best work in the world,” he said. “She never wanted the credit that was due her. But a lot of good work by many people would not have been as good if Maria hadn’t laid the foundation and built the frame.” Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn remembered Maria for her community as well as worldly contributions. “In spirit, Maria was a photographer, who intently focused on capturing the essence of a moment while ensuring her presence wasn’t a distraction from it,” she said. “In life, Maria was a humble leader who embraced the approach she used behind the camera throughout her professional career to serve her neighbors and improve our community. Maria’s compassion for all creatures from the bees, which she tended, to the advocacy for the protection of elephants and elimination of big game hunting in Africa. She approached all things with a quiet tenacity and gentle hand. Maria will leave a legacy of friendship and generosity that will be cherished by all those whose lives she touched.” An outdoor gathering for Maria’s friends and colleagues is being planned for Saturday, May 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Three Village Community Trust grounds at The Bruce House, 148 Main St., Setauket. Attendees are welcome to share their stories about Maria.

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Pathers fall against hot-handed Warriors BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It was all Comsewogue in the ﬁrst 24 minutes of play when senior attack Michael Katz had his hat-trick two minutes before the halftime break. Miller Place co-captain Anthony Bartolotto arrested the Warrior scoring frenzy when the senior buried his shot to take the goose egg off the board in this Div. II showdown on May 3. The Warriors stood on the gas and never looked back, putting the game away 10-3.

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Katz ﬁnished his day with four goals and two assists, teammates Justin Bonacci had an assist and three goals, Brayden Arias scored twice and James Krieg stretch the net. Goalie’s Adam Wachholder had 8 saves in net and Gavin Larsen stopped 5. Miller Place senior Devon Duchnokski and Robby Cunningham each had a goal apiece and keeper Kenny Leen had 6 saves. The win lifts the Warriors to 8-3 in league and the loss drops the Panthers to 7-4 with three games remaining before post season play begins.

Photos by Bill Landon

Clockwise: Comsewogue midfielder Louis Seales shoots at the cage in a Div-II road game against Miller Place; Comsewogue senior attack Michael Katz fires at the cage while falling down; Miller Place junior Joe’ll Spagnuolo drives past a Warrior defender.

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Comsewogue goalie Adam Wachholder clears the ball in a Div II road game; Traffic jam; Comsewogue’s Thomas Kennedy looks up-field; Panthers score.

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Hold on to your pup The warm weather is here, which means more people will be out walking, many with their furry best friends. It’s important to remember to keep your dog on a leash, whether when walking down the street, in a park or along the beach. Some may think that their dog is friendly and wouldn’t hurt a fly — and they may be right — but that doesn’t mean that other dogs share the same demeanor. It’s important to note that dogs are territorial. In the April 28 Ask the Vet column by Dr. Matthew Kearns, the veterinarian explained that the animals are hardwired to protect their territory. If they feel threatened, they will feel the need to defend themselves. Certain movements may also trigger them. Dogs can hurt other animals and humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are an estimated 4.5 million dog bites to people every year in the U.S. Dog bites can lead to a need for medical care and even fatalities. It’s also possible for a dog off-leash to chase after smaller critters. The chase could lead to danger to wildlife and animals running out into busy streets. It’s also healthier for dogs to be walked with a leash as it lessens the chances of them engaging with other dogs, which can increase the spread of diseases such as distemper, and they are less likely to sniff droppings from other animals. Plus, if your dog does get away from you, the leash signals that it belongs to someone, and the person who finds the pet knows to first look for a collar and ID. Walking your dog on a leash also shows courtesy to your neighbors as pet owners have more control over where their dog goes when they have a hold on them. The lawn down the road is not your dog’s bathroom. Speaking of dogs and bathrooms, remember to bring a bag with you while walking your dog to clean up any mess they may make. With just a little care, dogs, humans and other animals can enjoy the great outdoors together and lessen the dangers that can occur.

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I couldn’t agree more with “Write to your local paper ... it’s common sense” [TBR News Media editorial, April 28]. Letters to the editor are some of the most widely read and popular content in any newspaper. Weekly newspapers such as TBR News Media, among others, offer readers a chance to speak out. The same can be said of daily newspapers, such as The Daily News, New York Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Newsday. There are also foreign language and other weekly newspapers across Long Island. Most newspapers print letters submitted by any writer, regardless of where that person may live, so long as the topic is relevant to readers.

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Opinion A salute to mothers who maneuver through the unscripted

ure, the book “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” could be helpful. Until you’ve gone through pregnancy and had a child, you don’t really know what’s around the corner. Other parents sometimes expect you to follow their footprints to the promised land, which somehow didn’t always seem like the happiest place on Earth for them or their screaming kids. You hear about terms like first, second and third trimester, D. None which sound like safe little building blocks of the above you might want to BY DANIEL DUNAIEF play with on the floor, stacking one on top of another while Mozart plays blissfully in the background. But, really, so much of life, even during those days before childbirth, when moms are

expecting, doesn’t follow a script or textbook cue cards. My wife and I tried to keep at least a month ahead of the “nesting phase” and the “tired phase” among so many others in the books. We went to Lamaze classes where, despite being in our mid 30s, we felt remarkably young in New York City compared to so many other first-time parents in their late 30s and early 40s who were sharing pregnancy stories and preparing to “breathe, honey,” and to count the time in between contractions. Our birth plan went out the window when, after my wife’s three valiant days of pushing, our doctor decided to do a C section. How do you make important decisions when you’re beyond exhausted and when your excitement and anxiety seem to be in an extended foot race for your attention? Just before the doctor started the procedure, she told me that if I passed out at any time, they were going to leave me on the cold, concrete floor, stepping over me to tend to my wife and daughter.

Fortunately, everything worked out, despite the challenges for my wife of recovering from abdominal surgery that made even the simplest of motions, like rising out of a chair, difficult and painful. So, here we are, over two decades later, and we and others are still maneuvering around playbooks we’ve had to rewrite. It seemed fitting, given that it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday, to reach out to a few successful scientists — I cover science, so these are my peeps — to ask them a few questions. IACS Endowed Chair of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University Heather Lynch explained some of the best parenting advice she got was to think of “running the household like running a business, and outsource what can be outsourced with zero guilt.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor and HHMI Investigator Leemor Joshua-Tor, meanwhile, said she learned to trust her gut, especially for the timing of discussions with her daughter. As her daughter enters her teenage years, Joshua-Tor has taken more of an advisory

role, letting her have more control over her life while offering a calming presence. Joshua-Tor wrote in an email that she thought “my daughter would have a good role model with a mom that had a fulfilling career and work life,” Joshua-Tor was pleased to hear her daughter bragging about her mom’s career. Lynch, who studies penguins that share parenting duties, credits marrying well for her parental success. She and husband, Matthew Eisaman, who has a joint appointment at Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory, “split things 50-50 and if I had to do even 51% of everything, I think this whole house of cards would collapse,” she explained in an email. Amid the pandemic, which wasn’t in any parenting textbooks (but probably will be in the future), Joshua-Tor said she tried to keep her daughter positive while ensuring her safety. As a parent, Joshua-Tor added, “nothing was as I expected, but how deep things hit you is a biggy.”

For more than 70 years, this theory actually worked in practice. Europe was a prime example. The British had already stopped fighting the French, who stopped fighting the Germans, who stopped attacking Slavic countries, and so on. Instead, they did business together, more or less peacefully, vacationed in each others’ mountains and on each others’ beaches and even formed what they called a European Union. It is not like the United States in that its 27 members must act unanimously or be expelled, but despite infighting, countries want to be in it. Once in, nations can enjoy more cheaply the fruits of economic transactions and a certain amount of financial support. The Russians were the world’s third largest producer of oil. They got some $123 billion of their export revenue from supplying crude oil to the rest of the globe, plus refined petroleumlike petrol and diesel at $66.2 billion, gas at $26 billion and coal at $18 billion (2019 figures), especially to neighboring European countries, including Ukraine. Russia was the largest exporter of wheat, plus iron and nickel, nitrogen-based fertilizers and a wide

variety of raw materials. If at war, Ukraine would halt its trade with Russia, which could affect Russia’s economy. So why would Russia start a war with its Ukrainian neighbor? It doesn’t make economic sense. There goes the theory that countries who trade together play nicely together. In fact, it is as if a bully in the schoolyard has begun beating up a smaller child who is supplying him with candy. President Putin says he fears the encroachment of NATO and must have a buffer between Russia and the other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that was organized expressly to defend against a possibly aggressive Russia. Churchill always considered Russia the biggest threat. Ukraine is not a member of NATO, nor of the European Union. Putin further says more that makes no sense about denazifying Ukraine. One thing seems to be obvious. Putin is not trying to grab Ukraine for its GDP. His army is pursuing a scorched earth attack, destroying apartment buildings, hospitals, industrial plants and whole cities, as it tries to establish a land bridge between the Donbas

in eastern Ukraine and Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. This would afford Russia uninterrupted access to the Black Sea, a goal of landlocked czars for centuries. But what he is really after is power. Perhaps, Putin thought that his trade ties with other countries would keep them from interfering in his “special military operation” in Ukraine. No military riposte materialized after he grabbed Crimea. Perhaps he hoped his actions would serve to divide NATO members in their response to him. In fact, only Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has refused to condemn Putin, straining what has been a Warsaw-Budapest alliance within NATO. On the opposite side of the spectrum, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that no one could assume Russia would not attack other countries given its violation of international law in Ukraine, and that he would support Finland and Sweden if they decided to join NATO. Scholz made his comments despite Germany’s dependence on Russia for most of its import of gas. So much for the hope that economic ties peacefully bind.

Hitler, Stalin and now Putin: History replays with a vengeance

he idea that wars would cease if countries were economically tied tightly together seemed to make sense to the world’s leaders immediately following World War II. It sounded like a reasonable premise. After all, why would any nation attack its neighbor if its economy depended on trading with that neighbor, right? In past centuries, wars were started to gain land and the riches they yielded. Before the Industrial Age, Between economies were you and me agrarian and depended BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF on land ownership. But by the middle of the 20th century, a huge variety of goods could be exchanged across borders cheaply, especially with advances in transportation. Countries could be locked together by mutual profit rather than by expensive and bloody wars.

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