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Shop delight turned down in G.N. Estates Developers failed to meet July 10 deadline to submit new application

By A dA m L i d g e t t The Village of Great Neck Estates trustees rejected an application to put a second Shop Delight glatt kosher supermarket in Great Neck at their July 13 meeting after the developers of the proposed supermarket failed to file an amended application, village Deputy Mayor William Warner said.

“They abandoned their application,” Warner said. “They had until July 10 to get their amended application in, and they never put it in.”

Great Neck Estates trustees in March asked an attorney for Great Neck Gourmet Inc., which owns Shop Delight, to respond to concerns village residents raised at a public hearing about cars entering and existing a municipal parking lot behind its proposed location at 154 Middle Neck Road.

The proposed Shop Delight — a 14,500 square-foot, two story structure at the site of a former

Rite-Aid — would have been the second in Great Neck. Shop Delight operates a store at 4 Welwyn Road in the Village of Great Neck Plaza, a little more than a half mile away.

Warner said Shop Delight could reapply for a new application in the future.

Efforts to reach Alan Stein, the attorney representing Great Neck Gourmet Inc., were unavailing.

Stein said in March Great Neck PHOTO / FIRE DEPARTMENT SOURCES Gourmet had already provided an initial report of various environ- A Great Neck woman was hospitalized after a tree fell through her bedroom while she slept. mental concerns. He said he hoped the developer could meet with the village to try to work through the issues and not waste time.

Bruce Funk, president at the 69-unit co-op located at 160 Middle Neck Road, adjacent to the proposed supermarket, said he was pleased with the board’s decision to end the application.

Alert fire departments, as well ficials said.

By J USt i N e Funk, who has opposed the The woman, identified only as rescue teams from departSCHOeNBARt project for months, said the proas a 20-year-old Wooleys Lane ments in Manhasset, Port Continued on Page 50 A Village of Great Neck East resident, was reportedly in Washington, Bellmore and woman was hospitalized after stable condition at North Shore Bethpage, as well as Nassau a tree fell through her second- University Hospital in Manhas- County Police, Nassau County Fire Marshals, Nassau County story bedroom just after mid- set.

Officials from the Great Emergency Services and the night Monday and struck her while she was in bed, fire of- Neck Vigilant and Great Neck Continued on Page 50

Woman hospitalized after tree falls through bedroom

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Jesse Friedman seeks Park district office new hearing in case designs near done Wants record reconstructed or convictions reversed Almost ready to go out to bid

By A da m L i d g e t t

Great Neck native Jesse Friedman (right) is seeking a hearing to reconstruct his record of conviction or have his convictions reversed.

By A da m L i d g e t t Great Neck native Jesse Friedman has filed a motion for either a hearing to reconstruct the record of his 27-year sex abuse conviction or dismiss the charges against him, according to court documents filed July 21.

Friedman’s spokesperson Lonnie Soury said in a statement that the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said they lost the records pertaining to the specific charges Friedman pled guilty to in 1988.

The defense said in the court documents that during a Jan. 13 hearing, assistant DA Robert Schwartz said “We know the charges to which Mr. Friedman pled guilty, we don’t have a way to correspond them to the actual counts in the indictments.”

Friedman, who along with his father Arnold Friedman was arrested and pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing boys enrolled in a computer class in his family’s Great Neck home, was granted a hearing on his claims of actual innocence in

September.

He was released on parole in 2001 and soon retracted on his guilty plea, saying his confession was coerced from law enforcement officials and that police manipulated false abuse claims from the alleged victims.

When he filed last year to have his claim of innocence heard, he included a motion for acting state Supreme Court Justice Teresa Corrigan to recuse herself from the case, arguing she is a close friend of former District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who in 2013 had reaffirmed Friedman’s conviction after a three-year review of the case.

The review was conducted after a Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in 2010 indicated that some evidence suggested Friedman might have been wrongfully convicted.

“During the ‘exhaustive’ and ‘comprehensive’ reinvestigation, no one at the Nassau County DA’s office bothered to perform the literal first step in conviction integrity review: determine the charges of which the defendant

The final designs for the proposed new Great Neck Park District office will be finished soon, and the project could go out to bid in the next couple weeks, park district Superintendent Peter Renick said.

“Within the next couple weeks the specs will be finished and we should be able to go advertise out for a bid,” Renick said.

Vincent Cangelosi of CDA Architects and principal architect for the project first came before the board in December to present renderings of the new park district office at the district’s current location at 5 Beach Road.

Cangelosi said the new office will be made mostly from composite cement and wood fiber, and will have a residential feel.

Renick said he does not think there will be another public hearing on the new office.

“We’ve had numerous public hearings, and at the last one we had gotten through all the specs,” Renick said. “The engineers are finalizing the details; where the wires are going, where the plumbing is going, things like that.”

He has said the current parks district office building is out of date, infested with termites and has bad heating and ventilation.

He has also said some of the parks district staff is misplaced and working out of converted garages because the current building does not have enough space.

The new building, which is designed to look like a standard ranch house, will be located roughly where the current parking lot is. The new parking lot will be behind the building.

Park district officials have said erecting the new building in the parking lot of the current structure allows the park district to continue operations while the new office is being built.

Residents were concerned during public hearings about preserving a number of cherry trees on the property.

Cangelosi has said he could keep at least five out of seven cherry trees. He has also said the other two trees could be moved to another part of the property.

The project is expected to take a year with at least a couple of weeks in which heavy equipment is used. Officials have said there will be no additional personnel in the building.

The park district covers all areas of Great Neck except Great Neck Estates, Harbor Hills, Lake Success, Saddle Rock and University Gardens.

was convicted,” the motion filed last week read.

In June Corrigan recused herself from presiding over Friedman’s actual innocence case, reversing an earlier decision to not recuse herself.

Corrigan said in her filing recusing herself that Joseph Onorato, one of the original prosecutors in the Friedman case, may be called to testify at the upcoming hearing. Corrigan wrote that while she believes she can fairly evaluate him as a witness, she was also Onorato’s supervisor for a time in the county district attorney’s office.

She also said that the appointment of Robert Schwartz, the lead prosecutor in the case until recently, as a judge about a month ago could cause issues. Corrigan wrote she could foresee an argument that she may feel compelled to support Schwartz’s positions made as a prosecutor.

Rice had agreed to a court hearing on claims made by Friedman that he was innocent Continued on Page 50 The current Great Neck Park District office located at 5 Beach Road

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G.N. resident organizes Stop Iran Rally Jeff Wiesenfeld wants officials to stand up against Iran deal, not just vote against it

By A da m L i d g e t t Village of Great Neck residents had a strong hand in the rally held last Wednesday in Times Square to oppose the nuclear agreement reached by the United States and five other countries with Iran beginning with Jeff Wiesenfeld, who took a lead role in organizing the event.

“There had to be a public debate on this deal to arouse the public as to its shortcomings,” said Wiesenfeld, a principal with Bernstein Global Wealth Management who worked for Gov. George Pataki as a Jewish liaison. “[Iran is] serious, they endanger every person in this country.”

More than 500 Great Neck residents were among the estimated 13,000 people who attended the “Stop Iran Rally,” Wiesenfeld said.

Wisenfeld said the Great Neck residents were drawn from various synagogues and about 70-80 co-sponsoring groups, some of which helped fund the rally.

At left: Thousands gathered in Times Square last Wednesday for the “Stop Iran Rally,” denouncing the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran.

The rally itself, Wiesenfeld said, cost about $82,000, which went toward media work, fliers, a stage, chairs, sound and video equipment and water, among other items. All of the money, he said, was raised through individual and group donations.

“When it became clear that

the president was going to put forth and have this deal that had become rife with more concessions day after day, I decided to put a small group together,”he said.

Groups that were large enough, such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jewish Na-

tional Fund, Christians United for Israel and Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, all donated about $500 each for the rally, Wiesenfeld said.

Wiesenfeld said the rally included people from Westhampton to Manhattan, many of whom found out about the rally

through its website stopiranrally. org or various social media platforms.

Irene Alter, a Roslyn resident who helped organize the rally, said many members of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center also attended the rally.

She said buses were provided for people to come from as far as Ohio to the event.

Wiesenfeld opposes the deal with Iran, saying it creates a pathway for Iran to have nuclear bombs.

“First of all there is a false belief that history somehow changes and that people who have weapons of mass destruction and preach the destruction of others are somehow discounted as verbal fanatics,” Wiesenfeld said. “The first thing I ask people is what part about ‘death to America’ don’t you understand?”

He said the inspection regiment in the deal is “ridiculous,” arguing that Iran can refuse inspection, requiring an arbitration panel to decide whether there should be an inspection, Continued on Page 50

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Arts center hosts ‘Jekyll and Hyde’

By A da m L i d g e t t

Though he considers himself more of an actor and a singer, Great Neck native Alex Schecter will work on the other side of the stage when he directs the musical “Jekyll and Hyde” at the Gold Coast Arts Center in August.

“I love every aspect of performance, so directing is something that interested be because it was something on the other side of performance,” said Schecter, a 2014 Great Neck South High School graduate. “Usually I’m the one being directed on stage, and now that I’m on the other side of it, it’s kind of a cool experience.”

The musical “Jekyll and Hyde” will be performed at 8 p.m. on Aug. 6 and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 8 at the Gold Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road.

Admission to the show is free.

“Jekyll and Hyde,” based on the 1886 novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, first premiered on Broadway in 1997.

The show follows Dr. Jekyll, a scientist who wants to prove the human mind has two sides to it, and that everybody has both a good and an evil side.

But because Jekyll wants to experiment this on living humans, those in charge of the experiments turn him down.

To prove his hypothesis, Jekyll experiments on himself, creating the dual personality Mr. Hyde, the embodiment of Jekyll’s evil side.

Great Neck native Alex Schecter will direct the musical “Jekyll and Hyde” at the Gold Coast Arts Center.

The two personalities of Jekyll and Hyde are paralleled by two different love interests as well, Schecter said.

While Jekyll is engaged to the character Emma, who represents goodness, later in the show he finds the character Lucy, who represents evil.

“The show is about his conflict within himself between Jekyll and Hyde and between Emma and Lucy as well,” Schecter said.

Schecter said he wanted to put on the show partly because he loves the music, and partly because of the characters’ complexity.

The character John Utterson, Jekyll’s attorney and friend, also serves as a foil to Jekyll himself, Schecter said — while Jekyll and Hyde are erratic in transitioning between the two selves, Schecter describes Utterson as the normal character, always doing things by the book.

“Just the way it was structured; everyone has a foil,” Schecter said. “Every character is seen in a different light by another character.”

The musical will also be co-produced

by Schecter, who will be entering his sophomore year at Vanderbilt University.

Schecter said he has directed shows

before, but on a smaller scale.

While a student at Great Neck South High School, he directed a one act play, and just last summer directed the musical “Seussical” for the Great Neck Public Schools summer program for middle schoolers.

At Vanderbilt, Schecter said he studies at the Blair School of Music.

He has been in the operetta “Die Fledermaus,” the musical version of “The Addams Family” and multiple music concerts as well at his time at college, he said.

Levels, the Great Neck Library’s teen center, is the other co-producer of the show, making it a “Next Stage” production, Schecter said.

Schecter said Levels helped with funding and helped locate a performance venue as well.

Although he one was only in one Levels production himself — as a high school freshman in the musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — he said he was always connected to kids in the program, and knew it to be a very welcoming community.

Because it isn’t a Levels main stage production, kids from outside of Levels can be in “Jekyll and Hyde.” The actors are mostly from Great Neck, but it includes one from Hicksville as well, Schecter said.

Schecter said directing the show is a great experience, and he hopes to do it again.

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Cite time as assemblywoman, Hempstead supervisor in backing Republican for DA

By B i LL SAN ANtONiO Nassau County’s three law enforcement unions — the Police Benevolent Association, Police Detective’s Association and Superior Officers Association — endorsed Republican Kate Murray on Monday in her campaign for district attorney.

During a news conference outside the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola, PBA President James Carver said Murray’s endorsement over Democrats Madeline Singas and Michael Scotto “was not a difficult choice by any means,” adding the Hempstead town supervisor “brings direction to this job” and that she “knows what the people of Nassau County want.”

“When we look at Kate’s history as an assemblywoman, prior to that working for the U.S. Attorney General’s office to now running the Town of Hempstead, the largest township in the United States, we’d take the experience of all three of those jobs and think she’s going to make a great district attorney,” he said.

Nassau’s three police unions

Hempstead Town Supervisor and Republican District Attorney candidate Kate Murray accepts the endorsements of the county’s three police unions during a news conference Monday in Mineola. represent more than 2,200 officers and detectives, as well as 5,000 retirees.

Murray said the endorsement “underscores the importance of having a district attorney who can work collaboratively with law enforcement,” adding that her father’s career in the Federal Bureau of Investigation inspired her to seek the office.

“An effective working relationship between the police and the dis-

trict attorney results in safer streets, successful investigations and competent prosecution of criminals,” Murray said.

Singas, the former top assistant district attorney to current U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), has held the acting district attorney role since January, and will square off against Scotto, a former bureau chief in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, in a Democratic primary in September for the

party’s nomination.

Carver said Murray told him during their endorsement interview that her primary goal as district attorney would be to eliminate heroin trafficking within the county by seeking to increase the number of detectives and officers in the police department’s narcotics bureau.

“We’re losing our kids,” he said.

“We cannot allow that to happen.”

Citing a 107 percent increase in heroin-related deaths in Nassau since January, Murray said she would target opiate addiction in three ways: in education initiatives with school districts, in seeking treatment options for non-violent addicts and aggressively prosecuting drug dealers.

“We have real problems that are serious, that threaten our families and our local quality of life,” she said.

Murray said she would also look to strengthen laws against registered sex offenders, getting illegal guns off the street and establishing an elder crimes bureau to protect senior citizens.

“We have a rapidly aging population, and as supervisor we take care of 190,000 seniors each year.

I talk to senior citizens each and every day. We know their concerns and what’s on their minds,” she said. “Security is a big issue.”

In a news release Monday, the Singas campaign criticized Murray for having never been a prosecutor, defense attorney or law enforcement officer.

“In short, she has absolutely no law enforcement qualifications and is dangerously unqualified to serve as Nassau District Attorney,” Singas campaign spokesman Isaac Goldberg said.

Scotto in a statement said Murray’s endorsement “tells you all you need to know about Madeline Singas’ fitness for the office of district attorney when the three groups whose members dealt with Acting DA Singas on a daily basis for almost ten years have decided not to endorse her.”

“I understand why they decided to endorse Kate Murray, even though she has zero experience,” he added. “Newsday has called me a long shot, but I plan on being on the ballot in November and giving the citizens of Nassau a real choice for DA.”

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Israel offers bill to let Schumer seeks to states decide on tests block bill on trucks

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) has introduced legislation that would give states the power to create their own English language arts and mathematics testing plans in an effort to curb what he considers frequent examinations.

“It is generally understood that some testing is essential to helping our students learn what is being taught, but requiring them to take too many tests is stifling their creativity,” Israel said in a statement.

“Classroom time should be devoted to learning knowledge, interacting with peers and spending time understanding concepts rather than just memorizing materials for testing.”

Called the Tackling Excessive Standardized Testing Act — or TEST — and crafted with the input of Long Island school superintendents, the bill would require students from grades 3 through 8 to take English and math exams in alternating years, rather than being tested in both subjects each year.

In a news release from the congressman’s office, Israel cites a 2013 study by the America Federation of Teachers that found students in grades 3 through 8 spend between 20 and 50 hours each year taking exams, and 60-110 hours in test preparation.

“The TEST Act represents a positive step towards decreasing the number of tests students take during their earliest years in school; tests taken at the expense of very important teaching and learning,” said Thomas Dolan, the former superintendent of the Great Neck School District who contributed to the legislation. “Congressman Israel identified early on that a way to improve our schools is to teach more and test less.”

Under the legislation, schools ranking in the top 15 percent in a state and achieve a 75 percent raw score passing rate would be able to implement a four-year testing cycle, meaning students would be tested in English in grades 3 and 7 and math in grades 4 and 8.

The law would also require the U.S. Department of Education to create an additional, alternative metric by which schools that do not meet the 75 percent rate may use a four-year testing cycle if they show marked improvement.

International students without fluency in English would be allowed to take the exams in their own language in each of their first three years, and their scores in the first year would not be included in a school’s overall accountability rating for student exam performance.

dous road safety risk to people and infrastructure alike: they take longer to stop, they Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking to have wider turning radiuses and they place block a portion of proposed legislation that a greater strain on our roads and bridges would allow twin 33-foot trucks on major which are already in need of repair,” he said.

“The marginal increase in Long Island highways, shipping efficiency does not saying the provision could outweigh the tremendous result in more dangerous safety risks of these larger roadways and frequent actrucks on our roadways, cidents. and I will be doing every“It’s time to pull the thing in my power to fight emergency brake on this this provision from ever bedangerous provision alcoming law.” lowing trucks the size of an Deaths from truck eight-story building on our crashes have increased 17 roads, like the Long Island percent nationwide in the Expressway,” Schumer said last four years, according during a news conference to the non-profit Advocates outside National Grid’s Wilfor Highway and Auto liston Park facility Monday.

Sen. Charles Schumer Safety. Injuries have inThe proposed law creased 28 percent in that would extend the current same span.

28-foot trailer maximum, In New York, there were 620 fatal crashand Schumer said the 33-foot twin trucks es involving large trucks from 2009-14, 78 of would likely replace 54-foot single trucks.

Though New York has a ban on such which took place on Long Island, according trucks along most roadways, Schumer said to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adthe proposed legislation would override the ministration.

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New Yorkers Choose Skelos son threatened

boss: fed prosecutors

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O

About a week after Adam Skelos began working for a medical malpractice insurer in 2013, his supervisor wanted to know if he’d start showing up to the office.

Despite making $78,000 a year plus medical benefits, and not possessing a license to sell insurance, the son of now former state Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) had been hired in the company’s sales and marketing department and worked just one hour in the last four days.

Adam Skelos returned the phone call, according to an expanded indictment against the Skeloses filed last Tuesday in federal court that lists two new charges of extortion and bribery.

He allegedly threatened to “smash in” his supervisor’s head, telling him he would “never amount to anything” and that “guys like” him “couldn’t shine my shoes.”

Skelos allegedly told the supervisor he didn’t have to show up to work because Dean Skelos was his father and, at the time, one of the most powerful politicians in the state.

The indictment does not name the insurance company, but it has been reported that the firm is the Roslyn-based Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, the second-largest medical malpractice insurer in the state.

Physicians Reciprocal in the last decade had spent hundreds of thousands of dol-

lars in lobbying the state Legislature, and its owner Anthony Bonomo and his family have been heavy political donors to Dean Skelos and other top state officials, according to lobbying and campaign finance records.

According to the indictment, Skelos later called Bonomo questioning why his son was “harassed” by his supervisor, and told him that any issues between Adam Skelos and the company needed to be resolved.

Following that conversation, Bonomo believed Dean Skelos could act against the interests of Physicians Reciprocal if the company did not retain Adam Skelos as an employee, according to the indictment.

The indictment goes on to say that Adam Skelos was not disciplined by the company, and in April 2013 he signed a consulting agreement for $36,000 per year that lasted until March 2015, for which he “did not complete even a small fraction of the required sales calls each week.”

The Skeloses have pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges against them. A website seeking donations toward their defense fund was recently established.

Bonomo, of Manhasset, was named chairman of the New York Racing Association by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but took leave shortly before the Belmont Stakes in June because he reportedly did “not want to have recent events distract from the ongoing work of NYRA.”

‘Democracy Now’ host to speak at Shelter Rock

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Amy Goodman, co-host of the progressive news web series “Democracy Now!,” will speak during the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock’s 70th anniversary observance of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6.

Sponsored by the pacifist groups Great Neck SANE/Peace Action, the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and the Shelter Rock congregation’s social justice committee, the event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at 48 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset.

“For 70 years, nuclear weapons have held the world in a death grip of feat and terror. It is time for nuclear ban treaty,” said local activist Shirley Romaine, of Great Neck, a board member of Peace Action’s Great Neck chapter and the founder of the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.

Goodman, 58, of Bay Shore, started the “Democracy Now!” program in 1996 at WBAI, a New York City radio station owned by the Pacifica Radio Network.

Hosted by Goodman and journalist Juan Gonzalez, “Democracy Now!” is

broadcast on more than 1,300 radio, television and web networks worldwide.

Goodman is the author of five New York Times bestselling books and has been a recipient of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism’s I.F. Stone Medal For Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award, the Right Livelihood Award, the Park Center for Independent Media’s Izzy Award.

The event will include a performance by the congregation’s women’s acapella group, Willow, as well as prayers and songs based in a variety of faiths.

It is set to conclude with the banging of a gong to symbolize the moment the atomic bomb was dropped at Hiroshima.

Margaret Melkonian, director of the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, said in a statement that attendees would also be asked to call on local and state politicians to support the recent nuclear agreement with Iran.

“We will renew our strong commitment to a nuclear-free future,” she said.

The bombing of Hiroshima, and later on Nagasaki, mark the only use of nuclear weapons during war in history, killing at least 129,000 people and decimating infrastructure.

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Government plays role in infrastructure

I just got back from a 400-mile bike ride from Buffalo to Albany, for the most part following the 363-mile long Erie Canal.

I joined more than 600 other riders, age 2 to 91, for the 17th Annual Cycle the Erie Bike Tour, offered once a year as a major fundraiser by Parks & Trails NY (ptny.org), a nonprofit organization which advocates and promotes the completion of the multi-purpose trail (now, only 70 percent is complete).

We all learned about the Erie Canal — I even remember my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Breyer, saying how the canal opened up the West and unified a nation, and singularly made New York State the Empire State and New York City the financial capital of the world.

But it is only when you travel (or rather peddle), each mile that you really appreciate what an engineering marvel, what a technological revolution it represented, and what social and economic impact infrastructure could have.

The Erie Canal was the 7th Wonder of the World — the longest canal ever built, using technology, techniques and tools that had to be invented (the builders, who weren’t engineers to begin with, went on to found Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the first school of engineering.)

“It was the Internet of its day,” Captain Jerry Gertz of Erie Canal Cruises, out of Herkimer, New York, as we go through Lock 18, which I take before meeting up

an even bigger Barge Canal, 12-23 feet for the bike tour.

“Farmers didn’t want to give right deep and 120-200 feet wide which is the of way — they didn’t envision a global one we use today — many of the 57 locks economy,” notes Daniel Ward, Curator are operated with the original motors of the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, (General Electric!) and machinery of 100 which has just opened a fantastic new years ago.

But it is when you travel exhibit. “It turned out to be (in this case, by bicycle) evgreat for them. They went ery mile of the Erie Canal from a local subsistence Trail, that you really appreeconomy to having access to ciate its impact on creating a global market.” and shaping communities, And the first thing you growing towns and cities, realize is that there wasn’t inspiring new innovations, just one Erie Canal, but and serving as an artery for three incarnations (just like the transmission of new, the Internet, with newer KAREN RUBIN progressive ideas such as technology displacing earPulse of the Peninsula abolition, women’s rights, lier systems) — the first labor rights). being mocked as Governor You see the factories that grew up DeWitt Clinton’s “Ditch” (or the even less kind “Folly”), which opened in 1825, af- along the Erie Canal that inspired and reter just eight year’s construction (think of lied on innovative technologies — Birdthe technology of the time! and how they sill Holly, a U.S. mechanical engineer had to invent the engineering) on budget and hydraulics inventor, in his factory at $7.7 million, and in 10 years, had not in Lockport, figured out how to use hyonly covered its cost but brought down draulic pumps to power his factory which manufactured his new invention, the fire the cost of trade 100-fold.

In just one decade, the success of the hydrant - most of them gone (though the first canal necessitated an expanded ca- Remington Gun Factory is still thriving in nal, from 40 feet wide and four feet deep Schenectady, as is General Electric).

The Erie Canal — and by extension, with 83 locks to carry boats the 573 feet elevation difference from the Hudson to infrastructure - was quite literally the Lake Erie, to 70-feet wide and 7seven “Mother of Cities” Dan Willis from the Canal Museum in Syracuse, tells us durfeet deep.

Then, in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt, ing an evening lecture.

Places like Syracuse, Rome, Rochesas governor of New York, pushed for

ter, and tiny canal towns like Lockport, Fairport, and Pittsford - boomed as a result of the canal.

Now you can see these canaltowns like Fairport and Pittsford, which declined with New York’s loss of manufacturing and the shriveling commercial use of the canal, reinventing themselves in conjunction with the repurposing of the Erie Canal from commercial to recreational use.

And what you come away with is how meaningful the past is to our present because the interplay between infrastructure as an engine of economic growth and innovation has not changed.

So it is notable that on the same day that Gov. Cuomo — with Vice President Joe Biden — announced a bold, farreaching master plan to completely rebuild LaGuardia airport (instead of just a piecemeal renovation), the pair also were in Rochester to announce a new Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Innovation Hub at the State University of New York (RF SUNY) in Rochester, New York — the sixth of nine new manufacturing institutes established by the Obama Administration.

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breast cancer coalition to receive funds

By A dA m L i d g e t t The Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition is set to receive $25,000 in state funding to support the coalitions efforts to fight breast cancer, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) announced Thursday.

The $25,000, which Martins said in a news release he secured, would support the coalition’s “Lend a Helping Hand” initiative.

The initiative assists women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, helping them get prosthesis and wigs.

Lend a Helping Hand also provides funding for transportation to appointments, homecare, child care and groceries, the release said.

“Breast cancer is an issue that hits close to home for Long Islanders. Nearly all of us have been affected by breast cancer

in someway, either battling it ourselves or supporting a loved one or friend in their personal fight,” Martins said. “The Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition provides important services that help make life a little easier for breast cancer patients, allowing them to focus on their own health, as well as supporting breast cancer research.”

The state funding will also support the coalition’s Students & Scientists Breast Cancer/En-

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“The Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition is so grateful that this state funding secured by Senator Martins will fund two of our successful programs,” said Laura Weinberg, the coalition’s president. “One of the programs which assists newly diagnosed

women with breast cancer and our high school student program which cultivates the next generation of breast cancer researchers on environmental links to breast cancer, causation and prevention.”

The non-profit coalition was founded in 1992, the release said, to fight breast cancer through outreach, research and activism.

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Can’t the two Willistons just get along?

A dispute over what the Village of Williston Park charges neighboring Village of East Williston for water is now going on four years.

During that time, East Williston has sued Williston Park twice for raising their water rates – winning the first case and losing the second.

And recently, Williston Park returned the favor, suing East Williston for $300,000, which it claims East Williston owes for fines and penalties stemming from payments not made during the first two lawsuits.

Begging the question: Can’t we just get along?

The answer is apparently no.

Trustees for the two villages have met without success on a number of occasions in the past four years in an effort to negotiate a written agreement.

Each side has blamed the other for fail-

ing to do so.

East Williston Mayor David Tanner, who advises municipalities for a living, last week criticized Williston Park’s handling of its water system, calling its budget a “fiscal disaster.”

And as he and other East Williston officials have done in the past, he pointed the finger at Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar who he said has broken a decades old “gentleman’s agreement” in which Williston Park had charged East Williston wholesale prices.

Ehrbar said neither he nor his wife Doreen, who also served as mayor of Williston Park, had ever heard of such a gentleman’s agreement.

The dispute between the two villages is not without a significant cost.

In responding to Tanner’s charge that the Williston Park water system faces a $150,000 deficit, Ehrbar did

not dispute the claim. Instead he said the $150,000 was “equal to the cost needed to defend ourselves” in litigation with East Williston.

That’s just Williston Park’s cost in 2015. It doesn’t include East Williston’s legal fees in 2015 and both villages’ legal fees in previous years.

In a letter posted on the village website, Tanner and the East Williston trustees called for a meeting with residents in September to discuss the village’s options.

Those options include the construction of an independent water supply system for $7 million.

Given the need for other water districts to close wells due to chemical contamination, we question whether building its own well is a wise choice for East Williston.

What happens if East Williston

needs to be closed for remediation as three of the Roslyn Water District wells have needed to do?

On the other hand, the prospects of the two sides reaching an agreement do not seem good – especially with the bad blood apparent between the two sides?

What to do then?

We suggest the two sides consider a third party to arbitrate the dispute.

Given that both villages are part of North Hempstead, perhaps Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the town council could possibly play that role or recommend someone who would.

Or perhaps the Nassau County Village Officials Association could do the same?

And while they are at it, perhaps they could discuss the creation of a water district made up of both villages.

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Confederate flag a symbol of hate, oppression

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oolishness does not seem to preclude having one’s letter published in the Great Neck News.

A. Fried’s letter in the July 17, 2015 issue drove me to paroxysms of rage. If I read him correctly, he was justifying slavery and bigotry, but I’ll let you be the judge.

Commenting on the Confederate flag controversy in South Carolina, he wrote: “The flag reminds us of our former glory, of great and brave leaders…”

It is obvious that the “us” Fried

references does not include the millions of blacks for whom that flag is a reminder of the days when they were chattel — property owned by whites. They were sold at auction and witnessed their families torn asunder.

Diseases which were common among slaves included beriberi, rickets, kwashiorkor, dysentery, whooping cough and worms.

There was a callous disregard for human suffering and for every enlightened overseer there were several Simon Legrees.

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Yet Fried contends that “most [slaves] were treated fairly.”

Might I recommend the film “Twelve Years a Slave” or the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin?”

Fried’s justification for slavery continues.

He points out that American presidents owned slaves. But we all know that American presidents cheat on their wives, propel us into unnecessary wars and lie to the electorate.

Are these the standards we hold up as exemplary?

He states that President Wil-

son “promoted segregation.”

True enough!

Historians acknowledge that Wilson was a southerner and a bigot, so he should not be cited as a role model in matters of race.

But there’s more.

Fried writes: “Our Confederate flag is a reminder of our history, of tranquil and cordial and gracious living.”

But this does not mesh with the fact that between 1877 and 1950 nearly 4,000 black men, women and children were lynched in the south.

Where is the tranquility and the cordiality in that?

These 4,000 victims of racism — these hapless souls swinging from trees — deserve better.

We can honor their memory by getting our history right, by eschewing unvarnished ignorance, and recognizing a symbol of hatred like the Confederate flag when we see it.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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In praise of TV dinners’ inventor July 18, 2015 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of “TV” dinner inventor Mr. Gerry Thomas.

His employer, Swanson & Company, overestimated the demand for Thanksgiving turkey in 1953. They were stuck with 260 tons of frozen turkeys.

The birds were stored for many weeks in 10 refrigerated train cars which traveled back and forth on a train between Nebraska and the East Coast.

The train had to be moving so the compressors which supported the refrigerators preserving the turkeys could keep working.

In the early 1950s, Gerry Thomas observed how airlines provided passengers with meals

in aluminum serving trays. He modified this by adding separate sections for the main course, vegetable and potato.

This resulted in the first Swanson TV Dinner.

For only 89 cents, over 25million were sold in 1954, which was the first year of production.

Many were consumed by customers watching television, which was also still a relatively new invention in the 1950s.

Mr. Thomas was the marketing genius for Swanson & Company who came up with the name “TV” dinner.

Growing up in the 1960s as a teenager, my dad was a teacher during the day and a high school librarian several nights per week.

On those evenings, I would have to prepare dinner for and my younger sister. When we tired of the local options such as McDonalds, Westons, pizza or Chinese take-out — TV dinners were a quick solution.

Selections were provided by either Swanson’s, Banquet or Morton’s.

They were the big three competitors during that era.

The standard choices were either chicken, turkey, roast beef or meatloaf, referred to as mystery meat.

Cooking time was 30 minutes in the oven as microwaves hadn’t yet been invented.

A real treat in those days were the TV diners which provided a fourth compartment,

containing a brownie for dessert.

Sometimes two TV dinners were required to satisfy your appetite as the portions were never that big. Recycling was unheard of in those days as millions of aluminum TV dinner plates went straight into the garbage can.

I can only imagine today how much space was taken up at the local community landfill site over the decades.

The selection of TV dinners at your local supermarket today is much different from those of past generations. Besides Swanson’s, Banquet and Morton’s, there are many more competitors such as Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine, Stouffers, Boston Market, Marie Callendar and others.

Their various product lines offer far more variety and selections. Far healthier choices are available for today’s generation on the go.

Even during college and post college bachelor days, TV dinners always found some space in the freezer compartment of my refrigerator.

Lucky for me, my wife Wendy is a great cook and I’ve learned some skills in the kitchen myself since then.

Perhaps the United States Post Office should consider issuing a stamp for Gerry Thomas and the TV dinner, still American as apple pie 62 years later.

Larry Penner Great Neck

Schooling G.N. newcomer on groceries

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am writing in response to Paul Glader’s article “GN deserves better grocery stores.”

Mr. Glader complains about the narrow aisles at Whole Foods in Manhasset, and about the outdated decor and sub-par selection of food at Waldbaum’s and Associated Foods in Great Neck.

While I am in agreement

with his opinions of these stores, I do not share his affection for Trader Joe’s, and I feel strongly that the last thing our town needs is another overpriced, trendy chain supermarket.

Mr. Glader’s byline indicates that he moved to Great Neck in February.

Perhaps he has not yet discovered Fairway in Douglaston,

which is far superior to Whole Foods in its selection and pricing, and only a couple of miles west in the former Waldbaum’s location at Douglaston Plaza.

Even closer, and actually in Great Neck, is the North Shore Farms store located on Horace Harding Boulevard in Lake Success.

North Shore Farms offers a vast array of fresh produce,

meats, fish, and an amazing variety of cheeses, as well as a complete deli department.

They also sell delicious home-cooked foods for takeout, and delicious baked goods that are made on the premises.

It’s smaller than Fairway (but bigger than Shop Delight), and the quality and selection of the food sold there is on a par with Whole Foods, if not better.

I suggest that Mr. Glader take the time to investigate North Shore Farms and Fairway before he goes on a crusade to bring Trader Joe’s to Great Neck.

This is indeed a wonderful place to live, and our retail food culture is hardly lacking.

Nina K. Gordon Great Neck

Obama negatively stereotypes critics

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resident Obama has convinced many Americans that anyone opposing his own version of “hope and change” must be a gun-toting, bible-thumping, homophobic, right-wing fanatic.

To make his critics like myself, appear even more onerous, he assures his supporters that we are also undeserving rich capitalists, racists, and immigranthating bigots.

Only a Nobel Prize winner like Barack Obama, could bring us all together in such a kind, loving, conciliatory, non-judgmental way.

How did they come to this

“brilliant” conclusion? It was easy: 1 - They joined the 43 remaining people on the planet who are still paying the exorbitant $5.00 to read the Sunday NY Times.

2 - They watch Channel 4 religiously (whoops!! Sorry Eric Holder, I did promise never to use that word again in public! )and they are totally convinced that Brian Williams was railroaded by Shaun Haninrty.

3 - They are now among the dwindling number of viewers ( 126 at the last count!!) who still watch MSNBC. Listen to Fox, Rush, Michael

Savage or Mark Lavin present the other side? Don’t be ridiculous.

What did they do with their newfound knowledge?

1 - They all get together at either the Green Party or the Working Families Party’s monthly meetings.

2 - They park their spiffy Prius in front of their waterfront East Hampton estate so everyone out east will understand that money didn’t go to their head when saving the planet was concerned.

They never let on that their $106,200 Tesla S and their Escalade remained hidden in their

air conditioned 4-car garage.

3 - They were the envy of everyone at Planned Parenthood when they installed their solar panels, never letting on that the reason that the price was so low was because it was subsidized by every other taxpayer.

4 - They picketed in front of McDonalds demanding a $25 minimum wage, not at all concerned that every economist I know, predicts that this will result in a reduction of jobs.

5 - They argued that the only criteria for U.S. citizenship should be the ability to walk across our southern border in the middle of the night.

6 - They will go to their graves still blaming every Obama/Hillary Clinton failure, no matter how small, on George Bush, the Koch Brothers, Corporate CEO’s and The Tea Party.

Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate brave enough to refute every one of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s failures, excuses and lies.

He will restore America’s role as the leader of the free world, straighten out the Republican Party, and repair the economic mess we find ourself in now.

Dr. Stephen Morris North Hills

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A loo k o n the li g hter si d e

It’s time for survival of the fattest Move over, Gordon Gekko!

I have something even more shocking to say than your 1980sera manifesto from the movie “Wall Street,” that “Greed…is good.”

What is my news bulletin?

Simply this: “Fat is good!”

It is time to jettison every scrap of health news you thought you knew, and start over.

“Well, that ought to be easy for you, Judy” said the Angel who lives on my right shoulder.

“You’ve never listened to me, anyway.” She gets cranky, from being ignored a lot.

“It’s not that we don’t listen,” my little left-shoulder Devil replied. “It’s just that you’re impossible to follow! You contradict yourself!”

“Like when?” pouted Angel.

“When have you not?” said Devil. He imitated Angel’s voice: “You need to eat lots of protein, and stay away from carbohydrates.”

“Well?” said Angel. “That’s what they told us, in health class.”

“But then you said proteins were bad, they had too much fat, and we should eat this new stuff called ‘transfats’ instead.”

“Except transfats turned out to be terrible,” I took up the argument. “You said, ‘Omigosh, get them out of the house, they’re worse for you than a stick of butter.’”

“I just quote the research; I don’t invent it,” said Angel, huffily. “I do my best to keep you informed.”

“And remember fiber?” asked Devil. “That was going to solve everything!”

“Until I tried it,” I exclaimed.

“All that happened was I felt stuffed, and bloated…but still ravenous!”

“That wasn’t my fault,” said Angel. “It’s what they told us!”

“Then there’s the whole question of Fish,” said my Devil.

“What about it? It’s good for you!” said Angel.

“Yeah — except for all the mercury they found in it.”

“Well, that’s why they said just take Vitamin E.” “Except then it turned out that Vitamin E helps nothing and might even make some things worse!”

“I don’t see why you’re making this so personal,” said Angel, sadly.

“It’s just that it’s hard to

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side know which pieces of advice to actually take, sweetie,” I tried to explain. “And it’s only going to get worse, you know— because it is beginning to look like everything we thought we knew about fat, and obesity, is wrong.”

“What do you mean?” asked Angel. She sounded nervous.

I couldn’t blame her. For as long as I can remember, being overweight was considered not just unfashionable, but an early death sentence. Whether from diabetes, or heart disease, or being left out of Taylor Swift music videos, if you weren’t skinny, you were doomed.

“You know how being overweight is supposed to be bad?”

“Everybody knows that,” Angel snapped.

“Well, everybody was wrong!

It turns out that the healthiest option of all was something no one suspected: Being fat!”

“How do you figure that?”

“In 2012, a study by the National Cancer Institute found that moderately obese people actually live about 3.1 years longer than normal-weight men and women.”

“One study proves nothing,” said Angel.

“And in January of 2013, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a huge literature review which concluded that being overweight was actually associated with a lower risk of death.”

“Nonsense,” huffed Angel.

“Everybody dies.”

“Gotta agree with that,” said Devil.

“Smartasses, both of you.

It was 6% less, within the time studied. ” “Hmm. Statistically significant,” said Angel, reluctantly.

“But here’s the real shocker,” I continued. “ “This past April , a

study of nearly two million people in Great Britain found that underweight adults had a 34 % greater chance of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or other dementia than people of normal weight.

Thirty-four percent!

And people’s odds of dementia went down as their weight went up, until the risks were almost a third less for the very obese.”

“Shut up!” exclaimed Angel.

“Holy Moly!” said Devil.

“You’d have to be crazy to stay skinny against odds like that!”

“So who wants ice cream?”

I asked.

“We do!” they both screamed.

There was quiet for several minutes while we helped ourselves.

The spoon had just clattered in the empty bowl when Devil spoke up again. “Just one thing,” he said. “Maybe they’ll have to change the name of this column — to ‘A Look On The Heavier Side.”

“Very funny, Devil,” I said.

“But I think we’ll save that for your next fashion show, instead.”

READERS WRITE

Readers Write sometimes Readers Rant

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wo items in The New Times Newspapers,Friday, July 24, 2015 in the Readers Write section are in effect saying what should not be published.

Sometimes it is also Readers Rant.

Freedom Of The Press means that a publisher may not be coerced in what is published by the

opinions of others.

Freedom of speech is not dissimilar. One has to be careful about what one says.

One aspect of drug cartels is simple economics: supply and demand. In the U.S. and elsewhere In the news recently was the elaborate escape, the second, from prison by the cartel king-

pin El Chapo (Shorty in English) which must have required a lot of help: A mile long ventilated tunnel coming right under Shorty’s shower stall.

Around that time Donald Trump uttered some very harsh words about some of the people of Mexico.

Shorty did not like Trump’s comments at all and has him in

his sights.

It would not be farfetched to assume that Shorty has many deputies in the U.S. Trump would do well to watch his back the rest of his life however long that will be.

One has to be careful what one says.

Publishing is printing what others say.

In the above situation, what is published enlightens us about who is lurking in our midst.

For anyone who does not like it, there is always The Daily News.

Charles Samek Mineola

Pope offers leadership on climate change

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ope Francis latest Encyclical called,” Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” delivers a strong message to the nations of the world and our leaders that we have to take better care of our planet.

Our air is polluted, the ozone layer is depleted, sea lev-

els are rising because of melting of glaciers.

These are truly sad facts effecting our world today.

This planet we call Earth is our home and we need to be concern for its’ welfare. This planet provides us with sunshine, water, food and all the vitals to our existence.

Pope Francis speaks of human ecology and that the dignity of a human being and how it needs to be respected and its relationship to the world we live in.

Our environment is in danger of being destroyed and every living human being and animals being forced into extinction will be the result of inaction.

We need to take responsibility not to further harm all we have being given by God. We also need not to be wasteful and need to conserve, for the responsibility of caring for this planet is not only for nations but every living being here on Earth.

The pollution of this planet must stop !.

Let me put this another way and that is on this planet we call Earth we are just tenants and must someday have to answer to the landlord who is our creator on how we took care of his property.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Voter suppression threatens progress

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ummer is upon us, and children out of school are breaking into their happy dance. It’s the time of the year when we can all anticipate glorious, sun-drenched days of rest and relaxation.

What better time to take stock of our political achievements and failings.

First the good news! The same Supreme Court which gave us Citizens United took a sharp turn to the left advancing the cause of civil rights for the LGBT community.

It is now legal in all 50 states for persons to marry whomever they love regardless of gender.

They also preserved the Affordable Care Act which, lest we forget, provided coverage for 16 million uninsured Americans and helped up to 129 million who no longer had to worry about being denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

And in a less heralded but equally important five to four decision, the Court upheld the constitutionality of Congressional districts

drawn by independent commissions as an alternative to those drawn by partisan legislatures.

By way of explanation, Congressional district boundaries are mapped out by the 50 state legislatures based upon the population of the state.

Whichever party controls the legislature can draw the lines so as to favor their party. The practice is called gerrymandering.

The bad news is that after winning the 2010 elections, Republicans redrew the maps so that in 2012 they were able to retain control of the House of Representatives despite the fact that Democrats received a million more votes.

If this is all too “wonky,” the point is gerrymandering is undemocratic and having independent commissions draw the lines is one solution to the problem.

Recently, there have been a variety of controversial statements from the endless field of Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination.

Donald Trump’s rant about illegals being “rapists” may have lost him the Latino vote; Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin believes that “government has no higher purpose” than fighting to outlaw abortion; and Senator Ted Cruz, (he’s the gift that keeps on giving) has called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.”

What is interesting is that Republicans seem hell-bent on selfdestruction. They ignore what a majority of Americans favor, e.g. abortions and Social Security, and are simply on the wrong side of history!

Some more bad news for liberals…. since 2010, a total of 21 states have passed voting restriction laws.

This means that millions of elderly, minorities, and students (most of whom would cast their vote for the Democratic Party) are being disenfranchised.

The ostensible reason for such laws is that “voter fraud” is rampant. This is not the case, so what

we have is a proposed solution for a non-existent problem.

The state of Texas has one of the strictest photo ID laws in the country.

More than 600,000 registered voters in Texas do not possess the required papers.

How ironic is it that Texas accepts as proof of identity a concealed handgun license, but not an ID issued by a public university.

One federal judge has already determined that the legislature designed the law purposely to discriminate against Latinos and African Americans.

The Republicans and the Supreme Court already stole one election (Bush v. Gore-2000) and are hoping to do the same in 2016.

We have a long history in this country of expanding the right to vote.

In 1868, the 15th amendment was ratified giving blacks the franchise.

In 1920, the 19th amendment

gave women the right to vote.

We have encouraged voting through practices such as mail-in ballots and same day registration, but now Republicans want to reverse the trend.

Combating their efforts, this past June, Hillary Clinton called for “universal, automatic registration” at the age of eighteen. As 2016 draws closer, who is allowed to vote may become a hot button issue.

The past few months have been heaven for political junkies.

We’ve had a spate of important Court decisions, some very controversial issues looming on the horizon, and a president who seems rejuvenated. During his magnificent Charleston eulogy, he broke into song leading the faithful in “Amazing Grace.”

One can only speculate as to what will come next. Stay tuned!

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

GOP fails to hold Huckabee accountable

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here is much to tell about the policy positions and past actions of the Republican presidential candidates, but that can wait while we express disgust and dismay about statements made by Mike Huckabee, now struggling to get his poll

numbers up enough to be included in the group of 10 candidates who will be part of the first debate.

Huckabee accused President Obama, by urging approval of the Iran deal, of marching Israelis “to the door of the oven.”

So desperate to raise his stand-

ing that he immediately aroused the ire of many, even those who oppose the agreement, he refused to back down and apologize when he brought up images of the Holocaust in the worst, most horrific, insensitive metaphor.

The fact that none of his rivals

could summon up the courage to express a strong rejection of his words speaks volumes about the other 15.

How can we ever trust them to lead a nation that faces huge challenges at home and abroad?

The gutlessness evidenced

in the failure to break free of the pack on many issues, followed by this latest silence, must not go unchallenged.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Iran agreement violates Constitution

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am continually amazed that you are accorded one and a half pages in the “Manhasset Times,” and other local papers to present as fact that which is, in reality, your opinion.

But, you and the publisher are exercising your First Amendments rights under the U.S. Constitution, a document which I wholly respect and give thanks that we have such rights.

I do take issue with your “facts” regarding the agreement with Iran.

Call it an agreement, an accord, or a deal or whatever you wish.

It is, however, a treaty with another nation and, as such, Obama is in violation of Article II, section 2 of our Constitution which states: “He (the President) shall have Power, by

and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur......”

Is Iran our friend?

Last week and this week the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader called for death to America. Iran admittedly helps fund Hezbollah and other anti American, Western and Israeli terrorist organizations. I call that being our enemy.

Which puts Obama and his administration in violation of a federal law which prohibits providing material support to enemies of the United States.

This agreement which Obama is so anxious for also lifts restrictions on ballistic missiles and conventional weapons, which were not

supposed to be part of this “deal.”

It also ignores Russia’s sale of SAMS to Iran. Might Iran use these weapons against us?

The administration admitted last week that there were side deals in this “pact” not revealed to Congress and also admitted that it does not intend to make these deals public.

Obama has transferred the responsibility of inspections of Iran nuclear facilities to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Once again, this is another violation.

The Constitution does not permit the United States government to delegate national security issues to any outside agency.

How can you know the prospects of what will happen without

this accord will be much more dire?

Why do you think it is the best chance of security for Israel? And how did you know the people in the streets after 9-11 were being supportive?

On Sept 11, it looked to me like some were dancing for joy. Opinions from both you and me.

I am not opposed to an treaty with Iran.

However, it must be conducted

within the guidelines of our Constitution, not at the whim of a feckless President and an incompetent secretary of state.

Feel free to verify my statements.

I know that is difficult for someone who is a member of the “fact free” left.

Lauren Block Manhasset

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Town, county Dems oppose deal with Iran

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ear Senator Schumer, residents and, indeed, to every Senator Gillibrand, American.

One such issue has arisen Representative Israel and Representative now and that is the proposed multinational deal with lran reRice: We write to you today as lo- garding its nuclear development cal elected leaders representing program.

Even without the benefit of all or parts of the Town of North Hempstead, including the com- formal polls, we me confident munities of Great Neck, Roslyn many of the residents we represent are opposed to this deal, and Port Washington.

We are all committed Demo- and with good reason.

In the Town of North Hempcrats and we strongly and consistently support the principles and stead, we have a highly edupolicies of our Party, our leaders cated and informed community, including a large number of resiand President Obama.

From time to time, unique dents who are originally from circumstances arise that require Iran, who know and understand us to voice our concern about the situation in that country and an issue that is beyond the do- the mentality of its leaders.

In addition, ours is a diverse main of local government but is of great importance to our and inclusive community that

has always been strongly supportive of and concerned about the security of Israel, the country most threatened by Iran.

We have reviewed expert analyses and information, and observed the hearings that have begun in Washington.

We have listened closely to the people we represent. We have come to the conclusion that the disadvantages and dangers that will result if this deal is consummated far outweigh any positive benefits.

As local elected officials and concerned constituents, we look to you for your leadership on this critical issue, with respect to which we have no official role.

However, we do have a responsibility to our residents to

tell you how strongly the community feels about this matter.

It is not easy for any loyal Democrat to oppose an important initiative of a President whose values we share and whose accomplishments we admire.

However, following much careful thought and deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that approval of this deal will not be good for the United States or for Israel and we urge you to vote against it.

We appeal to you to do so in the interests of our own national security, the survival of Israel, the security and stability of the Middle East region, and to ensure a world that is free of the threat of a nuclear-capable Iran.

Sincerely yours, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth Peter J. Zuckerman, Councilman Town of North Hempstead Anna M. Kaplan, Councilwoman Town of North Hempstead Charles E. Berman, Receiver of Taxes Town of North Hempstead Ellen W. Birnbaum, Nassau County Legislator Lee R. Seeman, Councilwoman Town of North Hempstead Judith A. Jacobs, Nassau County Legislator

Hold Schumer accountable on Iran deal

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Schumer is not a Shomer” –– which in Hebrew means protector––were the words emblazoned on dozens of placards that were held by some of the 12,000 people who flooded Times Square last week to protest the “Death to America/Death to Israel” deal that Barack Obama and his cronies made on July 14th with — to this day, to this hour — a palpably belligerent, anti-Western, anti-Semitic Iran.

The demonstrators turned out the next day in front of the senator’s New York City office to implore him to stop evading the subject with mealy-mouthed language (“I’ll go through the agreement with a fine-tooth comb”) and to reject the deal outright, vote against it in Congress, and convince at least 13 of his colleagues on the left to vote against the horrific deal.

In short, to block the Iran deal, 67 senators need to vote against it; 59 Senators are already committed to doing just that; and 14 are undecided, Sen. Schumer among them.

Congress will vote on Sept.

17, in less than 50 days.

Last week, The New York Post asked Sen. Schumer 10 key questions — including if he had any input into the agreement, what he thought of its 24-day advance notice for inspections, and whether the deal raises new concerns for Israel––none of which he has answered to this day!

To Schumer’s lame statement that he is “studying the issue,” the Post responded: “Studying the issue? Please. There’s nothing to

study: Just nix the deal, Chuck….

Schumer doesn’t need to `study’ the deal. He needs to study his conscience.”

Personally, I can hardly remember a Sunday-night news broadcast since Schumer was elected to the Senate in 1998 when he wasn’t in front of the camera proposing actions to keep his uber-left constituents happy.

He was Chuckie-on-the-spot when it appeared that Adidas might outsource production overseas, in a plant where Schumer said 100 workers were at risk.

But for the past three years, as the ayatollahs have menacingly threatened to annihilate Israel, deadly silence from Schumer.

One-hundred potential injuries more important than over 6 million deaths!

He was an early and enthusiastic backer of the national disaster known as Obamacare, and is a reliable opponent of guns, an advocate of open borders, and a fullthroated supporter of abortion.

When the Planned Parenthood medical ghouls came out last week to reveal their sale of infant body parts (and the exquisite care taken to “crush” the fetus in strategic places, the better to preserve the saleable parts), deadly silence from Schumer.

I guess the 1.2-million fetuses destroyed each year in the U.S. are, in Schumer’s mind, equal to over-six-million expendable Israelis, not even worthy of mention.

But I digress. This article is not to discuss the, ahem, value systems of leftists.

In June 2008 — five months

before Barack Obama began to occupy the White House — Sen. Schumer wrote an op-ed in The Wall St. Journal, stating that cooperative economic sanctions from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China could topple Iran’s theocratic government.

Clearly, the passage of time and his current position have changed his tune.

Today, Schumer is the thirdranking Democrat in the Senate, behind Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin.

But Schumer has his eyes on a bigger prize, to replace Harry Reid in 2017.

So there you have it. Schumer’s dilemma is clear — to be a loyal lackey to Barack Obama, the better not to lose his potential position of power, or to be the New York Jewish senator he was in the past, a vocal and impassioned supporter of Israel.

For a full three years, Sen. Schumer has known about every facet of the deal being made by the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) P(for permanent members) 5+1 group (the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France, plus Germany).

• Schumer knew that when Obama said that the final deal would only lift nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, it was a lie–– but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that when Obama said “U.S. sanctions on Iran for terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic missiles will remain in place under the deal,”

it was a lie––but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that the promise to maintain sanctions on ballistic missile development was a lie — but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that when Obama said the deal would make it nearly impossible for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, police, intelligence services and paramilitary groups to do business, it was a lie—but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that Obama and Co. were keeping two key parts of the deal secret.

As spelled out by blogger Jeff Dunetz, the two covert deals would be kept away from other nations from Congress, and from the American people. They include: (1) the inspection of the Parchin military complex and other Iranian military sites which are off-limits to nuclear inspectors under the agreement, sites long suspected of harboring both long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, and (2) and Iran’s failure to disclose its past nuclear-related military and procurement activities.

The national president of the Zionist Organization of America, Morton A. Klein, said: “The U.S. and other powers having caved on every substantive issue which we were once assured would be included in the eventual agreement, like dismantling centrifuges, shuttering certain nuclear facilities, free and unfettered inspections, disclosure of past nuclear-related military and procurements activities, maintaining non-nuclear sanctions, and so on…” Yep––he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that the deal gave Iran 24 days to allow any inspections of their nuclear facilities, more than ample time to clean them up — but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that Barack Obama, in order to bypass both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Constitution he loathes, would send the agreement straight to that repository of socialists, communists, tin pot dictators, and anti-Semites on First Avenue, the United Nations, in order to make their approval “binding” upon all U.N. members, including the United States––but he said nothing.

• Schumer knew that as a “signing bonus,” Iran–– already the world’s leading state sponsor of Islamic terrorism, which has violated 20 international treaties — is to receive $150-billion dollars in sanctions relief, with which no one doubts they will continue financing terrorist groups like ISIS and Hamas and Hezbollah, destabilizing Sunni Arab regimes, and calling incessantly for the death of all Jews, the annihilation of Israel, and the utter destruction of America––but he said nothing.

• Most egregious, Schumer knew the most malevolent part of the deal, article 10, which promises to protect the Iran nuclear program from sabotage and attack, removing the last option Israel has to protect herself.

The U.S. actually promised to intervene against Israel on Iran’s behalf! And Sen. Schumer said nothing!

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St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn has been named the fourthbest hospital in New York in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report, receiving national recognition by the publication in four adult specialty categories.

St. Francis was No. 13 nationally in cardiology and heart surgery, No. 16 in gastroenterology and GI surgery, No. 36 in geriatrics and No. 43 in orthopedics, and was considered “highperforming” in adult neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, urology, bypass heart surgery, heart failure, hip replacement and knee replacement.

“To consistently receive this nationwide recognition in cardiology and heart surgery as well as non-cardiac specialties is a testament to our ongoing mission of providing excellence in patient care,” says Ruth Hennessey, the executive vice president and chief administrative officer at St. Francis. “Congratulations to the physicians, nurses, and staff at St. Francis for attaining this outstanding achievement for nearly a decade.”

North Shore University Hospital It was one of four North Shore-area hospitals — Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola (No. 9), North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset (No. 10) and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park (No. 16) were the others — to be named in the top 20 in New York by U.S. News, which evaluated 5,000 hospitals across the country in 26 adult and pediatric categories.

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Cen-

ter in New Hyde Park was also named the No. 2 children’s hospital in the state, ranking nationally in urology (No. 7), neurology and neurosurgery (No. 23), diabetes and endocrinology (No. 26), neonatology (No. 30), cancer (No. 42), gastroenterology and GI surgery (No. 44) and nephrology (No. 47).

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North Shore University Hospital, which tied for twelfth in the Metropolitan area, received “high-performing” ratings in geriatrics and adult neurology and neurosurgery, as well as hip and knee replacement procedures. ““Hospital report cards like US News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Hospitals” issue are a useful reference for consumers,” said Terry Lynam, the health system’s chief communications officer. “But the proliferation of government agencies, for-profit businesses and news outlets attempting to rate the quality of hospitals and physicians can also be confusing for patients and families, because there are many inconsistencies in the methods used to measure the performance of hospitals and providers.

When it comes to selecting a hospital for their care, we encourage patients and their loved ones to consult with their doctors and others they trust,” he

added.

Winthrop, which in addition to St. Francis is not part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, was nationally ranked in two pediatric categories, pulmonology (No. 29) and diabetes and endocrinology (No. 34).

It was also considered “highperforming” in adult heart failure, hip replacement, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, neurology, neurosurgery and urology.

In a statement, Winthrop President and Chief Executive Officer John F. Collins said the hospital “is proud to be recognized by US News and World Report as one of the Best Regional Hospitals in both New York State and in the New York Metro region.”

“We continuously perform rigorous quality checks to ensure that our patients receive the very best care possible in every area, and we are recognized for that quality by a variety of other survey organizations, including Women’s Choice Awards, Becker’s Hospital Review and HealthGrades, to name a few,” he added.

Library appoints asst. library director B y J us t i n e S cho e nbar t The Great Neck Library Board of Trustees appointed Christine Johnson to the position of interim assistant director at its special board meeting on Tuesday night.

Johnson previously worked as interim assistant director from the period of September 2013 to December 2014, and has been serving as the interim director since January.

She has been with the Great Neck Library since 2001, working in the children’s department, reference department, and technical services. She said she is also involved in the building advisory committee and worked closely with past library director, Laura Weir, doing statistical work, which she said was one of the reasons she was initially recommended for the interim assistant director position.

In her position, she will be working with the new executive director, Kathy Giotsas, who will be taking on the position beginning Aug. 3.

Johnson said she plans to continue her involvement in the building advisory committee while in her new position. She

will be working on the staffing of libraries while the Main Branch is closed for construction, and the restaffing when the main building reopens. She also plans on assisting the new director with adult programming.

She said she will be working on a structural organization project for library management with Giotsas. Due to the Main Branch project, which began about a year ago, all titles in the middle layer of management are currently using the term “interim.”

Johnson said she predicts the project will take at least six more months, as the library needs to get input from both the Department Heads Association and the Great Neck Library Staff Association to complete the project.

In terms of goals for the upcoming year, she said she hopes to work with Giotsas to introduce new programming and technology, and also make decisions regarding sound and security systems for the new building.

Johnson said the construction of the new building is “in full force.”

The library board will hold its next special board meeting on Aug. 18 at the Parkville Branch.

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Democratic Town of North Hempstead officials and Nassau County legislators led by Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth on Monday signed a letter urging federal representatives to oppose the Iran nuclear development program.

“We have come to the conclusion that the approval of this deal will not be good for the United States or for Israel and we urge you to vote against it. We appeal to you to do so in the interests of our own national security, the survival of Israel, the security and stability of the Middle East region, and to ensure a world that is free of the threat of a nuclear-capable Iran,” the signatories wrote.

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“We need to make sure this doesn’t become an election issue in the fall for our candidates,” said Markowitz, who also serves as the president for the Great Neck Democratic Club. “The election should be about local issues, not about Israel and Iran.”

Elected officials at the meeting concluded that they could take action by collectively writing to national representatives to express their own feelings and the feelings of those they represent in the community on the deal, he said.

Markowitz said many elected officials, particularly in Great Neck and Roslyn, have been questioned about where they stand on the Iran nuclear deal. He said community members have also expressed their concerns on the impact that deal will have on national security and Israel.

“It’s quite obvious that none of these officials have any role in international foreign policy, but they felt compelled to really take a look at the issue,” he said.

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BLANK SLAtE MEdIA July 31, 2015

Dr. Harvey R. Manes poses with Dali’s ‘La Promenade Figures et papillons’, a work he lent the Nassau County Museum of Art for its current exhibit, “The Moderns: Long Island Collects Modern Art” © 2015 Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com

By K A R e N RU B i N What is most wonderful about the newly opened exhibit at the Nassau County Museum of Art, “The Moderns,” is that there are works by all the most important artists who defined The Modernists and revolutionized art — Picasso, Miro, Dali, Chagall, Matisse — but works that would have been in private collections, so are unfamiliar to us and we can revel in these to better know the ones we thought we knew so well.

Even more exciting is to see for the first time masterpieces from artists you may not be familiar with at all — Claude-Emile Schuffenecher, Maximilien Luce, Victor Brugariolle.

Taken together, the exhibit expresses The Moderns, in context to the social and political currents of the times that produced such revolutions in art as Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism and Surrealism.

“Beginning with Impressionism, art becomes largely an end in itself, rather than being an adjunct to storytelling, or official political and cultural ideologies,” writes Franklin Hill Perrell, guest curator for “The Moderns: Long Island Collects Modern Art.” “Cubism’s premise of multiple vantage points to comprehend its subject furthered the break away from descriptive …. Next, surrealism, which elevated imagination as a valid source of artistic imagery. In Expressionism, emotion and intuition prevail over rationality … recurrently surfaces throughout the modernist epoch.”

The centerpiece of this special exhibit, THE MODERNS: Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, which continues celebrations of the Museum’s 25th anniversary year, honors the Museum’s Founding President, the late Ambassador Arnold A. Saltzman, who during his life formed one of America’s great private collections of early modernist painting and sculpture.

The exhibition includes works by well-

known modernists such as Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Constantin Brancusi, Edgar Degas, Robert Delaunay, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and many others.

It is more than complimented by a companion exhibition, THE MODERNS: Long Island Collects Modern Art, organized by guest curator Franklin Hill Perrell, which draws together choice examples of 20th-century art from significant Long Island collections.

This special presentation embraces a wide range of treasures by pioneering artists of the modernist era, among them Matisse, Monet, Renoir, Dali, Léger, Chagall, Miró, Toulouse-Lautrec and others.

Saltzman Family Collection include powerful pieces, like George Grosz (German, 1893-1959) “World of Asphalt” (1931), and stunning pieces like Robert Delaunay (French, 1885-1941), “Femme lisant (“Woman reading” 1915), and surprising pieces, like Marc Chagall’s “Les Chardons” (“The Thistles,” 1931), remarkable for its subdued palette for the artist better known for jarringly bright colors (and can be compared to Chagall’s “The Green Clown” (1970-75) in a gallery devoted to art works declared “degenerative art” by Nazi Germany, where the notes describe Chagall as “a unique artistic personality”.)

What is most interesting here are the notes from the artists themselves, describing their work or their philosophical approach to their art — something that intrigued Arnold Saltzman himself (and I wonder if it was Saltzman who collected the quotes).

At the opening reception, Saltzman’s daughter, Mimi, said, “Collecting was for him a wild pursuit, worldwide, three-dimensional chess game. He went to tremendous depths to understand art history, the artists and their lives.”

“He began collecting as a very young man with the first money he made. He was a businessman, a political animal but his true soul was art — collecting and understanding.

He wasn’t simply an art collector, but a phi-

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lanthropist, seeing ways to improve lives.

“He was sympathetic to zNazi Degeneratez art. He had an aggressive nature, and a profound need to follow his vision in all aspects of his life.

He really felt George Grosz’s disgust with Germany, and the impressionists’ delicate, nuanced relationship with nature.”

“He was instrumental in establishing this museum. Arnold inhabited this museum, his soul is here,” she said.

The riches continue in galleries devoted to “Long Island Collects Modern Art” — pieces loaned from private collections.

On one wall: Paul Cezanne’s “Near to Aix en Provence” (1865-7); Camille Pissarro’s “The Flood at Ermagy, A Study” (1892), a ballet dancer by Degas, Pierre August Renoir’s “Paysage” (1905), a sweet, small landscape as well as a charming portrait of a young girl.

The opposite wall has an equally stunning display: Jean Gabriel Domergue (French 1889-1962), “Racing at Longchamp,” Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) “Mere et enfant” (1951 a line drawing, and Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) “Interieur rouge” (1920).

Also in this gallery is Toulouse Lautrec, and Maximilien Luce’s pointillist portrait of Rodolphe Pissarro.

In one remarkable room, Victor Brugariolle (French, 1869-1931): “Place de la Concorde” (1890), Claude-Emile Schuffenecher (French 1851-1931), “In the Isle of France, (1897) and Maximilien Luce (French 18581941) “Port of Rotterdam” (1905), a gift to NCMA from Saltzman.

There are two rooms devoted to Surreal-

ism, with marvelous works of Salvadore Dali, Joan Miro (1881-1973, “Une tale et son petit (1970), which would suggest it was created right before Miro died and “Babere dans la nuit (1976), a lithograph published after his death.

“Surrealism was much more than an art movement,” Hill writes. “Its establishment in 1920 was a corrective to the perceived failures of the social order represented by the violence of World War I.” What is more, “Art’s mandate to portray the external world was usurped by photography.”

Several of these works, including two Dali sculptures (melting clock and woman with a piano) were lent by Dr. Harvey Manes, a museum trustee, who at the opening reception, July 24, spoke of what drew him most to acquiring Dali’s “La Promenade Figures et papillons” which is about metamorphosis, and how he gilded the frame of another Dali, perfectly setting off the image.

In another gallery, devoted to artists whose works were persecuted as “degenerate art” in Nazi Germany (where Chagall’s “Green Clown” is to be found), Dr. Manes has other pieces, including a Picasso with the notation, 25D43, indicating it was made (hastily and is unfinished) as a Christmas present for his mistress.

This sweeping showcase of modern art, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection and Long Island Collects Modern Art, which together lets you understand the transitions and the context as well as the personalities, is on view through Nov. 8.

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The top seven events for the coming week Salute to Vets with Tony Orlando and the USO Liberty Bells Saturday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m.

The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre Stewart nd Merrick Avenues, East Meadow (516) 572-0348 http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/ Ceremonies honoring our armed services past and present as well as the Nassau Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior will begin at 6:45 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. The only official chartered USO show troupe, the USO Liberty Bells, will support headliner Tony Orlando, who recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of his recording of “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree.”

“Weird Al” Yankovic Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300, ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Few would have guessed that a shy, accordionplaying teenager would go on to become the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history with more than 12 million album sales. Now in his fourth career decade, “weird Al” Yankovic has won three Grammys (with 14 nominations) and countless accolades for classics like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Fat,” “Yoda,” and “Smells Like Nirvana.” He released his 14th studio album “Mandatory Fun” on July 15.

1964 – The Tribute Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com 1964 - The Tribute takes their audiences on a musical journey to an era in rock history that will live forever. Hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and endearing Beatles tribute in the world, 1964 - The Tribute chooses songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era, recreating an early live Beatles concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and onstage banter. More than 25 years of researching and performing have made “1964” masters of their craft.

San Francisco Opera’s Show Boat Sunday, Aug. 2, 2 p.m.

Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 http://aupac.adelphi.edu/ A true classic of American musical theater, this tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism.

Director Francesca Zambello’s grand-scale production has been called “a grand, operatically scaled piece of storytelling…with magnificent melodies and big themes” with “rollicking dance numbers and big crowd scenes, balanced by intimate emotion and sheer romance. ”

Folk Night in the Garden Tuesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m.

Clark Botanic Garden 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 http://clarkbotanic.org/ Famous Folk singer David Sear will headline a night of fold music at scenic Clark Botanic Gardens, playing a set of foot stomping tunes. He will be followed by Gathering Time, an American folk band that has been compared to a modern Peter Paul and Mary or Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Billy Joel Tuesday, Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m.

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 http://www.nassaucoliseum.com Two Long Island institutions come together one final time Tuesday when “the piano man” Billy Joel makes his last solo appearance at Nassau Coliseum. Joel, who has been doing a weekly residency at Madison Square Garden, returns to his native soil before the Coliseum closes for an extensive renovation. Joel’s last appeared at the Uniondale venue in 1998 when he sold out nine shows, setting the building record for the most sellouts in one year.

Vanessa Trouble & The Red Hot Swing Wednesday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m.

Old Westbury Gardens 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-0048 www.oldwestburygardens.org Since their debut in 1995 to a crowd of more than 400 Lindy hoppers, The Red Hot Swing have been thrilling audiences with their eclectic mix of jazz, jump blues, originals, and swing. The Red Hot Swing are Vanessa Trouble, lead vocals; Michael Hashim, tenor saxophone; Marty Bound, trumpet; Stefan Schatz, drums; Kelly Friesen, acoustic bass; and Mark McCarron, guitar and arrangements.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

A summertime vegetarian Asian feast Sometimes you just feel like eating the vegetarian way.

When I do, I turn to Asia for my inspiration. Soy and soy products have unami the “sixth sense” that excites the taste buds like no other.

The following menu is easy to prepare and delicious. If you are not a true vegetarian, you may choose to substitute chicken stock for vegetable stock for extra flavor.

The most important part of making the pan seared tofu is to be sure that you squeeze as much water out of the tofu as possible.

This enables the tofu to get a lovely golden brown color.

Round out this meal with steamed snow peas and fortune cookies and you have a lovely celebration.

Menu Serves 4 Lychee Martini Asian Noodle Soup Pan Seared Tofu Steamed Snow Pea Pods* Fortune Cookies* *Recipe Not Given Lychee Martini Ice cubes 12 oz. vodka 8 oz. lychee juice

2 oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec 4 lychees for garnish 1. In a cocktail shaker, filled with ice, add vodka, lychee juice and Cointreau or Tripe Sec. 2. Shake until well chilled.

Pour into 4 Martini glasses and garnish with lychees.

This recipe may be doubled or tripled for easy entertaining. Just make it in an ice-filled pitcher instead of a cocktail shaker.

Asian Noodle Soup 3 oz. cellophane noodles 3 14.5 oz. cans chicken broth or vegetable broth 1 large clove garlic, minced 2 tblsp ginger 2 tblsp lime juice 2 tblsp fish sauce (optional) 1 red pepper, cut into thin slices 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilanto

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pan; reduce heat to medium-low and cook the mixture at a simmer until fragrant, about 15 minutes.

Add the noodles to the soup; simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Stir the lime juice and fish sauce through the soup. Ladle the soup into the bowls and garnish with cilantro and red pepper.

1. Soak the bean threads in a large bowl of hot water until soft, about 15 minutes. Drain.

2. Bring the broth, garlic and ginger to a boil in a large sauce-

Pan Seared Tofu 1 lb. extra firm tofu (extra firm only) 1 1/2-3 tablespoons canola oil or 1 1/2-3 tablespoons peanut oil Soy Dipping Sauce

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1. Cut your block of tofu into slices and place on several layers of paper towels.

2. Gently press the tofu with your hands or against the counter top to release the liquid. I put a cast iron skillet on top.

3. Place Wondra on a plate.

Lightly “batter all tofu”.

4. Heat a cast iron skillet on medium-high heat. Add oil.

5. Place the tofu pieces in the pan, leaving room between them.

They should sizzle when placed in the oil.

6. Let tofu pan sear for about 6 or 7 minutes. Just gently shake them to make sure they don’t stick to the pan. DO NOT turn them. When you see a golden crust beginning to creep its way up the sides of the slices, turn them and fry the other size.

Add more oil if the pan seems too dry.

7. The second side will only take approximately 4 minutes to cook.

8. When the tofu slices are evenly browned, take them out of the pan and place them on paper towels to drain. Serve with Soy Dipping Sauce.

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Ex Eagles guitarist to play at NYCB Former Eagles and James Gang guitarist Joe Walsh will bring his solo tour to the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m.

This tour will reunite Walsh with one of his Barnstorm band members, keyboardist and drummer Joe Vitale. Additionally, Walsh will be supported with band members Gannin Arnold on guitar, Tommy Simms on bass and Drew Hester on drums.

Walsh will be performing hits from throughout his career, ranging from the James Gang to his Barnstorm days, to the Eagles and his solo records right through to 2012s Analog Man, and some surprises.

“I’m going back in the catalog to dig out some songs that I haven’t ever played live, but everything everyone’s coming to hear will also be in the show,” said Walsh. “I’ve got a great band and I’m excited to play with my old friend Joe Vitale again. I also love being able to go into smaller venues. I’ve missed it…The interaction with the audience is much better, everybody has a good seat and it reminds me of the old days. I think I play my best in a small venue when the bass drums are kicking me in the pants. I’m really looking forward to it all.”

Best known for his powerful guitar licks, Walsh has entertained the masses and captivated his peers for more than three decades with such classics as “Funk #49,” “Walk

Away,” “Life’s Been Good,” and “Ordinary Average Guy.” In 1969 Walsh found success with The James Gang, followed by a stint with Barnstorm, a trio he founded. In 1973 he released his first solo album, which proved him a legitimate solo act with a limitless career on the horizon. By 1975 he joined The Eagles, bringing a harder rock sound to the group on acclaimed albums Hotel California, The Long Run and Eagles Live.

In 1994, after a 14-year hiatus and several solo albums, The Eagles released “Hell Freezes Over,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts and sparked one of the most successful tours in music history. And in 1998 The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first year they were nominated.

Walsh performed at the 2012 Grammy’s with Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl and at the 2012 MusiCares event honoring Paul McCartney. That June, Walsh released Analog Man, his first solo album in 20 years, performing solo shows around the world to support it throughout that year.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m 1964 – The Tribute Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

Joel McHale Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

Air Supply Thursday, Aug. 13, 8 p.m.

Big Head Todd & The Monsters, JJ Grey and Mofro, G. Love & Special Sauce Friday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.

George Benson Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.

Neil Sedaka Sunday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m.

The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes Friday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

GOLD COAST ARTS Engelbert Humperdink CENTER Sunday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.

113 Middle Neck Road, Great Smokey Robinson Neck Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

(516) 829-2570 • http://goldJackie Mason coastarts.org Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.

Paul Anka Saturday, Aug. 8, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m.

Levels “Next Stage” ProducLast Comic Standing tion: Jekyll and Hyde Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m.

“Learning to Drive” at Furman The Tenors Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 & 5 p.m.

Film Series Peppa Pig Live Tuesday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m.

Hamilton on Broadway THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKETuesday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

SIDE THEATRE On Your Feet on Broadway Eisenhower Park Stewart Avenue and Merrick The Space at Avenue, East Meadow Westbury (516) 572-0348 • http://www.

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West Side Story by Plaza com Productions Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

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Miguel Salute to Vets with Tony Friday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

Orlando and the USO Liberty Buddy Guy Bells (6:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 5, 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 7, 7 p.m.

Benyamin Creole Family Night Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 8, 7 p.m.

Shahkar Davi Sings Sinatra Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 10, 7 p.m.

Joan Armatrading featuring Long Island Philharmonic Marti Jones & Don Dixon Tuesday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m.

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42nd Infantry Division Band Warren Haynes & the Ashes Friday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. & Dust Band Oldies Show with Jimmy GalSaturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. lagher & The Passions Artie Lange Monday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m.

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Nassau Has Talent Garbage Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m.

ABBA Mania & Stayin’ Alive – NASSAU VETERANS Bee Gees Tribute Band MEMORIAL COLISEUM Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m.

1255 Hempstead Turnpike, CBS-FM Presents Saturday in Uniondale the Park Starring Joan Jett (516) 794-9300 • http://www.

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Tribute Band Billy Joel Sunday, Aug. 30, 1 p.m.

Vega Bond Puppets NYCB THeatre Saturday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. at Westbury NASH FM’s Last Summer 960 Brush Hollow Road, Blast Starring Kristian Bush Westbury. & Gloriana (516) 247-5200 LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2 p.m.

AftrerNoon Tea: Some Like it Hot Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2 p.m.

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Warren Schein performs The American Songbook Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m.

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Doo-Wop Concert Benefitting the Victory Games Challenge CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 • http:// clarkbotanic.org/ Tuesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m.

Folk Night in the Garden David Sear, Gathering Time OLD WESTBURY GARDENS 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568 (516) 333-0048 • www. oldwestburygardens.org Wednesday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m.

Vanessa Trouble & The Red Hot Swing Wednesday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m.

The Harlem Speakeasy Orchestra PLANTING FIELDS Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 • http:// www.plantingfields.org Friday, Aug. 7, 7 p.m.

Champagne Garden Party ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 • http://aupac. adelphi.edu/ Sunday, Aug. 2, 2 p.m.

San Francisco Opera’s Show Boat Saturday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m.

Baths of Caracalla The Three Tenors Concert Friday, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.

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So today, forget everything you’ve heard about easy and effective ways to lose weight and listen to a story about 822 ordinary folks from Adelaide, Australia.

The subjects of a 2013 study, these men and the women were similar in all ways but one: The researchers directed some to drive to work each morning, and others to walk. After four years, the researchers found that the group as a whole gained an average of 3.5 pounds per person. But those who walked to work gained two pounds less on average than their car-fancying colleagues.

Your grandmother could have told you the same thing: Slow and steady wins the race. Among those who drove to work every morning were many who exercised routinely, and yet even they were more likely to pack on the pounds than those who took the seemingly small step of hoofing it to the office each morning.

Easier said than done you might respond, and you’d be right. But even if you aren’t one of the 2.8 percent of Americans who commute to the office on foot, finding time each day

to get out for a walk can make a big difference to your health. According to the National Institutes of Health, walking can lower the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. And that’s not all. According to a 2011 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, when researchers asked elderly people to walk for 40 minutes several times a week for a year, they experienced an increase in the size of their hippocampus, which is a part of the brain that helps control memory. In comparison, other people of the same age were asked by the researchers to stretch instead—and they saw that part of their brain shrink in volume by 1.4 percent, on average. The difference led Dr. Kirk Erickson, the study’s lead author, to suggest that walking might help protect against some of the brain changes that are often seen with age.

And yet, even with its health benefits on record, many Americans still shun the stroll. Ask why, and you’re likely to hear something about how walking takes time, and maybe a complaint that walking to the office or to a meeting is likely to make you late, or a little sweaty. But the tradeoff may be worth it. According to Dr. Robert Thayer, the author of Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood With Food and Exercise, ten minutes of walking at the pace you would use if you were late for an appointment can boost your mood for hours.

He bases that notion on studies like one he did in 1984. Dr. Thayer asked volunteers to rate their energy level and feelings of stress and fatigue two hours after either a sugary snack or a short, brisk walk. Consistently, people reported feeling more energetic and less stressed if they’d walked than if they’d snacked.

Walking can do the same for you.

Now that summer is upon us, give yourself the greatest—and simplest—treat imaginable by leaving your car parked while you grow slimmer, healthier and happier. It’s only a walk away.

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If you find yourself giving into Emotional Cravings (giving your body the food you think it desires) you are more than likely creating a cycle of emotionally driven binges that have little to do with actual hunger. When dieting, giving in to one or two cravings now and again will not undo all your hard work for the average person. However, for an emotional eater a minor indulgence is usually just the beginning of a steep and slippery slope. For some people watching their weight, “one is better than none” (meaning just a small portion of the food they are craving is enough to put the brakes on a desire to jump ship on their diet). For people who struggle with Emotional Cravings though, “none is usually better than one” since the ability to control those cravings can sometimes feel like the ability to catch a runaway train. For emotional eaters it’s like that tagline for Pringles potato chips: “once you pop you can’t stop!”

Since we tend to indulge in starch-carbohydrate and sugary snacks, the cycle often continues after the initial insulin spike that we get. The pleasure we get from these types of foods is almost immediate, and the low we feel afterward is pretty rapid as well. This is why you may have experienced cravings for salty/sweet/salty/sweet - never feeling satisfied although you’ve certain had more than your fill calorically. These overindulgences and binges are what lead us to feelings of guilt, loss of control and in more extreme cases self-loathing, causing further stress and depression.

While there is no quick fix to eradicate these behaviors, there are steps that you can take to prevent the stress in your life from showing up on you waist: Know Your Hunger: Knowing the difference between physical hunger and emotional cravings is crucial. Physical Hunger is to address a lack of energy. Emotional Cravings is the need to satisfy an emotional desire for food. While the two can very easily be mistaken for one another, there are clear differences when you know what to look for. Physical hunger comes on gradually and one can usually wait some time before eating. Emotional cravings tend to come on suddenly and bring with it the need for immediate satisfaction. With emotional cravings one likely has specific food cravings, while physical hunger can be satisfied by a number of food options that sound appealing. Another main distinction is that while physical hunger is satisfied by a snack or meal, emotional cravings are not, despite the amount of food consumed. Tip: Each time you feel the desire to eat ask yourself, “Is this real hunger or am I feeding my emotions?” Creating mindfulness around any type of eating is the first step to discovering whether or not you are reaching for food in times of actual hunger. Even if you truly believe your hunger to be physical take ten minutes to create enough space to evaluate the situation further.

Feed Your Feelings, Not Your Stomach. Instead of giving in to a food craving, you can start retraining your brain to derive satisfaction and pleasure from other non-caloric activities. Always take yourself away from the food source (usually the kitchen) and try doing something else that will take up at least the ten minutes you have allotted to determine your type of hunger. Since eating is a physical activity, it is best to replace the eating with another physical activity. For example, keep your hands occupied by either doing a crossword puzzle or painting your nails. Other options include walking around the block or reading a chapter in your book. The key is to recreate calming activities that are healthy as opposed to unhealthy. Social activities are also proven to be very effective. Instead of “artificial friendships” often found online (Facebook, Twitter etc) ditch the online sites and pick up the phone and call someone who makes you feel good. You don’t have to talk about the thing that’s bothering you either, simply connecting with a good friend who makes you laugh or feel at ease is enough to lift your spirits and take your mind off of food. Tip: Try drinking at least 8 ounces of water or other no calorie natural beverage while you wait out your 10 minutes. Hot herbal tea, which takes a long time to drink, has restorative properties and is calming. Filling yourself up (calorie free) tends to work very well in tandem with distracting yourself when trying to beat a binge.

You Must Feel to Heal. It’s easy to think that your out of control eating is causing you to feel out of control. While your binges probably aren’t helping the matter, there is likely a deep underlying cause to your emotional eating. Instead of stuffing the emotional void with food or soothing the pain or stress you feel by indulging, get in touch with what’s really fueling your need to eat. Sometimes the answer isn’t easy to find. Try journaling when you feel the urge to emotionally eat, this can help you to uncover patterns that might have otherwise have gone unnoticed. A particular person, place or topic may emerge as a recurring theme. Group talk therapy can also be a great source of strength and support.

Simply hearing stories similar to your own can help give you the drive to work past these struggles. We tend to think that nobody except ourselves struggles with food or emotions, which is far from the truth. Tip: When trying to determine a cause and effect, look back into your past to determine when and why you started gaining weight. It may not seem obvious at first but if you gained a lot of weight at certain points in your life, then take a closer look at what was happening for you around that time. Successes, failures, transitions and traumas can all play a significant role in shaping your relationship past and present with food. Remember it’s not just the feedings that are making you gain weight it’s the feelings.

Finally, if you are seeking professional help for your weight management goals, it is crucial to distinguish between weight-loss and weight-management. For weight-loss (short-term) most diet programs work well and are fine as long as the approach is not unhealthy. However, for weightmanagement (long-term, sustainable weight) it is important to find a solution that helps with both the symptom (the excess weight) and the underlying contributing factors that created the excess weight to begin with. For example, the psychological component (emotional overeating) and when applicable the medical component (metabolic dysfunction).

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Ingredients that help fight inflammation Turmeric: Used primarily for flavoring, turmeric is a spice closely related to ginger and contains polyphenolic compounds known to help in the fight against inflammation. Turmeric can be added to stews and sauces, and some studies have indicated that it can alleviate the pain caused by osteoarthritis, a potentially painful condition that occurs when the joints’ natural shock absorbers break down.

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hose outside of the medical profession may consider inflammation a negative thing.

However, inflammation is an attempt by the human body to heal itself. Inflammation that does not overstay its welcome can help protect the body from bacterial and viral infections.

Inflammation can be poor for health when it is a constant occurrence.

Autoimmune diseases often trigger inflammatory responses even when there is no threat of infection, and that can cause the immune system to damage its own tissues. The right diet can help reduce instances of inflammation, and the following are some ingredients to consider eating more of to fight symptoms of inflammation.

Ginger: Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School found that ginger supplements reduced markers of colon inflammation in a select group of patients.

In the study, conducted over a period of 28 days, 30 patients were randomly assigned either two grams of ginger root supplements per day or a placebo. After 28 days, patients who had taken the ginger supplements had significant reductions in inflammation. That’s a considerable finding, as colon inflammation has been linked to a higher risk of colon cancer.

Extra-virgin olive oil: Extra-virgin olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet, an approach to eating that emphasizes fish, fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains. The Mediterranean diet can reduce inflammation, and it also has been linked to a lower risk of heart attack and heart disease. It may even help prevent stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.

Vegetables: Men and women who eat lots of different vegetables may be less likely to develop inflammation. According to a study by the American Gut Project, people who eat more than 25 species of plants per week have a greater assortment of bacteria in their stomachs than those who eat fewer than 10 per week. That’s because the greater variety of produce and legumes helps to increase the amount of healthy bacteria lining human stomachs, and that healthy bacteria helps to reduce instances of inflammation.

Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega-3 fatty acids, commonly found in certain types of fish, help suppress cytokines and other inflammatory chemicals. Salmon, herring, sardines, and anchovies are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, and eating fish twice a week can not only reduce inflammation but also decrease levels of LDL cholesterol, often referred to as “bad” cholesterol.

A certain amount of inflammation is a good thing. But men and women who find themselves routinely battling inflammation may want to make certain dietary changes to counter their inflammation problems.

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Health benefits of meditation M

editation is often trumped as a means to reducing stress and restoring healthy function in the body. While meditation might once have been considered a New Age treatment, in recent years it has developed into a mainstream practice supported by both traditional and alternative medical providers.

meditation is often linked to yoga, but the practice can be done anytime and anywhere on its own.

The Mayo Clinic says that anyone can practice meditation.

A cost-effective treatment that does not require any special equipment or location, meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and originally was developed to help people understand the mystical or spiritual forces of life. Although meditation for some may still have religious or spiritual connotations, in a medical sense it is typically used for relaxation and stress reduction.

Various studies show that meditation can be associated with improvement of a variety of

issues. Researchers describe meditation-based changes as ones that actually change the brain. Changes in the circuitry of the brain may affect the way a person responds to specific situations. The following are a few ways to put mindful meditation to use.

Medicine found that mindfulness meditation increases electrical activity in the areas of the prefrontal cortex that serve as the command center for the immune system. When these areas are stimulated, the immune system works more effectively.

Strengthen cognitive function: Dr. Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital, says meditation can help thicken the prefrontal cortex of the brain, helping to reverse the pattern of cognitive function decline as one ages.

Reduce blood pressure: The stress-boosting properties of meditation can help reduce hypertension. Researchers at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine attribute this to the increase of nitric oxide during meditation. Nitric oxide gas can expand blood vessels and open up blood channels.

protect against heart disease: There is some indication that meditation can reduce concentrations of the marker C-reactive protein, which is associated with the development of heart disease.

Stimulate the immune system: A study published in the journal Psychosomatic

Some experts also say that meditation can decrease metabolism and improve breathing.

Meditation may be a mind-body way to beat some of the conditions that affect people during daily life. Meditation is not difficult to learn, but it something that requires practice to master.

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Post-workout tips Did you know? to aid recovery A recent study authored by education and psychology experts in Australia suggests that kids are spending far more time looking at screens than the two hours recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Published in the journal BMC Public Health in early 2015, the study surveyed more than 2,600 Australian students between the ages of eight and 16 to determine how much screen-based media use, or SBMU, kids were averaging each day.

SBMU included television viewing, computer usage and video game playing.

The study determined that 45 percent of eight-year-olds and 80 percent of 16-yearolds were exceeding the recommended two hours of screen time per day.

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xercise enthusiasts know that an effective workout does not end with your last rep or final second on the treadmill. What you do upon finishing a workout can go a long way toward aiding your recovery and making your exercise routine that much more effective.

During a workout, muscle and tissue can suffer some damage, and what men and women do after such workouts can determine whether their muscles recover in time for the next workout or they struggle to rebuild.

The following are a handful of postworkout activities for athletes looking for safe ways to aid their body’s recovery.

Stretch. Stretching after a workout aids muscle recovery. During a lengthy strength training workout, muscles contract quite often, leaving them in a shortened state at the end of your workout. If these muscles are not stretched once you complete your workout, you may suffer from stiffness and soreness later in the day or the following morning. Stretching helps the muscles return to their normal size, reducing the likelihood that you will suffer from stiffness and soreness while simultaneously kickstarting the body’s recovery process.

Rehydrate your body. Many people lose a considerable amount of fluid while exercising. Rehydrate the body with water after a workout so you do not suffer from symptoms of dehydration, which can include heart palpitations, muscle cramps and nausea. Avoid caffeinated beverages, including coffee and soda, after a workout, as caffeine promotes fluid loss.

Eat soon after working out. Eating high-quality protein soon after a workout aids muscle recovery and growth. A protein shake, some peanut butter spread on a brown rice cake or some low-fat yogurt can provide a potent helping of protein that helps the body recover and restore itself for your next workout.

Take time to rest between workouts. No matter how much energy you have after a workout, keep in mind that your body needs time to rest and recover. Muscles typically need one to two full days to recover after a workout, which is why trainers and other exercise professionals advise against working the same muscle group two days in a row or twice in three days. Rest is a part of your body’s recovery process, so give your body at least 24 hours between workouts before you get back to working out.

Get adequate sleep. As noted, muscle and tissue may suffer from slight tears during strength training exercises. However, when you sleep your immune system goes to work repairing the body, including those small muscle and tissue tears that may have occurred during your workout. Inadequate sleep does not give your body the time it needs to recover, and that can affect both your energy levels and the progress you make in the gym.

Workouts might be the focus of your fitness routine, but your post-workout behavior can go a long way toward determining the effectiveness of those workouts.

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Tricks to eat less Drink more water. Dehydration symptoms can mimic the symptoms of hunger. Before reaching for a snack, try a tall glass of water. Also, consume water before a meal and you will be less likely to overeat.

Using a smaller plate that is filled with food can trick the brain into thinking it ate a larger meal, helping diners to eat less as a result.

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xercise and healthy eating are the main components to shedding pounds and maintaining that weight loss over the long haul.

Although bodies and dietary needs vary from person to person, medical professionals typically advise adults to consume a certain amount of calories per day to maintain long-term health.

The National Health Service advises the average adult male needs approximately 2,500 calories per day to keep his weight constant, while the average adult female needs 2,000.

Use a smaller plate. It’s possible to trick the brain into thinking you’re eating more than you really are by reducing the size of your plate. A full plate sends the signal that you’re eating a lot.

Reducing caloric intake slightly can serve as a catalyst to losing weight.

A healthy weight can reduce the risk of certain diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis-related joint pain.

Eat slowly. Rushing through a meal may cause you to overeat. Focus on the bites you take and savor each one. Slowing down also will help you recognize when you are satisfied and can put down your fork.

Men and women will find there are dozens of diets designed to help people eat less, and some of these may be more manageable than others.

There also are additional strategies people can take to curb unhealthy eating habits, which can contribute to weight gain.

Dole out portions in advance.

When eating meals or snacking, pre-select portion sizes and keep the larger pot of food or bag of chips in the pantry. Out of sight, out of mind, and you probably won’t miss the extra food.

Start with a protein-fueled breakfast. Breakfast is touted as the most important meal of the day, and there is evidence that selecting protein laden foods for breakfast, rather than simple carbohydrates, may suppress appetite throughout the day. Choosing an omelet over a bagel might make a real difference.

Don’t eat while distracted. Eating while involved in an important conversation or while watching an engaging television program can divert attention away from how much you are eating, so stay focused on the amount of food you’re eating.

Know food weaknesses. If you’re a sucker for ice cream, don’t stock it in the freezer. If you tend to eat as a coping method to stress, look for a healthier way to relieve that anxiety, such as exercise. Recognizing and eliminating foods that may encourage poor eating habits can help you eat less.

Overeating can be curbed by taking a few simple steps that are as effective as they are easy.

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How to avoid Health and unhealthy habits wellness career at the office opportunities H

ealth and wellness has grown increasingly popular over the last several decades as more and more people have adopted lifestyles designed to improve their immediate and long-term health. Not surprisingly, career opportunities in healthcare and health and wellness are on the rise, and the following are a handful of careers men and women interested in health and wellness may want to consider.

Getting up and moving around is key to good health while on the job.

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ccording to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, working professionals spend an average of 8.5 hours per day at work. Many professionals spend much of their time at work sitting down in front of a computer, which can be detrimental to long-term health.

Staying sedentary for long periods of time can contribute to a host of health ailments, including being overweight and obese. But professionals who work in offices can take various steps to ensure all that time at work is not having an adverse affect on their overall health.

Get out of your seat. Modern workplaces are built around sitting, so workers must find some time to stand up and stretch. Sitting too long can compromise posture and lead to craning of the neck for looking at the computer screen. Get out of your chair, walk around the office and get the blood moving in your body. pack your lunch. Bringing lunch to work puts you in greater control over the foods you are eating. You can pack a healthy and diverse selection of foods. Don’t forget to also bring some snacks that offer a healthy mix of protein and carbohydrates to keep your energy levels up. Otherwise, you may succumb to the temptation of the lunchroom snack machine.

Take frequent breaks. Stale air inside an office environment can make you feel fatigued and less productive. Also, spending too much time behind your desk may contribute to feelings of stress and tension.

Use every opportunity possible to get up and leave your office. Instead of sending an instant message or making a phone call to a coworker, visit him or her in person. Use your lunch hour to get outside instead of eating at your desk. Plan a brief, mid-afternoon walk outside of your office to clear your mind and get some fresh air.

Disinfect surfaces often. Oftentimes, when one person at the office gets sick, many others soon follow.

Colds and the flu can spread rapidly in close quarters. Keep your desk drawer stocked with some alcohol swabs or disinfecting spray and routinely clean your keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, and desk surfaces.

You also can wipe off door handles and knobs around the office if you want to be proactive.

Rest your eyes. Close your eyes and look away from the computer monitor every 20 minutes. Focusing on objects of varying distances can help keep the eyes strong and reduce fatigue.

It’s not difficult to remain healthy at work. Breaks, exercise and watching what you eat can help.

Health educator: The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that between 2012 and 2022, the job outlook, which projects the percent change in employment, for health educators and community workers was 21 percent, nearly twice the average growth rate for all occupations during the same period. Health educators perform a host of tasks, including teaching and promoting various wellness practices. Health educators may also develop strategies and campaigns to promote wellness. massage therapist: Massage therapists help people recover from injury and relieve stress, but they also might be used to improve circulation and increase relaxation, both of which can contribute to their patients’ long-term health. The BLS projects the job outlook for massage therapists between 2012 and 2022 to be 23 percent, indicating that there figures to be an array of opportunities

available to men and women interested in pursuing massage therapy.

Such people should know that massage therapists typically must complete a substantial amount of postsecondary education before they can earn their license or certification. nutritionist: Men and women with an interest in food and nutrition may want to consider a career as a nutritionist. Dietitians and nutritionists often fall under the same career umbrella, and the BLS reports the job outlook for both careers between 2012 and 2022 is 21 percent. Dietitians and nutritionists often serve as advisors to people or organizations looking to embrace or encourage healthy lifestyles, and both may work in hospitals, nursing homes, cafeterias, and clinics.

Occupational therapists: Occupational therapists employ everyday activities to treat patients dealing with injury, disability or illness. Occupational therapists may help their patients relearn how to feed and dress themselves, while some might work exclusively with stroke patients who have lost their ability to perform certain tasks as a result of their strokes.

The BLS reports the job outlook for occupational therapists, who earned a median annual wage of roughly $75,000, between 2012 and 2022 is 29 percent.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 28 TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http:// tillescenter.org Sunday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m.

Wild Kratts – Live!

Monday, Aug. 17, 6:50 p.m.

International Youth Fellowship: Opening Ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 18, 6:50 p.m.

An Evening of IYF Performing Arts Wednesday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

International Youth Fellowship: Easter Cantata Thursday, Aug. 20, 3 & 7:30 p.m.

International Youth Fellowship: Christmas Cantata The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com Friday, July 31, 8 p.m.

Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

“Weird Al” Yankovic Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot Wednesday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

Graham Nash Friday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Mike Marino “The Presidential Tour” Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.

Breaking Benjamin Sunday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m.

Machine Gun Kelly Tuesday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m.

Todd Rundgren Thursday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Creedance Clearwater Revisited Friday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

Butch Trucks & The Freight Train Band Featuring Berry Oakley Jr. Saturday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.

Aaron Lewis Monday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Under the Sun 2015 with Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker & Eve 6 Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

38 Special Sunday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m.

The J.Geils Band with Ian Hunter & The Rant Band Tuesday, Sept. 1, 8 p.m.

Catch A Fire Tour 2015 Thursday, Sept. 3, 8 p.m.

The Jacksons Friday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m.

Counting Crows Saturday, Sept. 5, 7 p.m.

R5 “Sometime Last Night” Tour Friday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.

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Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters Thursday, Sept. 17, 7:45 p.m.

GWAR: “30 Years of Total World Domination” Sunday, Sept. 27, 7:45 p.m.

Alan Parsons Live Project & “The Orchestra” Wednesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Creative Collab Tour featuring Matthew Espinosa Thursday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.

Vertical Horizon Thursday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m.

Collective Soul Friday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m.

REO Speedwagon Sunday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m.

Loreena McKennitt Tuesday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

Tove Lo Thursday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m.

Iration Friday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Rodney Carrington Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Cheech & Chong Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

The Darkness Friday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.

Judas Priest with special guest Mastodon Wednesday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m.

Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Carlos Mencia Monday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.

Parkway Drive Saturday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Frank Caliendo Tuesday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.

Machine Head Wednesday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m.

The Wilderness Politics Tour Friday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out: The American Led Zeppelin Saturday, Nov. 28, 8 p.m.

Dark Star Orchestra Saturday, Dec. 12, 8 p.m.

Squeeze Acoustic Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

Donny Osmond GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm Friday, July 31, 8 p.m.

Jessica Kirson Saturday, Aug. 1, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

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Steve White Wednesday, Aug. 5, 8 p.m.

Brad Trackman NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh (516) 221-1000 • www. jonesbeach.com/‎ Friday, July 31, 7 p.m.

Smashing Pumpkins / Marilyn Manson Saturday, Aug. 1, 6 p.m.

Slipknot / Lamb of God / Bullet for My Valentine Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6:15 p.m.

Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979 & The Bots Thursday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.

Australian Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin 2 - Tribute Band Thursday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Van Halen & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Saturday, Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Van Halen & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Sunday, Aug. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago - The Band & Earth, Wind and Fire Tuesday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m.

Jimmy Buffett & Huey Lewis and The News Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m.

Kevin Hart Saturday, Aug. 29, 4 p.m.

Laid Back Festival: The Gregg Allman Band & The Doobie Brothers Sunday, Aug. 30, 7 p.m.

Chris Brown, Kid Ink & Omarion Tuesday, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m.

5 Seconds of Summer Wednesday, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m.

5 Seconds of Summer Friday, Sept. 4, 5:15 p.m.

The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival: Aziz Ansari & Amy Schumer Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m.

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In a sweeping showcase of modern art, Nassau County Museum of Art presents two exhibitions, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection and Long Island Collects Modern Art. Continued on Page 38

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Showing of ‘Annie’ at town beach Aug. 1 The Town of North Hempstead will hold a night of family fun on Saturday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park.

The festivities will feature a showing of “Annie: (2014), the Golden Globe Award nominated musical comedy based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.

The showing is free and there will be ice cream and cold beverages for sale.

Please bring a chair and enjoy the show.

This is part of the town’s Summer Film and Concert Series. For a full schedule, log on to www.northhempsteadny. gov/summer or call 311.

Adelphi to host 1st exhibit of Fall 2015 The Adelphi University Exhibitions Program will host its first exhibit for the Fall 2015 semester entitled, “Paintings by Richmond Lewis,” beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11 in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery.

Lewis’ art has gone through various phases and styles throughout her career, and draws upon numerous traditions of art from around the world.

This series of works in egg tempera will be on view from through September 22. There will be an artist reception on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Egg tempera is a technique that dates back centuries. Ground pigments are mixed with egg yolk and thinned with water

to make a fast-drying medium.

Through vivid colors and dramatic patterns and compositions, Lewis has taken a medium known primarily from medieval religious painting and turned it into something truly contemporary. Her elegant designs create a sense of life, motion, and emotion.

“I like to think of the shapes in my paintings as animate — reaching, pushing, or growing against constraints, and coexisting with other interwoven to form the surface of the painting,” Lewis recently stated.

Lewis was born in Tokyo and spent her early years in Japan. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with the top painting honor, the

Florence Lief Prize. In the 1980s and 90s she exhibited her oil paintings and ink drawings in galleries in Soho and the East Village.

Lewis took a hiatus from exhibiting in the late 1990s, during which she studied traditional waterbased techniques, including Japanese woodblock printing, Russian icon-writing, and Tibetan thangka painting.

She has been working in egg tempera in 2006.

The Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery is open daily, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To learn more about the artists and view glimpses of the exhibition, please visit art-galleries. adelphi.edu. Like us on our ‘Adelphi University Galleries’ Facebook page or find us on Twitter at @AUGalleries.

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Music teacher to perform in G.N. park Great Neck South music teacher Dr. Pamela Levy and friends will be performing a program entitled “Opera Classics in the Park” on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m., at the gazebo in Firefighters’ Park, as part of the Village of Great Neck Plaza’s 2015 Summer Concert Series.

The program will feature singers Karen Notovitz, Gabrielle Lowell, Alex Schecter, Diana Charlop, Michelle Geffner, Elora Aclin, Giovanni Xu, and pianist Jonathan Geffner.

A regular participant in the Village’s Summer Concert Series, Dr. Levy will be putting on her trademark summer opera classic concert that will be sure to have concert-goers filling up Firefighters’ Park

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early to get their seats.

“Our annual opera night is always one of our most popular shows of the summer,” said Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender. “Dr. Levy, in her role at Great Neck South High School, has educated and trained many talented singers, many of which have gone on to perform all over the world.

We’re delighted Dr. Levy will once again feature her current and former students in what stands to be a riveting performance in Firefighters’ Park.”

Levy, a long-time Great Neck resident, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she received a B.M. and M.M. as a piano major, and her D.M.A from the Manhattan School of

Music.

Currently Dr. Levy teaches at William A. Shine Great Neck South High School in the Performing Arts Department, where she directs the choir, teaches opera, piano, chamber music and at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege, where she is the conductor of the Manhattan Chorale. She is also the coordinator of NYSSMA for Great Neck Public Schools.

As part of the evening, Notovitz, a third year vocal performance major at the New England Conservatory of Music, Lowell, a senior at Northwestern University majoring in voice, Charlop, another Great Neck South graduate who will be attending the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University this fall, and Michelle Geffner, a graduating senior from Great Neck South who will be attending Julliard School of Music, will be among the artists performing in Firefighters’ Park.

In the case of inclement weather, the concert performance will be moved to the Great Neck Social Center, located at 80 Grace Ave. Check with village staff at Village Hall on the day of the concert , visit www.greatneckplaza. net, or call (516) 4824500 after 5 p.m.

A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 39 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS GALLERY July 25-November 8 Frank Olt: New Works Frank Olt’s colorful and dynamic installation of smallscale work will occupy the Museum’s Contemporary Gallery in a solo exhibition.

A product of New York’s minimalist tradition, Olt was an artist in residence at NYC’s famed P.S. 1 gallery. His abstractions, a unique hybrid of ceramics and painting, have been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions. A Long Islander, Olt maintains studios in Oyster Bay and Manhattan.

SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES July 25 to November 8 Posters of the Russian Revolution: 1917-1921 In the stormy period that began with the 1917 October Revolution, poster art became a principal means of communicating the ideals of Communism to the largely illiterate peasantry of Russia. Graphic, inexpensively produced posters carried the Revolution’s message and served to capture the minds and souls of the masses. These vibrant posters, depicting the new collective means of production in mines, fields and factories, were designed and executed by some of the foremost Russian artists of the time. Offered in conjunction with The Saltzman Family Collection, this exhibition is comprised of a collection of Russian revolutionary posters that was gifted to Nassau County Museum of Art by the Arnold A. Saltzman Family Foundation.

Ongoing Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others, are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property.

Walking Trails The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.

Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts.

Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.

EVENTS FILM July 25-November 8 Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m., 12, 1, 3 p.m.

Sunday, 11 a.m., 12 p.m.

Edgar Degas of Dandies, Ballerinas, and Woman Ironing This documentary follows the trail of the painter Edgar Degas through nocturnal Paris at the turn of the century, in the Paris Opera and the concert cafes. Edgar Degas, the son of an Italian banker, had stopped studying law to become a painter. Degas was a brilliant portraitist, but even more than this he loved to paint the dynamics of movement in horse races, to sketch the milliners on the boulevards, to depict with his paintbrush or pastel crayons the young women who worked as laundresses and water-carriers.

Similar to but unique within the Impressionist art movement he helped to start, his art captured the fleeting moments of movement and light in the flow of modern life.

FOR THE FAMILY July 31, August 7 & 14, 10-11 a.m.

Hear It! See It! Draw It! A morning program that invites young children ages 3-5 and their caregivers into the galleries to listen to stories, explore works of art and create drawings inspired by what they see and hear. A different story is read each week! Limited to 20 children and their adult companions. Free with museum admission but registration required. Write to events@ nassaumuseum.org, indicate how many in your group and desired date.

Session I: July 27-August 7 Session II: August 10-August 21 SUMMER ART & SCIENCE DAY CAMP Indoor and outdoor adventures that offer playful and creative opportunities for children through a mix of art making, science activities, group projects and more.

Activities include hands-on art making (printmaking, sculpture, painting and more), sketching, gallery games, story time, outdoor scavenger hunts, hiking and journaling. Customized classes for children 5 to 8 are held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and for ages 9 to

13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. To learn more or to register, log onto nassaumuseum.org, Summer Art Lab tab upper left-hand of page.

Long island children’s museum 11 Davis Ave, Garden City (516) 224-5800 http://www.licm.org/ Museum Hours: Daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated). Museum admission: $12 for adults and children over 1 year old, $11 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact (516) 224-5800.

Saturday, May 16 – Sunday, Sept. 6 New Traveling Exhibit: Motion Mania! For Thrill Seekers of All Ages Join in a summer of fun and head-spinning thrills at Long Island Children’s Museum.

Visitors will try their hand at designing their own roller coaster – from design to testing and then re-testing.

All kinds of physical forces are at play when you get onto a roller coaster or just go for a ride in a car. This hands-on exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to explore science as they design amusement park rides, race tracks and superhighways. Find out how slopes, loops, hills, curves, gravity or speed make a difference on how things move as you navigate balls through a variety of track designs. Make discoveries about force and energy, about friction and stability, all the while having lots of fun. This hands-on exhibit helps children develop their skills of observation, investigation, questioning and experimentation as they discover what affects how things move. This exhibit was developed by Ontario Science Centre. Local exhibit support is provided by Astoria Bank. All ages. Free with museum admission.

June has arrived and the Long Island Children’s Museum visitors can explore moon and sun fun.

The LICM Theater offers weekday and weekend performances of “Goodnight Moon” as it wraps up its run this week. The Museum is also preparing for the arrival of summer by creating suncatchers to welcome the arrival of the new season.

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Community Calendar Annual film best beach PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

OPEN HOUSE FOR SENIORS The Molloy Institute for Lifelong Learning will hold an open house in Reception Room at Kellenberg Hall at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Free and open to the public, refreshments will be served!

Enhance your health, stay young, invigorate social contacts and support systems; Stimulate you’re your intellect, meet people who are eager to meet you; Frequent symposia, seminars, concerts and plays

sponsored by Molloy College; Membership entitles members to audit classes and discounts in the community.

CAST CALL Auditions for all voices, especially bass and tenor for Northport Chorale on Sept. 9, and 16 at 7 p.m. at Northport High School Choir Room, Laurel Hill Road, Northport. Membership fee $100 year, $75 for one semester. For more info call Debi at (631) 223-3789 or Pearl at (631) 239-6736. or visit www. northportchorale.org FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 6258804 for information.

Singles Association of Long Island For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@ yahoo.com.

YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members.

For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

Huntington arts fest comes to end Aug. 9 The 50th Anniversary season of the Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival concludes the week of Tuesday, Aug. 4 through Sunday, Aug. 9. Festivities begin at 8:30 p.m. every night, except the Tuesday Night Family Series, that starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Tuesday Night Family Series winds up August 4, featuring kids rock band Dream Jam Band. The Tuesday Night Family Series is sponsored by NEFCU, who will be giving out free yo-yos at their booth.

The Island Hills Chorus

and Twin Shores Chorus will perform on Wednesday, Aug. 5, with Sweet Adelines and Barbershop acapella style repertoires.

Thursday, Aug. 6, the award-winning Stephen Petronio Dance Company will perform on Thursday, Aug. 6, while Lunasa’s five virtuoso performers bring surprising new arrangements to traditional Celtic music on Friday, Aug. 7.

The Long Island Philarmonic performs its annual program of classical and orchestral favorites,on Satur-

day, Aug. 8.

Gedeon Luke & The People, a soulful, rock and roll funky party band, will close the Huntington Summer Arts Festival on Sunday, Aug. 9.

Performances are held at the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park, located on Prime Avenue and Main Street in Huntington. All performances are free and open to the general public.

For more information about the entire Huntington Summer Arts Festival visit www.huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423.

event to be held Aug. 7

The Long Beach International Film Festival “Taste on the Beach” event will take place Friday, Aug. 7, on the beach between National Boulevard and Edwards Boulevard in Long Beach.

The LBIFF recently added the new element “Taste on the Beach” to their movie night event. Taste On The Beach precedes the free movie night “Shorts on the Beach,” where Long Beach and regional restaurants finest foods, wines, cocktails and craft breweries will come together to give a sampling of their favorite dishes, bottles and brews.

“The Long Beach International Film Festival continues to provide an opportunity for filmmakers and fans to witness the filming locations Nassau County has to offer whether it be at local beaches, mansions, suburban areas and, of course, Gold Coast Studios and Grumman Studios,” said Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano.

“I invite residents to attend the festival and enjoy some of the best samplings of the food, music and film from

Long Island.”

Films that will be showcased include Director/Producer Stephanie Donnelly’s narrative/comedy “The Cannoli” - where a Long Island family dinner turns tragic and a choice must be made between dessert and family; Director Sarah Menzies’ San Diego Surf Film Festival Best Short winning documentary “Catch It”, which follows Léa Brassy as her nomadic lifestyle takes a pause and she finds serenity in the Arctic surf of Northern Norway; And Croatian Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s World Premiering “Eye for an Eye”, in which child’s play turns into a showdown of imagination and discipline.

“Taste on the Beach” opens with restaurants, wineries and craft breweries coming together to give a sampling of their favorite dish, bottle or brew, starting at 6 p.m. There will be live musical performances

by Benoir, Michelle Medoff, Mark Newman and Oogee Wawa.

At 9 p.m., attendees will be invited into the Beach

Theatre, a custom-made movie theatre on the beach, to enjoy the “Shorts On The Beach” film series.

“Shorts on the Beach is a wonderful representation of what is in store for the Long Beach International Film Festival in September,’ said LBIFF Programmer Steve Shor.

The Festival will celebrate its 4th Anniversary this year with an action-packed line up of independent and studio films from around the globe. The festival is free and open to the public, tickets are required. Among the titles in this year’s event will be Director Brooke Wagstaff’s animated film and Award-winning Vimeo Staff Pick “Missing U”, an animated tale about the letter “I” and her perilous adventure in search of her missing “U”.

As a Long Island highlight, director Peter Frizalone’s HBO Project Greenlight Top 200 “Mommy” will be making its world premiere.

For more details and information on the festival or the LBIFF visit www.longbeachfilm.com.

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Ballroom with a Twist at Westbury on Aug. 9 The critically acclaimed international dance production, Ballroom With A Twist, is coming to the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Sunday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m.

Former Dancing with the Stars contestant and star of the most recent season of ABC’s The Bachelor, Chris Soules, will be Ballroom With A Twist’s very special guest star. Some lucky audience members will be getting a rose and dance with the hunky farmer turned reality star onstage.

Crowds can take their obsession to the next level when the spectacular dancing and singing extravaganza performs live on stage at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury.

Featuring celebrity pros from Dancing with the Stars, dancing with finalists from So You Think You Can Dance along with live vocals provided by finalists from American Idol, and The X Factor, Ballroom With A Twist includes Dancing with the Stars Celebrity Dance Pros Anna Trebunskaya,

Chelsie Hightower and Dmitry Chaplin.

Tickets are $99.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $39.50 and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office. Post show VIP Meet and Greets go on sale one week before the show.

Event, date and time subject to change. All ticket prices are subject to applicable service charges. For further information, please visit www. thetheatreatwestbury.com.

Since 2008, Long Island Children’s Museum has partnered with The Willem de Kooning Foundation to introduce children and families to the world of abstract art and artists, particularly the life and work of Willem de Kooning. Through Museum-developed workshops and community outreach programs, children’s understanding of what art “should” look like is expanded, to include concepts of expressionism and abstract art. Local artist Ben Datys had the opportunity to be part of this amazing program and had his art on display in June at the museum.

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Great Neck Library Seeking Volunteers to be Human Books Great Neck Library’s Human Library Day “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” Imagine you are a book, with your own story between the covers. Imagine being able to ask a book a question. This is what a Human Library is all about. The books are people. Pioneered in Denmark in 2000, a Human Library promotes tolerance and celebrates differences by bringing individuals together who might not otherwise interact with each other. The Great Neck Library’s Human Library will be the first such event in this geographical region.

If you feel you are representative of a lifestyle or profession (or have an unusual hobby) about which many people have misunderstandings and misconceptions, you may be a candidate to be a book. Anyone with a unique background or experience may serve as a book. For example, at other Human Library events some

Board Meeting There will be special budget work session Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Road.

New Skate Park at Rec Center A new Skate Park opens at the Parkwood Recreation Center starting Friday, Aug. 21 and running through Sunday, Aug. 30. It will be open weekends from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Skate Park is available to all skateboarders/in-line skat-

books were police officers, people with disabilities, cancer patients, people with alternative lifestyles, and members of the clergy.

“Human Books” should feel comfortable discussing their subject, and answering readers’ non-confrontational questions - addressing any concerns, prejudices or stereotyping. Just as you would respect a traditional library book, a human book is to be respected by the “readers” by asking sensible questions and engaging in polite conversation. In turn, the “books” must be respectful to the “readers” as well and encourage a meaningful dialogue. Just like checking out a book from the library, at this Human Library, each book can be checked out for up to 25 minutes of conversation. For this event, the collection of human books will number around ten. Be a Human Book and become a bridge to understanding.

If you would like to volunteer to be a “human book,” please email a brief sum-

Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library prepares for renovations. The next film will be shown on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, The Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road, 2nd level (above Waldbaum’s).

Refer to the Library

Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited.

Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

Great Neck Library October 26, 2015 Election Slate of Candidates Petitions for Independent Candidate Nominations The Nominating Committee has endorsed those candidates as follows to fill one seat on the Library Board of Trustees and two seats on the Nominating Committee that will expire in January, 2016.

Board of Trustees: Fouryear term January 2016 - 2020 for the seat currently held by Francine Ferrante Krupski, Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Francine Ferrante Krupski.

Nominating Committee:

Three-year term January 2016 - 2019 for the seat currently held by Stacee Bernstein, Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Donald Panetta. Three-year term January 2016 - 2019 for the seat currently held

by Andrew Dorf, Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Ian Lustbader.

In accordance with the Bylaws of the Great Neck Library, the deadline for filing of petitions for independent nominations for these same positions is August 15, 2015.

Petition forms are available in the Director’s Office during regular business hours.

Biographical information for all candidates will appear in the October-December issue of the Library Newsletter and online at www. greatnecklibrary.org.

Main Library Building Active Construction Site Important Reminder: The Great Neck Library property at 159 Bayview Avenue is CLOSED to the public and is an active construction site.

Residents are warned not

to attempt to enter the property until the Main Library construction is completed.

Thank you to all of our patrons for your patience during this time.

Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/ program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic emails from cancellations. com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Great Neck Park District

ers, with a park card and a Skate Park Pass, which is mandatory for everyone who participates. The free pass can now be obtained at Great Neck House (parent signature required for those under 18 years of age).

Full equipment is required, including a helmet, wrist guards, elbow pads and knee pads. Call (516) 4820355 for more information.

Concerts at Steppingstone Park TUSK- Fleetwood Mac Tribute will be performing the great hits of Fleetwood

Take a cruise to City Island

mary of your human book topic (and title you would choose for your book), along with your contact information to humanlibrary@ greatnecklibrary.org with the subject line: “Human Library Nomination.” Each potential participant will meet with a Library staff member to review his or her story. The deadline for applications is August 10.

This Human Library Event entitled “Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover” will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25, (location and time to be announced.) For further information, please call the Director’s Office at (516) 466-8055.

Mac such as Landslide and Rhiannon at Steppingstone Park, Saturday, August 1. There will be a special Thursday evening concert on Thursday, Aug. 6, with Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer and lead singer/guitarist of The Byrds, Roger McGuinn, who will perform at Great Neck North High School (There is limited seating for this concert. Doors open at 7 p.m. Two guests permitted per park card holder after 7:45 p.m.). Both concerts begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free to Park District residents with valid park card. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Outdoor Movie in the Village Green Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) will be shown outdoors in the Village Green at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12. It stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould. Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It

A new Skate Park will open at the Rec Center. is rated PG and runs 81 minutes. Free popcorn!

Bring chair or blanket to sit on. Rain location Parkwood Sports Complex. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Camp Parkwood Register your child for Camp Parkwood on a weekly basis or for the entire summer.

The Great Neck Park District offers campers the ultimate camp experience, as they play, gain independence, learn life skills and make friends. Call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355 or visit www.greatneckparks. com for further information.

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Parkwood Family Aquatic Center is open daily from

9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Bring your current park card with you to Great Neck House when registering. Also available is a Five-Day Multi Pass. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Sunday and Monday Fabulous Family Events Take the whole family to Allenwood Park, Monday, Aug. 3 for Hip Pickles at 7 p.m. Rain location is the Parkwood Rec Center.

Sunday, August 16 at 9 a.m., catch a fish, or two, at the Fishing Derby! Fish off the dock at the Steppingstone Marina. Rain date is August 23.

City Island Cruise On Monday, August 3, take a cruise from Steppingstone Marina to City Island. Travel

to Lobster House for dinner or just explore City Island.

Choose either the 4-7 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. cruises. The fee of $25 does not include dinner. It is recommended that you make your restaurant reservations in advance.

Cruise may be cancelled without prior notice. Nonresident rates apply. Register in advance at Great Neck House or call (516) 4820355 for more information.

Nature Program: Late Summer Seasonal Stroll Sunday, Aug. 9 at 11 a.m. meet us at the Steamboat Road entrance to Kings Point Park for a late summer stroll. No registration required. Children under age 16 are not permitted to attend.

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Second sidewalk sale scheduled in G.N. Plaza A second Sidewalk Sale has been scheduled for Aug. 5 through Aug. 8, the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District and the Village of Great Neck Plaza announced this week. Participating merchants will include Jildor Shoes, Flair, Oo La La, nu-Image, Lonny’s and many more.

All participating shops will be running end-of-summer opportunities inside and outside the stores.

Many shop owners will bring their products, apparel and goods outside and on to the sidewalks for shoppers to enjoy the summer weather while they browse. Others will have the sales going on inside, while still other merchants

will have both outdoor and in-store sales.

“Rain cut some of the shopping days short during our first Sidewalk Sale,” said Ron Edelson, Great Neck Plaza BID executive director.

“Our merchants are very excited to have some extra time this summer to offer shoppers some great sales.”

All stores in Great Neck Plaza are within walking distance of the LIRR’s Great Neck train station, and the Plaza features more than 1,600 convenient parking spaces on-street and in municipal parking fields and garages.

“We are excited to participate in the sidewalk sale again,” said Fred Simon, owner of RED and a

Great Neck Plaza BID Board member. “Our customers really enjoyed the sale last time and will be looking forward to coming back to take advantage of more great deals.”

The Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District’s mission is to foster and promote a positive and vital business community through various initiatives including consumer awareness programs, media/advertising campaigns and sponsorship of many events.

Log onto www.shopgreatneck. com, www.facebook.com/greatneckplaza, or call (516) 829-1301 to learn more about the Great Neck Plaza BID.

Great Neck Plaza debuts summer street planters From the many events that take place throughout the summer months – promenade nights, summer concerts, sidewalk sales, restaurant week – or just walking down Middle Neck Road with the leafy green canopies from the trees above providing a nice breeze, the warm and welcoming atmosphere is one that makes folks wonder why Old Man Winter has to ruin everything come the end of the year. In addition to these wonderful events, Plaza residents and visitors alike also know that come summertime, vibrant and decorative flowers adorning street planters and hanging pots will be dotting the Village’s downtown business area and train station. And while these flowers make their debut during the summer months, the decision as to what flowers will be planted is one that is strategically made between Village officials and the Village’s plant nursery suppliers and Santelli & Sons, months in advance.

The Village places an emphasis on the continued beautification of the community.

Inspired by the work of past Plaza Mayors,

Trustee Schneiderman and Val Santelli reviewing one of the new planters located at the LIRR train station. and lessons learned from visiting cities around the world known for their intricate floral designs, the Village Board decided to make unique floral combinations in our planters a main part of the beautification program. Mayor Celender tasked Trustee Gerry Schneiderman with choosing flowers that would not only beautifully decorate the Village’s numerous planters, but wouldn’t be a plant that required a lot of maintenance. After previously contain-

ing Alberta Spruces, Trustee Schneiderman knew he wanted to go with a species of plant that would add color and zest to the Village’s streetscape. After conferring with several nurseries and viewing many options, Trustee Schneiderman, wanting to support a local business, chose Santelli and Sons, the family-run Great Neck nursery with decades of experience in the field, as the Village’s nursery. Together with Ryan Santelli, Trustee Schneiderman settled on a colorful combination of Begonia, Potato Vine and Scaevola for the Village’s planters.

Fast forward to 2015, after years of using the combination of Begonia, Potato Vine and Scaevola, Trustee Schneiderman decided it was time to add variety to the Village’s stock of planters. Once more, Santelli & Sons came up with ideas for a new design to add to the Village’s already colorful inventory of flowers. Working with Vic & Val Santelli, the Village decided on two new planter designs; Elephant Ears and pink Vincas for one set of planters, and Cat Palm, with pink Angelonias, in another set

of planters. So far, the new designs, which can found throughout the Village, are earning praise. Rorie Wach Miller, owner of the Great Neck Diner, which has two planters containing Elephant Ears and Vincas in front of the diner, has said the new planters are very attractive. “The new planters are unique and beautiful, and definitely contribute to the summery atmosphere by dazzling Grace Avenue & Bond Street with a pop of color and pizzazz,” stated Ms. Miller.

The Village has also heard favorite comments from numerous residents and merchants regarding the new planters.

However, the Village wants to hear from you as to what you think of our newest additions. Do you like the new planter combinations? Do you think the Village should continue to modify the designs with new plant species throughout the Village?

Please call Village Hall, (516) 482-4500, or email the Village, info@greatneckplaza. net, and let us know your thoughts and comments on the Village’s planters.

Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck.

Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 867-3580.

SINGLES CONNECTION (SINGLES 40 PLUS) Join Temple Israel of Great Neck’s Singles Connection (singles 40 and over) for a special summer evening at Rimon Restaurant, 16 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck on Sunday, Aug. 9. Admission $15/ person includes Delicious food, one complimentary sangria.

Dietary laws observed. Dress appropriately (no jeans). RSVP

by Monday, Aug. 3 to Cindy Pross or Estelle Nadler (516) 482-7800. Check for $15 payable to Temple Israel of Great

Neck, Attention Singles Connection, 108 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023. You may pay at the door. Reservations would be appreciated.

TUESDAYS WITH REAP REAP, retired, energetic, and active professionals meets Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck. At 9 a.m. there is a board meeting. At 10:30 a.m. we begin our Business Meeting.

“My Opinion” will be presented

by David Marx. The guest speakers are Peter Janowsky and John Ryan, who will discuss “Project SAFE: Retirement Income.” We break at 11:45 a.m. for lunch so bring your lunch and join us for an informative and exciting program. Current Events roundtable meets at 12:30 p.m. led Gerry Peretsman.

Refreshments, coffee and tea are served.

BLOOD DONATION The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood in August and help meet the constant need for blood products by patients.

With more summer days ahead, every blood donation is important in helping ensure blood is available for patients in need, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood for those who need it. Donors of all blood types – especially those with types AB, O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood products are available to hospital patients this summer.

Harley Davidson-Miracle Mile, 215 Northern Blvd., will host a blood collection event on Saturday, Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App,

visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767).

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women.

Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International. The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired individuals who qualify based on financial

need and communication need.

Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT

NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking through Rotary. For further information please see: www. clubrunner.ca/greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392.

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Residents celebrate summer at fair

Residents attended the Village of Great Neck Plaza Summer Fair, held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Fire breaks out at Manhasset Macy’s

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day morning.

Several Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department companies as A fire broke out in a freight well as the Port Washington Fire elevator at the Macys depart- Department’s FAST rescue and ment store in Manhasset on Sun- rehabilitation unit and Nassau

County Police were dispatched to the site around 10:30 a.m. and discovered the fire and smoke throughout the building.

Only Macys employees were in the store at the time of the

fire. No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Nassau County Fire Marshals office.

Manhasset-Lakeville officials said they were able to con-

tain the fire using the building’s sprinkler system.

Fire teams then sought to ventilate the building of smoke and carbon monoxide.

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Parkwood holds rubber duck races Cynthia Cordray, events coordinator at the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center, has been busy keeping everyone active at the pool this summer.

On July 12, she spearheaded the Rubber Duckie Races around the Lazy River. Rubber Duckie hats were offered and winners received trophies.

A week later, Cordray had

two boats brought over from the Park District’s Steppingstone Sailing School. Children took boat rides around the far shallow section of the main pool, guided by a lifeguard. Come children even signed up for boating lessons at the Steppingstone Sailing School.

If you are a Park District resident and you are not yet a member of the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center, you may still purchase a membership. There is a five-day multi pass also available.

For more information on any Park District program, call (516) 482-0355.

From left photo: Great Neck Park District Commissioner Robert A. Lincoln, Jr. hands a trophy to a duckie race winner; and participants in the Duckie Races anxiously watch their duck reach the finish line

Hebrew Academy students learn about TV production

In PATV control room are North Shore Hebrew Academy students (from left): Leeor Sellouk, Peter Suchman, teacher/host, Aaron Lavi, Emanuel Hakimi, Derek Fuller, Ben Basaleli, Scott Sandor, Mike Peters, PATV Instructor. On flat screen: Rebecca Ashkenazy and Emily Austin. Not pictured is Marcelo Mendez, PATV manager of technical operations.

This summer, the PATV studio facility is being utilized by the students from North Shore Hebrew Academy to learn all about television production that will allow them to create a new program series for cablecast on PATV channels 20 (Cablevision) and 37 (Verizon FiOS) entitled: “Sci-Tech on Long Island” with host Peter Suchman.

Suchman is currently teach-

ing at the North Shore Hebrew Academy and was a former science teacher at Great Neck South Middle School.

North Shore Hebrew Academy students attending the PATV workshop are: Leeor Sellouk, Aaron Lavi, Emanuel Hakimi, Rebecca Ashkenazy, Emily Austin, Ben Basaleli, Derek Fuller and Scott Sandor.

PATV Workshop Instructors

Marcelo Mendez and Michael Peters are enthusiastic about the students’ proficiency using the state of the art equipment that the PATV studio has to offer.

This new series will cablecast on PATV channels 20 (Cablevision) and 37 (Verizon FiOS) in the fall of 2015. Cablecast dates and times can be found at www.patv.org.

Photo by Dana Giannone

Programs in the Park District

On various Sundays and Mondays throughout the summer, the Great Neck Park District offers special family events and programs for their residents to enjoy. Animal Adventure took place in Allenwood Park on July 20 at 7 p.m. Nature Nick who is Long Island’s favorite zoologist, television personality and animal trainer brought his legless lizard, snake, kangaroo, monkey, porcupine and owl, to name a few. His presentation had both children and adults mesmerized! It was a fun night for everyone.

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Yoga studio to partner Nominations for with R. McDonald House contest sought B y J os e ph N i k i c

After she opened Bikram Yoga Roslyn with her husband, Jennifer Weil said, she wanted to figure how she could continue the charity work she had done for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island that began with a previous employer.

The result is a series of health and wellness classes at the yoga studio in which all proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House’s support of families of sick children.

The series will take place every Sunday in October at noon at Bikram Yoga Roslyn’s location at 1062 Old Northern Blvd. and will feature a Bikram Yoga session, which takes place in a studio as hot as 105 degrees with 40 percent humidity. The cost for the session will be $20. Classes will also be offered in meditation,

nutrition, and healing.

“Once we got the studio up and running, we wanted to give back,” Weil said.

Weil said she approached the Ronald McDonald House, looking for ways she and her husband, Jamie, could help.

“After a lot of brainstorming we were finally able to come up with this great idea,” Ronald McDonald House PR and marketing Manager Deepika Thadhani said.

The donations are only a portion of the partnership.

Bikram Yoga Roslyn will also be sending yoga Instructors and a personal trainer for classes in the meditation room and gym of the Ronald McDonald House, Weil said.

Weil said that on top of donating all proceeds from the four days of classes, Bikram Yoga Roslyn will also be donating gift packages to Ronald

McDonald House events such as their yearly gala.

“We want to promote charity, fundraising, and health and wellness,” said Weil.

“Which is everything the Ronald McDonald House provides to its families.”

“Our additional classes in nutrition and meditation can be attended by people who are interested in donating and in our classes but may not be fit enough to participate in Bikram Yoga” Weil added.

The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island provides a comfortable place for families with sick children to stay and receive support from other families going through a similar experience.

Weil said she wants other branches of Bikram Yoga across the country to also get involved with the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

B Y C hr i s t i an A raos The Association of Generational Seniors’ are accepting nominations for its Sixth Annual Savvy Senior Day to be held this September at the Parker Jewish Institute at 271-11 Hillside Ave in New Hyde Park.

Event organizers are calling on residents to nominate any senior citizen for their life achievements by submitting a 200-word essay demonstrating why they should be acknowledged for their contributions to the community.

The winning male and female nominees will be crowned Savvy Senior King and Savvy Senior Queen, respectively.

The deadline for all nominations is Aug. 31 and the event will be held on Sunday Sept. 20 at 11 am. All nominees and their families will be invited to attend the ceremony.

“There are so many unsung heroes who make up our senior community living right here on Long Island,” AGES Chairman, Kevin Lawrence, said. “Each year, we receive such wonderful Savvy Senior nominations from families all over Long Island who in turn allow us the privilege in casting a well-deserved spotlight on their special seniors. We encourage everyone out there to get out and vote for their special senior.”

Each nominee will be honored at the event in which food and music will be provided.

The King and Queen will each receive gift certificates for professional oil painted portraits from Bradford Renaissance Portraits.

Nominations can be sent via email at savvy2015@agesresourcenetwork.com or by mail to AGES Savvy Senior Award, AGES P.O. Box 774, Melville, NY 11747.

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Park district residents take kayak tours Lots of action at the Steppingstone Park Marina this summer.

Along with the Park District’s active Sailing School, moorings, City Island dinner cruises, Fishing Derby (coming up August 16 at 9 a.m.) and Steppingstone Waterside concerts, on Sunday, July 19, certified instructors from the American Canoe association offered Great Neck Park District residents and nonresidents a chance to take guided kayak tours. All equipment including the kayak, paddle and lifejacket were part of the package. The tour took the kayakers along the scenic coastline of Kings Point. Spending time on the water during the heat wave was wonderfully refreshing. There will be another Kayak Tour date offered in August. If interested call, (516) 487-7665.

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‘The Byrds’ co-founder to take stage “Don’t Stop” thinking about this Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. at Steppingstone Park. Tusk, a Fleetwood Mac tribute ensemble, will be covering all of the great hits of Fleetwood Mac such as “Don’t Stop,” “Landslide,” “Rhiannon,” “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Say You Love Me,” “Hold Me and many others.

The Fleetwood Mac story is an episodic saga of a British blues band formed in 1967 that spans more than 30 years.

Roger McGuinn will perform at Great Neck North High School.

The five seasoned, wellrespected musicians comprising Tusk have been making music together, in various combinations and styles, for more than 25 years and leaves no stone unturned in replicating the sounds of one of the world’s best-loved, top-selling bands.

A very special Thursday evening concert will take place at Great Neck North High School on Aug. 6, 8 p.m. when Roger McGuinn, The Byrds co-founder and Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Famer, takes the stage.

The original lead singer/ lead guitarist of The Byrds, McGuinn has worked with the best musical artists in the industry throughout the years and is responsible for such hits as “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Turn, Turn, Turn.”

McGuinn toured with Bob Dylan in 1975 and 1976 as part of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue, and later worked with fellow ex-Byrds Gene Clark and Chris Hillman to form McGuinn, Clark and Hillman.

There is limited seating, so arrive early. First-come, firstserved. The doors open at 7 p.m.

Two guests are permitted per park card after 7:45 p.m.

Fleetwood Mac Tribute.

All performances are for Great Neck Park District residents only. Admission is free to Park District residents with a valid park card. Park cards will be checked when parking and at the gate. Each park card

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holder is allowed to bring two guests into the park, who must be signed-in. There are limited park chairs available and it is recommended that show attendees bring along a blanket or their own chair to sit on. In case

of rain, check cancellations.com or www.greatneckparks.org for location of performance.

For additional information visit our website or call (516) 482-0355.

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Community Ed offers Schimel hosts programs through fall student in Albany Great Neck Public Schools Community Education Fall/Winter Catalogs were mailed out recently, and we hope you have received your copy by now. We have many wonderful programs planned, and we hope that you will be a part of them. Fine Arts and Crafts, Foreign Language, Exercise, Dance, and Fitness, Games, Technology, Literature, Writing, History, Music and Performing Arts, Day Trips, Theater Outings, and Special Events, Parent/Child programs, Driver Ed and SAT/ACT Prep for teens— there is something for everyone.

For a complete listing of our courses and trips, you may also visit our Web site at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us and click on the scrolling Community Ed icon.

Online registration is available, or please calls us at (516) 4414949.

Community Education is excited to be hosting its first ever, week-long, Open House Week

from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2.

We invite you to come in and discover what we are all about.

There are dozens of classes that you can visit at no cost! This is a unique opportunity to meet our instructors, see them in action, and become more familiar with what we can offer you. All classes take place at the Cumberland Adult Center, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck, unless otherwise specified.

In addition to long-time favorites, we’ve added a few new ones. In “Italy – City by City,” learn about the cuisine and culture of five Italian cities. “Action Cinema” will provide advanced French speakers a thematic introduction to contemporary French cinema. Our Fine Arts and Crafts department adds “Hand Clay Building” as well a “Painting and the Decorative Arts” and “Printmaking for Fun” on Saturdays. Are you looking for that perfect family portrait in

time for the holidays? Enroll in “Take Your Best Holiday Photo,” a three-session course designed to walk you through the process from start to finish.

Discuss the meanings and messages of some great literary works in a new book group titled, “Arguably, Some of the Best Books of the 20th Century.”

Our trip leaders continue to find great venues for you. Visit the Museum of Chinese in America including a dim sum lunch and Chinatown tour. Explore Picasso Sculpture at MoMA, or travel to Philadelphia to see the National Museum of American Jewish History. View some surprising “castles” during our Hudson River Grandeur tour.

If you haven’t received our catalog, please call us at (516) 441-4949, and we will send one right out to you. We look forward to welcoming you.

Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel recently hosted Buckley School eighth grader Kenny Silver in Albany. Silver’s interest in state government and the possibility of a career in politics led him to visit the Assemblywoman

in her District Office in Great Neck. The Assemblywoman offered Silver and his mother, Beth Green, the opportunity to spend a day in Albany with her during session.

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2015 Nassau County Parade and Drill Tournament

Firefighters from 45 different departments competed at the Nassau County Firemen Association Parade and Drill last Sat. in Rockville Centre

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Musicians pay tribute to folk music legend Harry Chapin Some 30 musician friends and admirers of folk rock superstar Harry Chapin performed of the singer’s best known works at a free show Monday at Eisenhower Park. Chapin died in a fiery crash on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 40. on July 16, 1981, while en route to perform at a scheduled free concert at Eisenhower Park.

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County gets aid for voting machines B Y : C hr i s t i an A raos

The Nassau County Board of Elections will receive $2 million in state aid to transition from lever-operated voting machines to optical scanners next year, state lawmakers said.

Nassau County was the only county in the state to receive the aid, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) said. Villages have traditionally

used lever machines for elections, but such technology will be banned in 2016.

Schimel said the county needed the aid to help offset the costs of making the permanent switch.

“We are a big county with a big population,” she said. “We need more resources to get more machines.”

Schimel, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and the Nassau County Board of Elec-

tions met with village and school officials last week to discuss the transition.

Schimel said that the transition will cause some complaints but added that meetings taking place now will help better prepare special districts for their elections, which take place in December.

The state aid was necessary as the districts are constrained by the tax cap to raise the revenue needed to buy the machines,

Schimel said.

“My job is to make sure that my county and my district would not be unduly burdened with the finances concerned with this transition,” she said.

According to a 2014 report from the state Board of Elections, the transition to optical scanners increases election costs by 23 percent for local districts.

A recent Board of Elections mailing obtained by Newsday indicated that optical scanning

machines cost $300, twice as much as the soon-to-be banned lever machines.

The only alternative would be paper ballots, which Martins has said are obsolete.

Schimel contends that she and Martins are being proactive with their implementation of optical scanning machines.

“I think Nassau is going to be a model on how to run special districts,” Schimel said. “We’re ahead of everyone in the state.”

Town, county Dems write against Iran deal She said the purpose of the letter is to make clear to the fedmunity members to the federal eral representatives “the tremenrepresentatives. dous amount of concern here on “We have excellent working a local level.” relationships with our federal Markowitz said the letter was representatives,” Bosworth said. drafted by some of the elected of“It seems only natural in a very ficials at the meeting. Bosworth rare incident that so much consaid all of the letter’s signatories cern has been articulated about provided input. an issue, that I and other officials In the letter, town officials want to make sure that we comand county legislators said that municate that to other represeneven without polls, they are tatives, and that’s what we have aware many residents in their done.”

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community are opposed to the deal.

“In the Town of North Hempstead, we have a highly educated and informed community, including a large number of residents who are originally from Iran, who know and understand the situation in that country and mentality of its leaders,” they wrote. “In addition, ours is a diverse and inclusive community and has always been strongly supportive of and concerned about the security

rallies and meetings, members of the community have expressed their frustration regarding the proposed deal and feel that they are not getting clear answers from their federal representatives.

“Individuals and organized groups have been pounding on Steve Israel, Sen. Schumer, and Sen. Gillibrand,” he said.

“We just want there to be no ambiguity about where they weigh any positive benefits.”

Markowitz said that through stand,” Markowitz said. of Israel, the country most threatened by Iran.”

“We have reviewed expert analyses and information, and observed the hearings that have begun in Washington,” the letter continues. “We have listened closely to the people we represent. We have come to the conclusion that the disadvantages and dangers that will result if this deal is consummated far out-

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‘Safe Harbors’ for property investors Do you own non primary residence/commercial property?

Well, I have a great proposition for those type of investment properties!

When you are selling an investment (not your primary residence), the I.R.S. will allow you to sell it, (IRCS1031) no matter how much profit you have earned over the years and exchange it for another property within the continental U.S. and some other areas located within the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Mariana Islands.

There are situations with products, tangible personal property and intangible, such as patents and whether or not they were in use two years before and two years after the exchange, to determine if they qualify.

This IRCS1031 Exchange has remained substantially unchanged for the past 50+ years except in 1991, when the U.S. *Treasury clarified and rede-

fined the “Starker” or delayed exchange, including the 45 day identification requirements for replacement property.

It also defined and encourages the use of a Qualified Intermediary, deeming it a “safe harbor.”

A “safe harbor” is a term which defines acceptable guidelines so a transaction will be regarded defensible*. (* Quoted from the Starker Services Booklet 2006-2007). Canada and other foreign entities have some similar exchanges but that will be in another future article, stay tuned to read about it.

This article will not have enough space to explain every minute detail, but will provide a synapsis of the concepts of the like kind exchange.

When you sell a commercial or investment rental property (non-owner occupied), you can purchase another one anywhere in the U.S. or other areas, as

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explained in the previous paragraph and roll all or part of the monies over to that property, to defer all or part of the income taxes (you will pay either long term capital gains of between 5-15 percent + recapturing Depreciation-will be taxed at 25 percent (Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997/or short-term capital gains less than 12 months, taxed as

ordinary income (which would generally not be to your advantage); depending on the length of time you have held the property that you would have owed, if you took the profit.

However, you are allowed 45 days to locate any type of property (again non-primary residence), once in contract of the sale of your first property and then six months to close and take title to the second investment property.

Logically, you should take plenty of time in advance of considering selling your investment property, to find another one and then, get yours in contract; then again, you will have six months to close on the next property, where you will use the money for you sale and the intermediary, holding the money, will forward it over to the attorney for the seller of the second property.

Corporate owned properties will pay anywhere from15-35

percent capital gains taxes.

This vehicle is an excellent way to defer taxes, for a very long time, similar to an IRA, Roth IRA or any other type of retirement plan.

But you must be smart about approaching this form of, deferred tax exchanges, for this article is intended to be just a mere taste of what it is all about; for there are many ways to handle your exchanges and I suggest that you find the property entity, whether it be an attorney, real estate broker or financial planner, who is very well versed in this type of transaction.

Do not try to do this on your own, seek out the most qualified professional to assist you, so costly, taxable mistakes, will not occur.

If you would like a Free Booklet on this information, email the publisher, sblank@theislandnow.com

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Woman hospitalized after tree falls in room

Continued from Page 1 county Emergency Ambulance Bureau worked for more than two hours to remove the tree from atop the woman, who had been asleep on her side.

“We cut some areas of the tree away and lifted the tree eight inches off of her to be able to slide her out,” said Great Neck Vigilant Fire Chief Josh Forst, who said the tree weighed 5,000 pounds.

Vigilant firefighter Steven Blocker, who lives across the street from the woman’s home, said he heard the tree fall from his home.

“Before I could do anything to get out, my door started banging

very heavily,” Blocker said. “I immediately came outside and [the family] led me upstairs.”

It is not yet known what caused the tree to fall.

Forst said the victim’s family is

grateful to the fire department for all the help she received.

“They were thrilled with everyone who was there and the amount of people who came out,” Forst said.

Shop delight turned down in g.N. estates Continued from Page 1 posed supermarket would have created several environmental issues as well as parking congestion.

A municipal parking lot behind the proposed Shop Delight contains about 200 parking spaces and is used by those looking to shop on Middle Neck Road, Funk said, but about 60-80 cars are licensed to park in the lot full time.

Funk said the developers wanted to remove some addi-

tional spaces so large delivery trucks would have space to park.

He said the developers estimated that the store would bring 135 cars an hour to the location, which Funk said would cause massive traffic congestion.

“Aside from the amount of traffic that would affect Middle Neck Road, there would be a massive amount of additional cars that would come there to shop,” Funk said. “There is a danger factor. You’re going to

have people walking along and, god forbid, there would be accidents.”

During public hearings on the proposed Shop Delight, residents also complained that motorists frequently enter the exit lane and exit the enter lane — a problem that they said would grow with a new supermarket.

They also said the entrance and exit lanes are also narrow making getting in and out difficult — a problem exacerbated by snow.

Residents also expressed concerns about additional noise, odors from cooking, snow removal, light coming from the store at night and more people double-parking on Middle Neck Road.

The Great Neck Park District has a five-year agreement with the current store that allows shoppers to use the district’s Shoreward Drive parking lot near the Welwyn store during certain times through a program

in which shoppers leave their keys with attendants from the Progressive Valet Parking Corp. of Woodhaven. The plan was intended to alleviate parking problems in the area.

Great Neck Gourmet representatives had said at past meetings that for the new location they are considering trafficcalming measures, such as a valet parking service and transporting stock between stores by van rather than by truck.

Jesse Friedman seeks new hearing in case Continued from Page 2 before she resigned as district attorney in January after being elected to Congress in November.

She said at the time she believed Friedman’s original guilty conviction should still be upheld.

The DA’s office said in a statement they will review the new motion.

“An exhaustive review by the District Attorney’s office, guided by an independent panel of experts, confirmed the propriety of Friedman’s guilty plea,” the DA’s office said in a statement. “We will review and respond to Mr. Kuby’s latest motion.”

If a record reconstruction hearing were granted, the defense

wrote in the documents, the court could say that so many record are missing the charges against Friedman should be dismissed or that the DA’s office is at fault for losing the records.

Soury wrote in the statement that of the 244 charges lodged against him, Friedman plead guilty to 26.

“The indictments were not specific as to time, place, victims or witnesses, purposefully, because they were made of whole cloth, the product of a national hysteria regarding false allegations of mass sexual abuse,” Friedman’s attorney Ronald Kuby said in a statement. “Now, as we seek to prove Jesse Friedman was inno-

cent of the crimes he was coerced to plead to, the DA claims to have lost the only record of what those charges were.”

Friedman’s claims of innocence were chronicled in the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Capturing the Friedmans,” directed by Andrew Jarecki in 2003.

G.N. resident organizes ‘Stop Iran Rally’ Continued from Page 3 which could take four to fives weeks meanwhile, enough time for Iran can move the nuclear facilities.

Wiesenfeld also criticized the $100 billion Iran stands to receive once sanctions are lifted against the country if the nuclear deal goes through. He also criticized what he termed a $50 billion signing bonus that could be part of the nuclear agreement.

“Do you think they will use the money to build hospitals or will it be used to murder a few hundred Marines,” Wiesenfeld said.

He said he expects the money would be used to torture people or put explosives in the ground, and not used to better the lives of the average Iranian citizen U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Wednesday Iran will only receive approximately $55 billion in sanctions relief once the nuclear deal is implemented.

“There is a lot of discussion

out there that Iran is going to somehow get $150 billion as soon as sanctions are lifted. That is incorrect,” said Lew, speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. He said Iran will not be able to access much of its money that has been locked up overseas due to sanctions because the money has already been committed elsewhere.

Lew told a group of senators last week that over $20 billion of Iran’s frozen assets has already been committed to infrastructure projects with China, and that Iran owes an additional “tens of billions” of dollars on nonperforming loans to its energy and banking sectors, according to a report on Huffington Post.

Wisenfeld was joined in opposition to the agreement on Tuesday by various Nassau County and Town of North Hempstead Democratic officials including Supervisor Judi Bosworth, town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, town Councilman

Peter Zuckerman, town Councilwoman Lee Seeman, town Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, town Clerk Wayne Wink, and Nassau County legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Delia DeRiggi-Whitton and Judith Jacobs.

In a letter addressed to Sen. Charles Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, the town officials offered the four members in Congress to vote against the deal.

“We have review expert analyses and information, and observed the hearings that have begun in Washington. We have listened closely to the people we represent. We have come to the conclusion that the disadvantages and dangers that will result if this deal is consummated far outweigh any positive benefits,” the letter stated.

“We have come to the conclusion that approval of this deal will not be good for the United States or for Israel and we urge you to vote against it,” the letter went on. “We appeal to you to

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Above: Former U.S. Congressman, Colonel Allen West (Center) surrounded by Great Neck Estates resident Paul Brody and his daughter Limor.

do so in the interests of our own national security, the survival of Israel, the security and stability of the Middle East region, and to ensure a world that is free of the threat of a nuclear-capable Iran.”

Wiesenfeld said the letter does not go far enough. He said

he does not want legislators to just vote no on the deal, but to actively speak out against it on their respective legislative floors.

“At the rally we said to Sen. Schumer to go on the Senate floor and say this is a disaster for America and all our other allies,” Wiesenfeld said.

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Government plays role in infrastructure Continued from Page 12 cal conditions like diabetes, to increasing the carrying capacity of broadband communications ten times over.

That was the morning announcement.

By afternoon Cuomo and Biden were in New York City, announcing a master plan to rebuild LaGuardia Airport — a 1939-vintage facility that Biden some months before, had mocked as being something you would expect in a Third World Country, rather entranceway to the greatest city in the world.

“New York had an aggressive, can-do approach to big infrastructure in the past — and today, we’re moving forward with that attitude once again,” said Gov. Cuomo, evoking the spirit that built the Erie Canal and made the Empire State. “We are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned, 21st century airport that is worthy of the city and state of New York. It’s the perfect metaphor for what we can achieve with the ambition and optimism and energy that made this the Empire State in the first place, and I want to thank our many partners for joining us to build the airport that New York deserves.”

The $4 billion project — half of it funded through private sources - will transform LaGuardia, now four separate terminals, into a single, structurally unified main terminal with expanded transportation access, significantly increased taxiway space (by moving the terminal closer to Grand Central Parkway), improved amenities, including new retail space and a hotel, and mass transit links — by Airtrain to Willets Point and by a new, high-speed ferry which would go into the Marine Air Terminal (an Art Deco building built as a WPA project during the Depression, it is now a national landmark). Rebuilding the airport also means it would incorporate post-9/11 Security systems, and post-Sandy storm resiliency.

Construction on the first half of the new unified terminal, expected to be a $4 billion project — half of the funding to come from private sources - will create 8,000 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs and will be managed

by LaGuardia Gateway Partners, a new public private partnership chosen by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

It will begin upon final approval from the board of directors of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is expected in the first part of 2016. (LaGuardia will remain open during the construction.)

Most of the first half of the project is expected to open to passengers in 2019, with full completion anticipated18 months later.

The second half of the new unified terminal is expected to be redeveloped by Delta Air Lines, which controls two of the four terminals. Delta anticipates beginning the redevelopment of its terminals on a parallel track with the LaGuardia Gateway Partners project to complete the new unified airport. Without Delta’s support, Cuomo said, there could be no new LaGuardia.

LaGuardia Airport generates more than $16 billion in economic activity to the region annually, supporting 121,000 total jobs and $5.9 billion in annual wages.

“That’s more than the GDP of many states,” said Vice President Joe Biden, commending Cuomo for his bold vision, especially in light of the failure to invest in infrastructure across much of the country., While the most ambitious airline project is focused on LaGuardia, Cuomo is also spearheading major redevelopment for JFK, Stewart and Republic Airports.

Stewart Airport, in Newburgh, 60 miles from NYC, has 2400 acres (compared to 688 acres at LaGuardia) and the second longest runway in New York State, and has plenty of excess capacity, he noted.

The governor is creating incentives to shift passenger and cargo traffic that would otherwise go into JFK, designating Stewart a New York free trade zone — a StartUp NY zone — which means companies pay zero tax for 10 years, “which makes it least expensive place in US to site a new business.”

Similarly, Republic Airport on Long Island is currently underutilized. The state is seeking proposals for a private operator to operate the airport and develop it, and the state is turning Republic into a New York free trade zone with StartUp NY tax credit.

Finally, JFK: “We are on the way to restoring the majesty of JFK airport.” A master plan will be developed within the next 12 months that will unify the “disparate terminals developed over the years,” he said, with construction set to begin next year, and the first hotel at JFK to open in 2018.

While the day’s focus was on airports, Cuomo said, “in general the larger conversation..is building a society that is economically potent for the next generation.

New York probably makes this case better than anyone and bet-

ter than anyplace in the United States because New York’s greatness was driven by its ability to dream big and to build bigger.

Our growth was always a function of ambition meeting intelligence with that New York attitude that just wouldn’t take no for answer. That New York positivism and belief in itself that there is no challenge that we can’t rise to. We did the impossible and then we did it again and again; with the tallest buildings, longest bridges, there was nothing that we couldn’t do. We were New York. That spirit was then institutionalized into the creation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1921. That was the first national movement towards a regional governmental organization that put together the transportation systems and connections to the economy.

“At that time state and city governments were also aggressive and optimistic and the product of all of this was that they built and they built and they built, and when you look at the array of things that just the Port Authority was building it is breathtaking. 1921, 1928 Outer Borough Bridge, 1930 they come back with the Holland tunnel, Bayonne Bridge, George Washington bridge 1931. That was the attitude and we executed and we performed.”

But Cuomo added, “Somewhere along the way, we lost our momentum and the ‘we’ is New York. But then ‘we’ is also countrywide in many cases. We lost our momentum and you say other places capitalize with that type of innovation that New York was all about. China was doing ‘mag-lev’ trains, South Korea, state of the art airports, airports so beautiful you would almost travel just to see the airport itself, Dubai and the amazing airport complex really redefining what that experience and what a state of the art entrance way is all about.

“When you look at that growth in comparison and compare it with where we are today, we have outdated airports, rails, bridges that desperately need repair and somewhere along the way we lost the connection between transportation and economic growth.”

Cuomo hasn’t, and certainly not the Obama Administration, which has made infrastructure a key element of its “GROW America” program.

“I was with the vice president this morning in Rochester and he was talking about where the roads lead, where the fiber optic lies, that is where the economy

grows. We have learned that lesson. We have to relearn it now and for New York it is time to move because all of the planning and all the talking is nice, but if you are not acting, if you are not performing, you are doing nothing. You are standing still. The obligation and the job of government is you know what? To get something done, not to talk about getting something done, not to advocate for what should be done but to actually do it.”

It’s about the rail lines, bridges, roads and broadband, too — infrastructure is the engine for economic growth, so Cuomo gave his endorsement for the MTA’s $29 billion capital plan and said the state would contribute $8.3 billion.

Meanwhile, New York State has proved innovative in its design-build plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. “It has become a national model,” Cuomo said.

Infrastructure also includes a smart grid. More than oil, or fossil fuels, more than transportation, our economy, indeed, our society, is completely dependent upon electricity.

An attack on the grid — whether it be in war or a solar flare — would send us back to the Dark Ages (or at very least the 1800s, back to the steam engine and water wheel (Save the Saddle Rock Grist Mill!), back to wind turbines, bicycles and horse-and-buggy - in a heart beat.

Cyberspace is another dimension of infrastructure now — the next war won’t be fought on a battlefield but in cyberspace and we have already seen the first battles.

The hack of the Office of Personnel Management that stole the personal information for some 20 million government people (very probably spies, as well) is believed to have come from China. Russia is another frequent culprit. Republicans like to blame the ineptitude of the OPM administrator, but more likely the hack occurred during the Republican shut-down of government, in October 2012, when “nonessential” federal workers like the very IT people who monitor security, were furloughed.

Also, Republicans have refused to spend the money to upgrade the systems which are so archaic, they cannot even be encrypted. The GOP approach to infrastructure: “make bricks without straw.”

Cuomo, in the best tradition of New York governors - DeWitt Clinton who built the Erie Canal (when President Madison, a Jeffersonian, refused federal money), Theodore Roosevelt (who as

Governor set the plan for the expanded Barge Canal), and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who harnessed hydroelectric power from the St. Lawrence Seaway.

It’s a matter of principle for Democrats, who believe in the good that government can do, in the unique role that government can play.

So we see enormous progress from the Obama Administration (that is, what isn’t directly stymied by Republicans) - in its broadband initiative, for example, in its plan to bring renewable energy to impoverished communities, in the way it is fostering a shift to clean, renewable energy, and its application of public-private partnerships.

Contrast with New Jersey Gov. Chris (“Never My Fault”) Christie, auditioning for the Republican nomination for president, rejecting federal funding to build a new rail link under the Hudson (and then stealing $3 billion in taxpayer money to use it to repair roads in order to avoid increasing New Jersey’s ridiculously low gas tax), and now blaming Amtrak for the breakdowns in the tunnel that have stranded New Jersey commuters for hours.

Now there is a new proposal, from Amtrak, to build a “Gateway Tunnel” but that, too, will require backing from New Jersey and New York State and would be at least a decade away. You have the Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx pleading for Christie to come to the table to discuss a plan.

Meanwhile, Congressional Republicans have blocked any long-term Highway Transportation Bill which in the pre-Obama years, would have received routine bipartisan approval (the ability to bring home pork to one’s constituents was sugar making the medicine go down). Instead, the Republicans have authorized only months-long extensions which means that states and localities cannot plan or issue contracts - 61,OOO bridges in America are rated “structurally deficient.

And now, they have used the impending crisis (the bill expires at the end of July), to try to insert provisions that include taking away Social Security benefits, privatizing Medicare and repealing (for the 52nd time) Obamacare, cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, the Export-Import Bank, and torpedo the Iran nuclear deal. (http://www.dailykos.com/ story/2015/07/22/1404576/McConnell-s-first-attempt-at-ahighway-funding-bill-fails-morefighting-to-come#).

That’s the very opposite of a vision for the future.

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Continued from Page 18 Silence, deafening silence, thundering silence, craven silence, immoral silence — week after week after month after month after year after year after year! Such is the picture of the abject lust for power, so overpowering that it eclipses even a vestige of the character and moral fiber that once existed.

Now is the time of reckoning, writes Jonathan S. Tobin in Commentary magazine online. “For once, Schumer must choose. It is one thing for those whose support for Israel has always been secondary to their left-wing ideology or proObama partisanship (such as the J Street lobby or the National Jewish Democratic Council) to endorse this brazen act of appeasement.

For Schumer, a man who has staked his career on being the shomer (guardian) of Israel’s security in Congress, it would be a stunning betrayal that he would never live down.”

Tobin then poses an ominous warning: “Even if [Schumer] chooses to vote in favor of a resolution that seeks to nullify the pact, he may also work behind the scenes to ensure that at least 34 Democrats back the president so as to ensure that an Obama veto won’t be overridden.”

Is there any doubt that Schumer — silent for three long years on this doomsday deal — is more than capable of this kind of treachery?

Former Great Neck resident Rabbi Aryeh Spero, known as “America’s Rabbi,” is the author of Push Back and Why Israel Matters to You” and serves as the president of Caucus for America.

Like Tobin, he questions Schumer’s seeming paralysis.

The Iran deal, he says, “is Plan A for the ultimate annihilation of Israel, annihilation through active offense and by making Israel’s defense impossible.

To Iran, Mr. Obama has made the most earth-shattering compromises in the annals of history. Even Chamberlain did not provide Hitler with $150 billion to arm-up.

“This whole deal would go nowhere, be dead on arrival, if the most powerful Democrat right now in the Senate would

announce it as DOA,” Rabbi Spero continues. “That man is Sen. Chuck Schumer. Where is he? No one knows what he will do. Why should we be guessing?

He should be out there, at this moment, saying No to this accord.

Why should the Israelis have to live another moment in fear and anxiety? Where is his compassion? Schumer should stifle the accord now!”

Plan A, indeed. There is no measuring the lengths and depths Obama will go to when it comes to defending his indefensible deal.

According to Lee Smith at Tablet magazine, “Obama is using a dog-whistle. He’s hinting broadly at anti-Semitic conceits — like dual loyalties, moneyed interests, Jewish lobby to scare off Democrats tempted to vote against the [deal] because they think it’s a bad deal.

If they do come out against the agreement…then he’s going to tar them as dual loyalists who are willing to send Americans out to make war on behalf of Jewish causes.

WHAT TO DO? A lawsuit by Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch seeks to block Barack Obama’s perfidious treaty with Iran from being unconstitutionally ratified. The lawsuit names U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson and Congressman Patrick Murphy, who all voted for the bill, and Obama who signed it into law.

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Great Neck resident Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, a finance expert in NY City who organized and emceed the Times Square rally, said that he recently saw a picture of the gone-missing Gillibrand on the a milk carton. He exhorted the crowd to put pressure on Schumer to nix the Iran deal. “Chuck, this is your moment! This is your time to make the decision…or we will throw you the hell out of office!”

I also didn’t mention Hillary Clinton, who could not find it within her the other day to counter an anti-Semitic question with a defense of Israel. Except for her first run for the Senate in 2009, when she pandered shamelessly for Jewish votes, she has never been a friend of Jews or Israel, the latest proof being that she endorsed the genocidal Iran deal.

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Must have own transportation, be kind, flexible and can cover over school holidays. Light housekeeping. References required. Please call Colleen 917-282-1423 REPORTER: Blank Slate Media, an award winning chain of 5 weekly newspapers and website on the North Shore of Nassau County is seeking a self starter with good writing and reporting skills to cover Great Neck. Newspaper experience and car required. Experience with social media platforms and content managements systems preferred. Excellent opportunity to work with editors with many years of weekly and daily newspaper experience. Health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. Office conveniently located in Williston Park not far from NYC. To apply email your resume, cover letter and clips to sblank@theislandnow.com SEWANAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SEEKING: Part time Teacher Aides to work with students $16.10​/​hr. Part time Security Aides, appropriate certification necessary $17.40​/​hr.

Registered Professional Nurses, daily rate, per diem $215​/​day.

Send resume to: ktaylor@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us WANTED! Female driver who lives in Great Neck to do local errands 2 or 3 afternoons a week. ALSO WANTED, a cleaning lady, 1 day a week. Cleaning lady does not have to live in Great Neck. Driver and cleaning lady must have own car.

Call 516-487-5117.

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*Free Vehicle/Boat Pickup ANYWHERE *We Accept All Vehicles Running or Not *Fully Tax Deductible

* Wheels For Wishes is a DBA of Car Donation Foundation.

Gold Medal Bakery is seeking an entry-level BAKERY PRODUCTS ROUTE DRIVER to service supermarkets in the Long Island, NY area Depot located in Ronkonkoma, NY

Duties Include: • Merchandising product • Obtaining and enhancing sales of bread and rolls • Managing orders via computer • Delivering product to local stores using our company-issued 26’ box truck Job Work Week: • Start time of 3:00 am or 7:00 pm. Wednesdays & Sundays off (subject to change)

Minimum Qualifications: • Must be able to utilize a computer • must be at least 18 years of age • Must be able to pass a drug test • Must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record • Must be willing to work holidays • Must have experience driving a box truck Compensation: $17.50 per hour plus benefits (Health, Dental, 401K, Paid Vacations, Life Insurance)

To Apply: Complete our General Application at: http://www.goldmedalbakery.com/jobs

Reporter Wanted Blank Slate Media, an award winning chain of 5 weekly newspapers and website on the North Shore of Nassau County, is seeking a self starter with good writing and reporting skills to cover Great Neck.

Newspaper experience and car required.

Experience with social media platforms and content management systems preferred.

Excellent opportunity to use reporting tools of the 21st Century while working with editors with many years of weekly and daily newspaper experience.

Health insurance, paid holidays, and sick days. Offices are conveniently located in Williston Park - not far from New York City.

To apply, e-mail your resume, and clips to: sblank@theislandnow.com Williston Times Great Neck News Manhasset Times Roslyn Times New Hyde Park Herald Courier 105 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 516.307.1045

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A NURSES AIDE/COMPANION SEEKING position to take care of your elderly loved one. Experience and very good references. Live in or out. Driver. Light housekeeping, shopping, doctor appointments, etc. Please call 516-353-9686

CARE GIVER: CNA AIDE looking for companion/aide position FT/PT live in. Will do light cleaning, showers, baths. Experienced with excellent references. Nursing home experience. Please call Dawn 917-564-9812

CLEANING SERVICES Homes, Apartments, Offices Experienced with excellent references. Located in West Hempstead. Own supplies & transportation. Free estimates Call Reina 516-643-9341

AIDE/CARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE looking to care for your sick or elderly loved one. 14 years experience.

Just ended 7 years with previous patient. Live in, live out, ft/ pt nights, weekends. References available. Call 516-448-0502

CERTIFIED HHA Mature, experienced woman seeks position to take care of the elderly, sick, disabled or as a companion.

Live in or live out. Checkable references available. Please call Gloria 347-494-9803 or 718-526-5219 anytime

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Young men available to do any odd jobs around your homeyard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Available July & August 7 days a week. Call Drew 516-712-5361 or 516-741-9669

NEW YORK PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT: Care giver/companion available. Over 20 years experience available 24/7. Specializing in patients with CHF, Alzheimer’s, Dimentia, surgical procedures, hospice and more. Call Jackie 5146306-0257 or Joel 516-965-1940

BABYSITTER / HOUSECLEANER Experienced reliable woman seeking full or part time position.

Excellent references. Please call Marcia 917-907-0894

CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE Cleans, organizes.

English speaking, honest, reliable. excellent references. Own transportation. Call 516-225-8544

Now is the perfect time to buy your first home.

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Buying a home may seem overwhelming—especially for a first-time homebuyer. That’s why we offer special first-time buyer advantages like: • Low Down Payments • Zero Point Option • Reasonable Qualifying Guidelines • SONYMA Loans • Fixed and Adjustable Rate Loans available on 1-4 Family Homes, Condos and Co-ops

SPECIAL FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS*

We’re here to help you every step of the way, from providing expert prequalification and personal mortgage advice, to finding the program that is truly best for you. Just contact our home financing professional: Ellen Greenfield (NMLS #: 490709) 516-535-8650 EGreenfield@astoriabank.com astoriabank.com 1-800-537-4888

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HOME HEALTH AIDE Are you or your loved ones looking for a Home Health Aide? I have over 10yrs experience in private & nursing homes. Assist w/ daily activities including doctor appointments, errands.

Live in or hourly. Licensed driver w/ car. Please call Kamala 347-530-2234 HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE any day, flexible times. Good references. 25 years experience.

516-770-5776 or 516-286-5148 HOUSEKEEPER / HOME HEALTH AIDE PROVIDER with over 25 yrs experience seeking live in position. Honest, caring & hardworking. References readily available upon request. Please contact Margaret 860-574-1236

PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANING We service homes, offices, buildings & apartments.

Trustworthy & dependable. Free estimates. Call Rina 516-476-4193 or 516-385-1814. For more info email Rinascleaningservices@ yahoo.com Career Training ATTEND AVIATION COLLEGE Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance training. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM or free information 866-296-7093

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marketplace DINING ROOM SET: Dark wood, 6 wicker chairs with velvet cushion seats. 6’ w/out leaf. Bought in 1969. Excellent condition ! $400 Please call 516-326-2496

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HOUSEKEEPER POLISH WOMAN available for housekeeping.

Excellent service with 14 yrs experience and references. Free estimate. Flexible hours just for you ! Call Dorota 516-528-2206

CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates.

Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800-959-3419

HOUSEKEEPING CLEANS HOMES, APARTMENTS AND OFFICES. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE. EXCELLENT REFERENCES. FREE ESTIMATES CALL DELMY 516-417-7088

CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices pad!

Call Jenni today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com

ONLINE ONLY AUCTION

By Order of Secured Creditors + Private Consignors & Job Completion Surplus Late Model Repossessed Paving Equipment, Pavers, Rollers, Seal-Coat, Loaders, Dumps, Truck Tractors, Excavators, Dozers, Concrete Equipment, Lowboy, Open and Enclosed Trailers, Quarry Dump Truck, Forklifts, Snow Pushers, 15+- Plow Trucks, Salters, Service Trucks, Concrete Pump, Simon Concrete Forms, Support Equip. Inventory, Property Maintenance: Skag Mowers, Snow Blowers, Walk Behind & Zero Turn, Hand Tools & More!

Poley Paving, Placid Property Maintenance Corp, F&F Contracting + Additions Accepting Quality Consignments until 7/28.

Auction Site: The Auction, 9423 Western Tpke. (Rte. 20), Delanson, NY (Schenectady) Bidding Starts: 8/1 • Begins Closing: 8/14 11:00 AM (EST) Preview: 8/13: 9-2 & 8/14: 8-10

See Web Site for Details, Photos, & Full Terms

www.collarcityauctions.com (518) 895-8150 x103

Site Phone: 518-258-8454 During Preview and Removal

wanted to buy LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-5983045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

tag sale SUMMER HOURS: OPEN Wednesday Friday 106 Saturday 105 Sunday 125 CLOSED MONDAYS & TUESDAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime.

Visit www.invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab.

Visit www.invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service.

Please call the shoppe at 516-2796378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960 AUCTIONS, TAG SALES & CONSIGNMENTS INVITED SALES

by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-7468900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Wanted: Crafters & Vendors Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 5253 Annual Holiday Bazaar

Saturday, December 5, 2015 – 10 AM – 4 PM We are seeking vendors and home crafters to participate in our Annual Holiday Bazaar. You can rent a table for a small fee, at the VFW Albertson Post 5253, located at 155 Searingtown Road, Albertson, NY. All Bazaar proceeds/donations directly benefit U.S. military families and our soldiers. VFW Post 5253 Ladies Auxiliary is a non-profit 501(C)(3) membership association, all donations are tax deductible. Contact whodamom@verizon.net or call (516)326.1243 for additional information.

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pet services A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

professional dog training Doggie Day Care Dog Walking & Running Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

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auto for sale BUICK CENTURY 1995: 47K miles, 4 new tires, new parts, A/C, excellent running condition! $3,200.

516-747-5799 or 516-747-3463

autos wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

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apartment for rent FLORAL PARK Large 4 rooms, updated EIK, 2 Bedrooms, hardwood floors thoughout, washer/ dryer, storage and parking. $1,950 /month. For more information call Rose (Ford Realty) 516-655-7501 GARDEN CITY BORDER: Spacious 1 bedroom + balcony. $1375 + electric. Gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, hardwood floors, near LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www. gcbapts.com / 516-742-1101 GARDEN CITY S.E. SECTION Unfurnished second floor 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large living area.

Cable, wi-fi, utilities, parking. No smoking. No pets. $1500. Please call 516-650-5144 GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Beautiful sunny 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, private entrance, close to LIRR, new carpet/flooring. SD#17. No pets, NO BROKER FEE. $1,750+ utilities. 631-830-7141

office space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate.

Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,750/mth. Call Owner 516-5387474 or 538-7476 WILLISTON PARK Office Space: 1300 & 2000 sf. available on Hillside Ave. Professional Building. Parking Lot, near LIRR & parkways. Full commission Paid. Tony 516-248-4080

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classifieds ▼ Vacation Rental NORTH FORK NEW SUFFOLK Fully equipped house overlooking NEW SUFFOLK BEACH. Sleeps up to 8 with 4 bedrooms, outdoor shower, grill and more.

Available as follows: JULY 31AUGUST 16 (3 weekends): $8,000, Weeks: $3,750 SEPTEMBER 8-30: $6,000, Weeks: $2,500 OCTOBER: $5,000, Weeks: $2,000 For pictures see NEWSUFFOLKBEACHHOUSE. COM Call 516-742-3494 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals.

Full​/​partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102.

Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

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Homes for Sale GARDEN CITY WESTERN SECTION: Expanded Cape.

4 Bedrooms (includes a first floor BR), 2 full, newly renovated Bathrooms, LR, DR, newly renovated Kitchen Family Room, Sunroom, hardwood floors, 3 zone gas heating, IGS, near LIRR, stores. Mint condition. $929,000. For sale by owner. PRINCIPALS ONLY. Call 516-313-6937 WESTBURY: Reduced! 5 Bedroom, 2 Bath Expanded Cape.

Totally redone. New SS appliances, flooring, carpeting and furnace. Freshly painted. Master BR w/ walk in closet. LR w/ fireplace. Fenced yard with patio and shed. Must see! $405,000.

Colony Realty, Dolores Peterson 631-413-7572

Lots for Sale JAMESPORT: Build your dream home in Seacove Estates!

Beautiful 1/2 acre lot on cul de sac. Private deeded sandy bay beach. Attention builders !

Great location ! $249,000. Colony Realty 631-722-5800

Open House GARDEN CITY 86 HAMPTON RD Sunday 7/26 2pm to 4pm Sunday 8/2 2pm to 4pm Sunday 8/9 2pm to 4pm JUST LISTED Gorgeous single family home 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths $1,750,000 PRICED TO SELL! ALL INVITED!

Out Of Town Real Estate ARLINGTON, VT: LOG CABIN 15 acres, borders Green Mountain National Forest. 2 large bedrooms upstairs, kitchen, bath, living room downstairs.

Fireplace upstairs & downstairs, full porch, mudroom. $169,000.

516-640-5523 ORLANDO VICINITY Gated Community w/ Security Guards. Built 2013. 3,698 sf, 5 BR, 4.5 Bath, 3 Car Garage. 2 Community Pools w/ water parks. Huge Lake.

Boating & Fishing. Boat dock can be built. Asking $625K. Call 443-875-9204

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Room Wanted To Rent MANHASSET RESIDENT: Quiet female professional and 9 yr old daughter seeking short time place.

1 room, August through December. $1,000​/​month. Lease expiring soon, waiting for already secured new apartment in December.

Please call and leave message.

Angie 347-450-3455

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Services NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE? We can move it, sell it or haul it away! 2 Guys and a Truck Just $150​/​hr Call 516-279-6378 NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference.

Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

Computers COMPUTER SERVICES BY GCHS honors student, 6 years experience. Set-up, upgrade, repair your computer or custom build one, improve performance, install programs, remove malware, set up printers, back-up drives, provide instruction. Low rates. 917-482-0998

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154 DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979.

We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685. Insured License H18C730000 GRACE ROOFING: Est. 1977. slate, tile flat roofs, asphalt and wood shingle roofs, gutters and leaders cleaned and replaced, professional new roof installation. Free estimates, expert leak repairs. lic​/ ​ins, local references, residential​/ ​c ommerical 516-753-0268

HANDYMAN Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-2382112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@ optonline.net LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

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ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT NEEDS! Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown molding, closets, doors, sheetrock, painting, dry wall, repairs, spackling & wall paper removal and installation, decks powerwashed, stained and built. Gem Basement Doctor 516-623-9822. www.gem-home.com

LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates.

Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain​/​rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior SpecialistPainting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

Tutoring

MATH TUTOR EXPERIENCEDPrepare for *August Math Regents in Common Core, Integrated Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II​/​Trig *Fall SAT​/​ACT Prep *Fall CHSEE​/​ COOP exam *Pre-Calculus, Calculus *Excellent Summer review for COMMON CORE Contact Richard 516-567-1512

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages.

Beginners a specialty. 516312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

Cleaning SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631220-1851 516-764-5686

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts.

Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​/​DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​/​Commercial. Bonded​/​Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed​/​insured.

Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

To place a legal notice in one of Blank Slate Media’s 5 weekly newspapers, please call 516-307-1045x201 or e-mail us at legals@theislandnow.com.

Prompt service, low prices, convenient deadlines, easy-to-understand instructions and free online distribution and affadavits guaranteed.

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▼ LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Commissioners of the Great Neck Park District will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at 8:00 PM at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck NY 11023, under Town Law Section 215.9-a, to consider the proposed annual budget for the District’s fiscal year starting January 1, 2016.

Persons with a disability affecting their participation in the hearing should notify Dorina Bradley, Secretary to the Board, by mail to 5 Beach Road, Great Neck, NY, 11023 or by telephone (516) 482-0181, in time to permit arrangements to enable their participation. Copies of the Park District draft Budget will be available after August 31st, at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Road, Great Neck, NY, 11023 Board of Commissioners Great Neck Park District Robert A. Lincoln, Jr., Chairperson Daniel M. Nachmanoff, Treasurer Frank S. Cilluffo, Secretary GNN 141918 1x 7/31/​2 015 #141918

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: 399 EAST 52ND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed by the Department of State of New York on: 01/08/2015. Office loc.: County of Nassau Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) is desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 55 Watermill Lane, Suite 200, Great Neck, NY 11021.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead​—​ Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals.

The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m.

APPEAL #20044​—​Ari Herman, variance 70-29.C to construct a second-story addition exceeding the permitted floor area, W/side 2 Saddle Rock Terr., 86.62’ N/of Old Mill Rd., Great Neck, Sec. 1, Blk. 131, Lot 3, R-A District.

APPEAL #20045 ​​ Robert Sedaghatpour, variances 70-26.A, 70-29.B & 70-31.A to construct additions exceeding permitted height & floor area, & with insufficient minimum and aggregate side yards; S/side #37 Shore Park Rd., 390’ E/of Shorecliff Pl., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 365, Lot 5, R-A District.

APPEAL #20046 ​​Janet Squicciarini, variances 70-50.B, 70-100.2.A(2), 70-100.2.A(4) & 70-208.F to maintain a second-story dormer with an insufficient secondary front yard setback on a non-conforming dwelling, and fencing exceeding permitted height; SW​/​cor.​ /​of #457 Leonard Blvd. & Imperial Ave., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 156, Lot 114, R-C

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APPEAL #20047 ​​Jiju Thomas, variances 70-100.2.A(2) & 70-100.2.A(4)(a)[5] to construct fencing in a front yard & exceeding permitted height; SW​/​cor.​/​of #3 Paul Ave. & Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 322, Lot 11, R-C District.

APPEAL #20048 ​​ Brijesh Parekh, variance 70-100.2.A(2) to maintain fencing in a front yard; SE​/​cor.​/​of #335 I.U. Willets Rd. & Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 9, Blk. 538, Lot 22, R-AA District.

APPEAL #20049​—​ Chris Ferrandina, variances 70-100.2.A(2) and 70-100.2.A(4)(a)[5] to maintain fencing in a front yard and exceeding the permitted height; W/side #334 Carle Rd., 60.21’ N/of Magnolia St., Westbury, Sec. 10, Blk. 278, Lot 3, R-B District.

APPEAL #20050​—​Frank Lee, variances 70-100.2.A(2)(4) and 70-208.F to maintain interior alterations of a non-conforming dwelling for conversion from single-family to two-family and fencing in a front yard exceeding the permitted height; S/ side 12 First St., 100’ W/of First Ave., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 105, Lot 125, R-C District.

APPEAL #20051.A ​​ Rakesh Patel, variance 70-51.A to maintain a wood deck in a required side yard setback; W/ side #35 Old Broadway, 150’ N/of Dennis St., Garden City Park, Sec. 33, Blk. 121, Lots 2299 & 2300, R-C District.

APPEAL #20051.B ​​ Ramesh Patel, variance 70-51.A to maintain a wood deck in a required side yard setback; W/ side #39 Old Broadway, 100’ N/of Dennis St., Garden City Park, Sec. 33, Blk. 121, Lots 2301 & 2302, R-C District.

APPEAL #20052​—​Great Neck Holdings, LLC, variance 70-103.A to maintain the conversion of office space to medical office space with insufficient off-street parking; S/side 370 Northern Blvd., 14’ E/of Merrivale Rd., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 85, Lot 29, B-A District.

APPEAL #20053​—​Manhasset Venture, LLC, variance 70-103.A and conditional use 70-126.D to maintain use of parking garage for the storage of motor vehicles; SW​/​cor.​/o ​f 1350 Northern Blvd. and Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. E, Lot 79, B-A District.

APPEAL #20055​—​JDN Properties of Long Island, renewal of conditional use 70-139.A, for the outdoor storage of vehicles; SE​/​cor.​/​of Mineola Ave. and Warner Ave., Sec. 7, Blk. 24, Lots 27 & 69, B-B​/​R-B Districts.

APPEAL #20056​—L ​ ake Success Shopping Center, LLC / Macy’s, variances 70-196.J(1) (b) and 70-196.J(1)(f) to erect signage exceeding the permitted vertical height, area, and

height above grade; S/side #1550 Union Tpke., W/of New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 235, Lot 56, B-AA District.

APPEAL #20057 ​​ 1355 Northern Associates, LLC, variances 70-196.J(2)(a), 70-196.J(2)(b), 70-196.J(2)(c), and 70-196.J(2) (d) to erect signage exceeding the permitted area and number of ground signs, with insufficient space between bottom of sign and ground and signage within a required buffer; NE​/​ cor.​/​of 1355 Northern Blvd. & Plandome Rd., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 83, Lot 13, R-B / B-A / P Districts.

APPEAL #20026 ​​Grace’s Marketplace East LLC, conditional use 70-139.A and variance 70-103.A to maintain a restaurant with insufficient parking; W/side #81 Glen Cove Rd., 733.49’ N/of Wellington Rd., Greenvale, Sec. 20, Blk. N, Lots 87-91, B-A District.

All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and​/​or hearing.

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A mandatory walk through will be taking place at 10:00 AM on August 6, 2015 at the E.M. Baker School located at 69 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck, 11023. Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the same office. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informality in the bids, or to reject all bids, or to accept any bid, which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the best interests of the School District.

Board of Education, Great Neck Union Free School District, Great Neck, New York By: Terry Hood Business Administrator GNN 141934 1x 7/31/2015 #141934

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Cosmos, Indy Eleven draw yet again The New York Cosmos and Indy Eleven finished even on the scoreboard Saturday night at Michael A. Carroll Stadium.

It was sixth draw in six meetings, and the second 1-1 result between the two squads this Fall Season. They finished that way back at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium on July 5.

“As usual,” Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the game.

“The sixth game in a row we tied. There were some good moments and some other things probably that we should have done better.”

Cosmos winger Walter Restrepo finished clinically inside the far post following a nice buildup with Spanish legend Raúl to give the Cosmos (0-2-1, 5-7-1) a 1-0 lead in first half stoppage time. Restrepo also scored the equalizer against Indy on July 5.

“Such a great goal, Restrepo linking with Raúl,” said Savarese. “Raúl played a great ball and it was a great finish. We found our reward after so many chances.”

But seconds later, Indy midfielder Dylan Mares chested down a long ball in the box and put a shot inside the far post from 12 yards out. That would be the game’s final goal.

One positive in the second half for

Savarese was the play of U.S. U-17 international striker Haji Wright, who made his NASL debut when he came on for captain Carlos Mendes in the 69th minute.

“I thought he brought life, he moved well, showed some of his qualities,” Savarese said. “For a 17-year-old making his debut, it was a very positive day for him. That’s what we want, we want him to develop and grow. He’s going to grow in these matches.”

“It’s exciting getting my NASL debut,” said Wright. “The level of play is stronger and quicker than anything I’ve experienced, and it was a welcome challenge to get 20-plus minutes of match time out there. There were things I could’ve done better, but overall I thought it was a decent performance.”

Savarese was forced to make two substitutions after midfielder Adam Moffat left with tightness in his calf and Mendes went off with tightness in his hamstring in a two-minute span midway through the second half.

“It’s nothing serious,” said Savarese, “but it’s important we maintain both of them healthy for the matches to come.”

The first change Savarese made came in the 61st minute when Sebastian Guenzatti replaced Lucky Mkosana, but Guenzatti’s day lasted all of four minutes

when he and Indy Eleven defender Erick Norales received straight red cards for a confrontation.

“They go for every second ball. They run all over the field, and they’re tireless,” Wright said of the home side. “Indy is an aggressive team that fights for the whole game. This was a good point away from home, but I thought we had our

chances.”

“For me everyone is a starter on this team,” Savarese said. “Everyone will have the opportunity to play, but they have to show if they really want to play.

These are great moments for the players to take advantage of. I’m looking forward to catching up in games, and hopefully getting back to the top of the table.”

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