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First stop postpandemic: Aruba!

This Dutch Island in the southernI’ve written about many most portion of the of my travels in these Caribbean is actually Brew Time columns over considered to be part the last couple of years of South America – Germany, France, The being that it is only Canary Islands – so when 18 miles off the the Covid pandemic hit, coast of Venezuela. the subsequent travel-ban It also happens to be really sucker-punched wonderfully situated me hard. I love to travel. outside of the Hurricane belt, which means that ANY time is a good time to visit! The I love learning about and country itself is approximately 20 miles long and 6 miles across at its widest point. experiencing different Aruba’s climate is very warm (85-90 degrees on average year-round), largely arid and is cultures, eating the regional spotted with more cactus than actual palms across the landscape, along with plenty of food, drinking the native white sand beaches amongst a few secluded black sand ones due to the volcanic rock beverages, observing the that also dots certain areas of the island along the coastline. different flora and fauna, exploring the history, art and architecture, all while embarking My significant other and I booked the trip through CheapCaribbean.com (it’s actually upon unique adventures in each country. Being that I’m an RN in real life, this past year my second trip booked through them, and I couldn’t be happier!) and found ourselves and a half has been exceptionally difficult being in medicine. Therefore, I knew I needed continued on pg 4

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Drinking on Island Time continued from pg 2 at the all-inclusive Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino, owned by Marriott, situated on the port-side of the capital, Oranjestad.

Usually, this particular area is quite busy due to the docking of cruise ships and all of their accompanying passengers visiting the island, however with the global pandemic it was quiet and meant a much less-crowded and much more-relaxing vacation overall. The hotel actually boasts two separate properties – one for adults only and one for families – but adults can visit and utilize the amenities at both.

Each had different restaurants, bars, pools, Natural Bridge shopping and unique landscaping. The two properties are within a 3-5min walk of each other which was very convenient. Our actual hotel housed several restaurants including L.G. Smith’s Steakhouse, which happens to be the best on the island – we saved this for our last vacation dinner and it did NOT disappoint with a multi-course meal and some of the best steaks we have ever had! (And yes, it WAS included in our all-inclusive package!)

But the best thing (and probably our main deciding factor) about this resort is that it has its own private 40-acre island of white sand and mangroves, exclusive for guests of the hotel, situated just off the coast and only accessible by boat. The island is a miniDonkey Sanctuary paradise in and of itself – they have their own flock of flamingos that roam the beaches and will eat out of your hand, along with a variety of wildlife from tropical fish to lizards and iguanas to pelicans! Guests have their choice of two different beaches: Flamingo Beach that is adults-only, and Iguana Beach that is family-friendly. Each side has private cabanas for rent – which we opted to do as an extra luxury on our trip and it was well-worth it for a whole day of private butler service, extra-cushy lounging couches, and a hammock overhanging the ocean below, amongst other amenities! Even when we didn’t have the cabana, the beach – both sides – were just fantastic. No crowds, soft ocean waves, and plenty of floats and snorkeling equipment to utilize, free of charge. Two beach bars with food and drinks are also aplenty on the island!

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Scuba diving was also fun – this was my second time diving – the first being in The Canaries, and every time is bringing me ever-closer to actually obtaining certification!

Our guides were of Dutch descent and very much pro-divers themselves. A fellow RN from Ireland joined me on my underwater quest, who was actually on assignment in Aruba due to the pandemic. The waters at Tres Trapi (“Three Steps”) are sublime for diving. It’s a small sandy cove that’s known for being able to view sea turtles.

Unfortunately, we did not get to see any turtles during my dive however we did see a few large Flying Gurnard fish swimming around in a circle together with their “wings” spread out that were either fighting or mating – our guides had never seen that before, so it was quite exciting to see!

By now, if you’ve read this far, you must be wondering why I haven’t mentioned anything about beer yet! Patience, young grasshopper!

Anytime I go on vacation, I seek out beer that’s brewed in the area, state, or country I am visiting. It’s not only great article fodder, but it’s a total passion and interest of mine to try new brews! Prior to visiting Aruba, I researched the different breweries on the island. To note, there are only two! Balashi Brewery and Fireson Brewing Co. Due to the Aruban government regulations regarding Covid-19, Balashi was closed to the public, however, Fireson was open and not terribly far from our hotel, so one evening we grabbed a cab outside our hotel and made the trek to Fireson, which is near the Holiday Inn Resort in Palm Beach.

Fireson Brewing Company first opened in July 2018. A family-owned business co-owned

by Radinka and Tony van Vuurden, it’s the only micro-brewery on the island. Because they are very small, they normally only have 1-3 beers available on draft, but dabble in a variety of different brews from Kölsch to Oatmeal Stouts. When we arrived, they had their New England Style IPA on tap. Baranca (7.3% ABV) is brewed with Mosaic and Amarillo hops giving this creamy mouthfeel haze-fest a dank and earthy flavor with slight citrus notes.

It was very good! In addition, we opted to try some of Aruba’s classic bar food options via the Fireson Goodness Platter that included Funchi fries made of polenta and topped with shredded melted gouda cheese and served with homemade chipotle sauce, fried meatballs with barbeque sauce, Aruban beef croquettes with a spicy mustard sauce, and empanadas filled with meat and potatoes. We felt like locals at their local watering hole,

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sitting outside on a picnic table with a beer in one hand and feasting on Aruban specialties with the other. It was a really great experience and I highly recommend if you ever plan a trip down to Aruba.

While Balashi Brewery wasn’t open to the public for a visit, their beers are all over the island and easy to find both on tap and in the local convenience store. Balashi is a full-scale production microbrewery that was founded in 1998 via a partnership between local brewers and German beer experts who came to Aruba with the goal of creating a fresh, local island brew. Their flagship beer – Balashi – is a Pilsner that is a favorite with the residents. At 5% ABV it’s a light and classic beer that upon first sip is extremely reminiscent of a Heineken in my opinion! I had a taste of this on tap at our Balashi Chill swim up bar at the hotel while I was there. I then went searching on the outskirts of our hotel for some bottles and cans to bring home – or as I like to call them: Suitcase Beers!

I was able to find 2 other Balashi beers: Balashi Chill and Magic Mango, which we popped open with friends when we arrived back home so everyone could have a taste from afar. Balashi Chill (5% ABV) marketed as a “Caribbean Beer” is every bit a classic Lager, best imbibed cold for that clean, crisp, refreshing flavor Magic Mango with a subtle aroma. It’s perfect for a hot day, sipping on the beach while doing some easy-livin’. Similar to a Corona, this would be excellent served with a lime. Definitely can see why the cashier in Aruba told us that THIS was her favorite!

Magic Mango is a 5% ABV Pale Ale that is brewed by Aruba’s first female Brew Master, Marisol Heronimo. Marisol, a single mother of two, worked for 8 years in the quality control lab at the brewery. With a background in biochemistry, she was then offered the opportunity to become a Brew Master. She went to school in Berlin, Germany, and Magic Mango was her first brew when she came back to Balashi as head honcho. It became the fastest growing beer in Aruba in 2020, building an even bigger sales profit in 2021. The beer itself is excellent; brewed with mango, which is actually grown on the island, this limited-edition beer (which IMO, should become a staple) is light, sweet (but not overly so), fruity, and flavorful, with an aroma that smells even better than the beer tastes. We all rather enjoyed this Suitcase Beer!

It’s truly great to see tourism returning across the globe. 85% of Aruban residents work in the tourism industry, so their economy and families were hit incredibly hard with the Covid pandemic. The people of Aruba are extremely thankful for the vacationers that are now returning to the island. They made that very clear in a number of ways while we were there. So, if you’re able, start planning a trip – It’s not only a return to “normalcy” for us travelers, but it’s also a return of jobs and paychecks for the many people who rely on tourism to live and pay their bills.

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The Energy Paradox I will get to Magnesium in my next article but I just read Dr. Gundry’s, The Energy Paradox and wanted to bring it to your attention. His earlier works including the Plant Paradox radically changed my approach to illness and wellness and since so many people suffer from a lack of energy I thought you should know about it. I also highly recommend Walking with Peetey the dog who saved my life but that’s another article entirely. That book too brings together many of the concepts I bring up in the office everyday but again...another day.

The Energy Paradox addresses the issue around fatigue. When your get up and go has gotten up and gone. Many people erroneously believe that you run out of energy as you age but Dr. Gundry points out that you are just running out of the right fuel... that you are not recharging your body’s power and battery pack...your mitochondria.

Mitochondria are tiny organelles that are found in almost every cell in your body and produce the vast percentage of all the energy your body manufactures in a day. If your mitochondria are happy...you are healthy. If they are not...you are not. Furthermore the mitochondria are heavily influenced by the bugs in your gut...there’s that microbiome connection again!

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The standard American diet overwhelms your mitochondria, damages your gut lining, changes the character of the microbiome in your gut and the processed foods damage energy production so it’s no wonder you lack the energy of youth. Furthermore, as Dr. Gundry points out, our eating habits overwhelm the gut and the mitochondria by presenting too many nutrients too often that the mitochondria shut down to protect themselves. When the mitochondria are damaged it TAKES energy to destroy them and activates the immune system. The restorative medicine field has long held that all disease is inflammation and all disease is

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mitochondrial dysfunction and all disease begins in the gut and now you begin to see the interconnectivity of these theories.

Dr. Gundry’s research takes a whole different approach to the benefits of the keto diet. I thought the keto diet produced ketones which are a clean fuel for your cells and mitochondria. He postulates that these ketones and butyrates are actually communicating to your cells that times are hard and the mitochondria have to be more efficient and more plentiful in response to this stress.

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How to improve your mitochondrial function and thereby improve your energy production? Get exposed to light...get outdoors. Dramatically cut down on the linoleic acid in your diet (canola oil and the other seed oils) while adding Omega 3’s like fish, fish oil etc. He has long recommended olive oil but now adds sesame oil as an oil that is a powerful antioxidant, a blocker of inflammation at the gut wall level and even has a protective effect against electromagnetic fields! Do some strength training or resistance work which increases the number of mitochondria in your cells.

Change the composition of the bugs in your gut and the signals they send your cells and mitochondria by eating more fiber (the term he uses to describe these substances that are made by the bacteria which then communicate with our bodies is post biotics).

Finally he again promotes the concept of time limited eating. Not grazing from sunup to sundown and beyond as most Americans do but limiting the time you consume food so the mitochondria are not overworked and have some downtime to rest and repair. I am not going to get into the details about his dietary recommendations, his suggested supplements and his list of medications and chemicals to avoid. That’s too much for one or two columns to give justice to.

This book is packed with details, loaded with references and pretty easy to read. If you want to change your energy level, lower your inflammation, and raise your overall health you want to read this book. Do yourself and your mitochondria a favor and read this book. You don’t have to get any special lab tests done to see results. You don’t have to read any testimonials. You will feel the results for yourself. This is called a N of 1 trial. You be the judge. Until next month...get well...stay well...

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bullet holes got there. But that’s part of the appeal of old cars – they do have stories to tell.”

The Nationals features several areas and events

by Nancy Roberts that people look forward to each year. One of them certainly is the Swap Meet, where car aficionados can find “rusty gold,” those rare parts that are hard to find, “The NAPA Auto Parts Syracuse Nationals presented by Meguiar’s but are what is needed to complete a build or repair.

Car Products and the Meguire Family of Dealerships” Another is the Car Corral, where cars for sale are “Other than music, nothing really hits people’s memory or nostalgia like cars.” showcased.

The more I thought about Rob O’Connor’s statement, the more it resonated. A song, And of course there or seeing a particular car from the past, can kindle a memory, or take you back to a are vendors with parts to particular era like nothing else, including times you weren’t yet around for! sell. “We like to say, if you Rob O’Connor is the president of Right Coast Inc, the events organization that each come with enough money year brings us the Syracuse Nationals, a now 21-year-old event that is, along with the State in your pockets, you can Rob O’Connor unveiling Memory Lane Fair, one of the most looked-forward to events in the area. But beyond that, the Nationals leave with everything draws people from as many as 40 states in any given year, including such distant ones you’ll need to build the car as California, Texas, Oklahoma and Idaho. In its very first year it hosted 4000 cars (that you want to build, from scratch,” Rob said. number is more like 9000+ today), and has grown to attract as many as 90,000 people.

“There are events within the event,” he added. “Like, there’s a whole area dedicated What’s the magic of the show? Rob might suggest that his father, who started the to “Rockabilly” – they have their own bands, stage, and awards. Or Women’s World, and event, has one answer: “Cars are a statement of people’s personalities; we have 9000 Memories on Main Street. And everyone looks forward to the fireworks on Saturday night.” cars and 9000 stories.”

New this year: Nitro Row, bringing nostalgia drag race cars, and a lot of “noise” to The For Americans in particular, cars symbolize all sorts of things: family, legacy, open Nationals. At set times, they’ll fire up these monsters so you can hear – and feel – the roads, travel, memories. Most of us have at least a few memories of a family car trip, our power. Also, enjoy remote control car drag races – cars look like muscle cars from 70s, first car, the windows open on a hot summer day, the “new car” smell, maybe even a but “drivers” are controlling the action from their remote. drive-in movie.

There are many awards, but one in particular Rob noted is the Winfield Award – The Nationals concentrates on older cars – this year, only cars from 1991 and earlier named for Gene Winfield, one of the original custom car builders, who started in late 40s are featured in the show. You might see cars as old as the early 1900s! But on Sunday, in a chicken coop in the Mohave Desert. People submit cars from all over the country; American “Muscle” cars from 1992 and later are on display – Camaros, Mustangs, Gene, now in his 90s, selects six to come to the nationals. Gene comes and inspects the Chargers, Corvettes, and more! cars, top, bottom, even getting down under the vehicle, and picks the winner. Besides Rob says the show was founded by his father, Bob O’Connor, who “was a car guy, bragging rights, the winner gets $10,000 and a custom trophy. all his life. He would go drag racing back in the 60’s with my uncle,” Rob adds, “and he Asked to name what makes the Nationals so popular and special, Rob said, “People. won a national championship in ‘65.” He put his drag racing on hold when his family The Nationals is a boost to the local economy – from restaurants and hotels, to bars and was young, and worked in shopping, Visit Syracuse estimates Syracuse Nationals is worth about $15 - 20 million a the printing room of the year to local business.”

Herald Journal, but his love “And my dad was very enthusiastic about giving back to the community. Over the of cars never diminished. years The Nationals has donated about $1.7 million to local organizations like Golisano, Nor did his entrepreneurial Vera House, SPCA, Food Bank, and Ronald McDonald House,” he adds. spirit, and Bob O’Connor As Bob O’Connor was a generous man and always had his non-profit and charitable partners on his priority list, adding the Alzheimer’s Association of Central New York as a partner after Bob’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s became a priority for Rob. With the introduction of the partnership in 2019 with the 20th anniversary show, The Syracuse Nationals also created a space inside the Expo Center, next to the Alzheimer’s Association: went on to start several businesses, Memory Lane, which displayed pictures, awards, news articles and memorabilia dedicated while indulging his passion for cars to the legacy Bob had created before his passing in December, 2019. with a 1932 woodie wagon he built “And it’s definitely about friendships and a shared love of cars,” Rob continued, reflecting over several years, eventually traveling on the event’s popularity. “ There are people who come each year, they have their ‘spot,’ and the country with it to attend car shows. they’ll meet there, just once a year – but because of this event they’re old friends.”

“Finally, he decided to bring a car show Go to sponsor NAPA for a discounted ticket, and the website syracusenationals.com to Syracuse,” said Rob. “ So, he started the show here in 2000, and drew 4000 cars, for all the information about registration, events, awards, vendors and times. which is kind of unheard of. After a few years of the Nationals, that was his focus. He When you see those classic cars rolling into town, you’ll definitely want to get out to started several other car shows up and down the east coast.” the Fairgrounds and enjoy some muscle, motors, and memories!

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Things Change:

Don’t Let Nostalgia Hold You Back This past weekend a situation occurred that was an important reminder for me about golf, and how games change. It brought up an interesting “tug of war” that still occurs between the game’s past and future, particularly on how to improve and shoot lower scores.

So I penned (well, typed) a little bit of a quick essay to explore these ideas further.

Why Are You Hitting Driver?

I was teeing off on the 10th hole at my home course, which is a 380-yard par-four. It’s not a particularly hard hole off the tee, so the driver is the correct strategic play, in my view. One of my playing partners suggested that since the other group member and I can hit our drivers so far (relative to him), there was no reason to use them. He thought it was a mistake and that we Open 67 should lay back because the hole has an unusual year Same O s green complex. wner Years ago, I probably would have agreed with him. Much of the popular “One of Syracuse’s Best Kept Secrets Since 1954” strategic wisdom was not to hit driver where you “don’t have to” and play for safety Italian Specialties off the tee as much as you could with a shorter club.

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It’s Always Been a Bad Game of Telephone

I’m sure many of you played some version of the game telephone in school as a kid. The teacher whispered a word or phrase into one student’s ear, and as it made its way around the circle, inevitably, it would change.

Golf is no different. Someone reads a swing tip in a magazine or watches a YouTube video now and dilutes the information to their buddies at the range.

Usually, it doesn’t end well. Golfers have always been caught in a loop of bad, incomplete, or misleading information.

I don’t think I have all the answers, but I’m confident a lot of the information I will give you will give you a better chance at improving. A lot of what I do is “deprogramming” many of the myths I was told as a junior golfer and that many of you have heard over the years.

Keep your head down, and swinging smoothly doesn’t do the trick!

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Nostalgia Can Be a Limiting Factor

“Golfers have always been caught in a loop of bad, incomplete, or misleading information.”

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There are certain fundamentals about the game that will never change. What I do think holds many players back is that they will stubbornly cling to older ideas just because “that’s the way I learned it.”

upon new, better research has been declared incorrect (or perhaps a half-truth). I try not to be stubborn and change my communication when it’s appropriate.

The difficult part about golf is that there is a lot of nostalgia. And there should be; it’s a wonderful game with a rich history. However, when looking at information on improvement, tons of things said in the past aren’t true.

For example, modern ball-flight laws have clarified the proper way to hit a fade or a draw. The way it used to be communicated to players was incorrect.

Still, plenty of golfers learned how to hit a draw or a fade with technically wrong advice. But someone like myself struggled for years trying to hit a fade because I had the wrong cue. Now I believe golfers have a much better chance at getting it right because we have a much clearer understanding of what makes the ball curve.

Additionally, phrases like “drive for show and putt for dough” have been updated with far more nuance and accuracy. But that doesn’t stop people from thinking the reason Jordan Spieth had his dominant stretch in 2015-2016 was all because his putter was so hot (he was arguably the best iron player in the world and seldom got himself into trouble with his driver).

But because the respect for the past is so strong in golf, I still see a lot of resistance to newer, updated ideas. I even hear it every weekend on golf broadcasts when former players still cling to many of the things they were told when they first took up the game decades ago.

Many people frown upon a green-reading system like Aimpoint when they first hear about the concept (I did too). I still hear it referred to as if it’s voodoo magic. But if they took the time to learn it, they would know it’s straightforward to understand and based on logical science. That’s not to say using a modern method like Aimpoint to read the greens is the only way to do it now; it’s just another tool that can help players.

To be clear, I’m not declaring that all old information is bad. I still think Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, golf books ever written.

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To me, golf is a bit of a beautiful mystery. I love learning more about the game and how to get better.

But at the same time, I don’t want to overload myself with too many ideas. So I try to filter things when appropriate and keep it as simple as I can.

So when I tell players to play the back yardage and aim at the center of the green on most holes, that advice is rooted in me pouring over tons of data from multiple sources. But it’s hard to convince people not to aim at pins and try to make birdies because that’s always how people assumed they would lower their handicap.

I guess my overall plea in this article is not to cling too hard to the past, especially when there is clear evidence that there is a newer, better way to do something in this game. That’s how progress works.

At the same time, I don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are still tons of valuable lessons to be passed down generationally in golf. I guess the hard part is discerning between the two.

My goal is always to keep digging out there and do my best to steer you all in the right direction.

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Sports Take

by Mike Lindsley

Thank You, John Desko.

Gary Gait will build a powerhouse staff at Syracuse and the Orange’s future is bright. We are all excited for SU men’s lacrosse to get back to the Final Four regularly and win a title, something the team hasn’t done since 2009.

But this column isn’t about that. It’s instead for the guy who retired, John Desko.

Perhaps people don’t give Desko his due because he hadn’t won a title since 2009. But that’s a bad approach.

You see, the truth is, no one was better suited to coach Syracuse men’s lacrosse. Desko, an assistant for nearly two decades, took over

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John Desko for Roy Simmons Jr. in 1999. He became the first person outside of the Simmons family to coach the team since 1931. You want pressure? Following up the biggest last name in school history, plus the expectations that come with the program to begin with and having already won titles as an assistant coach which just makes the bullseye bigger.

But Desko knew pressure. And he thrived. Remember, this is a lifelong Central New Yorker who goes back decades in the game and played his high school lacrosse at West Genesee, for the longest time the Syracuse of lacrosse at that level where “state champions” was printed so many times on banners they ran out of ink. He then played lacrosse at Syracuse, fully knowing the pressure bubble having grown-up in the area. He started out at midfield, switched to defense, earned All-America honors and led the team to the program’s first ever NCAA berth with a 10-5 mark. Pressure?

No problem for the eventual National Lacrosse Hall of Famer (2020).

What followed after Desko took the head job is perhaps an unmatched coaching resume in the history of the sport. 258-86, good for a .750 winning percentage. 5 NCAA titles. 9 Final Four appearances and 7 NCAA Finals appearances in his first 11 years as head coach. 2010-2013 also provided 4 Big East Championships in a row. Want

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Desko has been on the hot seat as the passionate fan base has grown restless without a title in oh so long. He handled it with class and grace and humility and patience.

Gary Gait is the Michael Jordan of lacrosse. He connects generations and lacrosse families and everywhere he has gone, he has won. He will no doubt have Syracuse men’s lacrosse rolling very soon with an eye on the big prize. He will build a monster coaching staff (the legendary Dave Pietramala has already been added as defensive coordinator as of this writing) and grab recruits quickly (Pietramala’s twin sons, Dom and Nick, verbally committed to North Carolina last fall and just completed their junior years at Boys’ Latin, but could they switch to the Orange, one of the four finalists for Dom during the recruiting process?).

But while we buckle-up for the future and get excited for the Gary Gait Era, take a minute and appreciate the glory and success and winning and titles and respect for the game and people the head coach before Gait gave us.

Thank you, John Desko.

more? Try making the transition from the Big East to the ACC. That schedule is brutal every week. All Desko did early in the transition was win 2 ACC Tournaments in 2015 and 2016. 2018 was a conference regular season title for the Orange. Desko has won 4 ACC Coach of the Year awards, in fact all of them in a row from 2015-18. One final number. How is 34-15 in tournament play?

Desko also goes beyond CNY. He is well-respected in the sport by everyone, in the United States and globally. At one point, he was the head coach of Team USA, and led the squad to a silver medal in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Talk about legacy. Talk about impact. Talk about growing the game in the United States of America and internationally.

You know who else has 5 NCAA titles in another sport?

Mike Krzyzewski, who says this coming year is his last as Duke head men’s basketball coach.

All he gets is praise for winning that many championships in about four decades of coaching. He has adapted to the times and the game and the one-and-done and the transfer rules changing and on and on it goes. Is the praise deserved?

Absolutely. But look at John Desko. He did the exact same thing as head coach of Orange men’s lacrosse and won the same amount of titles in half the amount of years. Oh, and 6 NCAA crowns as an assistant, a position where he was a major part of the program each and every year.

Above all this, John Desko is one of the nicest people I have ever covered in sports. He is always respectful, answers every question and appreciates what the sport has given him 4 Big East Championships in a row as well. For the last several years,

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“Opening in 1934, Eddie’s, with their tradition of family hospitality, has truly stood the test of time.”

Eddie’s Summer is here, restrictions are dropped, and it’s time to celebrate! The best way to live your best life this summer is to make sure you take a trip to Eddie’s in Sylvan Beach! Opening in 1934, Eddie’s, with their tradition of family hospitality, has truly stood the test of time. What is Eddie’s recipe for success? The answer is simple, take one part idyllic location, one part dedication, and one part amazing food, mix together and serve with a smile! Eddie’s is located on the Eastern shores of beautiful Oneida Lake right in Sylvan Beach.

The restaurant is just a short scenic drive along the lake from Syracuse.

Eddie’s restaurant is located at 901 Main Street, Sylvan Beach and they are open for dine in and take out seven days a week Sunday through Thursday from noon to 8:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. For takeout orders and reservations give them a call at 315-762-4269.

Generations of Central New Yorkers would agree that it’s just not summer without a trip to Eddie’s Restaurant in Sylvan Beach. Eddie’s Restaurant started with a hot dog stand and a dream as the country was finding its way out of the Great Depression.

Since its inception, Eddie’s Restaurant has been continuously run by the Stewart Family through good times and bad, including successfully navigating a global pandemic!

Eddie’s has also been visited by celebrities over the last nearly century including Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, The Ink Spots, Liza Minelli and even George Foreman! For nearly a century Eddie’s has been happily serving scrumptious food to everyone from beach bums to celebrities!

Whether you are at Eddie’s for breakfast (served all day!), lunch, dinner, or even dessert there is certainly something on the menu for everyone! One of my favorite things about the menu is that it incorporates nostalgic

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doing a disservice to you all if I failed to mention the most famous item on Eddie’s menu, and an absolute must order, The Original Hot Ham BBQ sandwich! The legend of the “Original Hot Ham” BBQ Sandwich is that on one busy summer day in 1946, Eddie Sr. the founder of Eddie’s, ran out of hot dogs! As the tourists grew hungry Eddie decided to make a sandwich that he only made for his family, a toasted seeded roll piled high with capicola ham! The tourists fell in love and the famous spicy sandwich was born!

Kyle and I were super excited to take Magnolia to her very first trip to Eddie’s on a warm and sunny June evening. It was a Friday night and you could tell that summer was finally here! We were happy that we had a reservation because there was a bit of a line to get seated. We were quickly seated at our cozy booth and eagerly looked over the menu while our amazing server Amber told us about the specials. Amber was not only super friendly but also very knowledgeable and happy to make recommendations and answer any question. For starters we first decided on the Zip Zap Shrimp, a generous serving of beer battered shrimp tossed in a spicy, creamy sauce and served on a bed of spring mix. This dish was the perfect amount of spicy and totally mouthwatering! We also decided to try a newer menu item (which is a combination of longtime favorites), Meatballs With Ricotta Cheese, this sharable dish is made up of three of Eddie’s Famous hand rolled Meatballs served on ricotta cheese and smothered with their Famous Meat Sauce and topped with fresh basil! Each bite of this dish was absolute perfection on a fork! Magnolia, a meatball connoisseur at only 10 months old totally approved of these scrumptious meatballs! While we waited for our entrees I enjoyed a super fresh salad topped with crumbly bleu while Kyle had a cup of the homemade chicken pastina. It’s worth noting that all of Eddie’s soups are made fresh in-house daily and the salads use

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As I mentioned before no meal at Eddie’s is complete without a slice of heaven, and by that I mean Banana Cream Pie! I ordered the Banana Cream Pie Broiled Seafood Platter but ended up taking it to go when Kyle’s dessert came to the table! Kyle again took Amber’s suggestion and ordered the Peanut Butter Passion Specialty Grande Sundae. This dessert was LOADED with toppings and is an absolute dream for any peanut butter lover. The best part is that there was plenty for all of us to share!

Also, they have a new Delmonico Steak soft serve ice cream machine with tons of new flavors! The milkshakes are also amazing. Whatever you do, don’t skip dessert!

After a long year and a cold winter it is time to enjoy this beautiful summer, and I can’t think of a better way than a meal at Eddie’s!

For more information, menus, and events be sure to check out Eddie’s on Facebook and on their website at https:// www.eddies1934.com/.

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My Mind To Yours

by debra Merryweather

Seats at the Table Recently, I enjoyed dinner at a west side restaurant with a dining group. One young man wore an enneagram pendant about which I wanted to ask but didn’t. Another diner commented on my regional pronunciation of the word roof while, at my end of the table, another young woman identified herself as a kindergarten teacher which prompted a diner, from my generation, to say that she’d started school in the first grade and always felt she missed something. I spoke up about my having started kindergarten when I was four and my walking alone the half mile to my school. The kindergarten teacher expressed surprise so I explained that, back then, my school enrolled children who would reach the age of five by November and we didn’t have school buses. The woman who missed kindergarten interjected that the streets weren’t always safe for

“Our bodies and minds are one.

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children. I agreed. The kindergarten teacher said we’d provided perspective.

Demographically diverse social gatherings do provide opportunities to share different perspectives.

Today I believe I was too young to start kindergarten. I’d been told back then that I’d have to catch up to my older classmates, some of whom had older siblings to help them. I started off struggling to tie my shoes in a parochial school culture where, just over a The Enneagram year later, I and my fellow first graders, most of whom had reached the Church’s official age of moral reason: seven, made our First Confessions and our First Communions. I was six.

The student in me still wants a gold star for geography so, back home after dinner, I utilized Google Earth to measure the distance between my childhood home and my school: 4/10 of a mile; one half mile would take me into I690, a highway which didn’t exist when I measured my travels in city blocks while I, myself, was being measured with letter grades and competitive standardized test percentiles that probably didn’t reflect age or other individual differences, just as, I suspect, Google Earth probably doesn’t

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Back to the dinner: I noticed my fellow diner’s enneagram pendant because I’ve studied “The Enneagram.” Enneagram derives from the Greek term for nine and refers to a system involving nine personality types and Wuhan Institute of Virology their associated vices, virtues, weaknesses, and strengths. I heard about “The Enneagram” in the 1980’s from a man I met in a 12 Step codependency support group. Discussing outside topics was forbidden in support group meetings so, after meetings, often over dinner, some of us shared our personal self-help reading and experiences.

I was, as of then, still unaware that a traumatic Lime Disease bacteria brain injury from childhood had drastically altered my memory and potential.

Not remembering one’s lived experience is like trying to manage a corporation whose hierarchy develops strategies over dinner in clubs you’re not allowed to join.

Things are getting better.

“In our interconnected living ecosystem defined by space and time, experts have conducted experiments with neither the test subjects’ nor the people’s informed consent.

I suppose there have been unpublicized glitches.”

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We can go out for group dining adventures.

I’ve gotten the COVID vaccine. I’ve worn masks and haven’t gotten any colds. And I believe it’s possible that the SarsCov-2 virus may have both been developed in and escaped from a testing lab in Wuhan, China because I have read about how Lyme Disease was first discovered and named in Lyme, Connecticut which is just across the water from the US government’s Animal Disease Center on Plum Island, NY. I’ve seen Lyme Disease concentration maps. In our interconnected living ecosystem defined by space and time, experts have conducted experiments with neither the test subjects’ nor the people’s informed consent. I suppose there have been unpublicized glitches.

PBS’s June 15 episode of “American Experience: The Polio Crusade” describes how one bad batch of vaccine gave people polio. Polio was much discussed during my early childhood and “The Polio Crusade” provides context about how vaccines are developed.

Dr. Albert Sabin, who developed the oral vaccine, disagreed with Dr. Jonas Salk about

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how quickly to roll out testing of Salk’s dead virus inoculation.

Dr. Salk first tested his vaccine on monkeys; then, in 1952, he tested the vaccine on 43 children in the D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children.

Later, Salk acquired test subjects from orphanages, and, from homes for the “feeble-minded.” When those results were in, Dr. Salk inoculated himself and his family.

When I attended grade school, angry, frustrated, or mean teachers often spit the words “feebleminded,” “moron,” and “idiot” at Dr. Salk testing the polio vaccine in 1952 children who might be fidgety, dyslexic, timid, inattentive, or tired, and, of course, this is not to suggest that there is some category of disability that renders anyone suitable for experimentation without their fully informed consent. I understand why not everyone wants the COVID vaccine. My reading suggests medical and scientific experimentation has long been carried out on demographically diverse groups of soldiers, students, and institutionalized persons who believed they were assisting in some supposed common good. We might all benefit from reading medical history, popular science publications, and literature describing human physiology. Our bodies and minds are one. We should know how we function. Many of us don’t.

I really enjoyed the group dinner; the food was great; and different people shared lots of interesting personal perspectives. The event felt normal.

Normal is a relative term so I hope the new normal will be normally healthy and friendly.

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Word on the Street

by Bill McClellan

Filibuster/Democracy The opportunity to repair democracy itself, voting rights, civil rights, gay rights, the right to choose, favor for favor, infrastructure, American integrity and much more are all on the line. This is why: To begin, Mitch McConnell and this Republican mess will give you nothing. To get around them the filibuster must go.

And it is 100% the right thing to do. The filibuster has a disgusting racist history. Today, the filibuster serves as the single blockage to repairing long deteriorating democracy. And time is short and fleeting.

The first filibuster occurred in 1837 for the purpose of having an avenue to sidestep the founders. (changing a 50–50 vote to a 60–40 vote when deemed convenient.) It quickly became a major tool in the Jim Crown era, used by southern senators who sought to block civil rights legislation including successfully blocking anti-lynching laws. It wasn’t until 1964 that the Senate finally overcame a filibuster to pass a major civil rights bill. The filibuster was created by mistake and has rarely been used for good. Its only mission is to circumvent democratic process. It really needs to go.

Arguments against this are “garbage” supported by those whose campaigns benefit from laws such as voting rights that will be protected if fairness prevailed. I don’t expect

you to simply take this for granted. Please refer to: A short history of the filibuster: Rarely a tool for good https://www.salon.com › ... › Matthew Rozsa’s Articles You will find that the filibuster was the first anti-American step away from our constitution and it prevailed because of racism and the very limited integrity of the senate. It needs to go. Restore honest democracy. Then govern well. If you lose the next election, go to the people for support. Let them decide.

If Democrats use their heads which remarkably few do, and research the mostly likely path of legislation without a filibuster, they will find out they will be far ahead in any scenario. Just look at history. It has all the proof. Yet lies worthless if decision makers don’t care enough to learn and research and want the American way.

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This is an example of the acceptance of McConnell’s level of disdain for any measure in his way. It clearly shows the democratic weakness that allowed McCain/ Feingold to die as a lead catalyst to remove money from politics. This is a brief example of why evil is winning in America. Mitch McConnell threatened a scorched earth Republican Senate if Democrats ended the filibuster. In his words Mitch McConnell “Republicans would use every rule and option at their disposal to halt the chamber, making the Senate like a 100-car pileup, nothing moving. Of course, he neglected to say that what he means is the Senate would be exactly what it is already.

He is a 100% scorched earth leader. Now, four words Dems need to learn from are: “And-He-Does-It.” If Chuck Schumer used McConnell’s playbook McConnell’s threats would be useless.

One year before the end of Obama’s term Justice Scalia passed away. Mitch McConnel said: “this vacancy should not be filled by this lame duck President – The American people should have a voice in this process” (in the election a year down the road) A year later we got Justice Gorsuch. McConnell won. Fast forward two years: Justice Ginsburg passes away and Trump selects Justice Barrett to be appointed to the bench. Just a few months before the election.

McConnell refused to wait less than two months to the election. Just “hours” after Justice Ginsburg passed away McConnell (with cruel timing so typical of his element) said “President Trump’s nominee to replace her will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.” This blatant lie and contradiction makes the Senate’s lack of integrity glare. This simply reflects with great clarity that McConnell is a scorched earth leader at all times. The double standard was blinding. And even further re-enforced the Supreme Court for him. The American people whose voice was removed from who serves on the Court and due process be dammed.

There was a crucial time that took place and was wasted under Obama. It exists again, now, again, for Democrats. It is a brief window when power is yours before the midterms likely will take it away. If you don’t exercise it, this advantage may not be yours again for a long time. The people’s voice, the Supreme Court, trillions to the country’s wealthiest, no infrastructure, cruel immigration policy, failing Democracy and nothing but token appeasement for the people will become only starters for a Republican party willing to violate any rule to serve their corrupt self-serving agenda. Mitch McConnell is

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a hypocrite of the highest order and a grave tragic opponent of American design. That being a noble design that lost sight of its founding.

To listen to this man and refrain from the filibuster and passing all legislation quickly, exercising the nuclear option and virtually every option may again be the great folly. You do not give evil comfort as it tortures your soul. You must be braver and bolder than evil to beat it. If they win and are smart, they will remove the filibuster while they are in power. Then they can freely finish the job of destroying voting fairness and what is left of America.

We lost the entire Supreme Court due to this folly. We will lose everything, including the will of our Founders if we do not correct our course. The best of us did not perpetuate the filibuster. Lowness, immorality, and racists did. The founders did not design a 60/40 Chuck Schmer Senate, racists did.

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incorrectly often enough that we “remember” it in its incorrect form. Is it “Looney Toons” or “Looney Tunes?”

And of course, there’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, often “remembered” as being titled “1984,” in which there is a thing called the “memory hole,” into which are dropped memories, or information, no longer deemed appropriate. All traces of it are removed, rewritten, and replaced. by Nancy Roberts

by Nancy Roberts These days, we have “Photoshop,” and now the equivalent in video form, which alters an image so successfully that we might not notice it’s not real. We can’t believe our eyes any more, or at least we have to be suspicious.

But even my sagacious teachers were only doing the best they could in sending us to look for material created in the period, because in many cases, art and music is created to inspire, not to reflect, and our inferences can only be partial. My mom used to rely on the phrase, “Was you there, Charlie?” as a way of saying, unless you lived through

by Mary Grabar something, you can’t really know it, or recall it. Yet the most honest among us will admit that our memories are There is a line in the colored by our emotional film Sophie’s Choice, and no state, circumstances, age, doubt some similar reference in and point of view. Have you the book as well, that stayed with ever read your diaries from me long after the movie: “Ah, the when you were, say, 15? truth, the truth, ah, the truth, Enough said.

I don’t even know what is the I approached Mary truth, after all the lies I have told.” Grabar’s book about For purposes of reviewing this Howard Zinn, and his book, I’d change that to “...after “A People’s History of all the lies I have been told,” and the United States” with there you’d have it when it comes great interest. The world to history. of information today, Not that I am suggesting that all history is a lie, nor even that if it was a “lie” it was with more available in an intentional. As at least a couple of my high school history teachers taught me: go to instant, yet less reliability original sources, look at the art, listen to the than perhaps ever before, music, examine the public buildings and is confounding. When I homes, and you will learn more about what was young and interested people thought, and did, than many (if not in medicine, I’d spend an most) recountings of history. Because, as we afternoon in the medical know, history is written by the victors. library simply reading up Of course that famous quote’s origin is also on a topic. It was time in dispute; some have suggested it belongs consuming, and I had to to Winston Churchill, and others argue no, it have a medical dictionary Madela Effect was Hermann Göring, and in fact, I don’t know, with me at all times to though I’ve certainly quoted it often enough. define the terms. But And perhaps that’s the point – Churchill’s team I was reasonably sure won WWII, so to him belongs a clever quote, though it may have been his enemy who when I finished that I’d originated something similar. at least gotten the latest You’ve heard of the Mandela Effect, correct? It’s a “memory” you have of some popular information on a very image, phrase, or idea that simply isn’t real. A story, usually popular culture, is repeated specific subject, in a fairly unbiased fashion. After all, nobody gained relevance because a textbook got WELCOME a “click” by being pulled down from the shelf.

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Columbus comes to mind: do we remember the man who bravely navigated towards what he thought would be China and India to create a sea route to those profitable trade centers (there was certainly no thought of going to war with either well-armed kingdom), and successfully landed in the New World, opening it to settlement (and conquest)? Or do we see him as Zinn portrays him, a cruel, barbarous rapist and murderer, bent upon stealing gold and destroying an innocent but sophisticated culture of kindly indigenous people?

Grabar argues that Zinn glosses over, or never mentions, the less savory aspects of the many native cultures (which differed considerably from north to south, east to west – Columbus himself being ignorant of the vast expanse of North America and the many different people living there), and portrays those living here as a sort of ideal: communal, at one with nature, woman-powered, and friendly to a fault.

While acknowledging their power, he doesn’t dwell on the bloodier aspects of Aztec culture, or spend a lot of time on inter-tribal warfare, slave-taking, or brutality.

Where slavery is concerned, Zinn is convinced that slavery was an accepted part of America’s founding – that it was not just an accident of timing, but that America set out to be a slave-driven economy in a way unique in all of history. Grabar argues that slavery pre-existed the “discovery” of the Americas, and that complicit in it were not only the Arab slavers (who also captured slaves up and down the coasts of Europe and the British Isles, and well into the Caucasus) but the African tribes themselves, who either took slaves as prizes of war, or captured them for trade. This argument has been much discussed with the launch of the “1619 Project” and its advance into school curricula – what might have happened had the ancient institution of slavery not reached the shores of North America?

Are you feeling angry yet?

I was more confused than angry, both when I read Zinn’s book, and reading Grabar’s.

And the reason is what ended up making me feel a measure of frustrated, if not angry: how do I know where the truth is? The sections in which Grabar deals with especially

“Grabar argues that Zinn glosses over, or never mentions, the less savory aspects of the many native cultures, and portrays those living here as a sort of ideal: communal, at one with nature, woman-powered, and friendly to a fault.”

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World War II (in which Zinn fought, and dropped bombs – making him feel, no doubt, a heavy burden of guilt when he discovered that some of his missions may very well have killed civilians) were particularly difficult reading, as this war has always seemed to me to have many unanswered questions. The same holds true for Capitalism vs. Socialism – these days the terms are difficult to define without immediately descending into a disagreement about which is a “better” system for human growth and happiness, and that neither system has lived is its “true embodiment.”

There are huge questions occupying more and more of American discourse these days: what do we teach kids about history? How can you talk to a seven year old about checking sources and consulting multiple original documents when the kid is really more interested in bikes, super heroes, and what kind of yucky food people ate 500 years ago? Are heroes (other than super) even appropriate to childhood – should they be eliminated from our culture completely, as, after all, even the best of them were just people, warts and all (as Cromwell, no saint he, is reported to have told his portraitist to depict him)?

Certainly, by the time a young person has reached high school, history can be shared with a more “warts and all” approach, reminding the student all the while what was common at the time as a way of evaluating actions at the time. And, no doubt, that’s the lesson of reading both “A People’s History” and “Debunking.” Very likely neither scholar has it absolutely right, nor definitely wrong – but exposing our thinking to both sets of ideas is the best we can do when addressing events of the past. We weren’t there, Charlie. So we read history widely, and with “healthy skepticism.”

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you increase the work load (the reps, weight and less time between sets), you increase the intensity. It’s as simple as that. In regards to aerobic exercise (I’ll use running as an example), sprinting on a treadmill is obviously far more intense than jogging. Doing as much as possible, as close to the maximum exertion you can put out, is intense.

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More Exercise Isn’t Always Better It’s probably not news to you that Americans just don’t exercise enough. In fact, less than half of us meet the recommended amount of weekly physical activity. Did you know that in some cases exercise can be just as effective as drugs to treat chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, arthritis and much more? So why don’t we prescribe exercise in specific doses, like we would a drug?

In order to do that, we need to know exactly how much activity produces how much benefit, whether there’s an upper limit, and at which point the helpful effects either start waning or begin to do more harm than good.

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In most cases, intensity can be described as one’s perceived effort, but when it comes to lifting weights in the gym, intensity refers to the amount of weight lifted. When

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“The harder you push yourself, the more oxygen you require and the more calories you will burn.”

Short Bursts of Exercise Are Better Than Exercising Non-stop

This should be good news for those of you who think there isn’t enough time in your day to start an exercise program.

Believe it or not, exercise, like any other prescription, could be dangerous in excessive amounts. Studies have shown that individuals who have had a heart attack and ran more than thirty miles a week or spent more than six hours engaging in vigorous activity weekly were at an increased risk by up to twofold of dying from a cardiac event.

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exercise can influence factors that affect our health.

Is More Really Better?

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So, if you work out harder in the gym will you get quicker results? Is working out for three hours better than just one?

Many of us want to take the easiest road to our destination, don’t we? We want to put in the least amount of effort and have that show stopping physique.

However, working out longer or harder won’t necessarily get you results faster!

Spending hours going through the motions of simply being at the gym without truly putting in the effort definitely won’t put you on the fast track to success, especially when you’re not making any progress. To many, ignorance is bliss. If your workouts haven’t produced any real results for weeks, months or years, why would you think they are going to start working now?

To get the best results, you should change up parts of your workout every three to four weeks depending on your experience level and the time of year. Remember to master your form for several weeks first and then change up the loading scheme more frequently.

By mixing up your activities, you give those overused muscles, joints, and ligaments a chance to rest and recover before putting them into action again. If you do get injured, performing a different activity that doesn’t strain the same part of the body will allow you to stay in shape and heal at the same time.

Effort Makes a Difference

Your workout is only as good as the effort you put into it and hard work comes in all levels of fitness. Hard work for you may be easy for me and much of it depends on the fuel you have in the tank, and the physical shape you are in.

Try not to pay too much attention to what everyone else is doing at the gym. Instead, focus on you and your goals! Everything else is less important.

Keep a Workout Journal

Have a plan before you hit the gym. Don’t hum and haw about what you’re going to do when you get there. Use a fitness app or keep a workout journal with you while you work out so you can write down everything you do (sets, reps and exercises). Keeping track of your workouts will allow you to use your time in the gym most efficiently.

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It’s All About Mindset

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The secret to living an active life is making fitness a habit. You don’t have to spend hours in the gym working out to see results. More isn’t always better and the consequences of skipping a workout are much greater than the effort that it takes to show up and turn your life around. Good luck to you.

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Luca In the Oscar winning SOUL, Pixar proved, yet again, why they are one of the premiere studios working in film today. The profoundly introspective, thoughtful tale was a beautiful and hilarious take on what it means to be alive. It illustrated that even though we are talking about an animated production, it can

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Luca (Jacob Tremblay) is a young sea monster who spends his days corralling fish. His existence is defined by safety measures, with his parents (Maya Rudolph and Jim

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Gaffigan) constantly warning him of the perils of being spotted by humans. Despite these precautions, when he discovers a trove of exotic items that have fallen off of a boat, he is instantly intrigued. When a fellow monster, Alberto (Jacky Dylan Grazer,) begins collecting the treasures, including one that Luca had claimed GRADE: Afor his own, he follows the boy towards the surface. Before he realizes it, he’s being yanked ashore. Once out of the water, he transforms into a human.

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CS: Characterize the mission and

by Chuck Schiele sound of the group. What are we going to see and hear when you come to Syracuse?

RIPE: Every show still carries the catharsis of “I can’t believe we’re back here,” and that’s been coming out on our end as a spirit of revelry.

Everyone’s energy is certainly as high as it’s ever been right now.

CS: How does it feel to be touring after the Covid-era pause?

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RIPE: Good. Very Good. Honestly Fresh outta Boston, these seven musical soulmates – Robbie Wulfsohn on vocals, Tory Great. Overstimulating but exciting.

Geismar on guitar, Jon Becker on guitar, Sampson Hellerman on drums, Josh Shpak on It was a long pause. It is lovely to be trumpet, Calvin Barthel on trombone and Nadav Shapira on bass – will soon be touring back. through the Central New York area. You can catch this new exciting act on July 31, 8pm CS: What do you like to write about? at the Yard Amphitheater in Bouckville, NY. RIPE: There’s no one good The members of the group met while attending the Berklee School of Music in answer, but specifically I have Boston. The group is a rising, instant hit in Boston, noted for mix-and-matching elements recently enjoyed writing about the of funk, rock, R&B, jazz and pop through unlikely melodic choices and improvisation. relationship between my anxiety and With an unstoppable groove, the group thrives on and is all about energy, citing that Mark Wahlberg, and an acquaintance their collective energy is an incredibly robust one. They took a few minutes from shaking who was disappointed by a pop-up things up as a premiere dance band to talk with us here at Table Hopping.

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Chuck Schiele: Tell us what brought Ripe to fruition.

CS: Tell us about the band and the RIPE: Depending on how you choose to look at it, maybe Berklee, maybe an people in it. underlying friendship that stands alongside and in collaboration with the music making,

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RIPE: We are Boston transplants who met at Berklee, started making noise in Boston basements and continued to make more and more noise from there. Sampson has a puppy who is a precious angel. Nadav spent an entire tour making hummus for us from scratch, Calvin brews his own beer and loves the Oakland Athletics. Jon is the most expert tennis player in our organization, and Robbie types out the interview questions and prefers to otherwise remain mysterious.

CS: What would be your advice to someone aspiring to be a musician?

RIPE: There is no one thing that is most important, but it has continued to surprise us how much it comes down to mutual love and respect between The seven musical soulmates of Ripe everyone on our team. The family metaphor feels kind of overused, but keeps feeling true in deeper and deeper ways as this story continues for us.

CS: Please share with us a funny tale from the stage-road-studio. You know... like the night aliens came down and accidentally knocked your toddy off yer amp, whatever.... something fun, funny, yet tellable. if y;got it.

“Ripe, noted for mix-and-matching elements of funk, rock, R&B, jazz and pop through unlikely melodic choices and improvisation.”

and just the sight of glowing trails of little living things being left behind our every movement at like 2:30 am in the ocean.

CS: What do you look forward to most on this tour?

RIPE: The shows. Without a doubt.

CS: How do we all stay in touch with Ripe?

RIPE: Ripetheband.com, ripelove on Instagram, ripe_love on Twitter, and anywhere y’all listen to music.

CS: Thanks, so much for dropping by, guys. Have a great show and have a great tour.

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PRIMUS A Tribute To Kings • 6:30pm

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, Lafayette

Soul Injection • 7-11pm

July 2

July 6

Western Ranch, Syracuse

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Mike MacDonald

Mark AMacri • 6-9pm

Crazy Neighbors Hannibal American Legion, Hannibal

July 9

Vote for Pete • 6-8pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 9-11

Tedeschi Trucks • Time TBA Apple Valley Park, LaFayette

July 10

Gary Dunes & The Del Tunes • 7-11pm

July 2

July 7

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

Epicuse, Syracuse

Old Crow Medicine Show • 7pm

The Cobble Rockers • 6-8pm

Mark Zane • 5:30-7:30pm

July 11

July 2

July 7

Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, Lafayette

Sandbar Grill, Bernhards Bay

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

KennaDee

Dirtroad Ruckus • 7-10pm

Gary Johnson • 6-9pm

July 11

July 2

July 8

Sandbar Grill, Bernards Bay

Del Lago Resort & Casino, Waterloo

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

The Billy Joel Experience • 2-6pm

Trace Adkins • 8 pm

July 2

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm

Ronnie Spencer Band • 7-11pm

July 11

July 8

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Skarkey’s Bar & Grill, Liverpool

Justin Smithson • 6-9pm

The Barndogs • 6-9:30pm

July 12

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

July 8

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 2

Pasta’s on the Green, Baldwinsville

Tom Gilbo & The Blue Suedes • 6-8pm

Hot House Brewing at Barone Gardens, Cicero

Luke Bryan & Caylee Hammack • 7pm

Mark Zane • 6-8:30pm

July 3

Grupo Pagan • 7-11pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 3

Dirtroad Ruckus • 3-7pm

Frank & Esce • 6pm

July 8

July 12

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 13

St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse

Matt Migliore • 6-9pm

July 8-10

July 14

Close to YouThe Music of the Carpenters

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Steve Quenneville & Dave Liddy • 6-9pm

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 3

July 9

July 14

Syracuse Opera Musical Drama WCNY Premiere

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 4

Mike MacDonald

Colloca Estate Winery, Sterling

No Cowards in Our Band • 8:30pm Showtime • 7-11pm

Beadle Brothers • 2-6pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 9

Western Ranch, Syracuse

July 9

Fitz & The Tantrums • 7pm Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, Lafayette

A Night of Music & a Movie • 6pm Perform 4 Purpose All Stars, 6-7pm Continuum, 7-8pm Generation Gap REUNION, 8-9pm Midnight Run (R) Movie, 9pm Finger Lakes Drive-In, Auburn

Mike MacDonald

KennaDee

The Shylocks • 6pm

Mark Zane • 6-9pm 110 Grill in Destiny USA, Syracuse

July 16

East Shore All Stars • 7-10pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 16

Cobble Rockers Western Ranch, Syracuse

July 16

Rock Shadows Band • 6-8pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 16

KennaDee

Irv Lyons • 6-9pm

The Monterays • 6-8pm

Mark Hoffmann & The Hoffmann Family Band • 7pm Johnson Park, Liverpool

July 20

Anthony LaBarbera • 6-9pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 20

Mike MacDonald Western Ranch, Syracuse

July 21

Grit & Grace Duo • 6-9pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm

July 22

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

Pasta’s on the Green, Baldwinsville

July 16

Living On A Bad Name, Bon Jovi Tribute • 6-9:30pm

Rock Doll Colloca Winery, Sterling

July 17

Playin’ Again • 6-10pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 17

Cobble Rockers Western Ranch, Syracuse

July 17

Dave Hawthorn • 6pm

July 22

Skarkey’s Bar & Grill, Liverpool

July 23

Beadle Brothers Unplugged • 7-11pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 23

Midnight Mike Blues Band Western Ranch, Syracuse

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Trio • 3-6pm

July 23

Anyelas Vineyards, Skaneateles

The Elms, Sandy Creek

July 17

Off the Reservation Trio • 6pm Pasta’s on the Green, Baldwinsville

July 17

13 Curves Brings the Party to Oswego! • 6-9pm St. Mary’s Church, Oswego

FullSail • 5:30pm

July 23

Two Feet Short • 6-8pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 23

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

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July 23

Crazy Neighbors JP’s Tavern, Baldwinsville

July 23

KennaDee Dominick’s Sports Tavern, Scriba

July 24

The Fabulous Ripcords • 6-10pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

August 16

August 17-22

August 2

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

MBT Bank Stadium, Syacuse

The Ripcords with the Boneyard Horns • 7pm

August 18

August 24-29

Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton

Johnson Park, Liverpool

St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse

Buffalo vs.

Syracuse Mets • 6:35pm MBT Bank Stadium, Syacuse

The Golden Goose • 11am-12pm

The Cobble Rockers • 6-8pm

The Terry & Joe Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1 Acoustic Show • 5:30-7:30pm

August 5

Chris Taylor Band • 6pm

Dave Matthews Band • 7:30pm

August 20

Jim & Friends • 5:30-7:30p

The Adam Lee Decker Trio • 2pm, 7:30pm

August 6

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

Apple Valley Park, LaFayette

July 24

August 6

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm

Freedom Festival

Iliza Shlesinger • Time TBA

Grand Funk Railroad • 8pm

Hannibal American Legion, Hannibal

Del Lago Resort & Casino

July 25

August 6

Showtime • 2-6pm

Flat Face & The Shempdells • 6-8pm

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 26

August 6

Howie Bartolo • 6-9pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 26

The Strangers • 6-8pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 26

Loren Barrigar & Son • 7pm Johnson Park, Liverpool

Pirate Schmirate!

August 7

Modest Mouse • 7pm Ommegang, Cooperstown

August 7

July 28

August 8

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Pleasant Beach Hotel, Fair Haven

FullSail • 11:30am

July 29 & 30

August 9

Apple Valley Park, LaFayette

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

Rhythm in Shoes • 6-8pm

July 29

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Johnson Park, Liverpool

Mark Doyle & The Maniacs • 7pm

July 30

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Pasta’s on the Green, Baldwinsville

Off the Reservation • 6pm

July 30 Western Ranch, Syracuse

Chevy Court, NYS Fairgrounds, Syracuse

Nas • 8pm

July 30

August 13

Rusty Roof, Williamstown

Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

July 30

July 15-23

The Honky Tonk Angels Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

July 16 & 17

Stories in the Park The Wizard of Oz Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

July 28-31

The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)

August 4-September 1 Footloose

August 5-13

Goin’ to the Chapel Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

August 12

KennaDee

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

Merry-Go-Round Theatre, Auburn

August 12

Freeway

July 8-11

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

August 9

Easy Money Band • 7-11pm

June 30-July 28

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

Corrado’s Bar at Riverforest, Weedsport

Irv Lyons Jr. & The Light • 6-9pm

Theatre Merry-Go-Round Theatre, Auburn

Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

Billy Strings • 7:30pm

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm

July 27

Sam Vecchio • 6-9pm

August 20

42nd Street

13 Curves Returns to Corrados at Riverforest

Isaac French • 6-9pm

Henry Band • 6-8pm

August 13

July 31

Grupo Pagan • 7-11pm Harpoon Eddies, Sylvan Beach

July 31

13 Curves Returns for a Party Under the Stars in Throop NY Throop Fire Dept. INC, Auburn

Lady A • 7pm St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse

August 14

July 23

Art

Genoa Town Hall, Genoa

Thru July 11

Colin Jost, Comedian • 8pm

Leslie Feinberg: SCREENED IN, LOOKING OUT: A Disabilities Photo Exhibit ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse

July 23

Del Lago Resort & Casino

July 24

Swim Skaneateles Lake • 8:30am Spafford Landing, Spafford

Thru August 1

July 24

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse

Henderson Harbor Performing Arts Association, Henderson

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming

Thru August 8

Tête-à-Tête-à-Tête: Drawings by Beatrice Wood Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse

The Golden Goose • 10-11am

July 26

The Golden Goose • 11am-12pm Callahan Park Pavilion, Bradford

Thru August 22

July 28

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse

Hornell Family Resource Center, Hornell

Who What When Where

The Golden Goose • 7-8pm

Thru November 1

July 29

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse

Ellis Field Park Pavilion, East Syracuse

Events

July 30

The Golden Goose • 12-1pm

July-October

July 30

Beyond the Blue

City Market 2nd Sunday of each month Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse

July-August

Taste of Syracuse presents Picnics at the Park Thursdays, 11am-2pm Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool

July-August

The Golden Goose • 6-7pm

Clifford Park, Auburn

The Golden Goose • 7-8pm Wells College Dock, Aurora

August 3

The Golden Goose Trolley Park, Weedsport

August 4

The Golden Goose • 6:30-7:30pm Town of Lewis Town Park, West Leyden

August 4

July 2

August 5

Merry-Go-Round Theatre, Auburn

Hoopes Park, Auburn

Casey Park, Auburn

October 12-16

July 9

August 6

Landmark Theatre, Syracuse

Bridgehouse Brats, Lock Island

Frontenac Park, Union Springs

July 10

August 7

Almost Heaven

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

ESS Sprint Speedweek

The Golden Goose • 2:30-3:30pm

Kids Fishing Derby • 9:30-11:30am

Flip Flops & Firebirds Kickoff to Summer Street Volleyball • 1pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

Fulton Speedway, Fulton

July 16-18

Thru July 4

Lincoln Hill Farms, Canandaigua

Rochester vs.

Syracuse Mets • 6:35pm

The Elms, Sandy Creek

July 27-August 1

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

The Golden Goose • 5:45-6:45pm

September 8-29

MBT Bank Stadium, Syacuse

How Sweet It Is! - 12pm, 7:30pm

July 22

Thousand Island Park Library, Thousand Island Park

FullSail • 5:30pm

August 14 & 15

Austin Park, Skaneateles

Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool

July 3

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

The Golden Goose • 10:30-11:30am

Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

July 30

August 14

July 22

Taste of Syracuse presents Picnics at the Park Thursdays, 11am-2pm

Sports

Bistro Elephant Steakhouse/ Lemon Grass, Syracuse

Buffalo vs.

Syracuse Mets • 6:35pm

August 19-21

John Spillett Jazz/ Henry Band • 6-8pm Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1 Pop Duo • 6-9pm John Spillett Jazz/ Pop Duo • 6-9pm

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Pasta’s on the Green, Baldwinsville

July 24

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Glamping Yoga & Self-love Retreat

July 19

The Golden Goose • 10-11am Seneca Falls Library, Seneca Falls

July 21

The Golden Goose • 11am-12pm Waterloo Library, Waterloo

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The Golden Goose • 1-2pm

The Golden Goose • 6-7pm

The Golden Goose • 7-8pm

Village Wide Garage Sale Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

August 7

The Golden Goose • 11-12pm Lansing Town Hall, Aurora

August 14

Family Fun Day at Town Park Bridgehouse Brats, Oswego Canal, Lock 1

September 11

Community Vigil in Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives • 6:30pm Bridgehouse Brats, Henley Park

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Beauty & Fashion

by AMB Beauty

Benefits of Spray Tans

One of the worst things about DIY creams, lotions, gels, and foams is that they cause streaking, which is very unsightly, especially if you want to show off your legs. The spray tan Most of us have tried a fake tan at one time or another. Heading to a special event in will not make you feel sticky and when it is carried out by a professional, you will find that winter and you don’t want to show off your white legs under your little black dress, fake tan you will not have streaks, but rather the natural bronzed look you are going for. is the way to go. There are creams, gels, and foams that we have wasted money on to try When you buy over-the-counter DIY and get the results we are looking for. Unfortunately, when doing DIY self-tan, we never get self-tanning kits, you never know the exact the results you get when visiting a salon for a spray tan. color you are going to achieve, until you try Of course, the main benefit of spray tans is that they reduce your need to expose your it for yourself. When you use spray tan at skin to the sun’s damaging UV rays. This the professional beauty salon or through means no sun damage and a reduced risk a professional and experienced beauty of skin cancer. Spending too much time sun professional, you will find you can choose tanning, not only increases your skin cancer the lightness or darkness of your tan risk but also increases signs of aging. This ensuring that it looks as natural as possible. means you may get facial wrinkles sooner The spray tan will not only have you than you should and no one wants that. looking naturally sun-kissed, but it can When you choose spray tan, you don’t have also give your confidence a boost. Most to spend days in the sun to get results, you get women feel slimmer and more attractive that instant sun-killed look. You will see results when they have a tan, not to mention within twenty minutes, which is ideal when the safety aspects, along with the instant you have a busy schedule or an important results, which are very beneficial. You walk event that you want to look sun-kissed at, even if it is in the heart of winter. A suntan always out of the salon bronzed and confident, makes a person look healthier. what a pleasure.

Whether you prefer the local beauty salon or you prefer a mobile beauty service, there are some important factors to take into consideration when choosing Time in sun increases signs of aging a spray tanning specialist. You want someone with experience that will provide you with a natural-looking tan that will make you look and feel better about

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“One of the worst things about DIY creams, lotions, gels, and foams is that they cause streaking.” yourself. This means ensuring they have experience and identifying their past results.

Visit their website or portfolio to learn more about the beauty professional and the services they offer. Don’t rely on the reviews you find on their page, but rather make use of online forums, blogs, and independent review sites, where you can get honest feedback from past clients. This can help you narrow down your search.

When you have several professionals in your area, compare them against each other, considering the reviews to ensure you choose the professional that will give you that natural bronzed and sun-kissed look you want to achieve.

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Computers & the Web

by Nancy Roberts

LOL Do you remember the days before the Internet got so angry? Me, too.

In honesty, of course, there were “flame wars” early on, and before the Internet was really a “thing,” when people chatted on bulletin boards and would get into angry discussions – though granted, most of them were about coding and geeky stuff.

But early on, the Internet could be fun and funny, and people spent embarrassing amounts of time sharing videos and jokes and silly things – some of them funny only because they were so idiotic.

Take “I can haz cheezeburger.” A website featuring video and images, it was created in 2007 by Eric Nakagawa and Kari Unebasami, cats (and other animals) were shown with silly expressions, the iconic image being a cat looking very pleadingly and saying, “I can haz cheezburger?” The website got about 1.5 million (yes, million) hits per day at its peak in 2007.

The Cheezburger cats were actually preceded by LOLcats, cats speaking in “catspeak” and featuring cats with strange expressions saying silly things. LOL, of course, was “laugh out loud,” except in the case of one friend who thought it meant “lots of love,” and almost sent it to a friend as a gesture of sympathy before he was corrected.

In 2005, Charlie the Unicorn was one of my favorites, which I never tired of watching, as he was invited to Candy Mountain by two friends with peculiar voices. The “animation” was rendered in a very primitive and funny fashion, and it was forwarded around offices, always leaving its trail because the latest person to get it was LOLing conspicuously.

About this same time there was a series of, er, infomercials, featuring Tom Dickson, founder of the Blendtec line of blenders.

In each one, he asked, and answered the immortal question, “Will it blend?” and proceeded to throw any number of things into his blender, from a half a cooked The Carlson family in a JibJab chicken, bones and all, to a frightening concoction of salsa, tortilla chips, Buffalo wings and some beer, to the worst of all: an iPhone.

JibJab was (and is) a clever little app that inserted your face on a cartoon, allowing you (or a friend you wanted to tease and/or humiliate) to sing a song, dance, send an animated greeting card, or any number of other silly things. It was founded in 1999 by Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, and hit its early home run with George Bush and John Kerry singing “This Land is Your Land” in 2004, when they were presidential candidate rivals.

The app, ReFace, has gone them one better, and takes video clips from famous movies or other highly identifiable video, and doesn’t replace the star’s face so much as blend the star’s face with yours – so you can say, “I’ll be bahk,” or become Jim Morrison, or The Penguin – to hilarious results.

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Around Christmas time, a clever marketer for UK department store, John Lewis, created ads that were so full of the holiday spirit that they became eagerly anticipated – and now other franchises are trying to do the same.

(Irn Bru, a Scottish drink, has done one of the best with its flying snowman who “nicks” a child’s Irn Bru...)

Then there were the “challenges.” It was initially kind of a cute idea, in which a “challenge” was issued, and people recorded themselves accomplishing whatever the task was – eat a spoonful of cinnamon without any liquid, drop a bucket of ice water over your head, and which quickly hit its nadir with the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which encouraged silly young people to eat, yes, consume, a Tide detergent pod.

1998’s Hamster Dance showed just how funny something very simple can be – just a page full of cartoon hamsters dancing. Really.

Cats and cucumber videos; Parkour videos; dog shaming posts; and of course the infamous Darwin Awards, which have reached new heights thanks to our phones being able to record people doing really, really, really silly and/or dangerous things.

And not only are these just a few (happy) memories, but there’s something new and amusing that starts up every day. Look for the fun – it lowers your blood pressure!

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Tales from the Vine

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Why Should You Join A Wine Club?

Not sure what wines to buy? Always buy the same thing? Looking for a regular supply of wines direct to your door? If the answer is yes to any of the above, then you should consider joining a wine club. Wine clubs have become increasingly popular in recent years and offer a number of benefits when it comes to buying wine.

The main advantage of joining a wine club is that you get to enjoy a regular supply (monthly or quarterly depending on the wine club) of expertly selected wines. Unlike a supermarket or wine shop when you are faced with rows and rows of wines and unsure what to buy, with a wine club all the research is done for you. You get to taste a whole host of award winning wines, customer favorites, pre-releases and undiscovered gems that you otherwise may not have chosen. What’s more, you’ll be sure to have a bottle of wine on hand, perfect for every occasion.

Another advantage of joining a wine club is that you will receive detailed information about each of the wines. This can help when it comes to picking out wines in the future (particularly if you are new to wine), as you get to learn more about what you are drinking and the winemakers who produce the wines. Some wine clubs encourage you

to rate or comment on the wine. This can be useful as you get to remember your favorites and you also get to see what other customers think of the wines before you taste them.

Joining a wine club is one of the easiest ways of buying wine. As you sit back and enjoy your wines, you can rest assured that the hard work is being done to prepare your next wine club case for you. And with delivery direct to door, you don’t have to lift a finger.

Some wine clubs offer an incentive to encourage you to join, such as a price reduction or free gift. Once you’ve joined, you’ll also probably benefit from other savings such as discounted cases or exclusive promotions. Some online wine clubs go the extra mile and offer a money back guarantee, so if you find that you don’t like a wine that has been selected for you, you can get your money back.

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In addition, as a member of a wine club, you may receive invitations to tasting sessions or events. These can be a great way of meeting other people interested in wine, chatting to the experts who select your wines and trying new ranges.

Finally, with many wine clubs to choose from, it’s worth picking one that offers you freedom and flexibility. So if you decide that you want to skip a case or modify the selection where you don’t like a wine, this shouldn’t be a problem.

A wine club is a great option if you are looking to learn more about wine and they are a really convenient way of keeping stocked up with wine. Wine clubs do vary from one to another, so it’s best to check the details and terms first to ensure that you choose the best one for you.

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from Lauren Brown

“As you sit back and enjoy your wines, you can rest assured that the hard work is being done to prepare your next wine club case for you.”

Bruschetta with Tomato & Basil Ingredients 6 or 7 ripe plum tomatoes 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar 6-8 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced

1 tsp. kosher salt, more or less to taste 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1 baguette French bread 1/4 cup olive oil

Directions Step 1 • Preheat oven to 450 degrees with a rack in the top slot of the oven. Finely chop the tomatoes and place them in a medium bow. Mix in the minced garlic, 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, and the balsamic vinegar. Stir in the thinly sliced basil and add salt and ground pepper, adding more to taste.

Step 2 • Slice the baguette on the diagonal into 1/2 inch slices. Brush one side with olive oil and place olive oil-side down a a baking sheet. Toast for 5 to 6 minutes on top shelf.

Step 3 • Serve the toasts plain with the bruschetta mixture on the side for people to top their own.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 20 min

Servings: 4

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by BRIAN MILLER

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Infinite As Paramount Plus (formally known as CBS All Access) attempts to establish itself as one of the premiere streaming options available today, they have begun to release blockbuster films that hope to propel them to the same stature as HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. The first marquee adventure in their repertoire is the Mark Wahlberg vehicle INFINITE. Wahlberg’s SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL was released on Netflix in March of last year and was deemed to be a streaming success, so there was every reason to believe that magic would strike for Paramount Plus as well. For the most part, even when the action star’s films don’t exactly rank highly on the artistic scale, they are at least engaging and entertaining.

In INFINITE, Wahlberg plays the tortured Evan McCauley. Despite his mysterious ability to forge swords utilizing techniques last employed centuries ago, and boasting a seemingly unbeatable trivia skillset, his life isn’t exactly easy. Forced to take antipsychotic meds to keep his impulses and troubled mind at bay, he admirably sticks up for damsels in distress, but also has a penchant for self-harm and violence.

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After a squabble with a local drug dealer, he is taken into police custody. The questioning from a bald and super-intense fella name Bathurst (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is pretty straight forward at first, but then escalates quickly. As Bathurst forces Evan to play a version of Russian roulette while questioning him about ancient artifacts, it becomes painfully aparant that this is no typical detective, and something much more nefarious is afoot. Luckily, before things get really out of hand, a mysterious woman (Sophie Cookson) crashes a car through the wall of the police station and basically gives Evan the “come with me if you want to live” TERMINATOR treatment.

An absurd chase sequence predictably unfolds, overstuffed with bullet-time slo-mo shots and bloodless violence galore. Evan narrowly avoids catastrophe, and in doing so, is promptly told that he’s not schizophrenic as he feared, but instead, an immortal known as an Infinite. He is constantly reborn into a new life, and is permanently engaged in a battle of good vs. evil with another group of immortals. These villains are lead by Bathurst who is tired of living forever, and who has the lofty goal of Mark Wahlberg plays Evan McCauley annihilating every living thing on the planet.

It’s been a few days since I originally watched INFINITE, and while this has given me plenty of time to reflect, and maybe discover some sort of silver lining, it certainly hasn’t happened yet. It’s a PG-13 movie that really wanted to be rated-R, and always yearned to be far more clever than it could ever be. Wahlberg’s casual playfulness, which I usually find endearing and enjoyable, never rang true in the guise of Evan.

More confounding, was the fact that his character was neither magnetic nor sympathetic. His backstory was so scattershot that it was impossible to care about his future. Obviously, when a character has lived for centuries, there’s a lot of ground to cover, but it’s still vital for an audience to care. I genuinely never cared.

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Bathurst He was just sort of...there.

Without question Bathurst proved to be a far more interesting character. Though I never truly bought into his yearning for extinction, I did get a kick out of watching Ejifor play with him with such over-the-top gusto. He obviously went all in, gleefully embracing the B-grade absurdity of the production.

As a result, whether he was poisoning Toby Jones with honey, or trying to chase Wahlberg down in an armored truck, he certainly never mailed it in. Whether he was bound to succeed or fail in his attempt at mass extermination feels largely inconsequential. Like a little league baseball game, in this venture, it was much more about the effort that exuded and the fun being had. In this regard, Ejifor was certainly the MVP. I’m sure there was hope that this production would serve as the first of many installments in the INFINITE saga. The film has the wistful aspirations of “prospective franchise” written all over it, yet lacks execution needed to allow this goal to come to fruition. With lackluster action sequences, surprisingly shoddy special effects and characters so forgettable that they hardly exist, this was certainly not the auspicious cinematic breakthrough that Paramount Plus was hoping for.

“A movie that always yearned to be far more clever than it could ever be.”

was our Lucky Winner for the

Night on the Town Contest!

He chose EUCLID for dinner!

WITH CENTRAL NEW YORK

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