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A View from the Piano Bench: Rhys Brigida If you happen to be one of his Facebook friends you probably look forward to the weird cheez-whiz-like-sci-fi super-goofy movie clips that he routinely shares to the collective cyber-giggling-delight of the local online community. If you’re someone who deals with Rhys Brigida from day-to-day, then you know him as an astute, accountable I love all styles of music, and as I went through years of playing, individual you can count on. If you’re a musician or music lover you enjoy flicking your learning and discovery I developed deep respect for any player or singer bic at his chops. who showed creativity, style and a command of their instrument(s).

I met Rhys while hanging out backstage during a production of Beatle’Cuse several years ago. We were waiting in the wings for our respective soundchecks, chatting with Chuck Schiele: Thanks for chatting with us, Rhys. the other musicians, eating snacks and enjoying a few pops throughout the day. By the Rhys Brigida: My pleasure, Chuck. Thank you. time the day was done, we were pals and we made plans to jam together, soon. Ever CS: When did you start playing music? How did you get started? since then we’ve been band mates.

RB: I starting playing piano at age 6. My parents bought a spinet and I had private The rest of the city knows Rhys as a stellar musician, extremely capable of piano and keyboard magic in any style. You saw him play with Timepiece, Windsong and the Billion- lessons every week until I entered middle school. I practiced my scales, learned classical, read/memorized sheet music, did recitals, and pretty much grew up with music always aires over the last few decades. Today, he takes a few moments to visit with us at Table being a major part of my life. I was the only one in the house who played an instrument, Hopping. but my mother (who never sang professionally) had a strong, pretty voice. She could sing all her favorite hits effortlessly! I thought it was We Love Our normal hearing her sing Friends! every day, and growing We Feed Them with that I took it for BOOK YOUR CORPORATE HOLIDAY PARTY WITH Tasty Food! granted. In retrospect, I think she may have had considerable talent, but never really pursued using it. I like to think that she At The Pier we pride ourselves on the passed a little of that to me. exceptional quality of our service and CS: What and who ALWAYS FRESH! ALWAYS DELICIOUS! influences you most as a mouth watering cuisine.

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parents living room. Stacks of hit records played on the spindle by Ray Charles, Elvis, The Big Bopper, Connie Francis, Dinah Washington, Bill Haley, The Coasters, and were then flipped over to play side ‘B’. So, as a baby I listened to R&B, Rock & Roll, Blues, and popular artists of the day. The radio was always on in the house. My teen-aged sister carried her transistor radio around to every room, tuned to WOLF 1490 AM. As the 1960’s rolled in, pop music was the soundtrack of my life even though I studied and practiced only classical on the piano. As a kid, I never questioned why learning piano was mainly classical, and listening for fun was always popular music. When I became a teenager myself, things changed quickly for me.

CS: Brief history of your music career.

RB: It’s hard to compress decades into a couple of paragraphs, but I’ll try. As a teen I was already overwhelmed by the enormous diversity of music that happened in the 1960s, and into the next decade I went “electric” with a Hammond portable organ. I had a job through my high school years and saved up to buy a Leslie speaker. Then I learned how to rock on the piano and organ. I met friends who played guitar and drums. Bands formed, and gigged. I met more musicians. When I graduated I entered the music program at OCC. It was a great experience. This was my first exposure to playing real jazz in a big band. I read charts and learned to improvise. Playing the school’s Fender Rhodes Thank you for voting suitcase piano in a jazz rhythm section at the age of 19 was mind-blowing for me. One us Best of CNY! weekend, in 1975 a couple of guys in the stage band invited me to ride down to the Albany area to see a new band called Return to Forever. They were playing a concert on a school campus in a tiny chapel that seated about 100. We sat up front. I had no clue what was about to happen. I was just a few feet from Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White. Those young dudes changed my life, and I understood that if I wanted to play music I had a lot of serious practicing to do!

After some college I took an offer to play music full time. Off we went, playing six nights/week. It lasted a couple of years, made a good living and I have to admit it was great experience. We did mostly covers, but our sets were crafted into little “shows” which made the band a lot more interesting for both us, and the audience.

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The Billionaires Corporate Gifts·Holiday Specials Fruit Bouquets·Chocolate Truffles When I returned home I found day jobs, got married and still played a lot of music in the Syracuse area. One of the first bands I was in locally that worked steady was Timepiece. The repertoire was strictly 1960s, and we covered bands like the Moody Blues, and Strawberry Alarm Clock. We embraced the music, used technology, made it as authentic as we could, and succeeded by playing most of the local venues in rotation over the course of a few years.

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A View from the Piano Bench: Rhys Brigida continued from pg 3 bands kept me extremely busy, booking over 100 gigs per year. It was nonstop gigging for over 25 years. So much, I needed to slow down and do something different.

I began working on smaller musical projects, recording, playing specialized events such as Beatle’Cuse, and this is where I met Chuck Schiele (you know him?). Our work, together with Todd Hobin, Richie Melito, John Dancks and Phil Smith is what we know today as SaltCityChill.

CS: Your thoughts on the CNY music scene: RB: The part of the local music culture visible to most of us is compact, diverse and mighty! “Visible”, meaning the trendy places where people gather, the advertised events, jams and festivals, etc. I use Salt City Chill at the Brooklyn Brewery the word “compact” because although there are hundreds of acts (see the lists of acts nominated for local music awards), the musicians that persevere and work a full calendar in this limelight are relatively few. I say “diverse”, because the bands that seem to play nearly full-time in the public eye cover the blues, rock, reggae, R&B, and a mixture of styles including funk, country and hip-hop. I like to keep in mind that our local culture is what we, as musicians make of it, and we’ve made it good in Syracuse.

Then, there’s another facet of our music culture that needs no publicity, and gets even less. The number of musicians booking gigs with private clients is staggering and the amount of work available is equally impressive. The important point is that there are different ways to succeed and work locally as a musician. You can become a part of the visible musical culture. The other option is to work in the private sector, marketing yourself and your music from a website or your choice of marketing tool to get gigs that are completely hidden from the media radar. I’ve found that it’s best to book gigs in both the private and public areas. You can benefit from doing both, and you’ll have a strong understanding of what’s happening musically where we live.

CS: Memorable highlights of your career.

RB: Some of my fondest memories are about playing music with my bands, sometimes working way more than we should have. We had Fri. 11/23: (9am-5pm) trouble saying “no” to any offer. I recall with Windsong, it wasn’t unusual Sat. 11/24: (9am-5pm) for us to play doubles and occasionally a triple! There was one weekend Sun. 11/25: (10am-4pm) where we played three gigs on a Saturday, including an early municipal concert, an afternoon private party, and then finish off the night with a club gig. After loading up the truck at 3am for the last time, we all looked Enjoy casual shopping for a variety of at each other and talked about what time we needed to meet the next day for that Sunday afternoon concert in the park.

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RB: Send in the clowns. In my full-time days on the road we did shows, admin@tullyhistoricalsociety.org and one of our sets was entitled “Presto the Clown”. The band dressed in full clown costumes, grease-paint, rubber noses, wigs, etc. The music was outrageous, silly, and pretty naughty. Somewhere out in the mid-western USA, we had an afternoon show at a beautiful, 30-story hotel in their top-floor lounge.

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Practice hard. Take lessons. Teach yourself on your own time, but you need someone to mentor you and tell you what you’re doing right and where you are going wrong. the top floor and the doors opened. There were guests waiting to ride down, and when they saw us emerge, they laughed. We, as clowns embraced their laughter and proceeded toward the stage. Let’s just say I felt quite sorry for the guests who entered for the long ride down. I turned and watched the elevator doors close. It was like the shutter of a camera, capturing facial expressions that were no longer laughing. Perhaps one’s sense of humor can be adjusted by one or more of the other senses.

CS: Advice for budding musicians.

RB: Practice hard. Take lessons. Teach yourself on your own time, but you need someone to mentor you and tell you what you’re doing right and where you are going wrong.

Self-taught players develop bad habits that linger. Don’t limit yourself to one style of music. Listen intently. I was lucky to have great music teachers, and to this day I still use skills they taught me. Try to understand and appreciate the creativity and talent behind all artists. Learn something from every musician you play with and every song you listen to. Take ideas from others and let them inspire you. Create, don’t just copy. Interpret, and express what you learn as yourself, because no one can do it the same as you! As long as you have your health and a mind, never stop playing music. It’s never too late to grow.

Challenge yourself to play something slightly above your skill level. Keep trying until you nail it, and that’s how you improve. I just bought a bass guitar. A personal challenge. I’m practicing my scales, and creating parts on the instrument that I may not have thought to play with my left hand on the keyboard. Learn another instrument and think of it as speaking a second language. Music is the universal language.

CS: Who do you listen to, locally, nationally, etc?

RB: I love the original music that is coming out of our local talent. If you play original music, then you know who you are and I follow all of you closely on social media. I’ll mention some national recording artists that took my breath away over the years and helped me to form the thoughts of advice to young players (as above): George Duke, Bill Payne, Marian McPartland, Bill Evans CS: Near future music plans?

RB: I want to keep writing and recording tunes. Years ago I never really had an outlet for my own musical ideas, but that’s changed in the last few years thanks to you, Chuck.

So, let’s start with silence and build something great from there.

I’m also playing in Rochester, NY with a band called Soul of the City. Classy, modern funk and soul, covering artists that need some serious attention and keyboard practice on my part. I’ll keep you posted.

CS: How can we find you and your music?

RB: My e-mail is: rhys_brigida@yahoo.com SaltCityChill - Syracuse, NY and my Facebook page is: www.facebook.com/rhys.brigida. SaltCityChill’s debut CD is available at local outlets; see the band website, saltcitychill. com. I also have many band videos from various projects on YouTube Rhys Brigida.

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Butter Is Back Baby I am not controversial by nature or training but I can’t run from a fight either. It pains me greatly when I read that the American Heart Association still, to this day, in spite of all the published and well researched information is still telling people to avoid saturated fats. Despite a mountain of evidence their recommendations about diet have not changed and they still recommend corn oil and canola oil. Forget “I cant believe its not butter.” I cant believe an organization entrusted with your health would continue to give out terrible advice … advice not based on science or research.

If I am going to take on the AHA I have to come correct as we say in the hood. First I would tell you to check out YouTube videos by Nina Teicholz who has written extensively about this and her book The Big Fat Surprise is quite the read. I am not going to talk about my 30 years experience as a primary care doctor. I am not going to give my my opinion, I am not going to bring you my personal research. -I am going to share with you the obvious research that your own doctor should know … research that has been widely published and widely reported but ignored because it departs from the party line. Fat bad … clogs the arteries … carbs good … get most of your calories from that source.

-Saturated fats very bad avoid at all cost. All of this is wrong. Let’s start with the basic fact that saturated fat is found aplenty in breast milk and we know how toxic that substance is!

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Butter and olive oil, avocado and coconut oil are very good for you and corn oil, canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil and all the other processed oils etc. are bad for you.

The largest and latest study to look at high carb versus high fat diet called the PURE study demonstrated that high carb diets were bad for your health and high fat diets were good for your health. Another study PREVIMED also showed that high fat diets like the Mediterranean diet were much healthier than the standard high carb American diet.

But those two individual studies are not enough to convince you so lets tally a little more evidence with 5 separate studies.

Let’s start with Hooper L, et al. Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Database Systematic Review, 2015. The Cochrane Database is considered one of the finest independent panels to review medical issues. This study involved 15 randomized controlled trials with over 59,000 participants. The conclusion was that “People who reduced their saturated fat intake were just as likely to die, or get heart attacks or strokes, compared to those who ate more saturated fat”.

Next up is a study by De Souza RJ, et al. entitled Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies – BMJ, 2015. The British Medical Journal is not some obscure publication. The data included 73 studies, with 90,500–339,000 participants for each endpoint. Their conclusion: People who consumed more saturated fat were not more likely to experience heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes or death from any cause, compared to those who ate less saturated fat.

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evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010. The studies included a total of 347,747 participants, who were followed for 5–23 years. Conclusion: This study did not find any association between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular disease.

Then we have the much published Dr Chowdhury R, et al. Association of dietary, circulating, and supplement fatty acids with coronary risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine Journal, 2014. The Annals is also another mainstream medical publication. The study included 49 observational studies with more than 550,000 participants, as well as 27 randomized controlled trials with more than 100,000 participants. Conclusion: People with higher saturated fat intake were not at an increased risk of heart disease or sudden death.

Finally, we have Schwab U, et al. Effect of the amount and type of dietary fat on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, and risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer: a systematic review – Food and Nutrition Research, 2014. Participants included both people who were healthy and those with risk factors. This review included 607 studies; randomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies and nested case-control studies. Results: Consuming saturated fat was not linked with an increased risk of heart disease or an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

What does this all mean to you? The very simple take away message is that butter and olive oil, avocado and coconut oil are very good for you and corn oil, canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil and all the other processed oils etc. are bad for you. Since they are not saturated they are MORE liable to be oxidized than the saturated fats … and oxidation is bad for you. It’s not about your cholesterol level it’s about how oxidized your cholesterol is and that is controlled by your diet. The second take home message is that any oil in any frier in any restaurant is bad for you because the chemicals that are created when you heat these oils are super bad for you but that’s another article right there. Google it in the meantime.

It’s time again to challenge your health care provider … what are their recommendations about saturated fats? … are they following the party line? That’s easy but it’s wrong. What evidence do they have besides the unsupportable recommendations of the AHA? Look into who funds the AHA if you want to see why they haven’t updated their recommendations. Do your own research. … Its your health after all and what’s more important than your health?

Sure there is some crazy stuff on the internet but its a powerful tool and available to everyone. It’s way past time to just trust your doctor.

Partner with your health care provider to focus on your wellness. … Look past your illness and regain your wellness … more on this topic next month.

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Halloween In 1978, John Carpenter launched one of the most prolific film franchises in history.

With HALLOWEEN, the director introduced movie audiences to actress Jamie Lee Curtis, and unleashed the soon-to-be-legendary monster, Michael Myers, upon the world.

Audiences and critics alike embraced the unrelenting, low-budget terror, and from that moment on, HALLOWEEN became a horror staple. Over the course of the following 40 years, sequels were rolled out on a regular basis, and the franchise got a grisly reboot under the helm of Rob Zombie. And, while longevity certainly didn’t seem to be an issue, quality definitively did. Originality and creativity took a backseat to schlock and absurdity, and like Freddy Kreuger and Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers became a laughable shell of his former terrifying self.

It seems fitting then, that four decades after the release of Carpenter’s classic, writer/director David Gordon Green (alongside co-writers Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley) decided to

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, coming face to face with the nightmare that she escaped 4 decades ago scrap the entirety of the follow-ups in HALLOWEEN canon, and produce a film that would be a direct sequel to the original.

The aptly titled HALLOWEEN begins with podcasters Aaron Korey (Jefferson Hall) and Dana Haines (Rhian Rees) visiting Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, where they meet with Dr. Ranbir Sartain (Haluk Bilginer.) They are investigating the events that had unfolded in Haddonfield, IL in 1978, and yearn to learn more about the infamous Michael Myers.

Dr. Sartain has a reverence for his most famous patient, and allows Aaron and Dana to approach the silent behemoth in hopes that their appearance will serve as a catalyst for a breakthrough. Though Michael appears to hear the words that the podcasters speak, he provides miniscule acknowledgement of their existence. Even when Korey produces the silicone mask that was the symbol of Myers reign of terror, the killer remains virtually immobile. This early sequence was absolutely fantastic, and instantly illustrated that this venture was going to be far different than those that had preceded it.

The podcasters then head to Haddonfield, where they meet up with Laurie Strode (Curtis). Her isolated country home is a veritable fortress, and the frazzled woman has very little interest in delving into the psychology of Michael’s propensity for murder. Her relentless doomsday preparation and belief that she and Myers will eventually have a winner-take-all showdown, has led to a fractured relationship with her daughter, Karen

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(Judy Greer) and her granddaughter, Allyson (Andi Matichak). While they feel that Laurie is completely paranoid and teetering on the brink of insanity, she knows that she is making the necessary choices in order to save herself, and her family.

Obviously, this wouldn’t be HALLOWEEN without the obligatory murder and mayhem, so when Michael makes his inevitable escape, the body count builds rapidly. The kills are shocking and brutal, immediately allowing Myers to transfer into the monster audiences knew he would become. With his hulking frame and singular driving force, he once again Strode, making the necessary choices in order to save herself and her family from Myers becomes an iconic symbol of terror.

In the sequels, Michael dissolved into a token baddie who shuffled around butchering co-eds and unenthusiastically slicing his way through one predictable sequence after another. In Green’s film, however, he is HALLOWEEN genuinely unnerving. Stalking through Haddonfield with murderous intent, no one is safe, and everyone is disposable.

RATED: R RUN TIME: 1h 46min There are numerous sequences in this iteration of HALLOWEEN that are strikingly savage, with glimpses of brutal originality that are as GENRE: Horror, Thriller uncomfortable to watch as they are exhilarating. Though not for the squeamish, the visuals are striking, and as a viewer, it’s nice to see an effort STARRING: Jamie Lee Curtis, exerted that hasn’t existed since the Carpenter’s original. And, while I am usually a proponent of backstory and character development when it Judy Greer, Andi Matichak comes to villains, I liked the way that Green’s film toyed with these notions. While there are characters who wish to humanize Michael, and DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green WRITERS: David Gordon Green, attempt to break through his impenetrable psyche to see what makes him tick, Myers brutally teaches them that these efforts are for naught. He Danny McBride is a killer, a demon, and the exact type of creature that horror fans have been waiting 40 years to see again.

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Shadia Tadros A Beacon For City Court Judge Why I hope you will read this: It is for suffering young men and women that we are failing. Few things deserve more thought and solemn rendering than the process that takes the freedom from a human being. It is worth hearing me out. Too seldom do candidates come along with the right talents along with deep caring insights into inner city behaviors. Shadia Tadros is one of these all too rare individuals. You will never hear a name favored in this column unless my personal knowledge of them has revealed that they are among our finest.

Shadia Tadros is running on the “Working Families” line, Row E. On your ballot when you vote that is where you will find her. There are times when this is just as purely right as anything that can be. This is one such time. Black and minority leaders, with whom I have sometimes disagreed on candidates, agree in regard to Shadia Tadros. Vote for the Democratic candidates and for City Court Judge, Shadia Tadros on the Working Families Line.

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Shadia is an Attorney and grew up among those she serves and those she will be judging. She is a graduate of Corcoran High School. Shadia has two great advantages. One is a natural fair sense of right and wrong and justice and the other is complete understanding of innercity culture and values. I have been in the city since 1956. I cannot tell you how invaluable understanding drugs and addiction and the streets are to justice. If you want a Judge that will treat your children with the same respect and regard as those children from wealth and power, Shadia Tadros is your choice. She knows from life experience and personal heart that equality extends far beyond your ability to afford an influential lawyer.

In 2017, Shadia was awarded the Volunteer Lawyers Project Pro Bono (working for the poor without pay) Champion of the Year. That speaks volumes. Voting for Shadia Tadros is giving great value and ability to one that will serve with the finest insight. City Court is on the criminal level, Misdemeanors and Traffic Violations as well as Housing Court, civil and Small Claims Court. Shadia has litigated cases in all these courts. With the housing crisis that’s going on in the City of Syracuse and how that directly relates to poverty, Housing Court is very important. Shadia’s background with the city and the people are invaluable ingredients to this process.

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Mass incarceration is the issue of our time. What we need to recognize up front is that violent and serious crime “is” being punished amply. No one intends to give favor to these types of criminals. However, an easy million inmates do not fall in these categories. The vast majority are drug related crimes and crimes where alternative can be found. We need judges that see that we have failed to seek ample alternatives and have the desire and wisdom to work toward returning our justice system to a place of honor and fairness. There are 2,220,300 adults in U.S. prisons. China has a full billion more people than America and less incarceration. We are by far the highest jailers on earth with far less alternative and rehabilitative option than the majority of developed countries.

We need judges that see that we have failed to seek ample alternatives and have the desire and wisdom to work toward returning our justice system to a place of honor and fairness.

Appropriate mitigating circumstance will be perceived and the number of days our youth waste on a jail bed will be less. That matters.

And options that give them a better life will be sought. The system needs Shadia Tadros.

The bar for jail is too low and few seek “workable” alternative. Assigned Counsel defense much too often, does have the quality of paid defense. Jailing among the poor is perceived as cruel, unfair and cold and without vision. It is seen not only as useless punishment for most non-violent crime, but an environment that fosters future crime. Disdain festers and the legal system becomes an enemy that is feared rather than respected.

When poverty, fear, guns, bullying, drugs and danger are your childhood companions, very often with parental abuse and neglect, you see things differently. Survival becomes your goal. Just drive around the North side, recall the recent murders and mayhem and “see” what you are looking at. The tragic culture is glaring and requires a deep understanding if you are a dispatcher of Justice. Shadia Tadros is from the city and has this understanding and will bring this vital depth to the bench in Syracuse and cause a deeper awareness of how inner-city crime should be addressed. Few can do this. That is why I am supporting Shadia Tadros, knowing that others will support her opponent.

Their lives and mine have caused a different insight. It is my belief that if Shadia Tadros is on the bench, punishing childhoods will have a friend that gets it, that understands. Appropriate mitigating circumstance will be perceived and the number of days our youth waste on a jail bed will be less. That matters. And options that give them a better life will be sought. The system needs Shadia Tadros.

There is a great difference between one brought up in poverty and danger and a bad person. Especially in drug

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Shadia Tadros continued from pg 11 related crime. Often seen as the only reprieve. When one that understands these things, meets another, it is as clear as day. I had a long talk with Shadia. Shadia Tadros has a sense of fairness and a passion for the plight of the disenfranchised that sets her apart.

Shadia cares strongly about that kid waiting in prison, with a childhood that would bring you to tears, wondering why, “what did I do to deserve this extreme?” Alone, broken, pillows stained with tears, not understanding or being understood. I have a friend.

A kid serving her 6th sentence for substance abuse, her early 20’s gone in jail instead of rehab. A kid that grew up with severe familial abuse, mother and father of the most tragic kind, among drugs, danger, and peers with similar difficulties. This is what we do over and over and over. Workable rehabilitative option is not in place or amply sought.

The travesty is that in this great land where values were once our finest beacon we accept mass incarceration throughout the land. Outcry is not heard. Alternative is not amply sought though many viable avenues are available.

Shadia Tadros attended CW Post where she received her Bachelor’s degree in English. She took a year off and was employed by a legal publishing company where she worked with editors and lawyers. Then she attended Penn State Law where she also received her Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Shadia has an M.P.A. as well as a Juris Doctorate, holding joint degrees in Law and Public Administration. Through her law practice and volunteerism, Shadia Tadros has worked with local attorneys, government agency employees and religious leaders. She is viewed in the Syracuse community as a legal advocate for those who may otherwise not have a voice. In Shadia’s words: “I have helped countless people who would otherwise not have had access to meaningful legal assistance.”

I believe that if your heart is right your mind will follow. Especially if you were brought up well, and you are a Judge and preside over the poor. The difference in suburban culture and the inner city is massive with right and wrong perceived on gravely different levels. There is a sense of injustice among poor populations that they learn from birth. They see too much dispassion, too much death, too much jailing, too little fairness. Right and wrong has a different bar in this environment of hopelessness, often with one parent that is often an addict, often with neglect or abuse at home, not a quarter to your name and the nearest park a place of recent death and far too many friends and relatives in jail. Too few are in pursuit of remedy. Tears and grave sadness not heard, must have champions. Please vote November 6th, 2018 for Shadia Tadros.

The travesty is that in this great land where values were once our finest beacon we accept mass incarceration throughout the land. Outcry is not heard. Alternative is not amply sought though many viable avenues are available. I urge you to please reflect on what it is like to be a black woman in Syracuse who can expect her father, husband or son to be imprisoned. Locally one in 3 black men will be incarcerated. The statistics in recent years are similar for all inner-city poor. The majority of crimes in Syracuse are drug related. There is much we can do. Complacency must be moved to recognition that something is very wrong.

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When Hugh (Henry Thomas) and Olivia (Carla Gugino) Crain move with their five children, Shirley (Lulu Wilson), Theo (Mckenna Grace), Steven (Paxton Singleton), Luke (Julian Hilliard), and Nell (Violet McGraw) into an old mansion known as Hill House in 1992, their hope was to spend eight weeks fixing up the place before flipping it. The vast home was beautiful and full of potential, but from the very beginnings, bizarre incidents began occurring. From scratching sounds behind the wall, to ghosts that the children swore they saw, each evening seemed to deliver an unnerving dose of terror that convinced the children that there were far more secrets within the walls of the home than their parents were willing to admit.

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Hill House, although his marriage is crumbling. Theo (Kate Siegel) can’t seem to get close to anyone, and lives on the same property as Shirley (Elizabeth Reaser) who now runs a funeral home. Meanwhile, Luke (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is battling a severe drug addiction, and Nell (Victoria Pedretti) is still afflicted with visions of the same entities that haunted her as a child. There is an endless supply of anger and resentment that rears its head every time any of them get together, and when an unspeakable tragedy strikes, the fractured relationships grow even more perilous.

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was directed by Mike Flanagan, who was at the helm of the excellent Netflix film GERALD’S GAME. At the start of the series, I genuinely doubted that the story would be able to stretch over 10 episodes, but my interest never waned from beginning to end. The structure, which includes navigation of past and present, also gave each character their own centric episode. This kept the story lively and engaging while allowing the viewer the opportunity to piece together the elaborate puzzle. Though many audience members have been terrified beyond belief by the imagery that is projected on the screen, I never found myself paralyzed with fright. There

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are a number of uncomfortable, disturbing images, but I’ll take the subtlety of (the original) PARANOMAL ACTIVITY or BLAIR WITCH over the spirits that haunt the hallways of Hill House any day. Having said that, those who enjoy jump scares and ghosts will find plenty to squeal about, and even those who don’t will find the story engaging enough to stay invested. The excellent production design feels entirety cinematic, and the sprawling, mysterious mansion is as much of a character as any living (or dead) entity that appears on screen.

While many potential viewers will come for the scares, they will stay for the dramatic dynamic of the Crain family. The entire cast is excellent, and while the modern Crain’s are far from likable, their 1992 iterations are innocent and lovable. As the tale is pieced together, you begin to understand why all of the kids grew up to be pessimistic and spiteful, and as a result, you being to feel a bit more sympathy for their plights. In fact, I found myself far less interested in the spirits lurking around the corner, and far more intrigued with the stories of those affected by their presence. By finding this traditionally difficult balance that also the production to appeal to such a broad audience, Flanagan and company have found a way to deliver the perfect series for the Halloween season.

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A Borg By Any Other Name This is a strange time to be a human being.

Do you remember the Borg? You will if you were a Sci-Fi fan – the Borg were “cybernetic organisms,” linked in a “hive mind” called “The Collective.” They were a sort of villain group on the Star Trek series, who co-opted the technology and knowledge of other species into The Collective through something called assimilation, injecting nanoprobes into the bodies of their victims and surgically augmenting them with cybernetic components. Their goal: perfection.

Fanciful, of course, but in a more real-world way, The Borg are us. The “nanoprobes” are our devices (cell phones, computers, Apple watches); the Collective is actually a few warring Collectives from through which we enter our Hive Mind ideas; and the “perfection” we seek is what we believe is the ideal way to live, think, and be.

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NPC is a reference to computer gaming. An “NPC” is an “extra” in the game world – a “nonplayable character.” This character is programmed into the game to perform a certain function at certain intervals. Unlike the characters guided by players, this NPC simply does what it’s supposed to at random or pre-programmed times. A few weeks ago, an NPC was something known to gamers and otherwise quite meaningless to our larger community. Now, it’s an insult that is driving the two “sides” we seem to be devolving down into: the Alt-Right versus the SJW Left. The “NPC Meme” is being hurled at protesters who chant phrases over and over at demonstrations, or who affect a call-and-response “What do we want?” (Something) “When do we want it?”

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In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare opined “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Although I understand the sentiment I can’t help but wonder if we would be so quick to put our nose to a flower if the name was unappealing. A name is important, especially in the restaurant industry.

A mano Kitchen & Bar, a name that is simplistic yet elegant, is the perfect name for this fantastic restaurant located in the Icon Tower at 344 S. Warren St. in downtown Syracuse. They are open Monday from 11 am to 3 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11 am to 9 pm, Friday from 11 am to 10 pm and Saturday from 5 pm to 10 pm.

A mano translates from Italian to mean “By Hand.” This name is the embodiment of everything you will find at A mano Kitchen & Bar because as you might have guessed everything is made by hand. From the freshly made pasta to the hand tossed pizzas, right down to the citrus and fennel butter. At A mano Kitchen & Bar they pride themselves on utilizing the finest, freshest, and often locally sourced ingredients which helps them provide an unforgettable culinary experience. They have also adopted a fitting description for their style of cuisine- Modern American with an Italian Soul. I can’t help but feel like such a description could describe so many of us in Central New York. This description makes me thing back to eating homemade meatballs and sauce at my grandparent’s house every Sunday growing up; a tradition that continued until I moved out of state for law school. I imagine several Central New Yorkers could identify as a Modern American with an Italian Soul and we would each

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PROST!! & ALL things Oktoberfest Just this past September, I was able to jet-set off to Europe for a couple of weeks to indulge in all things French, German, and Austrian, in between a friend’s wedding held in Cologne, Germany. While I was planning the trip, it was discovered that Oktoberfest —THE REAL DEAL— was being held in Munich during my travels. Being the craft beer writer that I am, I knew I HAD to attend the festivities and of course, share this excitement with all of you reading Brew Time!

Let’s back up a little and discuss a little history of what Oktoberfest is and how it all came to be. … The first Oktoberfest ever was held in the year 1810 to honor the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig’s marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities were held for 6 days from October 12th through October 17th. The grounds —which were public fields— were named Theresienwiese, or “Therese’s Fields” in honor of the princess. (This term was eventually shortened to “Wiesn” by the locals, and what you’ll hear today.) Every year after, the festivities were held again, and then eventually prolonged and started to be held in September. Mostly, this was due to the better weather during the month of September. Today, the festival is held for two weeks in Munich starting at the end of September and ending into the first days of October. This year it ran from Saturday, September 22 through Sunday October 7th. Fun Fact: Even though Oktoberfest began 205 years ago, 2018 only marks the 185th event held because the festivities were cancelled during both world wars, two cholera outbreaks, Napoleon’s invasion of Bavaria, and during the hyperinflation of the 1920s.

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Getting into the grounds is free for anyone and everyone, and the crowds are large.

Each day, as many as 600,000 people enter, and there are technically only about 130,000 combined seats at the tents. The majority of tents keep a certain percentage of seats open to the general public, which are filled on a first come-first served basis – so the key is getting to these tents early, with Euros (there are no credit cards accepted), and a few friends with the intention of planning to stay all day, because if you move your feet, you lose your seat! It is free to go into any tent, even just to walk around, but you must also note, that you cannot order any beer or food in a tent if you are not seated at a table. You can also get a reservation at the tents which essentially means that your seat is saved.

Reservation requests start in December, prior to the next year, and must be made in person, in Germany, at the tents, and online starting in April; you may also send a letter by snail-mail. The reservation itself is free of charge, however, you should buy vouchers for beer (per liter) and food (chicken, pretzels, sausages, etc). Reservations are usually in groups of 10 seats. You can find further, legitimate, information at: www.muenchen. de and www.oktoberfest.de -Don’t make the same mistake I did and buy your reservation from a third party —which is what I thought I had to do as a single person attending Oktoberfest— because they will charge you 3 to 4 times the price of what you should be paying, and I found this out after the fact. As well, there is a great Facebook group with lots of advice that I wish I had found sooner by the name of “Oktoberfest in Munich.” Oh well, live and learn!

The grounds themselves have something for everyone. There are food stands, roasted nuts, souvenirs, games, carnival rides that rival those here at home, and lots to see and do other than drink. Pets are not allowed.

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A mano is the ideal lunch spot in Downtown Syracuse; their fast and friendly staff will indulge you with whatever style lunch hour you have in mind, whether it’s a pizza before your next meeting or a longer lunch that fades into the evening where you enjoy several dishes with your companions and split a bottle or two of wine. They have a dinner menu that is certain to please. Their amazing pastas are handmade, their wood fired and hand tossed pizzas are divine, and their main courses are mouth Mushroom Bolognese with watering. The atmosphere is cremini and porcini mushrooms, ricotta salata, warm and inviting and as an served on top of imported cresto de gallo added bonus it is a lot of fun Amatriciana, a dish of guanciale (pork), plum tomato and onion topped to watch the talented pizza with chili flakes to add a bit of spice, served on top of hearty fresh fusilli chef toss dough into the air.

My friend Janelle and I went to A mano on a cool fall Saturday. We were immediately greeted by the friendly hostess and sat at a cozy table with a great view of the pizza station. We began our meal with the Salumi, a beautiful selection of artisan cheeses, hand cut meats, golden toasted bread, local honey and spicy brined celery. This board was equal parts beauty and flavor. The bold cheese flavors paired perfectly with the spicy cured meats. We decided to split an order of the house meatballs, covered in tomato sauce and mozzarella, and the Misticanza salad. This gorgeous salad was a mix of arugula, baby lettuce and torn herbs, topped with house croutons and drizzled with their signature fennel, lemon and honey vinaigrette. We also indulged in freshly baked bread and A mano’s own “cheez-it!” For our entrees (that were totally big enough to split- which we highly suggest so that you can try out several of the scrumptious Catering For All of Your menu offerings) we decided on the Amatriciana, a dish of guanciale (pork), plum Special Occasions! tomato and onion topped with chili flakes to add a bit of spice, served on top of hearty fresh fusilli and the Mushroom Bolognese with cremini and porcini Lunch & Dinner Catering • mushrooms, ricotta salata, served on top of imported cresto de gallo. Both dishes Business Meetings • were masterfully created and positively delightful. Despite being completely stuffed, Private Parties with to go containers packed, we decided to split a warm chocolate lava cake for dessert. It was an absolutely heavenly way to end a fantastic meal.

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A Borg By Any Other Name continued from pg 16 learning can also be dangerous. It doesn’t ask “why?” It doesn’t explore contributing factors. It doesn’t even really ask: “is this always true?”

But devices are particularly adept at repeating information, or more particularly, at reducing a complex idea to a “meme,” that smallest possible unit of information that can be passed from person to person, or cell to cell in the Hive Mind. I’ve been struck recently by the speed with which verbal tics replace original and genuine communication. “Problematic,” “optics,” “toxic” and a host of

A long time ago, by Internet standards, a photo would be shared on Facebook with the challenge: how quickly can this image go around the world? Now it would be: can you put a photo up on Facebook and then not check in for an hour to see if anyone “liked it?” How about a day? A week? Can you leave The Collective? other words are now peppered into just about every news story or panel discussion on television, as well as used in “click-bait” headlines on newsfeeds.

A year ago, none of them appeared in day to day communication with any regularity. The sheer speed with which these words have been adopted and the frequency with which they’re used demonstrates the power of repetition to lock an idea into our minds, whether we really consider what it means or not.

Then, as we’ve discussed before, there is the issue of that “programmed” censorship in the name of “standards” of the particular platform. Or serving up information to a user that deliberately either enhances or contradicts their demonstrated preferences. If the material we’re offered is in short hits (many platforms will tell you approximately how many minutes a particular article will take to read, for example) and fed to us with a weighted spoon, we eventually become adapted to what we’re being told, especially if it “goes down” easily.

And there is the phenomenon of recording and sharing almost every aspect of our lives with an apparent “audience.” The most appalling example of this was a young girl, busy talking into her phone (video enabled) who rolled her car, killing a passenger, and never stopped talking to her phone. Another Borg-like notion that we are all paying attention to one another non-stop, at a distance, always connected and all part of The Collective.

A long time ago, by Internet standards, a photo would be shared on Facebook with the challenge: how quickly can this image go around the world? Now it would be: can you put a photo up on Facebook and then not check in for an hour to see if anyone “liked it?” How about a day? A week? C a n y o u l e a v e T h e C o l l e c t i v e ?

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PROST! & All things Oktoberfest continued from pg 18 grounds and most tents are also handicapped accessible.

In 1887, lederhosen and dirndls, “Trachten” or traditional Bavarian clothing, became the official dress of Oktoberfest attendees. Truly, you will see 75% of folks dressed in this garb and the rest just walking around in casual clothing.

However, dressing up in costume is totally half the fun! You’ll see men wearing lederhosen, which are breeches made of leather —traditionally made out of deer hide— (p.s. I think we just found a solution to our overpopulation of deer here in CNY … ) and that fall between mid-thigh and knee. They are often worn with suspenders. Dirndls are comprised of a corseted-type dress with a full knee-length skirt, worn with a white blouse underneath, and an apron. They come in all different colors and patterns and materials. For women, (and men on the prowl, for that matter) likely the most important aspect is where you place the bow of your apron: Tying the apron bow on the left front hip means you are a single gal. Tying the bow on the right front hip means that a girl is taken or married. If the bow of the apron is tied in the back, it means the woman is widowed, or a waitress. While it’s hard to find lederhosen and dirndls in the US, you can wait until you get to Germany to find your outfit. There are shops on nearly every corner in Munich during Oktoberfest. Or, find yourself someone here in the states who can sew, as I did for my dirndl … Thanks Mom!!

The Beer! All the beer served at Oktoberfest is brewed within the city limits of Munich. The minimum Bavarian Purity Law, I repeat, MINIMUM, states that the standard ABV has to be 6%. The color of the beer looks light, and unfiltered, but most brews are going to be well over that ABV. Your formal reservation includes 2 steins of beer, with each stein holding an entire liter of beer, 33.8 oz. – or the equivalent of approximately 3 bottles of beer. The cost of a stein of beer this year was approximately 10 Euros, and of course, don’t forget to tip your beer maids! Also, it is illegal to take the steins home as souvenirs. If you want to obtain one to take home, each tent has a gift shop where you can purchase one for around 10-15 Euros. The key to drinking at Oktoberfest is to pace yourself! For those of you who go past your limit, there is a spot on the right-hand, far side of the Oktoberfest grounds, lovingly called “puke hill” by the locals. At any given time during the day or night, you can find a multitude of various people sprawled out, passed out, and generally sobering up. You can easily locate this hill by the 61 ft. statue of a Roman- or Grecian-looking woman, grasping and raising a “wreath of victory” above her with her left arm, holding a sword with her right arm, with a beautiful and majestic lion standing by her side. The monument, built in 1850, is meant to symbolize Bavaria’s power and strength.

My Oktoberfest experience

I arrived in Munich by train on Monday afternoon, September 24th, walked to my Novum hotel across the street from the Hauptbahnhof (Munich central train station), checked in and settled in a bit. My plan was to walk over to the Wiesn —the Oktoberfest grounds— to familiarize myself with the area and see the grounds in all their splendor! As I was leaving my hotel room, there was a guy and girl leaving their hotel room, kitty-corner to mine. I noticed they were about my age and speaking English, and the guy was wearing a Penn State t-shirt … AMERICANS!! So, being the friendly person I am, I struck up conversation with them, and they in turn with me, and I found out they were fellow North East dwellers from Pennsylvania – Leah and Tanner.

They were heading out to meet up with their friends —more Americans— who were already at Oktoberfest and the plan was to try and find a table at one of the tents to sit, eat and drink. I was headed in the same direction per my plans and walked the 10-15 minute jaunt with them. One (awesome) thing that I noticed on the walk was that there were green painted signs on all the sidewalks with arrows pointing to the Oktoberfest grounds, so you always know where you are going, no matter how intoxicated you are!

Walking up to the entrance, it was crowded but there was a sense of thrill and excitement in the air as you first saw the giant arch with the words “Willkommen Zum Oktoberfest!” to greet visitors. Bags were checked by police upon entry, and then we were walking down through the main thoroughfare, with me swiveling my head to look at everything in sight, taking photos of this glorious experience of actually BEING at Oktoberfest! We were all dressed casually in t-shirts and jeans, and blended in perfectly fine, and eventually met up with three of Leah and Tanner’s friends from PA. One had a little bit of continued on pg 27

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by NANCY ROBERTS

3 Books, 3 Stories, 3 Local Authors Three books, united by a city Book 1: Floor Burns by M.C. Antil

M.C. Antil is a man of many talents. Locals will know him as a marketer for the NewChannels that was; theatre fans and performers will remember his many starring roles on stage; and ultimately (after some stops here and there) the Windy City knows him as a “communications and marketing strategist in the competitive and often hyperkinetic worlds of television, new media and professional sports.” A particular fan of baseball, M.C. chose the world of Parochial League Basketball, c. mid-1967, as the center of his charming and thought-provoking history/memoir/exploration of a city, a sport, a league, that were central to a time of change and turmoil.

Once upon a time, Syracuse was a test market. Our family realized this when we moved here in the early 60s from Buffalo, and were regularly invited to take part in testing this or that product – ice cream, hair spray, Popsicles or TV dinners. Syracuse was a small flash-frame of the larger Northeast, and a hint at the bigger nation-at-large. Anyone who lived here at the time will find Antil’s book particularly involving, using as it does Syracuse as a microcosm of the many changes, both radical and small, that America was experiencing in the late 1960s. Antil uses a particular year, a sport, and a league —suprisingly, the Parochial league— as his focus. A year, he contends, when it all changed, in so many different ways.

The events outlined in just one chapter will give you an idea of the larger scope of the book: in Chapter 21, Antil zeros in on a number of events which, in and of themselves, don’t seem that stunning – yet in the famous rear view mirror, meant so much more than we could have imagined at the time: Catholics were told it was no longer a sin to eat meat on Friday; Fred Hillegas announced one evening on the NBC local affiliate news that, starting tomorrow, the news of the Viet Nam war, the racial protests, and the Urban Renewal in downtown Syracuse would be reported in “living color;” The Monkees and The Smoth-

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All of this, Antil suggests, marked a kind of tipping point for the story he has written leading up to this year of change: for the nation, the city, the people of Syracuse, and for the boys in the league which he chronicles.

Other chapters delve into the individual boys, their coaches, particular games, and more personal angles on the story, yet a chapter like this one can bring even an outsider in as he ties people and events together in surprising ways.

In less accomplished (and less studied) hands, the conceit of linking the fates of a bunch of boys in a city church league playing basketball to a seismic shift in sensibilities in a nation might get old quickly. But Antil is, as he rightly claims, a “self-styled pop culture omnivore.” I always knew him to have encyclopedic knowledge of baseball, and a deep interest in country and pop music – its meaning, roots, and significance. But this book demonstrates his powers of observation go much deeper, and penetrate more thoughtfully, than mere “favorite subjects,” and get to the heart of the influences that moved a culture from one spot to another, seemingly overnight.

The book is still being written, and published chapter by chapter via the web: www.FloorBurnsBook.com. You can follow progress there, and newly released chapters are linked to Nostalgic Syracuse and Reflections on the History of Syracuse, NY and Onondaga County groups on Facebook. And you can share photos, give feedback, and donate to the project.

Book 2: Building History in Downtown Syracuse by John J. Sposato

A paragraph from Floor Burns is perhaps an ideal way to segue into the second book of this three-part review: “Then on Thursday, January 5 (1967), a treasured Syracuse landmark, the venerable RKO Keith’s theater closed its doors for the final time. And it would be a mere weeks before that onetime show palace —arguably the most beautiful and ultimately tragic victim of Bill Walsh’s modernized Syracuse— would be reduced to rubble.”

Sposato’s book is a history, as well. In this case, not so much one of pop culture blended with personal memories, but the story of a city as reflected in one of its most enduring elements: its architecture.

Begun as an enhancement to guiding a tour of Syracuse’s many notable downtown theaters, and with a real estate professional’s rich knowledge of location, location and location, Sposato began collecting and cataloging – locations.

In the process, he has uncovered a city within a city – the city that was, that is, and continued on pg 28

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Exercise & Fitness

by JENNIFER NASTASI GUZELAK

How to Stay Motivated to Workout this Fall It’s hard to stay motivated to workout regularly when the days start to get shorter and the temperature starts to drop. We all become a little bit more sluggish this time of year. Our early morning workout routine turns into hitting the snooze button and going back to bed!

You know the drill.

Every year when we emerge from winter hibernation, we hit the fast forward button and ramp up our fitness routines in a desperate attempt to get in shape for the warmer weather.

We’re all on that fitness wagon for a little while, but when fall arrives are motivation plummets and skipping the gym becomes part of our regular routine. We trade in our weights for holiday treats, our treadmill for an extra hour of TV and our morning run for another forty-five minutes of sleep.

It’s definitely possible to keep up your momentum all year round. It will just take some goal setting, planning and a little more work. Here are a few ways to get started.

Find Your Motivation

If you’re finding it more difficult to go to the gym, or if you’re hitting a plateau in your progress take a step back to revisit your fitness goals. You can even take this time to create new ones. Remind yourself why it is you started in the first place.

Once you define your goals, keep yourself motivated by switching things up a bit.

Whether that entails taking a walk on your lunch break with a co-worker, creating a new workout playlist, or trying a group fitness class, committing yourself to trying something new will help keep you on track.

Spice It Up

Variety’s the spice of life! We all need variety and change to stay motivated. Choose an exercise routine that uses an assortment of exercise methods, and more importantly make sure it’s fun. If your workout is enjoyable, you’ll be more likely to stick with it.

Don’t use your busy lifestyle as an excuse to set exercise aside. Make the best of the time you do have. If you’re spending the afternoon taking kids to soccer practice, instead of visiting with another parent, get off your duff and walk around the outside of the field. You can also park farther away from your destination, take the stairs instead of the elevator, or take a walk after work.

If you are more productive at night, schedule your workout in then. Even if you jump on the treadmill or bicycle for a half hour, it’s better than doing nothing at all.

Try Something New

If you’ve been consistently using the treadmill or stair stepper since nineteen eighty-five, it’s time for a change. Why not try a group fitness class? You will meet other gym patrons with similar fitness goals and get some much-needed encouragement along the way.

Build your Schedule Around your Workout

Schedule your workout into your daily routine as you would an important appointment. After work make it a habit to go straight to the gym. Have your gym bag packed and in the car. Once your workout becomes part of your daily schedule, skipping it won’t even be an option.

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Tales from the Vine

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A Riesling to Visit Ask anyone from outside of New York State about Finger Lakes wine and the first thing they will mention are the superb Rieslings (reez-lings). Ask anyone from the Finger Lakes Region why our Rieslings are superb and not many people know the answer. The reputation is rightfully-earned, considering the Finger Lakes Region collectively produces 220,000 cases of Riesling a year.

The Finger Lakes terrior has the perfect growing conditions for the Riesling grape.

Terrior is defined as the complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced, including factors such as the soil, topography and climate.

Beginning 10,000 years ago, as slow-moving glaciers made their way over land masses; they left behind shale deposits while carving what are known today as the Finger Lakes. It’s the shale beds that assist with drainage and give grapes their rich minerality and acidity. In addition, the elevation changes along the shorelines create steep hills great for planting grape vines that almost never need manual irrigation. Those slopes allow for long exposures to direct sunlight.

Every grape varietal responds differently to certain climate conditions. Riesling, in particular, thrives in a cool climate. The insulation from the lakes formulates a microclimate with moderate temperatures, making winters slightly warmer and summers slightly cooler. Without the insulation from the lakes, temperature spikes and significant drops would jeopardize crop yield. This also extends the growing season a couple weeks further into the fall, allowing Riesling to reach the preferred acidity before harvest. Riesling is actually one of the latest grapes to

be picked. The warmer temperatures and the extended growing season give Riesling its notorious fruity flavor with notes of tropical peach and apricot.

If harvested in early October, Riesling will be dryer. The longer it is left on the vine, the sweeter the grape will be. Those harvested in November are often used for sweeter wines and if left until January or February, will be used for ice wines, which are extremely sweet and often served with dessert.

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Since Riesling is farmed for a long season, some Finger Lakes wineries have been forced to take extreme measures to protect vines during rapid drops in temperature.

During an unexpected spring frost, Hosmer Winery has flown helicopters over their vineyards in order to keeping the cold air from settling over the vines. Others have invested in propane windmills that regulate vineyard temperatures, which can be seen at Hosmer’s neighboring winery, Thirsty Owl Wine Co. All that said, Riesling is a comparably resilient grape and with experienced vineyard management practices, it can withstand even the harshest of growing conditions. Also, with applied research from Cornell University’s Viticulture and Enology program, Finger Lakes winemakers are mastering Riesling at a rapid pace.

Not surprisingly, the Finger Lakes region is home to more than 200 Riesling brands.

Many wineries produce more than one Riesling due to the grape’s extremely versatile characteristics. This versatility is why it’s rare to find someone who doesn’t know about and love Finger Lakes Riesling.

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PROST! & All things Oktoberfest continued from pg 23 a mishap, having had a little too much fun, and made his little bed on Puke Hill, while the remaining 5 of us sought out a beer tent. We wound up at Löwenbräu, which features an iconic lion drinking out of a beer stein. Inside the tent, the arched yellow ceiling had rows of little light bulbs, and hanging from the ceilings, giant green wreaths wrapped in blue and white ribbons, with bells dangling from them. The atmosphere was lively and loud with music from a traditional Bavarian band playing and people dressed in their lederhosen and dirndls holding up their beer steins singing along, with some standing on their benches dancing and sloshing their mugs together in complete and utter bliss. This was my first tent experience, and I loved EVERY SINGLE SECOND of it!

My fellow American compatriots and I walked around the tent attempting to locate an open table for the 5 of us – difficult to do being so late in the day. We located a table off in a corner with nobody at it, but it had a sheet of paper stating that it was “reserved.”

Being that nobody was there yet, and it was late, we decided to risk it, and sat down. Our beer maid came over to us almost immediately and served us all a stein of beer. Just after we paid and tipped her generously, a group of 10 men came to the table, frowning, and clearly not happy with seeing us seated at it. So we hustled our butts up, (with our beers!), and walked around the tent with our steins, stationing ourselves near a group of tables in a walkway. Nobody said anything to us, so we merrily Prost’d and sang and danced along with the rest of the tent! (“Prost” is the German word for “Cheers” in case you weren’t aware.) The band played traditional German songs, but also played “Mamma Mia” by ABBA, “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver, and even “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus.

We finished our beers and were getting hungry, so we headed back towards Puke Hill to pick up our 6th American and headed to the “Oide Wiesn,” an area with smaller and more historical themed tents to see if those might be more accommodating for our group of 6. Sadly, they were not.

However, there are many, many restaurants and beer gardens in Munich and near the grounds as a whole, so we left the Weisn and traversed to the nearby Augustiner Brau München for more beer and traditional Bavarian dishes. We were seated at a long table with benches, much like the traditional beer tents, and ate sauerkraut, pork knuckle, spätzle, pork schnitzel, onion roast beef with gravy, and I also ordered an Augustiner Dunkles Maβ – a darker German Dunkel Lager beer. It was sublime, as was the food! Truly, it was the perfect end to a day filled with Oktoberfest fun that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise had if I hadn’t run into fellow Americans! It was a real treat to spend the better part of the afternoon and Voted Best Take-Out Restaurant 12 years in a row! evening with Leah, Tanner and friends.

Once you’re able to experience being a part of the festivities, you’ll find that camaraderie and making new friends is as big a part of the Oktoberfest tradition as the beer, music and costumes.

Day number two in Munich had me on a day trip by train to Salzburg, Austria for a walking tour of the city and The Sound of Music tour. Both were so much fun, and I not only was able to see most of the small city, but a good amount of the surrounding countryside as well. Austria is full of old-world charm and absolute breathtaking beauty.

I highly recommend taking a detour here if you’re ever in Europe! (& the Austrians have some pretty fantastic beer too!)

My third day in Munich, during the morning, was spent at Dachau, one of Germany’s Get your former concentration camps. A must if you travel to Munich, it’s a sobering reflection of Holiday a time-period in recent history that we must never forget. After a quick nap, and a few adjustments to my beautiful dirndl, it was off to the Weisn to cash in on my reserved spot Gift Cards! in the Hofbräu-Festzelt tent!

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“Prost” is the German word for “Cheers” in case you weren’t aware. atop it’s peak on the outside. The crown stands two meters tall and is part of the brands logo. Known to be more of an “international” tent, it was for this reason why I chose this particular tent for my reservation. The tent holds just under 7,000 people inside, with another 3,000 outside. As I walked inside, the Bavarian brass band, Plattlinger, greeted my ears playing lively tunes, both traditional and modern. My eyes just took it all in, the spirit of Oktoberfest was in the air, and all around me, and would only become more so as the evening wore on! At the center of the tent was a large statue (suspended from the ceiling!) of a moustached man in a red cap with angel wings sitting on a cloud and playing harp. This is Aloisius, a figure modeled after the most famous service man/porter in the city of Munich, of which there are varying tales and legends, but who is affectionately called “The Man from Munich in Heaven.” Surrounding him are multiple HUGE quintals (100+ lbs) of (real) hops fashioned into giant wreaths and hung from the ceiling, with more pillars of hops cascading down the tent’s wooden beams. In short, it’s a beautiful, whimsical tent!

Once I shut my awe-inspired gaping jaw and managed to gather myself together, I made my way to the tent office after not being able to locate the poster I was supposed to find my reservation on, per the ticket company. After some initial confusion, (and me almost losing my shit in the process), I was able to find my reserved table with a little sympathetic help from the tent manager. I initially was the only female at the table with continued on pg 32

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3 Books, 3 Stories, 3 Local Authors continued from pg 24 what it might become. As Antil’s book features the collapse of the 15th ward as a home to so many for so many years (and what the destruction of that African-American neighborhood meant to individuals lived there was well as to the city at large), Sposato’s book focuses on the many and varied buildings that rose, and fell, and the ones that still stand —tracing the rise and fall of industries, retail, neighborhoods, and families— as told by the footprint of the factories, stores, churches, public buildings and grand homes that made Syracuse history.

His book is painstakingly researched. Old photographs are sited and cited —often juxtaposed with a current view of the same location, shot from the same angle, to share with the viewer how time has taken its toll— or sometimes spared the beautiful artifact of a time gone by.

He has dug into the stories of the people and organizations that created the need for a particular church or factory, and the fate of a grand hotel or theater that burned or was replaced or made way for a newer, more “modern” facility.

And of course, Syracuse is unique in one way that many cities are not: the Erie Canal once passed right through the heart of it. While today we view the canal as a pretty little stretch of water to walk along, or an abandoned lock as an interesting bit of history, the canal was once a bustling thoroughfare that opened the center of the nation to people, goods, and trade. Of course the country would have eventually been settled – but the canal sped the process up, and left in its wake dozens of towns and small reservoirs that today are memorials to the wonderful feat of engineering that was the Erie.

And of course, the canal helped define the shape —and scope— of Syracuse, sitting almost dead center to the state. Salt and water had drawn people to the Syracuse area for millennia, and both are evident in the story as seen from the buildings’ eye view in the book, as well.

Sposato’s book is, like Antil’s, still in the writing – though not yet available to read. But watch this column for news as early chapters will be ready for publication —and will welcome commentary— in the months to come.

Book 3: A Journey of Cancer, a Journey of Faith / Our Story and What I Learned by Robert Reid

As I wrote this review in my mind, my first sentence was “This was a very easy book to read.” And I recoiled from that, because of course, it should have been anything but. But I came back to it again and again: Robert Reid has made a painful story easy to read, both from the standpoint of his fluid way with words, but also because he has infused the recital of the too-early death of his wife with the faith he alludes to in the title. And though I find the word “journey” somewhat overused these days, in this case it was perfectly chosen, as this brief story is like a journey; the end point is perhaps inevitable, but the stops along the way, the views, the moments of peace, the moments of exhaustion, the glimpses of beauty – they’re all included.

The book is very much grounded in Syracuse – names and places you’ll recognize, and appreciate as loving human beings who joined Bob and Kris Reid, and their daughter, Sarah, for brief walks, or the entire journey, as the family moved along from Kris’s diagnosis of cancer, through her final, peaceful days.

The story is about the ups and downs of this pitiless disease, periods of respite and hope, and periods of relapse and grief. But never despair.

For Kris, it would seem, much of that was due to her incredible spirit and strength; for her husband and biographer, much was due to his Faith – capital F. Kris, even if this were not written by a loving husband, was clearly a woman anyone would want to know: courageous, fun-loving, energetic and unique. Her special bond with her daughter was matched only by the generous and loving relationship she had with her husband and life partner. All of this is simply blended into the pages of the book without being called out in so many words.

In writing this short volume, Bob Reid has done a great deal: told his story; shared his wife with all of us; given us a glimpse of courage under the most trying of circumstances; and best of all, seasoned the whole with little bits of insight and wisdom – “Never doubt what God can do through you.” “God answers what we pray for. Don’t low-ball your request. … ” “I wish more people would realize the joy a visit brings to someone who is ill.”

“Take offered help … ” Above all, Reid shares with us his Faith, and how, through a visit to Lourdes, healing services, and simple day to day prayerfulness, he, Kris, and their daughter were able to traverse this rocky terrain.

No-one can really prepare you for a journey of this type. But Robert Reid has given us his particular journal, and for that we can be grateful.

A Journey of Cancer, A Journey of Faith www.store.bookbaby.com/book/A-Journey-ofCancer,-A-Journey-of-Faith Other books by Robert Reid: A Memorable Season in College Football: A Look Back at 1959 -Initially to be about SU’s National Championship year, I found 1959 to be pivotal in college football. A lot of history and stats, a detailed re-living of the season, it’s more reference book than casual read.

The Language Program and Other Stories -A short book of short stories covering adventure, sci fi, humor (hopefully), and an autobiographic story.

A fourth book, A Memorable 10 Teams of College Football: Unanimous National Champions 1900-1999, was recently sent to a publisher. An overview history of the game during those 100 years with emphasis on 10 exceptional teams. “A much easier read than the first,” according to the author.

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Think about Armory Square in downtown Syracuse: an area that picked itself up over 20 years ago and decided to “become” – become a go-to location for food, drinks, music, dance, and fun. The area never looked back, and has continued to serve up Syracuse staples – and surprises – for decades.

One of The Armory’s anchor locations is The Blue Tusk.

How to describe this restaurant? Parts of it are comfortably traditional, with its wood-and-stone, booths and comfort approach to décor. Another part is casual, open, boho experimental, with artistic flourishes – like finding the work of legendary local artist Elliott Matisse decorating the walls. And yet another is the order-at-the-bar, get buzzed with a pager when it’s ready convenience. And of course the main focus: great food and drinks.

All of which is to say that The Tusk is a work in constant progress. Always busy, the Blue Tusk’s huge windows offer a kind of living art to people passing in the street, and the same to patrons inside the spacious restaurant. The Blue Tusk is a part of the fabric of Syracuse.

But initially, co-owner and founder Tim Yorton simply had a small sandwich shop across the street, and it wasn’t until son Michael decided to actively join the family business in 1995 that the larger enterprise opened in its present location, with daughter Riann and Tim’s wife, Sandy, all part of the expanded organization. And since then, The Tusk has expanded another few times to accommodate a consistently growing clientele. continued on pg 37

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Oktoberfest is definitely a party. It was not only a party with the people, who quickly became my friends, at my table, but with the other 6,900 people in the tent too! Simon was about my age and a German engineer and we chatted about anything and everything while his friend and co-worker Mario and I compared our tattooed right-arm sleeves and traded stories about our dogs. Soon, others joined us at our table, more friends, colleagues, girlfriends, and other acquaintances. We talked books, politics, traded stories of our respective countries and cultures in between swigs of beer, bites of Bavarian chicken and soft German pretzels as big as two human heads, singing loudly along with the band and Prost-ing too many times to even count. We laughed and joked and laughed some more, between their broken English and my basically non-existent German. And eventually, every last one of us, not only in our group, but across the sea of people in the tent, young, old, dirndls, lederhosen, and all, got up out of our seats, stood on our benches and tipsily danced and sang the rest of the night away. Afterwards, we straggled out into the Weisn and ate roasted nuts for dessert, and my new German friends even made sure I made it safely back to my hotel that night. To say that all the countries represented in that very beer tent could have brought about World Peace if tasked to do so, would not have been an exaggeration! It was such an amazing experience!!

Day #4 in Munich consisted of me being fairly hungover, (I managed to drink 3 steins the previous night), but I went back to the Weisn one last time to purchase a couple of souvenirs, including a Hofbräu beer stein, and I had one last excursion of a walking tour of the city which included a history lesson on Hitler and the rise of the Third Reich. The following day, I was on my way back to the states after two full weeks in Europe.

I hope every last one of you reading this will get the opportunity to make it to Munich at some point and experience an Oktoberfest at least once in your lives. You will not regret it! I already want to go back! For now, I’ll leave you with a few staggering statistics from this year’s Oktoberfest according to www.oktoberfesttours.travel: A record 7.5 million liters of beer were consumed during the festival. That’s almost a half-million per day!

6.3 million people attended the festival this year. (The record belongs to the year 1985 where they had 7.1 million.)

According to ATM withdrawals, the top ten countries represented this year were: USA, UK, Austria, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Sweden and Belgium.

Injuries were down this year, to 5,800 from 7,000 last year. 717 of the visits to first aid stations were from excessive alcohol consumption. The Oktoberfest post office reported approximately 500 postcards being mailed per day.

Security personnel reported stopping 101,000 attempted thefts of beer steins from the tents.

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Floodwood w/ PBB3 Funk n Waffles, Syracuse Downtown Jackie & Dave The Vine at Del Lago, Waterloo John Spillett Jazz/Pop Duo Wegman’s Café, Fayetteville Lisa Lee Duo Pizza Man Pub, Baldwinsville Rotten Bonnie Average Joe’s Beernasium, Baldwinsville The Salt City Waltz: A Homegrown Celebration of the Music of The Band Palace Theatre, Syracuse Tech N9ne w/ Dizzy Wright, Futuristic & Apache Chief Westcott Theater, Syracuse Terry & Joe Jake’s Grub & Grog, Brewerton Under The Gun David’s Hideaway, Central Square

Sunday, November 25

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Monday, November 26

The Cadleys Brae Loch Inn, Cazenovia Pearly Baker’s Best (Dead tribute) Funk n Waffles, Syracuse Downtown

Tuesday, November 27

Moe Michnick & Friends Funk n Waffles, Syracuse Downtown

Wednesday, November 28

Dave Solazzo Duo LeMoyne Plaza, Syracuse Eric Scott Wild Horse Bar & Grill, Central Square G-Nome Project Funk n Waffles, Syracuse Downtown Just Joe Jake’s Grub & Grog, Brewerton

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JC Currais Auburn Public Theater, Auburn

Monday, November 5 Christopher Titus Funny Bone, Syracuse

Thursday, November 8

Nate Jackson Auburn Public Theater, Auburn

Thurs., Nov. 8 - Sat., Nov. 10 Steve Byrne Funny Bone, Syracuse

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Lynne Koplitz Cortland Repertory Theatre, Cortland

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Bruno Schirripa, Greg Morton & Nick Marra Palace Theatre, Syracuse

Sunday, November 11 Matt Bergman Funny Bone, Syracuse

Thursday, November 15

Cindy Kaza Funny Bone, Syracuse Shaun Robison w/ Dave & Sarah Sorensen: comedy magic show (benefit) Palace Theatre, Syracuse Shawn Wayans Funny Bone, Syracuse

Sunday, November 18 Jimmy Shubert Funny Bone, Syracuse

Wed., Nov. 21 & Fri., Nov. 23 Jessimae Peluso Funny Bone, Syracuse

Saturday, November 24 Andrew Schulz Funny Bone, Syracuse

Thursday, November 29 Bob Marley

Moses Storm Funny Bone, Syracuse

Civic Morning Musicals presents: Sarah Midgley, (saxophone) & Robbie Padilla, (piano) Park Central Presbyterian Church, Syr.

A Very Electric Christmas Civic Center, Syracuse Friday, November 2 Cirque Musica Holiday presents Wonderland NYS Baroque performs the works of Strozzi, Landmark Theatre, Syracuse Monteverdi, Schütz, Grandi & Ferrari Fri., November 23 & Sat., November 24 1st Unitarian Universalist, Syracuse Christmas with C.S. Lewis Saturday, November 3 Civic Center, Syracuse Symphoria performs the Music of Butterworth, Friday, November 23 - Sunday, Jan. 6 Prokofiev & Nielson Elf the Musical Civic Center, Syracuse Syracuse Stage, Syracuse Possessing Harriet Syracuse Stage, Syracuse

Thurs., Nov. 1 - Sun., Nov. 11

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Sunday, November 4

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Wednesday, November 7

The Lake Effect Winds: performs Holst, Kibbe, Bennett, Rimsky-Korsakoff & Grainger St. David’s Episcopal Church, DeWitt Skaneateles Library Guitar Concert Series presents: Grammy Award winning Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles

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Fri., November 9 - Sat., November 17

Nevermore! Edgar Allen Poe, the Final Mystery CNY Playhouse, Shoppingtown Mall

Saturday, November 10

Heart4Art: Original Art from all media w/ live music by Jacque Marsh, Greg Allen, and more Spark Contemporary Art Gallery, Syracuse

Wednesday, November 14

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Thursday, November 15

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Fri., November 30 - Sun., December 2 Syracuse City Ballet presents: The Nutcracker Civic Center, Syracuse

Sports Friday, November 2

Syracuse Crunch vs. Belleville Senators War Memorial, Syracuse SU Ice Hockey vs. University of Delaware Tennity Ice Pavillion, Syracuse

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Wednesday, November 14

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Saturday, November 17

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Friday, November 23

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Friday, November 30

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My Mind To Yours

by DEBRA MERRYWEATHER

Oft Told Tales BIG SPOILER ALERT; spoilers abound throughout.

The 2018 “A Star Is Born,” the fourth remake of the original 1937 film, touches on issues involving family, work, habits, choices and love. Many of us take our first baby steps toward selfhood in front of audiences who might not notice us or cheer us on. Some people feel they’ve been egged on toward lesser lives to improve prospects for someone else. The fourth “A Star is Born” presents substance and form amid the sometime tyranny of form over substance.

Director Bradley Cooper quickly introduces us to hard drinking country rocker Jackson Maine played by Bradley Cooper, who, after a stadium gig and seeking alcohol, encounters the heavily made up and polished Ally (Lady Gaga) who is singing Edith Piaf in a drag bar. Jackson, who likes his friends to call him Jack, quickly falls for Ally and Ally’s songwriting, and soon after, invites Ally into his life and onto his stage.

At the drag bar, Ally introduces Jack to her friends and her “drag mother,” a term that I learned online usually refers to an experienced drag queen who teaches a younger drag queen the secrets of femininity. Ally, whose actual mother isn’t around, lives with her father (Andrew Dice Clay), a once crooner and current limo driver. When her father asks Ally where she’s been after

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she returns home from her first brush with Jack, an eventful all-nighter, Ally tells him that she’s been with “Jackson Maine,” adding with a glance, that Jackson is a “drunk.” Her father’s initial excitement at this possible fateful meeting morphs to visible hurt.

Looks, and “looks,” are important throughout “A Star is Born.”

We learn, when Ally learns, that Jack’s mother died at eighteen giving birth to him.

We briefly meet and hear about Bobby (Sam Elliott), Jack’s much older half-brother and manager with whom Jack has a complicated relationship. Fear, resentment, and love express themselves in Jack’s and Bobby’s encounters and faces, and, I hope that some moviegoers’ compulsion to look at their smartphones didn’t rob them of seeing the actors’ non-verbal communication onscreen. Silences are a part of, and not rest stops along any story’s narrative path.

Sermon over. Back to the discussion.

Alcohol has long been a social lubricant, stimulant and sedative whose excessive use endangers vulnerable people. Twentieth century acceptance of the disease model of alcoholism removed some stigma from people seeking help. New evidence of how neurons fire and wire together to create emotional and cognitive patterns and habits should further improve our understanding of addiction and ourselves. Being conscious of our own stories, and listening to others, engenders understanding.

In “A Star is Born,” Jack tells his stories to Ally and eventually, to a counselor in an upscale rehab from which Jack emerges not-drinking, still writing, and emotionally naked and vulnerable. His behavior while drunk has rendered him particularly vulnerable to Ally’s manager Rez (Rafi Gavron). Rez had already invited Ally off Jack’s stage, repackaging Ally into a commercially successful persona very different from that of Jack’s natural looking musical partner. Rez wants the newly conscious Jack out of the picture and lets Jack know. Love, self-sacrifice and self-destruction are often linked and, as in previous versions of “A Star is Born,” the “Maine” story ends sadly.

Personas and archetypes loom large in theater, psychology, and myth. Some moviegoers and TV viewers want happy endings everywhere. How do storytellers sympathetically tell a tragic story without seeming to endorse a tragic end? Many revere martyrs, however, martyrdom requires some self-destructive impulse that starts somewhere.

Every tragic protagonist has a backstory rooted in some cultural narrative that has a backstory to its backstory.

In the Greek myths that predate western civilization, the god Dionysus is the “twice born” son of the god Zeus and a human mother, Semele. Zeus’s divine wife Hera, forever confronted with Zeus’s infidelities, pretends to be Semele’s friend, convincing Semele to demand that Zeus display his divine nature, a sight Hera knows will kill Semele. When Semele does die, Zeus rescues their love child, carrying Dionysus in his leg until Dionysus is born again. Some stories tell of Hera seeking to destroy the reborn Dionysus by destroying his caretakers and feeding the infant poison. Baby Dionysus is sometimes depicted swilling wine and indeed, the adult god Dionysus is associated with wine, ritual madness and religious ecstasy. Readers and scholars who compare and interpret Eastern Mediterranean texts as culturally specific retellings of older similar stories, suggest that Jesus Christ, said to have transformed water into wine and, born of a human mother and a divine father, is a Dionysian figure.

The ancient Greeks had their stories and others have theirs.

Ancient Greek physicians also posited that male sperm contained fully formed minihumans, homunculi, and females’ only contribution to reproduction was as incubator.

And, in the not so distant past, experts thought that alcoholism was a moral failing, or an inherited condition limited to certain marginalized ethnic groups and social classes.

Experts argue nature versus nurture. All of life is nature and nurture.

The 2018 “A Star Is Born” tells a story of nature’s struggle for nurture in a hard, persona driven world. For film lovers who like to read into things, “A Star is Born” is a great read.

The music’s great too.

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Blue Tusk continued from pg 29 Today, in addition to its bar and restaurant, the Blue Tusk offers banquet facilities and summer-time outdoor dining, as well.

Sandwiches were definitely part of the growing business – and 3 beers on tap were added to the menu. In other words, pub fare – of the very best kind. But a true restaurateur is rarely satisfied with once-and-done, and not only stays interested in what his customers want, but is also interested in exploring the world of food and drink for new tastes and experiences to bring to them.

Michael Yorton’s first major contribution to the family business was expanding the drinks offerings – adding wines and spirits to the bar to offer customers the wider variety of choices tastes demanded.

Probably the biggest change in the restaurant business in the US, and certainly in Central New York, is the expansion of the craft beer selection. Once The Tusk offered 3 beers on tap and a large selection of specialty bottled beers. Now, it’s 69 taps – with just about anything you might want. “Beer, cider, wine, and spirits,” Michael said. “Whatever you’re in the mood for. Staying current with the local and U.S. craft beer explosion has been really important.”

Michael also began to explore, traveling to find new experiences in food and drink, and bringing them back home – and offering them with a Tusk flare. Diners will find a menu with offerings from around the world – cheeses, Mediterranean treats, hearty tacos, kim chee, sliders, specialty salads, and soups. The atmosphere may be cheeky and fun, the approach to the quality of the food is not.

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Best Affordable Makeup Products

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5. To get a blinding highlight, head to colourpop and grab one of their Super Shock Highlighter’s. As of right now, Colourpop is only available online, however their products are super affordable and worth it.

This highlight is only $8.00!

6. One of Sephora’s best sellers for blush is NARS blush in Orgasm and for good reason it’s beautiful! However, it’s priced at $30.00. If you’re striving for the same beautiful, shimmery, peachy-pink shade than head to Walgreens or CVS instead. Milani Cosmetics makes a beautiful dupe called Luminoso. It applies flawlessly and is only $8.00!

1. Okay so this first one might sound weird, but trust me!

The best primer you can get at the drugstore is actually a man’s shaving balm. Nivea Men Sensitive Post Shave Balm is the best primer I have ever used. A Dutch makeup guru from YouTube, Nikkie de Jager, is credited with discovering this hack. Apply the balm just as you would any other primer and 7. For eyeshadow, I suggest investing in a versatile palette let it sit for about 20 seconds until it feels tacky on the skin. that will last a long time. Morphe has many 35 shadow Apply your foundation right on top and have it last all day palettes. All palettes are priced at a nice $23.00. That’s just long! The best part is, that you can get this product for less over a dollar than $5.00 at Target. per shadow! The infamous Urban Decay Naked palettes, are priced at a steep $54 2. I believe L’Oreal has the best foundations at the drugstore. For someper palette which equates to $4.50 per one with dry skin or someone who just wants a dewy finish, TRUE MATCH™ shadow. Morphe palettes are great qualLumi Healthy Luminous Makeup is amazing. If you’re skin type is oilier or ity and have easy blend-ability. you like a matte finish, you’ll love the INFALLIBLE® Pro-Matte Foundation.

The best assets of these are their prices! Both are under $13.00 and can be 8. Next is the cheapest item found at Walgreens, Target or Walmart. on this entire list. Jordana Easyliner for Lips Retractable 3. For concealer, Maybelline’s FIT ME® CONCEALER Pencil are great liners. They’re is a winner. It is a dupe for YVES SAINT LAURENT long-lasting and come in 8 TOUCHE ECLAT Radiance Perfecting Pen which costs a different colors. They’re only whopping $42.00 compared to the Maybelline’s con$2.49 a piece! Additionally, on Walgreens.com right now, they are buy one get cealer priced at $6.49. one 50% off! You can own the whole line for $15.00, that’s less than one KAT VON D Everlasting Lip Liner 4. For contouring and highlighting, Nyx has a few products that are perfect and have dual purposes. If you prefer a 9. Another product that Colourpop makes that is amazing and affordable is their Ultra Matte Lips.They’re long lasting and comfortable on the lips.

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This Month’s Recipe Maple Walnut Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe from savorynothings.com

Managing Stress

We all have our share of stress. Especially around the holiday season! When it comes to managing stress, staying mentally healthy is as important as staying physically fit. Slowing down throughout your day and taking a couple of minutes to breathe will pay off in the short and long-term.

Stress can also be a result of a lack of self-control and time management. Make “to do” lists for tasks such as meal planning and grocery shopping, but also accept the fact that there will be days that you won’t be able to do it all. Just do your best!

Controlling Cravings

Failing to plan, is planning to fail. Planning out meals at the beginning of the week and making sure you have protein (for example) with every meal will help control cravings and the urge to splurge. By having defined mealtimes and eating more frequently throughout the day, you will be able to avoid temptations at work, school, or in the break room. As long as you are mindful, you won’t have to restrict what you eat and you can instead focus on what fuels your body.

If you stay committed to your goals, you won’t have to feel guilty about eating that candy apple on your trip to the apple orchard. There’s certainly nothing wrong with having a treat once in a while.

Stay Active Outdoors

This is a great time of year to get outside and enjoy the cool crisp air. Sign up for a 5k, half marathon, or other type of outdoor activity. You’re less likely to make up excuses if you have an upcoming event to look forward to.

Choose activities that the whole family can enjoy. Even if you go to the pumpkin patch to pick out your pumpkins or do a corn maze with the kids you’re still doing something active.

In Conclusion:

While it may seem daunting at the time, it is possible to keep up your fitness routine and momentum well after your tan lines have faded. Define your personal goals, develop healthy daily practices and be intentional in everything that you do.

At the end of the day, fitness is more than getting that perfect six-pack and looking good, it is about the quality of your life. If you want to be successful for the long-term, you have to transform more than your body; you have to change your mindset and develop a healthy lifestyle that is realistic, achievable and sustainable. Before you know it, you will be on your way to a fit and healthy lifestyle that you can enjoy all year round.

Good luck to you.

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Ingredients

TOPPING: SWEET POTATOES: 2/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 4 small sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup Greek yogurt 2 tablespoon light brown sugar 1/2 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice 1 tablespoon maple syrup Brown sugar to taste (optional for a sweeter dish) Pinch of salt

Prep Cook Servings 6 Servings 15m 45m

Directions         

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Pierce the potatoes with a fork, place in a large baking pan and bake until soft (time will vary depending on the size of your sweet potatoes, anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes).

Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the baked insides.

Try to keep the skins whole as much as possible!

Place the potato skins back in the baking pan. Mash the baked potato flesh in a bowl until smooth.

Mix in the Greek yogurt, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup (and brown sugar, if using) and salt.

Scoop this filling into the sweet potato skins (I get 6 skins out of 4 baked potatoes).

In a separate bowl, mix all topping ingredient. Sprinkle over the filled sweet potato skins.

Bake at 400°F for 12-15 minutes.

Drizzle with extra syrup to serve, if you like.

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