Arts & Lifestyles - March 19, 2020

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The best antidote to fear is facts.

As Long Island’s premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine is your trusted resource for reliable information on how you can protect your health during the coronavirus outbreak.

There are many practical measures that you can take immediately to protect the health and safety of you and your family: Wash your hands often, for at least 20 seconds using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand wash with at least 60 percent alcohol.

Do not touch your nose, mouth and eyes unless you have washed your hands.

Maintain safe social distance (6 feet) from others who are sick.

Stay home when you are sick.

Cover your sneeze or cough with a tissue or by coughing and sneezing into the crook of your arm. Immediately dispose of tissues in trash receptacles and then wash your hands.

Clean and frequently disinfect objects and surfaces that are frequently touched.

Until a vaccine and more effective treatments are available for the coronavirus, everyone should take the measures outlined here to protect your health and the health of your loved ones. The facts remain our strongest inoculation to prevent unnecessary fear and concern.

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If you have cold or flu-like symptoms (fever, headache, cough, muscle aches and joint pain), stay home and call your primary care physician for guidance. If you are having trouble breathing, call 911 immediately. Do not visit patients in the hospital if you or a family member believe you may have contracted the coronavirus, are sick, have a fever, cough or any respiratory symptoms.

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Pandemics and apocalyptic thinking

immune systems. It is hard to design or conceive of a protein surface of a virus or bacterium that can penetrate any cell of any organism. In order to enter, a microbe must have a surface protein capable of attachment to the host cell. It must have one or more proteins capable of digesting that surface. It must have one or more capacities, once entering its DNA or RNA, to replicate and produce more of its kind than any effort by the cell or the infected organism to attack it.

We know this has never happened in the past three billion years of life because we are alive.

There is a constant, back and forth, relation of mutations that increase virulence or hosts and new mutations that prevent microbes from entering or surviving in a penetrated cell. The odds are also in our favor because humans can develop vaccines to immunize against infections.

What this pandemic reminds us, however, is that our governments need to anticipate such events (usually once or twice a century) with public health programs and effective limits of public gathering and isolating those infected.

At its early stages the temptation is to deny that an epidemic is starting or will be widespread. No one wants commerce to be disrupted by fears that empty our stores and diminish spending. For this reason, people who have spent their careers in public health are more trustworthy than politicians who are guided by wishful thinking that this is just a false alarm.

Whenever I read of health workers dying from contact with individuals who sicken and die, the biologist in me says listen to the experts in public health, not those who are guided by their political ideologies and instincts.

Elof Axel Carlson is a distinguished teaching professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University.

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Humans have known of epidemics throughout recorded history.

Biblical “visitations” as they were called, include locusts, infectious diseases, fire and brimstone, and other calamities, the worst of which was the Noachian Flood that wiped out most of life that BY ELOF AXEL CARLSON could not survive in the air, in the water, or on Noah’s ark. That is a religious, not secular event.

Secular plagues go back to Roman, Greek, and Egyptian civilizations. These could have been typhus, cholera, and bubonic plagues. The most disastrous in more recent memory was the bubonic plague of the 1350s which killed one third of the population.

Our present worry is the coronavirus pandemic. As I write this, it is in its still early stage, with only a few countries imposing a nationwide quarantine and testing program to check its spread. From the early statistics it does not seem to kill more than 3 percent of those infected. That too is skewed by the heavier mortality among the aged population (those over 65) where it is as high as 10 percent of those infected.

I am 88 so I am aware of my vulnerability and follow the directives about travel, meetings, handwashing and being careful but not obsessed (I have not hoarded food or antiseptics). I am confident this will pass without killing a substantial portion of humanity.

One reason it is hard to do a Noah-like massacre of all life on land is the nature of our

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KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS

SBU honors three inaugural research endowed chairs

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

A heart and lung doctor, a researcher who works on imaging for schizophrenia and a scientist working with a mutation that affects cancer last month received endowed inaugural chair positions at Stony Brook University.

Ute Moll is the Renaissance Endowed Professor in Cancer Biology, Anissa Abi-Dargham is the Lourie Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Henry Tannous is the General Ting Feng Cheng Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

In addition to adding the prestigious titles and winning support from local benefactors and philanthropists, the three researchers will each receive annual financial support from their positions that will sustain their research and education efforts.

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Ute Moll

A native of Germany, Ute Moll, who is studying the six most common mutated forms of the highly researched p53 gene, is grateful for the donors, the funds and the recognition. “It’s pretty prestigious to have an endowed chair or professorship attached to your name or title,” she said Moll described the p53 mutations as the “most common mutation in cancer.” She has been working with a mouse model. The p53 R248 hotspot is the single most common variant in all p53 altered tumor types, which occurs in about 66,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients in the United States each year.

If these mice also have a gene called Myc, they get either liver or colon cancer. By receiving an

estrogen derivative drug called Tamoxifen, which is used in breast cancer, the active, mutated version of the p53 gene is turned off when another gene called Cre recombinase is activated. By removing the p53 gene, the mice live two to three times longer than they would have.

In a typical mouse, cancer can cause over 100 tumor nodules, leaving almost no normal liver.

When Moll and her colleagues turned off the mutant gene, the size of the cancer is much more limited, with only a few remaining nodules.

One particular mouse lived for more than two months, eventually dying of an unrelated lymphoma.

The liver, however, which had an infection across the entire organ, didn’t show a single trace of a tumor. It was completely normal, despite the ubiquitous tumor nodules before treatment.

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Thus far, targeting this mutated p53 is a concept Moll and her colleagues have developed in pre-clinical mouse models of lymphoma, colon and liver cancer, but it doesn’t yet have a clinical application.

Liver cancer used to be relatively rare in the population, driven largely by infection from hepatitis B and hepatitis C, as well as through alcoholism. Amid an epidemic of obesity, people are developing a chronically inflammatory liver condition, which increases the incidence of liver cancer.

Anissa Abi-Dargham

A specialist in Positron Emission Tomography (or PET) imaging for schizophrenia, Anissa Abi-Dargham is pleased with the opportunity to deploy the funds for her work at her discretion.

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“The beauty of these funds is that they are totally flexible,” she explained, adding that she plans to use the funds to pursue new research ideas that might not otherwise get funding until she can use data to prove a concept or principal.

“This is really a great honor because it means that the institution believes in you and wants to invest and retain you,” she said.

In her work, Abi-Dargham has been using imaging to see what is causing dopamine dis-regulation, either with too much or too little of the neurotransmitter.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 You may be facing the consequences of a little overindulgence this week, Aries. It may take a bit for you to get back on track. Use every opportunity to rest up.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, if you are moving from one job to another, you may have to put your social life on hold for a bit until all components of this transition are working smoothly.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, obligations at work or at home are building up and you may be experiencing extra stress. The key to feeling better is to take some of the responsibilities off of your plate.

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may need to say something to a loved one that shows how much you support this special purpose. Give careful consideration to what you want to say.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Use this week as an opportunity to catch up on some rest, Capricorn. Your schedule has been jampacked for some time now, and your energy stores are depleted.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may be stuck in the middle of a situation with two people you care about. Be an impartial listener to both instead of taking sides.

Offer advice if it’s sought.

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Continued from page B5 She is looking at two systems that may explain the imbalance: the cholinergic system and the kappa opioid system.

Abi-Dargham had been at Columbia University for 20 years before joining Stony Brook over three years ago. She appreciates the school investing in a stateof-the-art imaging center. “The people in charge of this imaging center are very much investing in promoting imaging for neuroscience and psychiatry,” she said.

Based on her findings in schizophrenia, other investigators in the United Kingdom have documented dopamine levels before schizophrenia symptoms begin.

She hopes her research discovers biomarkers that can be used to predict who is going to convert to having schizophrenia.

Patients do better when the onset of symptoms is later in their lives because their more mature brain has fostered better organized life, skill sets, and relationships.

She is also testing whether other markers, such as a neuromelanin, which is a metabolite of dopamine and binds iron-like materials, will show up on a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan before the disease.

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Tannous called the endowed chair position an “absolute honor.” It will not only allow him to continue with his current work, but it’s also going to enable him to expand his research. He will also use some of the funds to provide continuing education for his staff.

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The financial support will allow him to hire research assistants and access national databases. Tannous and his research team of cardiothoracic and lung scientists use registries from the New York State Department of Health registry and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, each of which provides the data for a price.

With his lung work, Tannous focuses on state 1 lung cancer. Traditionally, he said, people have received a diagnosis late in the development of the disease. Over the past few years, doctors have diagnosed patients at an earlier point.

Earlier diagnoses became more prevalent after Medicare approved lung cancer screening in 2015, which picked up more cases while patients were still in the earlier stages, when the cancer might otherwise be asymptomatic.

“We would like to know more about how the disease affects [patients] and their quality of life,” Tannous said. His lab has a collaboration with Mount Sinai Hospital to learn more about the effect of the disease on the lives of the patients.

With his heart research, he’s focusing on aortic disease and is testing the limits of the Trans Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

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MEDICAL COMPASS

Coronavirus:

How to protect yourself COVID-19, a strain of the coronavirus, is now a pandemic. I have been barraged with questions from patients, neighbors and friends. They are right to be asking questions, because there is not enough information being circulated about how to protect yourself and your family.

happens after a heart attack, where the immune response is overzealous, targets healthy tissue and causes dysfunction in the heart. This process is called remodeling.

The goal is to create a healthy/strengthened immune system — not to boost and not to suppress the immune system. You want the “Goldilocks” of immune responses: not too little, not too much, but just right.

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Key elements

The key weapons we have in this fight against COVID-19 are containment and mitigation. A lot has been shared about containment by the Centers for Disease Control. Containment is reducing the incidence of new cases to a goal of zero, thus flattening the prevalence curve so this virus is no longer infecting anyone. This requires social distancing, hand washing for at least 20 seconds, surface cleaning, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth (1). If you have not already, I encourage you to review the guidelines at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

There is less information being provided about how we can minimize the severity of the disease if we are infected. This is mitigation.

Mitigation is about preparing ourselves, so we experience an asymptomatic or a mild form.

Who is most at risk?

According to a study focusing on Wuhan, China findings, people most at risk are those who have chronic diseases, with high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease being the three most common (2). Also at risk are those who are “older,” that is 60 years or older, for they are more likely to have weakened immune systems and increased inflammation.

Managing your immune response

Ultimately, the goal is to have a healthy, appropriate immune system response. If the immune system “under-responds,” the virus’s symptoms will be more severe. Another term for this is immunocompromised.

If the immune system is overstimulated, your white blood cells are more likely to attack healthy tissue and cause further damage, exacerbating the situation. This sometimes

What can be done?

The best methodology here is to lean on what I call the four pillars of lifestyle modification: diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep.

Diet. By implementing a nutrient-dense, whole food plant-based (WFPB) diet or, more specifically, what I call a “Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday (LIFE) diet,” you can rapidly improve or even reverse these chronic diseases, decrease inflammation and strengthen your immune system, which will decrease your chances of dying from the virus.

The Lancet study referenced above found that inflammation and a weakened immune system were central to determining how people will do on entering the hospital.

What I’ve found with the LIFE diet in my practice is that people have white blood cells that are on the low end of the scale, between 2.5-4.5, rather than in the middle or upper range of 6.0-10.8. Typically, my patients’ white blood cells when they get sick stay within the normal range of 3.4-10.8. In fact., I had a patient who recently got a cold virus: their white blood cells were 3.4 before they got sick, and they rose to only 7.8, well within the normal range. This resulted in a targeted response with recovery in a very short time period.

For those with healthy immune systems, if they do get the coronavirus, their response will be more likely targeted instead of a disproportionately large response that starts killing the virus but also the healthy tissue in the lungs, leading to increased inflammation and fluid build-up in the lungs. Dr Fauci has warned this could potentially happen – what is called a cytokine storm – although the chances are very small. Ultimately, the immune system in these situations contributes to the problem, instead of helping.

So, what can you do to incorporate LIFE diet habits into your daily routine?

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Focus on fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables and legumes. This is very important. With vegetables, the focus should be on dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, bok choy, kale, broccoli and cauliflower, as well as mushrooms. More is better. You cannot have too much. For fruits, apples have shown to play an important role in lung health, and all types of berries have high anti-inflammatory effects.

WFPB diets ultimately help with inflammation and immune strengthening and also support reduced stress and better sleep.

The reason for these effects may have to do with the microbiome, the microbes living in your gut, which are an important determinant of how your immune system functions. Seventy percent of your immune cells are in your gut.

You can test for inflammation by looking at both white blood cell count and high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP). Beta carotene levels in the blood are a way to measure nutrient levels. I recently published a study that showed there is an inverse relationship between beta carotene in the blood and inflammation measured through hsCRP. This showed a 75 percent reduction in inflammation with higher beta carotene levels achieved through a plant-rich diet focusing on dark green leafy vegetables.

Interestingly, you don’t seem to achieve the same reduction in inflammation from vitamins or plant-based powders as you do by eating actual fruits and vegetables and legumes.

Stress management and exercise.

Please, don’t panic. When you stress, your body releases cortisol, or internal steroids, that actually weaken the immune system and increase your risk of serious infection.

Techniques to reduce your stress include exercise, yoga and meditation.

Mild to moderate exercise can be effective, such as a walk or jog outdoors or up and down the steps of your home. Just because the gyms may be closed in your area does not mean you can’t get exercise. It is spring, let’s take advantage of the weather, which will also help with mood and stress.

You can also exercise your lungs using an incentive spirometer. My personal favorite is the Triflo II version, but there are many on the market. I recommend taking 10 breaths using the incentive spirometer twice a day. This can help

expand your lungs and keep the aveoli healthy and open. Aveoli exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules to and from the bloodstream.

Sleep. Exercise will also help with sleep, as will the LIFE diet. Getting enough quality sleep is important to strengthening the immune system. Quality, not quantity, is most crucial.

What if you are infected?

If you are infected, supportive care is most critical: stay hydrated; focus on foods with fluids in them to help with this, like fruits, vegetables, and low-salt vegetable-based soups; and sleep.

Importantly, stay away from NSAIDS. These are mostly over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen and even aspirin, but can be prescriptions such as diclofenac.

These suppress the immune system, thus making it more difficult for it to fight (3)(4).

The mechanism of action for this suppression of the immune system is an anti-inflammatory effect that is different and detrimental, compared to the favorable anti-inflammatory effects of a WFPB diet such as the LIFE diet.

Instead, you want to reduce fever using acetaminophen, or Tylenol. This will not have any effects on inflammation, thus not interfering with the body’s immune system.

If you can’t tolerate acetaminophen for fever, some alternatives may be elderflowers, catnip (which is a gentle choice for children), yarrow, white willow bark, echinacea, and lemon balm, although there is little data on their effectiveness.

Do not hesitate to go to the hospital if you have difficulty breathing, persistent pain or pressure in your chest, new confusion or an inability to get up, or bluish lips or face.

These are signs of potentially severe and lifethreatening COVID-19 symptoms.

To sum it all up, chronic diseases and not managing those four lifestyle pillars are risk factors for dying from COVID-19. You can improve or reverse your chronic diseases, as well as strengthen your immune system and reduce inflammation through a plant-rich dark green leafy vegetable diet like the LIFE diet.

References:

(1) cdc.gov/coronavirus. (2) Lancet. Published online March 9, 2020. (3) Lung. 2017;195(2):2018. (4) Chest. 2011;139(2):387-94.

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Modell’s Sporting Goods files for bankruptcy

Comings and goings

All stores on LI to close

Modell’s Sporting Goods, the nation’s oldest, family-owned and operated retailer of sporting goods, athletic footwear and active apparel is going out of business.

Fourth-generation owner Mitchell Modell made the announcement last Wednesday after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and allowing for the liquidation of all of its 153 stores located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. beginning March 13.

Mid Village Pharmacy closed

Mid Village Pharmacy, located at 51 Broadway in Greenlawn, closed its doors on March 12. The business stated it was “not getting reimbursed by insurance companies” as a reason for the closure. Prescriptions will be transferred to CVS Pharmacy at 89 Broadway in Greenlawn.

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‘This is certainly not the outcome I wanted, and it is one of the most difficult days of my life.’

— CEO MITCHELL MODELL

Founded in 1889 by Morris A. Modell, the first Modell’s store was located on Cortlandt Street in lower Manhattan according to the company’s website.

The retailer known for its “Gotta Go to Mo’s” ad slogan joins several other sporting goods giants including Sports Authority to shutter in recent years as online retail hurt brick-and -mortar sales.

The decision will affect 14 stores on Long Island including Rocky Point, Shirley, Centereach, Bohemia, Commack, Bay Shore and Huntington Station. The Riverhead and Farmingdale locations

The Centereach store on Middle Country Road promotes clearance sales last Friday.

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were closed last year.

“While we achieved some success, in partnership with our landlords and vendors, it was not enough to avoid a bankruptcy filing amid an extremely challenging environment for retailers,” Modell said in a statement on March 11.

“This is certainly not the outcome I wanted, and it is one of the most difficult days of my life ... but I believe liquidation provides the greatest recovery for our

creditors,” he added. The stores began liquidation sales on March 13.

Although the retailer did not announce it’s last day, Modell’s website states that online sales will continue during the process; Modell’s gift cards, MVP awards and returns with a receipt will be accepted through April 15; the Modell’s credit card and the Modell’s Visa card will no longer be accepted; and competitor’s coupons will no longer be honored.

Melville’s Party City to close its doors

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Party City at 610 Broadhollow Road in Melville is closing in May. The announcement was made on March 12. “Party City routinely evaluates our portfolio of stores in response to ongoing consumer, market and economic changes that naturally arise in the business.

After careful consideration, the Melville store location will close on May 2, 2020,” the Elmsford, New York-based party supply chain said in a statement.

The store, which shares a shopping center with a Fortunoff Backyard Store, Suburban Eats and Moe’s Southwest Grill, joins over 55 other Party City locations to shutter over the past two years. After the closing, 13 stores remain on Long Island including Centereach, Commack and Stony Brook.

SterlingRisk Insurance has hired Kaitlin Friedman as alternative market leader.

A resident of Huntington, the licensed property and casualty insurance broker provides wholesale support to the SterlingRisk Programs Department. “It’s a pleasure to welcome Kaitlin to SterlingRisk,” remarked SterlingRisk Kaitlin Friedman CEO David Sterling. “She is a solutions-driven commercial lines insurance professional who is enthusiastic, motivated, and committed to outstanding customer service. I am confident she will prove an asset in alternative markets and throughout the organization.”

Journalist Cappiello joins SBU

Emily Cappiello, a veteran journalist and communications professional, has joined the Stony Brook University Office of Marketing & Communications team as media relations specialist.

Prior to joining Stony Brook the Levitown resident was with ICD Emily Cappiello Publications, where she most recently served as executive editor of Gourmet Insider Magazine and senior editor for HomeWorld Business Magazine.

In her new role, Cappiello will support the goals and objectives of the Office of Media Relations, leading its news bureau and developing and implementing a strategic media relations plan that supports leadership and key strategic initiatives of the university.

Among her key responsibilities will be to help to grow and promote SBU’s subject matter expert program and identify and report news stories that support institutional priorities.

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Preservation Long Island to launch The Jupiter Hammon Project Preservation Long Island, a regional preservation advocacy nonprofit based out of Cold Spring Harbor, recently announced the launch of The Jupiter Hammon Project, an initiative that aims to expand interpretive and educational programming at the Joseph Lloyd Manor, an 18th-century Long Island manor house owned and operated by Preservation Long Island.

The goal is to engage the site more fully to reflect the multiple events, perspectives, and people that shaped the house’s history including Jupiter Hammon (1711– ca.1806), the first published African American author who was enslaved by the Lloyd family and whose work was published during his lifetime.

Jupiter Hammon’s life and writings offer an exceptionally nuanced view of slavery and freedom on Long Island before and after the American Revolution. His works are especially significant because most literature and historical documents from the eighteenth century were not written from an enslaved person’s point of view. Consequently, Hammon’s writings provide powerful insights into the experience of the enslaved, as well as the social and moral conflicts slavery raised in the newly formed United States.

Joseph Lloyd Manor Courtesy of Preservation Long Island

The Project will include a series of collaborative roundtables discussing the legacy of enslavement on Long Island and the life of Jupiter Hammon. Three public roundtable events have been tentatively scheduled during the summer of this year.

Moderated by Cordell Reaves, Historic Preservation and Interpretation Analyst, New York State Department of Parks, Recreation

and Historic Preservation, the discussions will be held at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn on June 20; the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead on July 11; and the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Huntington on August 8 in an effort to bring together scholars and professionals with local residents, descendent communities, and other diverse stakeholders across Long Island.

These discussions will help develop a new interpretive direction for the historic Joseph Lloyd Manor that encourages responsible, rigorous, and relevant encounters with Long Island’s history of enslavement and its impact on society today.

This innovative project will also provide educational content for the development of revised school curricula and serve as a model approach to program development for other sites of enslavement in the region. It will foster collaborative relationships with local descendants and community stakeholders so that their voices continue to shape PLI’s mission of stewardship, advocacy, and education.

Kicking off the Jupiter Hammon Project is the Literary Landmark Ceremony tentatively scheduled for Saturday, May 30. United for Libraries and the Empire State Center for the Book will recognize the house where Jupiter Hammon lived and wrote (the Joseph Lloyd Manor) as a Literary Landmark. The unveiling of the bronze plaque recognizing Jupiter Hammon and the significance of the Joseph Lloyd Manor will take place as well as poetry readings and tours of the house.

For more information or to register for this free event, call 631-692-4664 or visit www. preservationlongisland.org.

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Parmigiano-Reggiano ...

The King of Italian Cheese

BY BOB LIPINSKI Parmigiano-Reggiano is one of the most popular cheeses on the planet, with a rich history that dates to 1200, recorded on a notarized deed in Genoa. Parmigiano is made in the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, and Modena, in the northeast region of Emilia-Romagna, famous for its Balsamic Vinegar, Mortadella, and Prosciutto di Parma.

Although this “king of Italian cheese” is often referred to as “parmesan,” in 2008 the European Court of Justice ruled that the word “Parmesan” could not be used as a generic term to include Parmigiano-Reggiano. However, parmesan continues to be used as a substitute name for Parmigiano-Reggiano.

While other cheeses get sharper as they age, Parmigiano-Reggiano becomes mellower.

Parmigiano is made from cow’s milk and the leftover whey is fed to the pigs used for Prosciutto di Parma. After a minimum of 12 months of aging, cheesemakers determine if the wheel-shaped cheese should be sold or continued to be aged for 24, 36, 40 months or longer. The rind of these gigantic wheels of cheese is embossed all over in a repeating pattern with its name in pin dots and the identification number of the production dairy, the year and month of production.

Parmigiano has a straw-yellow exterior, an inedible golden yellow rind with an oily sheen

and a straw-yellow interior comprised of tiny, pale-gold crystals. The cheese is hard, granular, and flaky depending on its age. The longer the cheese ages, the more “crunch” to enjoy. It has a complex, mellow flavor — nutty, buttery, and salty in taste — with a granular smoothness and intense flavor. Parmigiano can be eaten in bite-size chunks when young. When old it is suitable for grating. While other cheeses get sharper as they age, Parmigiano-Reggiano becomes mellower.

When buying the cheese, examine it carefully. It should be a uniform moist but pale amber color with no signs of dryness, white patches or a white rim next to the rind.

To enjoy Parmigiano, take a thin velvety slice of Prosciutto di Parma and put a small piece of Parmigiano in the middle. Drizzle a couple of drops of Balsamic vinegar, then wrap the prosciutto around the cheese and pop it into your mouth.

Parmigiano should be stored in a tight layer of plastic wrap. Every time you use the cheese, use a fresh piece of plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Some recommended Italian wines to serve with Parmigiano include Red: Amarone della Valpolicella, Barbera, Bardolino, Dolcetto, Grignolino, Lambrusco, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Nebbiolo, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Valpolicella; White: Cortese, Fiano, Friulano, Orvieto, Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Verdicchio; Other: dry Marsala, Moscato d’Asti, and Vin Santo.

Bob Lipinski is the author of 10 books, including “101: Everything You Need to Know About Whiskey” and “Italian Wine & Cheese Made Simple” (available on Amazon.com). He conducts training seminars on wine, spirits and food and is available for speaking engagements. He can be reached at www.boblipinski.com OR bkjm@hotmail.com.

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COOKING COVE

Rösti, Hasselbacks and Duchess: not your everyday spuds

BY BARBARA BELTRAMI

Everybody loves potatoes. Everybody cooks potatoes, and everybody eats potatoes (unless they’re on a crash diet). Mashed, baked, home fries, French fries, roasted, chips, salad, boiled and steamed and more. They lend themselves to so many preparations and cooking methods that it’s no wonder they’re the staple of many diets and figure largely in cuisines all over the world.

But good as potatoes are, even they get boring. So here are a few recipes that take potatoes to a new level where they are so delicious that they’re sure to nudge over even the crispiest of French fries and the creamiest of mashed potatoes. One is for a rösti, a Swiss version of a large potato pancake. Another is for Hasselbacks, russets cut accordion-style, drenched with butter and olive oil and cooked to golden perfection. And the third is for Duchess potatoes, mashed and then baked to fluffy scrumptiousness.

Rösti

YIELD: Makes 3 to 4 servings INGREDIENTS: • 1 pound potatoes, peeled • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste • 1/4 cup olive oil

Potatoes Duchess

DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl or food processor coarsely grate potatoes; thoroughly mix in salt and pepper; let mixture sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then squeeze out as much liquid as possible.

Transfer to a second bowl (and don’t worry about any discoloring).

Over medium-high heat, pour oil into heavy 8-inch skillet; test oil by dropping in a potato shred, and if it sizzles, it’s ready. Being careful of a few inevitable spatters, gently drop mixture by handfuls into hot oil, starting with center of pan and moving outward to edges; using the back of a spoon or spatula, flatten into an even pancake. Lower heat but keep it high enough to maintain a good sizzle (don’t let bottom brown too quickly), about 15 minutes.

Carefully slide rösti onto a dinner plate; keep skillet over heat. Put another dinner plate over rösti and holding the two plates tightly together, invert them so brown bottom of pancake is now on top. Remove top plate and slide rösti back into skillet, brown side up. Continue cooking until potatoes are tender and new bottom is browned, about 6 to 8 minutes. Slide onto platter, cut into wedges and serve hot with meat, poultry or fish and a green vegetable.

YIELD: Makes 4 servings INGREDIENTS: • 2 pounds potatoes, peeled and quartered • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter • Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste • Ground nutmeg to taste • 2 eggs lightly beaten with 2 egg yolks DIRECTIONS:

In a large pot of boiling salted water cook potatoes, covered, until soft but not mushy, about 15 to 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and dry them by shaking them in pan over heat. Put potatoes through a sieve or ricer, add butter, salt and pepper, nutmeg, eggs and egg yolks; beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until very smooth and fluffy.

Preheat broiler; place potato mixture in a pastry bag and pipe into desired shapes or portions in a shallow baking pan or cookie sheet; place under broiler to brown on top. Serve immediately with a fine cut of beef or delicate fish.

Hasselbacks

YIELD: Makes 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil • 1/2 cup snipped chives • 2 garlic cloves, minced

Potatoes Duchess Stock photo • 1/2 cup minced flat leaf parsley • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste • 6 russet potatoes DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 425 F. In a small bowl whisk together the butter, olive oil, garlic, parsley and salt and pepper. Lay potatoes on a cutting board and place the handles of two wooden cooking spoons alongside them lengthwise (this will prevent your cutting all the way through to their bottoms). Cut potatoes into quarter-inch slices leaving 1/4 inch at bottom so they are still attached. Place potatoes in a shallow baking pan and, being sure to get into crevices, brush evenly with butter mixture. Bake until crisp and tender, about one hour. Serve immediately with grilled meat, poultry or fish.

We normally use this space to advertise products from our vendors but since we can’t guarantee all items will be in stock we would like to use this space to thank our employees who have continued to work through exhaustion and demands while they also have had to deal with our new challenges going on in the world.

We are currently receiving rather normal deliveries with some things being shorted or rationed while immediate demand has skyrocketed. Let me stress that I don’t believe any one of us will starve. We may have to go without our favorite flavor of ice cream for a few days but we will prevail. The food supply will adjust to the shifting demands.

We have tried to maintain a calming atmosphere even during our busy times and have gotten to speak with many of our long time customers and I understand the concerns of the unknown, but together as a community we can do this.

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BOOK REVIEW

The Hamptons Kitchen

By Hillary Davis and Stacy Dermont

Cookbook Reviewed by Jeffrey Sanzel

Co-authors Hillary Davis, above, and Stacy Dermont, left, have joined forces to cultivate a beautiful new cookbook inspired by the Hamptons.

‘This book is a love affair with seaside eating.’

— from the Foreword by Gael Greene

H

illary Davis and Stacy Dermont have collaborated on a book that is more than just a collection of recipes. It is an engagingly written celebration of not just seasonal cooking but local sourcing. They have brought together multiple elements of Long Island and channeled them into a guide that is both entertaining and practical.

The love for their home is furthered in its citing of neighborhood farms and businesses and the plethora of ingredients that they provide to make magic in the kitchen.

“Over many meals and food-oriented adventures,” writes Davis, “we came to the conclusion that we wanted to share what we love about this very special part of the world. … In the way we have chosen to live, we shop at our local farm stands and farmers’ markets for most or all of our fresh produce, as much to revel in the amazing quality and choice as to feel as if we are taking part in preserving our small-farm heritage.”

This local-centric ideology is a passion for both writer-chefs and this clearly honest zeal continues throughout the book. Prior to each

recipe there is a succinct and informative narrative piece: a personal anecdote or a slice of hyperlocal detail. Both authors pen in a homey narrative, as if they are sharing a bit of themselves as they prepare the plethora of repasts. Whether it’s a history of the ingredients or a “one time when” they enrich the entire reading experience.

In the first part of the book, there is a discussion about the importance of pairings of food to beverages. Their thesis is that they should amplify or contrast to enhance the meal. Davis and Dermont explain each and propose a local drink as complement.

Most often, there is a recommendation of a product from one of the 60 local wineries, 40 craft breweries, or one of the many distilleries or cideries. Sometimes, they simply advise an herbal tea. These details are a wonderful augmentation.

The book proper is divided by seasons: spring, low summer, high summer, fall and winter. Presented is a very detailed list of what is in season and when, a list that should be kept nearby throughout the year.

There is even a plea for “Nothing Goes to Waste” with ideas for using remnants in making stock or composting.

Each section of the book contains small plates, salads, main courses and desserts. In

the hundred recipes, there is a nice mix of well-loved and new dishes as well as unique takes on popular favorites.

It is a tribute to the clarity of the writing that even the more complicated and challenging recipes are explained in such a way that novice cooks can accomplish them.

They are given step by step with just the right amount of detail. There are also instructions on topics ranging from the roasting of garlic to the blanching of fresh bamboo shoots to the selection and cooking of clams. This is a wealth of knowledge, expertly shared.

It would be impossible to highlight all of the wonderful choices that are on offer: Potato Cheesecake with Caramel Crust, Kale Poppers, Blue Cheese Chicken with Strawberry Salsa, Long Island Duck Breasts with Duck Walk Vineyards Blueberry Port Sauce, BLT Macaroni Salad with Ham Crisps, So Many Tomatoes Sauce over Spaghetti Squash, Peconic Bay Scallops with Riesling Cream, Roasted Montauk Pearl Oysters, Wine Country Beef Stew, Cider-Poached Apples on a Cloud of

Both authors pen in a homey narrative, as if they are sharing a bit of themselves as they prepare the plethora of repasts.

Cider-Sweetened Ricotta … there is not just something for everyone — there is a bounty of culinary joys.

Special note should be made of the original photography by Barbara Lassen. Lassen’s keen eye brings the dishes to life in dazzling and vivid colors, further reminding us that there is a special multifaceted aesthetic involved in this entire process.

Davis and Dermont’s The Hamptons Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes Pairing Land and Sea will make a wonderful addition to culinary libraries throughout the Island. But even more importantly, it will find its best home in kitchens for many years to come.

The cookbook is available online at Barnes & Noble and Amazon and will be in bookstores

by April 7. For upcoming book signings, please visit www.thehamptonskitchen.com.

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Byzantine Catholic

RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org FATHER VLADYSLAV BUDASH, PAROCHIAL VICAR DEACON RO BERT KNAPP JOSEPH S. DURKO, CANTOR Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

Catholic ST. GERARD MAJELLA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station 631–473–2900 www.stgmajella.org REV. GREGORY RANNAZZISI, PASTOR Mass: Saturday 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am Weekday Mass: 9:00am Confessions: Saturday 4:00-4:45 or by appointment Baptism and Wedding arrangements can be made by calling the Parish Office Thrift Shop: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm Saturday 10am-2pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 631-473-0165 • Fax 631-331-8094 www.www.infantjesus.org REVEREND PATRICK M. RIEGGER, PASTOR ASSOCIATES: REV. FRANCIS LASRADO & REV. ROLANDO TICLLASUCA To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: 631– 928-0447 Parish Outreach: 631–331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel,* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital

ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone: 631–941–4141 • Fax: 631–751–6607 Parish Office email: parish@stjamessetauket.org Office Hours:Mon.-Sat. 9am - 2pm REV. JAMES-PATRICK MANNION, PASTOR REV. GERALD CESTARE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR ASSOC. PASTOR REV. JOHN FITZGERALD, IN RESIDENCE Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir),

6 pm (youth), Friday 9 am - 12 pm, Saturday 9 am - 2 pn Baptisms: Contact the Office at the end of the third month (pregnancy) to set date Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment Anointing Of The Sick: by request Holy Matrimony: contact the office at least 9 months before desired date Bereavement: 631- 941-4141 x 341 Faith Formation Office: 631- 941-4141 x 328 Outreach: 631- 941-4141 x 313 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: 631- 473-1211 Our Daily Bread Sunday Soup Kitchen 3 pm Holy Week Schedule 2020 Sunday, April 5 - Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion-The Seven Last Words of Christ: Scripture, Reflections and Song...in the Church 2 pm Monday, April 6 Diocesan-wide day of reconciliation-at St. James-after 8 am Mass, 12 noon-1:30 pm, 4-5:30 pm, 7:30-9 pm Thursday, April 9-Holy Thursday of the Lord’s SupperMorning Prayer 8 am followed by Reconciliation, The Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8 pm followed by Procession to the Altar of Repose...Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament until 11:30 pm ending with Night Prayer Friday, April 10-Friday of the Passion of the Lord/Good Friday-Morning Prayer 8 am followed by Reconciliation, Youth Stations of the Cross 12 Noon, Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 3 pm, Evening Liturgy of The Passion with adapted Stations of the Cross and Veneration of the Cross 8 pm Saturday, April 11-Holy Saturday-Morning Prayer 8 am following by Reconciliation, Easter Vigil 8 pm Sunday, April 12-Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord-Morning Beach Mass at West Meadow Beach 5:30 am (Fr. Frank Pizzarelli), Mass in the Church 8 am, 9:30 am and 11:30 am, Mass in the Parish Center 9:45 am.

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

75 New York Avenue, Sound Beach, N.Y. 11789 Parish Office: 631-744-8566; FAX 631-744-8611 Parish Website: www.stlouisdm.org Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.: 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday: 9 am to 8 pm; Friday: 9 am to 4 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm; Closed on Sunday Mission Statement: To proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ’s love through our active involvement as a parish family in works of Charity, Faith, Worship, Justice and Mercy. ALL ARE WELCOME! No matter what your present status is in the Catholic Church. No matter your family situation. No matter your practice of faith. No matter your personal history, age or background. YOU are invited, respected and loved at St. Louis de Montfort.

REV. MSGR. CHRISTOPHER J. HELLER, PASTOR REV. ALPHONSUS IGBOKWE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. MSGR. DONALD HANSON, IN RESIDENCE REV. FRANCIS PIZZARELLI, S.M.M., PARISH ASSISTANT REV. HENRY VAS, PARISH ASSISTANT Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday: 8:30 am in the Chapel Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5 pm Sunday: 7:30 am; 9:00 am; 10:30 am; 12 noon.

Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm.

Please contact Parish Office for an appointment.

Reconciliation: Sat.: 4-4:45 pm or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick: by request.

Holy Matrimony: Contact Parish Office at least six months in advance of desired date.

Religious Education: Contact 631-744-9515

Parish Outreach: Contact 631-209-0325 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: Contact 631-473-1211.

ST. MICHAEL’S CHARISMATIC CATHOLIC CHURCH

Services held in the Grace Presbyterian Church 425 Hawkins Rd., Selden, NY 11784 516-395-7606 StMichaelsCCC.wix.com/Archangel Email: StMichaelsccc@outlook.com Rev. Che Obas, Pastor Mass: Saturday at 4 pm COME BACK HOME TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH With St. Michael’s you no longer have to pick and choose. Just come home. We understand that wherever your experiences have led you, we will meet you where you are. Christ the Good Shepherd always leaves the porch light on and the front door unlocked.

Our vision is to have a joyful experession of early Apostolic age Christianity. Our smaller Christian community strives to create an atmosphere as intimate and as inviting as the Last Supper.

Catholic Traditional Latin Mass ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Society of Saint Pius X 900 Horseblock Road, Farmingville, NY 11738 631–736–6515 • sspxlongisland.com Catholic Traditional Latin Mass Mass: Saturday 8:00am (please call to confirm) Sunday: 9:00am Holy Days and First Fridays:7:00pm Confessions:8:00am Sundays, and 7:30am Saturdays All Sacraments are administered in the pre-Vatican II traditional Rites.

Congregational MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Tuesday Morning at 8:00 AM This is a small eclectic Episcopal congregation that has a personal touch. We welcome all regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey. Walk with us.

CAROLINE ESPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SETAUKET

THE REV. CN. DR. RICHARD D. VISCONTI, RECTOR 1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net email: office@carolinechurch.net • 631–941–4245 Thursday Noon: H.E. and Healing Service Saturday Service: 5 pm Holy Eucharist Sunday Services: 8 am - Rite I; 9:30 am - Rite II (family Service) 9:30 Children’s Chapel & Sunday School Classes Sunday School Classes now forming; Call 631-941-4245 to register.

Let God walk with you as part of our family– friendly community.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson • 631–473–0273 email: ccoffice@christchurchportjeff.org www.christchurchportjeff.org FATHER ANTHONY DILORENZO: PRIEST–IN–CHARGE Sunday Services: 8 am & 10 am Sunday Eucharist:8 am and 10 am; Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday after the 10 am Eucharist Our ministries: Welcome Friends on Mondays at 5:00 pm AA meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm Bible Study on Thursdays at 10 am.

Friday: Hands of Love knitting, crocheting and stitching ministry 10 am - 12 pm It is the mission of the people of Christ Church to grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ and to make his love known to all through our lives and ministry. We at Christ Church are a joyful, welcoming community. Wherever you are in your journey of life we want to be part of it.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • 631–473–1582 www.msucc.org • REV. DR. PHILIP HOBSON We invite you to worship with us in our judgement-free sacred space. Come experience our tradition, where freedom of thought and exchange of ideas are encouraged and celebrated. Join us as we put our Christian values into practice, following the example of Jesus, by caring for our neighbors near and far, as they suffer food insecurity, homelessness, political and domestic violence, gender discrimination and other injustices. We know it is God who put the wiggle in the children, so bring them with you so they can participate in worship and in our lively Sunday School program. Service and Sunday School on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Meditative service at 8:30 AM on Sundays.

All are welcomed!

490 North Country Road, St. James, NY 11780 631-584-5560 www.stjamesstjames.org Parish Office email: stjamesc@optonline.net THE REV. IAN C. WETMORE, RECTOR Where is God calling us?

To grow in faith through Scripture and prayer, To build relationships in Christ, To serve one another and the world.

Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 a.m. (Rite I) and 9:30 a.m. (Rite II, with music) Prayers for healing after both worship times Children welcome at all services, religious formation offered for all levels, including Godly play.

Active Choir, Altar Guild, Lay Eucharist Ministry, Fellowship and Bible Study programs

Episcopal

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond Main Street, Stony Brook • 631–751–0034 www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am All Souls now offers a 30 minute Inter-Faith Service every

Celebrating 275 years in Huntington!

REV. DUNCAN A. BURNS, RECTOR MRS. CLAIRE MIS, SEMINARIAN ALEX PRYRODNY, ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR 12 Prospect St, Huntington ● (631) 427-1752 On Main St. next to the Library www.stjohnshuntington.org ● LIKE us on Facebook Sunday Worship: 8:00 am – Rite I Holy Eucharist 10:00 am – Rite II Choral Holy Eucharist

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with Sunday School at 9:40am Lenten Series & Suppers “Journey to Freedom” Five Tuesdays in Lent 5:30 pm-Stations of the Cross 6 pm-Evening Prayer, 6:30 pm Supper 7-8 pm Program Thrift Shop: Tuesdays & Thursdays noon to 3pm; Saturdays 10am to 3pm All are Welcome!

We Are A Traditional Conservative Congregation, Run Entirely By Our Members. We Have Services every Shabbat And All Jewish Holidays, Along With Other Community Activities, With Participation Opportunities For All Jews.

Join Us Shabbat Morning And You’ll Get A Warm Welcome! KCT - An Old Fashioned Friendly Shul

Evangelical

385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station 631-928–3737 • www.northshorejewishcenter.org RABBI AARON BENSON • CANTOR DANIEL KRAMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARCIE PLATKIN PRINCIPAL HEATHER WELKES YOUTH DIRECTOR JEN SCHWARTZ Services: Friday At 8 Pm; Saturday At 9:15 am Daily Morning And Evening Minyan- Call For Times.

Tot Shabbat • Family Services • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Seniors’ Club Youth Group • Continuing Ed • Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop Food Pantry • Lecture Series • Jewish Film Series NSJC JEWISH LEARNING CENTER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Innovative Curriculum And Programming For Children Ages 5-13 Imagine A Synagogue That Feels Like Home!

Come Connect With Us On Your Jewish Journey.

Member United Synagogue Of Conservative Judaism

THREE VILLAGE CHURCH

To Know Christ and To Make Him Known 322 Main Street, East Setauket www.3vc.org • 631-941–3670 LEAD PASTOR JOSH MOODY Sunday Worship Schedule: 9:15 am: Worship Service, Sunday School (Pre-K–5TH grade), Nursery 10:30 am: Bagels & Coffee 11:00 am: Worship Service, Nursery, We Offer Weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups, Women’s & Men’s Bible Studies, Alpha, Stephen Ministry, Faith Preschool For Ages 3 & 4, Mommy & Me, Join Us As We Celebrate 60 Years Of Proclaiming The Good News Of Jesus Christ!

Greek Orthodox CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com REV. DEMETRIOS N. CALOGREDES, PROTOPRESBYTER Sunday Services: Orthros 8:30 Am - Divine Liturgy 10 Am Services Conducted In Both Greek & English* Books Available To Follow In English* Sunday Catechism School, 10 Am - 11 Am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 Pm - 8 Pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups Banquet Hall Available For Rental* For Information Please Call Church Office*

Jewish VILLAGE CHABAD

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Center for Jewish Life & Learning “Judaism With A Smile” 360 Nicolls Road, East Setauket Next To Fire Dept.

631-585–0521 • www.MyVillageChabad.com RABBI CHAIM & RIVKIE GROSSBAUM RABBI MOTTI & CHAYA GROSSBAUM RABBI SHOLOM B. & CHANIE COHEN Membership Free Weekday, Shabbat & Holiday Services Highly Acclaimed Torah Tots Preschool Afternoon Hebrew School Camp Gan Israel • Judaica Publishing Department Lectures And Seminars Living Legacy Holiday Programs Jewish Learning Institute Friendship Circle For Special Needs Children The Cteen Network N’shei Chabad Women’s Club • Cyberspace Library Chabad At Stony Brook University – Rabbi Adam & Esther Stein

KEHILLAT CHOVEVEI TZION

764 Route 25A, Setauket (At The Old Victoria House) Mail: P.O. Box 544, E. Setauket, NY 11733 631-689-0257 (leave a message & you’ll get a call back) Visit Us At: www.kct.org.

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)

1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook 631-751–8518 • www.tisbny.org A Warm And Caring Intergenerational Community Dedicated To Learning, Prayer, Social Action, And Friendship.

Member Union For Reform Judaism RABBI PAUL SIDLOFSKY • CANTOR MARCEY WAGNER RABBI EMERITUS STEPHEN A. KAROL RABBI EMERITUS ADAM D. FISHER CANTOR EMERITUS MICHAEL F. TRACHTENBERG Sabbath Services Friday 7:30 pm And Saturday 10 am Religious School • Monthly Family Service Monthly Tot • Shabbat Youth Groups • Senior Club Adult Education Sisterhood Brotherhood • Book Club-More

Lutheran–ELCA HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR NURSERY SCHOOL

46 Dare Road, Selden 631-732-2511 Emergency Number 516-848-5386 REV. DR. RICHARD O. HILL, PASTOR ERIC FARET, VICAR Email: office@hopelutheran.com Website: www.hopeluth.com Holy Communion Is Celebrated Every Weekend Sunday Services at 9:30 Are Live-Streamed Through Our “Friends Who Like Hope Lutheran Church” Facebook Group. Sermons are posted on Youtube.com at Hope Lutheran Church Selden NY Children’s Programs Sunday School (3-11) 9:30 am, Saturday Sparklers 5 pm Anchor Nursery School Tuesday-Thursday 9:15 am - 12:15 pm.

Tuesdays Hugs Toddlers (ages 18 mos-3 yrs) 9:15 am Hugs (ages 3-5yrs.) 12:15 pm Wednesdays - Kids’ Club 4:15 pm

ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station 631-473-2236 REV. PAUL A. DOWNING PASTOR E-mail: Pastorpauldowning@yahoo.com Pastor’s cell: 347–423–1523 (voice or text) www.StPaulsLCPJS.org facebook.com/stpaulselca Service Times: Sundays 8:30 am and 10:30 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday School during 10:30 am service Holy Communion offered at both services Fridays: Power of Prayer Hour 10:30 am Meal provided by Welcome Friends Sundays at 1:00 pm and Wednesdays at 5:45 pm We continue to seve the Port Jefferson Community Now in our 102nd year

Lutheran–LCMS MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Messiah Preschool & Day Care 465 Pond Path, East Setauket 631-751–1775 • www.messiahny.com PASTOR STEVE UNGER We welcome all to join us for worship & fellowship.

It would be wonderful to have you with us.

Mid Week Lent Worship Wednesdays at 7pm March 18, 25 and April 1 Palm Sunday: April 5, 8:15am, 9:30am, & 11am Maundy Thursday: April 9 - 7pm Good Friday: April 10 - 7pm Easter Sunday: April 12, 8am & 10:30am Worship 9:30 Breakfast & Egg Hunt Sunday Worship Services: 8:15, 9:30 & 11am (All with Holy Communion), Sunday School at 9:30am, Sunday Bible Study at 9:30am We have NYS Certified Preschool & Day Care

Methodist BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

33 Christian Ave/ PO 2117, E. Setauket NY 11733 REV. GREGORY L. LEONARD–PASTOR • 631-941–3581 Sunday Worship: 10:30 Am Adult Sunday School 9:30 Am Lectionary Reading And Prayer: Wed. 12 Noon Gospel Choir: Tues. 8 Pm Praise Choir And Youth Choir 3rd And 4th Fri. 6:30 Pm

ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

532 Moriches Road, St. James 11780-1316 REV. PRINCE DONKOR, PASTOR 631-584-5340 All are Welcome Sunday Service and Sunday School at 10 am Tuesday Evening is Prayer Group at 7:30 pm Wednesday Morning Bible Study at 7:30 am Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study at 1 pm Wednesday Evening Choir Practice at 7:30 pm AA Ministry Every Monday and Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 pm Our annual St. Patrick’s Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 7 at 6 pm. Entertainment included.

Ticket donations are $20 per person. Children 12 and under $8. Reservations are requested. Call the office for more information 631-584-5340.

Open Hearts Open Minds

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Main Street, Corner Of 25A And Main Street East Setauket • 631–941–4167 REV. STEVEN KIM, PASTOR www.setauketumc.org sumcny@aol.com Adult Bible Study: 9am Sunday Worship Service & Church School: 10 am Holy Communion 1st Sunday Of Month Mary Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry) Monthly On 2nd Tuesday At 1pm No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here!

STONY BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST 216 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, 11790 Church Office: 631-751-0574 stonybrookcommunitychurch@gmail.com www.stonybrookcommunitychurch.org REV. CHUCK VAN HOUTEN, PASTOR Connecting People To God, Purpose And Each Other Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Renewing, Restoring, Reviving For The 21st Century!

Presbyterian FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PORT JEFFERSON

107 South/Main Streets • (631) 473-0147 We are an accepting and caring people who invite you to share in the journey of faith with us.

THE REV. DR. RICHARD GRAUGH Email: office@pjpres.org Website: www.pjpres.org Sunday Worship Service -10am (Childcare Provided) Christian Education-Sunday School: 10:15am Coffee and Fellowship 11:15am Bible Study: Tuesday 3pm Holy Communion 1st Sunday of the Month Meals Provided by Welcome Friends every Friday at 6pm Call the church office or visit our website for current activities and events.

NYS Certified Preschool and Daycare - Noah’s Ark The purpose of First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson is, with God’s help, to share the joy and good news of Jesus Christ with the congregation, visitors and the community at large; to provide comfort to those in need and hope to those in despair; and to seek justice for all God’s people.

Presbyterian

SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green 631- 941-4271 Celebrating and Sharing the love of God since 1660.

THE REV. KATE JONES CALONE, INTERIM PASTOR THE REV. ASHLEY MCFAUL-ERWIN, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PASTOR Sunday Worship at 9:30 (Childcare available) Sunday School at 9:45 (ages 3 through 6th grade) www.setauketpresbyterian.org Email: setauketpresbyterian@verizon.net Sunday: Adult Education at 11 am Outreach Ministries: Open Door Exchange Ministry: Furnishing homes...Finding hope

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT MANY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS HAVE CANCELLED SERVICES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE CALL OR VISIT YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP’S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE.

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NEWS AROUND TOWN

CAC hosts evening with Barry Sonnenfeld

The Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington had a charmingly "kooky" evening on March 5 with renowned film director Barry Sonnenfeld.

Cinema Arts Centre co-director Dylan Skolnick interviewed Barry Sonnenfeld on stage, showing a series of clips from Sonnenfeld's films (including The Addams Family with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, and Get Shorty with John Travolta and Gene Hackman).

Sonnenfeld, a noted raconteur, cinematographer for When Harry Met Sally and Big, and then director of the Men in Black trilogy and Coen Brothers films as well as the two Addams Family movies, held forth hilarious stories that were "creepy, spooky, and altogether ooky," to the delight of the CAC audience.

Photos by Andy Attard/ Flashback Photography

Afterwards, in a reception with entertainment by New York Times acclaimed jazz guitarist Mike Soloway, attendees met Sonnenfeld personally as he signed copies of his new book, "Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker."

The event was curated and produced by Jud Newborn, the Cinema Arts Centre's Curator of Special Programs, as part of his on-going series of celebrity guest appearances.

Pictured clockwise from top, Barry Sonnenfeld is interviewed by Waldo Cabrera of MyLongIslandTV; CAC Theater Operations Director Ryan T. Perry with Sonnenfeld; and guests Jeremy Schwartz and Kristen Ryan Shea.

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www.facebook.com/welcomefriendssoupkitchen Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen Prep Site: tfolliero@yahoo.com All are welcome to join this vibrant community of worship, music (voice and bell choirs), mission (local, national and international), and fellowship. Call the church office or visit our website for current information on church activities.

SPC is a More Light Presbyterian Church and part of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians working toward a church as generous and just as God’s grace.

Quakers

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

4 Friends Way, St. James 631–928-2768 • www.cbquakers.org Worship Sundays: Sept. - June 11 am , July - Aug. 10:00 am We gather in silent worship seeking God • the Inner Light • Spirit. We are guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Weekly coffee and fellowship, monthly discussions, Religious Education for children.

Unitarian Universalist

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

380 Nicolls Road, East Setauket, NY 11733 631–751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org REV. MARGARET H. ALLEN (minister@uufsb.org) We are a religious community that seeks diversity, individual spiritual growth, social and economic justice.

Sunday Service: 10:30 am Children’s Sunday Religious Education Classes: 10:30 am Senior High Youth Group Adult Faith Development Choir, Folk Group, classical music Vespers, Sangha Meditation, Labyrinth Walks, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Yoga, Essentrics, Grounds & Sounds Café, Le Petit Salon de Musique

Would You Like to Join Our Religious Directory?

For More Information Please Call 631-331-1154

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Think Stony Brook This Summer

Summer Sessions 2020 ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE

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Visiting students welcome!

• More than 600 courses in over 90 subjects • Flexible courses on campus and online • Multiple sessions and start dates • Affordable tuition

stonybrook.edu/summer

Photos: Juliana Thomas

Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. 19120865

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SBU SPORTSWEEK TOMORROW IS FRIDAY – WEAR RED ON CAMPUS!

MARCH 19 TO MARCH 25, 2020

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

America East cancels all competitions and practices through end of academic year

Effective immediately, all competition and practices for all teams and individual student‐athletes at America East Conference institutions have been canceled for the rest of this academic year, including any spring sport events that occur beyond the academic year. The decision was made in light of the recent developments, including the cancellation of all NCAA winter and spring championships, regarding the spread of the COVID‐19 virus. This is a proactive decision to protect the health, safety and well‐being of everyone.

Cheyenne Clark

Kyra Dixon

Kaela Hilaire

Kina Smith

Hailey Zeise

Seniors named to America East Women’s Basketball All-Championship Team

The Stony Brook and Maine women’s basketball teams had been scheduled to play the America East championship game on March 13 for the right to earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Instead, the arena was dark, with college and professional sporting

events throughout the nation canceled to protect the health, safety and well-being of everyone in light of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The abrupt ending may have completed the collegiate careers of the seniors on Stony Brook and Maine. So the America East has decided

to bestow upon those student-athletes AllChampionship Team honors.

Recognized are Cheyenne Clark, Kyra Dixon, Kaela Hilaire, Kina Smith and Hailey Zeise from Stony Brook and Kira Barra, Alex Bolozova, Gaddy Lefft, Maddy McVicar, Sierra Tapley and

Kat Williams from Maine.

The Seawolves, the No. 1 seed, had a remarkable season. They went 28-3 overall and 14-2 in conference play during the regular season and once owned a 22-game winning streak, the longest in the nation at that point.

Noah Armitage turns focus to representing Canada in U-19 Men’s Lax World Championship Freshman Noah Armitage had just cracked the starting lineup for the Stony Brook men’s lacrosse team when the season was canceled on March 12.

The 6-foot-3 attackman now will focus his attention on a finalround tryout to earn a spot on Team Canada for this summer’s U-19 Men’s Lacrosse World Championship. He also will look forward to playing box lacrosse with the New Westminster Salmonbellies in his native British Columbia. The team begins practicing in mid-April.

Armitage had been unable to participate with the box lacrosse team last spring, and was slowed early during his first collegiate season, because of

a labral tear in a shoulder that took six months to fully heal after surgery.

“My first year, though it was cut short because of the coronavirus spread, was unreal,” said Armitage, who scored his first collegiate goal on Feb. 29, during a comeback win at Rutgers, then entered the starting lineup for the first time the following game. “Coming into Stony Brook with an injury was definitely hard for me. So being able to be back on the field with the boys is a feeling that is incomparable.”

The World Lacrosse Men’s U19 World Championship will be held July 9-18 in Limerick, Ireland. Armitage already has made the cut as one of 32 finalists for a roster spot. He advanced

from a 73-player audition held in October in Ontario. The 23-man team will be selected after a May 25 tryout in Vancouver.

“Being able to represent my country would be a dream come true,” Armitage said. Nothing would be more honorable than being able to wear the maple leaf.”

Armitage currently remains on campus. His immediate concern is returning to Canada, wary that border crossings may be affected by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Stony Brook classes are being held remotely beginning March 30 for the remainder of the semester — after a prolonged, two-week spring break. “The best

bet for me is to get home as soon as possible,” Armitage said.

Although he will not head into the Team Canada tryout fresh off a college season, Armitage expects to be sharp.

His box lacrosse team will begin practicing more than a month before the national team’s tryout. The Western Lacrosse Association box lacrosse season opener takes place May 21.

As for his freshman season at Stony Brook being cut short due to the coronavirus spread, Armitage added: “The year goes by quicker than ever. It feels like I was moving into the dorms last week. I’m definitely going to cherish the time I have left, and hopefully come out with a few rings, too.”

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Unique Imaging Technology for Children with Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities OUR EXPERT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS Wesley Carrion, MD Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedics

Reducing radiation exposure is particularly beneficial for patients requiring frequent imaging, such as children with limb length or angular deformities, like knock knees, or spine deformities, like scoliosis. Dr. Carrion shares his expertise on EOS® imaging and the benefits of low-dose radiation for children living with these conditions.

What is EOS? EOS is a low-dose, 2D/3D imaging system that scans your child standing up or sitting down.

An EOS exam shows us your child’s natural, weight-bearing posture and allows us to see the interaction between the joints and the rest of the musculoskeletal system, particularly the spine, hips and legs. An EOS scan delivers a radiation dose that is 50-85 percent less than a general computed radiography x-ray and 95 percent less than basic computed tomography (CT) scans.

Where is EOS available?

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The Spine and Scoliosis Center of Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates is the only provider in Suffolk County to offer the EOS imaging

system, the first technology capable of providing full-body, 2D and 3D images of patients at a low dose of radiation.

What is EOS imaging used for?

EOS is used to capture weight-bearing 2D/3D images that enable physicians to get the most accurate view of your child’s spine and lower limbs in a natural standing or sitting position.

The EOS imaging system at Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates is primarily used to assess, diagnose and treat pediatric patients with limb length, angular or spine disorders.

Why choose EOS? Getting a complete view of the musculoskeletal alignment in a weight-bearing position allows us to better evaluate balance and posture, and analyze the bones, joints and ligaments from multiple angles. This type of low-dose imaging also enables us to view all areas of the body with one image, rather than stitching together multiple images, giving us an accurate view of the musculoskeletal system that is essential to diagnosis and treatment planning.

Who is a good candidate for EOS? Because of the low radiation dose, EOS is a good option for children with progressive conditions, such as scoliosis, and other spinal deformities that require frequent imaging to monitor disease progression. The latest advancements in imaging techniques have also allowed physicians to introduce the use of “EOS Micro Dose,” which uses 5-7 times less radiation than the standard EOS radiation dose, further reducing exposure.

EOS is not typically used for injuries or conditions that can be evaluated with

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general radiography, such as broken bones in the arms, legs, hands or feet. Traditional x-rays are still the standard of care for diagnosing these injuries.

What can a patient expect during the exam?

Your child will stand or sit in the EOS cabin for up to 20 seconds while the x-ray is taken.

The exam uses two very fine x-ray beams that are capable of simultaneously capturing both frontal and lateral images of your child’s body.

An EOS scan can image the entire spine in less than 20 seconds and can reduce procedure time to less than four minutes, as compared to multiple view spine exams that could take 10 or more minutes.

This article is intended to be general and/or educational in nature.

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