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JOHN F. McMULLENLet’s Start Over

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CARLOS GONZALEZNYS to Waive

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PEGGY GODFREYMaple Terrace

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SHERIF AWADLili

Sand ArtistPage 5

ROBERT SCOTTStar-Cossed

LoversPage 11

Dr. NASEER ALOMARISyria & Multi-Power

World OrderPage 16

LARRY M. ELKINSuper Storms

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By EVAN S. LEVINE, MD. Page 7

RICH MONETTIBill Clinton RalliesSupport in Somers

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Post-Sandy HalloweenBy SHANNON AYALA, Page 9

By ROGER WITHERSPOON, Page 7

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Community Section ...............................................................................4Business ................................................................................................4Calendar ...............................................................................................4Charity ..................................................................................................5Contest ..................................................................................................6Creative Disruption ............................................................................6Education .............................................................................................7Fashion ..................................................................................................8Fitness....................................................................................................9Health ..................................................................................................10History ................................................................................................10Ed Koch Movie Review ...................................................................12Spoof ....................................................................................................13Sports Scene .......................................................................................13Najah’s Corner ...................................................................................13Writers Collection.............................................................................14Books ...................................................................................................16Transportation ...................................................................................17

Government Section ............................................................................17Albany Correspondent ....................................................................17Mayor Marvin’s Column .................................................................18Government .......................................................................................19

OpEd Section .........................................................................................23Ed Koch Commentary.....................................................................23Letters to the Editor ..........................................................................24Weir Only Human ............................................................................25

Legal Notices ..........................................................................................26

Mission StatementThe Westchester Guardian is a weekly newspaper devoted to the unbiased reporting of events and developments that are newsworthy and significant to readers living in, and/or employed in, Westchester County. The Guardian will strive to report fairly, and objectively, reliable informa-

tion without favor or compromise. Our first duty will be to the PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO KNOW, by the exposure of truth, without fear or hesitation, no matter where the pursuit may lead, in the finest tradition of FREEDOM

OF THE PRESS.

The Guardian will cover news and events relevant to residents and businesses all over Westchester County. As a weekly, rather than

focusing on the immediacy of delivery more associated with daily journals, we will instead seek to provide the broader, more compre-

hensive, chronological step-by-step accounting of events, enlightened with analysis, where appropriate.

From amongst journalism’s classic key-words: who, what, when, where, why, and how, the why and how will drive our pursuit. We will use our more abundant time, and our resources, to get past the initial ‘spin’ and ‘damage control’ often characteristic of immediate news releases, to reach the very heart of the matter: the truth. We will take our readers to a point of understanding and insight which cannot be obtained elsewhere.

To succeed, we must recognize from the outset that bigger is not neces-sarily better. And, furthermore, we will acknowledge that we cannot be

all things to all readers. We must carefully balance the presentation of relevant, hard-hitting, Westchester news and commentary, with features and columns useful in daily living and employment in, and around, the county. We must stay trim and flexible if we are to succeed.

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Community Section ...............................................................................4Business ................................................................................................4Calendar ...............................................................................................4Charity ..................................................................................................5Contest ..................................................................................................6Creative Disruption ............................................................................6Education .............................................................................................7Fashion ..................................................................................................8Fitness....................................................................................................9Health ..................................................................................................10History ................................................................................................10Ed Koch Movie Review ...................................................................12Spoof ....................................................................................................13Sports Scene .......................................................................................13Najah’s Corner ...................................................................................13Writers Collection.............................................................................14Books ...................................................................................................16Transportation ...................................................................................17

Government Section ............................................................................17Albany Correspondent ....................................................................17Mayor Marvin’s Column .................................................................18Government .......................................................................................19

OpEd Section .........................................................................................23Ed Koch Commentary.....................................................................23Letters to the Editor ..........................................................................24Weir Only Human ............................................................................25

Legal Notices ..........................................................................................26

Mission StatementThe Westchester Guardian is a weekly newspaper devoted to the unbiased reporting of events and developments that are newsworthy and significant to readers living in, and/or employed in, Westchester County. The Guardian will strive to report fairly, and objectively, reliable informa-

tion without favor or compromise. Our first duty will be to the PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO KNOW, by the exposure of truth, without fear or hesitation, no matter where the pursuit may lead, in the finest tradition of FREEDOM

OF THE PRESS.

The Guardian will cover news and events relevant to residents and businesses all over Westchester County. As a weekly, rather than

focusing on the immediacy of delivery more associated with daily journals, we will instead seek to provide the broader, more compre-

hensive, chronological step-by-step accounting of events, enlightened with analysis, where appropriate.

From amongst journalism’s classic key-words: who, what, when, where, why, and how, the why and how will drive our pursuit. We will use our more abundant time, and our resources, to get past the initial ‘spin’ and ‘damage control’ often characteristic of immediate news releases, to reach the very heart of the matter: the truth. We will take our readers to a point of understanding and insight which cannot be obtained elsewhere.

To succeed, we must recognize from the outset that bigger is not neces-sarily better. And, furthermore, we will acknowledge that we cannot be

all things to all readers. We must carefully balance the presentation of relevant, hard-hitting, Westchester news and commentary, with features and columns useful in daily living and employment in, and around, the county. We must stay trim and flexible if we are to succeed.

westchesterguard ian .com

Westchester’s Most Influential Weekly

Guardian News Corp. P.O. Box 8

New Rochelle, New York 10801

Sam Zherka , Publisher & President [email protected]

Hezi Aris, Editor-in-Chief & Vice President [email protected]

Advertising: (914) 562-0834 News and Photos: (914) 562-0834

Fax: (914) 633-0806

Published online every Monday

Print edition distributed Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

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Westchester On the Level with Narog and ArisWestchester On the Level is heard from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon on the Internet: http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/WestchesterOntheLevel. Join the conversation by calling toll-free to 1-877-674-2436. Please stay on topic.Richard Narog and Hezi Aris are your co-hosts. In the week beginning February 20th and ending on February 24th, we have an exciting entourage of guests. Every Monday is special. On Monday, February 20th, Krystal Wade, a celebrated participant in http://www.TheWritersCollection.com is our guest. Krystal Wade is a mother of three who works fifty miles from home and writes in her “spare time.” “Wilde’s Fire,” her debut novel has been accepted for publication and should be available in 2012. Not far behind is her second novel, “Wilde’s Army.” How does she do it? Tune in and find out.Co-hosts Richard Narog and Hezi Aris will relish the dissection of all things politics on Tuesday, February 21st. Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick will share his perspective from the august inner sanctum of the City Council Chambers on Wednesday, February 22nd. Stephen Cerrato, Esq., will share his political insight on Thursday, February 23rd. Friday, February 24th has yet to be filled. It may be a propi-tious day to sum up what transpired throughout the week. A sort of BlogTalk Radio version of That Was The Week That Was (TWTWTW).For those who cannot join us live, consider listening to the show by way of an MP3 download, or on demand. Within 15 minutes of a show’s ending, you can find the segment in our archive that you may link to using the hyperlink provided in the opening paragraph. The entire archive is available and maintained for your perusal. The easiest way to find a particular interview is to search Google, or any other search engine, for the subject matter or the name of the interviewee. For example, search Google, Yahoo, AOL Search for Westchester On the Level, Blog Talk Radio, or use the hyperlink above.

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Community Section ...............................................................................4Business ................................................................................................4Calendar ...............................................................................................4Creative Disruption ............................................................................5Cultural Perspective ...........................................................................7Energy Issues .......................................................................................8In Memoriam ....................................................................................10Medicine .............................................................................................10Najah’s Corner ...................................................................................11Movie Review ....................................................................................12Music ...................................................................................................12Community ........................................................................................13Writers Collection.............................................................................14Books ...................................................................................................16People ..................................................................................................18Eye On Theatre ..................................................................................18Leaving on a Jet Plane ......................................................................19

Government Section ............................................................................20Campaign Trail ..................................................................................20Economic Development ..................................................................20Education ...........................................................................................21The Hezitorial ....................................................................................21Legal ....................................................................................................23People ..................................................................................................24Strategy ...............................................................................................24

OpEd Section .........................................................................................25Legal Notices ..........................................................................................27

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Westchester On the Level with Narog and ArisWestchester On the Level is usually heard from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon on the Internet: http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/WestchesterOntheLevel. Because of the importance of a Federal court case purporting corruption and bribery allegations, programming with be suspended for the days of March 26 to 29, 2012. Yon-kers Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor James Sadewhite is our scheduled guest Friday, March 30.

It is however anticipated that the jury will conclude its deliberation on either Mon-day or Tuesday, March 26 or 27. Should that be the case, we will resume our regular programming schedule and announce that fact on the Yonkers Tribune website.Richard Narog and Hezi Aris are co-hosts of the show.

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THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY, NovEmbER 8, 2012

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By MARK JEFFERSOur thoughts and prayers go out to all of those hurt by Hurricane Sandy. We hope for a speedy recovery to all of the area families and extended

families devastated by this destructive storm if we can bring a smile to your face we will try with this edition of “News and Notes.”

Congratulations to the organizers of the 8th annual Lindsey Walk/Run 5K recently held at Purchase College. The event is sponsored by PEACE Outside CAMPUS Foundation and honors Lindsey Bonistall who was raped and murdered in May 2005. The event raises awareness for safety as well as being a fundraiser; our hats are off to this group for a job well done.

Wow, now that’s a whole lot of teaching…as the West Center Congregational Church Sunday School in Bronxville celebrates its 100th anniversary, I feel a bit smarter just writing about this…

Nine-time Emmy winning medical journalist Dr. Max Gomez and Dr. Albert Sheehy are being honored at the Phelps Memorial Hospital Center’s 25th Anniversary Champagne Ball on Saturday, November 10th at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff.

The Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery in Valhalla is showcasing “Residuum,” a photo series by Ann Lovett and Mary Hafeli through November 18th.

Our northern Westchester neighbor, acclaimed jazz guitarist who spent some-time chasing fly balls in centerfield for the NY Yankees, Bernie Williams cut the ribbon recently opening the Harvey School’s new athletic center in Katonah.

Blue Sky Studios, the creators of the blockbuster movies “Ice Age” and “Rio” among others will take a look at the world of digital animation as the Katonah Museum of Art presents “Ice Age to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation of Blue Sky Studios,” through January 20th.

More Katonah news, the Katonah Village Library will hold its ongoing Poetry Series on November 12th with a reading by Dennis Nurske.

Purchase College School of Arts will be presenting the opera “Hansel & Gretel” November 16 – 18 at their Performing Arts Center.

Our cats Phoebe and ‘Cuse sent in this item…the 37th Annual Westchester Cat Show is set for November 17 and 18 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, no they are not entered, but did say it would be a “purrfectly” great time for all.

An exhibit documenting the life of Padre Pio through photographs by Elia Stelluto “ll Cammino di Padre Pio” can be seen at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe through November 15th.

The St. Thomas Orchestra Fall Concert featuring pianist William Wolfram is set for November 17th at the White Plains High School.

Congratulations go out to Yorktown Heights residents Lauren Gorstein and Jeffrey Naft and Jamie Costello of Verplanck for being selected as recipients of the Westchester County Youth Board’s 2012 Milly Kibrick Youth Service Awards. The awards are given in memory of Milly Kibrick, a prominent county social worker and youth activist who dedicated her life to helping underprivileged children.

This exhibit looks like fun, “Celebrities: We Remember Them Well,” rare and vintage portraits curated by Milton J. Ellenbogen runs through November 10th at the Arts Westchester in White Plains.

The Pound Ridge Library’s “Saturday Review of Literature” will feature “State of Wonder” by Ann Patchett on November 10th.

I can’t believe it’s this time all ready, but Mamaroneck Artists Guild’s Annual Holiday Show and Boutique kicks off November 15th through January 3rd, admission is free and the gallery is located at 126 Larchmont Avenue in Larchmont.

This week’s column is dedicated to all the hard working fire and police depart-ments here in Westchester County, as always they worked above and beyond the call of duty to help those devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Also, to all the local store owners and neighbors for reaching out a friendly hand in a time of need, we are all very fortunate to have folks like this as our neighbors…see you next week.Mark Jeffers resides in Bedford Hills, New York, with his wife Sarah, and three daugh-ters, Kate, Amanda, and Claire.

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CHARITY

YONKERS, NY -- The Yonkers Firefighters of the International Association of Fire Firefighters Local 628 (IAFF Local 628) are holding a clothing and care package drive for Hurricane Sandy victims located in some of the hardest hit parts of Queens - Breezy Point, Broad Channel and the Rockaways. Donations of personal care products and clothing are being accepted immediately at any Yonkers firehouse.

Many residents in Breezy Point, Queens have been left homeless after a fire incinerated 110 homes at the height of the storm. Frustration has grown among residents of the hurricane devastated communities of Broad Channel and the Rockaways as they continue to wait for basic aid and supplies. Most residents in these neighborhoods lack access to fresh food, clean water and power.

“It is time to come together and

do what we can to help those in dire need,” said Barry McGoey, president of the Yonkers Firefighters IAFF Local 628. “There are thousands of people who have lost everything. It is our hope to offer them what little aid and comfort we can in these desperate times.”

The Yonkers Firefighters are asking for donations of personal care items for men, women and children including soap, shampoo,

towels, toothpaste, feminine products, deodorant, etc.

Additionally, donations of new or slightly used clothing for men, women and children are needed, including jackets, shoes, boots, gloves, hats, shirts, pants, undergarments, pajamas, etc.

Business and corporate donations are also welcome.

All items for donation will be accepted immediately at any Yonkers Firehouse.

Monetary donations can be made by check, payable to “Local 628 Charities Fund” and mailed to P.O. Box 1071 Yonkers, NY 10703 or dropped off at any Yonkers firehouse.

Yonkers Firefighters Hold Clothing and Care Package DriveFor Victims of Hurricane Sandy Hardest Hit in Breezy Point, Queens

CREATIVE DISRUPTION

By JOHN F. McMULLENI’m sitting in a Barnes and Noble in Mohegan Lake, NY -- and it is like a refugee camp because no homes

in the surrounding upper Westchester / Putman counties in NY have power due to Hurricane Sandy and, thus, Internet connection is non-existent in the homes, so people flock to public Wi-Fi sites. Unfortunately, this Barnes and Noble has very few public access electric outlets and seven to fifteen people are gathered around the ones that are available with multiple electric strips “daisy-chained” for laptop and tablet connection.

Because of the multi-hundred people here (with at least half trying to connect), at least as many as the book-store gets in a week, Internet connection is “iffy” and, even once connected, it is commonplace to be dropped and have to roll the dice all over again to try to connect. The Barnes and Noble free connection is based on an AT&T service and is usually fairly reliable but is obviously overwhelmed today. If one is a CableVision customer and is lucky enough to find one of the few seats near the window in the coffee area, the Optimum Wi-Fi service is reachable but those seats are few.

As recently as five years ago, hurricanes would have kept us in our house -- but times have changed. It’s not even enough now to have just the phone capability and e-mail access that most smartphones provides provide. Now the bookstore is filled

with students doing papers and assign-ments; business people entering orders and checking systems; and other maniacal eccentrics, such as this writer, demanding access as a constitutional God-given right.

There are at least 50 people on the line to get coffee and cakes, 10 times the normal line and the jock-eying for outlets is getting worse and worse -- how did we reach this stage where we are both so dependent and so vulnerable? --- and what does this mean when we are in an age when we are concerned about “cyberwarfare,” which we are told may take out our electrical grid?

Obviously, better computer security cannot help deal with havoc caused by hurricanes nor with electrical outages because of downed trees and wires but, when we see through this disaster, just how much more depen-dent we are now on electric power than ever before, we can only imagine what it would be like if someone were able to knock out the entire grid.

The present outage is limited to a small, albeit highly populated, section of the east coast of the United States -- and, driving 5 miles over here to our local “refugee center,” I saw the large majority of businesses closed, traffic lights out of operation, and gas stations unable to pump gas. In New York City, the entire area south of 34th Street is without electricity with thousands of businesses and hundreds of thou-sands of individuals without power. One can only imagine what would be the impact of a nationwide electrical shutdown -- and, of course, the grid is

controlled by computer systems.No matter what our technologists

do, hackers, crackers, virus writers, etc. all seem to be able to get around the safeguards which they install. For years, the “Computer Emergency Response Team” (“CERT” -- www.cert.org) has been warning users about security problems in Microsoft products, particularly “Internet Explorer” and “Outlook.” One is sure that Microsoft has been addressing these problems as it finds out about them. Yet on October 25, 2012, it issued a new report, “Vulnerability Note VU#948750 -- Microsoft Outlook Web,” explaining a system hole under which an attacker could “execute arbitrary scripting code.”

Microsoft is certainly not the only culprit in the security area. We have all heard of infiltration of bank, credit card, on-line services (Yahoo, etc.), and even Federal Government systems -- infiltration that leads to identity theft, financial loss, pass-word compromises, and vandalism -- and what we have heard is only the tip of the iceberg. “2600: The Hacker Quarterly” magazine regularly publishes vulnerabilities of systems which, hopefully, are soon repaired by at-risk firms (A weekly radio show, “Off The Hook”, hosted by the editor of 2600, Emmanuel Goldstein, is heard on WBAI, 99.5 FM and is streamed at www.2600.com).

It is obvious that what our virus programs, security systems, and systems administrators have been doing isn’t working -- at least not 100% of the time, and that is what

is really required to protect our cyber infrastructure.

So, what to do? Dr. Peter G. Neumann, who has been moni-toring computer security for SRI International for forty years and has edited the “Risks Digest” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISKS_Digest) since 1985, analyzing the constantly changing technology world -- from the mainframe to the iPad -- and the security chal-lenges that the constant innovation brings (for a full profile on Dr. Neumann, see the recent New York Times article -- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/science/rethinking-the-computer-at-80.html) is ready for a different approach.

As the Times article relates, “It is remarkable, then, that years after most of his contemporaries have retired, Dr. Neumann is still at it and has seized the opportunity to start over and redesign computers and software from a ‘clean slate.’ He is leading a team of researchers in an effort to completely rethink how to make computers and networks secure, in a five-year project financed by the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, with Robert N. Watson, a computer security researcher at Cambridge University’s Computer Laboratory. ‘I’ve been tilting at the same windmills for basically 40 years,’ said Dr. Neumann recently during a lunchtime interview at a Chinese restaurant near his art-filled home in Palo Alto, Calif. ‘And I get the impression that most of the folks who are responsible don’t want to hear about complexity. They are interested in quick and dirty solutions.’”

I’ve only known Peter for twenty-one of those forty years (He and I were part of the founding group of the first

“Computers and Privacy Conference,” chaired by microcomputer pioneer Jim Warren in 1991, and I have read Risks off and on since its founding on-line (the Google connection to the Digests may be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!forum/comp.risks) and in the monthly “Communications of the ACM”) but know him well enough to know that he is not a wide-eyed “visionary” but rather a very practical, well-grounded and very intelligent security professional. It is well to remember that when reading the Times article, because some of his comments sound somewhat scary -- “Dr. Neumann reasons that the only workable and complete solution to the computer security crisis is to study the past half century’s research, cherry-pick the best ideas and then build something new from the bottom up.”-- when one realizes the massive effort that would be required.

In spite of the effort required, Richard A. Clarke, the nation’s former counterterrorism czar and an author of “Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/books/27book.html), agrees with Neumann and is quoted in the same Times piece as saying that Neumann’s “’Clean Slate’ effort, as it is called, is essential. Fundamentally all of the stuff we’re doing to secure networks today is putting bandages on and putting our fingers in the dike, and the dike springs a leak somewhere else. We have not funda-mentally redesigned our networks for 45 years,” he said. “Sure, it would cost an enormous amount to rearchitect, but let’s start it and see if it works better and let the marketplace decide.”

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By SHERIF AWADLiliya “Lili” Chistina is a twenty-some-thing Russian artist whose creative prac-tice is a cross between

painting, animation and perfor-mance, in which she uses one of the oldest materials known to mankind; sand. Despite her young

age, Lili made regular appearances at opening events in Russia and also across Europe, representing her Russian homeland. At the October 2012 Orenburg Film Festival she created a visual repre-sentation of the talent participating at the opening ceremony incorpo-rating wide angle plasma screens to depict the various filmmakers,

awards, and musical numbers. Her improvisational imagery was striking for its use of vivid colors flowing among interweaving icons that brought one’s senses to the edge of wonderment. Her artistry drove me to meet her in Moscow right after the festival to learn more about the secrets of her craft.

In her performances, Lili uses her fingers to reshape sands of different colors on a plane of glass

lit from the top by an overhead projector. In a darkened space, video-photography memorializes the creative process of her work and is projected onto one or more large screens depicting the process from beginning to its resultant animated cartoon form in real time.

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Clarke’s own book, written in 2010, stresses that the next war will be based on bytes rather than bombs and, if so (and this writer believes that it is), we are ill-prepared. If Neumann’s approach is the best possible, then no matter how expensive and time consuming, so be it!

Creative Disruption is a continuing series examining the impact of constantly accelerating tech-nology on the world around us. These changes normally happen under our personal radar until we find that the world as we knew it is no more.

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other children of her age, teachers suggested she must attend a special art school for talented youngsters. She would come to study and grow at the Russian Art Academy, She was trained and supervised by many Russian tutors and painters who taught her classic and modern art disciplines, like painting, drawing, and iconography until one day, she discovered the arts of using sands in visual expressions.” My first influence came from Ilana Yahav, the Israeli artist who mastered sand animation in animated works like Sand Fantasy”, says Lili who also described Ilana’s work as romantic and enjoyable, raising the eternal themes of love and beauty by depicting the world in sand waves. Other influences came from Hungarian artist Ferenc Cako, French animator David Myriam and Su Dabao, the Chinese perfor-mance artist. Sand has in fact held great symbolism years before artists adopted its qualities in their contemporary performances that

sometimes feature music, lights and special effects. It is said that, in dreams, sand reflects purity; in psychology, it is a common symbol of time. Maybe that’s why mankind created hourglasses with sand and made souvenirs of bottles filled with colored sands.

Lili remembers that her first “sand sample” came from the back-yard of her house. She used a spoon to pick it up then fried it to give it special color. “To get sands for my work, it is not a mystery or a secret. Some like to use samples found near volcanoes. But I like to get

sand from different Russians villages or from other countries, like Tunisia and Egypt. Even if I don’t travel there, I tell my friend to bring me a bottle, maybe one kilogram. In order to colorize sand, I must fry it after mixing it with printing inks in an oven. But it is a very messy and difficult process”, she says.

2012 was a good year for Lili. She created a three-minute video animation that is broadcast daily on a big screen at Moscow’s Central Telegraph Office in celebration

of its 160 anniversary.

In Spain, she performed in Circo Teatro, a circus show hosting troupes from all over the world. Lili presented motifs of clowns and animals which drove the organizers to give her an honorary award, although she was not competing. One of Lili’s dreams is to perform with fellow Russian sand artists in live group shows across the country using techno music, laser lights and visual effect.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Sherif Awad

is a film / video critic and curator. He is the film editor of Egypt Today Magazine (www.EgyptToday.com), and the artistic director for both the Alexandria Film Festival, in Egypt, and the Arab Rotterdam Festival, in The Netherlands. He also contributes to Variety, in the United States, and is the film critic of Variety Arabia (http://varietyarabia.com/), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Al-Masry Al-Youm Website (http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/en/node/198132) and The Westchester Guardian (www.WestchesterGuardian.com).

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By PEGGY GODFREYPlans for purchasing and renovating the 55 Maple Terrace Senior citizen building were again

on the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) agenda on October 25, 2012. It was no surprise that the tax-exempt bonds sought have resurfaced. John Madeo, the project’s manager, stated he had made a presentation several months ago for this l00-unit senior citizen building. Residents there receive HUD subsidized rents through the New Rochelle Community Management Corporation. Since the building has been owned by a non-profit, the new arrangement would result in taxes for the City of New Rochelle. A P.I.L.O.T. (payment in lieu of taxes) was included in the newly proposed agreement. Madeo

suggested the company is antici-pating it will be “one of the winners in the state” by mid-November. Alan D. Fox, Esq., the lawyer representing NRIDA advised that the state funding process “takes a long time to close.” Furthermore, he emphasized, Councilman Lou Trangucci was involved.

At that point NRIDA Chair Marianne Sussman referred to Section 1A, advising there was a “lack of sufficient affordable senior housing in New Rochelle”. Madeo disagreed, saying New Rochelle has “done more for seniors than most communities.” NRIDA member Gordon Bell claimed that Westchester housing was under scru-tiny and supervision is needed “to get it right for affordable housing”.

The motion to authorize seeking tax-exempt bonding from the state for the project was approved unanimously by the four NRIDA

members present. Madeo reinforced that the tax-free bonds are not the obligation of the City or the NRIDA, only Citibank. Financial assistance will include exempting mortgage-recording taxes, sales taxes, and use taxes, in addition to the reduced real estate taxes through a P.I.L.O.T. (payment in lieu of taxes).

There was no discussion on how this tax-free bonding would be created and there was no public comment on the agenda allowed by City Manager Chuck Strome, a member of the NRIDA who was absent that evening. When City Manager Strome was later contacted by The Westchester Guardian, he explained the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) is authorized to float bonds of this type albeit there are ESDC condi-tions attached. The state cap is the “greater of $262 Million or 85 times the state population.... The New

Rochelle IDA received an allocation of $1,219,891 which it may use at its discretion without further action by the state.”

Strome added, “The project applied to the Empire State Development Corp. for the $9.5 Million Industrial Development Bond Cap for statewide private activity bond allocation authority under federal guidelines is dedicated to facilitate tax-exempt financing for qualified projects originating through Regional Economic Development Councils.” This was because the funds required are more than the City’s IDA allotment, so an additional “volume cap” was requested from the statewide reserve. This statewide reserve consists of funds not used by other issuers. For the Maple Terrace project, Citibank has offered to lend the money with the provision they will be able to issue New York State tax free bonds.

According to NRIDA counsel Alan Fox, Esq., the thrust of these tax-free bonds is to reduce the cost of renovating or refurbishing the facility explaining, “jobs are not the main thrust.” His statement is anathema to recent media reports that Westchester’s IDA placed New Rochelle at the top of the heap with the second highest cost per job in the state. The jobs created for Maple Terrace are temporary construc-tion jobs and do not comply with IDA directives for creating perma-nent jobs in a community. The New Rochelle IDA regulation states that projects must be judged by “The extent to which they create or retain, permanent private sector jobs.”

The next meeting of the IDA was set for November 29, 2012.

Peggy Godfrey is a freelance writer, a community activist, and former educator.

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By ROGER WITHERSPOONThe roaring winds, at times approaching 100 miles per hour, were relentless as Hurricane Sandy pushed the Atlantic Ocean towards the eastern

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hurricane-force winds radiating some 250 miles from Sandy’s eye, meant 34 nuclear power plants from North Carolina to Vermont would experience extreme weather. While the winds themselves posed little danger to the primary physical structures at nuclear installations, the storm was bound to send trees crashing into utility lines and transformers, causing station blackouts which, along the coasts, could well

be accompanied by flood waters. In the latter cases, Sandy would provide a test of some of the safety improvements ordered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the wake of the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011.

At particular risk were nuclear plants along the coastlines of New Jersey and New York, directly in the path of the strongest part of the hurricane.

Massive amounts of ocean water were pounded into storm surges sweeping up the Delaware River and other coastal tributaries along the Jersey Shore; or rammed through Long Island Sound and squeezed up the Hudson River. The combination of storm surge and wind would trigger the declaration of an “alert” at the Oyster Creek on Barnegat Bay, and a forced atmospheric steam vent at the nearby Salem 1nuclear plant along the Delaware River in New Jersey. In New York, the twin Indian Point plants rode out floods

along the Hudson River, but Indian Point 3 and Nine Mile Point 2, upstate near Syracuse, were shut down by malfunctions caused by hurricane force winds.

In the view of the NRC, the plants all functioned as designed, even if the weather was unpredictable and some problems were not expected. Eleven northeastern nuclear plants in the direct path of Sandy – including all four in New Jersey – were placed on a special alert status several days before the storm struck that featured additional federal monitors and plans to shut down if the winds or waves exceeded pre-determined storm limits.

That special watch list included Calvert Cliffs in Lusby, Md.; Peach Bottom, in Delta, Pa.; Three Mile Island 1, in Middletown, Pa.;

Susquehanna, in Salem Township, Pa.; and Millstone, in Waterford, Conn. None of these were as hard hit as the plants in New Jersey and New York. Millstone 3 and Susquehanna 2 reduced power to 75 percent to accommo-date strained regional power grids. But the others operated throughout the storm at 100 percent power.

New Jersey was a different case. As the Superstorm approached, plant officials tested their backup generators and topped off their diesel generator tanks in case they were cut off from the grid and had to rely on their own power to keep reactors and spent fuel pools cooled.

At high tide the Delaware River running past Artificial Island, home to PSE&G’s Salem 1&2, and Hope Creek nuclear power plants, has a normal depth of 89 feet. Salem 1 and Hope Creek were running at full power,

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while Salem 2 and Oyster Creek were shut for refueling and mainte-nance. Joe Delmar, spokesman for PSEG Nuclear, said refueling opera-tions were suspended Sunday at 6 PM and unnecessary workers had been sent home.

Under NRC guidelines, Salem

and Hope Creek had to shut down if there were sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or the river reached 99 feet in depth. The plants’ “design basis” states the sea wall would repel water up to 120 feet, a level only anticipated with a Category 4 hurricane.

But Delmar said the storm pushed water levels in the Delaware River Monday night to 98 feet, and “the winds created additional waves approximately 12 feet high.”

That was problematic. Hope Creek has a massive cooling tower to cool the hot water and steam generated by its reactor. Salem, on the other hand, uses the Delaware River to form a critical third loop in

a three-part, “once-through” cooling system. The first, or primary loop, is the water superheated to 549 degrees within the reactor and piped through thousands of small tubes within the steam generators. The reactor system is pressurized to 2,235 pounds per square inch to keep the water liquid.

The second loop is relatively

clean water which flows over the tubes in the steam generator, is heated to steam, and then blows over the fans on the 40-ton electric gener-ating turbine. The steam then flows

over a heat exchanger featuring the third loop, containing cold Delaware River water. The steam is cooled, condenses back to a liquid, and is piped back to the steam generator to complete the power cycle. The warm water in the third loop is returned to the Delaware River.

But just after 4 AM Tuesday morning, while Sandy’s eye was barreling down on the Jersey Shore, the high waves in the river swamped four of the six massive pumps in a building along the river’s edge which pull in the water through a 40-foot wide conduit jutting into the river. The loss of these pumps caused a chain reaction of events:

The loss of river water meant the steam in the secondary loop was no longer being condensed, sending hot steam back into the carefully cali-brated system.

The added work load, coupled with accumulating junk clogging Salem’s underwater intake pipe, caused the two remaining pumps to fail.

With its cooling system compromised, operators stopped the fission process by slamming the boron control rods into the reactor.

Now, however, operators faced the problem of what to do with the heat in the reactor. The automated system opened a relief valve and

thousands of gallons of superheated water from the steam generator were released in an “atmospheric steam dump.”

“It sounds like a train whistle from a steam locomotive,” explained David Lochbaum, nuclear safety expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists and a former consultant to the NRC and Oyster Creek. “People who live near the plant can hear it,

and it looks like a steam blast. You can see it from quite a distance away.”

The steam may contain some radioactive particles which were in the reactor’s water and escaped into the secondary loop through minute cracks in the steam genera-tor’s tubes. But the amount is small and, according to the NRC barely detectable.

“The irony is that the plant routinely vents radioactive gas into the atmosphere,” said Lochbaum, “and if Salem had stayed up and running the amount of radiation released through those pathways is almost always higher – and less dramatic – than anything in the steam vents.”

Oyster Creek faced a different problem. The wind and water knocked out 36 of the 43 Emergency Planning Zone sirens needed to warn the more than 100,000 residents within 10 miles of the site of any major emergency. Then just before 7 PM Monday, officials at Exelon,

which owns the plant, declared an “Unusual Event,” the lowest of four levels of nuclear alert, due to high water in the intake building control-ling the plant’s cooling system. At the same time, the regional grid shut down and the plant had to rely on its diesel generators to keep its safety systems operating.

Oyster Creek is a boiling water reactor, the same type as those at

the ill-fated Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. Its spent fuel pool is on top of the reactor and both are in the same containment building. Exelon elevated the plant’s status to the second level “Alert” status as its generators took over efforts to keep the spent fuel pool cooled.

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“The problem with the rising water was that if the water got high enough the motors for the large pumps would be knocked out of service. If that occurred, they would have to go to other options, including the use of portable pumps, or connecting to the main fire suppression system using city water


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Hudson River was rising rapidly. There was virtually no rain in the region, an unusual occurrence with a hurricane. The storm had been expected to dump a foot or more of rain on the region between Manhattan and West Point, and some 400 miles of streams feeding into the Hudson would have added to the storm surge rushing to Indian Point. As it was, a pair of Cougar Military Transport trucks headed for nearby Camp Smith stalled in four feet of river water two miles from the nuclear plants. Yet the plant’s intake pipes remained clear and dry.

But Sandy’s winds hurled debris into the transformer yard at Indian Point 3, causing one of its main breakers to fail and cut the plant off from the grid. This triggered an immediate shutdown though its sister plant, Indian Point 2, was unaf-fected and the rising river rolled on by.

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By SHANNON AYALAFences and lawns were wrapped in tape with the term “caution” designated with spooky, jagged letters about

Mount Vernon on Halloween. But most of yellow and black caution tape about town was wrapped about fallen trees trunks and dangling power lines. They bore the “creds” of officialdom.

Likewise, false spiders and bats hung from the ceiling of a bar with lights dimmed to save money on power, the owner said. Meanwhile at

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Thirty percent of Con Edison’s customers –in New York City and Westchester- were without power after Hurricane Sandy came up the East Coast on Monday, the Reuters news service divulged.

“It sucks pretty much,” said Paul Smith of the candlelit Locust Street Grille, which opened in Fleetwood, Mount Vernon, in May. The storm’s wrath caused him to lose thousands of dollars in inventory, damage to the building’s façade, and accrued a $200 per day tab on for candlelight.

Two blocks away, at the Metro Fresh Supermarket on Broad Street, which also opened this year, customers were guided through aisles with flash-lights, and vegetables were sold outside at discounted prices. “Everything must go!” shouted Jeanette Quiñones. Almost every produce item, broccoli, cartons of tomatoes, were a dollar. “This is called a Sandy Special,” Quiñones quipped.

“It’s been devastating but we’re trying to help our community,” said owner, Bea Fraschilla. She said they hadn’t yet heard from Con Edison. “But we’re hanging in there,” she said.

On the commercial strip that runs through town, business was slower than usual but alive, even where there was no light.

Gas powered ovens allowed for pizza to be served in the dark at Joe’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria on Gramatan Avenue. With flashlights on their heads, employees moved to and from the dark kitchen. “We’re taking it hour by hour,” said Neil Ruggiero, noting that the sun hadn’t fully set yet. The tough part was not so much the light, he said, but buying the right amount of perishable food.

Kay Douglass, 34, of Prospect Avenue, threw away chicken, beef, and oxtales: “a lot of good stuff,” she said. Her refrigerator lost power, as did the entire eastern section of Mount Vernon where she resides.

“I’m from the islands so we’re used to sometimes not having light,” she said, referring to Jamaica. Her niece “is going crazy because there’s no TV,” said Ms Douglass, as in Nickelodeon and Disney.

Cars driven about town were crisscrossing through intersections devoid of functioning traffic lights. Gas station attendants guarded their stations and gave out candy to chil-dren, but no gasoline to drivers. Many residents were completely in the dark, taking cold showers, and had no way

to get to work; Metro North and the subway had not yet been returned to service. At a Dunkin Donuts, people who couldn’t go to work shared one extension cable hanging from a ceiling outlet to power their laptops and

phones. At bus stops, people sighed when they realized that although busses were free for the day in New York City, the Bee-Line Buses were still charging regular fare.

“I’m just really pissed because Con Ed won’t tell me when they’re coming,” said William Hatchett, of William Street in Fleetwood. He was also waiting for a roofer to fix the hole that the storm gouged out of his roof, allowing rain to give the clothes in his closet an unanticipated second rinse.

Hatchett advised he had lost power last Halloween, too. “If you remember last Halloween, it was freezing.” Con Ed said they might come in ten days then.

Mount Vernon Hospital said there were no known Hurricane Sandy-related injuries and people interviewed for this story were gener-ally unshaken.

“I think there are people out there with a lot worse problems than I have,” said Paul Smith of the Locust Bar and Grille.

“It could have been worse,” said Bob Coppola, a customer at Locust Bar and Grille, from the power-less North Terrace Avenue. He alluded to the four Hurricane Sandy-related deaths that were reported in Westchester, including two children who were killed by a tree that fell through their home in North Salem and the man whose car hit a fallen tree on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh.

“A lot of people will never forget this,” he said, “…what happened on Monday and Tuesday.”

Shannon Ayala is a Class of 2013 student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He also writes New York environmental news for www.Examiner.com. His work can be found at www.SEArchives.wordpress.com.

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By LARRY M. ELKINThe name Hurricane Sandy did not do justice to the over-achieving, late-season cyclone that spread death and destruc-

tion from Jamaica to New England. The media has taken to calling it “Superstorm Sandy” in order to describe a once-in-a-lifetime meteo-rological event.

Once in a lifetime will be more than enough for anyone who dealt with the storm’s vicious winds, heavy rains, absurd October snow drifts (yes, snow from a system that was born in the tropics), towering ocean waves and record storm surges. The grim figures are not in, but it seems likely that Sandy claimed close to 100 lives, perhaps more. Having seen

the video of the storm’s aftermath, I suspect property damage will rival or surpass Hurricane Katrina’s destruc-tion of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

If nothing else, Sandy prob-ably ensured, at least for a while, that people will pay more heed to mere Category 1 hurricanes, whose winds of 74 to 95 mph often do not command the respect paid to more impressive “major” hurricanes in Categories 3, 4 and 5. When a storm strikes a densely populated area, or one with a lot of trees or buildings that cannot withstand high winds and high water, there is no such thing as a “minor” hurricane.

I did not personally experience Sandy’s full force. I was in Florida when it brushed us on its way north-ward through the Bahamas. We had a blustery, rainy evening in Fort Lauderdale, and that was about it. I

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lived through the rest of the storm vicariously, checking in frequently with two daughters who live in Manhattan (the upper part of the borough, where the streets stayed dry and the lights stayed on), our firm’s New York staff and our office in Scarsdale, which lost power briefly and internet access for a day, but which we kept closed for three days for safety reasons. My New York home went dark and is likely to stay that way for some time to come.

Regular readers know that I take a strong interest in the science, history, economics and politics of weather. It has been part of my makeup as long as I can remember. As a little boy one summer in New York’s Catskills, I noticed, during a heavy rain, that the field outside our bungalow was so foggy that I could not see the trees on the far side. I slipped out of the house and walked across the field to see what it was like to be in the fog. I remember being surprised when I looked back and saw that, from my new vantage point, our bungalow had now vanished in the mist.

I also remember that my mother was not amused when I returned, utterly drenched, from being AWOL.

When I was a teenager, Hurricane Agnes swept up the East Coast. The winds gusted into the Bronx off Long Island Sound, and I had a lot of fun marching around in the rain. (Apparently, I was a slow learner.) But Agnes was not fun for people in the Appalachian hills of New York state and Pennsylvania, where the storm stalled and dumped feet of rain that caused devastating floods in places like Elmira and Corning, N.Y. My family happened to drive through those towns weeks later, during a summer vacation trip to Canada, and I saw house after house where people’s lives had been emptied into the street, in the form of ruined belongings piled on the curb. That was when I realized that bad weather is not always fun.

Agnes was just a tropical storm by the time it reached the Northeast, but it was still the costliest U.S. storm in history to that date.

I can personally remember at least a dozen “once in a lifetime”

weather events, though I did not experience all of them firsthand. Hurricane Camille, a Category 5 storm that presaged Katrina’s later assault on New Orleans, was just a news story to me, though a college friend later described cowering all night in his family’s car inside their Louisiana garage. Camille struck in 1969, a few months after the “Lindsay blizzard” crippled both Queens and the political hopes of New York City’s mayor, John V. Lindsay. That was the last big snow-storm of my childhood.

April 3-4, 1974, brought a massive outbreak of tornadoes in the midsection of the country. I remember that event simply by the name “Xenia, Ohio,” which was a small city that was nearly leveled by one of the twisters. I thought I might never see another such outbreak, but in April 2011, my staff and I were in Atlanta when an even worse cluster of twisters roared across the Deep South and Midwest. Some of us were stranded for a couple of days, but we escaped injury or damage, though many others were less fortunate.

We had “super storms” in the 1970s, too. In January 1978, a monstrously powerful low pressure system marched up the western flank of the Appalachians to the Great Lakes with blinding snow and 100-mph winds. I was living in Montana and was used to blizzards by then, but I was duly impressed. Less than two weeks later, a compa-rable storm struck New York City and New England. Though this was a powerful extra-tropical cyclone, meteorologists noted that its inten-sity gave it an eye-like structure reminiscent of a hurricane. People died in their cars along Interstate 95 when snow blocked the exhaust pipes as the occupants kept their engines running for warmth.

The 1980s were a fairly quiet time, if you discount the freak East Coast blizzard of April 7, 1982, which put down a foot of snow in New York City and nearly two feet in Albany, N.Y., where I was then working. The decade ended with Hurricane Hugo smashing into Charleston, S.C., and with a Christmas Eve snow and ice storm that stretched from Jacksonville, Fla., to the North Carolina coast. My family and I managed to get stuck in that storm when our car broke down in Jacksonville just as everything

started to freeze. It was the first white Christmas on that stretch of coastline in a century.

Storms don’t only happen in the eastern United States, of course. Others of equal severity happen all over the world with regularity. They may be “once in a lifetime” events, but they don’t happen to be part of my personal lifetime. One that comes to mind is the Columbus Day storm that struck the Oregon coast with wind gusts up to 138 mph in 1962. Another is Hurricane Gilbert, a beautifully formed (meteorologi-cally speaking) Category 5. It was a terrible disaster in the Caribbean and Mexico, killing more than 400 people in 1988.

The early 1990s brought a plethora of remarkable weather: the “Perfect Storm” of 1991, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the “Storm of the Century” in 1993. The Perfect Storm had much in common, meteorologi-cally, with Superstorm Sandy, as it was a merger of a tropical system with a strong extra-tropical cyclone. But the Storm of the Century was more like Sandy in the way it was predicted days in advance; disasters

were declared and the Emergency Broadcast System was activated in many areas long before the first snowflake fell.

Many other storms have come and gone since then. Some have names we will long remember, like Katrina and Wilma and, now, Sandy; some have pedestrian moni-kers that fade into the history pages, like the Blizzard of 1996. We’re getting better at naming our weather systems. Who is going to forget Snowmageddon?

Each of these weather phenomena was unique, so I suppose each could be called a “once in a lifetime” event. It is highly unlikely, though not impossible, that I will live to see another storm tide in New York Harbor like the one Sandy produced; it took just the right combination of wind speed, direction and duration, timing at high tide and phase of the moon to send water cascading through the Financial District’s streets and into the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

But extreme weather events are not rare and are hardly once in a lifetime experiences. People older

than me have other memories, like the Labor Day hurricane that hit the Florida Keys in 1935, or the Long Island Express hurricane that sent a wall of water up Narragansett Bay and inundated downtown Providence, R.I., in 1938.

Nature regularly reminds us that she has the power to reshape our lives and our memories, no matter how we name the reminders.

Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®, has provided personal financial and tax counseling to a sophisticated client base since 1986. After six years with Arthur Andersen, where he was a senior manager for personal financial planning and family wealth planning, he founded his own firm in Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., in 1992. That firm grew steadily and became the Palisades Hudson organization, which moved to Scarsdale, N.Y., in 2002. The firm expanded to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2005 and to Atlanta in 2008.

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CHRONICLES OF CROTON’S BOHEMIA

By ROBERT SCOTTNew York City was experiencing a heat wave in August of 1917 as Jack and Louise rushed to get ready to

travel to Russia to cover the impending revolution.

Shopping for clothes that would carry them through a Russian winter was especially difficult.

Louise managed to wangle new credentials from the Bell Syndicate for her to cover the revolution “from a woman’s point of view.”

A clerk at the passport office confiscated their passports. A socialist peace conference was scheduled in Stockholm and the U.S. State Department wanted to keep American radicals from attending. The downcast duo returned to the Hotel Brevoort. The next morning Louise went early to the passport office and vamped the clerk into returning the passports.

Off to RussiaThey sailed on the Danish steamer

New York for Christiana (Oslo). At Halifax, Nova Scotia, the ship was delayed for a week by British counter-espionage officials who removed many Russian exiles eager to return to the mother country.

Jack was carrying a number of documents sure to cause trouble--letters from American socialists to Russian counterparts plus an invitation to the upcoming peace conference in Stockholm. He hid these papers under the rug in the cabin and diverted the searches of the officers by sharing a bottle of Scotch with them.

Arrival in Norway was followed by an arduous 18-hour train trip to Stockholm, where they learned that the peace conference had been postponed.

“After we left Stockholm my own curiosity grew every hour,” Louise would later write. “As our train rushed on through the vast, untouched forests of northern Sweden I could scarcely contain myself. Soon I should see how this greatest and youngest of all democracies was learning to walk— to stretch itself— to field its strength— unshackled!”

They crossed into Finland near the Arctic Circle after a week’s delay

waiting for visas. Another slow train ride south through Finland was marked by frequent stops by soldiers.

In PetrogradBryant found the capital,

Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg), the magnificent city designed by French and Italian architects and built by Peter the Great, “impres-sive, vast and solid.” Compared to its buildings, New York had “a sort of tall flimsiness.”

She wrote, “The rugged strength of Peter the Great is in all the broad streets, the mighty open spaces, the great canals curving through the city, the rows and rows of palaces and the immense façades of government buildings.”

Jack had seen the capital two years before when he covered in the Eastern front with artist and Croton neighbor Boardman Robinson and wrote excitedly to him:

“The old town has changed! Joy where there was gloom, and gloom where there was joy. We’re in the middle of things, and believe me it is thrilling. There is so much dramatic to write about that I don’t know where to begin.”

Reed’s timing of their arrival in the late summer of 1917 could not have been better. The war had been a series of disasters for the Russians. In the first year of the war Russia lost a million men. Poorly equipped and incompetently led, outmatched Russian troops were defeated in battle after battle.

By the end of 1916, czarist rule had become decidedly unpopular. Mutinies broke out at the front and in barracks back home. Strikes and mass demonstrations were widespread. Shortages, particularly of food, were common, and prices soared with the inevitable inflation.

Workers formed commit-tees, called soviets (a Russian word meaning “council”), in factories and urban neighborhoods. Discontent was widespread.

The czar abdicated on March 15, 1917, and a provisional govern-ment under Aleksandr Kerensky was formed.

The new provisional government, unable to reach a decision about

continuing the war, faced enormous obstacles. A radical putsch by conser-vatives was quickly defeated July, spurring those on the left seek more radical solutions.

Revolution!Jack and Louise were present

when Vladimir Lenin, who had been hiding in Finland, secretly re-entered the capital on October 23, disguised in a wig and false beard. The October Revolution was triggered by the Kerensky government’s shutdown of Bolshevik newspapers. It was over quickly in Petrograd with surprisingly little bloodshed.

Only two days, October 24 and 25, were needed to achieve the easily accomplished victory. Resistance by government troops was virtually nonexistent. A total of six men were killed in Petrograd--all insurgents.

On October 25, Trotsky’s Military Revolutionary Committee proclaimed the overthrow of Kerensky’s provi-sional government. In contrast to Petrograd, in Moscow there was heavy resistance. The pro-Soviet forces were victors, but at an enormous cost. Of the total of 800 dead, 500 were Red Guards and soldiers.

Jack and Louise were part of a large army of correspondents from all parts of the globe eagerly seeking information about the changes taking place in the vast Russian Empire. News-gathering was no easy task.

Fearing inevitable counterrevolu-tionary activity, passes were issued and repeatedly checked by the many provi-sional government departments and committees, creating a bureaucratic nightmare.

Reed and Bryant interviewed

many of the leading participants including Kerensky, Lenin and Trotsky. Louise made sure they interviewed Nadezhda Krupskaya, Nicolai Lenin’s wife, Alexandra Kollontay, the novelist and educator, Marie Spirodonova, the diminutive revolutionary heroine, and Catherine Breshkovsky, known as the “Grandmother of the Revolution.”

Reed gathered up every docu-ment, leaflet and newspaper article for reproduction in the book he would title Ten Days That Shook the World. He also translated and wrote down the words of every printed speech he acquired.

The result was a tremendously valuable combination of reportage and documentation. He intended the material to be the basis of the first volume in a massive series on Russian history.

On the other hand, Louisa’s approach was more journalistic and totally professional. She not only recorded events but interpreted and commented on them. Her dispatches painted a compelling word picture of everyday life at the eye of the revolu-tionary storm.

Describing a city in which the streetcars no longer ran, Louise wrote, “People walked great stretches without a murmur and the life of the city went on as usual. It would have upset New York completely, especially if it happened as in Petrograd that while the streetcars were stopped, lights and water also were turned off and it was almost impossible to get fuel to keep warm.”

Nevertheless, the Russians exhib-ited a remarkable calm, even keeping the theatres open. “The Nevsky after midnight was as amusing and interesting as Fifth Avenue in the

afternoon. The cafés had nothing to serve but weak tea and sandwiches but they were always full.

“Men and women wear what they please. At one table would be sitting a soldier with his fur hat pulled over his ear, across from him a Red Guard in rag-tags, next a Cossack in a gold and black uniform, earrings in his ears, silver chains around his neck, or a man from the Wild Division, recruited from one of the most savage tribes in the Caucasus, wearing his sombre, flowing cape.”

Louise’s Christmas present to Reed was a poem expressing her joy at being with him. It read, in part:

It is fine to be here in the NorthWith you on ChristmasIn a land where they really believeIn peace on earthAnd miracles.Her poem concluded with:What I want most to tell youIs that I love youAnd I want more than anythingTo have you stay strong and clear-visionedIn all this world madness . . .You are the finest person I knowOn both sides of the worldAnd it is a nice privilege to be your comrade.

Home AgainJack and Louise returned to

Greenwich Village three months apart and set to work assembling their notes and dispatches into books. His book was an account of Russian history in the making. Her book, Six Red Months in Russia, remains to this day an insightful picture of everyday life at every level during the early days of the revolution.

Louise’s book, based on her dispatches from Russia, appeared first. Published by George H. Doran in 1919, it was well-received by reviewers.

Jack’s voluminous work would not be published by Boni & Liveright until 1920 but would become a classic. Still in print, scholars still find it invaluable for its reportage and ample documentation.

Despite their joint successes at home, both Jack and Louise itched to return to a Russia where so much was still happening. They would journey there separately in 1920 on a final fatal adventure.

Robert Scott is a semi-retired book publisher and local historian. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

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The Women’s Battalion guarding the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the 1917 October Revolution.


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Movie Review: “The Flat” (-)This film was widely seen and applauded in Israel winning the country’s top documentary award. I did not think it was a first-rate movie.

The premise is that Gerda Tuchler, grandmother of the picture’s director Arnon Goldfinger, left Germany with her husband in the mid-30’s to live in Tel Aviv. While cleaning out her apartment after her death, Goldfinger discovers that his grandparents had a relationship

with a high Nazi official, Leopold von Mildenstein, who was Adolf Eichmann’s predecessor. A copy of “Der Angriff,” or “The Attack,” a Nazi paper of which Joseph Goebbels was the editor, was found in the apartment. An article in that paper reports that von Mildenstein and his

wife traveled to Palestine with Gerda Tuchler and her husband. No one is able to unlock the mystery of that relationship.

I found the film to be more of a home movie rather than a documen-tary and one that I would not recall as memorable but rather mediocre.

MOVIE REVIEW

Ed Koch Movie ReviewsBY EDWARD I. KOCH

“Cloud Atlas” (-)Two movies were supposed to domi-nate the scene this week with their intellectual displays: “The Master” and “Cloud Atlas.” Some critics loved both films and wrote extended

reviews explaining their meanings. In my opinion, both pictures failed.

The major stars in “Cloud Atlas,” a film based on a novel by David Mitchell, are Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. They portray various

characters in six different stories split among three directors. The plots of each are interesting, but they don’t add up to an engaging movie.

Visit the Mayor at the Movies to learn more: http://www.

mayorkoch.com/. The Honorable Edward Irving Koch served as a member of Congress from New York State from 1969 through 1977, and New York City as its 105th Mayor from 1978 to 1989.

THE SOUNDS OFBLUEBy BOB PUTIGNANO

MUSIC

Before I write about the KWS show, I just wanted to take a brief moment to report that the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY has reopened; it’s glori-ously restored, and it’s a magnificent

venue that also offers great sound. Designed by architect Thomas Lamb this splendid venue opened over eighty years ago in 1926 as a playhouse with

2012 KWS Capitol Side Wall.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Robert CrayLive at the (Reopened) Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY


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great decorative beauty and luxurious comfort. I’d been there in the early seventies as they were a reliable alter-native for Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East as they often booked similar artists passing through the NY area. They briefly reopened their doors in the mid eighties (saw Pat Metheny,) and again in the nineties. By ’97 the venue was transformed into a catering hall. Oh my God! So it’s nice to see this historic site back in business and supporting classic rock and blues just

like they did back in the seventies. My only disappointment was that they ripped out the original seats (not sure when that happened) and installed makeshift seating that was uncomfort-able. But long story short: it’s cool to have them back, and in the capable hands of the Bowery Presents. You can keep in touch with upcoming concerts at: www.thecapitoltheatre.com

On the night of September 22, 2012, there was a double bill presented, fortunately KWS opened for Robert Cray (a brief note about Cray’s

performance later.) The current KWS band includes bassist Tony Franklin who has appeared on over one hundred and fifty albums mostly from the rock world. On B3 and pianos veteran Riley Osbourn has appeared on over one hundred recordings most notably with Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson. Chris Layton needs no introductions having toured and recorded with SRV and has been a regular touring drummer with KWS since ’06. Noah Hunt has been with Shepherd for nearly fifteen years and is not only an integral piece of the KWS band, but he’s also one of today’s most invigorating vocalist and performer, he’s also a theatrical

wild-man on stage. Kenny Wayne also needs no preamble, and is considered by many to be one of the best younger Blues rock guitarists, though Blues fans don’t often give him the Blues credit he deserves. That being said about Shepherd, I am happy to report (I’ve seen this band three times in the last three years) that Kenny showed more restraint and offered more space with his guitar playing, and also offered more creativeness with his solos.

The band came out ripping, tearing through some of their road tested classics like “Deja Voodoo”, “Blue On Black”, Kings Highway”, “Somehow, Somewhere, Some Way”, “Everything is Broken”, and others. Their hair-standing encore lasted nearly thirty minutes as they bombed away with “I’m a King Bee”, Fleetwood Mac’s intense “Oh Well”, and as expected Hendrix’ “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”. It was a killer set. What’s also enjoyable about this

band is how Shepherd and Hunt also keep things flowing with excitement by constantly marching around the stage, and often joining together for some rather entertaining segments. Shepherd is just thirty-four and Hunt is just thirty-two, but many a Blues band could learn a few tricks about how to make their sets more enthralling with similar set enhancing antics. Long story short, I loved their set, and would definitely see them the next time they came through town.

As for Robert Cray’s set, the only thing I am happy to report is that he came on after KWS, so after just four-five songs I was out the door. Cray’s set was a boring snore. For me it’s been like this for Mr. Cray for several decades now, and I also have similar feelings about his studio work, including his most recent “Nothin But Love”. Sorry.

Bob Putignano www.SoundsofBlue.com

2012 KWS Capitol Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Noah Hunt.

2012 KWS Capitol Ceiling.

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TRANSPORT UPDATE

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday, November 3, 2012, announced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has restored 80 percent of the New York subway system including subway service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, restoring a vital transit link that was severed by Hurricane Sandy.

The 4, 5, 6 and 7 trains are fully restored. The Staten Island Railway will resume service hourly today, move

to half hourly service later today, and will be fully restored in time for the Monday morning rush.

The F, J, D and M will be fully functional by later this morning.

“This is a major step forward in the resumption of regular subway service in New York City,” Governor Cuomo said. “Once again, subway customers have a direct link between Brooklyn and Manhattan, giving them a fast and reliable way to get to their

jobs, their schools and their homes.”The resumption of service is made

possible by Con Edison’s continued work to restore power to dark-ened sections of lower Manhattan. Engineers from the MTA and Con Edison worked together to plan an orderly restoration of power so the subway system would have an adequate supply of electricity without destabilizing the network.

“We have worked closely with

Con Edison to bring back the subways as soon as possible without jeopardizing the progress they have made in restoring Manhattan’s elec-tric grid,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota. “Our dedicated workers are continuing to pump water, test signals and bring back more of the subway network that 5.5 million customers depend on each day.”

Governor Cuomo also announced that the MTA will be able to restore

limited service on the Staten Island Railway as soon as Con Edison is able to supply power. The railway will initially run trains hourly.

Governor Cuomo earlier announced the MTA Metro-North Railroad would resume full train service Saturday morning on the Hudson Line from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal, completing the restoration of all main lines east of the Hudson River.

Governor Cuomo Announces Major Subway Service Resumptions80 Percent of New York Subway System Restored; MTA Working With Con Edison to Stabilize Power LoadStaten Island Railway Prepared For Limited Service


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READING

By BOB MARRONEThe first phase of hockey practice was winding down. The players, young adults, were completing in

a series of wind sprints, a drill that requires players to skate from one end of the rink to the other and back at full speed. Most of the players, having completed their drills, stood leaning on their sticks, or kneeling on one knee, exhausted. Three players remained who had not taken their last sprint. As coach, I blew the whistle to send them on their way. I watched as they skated at full speed toward me at the end of the rink from where I was conducting the drill. Their strides were full with no evidence of fatigue as they turned to head back to the starting point. I watched a bit longer and, then, just before they came to the goal line, I turned towards the bench to get my clipboard to start the next phase of practice.

From the corner of my eye I spied two skaters pull up as is standard; the third just kept going, a trivial observa-tion I did not give much thought to at that moment.

Boom! The loud, though not unfamiliar, sound of a player slamming into the boards echoed throughout the outdoor rink. This is a noise players and coaches hear all game long, and often enough in practice. It is not heard during skating drills, except on rare occasions when players lazily use the boards to complete a stop, using the boards like bumpers at the end of train tracks. That particular sound has a controlled, muffled thump. The sound of a player being hit into the boards during a game is firm, as if a single heavy surface makes contact with a wall. This sound was different, though. It was louder and more disjointed, like the sound a sack of potatoes might make if you threw it against a flat sheet of plywood. I turned to see the player, rebounding off the boards, falling backward like a rag doll, his head striking the surface with a sick-ening thus. The sound reminded me of the noise a brick makes when dropped onto concrete. It was, 1982, a lot of players did not wear helmets then, especially during practice.

Twenty seven year old Chris lay

unconscious on that mild October night. As the coach, I followed the ambulance to the hospital, called Chris’s mom… he was not married… and spoke with the doctors; first the emergency room physician, then the neurosurgeon.

In about an hour, with me suspecting a concussion and maybe a non-serious fractured scull, the neuro-surgeon called me into a room off to the side. Shaking his head, he said “it doesn’t look good.” My body reacted with an almost electric shock, an acrid taste filled my mouth, and anxiety, intense, but normal, filled my soul. The doctor went on to explain that Chris had something called an arterial venous malformation in his brain that hemorrhaged. We would never know, he speculated, if the vessels gave way before Chris flew into the boards, after he hit them or upon the second impact to his skull. The surgeon said he had to operate right away if there was any hope of saving him.

I had played and coached hockey almost all of my life. People don’t die playing hockey. Twenty-seven-year old friends don’t die only a few minutes after saying their last words, “Thanks for the pads coach,” after you hand them a piece of equipment, as I did to Chris that night.

Moreover, people don’t die performing a skating drill. Further, still, how could someone die during a drill that I called for and supervised? It would not and could not happen, could it?

After the surgery, Chris was put into a sedative induced coma to relieve swelling and fluid induced pressure on the brain. Sadly, he lapsed into a vege-tative state and died three weeks later.

It was one of the most heart breaking things I have ever been through. It was also rich in the kinds of things that will challenge any psyche, more so one suffering from depression.

The tragedy here is the loss of a young life not lived to the full. It is, as such, about the life of a sometimes troubled, funny, smart friend cut short and the heartache of his family. I must stress, therefore, this is about Chris and I am loathe to make his death about me. But, as with all things in life, we deal with events as they affect us. The relationship of this story to my life illustrates the meaning of John

Casarino’s words to me several years earlier, and their role in getting over anxiety depression.

You will recall that Dr. Casarino said getting well, would, among other things, require us to deal with life’s events and learn how to manage our feelings. There would be deaths in the family, problems with work, issues over relationships, and tragedies, as yet unknown. Yes, it would be necessary to learn new skills and deal with symp-toms and old demons; I would also have to take responsibility for choices and actions, and face life’s problems directly. But, even with all this, much of the most salient growth and confi-dence takes place, not in the classroom that is the doctor’s office, but on the battlefield of real life.

Like anyone, I experienced all of the events supposed by my doctor. I was fortunate in that I grew along the way and got much better. But of all of life’s twist and turns, the death of my friend Chris was and remains the most instructive as an example of an unforeseen tragedy to be faced, and grown through. It possessed all of the elements that someone with depres-sion must learn to contend.

First, and foremost, I felt horrible about the death of my friend. I was his closest friend on the team, and he had come to my new club with me from the squad I first joined in the begin-ning of my recovery. You will recall I turned to coaching when I could not skate due to the range of vertigo related symptoms. My soul ached over his death and the life he would never have. The night before the accident, we spent two hours on the phone talking about some issues he had, and that I felt he was practicing too hard. We agreed his overall life was more important than hockey and that he should focus more on that, and be more careful in drills.

I also felt guilty about his death. He came to this new team with me.

Also, he was performing a drill I called for to fit a style of play I was teaching. Over and over, I tended to review the incident in my head, trying to think if there was a better way we might have done it. I rued not insisting that he wear his helmet, which he wore during games and scrimmages. I never insisted with Chris as even practice drills for him were optional due to a history of seizures… likely related to

the AVM we were to learn… and he had trouble with warm weather. Add to that, some of my players did not like drills and I found myself questioning my own competence. Some even ques-tioned the wisdom of the drill on that night.

At home, my wife was incensed that I could put the family in jeopardy by coaching a dangerous sport like hockey.

I was also angry, in a selfish way, that I hated about myself. For awhile, I did make it about me. How could this happen to me? Why didn’t he take better care himself? Why didn’t he wear his helmet? That anger exac-erbated my guilt and anxiety. For the three weeks that Chris lay in the hospital, first in a coma, then on life support, the monotonous ringing of the phone was its own little torture. Anyone who has lost a love one will tell you this.

Yet life had to go on. I had just

received a big, challenging promotion at work. Life had to go on. My family had to be taken care of. I had to deal with all of these things.

And, thus, we turn to the skills and mantras learned in the previous five years. We will discuss them in the next chapter.

I would like to end this chapter, as such: While I am not overly religious, every year around Christmas time, I find a church and light a candle for my friend. Somehow it keeps him alive in my heart. It has been thirty years, yet it feels like only yesterday. In an odd way, it also pleases me, if just a bit, that his passing taught me a bit more about courage… something he had in great quantities.

God bless him.

Bob Marrone is the host of a Monday to Friday local morning talk show heard on WVOX-1460 AM radio.

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By CARLOS GONZALEZALBANY, NY — Efforts to alleviate a schools’ requirement to have classes for 180 days is being considered

due to Hurricane Sandy. The heads of the State Legislature’s Education Committees said today that they expect to consider the matter quickly.

Lawmakers said they would look to modify the law to hold school districts downstate harmless because of the extended school closures.

School districts would face a loss

of state aid if they were to have fewer than 180 days of classes.

“I believe that there will be a tremendous spirit of cooperation because of the magnitude and severity of these issues,” said Senate Education Chairman John Flanagan, R-Suffolk County.

Last year, Irene and Lee devas-tated upstate counties and a similar bill was passed.

The law gave the state’s educa-tion commissioner the authority to hold districts financially harmless if they lost up to 10 days “due to a duly

declared state of emergency following a federally and state recognized natural disaster.”

Assembly Education Chair-woman Cathy Nolan, D-Queens, said she would expect the Legislature to approve the waiver for New York City and its surrounding areas.

“We have done it in the past, and it’s certainly not something that’s done lightly, but clearly this rises to the level of the ice storm in the North Country or Hurricane Irene in upstate,” Nolan said.

Lawmakers are expected to hold

a special session after next week to discuss Sandy and other state matters, some even speculate voting on a legis-lative pay raise.

David Albert, a spokesman for the state School Boards Association, said schools would support the change, but stated the schools should be entitled to full state aid regardless of the disaster.CUOMO CATERS

Not only is our governor leading an effective crisis response to Sandy’s aftermath, but he’s serving it up too.

Gov. Cuomo directed the state to bring a million meals to seniors and others in hard-hit areas of the the city.

He said the National Guard, with the Federal Emergency Management

Agency (FEMA), will deliver the meals and bottled water door-to-door to parts of Lower Manhattan, the Rockaways and other affected areas in Brooklyn and Queens.

“After days without power, the most immediate need for many New Yorkers is food and water and the state is working aggressively to address this need.” Cuomo said. “The first plane into JFK this morning was from FEMA, carrying supplies and personnel we requested.”

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By NANCY KINGWHITE PLAINS, NY -- Nearly a week after superstorm Sandy blew into town, White Plains is still

dealing with her aftermath. As of Friday November 2nd, there were still 70 streets in White Plains that were closed due to downed trees and power lines. Many of those closures were in the Highlands section of the city; known for its beautiful tree lined streets. Sadly many of those 50-year-old trees were no match for wind gusts of 70 miles per hour, and down they came taking utility wires with them. It is in this area of town that residents remain in the cold and dark waiting for Con Edison to cut the power to any live wires still on the ground. At a November 1st press briefing, Mayor

Tom Roach stated that DPW crews were ready and waiting to begin tree removal and clean up the city but were being prevented from doing so since utility crews were delayed in cutting the power to those downed lines. Protocol now requires tree removal crews to have a utility crew accompany them to a job site to certify that lines are dead before they may commence tree removal.

Mayor Roach announced that 8,708 residents are still without power in White Plains as of Friday night. The Community Center on Mitchell Place has been made avail-able to serve those who do not have power available. It will remain open until all power has been restored to the city. A property located at the Post Road School is no longer being used, instead, it is being prepared for

students returning to the school. The mayor also announced that the White Plains Library would be open until 9 P.M. every night for those residents who may want to use it as a warming center or just to have a place to charge electronic equipment.

Downtown White Plains fared far better than its outlying neighbor-hoods. Since the power cables in the downtown area are underground, few businesses lost power and most were open for business immediately following the storm. Several busi-nesses sustained wind damage in the form of having large windows blown out during the storm. The Ritz-Carlton hotel also suffered similar damage in its upper floors with glass from the upper panels taking flight and landing in the areas around Hamilton Avenue, Rennaissance

Square and Main Street. Construction materials that had been stored on the roofs of towers also broke loose and necessitated those streets to be closed through Tuesday afternoon. While this may seem unusual, several construction tradesmen informed me that it is a common practice to store construction materials on the roofs of tall buildings. Engineers and project managers may want to re-think that one! By Thursday afternoon, those materials had been secured and appeared to be shrink wrapped on top of the towers and all three thor-oughfares were open to traffic and pedestrians alike.

The White Plains Police and White Plains Fire Departments have also seen an uptick in calls. While the Comstat statistics for crime in White Plains will not be available until next week, most of the Department of Public Safety calls have been storm related. Those calls range from providing assistance to those with live wires strewn about their homes to generator related calls. Those resi-dents who are fortunate enough to have secured a generator often place them too close to their residence thus creating emergency calls for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. As of late in the week, police were being dispatched to local service stations that not only had long lines, but patrons who were short on patience.

Storm clean up in the region will be a long, ongoing process, however, the City of White Plains has done a good job of keeping their residents and businesses informed during this storm and its aftermath. The mayor’s office has kept residents and the media informed by holding daily press conferences and updating the city’s website on a daily basis. Essential services have been delivered and the Department of Sanitation has continued trash pickup in neigh-borhoods that are accessible. And, as a resident, it was surprisingly refreshing to see the Commissioner of DPW driving about town and assessing damage without an entourage; he was driving on his own, snapping pictures and speaking to residents.

White Plains, like the rest of the county will have to grapple with clean up for a long time. After that, White Plains, like so many other communi-ties will have to start to examine its aging infrastructure. These “100 year storms” are coming all too frequently and are whittling away our 19th and 20th century infrastructures and our local governments are going to have to take a long hard look at what can be done to bring our cities into the 21st century.

Nancy King is a freelance investigative reporter; a resident of White Plains, New York.

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By Dr. NASEER ALOMARIWhen the conflict broke out, many Syrians were hopeful the Arab Spring had finally arrived and the

anti-Assad regime forces would see an opportunity to get rid of the oppressive, authoritarian govern-ment under which they lived.

As the international commu-nity watched in horror at the killing of innocent people; 37,000 dead, and countless more maimed and wounded, they all hoped that the price for freedom was not going to get much higher. Well, it did.

The conflict is now beyond control as more factions and coun-tries have gotten involved. So far, diplomacy has failed, eclipsed instead by an onslaught of addi-tional, ineffective diplomatic maneuvers and half-hearted or cautious efforts to arm the opposi-tion to help them defeat the Assad

regime.It is now obvious that the

hope for the Assad regime to collapse from within is dissipating as the Assad regime seems to have enough manpower and supplies to fight on regardless of human cost. The world watches, steeped in contemplation of the various possibilities apart from imposing a no-fly zone or the perilous need for ground troops in a volatile country and region.

Creating a no-fly zone and establishing safe zones would bring the confrontation with the Assad regime to a dangerous phase where regional and international powers would have to either clash over or agree to conclude an end to the Assad regime. The possi-bility of regional and global powers clashing over Syria, or in Syria, has to be factored into the solution for Syria.

Russia and China have made it

clear that they are not willing to let go of their support for the Assad regime for reasons that range from pure opportunistic and short-term economic gains to more compli-cated ideological and strategic goals aimed at competing with or even replacing America’s domina-tion over the Middle East.

Since all politics is essentially pragmatic, China and Russia should clarify their intentions regarding the conflict in Syria. After the American presidential election, the international commu-nity should have a clearer picture of what the two major powers would like to achieve from supporting a dying regime.

If their goal is to secure their interests in the region then something will be worked out to safeguard Russian and Chinese interests.

If on the other hand, China and Russia have deeper strategic

interests in Syria, the world will witness the first incident of the new multi-polar world order in which the United States is for the first time in its recent history tested among several other major players instead of the only superpower on the world stage since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Syria is a new game confronting American foreign policy in the twenty-first century and its rules

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By RICH MONETTILast Friday night, I received yet another email from the Democratic Party in regards to you know

what. President Clinton in the subject, I decided to take a look. He would actually be stopping at the junior high school I attended over 30 years ago in Somers to rally support for Sean Maloney in the upcoming House race

against Nan Hayworth. I sent an email hoping to attend as press, and almost before I slogged through all my mean-ingless Facebook posts, I realized I was going to see the president.

Yes, I was excited. Of course, I told my mom, and she was obviously thinking I’d be having a sit down with the 42nd president, so she instructed me to dress nice. The obedient son, I put on a jacket and tie.

In accordance to some protocol, about 10 press members were led in first. Seated at the center of the gym

and roped off in full view, I felt kind of important. You have no idea; but I will get back to that later.

My first impression of this oppor-tunity was to take a much longer historical perspective. Throughout history, there have been leaders – for better and / or worse – who possess the skill to move the masses to their charismatic words, charm, mannerism and downright Mojo. No matter your political perspective, Bill Clinton pure charisma; he is one of those people.

We’ve all seen him on TV but I

was going to witness this live and would get a small sense of how a Roosevelt, Churchill, or yes, a Lenin type, mobi-lized their followers into a solid wall of allegiance.

On the other hand, like the Chappaqua master himself, I do like to work the room in my own right. And I ain’t bad at it.

Following my instincts, I began to make my way out of the roping to engage the attendees. I was greeted by a menacing look, turned back to my enclosure and told my natural mingling sensibilities were a secret service issue.

I didn’t feel so important anymore. I soon jumped to the conclusion that since I was in the press, they didn’t want us getting close enough to question the featured guests. What other explana-tion could there be - given all the other attendees who had also simply sent an email.

What I found was that the people present were all part of larger invited groups like union members or other supporters whose origins and back-grounds could be traced back to a source. Off that, I decided there was credibility to the security claim.

But upon further reflection, I felt this was too convenient an excuse and the campaigns simply use such tactics and rationale to further the fiction that has become our political system. I’m also relatively certain the Secret Service is familiar with a little known security procedure called “frisking”.

Deferring my disappointment in the sorry state of our republic, I was still excited to see President Clinton. Unfortunately, rushed by the urgency and time constraints of the election

schedule, his appearance was quite brief and not necessarily revealing enough for my grand historical expectations.

That doesn’t mean the sitting House member escaped unscathed – she would garner the best zinger arriving at the expense of her opposition to President Obama’s healthcare initia-tive. “Nan Hayworth wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act,” he said. “I know doctors in her own group plan who treat me and they disagree with her.”

President Clinton then went on to outline the easy choice represented between Sean Maloney and a Nan Hayworth bound to the unyielding whims of the Tea Party. “Congress is a job. It means methodology over ideology and arithmetic over illusion. It’s not complicated, so go out and win it for Sean Maloney.”

The dude can orate, and the fact that a campaign fears the possibility of someone like me interrupting a stream of consciousness such as his means only one thing. Our election process has become nothing more than an infomercial where the leaders have the questions and refuse to utter anything that deviates into the uncomfortable truths that we already know.

That keeps us from getting to what we really need to address and confront as a nation.

Hey, that’s not bad, but I’m just glad I didn’t have to pee.

Rich Monetti lives in Somers. He’s been a freelance writer covering Westchester County since 2003. Peruse his work at http://rmonetti.blogspot.com/

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