Not trying to be the food grinch right here in the middle of holiday eating, but now is the time to start THINKING of a sensible plan you want to follow for food choices next year. There are many web sites out there comparing the many different “diets.” It helps eliminate the guilt we are all exp…eriencing right now when we are at least THINKING about the change we plan to make. Successful projects demand a plan to follow. Start putting one in order now. Bunny Dimmel

THIS 2009 HOLIDAY SEASON!

CHRISTMASTIME IN SYRACUSE VOL 15: GREATEST HITS!

BIG MIKE’S CHRISTMASTIME IN SYRACUSE (volume 15) 25 of our best from over the years: Benny Mardones, Todd Hobin, Grupo Pagan, Simplelife, Nancy Kelly, Ronnie Leigh, The Dean Brothers, Letizia, Doug Moncrief, Maria DeSantis, The Action!, Keith Condon, Swing Central, Kim Monroe, Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook,  Donna Colton, Frenay & Lenin, Tamaralee, Dan Elliott, The Joe Whiting Band and more!!!!.  It’s an amazing collection of the wonderful talent we have in our community and a true celebration of the Christmas season…on sale at P&C stores, proceeds benefit Elmcrest Children’s Center and Caseys Place. 

Freddy Crittela wrote “Christmastime In Syracuse” and he is one of our town’s best chefs … music and food! Perfect.

Don’t miss Fred Crittela’s Thanksgiving Benefit Roast Sunday, November 29th, 2-6 at the Palace Theater on James St. in Eastwood.

Fred has suffered with heart disease and congestive heart failure for more than 7 years and hopes to have a heart transplant.and is ineligible for prescription coverage. Join his family and friends in celebhrating the joys of his life and remembering the many ways he served his community throughout his career.There’ll be live music, delectable bites from the best chefs in Syracuse, raffles, special guests and Freddy gets roasted! Ticket/donation $20 at the door.

RICK GARY TOMORROW WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE NYS BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME!!!!

Our industry’s top honor … and Rick deserves it!

http://www.nysbroadcasters.org/news/nysba-news/broadcasters-to-welcome-six-into-hall-of-fame/

Twas the Night after Christmas when all through the house
The toys from yesterday lay strewn about.
Most wrappings were stuffed in the trash bag with care
In hopes the trash man soon would be there

The children were all saddened by the broken toys
Left over yesterdays Christmas joys
The food museum was stuffed with the left over feast
Which nobody would partake of Mom liked that the least

When all of a sudden there arose such a clatter
All sprang from their chairs to see what was the matter
When what to their wondering eyes did appear
But a wonderfull singer who had no fear

His cheeks were like roses
His disposition quite cheery
As he explained to us all
That we should not be so weary

Twas Patrick you know
With his up-beat glow
Then said to us
With a HO HO HO

Let us all sing
Its time we all cheer
With Love in your heart
We can have Christmas all year

In his hands were some song books
In his lap a boom box
Twas tuned to SUNNY 102
On his feet were some sox

All gathered and joined in the song
It was quite remarkable
They all sang along

Although they have forgotten the Christmas feast
We know they will remember one thing at least
With joy in your heart and a song on your lips
You can face anything, That’s Patrick’s great tip

God Bless You Patrick
Keep on singing
Its never too early
For some Christmas Singing

………..Mark Dunning

Hi Big Mike!

I wanted to pass this on to you – 5 year old Noah Blorkman is in the end stages of neuroblastoma. He lives in Michigan and his family is celebrating Christmas next week. His only wish is to receive hundreds of Christmas cards from everywhere. His address is:

Noah Blorkman
1141 Fountainview Cirle
South Lyon, MI 48178

Also, November 15 is the Hope for Heather “Girl’s Day Out” – a day of shopping and pampering at Tawn Marie’s Dance Center in Liverpool. We will have many vendors of jewelry, handbags, scarves, baked goods, a mobile spa doing manicures and pedicures, and a portion of every sale goes to Hope for Heather.

Hope you are doing well – love the Christmas music. Heather’s fiance, Jess, just finished the ING marathon in NYC in her memory – raising $3,000 for cancer research.

Keep in touch!

Frieda

I received this from Tim of smile-therapy.com:

Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital , Bombay Hospital , Saifee Hospital , Tata Memorial etc.. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).
        
The following message given by him, I feel makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know.
        
The only portals of  entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.
        
While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
        
 1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
        
 2. “Hands-off-the-face” approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).
        
 3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don’t trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don’t underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
        
4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
        

5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
                  
6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.