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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRichard Quinn

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GRAPHICS & LAYOUT Jaclyn Falk

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jesse Frayne, John Damiano, Skip, Kevin Stierle, Brian Recchai

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CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Debra Castaldo, Peter S. Kahrmann, Michael A. Cimino, Diandra Kodl,

Glen Keene, Bill Constain, Cheryl Adler, Russ Mason M.S., David Biedny, Jon Rucker.

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ON THE FRONT COVERHappy New Year 2012Cover by QUINN

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table of contents

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Dr. Deb Castaldo

Peter S. Kahrmann

Michael A. Cimino

Diandra Kodl

Glen Keene, Bill Constain

Cheryl Adler

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The “An�-Resolu�on” New Year

A Rockland County Na�ve on Trauma

Co�age Views Classic Rock News Holiday Shopping Guide

Team In Training Program

Mee�ng Locally, Reaching Globally

Sober University Radio Show

16Laurie RIspoli

House Plants

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Russ Mason, M.S.

weekly guide to live Internet broadcasts + archives

digital is eco- friendly

The Uncommon Partnership of a Healer and a Mys�c

Glen Keene

Drawing Back the Curtains on the Secrets to Success

Sir Real Fashion

RWR Program Guide76

weekly guide to theatre events

NVT Event Guide

53Jon Rucker

The “Transi�on” Movement

David Biedny

Human Microphone Chant

56 New Radio ProgramPeter Tarsio

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digital is eco- friendly

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53 Burd Street Nyack NY 10960-3220 Phone: 845-358-7100 Fax: 845-353-6943

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Rockland World Radio the [local Internet broadcast leader] is gearing up for its 8th season. No small task, considering the hold traditional media has had in convincing the public they’re the only game in town. The Internet will no longer be looked upon as a passing phase - digital is here to stay. Worldwide, the broadcasting industry is being turned on its head by the Internet. It’s no different locally, where technological advances — online and otherwise — are taking place at an unprecedented pace and leaving a wave of uncertainty in their wake. But it’s all about opportunity, not catastrophe.

“For advertisers there’s the ability to better target audiences online where they are better defined. Financial people have a better idea of how their budgets are being used. For consumers there’s the ability to watch or listen to programming whenever and wherever they want — they decide, guided in some form by broadcasters.

Nothing illustrates this more effectively than the rise of YouTube, now owned by Google. Take the stats: YouTube receives approximately 2 billion views a day — more than double the prime-time audience of the three major American TV networks combined. Last year more than 13 million hours of video were uploaded to the site, and 35 hours of video are uploaded every minute. Put another way, more video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than the three major American networks have created in 60 years.

Rockland World Radio is . . .

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The Dragon Peronality

Chinese New Year: 2012The Year of the Dragon

The Chinese Year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012

1904 * 1916 * 1928 * 1940 * 1952 * 1964 * 1976 * 1988 * 2000

The Water Dragon : 1952 and 2012

The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend. A symbol of good fortune and sign of intense power, the Oriental Dragon is regarded as a di-vine beast - the reverse of the malicious monster that Westerners felt necessary to find and slay. In Eastern philosophy, the Dragon is said to be a deliverer of good fortune and a master of au-thority. Therefore, those people born in Dragon years are to be honored and respected.

Water calms the Dragon’s fire. Water allows the Dragon to re-direct its enthusiasm, and is ther-fore more perceptive of others. Water Dragons are able to step back to re-evaluate a situation because they understand the art of patience and do not desire the spotlight like other Dragons. They make smart decisions and are able to see eye-to-eye with people. However, their actions can go wrong if they do not research or if they do not finish one project before starting another.

The Water Dragon

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Mayan Calendar

Predicts the End Dec. 21, 2012

The 2012 Prophecy

Dec. 21, 2012 marks the end of the fifth cycle of the Ancient Maya Long Court Cal-endar.The Mayan people believe that this date marks the end of the world. They don’t mean the end as in a physcial level (natrual or man made disaster) but the end as we know it and a start of something new.

According to Dr. Mark Van Stone, “the one ancient inscription that explicitly mentions 2012 says that a god, whose name is Bolon Yokte, which means something like ‘many are his supports,’ will come down and get dressed up.”

But that’s not all, the date in the Maya cal-endar is a very significant number thirteen, zero, zero, zero, zero. Modern scholars and others believe this is going to be a transfor-mational date because it’s been counting up for 5000 years since the beginning of this creation, and the date of this creation is not written as 0000 but as 13000 and like a clock at midnight it supposedly restarted on that date.

...so which will it be the end, or the beginning???

The ancient Mayans have predeicted the world will come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012.

theories, phrophecies, skeptics....

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L a u r i e R i s p o l i o n H o u s e P l a n t s

Q. I want to bring some color into the house during the winter months. Can you suggest some blooming houseplants?

Laurie Lago Rispoli, Tappan, Master Gardener, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland

A. Depending on the light, humidity and temperature levels in your home, you have many plants to choose from. Here are just a few.

African violets (Saintpaulia ionantha) bloom all year long and come in a variety of colors. They like medium light (a bright east-facing window), a temperature range of 65–80oF and average humidity.

Christmas (Schlumbergera truncata) and Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri), both original to the forests of Brazil, bloom in shades of white, pink, rose, red and. They like medium light for growth, but require high light for flowering. They prefer temperatures of 60–80oF and average humidity. Too much water will cause the flower buds to drop prematurely.

The graceful Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) has dark green leaves ac-cented by sculpted white cups with a yellow spike in the center. It requires bright light, moderate humidity and 60-85oF temperatures.

Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) is a compact succulent with bright flow-ers over waxy green leaves. It requires high light (south or west window), aver-age humidity and 55–80oF temperatures.

With their red, white or pink blossoms and heart shaped leaves, cyclamens (Cyclamen persicum) are a holiday favorite. They require bright light, aver-age humidity and 50–70oF temperatures, with cool temperatures preferred for long-lasting blooms.

Peace lily (Spathiphyllum spp.) is a striking plant with dark green leaves and white flowers; it usually blooms in the spring. It prefers low light, 60-80oF and average humidity. The potting soil should remain moist, to avoid wilting.

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Amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrids) is a stately beauty with solid colors ranging from dark red to white and variegated ones. Amarillys require high light (, av-erage humidity and prefers 70–85o temperatures.

No matter which plant you choose, make sure you use a good potting mix and pots that allow water to drain out onto a saucer. To provide enough humid-ity for your plants during the dry winter months, place the saucer on a tray filled with small stones and water. Finally, use a fertilizer appropriate to houseplants to maintain vigor and prolonged bloom.

Houseplants not only add beauty and life to your home, but also help purify the air that you and your family breathe. And while most houseplants are safe, keep in mind that some, if ingested, will make pets and small children sick. Before choosing a plant, check first with your local Cornell Coopera-tive Extension to make sure that the plants you bring into your home do not pose any risk to pets and young children.

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February 10th - 12th and a special eveningperformance on Valentine’s Day.

The play is about a man with two problems:his ex-wife and his knife.

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LOVE TALK with Dr. Debra Castaldo

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The Center for Couples and Family Solu�ons466 Piermont Ave

Piermont, New York 10968

The “An�-Resolu�on” New Year

Help! I’ve fallen off the “New Year’s Resolution” wagon and I can’t get up!!!

Like most of us, you may have secretly continued to eat those leftover holiday goodies, run out of the gym in sheer terror, settled back into the comfort of an unhappy relationship, and used your list of dreams as a lining for the kitty litter! Despite good intentions to lose weight, exercise more, eat healthy, get out of a bad relationship, and pursue long standing dreams, many of us find ourselves failing miserably a few weeks into the New Year. After the traditional December 31 frenzy to create resolutions, the initial burst of energy and expectations can quickly disappear into oblivion as we settle back into real responsibilities and the doldrums of a long winter that still lies ahead. Fear not! You are not a failure and you are not alone! The pressure to create artificial resolutions is what trips us up. They rarely stick!

The “Anti Resolution” New Year!

Instead of dreaded “resolutions”, ap-proach the New Year as an opportunity to look at the bigger picture of your life with RESOLVE! This can be a wonder-ful opportunity to review and PUSH ON in the direction you want to go! Take the time to look at your life up until now, and how it is unfolding.

Think of your life experience like a tree growing stronger with each year that passes. It is expectable that we will all face many dilemmas and decision points as we move through the times of our lives, just as there are many twists and turns as a tree’s branches grow. New growth blossoms as the dead wood and old leaves fall away. As you begin to consider this year, and the overall bigger picture of your life, consider what you need to let fall away and what new growth you can nourish in yourself.

Approaching life challenges from a posi-tion of peacefulness and acceptance is

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much more productive than the exercise of creating phony, limiting resolutions! As life unfolds, we can realize that “good” and “bad” experiences are not necessar-ily either “good” or “bad”. Remember that every experience in your life can be use-ful and hold unique meaning for you!

Questions of Resolve

Instead of mundane questions such as how much do I want to weigh?, how many times a week do I want to exer-cise?, how much money do I want to have?, why not focus your thoughts in a different direction? A great way to start a new year is by focusing your thoughts on meaningful questions. Center yourself on the process of questioning and think-ing, not on results and outcome. Let the answers flow from your sense of self and intuition. Focus on your intentions, and then let go! Trust the process!

Here is a list of 10 questions that can serve as a starting point to focus on what you RESOLUTELY want for your life:

1. What is the “BIGGER PICTURE” of my life journey and the direction that I want to go in?

2. What do I INTEND for my life not just for this year but for years to come?

3. What do I feel in my gut is my PUR-POSE in this life?

4. Where am I going?

5. What MUST I BE?

6. What MUST I GIVE?

7. What MUST I DO with my special talents?

8. At the end of the day, what am I really passionate about?

9. How can I improve myself each day? Even just a little?

10. What can I give to someone else each day? Even just a little?

Keeping It Going: Action!

Once you are clear about your inten-tions and are asking yourself meaningful questions, then it is time to act! Focus on the process of CREATING your dreams and goals, not just writing them down and wishing for them! Take massive ac-tion, one step at a time in the direction of what you intend! Do at least ONE thing each day to further your goals and your growth. Here are a few simple practice exercises to keep the action going:

1. Create YOUR Headline News Story

Imagine one year from now. Project yourself into the future and visualize an experience or achievement you really, really want. Now imagine a story about you on the front page of your favorite newspaper. Now create the headline!NEWS FLASH! TODAY……. (Your Name)……………….………………………………………………………………..

Now starting at your LAST action a year from now, think about how you got there, work backwards and write down

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all the actions you took. Work back to today. Fold up your news story and hide it somewhere! Intend, let go, and GO FOR IT!

2. Create a Gratitude Note

Project yourself to a year from now. Write down all the things that have not yet happened that you will be thankful for at this future point in time. Say in present tense… “I am thankful for”….Hide several copies of the note in places where you are likely to bump into it throughout the year.

3. Create a Bucket List

Write down 50 things that you want to experience this year. Keep the list with you in a pocket book or wallet. As you achieve them, cross off the list and add more!!!

4. Create a “Brainstorming Map” of your Dreams and Goals

Map out your dreams on a large piece of paper. Let the ideas flow and build one from another. Keep on drawing until you have exhausted all the ideas from your brain.

5. List your Childhood Talents and Passions

Get in touch with talents and passions you had as a child that you can resur-rect and bring back into your adult life. What did you love that you have lost track of or forgotten?

Eye of the Tiger! Don’t Blink!

Now that you are tuning into your sense of what you want for your life and be-ginning to act, let’s review the idea of RESOLUTION. Resolution simply means to act with resolve. Being RESO-LUTE means forming a clear purpose, making a clear decision after reflection, and staying FIRMLY on that purpose! In other words, get the eye of the tiger and don’t blink! Stay on your purpose! Keep acting with resolution!

If you feel you are beginning to waiver as time progresses, I give you here a few inspiring ideas from various authors that have been helpful to me:

1. Follow your bliss and doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors

2. Let your life flow

3. Intend and let go

4. Have faith in things not seen

5. Dream the absurd and you will achieve the impossible

6. Take massive action

7. Stay on purpose

8. Have no fear

9. Get back to child like joy

10. Stay in the moment

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In ending I give you the words of the famous poet Henry David Thoreau: “ If you advance confidently in the di-rection of your own dreams, endeav-oring to live the life that you have imagined, you will meet with success unexpected in common hour.”

So get going NOW in the direction of your own dreams, keep the eye of the tiger on your way, and Happy “Anti-Resolution” New Year to you and yours!

-Dr. Deb

Alain’s French Bistro

9 Ingalls Street (Route 59) Central Nyack, NY 10960

1-845-535-3315

Hear Dr. Deb on Rockland World Radio

www.rocklandworldradio.com

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I am a lifelong Nyacker; was born at Nyack hos-pital in the 1960’s, and raised in a white house with black shudders right down at the bottom of fifth avenue. I attended Upper Nyack elementary school; Hill top middle school, Nyack Juinior High School, and graduated from Nyack High In June, 1981.

As the years have gone by I have seen numerous changes in our Nyack; stores have come and gone, some have changed places where they are located; restaurants have flourished, and some have burnt down, been crashed into, changed hands, or even none of the above.

My brother-in-law has a great saying; “the only thing that is constant is change”. I understand this idea but do believe that some people fight this change, or rather keep the status quo’.It is easier

Change: As seen through

the eyes of a lifelong Nyacker

to keep things familiar, and avoid the unknown, then to try something new and out of ones com-fort zone.

As for Nyack, it has seen change in many areas over the years and has made the best of things, or even learned that what was previously thought of as not good, could in fact be good or even bet-ter. No one likes something that makes them feel uncomfortable or awkward, but we all can learn to be flexible and open to new ideas and opportuni-ties.

To challenge to our selves in 2012 to try some-thing new and out of the ordinary. This will be an example to neighboring towns and hamlets of Rockland County, or even to the state of NY. I think we are past ready to change as a county, a country or even a world.

by Daniel Windheim

Daniel Windheim is an author, traumatic brain injury survivor, and host of Dialogues With Dan: a discussion of disabilities, disability issues & information on a wide variety of disability topics. Advocates & disabled individuals share their experi-ence and knowledge on the subject at hand

Tuesdays at 6:30pm only on Rockland World Radio

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I am lying on the ground bleeding to death and I don’t understand. I wasn’t bothering anybody. I was just going to work. I was just walking down the street to pick up my cab at the fleet garage minding my own business and now I am on the ground blood pouring out of my head, dying.

I had only a block and a half to go when I heard the sound of keys behind me and suddenly a hand grabs me and a wild-eyed kid is pointing a gun at my head saying “Don’t fucking move.”

I say “I won’t” and immediately look away because I don’t want him thinking I’ll re-member his face. I feel the gun pressed against my head and someone else I can’t see is behind me going through my pockets. It is 1984 and I am thirty years old stand-ing on Bergen Street in Brooklyn with a gun against my head and I am waiting for this wild-eyed kid to hit me on the head so he and the other guy can get a running head start. He never hits me. Instead, he pulls the trigger and shoots me.

I come to on the ground and I can’t feel anything from my neck down. The top of my head feels like it’s been blown off. I open my eyes and I can’t see. I have no sight, no feeling from the neck down, and I know I am going to die.

I see my seven-year-old daughter Jennifer’s face as someone tells her that her Daddy’s dead. I think maybe if I can stand up and die trying to get to the hospital she’ll know that in the end I didn’t give up. My daughter who is my angel will know I tried my best. I can leave her on a courage note, if I can get up.

It feels like a dark damp blanket is tighten-ing around me. I think about my father dying when I was fifteen and I think if he can go from here to there, from life to death, then maybe I can too. If my father, the greatest gift life has ever given me has done this, then so can I. Maybe it’s okay after all. Maybe dying is not so bad. Like a stubborn low-lying cloud the fear lifts and the dark damp blanket loosens. I am seeing smoky shapes, images that make no sense to me. I recognize I am lying on the sidewalk on my right side and I can see a small tree next to me.

I am standing now. I don’t remember get-ting up. I lift my hand to my head and blood hits my hand before it reaches my head. I pull the blue-hooded sweatshirt from around my waist and press it against the wound to stop the bleeding.

A Rockland County Native on Trauma

by Peter S. Kahrmann

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I see my seven-year-old daughter Jennifer’s face as someone tells her that her Daddy’s dead. I think maybe if I can stand up and die trying to get to the hospital she’ll know that in the end I didn’t give up. My daughter who is my angel will know I tried my best. I can leave her on a courage note, if I can get up.

It feels like a dark damp blanket is tighten-ing around me. I think about my father dying when I was fifteen and I think if he can go from here to there, from life to death, then maybe I can too. If my father, the greatest gift life has ever given me has done this, then so can I. Maybe it’s okay after all. Maybe dying is not so bad. Like a stubborn low-lying cloud the fear lifts and the dark damp blanket loosens. I am seeing smoky shapes, images that make no sense to me. I recognize I am lying on the sidewalk on my right side and I can see a small tree next to me.

I am standing now. I don’t remember get-ting up. I lift my hand to my head and blood hits my hand before it reaches my head. I pull the blue-hooded sweatshirt from around my waist and press it against the wound to stop the bleeding.

Thus begins a memoir I am working on. This essay, for a magazine out of Rock-land County is for everyone and anyone but, I would be disingenuous if I did not say that it warms my heart to know that many who read this will be residents of Rockland County, always a home of mine in my heart.

After I was shot doctors would discover the bullet was lodged in the frontal lobe of my brain. I had brain surgery and the decision was made to leave the bullet where it was because removing it would have done more damage to the brain.

While I had a brain injury I would never hear those words and thus never understand this reality for another 10 years. The words brain injury, traumatic brain injury (is there any other kind?) or TBI had not worked their way into common parlance in 1984. Now, largely due to the current wars, they have.

But the shooting and the resulting brain injury is simply an example of a trauma I’ve survived. This essay is about what I have learned about surviving and actually enjoy-ing life after trauma in the hopes that what I have learned might, in at least some small way, may help others, you perhaps.

This essay is also about a simple and singularly im-moveable truth: life hap-pens to us whether we like it or not.

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We all, earlier than seems fair in life at times, have a list of traumas we’ve endured. I am no exception. In addition to being shot I was twice held under gunpoint until I es-caped. When I was 15 my aunt, grandmoth-er, and father died in a matter of weeks and 16 weeks after my father died my mother placed my in reform school on a PINS (Per-son in need of supervision) petition. I would never live with family again.

It would be nearly 10 years before my moth-er and I reconciled. And while we would become good friends, I was never allowed back into the family. When the demons of her chronic depression finally got the better of her in 1992, she committed suicide. Like I said earlier, life (and death) happens to us whether we like it or not. Managing our re-lationship with it is, as far as I’m concerned, the key, and a key that is rooted in one’s capacity to accept.

When you are going through trauma, which always involves loss of control, it feels like the trauma controls everything. It doesn’t. Just because it feels like it controls every-thing doesn’t mean it does control every-thing. It means that’s how it feels. And while feelings define the emotional condition we’re in at the moment, they don’t define the universe of our life, nor the sum or worth of any individual live.

I don’t need to tell you that trauma comes in many forms: someone dies, you lose a job, a marriage ends, you have to move, you re-ceive a blood-chilling diagnosis for yourself or someone else. The list goes on.

But how do you go about discovering the re-ality-based awareness that the trauma does not have complete control? It is certainly a discovery you have a right to make. Hell, it’s a discovery you deserve to make.

For me, the beginning of this awareness began just days after I was shot. My clos-est friend, a remarkable person and writer named Michael Sulsona, called me and said, Now remember, you control it, or it controls you. Michael knows what he is talk-ing about. A former Marine, he lost both legs above the knee in Vietnam. The man knows trauma.

His words brought into focus one simple truth; I have a relationship with my injury; I have a relationship with the trauma of being shot. These are not my definitions, these are relationships! And like any relationship between two people, they can be a healthy or unhealthy relationships.

We have relationships with these experi-ences and the results of these experiences, including the emotional results. For me, I have a relationships with my brain injury and the resulting PTSD. Over the years I have honed this awareness into a sharp, nearly instinctive focus.

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Every day some level of fear makes it hard to leave my house. I know there is a relationship between me and the fear. I also know that I am the one who deserves decision-making power over my life, not the fear. On the days when I cannot overpower the fear and remain inside, usually reading a book, writing, or watching a good film, I do not for a second think I have failed. I know fear is one tough opponent and I’ll take a run at it the next day. I always do.

But, in order for any of us to recognize and emotionally digest our relationship with a trauma, or any challenge life offers for that matter, we need to accept it and all its at-tending realities. Not give into it, accept it. Acceptance does not mean giving in. The equation is, you have to accept it in order to manage it and you have to manage it in order to get as free of it as possible.

Example. I’ve been sober now for more than nine years and this would not be true had I not accepted that I am an alcoholic. I would not be managing my brain injury nor the PTSD had I not accepted the realities of both and availed myself of the resources designed to help with both.

All easy to say. Not easy to do.

The actual act of acceptance is, perhaps, the hardest task of all. There is the intel-lectual acceptance and then there is the emotional acceptance, the latter being the tougher row to hoe. At least it is for me.

After I was shot the doctors would discover that the bullet was (and still is) lodged in the frontal lobe of my brain. No one uttered the words brain injury. In fact, I would not hear those words and thus never understand this reality for almost 10 years. The words brain injury, traumatic brain injury (is there any other kind?) and TBI had not worked their

way into common parlance in 1984. Now, largely due to the current wars, they have.

More than once I’ve been asked about what it is that makes me willing to take on the traumas and the resulting damage. This is an easy question for me and the answer is one I find highly motivating. I hope it will be motivating for you too. Who deserves to manage your life, you or the trauma? You or the disability? You or the PTSD? You or the break-up? You or the fear? And so on.

To my mind this question is the launching pad for tenaciously identifying every op-tion out there that affords me the chance to manage my life. For my alcoholism, I use one option, for my injury, I use medication, and I work with other survivors of brain injury and, through this process, we are able to help each other identify when our injuries are getting more control over us than they deserve to.

When my mother committed suicide, psy-chotherapy. To help with going for walks, I have two dogs.

There is one other thing we ought to talk about before I sign off. Strength. Our culture’s rather misguided definition of strength.

We are taught, in a myriad of ways, that strength means not crying, not admitting to fear, not telling anyone you’re in pain of some kind, not walking away from some dopey challenge to a fight. All rubbish. Ask yourself, if crying is an act of weakness then why is it so hard for so many to do? If telling someone you’re scared is an act of weak-ness, then why is it so hard to tell them? The bottom line is this. Real acts of strength are anything but pleasant, that’s why they take strength!

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Want proof? Don’t blame you. Consider the following. I can’t think of a better example of human strength than giving birth to a child. But I dare anyone in their right mind to get within arm’s length of a woman in the middle of labor and ask her if she happens to be feeling strong at the moment. She won’t be, but your efforts to get free of her vice-grip hold on some part of your anatomy will convince you she is strong beyond words, which will be the literal truth for you at that moment because you’ll likely be in too much pain to, well, speak.

Strength means giving yourself permission to have your life experience. It’s okay to be afraid, don’t let it scare you. And most of all, remember to live. No trauma and no life challenge deserves so much control over you that it causes you to forget to live the moment you’re in. The sunrise, the stars at night, laughter, music, the touch of a loved one, all these things are real, and they are just as real as the parts of life that wound and scare and traumatize.

Give yourself permission to live the all of your life. And remember, as close friend of mine once told me, the moment you’re in is the only place you have to be.

Are you a solo singer/songwriter? Are you in a band? Or, maybe you know someone who is?

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For Immediate Release:Ship of Fools presents The Antics RoadshowThe Nyack Village Theater is proud to announce a new addition to its residency; Ship of Fools Productions is launching an innovative theater company that will be bringing fresh material to our stage. The kick-off performance will be the The Antics Roadshow!, an all original, Sketch Com-edy night that will guarantee you to laugh your holiday rump off!

Friday January 27th at 8pm & 10pm, and Saturday, January 28th at 8pm and 10pm. Tickets are $12 for students/seniors, $15 for adults. (Mature audiences only.)

Ship of Fools Productions will also be offering 8-week Improvisation, Sketch Writ-ing, and Stand-Up Comedy workshops that will each end with a performance!

For more information on workshops and performance dates, please call (646) 853-1314 or visit www.shipoffoolsproductions.com.

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Cottage Views Classic Rock News Holiday Shopping Guide

Classic Rock Fans Rejoice as new releases from old friends, and boxed sets of our all time favorites hit the shelves in time for the holidays.

What I’m really excited about is New Zealand hit-maker Neil Finn (Split Enz/Crowded House) and the new group he has

formed with his wife Sharon. Dubbed the Pajama Club, reportedly from sitting around the house and jamming in their bedroom attire, the self titled debut is raucous good fun. From the sounds of the first single, the minimalist Funk of “Tell me what you Want” and a live in the studio Space-Rock track “From a Friend to a Friend,” Pajama Club sounds like it has success written all over it.

Former Danger-Danger guitarist Andy Timmons has released his lat-est all instrumental disc – an interpretation of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pep-per’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. “I had been playing some of these songs live and they were always received very well,” said Timmons. “It was natural to put this out. I’m proud of it.” Fellow guitarist-extraor-

dinaire Steve Vai added, “It’s done very respectfully. I think his fans and many Beatles fans will love it.”

While we await the 2012 DVD release of Martin Scorsese’s documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World a photo book has been released with many previously unseen photos and quotes from family and friends. Another George Harrison/Beatles-related book is the long awaited biography of Badfin-ger guitarist Joey Molland – Badfinger and Beyond by (yours truly) Michael A. Cimino.

For those who prefer ex-Genesis front-man Peter Gabriel’s more experimental/avant-garde style, check into New Blood which captures Gabriel backed by a 46 piece orchestra recorded in London this past spring. The collection will be avail-able in multiple formats, including CD, DVD, and 3 D.

Speaking of DVDs, there is a whole lot of music video to check out, including God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, The Hollies – Look Through Any Window 1963-1975, Rolling Stones - Some Girls Live in Texas 1978, Deep Purple - Phoenix Rising (featuring a young David Coverdale, bassist extraordinaire Glenn Hughes, and the late great Tommy Bolin), Emerson Lake & Palmer - 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert, and the Live in Montreux series continues with Deep Purple 2011, Gary Moore 2010, and Paul Rodgers 1994.

New Releases from 80’s hit-makers include Blondie – Panic of Girls. Julian Lennon – Everything Changes featuring the very Lennon-esque first video/single “Looking 4 Love.” Bangles – Sweethearts of the Sun, and B-52s – With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA 2011.

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New Boxed Set Collections are ripe! The Pink Floyd vaults are not only open, but the floodgates have apparently burst. Just released is The Discovery Studio Album Box Set, a 16 disc collection

of all 14 original studio albums (2 double discs) with re-mastered sound by The Wall co-producer James Guthrie that is accompanied by an exclusive 60 page artwork booklet designed by long-time Floyd col-laborator Storm Thorgerson. The Discovery Box is intended as an in-depth introduction to the band’s music, with individual titles getting the deluxe treatment. First up will be Dark Side of the Moon – The Immersion Box Set that features the re-mastered CD, a CD of Dark Side of the Moon recorded live in 1974, a disc of Surround Sound and Quad mixes, a DVD that includes a mini documentary, live clips, and Concert Screen films from the 1974 and 1975 tours, and a final disc of rarities and demos from the era. Floyd classics Wish You Were Here and The Wall will follow in similar fashion this winter.

Jethro Tull - Aqualung 40th Anniversary Edition contains the original tracks from the classic album re-mastered and remixed on both CD and vinyl, a disc of rarities from the era, a DVD/Blue Ray audio disc mixed to Surround Sound, and a 48 page hard back book.

The Who – Quadrophenia (Super Deluxe Directors Cut) is a 6 disc set featuring the original double al-bum (re-mastered), Pete Townsh-end’s previously unheard demos, songs that didn’t make it onto the original album, a 5.1 Surround Sound audio DVD, and a deluxe hard-back book.

Rolling Stones - Some Girls (deluxe version) includes an entire album’s worth of newly unearthed tracks from the Rolling Stones vaults and a 7” single of “Beast of Burden/When the Whip comes Down” with the original banned picture sleeve.

Vinyl has been making a major comeback in recent years and with the new release of Journey – Greatest Hits Volume 2 there is a very good chance that we may see the first gold/platinum record awarded to a true “album” once again. Sony/Legacy not only plans to release the new disc as a double album with gatefold sleeve this November but will also re-release Journey’s original Greatest Hits (over 25 million sold worldwide) in the same medium. Both double albums will come with a code for a free

digital download of the re-mastered tracks.

Meanwhile, if you haven’t heard Mick Jagger has teamed up with producer Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, singer Joss Stone, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley (Bob’s son) and world musician A. R. Rahman for a col-lection of tunes under the banner of Super Heavy. Incorporating Blues, Rock, Reggae, Bhangra, and Soul the debut recording came about after a musical discussion between Stewart and Jagger about melding Rock with World Music.

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Stewart has not only produced this set, but also a collection for Joss Stone, LP1, which is her Blues-iest recording to date, and his first solo album in over ten years, The Blackbird Diaries.

Another new release of note is If Life Was Easy by Roger Glover and the Guilty Party. It’s the first disc in a decade from the Deep Purple bassist. Vocal contributions come from a host of Hard Rock royalty, including Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew of Naza-reth and Mickey Lee Soule of Elf/Rainbow.

Finally, for those who have waited comes Sarabande, the re-issue of Deep Purple keyboardist John Lord’s 1976 symphonic Rock instrumental disc recorded with Andy Summers (later of The Police) on lead guitar and the Hungarian Philharmonic Or-chestra. Deep Purple’s early works (Shades of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, Deep Purple) have also been re-issued (again) with rare bonus tracks, studio out-takes, and BBC jams.

Strawbs collectors and fans will be happy this season with the release of some interesting CDs from the Witchwood Media company.

First up is the release of Strawbs – Hero and Heroine In Ascencia, a complete 2011 digital re-recording of their 1973 masterpiece.

Next is what could arguably be considered the first Acoustic Strawbs album, Old School Songs by Strawbs founder Dave Cousins and guitarist Brian Willoughby. This previously hard-to-find 1979 recording has been rescued from ‘out of print’ status and has been re-issued with bonus tracks.

Strawbs Acoustic Gold is treasure for the many fans who find Strawbs music a stabilizing force for balance during the autumn season when we are en-couraged to return to nature and the positive energy of the spirit. This impec-cably selected collection compiled by Dave Cousins flows like autumn leaves on a cool breeze, capturing candlelit romance in a glass of deep red wine. Featuring previously unreleased tracks as well as DVD-only recordings and selections from the three official Acoustic Strawbs discs, the collection spans over 30 years of Strawbs highlights in acoustic settings.

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About Michael A. Cimino: Mr. Cimino is no stranger to the Rock and Roll world. Michael A. Cimino, a former radio announcer, founded Cottage Views in 1993 as a grassroots newslet-ter reporting on new releases from musicians from the golden age of Rock music. Since then Cottage Views has become a website for up to date music news (cottageviews.com) and reviews. Mr. Cimino sporatically hosts the Cottage Views Classic Rock Music Hour on RocklandWorldRadio.com.

Finally, from Witchwood Media is an official bootleg from the late Sandy Denny. Sandy Denny with Alex Campbell – 19 Rupert Street is exactly what it sounds like. Sandy and Alex Campbell recorded in the living room of Alex’s Glasgow home to a quarter track tape deck on August 5, 1967, just weeks from the recording of Sandy and the Strawbs’ debut album. Edited and cleaned up by Dave Cousins and producer Chris Tsangarides, the disc fea-tures Sandy singing the earliest versions of her own “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” and the traditional “She Moves through the Fair” as well as other standards and carols. Most of the between song banter has been left intact and Cousins provides noteworthy insight in the liner notes.

Well, that’s it from Cottage Views right now, but you can check out Cottage Views Classic Rock Music Hour in the archives of Rockland World Radio, and read the latest news at www.cottageviews.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Train-ing program (TNT) is the largest endurance sports training program in the world. Since 1988, when the first team was formed, the program has helped 540,000 people achieve their dream of completing a marathon, half marathon, triathlon, 1 or 3 mile swim, hikes, or 100-mile century ride. More importantly, TNT participants have raised over $1.2 billion on behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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Rockland County Welcome Committee is a non-profit col-laborative effort developed to assist new residents to connect with their neighborhood and to connect with local and county services.

The Mission of the Rockland County Welcome Committee is to connect all newcomers to the resources and information that will facilitate their becoming part of our community, and to provide programs and services that will provide self-suffi-ciency and multicultural understanding.

Friends of Orphans was founded in 1999 by Anywar Ricky Rich-ard. The organization began in a humble way as a result of Ricky’s experiences as an abducted child at the age of 14 by LRA. Ricky has used his child soldier experiences as motivation to found Friends of Orphans (FRO), a registered NGO whose mission is to contribute to the empowerment, rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers, abductees, child mothers, orphans and to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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In an article that appeared last summer in the American Psychotherapy Annals about my book, Sober University Your Next Step to Successful Recovery, the interviewer had asked what my pro-fessional ‘next step’ was. I replied -- to have my own radio show and reach a wider audience. How thrilled I am to have made that dream come true and be part of the Rockland World Radio Family!

The timing was perfect, as many more people seek professional advice during the holidays as the season unleashes intense emotional triggers. Although some people are genuinely excited about the holidays, it can be a sad, lonely and difficult time for many. It can lead to a variety of excessive behaviors and relapses if one does not have the sober coping skills (for example; exercise, meditation, hobbies and passions) and supports (friends, family, spiritual mentor) to reach out to for inspiration and guidance.

Based on my book, Sober University Your Next Step to Successful Recovery, my radio show will expand on the many themes in the book: trans-forming self and lifestyle, not merely quitting a behavior. The book is divided into progressive ‘courses’ geared to the goal to ultimately triumph over addiction and the web of behaviors that led a person to this tenacious, progressive and sometimes fatal disease. Because of the power of denial, addiction is the disease that tells you that you don’t have a disease.

Sober University addresses numerous addictions to substances (alcohol, drugs, food) and to behaviors (gambling, shopping, spending, unhealthy relation-ships, self-limiting and other destructive actions).

Listeners are invited to tune in online every Tuesday evening at 8 pm at www.rocklandworldradio.com for the half-hour show featuring a variety of guests and topics pertinent to successful recovery. Guests in-clude hypnotist, Bob Pargament, from the Westches-ter Hypnosis Center, who explains how hypnosis can become a portal for deeper work in therapy as well as successfully achieve smoking cessation and help people with cravings. Carmine Thompson, National Master Interventionist, will discuss the value of mak-ing an intervention and not waiting for anyone to ‘hit bottom’. Dr. Jessica Downing from Valley Cottage Animal Hospital will share her love of animals and discuss the benefits of having a dog or cat. Twelve Step Counselor, Frederick Drobin, Ph.D., will explore spiritual enrichment. As the season moves along other guests will talk on topics such as successful weight loss, sober finance, brain addiction, healthy nutrition and loving relationships. Listeners are encouraged to join the conversation in our chat room via the website: www.rocklandworldradio.com or by phone, 845-353-2910.

How do you bring more light into your world during this cold and dark season? Many people feel lethar-gic or have SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder) – feeling blue when there is less daylight and outdoor activi-ties become limited. Of course, if you love winter weather and winter sports, this is a great time of year for you!

It seems that a natural response is to light candles and adorn one’s home with colorful wreaths and other holiday decorations. There is an emphasis on light – Christmas lights are everywhere; on homes, places of business and trees, Chanukah menorahs are aglow in windows. How does one shine the in-ner light of the heart outward to share with others? Acts of kindness, warm hugs, encouraging words, cooking together or meeting in cafes or at home can be relaxing. Enjoy hot soups and beverages to help keep you warm.

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Try this recipe from page 175 in my book:

Baked Comfort ApplesMake one apple per person

You will need:Apples, one per person (Rome, Granny Smith, Fuji, or other)Filtered waterFruit juice or seltzerCinnamon powderChopped walnuts and pitted prunes (optional)

Rome apples are the best for baking because of their abundant size and shape. Granny Smiths are also flavorful when baked, but have a more tart taste.

While this is baking, do some deep breathing and stretching, some tai chi, qi gong, yoga, or other movements that both calm and add vitality to your body. If you prefer jazz or hip hop, play some upbeat music and dance around your living room until it’s time to eat.

Cheryl Adler, MS, LCSW, DAPA, FAPA is in private practice in Nyack, NY. She can be reached through Rockland World Radio or her website: www.soberuniversity.com, and wel-comes email inquiries at [email protected]. Appointments are available upon request.

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The Uncommon Partnership of a Healer and a Mysticby Russ Mason, MS

It may not be uncommon for a chiropractor and a medical intuitive to join forces to create a powerful diagnostic and healing partnership. However, Kenneth Y. Davis, DC is no ordinary chiropractor and Lisa V. Davis has gone far beyond the boundaries of medical intuition in the realm of spiritual knowing. As a result of their 28 year association, they have created a new approach to healing; significant additions to the cannon of treatment options; and have extended the boundaries of healing via spiritual information. By blending traditional healing mo-dalities with new inspired approaches to well-ness, Dr. and MS Davis have been able to help thousands of patients. Dr. Kenneth Y. Davis is a practitioner and researcher of energetic and vibrational healing. He has been a chiropractor for the past 29 years, having utilized and taught advanced chiropractic techniques and practices of the profession including craniopathy, sacro-occipital technique (SOT), applied kinesiology and soft tissue orthopedics. He has also stud-ied and utilized clinical nutrition, homeopathy and acupressure and he is certified in classical Chinese herbology and equine chiropractic. In addition, he is a chiropractic sports physician.

Lisa V. Davis is a health care practitioner and teacher with the extra sensory ability to diag-nose accurately the location and source of a patients imbalance; physically, mentally and spiritually. Lisa has developed innovative healing techniques that are utilized by doctors around the world.

Russ Mason: What you accomplish as healing partners is unique to the field of practitioners, please talk about that.

Kenneth Y. Davis: In starting, let me say that I am a chiropractor by profession. Early on I studied the more advanced chiropractic techniques. One of these techniques is sacro-occipital technique.

Russ Mason: What is SOT?

Kenneth Y. Davis: SOT is a chiropractic tech-nique that was discovered by a pioneer in our pro-fession Major Bertrand DeJarnette, D.C., founder and developer of sacro-occipital technique (Nebraska City/Nebraska). He was a student of William Gainer Sutherland, D.O. (1873-1954; Kirksville, Missouri), who developed craniopathy, or cranial technique. SOT is my background, because it incorporates craniopathy, visceral ma-nipulation, pain control and extremity adjusting. I became a certified instructor in SOT and also a charter member of The International Craniopathic Society. I also became very involved with applied kinesiology.

All of these techniques emphasized a holistic approach that took into consideration emotional, physical, chemical and mental components. However, during my training, no one talked about the spiritual component and I felt that needed to be addressed when dealing with the health issues of a human being.

In the SOT organization there was a gentleman named Melvin Lloyd Rees, D.C., (1917-1992),

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Diplomat of the American Board of Chiropractic Orthope-dists, a certified cranopath, a charter member of the Interna-tional Craniopathic Society and founder and developer of the International Systemic Health Organization, and the founder and developer of Soft Tissue Orthopedics (Sedan, Kansas).

Dr. Rees was the principal researcher and developer of many of SOTs more advanced techniques. He was also a Dip-lomate in craniopathy, orthope-dist and an incredible human being. I was always fascinated by his research, which included Temporal Sphenoidal Diagno-sis. I was drawn to him and his work because he came up with so many techniques, and this led to him being named Chi-ropractor of the Year in 1966 and 1967 by the SOT organiza-tion. Dr. Rees was also doing something called gemstone therapy. He had researched this for 45 years and was, in effect, utilizing the research that was begun by Pierre and Marie Curie in the late 1800s. In essence, it is the study of pi-ezoelectrical energy emissions from gemstones; this practice is now called harmonics.

Russ Mason: Please explain about that.

Kenneth Y. Davis: Dr. Rees was able to determine – usingsensitive electronic equipment – the abnormal vibrational patterns that existed within a human being that were

manifesting through all of the known disease processes of hu-manity. He created instruments called harmonics that consisted of different orchestrated arrange-ments of minerals, gemstones, tourmaline and gemstones in the rough. With these instruments he could create a vibrational fre-quency and place them on areas of the body to create a healing response.

Over the years I worked closely with Dr. Rees and learned about harmonics and gemstone ther-apy. I became his number-one “disciple” and, over the last 25 years, I have applied Dr. Rees’ principles of harmonics as part of my practice.

Russ Mason: When did Lisa enter the picture?

Lisa V. Davis: He first did ap-plied kinesiology. He asked the body questions and found out where the problems were and then he cleared them. That is, he found the cause of the problems, and took care of them. He also did a lot of cranial work on me and that helped remedy the migraines almost immedi-ately. He was able to solve the problems that no one else could figure out.

Because I was so amazed at how much better I felt, I went to work for him. Now, I had always been a sensitive person. So when I began to take notes for Ken, as he was diagnosing a pa-tient, my sensitivities were able to “pick up” other information from the patient.

As it turns out, I was a “sensi-tive”. I could know what was going on diagnostically, with the patient. In fact, when I went into the room with the patient, I would actually take on the symptoms of the patient – in an exaggerated way, whether it was joint pain or nausea. Then, as Ken would treat the patient, I would feel better also. For me, taking on the discomfort of the patients was not something I wanted to do. So I was able to refine my sensitivities to the point where I could perceive what was going on with them, without manifesting the symptoms myself.

Russ Mason: Was Ken able to verify your diagnoses?

Lisa V. Davis: Oh yes. He tested them through a variety of procedures, so it wasn’t just me guessing. He would map the body and confirm what I had observed. I have been doing this for nearly 30 years now, working with Ken.

Ken introduced me to Dr. Rees and I learned that he had diagnostic abilities similar to mine. And, for the next 14 years, Ken, Dr. Rees, other doctors and I traveled the world doing research on healing, treating patients and adding to the growing body of knowledge we had acquired. During this time, my intuitive and perceptual abilities blos-somed, so that my “view” was not limited to a patient’s symp-toms, but to an idea about

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– or approach to healing. Sometimes the information I would receive would be dis-seminated to doctors in Japan, Australia and Europe, and the feedback we got was affirming. My growth in these perceptual areas was extremely rapid and my diagnostic ability is quite accurate.

Kenneth Y. Davis: I would like to interject that Lisa does not refer to herself as a “medical intuitive: as some are called. She is a modern day mys-tic. She has an intense love and faith in God. When we were first working together in the office, her ability included receiving knowledge and infor-mation about a specific healing technique. She would say to me: “Grab a pen and write this down!” Now we have volumes of material of alternative heal-ing techniques that go back 25 years.

Russ Mason: Can you give me an example of what Lisa received?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Yes. For example, we were given infor-mation about specific area of the body. When they are acti-vated they create degenerative disease. So, as the material came through Lisa, we imme-diately gave the information to Dr. Rees, so he could test it. From there, the information was sent to study groups that Dr. Rees had set up. Lisa’s information was 100 percent correct and applicable.

Russ Mason: Are there any other examples about Lisa re-ceiving information that would help people?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Yes, there are many. Long before AIDS became an epidemic, we received information about how to treat it – the psychological, nutritional and physical com-ponents of what was involved. This was in 1981, long before there was an HIV test. We had an entire treatise on the various stages of AIDS, a chem-screen profile, how to read a blood test, and other essential infor-mation.

Russ Mason: How did this information come through? Intuitive knowing?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Lisa and I are spiritual people. We have a strong faith in God and believe that all energy and information comes from our Source and Maker.

Now, early in our working together, after the last patient had left in the evening, Lisa would lie on the table and “go out”. She would receive information and recite it to me. I was the scribe; I wrote down what she said. Sometimes I would ask questions and she would clarify any areas that I didn’t quite understand.

During those sessions I re-ceived volumes of material; not just about healing components, but about universal knowledge,

world situations, and other things. So yes, it was a kind of intuitive reception initially.

One of the things Lisa is able to do now is to raise her level of vibration to higher levels of consciousness. With this ability to go higher, she can receive information in a more direct way. She doesn’t have to wait for it to come to her; she goes up and it’s there, waiting for her.

For example, if you were to say “I have a mother-in-law in Cali-fornia and is suffering from this condition” Lisa would imme-diately tune in and know what was going on with the woman.

Lisa V. Davis: I want to add that all people have gifts. This ability I have just happened to me and I was fortunate to be in a situation where I could develop it to a higher degree. I might have gone in another direction but at some point I had to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up. This is the work I have chosen: to bring forth information that will help humanity; to develop healing techniques; or even to invent things that will help others.

When I first had this ability I was overwhelmed. But over the years I have narrowed it down to keep focused on help-ing other people. And, to that extent that it has happened, I feel that my abilities and work ing with Ken was meant to be.

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Russ Mason: Can both of you tell me of an example of a per-son who came to you for help or healing and what transpired?

Kenneth Y. Davis: I’ll give you an early one. I had a patient, and Lisa kept picking up that the woman had an ovarian cyst. We both kept picking it up. Now, with something like that, which is a medical prob-lem, I refer the patient imme-diately – to a hospital or to an MD. The patient consulted with a physician, who gave her an exam and didn’t see anything. The patient returned to us and Lisa explained that the reason that the physician could not see the cyst was that it was on the back side of the ovary, so he would not be able to see or feel it. Lisa told the patient to explain this to the doctor that the cyst was there. To make a long story short, Lisa was right, the physician located the cyst.

Here is another example. Many years ago we met a girl named Emily. She was diag-nosed with myasthenia gravis. This disease is widely con-sidered to be untreatable and incurable. The symptoms in-cluded facial drooping with one eye going away from the other; and the treatments included heavy medications, prism glasses, and so on. Lisa and I evaluated this young woman and, after the first treatment, her eyes improved 50 percent. We gave Emily one session per week over a 3-week period. By the end of 3 weeks, her

condition had completely cleared. She was later re-evaluated by a top pediatric neurologist in New York City and his response was: “I don’t know what these people are doing, but whatever it is, keep doing it.”

Russ Mason: Please explain the treatments you gave to Emily.

Kenneth Y. Davis: We found a cranial occipital problem. The occipital restrictions and imbal-ances were causing one eye to “stray”. The condition is known as cranial meningeal dural stress and this can affect the position of the occiput.

Now, myasthenia gravis is considered an autoimmune disease, and in 29 years of practice, I would say that 99 percent of autoimmune related problems have to do with the thymus gland. We found that Emily had no thymus function at all. We did a lot of vibra-tional energetic work to bring her thymus function back to normal. And, once the thy-mus kicked on Emily improved markedly.

Russ Mason: Tell me what you do, specifically, to stimulate the thymus.

Kenneth Y. Davis: Within the human body there are “charger plates”, Dr. Rees taught me this. There is a primary charger and a secondary charger at the bottom orbit of the eye.

Russ Mason: What is a charger plate?

Kenneth Y. Davis: A charger plate charges the “batter-ies” that allow certain energy centers (what some people call chakras) to function. The crown chakra is charged and spins as a direct result of the right orbital charger plate, and is responsible for keeping the thymus at optimal function.

Now, after the age of 12, a person’s thymus decreases in size. So, for an adult, the thy-mus function is reduced to 40 percent but that becomes the equivalent of 100 percent in an adult. It is possible for an indi-vidual to have a thymus func-tion at 2 percent or 3 percent or even 1 percent function.

I learned how to bring forth specific energy by a hand position that stimulates both the right and left orbital charger plates to get t he crown chakra to spin. When this happens, this takes the thymus up to optimal function. We did a lot of that charger plate work on Emily.

Lisa V. Davis: We do not treat diseases, and we deal with every person in the same man-ner. We find the cause of the breakdown and then take care of that.

Russ Mason: How do you find the cause of disease?

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Kenneth Y. Davis: Within the body there are proprioceptors. They gather information and are like “telephone lines” to the brain. Now, to use an analogy, the brain has a 24 hour “main-tenance crew” on standby. So, when the brain receives information via the propriocep-tors with respect to normal and abnormal functions, then the brain can send out “repair and maintenance crews” to specific areas of the body that need help. However, sometimes the proprioceptors are disrupted; and the brain looks and “sees there is not problem”, when there is one. Therefore, a lot of our work deals with proprio-ceptor dysfunction, so we have to reconnect these “telephone lines: so certain disease-symp-tom manifestations can be acknowledged by the brain.

Russ Mason: How can other health care practitioners benefit from what you and Lisa have learned?

Kenneth Y. Davis: One of the things that all doctors must un-derstand is in the therapy they utilize, and that is what we call the Triune of Well Being. It is the physical, the mind, and the spirit. All too often, the spirit is missing from the equation and, consequently, a way to evalu-ate this Triune of Well Being within the patient is also miss-ing. Clinically and empirically, what we learned was that, in this triune, or three-sided model of health, 90 percent of the ills of humanity fall from the

spiritual aspect of that triune being in distortion. Nine (9) percent: is from the mental angle, and only 1 percent origi-nates from the physical angle of the triune.

Consequently, Lisa and I have created Natural Force Heal-ing. The first component is a screening process, a technique of reflexes of scanning and querying the body that any doctor can learn to do. It is fast and accurate.

Russ Mason: What does it involve?

Kenneth Y. Davis: It first in-volves a muscle-test response. Let’s say we have a patient named Joe, and he has aller-gies or back pain or cancer or emotional problems or rage or bipolar disease or whatever. All of that manifestation is a re-flection of distortion of that Tri-une of Well Being. So, through simple testing modes a doctor or even a student can imme-diately assess in a manner of seconds, first which angle of that triune is responsible for that particular manifestation

Russ Mason: Once you have determined the problem, which is likely to be a spiritual imbal-ance, what do you do?.

Kenneth Y. Davis: There is a specific system of energies, vibrations and frequencies ap-plied to areas of the body, with specific hand placements, that amplify the positive universal

force energies that you can use to return the Triune of Well Being back into balance. This begins the process.

We believe in our work that duality is inherent in every human being; we are human and we are spirit. Within each of us is a perfect blueprint of that Triune of Well Being. But this triune is often layered over with physical traumas/chemical imbalances, mental or emotional traumas, karma and spiritual issues that the individual has not adapted to or recovered from. So each issue creates a layer, like the layer of an onion, around the triune of health and balance. What we do, with Natural Force Healing is to assess which angle of the triune is the priority. Therefore, our work is to peel the onion so the Triune of Well Being will eventually realign itself and resemble the perfect blueprint.

Russ Mason: How do patients respond to this treatment?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Not only do they begin to feel physi-cally better, and remember, the physical is only 1 percent of the problem, but they begin to become clear mentally and emotionally. This leads to better relationships with family members and friends. Spiri-tually, people feel more con-nected to God and there is a greater purpose to their lives. Now, for some doctors, they feel their jobs are done when patients’ pain goes away, but

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this is merely the beginning of true healing.

Lisa V. Davis: We live in a symptom-oriented society.

Kenneth Y. Davis: Right, “My pain is gone, so I am healthy” but that is not what it’s all about.

Russ Mason: If I were to come to you as a new patient, what would do? Would you address the Triune first?

Kenneth Y. Davis: First of all, I would do a complete physi-cal examination. In addition to techniques commonly used by doctors of chiropractic (ortho-pedic, neurologic, kinesiologic and cranial techniques, spinal palpation, blood chemistry pro-files, x-rays, electromyography and thermography) I use basic screening procedures such as muscle test response and spe-cific hand placements among others, I order a blood test or x-rays of the spine, if that is a problem for you. I do all of this for information.

So after those specific testing modes were done I would get you into the process of screen-ing to determine which angle of the triune you are in, which area of the body it is affect-ing, what is involved and so on. This exam may not only pinpoint which area of distortion – body, mind, spirit – you have, this will also tell me about your spine, your organs, glands or tissues and if they are out

of balance. It will also reveal if there is a cranial disruption or a nutritional deficiency.

Russ Mason: Excuse me, how could you determine if I have a nutritional deficiency?

Kenneth Y. Davis: There are reflexes within the body that we can immediately query to ask ques-tions. I often use other techniques I mentioned, SOP previously. Within SOT there is a technique known as Occipital Fiber Analysis. I use that as well as Temporal Sphenoidal Diagnosis.

Russ Mason: Please explain about that.

Kenneth Y. Davis: With Temporal Sphenoidal Diagnosis there are points along the skull. There are tender areas around the skull and they relate to organ systems of the body. There is a way to pal-pate with your hands with specific pounds of pressure on both sides of the temporal sphenoidal regions of the skull so an active nodule on the point will relate to a disruption with a specific organ of the body. By doing this one uses the points as shunts, to direct etheric energy or vitality to various points of the body. This causes a bridge of energy and this can help the body heal abso-lutely.

Russ Mason: Are these techniques ones that other healer can use or perhaps even individuals, to main-tain their own well being?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Absolutely. Many patients of ours asked

for techniques that they could learn and do themselves. We consulted with Dr. Rees and he was not optimistic, due to the level of knowledge that was involved. Lisa, however, began to receive specific knowledge and information that she was told would be called Natural Force Healing.

Russ Mason: Yes, you men-tioned Natural Force Healing briefly before.

Kenneth Y. Davis: It is some-thing that Lisa brought forth, developed and gave to me. It is a specific system to utilize on patients in my practice, but we also began to teach lay people. We believe that lay people also wanted a system that they could learn to do for themselves. This also applies to nurse practitioners and mas-sage therapists.

Russ Mason: You are talking about specific healing tech-niques?

Kenneth Y. Davis: Right. But also once a person knows the technique, he or she could utilize them on family members and friends.

Lisa V. Davis: It is also un-derstanding that much of the energy work that was being taught around the world was simply not specific enough and was random in its scope. I felt that people needed to have a real foundation and knowled-gethat explained everything.

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This means where energy comes from: how it works; what increases or decreases energy; and how it affects the healer. So our work is very clear and it sets forth a full understanding of what remains unknown to many. With this knowledge and understanding, a person could use it in a spe-cific way again and again – not just randomly.

Russ Mason: Would you say then that what you are talking about is a form of energy medicine?

Lisa V. Davis: Yes, it is energetic, vibrational healing. Absolutely. Most people, including practitioners, have no idea how energy works. They know it exists but it is difficult to prove how it works because for many they are not yet there. I am talking about a spiritual component to energy and, generally, humanity is not there yet. Un-less one understands the spiritual component of energy and how to utilize it, the approach will be random and not verifiable.

And yet people dabble in energy all the time. For many scientists proving a spiritual component

is difficult, if not impossible. We have found tre-mendous response in patients because they get well and they feel better. So they are validating and d riving our work forward.

Russ Mason: Since there is a large spiritual com-ponent to your work, do you ever feel guided while you are treating someone?

Lisa V. Davis: What matters greatly is the in-tention behind any action; and there is a lot of spiritual work that is done before one approaches a patient. That will help one come to a level of clarity with respect to the patient and the appropri-ate treatment. There must be faith in the process also; that the information given is correct and appropriate.

Russ Mason, Ken, Lisa, thank you very much for talking with me today.

Kenneth Y. Davis: It’s been our pleasure.Lisa V. Davis: Thank you.

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The long awaited book by Dr. Ken & Lisa Da-vis. “Climbing Moun-tains” is now available for purchase.

Part guide book for spiritual growth and part inspiring memoir, Climbing Mountains leads the reader on a journey of self discovery.

Photos from book signing in Ridgewood, NJ

Photo Credit: Richard Quinn

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b y D a v i d B i e d n y

WE THE PEOPLEThe 99% Of AmericaThe 99% of Planet EarthAre here todayTo addressThe injustices inflictedOn the 99%By the corporationsBy the feudalistsBy the bankersBy the lobbyistsBy our representativesBy the destroyersOur voicesWill be heardOver the dinOf the mainstream mediaThe diversions they offerTo distract usFrom the CrimesCommitted against usAgainst other peoplesAgainst other culturesAgainst other nationsIn our namesWith our resourcesWith our taxes and feesWith our sweatWith our blood

H u m a n M i c r o p h o n eC h a n t

The blood of our familiesThe blood of our childrenThe blood of our brothersThe blood of our sistersThe blood of our husbandsThe blood of our wivesThe blood of our fathersThe blood of our mothersThe blood of all those we loveThe blood of the many we killThe blood of the invisible victimsThe blood of the EarthSacrificed to the God of GreedThe Almighty DollarWe are toldThat we are hatedBy the terroristsBy the terroristsFor our freedomsThe freedom to consumeThe freedom to exploitThe freedom to harmThe freedom to destroyAll that is JustAll that is GoodFor the benefitOf the 1%Those who will never KnowNever UnderstandNever AcceptThe meaning of ENOUGHBy the terroristsFor our freedomsThe freedom to consumeThe freedom to exploitThe freedom to harmThe freedom to destroyAll that is JustAll that is GoodFor the benefit

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David Biedny is the host of Angry Human, heard live

Tuesdays at 10:00PM EST on Rockland World Radio

By the terroristsFor our freedomsThe freedom to consumeThe freedom to exploitThe freedom to harmThe freedom to destroyAll that is JustAll that is GoodFor the benefitOf the 1%Those who will never KnowNever UnderstandNever AcceptThe meaning of ENOUGHEnough to eatEnough to drinkEnough to burnEnough to useEnough to destroyWe have had EnoughEnough of this madnessWe rejectThe values of the 1%We reject

With CompassionWith UnderstandingWith CooperationWith IntegrityWith JusticeWith LoveWe are not leavingWe are not going awayWe are not giving upWe are not your slavesWe are not your consumersWe are citizensWe are your neighborsWe are decent peopleWe are the 99%We WILL Be Heard

The fear they breedIn the minds of peopleTo serve their bondageTo fight their warsTo kill for their greedWe reject their lost waysWe are readyFor a new worldWe are readyFor a new wayWe are readyFor a new societyWe are readyFor a new chanceTo LiveIn Peace

Liberty Plaza in NYC September 2011Photos by David Biedny

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Global Revolution brings you live streaming video cover-age from independent journalists on the ground at nonvio-lent protests around the world. The team includes members of Mobile Broadcast News, Glassbead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia and the alt.media ninjas that brought you Terrorizing Dissent and Democracy 101 documentaries.

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Dang it sure is hard to survive nowadays! The food we need is becoming too expen-

sive to buy and too toxic too eat. Gas and Elec-tric prices are also on the rise making it more and more difficult to keep the heat going during the winter. Many of the consumer products are getting to be unaffordable. So now we’re all in the same boat here and it’s about freaking time we start helping one another!

People from all over Rockland County are uniting to save money by becoming self-suf-ficient. We need to stop being so dependent on the corporations and start being dependent on the people in our community. What an amazing idea! Growing our own organic fruits, vegetables and grains; putting solar panels on our houses; buying things we all use in bulk so we spend less money; sharing skills and shar-ing tools. These things are happening! Spring is right around the corner, so don’t miss your chance to be a part of this.

If you have a backyard and you’re not already using it to produce food, we are going to help you get started! If you don’t have a backyard you can help somebody who does and they will share with you! Also, there are many things that we all need which cost less if we buy more. Things like toilet paper for example, if everyone in Rockland bought their toilet paper collectively, we would really save a lot of money and we could even afford to get the soft stuff! 2 ply! It’s really very simple and this really should be common sense.

These ideas are not original. There are towns all over the world successfully becoming less dependent on the system by becoming self-sufficient. The “Transition Movement” started in the U.K. and is spreading across the globe.

For more information visit:

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If you would like to be a part of this please feel free to contact me: [email protected]

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Listen to stories that will move you and inspire you to take action. Raise your business and life to the next level. Suc-cess leaves clues in the form of golden nuggets of wisdom and truth. Spotlight on Success will shine it’s spotlight and help you find the golden nuggets you need to take the next step.

Spotlight on Success streams live on your computer, laptop, smartphone or other internet device. Just point your browser to www.rocklandworldradio.com to watch or to access the show archives. Success awaits you, what are you waiting for? He who hesitates is lost.

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Now what should I say about the Decem-ber 6th show but that I learned something new about media broadcasting over the internet at www.rocklandworldradio.com when I was asked to be interviewed about my life in music by Mr. Richard Quinn, the radio host for Out to Lunch in Nyack, New York. I think that the interview was only a part of what I have experienced as musi-cian and teacher and there is so much more to tell and to offer.

I anticipate doing a variety of programs for the station this coming year and I will create a venue for many things that relate not only to music but my interests in the arts, which include the other disciplines. I will play music and include the music that I know with commentary and readings of poetry, short stories, philosophical ideas stemming from the influence of the East and West, where I will share my interest in meditation and sound. I am interested in having guests come on the show and talk about their work as well and I will be the host, (hosting) once I set a venue for the upcoming weeks.

I am enthused by the outlook and views of the Internet radio that is going to explode into a free means of expression and per-haps be an alternative to what is presented on mainstream media.

My website, which I intend to improve, and musical selections along the Youtube archive that I will also be adding to demon-strate to the public some of my own work as a pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and soloist.

The upcoming events for my playing and collaboration for this month will be in Mt. Kisco, NY where I will assist in a Christmas program with singers and harpist directed by Jennifer Eyges on December 10th at 3 PM at the Mt. Kisco Presbyterian Church, Rt. 133.

I will also be appearing in the Haverstraw Presbyterian Church as the guest Organ-ist/Choir Director December 24th at 7:30 PM where there will be a service of carols and readings.

The following are the links to my website: www.nwcmta.com and there is also the Pianoantics’ Channel on Youtube and my professional associations are the following: www.rctmg.org, www.mtna.org and, of course, you can also find me on Facebook

Looking forward to hearing from listeners and as I venture into broadcasting I find that my interest is now heightened and I hope to bring something of great value to the listen-ers.

NEW RADIO PROGRAM with host Peter Tarsio

coming to RocklandWorldRadio in 2012

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This shoot focuses on the idea of comfort and luxury while highlighting the expression of confident imagery and attitude. Working with Jada for such a shoot was a natural process as the embodiment of confidence that SRF portrays is part and parcel of Hip Hop culture and Jadakiss’ NY swagger.

Special thanks to Rockland World Radio, Mod-ern Metro Magazine, and of course the one and only JADAKISS for always keeping the true New York hip hop movement at the focal point of

music, culture and fashion.

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SirReal Fashion comes to you from the NYC metro infusing Art and Style to create a culture of walking canvases in the form of specialty tees. The emergence of this fresh brand touches multi cultural interest as the focus of the brand is simply spreading confident imagery to all who enjoy aestheti-cally appealing design. Working with many genres of music and fashion, SRF was privileged in working with a living legend in Hip Hop, Jadakiss, to develop an exclusive lifestyle photo shoot at a private estate.

Check out the blog post & videos on:

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Fuzzy Dice

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http://www.reverbnation.com/fuzzydice

Fuzzy Dicephotos by Richard Quinn

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The Siren Dancers

at the Nyack Village Theatre

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The Sensual Art of Belly Dance by BIRNUR

[email protected]

photos by Richard Quinn

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From the streets of Nyack

Occupy Rockland

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Occupy Rockland

photos by Carolyn Magnani

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Jesse Frayne

Bill Buttner

From Nov. 11, 2011

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Michael Messina

Marian Mastrorilli

Gus Amador

photos by Richard Quinn

Join us for the next AWG! Open Mic Night

.: Jan. 13, 2012

.: Feb. 24, 2012

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JANUARY

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All We Got! Open Mic Night

Live Music w/ ROFL

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Celebration of Black Poetry

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Ric Siler’s - Old Hickory

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Film: A Trip to the Moon and Live Music from Professor Louie & Miss Marie

Maura’s Kitchen Presents a Peruvian Evening

Ric Siler’s - Old Hickory

Ric Siler’s - Old Hickory

Ric Siler’s - Old Hickory

Musical Performance w/Brandon Richardson

Film Night: Round Midnight

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Celebration of Black Poetry

2/247:00pm

All We Got! Open Mic Night

2/258:00pm

Celebration of Black Poetry

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Celebration of Black Poetry

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