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JOHN BAILEY AND THE NEWS ON
WHY WE FORGET ABOUT PAST CATASTROPHES : INDIFFERENCE BROUGHT ON BY MEDIA OVERCOVERAGE.
DAILY RATE OF INFECTIONS IN WESTCHESTER CREEPING UP OVER 1,700 BY END OF APRIL
PLUS VIDEO OF MAYOR TOM ROACH ON THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE CITY AND COUNCILWOMAN JEN PUJA AND COUNCILMAN JOHN MARTIN ON PASSAGE OF THE NEW CELL TOWER ORDINANCE.
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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE CONSULTANT CATHY EDDY ON HOW MEDICINE IS CHANING IN INSURANCE, STAFFING, CHANGES AHEAD
TONIGHT AT 8 ON WWW.COMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG, FIOS CH.45 AND OPTIMUM CH 76
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County Executive George Latimer is releasing the following statement regarding Holtec informing the Indian Point Energy Center Decommissioning Oversight Board its plan to begin releasing treated wastewater from the shutdown nuclear power plant into the Hudson River next month.
“The announcement by Holtec to expedite this plan, in the midst of ongoing discussions with State officials, community stakeholders and local municipalities, is an outrageous one.
The impacted communities have far too much at stake for any treated water dumping to occur on a timeline quicker than what was expected.
It is a mistake for Holtec to act before full public vetting of all options and acting without convincing residents and local governments why the other options have been overridden for consideration.
Through the Indian Point Decommissioning Board, which the County has a seat at the table on, the County is requesting an exact list of all elements and components which will be tested for.
I am urging Holtec and all parties involved to suspend their current plans, and to hold continued conversations on this decision and any subsequent actions that may be taken in order to ensure that residents of and visitors to our beautiful, scenic riverfronts are best protected.”
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On the 5th of each month the town of Greenburgh posts comparisons on the Greenburgh website – Con Ed rates vs Sustainable Westchester rates. Residents of 29 municipalities in Westchester- including Greenburgh -have enrolled in the ESCO. Residents are automatically enrolled unless they opt out. Sustainable Westchester rates can’t go up or down until October 2024. Con Ed rates can fluctuate. Sustainable Westchester purchases green power (solar, wind)–that is good for the environment.
In recent months Con Ed rates have been lower than the ESCO rates. In March the average Con Ed standard rates was 8.01 cents per kWh. The rates for Sustainable Westchester’s Westchester Power ESCO was 15.13 cents per kWh. Sustainable Westchester also offers residents in the 29 municipalities a non green option which was 13.36 per kWh.
Sustainable Westchester has agreed to send a letter to residents in each of the 29 municipalities advising them that Con Ed rates are currently lower than the ESCOs and providing ratepayers with information as to how to opt out if they wish to. People can opt in or out anytime. The letter from Sustainable Westchester should be sent out next week.
This is what I posted on the town website (click link). The information was provided by Sustainable Westchester
https://greenburghny.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1947
PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor
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Events like COVID-19 and mass shootings are hugely impactful to our society. Unfortunately, as time passes, we don’t do a great job at recalling events, integrating those events into our lives, or using those experiences to make future decisions/judgments.
Simply put, we forget.
The mechanics of memories are relatively clear: a combination of neurons, a memory center in our brain, a process to consolidate memories during sleep, and a process to retrieve memories.
However, social psychologists have been grappling with a very different and challenging question for almost 100 years—not how we forget, but why.
The field has essentially settled on two overarching reasons:
How we remember and make decisions is largely driven by our experiences. It makes it easier to remember certain things while forgetting others. There are many biases contributing to this, but four that are especially relevant:
Although these biases are generally unavoidable, the news isn’t all bad. Studies show that we are particularly prone to using these shortcuts in certain situations, like when we are tired, hungry, or stressed out. Addressing these, before or during decision-making, can help.
What’s more, research indicates that simple awareness of the biases can reduce their influence on us. In other words, we can help short-circuit them by simply shining light.
Memories of the same event do not look the same for everyone. Sometimes the event doesn’t even become a memory at all. Humans have evolved to use mental shortcuts to more smoothly navigate the world.
Unfortunately, this typically means normalizing events—like a pandemic or mass shootings—which will ultimately hurt us in the end, leading to a lack of pandemic preparedness or insufficient pushes for gun reform. This can lead us into the never-ending cycle of panic and neglect unless we actively fight against it.
Love, YLE and BR
Dr. Ben Rosenberg is an assistant professor of psychology at Dominican University of California and director of the Health and Motivation Lab.
“Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE)” is written by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, MPH PhD—an epidemiologist, data scientist, wife. During the day she works at a nonpartisan health policy think tank and is a senior scientific consultant to a number of organizations, including the CDC. At night she writes this newsletter. Her main goal is to “translate” the ever-evolving public health science so that people will be well equipped to make evidence-based decisions. This newsletter is free thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support this effort, subscribe below:
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WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER April 4, 2023:
Con Ed is seeking a rate hike. If you would like to comment before the Public Service Commission please click onto the following link.
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WPCNR QUARTERLY STATE OF LIFE SERIES # 8. News & Comment By John F. Bailey. March 31, 2023:
Always Mom
When a woman decides to become a mother
Bond is formed between mother and creation
Lasting for eternity, never can be cut asunder
From first setting eyes on child with wild-eyed elation.
Always mom from then on
Even when child departs
First steps, first triumphs linger in mind’s repetition
Forever warmly in mother and child hearts.
Sacrifices daily, grudgingly offered,
Yielding proud moments seen in childrens’ glows
Pains of pleasures given up and roads Mom ignored
Ever soothed by sunny days of child laughter and happiness she knows.
Always Mom to depend on and look out for you,
A Child knows even after pulling away Mom is always on his side
Whether in call or text, or fond memory after adieu
Mom’s spirit is always there to draw and comfort alongside.
In a memory, gems of advice
Ignored when first spoke miraculously
Resurface to guide in times of crisis
To reassure, to comfort mysteriously
Always Mom too often we are heedless
Of the heartbreak caused, unaware
How our achievements bring you joy boundless
And remember the hurt you healed with love that does not waver.
Always mom I shall always see there
At the old home place, taste that special treat
Again: pies, the special cakes on magical days of no care
In these days of transition as I grow, the memories repeat
Always Mom, you are the one person who never fails
To deliver what I need at any moment in my life.
From a call to a pat to a ride when I get off the rails
From annoying reminders to trim my course’s sails.
I find my thoughts on your day just inadequate
Too easy to express what your being there always
Has meant to me, so in little trinkets that may brighten your days
By their whimsy and chemistry we share inviolate.
Silly though my talismans of tribute may be our bond together
Will always be a special link I will not have with any other
Even one I may eventually love another
It will never be as unique as the love for my always mother.
So take my silly things and when you smile,
Know you gladden my heart as you always did
When my efforts pleased you, though I did not want to show it did.
Know how hard I tried to please you all the while.
It is impossible for child to ever give back the gifts you give
Even when you are far away. I feel them inside me with warm glow.
I regret when I failed to please you and want you to know
I try to live up to your standard you set each day you live.
As time eventually will changes the ways we are together
I celebrate the time with my Always Mom which makes us both better..
As our bonds loosen, they grow stronger in spirit and deed.
I become more like you, I feel you inside mind and heart and need.
So thank you my Always Mom, on this day.
Celebrating what we have: friendship, advice, tolerance, respect, loyalty
That both of us can draw from each other in times needed,
I hope I will be worthy to provide the same when I become an
Always Mom, too
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WPCNR QUARTERLY STATE OF LIFE SERIES # 7. News & Comment By John F. Bailey. March 29, 2023:
It’s coming.
It is coming up.It is late afternoon now in the Jerusalem of 33 A.D. Jesus of Nazereth has died on the cross in between two thieves. The three crosses can be seen on the distant hill.
He died 1,990 years ago on that cross this April 7. There was no CNN, No Fox News, showing live coverage, no internet, no newspapers,radio or television. No Twitter or Facebook. No Instagram,Skype, or Google.
Nevertheless the message of the man who died on Calvary (The Place of the Skull) spread around the world without mass communication.
His followers, twelve of them were so devoted to His message of love and code of behavior they became the first pacifist activists who spread a message the man they called their Lord had preached to them.
He was Jesus of Nazareth. He had no last name.
Today He is now known all over the world for the message he delivered.
Whether you believe He is the Son of God, or not, He ranks as one of the foremost influences on mankind. More than Plato, more than Socrates, more than any leader or politician, or entertainer whoever lived.
His selfless acts of embracing lepers, the poor, those who sinned were unique.
Such compassion for the downtrodden was unheard of during the time He lived.
It was a time of slavery. No human rights. No care for the sick. When cities were razed and populations slaughtered or enslaved much like the genocides of today. Our world today must feel the same way as it did then.
Jesus of Nazareth introduced a new philosophy that spread throughout the world after His death by crucifixion on this day (maybe, we do not know the exact date), because the community leaders of his own people thought him a threat to their power. And that fear that this simple man was a threat should be a lesson to us all.
If you live by His philosophy of forgiveness you are a person at peace with yourself. If you accept those who are different from you without fear or prejudice, you are a force for spreading His message of peace towards others and good will.
If you help the poor and the sick because you sympathize with them, you are following His way.
If you stand up for truth, point out what is wrong as He did with the Pharisees. You are doing his will.
If you go about doing good for the sake of doing good, you are following His virtue of selflessness.
Jesus of Nazareth’s message whether divine or a code of how we conduct our lives resonated with millions and it spread.
There is no denying He is one of the great philosophers of the human experience, kin to Socrates, the other giant of antiquity thought.
The above print of “The Return from Calvary” painted by Herbert Schmalz shows the last hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s crucifixation around 33 A.D. on Calvary Hill, “the place of the Skull” outside of Jerusalem late in the day He was crucified.
The description on the print describes the somber scene:
The darkness which was on the earth (during His suffering) is clearing away.
One long, dark cloud is hanging over the city like a pall.
The Virgin Mother, weighted down by fatigue and grief, knowing not wither she goes, is being led up some steps, toward “his own” home, by St. John and Mary Magdalene.
In the distance on the top of Cavalry, you can make out the three crosses.
The grief so eloquently captured by this print depicts the very personal loss all of us endure when someone we love passes away, realizing our loss because of all they did for us.
Jesus of Nazareth was a human being who affects us to this day.
One of the great gifts of this man, Jesus of Nazareth, is the celebration of humanity and capacity to care and feel for others that aids persons whether they believe He was the Son of God or not. Or that you will have eternal life if you believe in him.
His philosophies of care, courage, compassion and benevolent action serve the people who try to do those behaviors well because they leave a great personal satisfaction in the heart, the mind, and the spirit.
You do not have to second guess yourself, when you do what is right, humane, merciful, and serves the less fortunate without superiority with nothing to gain for yourself. And if you do not do what is right, if you weaken, you always regret it and remember when you failed to do right.
The peace of mind of action is the least of the great gift of Jesus of Nazareth whose death on the cross is marked the Good Friday coming in one week, April 7
If you act as Jesus did, you will be remembered by all you meet fondly and lovingly, and be comforted that you will live in memories of those you have touched with your love and kindness and caring for eternity to the end of the age.
His simple teachings have great power. Use them. Implement them.
They give meaning to our mystery of life.
They give meaning and purpose to anyone’s life.
For 1,990 years they have made a violent world a better place.
He died on Good Friday on the cross.
