Past and present breast cancer patients are being offered a FREE workshop on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Adelphi University. Oriental Medicine: A Gentle Path to Healing will discuss how traditional Oriental medicine combined with conventional medicine can create a dynamic duo in breast cancer treatment.

Participants learn how to use and apply some of the various complementary therapies including:

• massage
• Qi Gong (movement/breath exercise)
• acupressure
• acupuncture
• Chinese herbs
• and moxibustion

There will also be demonstrations of how some of these modalities may be applied.

The workshop will be presented by Liz Snow, BS, MSOM, a NYS licensed Acupuncturist and an Oriental Medicine Practitioner with a private practice in East Norwich, NY. She is nationally certified as a Diplomat in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology and is a Qi Gong practitioner and instructor. Liz was a member of a task force that developed Oriental Medicine protocols for treating breast cancer survivors and is a two-time breast cancer survivor herself.

The workshop will be held at Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. Pre-registration is required. Please call (516) 877-4325 to register and/or for more information.

This event is sponsored by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program and is supported by the LI 2 Day Walk to Fight Breast Cancer.

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Located in Oakdale with expansive vistas of the Great South Bay, the aptly-named VIEW restaurant is currently introducing their $5 Fridays. Each Friday from 4 to 7 p.m., chef William Muzio's special appetizer menu will be offered. You can enjoy Thai calamari, duck tacos, popcorn shrimp and more, each for $5. In addition, select cocktails, beer and wine will also be available for the discounted price of $5.

Enjoy your appetizers and drinks while watching the sun set over the water, and later listen to music from DJ Kaos.

VIEW, once part of the William K. Vanderbilt estate, features contemporary American cuisine and seafood. It is located at 3 Consuelo Place, Oakdale, NY.

Suggested Reading::

• VIEW restaurant review
• Limani Restaurant Review
• Prime Restaurant Review
• Long Island Restaurant Reviews

_{Photo © VIEW restaurant}

There are almost 2500 national historic landmarks across the nation -- nationally significant historic places in the United States -- and a number of them are found on Long Island, NY. This year, you can enter the National Historic Landmark Photo Contest without leaving the Island by snapping some photos, adding some comments and entering up to 10 photos in the contest before the deadline of Wednesday, June 13, 2012.

To find out where you can find these historical places in Nassau and Suffolk, please go to National Historic Landmarks on Long Island, NY.

For more information on the 13th Annual National Historic Landmark Photo Contest, please go to www.flickr.com/groups/2012nhlphotocontest/.

Suggested Reading:

• National Historic Landmarks on Long Island, NY.
• Oyster Bay Walking and Driving Tour
• The Top 10 Attractions on Long Island, NY

_{Photo © Linda Tagliaferro}