C L I P P I N G S: 01/08/2006

Saturday, January 14, 2006

14 - Saturday

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CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Week of Events"
.......... Note venue change of today's Omegas event: now at Hubbard MS, 661 West 8th St.

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2005 Mayoral Election - Plain Talker: "GOP wants mayor removed over qualifications"
.......... -Courier: "City mayor's election called into question by Republicans"
1st Shooting of Year - Courier: A B-1 story not online, "Plainfield cops detain three"
...Plainfield's first shooting of 2006: A teen was shot about 4 PM on Thursday, corner of
...West 4th and Liberty; three teens -- 14, 15, and 16 -- detained. Suspected crack
...cocaine recovered at site of shooting.
PHS Basketball: "Plainfield makes statement, tops powerful Linden"

TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Dunellen: "Former general defends role in Abu Ghraib scandal at Library book-signing"

NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Cabinet - Ledger: "Committee endorses nominee for secretary of state"
.................... - Courier: "Wall Street veteran Bradley Abelow nominated as treasurer"
.......... - Senate seat - NY Times: "Senate challenge averted in NJ; Andrews will not run"
.................... - Courier: "Andrews rules out running against Menendez"
Codey: "Charitable Codey delivers $910,000 in special grants"
............. Breakdown in print edition: High: $250K - Metuchen/Edison/Woodbridge YMCA
Menendez: "Menendez's move to Senate depends on '97 Nissan Altima"

Agriculture: "Feds declare N.J. farms a disaster for 2005"
Green Acres: "After a record year, the green funding Green Acres dwindles"
Illegal Work Visa scheme: Feds seize $5.7M from Edison man who ran scheme to help
...Indians and Pakistanis enter country or stay illegally -- Front page story, not online
Merck: "Merck to pay for eco-damage"
Sea Isle City: "Homeowners still treading water over title mix-up"
Smoking Ban: "Judge won't spare bowling alleys on smoking"
UMDNJ: "No new trial for official at UMDNJ in toxic release"

NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - LA Times: "Bush Uses His Word of Choice a Heck of a Lot"

Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Impact: "Speaker pushes Ney to resign as chair in light of Abramoff links"
.......... - DeLay Replacements - LA Times: "Lobbying ties cast pall on rivals for GOP post"
............... - Washington Post: "Arizona's Shadegg may run as reformer with no lobbyist ties"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "UC-Santa Cruz: A protest, a spy program, a campus in an uproar"

Liberia: "Country's future is in Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's hands, first woman president"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

9/11 - Health Impacts: "As responder deaths mount, search for link to 9/11 cleanup"
Beer, beer, beer: "In Oregon, It's a Brew Pub World"
Chicago - LA Times: "Chicago City Clerk Charged in Bribery Scandal"
.......... - NY Times: "Chicago City Clerk Charged With Bribery in Trucking Inquiry"
Dems - OpEd, Washington Post: Howard Kurtz: "Dem vs. Dem: Why Lieberman is hated"
Domestic Spying: Morgan Cloud: "The bugs in our system: A short history of domestic spying"
.......... - David Kahn: "Back when spies played by the rules: Nevertheless, Luther was outraged"
Fiction posing as Non-fiction: "James Frey: The man who conned Oprah"
Film: "Films in Need of a Little Nip and Tuck"
MLK - Book Review: "King, Weary After Scaling His Great Mountain"
................... 'At Canaan's Edge: American in the King Years, 1965-68'
................... By Taylor Branch, Simon & Schuster. $35. Amazon link here
........ - Atlanta's King Center: "Disarray at center for Dr. King casts pall on family and legacy"
Medicare: "The States Step In As Medicare Falters"
Murtha-smearing: "Web Site Attacks Critic of War"
................... The Swift Boat slimers at work again. . .
Outsourcing: "Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing"
Taxes: "Depreciation Appreciation 101: The ins and outs of deducting for a home office"
Television: "Hispanic TV without the Spanish; marketing to English-dominant Hispanics"

DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "Powerless, residents wait; Many can't use FEMA's mobile homes"
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Friday, January 13, 2006

13 - Friday

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CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Week of Events"
.......... Note venue change of Saturday's event: now at Hubbard MS, 661 West 8th St.

Graffiti - Plain Talker: "Tagging: It's not all Greek to me"
Norton Bonaparte - Plain Talker: "Not In Plainfield Any More?"
.......... - Courier [next to last item]: "Bonaparte may be going to Topeka, KS"
Plainfield/North Plainfield: "Runaways may have stolen $18,000 from girl's grandfather"

TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Hillside: "Reservist accuses town of slight in firefighting job"
Hillside/Elizabeth: "3 hurt in clash at game between Hillside and Elizabeth girls"
Piscataway: "Appeals court deals town a blow in Halper case"
Rahway: "Police shoot Rahway man during drug raid on his home"
Scotch Plains: "Panel to hear plans for educational children's farm"
[Westfield] - NY Times: "Federated Puts Lord & Taylor on Block"
.......... - Courier: "Lord & Taylor on the market; Central Jersey stores in limbo"

NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine Cabinet - Ledger: "Corzine nominates former colleague as state treasurer"
.......... - NY Times: "Financier Is to Be Named New Jersey's Treasurer"
.......... - Mid-Level Managers - Ledger: "Clearing the decks: Corzine demands 180 resign"

Contaminated Water: "NJ to get millions from Merck, Shell, others over tainted water"
Economy: "Economists: Money moving out of state due to job growth shift"
Environment: "Codey directs agencies to clean with 'green'"
Medicare: "NJ's stopgap tab mounting"
Medicare Fraud: "Feds accuse Middlesex Co. foot doctor of massive Medi-fraud"
Mendham: "Mendham braces for increases; Revaluation spikes value of properties"
Mutual Fund Brokers: "Record settlement for New Jersey in USB fund-trading scandal"
Newark: "A $100M accord with Devils on arena"
Newark: "Inspector who took $30 bribe is rehired after firing in Newark"
NJPAC: "Program reaffirms the King legacy"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Inspector general clears lifting freeze, but wants watchdog"
State Budget: "Sudden burst of good news"
State Slogan - Ledger: "Contest winner gets the credit but whose line is it?"
.................... - Courier: "Winner chosen for new state slogan"
.................... - NY Times: "New Jersey Picks a Slogan"
UMDNJ: "Codey says no to ads that praise UMDNJ"

NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
.......... - DeLay - Washington Post: "Replacement Contest: Money talks, but in a whisper this time"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Washington Post: "Corralling domestic spying; new standards in the works"

Deficit - NY Times: "Deficit Will Climb in 2006, White House Says"
.................... - Washington Post: "Deficit Could Top $400 Billion"
Iraq War - Christian Science Monitor: "Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion"
Supreme Court - Ledger: "The grilling ends and the waiting begins"
........................ - Opinion: John Farmer: "Hearings marred by partisanship"
............... - NY Times: "Democrats Still Dislike Him but Can't Stop Him"
............... - LA Times: "Liberal Groups Vow to Dig In"
............... - Washington Post: "Alito Likely To Become A Justice"
.................... - Analysis: "Measured Replies Paint Picture With a Conservative Tint"
.................... -OpEd: E.J. Dionne: "A Hearing About Nothing"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Fashion: "What's Sexy Now? The Slip"
............ "All those midriff-baring pieces have taken on a tacky nature
............ . . .A slip is the new pristine version of sexiness."
Forcing bulbs: "A shot of gin helps paperwhites keep from getting floppy"
............ and the Cornell students' research can be found here
Gilbert & Sullivan: "Nanki-Poo has a little list: 'Mikado,' 'Pinafore' and 'Trial by Jury'"
Satellite Radio: "Satellite Radio Leaves the Car to Go Home and on Walks"
School Vouchers: "After setback, what's next for vouchers?"
Teacher Merit Pay: "Houston Ties Teachers' Pay to Test Scores"

DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "Big Easy: Who can rebuild?"
........... - Bush Visit: "In New Orleans, Bush Speaks With Optimism but Sees Little of Ruin"
........... - Levees: "New Orleans Schoolgirls Have a Message for the President".

Thursday, January 12, 2006

12 - Thursday

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

11 - Wednesday

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CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Events Calendar now online"
Plain Talker: "TV Or Not TV: Council Considers"

Two briefs in Courier are not online: Shiloh Baptist Church's MLK commemorative service
.........at 7 PM on Monday, January 16 [see below], and the postponement of a business
.........networking event at Neighborhood House to January 25.

MLK Week of Events:

Friday - Jan 13, 7pm: 'The Origins of Slavery' at Mohawk Lodge #307

Saturday - Jan 14, 2 - 4pm: 'Dr. King - Educational Trailblazer' at PHS Auditorium

Sunday - Jan 15, 6pm: Ecumenical Worship Service: Rev. Leon Harrell, speaker, at Shiloh Baptist

Monday - Jan 16, 8:30am: 30th MLK Memorial Breakfast: Dr. Herbert Daughtry, speaker, at PHS
.........7pm: MLK Commemorative Service: Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson, speaker, at Shiloh Baptist

Tuesday - Jan 17, 7pm: Annual NAACP Essay Contest, City Hall Library

Wednesday - Jan 18, 7pm: 'Live Like Dr. King: Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win' at Friends Meeting House

TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Middlesex Borough: "Borough swears in new mayor; predecessor's job switch draws criticism"
Roselle: "State probing Roselle's no-bid hiring of sports company in $32K contract"

NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Transition: "Corzine makes deep cuts in executive staff"
.................... - "Corzine casts wide net for Cabinet"
.......... - Senate seat: "Challenge to Corzine is tossed"

Codey - Ledger: "'Accidental governor' mixes humor with tribute to his wife"
.................... - Legacy: "Mental health just part of Codey's legacy as governor"
.................... - Editorial: "The spin-free governor"
.......... - Courier: "Governor highlights successes, challenges"
.................... - Transcript: "Text of Gov. Codey's speech"

Assembly - Ledger: "Excitement reigns for 11 freshmen taking oath"
.................... - Courier: "Property taxes, ethics top Assembly's agenda"
...........................'Property taxes, health care and pay-to-play are the biggest issues.
............................We also need to let the people know that we are prepared at any
............................cost to ensure that tax dollars are being used appropriately.'
..................................-- Assemblyman Jerry Green, D-Plainfield
Medicare: "State pays $4.7M drug costs for those in new Medicare program"
Newark: "Fire director caught between Council and unions"
Nutley: "20 homes have been burgled, jewelry taken since holidays"
Supreme Court: "Top state court rejects warrantless searches of cars of arrested motorists"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ faulted for $16 million in no-bid pacts"

NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - Ledger: "Bush says discussing Iraq war risks comforting enemy"

Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff - Slate: "The New Etiquette of Lobbying: Emily Post, meet Jack Abramoff"
.................... - AP: A Defender: "Calif. Rep. Rohrabacher Defends Abramoff"
.......... - DeLay - Washington Post: "Rivals for DeLay post no strangers to K Street lobbyists"
.................... - Ledger: "DeLay's suspicious move; tried to shut casino after donation from a different tribe"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "FISA judges and Justice Dept. meet over eavesdropping program"
.................... - Washington Post: "Inspector General Sets Probe In NSA Bugging"
.......... - Plamegate - Truthout: "Fitzgerald Maintains Focus on Rove"

Iraq War - Christian Science Monitor: "Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion"
.......... - Financial Times/UK: "Bremer claims he was used as Iraq ‘fall guy’"
IRS - The Poor: "I.R.S. Limited Tax Refunds of Poor, Congress Is Told"
.......... - The Rich: "I.R.S. Is Sued on Failure to Release Tax Data of Wealthy"
Supreme Court - Ledger: "Alito tells critics: I'll be fair"
.......... - NY Times: "Presidential Power Has Limits, Alito Tells Senators"
.......... - Village Voice: James Ridgeway: "Alito and His Coaches: Hearings are an inside game"
.......... - TomPaine.com: Ralph Neas: "Cracking The Alito Codebook"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

B.E.T.: "Chief of BET Plans to Broaden Programming Appeal"
Diabetes: "In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay"
Film: "King Vidor's 'Hallelujah,' the first great American sound movie in a new DVD"
............ One of three Black-themed movies newly issued by Warner Home Video
................. And here's a link to the Amazon listing (at $14.98)
Immigration: "More and More, Mexican Women Risk All to Enter U.S."
Islam: "Before the feast, Muslims symbolically stone the devil"
Logging: "New Uses for Glut of Small Logs From Thinning of Forests"
............ A spectacular library interior finished with small-diameter logs is here
Mesoamerica: "Discovery Pushes Maya Writing Back to 2300 Years Ago"
Queen Latifah: "Latifah returns to her home court -- Newark -- to premier new film"
Roadcams: "Britain plans total electronic surveillance of roads; arrests up tenfold"
Science: "Cells That Read Minds: Mirror Neurons"
Sexual Abuse: "Detroit's Catholic Bishop Says Priest Abused Him as Teenager"
Videotaping Public Meetings: "Glen Ridge: Lights, camera, school board!"

DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "Commission to Seek Overhaul of Schools and Transit"
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

10 - Tuesday

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01/10/2006 - Tuesday

CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

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Abbott Nursing Home: "Foes don't give up; residents sue to block expansion of facility"
PHS: MLK Essays - Courier: Very nice special [not online], page C-5, features 17 PHS
students and prints their essays on the theme 'In 10 years, the world should be...'
PHS Basketball: "Plainfield sticking by motto: 'Defend, rebound and run'"
School Board - Plain Talker: "School Board Race Coming Up"

TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cranford: "New mayor lists town's priorities"
Franklin (Somerset): "Council beset by prosecutor's probe and controversy"
Mountainside: "Mayor warns taxes could jump"
North Plainfield: "Villa Maria development talks halted by Green Brook debate"
Scotch Plains: "6-year public defender Blacker named to post of prosecutor"
South River: "Borough worker pleads guilty to theft of $2,000 in utility bills"
Union Co. Freeholders: "New chairman vows to bring Jets into Berkeley Heights"

NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Cabinet Picks:
.......... - Attorney General - Ledger: "Farber reportedly is choice for AG"
.......... - Health, Human Services - Ledger: "Corzine names human services, health chiefs"
.................... - NY Times: "Corzine Pick for Human Services Wins the Praise of Reformers"

Legislature:
.......... - Death Penalty - Ledger: "Capital punishment timeout advances"
.......... - Domestic Partners: "Gay rights bills move forward"
.......... - Legislative Roundup - Ledger: "No big fights as Legislature wraps up"
............... - Courier: "$70M in spending, tax breaks await Codey's approval"
.......... - Retiring Legislators: "By choice or defeat, 10 head for home"
.......... - Smoking - Ledger: "Assembly votes indoor smoking ban"
.................... - NY Times: "Legislators Pass Smoking Ban in New Jersey"

Affordable Housing: "28 towns miss deadline, face builder lawsuits"
Emergency Medical Care: "State's care rated a little better than average"
Medicare: "Medicare chaos strands Jersey's needy seniors, State steps in"
Montclair: "Midtown Direct rail service attracts condo builder"
Newark: "Ward leader Truitt picked for Assembly seat, replaces disgrace Williams"
.......... - Devils: "Newark, Devils are still apart on arena"
Orange: "5.5% tax increase predicted"
............ Cites administrator Jewel Thompson-Chin, who many Plainfielders will remember
Parkway: "Size does matter: Contractor agrees to use bigger plows"
Tenafly: "Bergen borough offers eruv settlement, would permit religious district"
Transportation Trust Fund: "Meter on empty, fund searches for revenue"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Accountants to examine UMDNJ; Monitor holds first meeting with Petillo"
.......... - NY Times: "Monitor Asks for New Jersey Medical and Dentistry School Records"

NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff: "From Big-Time Lobbyist to Object of Derision"
.................... - Fallout: "Lobby firm Alexander Strategy Group is scandal casualty"
.......... - DeLay - Replacement: "Two major contenders in race to lead House Republicans"
..................... and a graphic of who's who in the sweepstakes is here
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - LA Times: "Attorney General Is Asked to Testify on Spy Program"
.......... - Plamegate - Washington Post: "Tim Russert Resisted Testifying On Leak"

Federal Spending - Christian Science Monitor: "Why budget fixes can't wait"
Iraq: "In a New Book, Bremer Defends His Year in Iraq"
Israel: "Sharon Shows Improvement, Doctors Report"
Spam [the Internet kind, not the gourmet food] - NPR: "$11B fine leveled in spam case"
Supreme Court: Alito on Day 1 - Washington Post: "'A Judge Can't Have Any Agenda"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

College Admissions: Table comparing seven admission factors for a host of schools is here
Cough Syrups: "Cough syrups leave doctors cold on results"
............ I don't care what they say, gimme my Nyquil!
Education: "What Every (College) Student Should Know"
............ The 'core curriculum' debate in a new guise. . .
Facebook: "In Your Facebook.com: The good, the bad, the ugly"
Healthcare: "Record Share Of Economy - 1 in every 8 dollars - Is Spent on Health Care"
Retirement: "More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
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Monday, January 09, 2006

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01/09/2006 - Monday

CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

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Letter to Editor, Courier: Lisa Logan-Leach: "Taxpayers need answers on budget"

TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Sen. Ray Lesniak - NY Times: "State Senator combines donations, law practice and influence"
............ Third in a series titled 'The Power Brokers,' wherein Plainfield is an illustration.
............ The first article, a profile of Middlesex County's John Lynch is here.
............ South Jersey's soft-spoken George Norcross' profile is here.

Long Hill Twp.: "Openly gay woman will lead GOP stronghold as mayor"

NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - Cutting Patronage: "Few details on job cuts"
.......... - Case Illustration: "A tale of two political appointees: Brannigan and Primas"

Assembly: "Roberts to be named Assembly speaker"
Lame Duck Legislature - Editorial, Ledger: "Lame-duck ups and downs"
Lawrenceville - NY Times: "Heading Into the Future by Reclaiming the Past"
Legislative Agenda Roundup: "Smoking bans, executions top agenda in Trenton"
State Government: "State is one of state's largest employers"
Zoning: "Hunterdon man battles to put baseball diamond on 10-acre lot"

NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair: "Greenberg Traurig, Abramoff's firm, escapes fallout from a scandal"
.......... - DeLay - NY Times: "Republican Allies Endorse DeLay's Decision to Step Down"

House of Representatives - Washington Post: "Hastert Moves to Tighten Rules on Lobbyists"
.................... - LA Times: "GOP Puts Lobbying Scandal in Bull's-Eye"
.................... - Christian Science Monitor: "Abramoff scandal spurs lobbying reform"
.................... - Ledger/AP: "GOP vows lobbying reforms as rivals vie for DeLay's job"
......................... Let's see if I get this: 1. Get rid of the cash. 2. Hop on the 'reform' bandwagon.
......................... 3. Stop taking the calls of anyone being investigated. 4. . . .

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Digital Music: "Buying Music From Anywhere and Selling It for Play on the Internet"
Eid-ul-Adha: "Upcoming Muslim holiday more than just a festival"
Pest Control: "House Is Destroyed by Burning Mouse"
Postage: "At the post office, it's time to pay more"
Retail: "The Windows Talk Politics to Passers-By"
Retirement: "More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
SUV Safety: "Insurance report faults SUV head restraints"
Veterans: "VA Phones Dispense Questionable Answers".

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