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*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Aisle sweepings" -- wherein you get to see PT's FIRST online video. Remember what Dr. Johnson said about the talking dog -- it's not that it's done so poorly, it's that it is done at all.
Crime: "Two suspects sought in armed robbery"
Consumer Hassles: "Lawmakers don't see value of mail-in rebates"
Real Estate: "Housing market slows down"
Truck Traffic: "Jersey again tries to curb truck traffic"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 9 AM - 1 PM. Technology Fair: Connecting to the Future. Plainfield Public Schools. Washington Community School, 427 Darrow. FREE. Drawings, door prizes, exhibits, demos, workshops.
Today: 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Music for Brass, Choir & Organ. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Schools: "Bolden resisting pressure to quit Newark school job"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine & Unions - SL: "Staff get one last 'Black Friday' off"
..... - NYT: "Say Goodbye to the Day-After-Thanksgiving Holiday, Corzine Says"
EWR Security: "News leak on security tests spurs airport interrogations"
League of Municipalities: "Lambertville mayor elected president of municipal league"
Pay-to-Play: "Official forgoes Ft. Monmouth post, barred by donation"
Rutgers: "For these Rutgers fans, football boom's a bust"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ whistleblower files suit over her termination"
Towns: Victory Gardens: "Tossed out in recall, mayor charges fraud and seeks to overturn results"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Tax Relief: "Lawmakers may tie tax relief to income"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Toles, Washington Post
GOP - Reuters (breaking): "Bush Works to Reassure Leaders He Is A Potent Force"
..... - NYT: "House G.O.P. Re-elects Leadership Team, Selects Drapes"
..... - WP: "Republicans Lost Ground With Latinos In Midterms"
Affirmative Action - WP: "Michigan Voters Approved Ban, but Court Action Likely"
Congress - WP: "Leahy Seeks Documents on CIA Detention Centers, Methods"
Iraq - WP: "Cheney Rejects Idea Of Iraq Withdrawal"
Rumsfeld Replacement - SL: "Senate leaders friendly to Gates; Approval likely soon"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Movies: "'Casino Royale': Renewing James Bond's License to Kill"
Pope Jokes: "Satirical Humor Aimed at the Vatican Strikes a Nerve" -- Don't miss the Holy Trinity joke.
OJ Book: "New O. J. Simpson Book Revives Old Debate"
Obituary: "Ruth Brown, 78, a Queen of 1950s R&B"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Jocelyn Pringley dies suddenly"
Sidewalks: "Lawsuit on Plainfield sidewalk fall has towns watching" -- The headline is not kidding.
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Contracts: "Judge orders rebidding on contract for Edison"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today : 6 PM. Potluck. 7 PM Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Urban Political Organizing, Robert Edwards. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
Saturday: 9 AM - 1 PM. Technology Fair: Connecting to the Future. Plainfield Public Schools. Washington Community School, 427 Darrow. FREE. Drawings, door prizes, exhibits, demos, workshops.
Saturday: 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Music for Brass, Choir & Organ. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
New Brunswick: "Schools' Foundation raises money for the arts"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Larry Wright, Detroit News) -- Imagine if corporate sponsorships spread in NJ...
Funding Sources - SL: "Naming rights, private highway lanes among funding ideas"
..... - CN: "Assets report targets toll roads, N.J. lottery"
Beach Access: "Judge rules against DEP on beach access"
Debt: "Total state debt soars to a record $33 billion"
Internet Predators: "State asks Web networks to help combat predators"
Lautenberg: "Lautenberg to head transportation panel"
Paper Mill Theater: "Paper Mill chief to make his stage exit in January"
Port Authority: "P.A. is looking 55 miles away for an airport worth expanding"
Seton Hall Fire: "Focus in Seton fire shifts to civil suits"
UMDNJ: "2 alleged 'no-shows' to be fired at UMDNJ"
Waterloo Village - SL: "DEP cancels 30-year-old lease for historic Waterloo Village"
..... - CN: "State boots Waterloo Village's caretakers"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals - SL: "Tax-cut ideas not 'bold' enough, Corzine says"
.......... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "State's CEO lays down a dose of fiscal reality"..... - CN: "Corzine cautious in reform support"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Questions if State Can Afford Plans for Property Tax Cuts"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Daryl Cagle, MCNBC
Dems - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Pelosi's loss could prove her gain"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Obituary - SL: "Milton Friedman: Jersey-bred economics genius dies"
.......... - NYT: "Milton Friedman, 94, Free-Market Theorist"
Health: "FDA expands use of groundbreaking breast cancer drug"
Red Wine: "A Second Pour of Good News About Substance in Red Wine"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Connect! Motivate! Inspire!"
Pay-to-Play: "Towns getting lost in state's pay-to-play maze, officials say"
Real Estate: "Housing slump has sellers using novel incentives"
Union County College: "Professor uses hip-hop to reach youth"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Friday : 6 PM. Potluck. 7 PM Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Urban Political Organizing, Robert Edwards. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
Saturday: 9 AM - 1 PM. Technology Fair: Connecting to the Future. Plainfield Public Schools. Washington Community School, 427 Darrow. FREE. Drawings, door prizes, exhibits, demos, workshops.
Saturday: 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Music for Brass, Choir & Organ. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________Linden: "Mayor-elect wants ally to get council seat he must vacate"North Plainfield: "N. Plainfield targets pay-to-play"Piscataway: "Piscataway planning $8.5M bond for projects"Roselle Park: "Roselle Park Dems vow to stay visible"
Whitney Houston: "Diva owes Mendham Twp. $83,000 in property taxes"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez: "Menendez eager to work in the majority"
Bear Hunt: "Corzine administration kills plan for bear hunt"
Corruption Prosecution: "State Police told to focus on graft"
Eminent Domain: "Stolen years, endless waits are eminent domain's toll"
EWR: "Airport to get baggage check upgrade"
Highways - SL: "Legislators' advice on idea of new highway tolls: Park it"
.......... - CN: "Lawmakers scoff at proposal to study necessity of more toll roads"
Pay-to-Play: "Towns are getting lost in state's pay-to-play maze, officials say"
'Preaching Teacher': "School: Action was taken against teacher who preached religion"
Princeton: "Ex-prof shares $1M history prize"
Seton Hall Fire Trial - SL: "A deal for Seton arsonists"
.......... - "Few witnesses and sparse clues can make arson tough to prove"
.......... - "Seton still on defensive, despite a safer dorm"..... - NYT: "Plea Deal in Seton Hall Dormitory Fire"
Vietnam Ed Center: "Half-baked access for disabled at war shrine"
Voting Trails: "Holt pushes bill for paper trail to verify voting"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
The Proposals - SL: "Tax-cut panels unveil long-awaited reforms"
.......... - OpEd: Paul Mulshine: "Tax reform plan is roadkill"
..... - CN: "Tax reform groups unveil 98 proposals"
..... - NYT: "Lawmakers Introduce 98 Proposals to Cut New Jersey Property Taxes"
Lobbyists - Bergen Record: "Special interests to attack reforms"
State Unions - SL: "Unions vow street fight to oppose changes"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Chappate, International Herald Tribune
Congress - WP: "Black Lawmakers in Line for Key Posts"
Iraq - Analysis, WP: "Sectarian Strife in Iraq Imperils Entire Region, Analysts Warn"
.......... - Abizaid Testimonry - NYT: "General Warns of Risks in Iraq if G.I.'s Are Cut"
Medicare: "More hole, less dough, in drug plan"
Rumsfeld Fallout - NYSun: "An Exodus of Hawks Follows Rumsfeld from the Pentagon"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Grafton Gourmet)
Turkey Day: "To Stuff or Dress the Bird? James Beard Had It Covered"
.......... - "Recipe: Bread Stuffing"
.......... - "Recipe: Whole-Grain Stuffing With Kale and Dried Fruit"
.......... - "Recipe: Corn Bread and Squash Stuffing"
.......... - "Recipe: Rice and Nut Stuffing"
Media: "New al Jazeera English channel targets a broader TV audience"
OJ: "Simpson book is already a frictional account"
Stem Cell Research: "Amniotic stem cells turned into heart valves"
.......... - "Stem cells aid muscular-dystrophy dogs"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
*5:30 AM update: New articles added since email went out last night are in BOLD headlines. I'm off to AC!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "In the Devil's lair?"
Plain Talker: Kay Cotignola, a remembrance: "A Tip of the Hi-Hat to Kay" -- obituary here.
YWCA: "Harvest fest today at learning center"
Census Update: "Minority population booming in Central Jersey"
Crescent Avenue Church: "Music for chorus, brass and organ this Saturday"
Obituary: "Kay Cotignola, lifelong resident and activist"
Pay-to-Play: "North Plainfield: Pay-to-play regs passed"
Daylaborers: "Freehold must pay $278,000 in fees and respect rights of migrants"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 4-7 PM. Harvest Festival & Community Open House. YWCA Early Childhood Learning Center. FREE. Thanksgiving-themed refreshments. East Front & Church Streets. Info: 756-3500 x175.
Friday : 6 PM. Potluck. 7 PM Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Urban Political Organizing, Robert Edwards. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
Saturday: 8 PM. Crescent Concerts: Music for Brass, Choir & Organ. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Lautenberg, Menendez: "Lautenberg back on Appropriations; Menendez on Foreign Relations"
Highways: "Turning free highways into fee highways" -- 78 a toll way?
Medicare: "Seniors can switch Part D drug plan"
.......... - "Power wheelchair users fear Medicare may strand them"
Municipalities' Convention: "League meeting focuses on ethics"
Schools: "School Districts With Officials but No Schools? New Jersey Has Them"
Rutgers: "A game raises Rutgers' national profile"
Seton Fire Trial: "Plea talks stall start of Seton fire trial"
Teacher Proselytizes: "Student tapes teacher proselytizing in class"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Proposals Due Today - SL: "Tax reformers pursue the urge to merge"
State Unions: Tom Moran: "Tax reform pits Democrats against state employees"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Mike Keefe, Denver Post
Bush - Bloomberg News: "Bush's Power to Shape Judiciary `Over' Because of Election Loss"
Bush Sr.: "The Carlyle White House" -- Things you should know about 'The Carlyle Group'.
Gay Marriage - NYT: "South African parliament OKs gay marriages"
Iraq - WP: "Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate From Baker Group's"
.......... - CBS News: "Top Marine: There Was No Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq"
.......... - Boston Globe: "Catholic bishops call for change on Iraq policy"
.......... - Spiegel: "Iraq Is Not Winnable" -- Interview with Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lobbyists - NYT: "Elections Also Cued Change of Guard for Lobbyists"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Health - SL: "Heart surgery study finds the sooner the better for patients"
............... - WP: "Study advises caution on late angioplasties"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
