17 - Mon - School board 'Pick 3' is 1 6 7... Stender/Ferguson race... Outwitting HS false alarms...

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Note: Beginning today, you will find the list of abbreviations at the bottom of the
page has links to the actual publications. Also, I have added a selection of online
book review sources at the bottom of the 'Of Interest' section. As if you didn't
spend enough time online. . . ;-) -- Dan

This is City Clerk Laddie Wyatt's triple-witching week: Monday night is the Council
agenda-setting session, Tuesday is school board election, and Wednesday is the
debut meeting of the revised City Council schedule. Skip the decaf!

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Board of Ed 'Pick 3' - 1 6 7"

Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - False Alarms at Schools: "Outwitting false alarms at schools"
..... - Homelessness: "Los Angeles aims to conquer homelessness"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Stender/Ferguson Race: "7th District race tight"
...... Stender sharply suggests she is channeling broad voter discontent
Piscataway: "Mayor to Piscataway: Put on your walking shoes"
South Plainfield: "Warehouse store caters to restaurants and nonprofit groups"
Warren: "Farmstead opening kicks off Warren bicentennial"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez/Kean Race: "Menendez lets job do his campaigning; Uses incumbency"
..... In the immortal words of Julia Childs, "Well, what would you do?"

Child Support: "Court: Pay interest with back child support"
Ethics Code: Paula Franzese: "Uniform code is big step on long road to reform"
Pallone: "Pallone pursues U.S.-India alliance"
..... - "Lobbying seen as key for trade deal's success"
SCC: "State overpaid for mob family's Passaic school site"
Telecom Fees: "Telecoms' fees are stealth rate hike"
UMDNJ - Sen. Wayne Bryant Connection:
..... - APP: "UMDNJ scandal moves south"
..... - Courier Post: "Sen. Bryant's Lawnside home raises questions"
......... - "Lawmaker's transaction defended by developer"
Xanadu: "Mills refinances, avoids defaulting"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Rivals differ sharply on Newark's development"
............... Rice lauds James while Booker sees cronyism, missed opportunities
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Old Bridge: "Outwitting false alarms at schools"
..... - Edison: "Just miles from 'Little India,' heritage festival a tough sell"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central - DeLay: "Lobbyists say DeLay could be one of them, even in orange jumpsuit"

2006 Elections - WP: "Anger at Bush May Hurt GOP At Polls"
GOP - SL: "Analysis: Whitman pushes GOP moderation"
Immigration - Analysis, WP: "Behind the Debate: Propelled to Protest, Driven to Migrate"
..... - Analysis - CSM: "Status quo equals immigration woe"
Immigrants, Undocumented - LAT: "Here Illegally, but Choosing to Pay Taxes"
..... - OpEd, ChiTrib: "Undocumented workers contribute"
Iraq - SL/LAT: "Situation in Iraq growing bleaker"
..... - "Iraq Study Group: New voices weigh in on Iraq"
Rumsfeld - OpEd, SL: "The lifeline for Rumsfeld falls short"
..... - WP: "Rumsfeld Did Not Intimidate Joint Chiefs, Ex-Chairman Myers Says"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________









(Illustration, ChristianScience Monitor)

Tech-etiquette: "Etiquette's electronic frontier"

Books: Lad Books?: "Dude, Here's My Book"
Geek Patrol: "Enlarging photos from cell phones (or other small images)"
Health: "Web site to rate content of health care news"
..... - Check out the website "Health News Review"
Podcasting: "Podcasting shakes up local media"
Tees, Naughty: "Sorry, Bert, these T-shirts aren't for kids"
Wristwatches: "Wristwatches Get the Back of the Hand" - going the way of the LP?

BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Volunteers: "NJ Students return from helping New Orleans' storm recovery"


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 | 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.
Plainfiield 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.

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16 - Sun - e. e. cummings... Abbott schools... Fanwood/Scotch Plains merging?...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "now the eyes of my eyes are opened - e. e. cummings"

What?! A quiet day in Plainfield? Relax, enjoy. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Bullying: "Maryland. to Use Data to Combat Bullying"
..... - Governance: "Compare and Contrast: How they do it in Montclair"
..... - Textbooks: "Teacher reviews of books can spell big bucks for publishers"

..... - PHS teacher Molly Banta has a letter to the editor in the Ledger's Union County print
..... - edition today, titled "Teachers would rather spend time teaching"

Events for this week are here

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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________












(Photo, Courier News)

7th Congressional District: "7th District candidates focus on Iraq, security"
Elizabeth: "Cop presses his case; City denies he was penalized for flagging cop misconduct"
Roselle Park: "Roselle Park heads to Florida for new high school principal"
Rutgers: "Where there's a will, there may be a bikeway at Rutgers"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood: "Scotch Plains, Fanwood getting urged to merge"
Somerset County: "Bound Brook, Bernards, Green Brook propose extra school spending"
South River: "Falling membership prompts listing of synagogue for sale"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, April 16, 2006"

Abbott Schools - Editorial, SL: "It's time to rethink Abbott"
Budget - CN: "Budget woes test loyalty of Corzine's supporters"
..... - NYT: "In New Jersey, Spending Cap Pinches Schools"
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway: "Along the Hudson, a path of construction"
..... - After 20 years under way, with no maps or reports on its progress, the Ledger
..... - sends a reporter out on a bike. The detailed map is in the print edition only, sorry.
School Budgets: "School budget woes stir calls for reform"
Smoking - SL: "In world of laws both silly and solid, tobacco ban enforcement up in air"
..... - NYT: "Will the law chase smokers out of bars in NJ, or just chase out the smoke?"
Textbooks: "Teacher reviews of books can spell big bucks for publishers"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Why Newark matters"
.......... - Downtown: "Newark bar at center of old vs. new struggle"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Orange: "Orange maps out its future, charting 2 decades of growth"
..... - Montclair: "Midterm musings of Montclair mayor"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________









(Photo, New York Times)

2006 Elections - NYT: "GOP: Looking to Win in November, With a 2-Year-Old Playbook"

On the Generals Speaking Out: Stephen Pizzo: "Permission to Speak Freely, Sir"
..... Those who have never served in the military don't understand how extraordinary
..... it is for career military officers to say the things they're saying.

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - WP: "E-Mails Detail Dealings of Safavian and Abramoff"
..... - Plamegate - National Journal: "Cheney authorized leak of CIA report, Libby says"

Immigration Reform - SL: "Kids of illegal immigrants take up cause"
.......... Second-generation Americans give voice to parents afraid to speak out
..... - NYT: "Cost of illegal immigration may be less than meets the eye"
.......... - Table: "Immigrant Effect on Minimum Wages in Selected States"
..... - The Employers?: "Going After Migrants, but Not Employers?"
..... - The Debate in Tees: "Mi madre went to a rally and all I got was..."
Iran - Guardian/UK: "Pentagon planned for conflict with war game involving UK troops"
Medicaid - NYT: "Medicaid Hurdle for Immigrants May Hurt Others"
Public Records - NYT: "Why the Secrecy? Only the Bureaucrats Know"
..... - Example: "Classifying the fact the the US and British cooperated in WWII"
Rumsfeld - Salon/Truthout: "Rumsfeld 'Personally Involved' In Torture Allegations at Gitmo"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Hold Rumsfeld accountable"
..... - Editorial, CN: "The critics are right; Rumsfeld must go"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________






Peeps, The Phenomenon: "Soft, Chewy and Taking Over the World"
..... - For the connoisseur, "Peep Research"

Books - NY Rev Bks: "The Hope of the Web: 'Crashing the Gate'"
Cable TV: "Why Can't I Have Just the Cable Channels I Want?"
Evangelicalism: "Evangelicals Debate the Meaning of 'Evangelical'"
.......... - Table of Divisions: "Divisions Among Evangelicals"
Gas Prices: "We are going to pump you up: Surviving the summer gas crunch"
..... - Check the table of things to do to save on gas -- print edition only!
Health: "Baby Boomers Stay Active, and So Do Their Doctors"
Humor: "For Politicians, Yadda, Yadda May Become Gotcha"
Poker: "Is Poker Losing Its First Flush?"
..... - And if you don't already know..."The Deal on 'Texas Hold 'em'"
Television: "In defense of the idiot box"
White House Easter: "Gay Families Seek Role in White House Tradition"

SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "In post-quake San Francisco, lessons for New Orleans after the flood"


PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

ABBREVIATIONS 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 | 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. Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originators of these articles nor are Plainfiield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originators.

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.

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15 - Sat - The morning after.. Schools: A 'miss' for the Super... Letters... Shooting victim still critical..

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "The morning after"

Crime [last item]: "Teen still critical after Front Street shooting"
First Unitarian Society: "Easter Sunday dinner for all with all the comforts of home"
Schools - Editorial, CN: "No show of respect by Superintendent in Plainfield"
..... - Letter: Adrian Mapp: "Vote Abdul-Haqq, Graves, Barksdale"
..... - Letter: Ellen Carter-Haygood: "It's time to repair top-heavy schools"
Obituary: "Ralph H. Wise, 76, caddie of first black golf pro"

Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Butt receptacles: "Red Bank tells its businesses: Keep your butts off the street"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cathedral International: "Perth Amboy church to break ground on new facility in Cranbury"
Union County: "Freeholders have trees for schools"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________









(Photo, The New York Times)

Shore Erosion - NYT: "Beachfront Property Owners Oppose Effort to Stop Erosion"

Abbott Schools: "2 Abbott districts challenge state, dispute basis for sharing costs"
'Christmas Tree' Fund - SL: "350 grants in limbo as Corzine investigates program"
..... - CN: "Grant program probe to end next week"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "House candidate Vas alleges backroom Corzine deal"
Ramapough Shooting - SL: "At funeral with 2,000 mourners, grief and a call for justice"
..... - CN:
..... - Record: "Galvanized by grief"
..... - NYT: "At Tribe Member's Funeral, Mourners Express Outrage"
Smoking Ban - SL: "Sighs of resignation, relief as Jersey ban takes effect"
..... - CN: "Bars prepare for effect of ban on business"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Why Newark matters"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Red Bank: "Red Bank tells its businesses: Keep your butts off the street"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

















(Illustration, Edward Sorel, Rolling Stone)

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Rolling Stone: "Meet Mr. Republican: Jack Abramoff"
.......... - Emails - WP: "E-Mails Tie Former GSA Official Safavian to Abramoff"
..... - CIA Secret Prisons - Reuters: "Crunch Weeks Ahead for Europe's CIA Probes"
..... - Plamegate - WP: "Judge in CIA Leak Case Threatens Gag Order"
.......... - Truthout: "Libby Filing: A Denial and a Mystery"

Iraq Embassy - SL: "Iraq's new U.S. Embassy is 104 acres of secrecy"
Rumsfeld - SL: "President defends Rumsfeld amid generals' dissent"
..... - NYT: "Rumsfeld Gets Robust Defense From President"
The Supremes - WP: "Once Again, Scalia's the Talk of the Town"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________










(Image, The Christian Science Monitor)

Art: "The man who faked Rockwell"
Blogging: "The Left, Online and Outraged"
..... Wait! I thought it was the Right, online and outraged...Help! I'm getting confused...
Resegregating Public Schools: "Law Segregating Omaha Schools Divides Nebraska"
Strange but True Dept.: "Jazz lover fiddling with bass causes bomb scare on East Side"

SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Aid - WP: "Waste in Katrina Response Is Cited"


PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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14 - Fri - Bd of Ed candidates share views... I - XIV... July 4 performers needed...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "I - XIV"
Plain Talker: "School Board Candidates Share Views"

[Stories below: Scroll down to Union County section of online story]
July 4 Celebration: "Performers sought for July 4th concert"
Library: "1937 film 'Dead End' presented at public library"
Scholarships: "Scholarships available for Hispanic students"

Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Doubledipping: "Fed Scrutiny of Sen. Bryant Shines Light on Connections in Trenton"
..... - Undocumenteds: "Path to Deportation Can Start With a Traffic Stop"
..... - 100 Black Men: "Ex-official accused of siphoning cancer program funds"
..... - No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
..... - Gunplay/Gangs: "Hillside boy, 14, held in drive-by shootings"
..... - Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth: "School board candidates focus on tests, overcrowding"
Hillside: "School board candidates object to party-funded mailing"
..... Contenders, registered Dems, begrudge brochure's Republican comparison
Linden: "Only one contested race for Linden school board"
Roselle: "Candidates, $47M plan in upcoming school vote"
Scotch Plains: "Three budgets equal higher tax bills in Scotch Plains"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Legislature:
..... - Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Fed Scrutiny of Senator Shines Light on Trenton Connections"

Arts in Schools: "Online survey aims to gauge arts efforts in Jersey schools"
Budget: "Senate Dems speak out against Corzine sales tax hike"
..... - "Jersey's best and brightest stand to lose"
Brad Campbell: "Ex-state official's new job raises questions of ethics"
Health: "State mandates screening for postpartum depression"
Undocumented Immigrants: "Judge slams U.S. on immigration case involving Bergen man"
No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
Smoking - SL: "Judge stubs out 11th-hour attempt to block ban"
..... - CN: "Judge says he won't delay smoking ban"
..... - NYT: "Jersey Joins 10 States in Banning Indoor Smoking"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Man vs. machine: Would Booker become James?"
.......... - "Newark mayoral front-runner viewed favorably around state"
.......... - "Booker sues James on nonprofit groups"
............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Cape May: "Cape May's 2nd-Home Migration"
..... - East Orange: "Ex-councilman in East Orange facing tax charges"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________




(Picture, New York Times)

Rumsfeld - NYT: "More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation"
............... A graphic detailing the generals and their comments is here
..... - Slate: "The Revolt Against Rumsfeld; Officer corps is getting restless"
..... - Reuters: "Retired US Iraq general demands Rumsfeld resign"

Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Newsweek: "America’s Secret Police?"
.......... - Wired: "AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs"
............... - "Wiretap Whistleblower's Statement"
.......... - NYT: "Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law"
............... Wherein the identity of the unnamed Connecticut library is revealed...

Iran - OpEd, SL: John Farmer "Bush's band of war-happy simpletons"
............... Farmer, former NJ attorney general, sharply criticizes the neocons...
..... - NYT: "Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away"
..... - Financial Times: "US ex-official Richard Armitage urges talks with Iran"
Iraq - Truthout: "Learning to Count: The Dead in Iraq"
..... - Prensa Latina: "New Italian PM to Pull Iraq Troops"
Military - Seattle PI: "Decorated Air Force nurse, barred over lesbianism, sues"
National Intelligence - SL: "Some fear intelligence boss hamstrung by bureaucracy"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________






(Picture, New York Times)

Shoes?: "Stilt Walking Into Spring"

Art: "Christ's Passion re-imagined through the lens of present day torture, terror and tragedy"
..... An article by Gwynneth Leech, the artist whose work is featured in Plainfield Today today
Civil Rights: "FBI reviews 1946 lynching case to see if modern techniques could unearth data"
Eye Infections: "UMDNJ eye doctor's find puts Bausch & Lomb on the spot"
Geek Patrol: "A Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSA"
Illustration: "Illustrations by American Artists at the Dahesh Museum"
Marketing: "In the world of surveys, Seton Hall finds a niche: Sports"
Nicknames: "Mi, a Name I Call Myself. And You Are?"
Proms: "Prom-goers finding a date is expendable, as long as you have friends"
..... Reaching out to the prom generation, the Ledger has an online prom project,
..... more details here, and a 'Project Prom' blog here

SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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