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Friday, February 12, 2010
"SOUNDING OFF!"
As directed on EdLine, sound off on any article - political, sports, global, etc. - from this past week in The Record. It's worth an "easy" 25 big ones, so write thoughtfully. I'll expect you to complete this little project by Monday, 2/15. I'll check, but, let's get started now and I'll guide in class. I'll choose the "best" ones for publication in the next Talisman.
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As i was reading The Record, i noticed the headline "EPA starts Facebook page on cleanup." Once i saw the word "facebook" i instantly started reading. what i found out is that, Pompton Lakes, has created a Facebook page. On the page, the people of the town put up Recent news of the town, Special alerts, and notifications concerning the town. I found this to be a smart idea, especially after the snow storm. The idea, popped into my head that they can say whether there is school or not instead of waiting for that phone call. Also another advantage of that, is that the kids have the option to see what is going on in town because many teens use, and have a Facebook. People can also post opinions and thoughts on idea the people of the town post. This is an idea i think more towns should pick up on and use regularly, to inform the residents, and learn more things going on in town
This is my topic...on a rather long article...copy/pasted as you asked Mr. Flynn...
2/12/10
The Record
Christie orders extreme cuts
Governor Christie spelled out his financial fix for New Jersey on Thurs¬day, immediately freezing money for public schools and ordering cuts to a wide range of state programs.
No taxes will go up, Christie prom¬ised, but government will get smaller to help plug a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget — all because “New Jer¬sey is in a state of financial crisis.”
“Higher taxes is the road to ruin,” he told a joint session of the Legisla¬ture. “We must, and we will, shrink our government.”
Schools will lose the most: $475 million. But the governor said the cuts will cost many districts “not one pen¬ny … not one dime … not one dollar” because they can dip into surpluses.
“The union protecters of the status quo will claim otherwise — and once again, they will be proven to be self¬interested and wrong,” he said.
Democratic lawmakers pledged to fight some of the cuts, warning of higher property taxes as well as tran¬sit and tuition hikes. But administra¬tion officials, who declined to be quot¬ed on the record, said an executive or¬der signed by Christie before the speech reinforced his statutory au-thority to freeze spending.
— John Reitmeyer and Elise Young
Education:
School districts with large reserves will have to use them up to replace $475 mil¬lion in state aid. Christie said it won’t af¬fect classes, teachers or property taxes, but Democrats and local educators said tax hikes and layoffs could result. County and four-year public colleges will go without $62.1 million and private col¬leges will see $1.1 million less, leading them to predict tuition increases.
Health:
Hospitals will lose $12.6 million in reim¬bursements for charity care — to the dis¬appointment of hospital administrators, who said they now will lose out on feder¬al matching funds, for a total shortfall of more than $25 million. State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, said she would “pursue a legislative remedy” to stop the cuts. Also, FamilyCare, which offers in¬surance for lower-middle-income fami¬lies, will freeze the number of parents al¬lowed to enroll, for a savings of $1.2 mil¬lion.
Transportation:
NJ Transit will get $32 million less. Critics said that means fare increases or reduc¬tions in service; Christie said the savings would come from eliminating patronage jobs and excessive middle management.
Taxes:
Christie promised no new taxes or tax in¬creases and has let former Gov. Jon Corzine’s higher taxes on the wealthy expire. But many said his school aid cuts will mean higher property taxes.
State employees:
Christie didn’t propose any more fur¬lough days. The state will skip a $100¬million pension contribution to a pot that already is $34 billion short of its obliga¬tion, but the governor said the state will make up the $100 million with long-term reforms to pension and health benefits.
Public Advocate:
Christie is suspending the Cabinet-level Office of the Public Advocate, which bills itself “A Voice for the People” as it guides citizens through problems with government. Projected savings are $600,000.
North Jersey:
Repairs to the Alpine Boat Basin, at a cost of $103,000, will be deferred. At William Paterson University, $100,000 reserved for the New Jersey Project will be withdrawn because the school no longer is overseeing it. A chat line at Bergen Regional Medical Center will lose $2,000.
I was interested in the article about "What's More Important? A College Degree or Working Experience" I don't know if I should copy and paste the entire article, but I saved the link and saved the article in a Word Document.
The article basically suggests that there is a High School Graduates' Dilemma, where people cannot achieve jobs easily. Many Companies and Organizations are searching for Experience, where as others look for a Diploma. The article mentions that Colleges do not necessarily prepare students for Real-World experiences. However, more specific careers require years of training. Many trade and technical fields require new workers to earn an associate's degree before they can apply for a position. Critical skills are achieved through two year degree programs and are used in fields like nursing, technology, and business.
Hey Mr. Flynn I am copy and pasting the link to the article so this will be shorter. http://hackensackrecord.nj.newsmemory.com/nie.php
The article states how Olympic athletes are under more pressure than say athletes in Major League Baseball or the NBA, because Olympic athletes only get one chance every four years, and they also represent their country. I think this is a very valid point which I have never thought about before. Also the article points out that if an athlete in say the NBA suffers a season ending injury it is not nearly as bad as suffering an injury that stops you from competing in the Olympics, something you have prepared four years for! Not, that athletes in the NFL or NBA do not have enormous pressure but the Olympics are a whole different game,because you represent your country not just your city. Also the Olympics for most athletes are something you either get to do once or twice, so you only have one to two chances of making it big. This is an article people should read so people know how much pressure the athletes are really under.
The article I found was on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2010.
YOUR VIEWS
Homeowners need guns for defense
Regarding “Don’t rely on guns at home for protection” (Other Views, Feb. 9): As a lawyer, the author, Anthony N.
Iannarelli Jr., should know that a “weapons permit” is not required to possess a rifle or shotgun in New Jersey. A firearms identification card is re quired to purchase such weapons.
Furthermore, safeguarding or “lock ing down” a firearm is required only if minors can easily access the weapon. If the owner wishes, a trigger lock, easily removed by an adult, can be installed.
As for gun shows, a federal NICS (National Instant Check System) check is required for any purchase, as is the requirement that the purchaser comply with the laws in his or her state.
I do like Iannarelli’s idea about the “long club” under the bed for self-de fense. But I would prefer that the club be a .12- or .20-gauge pump or double barrel shotgun.
Larry Golczewski
Hewitt, Feb. 9
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Regarding “Don’t rely on guns at home for protection” (Other Views, Feb. 9): Surely, this debate will not be re solved in our lifetime. There will be guns at least as long as there are people. I have had no training in firearms use since I was discharged from the mili tary. In Fort Polk, it became apparent to me that generally people from Okla homa shoot better (initially) than peo ple from New Jersey. Education and an aversion to weapons use among New Jersey residents are likely to have led to this reality.
Indeed, I would much prefer to risk my life to a bad guy, than endanger any occupant (especially a child) of my home by exposing him to the possibility of unsafe handling of a weapon.
Weapons can exist in society. Dri ving a car recklessly can result in charges of assault with a deadly weapon. We all are tested for basic safe ty before we are issued a driver’s li cense. Why do we issue firearms per mits without similar standards?
It seems that there will always be a limited need for firearms. Perhaps edu cation, maybe even training and testing, ought to be mandatory. There’s no such thing as too safe.
Stephen Ward
Maywood, Feb. 9
I found this article to be very interesting. I believe you can have a gun in the house as long as you have a security measure especially if you have a minor in the house. Guns will make your house safer, but also more dangerous. I believe the decision is up to the person not so much as the state.
In the friday's paper I read an article about the defensive player Antonio Pierce and the Giants. In the article it included that the Giants had released the defensive star Antonio Pierce. The article said that the Giants released him was because he was injuried for most of the season. I am against the Giants desicion. Antonio Pierce is an amazing defensive player and in a interview he said the following " I will try my best to become the leader of the Giants defense" he actually did become one of the Giants defensive leader and he later won the Giants the Superbowl for his defensive strategies and being one of the best defensive player for "reading plays". Antonio Pierce was a huge part of the Giants defense and it is a very big loss to the Giants for releasing him.
Mr. Flyyn, here is the link to Governor Christie's order on extreme cuts.
http://hackensackrecord.nj.newsmemory.com/
This article basically consists of what Governor Christie did and how it will effect education, health, transportation and taxes. Christie froze money for public school and ordered cuts to many state programs.
He says that in education, there will not be any flaws in the teaching and the students.
Hospitals will now lose a great deal of money in reimbursements and will lose out on federal funding.
The NJ Transit will also get $32 million less.
Christie promises no tax increase but we will see what happens in the upcoming months with his new plan
http://www.northjersey.com/news/84879602_From_Ridgewood_and_Wayne__Iranian_national_gets_word_out_about_opposition_movmement.html
The article above is about an Iranian man named Mehdi Saharkhiz. Mehdi a man who lives in Wayne has his own blog and youtube channel and he is keeping everyone updated on the riots in the streets of Tehran by posting pictures and videos on his blog and youtube channel. Many journalists and scholars also just ordinary people have referred to his blog and youtube channel as a source to keep themselves updated. A man named Gary Sick, an Iranian scholar and professor at Columbia University said this may very well be the beginning of citizen journalism.
(Sorry I didn't pick side in issue) In my opinion Both a college degree and working experience are both very important when attempting to apply for a job
The Swine Flu/H1N1 virus vaccine is now in large numbers. We now posses much of this cure for the fight against this deadly disease. A total of 40 people died from this disease in New Jersey, including 4 people under the age of 18. Although production of the swine flu vaccine took longer than the federal government predicted, supply has caught up to and has now exceeded demand. About 70 million people nationwide have been immunized for swine flu, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New Jersey possesses 2.6 million doses of the vaccine, but we don't know how many people actually received the vaccine yet. The federal governments plan to continue monitoring the incidence of the Swine Flu, just in case any mutations occur that would make the vaccine less effective.
I read in the paper yesterday that a 21 year old father threw his three month old baby off the Driscoll Bridge. The search under the bridge still continues and the father has been charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment. This says a lot not only about the father but also about what world we are living in. How the love of a child can mean so little to someone, especially their own child. If you were to look back fifty years from now you can see how the bond between father and daughter is stronger than most forces known to man. Yet today, because of the the irresponsibility and immaturity of the young adults today we set records with abortions and killings. The fact that a bond as strong as one between a father and daughter can be broken, others can as well. Obviously the father of this baby was unable to care for her and love her the way a good father should. Although these tactics were not only foolish but immoral. Which brings me to another point about the moral structure of the younger generations is what i believe to be decreasing, as seen in this article. By the selfish act of sacrificing his daughter before himself he has shown that young mothers and fathers are more likely to make big mistakes, and won't be able to think for others because they can barely think for themselves.
Brendan McCarthy
i was reading different articles today, becuase i couldnt find right away which i liked best. i came across one that said new technology brings 5th graders to a new era. the technology is called ABLE.ABLE basekly shows little 5th graders the basic eccesnce of life which is creative thinking and the ability to solve problems in real context. for example a group of kids used this to explain and solve the issue of swine flu!! i think that kids at that age should learn the essence of life for 5th graders. by taking the baby steps before working on the swine flu epidemic and the larger steps.
While i was browsing world wide news in the Record, I came across news referring to the Taliban. Seeing this, i instantly became interested and began to read. In Pakistan, there were key arrests within the Taliban. This helped the progress in the spark of hope for getting the U.S. out of Afghanistan and surrounding countries.
Today, I found an article about Faiz Haddabeh, a student at Lincoln Elementry, saved a classmate from choking on a chicken sandwich. While everybody thought he was kidding around Faiz preformed the heimlich maneuver on his classmate, which saved his life. Two days later, the principal announced over the public address system that she had named Haddabeh the school's first ever Student of the Year. Teachers opened their classroom doors and applauded as the boy walked by.
I feel like this article was unfair to Johnny Damon because I think the yankee fans are just trying to get payback on Damon for leaving their team.
Ryan Rose
LAKELAND, Fla. — There were no re grets from Johnny Damon, no second guessing of Scott Boras. Not on this day, not in the belly of the Tigers’ spring train ing site. It was a day to spin and gloss, to lay it on thick with Damon’s new boss, Detroit general manager Dave Dom browski, sitting at his side.
Today is the start of Damon’s new ca reer with the Tigers, and to hear him tell it, his Yankee past already is vapor. Da mon’s fallen in love with Jim Leyland, and just to make sure the ties to the Bombers were snipped, he said the Tigers were his No. 1 choice after leav ing the Red Sox in 2005.
That might come as a surprise to Yankee fans, who considered Damon part of the family for the past four years. The feeling was mutual, at least un til December, when he and Boras thought the Yankees were bluffing when they asked Damon to take a 50 percent pay cut.
The agent spent the last two months desperate ly trying to break even. He did, but only barely. Damon agreed to a one-year deal for $8 million with the Tigers, which is exactly $1 million more than the Yankees offered before signing Nick Johnson.
Damon can talk all he wants about be ing happy in Detroit — he said, “I feel like I belong here” — but in his most private moments surely realizes he and Boras blew it.
For that extra $1 million, Damon will trade off Yankee Stadium’s cozy right field for Comerica Park’s cavernous dimensions. Forget about those 24 home runs Damon hit in 2009. While Yankee Stadium ranked first (easiest) in the majors in park-factor for home runs in 2009, Comerica was 18th. It also was 21st in doubles, 15th in triples.
There’ll be acres and acres for Damon to patrol in left field, where his defensive liabilities will be on full display. No doubt he’ll help the Tigers as a designated hitter, but even so, he’s giving up a virtual guarantee of getting to the playoffs.
Who's "usM4"?
Today I read an article about a girl who was left in a bathroom of a gas station. The little girl is was found because of the screaming and crying. The police said she is believed to be about 2 years old. She was wearing a tan winter coat and blue jeans. The police have relocated the toddler to a new temporary family. The little girl must be extremely frightened. She probably just wants to be home. The police are investigating if the person who left her there is one of her parents or just someone looking after her. They are also trying to figure out if the child was left there on person or only forgotten. Newark Police say she was found in the men's bathroom. Hopefully the parents of the toddler will find her and be able to pick her up and bring her back l home. In the mean time, people are just trying to figure out who's child this is.
Dan Hurley
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100226-vampires-venice-plague-skull-witches/
http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/86741562_Judge_dismisses_suit_over_teen_driver_decals.html
Today a state judge has created a new law that any drivers under the age of twenty one must show decals on their license plate. Gregg Trautmann who was against the law said that it would "serve as magnets for police to pull over young people, and would allow other including sex offenders, to easily identify and victimize young teens". I agree with Mr. Trautmann. It is very unfair to young drivers and I do not think it serves any purpose.
On this article i found on the enternet, a buntch of scientist from 17 different countires are on a special mission to figure out what really killed the dinosaurs.
It can be eather ...
1. A meteor that was as big as mount everest hit the planet earth and changed all the tempetures around the globe.
or
2. a simaltainiest explosion of volcanoes all over the planet.
The scientist from all over the globe started to say this is "MOST LIKELY" the reason why they all got extinct is because of reason 1.
there was a 120 mile dimple on the planet in Mexico which porposed the fact that that my be the place where the astrioid hit.
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