[AsburyPark] Re: sports and education

2007-11-28 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycheech [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

   SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF as one board member, I agree
 whole-heartedly with what you have said!  The situation would be a
 farce if it weren't so tragic.  Our lawyers work for us, but for 
some
 reason, they have made some sort of crusade in stopping Danny McKee
 from moving forward.  I know I am a frequent critic of the city
 council, but in this case, the city has given Danny the permits he
 needs.  That should have been the happy end of the story.  I hope
 tomorrow that parents and supporters of the Little League make their
 feelings of disgust and frustration known.  To add to the
 ridiculousness of the situation, it is my understanding that the 
State
 monitors, who have veto power over the BOE(!), are now involved in
 supporting our lawyers in their position that Danny must jump 
through
 ever increasing number of flaming hoops in order to accomplish what
 should have been a really simple process.  I am usually not a
 conspiracy theorist, but I'd really like to find out just who or 
what
 is behind this.  Does anyone realize the thousands and thousands of
 dollars in billing hours that our lawyers have charged the taxpayers
 in their effort to stop the Little League? My yelling and screaming 
at
 the lawyers has accomplished nothing.  I have said to them that I 
hope
 Danny and the Little League sue the BOE, and if he does, I will be a
 witness for the Little League, and if it means I have to resign my
 seat on the BOE in order to do that, then so be it. If the monthly
 bill for the law firm comes up at tomorrow night's BOE meeting, I 
will
 ask that it be separated, so that can have the pleasure of voting
 against it and explaining why.
Frank D'Alessandro
Thank you for the post, please provide us the voters with some 
answers, are not the lawyers appointed by the bd? i would think for 
them to go off on a crusade they would need the support of 5 bd. 
members, who are these knuckleheads? Let the public know and they can 
be voted out of office, that would seem more logical then you 
resigning. Im also surpirised, it always seemed you had the ability 
to reason with your fellow members and receive support, i am sure you 
have lobbied for this but obvioulsy with little or no help, again , 
name the names, this is outrageous, when wand where is the meeting? 
what is the total amount the lawyers are to be paid? good luck!!!




 
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[AsburyPark] New Principal featured at APP's NEW site

2007-11-28 Thread MarioAPNJ
New site/look for Asbury Park Press.  Looks better.   Time will tell if it's 
more user friendly.
 
_APP.com | Asbury Park Press |  Monmouth and Ocean counties news, community, 
entertainment, yellow pages and  classifieds. Servi._ 
(http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage)  

 
And this very positive news.
Just as an observer of so many administrators over the years,  there's never 
been anyone like him, really, D'Alessandro said of Blackmore.  Now, we have 
can-do principals in our schools, principals who have faith in  their 
teachers and in their students. 
From _Click  here: Principal has high hopes for Asbury Park | APP.com | 
Asbury Park Press_ 
(http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/NEWS/71128003referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL)
  
 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Anybody check out the Xmas market in CH? Yes, beautiful!

2007-11-28 Thread lindagriggsartist
The tree is beautiful.  It made me giddy.  It was freezing in there
though.  I wish the bar had hot toddys or they had those big
restaurant heaters.  

Still my husband and I had a few beers, chatted with some real nice
folks and then chased each other on the board walk.  

Linda (and Allen)


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 oh god...i was gushing with infatuation after having a couple a beers
 by the tree.  cannot wait for the fireworks! and for shiver to open! 
 i love MM!  don't know how they deal with the goons.
 
 maybe they will do a fun dance party with a great dj (AP needs to work
 on the dj pool imo)..though what can be done about the sound in the
hall?
 
 great idea for the free parking, though i think we need the cash!
 
 i have to admit i was hoping for a little more off the wall ideas on
 the budget deficit.  development, development yeah yeah yeah...though
 i love the moving of city hall...to springwood!  that's keady's idea
 and it needs some more voices behind it.  i still think we should chip
 in.  and be very aware of the economy ap is sitting inand
 uh...what about the budget committee?  someone on this list has the
 noodle for it.
 
 cheers





 
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[AsburyPark] APBOE Meeting Tonight

2007-11-28 Thread asburycheech
  Just a reminder: Asbury Park Board of Education Meeting, tonight
(Wednesday) at 6:30 at the Bradley Elementary School on 3rd Avenue.

   Frank D'Alessandro



 
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[AsburyPark] Lighthouse V Long Branch - Federal Circuit Appeals Court rules

2007-11-28 Thread jerseykev
Good Morning everyone.
 
The Appeals court reversed the December 2005 decision against The  Lighthouse 
in part.
 
They decided in a published opinion yesterday that The C 1 Commercial Zone  
ordinance of Long Branch was illegal and violated the civil rights of the  
Lighthouse Mission  myself.  We are being remanded back to the circuit  court 
for 
a damages trial including legal fees.
 
It's not a complete victory, in that they did not violate the redevelopment  
plan for the block because the City has put its hope of revitalization on  
increased retail alcohol distribution.
 
That would be hindered as NJ State Statute prohibits Liquor Licenses within  
200 feet of a church or school.
 
We are not sure if we are going to accept that logic.  In as much as  it 
would now put drinking establishments in a place of sanctity greater than  
Houses 
of Worship!
 
As a former retail liquor store owner in Brooklyn, I am really enjoying the  
comedy associated with this decision.
 
Bottom line, when Long Branch prohibited us in 1995 they violated the  
Constitution of the United States and RLUIPA.  So for the last 12 years we  
were 
prohibited illegally.  Will we get to survive the redevelopment plans  of 
Broadway Arts?  That's the next chapter.
 
I think the Statute NJSA 33:1-76 where the alcohol free zones are created  
around churches and schools may need to be addressed in a separate action.   We 
do not care if our neighbors are retail liquor establishments!  After  all 
Jesus did make wine from water.
 
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[AsburyPark] Re: sports and education

2007-11-28 Thread asburycheech
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, apoojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thank you for the post, please provide us the voters with some 
 answers, are not the lawyers appointed by the bd? i would think for 
 them to go off on a crusade they would need the support of 5 bd. 
 members, who are these knuckleheads? Let the public know and they can 
 be voted out of office, that would seem more logical then you 
 resigning. Im also surpirised, it always seemed you had the ability 
 to reason with your fellow members and receive support, i am sure you 
 have lobbied for this but obvioulsy with little or no help, again , 
 name the names, this is outrageous, when wand where is the meeting? 
 what is the total amount the lawyers are to be paid? good luck!!!


Again, speaking only for myself, the BOE has on at least three
occasions voted its support for the Little League and Danny's efforts.
 Each and every time the law firm on who knows whose initiative has
turned yes into no.  (To add to my disclaimer above, I must add
that I voted against this law firm but I was in the distinct
minority.)  This law firm acts as if we work for them and not
vice-versa.  Unfortunately, when they spend countless hours (and
thousands of taxpayer dollars) on report after report advising the BOE
that 17 hoops have to be jumped through before Danny can proceed,
there are some who believe they are acting in the best interests of
the kids.  To me it seems like a protection racket of some kind.  And
most unfortunately, the new state monitor, yet another unnecessary
layer of bureaucracy, backs the lawyers!  The state claims to have
veto power over the BOE.  So I do not think you will find a single
person on the  board who does not support Danny and the Little League,
at least I hope that's the case, but we are more and more
marginalized.  And, yes, I have been totally ineffective and I know
it. Only in Asbury Park could this possibly be an issue.  Any other
town would celebrate the efforts of volunteers like Danny, not try to
thwart them.  I am ready to pay for the banner that can go over the
entrance to the city stating Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here.
   As stated in another post, the Board meeting is tonight (Wednesday)
at 6:30 at the Bradley Elem. School on 3rd Ave. 

Frank D'Alessandro



 
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[AsburyPark] What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread arcman210
Figured this would be a good discussion for everyone.  Curious to see 
what ideas everyone has for the future of the Metropolitan Hotel site.  
Single-family homes, apartments, a new hotel, condos, a mix of some or 
all of those, or something else?  Consider its location... close to the 
beach, close to downtown, adjacent to a park, across the street from 
new development, on one of the main gateways to the Asbury Park 
waterfront... what would you like to see built on its site?



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, arcman210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Figured this would be a good discussion for everyone.  Curious to see 
 what ideas everyone has for the future of the Metropolitan Hotel site.


obviously the city has to revisit the development controls of the WRP
for this site since it is limited to hotel use. I think a hotel/BB.



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
I think that Asbury lacks office space big time. A well designed office 
building could go a 
long way as far as feeding some of the restaurants and other business's on 
Cookman that 
flounder during the day. I also still think that a Trader Joes would be a great 
idea. At this 
point in time, I really can't see there being the need or market for more 
housing. Maybe if 
the real estate market was sound I'd be thinking that some form of housing 
would be great 
at that location, but predictions are showing at least another dismal and scary 
year ahead for 
the housing market. I think it's time to think way outside that box.


--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, arcman210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Figured this would be a good discussion for everyone.  Curious to see 
 what ideas everyone has for the future of the Metropolitan Hotel site.  
 Single-family homes, apartments, a new hotel, condos, a mix of some or 
 all of those, or something else?  Consider its location... close to the 
 beach, close to downtown, adjacent to a park, across the street from 
 new development, on one of the main gateways to the Asbury Park 
 waterfront... what would you like to see built on its site?






 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
I think that Asbury lacks office space big time. A well designed office 
building could go a 
long way as far as feeding some of the restaurants and other business's on 
Cookman that 
flounder during the day. I also still think that a Trader Joes would be a great 
idea. At this 
point in time, I really can't see there being the need or market for more 
housing. Maybe if 
the real estate market was sound I'd be thinking that some form of housing 
would be great 
at that location, but predictions are showing at least another dismal and scary 
year ahead for 
the housing market. I think it's time to think way outside that box.


--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, arcman210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Figured this would be a good discussion for everyone.  Curious to see 
 what ideas everyone has for the future of the Metropolitan Hotel site.  
 Single-family homes, apartments, a new hotel, condos, a mix of some or 
 all of those, or something else?  Consider its location... close to the 
 beach, close to downtown, adjacent to a park, across the street from 
 new development, on one of the main gateways to the Asbury Park 
 waterfront... what would you like to see built on its site?






 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread justifiedright
Anything that can use the name World's Largest in the title.

I love kitchy stuff like that when I go away.



 
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Re: [AsburyPark] My AP High School Football Column

2007-11-28 Thread denise
GO ASBURY PARK BISHOPS---WILL BE THERE WITH BELLS ON IN THE STADIUM---
SUPPORTING THE BLUE BISHOPS FOR A JOB WELL DONE---WILL BE IN FLORIDA IN SPIRIT 
GIVING THE BLUE BISHOPS PEE WEES AND THEIR COACHES MY SUPPORT.


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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:08:34 PM
Subject: [AsburyPark] My AP High School Football Column

Dear friends,
Usually it isn't good business smarts to put a newspaper column on the 
Internet, but I'm making an exception this week, just this one time,  just on 
this Asbury Park website.  
A little dust up at the triCityNews.  I want our High School Football team on 
the cover, so people will go to their Championship game.  The folks that run 
triCity disagree.  I'm sure my column about High School Football will get 
bumped from the front page for the opening of the one millionth antique store 
or the one billionth artist that can't paint worth a damn.
So in the spirit of the rebellion and using the power of the Internet, I'm 
printing my column below, to alert everyone to Friday night's championship game.
What's triCityNews gonna do, fire me?
Enjoy:
ASBURY FOOTBALL VIES FOR STATE TITLE FRIDAY NIGHT
Adults And Politics Can't Stop Them This Year
 
An atheist is a guy who watches a Notre Dame-SMU football game and doesn't care 
who wins.  President Eisenhower
 
Football is import.  A town is judged on the quality of its football team.  A 
school is judged on the success its program.  Spirits soar when the school team 
is winning.  Even kids who don't play get the idea that their school is in good 
hands when the adults have their act together enough to make sure all is in 
place to help the team beat other schools.  The scoreboard builds confidence.
 
Friday night, November 30 at 5:00, the Asbury Park High School Football Team 
plays for their section's State Championship.  Asbury Park hasn't played for a 
Championship in 20 years, and hasn't won one in 23. The game will be held at 
Rutgers in New Brunswick.
 
Please make the time to go to this game.  The Asbury Park High School players 
will get an adrenaline boost when they hear a roaring crowd.  They play against 
Keansburg.  Keansburg is a football town, with a good program from Pop Warner 
on up.  Make no mistake, Keansburg will fill seats at Rutgers.  They won't let 
their players down, and neither should we.  The only way to show Asbury players 
support is to be there.  They won't know you wish them well from your homes.  
 
Let's let Asbury players beat Keanburg's numbers on the scoreboard, while we 
beat Keansburg's numbers in the stands.
 
Let me tell you of three recent stories about Asbury Football that might 
explain why we haven't been State Champs for two and a half decades.
 
About 7 or 8 years ago Asbury had a great team.  We were 8-0 and heading for a 
State Championship.  Then there was a complaint made to the NJSIAA, the 
governing body.  One of our players was in a program that required him to go to 
tutoring.  He didn't go to tutoring, because the school never offered it.
 
So what punishment did the NJSIAA impose upon Asbury for having a student that 
didn't go to tutoring?  They turned our 8-0 record into an 0-8 record.  Bye-Bye 
playoffs.
 
They didn't care about all the work every kid on the team did on that field to 
go undefeated.  They punished everyone for an off the field infraction.  They 
stole the season. In professional football, if you have too many men on the 
field it's a five-yard penalty.  Throwing to an ineligible receiver is loss of 
a down.
 
For the NJSIAA to wipe out a whole season and crush the hopes of all those kids 
and the City for an off field tutoring infraction was a giant middle finger 
to the City of Asbury Park.  This Friday, lets give it back to them.
 
By the way, the young man who missed the tutoring, who this whole system is 
supposedly set up to serve – he quit school.  He never returned to High School 
after the ruling because he felt responsible, even though the school never 
offered the tutoring.  What a heartbreak.  I get sick thinking about it.
 
Then a few years ago, we had a star quarterback, who the NJSIAA said could not 
play his whole senior year.  When he was in 8th grade, knowing he was going to 
be a star, the High School coach let him suit up and take some snaps with the 
High School team, just to give him a thrill.  The NJSIAA ruled that 8th grade 
was his first year of eligibility for taking the snaps, and you only get four - 
so no senior year play for him.
 
There was a challenge to the ruling, and a settlement was made where the 
quarterback was suspended for two games.  In a 10 game seasons, two games can 
keep you out of the playoffs.
 
Then there was last year.  The Asbury Park Board of Education (Bored of 
Education?) is notorious for concentrating on gossip, tearing people down and 
personnel issues. The students never seem to come up in their dealings.  Last 

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread denise
How about a senior center?   lol


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Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

Anything that can use the name World's Largest in the title.

I love kitchy stuff like that when I go away.





  

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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
How about an Ian Schrager style hotel rather then the plethora of
generic ones that are way too prevalent.

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, arcman210 acme87rangers@ wrote:
 
  Figured this would be a good discussion for everyone.  Curious to see 
  what ideas everyone has for the future of the Metropolitan Hotel site.
 
 
 obviously the city has to revisit the development controls of the WRP
 for this site since it is limited to hotel use. I think a hotel/BB.





 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
How about a senior center for dogs?

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 How about a senior center?   lol
 
 
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 Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?
 
 Anything that can use the name World's Largest in the title.
 
 I love kitchy stuff like that when I go away.
 
 
 
 
 
  

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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread justifiedright
Here's some great ideas:

http://www.wlra.us/



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
How about the Worlds Largest Museum of Worlds Largest Artifacts

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 Here's some great ideas:
 
 http://www.wlra.us/






 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 How about the Worlds Largest Museum of Worlds Largest Artifacts

how about

Worlds Largest Depository of Broken Promises

What about the lights in the park/ Its dark now so go check them and
get back to me. Reidy told me this morning that public works saw JCPL
out there. We know they go there but they don't fix them. Keep on it.



 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread rook782
How about worlds longest redevelopment project.



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 Anything that can use the name World's Largest in the title.
 
 I love kitchy stuff like that when I go away.





 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
How about Former Home of the Worlds Best Salt Water Taffy...Criterion 
Chocolates

(I worked there... tough dirty work but I loved every minute of it)


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 How about worlds longest redevelopment project.
 
 
 
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 justifiedright@ wrote:
 
  Anything that can use the name World's Largest in the title.
  
  I love kitchy stuff like that when I go away.
 






 
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[AsburyPark] Re: sports and education

2007-11-28 Thread 2fine4u
Mario,
Boola, Boola, was before anybody's time!  I echo your sentiment, too!
 Academics were the thing for me, too!  Sports is the reward, for
having done the work, first!  Back in the 70's I saw nothing but kids
who wanted to be a pro!  My advice was, learn all you can, first so
you enjoy the fact, that sports is the recreation deserved, for a job
well done in school!  I dunno, but I enjoyed cheering, knowing that,
I missed the honor roll, by a few points! All A's and maybe a B+, kept
me on the cheering squad!  Without those grades, I was toast!  No
activities, except books, were it not for my fierce competiveness, in
getting those grades!  It guaranteed me, that I wasn't just a pretty
face!

My nemisis, was I had an older sister, who was skipped a grade, she
was so smart!  She graduated Xavier at 16, honor society, a debutante,
her senior year, etc.  I had to follow her example, because this was
how parents raised their kids, back then.  It was Be like your
sister, which was no easy feat, for me.  I had to put my nose to the
grindstone, studing most nights until after 10PM, when there was
mid-terms, etc.  To my surprise, when you are a constant A student,
you get exempted from certain exams, unless they are state mandated!

I was one lucky kid, to have the kind of parents, I had. My father
taught me Algebra, who without his help, I'd have been a bum, as the
sisters would say!  So no, I didn't become a bum, or the H word, so
prevalent in today's society.  The B and H words were for girls who
didn't care about themselves.  My mother said they were common! 
Funny, I never heard a boy say those words, only grownups used that
language and rarely.  I remember my Mom, calling someone a harlot
and when I asked what it was, she rolled her eyes at me and said, you
don't want to know!   Sports are good for children.  It teaches
sportsmanship and discipline.  How to be a member of a team, rather
than a gang and making friends, for life.

When an adult who could be doing something else, takes time, for kids,
I call that love.  It's sad, that the Little League Coach is going
through something that can be made simple!  This is what turns me off
and wonder what the hell is going on in this town!

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 In a message dated 11/27/2007 9:12:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
 Mario and Denise had a short discussion  about the varying degrees
between 
 supporting education and supporting  sports  Both were making a
valid 
 point A few years back, ...  I was heartened by the extreme show
of support by 
 AP parents for their  football program, but I came to the same
conclusion Mario 
 did. Yes, it was a  great show of support for an undefeated football
team, 
 but, where, I wondered,  was that show of support(and outrage) over
the sad 
 state of Asbury's school  district? Asbury Park seems to be a front
runner, when 
 the team is good  support them, when the show is Springsteen support
him, but 
 the little guys  and the losers are just left behind.
 
 
 Fortunately for me, I taught in a system where academics were a top  
 priority.  Academics were complemented, not overshadowed, by sports;
and  more than 
 enough parents were just as interested in Advanced Placement scores
as  they 
 were in the game scores.
  
 I loved teaching advanced placement,
 BUT I'm also in favor of fully funded performing arts AND  physical
education 
 classes for all students:  teaching life-long skills for  physical 
 well-being. 
  




 
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[AsburyPark] Re: New Principal featured at APP's NEW site

2007-11-28 Thread dapawprint
Mario,

APP selected me a few weeks ago to preview the new site layout.  I 
received a personal e-mail requesting that I trial the new site and 
provide feedback.  I found it easier to navigate for SURE and my 
feedback was positive. I hope everyone has as positive an experience 
as I have had.

Glenn 

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 New site/look for Asbury Park Press.  Looks better.   Time will 
tell if it's 
 more user friendly.
  
 _APP.com | Asbury Park Press |  Monmouth and Ocean counties news, 
community, 
 entertainment, yellow pages and  classifieds. Servi._ 
 (http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage)  
 
==
==
  
 And this very positive news.
 Just as an observer of so many administrators over the years,  
there's never 
 been anyone like him, really, D'Alessandro said of 
Blackmore.  Now, we have 
 can-do principals in our schools, principals who have faith in  
their 
 teachers and in their students. 
 From _Click  here: Principal has high hopes for Asbury Park | 
APP.com | 
 Asbury Park Press_ 
 (http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20071128/NEWS/71128003referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL)  
  
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[AsburyPark] Re: reply

2007-11-28 Thread 2fine4u
Where did I say that?  In the 60's most men wanted their women
barefoot and pregnant!  See Stepford Wives, Robots, Workhorses or
whatever!  Many colonial women died in childbirth and farming women
from overwork in the fields.  I have no idea what you're talking
about.  Men wanted their women at home, after WWII, in the 50's.  It
was the 60's, with the Civil Rights Movement, that urged women to
fight for their rights and to question authority!  If you were
drafted, you and hundreds of thousands were also!  Did you serve or
avoided the draft?  This I do know, my husband served in Viet Nam, got
no welcome home, except from me!  You lost me mentioning Moslem women.
 Women in America are still fighting for a place, especially with the
Neo-Cons, in Washington, now!

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Mike Hemeon [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 As a woman, I've never had any illusions, where most men want us.

   Now this really surprises me. How many women in this country even
care about the way Moslem women are treated?  
 
 2fine4u [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Jack,
 I saw it yesterday. What an eye-opener! There hasn't ever been an
 honest government, in this country. You only need to watch what
 actually happened in Boston, during the Revolution and the gradual
 takeover of this country from its' original inhabitants, with broken
 treaties, to all out force to placing native Americans on
 reservations, where they still reside, to this day. 
 




 
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[AsburyPark] Re: What should replace the Metropolitan Hotel?

2007-11-28 Thread Jack Pitzer
No lights yet Dan...
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer hinge98@ wrote:
 
  How about the Worlds Largest Museum of Worlds Largest Artifacts
 
 how about
 
 Worlds Largest Depository of Broken Promises
 
 What about the lights in the park/ Its dark now so go check them and
 get back to me. Reidy told me this morning that public works saw JCPL
 out there. We know they go there but they don't fix them. Keep on it.






 
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[AsburyPark] Re: sports and education

2007-11-28 Thread oakdorf
traderdube...I guess that's why we don't get it. That being that we 
grew up in Ocean Twp and played on what was the nicest little league 
field in almost the country. I know. I umped there all through 
highschool and took care of the field for a year or 2.





 
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[AsburyPark] Re: DL BBQ broke into our yard.

2007-11-28 Thread oakdorf
I think the buidings owner is Mark Benjamin. Contact barry associates I 
think they sold it.



 
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[AsburyPark] Re:Donation Address Correction

2007-11-28 Thread oakdorf
This is really something where the old AP gets to meet the new ap 
people.

Very, very generous.





 
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[AsburyPark] Re: DL BBQ broke into our yard.

2007-11-28 Thread oakdorf
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 I think the buidings owner is Mark Benjamin. Contact barry associates 
I 
 think they sold it.


PS. From what I know of him he'll take care of it. I think he onws a 
rental next to one of mine and took care of a fence there I asked him 
to put up. 

I think the same owner.





 
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[AsburyPark] Re: Lighthouse V Long Branch - Federal Circuit Appeals Court rules

2007-11-28 Thread Kevin Brown
Oh and to those of you who have questioned our legitimacy.

Happy Holidays

The Reverend Kevin Brown
The Lighthouse Mission
162 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ 07740



 
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Re: [AsburyPark] Re: sports and education

2007-11-28 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/28/2007 7:18:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Mario,  Boola, Boola, was before anybody's time! 
 
lol. The  football fight song just popped into my head as I was typing 
that  post: memory cells are strange.
Probably the only time I ever heard that song occurred when I was a kid  
watching cartoons on tv with my aunt who was baby sitting me.
We both thought it was so silly that we laughed and sang it  afterwards.  It 
became our secret code song.
 
 
Now, thanks to the IMDb web site and your comment, I was able to  locate the 
actual cartoon: 
Tom and Jerry in Puss n' Toots_Allan M. Hirsh_ 
(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1458860/)  . (_http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1458860/_ 
(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1458860/) )
It's on the soundtrack for 8 movies -- all corny as hell, but such sweet  
memories of kids' tv from the 50's.
 

I echo  your sentiment, too!  Academics were the thing for me, too! Sports is 
the  reward, for having done the work.
 
 
It looks like we're in tune with Tyler Blackmore's  sentiments.
Today's APP article about him hit all the right notes for me.  It may  seem 
trivial, but greeting everyone from the school steps is important; I've  seen 
the reassuring effect that has in my own experience elsewhere.   Also, his 
picking up trash is great modeling behavior. Block scheduling,  Character 
Counts, a passion for urban districts with low scores: All  encouraging signs 
that 
he knows what he's up to.
 
 
His goal to change the public's perception is no small matter as evidenced  
by some of the comments following the article.
 
 
Maybe the most significant point: He knew no one in the city  school 
district when he applied for the job
 

 
For all the lyrics and everything you never wanted to know about Boola,  
Boola!  _Click here: YAM  October 2000 - The Secret Source of that Silly Tune_ 
(http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_10/boola.html)  
 
 
 
 
 

 



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Re: [AsburyPark] Re: New Principal featured at APP's NEW site

2007-11-28 Thread MarioAPNJ
 
In a message dated 11/28/2007 7:25:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

APP  selected me a few weeks ago to preview the new site layoutI hope 
everyone  has as positive an experience 
as I have had.


It looks good.  Give 'em a few days to iron out any kinks.  One  of my 
complaints about the old site was the high failure rate in searching their  
archives.  Even if you searched Google News first, then got hits for  APP.com, 
the 
links too often showed up as errors
 
Wondering if they plan to go the subscription route any time soon.
 
 
 
Mario
 
 
 
One  ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see 
a fine  picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.  -- Johann  
Wolfgang von Goethe 



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Re: [AsburyPark] Re: New Principal featured at APP's NEW site

2007-11-28 Thread lightgrw
Most newspapers are no longer doing subscriptions.  The NYTimes stopped 
their special subscription months ago and even the Wall Street Journal 
is debating about going all free.

The future of online news is free based on advertising.  The newspaper 
companies have known that for years but kept trying to deny that it was 
happening.  The Asbury Park Press would be nuts to go subscription.

I still don't understand why every daily and weekly paper still aren't 
online right now...



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 In a message dated 11/28/2007 7:25:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 APP selected me a few weeks ago to preview the new site
 layoutI hope everyone has as positive an experience
 as I have had.

 It looks good.  Give 'em a few days to iron out any kinks.  One of my 
 complaints about the old site was the high failure rate in searching 
 their archives.  Even if you searched Google News first, then got hits 
 for APP.com, the links too often showed up as errors
  
 Wondering if they plan to go the subscription route any time soon.
  
  
  
 Mario
  
  
  
 *One ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good 
 poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable 
 words.  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe *



 
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Re: [AsburyPark] Re: New Principal featured at APP's NEW site

2007-11-28 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/28/2007 9:46:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Most  newspapers are no longer doing subscriptions. The NYTimes stopped 
their  special subscription months ago and even the Wall Street Journal 
is  debating about going all free.
 
I liked the free subscription to the NYT online edition which print  
subscribers were entitled to.  Since they went all free, my ad blockers are  
working 
overtime when they work at all.  I like the websites that offer  ad-free sites 
with a paid subscription.  Same as I prefer commercial free  tv.  Choice would 
be nice for those willing to pay the premium.
 
 

I  still don't understand why every daily and weekly paper still aren't  
online right now...
 
The New England Journal of Medicine has a fair policy: After 6 months,  all 
their articles are available online to anyone.  Great to have that  access 
either before or after a visit to the doc.  Unfortunately many have  become 
licit 
drug pushers because of the pharmaceutical companies.  See  Dr. Drug Rep:  
_http://tinyurl.com/2ccrwg_ (http://tinyurl.com/2ccrwg)   (#1 most  popular 
article this week)
 
 
Seguing from the sublime to the  
I read TriCity's explanation for not making content available online.   
Sounded reasonable.  What do you think?
 
 
 
 

 
 
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