March 27, 2011

From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Mon 3/28 – Homelessness Forum, Ocean County Library Toms River

· Tue 3/29 – Brick Township school budget final hearing and vote

· Tue 3/29 – Fort Monmouth Job Fair

· Wed 4/4 – Berkeley Township Republican candidate screenings – who will challenge Jason Varano for the mayor’s seat?

· Wed 4/4 – Global Understanding Conference, Monmouth University

· Sat 4/16 – Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor

· Wed 4/20 – Ocean County budget public hearing and final vote

· Thu 4/21 – DEP development plans for Ocean County (sewer system extension proposals), Ocean County Library Toms River

· Mon 4/25 – State Senator Jennifer Beck’s state budget information session, Fair Haven

· Wed 4/27 – School board elections .

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Radiation in reactor's building tests 10 million times above normal http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T1

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Traces of radiation from Japanese nuclear plant detected in China http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/japan.nuclear.disaster/index.html?hpt=T2

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Libya revolt: Advancing rebels capture oil town Brega http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12873434

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Key Libyan oil town apparently in rebel hands http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/27/libya.war/index.html?hpt=T2

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Mega Millions $312M Winner in Albany, New York

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/lottery-officals-announced-xx-tickets-split-estimated-312/story?id=13220262 .

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STARLIGHT PERFORMERS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION Spagetti Dinner with a side of entertainment

April 2nd @ the Toms River Elks @ 6pm

for reservation: 609-709-2317

http://www.starlightperformers.com/

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The FairTax Plan eliminates all Federal Income Taxes. Learn more.

http://www.fairtax.org/

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New Jersey A3736

Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project.

http://e-lobbyist.com/gaits/text/76665

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Japan nuclear crisis: Radiation spike report 'mistaken'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12875327

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From Rich Mirocco in Tokyo Japan http://www.jahelpdes.org/DonateNow/Pray_For_Japan.html

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March 20, 2011

First Day of Spring

7:21 P.M. EDT
http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons

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GADHAFI RIPS 'AGGRESSION'
Libyan ruler defiant as airstrikes by coalition forces enter 2nd day
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/20/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

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Gaddafi vows 'long war' in Libya

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12798568

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Japan warns on quake deaths rise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12798579
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Workers see some success at nuclear plant as cooling efforts continue
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2
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Search for missing continues in Japan as death toll rises
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/japan.disaster/index.html?hpt=T2
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Out of Fukushima, into new uncertainty
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/japan.one.man/index.html?hpt=T2
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Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g95mi0f0IA25A-CZKB42F7ojYBvg?docId=3c548dd23900434fa78da0950c111a68

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Super Full Moon

3/19/11
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/

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Clouds Can't Stop Extreme Supermoon
http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/167141/57/Clouds-Cant-Stop-Extreme-Supermoon

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Hillary Clinton "I'm out after one term"
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/hill_out_after_one_term_4FlYUYwMxVQuN1vvVEIWfJ

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2011 Final Four
http://www.ncaa.com/finalfour
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http://www.ncaa.com/championships/basketball-men/d1
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United Nations Commission on Human Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights
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UNITED NATIONS
http://www.un.org/en/index.shtml

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How do you spell ?:

Muammar Gadhafi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

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Rutgers University tobe at Ocean County Library

May 25, 2011 9am -3:30pm
http://theoceancountylibrary.org/

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S2664 The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act;" http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S2664

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A3736 Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=A3736

New Jersey state Legislature

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Default.asp

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US energy chief: don't delay new nuclear plants
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42097170/ns/politics-more_politics/
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station
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Plutonium and Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/293/5539/2397.citation

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Exelon to Close Oyster Creek Generating Station in 2019
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2010/12/09/exelon-to-close-oyster-creek-generating-station-in-2019-120905.aspx
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Oyster Creek Generating Station (Exelon)
http://www.exeloncorp.com/powerplants/oystercreek/Pages/profile.aspx.
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (NRC)
http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/oc.html

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March 13, 2011

From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Mon 3/14 :Asbury Park school district reorganization plans, public meeting, Westside Community Center

· Tue 3/15: Brick school budget public meeting, Brick Memorial High School. Subsequent one 3/22, adoption 3/29.

· Fri 3/18: MODC General Membership Luncheon, Spring Lake

· Tue 3/22: State Senator Jennifer Beck outlines Governor Christie’s budget proposal, Manalapan

· Thu 3/24: NJ Coastal Heritage Trail public meeting, Toms River

· Coming up in April: Global Understanding Convention, Monmouth University; Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor

Special thanks to Tony DeLuccio, who contacted his former teacher Rich Mirocco in Japan and connected him to us for first-hand descriptions of the destruction.

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Japan fears second reactor blast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953
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Death toll, nuclear meltdown fears rise in Japan
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
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Richard Mirocco calls in from Toyko Japan and discribes life after the natural disaster.
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14 dead, 18 injured after Bronx bus turns over on highway
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/dead_after_bronx_bus_turns_over_vzxjbMIi2nrrllgTMNr3bL
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Latest Earthquakes M5.0+ in the World - Past 7 days
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

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State Director Steve Lonegan Speaking Engagement on R.G.G.I. -
Talk on Cap and Trade
and how to reduce your utility bills and taxes

When: Wed, March 16, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: American Legion Post 129 2025 Church Road
Toms River, NJ 08753

http://americanlegionpost129.webs.com/

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United Nations Commission on Human Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights

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Things that could destroy life on earth
http://artsonearth.com/2009/06/things-that-could-destroy-life-on-earth.html
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March 06, 2011

From the NEWS desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Sunday 3/6 – Jenkinson’s Job Fair, Point Pleasant Beach

· Monday 3/7 – Sierra Club screens “Gasland” at Toms River Library. This is a documentary about hydrofracking, a method of extracting natural gas from underground shale that environmentalists say leaves the ground soaked in hundreds of chemicals. It’s turning the Delaware Valley into the next ecological battleground, and they say the ripple effect has implications all the way to the coast.

· Wednesday 3/11 – Ocean County 2011 budget introduction. Usually about $100,000,000 less than whatever Monmouth spends.

· Thursday 3/10 – DEP information session about its sewer system area plan for 17 northern Ocean County townships, Toms River The sewer plans are the road map for future development, which is what turns this into a significant hearing.

· Saturday 3/12 – Blueclaws Fan Fest, First Energy Park

· Friday 3/18 – MODC General Membership Luncheon, Spring Lake

· Sunday 3/20 – Vernal Equinox – the same amount of day and night, and the days begin lengthening from here.

· Wednesday 3/23 – Ask The Congressman, WOBM

· Thursday 3/24 – Monmouth 2011 budget vote. $496,000,000

· Thursday 3/24 – National Park Service public meeting on improvements for NJ Coastal Heritage Trail, Toms River

· Saturday 4/16 – NJ Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor

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Gaddafi forces claim major gains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12658405
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UK negotiating to free captured troops, Libya rebels say
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/06/libya.british.troops/index.html?hpt=T1
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Yemen: US state department upgrades travel warning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12658781

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Charlie Sheen, Obama, Republicans and addiction: The Browns
http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index.ssf/2011/03/charlie_sheen_obama_republican.html
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20/20: Charlie Sheen and His Goddesses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emEM5H9NgTI

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Charlie Sheen’s Recorded Ustream Video
http://www.ustream.tv/charliesheen
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Christie, NJ Teacher’s Union Disagree On Task Force Report
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/03/04/christie-nj-teachers-union-disagree-on-task-force-report/
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N.J. residents support factoring student test scores into teacher evaluations, poll finds
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/nj_residents_support_factoring.html

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Road trip to the end of the world
http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/03/06/judgment.day.caravan/index.html?hpt=C1

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What gas spike? Americans still hungry for SUVs, pickups
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/01/news/companies/gas_price_hike_impact_on_february_auto_sales/index.htm
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George Soros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

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http://www.georgesoros.com/

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