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Re: Greenville and West Side: Planning aims to save large Victorian homes - by increasing min. lot s
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"r_pinkowitz" was instrumental in getting this important zoning change back on track .

While the first reading does not provide for public comment, the public can speak on the issue during the public speaking portion of the meeting, by calling the City Clerks office 201.547.5150 on the 8th or 9th. The second reading provides for public comment and you do not need to sign up in advance.

Both this meeting on Jan 10 and the next on January 24 are important. Councilman Fulop will be presenting a Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform ordinance also on Jan 10th.

His press release and Civic JC's endorsement of the ordinance can be found at www.civicjc.org. More info to be posted on JCList.

For positive change the public needs to speak out and be heard by calling, writing, faxing, and / or emailing the Mayor and City Council members. It can make the difference.



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I called Councilwoman Spinello to find out what is going on with all of this.

Here?s the status:
Councilwoman Spinello advised me that she spent the last two weeks researching the legal standpoints of this ordinance, working out any possible kinks that may be challenged in court.

The outcome:
Councilwoman Spinello is sponsoring to introduce the ordinance at this Monday?s Caucus meeting/Wednesdays Council meeting. This will be this first reading, and the council will vote to introduce the ordinance, and in two weeks at the following meeting, they will vote to adopt this ordinance.

I encourage anyone in favor of this to: call the other 8 Council persons and ask them to vote YES this Wednesday to introduce and in two weeks to vote YES to adopt it.


I have to say that I was presently surprised when I called the Councilwoman. She was on already on top of it. I didn't have to plead may case, I was very pleased with how deep her research went on this issue.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 15:31
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Re: NYT Op-Ed on apathy
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Councilman Fulop has announced that he will present a Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform ordinance at the January 10th City Council meeting. A copy of his press release can be found here Councilman Fulop Proposes Developer Pay-to-Play Reform Initiative

You can make a difference by contacting the Mayor and Council and ask them to enact this important legislation. Contact info will be posted shortly.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 15:20
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Re: Smoldering Fire?
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Order your nose plugs now,
mes amis.


I must find an opportunity to steal that line from you, ECH.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 15:14
"Contemplate this upon the Tree of Woe."
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Re: Greenville and West Side: Planning aims to save large Victorian homes - by increasing min. lot s
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"r_pinkowitz" was instrumental in getting this important zoning change back on track .

While the first reading does not provide for public comment, the public can speak on the issue during the public speaking portion of the meeting, by calling the City Clerks office 201.547.5150 on the 8th or 9th. The second reading provides for public comment and you do not need to sign up in advance.

Both this meeting on Jan 10 and the next on January 24 are important. Councilman Fulop will be presenting a Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform ordinance also on Jan 10th.

His press release and Civic JC's endorsement of the ordinance can be found at www.civicjc.org. More info to be posted on JCList.

For positive change the public needs to speak out and be heard by calling, writing, faxing, and / or emailing the Mayor and City Council members. It can make the difference.



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r_pinkowitz wrote:
I called Councilwoman Spinello to find out what is going on with all of this.

Here?s the status:
Councilwoman Spinello advised me that she spent the last two weeks researching the legal standpoints of this ordinance, working out any possible kinks that may be challenged in court.

The outcome:
Councilwoman Spinello is sponsoring to introduce the ordinance at this Monday?s Caucus meeting/Wednesdays Council meeting. This will be this first reading, and the council will vote to introduce the ordinance, and in two weeks at the following meeting, they will vote to adopt this ordinance.

I encourage anyone in favor of this to: call the other 8 Council persons and ask them to vote YES this Wednesday to introduce and in two weeks to vote YES to adopt it.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 15:13
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Re: Smoldering Fire?
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The stench continues. I left a message with Michael Sottolano this morning--he is the Ward A rep, I am not sure if the source is in his ward, but I think it is. I also called the numbers Publius provided (again) and an inspector is supposed to "get back to me." The smell is so bad--even lingers in the clothing. And this is winter; how will it be when we feel like cracking open our windows in the spring?

Posted on: 2007/1/3 14:19
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2007 likely will be remembered as the year nontraditional projects: some far from the waterfront.
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BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE

JERSEY JOURNAL
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

With Donald Trump and the CEO of Reebok making a splash in Hudson County's real estate market, 2006 was the year of the heavy hitter. The star power brought notoriety to Hudson County - even if Trump's television apprentice Randal Pinkett snubbed Jersey City when he chose to work in Atlantic City instead.

But 2007 likely will be remembered as the year of the innovator, as a number of nontraditional projects are built, some far away from the Hudson County waterfront.

Here's a list of what to watch in the local real estate market.

The Powerhouse Arts District

10 The historic Manischewitz factory on Bay Street in Jersey City is set to move its matzo-making operations to Newark early this year, setting the stage for a battle between preservationists and Toll Brothers, the new owner of the factory, which wants to follow Lloyd Goldman's lead and build to the sky.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and the members of the City Council sit right in the middle of the action, so watch their public comments closely to see which direction the wind is blowing.

Toll Brothers, which bought the factory for $36.4 million, is expected to lay out plans sometime this year for a 40-story building, equipped with 400 housing units and 70,000 square feet of retail.

As for the Powerhouse itself, city officials are awaiting a Port Authority study that should clean up all the legal, logistical and financial questions standing in the way of its renovation. Watch for the Baltimore-based Cordish Company to take a lead role.

Big boxes on Tonnelle Avenue

9 For decades, trucks ruled the road on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, but they are soon to be replaced by consumers in much smaller vehicles. As one of the central pieces of his administration, Mayor Nicholas Sacco pledged to transform this thoroughfare into a commercial powerhouse - and look for a lot of progress this year.

From 69th to 91st streets, Tonnelle Avenue will be filled with big-box stores like Costco, Lowe's and Wal-Mart. Thanks to millions of dollars in state funding, Tonnelle Avenue will also be widened throughout North Bergen and equipped with traffic lights with left-hand-turn signals to move traffic along.

The Hub

8 With new leadership in place, the city hopes to bring housing to support the commercial district along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Don't expect to see construction, but residents should at least see some plans.

Though the path has been cleared, don't expect everything to go smoothly. Neighborhood groups are still trying to wrestle some control of the district away from the Jersey Redevelopment Agency and its executive director, Bob Antonicello.

Union City High School

7 Construction of the new, modern Union City High School at the old site of Roosevelt Stadium on Kennedy Boulevard has been slowed by the unexpected presence of large rocks beneath the soil.

City officials, already hinting that the expected September 2008 opening will be pushed back, are now crossing their fingers that everything will go smooth in 2007.

It is slated to become a unified 10th-through-12th grade high school, turning Emerson and Union Hill high schools into schools for eighth- and ninth-graders and sending a ripple effect down the line that promises to reduce class size across the board.

Hoboken redevelopment

6 Outsiders may laugh at the idea of redevelopment in red-hot Hoboken, but the truth is - despite all of its residential growth - there are still large pockets of the Mile Square City that need a facelift.

The city's planners will draw up redevelopment plans to transform these industrial areas into residential projects. These areas include the southwest redevelopment plan, western edge redevelopment plan, the renovation of the Hoboken Terminal and the Neumann Leather building.

These redevelopment plans are political documents, so expect a fight between the city and residents who want to see more open space.

Harrison waterfront

5 The new Red Bulls soccer stadium, scheduled to open in July 2008, will be the centerpiece of a $1 billion redevelopment plan that will convert Harrison's industrial waterfront into a modern, live-work-and-play transit village anchored by 800 apartments and dozens of stores and restaurants.

American Can Co.

4 Dubbed the CANCO Lofts, this onetime industrial complex is quickly becoming one of the more interesting residential spaces in Jersey City - and perhaps one of the more affordable ones.

Expect the developer, New York-based Coalco, to open sales offices in the first quarter of 2007 for the first round of roughly 200 units. The units will feature large bay windows, ceilings as high as 27 feet, and price tags starting in the high $200,000 range.

"We are very concerned about pricing, but also with providing a good product," said Edward Worukyoff, director of marketing.

Many analysts are watching the success - or failure - of the project to gauge consumer interest in redevelopment projects in residential neighborhoods like the Marion section. Officials with the company say they are already getting feedback from an introductory Web site and a billboard.

The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor

3 The highly anticipated project is expected to launch this summer when shovels hit the ground, marking the start of construction for the first 500 or so civilian units at the old Military Ocean Terminal.

The city has staked much of its financial future in the massive redevelopment project, and residents should expect to see more development plans as the year goes by.

The first round of approvals included 600 housing units, a 150-room hotel and some commercial/retail space, along with the right to convert two existing six-story Army warehouses into mixed-use facilities and put up a 22-story residential tower on 14 acres.

Journal Square

2 For perhaps the first time, a large swath of Journal Square is now in the hands of one developer - opening the door for one of the most highly anticipated projects in the city's history and promising to transform the face of the historic square for decades to come.

Jersey City-based developer Harwood Properties plans to break ground this year on two towers - one 52 stories, the other 46 - containing 1,034 apartments, 150,000 square feet of retail, and three levels of parking.

The 350-million project comes after years of legal wrangling as the city attempted to spark action in the onetime commercial hub.

The Beacon

1 Widely considered as the thermometer of everything not Downtown in Jersey City, the multimillion-dollar restoration of the historic Jersey City Medical Center will begin to take shape this year.

George Filopoulos, president of Metrovest Equities, said he has sold 85 percent of the Beacon's first 315 available units for a price range of $320,000 to $750,000. Owners are expected to move in this spring, and the company plans to begin offering its next phase of units by the end of the year.

The success - or failure - of this project will go a long way to setting the bar for the rest of the inner-city's market. If the pace begins to slow, or there is downward price pressure on the units, it could impact developments throughout the city.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 12:37
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Re: Has anyone used any of these dentists?
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Dranovsky, Vladimir, DDS

Very bad experience there. I literally got up from the chair and left mid-procedure.

I was going to put this in a PM, but why shouldn't everyone know...

I was there when the receptionist PUNCHED a patient in the face when she dared to ask for a referral while the receptionist was on a personal phone call.

All heck broke loose.

When there's a fist fight while your tooth is being extracted, I think it's a good time to get out of there.

That was the 2nd time I was there.

The first time, there was a substitute dentist who was drinking when she saw me. Yes, I was the last appointment of the day, but still....

Posted on: 2007/1/3 12:05
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Re: Greenville and West Side: Planning aims to save large Victorian homes - by increasing min. lot size
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worm wrote:
Thanks pinkowitz for looking into this. I, unfortunately cannot attend this Wednesdays council meeting, but if you are going can you please write in and let us know the outcome of the meeting? I will, in the meantime, pursue contacts with as many councilmembers as possible.


Next weeks meeting is to introduce the ordiance, the public does not speak before a 1st reading. The one in two weeks is the most impt. to attend and if able, you can speak before the council. You need to call the city clerks office and put your name on the speakers list. Good idea to call the other 8 and you may want to tell your neighbors to do the same.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 4:26
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Re: Greenville and West Side: Planning aims to save large Victorian homes - by increasing min. lot size
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Thanks pinkowitz for looking into this. I, unfortunately cannot attend this Wednesdays council meeting, but if you are going can you please write in and let us know the outcome of the meeting? I will, in the meantime, pursue contacts with as many councilmembers as possible.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 3:21
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Re: Has anyone used any of these dentists?
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sandman wrote:
Dranovsky, Vladimir, DDS

Vashi, Surendra R, DDS

Garbin, Melvin, DDS

Mikhailov, Alexander M, DDS


Mikhailov owns the practice in the mall, I doubt he does any of the work, it's a large revolving crew of young dentists, different every day of the week. Had a root canal & crown done and I thought the work was okay until I found that he had missed a root. What a huge PITA.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 1:39
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Re: Greenville and West Side: Planning aims to save large Victorian homes - by increasing min. lot size
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I called Councilwoman Spinello to find out what is going on with all of this.

Here?s the status:
Councilwoman Spinello advised me that she spent the last two weeks researching the legal standpoints of this ordinance, working out any possible kinks that may be challenged in court.

The outcome:
Councilwoman Spinello is sponsoring to introduce the ordinance at this Monday?s Caucus meeting/Wednesdays Council meeting. This will be this first reading, and the council will vote to introduce the ordinance, and in two weeks at the following meeting, they will vote to adopt this ordinance.

I encourage anyone in favor of this to: call the other 8 Council persons and ask them to vote YES this Wednesday to introduce and in two weeks to vote YES to adopt it.

Posted on: 2007/1/3 1:21
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Re: Has anyone used any of these dentists?
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i looked into them when i was looking for a dentist but didn't find a great deal of satisfying info. my recommendation is:

John Vitale, DMD - General Dentist
24 Chapel Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Ph: 201-521-980

take the $1.50 bus from grove path and it drops you off right there and back. state of the art equipment and a really nice and informative staff...i would highly recommend plus they will work with any insurance carrier

Posted on: 2007/1/2 23:09
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Has anyone used any of these dentists?
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Dranovsky, Vladimir, DDS

Vashi, Surendra R, DDS

Garbin, Melvin, DDS

Mikhailov, Alexander M, DDS

Posted on: 2007/1/2 22:13
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Re: This City Needs an Indie Movie Theater
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It is a really beautiful place - gigantic screen, comfortable seats. On weekdays, it is strictly Bollywood. On weekends, it throws in a few American films - ones that will soon be going to video. The Prestige is showing there now.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 21:37
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Re: Best things to order at the Vietnamese place on Newark
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i've never eaten at saigon cafe, only b/c i have not one, but two friends who got food poisoning after eating there.

i love nha trang though!! i agree that you can't ever go wrong w/ any of the pho's (esp. if you're hungover or have a cold), the grilled beef and vermicelli, the summer rolls and especially the beef with vietnamese green leaf. yum!

the table service isn't the greatest, but the guy who usually works the cash register is always nice and extremely gracious. i saw him working as a bagger at pathmark not too long ago... made me respect him all the more, for having two on-the-feet jobs.

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Re: This City Needs an Indie Movie Theater
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TWO WHOLE DOLLARS?!? What is this world coming to? Does North Bergen think they're Hoboken now?

Just kidding, I'll have to check that out.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 18:20
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Re: Jersey City's "Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults" takes on David Lynch & TM
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Should've gone with the PC Richards and Sons whistle chant. Hours of peaceful bliss.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:46
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Re: Jersey City's "Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults" takes on David Lynch & TM
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I studied with guru Crazy Eddie. His chants were truly INSANE!

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:38
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Re: Jersey City's "Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults" takes on David Lynch &
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I tried meditation back in the '70's with disappointing results. I dunno, maybe it was the mantra I selected...." nobody beats the Wiz...nobody beats the Wiz....nobody beats the Wiz..."

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:29
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Re: Best things to order at the Vietnamese place on Newark
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pazman wrote:
Just ate at Nha Trang for the first time a few weeks ago and have already been back three times!!!! The food is simply amazing, especially for the price. And the Vietnamese coffee is delicious. The place looks a little shabby, but for anyone who wants a great, healthy meal (and on the cheap), I can't recommend this place more highly.


I have to agree. I've been going there quite often lately (hooked on the pho!). We took friends there on Saturday. Picked up some wine and beer to bring, then the five of us feasted and the tab came to $41. Can't beat that. Service is not the greatest. They have about three waiters and you kind of just have to flag them down if you want something. But for the price it's worth it. Don't go there looking for an all around great dining experience, go there for great food that comes fast and at a great price.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:17
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Jersey City's "Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults" takes on David Lynch & TM
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So I just saw David Lynch's Inland Empire at the IFC it was 3 hours - it had rabbits in it. Anyway a nonprofit research organization in Jersey City called "the Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements" apparently is against the David Lynch Foundation's proselytizing of Transcendental Meditation (TM) to students.

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David Lynch?s Shockingly Peaceful Inner Life

The New York Times -- Dec 31-- By ALEX WILLIAMS

If you were looking for a Tom Cruise to preach to a new generation the gospel of Transcendental Meditation, a hippie-era spiritual practice espousing inner harmony, David Lynch would be one of the least likely candidates.

As the director who conjured the reptilian mutant baby of ?Eraserhead? and the dancing dwarf of ?Twin Peaks,? Mr. Lynch has built his career by imposing his nightmares on the rest of us.

The idea of the inscrutable David Lynch, Hollywood?s leading surrealist and eccentric, reborn as the guru of bliss seems a little odd even to Mr. Lynch
himself.

Now 60, he remembers how he recoiled from the concept when he heard about it in the late 1960s, when the movement ? founded by the Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ? was experiencing its first wave of popularity among young people in the West thanks to proselytizing by pop stars like the Beatles and Donovan.

?The word ?harmony? would make me want to puke,? recalled Mr. Lynch, speaking on a clear, chilly afternoon in the glassed-in painting studio atop his Modernist concrete-walled house in the Hollywood Hills. Even as an Eagle Scout and a popular student at a public high school in Alexandria, Va., he composed paintings, influenced by the grotesqueries of Francis Bacon, in a studio with walls that he and a friend painted black.

?Meditation would be a sickening thing to consider, because you want that edge to create,? he said, wearing worn khaki trousers and a tattered black sports jacket with a hole in the right elbow the size of a saucer. ?I don?t want to be a namby-pamby.?

Besides, he added, ?you would get chicks when you?re angry.?

That all changed in 1973, when the future filmmaker discovered meditation, which he believes allowed him to quiet ? and exploit ? his inner demons. He said that he has not missed a day since.

And now, the low-key auteur is emerging as the most visible, even fiery, proponent of the resurgent practice, which is being used increasingly in schools and in the workplace, as well as by a new generation of stars, including Heather Graham, Laura Dern and the record executive Rick Rubin.

In July 2005, Mr. Lynch began the David Lynch Foundation, which finances Transcendental Meditation scholarships for students in middle schools and high schools to study the practice. Later that year, he embarked on a series of lectures on college campuses that attracted significant attention in the news media.

This winter, Mr. Lynch is taking the message to the masses. His autobiography-cum-self-help book, ?Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity? (Tarcher/Penguin), will be released this week. Next month, he will preside over a series of readings and discussions, in tandem with concerts by Donovan, at Lincoln Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

?It?s weird,? said Mr. Lynch, in the flat folksy accent of his native Missoula, Mont., speaking of his increasing involvement. ?I guess it?s as simple as this: I wish I had heard it earlier.?

The idea of David Lynch serving as the spokesman for anything is a bit of a stretch. Mr. Lynch suffers from a lifelong fear of public speaking? ?I still hate it,? he said ? and will happily recount how he has tape-recorded speeches at home for awards ceremonies, then played them into the microphone at the podium.

?I call him ?the reluctant yogi,? ? said Robert Roth, a spokesman for the Transcendental Meditation organization and the vice president of the foundation. It was Mr. Roth who initially nudged Mr. Lynch onto the college lecture circuit. He added: ?If I didn?t say, ?Please ask questions,? David would just stand up there. He doesn?t care how awkward anyone else feels.?

Transcendental Meditation is a trademarked mental technique introduced by Maharishi in 1958 based on the proposition that a practitioner, by repeating a private mantra throughout two 20-minute sessions a day, can achieve a state of ?restful alertness?? and, theoretically, tap into a ?unified field? of energy. The training process involves working with personal instructors over five days at one of about 1,000 Transcendental Meditation centers worldwide, and it costs about $2,500.

In the ?60s, adherents posed Transcendental Meditation as a natural alternative to mind-expanding drugs like LSD. Now, proponents, including Mr. Lynch, argue that it can serve as an antidote to a stress-filled world, particularly for adolescents. Mr. Lynch cites his increasing concern for young people as the primary reason he launched his crusade.

?David has become a huge promoter of T.M.,? said Donovan, whose real name is Donovan Leitch. Mr. Leitch learned the practice from Maharishi himself, along with the Beatles, Mia Farrow and Mike Love of the Beach Boys, in Rishikesh, India, in 1968. Mr. Leitch added that Mr. Lynch has been able to ?capitalize? on his fame and ?redirect meditation back where it belongs, with the students.?

Transcendental Meditation faded from the pop culture landscape after the ?70s. Before Mr. Lynch, a marquee celebrity advocate was the illusionist Doug Henning, who died in 2000. But it hardly disappeared. Maharishi, now believed to be 90, still directs the movement, which claims more than 6 million adherents, from a log house on a 65-acre compound in the Dutch village of Vlodrop. The organization operates the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa; its own incorporated town, Vedic City (population 325), is nearby.

Over the years, the practice has been the subject of numerous scientific studies, including one by the University of Michigan Health System in 2003, which indicated that sixth graders who were practicing such meditation appeared to score significantly higher on tests of self-esteem and emotional competence.

But critics allege that it can inspire an unhealthy devotion. Rick A. Ross, who operates a nonprofit research organization in Jersey City called the Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements, said that the evidence he has studied indicates that Transcendental Meditation can be relaxing when not practiced excessively. But the movement fits some criteria he uses to define cults. It is ?a personality-driven group, with Maharishi as its totalitarian leader,? Mr. Ross said, which at its extremes ?can be seen as one in which people lose much of their ability for critical thinking.?


Mr. Lynch?s book on meditation is to be released this week.
But Mr. Lynch, who was raised Presbyterian, insisted that Transcendental Meditation is neither a cult nor a theology, but simply a practice one learns, then pursues in private.

As an artist, Mr. Lynch said, it has allowed him to unleash his imagination and be, in a word, weirder. He said that many of his ideas ? the ?big fish? of his book?s title ? come to him during meditation. Among these big fish are the sitcom-starring rabbits and the Greek chorus of prostitutes in his fantastical three-hour new film, ?Inland Empire,? now showing in limited release.

Of course, artists are allowed their quirks, and Mr. Lynch revels in his. Last month, to campaign for an Academy Award nomination for Laura Dern, the star of his new movie, Mr. Lynch sat on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea with a cow and a giant poster of Ms. Dern?s face.

Early in his career, while other Hollywood hopefuls were losing themselves to cocaine, Mr. Lynch got strung out on milkshakes, visiting a Los Angeles Bob?s Big Boy almost daily for seven years. Now more health conscious, he favors the veggie burgers at Astro Burger. ?To be a grown-up and to do what you want to do is the most beautiful thing,? he said, his gray-flecked hair pomaded into what looked like a tangle of swaying prairie grass. ?But this doesn?t happen for most people. Sadly, they have to make ends meet.?

For these people, Mr. Lynch argues in the book, meditation can be a way out. For example, an unhappy insurance salesman who learns to ?dive within? will find his soul-crushing commutes and stale breakfasts enlivened by ideas. Little by little, Mr. Lynch said, the salesman will find his weekdays ?becoming more like Saturday morning ? the sun is coming out, this beautiful warmth, with his favorite breakfast, birds chirping.?

?If you were a burglar, you?d become a much better burglar,? he added. ?But after a while, you would probably say, well, wait a minute. You would probably have compassion for people you were burglarizing. You might even bring some stuff back.?

The director?s goal is to raise $7 billion to help open seven ?peace universities? around the world. He also endorses Maharishi?s belief that a mass demonstration of ?yogic flying? ? a so-called ?advanced technique? in which meditators, seated in the lotus position, begin hopping in unison and theoretically start to hover ? can radiate peaceful energy out to the world. (Asked if he had tried this, he responded: ?Yes.? Did it work? ?No.?)

Mr. Lynch writes in his book that he began meditating on the recommendation of his sister, Martha. At the time, Mr. Lynch was a year into a torturous five-year quest to complete his first feature film, ?Eraserhead,? which was released in 1977, and was separating from his first of three wives, Peggy Lentz.

?There was a hollowness inside,? he recalled. ?I thought, something is drastically wrong.?

He dropped in on a Transcendental Meditation center. After 20 minutes, he felt a weight lifted.

?The side effect of growing that consciousness,? he explained, ?is, negative things start going away. Like fear. It?s like the suffocating rubber clown suit begins to dissolve.? Certainly, the teachings of gentle-voiced Maharishi never made Mr. Lynch go soft. ?You don?t have to suffer to show suffering,? he said of the violence in his movies. The filmmaker sees no contradiction between inner harmony and external edginess.

?I heard Charles Bukowski started meditation late in his life,? Mr. Lynch said, referring to the poet laureate of Skid Row, who died in 1994. ?He was an angry, angry guy, but he apparently loved meditation.?

Of course, just as meditation never got Mr. Lynch over a taste for the macabre, it never quenched Mr. Bukowski?s famous thirst for whiskey. ?Well, maybe in time, it would have,? Mr. Lynch said with a smile. ?In the meantime ? just more enjoyment of the whiskey.?

http://www.rickross.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ross_(consultant)

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/130-rick-ross

New York Times Link

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:12
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Re: NYT Op-Ed on apathy
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Yes there is something we can do about it. Below is our unpublished response to Ms. Stapinskis's OpEd. Later this week, we will post some more information on what you and others can do that will take very little effort.

Dan

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I guess it's a good idea stop corruption in the state, but what can we really do about it?

Nothing ever changes anyway.



December 11, 2006

Dear Editor,

Helene Stapinski?s OP-ED, ?Shrugging All the Way? certainly describes the depressing performance of Jersey City (and Hudson County) municipal governments and elected officials who, as she says, refuse to tell right from wrong. Public apathy is displayed in dismal voter turnouts that allow the current political system to continue through the manipulation of voter blocs.

Where we believe she falls short is that there are people ?yelling at council meetings and writing letters and demanding change? and there have been protests and rallies demanding change. Over the past few years, there have been rallies for crime issues, artists live and work district, historic preservation, open space and parks. The rallies generally have resulted in elected officials showing support and voting yes, only to reverse themselves later or impede the very issues and projects they allege to support.

Civic JC believes that it is not the changing cast of political characters, but the political infrastructure that needs to be changed. We are working to address the lack of accountability, openness, transparency, checks and balances and enforceable rules; conflicts of interest and the influence of campaign finance. We have proposed a model Redevelopment Pay-to-Play ordinance in an effort to remove campaign contributions from influencing the redevelopment process in Jersey City which currently sees elected officials taking campaign contributions from the very same developers and their professionals that apply for irrevocable rezoning and property tax abatement agreements. We have proposed adding the state?s statute on public official conflict of interest to every municipal body and board and we have proposed a model Open Appointments ordinance to open up the process of appointing citizens to municipal boards.

Daniel Levin, president
Civic JC
www.civicjc.org


Civic JC is a non-partisan, community-based initiative, designed to promote good government practices and a comprehensive, positive vision for the future of Jersey City as a ?World Class City?. Civic JC is web based at www.civicjc.org.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:09
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Re: Best things to order at the Vietnamese place on Newark
Just can't stay away
Just can't stay away


Just ate at Nha Trang for the first time a few weeks ago and have already been back three times!!!! The food is simply amazing, especially for the price. And the Vietnamese coffee is delicious. The place looks a little shabby, but for anyone who wants a great, healthy meal (and on the cheap), I can't recommend this place more highly.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 17:08
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Re: This City Needs an Indie Movie Theater
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Anyone hear when the new Clearview Multiplex will open in Hoboken?

Here is the jclist thread on it -- Hoboken: Clearview Cinemas building five-screen "urban theater" with no parking.

Click Link

Posted on: 2007/1/2 16:19
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Re: This City Needs an Indie Movie Theater
Home away from home
Home away from home


The closest second run theatre is the Columbia Park Cinema 12 in North Bergen:

http://www.starplexcinemas.com/3009.asp

All shows are $2.


Quote:

grovester wrote:
How about a $1 movie theater where you can see movies from a few months ago? (Just before they come out on DVD.) I'm always a few months behind anyway, I might as well save a few bucks. Anyone know 1 like that?

Posted on: 2007/1/2 16:10
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Re: Greenville: Jersey City Police arrest 4 young men with ecstasy and a gun.
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Home away from home


Well, the police having a gun is no surprise, but I've never heard of them using of ecstasy in making an arrest.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 14:56
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Greenville: Jersey City Police arrest 4 young men with ecstasy and a gun.
Home away from home
Home away from home


Jersey City cops arrest 4 with drugs, gun in car
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Four Jersey City men were arrested when cops found a handgun and drugs in their car after a traffic stop, reports said.

Police stopped a 1991 black Mercury Cougar at Myrtle and Ocean avenues after a traffic violation yesterday at 1:31 a.m., reports said. As officers approached the car, they said the four people inside began moving around quickly, reports said.

The driver appeared to be sweating profusely and shaking nervously, reports said. The driver told police that he did not have a valid license, and the car belonged to a relative, police said.

Police then spotted a silver handgun sticking out from under the seat and told everyone to get out of the car, reports said. They then retrieved a .25 caliber handgun loaded with five rounds, police said.

Police saw the driver trying to empty the contents of his left shirt sleeve and found two pink and blue pills of suspected Ecstasy. The car was impounded and all the occupants were arrested.

Rezo Jamal Richburg, 18, of Ruby Brown Terrace; Shyquawn Washington, 19, of Lexington Avenue; Perry Capers, 20, of Lexington Avenue and Thomas Johnson, 18, of Winfield Avenue, were charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and unlawful possession of a weapon. Capers was additionally charged with careless driving and driving without a license.

CHARLES HACK

Posted on: 2007/1/2 14:18
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Re: An Open Letter to You, My PATH Nemesis
Home away from home
Home away from home


Teddy is my longtime PATH nemesis. I can't remember when it started but long ago I had to jump the turnstile because he somehow managed to turn it an extra turn and use my last ride. I felt a little strange asking him for money, decided to jump the turnstile (as I didn't have any money on me), and ended up injuring myself. Oh, Teddy, we'll meet again.

As far as puking on the train goes, my friends have always joked that it's a right of passage. One friend tried to go between cars to spare everyone but discovered too late that she was in the end car--and the door doesn't open (a good thing, I think we can all agree). What a mess. Someone was nice enough to give me a teeny, tiny potato chip bag to throw up in once. Never could eat sour cream and cheddar chips again. But I was incredibly grateful!

But my favorite PATH experience....the day I bought my wedding dress. I was heading home around midnight, lost in my own thoughts. I was leaning against the door, a woman was standing in the space to the right of the door, and close to her, a girl was hanging onto the pole for dear life on her way home from celebrating her 21st birthday. Her friends were kind enough to warn everyone that she was about to "blow chunks." In order to give the woman to my right some space, I moved a big step to my left. As I swing my head left, I notice that the guy in the space to the left of the door has his pants unzipped and has his not-so-private parts in his hands. I was completely flabbergasted and didn't know what to do, where to go. For some reason, the words "PUT THAT THING AWAY" come flying out of me. Now, everyone's looking at me because I'm the crazy lady yelling on the PATH train. I somehow decided that I didn't want to be on the train with this guy but that it wasn't fair that I'd have to wait at Christopher 1/2 hour for the next train, so I start screaming at him that he'd better get off (ha!) the train at Christopher St. He motions to me to "keep it down" like this will just stay between us. At Christopher, I am still screaming at him, and (admittedly, in retrospect) no one on the car still has any idea what is going on. I couldn't figure out why no one was helping me! So, finally, I scream out, "Does anyone want the guy who was jerking off to stay on the train?" A packed train collectively gasped and screamed "NO!" The guy literally tipped his hat to me as if to say "well done, you win" and stepped off the train. The drunk girl was so distracted that she made it all the home.....to Hoboken....without puking.

Does anyone know what the occupancies are for the new buildings going up by Grove St? Are they planning to run more trains at rush hour to accommodate the added commuters?

Posted on: 2007/1/2 9:15
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Re: More Condos less Matzo
Home away from home
Home away from home


You haven't smelled it recently? I wondered about the toast smell for a while after I moved here and finally had a "duh" moment when I walked by it on Marin and looked at the sign. It's too bad that they are closing as it was one of the few good smells I associate with northern NJ.

Of course it's their right to sell but I will miss the smell. I used to work at a bakery in a neighborhood as bad as that part of JC was back in the day and it closed too. A big bakery was probably the best thing an urban wasteland could have back then - lots of jobs, no toxic waste, and a nice smell too.

[quote]
MrGrieves wrote:
I had no idea they were even still operating.

Posted on: 2007/1/2 4:10
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Re: This City Needs an Indie Movie Theater
Home away from home
Home away from home


This place was amazing when I was in school. Nice plush sofas (probably second hand, thrift store) and they showed a variety of films. Ambience and selection were phenomenal.

http://www.cablecarcinema.com/

Posted on: 2007/1/1 21:17
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