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03/20/09 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed

For What It's Worth By Riverside Blogger Chris Fountain
Be alarmed - Barny Frank, whoremaster of Georgetown, is pushing to ban all bonuses,any bonuses, being paid to any employee of a company that’s received TARP money. He a...

Greenwich Blog : The Blog of Greenwich, Connecticut :: USA
Naturalist Workshop: Birding Basics - Naturalist Workshop: Birding Basics Audubon Greenwich Saturday, March 21 9:30 am-noon 613 Riversville Road An introduction to the tools & skills used in ...

Exit 55 By Rob "WGCH" Adams - The Sports Voice Of Greenwich
Might as Well Embrace It - There's nothing I can do about the old Yankee Stadium. Sadly, it's over. They've even begun to rip up the field. Of course, that's not fast enough for som...

Greenwich Time: Local Sports - RSS Feed
Greenwich Wins first Open crown since 2006 - NEW HAVEN -- Greenwich High School boys swimming coach Terry Lowe has guided the Cardinals to 30 State Open titles during his glorious tenure.

Today's Greenwich Time
Letters to the Editor: Health Department staffers should be kept by town - Health Dept. staffers should be kept by town To the editor: It is extremely distressing to read about cuts in the budget of the Greenwich Department of Health...

Zez Says: Greenwich Time / Stamford Advocate Columnist Jerry Zezima
"Jailhouse Talk" - By Jerry Zezima The Stamford Advocate As a columnist whose work has no redeeming social value, which has no doubt contributed to the decline of the newspaper...

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox
TNA Impact! Results for 3/19: Foley Turns Heel? - - The Main Event Mafia come out to the ring. Kurt Angle said that everything he predicted for Destination X came true and that it was the biggest screwjob ...

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
Duh - Special Olympics Joke by our trusty leader - We're all scratching our heads. How could a leader such as Barack Obama make a joke about the Special Olympics? But it really did happen last night on ...

The Perrot Memorial Library Blog
Memorial Service Tomorrow - Don't forget: The memorial service for Kate McClelland and Kathy Krasniewicz will take place tomorrow, Friday, March 20th, 2009, at 3:30 P.M. at the First ...

Greenwich Geek David S. Isenberg's musings at isen.blog
Quote of Note: Chris Fusaro - *"If you come in for a haircut and I cut your ear off, are you going to give me a tip?" * Chris Fusaro, a barber with shop near AIG Financial Products HQ in...

Greenwich Resident Jerry Dumas Writes And Draws The Comic Strip Sam And Silo, And Is A Greenwich Time Columnist
The bailouts seem to be almost comical - President Barack Obama and his top economic aides frantically tried to calm a nationwide furor over bonuses paid by comic strip syndicates to a handful of ...

The Daily Spurgeon
No tears in Heaven - There are many reasons why glorified spirits cannot weep. These are well known to you, but let us just hint at them. All outward causes of grief are gone...

EDDIE "Greenwich Native" ROSS
It's All in the Details - Planning Makes Perfect - Why can some people pull off a sit-down dinner for twelve without so much as a hitch, while others are caught in a three-alarm panic the moment the doorbell ...

The Latest From Claudette Rothman, AKA,Greenwich Diva
Rapper Kanye West charged with vandalism, battery and grand theft - Rapper Kanye West was charged with vandalism, battery and grand theft in connection with an incident at LAX last September 11. West and his bodyguard were ...

Vivapop Community Events RSS Feed
Car Tune Clinic Requirements - VIVAPOP SOAP BOX DERBY Greenwich, CT 203-000-0000 Events Car Tune Clinic *Set-up* - Clear out Ferrari garage [? people] - Set up saw horses [? people...

Ex-Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bernie Yudain
Economy casts a shadow over reunions - Newspapers, under heavy economic pressure and the menacing technology of the Internet, are cutting back these days....

03/20/09 More On The Plot To Extort Money From The Randy Greenwich Man

Ohio Crooks Sen Extortion Letter By Email.


MANSFIELD -- A Mansfield couple was arrested Wednesday and charged in an extortion plot that took $100,000 from a Greenwich, Conn., man, police said.

Dawn Jessop, 28, and Christopher Jessop, 29, both of 600 Stewart Lane, were charged with first-degree larceny by extortion and first-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, according to a news release issued Thursday by the Greenwich (Conn.) Police Department.

Police said the couple threatened to tell the man's wife about his alleged infidelities if he did not pay them a large sum of money, police reported.

The arrest came after a five-month investigation that ended Wednesday, police said, when the Jessops appeared in Greenwich unannounced to extort more money from the man, whom police did not identify.

Arrangements were made to wire an additional $50,000 to the Jessops' account, and a meeting was set up at a hotel, according to police. Police arrsted the Jessops when they arrived at the hotel.

Police did not reveal how they became involved in the investigation, though they said Dawn Jessop contacted the Greenwich man online in the fall and later threatened to talk to his family unless he sent money.

The Jessops appeared in state Superior Court in Stamford on Thursday after being held at police headquarters overnight on a $100,000 bond. After their arraignment, they were transferred to the custody of the state Department of Corrections until their April 23 court date, a court clerk said. They were each assigned a public defender.

According to Richland County Probate Court records, Christopher Michael Jessop of Mansfield, 28, a truck driver, and Dawn Rachelle Smith of Mansfield, 27, a collection agent, applied for a marriage license in December 2007.

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03/20/09 The Raw GreenWich News Feed: This Just In .....

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

FOREX-Dollar on track for worst week in 24 years
Reuters
... grand sweep of history we are witnessing the end of 'Rome' on the Potomac," said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist a RBS Greenwich Capital. ...
Greenwich Wins first Open crown since 2006
Greenwich Time
NEW HAVEN -- Greenwich High School boys swimming coach Terry Lowe has guided the Cardinals to 30 State Open titles during his glorious ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Posts:

LOOK it's SPRING – Our Greenwich
By john ferris robben
Redsocks girls walking from Greenwich HS to Gofers in the rain. Flowers have emerged on the hill in front of the 2nd Congregational Church. PTA meeting and Jazz Fest. info. Lights, Camera watch the Action. Underground work at the top of ...
Our Greenwich - http://ourgreenwich.com/
Boys Swimming: Live from the State Open - iTeams High School ...
By Zac Boyer
Other contenders include New Canaan, which won in 2007 and set four records at the Class M meet at Wesleyan University on Tuesday, as well as Fairfield Prep, Ridgefield, Westhill/Stamford and, of course, Greenwich, which has won seven ...
iTeams High School Sports blog - http://blogs.courant.com/school_zone/



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03/20/09 The Raw Greenwich Overnight News Feed (Updated)



Connecticut’s ‘Rodeo Drive’ Abandoned as Hedge Funds Collapse

Bloomberg


By Allison Abell Schwartz and Matt Townsend


Finding a parking spot for your Mercedes or BMW on Greenwich Avenue, the main shopping strip of the U.S. hedge-fund capital, used to be a challenge. Not anymore.


With the recession hammering retail sales, empty curbside spaces abound along the suburban Connecticut thoroughfare, known as the Rodeo Drive of the northeast, and “For Rent” signs decorate vacant storefronts. Ann Taylor, Banana Republic and Borders have all closed their Greenwich Avenue locations.


As banks and hedge funds cut jobs or close down in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, Greenwich merchants are suffering sales declines. Some stores are simply packing it in. Many are renegotiating rents, cutting inventory or offering cheaper products.


“We never used to have one day with no sales,” said May Lai Ku, the manager of Cochni, a woman’s clothing store on the avenue. “Now that happens three to four times a month.”


Ku, 46, said her store had about $40,000 in sales in January 2008. This year, it will take about three months to make the same amount, with almost everything in the store discounted as much as 80 percent, she said.....


....Sales are down 50 percent from a year ago at Petit Patapon, a children’s clothing store on Greenwich Avenue, according to manager Nancy Harper, 58. At 3:30 p.m. on a Friday, the store hadn’t yet made a sale. It may close when its lease expires in October because the landlord is asking double the rent, Harper said. ...


....Plaza Too, a women’s shoe boutique with nine locations including one in Greenwich, experienced a 35 percent decline in sales in the fourth quarter. The chain may struggle to keep revenue from dropping more than the 30 percent it’s projecting for this year.

“It’s horrible,” Tom Mendes, the founder and owner, said in an interview. “It’s been rough since October.”....


....Jill duPont, owner of Greenwich Avenue clothing boutique Out of the Box, agrees.

“It used to be a mom-and-pop kind of town,” duPont said. “That has gone and been replaced by the nationals. At these prices, I’m not sure it’s going to come back.”....


....Rachel Ashwell Designs Inc., operator of the Shabby Chic home-furnishings chain, closed its Greenwich Avenue store. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in January.

Borders Group Inc. shut its Borders Express branch on the avenue in January in an effort to close underperforming stores, said Anne Roman, a company spokeswoman.


AnnTaylor Stores Inc. left Greenwich Avenue Jan. 24 as part of a program to shutter 117 underperforming locations by 2010, said spokeswoman Beth Warner.

Gap Inc., which closed the Greenwich Avenue Banana Republic last June, shutters stores for reasons including location and performance, according to Louise Callagy, a company spokeswoman. She declined to comment specifically on the Greenwich store......


....Not every shopkeeper is giving up on Greenwich. J. Crew Group Inc. opened a Madewell clothing store on the avenue this month.


Roberto Chiappelloni, owner of Manfredi Jewels, said he sold a $224,000 Vacheron Constantin watch two weeks ago to a collector......



Senate Tackles AIG Bonus Bill After House Approves Its Version
FOXNews

....But some Democrats, including freshmen Reps. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Michael McMahon, D-N.Y., had planned to vote against the bill because they believed lawmakers were "rushing through" the process.

Himes and McMahon represent many Wall Street constituents in Greenwich, Conn., and Staten Island. But in the end, Himes relented and voted for the bill. ...


Himes and McMahon represent many Wall Street constituents in Greenwich, Conn., and Staten Island. But in the end, Himes relented and voted for the bill.

McMahon was one of only six Democrats who voted against the bill. The others were Reps. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., Vic Snyder, D-Ark., Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and Larry Kissell, D-N.C.......

Dodd, Facing Opposition, Pushes Back
New York Times


ON a 48-hour swing through Connecticut last weekend, Senator Christopher J. Dodd began acting like a candidate for re-election, staging press events and commandeering a Sunday news show.

A newly aggressive Mr. Dodd was reacting to a spate of bad press and poor polling, including a Quinnipiac University survey showing him in a statistical tie with Rob Simmons, a former congressman who announced his candidacy last week.....

....Mr. Simmons, a former three-term congressman from Stonington, opened his campaign last Sunday. State Senator Sam S. F. Caligiuri of Waterbury said he expected to follow. Thomas C. Foley of Greenwich, a major Republican fund-raiser who was a development official in Iraq and ambassador to Ireland, was also weighing a run.. ...

The upper body stimulus plan
Stamford Advocate


"A lot of women start hiding their arms by their 30s," says Jen Goodkind of Greenwich, co-host of "A Fashionable Life" on WGCH radio in Greenwich and a ...

BET denies funds for fire station design
Greenwich Time


Reluctant to open the door to additional staffing so soon after layoffs by the town, the Board of Estimate and Taxation Thursday night refused to reinstate funding for the design of a new King Street fire station in the $340.2 million budget approved by its members for next year.

The BET unanimously voted to accept the recommendation of its Budget Committee to withhold $175,000 for the facility's design until it receives a comprehensive plan for the deployment of firefighters town-wide from the Fire Department......

.....With representatives of the Northwest Greenwich Association and the fire chief sitting in the audience at the Town Hall Meeting Room, BET members said the project does not have to wait until next year to get funding. ...

FiftyP.com teaches kids about money
Norwalk Advocate


Mark Pruner, president of Web Counsel LLC in Greenwich, said he believes that FiftyP.com is a good way to encourage long-term saving and budgeting early in ...

Area Stocks
Connecticut Post


Urstadt Biddle Properties, a Greenwich-based real estate investment trust that owns and operates shopping centers in the Northeast, gained 69 cents to close ...

Board wants public hearing on tolling
Stamford Advocate


Last week, the legislature's Transportation Committee approved a bill asking the state Department of Transportation to study placing tolls at state borders. That would significantly traffic in border towns such as Greenwich, Danbury, Union and East Lyme, the study said.

State Sen. L Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich, said his constituents have made clear they will oppose tolls. The study indicated that border tolling would generate $19.5 billion in revenue over 30 years, but Connecticut should focus on tolling that eases congestion, Frantz said.

"If the borders are the only place where they put tolls, I think it would completely destroy the characteristics of the towns on the border," Frantz said. "If you do it, don't do it for revenue. Do it for a net positive effect on traffic congestion."

DMV to close Stamford office: Workers will move to Norwalk when ...
TMCnet


Malloy said Stamford and Greenwich alone have about 180000 residents, not including commuters who use the Stamford DMV office.

"Everyone is going to have to drive to Norwalk and overwhelm that office. I think the governor and her staff should be ashamed of themselves," ...

Cops charge duo over tryst blackmail
Greenwich Time


By Debra Friedman

An Ohio couple was arrested Wednesday and charged in an extortion plot that took $100,000 from a Greenwich man, police said.

Dawn Jessop, 28, and Christopher Jessop, 29, both of 600 Stewart Lane, Mansfield, Ohio, were charged with first-degree larceny by extortion and first-degree conspiracy to commit larceny.

Police said the couple threatened to tell the man's wife of his alleged infidelities if he did not pay them a large sum of money, according to police.

The arrest came after a five-month investigation that ended Wednesday, police said, when the Jessops appeared in Greenwich unannounced to extort more money from the man, whom police did not identify ...

Boys and Girls Club to hold storytelling festival
Greenwich Post


In commemoration of World Story Telling Day on March 20, the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich is holding a Storytelling Festival program. ...

Fueled for a fight
Stamford Advocate


One day this week, 11 of the 15 highest gas prices in Connecticut were in Stamford, a consumer Web site reported.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state Tuesday was $2; in Stamford it was $2.26, according to the site, GasBuddy.com.

Such numbers fuel Mike Fox's passion.

For the 11th year, Fox is lobbying the legislature for a law that would stop the oil companies from charging some stations more for gasoline than others. It's the reason motorists in Stamford, Fairfield County and other areas the oil companies view as affluent pay 20 cents, 30 cents and more for a gallon of gas, Fox says. ...

...."Each year you learned something that totally disgusted you," said Fox, a lifelong Greenwich resident. "When you get to Hartford, you have to worry about a ...

Madoff bled hedge funds too
InvestmentNews


Put another way, three of the 10 largest hedge funds to disappear last year were directly invested with Mr. Madoff’s firm: Fairfield Greenwich Group’s ...

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03/20/09 NY Post: Jackpot Jimmy Cries Like A Baby As He Gives Back His AIG Muti Million Pirate Booty Back To The Taxpayers

Greenwich Time Managing Editor Sat On His Rear End As The NY Post And Later The CT Post Showed Up At Jimmy Haas' Front Door And Made Him Cry

Bruce Hunter Makes Sure That The Greenwich Time Reporters:

*See No Backcountry Bonus Money,
*Hear Nothing About Backcountry Bonus Money
*Or Report On Any Backcountry Bonus Money

Backcoutry Residents Are Scared To Death That Out Of Town Newspapers Will Show Up In Greenwich And Do Failed Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor Bruce Hunter's Job -

Greedy Backcounrty Residents Who Are Sitting On Taxpayer Bonus Money Should Realize That It Is Not A Matter Of If Out Of Town Newspapers Will Out Them ..... It Is Only Matter Of When They Get Outed For Stealing From Their Neighbors

Greedy Greenwich Backcountry Hogs Should Realize That It Is Not Too Late To Return Your Neighbors Money, Before The Out Of Town Newspapers Show up

AIG BIGWIG HAAS GIVES UP BONUS $$
New York Post


By CHRISTINA CARREGA IN FAIRFIELD, CONN.
and JEANE MACINTOSH IN NEW YORK

With everyone in Washington having dropped the ball on bailout bonus bucks, at least somebody's doing the right thing.

Beleaguered AIG bigwig James Haas, who bagged a multi-million dollar bonus, said today he's given all the money back in the face of explosive criticism that has led to him and other execs getting death threats.

"I have rescinded my retention contract," a tired and tearful Haas, co-leader of North American marketing for AIG's troubled Financial Products unit, told The Post.

Speaking inside his hilltop Connecticut mansion, Haas - eyes welling with tears - declined to discuss the matter further.......

COME ON JACKPOT JIMMY
STOP THE CRYING AND
GIVE ME A BREAK

Jimmy Haas Stop Your Public Blubbering And Start Apologizing To Your Neighbors And Family For Being Blinded By Greed

If Jimmy Haas" neighbors had not bailed out AIG with there hard earned tax dollars, then the contract he is crying over wouldn't have been worth the paper it is printed on.

Jimmy Haas Stole From Every Single One Of Neighbors, And Now He Wants Everyone To Feel Sorry For Him

Instead Of Saying "Oh, Woe Is Me"

Why Don't You Say,"I Am So Very Very Sorry For What I Have Done. Can You Please Forgive Me For What I Did And The Way I Acted.

GREENWICH ROUNDUP HAS ONLY ONE QUESTION
FOR THE CRY BABY, KNOWN AS JACKPOT JIMMY HAAS:

Jimmy Did You Rescind Both Taxpayer
Funded Multi Million Bonus Payments?

Not May People Are Aware That There Are Two Sets Of Bonus Payments

This Is The First Bonus And Covers December 01, 2007 To November 30, 2008 That Was To Be Paid No Later Than March 15th of 2009.

Most People Including Clueless Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Don't Realize That The Clock Is Already Ticking On A Second Round Of Bonus Payments.

The Second Bonus Payments Cover December 01, 2008 To November 30, 2009 That Was To Be Paid No Later Than March 15th of 2010.

Jimmy, If You Tried To Pull A Fast One And
Retained The Second Bonus That Is
Fully Funded By Your Neighbors,
Then You Are One Hell Of A Greedy Fool.

Jimmy, You Are Just As Stupid As You Look
If You Did Not Rescind Both Bonus Payments

Jimmy What Were You Thinking When You Wanted To Use Your Neighbors Tax Dollars To Pay Out A Contract That You Knew Was Not Worth The Paper It Was Written On.

Further, Jimmy, You Wanted To Be Paid Millions And Millions Of Taxpayer Funded Bailout Dollars, For Not Leaving A Financial Services Job In The Middle Of The Biggest Recession Since The Depression.

Jimmy What Were You Thinking
How Could You And Your Pals Be So Greedy
Why Did You Let Your Greed Put Your Family
Through The Public Humilation

Jimmy, When AIG Chief Edward Liddy Ask You To Refund The Money You Thumbed Your Nose At All The Taxpayers Of The Country That Has Been So Good To You And Your Family.

But When The New York Post And The CT Post Showed Up At Your Door You Saw The Light And Decided To Give Back The Money That You Stole From Your Neighbors.

Jimmy You Are Smart Enough To Know That If Your Neighbors Didn't Bailout AIG With their Hard Earned Tax Dollars....
Than The Contract That You Are Publicly Crying Over Wouldn't Be Worth Two Cents.

PLEASE SEE:


COMMENT:

Here Is A Great Idea For One Of Bruce Hunter' Insipid Greenwich Time "Thumbs Up Thumbs Down" Editorials

Greedy Backcountry Residents Who Give Back Their Multi Million Dollar Taxpayer Funded Bonus Money, Before Being Outed By An Out Of Town Paper Get Two Thumbs Up

Greedy Backcountry Residents Who Only Give Back Their Multi Million Dollar Taxpayer Funded Bonus Money After Being Outed By An Out Of Town Paper Get One Thumb Up

Greedy Backcountry Residents Who Foolishly Try And Hang On To Their Multi Million Dollar Taxpayer Funded Bonus Money To The Bitter End Get Two Thumbs Down

Outed Backcoutry Pirates Whose Greed Causes Them To Try And Hang On To Taxpayer Funded Bonus Money Should Know That Greenwich Taxpayers Know
UPDATE:
The New York Attorney General Doesn't Just Have The Greedy AIG Bonus Pirates He Just Got The Identities Of The 200 Highest-Paid Bonus Recipients At Merrill Lynch And Co
Boston Globe

The story of Merrill Lynch's $3.6 billion bonus bonanza belongs in an entirely different league. Many of the details have already been disclosed, but they are making headlines again this week because a judge upheld the right of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to disclose the names of Merrill executives who shared in the payout just before the crumbling brokerage was sold to Bank of America Corp. late last year.
Start with the money. Besides the mind-bending size of the entire bonus pool, a staggering amount of money was distributed at the top. The four executives who got the most received a total of $121 million, according to Cuomo. The next four got $62 million, and the following six were awarded $66 million. A grand total of 696 Merrill employees received at least $1 million each in bonuses.
But the Merrill story isn't just about the size of the money pot. How and when the bonus payout took place matter, too.

Merrill accelerated its normal bonus schedule so the awards took place just days before Bank of America acquired the company at the end of 2008. A couple of weeks later, executives suddenly discovered Merrill was bleeding to the tune of $13.8 billion during the final quarter of the year
So a company that was losing money at a pace of more than $6 million each hour over a period of three months decided to reward its executives with $3.6 billion of bonuses at the very time. That would have been a sad but private story if it ended there, but it didn't.....
By The Way Did You Hear That:
The Connecticut Working Families party, which has support from organized labor, is planning a bus tour of A.I.G. executives’ homes on Saturday, with a stop at the company’s Wilton office.
Backcountry Homes In Greenwich Are Not Yet On Their List, But Soon Will Be If Bailout Bonus Money Is Not Returned

Did You Hear About This:

Jackpot Jimmy Haas had another tearful New York Times interview.

At at the end of the interview he had one request:

Leave my neighbors alone.”

Too late. Jean Wieson, who has lived down the block for 24 years, had stopped her car in front of Mr. Haas’s house before he arrived home. She was angry about the millions of dollars in bonuses paid to its executives, the credit-default swaps that brought American International Group to its knees, the $170 billion the federal government has spent to prop it up. "It makes me absolutely sick," she said. "It’s despicable. It’s disgusting what these people have done. They should be forced to give every cent back."

UPDATE #2

Jackpot Jimmy Haas Is Really Going To Start Crying Now

Greenwich Resident Richard Blumenthal Just Sent Him A Subpoena

Connecticut, 19 other states launch AIG investigations

CNN International

Twenty state attorneys general announced investigations Friday into the $165 million bonuses paid by insurance giant AIG last week, with Connecticut's top lawyer issuing subpoenas to CEO Edward Liddy and 11 other executives.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Democratic chairman of the General Assembly's Banks Committee want Liddy and other executives to appear Thursday and bring with them "original or copies of documents regarding the AIG Financial Products Corp. retention bonus plan and any related contracts or agreements."

"Now living off supersized taxpayer-paid bonuses, these AIG employees have a moral and legal obligation to appear at this legislative hearing and disclose details about corporate compensation to employees as well as investment decisions by AIG Financial Products Corp. involving credit derivatives and dealings that have led to market destruction," said Blumenthal, a Democrat.

AIG officials are citing a Connecticut law to justify their payment of the bonuses. The law says that employees can sue in civil court for payments withheld that are due them and recoup double the amount of money. Many AIG employees live in Connecticut.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is already investigating AIG's bonus payments, and on Thursday received a list of employees who received bonuses that he had demanded a day earlier.


It was not clear where Blumenthal got the list of executives he subpoenaed. At least one of them, Doug Poling, is know to have received a retention bonus. Earlier Friday, Poling, a senior executive, announced through a company spokesman that he would be returning the $6 million he received.

The attorneys general of Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and West Virginia have also launched investigations. New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram said all 19 state attorneys signed a letter to Liddy demanding names and documents concerning the bonuses.....

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03/20/09 Greenwich Roundup's International Corespondent: SIN - On Our Site; News, Videos and Books!

'Stop Injustice Now' News Letter


News, Videos and a Book

News Item One:

Jozef Fritzl; no plans for investigation into police and social service failings
Jozef Fritzl; no plans for investigation into police and social service failings

CLICK HERE For The Full Article:

Josef Fritzl used to boast that he was lord over life and death. Today an Austrian
court jailed him for life, ensuring that he would almost certainly end his days behind
the high walls of a psychiatric unit for the most dangerous of disturbed criminals.
"There will be no appeal I accept the sentence", said Fritzl, his shoulders hunched.
But despite the horror of his crimes there are no plans for an investigation into the
failings of police and social services, or for new laws such as a sex offenders list.
He was found guilty of throwing his daughter, Elisabeth, into a homemade dungeon when
she was 18 and making her a sex slave for almost a quarter of a century. The prosecutor
calculated that he had raped her at least 3,000 times.
Fritzl, 73, fathered seven children in the cellar. He murdered one of them, a baby boy
who, struggling for breath, was allowed to die while the building engineer went upstairs
to watch television. That murder ensured a life sentence.
“I regret from the bottom of my heart what I have done to my family,” Fritzl told the jury
in a thin, croaking voice. “Unfortunately I cannot make amends for it. I can only attempt
to look for possibilities to try to limit the damage that has been done.”

News Item Two:

Laming report calls for better training for social workers following Baby P and Victoria Climbie
Laming report calls for better training for social workers following Baby P and Victoria Climbie

CLICK HERE For The Full Article:

In the past decade, Haringey has lost two children in horrific cases of child abuse.
ELIZABETH PEARS looks at Lord Laming’s latest report to find out what went wrong In
2001, Lord Laming chaired an inquiry following the death of Victoria Climbie.
Eight-year-old Victoria died after suffering serious abuse while living with her aunt
and her boyfriend in a one-bedroom flat in Tottenham in 1999.
She died from malnutrition and at the time of her death, in February 25, 2000, the
schoolgirl had endured more than 128 injuries that included burn marks and scars
caused by a scabies infection.
The horrific details left the nation in shock and was regarded as one of the worst
instances of child abuse in British history. Following the inquiry led by Lord Laming,
it prompted radical reform of child protection laws. But seven years later, in the same
social services department, in a council house just streets away, lightning was set to
strike a second time. On November 23, 2007, a mother from Tottenham, her live-in
boyfriend and a lodger, Jason Owen, appeared in court denying the murder of the
17-month-old we know as Baby P. He had been placed on Haringey Council’s at-risk register
and had regular contact with social workers, health visitors and his GP.

News Item Three:

Social worker asked to return at 82
Social worker asked to return at 82

CLICK HERE For The Full Article:

A RETIRED social worker was sent a letter asking her to return to the profession
â€" even though she is 82. Barbara MacArthur quit her job in 1982 and has spent the
past 27 years caring for her 54-year-old autistic son Howard.
But she was stunned to receive a letter offering her up to £50 an hour to return
to social work. Divorced Mrs MacArthur, of Cathays, Cardiff, said: “I knew they
were desperate for social workers, but I didn’t think they were this desperate!”
The letter, from Hertfordshire-based Evergood Associates, asks for Mrs MacArthur’s
“current availability and future career plan.
It adds: “We look forward to receiving your completed form with CV if applicable
at your earliest convenience. The former policewoman previously worked for the
Citizens' Advice Bureau before becoming a social worker in 1960.
She said: "I've always wanted to help people and, even when I was a policewoman,
I found myself feeling sorry for the people I was supposed to be arresting."

News Item Four:

The mother who is helping her Down's son lose his virginity insists: He has just as much right to a love life as anyone else
The mother who is helping her Down's son lose his virginity insists: He has just as much right to a love life as anyone else

CLICK HERE For The Full Article:

Sipping a bitter shandy, Otto Baxter is describing to me his ideal girlfriend.
He'd like her to be pretty, petite, with a good sense of humour to match his own.
Someone like former pop star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Rachel Stevens
would do, he says. 'I want to meet a nice girl, I want to make love, I want to
get married one day,' he grins, 'but I don't want any children. I can't be doing
with getting up in the night and changing nappies.' So, not very different from
other 21-year-old, hot-blooded males. Only Otto has Down's syndrome and his public
quest to find a lover - to be just like his friends - has stirred up a hornet's
nest of controversy over the taboo subject of disability and sex. This week, his
adoptive mother Lucy Baxter, 51, was accused of being 'odd', 'irresponsible',
'creepy', and 'strange' after she revealed she was actively helping her son seek
a partner, setting up a Bebo page for him on the net and researching dating agencies
so Otto can 'enjoy the same experiences as other men his age'. Her assertion that
she would support him if he ever wanted to seek the services of a prostitute prompted
an even more vitriolic response that she would be 'pimping' out her son rather than
protecting a vulnerable young man. Some readers found the very thought 'disgusting'.
Far from being hurt, Lucy Baxter welcomes the debate her words have sparked, bringing
the whole issue of Down's syndrome and sexuality into the open.

Video One:

What If...? - Suspected Abuse (Video Documentary)
What If...? - Suspected Abuse (Video Documentary)

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Teachers and managers role-play challenging situations, with the late Ted Wragg
asking the difficult questions. This week, what actions are taken when the head
suspects a pupil is being physical abused? When is the inter-agency child protection
team of the police, health and social services involved? At what point are the parents
told? The eight panellists respond to a case study involving six-year-old Jade who
appears at school with bruising. The dilemmas arise out of determining whether Jade's
bruises are the result of rough and tumble in the playground or more serious signs of
abuse at home.

Video Two:

Need To Know - New Restraint Powers (Video Documentary)
Need To Know - New Restraint Powers (Video Documentary)

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Mike Baker and Sheena McDonald discuss teachers' powers of restraint under the
Education and Inspections Act 2006. They explain why the changes were needed, and
how they make the powers more explicit for teachers. Mike also points out that
while the law grants teachers the right to use "reasonable force" as a last resort,
it does specify that the context of each particular situation must be taken into
account. Examples of restraints teachers could use are demonstrated in the studio
by conflict management specialist Tim Cooke.

Video Three:

School Matters - CRB - Checks and Balances (Video Documentary)
School Matters - CRB - Checks and Balances (Video Documentary)

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An inside look at the Criminal Records Bureau and a chance to asses whether CRB checks
are essential for our children's safety or an invasion of civil liberties.
The number of adults who must now undergo CRB checks on their suitability to work with
children in schools and other institutions runs into several millions. Given the scale
of this operation, it is inevitable that mistakes will occasionally be made. In this
programme we investigate the workings of the CRB and hear the story of one person who
was wrongly rejected twice in a case of mistaken identity.

Video Four:

Missing Women (Video Documentary)
Missing Women (Video Documentary)

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THIS PROGRAMME CONTAINS SENSITIVE CONTENT.
A powerful documentary focused on the 'missing women' of Asia - the estimated 100 million
females who have not been given a chance to live due to overwhelming social pressures.
We travel to India where, in the south, community pressure has forced many women to commit
infanticide by killing their own daughters. In the north of the country, a great weight
of tradition has led to a selective abortions; something that is ravaging the country's
female population. In Karachi, Pakistan, the number of newborn girls abandoned at birth
has increased tenfold in the wake of growing poverty. Baby girls are being left for dead
in the city's ditches, parks and dumps. Finally, we visit China, where 20 years of the
'single child' policy has driven families to do away with their daughters. The Chinese
government is now trying to reverse this trend..

Book:

'TIP' by Zoompad (The Book)
'TIP' by Zoompad (The Book)

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An intelligent, moral and often hilarious funny story of abuse survival, Zoompad's
outstanding first novel describes growing up in the Sixties and Seventies Britain,
warts and all. A very moving book, once you start reading it, you won’t put it down.
Some of the book makes you laugh, but other parts make you angry at the system.
Overall, a very well written book and a very brave subject to cover.

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03/20/09 Greenwich Roundup's International Corespondent: SIN - Two News Items!

This Just In From: Stop Injustice Now (SIN) ......



Article One:


Help given to drugs case children


Paul Makin, 31, and his wife Laura were held on 16 February on Margarita Island for allegedly carrying cocaine


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Relatives are working with consular officials in Venezuela to bring home the four children
of a British couple detained for alleged drugs offences.
Paul Makin, 31, and his wife Laura were held on 16 February on Margarita Island
for allegedly carrying cocaine.
The four children were placed into the care of Venezuelan social services. British Embassy officials travelled to the island to ensure the children's welfare
and provide consular services to the detainees.
The children are an eight- and a seven-year-old from a former marriage of Laura Makin,
and the couple's two-year-old twins.
The Foreign Office confirmed that other family members have arrived on Margarita Island,
and are working to repatriate the four children as soon as possible.
Sought in UK
A Foreign Office spokesman said the Venezuelan authorities had done everything
in their power to assist the children.




Article Two:

I'll spell it out: if children can't read, lives are ruined


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This country's education system is a betrayal of this country's children.
It blunts their intelligence, narrows their perspectives and blasts their future prospects.
How often does that need to be said? Of course it is not universally true;
many children defy the system, one way or another. But the point is that the system is bad.
If the word ''institutionally'' means anything, this country’s education system is
institutionally unfit for purpose.
Those who assume that I am exaggerating, as columnists do, should consider the interim
report published last week by the Cambridge Primary Review, the biggest independent inquiry
into state primary school education in England for 40 years, led by Professor Robin Alexander.
After three years of exhaustive research by his team, he says ''our argument is that
'primary school childrens'
education, and to some degree their lives, are impoverished if they have received
an education that is so fundamentally deficient''.
At last a knight in shining educational armour seems to have come galloping over the hill.
His review finds that the curriculum has been politicised, that the education department and
the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority have been excessively prescriptive in their
micro-management of schools, that their focus on ''literacy'' and numeracy and testing has squeezed
out other learning, and that children are being denied a broad and rich curriculum - with history,
geography, music, art and drama the greatest losses. Alexander insists the arts and humanities
''help to hold the line between civilisation and philistinises but ''
in these severely utilitarian and philistine time this argument
''no longer cuts much ice''


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03/20/09 Greenwich Roundup's International Corespondent: SIN - Mother charged with killing son

THE LATEST FROM STOP INJUSTICE NOW (SIN) .....



Mother charged with killing son




The jury heard the 999 call that Brandon's mother made


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A mother has gone on trial charged with killing her 23-month-old son in Dundee.
Heather Boyd, 23, from Monifieth in Angus,
was accused of the culpable homicide of Brandon Lee Muir by failing to get him medical treatment.

Robert Cunningham, also 23, was charged with murdering the toddler, by assaulting him in flats in the city's Balunie Crescent in March last year.

They both denied the charges.

The trial, at the High Court in Glasgow, was expected to last four to six weeks.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

03/19/09 PRESS RELEASE: The Eight Conditions That Make a Difference in Student Aspirations

The Eight Conditions That Make a Difference in Student Aspirations.

My Voice Survey, consists of a short survey of students, staff and parents to determine the perceived school environment. Accompanying Resource Guides and Professional Development provide plans and activities to improve school environment and student aspirations.

(1) Provides meaningful data and valuable insights to educators for grades 3-12

(2) Reveals the connections and disconnections among educators, students and parents

(3) Helps educators improve relationships with students and parents

(4) Makes teaching more relevant and engaging

(5) Creates a renewed sense of purpose

(6) Raises student aspirations

(7) Improvement academic achievement, social awareness and positive contributions to school and community

(8) Research-based

Enrich: Supports course instruction by providing an engaging and optimal learning environment; motivates and inspires students to achieve; improves relationships with students, staff and parents.

Instruct: Meets individual learning needs by giving students a sense of belonging and accomplishment.

Inspire: Teaches beyond the classroom by inspiring students to be curious and creative, have a spirit of adventure, gain leadership and responsibility and having the confidence to take action.

My Voice Survey, developed by Dr. Russell from the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, asks students to respond to a series of statements about their learning environment. The survey is based on the 8 Conditions that Make a Difference: Belonging, Heroes, Sense of Accomplishment, Fun & Excitement, Curiosity and Creativity, Spirit of Adventure, Leadership & Responsibility, and Confidence to Take Action.

Want to learn more about My Voice Survey?
Please register to attend any of the free 1 hour long web seminars listed below. These seminars will be hosted on the internet and will use a conference call to hear the audio.

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02/19/09 Greenwich Business Report -- Bussiness Talk Radio Owner, Michael Metter, Is Making Business

(SPNG.ob) - SpongeTech Lands $10 million in March Deals
NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpongeTech® Delivery Systems, Inc., America's Cleaning Company(TM), (OTC Bulletin Board: SPNG - News) would like to inform shareholders of recent developments at your Company.

New orders for SpongeTech® products continue to grow at an impressive pace. From March 1 through March 17, the Company booked orders with a value of $9.6 million from well-known domestic retailers. The order agreements include the usual non-disclosure clauses to protect the competitive positions of our clients, so we are not permitted to announce the names of specific retailers until the SpongeTech® products have been shipped and appear on the store shelves. We will make further announcements when appropriate.

We noted on February 2 that there were roughly 700 million SPNG shares outstanding at that time. There have been no significant changes to date. All rumors to the contrary are unfounded and without merit.

It should be noted that on March 10 we petitioned the State of Delaware to increase the "authorized" common shares to 1.5 billion from 1.25 billion. While we have no present intention to issue more shares, we acted on the advice of legal counsel to increase the authorization to provide for possible future acquisitions, shareholder dividends, or other corporate purposes.

Thank you for your kind attention and loyalty as we continue to create "America's Cleaning Company."

Michael Metter CEO

Steven Moskowitz COO.

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03/19/08 The Raw Greenwich News Feed; This Just In......

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Bernanke Bunker Bombs Markets With Fed Treasury Purchase Announcement
Seeking Alpha
One Greenwich based hedge fund reportedly made a killing. They got long the bond and short the dollar before the Fed announcement. ...
Cleaning up: Watershed coalition has challenges ahead
Greenwich Post
Its location, meandering from the riverbanks of Bedford, NY, through Rye Brook, NY, Greenwich and Port Chester, NY, to Long Island Sound, requires a joint ...
Westhill/Stamford swimmers ready for State Open
Norwalk Advocate
Greenwich won its 17th straight Class LL title with 783 points. Fairfield Prep was second with 671 and Westhill had 410. ...
Greenwich Time Staff
Greenwich Time
Chabad of Greenwich, 75 Mason St., will hold a "Model Matzah Factory," an educational and interactive pre-Passover event, on Sunday. ...
Memorial planned for Perrot librarians
Stamford Advocate
GREENWICH -- Storytellers, publishers, librarians and families are expected to gather Friday to celebrate the lives and works of the two ...
What You've Been Missing on Capitol Hill Today
Cityfile - New York
... he'd received to try and make the case that releasing the names of immoral AIG employees might lead to a drive-by in Fairfield or Greenwich or wherever. ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Post:

Tucson real estate is holding up better than Greenwich's
By christopherfountain
They're only down to 2004 prices. The advice is the same, though: The rise, 2001 - 2006, was +87% for both Average and Median prices. The fall, 2006 - 2009, ...
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03/19/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Time News Links

Betty Sternberg takes notes as Mandarin language teacher Lin Young, center, teaches Mandarin...

With a daunting daily load of coursework and extracurricular activities, you'd think a Greenwich High School student might crumble under the pressure of having the superintendent follow him around all day.

New boating plan postponed
Confronted by an armada of angry boaters at a public hearing Wednesday night, town officials reversed the rudder on a controversial plan to impose new rules on the mooring of vessels in local waters.

In town
Matzah factory educational event Chabad of Greenwich, 75 Mason St., will hold a "Model Matzah Factory," an educational and interactive pre-Passover event, on Sunday.

More delays in Honulik appeal
The state Supreme Court has granted the town's request for more time to file its response to a police lieutenant's motion for reconsideration, which asks the court to review its recent ruling against him in a promotion lawsuit.

Health director pushing for return of coordinator
The medical community wants the town to reinstate funding for the position of public health emergency preparedness coordinator, which it says plays a vital role in planning for pandemics, immunizations, a bioterrorism attack and quarantines.

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03/19/09 Here Is Another Financial Scandal You Wont Read About In The Greenwich Time And This One Is Right On Greenwich Avenue

FORMER NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN HEVISI SAYS HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT GREENWICH AVENUE BASED SEARLE AND COMPANY

Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is Once Again A Sleep At The Switch: If You Want To Know Whats Really Going On In Greenwich You Have Got To Read The Out Of Town Newspapers

Wine Dine And Pocketline In Greenwich: $25 Million From Money Managers Like Greenwich Firm Searle & Co. Was Pocketed By Former New New York Attorney General's Aide.
A Lot Of Dirty Money Fllows Through Greenwich Everyday: Ex-Greenwich Time Managing Editor And Now Hearst Newspaper Business Reporter Jim "I Write About Homebrewed Beer" Zebora Is Totally Clueless

DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF
ALBANY - Hank Morris, a top political consultant to former Controller Alan Hevesi, is one of two people facing indictment Thursday for their roles in a state pension fund scandal, the Daily News has learned.

Morris and David Loglisci, former deputy controller for Pension Investment and Cash Management under Hevesi, would be the first charged in a nearly two-year probe by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office, a source told The News.

The specific charges weren't clear last night. Hevesi will not be charged, the source said.

The News reported in September that Cuomo had convened a grand jury.

Morris pocketed at least $25 million in middleman fees from financial firms that won business with the pension fund during Hevesi's tenure.

Successful companies paid a little-known Connecticut financial firm, Searle & Co. "placement fees," 95% of which are said to have gone to Morris.

The largest chunk was from the Carlyle Group, one of the world's biggest private equity firms in the world.

Carlyle, which invests $1.3 billion for the state pension, paid $12.3 million to Searle from 2003 through 2006.

Morris, Loglisci and their lawyers could not be reached. Searle's lawyer said he was unaware of any charges. Cuomo had no comment.

Morris, a longtime Democratic consultant who also worked for Sen. Chuck Schumer, quietly registered as a financial broker just months after Hevesi took office in 2003.

Few people are said to have known of his involvement with Searle & Co., which is located above a Greenwich, Conn., Christian Science reading room.

Meanwhile, Morris created five firms - four of which shared his East Hampton home address. His name was not listed on the incorporation papers.

At least three of the companies received fees from firms doing business with the fund, documents show. Morris no longer works at Searle.

Hevesi, who quit in 2006 before pleading guilty to an unrelated felony, has denied knowing Morris made money off the pension fund.

Loglisci resigned suddenly in May 2007 amid the probe.

One firm said to be cooperating with Cuomo's probe is Dallas-based Hunt Financial Ventures, whose part owner, Barret Wissman, is reportedly friends with Loglisci.

A Hunt Financial Ventures lawyer said the firm was told before it won $116.7 million in pension business to contact Morris, who instructed it to pay the referral fees to certain companies.

Records show the companies were Searle and Nosemote, one of the five firms Morris created.

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03/19/09 Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is A Sleep At The Switch: You Wont Read This At The Greenwich Time

PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Academy Award Nominee to Speak at New Lebanon Elementary School

Chris Jenkins has moved from California and Sony Pictures Animation to Greenwich CT where he now works for Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich CT. Mr. Jenkins was an effects animator for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Hercules. He was also an effects supervisor for The Hunchback of Notre Dame and artistic coordinator for Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Chris was born and raised in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. He attended the Ton Pentre Junior School and later went to the Upper Rhondda Comprehensive School. He also attended cal state long beach for college.

New Lebanon hosts movie nights for the students through out the year. This will be the first special guest for the students. Movie night is sponsored by the PTA, Judge and Associates Real Estate.

Mr. Jenkins found his current residence through Greenwich Real Estate broker Tim Judge. Being in the movie business Mr. Jenkins enjoyed the YouTube videos produced by Judge and Associates. 'Being in the movie business I can appreciate when someone takes the time to make an experience out of watching an informational video.' Jenkins added. It was with that connection the two agreed a special movie night would be a great idea.

Tim Judge has 2 boys in New Lebanon and 3 girls at home. Mr Judge is in charge of the New Lebanon PTA website, and is a den leader in the Byram Cub Scouts. Mr. Judge started in real estate in 1990, and started his own brokerage http://judgeandassociates.com/ in 2003 when he moved from New Rochelle NY.

Media Contact:

Judge And Associates
Tim Judge
203-987-3404

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03/19/09 The Raw Overnight Greenwich Roundup News Feed

Committee passes artificial turf ban
Connecticut Post
... County lawmakers on the environmental committee were torn over Fawcett's proposal. State Rep. Fred Camillo, R-Greenwich, said he has reviewed existing information on the fields and nothing has convinced him they pose a health threat. "I usually vote ...

Allendale Community Seniors Get a Jump on Spring Planting
The Paramus Post
... they learned how to plant amaryllis bulbs at a horticulture class last month. The class was led by Carol Browne of Greenwich, Conn., daughter of Atrium resident Stella Dukes. Browne, who is active in her local garden club, also donated the bulbs ...

Community - Dives in under the Sea' at bike parade and fair
Gasparilla Gazette
... the exhibit of sharks teeth and seashells. His dad said Michael wants to be a shark scientist. They were here from Greenwich, CT, visiting Jerry and Carole Miller. Joe Wier from the community center staff announced the winners of the morning's Bike ...


The Dirty World of Cleanses
New York Press
... squat brick buildings of the housing projects behind them. The women inside these cars have come all the way from Greenwich, Conn....... to get their fix. One-by-one, they dart out from the heated leather seats and ring ...

Committee approves study of electronic border tolls
Westport News
Despite an outcry from Fairfield County legislators, members of the state's Transportation Committee on Friday approved a bill proposing that the state's planners consider ways to install electronic tolls at state borders in municipalities such as Greenwich and Danbury to fund transportation projects.

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