Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 2006:
An uphill run; There's still lots of good skiing in Vail despite the increasing lavish surroundings.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff Writer {FACTBOX} IF YOU GO By air: Vail and Beaver Creek are located in the Vail Valley of Eagle County, Colo., about two hours driving time west of Denver International Airport, which serves 21 air carriers. Even closer is the Eagle County Airport, located 30 ...
The Year through the lens; Times Union photographers take you behind their cameras.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The photos capture attention first: children playing, athletes competing, communities in sorrow and joy. Life in the Capital Region unfolds every day in Times Union photos. Much of the spontaneity you see in these dynamic images is carefully planned. That can include securing ...
Serving more than fries with a cheap burger.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: TIFFANY MONTGOMERY Orange County Register {FACTBOX} 0N THE VALUE MENU Here's a sampling of fast food value menus only. Not every menu item is included: BURGER KING Whopper Jr. - $1 Rodeo cheeseburger - $1 Chicken tenders (4 pieces) - $1 Side garden salad - $1 Small fries or onion ...
Logic of `-or', `-er' endings is long gone.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: BARBARA WALLRAFF King Features DEAR WORD COURT: Can you give us a rule on -or versus -er endings? I know that it's investor , bettor and advisor . But what about gambler , tester and pipe fitter ? Is the difference just arbitrary, or is there some logic to it? ...
Wonderful world of fashion being woven.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: SUZANNE D'AMATO Washington Post Turtlenecks and cardigans are knitwear classics, but this winter, the world of the woven is getting more wild. Designers are reinventing cashmere, wool and cotton, spinning the fibers into unusual new shapes - everything from sweeping ...
For a successful party, a buffet helps keep dinner in line.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: GWEN SCHOEN Sacramento Bee Good food and drink, good friends, pretty tables and decorations: This is a great time of year to be a guest on the party circuit. If it's your turn to host a party, however, your thoughts might not be so cheery. Sure, dinner for six ...
If thy quest is denim, then behold these tips.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: Stamford Advocate Finding the perfect pair of jeans is the holy grail of shopping. Pull the right pair off the shelf and your thighs and backside will thank you. Pour yourself into the wrong ones and you can look like an overstuffed sausage or worse. Here are ...
Like, duh, pop talk totally used 24/7.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: PHIL KLOER Cox News Service ATLANTA - You know pop talk. You hear pop talk. You think maybe you're one of the few who avoid pop talk? Yeah, right. I don't think so. Here's the deal. We all use them, the phrases from hell, 24/7, big time. Not really ...
New year, new start a nice thought.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: MARY MEEHAN Knight Ridder Go ahead, smoke, drink, keep eating chocolate. Celebrate this new year by skipping the whole resolution rigmarole. Because, if you're like 90 percent of Americans, by the middle of February you'll be back to those old ...
Information for older adults on health, money easy to get.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: KORKY VANN Hartford Courant While the golden years have their rewards and joy, they can also present myriad challenges, including new Medicare options, health problems, care-giving responsibilities and financial challenges. Struggling through the latest news, information ...
A presidential salute to talking Bush dolls.(Life-Today)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: LANA BERKOWITZ Houston Chronicle HOUSTON - Shopping for a new President Bush doll for your collection or as a gift? Here are four popular models. Their only similarities are the blue suits and red ties. Pull My Finger President Size: 9 inches, ...
TEN BROECK TRIANGLE: Old Albany, new diversity.(House-Home)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: FRANCES INGRAHAM HEINS Staff Writer Ten Broeck Triangle is a unique, compact residential area in one of Albany's oldest downtown districts. Located to the north behind the recently restored Palace Theatre at Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street, this enclave ...
Weighty decisions; Good design pushes convenience and appeal to boost home gym use.(House-Home)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: DEBRA D. BASS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH {FACTBOX} Home gym checklist - Location: People tend to put a gym in the most unattractive area of the home. Equipment is piled into a damp basement or drafty garage or crammed into an already overpopulated bedroom or home office. Wherever you ...
Cooking oil helps keep boiling water in pot.(House-Home)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: Heloise DEAR HELOISE: When I cook beets for pickling, I coat the inside top edge of the pot with cooking oil. This will prevent water from boiling over and leaving a messy stove to clean later.- Lauracy W., Sydney, Nova Scotia DEAR LAURACY: This does help, ...
Perfect perennials from past to present.(House-Home)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: Nancy O'Donnell Special to the Times Union The new year is here, and with it comes that invigorating feeling that everything is new; gardening ideas, design dreams, plant introductions, even my little nephew, A.J., born Christmas Eve to my brother Art and his wife, ...
Grandfather clocks endure the march of time.(House-Home)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: RALPH and TERRY KOVEL King Features Syndicate More than 350 New Years have been rung in by a grandfather clock. The first one was made about 1650 in England, and by 1720 the clocks were being made in the American Colonies. The clocks have a face, works and a pendulum ...
The Year in Entertainment; A look back at the people and events that shook up the local arts scene.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Long time, no Stones The Rolling Stones made Capital Region fans wait four decades between their 1965 appearance at the Palace Theatre and their Sept. 20 visit to the Pepsi Arena, but few who paid the steep ticket price (which topped out at $351) seemed to mind. With an ...
A banner year for Broadway.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: Bloomberg News Service NEW YORK - Buoyed by shows about the Monty Python comedy troupe, Four Seasons pop band and a suspicious nun, New York's Broadway theaters had their highest-grossing year in at least two decades. The 39 Broadway houses took in $825 ...
Brazil puts Miranda back in the spotlight.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: HENRY CHU Los Angeles Times RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil In 1944, she was the highest-paid actress in America. And she wasn't even American. `Carmen Miranda was rich, powerful, a denizen of Beverly Hills and a household name everywhere. The ...
Artists honor fallen soldiers.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: CONNIE MABIN Associated Press {FACTBOX} ON THE NET Ray Simon: http://www.raysimonart.com/military.html Wilbert: http://www.wilbertonline.com/raysimon Honor the Fallen: http://www.honorthefallen.org/ Carlos Jones: http://www.fineartfx.com/heroes/heroes.htm YOUNGSTOWN, ...
Slasher-flick marketers seek edge in fine art.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: CHRISTIAN MOERK New York Times Since the dawn of film marketing, studios have relied on posters featuring "floating heads": as many movie star faces as can be crammed onto a single page. In 1927, for instance, state-of-the-art ads for "The Jazz Singer" featured two ...
Recent gay films offer a new twist on wayward love stories.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: CHRIS HEWITT Knight Ridder Movies have been looking at the world through lavender-colored glasses of late. Four films playing in theaters - and dominating end-of-the-year awards - have gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender themes. And the trend is likely to ...
AUDITIONS THIS WEEK.(Arts-Events)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Classic Theater Guild Where: Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, Russell Road (by Westgate Shopping Center), Albany When: 6 p.m. Monday; 1 p.m. Saturday Contact: 424-6579 Notes: Needed: actors for an upcoming production of "Auntie Mame." Burnt Hills Oratorio ...
`DEAD ALIVE': CASE OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: F.N. D'ALESSIO Associated Press As executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University's law school in Chicago, Rob Warden is an expert on miscarriages of justice. So it's natural that he would be drawn to the tale of Stephen and Jesse ...
Going a little overboard; Na Pali Coast in Hawaii offers a swell journey.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: JOHN CORRIGAN Los Angeles Times {FACTBOX} IF YOU GO - Outfitters: Among companies offering Na Pali Coast trips (costs include state tax and beach landing fee): - Kayak Kauai, Hanalei; (800) 437-3507, http://www.kayakkauai.com. Na Pali trips available May to September. $202.34 per ...
Enchanting Morocco a romantic getaway.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Visit the fascinating country of Morocco with Club ABC Tour's 11-day romantic getaway, "Moroccan Treasures," which brings the culture, architect and history of Morocco to life. Made famous in the beloved film "Casablanca," Morocco is an enchanting destination and a shopper's ...
Berkshire inns package art with some real staying power.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... One of America's original stagecoach inns, The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass., is offering an all-American winter excursion that features an artistic tour of the museum of Norman Rockwell, the famed American illustrator and former Stockbridge resident. The Norman Rockwell ...
Kentucky golf course: Affordability to a tee.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN Associated Press {FACTBOX} IF YOU GO Eagle Ridge at Yatesville Lake: Louisa, Ky.; http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/yl/details.htm or (606) 673-1492. Open year-round. Pro shop, food and drink, rental clubs, golf equipment. Golf packages and season passes are offered ....
It's the new year, get packing; Book names top places to visit around the world.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: DON GEORGE King Features Syndicate To inspire travelers' adventures this year, Lonely Planet has just published the "Bluelist," a 328-page compendium of top places to go and things to do around the world, compiled from our globe-girdling staff, authors and on-the-road ...
War and remembrance; Rich and melancholy WWII tales in `Liberation'.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: MICHAEL JANAIRO We, as a culture, are far from finished telling the stories of World War II. But the youngest people with a full awareness of that time are now in their late 60s and 70s, meaning that era is beginning to no longer be part of living memory. In ...
Lawyer's flaws make good read; `Coach' superficial; `At First Sight' is a heartbreaker.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: DOUG BLACKBURN "The Lincoln Lawyer," by Michael Connelly. Read by Adam Grupper. Unabridged, 11.5 hours. Time Warner AudioBooks. $46.98 Connelly, it seems, has been lying low all this time. He's enjoyed great success with the Harry Bosch series, police ...
Adriana in hiding.(Travel-Books)(Excerpt)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The following is an excerpt from Joanna Scott's "Liberation:" She being a young girl wanting merely to assure herself that she would survive the war and be blessed with a good long life but knowing all the while that she couldn't even guess what would happen or what was ...
A shattered life is transformed.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: JAN MARIN TRAMONTANO Estelle Johnson, a character in Shamim Sarif's "Despite the Falling Snow" (St. Martin's Press; 352 pages; $24.95) says that in all books "the themes are the same ... love, death, passion and betrayal." In this elegiac novel, this is true ....
N.Y. TIMES BESTSELLERS.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... HARDCOVER FICTION 1. MARY, MARY, BY JAMES PATTERSON. FBI AGENT ALEX CROSS TRACKS A HOLLYWOOD KILLER WHO ANNOUNCES HIS CRIMES VIA E-MAIL.Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 5 2. S IS FOR SILENCE, by Sue Grafton. Kinsey Millhone searches for a woman who disappeared 34 years ...
December wonderland.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: TED KOOSER U.S. Poet Laureate Many of us keep journals, but while doing so few of us pay much attention to selecting the most precise words, to determining their most effective order, to working with effective pauses and breath-like pacing, to presenting an engaging ...
Volunteer and travel.(Travel-Books)
Jan 01, 2006 ... A volunteer vacation is the perfect way to combine travel and altruism, without the long-term commitment of programs like the Peace Corps. Several nonprofit organizations, like Global Volunteers (800-487-1074, http://www.globalvolunteer.org), and Globe Aware (877-588-4562, ...
Up & Comers Patrick Ganley.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Age: 27 Birthplace: Syracuse Residence : Albany Family: Peter, father; Christine, mother; Connor, younger brother; and Molly, younger sister. New title/company: Mortgage Excellence Basic Trainer, Guardian Loan Co., Clifton ...
STEPPING STONES.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Name: Kim Copenhaver Age: 44 Title: Owner Company: Copeland Environmental LLC, an independent consulting firm in Saratoga Springs. Watershed: Kim joined an Outward Bound trip in the Canadian Rockies at the age of 15, a move that influenced ...
SELF-IMPOSED LIMITS OFTEN TOUGH TO CRACK.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: HARVEY MACKAY If you compare a walnut with some of the beautiful and exciting things that grow on this planet, it does not seem to be a marvelous creation. A walnut is common, rough, not particularly attractive, and certainly not valuable in any monetary sense. Besides, ...
Motivation requires more than a paycheck.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: JOHN VERO Money isn't everything. You've heard the cliche a million times. I know what you're thinking: It's easier for someone else to say. Sure, salary, benefits, bonuses and perks are all important: Nobody would take a job or stay at one without knowing ...
Bush stands alone; The President's popularity is rapidly declining 14 months after his re-election.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: MARIANNE MEANS A s the new year begins, the tired tiger, hunkered down in his lairin Crawford, Texas, is a much weaker political beast than he was at the beginning of the last one. He hasn't been declawed yet, but he is no longer the terror of the Washington jungle. ...
Embrace imperfect, ordinary lives.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: DIANE CAMERON New Year's Day should be peaceful and relaxing. It is a day to sleep in, eat leftovers and straighten the domestic disorder that has come from two weeks of guests and events and last-minute gift-wrapping. But on New Year's Day, many of us get a ...
This holiday season, get priorities straight.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Several million children die each year from waterborne illnesses alone, yet people spend their time being ...
Purpose of Christmas is celebrating Jesus' birth.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... I am a Christian and I agree with Fred LeBrun's Dec. 25 article that some have overreacted about using "Happy Holidays." To me, "Happy Holidays" is a quicker way of expressing "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" (or "Happy Hanukkah" or "Happy Kwanzaa"). But I object to Mr ....
Christmas isn't the only holiday this season.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Yes, Michael Nardacci (letter, Dec. 22), you're correct: Jesus is what Christmas is all about. However, he has nothing to do with Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Festivus. Retailers who advertise "holiday" sales aren't marginalizing anything or anyone. They're simply acknowledging that ...
Negativity is irresponsible with troops at war.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... I am writing regarding a Washington Post article published in the Dec. 1 Times Union. The article stated that positive things about the war were being published in Iraqi newspapers. These were supposedly being written by U.S. troops under the "guise of independent journalism, part of a ...
An individual's vote deserves good machine.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... I read with interest in the Dec. 17 Times Union that the state Board of Elections hasn't mandated that companies offer optical scan voting machines as well as the more expensive and less reliable electronic voting machines. Apparently the board finds it more important to cater to the ...
Area institutions nurtured women in education.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Tricia Donhowe's Dec. 21 letter to the Times Union calls attention to the central role Jane Lathrop Stanford played in founding Stanford University, and later in rescuing it from the brink of bankruptcy. Furthermore, Stanford began its history as a coeducational facility because Jane ...
`Happy Holidays' reflect diversity.(Perspective)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Michael Nardacci's letter of Dec. 22 is a bit off the mark. I would like to point out to him that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great American whom everyone in this country can embrace. On the other hand, there are millions of Americans who are not Christians and who do not embrace ...
Help available for `dual eligibles'.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: GLENN LIEBMAN A lot of media attention has been focused on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, Medicare Part D. Most of the publicity and materials have focused on seniors. Another group, however, will be dramatically affected by this change as of today, although ...
`Golden years' already show rust.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: STAN HINDEN {FACTBOX} IN THE CRYSTAL BALL In 1900, the percentage of Americans defined as older -- those 65 and above -- represented 4.1 percent of the population. By 2003, that number had tripled, and by 2030, it is projected to quintuple. Figures here are based on 2003 data from ...
Catch-22 for democracy in Mideast.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: TRUDY RUBIN Nothing better illustrates the problems of promoting Mideast democracy than the jailing of Ayman Nour in Egypt last week. Nour is a 41-year-old lawyer who challenged Egypt's authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak in September elections. He is a ...
Smoke, mirrors of tobacco deal.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: GEORGE WILL WASHINGTON - Philip Morris recently got the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn a gigantic judgment against it in a suit that had originated in a place - Madison County, Ill. - few could locate on a map. The court's ruling resulted in this Wall Street Journal ...
Pataki enters lame-duck year.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: JAY GALLAGHER ALBANY - For the first time in 52 years, the governor of New York will deliver a State of the State address on Wednesday when everyone knows this is his last year in office. The question is: will George Pataki quack or not? Pataki, ...
The Medicare gap; Reimbursement formulas no longer reflect the true cost of living in the Capital Region.(Perspective)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2006 ... How can Capital Region hospitals compete for help in today's marketplace when Medicare reimbursement rates, one of their major sources of income, remain pegged to economic conditions of years past? That's the question the heads of six area hospitals are asking of Bush administration ...
In one pocket . . . As the new year dawns, Congress continues its spendthrift ways of old.(Perspective)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2006 ... This is the day when millions of Americans are resolving that things will be different this year. Those extra pounds will be gone before the world rings in the year 2007. And those cigarettes? They're history, too. Sad to say, humans are creatures of habit, and more often than ...
Judicial selection process still honors thought over politics.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: DAHLIA LITHWICK It would be easy to find yourself disheartened by the undignified and partisan process we cooked up in 2005 to fill two Supreme Court vacancies. Regardless of your personal politics, the process appears sufficiently hollow and mean-spirited to depress ...
LAST YEAR DID HAVE ITS HEROES.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: MOLLY IVINS AUSTIN, Texas - 2006 makes the ninth year in a row the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour. It's bad economics, it's bad policy, it's stupid, it's unfair, and it's high damn time to do something about it. It is also, as Sen. Edward Kennedy ...
Incorporations.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The following companies in the Capital Region have filed corporate registration papers with the state Department of State: Clemmer Realty LLC, 28 Stranahan Lane, Berne 12023 M & RP Estates LLC, Jean G. Peck, 810 Route 32N, Schuylerville 12871 MJSR Tech ...
Skepticism is a healthy virtue.(Perspective)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: HARRY ROSENFELD In the battle to protect America against terrorism,George W. Bush does not suffer from an insufficiency of presidential powers, as his vice president maintains. The President's problems stem from an overabundance of self-righteousness compounded by ...
For the record.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... BUILDING LOANS Albany County Lender: First Niagara Funding Inc. Borrower: Northway Minit-Man Inc. Location: Troy chenectady Road and Rensselaer Avenue, Latham Purpose: Replacement of gasoline storage tanks, pumps and lines ...
Calendar.(Business)(Calendar)
Jan 01, 2006 ... TUESDAY MEETINGS Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce's Women's Business Council Where: Holiday Inn Turf, Wolf Road, Colonie When: 7:30 a.m. Cost: Free, but reservations are required. Contact: 431-1440, or go online to http://www.ac-chamber.org ...
On the move.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... FINANCE Citizens Bank Thomas Amell was appointed director of business banking in New York state, at the bank's state headquarters in Albany. He was business banking sales manager for the Eastern New York Division of Charter One Bank in Albany. Ballston ...
BANKRUPTCIES.(Business)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Name: George MacDonald, dba Jaguar Antiques Address: 1813 Becker St., Schenectady 12304 Total assets: $99,085 Total liabilities: $91,081 3 largest creditors: Option One, Irvine, Calif. - $73,500 Citifinancial, Clifton ...
He's not your average Joe; A year after calls for him to quit, Paterno is back among elite at 79.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Byline: NANCY ARMOUR Associated Press Miami Funny how the world works. "Old" and "out" eventually become "new" and "in" - a never-ending whirl of what's hot and what's not. Take bell-bottoms, for example, shag haircuts and Mariah Carey. Better ...