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Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., Tuesday, February 7, 2006 A5 from page Al However, Bush's budget proposes reducing or eliminating minimum homeland security guarantees, meaning New Jersey's only guaranteed homeland sepurity funding would be $1.5 million, down from $7.12 million last year. Lawmakers were still trying to determine how Bush's proposal of cutting Medicare spending by $35.9 billion would affect New Jersey. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-Long Branch, warned the impact could be severe. "The president's Medicare cuts would force some New Jersey seniors to pay more in premiums for their health care," Pallone said.

In terms of social services, New Jersey stands to see a $14.7 million cut for various programs, such as substance abuse treatment, child care and foster care services. The best news appears to be in the transportation budget. It earmarks additional funds for ongoing projects, from the dredging of the Port of New York and Jersey to various rail and commuter ventures, mostly in the northern part of the state. There is $100 million more for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail project, and $90 million more for the dredging project. Also, the budget contains about $35 million for new construction projects for the joint military "mega-base" of P'ort Dix-McGuire Air Force Base-Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

Rep. Jim Saxton, R-Mount Holly, said this money builds on $52.5 million in new construction projects earmarked for the base this year. Lakehurst would receive $20 million for ongoing Army consolidated logistics and training facility that will serve the New Jersey National Guard. ij ly Cr I i nr iuA i in LIBERTY HELICOPTER TOURS MARY IUVONE DAILY RECORD Louis Pugliese, a chemist at Cadbury Schweppes Science and Tech Center, pours a hard candy batch for testing inside the confection lab. Cadbury formally opened its new tech center in Hanover on Monday.

fluflmfSm Budget CONTINUED FROM Al If the budget passes, Menendez said, "our children will have fewer opportunities to get a first-class education, our families will live in dirtier and more dangerous communities and our seniors will pay more for health care." Republicans were more conciliatory. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, said although the state is working with limited resources, by exercising fiscal discipline Bush's budget "lays the groundwork to address key priorities" in homeland security funds, the preservation of the Highlands and continued cleanup of Superfund sites. Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-Warren, said he hoped that Congress "works together to finance the programs that need strengthening, especially homeland security funding for states like New Jersey that face a heightened threat of a terrorist attack." Under the budget plan the state would lose 500 National Guard positions, bringing New Jersey's authorized strength to 5,400 members, said Lt.

Col. Roberta Niedt, spokeswoman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. There are currently about 6,000 National Guard members in New Jersey. Niedt said the reduction could pose a problem for the state in the event of a homeland security emergency or natural disaster. Gov.

Jon S. Corzine joined the country's other governors in signing a letter sent to Bush protesting the National Guard cuts. Mixed bag New Jersey's homeland security funding for 2007 seems to be a mixed bag, with most of the money to be distributed according to risk. That could be good news for the state, which has three high-risk areas: Elizabeth, Jersey City and Newark. Bush proposes giving a total of $838 million for counterter-rorism grants in 2007.

They will not be distributed until June. New Jersey received less money in 2006 in homeland security funds than it did in 2005. 5 FLY- On an unforgettable Liberty Helicopter tour of New York City! 9 FLOAT- On a luxurious cruise ship around New York City! FEAST- On sumptuous cuisine as vournuse around the ever-changine 1 W4 L.DairaoK views of New York OnceiKO If. i i S3 fm Ft M5 nrnntn www.libertybelicdpters.com and Reserve Early DAY Tickets start at lust Citv! INCLUDES: 10-12 minute Liberty Helicopter lour 3 Hour Luxury Dinner CruiseRestaurant I click on Valentine's Day Packages! for February 14tlj Banquets Catering Cocktail Lounge Take-outPick-up available flj'JH ITALIAN CUISINE what it should look like in stores and gather statistical data to back up advertising claims. Along the way, a panel of about 30 professional tasters renders its verdict on various formulas coming out of test tubes.

Day at the office James Pugliese, a 25-year-old technician who has been at Cadbury for three years, spent part of Monday cooking a small batch of basic cherry candy on a stovetop before spreading the boiling liquid on a countertop to cool in a hard slab. It was to be the base ingredient for a batch of Hall's lozenges. Sometimes a product takes far longer than 18 months to develop. Trident Splash, a gum with a small liquid breath freshener in its core that went on sale in the United States last autumn, took more than four years of work and had to clear several hurdles that nearly consigned it to the nice-try file, said James V. Cali, executive vice president of regional commercial strategy.

It took a lot of work to come up with a gum formula that didn't leak and was pleasing to chew, Raphael said. Sjaleiftiije's Day; ha Cadbury CONTINUED FROM Al The 150 people who work at the center will man the forward edge of Cadbury's announced goal of having 15 percent of its product lineup, which includes Trident, Certs, Halls and Bubb- licious, add a new element every year. The center is the latest piece of the plan by Todd Stitzer, chief executive of London-based Cad- bury, to reinvigorate the company's sales and profits after a period of slow growth. "In the last two years, Cadbury Schweppes has seen more changes than in the previous 20 years," said Stitzer, who attend- ed Ridgewood High School. Trailing Wrigley The particular problem that Cadbury faces in the United States is that it trails Wrigley in market share by about 30 percent to 60 percent, according to industry surveys.

Neither Stitzer nor other' company executives would elaborate on whether they had mapped out a strategy to try to catch up beyond generally boosting financial results. With new products as well as a revamped sales organization, confection sales in the Americas rose 14 percent in the first half of 2005 to about $950 million. Trident and Halls were among the top performers. As a British company, Cadbury posts only semiannual, not quarterly, reports. Although its signature chocolate is rarely found in U.S.

supermarkets, Cadbury gained an instant presence here three years ago when it purchased the Adams division from Pfizer for $4.2 billion. Its technology center was on 5266 Berkshire Valley Oak Ridge, NJ 973-697-9704 www.casabiancaristorante.com 'In the last two years, Cadbury Schweppes has seen more changes than In the previous 20 Cadbury's CEO Todd Stitzer said on Monday. Pfizer 's campus in Morris Plains until late November, when it turned on the lights at its new Hanover center, constructed on the site of the former offices and warehouse of the defunct Channel Home Center. Earlier, Cadbury Americas Confectionery moved its administrative offices to Parsippany. Typically, a new product takes from six to 18 months to reach the market, depending on how much work is being done and how many complications arise, said Dr.

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