The question of enhancing diversity in big data and computational social science is fundamentally important. I think the importance of diversity in computational areas is often ignored and, as scholars, this is at our peril.
First of all, we often have biases in how we interpret data. Specifically, bias due to particular subject positions (e.g. a researcher's position coming from a dominant group). This often marginalizes minority voices in big data projects or just 'others' them.
Second, how data is analyzed, even if it is aggregated or difficult to discern identities, can be biased by subject positions. For example, we treat social media data as able to tell stories, but researchers often are not looking for diverse stories or diverse research questions. So, diverse stories need to actively be looked for.
Third, we have a general lack of diversity in terms of the types of data sets we generally collect and APIs do not easily facilitate efforts to showcase underrepresented groups. In social media, data collected is often based around a particular hashtag or categories, which may not represent racial/ethnic or other diversity well. Again, racial/ethnic, gender, socioeconomic and other diversity needs to be actively worked on.
Ultimately, it is important to understand that there is a lack of diversity in these areas and it is also critical for students and faculty from diverse areas to have literacy in big data and computational research methods.
As recent government hearings in the US and Europe around data privacy have underscored, there are deep consequences to the types of data being circulated. Moreover, the decisions that algorithms make tend to be based on what privileged people (e.g. the software developers designing the algorithms) see the world as. This often is to the detriment of diverse views (which are often seen as threatening).
After 11 years of 140-character tweets, Twitter decided to double this to 280 characters from November 2017.
Before rolling the change out to the general public, Twitter began trialing this "feature" with a select group of users (Watson 2017), though initial testing suggested that only 5 per cent of the group opted to use over 140 characters in their tweets (Newton 2017). And critics (e.g., Silver 2017) argue that this will drown out Twitter timelines, compromising the platform's uniquely succinct form of social communication.
Our contemporary use of Twitter – in part a social, political, and economic information network – has evolved over more than a decade. So it may be some years before the impact of the 280-character expansion can be evaluated. Given that our behaviors on all social media platforms are interlinked, it may be that Twitter is answering a call for individuals to express themselves more fully, though in the context of these platforms more broadly, 280 characters is still relatively terse.
Ultimately, if Twitter continues to be viewed as a platform for bursts of communication rather than in-depth, fully formed dialogue, it is likely that the increased character count will not have a substantive change to the platform. Only time will tell if the increased character count impacts significantly on people's use of Twitter.
Social media is heavily influenced by algorithms. For example, the Facebook feed algorithm, from what we know about it, is based on what you and your friends are liking, posting, and doing on the platform (and perhaps even 'people like you' that Facebook is data mining). Many social media algorithms are designed around homophily. And algorithms theoretically are value neutral. If someone consumes and produces criminal content, the algorithm will try to be helpful and guide the user to relevant criminal content. The algorithms are just following what they are programmed to do. algorithms can equally encourage content around positive civic responsibility, if a user has displayed a preference in that direction.
To be critical about algorithms, we do have acknowledge the advantages and disadvantages of algorithm proliferation. For example, some algorithms are designed for safeguarding and this can be a real positive. There might be algorithmically-based filters for Internet searching or video delivery specific to kids for example. If a child has a profile on Netflix which is specifically set to Netflix's child setting, then by the algorithm's definition, they are not supposed to receive content that is age inappropriate. This tends to work in practice. Though, if content is inappropriately categorized, the algorithm would of course just follow its rule-based rubric instructions and would guide kids to inappropriate content as well. So humans are very much part of this process and if errors occur, then not having humans in the loop can partially be attributable to some of the issues of whether algorithms break down in these instances.
Ultimately, the algorithms driving social media are what are called 'black box algorithms'. These can be defined as algorithms that are generally proprietary, and which are open-source. The algorithm is meant to be private in terms of its design and operation and documentation is not made publicly available, nor is data made available in terms of the decisions made by the algorithm. In this way, black box algorithms are also similar in that we can only infer particular aspects of the algorithm based on observing the algorithm's behavior 'in the wild'.
At cafes, bus stops, and other public places, I hear people lament about what they think is a rude behavior and that there are no manners in an age of social media. Etiquette has been enormously important to societies historically and not always for the right reasons (like marginalizing individuals or groups of people – especially ethnic and racial minorities). The sociologist Norbert Elias spent much of his book The civilizing process investigating etiquette and argued that the development of etiquette is part of a historical 'process'. Using the 'right' fork was not a random thing. So too are practices of etiquette on social media.
Etiquette is a reflection of social norms, class, and other demographic factors. As such, it can divide people or create hierarchies. Some social processes were more elite in the past (like diary writing or eating in a restaurant). As social activities become more democratic, practices of etiquette can do so as well. Think of it this way: if someone drops food on the floor during a meal at home and then picks it up and eats it, only those there know about it; but if such behaviors are in tweets, Instagram photos, etc., the action has a much wider audience. For some, the five-second rule applies and for others, such behavior is repugnant. Again, these responses have a lot to do with our social, cultural, and economic background.
Thinking about etiquette can be relevant to understandings of social media production and consumption. Ultimately, etiquette is socially constructed and what is considered normal and acceptable varies based on a variety of socioeconomic and cultural factors. And these normative constructions can shape social media habits – from deciding whether using social media apps during a date is acceptable to what types of positive and negative things we say about friends, family, and colleagues. Even whether we post a video of our kid comically falling down can partly be influenced by questions of etiquette. In addition, the acceptability of creeping or fake 'catfish' Facebook profiles also partly depends on social media etiquette. Certain perceived notions of what one is 'expected' to do in a situation or what is civilized – the latter drawing from eating etiquette for example – are important to reflect on. Though, like in history, etiquette is a contested space and has politics of inclusion and exclusion.
Social media, Activism, and Organizations 2015 (#SMAO15) brought together a large, international audience from a variety of disciplines. As founding chair, I was thrilled to receive such a strong set of submissions, which made for an exciting day of talks. #SMAO15 was fortunate to have plenary talks by Jen Schradie, Paul Levy, Alison Powell, Natalie Fenton, and David Karpf. Our keynote talk was by Jennifer Earl. It was a pleasure to also host the launch of Veronica Barassi's book, Activism on the Web.
Over 1000 tweets were posted during the event and you can virtually (re)attend via the #smao15 Twitter archive or network visualization/analytics. As you can see from the network graph above, #smao15 tweets exhibit a focused density.
Are Young People Really 'Addicted' to Social Media?
The question of whether social media are addictive is becoming asked more and more. These discourses are generally framed by observations that people seem to 'always' be on social media. The addiction card is particularly used in reference to young people. Though the negotiation by young people of social and mobile media spaces presents many challenges, addiction to social media is like most addictions an exception rather than a rule. On the one hand, there are parents who worry and want to exert more control or protection of their kids' use of mediated communication. However, paternalism and protectionism pose real negative effects for teens as these behaviors can inhibit their engagement with the world (boyd, 2014) − not only with co-located peers, but people, groups and ideas near or far to them. That being said, coming of age in a world of smartphones and social media does present many challenges.
We need to be careful with employing the language of addiction. Specifically, has the person built up 'tolerance' to social media wherein they require increasing exposure to it and have social media become the most important aspects of a person's life (what psychologists call salience') (Griffiths, 2000)? Are their physical 'withdrawal' symptoms? Clearly, very few young people fall into social media addiction and I find that invocations of addiction often obscure the social media debate.
For most young people, social media provide new ways of information seeking, new forms of sociability and generally augment their social lives (DeAndrea, Ellison, LaRose, Steinfield, & Fiore, 2012). There are specific 'uses and gratifications' (Rubin, 2002) that social media afford well and moral panics around social media addiction reduce the complexity of social media use to statistics of smartphone ownership or hours of screen time. Remember, young people have often been early adopters or 'obsessive' about technology − from the advent of the telephone to the Walkman. That hardly makes them addicted. It just makes them young people who are drawn to technologies they perceive as cool. And parents then complained about overuse of these technologies and some previously Walkman-toting parents may not have fallen far from the tree.
Indeed, they may be walking down the street listening to music and emailing colleagues at work. But, that's just extreme productivity, right? Young people seem to be painted with a different brush in moral panic portraits. And these artists might want to be more reflexive when it comes to their own technology use.
boyd, Danah. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens: Yale University Press.
DeAndrea, David C, Ellison, Nicole B, LaRose, Robert, Steinfield, Charles, & Fiore, Andrew. (2012). Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students' adjustment to college. The Internet and Higher Education, 15(1), 15-23.
Griffiths, Mark. (2000). Does Internet and computer" addiction" exist? Some case study evidence. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 3(2), 211-218.
Rubin, Alan M. (2002). The uses-and-gratifications perspective of media effects.
Social media is all about user generated content (UGC). We often forget that social media companies are multibillion-dollar industries that are ultimately dependent on the content we – every day people -create. Their cyberinfrastructure is not enough by itself to hold inherent value for a social media platform. Rather, the value is maintained and grown via larger and larger amounts of user generated content. Indeed, what is often overlooked is that it is not just the increased volume of content, but it is also that we are increasingly tagging and associating this content, which makes for a certain level of stickiness (Jenkins et al.) within social media platforms. Social media platforms themselves are built to elicit content. For example, emails from Facebook saying so-and-so like this or posted this seduce/tantalize us to produce and consume content on Facebook. But, from the vantage point of social media companies and potentially us, sharing should be seamless – indeed it should almost feel 'natural'. The notion of frictionless sharing is based on a difficult ontology that places primacy on the 'shared self" rather than a private self. The shared self sees a social value in sharing. Some see the social function of sharing as akin to forms of social grooming when we share with others, but we also want social feedback in return. However, a perceived issue with social media is that not all of your photos, post, etc. will receive a response so the perception is that the more content one produces and shares, the more one is likely to get a social response (e.g. a like, comment, etc.).
How do these affect notions of the public and private?
Do these technologies make us more pro-social or do they inhibit sharing?
A brief review of: Hampton, K.N., Rainie, L., Lu, W., Shin, I., & Purcell, K. (2014). "Social Media and the Cost of Caring." Pew Research Center, Washington, DC.
Hampton et al.'s (2014) Pew-sponsored survey explores the question of social media and stress levels and concludes that users of social media may experience elevated levels of stress as they become more aware of the stresses in other people's lives – what they term 'the cost of caring'. Their findings are consistent with academic social media literature. In my book, for example, I argue that social media, for some, functions as a social awareness system. We are kept aware of everything from the banal to the profound in terms of people we are close with as well as distant relations. There is reciprocity in this too as we share and update others of our life's happenings. This awareness and sharing can have positive impacts on our psychosocial lives. Specifically, if we – in our very busy and increasingly individualized lives – become more social via social media, this could reduce our stress levels as sharing and more communal behaviors have historically been tied to better mental health. Moreover, social media may make some feel more connected (which has been found particularly true in rural settings for example). The sociologist Emile Durkheim found loneliness and social isolation to be major contributors to suicide rates. If social media is found by users to help their sociability, this could have real benefits to their social lives. However, if social media makes people feel more isolated or affects their self confidence, this could have negative effects. But, we have to remember there were similar debates with the telephone for example.
I agree with Hampton et al. that there is a common perception that social media users are gadget addicted stressed out people. There are of course individuals in this camp but they generally represent the exception rather than the rule. Rather, many laugh as they see pictures of new babies in the family on social media. Others share about what they are eating or what movie they just watched. Again, rather than stress inducing these forms of social communication can be stress reducing for some.
The cost of caring argument is interesting and it is understandable that as people become aware of, for example, deaths of more distant school friends that they would not have known about without social media, they may experience additional stress due to social media use. My work on cancer patients for example has found that social media use can be very positive in connecting cancer patients. Increased social awareness can of course be double edged too.
After the horrific attacks on Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people were killed, many have turned to social media to express their feelings, show solidarity with the attack's victims, or to produce/consume information regarding the attack. The emergence of #JeSuisCharlie on social media and the chanting of it at rallies around the world indicates how central social media has been as a public outlet during this crisis. Indeed, #JeSuisCharlie speaks to the larger point that crisis hashtags are built around a notion of 'event society' where social media activity can become part of a public sphere that rallies around events such as crises. However, though we consume and produce social media content in times of crisis, we often do not step back to reflect on our motivations for doing so nor do we question whether social media spaces bring us together or polarize us.
Individuals use social media in times of crisis for several reasons. In my work on Twitter use during Hurricane Sandy, I found that some users turn to social media as a form of 'self therapy', an outlet to communicate their anxieties or stresses during a crisis and to receive direct or indirect support. Individuals also turn to social media to produce and consume memes and other humorous content; this can also be a form of self therapy. Though one would not expect humor to be present in #JeSuisCharlie, it is. In homage to the cartoonists who were killed in the attack, some of the images within the hashtag use humor to both cope as well as attack the motives and means of the terrorists. For example, there are numerous cartoons that have been retweeted, which show masked terrorists being attacked by showers of pencils and pens or a gunman shooting a fountain pen and ink spilling out. Some of the most retweeted images include a pencil shoved into a machine gun and a pencil being attacked and then attacking a gunman after being sharpened.
Social media – especially Twitter – is used by many as source of information. Important news stories are retweeted and friends and followers engage in social bookmarking or other means to suggest important sources of information. Social media is well known for being timely in terms of information dissemination during crises. This has also been the case with Charlie Hebdo. Citizen journalists use social media to report on what is happening on the ground. Often citizen journalists can be closer to the epicenter of a crisis. For example, eyewitness accounts outside Charlie Hebdo's offices were being tweeted as the events unfolded and the opinions of Parisians were being retweeted right away. Though, like in any crisis, because much of this information is produced by non-professional journalists, social media has and continues to be plagued by issues of information integrity. In the case of Charlie Hebdo, factually inaccurate accounts in terms of the number of dead or number of gunmen were widely circulating on social media.
Social media is also used to check how friends and family are faring during the crises and many platforms including Facebook and Twitter afford us the ability to keep tabs on large circles of friends, family members, and colleagues during crises. In the case of Charlie Hebdo, social media was being used to both collectively express solidarity as well as for Parisians to talk to each other as small and large groups about what happened and how they were feeling.
In following #JeSuisCharlie, it remains clear that we have to remember that trending topics by definition trend because they are popular. As such, they are also attractive targets for anyone who wants a soapbox. Because of the usually open nature of social media, hijacking is possible (whether through bots or masses of supporters). Companies have also tried to sell products via popular hashtags during times of crises – usually in poor taste. Extremists have also had success in inserting themselves into trending topics. Pro-ISIS supporters, for example, have made social media a central aspect of their recruitment and propaganda machine. In the case of #JeSuisCharlie, supporters of the gunmen also emerged. In my book, I argue that the openness of social media makes it able to be used by any side (including extremists, spammers and trolls). In this sense social media like all communication media is value neutral. This can have real consequences on civil society as people increasingly turn to social media as a community space to interact publicly.
This can lead to a certain divisiveness on social media. What often happens in social media and more broadly online are processes of polarization that can often privilege certain positions. Additionally, certain individuals and groups have more social media savvy/knowledge and are able to better leverage the platforms to get their points across. This can result in floods of retweets or mentions where polarized sides and up preaching to the choir and not talking to each other. This is not exclusive to crisis communication, but is a broader trend on Twitter and other social media. Sadly, this polarization does not advance collective dialogues during times of crisis.
Ultimately, we may be tempted to view #JeSuisCharlie as a peripheral part of the Charlie Hebdo crisis. However, social media plays an important role in shaping public perceptions of crises. This is particularly true when celebrities, politicians, and social media 'influencers' direct or spark conversations, chatter, or the circulation of information. Often just a handful of tweets are what are most read and responded to during crises. For example in the recent shooting at Florida State University in the US, a tweet about a shooting victim whose life was saved by a bullet hitting a stack of library books in his backpack generated the most discussion on Twitter and was highly influential in shaping social media discussions. In the case of Charle Hebdo, the same is true with next week's cover of the New Yorker the most retweeted and commented on image and tweets by CNN's Jake Tapper and Stephen Fry the most retweeted and commented on. Even though social media contains a deluge of content during crises, certain themes can and do shape public opinion during crises.
The study of social media has great promise, but we always need to understand its limitations. This sounds rather basic, but it is often not reflexively thought about. Though social media is not as shiny as it was several years ago, the zeitgeist still persists and it often clouds our ability to frame what it is exactly that we are doing with all the social data we have access to. Specifically, if we use Twitter data, it is not enough to just leave research at the level of frequency counts (top hashtags, top retweets, most engaged with comments, etc.). David De Roure  warns that this type analysis of social media misses the social aspects of web technologies. Ultimately, social media spaces are sociotechnical systems and the social that is (re)produced – like face-to-face communication – is highly nuanced. I think that it is fundamentally important for researchers of social media data across the disciplines to think critically beyond the literal results of brute force machine learning. Rather, this is an opportunity for us to ask large and important social questions. My point is epistemological in that I think it is important for our results to contribute to our understanding of these social questions. This is not to say that quantitative methods such as natural language processing, n-grams (and other co-occurrence methods), and various descriptive statistics are not important to the study of social media. But, rather, they are often the starting or mid point of a research project. In my work, Big Data analytical models provide a great way to get a birds-eye view of social media data. However, they cannot answer social questions as such. However, these methods are valuable to, for example, grounded theory approaches, which can help produce valuable research questions or social insights. Additionally, the mixing of methods this encourages is exciting as it provides opportunities for us to innovate new research methods rather than trying to fit traditional research methods (though doing this is valuable of course too).
 Ramesh Jain in his talk at the NUS Web Science & Big Data Analytics workshop puts this as data being everywhere and that we have access to billions of data streams.


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// @flow
import React from "react"
import PropTypes from "prop-types"
import Button from "@material-ui/core/Button"
import R from "ramda"

import SpinnerButton from "../SpinnerButton"
import type { Coupon } from "../../flow/couponTypes"
import type { CourseRun, FinancialAidUserInfo } from "../../flow/programTypes"
import {
  STATUS_NOT_PASSED,
  STATUS_PASSED,
  STATUS_PENDING_ENROLLMENT,
  FA_PENDING_STATUSES,
  FA_TERMINAL_STATUSES,
  COURSE_ACTION_PAY,
  COURSE_ACTION_ENROLL,
  COURSE_ACTION_REENROLL,
  COURSE_ACTION_CALCULATE_PRICE
} from "../../constants"
import { isFreeCoupon } from "../../lib/coupon"
import { isEnrollableRun } from "./courses/util"

export default class CourseAction extends React.Component {
  static contextTypes = {
    router: PropTypes.object.isRequired
  }

  props: {
    courseRun: CourseRun,
    now: moment$Moment,
    financialAid: FinancialAidUserInfo,
    hasFinancialAid: boolean,
    openFinancialAidCalculator: () => void,
    addCourseEnrollment: (courseId: string) => Promise<*>,
    setEnrollSelectedCourseRun: (r: CourseRun) => void,
    setEnrollCourseDialogVisibility: (b: boolean) => void,
    setCalculatePriceDialogVisibility: (b: boolean) => void,
    coupon: ?Coupon,
    actionType: string,
    checkout: (s: string) => void
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  statusDescriptionClasses = {
    [STATUS_PASSED]:     "passed",
    [STATUS_NOT_PASSED]: "not-passed"
  }

  needsPriceCalculation(): boolean {
    const { financialAid, hasFinancialAid } = this.props
    return (
      hasFinancialAid &&
      !FA_TERMINAL_STATUSES.includes(financialAid.application_status)
    )
  }

  hasPendingFinancialAid(): boolean {
    const { financialAid, hasFinancialAid } = this.props
    return (
      hasFinancialAid &&
      FA_PENDING_STATUSES.includes(financialAid.application_status)
    )
  }

  redirectToOrderSummary(run: CourseRun): void {
    const { hasFinancialAid, checkout } = this.props
    if (hasFinancialAid) {
      const url = `/order_summary/?course_key=${encodeURIComponent(
        run.course_id
      )}`
      this.context.router.push(url)
    } else {
      return checkout(run.course_id)
    }
  }

  handleEnrollButtonClick(run: CourseRun): void {
    const {
      coupon,
      courseRun,
      setEnrollSelectedCourseRun,
      setEnrollCourseDialogVisibility
    } = this.props

    setEnrollSelectedCourseRun(run)

    if (coupon && isFreeCoupon(coupon) && !courseRun.has_paid) {
      this.redirectToOrderSummary(run)
    } else {
      setEnrollCourseDialogVisibility(true)
    }
  }

  renderEnrollButton(run: CourseRun, actionType: string): React$Element<*> {
    const asterisk =
      this.hasPendingFinancialAid() || this.needsPriceCalculation() ? " *" : ""

    return (

        <SpinnerButton
          className="dashboard-button enroll-button"
          disabled={R.not(isEnrollableRun(run))}
          component={Button}
          spinning={run.status === STATUS_PENDING_ENROLLMENT}
          onClick={() => this.handleEnrollButtonClick(run)}
        >
          {actionType === COURSE_ACTION_REENROLL
            ? "Re-Enroll"
            : `Enroll${asterisk}`}
        </SpinnerButton>

    )
  }

  renderPayButton(run: CourseRun): React$Element<*> {
    const { setCalculatePriceDialogVisibility } = this.props
    let props
    let payText = "Pay Now"
    if (this.hasPendingFinancialAid()) {
      props = { disabled: true }
      payText = `${payText} *`
    } else if (this.needsPriceCalculation()) {
      props = { onClick: () => setCalculatePriceDialogVisibility(true) }
      payText = `${payText} *`
    } else {
      props = { onClick: () => this.redirectToOrderSummary(run) }
    }
    return (

        <button
          className="mdl-button dashboard-button pay-button"
          key="1"
          {...props}
        >
          {payText}
        </button>

    )
  }

  render() {
    const { courseRun, actionType } = this.props

    if (
      actionType === COURSE_ACTION_ENROLL ||
      actionType === COURSE_ACTION_REENROLL
    ) {
      return this.renderEnrollButton(courseRun, actionType)
    } else if (
      actionType === COURSE_ACTION_PAY ||
      actionType === COURSE_ACTION_CALCULATE_PRICE
    ) {
      return this.renderPayButton(courseRun)
    }
    return null
  }
}

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Join us for Good Beer and Good Fun at American Craft Beer Week
It's a great time for beer drinkers in New Orleans. American Craft Beer Week celebrations kick off beginning today. And, there's plenty to celebrate. There are more local suds being sold in the area than ever before.
In the last year, five new breweries have opened in New Orleans. There are three companies now offering brewery tours in the city.
Patrick Healy, with New Orleans' Original Brewery Tour, offers tours seven days a week. He says New Orleans' beer scene has changed a lot in one year, and is making quite a splash.
"It's exploding! We can barely keep up with it," says Healy. "We're seeing breweries opening left and right. It's just been one brewery after the other. There's a lot of great beer."
In 2012, New Orleans had one production brewery and two brewpubs, and there were eight breweries in the state. Louisiana now has 34 breweries, including brewpubs.
He says the city has come along way since the days of Dixie and Jax, so why not celebrate our brewery success at American Craft Beer Week.
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he Woman's Club of Morristown awarded two $1,000 scholarships to members of Morristown High School's Class of 2013 The winners are Ellen Lalk, who will attend Washington University in St. Louis this fall, and Charlotte Rodgers, who will be joining the freshman class at County College of Morris. Both honorees live in Morristown. These scholarships recognize scholastic achievement, school and community service, and leadership qualities. The scholarships were presented at the Morristown High School Awards Assembly on June 4 by Edith Frank, WCM co-president, and Joy Buchfirer, co-chair of the WCM Education Committee. Applications for next year's scholarships will be made available at the Morristown High School Guidance Office after January 1, 2014. Any senior girl may apply for the scholarship. The Woman's Club of
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goal, which is to become a cornerstone for families throughout the community, and act as a foundation where individuals can create a better life. While the Morristown Neighborhood House has become part of the FSMC, it will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Cornerstone Family Programs. In addition, the organization can keep its original name. The group will continue to run and operate its existing programs, while new ones are being planned for future use. Despite the change, the organization's mission has largely remained the same. The goal is to provide programs that include counseling, education, support, and advocacy to families, seniors, and over 7,000 children. One way to achieve this goal, states the organization, is to focus on prevention and early prevention in four key areas. Strategy is a key part of meeting goals, and it begins with providing the best possible start in life for all children. To do this, it is necessary to have programs that emphasize building social and emotional wellbeing. Parenting, childhood education, and resources for families are included in this category. Another strategic area that the organization is aiming for is to allow older adults to live independently in their own homes. This step may involve social day centers, breaks for caregivers, case management inside the home, and programs that are designed for the blind. A third goal is to help build and maintain healthy families by providing ways to cope with short term stresses and manage long term goals. Areas included in this step are parenting concerns, stress, anxiety, and marital issues. The final step is to prevent substance abuse throughout the community.
By Kate Halse or many years, the Morristown Neighborhood House and the Family Service of Morris County (FSMC) have worked separately to help strengthen the community. While the Morristown Neighborhood House focuses on providing assistance to immigrant families within the community by making their transition easier, the FSMC strives to encourage individuals and families to take on and overcome life challenges. These two groups recently joined together, and the Morristown Neighborhood House is now part of the FSMC. A combination of these two groups has not been the only major change this year. After having the same name for the last 200 years, FSMC made the decision to select a new name. The goal was to pick a name that would best reflect the existing organization, along with the addition of the Morristown Neighborhood House. The end result was the Cornerstone Family Programs, a name that captures the essence of the community and the organization's spirit. An organization's name is one of its main components, and Cornerstone Family Programs name was carefully selected. This name is designed to reflect the underlying
With these goals in mind, and the newly acquired skills and plans of the Morristown Neighborhood House, Cornerstone Family Programs has started off on a positive note. A combination of missions from the two organizations, along with the services they offer, will allow the group to respond effectively and promptly to concerns within the community.
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By Kate Halse n late July, the Morris County Jaycees aim to hold a fundraiser for "Nothing But Nets." The event will take place on July 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Famished Frog restaurant on Washington Street in Morristown. The Nothing But Nets Campaign is a global grassroots campaign with the goal of raising awareness and the necessary funding to help fight against malaria. For many African children, malaria is a serious threat, killing thousands of children each year. In addition to working with local groups such as the Jaycees, the campaign has also provided opportunities to organizations, students, CEOs, and others to reach out and make a difference in the lives of children who need it most. Some of the partners that the campaign has worked with in the past include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, VH1, the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, The People of The United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts of America, Junior Chamber International, Orkin, Inc., and more. Residents of Morristown and the surrounding area can take part in the second annual rock, paper, and scissors competition at the fundraiser. The top three competitors will each win a prize that is valued at more than $300. Plenty of laughter and serious game faces are to be expected at the event. Tiffany Reddin, president and founder of the Morris County Chapter, says that while the group is based locally, they are also interested in international events. Reddin says, "We are excited to take place in a global project" that will have a lasting
Jaycees to Hold Malaria Fundraiser at the Famished Frog in Morristown on July 23
impact and will ultimately help to save the lives of millions of children. In addition to their global projects, the Morris County Jaycees also give young adults a chance to develop both personal and leadership skills by getting involved in the local community. The organization consists of young individuals ages 18 to 40 who give back to their community and help to make a difference through their volunteer efforts. Part of the group's mission is to figure out what each community needs, and to provide services through planning and executing various community service missions. Through these projects, each member receives valuable hands-on experience. This experience not only helps individuals feel more involved in the surrounding community, but it also leads to personal growth and the development of valuable social and leadership skills. Additionally, members are rewarded with an inviting and professional way to get involved with community affairs, while developing lasting friendships and business opportunities along the way. The global span of the organization also encourages networking throughout the state, country, and the world. While the organization has many local branches, it is also part of a larger worldwide federation of young professionals and entrepreneurs. Currently, there are approximately 200,000 young professionals and entrepreneurs involved in the organization who are between 18 and 40 years old. In addition, the organization has a total of 8,000 active territories, which spans a total of 123 nations.
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Morristown Medical Center Receives NJbiz "Hospital of the Year" Award
Sonia Delgado of the Princeton Public Affairs Agency; and Claudine M. Leone, Esq., of the Government Affairs Consultant. Along with the Hospital of the Year award, the Healthcare Heroes awards program also honors individuals and organizations that have made a profound impact on the quality of health care around the state. There were eleven categories in total, with finalists in areas such as Corporate Achievement, Education Hero-Individual, Education Hero-Organization, Nurse of the Year, Physician of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center of the Year, and Nursing Home/Assisted Living Facility of the Year. In addition to last month's award, the hospital also received recognition from U.S. News & World Report. Earlier this year, the magazine ranked the hospital as one of the top 50 in the nation for cardiology, heart surgery, and gynecology. In addition, the hospital was ranked among other high-performing institutions areas such as cancer, gastroenterology and GI surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, orthopedics, urology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology. Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, and has received the national Beacon Award. The Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at the center has performed more than 1,000 heart surgeries during the year, which is more than any other cardiovascular facility in New Jersey. In addition to its cardiovascular care, the center is used as a regional trauma center and a regional perinatal center that helps provide care for critical care mothers and their newborns.
By Kate Halse ast month, Morristown Medical Center, which is part of the Atlantic Health System, was named "Hospital of the Year" by NJBIZ. The award was named during the 2013 NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Awards' seventh annual ceremony. David Shulkin, MD, president of the Morristown Medical Center and vice president of the Atlantic Health System, stated that the center was recognized for its dedication to continuing to provide super patient care around the region. Speaking on behalf of the center, Shulkin says, "We are honored to have received an award that recognizes Morristown Medical Center" and its ability to be a leader throughout the health care reform and in delivering quality health care efficiently. An independent panel worked together to honor individuals and organization whose efforts have helped to make a positive difference in the lives of state residents through the health care that they receive. Members of the panel included Dean Paranicas of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey; Pat Barnett, RN, JD, of the New Jersey State Nurses Association and The Institute for Nursing; Wardell Sanders of the New Jersey Association of Health Plans;
The center has received other awards as well. Earlier this year, it was ranked by its own doctors as the top hospital in the state. In addition, it was voted the top hospital in New Jersey for coronary surgery. The center has also received recognition for its excellent performance in treating breast cancer, prostate cancer, and pediatric cancer. Other areas of high performance include hip and knee repair, strokes, and heart failure.
he Chatham Community Band (CCB), under the direction of Mr. Brian Conti, is seeking new members for its organization. The band is an all volunteer, adult instrumental music group with members coming from all walks of life, from college age through retirees. Most are not professional musicians, but over the years many had performed in high school or college and wanted an opportunity to continue playing in a community based volunteer group. In addition to a formal Holiday and Spring concert, the band performs at community events such as Chathams Fishawack Day, 4th of July parade, at senior citizen residences and community centers. The concert band is open to instrumental
Chatham Community Band Seeks New Members
musicians and currently in need of percussionists and other brass and woodwind players. Music performed by the band includes: traditional marches, broadway show selections, light classics and Americana. At its recent Spring Concert the band featured George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue with a guest pianist. For more information about the CCB, visit our web site, www.chathamcommunityband.org, or email Brian Conti, briancontib@aol.com. The band is organized under the Adult Education Program of the Chatham School District, with rehearsals and scheduled concerts performed at the Chatham High School, 255 Lafayette Rd, Chatham, NJ.
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1908 Mansion of the Gilded Age
f you ask most people why Morristown, NJ is famous, most would answer because of George Washington and the American Revolution. However, from 1890 to 1929 Morristown was the core of the richest and least known area of wealthy people in the world. This era was known as the Gilded Age. Many of these magnificent homes remain today! One I am specifically proud to present is 58 Canfield Road in Convent Station. This 1908, 17 room mansion has 3 levels, a large welcoming foyer, open 3 story staircase, 6 fireplaces, a library and 7 bedrooms. This is truly a home with the grandeur of the past with all
the amenities of today including, new electric, new central air conditioning, and an inground heated pool set on 1.8 acres of beautiful property. An added bonus is a 2 bedroom carriage house, ready for guests or for a rental. This home is convenient to all Morristown has to offer including restaurants, theater and transportation and you can walk to the Convent train. To preview this home please contact: Denise Flanagan, Broker Sales Associate, Coldwell Banker, 211 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960, 973-420-4590 www.deniseflanagan.com
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he Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey (VNA) is participating in Tickets Fore Charity, a PGA golf initiative that supports nonprofit organizations. Seventy-five percent of the cost of all discounted one-day and full-week tickets for The Barclays purchased via vnannj.org before August 16 will be returned to the local home care and hospice provider to help fund services for area residents with financial hardship. The Barclays, the first event in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup, will take place August 20 - 25 at the Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City and 125 of the tours top players will participate. Tickets are now available at vnannj.org at the reduced rates of $55 plus tax for any oneday grounds ticket and $125 plus tax for a five-day grounds ticket. To order, click on The Barclays link on the vnannj.org home page and use the promotional code EAGLE13. The Visiting Nurse Association of
VNA Offers Discount Tickets for The Barclays PGA Promotion Benefits Local Home Care
Northern New Jersey (VNA) is a leading nonprofit provider of comprehensive home health care services with a distinguished history that spans 115 years. The VNA provides skilled nursing services, physical, occupational and speech therapy, certified home health aides, hospice care, caregiver support programs, private care solutions, Friendship House, a social adult day care center and other home care services. The VNA is licensed by the NJ State Department of Health and Senior Services. For further information, call 1 (800) WEVISIT (938-4748) or visit vnannj.org online. The Barclays has been a part of the PGA TOUR schedule since 1967 when Jack Nicklaus won the inaugural event at Westchester Country Club. Since that time, some of the greatest players in the game have earned the title including World Golf Hall of Famers Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller, Raymond Floyd, Seve Ballesteros, Hale Irwin, Curtis Strange and Dustin Johnson. Many of the worlds current top
players have won the event as well, including two-time champions Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia, and four-time champion Vijay Singh. As the first of four playoff
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Morris County Champions Lung Cancer Cause at Free to Breathe Event
Proceeds of September 22 Walk Fund Vital Programs to Double Lung Cancer Survival
Cancer Partnership started the Free to Breathe event series with a single 5K run and walk in Philadelphia in 2006. Since then, the event series has raised more than $8 million with 100 percent of the net proceeds directly funding programs to help everyone affected by lung cancer. Together, we can inspire hope, build awareness and create CHANGE. To register for an event in your area, visit www.freetobreathe.org. National Lung Cancer Partnership The National Lung Cancer Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization made up of leading doctors, researchers, patient advocates, and lung cancer survivors dedicated to doubling lung cancer survival by 2022. For more information, visit www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org.
ocal residents are fueling the national movement to double lung cancer survival at the fourth annual Free to Breathe Morris County Walk September 22 at Horseshoe Lake Park in Succasunna. The inspirational event will feature an exhilarating 3.5-mile walk, followed by awards for top fundraisers, food, door prizes and fun for the whole family. Proceeds from the event support the National Lung Cancer Partnerships programs dedicated to doubling lung cancer survival by 2022. Lung cancer claims more lives in New Jersey than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. In addition, lung cancers five-year survival rate is only 16 percent, much lower than that of many other cancers. However, through community efforts like Free to Breathe, the Partnership funds groundbreaking research necessary for making the dramatic breakthroughs in early detection and treatment that can save lives. The research and resources funded through Free to Breathe are reaching the people who need them most, event organizer Jim Dennison said. Together, were building the promise made to hundreds of thousands of families across the country of lifesaving treatments and cures. Im proud to be a part of this transformative effort, and I encourage the entire community to join me in embracing the Free to Breathe movement. In support of Free to Breathe Morris County 2012, community members, teams and local businesses championed the cause by raising more than $42,000 to help patients and families affected by lung cancer. This year, Free to Breathe events across the country will raise funds and unite lung cancer survivors, families and friends. Anyone interested can register for an event, donate online or start a personal fundraising page at www.freetobreathe.org. Those who cant participate in Free to Breathe Morris County can participate in the National Walk Week Nov. 2 9. The walk provides a way for everyone to join the movement. Supporters make this walk their own by gathering friends, family and co-workers to walk when and where they choose. Free to Breathe The Free to Breathe event series unites people who are passionate about creating public awareness of lung cancer and raising vital funding for research. The National Lung
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hile the first of the month usually means it's time to pay rent and a plethora of other bills, for Mary Lou Dauch of Hackettstown the first of this month was an extraordinary payday. In front of a crowd of approximately 700 people at Hackettstown Hyundai, her name was picked from a pool of hundreds of individuals hoping to become the winner of the brand new 2013 Hyundai Accent that was being given away for free. This event was the third annual Hackettstown Hyundai New Car Giveaway and the manager of the dealership, CJ Meyer, hopes to continue to the tradition. For him and his staff the giveaway is much more than an opportunity for some good publicity - it's about giving the chance to a member of the local community
Hackettstown Hyundai's Car Giveaway Names Hackettstown Resident as Winner of New Car
to be given something he or she may have a need for. Mary Lou Dauch and her husband were visibly ecstatic when her name was drawn, and for Hackettstown Hyundai "that's what giveaway is all about. "Hyundai also works with the community to help children fight cancer. Hyundais Hope On Wheels is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to finding a cure for childhood cancer. Launched in 1998, Hyundai Hope On Wheels provides grants to eligible institutions nationwide pursuing life-saving research to develop new treatments and ultimately a cure. In 2013, the program will award more than $14.0 million in grants for pediatric cancer research through its Hyundai Scholar Grant and Hyundai Hope Grant programs, bringing
he Stanhope Borough Senior Citizens are selling tickets for an Applebees Flapjack Fundraiser. Menu includes pancakes,scrambled eggs, sausages and your choice of coffee,tea,soda or juice. The date is July 27,2013 from 8:00AM
Applebees Flapjack Fundraiser
to 10:00AM at the Applebees in the International Trade Zone in Flanders.Tickets are $8.00.Reservations are required. Please call Marsha Wyckoff at 973-3474452.
Left to right: 2013 Summer Fun Car Giveaway Winner with Manager CJ Meyer Mary Lou Dauch, Gene Dauch
the organization's lifetime total support to more than $72 million in pursuit of a cure. Doing good for the community is something that Hackettstown Hyundai has a proud track record of. When your in the market for a new or pre owned vehicle stop
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Thomas Edison The Famous Camper Has A Junior Ranger Badge For Todays National Park Adventurers
they were young children and finally find the opportunity to add the park site badges they missed as a child. You are never too old to be a Junior Ranger. Today joining a Junior Ranger program is so much easier to enroll in and obtain the learning material needed for your Junior Ranger Badge. There is a dedicated website for each Park. Youngster can get a head start on the Junior Ranger experience or extend it after visiting the park site. This summer may be a great time to get started in a recreational childhood memory you can carry over into adulthood by becoming a Junior Ranger. To obtain the park badge there is a set of Junior Ranger workbook activities for children from ages 5 and up to complete to attain their badge. After they successfully completed their list of activities they must take an oath that they promise to share their knowledge with others and enjoy and protect all National Parks. This recognition certificate is signed by a Park Ranger and presented to them along with their badge. If visiting our National Parks is on your family to do list, start your national recreational excursion right here in the Garden State with the Thomas Alva Edison sites in West Orange, NJ. This NPS site has a Junior Ranger activity booklet that states to: Work like Mr. Edison and his assistant muckers (engineer and lab techs) that worked through project problems. Mr. Edison believed problems are best solved when a good experimenter (you) and few workers combine their talents to finish the project. Here is the site location for more program details
by Michele Guttenberger rom his early years as a struggling businessman, through his golden years as a living legend, Thomas Edison had a love of nature that beckoned him to the great outdoors. His camping buddies were Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and famous naturalist John Burroughs. They named their group the Vagabonds and Burroughs noted in his 1924 diary that the group "cheerfully endure wet, cold, smoke, mosquitoes, black flies, and sleepless nights, just to touch naked reality once more." There would be a series of legendary camping trips covered by the press journeying throughout America that started with their first Everglades camping expedition of 1914. Famous people and presidents would join in as guests to their campsite such as President Warren G. Harding and President Coolidge. We can only wonder what Edison would have thought about this his lab and home in West Orange, NJ being a National Historic Park site. Would he think it is a hoot that a kid can earn his/her Junior Ranger badge and patch with his name on it? The Edison lab is a very unique National Historic Park site because the attraction is not the typical natural lakes, rivers, trails and forests but, a late 19th century factory lab buildings and an estate home. Even though it is a manmade wonder, it still receives its own Junior Ranger park badge and patch. Those who enrolled in the National Park Service Junior Ranger program are happy to learn New Jersey has 12 National Park sites. Many have started their NPS Junior Ranger patch and badge collection when
www.nps.gov/edis/forkids/beajuniorranger.htm The Thomas Alva Edison Museum- NPS - Open Wednesday through Sunday. Hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm Fee is $7.00 - 211 Main Street West Orange, NJ 07052 Visit website for more details http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm
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considerable pre-season costs incurred by the farmer, including purchases of seeds and equipment. The CSA model is based on a shared commitment to a local, equitable farm system that encourages owners of small farms to be good stewards of the land and at the same time helps them to be productive and profitable. This year, School Lunch Farm also has a stand at the Branchburg Farmers Market, and is supplying produce to Arturos Restaurant in Maplewood. Noon bought her land a little more than a year ago at auction, and is in her second season at the farm. While she works towards organic certification, she uses organic practices -- no chemical fertilizers or pesticides -- to grow a wide variety of vegetables that includes all types of greens, squashes, root vegetables, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and annual and perennial herbs, among many other vegetable crops. We plant almost every vegetable you can grow in northern New Jersey, she said. The number of shares sold has increased 50 percent from last year, and there are still weekly shares available. Im growing enough food for 100 families, said Noon.
By Julia Lawlor here are plenty of perfect summer days at Margaret Noons School Lunch Farm this season, with the sun beaming down on rows of heirloom vegetables, a cool breeze blowing, and a full crew of interns and volunteers helping with the planting, harvesting, and weeding of her 70acre spread in Mt. Olive. But what is most heartening for Noon -who came to farming after more than 20 years in advertising -- is the way the community has embraced her. There have been days when, short an employee or faced with a deadline shes not sure she can make -help simply appears. This summer one of my interns read a help-wanted ad Id placed two months earlier and called me, Noon said. He dropped from the heavens. I find when I need help, it shows up. School Lunch Farm operates through a system called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), in which customers buy shares in advance and receive bags full of vegetables weekly throughout the growing season (with the option of a weekly additional egg share and monthly grass-fed beef shares). The upfront payments offset the
CSA members receive their first share of the season.
This year she plans to donate extras to a food pantry in Mt. Olive and a soup kitchen in Plainfield. Noon, 53 and single, is part of a growing trend in U.S. agriculture: the number of female-operated farms more than doubled
between 1982 and 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agricultures Economic Research Service, to 306,000. In 2007, women were the principal operators of 14 percent of the nations 2.2 million farms, a continued on next page
continued from previous page jump of almost 30 percent from 2002. While School Lunch Farm might look like many small farms scattered throughout rural areas of the Garden State, there is an important difference: Noon apprenticed at a
Margaret in a buckwheat field, a green manure grown to improve the farm's soil
biodynamic farm in northern New Jersey for two years, and has carried those practices onto her own land. She is dedicated to building healthy soil and enhancing biodiversity, two practices that have suffered in the era of industrial farming.
Noon has also made School Lunch Farm a focus of her involvement in the international organization Slow Food, which advocates for good, clean, fair food raised on small, local farms using sustainable methods. She is leader of the northern NJ chapter of Slow Food, which in the last five years has awarded grants to start vegetable gardens at 25 schools in New Jersey. She often invites school groups out to the farm, where children can learn about farming and taste freshly harvested vegetables. When she first started farming in Mt. Olive, she had no expectations that help was just down the road. Shes been pleasantly surprised. A lot of people have been really helpful, she said. Many neighbors told her stories about the history of her land. A few have gone to work rebuilding her tractor implements and tools. The family that originally owned and farmed this property still has relatives in the area, and they want to help me bring the farm back to its full potential and beauty, she said. Noons vision for the future is two-fold: As the name of the farm implies, she eventually wants to supply vegetables to school cafeterias, so that children can be exposed to healthy, minimally processed meals. She also dreams of creating a lasting community on her farm, perhaps by having young farmers use some of her land for other agri-
cultural pursuits. I have one CSA member who wants to raise alpacas, she said, and another who wants to have goats. Already, her farm is a gathering place for friends, family and shareholders. Last year, about a dozen volunteers helped erect a greenhouse on the property, struggling to secure huge sheets of plastic over a metal frame as they billowed in the wind. Their reward: a potluck lunch, and armfuls of just-harvested mint to take home. Recently, she held a pick-your-own weekend for shareholders who came out in force, little kids in tow, to pick sugar snap and snow peas. On days when it seems the work will never be done, Noon thinks back to those moments. This farm, she said. Is the best thing that ever happened to me. Shares of School Lunch Farm cost $700 (or less than $35 a week), and provide sustainably-grown vegetables every week for 20 weeks, July through Thanksgiving (those who join later will have their cost prorated). There are also options for weekly shares of local eggs and monthly deliveries of local grass-fed organic beef. If youd like to buy a share or volunteer at the farm, contact Noon at margaretmnoon@gmail.com; or phone 908-451-0051. To learn more about the farm, go to www.schoollunchfam.com
By Cheryl Conway ar enthusiasts get a first hand look at the latest in car features at the recent car show in Hackettstown. Close to 1,000 people came out to the Route 46 Chevrolet 1st Annual Car Show and Grand Opening on Sunday, June 9. There were 110 entries of classic cars displayed and all registration fees went to select local charities. It was huge, says Adam Barish of Kinnelon, co-owner of Route 46 Chevrolet since Aug. 2012. We maxed out the entire parking lot. The event was free to spectators, but car owners had to pay $12 to $15 for their car entries. Cops and Rodders Car Club in Hackettstown co-hosted the car show by helping Route 46 Chevrolet organize and advertise the event. It was perfect weather, says Barish. It was a great way to get out to look at cars of the forties, fifties and sixties. One car was nicer than the next. Barish decided to host the car show to get our name out there, he says. We want to be part of the community. He also wanted to benefit local charities. More than $2,000 was raised. Monies went to Two Kids Foundation- a non profit organization that raises money to help children that have been diagnosed with cancer and other serious health disorders and diseases; Johns Journey- a campaign to raise awareness of a motor neurone disease; and Pink Ladies- a group of young girls who raise money for Smiles For Margaret by selling lemonade. The Budd Lake Fire Department sold 50 50s and the Pink Ladies sold 10 gallons of lemonade that day. A DJ was on site playing great music, remote control cars were driven on a track, Piggys Deli in Hackettstown catered food. At the event, a Power Wheels Car worth $500 was raffled off, along with an electric Power Wheels
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Camero. Out of the 110 entries, 30 of the top vehicles were given trophies in categories such as best paint, best engine, and best overall. The Dealers Choice Trophy Winner went to a 67 Vette Sting Ray owned by Norman Dotti. It was a totally restored vehicle with original parts and attention to detail, describes Barish. At the show was featured the 2014 Impala which had just came out two weeks before the car show. With 325 horse power, V6 engine, the latest technology for anti-collision, the new Impala is worlds away from the old Impala, says Barish. Priced anywhere from $28,000 to $40,000, the four door 2014 Impala features adaptive cruise control, blind spot indicator, cavernous trunk , blue tooth integration, available navigation, heated and cooled seats. You just have to drive it to believe it, says Barish. It competes with the three series BMW or C Class Mercedez. The finish, the ride, the handling- this is one big flagship automobile. This car is going to be huge. Car enthusiasts at the car show were able to compare cars from back in the day to the latest and greatest. Some of the cars at the car show go back before seatbelts, says Barish. Compare that to this Impala10 airbags plus collision warning system which will warn you before you hit the brakes, blind system, lane warning if you veer outside the line it gives you a beep beep, beep,
sensors for parking, back-up cameras, entertainment systems. U can stream line Pandora Radio. It knows traffic and will say traffic five miles ahead. Within one year, Chevrolet has On Star in everything, says Barish, giving the driver accident notification, directions to local restaurants. Route 46 Chevrolet plans to host another car show on Oct. 26 to benefit the Morris County Police Chiefs Association. This was the first car show under the new ownership, says Dave Shapiro, general manager who worked as a parts manager when the dealership was known as Kevil Chevrolet. Barish and his sister, Jessica- who also own Route 23 Honda in Pompton Plains - bought the business- formerly called Kevil Chevrolet- last year after the former owner Mike Kevil died after owning the dealership since 1984. Raised by car dealer owners, Barish grew up in the car business since he was five years old. His parents were Pontiac Dealers and owned Regal Pontiac in West Caldwell from 1968 until 1974, when they switched to becoming Honda Dealers. They owned Fairfield Honda in 1974, which moved in 1983 to Route 23 Honda in Pompton Plains. It was fantastic, says Shapiro, perfect weather. We raised money for a great cause. Route 46 Chevy is doing everything to get involved in the community. Its a local business. Were looking to give back to the community. We feel its very important.
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College of Marin had plenty of chances, but failed to capitalize against Sierra College in their season opener. The Mariners had the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings but could not bring home enough runs to rally past the visiting Sierra College Wolverines on Friday evening in Oakland. Marin played as the home team at Laney College, but despite familiarity of the surroundings it was not enough to help deliver the opening game victory.
The Mariners trailed 2-0 in the bottom of the six and managed to load the bases with only one away. Randy Fernandez singled to lead off and went to second on a wild pitch. An error put runners on the corners and a single by Landen Moran loaded the bases with Conor Bardue at the plate. He hit a chopper on the infield that forced Jacob Berg at third. In the commotion, Fernandez tried to score but was gunned down at home, ending the inning and the Mariners' threat.
After a scoreless top of the seventh, Marin threatened again as Matthew Lozovoy walked to leadoff. Davis Barkocy followed with a double, and with one away Will Langan walked to load the bases. Fernandez followed and was hit by a pitch to drive in a run and make the score 2-1 Sierra, but pinch hitter Casey Armusewicz struck out with one away and Jacob Berg struck out as well to end the inning.
Sierra scored single runs in the eighth and ninth to extend their advantage to 4-1. The Mariners put runners on in the eighth and ninth innings but could not get any closer as they fell by three runs to the visitors.
Nick Roth started the game and allowed a run in the second on back to back doubles and another in the fourth on a fielder's choice. He pitched five innings and recorded seven strikeouts with a walk and four hits in addition to two earned runs. Cody McGunagle pitched 2.1 innings, and allowed an unearned run in the eighth. Ryan Moyer recorded the final five outs of the game, allowing a run of his own in the ninth.
Offensively the Mariners were limited to five hits and just one run while squandering a number of opportunities. Seven of the final nine outs at the plate for Marin were strikeouts as players pressed as the game progressed. Anthony Pomilia was the only Mariner with multiple hits, going two for four in his debut.
Coach Steve Berringer was insightful on his team's first game of the year, "outside of the result of the game I thought we played well and had multiple opportunities to score late to tie or even win the game…The season is underway and almost everyone has had an opportunity to play which is great for a young team. We will build on this experience and away to win some games late."
The Mariners have a quick chance for redemption as they host Reedley College at Laney on Saturday, January 26th.


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A credential which was issued prior to July 1, 1973, shall remain in force as long as it is valid and continues to be valid under the law and regulations of the commission. The commission may not by regulation invalidate such valid credential unless it issues to the holder thereof, in substitution, a new credential authorized by other sections of this chapter which is no less restrictive than the credential for which it was substituted with respect to the kind of service which it authorizes, and the grades or classes of types of schools in which it authorizes services.
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There sometimes is a theoretical debate whether when leases expire, concession ends, do the land title or ownership hands back to the owner.
Often the owner is government or another company that owns the land title deeds.
Yesterday Keppel DC REIT, one of Singapore's unique REIT that focus on data center with long lease to tenants, acquired the rest of the 999 year lease of a data center they currently own in Dublin, Ireland.
The total consideration was for 30 mil Euros or S$48 mil. Completion is expected to be in 2020.
Keppel DC IPO in End 2014, so the land lease when IPO has only 27 year land lease left.
Keppel Dublin DC 1 was known as Citadel 100 Data Centre during IPO. The Appraised Value then was S$102 mil.
In 2016 Annual Report, it report the occupancy to be 55.8%. The Appraised Value has fallen to $S81 mil.
In the latest 2017 full year result, the occupancy stayed roughly the same the appraised value fell further to S$77 mil.
Keppel T&T first acquired a 50% interest in Citadel 100 in 2007. Subsequently, Securus Data Property Fund, a fund for data centres under Keppel purchase the remaining 50% stake in 2013.
A large part is due to the quality of tenants, the length of the tenure of rental and the occupancy. A large part of the value drop was due to the occupancy falling from 77% to 55%.
Depreciation is not a straight line. It starts off with a gradual drop and accelerates rapidly as it approaches 0.
I believe this property applies to all properties that have limited land lease, be it condominiums, industrial, commercial property.
There is an added premium if the property is in a good location, have a long land lease, or freehold, that people are willing to pay. If there is perceived intrinsic value due to the location, land scarcity, then perhaps a large part of the property's value will be made up of this premium.
Keppel DC spent like 62% of its last appraised value to lengthen the land lease by $957 years. It kind of shows much of the current value is not in the occupancy and rental contract in my opinion.
Land lease, the quality of cash flow of the rental lease are considerations in property value, which in turn affects the aggregate value of the REIT.


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Discussion in 'iPhone' started by accounti, Oct 28, 2012.
I'm canadian and my iPhone was just stolen yesterday in a bar ! and i don't want someone to use it ! are there ways to block it except the mobileMe functions ? I searched and google but didn't find anything for canada ! just for france !
Most likely, too late. They probably went into DFU mode and restored as new.
Thanks Yes i know but currently it cannot be located ! if i go to the police what can they do ? and if i go to my carrier ?
the police will say "ok we will look into it" which really means "we'll pretend like we are doing something"
what did you do in the bar for it to get stolen???
It was on the table and I think someone took it ! but if they block the imei it will be blocked on any carrier or only the one which it comes from ?
Canadian carriers don't block IMEIs unless it was stolen from their store.
Are you sure of this ? Someone told me they can !
Ok thanks so the question is will it be blocked at all the carriers or not ?
Thanks but Are you sure of that ?
All you can do is report it to your carrier and report it to your local police.
Unfortunately, iPhones are hot right now and so they're big targets for thieves. Never leave it unattended at a barroom table or restaurant booth - always pocket it.
Sorry to hear it happened to you, you're not alone though.
He won't be able to use it on another carrier unless it is an unlocked iphone from Apple directly since the carriers aren't selling unlocked phones and won't unlock it unless your contract is done. Report it to your carrier and the police and next time don't leave such a desired item out in the open.
this is so disheartening. i hope you have some luck getting it back.
Unfortunately there is a huge black market for IMEI blocked iPhones. Send them overseas and they are still valid.
Still makes no difference though. It's gone.
Thank you very much for all your support ! I went to the police and they told me that they are going to see but i don't think i will get anything from them. I 'll go to the carrier tomorrow and see what they can do !
Thank you again for all you support !
If anybody has more information thanks in advance !
As of last year, Rogers and Fido definitely did not block IMEIs. It could have changed but I've seen no info to suggest that.
Telus and Bell didn't last I checked but that was two years ago.
To the OP: Please report back to tell us if your carrier indicated they will block IMEI as it would provide us some current info. Thanks!
Apparently Rogers refuses to as of now. I had a device blocked via IMEI back in 2006.
I would continue checking on iCloud every once in a while. Not many people are smart enough to restore the phone and everything like that.
"We aren't able to block an IMEI, but we can block usage via your SIM Card. This can also be done on your Rogers.com Profile. We don't have the ability to block an IMEI on a lost or stolen device. Only SIM card usage." - Rogers.
well I would suggest you to report it to police and start investigation?
maybe they could look for surveillance camera I guess..
even if you can prove that you bought the phone?


If a girl is doing job it doesn't mean she is financially supporting her fàmily…. Neither she is trying to prove her individuality nor she wants to prove that she can earn better than he…..
She never wants to question his individuality or never wants to hurt male factor that resides in him. no matter how much he try to say he doesn't have male ego… But when time come he always prove that he is the only male and he is the only one…!!!
It simply means that he has given her so much of luxury that she doesn't have much of work and have lot of leisure time….!!! she just want to spend time.
I just want to say keep your male ego aside,first treat me like a human then your wife,you shout at me in front of all,I keep mum just to save your side,I don't want my individuality but atleast I need respect in front of our child!
These lines speak everything and not only about working but every women in this country.
Well expressed 👌👌👌,raises voice on behalf of all the women.
Fantastic write up dear. Well you created a perfect pictures of what is going on in the society, but I believe it's going through a changing phase from housewives to working women and transformation has already started. Hope it reaches to the expected results soon.


Plant propagation is the process of artificially or naturally propagating (distributing or spreading) plants.
Seeds and spores can be used for reproduction. Seeds are typically produced from sexual reproduction within a species, since genetic recombination has occurred plants grown from seed may have different characteristics to its parents. Some species produce seed that requires special conditions to germinate like cold treatment. The seed of many Australian plants and plants from southern Africa and the American west require smoke or fire to germinate. Some plant species, including many trees do not produce seed until they reach maturity, which may take many years. Seed can be difficult to acquire and some plants do not produce seed at all.
See germination for fuller discussion.
Plants have a number of mechanisms for asexual or vegetative reproduction. Some of these have been taken advantage of by horticulturists and gardeners to multiply or clone plants rapidly. People also use methods that plants do not use, such as tissue culture and grafting. Plants are produced using material from a single parent and as such there is no exchange of genetic material, therefore vegetative propagation methods almost always produces plants that are identical to the parent. Vegetative reproduction uses vegetative plants parts or roots, stems and leaves. Therefore, propagation via asexual seeds or apomixis is asexual reproduction but not vegetative propagation.
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James Donachie spent some six months in Korea's K-League 1 but it wasn't long after arrival that he felt the unfamiliar pain of relegation to K2.
Donachie's Jeonnam Dragons finished 12th in K1 and slipped down a division, being relegated for the first time in their 24-year history.
Whether it is in Asia, Europe or elsewhere, the pain of the drop and its consequences are obvious and storied.
One simply has to look abroad to the UK and zero in on Sunderland, whose troubles following relegation from the Premier League was disastrous enough even to catch the eye of Netflix filmmakers.
They suffered in the second tier and then went down again to League One, and that documentary showed the human effect of failure.
Indeed relegation in Korea, was hardly what centre-back Donachie had envisaged when calling time on his first stint with Melbourne Victory, fresh off winning an unlikely A-League championship.
The drop meant the standard financial cuts for the portside club, and Donachie soon found his way back to Victory on a six-month loan.
Now a week into his return, Donachie opened up on the difficulties faced after the Dragons' drop and the "stressful" times as the season drew to a close.
"It was a really good experience actually because I went from Melbourne Victory where we finished really well and won, to getting relegated within six months," he said on Thursday's Daily Football Show.
"It was kind of like a complete flip.
"You realise this is their life, this is their family and if they go down in Korea, it's a decrease in salary and it's a decrease for the club.
"You realise how real and how big of a deal it is and I think maybe we knew with eight games to go we were going to be touch and go.
"We were fighting every game and obviously there's bonuses there too, so the club motivates you even more to get wins.
"We came right down to the wire and played Incheon (United) in pretty much a relegation battle in the last game and we ended up losing so it came really close.
Donachie is due back in Korea after the A-League season admits he is keeping an open mind beyond that time.
Now back in Melbourne with Victory, Donachie is in a position to challenge for more silverware with the club sitting second on the table.
He has been named in Kevin Muscat's squad for a massive – possibly season-defining – meeting with Perth Glory at AAMI Park on Sunday.
Full-back Storm Roux is also back while Japanese star Keisuke Honda appears set to make a long-awaited return to the pitch.


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Dark Souls II Director On Making The Sequel More Accessible
by Mike Mahardy on Dec 17, 2012 at 09:35 AM
Dark Souls II director Tomohiro Shibuya upset some Dark Souls fans by saying that the sequel will be "more understandable," but more light has been shed on that conversation.
"Accessibility to players who haven't picked up Dark Souls is definitely a key topic," Shibuya told Edge in an upcoming cover story. "Right in the beginning when players first pick up the game is something that I will definitely focus on. To not immediately throw them into Dark Souls but provide a good introduction in terms of what the game's about and how the game should be played."
Shibuya hopes that this introduction will succeed in drawing new players in without sacrificing the challenge and mystery that fans of the first game loved. He also wants to make hidden story elements from Dark Souls more clear in the sequel, along with the covenant system, which rewards the player for aligning with certain factions.
Via: Destructoid


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I have always been attracted to minimalism in design. For me it was always a form in which the environment was not forced to be something it is not, but instead let free to breathe and accentuate what it is actually important – life. The designs of Wonmin Park were thus love at first sight and I found his idea of "simplicity, purity and subtlety" to be speaking louder than any words.
A Seoul born designer, Wonmin Park, opened his first studio in the Netherlands, where he created his Haze collection – objects that are brought to life with the whole purpose of being "beautiful, attractive and speak to their surroundings". All in all, a distilled philosophy of minimalism in it's finest form.
Photo source and credits Wonmin Park.
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Occupying half of Plaza Bolívar's southern side, the city hall was erected by the Caracas bishops from 1641 to 1696 to house the Colegio Seminario de Santa Rosa de Lima. In 1725, the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Caracas, the province's first university, was established here. Bolívar renamed it the Universidad Central de Venezuela, the moniker it keeps to this day, though it has moved to a vast campus outside the historic center. Today the building is the seat of the Municipal Council, but part of it is open to the public.