Things people say can be really funny – because sometimes we garble our intended message completely. Here are some turns of phrase I’ve found amusing.
This will be updated as new information becomes available. Please also see Election 2012 Voter FAQ
Nov 2, 2012 New Jersey State has changed some of the voting rules to help people cast their votes in this election. They include: you can vote early at county clerk offices; you can vote by email or fax; a messenger can bring any number of ballots into the Board of Election. See the State Directive below or visit the League of Women Voters website – they’ve got the best information I’ve seen.
A more extensive list containing both County Clerk and Board of Election contact information, including fax numbers, is available here.
| Atlantic County Clerk 5901 Main Street CN 2005 Mays Landing, NJ 08330 609-641-7867 |
Bergen County Clerk One Bergen County Plaza Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-336-7000 |
Burlington County Clerk 49 Rancocas Road Mount Holly, NJ 08060 609-265-5122 |
| Camden County Clerk 2015 The Mall at Voorhees Town Center, 2nd Floor Voorhees, NJ 08043 856-566-2920 |
Cape May County Clerk 7 North Main Street DN 109 Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-3096 609-465-1010 |
Cumberland County Clerk Court House Building 60 West Broad Street Bridgeton, NJ 08302 856-453-4860 |
| Essex County Clerk Hall of Records 465 Martin Luther King Blvd. Newark, NJ 07102 973-621-4920 |
Gloucester County Clerk Court House P.O. Box 129 Woodbury, NJ 08096 856-853-3237 |
Hudson County Clerk 257 Cornelison Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07302 201-369-3470 |
| Hunterdon County Clerk Hall of Records 71 Main Street Flemington, NJ 08822 908-788-1221 |
Mercer County Clerk 100 Court House Annex 209 South Broad Street, P.O. Box 8068 Trenton, NJ 08650 609-989-6477 |
Middlesex County Clerk P.O. Box 1110 New Brunswick, NJ08903-1110 732-745-3827 |
| Monmouth County Clerk 33 Mechanic Street Freehold, NJ 07728 732-431-7324 |
Morris County Clerk Administration & Records Building P.O. Box 315 Morristown, NJ 07963-0315 973-285-6125 |
Ocean County Clerk P.O. Box 2191 Toms River, NJ 08754 732-929-2110 |
| Passaic County Clerk 401 Grand Street, Room 130 Paterson, NJ 07505 973-225-3632 |
Salem County Clerk P.O. Box 18 92 Market Street Salem, NJ 08079 856-935-7510 |
Somerset County Clerk P.O. Box 3000 20 Grove Street Somerville, NJ 08876 908-231-7006 |
| Sussex County Clerk Sussex County Clerk’s Office 83 Spring Street, Suite 304 Newton, NJ 07860 973-579-0900 |
Union County Clerk 2 Broad Street Elizabeth, NJ 07207 908-527-4787 |
Warren County Clerk 413 Second Street Belvidere, NJ 07823 908-475-6211 |
I hope you enjoy this extraordinary essay by gifted writer, thinker and egalitarian, Peggy McIntosh as much as I do. For your downloading pleasure, here’s a condensed list of 50 ways white privilege is experienced in America (thanks for the link Helen Tinsley!).
Through work to bring materials from women’s studies into the rest of the curriculum, I have often noticed men’s unwillingness to grant that they are overprivileged, even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work to women’s status, in the society, the university, or the curriculum, but they can’t or won’t support the idea of lessening men’s. Denials that amount to taboos surround the subject of advantages that men gain from women’s disadvantages. These denials protect male privilege from being fully acknowledged, lessened, or ended.
I am honored by the opportunity to display this message on my website. Rev. Dr. William Barber II shares the historical time line of Black and ethnic minority acquisition of the rights to vote, to have equality in housing and economic opportunities and reminds us, “If there was ever a time to vote that time is NOW.”
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Legends, myths, misleading emails
Pinocchio Tracker
Washington Post Fact Checker
FactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center)
Politifact’s Truth-O-Meter (Pulitzer Prize winner)
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TED features a MOOC project this week
Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online — giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks — they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.
If you need a place to spend social time, a volunteer opportunity, psychotherapy, housing or vocational training, here are some resources for people challenged by depression or another form of mental illness. Please feel free to post resources you know of which aren’t listed in a comment and I’ll add them to the list after checking them out.
For US By US Self Help Center 40 North Van Brunt Street, 2nd Floor, Englewood, NJ 07631 201-541-1221 Hours: Monday-Friday 1-5pm What it is: This program is a place where people dealing with a mental health issue of any type can spend time to socialize or spend quiet time in a place away from home. Activities take place that you can join if you like. The center is pretty much run by peers with professional oversight in the background. Who can participate: You may self-qualify to participate. Admission requirements: Drop-ins welcome – just show up. Feel free to ask a friend to bring you by. Work/volunteer opportunities:Admission requirements: By referral. Call to speak with a program counsellor who can help you understand the steps needed to be referred into one of the organization’s programs.
Over the years, Education Law Center (ELC) has become the “go-to” source where parents, policymakers and advocates can find high quality, in-depth data and other useable information on New Jersey’s public schools. This organization is committed to continuing to provide timely and relevant data in a highly functional and interactive format and is pleased to announce that visitors can now find an expanded range of student data on their website: racial/ethnic composition, poverty rates, limited English proficiency rates, and special education rates of NJ public school students, whether enrolled in district schools or charter schools.
A West Indian friend writes to ask,
This country is becoming more like a 3rd world country. Why aren’t people demanding jobs instead of talking about racism. Sick and tired of hearing about racism. Everything is racism. Find some other excuse rather than racism. If anything is done wrong it’s blame it on racism. People need to stop blaming and stop looking for hand me out. It seems as though some people like to keep stoking the word racism and using the blame game too much. What about Solyndra all the billions that cost tax payers money. That money could have been used to help students pay for their school loans. The unnecessary spending while unemployment is still above 8%.
It’s definitely time to start a proper word usage list. I just spotted the third statement about “peek interest” made by a college educated person. This is going to be a running list. I’ll add to it when I spot anything new that belongs here. If you have a suggestion, put in the Talkback section and I’ll add it.
Pique Something may pique your interest, but it cannot peek or peak it.
Apostrophes (‘) – words should only have them to show possession or when the word is a contraction, like can’t or don’t. Plurals don’t get apostrophes. Let’s make a concerted effort not to misplace this bit of punctuation . . because understanding each other is important.
Resources: Apostrophe Catastrophe, Wikibooks
While the Republicans keep dishing out lies, Obama has to keep reminding people of the realities. Otherwise the liars win. After Ryan’s completely lying performance at RNC, the GOP rose in the polls. People haven’t known what to believe.
Fortunately, since President Obama is consistent, can back up his assertions with proof and encourages people to check out what he says, the public is slowly learning that it’s possible to trust what he says and conversely, much of what the Republicans say is suspect, if not downright BS.
Watch the TED Talk with me: Aimee Mullins, the designer of Cheetah running legs, herself a legless woman, talks about combining form, function and value – and of the power of believing and unifying. Aimee’s an athlete, an activist, a woman’s advocate, a sports record-breaker and a completely awesome lady.
Amy quotes Shakespeare, “When you prick me, do I not bleed; and when you tickle me, do I not laugh?” and adds, “It is the humanity within us that makes us beautiful … Whimsy matters.”
Short version of audio interview
In this 2010 interview, Irish President Michael D. Higgins – then labor party leader – takes Megyn Kelly to task for attempting to spread Tea Party lies. President Higgins says, “(Your) tactic is to get a large crowd, whip them up, try and discover what is the greatest fear, work on that, and feed it right back in a frenzy.” He speaks of living and working in the United States in the 1970s in “Willie Nelson country,” and being astonished to discover that many decent, hard working Americans, the type of people, “…who are very proud, as they should be, of the man (Obama) they’ve elected president…” and continues
Excellent thoughts about Alyssa Douglas’ unfortunate Tweet about Obama.
