Friday, May 11, 2012
A state legislative committee approved a bill this week that would bar the practice.
Can an employer force you to reveal your Facebook or other social media password as a condition for getting hired or keeping your job? That issue began to get some attention in March after a statistician in New York reported that during an interview with a potential employer, the woman interviewing him had searched for his Facebook and, upon discovering that it was private, asked him for the password. The statistician, Justin Bassett refused and left the interview, according to the Associated Press. But the story brought to light other instances where employers have sought similar access to social media accounts, and have led several states to consider legislation to ban the practice. California's assembly voted Thursday to approve such …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Summit Taxpayers Association calls on council to withhold Union County Open Space Tax.
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Thursday, May 3
Ed Vant, Jr., secretary of Summit Taxpayers Association, released the following open letter by STA President Tom Garvey to Summit Common Council regarding Union County taxes. To: Members of Summit City Council The Summit Taxpayers Association (STA) is a non profit and non partisan organization whose purpose is to advocate for fiscally responsible government and whose mission is to reduce the rate of property tax increase to zero within three years, by 2014. The STA wishes to commend the Summit School Board and Summit School Board of Estimates for their efforts to provide a superior education experience for Summit school students while at the same time managing the school budget in a fiscally responsible manner. The STA commends the Summit …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
David Larsen, Congressional candidate for New Jersey’s 7th District, shares his thoughts on taxes and their impact on job creation and economic growth.
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Thursday, April 12
Rising gas prices, wasteful government spending, Obama Care, now combined with our President’s rhetoric around raising taxes on investors and job creators, are all threatening to undermine our economic recovery. Rather than raising taxes, we should be lowering all tax rates, resulting in everyone paying into the system. This approach will not only bring fairness and stability to our tax code, but it will stimulate economic growth and job creation for millions of Americans. As we approach Tax Day, I believe there is something inherently unfair about a tax system that picks winners and losers. A core principle of conservatism is the idea that every citizen should be treated equally before the law, without regard to one’s station in society. …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
In a letter to the editor, the brother of Martha Moxley, who was murdered by Ethel Kennedy's 15-year-old nephew Michael Skakel in 1975, discusses why Lena Triano's murderer should also be tried in an adult court.
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Tuesday, April 10
In 1975 my sister Martha was murdered in Greenwich, Conn. She was beaten and stabbed with a golf club and although she was not raped there was a frustrated sexual element to the crime. Twenty-seven years later Michael Skakel, who had been our neighbor in 1975 was arrested and charged with murdering Martha. Michael, who was 15 in 1975 was prosecuted and convicted in 2002 as an adult and is now serving a 20-years-to-life sentence in prison. When Michael was arrested in 2000, it was assumed he would be prosecuted as a juvenile and that assumption was a fundamental aspect of his early defense as it has been throughout his subsequent appeals to the Connecticut Appellate and State Supreme Court. However, the Connecticut State Attorney …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
An editor's personal journey through autism.
This story is not mine to own. It could belong to you. It could belong to your sister, your friend, your neighbor, the waitress at Jersey Boys, the bank president, the school principal, the police officer directing traffic. In New Jersey, the story belongs to all of us. The findings of a federal study released last week show that one in 49 children, and one in 29 boys, are diagnosed with autism in New Jersey. Nationally, one in 88 children are diagnosed annually. Autism is a disease that gives itself freely and without prejudice. There is no way to protect your child from it; no diet or vaccine that will prevent it. It is, as experts will tell you, pervasive. Autism has been an unwanted guest in my house for 11 years. It has attached …
Monday, April 2, 2012
Facing the biggest "wrecking ball" of his life, my brother believes faith will be rewarded. Bruce Springsteen told him so.
“For the ones who had a notion, A notion deep inside, That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.” I remember a time, when I was a little girl, that my brother Mark was very sick. Mark was my first brother, and at the time the youngest in the family. We were born one-two-three, the tag team of myself and Gina born a year apart, and Mark coming a few years later. So at the time I’m remembering, he was about three or four, and I was in first or second grade. I don’t remember the details, or maybe I never knew them. I just remember getting off the bus from St. Patrick’s and rushing into the house to share my day. My mom, in a sharp voice, told me to hush. My brother was in her bedroom, sick, and Gina and I would have to be quiet that day…
Monday, March 26, 2012
Some job seekers are now being asked to allow prospective employers to view the content of their social media accounts.
Would you let a prospective employer snoop around in your social media accounts? More and more employers are reportedly asking to do just that. According to Reuters, studies have shown that examining a job seeker's Facebook profile can yield more information than a personality test. However, as social media users become more security-conscious, employers are asking for -- and in some cases getting - access to private information. USA Today reports that a Maryland correctional officer willingly gave his password during an interview because he feared that failure to do so would prevent him from gaining employment. "I needed my job to feed my family. I had to," he recalled, according to the USA Today article. New York statistician Justin …
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Patch editor says the film adaptation was true to the book and satisfies fans.
It's not every week I'd let two of my kids stay up until 3 a.m. to go to a midnight movie on a school night. But the fact we were at Caldwell Cinema Thursday late instead of sleeping is a testament to how much we love Suzanne Collins' series, "The Hunger Games." And, if the packed theater was any indication, the rest of America does too. The movie was filled with fans - some who'd read all three books in the series, some who had only gotten through the first one. There was also one teenaged girl, was hurriedly finishing the pages of the first book, minutes before the lights went out. For book fans, the movie didn't disappoint. The depiction of Panem was just as bleak as described in Collins' trilogy. Prim and Rue were sweet and innocent, …
A rabbit can mean a 10-year commitment, and shouldn't be a hastily-decided Easter gift.
With Easter quickly approaching, many families seek the perfect gift to give their loved ones and children. An appealing option always seems to be a pet rabbit — what better way to celebrate the Easter Bunny than a fluffy friend of your very own? Unfortunately, many times the decision to purchase a rabbit is done in haste and new owners realize quickly these animals (whose lifespan is generally six to ten years) take more care and attention than most new owners are willing to give. It is estimated that the amount of rabbits abandoned at shelters greatly increases following the Easter holiday. This ends up leading to an influx of rabbits being neglected, improperly cared for, left at animal shelters, or, worst of all—let out into the wild, …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Patch editor says the film adaptation was true to the book and satisfies fans.
It's not every week I'd let two of my kids stay up until 3 a.m. to go to a midnight movie on a school night - but the fact we were at Caldwell Cinema Thursday late instead of sleeping, is a testament to how much we love Suzanne Collins' series, "The Hunger Games." And, if the packed theater was any indication, the rest of America does too. The movie was filled with fans - some who'd read all three books in the series, some who had only gotten through the first one. There was also one teenaged girl, was hurriedly finishing the pages of the first book, minutes before the lights went out. For book fans, the movie didn't disappoint. The depiction of Panem was just as bleak as described in Collins' trilogy. Prim and Rue were sweet and innocent…
HobokenOwl
11:45 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
No kidding, B@b. My point was your "Professional" online persona is your linkedin account. Your fun online persona is fb. more ›