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COURAGE TO CARE mounts three or four full Exhibition Programs in Victoria each year, offering free educational workshops to students of metropolitan and regional schools.
We aim to operate on a four-year cycle in our regional travels to allows all Victorian schools to access our program.
Workshops are carefully structured to run for 110 minutes, and we cannot alter the length of workshops as this negatively impacts on the experience of students.
All required material is provided, so schools and students don't need to bring any materials with them.
Workshops are offered to school at no cost. We can also offer bus subsidies to schools where financial hardship may be an obstacle to student participation.
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A brief introductory film gives historical background to the Holocaust as an extreme example of the consequences of intolerance and prejudice.
A survivor's testimony
A Holocaust survivor gives personal testimony focusing on how their rescuers demonstrated the courage to care.
The exhibition
The exhibition consists of an interactive, large-screen multimedia exhibition recounting stories of the rescuers and the people they saved, as well as showcases exhibiting artefacts and thematic exhibits. Genocides other than the Holocaust are included.
Facilitated discussion
Led by trained facilitators, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own life experiences and to relate the examples provided in the program to their own lives, thus contextualising the experience.
Objectives of the program
We want to empower participants to be Upstanders in the face of injustice, by giving them an understanding of the consequences of prejudice both on the individual and on society, and the recognition that each person can make a difference.
Want to see where our exhibition program will be in future? Check our schedule. Or you can email an enquiry, or call the program manager on 03-9500 2313


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This is an open-ended educational tool that you could use as a math center to help students visualize number sequences and model strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
First students should choose the type of number line they wish to use:
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Yesterday, Tuesday, June 9, people received their first look at some of the epic events set to unfold in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II in an official trailer.
The first scene showed victors Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta getting married in a garden in District 13 while Katniss Everdeen said, "Nothing good is safe while snow is alive." As people enjoyed the festivities around the wedding, the next scene revealed Katniss dressed as the Mockingjay and a voiceover: "I can't make another speech about it." Katniss, looking tired and worn out in the war room, then said, "Snow has to pay for what he's done."
The following scenes showed Katniss motivating the districts to fight against President Snow and preparing herself for the fight. One scene showed the Capital burning and then several scenes showed different aspects of Panem from the downtrodden districts to parties in the Capital followed by scenes of war while Katniss proclaimed, "We all have one enemy! He corrupts everyone and everything. He turns the best of us against each other. Tonight, turn you weapons to the Capital."
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It's an old saying you've likely heard before. For anyone who owns a business, this phrase is counsel that may be hard to do. For all the owners out there, all three counts in this simple mantra may be nearly impossible.
First, to Lead
On one hand that seems obvious. You own the business, who else would be leading it? Well, it might not be you. Leadership is much different from management. You might be managing the dickens out of your business, but still not really leading it.
You might even be crazy busy, but not providing key leadership when it is needed. Entrepreneurs, by their very nature, are driven. They have vision. They are inspired to do something great. Yet having those wonderful ideas and inspirations won't make you a leader. Yes, you will have the power of the position, but you will not be leading.
The drive that makes an entrepreneur want to do something can become your worst enemy. If you suffer from SOS (shiny object syndrome), you will never plot a course for success. The next big thing might be a distraction rather than benefit.
The cure is taking time to learn about leadership. Seek counsel. Unless you are one of the rare few who were exposed to leadership thought and theory along the way, you will need to grow before you become a true leader. Yes, there are an even more rare few who seem to have been with natural leadership talents. Congratulations if this is you. Sadly, for the vast majority, leadership is a refined and leaned skill that must be nurtured.
To Follow
Being a follower is not a bad thing. One of the best leadership principles I was ever taught centered on the idea that in order to be a good leader, you must first be a good follower.
Following is not just blind faith. Rather it is commitment to pay attention t the one who might be leading. Observe the good with the bad. Learn from the experience following others. If you are blessed with a good, perhaps even great leader, watch what they do. Study how they inspire and draw others in.
If, on the other hand, your leader is not so good, be diligent in the discipline of following anyway. The worst case scenario is that you might learn what never to do again.
Get Out of the Way
If either of the first two choices are not available, then door number three is needed; get out of the way. Never become a stumbling block for those around you who might be leading the charge forward with a faithful following. If you are not chosen to lead, and you don't want to follow, then never be the bad egg who sits and pouts, making trouble for everyone else.
I've watched whole careers waste away as someone chooses to be disgruntled over the state of affairs. Others are getting promoted and the ideas that are happening are not acceptable either. Folks with this mindset are very frustrated human beings. You likely have know a few.
The simple answer may have been to merely get out of the way.
It's your choice. GO for it!


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Tore Kvæven
When the Land Darkens
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A magnificent historical novel
The year is 1293. Arni Vilhjálmsson, a young boy, is rowing out on his first walrus hunt. After the hunt, a girl stands before him. She looks down at the beast he has slain, her eyes full of defiance, and her words full of scorn. Then she turns and runs away from him, without looking back. Her name is Eir.
In the Norsemen's Western Settlement, on Greenland, a sense of unease has been creeping in. The walrus that gave the settlers their wealth have been retreating. The ships that used to sail from Norway and Iceland to trade there have become few and far between. The Greenlanders' own vessels are rotting. The people are wondering: is this the end?
Arni dreams of one day building his own ship and sailing towards the lands further west, seeking timber, iron and hope for the future. Eir is part of that dream. In this quest for a future, Arni is even willing to defy his own chieftain, gods, and the laws of men.


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Infancy and Progress
"The whole human species, looked at from its origins, appears to the philosopher as an immense whole, which, like an individual, has its infancy and its progress … The totality of humanity, fluctuating between calm and agitation, between good times and bad, moves steadily though slowly towards a greater perfection."
Said nobody, at any time in the last one hundred years. Nowadays, our view of the future is more like the one seen from the middle ages than the Enlightenment. But from where he stood in 1750, or perhaps sat, on a chair a bit like the one pictured above, the French statesman and economist Jacques Turgot could look back on the past five centuries and see a gradual transition from primitive agrarians torturing and killing each other over superstitious nonsense, to the confident era of the Enlightenment, with its stupendous advancements in astronomy, medicine and physics.
People sometimes say that today, we no longer believe in progress. But for someone like Turgot, progress would not have been something he needed to believe in - it was just an observable fact.
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Delta Sea might not get ideal pace setup
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The lineup for the 1 1/2-mile race Wednesday at Aqueduct has a familiar feel, but the pace scenario could play out very differently than it did the last time several in the field met.
The optional claimer for New York-breds, which carries a purse of $44,000, attracted 10 runners, including five who contested a 1 5/8-mile race here Feb. 10. , the upset winner of that race at 8-1, returns, as does Cold Blow Lane, the pacesetting runner-up.
Bet down to 1-2, ran to the lead in an opening quarter of 23.64 seconds. He ran on gamely but was no match for Delta Sea, who spotted the field 25 lengths before rallying to a 5 1/4-length win with apprentice Isaac Barahona aboard.
"You are always at the mercy of the pace, and we had a pretty quick pace," said Jimmy Ferraro, Delta Sea's trainer. "We had a fresh horse last time, and that probably helped. The bug rider did a good job last time, so I figured we'd take advantage again of the weight."
A classic drop-back closer, Delta Sea might not find a vulnerable pacesetting target Wednesday, since trainer Bruce Levine takes the blinkers off Cold Blow Lane.
"I thought he was a little rank the other day. Maybe it will slow him down a little bit," Levine said of the equipment change. "He went a little fast the first quarter. It was a little quick, going a mile and five-eighths. I think that's what got him beat."
The marathon distance is an interesting departure from the usual menu of inner-track offerings.
"It gives everyone something to think about and a little more to handicap," said Levine. "It's good for the fans."
Bettors have a number of contenders to consider, including , who won his maiden last time in his 15th attempt. A 4-year-old gelding trained by Rodrigo Ubillo, Northern Storm drew off by 11 3/4 lengths against statebreds.
, a 5-year-old trained by Jeremiah Englehart, has done most of his racing at a mile and 70 yards at Finger Lakes. He finished third against open claimers for a $20,000 tag in his lone start at this meet.
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State Of Confusion
Started by wndysrf, Dec 18 2002 05:02 PM
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Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:28 PM
Do Doc's cycles jive with that Merlin thing? I don't trust Friday.
On next S/T rally I'm adding more BEARX holdings and putting on the shortfolio again. VV short list has grown from a low of only 7 picks on Nov 29 to 35 picks as of today. Meta, 14 of which are our favorite BioDungs
CVTX $19 on an express southbound train to $7.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:32 PM
whom are you reffering to?
NONE of what I type, should be taken as financial advice.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest that you've sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, alone
Dragged down by the stone.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:32 PM
Sweet day... This is a classic blowoff top in gold... I love it. I actually came in short HL today and covered this morning, then took a long position... the pullback yesterday and this morning was a gift... I expect gold to pullback again, but probably not til late tomorrow afternoon, at the rate gold is going up, it could be at $360 by morning...
All of a sudden the rest of the market doesn't matter at all, does it? We gots gold, man... all these bulls been saying for years that gold sucked as an investment are thinking now about what % of their ports they should invest in the yeller metal...
I mean does this beat the hell out of being short KLAC and getting jammed every day or what?
Got Gold?
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:36 PM
I'm showing CSCO up .11 after hours. (For after hours quotes, if your borker doesn't offer them, go to www.schwab.com. Enter the stock symbol, then .e (the e is for "extended") and you'll get the most recent after-hours trade. They seem to be pretty accurate. not to mention free)
Merciless, I'm still short IBM. Unfortunately it's up .12 after hours -- we'll see how long that lasts --- and I'm still holding March C and JPM puts ----
Of course I'm caustic!
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:37 PM
Should one be lookin to take profits in gold near $360.?
NONE of what I type, should be taken as financial advice.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest that you've sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, alone
Dragged down by the stone.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:38 PM
Hey guys,
Piles, now I know you really don't trade on that shit. I've got a magic 8 ball somewhere in the garage and it might be right occasionally too. S&P still could not break down through the 890 area and volume is pathetic. I would be real carefull right here if you are short this market and long gold.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:39 PM
I am very bearish tonight
The anals and gold (now 350+) have me shifting more powder to the brokerage accounts. Summations, too (and headfakes there are nothing new to me; mosquito bites).
I will only remotely think of covering if we have a serious 'accident' tomorrow, which I doubt.
Even if the crap is hitting the news fan....
Hurst cycles rarely stray (durably) for historic events (see pg. 148), except for brief reactions.
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully"____George W. Bush, 7/29/2000
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:39 PM
actually the NYSE McClellan Ozzie has plenty-o-room for more downside than does Nasty's
Pretty much a straight shot to hell, with of course your usual peppering of obligatory brief jams here and there, but otherwise pretty much down the crapper for awhile.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:43 PM
AL - it's JPM,... also Citygroup, Rubin, along with Summers and a couple other bullion banks on the phone - they want to speak to you right NOW!
I couldn't make part of it out because of all the loud screaming in the background, but something about the rising Gold price.....AL?........AL!
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:46 PM
The twin towers will burn!!
Anthony caused pearls to be dissolved in wine to drink the health of Cleopatra; Sir Richard Whittington was as foolishly magnificent in an entertainment to King Henry V; and Sir Thomas Gresham drank a diamond, dissolved in wine, to the health of Queen Elizabeth, when she opened the Royal Exchange; but the breakfast of this roguish Dutchman was as splendid as either. He had an advantage, too, over his wasteful predecessors: their gems did not improve the taste or the wholesomeness of their wine, while his tulip was quite delicious with his red herring.here
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:47 PM
Dan Quayle
It's all very disturbing. I need a shot from hell, Wild Turkey.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:48 PM
Meta, me too.
See ya Dec 2nd high:
The jams really don't phase me either. In this part of the cycle they evaporate quickly. Case in point this last Monday - all wiped out already. Not worth gaming that bullshit. When the intermediate trend is down jam potential shouldn't even be a consideration unless you are a high leveraged option/future player.
Fartpolio Manager nailed the top on Dec 2nd. He was razing me that day on Intraday. Gotta hand to him, he was all over it that day like ugly on an ape, or Abbey Joseph Cohen.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:50 PM
"As usual, Neely and Prechter "
I don't read these guys but I've read enough posts here abot them to tell me that they're mostly full of crap.
Which one of these dudes was the idiot who is (was ?) calling for $200 Gold ?
To me they're dumb and dumber.
Common sense and long erm charts are all you need to trade this market.
Sometimes being smarter is not better when it comes to making money. In fat it can be a detriment.
Most wealthy people I've known are not that smart. They just have a good sense for handling money and can smell out a trend like a hound dog.
Buy when everyone else is selling and sell when Da Sheeple are buyin.
And like the old rock song "Turning Japanese" just save and save and save and don't spend a single dime unless you absolutely have to.
That's how to get rich and stay rich.
Ultimately there is no way out for most Americans unless they just refuse to pay. They're bound for the poor house for the next 100 years or so.
And as for the runup in Gold: Who is going to stop it now ? There is noone big enough to sell into this in the kind of truly massive way it would take to stop it.
It would be purely suicidal.
"both Crawford and Neely think gold's dramatic rise will be short-lived ie over by January 2003 vs. long-term bull - do you agree? "
I'd answer this question but if I did I'd probably get thrown off the Stool Board for the kind of language I'd use on this one.
So I'll just politely say:
Are these guys on drugs ?
"Here's one for End and the goldbugs:"
DogBoy DOES Feel fine but it is definitely not the end of the world. Not for a couple of years anyway.
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:51 PM
You guyz know that there's a gold discussion board, right? Here's tonight's page two:
Of course I'm caustic!
Posted 18 December 2002 - 11:52 PM
$354 an oz. Wow.
Remember what neely said on his interview. Very fast to 360 and then sideways then DOWN. We shall see. I'm selling at $360. Will buy buy back at $370 unless we break $370 tomorrow.
You be thinkin' short term. They both say sub 200 but, when is not now. They both think higher fur now. Neely's got $360+- $5. I will sell tomorrow regardless, unless we break $370. Then they are both wrong and we are on the fringe.
NONE of what I type, should be taken as financial advice.
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And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, alone
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Minutes Apr. 14, 2018
Minutes of the NJCA annual business meeting
April 14, 2018, Brookdale Community College, NJ
- Call to Order: After lunch, the meeting was called to order at 12:25 by President Gina Marcello as she welcomed the attendees to the 22nd annual conference: Opening Doors, Building Bridges: Promoting Civility.
- President's Report: She reported that through the efforts of Treasurer, Chris Caldiero, the association's nonprofit status has been restored. In addition, she thanked Social Media Director, Chis Walker for the restoration of the NJCA website and 1st Vice President Barbara Baron for organizing this year's conference.
- Treasurer's Report: Christopher Caldiero reported that the NJCA has regained its nonprofit status with the IRS. In addition, there is now a PayPal account with a linked checking account. Current plans point to using the same kind of online advance registration procedure next year. Overall, the association is in good financial shape. Income is expected to cover expenses.
- Second Vice President's Report: Todd Kelshaw announced that next year's conference currently is scheduled for April 6, 2019 at Montclair State University with the theme: "Fun and Games" (as interpreted broadly to include ideas as diverse as Wittgenstein, gaming, sports, debate, etc. ). Dr. John Gastil will give the Keynote address. A renowned scholar in deliberative democracy, Dr. Gastil also researches group decision making and online civic engagement.
- Journal Editor's Report: Gary Radford provided a written report on the status of Atlantic Journal of Communication (AJC) (see below). He reminded the body that the Journal has had a long history which actually predates the NJCA. Several factors demonstrate the journal's quality and credibility, including an international reach, blind peer review, competitive acceptance rates, and being published by Taylor & Francis, the same company used by the National Communication Association. There are five issues per year with the fifth generally being a special issue. The next such special issue is being edited by Dr. Howard Giles on the topic of Group Communication.
Conference Update
The NJCA Conference Program and Directions are now posted.
Conference Registration Reminder
Just a reminder that registration will close this Friday on April 6, 2018 at 12 noon.
For those who have not registered yet, please use PayPal. If you want to pay by check instead, please email Chris Caldiero and let him know.
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Minutes – Oct. 14, 2017
Minutes – NJCA Meeting (submitted by Erica Osmond)
October 14, 2017, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
- Barbara Baron, Brookdale Community College
- Gina Marcello, Georgian Court University
- Todd Kelshaw, Montclair State University
- Christopher Caldiero, FAirleigh Dickinson University
- Christopher Lynch, Kean University
- Allison Edgley, Kean University
- Erica Osmond, Rowan College at Burlington County
- Henrietta Walker, Kean University
- Call to order: 10:17am and welcome by Barbara Baron
- Approval of minutes: approval of minutes were passed from the March 25, 2017 meeting.
- New Business:
a. Conference Date: The annual NJCA conference will be held at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, New Jersey on Saturday April 14, 2018.
i. The NJCA "not for profit" status was reinstated.
ii. Concerns about conference cost came up during discussion by meeting attendees. It was shared that Brookdale Community College will waive the conferences space. However, the NJCA will be responsible to pay a maintenance fee (fee total was not shared), a technology fee for one technology person (fee total was not shared), and a food and beverage fee (fee total was not shared).
iii. A review of the current budget was presented. An estimated total of available funds is $5,500. The $5,500 estimated budget will need to be used for partial conference costs and web page creation project. (See IV regarding web page project)
iv. Currently the web page for the NJCA does not display correctly. Viewers are seeing the code (HTML) on the home page and the webpage sits on the Rutgers server. Gina Marcello has been working with the Rutgers University technology department to solve this issue with little success. It was decided after discussion that the NJCA would like to create a web page that its Executive Board could have control of easily through a program such as WordPress. Some of this years estimated available assets ($5,500) will need to be used to support this project. We will need to pay a web builder to move information from the broken site to the new site.b. Journal
i. Questions came up as to who actually receives a hard copy of the journal. After discussion it was concluded that some members are getting online access to the journal if their names are in the database. However, we need to find an efficient way to send current member names to Taylor and Francis for journal access.
ii. Questions arose regarding what the cost of the journal was based on and if a hard copy was any longer needed.
iii. Dan Leyes, Membership Director should be sending an updated list of names to Taylor and Francis and needs to get clarification from them on the procedures for journal access.c. Theme
i. Taking Sides: The Challenge of Civil Discourse will be the 2018 NJCA conference theme.
ii. Keynote Speaker: Barbara Baron will be inviting Dr. Clark Olsen from Arizona State University to be the keynote speaker for the NJCA 2018 conference in April.
iii. Barbara Baron will also speak with Oxford University Press to possibly sponsor Dr. Olsen's trip if he accepts the invitation to speak. She will also ask if Dr. Olsen's new text can be issued to conference participants.
iv. The idea of "Fun & Games" was suggested as a theme for a future conference.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 11:30 am.
Minutes – Feb. 8, 2018
NJCA Executive Board Phone Conference
Thursday, February 8, 2018 – 5:30pm
In attendance: Barbara Baron, Rick Dool, Mike Echols, Allison Edgely, Todd Kelshaw , Christopher Lynch, Robert Mann, Gina Marcello, Nick Messina , Evelyn Plummer, John Pollock , Christopher Walker
Conference Planning Updates:
- First Vice President, Barbara Baron gave several updates. Currently approximately four submissions have been received from faculty and six from individual students. Several board members announced plans to submit additional panels. Nevertheless, the board strongly supported sticking to past practice and extending the submission deadline beyond the current date of 2/14/18.
- Some clarification was requested on the features of an Institutional Membership (Fee includes 2 faculty members and 4 students [or 1 faculty member and 6 students] / Institutional memberships also include special rates for an ad in the program, names listed in the program , and acknowledgement during the business meeting.)
- Although many of the College of New Jersey authors have a scheduling conflict (a health conference in Kentucky occurring on the same date) Barbara pointed out that in the case of multiple-author, student papers, it is not appropriate for the same individual to present more than one paper orally — even if he/she was a listed author on more than one paper.
- Immediate Past President, Bob Mann will work to ensure that the keynote speech is recorded.
- Brookdale Community College is generously providing usage of their facilities without extra charge and is allowing for use of outside catering services.
- Second Vice President, Todd Kelshaw volunteered to assist Special Projects Director, Rick Dool with reading submissions and selecting the best paper winners.
- Todd Kelshaw will coordinate with Barbara about which institutions might want to have a table. For example, he is interested in starting to promote Montclair as the location of next year's conference.
Financial Matters:
- Prior to the phone meeting, Treasurer, Chris Caldiero reported a balance of $8300 in the treasury—not including a pending payment to Taylor Francis for the Atlantic Journal of Communication. Chris is working on reactivating our Paypal account which currently is still under the name of a long past treasurer.
- Several entities are providing financial support. We are particularly grateful for the continued contributions and support from Rutgers. This year Rutgers is providing $1500. The board expressed the importance of maintaining this alliance and Rick Dool verified that Rutgers is still interested in maintaining this connection. We probably should work toward holding the conference at Rutgers in the near future.
- Barbara has been able to gain additional financial support from a variety of sources:
- Kendall Hunt will pay for air fare of the keynote speaker (Dr. Clark D. Olson, Professor of Communication at the Hugh Downs School of Communication at Arizona State University. Dr. Olson is also willing to do an additional guest talk at Rutgers on the topic of civil dialogue but Rick Dool observed that might not be logistically feasible at this time. MacMillan publishers will be contributing $175 which we will put toward Dr. Olson's lodging costs. Right now, the plan is for Dr. Olson to stay for two nights and he will receive an honorarium of $600.
- Once again, the issue was raised about the high charges we receive from Taylor Francis (approximately $2000 a year). Of particular concern is the inaccurate distribution of the hard copy journals and the desirability of conversion to an ejournal. Some of these issues might be fixed with a more direct connection between our conference registration lists and Taylor/Francis' mailing lists (e.g. student registrants should not be receiving the journal). Barbara Baron and Public Relation Director, Allison Edgely have been unsuccessful in getting satisfactory responses from the contact person at Taylor/Francis: "Gillian". They will be reaching out to our Journal Editor, Gary Radford who also has raised some of these issues with T/F in the past. Barbara also is pursuing the possibility of having AJC copies available at the conference.
- Our non-profit status problems have been solved!
Updates on Website & Listerv issues.
- Recently both the NJCA website as well as the membership email list has required major reconstruction. Social Media Director, Christopher Walker has already migrated key elements. There are still several problems with the reconstruction of the listserv. Several people have reported not receiving the calls this year even though Barbara had her secretary create a mass mailing of approximately 570 names in order to resend the call on 1/31/18. However, some people reported seeing lists out there with as many as 1600 names although not all may be valid. Several board members commented that this is an easy problem to fix and should be a task priority after this year's conference. In addition, information about the call has been disseminated through other means. Graduate and Undergraduate communication departments and Community Colleges have been directly contacted via those board representatives. In addition, President Gina Marcello has posted the call on Twitter and Facebook.
- The conference registration function still needs to be added to the webpage. Barbara Baron and Chris Caldiero both endorse having all registrations done in advance if at all possible.
- Christopher Walker has put in considerable work to re-instate our website. According to current arrangement is that Chris receives $20. monthly to maintain the site and he will submit an invoice for $200 for the work done to accomplish the migration. Although precedent exists for paying for website maintenance (e.g. we had agreed to pay Andy Mudrak of Rutgers $500 per 6 months—even though he did not receive all payments), Adjunct Certification Coordinator, Christopher Lynch offered the recommendation to have the job performed by a fulltime faculty member who could use the website work to fulfill service-to-the-organization. President Gina Marcello observed that a high level of skills will be necessary to maintain a professional looking site, and we probably will need to pay for that.
Respectfully submitted by Evelyn Plummer, Recording Secretary, 2/11/18
Call for Papers extension
In an attempt to accommodate more submissions, the deadline for the Call for papers will be extended until Tuesday, February 20, 2018.
Call For Papers
New Jersey Communication Association
Call for Papers
22nd Annual Conference
Brookdale Community College
April 14, 2018
Our nation, indeed our world, has never been more polarized. People who disagree often take the posture of "agreeing to disagree," then remaining silent. Our Democracy is not based on silence, but on the constructive sharing of different opinions. Communication scholars should be at the fore of fostering these discussions in a civil manner. The theme of the 2018 NJCA is "Opening Doors, Building Bridges: Promoting Civility." This program theme encourages scholars to share ways they open their classrooms and their scholarship to the notion of difference and identify mechanisms and formats which successfully build bridges with others who may not be like-minded.
Join us April 14, 2018 at Brookdale Community College as we exchange ideas, pedagogy, and scholarly activities that will help us to promote civility in our classrooms, in public relations, journalism, media studies, organizational communication, political communication, sports broadcasting, talk radio, and interpersonal relationships. The convention will include a keynote address: "Hot Topics, Cool Heads: Promoting Civil Dialogue" featuring Dr. Clark D. Olson, Professor of Communication at the Hugh Downs School of Communication at Arizona State University.
We invite participation and contributions of scholars, teachers, students, administrators, and communication professionals, to submit extended abstracts or works in progress, full-length papers of 25 pages or less, panels, workshop ideas or other collaborative works for presentation.
Students at both the graduate and undergraduate level to are strongly encouraged to submit. An award for the best student paper at each level will be presented. A student poster session will also be a part of the conference. Poster submissions are welcome. Posters should ideally connect to the conference theme or a communication related topic. Posters should be able to stand or be laid on a table for display. They should be no less than 28″ by 38". The poster can have no more than 200 words. The poster should tell a story that is self-explanatory through images. The images should show a relationship between each other. Send one paragraph with a 100-word summary of the project and school affiliation to Dr. Christopher Lynch (firstname.lastname@example.com) If you submit a poster, you are expected to register and attend the conference.
*Please include the following information in your email and on the front page of your submission: name(s) of presenters, title of paper/panel, poster, abstract, 3-5 keywords/phrases, student status if relevant (graduate or undergraduate), school affiliation and department, address, phone number and email.
In addition, a statement of professional responsibility should be included on the cover or title page and should state the following: "In submitting the attached panel/paper proposal, I/we agree to present at the 2018 NJCA conference if it is accepted. I/we further recognize that all who attend and present at NJCA must register and pay the required fees."
Submissions must be sent by February 20, 2018
to Prof. Barbara Baron, Brookdale Community College, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Year 4, Day 32,
Dear Reader,
I have stumbled upon this journal at the site of a famous battle that took place over four years ago. The battle took place just three weeks after our new town, Harper City, was founded. The previous entries lead me to believe the journal belonged to a young boy named Jari, who sadly died in the battle.
From what I remember, a large contingent of the Emporer's scouts found our location. They threatened to tell the emporer, who undoubtably would wage war on us if we didn't comply with their demands. I won't go into the nature of these demands, but we knew that dispite our obedience, they would never hold to their side of the agreement. Jari and about a dozen other settlers followed the scouts back into the woods, and ambushed them before they could return to the capitol city of Ordinan.
Years have passed without more than the occasional scout, whom we always dispose of.
Life is getting better here. The land is harsh, plagued with steep hills and little flat land.
We have begun flattening this land in an effort to expand our new civilization. Fortunately, our people are skilled at molding the Earth, and as we grow, we will be able to continue our growth at a faster pace.
Farming has been critical to our survival. But as we have stabalized, we now find a need to expand our industrial interests. Until next time, farewell.
Year 4, Day 49,
Dear Reader,
I presented this journal to our leader. He has suggested we make it a public journal that others can add to as time goes on. Hopefully these entries will serve as a reminder of our struggles and successes, as well as motivation for our future.


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The "Stranger Danger" Myth
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(26-05-2012 08:18 PM)lucradis Wrote: Not at all fond of the attitude received so I'm bowing out.
Wow. OK.
If you detected any "attitude" in my reply, you have some of the world's thinnest skin.
Might be a little attitude in this post, though.
Quote:But here is where I read this
I never said education about possible dangers was counterproductive.
I said Stranger Danger "education" has been found to be counterproductive.
There is a marked difference between the two.
I also posted a link in the OP about how counterproductive Stranger Danger can be:
Does 'stranger danger' go too far?
It's about how Brennan Hawkins, a missing 11-year-old Utah Boy Scout could
have been rescued earlier but he wouldn't talk to strangers looking for him.
Which is counterproductive.
Quote:Also if your parents never made you aware of the dangers of lightning then you are of a small minority I would imagine.
What argument? Seriously.
Did you not read the phrase "tongue-in-cheek"? Do you know what it means? Sheesh.
Thin-skinned and no sense of humor. Great combo.
Quote:All I was saying is that making kids aware of potential danger is never a bad thing, how could it be?
And again, I never said it was.
Awareness of potential danger was never the issue.
Why do you keep responding as though it is?
Quote:I also highly doubt that most kids are going to be terrified of their shadows because of stranger danger advertisements.
Way to minimalize. It's a cheap tactic.
I never said advertisements alone were causing fear in anyone.
Quote:Sure some kids will become terrified to leave their homes but how high of a number is that going to be really?
What an amazing rationale you've put forward.
So, because you think this is a low number, it should be disregarded.
Replace the blue words with "be abducted". That's an extremely low number, isn't it? (relatively speaking)
Now bathe in the irony.
As for the second question, finding "something else to be terrified of" is exactly what Stranger Danger is all about.
Quote:Whatever, attitude sucks here so bye.
If I may be so bold:
I'm detecting a resistance akin to showing scientific data to a religious person.
Even though you acknowledged the data, there's a feeling of "I don't care, I still believe in Stranger Danger".
Should analytical thinking skills go out the window when the subject is a touchy one?
Or is this just a case of you detecting "attitude" whenever someone disagrees with you?
Either way, you've blown things out of proportion.
Sorry to see you go.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
Jezz Quidsane you need to drink a cup of chill the fuck out.
And for the record, YOU don't get it.
Like I said, and you completely missed my point, was that those statistics are low because of education.
If there was no education those statistics would increase, so like Lucradis said, where is the harm in that!?
Its like the swine flu, that was blown way out of proportion BUT that did have potential to be something. Diseases, viruses, plague all shit has very real potential to kill a shit load of people.
What I am getting at is it is far better off to be safe then sorry.
You'll can stand there and preach how your kids were never abducted or how its been blown way out of proportion or whatever, BUT the fact is that it does happen. It does happen. 115 children is still 115 children.
Plus, how fucking hard is it to teach stranger danger. It takes like 5minutes at most. 5minutes can be the difference between a happy child playing at a park and a sad child getting rapped in some creeps basement.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(26-05-2012 11:06 PM)earmuffs Wrote: Jezz Quidsane you need to drink a cup of chill the fuck out.
No need to be a prick. And you're clearly still missing the point of this thread.
Quote:those statistics are low because of education. If there was no education those statistics would increase
Source please.
(This is sarcasm; we both know you have no source for this.)
Quote:You'll can stand there and preach how your kids were never abducted or how its been blown way out of proportion or whatever,
I know. I quoted the stat. Of course it happens. And it's sad. Did I say otherwise?
MY point is 74,782,060 children (2010 census) are not those 115 children.
That's 0.00015378019808494177 percent for those keeping score.
And that is certainly no reason for panties to be in a twist.
According to the World Health Organization, nearly 47,000 children fall to their deaths every year.
47,000 children are still 47,000 children. Where is your moral outrage about that? Where are the PSA's? The classes?
This thread is about perspective. I realize it's an emotional topic, but try reading the data with a cooler head.
Quote:Plus, how fucking hard is it to teach stranger danger. It takes like 5minutes at most.
Who cares? Again, that's not what this thread is about.
This thread is about a lot more than "five minutes". Go back and read it again.
The "stranger danger" referenced in this thread is not a five-minute sit-down with your child.
It's a well-intentioned, and ultimately misguided, fear-mongering movement that is not based on factual information.
Quote:5minutes can be the difference between a happy child playing at a park and a sad child getting rapped in some creeps basement.
An example of a grandiose claim that you feel to be true.
There's no evidence for your claim. If anything, there's evidence to the contrary.
If you want to challenge the data, then bring something of substance to the table.
The fact is: the data does not support what Stranger Danger programs teach.
Even the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children agrees with this.
I find their analysis credible. If you don't, that's fine.
But that's no reason for you to be a jerk.
27-05-2012, 01:28 AM (This post was last modified: 27-05-2012 01:32 AM by earmuffs.)
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
Hey Quidsane, why is I am finding statistics very very different to your findings!?
The 115 number does come up BUT in the form of "Only 115 of non-family abductions are stereotypical abductions, defined
as those in which a child is detained overnight, transported atleast 50
miles, held for ransom or intended to be kept permanently or killed."
Which isn't the full picture of stranger danger.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(27-05-2012 01:28 AM)earmuffs Wrote: Hey Quidsane, why is I am finding statistics very very different to your findings!?
Don't know, as you've failed to provide sources for your findings.
I've already provided all of mine, from NBC Nightly News video links, etc.
to several news site links, and even the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children site itself.
Your "proof" that Stranger Danger indoctrination works is... failed attempts???
Nothing gets by you, does it? Sure. Because an abduction couldn't possibly be foiled by anything
other than Stranger Danger "education". You know, like other people, vehicle malfunctions, law enforcement, etc.
Nope. Gotta be a child's superior intellect and unparalleled decision-making skills, which were learned, of course,
in a five minute crash course from their parents who, in turn, were trained by the Stranger Danger folks.
Makes perfect sense.
Speaking of a child's intellect, you should skip 59 seconds into the second video link in the OP.
NBC News is pretty much the leader in terms of journalistic integrity, but the reason I believe
that is probably because I'm a card-carrying liberal scumbag.
So when Brian Williams and Chris Jansing report facts and figures, I tend to believe them.
Don't like or don't trust these sources? Fair enough. Take it up with them.
Then take your condescending teenage demeanor somewhere else.
I provide sources up front, and you attack me without viewing/reading them.
Then you tell me to "chill the fuck out".
Then you question the integrity of my posts?
You're quite the young troll, aren't you? And a busted troll at that.
If you had read/viewed the source material, you would have known where the data came from.
Your modus operandi is so transparent as to be laughable.
Clearly, you're not here to discuss, debate, or even learn anything.
You probably don't even possess the common courtesy to feel shame
or embarrassment for being such a disrespectful jerk. Oh, well. Your loss.
Rock on, genius.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(27-05-2012 05:22 AM)Quidsane Wrote:what the fuck is your problem?(27-05-2012 01:28 AM)earmuffs Wrote: Hey Quidsane, why is I am finding statistics very very different to your findings!?
Like I said, drink a cup of chill the fuck out because you obviously have something shoved up your ass.
You wanna talk sources? Let us go through yours.
#1 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8331335/ns/m...o-too-far/
"115 kids a year are victims of what is viewed as classic stranger abductions."
Key word being "classic" aka, stereotypical.
#2 http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ss...ldren.html
" 258,000 child abductions each year. About 200,000 are abducted by
family members, typically in custody cases, and 58,000 by non-family
"Tragically, each year about 115 children are murdered, held for ransom or taken with the intent to be kept by their captors."
58,000 by strangers or non-family members.
115 are "stereotypical"
You see, I don't need to provide sources, you've already provided them.
How about you read your own sources more clearly next time.
Quote: Only 115 children are abducted by strangers every year.Is just plain wrong.
Oh and you get shitty at people taking your words out of context, how about instead of telling people to read your posts better you take your own advice.
I believe I said "some proof".
And I'm 20 an age that cannot be considered teenage.
So how about you get your own facts and sources straight before you start questioning mine.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(27-05-2012 05:44 AM)earmuffs Wrote: This:
No. You're wrong.
Again: 59 seconds into video #2 in the OP. Here's the link, smartass:
In addition, you're parsing the data wrong.
58,000 are perpetrated by non-family members.
115 of those 58,000 are done by complete strangers.
Also, the scientific definition of the word stereotype is the key, genius.
Interesting reading for ya, post #189 here: http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...#pid109064
Your behavior absolutely can be considered teenage, irrespective of your actual age.
But I shouldn't have expected you to know that.
The fact that you singled that out as being offensive is... well, you know.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(27-05-2012 06:24 AM)Quidsane Wrote:Wrong again. You obviously don't get it.(27-05-2012 05:44 AM)earmuffs Wrote: This:
115 are stereotypical kidnappings, that is like I said, "A stereotypical
kidnapping occurs when a stranger or slight acquaintance transports a
child 50 miles or more from home and either kills the child, holds the
child for ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently."
Its not about the 'scientific meaning of stereotype' its about the meaning of the actual word "stereotypical kidnapping" which I have outlined above.
I don't know how much more clearer then that I can get.
Have some sources.
So lets do a quick recap of what we just learned in this post shall we.
- 58,000 kids are abducted by non-family members
- That number includes strangers as well as friends or people they know
- 115 are classed as "stereotypical kidnappings" as outlined above. (that is with the 50miles and all that)
- Hence 115 does not represent stranger abductions, just the "stereotypical" ones.
- Hence, you sir are wrong.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(26-05-2012 02:36 AM)Quidsane Wrote:Uhhh... I was told by every adult ever not to go out when there's lightning, not to be in the pool when there's lightning, not to touch anything metal when there's lightning, not to be on the phone or a computer when there's lightning. I was scared to get struck by lightning and so was everyone I knew...(26-05-2012 01:57 AM)earmuffs Wrote: As for the thing about people making a big deal about, yes it is a fraction of deaths or whatever compared to other things like car crashes etc.. BUT it does happen and so these things do need to be taught.
My stranger danger education focused on people walking up to kids and opening up their coats to reveal that they were wearing nothing else but the coat. You say "NO!" And you walk away. We were told only doctors and parents were allowed to touch certain areas and only sometimes with your permission. Stranger Danger was never half as scary as lightning, it was just "lol, do people even do that? Why? What?" You just didn't get in a stranger's car even if he has candy.
I don't know where you're talking about that teaches kids to be scared of all strangers at all times, but that's not how it was for anyone I know. Some parents were scared of strangers being near their kids, but kids themselves weren't scared unless a letchy stranger was prowling around.
I never went on an aeroplane when I was a kid, but people were always told crash statistics before they flew anywhere. If anyone knew someone was flying, soon people were hugging them like they were off to their death and saying ":'< Fly safe..." Who isn't scared of their plane crashing? And what good would it even be to teach kids about it? They can't control the plane, they're not going to buy tickets until they're older if ever.
RE: The "Stranger Danger" Myth
(26-05-2012 01:32 AM)Quidsane Wrote:Itsacow was referring to calves not children.(26-05-2012 01:16 AM)GirlyMan Wrote: Kid's in the news, kid's probably in trouble.
It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness
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|"Leaving Children Behind." By William L. Bainbridge. TECHNOS Press. Summer 2002.
|TECHNOS QUARTERLY Summer 2002 Vol. 11 No. 2
Leaving Children Behind
By William L. Bainbridge
In January 2002, the federal government's No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law. This legislation aims to "improve overall student performance and close the achievement gap between rich and poor students." No Child Left Behind focuses on school accountability, higher standards for students, and some of the very measurements educational evaluators advocate from coast to coast.
In addition to recognizing the positive aspects of this legislation, however, it also seems prudent to be concerned about what the national legislation lacks. The concern is that measurement alone will not bridge the learning gap that exists between children from homes of various socioeconomic levels.
The introduction to this legislation states that "In America, no child should be left behind. Every child should be educated to his or her full potential." Mandating standards and tests in and of itself cannot erase the fact that children from homes where parents have little education and minimal resources have many strikes against them.
Well-meaning political leaders on both sides of the aisle, ranging from President George W. Bush to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, supported the legislation. The fact that these men are both products of privilege and private schools may have something to do with their lack of understanding of the needs of children in poverty. The No Child Left Behind legislation regrettably suffers from many pitfalls that some consultants have introduced to schools as part of the effective schools movement.
It is important to consider a basic thinking fallacy of our public policy leaders in Washington that does not hold up under careful scrutiny. That fallacy assumes that all children can learn at the same level and in the same amount of time. All children can learn, at some level. The late professor Ronald Edmonds of Harvard, founder of the Effective Schools movement, once stated, "Most children can learn the basic curriculum if sufficient resources are provided."
Empirical research does not support the belief that all children can learn the same curriculum, in the same amount of time, and at the same level. The problem with such an unsubstantiated belief is that it may be used to deny differential financial support for those who come to school with environmental disadvantages. Not all children have high-quality nutrition, stimulating homes, and extensive learning opportunities prior to entering school.
Research in cognitive brain development shows that formation of synaptic contacts in the human cerebral cortex occurs between birth and age 10, and most of the brain gets built within a few years after birth. Environment matters greatly in brain development. The period of early childhood is critical to brain development, and those who have high-protein diets and lots of sensory stimulation tend to have more synaptic connections. Brains that do not receive enough protein and stimulation in their environments lose connections, and some potential neural pathways are shut down. These facts help to explain what educators have long observed: Children from impoverished environments, in which they do not receive good nutrition and stimulating experiences, generally achieve at lower levels than children from more enriching environments.
This concrete evidence should be enough to convince us that we should concentrate on improving the lives of children before they come to school. It is not enough simply to proclaim that "no child will be left behind" without enacting proper public policy to provide economic opportunity for families, healthcare for all children, and parenting education for young mothers.
We live in a country where 10.5 million children have no health insurance. Most of them live in poverty. The child poverty rate in the United States is the highest among the so-called developed nations. Recent basic research clearly concludes that children who are disadvantaged have difficulty with cognitive development, acquiring adequate vocabulary, and acquiring the sounds needed for learning to read. Millions of our children attend "holding-tank" childcare centers that stifle creativity and hinder appropriate development.
If we as a society can summon the courage to provide all children with basic human needs, then possibly all children can learn at higher levels and the gap between low-income and more privileged children can really be narrowed.
"Wishes don't wash dishes," Carl Sandburg said. "Well done is better than well said," according to Benjamin Franklin. Our colleague, well-known educator M. Donald Thomas recently said, "Those who don't wish to educate all our children well simply substitute pleasant sounding rhetoric for resources." Merely intoning a slogan like "no child left behind" never taught a child to read or compute. We need to do what we know must be done in terms of providing sufficient resources to educate all of our children successfully. Fifteen state supreme courts have indicated their state's current system does not provide for an adequate public education.
The time has come for public policy leaders to redefine the slogan that "no child will be left behind." Let's return to the basic research and stress the facts instead of the fallacy that have hurt so many of our children, parents, teachers, and schools.
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The Atlantic is running a wonderful article called The Case Against Breastfeeding right now. It's all about how there is no real medical benefit to breastfeeding (for mother or child) and modern moms are being peer-pressured into doing it. They are then enslaved by their babies and lose out on their chances for a good life. Good for Ms. Rosin, the author. I'm glad she is strong enough to fight the pressure and refuse to nurse her third baby past a couple of months. Frankly, I don't know why she nursed any of her babies at all. It was obviously a complete waste of her time. Apparently so was researching her article...Here is a great rebuttal from Motherwear.
The fact that the TODAY show ran a story about this article is irresponsible, but since when does the popular media pay attention to little things like facts? If a story can make formula moms feel great about themselves, then why not go for it?
There have been several studies recently showing that many of our health epidemics might be caused by living in too clean an environment. C-section babies are 80% more likely to develop asthma because they don't get exposed to the vaginal bacteria that would jump start their immune systems. MS and other diseases like it might be cured by intestinal worms (gross, but look it up). Is it really a stretch to think that not starting out being fed breastmilk might not also lead to illness? No it's not, and in fact there is tons of research to prove it. Who cares about stuff like that when a woman wants to be able to leave her baby behind and have a life, right?
If you play the odds, you should still come out with a healthy kid. I mean, ONLY 1 in every 150 American children has autism. That means that 149 out of 150 don't. Be like that Octomom and have tons of kids and chances are that some will be healthy. The fact that half of her original children are on disability means that half are perfectly fine! Getting taxpayers to pay for her baby fetish is pure genius, by the way. Plus, many of the negative effects of not breastfeeding are things that won't happen until your child is an adult. When your kids develops diabetes or heart disease as grown-ups, no one will remember if you nursed them or not. You'll be off the hook.
An article like this just goes to show how little most people understand biology and evolution. These interconnected systems of life didn't show up overnight, and they serve a purpose. Changing those things willy-nilly is "playing God" way more than believing in evolution is "ignoring God". People are playing with the biology of human development like kids with a new set of Legos, and there are consequences. When our children's grandchildren look back, they might very well wonder why the hell we screwed around so much with nature that they are all sickly and have a shorter life expectancy that we do (this generation of kids is the first who are predicted to die off earlier than their parents). Or maybe Natural Selection will come into play, and genes from people like Rosin's will have become extinct.
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