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Has Our Governor Made New Jersey a Better Place to Live?
November 16, 2012Now that the Presidential election and the Congressional races are over, attention has been turned to the gubernatorial race of 2013. ...
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Identify the Bully, No Matter Who They Are
November 15, 2012In October, New Jersey schools had their second annual “Week of Respect.” All public districts and charter schools in the ...
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Seeking Alpha: A Case Study of New York City
November 15, 2012What is infrastructure really? If you look at New York City you see the trending wheels come by way of legislation like the New ...
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After Sandy, Moving Forward
November 15, 2012This has been an extraordinary time in Union County history, and we’ve seen some extraordinary things. We’ve seen the ...
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Costs of Caregiving
November 15, 2012More than 65 million Americans — about one out of three adults — provide care for someone who is ill, disabled, or aged.(1...
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An Urban Infusion in New Jersey: Reaching the Top of the Ladder but at what Cost?
November 14, 2012The next American city, what will it look like? Imagine a seven year old inner city child on his or her way to school not knowin...
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Leading The Made In America Movement from a Consumer Standpoint
November 14, 2012To me, Independence Day has not passed. When people hear about the 'Made In America" movement, two individuals probably...
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5 Leadership Behaviors Loyal Employees Trust
November 14, 2012Is any relationship truly ever completely reciprocal? Not really, because one party always wields more power over the othe...
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Design a Dream of a Guest Room
November 13, 2012With the Holidays fast approaching, it may be time to spruce up the guest room for those overnight guests. The guest room is pro...
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When Cities Go Broke. A Conceptual Introduction to Municipal Bankruptcy in the U.S.
November 12, 2012Today, each weekday morning between 7:00 and 9:30, Harrisburg seems to come to life as many, if not most, of its work force hurry from...
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Motivated by Neglect: Concentrating on the Top Performing Students and Leaving the Lower Performing Students Behind
November 12, 2012What would students do if there were no tests? Questioning the validity of testing measures calls us to be brave. It charg...
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Driving Sustainability: Creating Community-based Brownfield Redevelopment Properties and Government Work
November 11, 2012Brownfields are property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may become lucid by the presence or potential presence of a ...
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Consumer-Driven Health Care: Exacerbating Some of the Very Maladies that Undermine Our Health Care System
November 10, 2012Increasing patient cost-sharing is a misguided solution for reigning in United States health care costs. Why? Because the ...
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Oversight of Credit Agencies Long Overdue
November 10, 2012The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau’s decision to regulate credit agencies is a significant step to protect consumers. Until ...
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Governor Christie Captured the Essence of the Cameras
November 10, 2012Many public officials spent an inordinate amount of time in front of the cameras during the various episodes of Hurricane Sandy. Those...
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Pavers are Guaranteed to Transform your Home Into a Beautiful Dreamscape!
November 9, 2012A walkway on a residential property is the pathway that leads and directs to an entrance whether it be a front door entrance to y...
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Cities and Towns as Recovery Machines
November 9, 2012Disasters happen. That is unmistakably on the minds of all of us on the east coast this past week as a massive flood engulfed a ...
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Grad School: What Really Needs to Happen
November 9, 2012Does graduate education in the humanities need reform? By nearly all indications, the answer is yes. The job picture is a for...
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How to Get your Message to Customers and Prospects Ahead of Competition on the Internet
November 8, 2012Getting our message out ahead of our completion and with clarity is a major challenge in today’s market place where all of us ar...
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Redistribution and Inequality in a Heterogeneous Society: How Economic Inequality Harms Societies
November 8, 2012Presidential aspirants since Ronald Regan have urged us to ask whether we’re better off now than we were four years ago. A...
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Should Kids Be Fined If They Skip School?
November 7, 2012In order for young people to do better in school, it helps if they actually are in school. Schools basically have two options when it ...
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Executive Privilege. Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions.
November 6, 2012Executive privilege poses a complex dilemma: a presidential administration sometimes needs to conduct the duties of government in secr...
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From the Jersey Shore to Lakeshore Drive, Sandy engulfs the Northeast and travels as far as the Midwest!
November 1, 2012If you live in New Jersey, you may recall over the past year experiencing a few storms right in a row, all occurring over the fall sea...
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Generators and Carbon Monoxide
October 31, 2012The Berkeley Heights Fire Department has had a significant increase for Carbon Monoxide alarm activations that are being caused by gen...
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Statement from Allstate New Jersey Regarding How to File Claims
October 30, 2012Allstate New Jersey policyholders can start the claim process by calling 1-800-54-STORM ( 1-800-547-8676 ) or by...