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A satirical map of the state of New Jersey went viral Tuesday, causing a lot of controversy in the process.

Instead of saying they’re from North or South Jersey, residents of New Jersey can now say they are from “Vast Wilderness of Rednecks or Retired Hippies” or “Swamps and Toxic Lakes” thanks to the controversial map.

“I’ve driven to every corner of the State.  Stopped at a lot of towns.  Stopped at a lot of Wawas and QuickCheks,” Joe Steinfeld, creator of the map, told the Star-Ledger on NJ.com.  “I mean it as a joke.  It’s tongue-in-cheek.  It’s meant to be silly, to be fun.”

Steinfeld, a Rutgers University graduate, posted the map online late Monday night and in less than 24 hours the map received more than 750,000 views.
The map outlines regions of New Jersey based on ethnicity, socio-economic class, and cultural stereotypes.

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Scarlet Knights slated for 56 regular season games

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (October 12, 2011) –  Under the leadership of head coach Fred Hill, now entering his 29th year at the helm in Piscataway, the Rutgers University baseball program released its 2012 schedule Wednesday, highlighted by games against seven teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2011.

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 (CAMDEN) – The Rutgers School of Law -- Camden / Rutgers Camden Mediation Center today announced that Bradley Campbell, Stanley Stahl, and Caroline Petrilla have joined the Center’s roster of mediation practitioners.   A resource of the Rutgers School of Law–Camden, Rutgers Camden Mediation Center provides dispute resolution services and training to the public and to businesses across the Delaware Valley.

2011 Rowan University Softball Outlook

This year, the Rowan University softball team has high expectations after not receiving a bid to the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.  The Profs ended the season with a 28-13 record and a 12-6 mark in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC).  Rowan advanced to the fourth round of the conference championship tournament.  In the NJAC Coaches Preseason Poll, the Profs are ranked second with three first place votes.

“We look to compete for the conference championship this season and put ourselves in a good position for the NCAAs,” stated head coach Kim Wilson.  “It was disappointing not receiving a bid last year.” 

Rowan returns a solid nucleus of 10 players from the 2010 squad.  Leading the way is center fielder Nicolina Veneziano (jr. Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) who was the NJAC and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Region Player of the Year.  She was the team’s top hitter with a .377 batting average and 49 hits.  Her fielding percentage was .932.  Veneziano was first in runs scored (37), RBIs (28), walks (18) and stolen bases (10).  In the conference, she ranked

Smokeless Tobacco Doesn't Mean There's No Fire

NOTE: This article first appeared on ClearysNoteBook in 2007, we continue to run it in the hope that Rick Bender's story will stop just one person from chewing tobacco. Not only does chewing tobacco ruin your teeth it can also kill you. If you know someone chewing tobacco show them this article.  Also ask to look inside their mouth. One of the signs of oral cancer developing is a white spot on the gum. If there is a spot get them to a dentist right away.~Bill

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Chewing tobacco is very dangerous, a man who lost part of his face to cancer says.

As fewer teenagers take up smoking, more are turning to chewing tobacco and snuff, health advocates warn. They’re trying to drive home the lesson that a dip is no safer than a drag.

This week, a Kentucky man whose lower face is deformed due to oral cancer caused by chewing tobacco is sharing his story with 5,000 teens at nine Snohomish County schools.

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“A lot of people still think ‘take a pinch instead of a puff,’” Rick Bender told students at Weston High School in Arlington on Tuesday, quoting a 1970s advertisement that influenced him.

Bender and health organizations worry that the industry term “smokeless tobacco” is misleading and are urging a new term: “spit tobacco.”

 

Time to Talk: Going Back to School

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Talk Alert!

As Teens Consume More Media Parents Can Break Through with "Time To Talk^®"

Going back to school signifies a time of new beginnings – new friends, more difficult classes and exciting experiences. It can also be a challenging time, with added peer pressure when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use.

Today’s teens juggle all these responsibilities and, as new research shows, many are consuming up to 8 hours of entertainment media and technology daily – that adds up to 53 hours a week!  Parents report being concerned that with so much teen immersion in technology, it’s difficult for them to break through the media noise and make their voices heard.
While nothing takes the place of a face-to-face conversation, texting can help parents reach reluctant teens in a non-confrontational way to discuss sensitive topics, like drug use and drinking.
That’s why we’ve created a free, downloadable guide called "Time To Text" to help parents harness the power of media and technology to improve parent/child communication. This easy-to-use tool offers tips on how to text, suggests examples of different messages to send to teens and even provides a cheat sheet parents can keep in their wallet. Visit TimeToTalk.org to learn more today!
We are grateful for the generous support of our 2010 Time To Talk^® sponsors: A&E Network, Comcast, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, The Hershey Company, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Major League Baseball Charities, Major League Baseball Players Association, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and Yahoo!

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Retired Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. Inducted to Rutgers’ Board of Governors

February 18, 2010

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Joseph J. Roberts Jr., retired speaker of the state General Assembly, was inducted as a public member of the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, at today’s board meeting.

Roberts, from Camden, was nominated by former Gov. Jon S. Corzine in January and confirmed by the state Senate. His term will expire in 2012. The Board of Governors, Rutgers’ highest governing body, has 11 members.

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A Democrat, Roberts won a special election to the Assembly in 1987 to complete the unexpired term of the late Francis J. Gorman. He was re-elected 11 times and was majority leader from 2002 to 2006, when he became speaker until his retirement in January after a 22-year legislative career.

As the Assembly’s presiding officer, Roberts led efforts for an unprecedented special legislative session to confront the issues of rising property taxes. He authored the CORE Reform law that promotes the sharing and consolidation of services among municipalities and school districts. He also wrote a law overhauling New Jersey’s affordable housing landscape to help low- and middle-income working families to purchase homes. The law eliminated a practice that allowed suburban towns to forgo their affordable housing obligations.

Roberts guided the creation and expansion of the state’s Clean Elections program during the 2005