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Knowing Your Rights

By Andrew Thompson

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........................DO SWEAR,, THAT - I WILL WELL AND TRULY SERVE - OUR SOVEREIGNCOUNTRY AND STATE - AS A POLICE OFFICER WITHOUT FAVOR OR AFFECTION - MALICE OR ILL-WILL - UNTIL I AM LEGALLY DISCHARGED, THAT I WILL SEE AND CAUSE ­OUR COMMUNITY’S PEACE TO BE KEPT ANDPRESERVED - AND THAT - I WILL PREVENT TO THE BEST OF MY POWER - ALL OFFENSES AGAINST THAT PEACE - AND THAT - WHILE I CONTINUE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER - I WILL - TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE - DISCHARGE ALL THE DUTIES THEREOF FAITHFULLY - ACCORDING TO LAW. When any officer is hired or completes their police academy they are required to take an oath. Too often as time wears on the police officer has forgotten their oath but do continue doing the best job they can for the department they serve. Police officers in the past took their oath to heart and worked hard and long hours serving their community Police officers today do an incredible job considering everything that is required of them. First, they must understand the law before they can enforce it.

Society has given them the dirty job of policing people or areas they themselves wouldn’t do if given the responsibility. Police are held accountable for all actions good or bad. Police have to respond to dangerous calls sometimes without knowing all of the facts or details of the incident they are rolling in on. A domestic sit-

uation may have started out with some arguing before a gun came into the picture. Police officers are trained at the police academy for such incidents and that doesn’t necessarily prepare them for the unexpected that can occur. When these type incidents happen, it can mean the death of a police officer. So it is no surprise that things don’t always go according to procedure or plan. We have the ability to view incidences within hours of them occurring, the world becoming judge and jury before the facts are viewed, witnesses interviewed, or evidence accumulated. Citizens outraged at the sight of abuse of authority, it would seem like these activities are new developments of some modern rogue police force but the fact is, things of this nature have been going on in the community for decades! And once again technology has shed a new dark light on the subject. Obviously not all officers are rogue vigilantes out

to punish the citizens they swore to protect but as we all know one bad apple can spoil a bunch and curb opinions very easily. With the mass deaths of countless civilians in the recent years one must ask themselves how is it, when confronted with a similar situation can I assure my safety and even my life? Here are a few tips to get you threw an encounter with an officer.

First Winning the psychological battle requires you to be honest with cops, polite, respectful, and resistant to incitement Police can’t pull you over without probable cause. Cops can’t just randomly stop you and look for drugs in your car. They need a reason, or “probable cause,” like speeding or a broken taillight.

When getting hailed don’t pull over until you can do so safely, and drive the speed limit. “The sooner, the better though you’ll have the right to stay in your car.” It’s perfectly legal for you to say in the vehicle, but doing so looks bad to the

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officer,” Officers often ask people to “step out of the car” as a safety precaution — to make sure the driver doesn’t have any concealed weapons.

But it’s probably best to get out of the car to avoid a tense situation. You are required to stop at checkpoints.

Yes, drivers do have to stop at checkpoints.

Police departments plan checkpoints ahead of time, but they must have a specific plan, such as stopping every third car (or every car), Cops can only search your car without a warrant for these 5 reasons.

1) If you consent, police naturally have a right to search your car.

2) “Plain view” also gives an officer the okay to search your car. “ 3)”search incident to arrest,” if an officer arrests you with probable cause, he or she can then search your vehicle.

4) Your car can be searched if an “officer has probable cause to suspect a crime,” For example, it’s not illegal to have blood on your front seats, to have a black eye, or to have a ripped-up purse in the car. But all those things in conjunction could be suspicious to an officer.

5) Lastly, “exigent circumstances,” allow a warrantless search. Before an officer receives a warrant, he can “break every rule if he suspects the evidence is about to be destroyed. All in all these and many other precautions can be summed up to just using common sense understand that whatever the situation getting upset, yelling or using profanity wont solve it.

If you feel you have been wronged file a report, sue or even call internal investigations but you get to go home safe, secure and with your life.

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Contents Knowing Your Rights.................................................................................... 3 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) .................. 5

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Education Cost < Paying Jobs..................................................................... 5 Does Paterson Need A Civilian Review Board? ........................................ 5 Paterson’s Good Shepherd Mission Has Its Day In The Sun .................. 6 Paterson Artist Marcos Salazar Blends History And Expression............. 6 We Need More Health Coaches................................................................... 7 Education For Healthy Youth Act Necessary?........................................... 7 Education Cost............................................................................................ 10 Needs of Youth For Sports Developmental Program............................... 10 Lessons from the Urban Blackboard........................................................ 11 The Anthology of Us: The Work of UNESCO.......................................... 11

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Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

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n an effort to cradle its’ history of perseverance and continue to lead as it did during the Industrial Revolution, the City of Paterson has launched a quality of life initiative aimed at reducing crime within its’ neighborhoods. The program is called Crime Prevention through environmental design or CPTED. It consisted of participation in a one-year training program aimed at improving our ability to better understand some of the underlying causes of crime. It was funded by a technical assistance grant received from Together North Jersey (TNJ), a regional planning organization.

The program required that the City designate and train a team of people from different backgrounds. Participants were trained in how to conduct “community safety audits” and prepare community “Safe Growth Plans”. Six (6) focus neighborhoods were chosen from three of the City’s Redevelopment Areas (1st, 4th & 5th Wards) to initiate the study. The results of the study have been prepared in a final report that will be presented in a public forum at 5:30 p.m. on August 13, 2015 at the Passaic County Community College Theatre. The entrance to the theatre is located at 183 Ellison Street.

Please accept this communication as an invitation to join us on that date as a community stakeholder. We would like you to become familiar with the plan and its’ recommendations. We would also like to hear your comments on the report. We are therefore asking that you join the Mayor, the Honorable Jose “joey” Torres, elected officials and other representatives from your community on that date.

It is our intent following the meeting by assembling a new team of participants that will work with us to determine ways to implement the proposed improvements. When it is complete, this work will be our joint commitment to the preservation and safety of our neighborhoods. Towards that end, this will be our first meeting but not our last.

One of the most important lessons learned from this program is that: “It will be up to us to make it succeed”.

Does Paterson Need A Civilian Review Board?

By Ed Rumley

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he free dictionary by Farlex defines a civilian review board as, “a municipal body composed of citizen representatives charged with the investigation of complaints by members of the public concerning misconduct by police officers. Such bodies may be independent agencies or part of a law enforcement agency.”

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka recently served as a role model by making an appearance at the scene of a homicide shortly after it was committed in his city of governance.

Baraka also, recently signed into legislation an executive for oversight of the Newark Police Department.

“In January, I announced this Civilian Complaint Review Board to provide an additional level of civilian oversight over our police department,” the mayor said. “The need for this kind of oversight is greater than ever, as we have seen in recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, Staten Island, and Baltimore.

This board will do more than address police behavior, it will be a roadmap for an entire nation on how to unite law enforcement and communities to transform America into a nation we can believe in.”

Some believe the Silk City should follow this roadmap. The Paterson City Council, on May 15, underscored the opinion that many believe Paterson is a pressure cooker ready to explode.

Council chambers were packed with over

200 area residents protesting the lack of recreational programs in the city with the possibility of more impending cuts.

In less than a year, no less than four Paterson teenagers have fallen victim to random gun, or knife, violence.

Speaking at the meeting was Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly. He decried the dwindling of monies provided by the city budget for recreation. The fund has plummeted to virtually one-third of what it was 17 years ago.

“This is not a recreation issue, this is a human issue,” Wimberly said. “This is about the future of our city. In 2015, in Paterson, we are one incident away from burning down.”

Raheem Smallwood, Director of the Silk City School Based Youth Services Program for teenagers, at Paterson’s John F. Kennedy High School, believes the city of Paterson should go a step further.

“We need not so much a civilian review board but a community relations board,” Smallwood said. “The community needs to choose those who are doing the overseeing and reviewing. This should be at the top of the priority list along with the need for Paterson police to be residents of the city.”

Education Cost < Paying Jobs

By Andrew Thompson

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ducating ourselves is essential to our very survival our cognitive patterns is what separates us from the other primates on the planet. The passing along of information is vital for human existence and development yet it’s becoming increasingly hard to provide that education for the masses. The way that education has become another big interest cash cow has created a revolving perpetual debt, which few overcome.

Once we were taught by some mentor how to perform a task the main currency was time spent and one would be placed directly in that field to begin earning a living and be able to support themselves. Over the last three decades, the price of a year of college has increased by more than 1,200 percent. In the past, American higher education has always been associated with upward mobility, but with student loan debt quadrupling between 2003 and 2013, it’s time to ask whether education alone can really move people up the class ladder. This is a question of obvious relevance for low-income students and students of Color.

African American college enrollment has increased at nearly twice the rate of white enrollment in recent years, but a is proportionate number of those African-American students end up at for-profit schools. In 2011, two of those institutions, the University of Phoenix (with physical campuses in thirty-nine states and mas-

sive online programs) and the online-only Ashford University, produced more black graduates than any other institutes of higher education in the country. Unfortunately, a recent survey by economist Rajeev Darolia shows that for-profit graduates fare little better on the job market than job seekers with high school degrees; their diplomas, that is, are a net loss, offering essentially the same grim job prospects as if they had never gone to college, plus a lifetime debt sentence.

Much of the American public does not understand the difference between for-profit, public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning. All three are concerned with generating revenue, but only the for-profit model exists primarily to enrich its owners.

The largest of these institutions are often publicly traded, nationally franchised corporations legally beholden to maximize profit for their shareholders before maximizing education for their students.

While commercial vocational programs have existed since the nineteenth century, for-profit colleges in their current form are a relatively new phenomenon that began to boom with a series of initial public offerings in the 1990s, followed quickly by deregulation of the sector as the millennium approached. Bush administration legislation then weakened government oversight of such schools, while expanding their access to federal financial aid, making the industry irresistible to Wall Street investors.

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Paterson’s Good Shepherd Mission Has Its Day In The Sun

By Ed Rumley

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he Good Shepherd Mission has been located in the heart of the Silk City, at 336 Broadway, since the 1920’s. The mission’s motto is, “Rescue, Redeem, and Restore”. Good Shepherd’s purpose statement includes presenting the gospel message to, “men with alcohol problems and all kinds of addictions.”

Good Shepherd Mission Director Mike Vieira has been at the helm for over 30 years.

“Our whole intention is to reach out to the people who are on the streets, the homeless, the girls who are on the street. We want to show them that we care about them and that God cares about them. There is a way for them to change.”

Good Shepherd can house up to 31 full time residents. Another 35 men can be provided temporary shelter. The daily program focuses on Bible study, discipline, one-on-one counseling, recreation and physical activities, and community service.

This summer, residents from the mission trekked to Morris County Silas Condict Park for the annual Good Shepherd picnic. Activities included a softball game, fishing, horseshoes, riding scooters, chess, and checkers, as well as hotdogs and hamburgers off the grill.

The picnic was overseen by Mr. Bill Thompson from the Hawthorne Gospel Church. The vet-

eran Bible teacher has been ministering at the mission for 27 years.

50-year old Edward Sims attended the picnic via the invitation of Pastor Mike.

“I believe it was a divine opportunity for me to come,” Sims said. “I’m originally from Paterson and graduated from East Side in 1983.

I lived in Holland, Michigan for 27 years. I broke a lot of barriers there. I was the first African American to drive a city bus.”

Kenneth Davis said he loved both the food and the outdoor atmosphere.

“I’m a resident in the program,” the original Jersey City native stated. “I was here at Good Shepherd 20 years ago. The mission is a place where I can get refocused and get back with God. I don’t mind taking 6 months out of my life. I have gifts to share. Pastor Mike was my first example for Christ. He is so humble. I want to be like him. I want to respond rather than react.

A church musician and worship leader, Davis said remembered, “That old piano and chapel.”

A delegation from the Grace Bible Church, in Pompton Plains, attended the event, including Tim and Linda Doty.

“We’re just back from visiting our daughter in Delaware,” Linda said. “There’s good food and fellowship here. It’s a chance for the guys to get away from the city. We especially enjoyed the barbeque chicken.”

Paterson Artist Marcos Salazar Blends History And Expression

By Ed Rumley

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he song by John Mellencamp, “R.O.C.K. in the USA”, speaks of the early careers of musicians in which struggle and heartache are part and parcel of reaching the stage.

In the arena of art, one young Patersonian has not only persevered, but thrived. John F. Kennedy High School graduate Marcos Salazar has

perfected the past and the present in his display of grandeur.

Salazar recently hosted a showing of his works at the Paterson Museum. Entitled, “Paterson, an Altered Reality II,” the reception showcased Salazar’s mixed media works, many which meld street scenes and urban landscapes of historical significance. Subject portraits by Salazar include familiar Silk City cites such as the First and Second National Banks, the Ivahoe, the Great Falls, and the Lou Costello Statue. Scenes were drawn, or brushed, with water color, pen, ink, acrylic, charcoal, acrylic paint, or oil pastel.

The young artist’s works have been showcased at the Paterson Art Walk, the Great Falls Festival, and the Congressional Art Exhibition at the George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University, as well as the Passaic County Community College. He has created numerous series including: Town Line; Breathing in Your Smoke; Identity Abstracts; Viscous Circles; and Tangled as One. Sets of photography offerings include Hinchilffe Stadium, the Addy Mill, and Street Signatures.

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HEALTH AND COUNSELING

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We Need More Health Coaches

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ost people have no idea what it means to be healthy. We have asked many people multiple times. The most common response to our question of “How do you know that you are heathy?” is: “If I feel good I must be healthy .” As logical as this sounds, this is one of the worst ways to judge your health.

The absence of symptoms is no indication of good health. In fact we all know the stories of the relative, neighbor or friend that claimed to feel good one day, and then Drop Dead the next. Plus, what do you do when you feel bad? You take a drug to make you feel good again and assume you are healthy.

Although the drug may eliminate your symptom, you may indeed not be more healthy and you may even get more sick.

Miracles in medicine happen every day.

People walk again after years being wheelchair bound. Children see or hear for the first time. Friends have even been snatched back from the jaws of death. But for the majority of us, we don’t need a miracle. We don’t even need more doctors who only have time to treat our symptoms. What we need

are better health coaches.

Today most people know more about how to operate their cell phone than they do about the function of their own body. We expect Athletes to have coaches, singers to have coaches, even horses have coaches. The word physician means to teach. In America it has come to mean to treat. In an Interdisciplinary medical practice, we feel our primary goal is to educate, teach and coach so that no matter the condition, the health of the patient is improved and not just a symptom treated.

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Paterson Artist Marcos Salazar Blends History And Expression Continued from p. 6 Most recently, Salazar’s works debuted in the Big Apple.

“The first appearance of my artwork in New York City was at the Klimat Lounge, on July 7th,” Salazar stated. “It has a dynamic sense of time through its baronial image, its medieval furniture, and the Indian-style full sets of decorative pillows to lean against. This is a place where one can indulge in the creativity that flows through the lounge. There is a stage where talented individuals can express themselves through music, poetry, comedy, etc. Rather than displaying my art on stage, I am displaying ten pieces which are based on the city of Paterson, New Jersey, and New York City, throughout the lounge. It makes sense to display my works here because the Klimat Lounge has a sense of time and history.”

As a youngster, Marcos grew up in the Bronx, New York where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. His family moved to Paterson where he continued his education at the John F. Kennedy Complex. Both environments have had an impact on his artistic preferences.

Education For Healthy Youth Act Necessary?

By Simone

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ixty-three percent of young people will have sex before they graduate high school ; and 95 percent will have sex before they are married. For young people to make healthy decisions about sex, we need to provide them the skills and information they need. Young people are disproportionately impacted by STIs, including HIV, and unintended pregnancy. Approximately 40 percent of sexually active students reported not using condoms at last intercourse. It is estimated that close to 750,000 teens become pregnant each year. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate (72 pregnancies per 1000 young women ages 15-19) of developed nations, with a teen pregnancy rate over four times that of the Netherlands (14), over three times that of Germany (19), and almost three times that of France (26). Approximately 400,000 teens every year give birth in the U.S. Of those who gave birth, 50 percent were not using birth control and 31 percent of these believed they could not get pregnant.

The CDC reports that young people ages 1524 account for almost half of the 19 million new STIs every year. Young people ages 1329 account for 39 percent of new HIV infections.Youth of color are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Young African Americans accounted for 65 percent of HIV diagnoses among those 13-24.7 African American/Black young men who have sex with men (YMSM) accounted for near-

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ly 63 percent of all YMSM ages 13–24 with HIV infection in 2009, followed by white YMSM (18 percent) and Hispanic/Latino YMSM (16 percent). Comprehensive sexual health education helps reduce the rates of STIs and unintended pregnancy among young people by providing complete and accurate information to help young people make responsible, informed decisions about sex and healthy relationships. Research has shown effective sex education programs have positive outcomes among young people such as delaying the initiation of sex, decreasing the number of sexual partners, and increasing the use of contraception and condoms.

Yet, the government still allocates millions of dollars to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. In fact, research has shown that young people in abstinence-only-until-marriage programs that promote “virginity pledges” still engage in sexual activity before marriage and are less likely to protect themselves when they do have sex. Surveys on research Continued on p. 10

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Education Cost

By Simone

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magine corporations that intentionally target low-income single mothers as ideal customers. Imagine that these same companies claim to sell tickets to the American dream—gainful employment, the chance for a middle-class life.

Imagine that the fine print on these tickets, once purchased, reveals them to be little more than debt contracts, profitable to the corporation’s investors, but disastrous for its customers. And imagine that these corporations receive tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to do this dirty work. Now, know that these corporations actually exist and are universities.

Over the last three decades, the price of a year of college has increased by more than 1,200 percent. In the past, American higher education has always been associated with upward mobility, but with student loan debt quadrupling between 2003 and 2013, it’s time to ask whether education alone can really move people up the class ladder. This is a question of obvious relevance for low-income students and students of color.

Black college enrollment has increased at nearly twice the rate of white enrollment in recent years, but a disproportionate number of those African-American students end up at for-profit schools. In 2011, two of those institutions, the University of Phoenix (with physical campuses in thirty-nine states and massive online programs) and the online-only Ashford

University, produced more black graduates than any other institutes of higher education in the country. Unfortunately, arecent survey shows that for-profit graduates fare little better on the job market than job seekers with high school degrees; their diplomas, that is, are a net loss, offering essentially the same grim job prospects as if they had never gone to college, plus a lifetime debt sentence.

Much of the American public does not understand the difference between for-profit, public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning. All three are concerned with generating revenue, but only the for-profit model exists primarily to enrich its owners. The largest of these institutions are often publicly traded, nationally franchised corporations legally beholden to maximize profit for their shareholders before maximizing education for their students.

While commercial vocational programs have existed since the nineteenth century, for-profit colleges in their current form are a relatively new phenomenon that began to boom with a series of initial public offerings in the 1990s, followed quickly by deregulation of the sector as the millennium approached. Bush administration legislation then weakened government oversight of such schools, while expanding their access to federal financial aid, making the industry irresistible to Wall Street investors. Currently those that have acquired the American dream and graduated are faced with insurmountable debt and little to no options.

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Continued from p. 7 of youth around our nation have also reported high rates of bullying, harassment and dating violence. Eight out of ten LGBT students reported being harassed in the last year, threefifths reported feeling unsafe, and one-third skipped at least one day of school in the past month because of concerns about their safety. Surveys show that 8 percent of high school students have been forced to have intercourse and 9 percent have experienced dating violence.

Comprehensive sex education can help combat the rise in dating violence and bully-

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ing among youth. Studies have led researchers to recommend that information on healthy relationships be integrated into sex education programs. One study reported that students were 60 percent less likely to perpetrate forms of dating violence against a partner after being taught a safe dating curriculum. [14] Research has also demonstrated that students positively benefit from an LGBT inclusive curriculum.

Furthermore, students who attend LGBT inclusive schools are less likely to feel unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation (42 percent vs. 64 percent) or gender expression (28 percent vs. 41 percent) and about half as likely to miss school because of feeling unsafe or uncomfortable (17 percent vs. 31 percent).

Needs of Youth For Sports Developmental Program

By Simone

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ooking at the Individual Needs of Youth within a quality youth long term developmental program, differences in biological and developmental age of youth must be considered. Key measures of developmental maturation must be incorporated into the strength and conditioning program. This requires a cooperative team effort among coaches, parents, youth, physical educators, and strength and conditioning professionals to safely and efficaciously train youth along the developmental continuum. Children will be at various points along the developmental continuum, even

children of the same biological age, and those that excel at an early age need to be diversified to minimize overuse and burnout and those are considered “late bloomers” must be encouraged to continually improve. This will maximize the number of youth that are proficient in movement skills and can make their own choice to be active in sports and physical activity. The environment in which training occurs needs to be proactive: fundamental motor skill development must be taught, coached, and assessed; positive feedback must continually and honestly be provided to youth so that skill acquisition and the positive benefits of strength and conditioning are always reinforced, and never should children be given exercise as punishment. Strength coaches must focus on developing coaching cues for excellent lifting technique (and never sacrifice technique for increased resistance). Youth athletes must not be trained past the point of physiological benefit (e.g., making athletes vomit is not an appropriate measure of intensity). The optimal balance of challenge and success leads to youth embracing the benefits of strength and conditioning programs (and sports programs too).The Path to Performance All athletes have one thing in common – they either are, or

were, youth. The youth strength and conditioning programs in which these athletes participate have long-term performance implications. So, whether you are a RSCC, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, sport scientist, or other allied strength and conditioning professional, here are three important youth strength and conditioning concepts: Develop physical literacy for youth by promoting a long-term approach to quality daily physical education and daily intermittent moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

Promote positive mental and psychosocial development as well as physical development with a properly designed strength and conditioning program.

The Youth Resistance Training: Updated Position Statement Paper from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (2009) for guidelines on strength and conditioning programs that emphasize a long-term approach to developing strength and power.

The philosophy that ALL children should be provided the opportunity to develop their physical, mental, and social skills. These physical, mental, and social skills must be considered simultaneously. Coaches must be aware of the nonlinear path of youth development and how this considerable variability of developmental stages has physical, mental, and social implications. Training strategies for youth must be carefully planned based on the dynamic interrelationships of numerous variables such as number of sports being played throughout the year and during the same season, environment, ethnicity, self-efficacy, focus, etc. Strength coaches need to keep abreast of best practice and research-based program models for promoting the continuum of lifelong physical activity and sports

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participation for youth.Within a quality youth long term developmental program, differences in biological and developmental age of youth must be considered. Key measures of developmental maturation must be incorporated into the strength and conditioning program.

This requires a cooperative team effort among coaches, parents, youth, physical educators, and strength and conditioning professionals to safely and efficaciously train youth along the developmental continuum. Children will be at various points along the developmental continuum, even children of the same biological age, and those that excel at an early age need to be diversified to minimize overuse and burnout and those are considered “late bloomers” must be encouraged to continually improve.

This will maximize the number of youth that are proficient in movement skills and can make their own choice to be active in sports and physical activity.

The environment in which training occurs needs to be proactive: fundamental motor skill development must be taught, coached, and assessed; positive feedback must continually and honestly be provided to youth so that skill acquisition and the positive benefits of strength and conditioning are always reinforced, and never should children be given exercise as punishment.

Strength coaches must focus on developing coaching cues for excellent lifting technique (and never sacrifice technique for increased resistance). Youth athletes must not be trained past the point of physiological benefit (e.g., making athletes vomit is not an appropriate measure of intensity). The optimal balance of challenge and success leads to youth embracing the benefits of strength and conditioning programs (and sports programs too).

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Lessons from the Urban Blackboard

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Facilities, Long Range Plan, DONE

By Jonathan Hodges, MD

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or over a year, a group of people toiled away in the recesses of the Paterson School district office, wrestling with the facility needs of the district. They poured over all kinds of data, facts and figures, canvassed people from all across the city, checked school capacity building by building, reviewed every school’s classroom attendance size. They assessed population trends, forecasted technological needs and took care to promote school spaces that accommodated both students and families. The care and depth of their efforts cannot be underscored enough. This was a herculean task and these dedicated members of this community committed to devoting their time to ensure that this city’s children have the best chance in the future, of securing a set of facility improvements that, while not going as far as we wish, begin to ameliorate the terrible facility conditions in this city.

The state Department of Education has already declared that Paterson has the worse

school facility conditions in state, bar none.

That is a terrible category to be number one in.

While it does not stop our students from learning, it does represent a significant impediment to the educational process, particularly when their counterparts in districts across the state don’t have to jump over this hurdle to receive their educational instruction.

The district still has over ten schools that are in operation that are over 100 yrs old and have long since out stripped our ability to reasonably and economically retrofit in order to comply with coding requirements, fire safety and immerging technological advances. Still our children come to these buildings and frequently endure the hot summer and sometimes very cold winter climate extremes when our ability stave off equipment failures outstrips their increasing rates of occurrence.

So it was with some gravity and a deep sense of purpose that this group of committed people convened to attack the problem of developing a comprehensive plan that would take into account not just our facilities needs but looked at a timetable and priority schedule that gave us the best chance of seeing these projects completed. They have come together to produce a wonderful and reasonable plan.

These people, stakeholders from all over the community, are to be commended and their work celebrated and respected, not just by the state Department of Education and the SDA, but by the people and public officials in Paterson as well…

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nnovative, passionate, and unique, these are a few ways to describe the new age underground artists “The Gang Green Project “. Tirado the main rapper/songwriter of the group demonstrates intense drive and much desire to show his music to the world. IRV, the main singer/songwriter of the group provides catchy riffs and smooth melodies. Together with Tirado’s lyrics and IRV’s unique sound they are definitely a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Not only coming out with

new music regularly ‘The Gang Green Project” also have several videos that can be found on YouTube Like “Like A Pharoah” These two inspirational artists can be found performing all over the tri-state area and by their home town in North Jersey. They spend their time handing out CDs and meeting new faces at many music events. This collective movement will continue to grow and “The Gang Green Project” are expected to be the next up and coming artists coming from New Jersey.

The Anthology of Us: The Work of UNESCO

Jimmy Richardson’s Project

Heavenly Inspirations Event Planning At Its Finest

By Jimmy Richardson

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une 26, 1945, fifty countries including the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States, signed into effect the United Nations charter. One of its branches is the United Nations Science and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) . Its mission was to build a solid body for world peace and security, and to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and famine. On June 26, 2015, the international organization celebrated the 70th anniversary of the signing of the charter.

The International organization now serves one hundred ninety-three member states. The mission of the International landlords had grown to include the history and memory of a number of countries. Its first task was to recover the history of Africa. It’s a history that has affected the international community beginning with Egypt, the cradle of civilization.

UNESCO has been given a $40,000,000

grant to research and publish this rich history that spans the globe. July 10, 2015, UNESCO hosted a round table discussion about Africa’s history. Its international panel seated Mr. Guilherme De Aguiar Patriota, representative to Braizil, where 80% of the slave trade took place, Professor Lily Mafela from the University of Botswana, Professor Jean Michel Mabeko Tahi, who serves as Ambassador to the Rebulic of Congo and Angola, from Howard University, Professor Mandou Diouf, from Columbia University, and other distinguish panelist.

On this day, the member nations of UNESCO continued their efforts to inform and educate the world about international problems, cultural mysteries and environmental awareness. The volumes of the General History of Africa can be downloaded for free at www.unesco.org/culture/africa .

The Passaic County Pulse is a media sponsor of Jimmy Richardson’s Freedom Blvd Project.

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Horoscope for the Month of July ARIES. (March 20 — April 19): Don’t fall victim to believing that you can do everything today. You may be shocked when you realize you’ve been so busy lately putting out fires that you forgot to do something that was quite important. Hopefully, you discover your omission early enough in the day to remedy the situation before things grow out of hand. Make a conscious decision to reassess your priorities prior to running into trouble. With a little forethought and discretion you can use this cosmic burst of energy to your advantage TAURUS. (April 20 — May 20): You might assume that a cautious approach to scheduling your time will prevent any logistical issues from spoiling your day. Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible to think of everything in advance. Don’t worry if something urgent pops up unexpectedly today. Rather than reacting fearfully, consider what this new situation can teach you and remain as open as possible to a radical change of direction. Integrating a different perspective places you in an even stronger position now than where you were before.

LEO. (July 22 — Aug. 22): Although a variety of social activities has kept you hopping during the past few days, you might feel the need to crawl back under the covers today after the emotional Moon enters your 12th House of Privacy. But even if you long to be alone, you can still benefit greatly from collaborating with others now. Shutting yourself off from the rest of the world isn’t your best move even if it sounds tempting in the moment; instead, find something exciting to do that you can’t help but want to share with your peers.

VIRGO. (Aug. 23 — Sept. 22): You can be incredibly picky when choosing your friends, but letting down your guard is no problem at all once you give your stamp of approval. In fact, your openness can be rather disarming today as you shift gears instantaneously. Others might be quite surprised if they judge you too quickly by your appearance because your aloofness disappears once you make the choice to warm up. Nevertheless, don’t wait too long to show your interest or it could end up being too late. Trust your psychic radar and don’t be afraid to say yes.

GEMINI. (May 21 — June 20): Your emotions are changing so rapidly that it’s too complicated to explain what you’re feeling each moment. However, by the time you attempt to share your emotions, they have already begun to shift. You may try to talk really fast to anyone who will listen because you’re anxious to catch the wave; unfortunately, this fear-based strategy will only add to your frustration.

Paradoxically, saying less will help you gather your thoughts so you can speak with more authority later on when it matters.

LIBRA. (Sept. 23 — Oct. 22): You aren’t interested in taking on any extra responsibilities today, prompting you to distance yourself from coworkers who place too many demands on you. You prefer someone else to be in charge now so people won’t depend on you so much. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to avoid new obligations, especially if you recently led others to assume you would be there for them in a pinch. However, you can derive emotional satisfaction once you stop resisting the pressure to perform your job; take the high road and rise to the occasion, instead.

CANCER. (June 21 — July 21): It’s not easy to be very patient today because you’re expecting something wonderful to happen at work. The Moon’s return to your sign is emotionally empowering, but you’re still not likely to tell others what you need. You see no reason to waste time with words when a straightforward approach of incisive action will lead you directly to your goal. Don’t miss this cosmically blessed opportunity to pursue your ambitions and reach for the stars.

SCORPIO. (Oct. 23 — Nov. 21): You might have a case of the jitters today, yet engaging in physical activity doesn’t seem to calm your fidgety nerves. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to work off your excess energy by throwing yourself into a job. In fact, pursuing creative endeavors might be your best chance for finding any peace now. Proving your worth by being productive is a misguided strategy; focus on the things that bring you pleasure, instead. You can always return to your unfinished projects tomorrow after your clarity returns and your heart is blissfully content.

SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. 22 — Dec. 20): You are weary of trying to compete with people who are so wrapped up with their perfect performances that they miss the point. You have even less patience today for those folks who don’t share your goals or values. Rather than pretending to be interested in things that don’t matter to you, reserve your energy for more meaningful interactions. One deeply moving connection is more emotionally satisfying now than any number of trivial ones.

CAPRICORN. (Dec. 21 — Jan. 19): You feel a dramatic shift in your energy today as superficial conversations with coworkers start to make your skin crawl. Although you’re often more likely to engage in a pragmatic discussion, the nurturing Cancer Moon reveals your softer and sweeter side. Don’t worry about people thinking you’re weak for expressing your feelings. If you take a risk and surprise others with your emotional honesty, they might just respond in a similar fashion.

It’s up to you to get the ball rolling and see who wants to play.

AQUARIUS. (Jan. 20 — Feb. 17): Although you may not be actively seeking new information now, you still might be confronted with a radical idea that contradicts your prior assumptions about relationships. Today’s news could temporarily turn your life inside out as shocking Uranus rattles Mercury the Messenger. However, once you realize the truth, you’ll be grateful that you had the courage to change your point of view. The future is calling, even if you’re tempted to retreat to the security of the past. Anticipation will win out in the end.

PISCES. (Feb. 18 — March 19): You recently obtained a surprising scoop on someone you know and can’t help but wonder if it is true. However, it’s critical to consider the source of any incoming data so you can discern whether or not it’s worthy of your attention.

Refrain from saying anything prematurely today; if you’re unsure about the validity of the facts, then bite your tongue until you know the whole story. Once something is spoken aloud, it’s impossible to take it back. Maintain your integrity and err on the side of discretion for the sake of all involved.

Look Whos Celebrating

Horatio McKoy at Flag Raising to commemorate the 53rd Independence Celebration of JAMAICA

Victoria Hadasa Oquendo face painting at totawa baseball field

Jumpstart Girlscouts made mask for upcoming production

First Ward Council candidate Alveria Spencer supporting the Silk City gents cookout

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Maritza Davilla at al green park

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6:30 to 10 p.m. in the Confer- Woodland Park, NJ 973­ 279­ 2974 ence Center at Montclair State Elite Equine Group Guided Trail University Paterson Habitat for Rides, Horseback Riding Humanity prepares for its 30th anniversary celebration September 24 Clifton Skatezone Indoor skating, bike riding, hockey, summer On August 26, 2015, singer, camps and more!end the afternoon! songwriter, activist the Fabulous Clifton NJ Too Sweet in HACKENSACK: Phone: 551-574-0181 Rack ‘n Roll Hundreds of arcade games, great food, pool tables, prizSunday, Sept. 6th. Step-off will es and so much more! take place at 1:30PM at The Botto House National Landmark, headThe Paterson Museum Spend quarters of the Museum, is located the day exploring the local and at 83 Norwood St., in Haledon, NJ. unique history of Passaic County! tel:973-595-7953 Features almost 100 years of history! Paterson NJ 8/11/15 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Hawthorne Municipal Bldg.­ The Great FallsSpend the afterOutreach Sites & Services & Veter- noon gazing out over the rapid rivan ID cards. ers to see falls like nowhere else in New Jersey! One of the most amaz8/12/15 *Weddings * 10:00 ing parts of the Passaic River!

AM to 11:30 AM (3 slots are open).

Paterson NJ The Lambert Cas8/15/15 Passport Day 9:00 AM tle Museum Hundreds of pieces of to 12 PM Passaic County Clerk’s furniture, artwork, instruments and Office Outreach Sites & Services & so much more!

Veteran ID Cards.

Saturday August 29th August/ 13/15 @ 9:00 am ­5:00 Unity In The Community Youth pm Garret Mountain Reserva- Peace March Bridging The Gap tion, 288 Rifle Camp Rd, WoodStarting 12 p.m. at Montgomery land Park, NJ 07424 United States+ Park • Ending 4 p.m. at Cobb Park Paterson, New Jersey Passaic County 4­ H Fair The Passaic County 4­H Fair is August SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 13­16. It takes place at Garret MounThe Piano Men: tain Reservation in The Music of Elton and Billy with the Woodland Park. Come see the WP University Symphony exhibits of many hardworking 8:00 PM Tickets: $20-$29 The For You Puppy Club; Perfor- Piano Men is a tribute concert unmances Kids Create August 14, like any other 2015 from 11:00am to 3:00pm Pompton Lakes, NJ Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Elite Equine Group at GarSpend the day exploring the ret Mountain Equestrian Center unique history of baseball and one of the greatest Yogi Berra! One of the most unique museums in PassaAnswers ic County! Little Falls NJ to sudoku puzzle published in previous issue.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 Onstage Café at Shea Ann Hampton CallawayThis multi-talented cabaret star wields her unique vocals while intermingling jazz, pop, and Broadway styles.

Tickets: $55 onstage seat w/ dinner & dessert buffet plus beer-and-wine bar. Dinner ticket holders should arrive at 6:30 p.m. Start time 8:00 p.m. * $30 for show only

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Paterson’s John F. Kennedy High School Retires Jersey #44

By Ed Rumley

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n illustrious high school football career in one of the toughest prep school states in the nation. A starting linebacker for prestigious Notre Dame University. Fighting Irish team captain as a senior and Honorable Mention All-American. A member of the 1988 national championship football squad. The coMVP of the 1993 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas A&M. The 4th pick by the Baltimore Colts in that year’s draft. NFL outside linebacker and Special Team Player of the Year in 1994.

These are only some of the accolades among more seasons of accomplishment. Truly, a career that many dream about, but few achieve.

However, the most important decision of life came not in a classroom or on a practice field, but on a lonely Arizona highway.

The solitary figure stood before nearly 100 high school football coaches, players, and family members. In absolute silence, and in rapt anticipation, every eye was glued upon the speaker.

“I was driving down a stretch of road all by myself,” Devon McDonald said. “I contemplated committing suicide. It was then that I made the most important decision of my life.”

Born November 8, 1969, Devon McDonald immigrated to the United States from Jamaica with his parents.

“I didn’t know anything about football,” McDonald told the crowd. I have committed parents. I saw them both go to work every day.

When I saw them do that, it made it easy for me to work hard. I played my first game at East

Side Park, here in Paterson. It was a 38 sweep right. I got hit so hard, I thought about not going forward in the game of football.”

The present day Indianapolis, Indiana resident’s journey off the map truly coincides with an inspirational slogan he shared with the players: “I think about where I came from and where I am now, and nothing is impossible.”

Playing for the Knights in the Silk City was a lesson in perseverance for McDonald. He attended Kennedy during the East Side High era of Joe Clark.

“We had a 0-8-1 season,” he reminisced. “It was tough when my twin brother left JFK and played for Eastside. I made a decision that I was going to do the very best I could. I started running the stairs at East Side Park. No coaches told us what to do, we just did it on our own.”

The commitment of McDonald and his teammates paid off with the prize of a senior season record of 10-0-1.

McDonald then segued from past per-

formance to practical, if not prophetic, to his largely teenage audience.

“When I was a kid we didn’t hang out like everybody else did,” he stated. “You can’t smoke a joint and score a touchdown. You can’t do both. Right now you are setting the blueprint for your foundation. Everybody in this room has got a problem, but problems can be opportunities, it just depends how you look at them.”

McDonald then utilized the legendary coach Lou Holtz, who he played for, as an example.

“Coach Holtz told the truth. When you did well, or when you did poorly, he let you know.

If you make excuses for your mistakes you will never grow.”

Suddenly, in an amazingly seamless transition, the headlights of the automobile on that lonely Arizona highway, once again, pierced through the night.

“I played for three years with the Colts, with

Marshall Faulk and Jim Harbaugh,” McDonald said, his voice descending almost to a whisper.

“Then the Colts let me go. I was picked up by the Cardinals. I hated the Colts. I hated them for trading me. I thought of driving over a hill.

But I stopped. I knew I had a praying mother.

I went back to my apartment. I remembered my friend, Steve Grant. He never preached to me but he was always an example. Right then and there, I asked Jesus Christ into my heart. I am no longer in the theater of pro football but I smile more now. I’m at peace. I’m not the same person.”

The former Patersonian’s jersey will proudly hang from the rafters of the John F. Kennedy High School gym, never to be worn again.

McDonald now travels the nation as President & CEO of Sports World, located in Indianapolis. The motto of Sports World is to, “Drive the mission to encourage positive choices while challenging today’s youth with a message of hope.”

AUGUST 23, 2015 - NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The works that will be exhibited in this second solo exhibition of So Yoon Lym at the Paterson Museum will comprise of all manners of artworks that would be considered "Prints". So Yoon Lym's prints will take on a variety of print mediums: silkscreen prints, solar etched prints, embossed prints, monotype prints, archival pigment prints, heat transfer on wood prints, t-shirt prints and metal panel prints. The singular theme that ties all these different elements of printmaking is the city of Paterson.

RECEPTION

ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015,

4 -7 PM

My Mother's Name I is So Yoon Lym's modern day interpretation of the creation of the young man in Paterson. At least 200, if not more photos of this tattooed forearm was taken in a variety of contorted form to achieve the perfect composition for what would later be a photographic image burned onto a solar plate using UV light. This etched solar plate was then inked with a soy based ink and printed on archival paper. The tattooed forearm itself paid homage to the mother of this young Mexican immigrant son who came to Paterson with his mother to start life anew.

SILKSCREEN PRINTS

EMBOSSED PRINTS

SOLAR ETCHED PRINTS

MONTOTYPE PRINTS

PRINTS ON SKATEBOARDS

ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINTS

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