Jose-Rodrigo, Author at Patchogue-Medford Library

NYC Corrections Officer Exam Opens August 29th, 2018

August 22, 2018 By Jose-Rodrigo

NYC Corrections Officer Exam Pre-Registration Opens August 29th, 2018

Become a Correction Officer
Ready to take your first steps toward an exciting career?

EXAM NUMBER PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION/TESTING DATES
9303 August 29, 2018, September 1, 2018 – September 29, 2018
9305 September 26, 2018, October 1, 2018 – October 31, 2018

Apply to take the Correction Officer Exam. Pre-registration for the exam must be done online or in-person at one of the testing centers below. When applying, you can reserve a test date, time, and location that is most convenient for you. The filing period to apply and schedule yourself via the Online Application System for Exam No. 9303 will start on August 29, 2018, and will close on September 29, 2018. Please follow the below steps:

1. Create an account online
2. Apply Online for the Exam (Sample: 9303 CORRECTION OFFICER)
3. For more information about payments and fee waivers for this exam, please contact DCAS directly at (212) 669-1357 or walk into the testing centers for more information.

NYC Corrections Officer Exam Study Guides Available at the Patchogue-Medford Library

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February 24th, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM, “Civil Rights and Racism on Long Island, a Brief History (1950-1980)”

February 11, 2018 By Jose-Rodrigo

Click here to register for the program

Five trailblazing panelists will talk about and answer questions related their battles in integrating Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Moderated by Paul Arfin, author of “Unfinished Business: Social Action in Suburbia”, the program is the first of its kind in highlighting the local Civil Rights actions of many leaders to improve housing, education, health and incomes for African-Americans during the post-war period.

There will be small appetizers. To register for the free program, call the library at 631-654-4700 x220 or online by clicking this link. Walk-ins are welcome entrance the day of the program.

Panelists

Marvin Colson

Vietnam War Veteran and founding director of the Elsie Owens (Coram) Health Center. As an activist, he was on the front lines protesting against inadequate health care, affordable housing, and redlining, the act of denying access to housing due to race.

Dr. Aldustus E. Jordan

Dr. Aldustus E. Jordan is the co-founder of ERASE Racism and has been active for 50 years in developing and implementing programs that provide an educational opportunity for persons in Long Island communities that have been traditionally by-passed due to racism, segregation, and neglect.

Janet Hanson

Janet Hanson, former Executive Director of Suffolk Housing Services, joined with other efforts to seek local Open Housing ordinances in Brookhaven Town and its villages, including Port Jefferson after she moved to that area and discovered the substandard housing conditions and restrictions that African-Americans faced when attempting to buy property outside of identifiable neighborhoods.

Dr. Frances Brisbane

Dr. Frances Brisbane has, since the 1960s, prioritized being at “every march, every meeting” with federal, state, and local officials on issues of social justice, elimination of poverty, education literacy for everyone, and farm workers’ rights. Dr. Brisbane is currently Vice President for Health Sciences and Workforce Diversity at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Click here to register for the program

The mission of the Patchogue-Medford Library is to provide resources and opportunities to empower, educate and entertain the community. As the Central Library for the Suffolk County, this distinction has allowed the library to develop a collection that is known for its depth and has also contributed to the library’s role as a leader in new trends and services.

Be a Library Power User: Create a Username

November 27, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

Be a Library Power User!

A username is a great way to make library services easier for you to use.

How to Create a Username:

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Read Before Buying Fraud Protection

September 8, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

Read Before Buying Fraud Protection

Essential Tips to protect yourself in the wake of a Security Breach

This article is valuable information regardless of the situation. Protect yourself from fraud by knowing what an ad is on Google and what isn’t. Make sure you know where you can get your credit reports for free. And, know that paying extra for fraud protection is often an expense that you don’t need to make. If you stop reading beyond this paragraph, know that you can request a credit freeze from all 3 credit reporting bureaus. If a hacker wants to open credit in your name, the credit freeze will be a major obstacle for them to overcome.

How to request a Credit Freeze:

Equifax — 1-800-349-9960
Experian — 1‑888‑397‑3742
TransUnion — 1-888-909-8872
You’ll need to supply your name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, and other personal information. Fees vary based on where you live, but commonly range from $5 to $10. – Credit Freeze FAQ’s – Federal Trade Commission

How to Get Your Free Credit Report (and avoid paying for anything else):

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Free Resume Wizards – Through the Library

September 7, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

Free Resume Wizards – Through the Library

Job Searchers are unaware of the costs of creating a resume. The prices are small but can cause a lot of problems if the job searcher isn’t expecting to pay. If you don’t have access to a debit/credit card, paying for a resume online is impossible.

Further complicating things for job seekers is that most sites don’t advertise their costs until you reach the print and/or save file screen. In fact, job searchers can spend a lot of time crafting the perfect resume, only to be forced to pay or lose the work they put in.

I did a simple search for ‘resume maker’ and ‘make a resume free’ to get an idea of what job seekers see when they try to create a resume.

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Readings on The Sun

August 21, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

The idea that a solar eclipse meant a demon was swallowing the sun shows up in eclipse folklore across the globe, and if you look at pictures of a partial solar eclipse, you can see why: It’s easy to imagine that some giant creature is slowly taking bite after bite out of the sun. In ancient China, the earliest word for eclipse, shih, meant to eat, and eclipses were believed to be caused by a dragon eating the sun. In Vietnam, the sun eater was a frog. For the Native American Pomo, it was a bear. In Yugoslavia it was a werewolf, and in Siberia a vampire.

When the dragon ate the sun: how ancient peoples interpreted solar eclipses – Vox

It has been reported during many eclipses that many different animals are startled by totality and change their behavior thinking that twilight has arrived. You can explore this yourself with your own pets, or by watching local wildlife, especially birds.

Do animals really change their behavior during a total solar eclipse? – NASA

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Yo Sabía Que Iban, Nunca planifique Pagar

August 16, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

Yo Sabía Que Iban, Nunca planifique Pagar

Tradiuccion Por: Lissetty Thomas

Nueve en diez familias sabían que sus hijos/hijas iban a ir a la universidad, pero solo 4 de esos 10 tenían un plan para financiar el costo. Esto es del reporte más recién de Sallie Mae e Ipsos. “How America Pays for College 2017”. Ahora en su decimo año, el reporte nota que parientes y estudiantes por la mayoria comparten el costo de pagar por la universidad. Además, las familias están ampliando su conocimiento del costo y planificando como pagar mientras esten dentro de sus presupuestos. De hecho, casi la mitad de las familias han usado becas para pagar la universidad. Casi todas las familias han tomado pasos para reducir el costo universitario, como hacen los estudiantes que viven con los familiares.

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I Knew They Would Go, I Never Planned On Paying

August 5, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

I Always Knew They Would Go To College, I Just Never Planned On Paying

Nine out of ten families knew their children would go to college, but only 4 had a plan. That’s the latest report from Sallie Mae and Ipsos’ ‘‘How America Pays for College 2017’. Now in its tenth year, the report notes that parents and students equally share the costs of paying for college. Additionally, families are increasing their knowledge of costs and planning within their means. In fact, nearly half of all families have used grants and scholarships to pay for college. Almost all families have taken steps to reduce college costs, such as having students live with their relatives.

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Back up or Link Rot

July 14, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

What would happen if you lost all of your family’s photos, tomorrow? Millions of Americans trust the cloud to save all of their family moments. But, what if one day, they vanished? In 2006, Pew reported that 57% of teens create their content. Like a lot of people my age, I was in a band. We played and recorded music which we then uploaded to Myspace. At the time, it was the most popular social networking website around. It had overtaken Friendster, which had previously caught up to makeoutclub.com, a site for “…for indierockers, hardcore kids, record collectors, artists, bloggers, and hopeless romantics.”*. It was inconceivable that there could be another social-networking site that would overtake it. While there must be a CD of that music somewhere in my parent’s house, it has completely disappeared from the internet. That’s basically what link rot is.

A 2014 Harvard Law School study looks at the legal implications of Internet link decay, and finds reasons for alarm. The authors, Jonathan Zittrain, Kendra Albert and Lawrence Lessig, determined that approximately 50% of the URLs in U.S. Supreme Court opinions no longer link to the original information.

The growing problem of Internet “link rot” and best practices for media and online publishers – Journalist’s Resource

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El Departamento de Historia Local Celebra Patchogue en una Nueva Guía a Pie

July 6, 2017 By Jose-Rodrigo

Una guía a pie del centro de Patchogue está disponible en el escritorio de referencia y vía un nuevo app para celulares con audio, mensajes de texto y imágenes en http://history.pmlib.org/patchoguewalkingtour o en el menú del Departamento de Historia Local.

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