Take a little time to remember why, who and what has enabled you to live in this special country while you have a wonderful day!
Re-open Tuesday, Summer uniform and sparring week.
NEW CLASSES THURSDAY’s
Now Sensei Matt is back full time we are able to expand our schedule.
New Thursday classes are:-
6:00 – 7:00. Age 10 – 14 Open
7:00 – 8:00 Black Belt Sparring
8:00 – 9:00 BJJ Open
Starts this Thursday, May 30th!
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Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
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Ridgewood NJ, Did you know he was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey?
Jason Alias Heyward, nicknamed J-Hey and J-Hey-Kid, is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Atlanta Braves. He throws and bats left-handed. Heyward was considered the consensus number one Major League Baseball prospect for the 2010 season.
According to Wikipedia ; Born: August 9, 1989 (age 23), Ridgewood, NJ
Height: 6′ 5″ (1.96 m) ,Weight: 240 lbs (109 kg), Salary: 3.65 million USD (2013)
Team: Atlanta Braves (#22 / Outfielder). Parents: Eugene Heyward, Laura Heyward
Career Highlights
2010 All-Star
13th largest vote total in MLB
6th largest vote total in NL
National League Rookie of the Month
April ’10
May ’10
Atlanta Braves (2010 – present)
MLB.com’s and ESPN.com’s 2010 Number 1 Prospect
2009 Baseball America and USA Today Minor League Player of the Year
2009 Carolina League All Star
Played in the 2009 MLB Future’s Game
In August 2009, MLB.com ranked Jason as the No. 1 Prospect in all of Minor League Baseball
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (14th overall pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
3 Fun & Easy Tips for Spending Your 2013 Memorial Day BBQ… with Cicadas
Ah, Memorial Day. Time to soak up the sun (this weather notwithstanding), fire up the grill, and get outside to enjoy that very first rite of summer’s unofficial beginning — the all-American cookout. Except this particular American summer, like each summer every 17 years on the East Coast before it, has a certain shared airspace peculiarity: cicadas. The sex-craven bugs have arrived from the underground and have been spotted in backyards all the way from down in Louisiana, up to New York, and onto Massachusetts. But fear not, BBQ-ers! The Atlantic Wire’s resident cicada expert is here to help! Indeed, cicadas and humans alike can celebrate this long weekend in peace, together.
Cicada BBQ Tip No. 1: Do Not Eat Each Other at the Cicada-cue!
Many of us look forward to this particular weekend for that first outdoor grill session — and this Memorial Day shouldn’t be any different than any of the last 16 Memorial Days before it. Fear not, BBQ-ers! Just because some sensational newspapers have suggested that the insect crunchers might taste good, you probably don’t want to put cicadas on your cookout menu. The Atlantic’s James Hamblin makes a compelling case: “It’s less about eating screaming bugs, and more about eating things that have been in the ground for 17 years,” he writes. Also, have you seen the photos and videos of dudes attempting to eat the bugs? Even the guy pretending to look happy doesn’t look happy. Do you really want to be eating something that cats and dogs find delicious?
Cicada explosion delayed by rain
Saturday, May 25, 2013 Last updated: Saturday May 25, 2013, 7:47 AM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Have a cicada photo you want to share with us? Post it to our Facebook wall and be sure to mention what town it was shot in.
A cicada spotted in Englewood Cliffs on Friday. More of the bugs are expected to emerge next week.
It seems even cicadas don’t like going out in the rain.
The anticipated emergence of billions of 17-year cicadas this spring — already in full throttle from the Carolinas to central New Jersey — has been suppressed so far in North Jersey, as wet and much cooler weather swept in this week just as the inch-long bugs were set to crawl from the ground.
Periodical cicadas usually emerge only when the soil temperature reaches a sustained 64 degrees, and this week’s cooler air and rain have prevented that.
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Outsourcing upsets Ridgewood parents of special needs students
Friday May 24, 2013, 3:46 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood school district officials this week defended their decision to outsource home programming services to one private company at the end of the current academic year, a move that is drawing ire from nearly two dozen families with special needs students.
The Board of Education (BOE) approved a one-year agreement with Glen Rock-based Volt Wellness at its April 22 meeting. According to the BOE’s meeting minutes, the contract passed via consent vote and without comment.
The district now uses a combination of individual providers for therapy, while companies such as Maxim Health Care and Phoenix Health Care offer nursing and aide services. Under the new agreement effective July 1, the district will provide home services almost entirely through Volt. Programs include applied behavioral analysis therapy, speech and social skills, and wellness and exercise.
Reader says Who is watching the store ? Where are the financial controls ?
Although I am no fan of Richie I do believe he acted in the best interest of the Village and should not be blamed for his actions. The real culprit here is Village management. Who is watching the store ? Where are the financial controls ?
This whole mess could have been avoided if their accounting system simply tracked spending by vendor. Heck, for $200 a Quick Books program can do this !!
Reader says Riche has indicated he might question either Valley or the downtown developments , made him a target
Let me guess — Riche has indicated he might question either Valley or the downtown developments or some other pet project of one of the other council members?
Others on the council feel free to hawk and drool over the virtue of Valley Hospital, yet feel there is no impropriety in their positions. They remind me of Louie in Casablanca — absolutely shocked that someone else might create the appearance of impropriety.
Reader says Tom Riche has done more than his share to help the Village
Tom Riche has done more than his share to help the Village. The situation suddenly under scrutiny a year after the fact was an emergency. The firemen’s phones weren’t working and Mr. Riche stepped in. Sounds pretty bad, right? And the council must now scramble to find needed services.
This “scandal” was another pathetic attempt by the mayor to point a finger and wipe out the competition. Didn’t work. Sorry, Mayor–you need a new M.O. This one is worn out.
Who loves ya? Fewer and fewer of those who realize they shouldn’t have voted for you.
If the $39 (?) parking ticket (paid, then protested) and the phone thing (approved and fine) were the worst things the mayor could find to say about the two council members who are not under his thumb, good for them.
As for wasted Village money, millions have been given or thrown away. Cut back on fat contracts and change orders and then we’ll be in business.
Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 26 – June 1, 2013
The Ridgewood Office of Emergency Management (OEM) reminds residents that the 2013 Hurricane Season begins June 1st.
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern Hemisphere, a counterclockwise circulation of winds near the earth’s surface.
Hurricanes can cause catastrophic damage to coastlines and several hundred miles inland. Hurricanes can produce winds exceeding 155 miles per hour as well as tornadoes and mircrobursts. Additionally, hurricanes can create storm surges along the coast and cause extensive damage from heavy rainfall. Floods and flying debris from the excessive winds are often the deadly and destructive results of these weather events. Slow moving hurricanes traveling into mountainous regions tend to produce especially heavy rain. Excessive rain can trigger landslides and mud slides. Flash flooding can occur due to intense rainfall.
Ridgewood OEM is asking residents to begin preparations NOW by building an emergency kit and making a family communications plan. Please review the recently updated bookled from the National Weather Service entitled “Tropical Cyclones: A Preparedness Guide” and the “Hurricane Survival Guide for New Jersey” published by New Jersey State Office of Emergency Management.
How the Smartphone Killed the Three-Day Weekend
Published: Friday, 24 May 2013 | 4:40 PM ET
By: Bob Sullivan
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all it evokes: vacations, slower workweeks, casual dress codes, getting the pool ready and pulling out the outdoor furniture.
It would seem an ideal time to take a break, but our ability to unplug and relax is under assault. A three-day weekend? We can barely get through three waking hours without working, new research shows. The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six minutes. Meanwhile, government data from 2011 says 35 percent of us work on weekends, and those who do average five hours of labor, often without compensation—or even a thank you. The other 65 percent were probably too busy to answer surveyors’ questions.
There’s plenty of debate among economists and psychologists whether the economy is to blame, or we do this to ourselves. There’s little arguing that the concept of a Sabbath is in serious danger.
Closter, Ridgewood students create book of heartfelt messages for Newtown families
Thursday, May 23, 2013
BY GRACE KWON
STAFF WRITER
Northern Valley Suburbanite
After receiving more than 300 heartfelt letters for the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook, two 12th grade students from Bergen County Academies are compiling the submissions into a book to send to the parents of Newtown, Conn.
Justin Kim, of Closter, and Kenny Song, of Ridgewood, both 18, created the website letterstosandyhook.com after seeing a lot of chatter about the tragedy on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
The website served as a forum for people to submit and share their emotions of the tragedy, many offering condolences to the families of Newtown.
Ridgewood book club shares joy of reading with veterans in Paramus
Friday May 24, 2013, 12:52 PM
BY GLORIA GEANNETTE
MANAGING EDITOR
The Ridgewood News
Bookworms typically like to share their love of reading. Now they have a special night devoted to just that.
World Book Night, celebrated on April 23 each year (Shakespeare’s birthday), began as just the germ of an idea at the Book Industry Conference in London in 2010. Looking for a way to spread the passion for reading to adults who may not have it, the publishing industry group decided to give away books as a means to hook new readers.
Book givers receive 20 free paperback copies of one title to distribute. They can choose from an array of featured subjects and authors. By 2011, the day was celebrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Last year, almost 80,000 people gave out more than 2.5 million books in four different countries. Now that the United States has joined the ranks, several local readers were thrilled to participate.
Marijuana is drug most often linked to crime, study finds
By Rob Hotakainen | McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a “bumper-sticker approach” that should be avoided.
Gil Kerlikowske, the White House director of national drug-control policy, said a study by his office showed a strong link between drug use and crime. Eighty percent of the adult males arrested for crimes in Sacramento, Calif., last year tested positive for at least one illegal drug. Marijuana was the most commonly detected drug, found in 54 percent of those arrested.
The study found similar results in four other cities: New York, Denver, Atlanta and Chicago. Among the cities, it included examinations of 1,736 urine samples and 1,938 interviews with men who were arrested.
Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/05/23/192101/marijuana-is-drug-most-often-linked.html#.UZ7Le0rkrHQ#storylink=cpy
