file photo by Boyd Loving Just shut up and listen, argues newspaper’s data editor
Paul Joseph Watson – APRIL 21, 2016
The Guardian’s Mona Chalabi says that correcting bad grammar is offensive and racist because white people are more likely to be concerned about good grammar.
According to the newspaper’s data editor, grammar rules were invented by wealthy white people and therefore non-whites should be free to ignore them without being criticized.
“The people pointing out the mistakes are more likely to be older, wealthier, whiter, or just plain academic than the people they’re treating with condescension,” states Chalabi.
“All to often, it’s a way to silence people and that’s particularly offensive when it’s someone who might already be struggling to speak up,” she adds.
Chalabi argues that rather than correcting bad grammar, people should just shut up and listen.
“We should spend more time listening to what others have to say and less focusing on the grammar what they say it with,” she asserts.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police report that over the past few weeks several residents have reported being victims of identity theft. The reports indicate as they file their tax return they have discovered that someone has already filed a return using their name and social security number.
Ridgewood NJ, April is National Safe Digging Month and Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility, reminds customers, contractors and excavators to call 811 to request a mark-out before digging to avoid hitting underground pipelines, conduits, wires and cables. The service is free, and absolutely critical to avoiding injuries and disruptions to vital utility services.
Nationwide, every six minutes, someone damages an underground utility line when digging without first calling 811, according to the Common Ground Alliance, the national association that promotes safe digging practices. In 2015, PSE&G responded to more than 360,000 utility mark-out requests called into the New Jersey 811 call center. Despite the high number of mark-out requests, almost 30 percent of damages to PSE&G facilities were the result of people digging without first calling 811.
PSE&G has more than 8,200 circuit miles of underground electric lines, and about 35,000 miles of buried natural gas distribution lines. Striking an underground electric or natural gas pipe can cause serious injury and service interruptions, resulting in repair costs and fines. Every digging project, even a small project like planting a tree or building a deck with hand tools, requires a call to 811.
When you call 811, you are automatically connected to the New Jersey one-call center, which collects information about your digging project. The one-call center then provides the information to the utility companies, who send representatives to mark the locations of underground lines in the immediate vicinity of the planned work location with flags, paint or both. Once lines have been properly marked and your request becomes valid, you are free to carefully dig around the marked areas.
In New Jersey, the marks are valid for 45 business days. The call must be made whether you are hiring a professional or planning to do the job yourself.
Important information to consider:
Call 811 at least three full business days before each job to have underground pipes, wires and equipment located. Utility workers will respond and place markers where utility lines are buried, free of charge.
If you hired a contractor, confirm that a call to 811 has been made. Do not allow work to begin if the lines are not marked.
Property owners must maintain and respect the marks. Always hand dig within two feet of marked lines.
Various colors are used when marking lines. To learn what each color represents and for more information go to www.pseg.com/call811.
If you accidentally damage gas piping or smell gas when excavating, call 911 immediately from a safe area. Call before you dig is more than a good idea — it’s the law.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School ranks #25 in the state, according to the U.S. News and World Report. The rankings were published on April 19. Click here to go to the RHS write-up.
Ridgewood High School is ranked 25th within New Jersey. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Ridgewood High School is 64 percent. The student body makeup is 49 percent male and 51 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 29 percent. Ridgewood High School is the only high school in the Ridgewood Public Schools.
U.S. News & World Report enlisted the help of social science research firm RTI International to compile its rankings. They measured schools using four key metrics:
Math and reading proficiency for all students
Testing proficiency for disadvantaged students
Graduation rates
College readiness via Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate test data.
Ridgewood boasts a 13:1 student-to-teacher ratio and has 64 percent of its students participate in AP Exams.
Ridgewood NJ, Yes the debate was pretty mundane. No big shockers. Voight, Walsh and Hache all said the Valley compromise is too big, and a 3% reduction is no compromise. They will work to have it come to a better conclusion.
Both Weitz and Brooks both defended their support of the Valley expansion as if reading from the same script: “You know, Valley Hospital is our neighbor, too.”
They all spoke about the current divisiveness in the council, and that they could work with anyone.
Voigt had a lot of knowledge about many of the topics being discussed. He will dig beyond the surface of all of the issues.
Walsh showed she has the experience and knowledge to jump right in. Hache was confident, intelligent, and thoughtful in his responses.
There was no mention of Brooks being married to Gail Price (lawyer for the planning board that guided them to
a yes for Valley, and a yes to tripling Ridgewood’s density)
Evan Weitz has only lived here a few years. When asked why he hasn’t been seen at any council meetings, his response was
basically, “The council meetings are late, I have young kids, I have a day job, I watch on TV after they go to bed.” He has not voted in a municipal election since he moved here.
On a side note many readers felt Brooks looks just like radio’s Don Imus .
Best parts of the night: Rurik Haliby was told to sit down by the moderator, and was not allowed to ask a question.
Paul Aronsohn was up to ask a question, when the moderator called time. He was not allowed to speak! The crowd broke out into applause!
Reader gives their take of the League of Women Voters Candidates Night .
Not much fireworks tonight – but a few immediate take aways about the three candidates supported by the Mayor and the developers..
Weitz is too busy to have gone to Council meetings during the past two years. And, he was too busy to vote. How the heck is he going to fulfill his duties should he be elected?
Willet is happy with the housing density because she believes it is a good thing to bring more students into our Ridgewood school system. At the same time, she is going to hold down costs. Not quite sure how she is going to balance the two. She doesn’t quite seem balanced.
Brooks is in favor of nepotism rule, and apparently he does not think anyone should be deleted if they have a connection to someone holding a public position. He forgot to mention his wife is the planning board attorney so he did not explain how he is going to be able to vote on anything important that comes before the council in the next couple of years should he somehow be elected. Frankly, he seems a bit dull.
Many were very impressed with Hache, his honesty about what can and cannot be done in Ridgewood with regard to high density, not saying he will try to limit it, that means nothing. Hache did not pander for votes.
I thought he was right to leave option open about eminent domain on the toxic site of town garage. It’s vital that toxic site be cleaned up, if a private owner cannot be made to do it; taxpayers must pay for it.
The town should not sell our water facilities and lose control.
Hache stated most clearly on not wanting a large field at Schedler.
Rurik was out of order when he spoke; he had to be told to sit down, because he couldn’t stick to the issues. He had to beg Walsh for a personal clarification that she was not insulting his wife’s work at Twinney’s.
That’s what we need at council meetings. A presiding official to monitor those who insult others, like Rurik and to tell them to sit down immediately. Those who cannot stick to the issues.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewpood Police report a photograph was posted on social media of a male with Village of Ridgewood Street Signs in the background. An investigation by Detective Henky determined the male to be Anthony Gentile, age 30 of Wyckoff. On Thursday, April 14, he was arrested and charged with Theft and Receiving Stolen Property. The street signs were recovered. Mr. Gentile was released and scheduled to appear in Ridgewood Municipal Court.
Gentile commented on Facebook ,”Spent my morning at the Ridgewood Police station…how’s everyone else’s day so far?”
Ridgewood NJ, This is to alert you to PSE&G’s Energy Strong gas main replacement project that will be commencing shortly in the Village.
J. Fletcher Creamer will be the contractor. Tentative start date will be next week.
Work will be in the following streets: West Glen Avenue, East Glen Avenue, Lawrence Court, Heights Road, Alpine terrace, Colwell court, Douglas Place, Park Slope, Ridge Road, Sterling Place and Glenwood Road. Streets may need to be partially or fully closed for the work to be done, depending on the situation.
The work is scheduled to take approximately 4 months. We will be working with the contractor and PSE&G to minimize disruptions to residents.
Village Police Department Traffic Control Officers will be utilized.
For further information and FAQ’s please Click Here
Ridgewood NJ, Homeless man spotted sleeping midday at Ridgewood train station on Wednesday 4 20 2016 photo doc. Critics of the Hudson Garage claim the garage will bring many more especially in winters. It is of coarse very sad to see.
While some readers insist , “this town is quickly becoming a dump just another NJ town… nothing special.
No compelling reason to aspire to live here.
Ridgewood NJ, The league of Women Voters will host the Ridgewood Council candidates night tonight at 7:30pm at the Village Hall.
Village of Ridgewood Candidates night format for the evening will include welcome from the president, flag salute, and an introduction of our esteemed moderator and the candidates. The moderator will then take over.
Opening statements 11/2minutes each
Questions # 1 2 3 1 1/2 minutes each question
Cross talk on each question 5 minutes in total each question
Questions from the public 40 minutes
Closing statements 1/1/2 minutes each
1. During the recent budget proceedings, Ridgewood Water outlined a six year, approximately 40 million dollar capital plan to
update the facility which serves not only Ridgewood but also Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff. Should the town invest the money
to update the facility or should we consider selling the utility and why?
2. We are looking at potential new development in Ridgewood , in the downtown area and the Central Business District (garage and
multi family housing at several locations). What measures would you propose to minimize disruption to traffic flow, local businesses and home owners and to ensure pedestrian safety?
3. Regarding the Town Garage location on Franklin Avenue and the adjacent municipal lots, the Department of Environmental Protection has cited these properties for remediation due to underground fuel tanks that are leaking diesel and hydraulic fuel into
the surrounding ground water. There has been talk of charging the cleanup to a potential developer or acquiring the garage site by
eminent domain and doing it ourselves. How do we address this problem in the most expedient manner so that no further
contamination occurs and serves the best interest of the village?
If you know you will not be here on May 10th to vote or have family members (i.e., college students) who are not home, go to this link to request a Mail-In Ballot.
Digital media companies are caught in the “crap trap,” mass-producing trashy clickbait so they can claim huge audiences and often higher valuations.
Here is how they fell into this lethal trap: They got into the content game to produce news or info they might be proud of, believing they could lure us to read it and maybe even pay for it. They quickly realized it’s expensive to produce quality content and hard to get a lot of people to click on it, much less pay for it. So they deluded themselves that the better play was to go for the biggest audience possible, using stupid web tricks to draw them in. These include misleading but clicky headlines, feel-good lists, sexy photos and exploding watermelons.
And it appeared to work. Traffic spiked. Costs were contained. But revenue never followed because everyone else was doing the same tricks and getting the same spikes—and the simple law of supply and demand drove down the value of their inventory. This dynamic helps explain why Mashable recently laid off so many journalists, BuzzFeed saw its growth miss the mark and many media companies and investors are freaked out.
Here’s the good news: This era is getting flushed away. Some companies feel self-conscious about the trash they are producing. Many others realize it’s simply not a good business model. But the savviest ones see a very cool reason to change: A content revolution is picking up speed, promising a profitable future for companies that can lock down loyal audiences, especially those built around higher-quality content.
Ridgewood NJ, The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood will host an AVO Event April 30th 11am -5pm .
The Tobaco Shop of Ridgewood is one of Ridgewood’s oldest merchants . They offer a huge selection of cigars, pipes, and accessories. Upstairs smoking lounge. Member only Davidoff lounge. Owners are extremely knowledgeable and friendly.
The Davidoff lounge is truly a sight to see. The nicest place to enjoy a cigar and watch a football game. Very tranquil which is great after a long day at work.Also worthy of mention is the excellent staff and great customer service .
Their pipe selection is diverse. The store owner, Gary, will take time to find the perfect pipe that fits your face and style. Gary is very informative and always has time for a lesson about how to pack, light, and maintain my new pipe, which can really help a newbie out.
“Inspired by the cosmopolitan lifestyle of Avo Uvezian, our Master Blender has ventured to the untamed heart of Central America. Capturing sweet and spicy flavors from the rich, volcanic soil of Nicaragua and blending them with the soft, creamy notes of the finest Dominican leaves. Resulting in a smooth and balanced box-pressed cigar with unexpected depth and complexity.”
Save the date!
Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
10 Chestnut St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone:(201) 447-2204
Open today · 10AM–5:30PM
on April 19, 2016 at 4:58 PM, updated April 19, 2016 at 7:22 PM
Former Chesterfield official Lawrence Dur.Attorney General’s Office
TRENTON — A former Burlington County mayor accused of hiding his ties to a developer doing business in his town will avoid jail time under a plea deal with the state, authorities said.
Lawrence Durr, the former mayor of Chesterfield Township, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of third-degree conspiracy to tamper with public records during an appearance in front of Superior Court Judge Jeanne T. Covert in Burlington County, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.
Durr, who has also served as a committeeman and planning board member for his town, was accused of selling development rights on a 100-acre farm to Renaissance Properties, Inc. at a substantial profit and then using his official positions to advance the company’s interests in Chesterfield.
Authorities said he made at least $372,500 from the development rights deal.
Ridgewood NJ, According to the Taxpayer Guide to Education the median teacher salary in Ridgewood was $78,318 this year down from $81,403 down 3,80%. Placing Ridgewood Schools somewhere in the middle of the pack.
Taxpayer Guide to Education says New Jersey school districts range from a high of more than $95,000 to a low of about $41,000 .
The guide ranked Northern Valley Regional, a neighboring regional high school district in Bergen County, has the highest median teacher salary, $95,418 while East Newark Borough, a small district that doesn’t have a high school, has the lowest, $40,922.
The pay data, released as part of the state’s annual Taxpayer’s Guide to Education Spending. The guide lists the median salary in each school district and each charter school.
The guide classifies the median salary is the salary in the middle of the payroll, meaning that half of the teachers in a district make more than that figure and the other half make less. Unlike superintendent pay, New Jersey has no restrictions on teachers’ salaries.
