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H Upmann Event at Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood

H Upmann Event next Saturday!
Join us:
Saturday, May 4th
1:00-4:00PM

The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
10 Chestnut Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

~Gary, Barbara and Collin
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood

The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood | 10 Chestnut Street | Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Phone: 201-447-2204 | Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00AM – 5:30PM and Thursday Night 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Ridgewood Board of Education opposing potential aid loss
Monday April 29, 2013, 9:51 AM
BY  LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News

School districts with an attendance rate below 96 percent will lose school aid for the 2013/2014 school year, if state legislators heed a New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) recommendation.

The proposal has upset school officials across the state, including members of the Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE), who voted last week to send a resolution to legislators that encourages the rejection of the recommendation.

It is an issue that administrators believe could potentially affect Ridgewood.

“We’re in the range of 96 to 97 percent. We have less than 1 percent of attendance as a buffer,” said Assistant Superintendent for Business Angelo DeSimone.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/205223831_Ridgewood_Board_of_Education_opposing_potential_aid_loss.html

ARI’s Junior Fellows program

Are you passionate about Ayn Rand’s ideas and want to be at the forefront of the battle for free markets? Wondering if you can turn that passion into a career—and where to get started?

Each year we bring 2–4 outstanding recent graduates to our Irvine, California, office and immerse them in the world of research, writing, speaking, media presentation—while providing them with focused training workshops and seminars on applying Ayn Rand’s ideas and learning how to write and speak with greatest impact.

Participants in the Junior Fellows program join our staff for up to one year to gain real-world experience and vital skills, working at our headquarters in Irvine alongside colleagues in ARI’s Policy Research group.

What is ARI looking for in an ideal candidate?

You have a basic understanding of Ayn Rand’s ideas and agree with ARI’s mission. You’re passionate about ideas, speaking up for what you believe in, connecting with people—and making a difference. You are serious about exploring the possibility of pursuing the career of an intellectual.

You have an existing interest in debates in one or more areas of public policy (e.g., economic policy, education policy, health care policy, law, environmental issues, foreign policy) and would like to grow your knowledge, sharpen your skills.

You have the fervent desire to learn from every experience, maximize every opportunity, and challenge yourself intellectually.

What kind of work will I do?

In keeping with the program’s purpose, Junior Fellows will have projects that give them experience in key skills and enable them to grow intellectually. Members of the Junior Fellows program are paired with ARI senior intellectuals and support large-scale policy projects through research, writing, and project coordination. They also carry out writing and editing in support of ARI projects under the guidance of experienced editors, and assist in the development of audio-video programming for ARI.

Moreover, the educational component of the program includes a demanding sequence of workshops and written and oral assignments, along with individual research-writing projects in a designated area of policy.

What kind of educational requirements are there?

Strong preference is given to applicants who have completed ARI’s Objectivist Academic Center program. All applicants should have, at minimum, an undergraduate degree (philosophy and political science, e.g., may be particularly helpful), and better yet, an advanced degree.

We recognize that people with all kinds of backgrounds—from science and business to the humanities and journalism—gravitate to policy work, and ARI will consider all qualified applicants.

After the up to 12-month fellowship term, am I assured a job on ARI’s staff of writers, analysts, and fellows?

No. We seek the brightest and best to join our team; excelling in the Junior Fellows program will bring you that much closer to landing a job on ARI’s staff. We are also interested in encouraging talented individuals to join other organizations or take on meaningful work best aligned with their research interests and goals.

How does this program differ from the ARI Summer Internship?

There are a number of differences. Whereas ARI’s Summer Internship program runs for three weeks, the Junior Fellows program runs for up to one year and aims to provide an immersive experience of, and considerable training in, the kind of work entailed in being a professional intellectual focusing on policy issues. Moreover, interns are undergraduates new to Ayn Rand’s ideas. The Junior Fellows program is intended for people who have a basic understanding of Ayn Rand’s ideas, have at minimum completed a bachelor’s degree, and are considering a career as a professional intellectual applying Objectivist ideas.

When does the Program start?

The 2013–2014 Junior Fellows program begins in late summer/fall of 2013.

Is this a paid position?

Yes. ARI offers a competitive salary and benefits.

How many openings are there in the program?

For the 2013–14 year, there are two openings.

How do I apply?

To be considered for the 2013–14 cycle of the program, please submit your application by May 15. To apply, please include the following items in your submission:

• your resume
• up to three samples of your best written work (preferably, published material)
• a cover letter, making your case
• a summary of your reading and study. In that summary, please:

o List the books by Ayn Rand that you have read.
o List the books by other Objectivist writers that you have read.
o List any Objectivist courses or lectures that you have taken, and when.
o List the 5–7 nonfiction books by non-Objectivists that you have read and enjoyed within the last 12 months.
o List the sources that you rely on to stay abreast of current affairs (up to 5 periodicals / blogs, etc.).

Address your application packet to: Human Resources Department, The Ayn Rand Institute, 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92606 or by fax to (949) 222-6558 or by email to [email protected]. Email submissions strongly preferred. No phone calls, please.

When will I hear about my application?

We expect to notify successful applicants by July 15, 2013.

Olympic Gold Medalist, Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas at Bookends Tuesday

Tuesday April 30th @ 4:00pm **New Date & Time, Olympic Gold Medalist, Gabby Douglas, will sign her new book:  Raising the Bar
Books available April 29th

Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt. Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings. Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.

While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed.  We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.

Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ   07450   201-445-0726

Photo by ArtChick

The Conservancy for Ridgewood Public Lands (CRPL) will hold a Spring Plant
Sale

The Conservancy for Ridgewood Public Lands (CRPL) will hold a Spring Plant
Sale on Saturday, May 4 in the Graydon Pool parking area from 9 a.m.–3p.m.A pre-sale will take place through Friday, April 26.

All proceeds will provide funding and support to restore and enhance Village park lands, in accordance with the master plan for development as approved by the Village Council of Ridgewood.

Annuals of the highest quality will be offered in flats, 4” pots, 10” hanging baskets and 12” combination handing baskets. These locally grown plants will include all of the old-time favorites,in addition to new varieties popular in a huge selection of color for planting in window boxes, containers, gardens, and seasonal displays. Order forms are available for individuals as well as groups such as Home and School, Boy and Girl Scouts, garden clubs, houses of worship, businesses, etc.

Delivery within the Village is offered for a fee of $25. Locate the order form at https://cfrpl.org , at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, or at the Community Center, Village Hall , 131 North Maple Avenue. For further information please -email Conservancy member Liz Kloak at [email protected]

Conservancy for Ridgewood Public Lands

Our main Spring/2013 Project covers the stretch of land that runs along North Broad Street, east of the train tracks. This is an area that has been severely neglected for many years. Our project is divided into two parts. The first would be to improve the area either side of the main train staircase by removing the overgrown cedars and bushes either side of the staircase and planting a four foot bed of daylilies and two hawthorn trees, along with repointing the staircase and painting the railings and lampposts. The second would improve the area from south of the staircase to the end of East Ridgewood Avenue by installing a sprinkler system, filling in the missing bushes and trees along the train tracks and planting five dogwoods in the grassy area.

In order for our Spring/2013 Projects to be a reality, we need to increase our fund-raising. We ask you to join our membership. The Village of Ridgewood has a long tradition of excellence; its remarkable history is vividly reflected in its parks and open spaces, enjoyed by generations of residents and visitors. The Conservancy is another example of that desire to produce positive change and make life better for everyone.

We thank you for your time and generosity,

Carlton Clinch, Maeve Cunningham, Barbara Ferrante, Bill Gilsenan, Cynthia Halaby, Liz Kloak, Maribeth Lane, Paul McCarthy, Jane Morales, Jane Reilly, Jane Shinozuka, Diane Walker, Betty Wiest, Liz Wellinghorst, The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood, Nancy Bigos, Tim Cronin, Janet Fricke and Thomas Riche

www.business2community.com

Jihad Will Not Be Wished Away
But willful blindness remains the order of the day.
By Andrew C. McCarthy

‘Outlook: Islam.” So reads the personal webpage of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who ravaged Boston this week, along with his now-deceased brother and fellow jihadist, Tamerlan — namesake of a 14th-century Muslim warrior whose campaigns through Asia Minor are legendary for their brutalization of non-Muslims.

Brutalizing our own non-Muslim country has been the principal objective of jihadists for the last 20 years. This week marks a new and chilling chapter: the introduction on our shores of the tactics the self-styled mujahideen have used to great, gory effect for the past decade in Afghanistan and Iraq.

At a point in the race timed to achieve maximum carnage, the Tsarnaev brothers bombed the Boston Marathon with improvised explosive devices. IEDs are small but potent homemade bombs — crude explosives and unforgiving shrapnel encased in easily portable pressure cookers. The bombs are simple to make. They won’t kill thousands or even hundreds of people like hijacked planes or heavy chemical explosives will. But that’s not the objective. The goal is to instill terror into the flow of everyday life. IEDs are made for “soft” targets. They are easily camouflaged amid the traffic, the everyday debris, and the eight-year-old boys frolicking as they wait for Dad to cross the finish line.

Willful blindness remains the order of the day, as it has since the World Trade Center was bombed in 1993. It is freely conceded that, when the identities and thus the motivation of the Marathon terrorists were not known, it would have been irresponsible to dismiss any radical ideology as, potentially, the instigator. But in our politically correct, up-is-down culture, to suggest “Outlook: Islam” was unthinkable. So the most likely scenario — namely, that jihadists who have been at war with us for two decades had, yet again, attacked innocent civilians — became the least likely scenario in the minds of media pundits. Instead, they brazenly prayed (to Gaia, I’m sure) for white conservative culprits with Tea Party hats and Rush 24/7 subscriptions. As our Kevin D. Williamson quipped, the “literal Caucasians” they got were not quite what they had in mind.

https://www.nationalreview.com/article/346145/jihad-will-not-be-wished-away

finance.yahoo.com

Feds eye AP hoax ‘profits’
By GEOFF EARLE
Last Updated: 7:45 AM, April 29, 2013

WASHINGTON — It took only about five minutes for the market to tank and rebound after a group hacked the Associated Press’ Twitter feed to put out bogus information — and now the feds are taking a longer look to find out who got rich during the chaos.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have each opened investigations into the hack that falsely reported “explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured” and briefly wiped away $136 billion in market value.

Sources in and out of government say investigators will sort through the big financial winners and not just conduct a standard review of a market swing.

https://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/feds_eye_ap_hoax_profits_NwLFuxUNwaKcfaDirSCl0L

AP and Bergen Record sympathize with Jihadist mother of Boston Bomber

Calling the mother of the Boston Bombers embrace of terrorism  “a spiritual turn”,  in disgusting and offensive article the Bergen Record and Associated Press look sympathize with Jihadist “Muslim Mommy Dearest” of Boston Bombers, ignoring facts she was on FBI and CIA Terrorist watch list .Both the record and the AP own the 3 who died and the 44 injured a public apology. The mainstream media propaganda  machines seems to know no bounds.

Bomb suspects’ mother took a spiritual turn in recent years
Sunday April 28, 2013, 10:50 PM
BY DAVID CARUSO, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN AND MAX SEDDON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Associated Press

In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in Massachusetts from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a suburban day spa.

But in recent years people noticed a change. She began wearing a hijab and cited conspiracy theories about 9/11 being a plot against Muslims.

Now living in the Russian republic of Dagestan, Tsarnaeva is drawing increased attention as the angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Federal officials say Russian authorities had intercepted her phone calls, including one in which she vaguely discussed jihad with her elder son. She also was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, U.S. officials said.

Tsarnaeva insists there is no mystery. She’s no terrorist, just someone who found a deeper spirituality. She insists her sons — Tamerlan, who was killed in a gunfight with police, and Dzhokhar, who was wounded and captured — are innocent of the April 15 attack.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/international/other_international_news/Bomb_suspects_mother_took_a_spiritual_turn_in_recent_years.html

Americans fear government more than terror

Astonishing poll results for 1st time since 9/11 hijackings

According to a pair of recent polls, for the first time since the 9/11 terrorist hijackings, Americans are more fearful their government will abuse constitutional liberties than fail to keep its citizens safe.

Even in the wake of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing – in which a pair of Islamic radicals are accused of planting explosives that took the lives of 3 and wounded over 280 – the polls suggest Americans are hesitant to give up any further freedoms in exchange for increased “security.”

https://www.wnd.com/2013/04/americans-fear-government-more-than-terror/

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul: Boston Suspects Were Trained
April 28, 2013 9:45 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he believes the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out their attack.

Rep. Michael McCaul is citing the type of device used in the attack — shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs — and the weapons’ sophistication as signs of training.

https://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/04/28/homeland-security-committee-chairman-boston-suspects-were-trained/