DNS Changer Malware a real treat or more Y2K madness
July 8,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Internet users world over should take extra precautions and check their computer for malware this evening .
While for most it may be no more than another Y2K hype. Reports are that thousands of internet users around the country whose computers were infected with malicious software a DNS Changer Malware over a year ago face the possibility of not being able to get online after midnight EDT – Eastern Daylight Time.
The issue arose when hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world. When the FBI took down the hackers late last year, agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet service.
Like most malware victims often do not even know their computers were infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their web surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more even vulnerable to other problems.
The FBI has arranged for a private company to run a website ( https://www.dcwg.org ) as a place for computer who suspect issues to go and see if their computer was infected and then download fixes to solve the problem.
Further problems arise because so many people simply don’t trust the government, and believe that federal authorities (the FEDS) are only trying to spy on them or take over the Internet.The FBI and other “cybersecurity experts” familiar with the malware have quickly denounced this charge as being ridiculous.I suggest you run and updated malware remover program first.
Though we don’t dispute suspicions of the FEDS malware can permanently damage your machine ,cause significant disruptions, keep you off the internet , corrupt your data ,even your backed up data .
Amazon Cloud Hit by Real Clouds, Downing Netflix, Instagram, Other Sites
By Christina DesMarais, PCWorld Jun 30, 2012 7:02 AM
Digital cloud services aren’t immune to the impact of real clouds, and that meant some bad news this weekend for the folks at Amazon and sites that rely in its web services.
Severe storms that wiped out power to more than 2 million people across the eastern United States Friday night also took down Netflix, Pinterest, Instagram and other sites due to an outage of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud in northern Virginia.
According to Amazon Web Services, at 8:21 p.m. PDT it was “investigating connectivity issues for a number of instances” in the East region. By early Saturday morning, Amazon said it was “continuing to work to recover.”
Netflix, Pinterest were back up, but as of early Saturday Instagram was still down.
…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT
THIS EVENING…
THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED AN
AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
BERGEN…ESSEX…PASSAIC…UNION…HUDSON.
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY MEANS THAT GROUND LEVEL OZONE WITHIN THE
REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY STANDARDS.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING…
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG F– USED NWS WATCHES…WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
Heat Advisory
…SUMMER HEAT FOR TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND…
.HOT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 95 TO 100 IN MOST OF NEW YORK CITY
WITH LOWER 100S IN PARTS OF NEW JERSEY ARE FORECAST TODAY.
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FORTUNATELY ONLY BE MODERATELY HIGH. THUS…
HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO THE AIR TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL REMAIN HOT…BUT AT THIS
TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY.
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
* LOCATIONS…MOST OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARDS…POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES…AROUND 100.
* TIMING…THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS TO THOSE PRONE TO HEAT STRESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO
104 DEGREES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF
YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS
AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT
WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY
OF WATER.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.
10 Ways to Lower Gas Prices
Rory CooperJune 4, 2012 at 8:43 am
The average price of a gallon of regular gas is now $3.66, and has been decreasing for eight straight weeks. This is causing some of the President Obama’s advisors to declare energy prices an irrelevant issue. Political advisor David Axelrod recently tweeted: “Gas prices have been going down for the past six weeks. You think the GOP will blame the President?”
In those six weeks, the only significant energy policy change at the White House was to make new coal production nearly impossible and thus vastly increase the cost of electricity. So, it is hard to assign this slight dip to the president after a record 75 straight weeks of prices exceeding $3.00. However, it is true that the president is not entirely responsible for gas prices.
Market and economic conditions play a large role. With unemployment creeping back up, new global turmoil and summer travel on the wane due to a sagging economy, demand is surely dropping. But that does not mean, and has never meant, that the president’s policies or Congressional action does not play any role in gas prices.
After three years of adding regulatory hurdles and blocking exploratory access and development, President Obama’s policies are helping keep prices higher than necessary. Having only three percent of federal land available for oil exploration is not a “market condition.”
But we are in luck. There are several steps Congress can immediately take, and President Obama can immediately support, that will help alleviate the pain felt at the pump by American families and would create economic growth, and importantly, jobs.
In a new paper, Heritage’s Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow, Nick Loris lists ten actions Congress could immediately take that would help improve gas prices in the short term and the long term:
1. Lift offshore and onshore exploration and drilling bans: We remain the only nation in the world that has placed the majority of its territorial waters off limits to exploration. Congress should lift the ban on exploration in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and conduct more lease sales off Alaska’s coasts.
2. Approve Keystone XL: The Keystone pipeline has bipartisan support and continues to be consistently popular, polling at 60 percent in November 2011 and 57 percent in late March. 69 Democrats joined House Republicans on a vote of support in April with Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) saying: “I think the president has made a very serious mistake here.”
Yet, President Obama continues to block it and the jobs that come with it. Had Obama not delayed approval, up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day would have come from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries by as early as 2013. That’s more than we bring in from Venezuela, our fourth largest importer.
3. Require timely environmental review: Environmental review requirements for oil and gas projects to commence on federal lands under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) take too long. Congress should place a reasonable 270-day time limit on NEPA reviews.
4. Permitting process: The processing time for an Application for Permit to Drill (APD) extends well past the 30-day time limit. Loris recommends: “Congress should require the Department of the Interior to honor the law’s deadline unless the Interior finds fault with the application…[and] should ultimately transition the permitting process to state regulators, who are best able to balance economic growth and environmental well-being.”
5. Issue leases on time: Rather than implementing an efficient leasing process, the Department of the Interior keeps adding administrative regulations to make the process more burdensome and bureaucratic. Congress should remove unnecessary red tape and if Interior fails to issue a lease within 60 days, it should be considered issued by default.
6. Allow development of oil shale: Oil shale production in the U.S. could be a global game changer since we hold the largest known reserves in the world. However, 70 percent of those reserves lie beneath federal lands. The Obama Administration has introduced new regulations, time frames, and significantly reduced the land available for leases. Congress should make permanent the 2008 guidelines for oil shale development in order to provide regulatory certainty.
7. Stop the land grab: Through Secretarial Order No. 3310, the Department of Interior is unilaterally and arbitrarily classifying federal land areas as “Wilderness” or “Wild Lands” restricting access to new drilling areas, preventing production on existing leases and halting economic growth. Congress should permanently block Secretarial Order No. 3310 and any similar designation should require congressional approval.
8. Implement 50/50 revenue sharing: States receive 50 percent of the revenues generated by onshore oil and natural gas production on federal lands and Congress should apply this allocation offshore as well. This would encourage more state involvement in drilling decisions and help state economies, whether by closing a deficit or aiding coastal restoration and conservation.
9. Prohibit greenhouse gas and Tier 3 gas regulations: In 2010, Interior suspended 61 leases in Montana alone because environmental groups charged that the energy production would contribute to climate change, demonstrating the need to permanently prohibit any federal agency from unilaterally regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the proposed Tier 3 gas regulations to lower the amount of sulfur in gasoline are costly with no measurable benefits. Congress should prohibit the implementation of these regulations. Unelected bureaucrats should not hold such power over the economy.
10. Repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Soon, refiners will be fined when the amount of ethanol mandated exceeds the amount that can be refined for use but the mandate requires production of cellulosic ethanol, which no companies have been able to viably produce commercially. As a result, refiners paid more than $6 million in waiver credits or surcharges in 2011. It is an economic and environmental disaster and must be repealed.
President Obama is keen to accept credit for the windfall of oil production in North Dakota and in other private areas outside federal control, where jobs are plentiful and unemployment has plummeted. Meanwhile, production on federal land is decreasing and regulatory conditions are worsening. It would be to the president’s benefit to embrace some or all of these reforms that could immediately help American families filling up the minivan. Another 75 weeks with gas prices over $3.00, and household goods and food costing more as a result, will not help an already anemic recovery.
Due to budget constraints the Village of Ridgewood May day parade has been canceled
In many countries, May Day is also Labor Day. This originates with the United States labor movement in the late 19th Century. On May 1, 1886, unions across the country went on strike, demanding that the standard workday be shortened to eight hours. The organizers of these strikes included socialists, anarchists, and others in organized labor movements. Rioting in Chicago’s Haymarket Square on May 4th including a bomb thrown by an anarchist led to the deaths of a dozen people (including several police officers) and the injury of over 100 more.
The protests were not immediately successful, but they proved effective down the line, as eight-hour work days eventually did become the norm. Labor leaders, socialists, and anarchists around the world took the American strikes and their fallout as a rallying point, choosing May Day as a day for demonstrations, parades, and speeches. It was a major state holiday in the Soviet Union and other communist countries.
Labor Day is still celebrated on May 1 in countries around the world, and it is still often a day for protests and rallies. In recent years, these have often been targeted against globalization.
May Day is related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. May Day falls exactly half a year from November 1, another cross-quarter day which is also associated with various northern European pagan and neopagan festivals such as Samhain. May Day marks the end of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations. As Europe became Christianized the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saint’s Day. In the twentieth century, many neopagans began reconstructing the old traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festival again.
>An incident in Ridgewood on the corner of Monte Vista and Heights
Last night, Mary was walking home from a friend’s house with two boys and another girl. She was supposed to get a ride from the other girl’s parents, but they decided to walk instead. On the corner of Monte Vista and Heights, a black four door car with jersey plates stopped and they asked for directions. While they were stopped, one of the boys (blonde, tall, 17-20 years old) got out and approached one of Mary’s friends. He asked where he was from and when he answered “Ridgewood,” the guy punched him and knocked him to the ground and started choking him. Somehow, he got away and they all ran to my house, then I called the police. The boy is fine, but they are all shaken up. One of the police officers said the exact same thing happened in Glen Rock the night before.
I’m writing to tell you all because you have middle schoolers, too. I hope you spread the word because obviously, the police don’t think it’s important to have information that there is a group of young men preying on innocent kids. Please spread the word and tell your kids not to talk to ANY stranger in a car.
Obviously, the list of people I’m sending this to is not comprehensive. We’re getting ready to leave on our trip, but I did think this was important enough to take a few minutes.
Former New York Giant Jeff Feagles Speaks at Pancake Breakfast March 31, 2012 Richard Hrvatin (201) 410-3041 [email protected]
Ridgewood-NJ-March 31, 2012: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 hosted a pancake breakfast on Saturday March 31st in the parish center of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Attendees had an opportunity to meet former New York Giants legend Jeff Feagles, who regaled the audience with stories of his 20-plus years in the NFL. More importantly, he discussed family values, life in Ridgewood, and what it takes to be a success on and off the field. He also reflected on the inspiration he received from Coach Tom Coughlin, who always stayed the course in good seasons and bad.
Feagle’s advice for young budding athletes: “Success begins in the classroom, and you must learn to manage your time efficiently”.
There was also a special appearance from the Easter Bunny. Proceeds from the event will go to fund the Knights’ local charities.
Ridgewood Office Building Evacuated Due to Possible Sulfuric Acid Leak Boyd A. Loving April 1, 2012 4:57 PM
(RIDGEWOOD_NJ) A multi-story office/retail complex at 45 North Broad Street in Ridgewood was evacuated this afternoon due to a possible sulfuric acid leak in its basement. Personnel from Ridgewood FD, PD, EMS, Emergency Services, and the Bergen County HazMat Team all responded to the scene. No injuries were reported.
>West Bergen Center for Children and Youth Asperger’s Related Services presents Friday Playgroup Workshops for ages 4-7.
The workshop will be held at the West Bergen Counseling Group at 615 Franklin Turnpike, 2nd Floor, Ridgewood. The cost is $175 for five sessions. The workshop will be held on Fridays from April 27 to June 1 at 3:45 to 5 PM. The workshop is for children who need improvement in play skills with peers. The workship will focus on practicing sharing, cooperation, compromising, sportsmanship, and conversation skills.
Registration must be received by April 20, 2012. Pleace contact Kelly Doyle, 201-857-0080, ext 7500 for further information or to register. Payment is due at time of registration.
Established in 1963 as a child guidance clinic, today West Bergen provides comprehensive services for all age groups with various levels of need. West Bergen Mental Healthcare recently celebrated being voted number one in client satisfaction by the Mental Health Corporations of America’s Nation Survey for 2010. The Agency has earned this notable recognition seven times since 1998.
The YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day program for children in grades K-6 from April 2-5 and April 9-13, 2012. Kids will enjoy trips and activities including Planet 301, Giggles, Bounce U, Color Me Mine, movies and bowling, with most trips including lunch.
The YWCA Vacation Day program provides full day care from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM on designated school holidays. Based at the YWCA’s 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood facility, the program is supervised by the YWCA’s trained child care staff. The fee is $55 per child per day for families that are currently participating in YWCA Before or After School Programs, and $75 for non-participating families. Advance registration is required. To register, call 201-444-5600, ext 352 or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org for details and registration forms.
YWCA Before and After School Programs are offered at schools in seven Bergen County districts: Allendale, Cresskill, Dumont, Old Tappan, Oradell, Ridgewood, and Westwood. An after kindergarten program is available in Oradell. All programs are licensed by the State of New Jersey, Department of Children & Families
>RFP – Concession Refreshment Services at Graydon Pool – Bids Open April 3
Click Here for complete RFP: https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2012ConcessionRefreshSvs.pdf
Request for Proposals
Request for proposals will be received by the Village of Ridgewood’s Department of Parks and Recreation, up to 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450, for the following:
CONCESSION REFRESHMENT SERVICES – THE WATER’S EDGE CAFÉ, GRAYDON POOL
Proposal instructions may be obtained from the Department of Parks and Recreation, 259 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., telephone 201-670-5560. Prospective professional responders requesting proposal documents be mailed to them shall be responsible for providing their own postage/delivery service remuneration. No Specifications and/or Proposal forms shall be given out after 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012.
Prices quoted must be net and exclusive of all Federal, State and Local Sales and Excise Taxes. Proposals may be submitted prior to the due date in person or by mail, addressed to the Department of Parks and Recreation. The Village assumes no responsibility for loss or non-delivery of any proposal sent to it prior to the proposal opening.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the name of the responder thereon and endorsed, “Concession Refreshment Services – The Water’s Edge Café, Graydon Pool”.
All professional service responders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 52:32-44 (Business Registration of Public Contractors), N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq. (Contract Compliance and Equal Employment Opportunities in Public Contracts).
The Village of Ridgewood reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any informalities or to accept a proposal which, in its judgment best serves the interest of the Village. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of sixty-days (60) after the date and time set for the opening of bids.
“Professional Responders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L.1975, C. 127. (NJAC 17:27) regarding Affirmative Action, and Executive Order No. 11246 regarding equal employment opportunity, as amended”.
In case you missed it, the owner of 257 East Ridgewood Avenue (former Sealfons building), has proposed construction of a massive six (6) story commercial/residential/parking garage structure
In case you missed it, the owner of 257 East Ridgewood Avenue (former Sealfons building), has proposed construction of a massive six (6) story commercial/residential/parking garage structure to occupy the entire eastern portion of the Village block between East Ridgewood Avenue and Franklin Avenue.
Take a look at the attached photo to see how massive this structure will be! All labeled buildings would be demolished if this plan is approved by Ridgewood’s Planning Board. The proposed structure will be the same height as the existing apartment building on the northeast corner of Franklin Avenue and North Maple Avenue.
The Fly wonders why Planning Board members Nancy Bigos, Bernadette Walsh, and Albert Pucciarelli think this is such a good idea (all were quoted in a recent edition of The Ridgewood News as having a positive view of the plan).
Am I missing something besides the fact that this would be a large tax ratable? Is the Village now for sale?
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 355 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 355 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…NEW YORK CITY AND ITS IMMEDIATE SUBURBS…LONG ISLAND…AND COASTAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARDS…HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS…WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…11 TO 16 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND…AND POSSIBLY ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT…WHICH COULD HOLD DOWN AMOUNTS THERE…BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
* IMPACTS…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES…WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES…TREE LIMBS…AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING…THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS….DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT…NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH…HIGHEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICL
>Sabatino Sirica, Renowned Neapolitan Pastry Master, to Share Baking Techniques at A Mano in Ridgewood, NJ
For the First Time in the US, the Pastry Chef will Display his Expert Skills at Demonstrations and Baking Classes January 12-15th
Ridgewood New Jersey’s authentic Neapolitan trattoria A Mano, will host celebrated Italian pastry master Sabatino Sirica, for an intimate viewing of the art of pastry. The esteemed maestro will teach the fundamentals of traditional Italian pastry, at demonstrations and baking classes on January 12-15, 2011 by reservation only.
With more than a half century of experience with the craftsmanship of pastry, Mr. Sirica will exhibit his expert techniques and share baking secrets at the limited engagements. At the baking classes, participants will enjoy a rare opportunity to work hands-on with the artisan, while guests at the demonstrations will take an up-close look at perfecting pastry.
During his appearances at A Mano, the celebrated baker will showcase signature Neapolitan desserts such as sfogliatelle – a classic Italian ricotta filled pastry, rum baba – a delicious cake flavored with rum, pasteria – a traditional Neapolitan specialty for the Easter season, and more.
Born in 1941 in Sarno, Italy, founder and owner of the renowned pastry shop, Pasticciera Sirica in Naples, Italy, Mr. Sirica has been a member of the Association of Neapolitan bakers for 15 years, holding titles as Secretary and Treasurer. He has graced the major Italian television network, RAI TV, with many appearances, and is well known for his prestigious clients and collaborations, as well as his generous philanthropy.
Who: Sabatino Sirica, renowned Neapolitan pastry master, with more than 50 years experience
What: Intimate, informative baking classes ($20 per person) and complimentary demonstrations led by celebrated Neapolitan pastry chef and Italian TV star, Sabatino Sirica, hosted at A Mano, 24 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
When: Baking Classes Wednesday, January 12th & Friday, January 14th 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Pastry Demonstrations Thursday, January 13th 6:00 – 7:00 PM Saturday, January 15th 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: A Mano 24 Franklin Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Telephone: 201.493.2000
Website: www.amanopizza.com
Reservations Required: Limited engagement. Please call the manager for reservations
For the past year and a half the left has been moving relentlessly to pass a Cap & Trade bill on the federal level. And the Obama administration has continued its push by circumventing the legislative process and imposing heavy-handed regulations through the EPA, led by former head of the DEP in New Jersey Lisa Jackson.
The President, not wanting to let a “good crisis go to waste,” has used the tragic accident in the Gulf of Mexico to push for a moratorium on drilling and lay the groundwork for passing cap-and-trade legislation.
Yet, right under our noses in New Jersey, Cap & Trade has already become law and is in full effect. The Cap & Trade program is called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cooperative among ten northeastern states.
RGGI became law in 2008 under then Governor Corzine. To date, seven auctions of carbon allowances have subsequently taken place. Over $662M has been generated by these auctions – cost that energy producers will pass along to consumers in the way of higher energy costs.
While RGGI couches itself in free market rhetoric, the reality is it will distort the market and result in significant harm to the economy of New Jersey and the nation.
What are those costs?
According to The Heritage Foundation, legislation being pushed in Congress – the Kerry-Lieberman bill in the Senate and the Waxman-Markey bill in the House — would have the following disastrous consequences for our economy:
* Trillions of dollars more government debt (after adjusting for inflation, Kerry–Boxer would add $2.7 trillion to the national debt by 2035—putting a family of four on the hook for an additional $27,000) * Fewer jobs (employment under Kerry–Boxer would track 1.4 million jobs below business as usual, on average, for the years 2012–2035, and peak job losses would exceed 2.5 million) * Higher energy prices (by 2035 Kerry–Boxer would add 45 percent to gasoline prices and 72 percent to electricity prices) * Lower income (Kerry–Boxer would chop $9.9 trillion from GDP between 2012 and 2035—an average loss of over $4,500 per year per family of four).
Read the Americans for Prosperity fact sheet on Kerry-Lieberman here.
In New Jersey, the Waxman-Markey bill would mean an estimated 65,000 lost jobs. By 2020, New Jerseyans could expect gas prices to spike an astounding 58% and electricity rates to increase a staggering 90%.
That means if you fill up your car for $30 today, it would be over $47 in 2020. And if your utility bill currently averages $150 a month, in 2020 it would be $285 a month — or another $1620 a year!
That is money that could be saved for a new car, or a down payment on a new home, or on your child’s education.
All of this economic ruin while doing next to nothing to global temperatures.
