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Which Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You

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Which Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You

Posted Aug 15, 2014 by Kim-Mai Cutler (@kimmaicutler

Somewhere, somehow, maybe less than a year after I got the latest version of my iPhone, its battery would mysteriously deplete in about half a day.

I wasn’t really sure why. But now I can find out.

There’s a new app called ‘Normal’ out from a pair of Stanford Ph.Ds in computer science named Adam Oliner and Jacob Leverich, who are turning some postdoctoral research into a company called Kuro Labs.

Their first project, Normal, is a battery diagnosis service that tracks and compares your app usage to other iOS device owners to see if there are any specific actions you can take to save battery life. The 99 cent app compares your phone’s battery usage over time with other people who have similar combinations of apps.

Hence, the name ‘Normal’ — is your phone’s battery life normal compared to other devices that are the exact same model?

“Battery is a pain point and there are not good solutions,” Oliner said. “The device doesn’t tell you everything you need to know. Why is it using so much energy? Is that normal or not? That’s what we’re trying to adjust.”

When you go inside Normal, you’ll see active apps, inactive battery hogs and other apps. For each app, there is a ring chart that will show you how much battery life you’ll save if you close a specific app.

https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/15/which-apps-are-eating-your-battery-normal-will-tell-you/

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Proposed apartments on Broad Street will benefit Ridgewood

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Proposed apartments on Broad Street will benefit Ridgewood

AUGUST 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM

Proposed apartments on Broad Street will benefit village
Robert Jenkins

to the Editor:

As a lifelong resident of the village, and a person who has spent the past 36 years working in downtown Ridgewood, I have seen many changes to the business district. Businesses come and go, but luckily the downtown area continues to be charming and seemingly well attended.

However, in light of the struggling economy, I believe that the village would benefit from a shot in the arm, such as would be provided by the luxury apartment complex proposed at the former Brogan Cadillac site on South Broad Street.

It’s easy to see the benefits of such a complex. Many of my contemporaries have moved, or are planning to move, out of the village at some point — to downsize and/or simply find a place to live without the rigors of upkeep that owning a house entails. Luxury apartments in the downtown area would offer an attractive alternative to moving away and in the process would provide not only increased tax revenues to the town, but also a boost to the local businesses that would ensure the continuation of the downtown district.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/letter-proposed-apartments-on-broad-street-will-benefit-ridgewood-1.1077870#sthash.175ibqUT.dpuf

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BREIBART TEXAS VERIFIES ISIS BORDER THREAT WITH LEAKED DOC

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by BRANDON DARBY 29 Aug 2014, 12:05 PM PDT

LUBBOCK, Texas — Breitbart Texas has exclusively obtained a leaked document warning federal agents about an ISIS-related terrorism threat across the entire US-Mexico border. Though the document focuses on the Texas-Mexico border, Breitbart Texas has confirmed that federal agents across the entire US-Mexico border have received the ISIS terror warning.

The document was released by the Texas Department of Public Safety and warned that ISIS was actively promoting and encouraging supporters to take advantage of the porous Texas-Mexico border to carry out terrorist attacks against US citizens.

The document attributed the increased interest by ISIS to a report done by journalist James O’Keefe. Though the report did not mention O’Keefe by name, it showed images of O’Keefe crossing the porous Texas-Mexico border while wearing an Osama bin Laden mask.

In addition to the report, U.S. Border Patrol Agents confirmed that the U.S. Border Patrol agency was indeed taking the threat seriously. A Border Patrol agent in the Laredo Sector told Breitbart Texas that they had credible information that ISIS was attempting to find individuals and groups in Nuevo-Laredo Mexico to assist in gaining entry into the united states.

A Border Patrol agent in the El Paso Sector would only tell Breitbart Texas that a warning was issued to agents pertaining to ISIS.

https://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/08/29/Exclusive-Breitbart-Texas-Verifies-ISIS-Threat-With-Leaked-Doc

 Judicial Watch has just put out this statement:

Islamic terrorist groups are operating in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and planning to attack the United States with car bombs or other vehicle born improvised explosive devices (VBIED). High-level federal law enforcement, intelligence and other sources have confirmed to Judicial Watch that a warning bulletin for an imminent terrorist attack on the border has been issued.  Agents across a number of Homeland Security, Justice and Defense agencies have all been placed on alert and instructed to aggressively work all possible leads and sources concerning this imminent terrorist threat.

Specifically, Judicial Watch sources reveal that the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is confirmed to now be operating in Juarez, a famously crime-infested narcotics hotbed situated across from El Paso, Texas. Violent crimes are so rampant in Juarez that the U.S. State Department has issued a number of travel warnings for anyone planning to go there. The last one was issued just a few days ago.

Intelligence officials have picked up radio talk and chatter indicating that the terrorist groups are going to “carry out an attack on the border,” according to one JW source.  “It’s coming very soon,” according to this high-level source, who clearly identified the groups planning the plots as “ISIS and Al Qaeda.” An attack is so imminent that the commanding general at Ft. Bliss, the U.S. Army post in El Paso, is being briefed, another source confirms. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not respond to multiple inquiries from Judicial Watch, both telephonic and in writing, about this information.

The disturbing inside intelligence comes on the heels of news reports revealing that U.S. intelligence has picked up increased chatter among Islamist terror networks approaching the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. While these terrorists reportedly plan their attack just outside the U.S., President Obama admits that “we don’t have a strategy yet” to combat ISIS. “I don’t want to put the cart before the horse,” the commander-in-chief said this week during a White House press briefing. “I think what I’ve seen in some of the news reports suggest that folks are getting a little further ahead of what we’re at than what we currently are.”

The administration has also covered up, or at the very least downplayed, a serious epidemic of crime along the Mexican border even as heavily armed drug cartels have taken over portions of the region. Judicial Watch has reported that the U.S. Border Patrol actually ordered officers to avoid the most crime-infested stretches because they’re “too dangerous” and patrolling them could result in an “international incident” of cross border shooting. In the meantime, who could forget the famous words of Obama’s first Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano; the southern border is “as secure as it has ever been.”

These new revelations are bound to impact the current debate about the border crisis and immigration policy.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/386694/judicial-watch-feds-bulletin-describes-threat-imminent-terrorist-attack-southern

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Rethinking Japan’s “Lost Decades”

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Rethinking Japan’s “Lost Decades”

Mises Daily: Friday, August 29, 2014 by Peter St. Onge
by Peter St. Onge

One of the great economic myths of our time is Japan’s “lost decades.” As Japan doubles-down on inflationary stimulus, it’s worth reviewing the facts.

The truth is that the Japanese and US economies have performed in lock-step since 2000, and their performances have matched each other going as far back as 1980.

Either Japan’s not in crisis, or the US has been in crisis for a good thirty-five years. You can’t have it both ways.

Here’s a chart of per capita real GDP for both Japan and the US from 2000 to 2011. Per capita real GDP is the GDP measure that best answers the question: “is the typical person getting richer?”

The two curves look like they came from the same country:

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Next, we can go back to 1980, to see where the myth came from. Japan was just entering its “bubble” decade:
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https://mises.org/daily/6860/Rethinking-Japans-Lost-Decades

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R.H.S. Girls Soccer Preview: Ridgewood ready to continue program’s resurgence

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R.H.S. Girls Soccer Preview: Ridgewood ready to continue program’s resurgence

August 29, 2014    Last updated: Friday, August 29, 2014, 12:31 AM
By Matthew Birchenough
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

After pulling off a major turnaround on the soccer field in 2013, the question facing the players on this year’s Ridgewood High School girls team is simple: Where do they go from here?

The Maroons improved from 8-11 in 2012 to 15-5-2 last season, and they also reached the Bergen County tournament semifinals for the first time in 13 years.

However, leading scorer Darby Kiernan and goalkeeper Olivia Shaw — both of whom earned spots on the North 1 region All-State team last year — as well as a handful of other key seniors are gone. But the raised expectations are not.

“We probably have more soccer depth on this team than we’ve had over the last couple of years,” RHS head coach Jeff Yearing said Tuesday. “The expectations are high.”

The 2013 season provided several reasons for renewed excitement about the team, including a 1-0 win versus Immaculate Heart and two wins over Paramus, the first triumphs against their Big North Freedom Division rival since 2009.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-soccer/maroon-girls-look-to-build-on-big-year-1.1077775#sthash.5OMeM2xS.dpuf

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Paramus police say neighbors helped to shut down a brothel

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Paramus police say neighbors helped to shut down a brothel

August 28, 2014, 9:10 AM    Last updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014, 6:33 PM
By MARY DIDUCH and STEFANIE DAZIO
Staff Writers
The Record

PARAMUS — The cars, driven by men of varying ages and ethnicities, would come mostly in the evening. Some would circle the neighborhood. Others would pull into the wrong driveway as they searched for 12 North Farview Ave.

The behavior was strange enough in this residential neighborhood in the heart of the borough to spur residents to contact police.

That vigilance was credited by police on Thursday for helping bring down a suspected brothel that authorities say could have been operating for two months.

“That’s the way the system is supposed to work,” Deputy Chief Robert Guidetti said. “If you see something suspicious, don’t be embarrassed. Call the police.”

As a result of the proactive residents, police began surveillance at the small, pale blue house on Aug. 8. They saw numerous cars parked in front of the house with men between 20-years-old and 50-years-old coming in and out, Guidetti said.

On Wednesday evening, Paramus police and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office posed as johns, entered the home and were offered sexual acts at a rate of $160 an hour, Guidetti said.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/paramus-police-say-neighbors-helped-to-shut-down-a-brothel-1.1077484#sthash.t6GgZ3BT.dpuf

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Ridgewood High School to hold soccer marathon for charity

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AUGUST 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM

This Sunday, the Ridgewood High School boys and girls soccer programs will host a “Dawn to Dusk” 12-hour marathon soccer match to benefit two local charities, “Go 4 the Goal” and the Social Service Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity, and to help raise money for the RHS soccer programs.

This is the first time in many years that the high school teams will be coming together to host an event to help those in need. The event is planned to kickoff at 7 a.m. at the Ridgewood High School Stadium field, and play will continue until 7 p.m. If the stadium field — which suffered damage during the rainstorm earlier this month — is not repaired by Aug. 31, the Soccer-A-Thon will be held at Benjamin Franklin Middle School.

RHS soccer players will donate their time and energy, and they will solicit sponsorships based on 12 hours of play. Parents will be contributing time as well, helping to organize the event and support the players. Several businesses, including Valley Hospital, Stifel, F.O.R.C.E. Performance Training of Ho-Ho-Kus, Keller Williams and The Fireplace, have agreed to sponsor the event.

According to parent organizer Annette Testa, “We are expecting this event to be a tremendous success, not only in the amount of funds we raise but also in creating a sense of caring and camaraderie within the soccer community.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/rhs-soccer-marathon-for-charity-on-sunday-1.1077790#sthash.ndbLS6WL.dpuf

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Young artists go to camp in Ridgewood

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Young artists go to camp in Ridgewood

AUGUST 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER

“It is exciting to see the progress the young students make within one week at art camp,” said instructor Laura Paray.

The oil painting summer session was held at the Ridgewood Art Institute’s East Studio the week of Aug. 18 to 22. This is the third summer that Paray has taught an oil painting summer session at Ridgewood Art Institute. The students paint from still life and from landscapes previously created en plein air.

“There is no better way to learn than from real life set ups, the three dimensional objects are there and the goal is to convey that on a two dimensional surface,” said Paray.

“The landscape sketches help them to see the colors used to create atmosphere in an outdoor scene, and eventually they can attempt to paint outdoors themselves using the information that is given – helping them to translate the complicated outdoors into an understanding of color and value and the reasoning behind the prismatic palette of the Ridgewood Art Institute.”

Paray teaches oil painting for young people on Sundays 12 to 2 p.m. during the year.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/art/young-artists-explore-different-mediums-at-camp-1.1077871#sthash.Kk6kJLH4.dpuf

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Upgrades planned for Ridgewood senior center

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Upgrades planned for Ridgewood senior center

AUGUST 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER

Based on a recent study of other local centers, Ridgewood seniors have found that the Patrick A. Mancuso Senior Center in Village Hall pales in comparison.

But Ridgewood’s center will soon be a little comfier, with aims to make it even better in the future.

“This should be home away from home,” said Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck, the council’s Community Center liaison.

In addition to a new blue-green paint color and artwork soon to grace the walls, there will be two new small couches and a larger couch, a floor rug, a flat screen TV on the wall, an end table and a coffee table – all from Pottery Barn, afforded by a discount through Ridgewood resident and designer Donna Bello and $10,000 donation from the Habernickel family.

Despite these improvements, more money will be needed in the future to improve the adjoining Anne Zusy Youth Center, where more active senior exercise classes and other events take place.

As a result, the Community Center Advisory Board, which formed last year, is launching a fundraising campaign in September.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/towns/plans-in-place-for-upgrades-at-center-1.1077817#sthash.pP7QxXgJ.dpuf

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Ridgweood school board names new business administrators

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Ridgweood school board names new business administrators

AUGUST 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY JODI WEINBERGER
STAFF WRITER

A former school district employee will return to the Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) as its business administrator in the coming months.

On Aug. 25, the BOE approved the hire of Alfredo Aguilar as the district’s business administrator, with a contract lasting through June 30, 2015. Aguilar will be paid an annual salary of $168,000.

Although Aguilar was unanimously approved to hire, he will remain in his current position, as the business administrator for the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, for 90 days or until a replacement is found.

In the interim, assistant business administrator Gertrude Engle has been named acting business administrator and will receive a stipend of $250 per day.

Aguilar previously served as the business administrator for the Oradell Board of Education and from 2009 to 2012 was the assistant business administrator in Ridgewood.

From 2004 to 2009, Aguilar was a middle school math teacher in Paterson Public Schools and from 2001 to 2004 was a financial services officer in the U.S. Air Force.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/board-names-new-business-administrator-schools-1.1077823#sthash.oZjujw36.dpuf

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‘Micro site’ antennas proposed to close cellphone coverage gaps in Ridgewood

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‘Micro site’ antennas proposed to close cellphone coverage gaps in Ridgewood

AUGUST 28, 2014    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014, 1:57 PM
BY JODI WEINBERGER

A radio frequency engineer for Verizon Wireless said a gap in data coverage affects more than 4,000 people in the village.

The telecommunications company is asking for a use and height variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to build a “micro site” antenna on the top of the steeple at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 S. Monroe St., said engineer Glenn Pierson.

The antenna, which is not permitted in a residential zone, would bring the total height of the building to 83 feet where 30 feet is permitted by law. The building is at an existing height of 81 feet.

Pierson said the antenna would provide relief for about 700 people, but if the village approves the plan, Verizon would propose other micro sites to “start chipping away at the coverage gap.”

The 2-foot antenna is being proposed in response to negative reaction from the big “macro site” cell towers seen around the state, Pierson said.

“It’s a start, a first step,” Pierson said. “We want to see how Ridgewood reacts to this type of design versus a 100-foot tower.”

He said the topography of Ridgewood creates a “significant gap” in coverage in the area north of West Ridgewood Avenue on North Monroe Street, Beachwood Road, Monte Vista Avenue, Sheridan Terrace and other roadways. The coverage, however, would not reach West Glen Avenue.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/micro-site-antennas-proposed-to-close-cellphone-coverage-gaps-in-ridgewood-1.1077633#sthash.SnQORn96.dpuf

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Bergen County sheriff puts use of armored military vehicles on hold

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Bergen County sheriff puts use of armored military vehicles on hold

AUGUST 28, 2014, 12:26 PM    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014, 12:29 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

The Bergen County sheriff said Thursday he will delay using armored military vehicles until state and federal officials complete their reviews of the program under which police departments across the country acquired the surplus equipment free.

But Sheriff Michael Saudino said he still plans to take possession of two mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, which he said have saved officers’ lives in other states.

The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department is in line for two surplus military vehicles similar to this one, originally designed as defense against roadside bombs in war zones.

County Executive Kathleen Donovan welcomed the delay but called on the county freeholders to rescind their vote from earlier this year authorizing the sheriff to obtain MRAPs from the U.S. Defense Department. Donovan said Thursday she wants a one-year moratorium on the acquisition of any military equipment to allow time for full and public debate.

“We don’t want to see them rumbling into neighborhoods inappropriately and scaring our citizens,” Donovan said.

Saudino and Donovan, both Republicans, have a history of feuding and not speaking to each other. In dueling news conferences on Thursday, each claimed the other is playing politics amid a national debate over the militarization of local police departments.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-sheriff-to-delay-using-surplus-armored-military-vehicles-donovan-wants-one-year-moratorium-1.1077594#sthash.idJFk04t.dpuf

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Missing NJ man found dead in Israel forest

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish volunteers take part in searches for a missing New Jersey native in Jerusalem

Missing NJ man found dead in Israel forest
By David K. Li
August 28, 2014 | 11:16am

Israeli police have confirmed that the body found in a Jerusalem forest is that of a missing student from New Jersey.

An Israeli police official has confirmed that the body found in a wooded area in Jerusalem is that of a missing student from New Jersey.

Israeli Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld made the confirmation Thursday, hours after rescue workers found what they believed was Aaron Sofer’s body in a forest park in Jerusalem days after the student went missing, according to CNN.

The cause of death has yet to be determined.

Sofer, 23, got separated from a friend while hiking on a trail Friday afternoon, triggering a massive search that included helicopters, mounted police and canine units.

The young man’s parents, who live in Lakewood, NJ, had gone to Israel to help with the search.

Sofer’s loved ones earlier this week said they feared he had been kidnapped by Palestinians.

https://nypost.com/2014/08/28/body-found-in-israeli-forest-believed-to-be-missing-nj-man/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

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School Rankings : Daily Beast fails to mention Ridgewood in its top Schools Survey

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School Rankings : Daily Beast fails to mention Ridgewood in its top Schools Survey

The Daily Beast had this one,

not sure how it was done, saw it had Glen Rock and Ramsey in it, but not Ridgewood or Northern Highlands or Ramapo
Zillow uses www.greatschools.org which ranks RHS 10 out of 10 …. also very high marks for Northern Highlands 9, Glen Rock 9, and Ramapo 9.
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Garber Square construction project

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Garber Square construction project

TRAFFIC ALERT – Garber Square Complete Streets Project

The Garber Square paving project resumed Monday, August 25th. The work is taking place 7:30am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. During construction, vehicles will be able to use alternating lanes (one lane will be closed), supervised by Police Officers. It is recommended that the public use alternate routes during construction to avoid potential traffic congestion. Thank you for your patience.

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Photos by Boyd Loving