N.J. pols say Super Bowl program ignores host state
Saturday, January 25, 2014 Last updated: Saturday January 25, 2014, 11:49 AM
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. — Football fans who think they’re coming to New York City for the Super Bowl will find plenty of activities, parties and attractions. What they won’t find is a stadium, or the actual game.
That’s because it’s being played in New Jersey, but some angry politicians say you’d never know it, judging by the promotional materials from the NFL.
Chef Giocomo Mistretta’s salmon from Mémoire named in ELISA UNG’s column The best dishes I ate this month
* While grilled salmon seems like an afterthought at many restaurants, Chef Giocomo Mistretta’s salmon is a star of the menu at the new Mémoire in Ridgewood. A cranberry ginger honey butter makes it distinctive, while a bed of Israeli couscous and root vegetables rounds out the comforting dish ($24). 16-18 Chestnut St., Ridgewood; 201-857-8899, diningatmemoire.com –
Ridgewood to see hike in Super Bowl activities
Friday January 24, 2014, 2:07 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Though extra revenue is usually always welcomed, the prospect of making money isn’t the only reason Ridgewood is getting into the Super Bowl business.
Ridgewood has planned a smorgasbord of football-centric activities for the week leading up to the big game (see full list below), with most of those programs consisting of donated time and items. Participation in most of those programs is free of charge, and two larger venues are charging a nominal admission fee of $5.
The National Football League and the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee does not fund any non-sanctioned community events.
The host committee, the community-affairs arm of the Super Bowl, initially selected several North Jersey towns as a “place to visit” when the league announced MetLife Stadium as its host venue. Ridgewood was among the municipalities on the list, which also included the Meadowlands towns, Hoboken, Jersey City, Montclair and Newark, among others.
A group of village residents held brainstorming sessions with hopes of producing unique events for the town, but timing and logistics slowly thwarted large-scale plans. Still, that hasn’t stopped Ridgewood from planning a party.
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If the U.S. Supreme Court applies an appropriate constitutional analysis the NSA’s program of wholesale collection of data will be dismantled
I just read the Constitutional Law section of the Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board’s January 23, 2014 Report on the NSA’s Telephone Records Program. I also skimmed the other sections, including one that analyzes the policy aspects of the program. The entire document can be found at: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1008957-final-report.html
As an attorney, I found the Constitutional law section to be well-written, incisive, and balanced. As a citizen and patriot, I appreciate the fact that the authors of this report appear to have a firm grip on the fact that the ultimate authority in this country resides in the citizens themselves (We the People), regardless of what anyone vocationally associated with the Federal Government, or philosophically committed to promoting statism, may believe to the contrary.
I am now convinced that the NSA’s program of wholesale collection and long-term storage of U.S. citizens’ telephone data is a vastly expensive and expansive sitting duck that will be dismantled and cast onto the ash heap of history as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court applies an appropriate constitutional analysis to it, if not sooner (e.g., pursuant to a lawful order of a lower court). It is absolutely unconscionable that such a program was allowed to proceed as far as it did, and our federal government should be ashamed of itself.
Regardless of what anyone believes the definition of the terms ‘traitor’ and ‘treason’ to be, Edward Snowden did all U.S. citizens a solid favor by so clearly bringing the scope and details of this program to the attention of the U.S. public at large. Why? Because without the enormous amount of concentrated critical attention on the NSA that Snowden triggered, this behemoth of a government program and system could well have closed the loop on all of our freedoms and important constitutional rights in a very short period of time (e.g., before the end of the Obama Administration), permanently altering the relationship between ordinary U.S. citizens and the federal government, and leaving us powerless to force the federal government to reverse course or enact necessary reforms. So if time was truly of the essence, and Snowden acted in a timely fashion, are we the law-abiding duty-bound to condemn him?
Highly-placed members of the George W. Bush administration involved in national security, and Bush-era government lawyers who should have been (and likely were) aware of the clear unconstitutionality of the program as it was designed and run prior to Obama’s inauguration in January 2009, should be roughly ignored if they persist in supporting the NSA’s bulk telephone data collection program. They are compromised from a political and professional standpoint and will never admit that what they did was wrong. Going forward, they will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into a corrected view of reality in which our constitutional rights and liberties are abruptly restored, and the federal government is forced to take its medicine.
Prices plummet for Super Bowl tickets
Updated: January 24, 2014, 6:35 PM ET
By Darren Rovell | ESPN.com
Two hungry fan bases and the wealth of the New York metropolitan area had some guessing that Super Bowl XLVIII would turn out to be the most expensive ticket in Super Bowl history.
However, judging from the reaction of the resale ticket market in the past 24 hours, it could turn out to be one of the least expensive.
On Friday, nine days before the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks meet at MetLife Stadium, the cheapest ticket to buy for the Super Bowl was $1,779 on NFL Ticket Exchange, the league’s official resale site. That’s $409 cheaper than it was on the site with this many days left last year and $809 cheaper than the year before.
Since the conference championship games ended, ticket prices have steadily plummeted. The get-in price on the NFL Ticket Exchange was $2,700 on Monday.
A sign of concern for brokers?
Julia Vander Ploeg, general manager of Ticketmaster’s resale business, which runs the NFL Ticket Exchange, said the number of tickets on the market has increased by 10 percent in the past 48 hours. And that’s before the NFL has even given the physical tickets to the majority of people the league is taking care of.
“What we have now is like a panicked stock market,” said James Kimmel, owner of Epic Seats, a ticket brokerage in Seattle. “The buyers have frozen, and the sellers are panicking.”
Ridgewood NJ, The RHS Art Gallery Committee is asking local artists and alumni to submit one framed piece of their artwork to be considered for a permanent art gallery on the walls at Ridgewood High School. The RHS Art Gallery will not only provide an opportunity for artwork to be enjoyed by students, staff and parents, but it is also an opportunity to inspire and educate upcoming student artists and to enhance the cultural and artistic experience for all.
Donated art can be any theme or medium, including photography. The ideal size for the framed work is between 16”x20” and 30”x40” but any size is welcome. An acknowledgement plaque with the artist’s name and title of the work will hang beside each piece.
To participate, by January 31 please download and complete the submission sheet and return it, along with a photo of the donated artwork, to the RHS Art Gallery Committee, c/o Linda Bradley, 724 Hillcrest Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. All submissions must be approved and will be acknowledged no later than March 15.
Social networks function like infectious diseases, according to Princeton researchers. They spread fast—and then disappear
Like the bubonic plague, Facebook will eventually come to an end.
According to new research from Princeton, which compared the ”adoption and abandonment dynamics” of social networks by “drawing analogy to the dynamics that govern the spread of infectious disease,” Facebook is beginning to die out.
Specifically, the researchers concluded that “Facebook will undergo a rapid decline in the coming years, losing 80 percent of its peak user base between 2015 and 2017.”
Students from the Ridgewood High School Bands will be selling fruit door-to-door for their annual Blitz Day, in which the goal is to reach every Ridgewood home. Through their purchases, buyers will receive luscious fruit and support the band program! Blitz Day is Sunday, February 9. However, orders can still be placed until February 21. Sellers offer orders for California navel oranges, red grapefruit, and a citrus sample (a combination of both). A mixed box of apples and pears will also be offered.
If residents are not at home on Blitz Day, they have the option to fill out order forms left at their door. Post-blitz orders can go to mailto:[email protected]. Fruit will be delivered on March 15.
The band program is made up of several bands, including Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Marching Band as well as Jazz Ensembles and other small ensembles.
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital : Antifreeze is a dangerous poison for pets
Ridgewood NJ, As winter brings in the cold, antifreeze can leak from a car’s radiator. Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol, which is a dangerous poison for pets, affecting the brain, liver and kidneys.
It may taste delicious, even sweet, to your cats or dogs at first, but it is very toxic, and even the smallest sip can be fatal. If you suspect your pet has licked antifreeze, call your veterinarian immediately.
RHS DANCE HELPS TO ELIMINATE THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS
RHS Dance Teacher Jennifer Landa will choreograph a collaborative performance by local dance groups that will join together to raise awareness and remove the stigma associated with mental illness. The performance, coordinated by the Paramus Stigma-Free Zone, will be on Saturday, January 25 at the Paramus Park Mall. The performance aims to raise awareness and remove the stigma associated with mental illness. There will be shows at 2:30, 3, and 3:30 p.m. The RHS Dance Company will participate as one of several goups in the piece, entitled “Let’s Help.” For more information visit the Paramus NJ Stigma-Free Zone at www.ParamusStigmaFree.org.
RHS girls soccer players named All-State North Team
Photo: Ridgewood seniors, Darby Kiernan, Olivia Shaw and
freshman Haley Ricciardi stand with their varsity
soccer coaches Jackie Hurley and Jeff Yearing .
Ridgewood NJ, At a banquet on January 5 for top athletes around the state, three RHS soccer players from the girls varsity soccer team were among the many honored for their excellence in their sport.
The players, forward Darby Kiernan, goalie Olivia Shaw and defender Haley Ricciardi were named to the All -State North 1 team, as voted on by coaches from across the state. Shaw was additionally named First Team All- North Jersey, and Kiernan and Ricciardi were named Second Team All-North Jersey, by The Record.
MAYOR’S OFFICE HOURS FOR RIDGEWOOD RESIDENTS – Saturday, February 1
Ridgewood NJ, Mayor Paul Aronsohn holds office hours for Ridgewood residents the first Saturday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to 11AM in the Council Chambers (Sydney V. Stoldt, Jr. Court Room) on the fourth floor of Ridgewood Village Hall. The next session is Saturday, February 1st .
From 11AM to 4PM, the Mayor will be at the Bank of America Building on E. Ridgewood Avenue at the SUPERBOWL Celebration and welcomes residents to speak or play ping pong with him there!
For an appointment to meet with the Mayor, please call the Village Clerk’s Office at 201-670-5500 ext. 206. You may come to the Mayor’s office hours without an appointment, but those with appointments will be given priority.
Reader : The notion that the 500-1,000 new residents would live in their little downtown ghetto and never venture out in a car is ridiculous
The notion that the 500-1,000 new residents would live in their little downtown ghetto and never venture out in a car is ridiculous. The notion that we need to cram more people into less breathing space is beyond stupid.
And the underlying notion that you need to change zoning laws to save the downtown is completely misplaced. A downtown exists to serve the surrounding community — not the other way around. Why are people espousing this idea that to “save” the downtown we need to put the rest of the town at risk?? Let market forces work and the downtown will stabilize. But, that’s not going to happen as long as people buy into the propaganda that we need to cram more people into town in order to help the downtown property owners. Let them lower their rents. Let them improve their properties. Let them change uses within the existing master plan to meet changing needs. Why should the rest of the town bailout the downtown property owners at our expense? Why should we fund or guarantee their profits??
Developers bought downtown properties hoping to make a profit. And now they are trying to convince the uninformed and the ignorant that somehow world peace will be achieved if only they are able to change existing laws and cram more people into the downtown.
70% of occupations could become automated over next 30 year
Is 2014 the year YOUR job will be taken by a robot? ‘Jobocalpyse’ set to strike as droids are trained to flip burgers, pour drinks – and even look after our children
Scientists predict a ‘jobocalypse’ as robots take over manual jobs A huge 70% of occupations could become automated over next 30 years Drivers, teachers, babysitters and nurses could be replaced by robots Could mean the end of the eight-hour, five-day working week
By MARK PRIGG
PUBLISHED: 12:04 EST, 20 January 2014 | UPDATED: 16:32 EST, 21 January 2014
Experts are predicting a ‘jobocalypse’ as robots take over manual jobs, while scientists at Cambridge warn that machines should have their intelligence limited to stop them outsmarting us.
A new version of the movie RoboCop (out February 12) shows us a future where technology revolutionises law enforcement, but that is just the tip of the iceberg for robotics.
‘I believe we are the inflection point where robotics are going to change everything you know and do,’ says Ben Way, author of Jobocalypse, a book about about the rise of the robots, told MailOnline.
