Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital : Don’t give up on yourself. . . or your pet!
Now is the time when enthusiasm for New Year’s Resolutions diminishes. If one of them was to get in shape, remember you are helping your pet, too! With poor weather, everyone tends to stay indoors more and get less exercise.
Take advantage of the warmer days by taking a longer walk, and stay positive – the days are already getting longer! How do you exercise with your pet?
FEMA Tips – Be Safe in Dangerously Low Temperatures
Dangerously low temperatures are in the forecast and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants individuals and families to be safe when faced with the hazards of cold temperatures.
“Subfreezing temperatures can be dangerous and even life-threatening for people who don’t take the proper precautions,” said Andrew Velasquez III, FEMA Regional Administrator. “It is important for everyone to monitor their local weather reports and take steps now to stay safe during times of extreme cold temperatures.”
During cold weather, you should take the following precautions:
• Stay indoors as much as possible and limit your exposure to the cold;
• Dress in layers and keep dry;
• Check on family, friends, and neighbors who are at risk and may need additional assistance;
• Know the symptoms of cold-related health issues such as frostbite and hypothermia and seek medical attention if health conditions are severe;
• Bring your pets indoors or ensure they have a warm shelter area with unfrozen water;
• Make sure your vehicle has an emergency kit that includes an ice scraper, blanket and flashlight – and keep the fuel tank above half full.
You can find more information and tips on being ready for winter weather and extreme cold temperatures at www.ready.gov/winter. You can also follow Ready online on Twitter at twitter.com/ReadydotGov and on Facebook at facebook.com/readygov.
Obama: ‘I would not let my son play pro football’
January 19, 2014, 10:10 am
By Justin Sink
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/195895-obama-danger-of-concussions-in-nfl-no-longer-a-secret#ixzz2qs3d8oMx
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President Obama said that he believed NFL players “know what they’re doing” and understood the impact that concussions could have on their long-term health in an interview with The New Yorker published on Sunday, adding that he would not let his son play pro football.
In August, the NFL agreed to a $765 million settlement in a lawsuit brought against the league by former players. The league did not admit any liability or that brain injuries were the result of playing football, but the money will be split among former players and medical researchers. A federal judge has not yet approved the deal.
Existing research has shown that repeated concussions can be associated with memory loss and behavioral changes. They’re also linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease.
Super Bowl? The big game’s economic impact will be smaller than advertised
The New York Daily News recently ran an article with this assertion about the Super Bowl: “As many as 400,000 fans are expected to descend on the Meadowlands for the Super Bowl.”
Perhaps. But if they do, 320,000 of them will spend the evening standing around in the swamp. MetLife Stadium holds a mere 80,000.
This is typical of the hype surrounding the Super Bowl. Also typical is the claim that the big game will bring more than $500 million into the regional economy.
Not even close. That’s the conclusion of a study titled “Super Bowl or Super Hyperbole?”co-authored by economist Victor Matheson. The study runs for 32 data-packed pages, but the conclusion is simply stated: “The evidence indicates that at best the Super Bowl contributes approximately one-quarter of what the NFL promises.”
When I called Matheson at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, he told me the NFL typically overestimates the value of the game to the local economy. As for those 400,000 fans, for example, “that’s beyond the capacity of the local hotels to host,” he said. “Most estimates are that about 100,000 people come to a city for the Super Bowl.” (Mulshine/Star-Ledger)
In his inaugural address, Buchanan, who had won, in no small part, due to the support he had garnered in the southern states, reiterated a belief that had been one of the major running points of his campaign: that slavery was a matter for states and territories to decide, not the federal government. He went on to suggest that the matter was one that would be easily resolved, both “speedily and finally.” Historians have cited these remarks as indicative of Buchanan’s fundamental misunderstanding of the issue.
Democrats Airbrush Pro-Slavery, Civil War and Segregation from Their History
by
BRYAN PRESTON
September 4, 2012 – 10:08 amThe Democrats’ new website propagates an old lie: That their party wasn’t the party of racism and oppression for most of American history. Jeffrey Lord picked up the lie on their site and in a new DNC video starring the party’s chairman, Rep. Debbbie “Dead Last” Wasserman Schultz.
At retirement Buchanan devoted much of his time to defending his handling of events leading to the Civil War, for which he was ultimately blamed. In 1866 he published a memoir, in which he laid blame for the war on abolitionists and Republicans. … (somethings never change )https://www.biography.com/people/james-buchanan-9230228?page=2
Check the “Our History” section, found here of the DNC’s website. See it? The history section — now written to reflect the history of the Obama administration — begins with this breathtakingly bold lie:
For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights…..
That is one of the most massive lies ever told to the American public.
During the first half of the 19th Century, the Democratic Party was the party of racism oppression and slavery. This is not a debatable assertion, it’s simply a fact. The Democrats were divided over slavery, between those who accommodated it and those who actively supported it. Their party officially supported slavery in its six platforms from 1840 to 1860. They opposed the constitutional amendments that wiped out slavery and set the freed slaves on the path to full voting citizenship. They repealed a Republican-passed civil rights law in 1892. Again, not debatable: Simply a fact.
In 1854, the Whig Party collapsed and the Republican Party was born. The Republicans were the anti-slavery party. Neither party could at the time claim the mantle of truly supporting equality and civil rights, but of the two, the Republicans were clearly the party that sought to abolish slavery. The Democrats have no claim at all to supporting civil rights at that time. The election of Republican abolition supporter Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was met by the southern Democrats with secession. The Democrats started a war to divide the country in order to preserve slavery.
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Democrats became the party of Jim Crow and segregation. Again, not debatable: Simply a fact. The Democrats controlled the South from Reconstruction to the 1960s and on into the 1980s for some southern states. During that time, up until 1964, Democrats opposed civil rights and were far more likely to stand on the side of segregation, if not outright population control among races that certain Democrat elites deemed “undesirable.” Republicans were more likely to vote for the 1964 act than Democrats, and it would not have passed without GOP support. Planned Parenthood stands today as the legacy of racist eugenicist Margaret Sanger. In Texas, the Democratic Party pioneered what it called “white primaries” in which non-whites could not participate. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as was President Harry Truman and former Democratic icon Sen. Robert Byrd. Democrats lionize all of these figures today and happily accept the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood. The Klan itself was regarded for decades as the Democratic Party’s paramilitary wing. None of this is debatable. They are just facts.The Democrats’ new website propagates an old lie: That their party wasn’t the party of racism and oppression for most of American history. Jeffrey Lord picked up the lie on their site and in a new DNC video starring the party’s chairman, Rep. Debbbie “Dead Last” Wasserman Schultz.
Check the “Our History” section, found here of the DNC’s website. See it? The history section — now written to reflect the history of the Obama administration — begins with this breathtakingly bold lie:
For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights…..
That is one of the most massive lies ever told to the American public.
During the first half of the 19th Century, the Democratic Party was the party of racism oppression and slavery. This is not a debatable assertion, it’s simply a fact. The Democrats were divided over slavery, between those who accommodated it and those who actively supported it. Their party officially supported slavery in its six platforms from 1840 to 1860. They opposed the constitutional amendments that wiped out slavery and set the freed slaves on the path to full voting citizenship. They repealed a Republican-passed civil rights law in 1892. Again, not debatable: Simply a fact.
In 1854, the Whig Party collapsed and the Republican Party was born. The Republicans were the anti-slavery party. Neither party could at the time claim the mantle of truly supporting equality and civil rights, but of the two, the Republicans were clearly the party that sought to abolish slavery. The Democrats have no claim at all to supporting civil rights at that time. The election of Republican abolition supporter Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was met by the southern Democrats with secession. The Democrats started a war to divide the country in order to preserve slavery.
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Democrats became the party of Jim Crow and segregation. Again, not debatable: Simply a fact. The Democrats controlled the South from Reconstruction to the 1960s and on into the 1980s for some southern states. During that time, up until 1964, Democrats opposed civil rights and were far more likely to stand on the side of segregation, if not outright population control among races that certain Democrat elites deemed “undesirable.” Republicans were more likely to vote for the 1964 act than Democrats, and it would not have passed without GOP support. Planned Parenthood stands today as the legacy of racist eugenicist Margaret Sanger. In Texas, the Democratic Party pioneered what it called “white primaries” in which non-whites could not participate. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as was President Harry Truman and former Democratic icon Sen. Robert Byrd. Democrats lionize all of these figures today and happily accept the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood. The Klan itself was regarded for decades as the Democratic Party’s paramilitary wing. None of this is debatable. They are just facts.
Readers Take Sides on Food Delivery Ban for Ridgewood Schools
I don’t care what you feed your kids. They can have a bag of Oreos for lunch for all I care. The distribution at the schools is an unnecessary burden and possibly an insurance issue. School property is not yours to use as a distribution center for your favorite deli
Why can’t you suck it up and go to West Side Bagels or Parkwood in the AM? I think that they are open and you will be free to feed your kids the healthy deli food that you crave. Next you will be wanting your dry cleaning there for the convenience.
I think that the food delivery is another “look at me” Ridgewood issue. I am so special that I have my lunch ordered in from a local caterer. Aren’t I special?
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Why are these posters so in favor of regulating what should be a free market? Whether lunch is from home, a local business, or purchased at school – it is MY CHOICE. Yes, I have the time and desire to make lunches at home. But when my kids ask for something different, or its my suggestion to patronize a local business – why do you care? My kids tell me their friends still won’t buy in school because the food is terrible. So now I will pick up the lunches on my way to work and drop them off at the schools. Nothing will change – because that is my choice. Kudos to the entrepreneurs and I hope they find a solution. The private sector usually does. .. . . ..
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Pack your kids lunch the night before and get over it. Better yet, have them make it themselves! I am a working mom and we’ve been making lunches every night for the last 15 years that my kids have attended RHS. They, too, do not like the food and refuse to buy. Take 5 minutes over the weekend to pick up lunch meats and bread. If the kids want Parkwood, pick it up the night before and pack it up. The school office staff have no business sorting through lunches, dealing with lunch orders that are incorrect, not delivered or stolen. If the vendors can come up with an unobtrusive, workable plan that does not draw down school resources or conflict with contracts, even better.
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I also think that the families should figure out their own healthy lunches. Don’t they feed their kids healthy food at every meal? Sometimes I think that parents hold others to higher standards than they have at home. PB&J is a good lunch, I think that I ate it for 12 years.
I also think that the school should press the food service to offer healthier – and appetizing – selections. I am sure that there are competitors who would love to have the contract.
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Pomptonian food service is run by knuckleheads a friend of mine woked for a neighboring school district which was taken over by pomptonian she witnessed firsthand hamburgers being taken off rolls from the day before and put on fresh rolls and served it’s all about them making money they don’t care about the quality of your kids food also pizza that was served in the grammar school was reheated the next day and served to the kids in high school
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Ridgewood’s tallest office building makes its way to the sales block
Friday, January 17, 2014
The Ridgewood News
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has announced the exclusive listing for the sale of The Lincoln Building, a 24,000-square-foot office property located at 45 N. Broad St. in Ridgewood, according to David E. Thurston, vice president in the firm’s New Jersey office and the broker with the listing. The asset is being offered at a sale price of $5.2 million. The Lincoln Building is Ridgewood’s tallest office building and is located across North Broad Street from the Ridgewood Train Station. The property’s location is within two blocks of three of the four current new developments being discussed in Ridgewood.
North Jersey towns unite in effort to lower utility bills
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 2014, 12:44 AM
BY DAVE SHEINGOLD
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
A growing contingent of North Jersey municipalities is looking to use the power in numbers to cut residents’ utility bills through large-scale purchasing programs that promise better electricity prices.
At least 15 municipalities in the region are at various stages of adopting the programs, which advocates say allow them to pool the buying power of residents as a way of lowering their bills.
Residents in municipalities that approve the programs are automatically enrolled and must notify their borough or city halls if they want to withdraw and stay with traditional utility companies like Public Service Electric and Gas or Jersey Central Power & Light.
Officials say the programs promise to save the average homeowner $80 to $120 over a year’s time.
The programs use a 2003 state law that lets municipalities effectively take over energy purchasing for residents when market conditions are favorable. Local officials started pursuing the law last year when energy-price trends began working for the idea after years when they did not.
“The impetus behind it is to try to find a way to save residents, as well as businesses, money. It’s power in numbers,” said Michael Capobianco, borough manager in Little Ferry, the first municipality in Bergen and Passaic counties to seek bids from energy suppliers. Borough residents are expected to start getting lower-priced power this year.
“If we can take 10 percent off someone’s energy bill over the course of a year, it’s fantastic,” Capobianco said.
How religion cuts crime: Church-goers are less likely to shoplift, take drugs and download music illegally
Study found people who visit places of worship commit fewer crimes The more frequent the visits, the lower the chance of delinquent behaviour Crimes ranged from littering and music piracy up to the use of illegal drugs
By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON
PUBLISHED: 05:00 EST, 14 January 2014 | UPDATED: 07:30 EST, 14 January 2014
People who regularly visit a place of worship are less likely to get involved in low level crime and delinquency, according to new research.
A survey from Manchester University found a direct correlation between higher visits to religious places and lower crime figures, especially in relation to shoplifting, drug use and music piracy.
Researchers believe this is because religion not only teaches people about ‘moral and behavioural norms’, but also spending time with like-minded people makes it less likely they’ll get mixed up with the ‘wrong crowd’.
Shown here seated, left to right, are: preceptor Lindsay Buldo and infusion fellow Alyssa Duerr Hatler. Shown standing, left to right are: Valerie Quigley, interim clinical shift coordinator, Outpatient Infusion Center; infusion fellow Caree Guzman; Ann Marie Leichman, vice president, Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer; preceptor Veronica Monroy; and Sandy Balentine, director, Clinical Oncology.
New Outpatient Oncology Nursing Fellowship Program Launched
January 15, 2014
Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations to two Valley nurses, who are forging a new path as the hospital’s first outpatient oncology nursing fellows. Caree Guzman, RN, and Alyssa Duerr Hatler, RN, are piloting a new program that offers Valley RNs an opportunity to become trained in oncology care and chemotherapy delivery, and to provide patient care in the Outpatient Infusion Center at the Blumenthal Cancer Center.
The new Outpatient Oncology Nursing Fellowship Program was developed through a collaboration among Valley’s Blumenthal Cancer Center and the departments of Patient Care Services and Education to meet a need for high-quality specialized care for oncology patients, says Sandy Balentine, RN, MSN, OCN, director of Clinical Oncology.
“As our volume of infusion patients grew, we had difficulty in filling positions for experienced infusion nurses who can administer chemotherapy,” she says. “We modeled our new fellowship program after our successful graduate nurses residency program and posted application information internally to Valley Health System RNs. Our nurses are already familiar with our Valley culture and vision, so this program became another avenue to train our own as we meet a need for specialized cancer care.”
The fellowship is a four-month program developed and managed by Sandy as team leader; interim clinical shift coordinator Valerie Quigley, RN, OCN, as unit resource coordinator; and educator Colleen Bardi, RN. Preceptors for Caree and Alyssa are Outpatient Infusion Center nurses Lindsay Buldo, RN, OCN; Veronica Monroy, RN, OCN; and Cheryl Taylor Butcher, RN, OCN. The program’s curriculum includes daily meetings and weekly summations; journal-keeping; education on cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy; clinical experiences; and tumor conferences. Competencies must be completed following chemotherapy administration and documentation.
The fellows also visit the Valley pharmacy to watch how chemotherapy medications are compounded, and they spend time shadowing the Cancer Center’s physicians and meeting with oncology social workers and clerical staff. They also observe port placements and other surgical procedures in the OR.
“At the completion of the program, our fellows can take the course for a chemotherapy certificate by the national Oncology Nursing Society,” adds Sandy.
Judge denies Bergen executive’s request to block police merger until lawsuit resolved
Thursday, January 16, 2014 Last updated: Friday January 17, 2014, 12:09 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
A judge denied on Thursday the Bergen County Executive’s request to block a merger of the County Police into the Sheriff’s Office until a lawsuit over the case is resolved.
But Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan’s side saw the ruling as a victory because Judge Menelaos W. Toskos also noted that any merger cannot go forward without the County Executive and the Sheriff reaching agreement on the details.
Because the freeholders cannot force Donovan to sign such an agreement, the merger won’t happen so long as she is county executive, her staff said.
“It’s a huge victory for the taxpayers because I don’t have to budget $3 million to $4 million to implement this ill-conceived plan,” County Administrator Ed Trawinski said of the ruling.
The president plans to limit the NSA’s most controversial program. Will it be enough to calm privacy fears?
By Brendan Sasso
January 17, 2014
President Obama will outline a plan Friday to limit the National Security Agency program that collects records on virtually all phone calls within the United States.
A senior administration official told National Journal that Obama will announce an end to the program “as it currently exists.”
The NSA’s bulk collection of phone records is the most controversial revelation from the leaks by Edward Snowden, and ending the program is the top goal of privacy advocates.
Obama will require the NSA to obtain a court order every time it wants to search through the phone record database, according to the administration official.
Previously, NSA analysts were supposed to have “reasonable, articulable suspicion” that a phone number was associated with terrorism before accessing its call history, but the analysts could perform the search without any court approval.
The administration official said Obama has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and top intelligence officials to come up with a proposal to “preserve the necessary capabilities of the program” without the government holding the phone records.
Privacy advocates have urged the government to give up control over the vast phone database. The president’s review panel also recommended that a private group hold the records.
But privacy advocates would fiercely oppose any mandate requiring telecom companies to maintain the records. And the companies themselves have no interest in new regulatory requirements to oversee the massive database.
The database includes “metadata” such as phone numbers, call times, and call durations—but not the contents of any conversations.
Intelligence officials argue that the program, which they say was authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, is critical for “connecting the dots” and combatting terrorism.
But the president’s own review panel concluded that the program has not been responsible for preventing any terrorist attacks.
Sunday, January 26 from 11:00am – 3:00pm YWCA Bergen County is joining the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and Ridgewood YMCA for a Pre-Game Celebration Week! The day will be filled with football themed fun and activities! There will be a magician, sports and games for kids, football bloopers, a raffle for autographed footballs and other fun giveaways, workouts and so much more! And don’t miss the big taste-off competition with local restaurants bringing in samples of their best tailgate foods for judging by our esteemed panel! Bring a friend and join us for this FREE event! For more information, call 201-444-5600 ext. 400 or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org.
For these ten days, participating restaurants are offering you the chance to experience dining in Ridgewood like never before.Each chef is preparing a tantalizing 3-course, prix-fixe menu for your dining pleasure. Choose from 3 appetizers, 3 entrees and 3 desserts for only $25.14.
For more details, please call us at 201-445-2600 or email [email protected] www.experienceridgewood.com
Brick Lane Curry House
201-670-7311
It’s Greek to Me
201-612-2600 (Dinner for two at $25.14)
LaBottega
201-445-7222
LaPiazza Bistro Italiano
201-447-5111
LaTour, A French-American Grill
201-445-5056 (Lunch Only)
Mediterraneo Restaurant
201-447-0022
Memoire
201-857-8899
Omaha Steaks
201-251-9256
Park West Tavern
201-445-5400
Pearl Restaurant
201-857-5100
Raymond’s
201-445-5125
Ridgewood Fare Dining & Catering
201-857-8400
Sakura-Bana Japanese
201-447-6525
The Office Beer Bar & Grill Restaurant
201-652-1070
Village Green Restaurant
201-445-2914 (lunch Only)
