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Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

President Obama Blames Parents

Barack Obama: Muslim elders too ‘boring’ to win Isil propaganda war

Islam is not to blame for rise of Islamic State says Barack Obama, arguing people not religion responsible for violence and terrorism

By Peter Foster, Washington

11:27PM GMT 18 Feb 2015

President Barack Obama has warned that Muslim community leaders are in danger of losing the propaganda war with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and are often too “boring” to prevent their young people from getting radicalised.

Paying Isil a back-handed compliment for the effectiveness of its gruesome social media outreach campaign, Mr Obama said it was imperative to reach young Muslims and address their social, political and economic grievances in a way that they understood.

“By the way, [to] the older people here – as wise and respected as you may be – your stuff is often boring,” he told a White House summit on combatting the rise of extremism, “compared to what they’re doing. You’re not connected. And as a consequence, you are not connecting.”

Mr Obama it was time to be “honest” that slickly-produced Isil videos of fighting scenes, beheadings other atrocities were succeeding in brainwashing young Muslims.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/11421767/Barack-Obama-Muslim-elders-too-boring-to-win-Isil-propaganda-war.html

Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — 5 Comments

Glen Rock wig-wearing bank robber still at large, gender unknown

Glen Rock wig-wearing bank robber still at large, gender unknown

FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 5:42 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 5:42 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

GLEN ROCK — As detectives continue to pursue the wigged robber behind Wednesday’s mid-morning holdup of the Glen Rock Savings Bank, one question remains: Are police on a manhunt or a ladyhunt?

Questions concerning the gender of the stick-up suspect — who wore women’s sunglasses, a rose-colored wig, and carried a handbag to the heist — continue to go unanswered as speculation grows that the robber is in fact a sir.

Early information from officers suggested the robber was female, but police later clarified the sex of the suspect wasn’t entirely clear.

As the robber fled the bank Wednesday with more than $100,0000 in cash, he or she shed the wig and ditched the gun that was used in the crime’s commission.

Police Chief Fred Stahman commented Wednesday that the robber’s gun may have been designed to fire paintballs.

Soon after photos were released of the suspect, Facebook users commented that the robber couldn’t be a woman with that rugged jawline and seemingly receding hairline.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-wig-wearing-bank-robber-still-at-large-gender-unknown-1.1274633

Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — 8 Comments

Ridgewood asks resident to clear out snow near hydrants

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Ridgewood asks resident to clear out snow near hydrants

February 19, 2015 Last updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 3:00 PM
By By Darius Amos

The majority of Ridgewood’s 722 fire hydrants have been cleared of snow and ice, but municipal and public safety officials are reminding residents to take action if another winter storm rears its head.

In a village-wide message delivered to E-Notice subscribers late last week, Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld urged residents to free their neighborhood hydrants of snow, ice and other debris. For property owners who cannot clean a path around the hydrant themselves, Sonenfeld advised that notice should be given to her office or the Ridgewood Fire Department.

“We understand that there are residents who are not able to do so,” Sonenfeld said.

Fire Chief James Van Goor added that his department will respond “if we missed any.”

According to Van Goor, Ridgewood firefighters tour the village and clear snow from hydrants “for a couple of days after a storm.” Though the village ultimately completes the job, officials request that residents assist in the process and remove snow from hydrants when possible.

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/2.4225/ridgewood-asks-resident-to-clear-out-snow-near-hydrants-1.1274590

Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — 2 Comments

Developers, opponents sum up points on Ridgewood proposal to allow density housing downtown

Developers, opponents sum up points on Ridgewood proposal to allow density housing downtown

FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 9:57 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 9:57 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — Attorneys representing developers with plans for high-density multifamily housing complexes downtown have made their final pitches on a pending amendment to the village’s master plan.

Ridgewood’s Planning Board heard final summations Thursday night from two attorneys for the three developers that have requested the master plan change, and another that was retained by a grassroots citizens group opposed to the village ordinance that permitted the developers to ask for such an amendment.

If approved by village officials, the proposed master plan amendment would clear the way for all three projects, slated for various parcels throughout the downtown.

The three developers have plans to construct a combined 208 apartments downtown.

Attorney Thomas Wells, who represents two of the developers, said that experts have testified there is a need for more housing options in Ridgewood, especially for empty-nesters.

Wells said experts also postulated that traffic in the village would barely be impacted by the new housing developments and that the projects would not worsen Ridgewood’s well-established dearth of parking space.

The proposed housing projects will be a boon to business in the village, Wells said.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/developers-opponents-sum-up-points-on-ridgewood-proposal-to-allow-density-housing-downtown-1.1274658

Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — 1 Comment

Trey Gowdy: Time for a Select Committee to Investigate the IRS Scandal

IRS officials face the House Oversight Committee in Washington, DC

Trey Gowdy: Time for a Select Committee to Investigate the IRS Scandal

Feb 18, 2015 12:13 PM EST

GREENVILLE, S.C.—At a Republican Party fundraising breakfast in his district on Wednesday, Representative Trey Gowdy suggested that the congressional GOP needed to investigate the IRS’s scrutiny of political groups with the same intensity that it was investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi.

“I’m glad that the speaker of the House convened a select committee on Benghazi,” said Gowdy, a former prosecutor who chairs that panel. “I think it makes every bit as much sense to convene a select committee on the IRS. Now that we have the Senate, the Senate has tools the House doesn’t have in terms of getting e-mails and cooperation. It has nothing to do with politics. Do you really want an IRS targeting you based on your political beliefs?”

The congressman, flanked by colleagues Mick Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan, took most of the questions at the $25-per-head voter briefing. Mulvaney encouraged fellow Republicans to win the moral argument about immigration reform, instead of allowing the issue to be frozen and polarized. “If you hear us talking 10 percent about the Constitution and 90 percent about something else, that’s why,” he said. Gowdy described the ways that Democrats had undermined his committee—mostly by portraying it as heartlessly partisan.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-02-18/trey-gowdy-time-for-a-select-committee-to-investigate-the-irs-scandal

Posted on February 20, 2015February 19, 2015 by James — 1 Comment

Worried depositors rush to pull cash out of Greek banks

Worried depositors rush to pull cash out of Greek banks

Germany accuses Greeks of ‘Trojan horse’ tactics over bail-out deal .Athen’s proposal for bail-out extension are rejected by Germany setting two countries on a collision course before crunch talks

By Dody Tsiantar, Special to CNBC.com

In the midst of the dramatic showdown in Brussels between the new Greek government and its European creditors, many Greek depositors—spooked by the prospect of a Greek default or, worse, an exit from the euro zone and a possible return to the drachma—have been pulling euros out of the nation’s banks in record amounts over the last few days.

The Bank of Greece and the European Central Bank won’t report official cash outflows for January until the end of the month. But sources in the Greek banking sector have told Greek newspapers that as much as 25 billion euros (US $28.4 billion) have left Greek banks since the end of December. According to the same sources, an estimated 900 million euros flowed out of Greek banks on Tuesday alone, the day after the talks broke up in Brussels, sparking fears that measures will be taken to stem the outflow. On Thursday, by mid-afternoon, deposits had shrunk by about 680 million euros (US $77.3 million).

“If outflows reach 1 billion euros, capital controls might need to be imposed,” said Thanasis Koukakis, a financial editor for Estia a conservative daily, and To Vima, an influential Sunday newspaper.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/102439432

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Spectrum for Living Clients Deliver Cards to Valley Hospital

Spectrum for Living Clients Deliver Cards to Valley Hospital

In honor of American Heart Month, The Valley Hospital welcomed clients from Spectrum for Living to the Cardiac Center. The clients delivered handmade cards to patients receiving cardiac therapy in recognition of American Heart Month. The cards will be displayed throughout the Cardiac Center throughout the month of February.

Currently, Spectrum for Living facilities and services touch the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities in over 100 New Jersey communities. Spectrum for Living is one of New Jersey’s most respected and recognized not-for-profit organizations assisting adults with developmental disabilities in Bergen, Passaic, Middlesex and Monmouth counties. Spectrum provides a wide array of housing, medical, clinical, habilitative, social and educational services to more than 200 residential consumers and hundreds of community clients.

For more information, please contact Spectrum for Living at (201) 358-8000 or [email protected].

Posted on February 19, 2015February 19, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

For many in U.S., cash saved at gas pump is staying in pockets

For many in U.S., cash saved at gas pump is staying in pockets

FEBRUARY 19, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
WIRE SERVICE

* Reduced spending may slow economy for quarter

WASHINGTON — In recent months, the stage seemed set for American consumers to do what they’ve traditionally done best: spend money — and drive the economy.

The lowest gas prices in five years had given people more spending money. Employers added more than 1 million jobs from November through January, the best three-month pace in 17 years. Businesses even raised pay in December. Economists had forecast that last week’s retail sales report for January would show a healthy rise.

And yet — to the surprise of analysts — consumers have held their wallets closely.

Even though Americans spent $6.7 billion less at gas stations in January than they had two months earlier, the extra cash didn’t get spent anywhere else: Retail sales, excluding gas, fell slightly from November to January.

The unexpected pullback provided evidence that drivers had used their extra money to further rebuild their savings and reduce their debts — a trend that began after the financial crisis and recession.

In the long run, deeper savings and shrunken debts benefit individual households — and, eventually, even the economy as a whole, because they supply fuel for a sustained flow of future spending.

For now, though, the slowdown in consumer spending likely means the economy will grow more slowly in the first quarter of the year than economists had previously envisioned. Their forecast now is for annualized growth of 2.5 percent from January through March, down from an earlier estimate of about 3 percent.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/consumers-aren-t-buying-it-1.1274319

Posted on February 19, 2015February 19, 2015 by James — 2 Comments

United Water replacing water meters in Bergen County to allow remote reading of data

United Water replacing water meters in Bergen County to allow remote reading of data

FEBRUARY 19, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

United Water has begun replacing customers’ aging water meters with models that can be read remotely and provide water-use data to quickly pinpoint leaks. The project will take several years.

The new meters have sensors that can communicate over a long-range radio network and send frequent updates on the flow of water into a customer’s residence or building. That data can help United Water identify a sudden and sustained spike in water use for a particular customer and let them know they might have a leak on their property, said Steven Goudsmith, a United Water spokesman.

With the old meters, customers might have no idea for weeks that they have a leak until their monthly water bill arrives, Goudsmith said.

United Water, a subsidiary of the French for-profit water giant Suez, provides drinking water to about 200,000 accounts in Bergen and Hudson counties, servicing about 800,000 people.

“The new meters will also provide more convenience for our customers since you won’t have to stay home and wait for someone to come and read the meter,” said Goudsmith. “It reduces the concerns of some seniors with security issues and people getting into their homes by posing as utility personnel.”

Goudsmith did not have an estimated cost for the new meters, because they will be installed over many years.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/technology/united-water-replacing-all-older-meters-1.1274309

Posted on February 19, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — 4 Comments

An all Democratic panel? Or has this moved to a campaign event for PA? And we all thought he was just being civil

An all Democratic panel? Or has this moved to a campaign event for PA? And we all thought he was just being civil.

At some point these quasi-public meetings move from discussing procedure (i.e., the process by which unreconcilable dissenters are isolated, frozen, and embarrassed, preferably one at a time), to discussing substance (once the meetings have been purged of non-likeminded people, the real agenda can be discussed and moved forward), all without the need to publish an agenda before the meeting or the minutes afterward, UNLESS…both M’s Knudsen and Sedon would do us all the favor of breaking up the party by attending all of these meetings in their official capacities, thereby triggering the Sunshine Law…?

Posted on February 19, 2015February 19, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit

By Geoff Earle

February 18, 2015 | 10:37pm

WASHINGTON — They’re burning and beheading victims in the name of Islam, but President Obama delivered a major speech Wednesday on combating violent extremism — while refusing to use the words “Muslim terrorists.”

“No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism,” Obama told a crowd that included Muslim community leaders at the White House.

Following months of unrelenting atrocities by ISIS killers who released videos of themselves beheading US journalists and, most recently, 21 Coptic Christians, and burning a man alive, the president kowtowed to the audience by proclaiming that “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.”

“Generations of Muslim immigrants came here and went to work as farmers and merchants and factory workers, helped to lay railroads and build up America,” he said.

“The first Islamic center in New York City was founded in the 1890s. America’s first mosque — this was an interesting fact — was in North Dakota.”

https://nypost.com/2015/02/18/obama-refuses-to-acknowledge-muslim-terrorists-at-summit/

Posted on February 19, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — 1 Comment

HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
349 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015

…HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS…LONG
ISLAND…COASTAL CONNECTICUT…AND MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES…HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 17 BELOW DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES…0 TO 5 ABOVE.

* TIMING…THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…THE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE
VENTURING OUTSIDE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CA– USE FROSTBITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

Posted on February 18, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — 2 Comments

Civility in Public Discourse – Tuesday, February 24th at 7:30PM

Civility in Public Discourse – Tuesday, February 24th at 7:30PM

The Village of Ridgewood will host a panel discussion on “Civility in Public Discourse” on Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30pm at the Ridgewood Public Library.

Panelists will include Lynne Algrant, Councilwoman, Englewood; Stephen Borg, Publisher / President, North Jersey Media Group; Jacqueline Luthcke, Captain, Ridgewood Police Department; Robert Sommer, Public Affairs Executive / Jersey City Official; James Tedesco, Bergen County Executive.

The facilitator for the discussion will be David Fine, Rabbi, Temple Israel. “This panel discussion will provide a good opportunity to take our conversation about civility to the next level,” explained Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn. “These community leaders each offer an important perspective, and we are fortunate to have this chance to engage them in such a meaningful way.” The event will be open to the public. WHAT: Panel Discussion on Civility in Public Discourse WHEN: Tuesday, February 24 7:30p to 9:00p WHERE: Ridgewood Public Library 125 North Maple Avenue, WHO: Panelists Lynne Algrant, Councilwoman, Englewood Stephen Borg, Publisher / President, North Jersey Media Group Jacqueline Luthcke, Captain, Ridgewood Police Department Robert Sommer, Public Affairs Executive / Jersey City Official James Tedesco, Bergen County Executive Facilitator David Fine, Rabbi, Temple Israel HOW: Remarks by panelists, followed by questions / answers.

Posted on February 18, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — 5 Comments

Breaking News: Glen Rock Bank Robbed in Broad Daylight

The Glen Rock Police Department released a photo of the suspect on its Facebook page.

Breaking News Glen Rock Bank Robbed in Broad Daylight
February 18,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood Nj, Glen Rock Savings was robbed at gun point this morning at 10:45 am . Sources describe that a women in a pink wig ,armed with a gun and an LV ( Louis Vuitton ) bag robbed the Glen Rock Savings of $116,000 on 183 Rock Road. No one was hurt.

FBI agents as well as officers from Glen Rock, Ridgewood and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

Those with information about the robbery are asked to call Glen Rocj Det. James Calaski at (201) 670-3948 or Det. Sgt Eric Reamy at (201) 670-3947.

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