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Heat Wave Safety

Know What the Following Terms Mean:

Heat Wave: Prolonged period of excessive heat and humidity.

Heat Index: A number (in degrees Fahrenheit) that tells how hot it really feels when relative humidity is added to the actual air temperature. Exposure to full sunshine can increase the heat index by 15 degrees F.

Heat Cramps: Muscular pains and spasms due to heavy exertion. Although heat cramps are the least severe, they are an early signal that the body is having trouble with the heat.

Heat Exhaustion: Heat exhaustion typically occurs when people exercise heavily or work in a hot, humid place where body fluids are lost through heavy sweating. Blood flow to the skin increases, causing blood flow to decrease to the vital organs. This results in a form of mild shock. If not treated, the victim may suffer heat stroke.

Heat Stroke or Sunstroke: A life-threatening condition when the victim’s temperature control system, which produces sweating to cool the body, stops working. The body temperature can rise so high that brain damage and death may result if the body is not cooled quickly.

Know What to do When a Heat Wave is Predicted/Happening

Slow down! Avoid strenuous activity. If you must do strenuous activity, do it during the coolest part of the day, which is usually in the morning between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Stay indoors as much as possible. If air conditioning is not available, stay on the lowest floor, out of the sunshine. Try to go to a public building with air conditioning each day for several hours. Remember, electric fans do not cool the air, but they do help sweat evaporate, which cools your body.

Wear lightweight, light-colored clothing. Light colors will reflect away some of the sun’s energy.

Drink plenty of water regularly and often (even if you aren’t thirsty). Your body needs water to keep cool.

Water is the safest liquid to drink during heat emergencies. Avoid drinks with alcohol or caffeine in them. They can make you feel good briefly, but make the heat’s effects on your body worse. This is especially true about beer, which dehydrates the body.

Eat small meals and eat more often. Avoid foods that are high in protein, which increase metabolic heat.

Avoid using salt tablets unless directed to do so by a physician.

Signals of Heat Emergencies

Heat Exhaustion: Cool, moist, pale or flushed skin; heavy sweating; headache; nausea or vomiting; dizziness; and exhaustion. Body temperature will be near normal.

Heat Stroke or Sunstroke: Hot, red skin; changes in consciousness; rapid, weak pulse; and rapid, shallow breathing. Body temperature can be very high – as high as 105 degrees F. If the person was sweating from heavy work or exercise, skin may be wet; otherwise, it will feel dry.

Know What to do When a Heat Emergency Occurs

Heat Cramps: Get the person to a cooler place and have him or her rest in a comfortable position. Lightly stretch the affected muscle and replenish fluids. Give a half glass of cool water every 15 minutes. Do not give liquids with alcohol or caffeine in them, as they can make conditions worse.

Heat Exhaustion: Get the person out of the heat and into a cooler place. Remove or loosen tight clothing and apply cool, wet cloths, such as towels or sheets. If the person is conscious, give cool water to drink. Make sure the person drinks slowly. Give a half glass of cool water every 15 minutes. Do not give liquids that contain alcohol or caffeine. Let the victim rest in a comfortable position, and watch carefully for changes in his or her condition.

Heat Stroke or Sunstroke: Heat or sun stroke is a life-threatening situation. Help is needed fast. Call 9-1-1 or your local emergency number. Move the person to a cooler place. Quickly cool the body. Immerse victim in a cool bath, or wrap wet sheets around the body and fan it. Watch for signals of breathing problems. Keep the person lying down and continue to cool the body any way you can. If the victim refuses water or is vomiting or there are changes in the level of consciousness, do not give anything to eat or drink.

https://www.redcrossstl.org/ProgramsServices/DisasterServices/DisasterSafetyTips/HeatWaveSafety/tabid/261/Default.aspx

Angry public wants treason charges for media leaks
June 19, 2012
Paul Bedard
Washington Secrets
The Washington Examiner
@SecretsBedard

A clear majority of Americans believe the media is jeopardizing national security when publishing intelligence leaks, but the degree of anger depends on their political bent.

According to Rasmussen Reports, 82% percent of conservative voters think publishing secrets hurts national security, a view shared by 68 percent of moderates but only 56 percent of liberals.

In a poll that damns the media and the administration, 72% of likely U.S. voters say the leaks undermine national security. Rasmussen adds that only 14% believe the media is providing a public service when it releases that information.

Most importantly, some 51% of voters said leaking classified documents is an act of treason, bolstering congressional and Justice investigations into leaks that led to stories about the killing of Osama bin Laden and the high-tech raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

https://washingtonexaminer.com/angry-public-wants-treason-charges-for-leaks/article/2500010

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3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
by nationalhistorybeeandbowl » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:13 am

Hi Everyone,
I’m pleased to announce that Ridgewood High School will be hosting the Ridgewood Summer Open on July 6-8 at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ. These tournaments are open to everyone from middle school to those long since graduated from college. Ridgewood High School has generously given us the run of the place from Friday afternoon through (likely) Sunday afternoon to host copious amounts of quizbowl. Here’s a current tentative plan, subject to change pending interest:

Friday afternoon/evening (beginning around 5pm or so) –
Open packet submission tournament, if there is enough interest (i.e. make your own teams – no need to limit yourself to who was/is on your high school or college team). Please power mark the set, and write to an HSNCT level of difficulty. Keep tossups to 525 characters or less, please, including spaces. Distribution is:
4/4 Lit (1 US, 1 European, 1 non Western, 1 your choice)
4/4 Science (1 Bio, 1 Chem, 1 Physics, 1 something else)
4/4 History (1 US, 1 Modern or High Medieval European [1000<], 1 non Western, 1 ancient defined as until 1000 CE anywhere)
1/1 Geography
1/1 Current Events
1/1 Other Social Science (psych, anthro, soc, etc.)
2/2 Religion, Myth, Philosophy
1/1 Art (including performing arts)
1/1 Music
1/1 Trash
1/1 Your Choice of 1 Lit, Science, or History

Saturday (beginning around 10am or so; lasting until about 7-8pm) – edited for clarity @ 2:55pm on 6/14
Mirror of ATTACK (i.e. the set Adam Silverman wrote) – teams solely by high school affiliation, including for those long and not so long since graduated (with the exception of current HS coaches who can play with their team members!). There will be some sort of divisional classification so as not to frighten the children. If there is interest from teams who would like to come to this, but who have heard ATTACK, let me know, and I will likely be able to get my hands on an additional set.

Sunday (beginning around 10am or so; lasting until about 6-7pm) – edited for clarity @ 2:55pm on 6/14
Ridgewood Summer Set – this is being written as we speak. I will edit everything non-science. If anyone would like to help with science editing, please let me know. This set will be power marked and be of moderate high school difficulty. Teams will be done by high school and/or college affiliation; graduating seniors can play with either their high school or college. Those who are beyond graduating senior in age, though, have to play with their college affiliation (either undergrad or grad). The college division can also have teams that consist of alumni, however, these would be classified under a different set of teams from all undergrad. Provided there is enough interest to run a college division here, I will edit the version of the set that division uses to be somewhat more difficult.
Rough Distribution for this (will have exact by June 25, but this is an RMP/Fine Arts heavy set, given the tastes of Ridgewood QB)
4/4 Lit
4/4 History
4/4 Science
3/3 Fine Arts
1/1 Social Science
2.5/2.5 RMP
1.5/1.5 Geo,Trash,Current Events

https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13213&start=0&sid=781bbe3b69e13a091be8b3d8686b8284

Advocates concerned about potential problems, fraud with Obama’s new deportation policy
Published: Sunday, June 17, 2012, 7:00 AM
By Stephen Stirling/The Star-Ledger

David Nachman is swamped.The immigration law attorney called his Ridgewood office to check next week’s schedule, only hours after President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to ease immigration laws for undocumented youth Friday.

“I’m booked solid,” he said. “Every single day, I don’t have anything left.”

Obama’s announcement that he would cease deportation prosecutions against an estimated 1.4 million young undocumented immigrants and offer them temporary work permits has sent state attorneys and service groups scrambling to understand its implications. Meanwhile, they’re bracing for a deluge of state residents without Social Security cards, desperate for any form of legitimacy.

https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/advocates_concerned_about_pote.html

file photo of  a beautiful home in Ridgewood NJ

A Housing Market Without Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Effect on the Homeownership Rate
By Nahid Anaraki
June 11, 2012

Executive Summary:

For decades, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac followed securitization policies that enabled Americans to make a low down payment when they purchased a house. This study analyzes the impact of affordable lending efforts by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) on national homeownership rate, by race, ethnic group, and census region. The results of this study suggest that despite GSE interventions in the housing market, the homeownership gap among races and ethnic groups persists because economic fundamentals and sociodemographic features, not interest rates, drive homeownership rates.

This paper uses three series of regression models to gain insight into the determinants of home ownership rates. The first regression model analyzes aggregate national-level data for 1980–2010. The second regression model analyzes factors that influence the homeownership rate by race/ethnic group for 1994–2010, where historical data are available. Finally, the third model analyzes homeownership by census region for 1992–2010, where regional homeownership data are available. The results of ordinary least square (OLS) models with robustness tests indicate:

https://tinyurl.com/6o8waxu

AFP Takes Wind out of Environmental Extremists’ Sails on “Global Wind Day”!
June 15,2012
Steve Lonegan, State Director AFP
Asbury Park NJ , So much for having the wind at their backs? Today, AFP activists made the trek to Asbury Park and Ocean City to combat the radical environmentalists’ wind energy claptrap!

“Global Wind Day” was being used to indoctrinate kids with kites and coloring books and how windmills will cure the ills of the world, AFP went toe to toe with them to expose the facts about the high costs of wind energy and how it threatens our economy and very way of life.

Dozens of AFP activists went to Asbury Park, listened to a number of expert speakers and handed out literature and flyers to educate the public with the truth about the wind industry. Down in Ocean City, AFP activists, along with our friends at the Liberty and Prosperity group and the Greenwich Tea Party Patriots, were making their voices heard on the boardwalk.

One of our featured speakers in Asbury Park was state Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-25), who has been a staunch opponent of wind energy subsidies. In fact, just this week Asm. Carroll co-sponsored a bill, introduced by Sussex County Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose (R-24), that would repeal wind energy subsidies in New Jersey.

Legislation like this is a critical step towards rolling back the far left environmental agenda in New Jersey. Environmental regulations, fees, and subsidies are a huge reason why ratepayers in the Garden State pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation and our state lags others in economic growth. Asm. Carroll and Asw. McHose deserve our thanks and support for standing tall on this issue.

An Ill Wind Is Blowing ,it’s no coincidence that “Global Wind Day” is also the same day as the kick-off of the 20th Anniversary of Agenda 21 “RIO+20” Climate Change and Sustainable communities initiative.

The environmentalists behind “Global Wind Day” are part of a larger globalist movement that seeks to undermine American prosperity with a backwards, irrational attempt to force you and me to rely on far more expensive and far less efficient “renewable” sources like wind and solar that will wreck our economy.

These methods of generating electricity are not technologically advanced enough to compete in the free marketplace. It is only with massive taxpayer subsidies that they can stay afloat at all. That’s why lobbying by the wind industry has escalated dramatically in the past few years.

Increased reliance on “renewable” energy will result in a much less vibrant and prosperous America.Today was a successful and important effort by conservative activists to combat and refute this radical environmentalist agenda and stand up for economic freedom and the best interests of our nation.

The last thing we need is for America to be turned into Europe and for American exceptionalism to be tossed aside for some misguided quest to cure the ills of the world with expensive and unreliable windmills and solar panels.

‘Bad dates’ turn into success for RHS Alumni director Troy Miller

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
BY STEPHANIE SCHWARTZ
STAFF WRITER
PASCACK VALLEY COMMUNITY LIFE

Troy Miller met him on a subway platform, and after a few texts, they decided to watch a movie and share a bottle of wine at the man’s apartment.

At one point, they started chatting. In mid-sentence, his date got up and left. Just walked into the bathroom.

And stayed there for a good five minutes.

Miller didn’t know what to do. It had been a long time since he’d been on a date, after all.

After way too much time, he comes back – and immediately picks up where he left off.

Miller smelled cigarette smoke and confronted his date, who confessed that he had a cigarette.

“That’s fine, you could’ve had a cigarette right here. I rather you’d have said, ‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ than just disappear in mid-thought,” recounted Miller.

https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/159002155__Bad_dates__turn_into_success_for_director.html?c=y&page=1

Ridgewood NJ , According to Joseph Henchman ,Vice President, Legal & State Projects, of the Tax Foundation:

Since 2008, several states have attempted to tax online purchases by their state’s residents, https://taxfoundation.org/article/trend-5-amazon-taxes even when the seller has no physical presence in the state. These laws, nicknamed “click-through nexus” or “Amazon tax” laws (after their most visible target), have been extremely controversial.

Contrary to the claims of supporters, do not provide easy revenue. In fact, the nation’s first few Amazon taxes have not produced any revenue at all, and there is some evidence of lost revenue. For instance, Rhode Island has seen no additional sales tax revenue from its Amazon tax, and because Amazon reacted by discontinuing its affiliate program, Rhode Islanders are earning less income and paying less income tax.

While efforts continue at the state level to enact these laws, their dubious constitutionality and lack of success in raising revenue or leveling the playing field has shifted attention to the federal level.

Congress is considering proposals to set standards for state sales tax collection on interstate sales. Two recent proposals in particular would eliminate the physical presence rule but otherwise make advances towards ensuring that states reduce the burdens associated with collecting their sales taxes.

If you’d like us to e-mail you these and all other Tax Foundation reports on state taxes, be sure to subscribe to our State Tax Fiscal Policy Reports and Releases e-mail list at https://taxfoundation.org/tax-foundation-e-mail-updates.

10 Failed Attempts by the Government to Control the Internet
POSTED ON JUNE 7, 2012 BY ISP

The topic that was dangling at the forefront of most American’s minds at the end of 2011, and even seeping into the beginning of 2012, was the fate of the internet. The Stop Online Piracy Act, discussed further below, whipped citizens into a frenzy and led to the largest internet-based protest to date. In light of a slightly-reworked, renamed SOPA’s emergence, here are ten failed attempts by the American government to control the internet.

Communications Decency Act (1996) –The portions of the Communications Decency Act that were the most controversial were the ones that attempted to regulate internet pornography; a judiciary panel stated that the bill would infringe on First Amendment rights and the bill was squashed.

Child Online Protection Act (1998) – Though the Child Online Protection Act was passed in 1998, a federal injunction claiming that the language was too broad caused the law to never take effect.

Internet School Filtering Act (1998) – While many of the Internet School Filtering Act’s points were eventually enacted through other legislation that did pass, the original bill was struck down.

Deleting Online Predators Act (2006) – The Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 would have prohibited the use of social networking sites on school or library computers; critics argued, however, that the bill would also limit access to educationally useful information, and as such the bill languished.

Intellectual Property Enforcement Act (2007) – Proposed during the 110th session of Congress in an attempt to shore up American intellectual property laws, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Act would have allowed the Department of Justice to press civil charges against those suspected of infringement.

Cybersecurity Act (2009) – Though reworded versions of the Cybersecurity Act have been reintroduced each year since the original bill was drafted, public outcry over the unprecedented level of control it would grant the government with has kept any of them from passing.
Protecting Cyberspace As a National Asset Act (2010) – Senator Joe Lieberman introduced the Protecting Cyberspace As a National Asset Act in 2010. He then promptly incurred the wrath of critics for citing China’s similar policies in an attempt to portray the bill as standard government procedure.

Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (2010) – Activist organizations launched a full-scale attack on COICA, and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden publicly announced his intention to block the bill. Though it did pass the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was killed off before it ever reached fruition.

PROTECT IP Act (2011) – The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, a re-write of the failed COICA introduced by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, was one of the 2011 targets of internet activists. The protests launched by major internet players led to the postponement of the bill until the issues were resolved, granting Americans a temporary victory.

Stop Online Piracy Act (2011) – Arguably the biggest rallying point for activists in 2011 and early 2012, SOPA led to full and partial protests that shutdown major websites in January of 2012. The bill was postponed until “there is wider agreement on a solution.”

Entertainment industry heavyweights have not given up on their crusade to end piracy; rather than changing their business model to adapt to the needs of a changing world, they’ve chosen to attack the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans.

After primary win, Kyrillos makes overture to business

Fresh off Tuesday’s primary victory, state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (R-Middletown) said he would be visiting businesses across the state as he plans to make job creation a focus of his challenge to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-Hoboken).

Kyrillos, who received 77 percent of the vote in the Republican primary, said he would use comments from business people in formulating a “jobs plan,” to be released after the tour. He said he plans to visit businesses of all sizes, as well as publicly and privately held firms.

“I want to really listen — not read the press releases and absorb the rhetoric that come from my opponent and others in Washington, D.C.,” Kyrillos said.  (Kitchenman, NJBIZ)

https://www.njbiz.com/article/20120606/NJBIZ01/120609898/After-primary-win-Kyrillos-makes-overture-to-business

2012 Village of Ridgewood Introduced Budget

The Village of Ridgewood is pleased to present the introduced 2012 Municipal Budget. A Public Hearing has been scheduled to solicit comment on the 2012 budget on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 7PM in the Village Hall Court Room, 131 N. Maple Avenue, Ridgewood.

Click Here for the state-submitted budget document. https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/finance/2012MDSVOR.pdf

This document is also available at the Ridgewood Public Library. A summary of the budget will be printed in the June 8, 2012 Ridgewood News.