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Washington DC, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday nullifying President Biden’s vaccine mandate on America’s employers, kicking the fight into the House where Republicans are eager to hand the administration a bipartisan rebuke.
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Ridgewood NJ, a recently published report details Apple CEO Tim Cook’s efforts to establish strong relationships between Apple and the Chinese government. Cook repeatedly visited China in the mid-2010s, signing a five-year $275 billion deal in 2016 to mitigate regulatory action by the Chinese government. The deal involved Apple helping develop technology in the country and also investing billions of dollars into building new retail stores, research and development centers, and renewable energy projects. Cook’s work is likely the reason the company has been so successful in China.
Supply Chain Issues Have Claimed a New Victim , Your Breakfast
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Ridgewood NJ, Recently there has been some debate over the reopening of Bagelicious in Ridgewood after an April 2020 fire destroyed the original shop. The Ridgewood blog has received word from sources in New York City that supply chain issues have claimed a new victim , breakfast. Bagel shop owners from New York City to the Carolinas are struggling to find cream cheese and fear the supply shortage could continue leaving bagels high and dry, per The New York Times.
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Demarest NJ, Erin Ha, a teen tennis phenomenon from Tenafly, recently won the USTA National Girls’ 16 Indoor Singles Championship. Ha recently transferred to the Academy of the Holy Angels, where she is a junior.
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Weddings are back on the menu. When Governor Murphy raised the wedding guest limit to 150, many predicted this would be 600 plus next year; as a result, Fortune has seen a huge surge in NJ-based vendor contracts and bookings. Making up for lost time, the state is making a huge push towards finally getting its many engaged couples married. This is a great time for business, a great time for society, and all in a wonderful time to be involved in tying the knot. The culture and wedding scene of the state is helping to influence that.
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Newark NJ, a Sandy Springs, Georgia, man appeared in federal court today to face weapons charges after allegedly trying to get a firearm through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti today announced an Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the Trenton Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System (MOVES) Project. Trenton MOVES will act to provide safe, equitable, affordable, and sustainable high-quality mobility through the deployment of 100 Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) throughout the state capital. This on-demand automated transit system will serve 90,000 residents of Trenton.
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Ridgewood NJ, as more states, private employers, and large healthcare systems institute policies to encourage vaccinations, many reluctant employees are finally getting the shot in order to protect their jobs. However, a notable percentage of the population would prefer to lose their jobs rather than get what they view as a potentially dangerous injection.
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Ridgewood NJ, a federal judge in Georgia on Tuesday temporarily halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors across the country. The ruling by U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker, is the latest in a series of legal setbacks for President Biden as his administration’s effort to to impose vaccine mandates.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Schools to Delay Survey on ,”Alternative Schedules Initiative”. The Ridgewood Board of Education felt it need more time to educate the Ridgewood School community on the benefits and the challenges of changing the start times for the Ridgewood School district.
Ridgewood Public Schools is exploring the district’s organization of instructional time with the goal of advancing the vision and mission. An Alternative Schedules Task Force consisting of administrators, teachers, parents, and Board Trustees has been collaborating and conducting an in-depth examination of new start and end times for PreK-12, which will have a districtwide impact for all students and their families. The Alternative Schedules Initiative Community Presentation is an opportunity for parents and community members to learn more about this initiative and next steps in the process.
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Ridgewood NJ, Drivers in New Jersey may soon be able to purchase license plates featuring a throwback design from the 1980s thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Kristin Corrado and advanced today by the Senate Transportation Committee.
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Zen style in home interiors is a triumph of minimalism. Zen-style in the interior is usually associated with something oriental, outlandish, and whimsical. However, Zen is not a religion and is not a philosophy … Zen is a state of mind, rational perception, awareness of the significance and value of the moment – here and now. Moreover, this value exists independently of our thoughts and desires.
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Ridgewood NJ, Yutu-2, the Chinese rover that landed on the far side of the Moon in 2019, has spotted a cube-shaped object while traversing the Von Kármán crater. An image of the object was captured from 260 feet away, too far for astronomers to figure what it is.
The rover captured an image of the object from 260 feet away—too far for astronomers to get a clear sense of the object’s identity. But Yutu-2 is slated to spend the next two to three lunar days (or two to three months on Earth) travelling the region of the Moon to get a closer look at the “Monolith” .
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