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Ridgewood Open Houses October 5th 2014

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$1,579,000 – 264 W Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood NJ

$3,500 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1436396
552 Stevens Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, HO– USE
Christopher Kaufman,
Weichert Realtors Franklin Lakes
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$445,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1426229
752 Newcomb Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Christine Aderhold, Broker Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$479,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1422470
674 Midwood Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Nadereh Yazdi, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Franklin Lakes
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$519,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1437935
347 Franklin Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Karen Boyle, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$529,900 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1426440
630 Maxwell Pl, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Fern Chan, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$620,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1435831
242 W Glen Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Janis Fuhrman, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$653,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1437706
267 Gateway Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Cynthia Stadulis, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$658,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1424258
201 Walthery Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Jill Miller, Sales Associate
Better Homes Realty, LLC/UMntclr
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$659,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1430139
209 Oak St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Joanne Delaney, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$675,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1434615
440 Linwood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Elizabeth Coleman, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.SSeSEw7c.dpuf

$698,700 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1432249
558 Lynn St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
2 Half Bath, S/L
Angele Ekert, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$799,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1436733
615 Grove St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Patrick Callanan, Broker Associate
Marron Gildea Realty, Inc. Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$850,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1435659
548 Stevens Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Lori Lettieri, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$879,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1436613
454 Stevens Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$1,095,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1428644
21 Theyken Pl, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath, COL
Joseph M. Hurley, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$1,099,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1435248
205 Manor Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Christine Aderhold, Broker Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$1,175,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1431072
44 Fairmount Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Jennifer M. Parsekian, Broker
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$1,295,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1437746
400 Beechwood Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Frances Ekblom, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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$1,579,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1437832
264 W Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Carol Moran, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/5
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Open Houses for Sun 10/12
$1,125,000 in Ridgewood
MLS # 1437281
776 Woodfield Ct, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, 
2 Half Bath, COL
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 10/12
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.SSeSEw7c.dpuf

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CDC Officials Meet Flight After Passenger Shows Possible Ebola Symptoms

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CDC Officials Meet Flight After Passenger Shows Possible Ebola Symptoms

Oct 4, 2014, 1:40 PM ET
By AARON KATERSKY and JOSH MARGOLIN

A United Airlines flight from Brussels was met by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials today at Newark Liberty International Airport after a passenger on board believed to be from Liberia exhibited possible signs of Ebola.

The passenger was traveling with his daughter on United Flight 998 and both were removed from the plane by CDC crew in full hazmat gear.

The passenger suspected of possibly having Ebola was taken to University Hospital in Newark for further evaluation. Upon his arrival, the emergency room there was not accepting any other patients for four hours.

A senior federal official said the passenger was exhibiting “flu-like symptoms.”

According to an official briefed on the situation, preliminary information was that the passenger was vomiting on flight but did not display most of the other symptoms.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-officials-meet-flight-passenger-shows-ebola-symptoms/story?id=25965383

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You know it’s a tough market when Bernanke can’t refinance

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You know it’s a tough market when Bernanke can’t refinance
October 3, 2014    Last updated: Friday, October 3, 2014, 11:31 AM
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Ben S. Bernanke said the mortgage market is so tight that even he is having a hard time refinancing his own home loan.

The former Federal Reserve chairman, speaking at a conference in Chicago yesterday, told moderator Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics Inc. – “just between the two of us” – that “I recently tried to refinance my mortgage and I was unsuccessful in doing so.”

When the audience laughed, Bernanke said, “I’m not making that up.”

“I think it’s entirely possible” that lenders “may have gone a little bit too far on mortgage credit conditions,” he said.

Bernanke, addressing a conference of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care in Chicago yesterday, said that the first-time home buyer market is “not what it should be” as the economy in general strengthens.

“The housing area is one area where regulation has not yet got it right,” Bernanke said. “I think the tightness of mortgage credit, lending is still probably excessive.”

Bernanke already has refinanced twice. When the former Fed chair and his wife Anna bought their Capitol Hill rowhouse in May 2004, they took out two loans, according to Washington, D.C., land records.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/you-know-it-s-a-tough-market-when-bernanke-can-t-refinance-1.1102102#sthash.A5iff3q8.dpuf

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CDC director: Travel ban could make Ebola outbreak worse

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CDC director: Travel ban could make Ebola outbreak worse
By Cameron Joseph – 10/04/14 01:17 PM EDT

A travel ban to the countries facing an Ebola outbreak could paradoxically make the problem worse, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said during a Saturday press conference.

Frieden said the CDC would consider any and all precautions, but warned that a travel ban could make it harder to get medical care and aid workers to regions dealing with the outbreak.

He said that had already occurred when African Union aid workers tried to get to Liberia but were stuck in a neighboring country for days because of a travel ban.

“Their ability to get there was delayed by about a week because their flight was canceled and they were stuck in a neighboring country,” he said.

Frieden also said the CDC has experienced a spike in reported potential cases of Ebola following the first diagnosis of a patient in the U.S. in Dallas earlier this week, saying the rise in concern was a good thing but that he remained the only patient who has been identified as suffering from the disease. Two patients who were initially identified as having potential Ebola symptoms in the Washington, D.C. area were ruled to not have the disease on Saturday.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/219786-cdc-director-travel-ban-could-make-ebola-outbreak-worse

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Ridgewood Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum Tag Sale

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Ridgewood Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum Tag Sale
Antiques and Collectibles
October 11 from 10-3

The Ridgewood Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum is planning a tag sale on October 11 from 10-3, with a rain date of October 12 from 1-4.

Items from the past, antiques and collectibles from the homes of our members.

Vendors, If you want to reserve a space to sell your items yourself, you must register by  Wednesday, October 8 for $25

For information call 201 445-5498 or 201 447-3242

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N.J. hospitals are well prepared to fight Ebola, state medical officials say

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N.J. hospitals are well prepared to fight Ebola, state medical officials say

OCTOBER 4, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

New Jersey’s 71 hospitals have the space and equipment, and their medical staffs are trained, to react to any patient with a suspected case of Ebola, including moving them to an isolation room immediately, state health officials say.

Since early August, the Health Department has held conference calls and issued alerts to share and review protocol for handling patients who may be carrying the virus.

And in the past few weeks, North Jersey hospitals have run drills simulating cases of patients checking into their emergency rooms saying they had recently been in West Africa — where the recent Ebola outbreak is centered — to ensure that they isolate such patients for treatment, officials say.

Local ERs have installed signs at their check-in areas asking patients to let staff know immediately if they have traveled recently to the region and have fever and other Ebola-related symptoms, such as vomiting, diarrhea and severe headache.

Officials say the case of Ebola in Dallas this week — where information that the patient had been in West Africa was apparently not transferred to medical staff — only reinforced the need for hospitals to take down the travel history of anyone showing signs of the illness.

“There’s definitely a heightened sense of awareness about this, and hospitals will certainly learn the lesson from the Dallas case about the importance of communicating critical information,” said Shannon Davila, an infection-control nurse with the New Jersey Hospital Association.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/n-j-hospitals-well-prepared-to-fight-ebola-1.1102418#sthash.VQGu8aJQ.dpuf

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Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame: Goal-getter Rachel Grygiel set for enshrinement

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Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame: Goal-getter Rachel Grygiel set for enshrinement

OCTOBER 3, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014, 12:31 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
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Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of stories profiling the 2014 inductees into the Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 1992, Ridgewood High School girls soccer head coach Jeff Yearing stated for a newspaper article that “Rachel Grygiel is every coach’s dream and every opponent’s nightmare.” Truer words never have been spoken about an athlete that has been inducted into the RHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

The 1993 graduate will receive that honor formally later this month. Beyond her productivity on the pitch, Grygiel reflected the complete embodiment of the term “student-athlete.” Her desire to achieve academically and to serve her community reflected the same passion and desire she brought to the field each day.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-soccer/goal-getter-grygiel-set-for-induction-1.1101604#sthash.BhqWINea.dpuf

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Audrey Meyers, of The Valley Hospital the Highest Paid Non-Profit hospital CEO in New Jersey?

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Audrey Meyers, of The Valley Hospital the Highest Paid Non-Profit hospital CEO in New Jersey?

From the article ; Medical millionaires: The compensation packages of hospital heads are drawing attention by Beth Fitzgerald , Among other notable 2012 paychecks for New Jersey hospital system CEOs:

Such salary figures are not limited to the heads of giant health care systems. All these CEO’s came out as salary winners, تنزيل BetWinner . NJBIZ found the leaders of other well-known hospitals around the state earned similar salaries in 2012.

Audrey Meyers, the CEO of The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, earned $2.18 million.

Michael Maron, the CEO of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, was paid $1.83 million.

Barry S. Rabner, the CEO of Princeton Healthcare System, received $1.35 million.

John T. Gribbin, the CEO of CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, earned $1.2 million.

Gary S. Horan, the CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, was paid $1.19 million

Douglas Duchak, the former CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, made $999,023.

The compensation comes at a time when the Affordable Care Act has the health care industry searching for ways to cut the ever-expanding cost of care.

Industry insiders will point to this idea as a reason for such salaries, saying these leaders are driving the search for such savings — and doing it at a time when some hospitals in the state are on the verge of bankruptcy and in danger of closing.

The salaries of the hospital heads are not unusual for CEOs in New Jersey. In fact, they are far below what others are earning.

The NJBIZ list of the highest-paid CEOs of public companies lists 25 making more than $7 million annually — and 45 making more than $3 million.

The difference, Berger said, is that these salaries were earned at public for-profit companies.

“I have no problem with people becoming millionaires if they’re not working for a tax-subsidized nonprofit,” he said.

Medical millionaires: The compensation packages of hospital heads are drawing attention

By Beth Fitzgerald
March 5, 2014 at 1:02 PM

https://www.njbiz.com/article/20140305/NJBIZ01/140309913/Medical-millionaires:-The-compensation-packages-of-hospital-heads-are-drawing-attention

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Downtown Parking Initiative

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Draft – Ridgewood Downtown Parking Initiative Discussed at Village Council Meeting

For the Draft Parking Plan Fact Sheet that was discussed at the Village Council Meeting on Wednesday, October 1st please

Click Here https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2014ParkingPlan.pdf

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Ridgewood Football remains undefeated

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Ridgewood Football remains undefeated

OCTOBER 3, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
THE RECORD
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RIDGEWOOD – You can just see Mitch Campbell’s eyes light up when he knows that a pass play has been called. The senior running back has been a revelation in Ridgewood’s passing game, and on Thursday night he had the big plays.

Campbell hauled in five passes for 141 yards and a touchdown, and it was his work in the first quarter that helped set the tone for Ridgewood, which remained undefeated.

Ridgewood recorded a second straight shutout, 35-0 over Kennedy, and continued its early season offensive show. It marked the 63rd time in coach Chuck Johnson’s 31 seasons that his team has recorded a shutout.

While the defense was not spectacular, Ridgewood (4-0) did produce three turnovers on fumbles, and for the second time this season stopped a team on a fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Sophomore inside linebacker James Mondi, in his second varsity start, had 12 tackles and a forced fumble.

The offense did its job early, taking the opening kickoff and scoring on six plays covering 57 yards. Campbell had catches of 18 and 17 yards to set up sophomore Drew Granski’s 2-yard touchdown.

“It all starts with the offensive line,” Campbell said. “They’ve done a great job of pass blocking all year and [senior quarterback Matt] Donovan is putting it right there. All I have to do is run under it.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/football/maroons-keep-perfect-record-1.1101796#sthash.6P6Yy3YH.dpuf

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PARKING: More action is needed, not meetings

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PARKING: More action is needed, not meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014, 9:16 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

More action, not meetings, is needed
Angela Cautillo

To the Editor:In the Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, issue of The Ridgewood News, I was reading the article titled “Panel says parking is source of problems.” It was good to hear the comments from business owners and landlords alike, but is this really news to anyone? Ridgewood is not moving forward was the message.

The article also stated that the meeting attracted the smallest turnout in the series so far, only being attended by 30 people. That’s not surprising.

Yes, a low turnout is disappointing, but I would probably have to say it’s because so many Ridgewood business owners are thinking “been there, done that.” You can find in the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce archives that it was determined by Ridgewood business leaders that there was a parking problem back in 1924.

As a former board member of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and later as its director, I tried to get the ball rolling for a parking garage in the business district. I urged the then council that it was for the future of Ridgewood’s business success, but all that happened was more money wasted on yet another parking study that said we needed more parking.

I was told by a former village manager that I would never see a parking garage in Ridgewood. It was very disheartening to hear and very sad to see the lack of vision of the Village Council at the time. Yet the buck keeps getting passed, since it’s been more than two decades after my push, 90 years after the first record of a parking problem in Ridgewood and there’s still non-solution.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/letter-more-action-is-needed-not-meetings-1.1102020#sthash.uHa70zep.dpuf

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Ridgewood’s Valley Hospital sues over rejection of expansion project

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Ridgewood’s Valley Hospital sues over rejection of expansion project

OCTOBER 3, 2014, 11:53 PM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014, 11:56 PM
BY MARY JO LAYTON
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

The Valley Hospital filed suit Friday against the Ridgewood Planning Board for rejecting its proposal to nearly double in size, arguing the board illegally sided with neighborhood opponents rather than permitting an upgrade for “an inherently beneficial regional hospital.”

For Valley, the lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in Hackensack is an attempt to end a protracted and costly stalemate with the village — its expansion plans have been defeated two times in the last four years.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-s-valley-hospital-sues-over-rejection-of-expansion-project-1.1102356#sthash.4G5tiib0.dpuf

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Dallas Ebola case spurs concern about hospital readiness

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Dallas Ebola case spurs concern about hospital readiness

A D.C.-area hospital admitted a patient with symptoms and a travel history associated with Ebola.

By Lena H. Sun, Brady Dennis and Elahe Izadi October 3 at 10:52 PM    

A Washington-area hospital announced Friday that it had admitted a patient with symptoms and a travel history associated with Ebola. The case has not been confirmed, but the number of similar incidents around the country and a confirmed Ebola patient in Dallas have spurred concerns about whether U.S. hospitals are as prepared to deal with the virus as federal officials insist they are.

Since July, hospitals around the country have reported more than 100 cases involving Ebola-like symptoms to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, officials there said. Only one patient so far — Thomas Duncan in Dallas — has been diagnosed with Ebola.

But in addition to lapses at the Dallas hospital where Duncan is being treated, officials say they are fielding inquiries from hospitals and health workers that make it clear that serious questions remain about how to properly and safely care for potential Ebola patients.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dallas-ebola-case-spurs-concern-about-hospital-readiness/2014/10/03/4afa10b2-4b30-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca_story.html

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Hackers’ Attack Cracked 10 Financial Firms in Major Assault

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Hackers’ Attack Cracked 10 Financial Firms in Major Assault

By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER OCTOBER 3, 2014 9:39 PMOctober 3, 2014 9:39 pm 2 Comments

The huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that touched more than 83 million households and businesses was one of the most serious computer intrusions into an American corporation. But it could have been much worse.

Questions over who the hackers are and the approach of their attack concern government and industry officials. Also troubling is that about nine other financial institutions — a number that has not been previously reported — were also infiltrated by the same group of overseas hackers, according to people briefed on the matter. The hackers are thought to be operating from Russia and appear to have at least loose connections with officials of the Russian government, the people briefed on the matter said.

It is unclear whether the other intrusions, at banks and brokerage firms, were as deep as the one that JPMorgan disclosed on Thursday. The identities of the other institutions could not be immediately learned.

https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/hackers-attack-cracked-10-banks-in-major-assault/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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We Gambled with Ebola and Lost

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We Gambled with Ebola and Lost
Let us finally end the crazy “diversity” visa lottery.
By Michelle Malkin

Ebola has reached our shores from Africa. Dozens of children are reportedly suffering paralysis from a deadly virus with unknown origins. Medical providers across the country have warned of a looming public-health crisis as communicable diseases spread unmonitored and uncontrolled. Other countries are cracking down. But America is stuck on open-borders stupid.

The Diversity Visa (DV) program, to take just one glaring example of government insanity, is still going.

On October 1, the State Department opened the annual DV random lottery to applicants from around the world. Yes, it’s completely random, like a Powerball drawing. Up to 55,000 lucky winners will snag permanent residency visas (green cards), which put them on the path to American citizenship ahead of millions of other foreigners patiently waiting to come to this country.

The green-card-lotto winners’ spouses and unmarried children under 21 all get golden tickets into the country too, no matter where they were born.

Illegal aliens are eligible if a legal family member wins the jackpot. Applicants don’t even need a high-school education. No outstanding abilities, training, or job skills are necessary. A handful of countries are excluded if they no longer qualify as “underrepresented.” But if you come from a terror-sponsoring or terror-friendly nation — such as Iran, Syria, Sudan, North Korea, or more than a dozen officially designated terror enablers on the State Department’s list — no worries. Thousands from these breeding grounds for jihad will walk through our front doors.

https://www.nationalreview.com/article/389471/we-gambled-ebola-and-lost-michelle-malkin